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Latest Residential Care Report - Autumn 2017
Information about this residential special school Brompton Hall School is a local authority maintained residential special school for up to 65 boys, located near to Scarborough in North Yorkshire. The residential provision accommodates up to 42 pupils and provides extended days to a number of pupils who do not board. All pupils have an educational, health and care plan (EHC plan) in respect of their emotional and behavioural difficulties. There are three residential units within the main building that are age-related. The youngest pupils are accommodated in a separate house within the school grounds. The residential service operates term-time, Monday to Thursday. At the time of inspection, there were 38 boarders and another 19 pupils with extended days. The age-range of pupils was from eight to 16 years old.
This inspection was undertaken alongside a short one-day inspection of the school's education provision. There is a separate letter detailing the outcome of the education inspection, which will be sent separately to the school and published on the Ofsted website.
Inspection dates: 16 to 18 October 2017
Overall experiences and progress of children and you people good
How well children and young people are helped and protected good
The effectiveness of leaders and managers good
The residential special school provides effective services that meet the requirements for good.
Date of previous inspection: 13 February 2017
Overall judgement at last inspection: good
Key findings from this inspection
This residential special school is good because:
Staff are skilled and experienced in helping pupils with social and emotional difficulties. They provide pupils with the right environment to help them make significant achievements.
Pupils make good progress with their learning, development, social skills and behaviour.
The residential and extended day provision make a strong impact on outcomes for pupils. There is an excellent range of activities, clubs and events that make a big difference to pupils' learning and development.
The relationships between staff and pupils are very positive and the systems in place to promote behaviour are very effective.
Pupils feel safe, secure and settled.
There are strong safeguarding arrangements in place to keep pupils free from harm.
The school's leaders provide strong and effective management. This ensures that the residential and education provision are integrated and cohesive.
Leaders and governors fulfil their responsibility to constantly improve the school.
Monitoring is comprehensive and leaders are responsive to any concerns and feedback from pupils, parents and partner agencies. Regular reports about the school's performance keep governors informed of the strengths and improvement areas.
What does the residential special school need to do to improve?
Formalise decision-making about the sharing of bedrooms into a written risk assessment and keep this under review. (NMS 5)
Provide a written response to the local authority about internal investigations into concerns about staff practice. (NMS 11)
Implement the action plan to develop the quality of the monitoring reports that are completed under national minimum standard 20. Consider broadening networks with other schools to facilitate improvements to evaluation and review systems. (NMS 20)
Inspection judgements
Overall experiences and progress of children and young people: good
Leaders and staff are experienced and have the knowledge and skills to support pupils who have experienced previous school disruption and difficult personal circumstances. The staff are motivated and committed to providing high standards of care so that pupils enjoy school and achieve well.
The residential and extended day provision make a strong impact on outcomes for pupils. They make good progress with their learning, they develop better social skills, make friends, support each other and adapt well to group living. In some cases progress is excellent. One stakeholder commented, 'I would be happy with half the progress he has made.' New pupils find the school friendly, fun and easy to settle in.
The relationships between staff and pupils are very positive. Staff are accomplished role models and empower pupils to develop a good value base and to try their best. Consequently, pupils develop a bright outlook and productive attitude towards their learning and development. They are proud of their successes and are more confident. Pupils like coming to school and readily articulate the positive impact that the school has in terms of their learning and welfare.
Leaders are improving the systems for tracking pupil progress. These systems are integrated across school and link directly to identified needs and outcomes in pupils' EHC plans. Staff make effective use of this information to reward success and target support where it is needed most. Parents and carers feel well informed of pupils' progress.
There is an excellent range of activities, clubs and fundraising events. For example, the coast-to-coast bike ride, a water sports trip, share a pencil day and shoe box appeal. This makes a big difference to pupils' learning and development. Their achievements and contributions boost their confidence and self-esteem. Staff make sure that pupils enjoy their education and get the most from school to prepare them for their lives afterwards. It is clearly evident that pupils' success and well-being are at the heart of the school. All the pupils succeed in finding courses in further education, training or employment.
Strong partnership working helps promote pupils' health needs, particularly their mental health. Specialist support is provided from mental health services, a speech and language therapist and an educational psychologist. The education and healthcare needs of pupils are mainly in relation to their behaviour and anxiety as a result of their social, emotional and mental health needs. Staff use robust and well-developed care practices to support pupils to overcome these barriers to their learning and development.
How well children and young people are helped and protected: good
Pupils feel safe, secure and settled. They have good relationships with staff and are confident that they can talk about anything they are worried about and that staff will listen. Staff understand the pupils' needs and strive hard to make the school a safe place to be. Pupils learn about risks and how to keep themselves safe. For example, pupils reflect on their behaviour and impact on others, they develop their understanding of e-safety and manage risks safely during outdoor pursuits. From their starting points through to Year 11, the school has a strong impact on pupils' social skills and maturity and on empowering them to be safe.
Individual care plans and risk assessments are detailed and ensure that the risks, vulnerabilities and needs of individual pupils are well known. These are routinely reviewed and reflect pupils' behaviour across the whole school. The systems in place to promote behaviour are very effective. Pupils find the points and pass system a good incentive and receive plenty of praise for their achievements. Staff sensibly discuss issues about right and wrong and appropriate behaviour with pupils and are good role models.
Staff are trained to support pupils with challenging behaviour and will as a last resort physically intervene to keep pupils safe. Since the last inspection, the evidence of record-keeping, reflection and management oversight of this practice has improved significantly. The number of these incidents has declined and the types of interventions used are more minimal in nature. These are both positive trends and are testament to the preventative strategies and de-escalation skills of staff.
The school has implemented a new risk assessment policy since the last inspection to promote risk management. While particular attention is paid to risks and keeping pupils safe, Ofsted recommends that the decision-making about any bedroom-sharing is formalised in a written assessment of the factors taken into account.
The lead staff for safeguarding concerns take prompt and robust action to protect pupils from any harm. This area has improved since the last inspection. There is better oversight of referrals to the local authority. The information provided by the school has a positive impact on the local authority's care planning and review arrangements for children in need and children looked after. The placement support officer helps coordinate referrals and support for parents and carers, provides direct support and helps families maintain good school attendance for their children.
The head of care addresses any concerns about staff in line with statutory guidance. Ofsted recommends that when the local authority is involved in this process that the school sends the local authority a written response of any enquiry and outcomes. The frequency with which pupils go missing from school has declined. Staff response to any such incidents is strong and ensures a safe return to school or the pupil's family home.
Recruitment checks and processes are thorough and ensure that only suitable adults are employed to work in the school.
The effectiveness of leaders and managers: good
The school's leaders provide strong and effective management. This ensures that the residential and education provision are integrated and cohesive. Consequently, pupils receive robust and holistic support that promotes their education, social, emotional and developmental progress.
Staff clearly understand their roles. Their dedication and commitment uphold the aims and objectives of the school. For example, there is strong partnership working with parents, health services and the local authority, pupils access a range of subjects and qualifications and succeed in moving into further education, training or employment.
Leaders and governors fulfil their responsibility to constantly improve the school and are making considerable progress with their action plan from the last inspection. Improvements include the development of the placement support officer, deepening the safeguarding roles and responsibilities and developing new individual action plans for pupils. This is contributing to the welfare and safety of pupils. This will be enhanced further through developing academic resilience and promoting positive mental health. There are new weekly Friday meetings for leaders of the residential provision to share information, raise issues and plan improvements.
There are good staffing levels to meet the needs of pupils. Residential and school staff support each other and work across school for the benefit of pupils. This integration gives pupils consistent expectations and predictable responses, helping them to feel secure and improve their behaviour. Staff turnover in the residential provision is low and adds to the stability that the pupils experience. Leaders are planning training across school for new staff in education and this will promote more cohesion.
Monitoring is comprehensive and leaders are responsive to any concerns and feedback from pupils, parents and partner agencies. Regular reports about the school's performance keep governors informed of the strengths and improvement areas. There is a suitable school development plan to underpin future improvements. School leaders plan to increase the quality of the monitoring of the residential provision, as recommended at the last inspection.
Partnership working is strong. This is a view shared by parents, carers, the local authority and health services. This guarantees the best all-round support for pupils. The placement support officer plays a pivotal role in supporting families who need extra help.
Information about this inspection
Inspectors have looked closely at the experiences and progress of children and young people. Inspectors considered the quality of work and the differences made to the lives of children and young people. They watched how professional staff work with children and young people and each other and discussed the effectiveness of help and care provided. Wherever possible, they talked to children and young people and their families. In addition, the inspectors have tried to understand what the school knows about how well it is performing, how well it is doing and what difference it is making for the children and young people whom it is trying to help, protect and look after.
Using the 'Social care common inspection framework', this inspection was carried out under the Children Act 1989 to assess the effectiveness of the service, how it meets the core functions of the service as set out in legislation, and to consider how well it complies with the national minimum standards.
Residential special school details
Social care unique reference number: SC007923
Headteacher/teacher in charge: Sharon Young – acting head
Type of school: Residential special school
Email address: headteacher@bromptonhall.n-yorks.sch.uk
Simon Morley, social care inspector
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Reg Vardy stores in £420m buy-out
FOUR Reg Vardy car dealerships in York and North Yorkshire are soon likely to be under new ownership as part of a £420 million deal.
They are among 49 dealerships which the Sunderland-based firm has agreed to sell to rival Pendragon, whose combined total of franchises nationally soars to 350.
If shareholders agree, the York Citroen dealership in Lawrence Street, York; a BMW and Mini dealership under the same roof in Victoria, Harrogate; and a Renault dealership in Wetherby Road, Harrogate, will be included in the package.
Rumours of the deal saw Reg Vardy shares closing at 748.5 pence last Friday. The deal is worth 750 pence per share.
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Smart Girl Summit 2011 Random Photos
July, 31, 2011 by nicedeb
I'm back in KC after spending the a busy and fun weekend in St. Louis for Smart Girl Summit 2011, featuring Phyllis Schlafly, Deneen Borelli, MO Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Ann Wagner, Wisconsin Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, and Herman Cain, as well as big name pundits like Dana Loesch, Andrew Breitbart, Jim Hoft, and more.
While my videos of the speeches are uploading, I thought I'd share a few pictures I took during the weekend.
In the bloggers lounge, (sponsored by Freedomworks and Freedomconnector), Friday afternoon:
Glen Asbury with Molly Teichman, Political Mommentary
FTR Radio row
Friday Evening
Your Sunday Hymn: How Blest Are They
Sung Exquisitely by the St. Augustine Singers:
How Blest Are They by Tchaikovsky – Sung by the St. Augustine Singers at Cathedral Basilica Church, St. Augustine, Florida on September 7, 2007.
Posted in Sunday Hymn.
Smart Girl Summit 2011
Smart Girl Summit 2011 is taking place in St. Louis, MO, this weekend featuring Phyllis Schlafly, Deneen Borelli, Rep Thaddeus McCotter, MO Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Ann Wagner, Wisconsin Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, and more. Live streaming action, here.
Speaking at the banquet Friday night was VA candidate for Senate, Tea party organizer, Jaime Radtke, followed by Andrew Breitbart.
St. Louis radio talk show host, Big Journalism editor, and nationally known pundit, Dana Loesch emceed the banquet. In the wake of the latest news coming out of Washington, she made the point that we criticize the GOP "because we care":
More video to come.
Video: Andrew Breitbart's Speech at Smart Girl Summit 2011
Video: Herman Cain at Smart Girl Politics, 2011: "This Economy Doesn't Need Compromise, It Needs An Injection!"
Linked by The Other McCain and Reboot Congress, thanks!
Rigid, Inflexible Ideologue Pushes Us Closer To Financialgeddon!
July, 30, 2011 by Blackiswhite, Imperial Consigliere
We been hearing a lot about inflexible ideologues holding us hostage over this debt ceiling "crisis", and how childish they are, and how they are terrorists who are taking hostages as part of this process.
Yesterday, they struck again.
It really is amazing just how small of stature some people are. It must be difficult in among the shadows who are leading from behind with a plan that they dare not clearly present for fear of rejection, and it must be even harder for poor little Harry. Am I the only one who thinks that without the shoes he clearly has trouble filling, no one would give him another thought five minutes after he speaks?
Posted in But I repeat myself, Corruption, Dems, Disaster, Left Wing hypocrisy, Wordpress Political Blogs.
Reid, Then And Now, + The Very Latest In The Debt Ceiling Fight — UPDATE: House Passes Boehner debt bill 218 to 210
Harry Reid last December:
"I want the Republicans to have some buy-in on the debt," he said. "They're going to have a majority in the House. I think they should have some kind of a buy-in on the debt. I don't think it should be when we have a heavily Democratic Senate, a heavily Democratic House and a Democratic president."
The tax cut bill was probably the only vehicle by which Dems could have averted a filibuster and raised the debt ceiling this year. That ship has sailed, so now the question is whether Democrats will let Republicans set the terms of the debt ceiling debate next year. Republicans have been very clear that they'll try to use the threat of a default to force spending cuts. Reid seems awfully eager call soon-to-be Speaker John Boehner's bluff and watch him squirm.
Harry Reid today:
"Obvious what is being done in the House is not compromise. It is being jammed through with all kinds of non-transparent dealings, people shuffling in and out of the Republican Leader's office. We're recognizing that the only compromise that there is, is mine," Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said.
Boehner may be squirming, a little, but so is the frustrated (and clearly delusional) Reid, and Obama, whose poll numbers have been dropping like a rock since the debt ceiling fight began.
Obama is basically flacking for the liberal Democrats in Congress right now. They want to run on ever-increasing government spending; they will not countenance a cut.
But Obama's political best play is not the same as theirs. These Congressional liberals come from blue states and super-liberal districts; they're not running in a national election, in a country that prioritizes spending cuts over most other agenda items.
In these circumstances, it may be best to do as the Tea Party Brinskmanship Brigade advises and just slow play this, letting Obama bleed and bleed, until he breaks with liberal Congressmen and starts negotiating something closer to the Republican position.
Meanwhile….Senate Republicans Give Speaker John Boehner a Standing Ovation
Today Senate Republicans gave the conservative Speaker a standing ovation.
ABC Newsreported:
Speaker of the House John Boehner just quietly ventured over to the Senate side and dropped in on a closed lunch of Senate Republicans.
The lunch – pizza, again – was in the Strom Thurmond room.
I am told Boehner got a standing ovation from his Senate Republican colleagues.
And the "adult in the room" has summoned his flying monkeys on Twitter to bombard congressional Republicans with Tweets:
President Obama declared a Twitter war on Republican lawmakers today through his online account, @barackobama – just moments after telling the nation it was time to move beyond politics.
"The time for putting party first is over," Obama wrote on his Twitter account. "If you want to see bipartisan #compromise, let Congress know. Call. Email. Tweet."
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) was one of the targets of the attack. He sent a reply via twitter:
"@BarackObama thinks this is all about him, but it's not," the senator's tweet read.
Sessions then referred his followers to video of a speech he delivered earlier today in the Senate chamber:
This is about America, and what's good for this country," Sessions said. "It's not about the president. It's not about politics."
Many Twitter users have expressed disgust that @barackobama would do something so partisan just a few hours after delivering a statement calling for bipartisanship.
Hot Air has up to the minute coverage of today's vote: Open thread: Boehnerpalooza; Update: U.S. will probably stay AAA, says Moody's; Update: "Put something on the table!"
Moody's Investors Service said today it expects the U.S. will get to keep its Aaa credit rating, "albeit with a shift to a negative outlook," provided Congress and the White House can work out a deal to avoid missing payments to U.S. bondholders.
Moody's launched a review of the U.S. credit rating on July 13, as the fight over how to raise the current $14.3 trillion federal borrowing limit was starting to heat up. Moody's review will finish when the debt limit is extended "for more than a short period of time," the company said. That line gives some ammunition to Democrats and President Barack Obama, who have said any debt deal should lift the borrowing cap through the end of 2012.
Advantage: Obama and Reid. The silver lining for Republicans is that Moody's also said it only cares about payments related to the debt service when assessing "default." Since Treasury will have plenty of revenue to cover that, default isn't happening.
Update: Boehner's unloading on President Present in his floor speech. "Put something on the table! Tell us where you are!"
Update: They've got until Monday to hammer out a deal, right? Wrong. According to The Hill, for procedural reasons the real deadline is … tomorrow.
CSPAN live feed of the floor speeches, here.
A visualization of the US debt, here.
The House just passed the Boehner debt bill 218 to 210. Reid and the Senate up next. http://mrkt.ms/nokV23
Speaking of which…Paul Ryan trashed Reid's proposal on the House floor, today:
Via Gateway Pundit: Terrific!… Conservative Paul Ryan Destroys Harry Reid's Fiscal Fantasy Budget (Video)
Posted in Deesgusting, Dems, Obamessiah, Repubs.
Turning a Yawning Chasm into a Growing Gulf
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"
-Johnny Rotten, at the close of the last Sex Pistols concert.
I'm starting to feel this way every single day.
Each day, the cries that people who are rejecting or have rejected the status quo "Are stupid, insane, or my personal favorite, "handing the election to Obama" because they just don't see the wisdom in any debt ceiling fix that gives more spenditol to the hopelessly addicted in D.C. without honest, true (not gimmicky) and most importantly immediate cuts to the Federal Government's spending grow louder, and I find myself growing more annoyed with people I have more similarities than differences with, not because of the differences, but because their inability to convince me that the compromise they are rallying behind will prevent the calamity they fear has driven them to derision, name-calling, insults, and questioning our patriotism. In other words, they are acting like the Democrats do when we tell them "No." too.
Whether it's the New York Times' favorite "maverick" referring to the Tea Party as Hobbits, and claiming that "Others know better" than the Tea Party Freshmen in the Congress, or people I respect telling me in serial FB postings that anyone who isn't for Boehner's plan to raise the credit limit again in exchange for promises to make some piddling cuts at some time that history tells us will never be made anyway, and then bring us back to this point yet again during election season is the same as a Democrat such as the President, contempt is the tune played with the complete expectation that we will dance, and its put me into a position I never wanted to be in. I'm being pushed into declaring for the Tea Party.
It isn't that I had any particular beef with the Tea Party. My objections have really been more dealing with the movement's long-term prospects. As I said to a Republican Tea Party basher on FB:
1. I am not a Tea Party member. I enjoyed the fact that it was grassroots and genuine. I never signed on, because I knew that it was destined to be co-opted or marginalized because it threatened the political establishment and their power base.
2. Your willingness to appoint them with a responsibility to "shut people up" chills me a bit. The appeal of the tea party was a central message, and the ability for people who had felt marginalized or removed from the mainstream political process to participate and bring some of their own ideas to the fore. A "leadership" would be counter to that idea.
3. Much of what I've feared has come to pass…a degree of co-opting, both actual, and presumed by those for whom it would be handy to do so, and marginalization…by a corrupt media that needed a group of "extremists", and a political establishment that needed a boogeyman to save us from.
4. And even though I don't agree with a lot of them, I'd rather have a political system that doesn't "silence" the fringes, or anything outside the mainstream, largely because I firmly believe that we HAVE to trust the people, in the firm knowledge that they are going to make mistakes (Thanks, 52%ers!) or that none of this political system means anything and we can simply officially appoint those who presume to be our betters as such, and dispense with the charade.
And how did we arrive at this point, anyway? Really, before we entrust these responsible stewards of the public purse with the ability to spend even more money, isn't that a question we all should be asking? If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, while expecting a different result, then the "compromise" they are offering doesn't make any damn sense.
The Tea Party owes its existence to government's reckless and irresponsible spending, and the way that government demonstrated its feeling of entitlement to not only continue spending more money than it takes in, but to continually increase this spending in order to mitigate the consequences of really poor decisions. (Too Big To Fail, anyone?)
It was a terrific thing to behold as it gathered steam, because people who had never given politics a second thought, or only considered it when filling out a ballot were now looking at the ways their elected officials had squandered their trust, and enhanced their own power and finances at the expense of our own personal sovereignty and wallet. They had realized that government by the professional and the expert first benefits the professional and the expert, and then trickles down only to the extent that doing so will also benefit the professional and the expert. But this newfound clarity threatens not just the chattering class, whose false narratives and very selective reporting kept the majority of the nation slumbering and dreaming dreams in which every man woman and child was a lottery winner, and never had to be asked to pay for the welfare state that continued to grow in its quest to provide for them from cradle to grave, and so the new narrative began, about these "extremists" who opposed what government hath wrought not because it stifled freedom and opportunity, and confiscated wealth on an enormous scale to redistribute it to others who did nothing to earn it , but because they were "racists who didn't want a black President to succeed." They were haters, who if given an opportunity to do so, would commit unspeakable acts of violence against those who disagreed with them, even kill them if they thought it necessary.
It was certainly a surprise to the everyday mothers, fathers, grandpas, and grandmas who came to the rallies, and participated in the peaceful protests. It was a surprise to those who came to townhalls to confront their elected officials about the trust that they so casually abused, only to find themselves shouted down, disrespected, and questioned by their public servants, and their supporters, many of whom freely feed at the public trough. I know many people who consider themselves part of the Tea Party, one of who graciously lets me co-blog with her when I get the urge to speak up, and the media portrayals of them couldn't be farther from the truth. And as irritating as that is, its ok. One of the things that came clear during the emergence of the Tea Party and the rush of the legacy media to portray them as unhinged extremists is the fact that the self-appointed cognoscenti were defending a power base, and the shriller the denunciations, the more obvious it became to observers that the media members, and their patrons in the Democratic Party were the ones standing naked while commenting to each other about their resplendent wardrobes. The more they condescended, complained, and projected, the more hollow their lofty pronouncements rang.
And it had a result, as the elections of 2010 proved, and the consequence was a series of election gains in the House of Representatives that completely changed the make up of that body.
Now we find ourselves facing yet another crisis. Another in a string of crises that miraculously can only be solved by the federal government spending more money that it does not have, to pay for consequences that it bears the responsibility for. The only truly good comparison that I can think of is the domestic violence victim who keeps going back to her abuser, because he promises that this time, things will be different…after he tells her that it is her fault that he beats her. We keep going back, and if we hesitate, we're told to "get our asses back in line." And for all the noise about the approaching deadline, "inflexible ideologues", and swift and certain financialgeddon, and the absolute and positive need to address this RIGHT NOW, OR ELSE! and the only option, no matter how it is dressed up, is to increase the credit limit now, and make cuts later, or whenever they can get around to it, if they feel like it, and the moon is in the right phase, with the only real distinctions being how much, and whether or not the timing is politically beneficial to one side or the other, several key facts and follow-up questions keep getting lost.
1. We actually hit the debt ceiling in May of this year. In all the hysteria, hyperventilation, finger-pointing, and name-calling, that fact seems to get lost. One might ask how this got to be a "crisis", considering the fact that it couldn't have been a surprise.
2. The US's credit rating has already been downgraded. While I don't expect it to be a harmless event if the other rating agencies follow, I also noted that the sky didn't fall, and I didn't have to take a wheelbarrow full of $100,000.00 bills to the Safeway to buy a loaf of bread after it happened.
4. The Democrats have not passed a budget since 2009, despite the fact that it is one of Congress' duties. This works to their advantage. No budget means no parameters on spending. Anything goes until you hit the ceiling. Besides, they were too busy with Spendulous, Cash for Clunkers, and Obamacare to actually attend to their duties. And who do you think you are for asking pointed questions about it anyway, peasant?
5. Do your creditors maintain your credit score when your debt to income ratio is already too high and you decide that you can and should borrow more? So why should we believe that a government that is characterized by an abject avoidance of restraint when it comes to spending the public's money will not suffer the same fate when if they pass a bill that bumps out that limit, and purports to address a portion of the spending problem, somehow, some way, some time? It would be like believing that the chronic alcoholic will be ok if the bartender doesn't serve him the last two shots he's used to downing nightly; the real problem is in the 5 shots he was served before. And yet the Tea Party is now the enemy of America, and actively working for the re-election of Barack Obama for recognizing that what is being offered and discussed is a "more of the same" of what we've had before, and declining to go along with it.
6. Teh Fred! and others keep crowing about a victory in shifting the conversation away from tax increases, and demanding we take that, and ignore the fact that even with the "cuts" being proposed, the leviathan that is Fedzilla still grows. More and more people are getting clued in to the magical growth formula in government accounting based on premise that Zero = Last Year's Budget. Taxes weren't negotiable because despite what Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi believe, this was NEVER a revenue problem; it is a spending problem, and taking away what never should have been on the table to begin with, and then rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic will not prevent a really, really cold swim.
It comes down to this: Government Spending first empowers the government. Democrats have known this for years, and used it to their advantage to cultivate a block of constituents beholden to them for their sustenance due to the advent of multigenerational welfare, and they have carefully nurtured it until we have reached a point where nearly 50% of the citizens in this country don't have any of the precious "skin in the game" that the Teleprompter President likes to babble on about, because they pay no taxes. They have no intention of changing this state of affairs. TPOTUS himself has all but admitted that his idea of "shared sacrifice" is that the people who are paying the check need to pay even more. The real-life warnings that the failed welfare states of Europe pose do nothing to change any of this. They will spend it, even when they don't have it, and they will do anything for their fix. If unchecked, this can only end one way.
Get used to scenes like these, because if we don't address the festering sore that is Federal Spending now, we lose choices. There won't be an option that helps Granny get the check that the Federal Government has no business paying her. The government will probably not have the ability to perform its enumerated duties, let alone pay for mohair subsidies, studies on the flow rate of catsup, or refurbishing mosques in foreign countries. This nonsense cannot be sustained. Enacting special welfare and calling it general welfare is a path to ruin. Growing a federal bureaucracy that must continue to worm its tentacles further and further into all aspects life and business in order to justify itself is not conducive the maintenance of freedom and liberty. This is what "go along to get along" has gotten us…legions of experts who prove day in and day out that there is no problem that government cannot create, and then make worse with its "solutions". Learned professionals without any practical experience who pass laws and regulations without a thought to the cost that it imposes on those who they would regulate, because they only choose to see what they have done as a goal that they have fulfilled.
We aren't stupid for deciding that more of the same isn't a serious answer.
We're not unpatriotic for not trusting a professional political class peopled by Republicans as well as Democrats when they tell me that if we just do this for them this time, then they can get majorities in the next election and things will be different. Tell it to Newt Gingrich. We've swallowed that turd sandwich before. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
And calling me a Hobbit because I see the snare and refuse to step into it doesn't change my mind or my heart in the Reagan tradition. It just tells me that you know you're more concerned with your power than you are for the future of this country, and that lacking a convincing argument, you believe that I'm as willing to compromise as you are, in the pursuit of being loved, of course. Just ask "the maverick".
No thanks. The madness can't continue if enough people just opt out.
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How I spent March 26th
Based on the TUC's access info I'd planned to meet a bunch of other WtBers in Savoy Street for 11am. This was supposed to be the gathering point for disabled people to have a "safe space" at the front of the march. I have brittle bones and I was with 2 people whose joints dislocate easily so the notion of a "safe" space where we wouldn't get smacked around was pretty important for us to protest, you know, safely.
Apparently no-one hit the TUC with a clue stick. The gathering point in Savoy Street wasn't actually at the front of the march. That would've been much too sensible. They had us gather in Savoy Street and then walk through the crowd to get to the front of the march:
The pink cross on the map shows where we gathered and the turquoise line shows how far we had to walk through a sea of people to get to that "safety". Moving through large crowds as a wheelchair user is not easy at the best of times. You're at arse height to everyone else and people don't tend to look down when they move around so they walk into you, trip over you and generally leave you feeling pretty bruised. Add banners, flags and other things that feel like weapons when people hit you with them and it's even worse.
So that the TUC had us gather some distance away and then walk through the crowd where we got a bit battered was a serious common sense fail. Between the lack of logic and getting smacked around I started off the march really quite pissed off.
This was us gathering in Savoy Street looking cheerful prior to our adventure through the crowd:
This was my view of people's backs as we were making our way through the crowd:
And it's worth noting that I took this photo at a point while walking through the crowd when I had enough room around me to actually do so! I spent a lot of the time using my arms to protect my face from people's backpacks and such.
Eventually we did make it to the "special" spot:
Jack as taken by his wife Emsy
Thankfully once we'd made it through the crowd and the march set off there were no more such access fail dramas. As a result I began to really enjoy myself. The following 3 photos were taken by Emsy during the march:
We made it into Hyde Park at about 1pm (after what seemed like quite a long human traffic jam at Hyde Park Corner). Most of us quickly nipped to the loo and then headed off to Soho Square for the UK Uncut comedy at 2. I didn't want to stick around in Hyde Park for the rally mainly because Mr "I'm in favour of cutting disability benefits" Miliband was speaking. I feared my anger at him would cause me to regress a few evolutionary steps and start flinging faeces.
I've always been disabled, but until about 5 years ago I was perfectly "healthy"; I was free from illness. For many people there's a massive overlap between "illness" and "impairment", but there's also some differences too. So I've always had a rubbish skeleton but before I acquired a plethora of illnesses unrelated to my mobility impairment I used to do that working-for-a-living thing.
I used to be a stand-up comic. Yes, I'm aware of the irony of a wheelchair-using stand-up.
On Friday evening while I was in the supermarket shopping for more T-shirts to iron the WtB logo onto a thought occurred to me: "It's comedy against the cuts. I'm doing all this stuff about the cuts to disability benefits and I have a background in comedy; I should be speaking." So I emailed the organisers and asked if I could do a short set. The reply I got back was "the line up's pretty full, but we'll try and fit you in." But in the end (and with a little help from the lovely Johann) I ended up on the bill.
This photo by Chris Coltrane who compered the gig shows what the crowd looked like from where the acts were (and makes me happy that I ironed the WtB logo onto the back of my T-shirt):
That's Josie Long performing. She opened the show. The crowd had gotten much, much, bigger by the time I went on. This CiF piece estimates there were nearly 1000 people watching the show. I wouldn't have thought there were quite that many, but there were certainly a couple of hundred.
Against all the odds I had a brilliant gig. Look, people were smiling and laughing!
Photo by Noa Bodner
If you look you can even see Mark Thomas laughing along in that pic. I'm actually quite proud of that as he is, basically, the industry standard to which all political comedy gets compared.
I say "against all the odds" because by rights I really should have died on my arse. It's 3 and a half years since I last gigged due to becoming too ill to carry on with the comedy thang. Usually if you take a break from comedy for 3 and a half weeks you come back to find your timing's a little off and your rhythm's a bit out. And I wasn't doing tried and tested material, I was doing stuff that I'd written 12 hours earlier because I only had the idea to ask to go on about 18 hours before I ended up on "stage". I shouldn't have been "in shape" enough to deal with a heckler and turn around a joke that was a bit of a dud. OK, the heckler was very nice and friendly but it's still an interruption to your rhythm and you need to regain control and come out on top with a laugh.
Somehow it was all OK. Sure, it wasn't my best gig ever but given everything going against me it went so much better than I could ever possibly have dreamed of.
In the past I used to mix up jokes about disability issues and other stuff because if I'd only talked about disability I'd never have been able to hold the attention of a non-disabled audience. But given that Saturday was such a political gig and the reason I'd asked to speak was to talk about benefits I did a set solely about cuts to disability benefits. The only reaction I was really expecting was some polite applause when I finished from people thinking "aw, wasn't that nice the disabled woman telling us about benefits." I wasn't expecting such a warm response and to come off stage to have all my friends hug me at once. It was like being mauled by an octopus, but in a nice way.
I've always thought that comedy had a wonderful capacity for education, another reason I really wanted to speak. So I was chuffed to bits when I got home to read this in The Guardian's Live Blog about the day:
I just spoke to two teenagers aged 17 and 19 who have come from the comedy show in Soho Square, and they said that what they heard there made them think more than anything they have ever learnt at school. It's their first demonstration and when I asked why they came they said they realised that the demonstration is about more than just the UK.
They can understand the connection between the shops and the banks that people are targetting and the global situation that is effecting everyone. They've heard Mark Thomas and a disabled comedian and Johann Hari speak. For these teenagers the protest is absolutely opening their minds to a much wider picture.
Noa, who snapped that pic of me in action, said:
you rocked it woman, it was FUNNY and also very disturbing to learn a few of the stories you shared. many thanks and please keep healthy and get back on stage where you belong!
I'm absolutely thrilled that I opened some people's eyes to what's going on for disabled people in the UK. There's a couple of extracts from my set in the Laugh Out London podcast.
I left Soho Square on such an adrenaline high. I'd taken a huge gamble in asking to do a set but it absolutely paid off. I would have skipped home if I could, you know, skip.
Then came the sadness. I love doing stand up so much. It's such an amazing feeling when you've got hundreds of people laughing at jokes you wrote, and Saturday was a reminder of just how thrilling it is. It's so painful that I'm not well enough to perform any more. I have good days and bad, Saturday was obviously a good day. But the sheer frequency of the bad days means that I can't book gigs more than 14 hours in advance because I can never guarantee that I'll be well enough to show up. It doesn't matter if you have a legitimate reason for not showing up to a gig, if you let a promoter down they're not going to book you again and will very possibly bad-mouth you to other promoters. I have this thing that I love doing, and Saturday reminded me that I'm actually reasonably good at it, but my health prevents me from pursuing it. And the government and tabloids really think I'd rather be stuck at home claiming benefits than out following my dreams?
The other element of sadness on Saturday night came from watching BBC News attributing the Black Bloc protesters smashing things up to UK Uncut. UK Uncut are a group of peaceful protesters who'd given me this wonderfully enjoyable afternoon of comedy in a park. And here these lovely people were being falsely accused of violence and vandalism. It was deeply disappointing.
Despite the day starting with access fail and ending in sadness I don't think I'll ever forget that chunk of a few hours in the middle where I had the best time I've had in years.
Cross-posted on my personal blog.
Posted by Lisa at 11:00 am
Labels: access, comedy, march 26th march, protests, tuc, uk uncut
The Goldfish 29 March 2011 at 14:50
Well I for one am very proud of you, Lisa. I'm extremely pleased you had such a good day and such an affirmation at the gig. Thank you very much for all your hard work and organisation. :-)
Peter aka Sociable 29 March 2011 at 16:30
Proud to second those comments by Goldfish Lisa your really are a *Star*.
DavidG 29 March 2011 at 17:02
Just listened to the bits of your set on the podcast and it had me laughing out loud, which is quite an achievement when it was simultaneously making me want to grab the nearest Tory (or Lib, or Milliband) and knock sense into them with a 2x4!
Unfortunately your description of the general cluelessness in access arrangements just confirms the worries I and others had about attending. If the TUC could just get their act together, then there is a whole segment of the populace who are deeply and personally not just affected by the cuts but actively endangered and whose story is one which most people are inclined to react sympathetically to, if they were just aware of it. But to do that we need to be sure we can get safely to marches like this and we need the help of TUC PR types to ensure that we aren't ignored by the media when we do.
Podcast? Wot podcast? Link please!
(Well done Lisa. I'd rather not be sleeping 14 hours a day and unable to feel alert enough to work more than 2 hours a day, so I know how you feel. I don't book much stuff now because I either let people down or burn myself out. So I'm with you on that one.)
Lisa 31 March 2011 at 13:20
http://laughoutlondon.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/uk-uncut-comedy-gig-soho-square/
Jan 1 April 2011 at 01:15
Just got round to listening to the podcast, and Lisa, you were fabulous! Also, I totally agree with the educative power of comedy. When I was in school, especially, it was always satire that really got people to think. Maybe the laughter and social bonding makes us feel relaxed and safe enough to start questioning our assumptions.
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Anon 10 April 2011 at 23:15
I still miss doing the stand up too, like you I gave it up when I got so sick, never knowing when you're going to get a good day makes it impossible to gig.
I inject my humour in to my writing. Instead of writing sets, it's now articles and stories but I often get printed. Different buzz but one I can do as and when.
Besides that I don't miss life on the road, endless miles of motorway and crap service station food. Guess what I'm saying is put your writing skills to use elswhere, it can still be fun and no hecklers either ;)
Lisa 11 April 2011 at 00:13
Trouble with (paid) writing is that I can't ever guarantee to meet deadlines because of frequent illness. And you're never gonna get work from that editor again if you let them down.
So I'm stuck with blogging for free as a creative outlet. No deadlines you need to worry about missing, no needing to find the spoons for selling yourself to editors.
I was thinking about you earlier today, actually. For some reason I found myself reminiscing about that time I did your gig in Stoke Newington.
Jamie 14 April 2011 at 11:27
Give me a deadline and I'll miss it by a mile. Due to limited health and spoons, I now just write, then try and find a market for it once it's finished. It's all I can do really, I've given up trying anything that requires fixed regular input.
Stokey was a good venue in the summer, we we're really lucky to get so many cool acts for free.
There's only really one comedy gig I miss playing, that's stratford. I used to love it there, as tough as it was. At least with writing there's not endless miles of motorway and ginsters pasties.
Good luck with it, I hope it goes well for you :)
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If asked to name America's most important contribution to residential architecture, most people would probably suggest Abraham Lincoln's log cabin, a Southern plantation mansion like Scarlett O'Hara's Tara (even though it was only a movie set) or George Washington's Mount Vernon.
The correct answer? The ranch house.
It is an American original, and its echoes are in nearly every house built since World War II. Just peel away those Tuscan touches and Tudor treatments and take a closer look at the construction methods, the location of the major living spaces, the generous use of glass that blurs the distinction between indoor and outdoor space, and the open floor plans that combine several functions within one area of the house.
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A small number of architects working in California and the Southwest during the 1920s and '30s designed the first suburban ranch-style houses. These were based on the simple, one-story houses built by ranchers who lived in the harsh climate of the plains and mountains of the West. For young architects seeking forms that were defined by their function and not layers of Victorian bric-a-brac or the Colonial-style treatments popular in the East, the ranchers' houses had particular appeal.
The architects also admired the way the casual lifestyle of ranch families was reflected in their houses. All the rooms opened onto a shaded veranda, which functioned as a hallway and as an important living area for much of the year.
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Another Wrightism was using the same space for multiple functions, as in a living-dining room or an eat-in kitchen. Placing the bedrooms in the front of the house was also unusual.
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To a 21st-century eye, the simplicity of these early ranches -- with their adobe or board-and-batten walls, exposed beamed ceilings, and interior spaces filled with natural light -- is highly attractive. But the style did not initially receive the architecture establishment's imprimatur.
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"One of the major problems we have as a nation is that people who are not chosen by the people are seen holding public offices because they won through the back door.
"This is the major problem of our democracy. I urge you to correct this aspect of our democracy by ensuring free and fair poll, this is a time for all hands to be on deck and ensure that our democracy is saved," he said.
Okorocha also called on Nigerians to unite to protect the integrity of the country.
Earlier, the GOC said his team was in the state to inform the governor of the inauguration of operation Egwueke 3 in the South-East with their headquarters at Abakiliki in Ebonyi.
He said the command had also been divided into sectors for ease of command and administration.
He stressed the exercise was not aimed at any person or group, adding that its purpose was to apply every effort, within the military's capacity to checkmate criminals and criminality.
"We will work in accordance with the law and create an atmosphere of peace within our different localities.
"Our relationship with the people will be most cordial and the people have nothing to fear as our men have been warned to work according to laid down rules and principles," he said.


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#include "viennamini/forwards.h"
#include "viennamini/configuration.hpp"
#include "viennamini/device.hpp"
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#include "viennamini/stepper.hpp"
#include "viennamini/data_table.hpp"
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{
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    simulator_exception(std::string const & str) : std::runtime_error(str) {}
  };

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    simulator(std::ostream& stream = std::cout);
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Chilli Pepper Scale
The Early Research
Horror, Thriller, Supernatural
Action, Crime, War
Science Fiction, Super, Fantasy
Art House, Musical, International
Gritty, Challenging, Documentary
Romance, Matters of the Heart
SPICYWATCH
Everyone has at least one great story to tell. Some people actually have even more than that, but everyone has at least one story that will either enchant, revolt, tantalize, amuse or tug at your heart strings in some way. The reason that I know this to be true is because I like to really listen to people, and when you really listen to people they will tell you the most marvellous things.
Not everything that people will tell you when you listen to them will be happy, in fact some things will be sad or even harrowing or worst of all vile, but they will tell you a story if you give them enough of your attention and ask the right questions, and that is when you will hear the most interesting stories that will stay with you forever. And stories should be varied anyway, our experience of the human condition is completely individualised and therefore multifaceted. No two people have the same life experiences and no two people will even view the same life experience in the same way, so when you think about it like that there are actually billions and billions of untold stories floating around inside random people right now just waiting to be heard.
Some people have a genuine gift for storytelling and when they start to speak you just want to grab a cuppa and a cushion and dig in for a good listening session. Other people aren't quite as engaging when they tell their tales, but that doesn't make their stories any less meaningful or interesting in the long run. Sometimes the briefest of tales can be the most poignant and meaningful. It is claimed that Ernest Hemingway once wrote a six-word story that could make people for a cry for a bet. The wager was ten dollars, which Hemingway won with the following: "For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never worn."
In 2006, Wired magazine followed Hemingway's example and asked sci-fi, fantasy and horror writers to come up with their own six word stories, here are a few of my favourites:
Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon
Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood
The baby's blood type? Human, mostly.
- Orson Scott Card
Kirby had never eaten toes before.
- Kevin Smith
TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE!!! … nobody there …
- Harry Harrison
Heaven falls. Details at eleven.
- Robert Jordan
He read his obituary with confusion.
- Steven Meretzky
You just gotta love a good story, and even though some are clearly more interesting or insightful than others, none of them are not worth hearing. Who knows? The next person that you meet could have the most interesting tale in the world to share with you! So make sure you take some time to listen to the people around you...because they do want to tell you things!
Rating: MA 15+
A crime/ drama and at times an exceptionally dark comedy, Once Upon a Time In Hollywood is Quentin Tarantino's brilliantly executed homage to the end of The Golden Age of Hollywood. With a massive ensemble cast and multiple storylines, this is a fairy tale retell of the days surrounding the brutal Sharon Tate murders by the Manson cult that occurred in 1969. Unlike other Tarantino movies, this film demonstrates more restraint around the levels of on screen graphic gore and violence...well...mostly, there are still some intense graphic scenes to experience here, but it is Tarantino and we have all come to expect some shock violence from his films.
Fading Western television star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his best friend and stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) encounter colourful and controversial characters as they try to maneuver Dalton out of Hollywood 'Has-Been' oblivion and back into the limelight with the help of spaghetti westerns and Hollywood opportunities.
No late '60's stone goes unturned here, with everything from The Playboy Mansion and Roman Polanski to Bruce Lee and Charles Manson getting a look in. And it all mishmashes together into one terrifically enjoyable old pop culture tribute that I completely adored. I was riveted for the duration and grateful to see something so refreshingly new at the cinema again.
DiCaprio and Pitt are not only on their A game but they are having a lot of fun with this already witty script. The cast is absolutely massive; Tarantino has again used Zoe Bell and Kurt Russell well, but has also added some fresh new faces to his cast list with notable performances from Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate, Lena Dunham as Gypsy, Dakota Fanning as Squeaky Fromme, Bruce Dern as George Spahn and stealing some hard to grab attention from everyone else was newcomer Julia Butters playing the wise western star child Trudi.
This is not my favourite Tarantino offering, but I cannot deny that it is one of his best, and it is definitely the best thing that I have seen at the cinema so far this year.
FINAL SAY: It's official, old buddy. I'm a has-been.
4.5 Chilli Peppers
So glad you enjoyed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood! I agree not one of my personal faves of Tarantino but undeniably one of his slickest and best productions to date.
Brad Pitt! Holy smokes, be still my beating heart....he just gets better with age I think!
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Nonverbal Canadian woman appears on 'Late Show,' turns tables on Colbert
Published Friday, January 12, 2018 2:36PM EST
Last Updated Saturday, January 13, 2018 1:38PM EST
A young Canadian woman with autism who first appeared on CTV News in 2008 appeared Friday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Carly Fleischmann, who has autism and can't speak, has used a computer to communicate since she was 10 years old.
On Friday night, she became the first nonverbal person with autism to guest-host Colbert's show. Fleischmann was supposed to interview Colbert during a benefit show for Autism on Nov. 18. called the "Night of Too Many Stars," but things didn't go as planned and the interview didn't happen that night, so the pair gave it another shot.
For the segment, the show was temporarily changed to: "The Late Show with Carly Fleischmann."
"I am extremely excited to introduce you to my first guest ever," Fleischmann says as she opened the segment. "I'm not as excited as if it had been Oprah, Tom Hanks or any member of the cast of The Big Bang Theory, but still, please welcome the former host of this show and the guy who has the worst impression of the president that I have ever heard: Stephen Colbert."
Fleischmann took the opportunity to ask Colbert about his criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump, advice for booking guests, his banking PIN, his salary and Blake Shelton.
"You were recently upset that Blake Shelton won People's sexiest man alive award," Fleischmann told Colbert. "I can't help but look at you and think there's no way in H-E-double-hockey-sticks you would beat Blake Shelton in a sexiest man alive contest."
The young Toronto woman has plenty of experience as an interviewer: she has her own YouTube web series called "Speechless with Carly Fleischmann," in which she has interviewed several celebrities including Channing Tatum and James Van Der Beek.
As host, Fleischmann types her questions into her computer, which then voices the text to her guests.
Since Fleischmann's parents discovered that technology could open a window into their daughter's mind, Fleischmann has revealed a sharp intellect and quick sense of humour. She's even co-authored a book with her dad, explaining firsthand the challenges of autism.
The 22-year-old ultimately hopes to have her own TV talk show, telling CTV she would love to interview Lady Gaga, Ellen DeGeneres and Brad Pitt.
"I think they all have interesting stories to tell and I would love to hear the challenges they've overcome in their lives," she said in an email interview.
She'd also like to interview the cast of "The Good Doctor," a TV show featuring a young doctor with autism as a central character.
The message Fleischmann wants to send is that every one of us has challenges in life, "but it's how we overcome it that makes us who we are," she said.
"I can't talk out of my mouth, but it's not stopping me from showing the world the words I have inside my body."
With files from CTV medical specialist Avis Favaro and producer Elizabeth St. Philip
That watch is spewing fake news! #LSSC pic.twitter.com/mAWB1Alv5D
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) January 13, 2018
Channing Tatum adds star power to Carly Fleischmann's non-verbal talk show
Teen with autism tells her story in new book
Carly Fleischmann in shown in this undated photo (Facebook/ Carly's Voice)
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Laolao Bay Watershed is unique part of CNMI's ecology, economy and culture. Located on the east side of Saipan, the bay hosts diverse coral that is sheltered year-round from wind and waves. As a result, it is one of the most utilized sites on Saipan for fishing, snorkeling, diving, and other forms of recreation and tourism. Each month, at least 4,000 people visit the bay (MVA), and the coral has been valued at over 10 million dollars per square kilometer. Considering the impressive economic, ecological, and cultural value of Laolao Bay, protecting the ecosystem from ridge to reef is a priority of the Coral Reef Initiative.
In addition to the social and economic importance of the bay, Laolao also has strong historical and cultural importance. The watershed is not only the earliest site of civilization in the Northern Mariana Islands. Excavations at Laolao recently uncovered evidence of the oldest known habitation in the entire Remote Oceania, radiocarbon dated at 1687-1531 BC (Carson and Hung, 2017). People have been living in the Laolao watershed for over 3,500 years! Archeological studies throughout the watershed have found several large village sites with petroglyphs and rock art, stone and shell artifacts, ceramic shards, and latte stones.
As a priority watershed, Laolao Bay has been the focus of extensive efforts to protect and preserve natural resources. A Conservation Action Plan (CAP) was completed in 2009 and updated in 2012. It acts as a guiding document to improve, protect, and enhance the many natural, cultural, social and economic resources within the watershed. The CAP serves to organize cooperative efforts between regional, federal, and local partners. It was used to leverage funding to design and support projects, including almost $3 million from the American Restoration and Recovery Act (ARRA) and EPA.
Revegetation of upper badlands: The initial planting effort covered 14 acres of bare soil with 2000+ saplings, and 5000+ ft. of Vetiver grass. Planting events remain ongoing.
Road paving and draining: 0.4 miles of the upper half of Laolao Bay Drive were paved in 2012 to reduce sedimentation. Concrete sediment basins collect over 3 cubic yards of sediment each year. Culverts and hardened stream crossings reduce erosion in stream beds.
Permeable Parking Lot: Exposed, highly erodible soil was replaced by permeable paving stones with grass that helps retain soil and filter runoff.
Social Marketing Campaign: The OurLaolao and Laolao Bay Pride Campaign were both conducted to educate visitors about cleaning up trash and to encourage landowners to protect their soils and the reef. Signs and recycling bins were installed at key locations.
Sea Turtle Conservation: Critical sea turtle habitat is evaluated, and education is increased through signage and enforcement. No driving on the beach!
DPW Cross Island Roadway Reconstruction Project: This on-going, multi-million dollar paving project crosses through the upper watershed, replacing old and unpaved areas with improved drainage and erosion control measures.
Water quality and coral reef health are regularly monitored in Laolao Bay. Data are used to track water quality, coral health, and to evaluate the effectiveness of restoration efforts. EPA/BECQ recently featured a success story about improvements in water quality in Laolao Bay, which can be found here.
The BECQ Water Quality Surveillance/Nonpoint Source branch monitors two beach sites and six reef flat sites for Enterococci, salinity, pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen and turbidity. Water quality is monitored every 8 weeks at beach sites and monthly at the reef flat sites.
Since the ARRA funded restoration projects in the upper watershed, monitoring shows a reduction in sedimentation (as measured by turbidity). Improvements are seen at all six reef flat sites and at both beach sites.
The BECQ Marine Monitoring Team collects data on parameters that indicate coral reef health: The ratio of reef-accreting benthos (coral, coralline algae) to non-accreting benthos (turf and macroalgae); Algal abundance; Food fish counts. (Link to Marine Monitoring Sites).


Make Games SA is the official game development community in South Africa and they have been running a monthly meetup for a few years now (in Johannesburg and Cape Town). It's a night Herman and I both look forward to, a night where we can catch up with friends in the industry and to see what games everyone has been working on.
Since coming to Chile we have been looking for a way to become more involved in the community, to meet more developers and make some waves in the local scene. We started chatting with Theodora Kapsali (Spark Game Engine) about organising a game development conference but decided against it after considering the magnitude of running such a big event. After a bit more thought, the idea of simply getting some game developers together for a braai (asado or barbeque depending on where you're from) seemed like a no brainer. This idea quickly turned into a monthly meetup, similar to what we do down in the tip of Africa. A few weeks later and with the help of Spark Game Engine, Cupcake Sweet Entertainment and Play4Prize; Game Dev Santiago had it's opening night.
About 70 people showed up, which was a little more than we expected for the first meetup. Coco Cola sponsored the venue and right front the beginning there was a great atmosphere. We did some introductions and community news, explained what the event was all about and then got onto some talks and game demos. Afterward there was pizza, networking and developers showing their games. A bunch of us also went for a bite to eat at a nearby restaurant.
We're now edging close to 150 people on the meetup page and we're expecting a bigger turn out this month. The community here is larger than we thought and it seems like people have been looking for something like this. We've had a great response from everyone that attended, full of suggestions and requests for future talks and events. This is exactly what we were hoping for and we are dam excited for where this can go. From now on, the first Wednesday night of every month in Santiago, is Game Dev night.


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The following charts seek to answer the following question: If these two (or more) teams finish with the same record, who wins the tiebreaker?
No possibility of future tie games.
If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker, not the two-team tiebreaker.
Strength of victory is the combined winning percentage (essentially, the number of wins) of the teams a team has beaten. It has nothing to do with point totals.
Eliminated from division: MIA, NYJ, CIN, HOU, IND, DEN.
The complete tiebreaker rules are here.
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BUF-JAX-LAC 10-6 JAX beats SEA, SF ?