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US President Donald Trump Blocks Broadcom's Proposed Takeover of Qualcomm
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Qualcomm Incorporated has today received a Presidential Order from US President Donald Trump to immediately and permanently abandon the proposed takeover of Qualcomm by Broadcom Limited. Under the terms of the Presidential Order, all of Broadcom's director nominees are also disqualified from standing for election as directors of Qualcomm.
Qualcomm was also ordered to reconvene its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on the earliest possible date, which based on the required 10-day notice period, is March 23, 2018. Stockholders of record on January 8, 2018 will be entitled to vote at the meeting.
The Presidential Order is available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-order-regarding-proposed-takeover-qualcomm-incorporated-broadcom-limited/.
Qualcomm had earlier rebuffed Broadcom's $117 billion bid, which was under investigation by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a multi-agency panel led by the Treasury Department that reviews the national security implications of acquisitions of U.S. corporations by foreign companies.
A White House official on Monday confirmed that the national security concerns related to the risks of Broadcom's relationship with third party foreign entities.
A source familiar with CFIUS' thinking had said that, if the deal was completed, the U.S. military was concerned that within 10 years, "there would essentially be a dominant player in all of these technologies and that's essentially Huawei, and then the American carriers would have no choice. They would just have to buy Huawei (equipment)."
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Racism In The Old West
Here are a few examples of Tokenism and Racism In Western Comics…
Tomahawk #128 – 1970
Healer Randolph was a former slave who learned herbal remedies and folk medicine and one day saved his master using his knowledge. His master happened to be a doctor who taught him everything he knew and allowed him to use his last name. During the Revolutionary War, Randolph was freed and he encountered Tomahawk and his Rangers. They needed a medic and he agreed to accompany them provided he just saved people and not carry a weapon or engage in battle himself. After the Tomahawk title ceased it's run Randolph's character was never used again.
Source: Dart Adams
Reno Jones & Kid Cassidy, Gunhawks 1-7 – 1972
Blacks Fighting for the Confederacy…
Oh Really Marvel Comics Group!
The Gunhawks were Kid Cassidy and Reno Jones. As introduced in Gunhawks #1 (1972), Cassidy was the son of a plantation-owning family in the antebellum American South, and Jones was a Black employee of the family who was friends with Cassidy. They fought together for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, with Jones fighting the Union because their soldiers had kidnapped his lover, Rachel Brown. After the war, they became wandering gunfighters, the Gunhawks, and continued searching for Rachel. During the course of Gunhawks #6 (1973), Kid Cassidy was shot and killed and Jones was blamed for the crime. (In the Destiny War, published in 1999, the Avenger Hawkeye, revealed that Cassidy had been killed prior to 1873). With the next issue, the series was retitled as Reno Jones, Gunhawk, making Jones Marvel's second Black character to have his own self-titled series, after Luke Cage, Hero for Hire. (The Black Panther had taken over the lead in the Jungle Action series a few months prior, but the Panther's name was not included in the series' title.) As it turned out, Reno Jones, Gunhawk #7 was also the final issue of the series and the Gunhawks vanished into obscurity.
Weird Western Tales #48 – 1978
Slaveboat…
Weird Western Tales is a Western genre comic book title published by DC Comics, which ran from June/July,1972 to August,1980. It is perhaps best known for featuring the adventures of Jonah Hex until #38 (1977) when the character was promoted to his own eponymous series. Scalphunter, an American raised by Native Americans, took Hex's place as the featured character in Weird Western Tales. The drama in Weird Western Tales #48 pertains to the character named Cinnamon. Cinnamon is really Katherine "Kate" Manser, the daughter of a sheriff in a small Western town. After her father is killed by bank robbers, she is sent to an orphanage, where she secretly trains herself in gunfighting. Upon leaving the orphange, she becomes a bounty hunter in order to search for her father's killers. In this issue a boat load of slaves are held in bondage and need to be freed from the grips of the white man. Scalphunter is among those who fight for freedom. He fights the horrors of slavery, everyone is freed until the next time Scalphunter is need to defeat the white man.
Breakout at Fort Charlotte…
Although this issue is not a part of The Museum Of UnCut Funk Collection it has been added to this blog entry to highlight how comfortable white writers in the 70's were with using racist language in comic books.
"The commander calls for his orderly, a Black soldier and berates him for allowing Jonah to get into the bedroom. He tells the orderly that Jonah can have free reign of the stockade area. Jonah, mentally notes that it seems like the Black man has no real home in the North or the South. Later, the orderly comes in and explains that he found red clay on the hooves of Jonah's horse. That may lead them to where Jonah's platoon is camped. The commander orders that a platoon be sent out to check a nearby marsh. That morning, Jonah's entire platoon is captured in their bedrolls and not one shot is fired. As they are being taken to Fort Charlotte, some of the men are already blaming Hex, calling him a "sneaky, nigger-lovin'…" before being threatened by Jeb. Once they are all in the fort, the commander has Jonah brought out and publicly thanks him for turning traitor on his friends."
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Ancient Ireland in Headingley
Sheila Moriarty writes:
On Saturday 21 March, the Bowery Café, Headingley, was the setting for a vivid and lively performance by the Irish Writers' Group, Lucht Focail (People of the Word) who were joined for the evening by David Agnew, Jo Flannery, Berni Byrne and the Joyce O'Donnell School of Irish Dancing. The event, which began at 8pm, was preceded by Irish music ably provided by Des and Kevin Hurley in the café as people arrived from 7.30 onwards.
The main event took place in the upstairs workshop room and the venue was packed to capacity by an appreciative audience who were treated to an hour of magic and mythology. The theme was Irish myth and legend: an exploration through poetry, music, dance and song of such iconic Irish mythological figures as The Children of Lir, Finn MacCool, and mad King Sweeney. Much of the poetry was original work by members of Lucht Focail, interspersed with poems by other contemporary poets and including some poetry in Irish.
A successful and highly enjoyable event, made even more enjoyable by the warm welcome extended to all by Sandra Tabener of the Bowery Café. Some of Sandra's photos are below:
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Hearty thanks are due to Headingley Librarian Paul Askew, who produced a series of useful posters for individual events during the LitFest. Here he is in front of his display:
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Regnar Lodbrog i Götaland
Rory McTurk Photo by Richard Wilcocks
In spite of the rawly violent storyline (the Vikings were, like us, very fond of rawly violent storylines), Rory McTurk's lecture last Friday was highly academic, based on a lifetime of research, as befits an Emeritus Professor of Icelandic Studies in the School of English of the University of Leeds. He began by looking at a couple of cartoons which were , he explained, clipped from a corn flakes packet in Denmark twenty years ago and which were translated very efficiently for the audience's enlightenment by the speaker, and progressed to speculation about the identity of one Healfdene, or Halbden, or Haldene, who may or may not have had his name incorporated into the name Headingley. The -ley part may or may not have derived from lowe, or hill: it might have derived from lea, meaning a clearing in the forest, the forest of Knaresborough which once covered this area before exploitative charcoal burners and property developers arrived. We were given a list of references which might prove handy, including Annals of St Bertin, Abbo of Fleury's Passio Sancti Eadmundi, Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh, Geffrei Gaimar's L'estoire des Engleis and the Icelandic Knútsdrápa. That last one includes a little poem about the infliction of the blood eagle upon the captured King Ella by Ivor the Boneless:
Auk Ellv bak/ at lét hinn's sat,/ Ívarr, ara,/Jórvík, skorit
'And Ívarr, the one who dwelt in York, had Ella's back cut with an eagle.'
It was breathtakingly impressive. We were left pondering many questions at various levels of sublimity. Has Headingley really got a hill? Did they call him Boneless to his face? Do the Danes really eat corn flakes? Could a hairy fertility goddess really be confused with a man who wore hairy breeches?
The cartoon from the corn flakes packet
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Lawnswood Slam
Three hundred vocal and appreciative 14 to 16 year-olds with their friends, parents and visitors packed into the main hall of Lawnswood School yesterday evening for a the grand Poetry Slam. It was the school's contribution to the Headingley LitFest, and was coordinated by teacher Amanda Stevenson.
Very much in charge was performance poet Michelle Scally Clarke. This is the second year running that Lawnswood has been involved in a Slam. The theme this year was Pride.
With her help the students wrote and performed their own pieces - individually, in duos, trios and larger groups.
A panel of three judges chose three main award-winners: Ellen Hemingway's Life is a Lottery was the most outstanding poem, Priya Lota's Think, feel, say, see was the most emotive performance and Kizzy Jones, younger than most at 13, gave the most courageous performance.
Poetry Slams can feature a broad range of voices, styles, cultural traditions and approaches to writing and performance. The emphasis is on delivery, which might involve choreographed movements, hip-hop music and theatrical devices.
Below, Michelle with some of the poet-performers
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Richard Lindley, the affable owner of Café Lento, compered a delicious short story evening on Wednesday, with original stories (and wines) of all types. He wants the place to become even better-known as a microcosm of the Headingley arty universe, so let it be. Star turn was undoubtedly John Jones, who had revealed to Richard Wilcocks over the weekend that Yoko Ono had performed a happening along with her then partner Tony Cox at the Leeds College of Art in 1966 (when John was a young lecturer in the Fine Art department at the University of Leeds) and that she had stayed at his house in Rochester Terrace, bringing with her Kyoko, her daughter.
Brief mention of this was included in a LitFest email circular which reached the local press....and the result was an interview with John and a substantial article by Chris Bond on Wednesday in the Yorkshire Post. The focus was John's 1987 essay in an anthology entitled The Lennon Companion, in which he writes about his interviews with a constellation of artists who were around in the sixties in New York, including De Kooning, Man Ray and Lichtenstein. He just missed Andy Warhol. The essay was read out, and John answered questions.
The Yorkshire Post article can be found here.
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Running smoothly
On Wednesday it was Salvage - dramatised readings of three superb pieces by Peter Spafford in the cleared-out arts and craft room upstairs at the Bowery, and on Thursday members of Trio Literati seemed well pleased at the very full audience which had arrived to sample their special brew of poetry and song, immaculately rehearsed and beautifully presented. Lesley and Richard Quayle are pictured below performing Dylan's Don't think twice, it's all right just before the interval.
Amongst those spotted in the audience were David Robertson from Theatre of the Dales (see below) and Paul Priest, author of Sonnets, the new play which the company will perform at the Yorkshire College this coming Saturday and Sunday at 7.30pm. You can watch a slide show of their recent Twelfth Night by clicking here.
Robert Barnard fielded a fair number of questions after his talk on Friday Making Crime Pay from aficionados who were obviously very well-acquainted with the genre. At one point, there was even speculation about the relative merits of Norwegian and Swedish crime writers! Apparently the Norwegians are now on the up and up, so eat your heart out Henning Mankell.
Theatre Group Blah Blah Blah performed When the Wind Changed no less than three times on Saturday morning due to popular demand from the five and six year-olds in Headingley Library, some of whom had turned up a little late. They were charmed. They liked the way the actors sitting on the carpet made faces and put wigs and hats on and became funny people. They liked the orange juice and the biscuits too.
Ian Clayton's writers' workshop on Saturday afternoon in the Stadium café was attended by seventeen people - which according to Ian is a lot more than the usual.
Rugby met literature met music in the Executive Suite at Headingley Stadium on Saturday evening when Phil Caplan spoke about his work as a ghost writer for sports celebrities including, of course, Jamie Peacock. He explained how the books (like No White Flag, the Jamie Peacock story) had grown out of match reporting, and how Rugby League, which has world-class sportsmen and long traditions, is still, regretfully, treated as a poor relation in Britain outside the north of England. Jamie stepped forward to confirm that everything in the book was true, and answered questions from the audience. Doug Sandle introduced Phil and Jamie and outlined the work of the Rugby Arts Steering Group, which has already made a number of achievements, including, for example, a specially composed piece from composer Carl Davis.
Richard Wilcocks said a few words about the Headingley LitFest and the fruitful partnership with the Rugby Foundation before introducing Ian Clayton, mentioning that Headingley had produced both sporting and literary greats, and that it was right and proper for them to be celebrated together. The Ancient Greeks had given awards to athletes and poets at the Olympic Games, and why not? Similarly, it should not be enough to just watch a rugby match or listen to a poetry reading: the watchers and the listeners should be encouraged to do it themselves. So - the LitFest and the Rugby Foundation had provided opportunities for young and old in the form of a sports story competition for high school students and a writer's workshop.
Ian Clayton spoke as only Ian Clayton can speak, and the audience was very soon falling about because of his opening anecdotes. His talk was wide-ranging, and included a reading from Bringing it all back home - for example the sections about his encounter with Johnny Hope, who could recite Featherstone Rovers' teams right back to Edwardian times like prayers, and his search for the place where Bessie Smith died in what was once the Afro-American Hospital but which is now the Riverside Hotel in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Soon after the applause, plenty of copies of the hardback and the softback editions were sold.
Below, Lesley and Richard Quayle, David Robertson with Sauvignon Blanc and Ian Clayton with a pen:
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Richard Raftery (that's him in the picture) was feeling expansive at the LitFest Launch Party yesterday. It was held in the long room at the back of the New Headingley Club. Daffodils adorned every table.
Richard Wilcocks spoke about the superb response to the 'Create a Sports Story' competition, organised for high school students by the LitFest in Partnership with Leeds Rugby Foundation, and then read out the winning entry, Richard Raftery, Trio Literati and poet Murray Edscer performed, and Trevor Bavage was the affable man with the gavel in an auction which raised two hundred pounds for LitFest funds. Winners of the literary - and very non-trivial - quiz were treated to drinks at the bar and Head For Heights provided excellent music. Now for the first event on Wednesday - Salvage by Peter Spafford.
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See them at the stadium
An Evening with Ian Clayton and Phil Caplan with special guest Jamie Peacock
Ian Clayton, television broadcaster and author of Bringing it all back home, and Phil Caplan, ghost writer to Leeds Rhinos player and England Rugby League captain, Jamie Peacock (No White Flag), on the same bill this coming Saturday.
Reviews of Ian Clayton's book - "One of the best books about popular music ever written", [Record Collector], / "Not a single false note. Clayton has written a compelling memoir of place and culture" [The Times] / "The best read I've had all year, at times very funny, genuinely touching and always deeply personal. The perfect book for anyone who has defined their life through music and the memories of youth" [Joanne Harris].
Premier Suite, Headingley Carnegie Stadium, Saturday 21 March, 7.15pm £12.00 (£8.00 concession-including students). Includes pie and peas supper - pay bar.
Tickets to be purchased/reserved in advance at Leeds Rugby's Ticket Office at Headingley Carnegie Stadium - 0871 423 1325 - or contact Doug@balladoolish.fsnet.co.uk, phone/text 077 5252 1257 ASAP. Proceeds to Headingley Rugby Foundation's Learning Centre and Headingley LitFest).
In the photo - Phil Caplan, Jamie Peacock and Ian Clayton.
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Emmys: HBO, NBC Lead Creative Arts Emmys
Tina Fey, Justin Timberlake nab 'SNL' guest awards
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HBO led the Creative Arts Emmy Awards, with 16 wins at the Primetime Emmy Awards precursor, held Sept. 14 at the Nokia Theater LA Live in Los Angeles. The pay cabler's original film Grey Gardens and miniseries Generation Kill grabbed three awards each.
NBC racked up 11 awards, including guest-actor awards for Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin and pop star Justin Timberlake's hosting turn on Saturday Night Live.
PBS' Little Dorrit took home the most awards for a single program, with four wins. ABC's Pushing Daisies received three awards.
In the guest drama categories, Ellen Burstyn won for her appearance on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Michael J. Fox for FX's Rescue Me.
The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards will be held Sept. 20 at the Nokia Theater LA Live in Los Angeles, and broadcast on CBS.
Click here for a complete list of Creative Arts Emmy Award winners.
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HBO Leads Creative Arts Emmys With 17 Wins
CBS follows with 13 nods; 'Game of Thrones' top program with six awards
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Other big winners include 'All My Children,' 'Ellen'
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Q: Weblogic - web application within main application I've been provided solution files that are effectively represented by the following, where "/" is the root for the web application:
/ (potentially a shared application)
/WEB-INF
/META-INF
/appName
/appName/apps (actual website files and content)
/appName/conf (certain site confirgurations)

I can successfully create a deployment based on the root of this application, but i need it to reference the /appName/apps/ folder when viewing the sites URL, for demonstration call it: localhost:7004.
If I call the URL localhost:7004 i effectively get a 404. If i call localhost:7004/appName/apps files are served but much of the referencing is wrong (relative and absolute referencing conflict).
I need a way so calling the localhost:7004 URL serves content from the /appName/apps folder by default. Is there a way to achieve this within WebLogic?
I'm fairly new to the workings of WebLogic so i appologise if I'm not clear in the description of my issues. Many thanks for your help.

A: When you want to enter the base URL to access your application rather than specifying the full URL, you will want to set the context-root:
Edit weblogic.xml in your deployment and add the following entry as needed:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<weblogic-web-app xmlns="http://www.bea.com/ns/weblogic/90" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<context-root>/</context-root>
</weblogic-web-app>

The / here just means that your webapp will be assigned to the root level URL.
See weblogic docs here: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E15051_01/wls/docs103/webapp/weblogic_xml.html#wp1073750
See another useful example here:
http://middlewaremagic.com/weblogic/?p=886

A: The actual issue was not a result of WebLogic setup, but rather Web Server configuration. My context root remained as "/".
In IIS (I assume the same for Apache) I needed to set up a "PathPrepend" for my appName/apps/ folder. this resolved the issue.

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Note: Supervision of students starts at 7:30am and ends at 3:10pm. Students should not arrive before 7:30am or remain on campus after dismissal without parent supervision.
Regular attendance and on-time arrival is expected of each student.
Family trips should be scheduled outside of the 180 days of school.
When an extended absence cannot be avoided, Independent Study Contracts may be available for a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 15 days per year. Advanced notice (at least one week) to the office and teacher is required. Contact the office for additional details.
Excessive unexcused absences (and/or unexcused tardies in excess of 30 minutes) will result in truancy procedures and possible review by the State Attendance Review Board.
Whenever possible, medical and dental appointments should be scheduled before or after school.
Students arriving late must get a tardy slip from the office prior to entering class.
To report an absence, call the office at 650.526.3520, press 2 (or email bdolan@mvwsd.org). Provide the following information: date of absence, student's name, room number or teacher, reason for absence, and name and relationship of the person reporting the absence.
Call before 9:00am each day the student is absent, unless you have provided advance notice to the office.
All students leaving school prior to dismissal must be signed out in the office by an authorized individual.
Illness, doctor or dental appointments, funeral, or court appearances are excused absences.
The Mountain View Whisman School District employs Registered Nurses who are available for emergencies during school hours. The office staff is trained to provide basic first aid at all other times.
Serious injuries or illnesses will be referred to 911 services.
Parents must keep their emergency cards updated so they can be contacted in the event of an emergency, injury, or illness requiring parent attention.
Periodic vision and hearing screenings are provided at school. Any problems noted with vision or hearing test results are referred to parents. Tests for other grade levels are also performed upon parent or teacher request.
The Landels School office has information about low-cost healthcare and insurance, as needed.
Students who are ill or have a fever should be kept home from school.
Contact the office if a student is diagnosed with a communicable disease, such as chicken pox, measles, or strep throat. Exposure notices will be sent home with other students who might have been exposed.
If a student becomes ill at school, the office will contact parents. If parents are unavailable, the office will contact other individuals listed on the emergency card.
If a student is injured at school, he/she should report to the teacher in charge and then be sent to the office. Parents will be contacted if more than basic first aid is required. Serious emergencies will be referred to 911 services.
If a student is found with active, adult head lice, parents are immediately contacted to take the student home to administer treatment for head lice.
Upon return to school, student will be checked in the office and allowed to remain in school if no active head lice are detected.
Classroom checks will be done at the discretion of school health staff or school administration.
If you discover that your child has head lice, please call the office regarding his/her absence and administer treatment.
All students taking medication at school must submit a "Medication Authorization Form" signed by the student's doctor. Forms are available in the office. Without such authorization, office staff are not permitted to administer any medication, including Tylenol, Advil, allergy medicines, cough drops, or asthma inhalers. Students are never allowed to have any medication with them at school. When students are off campus for field trips, the teacher in charge will be responsible for student medication as needed.
Each student's Emergency Card must be kept up to date at all times, including medical conditions and allergies. The names and phone numbers of individuals who are authorized to pick the student up in the event of an illness or emergency must also be listed on the emergency card.
All students are expected to follow our three school rules: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible.
All adults and students are expected to treat one another with kindness and respect. Conflicts should be resolved calmly without physical contact. If students cannot resolve their conflicts independently, they are expected to seek the assistance of a yard supervisor, teacher, or principal.
Unlawfully possessing, using, selling or furnishing or being under the influence of any controlled substance, alcohol, or intoxicant of any kind.
Smoking or possession of tobacco.
Any willful destruction of school or personal property.
Any threat or use of force or violence to persons.
Profanity or other vocal abuse directed towards another person.
Possession of dangerous or deadly weapons.
The purpose of the dress code is to help students develop standards for their personal appearance. Research has found a high correlation between the way children dress and their behavior in school.
Students are to dress appropriately for participation in a variety of school activities. Personal cleanliness and neatness are expected. Students may not wear clothing that promotes cigarettes, alcohol or drug use, gang affiliation, or would be considered reasonably offensive to others. Students are not to wear clothing that is too tight or too short. Students should wear shoes suitable for running.
Students who come to school wearing inappropriate clothing will be asked to contact a parent to bring a change of clothing to school. The classroom teacher and school principal will determine appropriate school dress.
At the end of each trimester, Landels students are acknowledged by their teachers for their specific effort in academics and community work. Parents of honored students are invited to attend these assemblies.
Students caught following one of the 3 school rules (Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible) may be given a Lion's ROAR award. Any school staff member may give this award. Students will take home half of the Lion's ROAR to show their parents. The other half will be placed in the ROAR box located outside of the principal's office. ROARs are randomly chosen each week and presented at the Monday Morning Assembly. The designated students will be rewarded for their good behavior with a prize and their names will be mentioned in the Wednesday Word. A check-off system is used to give all students an opportunity to be recognized.
Students should keep hands and feet to themselves, and treat each other with respect.
We are an "inclusive" school, i.e., all students have a right to play and may not be excluded, except for meaningful age differences.
Students must remain in view of at least one adult at all times and respect playground boundaries.
Equipment: Tag, chasing on or around play structures, and jumping from structure platforms is not allowed.
Slides: All slides are "feet first", one student at a time. Students may not walk or climb up slides. Each student should make sure that the slide has cleared before beginning a descent.
Monkey bars: First priority is for those swinging from bar to bar. Students may climb and sit on them, but must move out of the way of those swinging below.
Students may bounce, toss or play four-square with the playballs.
Students may play tag or kick balls only on the field.
Tag and touch football games are allowed, if played appropriately. No contact sports.
The field is off-limits if soggy.
Morning yard supervision begins at 7:30am. When students arrive in the morning, they should wait in line at their classroom number on the blacktop.
Teachers supervise morning recess activity.
The principal and yard supervisors provide supervision of the students during lunch.
Supervision is provided at dismissal time from 2:50-3:10. After 3:10 your child will be sent to the office. Parents must come into the office and sign students out, providing a reason for late pickup.
Emergency Cards are required to be completed for each student at the beginning of the school year or as soon as a student enters school. The original is kept in the office. A copy is kept in the student's classroom emergency backpack, which goes with the class on field trips and emergency evacuations. It is imperative that the office be notified of any changes regarding medical or emergency contact information.
All visitors and volunteers who enter or leave the campus during school hours must check in and out at the office.
Visitors and volunteers must also wear an identification sticker (available in the office) while on campus.
Parents may not arrive unannounced in classrooms during the school day. Messages, assignments, lunches and other belongings should be left in the office to help avoid disruption in the classroom.
Disaster and/or fire drills are practiced monthly.
In the event of an earthquake, students are taught to duck and cover, while holding onto a table or desk leg until it is safe to leave the classroom.
In the event of a fire, students are taught to leave the classroom and assemble on the grass next to their classroom's assigned spot for further instructions.
School staff has been trained in emergency procedures, including the use of emergency supplies and medical equipment available on-site. In the event of a severe area-wide disaster such as an earthquake, students will be released only to parents, legal guardians or individuals authorized on the student emergency card, with a photo ID.
Adults coming onto campus may be asked to assist with emergency procedures.
Please do not use cell phones when dropping off or picking up your child.
Parents may NOT use bus or staff parking spaces to drop off, pick up students or to park.
Please drop off your child anywhere along the yellow curb, not in the middle of the parking lot! Be ready to exit quickly. When dropping off, pull as far forward as possible even if you see no one behind you.
Cars must not be left unattended for any reason at the yellow curb.
If you need to cross Dana Street, please go to the crosswalk at the corner. Stay on the sidewalk. For the safety of you and your children, do not walk through the parking lot.
Please follow the directions of the parking lot attendant.
If dropping off on Mercy Street, do not enter the cul-de-sac, or make a U-turn on Mercy Street.
Please do not block the driveways of the neighbors.
Bicycle racks are provided at the back of the school near the library and near Kids' Place.
Bicycles must be locked securely to the racks and must not be left overnight. The school is not responsible for loss or damage to bicycles on campus.
Children are required by law to wear helmets while using bicycles, scooters, skateboards, and skates.
Students are to walk their bike or carry their skateboard while on campus at arrival and dismissal times.
For more information regarding bus transportation, please check the Mountain View Whisman website.
The partnership between home and school depends upon consistent and clear communication. Each classroom is equipped with a telephone and Internet access. Voicemail, e-mail, weekly packets, and formal and informal conferences are among the methods used to ensure effective communication between parents and teachers. In addition to dropping by or scheduling an appointment, parents can communicate with the office through e-mail, voicemail, telephone, fax, or regular mail.
The Wednesday Word is the newsletter for the Landels community, and includes updates about the Landels community, current event information and community resources. It is emailed to parents every Wednesday morning. Please update your emergency card in the office with any changes to your email address.
The website includes the most recent newsletter, school calendar, and valuable information about the Landels community.
Students attend an informational school-wide assembly each Monday morning after the bell rings at 8:15am. Parents are invited to attend.
In order to maximize your child's learning, classroom disruptions are kept to a minimum. Except for emergencies, students should not be contacted during class time. Messages and forgotten items, such as lunches, homework and musical instruments, may be left in the office for students to pick up during breaks. Plans for after-school transportation and activities should be made before school. Please notify the Landels office for any changes to your child's after-school pickup plan.
Except for emergencies, teachers will not be contacted during class time. Messages may be left for them via voicemail or e-mail. Check with the teacher at the beginning of the school year regarding the best way to contact him or her.
Conferences are scheduled before the end of the first trimester to review each child's progress with his or her parents. Additional meetings can be requested by the teacher or parents throughout the year as needed.
In order to maintain effective communication with your child's teacher, please directly contact your teacher with any concerns. If concerns are not addressed after discussions with the teacher, parents should contact the principal for assistance.
A parent who wants to observe his or her child's classroom must make an advance appointment with the teacher or school secretary.
The SSC is a decision-making, leadership group comprised of the principal, teachers, classified staff, and parents/community. The SSC plays an important role in the continuous improvement of our students' education by its review, approval, and monitoring of the annual Landels Site Plan and of categorical monies that fund the plan. Members review and analyze students' performance, ask hard questions, participate in thoughtful discussions, and work on a team with staff and the principal.
Parents may volunteer to assist teachers in or outside the classroom in ways such as accompanying classes on field trips, preparing special projects, assisting students with classroom work, etc.
Parents and community members may volunteer in the library or computer lab, serve as reading and math tutors, etc.
Provide evidence of a negative TB test within the previous four years.
Maintain confidentiality of all students and staff.
Dress appropriately for the activity.
Always be with students under direct, visible teacher supervision.
Contact the teacher or the school office as soon as possible if you will be late or absent.
Sign in at the school office, wear a volunteer sticker, and log the volunteer hours.
In the spirit of celebrating our ethnic diversity at Landels, all celebration of holidays are observed from an instructional historical perspective.
Any parent who has a religious objection about his/her child's participation in holiday parties should notify the teacher so other arrangements can be made for the student during those times.
Please do not send any treats to school to celebrate your child's birthday. Instead, a book can be donated to the Landels library in celebration of a child's birthday. The librarian will provide a special bookplate for the student to sign.
Invitations to parties outside the classroom may not be distributed at school unless the entire class is invited (this is to avoid hurt feelings of students who are not invited).
Basic school supplies and textbooks are furnished for all students as required by law. At the beginning of the year and periodically thereafter, teachers will provide students with a grade level supply list of extra items needed for the classroom. Purchase of these items is voluntary.
Field trip funding is shared by the PTA and parent donations. Your student's teacher may request a one-time donation at the beginning of the school year or may ask for small donations as field trips occur. Please note that all donations for field trips are voluntary and not required for students to participate in a field trip.
Permission slips will be sent home in advance of each field trip and must be returned to the teacher. If a student fails to return the permission slip, the student will not be allowed to participate in the field trip and will be assigned to another classroom while the class is away.
Various modes of transportation are used for field trips, depending upon distance from school, cost, and weather. These include district, chartered or city buses, light rail and walking.
The Landels library is managed by a librarian, who is assisted by library volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering in the Landels library please contact the principal. Each classroom is assigned a weekly library period and children will be able to check out library books.
Classroom use of technology is intended to support and integrate current subject matter curriculum. All Landels classrooms are wired for Internet access. The computer lab and classroom computers are fully networked, providing student access to their own work from any computer in the school. Classrooms have scheduled computer lab time each week or access to a laptop cart with one laptop per student.
In addition to core curriculum, the academic program at Landels is enhanced through both enrichment opportunities during the school day and extracurricular offerings during lunch and outside of school hours. Information regarding these opportunities is provided periodically in the Landels Wednesday Word, and can also be found on the Landels website.
Students may bring their lunch from home or purchase hot lunch through the district's food service program. A menu will be included in the Wednesday Word at the beginning of each month.
Any student from a family whose income is at or below a current eligibility scale may receive a free or reduced-priced brunch and lunch by completing an application form, which is available on the district website.
Students may bring a healthy snack to eat during morning recess time.
The YMCA Kid's Place program offers after-school care for Landels students. Space is limited. For additional information regarding their program and fees, please call Kid's Place at 650.965.2008.
Individual student and class pictures are taken in the fall and individual student pictures are taken in the spring. Information regarding pictures will be sent home a week earlier. A retake day will be offered for students only in the fall.
All students are encouraged to label clothing. Any lost and found items will be placed on the lost and found cart located near the playground. Students and parents should check the cart frequently for lost articles of clothing and/or lunchboxes. All items will be held for approximately 2 weeks, at which time they will be donated to charity.
Landels fields and playgrounds are not permitted for public use during the school hours of 7:45am and 3:30pm Monday through Friday.
The Mountain View Parks and Recreation Department maintains the fields at Landels and is responsible for their scheduling.
According to California state law, smoking and alcohol are not allowed on public school campuses at any time.
Dogs are not permitted at school or on fields during the school hours of 7:30am and 3:30pm Monday through Friday. Dogs must be kept on a leash at all times while on the Landels campus. Due to a heightened potential for injury, we ask parents not to bring dogs to school at drop-off and pick-up times.


Today is Cinco de Mayo and that means that we're celebrating Mexican desserts and Mexican drinks today! Get ready to start your weekend early with this wonderful recipes.
Tiny Kitchen Chronicles is celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a batch of vegan Baked Margarita Donuts! These donuts are made with lime juice and zest, and they're frosted with a glace that features more lime juice, as well as tequila and salt! They're mini donuts, so each one is just about bite sized, though the recipe could be easily adapted to a full sized baked donut pan if you want to make a bigger version. I suspect that this recipe would be a big hit down at the local donut shop!
Coconut is one of the most popular flavors in my kitchen, so I know that I would like a slice of the Coconut Tres Leches Cake that Pretty Plain Janes is serving up for Cinco de Mayo. The recipe starts with a vanilla cake made with coconut milk. The baked cake is then soaked in a mixture of evaporated milk, sweetened condensed milk and more coconut milk to make it rich and incredibly tender. To finish things off, the cake is topped with a cloud of whipped cream and toasted coconut flakes. It's decadent and well worth every single bite.
Put On Your Cake Pants has another breakfast option with some Strawberry Margarita Pancakes, which are a fun twist on a classic pancake for a margarita-lover. The pancakes are actually made with lime zest and tequila to infuse them with flavor, but most of the margarita flavoring comes from the strawberry, lime and tequila topping, which brings a lot of flavor into every single bite. The sauce could also be used to top other breakfast foods, like waffles, or drizzled over a scoop of ice cream for dessert.
Tequila is an old standby when it comes to Cinco de Mayo recipes, but these days smoky mezcal is becoming much more popular and is getting substituted into may recipes where tequila was previously the only option. This Mezcal Paloma from Barman's Journal is a twist on the Paloma, a classic cocktail that is usually made with grapefruit soda and tequila. This version uses fresh grapefruit juice and soda water for a refreshing and complex version that is sure to be a hit on Cinco de Mayo or any other day!
Recipe Throwback: I made these Strawberry Mint & Lime Shortcakes a perfect dessert for Cinco de Mayo by using a Mexican Concha roll instead of a biscuit, which is more commonly used in strawberry shortcake. The lightly sweetened Mexican pastry is delicious on its own and even moreso after it catches all the juices released from the fresh berries and soaks up some of the rich whipped cream filling. These are beautiful to look at and couldn't be more delicious.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta's coronavirus podcast for March 24: Talking to our kids about Covid-19
By CNN staff
Updated 1:29 PM ET, Tue March 24, 2020
(CNN)
Working from home while teaching and caring for your kids isn't easy during this crisis. In today's edition of "Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction," CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks to moms and dads about parenting in a pandemic.
You can listen to it on your favorite podcast or read the transcript below.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: If you're a parent like me, you've probably gotten at least some questions from your kids about the outbreak. Maybe they've been asking just what is an outbreak? How serious is it? Or maybe just simply why are they not going to school?
You don't want to scare your kids, but you also want them to be careful and understand why they can't play with their friends.
That's why in today's episode, I invited my colleague -- CNN anchor Kate Bolduan -- who's also a mother herself -- to talk about how we, as parents, can get through this together with our kids.
I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent. And this is "Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction."
Dr. Gupta: You have two daughters. I have three daughters. Your daughters are five and two?
Kate Bolduan: Five and two. Yeah.
Dr. Gupta: Five and ... I can't believe, Kate, that you have ... I still remember. Before you had any kids.
Bolduan: Oh yeah. Yeah.
Dr. Gupta: Your kids are young? Did you talk to them about it?
Bolduan: I typically try to protect them from the news, which isn't easy, obviously, because of my job. But, you know, that's how I approach it when I'm dealing with a stressful situation.
But that strategy, speaking to, kind of, the unprecedented nature of this, completely failed on me here. Then my daughter came running out of school and she said, "Mom, there is something called Corona and everybody is getting sick," says my 5-year-old. And I did not handle it well. I said, "Oh, that's nothing to worry about, Cecilia. We just need to wash our hands more."
But then that failed because her imagination was running. She heard about this thing. And so we're walking down the street in New York. She points at a man, the poor man. "Does he have the sickness?" "Oh, no no no, Cecilia. OK, c'mon. C'mon, sweetie." "Does he have the sickness, mom?" And it continued and continued. And there was that moment. I was like, "Kate. It is time to call in the experts because this is a new situation."
Dr. Gupta: So Kate asked her daughters' pediatrician and other experts for advice on how best to talk to her kids about the outbreak.
Bolduan: First and foremost, through all my conversations, hours with them, the most important thing that children of all ages need is reassurance. While we don't have all the answers, they need reassurance in this time of uncertainty, that they are going to be OK and that mommy and daddy are likely going to be OK.
For older kids, in terms of not avoiding the subject, that may come in the form of addressing misinformation that they are going to hear from their friends or they're going to see on social media. Just having an open dialogue with them, asking them, "What questions do you have, what are you concerned about?"
For younger kids, they suggested, and I thought this was really fantastic, to start with, just demystifying terms.
Dr. Gupta: I love that. That's great. It's educational and yet reassuring at the same time.
Bolduan: Yeah. And they universally said, "Check yourself first, check your own stress levels first, because just as important as what you were saying to them is how you're acting and how you're saying it to them." So if you're behaving in a highly stressed manner, your children may simply be picking up on and emulating this behavior. And also then to my obvious faulty start, do not avoid the subject because their lives are being interrupted, just like our lives are being interrupted, and they have questions, and then their imaginations will run wild.
Dr. Gupta: School closures can be a nightmare situation for some parents, especially if you're also working at the same time.
Like many parents out there, last week, CNN's senior health producer Nadia Kounang found out her childrens' schools were closing.
Nadia Kounang: In a way, it wasn't surprising because obviously we were reporting that schools were closing, but it's still not quite the same when it happens to you. Like it's just a lot because we have two kids. We have a 4 year old, almost 5 year old and a 7 year old. And I mean, they go to school. And they have childcare, and that's what we rely on so that we can actually go to work. And so it's a lot of hoops that you're thinking about, like, "How do I work and make sure we're taking care of our kids?"
Dr. Gupta: Nadia is -- like many of you -- juggling multiple jobs right now. She's reporting on the coronavirus while taking care of two young children at home.
Our team visited Nadia and her family at home last week to see how they've been doing.
Kounang: It's challenging, it's been hard to manage. obviously working at CNN covering this, has been really intense on our family. My kids have, whenever they're like, "Oh, are you working again?" I'm like, "Yeah." They're like, "Is it because of coronavirus?" I'm like, "Yeah." So that's tough. So that's already hard enough. But this definitely adds a whole other level of pressure.
Dr. Gupta: Fortunately for Nadia, a former teacher at Nora's school reached out to families in the neighborhood offering childcare help.
Kounang: I think that's the only way it would have worked for us. I mean, we're fortunate we were able to do that. One, we have the funds. Two, we are lucky because there was someone available that had already been vetted and we knew and I felt comfortable with, so that helped.
Dr. Gupta: Even with the extra help, it's been challenging to manage her son Max's home schooling.
Kounang: I don't know if we didn't realize ... Or I don't know what we were supposed to expect. But Max's teacher -- so Max is in first grade -- she e-mailed us this giant schedule. I'll read it to you. But it's crazy. It's like goes from 8:15 to 3:45.
Nadia's husband, Craig Hesterlee: It's their regular school day.
Kounang: Yeah. I mean, this is a lot of work. We haven't done it that way. We just can't. Like one, I'm not even here. I've had to have someone else help me with that.
Dr. Gupta: Nadia says her kids know that school is out because of the coronavirus.
Kounang: I mean, we've talked about it. And it's interesting, I think they've had little lessons at school. They've been much more aware about washing their hands. They're, like, we have to wash for 20 seconds. They know about, like, we have to sing 'Happy Birthday' twice. I wouldn't say they always remember to. But, you know, they're aware of it. I think they've been watching a video about germs. That's what they said.
Dr. Gupta: Not everyone has been able to make it work like Nadia's family.
Kounang: But there's still a large population of kids, I think, who really rely on the school for their services. And there are parents there who, I mean, they work shift jobs, you know, they either ... They have to go into work or maybe they don't have work now ... The other thing is, they may not have a computer, like the work that we have to do for school relies on us having both a computer or a device of some sort and Internet. What if you don't have that stuff, right?
Randi Weingarten: And frankly, you have a digital divide between wealthy and non-wealthy.
Dr. Gupta: Here's Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
Weingarten: So why would you actually think that you're going to replace schooling with online when so many kids at home don't have wi-fi? So we're going to have to just figure out how to help create engagement and how to help create calm and how to get the facts out to help kids as much as possible.
Dr. Gupta: But schools -- and communities -- are doing what they can to lift some of the childcare and financial load.
Arne Duncan: Schools aren't just schools, they're amazing social safety nets, and over 30 million students rely on schools for their meals.
Dr. Gupta: CNN spoke to Arne Duncan, the former Education Secretary under President Obama.
Duncan: And so we have places like here in Chicago giving out 100,000 meals. You have in LA distribution centers around the city where they're feeding kids. We're now working on the learning part, and you're seeing some very different things. You're seeing high-tech and low-tech. In places like Cleveland, you're seeing it on bus routes, the people dropping off both food and homework.
Dr. Gupta: He says he's been seeing a lot of great leadership and creativity on the local and state level.
Duncan: You're seeing in places like Miami, where every child has a device in their -- a little bit farther ahead, some very good blended learning going on there. You're seeing school districts from Indiana to Utah, where there isn't access to wi-fi, wi-fi enabled buses being parked in those neighborhoods to close that digital divide. So you're seeing amazing creativity, you see people working really hard.
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Dr. Gupta: Again, I want to be really careful because there's people who are legitimately suffering out there, for sure, but the reality is that these things are unfolding in front of us in real time. And for my girls, you know, it's going to be one of the most significant events in their lives. My 11-year-old's birthday was this past Monday. And she was upset because we canceled her party.
But we still spent time together as a family -- we went for a walk outside -- and while she didn't get her party, I reminded her it's a birthday she'll never forget.
We'll be back tomorrow. Thanks for listening.


Astana EXPO 2017 positively affected all spheres of Kazakhstan's economy. First of all, the organization of the exhibition gave a powerful impetus to development of green technologies, specifically, a number of the presented developments have been applied in production. The expo has influenced small and medium-sized businesses: entrepreneurs were able not only to earn, but also to establish business contacts with colleagues from all over the world. The exhibition significantly impacted the country's tourism industry: Kazakhstan has become more recognizable to travelers all over the world and gained a vast experience in organizing a large-scale international event.
- So if you want to attract tourists you have to make potential tourists, you have to have infrastructure and you need to know how to organize such things because to organize such big touristic event which you can improvise, you have to work but I'm sure it will come. This is a starting point to a new era which has been launched with the exhibit and probably it will be starting to something very important from touristic standpoint.
During the exhibition, nearly 5 million visitors have been on the expo's territory. Hotels in Astana estimated at 70%. In order to preserve and increase the country's tourist potential, the Kazakh Tourism national company was established.
- We are aiming to expand this impulse given by the expo. We also plan to set the goals which are not only attraction of tourists but also attraction of tourist investments, achievement of certain standards in service. We intend to work with both international markets and domestic markets.
The expo enabled Kazakhstan's representatives in tourism industry to evaluate priority markets and directions, as well as to develop a set of their unique offers. Experts analyzed that the countries like China, Russia, India, Iran, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam showed great interest in Kazakhstan. Representatives of the states of the Middle East attracted fishing and hunting, and Europeans look for eco-tourism. Thanks to the expo, Kazakhstan was able to present on the world arena all its tourist resources from natural resources to cultural and historical heritage.


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She Grew Up With Sexual Abuse And Now She's Breaking Her Silence To Help Those In A Similar Situation
By Lucas Molandes April 5, 2017 at 2:54 pm
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"When it comes to child sexual abuse, stigma and silence exist across cultures."
In a recent interview with Latina, filmmaker Jasmin Mara López explained what motivated her to create "Silent Beauty," a documentary about the sexual abuse that persisted for generations in her family. "I wanted to encourage a dialogue around it and learn how it translated within other families," Lopez, who found similar stories in other Latino families, told Latina.
For years, Lopez silently lived with the trauma of sexual abuse at the hands of her grandfather — "a highly regarded minister" — but when her niece was born, Lopez realized she couldn't stay silent any longer. So she came forward. And then other members of her family came forward as well.
"Silent Beauty" explores the culture of sexual abuse and the silence that enables and empowers it.
In her interview with Latina, Lopez described the problems families like hers face when dealing with sexual abuse. "If anyone tried to speak up, they were manipulated and silenced, made to feel ashamed. No one denounced the crimes. Misogyny, the need to preserve our family's image and stigma were at the root of this silence." Her documentary, "Silent Beauty," was her attempt to remove sexual abuse from the environment that empowers it.
"Silent Beauty" is made up of a collection her family's archival Super 8 footage.
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On the IndieGoGo page for "Silent Beauty," Lopez explains that the film will consist of her family's collection of "silent home movies." Going through these old videos helped Lopez heal, as she saw her family in a new light, and developed a compassion for those who dealt with similar abuse. Much of the film's budget is dedicated to converting the Super 8 footage.
Adding another layer to the the importance of 'silence,' Lopez explains that around the time she came forward, she began to lose her hearing.
Lopez says that losing her hearing only inspired her to go deeper for meaning and how silence affects those around her.
On the IndieGoGo page, Lopez explains:
"The hearing loss followed a series of traumatic events, and as a result, I entered a new form of isolation. I went inwards. I often found myself deep in thought while everything moved around me, examining my emotions or considering a deeper meaning to all aspects of my life. This loss was poetry as it created a space that brought depth, meaning, beauty."
Watch the trailer for "Silent Beauty" here.
As Latina reports, "Silent Beauty" is expected to have a 2017 release date. If you or anyone you know is a victim of sexual abuse, hotlines, like RAINN, are available 24/7.
[H/T] LATINA: This Documentary Tackles The Culture Of Silence Around Child Sexual Abuse In Latinx Homes
READ: Latinas Are One Of The Fastest Growing Demographics According To This Study And We're Also Becoming Businesswomen
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These Harrowing Letters Written By Children In Detention Centers Are Surfacing With Accounts Of Sexual Assault And Hunger
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By Raquel Reichard July 1, 2019 at 8:16 am
Reports of sexual and physical abuse in detention centers aren't new, but a series of handwritten letters by migrant youth in detention centers offer a closer look at the violence and neglect children experience during their journeys to the US and while locked up in immigration holding centers.
Spanish-language network Univision obtained a dozen letters from children, between the ages of 13 and 17, who denounced the inhumane conditions, which one described as "torment," at the "hieleras" or "perreras," Spanish for holding cells. Each of the youths spoke under the condition of anonymity.
One migrant teen said she was "treated badly" and "starved" under US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), also noting that agents spoke to her "with demeaning and discriminatory words." Another child added that youth who became ill weren't treated; instead, they were placed in confinement
One teenage girl, who said she spent five days in a cell sick, confirmed the allegation.
"I was sick, I asked for help and they did not offer it to me," she wrote. "There were babies crying, sick children. We only bathed one time since we arrived. I had a very bad time, they treated us badly, they woke us up all the time."
One of the unaccompanied minors said the young migrants "didn't have anything to sleep on" and that they "couldn't bathe themselves."
Outside a shelter in Mexico, where one boy stopped during his journey to the US, he said he was sexually abused while begging for food. The child left the Casa del Migrante in Tijuana, Baja to ask strangers for donations so he could pay for food. That's when one man stopped and coerced him into a sexual exchange.
"He told me, 'I want you to do something to me that I want with you,'" the boy noted in his letter. "Well, he took me to a hotel room. He told me, 'bathe.' I bathed and then he forced me to have sex with him because I was hungry, well, the necessity. He forced me because I was very hungry. And I had to do it not because I wanted to, but because he forced me. Well, everything happened and he gave me money. For me it was very dirty, but the necessity [to eat] led me to do it."
As a result of the violence they experienced during their trek north and while in US detention centers, some teens expressed an interest in doing work in their new country to help unaccompanied minors like themselves.
"My dream is to study to be a lawyer so that I can help migrants from other countries to achieve their dream as I am fulfilling my dream," one undocumented teen wrote.
She added: "My dream is to be a lawyer because I know it's hard to leave our country."
According to United States guidelines, unaccompanied youth must be released from Border Patrol facilities within 72 hours, where they are then required to be transferred to the United States Department of Health & Human Services, which places the children with a sponsor. Currently, there are tens of thousands of youth at CBP facilities along the border.
Read: In Mexican Shelters, African And Haitian Migrants Are Uprising Against Inhumane Treatment
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A Youtuber Told Walmart Employees That They Were Fired As A Prank, Now Users Want Her Blocked From The Platform
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By Araceli Cruz May 13, 2019 at 2:32 pm
YouTube couple Joel and Lauren live for uploading videos. You could say that's their profession. With 1.3 million subscribers on YouTube — and millions more following them on other channels and Instagram, Joel and Lauren must know a thing or two about pranks, vlogging, and challenges. At least that's what they claim to be: experts at knowing what is funny. Their latest prank, however, did not go over well with their audience — or anyone for that matter, and for a good reason.
It was far from funny.
Joel and Lauren pulled their latest prank and made a joke out of hardworking Walmart employees.
Let me recap what went down. On April 23, in a YouTube video titled "CEO Firing People Prank" (which has since been deleted), Lauren dressed in a short-haired wig and said, "So, I'm going to be going up to Walmart employees and basically observing them and then I'm going to be, like, 'You're fired, let me see your badge.'"
In the video, Lauren approaches different Walmart employees and tells some of them "good job" and others that they have done a "bad job" and that they are fired.
According to Click2Houston, Lauren would tell people that it was just a prank. For the most part, Walmart employees didn't seem to mind that some random woman was firing them. Then the prank just spiraled into cruelty.
Lauren approached Maria Leones, an immigrant from the Philippines, who's worked at Walmart for six years.
Lauren went up to Leones, who was working at the register, and said: "I'm in charge now and I don't appreciate the way you're working so I'm going to need to see your badge and vest."
Leones was in complete shock and thought about how her insurance covers the medical needs of her husband. She began to cry and plead for her job.
In an interview with a local news station, Leones explained that her husband recently underwent a quadruple bypass after a heart attack and depends on her to cover his medical bills. Lauren then realized the nature of her cruelty and began to apologize.
"I'm sorry, don't cry. You're OK. I'm sorry. You're not fired. You're doing a really good job," Lauren says in the video.
Love concluded her video saying "Hope you guys enjoyed the video. It was honestly hilarious, it turned out really well," after saying that she felt so bad for Leones that she offered her woman $50. Leones said she never got the money.
Walmart doesn't see the humor in the joke either.
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A spokesperson for the company told People Magazine in a statement that Love was banned from their stores.
"This prank is offensive and the people responsible are no longer welcome in our stores. We've taken actions on behalf of our associates, including asking YouTube to remove the video and calling their attention to the bullying nature of this hoax," the statement read. "Our associates work hard every day to serve our customers. They do a fantastic job, deserve better than being subjected to such disrespect, and will continue to have our full support."
People on social media are letting the Youtuber have it.
Next time a weird person comes up to you at Walmart, you must be ready.
People will recognize Lauren with a short wig from now (she wears it often in her pranks). So if you see her coming, you know what to do.
We don't support violence, but perhaps a pretend body-slam?
Why did they ever think this would be funny?
They definitely went too far.
Yeah, there was nothing funny about it.
With so much division in the country, do we really need people playing with their emotions, especially when it concerns work and medical insurance?
So what did Walmart have to say about all of this? It wasn't good.
In a statement provided by Click2Houston, Wallmart said: "This prank is offensive and the people responsible are no longer welcome in our stores. We've taken actions on behalf of our associates, including asking YouTube to remove the video and calling their attention to the bullying nature of this hoax. Our associates work hard every day to serve our customers. They do a fantastic job, deserve better than being subjected to such disrespect, and will continue to have our full support."
Yikes, Joel and Lauren better find a new place to get diapers but don't even think about pulling this crap at Target. We're watching you!
READ: This Couple Tried Recording A YouTube Prank That Led To His Death
Tags: Abuse, Prank, Lauren Love, YouTubers, YouTube
This YouTuber Thought It Would Be Funny To Dress As A Mexican In Boyle Heights But Didn't Get The Response He Wanted
A YouTube went to Boyle Heights over the weekend dressed in a stereotypical Mexican costume then got mad that people were offended by his gimmick.
Reports of sexual and physical abuse in detention centers aren't new, but a series of handwritten letters by migrant youth in detention centers offer a closer look at the violence and neglect children experience during their journeys to the US and while locked up in immigration holding centers. Spanish-language network Univision obtained a dozen letters […]
YouTube Personality Bought Michigan Town, Renamed It Gay Hell And Outlawed All Flags Except Pride Flags
This YouTube star has returned to Hell, Michigan and bought the town to help celebrate Pride Month while also protesting a Trump administration policy against Pride flags.


If you are one of our Philadelphia Medical Weight Loss Patients, I welcome you back to our site and I have 3 delicious recipes for you. If this is your first time visiting our site I invite you to call and schedule your free weight loss consultation just call 215-821-7336 and we can answer any of your questions and schedule your free consultation.
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Having a smoothie for breakfast followed by a sensible lunch and dinner is a great way to make your weight loss program a success.
Optional: Xanthan gum – 1/8 Teaspoon this makes the smoothie more thick.
Water – 1 cup or more depending on how liquid you like your smoothies.
Healthy low sugar smoothies should be a part of your daily diet. Combined with a sensible eating plan and an easy walking program you have the foundation for a great weight loss program.
In addition to losing weight you will be giving your body lots of good healthy nutrition and that should help improve your overall health and wellness.
Many people believe that you have to lose weight to be healthy and that is true but it is also true that you have to be healthy in order to lose weight.
If you are eating lots of junk food you are giving your body bad nutrition and this will make you sick and overweight. But if you give your body healthy foods you should enjoy better health and a better body. Simply stated if you eat bad food you will feel bad and look unhealthy. If you give your body good food you will feel good and look good.
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Q: Eclipse SVN check-in cannot add/edit comment I'm trying to check in a new project to SVN and I'm not able to edit the comment field to add whatever text I need to add, I have the same behaviour on other existing files that I edit and commit.  The comment text box is not editable at all, and I cannot use a previously entered comment or template either.
I'm using Eclipse Version: 2021-12 (4.22.0), Build id: 20211202-1639.
Is there something in the config files that controls the ability to type text into the SVN comment text box?
Here's a screenshot:
Screen shot of the commit pop-up, the text box is not editable
Here are the SVN modules I'm using.
I'm using Subversive 4.0.5

A: Resizing the dialog fixes it for me. See: https://github.com/subclipse/subclipse/issues/185
I think it is an Eclipse SWT bug in newer versions.


I finally finished my block for the CQJP for February. I am really, really happy with this one. I might go back to add more to my January block, but for today and tomorrow on my days off, I need to get busy with my March block. Down near the big purple flower, I was so happy to receive my order from Gerry, of her hand-painted buttons. I had always admired these, and was thrilled to be able to add one to this block of my maternal grandparents.
I think this one I embellished to the hilt, because they never had anything fancy, living in rural Arkansas in poverty in the 30's and 40's. Out of eight children, my grandmother had 2 babies die in infancy, one after she had walked numerous miles to take her to the doctor. Another son was murdered when he was 19 or 20, probably because he just got paid. My mother was the baby of the family, and her mother died when she was 10. She was subsequently raised by her older sister, who was 10 years older than my mother. So I never met this grandmother, and saw my grandfather maybe 3 times in my early childhood. I would have liked to have known this grandmother Mary Ellen as she was a quilter. She made them mostly out of flour sacks but she did make quilts. My mother always was saddened by the fact that her mother never got to make her a quilt, as she did some of her brothers and sisters.
Breathtakingly beautiful!!!I love the layers of lace and trim, what a wonderful job you did!
Karrin this has turned out wonderfully rich. You have done a fantastic job.
Beautiful block Karrin. The story is quite touching.
I love the colors on Mary Ellen's block, Karrin. I feel like I know her a little because you sent her picture for my Mom's quilt, which I will get back to later this year. I wanted to polish my skills a little, since I hadn't used them in more than a year.


Could the new tourism levy create travel chaos?
Come October, overseas visitors to New Zealand will have to pay a $35 tourism and conservation levy to enter the country.
However, a cabinet paper suggests this might be a costly tax to implement, with revenues predicted to be around $57-80m per year, but at a cost of more than $14m to implement.
We have to ask, is it worth it?


SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Notre Dame women Basketball team came in as a top seed for the NCAAW tournament, and cemented their spot with a 92-50 win over Bethune-Cookman.
The first round of the tournament saw 23 points from Irish guard Arike Ogunowale and a 22 point, 13 rebound double-double from Jessica Shepard.
Notre Dame (15-1 at home) made 54.5 percent of its shots, 36-66. Compared to BC's 26.7 percent, the Irish compiler a highlight reel for the remainder of the games.
Notre Dame was on the board with six points before Angel Golden landed a three-point shot for the Lady Wildcats. Golden was responsible for 25 points, the most of any player in the game. She went 6-20 from outside the arc, but Bethune-Cookman only made nine of its 3s out of 34 shots.
Ogunbowale and Irish teammate Jackie Young combined for 5 three-pointers, adding up to 5/10.
A short run brought Bethune-Cookman to to 1 7-9 deficit, the closest it would come to Notre Dame. The end of the first quarter saw a 29-12 Irish lead.
The second quarter saw even more dominance from the home team. Bethune-Cookman scored seven in the period, while Notre Dame added 22.
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2010 NHL free agency: Ducks sign defenseman Andy Sutton for two years
By Joe YerdonAug 2, 2010, 6:30 PM EDT
After the Anaheim Ducks traded James Wisniewski to the New York Islanders last week, a lot of questions were stirred up about the lack of physicality on the Ducks blue line for next year. Consider those questions answered today with the announcement from the Ducks that they've signed defenseman, and noted questioner of experts, Andy Sutton to a two-year contract. Eric Stephens of the Orange County Register chips in with the details.
Sutton's total deal is worth $4.25 million. He will make $2 million this season and $2.25 million in 2011-12. The Ducks have confirmed the signing and their salary cap hit will be $2,125,000.
Obviously the monetary difference on Sutton's deal and what they settled on with Wisniewski are kind of a big deal. Wisniewski signed for $3.25 million and Sutton will be making a million dollars more than that over two years rather than the one year Wisniewski signed for. Sutton provides a dose of physicality and better experience for a blue line corps that desperately needed it. Toni Lydman and Lubomir Visnovsky don't exactly strike fear into opposing forwards from a physical standpoint. The snarl the Ducks lose in Wisniewski is reintroduced with Sutton and he'll help protect everyone on the ice. Just don't make the mistake of telling him something as if you're expert.


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What is the lifetime of an inverter?
In addition to the panels themselves, the inverter is a key component of a PV system. This device is responsible for converting direct current (DC) from the solar panels into alternating current (AC), compatible with the electricity grid and also for yield maximization (MPPT's). But what are the characteristics of an inverter? An overview.
The lifetime of inverters in household installations is about 10 years. On average, during the lifetime of solar panels, the inverter should be replaced once. The life expectancy of an inverter depends on its environment. For example, a high temperature has an adverse effect on lifetime. Preferably install the inverter in a rather cool and well-ventilated area.
Manufacturers of micro-inverters pretend that these devices have an average lifetime of 25 years, but this has not been proven to date. Micro-inverters are designed to be mounted directly in front of a solar panel to the frame. These devices are normally connected to one or two panels. Therefore, conversion to alternating current occurs close to the solar panel. Micro-inverters are located on the roof, which is obviously detrimental if any defects occur.
NUMBER OF INVERTERS
For househould PV-systems, basically one central inverter is sufficient. In large-scale projects or projects where solar panels are remote, it is advisable to install multiple inverters.
When purchasing a PV-system, it is important that the solar panels and the inverter are properly dimensioned. With a view to a maximum technical output, the best dimensioning of the inverter is between 90% to 110% with respect to power of the solar panels. In a PV-system of 3 kWp, this for example means an inverter with a capacity between 2.7 and 3.3 kWp.
Typically, one opts for an 'underdimensioning' of the inverter with respect to the solar panels. This is because in Belgium, the solar panels virtually never reach their peak efficiency because of non-optimal weather conditions.
Factors that one should definitely bring into account when dimensioning are the possible presence of shade and the slope of the solar panels on the roof. Shadow on solar panels must in any case be avoided. In case of shadow objects, one should connect the solar panels on a separate MPPT to reduce the loss by shade.If unsuccessful, the installation will pay less.
WITH OR WITHOUT TRANSFORMER?
When purchasing an inverter, the efficiency is an important factor to consider. Inverters without transformer have a higher efficiency than inverters without transformer. Especially inverters without transformer with an efficiency of at least 97% seem to be a good choice.
Categories: Lifetime, Technical information
Tags: dimensioning, inverter, solar panels


That incredible trust helped launch the team onto the podium for the second consecutive year in Abu Dhabi. Goulian placed 3rd, next to two World Championship title holders: Czech Republic's Martin Šonka (2nd) and Japan's Yoshihide Muroya. The exact same 3 pilots graced Abu Dhabi's podium just 12 months ago, proving history does have a tendency to repeat itself.
For now, the team packs up the race plane and begins counting the days until they take the skies again.


After entering the 10nm node, the semiconductor manufacturing companies with the ability to support 7nm and below are only Intel, TSMC and Samsung. Among them, TSMC's 7nm progress is the fastest. Last year, it has already given Apple, HiSilicon and AMD 7nm process. Mobile SoC, GPU chips. Samsung announced the mass production of the 7nm EUV process as early as October 2018, but this is not the case. Even Samsung's own Exynos 9820 processor does not use the 7nm process, because Samsung's 7nm factory has not completed. Last Friday, Samsung submitted a report that their investment in the $1.3 billion Huacheng production line has been completed, and Samsung's 7nm EUV is now truly in the state.
Samsung said in a document to the Korean securities regulator after the market closed on Friday that the Samsung Electronics Hwaseong Plant on the west coast of South Korea has completed production line construction. The total cost of the project is 1.46 trillion won, or about 1.29 billion US dollars.
Samsung's $1.3 billion contracts is only part of Samsung's large-scale investment in semiconductors in 2017. The total investment announced in the year was as high as 6 trillion won, with the main target being the future 7nm EUV mass production. Samsung has deployed ASML's NXE3400 EUV lithography machine in South Korea's Hwaseong S3 Line, but the line was previously producing 10nm process, this time it is a technical transformation.
In addition, a new production line was built in Hwaseong Fortune, which is specially prepared for mass production of 7nm EUV. It is planned to be completed by the end of 2019, and large-scale mass production of 7nm EUV will be realized before the end of 2020. Combined with the recent report from Samsung, this means that the infrastructure construction work of the Samsung 7nm EUV factory has now been completed, and the rest of the time will be equipped with equipment and commissioning production lines.


Artist Gary Sweeney provided the artwork and design for 28 road dividers. We cut and welded the square tube steel frames around water jet artwork. The finished weldments were powder coated. Installation was handled by the Greater East End Management District. Five of them are unique designs and are eleven feet long. The remaining 23 are four designs repeated which are each seven feet long.
The anchor design on the doors and the steel tube frames were provided by artist Gary Sweeney. In order to weld them into their spaces and not have unsightly gaps each panel needed to fit snugly. All three doors were meticulously measured and individual panels were cut which conform to the subtly unique dimensions of each space. Once welded the doors were sent out for powder coating. The last step was attaching the perforated stainless steel screens to the back side of the designs.
Anthony Thompson Shumate of ACTS Studios designed the bicycle racks for the Greater East End Management District. HCMW cut them from 7/8 inch thick plate steel and had them hot dip galvanized. Some were cut with extensions that are sunk into the concrete pad they sit on. Some have feet welded to the bottom of them and they are bolted on top of their concrete pads.
These decorative archways were designed by artist Gary Sweeney and produced by HCMW. They delineate the two ends of the Esplanade at Navigation Boulevard in Houston. Each is all steel and roughly 15 feet tall and 15 feet wide. The artwork was provided to HCMW and then cut out of three sheets of steel which when laid next to each other fit seamlessly. The sheets were welded at the joints and then welded to a 2″ square tube frame. The entire assembly was powder coated prior to delivery. Installation was handled by the on site contractors.
Artist Anthony Thompson Shumate came to us to produce his project – Monumental Moments. These inspirational phrases are installed in Buffalo Bayou park in Houston, Texas. The four foot tall letters are cut from HDPE. What no one will ever see are the threaded stainless bars and galvanized tubing which lay under ground. This steel structure provides spacing and secure anchoring for the artwork.


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Home > Shoppers Shift
Shoppers Shift [1]
Views of shopping places show changing retail habits.
Looking north, traffic streaks down Tryon Street [2]. Shopping options on Charlotte's main drage ranged from cars to dresses. Photo: 3/57 - Article: 3/8/57
In the late 1950's Charlotteans were downtown day and night. Department stores, such as Ivey's, Belk's, Efird's and Montaldo's, attracted many customers. Theaters, which formerly hosted vaudeville acts, played moving pictures. Multiplex cinemas and shopping malls were just over the horizon. The photographs in the Image Gallery below show the following scenes:
Charlottetown Mall [3] Convenience and comfort may have been two factors in the conceptualization of the shopping mall. Charlottetown Mall, now Midtown Square, opened October 28, 1959, and was the South's first enclosed mall. Meanwhile downtown merchants considered free parking as a solution to the decrease in downtown shoppers. Photo c. Summer 1961, Related articles: 10/29/59, 6/2/95
Holiday shoppers gather in front of Ivey's [4]. Despite competition from suburban retailing, downtown was still a retail center in the sixties. Photo: Christmas 1968 - Article: unknown
Carolina Place Mall [5] Retail flight to the suburbs continues. Carolina Place Mall served the southernmost portion of Mecklenburg County. It opened in 1991 but was still overshadowed by the supermall, Southpark, that opened in 1970. Photo: 7/24/91, (Bob Leverone) Article: 7/25/91
Throngs of shoppers [6] competed for aisle space in Ivey's during Christmas of 1957.
Ivey's closed its doors for good in 1990. [7]
Images from the Charlotte Observer, used with permission.
1956-1996 [10]
Source URL: https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/charlotte-work-progress-1956-1996/shoppers-shift
[1] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/charlotte-work-progress-1956-1996/shoppers-shift
[2] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/1c.jpg
[4] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/images/3b.jpg
[10] https://www.cmstory.org/tags/1956-1996


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Ма́лая Во́тка — река в Удмуртии, протекает в Воткинском районе республики. Устье реки находится в 25 км по правому берегу реки Сива. Длина реки составляет 28 км, площадь водосборного бассейна 222 км².

Средний уклон реки составляет 2,6 м/км, ширина русла в нижнем течении составляет 5—8 м. Скорость течения составляет 0,6 м/с.

Крупнейший правый приток реки — Ольховка, её устье находится в 5,5 км от устья Малой Вотки. Также справа в неё впадают реки Лынывайка, Болгуринка. Слева в неё впадает река Казанка. Около реки находятся село Кварса.

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Камскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Кама от Воткинского гидроузла до Нижнекамского гидроузла, без рек Буй (от истока до Кармановского гидроузла), Иж, Ик и Белая, речной подбассейн реки — бассейны притоков Камы до впадения Белой. Речной бассейн реки — Кама.

По данным геоинформационной системы водохозяйственного районирования территории РФ, подготовленной Федеральным агентством водных ресурсов:
 Код водного объекта в государственном водном реестре — 10010101412111100015663
 Код по гидрологической изученности (ГИ) — 111101566
 Код бассейна — 10.01.01.014
 Номер тома по ГИ — 11
 Выпуск по ГИ — 1

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