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La chiesa di San Francesco al Prato è una chiesa sconsacrata risalente al XIII secolo, oggi adibita ad auditorio. Sorge a Perugia, nell'omonima piazza, accanto al rinascimentale oratorio di san Bernardino, facente parte del complesso monastico di San Francesco.

Ad unica navata, che conserva l'originaria struttura, è rimasta per anni scoperchiata per il crollo delle volte, a causa di movimenti franosi della collina: i monumenti e le cappelle sono andati perduti, la facciata policroma, invece, è stata ripristinata nel suo splendore nel 1926 dall'architetto Pietro Angelini.

Negli anni trenta e sessanta del Novecento il tempio sconsacrato è stato internamente demolito: solo l'inizio del Duemila ha visto l'avvio di un radicale restauro che lo trasformerà in auditorium su progetto originario di Bruno Signorini. La chiesa, tra le prime in Italia costruite dopo la morte di san Francesco, ha avuto, nel corso dei secoli, una significativa rilevanza politico-sociale-artistica nelle vicende della città di Perugia. Nonostante i gravi pericoli strutturali, le grandi famiglie perugine la elessero a luogo privilegiato di sepoltura dei propri membri, unitamente a capitani, giuristi e letterati che avevano illustrato, con la loro attività, il centro umbro: questa decisione fu presa soprattutto dopo che vi fu tumulato il beato Egidio (1190-1262), il terzo "compagno" che seguì la regola del Santo di Assisi.

Descrizione

L'area su cui sorge la chiesa e il complesso monastico, era chiamata "campo d'orto" nel rione di P. S. Susanna. Il luogo, come dice il nome, era dedicato all'agricoltura e nelle parti scoscese alla sepoltura. La sua costruzione risale alla metà del XIII sec. È stato il secondo insediamento dell'Ordine dei Minori, qui trasferiti intorno al 1256 dal convento di Pastina in porta S. Angelo (conosciuto oggi come S. Francesco delle Donne) per essere più vicini alla città e compiere più agevolmente le loro opere sociali in favore della povera "gens nova" inurbata recentemente nel borgo di P. Susanna. La struttura è stata anche sede dal XIV sec. di un importante "Studium Generale" dell'Ordine.

Storia

Da testimonianze emerse in seguito agli ultimi lavori di scavi (iniziati nel 2001) finalizzati alla costruzione del nuovo auditorio, si è scoperto che la chiesa di S. Francesco al prato sorge sopra l'antica chiesa di S. Susanna documentata nei sec. XII e XIII. Le due chiese erano impostate una sopra all'altra come le due basiliche di S. Francesco in Assisi. Quella più antica di S. Susanna fungeva da ampia cripta; sotto, in corrispondenza dell'abside, era un antico sacello. Qui si suppone sia stato rinvenuto il sarcofago con le storie di Giona del 360 d.C. quello che attualmente funge da altare nell'oratorio di in S. Bernardino. Il sarcofago venne utilizzato dai Francescani per custodire le spoglie del Beato Egidio, compagno di S. Francesco e collocato nella cripta in funzione di altare. La cripta, come quella della basilica inferiore di San Francesco in Assisi, era meta di continui pellegrinaggi, tanto che, per scongiurare il furto delle spoglie, nella metà del XIV sec. fu chiusa e utilizzata come sepolcreto occultandone il passaggio. L'interno della cripta era ricco di opere d'arte, sia in affresco che su tavola che testimoniano la sua grande importanza che ebbe in passato. Alcune superstiti sono conservate nella Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria e nell'attiguo Oratorio di San Bernardino.

Originaria chiesa gotica
San Francesco al Prato è a pianta a croce latina, con un'unica navata, come tutte le chiese francescane riprende il modulo assisiate; è suddivisa in tre campate, originariamente con volte a crociera ad ogiva in laterizio, poggianti su pilastri con capitelli a cono rovesciato. Eleganti bifore si aprono sulle pareti laterali che si replicavano anche nell'abside pentagonale andata distrutta. La facciata policroma di gusto cosmatesco, fu ripristinata nel 1926 dall'architetto Pietro Angelini. È delimitata da due contrafforti laterali di stile romanico. Il campanile originario posto sul lato sinistro, era di forme cilindriche con torre campanaria poligonale con cuspide. L'interno della navata era ricoperto di affreschi (XIII-XIV) come la chiesa-madre di Assisi, lo confermano le tracce di colore segnalate negli anni venti del 1900. Un frammento di affresco color ambra (XIII- XIV) è rimasto ancora oggi, nella parte alta a sinistra della navata; fino al 2001 vi si riusciva decifrare un giglio che testimonia l'appartenenza al casato angioino del francescano S. Ludovico d'Angiò o di Tolosa. Il santo francescano che è anche uno dei patroni di Perugia, a lui era dedicata la cappella divenuta poi dei Baldeschi. Tuttora si conserva la statua di legno dipinta attribuita al senese Domenico di Nicolò dei Cori - XV sec. (posta attualmente in sicurezza)

Dissesti e vari tentativi di ripristino
Più volte la chiesa nel corso dei secoli ha avuto problemi di staticità , ripetutamente si sono succeduti interventi di consolidazione, ristrutturazioni e drenaggio del sottosuolo. Le cause risalgono sia a movimenti franosi della zona, ricca di falde acquifere, sia a terremoti. Nel finire del XIV sec. si pensava di porre rimedio con le aggiunte dei corpi di fabbrica laterali per contenerne le spinte. Così sorsero le cappelle gentilizzie: Baldeschi e degli Oddi dei Montesperelli e dei Michelotti; di queste rimangono le prime due addossate ai bracci del transetto: Baldeschi nel destro e d'Oddi nel sinistro. Vi si accedeva dalla navata attraverso degli archi ogivali contornati da decorazioni geometriche colorate con marmi e terrecotte invetriate di cui rimangono dei brani. Per lo stesso motivo nel 1465 fu addossata arbitrariamente alla facciata la cappella del Gonfalone, che custodiva il celebre Gonfalone del Bonfigli (1475) raffigurante la facciata di San Francesco al Prato con la veduta della città di Perugia. Attualmente collocato nell'Oratorio di San Bernardino.

Ristrutturazione del XVIII secolo e degrado
I problemi statici si ripresentarono nuovamente, nel XVIII sec. per cui si rese necessario un nuovo intervento, che venne affidato all'architetto perugino Pietro Carattoli. Purtroppo egli fece dei radicali rifacimenti ed ammodernamenti che modificarono l'impianto originario anche contro il volere dei perugini stessi, mentre si sarebbe potuto restaurare senza alterarlo sostanzialmente. Il lavoro consistette nell'abbassamento delle pareti laterali e nel rivestimento interno, la cosiddetta "camicia", avente proprie fondamenta costruite con materiali di riempimento impiantate nella cripta sottostante. La nuova struttura concepita per consolidare quella originaria, invece risultò molto invasiva: occultò e danneggiò gli affreschi trecenteschi delle pareti e gli altari rinascimentali. Nel piano sottostante le fondamenta della "camicia" invasero lo spazio della cripta. Il campanile soggetto a continue vibrazioni, venne ritenuto concausa dei problemi statici, perciò fu costruito uno nuovo fuori della chiesa, nel lato destro (1748). La nuova chiesa, nel il suo interno, assunse lo stile tardo barocco come la vicina chiesa di San Filippo Neri. L'abside e i pennacchi della cupola furono affrescati da Francesco Appiani di Ancona tra il 1780-81, che andarono distrutti per la deplorevole incuria. Altre decorazioni pittoriche furono eseguite da Girolamo Perugini. Le decorazioni plastiche iniziate da Carlo Murena (1780-93) furono terminate da un gruppo di artisti di Lugano. L'operato di Carattoli se pur concepito nel tentativo disperato di salvare la struttura, appesantì il suolo accelerando il processo di cedimento. Alla fine del XIX anche a causa del passaggio al Demanio e dei vari cambi di destinazione d'uso, San Francesco al Prato, la chiesa per la quale il Comune di Perugia nel corso dei secoli aveva investito le maggiori risorse, era in completo degrado.

Rimase in stato di abbandono per moltissimi anni, ad ogni minaccia di crollo le amministrazioni che si sono succedute si limitarono ad inviare le squadre di operai per demolire le volte pericolanti, anche se come sosteneva Ottorino Guerrieri "si era già nell'era del cemento e sarebbe bastato qualche catena di ferro e delle colate di impasto liquido per rimetterla in sesto". La chiesa divenne così come San Galgano in Toscana, meta di artisti romantici, alla ricerca di emozioni davanti ai monumenti in rovina.

Ripristino dell'impianto gotico e nuova destinazione d'uso

In occasione del VII centenario della morte di San Francesco (1926) fu posto il problema della rinascita del tempio, lo Stato riconobbe S. Francesco al Prato monumento nazionale ma accordò il sussidio per la sola facciata. Le amministrazioni locali avrebbero dovuto occuparsi delle altre opere.

Per il suo ripristino si scontravano due opzioni: mantenere la veste settecentesca o tornare alle origini. Il XX secolo, figlio del positivismo, aborriva il gusto tardo barocco, quindi prevalse la teoria del "Restauro stilistico", enunciata dal francese Eugène Viollet-le Duc (XIX) secondo la quale bisognava riportare l'edificio alla condizione originaria distruggendo tutti gli interventi di stili posteriori. Nonostante molti come O. Guerrieri fossero contrari alle demolizioni, ritenendole un nuovo arbitrio i lavori di ripristino iniziarono e furono affidati alla direzione del restauratore Pietro Angelini, si decise così di tornare al primitivo impianto gotico. Già dal 1918 fu demolito il portico settecentesco a ridosso dell'abside. Fu demolita la cappella del Gonfalone che occultava la bellissima facciata cosmatesca Dopo esami geologici la facciata fu ricostruita nel 1926 da P. Angelini esattamente come era all'origine, recuperando i materiali originali, seguendo come traccia il citato gonfalone del Bonfigli. Si completò anche il rivestimento del timpano che era rimasto nei secoli incompiuto. Nel 1921-28 fu restaurata la cappella d'Oddi da Ugo Tarchi; fu consolidata perché pericolante e fu dotata di ingresso dalla piazza, qui fu ricollocato per alcuni anni il Gonfalone del Benedetto Bonfiglie la cappella prese anche il nome del Gonfalone. Nel 1962 fu iniziata l'opera di "scamiciamento" della sovrastruttura carattoliana. Nel 1968 a seguito del crollo del tetto, le pareti laterali furono rialzate alla loro altezza originaria. Il tetto fu rifatto con capriate metalliche (sostituite poi con quelle attuali in legno durante l'ultimo restauro iniziato nel 2001). Nel 1971 è stata ristrutturata la Cappella Baldeschi nel braccio destro del transetto. La cappella si era salvata dalle demolizioni del XX sec. perché non aveva subito la ristrutturazione settecentesca. Qui furono collocate le spoglie del grande giurista Bartolo di Sassoferrato (1314-1357) poste in un sarcofago romano. Nel 1982 l'architetto perugino Bruno Signorini ha presentato il primo progetto per il nuovo l'Auditorio cittadino. A questo altri in corso di attuazione hanno succeduto. il progetto del nuovo auditorio di Signorini prevedeva la copertura vetrata dell'abside con il mantenimento della scenografia naturale data dal cielo nella stanza absidale. Gli eventi sismici del 1997 e le costruzioni edilizie nell'area adiacente, hanno inferto nuovi danni a tutto il complesso che l'hanno reso in parte inagibile. Nel 2001 sono ripresi quindi i lavori. La vetrata che secondo il progetto originario doveva coprire le parti a cielo aperto è stata realizzata solo nel catino absidale, mentre la copertura dell'abside e del transetto è stata completata con strutture metalliche. All'esterno vista dalla piazza si presenta con un aspetto omogeneo di una chiesa gotica, mentre l'interno appare un rudere consolidato con tracce strutturali o decorative delle varie epoche trascorse. Il '900 ha lasciato il cordolo di cemento lungo le pareti laterali dovute al rialzo del tetto, che lo ha riportato alla quota originaria gotica; per finire di questo secolo è la grande vetrata e la copertura metallica.

Opere ospitate

Come molte chiese fino al XVIII sec. è stata luogo di sepoltura, (per più di cento famiglie) per questo motivo è stata definita il "Pantheon" di Perugia. Oltre che da religiosi e uomini illustri era prescelta soprattutto dalle nobili famiglie, mentre i ricchi borghesi prediligevano la sepoltura in San Domenico. In cambio di lasciti testamentari ai frati minori le nobili famiglie fecero costruire splendidi monumenti e cappelle, facendo a gara ad adornarle con opere di grandi maestri.

Furono sepolti nel tempio francescano: Biordo Michelotti (1352-1398), signore di Perugia e capitano generale del comune di Firenze; Braccio da Montone (1368-1424), nobile e condottiero, i cui resti sono racchiusi ancora oggi in un artistico sarcofago salvato dalla distruzione; numerosi membri della famiglia Degli Oddi antagonisti dei Baglioni; Guido, Astorre e Gismondo Baglioni, assassinati nella congiura del 14 luglio 1500; Atalanta (committente della Deposizione Baglioni di Raffaello, fino al 1608 esposta nella cappella di famiglia, dedicata a san Matteo), Grifonetto e Adriano; il famoso Ascanio della Corgna (1514-1571), unitamente ad otto esponenti della sua stirpe, tra cui i marchesi di Castiglione del Lago Diomede e Ascanio II; l'insigne giurista Bartolo da Sassoferrato (1314-1357), docente nell'università di Perugia; il pittore Fiorenzo di Lorenzo (1440-1525), allievo di Niccolò Alunno; lo scrittore e segretario di corte Scipione Tolomei (1553-1630).

Nella chiesa vi erano venti altari e sette cappelle, tra cui quelle dei, Degli Oddi, Baldeschi, Montesperelli, di Sant'Andrea (della Corgna, a destra dell'altare maggiore), Baglioni, Paolotti, Armellini, del Gonfalone. Tra le altre, disponevano di un proprio altare e luogo di sepoltura le seguenti famiglie perugine: Agostini, Lancellotti, Ranieri, Baldelli, Bigazzini, Boncambi, Borgia, Crispolti, della Penna, della Staffa, Lambardi, Leoni, Michelotti, Montemelini, Tolomei e Vincioli.

I dissesti del XVIII secolo favorirono le tre spoliazioni napoleoniche svolte tra il 1797- e il 1812, un terzo delle opere requisite in Umbria provenivano da S. Francesco, ben n.29 opere.Il successivo passaggio al Demanio avvenuto dopo l'unità d'Italia e le trafugazioni hanno completato l'opera di spoliazione.

Durante l'occupazione francese, diverse opere vennero portate in Francia come bottini delle spoliazioni napoleoniche. Secondo il catalogo pubblicato nel Bulletin de la Société de l'art français del 1936, vi erano conservati diversi capolavori che non fecero ritorno dopo il congresso di Vienna. ma che furono trattenuti nella Pinacoteca Vaticana. Tra di questi ricordiamo i più celebri:
   la Resurrezione, Città del Vaticano, del Perugino esposta nello studio del Papa
  l'Incoronazione della Vergine Pala degli Oddi di Raffaello, ora nella Pinacoteca Vaticana,(1502) fu commissionata da Alessandra Baglioni sposata con Simone Degli Oddi (famiglia rivale ai Baglioni ma parente) per la cappella di famiglia. (Il Vasari per questa commissione fa riferimento a Maddalena Oddi, ma i documenti testimoniano il nome di Alessandra sorella di un'altra committente famosa: la Badessa Ilaria Baglioni che commissionò nello stesso periodo la Pala Colonna del Raffaello per il Monastero di S. Antonio).
 Matrimonio mistico di santa Caterina d'Alessandria di Alfani, Orazio di Domenico, portato al Musee Napoleon e oggi al Louvre
La Crocifissione, del Pinturicchio, portato al Musee Napoleon e oggi scomparso

Molte le opere d'arte ornavano San Francesco al Prato:
 la menzionata Pala Baglioni (oggi nella Galleria Borghese), su commissione di Atalanta Baglioni per la tomba del giovane figlio Grifonetto Baglioni, assassinato dal cugino per vendetta nelle "nozze di sangue". Il tema della passione era consono non solo al sentimento della committente, ma anche agli affreschi preesistenti della cappella dedicata alla passione di Cristo, commissionati nel 1399 da Domina Lippa, per la cappella precedentemente appartenuta alla famiglia Michelotti. Il dipinto del Raffaello fu trafugato su commissione del Cardinale Scipione Borghese. Il Papa Paolo V; zio del Cardinale, come risarcimento mandò una copia eseguita a Roma dal Cavalier d'Arpino (XVII) . È per questo motivo che attualmente l'originale è nella Galleria Borghese a Roma, mentre la copia del Cavalier d'Arpino è nella Galleria cittadina. Con la demanializzazioni post unitaria molte altre opere furono musealizzate nella raccolta civica divenuta poi Galleria nazionale dell'Umbria e dispersi in altri musei:
 il celebre Crocefisso del Maestro di San Francesco (1272) ispirato al Cristus Patients di Giunta Pisano, Fiorenzo di Lorenzo e artisti raffaelleschi.
 Affreschi attribuiti al "Maestro di S. Francesco al prato" (XIV°): la Dormitio Virginis e lo sposalizio di Maria e la Crocifissione e Santi. provenienti dalla cripta anch'essa ricchissima di opere. Negli anni venti e trenta sono stati asportati e musealizzati nella Galleria nazionale dell'Umbria
 Tre tavole con storie del Beato Egidio di Mariano d'Antonio in Galleria nazionale dell'Umbria
 Il celebre paliotto a due facce del Maestro di San Francesco (1260) con il Compianto e la Deposizione. L'opera smembrata, si trova in parte nella Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, nel Museo del tesoro della basilica di San Francesco, nel Metropolitan Museum of Art e nella National Gallery of Art.

Ex convento

Il convento a seguito delle demanializzazioni, dall'inizio del '900, è sede dell'Accademia di belle arti Pietro Vannucci, fondata nel 1573 dal pittore perugino Orazio Alfani e dall'Architetto Bino Sozzi. La storica istituzione perugina è titolare di tre notevoli collezioni artistiche realizzate a scopo didattico, tra cui la Gipsoteca dell'Accademia di Belle Arti Pietro Vannucci, di cui un gigantesco Ercole Farnese ci accoglie all'ingresso del chiostro.

Il convento aveva due chiostri, (il primo all'ingresso progettato dal Carattoli fu demolito) Il chiostro centrale conserva alcune lunette con resti di affreschi di pittori umbri dei primi anni del XVII sec.

Nell'ampio corridoio di accesso pure forme geometriche colorate "Wall drawings" opera dell'artista contemporaneo statunitense Sol LeWitt, dialogano e si integrano con l'architettura monastica del XVII sec.

Una piccola parte del complesso e Oratorio di San Bernardino dal 1932 è tornata ad essere sede dei Minori Conventuali Francescani, che subito dopo il loro ritorno si sono adoperati per la rinascita del tempio.

Galleria d'immagini

Note

Bibliografia
 Il tempio di San Francesco al Prato in Perugia restituito al culto ed all'arte l'anno 1926, Perugia, Bartelli, 1927.
 Anna Maria Sorbi Salmareggi, I primordi di San Francesco al Prato in Perugia, S. Maria degli Angeli, ed. Porziuncola, 1962.
 Ottorino Gurrieri, Il Tempio di San Francesco al Prato e l'Oratorio di San Bernardino in Perugia: guida illustrata, Perugia, Grafica, 1974.
 AAVV San Francesco al Prato dall'abbandono al ripristino, a cura comitato per la rinascita del Tempio di San F. al Prato - Perugia 1977
 Umbria, Perugia, Touring Club Italiano, 1999.
 Valentina Borgnini, La chiesa di San Francesco al Prato in Perugia: vicende costruttive e conservative dell'edificio e delle sue opere d'arte, Viterbo, BetaGamma editrice, 2011.

Voci correlate
 Oratorio di San Bernardino

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Francesco
Perugia

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Ancient Scottish legends spoke of a giant sea monster that lived in the waters of Loch Ness. St. Columbia was supposed to have encountered some kind of aquatic monster in the Loch approximately 1400 years ago. But these were principally local legends, unknown to the outside world, until around 1933 when a new road was built on the northern shore of the Loch, providing easy access to unobstructed views of the water. Immediately Nessie sightings proliferated and began to draw international attention.
In 1933 the Daily Mail, taking advantage of the Nessie craze, hired a famous big-game hunter named Marmaduke Wetherell to travel up to the Loch to investigate the sightings and to find the monster, if he could. Although he found no monster, in December 1933 he did locate what appeared to be its tracks—enormous footprints on the shore of the Loch leading into the water. Unfortunately, when researchers from the Natural History Museum examined the tracks, they determined that they had been made with a dried hippo's foot, of the kind that were popularly used as umbrella stands. Humiliated, Wetherell retreated from public view.
A few months later, the Loch Ness monster was again in the news. A highly respectable British surgeon, Colonel Robert Wilson, was driving along the new road on the northern shore of the Loch on April 19, 1934 early in the morning when he said that he noticed something moving in the water. He happened to have a camera with him, so he quickly stopped his car and snapped a photo. The resulting image showed the slender neck of a serpent rising out of the Loch. For decades this photo was considered to be the best evidence ever obtained of the existence of a sea monster in the Loch. Wilson himself never publicized the image and refused to have his name associated with it. Therefore it came to be known simply as "The Surgeon's Photo."
According to Spurling, he had been approached by Wetherell (his stepfather) who wanted him to make a convincing serpent model. The model was then taken to Loch Ness, photographed, and the pictures were given to Wilson, whom Wetherell felt would be a creditable front man, since he was a surgeon. Apparently Wetherell's motive for concocting the elaborate plot was revenge, since he was still smarting from his humiliation over the hippo-foot tracks. "We'll give them their monster," his son later remembered him saying.


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The top nine (9) performances that meet the UIL designated qualifying standards will advance to the State Championships.
The events are considered a pilot program and will be non-scoring events, meaning these events will not count towards any team championships.
The top three athletes in each event will receive medals. Athletes will be able to set state records at the state meet only. We recommend the same procedure for medals be used for all school invitational meets, including District, Area, and Regional meets.
Eligibility For Participation In The Wheelchair Division
Only high school students eligible under the UIL Constitution and Contest Rules Subchapter M are eligible to compete.
All applicable UIL rules and regulations will apply.
Any high school student may be eligible to participate in the Wheelchair Division track and field events with a documented permanent, physical disability. Each athlete's physical disability must be verified by a licensed physician and maintained on permanent file at the school.
Schools and athletes are responsible for all aspects of participation in the events.
Wheelchair Division Qualification Standards
Participants must meet the following standard for each event in order to submit an entry to the state meet.
100M :40 :45
400M 2:40 3:00
Shot Put 7'0" - 4K 7'0" - 6lbs
Participants must submit a qualifying mark or performance to be considered for participation at the state event. Performances will only be accepted through the UIL website at www.uiltexas.org no later than midnight on May 1, 2022.
If more than nine participants submit eligible entries in any event, the UIL staff will choose the top nine performances submitted for the state meet.
A qualifying performance may be obtained from any local competition during the regular season, district, area, regional or Paralympic events from spring 2022. Entries must be verified by official meet results.
Entry Procedures
School personnel will be required to submit verified qualifying performances.
School personnel will be required to submit an official meet results document to verify the performance.
A designated entry process will be provided on the UIL website www.uiltexas.org and due no later than May 1, 2022.
All state qualifiers will be posted on the UIL website at the time they become available.
100m, 400m Wheelchair Equipment and Racing Standards
Athletes will be expected to compete in their school's team uniform. Reasonable accommodations will be made when necessary. Resources for track and field equipment information and adaptive coaching education can be obtained from the following link: https://texasregionalsport.org/uil-sports/
Manual wheelchairs only for track events, which may be a specialized racing chair or an all sport chair.
Texas Regional Para Sport has a very active racing chair and coaching education program in place to assist athletes across the state. See contact information below for the representative in your area.
The racing chair shall have two large wheels (not to exceed 70cm in diameter) and one small wheel (not to exceed 50cm in diameter). Specialized track chair specifications can be found at the WASUSA.org rules link above.
The wheelchair must be manually propelled by pushing on the wheels or the hand rims (no gears, levers or electronic steering).
All participants must wear a racing helmet for both practice and competitions that is a hard protective shell and should meet the safety standards of the American National Safety Institute (ANSI).
Shoes are not required, however protective socks are recommended.
All participants must start each event with racing gloves.
Athletes' lower limb(s) must be secured to the track chair. Any touch to the ground by a lower limb results in disqualification from the event.
Competitors are responsible for the proper functioning of the track chair and equipment. Athletes that experience an equipment failure may finish the event; however, no event will be delayed or rescheduled if such an incident occurs.
Shot Put Equipment And Seated Throwing Standards
Implements shall meet NFHS regulations. The 4K shot put will be used for boys and 6lbs. shot put for girls.
All participants must put the shot from a "chair" (manual wheelchair, throwing chair, standard chair). Scooters and "standing chairs" will not be allowed. Chairs may be designed based on the needs of the athlete.
It is recommended that a school district purchase or build a field chair. The chair is versatile to different size athletes and can be used at different campuses as needed for many years. Specifications and vendors can be requested through Texas Regional Para Sport, see regional contacts listed below.
The upper most part of the cushion/seat on any chair may not exceed 75cm (29.5 inches), measured from the ground. The seat of the chair has to be square or rectangular and flat or sloped backwards.
The chair may not have any moving parts or articulated joints.
If the frame has a holding bar, it must be rigid without joints.
No part of the throwing frame or wheelchair may be outside of the circumference of the circle.
The chair will be considered an extension of the athlete's body. For example: Any part of the chair touching the top of the stop board is a foul.
A coach (only) may assist the athlete in getting to the competition area.
A coach (only) may assist the athlete in entering and exiting the circle.
Tie-down straps for the chair are necessary and should be provided by the athlete, however a coach (only) may hold the chair during the throwing attempt to prevent excessive movement if throwing pit does not have tie down capabilities.
The athlete's body must remain in contact with the seat during the throw.
Resources For Coaching Education, Events, Information And Equipment:
https://texasregionalsport.org/uil-sports/
CENTRAL, SOUTH AND WEST TEXAS REGION
Wendy Gumbert 512-914-3152 (cell)
wgumbert@hotmail.com
DALLAS/FORT WORTH METROPLEX & EAST TEXAS REGION
Darlene Hunter 248-535-4134 (cell)
darlene.e.hunter@gmail.com
HOUSTON & GULF COAST REGION
Nolan Griffin 903-754-4913 (cell)
nolan.griffin@houstontx.gov
NORTH TEXAS & PANHANDLE REGION
Joe Chris Rodriguiz 806- 683-6978(cell)
joe@onechairatatime.com
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Who is eligible to compete in the Wheelchair Division?
All athletes with a permanent physical disability on file with the school and in grades 9-12 who meet the eligibility standards in the C&CR Subchapter M may be eligible. The mobility of a student participant may or may not include or require the full use of a wheelchair.
Where can athletes with physical disabilities compete?
Wheelchair events may be held at any UIL or school sanctioned meet. Additional competition opportunities are available through community Paralympic competitions. Resources for track and field meet event information can be obtained from the link: https://texasregionalsport.org/uil-sports/
How does an athlete with a physical disability participate for their high school track and field team?
The athlete must follow the same procedures at their school established for traditional athletes competing in track and field.
Can wheelchair contestants compete against traditional athletes in the same race?
Yes, in the 100M and the 400m it is recommended that if this occurs the wheelchair athlete is designated to compete in the inside lane. Wheelchair athletes are coaches to finish any race by following the curve of the track and need more than 20m to stop forward motion. Boys and Girls heats may be combined for competition and separated at the conclusion to determine results and places for each gender and/or division.
Yes, the wheelchair athlete may be flighted with the traditional athletes for the seated shot put throw. Physically challenged participants may choose to take all throws after entering the ring. The athlete's choice of type of "throwing chair" may determine if this is possible or if the athlete needs to be flighted before or after the traditional athlete.
How does a coach enter an athlete in the state meet?
The athlete must be entered into the state meet through an online entry form available on the track page on the UIL website. Performance results will be required in order to complete the online entry process.
Can athletes racing on the track receive assistance from coaches or other personnel?
No, athletes may only propel themselves forward through their own pushing of the wheels or hand rims.
Can athletes throwing the shot put receive assistance from the coaches or other personnel?
A coach (only) may assist the athlete in getting to the competitive area and may also assist the athlete in entering and leaving the circle. Also, for throwing events, the school shall provide tie-down straps. When no straps are available, a coach may hold the chair during the throwing attempt to prevent excessive movement.
Are the uniform rules in place for an athlete in a wheelchair?
Yes, all uniforms rules and regulations are in effect just as with the traditional athletes. Some exceptions may need to be considered and presented to meet officials for clarification.
Who is responsible for the athlete's equipment?
The athlete is responsible for needed equipment. Schools may provide equipment and assistance may be available through Texas Regional Para Sports upon request. Resources for track and field equipment information can be obtained from the following link: https://texasregionalsport.org/uil-sports/
Where can coaches get more information about training?
Information regarding training and professional development can be utilized through the regional contacts with Texas Regional Para Sport (listed above)
wheelchair division entry form


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/******************************************************************************
 *
 * Module Name: tbinstal - ACPI table installation and removal
 *
 *****************************************************************************/

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2008, Intel Corp.
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 *
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 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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 *    of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
 *    from this software without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * Alternatively, this software may be distributed under the terms of the
 * GNU General Public License ("GPL") version 2 as published by the Free
 * Software Foundation.
 *
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 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
 * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR
 * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
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 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
 * STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING
 * IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
 */

#include <acpi/acpi.h>
#include "accommon.h"
#include "acnamesp.h"
#include "actables.h"

#define _COMPONENT          ACPI_TABLES
ACPI_MODULE_NAME("tbinstal")

/******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_verify_table
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  table_desc          - table
 *
 * RETURN:      Status
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: this function is called to verify and map table
 *
 *****************************************************************************/
acpi_status acpi_tb_verify_table(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc)
{
	acpi_status status = AE_OK;

	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(tb_verify_table);

	/* Map the table if necessary */

	if (!table_desc->pointer) {
		if ((table_desc->flags & ACPI_TABLE_ORIGIN_MASK) ==
		    ACPI_TABLE_ORIGIN_MAPPED) {
			table_desc->pointer =
			    acpi_os_map_memory(table_desc->address,
					       table_desc->length);
		}
		if (!table_desc->pointer) {
			return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NO_MEMORY);
		}
	}

	/* FACS is the odd table, has no standard ACPI header and no checksum */

	if (!ACPI_COMPARE_NAME(&table_desc->signature, ACPI_SIG_FACS)) {

		/* Always calculate checksum, ignore bad checksum if requested */

		status =
		    acpi_tb_verify_checksum(table_desc->pointer,
					    table_desc->length);
	}

	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_add_table
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  table_desc          - Table descriptor
 *              table_index         - Where the table index is returned
 *
 * RETURN:      Status
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: This function is called to add an ACPI table. It is used to
 *              dynamically load tables via the Load and load_table AML
 *              operators.
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

acpi_status
acpi_tb_add_table(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc, u32 *table_index)
{
	u32 i;
	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
	struct acpi_table_header *override_table = NULL;

	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(tb_add_table);

	if (!table_desc->pointer) {
		status = acpi_tb_verify_table(table_desc);
		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status) || !table_desc->pointer) {
			return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
		}
	}

	/*
	 * Originally, we checked the table signature for "SSDT" or "PSDT" here.
	 * Next, we added support for OEMx tables, signature "OEM".
	 * Valid tables were encountered with a null signature, so we've just
	 * given up on validating the signature, since it seems to be a waste
	 * of code. The original code was removed (05/2008).
	 */

	(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);

	/* Check if table is already registered */

	for (i = 0; i < acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count; ++i) {
		if (!acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[i].pointer) {
			status =
			    acpi_tb_verify_table(&acpi_gbl_root_table_list.
						 tables[i]);
			if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)
			    || !acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[i].pointer) {
				continue;
			}
		}

		/*
		 * Check for a table match on the entire table length,
		 * not just the header.
		 */
		if (table_desc->length !=
		    acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[i].length) {
			continue;
		}

		if (ACPI_MEMCMP(table_desc->pointer,
				acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[i].pointer,
				acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[i].length)) {
			continue;
		}

		/*
		 * Note: the current mechanism does not unregister a table if it is
		 * dynamically unloaded. The related namespace entries are deleted,
		 * but the table remains in the root table list.
		 *
		 * The assumption here is that the number of different tables that
		 * will be loaded is actually small, and there is minimal overhead
		 * in just keeping the table in case it is needed again.
		 *
		 * If this assumption changes in the future (perhaps on large
		 * machines with many table load/unload operations), tables will
		 * need to be unregistered when they are unloaded, and slots in the
		 * root table list should be reused when empty.
		 */

		/*
		 * Table is already registered.
		 * We can delete the table that was passed as a parameter.
		 */
		acpi_tb_delete_table(table_desc);
		*table_index = i;

		if (acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[i].
		    flags & ACPI_TABLE_IS_LOADED) {

			/* Table is still loaded, this is an error */

			status = AE_ALREADY_EXISTS;
			goto release;
		} else {
			/* Table was unloaded, allow it to be reloaded */

			table_desc->pointer =
			    acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[i].pointer;
			table_desc->address =
			    acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[i].address;
			status = AE_OK;
			goto print_header;
		}
	}

	/*
	 * ACPI Table Override:
	 * Allow the host to override dynamically loaded tables.
	 */
	status = acpi_os_table_override(table_desc->pointer, &override_table);
	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status) && override_table) {
		ACPI_INFO((AE_INFO,
			   "%4.4s @ 0x%p Table override, replaced with:",
			   table_desc->pointer->signature,
			   ACPI_CAST_PTR(void, table_desc->address)));

		/* We can delete the table that was passed as a parameter */

		acpi_tb_delete_table(table_desc);

		/* Setup descriptor for the new table */

		table_desc->address = ACPI_PTR_TO_PHYSADDR(override_table);
		table_desc->pointer = override_table;
		table_desc->length = override_table->length;
		table_desc->flags = ACPI_TABLE_ORIGIN_OVERRIDE;
	}

	/* Add the table to the global root table list */

	status = acpi_tb_store_table(table_desc->address, table_desc->pointer,
				     table_desc->length, table_desc->flags,
				     table_index);
	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
		goto release;
	}

      print_header:
	acpi_tb_print_table_header(table_desc->address, table_desc->pointer);

      release:
	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_resize_root_table_list
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  None
 *
 * RETURN:      Status
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: Expand the size of global table array
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

acpi_status acpi_tb_resize_root_table_list(void)
{
	struct acpi_table_desc *tables;

	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(tb_resize_root_table_list);

	/* allow_resize flag is a parameter to acpi_initialize_tables */

	if (!(acpi_gbl_root_table_list.flags & ACPI_ROOT_ALLOW_RESIZE)) {
		ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
			    "Resize of Root Table Array is not allowed"));
		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_SUPPORT);
	}

	/* Increase the Table Array size */

	tables = ACPI_ALLOCATE_ZEROED(((acpi_size) acpi_gbl_root_table_list.
				       size +
				       ACPI_ROOT_TABLE_SIZE_INCREMENT) *
				      sizeof(struct acpi_table_desc));
	if (!tables) {
		ACPI_ERROR((AE_INFO,
			    "Could not allocate new root table array"));
		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NO_MEMORY);
	}

	/* Copy and free the previous table array */

	if (acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables) {
		ACPI_MEMCPY(tables, acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables,
			    (acpi_size) acpi_gbl_root_table_list.size *
			    sizeof(struct acpi_table_desc));

		if (acpi_gbl_root_table_list.flags & ACPI_ROOT_ORIGIN_ALLOCATED) {
			ACPI_FREE(acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables);
		}
	}

	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables = tables;
	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.size += ACPI_ROOT_TABLE_SIZE_INCREMENT;
	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.flags |= (u8) ACPI_ROOT_ORIGIN_ALLOCATED;

	return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_OK);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_store_table
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  Address             - Table address
 *              Table               - Table header
 *              Length              - Table length
 *              Flags               - flags
 *
 * RETURN:      Status and table index.
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: Add an ACPI table to the global table list
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

acpi_status
acpi_tb_store_table(acpi_physical_address address,
		    struct acpi_table_header *table,
		    u32 length, u8 flags, u32 *table_index)
{
	acpi_status status = AE_OK;

	/* Ensure that there is room for the table in the Root Table List */

	if (acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count >= acpi_gbl_root_table_list.size) {
		status = acpi_tb_resize_root_table_list();
		if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
			return (status);
		}
	}

	/* Initialize added table */

	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count].
	    address = address;
	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count].
	    pointer = table;
	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count].length =
	    length;
	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count].
	    owner_id = 0;
	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count].flags =
	    flags;

	ACPI_MOVE_32_TO_32(&
			   (acpi_gbl_root_table_list.
			    tables[acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count].signature),
			   table->signature);

	*table_index = acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count;
	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count++;
	return (status);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_delete_table
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  table_index         - Table index
 *
 * RETURN:      None
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: Delete one internal ACPI table
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

void acpi_tb_delete_table(struct acpi_table_desc *table_desc)
{
	/* Table must be mapped or allocated */
	if (!table_desc->pointer) {
		return;
	}
	switch (table_desc->flags & ACPI_TABLE_ORIGIN_MASK) {
	case ACPI_TABLE_ORIGIN_MAPPED:
		acpi_os_unmap_memory(table_desc->pointer, table_desc->length);
		break;
	case ACPI_TABLE_ORIGIN_ALLOCATED:
		ACPI_FREE(table_desc->pointer);
		break;
	default:;
	}

	table_desc->pointer = NULL;
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_terminate
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  None
 *
 * RETURN:      None
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: Delete all internal ACPI tables
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

void acpi_tb_terminate(void)
{
	u32 i;

	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(tb_terminate);

	(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);

	/* Delete the individual tables */

	for (i = 0; i < acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count; ++i) {
		acpi_tb_delete_table(&acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[i]);
	}

	/*
	 * Delete the root table array if allocated locally. Array cannot be
	 * mapped, so we don't need to check for that flag.
	 */
	if (acpi_gbl_root_table_list.flags & ACPI_ROOT_ORIGIN_ALLOCATED) {
		ACPI_FREE(acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables);
	}

	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables = NULL;
	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.flags = 0;
	acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count = 0;

	ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO, "ACPI Tables freed\n"));
	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_delete_namespace_by_owner
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  table_index         - Table index
 *
 * RETURN:      Status
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: Delete all namespace objects created when this table was loaded.
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

acpi_status acpi_tb_delete_namespace_by_owner(u32 table_index)
{
	acpi_owner_id owner_id;
	acpi_status status;

	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(tb_delete_namespace_by_owner);

	status = acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
	}

	if (table_index >= acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count) {

		/* The table index does not exist */

		(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
		return_ACPI_STATUS(AE_NOT_EXIST);
	}

	/* Get the owner ID for this table, used to delete namespace nodes */

	owner_id = acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[table_index].owner_id;
	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);

	/*
	 * Need to acquire the namespace writer lock to prevent interference
	 * with any concurrent namespace walks. The interpreter must be
	 * released during the deletion since the acquisition of the deletion
	 * lock may block, and also since the execution of a namespace walk
	 * must be allowed to use the interpreter.
	 */
	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_INTERPRETER);
	status = acpi_ut_acquire_write_lock(&acpi_gbl_namespace_rw_lock);

	acpi_ns_delete_namespace_by_owner(owner_id);
	if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
		return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
	}

	acpi_ut_release_write_lock(&acpi_gbl_namespace_rw_lock);

	status = acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_INTERPRETER);
	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_allocate_owner_id
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  table_index         - Table index
 *
 * RETURN:      Status
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: Allocates owner_id in table_desc
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

acpi_status acpi_tb_allocate_owner_id(u32 table_index)
{
	acpi_status status = AE_BAD_PARAMETER;

	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(tb_allocate_owner_id);

	(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	if (table_index < acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count) {
		status = acpi_ut_allocate_owner_id
		    (&(acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[table_index].owner_id));
	}

	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_release_owner_id
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  table_index         - Table index
 *
 * RETURN:      Status
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: Releases owner_id in table_desc
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

acpi_status acpi_tb_release_owner_id(u32 table_index)
{
	acpi_status status = AE_BAD_PARAMETER;

	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(tb_release_owner_id);

	(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	if (table_index < acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count) {
		acpi_ut_release_owner_id(&
					 (acpi_gbl_root_table_list.
					  tables[table_index].owner_id));
		status = AE_OK;
	}

	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_get_owner_id
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  table_index         - Table index
 *              owner_id            - Where the table owner_id is returned
 *
 * RETURN:      Status
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: returns owner_id for the ACPI table
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

acpi_status acpi_tb_get_owner_id(u32 table_index, acpi_owner_id *owner_id)
{
	acpi_status status = AE_BAD_PARAMETER;

	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(tb_get_owner_id);

	(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	if (table_index < acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count) {
		*owner_id =
		    acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[table_index].owner_id;
		status = AE_OK;
	}

	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_is_table_loaded
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  table_index         - Table index
 *
 * RETURN:      Table Loaded Flag
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

u8 acpi_tb_is_table_loaded(u32 table_index)
{
	u8 is_loaded = FALSE;

	(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	if (table_index < acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count) {
		is_loaded = (u8)
		    (acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[table_index].flags &
		     ACPI_TABLE_IS_LOADED);
	}

	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	return (is_loaded);
}

/*******************************************************************************
 *
 * FUNCTION:    acpi_tb_set_table_loaded_flag
 *
 * PARAMETERS:  table_index         - Table index
 *              is_loaded           - TRUE if table is loaded, FALSE otherwise
 *
 * RETURN:      None
 *
 * DESCRIPTION: Sets the table loaded flag to either TRUE or FALSE.
 *
 ******************************************************************************/

void acpi_tb_set_table_loaded_flag(u32 table_index, u8 is_loaded)
{

	(void)acpi_ut_acquire_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
	if (table_index < acpi_gbl_root_table_list.count) {
		if (is_loaded) {
			acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[table_index].flags |=
			    ACPI_TABLE_IS_LOADED;
		} else {
			acpi_gbl_root_table_list.tables[table_index].flags &=
			    ~ACPI_TABLE_IS_LOADED;
		}
	}

	(void)acpi_ut_release_mutex(ACPI_MTX_TABLES);
}

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Works Lux Marcelle Deschênes, Alain Thibault
Marcelle Deschênes, Alain Thibault
Year of composition: 1985
Instrumentation: stereo fixed medium
"An architecture starts living. The visual space emerges from a shape-shifting stage sculpture that is tied to the sonic imagination and the mobile images. These sculptural entities in constant mutations, protagonists in a mineral dream, are living their lives cut off from mankind." -Renée Bourassa
On the subject of primitive, mythical light as an object of knowledge, the various forms of stage play are reminiscent of the repeated cycle of beginnings and endings. One finds in it the ever-present vibration of a vital energy, the dualities between power and fragility, outer and inner worlds, expansion and relaxation. The kaleidoscope of sensations and emotions, bellies and knots stacked in levels, creation and destruction of a universe looking for its own meaning.
"Neither pure music nor painting, theatre, sculpture or cinema, but a little of all that. Lux was offering a new stage language blending sound, image, movement, space and voice." -Renée Bourassa, "Le spectacle total," Québec-Science, 25:2, October 1986
Lux contains quotes from the following music works: OUT (1985) and Quarks' Muzik (1983) by Alain Thibault, and deUs irae (1984) (self-referential). It also quotes the writings of Georges Bernard Shaw, Ernest Rutherford, Robert Oppenheimer, Emmanuel Kant and Renée Bourassa.
[English translation: François Couture, viii-06]
Lux — music for the multimedia presentation by Renée Bourassa — was realized in 1985 at the Bruit blanc studio in Montréal and premiered on December 5, 1985 during the (S)PACE concert presented by the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ) at the Spectrum in Montréal. Lux was composed for Renée Bourassa's multimedia show by the same title, for two performers, constant-variation multidimensional stage system, multiple projections, special effects, and spatialized electroacoustic music. Lux was realized with support from the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) and the ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec. Thanks to Gaël Andrews and Jean-Sébastien Marcoux, recorded voices; Claude Godcharles (synthetic voice, the INRS's Loquax synthesizer). The first mastering was performed by Bruno Bélanger in 2004 at PRIM, centre d'arts médiatiques, studio in Montréal (thanks to its coproduction program); the final master was made by Dominique Bassal in 2005.
December 5, 1985, (S)PACE, Le Spectrum de Montréal, Montréal (Québec)
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Marcelle Deschênes
empreintes DIGITALes / IMED 0681, IMED 0681_NUM / 2006
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Joy in the Chronicles of Narnia
Hello, Friends! This week, I wrote a paper called "Joy in the Chronicles of Narnia." It was my last tutorial paper at Oxford (can it be true?!) Being named "Joy," the whole paper felt slightly like a self-referential pun. Nonetheless, it was something of an end-of-the-term gift to get to write on these books so old and dear to me. One of my friends asked me to post about it on my blog, and so I have blog-ified my findings here... I hope you enjoy!
When I was seven years old, we moved to an old house, next to a green field, in a small town in Tennessee. When I say it was a small town, I mean that it did not even contain a Walmart, and had only one restaurant: Billy-bob's barbecue. Given our rural location, rather than filling my days with the manifold activities of Nashville, my mother let me spend much of my time wandering in our large yard, catching frogs, peaking through fences at the cows on the other side, and getting bitten by mosquitoes.
It was there that I first remember experiencing Joy.
Perhaps it was the perfect plumpness of the blackberries in the bramble, the sweet haunting aroma of daffodils in spring, or the peace of watching clouds glide by on a sweltering summer day. Whatever the cause, the general atmosphere awake in my both delight and desire. The tactile beauty filled me up and emptied me out. I wanted, in my childish way, to drink in the beauty I saw; make it a part of me. But more than anything I wanted to be a part of it. And in that feeling there was a sense of melancholy; I could never completely lay hold of or repeat the ecstasy I experienced in those small moments. I could not conjure up the delight I felt.
As I grew older, and my parents read the Bible to me, prayed with me when I went to sleep, and taught me about God, it felt natural. I said to myself "Aha! Yes! Of course." The desire created by those Tennessee years was given a reason; I was, in my young way, desiring God, the maker of all the beauty I delighted in, and ached to be a part of.
I think Lewis would have called this experience Joy. In Surprised by Joy, Lewis' spiritual autobiography, he writes of his own experience of Joy, writing,
"Anyone who has experienced it will want it again. Apart from that, and considered only in its quality, it might almost equally well be called a particular kind of unhappiness or grief. But then it is a kind we want. I doubt whether anyone who has tasted it would ever, if both were in his power, exchange it for all the pleasures in the world. But then Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is" (Surprised by Joy, 18).
Lewis describes in the book his experience as a child of the delight in a toy garden or his emotionality at a haunting poem. In other passages, he describes this feeling as the German word Sehnsucht (wistful longing). Of all these experiences, Lewis writes that Joy is "an unsatisfied desire which in itself is more desirable than any other satisfaction." Joy was the catalyst that made Lewis realize there was some delight and truth beyond this present life that could satisfy the craving he so deeply felt.
Part of what made this experience so convincing, was that it was a genuine reaction to beauty, and was not contrived. While describing experiences of rapturous joy as a child, Lewis clarifies that in these moments "religious experiences did not occur at all" (7). This statement could seem curious seeing as it is this concept Lewis later uses to describe his own religious conversion. Rather than contradicting the spiritual impact of these childhood desires, he is parcing out spiritually significant experiences (for it seems these experiences certainly were that) and "religious" experiences in which he felt it was incumbent upon him to feel a certain way. In one essay, he writes "Why did one find it so hard to feel as one was told one ought to feel about God or about the sufferings of Christ? I thought the chief reason was that one was told one ought to. As obligation to feel can freeze feelings."
I have felt this way before. I remember in youth groups as emotionally charged songs played, the guitar playing the 1-4-5 chords (if your a musician, you know what I mean), and we were called to life change, I sometimes felt a bit separated from it all.
How ought I to feel about this? Is this a spiritual experience? Am I bad for not feeling close to God through this experience?
I think it was this barrier to the Christian faith that Lewis attempted to hurtle through writing the Narnia stories. In the same essay, Lewis writes, "I thought I saw how stories of this kind could steal past a certain inhibition which had paralyzed much of my own religion in childhood... supposing that by casting all these things into an imaginary world, stripping them of their stained-glass and Sunday school associations, one could make them for the first time appear in their real potency? Could one not thus steal past those watchful dragons? I thought one could."
And then came Narnia.
"None of the children knew who Aslan was any more than you do; but the moment the Beaver had spoken these words everyone felt quite different. Perhaps it has sometimes happened to you in a dream that someone says something which you don't understand but in the dream it feels as if it had some enormous meaning--either a terrifying one which turns the whole dream into a nightmare or else a lovely meaning too lovely to put into words, which makes the dream so beautiful that you remember it all your life and are always wishing you could get into that dream again. It was like that now. At the name of Aslan each one of the children felt something jump in it's inside. Edmund felt a sensation of mysterious horror. Peter felt suddenly brave and adventurous. Susan felt as if some delicious smell or some delightful strain of music had just floated by her. And Lucy got the feeling you have when you wake up in the morning and realize that it is the beginning of the holidays or the beginning of Summer." (Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe)
In Narnia, Lewis created a world where people could encounter Joy. Reading about Aslan awakens in the reader that same sort of delight, desire, and almost sadness. Just like the Pevensie children, we the readers are left with a desire to get back into Narnia. Of course, there are obvious and beautiful parellels to the Christian story in Narnia, but I do not think that these books were meant as an apologetic. Rather, they were meant to till the ground. They work on the imagination, as the daffodils and blackberries did on my own imagination, so that when one does encounter the true Christian story, one can't help but say, "Ah, yes. This is what I was desiring all along."
The watchful dragons could indeed be stolen past.
Daffodils are still my favorite flower, and when I see them, I am reminded of the world that is indeed "charged with the grandeur of God" (Gerard Manly Hopkins). Reading Lewis, and remembering those old days in Tennessee has reminded me that God works outside of our own conventional boxes. God is present in church, of course, loving and moving hearts. But he also works in green spring fields, blackberry brambles, blue skies, and in Fairy tales.
He steals past our "religious" faces, and bursts with springs of laughter and delight and longing.
And to that I say... "Further up and further in!"
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How to cope with infertility when everyone is pregnant
by amy fowler
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by madison salters
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One woman's true perspective on how to cope with infertility when everyone is pregnant except you.
As an American Sign Language interpreter, I work in a field that is historically and consistently comprised of about eighty-five percent of women. Working with mostly women can be a welcome relief in a society that is historically and consistently controlled by the patriarchy. But for someone trying to cope with infertility when everyone is pregnant, working in the matriarchy can feel like traversing a minefield.
Sometimes, I'm not quick enough to fasten my emotional flak jacket, and I'm more vulnerable to attack than I'd like. Dealing with infertility when everyone is pregnant at work is a constant battle. Learning how to cope with infertility when everyone is getting pregnant isn't easy.
How to cope when everyone is pregnant but you
The first thing you see when you walk in the door to work is a large, framed bulletin board. This is the Family Board. Staff members use it to post pictures of their families, their holiday cards, and, of course, their pregnancy and newborn announcements. Walking in the door to work causes my heart to race — I haven't even gotten to my desk yet – and that's just an average day.
A couple of years ago, ten women in the office had babies in one calendar year. That fact alone elicits an array of DSM-worthy responses in someone like me. Through my eyes, these women, who were at least my colleagues if not my friends, grew into walking social landmines.
I quickly became adept at avoiding eye contact with each of them. I certainly was not going to ask any one of them how she was because, frankly, I was too emotionally fragile to entertain the probability of her response. And if one of the she-mines were to take my eye contact as interest and ask me how I was doing, I'd really be hosed.
First of all, there's no way I'd tell the truth. Secondly, there's an expectation of reciprocation of the question that, if left unsatisfied, exposes my jerkhood and, if fulfilled, twists the stabby things in my thoracic cavity. In the business vernacular, this is what's referred to as a "lose-lose" situation.
Trying to learn how to cope with infertility when everyone is pregnant remains a constant challenge for me. Being infertile in a fertile office is difficult; you are constantly reminded of something you really want and will never get. It's particularly difficult when those reminders come wrapped in a human package – a human package you like, and for whom you are genuinely happy.
A human package who has no idea what your struggles have been and who, therefore, has no idea that her very presence, or even the sound of her voice, is enough to put you on edge if you're having a good day or, if you're not having a good day, causes that particular voice in your head that you always try to keep buried to stir and whisper to you that you might be better off not living.
The difficulty does not end there, at the human-growing human package. Once a pregnancy is announced or obviously visible, it becomes part of the public domain in whatever social space the pregnant woman is in; her being becomes a topic of conversation.
Every other person who has children will offer copious advice, solicited or not. Advice about how to be pregnant. Advice about how to labor and deliver. Advice about which baby-care items to invest in and which to forego. Advice about feeding. Advice about getting through those first sleepless weeks.
They share their stories about all of these things in a bonding ritual of commonality. They share all of these things, and with nothing to contribute, I slink away, unconnected and unnoticed. Feeling like you'll always be on the outside looking in is lonely – you don't have to experience infertility to know what that feels like.
There has to be a place where I can acknowledge both my happiness for you and my sadness for me. This is the only way I think I know how to cope with infertility when everyone is pregnant. | Photo Credit: ©Fatinha Ramos / Behance Creative Commons
One day last week, after working for about an hour, I stepped away from my cubicle to fill up my water. I had barely set foot into the break room when I stopped, momentarily frozen. There it was, on the far dining table: a large, square container filled with cupcakes.
Normally, such a sight would be most welcome. I mean, who doesn't like a lunchtime cupcake, especially a free one? But even from a distance, I could easily see that these cupcakes were iced in pink and blue frosting.
"Who's having a baby," one co-worker asked another.
As the other colleague filled her in, I tottered back to my desk in a daze, still reeling. It hits me like a ton of bricks nearly every time.
They say, "time heals all wounds," but fifteen years haven't blunted the blow one bit. They are so full of shit.
Here's the thing about triggers — once words are heard or a picture is seen, the damage is done; there's no unhearing nor unseeing. It feels like what I imagine a punch to the gut feels like, dull and heavy. In my head, I'm grasping at Everything and Nothing, the wind knocked out of me. But nobody sees that. At most, someone may notice that my stare goes vacant as I focus on mentally being Anywhere but Here. Usually, people don't notice at all.
There may have been a moment when I wanted to take the whole container back to my desk and devour every last one of those cupcakes. And, honestly, had they been iced with real buttercream and not that shitty, whipped frosting, I would have.
'Whoever said time heals all wounds was so full of shit' Amy Fowler. CLICK TO TWEET
Being infertile in a fertile world is no longer a conscious focus in my day-to-day life. I'm not currently under treatment; not actively trying to conceive. I'm at the age where even thinking about it is a Fool's Pursuit. But that doesn't mean that it escapes my notice when others are going through the one experience I always knew that I wanted for myself and will never have. That smarts, keenly.
It's hard to talk about the icky emotions, the prickly feelings. We tend to vilify ourselves for feeling such things instead of affirming our humanity. It's hard to give voice to the fact that the source of many women's most profound joy is the source of my most profound sadness without leading to some unwanted and unhelpful guilt dynamic on their part and some unwanted and unhelpful feeling-like-an-asshole dynamic on mine. It's hard.
Like so many things in this life, there are no easy answers for dealing with infertility at work. There has to be a place. There has to be a place where I can acknowledge both my happiness for you and my sadness for me.
There has to be a place where I can acknowledge both my happiness for you and my sadness for me and for that to be okay.
There has to be a place where I can acknowledge both my happiness for you and my sadness for me and for that to be okay — for you to not feel guilty and for me to not feel like an asshole.
There has to be a place.
I need you to help me find it.
This is the only way I will know how to cope with infertility when everyone is pregnant.
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Amy Fowler, the author of "How to cope with infertility when everyone is pregnant," hails from Lawrence, Kansas, where she shares her home with her partner, sometimes his two children, and always one surly Boston Terrier and one Scruffy Mutt. Interpreting between ASL and English pays the bills; writing allows her to engage her demons.
When everyone is pregnant around you it's hard to give voice to the fact that the source of many women's most profound joy is the source of my most profound sadness. | Photo ©Fatinha Ramos / Behance Creative Commons
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Election 2016: Priority Candidates — 13 big wins for NYSNA-endorsed Candidates
We can be proud of our work to elect candidates committed to our agenda of equal access to quality care and to all facets of life that keep our communities healthy, safe, and vital. A strong majority of candidates we endorsed in New York State won their races.
First we acknowledge that our endorsed candidate for President, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was unsuccessful in her bid to become the first woman president of the United States. But in New York, many of our members joined other New Yorkers to give her 59% of the vote, making her the winner in NY State. It is also a fact that Secretary of State Clinton won the popular vote nationally.
We should also be proud of the efforts NYSNA members made on behalf of her candidacy, and we should strive to carry forward our platform of climate justice, labor rights and safe working conditions, quality healthcare for all in a Medicare for all system, and more.
Of the 159 candidates NYSNA supported in New York State Senate and Assembly races, 137 won office. This very strong showing will result in informed, committed voices in both Houses, knowledgeable about our programs and policies.
Click HERE to see a list of NYSNA-endorsed NYS legislative winners. In the New Jersey State Senate and Assembly, we won 12 of 14 endorsed races.
Our priority New York State candidates did very well. Thirteen won their contests, and we should be very excited about these victories. Many NYSNA members and staff worked diligently to get them elected — efforts that largely paid off.
In the New York State Senate, our very own Marisol Alcantara (D31) won her race in Upper Manhattan, and she is now the first Dominican woman to be elected to the New York State Senate, both a great honor and accomplishment. In Queens, Brian Barnwell, a brother, son and grandson of nurses, was elected to District 30 of the State Assembly. In the Hudson Valley, Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D35) won re-election to the Senate, as did long-time incumbent George Latimer and Terrence Murphy, for whom this was his first re-election.
In the Capital Region, three outstanding Assembly candidates won their contests: Phil Steck (D110), Angelo Santabarbara (D111) and Carrie Woerner (D113). They showed great commitment to our safe staffing bill, came to "Bomb Train" rallies and spoke with conviction at our Conventions and meetings.
Todd Kaminsky (D9), a former Long Island Assemblyman, won the Senate seat to which he had been elected in a special election in the spring. Our nurses were there for him for both Senate contests and for good reason: his work on the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act was exemplary, and we look forward to his continued support. Also on Long Island, Michaelle Solages (D22) was re-elected to the Assembly. Her close attention to our members and their hospitals in her district has made her very popular.
In Central New York, Addie Russell (D116), who walked the picket lines with our nurses, was re-elected despite being outspent many times over by her opponent.
In Assembly contests in Western New York, Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes (D141), the first African American woman to represent Buffalo in the Assembly, won re-election. Monica Wallace (D143), a lawyer on the faculty of SUNY Buffalo Law School, won her contest. She has pledged support to many community initiatives, as well as to our safe staffing bill.
Click HERE for an album of photos of these winning candidates.
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VR is on the rise with new devices like the Playstation VR or Oculus Rift, and a couple of enterprising gamers are looking to open a VR lounge in Burlington.
VGL will be Vermont's premier place for virtual reality. Hosting two treadmill apparatus' equipped with the HTC Vive Virtual Reality Headset, We will be able to offer the most immersive experience available to date. The company consists of two brothers, Jamie Danaher and Adam Fletcher, equal partners, who have gamed since they could hold a controller. We have a combined experience of 20 years in PC repair, 10 years of Web Design and Marketing, and 50 years of gaming experience.
Vermont Gaming Lounge will be more than a place to try out VR. We specifically put "lounge" in the name because we want people to come and hang out. As much as we are a store, we desire to be so much more. Developing talent in gamers, helping them get sponsored, and hosting local tournaments, will be key tenets of our store.
The crew is launching their project on Indigogo, with a $6,000. $10 gets you some rental time. Back it here!


Results and products of the project will be available to the beneficiaries and to the stakeholders. The project will be promoted at local and European level through a shared dissemination strategy.
At the end of the project a Final Conference will be organized to present and to discuss the results and outcomes of the project and to enhance its sustainability.


National Stud is set to come under full control of the Jockey Club after the British Government indicated an intention to transfer ownership of the stud for the benefit of the horseracing industry, according to PA Sport. Currently managed by the Horserace Betting Levy Board, the 500-acre site, situated alongside Newmarket's July racecourse, will continue to offer training in stud management as well as managing the five resident stallions Bahamian Bounty (GB), Cockney Rebel (Ire), Pastoral Pursuits (GB), Phoenix Reach (Ire) and Val Royal (Fr). The latter will resume stallion duties in April after recently undergoing surgery for colic.


Patternmaster by Octavia Butler, Sci Fi. Book is in good condition, all pages intact.
In a dystopian society ruled by telepathic control, the tyrant Patternmaster is dying...and with him, the social order on which his underlings rely. Coransee and Teray, heirs of the Patternmaster who share his power, now battle for control, and to the death.


It's our belief — and our experience for the past 30 years — that the path to change starts with the individual, which is why patient-centered care stands at the core of all we do.
End-of-life care should focus on the individual's comfort.
You are in charge of your own care. Set your priorities in advance.
Individual tolerance for pain and suffering varies dramatically.
Only you can determine whether you are suffering too much. You should receive appropriate, state-of-the-art comfort care in accordance with your needs.
Providers should generously prescribe medication for pain and breathlessness, and give patients control over the dose and frequency of administration.
Symptoms such as hiccoughs, nausea, diarrhea, itching and fatigue can be oppressive and should be taken seriously. Say something if you feel you are being ignored, or empower your healthcare representative to speak on your behalf.
Decisions about end-of-life care begin and end with the individual.
Even very ill people usually retain the capacity to make decisions. Loved ones and providers should take care not to usurp that authority when communication becomes difficult.
If you are no longer capable of making decisions, your known wishes (as detailed in your advance directive) still dictate the level of care you receive. Ensure clarity by completing a dementia provision.
You have the right to make decisions based on your own deeply held values and beliefs, without fear of moral condemnation or political interference.
Dying patients should not be subject to subtle or overt suggestions that their values are wrong or immoral. A provider's beliefs should never supersede the patient's. Providers who withhold vital information about treatment options must be held accountable. Compassion & Choices advocates for laws and policies that protect your rights.
You have the right to comprehensive, candid information to enable you to make valid decisions and give informed consent.
Compassion & Choices encourages you to assess your situation using the following "BRAIN" exercise. Before consenting to procedures and treatment, assess the: Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Insight into what these mean to you, and consequences of doing Nothing.
Ask the doctor these crucial questions as you consider disease-specific treatment: What is the chance it will prolong my life? By how much?
How will it affect my quality of life?
Providers should never withhold information about legal alternatives. Doing so deprives you of the information you need to give informed consent.
You must be empowered to make decisions based on your own assessment of the balance between quantity and quality of life.
You may reject treatment because of unacceptable side effects. Saying "no" to burdensome treatment may improve your quality of life and give you more opportunities to experience joy in the time you have left.
You as the patient have the right to early, forthright and complete notice of institutional or personal policies or beliefs that could impact your end-of-life wishes.
People who are dying often discover too late that the beliefs and values of their healthcare provider limit their personal end-of-life options.
Health-plan marketing materials and enrollment documents should prominently spell out any such limitations in a clear, forthright manner. Hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and other healthcare institutions should publicly display information about restrictive policies of a religious or moral nature. Again, you and your representative should verify that your providers will adhere to your wishes.


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When Temple Shaaray Tefila physically closed because of COVID-19, my first thought was, "I've never run an online school before. I don't have expertise in that, and my teachers don't, either." I wondered what we were going to do to get the school online and successful, and get our students learning. How was that going to look?
By chance, the Religious School was scheduled to be on break right when Temple Shaaray Tefila closed its physical doors and our community moved online, so we had more than a week to prepare. We spent the first 10 or 12 days of quarantine learning how to use Zoom as an educational platform, giving our teachers every possible idea and option for what they might be able to do as online teachers. We trained them about anything we could possibly think of that they might need to know. Because we had time to prepare, we were in good shape to go live.
On March 22, a week before our Religious School online launch, we had a check-in with many of the students. The kids logged onto Zoom, and it was the first time we got to see their faces and hear their voices since we'd closed our physical doors. We asked every single student to tell us where they were, how they were doing, and to share something interesting or new they'd done since quarantine began. I had 75 or 80 kids who all shared something. To me, it felt like we were really on our way to creating what would be our new community online, instead of in person.
That first check-in call on March 22 was so sweet. For me, it was a highlight of the quarantine so far. Suddenly, we had a sense the kids were generally okay. Nobody had mentioned that anybody in their family was really sick. There was a lot of fear in those first weeks, because we didn't know who might get sick. The kids were saying they were okay, and that their families were okay, and we felt so much relief.
As we logged on for our first class on March 29, I was shaking. I wondered what would happen, how it would go, and hoped the tech would work well. We had some glitches here and there, and we learned new things as we went, but every single session we've had now has gone better than the last one. Our kids are learning. They're happy to see each other. And if this is the way they're going to be able to see their temple friends, then at least they get to see their temple friends.
Our students need each other. They need reassurance that their community and their friends are still there. We're providing a religious school experience with education, Hebrew, prayer and music, and all of that. But I really think the most important thing we're doing is providing them with an opportunity to be with each other, to talk with each other, see each other, and hang out in a virtual space.
Here's some exciting news: We're planning to continue our virtual community opportunities even after May 17, when Religious School was originally scheduled to end. I did a little survey of the third, fourth, and fifth graders last week to ask them if they'd be interested in doing something like Fun & Games with Rabbi Sharon after Religious School is over, and so many kids said, "Yes, yes, yes!" It made me proud that they want to stay connected to their friends and their community. They know this is their reality for now, and they want to continue with their online community until we've closed this chapter of our history.
We might not be doing formal classes after school technically ends, but we're going to continue to create opportunities for the kids to be in community with each other. We're going to play games together, we're going to sing songs and do story time and music, maybe an online scavenger hunt, or even Kahoot or Jeopardy. The kids won't need to learn certain Hebrew vocabulary, or complete a project. Instead, we're going to just create opportunities for connection so our students can see their friends and be together.
I do a service with the kindergarten, first, and second graders every Sunday morning, and now it's on Zoom. I love it when littler kids are almost trying to reach through the screen to see and touch their good friends. They're like, "Oh look, there's Stephen!" or "Oh look, there's Melissa!" and their faces just light up. It's the best part of my week. Just being on Zoom all day could be exhausting, but when the kids are on, it's so inspiring.
During these services, we do something called the "wow" moment, and I ask the kids to raise their hands and tell us something "wow" that happened to them in the past week. I get anything from, "I lost a tooth," to "my grandma called," "I had a birthday," and things like that. But to me, to see those kids reflecting on what has been "wow" for them — it's awesome. It blows my mind every week to hear how they are reflecting on this time.
One girl and her family left Manhattan to live with her grandparents on Long Island during quarantine, and she learned how to ride a bike out on the street in front of the house. She was so proud that she learned how to ride a bike, and she said, "I never would have been able to do that in New York City!" I just think it's amazing that these kids are able to make lemonade out of all this. The resilience of these kids shines through all the time.
I hope all of our kids and their families are safe and happy when this is over. That's the most important thing. I also hope our kids continue to feel connected to each other and their temple community. My staff and I are making every effort to help that happen. There's no conflict with soccer practice or baseball or a concert or other things. Kids are signing on, and we're having record attendance for every single class. I hope our time together is something that feels meaningful for our kids and their families.
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