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January 1, 2015 October 26, 2018 WDCSA BoardNewsletter
WDCSA NEWSLETTER January 2015
DC Book Club Discussion Sunday, January 11 5 pm Bethesda, MD
Baltimore Book Club Discussion Tuesday, January 20 7:30 pm Mother's Federal Hill Grille, 1113 S. Charles St., Baltimore, MD
Wreaths Across America Clean-up Saturday, January 24 8:30 am Arlington Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Parents Connection Social Saturday, January 31 2-4 pm 5607 Wood Way. Bethesda MD
Boomers to Busters Vintage Game Night Wednesday, February 4 5:30-8 pm Woodrow Wilson House, 2340 S St NW, Washington, DC
Stanford at the Opera Friday, March 13 7:30 pm performance Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC
JANUARY 2015 EVENT SPOTLIGHT: WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA
DC Book Club
Baltimore Book
Club Discussion
Wreaths Across America Community Service Clean-up
Parents Connection Social
Wednesday, February 4
Boomers to Busters Vintage Game Night
Stanford at the Opera
WDCSA NEWSLETTER
DC Book Club Discussion
Sunday, January 11 5 pm
The book group will meet at the home of Perry Seiffert to discuss Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. The February book is the novel The Elephant Keeper's Children by Hoeg. The March book is the nonfiction book The Boys in the Boat by Brown. New readers are welcome.
For general information about the group, email Alison Westfall at alisoncolew@hotmail.com.
Mother's Federal Hill Grille,
1113 S. Charles St.,
The January selection is Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Copying Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh. This New York Times bestseller is a 2013 Goodreads choice award winner in the humor category. This book is rated 4.7 out of 5 stars by over two thousand Amazon readers. The March selection is The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman.
Questions/RSVP: Helene Myers, Ph.D., P'14, at cedarhouse@comcast.net or at (301)655-5871
Wreaths Across America Clean-up
Saturday, January 24 8:30 am
Arlington Cemetery,
WDCSA and the Stanford Military Service Network (SMSN) are coordinating a family-friendly community service opportunity. On January 24, we will be picking up the wreaths laid at grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery during the Wreaths Across America event. Additional event details can be found on the website: www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/events/arlington/.
Please contact Jack Smith, MS '14, at jbsmith2004@alumni.stanford.edu and RSVP to volunteer and receive additional details regarding our group's participation.
Saturday, January 31 2-4 pm
5607 Wood Way.
Please join the Stanford Parents Connection for an afternoon social for fellowship, to trade stories, and to eat chocolate.
Wednesday, February 4 5:30-8 pm
Woodrow Wilson House,
2340 S St NW,
Boomers to Busters is teaming up again with the Woodrow Wilson House to host Vintage Game Night! Enjoy a unique game night experience with all-you-can-play vintage board games, gaming munchies, and two drinks.
After serving as the twenty-eighth President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson moved to S Street
to reflect on his career as educator, president, and world statesman. The house gives a special glimpse into the private life of President Wilson and has authentic 1920s furniture. It is a 15-minute walk
from the Dupont Circle Metro's north exit and the closest parking garages. Street parking is limited but the N2, N4 and N6 buses go along "Embassy Row."
To purchase tickets or for more information, please visit www.uchicagodc.org/boomerstobusters. Tickets will be sold at the door but guests are encouraged to register in advance.
Friday, March 13 7:30 pm performance
Kennedy Center Opera House,
In March, we sail with Wagner's 'Flying Dutchman' preceded by a back stage tour. In Richard Wagner's retelling of the nautical legend, formidable bass-baritone Grammy Award winner Eric Owens—one of the most in-demand American opera stars of our day—returns to the Washington National Opera to make his staged debut as the Flying Dutchman, condemned to wander the seas on a ship of ghosts. He can only venture ashore once every seven years to seek his salvation: a woman's unconditional love.
All Stanford ticket holders are invited to a "backstage tour" before the opera. Prime Orchestra tickets are $152; Second Tier Prime tickets are $103. For tickets – send a check payable to WDCSA to Betty Byrne, 1822 Ingleside Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20010.. Contact Betty at 202-483-4048 or bettybyrne@stanfordalumni.org. Performance Timing: One Act Only – 2-1/2 hours.This production does NOT include an intermission.
In May, join us for a FREE 'Opera in the Outfield' at National's Park of Rossini's 'Cinderalla.' There will be a reserved Stanford section.
WDCSA Elections
After many years at the helm, John Smithson is stepping down as WDCSA President. If you're interested in learning more about the position and/or are interested in running to be the new WDCSA President, please email Risa Shimoda at risa@theshimodagroup.com. Elections will be held in March or April 2015.
Housing Needed for Alternative Spring Break Group
This upcoming spring break, seniors Nick Ahamed (Political Science) and Eric Mattson (Human Biology) are leading an Alternative Spring Break trip to Washington DC. Their class is titled "Activating Democracy: Campaigns, Elections, and Voting" and hopes to inspire future leaders on campus to become active and engaged members of the democratic process. By exploring topics ranging from the foundations of the United States government to campaign finance and primary politics to voter suppression, this Alternative Spring
Break will be a boot-camp immersing students in all the components of an election in the United States.
The course culminates in a week-long trip to DC to meet with various national organizations and leaders, as well as to better delve into the topics covered throughout the course. The opportunity to be in the heart of national politics and speak with a truly special line-up of speakers will push students to think critically about the importance of elections and voting as an American citizen, and also equip participants with the tools to further inspire others. Nick and Eric would like to talk with any alumni in the D.C.-area interested in helping host several students during the time of the trip, currently set for March 21-28, 2015. While it would be ideal to host all 14 of the trip's participants in one home, Nick and Eric are eager
to chat with alumni who would be happy housing a smaller group of students. If interested, please contact Eric Mattson via email at mattson@stanford.edu, or feel free to give him a call at (402) 560-5594.
EVENT SPOTLIGHT:
On December 13th, WDCSA and the Stanford Military Service Network (SMSN) teamed up to coordinate a family-friendly community service opportunity with the Wreaths Across America organization. The group of 22 alumni, family, and friends honored veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery by laying wreaths at their grave sites. Participants thoroughly enjoyed both the honor of laying wreaths and the conversations throughout the morning.
The Cardinal topped Maryland 45-21 in the Foster Farms Bowl on December 30th in a cold and blustery Levi's Stadium.
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine say they have developed a safe and effective skin patch to deliver a drug that enhances the healing of diabetes-related ulcers. The patch, which they tested in mice, may also serve as a way to prevent ulcer formation.


The Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has published a Vocational Rehabilitation Case Conferencing resource.
This publication supports the importance of case conferencing and certifying for capacity across disciplines as a way of bringing together the medical practitioner, employeee, employer, WorkCover and rehabilitation providers.
It outlines the key features and participant roles of case conferencing, as well as how it differs from medical consultations.


Healthy Back to School Habits!
As the summer is winding down and your kids are headed back to school, it is a perfect time to make healthy eating a staple in your routine! In addition to new school supplies, this time of year is … [Read more...] about Healthy Back to School Habits!


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Home Knowledge Base Howard Cohen succeeds at the Court of Appeal in Ogiehor v Belinfantie [2018] EWCA Civ 2423
Howard Cohen succeeds at the Court of Appeal in Ogiehor v Belinfantie [2018] EWCA Civ 2423
Published: 07/11/2018 | News, Personal Injury
Howard Cohen successfully defended an appeal against a Claimant/Appellant acting in person before the Court of Appeal in October 2018.
The Claimant's claim for damages of £225,000 arose from a road traffic accident that occurred on 18th March 2011. Although liability was admitted, causation and quantum were heavily disputed. The Defendant accepted that the Claimant had sustained only the most minor injuries. By the date of trial in March 2016, the Claimant was no longer represented and his medical experts had not viewed the surveillance evidence obtained by the Defendant which showed him performing activities that he had told them – and contended within his witness statement – that he was unable to perform. As a result of these discrepancies (which the Claimant had failed to respond to in a supplemental witness statement, despite having been given the opportunity to do so), and the findings reached by its own Orthopaedic and Psychiatric experts, the Defendant pleaded fraudulent exaggeration within its Counter-Schedule. It argued that any such finding might attract an application for contempt of court proceedings and, in consequence, a term of imprisonment of up to 2 years.
In the days leading up to trial, the Defendant made a written "without prejudice" offer to the Claimant which he rejected. At court, discussions continued between the parties in which the Defendant repeated its offer but again, indicated that dishonesty would be alleged once cross-examination began.
At trial
On the morning of the second day of trial, apparently unhappy that fraud was being alleged against him, the Claimant made an unwise choice. His Honour Judge Cryan describes what happened next:-
"There then followed, however, a most unfortunate event. Because I was entirely unclear what his [the Claimant's] case was in relation to the surveillance evidence which by then I had watched, I enquired of the Claimant about his case…Before I had said very much on the subject at all, however, the Claimant insisted on referring to a letter. It seemed to me that that letter might be one containing an offer, as in the light of what he was beginning to say, it might be a "without prejudice" letter. I endeavoured to stop the Claimant from pursuing that matter. He was, in effect, unstoppable. He has a loud and dominant presence in Court and I was unable to prevent him from telling the court that this was a letter which had offered him £10,000 to settle the case…."
Despite being told by the trial judge, the Claimant's PSU representative and myself to stop, His Honour Judge Cryan found that the Claimant had acted "wilfully, indeed extremely wilfully, in not being stopped…he wished to achieve a certain effect and did not heed the court's indications that he should not proceed until it was too late." Because he now knew about a relevant offer, Judge Cryan did not feel able to continue to hear the trial, but concluded that the Claimant should pay the Defendant's wasted costs, with an interim payment of £10,000 to be paid within 4 months, or else the claim would be struck out. In reaching his decision, he considered the Defendant's total costs bill of £110,000, the likelihood that those costs would never be met even in the event of success at trial, and the fact that the Claimant had still not clarified his case in relation to the surveillance evidence.
Grounds of Appeal
On his first appeal before Leggatt J against that costs order, the Claimant failed. However, he was granted permission on paper by Gloster L.J. to bring a 2nd appeal to the Court of Appeal. She found that 2 points were arguable:-
i. That His Honour Judge Cryan erred in awarding wasted costs against the Claimant as a litigant in person; and
ii. That His Honour Judge Cryan erred in making payment of an interim sum a pre-condition to the Claimant's claim continuing.
Having heard argument, the Court of Appeal found entirely for the Defendant and dismissed both limbs of the Claimant's appeal. Irwin L. J gave the leading Judgment.
Ground 1 – Wasted Costs
Irwin L. J. held that His Honour Judge Cryan acted entirely within his jurisdiction in awarding wasted costs against the Claimant pursuant to s.51(6) of the Senior Courts Act 1981. The appropriate test for wasted costs was that set out in Ridehalgh v Horsefield [1994] Ch 205 CA and involved asking whether (1) A party's legal representative had acted improperly, unreasonably or negligently and (2) If so, whether such conduct caused the applicant to incur unnecessary costs and (3) If so, whether it was just to order that legal representative to compensate the applicant for some or all of those costs. Had a legal representative acted in the same way the Claimant did in the instant case, the relevant test would have been satisfied.
Irwin L. J. asked himself whether the same test was met in light of the conduct of this particular (unrepresented) Applicant and concluded that it was. Lord Sumption had given some recent helpful guidance about the standard of compliance to be expected of litigants in person in Barton v Wright Hassall LLP [2018] UKSC 12 where he stated that,
"At a time when the availability of legal aid and conditional fee agreements have been restricted, some litigants may have little option but to represent themselves. Their lack of representation will often justify making allowances in making case management decisions and in conducting hearings. But it will not usually justify applying to litigants in person a lower standard of compliance with rules or orders of the court…The rules do not in any relevant respect distinguish between represented and unrepresented parties….At best, it may affect the issue "at the margin"….The rules provide a framework within which to balance the interests of both sides. That balance is invariably disturbed if an unrepresented litigant is entitled to greater indulgence in complying with them than his represented opponent….Unless the rules and practice directions are particularly inaccessible or obscure, it is reasonable to expect a litigant in person to familiarise himself with the rules which apply to any steps which he is about to take."
Irwin L.J. did not feel that this was a case "at the margin" in which the Claimant's status as a litigant in person represented a disadvantage "which he could not have reasonably been expected to overcome." Unlike the case of Sang Kook Suh and another v Mace (UK) Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 4 in which the Claimant litigant in person could not have been expected to know about the without prejudice rule, in this case, the Claimant had been warned expressly (by me!) not to reveal the letter in Court. Even as he began to reveal its contents, all of those present made efforts to stop him. Even if he did not know the precise meaning of the words, "without prejudice", he certainly "…must have known that he was doing something that he should not do." As a result, the test in Ridehalgh was met and there was nothing improper about His Honour Judge Cryan making a wasted costs order against him.
Ground 2 – Making the costs order a pre-condition of the claim continuing
Irwin L.J. stated that the Court's discretion to make orders subject to conditions is set out in CPR 3.1 but guarded that that any condition must be one which is capable of being complied with. An impecunious party should not be ordered to pay into court a sum of money that they are completely unable to raise MV Yorke Motors v Edwards [1982] 1 WLR 444.
He felt that His Honour Judge Cryan was entirely correct in considering the Claimant's problems on his substantive case and further, in considering the very large costs already incurred by the Defendant. He also took into account the Claimant's financial means by ordering less than 10% of the Defendant's costs against him and in giving him the extended period of 4 months in which to pay.
He also advised that in future, where a litigant's means are in question, that person should be brought to the witness box and sworn, giving evidence as to his means and the possibility of raising particular sums. That course is preferable to simply relying on "…assertions from the well of the Court."
In blurting out the existence of a "without prejudice" offer, despite warnings and exhortations not to, the Claimant created a problem for himself that he was later unable to fix. As a litigant in person, a certain latitude might have been expected in response to unknowingly unfortunate behaviour. However, the difference in this case was that the Court found that the Claimant knew that what he was doing was improper. In the words of Irwin L.J, "While litigants in person will always attract the assistance of the Court, they are not and cannot be a privileged class, relieved of their obligations under the Civil Procedure Rules. Judges will show common sense and often flexibility, but in the end, must enforce the Rules and have a proper eye to the legitimate interests of the other parties to litigation, including as to costs."
This decision serves as a useful reminder that the wasted costs jurisdiction does not just apply to legal representatives, but may also be deployed against litigants in person who act in ways that are improper, unreasonable or negligent. As their numbers rise, judges will wish to assist them where appropriate but as ever, a balance must be struck to ensure that represented parties litigating against them are not disadvantaged.
Author: Howard Cohen Farrars (chambers@farrarsbuilding.co.uk)

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Akshay Kumar with Sana Khan in Toilet
By Anil Kumar, Showbiz Bites Staff Writer
Akshay Kumar's Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is certainly on cards for his fans, as they all are much anxious for the release. The film is a comic caper and Bhumi Pednekar of Dum Laga Ke Haisha is playing the main lead opposite the actor. But the latest to join the bandwagon is none other than the beautiful and stunning actress Sana Khan who has been roped into to play Akshay Kumar's girlfriend in this flick. The reports have it that Sana's character in the film is an extended guest appearance.
Sana was last seen in Vishal Pandaya's Wajah Tum Ho released last year in 2016. The film bombed at the box office. Now let's see what happens to this film?
The film, which shooting is going on these days, is a joint production of Viavom 18 and Neeraj Pandey. Toilet: Ek Prem Katah is a satire comedy and is set to hit the screens on 2nd June 2017.
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Are you enjoying the energy transition? No? Well I am – thanks to green gadgets. The small technological wonders make you really want to have a green energy supply, shop responsibly and embrace the energy transition.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just stated in a special report that every one tenth of a degree less counts. We can – and must – limit global warming to max. 1.5°C. The good news is that each of us can play our part in reducing greenhouse gases. For example, by eating less meat and more regional produce, by using electricity and heating energy efficiently and by choosing sustainable means of mobility. Sounds boring again, doesn't it? I think that one major problem with the energy transition is that many people feel it is presented in a boring and much too technical way.
How does the saying go? A little bit of fun never did anybody any harm! And it's really not all that difficult. Have you ever heard of a balcony module? It makes producing energy just as easy as growing plants on the balcony. Even easier actually, as you don't have to water or fertilise anything. You simply unpack the solar module, set it up on the balcony or terrace, stick the cable into the socket and off you go! From then on, whenever the sun shines, you can use your washing machine, laptop or mobile charger with the power you have produced yourself.
The mobility transition is boring? Anybody who says that can never have sat behind the wheel of an electric car. But there are even better forms of electric transport: electric bikes are also really great fun. My favourite are the folding electric bikes that you can fold up into the size of a briefcase – in no time at all. So taking one on local public transport or on an intercity train is no problem whatsoever. When you arrive at your destination, you don't have to spend a long time trying to find out what a bus ticket costs here or waiting for a taxi, you just cycle off. And have you ever seen anybody in a bad mood on an electric scooter or zipping past you on an electric skateboard? I never have.
A Munich start-up is developing a reasonably priced electric car that recharges itself using integrated solar cells. Researchers have long since been experimenting with wafer-thin solar cells that can, for example, be printed on clothing. Particularly where solar energy is concerned, there are so many possibilities to create clever decentralised applications. Why don't you let your imagination run wild for a bit? I believe that is what we are missing at the moment: a positive utopia.
Climate change does not mean a technological step backwards or that we have to live as we did 200 years ago. Please don't get me wrong, I am not advocating here that we should consume tonnes of high-tech products. Naturally, these offerings should be recyclable, that is to say after the end of their useful lives it should be possible to take them completely apart and recycle the parts. A good example of this is the fairphone: a modular smartphone made of fair-traded materials that can be repaired. And you can still play Candycrush on it.
Daniela Becker is a typical urban eco-warrior: takes her bike whatever the weather, separates her rubbish and buys organic products. Born in Munich, Daniela studied Environmental Science and since then, in both her private and work life, she has tried to answer the question of whether and how a sustainable and a good life can be reconciled. As a freelance journalist, she writes mainly about the energy transition, climate change and clean-tech.
It's up to us how we use new technologies and sustainable apps.
Practical climate protection must be a mandatory part of the school curriculum.


Dairy alternative beverages are the plant-based milk that processes through nuts, cereals and seeds. Vegans, dairy intolerant and people with milk allergies primarily consume dairy alternative beverages. Dairy alternative beverages are plant-based beverage thus contain low cholesterol levels. The global dairy alternative beverages market is segmented into various divisions such as soya milk, almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk, hemp milk, hazelnut milk and rice milk. These are some of the major substitutes for milk, which are widely consumed by many individual across the globe. These dairy alternative beverages products are widely distributed through supermarkets, health food stores, pharmacy, convenience stores and e-retailers. Dairy alternative beverages are available in various formulations including flavored, plain, fortified sweetened and unsweetened. The largest sales of dairy alternative beverages products were recorded from supermarkets in 2012.
Among the various alternative segment of dairy alternative beverage soya milk contributes the largest share in global dairy alternative beverages markets. The demand of almond milk is also gaining popularity due to its additional health benefits such as high content of vitamins and calcium. This helps in the growth of dairy alternative beverages markets worldwide. Now a days, many people are adopting vegan diet due to their ethical concerns about animal rights, protecting the environment, and help in saving the planet. Veganism has become a lifestyle choice among many individuals and this is gaining popularity day by day. According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), about 2.5% of the U.S. population is vegan. Such trends would also help in the growth of global dairy alternative beverage market.
Increase in awareness level and rising health concerns issue are the two main issue which leads to drive the global dairy alternative beverages market. The threat of cross-contamination of raw materials is major challenge that limits the growth of dairy alternative beverage market. This acts as a restrain for global dairy alternative beverage market.
Asia Pacific region is the largest market for dairy alternative beverages and growing health concern issue, rising population, increase in disposable income level are some of the key issue which lead to boost the market in many Asia Pacific countries. Countries such as India and China with large population base become the prominent market for the growth of dairy alternative beverages. North America is the second largest market of dairy alternative beverage after Asia Pacific region. In North American countries, the U.S. holds the largest market share of dairy alternative beverage.
After North America, Europe is one of the growing markets of dairy alternative beverage. The global dairy alternative beverage market is expected to witness double-digit growth during the forecasted period 2014- 2020.
Some of the major companies operating in global dairy alternative beverages market are Blue Diamond Growers Inc., Earth's Own Food Company Inc., Eden Foods Inc., Freedom Foods Group Ltd., Organic Valley Family of Farms, Grupo Leche Pascual Sa, Living Harvest Foods Inc., Nutriops S.L., OATLY AB, Pacific Natural Foods, Panos Brands LLC, Pureharvest, Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing Company, Stremicks Heritage Foods, Sunopta Inc., The Bridge S.R.L., The Hain Celestial Group Inc., The Whitewave Foods Company, Turtle Mountain Llc and Vitasoy International Holdings Limited.


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Inspiration is alive within Catholic schools. In this section, you'll read about an Immaculate Conception student with the "purest" soul, four homecoming queens over two generations and teaching students about perseverance.
Homecoming queens know what title really means
By Aprille Hanson, Published: November 12, 2019
In a long dark green dress, Mount St. Mary Academy senior Lily Wewers, 18, anxiously waited on the Catholic High School football field Oct. 11. Her sisters, Grace and Molly Kate Wewers, were close by, hoping to hear her name. "I was literally mouthing the word 'Lily,'" said middle sister Molly Kate Wewers, 20, when the announcer was ready to crown this year's Catholic High School for Boys homecoming queen. Then the moment came: Lily Wewers. "Then More...
Immaculate Conception athlete known for hugs, big smile
By Dwain Hebda, Published: November 11, 2019
If there was money to be made in smiles, Cassidy Wharton would be a multi-millionaire. The eighth-grader smiles at the sight of teachers, administrators, office staff, custodians, classmates, coaches, parents, visitors and clergy around Immaculate Conception Church and School in North Little Rock. Even meeting someone for the first time her face practically explodes into a genuine, joyful grin followed by an all-in, full-body hug. "She is the purest of pure as far as her soul," said More...
Growth: Teaching students about effort, persistence
By Theresa Hall, Published: November 11, 2019
We are all familiar with the children's book "The Little Engine that Could" by Watty Piper. Even though there are many versions of this same story, the plot is the same. The little engine that has a very heavy load has to get over the high mountain. In which this little locomotive continues to recite over and over, "I think I can … I think I can … I think I can." And slowly but More...
Facts about enrollment, test scores in Catholic Schools
The Office of Catholic Schools provided these statistics for the 2019-20 school year in the Diocese of Little Rock. Enrollment • Schools: 26 • Total enrollment: 6,498 • Elementary enrollment: 4,116 • Secondary enrollment: 1,649 • Percentage of Catholic students: 75.8 • Total enrollment in preschools: 733 Race and Ethnicity • Percent of white students: 89.4 • Percent of multi-racial students: 5 • Percent of Asian students: 3.1 • Percent of black students: 1.9 (The remaining students are Native American, Pacific islanders or unknown.) • Percent of Hispanic students: More...


The best way to save earth is by bringing erosion back into balance with the rate at which soil forms. And this can be achieved by plowing less often, and leaving plant parts behind or plant so-called 'cover crops' to cover the soil for the enrichment and protection against water and wind.
Earth is dying. Although there are so many ways to save the planet, they are not as easy as you might think they would be to put into for practical considerations. So should we just let the earth die? No. But, how do we save earth?
The best way to save earth is by bringing erosion back into balance with the rate at which soil forms, explains the latest episode of MinuteEarth's – How To (Literally) Save Earth. And this can be achieved by plowing less often, and leaving plant parts behind or plant so-called 'cover crops' to cover the soil for the enrichment and protection against water and wind.
Soil is a fragmentary material comprising the thin top layer of much of earth's surface. Built up over billions of years, soil lays the very foundation for much of life. Most of the time, soil takes care of itself – because decomposing plants and animals (including humans) and degrading bedrock become part of the soil 'at roughly the same pace that wind and water erode it away'. But, as MinuteEarth explains, human activities easily overturn this balance between soil formation and erosion.
We are basically doing the same thing. Of course not the part we become cannibals, but the part where we farm the soil away. For agricultural purposes, we remove deep-rooted native vegetation and use hoes, plows, and tractors to loosen the soil, making it easier for wind and rain to easily sweep away. Moreover, we grow shallow-rooted crops that are no good at holding onto soil, and that get easily stripped away at the time of harvest.
Lucky, we could bring erosion back into balance by plowing less often and leaving behind cover crops after harvest. Also by incorporating trees and native plants that keep soil in place year-round can cut erosion by as much as 95 percent, literally saving the earth from dying. But, this is a long-term strategy and in present, they can hurt yields – as it means less room for crops to grow. This is the reason it has been so difficult to make these soil-saving strategies the norm.
"If we can't keep the farmable soil on our farms, human civilization won't immediately implode, but we might end up fighting over the patches of land where that soil ends up, like the Mangaians, but on much, much bigger islands," says MinuteEarth.
So interesting yet sad at the same time. It's profitability over conscience everywhere you look.
Excellent article. Lose or destroy the soil and food can't be grown without expensive refertilization.
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Various FOIs on RDS Costs, Student Fee Arrears, Harrasment Cases, Casualization Costs
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Students4Change has obtained a variety of FOIs. We believe that open access to information leads to transparency, which means accountability, and accountability means a better-run University.
The FOIs relate to a couple of topics. The number of harrasment, discrimination and bullying cases, top 10 highest paid professors in College (we've blocked the names out), cost of RDS in 2019, emails relating to College's attempt to cut casual pay rates in 2019, non-disclosure agreements, very detailed information on staff pay rates (incl. casualization) and employment status, drop outs (withdrawals) during the pandemic (quite shocking, also hinted at by the TCDSU's earlier big SUrvey) and finally the number of students in arreas.
For the accommodation and travel expenses FOI the attached documents were not in the email but College is rectifying it soon so do check back for these.
Recent FOIs obtained by Students4Change include the appointment of Trinity East Independent Monitor and the Old Library Redevelopment Steering Committee not being consulted on the Interim Exhibtion on College Park.
Appointment of Trinity East Independent Monitor
In response to queries about a possible conflict of interest, Aarecent FOI and research by Students4Change has revealed that that Mr. Andrew Grainger, independent monitor of Trinity East, spent up to 6 years as an external member of the Estates Policy Committee. A tender was put out, and a recruitement company called Adaptive HMV got it, who then selected him to be the Independent Monitor. In other words, he went from external member (taking part in the meetings relating to Trinity East) to independent monitor of Trinity East.
Old Library Redevelopment Steering Committee Not Consulted on Interim Exhibtion
The OLRP Steering Committee was not consulted on the change of the location of the Interim Exhibition to College Park, a new FOI by Students4Change has found.
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A separate FOI relating to all communications between Dublin City Council and College re. Interim Exhibition was rejected, and so was a recent FOI on the Science Gallery.
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Students4Change Releases Big SUrvey results
Please find the survey results here. They have been cleared of any private information and are being released here for easy access.
Perhaps the most shocking statistic is that 71.4% did not feel part
of the College community in 2020-2021 due to online learning, which suggests
that the student experience was greatly reduced. This is why there
is so much support for fee refunds.
48.1% said that the College is not adequately considering student wellbeing in its decision-making.
44.6% of students said that they are not properly taking care of their own mental wellbeing.
A few comments from students as follows.
"This semester has been ridiculous. We are inundated with lectures posted at different times every week and a workload that never lets up. People are anxious about the pandemic and our futures and we are not being given any kind of lenience or empathy. We are also being assigned 6 hour exams at the end of term. Obviously this year is the first to count towards our degree and requires some level of rigour but we are in an unprecedented situation and I think the college and the School of Maths are being absolutely unreasonable. There is enough pressure on us already – the 6 hour exams should be changed to 24 hour exams."
It's impossible to recreate the college experience from home. This is not the fault of the college staff, who have made huge efforts to adapt to the current restrictions. Regardless, this semester has felt very isolating and lonely, which has been somewhat taxing on the mental health. This is just something we have to manage ourselves, and I don't know how a college can help this in any way, but perhaps some small level of mitigating circumstances in terms of assessment.
We all understand the complexity of the situation and that faculty are in a similar position to us, but its honestly ridiculous to charge the same fee for this years study relative to others, seeing as we get, at best, 1/10th of the exeperience, aid and resources. Charging for gym fees is just disrespectful. The material was clearly made with in person participation/labs, not having altered that comes across as lazy and effortless. I can't stress enough that we are all sympathetic to the situation we find ourselves in but the respect the college has shown students is laughable. Most professors have put in a great effort to provide us with the material we need especially considering everyone has a different situation to work out of, they have done a great job taking into account that we all have different needs and resources and giving everyone the flexibility needed during these times. The same cannot be said for the universitites efforts or the relevant departments. They have made no effort to bring us back in even though a large part of our course is dependent on labs, rubbing salt in the wound by allowing us to come in one day for a lab only to cancel it again the following week, the means are clearly there but the effort is not. The lack of aid, effort and communication from the university and relevant departments has been nothing short of disrespectful and incredibly dissapointing. I cannot stress enough that charging the same fee for an experience that isn't even remotely similar has shown the true colours of the university and where their priotise lay, they don't care for students or the situation we find ourselves in, lining their pockets seems more important, the only positive being that our very kind and caring professors are showing respect to us and the situation we are in.
The college at this stage is actually a joke. We are not being supported whatsoever, I mean how much are the student nurses going through right now with none of your help. Having paid 3k in fees, I have had at least 1 class a day cancelled or pre recorded with no reply to any questions sent through email. Today for example I had a double class in a subject and this morning got an email that it was cancelled, and no not rescheduled, we got a 6 minute podcast from a different lecturer all together on a lecture with 192 slides?! I'm sorry but how does that make sense?! I have learned nothing this year. And for goodness sake answer your emails!!!!
Trinity Education Project is not working – this is the first time I and many of my high-performing friends have suffered from burnout. Partially it is due to the pandemic but we believe it is mainly due to TEP. As a fourth year I have seen us go from 1 exam period per year (which didn't work), to 2 exam periods per year (which was manageable) and now it feels like we have 4 with all of the course work being split into essays due during reading week and at the end of the semester. 4 is insane, and it isn't working. Normally we would have a break to prepare for exams and then a break after the exams to decompress. Instead my reading week was the busiest week of term – I had five essays due alongside extracurricular involvement. I have seen people drop their extracurriculars this year because of the intense workload which is insane when nobody has a social life at the moment. Then immediately after reading week I had no time to relax and was launched straight back into the everyday intensity of tutorials and response papers. With exams this year happening after Christmas I have essays due from 7th January, it feels like we will have no time to breathe until I graduate in the summer. Especially this year, with the mental toll of the pandemic, it just isn't manageable. The essay period feels like an exam period in and of itself, and we have four essay periods per year therefore four exams periods. Something needs to change because this is not sustainable – I would recommend looking to other universities – particularly with the idea of decreasing the amount of module in senior years. We should not be doing the same number of modules as we were doing in first year, and most other universities will only give their students in their final year a couple of modules which makes far more sense than the current model especially with the implications of TEP.
Online college does NOT work. There is zero atmosphere, buzz or energy associated with it. Even students who are suited to it (of which there are v few) feel blindsided by the college's lack of compassion and support for students in this time. Paying full fees this year is unacceptable, when many lecturers are taking on substantially less labour, facilities are not in use, Less TAs have been hired. This is daylight robbery.
Trinity's incessant appearances on the news have been disgraceful, with certain leading staff members once again more concerned with the image of the college to the public and to tourists than to actual students. Trinity's constant dishonesty with regards to allowing students on Campus in small groups is simply unacceptable, as is their refusal to commit to a solid outline for the term ahead, especially when so many students have been forced to travel back to their homes across the world due to covid-19. Online "learning" and this new reliance on technology does NOT work in favour of the student, and the Trinity Education Project is nothing more than a passion project by college board members which practically no one – teaching staff and students alike, finds of benefit.
In Solidarity with the JCR
All JCR events have been banned by College until further notice due to an event going awry out of no fault of the JCR. Trinity Halls residents will be left without support during the holidays.
Here is our statement of support.
In Solidarity with the JCRDownload
The week of the 20th is Christmas week at Halls. Christmas week is not a week to be discussing events – vendors, organize gazeebos, catering, etc. and for College to be giving permission. If the JCR are interested in planning Christmas event, a plan would have to be tabled this week on Tuesday at the Covid-19 Management Team meeting. The time for the JCR to bring events for approval is next week, but if this review takes place next week within the next couple of days (and presented on Thursday at the Trinity Living with Covid meeting) then the JCR will not be able to hold events because they will not have time to discuss and propose events. With respect, the JCR needs time to prepare events and not get distracted by such reviews. What it is is a perfectly timed review to halt the operations of the JCR, to act as an impediment for their operations, which will ultimately end up punishing students who stay over for Christmas.
In addition, the exam season might impede the review, and who knows when it will be complete because of that.
In past years, the JCR has organized multiple events per month. However, as demonstrated, this year's JCR is being pressured and banned by College from organizing events. This is unacceptable.
From a University To A Business – The Exploitation of International Students
While issues such as the housing crisis, sky-high tudent fees and underfunded College services affect all students, international students are especially hard-hit.
In 2020-2021, there were 2,509 registered non-EEA students at Trinity College Dublin, making up 13% of the student population. They account for 10.6% of the undergraduate population and 23.21% of the postgraduate population. They pay tuition fees up to €37,613, with most non-EEA fees being higher than €20,000. "The fees go up every year, " says an international student.
On top of this is expensive student accommodation. Foreign students arriving into Dublin are practically forced either into public or private student accommodation due to not knowing the local rental market.
As reported in the Irish Independent (August 18th 2021), the cost of College can reach up to 14,000 euros a year. This has resulted in the growing inaccesibility of education. 4 in 10 college students say they struggle to afford living expenses, while 88% report worrying about money, according to a survey by SpunOut alongside the Irish League of Credit Unions in 2021.
According to the "Quarter 3 2019 Progress Report on the National Student Accommodation Strategy" report published by the Government of Ireland, from 2016 to 2019 a total of 8,229 bed-spaces were built for student accommodation across the country.
More than 90% of these are only available for 840 € per month or more. This is the type of accommodation that international students are 'forced' into.
We all hear the stories of foreign students living in hostels or struggling to afford three meals a day. These issues, of course, affect all students, with the Students' Union of University College Cork having to open a food bank in October 2021. However, international non-EEA students are affected even worse, due to the high tuition fees and accommodation costs.
In addition, international students have to pay for extra administrative procedures such as 300 € for Visa registration and for healthchare. Since international students do not have European health insurance, they must pay for General Practicioner (GP) visits at a rate of 65 € per session.
"We pay our 20ish thousand euros, plus an administrative fee which is around 250-300 euro for Trinity, then the 300 euros for immigration. Students from India need to pay more as they need an actual Visa. In addition, we are required to get Irish health insurance (even though we have one already), which is like 200-300 euro. We also have to have an Irish bank but have to take our loans in our home country so we loose thousands because of the exchange rate, " says one student from the U.S.
"Lot of international students, especially American students, pay almost exclusively through student loans which are borrowed from the government and private corporations with massive loan interests. So for us we'll be paying it off for the rest of our lives, because we don't have debt forgiveness.
What's upsetting is that the quality of the education is so poor for the high price that we're paying, to be honest. And there's no reduction in fees at all for the past 2 years of online lectures. Like I had to pay so much to travel back and forth from the U.S. to Ireland hoping that I would have in person classes and paying for accommodation here off-campus, because there weren't enough spaces for international students on campus. We are only allowed to borrow a certain figure per year for our cost of attendance, but it doesn't change to reflect the high costs of accommodation off campus. So last year I had to leave Ireland months early because I couldn't afford to pay the remaining sum for my private accommodation, let alone feed myself.
In light of covid, we were essentially left to our own devices to "teach ourselves" more than ever, which I just rationally can't justify spending 20k for, " says an international student.
Recently, TCDSU allocated €30,000 from its Higher Education Authority fund to be allocated to support international students' recovery from the pandemic.
Due to government underfunding, College have taken to using international students as cash cows. In 2019, Trinity College Dublin spent 1.4 million € on international student recruitement from all over the world. For example, there is the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies, aimed at recruiting Chinese students.
In fact, the funding model for specific Schools, the so-called the Baseline Budgeting Model (BBM) entails that however much an individual School manages to recruit in terms of student numbers is how much they'll get in funding. As per the 2018-2019 Financial Accounts of the College, the College's Global Relations Strategy 3, the strategy is to further internationalize the College by achieving a "growth in non-EU student numbers from 17% to 18.5% by 2025".
The more diverse a University is, the better. But we shouldn't treat our international students like second-class citiziens.
Due to their immigration status, and the lack of immediate family members and expensive access to the Irish healthcare system, international students are 2.5 times more likely to visit the College Health Service. Non-EEA use the psychiatrist 4.5 times more than Irish/EEA.
However, waiting times are long as College services are underfunded. It was reported that last year, during the build-up to exams, counselling services averaged wait times of 40+ days, and last month in November, a student would have to wait one month to get an appointment at the Health Service, according to an international student speaking to Students4Change who was told on a phone call with the Health Service.
"I can confirm having to use the College Health Service more than most. And it's nearly impossible to get an appointment," says another international student.
"And the college mental health services are just appallingly lacking. I had a mental health breakdown last year and I wasn't able to secure appointments until 3 months later, and the neccesary medication until 4 months later," they continue.
Due to 1.5 years of online learning, language barriers have intensified, which is why Students4Change and the GSU have asked for students to be allowed to use dictionary at in-person exams, as some of us have only ever done online with spell checkers, etc.
In order to get a Visa, one must pay the 300 € registration fee and prove that they have 3,000 € in their bank account to support themselves. The Visa that incoming international students have is the "stamp 2".
There have been improvements and many are working on reforming the system . Last year, some international students could not go home for Christmas as there were very long waiting times at the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) and since the government takes the passports of international students while their "stamp 2" Visas are being prepared. This has been fixed, but reveals a further pattern of discrimination.
On March 16th of last year, Trinity instructed all of its residents in Kavanaugh Court to vacate their rooms – giving international students just 48 hours' notice – before admitting a day later it was "not in a position" to instruct those living in the privately owned accommodation to leave.
But many students living in Kavanagh Court had already booked flights home by the time Trinity acknowledged it did not have the authority to tell them to move out.
They were offered partial refunds, but this incident just shows how little consideration is given to international students as a separate cohort with their own issues and unique situations.
Issues still remain around Visa processing. For example, there are limitations on work. An international student may only work 20 hours per week during the academic term, and 40 hours per week during the holidays. During the holidays, they are a source of labour to make up for the loss as Irish workers go home to their families, whereas international students may not be able to or may not celebrate e.g. Christmas. There is also a black market which employs underpaid and over-exploited international students as per the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS).
In addition, after graduation, an international student can stay in the country for two years to find work. Once they find work and two years pass, their "stamp 1g" visas expire and companies have to 'sponsor' them (basically take responsibility for their stay, which they do not want to do). Therefore, they have to go back home despite having built a life here for years. A solution would be to have the years studying and working count towards citizenship (be "reckonable").
PhD students by default face challenges due to not being on proper employment contracts (but casual contracts) at Universities for the most part, and are underpaid and lack job security.
Non-EEA PhD students (who are also not classified as workers despite being so) are intersectionally more affected by the issues that non-EEA international students face, and that PhD students face.
Students4Change has learned this after attending a meeting of the Non-EEA PhD Students' Society. For example, non-EEA PhD students tend to be older, so they might have their spouses or children with them. Despite Non-EEA PhD students' contributions to research and development in Ireland, their spouses are not allowed to work (so they have to e.g. sit at home for years) and their children are not allowed to go to public school, putting further financial pressure on the family as they are forced to pay for private schools.
"With the recent increase in rents, most of us have either to put in additional 20hrs per week to meet living expenses," says one of their documents. They have a petition ongoing (linked here) – please sign and share.


Moments where Turkish police teams carry out a raid on the opposition HDP's Diyarbakir headquarters Friday night, detaining peaceful hunger strikers. An officer is seen in the video footage to be pointing a gun around to intimidate Kurdish MPs.
Acting @ChiefPentSpox definitively tells reporters there will be "grave consequences" for @NATO ally Turkey if it takes delivery of Russian S-400 system. He says Turkey participation in F-35 and delivery of Patriot will be at risk. 1st time Pentagon speaks of GRAVE CONSEQUENCES.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the phone.
Turkey started independent patrols in Syria's Idlib, western Aleppo and northern Hama province.
Turkish Defense Minister: We ask the Russians to stop the Assad from launching attacks in Idlib.
Akar: Our forces are able to take security alone in the safe area north-east of Syria and we will inevitably be there.
Interior Minister Soylu: "I hope that we will cooperate with Iran about the PKK."


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Cavuto Jokes About The Impact Of Raising Social Security Retirement Age
On yesterday's Your World, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) provided his cure for Social Security. "I have been advocating for quite sometime now that we lift the cap that we currently have, Clyburn said." But Cavuto kept interrupting to make the discussion about raising the retirement age instead.
Clyburn explained, "Social Security is capped out at $113,000. That simply means that if you make $113,000 a year, you pay Social Security (tax) on 100% of your income. …If you make $225,000 a year, you only pay (on) another 50% of your income. So I've been an advocate of …getting rid of the caps on income over $250,000."
Cavuto interrupted. "I guess it's a a way to tax more, to get more money," he sneered. Then he suggested that it's the lower earners who should pay more: "Why not either start looking at raising the retirement age, grandfathered in over decades, but stuff like that that would be a quid to the, you know, taxing quo, you know what I mean?"
Clyburn replied, "Think about what you just said. You're going to say that for you and I, we worked in air conditioned enviornments, we're going to have the same retirement age as a coal miner out there."
Cavuto interrupted again to deny that. Later, he said, "It used to be 30-1, workers paying into every beneficiary, we're very close now to it being 2-1. By the next 20 years, it's going to be almost a 1-1. That, as you know, Sir, cannot be sustained."
Clyburn argued, "Remember that when we were paying 17, 20-1, the threshold was much …lower, I'm talking about the cap."
Cavuto interrupted again "But you're not resting it all on the cap right? …(On) just raising the cap, get a lot more money in from taxpayers and call it a day. You're not."
Clyburn said, "I'm for coming up with a system that will guarantee 75 year solvency."
During this segment, Cavuto kidded around about how taxing his job is and that it should be classified in the same league as coal mining.
But it's no joke about how people at the top income rung have bigger life expectancy gains, have less taxing jobs, easy access to healthy food, and good medical care. As Laura Clawson at Daily Kos wrote:
Some zombie lies cannot be smacked down hard enough or often enough. The claim that we should raise the Social Security retirement age because we're all living longer and can therefore work longer is high on that list. This zombie is so hard to kill because the people who control policy will live longer and be able to continue working long past 65. If you've had good medical care for most of your life and you work at a desk in a climate-controlled office, it doesn't sound so hard. But for people who do physical work, it's another story. The reminder of what that means—physical pain, dangerous situations—has to come as relentlessly as the raise-the-retirement-age zombie.
Cavuto's kidding may be fun but the serious hardships facing those who would struggle if the retirement age were raised will probably never receive even half the Fox News attention that the arguments against raising taxes and/or income caps will.
Anne-claire Souza commented 2013-02-16 11:24:45 -0500 · Flag
The perfect solution is we raise the retirement age to 85 then we can celebrate retirement day by dropping dead.Presto chancho the Social Security is saved
Kevin Koster commented 2013-02-15 22:04:10 -0500 · Flag
Cavuto did agree that it wouldn't be a good idea to raise the eligibility age for people who work in heavy physical labor jobs. This was before he made the joke about his own job being difficult, but he clearly understood that his comment wasn't going to fly.
The fact is that they will wind up lifting the cap as Clyburn suggested, which will stop the discussions for another 20 years or so. They can also slightly adjust the payroll tax rate as just happened, and as was done back in the 1980s under Reagan.
The numbers of retirees will hit a peak fairly soon, as we get to the end of the baby boom retirees, and at that point the ratio numbers will start to open up again. That whole notion of 30:1 versus 1:1 is just another opening SS opponents regularly use to try to discredit the whole idea. Keep in mind that these are the people who never wanted it around in the first place.
I do think that the eligibility age could be slowly raised, but the issue of heavy physical labor and hazardous professions must be kept in mind or you get exactly the problem Clyburn was pointing out. The other notion that the right wing loves to spout is that of means-testing. They're saying that they want to make sure that well-off people aren't soaking the taxpayers. Except that I haven't heard of too many multi-millionaires trying to collect a $2500 SS check. It's more likely that a retiree on a decent pension will use SS to supplement, which is completely fair and appropriate, given that they've paid into the system by that point for at least 30-40 years, if not nearly 50 years. I had an accountant tell me that it may not be legal to run a means test where you tell someone who has paid into the system that they are ineligible to receive anything. My belief is that most wealthy people don't collect SS for a variety of reasons, including the fact that they don't need it. It's also a pile of paperwork for very little return for them. But for someone living on a pension, that return is critical.
My prediction is that the cap will be lifted, an additional payroll tax adjustment will be made, and a long-term gradual age increase will be phased in, with proper exceptions for people who can show that the physical requirements (and tolls) of the work make them eligible earlier. The right wing will continue to rail against the program but since many of their constituents also collect it, they don't have a real leg to stand on.
mj - the same one commented 2013-02-15 18:47:57 -0500 · Flag
That's a great idea, Kneel — in fact, let's time it so that in eleven years, when you turn 65, it goes up to age 102.
If there's any justice in this world, you'll be forced to stand in line for hours to get SS benefits, similar to Ms. Desilline Victor, the voter your fellow Fauxites mocked.
Hey, Craputo — there were 48 coal mining deaths in the US in 2010, the deadliest year for such fatalities in nearly 20 years:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/30/us-coal-mine-deaths-in-20_n_802790.html
You should tell the families of those miners how sitting on your fat arse in a TV studio spewing bullshit is in "the same league" as the work that took the lives of their loved ones. Only in the Fox News bubble . . .


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The Sedamsville Rectory
The Sedamsville Rectory, located at 639 Steiner Avenue in Cincinnati, has been around for a long freaking time. In recent years, it's become a popular place for ghost hunters, being featured on several paranormal themed, so called reality shows.
Over a century old, the rectory is believed to be haunted. Witnesses working on building renovations have seen eerie mists and shadows under the doors of empty rooms. Some say one ghost who resides here is Father Donald MacLeod, who wrote "The History of Roman Catholicism in North America." In the late 1800s. He was hit by a train nearby, and locals, including parishioners, have seen his ghost walking along the street near the building or by the railroad tracks. Visitors here have heard unexplained footsteps and voices and seen doors opening and closing. They've also seen the apparition of a clergyman. Other spirits believed to haunt the place are a man and a child who were both found dead, at different times, on the street in front of the rectory. The child had a noose around its neck.
As I've said before, I've gotten lazy, so doing a lot of research is way too much work for me. So anyway, here's a history of the place, which I copied off the Rectory web site:
SEDAMSVILLE RECTORY
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Midwest Preservation Society began renovations of the Sedamsville Rectory in March 2011.
The Sedamsville Rectory was built over 120 years ago. The Midwest Preservation Society is working hard to restore it back to its original condition. The facility has over 6000 square feet of space and four levels. On the first level, it has a parlor, living room, library, formal dining room, a kitchen as well as a bathroom. The kitchen has a staircase leading up to the second level where the servant's quarters are located. The second level has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a beautiful staircase going to the first floor. There is also a staircase leading up to the huge attic. The Rectory also has a full basement, which is divided into four separate areas.
The Rectory is one of four buildings once belonging to Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The Rectory housed the priests that served the community. The church itself was dedicated on May 5, 1889. However the parish was organized by German speaking members of St. Vincent de Paul in 1878. The Gothic Revival style church sits high on a hill overlooking Sedamsville and replaced another church built on Sedam Avenue that was prone to flooding. The school, built in 1907, closed in 1976 and merged with Holy Family parish in East Price Hill. When Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish closed, the remaining families joined Holy Family as well. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church was stripped of its sacred items and the building was sold. The original church bells and organ were installed at Holy Family as were the icons, originally given to Our Lady in 1887 by Pope Leo XIII.
HISTORY OF SEDAMSVILLE
Henry Sedam was responsible for Sedamville and the village was formed in 1835. Sedamsville was annexed into the City of Cincinnati in the late 1860's. At one point there were over 100 businesses on River Road between Steiner and Sedam Street. It was close knit community. One popular place in the early days was Manhatten Park, owned by the Fleishmann Family of the Fleishman Yeast Company fame. The park lasted until the 1913 flood destroyed it.
Sedamsville like much of Cincinnati continued to prosper and at the turn of the century Sedamsville had a post office, police station and Fire House. Although Sedamsville might seem isolated and remote, residents could take the streetcar into the city and the Bromsley-Sedamsville Ferry took people across the river to Kentucky. The city also had a Train station.
Sedamsville Ohio Rectory
In spite of the river flooding the business district hummed along however the disastrous flood of 1937 and the ongoing depression made it impossible for some to rebuild and thus began the slow decline of the once bustling commercial district. The city had been proposing the raising and widening of River Road and when it was first proposed in the 1920's there was serious opposition to it. By the 1940's because of the business district decline there was hardly any opposition to the project.
The road widening left a neighborhood without a business district. 91 buildings were razed and over 100 familiesSedamsville Flood were displaced. All those buildings were pre 1900 and some were very early structures. Today those buildings would have been moved. Historic preservation was virtually unheard of back in those days.
Sedamsville still has a good collection of residential structures and efforts are underway to have the area declared a historic district in an effort to protect it.
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Fund recipients will be provided financial assistance. Many undocumented families are currently unemployed due to the pandemic. The funds provided will go towards groceries, rent, medical bills, light and water, and funeral/burial expenses.
Why is this fund necessary?
Undocumented immigrants cannot receive federal aid, this includes unemployment benefits or stimulus checks. While their children may be eligible for resources and assistance, they do not have the same privileges. This, along with fear of deportation and lack of English proficiency, serve as barriers in the financial security of undocumented immigrants.
How are the funds managed?
All funds/donations/grants for Undocufund Mid-South are housed by our fiscal sponsor, First Congregation Church in Memphis, Tennessee.
What regions do we serve?
Undocufund Mid-South is based in Memphis, Tennessee and serves surrounding areas in West Tennessee, Eastern Arkansas, and Northern Mississippi.
These regions will receive priority consideration, however, applicants from other parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas will be assisted if our funds are enough.
Who is eligible to apply?
Undocumented workers in the Mid-South (West Tennessee, Northern Mississippi, and Eastern Arkansas), who have been unemployed or are facing financial issues as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
How does the application process work?
The thorough process can be found on our 'Apply' page. Applicants will fill out a simple form, detailing their circumstances. The Undocufund committee will then review the application and gauge the need based on the circumstances described. A follow-up phone call will be made to households to verify info and eligibility.
Please do not try to take advantage of our funding. If your application appears fraudulent or if you attempt to declare undocumented status, despite not qualifying for such label, your application for assistance will be denied.
How much funding will be provided to workers and families?
As of now, funding assistance ranges from $300 - $1000, depending on household size and circumstances.
What percentage of my donation goes to families and workers affected by COVID-19?
Minus administrative fees, all funds will go to undocumented families and workers,
How long will I have to wait for a response on my application?
After the application is verified and follow-up call is made, funds will be received in less than a week.
Where can I donate?
All donations will be made directly though the First Congregation Church Website: https://www.firstcongo.com/give
Before you complete your donation, please make sure you include 'Undocufund" in the "Discription" box on the third page.
In need of additional resources?
If you do not qualify for Undocufund's services or need additional resources, visit our 'Resources' page.
If you are able to donate, please do so. Even $10 goes a long way to help undocumented workers and their families. Also, make sure to share the fund with families and friends. We appreciate any help we can get!
THE SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING IS OPEN.
Undocumented workers living in Memphis and across Mid-South can apply to receive federal aid through our grant application. The individual will fill out questions regarding their family, employment status, and funds needed to cover their necessities. We ask that each household fill out only one application.
A committee of 6 people will review the application and rate their need on a scale of 1 to 3, lowest to highest, in a variety of categories. This allows us to identify the individuals and families who are in most need of immediate support. We will then contact the family and individual of their status of selection. Proof of bills and documentation for selected families are needed in order to verify need. For groceries, past receipts are recommended, although the amount of money allocated will also depend on family size. Upon verification, the money assessed to cover need will be directly deposited to the family.
This is done in a rolling process per open period. As we receive more donations, we will be able to help more families. We aim to first target families who are in most need of immediate support.
Apply at https://forms.gle/2zHSzeFWutrtMasj6
Resources for Memphis during COVID-19 (no matter your immigration status)
https://901iris.wixsite.com/recursosenmemphis
SCS En Español
http://www.scsk12.org/ESPANOL/
https://www.facebook.com/SCSK12Espanol/
Ventana Comunitaria Memphis
To offer the Hispanic community a place they can go to learn about health services, advocacy, education, legal services, etc.
https://www.facebook.com/VentanaComunitariaMemphis/
Bienestar901
This is a collaborative effort by various Memphis organizations to disseminate information and strategies for the #BienEstar of all in Area 901
https://www.facebook.com/bienestar901/
Vecindarios 901
Please report any possible ICE activity within Memphis and Shelby County. 901-329-7979. We will investigate all reported activities and confirm cases of verified activity here. You're not alone.
https://www.facebook.com/Vecindarios901/
Church Health
Church Health offers FREE Coronavirus testing at our Crosstown Concourse location every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. You do not have to be a patient to be tested. To schedule an appointment, call 901-272-0003. Bilingual staff are available.
All clinics are open: Medical, Family Medicine, Dental, Optometry, Physical Rehab, and Behavioral Health
https://churchhealth.org/es/clinica-medica/
Casa Luz
The mission of CasaLuz is to prevent and reduce domestic violence and related crimes in the Spanish-speaking community and to promote equal access to justice and other services. CasaLuz advocates, educates, improves quality of life and empowers the Hispanic community by providing legal advocacy and supportive services, sharing information about the cycle and dynamics of violence, helping victims to know and exercise their legal rights, and providing access and referrals to legal and social services in their native language (Spanish). CasaLuz takes a holistic approach in order to promote healing, well-being, and lives free of violence and fear within the Hispanic community.
http://casaluzmemphis.org/
Community Legal Center
The Community Legal Center's mission is to provide civil legal services to those with limited means and those at risk, including populations not served by other legal aid agencies.
https://clcmemphis.org/espanol/
Mascaras Arriba Memphis
Masks Up, Memphis will distribute preventive literature and masks to "disadvantaged" communities in the Memphis metropolitan area.
https://mascarasarribamemphis.com/
Sleeping Fit Live Stream for Undocufund
Oak Walker Fundraiser show for Undocufund
Super Brick Fundraiser for Undocufund
[With the funds], I was able to buy food, helped with the electric bill, help with the rent, and bought my medication for a month. If it's possible, I will be requesting funds again because my situation is very difficult. I am 65-years-old and I cannot work because I had a heart operation and I am a high risk [of contracting COVID-19]. I really needed the help.
Anonymous: Fund Recipient
[Undocufund volunteers] were very kind and treated me nicely. I received the grant and never did I feel bad because I am Latino, do not speak English, and I do not have documents. May God bless you and thank you for everything.
I am concerned about my family's economic situation. Due to the COVID-19 situation, my husband has less work and we need help to cover all the expenses and nutrition for my family. I heard about [Undocufund] through a family member. I used the grant I received to pay part of the rent and the utilities. I am very grateful to the organization, God bless you.
People in Outreach
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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Friends and members of Geek Girls Forever met to make paper flowers out of comic books during one of their regular craft events in Newhall on Saturday.
Sat around a table, a dozen members cut out flower-shaped paper to trace onto comic book pages. They then glued "petals" together, compiling their own bouquets. The craft event is one of several held by the organization, which consists of women 18 years old and over. The group emerged as a companion to Geek Girls Society, intended for girls and women between the ages of eight and 18.
Member Chelsea Stevenson said Geek Girls Forever became a built-in community from young Santa Clarita residents, with its own friendliness and openness to welcome new people. During previous craft events, Stevenson used a Bratz doll, paint and fabric to make a miniature Weeping Angel statue, based on the aliens from "Doctor Who," and a decoupage plate that featured images of Batman.
"It's a super positive safe, social space for girls to be themselves," Stevenson said.
Geek Girls Forever next major event will be "Galentine's Day" on Feb. 13. The idea originated from the television show "Parks and Recreation" as a day for "ladies celebrating ladies," Moore said. After previous years of watching episodes of the show associated with the holiday, this year will be a party for everyone to attend and have fun, she added.
Men are also welcome to participate in Geek Girls Forever events. To learn more, go to geekgirlsforever.com.


There is an art, or rather, a knack to flying.
Pick a nice day and try it.
One problem is that you have to miss the ground accidentally.
much it's going to hurt if you fail to miss it.
disillusionment with this exhilarating and spectacular sport.
in what might seem to be a slightly foolish manner.
they are unlikely to say anything helpful.
God, you can't possibly be flying!"
distraction rapidly becomes easier and easier to achieve.
just allowing it to happen as if it was going to anyway.
but some may be able to get temporary employment at them.
humorous science fiction, Douglas Adams.
most utterly mindstaggeringly absurd situations.
Another world, another day, another dawn.
The early morning's thinnest sliver of light appeared silently.
possibility of magic. Creation hold its breath.
going to be just another long haul across the sky.
this, and this was indeed going to be one of them.
opposite horizon with a sense of totally wasted effort.
started on up the sky again.
"Hello, robot," said the mattress.
was walking round very slowly in a very tiny circle.
back at him with wide eyes.
walk round in tight circles.
It was a large mattress, and probably one of quite high quality.
wisdom, is presumably working on it.
Marvin paused again in his weary circular plod.
point. He hadn't. He didn't. The mere plod said it all.
in more common usage. It flolloped in a sympathetic sort of way.
matchbox without taking out the matches first."
lorries it takes to cart its microstored edition around in.
simply means 'in the manner of something which is floopy'.
minimum. Why are you walking in circles?"
"Because my leg is stuck," said Marvin simply.
"that it is a pretty poor sort of leg."
"You are right," said Marvin, "it is."
would wish to. Ha, but my life is but a box of wormgears."
quiet flurble he did so.
Marvin airily. "Ask me if I ever get bored, go on, ask me."
you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number."
"Wrong," said Marvin, "you see?"
welded to his left side, "over there, about a mile distance."
which looked exactly the same as every other part of the marsh.
"There," he repeated. "I was somewhat a celebrity at the time."
It did something which mattresses very rarely bother to do.
its pool, deluging Marvin with smelly mud, moss and weeds.
I am, brain the size of...never mind."
He trudged savagely for a few seconds.
workshop with a wrench, and that went down very well."
you gave in the marshes."
and freighters over the swamp."
"A bridge?" quirruled the mattress. "Here in the swamp?"
it. They asked me to open it. Poor fools."
It began to rain a little, a fine spray slid through the mist.
and hundreds of miles behind me, the bridge stretched."
"Did it glitter?" enthused the mattress.
"Did it span the miles majestically?"
"It spanned the miles majestically."
"Yes," said Marvin. "Do you want to hear this story?"
"I want to hear your speech," said the mattress.
Marvin paused, remembering the moment.
willomied, doing this last in a particularly floopy way.
"Voon," it wurfed at last. "And was it a magnificent occasion?"
into the mire, taking everybody with it."
they were gone again in their ship, which said 'foop'.
gather information on this man, let alone get him interviewed.
recently seen him in a London bookshop signing his books. Darn!
as well as that interview I wanted!
Cambridge in 1952, educated at Brentwood School, Essex, and St.
from any Surrey estate agents.
"So long, and thanks for all the Fish".


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Tanarctus longisetosus är en djurart som tillhör fylumet trögkrypare, och som beskrevs av Grimaldi de Zio, D'Addabbo Gallo, Morone De Lucia, Vaccarella och Grimaldi 1982. Tanarctus longisetosus ingår i släktet Tanarctus och familjen Halechiniscidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Källor

Externa länkar

Trögkrypare
longisetosus

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text:
Q: How to extend ExpandableListView to fill screen vertically I understand ExpandableListView does not expand to fill the screen completely.  I have created my own custom ExpandableListView.  How do I make to fill the screen completely?
Here are my code:
This is my ExpandableListView:
public class GeoAreaAdapter extends BaseExpandableListAdapter {

    private Context _context;
    private List<GeoArea> myGeoAreas;

    public GeoAreaAdapter(Context context, List<GeoArea> myGeoAreas) {
        this._context = context;
        this.myGeoAreas = myGeoAreas;
    }

    @Override
    public Object getChild(int groupPosition, int childPosititon) {
        return this.myGeoAreas.get(groupPosition).neighborhoods.get(childPosititon);
    }

    @Override
    public long getChildId(int groupPosition, int childPosition) {
        return childPosition;
    }

    @Override
    public View getChildView(int groupPosition, final int childPosition,
            boolean isLastChild, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {

        Neighborhood curNBH = (Neighborhood) getChild(groupPosition, childPosition);

        if (convertView == null) {
            LayoutInflater infalInflater = (LayoutInflater) this._context
                    .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
            convertView = infalInflater.inflate(R.layout.list_item, null);
        }

        TextView txtListChild = (TextView) convertView
                .findViewById(R.id.lblListItem);
        txtListChild.setText(curNBH.name);

        CheckBox ckb_NBHSelected = (CheckBox) convertView
                .findViewById(R.id.ckb_NBHSelected);
        ckb_NBHSelected.setEnabled(false);

        return convertView;
    }

    @Override
    public int getChildrenCount(int groupPosition) {
        return this.myGeoAreas.get(groupPosition).neighborhoods.size();
    }

    @Override
    public Object getGroup(int groupPosition) {
        return this.myGeoAreas.get(groupPosition);
    }

    @Override
    public int getGroupCount() {
        return this.myGeoAreas.size();
    }

    @Override
    public long getGroupId(int groupPosition) {
        return groupPosition;
    }

    @Override
    public View getGroupView(int groupPosition, boolean isExpanded, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        GeoArea curGeoArea = (GeoArea)getGroup(groupPosition);
        if (convertView == null) {
            LayoutInflater infalInflater = (LayoutInflater) this._context
                    .getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);
            convertView = infalInflater.inflate(R.layout.list_group, null);
        }

        TextView lblListHeader = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.lblListHeader);
        lblListHeader.setTypeface(null, Typeface.BOLD);
        lblListHeader.setText(curGeoArea.name);

           ImageView img_GeoAreaExpanded = (ImageView)convertView.findViewById(R.id.img_GeoAreaExpanded);
        if(isExpanded){
               img_GeoAreaExpanded.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        }else{
               img_GeoAreaExpanded.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
        return convertView;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean hasStableIds() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isChildSelectable(int groupPosition, int childPosition) {
        return true;
    }

}

Here is group layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:padding="8dp"
    android:background="#000000">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/lblListHeader"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/imgv_GeoAreaSelector"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignTop="@+id/imgv_GeoAreaSelector"
        android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/imgv_GeoAreaSelector"
        android:paddingLeft="?android:attr/expandableListPreferredItemPaddingLeft"
        android:textColor="#f9f93d"
        android:textSize="17dp" />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imgv_GeoAreaSelector"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:src="@android:drawable/ic_menu_send"
        android:focusable="false"
        />

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/img_GeoAreaExpanded"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:src="@android:drawable/arrow_down_float"
        android:focusable="false"
        android:visibility="gone"/>

</RelativeLayout>

Here is my child layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/ckb_NBHSelected"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:focusable="false"
        />

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/lblListItem"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textSize="17dip"
        android:paddingTop="5dp"
        android:paddingBottom="5dp"
        android:textColor="#000000"
        android:paddingLeft="?android:attr/expandableListPreferredChildPaddingLeft" />

</LinearLayout>

Any ideas?

A: Set padding for each one of your group views. This forces each group to take more space. In my car I measured screen and then set the padding dynamically in java.

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text:
Q: Swift: How to make sure that no infinite ViewController are stacked on top of each other (how to dismiss them if necessary)? I am creating a simple app with three ViewController in interface builder. Right now they are presented in this order:

FirstVC > SecondVC > ThirdVC

*

*FirstVC

Shows the main menu, a play button is connected via interface builder to show the SecondVC (no code right now).

*SecondVC

A simple game. When the game is over I present the ThirdVC programatically.
let storyboard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
    let vc = storyboard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "GameOverScreen") as UIViewController
    vc.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.currentContext
    vc.modalTransitionStyle = .crossDissolve

    self.present(vc, animated: true, completion: nil)

Before (or while) the ThirdVC is presented I want to dismiss the SecondVC so that in the hierarchy only:

FirstVC > ThirdVC

is present.

*ThirdVC

Shows a simple game over message.
dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil)

When I dismiss this view controller I want to go back to FirstVC or rather because SecondVC is already dismissed the player is automatically back on FirstVC.
How can I do this?
Of course I know how to present and dismiss a VC programmatically, but how can I dismiss a VC at the same time presenting a new VC? Or what would be the right way to do this?

A: You better use navigationcontroller and when ThirdVC is pushed do this in it's viewDidLoad
 func optimizeNavigation()
{

    let viewControllers: [UIViewController] = self.navigationController!.viewControllers ;

    print("before optimize \(viewControllers.count)")

    for aViewController in viewControllers
    {
        if(aViewController is SecondVC)
        {
           aViewController.removeFromParentViewController()
        }
    }

      let viewControllers2: [UIViewController] = self.navigationController!.viewControllers ;

      print("after optimize \(viewControllers2.count)")

}

This way when you pop in ThirdVC you will return to FirstVC