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Hot on Android: Evertales is Temporary Free
If you're into role-playing games on Android, but especially if you're a fan of JRPGs, then there's a temporary free title you just have to get! The game in question is Evertale and even though you'll save just one dollar, you probably will still appreciate the fact that you got it.
The game is an open-world RPG that provides you with monsters you can battle, capture and even train. At the same time, you will be able to explore the incredible world of dungeons, huge landscapes, and enormous cities. All of the graphics and the visual style are very reminiscent of the 1990s JRPG titles. Overall, thanks to this and other factors, the title managed to capture a legion of fans.
As a premium title, it is impressive to see that Evertales has a 4.6 average score based on almost 61,000 reviews. If this seems like something you could jump in, check out the game on its Google Play page while it is still free!
Android Hot on Android JRPG Temporary Free


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NatCen to evaluate Mosaic mentoring in schools programme
News · 14 October 2014
NatCen Social Research will carry out a six-year evaluation of the Mosaic Secondary School mentoring programme.
Mosaic, a Charity founded by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2007, provides fully-funded mentoring programmes that create opportunities for young people growing up in our most deprived communities.
The Secondary School mentoring programme connects volunteer professionals with schools to provide mentoring for pupils with the aim of raising aspirations, encouraging attainment and developing employability skills. NatCen will explore mentees personal development and assess changes in attitudes and motivations.
The longitudinal survey will track young people on the programme for six years using both online and paper questionnaires. Alongside this, NatCen will carry out in-depth qualitative interviews, including previous participants in the programme. The impact of the programme will be measured with a comparison group of similar young people and look at a range of issues including:
Friendships and family
Self-esteem and happiness
Confidence and self-efficacy
Future aspirations
Attitudes to school and work
NatCen will deliver a report for Mosaic each spring culminating in a final impact evaluation report in spring 2020.
The survey will position Mosaic as a thought leader in the area of mentoring and help shape the narrative around the provision of mentoring in schools. Its work has been cited in the Department for Education's 2014/15 report into careers guidance and inspiration in schools, which further backs up research showing that mentoring programmes can help raise the aspirations of young people of all cultures.
Emily Tanner, Head of Children, Families & Work at NatCen Social Research commented: "As well as determining whether Mosaic is doing what it sets out to, this evaluation will tell us more about the role of mentoring in schools. For a generation of young people so often being told that good jobs are hard to come by and competition is fierce, it is crucial that we find out what works to inspire, support and motivate young people."
Jonathan Freeman, Managing Director of Mosaic said: "There has been no studies to-date about the positive impact on school children mentoring programmes such as ours can have.
"Our goal is to demonstrate what our own research is telling us, that the mentoring provided by Mosaic cultivates a new generation of successful adults who become beacons of positivity and role models for fellow pupils, siblings and the wider community. This is demonstrated not only by the engagement of these more vulnerable sections of society into their own education, but also the wider impact mentoring has on their families and within their own communities.
Jonathan adds: "We look forward to working with NatCen to produce a study that will help shape young people's lives for years to come."
To find out more about the survey please visit www.mosaicnetwork.co.uk/natcen
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Q: Global surcharge WooCommerce exclude VAT I made a global surcharge in PHP for WooCommerce, because all of our customers have to pay a fee for special delivery.
Is there a way to make the fee ignore VAT?
When I write 15 it adds VAT to the number. I'd just like for the number I write to be the fee.
TL:DR - MAKE SURCHARGE INCLUDED VAT
// Packing fee
add_action( 'woocommerce_cart_calculate_fees','wc_add_surcharge' );
function wc_add_surcharge() {
    global $woocommerce;

    if ( is_admin() && ! defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) )
    return;

    $county = array('DK');
    // change the $fee to set the surcharge to a value to suit
    $fee = 15;

    if ( in_array( WC()->customer->get_shipping_country(), $county ) ) :
        $woocommerce->cart->add_fee( 'Emballage pant', $fee, true, 'standard' );
    endif;
}

A: To make the fee ignore Vat you need to remove the 2 last arguments as they are related to Taxes (the third argument is false (not taxable) by default ):
Also global $woocommerce; and $woocommerce->cart as there is a missing $cart argument in this hooked function. So try this instead:
// Packing fee
add_action( 'woocommerce_cart_calculate_fees','wc_add_surcharge' );
function wc_add_surcharge( $cart ) {
    if ( is_admin() && ! defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) )
        return;

    $county = array('DK');
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    $fee = 15;

    if ( in_array( WC()->customer->get_shipping_country(), $county ) ) :
        $cart->add_fee( 'Emballage pant', $fee );
    endif;
}

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Book event for "Victorian Secrets"
Hope to see some of you at the book event in Bellingham!
Saturday, June 7th, 4 p.m.
1200 11th St. Bellingham, Washington 98225-7015
Come join us for a reading from Victorian Secrets by the author herself!
A signing and Q & A session will follow.
http://www.villagebooks.com/event/sarah-chrisman-6/7/14
P.S. I'll be getting to Bellingham from Port Townsend by bicycle - about 120 miles, roundtrip!
Link to early film and sound recording
I stumbled across this and thought some folks might enjoy it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myQpkIlv_lw
Historical Article: "Is Bicycling Harmful?"
Transcribed from an 1897 women's magazine:
Is Bicycling Harmful?
By Arthur Bird, M.D.
Godey's Magazine, 1897
Shall women ride the bicycle? Or is it such an abnormal form of exercise that, while under reasonable limits it is acknowledged to be health-giving and conducive to the well-being of man, yet for woman it is not to be recommended? A calm and dispassionate consideration of the arguments for and against will, I hope, lead the vast majority of people to decide in favor of the sport.
The writer does not claim that every woman is able to ride the bicycle without injury, any more than he would assert that every man can take up this form of exercise with impunity; but that, of either sex, the greater number can be and are greatly benefited by the proper use of the wheel rationally indulged in, just as much as by other forms of physical exercise reasonably used and directed.
The advisability of taking up the bicycle is to be decided by the condition of the individual. Broadly stated, every person who is in good health and able to undergo the usual exertions of life, and who is free from any indication of disease, can ride the wheel. Anatomically and physiologically, no such difference exists between man and woman as would preclude the latter from indulging to a proper degree in physical exercise. I am sure that if the question of woman's ability to perform the ordinary duties of life and the usual labor incident to the care of her home were brought up for discussion, little support would be given to any claim that she was not fitted or able to perform these duties in such degree as they usually fall to woman's lot.
The old idea that a woman should not engage in out-of-door sports has long since been abandoned, and their beneficent effect upon her is daily seen in our young women and growing girls, whose step, erect carriage, and glowing color are in themselves unmistakable evidences of health.
All the arguments against women's use of the bicycle are to me fallacious. On that side are brought forward disadvantages which in reality do not exist, or should not exist if the rider is properly instructed and mounted. In my opinion the bicycle has been of the greatest value in preserving and restoring health to all people who have used it without going to excesses either in speed or distance. Everyone before using a bicycle, or indeed, going into any sport which involves continued muscular exertion, should seek the advise of a physician and ascertain if there is any weakness which should forbid such exertion.
For a woman, bicycle riding possesses advantages which are shared by no other form of exercise. Its influence upon both body and mind are beneficial. The exhilarating effect produced upon a rider's mind by the swift and easy movement, the rapid presentation of changing scenery, at once interest the brain and distract its attention from cares and worrying thoughts; and it is this influence which has made all riders so devoted to their exercise and constant in its practice. Any form of training which is not enjoyable quickly becomes laborious, and is not productive of such good results as it would be were the mind interested in its pursuit, and by it enticed from the constant pressure of worries of life for the time...
I have said that there is no anatomical or physiological difference between man and woman which should make wheeling healthful for one and harmful for the other; but there are those who raise points of objection against the sport for either sex. There are two of these in particular which have weight, but which can be nullified by the rider at the outset of his career. One of these is based on the formation of the saddle, the other on the position assumed by the wheelman. The old styles of the saddle were doubtless dangerous for long-continued riding, but the application of hygienic principles has been carried so far now in the manufacture of the seat that no vital objection can lie in this direction. So long as the points of contact are not materially different from those we are accustomed to in the usual sitting posture or even in horseback riding, the danger of bicycling is not greater (viewed from this standpoint) than is sitting or riding.
The posture of the rider is dependent upon the adjustment of the seat and handle-bars. Doubtless these may be so set as to force a position in which the spine is curved and the lungs compressed; but it is as much a matter of choice with the rider whether he will sit up straight or make himself round-shouldered as it is with anyone who walks or sits. The argument against bicycling on this ground is equally applicable against standing or sitting or lying down.
A number of my patients have consulted me as to the advisability of their using the bicycle. To only two have I been obliged to say that it would not be wise. Those whom I have advised to ride have been benefited very markedly, and some from almost a state of invalidism have been restored to comparative health.
From my own experience, which I think cannot be different from that of other practitioners, I can assert that the influence of the bicycle has already made itself felt in a marked degree upon the general health of the community. I notice it in the patients, especially the women, who come under my care, and my advice to them is always in favor of its use except where there is some special pathological obstacle.
My concluding recommendation to readers is: Be sure to consult a physician who knows how to ride a wheel himself. With this reservation only, it is safe to say to all men - and women - ride the wheel rationally, and a bright eye, a clear mind, and a long life will be yours.
Historical article, "Music As She Is Executed"
A highly entertaining article from Good Housekeeping, 1888
MUSIC AS SHE IS EXECUTED
A SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO MUSIC
Excerpted from Good Housekeeping
"OUR text is, that four fingers and a thumb on either hand, and the feminine sex, does not necessarily imply a talent for music, as some people would insist. To a real lover of music it is indescribable torture to listen hour after hour all through the lovely, and otherwise peaceful summer days to our neighbor's daughters as they drum out "one, two, three four," in five finger exercises on a third grade piano badly out of tune. The one thing left to be thankful for is that they have not six fingers, and consequently we are spared the infliction of listening to six finger exercises. From rosy morn to dewy eve the doleful tones ring out from one house after another. If they would but settle upon some certain time for their practicing, the rest of us could leave the neighborhood during the fatal period, or be put under the influence of opiates, or seek escape in some other way.
It has been suggested that a musical pest-house be erected far away from human habitation, where these musical devotees could do their worst until the disease had run its course. It only needs some philanthropic soul with money - and the world has no use for philanthropic souls without money - to put this theory into practice, and cause all people, whose neighbor's daughters have musical aspirations, to rise up and call him blessed.
There are in our neighborhood fourteen malignant cases of piano-phobia and the maladys is still spreading. In two houses the disease has appeared in the form of violinia. One, especially, is a very severe case. It would appear that all the old masters had been boiled down, skimmed off and their concentrated essence poured into this young person. Far intot he solemn night the instrument pours forth its despair. The mother of this useful prodigy seizes you by the arm saying: "Listen to this strain." We listen for several reasons, the principal one being that we can't help it. We are forming a habit of listening to his strain that is rapidly becoming second nature. "Is not it suggestive of the wail of a lost soul?" the appreciative mother asks. Yes it is, or the urgent need of a strong dose of Jamaica ginger.
But the pent up genius of his soul is not to be smothered by the wet blanket of discouraging remarks made by those who have no music in their souls, but plenty poured into their ears. He saws away indefatigueably and at this rate will soon be equal to Paganini - or any other ninny.
Even this is not the worst. One would naturally expect to hear something "sweetly solemn" at the churches. But if you have a sense of the ludicrous you will feel anything but solemn when the dep chested bass who weighs 200 pounds, "Oh's fo the wings of a dove that he may fly away and be at rest." It is so ridiculous for a person to wish for anything so useless and inappropriate that we turn to the soprano for relief, but she, clad in velvet and satin proclaims to the "Man of Sorrows" that she "her cross has taken all to leave and follow him, and that naked, poor, despised, forsaken, He from hence her all shall be." Nothing sounds ridiculous from the lips of the handsome young tenor, and should he chant to us some Sabath morning, in the tones of an archangel, that the moon was m-a-d-e-o-f-g-r-e-e-n-c-h-e-e-s-e, it would be implicitly elieve by the younger females of the congregation at least.
Attending service not long ago, in an elegant church edifice where they worship God with taste in a highly aesthetic manner, the choir began that scriptural poem that compares Solomon with the lilies of the field, somewhat to the former's disadvantage. Although never possessing a great admiration for Solomon, nor considering him a suitable person to hold up as a shining example before the Young Men's Christian Association, still a pang of pity for him was felt when the choir, after expressing unbounded admiration for the lilies of the field, which it is doubtful if they ever observed very closely, began to tell the congregation through the mouth of the soprano that "Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed." Straightway the soprano was reinforced by the bass, who declared that Solomon was most decidedly and emphatically not arrayed - was not arrayed. Then the alto ventured it as her opinion that Solomon was not arrayed, when the tenor without a moments [sic] hesitation sang as if it had been officially announced that "he was not arrayed." Then when the feelings of the congregation had been harrowed up sufficiently, and our sympathies all arounds for poor Solomon, whose numerous wives allowed him to go aout in such a fashion even in that climate; the choir altogether in a most cool and composed manner informed us that the idea they intended to convey was, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed "like one of these." These what? So long a time had elapsed since they sang of the lilies that the thread was entirely lost, and by "these," one naturally concluded the choir was designated. Arrayed like one of these? We should think not indeed! Solomon in a Prince Albert or cutaway coat? Solomon with an eye-glass and moustache, his hair cut pompadour? No, most decidedly. Solomon, in the very zenith of his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Despite the experience of the morning the hope, still remained that in the evening a sacred song might be sung in a manner that would not excite our risabilities or leave the impression that we had been listening to a case of blackmail. But again off started the nimble soprano with the very laudable though rather startling announcement - "I will wash." Straightway the alto, not to be outdone, declared she would wash. And the tenor finding it to be the thing warbled forth he would wash. Then the deep-chested basso as though calling up all his fortitude for the plunge, bellowed forth the stern resolve that he also would wash. Next a short steam or splash of the waves, after which the choir individually and collectively asserted the firm, unshaken resolve that they would wash. At last they solved the problem by stating that they proposed to "wash their hands in innocency, so will the altar of the altar of the Lord be compassed."
But surely if half this torture was inflicted on sentient beings, the humane society would be up in arms about it. The philanthropic men would write tracts, deliver addresses, and found homes for their relief. The philanthropic women would give charity balls, concerts, fairs, and read the Bible to them. How do we know that music is not conscious of all this ill-treatment? After hearing the performance of an artist, who can say the instrument has no soul? A soul it may be that sleepeth until awakened into life by the touch of the master. Let a society be formed at once that will see that the masters treat it kindly and with respect." -Good Housekeeping, 1888
"In the Orangerie"
I was recently invited to model for a photography project, recreating some historic paintings. Here is the first: "In the Orangerie" by Charles Edward Perugini.
You can read more here: http://www.elizabethogle.com/blog/2014/5/port-townsend-diaries-tuesday
The original painting (Charles Edward Perugini, 1839-1918)
The photo (Elizabeth Ogle, present time):
Another historic Cycling Article
I just came back from a 90-mile bicycle ride from Port Townsend to La Conner and back and thought some of you might enjoy another historic cycling article. (Pictures from some of my recent trips can be seen down below the article.)
Incidentally, if you're interested in Victorian bicycles, my husband and I will be showing our presentation, "An Ordinary Bicycle: The fascinating way in which the Wheelmen changed our world" on Saturday, June 7th at Village Books in Bellingham, WA. Hope to see some of you there! -SC
WOMAN'S CYCLE
By Mary L. Bisland
Godey's Magazine, 1897
If in an assemblage of women to-day we should be asked to name the most precious acquisition by the sex in this century, the majority of shrilly-sweet voices would be lifted up - not in favor of the approaching privileges of the ballot, O earnest lady suffragist; nor yet, Minerva, in advocacy of the advantages of higher education. Those are great and glorious blessings, but there is something women of every class have learned to prize as a shorter road to freedom than wide, welcoming college doors, or open gateways to the polls. In possession of her bicycle, the daughter of the nineteenth century feels that the declaration of her independence has been proclaimed, and, in the fulness of time, all things will be added to complete her happiness and prosperity.
The fact is patent, that in three years' time the bicycle has created, not only a revolution, but a revelation in the thoughts and actions of our worthy female citizen. It is the actual medium through which the "new" woman has evolved herself: the truly new woman, who builds her intellectual, after her muscular strength has been developed, who builds her muscular strength on outdoor exercise, and who has accepted the new means of exercise without any of those doubts as to to its efficacy and purity that naturally assailed the feminine mind in the other paths of advancement...
The world is a new and another sphere under the bicyclist's observation. Here is a process of locomotion that is absolutely at her command, a little light machine of steel and rubber that she can lift in her arms, that has greater staying powers than a horse, that is all her own, and at her will must halt or advance, speed like the wind or jog on at an even pace. The magic carpet possessed no higher virtues. Once in the saddle, the rider is on absolute equality with any man, needs no assistance in or out of her seat, and, while she rides at as rapid a gait as her masculine companion, loses not one of her feminine perogatives. The road is as open to her as to him, and she is dependent on no strength or encouragement but her own. For the first time in the memory of her sex she is an absolute free agent, and yet a woman still. She has lost nothing in in grace, in womanliness, in her claims on courtesy, admiration, chivalry, and her thousand and one inalienable rights. This fact alone is a sufficiently strong recommendation of the bicycle to every girl who loves pleasure.
But there are greater gains added at each revolution of the pneumatic tires, by which the coming woman is going to profit in all avenues of advancement. Primarily, in reckoning up the plain, practical advantages of the wheel among women, its physical profits exceed all others. What is true of nations is true of sexes - that without physical strength no victories can be won. For a time - and a most anxious period it was - the growth of intellectual efforts, and the ambitions and professions adopted by women, threatened to allow their minds to outrun the growth of their bodies. The opening of new and almost purely sedentary employments for women, and the increase in educational exactions, threatened dire results for the physical condition of our girls and matrons. Where their grandmothers, with broom and duster and stirring spoons, used to work up a capable amount of muscle, scientific methods have minimized household duties to the merest formalities, and even the gymnasium failed to counteract the steadily increasing epidemic of nerves. At colleges and in towns the gymnasium offered only indoor exercise, not only failing to interest the average woman, but savoring too much of labor, obligatory and costly. A cruel, sedentary existence was promising to cast a melancholy pall over both the working girl and her sister of leisure.
Right at this crisis, when everyone was prognosticating the evils of extending the liberties of modern civilization to women, two wheels, a saddle, and a pair of pedals bowled to the rescue. And how opportunely the bicycle came! If the bicycle is to be valued for nothing else, let us remember that it has been the means of carrying women into the open air; and that to speed it, meant active use of long torpid feminine muscles. There is really no estimating its economic advantages on this score alone.
The bicycle is, and promises more than ever to be, the very mainstay of health and pleasure to that great factor in modern life, the bread-winning woman. Leaving her desk, her sewing-table, her counter, or school-room, this worker knows, with unerring instinct, where she will soonest find the quickest reaction from her mental and bodily fatigue. Her bicycle is her first thought, her sweetest refuge. Once in her saddle, the world of petty cares runs behind her like the road she travels. It is no use on your wheel to ponder over vexing questions and the irritating worries of the day. While you roll rapidly along, a brand new set of nerves and interests is quickened. You must keep your eye on the path and take heed of your surroundings. At every turn of the rubber tires fresh fields and pastures new are revealed, fresh oxygen whips up the blood, and from crown to toe the sinews spring back and forth in obedience to new motions. One's voluntary inclination is for speed, and speed means accelerated circulation and a sense of mental buoyancy that purifies the brain of its ill humors. One may ride five miles or fifteen, but at the end of one's jaunt the discontent with which drudgery clouds the impressionable mind is superseded by a wholesome calm of philosophy and cheerful resolution. The world of tasks is more pleasant to endure, and fuller of compensations. Given a holiday, the average working girl prefers to spend it on her machine, in the sunshine and open air, and thus the city toiler is brought into close communion with the country. The bread-winner with a vacation who goes abroad can study her Europe bit by bit from the white high-roads where she cycles, and extends her travels at small expense.
Truly there seems no higher mission for the bicycle to accomplish than this, and yet it is not only the medium of travel and pleasure to the working woman. One enthusiastic woman, who climbed out of an invalid's bed to try a bicycle as a desperate resort, has gallantly taught her three tiny daughters to ride, in pursuit of her well-demonstrated theory that half the illnesses of women in this generation are the direct lack of out-door exercise. She would empty half the infirmaries of their weekling [sic] feminine inhabitants and cure them in a few spins about the park. Her theory in action would put every new woman on a bicycle, as soon as she could toddle from her cradle, for, by raising, stout, handsome specimens of womanhood, the wheel is bound to play an important part in the building of the next generation. It will cut down their chances of nervousness and dyspepsia by half, double their lung power, treble their muscular force, and help them to the acquirement of the natural bodily grace, that are the prime requisites in the make-up of our ideal female of the future.
It has been computed by learned statisticians that when we turn the nineteenth-century mile-post to begin a new era, at least one-third of the female population of our States will own and ride their own bicycles. This is calculated on the basis of the manufacturers' present sales, where the demand for women's wheels over those for men is almost two to one, and where the manufacturer receives nearly every day advice, commands, and sensible suggestions from women as to the improvement of their machines. This shows how the woman's interest is waxing instead of waning, and, taking the statisticians' assertion for an excuse, it is hardly an exaggerated fancy that paints the women of two thousand and fifty, every one taking her bicycle as much a matter of course and necessity as food and clothing. Why should she not, when already the bicycle has established a wonderful democracy among women, who ride it winter and summer, rain and shine, for ills and for pleasure? The damsel who is the heiress to millions will stop at any time in the roadway to exchange points and bicycle gossip with the maiden who sells hairpins over the counter, and the white-haired venerable, with a score of grandchildren to her credit, never ceases to smile as she spins along the turn-pike as briskly as a girl. The limp, consumptive-looking individual is as thoroughly recognized in her efforts as the matron who tips the scale at a hundred and ninety, and this is as wholesome a sign among women as the health and pleasure accruing from the sport.
Were the gift given us to look a bit into the future, what should we probably find the middle-of-the-twentieth-century girl wearing on her wheel - bloomers, very short tunics, or trouserettes and similar abominations in the sight of grace and sweet femininity? Not if she is the direct descendant of her nineteenth-century grandmother, who here in these United States, spite of talk to the contrary, and of the efforts of fashion, still sticks to her traditions and her skirts. Long may they wave, the petticoats in modest ankle-length folds of brown cloth or gray, since those are the best colors for cycling! In time may petticoats triumph over the women who fail to recognize that bloomers are too great a sacrifice for our sex ever to make, and that in skirts only can they maintain at once in the eyes of men their womanliness and their independence.
Beyond all doubt the twentieth-century girl will recognize this just as she will realize that to ride at once healthfully and well no woman should ever push her speed to the limit of her strength. There it becomes an engine of destruction. Only the exceptional woman can stand a trial of strength, or educate her body beyond a point of well-proportioned vigor. It is the extra heart-beats that hurt, and the over-tense muscles that destroy poise and rounded proportion and stunt the proper growth that easy motion gives. The woman's bicycle is built for easy trips at moderate speed, and unless so treated it will not prove to be what it now promises to become - the Pegasus on which the sex will one day ride into the fulfillment of all its dreams of universal health and beauty.
This website lists Deception Pass among the World's Scariest Bridges http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/worlds-scariest-bridges/15 - but I enjoy biking over it!
La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum
Chuckanut Drive, near Bellingham, WA
Whidbey Island, WA
Coupville, WA
Coupeville, WA
Ferry returning from Whidbey to Port Townsend
Cycling for Women
Time for another historic article - enjoy!
The exercise of riding a tricycle is one highly to be recommended for women, especially young women who have nothing to do but imagine that they have got all the ills under the sun. A primary effect of riding is to strengthen the muscles, not only of the lower extremities, but those of the abdomen, chest and the arms, which are constantly being excited to contract. The stagnant air in the lungs is more thoroughly expelled and the apparatus of breathing is more powerfully acted upon by the greater difficulty of respiration and aspiration experienced in quickly propelling a tricycle. The more effectual expulsion of the stagnant air from the lungs is of very favorable influence upon the change of matter in the human body, in so far as the entry of oxygenated air into the lungs is thereby increased, and oxygen is one of our most important means of nourishment. Those who wish to expand their chests should mount a tricycle.
English women are as famous for propelling these three-wheeled vehicles as they are famous as pedestrians. One lady writes that she never enjoyed such good health as during "this, my first cycling year." She rode 100 miles the first month; 210 the next; then 300 miles a until in the last two months of the season she rode 500 miles each, making 2,166 miles in eight months, a part of the time being lost by foreign travel. A 16-year-old girl writes that she has ridden four miles to school on her tricycle; and a 10-year-old girl rode 150 miles in a little over four months. Ladies make tours on their wheels, and, if they have some talent at making sketches, they derive additional pleasure. The tandem rides that Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell have made with their sketch books are famous.
New England ladies seem to be foremost in this kind of exercise. The ladies of Boston, says a newspaper of that city, are realizing that a tricycle ride is a most delightful and exhilarating pastime, and that it also combines pleasure with the best of practical, common-sense exercise, insuring health and spirits, while it is also an economical means of rapid transit. Within the past season, says another newspaper of that city, the number of women who ride the tricycle has increased materially and a tour for several days is occasionally the result.
A certain woman known to a correspondent of Bicycling News, who was of very delicate health and confirmed invalid habits, and who for years had never been able to walk beyond her own gate or to take any prolonged drive in her carriage, so improved herself by gradual attempts to propel a tricycle that she was able to achieve her six or eight miles in a morning without the least fatigue.
A Washington tricycler writes that the exercise "thoroughly distributes the blood to every portion of the system, promotes digestion, strengthens the muscles of the limbs, keeps the feet and clothing from the dampness and slop of the streets, while it protects and supports the spinal column in such a manner that the brain is not exhausted by invigorated by an exercise that may be continued for hours. Let every feeble, nervous woman try it, and she will soon find her limbs rotund, cheeks ruddy, and step elastic."
In Chicago, as well as in Boston and Washington, the tricycle is finding more and more favor with women, and everywhere and in every instance where nothing unreasonable is attempted to be done, the testimony is a most positive commendation of the exercise as a means, not only of building up the health of women, but of contributing to their enjoyment and happiness of mind and body.


28/17 Members Declaration of Interest and any requests for dispensations.
29/17 Invitation to address the meeting: Cllr Batters, Cornwall Council and members of the public.
31/17 To consider matters arising from minutes of 1st February 2017 which are not agenda items below.
33/17 Planning: To consider and approve a consultee comment for the planning applications listed below and any others received prior to the evening of the meeting.
None received as at 23rd February 2017.
34/17 Planning: To report planning decisions of the planning authority received prior to the evening of the meeting.
36/17 To note the Wadebridge Area Neighbourhood Development Plan.
-Local Council Elections May 2017.
38/17Advise dates of next meetings as being 5th April 2017, 17th May 2017 (Annual Council Meeting) & 7th June 2017.
39/17 Advise date of 2017 Annual Parish Meeting as being 5th April 2017 at 7pm.


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} // namespace Model
} // namespace LexModelsV2
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The Youth Red Cross (YRC) Unit of our college was established in the year 2004 under NSS. YRC Unit is now independent and is under the YRC Zone of the University which in turn is the part of Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Tamil Nadu Branch.
Youth represent a substantial part of the membership of Red Cross renowned for its humanitarian commitment. Young volunteers can make a significant contribution to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable people within their local communities through Red Cross Youth programme. This has been designed to involve young people as much as possible in the movement and its activities not only as workers and also as beneficiaries.
Blood donation to the needy people in and around Coimbatore.
Conducting various health awareness programmes (AIDS and Diabetes) and camps (Vision Screening and Voluntary Blood Donation) for the students, staff and to the nearby village communities.
Community service through training and education.
Disseminating the seven fundamental principles of Red Cross and Red Crescent movement through activities that encourage the Red Cross ideals.
The YRC unit aims to have young people recognized by social leadership as equal partners who address the needs of the most vulnerable sections of the population.
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Republican politicians and delegates, media and political paraphernalia vendors, and Donald Trump supporters and protesters are all headed to Cleveland, Ohio for the GOP convention that kicks off on Monday.
For the city of Cleveland and its police department, the convention is a logistical challenge and also a financial risk-management challenge. The city recently approved increasing its liability coverage, purchasing $50 million worth of "protest insurance" for $9.5 million. The city initially had lined up $10 million worth of protest coverage for $1.5 million.
"We're in a period of heightened protests," said Rob Hoyt, professor of insurance and risk management at the University of Georgia, "so it's certainly a heightened period of risk."
Hoyt said he wasn't surprised Cleveland has quintupled its liability coverage as the convention has approached and the political environment surrounding the candidates and the election becomes more clear.
James Lynch, chief actuary at the Insurance Information Institute, an industry-supported group, said extra protest coverage is mandated for events deemed "National Special Security Events" by the U.S. Secret Service. That can include political conventions, papal visits and the Olympics, where large unpredictable crowds are gathered.
Lynch said these policies "typically cover something like damage to an adjoining property, or if a car got damaged during some sort of enforcement action that the police were confronted with."
In Philadelphia, meanwhile, the city has taken out a policy to cover lawsuits that might arise from police action during the Democratic convention there.
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Sky's new show 'a new era'? Hardly.
I don't know if the new Sky.com News show is really 'a new era in TV news', but they've done a reasonable job of making it feel a bit more internetty, without becoming cheesy. Well, no cheesier than my old pal Martin Stanford in default mode. Nice use of tab-based navigation along the top of the on-screen interface.
Quite appropriate, I suppose, that its two main interviews tonight were Alex Hilton and Tim Montgomerie… but a little disappointing that we didn't get the two talking to each other. That would really have been a bit more 'web two point nought', as Tim would presumably have said. Alex seemed nervous, Tim was Mr Smooth.
And staying in Osterley… Sky's new 'Your Photos' site has gone live. Relatively modest for now, just an upload form feeding into their existing (non-ajax) photo gallery template. No submission by email or MMS, so it doesn't really lend itself to 'breaking news'. There's a button for post-publication moderation, which makes me assume the images are going live more or less immediately (?). Picture galleries generate page impressions, but it's 'web 1.5' at best. Still, it extends the recent run of new features on the site, as Sky finally starts to play catch-up.
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I Still See You (bra: Rastros do Além (prt: Sei Que Estás Aqui) é um filme de suspense e de mistério americano, dirigido por Scott Speer, a partir de um roteiro por Jason Fuchs. É baseado no romance Break My Heart 1000 times, de Daniel Waters. É estrelado por Bella Thorne, Dermot Mulroney e Richard Harmon.

O filme foi lançado dia 12 de outubro de 2018 nos Estados Unidos, pela Lionsgate.

Sinopse
O mundo atravessa um apocalipse que elimina parte da humanidade. No entanto, depois da catástrofe, vivos e mortos passam a viver juntos. Uma jovem passa nove anos neste local, levando uma rotina sem turbulências, até o dia em que é atacada. Ela precisa descobrir a origem do ataque enquanto luta pela sobrevivência.

Elenco

 Bella Thorne como Veronica "Ronnie" Calder
 Richard Harmon como Kirk Lane
 Dermot Mulroney como August Bittner
 Amy Price-Francis como Anna Calder
 Shaun Benson como Robert Calder
 Louis Herthum como Dr. Martin Steiner
 Thomas Elms como Brian
 Sara Thompson como Janine
 Hugh Dillon como Mathison
 Marina Stephenson Kerr como Pastor Greer

 Darcy Fehr como Pai do Kirk

Produção
Em julho de 2016, foi anunciado que Bella Thorne se juntou ao elenco do filme, com Scott Speer dirigindo um roteiro de Jason Fuchs baseado no romance Break My Heart 1000 Times, de Daniel Waters, Paul Brooks atuando como produtor do filme com Scott Niemeyer, Brad Kessell e Fuchs como produtores executivos. A Gold Circle Films produziu o filme. Em março de 2017, Dermot Mulroney e Richard Harmon se juntaram ao elenco do filme.

Filmagem
A fotografia principal começou em março de 2017. Algumas partes do filme foram filmadas em Winnipeg, Canadá, em uma escola local, Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute. Algumas outras cenas também foram filmadas na ponte de Arlington, localizada na cidade. Muitas partes do filme baseadas em "Jewel City" foram filmadas em Carman, Manitoba.

Lançamento
Nos EUA o filme foi lançado dia 12 de outubro de 2018 em outros países o filme lançou também em outubro do mesmo ano porém em alguns países o filme foi lançado somente em 2019 e o filme foi distribuído pela Lionsgate.

Recepção

Bilheteria
I Still See You arrecadou US$ 1.359 nos Estados Unidos e no Canadá e US $ 1,1 milhão em outros territórios, totalizando US$ 1,6 milhão no mundo inteiro.

Resposta Crítica
No site Rotten Tomatoes, o filme mantém um índice de aprovação de 8% com base em 12 avaliações, com uma classificação de 3,5/10. No Metacritic, o filme tem uma pontuação média de 31 em 100, com base em 7 críticos, indicando "críticas geralmente desfavoráveis".

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Guild of Photojournalists Nigeria (GPN) the umbrella body for practicing photojournalists in Nigeria has concluded plans to hold the second edition of its annual conference/exhibition and award on Friday, December 2, 2022, at Lagos Country Club Ikeja, Lagos. The theme for the conference is "Visual Communication: Threat or Asset to National Security and Social Development in Election Year"; while for …
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DALLAS, Tex., May 8, 2015 — Put up a nicely-done, large, and original piece of public art; maintain it well, and you're going to have a major tourist attraction for decades to come. That holds true whether you're downtown in a 4-plus million population metropolitan area like Dallas, where I visited a week ago, or along a recreational trail in west central Iowa, where I live.
Here's one view of "Pioneer Plaza Cattle Drive" in downtown Dallas.
The artwork and the plaza, now owned by the City of Dallas and overseen by the city's Public Art Program, are valued at $9 million today. About $4.8 million was raised privately to fund construction of it in the early 1990s. It was dedicated in 1994 with only six of the current 49 steers in place.
Many of us who are advocates for enhanced recreation, tourism and economic development along the Raccoon River Valley Trail are now at work on public art installations on this popular, 89-mile, paved trail, which stretches from Jefferson on the northwest to Waukee & the Des Moines area on the southeast. Acclaimed sculptor David Dahlquist, based in Des Moines, has developed the "Waukee Railroad Pergola — in the shadow of the rails" installation, to be built at the Waukee trailhead. That has established the "in the shadow of the rails" theme, which other trail communities are using to help tell the stories of the west central Iowa area, as well as the story of the rails-to-trail conversion that created the RRVT.
Seeing and learning about the drawing power of Pioneer Plaza Cattle Drive in Dallas makes the projects at home in Iowa seem all the more urgent, beneficial and important.
The cattle drive boss overlooking the herd.
Here comes a Texas longhorn. All 49 of the bronze steers that sculptor Robert Summers has made for the art installation are different. And some have historical markings, like a "Big D" brand.
Texas longhorns heading toward downtown Dallas.
The longhorn steers crossing the creek, and notice that one or two are trying to grab a quick drink.
Another cowboy, this one riding hard, on the cattle drive.
No matter the time of day — or night — there are people visiting Pioneer Plaza Cattle Drive. Here, in fact, our granddaughters Lindsay Offenburger, 7, and Casey Offenburger, 4, hang from a steer's horns, under the somewhat watchful eye of their dad Andrew Offenburger.
Carla Offenburger and I up-close with the Texas longhorns in the cattle drive.


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Disaster allowance now available to help locals get back on their feet
Disaster allowance now available to…
Photo caption: Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is pleased that the Disaster Recovery Allowance has been made available to people who have been impacted by flooding and storms in 16 Local Government Areas across the Parkes electorate.
Communities throughout the Parkes electorate that have been impacted by the recent storms and flooding can now apply for financial support from the Australian Government, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has announced.
The Australian Government Disaster Recovery Allowance (DRA) is available to support people whose income has been affected by the severe weather in the Bourke, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Cobar, Coonamble, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Gunnedah, Gwydir, Lachlan, Moree Plains, Narrabri, Narromine, Walgett, Warren and Warrumbungle Local Government Areas.
Mr Coulton welcomed this news and encouraged residents to lodge a claim for assistance.
"I know this support will be a great relief for so many people across my electorate who have been seriously impacted by the recent widespread flooding and storm damage," Mr Coulton said.
"I was on the road last week and spoke to a number of people who are in the process of cleaning up and repairing damaged property. By making this financial support available, the Australian Government is helping them get back on their feet.
"The Disaster Recovery Allowance provides a short-term income support payment to assist individuals whose income has been affected because of this disastrous event.
"The Allowance is available for up to 13 weeks, equivalent to the maximum rate of the Jobseeker Payment or Youth Allowance.
"The easiest and fastest way to claim is over the phone, by calling the Australian Government Emergency Information Line on 180 22 66 from 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
"If you've been affected by recent floods in New South Wales and Queensland and are repaying a Centrelink debt, Services Australia is able to help. To provide immediate assistance, the Australian Government is pausing all Centrelink debt raising and new debt recovery in the affected Local Government Areas."
Claims for DRA can be made to Services Australia from Tuesday 14 December 2021.
Check your eligibility at www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/natural-disaster
More information on Australian Government disaster assistance is available at disasterassist.gov.au
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Timeline Flow Chart v. Forensic Animation: Which is More Effective?
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A visual strategy like a timeline flow chart is used in court to help illustrate complex facts. It's up to the attorney to choose the best visual strategy.
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A timeline flow chart is a pictorial representation of facts that clearly states the fact in such a way that the audience can follow the flow of events. According to Writing Commons, it is deemed helpful because it "highlights the passage of time; timelines and flow charts offer a visual representation of how ideas, people, inventions, or processes evolve."
Timeline flow charts can be essential in certain court cases. The jury usually appreciates any visual aid since it helps their understanding of the subject matter. When used appropriately and adequately canvassed by the attorney in court, they can produce amazing results.
However, if all matters are left to flow charts alone, then the whole aim of having several types of demonstrative evidence would be defeated.
On the other hand, forensic animation is an aspect of demonstrative evidence widely accepted in the United States judiciary. It is known for solving complexities and also bringing hidden facts to life.
According to Cornell Law School, forensic animation refers to "the use of computer graphics to recreate complex event sequences and accidents; the branch of forensic science that uses technology to recreate and visually depict an event."
Forensic science has developed with law and justice since it is a prominent definitive stance during an investigation. The impact of forensic animation is seen in homicide investigations, where an autopsy determines the victim's cause of death, usually brought up by forensic science.
The reach of forensic animation in the investigation process and the courtroom cannot be overemphasized as it is a definitive authority in criminal justice.
This is why even though timeline flow charts are essential in court, certain cases require better illustration, which can be achieved using forensic animation.
Why Is Forensic Animation More Persuasive Than Timeline Flow Chart?
Even though forensic animation and timeline flow charts have their respective impacts in court, forensic animation has much more persuasive attributes. They are explained as follows:
Forensic animation is situated in science
Yes, animations can have stunning effects on viewers. But this is not what forensic animation is all about. Without the beauty of captivating words and embellishment, the animation can still positively affect the audience as long as it is tested, trusted, and backed by scientific principles. The law has provided rules to ensure that forensic animations are not prejudicial when introduced in court.
Forensic animation follows scientific methods, making it more credible and investigative than mere representation.
In an article by Graduate Way, it was stated that "the field of forensic science involves the application of the scientific method to questions related to criminal cases. Forensic science follows the steps of the forensic method, from the observation of the crime science, collection of initial data, experimentation, and validation of results that are generated from the analysis."
Since the analysis is deeply invested in science, depicting it through forensic animation is persuasiveness and credibility all in one goal.
Forensic animation has an all-encompassing effect.
Forensic animation is, by nature, a demonstrative means of portraying evidence in court.
When timeline flow charts can only be limited to misdemeanors and other minor offenses, forensic animation takes the stage in the wake of severe and complex criminal and civil offenses.
According to an article by Britannica, it was stated that forensic science is "Forensic science can be involved not only in investigation and prosecution of crimes such as rape, murder, and drug trafficking but also in matters in which a crime has not been committed but in which someone is charged with a civil wrong."
Therefore, forensic animation would give you your day in court as long as court rules are adequately followed.
Not all cases are complex enough to require the use of forensic animation. Sometimes, the use of a simple timeline flow chart would suffice. However, when you are faced with a complex court case, a proper presentation of the facts of the case can be laid before the jury with the help of a credible forensic animation company.
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Democratic Rep. Faith Winter is challenging Republican Sen. Beth Martinez Humenik for her seat in Colorado's Senate District 24.
Colorado's state capitol has been clouded by sexual harassment allegations against a handful of lawmakers and their aftermath for almost a year.
While none of the men accused of misconduct are on the ballot this November, one of the most critical state senate races in this election involves two women running against each other who have at times played different roles in the capitol's #MeToo movement.
Democratic Rep. Faith Winter — who accused former Democratic state Rep. Steve Lebsock of sexual harassment — is trying to unseat Republican incumbent Sen. Beth Martinez Humenik in state Senate District 24.
This race between Winter and Martinez Humenik has both sides raising millions of dollars, and is among the top two most competitive seats that will determine which party controls the balance of power come January. It could impact a lot of policies coming out of the capitol, including changes to how the legislature handles sexual harassment complaints.
Winter is a notable part of that effort after her allegations, and an outside investigation, led to Lebsock's ouster from the statehouse and galvanized the movement to confront sexual harassment from lawmakers.
"Coming forward was scary and I risked my career to do it," Winter said.
The capitol's sexual harassment issues and her role in exposing it isn't something voters frequently bring up. She said the overall topic was mentioned more during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's contentious confirmation.
"When it does come up nationally, people do start thinking about it locally, now that it's becoming a national conversation again it's bringing attention to what's happening locally again," she said.
Winter's opponent, Martinez Humenik said when the #MeToo movement is mentioned to her, it's usually someone expressing frustration, especially now that it has become cast at times in such a partisan lens.
Republican incumbent Sen. Beth Martinez Humenik.
"What I have heard is people are tired of hearing about it and think that it's actually affecting the folks that are wanting to bring forth claims to the point where they may not want to because they don't want it played out in the media," said Martinez Humenik.
One of the workplace harassment investigations from the 2018 legislative session involved a complaint against Democratic Sen. Daniel Kagan. Martinez Humenik recently released the report, which originated with a complaint she filed that she saw him in an unmarked women's restroom. She called for a public apology from Kagan.
Both Winter and Martinez Humenik served on a legislative committee over the summer that was tasked with recommending changes to improve the capitol's workplace culture. Yet, on the campaign trail, neither are going out of their way to talk about the issue of sexual harassment. They are focused on more bread and butter issues directly impacting voters.
A Democratic linked group, Coloradans for Fairness, is dropping mailers and digital ads criticizing Martinez Humenik for her vote not to expel a senator accused of sexual harassment.
A flurry of flyers have been hitting mailboxes in the 24th Senate District to convince voters. Control of the state Senate hangs in the balance in the race between Winter and Martinez Humenik.
The Senator in that case — Republican Randy Baumgardner — denied the allegations that he grabbed and slapped a staffer's buttocks twice in 2016. An outside investigator found the allegations credible. Martinez Humenik stands by her vote not to expel him.
"There was too much reasonable doubt and not enough credible evidence there," she said.
One week after the expulsion vote failed, mostly along party lines, allegations against Baumgardner of inappropriate conduct from eight other people were found credible. Martinez Humenik said she never read the second investigative report.
Katerina Birge, the former staffer who filed the first complaint against Baumgardner, said many consider it "a settled matter and I think it's a non-issue to most Coloradans." She is disappointed that what's happening in the state isn't more top of mind for voters and wishes more people were interested in holding lawmakers accountable for misconduct.


I have a new Jira server installed in my AWS account. I'm getting below error while try to login.
2018-12-27 15:36:55,750 http-nio-8080-exec-17 ERROR anonymous 936x193x3 z0dw6 AA.BB.CC.DD,aa.bb.cc.dd /rest/gadget/1.0/login [c.a.c.manager.application.ApplicationServiceGeneric] Directory 'Crowd Server' is not functional during authentication of 'email@domain.com'. Skipped.
27-Dec-2018 15:36:56.035 WARNING [http-nio-8080-exec-17] com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.filterFormParameters A servlet request, to the URI http://jira-new.domain.com/rest/gadget/1.0/login, contains form parameters in the request body but the request body has been consumed by the servlet or a servlet filter accessing the request parameters. Only resource methods using @FormParam will work as expected. Resource methods consuming the request body by other means will not work as expected.
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How Long to Beat Horizon Forbidden West
Daniel Trock
Horizon Zero Dawn was an absolutely gigantic game, both in terms of literal size the amount of stuff to do in it. It's only right, then, that its sequel amp up the scale. Of course, with an even bigger world and even more stuff to do, it'll probably take you a little bit longer to work your way through it. So, how long does it take to beat Horizon Forbidden West?
According to initial reports and polls coming into Howlongtobeat.com, the overall playtime of Horizon Forbidden West is rather variable. Roughly speaking, though, if you were to focus primarily on the main story while taking a few deviations and detours here and there, you'd probably beat the game in about 31 hours and change. If you were to completely forgo side content and focus exclusively on the story, you could probably cut that down to around 25 hours.
So, how about going the long way around? Well, since Horizon Forbidden West is an open-world sandbox game, and a sizable one at that, there's no shortage of stuff to while the hours away on. To be more specific, besides the main story, there are multiple categories of sidequests, challenges, and collectibles to indulge in, and going for absolutely all of them would raise your playtime exponentially.
Side Quests: Self-explanatory, quests that don't advance the story.
Errands: Quick, bite-sized tasks. Like side quests, but even shorter.
Salvage: Requests for particular kinds of salvaged crafting materials.
Hunting Grounds/Melee Pits: Combat challenges found in settlements.
Cauldrons: Large, enclosed dungeons full of puzzles and enemies.
Tallnecks: Climbable towers that reveal portions of the map.
Rebel Camps: Big groups of hostile humans to clear out.
Machine Strike: A tabletop game you can play with NPCs.
Gauntlet Runs: Mounted race tracks.
Vista Points: Environmental puzzles that reward you with bits of lore.
Relic Ruins: A separate kind of environmental puzzle that provides more tangible rewards.
If you were to go out of your way to 100% complete every last side objective in the game, you're looking at a playtime of roughly 85 hours, and that's at the absolute minimum. So, suffice to say, if you pick up Horizon Forbidden West, you won't be short of things to do any time soon.
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Q: Closure in a certain topology Let $\mathcal{T}_3=$ the topology having as basis all open rays $(- \infty, a)$
What is the closure of $A=(2,\sqrt{7})$ in the above topology ?

A: Hint. Every nontrivial closed set of this space is of the form $[a,\infty)$.


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Connecticut Supreme Court To Hear Landmark School Funding Case
Connecticut Public Radio | By Diane Orson
Ryan Caron King
WNPR
Robert Cotto, Jr. previews the upcoming Connecticut Supreme Court case on school funding.
A little over a year ago, Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher issued a sweeping decision in a landmark education lawsuit centered on the way Connecticut funds its public schools.
An appeal of that decision goes before the Connecticut Supreme Court this week.
WNPR invited Robert Cotto, Jr. who is a lecturer in Educational Studies at Trinity College and a doctoral student at UConn's Neag School of Education, to bring us up to date on the long-running case brought by the Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding.
Robert Cotto, Jr: The case, brought in 2004-2005, originally was brought by advocates that were arguing that the state's method of funding public education was basically unconstitutional.
They basically said that there wasn't a sufficient or adequate amount of funding for schools in Connecticut -- public schools in particular, and the funding that was there was not being allocated in an equitable fashion -- meaning that towns and cities that needed more were not getting the resources that they needed.
WNPR's Diane Orson: And it's been a long journey, but the case did go to trial. Can you summarize what came out of that?
The trial lasted for about a year after many years - almost a decade - of planning and preparing for the trial. And after the year of testimony from parents and administrators, educators, and all sorts of people that are affiliated with the schools -- not only in Connecticut but even nationally -- the judge provided a ruling last September, 2016.
The ruling was actually somewhat complex. And not only was it complex, but also pretty wide-sweeping.
Tell us a little more about that.
Basically what the judge said, was Connecticut does spend a sufficient amount of money on its public schools.
But he focused on many of the inequalities in terms of achievement, and also some of the inequalities in terms of how some towns and cities are able to get more when they really don't deserve it.
Finally he really made an indictment on the way that schools are held accountable. And that's really what he focused on.
And so, what's tricky about the decision is that none of the sides are really happy in the end.
From the state of Connecticut's position, they felt that if the judge believed that Connecticut spends a sufficient amount of money, then the case is over and everyone should go home. That's it. Connecticut has done its job.
From the plaintiff's perspective, they didn't appeal it exactly [but] they asked for a review. They believe that Connecticut isn't spending a sufficient amount of money on its public schools, contrary to what the judge believed. And the funding that's there isn't equitably distributed to towns and cities that need more. So that's why we're going to court this week.
So there seems to be confusion about what the ruling meant?
I think that's part of it. As part of the judge's ruling, he called for some pretty radical changes in terms of having exit exams for students [and] really reshaping special education law. And so some of those things, the state of Connecticut would argue, go well beyond what was the original topic of the case which was really education funding.
Why do you think this case is important?
What we've found over the decades in Connecticut is that these court cases can really push the legislature to make changes for education policy and in this case, we're talking about education funding.
The last major court case we had related to education funding -- back in 1977 -- pushed the state of Connecticut to make ed funding more equitable and we're kind of finding ourselves back in a similar spot.
Depending on how this case comes out, the legislature will have to respond by either adding more state funds to public education, or distributing those funds more equitably -- or perhaps not if the case falls apart.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
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Diane Orson is CT Public Radio's Deputy News Director and Southern Connecticut Bureau Chief. She is a longtime reporter and contributor to National Public Radio. Her stories have been heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition and Here And Now. Diane spent seven years as CT Public Radio's local host for Morning Edition.
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La Tour de Babel est une aventure d'Alix publiée en 1981 qui fait suite à La Tiare d'Oribal (quatrième album de la série).

Synopsis
Aidés par le romain Claudius Glarus, Alix et Enak se rendent à Jérusalem pour y rencontrer un inconnu. Ils rentrent en contact avec Hiram Khal, l'homme de confiance d'Oribal qui leur révèle la grave situation dans laquelle se trouve le jeune souverain et la nécessité de se rendre au plus vite à la capitale Zür-Bakal, près de Persépolis.

Après son accession au trône, Oribal, en grand admirateur de la civilisation grecque, s'entoura de conseillers et d'artistes grecs, fit ériger des statues à la gloire d'Alexandre le Grand ainsi qu'un temple dédié à la Concorde et Apollon et imposa le port de vêtements grecs à son entourage et à la population.

La construction du nouveau temple ayant exigé beaucoup d'argent, de nouveaux impôts furent levés, ce qui provoqua une révolte du peuple soutenue par le clergé qui estimait que ces changements étaient une insulte à leurs coutumes. Oribal dut s'appuyer sur l'armée qui réprima cet élan dans le sang. Désormais, prisonnier dans une spirale de violence, seul Alix (dont le prestige auprès de la population est resté intact) pourrait le sauver.

Le récit montrera qu'Oribal a été exécuté par décapitation.

Séquences notables
 Alix et Enak visitent le temple de Jérusalem.
 Un flash-back évoque la bataille de Gaugamèles (Alexandre le Grand contre Darius).

Album d'Alix
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Jeanne-Catherine Pauwels (1795-1889) was a Belgian musician.

She was born to painter Jean-Baptiste Pauwels and Pétronille Vanden Borre. She studied music under Witzthumb and became known as a piano virtuoso. Because she was not professionally active, she was categorized as an amateur, but she performed at numerous concerts in salons in Brussels and attracted great attention for her musical abilities. She also composed music.

References
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The Rescue
Flamingo Minutes (2004)
Slowdance
Reviewer Greg
Rescue: congratulations on become more listenable. When I was given Volume Plus Volume to review in 2002, it was the first time I had heard the Detroit foursome, and let me just say I was stunned. While I was impressed, the constant meter and tempo changes, pounding unorthodox rhythms, and dissonance made listening to the album in its entirety quite a workout. I worked up my endurance (pun intended) and started to enjoy the album more after the review was posted. The CD has since been re-released on Forge Again records as a double-disc with rarities, and in the June 2004 issue of AP, they listed the album as one of the 10 Essential Prog-Emo Albums, alongside The Mars Volta, Joan of Arc and Coheed and Cambria. This band is more like Braid than those guys, so they do clarify that this is more like "math-emo." Was I right for comparing this band to Dillinger Escape Plan in pure musical tech, despite all the shit I got in the comments? Anyway, let's move to the present.
What we have here could be called a mini-LP or mini-album, because it's more than an EP at 8 tracks in 32 minutes (I've seen "full lengths" shorter than that…*cough Me First cough Gimme Gimmes*). What we have here should definitely be called a huge step forward in musicality. On Volume Rescue seemed to be four guys flexing their musical muscles; on Flamingo Minutes we have songwriters. This makes for a much more enjoyable listen and a more accessible record to the new fan with, in my opinion, no compromise to their overall sound.
Rescue has slowed the speed down a tad, but not the intensity as its opener "I am the Queen of Comparison" shows. They still use dissonance well, while the unique rhythms and dynamic change are still the most compelling elements to the band. Then, I noticed the lyrics, a first for me with Rescue. Before, they were incomprehensible beneath the barrage, now they push to the forefront with biting lines like "I will settle down with the first one who swoons me/ I am the queen of comparison/ I will fuck you on my floor/ in my room, at my door." This first track leads into the insane instrumental "Psuffix," a minute long onslaught of clashing tones and microphone-clipping cymbals, proving this band has not gone soft in the least.
"Moment & Morning: 1981-1986" has the best vocal line I believe the band has written yet (with its competition being the following track "Concerns"), moving up and down in range, with bite yet melody. The last album had times the vocals were downright annoying, but no more. Also, on this song the band sounds kinda like Cursive, but still with their own style and technical prowess in there. Another band comparison would be Murder by Death in "Through/ Suit", the slowest Rescue track I've heard, and not because they throw in a cello-they don't- it just has a good groove with acoustic guitar and some whispery vocals, a definite growth for the band; an expansion of their sound.
A couple interesting things I have never seen on an album before: they have a song pronounced "Eating Jesus", but typed as "Eating" then a Jesus fish symbol. Deeper in the liner notes it says how it is supposed to be pronounced. Also, I had been looking at the lyric sheet to see the track listing, thinking they were not printed on the outside art. But then I discovered it was there after all, hidden on the opposite spine. Different.
Most importantly, we have a band that is growing. Still intense and artistic yet with a batch of better songs, Flamingo Minutes should allow Rescue to keep their old fans and win even more new ones.
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