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Millbrook School Welcomes Nearly 200 Grandparents
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MILLBROOK, N.Y. -- The Millbrook School welcomed more than 170 grandparents this week for Grandparents Day.
They accompanied their grandchildren to classes Wednesday, confabed with Headmaster Drew Casertano and had lunch in the private, prep school's new dining hall.
They then took to the athletic fields to support the school's teams.
School officials said the Mustangs earned multiple victories, including a varsity field hockey win against a team from the Hotchkiss School in a pre-season scrimmage.
Hotchkiss is a private boarding and day school in Lakeville.
The boys' varsity soccer team also defeated their foes from the Forman School, a private boarding and day school in Litchfield, Conn.
According to a post on the its website, the school said Grandparents Day is an "opportunity for students to become tour guides for their loved ones, sharing a glimpse into their daily life, and into what makes Millbrook, Millbrook."
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Delve deeper into e-mail aliases. Find out what precisely it is that they make in your account.
An email alias is an e-mail that uses the very same mailbox along with the initial e-mail. For instance, you can have john@domain.com as the actual e-mail address and add an alias doe@domain.com. The two addresses can share the very same mailbox, so e-mails sent to both of them shall be received in one place. Feel free to use aliases for several needs, like talking with different types of people or enrolling on web sites. If you ever start getting lots of spam, for example, you can easily erase the alias whilst your original mailbox won't be changed in the slightest and you will keep the e-mails you need. Aliases in many cases are considered to be a substitute for forwarding e-mails from one mailbox to another one if you work with more than one email address for contact on your website.
Setting up an alias for every mailbox will be very easy for those who have a web hosting package with us. You can do this through the Emails part of the Hepsia Control Panel, which is used to manage the hosting accounts and it takes no more than a couple of clicks. You are able to create or delete many aliases whenever you want and save time whenever you control the emails for a number of email addresses that you use - for example, numerous departments inside a company or separate sections of a website. If you get messages from many addresses in just a single mailbox, but people should have a duplicate of certain messages, you'll be able to combine the aliases with e-mail forwarding and/or e-mail filters, which could also be set up with Hepsia.
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class Activeadmin::Umeditor::Test < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  test "truth" do
    assert_kind_of Module, Activeadmin::Umeditor
  end
end

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Q: How to split an array using strings? I need to write a program that prompts the user to input a string, then determine the middle of the string, and generate a new string which swaps the two halves of the string and then output the results.
So far I have
int main(void) {

char *string = NULL;
char temp[1000];
cout << "Please enter a string" << endl;
cin.getline(temp, 999);
int length = strlen(temp);
string = new char[length];
strcpy(string,temp);
length = length / 2;

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Which takes in the string and stores it. I just need a way to move that second half to a new array and I know I need to use strcpy() but I don't know how to properly reference that portion of the array.

A: Since this is C++ I'm going to suggest a standard library algorithm. You're asking to swap two halves of a sequence and std::rotate does just that. Unfortunately it does the rotation in-place and you want the result in a different string.
You could copy the string and then do the rotation but there is a std::rotate_copy algorithm that will do both (and faster than separate copy/rotate steps).
Example with char arrays:
#include <algorithm>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    char text[1000], result[1000];
    std::cout << "Please enter a string\n";
    std::cin.getline(text, 999);
    size_t length = strlen(text);

    std::rotate_copy(text, text + length / 2, text + length, result);
    result[length] = '\0';

    std::cout << text << '\n' << result << '\n';
}

Example with std::string:
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
    std::string text, result;
    std::cout << "Please enter a string\n";
    std::getline(std::cin, text);
    size_t length = text.size();

    result.resize(length);
    std::rotate_copy(text.begin(), text.begin() + length / 2, text.end(), result.begin());

    std::cout << text << '\n' << result << '\n';
}

Demo on ideone.com
You could possibly use std::swap_ranges but that assumes both ranges are the same size.

A: if you are trying to use C, use strncpy. However, I recommend using C++ std::string and using the std::string.substr() and concatenation. The latter would be easier at least to me.

A: You were half way through the solution. Here I finished it using strncpy to get the first half and pointer incrementation to get the second one.
#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <cstdlib>

using namespace std;

int main(void)
{
    char temp[1000];
    cout << "Please enter a string" << endl;
    cin.getline(temp, 999);
    int length = strlen(temp);

    char firstHalf[512];
    strncpy (firstHalf, temp, length/2);
    cout << "firstHalf: " << firstHalf << endl;

    char* secondHalf = temp + length/2;
    cout << "secondHalf: " << secondHalf << endl;

    char* swapped_str = strcat(secondHalf, firstHalf);
    cout << "Swapped string: " << swapped_str << endl;

    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

A: std::string text(whatever...);
int sz = text.size() / 2;
for (int i = 0; i < sz; ++i)
    std::swap(text[i], text[sz + i]);

This might be off by one when text.size() is odd.

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SANS MGT414: SANS Training Program for CISSP® Certification is an accelerated review course that has been specifically updated to prepare you to pass the 2015 version of the CISSP® exam.
Course authors Eric Conrad and Seth Misenar have revised MGT414 to take into account the 2015 updates to the CISSP® exam and prepare students to navigate all types of questions included in the new version.
Course content updated March 1, 2015 for new exam effective April 15, 2015!
Understanding asset security is critical to building a solid information security program. The Asset Security domain, the initial focus of today's course section, describes data classification programs, including those used by both governments/militaries and the private sector. We will also discuss ownership, covering owners ranging from business/mission owners to data and system owners. We will examine data retention and destruction in detail, including secure methods for purging data from electronic media. We then turn to the first part of the Security Engineering domain, including new topics for the 2015 exam such as the Internet of Things, Trusted Platform Modules, Cloud Security, and much more.
The CISSP® certification has been around for almost 20 years and covers security from a 30,000 foot view. CISSP® covers a lot of theoretical information that is critical for a security professional to understand. However, this material can be dry, and since most students do not see the direct applicability to their jobs, they find it boring. The goal of this course is to bring the 8 domains of knowledge of the CISSP® to life. The practical workings of this information can be discovered by explaining important topics with stories, examples, and case studies. I challenge you to attend the SANS CISSP® training course and find the exciting aspect of the 8 domains of knowledge!


Global stocks are moving on green on Wednesday amid the positive trade news.
Global stocks are moving on the green on Wednesday amid the positive trade news.
Investors continued to follow developments in China-US talks. The US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is ready to extend the Temporary Truce period if he sees progress in talks between the two countries, postponing the increase in US tariffs.
The US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer are on a visit to Beijing with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He.
Market analysts expect the two sides to reach an agreement that will not raise existing duties but will not remove them. According to analysts, the US will maintain customs duties to keep China's business operations and technological espionage under control.
However, the investors shrugged off political uncertainty in Spain, with media reports suggesting the socialist government would call a snap general election after its expected defeat in the budget vote.
Most of the indexes in the Asian-Pacific region ended today's trading session with increases amid hopes of a trade agreement between Washington and Beijing.
The Japanese blue-chip index Nikkei 225 added 280.27 points, or 1.34%, to 21,144.48 points. The shares of Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co rose by 2.25% and 0.90%, respectively.
On the Chinese markets, the continental index Shanghai Composite rose by 49.17 points, or 1.84%, to 2,721.07 points, while Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng added 324.80 points to 28,496.13 points. the stocks of Alibaba Group appreciated by 0.75%, but those of Tencent fell by 1.02%.
On the Australian Stock Exchange, the index S&P ASX 200 reported a decline of 0.25% to 6,063.60 points. The shares of Beach Energy rose by 5.33% after the company announced a rise in sales revenue and raised its forecast for this year.
The South Korean benchmark Kospi rose by 0.5% to 2,201.48 points.
German stocks rose sharply at the beginning of the session on Wednesday, but later the enthusiasm of investors diminished and the indexes erased most of the earlier gains. The index DAX 30 is up by 0.21% to 11,149.99 points at 11:40 GMT. Fraport AG rose half a percent after reporting that Frankfurt Airport has served nearly 4.7 million passengers in January 2019, an increase of 2.3% YoY. Copper producer Aurubis rallied 2.5% after confirming its full-year forecast. Hospital operator Rhoen-Klinikum edged up slightly after it acquired a minority share in software provider Tiplu GmbH in Hamburg.
French stocks were edging higher on Wednesday with CAC 40 appreciating by 0.3% to 5,071.46 points at mid-session. Automaker Renault rose by 1% and Peugeot gained half a percent as tariff worries eased. The distributor of electrical supplies Rexel advanced 1.4% after narrowing its fourth-quarter net loss to 25.9 million EUR from 59.1 million EUR in the year-ago period. Asset manager Amundi soared 4.4% after confirming its profit targets for 2020.
British index FTSE 100 is up by 0.60% to 7,175.65 points at 11:40 GMT, receiving a boost from the weakened pound. TUI is the biggest loser with the shares of the holiday operator, which issued a profit warning last week, fell by 4%. Plus500 was the big the focus on the FTSE 250, as shares in the online trader plunged by 32.2% after warning 2019 profits would be hit by stricter regulation.
The futures on Wall Street indexes were higher on Wednesday morning, with market participants hopeful that Chinese and US trade authorities will reach an agreement.
At around 7:10 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 82 points, indicating a positive open of more than 86.24 points. Futures on the S&P and Nasdaq were also seen slightly higher.
The investors will focus on CPI numbers out at 8.30 a.m. ET time and the monthly federal budget, which will be out at 2 p.m. ET time.


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The students will be able to develop their basic math fact fluency for doubles facts.
Students play a favorite card game which practices the quick and accurate recall of double facts.
Begin the lesson by asking the students what they know about reading fluency. In my classroom, we discuss it as reading the way we talk, with accuracy and speed. Tell the students that their understanding and recall of their basic math facts is called math fact fluency. The reason math fact fluency is important is because when we begin to solve more difficult addition and subtraction problems, the completion of those problems with be easier if they can accurately and quickly recall those facts.
Have the students review what a doubles fact is. Make a list of facts on the board as follows Doubles Facts. I teach my students that basic math facts have a sum up to 20. Doubles facts are those facts that have two addends that are the same. Have the students discuss how to play the card game "Go Fish for Doubles." I model playing the game using a deck of large cards and inviting a student to come play with me.
You may decide that you would like to partner students based on need. I have my students use their Cell Phone Pal partners that we choose at the beginning of the year.
While students are playing, I circulate to watch and listen. I prefer not to direct, or redirect, students when they are working as I believe it "takes the game away" from the student. Usually students catch each other's errors. If students are completely off track with the game directions, or the facts, I may suggest that they check with another team first (if they haven't already thought to do this). If some students need to use manipulatives to help, they can count up from one of the given numbers, using the symbols on the playing cards.
Doubles are generally the easiest facts for students to remember. Even when/if students catch on quickly, I make sure we practice them diligently because doubles are foundational to other addition strategies (doubles plus/minus 1, doubles plus/plus 2), as well as multiplication. There are multiplication strategies that use students' comfort with doubles, such as the 4s table, which can be represented as doubles - doubled.
Once students have played the game once or twice, call the students back together to discuss what they know about doubles and math fact fluency. I find that the summarizer is important to review the skills learned and practiced that day. The students get an opportunity to share and hear about the learning of their peers.


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LOOK: 10 Former celeb couples who are winning the co-parenting game!
These ex-couples prove that you don't have to be together to raise kids well! Get to know them more, below!
It's hard enough to stay friends with an ex, but to parent kids when the romance is long gone takes a certain level of maturity that's truly inspiring!
Here are former celeb couples who make co-parenting look so easy.
Michelle Van Eimeren and Ogie Alcasid
The former Miss Australia met and fell in love with Pinoy crooner Ogie in the Philippines. After having two kids, who are now in their teens, the pair called it quits but have remained in each other's lives. Both have remarried, but their respective families remain so close that Michelle and Ogie's current wife Regine Velasquez consider each other close friends.
Jennylyn Mercado and Patrick Garcia
Though they split up when Jennylyn was pregnant with their son Jazz, they have managed to eventually become friends. Patrick's wife Nikka even reached out to Jennylyn and now the two have grown close. This renewed friendship allows kuya Jazz to spend more time with his little sisters Chelsea, 7 and Patrice, 1.
Janice de Belen and Aga Muhlach
Though their relationship ended after they had their child Luigi "Igi Boy", who was born in 1987, the two have remained friends. Though Igi was raised by Janice, they managed to make co-parenting work. Now, they're grandparents! Igi, who is a successful chef, has two daughters.
Photo: Charlene Gonzales's and Janice de Belen's Instagram accounts.
Karla Estrada and Rommel Padilla
The parents of "Teen King" Daniel Padilla were also teen idols during their heyday. In a recent episode of Magandang Buhay, Karla revealed that Rommel remains to be very protective of her. The two are so close that Rommel feels comfortable enough to joke about feeling jealous when Karla was rumored to be dating again.
photo: Youtube
Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion
They were the biggest onscreen and offscreen love team in the 80s. They got married in 1984 and had their daughter KC a year later. Though they separated when KC was very young, the celeb couple managed to co-parent and raise her to be a beautiful and intelligent woman.
Photo: Gabby's and Sharon's IG accounts
Next page: Hollywood exes who are winning at co-parenting!
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
The end of Bennifer caused hearts to break worldwide, but we find comfort in the fact that their kids Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel are well loved. The two have been trying to make it work for their kids, making sure not to drastically change their routine by still living in the same compound.
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Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom
Supermodel Miranda Kerr and actor Orlando Bloom tied the knot in 2o10 and called it quits three years later. The stunning exes have an adorable little boy named Flynn. Miranda has remained classy and cool throughout the breakup, even befriending Orlando's current girlfriend pop star Katy Perry.
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin
After 10 years of marriage, the Oscar-winning actress and Coldplay frontman decided to go their separate ways. Their fans have found consolation in the fact that the two still travel together regularly, along with their kids Apple, 11, and Moses, 9.
Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Philippe
The 90s cool couple fell in love on the set of Cruel Intentions; they tied the knot and had their first child in 2001. Now, they regularly hang out with their 16-year-old daughter Ava, who is the spitting image of her gorgeous mom.
Heidi Klum and Seal
They split in 2015 after 7 years together. Despite their busy careers, they manage to make time for their adorable kids: Leni, 11, and Lou, 6, and sons Henry, 10, and Johan, 9.
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Q: Force handlebars template to render on demand with meteor How can i force a meteor template (handlebars template) to re-render through javascript. For example,
I have a template (template1.html)
<template name="template1">
</template>

I want to force render this template from anywhere in my /client directory. Is there anything in the handlebars package that can do this ?
EDIT: Adding more details
I am not having any difficulties creating this template the first time, either through handlebars or javascript. I want to refresh the template and cause my rendered callback to run again. I have code that will fetch and show related data when that template is rendered.
<template name="template1">
     {{each items}}
      {{> template2}}
     {{/each}}
 <template/>

if any data in items changes then i understand, template1 and template2 will both render but what happens when there is any data that changes in template2, i would like to refresh/render template1 again?

A: FOR NEW VERSIONS OF METEOR USE UI.render() and UI.insert()

defunc - for versions of meteor that don't use blaze
Can you provide some more context?
Inside a html file to render that template simply use:
<div id="somediv">
    {{> template1}}
</div>

If you want to do this through javascript one way would be:
$('#somediv').html(Meteor.render(Template.template1));

Take a look at:

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*http://docs.meteor.com/#meteor_render

*http://handlebarsjs.com/

*https://github.com/meteor/meteor/blob/master/examples/todos/client/todos.html

A: What is changing in template2 that you would see in template 1?  The below would refresh template1 upon an insert or delete.
<template name="template1">
  {{itemsCount}} items
  {{#each items}}
  {{> template2}}
  {{/each}}
<template/>

Or,
    <template name="template1">
      Last updated: {{lastUpdate}}
      {{#each items}}
      {{> template2}}
      {{/each}}
    <template/>

    Template.template1.lastUpdate = function () {
      return Session.get('lastUpdate');
    };

Then somewhere you update your data add:
    Session.set('lastUpdate', new Date() );


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05/06/2019 11:05 AM IST
Woman Shot Dead By Militants In Pulwama
The deceased woman has been identified as Nigeena Bano.
File Photo/Getty Images
SRINAGAR — Militants shot dead a woman and injured a man Wednesday in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
"Terrorists fired upon a man and a woman at Singoo-Narbal in Pulwama district today. While the lady succumbed to injuries, the injured man has been rushed to a hospital," a police official said.
He said the deceased woman has been identified as Nigeena Bano.
Further details are awaited, he added.
MORE: pulwama jammu and kashmir


Horizon Services Group has launched NetCaptain HazDec, a web-based application to allow shippers to submit dangerous goods declarations via the Internet. It is an online tool designed to reduce the possibility of non-compliance and possible fines associated with regulatory issues.
HazDec captures and communicates critical information required for Dangerous Goods Declaration during the shipping process according to U.S. Department of Transportation and international IMDG requirements. The tool covers both UN and NA number classifications. Hazardous cargo is also checked for any compatibility conflicts at the time of document submission.


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Salah headlines CAF Player of the Year shortlist as Koulibaly misses out Published on 12/18/2018
Having been awarded a second straight BBC award, the Liverpool star is now gunning for the continental federation's prize
Mohamed Salah predictably earned a place on the shortlist for the CAF Player of the Year award, but Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly was surprisingly omitted.
Salah stands as the clear favourite for the award having enjoyed a remarkable 2018 in which he has found the net 41 times, helping current Premier League leaders Liverpool to last season's Champions League final, where they were beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid.
His Liverpool team-mate Sadio Mane, Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alex Iwobi and Manchester City winger Riyad Mahrez are also on the list, as is Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana and Juventus defender Medhi Benatia.
Anice Badri (Tunisia and ES Tunis), Denis Onyango (Uganda and Mamelodi Sundowns) and Walid Soliman (Egypt and Al Ahly) are the three African-based players to be nominated.
Yet there is no place for centre-back Koulibaly, who was instrumental as Napoli finished just four points behind champions Juventus in Serie A last season, scoring his team's goal in a 1-0 win in Turin in April.
Koulibaly has helped Napoli keep 16 Serie A clean sheets in 2018, though he could not prevent them crashing out of the Champions League in the group stage this week.
Morocco international Achraf Hakimi, who is on loan at Borussia Dortmund from Real Madrid, AC Milan's Franck Kessie and Leicester City midfielder Wilfred Ndidi make up the shortlist for Youth Player of the Year.
No African team made it past the group stage at the World Cup, but Senegal's Aliou Cisse and Morocco boss Herve Renard are each up for Coach of the Year, along with Moine Chaabani of ES Tunis.
Salah will now look to add the title to the BBC African Footballer of the Year gong, which he was awarded on Friday.Â
Mane and Koulibaly were also included on the shortlist, along with Juventus and Morocco defender Medhi Benatia and Atletico Madrid and Ghanamidfielder Thomas Partey.
Salah had also lifted the prize in 2017, and admitted that it was "a great feeling. I would like to win it also next year."Â


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The main impression is that the closer I come to Santiago de Compostela, the more they have paved the path with asphalt. If there is one thing I fear, then it is asphalt under my trail running shoes. The combination after a few hours is hurting my feet and cause burns and blisters.
I tried to stay on the front foot and keep the technique, which worked quite well. Tired legs, but no pain in my back. So far no blisters, which is good! Funnily enough I feel my arms tired too. No poles today.
This day I covered 33 km and about 500 height meters uphill.
Warm weather and lots of sun, I was literally melting and drank all the time. It is important to have a lot of water and to plan where to fill up. I had checked where I could refill the Camelback and also where I could get hold of things to drink. I mixed in mineral and salt tablets in my water.
There was one climb and then mostly soft down hill. Nice feeling when. I knew that this one was it for the day.
The views on the way out were spectacular and boosted my energy. How can all be so green and the sky so blue!
Following the shells is easy when you see them. However, more than one pilgrim has walked straight by without seeing them when they are really tired. This has happened to me more than once during my camino and. I know it will happen again. Good thing is to have a map and a compass. This way it is easy to navigate and get back on track.
I kept a god pace and took the opportunity to stop for a proper lunch in order to fill up for the energy deficit I have been feeling building up. Slow pace and walking uphill is my thing.
The hard surface under my feet started to push through the shoes. Kept my mind on positive thoughts and the cheering in from friends and family was really helpful.
I passed through many villages and the locals were so nice. Always with a 'buenas tardes' or a 'buen camino!'. I wish we were more like this at home. Like the openness and happiness of this country.
The path left the road to turn into tunnels of green forest with cool air. Every time i was grateful and enjoyed each step on the softer ground under my feet.
Two villages had vending machines, very appreciated! I stopped at both places for a drink and something salty to eat. Perfect timing since it was almost 15km between the bars on this stretch.
I passed fields of corn as I approached Lugo. Soon done for the day. Felt that the body needed to catch up on the rest from the tough effort since Friday, six days of continuous running does have an effect on my physique and the psyche.
Arrived and happy as can be! It is the same feeling as after completing a long race. There is a joy mixed in with almost crying. A warm deep joy inside. Especially since I know that. I am not just doing this for myself. There is a higher cause to help,others in need.
So after a much needed shower, washing of clothes, I got the biggest hamburger I could find. Then some blogging and catching up on Facebook before I turned off the lights.


Lighter weight version of others in the SOG line with some nice design features to make it worth the extra cost. Thin edge on the blade. Great balance for throwing.
Nylon handle is great for gripping. Very easy to handle and lightweight at about 1.5 pounds. Good quality on this product. Nice carrying sheath. Company stands behind its product with a lifetime warranty. Spike end works well. Size makes it great to take with you when you travel, hike or camp.
The sheath works well, but is not as high of quality as the axe itself.
Very lightweight axes at a decent price work great for people who are not strong enough to control the larger or more traditional looking axes in competition.
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Berkeley sitting ban goes to ballot after raucous meeting
by Natalie Orenstein July 11, 2012, 2:32 p.m. October 4, 2022
City Councilmember Kriss Worthington left the dais to join the audience to sing a song protesting the sitting ban. Photo: Natalie Orenstein
While three councilmembers were singing protest songs with the audience, the Berkeley City Council abruptly voted 6-0-3 early Wednesday morning to place a contentious sitting ban on the November ballot – a move that was immediately challenged as illegal by its opponents.
The three councilmembers who abstained from voting are planning to challenge the legality of the vote because it was held before the council had debated the measure and before all public speakers had commented.
"I was stunned," said Councilmember Max Anderson after the measure passed amidst the chaos. "I did not vote. It's outrageous that they ran this thing through without any discussion. This illegal motion is the last in a series of anti-democratic positions taken by this mayor and his cronies."
Councilmember Jesse Arreguín, who had been planning to presented an alternative proposal to the council that Bates did not allow to be discussed – but was not permitted by Bates to do so – said the spontaneous vote was "the most outrageous thing I've seen the council do."
"We're going to have to get lawyers to look at this tape and evaluate it," said Councilmember Kriss Worthington, the third abstention and the first council member to join the impassioned community members in song.
Berkeley residents against a proposed sitting ban carried signs inside City Council chambers Tuesday night. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel
The three councilmembers issued a press release Wednesday afternoon accusing Mayor Tom Bates of censoring free speech, and possibly violating the Brown Act. They called it "BatesGate," and said Bates did not allow the three to address the body as many times as they wanted to, even though they had pushed their buttons to speak. Bates was not available to comment by press time Wednesday.
The vote came as the three councilmembers had left the dais to join people in the audience to sing "We Shall Not Be Moved." Before calling the question to a vote, Bates had repeatedly asked the three to stop singing and return to their seats, and councilmembers shouted at each other from across the room. All councilmembers who voted in favor of placing the ordinance on the ballot left the room quickly afterward without commenting.
The sitting ban would prohibit sitting on sidewalks in commercial districts between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. Once the law goes into effect, in July 2013, violators would receive a $50 fine.
The ordinance says that unruly sidewalk dwellers have caused harm to businesses and that patrons "increasingly choose not to conduct business in Berkeley commercial areas, but instead go to other cities where the shopping areas are perceived to be safer, cleaner, and generally more hospitable."
By the time the frustrated Bates called the vote, more than 40 community members had voiced their opposition to the measure. Those who spoke included City Council interns, UC Berkeley student government representatives, homeless people, and lawyers.
"Let's get real, we know who this is aimed at," said Marsha Feinland, a former State Senate candidate. "Can we really blame the homeless and mentally ill for the economic crisis and the collapse of downtown Berkeley?"
Ann Fagan Ginger sits on the floor to emphasize her opposition to a proposed anti-sitting ordinance as she addresses the City Council in Berkeley on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Photo: David Yee
"This sounds a lot like selective enforcement and economic profiling," said UC Berkeley student Brittnay Whitehill. "I don't think threatening someone with incarceration will build trust."
A sole speaker advocated for the measure's placement on the ballot. "This is the final piece of the puzzle needed to make the commercial district welcoming," said John DeClercq, the co-chair of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce. However, the measure has received strong support from many downtown merchants, who say the people sitting in front of their doors have been bad for business.
Earlier Tuesday, Arreguín had released his "Compassionate Sidewalks Plan," which he had planned to formally introduce at the council meeting before it was abruptly adjourned. The plan includes the creation of a working group comprised of city and police representatives, homeless people, business owners, and attorneys to address existing and necessary laws. The plan also recommends increased funding for day use shelters, youth shelters, public restrooms, and mental health services.
"The prevalence of homelessness is indicative, rather than causal, of an economic decline," Arreguín wrote in his report. "Unfortunately, history is replete with example of 'scapegoating' classes of individuals during times of economic hardship."
Becky O'Malley, the editor of the Berkeley Daily Planet, wears red plastic chair earrings to represent her opposition to a sitting ban. Many people wore the chairs, which came in red or florescent green, at the meeting. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel
Though many speakers expressed anger and dismay at the ordinance, the mood in the packed room was spirited and lively. Throughout the night several popular songs were performed with adapted lyrics and all speakers received wild applause — or hisses.
By the time most opponents and proponents had shuffled out of the room, in either exhaustion or frustration, Worthington was still clasping hands with those who remained, singing loudly.
"There's quite a few of us who are probably going to go and get arrested if they pass this law," he said.
Opponents of sitting ban gear up for fight [7.9.12]
Downtown ambassadors help, monitor the homeless [7.01.12]
Berkeley sitting ban progresses towards November ballot [6.13.12]
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Bankstown Sports member Jerome Trudgett was 80 when he won a gold medal in his age group at the Masters Cycling Games in Perth. Trudgett was the treasurer of the Sports Cycling Club and also the grandfather of the NSW and Australian track star Glen Trudgett who was one Australia's top three sprinters at the time. Jerome Trudgett went on to win five gold medals in the Masters Cycling Championships in Melbourne.
For the first time in the club's history, the amateur pursuit team won the 1994 State title, and in State record time. The pursuit team of Andrew McGee, Peter Bundy, Trevor Jordan, Peter Clayton and Nathan Russell provided the club with one of its finest victories.
Canadian-born Lucy Tyler-Sharman was one of the better-known names in Australian sport in the mid-1990s as much for her public spats with fellow cyclist Kathy Watts and Australia's Olympic cycling coach Charlie Walsh as for her cycling. Tyler-Sharman rode at the World titles in 1994 and 1995 while a member of Bankstown Sports' Cycling Club. She left for Western Australia in 1996, winning a bronze at the World titles in the same year and a silver in the pursuit in the '96 Olympics.
The death of cycling's Herb Townsend in 1996 was felt throughout the club as he was a much loved worker and had been committed to cycling for many years.
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'American in Paris,' 'Fun Home' get a leading 12 Tony noms
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Bruce Willis and Mary-Louise Parker announce the 69th Annual Tony Award nominations at The Paramount Hotel on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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NEW YORK — The musicals "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home" each received a leading 12 Tony Award nominations on Tuesday, showing two very different sides of this Broadway season.
One side is sunny — the dance-heavy stage adaptation of the 1951 musical film with George and Ira Gerswin songs — and the other moody — the dark show based on Alison Bechdel's coming of age graphic novel about her closeted, suicidal dad.
"It's nice to know if something's good, there's room for it," said Max von Essen, who earned a nomination for featured actor in a musical in "American in Paris." "There's room for a smaller, darker piece and there's room for a big, show-stopping revival."
Michael Cerveris got one of the dozen nods for "Fun Home" — as best leading actor in a musical — and hopes they will attract more people to see his critically acclaimed and poignant show.
"The real value of the Tonys — and I suppose any awards — is to draw attention to something that people otherwise might not seek out. So the fact that every aspect of the production has been acknowledged is the best kind of advertising," he said.
The nominations ranged from 11-year-old Sydney Lucas in "Fun Home" to 82-year-old Chita Rivera, looking for her third Tony. Helen Mirren and Bradley Cooper each got nominations but Hugh Jackman and Matthew Morrison from "Glee" didn't get nods in their returns to Broadway.
Rivera, who is wowing crowds just with a raised eyebrow, has championed her show, the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical "The Visit," since 2001. She called its arrival on Broadway "joyous" and said the experienced cast and creators are superb. "We think it's a jewel," she said.
The best new play category includes "Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two," ''Hand to God," ''Disgraced" and "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." Larry David's "Fish in the Dark" was snubbed entirely.
In addition to "An American in Paris" and "Fun Home," the best new musical category includes "Something Rotten!" and "The Visit." The Peter Pan-themed "Finding Neverland," Harvey Weinstein's first-ever venture into Broadway as a lead producer, didn't get a single nomination.
The British did well, with transfers "Wolf Hall Parts One & Two," ''The Audience", "The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-Time" and "Skylight" grabbing 24 nominations. Sting's "The Last Ship" earned the rocker a nomination for best original score even though his show closed in January.
"I'm just thrilled. I had no expectations. I wasn't even thinking about it. This morning when I got the news, I thought, 'Yep. That's wonderful,'" Sting said. "The whole experience for me has been joy from start to finish. This is just another iteration of joy."
Another production — the revival of "The Elephant Man," about a horribly deformed man who galvanized London society in the late 19th century — plans to go the other way and open in London this summer with all 13 American actors, including Cooper, Alessandro Nivola and Patricia Clarkson, who all earned nominations.
Clarkson called the play "one of the greatest experiences of my career" and was thrilled that it wasn't over when it ended its run in New York. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience," she said. "We're invading their shores, baby! Get ready!"
"The Elephant Man" will face competition in the best play revival category from "Skylight," ''This is Our Youth" and "You Can't Take It With You." The revival of Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance," with John Lithgow and Glenn Close, failed to muster a single nomination.
The musical revival category has three strong candidates: "The King and I," ''On the Town" and ''On the Twentieth Century." (Vanessa Hudgens' "Gigi" only got one, for actress Victoria Clark.)
Ruthie Ann Miles, who earned a supporting actress nomination for playing Lady Thiang in the lush Lincoln Center Theater revival of the classic 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I," was happy she and her co-star Ken Watanabe were recognized.
"It has definitely been something that Asian-American actors have been wanting and passionately fighting for — to be recognized and also to have a more mainstream voice, to not be pegged into a very specific category," she said.
The architect and set designer David Rockwell earned nominations for the intricate detailed work he put into the play "You Can't Take It with You" and the huge train he created for "On the Twentieth Century."
He added hundreds of mementos and photos on the walls on the play's sets, while his interior train set had to give the impression of optimism, speed and opulence. "There was certainly more slamming of doors than any play I've ever worked on."
Said Rockwell: "It's an incredible privilege to do the work you love and then to have it acknowledged is just unbelievable."
The Tonys will be handed out at Radio City Music Hall on June 7. For some, that might mean another restless night.
"I couldn't sleep last night," said Robert Fairchild, who earned a best actor nod for his turn in "An American in Paris." "Not that I expected it, but to even have a glimmer, a dream, just the possibility of this happening. But I never even thought this would be a possibility — it's so surreal."
The best actress in a musical category includes Kristin Chenoweth for "On the Twentieth Century," Kelli O'Hara for "The King and I," Rivera for "The Visit," Leanne Cope from "An American in Paris" and Beth Malone from "Fun Home."
O'Hara got her sixth nomination — but has yet to win one — for her role as the English school teacher in a revival of the classic 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I."
She and Chenoweth are the hot favorites in the category to win; the two are friends and O'Hara said their two shows are "like apples and oranges."
"I certainly don't want to win because of something left over from years past. I'm doing a show every night and that needs to be judged," she said. "And that's all I can focus on."
"Something Rotten!" a big, bawdy show about the birth of the first musical, earned 10 nominations, including best book, best new score, best actor in Brian d'Arcy James and best featured actor in Christian Borle, who plays William Shakespeare like a petulant rock star.
"We love the material so much that I think the audience can feel the good will that we all have and they reciprocate in the loveliest ways," said Borle, who won a featured actor Tony for "Peter and the Starcatcher."
The actor, who seems to be having the time of his life as a Shakespeare who sings sonnets and steals lines from others, thinks The Bard will survive the portrayal. "I think he'll be just fine. He will be around long after my particular brand of chicanery has come and gone," said Borle.
The best actor in a play nominees include Cooper, Ben Miles for "Wolf Hall, Parts One & Two," Alex Sharp in "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," Steven Boyer in "Hand to God," and Bill Nighy for "Skylight."
This time last year, Sharp hadn't yet graduated from Juilliard. "I never imagined this, not in my wildest dreams," said the star of moving, breathtaking show about a teenager with Asperger's syndrome who tries to find a dog's killer.
Sharp, who thought he'd be an unemployed actor for a decade, didn't miss the announcement. "Yes I was up, watching. The ones who say they aren't are probably lying," he said.
Another actor making his Broadway debut who earned a nomination is Micah Stock, who plays Gus, a fledgling actor-turned-coat check boy in "It's Only a Play."
The play stars a who's who of theater heavyweights, including Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, F. Murray Abraham and Stockard Channing. But only Stock was tapped with a Tony honor. "There's certainly some sort of meta thing to be drawn from Gus and my experiences," Stock said.
The five best actresses in a play nominees are: Carey Mulligan in "Skylight," Mirren in "The Audience," Ruth Wilson in "Constellations," Geneva Carr in "Hand to God" and Elisabeth Moss in "The Heidi Chronicles."
Mirren earned her nod for playing Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience," which imagines the private weekly meetings between the monarch and eight of Britain's prime ministers. Mirren already has an Oscar for playing the same sovereign in the film "The Queen."
"I've studied the shape of her mouth. I know her face probably better than anyone else does. But it's only my portrait," she said. "I can only surmise and imagine."
Another actor who plays a monarch was pleased, too. "I don't think there many happier King Henry VIIIs anywhere in the world," said Nathaniel Parker, who plays a ruthless and yet vulnerable monarch in the "Wolf Hall" plays, adapted from the Hilary Mantel book series about the rise of Thomas Cromwell.
Parker, who already has an Olivier Award for the role, must now duke it out with five others for best featured actor in a play. "It is such a thrill to be nominated," he said. "From the moment we started, what I dreamt of was Broadway for this play. And we've got here. And we're a hit."
Associated Press National Writer Jocelyn Noveck in New York contributed to this report.
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Children from five (5) charity homes in the Klang Valley will also receive contributions from Tmall World this year.
Promotions and special discounts in conjunction with Chinese New Year will run from 24th -28th January 2018 for Malaysians.
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It's time to take that step and buy a brand new home. There are a lot of good reasons why you should consider buying new. Let's break it down.
Even the perfect used home is well…used. Just like buying a used car, it's going to need some work. And we aren't just talking about cosmetics. A newly constructed home will be just that. New. The technology and materials have advanced so you are going to be getting a much higher quality built home.
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This neighborhood features the idea of sustainable living. Situated about nine miles from Lower Downtown Denver this is Stapleton's 11th neighborhood. The homes here are built with energy savings in mind, some homes are zero energy ready. But this is not a community crowded with homes. There is plenty of green spaces with walkable paths, and five unique parks. The 15,000 acre Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge is to the North of the community. Continuing in its quest for less energy usage, everything you need is close at hand. Why not reduce your carbon footprint by living in this community and walking to the stores and entertainment? How about biking on the weekends? It's all planned into this neighborhood.
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A few years back, a young Julia Busuttil ventured to some place between the sea and rolling hills, near a small town called Orbetello. Here, on the Italian coast, her love for food was cemented. She learnt the art of selecting local produce and the pleasure in making and cooking pasta by hand. It was here, that 'Ostro' was born, an online love letter to food filled her own recipes. Ostro is the Italian name for the southerly Mediterranean wind and the word also shares roots with the etymology of the name Australia. Much like her cooking, the name brings together her Maltese heritage, with her time in Italy and her home in Australia.
Julia's cooking is about simple, fresh ingredients, using your hands and savouring the details—and this recipe is the perfect way to experience all of that. Her debut cookbook, 'Ostro,' will take you through the seasons with sweet and savoury, warmth and heart.
Ostro's Potato Gnocchi served in a Sarah Schembri bowl courtesy of Craft. Photo by Beth Wilkinson for Lindsay.
I really struggle going without tomatoes during winter. When I taste that first summer fruit, however, I'm reminded that the wait is definitely worth it. Thankfully, I have this easy, comforting sauce that provides me with my winter tomato hit without having to sacrifice flavour. Of course, you can make this all year round, but I especially like it with winter-friendly potato gnocchi—a simple meal of simple ingredients when comfort is required. is sauce is also great to use on pizza, spooned over the bases then topped with mozzarella and basil before cooking.
It takes a little practice to master gnocchi – it's all about the feel of the dough and choosing the right potato for the job. You need a waxy yellow potato—I find white-fleshed floury potatoes not at all suitable for making gnocchi.
2. Add the onion, garlic, chilli and a pinch of salt and cook for 15–20 minutes until very soft and fragrant.
3. Add the passata, canned tomatoes and herbs and simmer over a low to medium heat for about 45 minutes until thick and rich, pressing the tomatoes against the pan with the back of a wooden spoon to break them up during the cooking.
4. Season with salt and set aside.
1. Place the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water.
2. Bring to the boil and cook for 20–25 minutes until tender. The cooking time will depend on the size of your potatoes. Try not to poke and prod the potatoes too often; the less water they draw in the better.
3. Drain the potatoes and leave to dry in the colander for 5 minutes.
4. Lightly flour your work surface and, when the potatoes are just cool enough to handle, pass them through a potato ricer directly onto the floured bench. If you don't have a ricer, peel the potatoes and coarsely grate them. Leave the potato to cool down a little more—this makes it easier to work with your hands and also helps to remove as much moisture as possible.
5. Add the egg and a large pinch of salt and mix gently with your hands to combine.
6. Begin adding the flour, a little at a time, as you bring the dough together. Don't overwork the dough, just mix it enough so it can be shaped. Add just enough flour for a nice, soft, workable dough. If you're unsure about the quantity of flour, err on too little, then break o a small piece of dough and test in a pot of gently boiling water. As soon as the piece oats to the surface, remove with a slotted spoon and taste. It should be light and pillowy. If the dough disintegrates, add a little more our.
7. To shape the gnocchi, take about a quarter of the dough, and flatten it into a rough rectangle about 3cm thick. Cut into strips about 2cm wide and, working with one strip at a time, roll into long sausage shapes, about 1.5cm in diameter.
8. Repeat with the other strips of dough and then line them all up in rows and dust with a little our (this is so you can cut many gnocchi at once), all while working the dough as little as possible.
9. Cut the dough into 1.5 cm lengths to form the gnocchi. You can either leave the gnocchi as they are, or shape using a gnocchi board or the back of a fork to create ridges.
10. Transfer the gnocchi to a clean tea towel or board dusted with flour and repeat with the remaining dough.
1. When you're ready to cook the gnocchi, return the sauce to the stove over a low heat. Keep at a gentle simmer.
2. Bring a large saucepan of generously salted water to a gentle boil. It is important that the water is not boiling rapidly as this will encourage the gnocchi to break in the water—a gentle simmer will suffice.
3. Cook the gnocchi in batches, otherwise the water will cool too quickly and the gnocchi will turn to mush. As soon as the gnocchi rise to the top, remove with a slotted spoon and stir through the sauce.
4. Serve the sauce-coated gnocchi on warmed plates, topped with extra spoonfuls of the tomato sauce and grated pecorino or parmesan.


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Is The Internet Essential to Good Teaching?
High-speed Internet access is not universal. But teaching with it—and without—highlights the never-changing qualities of good teaching.
Some students at Timothy Davis' school live in homes that sometimes seem "primitive," their principal says. They're not connected to high-speed Internet.
Davis has worked at Deer Island Community School in Deer Island, NB for seven years. A small island in the Bay of Fundy, it boasts a population of about 1,000, more during summertime. Less than 60 students attend the elementary school, and Davis estimates 25 to 30 percent of them come from homes with dial-up Internet connections. Most island residents can access high-speed Internet, so the school isn't "lagging behind," he says. But when children can't access the same resources at home, their academics suffer. They have fewer opportunities to practice research skills they'll need when they attend high school on the mainland. (Ferries run regularly to and from the island.) Communication between the school and parents becomes difficult. Students bring home paper newsletters each week; not everyone can access updates on the school's website.
Earlier this year, the school needed to phone a parent, only to hear a repeated busy signal. It wasn't an emergency—thankfully. When they eventually connected, the mother explained she had been answering emails. Because her Internet connection is dial-up, this meant she couldn't talk on the phone and answer emails at the same time.
"That's not something a lot of us think about," Davis says about the situation, adding he doesn't remember the last time he had to use dial-up Internet.
Neither can many students and teachers. Forget dial-up; they don't know a world without the Internet and constantly connected mobile devices. (The iPhone will turn 10 in 2017.) Virtual reality is reality. But for all this, teaching with limited Internet access reminds us of the importance of key components of non-digital life: places and people.
Location matters. Canadians like the Internet. According to the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), in 2013, 87 percent of households were connected. This makes Canada the second-most connected country in the G8 and 16th worldwide.
Virtually all Canadian households have access to Internet speeds of at least five megabits per second (Mbps). The majority can access up to 10 Mbps. But that's rare in rural or northern communities. Less than 80 percent of households in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, P.E.I, Newfoundland and Labrador and the three territories have access to 10 Mbps of Internet or more, states CIRA.
Students expect constant connectivity. "Unless your wireless goes down in your school, they're pretty much connected full-time," says John Procyk, who retired last year after 40 years of teaching high school in Vancouver. Teachers are expected—required, in some ways—to teach this way.
"It's just a total expectation that teachers implement '21st century learning,'" says Kasi Humber, an education student at Memorial University in St. John's, NL. This means incorporating technology for learning into the classroom. Humber took a university course dedicated to the topic.
Unreliability remains one of technology's few constants. All teachers need back-up plans. "A paper will never fail you," Humber says—shortly before the Skype connection at the school where she's a student teacher failed, forcing her to continue the interview by phone.
Teachers in rural areas are matter-of-fact about these struggles, but they're still challenging. Limited Internet makes it hard for teachers to access what they need to teach. They may feel like they're "on the periphery," when it comes to participating in district-wide initiatives, says Virginia Ivey, who's taught at a small elementary school near Kamloops, BC for more than a decade. The school's wireless connection is slow. When the computer lab is full, little can be done online. (The school, that has just less than 70 students, has just over 20 computers in the lab.) As of early February, they were still waiting for a fibre optic line to be attached to the school.
The slow speed makes it hard to use Internet-based recordkeeping tools, or stay current on certain professional development opportunities. Ivey's fortunate because her home Internet connection allows her to access recordkeeping platforms at home. She knows teachers in other areas who have to do this work at school, because the school has the best connection. Ivey attended her first webinar earlier this year, but couldn't view the video. When she was president of the B.C. Rural and Multi-Grade Teachers' Association, the executive met through conference call, not Skype. Twitter updates? Impossible. Hearing about different educational tools and programs excites her—until she realizes learning about them would waste her time. When the fibre optic line is installed, she hopes to "expand (her) horizons" and find new ways to better utilize the technology she has, like her interactive whiteboard. So far, she hasn't been able to use much of the training she's received about it.
Even strong Internet connections can slow down teaching. Planning takes longer. Teachers in earlier generations spent years perfecting specific lessons and stored them for reference, says Procyk. Not so anymore. Teachers can spend hours searching for the latest and best YouTube videos and apps. While Procyk says he likes the challenge of learning new things, it is "time-consuming" and can make balancing work and personal responsibilities hard.
Discrepancies in Internet access also impacts how teachers assign homework. They can't assume students can use certain applications or programs at home to complete assignments. "It's not a level playing field," says Davis. They don't assign homework that requires the use of these programs, no matter how good they are. In many schools, students work on large projects at home. But at his school, students work on science fair projects in the classroom. The teachers are used to this and schedule their time appropriately, he says.
But while lack of reliable Internet hampers some teachers, in other remote communities, the Internet makes education possible. Students across several northern Ontario First Nations communities, often only reached by airplanes or ice roads, wouldn't graduate from high school without it.
Keewaytinook Internet High School (KIHS) opened in 2000 so students could earn Grade 9 credits at home. These communities sometimes with only a few hundred people, may not be large enough to sustain a full school. Students at KIHS meet in classrooms in nearly a dozen communities, where they access course material on an online platform. It's similar to correspondence courses, says Kevin Dempsey, the school principal. Trained classroom teachers are there to help students as needed. Those teachers also produce subject-specific material for use across the sites. Students started completing full high school diplomas through the school about seven years ago, producing nearly 100 graduates. Many stay in the community after completing high school.
Even in brick-and-mortar schools, reduced Internet access can promote close connections.
"Kids are more in the moment. They're more focused on what's going on in the school," says Ivey. While she waits for increased professional development opportunities, her teaching methods are more advanced than some teachers who have greater access. She doesn't need to learn about how to incorporate local geography into her lesson plans. Instead, her classes study science at the nearby lake. Physical education happens outdoors.
Students have advantages, too. They have fewer opportunities to access negative content online, or to use social media to bully others. They're forced to interact face-to-face, often across grades.
Teachers with greater Internet access at school shouldn't worry that will automatically make their students ignore those around them. Adults struggle with this too, says Humber. "Kids are people. Their behaviour is going to reflect their parents' behaviour," she says. "I don't know if it's an issue with children, or people." When technology fails the teacher, students often want to help fix the problem. Their "immediate response is, 'Maybe I can fix it,'" says Humber.
The Internet can't replace positive, human interactions. No matter how teachers are able—or unable—to use the Internet to teach their students, they still remain the teachers. What good teaching looks like may change, but what makes good teaching hasn't, says Procyk.
Meagan Gillmore is a freelance writer and editor in Toronto.


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Lost 'most reliable' friend: Digvijaya on Ahmed Patel's death
25 November 2020, 3:10 am ·2-min read
(Eds: Adding reax of MP CM, Kamal Nath and Scindia) Bhopal, Nov 25 (PTI) Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday expressed deep sorrow over the death of senior party colleague Ahmed Patel, saying he has lost a 'close and most reliable friend' and remembered him as a soft-spoken and smiling person.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath also expressed their condolences on Patel's demise.
Chouhan in a tweet said, 'Got the sad news of Patel's demise. I pray to the Almighty to give peace to the departed soul and enough strength to the family to bear this irreparable loss.' Patel, who served as the Congress's back-room strategist for years, died in a Gurugram hospital in the early hours of Wednesday. He was suffering from complications related to COVID-19.
He was one of the closest aides of party president Sonia Gandhi and her political secretary for a long time.
After getting the news of his death, Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh cancelled their scheduled visit to Khajuraho to attend a marriage function.
Singh stayed back in Delhi and Nath also rushed to the national capital cancelling all his engagements, party sources said.
'Ahmed Patel is no more. A close and most reliable friend has gone. We were together since 1977, he entered the Lok Sabha while I reached the Vidhan Sabha. For all Congressmen, he always had a medicine for all political ailments,' Digvijaya Singh said in a tweet in Hindi.
'He was a well behaved man, soft-spoken and always smiling was his trademark,' he added.
Singh further said, 'Patel had the capacity to satisfy any person howsoever angry he may be. Away from the media, but involved in all decisions of the Congress.' 'One could learn from his ability to speak bitter things in a very sweet manner. Congress party can never forget his contribution,' Singh said in another tweet.
He also described Patel 'as a very religious person'.
'Wherever he may be, he never forgot to offer namaz.
Today is Ekadashi, which is a very important day in Sanatan Dharam. May Allah give him a place in Jannat,' he said.
Nath in his condolence message said Patel was his close friend for years.
'I am shocked to know about the sad demise of my close friend for years senior Congress leader Mr. Ahmed Patel. It is a personal loss to me. His untimely death is such a loss for the Congress family that can never be fulfilled. My condolences to the family,' he tweeted.
Scindia, who quit the Congress in March this year and joined the BJP, in a message on Twitter attached a photograph of Patel along with him and expressed his deep condolences over the Congress leader's death. PTI MAS GK GK
ISL 7: Draw isn't good enough for us, says Ferrando
Panaji (Goa) [India], January 18 (ANI): FC Goa head coach Juan Ferrando is not happy after being held to a draw by ATK Mohun Bagan and said "draw is not good enough for us".


You may be familiar with #AirbnbWhileBlack, the hashtag that quickly gained traction on Twitter, and attracted coverage from several media outlets. NPR even hosted a Twitter chat on the subject. Tweet after tweet, Airbinb users contributed personal accounts of rental requests being rejected due to discrimination by the host.
2015, like every other year, had it's ups and downs. However, it's important not to let the year's lows overshadow the highs.
When I considered writing an end of the year retrospective, my face scrunched up in disgust as I reflected on 2015. Not my favorite year by a longshot. So much of it felt like a continuous struggle – like I'm in the middle of a significant lesson which I've tired of learning.
In an LA Times op-ed Jonathan Zimmerman, a professor at NYU, and judging by his photos, decidedly not Black, deemed it necessary to take to a national newspaper to tell Black students how to behave and advise university faculty and administration on how to treat them. Not only did he step out of his lane to admonish America's least favorite ethnic minority, he had the nerve to use the name and highly regarded words of black writer Ralph Ellison to do so.
I told someone recently that fighting racism is like trying to kill roaches. You kill a few and then 50 million of their disgusting relatives appear. Let's say I open one person's eyes. I help them wake up to the reality of our country. Then what?
"Girls! Girls!" a large, middle-aged man in a bright yellow safety vest hollered at me and my new friend from across the parking lot as we walked away from my rental car.
I turned slowly around, cocked an eyebrow and didn't begin moving in his direction until my companion did.
"Yes?" I asked with a touch of attitude as we neared him. He'd yelled out to us like we'd done something wrong.
So far I liked nothing about this encounter.
Nearly 200 million people in the world identify as African or African-descended. Like Europeans, Asians and other "racial" groups, our culture, languages and experiences are extremely varied, despite the fact that, especially in the United States, we're often seen as one large, indistinguishable group.
For my first guest post, I've asked Mary from Verily Merrily Mary to share her experiences growing up as a Nigerian-born black woman in North America. I met Mary through a bloggers group and enjoy her thoughtful and absorbing writing. I hope you enjoy it too!
This isn't the 1950s anymore. Today's racism isn't your grandparent's brand of racism. Today's racism is cloaked so well we can have a biracial black President, while unarmed black civilians are gunned down by law enforcement with seeming impunity.
Despite significant and continued economic, educational and social progress among black Americans, inaccurate and offensive stereotypes persist. In part these myths are aided by the mainstream media (MSM). In reports about the state of "Black America" MSM tends to focus on reporting negative news or framing reports around the pessimistic view.
I was in a pissy mood on Friday afternoon.
I've written before how I get sick of talking about racism. I just want to live my life. Wake up, do what I do and keep it moving like many other people have the privilege of doing each day. I do not have such privilege, however. Just going to the corner drugstore some days ends with me wondering when the day will come when I won't have a clerk unsubtly follow me around the store as I shop.
On Sunday, after the Academy Awards, Giuliana Rancic, co-host of E!'s Fashion Police, made a contentious statement in reference to the locs worn at the ceremony by 18-year old actress Zendaya.
In a previous post, I touched on the complicated relationship many black women have with their hair.
When I heard of Keke Palmer's casting as the first black Cinderella on Broadway, I didn't imagine I'd end up seeing the show in person!
It was a girls night out: sisters and groups of friends; an adorable Girl Scout troop of mostly pre-tween and tween black girls and quite a few mother/daughter pairings attended. One little girl dressed like a little lady wearing pearls and donning an updo, accompanied by her very chic and sophisticated mother who wore an enviable black cape, melted my heart. I attend a lot of plays and as I snarked to my sister, "I don't think I've ever seen this many black people at a play in my life." I'm so used to being one of few.
What Happened to OFFline Dating?
Guy sees cute girl at bus stop.
Guy makes joke about the horrid stench wafting from a black trash bag near the bus shelter.
"Ah, the sweet smell of street funk and human waste," he cracks.
Girl giggles. She relaxes her street defenses.
They discover they share a preference for puffy Cheetos over crunchy. "This is awesome," they both think.
Is Everyone Saying "N***a" Now?
"Hell yeah, niggaaaaaaaaaa!" the crowd screamed back at Lil Wayne.
I looked over at my friend, who, like me, hadn't joined the crowd.


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Scaling theory of armed-conflict avalanches
Edward D. Lee, Bryan C. Daniels, Christopher R. Myers, David C. Krakauer, Jessica C. Flack
GF: Complex Adaptive Systems, School of (SCAS)
Armed conflict data display features consistent with scaling and universal dynamics in both social and physical properties like fatalities and geographic extent. We propose a randomly branching armed conflict model to relate the multiple properties to one another. The model incorporates a fractal lattice on which conflict spreads, uniform dynamics driving conflict growth, and regional virulence that modulates local conflict intensity. The quantitative constraints on scaling and universal dynamics we use to develop our minimal model serve more generally as a set of constraints for other models for armed conflict dynamics. We show how this approach akin to thermodynamics imparts mechanistic intuition and unifies multiple conflict properties, giving insight into causation, prediction, and intervention timing.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042312
10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042312
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Lee, E. D., Daniels, B. C., Myers, C. R., Krakauer, D. C., & Flack, J. C. (2020). Scaling theory of armed-conflict avalanches. Physical Review E, 102(4), [042312]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.102.042312
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Lee, Edward D. ; Daniels, Bryan C. ; Myers, Christopher R. ; Krakauer, David C. ; Flack, Jessica C. / Scaling theory of armed-conflict avalanches. In: Physical Review E. 2020 ; Vol. 102, No. 4.
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