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Tighter federal rules end free meals for students in California and nationwide
Summer waivers expired that allowed districts to distribute free meals to all children
Ali Tadayon and Joyce Kasing Tagal
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Oakland Unified Food Service Assistant Yvonne Reynolds hands out grab-and-go meals Aug. 17 at Fremont High School. The US Department of Agriculture, on Monday, extended federal waivers allowing districts to serve free grab-and-go meals to any student. (Ali Tadayon/Edsource)
Update -- the US Department of Agriculture has extended the waivers allowing schools to serve free meals to any student through the calendar year.
Millions of students and families in California and nationwide who have come to rely on free grab-and-go meals during the past five months of the pandemic may no longer qualify for the food service.
Since the start of the Covid-19 closures, school districts have served millions of packaged meals at no cost and without eligibility requirements to all children at food distribution sites made possible by a series of federal waivers, the latest being the "Seamless Summer Option." Some districts, such as Los Angeles and Fresno Unified, even kicked in money from their general funds to also feed adults.
But the U.S. Department of Agriculture, at the start of the new school year returned to its pre-Covid rules — only reimbursing districts for meals served to children who qualify for free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch. Though districts will continue serving grab-and-go meals, they will have to charge students who don't qualify for the federal program. They also can no longer serve children who attend schools in other districts or who attend charter or private schools.
The federal rules changes created a logistical nightmare for the Fresno Unified School District, said Chief Operating Officer Karin Temple. The district served 18,000 to 21,000 meals a day over the summer, and not having to check people's eligibility made the process run smoothly, she said. She fears the tighter requirements will turn people away.
"When we're serving the volume that we're serving, it will really slow things down, and we don't want to do anything that will discourage people from getting the food they need," Temple said.
The changes have further complicated a food distribution effort that must now serve students who are attending school virtually but still needing to eat breakfast and lunch during the day. The wildfires in Northern California also have disrupted food distributions in school districts, such as at West Contra Costa Unified in the East Bay, which postponed its meal distribution earlier in the week in an effort to shield employees from the worsening air quality.
Oakland mother Veronica Orozco received food all summer from the Oakland Unified School District for her daughters, 9 and 14, who attend charter schools. She said the meals were helpful to her and other parents she knows during this time of uncertainty.
"I think people are scared. There are a lot of people without money or income," Orozco said. "We were told children would be eating more since they are home all day, and many parents do need it. I know some parents who have asked where they can get food, and there are many who don't have enough for food after paying for rent and bills."
Grab-and-go meals for students, as well as produce for families, are available at Fremont High School in Oakland.
At a recent food distribution at Oakland Unified's Fremont High School, a mother attempting to pick up food for her children first had to confirm their enrollment status per the new federal rules. Struggling with English, the mother tried to give her children's names to the food service staff, who couldn't find them in the district's electronic system. When the staff determined that the students attended charter schools, they reluctantly had to deny her the meals, though she was able to take some produce from the Alameda County Community Food Bank.
San Francisco Unified recently announced a plan to offer students who don't qualify for free food weekly to-go bags of five days' worth of breakfast, lunch, supper — cereal, muffins, pupusas, pizza and burritos, fresh fruit and vegetables and milk — for $22. The meals will be available only to district students, who display a barcode identifying them as qualifying for the free food and proving that they attend a school in the district.
"We are not in a different situation now than we were in May," said San Francisco Unified Student Nutrition Services spokesperson Anne Moertel referring to a time when all students could receive free food. "We have more families that are out of work that are food insecure. Our hopes are that our policymakers will recognize that this is an essential need and that feeding children is not negotiable."
A recently introduced bill in the House of Representatives aims to open school lunch programs to all children regardless of school enrollment or income and without the need to check ID or proof of enrollment.
California school districts don't have time to wait and see if Congress will pass the bill, known as the Pandemic Child Hunger Prevention Act, officials said. They are continuing to offer grab-and-go meals, though some districts are changing their number of pickup sites or their distribution method to follow the new rules.
The bill was introduced by House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.) who with other lawmakers is also calling on USDA to extend the waivers through the next school year. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue said the department lacks congressional approval and funding.
West Contra Costa Unified is incorporating lunch breaks into its virtual instruction schedules by designating a 40-minute lunch break for both teachers and students during its 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. instructional day. The district is serving grab-and-go meals at 15 of its schools on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so that parents can pick up multiple meals for the week for their children.
Mark Chavez, nutrition services director at Long Beach Unified, said the USDA's new rules make it harder on parents who have children at different schools, since the district can serve grab-and-go meals only at their "school of attendance."
"It may take you 20, 30 minutes to get one meal then you have to add that to the next school to pick up another meal," Chavez said, adding that the district is working to figure out a way around these rules so that parents can pick up meals at whichever school is closest to them.
But advocates of the school lunch program say there are other problems too. One indicator surfaced in the Bay Area last summer when BayAreaCommunity, (BAC), a volunteer organization that mapped school meal sites across 14 Northern California counties, found that 720 meal sites in the spring dropped to 300 by late summer for multiple reasons, among them lower demand. San Francisco Unified, which served 150,000 meals per week in May, dropped to 120,000 in early June.
June Richardson, a nutritional consultant working with Ravenswood Schools, attributed the summer dip in demand to families preferring to be able to purchase their own food through the Pandemic-EBT food stamp program, as well as families tiring of the limited food options.
"Because we are prioritizing food safety in distribution of food, the menu is limited and mostly individually wrapped," Richardson said. "We are trying our best to package up bulk items like chicken nuggets, providing ingredients for families to cook — for example, spaghetti. But the monotony and limited menu choices also play a role."
Some attributed the drop to distribution hours that didn't mesh with working parents' schedules, leading some districts to make changes.
Hope Brand, Director of Food Service at Linden Unified School District in Stockton, said the district closed its summer meal pick-ups at the end of June because they could not afford the additional staff and protective equipment needed to follow safety protocols. It recently resumed as a "drive-thru meal service" — parents can pick up both breakfast and lunch for their children between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. at their school of attendance.
The Pandemic Child Hunger Prevention Act, introduced by House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.).
Lawmakers call on USDA to reverse decision to allow waivers to expire.
USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue refused, saying the department lacks authority and funding from Congress.
Scott and Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Wednesday pushed for waivers, arguing that the USDA does have the authority under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
As the pandemic grinds on and the unemployment rate climbs higher than the highest point during the Great Recession, advocates say the need for school-based food distribution will only increase. Families seeking food help through the GetCalFresh.org portal increased by 750,000 households including 400,000 school-age children between March 15 — when shelter in place orders started across California — and Aug. 17.
Another indicator of need is the latest data reported by the Stanford Data Lab from the U.S. Census Bureau's "Household Pulse Survey" — a series of weekly surveys gauging the pandemic's impact — more than 1 million California children were reported to not have enough food the week of July 21. That number has risen steadily since early May, when it was 8.6% — or 749,000 children.
The Los Angeles Unified School District, the largest in the state, distributed more than 50 million meals since March and will continue to provide food to all children and adults who show up at its distribution sites. It has used an estimated $78 million in federal CARES Act funding and is seeking other funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Other districts are also struggling to fund their nutrition programs, which were operating at a deficit pre-Covid, and have found that serving grab-and-go meals is more expensive than traditional school meals because of the costs of extra packaging and precautions.
To help districts serve grab-and-go meals during the fall, the state allocated nearly $112 million in the state's 2020-21 budget. An additional $80 million is included in a final budget bill pending in the legislature.
Fresno Unified is calling on the City of Fresno to allocate federal stimulus funds from the federal CARES Act to help it pay for grab-and-go meals for both adults and children, Temple said. More than 87% of the district's enrollment — 64,134 students — qualified for free and reduced-price meals in 2019-2020.
"There is significant need in our community; with such high rates of disadvantaged students we feel like it's so important that we provide access to meals," Temple said. "It's one of the focal points for continuing to serve our community during this Covid situation."
Joyce Kasing Tagal was a lead organizer of the project that mapped all food sites in the Bay Area with Big Local News, a project of Stanford University. Samuel Baucom, a staff journalist for Big Local News, contributed to this report.
EdSource reporter Betty Marquez Rosales contributed to this report.
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Using schools as the point of contact for free meals for children worked when students were instructed in person at schools. It was never intended to provide food for the entire family and doesn't seem to be an effective or efficient – both cost and time – method to feed students when instruction is entirely online. Instead, schools could consider collaborating with food banks and other local non-profits and the state to provide … Read More
Using schools as the point of contact for free meals for children worked when students were instructed in person at schools. It was never intended to provide food for the entire family and doesn't seem to be an effective or efficient – both cost and time – method to feed students when instruction is entirely online.
Instead, schools could consider collaborating with food banks and other local non-profits and the state to provide groceries in bulk that would allow families to create a greater variety of meals at a lower cost. San Diego Unified is reportedly partnering with the San Diego Food Bank and Feeding San Diego to provide food to families, although they have not yet released many of the details.
Rosamaria Valdez 5 months ago5 months ago
I'm a single parent, who had to take a personal leave from work to help my son with his online school, due to him having a learning disability. He is on an interdistrict contract. With me not working and having to watch my finances, I'm unable to drive to the city I usually take him to and the city I do live in won't let me pick up free food for his lunch. Nor do … Read More
I'm a single parent, who had to take a personal leave from work to help my son with his online school, due to him having a learning disability. He is on an interdistrict contract. With me not working and having to watch my finances, I'm unable to drive to the city I usually take him to and the city I do live in won't let me pick up free food for his lunch. Nor do I have time to drive to the other city to pick up his lunch and return on time, to help him with it online spelling.


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The Short and the Sweet of It: Smooch!
Come on...you know this is cracking you up right now.
I'm not even a baby person, and I can't help but smile! So cute!
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Kathryn Jean Lopez January 11, 2022
"Michael … drew together a beautiful community whose common thread was love for him and dedication to his well-being. His gentle spirit also created a safe space when his brothers and sisters were having a tough day. Cozying up next to Michael set the troubles of the world at bay, and no one was better than Michael at keeping secrets."
That's how the Kniffin family remembered their nearly 10-year-old, Michael Patrick, who died on the last day of 2021. Days after the feast of the Holy Family, his parents, Bonnie and Eric, and his seven siblings were one modern holy family living the Passion, Death and Resurrection during Christmastide.
They are quite certain their son has been embraced into the arms of God the Father. Michael was diagnosed with lissencephaly, a severe congenital neurological condition known as "smooth brain." His family wrote: "Michael's condition left him nonverbal, nonmobile and legally blind. But his heart was perfect."
He wasn't expected to live as long as he did, and he was clearly a blessing in the lives of those he touched. I know that's true, as I got to know Michael over social media. As some of us from afar prayed with the community of love around Michael and his family — via livestream (sometimes it's a blessing) — we were invited by the family to give our intentions to Michael to lift up to God. His parents implored: "St. John the Apostle records in [Revelation] 8:4 that he saw 'the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascend up before God from the hand of the angel.'"
The invitation continued: "If your faith permits, we invite you to ask our Michael to join you in lifting these petitions, and whatever else is on your heart, up to the heavenly throne. We are already finding him a powerful intercessor!"
That's Christians believing in what we say we do. That's the kind of love that is in union with the Trinity. I'm reminded of a friend who has children who were all adopted out of foster care with extreme trauma, most of whom have severe mental illnesses (such as schizophrenia, for one). How do you parent with that reality? By surrendering entirely to God. You love as he's called you, with the full knowledge that he loves them even more than you do. Even in their pain, this is what the Kniffins are showing us.
"We ask our dear saint Michael to pray for us, that God would keep fresh in our hearts all that he taught us through Michael's quiet life, that we would all love God so that we may be together with Michael in God's presence, and that God would be glorified through Michael's life and story. … Michael had profound limitations, but had a beautiful ability to draw the best out of other people," the family remembered.
Apparently, Michael had a magnificent laugh: "Michael reserved his biggest laughs for the smallest things, which made his joy all the more wondrous: the way light sparkled off an iridescent poster board, the feeling of a string brushing across his forehead, or the sound of wind chimes. … Finding ways to make Michael laugh was like a puzzle that his siblings were always thrilled to solve."
In more recent years, his seizures and other sufferings made his smile and laughter less frequent. (He received medication 10 times a day.)
"His limits required us to quiet ourselves, and to look closely for the smallest indications that he was tired, happy or that he had enough of the sun," his family wrote.
Michael's life was worth living. We live in a country that doesn't know that. May Michael intercede for the voiceless innocents whose parents are making decisions right now in the face of prenatal tests and all kinds of pressures to abortion.
We spend a lot of time in life, in our culture, trying to prevent/run from suffering — so much so that when it comes, we don't know what to do with it. The Kniffins, in their pain, point the way. Please pray for them and all families who love in the midst of extreme suffering, in union with Our Lord, who lived and died and rose to give the gift of himself for eternity.
Kathryn Jean Lopez is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute and editor-at-large of National Review.
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Arriving to 50 degrees in Duluth on Friday was quite a change to the 90 degrees weather in North Carolina... Luckily, the Internet world was buzzing with the forecast of chilly weather for a while and I was fairly ready to cope with it. Still, it's been a while since I have skated in a 30 degrees weather and I was not sure about several things, the biggest of them all – wheels.
I came to Duluth with a set of hardest Matters (yellow) and was really concerned that they might turned out to be too hard for the cold pavement. Therefore, my first order of business upon arrival was to get a new set of wheels. I decided to settle on the medium hardness Matters (white) since I am really used to their profile… I picked up the wheels and my race package at the expo at DECC.
Saturday morning was cold. I got on a bus around 5:50 and arrived to the start line at 6:40… It always throws me off how long it takes to get from the finish line to the start. I needed to warm up.
Instead of putting my skates on and warming up that way, I opted for running. It always gets my blood flowing and I was hoping it would keep the cold wind to its minimum. :o) After a good warm up, I changed into my layered "cold-weather" outfit and put my skates on. This year I had a whopping 3 minutes between having my skates on and the beginning of the race. :o) I was ready to go though.
I saw some familiar faces at the line but was still not sure what to expect. Seeing how the pro women blasted off the line, I suspected that my wave would be getting off the line fairly quickly also. And then there was the countdown… and we were off!
The beginning of the race was FAST! I did take a few cautious moments to step over the mats so I found myself losing ground to the front of the pack. Still, I settled behind a small pace line and we slowly bridged to the majority of the front-runners.
Looking at the results, it seems that about 7 people were able to step on the gas and disappeared behind a bend before we caught them. Oh well, we had our own race to enjoy. I found myself fairly far in the back – around 20th position. I was not thrilled about that but the pack in front of me looked pretty strong and I did not believe there was a chance of it getting split. I decided to wait.
The first 30-40 minutes of the race the pace was great! It was hard enough to string the pack out, so there were no four pace lines going side by side, but comfortable enough for staying with the pack.
I did skate over a couple of tar snakes and almost lost it once. However, I was able to keep my composure and get back up to speed. My heart did sink for a moment when I was not sure if I was able to save it though. :o) Once we passed the second water station, the pace dropped significantly.
Right around that time we caught up to one of the Pro women that had been dropped by her pack. She tried to get a little bit of our pack's draft only to be harshly kicked out. I understand that there are "no cross drafting" rules for Pros but it was sad to see people being almost rude to her when it was clear that she could not hurt our "snail" pace, and the only thing she could gain was getting to the finish line a few minutes earlier (not being a contender in her race anymore).
I was able to get up to speed quite easily and by the time I was at the front of the pack I had 5-6mph on them. I decided to just keep going… I guess you could say I attacked the pack at that point, :o), gaining 50-60 feet on them. This caused a little bit of a chase and 20 seconds later we were all together again.
Once the pack got on the highway, people went crazy. They were jumping in and out of the line trying to advance. At the same time, people in the front were monitoring their movement, yelling "on the left" or "on the right" to warn the leaders of potential attacks.
The last ramp saw the biggest acceleration of them all with people scrambling to get up as quickly as they could. I definitely cannot call myself a good climber but I gave it all.
Quite a few people passed me so I found myself around 20th in my pack. It was only a short downhill and a left turn before the finish line so I was very careful to pick the shortest line and was using every opportunity to accelerate. I sprinted all the way to the finish line only to be able to finish in the top 10 of my pack.
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Submitted by roadskater on Mon Sep 17 2007 5:41pm.
Yo, skart, what a great read. And what a great result. All that hard work and pain paid off in a big way, and matched with your experience and intelligence, it produced a huge achievement! Congratulations on your ability to observe, quantify and sense intuitively what was happening, and on blending that with lots of training and unshakeable will!
We missed your bright smile and enthusiasm (and strong pack conservation instincts and generosity) at the Tour to Tanglewood. I'm quite sure the ladies looked around to see if you might magically appear as well. Nevertheless, we knew you were in top shape for a great result and are really happy to hear such a positive outcome.
More on the Tour soon, as we catch up on sleep, let the whole body swelling go down (ha), and for me, as I get some of the photo editing done! Hopefully next year the dates will not conflict!
So it's off to the NY100K next? Or will you wait for A2A or something else?
Submitted by eebee on Wed Sep 19 2007 2:19pm.
Thank you to bhclew for posting those so I could get my adrenaline pumping here in my cubicle. The lead pack skaters move like mesmerizing works of art.


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Monsoon Session Day 12: Congress Party Persists With Boycott Of Lok Sabha, Escalates Protests
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Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi (L) talks with the party vice president and son Rahul Gandhi (R) as they join other Congress Party members of parliament to shout slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA government at Parliament House in New Delhi on August 5, 2015. Members of the Congress Party, supported by other parties, protested against the suspension of 25 Congress MPs for ''willfully'' disrupting proceedings in the Indian parliament. AFP PHOTO/PRAKASH SINGH (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW DELHI -- Escalating protests over the suspension of over half of its lawmakers for five days, the Congress Party boycotted the Lok Sabha for a second day, and disrupted proceedings in the Rajya Sabha.
Led by Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi, senior leaders raised slogans near the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the parliament premises on Wednesday, while party workers staged aggressive demonstrations outside the residence of Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
"We have decided to stay outside and protest," said Rahul Gandhi, Congress Party vice president.
READ: Monsoon Session Day 11 - Opposition Parties Boycott Lok Sabha After 25 Congress Party Lawmakers Are Suspended
On Monday, Mahajan suspended 25 Congress Party lawmakers for persistently defying her instructions not to hold placards, and obstruct proceedings in the Lok Sabha. But several opposition parties have said that they will only allow parliamentary proceedings after three senior BJP leaders - External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan - resign.
With only a week left for this Monsoon Session to conclude, there has been speculation about Mahajan retracting the suspensions to avoid wasting another three days.
So far, no work has been done in parliament which convened on July 21. The Bharatiya Janata Party has ruled out resignations of its leaders, but offered to debate the Lalit Modi scandal and the Vyapam Scam in parliament.
The deadlock has incapacitated the Modi government from pushing through critical bills, especially the Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2014, which brings the biggest indirect tax reforms since 1947.
The GST bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha, where the BJP has the majority, but it still needs a two-third vote in the Rajya Sabha.
Following the suspension, several other opposition parties including the All India Trinamool Congress, the Left parties, the Aam Aadmi Party and the Samajwadi Party, have expressed their solidarity with the Congress Party, hurting the BJP's strategy to isolate its main political rival within the Opposition.
"The decision of Congress MPs suspension should be reconsidered and withdrawn," said Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati.
Parl won't be able to fnctn until decision of Cong MPs suspension taken bck,JDU will join Cong protest today:KC Tyagi pic.twitter.com/oeYmoSwJCT
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Well, the adorable couple of Bollywood has now landed from just beautiful together to together forever after being happily married.
While the bride and the groom belong to two different cultures of Hinduism, the marriage was also conducted according to both the traditions separately, at Villa Del Balbianello in Lake Como, Italy.
As the name suggests, Konkani weddings take place in the Konkani communities which occupy the regions around the Konkan Coast, alongside the states of Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra. A Konkani marriage involves a number of traditions, such as Udida Muhurat, Kashi Yatra, Mandap Puja, Kanyadan, Kasthali, Layi Homa, Sapta Padi, Honti Borchhe and Var Ubarchhe. While a common colour code is followed by all except the bride, she appears draped in red.
Similarly, the Sindhi tradition involves rituals such as Kachi Mishri, Pakki Mishri, Berana Satsang, Dev Bithana, Lada, Tih, Vanvas and Mehendi. Among all these rituals having conducted by the DeepVeer couple, Deepika's Dupatta was a major highlight. Let's explore how.
While Deepika's stunning looks were taking away the attention of everybody from everything else, her mehendi-laden hands completed her Indian bride looks. However, what was a bigger highlight was her dupatta which quoted 'Sada Saubhagyavati Bhava'. In all Hindu weddings, the bride is made to wear a traditional dupatta which is designed differently based on different traditions. What is common to all traditions is the red colour, the mark of marriage.
The Sanskrit Mantra translates to - May God and auspicious fortune embrace you forever. It is a blessing which is given that immense luck be showered on the bride. Where the literal translation is - Sadaa: always, Soubhagyavati: a woman lucky in marriage, and Bhava: May you be. Thus the mantra means: may you always be lucky in marriage. A woman lucky in marriage refers to the one whose husband is in good health and wealth.
Well, all meanings apart, this blessing can only be given to a woman. It is said that the mantra finds its records in Vedas and the Mahabharata. It is one of the divine mantras which were coined by the ancient sages.
Another reason behind the mantra being written on the dupatta as a highlight is also that the mantra should catch the attention of everybody who looks at the bride. The beholder thus, in chanting the mantra while looking at the bride would give her the blessings of good luck. The Mantra thus blessing her, would also continuously protect her from evil eye as well. Therefore, a happily married life is what she would be blessed with.


SUB-ZERO temperatures plummeted to a record-breaking low in Chester this week as the big freeze caused havoc across the country.
The weather station based on the roof of West Cheshire College's Handbridge campus, which has monitored the conditions in the city since 1997, recorded a bone-chilling -10.7°C on Monday morning.
This beat the previous coldest temperature of -10.5°C, which the weather station recorded last year. The lowest prior to that was -9.8°C in 2006.
The Met Office is forecasting a lowest temperature of -9°C on Christmas Day, but is not expecting any snow.
The big freeze has caused disruption across the city.
The Countess of Chester Hospital has also been busy due to the icy conditions with 411 A&E admissions between midnight last Friday and midnight on Sunday.
Then overnight on Tuesday, Chester was covered by a thick blanket of snow, resulting in delays to public transport and longer journeys for city commuters.
However, Chester MP Stephen Mosley believes the city is coping well as a whole because lessons have been learned from last year.
He said: "On the whole Chester has coped very well with the wintry conditions.
"The lessons have been learned from last year and there seems to be a ready supply of rock salt, keeping the major roads ice free, resulting in only minor disruptions to waste collection services.
"However there are still some major problems. Residents in Guilden Sutton and Christleton have been affected by a major mains water burst, resulting in a loss of water supply to some homes and poor water pressure to others.


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Matthew Aguayo has been a fixture with the Hays CISD Band Program since the Fall of 1999. His work within the district has included guest conducting, teaching master classes, and tutoring over 600 students. He has produced several TMEA All-State students, Area and Region qualifiers, and many of his students have achieved 1st Division rating at State Solo & Ensemble. Matt continues to display dedication, commitment to excellence, strong driving energy, genuine care for his students, and the ability to get the most out of each student musically.
Matthew has been playing professionally for two and a half decades. His Las Vegas-style show band, Funky Brass Factory, has now performed well over 500 shows in the Austin area and throughout Texas. His show band has opened up for Grammy-Award-winning The Temptations and Tower of Power, as well as Archie Bell & The Drells. They have also performed for former Governor Rick Perry, former Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith, Former UT Coach Mac Brown, Former UT standout & Houston Oiler Earl Campbell, Donnie Little, and the University of Texas Longhorn Foundation, to name a few. In 2006, the band was also featured on CNN and broadcast worldwide during the New Year's Eve Countdown celebration at Hemisfair Park in San Antonio. They continue to play corporate events, and you can catch them performing publicly at Austin's #1 Music Venue, the Oasis on Lake Travis.
It was at the early age of six that Matthew began performing, playing percussion and singing in school and local talent shows. His love and passion for performing would grow during his high school years at Stroman High School (where he was a four-time Area qualifier) and in his collegiate career at Victoria College (1987-90), ACC, & Southwest Texas State University (1990-92, 1998). In his Junior year of high school under the direction of Randy Kelley, Matthew was featured soloist and performed Ernest DeCurtis' Come Back to Sorrento. He would be the featured soloist again his Senior year under the direction of Roel Saenz, performing La Virgin de Macarena. In 1988 at Victoria College, he was the winner of South Texas' Young Aspiring Artists competition (judged by Fred Junkin Sr.), earning the opportunity to perform Alan Hovhaness' Prayer of Saint Gregory as a featured soloist with the Victoria Symphony. In 1989, he would go on to make the Texas Junior College All State Band.
It was during his time as lead trumpet player in the top Jazz Band at Southwest Texas State University that Matthew was privileged to perform weekly with a number of music legends: Dr. James Polk (Pianist/arranger for Ray Charles), Armin Marmallejo (Trombonist for Frank Sinatra & Ray Charles), trumpet great Al Gomez (New York Broadway performer, toured with Doug Sahm and Los Lonely Boys). It would be these individuals, along with playing a series of concerts with trumpet legend Marvin Stamm (Maynard Ferguson, Quincy Jones, Paul McCartney, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman), that would be the ultimate inspiration in Matthew becoming the performer he is today.


Looking for a video from the 2011 NY Auto Show? We've got you covered!! My husband attended the press preview and snagged a TON OF VIDEO. Here's your first look at the 2012 versions of the FIAT, SMART, SCION, MINI COOPER, HONDA, TAURUS, FORD, and PANDORA.
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09.30 Finance Committee 08/01
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If you are looking to purchase furniture in your dining room, chances are you have been looking around online, as well as checking out the stores in your area. Home owners generally do not replace their furniture in their dining room, so it is important to realize that you are likely going to have the dining room table, as well as the other furniture in the room for a very long time. This means you should really think about your options and make a great decision.
While you can still head to the store in your city and pick up some furniture, this is considered an old way of buying furniture these days. A lot of people have moved to the internet, as there are way more options to choose from. However, one of the best things about going this route is the fact that dining room furniture is way cheaper in general. Dining room furniture is generally very expensive, so if you are saving a large percentage on your furniture when you are shopping online, you literally could be saving thousands of dollars. To top it off, you do not have to worry about hauling it back to your home, as online retailers will mail it straight to your door step. You want to make sure that the online retailers you look at have the ability to ship things to the country that you live in, as certain retailers will and will not ship to certain areas. You would want to check for online furniture in Singapore if you are in Singapore, or at least check to make sure a website you are looking at can mail to your area.


Owning a home is about more than constant upkeep and hard work. It's a place to make your home, something you can be proud of. While it's important to keep up with regular routine maintenance around your home, such as getting your HVAC system inspected and cleaned once a year and keeping your gutters cleaned, you should also make your home look good, too. First impressions matter, and people will notice and remember how nice your house looks upon entering your home. If you don't have a nice decor setup, you could end up leaving a bad impression on visitors, or even end up feeling stressed because your home doesn't have a nice decorative flow. To avoid that and make your home feel warm and inviting, follow these decor tips.
Mirrors can make a big difference in your home by serving as a surface for light to bounce off, which makes your rooms seem brighter. Not only do mirrors provide an extra source of light in your rooms, but they can also make them feel bigger. In some cases, a well-placed mirror can visually double the square footage of a room, so don't be afraid to go big with your mirrors and place them strategically on your walls opposite a window.
The right scent can be powerful. The brain can trigger memories when exposed to scents and remind you of pleasant times. You should invest in some high quality candles to place around your home to give it a warm, inviting look and feel. Candles are not only important to your visual deco scheme, but they also play a key role in tying everything together with a great scent.
When it comes to artwork, bigger is better. Many homeowners make the mistake of hanging small artwork or photos on their walls, which can make a room seem disjointed. A large, tasteful canvas can be a great statement piece for just about any room, and you don't have to worry about it making the room seem smaller. In fact, large artwork can make a room seem larger than it actually is.
Lighting is key to any home decor scheme. You should take advantage of multiple light sources in a room, from natural to task lighting. To let in natural light when you need it and keep it out when you don't, a good set of blinds can accomplish that look without making a window look overwhelming. Companies such as Next Day Blinds sell a variety of customized blinds you can use in just about any widow size and shape. With companies like Next Day Blinds, you can truly customize your look and know you're getting a quality product compared to your typical big box stores. In addition to natural lighting, you should have other light sources in your rooms for times when you need more light. Small lamps can give your room a relaxing ambiance, while task lighting allows you to place your light source where you need it most to accomplish activities, like reading or knitting. Even the most well-decorated room won't look nice if it isn't well-lit.
You should never underestimate the power of a well-placed accent item. They add an element of intrigue to a room and also make a great conversation piece. You can find mass-produced accent items in most home decor stores, but to take it a step further, you may want to consider curating more interesting pieces from local antique shops or specialty artisans. If you're a traveler, displaying items you pick up during your travels can also provide an interesting conversation piece that you may not find in most homes.
These decor tips can help you create the beautiful space your home deserves. The key is thinking through your decor choices and not letting things get stale.


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U.S. House of Representatives Move Closer to Vote on Immigration Reform
Tuesday, Jun. 26th, 2018
by Jessica Donnel
WASHINGTON, DC - As the U.S. House of Representatives set to vote on a Republican immigration reform bill on Wednesday, tensions continue to swirl around what a potential outcome would be for the produce industry. Republican lawmakers continued to make change to their reform package over the weekend, but many analysts still said that passing the bill as is would be a long-shot.
In many's view, most pertinent to the produce industry would be a recently added provision to the bill that would expand E-verify, a program the U.S. government uses to check the immigration status of workers, including those in guest worker visa programs. According to an article by The Wall Street Journal, not to mention sources ANUK has spoken with, many in the agricultural sector say an expanded E-Verify program would exacerbate worker shortages.
"The bottom line is I do have to represent the farmers and agriculture in my district, and E-Verify sounds good and all, but there's got to be some security for these growers and these ranchers that they're going to be able to have the labor to keep their businesses going," said Rep. Tom Rooney, a Republican from Florida, in a CNN article.
Though the provision was added by Republicans in an effort to help pass the bill in total, CNN affirmed that there was "little evidence that the changes would be enough to get the bill passed." On Thursday, the "Goodlatte" bill, which we reported on in October of last year and heavily relies on guest worker reform programs including E-Verify, fell short of the number of votes needed to pass.
"Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November. Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solves this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the Red Wave!" Trump tweeted on Friday.
Republican leaders intended to vote on their immigration proposal last week, but chose to hold off and focus on getting more votes in a last-minute decision. Will the vote go forward tomorrow as planned with Republican legislators overcoming this uphill battle? AndNowUKnow will continue our coverage of all things immigration reform as the fight wages on.
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Gov. Phil Murphy has a 68%-23% approval rating, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. His handling of the coronavirus earned him a 78%-18% approval rating. The Quinnipiac poll puts Murphy's approvals at 88%-6% among Democrats, 67%-20% among independents,...
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But The Sheep Don't Scatter: Banks Say "Sophisticated" Customers Have "Less Stable" Deposits
Here is a shining example of bankers' true attitude towards depositors.
In the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) document titled 'Implementing Basel III Liquidity Reforms In Australia' (pdf here), the very important topic of "cash outflows" or "deposit run-off" is discussed at length.
Unsophisticated common people like you and me call it a "bank run".
In the section titled 'Other matters raised in submissions', we learn that bankers consider the deposits of "financially sophisticated" customers to be "less stable" (my emphasis added):
4.2.1 Cash outflows
Retail and qualifying small and medium enterprises (SME) deposit run-off
Within the LCR [Liquidity Coverage Ratio], retail deposit balances are classified as either 'stable' or 'less stable'. Stable deposit balances are those that are considered to have the lowest propensity to be withdrawn during times of stress…
Submissions [from banks] suggested including client relationship characteristics, such as the term of a relationship, the number of products and the use of a relationship manager, to assist categorisation of the deposit. They also proposed that dormant accounts be classified as stable due to their expected inactivity in a stress event and that self-managed super fund (SMSF) deposits be eligible to be classified as stable deposits as the trustee overseeing the SMSF deposit account is not necessarily a financially sophisticated individual.
APRA – Implementing Basel III Liquidity Reforms in Australia, page 17
In other words, "financially sophisticated" people won't be stupid enough to keep their money in the bank if a crisis looms on the horizon. Their deposits are "less stable".
People who are "not necessarily financially sophisticated" will leave their money in the bank. Their deposits are "stable".
Somewhat amusingly (to this blogger), the bankers want to classify the deposits of Self-Managed Super Fund trustees in the same "stable" category as "dormant" accounts. They consider SMSF trustees to be idiots — "not necessarily financially sophisticated individuals" — who won't try to withdraw their money.
Under the new FSB-directed global regime agreed to by the G20 in 2010 — now being implemented by Australia, Canada, Europe, the UK and USA — just as in Cyprus, all "unsophisticated" bank depositors will get screwed overnight.
Or more likely, over weekend.
It is also worth noting the bankers' views on internet access to bank accounts in a "crisis" (ie, possible bank run scenario):
A number of submissions objected to the inclusion of internet access as a criterion in the less stable deposit scorecard. These submissions argued that means of access was not a strong indicator of withdrawal propensity and it should be removed from the scorecard; instead, greater emphasis should be placed on deposit size as this was more consistent with ADI experience.
APRA: Implementing Basel III Liquidity Reforms in Australia, page 17
In other words, the banks are confident that your having internet access does not necessarily mean that you are more likely to get your money out in a crisis. Given the number of times our banks have mysteriously suffered from internet banking "outages" in recent years, I'm not surprised. It's called "economic shock testing" (see Electro-Physics: The Theory Of Economic Warfare).
Do not be deceived by the smokescreen of the "government guarantee" for depositors.
As we have seen in The Bank Deposits Guarantee Is No Guarantee At All, Australia's so-called "guarantee" for deposits up to $250,000 only provides for up to $20 billion in Federal (borrowed) money per bank — less than 1/10th of the amount that each of the Big Four has in (electronic) obligations to bank account depositors (ie, "creditors").
Or should I say, it "only promises to provide for up to $20 billion…".
There is no money actually set aside to "guarantee" any depositors.
As confirmed in the APRA document, page 15:
Fully guaranteed retail deposits
The revised Basel III liquidity framework includes an additional retail deposit category for deposits that are fully insured under a pre-funded deposit insurance scheme. The deposit insurance scheme in Australia, the Financial Claims Scheme (FCS), is not pre-funded and, as such, this category is not relevant for domestic deposits.
APRA, 'Implementing Basel III Liquidity Reforms In Australia'
Australian banks not only have ten times more in deposit obligations than the government has guaranteed promised to provide as insurance for each bank's eligible deposits.
As of March 2013, the banks also have a new record $21.5 Trillion in Off-Balance Sheet "business" that is mostly derivatives; an increase of $2.5 Trillion in the March quarter alone, including a $2.2 Trillion increase in Interest Rate derivative contracts:
In the APRA document on implementing the Basel III bank liquidity reforms, we learn that the "cash outflow rate" for derivatives positions will be rated at 100 per cent of their measured value:
Additional derivatives risks
The revised framework includes a number of additional collateral outflow categories designed to ensure that risks associated with derivative positions are correctly captured in the LCR. The cash outflow rate for these categories is 100 per cent of the measured value.
… while derivatives that are (supposedly) "secured" by so-called "High Quality Liquid Assets" — limited to cash; central bank reserves that "can be drawn down in times of stress"; and "marketable securities representing claims on or claims guaranteed by sovereigns, quasi-sovereigns, central banks and multilateral development banks, that have undoubted liquidity, even during stressed market conditions, and that are assigned a zero risk-weight under the Basel II standardised approach to credit risk" — these will have a cash outflow rate deemed to be zero per cent:
Derivatives secured by HQLA
The revised framework has clarified that where a derivative cash flow is secured with HQLA1, a cash outflow rate of zero per cent is to be applied.
Remember that the cash outflow rate is determined by the perceived risk of it actually "flowing out".
In the case of the form of "liquidity" known as "deposits", APRA says (page 16) that "Stable deposit balances are those that are considered to have the lowest propensity to be withdrawn during times of stress and, hence, receive a low three or five per cent cash outflow rate. Less stable deposits are considered to have a higher propensity to be withdrawn and as a result, depending on deposit characteristics, receive a 10 per cent or higher cash outflow rate."
So, in an actual crisis situation, just how much of the banks' $21.5 Trillion in Off-Balance Sheet "business" will have a "cash outflow rate" of 100 per cent, and how much will have a cash outflow rate of zero per cent?
But one thing I do know.
I'd not want to have any of my money in a bank on the day — make that, the weekend — when we all find out.
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Virus shows weakness of global order: Turkish aide
Turkiye, Latest on coronavirus outbreak
'Global order is disabled with many great weaknesses' as pandemic brings life to halt, says Turkey's presidential spokesman
Zeynep Rakipoglu, Elif Kucuk, Guc Gonel | 13.05.2020
Health worker wearing personal protection equipment is seen through an operating room door before an operation of an emergency patient at the Martyr Prof. Dr. Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey on May 12, 2020. Beside the Covid-19 unit, the emergency service, intensive care, and neonatal intensive care is in service in the hospital with the frontline healthcare professionals. ( Şebnem Coşkun - Anadolu Agency )
The novel coronavirus outbreak has revealed how weak the immune system of the global order is, Turkey's presidential spokesperson said Tuesday.
"The global system has been locked for around two to two-and-a-half months. We have seen once again how the global order is disabled with many great weaknesses," Ibrahim Kalin told a program broadcast on YouTube.
Speaking on the "Re-Thinking, Re-Interpreting" program hosted by Turkey's state-run cultural institute the Yunus Emre Institute, Kalin said Turkey has managed the process well with contributions from people from all walks of the life and the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
He noted that many countries with larger economies and stronger scientific, industrial and technological infrastructure are facing great difficulties during the pandemic.
Kalin said that during these times, it is especially important to remember the values of a world in which everyone has fair and equal access to its opportunities, richness, science, medicines and technology, which is exactly what [President] Erdogan means when he says "the world is larger than five."
Turkey has long championed reform in the UN, and particularly the Security Council, stressing that it is not large enough and unrepresentative.
Aid within country, abroad
Kalin also underlined that the world is going through a period where humanity and its conscience are being tested.
He said during this period, Turkey has sent medical supplies to many countries, including Palestine, Somalia, Italy, Spain and the US. Some of them purchased it, while Turkey donated it to some countries.
"First, the needs of our own people were met, but then those in absolute need were aided. Because our principle is do not allow humanity to die so people will not die," Kalin said.
He stressed that materials that are vital and life-saving should be shared, especially in these times.
'Occidentalism should not be alternative to orientalism'
Kalin said the concepts of Occidentalism and Orientalism are two traps that feed on each other.
Noting that European academicians developed the concept of Orientalism to understand and control eastern societies, Kalin said methodologically, Orientalism preaches to those societies that they do not have their own cultures, languages and historical values.
He said the substitution of those values should absolutely come from the West, according to the concept.
"Occidentalism should not be an alternative to Orientalism," he said, adding we are faced with a series of other mistakes when we gather the methodological and mental errors of the Orientalists and adapt them to the West.
"Two wrongs do not make a right," he said, adding that trying to reciprocate exactly what Western societies did to the East for hundreds of years is another mistake.
*Writing by Sena Guler
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Future of Surgery
Despite all the technical advances over many years, the surgeon remains an indispensable part of the operating room. Robots will enable us to operate more accurately while 3D computer data will enable navigation while operating. For example, glasses which can project 3D fluorescence imaging with combined PET imaging during an operation. These are great advances but our core business remains the same .
In the Netherlands, macro-economic developments will significantly impact the surgeons practice outside the operating room. There is increasing demand for medical treatment closer to the patient and for greater patient involvement in determining their medical care.
This diagram illustrates a change in the Dutch health landscape and particularly how the government and the health insurers envision the future of medical expenditure. The inverted pyramid shows the current situation with the greatest expenditure going to secondary care ( hospital care) and less to the primary care ( general practitioners ). Further the patient has little involvement in determining their care. The future will see the inversion of this pyramid.
Government and the health insurers will actively manage this transition by making agreements with hospitals to do less. Hospitals will be rewarded if they decrease expenditure as a whole and will discard certain treatments that could more efficiently be provided by primary care organisations. For example, small surgical excisions undertaken in the GP practices.
Hospitals are likely to contract and/or amalgate. New and renovated hospitals are likely to be smaller and more focussed on complexe care.
Self management will also be an increase focus of government and health insurers . That trend is already evident in the significant investment in projects such as eHealth and disease prevention programmes.
In this regard Machteld Hubert has played an important role with her new definition of (positive) health;
'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity'.
She has developed an instrument which scores this positive health ( see illustration) and has established an institute to champion this approach : www.ipositivehealth.com
Outside the operation room the digital revolution will evolve rapidly. Electronic devises will be able to collect patients data, electronic patients files will be in possession of the patients, video consulting, networks and social media will dictate the future of surgery.
I believe that the surgeon in the future will be working partly outside and partly inside the hospital.
Outside the hospital
1. Outpatients consulting/ second opinions ( facetime/ video )
2. Patients networks
3. small surgical operations under local anesthesia in the 'first' line
Inside the hospital
1. The 'real' operations and the expensive diagnostics
In my opinion the developments are going so fast, that an active attitude and anticipation of the surgeons are necessary. To make our work great again.
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El balneario de Alange es una estación termal de la localidad española de Alange, en la provincia de Badajoz y a 18 km de Mérida. El complejo del balneario comprende sus baños termales así como varios hoteles, siendo la mayor instalación turística de la localidad. Forma parte del conjunto arqueológico de Mérida, declarado Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la UNESCO

Historia
Se tiene constancia de los usos medicinales del manantial desde épocas anteriores a la romana, pero son estos los que en siglo  edifican un pequeño complejo termal, su relación con Augusta Emerita está bien documentada, convirtiéndose en aquella época en un centro de salud y recreo para los habitantes de la zona. Cabe destacar la historia de Varinia Serena, una joven patricia afectada por algún tipo de enfermedad reproductiva de cuya curación se responsabiliza a las aguas del manantial, su padre Licinius Serenianus Clarissimus mandó esculpir una ara votiva y un pequeño altar a la diosa Juno agrandeciéndole la curación de su hija, de ahí que este manantial le sea consagrado a la diosa romana de la fertilidad y la familia.

La construcción romana es un edificio rectangular en el que se alojan dos cámaras idénticas circulares, destinadas una para cada sexo, a las que se accede por una inclinada escalera de piedra. En el centro de las cámaras están las piscinas, también circulares. Dichas cámaras se cierran en el techo por dos bóvedas semiesféricos con claraboyas en el centro. Además de esto los romanos dejaron unas primitivas casas de huéspedes y una pequeña necrópolis

Durante la época árabe el gentilicio de la zona cambia a Alanghe, cuyo significado es «Agua de Alá». Tras este periodo los baños se abandonan, y no es hasta finales del siglo  cuando se inician las reformas para recuperarlos. Ya en el siglo  se construye el edificio actual. En 1930 es declarado monumento nacional y en 1985 bien perteneciente al Patrimonio Histórico Español por el Ministerio de Cultura.

Ya en la década de 1990 se inicia un profundo cambio en las instalaciones del mismo abriéndose áreas nuevas y rehabilitándose otras, proyecto que ha desembocado en la apertura de un nuevo hotel en el complejo.

Clasificación de las aguas

El agua del manantial se origina en capas muy profundas de la tierra, enriqueciéndose en su ascenso de energía alfa (radón 222 y 226) y minerales como el litio, carbonatos y bicarbonatos de sodio, magnesio y calcio.

Véase también
 Bienes de interés cultural de la provincia de Badajoz

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Balneario de Alange
 Estudio experimental sobre aspectos vegetativos de gérmenes en aguas mineromedicinales y siembra directa-filtración por membrana de las aguas del manantial e instalaciones crenoterápicas del Balneario de Alange

Bienes de interés cultural de la provincia de Badajoz
Alange
Arquitectura de la provincia de Badajoz
Arquitectura de España del siglo III
Arquitectura de la Antigua Roma en Extremadura
Alange
Monumentos histórico-artísticos de España declarados en 1931

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Freehold, NJ - - Veteran driver Anthony "Tony" Dandeo, 80 years old, drove the winner of the 10th race at Freehold Raceway on Friday, April 15. Pulling first up at the half, Tony took the front and never looked back steering Micky Blu to her 16th lifetime win in 1:57.4.
Dandeo's career now tallies 233 wins and $783,758 in money earned.


A.I.R extension#10 (pavilion) - A.I.R.
A.I.R is an ongoing project, encompassing various collaborations in different formats. Short for artist-in-residence, A.I.R refers to the appropriation of empty industrial spaces by artists in sixties New York. The project examines architecture as a significant ideological gesture. It allows Vermeir & Heiremans to deconstruct their own renovated postindustrial space as a system of representation, a comment on the modern habit of relating to architecture not from physical experience, but rather from magazines, television, exhibitions… Since 2006 they have been developing A.I.R as a series of mediated extensions of their habitat.
A.I.R extension#10 (pavilion) is a video installation, proposed for the AKM-building on Taksim Square, which functions as one of the temporary exhibition venues for the biennial. The project results from a residency at Platform Garanti in 2006.
The installation proposes a semi-transparent 'exhibition' pavilion, functioning both as an annex (of their home) and as a framing device. The projection inside juxtaposes visuals of the Brussels loft space and imagery of Atatürk's modernist marine pavilion in Istanbul. This summer residence, built by Seyfi Arkan in 1935, was a symbol of Turkey's progressive modernity. The two spaces become mirroring clusters of meaning, embodied in architectural constructs in which the open floor-plan, the so-called lack of hierarchy and the use of transparency are essential. The video represents both edifices as showcases and devices to see the world. Inspired by Le Corbusier's 'promenade architectural', overlapping frames are given temporality through movement. All images in the video are constructed. In this way Heiremans & Vermeir create a hybrid form, expressing a critical approach to modern architecture and to the alienating aspects of the video medium.
We came about this pavilion during a four month residency in Istanbul in 2006 at Platform Garanti. Its remoteness from the city centre makes it unknown to foreigners and unvisited by people living in Istanbul. Its extraordinary location and context prompted us to linking its ideological undercurrents with our research on the ideological appropriation of architecture in general and more specific in respect to our own domestic situation.
The Florya Atatürk Marine Pavilion, a horizontal composition constructed in the sea and connected to the Florya beach by a walkway, was commissioned by the founder of the modern Turkish State, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It was built in 1935 by one of Turkeys most prominent adepts of Modernism, Seyfi Arkan. Taken into account the context in which it was designed and built, the Florya pavilion was to become emblematic of the progressive transformation of a society still rooted in the old Ottoman Empire. Modernist houses in 1930ies Turkey were promoted as emblems of modernization and westernization. They were showcased to disseminate a new vision of living to the whole nation and to exhibit to the rest of the world how the Turkish republic had stripped off its 'oriental' habits.
It was only used for a short period towards the end of Atatürk's rule. He died in 1938, leaving the pavilion to future generations. Since 1993 the Marine Pavilion has been opened to the public as a museum.
At the same time Atatürk's liberating but paternalistic approach to women's place in society finds an architectural expression in the pavilion. Transparency, an important component of the Modern Movement, was transported from Europe to Turkey, with a slight shift in meaning. The dissolution of boundaries between exterior and interior not only meant a closer relation with nature but the unveiled transparent house became also a trope for the unveiled Islamic woman. Glass was used to represent 'progress'. According to feminists the reforms were a paternalistic program, casting women as objects of nationalist modernization. Images of women and modern architecture printed on the covers of magazines were proofs of the success of the new nation in dissociating from its Ottoman past, but this idealized image remained that of an enlightened wife and mother whose world was centered on the home.
The Ataturk Cultural Centre has become an interesting component of our project. In the same way as the Florya residence it was a prestige project for nation building in the 30ies. The proclaimed modernist transparency of the building appears to be one sided: you can see everything from within; from the outside it is an impenetrable black box fortified with a concrete and steel structure which gives the building its eloquence but at the same time renders it completely closed. The steel structure outside functions as a screen: a conservative way to control the gaze in a technically innovative way.
Also inside the building the materials used are cause for perceptual ambiguities: the use of big mirrors, glass and plexi in many varieties, creates openness and confusion. The physical aspects of the Centre determined in a significant way the form our hybrid 'exhibition' pavilion has taken.
In the mid-1930s, to meet the need for a performance hall for western style cultural events, architect Auguste Perret was asked to design an opera house for the Taksim Square in Istanbul. The construction was interrupted several times and different architects worked on the project. Finally the opera house was transformed into a cultural centre by the architect, Hayati Tabanlioglu with the decision of the Ministry of Public Works and was opened in 1969 under the name "Istanbul Cultural Palace". A big fire in 1970 led to the closure of the building to the public. After renovations it was reopened in 1978 and given the name Ataturk Cultural Centre. Seating 1307 people, its grand hall is used for opera, ballet, theatre and classical music performances while the second hall holding 502 people is mostly used for concerts. Large foyers on each floor combine the halls smoothly. Art galleries on the top floor cover an area of 1200m� in total. A leading example of the Republican Period Architecture and a symbol of the Taksim Square, the heart of Istanbul, the AKM Building serves as a major element of the city's cultural memory. Obviously, this modernist edifice incarnates the ideological model of Turkey's modernization driven by its republican revolutionary project. However, it's facing the destiny to be gentrified by today's global capitalism's expansion. Using this building as an important venue for the biennial with an exhibition focusing on the question of utopia and its fate all around the world, questions of social progress, modernization and democracy, etc. in the current conditions of globalization will be raised and debated. In the meantime, it'll help the public to rediscover the significance of the building itself.


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Le canton de Montmartin-sur-Mer est une ancienne division administrative française, située dans le département de la Manche et la région Basse-Normandie.

Géographie
Le canton était composé de douze communes :
 Cinq situées sur la côte de la Manche : Regnéville-sur-Mer, Montmartin-sur-Mer, Hauteville-sur-Mer, Annoville et Lingreville du nord au sud.
 Sept situées dans les terres : Orval, Hyenville, Montchaton, Contrières, Hérenguerville, Quettreville-sur-Sienne et Trelly.

Histoire
De 1833 à 1848, les cantons de Bréhal et de Montmartin avaient le même conseiller général. Le nombre de conseillers généraux était limité à trente par département.

Conseillers généraux de 1833 à 2015

Le canton participe à l'élection du député de la troisième circonscription de la Manche, avant et après le redécoupage des circonscriptions pour 2012.

Conseillers d'arrondissement (de 1833 à 1940)

Composition

Le canton de Montmartin-sur-Mer comptait  en 2012 (population municipale) et regroupait douze communes :
 Annoville ;
 Contrières ;
 Hauteville-sur-Mer ;
 Hérenguerville ;
 Hyenville ;
 Lingreville ;
 Montchaton ;
 Montmartin-sur-Mer ;
 Orval ;
 Quettreville-sur-Sienne ;
 Regnéville-sur-Mer ;
 Trelly.

À la suite du redécoupage des cantons pour 2015, les communes de Montchaton, Orval et Regnéville-sur-Mer sont rattachées au canton de Coutances et les communes d'Annoville, Contrières, Hauteville-sur-Mer, Hérenguerville, Hyenville, Lingreville, Montmartin-sur-Mer, Quettreville-sur-Sienne et Trelly à celui de Quettreville-sur-Sienne.

Anciennes communes
Les anciennes communes suivantes étaient incluses dans le canton de Montmartin-sur-Mer :
 Quesney, absorbée entre 1795-1800 par Contrières.
 Grimouville et Urville-près-la-Mer, absorbées entre 1795-1800 par Regnéville-sur-Mer.
 Saint-Louet-sur-Sienne, absorbée entre 1795-1800 par Trelly.

Démographie

Voir aussi
 Liste des cantons de la Manche
 Communauté de communes de Montmartin-sur-Mer
 Canton de Coutances
 Canton de Quettreville-sur-Sienne

Notes et références

Montmartin-sur-Mer


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/*
 * A simple database driver that enables the server to return the
 * current time in a DNS record.
 */

#include <config.h>

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>

#include <isc/print.h>
#include <isc/result.h>
#include <isc/util.h>

#include <dns/sdb.h>

#include <named/globals.h>

#include "timedb.h"

static dns_sdbimplementation_t *timedb = NULL;

/*
 * This database operates on relative names.
 *
 * "time" and "@" return the time in a TXT record.
 * "clock" is a CNAME to "time"
 * "current" is a DNAME to "@" (try time.current.time)
 */
#ifdef DNS_CLIENTINFO_VERSION
static isc_result_t
timedb_lookup(const char *zone, const char *name, void *dbdata,
	      dns_sdblookup_t *lookup, dns_clientinfomethods_t *methods,
	      dns_clientinfo_t *clientinfo)
#else
static isc_result_t
timedb_lookup(const char *zone, const char *name, void *dbdata,
	      dns_sdblookup_t *lookup)
#endif /* DNS_CLIENTINFO_VERSION */
{
	isc_result_t result;

	UNUSED(zone);
	UNUSED(dbdata);
#ifdef DNS_CLIENTINFO_VERSION
	UNUSED(methods);
	UNUSED(clientinfo);
#endif /* DNS_CLIENTINFO_VERSION */

	if (strcmp(name, "@") == 0 || strcmp(name, "time") == 0) {
		time_t now = time(NULL);
		char buf[100];
		int n;

		/*
		 * Call ctime to create the string, put it in quotes, and
		 * remove the trailing newline.
		 */
		n = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "\"%s", ctime(&now));
		if (n < 0)
			return (ISC_R_FAILURE);
		buf[n - 1] = '\"';
		result = dns_sdb_putrr(lookup, "txt", 1, buf);
		if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
			return (ISC_R_FAILURE);
	} else if (strcmp(name, "clock") == 0) {
		result = dns_sdb_putrr(lookup, "cname", 1, "time");
		if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
			return (ISC_R_FAILURE);
	} else if (strcmp(name, "current") == 0) {
		result = dns_sdb_putrr(lookup, "dname", 1, "@");
		if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
			return (ISC_R_FAILURE);
	} else
		return (ISC_R_NOTFOUND);

	return (ISC_R_SUCCESS);
}

/*
 * lookup() does not return SOA or NS records, so authority() must be defined.
 */
static isc_result_t
timedb_authority(const char *zone, void *dbdata, dns_sdblookup_t *lookup) {
	isc_result_t result;

	UNUSED(zone);
	UNUSED(dbdata);

	result = dns_sdb_putsoa(lookup, "localhost.", "root.localhost.", 0);
	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
		return (ISC_R_FAILURE);

	result = dns_sdb_putrr(lookup, "ns", 86400, "ns1.localdomain.");
	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
		return (ISC_R_FAILURE);
	result = dns_sdb_putrr(lookup, "ns", 86400, "ns2.localdomain.");
	if (result != ISC_R_SUCCESS)
		return (ISC_R_FAILURE);

	return (ISC_R_SUCCESS);
}

/*
 * This zone does not support zone transfer, so allnodes() is NULL.  There
 * is no database specific data, so create() and destroy() are NULL.
 */
static dns_sdbmethods_t timedb_methods = {
	timedb_lookup,
	timedb_authority,
	NULL,	/* allnodes */
	NULL,	/* create */
	NULL	/* destroy */
};

/*
 * Wrapper around dns_sdb_register().
 */
isc_result_t
timedb_init(void) {
	unsigned int flags;
	flags = DNS_SDBFLAG_RELATIVEOWNER | DNS_SDBFLAG_RELATIVERDATA;
	return (dns_sdb_register("time", &timedb_methods, NULL, flags,
				 ns_g_mctx, &timedb));
}

/*
 * Wrapper around dns_sdb_unregister().
 */
void
timedb_clear(void) {
	if (timedb != NULL)
		dns_sdb_unregister(&timedb);
}

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265 Notre Dame Avenue
Canadian General Electric Building
Natural Gas Building
Original Use:
Showroom, office and storage space
Northwood and Chivers
The Canadian General Electric Company (CGE) opened its new facility at 265 Notre Dame Avenue on 1 February 1931. The Ontario-based firm, whose presence in Winnipeg dated to 1893, had formerly occupied city spaces at 345 and 350 Main Street, 272 Portage Avenue and 146 Notre Dame. The new building – five storeys tall and with a full basement – was constructed to house a ground floor show room, second floor offices and storage space. Faced on three sides with Tee Pee Mocha brick, with a Tyndall limestone base and parapet and polished blue granite lower level, 265 Notre Dame Avenue represents one of the few large-scale Manitoba buildings designed in an Art Deco idiom. Beyond a general streamlined aspect (in contrast to earlier façades featuring more detail and projecting elements) this approach is most clearly manifested in the stylized geometic ornamentation adorning the upper courses of Tyndall stone and on the low-relief ornamental bronze door and window surrounds. These details were manufactured by Architectural Bronze and Iron Work Company (a subsidiary of CGE) with modelling done by a Mr. Metge of Winnipeg. A similar aesthetic – described in period press accounts as "art moderne" – originally characterized the first floor store space, though this area has been since vastly altered. Initially the public-facing retail spaces made use of terrazzo floors of "Verde antique and black Beige marble chips" with a black and white ceramic and mosaic tile base and border. 100 feet tall by 60 feet by 100 feet, the building reached its height with the aid of reinforced concrete beam-joist supports, built to hold heavy equipment; it was from the beginning equipped with a sprinkler system. house telephones, steel spiral chute and freight elevator and constructed to be entirely fireproof. Erected at a cost of $225,000 265 Notre Dame was built by contractors Carter-Halls-Aldinger Company Limited; its architects, Northwood & Chivers were a well-established local firm known for a pioneering Manitoba embrace of modern Art Deco aesthetics. While the economic downturn of the 1930s had impeded the construction of other nearby and notable projects (such as the proposed Richardson Tower at Portage and Main, of 1929) CGE possessed an advantage in possessing a business model focused on new technologies, tarriff-protected and largely isolated form the troubled agriculture sector. In 1954 Canadian General Electric relocated to a space in St. James and the building came to host the Winnipeg and Central Gas Company.
Art Deco approach to design
Five storeys tall
Faced on three sides with Tee Pee Mocha brick
Tyndall limestone base and parapet
Polished blue granite lower level
Stylized geometric and ornamentation
Low-relief ornamental bronze door and window surrounds
Canada's Historic Places