CCTV camera in schools, but i am not getting a suitable topic on that. help pls..
Well, I think you should look carefully at CCTV systems and at the definition of an IT system – in most CCTV systems there is no real "processing" of the information taking place. This suggests to me that it is not a suitable ITGS topic.
oh….thank you, so could you give me a hint on what topics would be good?
Well, as I say, the key thing is a topic where you are able to access primary sources, and since you will be writing the essay for a long time, a topic you will enjoy!
i want to study the effects of Dota on social interaction between students in my college. is it a good topic?
I was wondering about the theme I am going to choose either ebooks, tablet or computer games, which should I choose?
Well, it would depend (among other things) on the availability of primary research options for you….and of course you need to look at all aspects of the course (stakeholders, the social/ethical issues and impacts, etc).
Hi Stuart, I've heard from a few friends who are doing Extended Essays in ITGS that the research question is supposed to be based on a survey. Is this true? I need to know because I'm planning on writing my Extended Essay based on simulators.
There needs to be an opportunity to do primary research in the ITGS EE. That could be performed using surveys or interviews. The key thing is that primary research needs to be performed with somebody who is a major stakeholder in the IT system and who is an expert. I hope this helps.
The topic might be OK, but in itself it does not make a good research question. If the answer to any of the questions in the check list above is "No", then it might not be a suitable topic for you.
I started writing my extended essay on social networking sites,and how it might affect the academic performance of students. I am now worried about what you said "anything related to…Facebook in schools…Previous essays on these topics have scored very low grades".
Can you give me some tips on where there were pitfalls, so I can avoid doing the same mistakes?
Hakeem, I advise my students to avoid "Facebook in schools" style topics because all of the past EEs I have read along this vein have been very poor. In my experience such essays lack any real authoritative evidence for the claims they make, and typically try to use anecdotal evidence from the student's friends. Or the essays make extremely tenuous / illogical links, for example "All my the people I interviewed use Facebook and all of them are passing the IB so this proves that Facebook does not affect grades".
This doesn't mean the topics can't be done, it is just my personal advice to my students.
For my primary data I used a survey to get some general information. I was going to then interview students and teachers for further evidence. I tried looking for an expert in this topic (to interview) but I just couldnt.
Doo you think you can give me some alternative methods I can use to further investigat the topic?
Mr.Gray, for an EE in ITGS, what do you think are the main points that should be in the abstract of my essay?
The EE guide says the abstract needs to include the research question, the investigation method / scope, and the conclusion.
You should definitely check the EE grading criteria to make sure you have done everything required and not missed anything out.
Well, there are many, many ITGS EE topics you could choose form. Your choice is really only limited by your interests (you don't want to be writing 4000 words about something that doesn't interest you!) and the availability of good research. Otherwise virtually anything that relates to ITGS could be refined into an EE question.
I'm looking into writing an ITGS EE and am having some trouble narrowing down my topic. Any help you may provide would be greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately, my supervisor is new the school and the IB program and will not be of much assistance to me in terms of getting this done correctly. In that regard, could you please take a look at my question and advise me how I might be able to clean that up?
I'm particularly interested in analysing the relationship between governments (and other high-security organisations) and groups such as Anonymous, LulzSec, and Wikileaks in recent years.
I've only recently become aware of the ITGS triangle and am confident that my topic can fit into those terms. There are social and ethical aspects and areas of impact. As far as IT systems in context, would I be able to explore the methods used in this controversial style of hacking (DDOS attacks, social engineering, sql exploits, cloud vulnerabilities, etc)?
As an overarching theme, I want to explore the limits of security. I've been looking into Kevin Mitnick's book an the human element of security and am considering incorporating that. I'd like to do primary research on how, with an enough effort and initiative, effectively nothing is really secure.
I'm confused as to how I might be able to fit this into a passable research question. Do I need to specify some of these aspects?
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I would strongly recommend you talk to your ITGS teacher about your choice of topic because often its appropriateness will depend on your local situation (such as availability of research material).
I think a common mistake that students make is selecting a topic which is too broad. It is easy to think that 4,000 words is a lot – but in fact, it isn't.
First of all, I would like to commend you on your book, which has been an excellent guide for my studies. One other way I would now like your help is regardind my EE, which I plan to do in ITGS.
My preliminary research question is "How have the relatively recent developments of Web 2.0, and its increasing usage by Indian society, affected the transfer and general standard of news within India?" Please suggest any improvments or changes that need to be made. I request you to reply to me via email- my email account is kaustubh.goyal@gmail.com.
I greatly appreciate any aid you can provide.
Please see my reply to the previous comment, as I think it applies to you too.
Thanks for this great resource. Now I just started working on an essay concerning 1 to 1 laptop programs effectivity. I planned on and acquired permission to receive random students' online activities during the school day and will perform an analysis of the effectivity of laptops in classes, given that my school is a 1 to 1 laptop program school. I will have to decide which sites are for classes versus for leisure and slacking off. I was wondering what your opinion is on the possible success of this EE considering you claimed EEs on computers in schools have low likelihoods to receive good scores.
Well, there is no fundamental reason why such an EE can't work – my comment was based more on students I have seen who have typically tried to make very vague, general assertions long the lines of "students like them so they must be a good thing" or even "as we know, laptops improve learning" without any sort of supporting evidence. Other students I have known have wanted to do this topic because they think it will be easy or because they think asking their friends if their laptops are "essential" somehow constitutes effective research.
It seems that you are looking more specifically at 1-1 programmes rather than simply "laptops". It also sounds as if you are willing to select and use appropriate primary data, which is definitely the right approach. Good luck!
Do you have any ideas how I can broaden or further my topic without losing my original purpose?
It sounds like it would be a good idea to find out exactly what the "something else" is before progressing. There are apps to help autistic users in a variety of ways (as there are many degrees of severity of autism).
You might also want to consider focusing on one area (e.g. education: tools for autistic students).
Thanks for your help! It's been just over 3 months since I asked you for help and I'd just like to thank you. Right now, I'm nearly halfway through my research (the bulk are made up of journal articles and such) with 12 sources at the moment. What I'd suggest to people looking to write their EE on ITGS is that they make sure that there is are clear social/ethical issues caused or somehow influenced by technology.
I'm really confused about my ITGS extended essay, at first it was based on surveillance and my research question was: "What is the effect of bio metric surveillance on people's family life in the U.K?" but my supervisor says that I need primary research and so I can't do this essay as I have to physically interview people in the U.K. I definitely have to do my EE on surveillance but now I am confused about what to do.Can you please give me any ideas about what I could write about on surveillance in my local area? I reside in Lusaka, Zambia if that is of any help to you.
Well, the primary research for the EE does not *necessarily* need to be interview / survey based, though a lot of students do it this way.
Another way to perform the required elements of the EE is to provide detailed analysis and interpretation of the secondary sources you have available. The problem with this method is that many students simple repeat the contents of the secondary source ("describing" or "explaining", rather than analysing). Another difficulty is finding secondary research with sufficient detail (articles like those from the BBC may be a good start, but they often lack detailed coverage of topics).
Well, I suggest you do some more research into this topic first. I lot of these prosthetic technologies I have seen do not seem to involve IT, so it is worth finding some good examples before you start out.
I am taking ITGS as a HL course since it interests me.
For my EE topic I choose the topic "Monitoring Cameras in classrooms" Where these cameras will provide live feed to parents through the internet through a online website and also the cameras feeds will be kept as storage in the administration in the school for any incidents occurring.
Do you have any suggestions on my topic? Please reply your feedback.
I would suggest you research the topic carefully to make sure an IT system is clearly involved here. Mere recording of images and later playback is probably not enough to count as an IT system.
I was just curious as to what "expert stakeholders" are. I looked at some example EEs and often the interviewees/people surveyed were stakeholders but not experts on the topic. If I'm doing my EE on education, do I need to interview/survey teachers/professors/students only? Or should I have experts such as members of the board of education?
Secondly, is it appropriate to use APA citation style for an ITGS EE when APA does not support referencing interviews in the bibliography? (It does support in-text citations for interviews, though).
I think the key point is that stakeholders should clearly have the skills or expertise to answer the questions being asked (if the student is performing an interview, for example). For example, I have had students propose essays about violence in videogames where they suggest interviewing their friends and asking them if they think games cause violence. Those friends may well be stakeholders and games players, but what qualification do they have to make any assertion about the bigger picture of games and violence? Their answers, at best, are going to be hearsay and speculation. Now, those games players could answer precise and highly focused questions about themselves, but that is all. I think the key thing is to consider whether the subject is actually able to answer the question or whether they would be speculating.
On the other point, any citation style is fine as long as it is applied consistently and correctly.
I want to do my EE on the benefits and drawbacks/limitations of a particular e-learning tool. How can I avoid having my essay be just a 'summary' of secondary data? Obviously there will be primary research too but we are required to have some analysis in the essay, right?
Are we allowed to write an essay where we weigh up if the pros outweigh the cons?
Also are we allowed to use MLA citation for the ITGS EE? I saw that you said "any citation style is fine" but I was just a bit worried because MLA is not really used for social sciences.
Yes, you definitely need analysis of the secondary and primary data in your essay, otherwise it will simply be descriptive. I suggest you look at the EE assessment criteria, especially criteria D, E, F, and H. These make it clear that you need a clear argument and need to apply analytical skills.
You can use any recognised citation format for the EE.
I am hoping to write my EE using the following research question: How has the rise of YouTube created a new medium for political campaigning, and what has been the effect of this new medium?
However, I am not in the ITGS class and it is not offered at my school, so I am very uninformed on IT and the ITGS curriculum, and I am afraid that I will end up with an essay that is not appropriate for the subject of ITGS. Would this be an appropriate research topic? Also, is extensive use of ITGS terminology required in ITGS essays? Thank you so much for your help.
Although you are allowed to write an Extended Essay in a subject that you do not take, it is not generally recommended. This is especially true if your school does not offer the subject, as there may be no supervisor with the relevant expertise to assist you.
To answer your question, yes, an EE needs to include clear understanding and appropriate use of both IT and ITGS terminology (the two are not the same).
1) The CCTVs in school and how they effect the behaviour of student, i will be touching on both the positive and negative aspects.
2) The role of wireless money transaction on the society in singapore's public transport division.
With both, I can get loads of information and prove my points.What do you recommend ?
Traditionally CCTV camera systems do not really use any information processing technology: they merely capture and record. If this is all they do, they do not really fit into the ITGS definition of IT. I think your other topic has potential though.
One thing to bear in mind "I can get loads of information and prove my points" suggests you already know the conclusion of your essay (or think you do). Having arguments is good (it is required in the rubric!), but remember to make sure you clearly balance your analysis.
If I sent the exact same list of questions via email to different expert stakeholders, is that considered an series of interviews or a survey? Some of the questions are open-ended whereas others are close-ended. I'm planning on summarizing the results and using the summarized responses to support my points.
I don't know what it would be considered really – but does it matter what name we give it? To me the difference is that an interview is performed live while a survey is completed independently by the stakeholder. I would double-check that the expert stakeholders require the exact same questions – maybe some require extra questions or small changes? The advantage of an interview of course is that you can add or insert new questions if they say something particularly interesting in their responses.
I want to do my ITGS EE on a topic relating to artificial intelligence. I'm currently considering the use of AI in the military (technologies more advanced than drones) or AI simulations (in sports or investment/stocks). Do you think these are viable topics. If so, what could be a possible research topic. If not, why and how can I refine it?
It sounds like it would be a good idea to research this general area a little bit more. You seem to have an idea of the general area (strand 2 of the ITGS triangle) and technology (strand 3).
Can you find any research with specific examples (e.g. news articles) which raise any issues from strand 1? They would be a good starting point to help you narrow your topic and formulate a question.
Can I analyze articles as you said earlier or I have to stakeholders?
I think you'd find it hard to find articles that discuss actual impacts of quantum computing, as the technology itself is still largely theoretical. With that in mind, it is hard to see how it falls into the category of ITGS.
That sounds like an interesting topic. In El Salvador a few years ago Blockbuster video shut down, and one of the reasons they cited was rampant piracy. I've often wondered how NetFlix has managed in markets like that. I wonder – why have you chose those two specific areas of Peru?
I'm well into my ITGS extended essay, which is about biometric services in India. I, however, live in Europe. Therefore, "PERFORMING primary research" is quite impossible. I am using interviews and will have quantitative data from other sources included.
Has the chance of me getting A, by means of me not "PERFORMING primary research" therefore shrunk?
I advise performing primary research because I find that makes it easier for students to achieve the highest marks. However, there is no reason why you cannot perform analysis and evaluation on your secondary sources. You will need a wide range of sources to enable you to analyse them thoroughly though – and you will need to critically evaluate them too.
I read your article and it seems pretty useful. A good guideline set for me to work. But i feel i'm stressing too much over my research question. There is an app in my country that works somewhat like uber except it's for motorcycle riders (taxis) that require users to give their location and dropping point. I was thinking that my question could be somewhat in relation to security, and maybe privacy but i'm unable to generate a good question.
A good place to start is to do some background reading about your topic area. Why did you select privacy and security as your social and ethical issues? Do you have resources which suggest these are issues caused by this technology?
Hi Andrew. It is probably a good idea to be more specific with your Research Question. Adding a particular location or even a particular type of business could help with that. For both of those questions I'd ask how you are going to measure "customer relations" and therefore determine whether they have improved or not.
I suppose the key question is what you are focusing on. Your current question needs refining because at the moment it assumes that the students at your school have an addiction to video games – which might not be true. Addiction is also a strong word and I am sure there is a medical / psychological definition of that – so I see your Psychology teacher's point. But maybe what you are really trying to measure is the extent that students at your school use video games, and the impact that has on them? In that case, impacts are clearly what ITGS is about.
I am doing my EE on ITGS, deadline is soon, so please i need your response in the nearest future. i don't really study itgs so will i be able to achieve a good grade?
and what are the elements for a good essay that gets high marks?
If you don't study a subject, can you achieve a good grade? I'd say probably not. The mere act of writing 4000 words on a subject suggests a requirement to have studied at least something about it. It sounds like you really need to talk to your EE supervisor or IB Coordinator, and also read the Extended Essay guide (which has the marking criteria).
i already started my project, it is about RFID technology in education, my research question is, to what extent will the my country schools and universities benefit from monitoring their students success?
to what extent will the my countries schools and unis benefit from RFID technologies in monitoring the success of students?
Your EE supervisor should be able to advise you on these questions after they have looked at your notes, research, and / or initial drafts. In fact three formal meetings with the supervisor is now a mandatory part of the EE process.
It is, but "smart phones" is too vague – you would need to be more specific.
I want to write an essay about the benefits and risks of medical scanners to patients in local hospitals. I do have primary source. Can you help me and give some advise? Isn't it to broad? Is it good topic?
P.S. I want to talk with you a little bit about my research question (that is in secret) via email (so we will keep the privacy:)). Can you write me ( sizdikov.a@nisa.edu.kz ), then I will write you back.
My initial thoughts would be: can you ensure you will be talking about information technology (with the focus on information) rather than any other form of technology?
If you want to talk about your RQ in private, it would be better to speak to your ITGS teacher.


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ILLINOIS HUMANITIES COUNCIL AWARDS MAJOR GRANTS
Next mini grants due January 15; next major grants due February 15
CHICAGO –The Illinois Humanities Council Board of Directors has awarded a total of $209,640 to 25 nonprofit organizations for development and production of public humanities projects.
Funded projects include a CD of poetry readings from The Poetry Center's Annual Reading Series that will be distributed free of charge to Chicago schools participating in the Center's "Hands on Stanzas" program; an exhibition and outreach program on the changing character and architectural significance of architecture in Chicago's North Lawndale community organized by the Chicago Architecture Foundation; a bilingual community reading program in Rockford organized by the Rockford Public Library; and a documentary film on the early history and traditional culture of Illinois Indian tribes for which the state of Illinois is named produced by the non-profit Nipundikan organization in Mascoutah.
Community support for these projects totaled $1,107,622. A list of grants and the organizations that are sponsoring these programs are listed below:
Slippery Characters, JazzReach Inc., Brooklyn, NY, $9,990
Art and Artifact, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, $4,150
Learning from North Lawndale, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, $10,000
Record Row: The History of Chicago Soul, Chicago Blues Museum, Chicago, $10,000
Greater Access and Increased Knowledge, Columbia CollegeChicago, Chicago, $5,000
Free Frank and New Philadelphia, Free Frank New Philadelphia Foundation, Chicago, $4,000
Ta Rembetika, Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center, Chicago, $10,000
100 Years of Breathing Life into the Community, American Lung Association of Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, $10,000
Writing off the Charts, Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Chicago, $7,000
Tell the Story, Sixty-Sixty-Five Inc., Chicago, $5,000
Cultural Connections, The Field Museum, Chicago, $10,000
Write On: The Act of the Written Hand, The HistoryMakers, Chicago, $5,000
Poetry Center Audio Archive, The Poetry Center of Chicago, Chicago, $10,000
Caribbean Stories: The Art of Life, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, $10,000
Chicago Disability History Exhibition, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, $10,000
Chicago's Labor Trail, Stage II, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, $10,000
Narrative and Place, Young Chicago Authors, Chicago, $10,000
Islam in Southeast Asia, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, 9,800
A Pilot Literature and Visual Arts Circle for Young Men, Literature for All for Us, Evanston, $10,000
Saturday Salon Series, Next Theatre Company, Evanston, $6,000
Early History of the Illinois Indians, Nipundikan, Mascoutah, $4,200
Waking the Sleeping Soul, Quad City Arts, Rock Island, $10,000
One Book, One Rockford, Rockford Public Library, Rockford, $10,000
1913 Massacre, Center for Independent Documentary, Sharon, MA, $10,000
The Block Documents, Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, $8,500
January 15 is the next IHC deadline for mini grants proposals and major grant proposals are due February 15. Potential applicants may review and download grant applications and guidelines by visiting www.prairie.org/grants. Grant information may also be requested by calling 312.422.5580 or by sending an email to ihc@prairie.org. IHC program officers are available for consultation at this number as well, and new applicants are encouraged to seek consultation.
For further information about the IHC or the grants program, please contact us at 312.422.5580 or visit our website at www.prairie.org/grants.
The Illinois Humanities Council is a nonprofit educational organization [501 (c) 3] dedicated to fostering a culture in which the humanities are a vital part of the lives of individuals and communities. Organized in 1973 as the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the IHC creates programs and funds organizations that promote greater understanding of, appreciation for, and involvement in the humanities. The IHC is supported by state, federal, and private funds.
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SKIP serves over 125 meals a day, over 15,000 meals each season, to residents who are either in need or seek community during the long, wintertime months. The lack of proper nutrition is a serious problem for many in this area, affecting both seniors on fixed incomes, and the workers facing seasonal unemployment caused by the tourist economy. The warm, sociable atmosphere of the dining room can also be as nourishing as the meal itself.
SKIP has expanded its services to include "to-go" meals for weekends, homeless-prevention assistance, nutrition counseling and health monitoring. It gives its office every Thursday to a representative of the Homeless Prevention Council who offers housing assistance to anyone in need from 10:00 am until 1:00 pm. SKIP also participates in a twice-monthly nutrition program with The Lower Cape Outreach Council and the Barnstable County Public Health Nurses on the second and fourth Friday of each month.
Our Mission is threefold
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Where possible, provide formal and informal referrals for a range of social services, including—but not limited to—housing and mental health.
SKIP does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or sexual orientation in any of its activities or operations and is not affiliated with any religion or political organization.
HISTORY OF SKIP
Rev. Robert Hadley came to the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House (UU) in the early 1990s after successfully starting soup kitchens in previous churches he served. Rev. Hadley had a strong vision for our small community and with UU members Ed. Duff, Jan Ranken, Ginnine Principe, Brenda Haywood and others, he introduced Soup Kitchen in Provincetown (SKIP) at the UU in 1992.
In the beginning guest numbers were small, but word of SKIP's food ministry spread quickly under new minister Rev. Jennifer Justice. The small kitchen at the UU became insufficient to provide the daily meals. SKIP then moved to the Church of St. Mary of the Harbor in the east end of town under Rev. Andrew Barasda, Jr. Diana Hardy then became involved and remains a SKIP volunteer today, 26 years later.
When SKIP outgrew the space at St. Mary's, it relocated temporarily to St. Peter the Apostle Church. It later moved to the Provincetown United Methodist Church on Shank Painter Road, where it continues to operate today.
Many volunteers contributed to SKIP's success. Debbie Estevez began volunteering during SKIP's early days at the UU. SKIP operated on a shoestring budget, but the volunteers did their best to provide a hot bowl of soup and a sandwich. Debbie said that "the soup kitchen was filling much more than stomachs...it was filling souls." Other volunteers during those early years were Dennis Rhodes and Dale Szczech. In the years that followed, volunteers and board members included Betty Villari, Joe Alleva and Daniel Elias, SKIP's current chairman.
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The Shanghai Moon
By S. J. Rozan
Read by Samantha Quan
S. J. Rozan Blackstone Publishing
The Lydia Chin / Bill Smith Series: Book 9
3 Formats: CD
Chinese-American PI Lydia Chin is brought in by former mentor Joel Pilarsky to help with a case that crosses continents, cultures, and decades. In Shanghai, excavation has unearthed a cache of European jewelry dating back to World War II. The jewelry was immediately stolen by a Chinese official who fled to New York City. Hired by a lawyer specializing in the recovery of Holocaust assets, Chin and Pilarsky are to find any and all leads to the missing jewels. Lydia soon learns that there is much more to the story than they've been told.
A 2010 Anthony Award Nominee for Best Novel
A 2010 Barry Award Nominee for Best Novel
A 2010 Macavity Award Nominee for Best Mystery Novel
A 2010 Dilys Award Nominee
"[Rozan] gives us a brilliant look into the culture of Chinese American families today and an exciting mystery. Readers who have waited patiently for this one will not be disappointed. Highly recommended." —Library Journal (starred review)
"[A] rich blend of historical mystery and contemporary suspense." —Publishers Weekly
"Rozan plots as expansively and ambitiously as ever." —Kirkus Reviews
"Emotionally compelling and intricately plotted…A winner." —RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)
Author Bio: S. J. Rozan
S. J. Rozan is the author of the popular Lydia Chin and Bill Smith mystery series, as well as several stand-alone novels and novellas. She has won multiple awards for her fiction, including the Edgar, Shamus, Anthony, Nero, and Macavity awards, the Japanese Maltese Falcon, and the Private Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award.
Format: Digital Download Format: Digital Rental Format: CD
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Category: Fiction/Mystery & Detective
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CDs: 11
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Thanks in advance
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Even though it is under the spotlight these days, with the astounding increase of Bitcoin's value, the true concept of blockchain is still not well understood by many, including the huge potential lying in that technology. The blockchain is all about Bitcoin, but it is now well beyond just being a system for exchanging virtual coins with confidence and security.
Described as a decentralized and encrypted network that certifies and stores each and every transaction in an immutable way, blockchain technology has an incredible potential to benefit our society, and it is important to understand just how it can impact our lives.
If, up until recently, blockchain's potential was just theoretical, there are now a few startups that are bringing it to the real world. iExec is a great example, being the first online store of dapps, short for "decentralized apps". It has recently also announced partnerships with Flixxo and Signals, to offer online decentralized videos and a crypto trading platform, respectively.
iExec is a Franco-Chinese projec and is creating a "cloud decentralization" model which, based on a global cloud computing marketplace, will allow everyone to rent their processing power for profit. And, just as what happens with cryptocurrencies and central banks, this decentralization takes the power away from the big companies such as Amazon or Google, which dominate the cloud computing market.
This marketplace, which is scheduled to launch in the Spring of 2018, will allow users who want to offer their computing power to freely interact and negotiate directly with buyers. While this may sound fishy, the use of (Ethereum, in this case) blockchain technology makes this a transparent and secure environment.
Today's Internet is based on private servers – for example, when you open a site like Facebook, all the info is coming from the company's private servers. With iExec's marketplace, there are no centralized servers, as users are directly connected to the network, and the information is scattered across it.
The Blockchain is currently a very hot topic in the tech industry, so much that even traditional businesses such as banks are diving hard into it. It will surely be present in our lives in the near future and, when that happens, such a visionary startup like iExec might very well be in a leading position.


Perfect! The third frequent problem with datasets is that they contain outliers. Outliers are values that are distant from other values. In other words, they're found at the very extremes of the dataset, far from the center. Sounds vague? Let's look at an example.
Create a DataFrame named temperatures based on the temperatures.csv file. After that, show the contents of temperatures.
Note the temperature value for the year 2000 is very big as compared to the temperatures of other years.


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Maine Parents Push DEP for Right to Know
Submitted by andrew.francis on Wed, 08/06/2014 - 11:03
The Maine People's Alliance continues to play an active role in the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine (ACHM), a coalition of environmental and public health groups working to ensure Maine's children are protected from dangerous chemicals lurking in everyday products. This year, the coalition kicked off an aggressive grassroots campaign to force the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to take action on a series of chemicals called phthalates (pronounced thal-lates).
Phthalates are a set of dangerous chemicals that disrupt the male hormone testosterone during prenatal and early childhood development. They are commonly found in consumer products that use soft vinyl plastics like
lunchboxes, backpacks and shower curtains. They are also found in fragrances used in cosmetics and lotions.
Unfortunately, little information exists for consumers about which products use these chemicals. What's worse is that Maine has the power to take action to protect children from dangerous chemicals through the Kid- Safe Products Act (KSPA), but in the four years that Governor LePage has been in office, he has opted to do nothing.
Fed up with the governor's refusal to act, activists decided to take the issue straight to the DEP and compel them to consider this issue through citizens- initiated rulemaking. This year, they collected and delivered more than 2,000 petition signatures from Mainers across the state, triggering a rulemaking consideration by the DEP. The proposed rule would require major manufacturers to disclose their use of phthalates to the DEP. This right-to-know rulemaking would help consumers and open up the possibility for future intervention under KSPA.
The DEP has scheduled a public hearing for late July. MPA and other environmental groups are working to collect public comments from Mainers to show the broad public support for this issue and plan to show up in force to the hearing when it is scheduled, likely later this summer. It's doubtful that the DEP will accept the rulemaking, given both the Governor's steadfast opposition and the cozy corporate connections and influence in the DEP, (see reporter Colin Woodard's investigative report Lobbyist in the Henhouse in the Portland Press Herald for more information on this influence).
MPA and allied organizations will continue to press this issue to make sure that the problem of toxic chemicals like phthalates can't be ignored. To join MPA's work on this important issue, please contact your regional MPA organizer.
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A coming of age neo-western focusing on the Holm family as they struggle to subsist in a drought-ridden dystopian wasteland. As with most visions of dystopia, life is grim for the poorer folks and Young Ones apes the themes explored in John Steinbeck's dust bowl novels (specifically, Grapes of Wrath) to enhance the unforgiving nature of this environment and the unjust treatment of its inhabitants by the banks and the government.
Each act focuses on one character and through this we get to learn a bit more about their own motivations, but the overarching narrative is also progressed rather neatly in each one. The first focuses on Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon) and this one bears the burden of all of the expository information that tells us everything we need to know about the Holm family and the future setting. Shannon is, as usual, on compelling form and he fits into the role of troubled single dad from the future well. Much like Guy Pearce's recent turn in The Rover, Shannon is well suited to this type of dystopia and he looks suitably weathered by the environment his character exists in. The last two acts focus on devious entrepreneur Flem (Nicholas Hoult), Ernest's step son of sorts and the final act centres on Ernest's youngest Jerome (Kody Smit-Mcphee). Hoult and Mcphee are impressive here. Specifically, Mcphee seems to have a knack for gritty post apocalyptic movies, His character undergoes the biggest transformation throughout the film and he handles this characterisation skilfully.
Special mention goes to the 'simulant', a robot mule that the Holm's use to transport supplies across the desert. The one used in the film is a full size working model based on the 'Big Dog'. which was designed and built by Boston Dynamics. I'm unsure how much of its movement was down to visual effects and other chicanery within the film itself, but either way it's effective and its interaction with the actors and the environment is seamless. You can check out the early robot here, or just watch the film as, if you like dystopian films with gritty storylines you will like this a lot.
Viewed as part of Dystopian December.
Can it be called a cult film if you are the only person in the cult?
Not totally original Sci fi apocalyptic western but totally original in its execution and that's what matters to me. Water is the precious thing everyone is after here. Like in Stryker. Anyone remembers that gem from the 80's? Anyone, anyone? Anyways, always great to see Michael Shannon on a lead role and Gwyneth 's brother is a good director. Nice desert locations, good looking film.
A film that reminds me a lot of Rover for some reason. I liked the feel and look of the film but it felt so much like a novel that it kind of turned me off it a bit. I did enjoy the acting and the film itself but I had the hardest time warming up to it.
Loved the world and I loved the way the world was shot. It looks great and there are plenty of interesting shots throughout the film. Everything with Michael Shannon was fantastic but I wasn't really a fan of Elle Fanning. I don't usually like Hoult or McPhee, so that was a tough battle for the film to win, but I did eventually start to appreciate their performances and characters. I like the slight tweaking of Hoult and where they went with him.
The music was great and all in all it just seems really unique with plenty of visuals that I had never seen before. The scenes with the mother were amazing, for one thing. And the guns sound great, which is always a win.


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Semelhante ao poço convencional, um poço artesiano é assim denominado quando as águas fluem naturalmente do solo, num aquífero confinado, sem a necessidade de bombeamento. É um poço tubular profundo cuja pressão da água é suficiente para a sua subida à superfície, necessitando apenas de instalação de equipamentos para controlar a saída da água. Geralmente, a sua profundidade é maior que a de um poço convencional e, em geral, suas águas têm uma pureza microbiológica maior e com mais sais minerais. Em sua utilização normal para uso residencial, as águas são captadas através de canos.

A perfuração de poços tubulares é uma atividade especializada na área de engenharia. Portanto, todo esforço deve estar centralizado na contratação de empresas de perfuração que possuam quadros especializados de funcionários, geólogos, engenheiro de minas ou engenheiros com especialização na área reconhecida pelos órgãos de fiscalização, além de equipamentos modernos e alta tecnologia e uma equipe de profissionais e técnicos com ampla experiência.

Considerada uma obra de engenharia projetada e construída para a exploração de águas subterrâneas, a perfuração pode atingir as profundidades mais variadas, de 60 a mais de 1.000 metros, sendo o poço total ou parcialmente revestido, conforme as condições geológicas.

História
Há relatos de que os primeiros poços foram perfurados por habitantes da China medieval, indicando que já naquela época se escavavam poços para obtenção de água.

Etimologia
Há registos que indicam que o nome de poço artesiano se deu quando os habitantes da cidade grega de Artesã perfuraram um poço para captação de água e este jorrou sozinho, sem necessidade de usar baldes e cordas. Então, todo poço após esta data que jorra água sozinho leva o nome ou é chamado de poço artesiano. Isto acontece porque a zona de recarga do aquífero está acima do local onde se perfura o poço. Então, em qualquer escavação neste local, o nível da água terá de passar o da superfície.

Uma outra explicação ao nome do poço se baseia na crença de que o primeiro poço deste tipo foi perfurado no condado de Artois, França no século XII.

Legislação
A perfuração de poços tubulares profundos precisa obedecer à legislação, especialmente a Lei 9.433 de 8 de janeiro de 1997, que institui a Política Nacional de Recursos Hídricos e a Lei 9.605 de 12 de fevereiro de 1998, que dispõe sobre as sanções penais e administrativas derivadas de condutas e atividades lesivas ao meio ambiente. Também precisa obedecer as seguintes normas da Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT): 12212, que estabelece os requisitos para a elaboração de projeto de poço para captação de água subterrânea, e 12244, que estabelece os requisitos para a construção de poço para captação de água subterrânea, ou seja, os procedimentos técnicos para uma extração de água segura, eficiente e sustentável.

Pela legislação sobre poços tubulares profundos, pode ser necessário obter documentos como uma licença ambiental ou autorização de perfuração, bem como uma outorga de uso da água, concedidos por órgãos estaduais competentes.

Poços clandestinos, que não obedecem à legislação, podem ser tanto denunciados quanto descobertos pelos órgãos competentes, e sujeitos a consequências penais.

Outorga de uso
De acordo com os fundamentos da Lei 9.433 de 8 de janeiro de 1997, "a água é um bem de domínio público", sejam as águas superficiais ou subterrâneas, portanto toda pessoa física ou jurídica tem direito ao acesso e utilização, cabendo ao Poder Público a sua administração e controle. Ou seja, para utilizar a água de um poço artesiano, é preciso pedir autorização (no caso, a outorga) para o órgão estadual competente que regula esse acesso.

Análise físico-química e bacteriológica da água
Embora a água de poços tubulares profundos costume ter boa qualidade, é muito importante realizar uma análise físico-química e bacteriológica antes de consumi-la. Isso vai mostrar se a água é segura para consumo, ou seja, se é considerada potável e livre de contaminantes e bactérias ou se precisa de tratamento. Vale observar que, em cumprimento à Portaria de Consolidação Nº 5 do Ministério da Saúde, é necessário tratar a água com o teor mínimo de cloro residual livre de 0,5 mg/L para ela ser considerada potável, sendo obrigatória a manutenção de, no mínimo, 0,2 mg/L em qualquer ponto da rede de distribuição (torneiras, chuveiros, bebedouros etc).

Manutenção de poços artesianos
Poços tubulares profundos precisam de manutenção regular, idealmente a cada um ou dois anos. Se for antigo, é necessário verificar seus materiais com mais frequência. Normalmente, é realizada uma limpeza do poço, bem como a retirada do conjunto de bombeamento submersível (bomba submersa) para checá-lo. Se o equipamento estiver danificado, pode ser preciso substituí-lo ou consertá-lo, de acordo com as especificações de operação do poço.

Limpeza
Esse trabalho consiste em recuperar as características operacionais e originais dos poços artesianos quando ocorre o depósito de matérias sólidas no fundo, assoreamento de fraturas, filtros, turbidez na água bombeada etc. Na execução desse serviço, deve ser feita uma análise detalhada do estado de conservação dos equipamentos instalados. Para fazer a limpeza pode ser usado equipamentos com alto poder de bombeamento, ou um caminhão pipa, introduzindo uma mangueira e injetando água com alta pressão.

Poço semiartesiano
O poço semiartesiano é um poço tubular profundo cuja pressão da água não é suficiente para a sua subida à superfície, necessitando de instalação de conjunto de bombeamento e tubulação para efetuar o bombeamento da água.

Uso insignificante
Usos Insignificantes  é um recurso independe de outorga de direito de uso, conforme a lei Lei n° 13.199/1999 especificado na Política Estadual de Recursos Hídricos – .

Para se enquadrar na modalidade esta dispostos na Deliberação Normativa CERH n° 09, de 16 de junho de 2004, e na Deliberação Normativa CERH n° 34, de 16 de agosto de 2010.

é  consideradas a vazão máxima de 0,5 litro/segundo e retenção em volume  40.000 m³ no maximo.

Para o restante do estado, são consideradas como usos insignificantes, as captações e derivações de águas superficiais menores ou iguais a 1 litro/segundo e acumulações de volume máximo igual a 5.000 m³.

Fonte: Falcon poços artesianos.

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As part of the Autonomous Mobility Vision program, the French manufacturer presented in the US a four-wheeled concept car resembling an electric skateboard more than a technologically advanced means of transport.
Therefore, the name of this fully autonomous vehicle, not by accident, is to emphasize its agility, which will be useful in typical urban conditions.
Skate is to enable communication with each other in order to serve the inhabitants of the agglomeration as a shared, ecological and safe means of transport from point A to point B.
The zero-emission and autonomous Citroën Skate can be used to transport people and goods
The emission-free Citroën Skate is to emphasize the technological potential and the power of innovation of the French company in relation to the current and future challenges related to mobility.
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But thanks to remarkable recent advances in the technological capabilities of wood, largely focused in the areas of engineered timber and beam-and-post structural frames in particular, all these preconceptions could be about to change. A new generation of high-rise timber buildings across the world are leading the charge. Not only are they revolutionising popular perceptions and applications of wood within a construction context, they just might lead to the realisation of that Holy Grail of architectural surrealism, the wooden skyscraper.
The high-rise timber buildings sector is expanding rapidly. In Brisbane, Australia, in November, Lendlease and Sydney-based architect Bates Smart completed 10-storey, 45m-high 25 King Street, said to be the largest engineered timber commercial building in Australia, which combines a beam-and-post frame with CLT ceiling soffits. The tallest wooden building in the world today is probably the 18-storey Brock Commons student residence at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Completed in mid-2017, it was designed by Acton Ostry Architects with structural engineer Fast + Epp and tall wood adviser Architekten Hermann Kaufmann.
Even more ambitiously, back in 2016 PLP Architecture produced conceptual proposals for Oakwood Timber Tower, a 300m-high, 80-storey, 1 million ft² wooden skyscraper provocatively located in London's Barbican and containing 1,000 residential units. While the project was conceived more as a research tool than as a literal development seriously intended to be built, it demonstrates the confidence and innovation now commonly deployed on timber construction.
What is also increasingly apparent – as evidenced in projects such as Brisbane's 25 King Street – is that CLT and other types of timber construction are at last moving from their more established use in the residential sector to be applied on large commercial buildings.
One of the most recent and significant examples is almost complete at Clichy-Batignolles, a large urban regeneration site to the north of the central Paris region. One of the sites of former president Nicolas Sarkozy's Grand Projets, it was also the site of Paris' failed bid for the 2012 Olympics. It is currently being redeveloped in accordance with an ambitious mixed-use masterplan set for completion during the next decade.
The office block in question is already the largest timber-frame office building in Paris and the first of its kind in the whole of France. Office in Wood has been jointly designed by Austrian practice Baumschlager Eberle Architekten and Italian studio Scape, and it provides 17,000m² of office space over nine storeys. It uses a structural beam-and-post timber frame and thereby provides an authoritative account of the advantages and limitations of a timber engineered structural solution on this building type.
Arguably its chief technical asset is its lightweight construction. Office in Wood is constructed entirely on a bridge platform that spans over several major railway lines into the French capital, including those serving the Eurostar line linking Paris and London. It was therefore essential for the building to be as lightweight as possible, making timber the perfect alternative to a more traditional concrete or steel frame.
According to Anne Speicher, managing partner of Baumschlager Eberle Architekten, the building "delivers a drastic weight reduction of 30% compared with a traditional steel or concrete structural frame". The point is reiterated by Gavin White, structural engineering director of Ramboll UK, who claims that timber-frame buildings can be "up to 40 to 50% lighter than concrete and steel-frame buildings and therefore offer a credible structural alternative when dealing with complex underground or tunnel situations".
Another clear advantage for timber buildings – in a low- or high-rise context – is that they are a sustainable, low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete frames. Paris is to host the 2024 Olympic Games, and this has prompted the city to launch a massive construction initiative to ensure that by the time of the opening ceremony all new buildings on public sites are low-carbon. Clichy-Batignolles, ironically the proposed site for the 2012 Games, is one of the first prototypes for this policy.
According to Speicher, the timber frame has enabled Office in Wood to realise "a construction phase saving of 2,900 tonnes of carbon dioxide and, along with measures like photovoltaic cells, has helped the building achieve energy-positive performance where it produces more energy than it consumes".
A further dual advantage of timber frame is that its dry, offsite construction makes it easily adaptable to prefabrication and modularisation, a trend becoming more commonplace within the construction industry generally.
But timber frame does of course have its limitations – so are these potentially magnified in high-rise situations?
Greater cost is generally one of the biggest impediments to timber-frame buildings, but White argues this can be offset by savings in programme and speed of construction.
However, height might be a trickier challenge. Office in Wood is a nine-storey building but it is pointedly not 20, 30 or 40 storeys high. Will there always be a limit on height when building a structural frame in wood?
Simon Smith is the director and co-founder of Smith and Wallwork, a design-focused low-carbon engineering practice with a specialism in timber construction. The firm worked with PLP on the Oakwood Timber Tower scheme. Naturally Smith is optimistic about the potential of applying timber to genuinely high-rise buildings in the near future. But he argues that a beam-and-post system such as the one used at Office in Wood is the most realistic option for attaining greater numbers of storeys. And in such circumstances there is nothing to stop CLT still being used on internal walls and floors, for instance. But even with a beam-and-post system Smith reveals that there would still be a significant constraint: stability.
This is exactly what happens at Office in Wood. Here, Speicher explains, the concrete cores offered another advantage: they took up 3% less floor space than equivalent timber cores. This touches on another crucial issue with high-rise timber buildings – space and flexibility. While 3% may not sound like much, it becomes a crucial figure when attempting to maximise the lettable returns offered by commercial floorplates.
Timber-frame structures are renowned for having bigger structural components than steel or concrete structures, as well as significantly more columns. Glulam columns in the lower floors of Artec AS's Treet hotel are up to 1m thick, while at Office in Wood maximum timber beam spans of 8m require a preponderance of columns and steel cross-bracing within floorplates. Don't these represent onerous constraints on the flexibility of commercial offices that wouldn't exist with alternative structural frame systems?
But if height, stability and flexibility issues can be reasonably addressed in high-rise commercial timber buildings, what then of wood's perennial bogeyman, fire?
We may still be some years away from an 80-storey timber skyscraper. But it is clear that for a whole host of reasons, ranging from the environmental to the structural, timber buildings are likely to get taller and more commercial in the very near future.


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The kindergarten team at Lakeaires Elementary is bringing a fun experience into the classroom - and across the airwaves - these days. Ducklings were hatched in an incubator, and the process was available to watch through a livestream "duck cam." Living/nonliving science standards have been a focus during the classroom experience, as students have been learning about ducks and writing informational reports about them with various topic sentences. The kindergarten teams will soon bring the ducks outside so the students can watch their feathered friends interact. The teachers will also fill up a "baby pool" so the ducklings can practice swimming with the students cheering them on. The ducks will stay in the classrooms for a couple of weeks and then go to a new home.
White Bear Lake Area High School students have once again had a terrific showing in the State History Day competition, which was done virtually this year due to COVID-19. See a full list of the district's State History Day honorees here. Also, our district's 17 consecutive year streak of sending a scholar on to the National competition continues with this year's 2021 National History Day Qualifier - Scarlett Ellison and her Individual Performance on Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
A group of 6th Grade Students at Sunrise Park Middle School recently hosted a Poetry Event to culminate the ending of April as it is Poetry Month. The 6th Graders are a part of an after school Poetry Club, where they write poetry weekly inspired by music, nature, pictures, they study other poets along with many more inspirations. Each week the students work on a specific skill in their poetry. One of the students discussed how he never felt like a strong writer, but through poetry he realized that he was a great writer and he stated, "Words have such power and we can use those words for the positive!" Several elementary classes, across the district joined in on reading their wonderful poetry from the month. Students as young as Kindergarten shared their poems. It was a wonderful, positive event and it really rang true how powerful poetry can be!
Registration for 2021 Early Childhood Family Education classes is now open. We are excited to bring back classes, field trips, community events, and new programs to meet family needs. Programs are offered at Hugo Elementary and Normandy Park Education Center. See the registration guide here. The Early Childhood Program was recently highlighted in the weekly video update. See the students and staff members having fun together here.
Students were actively involved in a recent initiative to help students and families learn about Bear Care Clinic offerings. See the students' informative handiwork in this video. The Clinic is open to help district families with health needs. All health services are free and available to all children in the White Bear Lake Area School District. Call us at (651) 653-2923 or email BearCare@BearCareClinic.org or click here to schedule an appointment. The clinic's Facebook page provides clinic updates and can be found here.
The White Bear Lake Area High School spring play, "The Auditioners," is being performed in a virtual format this year. The play is a comedic look at the auditioning process, featuring monologues from a pool of wacky characters. The play was professionally recorded, and will be available for viewing on May 13th, 14th, & 15th as a video on demand. Additional information can be found on the play's Facebook page or buy tickets at bit.ly/wblahsauditionersplay.
White Bear Lake Area Schools will continue to offer distance learning during the 2021-22 school year for those families who choose that learning model for their child(ren). Complete information, including the application / VERSIÓN en ESPAÑOL to enroll, is available on the Distance Learning Academy website. Additionally, we will host virtual Parent Information Sessions next Wednesday, May 12 at both 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. The links to the virtual sessions can be found here (11 a.m. session) and here (5 p.m. session). Those who enroll in DLA by May 20 will be guaranteed a spot in the 2021-22 Distance Learning Academy. Applications received after May 20 may be placed on a waiting list.
The district's Senior Program is hosting a Parking Lot Rummage Sale from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on May 22 in the Normandy Park Education Center parking lot. Those who wish to reserve a spot to sell can do so through the district's Community Services Registration platform here.
The district is looking to fill seasonal grounds positions. The role is great for college students or 18+, with both full-time and part-time options available. Former summertime employees have commented it's like "working out in the sunshine" as tasks include mowing, weed-whipping and prepping fields to name a few. The posting is on the district website here.
Impressive accomplishments
WBLAHS senior Caleb Binkert was recently highlighted in a Gillette Children's Hospital article for his incredible recovery from a traumatic brain injury. Included in the article is a lighthearted classroom connection, with Caleb mentioning "All the therapy sessions felt like gym class." Read the inspiring story here.
Matoska International kindergarten teacher Kendall Gonzalez was named the 2021 White Bear Lake Area Educators Teacher of the Year in a recent virtual Teacher of the Year Celebration. Gonzalez was named among an impressive group of six finalists.
White Bear Lake Area High School, the first Minnesota high school to offer Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) Certification to Students, recently met a milestone. The Health & Wellness Teacher Team recently completed their first round of YMHFA Training to 23 WBLAHS Seniors. Thanks to a generous Greater Twin Cities United Way grant, Katie Marsh and Shannon Riebow have become nationally certified YMHFA instructors for WBLAS. Read more about the experience in the WBLAS Career Pathways May Newsletter.
The district's Middle School Musical performance of "High School Musical Jr." recently came alive on stage. The experience was highlighted in the White Bear Press here. Those who were not able to attend the performance in person have the opportunity later in May to watch the show via streaming on Friday, May 21 at 7 p.m. and/or on Saturday, May 22 at either 2 p.m. or 7 p.m. The link to purchase streaming services will be available on the district website in mid-May.
White Bear Lake Area High School students were recently recognized for honors in the VFW Auxiliary's Young American Creative Patriotic Art Contest. Daisy Vanderwood was the overall winner, and her work advanced to become the district winner as well. Her work, which she based on photos of her dad and her grandfather in their respective uniforms, will now move onto state competition in June. Other students honored include second place Natalie Preiner, third place Fayeth Soto and Honorable mention Angel Roe Lumbo.
A Class of 1982 member will visit White Bear Lake Area High School later this month to be inducted into the district's Wall of Fame. The alumni honoree is Head of U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who enjoyed a variety of activities as a student and has gone on to an impressive career. See the White Bear Press article about the 4-star grad here.
WBLAHS seniors reached rank of Eagle scout together after a lot of hard work on projects that benefit Matoska International, their former elementary school. Projects included a new playground feature in the shape of a large hollow log, an outdoor life-sized chessboard and blacktop markers, and an outdoor stage for elementary students to use during recess. Read more about the projects in a recent White Bear Press article here.
Those who are celebrating the Class of 2021, either as a graduate or as a family member of a grad, can share their excitement about the upcoming accomplishment with profile frames available on Facebook. Frames can be found here (for grads) and here (for families/friends of grads). Go Bears!
The More Than Meals program, which the district participated in this winter with a pick-up location at the Senior Program, has come to an end after serving a total of 27,152 meals this winter. This "pay-it-forward" program was launched, thanks to a generous local donor, to help give back to restaurants who have given so much to our community, while helping people who were dealing with food insecurity and financial challenges. The More Than Meals program restaurants prepared more than 2,000 meals each week, and those meals were either delivered by NewTrax or brought to the WBL Senior Center or Hanifl Performing Arts for curbside pickup. To ensure that no meals went to waste, helpful volunteers brought unclaimed meals to Union Gospel Mission, Salvation Army, Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, and the WBL Fire Department.
With Spring sports seasons underway, track and field and tennis were highlighted in this week's issue of "The Week in 62.4 Seconds."
The Week in 62.4 Seconds
Enjoy The Week in 62.4 Seconds videos highlighting weekly district activities throughout the school year.
The May 10, 2021 School Board Work Session Meeting will be conducted in person at District Center, with social distancing measures being put in place.
The remainder of the 2020-21 School Board meetings will continue to be viewable via electronic means. Livestream links are available on the district's online calendar and will be posted on the Meeting Materials page the week prior to each meeting.
April 26 Work Session
April 16 Special Session
School Start Time Change - At the April 16, 2021 School Board Special Session, the School Board approved the School Start Time Change proposal to be implemented in the fall of 2021-22. The recommendation that has been discussed in recent months aligns with the District's Strategic Plan and research on adolescent sleep. Complete information can be found on the School Start Time Change informational page of the district website, www.isd624.org/SchoolStartTimeChange.
Info about changed quarantine requirements - White Bear Lake Area Schools will now be offering three quarantine options. The newest addition includes a 7 day option with a negative molecular test. If you do not want to get your child tested, they will still be able to do a 10 or 14 day quarantine. Please note that if the exposure occurred within your household, the only quarantine option is 14 days. Those families who have a child currently on quarantine and who wish to consider a shortened quarantine option are asked to contact their child's health office to discuss options. You may find it helpful to order a Vault test to have on hand in the event your child is identified as a close contact. Vault saliva tests are molecular tests, free to all Minnesotans, and can be ordered here
Community Conversations on Teen Substance Use - District staff members are part of a team partnering to host a virtual event at 7 p.m. on May 10 to help families learn about resources in the community to support their teens. See the flyer and registration link here.
School Linked Mental Health Services - Find information about School Linked Mental Health Services available to our families here.
Support Hub - The District's Support Hub provides families with resources to address barriers & enhance well-being. This comprehensive resource gives families and community members access to information for essential services including crisis response, basic needs, mental health and wellbeing, physical health, social emotional learning and more.
Receiving district messages - District-level emails are being sent from the communications@isd624.org email address. If you are not receiving emails from this account, it is possible that the email address is currently blocked in your email account. Find instructions to unblock the communications@isd624.org email address in different email platforms here.
Distance Learning Meal Pick-Up Information:
Free meals are available for all children ages 18 and under through June of 2021. Weekly pick-ups are available at locations throughout the district on Wednesdays, with both morning and evening time slots available, and on Friday mornings.
Meal pick-up times and locations are available here.
To take advantage of the opportunity, families should pre-order meals each week using the Meal Order Form for distance learning pick-up so Nutrition Services staff know what to prepare.
Menus are available online at https://isd624.nutrislice.com/
Contact the Nutrition Services Department at NutritionServices@isd624.org or 651-407-7524 with any questions.
Free or Reduced Applications - Even though free meals are available to all for this school year, it is still very important that families who may qualify for free or reduced-price meals complete the meal application as soon as possible. The meal applications not only qualify your family for free meal benefits, but also provide additional benefits that may include discounts for: internet access, college application fees, sports/activities fees, and AP test registration fees.Please check out this flyer for more information. Contact the Nutrition Services Department at NutritionServices@isd624.org or 651-407-7524 with any questions.
Vaccines for 16 and 17 year olds -The 'Roll Up Your Sleeves, MN' vaccine outreach campaign is focusing on Minnesotans aged 16 and 17. There are a few vaccine options available to 16 and 17 year olds that have been recently announced. Complete information can be found on the White Bear Lake Area High School website here.
Contact Tracing - In order to facilitate the district's COVID-19 contact tracing, it is important that families and staff members let us know through this form of a COVID-19 diagnosis. Please also call your school's attendance line (for students) or submit an absence in Skyward (for staff) if you have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Dashboard - The district's COVID-19 Info & Dashboard page lists the 14-Day Case Rate By County, District COVID-19 Cases Weekly Reporting, and Process for Individual Notifications. We have recently added local information to the dashboard, including by-school numbers of students and staff members who are confirmed cases of COVID-19 and who are quarantined as close contacts.
Notifications - White Bear Lake Area Schools will continue to ensure that all who are directly affected are appropriately notified in accordance with health department guidelines and privacy laws. A close contact notification and request to quarantine will be sent to all identified close-contacts. A general notification of a positive case in the building will be sent to: all building staff (including traveling and classified staff members) and all students attending the same school.
Bears Protect Bears - Find information about the White Bear Lake Area Educators' "Bears Protect Bears Commitment" here. Remember the important steps of social distancing, wearing masks, washing hands, and staying home when sick.
Mail order saliva test information from MDH - The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has asked that we share that the state's mail order pilot test is now open for anyone in Minnesota to access. Staff and families can use the mail order form to access the saliva tests. Testing is free for every Minnesotan, whether or not you have insurance. If you do have insurance, you will need to provide your information so your insurance company can pay for your test. If your insurance does not pay for COVID-19 tests or does not pay enough, the state will cover the cost. If you do not have insurance, the state will pay for your test. You will not receive a bill.
Community Testing Sites - Find COVID-19 Testing Locations on the MDH website here.
Bear Care Health and Wellness Clinic Appointments - The Bear Care Health and Wellness Clinic located in North Campus (5045 Division Ave., White Bear Lake, MN 55110) is now offering online appointment scheduling. Use this link to schedule an appointment. The clinic is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2-6 pm. All health services are FREE and available to all children in the White Bear Lake Area School District.
See a video about the services available at the Bear Care Clinic here.
Call us at (651) 653-2923 or email BearCare@BearCareClinic.org. Click here to schedule an appointment.
Available services include:
Health assessments and sports physicals
Influenza vaccines
Rapid strep throat testing
Ear infections and pink eye
Rapid mono testing
Urinary tract (bladder) infection testing
Chronic illness management and referrals
Family health support
Curbside COVID-19 rapid tests (must make appointment)
Equity Action Plan - The Office of Equity and Engagement has been working this year on an Equity Action Plan. See information here.
Many Faces - Check out Many Faces events that are happening this fall that will focus on building community through conversations.
Career Pathways Newsletter - Please enjoy the April 2021 Career Pathways Newsletter!
We Are Hiring! - White Bear Lake Area Schools is hiring for a variety of positions, offering both school-day and out-of-school-time hours. Full- and part-time options are available, and many positions offer flexible hours if needed to accommodate family schedules. The district is seeking paraprofessionals, community services and recreation staff and coaches, and more. Find the online application page here.
2021 Lynn Mielke Distinguished Educator Award - Sunrise Park Middle School Pupil Support Assistant Beth Nevala was recently surprised with the Lynn Mielke Distinguished Educator Award from the White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation. The award is given annually to an individual who has exemplified the late Lynn Mielke's dedication and care for the students and staff in our district.
April Recognitions - The following April celebrations are ongoing/upcoming:
April - National Poetry Month, Math and Statistics Awareness Month
May Recognitions - The following May celebrations are ongoing/upcoming:
May 1 - Principals Day
May 3-7 - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 4 - Teacher Appreciation Day
May 5 - Cinco de Mayo
May 7 - School Lunch Hero Day
May 12 - Eid al-Fitr and National School Nurse Day
May 13 - Eid al-Fitr
May 15 - Armed Forces Day
May 31 - Memorial Day (No School, District Offices Closed)
Community Services Updates following the Governor's Executive Order can be found here.
Seasonal Catalogs - Seasonal catalogs are available now! The Community Services Summer Catalog is currently available online, with multiple opportunities for community members of all ages. The printed piece will be arriving in residents' mailboxes soon.
Digital Backpack - The Community Services Department distributes electronic flyers on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Flyers include announcements from the school district, as well as local organizations. Those who wish to request distribution of a flyer should email the files to Director Tim Maurer at tim.maurer@isd624.org.
Check out the latest edition of The Voice.
Community Bridge - Check out opportunities here. The Community Bridge Consortium is an adults with cognitive disabilities program supported by the North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale, South Washington County, Roseville, White Bear and Mahtomedi School Districts.
General Update re: Senior Program following Governor's Executive Order (see complete post here)
Meals on Wheels will continue, following COVID-19 safety guidelines and social distancing measures
Footcare Service & Driving Safety Training courses will continue, following COVID-19 safety guidelines and social distancing measures
Social classes/clubs/gatherings suspended until January 4, 2021
The Voice - Check out the latest edition of the The Voice to learn about exciting upcoming opportunities.
FREE Activity Pass for Senior Community Members (age 65+) - White Bear Lake Area Schools offer a variety of activities - home athletic contests, concerts, and theater productions to name a few. Join us! Please fill out this application and you will be sent the pass in the US Mail. If you have questions, please contact Rachael Markuson at 651-407-7563 or rachael.markuson@isd624.org.
Visit the WBLAHS online store - The WBLAHS online store offers a variety of fun Bear Wear items for purchase, including apparel and accessories.
Be a Bear! - White Bear Lake Area Schools is hiring for a variety of positions, offering both school-day and out-of-school-time hours. Full- and part-time options are available, and many positions offer flexible hours if needed to accommodate family schedules. The district is seeking paraprofessionals, community services and recreation staff and coaches, and more. Find the online application page here.
White Bear Center for the Arts
Congratulations to WBLAHS students who received awards in the 2020-2021 WriteNow! High School Writing Contest. See the complete listing here.
Congratulations to Lynn Mielke Distinguished Educator Award recipient Beth Nevala, a Pupil Support Assistant at Sunrise Park Middle School.
Related to BearPower:
Vocational Culinary (VoCul) Training Led by The Good Acre - Are you interested in joining the ranks of skilled culinary professionals working in area public school kitchens? If so, VoCul is for you! This program consists of:
10 weeks of training including a mix of online Zoom lectures, in-person cooking labs, and flexible remote work tasks
An internship phase that includes 112 hours of on-the-job training in a partnering kitchen
Participants receive a weekly stipend. The Good Acre's next cohort will begin in July 2021. Space in this program is limited, and applications are due June 1. RSVP for the virtual VoCul open house on May 6 at 5 p.m.
Learn more about the VoCul program and apply.
Medical Reserve Corps - Ramsey County is looking for volunteers for their Medical Reserve Corps. Find information on the Ramsey County website.
Free Meals - Meals on Wheels of Ramsey County is providing free home-delivered meals to Ramsey County adult residents who are impacted by COVID-19. Learn more.


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Q: Categorifying idempotent relations Generalizing partial orders: A relation $R$ is transitive if $R \circ R \subseteq R$ and interpolative if $R \subseteq R \circ R$. It is idempotent if $R \circ R = R$. Interpolativeness means that whenever $x R y$ there is a "witness" to this: a $z$ such that $x R z$ and $z R y$. Idempotent relations generalize partial orders because a reflexive relation is always interpolative: take $z$ to be $x$ or $y$.
A transition from $x R y$ to $x R z R y$ can be thought of as a reduction step, so interpolative relations are in a sense amenable to computation. But note that if $x R z$ or $z R y$ are not more primitive than $x R y$ itself you may get a divergent computation.
A notable example of an idempotent relation from computer science is the way-below relation $\ll$ of domain theory. The theory of "abstract bases" of domains lies on the assumption that $\ll$ is actually more important than the preorder of the domain.
Categorification: there is a well known process of categorification that replaces partial orders with categories and during which transitivity and reflexivity become composition and identity of arrows. It is not difficult to generalize the notion of category to get a categorified version of idempotent relations. We keep composition but replace identity on objects with an splitting requirement on arrows: given $f: A \to B$ there is always an object C and arrows $g: A \to C$ and $h: C \to B$ such that $f = h \circ g$. Again if any of $A$ or $B$ admits an identity then $f$ has a trivial splitting. Note that this generalization of the notion of "category" is, from certain (maybe very narrow) sense, more symmetric than the usual definition and it allows objects which may be invisible in a usual category.
Of course categories would not be as interesting if they were not so abundant in mathematics. Now my question is this: is there any treatment of these "categories" in the literature? Do you know any natural example of such a "category"?


You might have routines and systems to help a new employee settle in, such as payroll forms and training manuals. You might also have some procedures set up for when you start doing business with new vendors, such as asking them for their tax ID paperwork and having them submit invoices to your standards. But what about onboarding new clients? Most entrepreneurs don't think about systematizing that process.
You will save a ton of time if you stop and put some systems in place to help you and your new client get off to an efficient start. The payoff can be extremely high. If you save a half hour per client and you have 100 new clients a year, then you just saved 50 hours a year, or an hour a week.
An engagement letter or contract that describes the scope of the work to be done.
Billing information, which might include a credit card on file and the process they want used to submit and approve invoices.
How the client found out about you for marketing tracking purposes.
You can further systematize this by having a standard engagement letter, a form each client fills out, and/or a standard pre-written email (forever saved in your drafts folder of your email program for easy access).
Way before computers and the internet, all types of businesses used to run credit checks on new customers before opening their accounts. That might not be a bad idea to bring back! If so, you'll need a form for that so that your clients can provide you with the information you need to run a credit check. Either that or provide them the ability to prepay their account.
Once you have your list, you can create a form asking for all of the information you need from every client. This will save you tons of time if you are asking for these things piecemeal now.
Do you find yourself repeating the same instructions over and over again to each new client? Write your spiel down or better yet, make a recording so your client can listen in at their convenience and play it over and over again if they need to.
Photography studio owners can write down how clients can prepare for their portrait and what to wear.
Grocery stores can provide recipes for items in their deli.
Plant nurseries can have instructions on how to re-pot plants.
Plumbers can provide instructions for how to turn off the water.
Restaurants can offer menus that disclose ingredients and calories for those who are sensitive or on diets.
Office supply stores can make a chart of how different products compare.
Web hosting companies can have screen-capture videos made on how to set up email accounts.
You'll save tons of time with this one. What can you think of to save yourself time onboarding clients?
There's no doubt you'll need to enter some information into your sales, order, accounting, or project system in order to set up your new client. If there's any way your client can do this directly, then you will have saved yourself a step. Take a look at where you have duplicate data entry and explore ways to automate it or have the client enter the information directly. We can help you with some ideas if you need help in this area.
These items might be checklists, reports, tips, cheat sheets, candy, flowers, liquor (if your license allows it), a thank you note, a stuffed animal, and/or anything else that is a traditional gift.
Take a look at all the steps you go through to onboard your client, and see where you can streamline your systems so that both you and the client will save time. You'll also look amazingly organized to the client, which is a good thing!
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Sławomir Tomasik (ur. 1959) – polski kompozytor, skrzypek, pedagog i poeta.

Życiorys
Absolwent Akademii Muzycznej im. Fryderyka Chopina (klasa skrzypiec Jana Tawroszewicza i Krzysztofa Jakowicza; dyplom z odznaczeniem 1983). Uczeń Tadeusza Wrońskiego i Andre Gertlera. Studiował również w Musikhochschule w Kolonii. Laureat konkursów skrzypcowych, kameralnych i fonograficznych. Profesor sztuk muzycznych (2014). Profesor zwyczajny UMFC w Warszawie, profesor wizytujący Soai University w Osace. Laureat Nagrody Muzycznej Fryderyk 2011. Dyrektor artystyczny Międzynarodowych Konkursów na Skrzypce Solo im. Tadeusza Wrońskiego w Warszawie oraz Międzynarodowych Kursów w Nałęczowie. Juror międzynarodowych konkursów skrzypcowych.

Koncertował w Anglii, Austrii, Finlandii, Francji, Japonii, Korei Płd., Rosji, Szwajcarii, Ukrainie. Był pierwszym koncertmistrzem południowokoreańskiej Taegu Symphony Orchestra (1992–1997). Skomponował kilka utworów skrzypcowych – prawykonanie jednego z nich odbyło się w Kawai Music Hall w Tokio.

Jako pedagog uczył takich skrzypków jak: Erika Dobosiewicz, Grzegorz Lalek, Hyunsu Kim, Bomsori Kim, Jakub Jakowicz.

Dyskografia
  I. J. Paderewski – Wszystkie dzieła skrzypcowe (Polskie Radio, Warszawa 2001, Sławomir Tomasik, skrzypce, Izabela Tomasik, fortepian, NOSPR, B. Madey)
 Polish Music after Chopin, Japoland 2002, Sławomir Tomasik, Maki Hirasawa
 Violin recital (DUX, Warszawa 2003, Sławomir Tomasik, skrzypce, Izabela Tomasik, fortepian)
  Muzyka skrzypcowa przez wieki – VIOLIN ACROSS THE AGES (Polskie Nagrania, Warszawa 2004), Sławomir Tomasik, Izabela Tomasik,
  Complete violin and piano works / Karol Szymanowski (Polskie Radio, Fundacja "Skrzypce" im. T. Wrońskiego, Warszawa 2011), z Robertem Morawskim; Fryderyk 2011 w kategorii Album Roku Muzyka Kameralna
  The Power of the Polish Violin  Album 2CD – K.Lipiński, I.J. Paderewski, Zb. Turski, B. Kowalski, Nominacje do Fryderyki 2014 w kategorii Album Roku Muzyka Symfoniczna i koncertująca
  J. Elsner – Violin and Pianoforte works, Sławomir Tomasik, Edward Wolanin, FFV Records, 2014, Nagranie na instrumentach historycznych wszystkich dzieł skrzypcowych.
  J. Brahms – Sonatas opus 78,100,108, 120 (2CD), Sławomir Tomasik, Robert Morawski, Sarton 2017, Warszawa, Pierwsze nagranie w dyskografii światowej 5 Sonat Brahmsa.

Publikacje

książki i edycje nutowe
 The Violin Scales System Umak Chun Chu Sa Edition, Seoul, Korea Płd., 1997,
 J. J. Paderewski – dzieła wszystkie wydanie edytorskie (Akademia Muzyczna im. Fryderyka Chopina, Warszawa 2001)
 Kompas skrzypka. Cz. 1, Elementy ruchowo chwytowe (Akademia Muzyczna im. Fryderyka Chopina, Warszawa 2002), następne wydania w 2005 i 2014
 Violin playing & teaching – Edition of Taegu Catholic University, 2007, South Korea
 Kompas skrzypka. Cz. 2, Elementy warsztatowo artystyczne (Twoja Muza), 2007
 System gam, pasaży i dwudźwięków: na skrzypce (Twoja Muza, Warszawa 2008)
 G. F. Telemann – 12 Fantazji. Wydanie źródłowe w oparciu o manuskrypt (Twoja Muza), 2009
 Abecadło dwudźwiękowe dla dzieci (FFV Edition, Warszawa 2011)
 Duetowe co nieco: na skrzypce (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, Kraków 2014)
 Korekta aparatu gry skrzypka: lekcja po lekcji oraz część praktyczna: 5 godzinny film na DVD (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, Warszawa-Kraków 2017)

poezja
 Moja muzyka (Akademia Muzyczna im. Fryderyka Chopina, Warszawa 2004)
 Sto pytań do ogrodu (Wydawnictwo Nowy Świat, Warszawa 2009)

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 biogram Sławomira Tomasika na stronie UMFC
 lista publikacji Sławomira Tomasika w Katalogu Biblioteki Narodowej

Urodzeni w 1959
Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Muzycznego Fryderyka Chopina
Polscy skrzypkowie
Polscy pedagodzy muzyczni
Polscy kompozytorzy muzyki poważnej
Laureaci Fryderyków
Polscy poeci


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Sinbad, Dionne Warwick Owe California $5 Million
Apr. 10 2009, Published 3:15 p.m. ET
A new inventory of California's biggest tax debtors revealed two familiar names in the top ten -- Sinbad and Dionne Warwick.
Surely, Sinbad couldn't have made his Jingle All The Way co-star, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, very proud with the $2.5 million pile of IOUs he owes to the Golden State (good enough for seventh place on this infamous list). His spokesperson declined to comment.
And where's the Psychic Friends Network when Dionne Warwick needed them the most? The singer apparently didn't see far enough into her future to try and avoid making the list. The 68-year-old owes $2.2 million. Warwick's spokesperson told the AP the singer is working with the state's Franchise Tax Board to make restitution.


We all know the Rubik's Cube; the multi-coloured, six-sided puzzle that has baffled millions of people around the world since its invention by Erno Rubik in 1974 under the name Magic Cube.
Through the years, the appeal of Rubik's Cube has never wavered. However, its trademark protection may not be as secure as its popularity.
In April 1999, the Rubik's Cube won a trademark on its distinctive shape through the British company Seven Towers – its intellectual property rights manager.
In 2006, German firm Simba Toys challenged this trademark. They alleged that the Rubik's Cube should not be protected by a trademark but by a patent. This resulted in a decade-long trademark battle.
While Simba Toys lost at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and at the General Court, they won the appeal at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). The ruling was based on the fact that when a shape is a fundamental factor in producing a "technical result", i.e. it's rotating cubes, it is not qualified for trademark protection.
David Kremer, Rubik's Brand UK President, told The Guardian, "We are disappointed by today's decision by the ECJ. While the Rubik Brand is fortunate in having other trademarks, copyright, passing off and unfair competition protection to rely on which will continue to ensure its exclusivity, this judgement sets a damaging precedent for companies wishing to innovate and create strong brands and distinctive marks within the EU, and is not what European lawmakers intended when they legislated for 3D trademarks.
Rubik's Brand is unable to appeal the ECJ's decision, as the ruling is final.