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Jet Airways to re-launch commercial operations from September
By TBM Staff - Mumbai Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 12:00 PM 1540
Jet Airways will start the process of hiring pilots for Airbus' A320 aircraft, Boeing's 737NG and 737Max planes as the airline is planning to resume its commercial operations in September. This comes after Jet Airways' commercial operations were suspended on April 17, 2019, due to financial distress.
"Good things come to those that wait – Jet Airways will be flying again soon! Inviting pilots who are current and type-rated on the Airbus A320 or Boeing 737NG or MAX aircraft, to apply to join us in creating history as we prepare to relaunch India's classiest airline," the airline wrote on its Twitter on Tuesday.
Notably, the ailing airline on Tuesday started the process for hiring pilots for Airbus' A320 aircraft as well as Boeing's 737NG and 737Max planes. The airline, which reportedly received air operator certificate from aviation regulator DGCA on May 20, is yet to place an order for aircraft with either European plane-maker Airbus or American aerospace company Boeing, according to news agency PTI report.
It is important to note that as of now, the ailing airline has just one operational aircraft, which is a B737NG, in its fleet. The airline has announced that it intends to recommence commercial operations in the current quarter ending September, the report said. Financial distress forced Jet Airways, which flew for more than two decades, to suspend operations on April 17, 2019 and a consortium of lenders, led by the State Bank of India (SBI), filed an insolvency petition in June 2019 to recover outstanding dues worth over ₹8,000 crore, the report further highlighted. In October 2020, the airline's Committee of Creditors (CoC) approved the resolution plan submitted by the consortium of the UK's Kalrock Capital and UAE-based entrepreneur Murari Lal Jalan, according to the report. (Source: Agencies)
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The MBIO16 adds 16 digital I/O points to your SPLat controller. It is easy to use, appearing simply as another 16 inputs and 16 outputs. You can use each point as one or the other. The ouputs are capable of sinking up to 2A at 24V, making it ideal for driving heavy duty solenoid valves and small motors. No explicit initialization is required.
As outputs the MBIO bidirectional I/O points use a solid state power MOSFET switch between the pin and ground (0V). The load (say a solenoid coil) has to be connected between the output pin and the positive supply voltage. The maximum allowable output current is up to 1.5A steady state, with brief (5S) peaks of 2A allowed. There are onboard catch diodes, so it is safe driving inductive, non-motor loads up to the rated current. For motors the locked rotor current must be within the output rating. See the documentation for more detail.
As inputs the MBIO bidirectional I/O points provide industry standard NPN compatibility. Tying the input pin to ground (0V) registers as an On (True/logic 1) state. Leaving it open circuit or driving it to the positive supply voltage registers and an Off (false/logic 0). See the documentation for more detail.
Developers' kit, contains the expansion board with 16BIO (high current FET outputs), 600mm shielded cable, matching connectors and mounting standoffs.


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Review: Vista Pub of the Floating Islands of Some Sevit (비스타펍)
The Floating Islands of Some Sevit has been undergoing an interesting transition in its identity since its opening but it seems to be finding its grounds now. In addition to holding a number of meeting spaces and operating as a convention venue, it houses a number of shops and restaurants within.
In terms of eateries there's a buffet, a lobster place, and there's also the Vista Pub. Describing itself as a brunch and casual eatery spot, I've had the opportunity to visit a few times for work.
Located within Gavit Seom, one of three of the floating islands, it's quite a spacious spot that has a casual, laid-back atmosphere to it.
There are plenty of tables so it's not a bad place for larger groups. And, naturally, the window seats overlooking the Han River are most in-demand.
In particular, you get some great views of the Banpo Rainbow Bridge Fountain show during April-October when they're one.
On the menu are several ala carte options ranging in everything from pizzas (margherita, gorgonzola focaccia and, interestingly, chocolate with each pie ranging from 21-23K), salads (salmon, caesar, pasta from 16-18K a plate), pastas, steaks, and more. Full menu can be viewed here.
They also offer set dinner menus, desserts, and bar food. If you're not hungry, they carry an extensive list of drinks, juices, beer (bottled and draft), cocktails, and wine.
Though there isn't normally a lunch set menu, on one visit I was there for an event so this was the menu for us.
Kicking everything off was the salmon gravlax with tomato jelly. Presentation was pretty enough but like its deconstructed state, there was just something about it that didn't quite come together fully. A bit of pesto? Some more sauce? I couldn't quite put a finger on it.
I can't remember what drink this was but it was non-alcoholic but pleasant enough.
Nice pumpkin soup. Definitely not a case where they overloaded it with sugar.
Tenderloin was great overall. Cooked as ordered (medium rare) and juicy enough. Without the red wine sauce though it was slightly underwhelming in flavor. The mashed potatoes could do with some butter to make it taste less watered down.
Dessert proved popular with the crowd. Moist and not too sweet :)
On a separate visit I tasted the pizza which was fine but too expensive for a margherita. The pizza was, as you can see, also a bit unevenly cooked.
My favorite dish I've had here though has been the hot spicy pesce stew. I think it's more a soup than a stew but it's still loaded with clams, shrimp, mussels, and vegetables in a spicy, hearty broth that's reminiscent of an upgraded jjambbong. Nice dish!
Vista Pub is a mixed bag of sorts in the food department. The food, by no means, isn't terrible but there is little that stands out about it. If you remember that here you'll be paying a premium on the food for the location and view, it's not too bad especially when considering it's one of the very few Seoul restaurants that's situated right on the river. But certainly Vista Pub is not somewhere I'd recommend someone to go out of the way for for the food alone.
Despite the Han River being such a central component of Seoul, there are surprisingly few restaurants situated right on the river. Vista Pub is one of the few that falls in that category with the advantage of it being situated right next to the Banpo Bridge and the Banpo Rainbow Bridge Fountain show that's put on daily from April to October. While the menu is diverse and food ok, it's the view and ambience people come for at Vista Pub (and what is behind the premium in food and beverage prices). If anything, I'd recommend Vista Pub for an after-date location or casual but a little more upscale spot to enjoy some light drinks and snacks.
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683, Olympic-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
Navigating to Some Sevit or the Banpo Bridge from the Express Bus Terminal is doable but not the easiest of journeys. From exit 8-1, walk straight for about 240m and then turn right at Banpodae-ro. Head up north for roughly 800m or so and you'll soon start seeing signs that point you towards the Banpo Hangang River Park. If I recall correctly you'll end up at a pedestrian underpass or tunnel of sorts before emerging out to the Hangang River Park. From there find your bearing towards the Some Sevit or the Banpo River Bridge which the floating islands are situated right next to. Note though that the total distance from the exit to the floating islands is about 1.3km.
Otherwise, take a cab from exit 8-1 for a fare that shouldn't come out much more than the basic fare. Do avoid traffic time though as this area can get quite congested.
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The Banpo Hangang public parking starts off at 1,000 won for 30 minutes and then 200 won every 10 minutes. A full day parking is 10,000 won.
Beer (draft and bottled), cocktails, wine, and more all offered.
The Vista Pub is opened till 1AM so it's perfectly fine to come here for drinks or late night snacking.
There's a Sebitseom membership that offers discounts and deals within the islands if you sign up. Members also get a 5% discount at Vista pub excluding special menus and beverages.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 14, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Asthma and allergies can put on damper on your Valentine's Day romancing, an expert warns.
"Keeping everyone free of allergy and asthma flare-ups helps keep the focus on romance this Valentine's Day. Red or itchy eyes, runny noses, coughs and fatigue can ruin your celebration," Dr. Bradley Chipps, president of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), said in a college news release.
Chipps and his organization outlined a number of ways to avoid allergy/asthma problems on Valentine's Day, which is Wednesday.
If you're considering giving your sweetheart a gift of jewelry or clothing, you need to be aware of contact dermatitis, a skin reaction caused by an irritant or an allergen. Symptoms can include a rash, blisters, itching and burning. Potential triggers include nickel, which is found in some jewelry, and wool.
Snuggling in front of a fire may not be a good idea for someone with asthma because smoke is a common asthma trigger. That also includes secondhand smoke from cigarettes, the ACAAI said.
Chocolates are a common gift on Valentine's Day, but they often contain major allergens such as eggs, milk, tree nuts and peanuts. If your honey bunny has any food allergies, check the ingredients before offering chocolates or any other gift of food.
If you and your loved one are planning a trip to celebrate Valentine's Day, you should take steps to prevent allergy and asthma flare-ups.
Pack allergy and asthma medications in a separate small bag so you can keep them nearby. If dust allergies are a problem, consider bringing pillow and mattress covers. It might be best to travel in the early morning or late evening because air quality is generally better. Book a nonsmoking room and if you get a rental car, ask for one that hasn't been smoked in, the ACAAI suggested.
The U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has more on allergens and irritants.


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Peter Singer and Anthony Fisher faced off in a debate over euthanasia on Thursday night. Sydney University Catholic Society/YouTube
Singer and Fisher preach to their flocks in euthanasia debate
Benjamin T. Jones, Western Sydney University
The goal in the Peter Singer-Anthony Fisher debate on euthanasia was never to change anyone's mind but to speak to an existing base.
There is precious little dignity available for those Australians who are in the last stages of their lives. shutterstock
The slow politics of dignity for the aged and dying in Australia
Gary Wickham, Murdoch University
The contrast between rights with dignity and rights without is increasingly apparent with regard to two groups of Australians: retirees and those in aged-care facilities.
Where next for supporters of end-of-life choice? Robert Kneschke
The battle over assisted dying in the UK is far from over
Alison Britton, Glasgow Caledonian University
The defeat of the Scottish Assisted Dying Bill may be a blow for supporters, but it is not terminal.
How the Daily Mail reported Jeffrey Spector's final meal with his family.
We all deserve the right to die without pain or fear, but assisted suicide won't fix that
Timothy James, Birmingham City University
A recent ombudsman's report suggests that most people are more concerned with end-of-life care than the right to end their lives.
UK legislation still has various hurdles to overcome. Robert Kneschke
UK moves to join countries with some form of assisted dying – but a way to go yet
The debate on the role of law and ethics at the end of life is an enduring one. In 1971, such debate was focused almost solely upon the Netherlands when a rural physician called Truus Postma facilitated…
Too stringent an approach to assisted dying risks locking people with mental illness out of the right to make decisions about the end of their lives. Thomas Hawk/Flickr
Should people with acute mental suffering be allowed to die?
Sascha Callaghan, University of Sydney
Euthanasia advocates often assert a distinction between dying with dignity (good) and suicide (bad), drawing on the community's twin commitment to both permitting euthanasia in some circumstances, and…
Terminal cancer patient Peter Short gives evidence on voluntary euthanasia to the Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, which tabled its report on Monday. Tracey Nearmy/AAP
How to draw the line between 'good' and 'bad' reasons to die
A Senate inquiry into legalising voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill people has recommended a conscience vote on the proposed bill after technical matters, such as what constitutes a "terminal illness…
Historical evidence of suicide rates varying with the philosophy of the times urges caution about adopting an unqualified libertarian stance that privileges autonomy above all else. Arallyn!/Flickr
Do people really have the right to a rational suicide?
Peter Saul, University of Newcastle
Seven Australians will die today as a result of suicide, the leading cause of death in young Australian men. So the media interest surrounding one in particular, that of 45-year-old Nigel Brayley's suicide…
If Senator Richard di Natale were to win the federal parliament's support for his bill to legalise euthanasia, it would probably override state bans. AAP/Lukas Coch
Explainer: could federal law end the state bans on euthanasia?
Michael Stokes, University of Tasmania
Greens senator Richard Di Natale is circulating a bill to legalise euthanasia throughout Australia, the Medical Services (Dying with Dignity) Exposure Draft Bill. The key provision permits – subject to…
Philip Nitschke and David Leyonhjelm have appealed libertarian ideals in their arguments for euthanasia and same-sex marriage respectively. Joe Castro & Luca Koch/AAP
Strange bedfellows: euthanasia, same-sex marriage, and libertarianism
Patrick Stokes, Deakin University
The suspension of Philip Nitschke's medical registration, and the events leading up to it, has sparked one of the most heated discussions about euthanasia in Australia for some time. What's surprising…
Dr Philip Nitschke admits advising a healthy 45-year-old man who later killed himself. AAP Image/Julian Smith
Memo to Philip Nitschke: let's keep euthanasia for the dying
Paul Biegler, Monash University
People who operate on the edge risk falling over it and into the abyss. And euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke has been in freefall since it emerged he had email contact with a healthy 45-year-old West…
In the current era of hi-tech medicine, the word euthanasia has been stretched to encompass a broad range of interventions. Guian Bolisay/Flickr
Let's be clear about what we mean when we say euthanasia
Debate about euthanasia flares up in Australia every few months but, for some reason, it never gets very far. The latest round started late last month, when urologist and campaigner for voluntary euthanasia…
Lawfully allowing a patient to die should be kept distinct from euthanasia. Shutterstock
Withdrawing life-prolonging treatment not the same as killing
There is a clear legal distinction in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States between withdrawing life-prolonging treatment – such as ventilation for a person who can't breathe unaided, or…
Belgium is a world away from Australia on this issue, with a completely different culture and history of euthanasia. Image from shutterstock.com
Belgium's child euthanasia law – implications for Australia
Ben White, Queensland University of Technology and Lindy Willmott, Queensland University of Technology
Late last week, the Belgian parliament passed laws that granted children access to euthanasia. The laws have been controversial and attracted significant discussion internationally. Opponents of reform…
Too much of a good thing? Andrew Milligan/PA
Death of Marius the giraffe reveals cultural differences in animal conservation
Robert John Young, University of Salford
The reaction to the euthanasia of Marius the giraffe at Copenhagen Zoo has highlighted cultural differences in attitudes to animals and death between the UK and Denmark. I first visited the Copenhagen…
How do you explain finality to a child? Daquella Manera
Why euthanasia for children in Belgium is wrong
Charles Foster, University of Oxford
First case of voluntary euthanasia for a child has taken place. But there are fundamental issues with this procedure.
Our health system is geared towards saving lives – even when the person being revived might not want to live. Julie Kertesz
How the care conveyor belt tortures people back to life
Kenneth Hillman, UNSW
ABC's Four Corners tonight is about a young man who has decided to end his life after 36 years of suffering a debilitating illness. But because euthanasia is illegal in Australia, he has to apply to another…
Dignitas isn't for everyone but it's a compassionate response for some. Unhindered by Talent
Dignitas case raises tough questions over right to die and duty to protect
Ann Gallagher, University of Surrey
Hard cases, it has been said, make bad law. They also prompt us to ask deeper questions about wider causes and longer term ethical consequences - and this is particularly pressing when it comes to assisted…
Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings has proposed a framework for 'voluntary assisted dying' with Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim. AAP/Alan Porritt
Tasmania could lead the way for voluntary euthanasia laws
Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings and Leader of the Tasmanian Greens Nick McKim have released a discussion paper that outlines and seeks comment on a proposed framework for "voluntary assisted dying". The…
We need a debate that considers the empirical evidence about voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide. Anne/Flickr
Starting the debate on voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide
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Chama Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse
We simply love that we can always recommend Chama Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse to anyone who happens to be traveling in the Southside Place area of Texas! Oh, the food is just so delicious here! You won't believe it until you try it really. All of the meats are so expertly seasoned and cooked just right, and the vegetarian diners out there will appreciate their extensive salad bar! Everything is all you can eat, so even the heartiest appetites in your group will be fulfilled. Find Chama Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse at 5865 Westheimer Rd in the Galleria/Uptown neighborhood of nearby Houston and give them a call at 713-244-9500.
Uchi is certainly one of our preferred top choices for an authentic Japanese experience within the Southside Place area! Our customers have really raved about this one, so the recommendation is well-deserved. It's definitely quite pricey here, but completely worth every single dollar that you'll spend. If you seek out reviews of this place, you'll see that everyone recommends the fried milk dessert, which is our favorite too. The hama chili is another star item and the machi cure is sensational! Find Uchi at 904 Westheimer Rd in the Fourth Ward/Montrose neighborhood of nearby Houston and get in touch with them by phone at 713-522-4808.
Nick's Place
Nick's Place is the essential sports bar in the Southside Place area as far as Party Bus Houston customers are concerned, as evidenced by all their requests for our chauffeurs to take them there! It's open until 2:00 AM every single night, it's casual and fun, and you'll love the juke box and the free Wi-Fi. The cheesy poofs and the pizzadilla are definitely our top two picks here, and the great selection of beer deserves a mention too! Wonderful service and just a great all around vibe. Find Nick's Place at 2713 Rockyridge Dr in nearby Houston and reach them for info at 713-780-8338.
For a fun, family friendly experience... Don't miss out on the greatness that Little Matt's delivers on all fronts! There's games and iPads situated around the place for the little one's (or the big one's) to enjoy while waiting or, while the adults are talking and enjoying a drink after dinner. We have saved the best for last however. The food. It's simply over the top. The owner has worked hard to provide an exceptional environment and some of the tastiest choices in town. They're easy to find on 6203 Edloe in Houston. If you'd like to call for carryout, you can do so at 713-592-6200.


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Demi Lovato says end of their engagement allowed them to become 'authentic self'
Lovato was engaged to soap actor Max Ehrich for two months last year
Demi Lovato said the end of their whirlwind engagement to actor Max Ehrich helped them come out as non-binary.
The chart-topping pop star said their pronouns are they/them in May, telling fans the decision had come "after a lot of healing & self-reflective work".
Lovato, 29, was engaged to soap actor Ehrich, 30, for two months last year.
Speaking to non-profit news organisation The 19th, Lovato, who revealed they first questioned their gender around the age of 10, said the end of the relationship led to them becoming "my most authentic self".
Lovato said: "I met someone and I got into this straight relationship and that was great, but that led me to ignoring all the parts of myself that I didn't think were digestible for my partner at the time, who ended up becoming my fiance."
Lovato said the "dissolvement" of the relationship was "probably the best thing that's happened to me".
They added: "I was able to stand on my own two feet without needing someone else to validate me or to make me feel accepted.
"And when I said goodbye to that relationship, I also said goodbye to everything that was holding me back from being my most authentic self."
Lovato said they told friends and family they were non-binary towards the end of last year after first identifying that way at the beginning of the pandemic.
A person who identifies as non-binary does not define themselves exclusively as masculine or feminine and generally prefers they/them pronouns, rather than he/she.
New Mexico-born Lovato, a former Disney Channel star, suffered a near-fatal heroin overdose in 2018, having been sober for six years.


Jane is a senior reporter covering student health at EdSource Today. Her work with data journalist John C. Osborn on "How Vaccinated are California Kindergarteners" won first place in data reporting from the Education Writers Association in 2014. Jane is a former staff reporter for the Boston Globe. She is also the co-author of The Last Time I Wore a Dress (Putnam/Riverhead), the story of a teenage girl's journey through the mental health system. The book won a Lambda Literary Award. Previously, she was a contributing editor at Health and Parenting. She has reported for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Dallas Morning News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, Baltimore Sun and other publications. Prior to joining EdSource, she worked for five years at a K-8 school in Oakland. She holds an A.B. in government from Harvard University and an M.A. in English and an M.F.A. in Writing from San Francisco State University. She has been a USC Annenberg Health Journalism Fellow.
Cell phones and social media can leave teenagers depressed and isolated, new research has found. Some schools are encouraging students to put down their phones and talk to each other.
Some LGBT students find themselves accepted by their peers, but not by teachers and administrators at school, said Vinnie Pompei of the Human Rights Campaign, who will speak at the EdSource Symposium in October.
If schools could improve their work environments, and stop the flood of teachers leaving the field, the teaching shortage would go away, according to a report from the Learning Policy Institute.
As California's strict vaccination law turns a year old, vaccination rates have reached their highest levels.
Information about social and emotional learning for parents, teachers, administrators and students.
The Kern High School District in the Central Valley admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to settle because changes in school discipline reflect current policies.
The students retained those skills when researchers tracked them months or even years later.
Many California schools aren't reporting whether girls have equal access to high school sports teams, a new study from Legal Aid at Work finds.
Will social and emotional learning turn out to be just a fad? Researchers propose strategies to prevent that fate.
Stockton Unified spent nearly $3 million on school policing from state money targeted for low-income, English learner and foster youth students, the ACLU found in a data analysis.
Search school information in the CA Schools app from the California Department of Education.
What is social and emotional learning and why should schools get involved in it? A guide offers answers.
A California Teachers Association survey found that 40 percent of teachers had received little or no training in alternatives to suspensions.
The statewide rate for kindergartners who are vaccinated reaches 95.6 percent.
The percentage of kindergartners who received all required vaccines rose to 95.6 percent in 2016-17.
Suspension rates are a new indicator of school success.
Entering middle school marks a turning point for students.
The California Department of Education said it would end its legal challenges and follow a "corrective action plan" for special education monitoring issued in 2014 by the U.S. District Court of Northern California in San Francisco.
If the suspension rate were lowered by 1 percent in one graduating class in California, the state would avoid $180 million in economic losses, researchers at the University of California have found.
Transgender students in California remain protected from discrimination under state law, as state legislators say Trump is no friend of the LGBT community.
The recommendations are part of a push to create measures of school conditions and climate that help districts create change.
Teaching teachers how to develop their own social and emotional skills is the first step to helping students, according to a new report.
A new law bans the use of "Redskins" as a mascot at California high schools, but allows schools to continue to use logos of American Indians and for students to dress up in American Indian costumes.
From yelling to whispering, a teacher's tone of voice in the classroom affects learning and student behavior, some educators say.
The video is designed to help educate students, school staffs and parents about gender discrimination.
School officials, especially in California, are placing increased emphasis on respect for all students and civil discourse.
President Obama established DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — in 2012 through an executive order. With a stroke of a pen when he takes office, Trump can eliminate the program.
The researchers say their findings support efforts to diversify the teaching workforce.
Half of chronically absent K-5 students are found in 20 percent of districts.
Educators are more focused on how students and teachers interact.
The videos are designed to help teach social and emotional skills.
The price of a two-pack of Epi-Pen auto-injectors has gone from $100 to more than $600.
The new data map is based on information collected by the federal Office for Civil Rights.
Oakland Unified is facing compliance deadlines to prove it is monitoring students at private special education schools.
If the injunction is granted, the personal belief exemption will temporarily be reinstated.
With the new vaccination law, California becomes a worldwide leader in promoting childhood vaccinations.
The investigation concluded that the district violated federal education and disability law.
Unwanted sexual comments and jokes are against the law at schools, but enforcement has been minimal.
A disproportionate number of African-American students are suspended or expelled.
The lawsuit is seeking detailed information about student arrests.
School discipline and foster youth practices are targeted in state investigations.
Officials examining Tobinworld and other schools in California.
Researchers put the cost at $755,000 for each student who drops out.
A new "military student identifier" will track students' progress as they move.
Some campuses have sought exemptions from anti-discrimination laws.
California has provided equal access to facilities for transgender students since 2014.
At issue is whether special ed students need to comply with the new vaccination law.
The program uses parent-teacher teams to share information.
California funding formula requires districts to include school climate as a priority.
The state seeks to include students with disabilities in funding for high-needs students.
California is working with the Ad Council to provide communication tips for schools.
Advocates are pushing to make chronic absenteeism rates a measure of school success.
Some parents struggle with the logistics of getting children to school.
The new federal education law requires the change.
Officials cite "the critical link" between health and education.
More than 92 percent of California kindergartners are fully vaccinated.
The letter was sent after a 9-year-old was slapped by a teacher's aide.
The auditor will examine teacher discipline practices in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
The biggest decline in suspensions was in the "willful defiance" category.
The state investigates allegations of abuse at Antioch special education school.
The new vaccination law lacks clarity about whether special education students must be immunized.
School districts ask adults to model calm behavior.
Teacher preparation programs will have new curriculum by 2017-18, the state says.
The investigation resulted in 22 arrests, including an autistic student.
Lower rates of suspension were correlated with higher academic achievement for every racial group in the state, the study found.
The Student Voice campaign encourages meaningful connections with teachers.
The school districts are charged with failing to provide mandated PE instruction.
First national, comprehensive study looks at math and reading achievement.
Schools will be required to assess struggling readers specifically for dyslexia.
Native American groups have campaigned for the change for more than 50 years.
California has been a national leader in mandating healthy school lunches.
The referendum needed to collect 365,880 signatures but got 149,135.
The course will combine education on sexual health and HIV prevention.
Some parents believed those students would be exempt.
The Medi-Cal reimbursement program brings millions in federal funds to schools.
School districts lose $1 billion in funding every year due to absenteeism.
The state suspends certification for two Tobinworld schools.
Some PE teachers believed the rodeo proposal didn't meet state content standards.
The data focuses on student performance in the state's priority areas.
Schools accused of denying African-Americans and Latinos access to classes.
A new guide offers advice and explains legal issues.
Moving from elementary to middle school causes a substantial drop in test scores.
More than 30,000 schoolchildren in California have gay or lesbian parents.
Almost every school district in California will be affected.
BREAKING NEWS: Governor signs bill ending personal belief exemptions.
Teachers file 69 complaints against nine California schools in the network.
Some PE teachers object to giving credit for sport outside school supervision.
Proposed law would protect doctors from liability in prescribing epinephrine.
The changes are part of a legal settlement in a class-action lawsuit.
The first-of-its-kind lawsuit uses special education laws to demand trauma services.
PE specialists free up time for classroom teachers.
The bill proposes removing the "personal belief exemption" to vaccination laws.
Support grows for state bill to improve Title IX training.
A request for academic intervention alleged classes without content.
The least-trained staff often are involved in restraining students.
California Department of Education no longer required to collect data on reported incidents.
Four schools in the state currently use the name for their teams or mascots.
Federal agency froze payments after audit found unallowable claims.
Allegations would go through a complaint process already in place.
The report calls for a greater integration of special education into schools.
About half the students who are eligible eat school breakfast.
Funds were allegedly collected for students who never participated.
Many pregnant teenagers in the Central Valley are highly motivated to graduate from high school and continue their education, but some schools make the task more difficult, according to a report released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.
In the midst of a nationwide measles outbreak tied to unvaccinated children and adults in California, the nation's leading autism advocacy group has changed its position and now clearly states there is no link between vaccinations and autism.
With huge numbers of California children still uninsured, schools are beginning to take the lead in letting families know that affordable health care coverage is available.
After winning a court order to improve academic conditions at one Los Angeles high school last fall, lawyers in a class action suit asked Thursday for an additional court order to compel the state to improve instruction time at five other California high schools in the 2015-16 school year.
As schools tout the importance of exercise in an era of childhood obesity, a California parent and his lawyer have agreed to a settlement with dozens of districts across California that will force elementary schools to prove they are providing at least the minimum amount of physical education required by state law.
Nearly every school district says it wants to reduce student suspensions, but only some have created plans with the kind of detail, funding and statistical savvy that make it more likely they'll succeed, according to a report released Wednesday that analyzed plans to improve "school climate" in the 50 largest school districts in California.
The largest outbreak of measles in California in years is prompting school officials to redouble their efforts to convince parents to vaccinate their children.
A slew of new laws affecting students' physical, emotional and behavioral wellbeing will change how schools operate this year, in ways large and small. The laws regulate basic needs grants for truant students, pesticide use and expulsions for "willfully defiant" behavior, among other issues.
School-based health centers in California will take the lead in educating school staff and families nationwide about asthma attacks triggered by dust, mold, smoke and chemical cleaning products, according to a new federal grant.
State finance officials last week granted the California Department of Education $3.4 million to fight a lawsuit that demands the state fix disruptive conditions in some high-poverty schools where students allegedly are being denied the fundamental right to an education.
California's enthusiasm for healthy school lunches appears unlikely to change under a proposed Congressional budget bill that would allow states to weaken new federal school nutrition requirements, including one that schools serve only breads and pastas that are "whole grain rich."
While vision screening is mandatory for California students, they often don't get the glasses they need. Increasingly, schools and nonprofit organizations are working together to help.
Eight California farm-to-school programs received federal grants on Tuesday with the goal of making broccoli cool on the North Coast, bringing traditional Karuk Tribe foods into Humboldt County schools and supporting local farmers across the state, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced.
With a big push from the state's new approach to education spending, many California school districts appear to be ramping up investments in positive approaches to discipline.
Nearly every school kitchen in California needs equipment to be more successful at serving lunches that meet federal nutrition standards, according to a report released Thursday.
At long last, some school food service departments in California are going shopping, under orders from the California Department of Education to spend millions of dollars in federal and state school lunch funds that districts have failed for years to use for student meals.
Citing an "ever-increasing" number of complaints about the bullying of students with disabilities, the federal government issued a letter this week reminding schools of their legal responsibility to stop such bullying or risk violating federal anti-discrimination laws.
A state judge Wednesday ordered the California Department of Education to intervene at a south Los Angeles high school where some students have spent eight weeks in classes during which they received no instruction.
With districts working this fall to put into action their first locally created school accountability plans, the California Department of Education rolled out a new online resource center on Thursday designed to help schools change.
For decades, the state Department of Education has provided free braille and large-print textbooks to visually impaired students. But under the new school finance law, spending authority has shifted from Sacramento to school districts, including the responsibility for choosing and purchasing general education textbooks.
More than 269,000 California public school students – about 4 percent of all students, double the national average – don't have a consistent place to call home at night, according to a state report released Wednesday. More than half are in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade.
UPDATE: Late Friday, Aug. 29, California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a one page notice of appeal on behalf of Gov. Jerry Brown and the state indicating that the state will appeal the Vergara ruling.
Proposing a fundamental change in the way the California Department of Education operates, a report from the Legislative Analyst's Office Thursday suggested the department move beyond its current focus on federal compliance, an emphasis it said school districts find "increasingly reactive and punitive."
The decision of the Compton Unified School District board to allow campus police to keep semi-automatic rifles in the trunks of their cars has sparked controversy. But Compton is just the latest school district in California where school police are authorized to use assault-style weapons.
After showing up for four rounds of meetings at the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing – and sending 866 letters of opposition to Sacramento last month alone – physical education teachers lost the fight to prevent military instructors from being able to earn a new special teaching authorization in physical education.
What does federal shutdown mean for California education?


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The S&P 500 is off 1.18 at 2,613, while the tech heavy Nasdaq is positive - up nearly 20 points at 6,961.
The tariffs will not go into effect immediately, leaving the door open for the two countries to negotiate.
"Today's overreaction follows China's list of 106 United States exports to be hit by tariffs".
Germany's DAX, the UK's FTSE-100 and France's CAC-40 all recovered ground later in the day from morning falls, although all remained in negative territory at the close.
"It is in nobody's best interest for the United States and China to engage in a trade war", said Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist at CFRA Research. The administration said it would hold a public hearing for USA businesses next month.
Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Tesla fell between 0.8 percent and 1.88 percent.
The wider tech stock decline also came on reports that Apple meant to make more of its own parts, news that slammed European chipmakers such as AMS and STMicroelectronics.
U.S. oil futures dipped 1.2% to trade at $62.28 per barrel.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares gained 1.03% to US$170.13 as it reportedly poached John Giannandrea, Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) head of search and artificial intelligence.
Tobacco stocks have also shown a strong move to the upside on the day, while gold stocks are pulling back along with the price of the precious metal.
U.S. Treasury prices are higher, pushing the benchmark 10-year yield down 2 bps to 2.76%.
Analysts are weighing whether the tit-for-tat moves signal that a full-blown trade war between the two countries has arrived.
But some traders said technical sellers could still put pressure on stocks on Wednesday as the S&P's closing level was still too close for comfort to 2590.76 - the 200-day moving average - and 2532.69 - its February 9 low.
"At this point it's all theater and posturing", he said of the threatened tariffs on both sides.
"The market seems to be taking on a split personality; down heavily one day only to rally firmly the next as investors seem intent on overreacting to bad news and good news in equal measure". CNNMoney's Fear & Greed Index flashed "extreme fear".
"It is still uncertain how this will play out", Julian Evans-Pritchard, an economist at Capital Economics, wrote in a research note Wednesday. "Equally likely, however, is that there will be some compromise that allows both sides to row back, or at the very least, water down the proposed tariffs", he said.
"The market is going through a self-righting process by working off the excesses of investor enthusiasm".
"Because recent lows in the market have held, people may feel a bit more comfortable buying the dip, even though nothing has changed or been resolved", he said.
Extensive search launched for missing Hart children in California
Girl sexually assaulted inside train, one held
Trump's border security proclamation doesn't yet affect Minnesota National Guard
Women are ripping Ivanka for trying to 'bribe' Planned Parenthood
There's new Woods at Augusta, with Mickelson along for ride
Trump says he will use military to protect USA border
41 newly elected Rajya Sabha members take oath
Cristiano Ronaldo's overhead kick: goal of the century!
Mueller does not consider Trump a criminal target 'at this point'
After 35 Years, First Cinema to Reopen in Saudi Arabia
Tony Finau Suffers Gruesome Ankle Injury Celebrating at Masters Par 3 Contest
Stranger Things Makers Sued For Plagiarism Issues
Bid for BCCI media rights crosses ₹6000 cr
RSS Men "Sitting In Every Ministry And Giving Orders,"Says Rahul Gandhi"
Prince Charles and Camilla touch down in QLD ahead of Commonwealth Games
Trump agrees to delay pullout from Syria as Turkey holds summit
We were very successful against ISIS; we'll be successful against anybody militarily, but sometimes it's time to come back home". Asked in a press conference about the USA position, Rouhani responded that Washington just wanted more support for the mission.
Russia, Assad give ultimatum to Syria rebels northeast of Damascus
The deal was struck after a series of talks that were held with Russian Federation , civic leaders and the militant group Jaish al-Islam.
Multi-angle replays of Falcon 9's liftoff from Cape Canaveral
A few minutes after takeoff, the first stage engines cut off, having carried Dragon out of the Earth's atmosphere. The Dragon will remain at the ISS until May, when the Expedition 56 crew will ship it back to Earth.
Sally Pearson expected to withdraw from Commonwealth Games with injury
PM Narendra Modi withdraws order threatening journalists over fake news
Arizona Mom Allegedly Used Taser to Wake Her Son for Church
House Dems Request Info On Potential 'Negative Impact' Of Census Question
Trump's ignorance about DACA is stunning
Tinder crashes after Facebook implements new data policy
WPP to probe misconduct claim against CEO Sorrell
Oklahoma teacher strike chugging along, but so are state's school sports
Why are Nick Saban and LeBron James feuding — FTW Explains
Stocks take heavy losses over Chinese tariffs, tech sector woes


Note: Photography is fun. If the urge takes you to participate in the Pairs challenge, click here.
Brilliant gallery, the zebra's is my pick out of this great bunch …. and congratulation to being featured by Cee! I understand her choice.
I love the zebra's, too, thanks! I'm blushing at thought that I have a brilliant gallery. Thank you!!
Yeah! My first time chosen. I'm honored, thanks!
You are so very welcome Brenda!
I absolute adore photo number four! Glowing flower-eyes. 🙂 And of course, I love all of your other pictures. Zebras are one of my favorite animals.
Thanks!! It was fun to find things in twos.
Thanks, Cee. I had fun looking through my archives. You do an amazing joy with your prompts, and your photos are gorgeous.
You should go for it! Can you do that with your phone? Then you can join in.
Such lovely photos. I love the one of the zebras.
Thanks! They are such striking animals.
Excellent selection of pairs and images!
wow, what a mix and these are great!
PEACEFUL PARINGS….TWO FOR THE EFFORT OF ONE!!!!!
LOL Indeed, it's a bargain.
pARES….LOOKED LIKE PARIS, AT FIRST….MY EYES ARE GOING BAD I THINK….! nice peaceful photos! Good job. Pardon my asking….how is all this peacefulness cathartic????
Just setting aside my struggles with writing and focusing on something else helps me purge the angst and put it into perspective. Jane Yolen described writing a story like a woman delivering a baby. So a story is born of pain, anguish and the struggle to live. I find the more I struggle, the better my writing and the more suffocating the process can be. It's like the relief of carrying something heavy, and setting it down for a few moments, and having all the muscle tension ease away. Does that make sense or have I gone round the bend?
No. Makes sense. Seems like writing the story IS CATHARTIC!!!! Good Thing to take a break from it! No more ExLAX for a while!
Perfect pairings. Especially the clematis.
Thanks! I like the attitude of the clematis: We're here and we rock!
Yes, they are not shy violets.
Not at all. If they had noses, they would most certainly look down them.
Thanks! I had fun looking through my archives. Taking a break from writing now and then is cathartic.


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De U-441 was een VIIC U-boot van de Duitse Kriegsmarine tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Ze stond onder bevel van kapitein-luitenant-ter-Zee Klaus Hartmann. De U-441 nam deel aan strijd tegen de konvooien HX-229 en SC-122 tussen 16 en 20 maart 1943.

Geschiedenis
Gedurende de periode van februari 1942 tot september 1942 was de U-441 in het 5e U-boot-Flottieltje (locatie in Kiel). Het 5e Flottieltje was een opleidings-eenheid onder commando van korvettenkapitein Karl-Heinz Moehle.

Op 19 maart 1943 viel de U-441 het konvooi HX-229 aan. Ze lanceerde vijf torpedo's, maar alle lanceringen misten.  Op 20 maart werd de de U-441 met dieptebommen aangevallen toen ze het grote konvooi bleef achtervolgen, nadat terugtrekking bevolen was. De  U-441 moesten met ernstige schade naar de basis terugkeren.

22 mei 1943 - Als eerste van die nieuwe "luchtafweeronderzeeërs" verliet de U-441 Brest. De onderzeeboot had twee vierloops 2-cm kanonnen en een halfautomatische 3,7-cm kanon.

24 mei - De U-441 schoot een Sunderland neer, maar het watervliegtuig slaagde erin zijn bommen af te werpen voor het te pletter sloeg. De U-441 moest met zware schade naar Brest terugkeren.

Einde U-441
De U-441 werd tot zinken gebracht op 8 juni 1944 in Het Kanaal, in vermoedelijke positie 48.27 N. en 05.47 W., door dieptebommen van een B-24 Liberator-vliegtuig (Squadron 224/G). Hier kwamen alle 51 manschappen om het leven, waaronder hun commandant Klaus Hartmann.

Voorafgaand geregistreerd feit
(Laatste herziening door FDS/NHB gedurende augustus 1996). De aanval werd ingezet door een Poolse Vickers Wellington-vliegtuig (RAF 304/A) op 18 juni 1944, in positie 49.03 N. en 04.48 W. Ze was zeer mogelijk tegen een niet-onderzeebootdoel gericht.

Commandanten
21 Feb, 1942 - 15 Mei, 1943: Kptlt. Klaus Hartmann
16 Mei, 1943 - 5 Aug, 1943: Kptlt. Götz von Hartmann
6 Aug, 1943 - 8 Jun, 1944: Kptlt. Klaus Hartmann (+)

Externe links
 Uboat.net
 B-17 Flying Fortress
 FLAK
 Vickers Wellington
 Short Sunderland

Duitse onderzeeboot
Duits marineschip in de Tweede Wereldoorlog

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Hi again! Alicia here from Sew What Alicia! Today I am bringing you a makeup bag tutorial with awesome pockets and a fun roll out brush holder!
For this project you will need a few supplies on top of the standard sewing tools you have lying around.
First you will need two different fabrics.
From the 1st fabric (the fox fabric in my bag) you need four pieces that measure 10" by 12"
From the 2nd fabric (the orange dot in my bag) you need two pieces that are 7" by 12" and also two pieces that are 8" by 15". You will also need to scrap pieces of this fabric that will serve as the ties for the brush roll. Lastly from this fabric you need a piece that is 2" by 30" for binding.
Lastly you need a 24" zipper, I used white.
Line up all the main body pieces (the fox fabric.) On the two top corners we want a rounded edge. I used a ribbon spool to trace the rounded edge. You can use a plate or bowl or even a cup as long as you make both sides exactly the same.
Once you have the corners prepped we will work with one piece of the main body fabric at a time. Line the zipper up with the bottom left corner and place it face down. Pin it in place along the entire left edge.
When you come to the edge we will want to make short small cuts to help the zipper bend and turn the corner. Do this on both sides of the zipper, as you can see below. You will then continue to pin the zipper until you come to the second corner where you will have to snip again. Be sure not to cut too deep because then the zipper won't stay in place.
Ok now we need to take a quick time out and prep the pockets. Grab the two pocket pieces. Fold one of the long edges over 1/4" and sew it in place, do this for each of the pocket pieces. Then grab one of the front pieces and line the pocket piece up along the bottom edge and two sides. The last step to prep these pockets is to sew down the length of the pocket in the middle or every several inches to create separate pockets.
Now we are ready to add the other side to the zipper. So line up the first piece you sewed onto the zipper with the piece you just added a pocket to.
Pin around the entire length. Pin on the side where you can see the seam that you used to attach the zipper. You are going to sew right over that line that you can see to attach the second side.
Once you have sewn this into place you want to turn the piece out and topstitch right along the edge. This is an important step to keeping the fabric away from the zipper and it makes the zipper much easier to use when the piece is finished.
Now you have another side of the zipper to attach. Repeat the steps listed above to attach the pocket and then attach the two sides of the zipper. To ensure that you are attaching the sides correctly you will first line up the corresponding pieces with each other. First put the front piece face down on top of the front piece and then when you have sewed that in place you will line up the inside pocket piece with the other pocket piece and sew it onto the zipper.
Next we are ready to prep the brush roll. Take one of the 8" by 15" pieces and press it in half. Then fold over the long edges 1/4" and sew in place.
Then enfold the other 8" by 15" piece with this pocket you just created. Pin it in place. Then sew along the edge and sew lines every 1/2" to 1" to create pockets for your brushes.
Now remember those scrap pieces I told you about. You want to press these and sew a seam to keep the raw edges from fraying. Then pin them in place along the bottom of the brush roll that you just created. It should look as pictured below. Half of each tie is under the roll and not visible. These will attach to each other and tie when the roll is rolled. Pin this entire piece into the makeup bag. There should be the bottom piece of the makeup bag the brush roll and then the top piece of the makeup bag all pinned together at the very bottom.
Next we are going to create a small piece of binding for the bottom of the bag. Fold the 2" piece in half and press along the entire piece.
Then fold 1/2" of the short edge of this binding over and press to create a smooth edge. Pin the binding in place as pictured along one side of the makeup bag. See more about binding in this tutorial.
Fold the binding over and topstitch in place to create the finished piece!


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The following article originally was published June 8 by Grand Junction Free Press.
When I was a small child I always thought my grandpa was nuts for saying the older you get the faster time goes. But it's true. My dad Linn [shown in the photo] and I started writing this twice-monthly column for the Free Press back in July of 2005. For seven yearns we've written about free markets, free speech, political races, taxes, gun rights, and a host of other topics. Our main goal has been to advocate individual rights and political liberty.
The time has gone fast. Now it's time for us to move on to other projects. Now that my dad is in semi-retirement, he's busier than ever; among other things, he teaches classes on workplace safety and emergency response to violence. I've started writing more for The Objective Standard, where you can read my blog posts and occasional article for the print journal.
I wanted to take this opportunity to say farewell to our Free Press readers. But we're not going anywhere geographically; we'll continue to advocate the ideas we believe in (though some of our critics might wish we'd simply shut up). See my web page at AriArmstrong.com for ways to stay in touch. Perhaps you'll see my dad around town.
My dad and I considered writing a farewell column together but decided against it. However, with father's day coming up, I thought this would be a good opportunity to write a solo column about my dad. I mulled it over, and it strikes me that my dad taught me five main things in my life.
First, my dad gave me an appreciation of history. He has always been something of an amateur historian; for example, he's done a fair amount of research about the old stagecoach trail near Mt. Garfield. Though it took me a while to pick up this interest in history—for years I didn't see much point in studying the past—finally I caught on to its importance.
Even my name carries historical significance. "Ari," a common Jewish name, in my case comes from Leon Uris's book Exodus, a novelization of the founding of the modern state of Israel. Of course I read this novel, along with another historical novel of Uris's, Mila 18, which pays tribute to the resistance fighters in Poland who struggled against Nazi oppression.
So my dad taught me that we can't really understand ourselves unless we understand those who came before us.
Second, my dad always encouraged my healthy respect for the U.S. military. My dad served in Vietnam (and you can find video interviews about this if you Google "Linn Armstrong Vietnam"). [See also my dad's article about July 4 in Vietnam.] My dad was not my only influence in this regard; both of my biological grandfathers served in World War II, so I consider myself lucky even to have been born, with all the warfare in my family's past. (A great-grandfather of mine also served in WWI.) I did not have to fight in any wars, but through my elders' stories I am aware of the dangers and heartaches of war.
This respect for the military was important for me ideologically because it helped me resist the worst impulses of libertarianism, which at its worst becomes indistinguishable from the "blame America first" left, so far as foreign policy goes. Now I reject both the "nation building" of the neoconservatives and the strict noninterventionism of the libertarians, advocating instead a robust military defense of American lives and liberties.
Third, my dad gave me an appreciation for philosophy. When I was a kid he read Ayn Rand's Anthem to me, and the story of individualism stayed with me and influenced my development. My dad also handed me Atlas Shrugged when I was in high school. I continue to take an interest in Rand's philosophy (as well as in other schools of thought), and as I matured so did my understanding of those ideas.
Fourth, my dad also helped me develop an interest in economics. In addition to giving me Atlas Shrugged (which itself contains some interesting insights into economics), my dad handed me Milton Friedman's Free to Choose. Though I have since come to disagree with some of Friedman's positions, he introduced me to the basics of economic reasoning.
Fifth, my dad helped give me a lasting appreciation for liberty. Not only did he give me various pro-liberty books that strongly influenced me, he led by example by staying active in politics and helping to build up a great gun training program.
My father shared with me the ideas of liberty, as many fathers before him shared them. That is the reason why America's founding principles remain a living force in our culture, whatever insults and setbacks those ideas have endured. Other fathers could learn something important from my father: the greatest inheritance you can bestow to your children is the living tradition of liberty.
Ari Armstrong writes for The Objective Standard as well as for his web page at AriArmstrong.com. For seven years he coauthored a column for Grand Junction Free Press with his father Linn.
Why Can't Blogger and Facebook Play Nicely?
Blogger usually works great. Facebook usually works great. So why can't Blogger and Facebook play together nicely?The problem is that, if inside Facebook I link to a post of mine managed by Blogger, Facebook does not pick up the lead paragraph of the post (which obviously is what I want). Instead, Facebook picks up my bio line, which is completely unrelated to the contents of the post.
Others have told me that the problem arises from Blogger's non-standard formatting. Regardless, I imagine that the whiz kids either at Blogger or at Facebook easily could fix the problem, if they'd attempt to do so.
Alternately, perhaps there's something simple that I could do to fix the problem — though I've tried a variety of strategies, all without success. If somebody has a suggestion, please leave it in the comments.
Otherwise, I may have to undergo the serious hassle of switching over to Word Press.
I confess I was skeptical of the Ikea store when it first came to town. But it's a lot of fun, and the restaurant there has some great deals. We found a number of items throughout the store that were less expensive than what we've paid elsewhere. Unfortunately, a city water main broke the day we went, preventing us from buying the Swedish meatballs for lunch. Next time.
The one irritating thing about my '87 Samurai is that it doesn't ding me when I leave the lights on. So, of course, this morning, with the other vehicle in the shop, the Samurai was dead. So my wife had to catch another ride to work. It was sunny, back then, and spring.
Now it is winter. I got the battery charged up earlier today. Then the rain started in pretty hard. I ran a couple of errands. Then the rain turned to snow. Then, surprisingly quickly, the snow started sticking to the road.
But my wife was at work, so I had to lock my hubs (yes, I have to lock my hubs by hand) and call the Samurai into snow duty. It took me over an hour to drive the twelve miles to my wife's work. I foolishly took the back roads, thinking they would be quicker. But those roads are hilly, and only two lanes. On the hills numerous cars were skidding out. I swore under my breath when some dude ahead of me stopped, going uphill. But the Samurai had no problem getting going again. It's the first time I've driven it in four-wheel low. (In that gear I get up to about 25 miles per hour with the other shifter in fourth.) I estimate I saw about twenty vehicles on the way that had either slid off the road or skidded out in the middle of the road. I had to periodically unroll my window and knock snow off the windshield with my gloved hand.
The timing worked out fine, because my wife was working late, in anticipation of not making it in tomorrow.
I had experienced the Colorado madness; then came the Colorado magic. My wife works above Nissis, and her shop is owned by a co-owner of Nissis. Because of the snow, the usually-sold-out Face show had a few seats available, so we had the opportunity to stay for the show. When I had time to settle down I noticed how tense the drive up had made me feel.
And, as usual, Face was awesome. They sang two songs I hadn't heard them perform before: U2's "Pride" and Aerosmith's "Living On the Edge." Great show.
For the drive back we took 287, which is four lanes and better plowed. And there was much less traffic. We passed one pretty bad accident involving a truck that had obviously (given the damage) been going too fast for conditions. The trip took just over half of an hour. It took us longer to shovel the drive way once we got home. We estimate we got around eight inches of wet, heavy snow (and that was on top of the earlier rain).
What is extraordinary about my lifetime is that I will have witnessed the birth of the home computer industry and (if things go well) the complete conversion of all relevant media forms to digital formats separate from any particular physical "carrier" medium.
In recent days I have written about the still-problematic e-book industry as well as the move toward online video content. Fittingly, today I found an article by Matt Buchanan covering both these stories in the context of Apple's business innovations. Before getting to that story, though, I thought this is a good time to step back and gaze at the landscape.
The basic art forms are these: music, painting, sculpture, literature, dance, theater, film, and architecture. There are certain hybrids, like opera (musical theater) and illustrated fiction.
Art presented as a structure (sculpture, architecture) may be photographed and filmed, and only in these derivative forms digitized. (One may view a photograph of the Parthenon, but obviously viewing the photo is not at all the same experience as visiting the place.) Performance art may be recorded in audio or on film, and the recorded presentations may be digitized. Going to hear a symphony is a different experience than listening to a recording of a symphony, though the audio quality might be very similar.
Paintings obviously may be digitized, and the similarity of the digitized piece to the original, while generally fairly close, varies significantly by art work. The School of Athens is fantastic on a modern computer screen, but it simply does not compare with the real thing, whereas the Mona Lisa is nearly as impressive digitally (I write as I duck the stones).
Literature is readily digitized, for the same reasons that literature can be translated and read aloud. Literature is the most purely conceptual form of art, and its mode is language, and language is inherently separable from any particular medium (which is not to discount the qualities of a musty old book).
Film inherently converts a performance to a two-dimensional image, so the digitization process is perfectly natural. Some modern "films" may begin with hand drawings but develop primarily digital animation.
The basic modes of mass communication are text, photographs, speaking, and video (I'll say rather than film, which is now mostly outdated).
Music has essentially gone digital now. My first album was a record, as in a disc of plastic etched to stimulate a needle. (Genesis, baby, as in the band.) Interestingly, I've never actually looked up the term "analog" until just now: "of or pertaining to a mechanism that represents data by measurement of a continuous physical variable, as voltage or pressure." Anyway, within my lifetime music has gone from entirely analog to almost entirely digital.
Moreover, music has largely made the break from a particular, dedicated medium. While the music CD remains popular, increasingly people buy music online and save it to a hard drive or flash drive.
Video similarly has largely gone digital. Due to its increased file size it remains more tied to the DVD, though this is rapidly changing. My step-dad had one of those VHS video recorders you had to rest on your shoulder to operate. I own a digital video camera that records directly to flash memory. YouTube allows pretty much anybody to upload any video that's under ten minutes, while a variety of services display movies and "television" shows online.
Obviously photography has gone digital. While 35 millimeter film was the standard consumer-grade film in my childhood, today I can't name anybody I know who owns a film camera.
Strangely, text, while far more easily digitized than audio, photos, or video, remains largely bound to ink and pulp. They still print newspapers and books in large quantities. The stickiness in converting text to digital formats is funny given that the analog formats are created from digital source files. Word processors were among the first computer applications.
So why is it that practically everyone generates text digitally but then many still convert it to ink on pulp? There are two main reasons, one involving technology and the other business organization. The technological problem is that reading text on computer screens tends to create eye strain (as I am already experiencing in the writing of this post). It's a lot easier to sit down for several hours and read an ink-on-paper book than it is to read a digital display of the same text. But the new eye-friendly e-readers seem to be on the road to solving this problem.
The second problem is that nobody has yet figured out a great way to sell e-books or profitably publish news online. I think it extremely likely that some combination of business leaders will solve all of these problems within the next few years. I think that, within the next decade or so, printed newspapers will be mostly gone and that the paper-on-ink book industry will look a lot like today's record industry.
Whether we look at video, audio, still images, or text, the trend is the same: people will no longer buy a physical good, they will buy a digital file online and store it on some sort of data drive.
Today I went to Target and spent just over $15 to purchase a four gigabyte "thumb" drive. I loaded it with videos, photos, audio files, database files, and text files, then dropped the device into my pocket. We no longer need dedicated physical objects to store these things. We buy them via an energy stream, then we store them on a universal storage device and enjoy them via some software program running on a gizmo.
I know that techies have already rolled their eyes and closed this page in annoyance, but I stand in awe of the digital revolution that has occurred in just a few years. These simple, obvious, and mundane facts all around us mark a turning point for our species.
As for Buchanan, he reports that Apple appears to be gearing up to expand its online video market and its small-sized computer market. As Philip Elmer-DeWitt indicates for Money, Apple's "Tablet" and associated deals may revolutionize the e-book industry.
Very soon digital content via the internet will be the norm, and records, tapes, CDs, DVDs, newsprint, and pulp books will become quaint (and even eccentric) throwbacks to an earlier age.


Greetings! A nonprofit I work for is throwing a LAN party in the near future. One of the problems at LAN parties is everyone getting the content they need to play when Internet bandwidth is limited. To aleviate this we usually have a few memory sticks or external hard drives we've passed around, but those get broken or go missing. At our last LAN we used Vuze as a local torrent tracker and distributed the content via an intranet page with Vuze as a backend. It was really successful, however we noticed a problem. The seed boxes we were using were not uploading anywhere near the same speeds as the tracker even though the seed boxes were set to unlimited uploads.
My question is, is there some way to get the seed boxes to contribute more upload? Do they all need to be set to super seeding? Or should I have each seed box act like a tracker and generate the torrents with multiple trackers?
As it is the tracker is uploading between 15Mbps up to 30Mbps per torrent, seeds are 500Kbps - 2Mbps. How can I maximize my speeds?
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Do Makeup Wipes Clean Your Face Properly? Dermatologists Weigh In.
© PeopleImages via Getty Images Makeup wipes could be doing more harm than good when it comes to your skin's health.
If you regularly use makeup wipes to clean your face, we have some bad news: It's time to rethink your cleansing routine.
While makeup wipes might seem like a godsend ― they're quick and easy to use, which is great for low-maintenance folks and frequent travellers ― it turns out they could be doing more harm than good when it comes to keeping skin healthy. We're talking breakouts, irritation and even allergic reactions.
That doesn't mean you need to abandon them altogether, but there are some things you should know when it comes to makeup wipes and their effectiveness.
As Archana Sangha, board-certified physician assistant at Anne Arundel Dermatology in Virginia, explained to HuffPost, makeup wipes can remove some of the grit and grime on your face, but they're not getting rid of all of it, since you're typically not rinsing your face after using them.
"There's that residue that's left on the skin still," she said. "Wipes have come a long way from even two years ago." However, she said, they shouldn't replace cleanser because they don't thoroughly clean your skin.
Since wipes aren't totally effective at getting rid of excess oil, using them regularly could lead to clogged pores, which could lead to breakouts. In her experience, Sangha has noticed more acne breakouts in her patients that use face wipes exclusively to clean their skin.
Face wipes can be helpful for some, she said, especially if your alternative is not cleaning your face at all. However, they don't compare to using a cleanser, massaging the skin, getting your circulation going and then rinsing the debris off your face. With a wipe, she said, you could just end up leaving half of the film on your face.
"A wipe's limitation is that it requires the skin to be exposed to higher concentrations of cleansing ingredients, without the benefit of being able to rinse them away with water," he said. Rinsing is the part that actually removes dirt, oil and makeup from the face; if a wipe leaves residue on your skin, you can experience issues like dryness, sensitivity, irritation or allergic reactions.
Kraffert also noted that fibrous makeup wipes can be quite rough for some skin types and the act of rubbing them over the face could potentially damage the skin.
While facial cleansing wipes claim to leave your skin, well, clean, they almost always leave some sort of film or residue behind.
"If it's leaving a residue, it's not great," she said.
Wipes also contain a fairly high level of preservatives to help them maintain a long shelf life, Kraffert said, noting that those preservatives could potentially irritate the skin or even trigger an allergic reaction.
Dr. Angela Lamb, director of the Westside Mount Sinai Dermatology Faculty Practice in New York, suggested staying away from wipes with extremely long ingredient lists. She specifically urged against using products containing cocamidopropyl betaine, a surfactant she said is "known to be irritating," or fragrances.
Certain ingredients, namely things like aloe, panthenol and glycerin, can provide some benefit to those with sensitive or dry skin, as they're known to be soothing and moisturizing, Sangha added.
As is the case with many skin care products, different formulas work better on different skin types.
In Sangha's experience, some wipes might not be best for acne-prone individuals, as the film left behind could potentially clog pores and result in more breakouts. She and Lamb both recommended La Roche-Posay's Effaclar facial wipes, which contain micro-exfoliating beads to help unclog pores.
For folks who don't quite know what skin type they have or consider themselves part of the combination skin club, Sangha suggested Cetaphil Gentle Skin cleansing cloths, which are mild and hypoallergenic. Her go-to for those nights when you just can't be bothered to go to the sink to wash your face is the classic Neutrogena Makeup Remover cleansing towelettes.
All three dermatologists agreed that makeup remover wipes shouldn't be a replacement for washing your face, though they can be beneficial in certain situations.
"They are great for a quick cleanse when one is too tired to cleanse with water as well as in situations where rinse-off cleansing is difficult, such as when camping, exercising, travelling or in other transient environments," he said.


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NEWPORT NEWS — Iris VonCanon Swicegood, 77, died Saturday, March 2, 2002. She was a native of Rowan County, N.C., and had been a Peninsula resident since 1960. She was a member of Ivy Farms Baptist Church, where she served in many capacities, including in the nursery and as outreach leader.
Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Roy W. Swicegood Sr.; one son, R. Wayne Swicegood Jr., and his wife, Ellen, of Newport News; and one sister, Mary Lee Stirewalt of Salisbury, N.C.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 5:30 p.m. today, March 3, at W.J. Smith and Son Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, March 4, in Peninsula Memorial Park, with the Revs. Fred King and Marshall Mason officiating.
Memorials may be made to Ivy Farms Baptist Church, 55 Ivy Farms Road, Newport News, VA 23601, or Riverside Regional Medical Center Hospice, 500 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News, VA 23601.
Arrangements are by W.J. Smith and Son Funeral Home.
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Charles Anthony Petrarca, age 74, passed away at his home in Lakeland on January 29, 2019. He was born on March 19, 1944 in Warwick, Rhode Island to Nicholas and Doris (Knowles) Petrarca. Charlie was a proud member of the Construction and General Laborers Local Union 271 for close to 50 years. He is survived by his beloved wife of 12 years, Linda; brothers, Nicolas M. Petrarca, John D. Petrarca; stepsons, Mark (Terri) and Jason (Michelle) Buratczuk; and grandchildren Natalie and Jack Buratczuk. Charlie was preceded in death by brother Joseph, and sister, Suzanna.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, February 11, 2019 at noon at Reformation Lutheran Church, 460 Old Polk City Rd, Lakeland. Interment will follow at Lakeland Memorial Gardens, 2125 S. Bartow Hwy, Lakeland. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Reformation Lutheran Church in Charlie's memory.


A Health Savings Account (HSA) gives you an efficient way to pay out-of-pocket health insurance expenses. The key benefit of an HSA is that it allows you to make annual tax deductible contributions into your HSA account. Many people consider it to be one of the most efficient ways to save, regardless of whether you are saving for current and future medical expenses or your long-term financial future.
More and more employers are now offering High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP). In exchange for having to pay a higher deductible amount, you will pay a lower premium. Lower premium payments means higher take-home pay. To offset the cost of the high deductibles, the Health Savings Account (HSA) was established so people enrolled in HDHP's would have an efficient way to save for future deductibles. For example, if you made $30,000 a year after taxes and had medical expenses that equaled your deductible of $6,000 deductible, then you would be giving up a full 20% of your income in medical expenses.
Making tax deductible contributions into your HSA reduces your taxes and increases the amount of taxable income you make a year. It helps you maximize your income while simultaneously safeguarding against emergency health situations. Individuals who contribute $2,000 to their HSA a year will be taxed as though they make $2,000 less than their standard income. The money you contribute to your HSA will roll over from year to year, which means the insured can grow their emergency funds over time. While these funds typically can't be used to pay for insurance premiums, they can be used to pay for co-pays, deductibles, and other eligible non-covered medical expenses.
Some people use their HSA as a straight savings account while others may choose to invest the money in mutual funds or stocks. In fact, some financial experts view the HSA as a better financial move than investing in a typical retirement account. When it comes to an IRA, individuals are required to withdraw from the account once they reach the age of 70 1/2, but an HSA allows people to continue contributing to it tax-free with no such requirement. The income deposited is also not subject to the FICA tax that goes toward social security and Medicare, while an IRA would be subject to the additional tax.
Withdrawals that you make for medical expenses regardless of your age are tax and penalty free. HSAs can also allowed to be used for non-medical expenses, though they will be taxed as income and will be subject to a tax penalty prior to the age of 65. However, after the age of 65, funds can be withdrawn from your HSA for non-medical expenses without penalty but it will be taxed as income.
HSAs are commonly offered by health insurance companies, so an you can sign up for the account simultaneously when signing up for a HDHP. If you are not happy with your employer's HSA provider, it's possible to open a separate account at another financial institution that offers HSA's. The choice of the right HSA often comes down to fees, investment choices, and convenience.
If you are healthy and do not see the doctor often, enrolling in your company's High Deductible Health Plan will save you money because it will lower your monthly premium. (If you expect to see your doctor often, then a higher premium and lower deductible health plan might make more sense for you and your family).
You can then enroll in an Health Savings Account and make tax deductible contributions. If you do not need the money for medical expenses, the money can grow over time and you can potentially have a sizable investment in 10, 15, or 20 years. The funds can then be used to fund future medical expenses tax-free. If you are fortunate enough to be in good health then after the age of 65, the money in the HSA can further be used to help finance your retirement goals.


Our goal is to understand how internal states shape information processing in the brain. Instinctive behaviors such as parenting, aggression or mating are orchestrated by evolutionarily sculpted neural circuits. Considerable progress has been made in deconstructing these circuits, but is has also become clear that their function profoundly depends on the animal's current physiological – i.e. reproductive, metabolic etc. – state. We know little about the molecular, cellular and circuit-level mechanisms by which such states alter neural processing in vivo. Studying these mechanisms will provide us with crucial insights into brain function in health and disease.
Pregnancy is an ideal model to study these processes since it is a well-defined shift in reproductive state, associated with dramatic physiological and behavioral changes. The hormonal changes occurring during pregnancy have long been suspected to alter brain function, but the underlying molecular, cellular and circuit-level mechanisms remain largely unknown. We will use a multidisciplinary approach, combining molecular and cellular biology, circuit neuroscience and behavioral analysis to address these questions.
We will study how pregnancy and other physiological states such as stress, sleep or hunger affect information processing at the level of entire circuits to instruct appropriate behavioral changes. We will make use of a broad range of state-of-the-art approaches (viral tracing, in vivo imaging / electrophysiology, optogenetics, behavioral assays) for this purpose.
We investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which pregnancy hormones and other modulators alter information processing in individual neurons. Our goal is to (1) uncover principles for state-dependent changes in single neurons and (2) combine these principles with circuit-level studies (see below) to understand state-dependent changes in brain-wide processing and, ultimately, behavior.
We are developing novel genetic and viral tools to (1) visualize and interrogate neural circuits underlying instinctive behaviors and (2) determine how the function of these circuits is affected by internal states.
After studying Biochemistry, pre-clinical Medicine and Neurosciences in Germany, Jonny joined Greg Jefferis' group at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK for his PhD. There, he worked on sexually dimorphic pheromone processing in Drosophila and developed novel strategies for ultra-fast labeling of tissues. He was awarded the Max Perutz Prize for his PhD work. He subsequently joined Catherine Dulac's lab at Harvard as a postdoc, supported by fellowships from EMBO, HFSP and the Wellcome Trust. His work in the Dulac lab focused on deconstructing the circuits underlying parental behavior in male and female mice. He has been continuing this work in Tiago Branco's group at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, supported by a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant. In early 2019, he started his own group at The Francis Crick Institute in London, UK.
Patty studied Biochemistry at the University of Sussex and then went on to work in the lab of Dr Rachael Natrajan in the Functional Genomics lab at the Institute of Cancer Research (London, UK), first as a Scientific Officer and later Higher Scientific Officer. She focused on functionally characterising genetic alterations in cancer and how these genetic dependencies could be exploited therapeutically. She then joined the lab of Dr Ilaria Malanchi at The Francis Crick Institute, studying the tumour microenvironment. In 2019, Patty will join the Kohl lab as a Senior Laboratory Research Scientist.
We are looking for highly motivated and creative people to join the lab. The Kohl lab will provide a dynamic research environment with exceptional resources in one of the most exciting scientific hubs in the world.
If you are interested in joining the group as a postdoc, please contact Jonny with (1) a cover letter detailing prior research experience and future career goals, (2) a CV and (3) the names and contact details of 2-3 referees. Fully funded positions are available, but all applicants are encouraged to apply for external funding (e.g. EMBO, HFSP, Sir Henry Wellcome, Branco Weiss, DFG, SNF, Newton International and EU Marie Curie fellowships).
We are especially keen to recruit people with a background in neuroscience and expertise in patch-clamp electrophysiology, optical imaging or transcriptional profiling (e.g. scRNA-seq), but all strong applications will be considered seriously. Strong quantitative and programming skills are always a bonus. You should typically apply at least 6 months in advance of when you would ideally like to start.
Prospective students who would like to carry out a PhD in the Kohl lab should contact Jonny and include a CV. We welcome applications from motivated students of a broad range of backgrounds (Biological Sciences, Engineering, Computer Science etc.) that are interested in using cellular biology, mouse genetics, transcriptomics, neuroanatomy, electrophysiology, optogenetics, in vivo calcium imaging, and behavioral assays to study state-dependent neural processing. Graduate students will join the lab via the four-year Crick PhD Programme (applications open early October).
Undergraduate students interested in an internship can apply to the Crick-Calleva Summer Student Programme (deadline late January).
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Flood alleviation scheme shortlisted for environmental award
The Rugeley Flood Alleviation Scheme has been shortlisted as a finalist for one of the 2018 CIEEM Awards.
The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) Awards – which will be presented in London on 21 June – recognise projects that have had a major impact in terms of benefiting nature.
The Rugeley scheme, carried out by Team Van Oord on behalf of the Environment Agency, is a finalist in the Best Practice Award for Small Scale Mitigation and/or Enhancement category – a new award for 2018.
CIEEM says the shortlisted projects 'demonstrate innovative use of mitigation/enhancement techniques' that have delivered 'good outcomes for biodiversity and biodiversity gain'. The projects also 'embody and advance the principles of sustainable development and demonstrate value for money'.
Under the terms of the contract awarded by the Environment Agency, TVO was required to mitigate against harm to the White Clawed Crayfish* inhabiting Rising Brook in Rugeley, where the works took place.
In March 2017, Team Van Oord successfully and safely removed more than 300 of the endangered crayfish from the area.
Completed at the end of 2017, the flood alleviation scheme has helped reduce flood risk to more than 114 residential and 157 commercial properties in Rugeley. The scheme also forms an integral part of the local council's plans to regenerate the town centre.
The Rugeley Flood Alleviation Scheme was officially opened in December 2017.
2018 is the third time in the past four years that a scheme carried out by Team Van Oord, or one of its partners, has been shortlisted for a CIEEM award.
In 2017, Team Van Oord partner Kier triumphed in the 'stakeholder engagement' category, in recognition of its work on the Mersey Gateway toll bridge. The same project was also highly commended in the 'knowledge sharing' category at the 2017 ceremony.
In 2015, the Steart Coastal Management Project – the UK's largest coastal management scheme, carried out by Team Van Oord on behalf of the Environment Agency – was named a finalist, also in the 'stakeholder engagement' category.
*The White Clawed Crayfish (austropotamobius pallipes) is an endangered European freshwater crayfish, and the only species of crayfish native to the British Isles. Looking much like miniature lobsters, the crayfish hide away under rocks and logs during the day, emerging at night to prey on larvae, snails and plants.
Despite their endangered status in the UK, large populations can still be found in clean, well-oxygenated rivers and lakes across other parts of Europe.
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