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Indonesian Armed Forces, the main Anti-Peace Agents in Papua
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Article – Selpius Bobii – Front Pepera Papua Barat
Every religion teaches values of goodness and kindness and has teachings that are intended to create happiness and peace on this earth and in eternity. We hear so many people speak of the importance of peace, but the reality is that its not …
By Selpius Bobii | Abepura State Prison, Jayapura
Every religion teaches values of goodness and kindness and has teachings that are intended to create happiness and peace on this earth and in eternity. We hear so many people speak of the importance of peace, but the reality is that it's not that simple to realise peace in our everyday lives. In the Papuan province of Indonesia it feels like peace is so far from becoming a reality for the indigenous people who live there. Of late the Cenderawasih XVII Military Commander in West Papua has been coining the phrase "Peace is beautiful" and yet at the same time the Indonesian Armed Forces continue to be the number one culprit committing acts of violence and humanitarian atrocities against the indigenous people of Papua. Behind the mask of these sweet words the Armed Forces are clearly acting very much against the creation of peace in Papua.
Peace can be realised in a place when every person, every group, every faction, respects the rights of others; and this extends to nations and tribes. Where each is able to exercise their rights and at the same time fulfils their obligations towards others. It seems however in Papua that the realisation of peace is something that's incredibly difficult to achieve, with the root cause of that being the lack of recognition of the very basic political rights of the people of Papua by all three Indonesia, the USA and the United Nations (UN).
With the USA and UN's active support throughout the entire process of annexation of Papua into Indonesia in the 1960's, they indeed played a part in the actions of violence and atrocities against the indigenous people of Papua. They achieved their goal of making Papua into 'the kitchen of the world', opening it to the many international companies that have been stripping Papua of its rich natural resources ever since. It was not to end at the annexation of Papua, as they have continued these last more than 50 years to support Indonesia's hold on Papua which in turn keeps the door open for exploitation of the land. There have been various forms of aid and in particular joint programs in security and defence, which of course are critical to Indonesia's continued domination of Papua.
The Indonesian Armed Forces have by intention made Papua into a centre of conflict, but for what end? In so doing they create a situation where the indigenous people can be paralysed, can be annihilated and the world just keeps quiet, with Indonesia saying they are dealing with the conflict. The result? Papua remains permanently part of Indonesia and its natural resources can be exploited with ease by international parties.
Let's not be fooled that the partnerships going on between Indonesia and other nations of the world in the areas of security and defence are aimed at peace building and protecting the people of the region as claimed. Nothing could be further from the truth! The reality is they have quite the opposite goal! The Indonesian Armed Forces are the main agents intentionally creating violence, bondage and theft of natural resources, discrimination, marginalisation, injustice, terror, intimidation and humanitarian atrocities against the indigenous peoples of the land of Papua. Their military and civilian operations both overt and covert are intended to slowly but surely annihilate ethnic Papuans.
The many forms of both visible and hidden violence and humanitarian atrocities undertaken by the state of Indonesia against indigenous Papuans are intended to stifle the political aspirations of Papuans for independence and at the same time annihilate the people. In the face of this continued violence against their people the indigenous peoples of Papua continue to express their opposition to the many human rights violations by peaceful and dignified means, primarily by means of peaceful demonstration. Yet even the narrowest space for a voice calling for democracy has been blocked by the Armed Forces in recent times, especially by the Provincial level of Indonesian Police. The Provincial Police are known for their practice of taking advantage of occasions when there are peaceful demonstrations to create conflict and to terrorise, torture, kill, arrest and imprison Papuans who struggle peacefully for change. Indonesia's Armed Forces are constantly manipulating activities of the Struggle to create incidents of violence. Nevertheless Papuans continue to struggle peacefully in keeping with their decision at the 2000 II National Papuan Congress.
And so in the midst of all this, now it is Christmas. Where all parties in Papua hear of the message of 'the coming of the King of Peace'. A message that reminds humanity that Jesus Christ came to bring peace to this earth. A message that starts to have real meaning only when entire communities of humans make space to allow for peace in their hearts. To that end let's all prepare our hearts with simplicity, faithfulness, honesty and love for one another. We are each one of us reminded by the message of Christmas.
It is dearly hoped that the message of Christmas will also touch hearts and bring awareness to those who are committing the many forms of violence against indigenous Papuans. That there might be a commitment to bring an end to all forms of oppression towards indigenous Papuans and to enter into dialogue between Jakarta and Papua with a neutral facilitator. To reach that end we need to be ready and willing to humble our hearts, to be faithful, honest and to act in love. Only in that way can we bring peace to the land of Papua. We are all called to bring an end to the latent conflicts in Papua and to create peace, no matter who we are and wherever we may be.
Peace and joy at Christmas to all and throughout 2014!
1.	The Dutch previously tried to prepare Papua to become an independent nation whilst still under their control, with those preparations reaching a peak on 1 December 1961. However less than a month later on 19 December 1961 Indonesia by a political and military invasion marked by what's known as Trikora (a three prong command which demanded the dismantlement of the "puppet" Papuan state created by the Dutch; the raising of the Indonesian Red and White flag over Papua; and preparation for a general mobilisation in Papua) succeeded in annexing Papua into the Indonesian Republic.
Selpius Bobii is the General Chairperson of The United Front of the Struggle of the Nation of Papua. He is a Papuan Freedom Political Detainee in Abepura State prison, Jayapura.


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Tupelo's accomplishments are even more remarkable when compared with the city's profile 50 years ago. During the 1930s and '40s it was one of the poorest communities in the country's poorest state. The literacy level was lower than the state's average, and most residents toiled on small dairy and cotton farms. For years, Tupelo's only claim to fame was the birthplace of Elvis Presley.
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In the 1960s, for example, Lee County, where Tupelo is located, was the first county in the state to integrate its schools and did so without a federal court order. Mr. Mayfield, however, believes blacks are not prospering in white-collar jobs as they should be and several years ago helped start a black business association to address that issue. But, he says: "A lot of water has gone under the bridge. We've been through boycotts and protests, but now we have a city I'm fairly pleased with."
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For those of you who are not fans of Michael Bay: for starters, do not watch this movie. It's really as simple as that. But, I've read some of the negative comments on this film, and it baffles me to read that all this film consists of is hot girls, hot action, and not the greatest acting. Come on, guys. This is a Michael Bay film, and let me emphasize the words MICHAEL BAY. When I think about him, I think about entertainment, and entertainment only, because that is what his films are about. With films like this, I don't go in expecting some great story, with amazing dialogue. This movie is not academy award worthy, nor should it be. This is an action film, that's what it's meant to be, and when it comes to action films, Bay knows how to deliver. Again, the storyline could be better, and Megan Fox could use some acting lessons, but like I said, when you watch these movies, you should watch them for entertainment. So, if you know what this film delivers, and you don't like Michael Bay, then by all means, skip this movie. But, if you do end up watching this movie, and say that it's nothing but a bunch of clanging metal and hot girls, well then, welcome to the world of Michael Bay. I saw it in theatres back in 2007, I went with an open mind, and I enjoyed it. 9/10 for me.
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Local artist Jonathan Blum is turning 50 and to celebrate he's hosting is own retrospective at ShapeShifter Lab at 18 Whitewell Place between 1st and Carroll streets.
"I've always sold my art directly to the public — I've never really done many gallery shows — so it makes sense to do my own retrospective," explains Jonathan.
Jonathan has been painting for 35 years and he has a lot of work to show for it. He began as a cartoonist, doing work for Stuff Magazine when he was a student at the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston. His cartoons only ever featured the foreheads of people and that continued into his painting, which is primarily portraiture.
Jonathan has had a storefront studio space in Park Slope since 1999. At first he was unsure about having a storefront studio but says he now enjoys being able to sell his work directly and to interact with neighbors.
"I paint primarily at night and sometimes people will come by and I'll make a sale at 2 in the morning," says Jonathan.
Much of his work now is painting on collages which he makes out of monoprints. He also started putting objects on people's heads in his portraits after a family asked him to paint their portrait with their favorite food on their heads.
He's also become known as the "rabbi painter," which started when he had a show in Israel. While he was there, he began taking classes at a Yeshiva. In his free time, he started doodling the teachers.
"And they became the Rabbi Portraits, these fictitious rabbi portraits, that walk the line between being respectful and playful," says Jonathan. The paintings have been very popular with people of all backgrounds. He says he's sold them to both very religious people and people who don't know anything about rabbis.
Part of the reason for the retrospective is a chance to look back at his work so far — "taking stock" as he calls it — and figuring out where his art will go from here.
"You have to look backwards to go forward," says Jonathan.
The show opens on Saturday with music performances by Sway Machinery, Mil's Trills, and Michael Bates. The free event is from 7pm-1am at ShapeShifter Lab and all ages are welcome.
The show will be on display until August 12th.


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The Mockingbird Team
The Mockingbird Foundation has no salaries and no paid staff. The board, its grantmaking process, and all of our fundraising projects; and the content, IT, and user management at Phish.net, are all undertaken on an entirely volunteer basis. From the Phish.net site credits to the Inquiry Review Committee, and more, Mockingbird couldn't operate without the donated hours and often daily dedication that our volunteers provide. These are largely informal efforts, and somewhat ad hoc. We also acknowledge a handful of supporters each year who've gone above and beyond, designating them Mockingbird Ambassadors for helping further our mission and spread the Foundation's word.
The governing body of the Mockingbird Foundation is the board of directors. The directors represent various ages, professions, and backgrounds; but all share a common passion for music education. With no salaries, staff, office, or endowment, the directors live in more than a dozen states and work with volunteers worldwide.
Director (2010-), President (2017-)
Adam Scheinberg
Adam can trace his first contributions to Phish.net back to notes in the FAQ in the mid-90′s, followed by an improved random setlist generator in the early 2000′s. In 2009, Adam officially became webmaster of phish.net, unveiling the first entirely dynamic site, and mockingbirdfoundation.org, a major improvement to the Foundation's web presence. Since then, he has introduced the Phish.net API, the Phish.net forum, Phish.net mobile, and scores of ancillary features, such as jam charts, setlist stats, and tease charts.
Adam is passionate about music and arts education; he serves on the Board of Directors at the Orlando Repertory Theatre. He is the Chair of the Orlando Tech Council and has served as a mentor at Startup Weekend Orlando. Adam lives in Orlando, FL, with his wife Jennifer and two children, Jillian and Jack.
Director (2019-); VP Communications (2021-)
Chip Parker
Chip is the Public Relations Director for a school district on Long Island in New York, and has been volunteering for the Mockingbird Foundation since 2005 in a media relations and communications capacity. He strongly believes in the importance of music education for children, to help them embrace the arts, foster creativity and become well-rounded adults. Growing up, Chip played the alto and baritone saxophones in concert, jazz and marching bands. He graduated from York College of Pennsylvania with a degree in Public Relations, and has spent most of his career in fundraising and communications roles in support of educational institutions. He lives on Long Island with his wife, Erika, and two daughters, Wynn and Tatum. In college, Chip initially struggled to understand the noise created by a quartet from Vermont that one of his roommates insisted on playing all the time. He turned down tickets to see Phish in Albany during the fall of 1999, but then the prospect of a road trip to Philadelphia piqued his interest and he attended his first show on 12/10/99. He immediately "got it" and has never looked back.
Director (2016-) & VP/Dir. of Technology (2018-)
Peter Skewes-Cox
Peter saw his first Phish show in 1999, right around the time he decided to give himself to science. After studying Molecular and Cell Biology as an undergraduate and Bioinformatics as a graduate student, he joined the Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research in 2011, where he now leads the local Data Science group. The same summer he started at Novartis, he made a Phish.Net account, and joined the site staff in 2014. He was elected to the Mockingbird Foundation board in 2016, and now serves as the VP and Director of Technology, leading a team of talented developers. Peter lives in his hometown of San Francisco, CA, with his wife and their four children.
Director (2019-); Treasurer (2021-)
Bill is Vice President and lead Portfolio Manager at Ryan Financial. He graduated from Boston College with a B.S. in Finance. Bill also earned his Accredited Portfolio Management Advisor designation from the College for Financial Planning. He holds Series 7 and Series 65 securities licenses, and is a registered investment advisor representative. Bill served as President of the Pingree School Alumni Leadership Board and as a member of the school's Board of Trustees. Bill currently sits on the Professional Advisors Committee of the Essex County Community Foundation. Bill enjoys going to shows, playing drums, golf, and coaching his kids' youth sports teams. His first show was 10/30/1992. Bill and his wife, Britt, live north of Boston with daughter Cate, and sons Marty, Jimmy, and Pete.
Director (2017-); Secretary & General Counsel (2018-)
Steve Paolini
Steve is an attorney and Director in the Compliance department of a foreign banking organization. Steve ran his car into the ground driving to his first Phish show on 11/15/91. A mere $5,000 later he considers it money well spent. Steve is the editor of the song histories section of phish.net and a member of the setlist team. Steve lives in New York with his wife Mo, daughter Lucy and, and dog Zara.
Executive Director (1997-)
Ellis Godard
Ellis is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University, Northridge, where he teaches Statistics, Research Methods, and Criminology. He saw his first Phish show 10/10/90, has volunteered for Phish.Net since 1991, and never believed the "breakup" would be permanent. He has served as volunteer Executive Director of the Mockingbird Foundation since its beginning in 1996. Ellis lives in Ventura County with his wife Kristen (113 shows) and two children (Noah and Maya; 6 shows each).
Director (1997-); Executive Advisor
Charlie Dirksen
Charlie is an antitrust and securities lawyer practicing with Cera LLP in Boston and San Francisco. He has been assisting the Foundation with a wide variety of projects since the inception of the Foundation in 1996.
Director (2019-)
David Beckwith
David is a Fine and Rare Wine Advisor who lives in New York with his wife and three daughters, all of whom have directly benefited from music education. He has helped with numerous charity events throughout the years and enjoys thinking creatively to accomplish his goals. His first Phish show was 12/28/94 and he believes the band is playing at the top of their game in recent years.
Bill Bowman
Bill is Executive Director of Pivot, a non-profit agency in Watertown, New York, which provides a variety of prevention and health services, primarily to youth. He saw his first show, entirely by accident, in May, 1989. He purchased the Junta cassette at the show, and shortly thereafter consumed the "Kool-Aid". He has extensive experience with not-for-profit boards, loves his left leaning life, and believes in the power of music to heal and build resiliency.
Adam Detsky
Adam is excited to join the Mockingbird Foundation board in 2021. He is a civil trial attorney residing near Boulder, Colorado. After spending over a decade as an insurance defense attorney, Adam began representing the injured in 2018. He practices law in both Colorado and New York. In addition to practicing in both State and Federal trial courts, Adam has argued before multiple appellate courts. Adam began following Phish in 1996 as an undergraduate at the University of Maryland. His first show was October 21, 1996 at Madison Square Garden and he has been to over 100 shows since. Phish's storied 1997 Hampton two-night run was his second and third show. His tenth show was Big Cypress. In addition to serving on our Board of Directors, he also serves on the Board of the American Mock Trial Association ("AMTA"). AMTA is the academic non-profit that organizes undergraduate-level mock trial. The organization serves over 6000 students from over 350 colleges and universities each year. In his spare time, Adam enjoys spending time with his wife and young son.
Phil has a professional background in corporate finance and real estate development. In recent years, he has devoted a significant amount of time to volunteer work with a variety of non profit organizations. His involvement with the Foundation dates to 2011, when he answered Charlie Dirksen's call for help with the new, online jam charts. He lives in Hanover, NH, with his wife Kate and their 3 children.
Colleen Heller-Stein
Colleen Heller-Stein is the Director, Office of Human Resources and Deputy Chief Human Capital Officer at the Department of the Treasury, with responsibilities for providing leadership in developing, directing and evaluating human resources policies and programs supporting Departmental Offices' (Headquarters) mandate to promote economic prosperity and ensure the financial security of the United States. Before joining the Treasury Department Colleen held numerous positions in state and Federal government with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Government Publishing Office, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Her experience also includes work abroad supporting active duty military personnel and veterans in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Colleen is a graduate of the Partnership for Public Service's Excellence in Government Fellows program, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from Dickinson College and a Master of Public Administration degree from the George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration.
Andrew Hitz
Drew has performed and given master classes in over 40 states and 30 countries, both as a soloist and as the former tuba player for Boston Brass. He is a co-founder of Pedal Note Media and teaches music at George Mason University and Gettysburg College. Andrew's first show, New Years '93, changed both his life and career. He lives with his wife Tiffany, their son Nicholas and their dog Izabella in the Washington, DC area.
Stephanie Jenkins
Stephanie Jenkins is an assistant professor in the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion at Oregon State University. She designed and teaches the first and (for now) only for-credit college course about Phish, using the band as case study for exploring the Philosophy of Art and Music. She unapologetically believes in "chalk dust without the torture," the importance of combining profession with passion, and unicorns.
Scott Marks
Scott played trombone for over a decade while growing up and saw his first Phish show on November 26, 1997. Scott graduated from Bryant College in 2001 with a degree in marketing and has worked in the insurance industry since 2002. Scott joined the Mockingbird Foundation and the Phish.net setlist team in 2009, helped revamp the entire setlist file with numerous updates, and curates the tease chart. Scott lives in Cranston, RI, loves to ski, travel and see live music.
Pete Mason
Pete Mason is a teacher, writer and author living in Albany, NY. He promotes PhanArt shows and runs PhanArt.net, highlighting music-inspired fan creations while supporting The Mockingbird Foundation and Groovesafe. He is Publisher of NYS Music.
Reed Meschefske
Reed Meschefske is a Neenah, WI native who currently resides in Santa Fe, NM with his beautiful wife, step-daughter, and basset hound Frodoug. He has been involved in theater for over 35 years and has acted for companies and directed productions all over the world. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Columbia College-Chicago and his Master of Fine Arts in acting from The National Theater Conservatory in Denver, CO. Reed currently runs the theater program at Santa Fe High School. He believes that arts education is essential and that the Riverport Gin is the greatest piece of music Phish has ever played.
Mike Pryzblyzski
Britt Ryan
Britt Ryan is the General Manager of seven time GRAMMY award winning musician, Christian McBride. She is also the Talent Buyer for Jimmy's On Congress, a new music venue and supper club in the heart of Portsmouth, NH. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Northeastern University's music industry program and was named to the Huntington 100, recognized as one of the 100 most influential seniors of her graduating class. In 2018, Ryan was selected out of 50 participants to the inaugural American Express and Center for Creative Leadership Women in Music Leadership Academy. From 2009 - 2019, Ryan built her career at the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals as Production Coordinator and Associate Producer. There she oversaw all production, artist relations, guest credentialing, and hospitality for both festivals, as well as producing the benefit aftershows and managing and developing the year-round Newport Folk and Newport Jazz Presents® brands. Ryan resides north of Boston with her husband, four stepkids, and three rescue dogs. Her free time is mostly dictated by this small army and their various sports and hobbies.
Matt Sexauer
Matt is a veteran public school music educator and band director of fifteen years as well as a freelance woodwind player and recreational cellist. His history with Phish began on July first, 1995. Some twenty years later he and his wife Kate were fortunate to be able to introduce their two daughters, Abbey and Nora, to the live Phish scene at Magnaball. Matt and his family live, teach, and perform in the greater Boston area.
Kimberlee Sia
Kimberlee Sia is currently the President & CEO of Colorado "I Have A Dream" Foundation. Prior to this, she was the Chief Executive Officer of KIPP Colorado Schools. Kimberlee joined KIPP Colorado Schools following her time at Lighthouse Academies where she served as the Chief Academic Officer at Lighthouse Academies. Kimberlee started her work at Lighthouse as the founding principal of West Gary Lighthouse Charter School in Gary, Indiana. She then went on to work on the national team as Director of Professional Development, Regional Director, and Regional Vice President before taking the Chief Academic Officer position. Kimberlee began her career as a middle school math teacher with Teach For America in Newark, New Jersey and then spent six years teaching in Southern California. In addition to leading Colorado "I Have A Dream" Foundation, Kimberlee also serves on the Colorado League of Charter Schools Board of Directors, on the Mockingbird Foundation Board of Directors, on the University Prep Board of Directors, and on the Democrats for Education Reform (DFER) - Colorado Advisory Board. Kimberlee has also had the opportunity to complete the Downtown Denver Partnership's Leadership Program and to be an American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Leadership Network Fellow. When Kimberlee is not busy with work and volunteer commitments, she loves spending time snowboarding, hiking, cooking, seeing live music, and relaxing with her husband, Andrew, and daughters, Avery and Adeline.
Liora Sponko
Liora Sponko serves as the Senior Program Manager for the Oregon Arts Commission and Oregon Cultural Trust and helps build strong and vibrant arts and cultural communities throughout Oregon. Prior to working for the State of Oregon, Liora worked in the nonprofit sector for over 25 years, including coordinating arts education programs for youth. Liora also is a certified life and spiritual coach and leads interactive workshops and speaking engagements to entrepreneurs, changemakers and creative professionals. Liora is an avid music goer and rail-rider and has been seeing Phish for over two decades. Liora joined The Mockingbird Foundation Board because it combines her passion of philanthropy, music education, and the Phish community. Experiencing live music deeply impacts her life and she wants to help young people access its magic.
David "ZZYZX" Steinberg
David earned his Masters degree in Mathematics from New Mexico State University in 1994, and is currently a computer programmer in Seattle. He first saw Phish in his undergraduate days at Bard College, later created the Phish Stats web site, and used that knowledge to create the statistics for the first two editions of The Phish Companion.
Not that Kurt Vile, but amazing in his own right. Kurt has been a phish fan for 30 years and is looking forward to the next 30. He currently leads the data science platform team for a major asset manager and has been working in as a leader in technology for as long as he's been seeing phish. He is lives in Newport Beach California with his wife, two daughters, and an overly rambunctious puppy.
Current geographic distribution of board members:
Andrea Nusinov (2019-2021)
Jack Lebowitz (1997-2021)
John Demeter (2015-2020)
Chris Cagle (2019-2020)
Katie Irwin (2019-2020)
Brian Baker (2019-2020)
Brian Feller (2018-2020)
Chris Bertolet (1997-2016, 2018-2019)
Marco Walsh (1997-2018; Past President)
Elayne Best (2014-2018)
Dan Purcell (1997-2017)
Herschel Gelman (1997-2015)
Jeremy Goodwin (1997-2015)
Jim Raras (2004-2014)
Marcie Vogel Frahm (1997-2014)
Craig DeLucia (1997-2009; Founder)
Dan Hantman (1997-2009; Past President)
Charlz Franz (1997-2003)
Dave Donohue (1997-2002)
Mark Toscano (1997-2001; Past President)
Mark Goldberg (1997-2000)
Dan Seideman (1997-2000)
Eddie Dinel (1997-1999)
Joe Rioux (1997-1999)
John Wood (1997-1999)
Sixth Annual Runaway Open – is on!


Following the dance rally in Bandera, I headed to San Antonio. I was going to take a few days and recoup, but then the Fiesta Festival was going on. The festival had just started, so I was going to miss all the parades, but I did get to visit the festivities down at Market Square. The Fiesta Festival is 10 days long and celebrates the Battle of San Antonio.
There were three different stages with music going on from 10am until at least midnight every night of the festival.
It seemed as if you were trying to wade upstream, the crowd was so thick, but then this wasn't even noon yet and the real crowds hadn't shown up. No, I don't think I want to be down there later. Much too crowded for me.
The Plaza Square in front of the cathedral.
This casket holds the remains of those who fought and died at the Alamo. It is located in a side alcove in the cathedral.
San Antonio's Riverwalk was just a few blocks away from Market Square.
What could be better than lunch with a friend down on the Riverwalk.
I also did a driving tour of the King William Historic District, taking pictures of the beautiful, elegant homes. In the late 1800s, this was the most fashionable neighborhood, filled with large homes built in the Greek Revival, Victorian and Italianatte styles, but by the early 1900s, many of the original homeowners had died, their kids had moved to newer neighborhoods and the area fell into disrepair. In the 1950s and 1960s, it started attracting people who were working downtown and the neighborhood begain another revival. It was listed as an historic district in the 1970s. Unfortunately, I seemed to have deleted (or lost) all the photos I took, so I can't show you any of the lovely homes. During the festival they have home tours available and during the final weekend have a large King William Fair held within the district.


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The Awards provide precisely the right environment for these corporate leaders to inter-mingle and share their experiences therefore providing valuable insight on particular aspects of the business world.
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Students enter Sinhgad Management Institutes with a dream of a successful career. Another major objective of this event is to facilitate the development of future business leaders by providing opportunities for its guests. To provide ample opportunities to Management Students and to achieve cent per cent placements.
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In its 8th Year, the Asian Leadership Awards (ALA) salutes remarkable business leaders and organizations in Asia for their continuing commitment to excellence, developing best practices and innovative strategies. Hosted sincewe are ifongchenphoto.com continue the tradition established by the Awards that define and celebrate vision, uphold the spirit of achievement and recognize excellence in.
Yebhi, which began as ifongchenphoto.com, has a registered user base of about million people, of whom about half a million have transacted on the site. On 4 Septemberthey changed their business model to coupon store and served Flipkart, Jabong, Myntra, Zovi, Headquarters: Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
In its 8th Year, the Asian Leadership Awards (ALA) salutes remarkable business leaders and organizations in Asia for their continuing commitment to excellence, developing best practices and innovative strategies.
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Moonrise, Acrylic on Canvas, 24"x18"
Rain Dancer, Acrylic on Canvas, 20"x16"
Bike Race, Acrylic on Canvas, 10"x8"
Harvest. Acrylic on Canvas, 14"x11"
Foothills Walk, Acrylic on Canvas, 11"x14"
Shadowplay, Acrylic on Canvas, 11"x16"
Flight, Acrylic on Canvas, 24"x18". GAMA Directory Cover 2019. Masterworks 2019. AAN exhibit 2019.
Ocean Scene, Acrylic on Canvas,11"x14"
Building Rain,Acrylic on Canvas, 20"x26 "
Take Off, Acrylic on Canvas, 11"14"
Waterfall Approach, Acrylic on Canvas, 20"x16"
Safe Harbor, Acrylic on Canvas, 18"x24"
Blizzard, Acrylic on Canvas, 12"x16"
Progress, Acrylic on Canvas, 18"x24"
Wind On The Pond, Acrylic on Canvas, 12"x16"
Sailing, Acrylic on Canvas, 12"x16"
Bornholm Island, Acrylic on Canvas, 8"x10"
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Patrick and I have been in contact with LPA Design (the company that makes Pocket Wizards) for a few months now and we were excited to hear that they would be sending us a few beta units of the unreleased Nikon FlexTT5, MiniTT1, and AC3 units. Our website is not about reviewing gear but we did want to push these units. I called up Sigma and asked for a loaner 800mm 5.6 lens and Patrick planned a shoot that involved every SB-800 and SB-80DX that we own. Check out the video below, and then view the full post to read detailed info about the shoots and check out the high res images. If you enjoy this content, follow us on Twitter to stay updated when our next video is released.
Did These Guys Just Rip Off The iPhone Fashion Shoot?
Now I am not going to jump to any conclusions. Maybe these guys and gals had a VERY similar idea, and not one of them had seen the iPhone Fashion Shoot (which has been seen by about a million photographers so far). And even though this video is filmed in the exact same way and has all of the exact same information, MAYBE it is just a coincidence. And MAYBE this really is the worlds first and I am actually living in the Matrix. Still a good video though :) The strangest part about this whole thing is that we actually used a super-clamp to mount the camera in my video but we changed it and went with the velcro because it was blocking the button on the phone and it was never actually shown in the video. It's like these guys were spying on me as I was doing it!
Our cameras sync at a maximum of 200-250th of a second but in this video Chris OConnell strobes at 1/500th of a second with his Broncolors. How does he do it? Well the new Pocket Wizard TT1 and TT5s are the secret. Instead of trying to explain it all here, watch the video below and then head over to the full post for a second video with more details.


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For the past few months, I got hooked up with BizTalk360 and isolated myself from any deep technology learning. Now, BizTalk360 version 8.0 is out of my way the team is kind of settled down, I thought it's time to look deep into some of the technology areas I was intending to learn for some time. As part of the process, I decided to put my foot first on Azure Event Hubs.
Azure Event hubs are not entirely new to me, I've been doing small bits and pieces here and there as hobby/prototype projects for a while. Now it's time to understand a bit deeper into have various pieces fit together. I'll try to cover my learning's as much as possible in these blogs, so it might help people to get started.
Before going into the technology side of things, let's try to understand in layman terms why do we need this technology. The cloud consumption is getting more and more in many organizations, and there is a lot of new breed to Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions popping up every day. One of the common patterns you'll see in the cloud adoption is how you are going to move data (either from on-premise or devices) into the cloud. Let's take an example, you have some kind of monitoring service that monitors your server CPU utilization every 5 seconds, and you wanted to push this information to the cloud and store it in a persistent store like SQL Azure, MongoDB, Blob so on.
The traditional way of implementing this solution will be, you would have written some kind of web service (ex: ASP.NET WebAPI), deployed it into the cloud (as web role or VM's) and you would have constantly fired messages to that WebAPI endpoint. It may initially sound easy to implement such solution, but over a period once you start to scale (ex: you wanted to monitor CPU utilization in 1000's of servers) then building the robustness and reliability of that web API endpoint solution will become complex. In addition, you can imagine the cost implications of setting up such infrastructure.
This is the exact problem Azure Event Hubs is going to solve for us. You simply provision event hub using the portal, which will give you the endpoints, and you can start firing the messages to that endpoint either via HTTPS or AMQP, the collected (ingested) data will get stored in EventHubs, then you can later read it using readers at your own phase. The data is retained for a period of time automatically.
Azure event hubs are designed for scale, it can process millions and millions of message on both directions – inbound and outbound. Some of the real world use cases include getting telemetry data from cars, games, application, IoT scenario where millions of devices push data to the cloud, gaming scenarios where you push user activities at scale to the cloud etc. There are tons of use cases why we need technology like Azure Event Hubs.
Let's take a quick look at the top level architecture of Azure Event hubs and try to understand all the building blocks that make it powerful.
There is also a security aspect which we will cover later.
In the context of event hubs, messages are referred to as event data. Event data contains the body of the event which is a binary stream (you can place any binary content like serialized JSON, XML, etc), a user-defined property bag (name-value pair) and various system metadata about the event like offset in the partition, and it's number in the stream sequence.
EventData class is included in the .NET Azure Service Bus client library. It has the same sender model (BrokeredMessage) used in Service Bus queues and topics at the protocol level.
Any entity that sends events (messages) to an Event Hub is a publisher. Event publishers can publish events using either HTTPS or AMQP protocol. For a simple scenario where your volume of published events are low you can choose HTTPs, if you are dealing with high volume publishing then AMQP will give you better performance, latency, and throughput. Event publishers use Shared Access Signature (SAS) token to identify themselves to an Event Hub, they can have a unique identity or use a common SAS token depending on the requirements of the scenario (we will cover security separately).
You can publish events individually or batch. A single publication whether it's an individual event or batched event has a maximum size limit of 256kb. Publishing events larger than this will result in an exception (quota exceeded).
As you can see from the image, there are a lot of partitions inside an event hub. Partitions are one of the key differentiation in the way the data is stored and retrieved compared to other Service Bus technologies like Queue and Topics. The traditional Queue and Topics are designed based on the "Competing Consumer" pattern in which each consumer attempts to read from the same queue (imagine a single lane road, where the vehicles go one after the other, and there is no option to overtake), whereas Event hubs are designed based on "Partitioned consumer pattern" (think of it like parallel lanes in motorways, where traffic flows through multiple lanes, if one lane is busy vehicles choose another lane to move fast). The single lane queue model will ultimately result in scale limits, hence event hubs use partitioned consumer pattern to achieve the massive scale required.
The other important differentiation between normal Queue and Event Hub partitions is, in the Queues once the message is read it's taken out of the queue and it's not available (if there are errors, it will move to dead letter queue), whereas in Event hubs partitions the data in the partition stays there even after it's been read by the consumer. This allows the consumers to come and read the data again if required (example lost connection). The events stored in partitions gets deleted only after the retention period is expired (example 1 day). You cannot manually delete data from partitions.
The events get stored in the partition in sequence, as the newer events arrive they are added to the end of the sequence (more or less like how events get added to queues).
Due to the varying distribution patterns, the partitions will all grow in different sizes from one another. It's also important to know your event data will live in only one partition, it will not get duplicated. Partitions underneath have private blob storage managed by Azure.
The number of partitions is specified at the event hub creation time and it cannot be modified later (so care should be taken). Using the standard Azure portal you can create between 2 to 32 partitions (default 4), however, if required, you can create up to 1024 partitions by contacting Azure support.
In the main image, you can see the concepts of partition keys (represented as red and orange dots). The partition key is the value you pass in the event data for the purpose of event organization (grouping and making sure they live in the same place). There may be a requirement you wanted to move data from all the servers in a particular data center to get stored in a specific partition. If you note carefully, the event published have no knowledge about the actual partition, they simply specify a partition key and the event hubs make sure the keys with same partition key are stored in the same partition. This decoupling of key and partition insulates the sender from needing to know too much about the downstream processing and storage of events.
If you do not specify the partition keys, event hub will just store incoming events in a different partition on the round-robin basis.
You can also send the event data directly to specific partitions if required. This is generally not a good practice you should either leave the publishing of events to event hubs in round-robin model, or you can take advantage of the PartitionKeys concepts as explained above, which is a bit more abstract and event hub will take care of grouping them together in relevant partitions.
However, if you have some special needs and want to write events to particular partitions, then you can do so easily by using the partition id as shown in the below code snippet.
Any entity (applications) that read event data from an Event Hub is a receiver (or consumer). You can view from the main diagram above there can be multiple receivers for the same event hub, they can read the same partition data at their own pace. There is also an important thing to not, event consumers connect only via AMQP (whereas in the receive side we have both HTTPS and AMQP), this is because the events are pushed to the consumer from event hub via the AMQP channel, the client does not need to pull for data availability. This model is important both for scalability purpose as well as to avoid each consumers writing their own logic for checking new data availability and putting unnecessary load on the platform.
The data stored in your event hub (in all partitions) are not going to change, once it got stored in a partition they are going to live there until the retention period is elapsed (in which case the event data will be deleted). The data can be consumed (or read) by different consumers (applications) based on their own requirements. Some consumers want to read it carefully only once, some consumers may go back and read historical data again and again.
From the main picture from the beginning, you can see there are 2 different types of transport protocols used for communications with Event Hubs. On the publisher (receiver) side, you can either use HTTPs if you are going to push a low volume of events to the event hubs, or you can use AMQP for high throughput, better performance scenarios.
On the consuming side, since event hubs use a push-based model to push events to listeners/receivers, AMQP is the only option.
Throughput units are basics of how you can scale the traffic coming in and going out of Event Hubs. It is one of the key pricing parameters and purchased at event hub namespaces level and are applicable to all the event hubs in a given names space.
In the above case, there is no point in having more than 6 throughput units for the namespace IOTRECEIVER. You probably need only 1 or 2 throughput units, unless otherwise, you have a huge volume of traffic.
Throughput units handle 1mb or 1000 events (event data) per second on the publishing side and 2mb/second on the consuming side. Think of throughput units like pipes, if you need more water to flow through, you get more pipes. The circumference of the pipe is fixed it can only take so much water. So if you either need to fill the tank or take more water is the only way to do it is by adding/fixing more pipes. Every pipe you add is going to cost you money.
Now we covered all the building blocks we saw in the original picture at the beginning of the article. Hopefully, this article would have given you all the bits and pieces requires to understand Azure Event Hubs. There are still a few topics I would like to cover that includes a security mechanism, metrics data and many more. I'll hopefully try to cover them in future articles.


Looks delicious, doesn't it? But those expansive rainbow chard leaves are concealing the fact that there's almost three dozen apples in the yellow basket. Can you tell I've got a couple pounds of carrots, and not one, but two, heads of butter lettuce? And two giant stems of bok choy on the counter? Unfortunately, it's not easy to shove all that produce in the fridge when I still have collards, radishes, beets, and two heads of cabbage left over from the week before. Every Thursday night it takes me at least an hour to clean the old, rotten produce out of the fridge, trim and bag the fresh stuff, and organize and put all the edibles away.
Thank goodness the Thanksgiving holiday gives me a week off from all that work!
Aside from the storage issue, participating in a CSA presents an even bigger challenge: getting the food prepared and eaten! Every time I manage to cook up a bulky bunch of something, I feel a glow of accomplishment. That kale in the upper right corner of the photo was doused with a little olive oil and salt and baked in the oven to make veggie chips. The eggplant got chopped, dusted with salt and cayenne, and fried up as a tasty side dish to an Indian meal. (Amazingly, my kids ate both of those dishes.) Almost everything else pictured is still in my fridge five days after delivery, but most of it will make it onto the Thanksgiving menu. Butternut squash soup, anyone?
Despite the challenges, I love being part of a CSA. Necessity has prompted me to offer my kids all kinds of foods I never would tried otherwise. Brussel Sprouts. (Not a hit.) Beets. (Meh.) Fava Beans. (Yum!) Arugula Salad. (Apparently a very efficient Parmesan Cheese Delivery System.) There's no question that my husband and I eat more fruits and vegetables now as well. There is always something in the house to eat now, even if its not as salty, sugary, or fatty as we might like, and always some extra bounty to pass on to friends.
Although I feel bad when I inevitably have to throw some produce away, according to food activist Michael Pollan, buying local, organic food and tossing some of it is still more sustainable then purchasing grapes from Chile, kiwi from New Zealand, or processed food from anywhere. At a time when so many people are struggling, I'm lucky to have the "problem" of too much fresh food. I'm glad I live in California, where so many wonderful fruits and veggies flourish. Our family has a lot to be thankful for, every single CSA Thursday.
I love that you wrote about the stress of the basket of fruits and vegetables. I used to get it delivered once a week -- many, many years ago in NYC of all places and was so stressed on that day! I had gazillions of carrots and the cabbage -- oh, the cabbage!
yep, it's definitely a different way to look at food. Like, we actually need to think about it. How we are going to use it, prepare it, taste it.
It's a challenge, and I love it. Although, by no means is it without work.
I applaud you for taking the challenge, it's not for the week!
Wow... this is amazing! I have never heard of CSA before. I just looked into it and found a farm less than 5 minutes from where I live! Amaaazing! I have already contacted them to find out about their 2011 season. Thanks for sharing this great concept.
Thanks for the beets tip, anonymous! Will try it.


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Hendrikus (Henk) Vredeling (Amersfoort, 20 de noviembre de 1924) - Huis ter Heide, 27 de octubre de 2007) fue un político neerlandés, vicepresidente de la Comisión Europea de 1977 a 1981.

Afiliado al Partido de los Trabajadores (PvdA) fue elegido en la Tweede Kamer (cámara baja del Parlamento neerlandés) por primera vez en 1956. Dos años después fue elegido miembro del Parlamento Europeo en representación de su país, permaneciendo como eurodiputado hasta finales de 1973.

Ese año abandona la política europea para retornar a su país para ser nombrado ministro de Defensa en el gabinete de Joop den Uyl, manteniendo el cargo hasta finales de 1977. Ese año volvió a la política europea en la Comisión Jenkins, ocupando el cargo de vicepresidente y comisario europeo del Trabajo y Asunto Sociales, tomando las competencias de Educación y Formación. Abandona definitivamente la política europea en 1981, siendo sustituido como comisario neerlandés por Frans Andriessen y en su cargo de la comisión por Ivor Richard.

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Which NFL team can finally win its first Super Bowl this season?
SB Nation | Jun 17
2019 is the year of the first-timer. The St. Louis Blues won their first Stanley Cup. The Toronto Raptors won their first NBA title. And, not long after the NFL's regular season comes to an end, the Cleveland Browns will win their first Super Bowl.
Or the Houston Texans.
Or the Los Angeles Chargers.
Or maybe the Minnesota Vikings.
There are a dozen NFL franchises without a banner to hang in their stadiums or a Lombardi Trophy to host in their fanciest meeting rooms. If the current Big 4 sports trend holds, one of them will be hosting a parade in their honor come February 2020.
Here they are, sorted by their chances to finally win the big one next winter.
The Cardinals are breaking in a rookie head coach and a rookie first-round quarterback for the second straight year, somehow. If they win six games this season they'll:
a) improve on last season's record by 100 percent, and
b) match the number of wins Kliff Kingsbury had against non-Kansas Big 12 competition in his last three seasons at Texas Tech.
The Bengals will be better if they can coax full seasons from Andy Dalton and A.J. Green, but this still looks like an extremely Marvin Lewis team despite the absence of Marvin Lewis.
The Lions beat the eventual Super Bowl champions last season and finally got a 100-yard rushing performance from one of their tailbacks. Those are about the highlights of their 2018, though, so it's going to take a journey to even get back to the playoffs in 2019.
Hooo boy, it'd take some leaps
Remember when the Jags were one quarter away from a Super Bowl appearance? That was less than two years ago!
This season, Jacksonville will blend a championship-caliber defense with Super Bowl 52 MVP Nick Foles and quite possibly the league's least inspiring lineup of skill players. 2019 is the year Foles has to prove he can be good outside of Philadelphia — and that his mid-career slump was a function of Jeff Fisher's soul-sucking gravity.
The Bills had a quietly great offseason, surrounding second-year quarterback Josh Allen with an array of the kind of free agent targets who can be lured to western New York following a six-win season: Cole Beasley, John Brown, Tyler Kroft, and the immortal Frank Gore.
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My friend and I were in a steak kind of mood, but not one of those 100$ dinner moods more like 50$ mood. After some brain storming we decided on Longhorn. Not my usual choice, I shun chains as much as possible, but I have eaten it Longhorn before and found it acceptable, and my bestie agreed.
If you have been to Longhorn, then you know they are pretty interchangeable in setup and decor. Spacious, dark wood, leather booths, heavy on the cowboy theme, big old bar. An inviting space without being tacky.
Once seated we were greeted by our server, Andrew who amazed and amused us during our meal. We were happy with his style. My friend commented he looked like a young Jamie Foxx, and indeed he did!
As always we started with some wine, Longhorn offers is a Long Drink. for a small additional fee you get more wine than the normal carafe, a bit less than two full glasses of wine. This makes the whole driving thing less an issue.
Our wine and bread arrived and we looked over the menu.
When we eat together, we normally order too much food but the time our entrée arrives, we are full, so we went light.
Kettle Chips, with a barbecue and thousand island dipping sauces. Chips were nice and crisp, no grease and salty. The dipping offerings were just meh!
We also shared a wedge salad, red onions, diced tomato, with plentiful blue cheese and bacon dressing. Don't think wedge like iceberg lettuce think romaine, long bright green ultra fresh spears covered with this great mixture. We both dug into this dish.
My friend chose the NY strip with sweet potato, me the rib-eye with loaded baked. They both looked good when put on the table. According to my friend the strip was just a little under cooked, but sending it back almost insures it would be over cooked on return, she continued. It really was a nice looking piece of beef and she quite liked it, and almost finished it all.
When the rib eye arrived, at first glance all looked perfect, but soon it was evident there was not enough butter on the potato. I did ask Andrew if he would bring me all the butter in the kitchen, he almost did. If I choose to eat unhealthy, I want to do it correctly. Once I had my quota of butter, it was time for the taste test. Surprisingly this rib eye was not a fatty as others I have had, but very well marbled. Cooked a perfect med rare, juicy but just a tad lacking in flavor. Perhaps a bit more salt before cooking may have fixed that.
Overall we declared the meal a success. Have we had better steak for sure, but for the price it was perfect. We normally just have the server split the bill in half then throw out our cards, So all told for about 70.00$ which we split it was a win, win. Good company, good food at not a killer cost.
So if you find your self craving a beef fix, but not wanting to spend the big $$$, Longhorn is located all over this city. Grab you mates, your kids, your parents and make a night of it.


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William Hardie
William Hardie, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), was born at Canada, about 1817.1 He died at Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York, 30 October 1852.2
William married Laura Caroline Henry, daughter of Dr. Simeon Zelotus Henry, MD and Laura Canfield White, at Troy 16 August 1841.3
Said to have been an artist, but marriage notice says "esquire".
Laura Caroline Henry b. 30 Apr 1825, d. 10 May 1903
James Henry Hardie4,5 b. Sep 1841, d. 21 Jun 1924
Sarah Hardie6 b. say 1844, d. abt. 1847
George "Fishburne" Hardie4 b. 1846, d. 2 Oct 1869
Laura Caroline Hardie4 b. 1849, d. 18 Jan 1877
[S457] United States Census for 1850 Seventh Census of the United States, City of Troy, 4th Ward, Rensselaer County, New York, population schedule, sheet 147/291, dwelling 1174, family 2180, William Hardy household, age 33, born in Canada, and called a chainmaker, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M432, 1009 rolls, roll #584.
[S152] Troy, New York, Marriage notices appearing in the Troy newspapers, 1797-1860, image 662, FHL microfilm 1437397 item 3, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, further cited as Troy marriage notices.
[S152] Troy marriage notices; FHL #1437397.
[S457] US Census for 1850, City of Troy, 4th Ward, Rensselaer County, New York, pop. sch., sheet 147/291, dwelling 1174, family 2180, William Hardy hshld.
[S1692] Northampton Town Hall, Northampton, Massachusetts, Northampton Vital Records, 1654-1872, 143, FHL microfilm 186162, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, further cited as Northampton Vital Records.
[S156] Lillian Jackson Voorhees, "Family Record of Our Grandmother", 30 Jan 1959 (New Jersey). Statement of Lillian Voorhees of what her "Grandma told me",.


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Q: Is "all types of" a combination? I am aware of the noun phrase "type of", though I am not sure when I am supposed to use "all types of".
google gives lots of results about "all types of", for instance,

Oranges, apples, pears and bananas are all types of fruit.

Is "all types of" a combination? or just a ordinary expression.
I guess the rewritten version (my version) has the same meaning

All of oranges, apples, pears and bananas are types of fruit.

Though my version seems a little bit strange.

A: Your version is not idiomatic.
I do not know what you mean by "combination." "Type of [generic noun]" is a very common phrase, but "type" can be used outside of that phrase as can "of" and generic nouns.

Oranges, apples, pears, and bananas are all types of fruit

uses "all" in an idiomatic way to stress that each noun in the subject is one type of fruit. I'd prefer to say that

Oranges, apples, pears, and bananas are each a type of fruit

But both are simply long-winded ways to say

Oranges, apples, pears, and bananas are different types of fruit

or even more succinctly

Oranges, apples, pears, and bananas are fruits.

A: All types of fruit is a perfectly good expression, in, for example,

I eat dairy, vegetables, and all types of fruit.

But in your example,

Oranges, apples, pears and bananas are all types of fruit,

though it is a perfectly good sentence, it does not contain all types of fruit as a constituent. I'm not sure how best to analyse all there but whatever it is, it modifies the subject (oranges, apples, pears and bananas), not the complement (types of fruit).

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Feltonville Arts & Science puts students on track for college
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As the pin hit the vinyl record, a crackling sound of an old record player was heard. Swinging sounds of the jazz band filled the room as Bessie Smith uttered the soulful lyrics to "Lost Your Head Blues."
Students listened attentively to the muffled song and jotted down the lyrics they heard. This was the assignment in Amy Ponansky's music class.
At Feltonville Arts and Science, classes are infused with cultural references, technology is used and students are engaged academically.
In his second year as principal, Michael Reid said he likes the diversity of the student population. With eight different languages spoken by students and staff, Reid said this cultural aspect is appreciated.
Two years ago, before Reid came, the school may have looked different. There were not many initiatives encouraging students to come to school and learn.
Now, with the help of Reid, school administration and parental involvement, changes have been made at Feltonville. Several initiatives that are engaging students academically.
One program is called Leadership Group. This is a pilot program consisting of an all-boys' seventh-grade class. In its premiere year, 26 male students are learning in a single-sex environment. The Feltonville administration wanted to assess the impact this model had on the level of achievement among the male students.
"This year, actually, the boys seem to be making that difference. It seems to be working for them. They like being in the class. They felt no pressure. When they were in the class, academically, all of them have been improving. I'm really interested in seeing when they take the PSSA if all of their scores will improve, because they're much more engaged," Reid said.
The young men do have the opportunity to interact with other students in elective classes and at lunch.
The Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program is a college preparatory initiative. Twenty-five students benefit from this program. AVID prepares students for college, takes them on college tours, teaches them to be organized and communicate.
Lead teacher Allen Wing, has been with the program at Feltonville for 2 ½ years.
"My most memorable experience was when we went to the White House and Times Square. When we go on college trips they're always excited. They always appreciate it because it's a lot of work. We took them to Howard and Georgetown and Columbia. They had a ball. They met the president of the university and basketball players, and we took them to the football field," Wing said.
Eighth-grader Jazmin Miller is in the AVID initiative and explained her experiences in the program.
"It prepared me a lot, because it gets you ready for college and it motivates you to want to go to high school, to want to go to college. We go on trips to different colleges. I like math and science. When I grow up I want to be a chef or fashion designer," Miller said.
The Golden Attitude Club also encourages students to check their behavior. Regardless of grades, 10 percent of the student population is chosen to receive extra rewards based on the criteria of responsibility, reliability and respectfulness.
This year also features the first autistic class. Assistant Principal Peggy Klova-Davis said this group of students has shown abilities to adapt to the school's environment and show signs of development. Some have been integrated into other classes.
"We just love our autistic students. They're really coming along. They're comfortable in the classroom. They have an excellent teacher. This is the first year, so we are really enjoying having a new group of students in our school," Klova-Davis said.
Students have the opportunity to get involved with choir, drama, dance and the school's instrumental ensemble. There is also a robotics team. Technology is infused in classrooms. Whiteboards and laptop carts are also used.
The Extended Day Program and Saturday School were implemented to prep for PSSAs.
Even with school initiatives, extracurricular activities and modern technologies, students have additional support from parental involvement.
A parent who is the school improvement support liaison, Wanda Vazquez, said she has noticed a difference in the school.
"Because I'm so close and see what's going on in the school, everyone is really involved and gives that support. That's really important. I think the teachers really love to create different things to make the school a better school. I think that's really great, that we want the kids to [do] more than just reading books, but in other areas where they can grow and mature," Vazquez said.
Seventh-grade parent Elise Villafane credits the positive changes to Reid.
"In the last two years, since Mr. Reid has been here, this school has been through a traumatic change. It's wonderful. Just everything. The students, the staff just everyone is more united working together and really focused on these kids," Villafane said.
Reid said with the various initiatives implemented in the school structure, he believes that Feltonville will reach Adequate Yearly Progress this year.
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