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by Liz Welch
Autobiography/Memoir
A true story, alternating in perspective between Caitlin Alifirenka, a seventh grade girl from Hatfield, Pennsylvania, and Martin Ganda, a boy from Zimbabwe with little money and big dreams. They became pen pals, and at first they were each fascinated by the differences they detected from small clues in letters and photographs: Is that jewelry on her teeth? He's eaten rabbit and I have one for a pet? Over time, Caitlin's stories about the mall and friendship dramas shift as Martin's commitment to his education, even in the midst of extreme poverty, inspires her to re-examine her priorities. When she begins to understand Martin's desperate circumstances and decides to take action, with the help of her family, Martin's whole future, and that of his family, are affected.
Although U.S. readers who follow the news may not find this book earth-shattering, it is a story worth reading, especially for people who don't often consider their own good fortune. Caitlin's growing awareness of her own privilege and her efforts to do something to help Martin and his family will resonate with readers who have never had to worry about having enough food. Martin's resilience and determination are inspiring; the lengths he goes to to attend school are enormous, in addition to studying hard enough to be first in his class year after year.
It may frustrate readers to see how Caitlin does not appreciate Martin's poverty at first, or know very much about his country, but she seeks more information and educates herself so that she does understand better, and she then acts to make a positive difference.
This book's writing style and overall message are a good fit for fourth or fifth grade, but some references to underage drinking, political unrest, and upsetting health concerns may make this a better fit for readers in 6th grade and up.
"Reading that letter brought tears to my eyes. He was so proud. He had never asked me for help." p. 140
"From then on, I was no longer known as the bean eater, or that kid from Sakubva, but as the new guy with the gorgeous American girlfriend. I didn't argue. They would never understand our bond." p. 249
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We cannot escape technology. Handheld devices give us access to more information than can be contained in any library, social networks reinvent the world and how we interact… even the simplest automobile has more computer power than the system that guided men to the moon.
Earlier this semester during our weekly OCF dinner and discussions, we explored the effects of technology on this generation and its relation-ships, noting true friendship is based on self-sacrifice and suffering with our neighbor, sharing trials until death. The all-too sanitized glimpse we get into the lives of others from Facebook, though neither "Pandora's Box" nor "Prometheus' Gift," can't provide the saving bonds we long for. We all committed to sanctify it by praying through our friend lists and status updates, and giving thanks to God for the many connections He provides.
In the parish as a whole, we are discovering new ways to bless electronic resources, like the weekly This Week email (contact the Parish Office to subscribe) and "digital" bulletin (i.e., "HTOC-TV"), video conferencing at ministry meetings, and mobile scheduling (on Fr. John's iPhone, no less!). In April we look forward to further enhancements, including a totally redesigned holytrinity-oca.org and the transmission of audio from the amvon and Choir into the Narthex.


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Haiti Solar Team Plans Repeat Trip With Funding From Georgia Tech Student Foundation
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It was May of 2016 when an Opportunity Research Scholars (ORS) student group traveled to the remote village of Thoman, Haiti, to install a solar-powered system that provides LED light and phone charging to a single family home. The system was a success and has been a game changer for two lucky families who had no access to reliable, inexpensive electricity.
Thanks to an award from the Georgia Tech Student Foundation (GTFS), a new group of students from the Haiti Solar Team are planning a return this May to implement more solar-powered systems with a plan for sustainability.
The ORS Program, which matches electrical and computer engineering undergraduate students with a graduate mentor and research project, facilitates multi-year projects that build on the research of past teams. Two years on, the Haiti Solar Team students who developed, installed, and tested the original prototype have graduated, but the project has carried on with new students striving to perfect the system and install it in even more homes.
This summer, a new group of ORS students plan to take 25 'Haiti Relay' systems to Thoman for installation. The trip is made possible by the dedication of students; the vision and organization of faculty mentors Frank Lambert, a principal research engineer, and the late Ron Harley, a Regents' Professor and Georgia Power Distinguished Professor; and generous funding from groups such as GTSF.
The team—consisting of Adam Kinsel, Jake Smith, Bria Matthews, and Ph.D. mentor Jingfan Sun—requested funding for parts and materials to build the 25 Relays and were awarded the full amount of $3,955.61. On March 1, a check was presented to the Haiti Solar Team by GTSF during the Georgia Tech men's basketball game in McCamish Pavilion.
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Restorative Policing Experiment Summary: The Bethlehem Pennsylvania Police Family Group Conferencing Project
Written by Paul McCold, Benjamin Wachtel
Research summary from the final report on the Bethlehem Police Family Group Conferencing Project, May 1998. Adobe Acrobat version (".pdf") also available.
Restorative justice is the latest trend in criminal justice practice that contains the seeds of a radically different paradigm on crime and justice than the traditional deterrence or desert-based approaches. This report is an evaluation of one restorative justice program operated by the police in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a mid-sized American city whose justice practices are typical of thousands of such communities across the country.
Although developed independently from the restorative justice movement, family group conferencing is considered an important new development in restorative justice practice as a means of dealing more effectively with young offenders by diverting them from court and involving their extended families and victims in addressing their wrongdoing. Originating in New Zealand in 1989, conferencing was substantially revised as a community policing technique in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, in 1991. This was the first program to directly involve a justice official in conducting restorative justice, and has since broadened to include school officials, probation officers and others. The "Wagga model" was introduced to North America in 1995 by the Real Justice® organization, and more than 2,000 police, probation officers, educators and others in the United States and Canada have now been trained as conference facilitators.
The Bethlehem Pennsylvania Police Family Group Conferencing Project was designed to answer six programmatic questions about police-based conferencing as it is being applied in the United States.
1. Can typical American police officers conduct conferences consistent with due process and restorative justice principles?
2. Does involvement in conferencing transform police attitudes, organizational culture and role perceptions?
3. Does conferencing produce conflict-reducing outcomes by helping to solve ongoing problems and reduce recidivism?
4. Will victims, offenders and the community accept a police-based restorative justice response?
5. Does the introduction of diversionary conferencing alter the case processing of juvenile offenders (e.g., net-widening)?
6. How does police-based conferencing compare to the existing system and to other restorative justice practices?
In October 1995, 20 full-time police officers volunteered to be trained and conduct conferences. Over an 18-month period, first-time juveniles offenders arrested for selected misdemeanor and summary offenses were randomly assigned either to formal adjudication or to a diversionary restorative policing conference. Cases were blocked by crime type: crimes primarily directed against the person (violent offenses) and crimes primarily directed against property (property offenses).
In October 1995, 20 full-time police officers volunteered to be trained and conduct conferences. Over an 18-month period, first-time juvenile offenders arrested for selected misdemeanor and summary offenses were randomly assigned either to formal adjudication or to a diversionary restorative policing conference. Cases were blocked by crime type: crimes primarily directed against the person (violent offenses) and crimes primarily directed against property (property offenses). The effect of the program was measured through surveys of victims, offenders and offenders''parents. Additional data was obtained from direct observations of conferences and review of official police and court records. Two department-wide surveys were conducted, prior to the first conference and again after 18 months of program operation. Officer attitudes on a wide range of questions about their work environment and the nature of policing were matched by officer for pre- and post-test comparisons.
During the course of the experiment, 215 criminal incidents involving the arrests of 292 juveniles qualified for the study, representing 23% of all juvenile offenders arrested in Bethlehem during the time period. These included 75 violent crimes and 140 property crimes. A store was the victim in 76% of the property cases and a school was the victim in 29% of the violent cases.
Participation in the program was voluntary, creating three groups of subjects: (1) statistical control group (n=68 property, 35 violent), (2) selected for conferencing and participating (n=56 property, 24 violent), and (3) selected for conferencing but not participating (n=57 property, 52 violent). Conferences for violent offenses were conducted in 32% of cases selected for the treatment group, and in 50% of property cases, for an overall raw participation rate of 42% (proportion of conferences to cases selected). Offenders were much more likely to decline in property offenses and victims more likely in violent offenses. Among crime seriousness, number of charges, age, race, and gender of offender, only gender was significantly related to participation rate, and only among violent offenders with females participating at twice the rate as their male counterparts.
In spite of the probable self-selection bias in the treatment group, the generalizability of the sample was maintained. However, for this experiment to demonstrate a recidivism reduction or an improvement over magistrate court cases, differences had to be strong enough to be measured across the entire treatment-selected group, even though less than half received the treatment. Questions about how police conducted conferences, whether this affected their culture, whether the community will accept the program, and how the program affected case processing do not require equivalent comparison groups and are unaffected by the threat to the internal validity of the experimental design.
There was an initial tendency among some officers to lecture the offender or influence the agreement in conferences. While they easily picked up the mechanics of the scripted process, an additional in-service training was necessary early in the experiment to reinforce the reintegrative intention of conferences. Average grades for overall compliance with protocol improved significantly following the in-service training, from 80% to 89%. In general, officers did a sufficient but not exemplary job in adhering to principles of restorative justice and ensuring due process. In spite of this, more than 96% of participants said they were satisfied with how their cases were handled and perceived the process as fair, more than 94% would choose to do the conference again, and more than 92% would recommend conferences to others. These results, which are consistent with the earlier evaluation of police conferencing in Australia, lend support to the generalizability of the Australian findings to police-based conferencing in the United States.
2. Does conferencing transform police attitudes, organizational culture and role perceptions?
There were no significant changes in overall police attitudes, organizational culture or role perceptions. Paired t-tests of pre- and post-test scores failed to detect any department-wide changes in attitudes during the experimental period. Thus, conferencing cannot be said to have had a significant impact on changing overall police attitudes toward their activities or the role of police.
The officers who had conducted conferences did show a significant increase in their perceptions of community cooperation and a decrease in their orientation toward a crime control approach to policing. Thus the whole effect of conferencing was to cause a few officers who were positively disposed to community policing to become more supportive of such approaches.
Reducing offender recidivism is one measure of the capacity of restorative approaches to address the important needs created by a criminal offense. A reduction in re-offending is not the primary purpose, as in deterrence theory, but is one of a number of goals for the restorative response to crime. It is assumed that holding offenders accountable to their victims to repair the harm caused should increase offender empathy and thereby lead to a reduction in offending behavior.
Results indicate that lower recidivism for those participating in the program was more a function of the offender''s choice to participate than the effects of the conference, per se. Violent offenders participating in conferences had significantly lower 12-month rearrest rates (20%) than those who declined to participate (48%). However, the control group rearrest rate (35%) was almost exactly between the treatment-selected groups, indicating that there was little additional treatment effect beyond a self-selection effect. Recidivism rates for the property offenders suggests that any self-selection effect was transitory. There were significant differences for the decline and conference property offenders from 30 to 150 days, however, these differences in the rearrest rates were not significant by 12 months.
The universal ability of conference participants to come up with mutually acceptable agreements demonstrates that conferences are useful in facilitating a collective, community-based solution to these criminal problems. The 94% offender compliance with the terms of the agreements supports the conclusion that these cases were resolved in a manner satisfactory to all participants.
It appears that any reductions in recidivism are the result of the voluntary program diverting from formal processing those juveniles who are least likely to re-offend in the first place. Presumably this is the goal of any good diversion program and, in this regard, the program was successful.
Victims participating in conferences said that they felt participating in the conference was their own choice (96%); they would recommend conferences to others (92%); they would choose a conference if they had to do it over again (94%); meeting with the offender was helpful (93%); the tone of the conference was basically friendly (94%); the offender apologized (96%); and conferences should be offered to all victims (81%). Offenders who participated in conferences said that it was their own choice to participate (92%); they would recommend conferencing to others (92%); if they had to do it over again, they would choose to participate (94%); meeting with the victim was helpful (100%); and the tone of the conference was friendly (96%).
Nearly all parents of conferenced offenders said they would recommend conferencing to others (97%), would choose to participate in a conference if they had to do it over again (94%), thought that meeting the victim was helpful (97%), and that they had a positive or very positive attitude toward the conference (91%).
Victims, offenders and parents of offenders were consistently satisfied with the conferencing process and perceived the process and the outcomes as fair. Nearly all respondents indicated they would choose to participate in the program again and would recommend it to others facing similar trouble. While a majority of offenders declined to participate, a very high proportion of victims, offenders and offenders''parents who did participate accepted this police-based restorative justice process.
5. How does the introduction of conferencing alter the case processing of juvenile offenders?
There was no apparent change in overall arrest patterns for juvenile offenders during the experimental period. A gradual decline in juvenile arrests throughout the period began before the police started conducting diversionary conferences. The time series for the cases disposed of informally during the study showed no disruption from the pattern prior to the experiment, and this is the pool of offenders who would have been affected by net-widening. Because offenders were selected for this study after they had already been arrested, there was no discretion on the part of officers to determine which cases would be referred. Thus, there really was no opportunity for net-widening.
Dispositions of offenders three years prior to the study were compared to those handled by court during the period of the study and there were no important differences evident. Offenders diverted tended to be less serious cases and were likely to have entered a guilty plea if the case had gone to court, thus slightly increasing the average seriousness of the cases remaining in the system. Overall case processing of juvenile offenders by police and the courts was largely unaffected by the existence of the program.
6. How does conferencing compare to the existing system and to other restorative justice practices?
Victims, offenders and offenders''parents who participated in a conference were at least as satisfied with the way their case was handled and to have experienced fairness as those whose cases were processed through court (Exhibit S1). Victims and parents were more likely to feel that their opinion had been adequately considered. There were no significant differences between the control and treatment (decline and conference combined) victims for the satisfaction, fairness, accountability and opinion items. Among property crime victims, there was a significant difference: the treatment group was more likely to say the offender was adequately held accountable for the offense.
Sixty-three percent of conferenced offenders said they were very satisfied with the way their case was handled, compared to 34% of the control group and 24% of the decline group. Similarly, parents were also more likely to say they were very satisfied with the conference compared to the control or decline group parents. Parents of conferenced youth were more likely to report fairness in their child''s case than those disposed by courts. Still, a majority of all parents in the survey experienced fairness with the handling of their child''s case.
Conferenced parents were more likely to have felt their opinion had been adequately considered in their child''s case than parents of court-disposed offenders: 92% of the conference group, 84% of the control group, and 55% of the decline group.
Police-based conferencing produced outcomes for offenders more specifically tailored to the individual''s circumstances than the court process, especially for violent cases with personal victims. Outcomes from conferences were more likely to include community service as a reparative response and less likely to require monetary payments than outcomes from the courts.
Other than conferencing, the primary restorative justice program for which there is research is victim-offender mediation (VOM). Participant questionnaires for the present study were designed from those asked in a majority of the VOM evaluations. There are a number of differences between conferencing and mediation, though both utilize a voluntary collaborative model with the purpose being to repair the harm caused by the crime. Individual VOM programs also vary regarding the type of cases qualifying and the source of administration and case referral sources.
Police-based conferences in the present study produced participant results and program participation rates higher than any of the reported VOM programs (Exhibit S2). The agreement compliance rates in the Bethlehem study are comparable to those cited in other mediation and conferencing studies. In light of these findings, concerns raised by VOM advocates that victims and offenders would be less trusting of police than of impartial community volunteers seem unfounded.
Finally, crude cost comparisons suggest that police-based conferencing is no more expensive than any of the VOM programs compared. Because police conduct conferences as part of their routine community policing activities, there were no additional program costs to the department beyond initial training costs.
General Conclusions
In summary, the following general conclusions can be made:
• Typical American police officers are capable of conducting conferences consistent with due process and restorative justice principles, given adequate training and supervision.
• While conferencing did not transform police attitudes, organization culture or role perceptions, it did move those with the most exposure to conferencing toward a more community-oriented, problem-solving stance.
• Police-facilitated restorative conferences can produce conflict-reducing outcomes, most clearly in cases of interpersonal violence. Because of a strong self-selection bias, this study could not confirm a reduction in recidivism due to conferencing. Like other voluntary diversion programs, cooperative cases participated, uncooperative cases did not.
• Victims, offenders and parents who participated accepted this police-based restorative justice response, as indicated by high rates of satisfaction with the process and experiences of fairness.
• Police-facilitated restorative conferences produced participant satisfaction and perceptions of fairness at least as high as other restorative justice programs and the courts. Participation rates and compliance rates for conferences were also comparable to other restorative justice programs.
*This project was supported under award number 95-IJ-CX-0042 from the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice. Points of view in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Department of Justice.


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Interannual Variability of Arctic Landfast Ice between 1976 and 2007
Yanling Yu
Harry Stern
Charles Fowler
Florence Fetterer
James Maslanik
Analysis of weekly sea ice charts produced by the U.S. National Ice Center from 1976 to 2007 indicates large interannual variations in the averaged winter landfast ice extent around the Arctic Basin. During the 32-yr period of the record, landfast ice cover was relatively extensive from the early to mid-1980s but since then has declined in many coastal regions of the Arctic, particularly after the early 1990s. While the Barents, Baltic, and Bering Seas show increases in landfast ice area, the overall change for the Northern Hemisphere is negative, about −12.27 (±2.8) × 103 km2 yr−1, or −7 (±1.5)% decade−1 relative to the long-term mean. Except in a few coastal regions, the seasonal duration of landfast ice is shorter overall, particularly in the Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas. The decreased winter landfast ice extent is associated with some notable changes in ice growth and melt patterns, in particular the slowed landfast ice expansion during fall and early winter since 1990. The observed changes in Arctic landfast ice could have profound impacts on the Arctic coasts. The challenge is to understand and project the responses of the whole coastal ecosystem to changing ice cover and Arctic warming.
Journal of Climate
https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00178.1
Multiparameter AVHRR-Derived Products for Arctic Climate Studies
Walter N. Meier
James A. Maslanik
Charles W. Fowler
Jeffrey R. Key
Generation and sample applications of an integrated set of remotely sensed products for investigations of Arctic climate are described. Cloud fraction, ice surface temperature, surface albedo, downwelling radiative fluxes, ice motion vectors, and cloud properties such as optical depth, phase, and droplet effective radius are estimated from calibrated and navigated AVHRR 1.1-km imagery of the Arctic Beaufort Sea region for June 1992 through July 1993. The processing strategy and characteristics of the products are reviewed. The utility of this type of multiparameter dataset for modeling applications and process studies is illustrated using simple examples of an albedo parameterization, sensible heat flux calculation, and sea ice advection.
Earth Interactions
https://doi.org/10.1175/1087-3562(1997)001<0001:MADPFA>2.3.CO;2
Uncertainty in Temperature and Precipitation Datasets over Terrestrial Regions of the Western Arctic
Sheldon Drobot
Ute Christina Herzfeld
Wanli Wu
A better understanding of the interannual variability in temperature and precipitation datasets used as forcing fields for hydrologic models will lead to a more complete description of hydrologic model uncertainty, in turn helping scientists study the larger goal of how the Arctic terrestrial system is responding to global change. Accordingly, this paper investigates temporal and spatial variability in monthly mean (1992–2000) temperature and precipitation datasets over the Western Arctic Linkage Experiment (WALE) study region. The six temperature datasets include 1) the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5); 2) the 40-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis (ERA-40); 3) the Advanced Polar Pathfinder all-sky temperatures (APP); 4) National Centers for Environmental Prediction– National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP–NCAR) reanalyses (NCEP1); 5) the Climatic Research Unit/University of East Anglia CRUTEM2v (CRU); and 6) the Matsuura and Wilmott 0.5° × 0.5° Global Surface Air Temperature and Precipitation (MW). Comparisons of monthly precipitation are examined for MM5, ERA-40, NCEP1, CRU, and MW. Results of the temporal analyses indicate significant differences between at least two datasets (for either temperature or precipitation) in almost every month. The largest number of significant differences for temperature occurs in October, when there are five separate groupings; for precipitation, there are four significantly different groupings from March through June, and again in December. Spatial analyses of June temperatures indicate that the greatest dissimilarity is concentrated in the central portion of the study region, with the NCEP1 and APP datasets showing the greatest differences. In comparison, the spatial analysis of June precipitation datasets suggests that the largest dissimilarity is concentrated in the eastern portion of the study region. These results indicate that the choice of forcing datasets likely will have a significant effect on the output from hydrologic models, and several different datasets should be used for a robust hydrologic assessment.
https://doi.org/10.1175/EI191.1
Spatiotemporal Climate Model Validation—Case Studies for MM5 over Northwestern Canada and Alaska
Ute C. Herzfeld
The Western Arctic Linkage Experiment (WALE) is aimed at understanding the role of high-latitude terrestrial ecosystems in the response of the Arctic system to global change through collection and comparison of climate datasets and model results. In this paper, a spatiotemporal approach is taken to compare and validate model results from the fifth-generation Pennsylvania State University–National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model (MM5) with commonly used analysis and reanalysis datasets for monthly averages of temperature and precipitation in 1992–2000 and for a study area at 55°–65°N, 160°–110°W in northwestern Canada and Alaska.
Objectives include a quantitative assessment of similarity between datasets and climate model fields, and identification of geographic areas and seasons that are problematic in modeling, with potential causes that may aid in model improvement. These are achieved by application of algebraic similarity mapping, a simple yet effective method for synoptic analysis of many (here, 45) different spatial datasets, maps, and models. Results indicate a dependence of model–data similarity on seasonality, on climate variable, and on geographic location. In summary, 1) similarity of data and models is better for temperature than for precipitation; and 2) modeling of summer precipitation fields, and to a lesser extent, temperature fields, appears more problematic than that of winter fields. The geographic distribution of areas with best and worst agreement shifts throughout the year, with generally better agreement between maps and models in the northeastern and northern inland areas than in topographically complex and near-coastal areas. The study contributes to an understanding of the geographic complexity of the Arctic system and modeling its diverse climate.


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Тригер () — електронна логічна схема з двома стійкими станами
 Тригер, Тріґер () — муніципалітет у Франції, у регіоні Центр-Долина Луари, департамент Луаре
 Тригер (психологія) — подія, що викликає у людини, хворої на ПТСР, раптове переживання психологічної травми.
 Тригер (бази даних) — збережена процедура особливого типу, яку користувач не викликає явно, а використання якої обумовлено настанням визначеної події (дії) у реляційній базі даних.
 «Тригер» — російський драматичний телесеріал режисера Дмитра Тюріна.

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So far, timed automata have been studied and successfully applied mainly to classical verification problems, i.e. to check that a timed automaton satisfies a given logical requirement or to establish behavioural equivalences between timed automata. The class of problems to be treated in this project calls rather for synthesis problems: find a (dynamic) scheduler that achieves certain performance. Representing control problems in this framework leads to equation solving problems: the controller (i.e., the dynamic scheduler) appears as the unknown component that composed with the uncontrolled behaviour yields the desired behaviour. Using another terminology, the interaction between the scheduler and the rest of the system can be viewed as a two-player game where a winning strategy determines a scheduler which achieves the best possible results in the presence of uncontrolled uncertainty.
It has already been shown by members of the consortium that the controller synthesis problem can be posed and solved, in principle, for arbitrary timed automata. However there are many aspects which are specific to scheduling and resource allocation problems which need to be explored. In particular, finding a meaningful way to compare schedulers by criteria other than their worst-case performance is needed in order to evaluate solutions for the problem of job-shop under uncertainty. Other problems to be investigated are related to adapting control synthesis to distributed decision making situations where decisions should be based on partial information. Such problems have been treated in the past in the context of (untimed) discrete event systems but the problem they raise in timed systems are more difficult, for example, what information does one ``agent'', modeled as a timed automaton, know about the clock values of another agent, and whether it can use auxiliary clocks in order to infer the missing information.


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Libraries' student worker, now noteworthy donor too
How did one undergraduate go from feeling overwhelmed by the size of Alexander Library, as a first year student, to becoming, less than three years later, a staunch advocate and impressive financial supporter?
For Tashir Hampton, the path was paved by his positive experiences as a Libraries student worker, a serious family commitment to giving back, and a strong appreciation of Rutgers.
Tashir grew up in Atlantic City, NJ and selected Rutgers because it is close to home and the in-state tuition costs are affordable. He admits that having an aunt who is a Rutgers alumna played some part in the decision as well. Though he initially found Rutgers a bit big and overwhelming during the bus tour he took in his senior year, after starting his first year here it did not take long for him to figure out the bus system or manage the feat of attending classes the same day on different campuses.
He got a work-study position in the alumni office in his first year, which he enjoyed. But there were no work-study positions available there in his sophomore year so he was referred to the Libraries. He landed a position in Alexander Library and was impressed with the pleasant atmosphere and the thoughtful training program.
Tashir, in turn, impressed his supervisor Rose Barbalace with his gracious manner and his serious work ethic. The work situation is a great fit and Tashir plans to continue working there through his upcoming senior year.
Besides the Libraries, Tashir achieved success in a number of other areas at Rutgers. He explored a few majors and found one that truly interests him, psychology, and a minor that intrigues him, social justice. He found an internship in the alumni relations office in his sophomore and junior years and made many worthwhile professional connections there.
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St Michael's Primary School And Nursery
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All schools in England have a Governing Body which is responsible for overseeing many of the strategic decisions of the school. A key role is to act as a 'critical friend': to support, to challenge, to ask questions, ultimately to represent the school community.
The Governing Body works in close partnership with the headteacher, staff and the local authority. Whilst the headteacher is, of course, responsible for the day to day running of the school, the governors are involved with such things as staffing, curriculum, school buildings and finance. It ensures the school functions well and maintains the proper range of academic and social objectives.
The standard term of office for a governor is four years. The chair and vice-chair are elected annually at the first meeting of the academic year.
The chair of governors is Mrs Linda Robinson, who can be contacted via the school office at admin@st-michaels.essex.sch.uk
At St Michael's Primary, we have the following meeting structure, which is reviewed annually:
Finance, Resources, Personnel and Premises FGB
Business Matters FGB
Full training is available to everyone who becomes a governor.
Minutes of governor meetings are available from the school office on request.
Governor Meetings 2020/2021
17 Sep 20 - Strategy Meeting
3 Nov 20 - Pay Committee
3 Nov 20 - Finance Committee
9 Dec 20 - Pupil Related Committee
4 Feb 21 - Finance Meeting
18 Mar 21 - Budget Meeting
25 Mar 21 - Pupil Related Committee
17 Jun 21 - Pay Committee
17 Jun 21 - Finance Committee
14 Jul 21 - Pupil Related Committee
Governance Statement
The governing body at St Michael's Primary School & Nursery is made up of a group of volunteers from both professional and parental backgrounds.
The individuals are appointed because, in the opinion of the board, they have a range of skills, knowledge and life experiences that will be an invaluable contribution to the effectiveness of governance and its accountability for school improvement.
All the governors meet three times a term as a Full Governing Body (FGB) to review and question the head teacher on the educational performance of the school and to ensure that the strategic direction agreed and planned is being maintained. This includes Resources (Finance/Premises and Personnel), which challenge and hold to account the school in relation to the allocated budget and to ensure value for money in all areas of finance. There is a Pay Committee and Head Teachers Performance Management panel both of which hold the Senior Leadership to account when measuring performance against school improvement. Educational performance and challenge is reviewed at the Pupil Related and Achievement meetings, by the FGB, which are held every term.
School governance is reviewed by Ofsted under the Leadership and Management criteria.
Attendance Record of Governors
Governors at St Michael's are fully committed to their roles and responsibilities and fulfill their statutory duties as required. Meetings are recorded by the professional services of a clerk and any non attendance by governors is noted in the minutes.
The Work that we do as a Governing Body
The focus for the governing body in 2020/2021 is to ensure that the strategic direction of the school is on track, through close monitoring of assessment, progress and attainment, against the School improvement Plan. This supports all the children's learning outcomes and whole school engagement.
The monitoring of the school's progress and attainment is measured against the targets set by the school and is regularly reviewed and challenged by governors at meetings and when planning governor's monitoring days. This is to ensure that the governors are fully aware of the schools progress and that it is on track to achieve the targets set. Governors are required by Ofsted to review and challenge this information. Governors regularly review the data on Pupil Premium and Service Pupil Premium allocation across the school and ask to see evidence of how this has been used to enhance the children's learning experience.
The governors meet regularly to review the school's budget allocation and consider its financial accountability to governors, this meeting is call Resources. This is to ensure that value for money and good financial practices are being maintained and when challenged constructive and well thought through expenditure is being applied.
The Pupil Related and Achievement meetings are held once a term to review all aspects of Pupil Related Matters including what is the intent of the curriculum, how it is implemented and what impact has it had on all the children's learning, wellbeing and engagement outcomes. To support the school's strategic plan governors, carry out half termly monitoring via Microsoft Teams to meet COVID restirctions. These are rigorous in their questioning and include specific key areas from the school improvement pland and their impact on day to day learning. A report is made on the findings and included in the minutes of Termly full governing body meetings. Governors monitoring days are a very effective way of challenging and holding to account many aspects of the schools strategic plan and targets and measuring the impact that these have on school improvement.
The Head Teacher and Chair of Governors meet regularly for updates and to review any matters that arise outside the regular meetings. This supports communication between the school and the governors and is recorded and reported to the board for their consideration.
The governing body is looking forward to supporting the plans in place for the next academic year. Some of which are listed below;
Ensuring the wellbeing and mental health of pupils and staff is prioritised and looked after through varius implemented strategies both in the classroom environment and with the use of outside tools.
Reduction of absent children and the support of these families to raise the attendance of pupils in vulnerable groups.
Further enhancement of curriculum delivery.
Maintaining and building stronger links with local governing bodies both primary and secondary provision.
Mrs Robinson the Chair of Governors is also a National Leader of Governance, which supports the school in developing an outward facing approach to governance and school improvement and provides links to recent educational research and thinking.
The Governors welcome suggestions, feedback and ideas from parents and the community of St Michael's Primary School & Nursery. Please contact the Chair of Governors Mrs Robinson via the school office to forward any suggestions. You can obtain more information about of governing body board through the school website.
Members of St Michael's Governing Body
Co-opted Governor
I have been on the board of governors within the primary sector for the last six years and Chair of Governors at two schools, one of which is within a Primary Multi Academy Trust. I was appointed a National Leader of Governance (NLG) in February 2016 to coach, mentor and support governing boards throughout Essex to achieve effective and collaborative governance.
I bring to governance the skills, knowledge and experience that I have gained in business, including coaching, mentoring and working in partnerships that effective leadership requires. I also currently work within other educational settings to enhance communication, social and employability skills for those seeking employment and those returning to work after a career break. This and my experience within governance demonstrate that I remain fully committed to supporting school governance at all levels.
Term of office expires-
Martin Nelson
Since leaving school I have pursued a career in Environmental Health and currently have responsibility for the enforcement of food and safety legislation within the Colchester borough. My responsibilities have included the management of budgets and personnel and I am actively engaged in site inspections and the delivery of training courses. I feel these skills have equipped me to act in the role of school governor which I commenced at the beginning of 2014. I am enjoying working with the committed team at St Michael's Term of office expires-
Julie Darcy-Powell
I am a newly appointed, experienced LA governor and looking forward to working with the governing body and all the staff team, to bring as much support as I can to the whole school environment and all the changes that are taking place. Although I am now retired from my work within the health profession, specialising working with young children and adults , I enjoy my two daughters and 5 grandchildren, book clubs, and quilting. I have a special interest in safeguarding, well being and SEND and looking forward to sharing my knowledge and experience with the governing body to promote a positive and safe environment for all your children at St Michael's.
Laura Felton
As a parent of a child attending the school I am honoured to be elected as Vice Chair.
Out of the school environment I run my own graphic design business and have done for the past 10 years. I believe the skills needed to running my own company, liaising with clients, book keeping, administration along with the creative elements, will help me to become a great, hard working governor. I am also interested in making the governing team a more approachable body and would like to be a bridge between the parents and the school to enable a better, complete and unified team moving forward. Please feel free to come and chat to me at any time.
Louise Hills
I have been on the board of governors at St Michael's primary as a parent governor since May 2016. I have an interest in children's education and well - being and believe that my experience from my working life can benefit the school.
As a Senior Paediatric Nurse I have a wealth of experience in looking after the needs of children physically, socially and psychologically. I have extensive knowledge of safeguarding children which can translate in to the education setting.
I am enjoying being part of the governing team at St Michael's Primary School.
Hilary Pearce
I have a background as a solicitor specialising in corporate finance, after having children I moved into working in welfare rights and now head up a charity providing welfare support to Fijian veterans in the UK. I am married to a soldier and have 2 children at St Michael's school.
Gail Morgan
I am proud to be the Head teacher of St Michael's where committed staff and volunteers work tirelessly together to ensure that children are at the heart of all we do. As a Governing Body we strive to provide the best possible education and social/emotional outcomes for all our pupils.
Melanie Campbell
Deputy Head Teacher
I have been on St. Michael's Board of Governors as an Associate Member since September. Prior to this, I was a Staff Governor at another school for 3 years. In my capacity as both class teacher and Deputy Headteacher of St Michael's Primary School, I am hoping that my experience of pedagogy and the curriculum will add value to what is already a very strong, diverse and well-established governing body.
I am certainly looking forward to working with all of its members.
Gift Elechi
I am a director of a company called Portland Merchandise Group.
More Information to follow.
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'Israel Innovation Authority' is Established in Place of Office of the Chief Scientist to Drive New Era of Innovation
The Government in Israel is a core component of the nation's drive to lead global innovation culture and infrastructure. The establishment of a national authority for innovation in Israel is the latest development in the government's efforts to support the innovation eco-system in Israel.
The establishment of the 'Israel Innovation Authority' stems from the Israeli government's acknowledgement of the need for a central agency to manage the country's most important natural resource – innovation. Comprehensively addressing the needs of Israeli industry vis-à-vis the rapidly evolving global market, the Authority will serve as a central hub for knowledge and advanced capabilities in the arena of technological innovation.
The Authority will replace both the Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS) of the Ministry of Economy & Industry, as well as MATIMOP – The Israeli Industry Center for R&D.
The Israeli hi-tech industry is faced with a number of unique challenges – a highly competitive global marketplace, rapidly changing and dynamic competition, diverse technological demands, dependence on external target markets, and foreign sources of financing vulnerable to fluctuations in the world market. With these challenges only growing, government support is crucial in helping the Israeli hi-tech industry maintain its competitive advantage.
The government must also encourage traditional industries to incorporate the use of advanced technologies in their daily operations in order to increase their competitiveness in an increasingly demanding market.
The Israel Innovation Authority is being designed to quickly and efficiently confront the rapidly changing needs and challenges facing industry. It will embody a certain level of flexibility to enable rapid response, minimum restrictions and new support systems. The Authority will also house new creative lending programs, guarantees, funds and financial instruments.
Around the world there are examples of extra-governmental institutions providing support for technological innovation. By definition these institutions have greater freedom of action and are more adept to addressing the dynamic needs of the market. The creation of a statutory and independent Authority for Innovation will allow Israel to adapt and respond in a competitive international marketplace and continue in the right direction to support innovation.
[Trade Commissioner Ms. Ethy Levy discusses the role of government in a connected innovation eco-system at The Bridge: Israel-Australia Investment Summit in November 2015, alongside Chief Scientist and Head of the Israel Innovation Authority Mr. Avi Hasson and Australian Assistant Minister for Innovation The Hon. Wyatt Roy]


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A: import std/strutils

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I'm not sure why you don't want to import a standard library module (std/strutils), but if you don't want to do that, you'll have to implement the equivalent of parseInt  yourself.

A: Well, the only things you are requiring are that there are no imports used and that this is conversion is the simplest possible with the final result being 100, right? Essentially you don't care about:

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This should fit the bill:
var
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proc simplest_string_to_int(input: string): int = 99

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Or alternatively, go look at the implementation of string parsing you don't want to import and copy&paste that into your code, so you don't have to import it.

A: https://play.nim-lang.org/#ix=3Xlq
proc toInt(s: string): int =
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Movers & Shakers: Springpoint Senior Living, Sagora Senior Living
By Carlo Calma | December 12, 2017
SHN's Movers & Shakers Column is sponsored by the SHN Job Board. To look for a new job for yourself or a friend, visit https://jobs.seniorhousingnews.com. If you're an employer, post your senior living jobs with us and attract the industry's best-read professionals today. Have hiring/staffing announcements? Send them to [email protected]
Springpoint Senior Living Promotes Woodward to COO Post*
Wall Township, New Jersey-based Springpoint Senior Living, a New Jersey-based non-profit provider of housing and services for seniors, has promoted David L. Woodward to senior vice president and COO, effective December 1, 2017.
Woodward joined Springpoint in 2008, assuming expanded roles and responsibilities as the community undertook its leadership transition plan while growing and expanding its product offerings in and out of New Jersey.
He holds a bachelor of science degree in hospitality administration from Widener University and a masters of jurisprudence, with concentrations in healthcare law and regulatory compliance, from Widener University's Delaware Law School.
*Editor's Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that David Woodward had been promoted to CEO of Springpoint Senior Living. Senior Housing News regrets the error.
Erickson Living Promotes Keeler, Welcomes New Team Members
Catonsville, Maryland-based Erickson Living has promoted Robin Keeler to director of resident life for its Oak Crest continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Parkville, Maryland.
Keeler brings approximately 20 years of experience with Erickson Living to her new leadership position. Most recently, she served as regional home health administrator for Oak Crest and its sister community, Charlestown, located in Catonsville.
Prior to joining Erickson Living, she worked at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore as a shock trauma nurse and at Bel Care, Inc. as a home health nurse and administrator.
In her new role at Oak Crest, Keeler will manage and support various facets of the community that directly impact the daily lives of its residents, including fitness and wellness services, community resources, volunteer programming, social work services, community television, pastoral ministries, intermissions, memory health programs and philanthropy. The community's resident life department consists of 175 employees.
Keeler holds a bachelor's degree in nursing and a master's of science degree in community health from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
In addition to the promotion of Keeler, Erickson Living has also welcomed Denise Altonjy as associate executive director and Dan Millender as director of sales for at Lantern Hill, a CCRC in New Providence, New Jersey.
Altonjy brings more than 30 years of professional experience to her new role. Altonjy has been with Erickson Living communities since 2006, serving as the director of nursing and associate executive director at Cedar Crest in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. For the past few months, she has supported the resident services team at Lantern Hill. An alum of Felician College, she is a licensed assisted living administrator and certified gerontological nurse.
Millender joined the Lantern Hill sales team in November. He recently served as the executive director of a Baltimore-based environmental non-profit. He previously served as a CFO of a high-end residential builder, the GM of a Wholesale Nursery, and as manager in sales and administration for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. He received his undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College in 1994 and his executive MBA from the Sellinger School of Loyola University in 2007.
Other additions to the Lantern Hill team include Dante Taylor as general manager in dining, Shamus Hill as executive chef, and Laurie Lipton as concierge.
Integrace Welcomes Valencia as VP of Talent Management
Integrace, non-profit senior living provider based in Eldersburg, Maryland, has appointed Nick Valencia as its new vice president of talent management.
Valencia has nearly 30 years of experience with human resources management and employment law. In his new role, he is responsible for identifying and recruiting new talent, as well as creating and directing opportunities for employee development.
He joins Integrace from Dunbar Armored, Inc., a provider of armored car services, where he served as vice president of human resources and general counsel since 2005. He also served as in-house attorney for Constellation Energy Group, Inc. in Baltimore, where he managed employment law-related matters from 1999 to 2005.
Valencia is a member of the Maryland and Washington, D.C., bar association and holds a bachelor's degree from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and a juris doctorate from Vanderbilt University School of Law. He is a member of the Society of Human Resources Management, as well as a trustee for Maryvale Preparatory School in Brooklandville, Maryland.
The Buckingham Names Van Twest New Director of Dining Services
The Buckingham, a Houston-based life care community operated by Senior Quality Lifestyle Corporation (SQLC), has appointed Ricky Van Twest as the community's new director of dining services.
He brings 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry working in fine dining with luxury properties around the world.
His culinary background includes working with three of SQLC's sister communities: The Barrington of Carmel in Indianapolis; Mirador in Corpus Christi; and, most recently, Edgemere in Dallas.
He has more than eight years of experience working with luxury hospitality properties, including the Ritz-Carlton hotels.
In his new role, he will oversee the day-to-day activities within the community's dining services.
Hargett Assumes Executive Director Role for Baptist Retirement Community
San Angelo, Texas-based Baptist Retirement Community has appointed Aaron Hargett as its new executive director.
Hargett has worked for Baptist Retirement Community since 2007, and was recently promoted from the position of director of independent living.
In his new role as executive director, Hargett will oversee the 100-acre community's operations, administration, programs and strategic planning. He will also manage marketing, community outreach and financial planning.
Hargett has worked in the health care industry for nearly 20 years, covering a variety of areas including admissions and discharge planning, rehabilitation, home health, hospice, and independent living.
Frampton Construction Adds New Senior Project Manager to Team
Frampton Construction Company, LLC, a Charleston, South Carolina-based regional full-service construction firm servicing a variety of industries, including senior housing, has named David Bollenbacher senior project manager in its Charlotte, North Carolina, office.
Prior to joining the company, Bollenbacher served as senior project manager for New York-based Lendlease, an international property and infrastructure management firm.
Bollenbacher joins Frampton Construction with nearly 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He is a North Carolina-licensed builder with a 30-hour OSHA certification and North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Level II Stormwater certification.
He also has a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Quality Management certification (USACCE CQM) and the LEED AP: Home certification.
The Redwoods Welcomes New CEO
The Redwoods, a non-profit independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing provider in Mill Valley, California, has named Hunter Moore as its new CEO.
Moore succeeds Barbara Solomon, who recently retired after 16 years of service.
Previously, Moore served in senior leadership positions for several senior living development companies, including McLean, Virginia-based Sunrise Senior Living, Hagerstown, Maryland-based Homewood Retirement Centers of the United Church of Christ, and Washington, D.C.-based Howell Associates.
Further, he has worked in economic development for Arlington County, Virginia.
Wingate Residences at Brewster Place Promotes Walsh
Wingate Residences at Brewster Place, an assisted living community owned and operated by Wingate Healthcare, has promoted Kim Walsh to the role of business office manager. In her new post, Walsh will assume various human resource responsibilities for the community's staff and residents.
Prior to this role, Walsh spent the past decade as a fitness instructor to Brewster Place's senior residents. In her new role, she will also continue to teach several daily fitness classes to residents.
Walsh holds a bachelor's degree in business management from Stonehill College and has extensive bookkeeping experience. Prior to Wingate, Walsh worked as a paralegal for a real estate attorney for 20 years.
Sagora Senior Living Names Executive Director at Lyndale-Abilene Memory Care Community
Fort Worth, Texas-based Sagora Senior Living has appointed Kyle Douthit as executive director for Lyndale-Abilene Memory Care in Abilene, Texas, a Sagora community that offers independent living, assisted living, and now, memory care, as part of the community's recent expansion.
Douthit has been involved with memory care, both personally and professionally, for more than a decade. His father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and passed away October 2016 after battling it for 12 years.
Prior to Sagora, Douthit worked with Alzheimer's-specific and related communities in the positions of administrator, senior vice president of operations and chief operating officer.
Douthit holds a bachelor of business administration degree from Abilene Christian University (ACU).
Maxwell Group Names New Executive Vice President
The Maxwell Group, Inc. | Senior Living Communities, LLC brand has appointed Ben Thompson as executive vice president.
Thompson has extensive experience within the senior housing industry, having served in a variety of roles with Maxwell Group, Inc. and Senior Living Communities, LLC.
He will oversee and provide direction for all of the company's operating functions. Thompson joined Maxwell Group, Inc | Senior Living Communities, LLC in 2012 as an operations analyst.
He has served as vice president of special projects, vice president of procurement and most recently as vice president of development.
In his new role, he will be responsible for all of the company's operational functions, including: human resources, programming, wellness, dining, development, construction, design, facility services and procurement.
Thompson is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where he earned a bachelor of science in economics and a bachelor of science in management and society.
Written by Carlo Calma
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Well yes, but not quite news - isn't it? This information brought the market (rightly or wrongly) down to a low of $2.46 on November 28th. Since than fuel prices were significantly dropping and consumer confidence was rising (https://www.anz.co.nz/resources/d/0/...e-20190201.pdf). So, what is really happening?
Yes fuel prices have come down but anecdotally it would appear that right across the board consumers showed an inclination towards very modest spending this Christmas.
Insiders will already know how things have gone since then. They will know November, December and January sales information.
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So 4 of the top 20 shareholders have sold down,1 of whom is no longer a top 20 holder,3 have increased their holding,and we have 1 new shareholder in the top 20.
13 have neither brought or sold.
The NZCSD seller of 1,911,614 is most probably a fund manager who owned less than 5%.
The only top 20 shareholder who sold out held 299,357 B Speers.
Last edited by percy; 08-02-2019 at 01:28 PM.
Nice work Percy. Should Brittany Speers selling out be of any concern to those of us that are left?
Most probably had to pay for a new deck.
I think he had something to do with Fastway Couriers.
ps.I will leave it a month and then ask my broker for an updated TRA top 100 list.
Last edited by percy; 08-02-2019 at 03:50 PM.
That's why he wants the Top 100 list. PS-I should be on that one as well.
If your initials are MJW you are No.53 just under Todd Hunter.
Yes I am in the top 100,as is my partner who just makes the list.
I dont quite make the list.Do they put out a top 1,000 list . Would be really cool to bracket it with my 34,000 cc Kawasaki widow maker, My sunblock 750, my #400 use cocktail blender and my collection of 5639 aluminium drink cans that i havnt crushed yet and My 1309 Premium OtagoBlack cherry pits that ive spittooned over summer. Be Really cool to make a list.
I dont quite make the list.Do they put out a top 1,000 list .
Congrats, means you've lost a lot less than most others over the last 2 years. Be happy !
Hmm - so they bought over the last 12 monhs or so at an average of $2.86 and sold at an average of $2.40.
Anyway - explains the volume we saw over the recent weeks. Problem is - they are still holding more than 5% - more shares than TRA said it will buy back.
Last edited by BlackPeter; 13-02-2019 at 10:34 AM.
Will be interesting to see whether they continue to "Crystallise" further losses.?
Certainly will be should they decide to sell the 6,020,821 they still own.
Or part of it, and real trouble is when they go under 5% threshold then we wouldn't even know who's doing the damage as they don't have to report.


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A WWII Tour of France
By Amanda Williams Published on Thursday, April 17, 2014
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The year 2014 marks 70 years since the Western Allies began their effort to liberate Europe from the Nazis during World War II. On June 6, 1944 – usually known collectively as D-Day – the Allies (mostly British, American, and Canadian troops) began the liberation of France on the beaches of Normandy.
If you or someone in your family has ever wanted to pay respects to the soldiers who fought on D-Day, or just to experience some history at the source, this year is as good as any – better, perhaps. And there's no better place to start your WWII tour of France than in Normandy.
Normandy beaches
Operation Overlord, as it was officially codenamed, was a mixture of airborne and naval assaults on the beaches of France's Normandy region, culminating in thousands of Allied troops making landfall in what was the largest amphibious invasion in world history. Visitors today can visit these beaches, which are still listed on maps by their D-Day invasion codenames:
Sword Beach – The easternmost landing site during the invasion.
Juno Beach – Landing location of mostly Canadian troops, which suffered heavy casualties. The Canadian Government maintains a small museum here called the Juno Beach Centre.
Gold Beach – The landing site of British troops of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division.
Omaha Beach – Site of an American landing that went wrong due to poor navigation and difficult terrain. This, coupled with the site being heavily fortified, led to mass casualties. This portion of the invasion was famously portrayed in the beginning of the film "Saving Private Ryan."
Utah Beach – The westernmost landing beach, which saw the least amount of casualties during the landings.
Normandy cemeteries
Considering the sheer scope of this invasion and the thousands of casualties suffered, there are quite a few military cemeteries located in Normandy:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial – Located in Colleville-sur-Mer on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach, this cemetery is filled with rows of white crosses and is the final resting place of more than 9,000 American soldiers, most of whom lost their lives in the Normandy invasion.
Bayeux War Cemetery – The second-largest Commonwealth cemetery for WWII casualties, mostly dedicated to casualties from the Normandy landings.
Bény-sur-Mer and Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War cemeteries – Dedicated to the Canadian troops who lost their lives during the Normandy invasion.
La Cambe German War Cemetery – Located near Bayeux, France, this cemetery is the final resting place of more than 20,000 German troops from WWII.
Merville Gun Battery
Part of the Nazi's defensive Atlantic Wall in Normandy, the Merville Gun Battery was heavily fortified and one of the first places to be attacked by the Allies during the Normandy landings. Today, the former battery has been turned into a museum. Visitors can explore preserved bunkers, view a sound and light show, and see a Douglas C-47 aircraft that took part in Allied airborne missions during WWII.
Sainte-Mere-Eglise
Located in Normandy, Sainte-Mere-Eglise is today known as the first village to be liberated by the Allied forces (namely paratroopers) on D-Day in 1944. Tourism in the town focuses on this historical day, with many museums and related shops dedicated to it. A dummy paratrooper even hangs from the church spire.
One of the museums in Sainte-Mere-Eglise is the Musee Airborne, a museum dedicated mostly to the American paratroopers that took part in Operation Overlord in Normandy in 1944.
Have you visited Normandy or other WWII sites?


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Bawumia must resign over 'infrastructure lies and deceit' – Inusah Fuseini
by Ghana Waves August 19, 2020 August 19, 2020 0289
Inusah Fuseini
Inusah Fuseini, Member of Parliament for Tamale Central and former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, has asked the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) to desist from throwing dust into the eyes of Ghanaians.
This statement follows comments made by the Vice President of Ghana Bawumia during his presentation of the Akufo-Addo government's infrastructure record on Tuesday.
Bawumia said the NPP's infrastructure projects provide value for money, unlike that of the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration.
According to Bawumia, the Akufo-Addo government, has, apart from its pursuit of an inclusive infrastructure development for all, has also focused on delivering the best value for money for all of its projects.
Bawumia cited the constructing of four major interchanges; Tema, Pokuase, Tamale and Obetsebi Lamptey interchanges which the NPP built at a cost of $289m whereas the Mahama administration built the Kwame Nkrumah interchange alone at a cost of $260m.
For the Pokuase interchange, which is 75% complete, Dr. Bawumia explained that the loan agreement for the project was signed in November 2016 for a three-tier interchange, but the Akufo-Addo government renegotiated for a four-tier interchange without any increase in cost.
Reacting to the Bawumia's presentation in an interview with host of Atinka FM's AM Drive, Inusah Fuseini, Member of Parliament for Tamale Central and former Minister for Lands and Natural Resources said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) negotiated with the African Development Bank for the Construction of the Pokuase interchange which the NPP is taking credit for.
Inusah Fuseini refuted claims that the Mahama administration did not construct the Kwame Nkrumah interchange at a cost of $260m.
He explained that the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange was built at the cost of €74m and not $260m as being alleged by the NPP.
"How can a vice president peddle such falsehood. He should resign from the office of the vice president. The Kwame Nkrumah interchange was built at a cost of €74m, it is not even in dollars. He should bow his head in shame," he added.
Source: Atinka Online
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By Scott Simon
The failed Snowquester reminds us, during a time of national debate, that experts can still be wrong.
Snowquester fizzled.
Wednesday was more or less canceled this week in official Washington, D.C. An enormous winter storm bore down on the region, threatening ice, a foot of snow in the city (more in the suburbs), and wind and misery throughout the region.
Most of the federal government was closed. I know, I know. How could they tell? Local governments and schools, too. Flights were canceled, planes diverted, and throngs descended on grocery stores, picking the shelves clean of bread, milk and toilet tissue.
North Korea doesn't need to threaten Washington, D.C., with a nuclear attack — just some snow.
Big fat snowflakes fell, but mostly fizzled on the ground. While there was pelting rain and a stiff wind, in the end there was just enough snow most places to maybe make a Slurpee.
With wincing cuts being made to government services, it would seem to be a bad time for federal agencies to look too timid to come to work in just a teensy-widdle-bit of snow. The Washington Post asked, "Did they pull the plug too early?"
As a Chicagoan, I am always tempted to ridicule the wary way in which Washingtonians shut schools and agencies when snow is simply in the forecast. But the area has not had a major snow for two years, and most municipalities don't have the equipment on hand to dig out of one. With radar and satellite imagery so detailed and persuasive, you might see why officials would close down before a snow, to avoid stranding and endangering people, especially schoolchildren.
Jeffrey Platenberg, who heads school transportation in Fairfax County, Va., said that he didn't want a lot of teenage drivers slipping and sliding on the roads to get to school, or see chock-full school buses spin their wheels.
But if schools close down, what do working parents do — park their children at Starbucks? Modern technology makes it possible for people with desk jobs of one kind or another to work electronically for a day or two. Government workers were cooped up in their homes with frisky kids in a storm, not off getting seaweed pedicures.
A spokesman for D.C.'s Mayor Vincent Gray told The Washington Post, "You can't really blame government officials for using the data the scientists gave them." And in a way, the snow forecasts falling so flat is a sound reminder, during a time of national debate, that experts can be wrong. As a former president of Harvard, Lawrence Lowell, once warned, there's a Harvard man — or scientist, economist and meteorologist — on the wrong side of every question.
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