Sometimes, my son would just forced me to march like there's a band. He loves to watch some clips with a marching band. I think he needs some marching snare drum for him to enjoy. Silly to see us marching without a band. Sometimes he has to make some improvised instruments from he took from the kitchen. I also love the way he thinks and make his desires possible. Even I am tired if he will grabbed my hand and wants me to do the marching I have no choice but to grant my son's enjoyment. It's fun to play with him especially on his passion to musical instruments and his singing. Thank you Lord for the gift of joy you give to us as a family.
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The Genesis Shaftway Model vertical platform lift is equipped with many standard features. Some of these features are listed below. For a more extensive list of features contact your local Garaventa Lift Representative or refer to the Genesis Design and Planning Guide .
The frame is constructed of champagne colored anodized aluminum extrusions.
The standard configuration for this model of lifts is a full size Garaventa Lift style door at the lower landing. The upper landing may be fitted with a gate or full height door.
The offset d handle is available on both Garaventa Lift style doors and gates.
The Garaventa Lift Powered Interlock is the standard lock used for Shaftway models that are equipped with Garaventa Lift style doors and gates. The Powered Interlock is a 24VDC solenoid powered interlock that is monitored by the safety circuit to ensure the door or gate is properly locked.
Seven different lifting heights to a maximum of 4343mm (171").
Consist of a directional rocker switch and is key-less.
Consist of a constant pressure directional rocker switch, an emergency stop/alarm switch and optional key switch.
The standard finish is anodized champagne aluminum frames, with steel panels that are powder painted in Satin Grey (fine textured).
A hand wheel is attached to the lift and is used to manually lower the lift to the landing in the case of a power outage.
The manual emergency lowering device consists of a pull knob mounted in a box on the side of the mast. When this device is used, the platform is lowered to the desired landing.


CHICAGO (AP) — Cubs manager Joe Maddon has been ejected from Chicago's game against the Washington Nationals.
Maddon got tossed during the seventh inning Friday for arguing an interference call against Willson Contreras running out a ground ball. The Cubs appeared to have runners on second and third after Kyle Schwarber led off with a single and third baseman Anthony Rendon threw wildly to first after fielding Contreras' slow roller.
When Contreras got called out for interference, that set off Maddon. He came out to argue with plate umpire Bill Miller and went to first to demonstrate his point after getting tossed.
The ejection was Maddon's second this season.


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Orange County Museum of Art names Heidi Zuckerman as director
Former leader of Aspen Art Museum says she was beguiled by the California institution's history and new building by Morphosis
Once greeted as a sensation, 1931 aluminum-clad house gets a boost for relocation at the Palm Springs Art Museum in California
$100,000 grant will advance an effort to reassemble and display Albert Frey and A. Lawrence Kocher's Modernist Aluminaire House
Provocative Marilyn Monroe sculpture to return to Palm Springs—and the arts community is not happy about it
A plan to install the kitsch work in front of the city's art museum has raised complaints from the community, which has called Forever Marilyn "blatantly sexist"
US presses for return of two Thai lintels from Asian Art Museum in San Francisco to Thailand
Federal attorneys file a civil complaint, but museum says repatriation was already in the works
SFMoMA releases a plan for diversity reforms
Following weeks of upheaval among current and former staff, the museum has issued a list of actions to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion
Gainsborough's newly restored Blue Boy awaits the end of lockdown
Conservation & Preservation
Closed by coronavirus, Huntington Library posts online video reflecting on 18-month conservation treatment of dazzling portrait
Hollywood dreams really do come true: the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures beckons
The museum will open on 14 December in Los Angeles with 50,000 sq. ft of exhibition space and two theaters
An artist's memories of Tiananmen Square
The Bay Area artist Stella Zhang was a senior at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing during the student-led protests. She has created a new work based on those memories—and the government's efforts to silence them
Lacma celebrates 50 years of Gemini GEL
The exhibition includes the first series produced by the LA workshop, as well as a collection of prints recently donated to the museum
More than 700 women gather for artists' photo in LA

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At the beginning of each school year I like to integrate what the 5th graders are doing in Social Studies with many of the technology standards that I have to cover. After a couple weeks of research, some graphics editing work, and some word processing, the students manage to produce a pretty nice looking baseball card about a famous European explorer. I've blogged about it before, so I'll just point to the post for the details, but what I found myself reflecting about this morning was how many of the students aren't actually reading the websites that I've provided them for researching their explorers.
Now I'll be the first to admit that the students aren't really doing any research (a fact that I'm not happy about but have to endure in order to get the project done in the little time that I see them each week). It's the weak point in the Webquest I built about creating these explorer cards, and I feel that the outcome justifies the means, considering that I only see them for 45 minutes each week. However, I always make a point to emphasize the importance of reading through the websites I give them carefully in order to answer the questions I've provided about their explorer. Even though they're carrying out the digital equivalent of a worksheet, the students still have to carefully read, process, and reformulate the text in order to find answers.
I often recount this observation for the students in my class, hoping that many will pick up on the clue that reading in order to learn the answer is much more effective than skimming in order to discover the answer. I even go so far as to show them that by picking one of the websites at random, I can start reading, and in the first paragraph find the answers to almost half of my questions. And yet still I watch students struggle with the urge to "hunt and find" answers.
I know what you may be thinking, "these are digital natives, that's how they process information, in bite size pieces!" As a matter of fact, I actually encourage the students that have effective skimming and searching skills to find the answers like that, but they're the ones that will also slow down if they need to to re-read and take time to process. It's usually the students functioning at much lower levels of processing or comprehension that want to rush through and find all of the easy answers, as if they're playing a video game and trying to hit each waypoint or objective in as short a time as possible. I know that the design of the activity is really what's hurting me, or at least not helping, but I've struggled to find an effective way to get the students to search through the websites I've provided them, read carefully, and process on their own. Too often, as we get pushed for time, I'll find myself plunking certain students in front of the website I know will give them the answer, and then tell them not to leave that page because it has all of the answers. 5 minutes later, and they're confidently stating that they couldn't find anything, which leads me to sit down and actually read a paragraph or two outloud (these are 5th graders remember), and then talk them through processing the text. And they're not hards texts to read either; we're talking Enchanted Reading and Thinkquest sites, websites geared for kids.
Perhaps I'm just being a bit too harsh and unrealistic of what I hope to achieve in the short time I have to give these kids the opportunity to search. The one thing I know for certain, is that allowing them to search for the answers on their own will produce several class periods of stalled research, while students type in poor search queries like "why was Francis Drake unsuccessful". Maybe this is just the motivation I need to start working on a really great, but efficient (fits into 40-45 minutes), lesson about effective searching.
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Ben.. I've followed your blog for a whle now.. I found this last post so right on. I tend to not even see kids until November because of my other side job as the "help my machine isn't working" person and the teachers focused on upcoming tests and such. Once I do start though, like you I tend to find the websites I know will work to help with the time crunch that I have.. I have the kids for 40 minutes per week. My CDV project took several weeks alone and then the time crunch at the end of the school year took away the chance to hear all the presentations with me present. Each year I try to do something a little different… tweaking and such.. to find the best combination. My Intranet for students is used to list many things.. one being a page of research & resource links that I will let them use more blindly this year at least for one project where I think I'll focus more on research skills.. reading vs that quick skim and scan that so often puts a kid dead in the water.
I am so glad to read your feelings here.. I was beginning to think it was a flaw in my system and was frustrated!
As a side note.. how do you like the Promethean?
I feel your Pain. I start the year with a Unit I do with 5th grade teaching them how to write a report. Their Social studies teacher and I picked the content thmeme of disasters because it is such an attention getter.
I have been most successful using the software Inspiration to have them take notes. We travel to the websites to research the disaster of their choice: Hurricanes, Tornados, Floods, Blizzards.
Their first task is to take notes on how to prepare for a disaster. I even given them they Google search terms prepare+hurricane.
I cannot tell you how many kids will raise their hands and say, "There is nothing on my site about it!" I go over and point to the passage and have them read it outloud to me. At which point I always say, "Reading is such a good thing. I bet that is why your teachers have spent so much time teaching you how to do it. It is not going to jump out and grab you!" Then we laugh.
My next step is to divide the class into the disasters they choose, and do a "Think Pair Share." Each person has to highlight one locate one fact, locate it o the website and read the passage outloud to their partner. I get to walk around the room and continue the pointing at the screen , and saying ,"Oh look I see it right there-now read it aloud!" After two sessions like this they actually start reading the site and the rest of the note taking process is a breeze. For my LD students I do allow them to do a keyword search by using edit–>find on this page–> but they have to read the passages outlod to me and I help they cut and paste the notes.
As an incentive those who take great notes get to play the Resuce Hurricane Katrina game.
Ben – I think this is a problem well-worth puzzling over. I, who have a great education, have found myself in the last decade behaving like your bad students. I skim and don't read websites. I tend to think of it as a problem of expectations: while I'm happy reading long books, I am very impatient dealing with the text on the screen. My expectations are different. Like you, I have no simple answer to these problems but I do agree that with the limited time that you have, you can't turn them around. You can fight the good fight and get them to be aware of (and hopefully "self monitor") the difference between reading and scanning.
Kelley: I'm seriously starting to consider having a "no question" time immediately following a demonstration and/or introduction. Force them to rely on those around them, or to re-examine their screen a few times before asking me as there's so much more I can do to help students that are genuinely struggling or need assistance. Perhaps 5 minutes of "think about it and figure it out" before they can ask me. Maybe with an on-screen timer perhaps.
John: Different expectations for digital versus print text can be expected, but what I've also found is that students will quite often do the same thing with print texts if they're just looking for "the answers." This leads me to believe that it goes beyond the medium, and perhaps might be better addressed by the structure of my assignment.
Does anyone know of any research or "learned" articles that deal with this question of different expectations when faced with text on a screen and text on a printed page? I've observed annecdotally, that it's a huge distinction.
My latest website – spellingcity.com – we're trying to cater (pander?) to the expectations of people on the computer. Virtually no need to ever read any text….
Wow, what a thought process you have going! I am not a teacher at this point, but am working on my degree to become one. My experience with children and researching are with my two children that are five and seven. My seven year old takes time to look up animals and any info he can find related to food, habitat, etc. His preferred site is Google. He does it on his own and quite effectively. The key to his effectiveness is his interest. I am not sure if the students get to choose their explorer or not, but interest in the person they are reviewing would help. Maybe they could help decide what the questions would be by asking, "What types of things would you want to know about your explorer?" Having them involved in the quest is like making them an explorer themselves. Just a thought.
Ben, I have a thought about your dilemma. Maybe the solution lies in the question that you are asking. You describe your project as digital workbooks where the kids need to "read, process, and reformulate the text". Basically, it's fill in the blank.
Just a thought. Maybe a different assignment would inspire them more and they wouldn't be so lazy about the whole thing. Maybe a question in which they are asked to form an opinion might yield more inspired research by them.
OK, that's a lot for a 45 minute/week class and the graders but you see my point.
I'm sure you can imagine why homeschooling, with so few institutional problems, is a much simpler approach to putting together successful education. For us, we completely ignore most of the info-based education and instead, focus on more complex questions that the kids can really engage with.
You raise an excellent point, and it follows my line of thinking at the end of the post; the lesson plan itself is flawed, primarily as a result of the time constraint.
If I were the actual 5th grade teacher, and I could talk about this subject everyday for 45 minutes, then I would have taken the approach of building new understanding by asking the student to synthesize the information and form some sort of conjecture or statement regarding how these Explorers impacted both the New World and the Old. However, I am the technology teacher, and I have my own set of benchmarks and standards to reach, which means I'm using this Webquest in a different context. Not one to necessarily build new understanding, but rather to build opportunities to use technology in different ways. I could just give them the information they want in a worksheet, but then I'd be losing out on them using multiple tabs/multitasking between different programs, and all sorts of other simple little things that I have to cover as a public school teacher.
It really isn't so much about inspiring them; almost all of the students are pretty engaged when I show them what the end result will be like at the beginning of the unit (produce their own very realistic baseball card). The real problem is finding a way to encourage students to use effective strategies for particular problems (i.e. using the correct tool for the job). In this case, reading for information requires the kind of informational reading they need to do.


As far as I got for the last drawing of the session at Lill Street -- there's one more class next Saturday but I'll be taking advantage of the holiday weekend to go visit my family in Ohio. This was a 2.5 hour drawing using pastels. The next session starts in a little over a month, and I'll be learning to paint!


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Vol 55 No 7
Published 4th April 2014
Who will follow Blé Goudé to the Hague?
After ex-President Gbagbo's cheerleader joins him for trial at the ICC, the court's investigations focus on President Ouattara's allies
Feted by his supporters in Abidjan's tough suburb of Yopougon as 'the General of the Street', the former Youth Minister Charles Blé Goudé landed on 22 March in the Hague for trial at the International Criminal Court. He had fled to Ghana after the fall of president Laurent Gbagbo in April 2011 but was arrested there and sent to Côte d'Ivoire in January 2013 (AC Vol 55 No 4, The price of peace & Vol 54 No 2, Blé Goudé arrested). President Alassane Dramane Ouattara's government finally took the decision to hand him over on 20 March and the first ICC hearing took place a week later, on 27 March. He stands accused on four counts of crimes against humanity, including murder and sexual violence.


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Republican nominee for governor Brian Kemp, speaking to reporters during a press conference at his campaign headquarters in Buckhead on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, proposed a school counselor in all 343 state public high schools; one-time funding for schools to spend as they see fit; and a school safety division in the Georgia Department of Education. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Georgia 2018: Brian Kemp's record
Brian Kemp, the Republican nominee for Georgia Governor, has been a big part of state government in recent years.
The Athens-native was elected to the State Senate in 2002 as part of a GOP wave. He ran unsuccessfully for agriculture secretary in 2006, and then returned to the business world.
In 2009, he announced a run for Secretary State. The position opened up before the election when Karen Handel stepped down to run for Governor. In early 2010, then-Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed Kemp to open seat. Kemp won re-election twice.
Here is a look at his record and notable coverage of him through the years.
At company Brian Kemp backed, unpaid debt and possible 'felony' - Oct. 3, 2018
The company's actions "may be a felony under Georgia law," an attorney for the state Department of Agriculture wrote to AgStrong in April. The letter threatened to revoke AgStrong's licenses to do business with Georgia farmers, collect a $70,000 fine, and liquidate the company's assets to compensate farmers.
For Brian Kemp, suit over bad loan reveals political, financial perils - Sept. 21, 2018
At 9 a.m. on July 19, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp sat in his lawyer's office in Carrollton. In just five days, the state's Republicans would choose either Kemp or Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle as their candidate for governor. The race was widely viewed as a toss-up. But Kemp would be stuck in Carrollton for the next two hours and 27 minutes, trying to explain, under oath, why he shouldn't have to repay a $500,000 loan.
By the time his deposition concluded, Kemp had answered "I don't recall," "I don't remember," "I don't know," or some variation at least 91 times.
Kemp distances himself from proposed Georgia precinct closures - Aug. 20, 2018
Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp is rejecting allegations that he encouraged a plan to close voting precincts in a majority African-American county in southwest Georgia.
Kemp's critics questioned his role Monday because of his ties to a consultant who proposed the precinct closures and donated $250 to his campaign.
Battle over voter registrations set stage for Georgia governor's race - Aug 17, 2018
As piles of voter registration forms flooded election offices in 2014, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp launched a fraud investigation into Stacey Abrams' ambitious effort to boost minority voter turnout.
Kemp campaign gets big bucks from the people he regulates - June 26, 2018
In April, a chiropractor who owns two massage clinics that have been the subject of a series of sexual assault complaints got a visit from his industry's highest-ranking state regulator.
Secretary of State Brian Kemp hadn't come with tough questions, though. He came with an outstretched hand.
Why a Kentucky town is in spotlight of Georgia governor's race - June 15, 2018
"It was a big deal in town. It was so promising," said Donnie Brumfield, who manages a local farmer's co-op across the dusty railroad track from the plant. "And now people feel betrayed."
Kemp's campaign has portrayed him as a relatively minor player in the company, which was launched in 2006 by a northeast Georgia family. But court records, campaign documents and interviews show he played a significant role in the troubled firm, acquiring a major stake in the business and lining up six-figure loans from financiers.
Brian Kemp: His pitch to conservatives leans hard on law and order - May 9, 2018
Kemp has staked his Republican campaign for governor on law-and-order messages, casting himself as the champion for the "forgotten" man that President Donald Trump highlighted on the campaign trail.
Public review of new Georgia voting system launched - April 13, 2018
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is moving forward with efforts to replace the state's electronic voting machines after legislation to do so failed.
Kemp announced Friday he's forming a bipartisan commission of lawmakers, political party leaders, election officials and voters to recommend a new voting system for the state.
Kemp faces voter security questions - Feb. 19, 2018
Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican candidate for governor, tells voters the state's elections system is secure and that he doesn't need additional help from Washington to defend against hackers.
But he's also open to a paper-based voting system, which his critics from both parties say is essential to ensuring the state's touch-screen voting machines can't be undermined.
Georgia AG gets 53 forms in probe of voter registration group - Sept. 20, 2017
Fifty-three allegedly forged voter applications are being referred to the state Attorney General's Office for possible prosecution, a decision by the State Elections Board that effectively closes the Secretary of State Office's 2014 fraud investigation involving an attention-grabbing registration drive by the New Georgia Project.
The unanimous vote Wednesday came as the case's lead investigator said he found no wrongdoing by the group, which was founded by then-state House Democratic leader Stacey Abrams to increase the number of minorities on voting rolls.
Homeland Security requested documents over alleged hack in Georgia - Jan. 24, 2017
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security requested documents from state officials after they alleged that the federal agency tried to hack into the Georgia's voter registration system.
The request from the agency's inspector general is the first after Georgia congressman Jody Hice and Utah congressman Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, requested an independent review.
Politifact: Kemp off base on voting interference - Oct. 29, 2016
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, the state's election chief, tweeted, "Stand with me in opposition to the left's blatant attempts to disrupt Georgia's elections!"But how rampant is election interference in the state? PolitiFact Georgia decided to take a look.
U.S. congressman seeks Georgia documents about voter citizenship proof - Oct. 5, 2016
A Democratic U.S. congressman has requested Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp provide more information about why the state pursued a proof-of-citizenship requirement for residents registering to vote using federal forms.
Georgia agrees to add thousands to voter rolls ahead of Nov. election - Sept. 26, 2016
Georgia has agreed to temporarily suspend a requirement that has prevented tens of thousands of residents from registering to vote as it works toward a possible settlement in a federal lawsuit that accused Secretary of State Brian Kemp of disenfranchising minorities ahead of the presidential election.
As a result, thousands of voters whose applications have been rejected since Oct. 1, 2014, may be allowed to cast a ballot on Nov. 8.
Federal election security task force will include Georgia's Brian Kemp - Aug. 31, 2016
Days after criticizing federal officials over their warnings of cyberthreats to states' election systems, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp has agreed to join a federal task force working on the issue.
Kemp is one of four secretaries of states who accepted an appointment Wednesday to the newly formed Department of Homeland Security's Election Infrastructure Cyber Security Working Group.
New details on Georgia Secretary of State Office's massive data breach - Dec. 14, 2015
A long-awaited state report detailing how Georgia gave out more than 6 million voters' Social Security numbers and other private data put the blame squarely on a employee fired for the breach last month.
Data breach in Georgia could affect 6 million voters - Nov. 18, 2015
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp acknowledged that his office last month illegally disclosed the Social Security numbers and other private information of more than 6 million registered voters.
A Georgia-led 'SEC primary' is becoming a reality - July 1, 2015
What was once a gleam in the eye of Georgia's top elections official has become reality in recent months, as most of the South has aligned for a blockbuster March 1, 2016, presidential primary.
Voters in Georgia, where Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been the loudest cheerleader for the college athletics-themed "SEC primary," will be joined by those in Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia for the regional vote that could shape what looks to be a drawn-out Republican race.
Online voter registration a success in Georgia - Oct. 1, 2014
Georgia's new online voter registration system and mobile apps have helped more than 40,700 people become new voters or update their eligibility information — exceeding the project's initial goal ahead of Monday's final deadline.
State backs down on scope of voter fraud- Sept. 17, 2014
Investigators backed away from allegations that the New Georgia Project may have organized voter registration fraud, saying they can confirm 25 forged applications of more than 85,000 submitted to the Georgia Secretary of State's Office.
Voter registration fraud alleged at Democratic-backed group - Sept. 10, 2014
Accusations of voter registration fraud by the Secretary of State's Office erupted into a firestorm over Democrats' efforts to mobilize tens of thousands of new voters in Georgia. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, a Republican, announced the investigation after he said he received "numerous complaints" about voter registration applications submitted by the New Georgia Project. State House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, founded the group in November.
Nursing board takes years to clear cases - July 13, 2013
The complaints lodged with the state nursing board read like horror stories for anyone afraid of needles. Scarier still are the dates stamped on them.A review of more than 100 public orders for 2012 and 2013 found the board takes an average of 15 months to decide a complaint against a nurse. Currently there is a backlog of hundreds, perhaps thousands of complaints against nurses around the state.
Georgia investors more vulnerable - Feb. 3, 2013
Georgia is the home base of a rogues' gallery of fraudsters who have plundered hundreds of millions of dollars from investors in recent years. Some were trusted investment advisers lining their pockets at clients' expense. Others were posers touting unregistered securities.
They didn't have to worry much about the state poking into their books. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation found that Georgia all but dismantled securities enforcement in 2010.
Lewis-backed bill would automatically register most to vote - Jan. 31, 2013
Democrats who spent the 2012 election cycle on defense against voting restrictions are now urging near-universal voter registration... The bill faces significant Republican roadblocks to passage, including in Georgia, where Secretary of State Brian Kemp doesn't like the idea.
State demands Fulton hand over election records - Jan. 15, 2013
Fulton County won't turn over key documents related to scores of voter complaints about last year's elections, and Secretary of State Brian Kemp says he's so frustrated that he's taken the rare step of subpoenaing documents from the county's elections office.
Georgia Archives supporters rally against cuts - Oct. 3, 2012
More than 100 Georgia Archives supporters rallied Wednesday at the state Capitol, with efforts under way to see if Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is violating state law by all but closing the archives to the public.
Single licensing board planned - Jan. 24, 2012
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp wants to take licensing and investigative power from Georgia's 43 professional licensing boards to cut wait times for more than 460,000 licensees.
Justice Department approves Georgia voter verification system - Aug. 23, 2010
The Justice Department has ended nearly two years of court battles, giving final approval to Georgia's system of verifying voters' identity and citizenship.
Kemp asks Baker to sue feds over voter citizenship checks - April 8, 2010
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp wants Attorney General Thurbert Baker to appoint a special attorney general to sue the Justice Department over its refusal to sign off on a controversial state program to check the citizenship of people when they register to vote.
Debate turns to illegal immigration - Feb. 21, 2006
Sen. Brian Kemp (R-Athens), who chairs the Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee that will hear the bill, called illegal immigration a "burning issue" and predicted a quick path for SB 529 though the Legislature, which is halfway though the session.
Prison time for kids may be cut - Feb. 24, 2005
The bill, a compromise sponsored by Sen. Brian Kemp (R-Athens), also would keep low-level offenders out of youth prisons. It would restrict the program to juveniles who commit a felony or commit a misdemeanor "of a high and aggravated nature" involving bodily harm, and to those who violate probation and don't respond to other sanctions.


With all the JL Wrangler content we have created recently, it's nice to double back and create a how-to video on the previous generation. ExtremeTerrain's (XT) Ryan Huck reached into his bag of requests to find the topic of "35's on a JK"—one his viewers were very interested in, and rightfully so!
In this episode of XT's Throttle Out, the 'Huckster' gets his hands on a 2013 JKU Sahara to demonstrate how 35's fit with and without a 3" lift as well as why you shouldn't consider off-roading a stock-height JK on 35's.


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New global climate deal
From 30 November to 12 December, Paris hosted the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 11th session of the meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 11). European Union was represented at the summit by Donald Tusk, President of the European Council.
The summit was concluded with the adoption of a new global climate change agreement, the so called Paris agreement. The new, universal and most importantly legally binding climate deal was adopted by 195 countries..
The most important part of the deal is the agreement by governments to keep the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. Governments also agreed to communicate every 5 years their contributions to set more ambitious targets and, to ensure transparency and oversight, to report to each other and the public on how well they are doing to implement their targets. While developed countries with the EU further agreed to continue providing support to reduce emissions and build resilience to climate change impacts in developing countries.
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said: "Today the world is united in the fight against climate change. Today the world gets a lifeline, a last chance to hand over to future generations a world that is more stable, a healthier planet, fairer societies and more prosperous economies. While EU Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete added: "This agreement is a major win for Europe. But more importantly, it is a major win for the global community.
While political leaders see the agreement as a great victory for the environment, environmentalist are far more skeptical. Kumi Naido, international executive director of Greenpeace, stated for instance that the agreement "contains an inherent, ingrained injustice. The nations which caused this problem have promised too little to help the people on the frontlines of this crisis who are already losing their lives and livelihoods for problems they did not create". Similarly the Centre for science and Environment claims, that the deal favors developed countries, as it erases their historical responsibility and does not predicts and significant finance or emission cuts before 2020.
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Lidia Thorpe says quiet part out loud
Posted by: Lyle Shelton
Lidia Thorpe for President of the Republic of Australia?
If we keep going woke, stranger things could happen.
The Greens Senator from Victoria with a taste for the Qantas Chairman's Lounge thinks the Queen is illegitimate.
She says she only swore allegiance to the monarch so she could "infiltrate" our Parliament. Oh yes, and pick up her $200k plus per year taxpayer-funded salary.
The sacrifices one makes to undermine the "colonial project".
As with the Queen, she says Australia is "illegitimate".
But even the great Nelson Mandela, who brought black and white people together after Apartheid, said South Africa was for all South Africans regardless of racial origin.
Why can't the Greens take a leaf out of his book?
If Australia is not for all its people, indigenous and non-indigenous alike, who is it for?
Since European settlement (she calls it invasion) both indigenous and non-indigenous people have worked hard to build a better life for their children.
As former deputy Prime Minister John Anderson pointed on Sky News this week, there are tens of thousands of tertiary-educated indigenous people pursuing successful professional careers.
It is a great nation that provides pathways for its most disadvantaged.
No one denies injustice was done to many indigenous people. Australia is not perfect, no country is.
But Thorpe and her leader, Adam hide-the-flag Bandt, seek to divide Australians.
With 12 Senators and four members of the House of Representatives, Thorpe and Bandt, drunk on power, have gone full feral.
Thirty years ago, everyone in politics and media thought the Greens were crazy. They were right.
But fast-forward to today, the Greens' commitment and passion has won over enough unthinking voters to give them serious clout in Parliament.
Australia lacks a sensible counter-balancing minor party on the centre-right. Twenty years ago, Family First was formed for this purpose.
After a hiatus, it's back and needed now more than ever.
Lyle Shelton is National Director of Family First. Sign up for updates.


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THE FINAL BOOK IN THE AWARD-WINNING TOMORROW SERIES "The best series for Australian teens of all time." The Age "Compulsively readable" New York Times "Australia's king of young adult fiction" The Australian Daylight couldn't be far away, and if they hadn't found me by then, it wouldn't take long once the sun came up. The drops of blood would be a dead give-away. Dead in every sense of the word. With a roar like a train in a tunnel, the war enters its final days. Ellie has to be on that train. There's no more sitting around, no more waiting. There's only fast decisions, fast action, fast thinking. And she'd better get it right. With all their being, Ellie and her friends want to stay alive. But there's a war out there. And it has to be won. The end is here...Fans of Veronica Roth, Suzanne Collins and John Flanagan will love John Marsden.
John Marsden is Australia's bestselling author for teenagers and a highly acclaimed picture book writer. His previous titles include Winter, The Head Book, The Boy You Brought Home and Millie. John Marsden lives at the Tye Estate, just outside of Melbourne, where he opened a school called Candlebark in January 2006.
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2020 Presidential Candidate Housing Plans
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Joe Biden was Vice President under President Obama from 2008-2016. He served as a Senator from Delaware from 1972-1978. He is best known for his push to enact the Violence Against Women Act, support of anti-gun violence measures and efforts to address climate change. He does not have a specific affordable housing plan, but supports efforts to open up affordable housing opportunities for those with criminal records.
Joe Biden on Tenants Rights and Eviction
Biden's plan proposes a bill of rights for renters, and protection for renters from discrimination on the basis of source of income. Biden would also provide legal assistance to those facing eviction. In addition, Biden would strengthen the Community Reinvestment Act, which requires lenders to serve all groups within their communities, including low-income renters.
Biden's campaign also supports ensuring housing opportunities for people with criminal histories. The Biden Plan for Strengthening America's Commitment to Justice even suggests that HUD only approve contracts with entities that will provide a "second chance" to those with criminal histories who need affordable housing and social services.
Joe Biden on Wealth Building
In a town hall event on February 6th, Joe Biden stated "The way I do it, first of all, no one should be working in the United States of America 40 hours a week and living in poverty. And that's why we have to raise, nationally, the standard of $15 an hour for every worker in America, number one."
Joe Biden on Housing Construction and Preservation
The Biden housing plan proposes a $100 billion Affordable Housing Fund. This funding includes $65 billion for state housing authorities and Indian Housing Block Grant agencies to build or rehabilitate low-cost, efficient, accessible and resilient housing in areas where affordable housing is in short supply. It also includes $10 billion to make homes more energy efficient. In addition, the plan proposes $5 billion to expand the HOME program, $10 billion over 10 years for Community Development Block Grants, and would increase the National Housing Trust Fund by $20 billion.
In addition, the Biden plan would expand funding for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI). CDFIs invest in affordable housing and community development projects that benefit low-income residents. In rural communities, Biden proposes increased funding for the Section 515 Multifamily Loan program, which builds and rehabilitates low-cost apartments in rural areas.
Joe Biden on Homelessness
The Biden plan calls for developing a national strategy to make housing a right for all. It calls for passing the Ending Homelessness Act sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA). This would provide $13 billion over five years, including $5 billion for Homeless Assistance Grants. The funding would produce 400,000 additional housing units for homeless individuals. The plan also calls for reforming affordable housing programs to promote "housing first" approaches to homelessness. This means that local providers place homeless individuals as quickly as possible in permanent housing, then provide services to help people stabilize their situations. Biden's plan also calls for more work reducing homelessness among veterans.
Joe Biden on Homeownership
Biden would roll back Trump administration moves to reduce fair housing and fair lending protections for homeowners. He also proposes a homeowner's bill of rights that would provide new fair lending and fair housing protections for homeowners. The plan also calls for making the First Downpayment Tax Credit permanent and advanceable. The $15,000 credit could be used when closing on a home mortgage. Biden would also expand the Good Neighbor Next Door program for first responders, teachers and other public servants. For rural low-income residents, the Biden plan would increase funding for the Section 502 Direct Loan program. This program provides low-interest loans with no downpayment for low-income homebuyers. Interest rates are based on income level.
Joe Biden on Housing Choice Vouchers
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) and Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) would be fully funded under Biden's housing plan so that every eligible household receives assistance. This would provide housing assistance to 17 million households. Biden would also enact a law banning discrimination based on source of income. This would make it easier for low-income renters to use their vouchers in the private rental market.
Joe Biden on Rural Housing
Increased funding would be provided for USDA's Multifamily loan programs under Biden's plan, including the Section 515 Rural Rental Housing and Section 514/516 Farm Labor Housing programs. It would also increase funding for Section 502 Direct loans that help low-income rural residents become homeowners. A Biden administration would follow the "10-20-30" rule promoted by Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC). It would direct 10% of all Rural Development funding to counties where 20% or more of the population has lived below the poverty line for 30 years.
Joe Biden on Zoning Reforms
The Biden plan would tie-in federal investments in affordable housing with local and state efforts to change regulations that limit affordable housing or promote sprawl.
Joe Biden on Low Income Housing Tax Credits
Biden's plan would also expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program with a $10 billion investment. It would also provide $5 billion per year for the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program.
Joe Biden on Senior/Disabled Housing and Aging In Place
Funding would be increased for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities programs under Biden's plan.
Joe Biden on Renters Tax Credit
The Biden plan proposes $5 billion for a Renters Tax Credit for families that make too much to qualify for Section 8 rental assistance, but who still struggle to pay rent. The credit will allow these families to pay no more than 30% of their monthly income for rent.


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Q: Deploying webapp using grunt on heroku not working I have added, grunt registerTask 'heroku' task to the Gruntfile.js file. But on doing git commit and git push heroku master, in the end I am getting this error. Kindly help me out here.
-----> Found Gruntfile, running grunt heroku:production task
Loading "Gruntfile.js" tasks...ERROR
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Warning: Task "heroku:production" not found. Use --force to continue.
grunt.registerTask('heroku',[
        'clean:dist',
        'useminPrepare',
        'concurrent:dist',
        'compass:dist',
        'autoprefixer',
        'concat',
        'imagemin',
        'cssmin',
        'uglify',
        'modernizr',
        'usemin',
        'htmlmin'
    ]);

A: I've ran into the same problem yesterday.
You need to add load-grunt-tasks to your dependencies in package.json, not your devDependencies. Also, make sure your task is called heroku:production, as that is what the error clearly states.

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Raqqa residents fight back against ISIS propaganda
Small but determined groups of Syrian civilians are waging a war of words and images against Islamic State to show civilian life under IS rule. Security experts now say that localized, credible accounts could be key to deterring IS recruitment.
AP via militant website
Syrians inspect a building damaged by airstrikes in Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate. The image, which bears an Islamic State watermark, was anonymously posted online Dec. 6 by supporters of IS with a caption (in Arabic) which reads, "Russian warplanes target homes of Muslims in Raqqa."
By Molly Jackson Staff
@jacksonmollye1
"They say we torture and kill children," Dutch Islamic State (IS) fighter Israfil Yilmaz captioned a June Tumblr photo, showing a fatigues-clad IS supporter cuddling a kitten. "Lies. The brothers I've seen here wouldn't even hurt a fly for no reason. Soft towards the creation of Allah ... and the Muslims but harsh towards the disbelievers."
Mr. Yilmaz, whose ran a public Q&A about life as an IS fighter until his account was suspended last month, is just a tiny piece of Islamic State's propaganda machine, a remarkably effective online recruitment strategy that Western governments have struggled to combat.
But even in Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate where internet access has been strictly curtailed, small groups of citizen journalists like Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) are reaching out through encrypted messages to broadcast articles, tweets, and photos of life under IS rule to the rest of the world, risking execution to bring Syrians' suffering and resilience to light and disprove IS's slick self-promotion.
When the group first formed in 2011, hoping to highlight the Assad regime's abuses, RBSS's members — roughly two dozen men in their twenties — could not foresee how their mission, and challenges, would change. IS has controlled the city for more than a year, and now continued bombings from Syrian government forces, as well as an international coalition and now Russian planes, terrify residents as well.
Although any news from inside the self-declared state is difficult to verify, RBSS now stands as one of only a few independent news sources left in the country where 85 journalists have been killed since 2011, and much reporting is now done indirectly from border zones.
As RBSS's reputation has grown, so has IS's determination to snuff out their reports. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, which honored the group with an International Press Freedom Award in November, IS has declared RBSS an "enemy of God."
The journalists' website and Twitter account, which has nearly 50,000 followers, document daily violence on the street and from the air, as well as Islamic State's failure to provide basic civilian services from healthcare to food.
while #ISIS fighters have the best food Civilians in #Raqqa still waiting in long lines for little food #Syria #ISIL pic.twitter.com/8B31YNw4Nw
— الرقة تذبح بصمت (@Raqqa_SL) December 6, 2015
Around a dozen writers in Raqqa use software to send encrypted updates to partners abroad, who then transmit the articles on social media. But offline methods are also needed to communicate with other Syrians, especially as IS starts to inspect civilians' laptops for signs of dissent. In an interview with Mashable's Megan Specia, group representatives explain that they also "fight the ideology of ISIS" with graffiti and their own magazine, Dabea, designed to resemble IS's own publication, Dabiq.
Like a few other individuals risking their lives to capture life in IS territory, RBSS has illuminated the everyday dangers for those left in Raqqa, from avoiding the scrutiny of the morality police, who insist on strict dress codes such as full face veils for women, to the pressure for impoverished families to marry their daughters to fighters, hoping for a few months of economic stability. Many brief marriages end in widowhood, at least until another marriage is arranged.
"Killings have become normal. Everyday you leave your house in Raqqa and you see death," a young man told The Christian Science Monitor in September 2014 after fleeing to Turkey. RBSS has documented frequent executions, crucifixions, and stonings, and erratic electricity supplies and rising fuel prices have made life more difficult for those who steer clear of IS punishment.
"Few people join IS out of religious belief," the young Syrian explained. "Most are in it for power, money, and recognition, or simply to have their backs covered if they have problems in the community. The tragedy is that the youth and children are easily brainwashed, so this will be a long-term problem."
The indoctrination and military training of children is a main theme of RBSS's posts, which detail how "Caliphate Clubs" for youngsters, a radical Wahhabi school curriculum, and child informants are helping IS secure its future. Parents are paid as much as $350 per month to send their children for training, where, without their families' influence, they can prove easier to indoctrinate.
If Western governments hope to sway potential recruits, local perspectives like those provided by RBSS may be key to dispelling IS propaganda. The Brookings Institution's Javier Lesaca's analysis of IS social media revealed that many videos and recordings owed their success to their pop-culture vibe and references, and being tailor-made for specific countries' audiences.
"Counter-narrative campaigns against ISIS should be based on true stories of Arabs and Muslims who have experienced firsthand ... the suffering caused by ISIS," he recommends, especially messages with "real action images of counter-terrorism operations" or ones distributed by non-governmental groups.
As for RBSS, they say they'll continue, no matter what threats appear.
"I accept this award on behalf of those Syrians who have been silenced and those who are suffering in order to build a free and democratic country. They do not need just an award, but they certainly need your help," the group's representative told his audience at the Committee to Protect Journalists' awards ceremony.
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Specialists Reflect on Their Work
Publications & Outreach > Publications > FSJ - October 2014 > Specialists Reflect on Their Work
The Journal invited AFSA members who are specialists to share stories and thoughts on their own experience in a particular specialty or the career track generally. Here is a selection of the responses we received. We thank all those who responded.
—Shawn Dorman, Editor
Best. Job. Ever.
By William Middleton
Information Resource Officer for
Bangladesh, India, Nepal & Sri Lanka
As with some of the other specialties, IROs often have shorter Foreign Service careers because prior work experience is a prerequisite. As a result, retirements come fast and turnover is brisk, so there's a steady stream of new, although not necessarily young, IROs. With such a small corps—there are only about 30 of us—staffing gaps can open up if the roster isn't refreshed regularly.
As for the work, if public diplomacy is about the creation of political space, and about influencing public opinion so that a country's leadership has room to move in a new direction, then IROs' role in public diplomacy involves developing and supporting the platforms—in particular the physical spaces—where that political space can be created.
IROs perform this alchemy by working with American Spaces—the generic term for Information Resource Centers, American Corners, American Centers and Binational Centers. Of the more than 700 American Spaces around the world, more than 460 are American Corners. American Corners—partnerships with host-country institutions in which we provide the books and computers and the partner provides the staff and space—are only a decade old, and their rapid growth has had a huge impact on IRO work.
AFSA / Jeff Lau
One gets used to cycles in this business. Twenty years ago, our marching orders were to convert all our walk-in public facilities—that is, libraries—to limited access Information Resource Centers, on the assumption that we could do everything we needed to do virtually, influencing public opinion by pushing information out to hand-picked audiences via the Internet. Some of the more clever IROs noticed that the Internet had not yet arrived in their regions, at least not in any meaningful way, and they discretely deferred closing the library doors.
Their foot-dragging seemed prescient when, about 10 years later, the pendulum swung back, and elites were no longer our target audience. The IRC, a surgical tool, was a poor match for the younger, wider, deeper audiences that U.S. public diplomacy now focused on.
Around that same time, an enterprising and visionary IRO serving in a huge country was tasked with creating programming platforms outside of the capital city. His solution, the American Corner, was perfect for reaching this new audience, and the model proved incredibly popular with posts around the world.
IRO jobs have been shaped by our tools. When IRCs were our primary tool, our work leaned toward the press side of an embassy's public affairs section. With the rise of American Corners, which are cultural programming platforms offering educational advising services, English-language teaching and exchange program alumni activities, the balance has shifted. IROs now seem more closely aligned with the cultural side of the house.
One day, I'm sitting at a table in Ashgabat with 20 American Center regulars. They borrow books, search the Internet, ask reference questions. One young student tells me he used the IRC to learn enough English to get into the Future Leaders high school exchange program (known as FLEX). Another studied here to pass her GRE exams.
One author tells us about the book he wrote using resources he found in the Resource Center. The room we're in not only has Wi-Fi; it has Turkmenistan's fastest and cleanest Internet connection. Somebody mentions, cautiously, news sources here that can't be accessed anyplace else in the country. And it's all free.
When asked what we might do to improve services, they have only one suggestion: keep it open seven days a week instead of the current six.
Another day, I'm on a panel of judges at the side of the stage in the Kulob American Corner. A Tajik kid—14 years old, with huge ears and a voice so strong and pure and surprising we immediately nickname him Michael, after the King of Pop—is singing Sinatra in the first round of Tajikistan's American Song Competition.
Making these moments possible is what we do.
We were somewhere around Balkanabat, on the edge of the desert, when the realization began to take hold: Best. Job. Ever.
William Middleton has been an Information Resource OThcer since 1993, at which time the specialty belonged to the U.S. Information Agency and IROs were called Regional Library OThcers. Currently serving in New Delhi, his previous postings include Lagos, Buenos Aires, Dakar, Vienna, Almaty and Washington, D.C.
By W. Paul Margulies Jr.
I'm not sure what Saul Wahl, the so-called King of Poland for a day, did with his time, but my time at the helm (two days) was well-spent. A double absence of the ambassador and the deputy chief of mission in Valletta, Malta, in December 2013, gave me new perspective—coping with a security detail from the principal's point of view as opposed to the DS vantage point.
In September, we had inaugurated a new protective detail for the ambassador. Team Valletta adapted to the addition of a detail sourced by host-nation and locally employed staff, schedule changes and the normal day-to-day operations that affect a chief of mission and her detail. The ambassador and I had many conversations at the start of operations to cover the basics.
We still touch base to make sure her protection needs are as balanced as possible with her need for privacy. On the rare occasion that she leaves Malta, the detail protects the chargé d'affaires, in most cases the deputy chief of mission. He, too, is familiar with the requirements of having a protective detail in place and is good-natured about having them around.
My stint as chargé was a real eye-opener. Over the past 12-plus years with Diplomatic Security, I have worked on a protection detail or two, but I had never been the principal. I often tried to visualize the impact of a security-related rule or regulation on a post or an individual. In most cases, since I live by these same rules, it was pretty easy for me to understand other people's perspectives. But, I have to admit, I never gave too much thought to protection; it comes with the job—mine as the occasional practitioner and the principal as someone who needs to be protected.
When the Front Office announced that I would be the chargé in December 2013, the Assistant Regional Security Officer said, somewhat tongue in cheek, "Are you going to keep the detail?" I have to admit my initial thought was to ditch the protection, but it was only a fleeting thought. A leadership conversation ensued in my head: Malta's chief of mission, and the chargé d'affaires in her absence, has a dedicated Ambassador's Protective Detail. I am a rule-follower. If the deputy chief of mission asked not to use the detail, my response would be a simple "no."
So I embraced the idea in spite of a little ribbing from my colleagues in the process. I announced, a bit sheepishly at first, that the detail would carry out their normal duties.
A few things stand out from the experience. My schedule was no longer my own. I was used to sharing my calendar with my staff, the front office and a few others, but knowing I needed to be mindful about last-minute changes was new to me. I adapted.
I liked being picked up for work. I got to sit in the back of the limo and read through emails unencumbered and unconcerned about the traffic gridlock around me.
I did not, however, like having the detail shadow (sometimes literally!) me during my not-so-daily afternoon run. The thing I really like about running is the solitude—no emails, just me and the road for 30 minutes. This time I had two runners, the limo and the follow, and a little claustrophobia! We live on a small island, about 19 miles long by 7 miles wide at its widest; but it was the detail that made me feel penned in.
Spontaneity was out the door. That quick run to the pharmacy looked very different when four minders and two cars became part of the equation. That controversial movie I was thinking about going to? Not this week. There were many more pros—and cons—of being in that position.
My biggest takeaway from the experience was just that—the experience. My two days at the helm won't go down in history like it did for Saul Wahl, but the experience will stay with me. And the new insights will no doubt improve my management of the Ambassador's Protective Detail, ensuring it functions as smoothly as possible.
W. Paul Margulies Jr. departed Embassy Valletta as Acting Deputy Chief of Mission in August. He is the new Regional Security Officer for Embassy Bishkek. He joined the Foreign Service in 2002 and is also a Lieutenant Commander with the U.S. Coast Guard reserve. In addition to Valletta and Bishkek, his Foreign Service assignments include Kabul, Belgrade, Bucharest and Washington, D.C.
A To-Do List from a Financial Management Officer
By an FMO at an Asia Post
I am happy to see the State Department return to the care and development of the Foreign Service Specialist corps. What can I say after 15 years of service? I've been fortunate to serve in fascinating places, and the trajectory of my career leaves nothing to complain about. As my time with the State Department is nearing its natural end, I offer some suggestions for consideration—in the form of "A To-Do List for Management"—in the hope that things will continue to improve for future employees.
• Increase the number of Senior Foreign Service positions. When one gets to the FS-1 level, especially while serving out of cone, the employee is typically firing on all cylinders, doing some of his or her best work across a range of issues and utilizing greater depth of skill/knowledge.
• Survey the 17 Financial Management Officer specialists currently serving out of cone to find out why they are serving out of cone. Ask them why many FMOs leave their specialty and do not return. As someone who served out of cone, I confess it was an exceptional experience; but I was told that I should either return to my specialty or try to convert, because promotion opportunities would be nonexistent from there.
• Develop a specialist designation cone, which allows FMOs (and other specialists) to serve out of cone without being disadvantaged for promotion purposes. Consider something similar to classwide promotions on the generalist side.
• Increase opportunities for specialists to convert to generalist if they so desire.
• Develop a senior leadership seminar for specialists during years of service between FS-1 and, potentially, FS-OC. While many do not cross the threshold or perhaps choose not to open their window at all, serving at the 01 level can be a long stretch in a career. Once you have taken the current 01 leadership course, it could be years before you return to FSI for training, if at all. Consider developing an experiential seminar focusing on real-life events that participants can dissect and share among peers.
• Provide mandatory (fast) language training for all specialists! FSI language training is humbling (to put it nicely); but in the end the challenge of learning a language always serves us well. A basic foundation of everyday survival words and phrases from FSI would be useful. All department personnel must be able to function in the countries they serve. Language has grudgingly been authorized for specialists (less grudgingly than when I started), but it is still unnecessarily difficult to obtain.
After so many years in the department, I realize that gaps can and are managed at post, and there are very few world-ending situations that arise if the employee shows up in October as opposed to August. Language ability will make the years of service more positive and productive.
Fortunately I served under several top leaders and was always treated as a respected partner and contributor to the team. However the "Us" (specialists) vs. "Them" (generalists) divide still remains, with disdain flowing from generalists more so than the other way around. It seems to notch up or down depending on the front office attitude and how post leadership develops the entire team.
As I prepared this note, several colleagues revealed long-standing resentment about treatment received at the hands of generalist colleagues who acted as if they were superior—as if, in the middle of incoming fire, a bullet would know to swerve and hit the specialist instead of the generalist.
We're a team, each providing valuable contributions.
Despite Challenges and Change, We Make a Difference
By Henry Mendelsohn
Regional Information Resource Officer, Public Affairs Section
Embassy Nairobi
I've been a Foreign Service Specialist and Regional Information Resource Officer for 20 years. I started with the United States Information Agency in 1994 and have been overseas since 1995 serving in mostly hardship and greater hardship postings.
One of the best pieces of advice I received during my first assignment is that I could easily do the job of a generalist, but a generalist could never do my job. I've found this to be consistently true. The specialized information science skills I've brought to my work complement and support the work of the State Department and, in my opinion, add to our abilities to achieve U.S. foreign policy goals and objectives.
I've served as both as a regional consultant and a manager of American Spaces. My work has become more complex over the years as we introduce new information technologies, applications and services—especially Web-based technologies and applications—to how we provide accurate and authoritative information about the United States to local audiences, who often lack access to such information or the skills to access it.
Security concerns have also made public diplomacy work more complicated. The introduction and dramatic expansion of the American Corners program after 9/11 has tripled my workload, but it's also allowed me to travel to many locations outside the capital cities where our embassies are located. While initially responsible for working with and training locally employed staff in our embassy Information Resources Centers, I now have in my portfolio numerous American Corners staffed by non–U.S. government staff, often poorly educated and trained, and located in remote cities that can be difficult to reach. Needless to say, this is challenging.
Nonetheless, I believe Information Resource Officers and our American Spaces fill a critical role in promoting U.S. foreign policy, society and values, and in many parts of the world they offer positive alternatives to youth at risk of falling under the influence of actors hostile to the United States.
Although I initially underestimated the challenges and sacrifices involved in living and working overseas—my family has been through three evacuations, we've survived terrorist attacks, and we've had friends killed in attacks—I also know I've touched lives, changed some attitudes about the U.S. for the better and, by doing so, helped make the world a little safer for American citizens.
Henry Mendelsohn is the Regional Information Resource Officer at Embassy Nairobi, where his responsibilities include direct supervision of the embassy's American Reference Center and he serves as a regional consultant for U.S. Embassy and Consulate Information Resource Centers and American Corner libraries in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania, and North Sudan. Mr. Mendelsohn's previous postings include Cairo, Abuja, Abu Dhabi, Islamabad and New Delhi.
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Bakelite is one of the most collectible pieces of vintage jewellery. One of the earliest plastics made from synthetic elements, it was created by Leo Bakelite in 1907 and quickly became a symbol of modern style and a turn away from Victorian era fashion designs. But to the untrained eye, Bakelite may not look much different from modern plastic. In fact, some sellers of estate jewellery can sell modern plastic items as vintage Bakelite pieces — either accidentally or on purpose.
It's important to know how to identify Bakelite jewellery from regular plastic. The easiest way to discover if a piece is Bakelite is to swab it with a Q-tip coated in a cleaning solution such as 409. If the jewellery is made from Bakelite, it will make the Q-tip slightly yellow. This is because the Bakelite oxidizes over time and the process will leave this yellow stain when bathroom cleaner is applied. Modern plastics will not leave a stain, or a stain that is the same color as the jewellery.
Bakelite also gives off a strong odor that resembles formaldehyde when it is heated. You can do this by rubbing the jewellery between your fingers for 30 seconds or by holding it older hot water for 15 to 20 seconds. Even if you don't have physical access to the jewellery, you can use photos to help determine the authenticity of jewellery. Bakelite is known for not wearing and scratching over time. If you see scratches, scrapes or other fading on the jewellery in a photo, it probably isn't Bakelite.
Cynthia Findlay Antiques contributed this article. Cynthia Findlay Antiques is a leading online seller of antique rings, necklaces, earrings and other jewellery.


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BC recruit Brendan Silk got his 3rd goal for USNDT under 18 team vs UMaine tonight. He was skating on a line with another BC recruit-Frankie Vatrano, who is lighting it up. Evan Richardson, the recruit from western Canada is supposed to be a special player and he could land at BC either next season or 2013, depending on circumstances.
Marc Biega (D) is still out there and BC needs a defenseman.
Does HU have the inside track since his siblings went there?
I would think he would have been Harvard bound many months ago...perhaps Harvard's shaky program is steering him in another direction.
Rumblings that Casey Fitzgerald-Defenseman and brother of BC commit-Ryan Fitzgerald, has committed to BC. CF is only a frosh at Malden Catholic, so 2015 is the projected arrival date.
SeaCaptim wrote: Rumblings that Casey Fitzgerald-Defenseman and brother of BC commit-Ryan Fitzgerald, has committed to BC. CF is only a frosh at Malden Catholic, so 2015 is the projected arrival date.
York alluded to being very excited about the elder Fitzgerald this past summer.
SeaCaptim wrote: Marc Biega (D) is still out there and BC needs a defenseman.
wolverineneshl wrote: Does HU have the inside track since his siblings went there?
SeaCaptim wrote: I would think he would have been Harvard bound many months ago...perhaps Harvard's shaky program is steering him in another direction.
Is there room for Biega? BC already has 3 defensemen committed for 2012 and 2 more for 2013. Also, Biega was picked in the Quebec Major Junior draft and might be looking in that direction.
For 2012, Lose Cross & Shea. We have to assume Dumoulin is gone so we'll be losing 3 and adding 3. I can't believe Wey is going to leave after yet another injury filled season so he'll wait till senior year but you never know.
For 2013, Lose Wey & Alber add 2.
If possible would love to add another Dman. Depth is a huge issue as clearly York doesn't trust Begert right now.
York should be able to find a Defenseman who can play. Assuming BC does not have a full scholarship available right away, we still can bring in a quality kid on a 2 or 3 year offer. Often times the recruit is told (with verifiable history) that he will get a 2 or 3 year scholly guaranteed, and a chance for an additional year, if another BC player turns Pro early.
Midterm Ranks for North American skaters was released today, after a quick look through saw 2 for BC next year (I might have missed some just breezed through it).
claver2010 wrote: Midterm Ranks for North American skaters was released today, after a quick look through saw 2 for BC next year (I might have missed some just breezed through it).
Matheson is slipping a bit based on his season so far in the USHL.
That is a perfect spot for Matheson, as we do not want him going in the top 10 of the 1st round. This way, he most likely ends up at BC, and not in the NHL minors next season. Matheson is doing fine from everything I read. He is young and developing and will have a great opportunity to develop further at BC. He appears to be offensive minded and we could use that.
SeaCaptim wrote: That is a perfect spot for Matheson, as we do not want him going in the top 10 of the 1st round. This way, he most likely ends up at BC, and not in the NHL minors next season. Matheson is doing fine from everything I read. He is young and developing and will have a great opportunity to develop further at BC. He appears to be offensive minded and we could use that.
He won't be anywhere close to 10.
York talking on http://www.thepipelineshow.com/ a Canadian show, about Matheson not concerned about the issue of showing up with rights traded. Family values education.
MM has been playing better recently in Dubuque, and it no longer looks like he's at risk of falling out of the first round.
bignick33 wrote: MM has been playing better recently in Dubuque, and it no longer looks like he's at risk of falling out of the first round.
Granted you can never know for sure but what's your guess on the number of years he stays at BC?
I don't think I could make an educated guess. Too many variables.
Vatrano has come a long way from providing entertainment for his brothers in their East Longmeadow, Mass., driveway. A center on the U.S. Under-18 National Team with a scholarship waiting next year at Boston College, Vatrano's ability also has him in the mix at the highest level of the game. Last month, he was ranked 118th among North American skaters for June's draft by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.
Being around his older brothers immersed Vatrano in the game. Sammy, the oldest of the three, played at Babson and Greg played at AIC, graduating last spring. Vatrano would go to their games and, when Greg was playing for the New England Junior Falcons, there was an extra draw because his cousin, current Boston College senior Barry Almeida (Springfield, Mass.), also was on the team.
From an early age, Frankie Vatrano and his parents put their time in on the road driving the hour-and-a-half to Marlboro, Mass., to play for the Minuteman Flames and then for the Boston Junior Bruins Empire League team. As one of the youngest Empire League players at age 14, Vatrano posted 38-38-76 numbers to help the Bruins to a playoff crown.
Last year, he made the jump to the U.S. National Team Development Program and did not miss a beat. His 19 goals and 30 points both ranked second on the team. He led the club in game-winning goals with seven and tied for the lead with four power-play goals.
Through 37 games this season, Vatrano was tied for second on the team with 10 goals and tied for fourth with 20 points.
But Vatrano is more than a one-dimensional player and works on his overall game.
Vatrano recently got the chance to showcase his skills for family, friends and probably a BC representative when the Under-18s came to Boston for a pair of games Jan. 7 and 8. Vatrano had a goal in a 7-4 win at Northeastern followed by an assist in a 3-3 tie with Boston University.
Next year, the games with BU will take on added significance, not only because of the BC-BU history, but also because his roommate of the past two years, Matt Grzelcyk (Charlestown, Mass.), will be wearing scarlet and white.
It is those friendships as well as the experience of representing your country in international tournaments that Vatrano said he will relish the most from his time with the NTDP. So far, he has won three international competitions with two more opportunities: the Five Nations Tournament in Finland Feb. 7-13 and the World Under-18 Championships in the Czech Republic in April.
From doing anything just to play in the driveway to a Division 1 scholarship, a world championship opportunity and the subject of NHL scouts. Tag-along brothers everywhere, take notice.
Blue-liner contributed two goals and an assist as Fighting Saints took four of six points.
DUBUQUE, Iowa – One member of the Fighting Saints secured some league-wide recognition after the team grabbed four of six points this past weekend. Mike Matheson was named USHL Defensive Player of the Week after collecting three points, including two goals and an assist, over three games for the Fighting Saints. The defenseman scored a goal and dished out an assist in Thursday's 4-1 win over Team USA. He also equaled a season high when he finished the contest with a plus-three rating.
Matheson completed the weekend scoring his ninth goal of the season just sixteen seconds into Saturday's loss to Waterloo. He also helped the Saints successfully deny 12-of-13 opponent power play chances during the three-game stretch. The 18-year-old from Pointe-Claire, Quebec has put up 22 points, nine goals and thirteen assists, in 45 games during his first USHL season. A top prospect for the 2012 NHL Draft who is committed to play NCAA hockey at Boston College, Matheson is tied for third among all League defensemen with nine goals.
BC added another for 2013, F Adam Gilmour of Nobles.
Is the draft rating overall or North America? I know Central Scouting breaks up the two but not sure about the other scouting services.
flyingelvii wrote: Is the draft rating overall or North America? I know Central Scouting breaks up the two but not sure about the other scouting services.
North America, sorry should've specified.
That really was quite a spectacular goal -- first a chip shot over 2 defensemen, then another chip shot over the goalie, in OT of a 0-0 game, for the first playoff win in the team's history. Cangelosi had 29 goals and 30 assists in 53 games this season -- another Gaudreau in the making? It makes me wonder: did NHL Central Scouting overlook Cangelosi, or is he slightly too young for this year's draft?
Yeah since he's a USHL kid, I'll defer to BigNick on that one.
I found out: 18 years old by September 15 is the NHL draft cutoff, so Cangelosi at August 27 narrowly qualifies. I'm pretty surprised that NHL Central Scouting passed him over.
Cangleosi is only 5' 6" 160 pounds and the NHL does not place a premium on small fast kids. If you watch the NHL games, the trend is bigger than ever...the Rangers look like they have about 6 guys at 6' 5" plus.
I think he projects to be a really good college player...the next little BC forward. He might or might not be drafted, but for such a small kid, that's immaterial as far as his college upside. Remember Gaudreau was only a 4th rounder and Gerbe was a 5th (!) rounder.
Anybody know anything about Peter McMullen? He's suppose to come in the fall but would like to know any info on him.


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The Gegenees (from Greek: Γηγενεής Gēgeneēs; Γηγενής Gēgenēs, "earth-born") were a race of six-armed giants who inhabited the same island as the Doliones in the ancient Greek epic Argonautica. They were also called Gegeines.

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Jason and the Argonauts landed on an island where the Gegenees resided. The Argonauts fought them and unknowingly left Heracles on the island where he continued to fight them. The Argonauts returned and were able to help Heracles fight them off.

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 Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, edited and translated by William H. Race, Loeb Classical Library No. 1, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2009. . Online version at Harvard University Press.

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Just read your 1 year progress thread.
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Don't lose 4 years for nothing.
If you want a backup skill for freelancing though, id recommend copywriting and/or web design. You could easily charge $75+/hour.
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These services have expanded over the years from the original site on the main road going north, but the relocation in the 1950s of St Peter's Girls' School up into Stonyfell in my electorate has meant that the whole of the area is now covered with women's and children's health services and medical services. I think it was during Dr Cornwall's time as the minister for health in the Bannon government that there was the closure of the Queen Victoria hospital and maternity services were transferred to that site. It is very crammed.
They are incredibly important services that are provided there at a statewide level. Its development has now removed the opportunity to have a helipad for emergency entry and exit of the facility. The Liberal government's commitment, which was from opposition, was ultimately to co-locate this hospital with the state's major tertiary hospital. Our original plan, of course, was that it come down Frome Road and be with the original site; nevertheless, the commitment of our minister is to ensure that we transfer those services.
It is terribly important because I can think of a constituent complaint that came to me early in the parliament. In that case, a lady was delivering a baby in the Victoria building at the Queen Victoria hospital, something went wrong and she required a leg amputation. During labour, she was transferred by road to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Unfortunately, her leg did require amputation, but the baby was born successfully and she was, I am pleased to say, subsequently suitably compensated for what happened in that process.
Nevertheless, access to our tertiary facilities is absolutely critical. So, in the absence of being able to bring in a helipad to the Women's and Children's Hospital, it is very important and critical that we have that now that any transfers such as that would have to go all the way down Frome Road and then all the way down North Terrace to get to the new tertiary facility. Full marks to minister Wade in pursuing that commitment and developing it.
There are three areas we still need to deal with in relation to women and children's health care in South Australia. I have been batting on about these for some time, and I am confident that, in their ongoing work, the new Minister for Health and our new Minister for Human Services and covering women's issues (the Hon. Stephen Wade and the Hon. Michelle Lensink in another place), and here in our chamber, minister Wingard, who is minister for corrections and police, are onto these issues and looking at them.
I just cannot believe that we are finally getting some serious attention to three things. Firstly, in relation to postnatal depression, our women and babies who suffer in these circumstances had to be re-accommodated in the Glenside site when the previous Labor government destroyed that site, in my view, in the sense of its commitment to sell off 40 per cent for housing and various other activities. A new facility had to be built at the back. Our mothers who deliver babies and suffer from postnatal depression are still in that acute facility out at Glenside with people with drug addiction and other serious psychiatric conditions. I think that is reprehensible. We have to keep working towards having that facility back in a women's and children's health facility.
Congratulations to the committee on approving the upgrade of Boylan Ward, which of course treats children with mental health conditions. However, I think we are leaving our mothers abandoned in these circumstances. They need to have the full support of appropriate arrangements, bearing in mind that, in the first place, they were only ever sent to Glenside for care because there was not room in the Women's and Children's Hospital after the co-location.
Secondly, children who are born to women whilst they are in custody, in prison, need to be considered. We do not want them having to be accommodated in Boylan Ward down the track because of early separation from their mothers. We suffered a shameful statistic in South Australia when the previous Labor government closed down the capacity for this to happen in this state. I think we are the only mainland state left that does not allow for children who are born to women in prison to be able to stay with them, whether it is for months or for a couple of years. We have nothing in South Australia for this. It must be addressed.
Thirdly, this is for women, particularly younger women, who suffer from eating disorders. I can remember being in this chamber when the former health minister under the Labor government closed down beds, precious beds at the Flinders Medical Centre to help treat young women who were facing death from starvation as a result of conditions that they had. These are life-threatening conditions, and for the former government to have closed down services—not completely but reducing them—in this state was shameful.
I think this is another area of urgent need. Again, we owe it to our young people, our young mothers and our young children to provide them with a comprehensive service to ensure that they can have a purposeful and contributing life in South Australia in the future. These are three areas that I will continue to advocate for and that we need to continue to build. So, Public Works Committee, get ready for what we still need to do.