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Worst Championship?
Date: Wed 27 Oct 19:05
Someone commented that this is the weakest Championship in his lifetime. I think I got that right.
There is not a Hearts, Hibs, Dundee United or Rangers banking the automatic slot but is the rest of the league really weaker than previous years?
I have no opinion on it. Just thought it would be an intetesting discussion.
Post Edited (Wed 27 Oct 19:05)
Re: Worst Championship?
Doesn`t the absence of the `big clubs` make the league more competitive?
In my opinion it`s a strong championship. Yes, it doesn`t have the "big teams" but I`m yet to see a team that i thought was weak. Been at both Partick Thistle games this season and I thought they looked really strong, Tiffioney , in particular, looked like he could play at a higher level. No whipping boys in the league this year like there has been in the past.
Off course there will be those who will compare the championship with La Liga and bemoan the standard of football and there will be others who won`t understand how a strong league can have a part time team in the top 3.
But for me, it`s a strong and competitive league in which the teams at the top struggle to beat those at the bottom.
Raith beat Aberdeen quite comfortably and that`s maybe an indication that it`s not a diddy league.
I'd say on average it's a poor championship. Inverness and Kilmarnock will hopefully make it an interesting title battle, even more interesting if Arbroath (who are a well coached machine of a part time team, they maximise every strength and cover each others weaknesses brilliantly) or the Rovers could perhaps challenge too. The Rovers didn't look great last night but were missing 3 key players. Patrick are an average side. Everyone below them is pretty much dug meat IMO. Top 4 are decent, sharp drop from there.
Any of the top 4 in league one could stay up in this championship. Any one of them.
I think its a different championship this year with no outright runaway winner so far after 11 games and probably 5 teams could be relegation contenders .. we always hear all teams are capable of beating each other .. but are they ? .. We are becoming hard to beat but not looking likely to win .. A win against the red lichties on Saturday will hopefully kick start our revival to safety
For me it's competitive but poor - the only team that's impressed me is Arbroath. I expected more from Inverness, Kilmarnock and Raith - it just makes our present position even more galling.
Topic Originator: rossmcno1
Topic Originator: PARrot like | nolike
It was me that said it. And I'm happy to own it 😂
For me, in all my time supporting the Pars, this is indeed the weakest Championship I have ever seen. There is no clear strong team that you immediately look at and think "they'll have an impact in the premier league". Not one. For me this exacerbates how sad our managerial situation - it's a real opportunity to be doing well in this league against some utter dug meat teams….but we've found a way to make a right hoor of it.
The quality of the teams elsewhere is pretty poor. I've seen every game so far this season and yet to see a team out there where I think "yup - decent side". Previous years away from the Hearts, United and Hibs, there have been quality other sides like QOS when they had Dobbie and Dykes, Falkirk before their implosion, Livingston and the impact they had. That's just off top of my head.
Was maybe me making that comment. I said on the match thread that it was a very poor league this year. Mind you, on reflection it could just be the anti football we're playing. I've not seen a single minute of any other games. Could be some brilliant football being played elsewhere. Ours have largely been turgid affairs.
Topic Originator: Bucuresti Par
Date: Thu 28 Oct 10:29
Not sure about the weakest ever, but its one of the poorest of the last 20-30 years I`d think, none of the teams at the top are particularly impressive, no large clubs and teams like QOS, Ayr etc don`t have the same quality of players they had in previous years.
The only thing I would say in the league`s defence is that there also no whipping boys (I know we are poor just now, but even so, we will eventually win some games and get up the table at least a little), no Brechin, Stirling Albion etc.
It`s certainly true that in each game, anyone can beat anyone...which makes are lack of wins all the more annoying/ridiculous....and unacceptable!
Topic Originator: DJAS
The quality of teams for me has definitely went down. Whether this has anything to do with budgets due to covid or not. The product is really poor. I would argue Arbroath is the best side I've watched us play this season.
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It's the weakest championship since we last won it in 2011.
Topic Originator: par-91
Overall quality is probably fairly poor, with no real 'star players'. But I'd argue that whilst the strongest teams are weaker than they have been in recent years, the weakest teams are better than they have been in previous years.
This results in a very competitive league and arguably the 'quality' probably balances out in comparison to previous years. 17-18 had Brechin, who certainly dragged down the overall quality.
If you're talking about the quality required to win it however, I'd probably agree that it's lower than it has been in the last 10 years or so.
Topic Originator: GG Riva
Grant, Thu 28 Oct 10:46
Aye, I'd agree with that, in terms of the resources available to the competing clubs. Our closest challengers were Raith and Falkirk. Since then, there has been at least one big city club. The year after we lost the play off final to the Blue Brazil, the Championship contained Hearts, Hibs and Rangers2012.
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GG Riva, Thu 28 Oct 11:31
There's allot to be said for timing, even when the likes of Ross County and Dundee in the league they skew it by having owners willing to write of vast sums.
Topic Originator: The Boss
I disagree that it's the worst championship. What makes it a good championship? Just because there is a so called "big" team in it? Hearts were in it last year but they weren't exactly great to watch.
I have never found the Championship/1st division enthralling or filled with teams playing silly football. Even when Hibs/Falkirk/Dundee United were competing for the title, it wasn't great quality. It is what it is at the end of the day. If you want to win a league you need to win ugly.
Even going back to 2011 we had sticky patches but also had games where we played good football. Also it was a very tight league between us and the Rovers. Does that not make it a good championship compared to a team running away with it?
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Never10yairds, Wed 27 Oct 19:28
But 3 of the top 4 you mentioned just failed to beat the bottom side.
Topic Originator: parsfan97
That must mean we are brilliant then eh PARrot?
Every game is competitive, if not highly skilful. When you consider that the half time scores in all games on Tuesday night was 0-0, it says something about how tight things are and it emphasises that no matter who our manager is, that`s its going to take one almighty effort to get ourselves off the bottom. The teams immediately above us are not going to roll over. Morton drew 0-0 with the Partick Thistle team that put 6 past Hamilton and Hamilton have recovered enough from that to beat QoS. But why are so many writing us off against Arbroath. We`re unbeaten in 3 and statistics tell me we have to win soon.
The standard of football in the championship has been getting worse and worse over several years, very little quality in any of the teams.
It also doesn't help that prices to get in are bordering on a rip off for the "entertainment" on offer either.
The Raith fans seemed to enjoy the game the other night. I`ve seldom seen such an outpouring of enthusiasm after they scored. They certainly looked like they were getting their monies worth.
You can have enthusiasm and all the emotions of football at any level. Doesn't detract from the awful quality of player and team this season I think ….
It's absolutely rank rotten . It gets worse every year. The standard of football is laughably bad tbh .
If we were near the top we'd be saying 'this league is great, all the teams can beat each other'.
I take it you have played at the highest level Sergio? But I think we all have unrealistic expectations. We are spoiled by watching football at the very highest level almost on a daily basis. We`re watching players who are being paid several million a year while players in the Scottish championship are earning 10 to 40 thousand a year. The difference even on that scale is vast. What are we expecting?
SergioDuarte, Thu 28 Oct 16:26
I wouldn't argue that the standard of football is poor, Sergio, but I believe our perception is negatively influenced by being able to watch the best players in the world almost every day of the week, in the comfort of our own homes.
The first time I remember thinking a Pars game was quite a disappointing spectacle was a 2-1 League Cup win over Motherwell. I had watched the dazzling Mexico 70 WC in it's entirety just a month earlier......
I may be wrong and it wouldn't be the first time but I don't think out league structure helps and the lack of mobility between the leagues with only one up and one down automatically.
When you have such wide financial discrepancies between the leagues being relegated has a massive impact on a club's finances and gets worse once the parachute payment ends.
One bad season on the park and your club might be gone for a long time. I think the drive to put more money in fewer clubs hands and the attempt to eradicate so called meaningless games which takes the pressure off to an extent, has created a more negative style of play in general. Throw in the fact that playing teams 4 times a year is monotonous (for me at least) and there's not a lot to get excited about.
I used to go and watch a fair bit of lower league English games and I often enjoyed them much more than our games in Scotland.
I'd say the quality has improved in the second tier since I first watched the Pars (2007?) at this level, you routinely had a part time side at this level where they quite frankly, had no chance.
With the higher levels of fitness and quality of part time sides it's narrowed the gap, but I don't think the quality itself is always decreasing.
While Hearts last year weren't fantastic to watch, they were incredibly efficient.
Edit-2007 was the first time I clearly remember this level, memories of 1999 are hazy!
Post Edited (Thu 28 Oct 19:00)
Paralex, Thu 28 Oct 16:39
I'm not sure why the snide remark as I was only offering an honest opinion. I'm not expecting players on a couple hundred pounds a week to compete with EPL stars.
GG Riva said: The first time I remember thinking a Pars game was quite a disappointing spectacle was a 2-1 League Cup win over Motherwell. I had watched the dazzling Mexico 70 WC in it`s entirety just a month earlier...
I hear you, GG. The night that we got cuffed at EEP by Spurs in the Texaco Cup, it suddenly dawned on me that our glory days were behind us and that the football we had grown used to no longer bore any relationship to what was being played at the top level in England.
More money has flown into the game as the years have gone by, and the gap has become a chasm.
It has now become an impossible chasm to cross. Will Aberdeen ever win a European trophy again or Dundee Utd beat Barcelona. Will the Pars rub shoulders with the Spanish greats or knock an English Premier team out of Europe? No! My dear old Grandad said many years ago in his Fife accent and typical Fife pessimism as he queued up at the Stark`s Park turnstile. "Money will ruin the game". Well it hasn`t completely ruined the game but it has produced elite teams which will never again be beaten by any aspiring upstarts like us. Many prophets of doom predicted the end long before now but the game goes on and still provides reasonable entertainment even at East End Park.
Date: Fri 29 Oct 01:25
parsfan97, Thu 28 Oct 13:58
All it means is perhaps the difference between the top 4 and the rest isnt much.
What a weird response.
Post Edited (Fri 29 Oct 01:29)
As a matter of comparison I`m watching the QPRv Forest Championship game and trying to notice how it compares with our games. I would have to say:-
Just as scrappy.
Same amount of long balls from back to front.
Very little going through midfield.
Plenty misdirected passes.
No real penetration from midfield
Forwards feeding off scraps
But one high point, great to see Lyndon Dykes head home the only goal of the first half.
Topic Originator: MDCCCLXXXV
Your a better man than me Paralex, I turned it off after 30 mins
East End Park is a symbol of all that is DAFC.


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It's probably no coincidence, therefore, that every track on Golden is a Kylie co-write, making it arguably her most personal album to date. "The end of 2016 was not a good time for me," she says, referring to well-documented personal upheavals, "so when I started working on the album in 2017, it was, in many ways, a great escape. Making this album was a kind of saviour. I'd been through some turmoil and was quite fragile when I started work on it, but being able to express myself in the studio made quick work of regaining my sense of self. Writing about various aspects of my life, the highs and lows, with a real sense of knowing and of truth. And irony. And joy!"
The songwriting process allowed Kylie to get a few things out of her system. "Initially, she admits, "it was cathartic, but it also wasn't very good. I think I was writing too literally. But I reached a point where I was writing about the bigger-picture, and that was a breakthrough. It made way for songs like Stop Me From Falling and One Last Kiss. It also meant I had enough distance to write an autobiographical song, like A Lifetime To Repair, with a certain amount of humour. The countdown in that song: 'Six-five-four-three, too many times...'. I don't know if that will be a single, but I can just imagine a girl with framed pictures of past boyfriends, and kind of going 'Oh god, when am I going to get this right?'"
When she listens back to Golden, Kylie can vividly hear the Nashville in it. It is, she'll agree, probably the first time that a Kylie album has sounded like the place it was made. "You wouldn't normally relate my songs to the cities. Can't Get You Out Of My Head sounds more like Outer Space than London. But Shelby '68, for example, was written in London but it was done with Nashville in mind. It's about my Dad's car, and my brother recorded Dad driving it! I don't think I'd have written a number of the songs, including Shelby '68 and Radio On without having had that Nashville experience."
The latter, she says, is "about music being the one to save you." Throwing herself into the making of the record, she says, crystallised that idea. "If there's one love that will always be there for you, it's music. Well, it is for me, anyway." That song, in particular, carries nostalgic echoes of the golden age of Country, as heard through Medium Wave transistors and tinny home stereos in the distant past. Like any child of the Seventies, Kylie had a basic grounding in Country music, mainly absorbed from older family members. "My Step-Grandfather was born in Kentucky and though he lived most of his adult life in Australia, he never stopped listening to his beloved Country artists." If there's any classic Country singer whose imprint can be heard on Golden, it's Dolly Parton.
Kylie saw Dolly live for the first time at the end of 2016, at the Hollywood Bowl. "It was like seeing the light," she beams. "It was incredible. Everyone, whether they know it or not, is a Dolly Parton fan. When I was in Nashville, I did pick up a T-shirt that said 'What Would Dolly Do?' Maybe that should be my mantra." And, whether consciously or otherwise, there's a timbre and trill to Kylie's vocals on Radio On that is distinctly Parton-esque. "My delivery is quite different on this album," she says. "A lot of things are 'sung' less. The first time I did that was with Where The Wild Roses Grow. On the day I met Nick Cave, when I recorded my vocals, he said 'Just sing it less. Talk it through, tell the story.' This album wasn't quite to that extreme, but a lot of the songs were done in fewer takes, to just capture the moment and keep imperfections that add to the song. I remember on my last album, a lot of producers were trying to take out literally every vibrato they heard. And that's not natural to my voice. I mean, I can make myself sound like a robot, but it's nice to sound like a human!"
Working within the Country genre also gave Kylie permission to write in the Nashville vernacular. "Because we were going there, I wasn't afraid to have lines like 'When he's fallen off the wagon we'd still dance to our favourite slow song', 'Ten sheets to the wind, I was all confused', 'I'll take the ride if it's your rodeo'. The challenge of bringing a Country element to the album made the process feel very fresh to me, kind of like starting over. I started to look at writing a different way, singing a different way."
If ever Kylie lost confidence in the Country-Pop concept, and found herself pondering "This is great, but back in the real world – my real world – how will this work?", Jamie Nelson was there to badger her into sticking to the path. "We found a way to make it a hybrid with what we'll call my 'usual' sound. It had to stay 'pop' enough to stay authentic to me, but country enough to be a new sound for this album. The closer we zoomed in, and the more we honed it, I knew Jamie was right. We sacrificed good songs that weren't right for this album, because we wanted it to be as cohesive as possible. The songs that were hitting the mark were these ones, so we decided to be strong, and that's how we wrapped up the album. What he said, that stuck with me, was that 'I'd hate to get to the end of this and really wish we'd gone for it.'"
Having worked with Kylie for so long, Nelson was able to put this latest shift of direction into perspective. "He said 'You've traditionally done it throughout your career. You had your PWL time, then you did a complete turn when you went to deConstruction, then another complete turn with Spinning Around, and R&B dance-pop, and then another turn with Can't Get You Out Of My Head, icy synth-pop, and this is another one.' He was right. It felt like the right time to have a change sonically. New label, new stories to tell, and a new decade almost upon me."
Kylie Minogue will, it's scarcely believable, turn 50 this year. This looming milestone is partly behind the album's title, and title track. "I had this line that I wanted to use: 'We're not young, we're not old, we're golden' because I'm asked so often about being my age in this industry. This year, I'll be 50. And I get it, I get the interest, but I don't know how to answer it. And that line, for my personal satisfaction, says it as succinctly as possible. We can't be anyone else, we can't be younger or older than we are, we can only be ourselves. We're golden. And the album title, Golden, reflects all of this. I liked the idea of everyone being golden, shining in their own way. The sun shines in daylight, the moon shines in darkness. Wherever we are in life, we are still golden."
One of the album's shiniest moments is Raining Glitter, an exuberant banger which ventures closest to Kylie's traditional dance-pop comfort zone. "Eg White, who is one of the producers and writers and a great character, was talking about disco one day. I said 'I love disco, but you know the brief.' We needed to be going down the Country lane, so to speak. But we managed to bring them both together. When I wrote it, I was thinking about the Jacksons video for Can You Feel It where they're sprinkling glitter over everyone. And I think there's a Donna Summer record that's got that feel to it. I think that's my job: I basically leave a trail of glitter after every show I do anyway."
Kylie is looking forward to the challenge of incorporating the Golden material into her live shows. "Mixing these songs in with my existing catalogue is going to be fun. And it could be fun to do some of those songs with just a guitar. It'll make my acoustic set interesting..."
Her incredibly loyal fans – to whom one Golden song, Sincerely Yours, is intended as "a love letter" – will, she believes, have no problem with her latest stylistic shift. "My audience have been with me on the journey, so I shouldn't be afraid that they won't come with me on this part. I've had fun with it, and I'm sure they will too."
The time spent making Golden has, Kylie says, been a time of creative and personal renewal. "I've met some amazing people, truly inspiring writers and musicians. My passion for music has never gone away, but it's got bigger and stronger." And if there's an overriding theme to the record, it is one of acceptance. "We're all human and it's OK to make mistakes, get it wrong, to want to run, to want to belong, to love, to dream. To be ourselves."
"I was able to both lose and find myself whilst making this album."
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Explanation: Where do stars form? Many times, stars form in energetic regions where gas and dark dust are pushed around in chaotic mayhem. Pictured, bright massive stars near the centre of W5, the Soul Nebula, are exploding and emitting ionizing light and energetic winds. The outward-moving light and gas push away and evaporate much surrounding gas and dust, but leave pillars of gas behind dense protective knots. Inside these knots, though, stars also form. The featured image highlights the inner sanctum of W5, an arena spanning about 1,000 light years that is rich in star forming pillars. The Soul Nebula, also catalogued as IC 1848, lies about 6,500 light years away toward the constellation of the Queen of Aethopia (Cassiopeia). Likely, in few hundred million years, only a cluster of the resulting stars will remain. Then, these stars will drift apart.


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We are the Tree Brewing Beer Institute in Kelowna BC. Fresh beers brewed on site and served tank to tap.
In keeping with our philosophy of giving back to the local Community, 50 cents from every pint sold on Tuesdays at The Tree Brewing Beer Institute, will be donated to a local charity or organization.
Over the past 5 years we have donated over $125,000 to local charities. Each year we select between charities that are meaningful to our employees and our customers. We also support Tree ambassadors - young adults who are community minded, have a strong work ethic and are working towards a certain goal. We are extremely proud of what we have accomplished and look forward to giving more in the years to come through our Community Pint Program.


A dairy free alternative to milk chocolate.
This bar is rich in cocoa flavours with the subtle creaminess of the oats softening rather than over powering the naturally grown cocoa beans.
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With the new year quickly approaching it is time to create a vision board. This year I will be making a personal vision board and a profession vision board.
What is a vision board you may ask? Have you been living under a rock? Think of a visual New Years resolution. Gather your girlfriends, some cocktails and a lot of magazines, scissors and glue. Pull out any picture or word that grabs your attention. When you have 20 pages pulled out start cutting them out and arranging them on a 8×11 cardstock. Remove those images and words that don't really speak to you. Then glue them down.
I recommend hanging it in an area you see daily. Mine is in my closet next to my mirror, I don't notice it everyday but it is a great reminder of where I want my mind and life to be focused.
This year my personal vision board will focus on staying calm, family beauty and being more mindful.
My professional vision board will focus on less screen time, staying calm, changing others health and wellness and bringing the best studio to Bakersfield!


New Home - Prescott Downtown Partnership, Inc.
We are a merchant's association formed in 1999 to provide a voice for the stakeholders in historic downtown Prescott. Our Members include retail, hospitality & professional businesses, as well as property owners & residents, representatives of government & other non-profit entities that share and interest in a vibrant town center. We also coordinate all downtown events that happen on our beautiful Courthouse Square.
Members & prospective members, The Spice Traveler & Superstition Meadery will be hosting our spring mixer Thursday, March 28th from 5-7:00 p.m.
Don't miss this year's fabulous summer concert series in downtown Prescott! Bring a chair and join us under the trees as we enjoy music together as a community.
Scheduled for July 5-7, 2019 and corresponds with the World's Oldest Rodeo, Frontier Days Parade, Whiskey Row (cowboy) Boot Races, street dances and more.
Prescott is a Wonderful Tourist Destination!
Go hiking or mountain biking on our peaceful and beautiful Northern Arizona trails, visit our downtown antique shops, or enjoy shopping and dining on Prescott's downtown square. There's so much to do in Prescott, Arizona!


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The power of Dana Hall's endowment is intrinsically tied to the strength of the School's future. Endowment gifts — donations of cash, securities, and/or real property — are invested. The School spends only a small amount of the endowment's earnings (approximately 4 percent) each year, so you can be assured that the value of your gift also will increase over time, benefiting Dana Hall long into the future.
Dana Hall has several named and restricted endowed funds, with a selection featured here. Contact Chief Advancement Officer Christie Baskett at (781) 489-1371 for more information.
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The BIPOC Endowed Scholarship Fund
The BIPOC Endowed Scholarship Fund, established with a gift from an alumna who is also a trustee and past parent, is intended to provide a permanent source of scholarship funding for Dana Hall School. Income from the endowment will be used to provide a boarding scholarship to a deserving student who is BIPOC (Black, indigenous or person of color), preferably from outside Massachusetts.
Class of 1955 Memorial Scholarship Fund
The Class of 1955 Memorial Scholarship Fund was established by members of the Class of 1955 to honor their classmates who have passed away.
Financial Aid Endowment Fund
This fund provides a permanent source of scholarship funding for Dana Hall School students.
Arielle Da Costa '07 Memorial Fund
Established in 2009 to honor the memory of Arielle Da Costa '07, this fund provides financial assistance for students who wish to participate in Dana Hall's travel programs and have financial need.
MADAMES Fund
Established in 2017 by a group of Dana Hall friends from the Classes of 1977 and 1978 (Middle-Age Dana Alums, Meeting, Eating & Sharing), this fund removes financial barriers and provides the means for girls who are accepted to take part in the Dana Hall boarding experience.
SHADES Alumnx Endowed Fund for Racial Equity Programming
The SHADES Alumnx Chapter, a support and advocacy group for BIPOC alums, parents, and trustees, created The SHADES Alumnx Endowed Fund for Racial Equity Programming to provide a permanent source of funding for Dana Hall's racial equity programming.
Lucy R. Sprague '84 Performing Arts Fund
Established in 1998 to honor the memory of Lucy Sprague '84 and her love of theater, the income from this fund is used to bring high-caliber professional theater and theater professionals to the campus, and assists to expand creative options for student productions.
Karen Stives '68 Equestrian Fund
Established in 2014 to support the staff and programs of the Karen Stives '68 Equestrian Center, including clinics and outside professional staff.


If left untreated, hypertension can lead to the thickening of arterial walls causing its lumen, or blood passage way, to narrow in diameter. As a result, the heart must work harder to pump blood through the narrowed arterial openings. In addition, people with hypertension may be more susceptible to stroke.


Specialising in regional, seasonal produce, including fresh vegies, grass-fed beef, free-range eggs, bread straight from the oven, jams and chutney, ready made pasta and curries, locally produced cheeses and exotic and indigenous plants.
Do the food shopping in the most relaxed atmosphere imaginable. Have a cup of the best espresso, catch up with the locals or just admire the gum trees.
Pearcedale township and recreation reserve.
Disabled access: Yes Ask attendant at the gate.
Children welcome: Yes The market is family oriented, local children busking, animals from Moonlit Sanctuary.
Eco friendly: Yes Fresh food straight from the Farmer, low food miles, ask how your food was grown or made.
Organic produce: Yes Seasonally. However you can ask the farmer how the food was grown. They may only use snail bait which would dissallow organic certification.
Licensed: Yes There is a beer stall that is licensed for tastings.
Smoking: Yes The market is held outdoors. Mainly acceptable around the coffee stall.
Hours: Every third Saturday of the month 8am to 1pm rain, hail, or shine.
Price Guide: Entry is $2 and you receive a raffle ticket for goods up to the value of $60.


Theatre Arts provides students opportunities to develop skills in performance and technical theatre.
The Fairfax County Public Schools High School Theatre Arts courses expand and enhance skills in creativity, collaboration, and communication through various theatre activities which support students in their development as goal directed and resilient individuals. The exploration of concepts and skills are directed to synthesize artistic identity, aesthetic, and expression through theatre activities, performance, and production. Advanced course offerings support leadership skills and expertise in selected areas of interest. FCPS theatre curriculum supports the National Core Arts Standards and include the K-12 Theatre Arts Virginia Standards of Learning. FCPS theatre curriculum is vertically aligned to develop increasingly complex skills, concepts, and understandings at successive grade levels.
Curricular and extracurricular theatre activities provide opportunities for students to explore various aspects and areas of theatre including; field trips to professional theatres, workshops, one act performances and festivals, plays, musicals, children's theatre performances, drama clubs, improvisation competitions (Theatre Sports), playwrighting festivals, Technical Theatre Olympics, VHSL, Cappies and more. FCPS theatre students may also participate in local, state, national, and international theatre festivals and competitions.


Olympos Home Stay is a peaceful place in Olympos Forest. We enjoy our 380 sqm home and would like to share with nature lovers. We share our large kitchen, we share our billiard table and dart board at home.
We are 6 km away from Olympos beach up on the hills in a thick forrest.
Stay in one of our large bedrooms with a double bed and private bathroom. A stunning mountain view, pool side, perfect stop-by place for hiking, rock climbing, for the Lycian way.
Reception from 9:00 till 20:00.


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AND you need to have a child under the age of 5 years or be an expectant mother.
WHAT CAN I SEND WITH MY CHILD?
Parents are not required to supply any supplies or materials.
Jacket/coat, hat, and gloves when weather is cold – we try to go outside daily and will go outside when the temperature is above 20-25°F for Infant Toddler and 0°F for Preschool.
Diapers/pull-ups are provided if your child is toilet training.
WHO CAN MY CHILD GET PICKED UP OR TAKEN OFF THE BUS BY?
In order to ensure your child's safety, a child will only be released from the center or the bus to the child's parent, guardian, or designated person indicated on the Child Release Form. We cannot take release permission over the phone.
If you know in advance that a designated person will be picking up your child, please notify us. Persons unknown to the staff will be required to provide photo identification.
How do I know if Wood County Head Start is cancelled?
In the event of an emergency situation such as: inclement weather, natural disasters, or damage to center buildings, your child's center or classes at your child's center may be cancelled.
All Head Start centers will close automatically if the corresponding Public School District closes due to inclement weather. If Public Schools close early due to inclement weather, a Family Service Worker or Teacher will make calls to a parent/guardian, day care providers, etc. notifying of the closure.


Thanks for visiting our website! Established in 2000, Runtianzhi is a China-based inkjet printer manufacturer. We are able to provide you with a variety of UV roll to roll printer.
1. Konica Minolta printheads are employed in this UV roll to roll printer and the number of printhead can be either 4 or 8.
2. The printing color ranges from 4colors (CMYK) through 5colors (CMYK+W) to 6colors (CMYK, LC, LM).
3. The highest printing speed is 55sqm/hr and the mixmum printing width is 3.20 meters.
4. It is applicable for printing on roll materials.
5. The highest printing resolution is 720 x 1440dpi.
This UV roll to roll printer can create high definition images featuring good resistane to water, UV and scratch. Hence, it is ideal for printing on corrugated paper, foam core, PVC, ceramic tile, synthetic glass, wood, metal sheet, paper, advertising banner, mesh fabrics, and adhesive vinyl, etc.
To meet the market demand, we also produce a variety of eco solvent printer and color inkjet printer which can be used as plastic panel printer, wood printer, wallpaper printer, etc. All of our inkjet printers have been CE, UL and FCC certified, so you can feel secure in using them. If you are looking for a reliable UV roll to roll printer manufacturer, please don't hesitate to contact us! Runtianzhi will be your right choice.
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A man is dead after being hit by a bus when he was attempting to cross the street in Grand Bahama yesterday.
The unidentified victim was struck by a 2001 blue Van Tour Bus traveling along Coral Road and Settlers Way around 8 a.m. yesterday. The male pedestrian died at the scene and police are investigating the matter.
This is the latest in a series of incidents involving the company in the past few weeks.
Last week the company's head office on Queen's Highway, caught fire. Days later the busses from its fleet ran into a night club and now this traffic fatality.
Investigations into all these incidents are ongoing.


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Facebook's huge internet drone with wingspan of a 737 completes its second flight over Arizona
The long-endurance aircraft was built in Somerset and has a wingspan is bigger than a Boeing 737
It will eventually beam internet to remote areas from up to 90,000 feet to help increase access to the web
Craft is designed to land on kevlar pads attached to the bottom of its motor
By Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com
Published: 18:17 EST, 29 June 2017 | Updated: 18:58 EST, 29 June 2017
Facebook's gigantic Aquila drone has the wingspan of a 737 - but can ruj on the power of three hairdryers.
The revolutionary craft has completed its second test flight as Facebook works on its plan to use to beam the internet to people in remote areas with no mobile network coverage.
However, while the craft aced its flight, the landing left a little to be desired as the craft damaged its propellers.
The aircraft flew for 1 hour and 46 minutes, and landed at the Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in Yuma, Arizona.
FACEBOOK'S AQUILA
Aquila is a high-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned solar-powered airplane
Wings are made from a cured carbon fiber that is stronger than steel for the same mass of material
Aquila has a wingspan bigger than a Boeing 737 airplane but weighs hundreds of times less(about a third of an electric car), because of its unique design and carbon-fiber frame
Aquila flies on solar power during the day and battery power at night. About half of Aquila'smass is devoted to batteries.
At 60,000 feet, Aquila's efficient aerodynamics allow it to loiter using approximately 5,000 Watts of power, about as much as three hair dryers.
The batteries must supply that load for a longwinter night: up to 13 or 14 hours
'A few seconds before landing, the autopilot stopped the propellers as planned in order to lock them horizontally,' Facebook's Martin Luis Gomez said.
'The propellers are meant to lock in the horizontal position to avoid damaging them when touching down.
'In this flight, the motors all stopped, but only one propeller locked horizontally.'
In the footage of the flight, the propellors can be seen hitting the ground.
However, Facebook glossed over the problem, with Gomez saying 'The aircraft settled onto the landing surface very gently and came to a stop in about 10 meters. It was absolutely perfect.
'Similar to driving a car on a gravel surface, landing a plane on gravel causes a few minor, easily-repairable dings, but otherwise, Aquila landed in great shape. '
The craft passed all of its checks at 5:27 am.
'A quick poll of the pilots and engineers resulted in a 'go for launch' call,' said Gomez.
'Takeoff was normal. It also quickly became apparent that all the systems were functioning normally: The motor current, the airspeed tracking, the heading tracking, the radio links, and the differential GPS all showed nominal behavior.
'The only surprise was a happy one: The climb rate – at 180 ft/min - was nearly twice as fast as on our first flight. We attribute this to the numerous refinements to Aquila — especially a smoother finish — that were based on learnings from our first flight.'
'The craft climbed to 3,000 feet, and with all telemetry 'in the green,' continued the climb.
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Facebook added hundreds of sensors to the aircraft to understand how Aquila's shape responds to flight in real-time for the flight, including hundreds of strain gauges and three-axis inertial measurement units (IMUs.)
The Aquila aircraft has no landing gear in the traditional sense, but instead lands on Kevlar pads bonded to the bottom of the motor pods.
'For the landing pad, we created a 500 foot circle of level gravel, about 6 inches deep and with the consistency of rough sand.
'Similar to driving a car on a gravel surface, landing a plane on gravel causes a few minor, easily-repairable dings, but otherwise, Aquila landed in great shape.'
'Needless to say, the entire team was thrilled with these results.
'In the coming months, we're excited to take the lessons from our successful second flight to continue the Aquila program's progress to help bring the world closer together through connectivity.'
During its first test flight Aquila remained in the air for 96 minutes, more than triple the planned mission time.
While in the air, the eco-friendly plane was consuming just 2,000 watts of power - around the same as a hairdryer.
Eventually the plane will consume around 5,000 Watts once its reaches it cruising height and speed.
'If you told me when I was getting started with Facebook that one day we would build planes, I would've told you that you were crazy,' Mark Zuckerberg told The Verge.
'We're not a plane company, but within a little more than two years of having this idea and starting to build the team, we now have a plane which has flown for an hour and a half. [It's] just a really big milestone on this path to connecting everyone.'
He said the firm wanted to build thousands of the drones.
'The milestone that we're really going after is, can this break the record for the longest endurance UAV?
'Once you have that, then I think we're ready to build thousands of them, and work with telcos and governments all around the world to connect people on the outskirts of cities, and rural areas, and in disaster zones, and wherever you can't get traditional connectivity to today.'
However, Zuckerberg said the firm will not build the drones itself.
Internet access many be taken for granted by many, but some 4 billion people around the world are still missing. Facebook plans to tackle the problem with a range of technologies including its high-altitude solar plane Aquila, which has just completed its first successful test flight
'What we want to do is prove that this works, and then figure out ways to license the technology or give it away so that telcos and governments and nonprofits and crisis areas can offer this.'
'We've been flying a one-fifth scale version of Aquila for several months, but this was the first time we've flown the full-scale aircraft,' said Jay Parikh, Facebook's Global Head of Engineering and Infrastructure..
'This test flight was designed to verify our operational models and overall aircraft design.
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'To prove out the full capacity of the design, we will push Aquila to the limits in a lengthy series of tests in the coming months and years.
'Failures are expected and sometimes even planned; we learn more when we push the plane to the brink'.
The tech company collected valuable data during the test flight that it will use to tweak future designs.
Future test flights are planned to be 'faster, higher and longer'.
Eventually, the solar plane will cruise at an altitude of 60,000-90,000 feet, beaming internet connectivity down to people on the ground.
The plane has been designed to fly for up to three months at a time, and has a wingspan bigger than that of a Boeing 737.
Eventually, the solar plane will cruise at an altitude of 60,000-90,000 feet, beaming internet connectivity down to people on the ground
Around half the solar-powered plane's mass is made up of batteries that help it to fly during the night when there is no sun to power it.
'We're encouraged by this first successful flight, but we have a lot of work ahead of us.
'In fact, to reach our goal of being able to fly over a remote region and deliver connectivity for up to three months at time, we will need to break the world record for solar-powered unmanned flight, which currently stands at two weeks,' said Mr Parikh.
'This will require significant advancements in science and engineering to achieve.
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, watches Aquila's successful test flight. The plane has been designed to fly for up to three months at a time, and has a wingspan bigger than that of a Boeing 737
The flight took place on 28 June at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) in Yuma, Arizona
'It will also require us to work closely with operators, governments and other partners to deploy these aircraft in the regions where they'll be most effective.'
Aquila was built in Somerset by a team of experts with wide-ranging experience from Nasa, Boeing, Darpa and the British Royal Air Force, among others.
'We believe this work has never been more important.
New technologies like Aquila have the potential to bring access, voice and opportunity to billions of people around the world, and do so faster and more cost-effectively than has ever been possible before,' added Mr Parikh.
Facebook collected valuable data during the test flight that it will use to tweak future designs. Future test flights are planned to be 'faster, higher and longer'
The firm is building a fleet of drones capable of flying at 65,000ft (19,800 metres) and staying in the air for months.
Now the first details of their communication system have emerged.
'As part of our Internet.org efforts, we're working on ways to use drones and satellites to connect the billion people who don't live in range of existing wireless networks,' said Mark Zuckerberg.
DATA SENT FROM 65,000FT
Facebook aims to use a mix of solar-powered aircraft and low-orbit satellites to beam signals carrying the internet to hard-to-reach locations.
The drones, flying at 65,000ft (19,800 metres), will be capable of staying in the air for months.
They are relatively cheap and will be most effective for suburban areas that do not have the cables or infrastructure to carry internet or telephone signals.
An infographic shows the areas not covered by mobile network coverage
The drones are effectively mobile phone masts in the sky and bounce smartphone communications between satellites and base stations on Earth.
Low-orbit and geosynchronous satellites, which have orbits that match the Earth's rotation and are effectively stationary, will cover more remote areas in Africa and Asia.
The internet access would be transmitted in the form of free-space optical communication, or FSO, which transmits data using infrared laser beams.
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, seemed to be enjoying himself as he watched on
While in the air, the eco-friendly plane was consuming just 2,000 watts of power - around the same as a hairdryer
The plane has been designed to fly for up to three months at a time, and has a wingspan bigger than that of a Boeing 737
A map shows the route taken by the plane
'Our Connectivity Lab is developing a laser communications system that can beam data from the sky into communities.
'This will dramatically increase the speed of sending data over long distances.
'Normally you wouldn't be able to see the actual beams, but for this demonstration we made them visible.
'This is just one connectivity project we're working on, but I was excited to share this with you.
The firm has already begun flying its giant drones designed to bring internet access to the world, Mark Zuckerberg has previously revealed.
An infographic shows how hos the plane measures up against other aircraft
'We believe this work has never been more important,' said Jay Parikh, Facebook's Global Head of Engineering and Infrastructure
An infographic shows the connectivity and population of Mozambique, South Africa and Madargascar
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Tightening the Lid on Pain Prescriptions
It was the type of conversation that Dr. Claire Trescott dreads: telling physicians that they are not cutting it.
But the large health care system here that Dr. Trescott helps manage has placed controls on how painkillers are prescribed, like making sure doctors do not prescribe too much. Doctors on staff have been told to abide by the guidelines or face the consequences.
So far, two doctors have decided to leave, and two more have remained but are being closely monitored.
"It is excruciating," said Dr. Trescott, who oversees primary care at Group Health. "These are often very good clinicians who just have this fatal flaw."
High-strength painkillers known as opioids represent the most widely prescribed class of medications in the United States. And over the last decade, the number of prescriptions for the strongest opioids has increased nearly fourfold, with only limited evidence of their long-term effectiveness or risks, federal data shows.
"Doctors are prescribing like crazy," said Dr. C. Richard Chapman, the director of the Pain Research Center at the University of Utah.
Medical professionals have long been on high alert about powerful painkillers like OxyContin because of their widespread abuse by teenagers and others for recreational purposes.
Now the alarm is extending from the street to an arena where the drugs had been considered legitimate and safe: doctors' offices where they are prescribed — and some say grossly overprescribed — for the treatment of long-term pain from back injuries, arthritisand other conditions.
Studies link narcotic painkillers to a variety of dangers, like sleep apnea, sharply reduced hormone production and, in the elderly, increased falls and hip fractures. The most extreme cases include fatal overdoses.
Data suggest that hundreds of thousands of patients nationwide may be on potentially dangerous dosages. And while no one questions that the medicines help countless patients and that most doctors prescribe them responsibly, there is a growing resistance to their creeping overuse. Experts say that doctors often simply keep patients on the drugs for years and that patients can develop a powerful psychological dependence on them that mirrors addiction.
But changing old habits can be difficult — for doctors and patients alike.
The most aggressive effort is under way here in Washington, where lawmakers last year imposed new requirements on doctors to refer patients taking high dosages of opioids — which include hydrocodone, fentanyl, methadone and oxycodone, the active ingredient in OxyContin — for evaluation by a pain specialist if their underlying condition is not improving.
Even before the new provisions took effect, some doctors stopped treating pain patients, and more have followed suit. Christine Link, 50, said that several doctors had refused to refill the prescription for painkillers she had taken for years for a degenerative joint disease.
"I am suffering, and I know I am not the only one," she said.
Washington State officials acknowledge some of the law's early deficiencies, including its sometimes indiscriminate application, and they are seeking to address them. But there is no retreat on the goal of moderating opioid use, and the movement extends well beyond Washington.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has urged doctors to use opioids more judiciously, pointing to the easy availability of the drugs on the street and a mounting toll of overdose deaths; in 2008, the most recent year with available data, 14,800 people died in episodes involving prescription painkillers.
The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs are trying new programs to reduce use among active-duty troops and veterans. Various states are experimenting with restrictions, including Ohio, which is considering following the Washington model.
"We are trying to prepare our state for what we hope is the inevitable curbing of the use of opiates in chronic pain," said Orman Hall, the director of Ohio's Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services.
The long-term use of opioids to treat chronic pain is relatively new. Until about 15 years ago, the drugs were largely reserved for postoperative, cancer or end-of-life care. But based on their success in those areas, pain experts argued the medications could be used to treat common kinds of long-term pain with little risk of addiction.
At the same time, pharmaceutical companies began to promote newer opioid formulations like OxyContin for chronic pain that could be used at greater strengths than traditional painkillers. Sales of painkillers reached about $8.5 billion last year, compared with $4.4 billion in 2001, according to the consulting firm IMS Health.
Along with Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, other producers include Johnson & Johnson and Endo Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Russell K. Portenoy, who championed the drugs' broader use, said the new data about the potential high-dose risks was concerning. But he added that the medications were extremely valuable and that their benefits needed to be factored into policies like the one in Washington State.
"I don't think opioids need to be thought of any differently than any other therapies," said Dr. Portenoy, chairman of the pain medicine and palliative care department at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. "It is just that right now, they have got our attention."
A pain expert here in Seattle, Dr. Jane C. Ballantyne, said she once agreed with Dr. Portenoy, but she now finds herself in the role of former believer turned crusading reformer.
"We started on this whole thing because we were on a mission to help people in pain," she said of the medical profession's embrace of opioids. "But the long-term outcomes for many of these patients are appalling, and it is ending up destroying their lives."
Alarms Sounded
The clues were buried in the dullest of places: thousands of workers' compensation claims.
In 2006, a state official here, Dr. Gary Franklin, called together 15 medical experts to discuss some troubling data found in the records.
Thirty-two injured workers who were prescribed opioids for pain had died of overdoses involving the drugs. In addition, in just a few years, the strength of the average daily dose of the most powerful opioids prescribed to patients treated through the workers' compensation program had shot up by more than 50 percent. The number of patients taking the drugs in large quantities had grown to 10,000.
Doctors often increase opioid dosages because patients can adjust, or develop tolerance, to the drugs and need greater amounts to get the same effect. Pain specialists, including Dr. Portenoy of Beth Israel, had argued that it was safe to increase dosages so long as doctors made sure that patients were improving.
But the Washington data suggested that doctors were not monitoring patients; they were simply prescribing more and more. Such practices are common, said Dr. Trescott, the official at Group Health in Seattle, because treating pain patients, who are often also depressed or anxious, is time-consuming and difficult.
"Doctors end up chasing pain" instead of focusing on treating the underlying condition, she said.
That is what happened several years ago to a former nurse, Mary Crossman, after she was found to have lupus, an autoimmune disease that can cause severe joint and muscle pain. Her doctor put her on OxyContin and methadone and then raised the dosage every six months or so after she developed tolerance to the lower dosage.
Five years later, she was taking dosages so high that another doctor who examined her was shocked. "She said, 'I don't want you to die,' " Mrs. Crossman recalled.
In 2007, the Washington State panel approved a guideline that urged doctors to refer patients on large dosages for evaluation if they were not improving. Two professional groups representing pain specialists had already taken a similar step. But the Washington action had an important difference that soon proved contentious: it set a dosage level meant to prompt the referral.
As with most medical guidelines, doctors in Washington largely ignored the panel's suggestions, a later survey found — until last year, when the guidelines became law.
That bill moved so quickly through the State Legislature that its opponents were caught off guard. The maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, tried and failed to stop it. Several national pain experts, including some with ties to the drug industry, also sought to block it, saying the new provisions would cause chaos by restricting patient access to care.
Even some supporters of the new law agreed that there was little evidence to support the dosage threshold, which was the amount of any opioid equivalent in strength to a daily dose of 120 milligrams of morphine. Nonetheless, they believed that drastic change was needed.
"I thought the new law was a necessary evil," said one Seattle-area physician, Dr. Charles Chabal.


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