Double Sided Magnetic White Board 72" x 40"
H. Wilson/Luxor MB whiteboard series are made from magnetic reversible whiteboards. Chrome finish on main frame. Features a silver frame around the whiteboard/whiteboard series. Includes 4 casters for easy mobility. Boards lock into place when in position. Frame base is 23" Deep.
The MB7240 is 72" W x 40" H and is reversible whiteboard/chalkboard.
The MB7240WW is 72" W x 40" H and is reversible whiteboard/whiteboard.
Assembly required. 10 Year Warranty on H. Wilson/Luxor Boards.
The LX9128 is an adjustable mobile lectern that is great for business meetings, conventions, religious assemblies and presentations of all kinds. It offers the ultimate in portablility, simplicity and affiordability. With a sleek red oak and black finish and caster wheels, it offers style and mobility. A knob allows for height adjustment, and the work surface-which has a retainer lip-can be used flat or on a tilt.
Dimensions: 36 1/4" - 45" H x 19 3/4" W x 23 1/4" D.
arms and upholstered seat. Many standard fabrics to choose from. Assembly required.
Please contact your Sharp School Services representative for quantity pricing or for premium designer fabrics.
maximum ergonomic support and comfort.
function control for executive task applications.
position - slides forward and back.
* High profile base. Pictured as High-back chair option.
user, and tension tilt control knob for firm or soft recline.
Height: 17.5" - 22.5" Back Width: 19" Back Height:33"
COM: 2.1 yds. Weight:46.4 lbs.
Let 9 to 5 Seating's Strata float into your school or office!. its ergonomic and sleek look make it a great choice for all managerial and executive applications. This Mid-Back Mesh Chair has a great look and includes silver accents. High-quality mesh molds to every users back for better lumbar support.
Air grid mesh covered seat available with high resilient molded foam.
Durable cast aluminum base with powder coat finish standard with Y2 control option.
activated by a quick release lever.
9 to 5 Seating's Aria Series is the answer where new ways of working require new features in seating.
Aria's advanced design creates a unique statement in form & function. The suspension seat is made like no other, with infinite comfort for the users every move. The suspension seat is made of high performance mesh overlaid with molded high-density foam.
The integrated handle in backrest makes moving Aria Chairs easier!
Ajdustable Tasking Arm (A41) with 6-way adj. arm-ratchet height adjustment with side & forward sliding arm pad.
(Optional) Seat Slider - allows the user to easily adjust the seat depth.
Overall height: 36" - 40.5"
Includes pneumatic-lift seat and height adjustable, tilt-tension control knob lets the user adjust for firm or soft recline, Tilt Lock -adjusts the back angle for individual user.
Please contact your Sharp School Services representative for color options and pricing.
This Premiera high back multi-function office chair features: Cool Mesh back with lumbar support; Independent back & seat angle adjustments; Tilt lock mechanism; Forward tilt mechanism; Height and width adjustable arms; Choose from molded foam seat colors. Quick ship: Black Mesh with Black Fabric Seat.
Available with optional PRM-7500HR headrest; Assembly required.
Please contact your Sharp School Services representative for colors and pricing.
Premiera's PL Laminate Series Conference Tables feature attractive and durable laminate surfaces with 3 mil PVC Tough Edges for super durability. Race track style features 1 1/2" thick tops and bases.
Choose from these attractive colors: Cherry, Mahogany, Honey, Mocha, Modern Walnut, or Newport Gray.
Add an optional power module that fits in the black grommets on the boat shaped table.
Please contact your Sharp School Services representative for additional details and pricing.
AmTab's Conference/Classroom Tables are durable and stylish, and can be used in a variety of classroom and office settings. Particle Board Core with all welded steel frame construction, with 14 gauge steel legs - makes this table's tough quality, affordable.
Please contact your Sharp School Services representative for other sizes and pricing.
Just a simple flip doubles your writing space—double-sided easel features two Total Erase® surfaces. Rotate the board for additional writing space on reverse side. Surface is perfectly angled for comfortable writing and viewing. Total Erase® writing surface will not stain or ghost and has a subtle grid pattern. For medium to heavy usage. Four casters, two locking, for easy portability. Attractive radius-edge steel frame with built-in accessory rail.
Board Type: Dry Erase Easel; Board Width: 31"; Board Height: 41"; Surface Material: Total Erase® Laminate.
Please contact your Sharp School Services representative for competitive pricing on this unit.
Quartet Ultima Adjustable Economy Easel Stand is ideal for presentations in the classroom or conference room.
It's sturdy, lightweight, and easy to adjust.
Lightweight easel also has steel legs and an aluminum frame.
Sit On It Seating's ergonomic Wit Thintex midback and highback chairs are equal parts design, comfort and value - keenly suited for task, conference and collaboration settings.
Overall Width (no arms): 25"
Seat (Mechanism) Height: 17.5" - 21.25"
Product Weight (no arms): 37 lbs.
For current pricing, chair options and color selections, please contact your Sharp School Services representative.
Sit On it Seating lets you Customize Your Ergonomic Chair ... Your Way!
The series offers sleek, aerodynamic lines that give the Amplify collection power, with a look of modern design and sumptuous comfort. Featuring adjustable "eye-catching" lumbar bands that provide optimum ergonomics.
Seat Height Range: 17.5" - 20.5"
Chair includes Synchro Mechanism with Seat Depth Adjustment.
Wide Array of Grade 1 or Grade 2 Fabric colors to choose from!
Please contact your Sharp School Services representative for colors and current pricing.
The Nexus IdeaWall is a movable display panel with an extra-large 4' x 6' markerboard work surface and expandable presentation space.
Please contact your Sharp School Services representative for current pricing.


Last year, Scouts Scotland launched a new information pack for parents and guardians, designed to answer many frequently asked questions.
The "Welcome to Adventure: Information for Parents and Guardians" pack takes the form of a branded A4 folder which can also be used to store local information such as membership fee arrangements, programmes and information about the Scout Group.
The pack also includes a supply of Young Person Information Forms to allow you to capture all of the information required to process them as a member of The Scout Association.
We sent every Scout Group and District (for Explorer Scouts and Scout Network) an initial supply of packs, free of charge, thanks to a generous grant made by The Scottish Government's National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund.
If your Scout Group or Units have found these useful and would like additional packs, these can be ordered from Scouts Scotland for a small cost of £7 (including P&P) for a pack of 10. You can place your order online.


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Cindy: An Example of Grit and Determination
cindy goldilocks, urban element
A Hard Childhood
Cindy left her native England to see Canada, and never once looked back. Settling in Quebec, the young woman closed the book on a difficult childhood; a violent, loveless family; a gray, hard city; a life of being bullied… All left in the dust an ocean away…
Cindy has lived in Quebec for decade and a half. Underneath a warm, friendly exterior beats the heart of a lioness. Deep down inside she is made of steel – steel tempered by a difficult upbringing that no longer appears to haunt her. She has rebuilt her life in Montreal, turning the page on her past, and all without the least shred of animosity or bitterness…
Dominic Desmarais Files Hip-Hop, Breakdance
Cindy grew up in the decaying industrial city of Peterborough, England. An ugly place where unemployment is sky high and violence lurks around every corner. "When I arrived in Quebec," she remembers, "I wondered who guarded the flowers along the edges of the public roads at night! I couldn't believe how safe things are here. Where I'm from, it's normal to see an abandoned car on fire on the roadway."
It was dog-eat-dog in her hometown. There was no college or university, so escaping poverty meant getting out of Peterborough altogether. "If you found a job at 16 you dropped out of school, because there was no point going further in your education. The whole city was like that." The cream of the crop saved themselves by moving away: those who stayed were trapped forever. "They never went anywhere, even to visit London!" she says.
Cindy was the youngest of 5 children. They fit in well with the whole atmosphere of their native Peterborough. Her father, a soldier in a parachute regiment, was frequently absent. A man of few words, he was strict with his children. Her eldest brother was affiliated with the Hell's Angels, and fled England for fear of being assassinated by his gang. Another brother did prison time for fraud and drug trafficking.
After the birth of the family's second child, Cindy's mother became depressive. "She went back to join her relatives, who were in the Jehovah's Witnesses," Cindy recalls. "My father wanted no part of it. He wouldn't let us attend any of their meetings, and we couldn't even be around when other Witnesses visited our home. It was a taboo subject."
When she was still a child, one of her brothers, age 17, was involved in a car accident. Her mother arrived at the hospital first and, following Jehovah's Witness practice, refused to give the necessary permission for her son to receive a blood transfusion. "My father couldn't believe she'd refused to let her son's life be saved. Neither could us kids. From that moment on my dad couldn't understand my mom at all."
Cindy had a front row seat for daily arguments between her parents. Love was dead in her home. "They were born during the Second World War," Cindy explains, "and people from that generation married for life whether you were in love or not. They fought non-stop. But they stayed together for the children." Finally, however, her father demanded a divorce. Cindy was 12. All of her brothers and sisters had already left home. "I had to move to Quebec to take a step back and understand that this wasn't a normal family upbringing," she says, without a hint of bitterness in her voice.
Bullied at School
Young Cindy was the victim of verbal abuse at school. Any excuse would do to get under her skin. "I had no self-confidence," she admits. "I never spoke. I didn't stand up for myself. They made fun of me because my mom was a Jehovah's Witness… Mom left home every weekend but never told us what she was doing."
Mom had been going door to door for the Witnesses. "So when she'd meet with the families of my schoolmates," Cindy says, "I'd be made fun of the next week at school. But I never understood why. I couldn't defend myself because I had no idea why I was being teased. And our father forbid us to talk about the subject at home."
Her older siblings and her parents would discuss subjects Cindy didn't understand, without explaining a thing. Left in the dark, Cindy carried her grief and unease with her to school, which made things worse.
Young Cindy found herself caught in a vicious circle of ignorance. Bullied at school because of her mother's activities, at home she could not talk about what was going on in her own life. She had to deal with her inner pain alone. Sometimes, the teasing turned to Cindy's physical appearance. "We didn't have much money, so I had to wear old clothes," she recalls. "I never had anything new to wear. I mostly wore boy's clothes that were too big for me. I looked fat. And my first name, it's the name of a doll in England, like Barbie. They used to call me Cindy Doll: You're supposed to be Cindy Doll, but you're not even pretty, and you're fat… I wanted to die."
No matter what she did to try and fix the situation, it would backfire. "My mother ended up becoming a school monitor. That didn't help. If she disciplined someone, it was my fault. I always felt ill at ease. Whenever mom talked to a student, I'd get scared."
Despite being bullied, Cindy had some friends. Or at least, she thought she did. "I always wanted to hang out with the cool crowd," Cindy admits. "They kept me around because I did everything for them. I gave a lot to win their friendship. But I wasn't their friend. I was their servant. Whenever one of them had a problem, I was sent to take the punch. Or they'd decide to gang up on me." Cindy was always walking on eggshells. She never got in touch with who she was deep inside, too busy being whatever she thought the people around her wanted her to be. She spent a lot of time questioning herself, wondering why she felt so bad.
From Intimidation to Violence
As a child, Cindy didn't only suffer psychological violence. One day after school, she found herself surrounded by a gang of students. A so-called friend was mad at her. Cindy, all of 7, had to listen to the chants of a mob out for blood. Her blood. "Everyone was yelling for my friend to hit me. She only threw one punch. I fell down on the street. Cars had to stop to avoid running me over. I was in shock."
Already, even at that young age she knew that telling on people wouldn't help. But she tattled anyway. School officials notified her bully's parents: "It just made things worse," she recalls. "The next day I was labeled a snitch. At home, I said nothing. If I had said something at home, my brothers would have gone after the girl with a bat." Nor could she go to her father for support. "You could never show weakness in front of him," she recalls. "You couldn't cry. He had no sympathy for that." At age 7, Cindy dealt with the situation on her own.
She was left alone at school for a time, too. But at age 10 found her friends turning on her once again. "Tomorrow we're going to beat the hell out of you," they chanted at her one afternoon. Terrified, she went home. Her oldest sister, almost twice her age, found Cindy in her room, on her bed, drowning in her own tears. Cindy was asked why she is crying. She opened up to a sister she hardly knew, on the promise that nothing would get back to their father.
However, news did get back to her brothers. "They reacted just the way I expected them to," Cindy says. The brothers came to school with Cindy one day – with bats. They threatened Cindy's friends. Cindy was left alone after that, but she had no friends.
When her father found out about the situation he reacted just as one would expect of an ex-paratrooper – he enrolled his youngest daughter in martial arts classes. At her father's instigation, Cindy took up self-defense. She took to it like a duck to water. Her new passions in life became judo and tae-kwon-do. "I could let my built-up emotions out," Cindy says. Soon she was county champion. Her method: "I got my frustrations out on my opponents. But it didn't solve all my problems…" Cindy could finally smile a bit.
At age 12, her old life of being bullied was almost forgotten. One day she was visiting downtown Peterborough with some friends when the unexpected happened: "Some Gypsies came along," she remembers. "I was thrown to the ground, then beaten and kicked. They robbed me. I was covered in blood. It was a savage attack."
Her father arrived on the scene – and turned on Cindy. "He was angry at me. He couldn't understand why with all my judo training, I didn't defend myself."
She left her elementary school thinking she had left behind her old demons. But the tale of the judo champion beaten by gypsies made the rounds of her school. Cindy's reality check was harsh. She found herself harassed and embarrassed. Being a martial arts champion is all well and good; but reacting with violence to outside harassment was not part of her emotional make-up.
Still, her self-defense training and her success in competitions helped her build a foundation of self-confidence – shaky, fragile, but there nonetheless…
Cindy the Adventurer
Changing schools should have been a breath of fresh air for Cindy. A new school environment; a new start; a place where she could stand up for herself and grow as a person. But tough times in her teenage years wiped out her high hopes.
"My inner rage came out," she recalls. "My parents divorced just when I needed their support." Cindy's father remained at home; her mother rejoined her own family. Her brothers and sisters had left the nest. Cindy found herself alone with a retired military dad. She took a job in a café to support her father financially: "He didn't see me as a daughter, but as a roommate."
Cindy's responsibilities included doing all the cooking and cleaning, as well as doing her own homework and earning money. "I didn't know a thing about menstruation, or boys," she recalls. As of age 12 she had to learn everything on hew own. And she could never show weakness to her father. Cindy had to grow up fast.
She crossed paths with another young girl going through the same thing. "We started smoking and swearing. I did my own piercings. I came from an extreme family, so I went to extremes!" Cindy the bullied child gradually faded from view. In her place emerged a punk rocker going through a tough adolescence. She dated an older teen boyfriend who worked for a living. One face she showed to the world allowed her to fit in well with her school classmates; another face let her get along with her work colleagues. Cindy was leading a double life.
A New Passion
But Cindy didn't escape one family tradition: At 16, she was expected to jump out of a plane with a parachute. With her first jump, she found a new love. The energies she had poured into self-defense were now channeled into weekend parachuting. At 17 Cindy earned her jumping qualifications. She divided her time between school, work and parachuting. Her father was proud of her. She would wait for her on the ground after each jump, where they would share a beer together. "He treated me like an adult!" she recalls.
It would soon be time for Cindy to leave the nest and move out on her own. Her dad decided to sell the family home. The pair decided to exit in style, traveling to Tunisia with their belongings in backpacks slung over broad shoulders.
"We didn't celebrate Christmas," she remembers. "Instead we hit the road. We went to Morocco and Tunisia, and we went backpacking through Europe." This time, on their last trip together, their home sold, they journeyed through the vast Sahara Desert of North Africa, the world's largest desert. "We didn't play tourist!" Cindy smiles. "On our last night, to celebrate the end of our trip, we stayed at a hotel. And I met my first real boyfriend." He was a young Tunisian waiter. It was love at first sight. But she had to return to England.
Her Heart in Tunisia
Cindy decided to finish the British equivalent of junior college. With no home to return to she stayed with her mom, who she had seen little of in 5 years. During the divorce, when it came to who would take care of Cindy, "my mom had no opinion," Cindy recalls. "She never took a position. Nothing seemed to bother her. I felt angry towards her, as if she'd abandoned me. She never fought to keep me. That's when I found out that she'd been abused by her own father. I didn't know. I felt closer to her. I began to see her differently."
Cindy was busy. She divided her time between school, working in a bar, and parachuting. Her body was in England but her heart remained in Tunisia. As always she kept her feelings to herself. No one in her family knew about her Tunisian love. But she phoned him constantly. Unable to get into a university, Cindy left England to join her boyfriend.
She landed a job at the same holiday resort where her boyfriend worked. "I was an activities leader for tourists," she says. "I gave volleyball and sailboarding lessons. At night I danced at a hotel cabaret. We did country line dancing, and remakes of Thriller and Grease." This is where Cindy was first introduced to dance" Little could she imagine how dance would later become her life's passion.
Befriending one of the other hotel dancers, Cindy got in touch with her feminine side: "She was really a doll. She taught me to be a woman. I learned all about makeup and fashion. I had no fashion sense before meeting her. No one knew me. I could make myself in whatever image I wanted. I found my self-confidence." In Tunisia her light skin tone and blonde hair turned heads. Taunts of Cindy Doll, you're not even pretty seemed very far away. She felt reborn.
After 3 months working at the resort, Cindy returned home to gray, rainy England. She stayed in constant touch with her Tunisian waiter. Her family felt she was somewhere else, her head in the clouds. She could no longer keep her secret: "My family is pretty racist… They were all over me as soon as I told them I was in love with a Tunisian. And I didn't want to tell the truth. Yes, he was pretty possessive. I was in love, and at 17 I didn't think that was a problem."
Her family turned up the pressure. They were scared that Cindy would leave for Tunisia when she turned 18. "They came up with the money to send me to stay with my sister for 5 weeks in Quebec. They were unanimous: if I went back to my boyfriend they'd lose all respect for me. It was my last chance to save my relationship with my family."
Cindy longed to return to the arms of her Tunisian love. Her older sister had left home when Cindy was 8, and they hardly knew each other. Nonetheless, Cindy decided to go to Quebec. After the 5 week trip to Quebec, Cindy still planned to leave her dysfunctional family behind and start a family of her own in Tunisia.
Quebec: The Promised Land
Cindy found herself spending 5 weeks in Quebec with an older sister she had barely seen in a decade. Her heart heavy with longing for her African beau, unsettled by her family's opposition, an 18-year-old Cindy would see her life upended forever in an unknown country.
Her elder sister had had the good sense to leave their troubled, violent family to travel the world on her own. She had sent postcards and presents home from all over the world. Eventually, after traveling throughout the United States, her sister had found love, settling in the small rural Eastern Townships town of Roxton Falls, population 1,300: an entirely French town, Cindy felt lost. She had never lived in Canada. She did not know a word of French. She nursed a broken heart.
"I was scared," Cindy admits. "I didn't know my sister, and she intimidated me. But I opened up to her about my love match. I told her my boyfriend was jealous and possessive, and that I didn't get any sexual pleasure from our sex. I thought that making love meant pleasing your partner. She made me understand that love wasn't like that. It was great for me to have someone to confide in. I'd never been able to get any advice on sexuality. It encouraged me to open up to her even more."
For the first time in her life Cindy felt listened to and respected. Their relationship grew closer; Cindy started to integrate into the Roxton Falls community. With her brother-in-law, a blacksmith, they produced welcome signs for homes, as well as jewelry. They also painted horse trailers. Together they traveled the summer county fair circuit.
It was a total French immersion program. Cindy quickly picked up French. Her shyness disintegrated. She blossomed: "I stayed 6 months. When winter came, the barn I was living in was too cold to sleep in. I could either return to England, or leave Roxton Falls and stay in Quebec."
New Cindy, comfortable in her own skin, had no wish to turn back the clock. She tagged along with her brother-in-law's father on a short trip made to Montreal. "It was the first time I'd ever seen such a city," she recalls. "It's what I imagined New York might be like. Big buildings, skyscrapers, and people everywhere! When we crossed the Champlain Bridge, my heart beat faster. Montreal was so beautiful. I'm not a country person. I need action. It was love at first sight. I wanted to stay on this island!"
Montreal, Mon Amour
Cindy wanted to settle in her new promised land, in Quebec's metropolis. Traveling in the United States, her sister had found work as a nanny. She advised Cindy to do the same. Cindy lucked out: a doctor, panicked at not finding someone to look after his kids, hired her on their very first meeting. Cindy was well housed and well paid for taking care of the doctor's children. She cooked their food and cleaned around the house. Cindy had little time to explore Montreal. Her only friends were the kids in her charge.
To free herself from this demanding role for short periods, Cindy took aerobics classes at the local YMCA. There she met Angelo, a hip-hop dance teacher from Madagascar. It was love at first sight. They quickly bonded. She was 19; he was 31. She lived at the doctor's home; he had been staying with friends. "When I met him," Cindy recalls, "he was sleeping in Metro stations and on the street. He'd run out of options. His friends didn't want to put him up any longer. He showered at the YMCA where he gave his dance courses."
Cindy enrolled in Angelo's classes; their love strengthened. Cindy became pregnant. But their lives were too unstable: "We wanted to keep the baby," Cindy says. "But I had to abort. That hurt." It was 1999. The worse year of her young life.
Then, a fatal blow: she had to break up with Angelo when he was deported. His tourist visa had expired. Her soul destroyed, she returned to England.
"I stayed 4 days," Cindy recalls. "I was insulted in the street 3 times, for no reason. That never happened to me in Quebec. I realized I couldn't live in my home country." She made the risky move of returning to Montreal. A long talk with immigration officials at her arrival scared her. But she passed through immigration. She could breathe easier. Canada opened its doors to her – as long as she married Angelo.
Dance, a New Obsession
The newlyweds moved into an apartment. Cindy followed her husband everywhere. She took part in every class he gave: "I saw his talent. Since I was blonde, I wanted him to have eyes for me only. He was the best dance teacher around. A true artist! But Angelo was no businessman. Several of his students complained. I began to work on the business side of things."
She lost herself in dance, and in organizing and running their new dance studio, Angelo Dance Productions. She poured herself into the business the same way she'd given her all to her judo and tae-kwon-do courses, and later, her parachute training.
At first, just Angelo taught while Cindy listened to other dancers: "Training with others, I started to notice a blending of styles in hip-hop. It wasn't clear that every dance move came strictly from that style. I started to try other street dance styles. Something clicked. If I wanted to study these styles, I thought, then others would want to study them as well."
She asked other dancers to teach styles other that the hip-hop that Angelo was teaching. "That's when I realized our problem: the name of our company. If you didn't get along with Angelo, you couldn't represent the company." In 2000, Angelo Dance Productions morphed into Urban Element. The new studio offered classes in 5 dance styles. The first summer it accommodated 100 students. Things looked bright for the team of Angelo the artist and Cindy the teacher/businesswoman. They were married, with a roof over their heads, and a thriving school to their credit.
An Elite School
Soon, 20 Urban Element teachers were teaching 12 dance styles to 400 delighted students of all ages. In 2003 the school's elite troupe won the Hip Hop Forever competition, a giant Montreal dance contest. Thanks to that win, they were invited to perform across Mexico. Urban Element gained fame and renown. Its dancers won 4 Canadian hip-hop championships and represented Canada at the world championships in Las Vegas. Urban Element was and is a driven, ambitious studio not content with mediocrity – just like its co-founder, Cindy.
"The goal is to have the best teachers in every dance style," Cindy says. "I want to have the very best, so that Urban Element is a quality dance school. A place where you can improve, evolve, and teach others. If your career isn't going forward, you can stay with us. We'll provide free rehearsal space. But sometimes, we're taken advantage of. We suffer thefts. Our walls are tagged," she complains.
A Community School
The school has gone through some hard times money-wise. The studio space is huge, and paying the rent is sometimes a feat. "Hip-hop's reason for being isn't financial," Cindy reflects. "There are more commercial dance styles out there, some that are more suited to videoclips, which pay well. Hip-hop is a street dance. At Urban Element, we've kept the street aspect of dance alive, with a youth community centre at our core. If there are kids who want to take our courses but don't have the money to pay for them, we'll keep them on anyway. Not all our students pay. So we've been cutting it close for a long while!"
Urban Element students show up way before their classes begin. At 4 p.m. when their day school is over, they arrive at the studio. There they do their homework, they socialize. The studio operates like a youth centre.
"We've become a little community of our own," Cindy says. "If we closed our doors it'd affect a lot of people." She has considered this prospect.
But Cindy is a fighter. She has fought all her life. She has gained wisdom in her battles. She knows where to find the energy and the motivation to keep her dance dreams, and those of hundreds of others who depend on her, alive.
Hip-Hop and Ballet: Mother and Daughter Dance
In the McAuliffe-Ameur family, mother and daughter form an unusual …

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One in five parents shocked by content on their children's email, text or Facebook account
24th October 2013 by Press Release Writer
One in five parents have been 'shocked' by content they have discovered on their children's email, text or Facebook account, a study by internet and mobile security firm BullGuard (http://www.bullguard.com) has revealed.
The alarmingly high figure emerged amid a study of 2,000 parents of kids aged 10-17, which showed 61 per cent regularly snoop on their kids.
It also emerged that one in five mums and dads are convinced their offspring lie about their age to gain access to social networking sites.
{{More than one in ten parents have had to deal with their child being bullied online}} and a whopping 17 per cent have had to intervene after their child was threatened.
What's more concerning is that 23 per cent of parents said their child didn't know the perpetrator.
It's no wonder then that one in four parents have confessed their snooping to their children because they were so concerned about what they found.
The worrying stats also revealed the average child doesn't actually know 40 per cent of the people they are friends with on Facebook.
Alex Balan, Head of Product Management at BullGuard said: "Parents do face a real moral dilemma as to whether they should check what their children are doing online. It's understandable to want to keep tabs on the sites that they are visiting but whether to read private emails, texts and messages poses a real quandary for parents. Whilst you want to look out for your child and ensure they are safe you also want them to be technologically savvy and have their own independence."
The study also found around 38 per cent of parents believe they would lose their child's trust completely if they confessed to snooping.
A more discreet 37 per cent had brought up the issues they were concerned about but hadn't let on they had seen private content on their child's computer or phone.
Researchers also found 30 per cent of concerned parents admit that although they were aware they were invading their child's privacy they felt it was necessary in order to keep tabs on who they were talking to online.
Reading emails, texts and messages were the most popular way for parents to spy on their kids as well as checking recent call lists and monitoring their internet browsing history.
But nearly a third were wracked with guilt after hacking into their child's email or Facebook account.
Of the parents who took part, one in ten said they knew the passwords to their kids' smartphone or computer despite their son or daughter trying to keep it private.
And 34 per cent of parents of kids aged 10-17 said they have no idea what the passwords are to their kids' gadgets.
The main areas of concerns for parents were who their kids were talking to online, how much time they spend on the internet and the type of sites they are visiting.
Half of parents said their biggest concerns when it came to social networking sites were that their children could be talking to complete strangers.
In fact 16 per cent said their offspring had signed up to social networking sites behind their back, despite the fact they knew their parents would object.
And 40 per cent fretted that Facebook and Twitter distracted their kids from school work.
Posting suggestive pictures, declaring the family is on holiday and leaving the house empty and coming across as boastful were other concerns for parents.
One in five parents said their kids weren't aware of 'stranger danger' whilst online but 30 per cent of parents admitted they had no idea how to safeguard their kids by keeping their gadgets safe.
Alex Balan, Head of Product Management at BullGuard added: "It's a minefield for parents, whilst you want your children to have freedom and make friends you want to ensure they are safe when they are online. And this is where BullGuard Identity Protection can help. It's hard enough watching your children 24/7 in the real world, but keeping tabs on their movements online is the real challenge. BullGuard Identity Protection offers Facebook protection for parents concerned about what their children are being exposed to such as cyber bullying, social predators or inappropriate content. It provides unobtrusive parental controls that permit parents to keep a discreet eye on their kid's Facebook activities, so they can go back to just worrying about them in the real world."
TOP 10 WAYS THAT PARENTS SNOOP
1. Reading messages on social networking sites
2. Checking their internet history
3. Reading their text messages
4. Monitoring their list of friends on social networking sites
5. Checking their pictures on social networking sites
6. Reading their emails
7. Checking their call list
8. Finding out their passwords
9. Asking teachers to keep an eye on their internet use
10. Getting a sibling to help to snoop
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REGISTRAR'S CIRCULAR NO 16 OF 2020
Press Releases and Media Articles
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Registrar's Circulars
Events/Hearing Lists
User Guides and Videos
Dated this 29th of May 2020
VIDEO-CONFERENCING VIA WEBEX
1. The matter set out in this Circular is a modification of Registrar's Circular No 12 of 2020 as it relates to the mode of remote communication technology approved for use for Pre-Trial Conferences ("PTC"), and extends the application of that Circular to other types of Court hearings.
Use of Webex as the approved remote communication technology
2. Solicitors are generally permitted to use Webex (and no other form of remote communication technology, unless the Court otherwise notifies) to mention any matter in Syariah Court (including appeals, trials, applications (interlocutory or otherwise), PTC and mediation) scheduled for hearing.
Conduct of proceedings via remote communication technology
3. For PTC, no request needs to be made to the Court Registry in advance. However, a solicitor who intends to mention a case via Webex must inform the Court officer in the Registrar's Chambers of his or her intention and readiness to be called not later than 30 minutes before the appointed time for PTC in the manner specified in paragraph 2(e) of Registrar's Circular No 12 of 2020.
4. For other matters, a solicitor who wishes to mention a case via Webex must, unless the Court has given prior permission or directions on the conduct of proceedings via remote communication technology, submit a request to the Court Registry not less than 14 working days before the date of the hearing. If permission is not granted, the solicitor must ensure that he and his client (if applicable) is/are in attendance in Court.
5. With regard to trials (hearings of divorce applications), a solicitor may indicate in the request if he or she wishes to ask the Court for permission to dispense with the attendance of his or her client, witness or any other person at the hearing (where prior permission or directions has not been given). If permission is not granted, the Court will give further directions as appropriate.
6. The request must be in the form set out in the Annex to this Circular and sent via email at MCCY_Syariah@mccy.gov.sg with the subject header "Request to mention case via remote means:" followed by the case reference number.
7. Court users and members of the public who wish to seek clarification on this matter may call 63548371 or email MCCY_Syariah@mccy.gov.sg. For general information on court processes and procedures, they may visit our website at www.syariahcourt.gov.sg.


New and more sustainable agricultural technologies and business models must be introduced in order to decrease reliance on scarce non-renewable inputs, ease pressure on water resources, increase yield per acre without harm to the environment, and cut post-harvest losses arising from waste and spoilage.
By 2050 the world population is expected to reach a peak of 9 billion people. This 40% increase in population, combined with increasing per capita income in developing nations, is projected to increase global demand for food by 70% according to the FAO.
Over the next 40 years the amount of land available for agricultural production will decrease, but the cost of such non-renewable agricultural inputs as phosphorus and fossil fuels that drove the unprecedented production gains of The Green Revolution will continue to increase as they reach and surpass peak usage.
Currently 80% of the world's arable land is in use and priceless topsoil that takes centuries to regenerate continues to erode at unsustainable rates due to antiquated farming methods and technologies.
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Sustainable solutions for the future of agriculture must be developed today.


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With almost a few days before election Filipinos who are registered voters with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will decide the faith of their candidates for the different elective post to serve them for another term of three (3) years.
Some thinker's says that this exercise is just an "insanity in Philippine politics" wherein they (Filipinos) want change when they kept on electing the same people.
Regardless of what others may think we should do and exercise our right to vote. Our forefathers have fought with their lives for us to practice such right. And honoring them by electing the right person to serve the public is the very least we can do.
On Monday, May 13, 2013 all real estate service practitioners should exercise such right and vote for their chosen candidates and elect especially those who support and implement all Laws that governs the practice of Real Estate service in the country.
With almost all the Local Board of Canvassers (City,Municipal,Provincial,Congressional) proclaiming local winners in the different part of the country and the COMELEC National Board of Canvassers promised to announce and proclaim the top 9 or all the 12 Senators Elect before midnight of May 15, 2013 truly prove the "usefulness" of the PCOS machine. The unsung heroes of the election our public school teachers, the PNP, the AFP and other government officials who made the exercise a success and generally peaceful and most of all to every registered voters Filipinos who went out and voted for their chosen candidates.
No individual, groups, country or any entity have the right to speak against or make jokes the way we (Filipinos) chose or elect any candidate to be our future leaders. Regardless of who the winners are as long as the simple rule of the majority is respected wherein the voters are allowed to cast their vote freely then the said exercise is a democracy in progress and a country in action Philippine style.


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Sunset Paddle and Bonfire
9th Annual Salt Springs Classic
Member Breakfast and Talk
Paddle to the Springs
Paddle to the Springs #2
Durney Key Sunset Paddle
Hope Bayou Sunrise Paddle
Chute to Double Hammock Paddle
Member breakfast and walk
Ranger Gorgon garden dedication
Double Hammock Creek paddle
Durney Key afternoon paddle
Pound Net Creek paddle
Pasco Skinny Water fishing tournament
Katak repair seminar
Durney Key trip
Hope Bayou paddle
Valentine Day star gazing
Member breakfast, hike and paddle
Kayak interpretive paddle
Sunset paddle to Durney Key
Kayak fishing seminar
Coastal cleanup
Halloween in the Woods
Pasco EcoFest
Paddlers environmental toolkit training
Member breakfast and walk-around
Sounds at Sunset hike and stargazing
3rd Annual Salt Springs Classic
Jokers Wild kayak scramble
2nd Annual Salt Springs Classic
1st Annual Salt Springs Classic
Other Park Maps
Salt Springs Classic
Durney Key Challenge
Members Annual Report
Mullet Boat Restoration
Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park History and Event Timeline
For information about future and past Salt Springs Alliance events, see the Event Calendar and Past Events pages.
December 31, 1992 - The State of Florida purchased the southern portion of the park land under the CARL/P2000 program for the protection and conservation of natural resources, and leased it to Pasco County.
September 30, 1994 - Pasco County obtained title to the adjacent "Werner-Boyce Preserve". The acquisition cost was funded by the Florida Communities Trust, and by a donation from Eugene V. Werner, owner of the parcel.
February 15, 2000 - Pasco County relinquished its lease on the portion held by the CARL.P2000 program, and the property was leased to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks.
July 1, 2000 - Pasco County leased the Werner-Boyce Preserve portion of the land to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks.
March 2001 - A portion of the park along Scenic Drive was opened to the public.
October 25, 2001 - The Florida Office of Environmental Services approves the Land Management Plan for Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park.
October 30, 2001 - Florida Governor Jeb Bush and the Cabinet approve a $2.6 million purchase of 50.5 acres from the City of Port Richey to be used as the main park entrance from U.S. Highway 19.
June 23, 2006 - Land Management Review prepared by the Division of State Lands staff shows progress toward land management goals.
February 2008 - Planning begins for the main entrance to the Park (on the west side of U.S. 19 just north of Ridge Road).
February 17, 2009 - Pasco County Development Director recommends approval of the site plan for entrance road to the Park.
March 2010 - Florida Division of State Lands publishes its "Workplan for Florida Forever Capital Improvement Projects for FY 10-11", showing a recommendation that Werner-Boyce receive funding of $1,133,750 for a day-use connector road, parking area and restrooms, and a canoe/kayak launch and boardwalk. The report shows $600,000 for the road, parking area and canoe launch and boardwalk to be currently funded.
December 17, 2010 - A series of 12 kayak-accessible geocaches were placed along Salt Springs Run in Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park. For detailed information click HERE. For general information about the sport of geocaching go to Geocaching.com.
May 19, 2011 - A series of 18 kayak-accessible geocaches were placed along Double Hammock Creek in Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park. For detailed information click HERE. For general information about the sport of geocaching go to Geocaching.com.
May 27, 2011 - Salt Springs Alliance launches a FaceBook page. We hope to use this page to announce events and keep in touch with members and the general public. August 2011 - All plans and permits approved for Phase 1 through Phase 3 of main Park entrance development. Phase 1, which includes the south parking lot, is fully funded, and construction begins. Phase 2 is the north parking lot and boardwalk to canoe launch. Phase 3 is the public restroom facilities. Phase 2 and Phase 3 will be completed when funding becomes available.
July 21, 2011 - A series of 6 kayak-accessible geocaches were placed along Pound Net Creek in Werner-Boyce Salt Springs State Park. For detailed information click HERE. For general information about the sport of geocaching go to Geocaching.com. October 25, 2011 - Department of Envirmental Protection Land Management Review is approved (the review was submitted 9/16/2010).
August 2011 - Construction plans for Phase 1 through 3 of the main Park entrance are approved. Construction begins on Phase 1, the south parking lot.
October 2011 - We welcomed new park manager Christine Dorrier, who replaced outgoing park manager Larry Steed. Larry became the park manager of Fanning Springs State Park. Christine came to us from Silver River State Park.
November 2011 - The south parking lot (phase 1) for the main Park entrance is completed.
December 6, 2011 - Hiking and paddle trail maps were added to our website.
August 28, 2012 - The Florida Department of Environmental Protection releases an Advisory Group Draft of the Unit Management Plan.
December 22, 2012 - Main entrance to Park (U.S. 19 north of Ridge Road) is officially opened to the public.
January 2013 - Three new hiking trails - the Eagle Trail, Kayak Launch Trail, and Springs Trail - are opened to the public.
January 30, 2014 - Funding for construction of phase 2 and 3 at the main entrance has been approved, and bids have been awarded. Phase 2 and 3 consist of an additional parking area, full restroom facilities and a boardwalk to the canoe/kayak launch area. Construction is scheduled to be completed by July 31, 2014.
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Submitted by Nicole N. (Alumni-S) on 2017-03-30 09:50.
Watching our partner watch his story was memorable. There were more audience than I expacted and many of the audience was very sad watching the video. I think our movie is very different than the previous ones. I mention this because we had lots of special video clips and props like the letter, the walk, he making Xizhou baba and more. I am not sure if he enjoyed because he was wearing sunglasses, and he left the first. Maybe he left because of his buisness but overall I think we did a really good job of turning our conversations into a movie.
I think it would be better if there was more locals than SAS family. This was because maybe the locals did not feel comfortable being all around the time. I think we should also have some other ways to show appriciation to the communities. Some other ways are picking up trash, helping the people's job and more. Please look at our Service Learning.
Hi! My name is Nicole and I am in the Superior Group. I am from Hong Kong and I came to SAS in second grade. I am so glad that I have attended Microcampus and living in Xizhou is a bliss to experience. The beauty of the Xizhou will never dissolve away in my mind where there are mountain peaks of ice and green garlic fields flowing through the grass land. I miss this experience so much and I hope the future microcampers will feel this experience as special as I did.


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Vladimir Putin: Associating with Ukrainian gangsters does not sully you
Letter 25 23-Dec-2004
Russian oligarch
Boris Berezovsky
"Sitting in a jail cell in St Petersburg is Yuri Shutov, also a candidate on Sunday. He is accused of ordering the contract killings of eight city officials and rival businessmen." — Ian Traynor describing a not atypical candidate for the Russian Parliament in 1999
Vladimir Putin, President
4 Staraya Square
Vladimir Putin:
The Low Morality of Vladimir Putin
It has been my hope to shame you for associating with gangsters Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yanukovych. However, even a brief inquiry into your own biography reveals that you are a front man for Russian oligarchs, and have for many years been enmeshed in scandal and dogged by charges of corruption, and have on a few occasions found yourself one step ahead of the law, as is documented in the Washington Times article by Paul J. Saunders, reproduced below from the Nixon Center web site, of which Mr Saunders is Director.
"The Real Vladimir Putin," by Paul J. Saunders, from The Washington Times, January 6, 2000, p. A15.
With characteristic optimism about matters Russian, President Clinton has already said that he is "off to a good start" with Russia's acting president, Vladimir Putin. Moreover, the president was apparently sufficiently impressed by a New Year's Day conversation with the new Kremlin leader to characterize it as "encouraging for the future of democracy in Russia." But Mr. Clinton's eagerness to maintain the facade of his administration's "successful" Russia policy ignores serious questions about Mr. Putin's background, particularly regarding the nature of his association with Russia's corrupt oligarchy. The answers to those questions may have profound implications for Russia's development and American interests.
While the administration has rushed to burnish Mr. Putin's reformist credentials by highlighting his long service in St. Petersburg (still Leningrad when he arrived), under the city's former mayor, Anatoly Sobchak, this and other periods in Mr. Putin's career are ambiguous at best. First of all, very little is yet known about his decade-and-a-half as an officer in the KGB. Mr. Putin left his last post, in East Germany, just as communism collapsed there. This has led some to suggest that he may have been involved in operations intended to defend the dying regime of Erich Honecker. Other reports accuse Mr. Putin of having been involved in the illicit privatization of Soviet property in East Germany. If Mr. Putin is to be associated with the lofty goals of the "radical reformers" in St. Petersburg, where he served as deputy mayor from 1994 to 1996, he is no less associated with their venal excesses. While serving as deputy mayor, Mr. Putin was accused of holding foreign property and bank accounts and was investigated by a commission of St. Petersburg legislators for granting export licenses in a shady barter deal. The commission recommended his dismissal, which Mr. Sobchak resisted.
When Mr. Sobchak lost an ugly re-election race in 1996, Mr. Putin moved to Moscow as a protégé of another St. Petersburg veteran, the notorious Anatoly Chubais. Soon thereafter, Russian prosecutors launched an investigation of Mr. Sobchak; he left Russia for medical treatment during the investigation and did not return until earlier this year.
Mr. Putin's new post was as a deputy to Pavel Borodin, the Kremlin's business manager. Mr. Borodin, who controls a vast empire of Russian government real estate, cars, and other assets, is most recently known for awarding highly lucrative contracts to a Swiss construction firm for Kremlin renovations as part of an alleged kickback scheme. The Swiss company, Mabetex, also was implicated in the Bank of New York money-laundering scandal and reportedly paid for credit cards issued in the names of members of the Yeltsin family. Mr. Chubais, Mr. Putin's patron, was also enmeshed in a series of corruption scandals himself, as were other members of the St. Petersburg clique such as former privatization minister Alfred Kokh.
Mr. Putin's later conduct as director of Russia's Federal Security Service, the principal successor agency to the KGB, raises further doubts about his relationship with Mr. Chubais and other oligarchs in the so-called "Family" — the Yeltsin inner circle. Mr. Putin played an active role in squashing high-profile corruption investigations and at one point even appeared on national television to confirm the authenticity of a videotape purported to show the country's prosecutor general entertaining prostitutes. The prosecutor had been leading inquiries into the behavior of Mr. Yeltsin's daughter and the tycoon Boris Berezovsky, among others.
The fact that Mr. Putin's first official act was a decree granting Boris Yeltsin and his family immunity from criminal prosecution (among other benefits) suggests that Russia's acting president also had to cut a deal with the Family to win power. Statements that Russia's crony privatization cannot be reversed seem to reflect this as well. Because his popularity is largely a manufactured phenomenon — created by carefully managed coverage of the conflict in Chechnya by media outlets controlled by the government and the Yeltsin entourage — Mr. Putin will remain dependent on the Family at least until Russia's March elections, and possibly beyond.
Needless to say, Vladimir Putin is no more a prisoner of his past than Russia is doomed by its own history. He has claimed that he will fight corruption and may in fact do so. But only Mr. Putin's actions can tell us what kind of a president he might be; his words have little significance, particularly when he will face a crucial election in less than three months. Regrettably — despite its concern over Russia's intervention in Chechnya, which Mr. Putin orchestrated — the Clinton administration appears to have failed to grasp this distinction.
Further, the administration seems confused about the difference between words and deeds (also known as the difference between spin and reality) not only in Russia, but also in the United States. Mr. Clinton's statement that his call to Mr. Putin was "encouraging for the future of democracy in Russia" makes this clear. The United States cannot base a successful Russia policy, let alone an effective foreign policy, on this kind of self-deception.
(Paul J. Saunders is Director of The Nixon Center.)
Originally at www.nixoncenter.org/publications/articles/1_6_00Putin.htm
One may suppose that the only reason your sullied past does not hurt your popularity today is that you control the media, and that the only reason you are not in jail is that you control the justice system. In view of this new — to me — information, I would now say that rather than being debased by your acquaintance with Leonid Kuchma, you are elevated by it — at least he was an outstanding missile engineer before he became a gangster, whereas your biography boasts no comparable accomplishment.
The Low Morality of the Russian Government
On top of that, the Russian government appears to be a magnet for criminals:
Welcome to the safest club in town
Ian Traynor in Moscow
A couple of weeks ago Vyacheslav Maltsev, 35, and a deputy in the regional parliament, was arrested after traffic cops found a pistol and a little packet of heroin in his Cherokee Jeep.
Whether guilty or not Mr Maltsev, who insisted police in the Volga city of Saratov had framed him, was unlucky in the timing of his arrest. As a candidate in Sunday's elections to the duma, parliament, he could — once victorious — have sat back for four years and enjoyed immunity from prosecution.
If politics is the last refuge of the scoundrel in Russia, the new duma threatens to provide a safe haven for assassins, millionaire embezzlers, murderers, gangsters and petty criminals.
Among those running for seats in Sunday's election are Sergei Mikhailov, said by police to be a key figure in the Moscow underworld and leader of the notorious Solntsevo gang, who spent 26 months in a Swiss jail on money-laundering charges.
Sitting in a jail cell in St Petersburg is Yuri Shutov, also a candidate on Sunday. He is accused of ordering the contract killings of eight city officials and rival businessmen.
Aleksander Shmonov, who received a seven-year jail sentence for an assassination attempt on Mikhail Gorbachev 10 years ago, is standing for a St Petersburg seat.
In all, the interior ministry says, more than 1,000 of the 6,700 candidates for the 450 duma seats have criminal records — "a real storming of the centres of power by the world of crime", according to a police official.
Originally at www.guardian.co.uk/yeltsin/Story/0,2763,194985,00.html
The impression left by the above is that if an honest man were ever discovered to have infiltrated the Duma, he would be dead by morning.
Vladimir Putin Re-Imposes Dictatorship
And it is not merely that you are a gangster who plays the role of President. More accurate would be to say that you are a gangster who transformed the post of President into the post of Dictator, as all the world has begun to decry:
Under the direction of Mr. Putin, Russia is well into its transition into an authoritarian state. [...]
Kristallnacht was the predictable manifestation of years of a hate-mongering legislative agenda in Germany. Many European leaders turned a blind eye to Hitler's belligerence, naively hoping that he was a new Bismark who wanted only to unite a Greater Germany. This attitude was exemplified by Neville Chamberlain's remark that he could "do business" with Hitler, a comment that became his epitaph. [...]
FDR recognized that what Hitler was doing was more important than what he was saying (a gap that was shrinking by the day). From World War II to Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait and the ethnic cleansing of Slobodan Milosevic, history is full of examples of the West ignoring signs of impending explosion.
Likewise, in Russia it will not have been a sudden coup but a steady march to dictatorship. Mr. Putin has authorized an endless illegal war in Chechnya, taken over the airwaves, jailed a prominent businessman who resisted the Kremlin's intimidation, and presided over rampant electoral fraud.
With that track record it should not shock that Mr. Putin is now eliminating direct gubernatorial elections and giving himself the power to dissolve local parliaments. There is also a pending amendment that will allow the Kremlin to exercise direct control over the appointment of judges across the country. For several years Russia has been a democracy in name only; now it will cease to be even that.
And yet the G-7 still plans to meet in Moscow in 2006, which will mean Russia's full integration into this once-respected institution. Such an endorsement will be worse than having the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936. The West will give the stamp of democratic legitimacy to Russia, a country whose attorney-general recently proposed to the parliament that state security forces take the families of suspected terrorists hostage. [...]
The language used by the current Kremlin regime has not been heard in Russia since Stalin. Official talk of foreign meddlers and fifth columnists will send chills down the spine of any student of history. If this familiar train continues to run on schedule we can expect violent repression and purges next.
Under Boris Yeltsin, Russia had a weak and unstable democracy. It now has a weak and unstable dictatorship under Vladimir Putin. Those Western leaders who want to keep good relations with the Kremlin for motives of future influence are under the delusion that Putin's authoritarian ways mean his control of Russia is stable. The tighter his control, the more the pressure builds, like a pot ready to boil over. [...]
Mr. Putin is unwilling to accept the results of proper elections and is currently doing his best to spread this totalitarian virus to neighboring Ukraine. If there is a democratic transition of power in Ukraine it would serve as a model for Russia, the last thing Mr. Putin wants.
Putin's Appeasers, The Wall Street Journal Europe, 11- Nov-2004, as reproduced by Putin.ru, Russian Independent Ineternet Digest at putinru.com/news/item/33263.html
Putin's decision on Monday to end the system of direct popular election of Russia's governors, and to have the Russian parliament elected on the basis of slates chosen by national party leaders he mostly controls, is an unambiguous step toward tyranny in Russia. [...] Putin is imposing dictatorship the old-fashioned way, in the manner of a Ferdinand Marcos, an Anastasio Somoza or a Park Chung Hee. He claims that he needs to strengthen the state to face its enemies. So did they. Russia does need to fight terrorism. But eliminating elections and quashing Putin's political opponents has nothing to do with that fight. [...] A dictatorial Russia is at least as dangerous to U.S. interests as a dictatorial Iraq. [...] A Russian dictatorship can never be a reliable ally of the United States. A Russian dictator will always regard the United States with suspicion, because America's very existence, its power, its global influence, its democratic example will threaten his hold on power. [...] Did the United States help undo Soviet communism only to watch as tyranny takes its place? Is that the legacy President Bush wants to leave behind?
Robert Kagan, Stand Up to Putin, Washington Post, 15-Sep-2004 www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21853-2004Sep14.html
More than 50 former Soviet dissidents who spent years in prisons and Siberian exile say Russia is in danger of slipping back into a police state under President Vladimir Putin and the former KGB colleagues he has brought to power. [...] "More than 50 percent of the key state positions are occupied by former KGB officials," Kuznetsov said. "The KGB officials have a specific mentality. They can't change. [...] Bukovsky [...] recalled that Putin has lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union as "a tragedy." He said Putin's colleagues also share this view. "They do so because they used to be young officers of the KGB ... and they still have the feeling that they served the great power and now they want the great power to be back, and they think by repeating the Soviet example they once again will bring greatness to Russia," Bukovsky said.
Gerald Nadler, Ex-Soviet dissidents lament Russia's state, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 13-Nov-2004, available online at several locations, as for example at www.freeserbia.net/Articles/2004/Dissidents.html
Ukraine Takes a Rain Check on Russian Rule
Given the low morality of yourself and of the Russian government, and given that you have transformed Russia into a dictatorship, then you might do better for the time being to shelve the Kremlin plan to rule Ukraine. Ukrainians have an aversion to gangsters, and they are determined to never again live under dictatorship. And as Ukrainians are resolved to rule themselves, they would reject Russian rule even if the Kremlin were not populated by gangsters, and even if Russia were not a dictatorship.


The three big ecommerce sites in Japan, in order of market share, are Rakuten, Amazon Japan, and Yahoo Japan Shopping. Taken together, these sites account for roughly 50 percent of total Japanese annual ecommerce revenue.
From ¥12.80 trillion in 2014 it increased by 8% to ¥13.77 trillion in 2015.
Source: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Local currency used, not US$.


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We are also in the news here and there, so puruse what others are saying about First Step Dance by reading the press related materials listed on the Press page.


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May – June 2019 May – Jun 2019
Peregrine Literary Series @ Stickman's Brew Pub
Enjoy pub menu or libations while two local authors present their latest books.
Marian Pierce, university instructor, reads from Finding Land: Stories of Japan, and Armin Tolentino, author and non-profit board member reads selections from We Meant to Bring It Home Alive.
Books available for purchase and autographing.
Free and abundant parking nearby.
Categories: Readings
Salem Poetry Project Featuring Doug Stone @ IKE Box
Doug Stone lives in Albany, Oregon. He has been a social worker, policy analyst, and consultant on public policy issues. He has written two poetry collections, The Season of Distress and Clarity and The Moon's Soul Shimmering on the Water. Stone won the Oregon Poetry Association's Fall, 2016 Poet's Choice Award for his poem Things You Know But Cannot Explain. His poems have been published in numerous journals and in the anthology, A Ritual To Read Together: Poems in Conversation with William Stafford.
Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. Our hosts, the Ike Box, feature a wide variety of beverages and snack options! The Ike Box is located at 229 Cottage St NE in Salem, at the intersection of Chemeketa and Cottage. http://www.ikebox.com/
Salem Poetry Project Featuring Anita Sullivan @ Ike Box
The Salem Poetry Project continues at the Ike Box, 299 Cottage St. NE Salem. Each week will present a featured reader followed by the Infamous Open Mic: 3 poems or five minutes whichever is first. Featured reader begins at 7:00 and the open mic will directly follow. For more information contact Marc Janssen at the Salem Poetry Project facebook page.
Our hosts, The Ike Box, feature a wide variety of beverages and food!
Featuring Anita Sullivan
On her way to becoming an anthropologist, philosopher or translator, Sullivan got sidetracked into a career as a piano tuner, and this gave her a unique body of knowledge for poetry and essays. She earned an MFA in poetry in 2008, and since then has published three poetry collections and three collections of essays, the most recent The Bird That Swallowed the Music Box (Shanti Arts Press, 2008). For more information visit her website www.anitasullivan.org
Something About Poetry 3: Margaret Atwood @ Josephine Community LIbrary
In this Read-Write seminar, we will discuss Margaret Atwood's poetry, with an focus on style analysis, and then write our own poems as prompted by our work with Atwood's poems.
Categories: Workshops
Judith Montgomery and Ivy Ross Ricci Read at Broadway Books @ Broadway Books
Jun 11 @ 7:00 pm
Judith Montgomery (just moved back to the Portland area) will read from her new books, Litany for Wound and Bloom, and Mercy (winner of the Wolf Ridge Narrative/Poetic Medicine chapbook competition), Ivy Ross Ricci will read from her debut collection, The Force of Gravity. They both look forward to meeting old friends and new in this, the last reading of the season at wonderful Broadway Books.
Salem Poetry Project Featuring William Haas @ Ike Box
William Haas teaches at Western Oregon University. His writing can be found in the Cimarron Review, Dark Mountain, River Teeth, Fiddleblack, and elsewhere.
Art Center East: Writing Project @ Art Center East
Sarah has a B.A. in Literary Studies from Beloit College. After taking a long pause from writing post-college, she came back to it as a manager of Hillsdale Farmers Market in Portland, Oregon, writing a popular weekly newsletter column about seasonal eating and gardening. In 2014, she was selected as one of six participants for a Hedgebrook Master Class on food writing. She has since published food and gardening articles in Organic Life Magazine, Backpacker Magazine Online, and as a staff writer for the Nature's Path blog. She now writes a sporadic column on the same subjects for the Observer newspaper. When not cooking, gardening, writing, or rambling in the woods, she represents Art Center East through written communications and otherwise as their Community Outreach Coordinator. Sarah will read a selection of prose, poetry, and non-fiction works-in-progress. Her writing explores themes of relationship, loss, and memory through the lenses of food and the natural world.
Cathy Cain & Piper Bringman at Annie Bloom's @ Annie Bloom's Books
The Poetry Box is proud to present two delightful poets who have recently published new works.
Cathy Cain's new book, Bee Dance, is "Thrumming with a wise and generous curiosity, the poems are bright signposts pointing a way forward through a difficult age." according to Annie Lighthart, author of Lantern and Iron String.
And youth poet, Piper Bringman's first chapbook, Cardboard Wings, takes us on a flight of fancy as she explores the natural world, and shares her experience as a young curious heart navigating these modern times.
Please join us in celebrating these two poets.
Salem Poetry Project Featuring Jean Dick @ Ike Box
Featuring Jean Dick
Jean Dick has recently moved to Salem and joins the Salem Poetry Project regularly at Open Mic. Prior to Salem, Jean was an active member of Poetics Corvallis. She currently has two books available for consumption and two "Musings of a Muddled Mind" and a limerick book "There Once Was…" are in production.
Salem Poetry Project Featuring Susan Morse @ Ike Box
Featuring Susan Morse
Susan Morse grew up in California, but also lived in Maine for thirty years. She earned a Masters degree in Literacy Education, taught middle school Language Arts, and attended writing conferences at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and Stonecoast Writers' Conference. She moved to Salem in 2016 and is currently a member of the Oregon Poetry Association and the Mid Valley Poetry Society. Poems have appeared in various journals such as Cream City Review, The Mom Egg,and Willawaw Journal. Susan frequently participates in readings through Salem Poetry Project. "In the Hush," her first chapbook, deals with the effects of distance on relationships and with relatives who have succumbed to Alzheimer's disease.


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These are the cupcakes. I didn't really get any close up photos of them, but this is the entire dozen that I made to match the guest cake and smash cake. There are two chickens, two sheep, two black cows, two pigs, two ducks and two brown cows.
This cake was for 3 year old Bella. I added some flowers to make it look a little more "girlie" but her mother told me she was SO EXCITED about her farm cake. Mom, Dad and baby brother came to pick it up I hope she liked it when she saw it.
This cake was for Brody to enjoy himself. The pig face was fondant and I told the parents it was the only part of the cake that wasn't buttercream (except for the #1 on top of the cake, of course).


The patrolling along railway tracks in Assam is an initiative that was started out in November 2008, by the Assam Forest Department, Northeast Frontier Railways and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) supported by the UK-based charity Elephant Family (EF), under the Train Hits Mitigation Project.
In the past 65 train-elephant collisions have proved fatal and the tragedy is fairly common in this eastern state owing to many railway tracks cris-crossing through dense forests with elephant population. The frequency of accidents saw an increase from 1990.
Alramed by this accidents in 2008 WTI carried out a rapid survey to analyse the accident prone areas and thereby form a site-specific solution to the problem.
The studies identified about 23 accident-prone sections in eight forest divisions in Assam. On priority basis seven of these sites are patrolled by volunteers including the Deepor-beel patch. This team usually comprises of six members, two each from forest department, railways and WTI-EF.
They patrol during nights and if they sight an elephant or any other animal on the tracks the driver of the approaching train is informed using the railway control rooms.
Apart from the patrolling, other efforts like putting signage along the tracks and training railway staff to avoid animal-train collisions have also been initiated by the organisations.
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Looking around for a new luggage or duffel bag. Something not too large, just big enough for day trips. And preferably unisex-looking too so that everyone in the family can borrow it hee. Any suggestions? Not more than 1.5K. I tot the Fendi Spy Bag is a good idea although my SO or my bro can't use it.
I have the Guccissima top handle purse. I LOVE IT. Getting it in a duffle would be beautiful. But I'd be so paranoid to scratch it up... However, I'd drool over it!
This is the gucci one I'm talking about. Quite unisex right?
I think so - it certainly looks good on the guy in the picture.
I like the new gucci bag because it looks like the big brother of my trouville hee. How about these 2 LV bags?
I love the shape of the Gucci bag, it reminds me a lot of these yoga/gym bags that are very popular in Canada.
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Arts & Culture / Mosaic / October 5, 2017
Ghost stories and urban legends at Knox
Through years of research, former Professor of Philosophy Lance Factor discovered various stories of hauntings and supernatural experiences that uncovered a history plagued by gender inequality and segregation.
During the late 1800s, Whiting Hall was an all-female dorm and was said to be haunted by the head matron and founder of the building, Maria Whiting herself. As Factor described, Whiting Hall was a large, penitentiary style building with long hallways and cavernous ceilings. At the top of the building was a large water tank that made 'croaking' sounds, which became the source of rumors throughout the college.
"That was always a big thing, these sounds. The idea was that men were supposed to leave, but human beings being what they are and romanticism being what it is, they'd hang out or try to spend the night in the room or the closet," Factor said.
At the time, Knox administration enforced a strict curfew, meaning men would have to leave the female-exclusive dorm by 10 p.m., which was of course broken by men who wanted to stay in a woman's room for the night.
This strictly enforced segregation of sexes became a source of resentment for the men as well as the women, who often tried to break the double standard imposed by administration. Forbidden from leaving their dorms past curfew, women in Whiting Hall often used the fire escape to break free and roam the campus, according to Factor. They'd walk to the fire escape, climb down the ladder and some would forgo the ladder and jump the last 12 feet. Fearing the danger of this jump and seeing no other way to prevent women from jumping, the matrons of Whiting Hall installed a bell on the ladder, which would sound whenever a woman tried to escape. Upon hearing the bell, matrons would run to the fire escape and stop the woman from climbing down.
"It's just funny to think, there were two bells," Factor said. "There was the bell ringing in Old Main and then at night, the Whiting Hall bell would ring as women escaped."
Factor mentioned that, aside from rumors of hauntings, the separation of genders led to men forming theories and making up stories about the women, more specifically those living in Whiting Hall. Men often likened women to Mary, Queen of Scots who seduced the guards where she was imprisoned.
"They were supposed to have mysterious powers. And this is another kind of male fantasy, that women [are] the preservers of virtue," Factor said. "But they're very seductive too. So they have this dual personality."
While these rumors were rampant among the campus, the administration frowned upon such activity. Being a largely Protestant school at the time, many were wary of letting these tales deter from legitimate religious views.
"If you start to talk about alien powers and Halloween it detracts from the sovereignty of God, and [the administration] were against it," Factor said. "Many churches were against Harry Potter when all of that started because, if you believe in that, where's the sovereignty of God? It's no different from a magic potion."
Factor noted that most of the hearsay regarding supernatural experiences stemmed from intent to warn or deter, mostly in the case of men. Whether they were created to deter men from women, or created by men to "explain" women, the tales have an undertone stemming from gender segregation.
"They pop up always in a sense of control or frightening is what I've found. It isn't entertaining, and if it is, it's a joke about a man getting in trouble because he broke rules or a woman having some kind of power over men, who both wanted and didn't want it," he said. "You know, they wanted to be seduced, but they didn't want to be under any control."
Containing 127 years of history, the Knox College Tri Delta chapter has an extensive past, some of which has been left behind and some has remained close to the organization. Current members of Tri Delta believe that some of the history may suggest a supernatural presence in chapter houses.
The Tri Delta house was originally located where the new SMC building was built and was moved across the street to its current location. According to senior Vice President of Membership Bailey Musselman, a man named Jessie lived and died in the house prior to it becoming the headquarters of Tri Delta. Musselman noted that legends point the cause of his death towards a shooting outside of the house where, upon being caught in the crossfire, Jessie crawled into the house and into the bathtub, where he died.
The Tri Deltas have experienced seemingly unexplainable incidents in the house that they jokingly blame "Jessie's ghost" for when they happen. While Musselman believes in supernatural forces, she primarily views Jessie as a joke among the organization.
Junior Vice President of Recruitment Sam Arrez mentions that in efforts to lower electricity bills, the chapter members make a conscious effort to turn the lights off upon leaving the house, but are sometimes perplexed to see the lights still on when nobody is inside the house.
"Every-time someone drives by, they'll be like, 'Why is that light turned on?' or you'll walk in and, if you see in our living room, we have these candle lights that are on the wall and you pull the strings of them or whatever and there'll always be the one on the right on when you come in sometimes," she said.
In addition, the members are also instructed to turn off the heat to conserve energy. The legend of 'Jessie' is often used to explain incidents of the heat being left on.
"Somehow we'll come back and the heat will be on and everyone will make jokes like, 'Oh Jessie is doing it because he wants to kick us out of his house, he wants us to pay like $1,000 dollars a month for heating bills,'" Musselman said.
Other than what the members believe could be the presence of a supernatural entity, they feel unsafe in the original Tri Delta house. They cite raccoons, citizen and fraternity break-ins and frequent catcalls to be sources of their discomfort.
"It's actually scary to be on this side of campus," Musselman said.
In the house the Tri-Deltas currently use, a woman named Martha Piggie previously resided and died during in 2008. Piggie was fired from her position as a Professor of Cosmetology at Carl Sandburg College due to harassment of homosexual students and constant slander during class.
Though Piggie died in the master bedroom of the Delta Palace, many of her possessions still remain in the attic and basement. Cameras, photographs, shoes, clothing, a handwritten resume and an organ have not yet been removed from the attic.
Remains in the basement also include old sinks and curtains, which serve as evidence of an illegal salon Piggie ran prior to her death. Members of the sorority feel discomforted knowing that these items remain in the house.
"Even if she isn't actually in the house, it's still very creepy," Musselman said.
Though she feels skeptical towards the existence of ghosts, Musselman feels that she would never stay in the palace alone. Musselman recounted an instance where she and a previous member had been joking about Ms. Piggie, only to see an item fall unprovoked moments later. Arrez mentioned her fear of the Old Jail due to the legend of the runaway slave tunnels still underneath.
Members of Tri-Delta conclude that, whether or not the house is haunted, the extensive history at Knox gives rise to feelings of discomfort in the house.
"I think it's the fact that there is so much history at Knox that makes it creepy," Musselman said.
Sam Jacobson, Co-News Editor
Sam Jacobson is a junior majoring in philosophy and potentially minoring in creative writing or psychology. She started volunteer writing during spring term of her freshman year, and worked as a staff writer during her sophomore year.
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These Tyvek banners stand halfway between a dystopian development hoarding campaign and protest signs. Their patterns and graphic elements are lifted from Foxton's Mini Cooper fleet, referencing the riots and the quieter E15 Mothers' protests, as well as the 'broken window' theory which is leading to racial profiling and more tensions on the streets. They are meant to question the current political and social situation and provide a form of graphic protest.
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This short video shows a drawing by Brusuilis, our cat (now deceased).
A fleeting foray into the art of drawing, in work reminiscent of some drawings of Tamara, you can find there are strokes that make think also in early works of Marcel Duchamp and Sol Lewitt (in those days I was working at a seminar that included the work of both artists).
As at home we do not hide anything our pets, both our dog and our cat have the opportunity listen to our conversations on aesthetics, among other things.
I think that Brus will have wanted to say something in a fun way; the fact is that one day, I went through our study and hence was drawing, Brus was – apparently – playing with a ball of wool, and left a few moments his work to be seen, and immediately documented in this very short video made with a camera, so the definition is pretty poor. Just after recording it, I wanted to repeat it with a camera suitable for video, and the drawing had already disappeared.
I hesitated about the possibility of repeating the drawing, but at the end I didn't do it, I would have liked to see Brus working.
Brus (Wool Drawing), was displayed in the exhibition "Levity", curated by Katherine Karl, at The Drawing Center, New York, 2007, in the exhibition "the world and the pants", curated by Cecilia Casares, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, 2008, Video Alucine, Toronto, Festival 2007, and as part of the Loop, in a selection of videos made by Gustavo Marrone, in downtown Santa Monica , Barcelona, 2007.


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The LITE instrument was carried in the Shuttle cargo bay on a standard Spacelab pallet. The instrument was mounted on an orthogrid platform attached to the pallet by 52 struts. The orthogrid is a support platform for the instrument subsystems and was designed to be immune to thermal deformations which could affect optical alignment. A description of the major LITE subsystems follows.
The receiver includes a one meter telescope and an aft-optics package. The telescope collects laser light scattered from the atmosphere, and brings it to focus in the aft optics. The aft optics includes wavelength selective optics to separate the return signal into its three color components. The 532 nm and 355 nm detectors are photomultiplier tubes, while the 1064 nm detector is a silicon avalanche photodiode.
The boresight assembly consists of a two-axis motor-driven prism. Its purpose is to align the laser beam to the telescope field-of-view so that both point to the same column of atmosphere.
The LTM consists of two flash lamp-pumped, Q-switched Neodymium:YAG lasers which emit simultaneously at the three harmonically related wavelengths of 1064 nm (infrared), 532 nm (visible green), and 355 nm (ultraviolet). The two-laser system provides redundancy in case one laser fails. Only one laser operates at a time.
The OASIS-I is a data-logging, subsystem which was used to record accelerations, acoustic loads, strains temperatures, thermal flux and pressures during the launch, ascent, on-orbit, descent, and landing phases of the LITE mission.
The LITE camera is a modified half-frame 35 mm camera originally used for aerial reconnaissance. It was used to photograph the Earth's surface and cloud cover during the daylight portions of orbits when lidar data were acquired. A 25 mm focal length lens was used, giving a coverage of 200 X 200 km2. The time interval between photographs is approximately 21 seconds, giving roughly 20% overlap between successive frames. A GMT time stamp recorded on each frame was used to determine the latitude and longitude on the surface of the Earth that corresponds to the center of each frame. LITE camera photographs may be obtained from the LITE Camera Photographs and Photos and Images pages.
The LITE Camera Photographs page contains the entire set of LITE camera photographs. The photographs are available as JPEG images.
The Photos and Images page contains the LITE camera photographs coincident with daytime LITE observations. The LITE camera photographs are displayed with color-modulated, altitude-time plots of daytime LITE (background subtracted) signal profiles for the 532 nm wavelength. The LITE photographs are available as JPEG images.
The Instrument Controller (IC) handles all command and data interfaces of the LITE instrument. All subsystems could be commanded and controlled via the IC. Health and status of the LITE instrument are monitored and transferred to the Spacelab's Smart Flexible Multiplexer/Demultiplexer (SFMDM). The IC software consists of over 18 real-time Ada tasks that perform all commands and data interfaces for the IC as well as autonomous operations.
Winker, D. M., Couch, R. H., and McCormick, M. P., An overview of LITE: NASA's Lidar In-space Technology Experiment, Proc. IEEE, 84, 2, 164-180, Feb. 1996.
McCormick, M. P., Winker, D. M., Browell, E. V., Coakley, J. A., Gardner, C. S., Hoff, R. M., Kent, G. S., Melfi, S. H., Menzies, R. T., Platt, C. M. R., Randall, D. A., and Reagan, J. A., Scientific investigations planned for the Lidar In-space Technology Experiment (LITE), Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 74, 2, 205-214, Feb. 1993.