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Old Stone House
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
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Old Stone House circa 1890. D.C. Public Library/Public Domain
Inside the low ceilinged first floor kitchen. Something Original/CC BY-SA 3.0
Alternate view of the first floor. Carol Highsmith, Library of Congress/Public Domain
The restored kitchen, with an impressive grandfather clock. Robert Gray/CC BY 2.0
Second floor bedroom Robert Gray/CC BY 2.0
Streetview gives a sense of how delightfully out of place the house feels among its current neighbors. Map Data © Google 2017
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Incongruously located on one of the busiest commercial thoroughfares in Washington, alongside expensive designer shops and cupcakeries, the small stone edifice known locally as the "Old Stone House" claims to be the earliest extant building in the city. The structure's historic preservation was something of a fluke based on an erroneous connection to George Washington, though nobody complains about the error.
The Old Stone House was built in 1765 when Maryland was still a colony. In addition to its D.C. honorific, it also qualifies as one of the oldest surviving buildings on the East Coast of the United States. For almost a century the legend circulated that the dwelling once housed Suter's Tavern, and signage indicated its use as "Gen. Geo. Washington's Headquarters while Surveying the City of Washington, D.C. in 1791."
The house has been used throughout its history as a residence or residence/shop, until it was purchased in 1953 by the U.S. Government. Georgetown residents donated most of the colonial furnishings that can be seen in the house today. John Suter, Jr.'s grandfather clock, which was built in the house over two hundred years ago, was purchased by the NPS and brought back to the house.
In 1953, Congress appropriated $90,000 to purchase it, "to honor and remember George Washington's 1791 visit." At the time the house was being used as a used car dealership, and the plan was to restore the historic appearance and turn it into a children's museum.
However, it quickly became apparent that the George Washington connection turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. Within two years National Capital Parks historian Cornelius Heine was asked to investigate the history of the Old Stone House. The Washington Evening Star notes that "It did not take him long to find that it was not Suter's Tavern," and Heine's 112 page report dubbed it "a strange lingering tradition of the past."
The real Suter's Tavern was located four blocks away, torn down around 1907 to make way for a huge trash incinerator. The incinerator is now used as a movie theater and has a historic plaque noting the historic significance of the site.
The Old Stone House is a museum that showcases pre-Revolutionary housing conditions. It also has a surprisingly large (narrow but deep) garden back yard. The property is a quirky time capsule, and we're lucky to have it.
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Why Is Critical Race Theory Important in Education?
What is Critical Race Theory?
The Importance of Critical Race Theory in Education
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a framework for understanding and addressing racial inequality. It is important in education because it can help us to identify and address disparities in educational outcomes. Additionally, CRT can help us to create more equitable and inclusive educational environments.
Critical race theory (CRT) is a theoretical framework that examines race, racism, and power in society. Originally developed in the 1970s by a group of legal scholars, CRT has since been adopted and adapted by scholars in a variety of disciplines, including education.
CRT challenges dominant understandings of racism as an individual flaw or prejudice. Instead, CRT conceptualizes racism as entrenched in social, economic, and legal systems and structures. This understanding of racism is sometimes referred to as "systemic racism."
Because CRT focuses on the ways that race and power are intertwined in society, it has important implications for education. For example, CRT can help us to better understand why disparities exist in educational outcomes for students of color. It can also inform our efforts to create more equitable and inclusive educational environments.
There is no single " correct" way to apply CRT to education. Rather, CRT provides a set of tools that educators can use to critically examine race and power in their own contexts. As we continue to grapple with the legacy of racism in America, CRT can play an important role in helping us to create more just and equitable schools for all students.
Critical Race Theory is an approach to the study of race that looks at how race and racism are reproduced in everyday life. It is not just about race, but also about power, privilege, and oppression. Critical Race Theory began in the 1970s as a way to understand the experiences of people of color in the United States, but has since been used to understand race and racism around the world.
Critical Race Theory is important in education because it can help us to understand how race and racism are reproduced in schools and classrooms. It can also help us to create more equitable schools for all students.
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a sociological framework that examines the ways in which race and racism work to oppress and advantage certain groups of people. CRT scholars believe that racism is built into the very fabric of our society and that it operates on both an individual and institutional level.
Education is a central area of concern for CRT scholars. They believe that the education system is designed to reproduce and reinforce racial inequality. For example, CRT scholars have critiqued the way that standardized tests are biased against Black and Latino students, the way that schools disproportionately discipline students of color, and the lack of diversity in the teaching workforce.
CRT has been incredibly influential in educational research, policy, and practice. It has helped to shine a light on racial inequities in education and has provided a framework for creating more just and equitable schools.
In conclusion, critical race theory is important in education because it helps to challenge and change the dominant narratives about race, power, and privilege in our society. It also provides a framework for understanding and addressing disparities in education. By understanding the history and origins of critical race theory, we can better appreciate its value in today's world.

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The Seylan Bank is in danger of economic failure following the cancellation of a deal to sell 13 million of its shares (7.5 per cent of total shares) owned by the Bank of Ceylon, reports say.
Share market sources say Japanese businessman Motohiko Homma has decided to withdraw nearly Rs. 3,500 million (25 million USD) of his money deposited in Seylan Bank following the cancellation of the deal.
The bank will not be able to survive the withdrawal of such a large sum of money suddenly, says the sources.
With business interests in Japan, the US, Australia and Singapore, Homma had got involved in the Seylan Bank share sale at the request of one P. Gunasekara, a key customer of the bank.
They are business partners and own a 19 per cent stake of Australia's Pacific Turbines in Brisbane.
Homma made the bid for the Seylan Bank shares through his Singapore registered Asir and Nec (Pvt.) Ltd.
According to reports reaching us, he had several other business plans in mind when he had come forward to buy the Seylan Bank shares.
There have been reports in the media that the prime minister had instructed the cancellation of the deal, after he received information that serious fraud had taken place, and that the subject minister or the ministry secretary had not sanctioned the deal, in a planned sale of 13 million Bank of Ceylon owned shares in Seylan Bank.
The PM has also instructed the FCID to investigate the matter, as the Japanese businessman had offered a higher-than-normal price per share.
The Bank of Ceylon, being the sixth largest shareholder, owned 13,198,305, or 7.5 pc of declared assets, voting shares of Seylan Bank.
The per share value at the time was Rs. 85.00, but Homma had offered a price of Rs. 100 per share.
Share market sources say the deal worth Rs. 1.32 billion was legal.
The broker firm that facilitated the deal has made a request for its cancellation, which too, is legal.
However, there are questions over the cancellation of the deal owing to the behind-the-scene happenings.
The parties that had urged the PM to order the cancelation had not given him the real facts of the deal, and had cited the businessman as a pawn of a top shareholder of Seylan Bank.
No discussion had taken place with Homma, who had not been given an opportunity raise the matter with either the president or the PM, although he was in the island on December 22 and 23.
Sources say a certain businessman who had bought shares of several financial institutions through inappropriate means and had his eyes on the Seylan Bank shares too, had used his political friendships to send wrong signals to the PM.
Homma has been told by his advisers not to make any further investments in Sri Lanka and to withdraw his investments already made.
Financial experts say the share market will be adversely affected by such government decisions and warn of a reduction of foreign investments and a lack of confidence in the government.


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Rubio applauded Trump's move to add HRA options for small businesses to offer their employees.
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Sen. Marco Rubio is praising the Donald Trump administration for its approach to health care.
In a recent move to close the health care gap, Trump made a rule that allows small employers to offer flexible coverage options using Healthcare Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs).
HRAs typically cost less for employers than group plans, and for that reason, the addition of HRAs to the health care ecosystem could result in 11 million workers seeking coverage from them.
Trump's philosophy on HRAs counters that of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which put emphasis on small employers offering certain types of plans via a tax credit incentive, but didn't require small businesses with fewer than 50 employees to offer health care options to them.
The result left many people employed by small companies to find their own insurance through the marketplace or other means, that weren't necessarily affordable.
Last week, Rubio applauded Trump's move to add HRA options for small businesses to offer their employees.
In a statement, he said, "President Trump's actions will help millions of hardworking Americans have greater access to affordable health care coverage that best meets their needs. After the previous administration's misguided policies stopped workers from using HRAs to purchase coverage, millions of Americans will once again be able to use employer-funded HRAs to pay for health insurance and out-of-pocket expenses."
Over the last decade, employment at businesses with fewer than 50 employees has fallen 25 percent. Rubio hopes Trump's new rule will help 800,000 small companies in the U.S. build their workforce by offering affordable health care options.
Rubio wasn't the only one to praise Trump's efforts, in true Trumpian fashion Trump, himself, praised the rule, saying in a statement reported by Sinclair Broadcast Group, "This announcement is a monumental victory for small businesses, for their workers and previously uninsured Americans who will now have access to high-quality health plans of their choice."
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From the CBC article by Jane Armstrong:
"When you drive into Fernie into the fall, it is just a splash of colours of yellow and red and gold and brown wood of the cottonwood trees - and this beautiful river that runs through it all," he said.
Mount Hosmer, northeast of town, always commands Vickers' attention. When the afternoon sun hits the face of the mountain, a shadow emerges that resembles a horse rider.
That figure is known as the Ghostrider, a legend told by tourists, townspeople and First Nations about an angry chief who placed a curse on the town.
According to Vickers, the legend lays out how the town's founder, William Fernie, was travelling through the region in the late 19th century when he met up with a group of First Nations, including a chief and his daughter.
The young woman wore a black, stone necklace, which Fernie immediately recognized as coal.
When he asked the chief where he could find the coal, the chief said he'd only tell him if Fernie married his daughter. Fernie agreed and the chief divulged the source of the coal.
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If you're in Houston or Los Angeles this week, be sure to check out Verizon's 5G Experience Labs. For one week only, Verizon is opening these pop-up showrooms to the public giving people a chance to experience the power of 5G first hand.
The labs are open from 12 pm – 8 pm local time December 3-9 and are located at 215 Welch St. in Houston and 846 S. Los Angeles St. in L.A. Both cities are among the world's first to have 5G commercial service. Verizon launched its broadband internet offering, 5G Home, in certain areas of Houston, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Indianapolis in October.
Visitors can test out the internet service which boasts top speeds of nearly 1 Gbps and see how it's set up and how it performs when streaming heavy content across a 4K TV and multiple connected devices. The service costs $50 a month for Verizon customers and $70 a month for non-Verizon customers. 5G Home customers will also get YouTube TV free for the first three months and a free Apple TV 4K or Google Chromecast Ultra device at installation. You can check if your address is in the coverage zone on FirstOn5G.com.
A "First Man" trip to the moon. Wearing virtual reality (VR) goggles and sitting in a special Positron chair, visitors can experience what it was like to take off in the Lunar Capsule and land on the moon.
Blackout basketball. People can shoot hoops wearing a special VR blackout headset that lets them aim and shoot the ball without physically seeing the hoop in front of them.
Cloud gaming. No need for a game console or a PC to have a high-end gaming experience. Here, visitors just connect a mobile phone to a video gaming controller and are able to stream gaming content from the cloud and play wirelessly thanks to 5G's super-fast speeds and low latency.
Hundreds of people checked out the 5G Experience Labs that popped up last month in Sacramento and Indianapolis. While some people said they didn't know much about 5G before stopping by, there was a lot of excitement once they learned about the practical applications for today and how it will change their lives in the future.


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On November 17, 1999 The Walt Disney Company (the Company) completed its acquisition of the remaining interest in Infoseek Corporation (Infoseek) that it did not already own via the creation and issuance of a new class of common stock called GO.com common stock. GO.com common stock is intended to reflect the performance of the Company's Internet and direct marketing businesses including Infoseek (collectively, GO.com). Upon issuance of GO.com common stock, the Company's existing common stock was reclassified as Disney common stock, which is intended to reflect the performance of the Company's businesses other than GO.com, plus a retained interest in GO.com (collectively, Disney).
On March 20, 2001, the Company converted all of its outstanding Internet Group common stock into Disney common stock, resulting in the issuance of approximately 8.6 million shares of Disney common stock. For the year ended September 30, 2001, as-reported earnings attributed to Disney common stock reflect approximately 72% of Internet Group losses from October 1, 2000 through January 28, 2001 (the last date prior to the announcement of the conversion), and 100% thereafter. In addition, the Company has ceased the operations of the GO.com portal business, which resulted in restructuring and impairment charges of $878 million in the current year.
On May 5, 2006, the Company completed an all stock acquisition of Pixar, a digital animation studio, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 24, 2006 between the Company and Pixar (the Agreement). The purchase price of Pixar was $7.5 billion ($6.4 billion net of Pixar's cash of approximately $1.1 billion) and is based on the market value of the Company's common stock (using the average Disney common stock price for the five day period beginning two days before the acquisition announcement date on January 24, 2006) issued in connection with the Agreement and the estimated fair value of the Company's stock based awards exchanged for the outstanding vested stock based awards to purchase shares of Pixar common stock. Under the terms of the Agreement, 2.3 shares of Disney common stock and stock based awards were issued for each share of Pixar common stock and stock based awards outstanding, respectively. Disney issued approximately 279 million shares of Disney common stock in exchange for Pixar shares and converted previously issued vested and unvested Pixar stock-based awards into approximately 45 million Disney stock-based awards.


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Major blow — £200,000-a-week star openly admits he could join PSG: report
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Manchester United have been dealt a major blow as midfielder Paul Pogba has admitted he could join Paris Saint-Germain in the future. The 25-year-old has struggled for consistency under Jose Mourinho and has been linked with an exit to a number of European giants.
Pogba has done little to dampen the rumours, admitting to Canal+ via Daily Star: "Why not one day tread the lawn of the Parc des Princes? It's a beautiful stadium. I cannot look far. I'm sure, contractually, to stay at Manchester United."
The French international re-joined United from Juventus in 2016 and has made 87 appearances in all competitions since. Pogba has won the League Cup and Europa League in his two years back at Old Trafford, but his future has been uncertain as rumours of a fallout between him and Mourinho gained intensity this season.
Real Madrid tried to sign Pogba before he returned to United and haven't given up trying to bring the 25-year-old to the Santiago Bernabéu since. PSG have also been linked as they look to strengthen their midfield to finally go toe-to-toe with the European giants in the Champions League.
While the £200k-per-week star continues to struggle in Manchester, interest from other clubs could tempt him to make the move, especially after a trophyless campaign that has seen the Red Devils finish 19 points off leaders Manchester City.


Srinagar: Elections in Jammu and Kashmir have often been seen as a matter of choosing between separatists and pro-India parties. But ironically, in the run up to the assembly elections scheduled to be held later this year, its the mainstream parties that are using separatist slogans in their campaigns. At a rally in Budgam, National Conference leaders blamed New Delhi for every problem in Kashmir. In fact, they even extended an olive branch to militants. 'God willing, and if you people support us, National Conference will form the next government. We will again announce a ceasefire with militants and initiate dialogue with them. There will be no conditions for talks,' said Omar Abdullah, president, National Congress. Even the Peoples Democratic Party, an ally of the Congress-led government in the state, is talking of self-rule and demilitarisation. They also want to share a currency and legislative council with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. 'Is this a sin, if PDP is demanding that there should be representatives for the Upper House from other side of Kashmir also? And what's bad, if PDP is demanding Pakistani and Indian currency here and other part of Jammu and Kashmir?' asks PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. So far, most separatist groups here have not mentioned anything about boycotting the polls. And now, the mainstream parties have actually given them a handle to justify their cause. 'The way current political landscape has been set up now, the situation has become very difficult. If you boycott, it's a boycott against Indian state and if you vote, it's a vote in favour of secession. Either way it represents the sentiment somehow,' says Sajad Lone, Chairman, People's Party. In their ambition to conquer the separatist constituency in Kashmir, the pro-India parties have ended up adopting soft separatism. And all indicators suggest that 2008 assembly elections will be contested mainly on anti-India rhetoric.


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RULE OF THE MAJOR GENERALS
After news of the defeat of the Expedition to Hispaniola reached London in late July 1655, Cromwell thought that God was punishing him for not trying to make England a more religious, godly place. The Major Generals he appointed, were like himself hard-line Protestants. Part of their job was to make England more godly. They clamped down on what they considered to be rowdy behaviour: heavy drinking, music, dancing and fairs. They also banned the assembly of Royalists, who in particular, resented the prohibitions on their pleasures. They even tried to stop Christmas. Unsurprisingly, the rule of the Major Generals was not popular.
During the early years of Cromwell's Protectorate, Royalist conspirators planned an uprising against the government to restore the monarchy by force. Initially, it was hoped that an insurrection in England could be co-ordinated with Glencairn's Uprising in Scotland but it proved impossible to organise the scattered groups of English Royalists and the insurgency in Scotland was decisively defeated by Protectorate forces in July 1654. Although the Royalist uprising proved ineffective, it had a profound effect on security measures within the Protectorate. Widespread arrests followed and Cromwell's attitude hardened. Tighter restrictions were imposed upon known Royalists and they were obliged to pay the "decimation tax" to finance a new militia to supplement the regular army. Six months after Penruddock's Uprising, Cromwell introduced direct military government in England and Wales under the Rule of the Major-Generals from Penruddick's Uprising BCW Project.
In 1655, following from Penruddick's Royalist uprising in March, Cromwell split the British Isles into twelve regions and appointed Major Generals to administer them. Within the ten regions covering England and Wales, the loosely defined East of England region which contained Norfolk, was known as Fleetwood. It was administered by Major General George Fleetwood, who because of his responsibilities on the Council of State, handed over the day-to-day running of Essex, Cambridgeshire, Isle of Ely, Norfolk and Suffolk to Hezekiah Haynes.
Haynes was zealous in imposing the Decimation Tax on Royalists in his region – including his brother Robert who had inherited the family estate at Copford Hall – and he ordered the imprisonment of a number of Royalists he suspected of plotting against the Protectorate.
Haynes supported Fleetwood in his opposition to Richard Cromwell after Oliver's death, then backed Fleetwood and Lambert when they forcibly closed Parliament in October 1659. When Parliament reassembled in December, Haynes was dismissed and ordered to stay in his home in Essex. In October 1660 he was arrested on suspicion of plotting against the restored King Charles II and held in the Tower of London for eighteen months. After his release in April 1662, he lived quietly at Coggeshall in Essex until his death in 1693.
Thanks mainly to local commissioners, appointed by the government to assist the Major Generals, such as Haynes, the sports and pastimes of Royalists were interrupted, their movements watched and curtailed. Many supporters, or ex-supporters of the Stuart cause were arrested or ordered to move to less restless parts of the country. Fourteen thousand of them had to give bonds for good behaviour.
With this clampdown went a campaign to Puritanise the land. War was waged on non-Puritan and anti-Puritan culture. Energetic action, sometimes enforced by soldiers, was taken against alehouses, drunkenness, maypoles, neglect of the sabbeth and various forms of what the government called "mirths and jollities" , among them billiards and other bar-room entertainments. Swearing, cursing adultery and fornication were zealously forbidden. They were aware that the frivolities of the alehouse or the racecourse provided meeting-points for the disaffected, who gathered to grumble and conspire. Puritans knew that where there was sin there would be disorder, and where there was disorder conspiritors would exploit it. Anglican worship was forbidden and Anglican pastors chaplins and schoolteachers ordered to leave their posts.
Cromwell had resorted to the rule of the Major Generals, in 1655 for a number of reasons. One was that he desired significant religious reformation, which had not occurred under the First Protectorate Parliament. This feeling of failure was also a contributing factor, as well as other failures such as the Western Design. (Oliver Cromwell's Western Design—the project to conquer the Spanish West Indies that brought Jamaica into the English colonial orbit—marked a signal moment in the development of an English Imperial Vision).
The regime was financially exposed, and Cromwell hoped that the rule of the Major Generals coupled with the Decimation Tax, would reduce the army , by transferring security to a militia. Finally, Penruddock's rising had shown Cromwell that the Royalists were still a threat and the rule of the major generals was intended to protect against this threat. n.b. the Decimation Tax was a levy of one tenth of the assets of royalist landowners. In the event, it failed in its intention to boost the revenues of the second protectorate. There were concerns over the finance involved, military spending was far higher than it had been previously, and sorting out a financial settlement was one of the biggest issues for the Second Protectorate Parliament. The Decimation Tax also made the defeated Royalists even more resentful of the regime, but since this was only a small minority of people, it failed to raise the funds required to reduce the army and transfer security to a militia.
The aspirations of the Major Generals ran far ahead of their achievements. Hard as they worked and stoutly as they tried, and omnipresent as their exertions must sometimes have seemed, their tasks were beyond the resources of 17th century government, and far beyond those of a regime presiding over a war-torn nation where the customary bonds of local co-operation had broken. Their reforming achievement was restricted to the closing of a few hundred alehouses, the rounding up of a few hundred vagabonds, the ejection of a few ungodly ministers from their livings. The nation's moral and sexual habits, however, were barely affected. from Cromwell's Major Generals..by Christopher Durston.
The religious radicalism of the New Model (Parliament) also worried people and the protection of religious radicals by the Protector also strengthened this fear. The major generals were also tasked with establishing godly rule, and they would often work with those members of the gentry considered to be more radical. The failure of this reformation reinforced this negative view of military rule. Thus, the Second Protectorate Parliament, became more civilian and less military influenced.
The Major Generals failed in their attempt to establish godly rule, and moreover, this was impossible given the resources they had at their disposal. It was however, the Decimation Tax that caused the most resentment, and not the rule of the major generals, since it was never likely to provide any kind of long term financial relief. adapted from: "Rule of the Major Generals" and "The English Civil War (and its long-term effects)" - WordPress.com site.


This phrase was given to me by a mentor years ago speaking about our willingness to follow God. So often we say we want to know what God wants for us, we want to hear His voice, we want to obey, but when it comes down to it, the things he asks of us are often scary, uncertain or hard. We trust (most of the time) that He has our best intentions at His heart, yet we don't take those steps forward to actually follow Him.
We want to be willing to follow, but we're not.
So, we keep our hands closed, our back turned, and our feet going our own way. Yet, there is that nagging voice called the Holy Spirit calling to us, asking us to come back and receive the promises He has for us.
I'm willing to be willing.
When I'm willing to be willing, I am acknowledging that I'm not willing. No, I don't want to do that. But I'm want to want to do that. Because I know it is best.
Right now, I feel God is asking me to step out and trust Him in some major life changes. To trust Him with finances. To trust Him with the dreams He has placed in my heart. To trust Him with steps forward in writing (can I do it?) and my family (can I handle it?).
But I have to take the step. I have to choose to follow Him. I have been hearing the call, aching to follow, but I'm also afraid.
I am willing to be willing… and as I repeat it, more and more this mantra grows to become: Yes, I do want it. I will do it.
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Why do we have a page about Fukushima on a NZ site? Simply because most folks are unaware of the extent of the damage and the reach that is Fukushima, since, as the reader will observe here, governments have been in full scale cover up mode about the event from day one. It has remained for professionals in the nuclear energy field and others, to research and publish online the truth about what did happen there, plus the ongoing damage that is occurring, not just in Japan, but around the planet. There is radioactive water spilling into the Pacific ocean daily in very large quantities. As we all know that circulates around the globe and of course is affecting not only our food chain but the air we breathe as well.
"Fukushima's still radiating, self-perpetuating, immeasurable, and limitless, like a horrible incorrigible Doctor Who monster encounter in deep space.
Fukushima will likely go down in history as the biggest cover-up of the 21st Century. Governments and corporations are not leveling with citizens about the risks and dangers; similarly, truth itself, as an ethical standard, is at risk of going to shambles as the glue that holds together the trust and belief in society's institutions. Ultimately, this is an example of how societies fail….Tens of thousands of Fukushima residents remain in temporary housing more than four years after the horrific disaster of March 2011….[radiation] is insidious because it cannot be detected by human senses. People are not biologically equipped to feel its power, or see, or hear, touch or smell it (Caldicott). Not only that, it slowly accumulates over time in a dastardly fashion that serves to hide its effects until it is too late….
As an example of how media fails to deal with disaster blowback, here are some Chernobyl facts that have not received enough widespread news coverage: Over one million (1,000,000) people have already died from Chernobyl's fallout….
Fukushima is literally a time bomb in quiescence. Another powerful quake and all hell could break loose. Also, it is not even close to being under control. Rather, it is totally out of control. According to Dr. Caldicott, "It's still possible that Tokyo may have to be evacuated, depending upon how things go." Imagine that!…As the disaster happened, enormous levels of radiation hit Tokyo. The highest radiation detected in the Tokyo Metro area was in Saitama with cesium radiation levels detected at 919,000 becquerel (Bq) per square meter, a level almost twice as high as Chernobyl's "permanent dead zone evacuation limit of 500,000 Bq"…."The US government has come up with a decision at the highest levels of the State Department, as well as other departments who made a decision to downplay Fukushima….
Here we have an impassioned rant on the disaster (Human Error) by Japan's Frying Dutchman, exposing a few lies by government and others. These guys are impassioned. (Translation included & transcript here below and under the video on YT).
Power companies get up to about US$13 billion in subsidies from the government to build a nuclear power plant.
For a long time some people have made money by destroying nature and irresponsibly making dangerous products, all the while using the media to deceive the masses and inflicting horrible pain and suffering on those in harmony with nature.
"A shocking new report defies the chronically underestimated impacts of the Fukushima's triple meltdown on the risk of cancer in exposed populations, which does not just include Japan, but arguably the entire world.
IF FUKUSHIMA'S 'ALL GOOD' – WHY HAVE JAPANESE CITIZENS BEEN GAGGED?


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Q: find maximum value and minimum value
$y=x^2$ and $D_f=(0,2]$.

So, my interval is $0<x^2<=2$
But, according to my book it has no minimum values. But, it has maximum value which is $2^2=4$
According to me, it should have minimum value either. Cause, $1$ exists in that interval also.So, $1$ is minimum value. But, why they said that there's no minimum value?

A: This function is increasing on this interval (prove it).
Suppose the minimum occured at $x > 0$. Consider $x/2$ - uh-oh.
See the problem? No minimum exists on $(0, 2].$

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Dubai: The extent of decline in Dubai's property values may be starting to convince more expatriate residents to opt to buy rather than stay on in rented premises.
Over the 12 months ending Q3-16, locations with ready-to-buy apartments such as Dubai Marina, JBR, the Downtown as well as more affordable locations — International City and Discovery Gardens — have seen declines of between 2.4 per cent to under 4.5 per cent, according to the latest update from Cavendish Maxwell.
And if one were to stretch the timeline from the end of Q2-14 to Q3-16, the decline would be 12 per cent, the consultancy adds.
Some estimates reckon the drop to be higher than that, especially in the higher end clusters. But on a quarter-on-quarter basis, the drop in value is slowing down appreciably — the Q3-16 over Q2-16 period showed a dip of only 0.4 per cent in the apartment category.
"Buyers are opting to move up the property ladder with a purchase rather than continuing to rent, subject to being able to meet deposit requirements," said Sofia Underabi, Head of Residential Valuation.
Provided they come up with the deposits, banks in the UAE have reasons to look at their mortgage applications with more leniency.
In the first eight months, Dubai Marina and Business Bay recorded the highest transaction levels, in line with the fact that they have the highest inventory of ready and off-plan units.
And more projects are headed their way, with the Select Group announcing a 31-storey (and 400 apartment) Studio One at the former on Monday. Downtown too is being kept busy with new launches, such as the Marquise Square.
According to Cavendish Maxwell, around 5,570 residential units were completed in Q3-16 alone, with 33 per cent of the total completion being delays from the previous quarter.
If that estimate stacks up, handovers in the first three quarters of the year would total around 10,000 units, which was about the level achieved for the whole of 2015. The "inflated" number this could be because of the handovers of various delayed projects from earlier quarters.
The Q3 completions were mainly in Dubailand, Silicon Oasis and Jumeirah Village Circle. Of the units set to be delivered in Q4, the majority are in Dubailand followed by Dubai Silicon Oasis.
Meanwhile, estate agents in Dubai reckon that apartment and villa prices should remain unchanged during Q4.
And 75 per cent expect new buyer enquiries to increase, while 69 per cent expect an increase in the number of agreed sales. A majority of those surveyed (63 per cent) believe new seller instructions will also increase during the fourth quarter.
Meanwhile, in Abu Dhabi, the fortunes of the property market will sway in line with the movements in oil prices. The realty space has had to go through some difficult readjustments.
The 12-month decline in apartment values across the investment zones ranged between 2-4 per cent.
"The rate of decline has slowed in comparison to the previous quarter… however, pressures still remain from oil price instability, impact of government spending cuts and job losses in some sectors," the report states.
"Average apartment prices in Abu Dhabi investment zones have declined nearly 8 per cent since highs in Q2-2014, with any recovery in the near term being linked to external factors such as the oil price and global market instability.
And as developers in Dubai have already shown, it may be time for Abu Dhabi based operators to start thinking of going affordable. With demand being for smaller units due to "liquidity pressures" on potential buyers, developers will be forced to alter their strategies.
* Across Abu Dhabi's investment zones, apartment and villa rents dipped 1.8 per cent and 2.4 per cent on average during Q3-16. "Four- and five-bedroom categories witnessed the highest declines as job losses and oil prices reduced demand for larger units," said Jonathan Brown, Head of Abu Dhabi Office at Cavendish Maxwell Rents for super-premium Saadiyat Beach Villas dropped more than those at Al Raha Gardens and Al Reef, with a 2.7 per cent drop in Q3-16.
* In Dubai, apartments in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, International City and Sports City posted 12-month declines higher than market average.
Across Abu Dhabi's investment zones, apartment and villa rents dipped 1.8 per cent and 2.4 per cent on average during Q3-16. "Four- and five-bedroom categories witnessed the highest declines as job losses and oil prices reduced demand for larger units," said Jonathan Brown, Head of Abu Dhabi Office at Cavendish Maxwell.
Rents for super-premium Saadiyat Beach Villas dropped more than those at Al Raha Gardens and Al Reef, with a 2.7 per cent drop in Q3-16.
In Dubai, apartments in Jumeirah Lakes Towers, International City and Sports City posted 12-month declines higher than market average.


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Hello everyone, hope you're all doing well.
Went skiing at Bretton Woods, NH this weekend. They have a base-to-summit Gondola in the works for the Mount Rosebrook side of the mountain. The B-chair (70's Heron Double) has been removed.
Presumably Another Footing Covered In Snow (I'm just going off the orange ropes) Supposedly, this quad is staying in. Doesn't that tower look like it's a bit close? May be perspective.
They claim the lift will be capable of 4.9 minute ride times (!!!) [read : Bethlehem express is shorter, and 6.5 minutes] and over 13 mph (1,144 feet/minute) My guess is that won't be the final operating speed, doesn't make a lot of sense to run that fast every day.
I am surprised that the Bethlehem Express is staying in, I figured it would be replaced by the gondola. My guess is it'll probably still operate on weekends.


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■ Music Players
Mini iPod release delayed
Apple Computer Inc said Thursday it had postponed the overseas launch of the smaller version of its iPod music player, citing unexpectedly strong US demand since the product's launch last month. The Cupertino, California-based company said it pushed back the international release of the iPod mini from April to July because it needs more time to meet expected demand. "The iPod Mini is a huge hit with customers in the US and we're sure it will be the same worldwide once we can ramp up our supply in the July quarter," said Tim Cook, Apple's executive vice president of worldwide sales and operations, in a prepared statement.
■ Vending
Bread machine invented
Two Singapore inventors announced yesterday that they had developed a vending machine capable of dispensing enough bread to feed an army. The BreadPod -- the brainchild of Tan Suan Loke, 36, and Cheo Meng Soon, 49 -- is believed to be the first that can hold 156 loaves. "The machine can be customized to hold bagels, buns and French loaves," Cheo told the newspaper Streats. "All are sealed and changed daily so it's fresh." Tan, an engineer, and Cheo, who works in electronics and communications, formed VendPod, which specializes in vending machines.
■ Semiconductors
AMD in China venture
US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has formed a strategic alliance with Beijing University Founder Group Corp in a bid to increase its market share in China, state press said yesterday. Under the agreement, Founder Group will make and sell computers based on AMD's 64-bit microprocessors, which allows processors to manage thousands of gigabytes in memory, the China Daily reported. "The partnership with Founder Group will enable us to integrate AMD's technological advantage with Founder's local resources and it will become a new start for our business in China," the newspaper quoted AMD corporate vice-president and China general manager Karen Guo as saying.
■ Televisions
Sales to peak this year
Growth in global television shipments will peak this year as the increase in demand for flat-panel screens begins to slow, starting next year, technology industry researcher Isuppli Corp said. Global shipments will rise 7.5 percent to 173 million units this year, the highest annual percentage increase until 2008, Isuppli said. Growth will slow to 5.3 percent next year and 4.4 percent in 2006, it said. By type, shipments of liquid crystal display TVs will more than double to 8.7 million units this year from 3.6 million last year and growth will begin to slow next year, rising 58 percent, it said.
■ US
Economy grew strongly
Economic growth in the US was 4.1 percent in annual terms during the final quarter of last year, according to figures released Thursday by the US Commerce Department. GDP grew at an annualized 8.2. percent in the third quarter. Combined, the two quarters produced the strongest half-year US growth in almost 20 years. "The economy grew solidly in the fourth quarter and appears to be doing so in the first quarter," Steven Wood, principal economist at Insight Economics in Danville, California, told the Bloomberg financial news agency. "


Veterinarians and pet groomers nationwide agree: It's been a banner year for fleas and ticks. Warm, moist weather has led to one of the earliest flea seasons on record and vets and pet owners have noticed.
Ticks, and the deadly "Bobcat Fever," or Cytauxzoonosis, a disease transmitted to domestic cats, have also been found to be more prevalent this year.
Bobcat Fever is a parasite of the bloodstream that normally infects bobcats in the wild. The disease is spread by a tick biting an infected bobcat and then transferring the disease to another animal via bite. The domestic cat is an accidental host — not the natural host — but can be infected with very serious and frequently fatal consequences.
Cats going into wooded areas are the most susceptible because ticks detect their warm bodies and fall off a branch and onto the feline.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), warmer winters and an increase in the deer population are main causes.
Dog ticks can spread Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Deer ticks might contain the more common Lyme disease virus.


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So the ANC is bleating about what it sees as an "unwarranted intrusion" into the private life of acting President Kgalema Motlanthe — who, it seems, suffers from the Bill and Jacob syndrome of being pathologically unable to keep his hands off women he is not married to.
Several points come to mind. For one, it is high time the ANC grows up. If anything, Mr Shivambu's garbled rhetoric exposes the immaturity of a ruling party that can't take the heat in the vibrant democracy it fought so hard for. And in a democracy, a free press will expose the human frailties of its leaders. Get used to it, or go into gentler pursuits, like creating vast BEE conglomerates.
It's also a little rich for Mr Shivambu to talk about "the immaturity of media coverage of politics". In his mind, and that of his masters, a mature press clearly shuts up when elected leaders dip their fingers into places where they shouldn't. Sorry for you, Floyd. The media doesn't really give a hoot about the ANC's organisational mandate and process. All they care about is leaders who are accountable for their own behavior. That's what a mature media does.
Sure, every politician has a basic human right to privacy. I don't want to know what Mr Motlanthe had for supper last night, when last Jacob Zuma had a domestic tiff with one of his umpteen wives, or who wears the pants in the Zille and De Lille households (although I have a strong suspicion).
But the moment you run for public office, you should know that you are implicitly binding yourself to a certain moral and ethical code. After all, you are effectively representing a larger body of people and, if you want to lead politically, you must be prepared to have certain aspects of your life held up to scrutiny. In other words, you have to set an example. And if you don't, you should leave politics.
For a start, let us not kid ourselves for one moment that politicians actually attempt to keep their private lives private. On the contrary. They talk to the media at every opportunity. They pose for pictures, often with their families. They go out of their way to present an image of their private lives. If that image is less than accurate, they are lying to the people who elected them. And if a politician will lie about one thing, why won't he lie about others? And if so, that is something I am fully entitled to know, Mr Shivambu. Whether you like it or not.
But here's the real deal about Kgalema Motlanthe's "private life". If it is, in fact, true that he has sexual relations with women other than his wife, it says a good deal about his attitudes to women and people in general. Those attitudes — let's call them exploitative and unliberated, at best — are what informs his every decision as a political leader. Do I want decisions of national import taken by a man who shows a willingness to use people to support his own ego? I don't think so.
So here's to South Africa's media. Long may they act as the conscience of a political class that thinks it can do whatever it likes.


What goes around comes around. That's the motto of 24-year-old Faraz Siddiqui, a Vancouver man quick to credit the Vancouver Sun Run — which he took part in 2004, 2005 and 2006 — for keeping him on the straight-and-narrow. He's now helping other at-risk kids in the same way he was helped.
That's the motto of 24-year-old Faraz Siddiqui, a Vancouver man quick to credit the Vancouver Sun Run — which he took part in 2004, 2005 and 2006 — for keeping him on the straight-and-narrow. He's now helping other at-risk kids in the same way he was helped.
"For me, it's all about giving back," said Siddiqui, who, along with his former mentor Matt Johnston, is helping 177 young people participate in this year's 10-kilometre Sun Run.
Siddiqui, who immigrated to Canada from Pakistan when he was eight years old, eventually studied sciences at the University of B.C. and is now regional sales manager for the Lower Mainland and Manitoba for Vivint SmartHome, a security and home automation company.
With Johnston and Siddiqui on Sunday will be about 50 kids from the Ray-Cam Co-operative Centre, many of whom will pound the pavement in memory of Paul Thompson, a youth worker at the inner-city community centre who died in December.
"He was like a father to a lot of the youth in the Downtown Eastside," said Johnston, a semi-professional runner turned grassroots running-club organizer who used to conduct a clinic out of Ray-Cam a decade ago.
Johnston, 38, left Ray-Cam in 2006 after he moved to Surrey, where he works as a firefighter. At Thompson's memorial service, he reconnected with many of the teens he used to train, now in their mid- to late-20s. In Thompson's memory, they restarted the Ray-Cam running club and organized a youth team — the aptly named Paul's Team — to participate in the 33rd annual Sun Run on Sunday.
Another 100 kids joining Paul's Team will participate in the Sun Run without having to worry about registration fees, thanks in part to the Jack Gin Family Foundation, which is covering the costs of about 450 children and teens in the Lower Mainland who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford to participate.
Johnston said he's helped more than 2,000 kids — "one year we had over 300" — compete in the Sun Run over the years.
"These kids come from inner-city settings, definitely low income. They're at-risk children and youth. It gives them a healthy outlet.


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Coveo acquires England's Qubit to extend European e-commerce reach
The artificial intelligence (AI) powered personalization e-commerce company, Coveo, has acquired London, U.K.-based Qubit for an undisclosed amount.
Louis Têtu, Coveo's chair and CEO, described the English, 90-person firm as a "highly recognized player in the commerce intelligence space," and said the acquisition will enable Coveo to expand its AI-powered commerce search, recommendations, and discovery with deep online retail merchandising and personalization tools.
Qubit's expertise is in the application of AI to personalize commerce experiences in such areas as luxury, beauty and travel.
"I'd say that the acquisition of Qubit accelerates Coveo's product roadmap."
Coveo employs artificial intelligence and machine learning to build commerce products that use data to create personalized experiences through software services. Coveo creates products focusing on customer service intelligence, contact centre intelligence, and e-commerce in general.
Qubit specializes in business-to-consumer, AI-powered merchandising, according to Têtu.
"We're talking about intellectual property and expertise in the area of product recommendations powered by AI, merchandising for large brands, so this is a great compliment to our well-established position in the e-commerce intelligence and AI space," Têtu noted.
Brian Kilcourse, a managing partner at Retail Systems Research (RSR) in Miami, Florida, agreed. He told BetaKit that both companies use AI and machine learning models to detect a consumer's intent, and then to offer personalized information for shopping.
Kilcourse cited research from Google that reported in 2020 over 60 percent of all shopping journeys in the United States began in the digital domain, even if they finished in a bricks-and-mortar store. "RSR has stated that a personalized experience is the next big iteration of online shopping," Kilcourse said.
"So the acquisition is very timely," he noted. "The industry needs what the companies have to offer. In short, I'd say that the acquisition of Qubit accelerates Coveo's product roadmap."
Before the Qubit acquisition, Coveo already had a robust presence in Europe with a number of customers and a team on the ground in London, according to Têtu. "Obviously the addition of 90 employees in London, as well as a large customer base, deeply extends our presence in Europe," Têtu said.
The combined companies will bring Coveo's staffing up to around 750 people. Têtu noted that throughout the diligence and planning of the acquisition good care was taken to ensure the two companies would blend well together.
He said that from the first day every employee over at Qubit knew their roles, and where they would fit in. "We don't anticipate any major challenges there," Têtu said.
Coveo will retain all of Qubit's employees.
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Têtu dismissed the idea that Coveo has any competitors.
"We don't know of any other company that has the span of applications and the deep application of AI in personalization, recommendations and search combined that we have. While there are point solutions in the search area, Coveo is really about bringing modern highly personalized experiences to leading brands," he said.
Têtu is not wholly incorrect, other recommendation engines exist for shoppers, however, Coveo's technology offers breadth and depth lacking in many others'.
One fellow Québec startup offering AI-powered personalization in e-commerce is HeyDay, which combines conversational AI and automation with sales and support teams. It has e-commerce and customer relationship management integrations with Shopify, Lightspeed, and Magento.
Qubit is Coveo's second acquisition. In 2019, the company acquired Tooso, an AI-based digital commerce engine company, to accelerate and expand its capabilities for the digital commerce market.
Coveo began in 2005 in Québec City, but Têtu didn't join until 2008. His involvement came as an angel investor into Coveo, at which point he was invited to become a partner in the company, and its CEO.
In 2019, Coveo raised $227 million in a later stage investment round led by OMERS Growth Equity. Coveo had completed five previous rounds of funding, raising its Series A in 2006. The company has received investment from the likes of BDC Venture Capital, and Montréal-based investors Tandem Expansion and Propulsion Ventures. Têtu, who was behind software company Taleo (acquired by Oracle), also invested in the company's Series A and B rounds.
Previously, in 2018, Coveo raised $100 million from San Francisco-based Elliott Management in exchange for a 27 percent stake in the company.
Qubit hasn't been idle on raising funds either. Founded by a small team from Google in 2010, the company has raised a total of $74.9 million. Its most recent raise was a $40 million Series C round in 2016. Têtu declined to say whether any of Qubit's investors were exiting because of the acquisition.
Têtu said Coveo would keep the Qubit software and functionality with plans to converge the two platforms over the next several quarters.
Asked about other potential acquisitions, Têtu said: "To the extent we can find technology, whether through acquisitions or through organic investment that can improve our core platform, we'll be looking at both."
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Charles Mandel's reporting and writing on technology has appeared in Wired.com, Canadian Business, Report on Business Magazine, Canada's National Observer, The Globe and Mail, and the National Post, among many others. He lives off-grid in Nova Scotia.
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An individual with the Sun conjunct, Square or opposite Mars are motivated by Mars to be assertive, confident and to fight for what they want in life. The Sun-Mars type projects their will very forcefully out into the environment, and this is a person that has bags of energy at their disposal when they need to achieve their goals.
They can be known for their competitiveness, self-will, and pushy/bossy nature at times. The individual often finds waiting around for someone else to do it to be intolerable and prefers to do it themselves most of the time. Independence is usually important, and they are the type of person that will take action in their life. A Sun-Mars person will often have considerable strength and fight to win in battle. If someone tries to walk over them it won't be tolerated for long, they are the type of person that won't back down easily. They are not usually known for being patient, and get themselves into hot water by jumping in too fast and easily becoming irritated.
A Sun-Mars individual is contagious for the boundless energy and fire that burns within, and they are useful to have on anybody's side. The person with this contact responds quickly to any sign of threat and often need to test their strength and power against others. Though sometimes they can frequently get into a battle of wills with others and be uncompromising. The individual often reacts violently to those openly confronting them and whose opinions are different. They can be blunt at times, not always on purpose, and will tell others directly exactly how they see the situation.
Those with Sun-Mars contacts commonly find themselves involved in hazardous sports, dangerous adventures, and daredevil pursuits. Women with this contact find that it is their partner who carries Mars and works in the military with firearms or as a firefighter. A man chosen by Sun-Mars may show particularly strong martian traits through his personality and is the strong, independent, forceful type. He may be a bad-tempered bully and difficult person to get along with and someone who has no consideration for others. The relationship could be rough, but it may be the exciting kind. This kind of relationship is often an emotional battlefield and filled with plenty of passion.
Sun-Mars may have to learn how to make compromises, but they sometimes get so passionate about life that they find it difficult to back-off when they are feeling so strongly about their goal. The Sun-Mars type needs to be challenged in life to burn off some of this energy constructively. It is important for them to express what it is they want and satisfy those desires and ambitions. They hate to feel limited and restricted and love the adrenaline rush of taking action and making things happen now!
The individual usually ends up in a leadership role, directing others and motivating people should come fairly easily. They have plenty of strength, courage, assertiveness, and others are impressed by their direct action. Though they have to be careful with their temper and of being a hot-head in situations that require decisive action, not continuous arguing. Sun-Mars may need to learn to how to plan things out better, listen to others, see their point of view, before moving ahead too swiftly. The person does well when they find a worthwhile cause to promote, and can get behind something they believe in strongly.
Sun-Mars types are great at starting businesses and taking the initiative, they have plenty of vigorous physical and mental energy. They can be risk-taking, but they are great at getting something off the ground. It can make them incredibly hard-working, but they also suffer burn-out and stress eventually and need to be careful of accidents and physical injury. This may often be the price of living such an exciting life. They are the individualists of the world and stand-up for what they think is right.
In relationships, there is a lot of lust, passion, and excitement on the scenes and they do become aroused easily. They are a go-getting personality and are very fond of the hunt, and are not easily thwarted. Sun-Mars will often stir things up quite a bit just to get a reaction and provoke a fight. The person often gets what they want from sheer will-power.
The relationship with the father may have been difficult and involved violence and cruelty or sexual abuse and they could always be at war with him. The slightest disagreement in the air and things can go ballistic with the feeling of having to fight for everything. It may feel like it is others who are always disagreeing, creating disharmony and challenging them over every decision made. It can feel like quarrels always find the individual and they always need to prove themselves to others. However, this combination is a soldier and no matter what obstacles they are confronted with the person will always keep moving forward and battling through life.
Mars-Pluto Transit: My Burnt Arse!


Insider killings by uniformed Afghans against their foreign allies rose dramatically in 2012, eroding confidence between the two sides at a crucial turning point in the war.
Read the full report on the Christian Science Monitor.
31 December 2012 - The head of Afghanistan's Transition Coordination Commission today announced that the fourth tranche of transition would commence within the next two months, adding that once this is completed, Afghan forces would have security responsibilities for almost 90 percent of the population.
KABUL, Afghanistan — The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Sunday distributed emergency cold-weather supplies to families in a refugee camp where two days earlier a 3-year-old died of exposure to the freezing temperatures.
Read the full report on the New York Times.
With the Almighty Allah's blessing and the support of the Religious Scholars and the tribal influential, the Ministry of Education succeeded to reopen the primary schools of Chehel Ghour Badezo and the Imam Sahib of Panjwayee district of Kandahar province.
With resuming of those school's classes, over 1000 students who for some time were deprived of pursuing education, could resume their classes.
Noteworthy is the fact that during the current year of 1391 a total of 45 schools were reopened in the province.
Approximately 15000 thousand rural families have been provided with the facilities of developmental projects of Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, during last nine months of current year.
Internal displacement and the development of informal settlements in Afghanistan are key humanitarian and development challenges for policy makers to address, and growing concerns in an uncertain context of transition. This third research study by Samuel Hall1 on the living conditions and protection concerns of internally displaced persons (IDPs) contributes to the knowledge base required to mainstream protection in humanitarian and development priorities and interventions.
2 years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear acci- dent. Through this experience of an unprecedented catastrophe, a movement was generated naturally, a movement to look back at how our society and economy has been formed, and trying to bring back the connections between people and people, as well as people and communities. There was a momentum to create a society for change.
This report includes surveillance data from 22nd to 28th December 2012.
Out of total 298,749 Consultations recorded in week-52 of 2012, 105,697 (35.4%) consultations were reported due to DEWS target diseases.
Main causes of consultations this week are Acute Respiratory Infections/ARI (29.3%) and Acute Diarrheal Diseases/ADD (5.4%) from total clients in a continuing trend from the week before.
This seventh edition of the Yearbook of Peace Processes analyses conflicts in which negotiations are being held to reach a peace agreement, regardless of whether these negotiations are formalised, are in the exploratory phase, are faring well or, to the contrary, are stalled or in the midst of crisis. It also analyses some cases in which negotiations or explorations are partial; that is, they do not include all the armed groups present in the country (such as the case of India, for example).


Welcome parents and students to class 4-307! We have a lot of exciting thins ahead of us this year in fourth grade. I am looking forward to getting to know you and your children. This page can be used to find important information and upcoming dates for our classroom. I will be teaching Math and Science to your students and Ms Bruschi next door in 305 will be teaching Reading, Writing, and Social Studies!
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Welcome to my class page! My name is Ms Cone and I am so happy to be your child's teacher this year. I graduated from University of Massachusetts Amherst with my Undergraduate Degree in Psychology. After this I got my Masters Degrees in both Childhood and Special Education from Manhattanville College. If you would like to contact me about anything please feel free to contact me at scone@10x094.org if you have any further questions!


Supporting the consolidation and growth of a nationally recognized program grounded in ABA.
Developing, adopting, and enforcing evidence-based practices and data-based decision-making statewide.
Developing and implementing a research-based protocol for ASD identification across the state.
Revising standards of practice and providing oversight coordinated with independent peer review.
Revising and expanding the mandate, functioning, and oversight of respite and residential services.
Significant investments in staff /parent training, and ASD teacher certification requirements.
Students with autism can present with behaviors that are dangerous, complex, and/or difficult to change. It can therefore be very challenging to ensure that behavior support is effective yet minimally intrusive, and that the behavior support helps the student succeed in the setting that is the most appropriate yet least restrictive. I was responsible for oversight of behavior support at DAP. I revised and expanded the mandate, functioning and statewide oversight of DAP's independent Peer Review Committee (PRC), and ensured that it provided regular oversight statewide to all eligible students.
All of the activities described below are conducted under the direction of the Statewide Director, with the support of the school district hosting the Statewide Program, and the State Education Agency through a formal inter-agency agreement. These efforts contributed to extremely low rates of hospitalization and residential placement for students in DAP (Doehring and Winterling, 2011, 2013).
In addition to the intensive staffing support provided throughout DAP, I formalized standards for Behavior support to promote timely development and progress monitoring of behavior plans based on a functional behavioral assessment and promoting positive and proactive interventions (Doehring and Winterling, 2011, 2013). This included the development of a series of specific triggers for PRC review, and careful tracking of changes in the types of recommendations made.
I developed and implemented comprehensive, grant-funded programs of training and technical assistance in Behavior support for DAP Psychologists and Behavior analysts statewide. Training included independent experts, case presentations, written standards, reviews of peer-reviewed research, and templates for critical documents. More than 25 staff members completed 18 hours of initial training, and 7-14 hours of annual updates between 2004 and 2008, and some subsequently presented relevant findings at a national conference. In addition, these behavior standards were incorporated into training provided to more than 65 teachers as part of master-level accreditation in ASD (described elsewhere), and presentations provided to more than 300 other staff and parents statewide as part of day-long workshops in ASD. This program of training was partially supported by grant from the state Department of Education.
I also provided oversight through direct coaching and formalized and implemented comprehensive mechanisms of independent peer review to ensure compliance with these standards (Doehring and Winterling, 2011, 2013). I ensured that it provided regular oversight statewide to all eligible students. This included the development of a series of specific triggers for PRC review, and careful tracking of changes in the types of recommendations made. I also led the development of inter-agency agreements to share responsibility for the funding and oversight of these programs between local and state education agencies.
With Vince Wintering. (2011). The Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices in the Public Schools. In Evidence-Based Practices and Treatments for Children with Autism. (2011). Springer-Verlaug, New York, NY.
(2008). A model for regional training and service delivery for children with autism. International Society for Autism Research. London, UK.
(2006). Independent peer review of behavior plans for students with autism in a specialized public school program. Association for Behavior Analysis. Atlanta GA.
(2004). Peer review of behavior support plans for individuals with autism. National Association of School Psychologists, Dallas, TX.
Together with the coordinated efforts to improve ASD Identification and Extended Services, the improvements to Behavior Support illustrated the many important steps involved in successful program development that results in sustainable changes in services. Many consultants (and especially those without experience leading programs of services) will rely on isolated training activities, perhaps accompanied by a plan that includes several recommendations for program changes.
The Behavior Support initiative illustrated other critical components also described in my Roadmaps book (Doehring, 2013): the development of specific, written practice standards driven by the best available research; training that includes technical assistance and that also helps to develop expertise within the program; mechanisms that build in oversight, including the ability to track progress towards program goals; a review of relevant policy changes; parallel changes to adjust staffing support as needed; opportunities to integrate the observations of independent experts, and; utilization of opportunities to obtain external funding. These components were not all implemented at the same time, but over a period of 3-4 years, and only after a preliminary phase in which stakeholders helped to identify specific areas of need and opportunity.


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Wendell, NC – KIOTI Tractor, a Division of Daedong-USA, Inc., and an active business member of the local Wendell community, has announced their donation of two MECHRON 2200 UTVs, one to the Wendell Fire Department and the other to the city's Police Department. Both departments had a growing need for a UTV to assist in preserving public safety throughout the Wendell area.
KIOTI's MECHRON 2200 UTV, The Ultimate Transport Vehicle, was first introduced in 2011 and has become popular for its capabilities in both work and recreational settings. Standard features include 4-Wheel Drive, a 22 hp, Daedong diesel engine, and 56″ wide cargo bed capable of holding up to 1,100 lbs.
"When we spoke to KIOTI Tractor and told them about our needs, they were more than willing to help. In my 25 years of working at the Wendell Fire Department, this is the greatest one-time gift we have ever received," states Fire Chief, Tom Vaughan. The Wendell Fire Department plans to add a water tank to the rear of the MECHRON 2200 UTV for use in fighting wood fires. Additionally, they will use it for rescues in areas that are difficult to reach with larger vehicles and for managing special events such as parades and festivals.
The Wendell Police Department's MECHRON 2200 UTV will be the first UTV the department has ever owned. "KIOTI is an active, supportive member of the community and this donation is far more than we could have anticipated," says Chief of Police, Bill Carter. "As a small, but growing community, it would be a real challenge to dedicate traditional funds to purchase this type of special purpose equipment. This gift will help us tremendously in our efforts to preserve public safety." With the UTV's 25″ tires and 12″ ground clearance, it will be especially beneficial to police officers when conducting searches for missing persons or fugitives in wooded areas and along trails. Other uses will include deployment during special events such as festivals and parades, patrolling during potential natural disasters and crisis situations such as ice storms and hurricanes when use of traditional patrol vehicles might not be feasible, but calls for assistance increase and still need to be handled.
Both the Wendell Fire and Police Departments plan to share the use of their MECHRON 2200 UTVs with other local organizations to do the most good possible with these generous gifts.
Headquartered in Wendell, N.C., KIOTI Tractor is a market-driven company that has been supplying tractors in the 22-110 horsepower range to the U.S. and Canadian markets for over 30 years. Building on the company's core product line and history of innovation, KIOTI has recently introduced new models and expanded its implement and attachment offering. For more information on KIOTI or KIOTI products please visit your authorized KIOTI Tractor dealer or visit www.KIOTI.com.