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St christopher school
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St Christopher School A GSG School
Nearby houses
Letchworth Garden City
SG6 3JZ
Head: Richard Palmer
F 01462 481578
W www.stchris.co.uk
An independent school for boys and girls aged from 3 to 18.
Boarding: Yes
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Pupils: 552; sixth formers: 92 (61 boys, 31 girls)
Religion: Non-denominational
Fees: Day £10,890 - £18,075; Boarding £19,950 - £31,650 pa
Open days: September, May
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Bands and groups abound - some students we spoke to were delighted to go to a gig in a north London pub and see one of their school bands on stage. An impressive climbing wall up the whole of one side of a classroom block. But there are also trees in the grounds that are specifically 'climbing trees' - any child welcome to climb in break time if they think they can get up and down. Such a joy to see kids climbing trees in these health and safety conscious days. Not narrowly academically selective, yet clearly a school with an expectation that each child be hungry to learn and participate...
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All-through school (for example 3-18 years). - An all-through school covers junior and senior education. It may start at 3 or 4, or later, and continue through to 16 or 18. Some all-through schools set exams at 11 or 13 that pupils must pass to move on.
What The Good Schools Guide says
Since 2007, Richard Palmer (50s), who first went to St Christopher as a gap student and then went on to get a first in education at Nottingham. He taught science, drama and design technology at several schools, eventually becoming head of DT and housemaster at St John's College School, Cambridge before finding his way back to St Christopher. He became head of the junior school in 2004 and has been head of the whole school since 2007.
Previously chair, now on the committee of the Society of Heads, he is also a school inspector with the Independent Schools Inspectorate, giving him an opportunity to see other schools in action. His office is full of mechanical toys and old cameras - a man who loves design and technology still managing to teach it to all in year 7.
Described by parents as well respected, level headed, genuine and a little shy. He does not overwhelm with charisma or charm but is clearly confident in his decision making and that clear decisiveness feeds down to the school. He allows for things to be liberal without being in the least slack. He wants the school to 'remain distinctive' with a breadth of education and for 'pupils to be able to work and live with difference'. He has some freedom to do this since pupils do not do Sats and they follow the national curriculum only loosely. He wants to create more dynamic middle school years and allow topic work and individual work to continue in those years before exams set in. He is keen to find ways to bring drama and philosophy earlier on in the school. So far from a complacent head, but one with vision and goals.
Retiring in July 2020.
Academic matters
Not narrowly academically selective, yet clearly a school with an expectation that each child is hungry to learn and participate. Independent learning is encouraged throughout the school by teachers who are enthusiastic, energetic and creative.
Nursery has more space than usual with plenty of outside play areas - grassed, soft surfaced and a covered 'outside classroom' with lots of equipment clearly being well used for learning. Historically Montessori, so lots of practical learning, playing and making but now following the EYFS curriculum with clear evidence of more formal phonic learning and number work. Children seen in wellingtons in the garden as well as in wonderful fairy dressing up clothes. Reception children well prepared for reading and writing when they are ready and lots of trips to the junior school in preparation for year 1 transfer.
In the junior school, topic based learning and much creative planning seems to allow students to develop and research ideas, which allows for more independent learning than usually seen in a junior school. Topic learning across all subjects very much in evidence - stretching the topic to music and maths not just in humanities. Small classes - 20 is the average - with a teacher and teaching assistant in each airy classroom. Desks grouped - a sign of collaborative learning with lots of space for carpets, beanbags, making and creating. Early introduction to democracy with class rules and ethos very much child instigated. The junior library is extremely well and widely resourced - a joy in this technology based era - with pupils and parents encouraged to take books out at any time even if the enthusiastic dedicated junior school librarian not available. Interesting to see extension maths in this non-selective school, allowing for more challenging work. Learning support staff (two) in the junior school take pupils out of class but pupils also given in class support.
Five one hour lessons each day in the senior school so no rushing between lessons with bags full of books, and as a result much less tension all round. Extra impressive therefore that they manage to give such a breadth of subjects (though no Latin or RS). Spanish and French expected for all students, where appropriate. Language exchange trips considered a rite of passage and something to look forward to in year 10. Geography trips also popular as is the history war graves trip to Northern France. The trips get more exotic as the students move up the school - Rajasthan one of the most original we have seen. Creative English learning involving role play, drama, filming, and journalism work. Setting in maths from year 7 then more subject setting in year 9. Separate sciences from year 9.
Sciences and maths get particularly good GCSE results as do English, arts and crafts and DT. Parents and students appreciate being able to choose whatever combination of 18 GCSE subjects they want with no timetable limitations or restrictions. Subjects include film studies, additional science, PE and Spanish. At A level there are even more subjects to choose from with the arts and sciences getting particularly impressive results. Career evenings and seminars to help students from year 11 onwards with choices for further education. Extension classes for Oxbridge candidates and extended project qualification for those with particular interests. In 2018, 30 per cent A*-A/9-7 grades at GCSE and 31 per cent A*/A at A level, with 45 per cent A*-B grades.
Dedicated learning support staff in both junior and senior parts of the school take students out of classes for extra (paid for) lessons as well as supporting in class. Touch typing taught before school if desirable from year 5 onwards and we saw several students with laptops as well as having amanuensis (teaching assistant writing for them - particularly useful in exams). The school takes some 25 per cent pupils with special needs, though these places fill early with cognitively bright dyslexic pupils and a few with autism spectrum disorders or ADD. Pre-screening for children with special needs, so apply by November in order to make sure the school has enough provision in place for individual needs.
Games, options, the arts
St Chris is often chosen is for its wider curriculum offerings. Art, music and drama not considered soft options but very valued subjects. A very lively music department with practice rooms for individual instrument learning as well as much music creation in music technology suite. Bands and groups abound - some students we spoke to were delighted to go to a gig in a north London pub and see one of their school bands on stage. Plenty of opportunities to perform at weekly Morning Talks. More jazz and rock and small ensembles than classic orchestras, although these too exist. Junior school choir and some singing.
A large theatre building ideal for drama classes and huge annual musical productions. All the school involved in these extravaganzas, and if you don't like to be in the limelight, lots of opportunities backstage, in production and stage management.
This school is well known for its visual art department which is marvellously well resourced - sewing machines, pottery studio, printing room, woodwork, metalwork, fine art in very mixed media. A whole room dedicated to displays of their work - and one rather wonderfully designed piece of woodwork even ended up in a shop window to display shoes.
The forest school site is generous and gloriously muddy and wooded and well used.
Despite the non-competitive ethos, successful sports teams despite that definitely punch above their weight for such a small school. Everyone is involved and the theory is that this brings up the weaker sportspeople - evidently it works. Matches against local teams and county games. Netball, rugby, football, tennis, volleyball etc. Swimming pool used from early years up - for swimming lessons and fun swim club as well as squad training. It is also an opportunity for older students to obtain a lifeguard certificate so they can work at school or outside in the holidays. Heaven to find a pool with a very civilised and warm temperature of 28 degrees. More sports in lunchtime clubs and after school - rambling, cross-country, cycling, jogging, dance, canoeing, trampolining, athletics and fitness training. Their spacious green fields much in use when we visited for an inter-school football competition with five games going on at a time.
An impressive climbing wall up the whole of one side of a classroom block. But there are also trees in the grounds that are specifically 'climbing trees' - any child welcome to climb in break time if they think they can get up and down. Such a joy to see kids climbing trees in these health and safety conscious days. Plenty of fruit trees and others growing in the extensive grounds. The apple trees are picked and juiced in October by the students who get a bottle to take home. Other growing areas including a wormery from which compost is made and sold locally or used here. Nothing wasted from vegetarian school lunches. A garden shed designed and built by students made from recycled plastic bottles and bamboo sticks provides a good greenhouse for seeds and plants before planting out. And the role of food is not only evident in the growing and composting, but of course in the cookery suite. The Vege Centre is a serious part of the school curriculum where students are taught to make meals not just bake scones. The enthusiasm for all these extracurricular activities was brought home, according to one mother whose son came home eager to show off his cooking skills one day and another time wanting to make a board game.
Once a week there is an enrichment programme allowing students to choose an activity to explore - film making, jewellery, yoga, tai chi, philosophy, dependent on the interests and skills of current staff, supplemented where necessary by external tutors. These are across the age groups so give an opportunity for different years to get to know each other and perhaps explains the familial atmosphere.
Boarders
Extremely flexible boarding available from year 7 upwards. Where there is space and availability, pupils can choose between 'day boarding' between 7.30am-7.30pm which includes breakfast, supper and supervised homework, flexi boarding just for the odd night, weekly boarding from Sunday evening to Friday afternoon or full boarding. Inevitably more full boarders as the students move up the school, especially international students. Three boarding areas according to the age of the student, with some 20 year 13 pupils in a separate house on the school grounds, year 11 and 12 students in a very modern and light extension, and younger years in cosy traditional rooms in the heart of the school. Many of the rooms are single ones - privacy being part of the respectful ethos of the school.
Kind houseparents and gap students involved in weekend activities, and each teacher also responsible for one Saturday activity a year. Weekly evening activities available include movie night, cookery, games nights. Weekend activities almost always involve a trip away from school. Cooking facilities for snacks available to students, though older students have a good kitchen and cook for a weekly supper club. Meat meals are available for boarders after the vegetarian only daytime school canteen. Despite separate boarding areas, it felt very family-like, with older students and younger all hanging out together. We liked the rule that phones were taken away and charged overnight and only returned in the morning once beds were made (something to start in all homes, perhaps?).
Background and atmosphere
Founded during the First World War, this school aims to treat children as individuals, to be non-judgemental and to encourage independence. The Quaker origins of one of the first heads are reflected in Morning Talk three times a week that always involves a period of silence. This opportunity for silence was also seen when we visited: in the middle of a lively lunch, one student rang a bell, the hall fell silent for a moment, and the pupil thanked the hall and the day continued. The right to ring the bell is clearly a privilege allowing for a moment of calm.
Large grounds and airy classrooms with plenty of space also add to the atmosphere of calm. Set in a quiet road in Letchworth, and based around an arts and crafts building with wood panelled rooms, several newer buildings and extensions: a slightly ramshackle group of buildings, with plenty of opportunity to walk outside between classes. Immaculate grounds and planting and freshly painted and very clean rooms despite the fact that many of the buildings are old. The school exudes clean orderliness, which is surprising in view of the reputation it has for being liberal. Students wear their own clothes, call teachers by their first names, are all doing projects and exploring ideas, and there are no bells between lessons, little noise and a great sense of purpose. Teachers appear passionate and engaged, as do pupils. The friendly and efficient catering staff, ground staff and administrators all spoke of loving their jobs. One doesn't sense hierarchy here at any level. Parents said that they appreciate that the school concentrates on things other than uniform and it was one less thing to pay for and worry about. A parent said the school 'has fantastic facilities, is not selective and is all inclusive. What's not to like?'
Pastoral care, well-being and discipline
You wouldn't choose this school if you wanted a safe route or wanted to impose on your child, said one parent, but it really works if you trust your child to make their own choices and the school to nurture and empower them. Parents described it as 'non-pushy and non-selective but allows the child to pursue what they most want to do'. The pupils do choose - their subjects, the direction they want to take and how they work best. Classrooms were busy with students carrying out their own projects and working at their own pace. This is possible because the teachers work hard and there is so much mutual respect. First name terms with teachers - we saw pupils open doors for teachers and teachers waiting for pupils in the lunch queue. No pushing and shoving. Older pupils making allowances for younger pupils and sitting together at lunch. More like a family rather than exclusive year groups.
Dedicated head of pastoral care who liaises with heads of year, who in turn meet with advisors or tutors. The fact that students meet their advisors every day means that issues are fed back quickly up the school, and students and parents feel that they always have someone to speak to. Parents we talked to all knew exactly who they could speak to or email with questions or complaints or concerns.
Self-government (a way of introducing democracy and ensuring students are totally engaged in the school) is an important feature of St Chris according to students we met. Anyone can attend the school council, at which student representatives can vote. Any proposals that get passed by the school council go up to a meeting of the entire senior school where each student can vote. Resolutions passed by the school are enacted unless vetoed by the head (which almost never happens). Pupils we met loved the fact that even the youngest child in the senior school could make large things happen - like the building of the cookery Vege Centre.
Pupils and parents
Quite a large proportion commute from north London thanks to trains from Finsbury Park and school buses. Also some from Cambridge, and more who are either local or move to be near the school. A growing number of international students, especially higher up the school, who tend to be boarders. This is not a narrowly academically selective school and students and parents really reflect this - some making sacrifices to have their children at St Chris, some second generation St Chris families, some bursary students, some with quite significant special needs, some with multiple strengths and huge academic ability. Ideal for a family with several children of mixed interests and abilities - how rare to find a school to suit both the artistic child and the mathematician, the reader and the doer, and to value them all equally. Parents said they are 'encouraged to be involved' and 'can pop in at any time to ask questions'.
The school has wonderfully popular open days (the head thinks the free lunch helps keep everyone cheerful for the day) and many parents visit several times to get a feel of the school. Applications are followed up with an interview - both of parents and, separately, the child - to make sure that expectations match. All applicants over year 4 are given cognitive ability assessment which is age related. They aim to accept 25 per cent with special needs if the school can match child's needs to school resources. Since all applicants are interviewed, the school looks for a match of school's ability to match the child's needs. Mild dyslexia well supported with extra individual lessons, high functioning verbal pupils with autism spectrum disorder seem to do well, and especially good for anxious children. The head says that 'some children need to be here', and they may well be given a place even if they don't meet the requirement that 'all prospective students need to show cognitive ability of at least 100 standardised score'. Oversubscribed senior school, and years 5 and 6 generally full too. Children with individual needs must apply by early November for the following year.
All early years move onto junior school, and almost all move from junior to senior school. Quite a bit of movement at 16 (50 per cent in 2018) as London students get weary of the commute and move to sixth form colleges in the big smoke, and some are just ready for a change or move to technical colleges.
As for higher education, interesting split between the large number who go on to do art (around a quarter) and those who do engineering, science and maths. The art teacher was very proud to show that every single child who applied to art college was offered a place (including Parsons in New York, Bournemouth College, London University of the Arts). Some applying for foundation art courses were offered the degree course directly since they were so well prepared by St Chris. A good range of universities - including Russell Group. A special extension group prepares sixth formers for entry into the most demanding courses.
This school is built on solid foundations with good transparent governance provisions in place. Financially stable and well supported. The facilities show recent and regular investment and maintenance. Despite having to pay for extras like music lessons and individual learning support lessons, parents say that the school does its level best to keep costs to parents down as much as possible. There are some 100 per cent bursaries and small allowances (10 per cent fee remission) for art and academic scholarships for pupils at years 7, 9 and 12.
Calm and orderly, busy without feeling hectic. Palpable sense of mutual respect between pupils and teachers, between pupils and other pupils and a sense of confident self-respect in the pupils themselves. Passionate, quietly self-confident and articulate students suggested that this was because everyone felt empowered thanks to their role in the school council and self governance. The ethos of respect included the school buildings - extremely well cared for with interesting wall displays, spotless toilets and no sign of writing on desks or chewing gum under desks. The pupils are given a voice at this school so there is no need for graffiti.
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Our strengths lie in supporting pupils with dyslexia and dyspraxia, though not severe. Occasionally we incorporate successfully a few pupils with Asperger's Syndrome.
Provision for in school
ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder Y
Aspergers Y
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorders Y
CReSTeD registered for Dyslexia
Dysgraphia
Dyslexia Y
Dyspraxia Y
Has an entry in the Autism Services Directory
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HI - Hearing Impairment
MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment
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PD - Physical Disability
PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication
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Special facilities for Visually Impaired
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940 F. 2d 392 - United States v. Salinas
940 F2d 392 United States v. Salinas
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
Inez Ramon SALINAS, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 4, 1991.*
Memorandum Filed May 24, 1991.
Opinion Aug. 5, 1991.
Jose H. Robles, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Tucson, Ariz., for defendant-appellant.
Milan D. Tesanovich, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Before WRIGHT, GOODWIN and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges.
The memorandum disposition filed May 24, 1991, is redesignated as an authored opinion by Judge Goodwin.
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Inez Ramon Salinas appeals his conviction following entry of a conditional guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to distribute 104 pounds of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. Secs. 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(D). Salinas contends that the district court erred by denying his motion to suppress evidence because the officer who stopped his vehicle lacked founded suspicion of criminal conduct. We agree and reverse.
The Border Patrol officer relied upon six observations to create a founded suspicion. All six are equally consistent with noncriminal activity, such as driving to work in the morning. (1) Salinas was driving a 1974 Pontiac with a large luggage compartment; (2) the car appeared to be heavily loaded; (3) the officer saw fresh handprints in the dust on the trunk; (4) Salinas appeared to be a Mexican; (5) the car was registered in Bisbee, and (6) Salinas glanced at the officer as he drove past the Border Patrol car.
On December 6, 1988, Border Patrol Agent Daniel Moreno was parked observing traffic on State Highway 80, a two-lane paved road running north from Mexico connecting Douglas, Bisbee, Benson and Willcox with Tucson. Near Benson, Arizona, about 70 miles from the border, he was watching fairly heavy morning commuter traffic. Moreno observed a white Pontiac automobile driven by Salinas travelling at normal speed northbound at 8:35 a.m. Moreno noticed that the vehicle was an older model with a large trunk and passenger area which, in his experience, was of a type commonly used for drug and alien smuggling. He also noticed that the vehicle appeared loaded down in the rear and that the driver was of Spanish or Mexican origin. As the vehicle passed Agent Moreno, the driver glanced at him, prompting Agent Moreno to follow the vehicle.
Agent Moreno followed the vehicle for about four or five miles, during which time he noticed that there was dust on the vehicle's trunk with fresh handprints visible on it. While being followed, the vehicle did not speed up or make any unusual movements. A registration check revealed that the vehicle was from Bisbee, Arizona, near the town of Naco which the agent knew to have a high concentration of drug and alien smuggling. Upon receiving the results of the registration check, and based upon his observations to that point, Agent Moreno stopped the vehicle. As he walked towards the vehicle, Agent Moreno noticed two large bags in the back seat. When asked to open the bags, Salinas got out of his vehicle, opened the back door and opened the bags, revealing 104 pounds of marijuana.
Salinas moved to suppress the marijuana on the ground that the facts articulated by the officer, if sufficient to justify this stop, would also justify the arrest of every Mexican male driving to work in an old Pontiac on State Route 80 if his car was dusty, carrying packages, and was registered in Bisbee.
The fourth amendment forbids stopping a vehicle even for the limited purpose of questioning its occupants unless police officers have a founded suspicion of criminal conduct. United States v. Ramirez-Sandoval, 872 F.2d 1392, 1395 (9th Cir.1989). "Founded suspicion must exist at the time the officer initiates the stop." United States v. Thomas, 863 F.2d 622, 625 (9th Cir.1988). In evaluating whether founded suspicion exists, the totality of the circumstances should be considered. United States v. Sokolow, 490 U.S. 1, 8, 109 S.Ct. 1581, 1586, 104 L.Ed.2d 1 (1989); United States v. Hernandez-Alvarado, 891 F.2d 1414, 1416 (9th Cir.1989).
Founded suspicion exists when an officer is aware of specific articulable facts, that, together with rational inferences drawn from them, reasonably warrant a suspicion that the person to be detained has committed or is about to commit a crime. United States v. Cortez, 449 U.S. 411, 416-18, 101 S.Ct. 690, 694-95, 66 L.Ed.2d 621 (1981); United States v. Robert L., 874 F.2d 701, 703 (9th Cir.1989) (no founded suspicion where driver quickly glanced at officers and did not break any traffic laws, and vehicle had large trunk which did not appear heavily loaded). "Permissible deductions or rational inferences must be grounded in objective facts and be capable of rational explanation." Hernandez-Alvarado, 891 F.2d at 1416. "The facts are to be interpreted in light of a trained officer's experience." Id. at 1416 (nervous demeanor of driver and passengers, reduction in speed of vehicle, presence of two-way antenna on trunk, driver's residence in neighborhood under investigation for drug activity, and size of vehicle trunk were together insufficient to establish founded suspicion); Nicacio v. United States INS, 797 F.2d 700, 705 (9th Cir.1985).
It is a well known fact, of which we can take judicial notice, that Mexican males, driving old model General Motors sedans, blend into the morning commuter traffic to transport tons of Mexican marijuana from ports of entry in small towns along the Arizona-Sonora border. It is also well known that many thousands more Mexican males drive old model General Motors cars to work every morning. This phenomenon might justify the installation of a checkpoint where all cars could be inspected, or subjected to canine sniffing, but it does not justify the random stopping of "suspicious" looking cars because the officer knows that a substantial number of them will, indeed, be carrying contraband.
Thousands of United States citizens of Mexican ancestry drive old cars on perfectly legitimate errands, with 100 pounds of potatoes or carpenter tools or other commodities weighing down the rear springs. A driver who glances at a border patrol car does not thereby become a suspicious character.
The panel finds this case appropriate for submission without oral argument pursuant to Ninth Circuit Rule 34-4 and Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)

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In this interview, we discuss the broad topic of diversity, contrast this with concepts of 'difference', and ask what on Steven Vertovec might mean by the concept of 'super-diversity' (2007). We then ask why scholars might be interested in situations of 'religious diversity', how they might avoid becoming mere puppets of the state, how this differs from 'multiculuralism', and how we might go about doing such research. Using examples from case studies in the Birmingham districts of Highgate and Handsworth, Stringer argues that scholars need to pay attention to the particularities of the localities in question, and that we need to rehink just how we disseminate the results of our research for public usage.
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Stringer, Martin D. 2013a. Discourses of Religious Diversity: Explorations in an Urban Ecology. Farnham: Ashgate.
———. 2013b. "The Sounds of Silence: Searching for the Religious in Everyday Discourse." In Social Identities between the Sacred and the Secular, edited by Abby Day, Giselle Vincett, and Christopher R. Cotter, 161–71. Farnham: Ashgate.
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1on1 is a Technical.ly editorial series in which two technologists interview each other.
Digital nomads — those who choose to work remotely while traveling, thanks to careers that require just a laptop and strong Wi-Fi connection — are growing in ranks: In 2018, 4.8 million Americans chose to give up a home address in favor of roaming.
The proliferation of Slack, email, Uberconference, Zoom and other tech tools, of course, allows remote teams to communicate easily. But it's also the result of a mindset shift that in the 21st century, work looks fundamentally different than it once did, and a 9-to-5, office-based job isn't seen as the only version of professional success. (At the same time, something like 43% of American workers are remote at least part of the time — and the amount of folks who work remotely as many as five days per week grew by 7% from 2012 to 2016.)
Ashley Bernard and Alex Lash attended the same women-in-tech conferences and knew some of the same technologists at home in Philadelphia, but they also share the experience — past and present, respectively — of digital nomadism, both moving from Philly to the Iberian Peninsula to live and work for an extended period of time.
Bernard, a digital marketing consultant who builds content for communities, spent three months in the fall of 2018 in Lisbon after visiting during a previous vacation and falling in love with the Portuguese city. She quit her job at a local digital agency and began taking on freelance clients in the months before moving, and retained one main client during her time there. The University of Pennsylvania grad moved back to Philly last December.
Lash, a UX designer with geospatial software B Corp Azavea, was preparing in September to embark on an open-ended trip starting in Madrid for two months and then weaving through the Schengen region, a spread of 26 European states that allow travelers to remain in any given country for up to 90 days without a visa. She picked this area because of its allowance for travel with Turtle, her cat. The Tyler School of Art grad will continue to work for Azavea while abroad.
When they met at Technical.ly HQ in Philadelphia on Monday, Sept. 30, to interview each other about their respective trips, Bernard was about a year out from her time in Lisbon, and Lash was just a few weeks from embarking on her own international travel. (She left at the end of October.) Accordingly, they discussed how they each prepared, how they kept up with work (or planned to) despite the five- or six-hour time difference, and how to find community when everyone is a stranger.
We pulled out some of their best experiences and advice from their conversation. Below is a condensed and lightly edited transcript of their conversation.
Early plans
Technical.ly: How did you decide where to go when you started planning your trip?
Alex Lash: I've always been interested in travel and I have been fortunate to travel. I think I've always been interested in getting to see lots of different places, and ideally getting to live in [those] places for a semi-significant amount of time.
I'm going to be starting out in Spain and will live in Madrid for about two months. And then I'm going to go to Belgium for one month and then take a boat over to the U.K. to exit the Schengen region. A lot of the reason for that particular route is because I'm traveling with my cat — that's been very interesting trying to plan around. He has had a huge voice [in where I go] by his very existence.
That at least sets me up for probably three to six months, and I have three months totally planned out. After that, I'm planning on being on the road for about a year or two years. And then I'm just going to see what happens.
Ashley Bernard: Thinking back to my nomad journey, I left for my trip a year ago and had planned it for about three months because of the 90-day visa [policy of the Schengen region]. I had quit my job maybe six months prior and started taking on freelance clients maybe four months before I left.
I knew that I wanted to go back to Portugal because I had been the year prior, on a vacation, and absolutely fell in love with Lisbon. I left for Lisbon on October 1 [2018]. I bought my one-way plane ticket on August 31. I wanted a soft landing, so I booked in the same hostel I had stayed at the first time I went, for four nights, and was just like, "All right, that's enough. I'll figure it out when I get there."
Ashley Bernard in Lisbon, 2018. (Courtesy photo)
Alex Lash: I think I'm more of a seat-of-my-pants type of planner as well, typically. And so the complication for me, of course, was the cat. And I knew it would be hard. I wasn't quite as prepared for how difficult it would be to actually plan around him. That has ended up being actually a really nice guide for what I can do, because I don't want him to be in long plane rides all the time, so I can't really be hopping place to [faraway] place.
I'm going to continue working with Azavea. They've been really great about the whole thing and are totally on board and really supportive. When I first went to Azavea [about the idea of traveling while working remotely], I was like, "So yeah, I want to move. I truly don't know where. I was hoping that maybe you might have some parameters around what's OK." At that time it was about five months out. [The parameters ended up being to] just try not to go somewhere there's a 14-hour time differential.
Logistical preparation
Technical.ly: Once you had your loose plans in mind, what did you do to put them in place, logistically?
Alex Lash: I bought my tickets maybe two months ago, and got them on Google Flights. I was [searching for] a lot of the one-way, non-stop flights, and they give you a lot of options for seeing where you can go from different places. Ended up finding a flight to Spain that was really inexpensive and I figured, I always wanted to learn Spanish, so it seemed like a good opportunity to pick it up.
From there it was many road blocks to figure out: "OK, so we have to live in the Schengen region. The U.K. makes it really hard to bring an animal in, so how can I get around this and do it, obviously, legally?" There's two boats I can take. One's out of the Netherlands, I think, and then another one is out of Belgium.
I have a few spreadsheets. I have this long-running to-do list that I've been checking things off — going to the doctor and getting my checkup; applying for Global Entry, which could be useful for coming back [to the U.S.]. I'm using a different bank than I have been, and then I got a new credit card as well that doesn't charge [ATM fees].
I've also been trolling digital nomad message boards and Facebook groups. That's been hugely helpful.
Another thing that I really don't want to do is fly too much because of environmental concerns. Obviously, if you're not staying in one place, no matter what, there is going to kind of an environmental impact. But at the very least, I'd wanted to try to minimize it as much as possible and do trains when I can. I think the cat thing made that a little problematic. But from these three months out I'm going to try much harder to keep it to a minimum.
Alex Lash's cat, Turtle. (Courtesy photo)
Technical.ly: Ashley, what did your work routine look like abroad, and Alex, how do you plan to adjust your work routine to match your company's?
Ashley Bernard: One of the things that I wanted and really got from this experience is that my ideal form of travel, especially after this experience, is solo — but also, more importantly, living in a space, and not just feeling like I'm a tourist. So it was important for me to be able to still work while I was doing this.
I was really lucky: I was working with a super flexible client. They were super supportive of me going remote. What I did was for certain days when I knew I had a check-in call with them, I would shift my working hours [to accommodate their time zone].
For the most part I really enjoyed working five hours ahead. I sometimes would wake up and think, "Hmm, I think I'll go for a nice stroll. Or, I'll go to the old part of town and get, like, a little egg tart. Or, there's an exhibit I want to see. I'm going to go do that and then I'll come back and do work." It gave me a lot more flexibility.
Lisbon's digital nomad community is huge. They actually have a happy hour every Thursday night. It's one of the things I miss about living in a city where there were so many different people doing different things. I made some really great friends who were also kind of doing their own thing, working for themselves. And also through the nomad community, they would have coworking days at different coworking spots. I feel like every third storefront in Lisbon is a coworking spot now. So there would be open coworking days, and there was one group that was specifically digital marketers. That was really cool.
For those days I would work the normal hours in Lisbon, and then for days when I had my calls, I would either work normal daytime hours for me or I would shift things back, or just work the day and then take a couple hours off and then have that call and then be done.
Alex Lash: I hadn't really worked remotely before, and [Azavea] wanted to see how it work with my team specifically, whether it was something I would long term want to keep doing. So we did a one-month trial. I was just not in the office for a month, not attending events, starting to establish some new team norms in preparation for when I left.
[Because Madrid is six hours ahead,] we've decided, at least at the outset, that I'm going to split my work days, so I'm going to have four hours in the morning where I'm just doing my own thing, and then in the evening I'm going to sign back on. So [my hours will be] 7 a.m. to 12, siesta, 4 to 8 p.m. in Spain.
[Azavea has] definitely had quite a few employees work remotely: We have somebody who's been in Arizona for years, and at least a few folks have more recently started working remotely, one moved to Pittsburgh. It's been nice knowing that they've done this before, so I'm not totally out in the wilderness with how is this going to work.
Finding community
Alex Lash: It sounds like you were meeting up with a lot of folks in nomad communities. What was making friends like in a totally different country?
Ashley Bernard: [At my hostel,] the first person I had a conversation with is this young Irish man named Jack. He's like, "Where are you from?" and I'm like, "Philly." And he says, "Whoa! I stayed in Philly last summer. I lived in West Philly." He spent the summer at 50th and Baltimore. So we were bonding over these things and I'm like, "This feels so right that the first person I meet, my first new friend, is someone who spent the summer before literally three blocks away from [my apartment], because the world is tiny and beautiful and perfect."
That really set the stage for making friends from that point on. I met a lot of people through the hostel I stayed at. From the jump I really put myself out there in a way that wasn't too exhausting. One of my friends I met there, Shannon — I went on a walking tour and met this person. We hit it off. Walked around the city after the tour and then wound up going to some beautiful World Heritage Sites a couple days later.
The Facebook groups are key. One of my best friends in Lisbon I met because I didn't realize [it was] a bank holiday. So I went on the Lisbon nomad Facebook group and I'm like, "Hey! So it's apparently a holiday and everything's closed! Anyone want to hang out? Maybe work with me? Maybe just go, you know, drink some wine and stuff like that?" Maybe someone will respond. Maybe not. And people did respond!
Take advantage of living in cities where the bars are open past two. Take a nap, have a long dinner, you can chill, and then you can rally and go out. It really is a thing of making yourself available and being open. Also, do a lot of the same things you would do at home — the things that you enjoy. If you're into art exhibits, go to an art exhibit. If you want someone to go with, drop it in the nomad group for the city.
It's like the first few weeks of school when everyone is open to friendship, [but] long term. At least, that's what my experience was like.
It was magical. And I'm so excited for you.
Alex Lash:
Formerly D.C.-based web developer Jessica Bell's advice on working remotely
Google Flights and Google Sheets for planning
Letterer Katherine Conaway's book, "The Digital Nomad Survival Guide"
Facebook groups for digital nomads:
Female Digital Nomads
Nomad & Spice
Lisbon Digital Nomads
How to be a (better) human in tech
3 ways Baltimore Womxn in Tech are driving their careers forward
5 takeaways on building a business, from sports analogies to going global
JHU's Dr. Natalia Trayanova is being inducted into the Women in Tech International Hall of Fame
Looking to connect with women in tech? Here are 9 meetup groups in Baltimore
A Girls Who Code club is teaching tech skills in Baltimore's Upton neighborhood


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Mother forced to end daughter's claim after legal aid cut
AuthorJudith Thomas-Whittingham
Karen Burk was recently given no choice but to bring an end to her long battle to achieve compensation for her 13 year old daughter, who suffers from spina bifida and hydrocephalus.
Together with another 140 families, she was taking court action to try to show a connection between their children's medical problems and the epilepsy medication that they had taken during their pregnancy.
It had taken six years to prepare for the trial in the High Court and with only three weeks to go before it was due to begin, the Legal Services Commission withdrew the group's funding for the claim.
Ms Burk intends to appeal this decision, however if she is unsuccessful, the families in the group action could be liable for approximately £4 million in legal costs to Sanofi-Aventis. The drug company has commented, however, that it will not recover its costs if the families agree not to continue the action.
Ms Burk commented, "It's very frustrating for all people who are told they cannot get legal aid. It shouldn't be withdrawn from anybody – it's there because we need to use it and it's our right to use it."
Along with many others, she is now supporting the Law Society's campaign, Sound Off For Justice. It's aim, as stated on the campaign's website, is to pressurise the Government in to reconsidering the proposed legal aid cuts that will deny a significant amount of people access to legal representation. The campaign website can be found at Sound Off For Justice. As a firm, we at Stephensons are also supporting this campaign.
If you believe you or your child has received treatment which is below a reasonable standard and you think you may be entitled to compensation, we have a dedicated team of clinical negligence solicitors who would be happy to help you. Call us now for free initial advice on 0844 245 6602.
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US mailers urge swift postal reforms from US Senate
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The US mailing industry is urging lawmakers to pass postal reforms as quickly as possible, with fears that disruption to US Mail could come as early as mid-summer because of USPS financial problems. Hopes are that the US Senate might consider its bipartisan 21st Century Postal Service Act, S.1789, later this month.
The bill led by Senators Joe Lieberman, Tom Carper, Susan Collins and Scott Brown moved out of committee last November, and was scored last month by Congressional officials, who said the measures would add $6.3bn to the federal deficit over a 10-year period.
America's postal unions are lobbying hard to oppose the bill, with the National Association of Letter Carriers claiming responsibility for delaying Senate consideration of the bill from this week's floor schedule.
But US mailing industry lobby group Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service said today that the bill contains "critical reforms" for USPS, including plans to return overpayments made into the Federal Employees Retirement System, which are now said to total at last $11bn and perhaps as much as $14bn.
The returned funds would be used partly as incentive money to allow USPS to cut as many as 100,000 staff from its workforce.
The Senate bill would also restructure USPS prefunding for future retiree health benefits, saving USPS around $5.5bn a year, allow greater freedom for USPS to offer non-postal products, powers to discontinue doorstep delivery and after a two-year moratorium eliminate Saturday deliveries.
Art Sackler, the lobby group's co-ordinator, said: "There is no time to waste. Eight million private sector jobs hinge on the future of the Postal Service, and the economy as a whole continues to rely to a great deal on paper communications and package delivery, so it's critical that Congress enact postal reform immediately.
"This bipartisan legislation introduces some long-needed reforms that would help the Postal Service regain financial stability," added Sackler.
Last month's assessment by the Congressional Budget Office suggested that S.1789 would bring about changes in spending that would bring $25.6bn in savings for USPS cash flow up to 2022, but $31.9bn in extra costs for its pension and healthcare funds, with the result of a net cost of $6.3bn over the 10-year period.
The CBO's report offered a 50% probability that US regulators would judge the conditions right for USPS to eliminate Saturday deliveries after the two-year moratorium.
In December, the CBO assessed the postal reform bill currently on its way to the floor of the House of Representatives as achieving savings of $26.2bn and costs of $7.7bn, resulting in a net savings of $18.5bn over the 10-year period.
The National Association of Letter Carriers describes the Senate bill as a "job-killer", causing "irreparable harm to our nation's Postal Service". The American Postal Workers Union is also calling on its members to continue pressure against the bill, describing it as "unacceptable" in its current form.
The APWU said this week that the bill contains short-term relief for USPS, but "also would inflict long-term damage to the nation's mail system".
The union's president, Cliff Guffey, said: "The bill would force the Postal Service to close hundreds of mail processing centres, shut thousands of post offices and cause massive delays in mail delivery."
Even without the Senate bill, USPS is currently planning on closing as many as 252 of its 460 mail plants and up to 3,653 post offices. But Guffey added that the Senate bill does not provide enough financial relief for USPS, and would therefore "weaken the Postal Service, kill jobs, and drive customers away."
Expectations are that many amendments will be offered to the Senate bill. The APWU said it was pushing for amendments to include new "strict" service standards for USPS, extra powers to the Postal Regulatory Commission to block post office closures and protection for six-day delivery weeks.
"We must not allow this bill to destroy service to the American people," said Guffey.
Although S.1789 was not considered by the Senate this week, on Tuesday Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders did speak about the troubles at the Postal Service in the Senate, stating that the issue had not got the "kind of attention it deserves here in Washington or even among the general public".
Sanders said he believed the Senate bill would be scheduled for floor consideration next week, and that he was working with colleagues on amendments.
The Vermont Senator, who also spoke at a meeting of the National League of Postmasters this week, is opposing closure of rural post offices and mail processing plants. In the Senate, Sanders said closing half the mail processing network would "significantly" slow the mail, calling for protection of the one-to-three-day First Class Mail service standard.
He said: "If the Post Office is trying to compete against the instantaneous communications of email, what does it mean that you are slowing down significantly mail service? Many of us believe this is the beginning of a death spiral for the Post Office."
Nevertheless, Sanders said the Postal Service had to change from its current status quo, with a new more flexible business model that is "much more aggressive, much more entrepreneurial", and gets USPS involved in the digital arena.
He suggested setting up a commission of entrepreneurs from the private sector to advise USPS on new revenue possibilities, and called for reform to the "onerous" USPS healthcare prefunding requirements.
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thomas conway	on Feb 4, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Some detrimental parts of this bill were omitted.
Ending Saturday delivery.
Cluster boxes at the end of every street.
The end of door to door delivery.
keeping these items are just as important if not more so for the longevity of the Service.
PLEASE VOTE THIS BILL DOWN !!!!


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Bali, the famous Island of the Gods, this is one of the world's most popular island termini and one which progressively wins travel awards. With its varied landscape of hills and mountains, rocky coastlines and sandy beaches, luxurious rice terraces and barren volcanic hillsides all providing an attractive background to it's colorful, deeply mystical and unique culture, risks a serious claim to be heaven on earth. It is known for its woody volcanic mountains, iconic rice paddies, beaches, and coral reefs. The island is home to religious sites such as Cliffside Uluwatu Temple. Bali is a popular tourist terminus, which has seen a significant rise in tourists since the 1980s. Tourism-related business makes up 80% of its economy. It is famous for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, statue, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. 'Paradise on Earth' and the 'Island of the Gods' are just not simply the names given to Bali, these names personify the beauty of Bali. Bali never ceases to charm with its diverse natural treasures. A trip to Bali can be filled with culture, nature, art, the mystical or, even better, all of these. Bali received the Best Island award from Travel and Freedom in 2010. Bali won because of its good-looking surroundings (both mountain and coastal areas), diverse tourist attractions, outstanding international and local cafeterias, and the friendliness of the local people. According to BBC Travel released in 2011, Bali is one of the World's Best Islands. The Island of the Gods offers great beaches, countless waves for surfing and pleasant natural sites to visit and explore colorful rituals, and gifted artists. There is an unbelievably wide range of hotels and lodging, cafeterias, spas, and world-class activities and shopping - all within close distance and at very fair prices. Bali is well-known for its colorful sunsets which arrive on signal at around 6 pm every day of the year. Apart from the wealth of Bali magnetism, from the spectacular beaches of Kuta, Nusa Dua and Seminyak, or Ubud's cultural heart and attractive adjoining rice fields, the northeastern coastal towns, and Lombok Island are hidden gems till discovery.
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Panthers preview: Oct. 29 vs. Atlanta Falcons
Game: Atlanta Falcons (1-6) at Carolina Panthers (3-4), 8:20 p.m.
TV: FOX (Joe Buck play-by-play, Troy Aikman color analyst, Erin Andrews and Kristina Pink sideline reporters)
RADIO: WBT-AM 1110/WBT-FM 99.3 in Charlotte is flagship station (Mick Mixon play-by-play, Kurt Coleman and Jim Szoke color analysts, Kristen Balboni sideline reporter)
THE SERIES: Atlanta leads series 32-19 but the Panthers 23-16 win in Atlanta on Oct. 11 ended five-game Falcons' winning streak.
RANKINGS AMONG NFL (Through week 7): Carolina offense – 16th overall, tie-20th rushing, 11th passing. Carolina defense – 13th overall, 18th rushing, 10th passing. Atlanta offense – 6th overall, tie-20th rushing, 3rd passing. Atlanta defense – 31st overall, 6th rushing, 31st passing.
BY THE NUMBERS: 3 – Number of seasonal sweeps by Carolina of Atlanta. They came in 1997, 2005 and 2013 and Panthers can complete a fourth seasonal sweep with a win in this game.
NOTABLE: A big question entering the game will be the availability of Panthers' running back Christian McCaffrey. McCaffrey injured his right ankle during the second game of the season and has been on injured reserve ever since. First-year Carolina head coach Matt Rhule said on Monday that McCaffrey could return to action this week and the team designated him for return from the injured list on Tuesday….
After yielding 12 of 14 conversions on third down last in last week's 27-24 loss at New Orleans, the Panthers' third down defense is yielding a 56.3 percent overall third down conversion rate. It's ranked 31st in the 32-team NFL. Carolina has struggled mightly on third-and-medium (4 to 6 yards) situations by yielding a 75.0 percentage rate….
Carolina has a 2-7 record on NFL Network Thursday Night games. The only Panthers' wins came in 2013 at Tampa Bay (31-13) and in 2016 at home against New Orleans (23-20)….
Atlanta is under the direction of interim coach Raheem Morris, who replaced Dan Quinn after the the Falcons' home loss to Carolina….
Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater's 61.0 winning percentage as a starting quarterback ranks ninth among active NFL quarterbacks with 20 or more starts; He trails Lamar Jackson 85.7 percent (24-4 record), Patrick Mahomes 78.9 (30-8), Jimmy Garoppolo 77.4 (24-7), Tom Brady 77.2 (224-66), Russell Wilson 68.3 (91-42), Ben Roethlisberger 67.8 (150-71), Aaron Rodgers 65.8 (118-61) and Jared Goff 61.7 (37-23)….
Three Falcons have Carolinas connections – Running back Todd Gurley is from Tarboro and led that school to its third straight state title in 2011 in a 39-36 victory over Lincolnton at N.C. State's Carter-Finley Stadium, defensive lineman Grady Jarrett played at Clemson and tight end Hayden Hurst played at South Carolina.


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Space weather's effects upon the near-Earth environment are due to dynamic changes in the energy transfer processes from the Sun's photons, particles, and fields. Of the domains that are affected by space weather, the coupling between the solar and galactic high-energy particles, the magnetosphere, and atmospheric regions can significantly affect humans and our technology as a result of radiation exposure. Space Environment Technologies (SET) has developed innovative, new space weather observations that will become part of the toolset that is transitioned into operational use. One prototype operational system for providing timely information about the effects of space weather is SET's Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS) system. ARMAS will provide the �weather� of the radiation environment to improve aircraft crew and passenger safety. Through several dozen flights the ARMAS project has successfully demonstrated the operation of a micro dosimeter on commercial aviation altitude aircraft that captures the real-time radiation environment resulting from Galactic Cosmic Rays and Solar Energetic Particles. The real-time radiation exposure is computed as an effective dose rate (body-averaged over the radiative-sensitive organs and tissues in units of microsieverts per hour); total ionizing dose is captured on the aircraft, downlinked in real-time via Iridium satellites, processed on the ground into effective dose rates, compared with NASA's Langley Research Center (LaRC) most recent Nowcast of Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation System (NAIRAS) global radiation climatology model runs, and then made available to end users via the web and smart phone apps. We are extending the dose measurement domain above commercial aviation altitudes into the stratosphere with a collaborative project organized by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) called Upper-atmospheric Space and Earth Weather eXperiment (USEWX). In USEWX we will be flying on the ER-2 high altitude aircraft a micro dosimeter for effective dose rate measurements and a thermal neutron monitor to characterize Single Event Effects (SEEs) in avionics. In this presentation we describe recent ARMAS and USEWX advances that will ultimately provide operational users with real-time dose and dose rate data for human tissue and avionics exposure risk mitigation.


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According to Christy Hargrove, the founder, "Celebration of the event itself is up to the individual or group -- anything from putting out extra food for the squirrels to learning something new about the species."
Christy Hargrove from Asheville, North Carolina started Squirrel Appreciation Day on January 21, 2001. Christy is a wildlife rehabilitator in North Carolina, and is is affiliated with the Western North Carolina Nature Center.


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Date opened: August 20, 2011
Architect: Davis Architects
Design and construction management: Brasfield & Gorrie
Total cost: $46 million
Total area: 750,000 square feet
Seating: 4,000
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When the City of Birmingham put plans in motion to build an athletic facility on the former Alabama State Fairgrounds, they took the phrase "go big or go home" to heart – 750,000 square feet of big, to be exact.
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The $46 million Birmingham CrossPlex officially opened on August 20, 2011 and now offers a world-class, multi-purpose athletic and meeting facility. Features include a 50-meter Olympic indoor swimming pool, a 200 meter Mondo hydraulic indoor track, and seating for 4,000 spectators. "We are proud to have, in my opinion, the best track facility in the country," says Birmingham Mayor William Bell.
Economic benefits flowing
The Birmingham CrossPlex has caught the attention of both athletes and business people alike. In its first year of operation, the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau projects that the CrossPlex will generate $13 million in economic impact.
"With the latest technology that has been built into this track, it makes it a world-class facility," says Mayor Bell. "Athletes and athletic directors, and people who are significantly involved in the track and field arena all say that it will be a magnet for top-notch professionals who are track enthusiasts."
He says these athletes will come to Birmingham and try to break world records because of the speed that is built into the Mondo track. "This has spawned a resurgence in the entire area, which means economic development for the city itself. Goals that were set out by the previous Mayor can now be realized."
Positive reversal of fortunes
In years past, Birmingham was a major track center. But over time, the lack of facilities necessary to hold major events caused the city to lose its place in the track and field world. "We had a number of events at the high school level, but universities around the state of Alabama have their own facilities so they stayed away from Birmingham," says Mayor Bell.
"Because of the technology built into this new track, now universities such as AAU, NCAA and different conferences are coming back to the City of Birmingham. All the dates available are already booked, with anywhere from 80,000 to 100,000 spectators expected in total. This includes both the swimming and track sides of the facility." Going forward, Mayor Bell expects that number to grow. "Once we get our first year under our belt, we will be able to attract larger events."
Adding a touch of luxury for spectators around the track are seven VIP suites. These suites offer 22 outdoor seats overlooking the track and indoor space with furniture seating.
Mondo hydraulic track ranks high
The hydraulic track features a Mondotrack surface and is one of only six in the United States and one of eight world-wide. The state-of-the-art, six lane oval track takes just ten minutes to raise or lower. It can be set at any intermediate position between flat and fully raised and banked for high-speed running events.
When the track is lowered to be flush with the surface, spectators will see eight 60-meter lanes for sprint/hurdle events and the dual horizontal runways for pole vault, long jump and triple jump. Dual high jump approaches can also be configured along with dual throwing sectors for shot-put located outside the oval.
"There is no other facility like it in the entire state," says Mayor Bell. "This is the first opportunity we've had to bring a facility such as this into the Birmingham region which makes it even that much more attractive."
He says Mondo has always offered a consistent product. "When you tell athletes or coaches that you have a Mondo track, they all want an opportunity to compete on that surface. To have a facility of this magnitude in Birmingham will definitely put the CrossPlex on the map as one of the best track and field facilities in the world."
Multi-sport options
In addition to the hydraulic track, the CrossPlex is capable of housing nine indoor volleyball courts with dedicated flooring designed by Mondo for the facility. The floor can also be configured for a variety of non-track activities. "We signed an agreement with the Alabama Athletic Association to have volleyball, wrestling, and some other track and field events at the facility," says Mayor Bell. "The building is very high tech and architecturally it is designed so well there is no such thing as a bad seat for the 4,000 spectators."
During the initial design process, the City met with a consultation group that included the Lakeshore Foundation and the Lakeshore Rehabilitation Center. These organizations are part of the Special Olympics training program. "We are very confident that the end result of this design will easily accommodate all types of athletes, including those with special needs."
The two-tone track colors were selected such that it would be neutral. "We selected these colors so they would be somewhat generic as not to clash with the high school or university colors of the teams as they competed," says Mayor Bell.
Beyond athletics
Many non-sporting events can also be held at the CrossPlex. "We have a seating capacity of 4000, so as long as we protect the track we can have community-oriented events," says April Odom, director of communications for the City of Birmingham. "Our meeting hall has over 5,000 square feet of space. It can be used for banquets and other social events. This facility is so flexible, and we have just started to look into all the ways we can take advantage of this great space."
Opening with a musical bang
On the official opening day, approximately 2,000 people attended the celebrations at the Birmingham CrossPlex. This event was billed as a symbol of civic pride and regional co-operation.
Mayor William Bell and members of the city council were on hand for the opening ceremony, which included high school bands and ROTC units. Activities were broadcast on the 54-foot jumbo screen with split-screen video/replay/scoring.
Easily accessible from hotels, restaurants interstate highways and the airport, the CrossPlex is just minutes away from downtown Birmingham.
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Q: Parsing text file in Windows Phone 7 I'm trying to parse and read a text file in Windows Phone 7. Here is the format of the text file (there's actually 44 entries):
Millbrae,37.600322,-122.386735
SFO,37.61636,-122.391027
San Bruno,37.638262,-122.416513
South SF,37.664264,-122.444043

And here is my code:
var foo=Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri("stations.txt", UriKind.Relative));
        StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(foo.Stream);
        string x;
        int k;

            while ((x = streamReader.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                string[] items = x.Split(',');
                   for (k = 0; k < 43; k++)
                 {

                     cities[k] = (items[0]);

                 }//for*/
            }//while

            for (k = 0; k < 43; k++)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(cities[k]);
            }

The last message box at the end is just for debugging-I was trying to make sure I got all the cities read into the string array called cities. However, when I output the cities array, all I get is the last value in the text file, for all 44 entries.
Can anyone point out to me what I am doing wrong? I'm not sure how I read in the last city for every value. Thanks!

A: You set for 44 times the same city in all the 44 entry of the cities array.
Then you repeat the same pattern for the next line and stop on the last line.
So you fill the array only with the last entry.
      k = 0;
      while ((x = streamReader.ReadLine()) != null)
      {
            string[] items = x.Split(',');
            if( k <= 44)
            {
                 cities[k] = (items[0]);
                 k++;
            }
        }//while

Removing the for loop on the cities and keeping a manual increment var will do the trick.
Of course I am assuming that the cities array is declare somewhere as
   string[] cities = new string[44]();

Added an if statement to check out of bound index.

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Charles F. Creighton (1862–1907) was a member of Queen Liliʻuokalani's Cabinet Ministers as Attorney General of the Kingdom of Hawaii for the period November 1–8, 1892. Following the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, he was arrested for his involvement in the 1895 Wilcox rebellion attempt to restore the monarchy. He accepted temporary exile to the United States to avoid a lengthy incarceration. His father Robert James Creighton had served as Kalākaua's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Background

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, he graduated from the Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, California, and became a practicing attorney in Hawaii. His father Robert James Creighton had emigrated from Derry, Ireland at an early age. The elder Creighton had been an editor of the Honolulu Advertiser, was a close friend to the family of Claus Spreckels, and had been King Kalākaua's Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1886.

Cabinet minister

The Bayonet Constitution that Kalākaua had been compelled to sign in 1887 allowed the monarch to appoint the cabinet, but transferred the power of their removal to the legislature alone. A legislative resolution of want of confidence would oust an entire cabinet. After her brother's funeral, the queen demanded the resignations of his ministers, causing a legal challenge when they refused. The case was decided in her favor by the Supreme Court of the kingdom.

The contentious general election of 1892 resulted in a divided legislature that dragged on for 171 days, during which the queen appointed multiple cabinets, only for them to be forced out by a legislative resolution of want of confidence. On November 1, 1892, the queen's cabinet appointments were Creighton as Attorney General, William H. Cornwell as Minister of Finance, Joseph Nawahi as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Charles T. Gulick as Minister of the Interior. The legislature passed a resolution of want of confidence the same day, but adjourned before a new cabinet was appointed. A subsequent court case resulted in a ruling by the Supreme Court of the Hawaiian Islands that the cabinet was legally in place until the new cabinet replaced them on November 8.

Wilcox rebellion
Creighton was a royalist who became embroiled in the January 1895 Wilcox rebellion to restore the monarchy after the Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He and several others were never formally charged, but were placed in solitary confinement, during which they were treated well, fed well, and allowed outdoors to exercise. They broke under the mental strain of isolation. In an exchange for release from prison, all signed a document in February agreeing to the exile. They were not allowed to have a copy of the document. In appreciation of jailer J. A. Low's humane treatment of them, they presented him with a kauwila cane originally made for James H. Blount. They were issued passports, and 11 of them, including Creighton, left on the Australia. Spectators dressed in their finest attire arrived at the Oceanic wharf. A band played, and leis were presented to the departing exiles. Lorrin A. Thurston, who had been a key player in the overthrow of the Kingdom, and a leading proponent of annexation by the United States, characterized the exiles as, "...stirring up trouble among the kanakas [native Hawaiians]," and long associated with "...the most lawless elements at Honolulu." Creighton was among 10 individuals granted unconditional pardons in September and allowed to return to Hawaii.

Repatriation

After Creighton's return to Honolulu, he resumed his legal practice. He died in his mother's home on November 25, 1907.

Bibliography

References

External links

1863 births
1907 deaths
Hawaiian Kingdom Attorneys General
Hawaiian Kingdom people
New Zealand people of Irish descent


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David Edgar GRIFFITHS Update Details
GRIFFITHS, David Edgar
Waratah, Tasmania, Australia, March 1894
Deloraine, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Bronchial pneumonia, 5th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 23 January 1919
Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery
Maubeuge (Sois-le-Bois) Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 14)
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 1530, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Involvement Private, SN 1530, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Embarked Private, SN 1530, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Melbourne
Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Field Artillery Brigade
Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 13th Field Artillery Brigade
Wounded AIF WW1, Driver, SN 1530, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Remained on duty
Involvement Driver, SN 1530, 13th Field Artillery Brigade
Help us honour David Edgar Griffiths's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From AWM
1530 Private (Pte) David Edgar Griffiths, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, of Deloraine, Tas. A labourer before enlisting in August 1915, Pte Griffiths left Australia for Egypt with the 11th Reinforcements in October 1915, arriving in France for service on the Western Front in May 1916. After being promoted to Gunner (Gnr) in February 1917, he was wounded in action by German artillery fire at Fouilloy, France, on 27 May 1918 but remained on duty. After furlough in England in January 1919, Gnr Griffiths was admitted to the 5th Casualty Clearing Station with broncho-pneumonia on 17 January 1919 and died six days later, aged 24. Gnr Griffiths was the oldest brother of 3659 Pte Frank Gordon Griffiths, 26th Battalion, who was killed in action a Pozieres on 29 July 1916 (see P07386.002) and 3621 Pte Ralph Arnold Griffiths who was killed in action at Hamel on 27 July 1918 (see P07386.001).
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PORTER v. JOYNER
PORTER v. JOYNER (2018)
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Nashid PORTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Carlton JOYNER, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 17-7362
Decided: January 23, 2018
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and SHEDD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges. Nashid Porter, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Nashid Porter seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition for failing to exhaust his state remedies. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed.
Parties are accorded 30 days after the entry of the district court's final judgment or order to note an appeal, Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A), unless the district court extends the appeal period under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5), or reopens the appeal period under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(6). "[T]he timely filing of a notice of appeal in a civil case is a jurisdictional requirement." Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214, 127 S.Ct. 2360, 168 L.Ed.2d 96 (2007).
The district court's order was entered on the docket on August 15, 2017. The notice of appeal was filed on September 22, 2017. Because Porter failed to file a timely notice of appeal or to obtain an extension or reopening of the appeal period, we dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Rolex has come and gone and seems a bit of a blur. Once you start at a three-day event like Rolex you have four days of constant pressure and concentration, so I am a bit in recovery mode.
Most everyone knows that Rolex was won convincingly by William Fox-Pitt of the UK on a horse at his first four star. They were impressive all weekend, and it brings it home to all of us that you have to be consistent (and not make any mistakes) in all three phases to win a major championship or medal.
I was very pleased for Woodburn who was second and was truly a star in all three phases. I will be working hard on improving his changes and polishing his dressage movements going forward. He is an unbelievable cross-country horse and handled every question with ease. He has the most incredible ground-covering gallop, so the time on cross country is normally not a problem for him. He tried so hard in the show jumping, which in the past has often been a bit difficult for him. The Foreman was 6th after lowering two poles in the show jumping. I feel that I did not give him the ride that he needed in that phase. However, I am so proud of him after such a long hiatus from competing at the four star level. Unfortunately, Waterfront had an early runout on cross country, so we decided to withdraw him on course. This decision was made with his owner and rider Jan Byyny, and we all decided that was in his best interest.
I have to say that I am super lucky to have such incredible support from my grooms, Emma, Kelley and Lizzy, who worked their tail ends off all weekend looking after four horses. It is a lot of work to look after one horse let alone four! I also have incredible owners who couldn't be more understanding when things don't go quite to plan, such as having to withdraw Khoeps Du Quesnay and when things are so hectic such as they were this weekend. So many thanks to Annie Jones, Becky Broussard, Mardie Faucette, Acorn Hill Farm and the Byyny family.
All the horses will now get some down time before the big buildup to the WEG.
Dressage is finished and all horses placed well. I believe we have three in the top ten. The cross country course looks challenging as ever! I have decided to scratch Danny (Khoeps Du Quesnay) due to a small amount of heat and swelling in one part of his leg, just bad timing! Let's hope for a good day tomorrow!
I got off to a pretty good start at Rolex. Chip went well in third. Danny got a 55 score, so I was pleased for his first 4 star. Woodburn and Waterfront go today. Had to have last minute change of plans for Woodburn who was meant to travel to Badminton. Hard to schedule two flights to Europe this week! Fingers crossed for today.
It is hard to believe that of all the reasons a horse doesn't get to Badminton is because of a Volcano. But that is exactly what has happened to Woodburn who was due to fly out to the UK on Wednesday. After a whirlwind couple of days speaking to the shippers, Woodburn's owners and I decided to reenter Woodburn at Rolex. So, pending FEI approval I will have 4 horses running at Rolex this weekend! I am upset to not be able to run him at Badminton, but given the extenuating circumstances this was the best option for all involved. More later after I arrive in Lexington.
This is my first enry on my blog "Road to WEG" and my first blog ever! We are coming down to the last days before Rolex and Badminton and things are pretty hectic at the barn. It has been a long Spring build up and now the two Spring four stars are nearly here. We pull out early Monday morning for Lexington and then I leave the Sunday night after Rolex for Badminton.
I used the Southern Pines and The Fork Horse Trials as a final prep for Rolex and Badminton for my potential WEG horses.
The Foreman, aka Chip, and Khoeps Du Quesnay, aka Danny, had their last runs at Southern Pines. Both ran well, coming 3rd and 4th respectively in the Advanced class and came out of it pretty well. Chip and Danny are both aimed at Rolex. Chip is experienced at this level but it is Danny's first four star. Woodburn finished 6th at The Fork in the CIC*** division and is going to Badminton. I also have Waterfront, Jan Byyny's horse, going to Rolex. We are still getting to know each other, but he was 5th in the Advanced class at the Fork, so that is looking pretty good. TruLuck was 3rd at The Fork. Coming off his 4th place at Burghley in September he will just do horse trials leading up to WEG.
Rolex this year is going to be really exciting and a perfect build up to the WEG. I encourage any fans and supporters to come out to watch next week. Once again, I will be signing posters at the Cosequin booth after Cross Country on Saturday. Hope to see you there!