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As Spartanburg School District Seven ushers in a new era this year with the opening of our new Spartanburg High School, we celebrate the collective impact of a community who believes in our mission, vision and core values – and who invests in the success of our students. District Seven is fortunate to benefit from partnerships across our broader Spartanburg community as well as from a world-class faculty and staff. Our collective commitment to equity in education and to addressing the needs of the whole child is evidenced by our outcomes as well as our national accolades and distinctions.
District Seven is propelled by an unwavering dedication to fulfilling our mission to inspire and equip students for meaningful lives of leadership and service as world citizens. Our mission is emphasized in all that we do, and we share a common vision to prepare our graduates as creative, critical thinkers, collaborators, effective communicators and ethical citizens. Our core values of tradition, excellence, innovation, hope, engagement, well-being, and relationships speak to the unique way Spartanburg School District 7 approaches our mission and vision. Our students, teachers and staff, our families, community partners and stakeholders have all been invested in charting this direction, and we live out these ideals inside and outside of the classroom every day.
As we strive to ensure each student is college and career ready, our secondary school programs provide a clear snapshot of our progress. The district's graduation rate has improved significantly over the past nine years and is well above the state and national average, and our SAT average is among the highest in Spartanburg County. Approximately 70% of our graduates continue their education at a higher education institution or in the military. Ensuring our students are ready for the world of postsecondary education begins early. District Seven's 1:1 technology initiative to close the digital learning gap and improve learning for all students placed us among 114 of the most forward-leaning school districts in the country who comprise the League of Innovative Schools. We are proud to be a member of this flagship network of districts who share a commitment to pioneering innovative learning strategies and collaborating with researchers to drive improvement. Spartanburg High School's rigorous Advanced Placement program ranks among the best in the state, with 119 Advanced Placement Scholars identified this year and AP exam passage rates that far exceed the national average. Spartanburg High School is also proud to consistently lead the county in its number of National Merit Semifinalists, the highest academic honor available to secondary students.
Equally important to high achievement is our focus on creating access for all students. Each school across District Seven does this in way that best fits with their school community. Whether they have achieved excellence as an AVID School of Distinction, earned certification as a Capturing Kids Hearts school, become an International Baccalaureate School, opened a Montessori program, adopted an arts-infusion approach, or found their niche as a Leader in Me Lighthouse School, they all share the common goal of helping each student overcome obstacles in order to reach his or her full potential. Results are seen not only in our graduation and college matriculation rates, but also in our student cohorts who have simultaneously earned their high school diploma and an associate's degree through the Viking Early College and the Spartanburg County Early College High School. Both of these programs put the completion of a bachelor's degree much more within reach for students who are often times the first in their family to attend college. Additionally, numerous students earned dual college credit and industry certifications at Spartanburg High School, Daniel Morgan Technology Center, and the Scholars Academy.
With these consistently positive student outcomes, U.S. News & World Report ranked Spartanburg High School among the top 12% in the nation in their "America's Best High School's" list; and the Jay Matthews Challenge Index (formerly published by The Washington Post) has one again recognized Spartanburg High School as one of our nation's most challenging high schools.
Several important partnerships support and strengthen District Seven's efforts to move students beyond the mastery of subject material. Organizations like the Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM), the Northside Initiative, the Highland Group, the City of Spartanburg, One Spartanburg, and Compassionate Schools enable us to fully invest in bettering the quality of life for students, their families and the broader community. This past year, we broadened our public-private partnerships with the opening of The Franklin School, a world-class early learning center located in the high-need area of our District's Northside, with the goal of equipping children from birth to 5 years of age to enter kindergarten ready to learn. The Franklin School joins District Seven's other public-private partnership school, Meeting Street Academy, as evidence of the innovative approach to education within our community.
Looking to the future, our capital projects continue to change the landscape of District Seven. The District opened the new Drayton Mills Elementary School in August 2018 and the new Spartanburg High School in Fall 2019. This year, we undertake the renovation of our former high school facility to house McCracken Middle School beginning in Fall 2020. In our work to be a leading district in the Southeast, we are demonstrating our abiding commitment to give students a competitive edge through exceptional instruction, world-class learning environments, and a technology-rich learning environment. We are excited about the gains taking place in District Seven and dedicated to a school system that readies every child for the world beyond school.
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I mean, I think it's fall here. I never really know if I'll wake up to encounter another 80-degree day. I'm taking advantage of the cooler weather to make soup in thematic, autumnal colors. I hope this weather will last, though, 'cause I adore soup.
Also, I've been needing to eat more vegetables. My birthday was last week, so I'm still recovering from my ice-cream-and-cupcake-and-chocolate-cake-induced coma. Soup is basically an excuse to throw a bunch of vegetables in a pot and see what happens. It's as close to a science experiment I'll get now that I'm solely a humanities girl.
This recipe's from The Kitchen Bible, which I adore because it has a picture of every single recipe.
1) Heat olive oil in a soup pot over medium-low heat. Add the onion, carrots and leek and cook until softened. Add the garlic and cook briefly. Add the stock, tomatoes and their juices and tomato paste.
2) In a bowl, mash half the beans with a fork and stir into a pot. Bring to a boil over high heat. Return the heat to medium-low and simmer for 30 minutes.
3) Add the remaining beans and spinach and simmer for 30 minutes more.
4) Place a slice of bread in each soup bowl. Ladle in the soup and top with Parmesan cheese.
What fall-inspired recipes do you make when cooler weather arrives?
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Yes! A vegetarian soup! I'm buying that book for myself for Christmas! This looks so yummy, I need to make it stat!


The internet's underbelly - known as the Darknet or Blacknet - is a part of the internet that isn't listed by conventional search engines. You can access the dark web anonymously. People are thus free to engage in criminal acts with a relatively small chance of being caught. The result is that the Darknet is a place where illegal drugs and services - and much worse - may be found.
Dark Websites can be found on darknets: overlay networks that you can only access with specific software like Tor. In fact, the Darknet is only a small portion of the Deepweb - a much larger and mostly innocuous body of internet content that is not indexed by search engines.
Same people access the Deepweb in order to make use of the anonymity provided by Tor. Tor, which is also known as the onion router, allows you to conceal your true location in a way that provides anonymity and privacy. As soon as you connect to Tor, your web data is automatically tunneled through a number of "exit nodes" (random computers around the world).
The way that Tor works makes it almost impossible to tell who or where an internet user is. Encryption provided by Tor also keeps the data secure from prying eyes. This makes Tor useful for people living in dangerous political regimes, for journalists, or for other vulnerable groups that require privacy.
Despite having legitimate uses, however, the anonymity afforded by software like Tor means that the Darknet creates a perfect environment for crime to thrive. For this reason, the Darknet is not a place for the faint of heart.
In fact, we strongly urge all people to use caution if they ever decide to access the Dark Web. You can run into content that is abusive, disturbing, criminal, and just plain nasty.
Perhaps the most famous part of the Dark Web was Silk Road. Silk Road was the original Deepweb marketplace - the equivalent of eBay for criminals. On Silk Road, people used to buy and sell illegal products such as drugs, weapons, malware, and illegal services (such as hiring a hitman).
The site was created by "Dread Pirate Roberts" the pseudonym of Ross Ulbricht. Ulbricht got rich from Silk Road. At its height, it was making him about $20,000 a day in Bitcoin commissions. It is believed he had accumulated a wealth of around $4 million when he was caught by the FBI in 2015.
Despite Silk Road's ultimate failure and Ulbricht's incarceration , the Dark Web continues to be a hotbed of criminal marketplaces. Just recently, another two famous marketplaces - Alphabay and Hansa - were closed down.
The authorities' attempts to crack down on these illegal marketplaces, however, are largely in vain. More sites quickly pop up to fill the vacuum created by the loss of others, and consumers and vendors simply move over and set up shop selling their illegal wares elsewhere.
At the moment Dream Market, Silk Road 3, Crypto Market, and Ramp are at the top of the food chain. However, as you can see, there are literally dozens of these types of illegal Darknet shops. The illegal infrastructure is enabled by the use of decentralized cryptocurrencies (and blockchain technology).
Bitcoin, the most famous of these currencies, is most often used by consumers to pay for their Deepweb purchases. This allows them to make purchases without having to use their real name, bank, credit card, or PayPal.
The Darknet is a mysterious and concerning place. For the police, it is a scourge. However, it would appear that cryptocurrencies are here to stay. Furthermore, the manner in which the Deep Web actually exists means that it can't really be shut down.
For illegal marketplace developers, Ulbricht's example (he was caught because he didn't follow his own important security protocols) is a constant reminder to ensure that the utmost of care is taken. This means that slip-ups are less likely, which makes catching criminals who use the Deep Web all the more difficult.
Having said that, Europol, the FBI - and various other intelligence agencies - have proven that despite the anonymity that Tor and the Darknet provide, with enough hard work it is possible to close down illegal marketplaces and send their ringleaders to prison.
The authorities usually catch criminals by being patient and waiting for those ringleaders to make mistakes. However, at some point criminals must cash out their Bitcoins for FIAT currencies. It's at this point that the authorities can get an important lead.
As far as Tor is concerned, for now, the technology is secure. However, it's possible that one day government intelligence agencies like the NSA and GCHQ may find a way to break the system open.
If that ever happened, plenty of people would doubtless get into serious trouble. However, the unlisted part of the internet (the Deep Web) would still be there, and it would probably only be a matter of time before some newer version of Tor would emerge.
Thanks for writing this article, you have informed me a lot about the darkweb. I just wish you would have made it more detail and talked about other ways the darkweb could be used, like how to fined information that a country is hiding from the people.
Hi Fredy, Ramon tells me that he plans on expanding and improving this article.


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Discoveries should aid research into cause of ALS
By Northwestern University, Apr 26, 2006 - 2:52:37 PM
Two teams of researchers at Northwestern University have found a novel pathological hallmark of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at the molecular level. The neurologists and biochemists show how and why the mutated superoxide dismutase (SOD1) protein, which is associated with a familial form of ALS, becomes vulnerable and prone to aggregation and also provide evidence linking disease onset with the formation of intermolecular aggregates.
ALS is a progressive paralytic disorder caused by degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The cause and development (pathogenesis) of the fatal disease are not known, and there is no effective treatment. Fifteen years ago, an international consortium led by Teepu Siddique, M.D., Les Turner ALS Foundation/Herbert C. Wenske Foundation Professor at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine, mapped the first ALS gene to chromosome 21. Subsequently, they found that mutations in the SOD1 gene are responsible for 20 percent of familial (inherited) ALS cases. Siddique and his colleagues also made the first ALS transgenic mouse models.
Although more than 100 types of a single mutation in the SOD1 gene have been identified and multiple lines of the mouse models developed, a key question remains to be answered: How does the genetic mutation alter this incredibly stable protein to make it so toxic that it kills motor neurons and causes neurodegenerative disease?
The presence of aggregated proteins is common to many neurodegenerative disorders, including ALS and Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and prion diseases, but the relevance of these aggregates to the diseases is not well understood. In ALS patients with SOD1 mutations and mouse models overexpressing mutant SOD1, SOD1-positive aggregates were identified in neurons. Researchers do not know if these aggregates are causative, harmless or even beneficial to ALS. Furthermore, the fundamental molecular mechanism by which the SOD1 mutants form aggregates is not clear.
Six years ago Siddique and Han-Xiang Deng, M.D., associate professor of neurology at the Feinberg School, started to develop and analyze various SOD1 transgenic mouse models and found, as they report in the first of the two PNAS papers, that aggregated and insoluble SOD1 is the pathogenic form that causes disease. The aggregation takes place in mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell, which becomes damaged.
"We also have discovered a mechanism whereby 'normal' molecules of SOD1 are recruited in the presence of mutant SOD1 proteins to participate in the pathogenesis of ALS by forming intermolecular disulfide bonds," said Siddique. "This phenomenon is in some ways akin to the recruitment noted in prion disorders and provides molecular sites for therapeutic intervention." This molecular mechanism also may help explain other types of ALS in which no mutations have been detected in SOD1.
The normal form of SOD1 is a molecule composed of two identical parts, each with an amino acid chain, a copper ion, a zinc ion and an intramolecular disulfide linkage -- a bond within an SOD1 molecule that stabilizes the structure. Intermolecular disulfide bonds, or cross-links, are incorrect bonds that form between, not within, SOD1 molecules.
"A year ago we demonstrated that ALS mutations have the greatest effect on the most immature form of the SOD1 protein, causing it to misfold and form incorrect disulfide bonds that facilitate protein aggregation," said Thomas V. O'Halloran, professor of chemistry. "Those were test tube experiments, but we really wanted to know if we would find the same process in a physiological environment."
To investigate their hypothesis further, O'Halloran and Yoshiaki Furukawa, formerly a post-doctoral fellow in O'Halloran's lab, teamed up with Siddique and Deng. As reported in the second PNAS paper, they show that increased oxidative stress leads to the mutant SOD1 protein forming incorrect disulfide bonds early in its life. The researchers isolated and examined aggregates from the spinal cord of several ALS-model mice. In the diseased mice the scientists found intermolecular disulfide bonds that cross-linked SOD1 molecules together, resulting in the formation of insoluble aggregates. The SOD1 aggregates were specific to the spinal cord, the part of the body most damaged in ALS. Tissues unaffected by the disease, such as the brain and liver, had no aggregates.
Oxidation and protein aggregation have been suspected to play an important role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders as well as in the normal aging process. However, the relationship between protein oxidation, protein aggregation and neurodegeneration remains unclear. The oxidative intermolecular disulfide cross-linking paradigm established by the Northwestern researchers provides direct links between protein oxidation, protein aggregation and neurodegeneration in SOD1-mediated ALS. This mechanism may play an important role not only in SOD1-mediated ALS but also in some other neurodegenerative disorders.
"For some time researchers have been thinking that copper, which causes the protein to be bluish-green in color, was the bad guy in this disease," said O'Halloran. "But the data has been building up to say that something else may be responsible for the toxicity. Our results suggest that the status of the disulfide bond, a long overlooked part of the SOD1 protein, plays a pivotal role. The ALS mutations appear to predispose SOD1 to form incorrect disulfide bonds that lead to aggregation of the protein and perhaps initiation of the disease. If these ideas are borne out, our next step is to look for therapeutic approaches that could prevent formation of the disulfide cross-linked aggregates."

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Photos That Capture a City's Soul
A photography project that captured Majdal Anjar through the eyes of its young people challenged stereotypes of the city.
Photos Speak is an initiative that aims to break negative stereotypes and misconceptions of the city. Being so close to the border with Syria, the city was frequently cited in national news reports as a place in which extremism thrived – especially at the height of its neighbour's civil war.
The young activists from the city that we trained at our Youth Innovation Lab in April 2019 felt that this was a misrepresentation of the community which they called home. Through a series of 10 photography trainings, they gave other young people and themselves the tools to capture everyday life in the city and enabling a sense of pride in its residents.
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An Undeniably Vibrant City
The team spent days travelling the city, capturing some of the vibrant characters and characteristics that are the essence of Majdal Anjar. From bazaars to farms, meetings with elders to home-cooked meals, they examined every aspect. They took dozens of pictures and videos which together were viewed hundreds of thousands of times on their Facebook page.
In addition, the project team voluntarily painted two murals on the walls of a school to reflect the city and its artistic values. They show the city by day and by night, and give the local area a sense of colour that residents could be proud of.
They completed their project with a closing ceremony which included an exhibition of the photos and a discussion of how to improve grassroots youth activism.
Find out more about the impact of the project in Majdal Anjar.


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La liste ci-dessous répertorie les porte-drapeau présents lors de la parade des nations de la cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2010, dans l'enceinte du BC Place Stadium de Vancouver. Au cours de ce défilé, les athlètes de chacun des comités nationaux olympiques participants effectuent leur marche précédés du drapeau de leur pays, brandi par le porte-drapeau choisi par leur délégation.

Cette liste est classée dans l'ordre dans lequel les délégations nationales ont défilé. Conformément à la tradition, la délégation ouvrant la marche est celle de la Grèce, en sa qualité de pays fondateur des Jeux olympiques, et la dernière, clôturant la parade, est celle du pays hôte, ici le Canada. Comme toujours, l'ensemble des autres comités nationaux défilent dans l'ordre alphabétique de la langue de la nation organisatrice des Jeux : l'anglais.

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La liste indique le nom de chaque délégation en français et en anglais.

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To address global health crisis in developing countries and support disaster relief by providing low-cost, high-impact mobile medical clinics, equipment, and supplies to qualified on-scene health care providers.
The U.S. Government and humanitarian aid organizations continue to report a critical shortcoming in the ability to provide quality medical care to medically under-served and disaster-stricken areas. As demonstrated by the traumatic effects of 2005's Hurricane Katrina, 2010's Haitian earthquake, and 2014's Ebola outbreak, it is difficult to provide health care to impoverished areas.
Developing nations frequently lack medical clinics, especially in the poorest and rural areas. Building clinics is costly and time consuming. Where natural disasters occur, providing immediate health care is hampered by a lack of facilities and poor communications.
Fortunately, Laurie Garrett, a Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, has theorized a feasible solution to overcome these challenges. She proposed in the early 2000s using shipping containers as mobile medical clinics (MMCs). Unlike brick and mortar clinics, shipping containers can be quickly and inexpensively converted into clinics and transported wherever and whenever necessary. MMCs can provide permanent health care delivery in impoverished or rural areas for a fraction of what it would cost to build a normal clinic. They can also be temporarily deployed in disaster-stricken areas. In areas where containers are permanently placed, the clinics are operated as a small franchised business. Clinic owners oversee all operational functions of their business, including hiring medical staff.
In 2006, architecture and engineering faculty and students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute constructed a prototype MMC. Building the prototype illuminated the importance of keeping clinic designs simple and efficient. Drawing on this early work, Primary Mobile Med International (PMMI) has designed clinics to be easily produced, quickly deployed, and easily maintained in distressed and/or impoverished areas.
The need to deliver quality medical care to victims of natural disasters and people living in impoverished nations is overwhelming. Garrett, writing in the September/October 2015 issue of Foreign Affairs, states that Liberia has only two doctors for every 100,000 Liberians and only 0.8 hospital beds for every 1,000 Liberians. Even wealthy nations like the U.S. have needed quickly deployable health care. In 2005, an overwhelmed FEMA incapable of handling the aftermath of Katrina contacted Garrett requesting the immediate deployment of 100 MMCs to the Gulf area. She had to pass on the opportunity. Also, a second round of USG requests followed the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010. Having no MMC units available, the opportunity was again lost. While it is unfortunate that PMMI and Garrett did not begin working together sooner, PMMI is pleased to now have the opportunity make Laurie's vision a reality. Our highly flexible clinics can be used for many different applications. These include diagnosis and treatment of infectious and non-communicable diseases, disaster relief, and health education. Each clinic is equipped with an advanced digital health-care data collection system.
PMMI is fulfilling its mission of providing low-cost, high-impact mobile medical facilities, equipment, and supplies to qualified on-scene health-care workers in both medically underserved and disaster-stricken areas.
To learn about how our first clinic owner, Dr. Edith Clarke, is using her MMCs to provide primary health care to people in Ghana, Africa, visit the Our Projects page.


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Where do Fulham and Brentford rank in a study of the most improved teams in the Championship?
The summer break appears to have had more of a negative impact on Charlton than almost any other team in the Championship.
The Addicks have won just 15 per cent of their 13 league games so far this season.
That's down from 46 per cent in the last 13 league games of last season, a decrease of 31 percentage points.
Only one other team has had as dramatic a dip in form - Blackburn Rovers.
The Lancashire club have also gone from winning 46 per cent of games before the summer to just 15 per cent of them this season.
A league table of the games played before and after the summer break leaves Charlton in 13th place though with just 31 points.
Brighton have had the league's biggest improvement in form following the summer break.
The Seagulls won just 15 per cent of their last 13 games of the 2014-15 campaign. That shot up to 62 per cent of the 13 played in 2015-16 though.
Derby and Brighton are the season's other big improvers. Their win ratios have gone from 15 per cent in the last 13 games of 2014-15 to 46 per cent this season.
See how Brentford and Fulham fare in the rankings below.
Would you like to see Lee Carsley take the Brentford job permanently?


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The Mug Race is an annual sailing race held on St. Johns River in the US state of Florida.  Billed as the "World's Longest River Race", the course starts in Palatka and ends in Jacksonville.  To compete, masts must be under 44 feet in order to clear all bridges along the course.  The Mug Cup is awarded to the first boat to complete the 38.5 mile course from the starting line at Memorial Bridge to the finish line at Buckman Bridge. Additionally, there are over 100 class specific trophies

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The term itself means purulent inflammation of sweat glands; however, it also involves hair follicles. Sometimes health care providers also call it "acne inversa", since it usually occurs in skin folds. It is a chronic (very long lasting) disease of unknown cause with recurrent, painful, and draining boils (abscesses), usually occurring in skin folds such as the armpits, under the breasts, buttocks and groin. It is NOT a contagious disease. Hidradenitis suppurativa has understandably very negative impact on the mood of the patients. Many people with hidradenitis suppurativa have relationship and work related problems due to this disease.
How does hidradenitis suppurativa look like?
People with hidradenitis suppurativa develop recurrent, painful, and draining boils (abscesses) usually in skin folds such as the armpits, under the breasts, buttocks and groin that can heal with scars. These boils may merge; forming large inflamed area and tunnels under the skin. Almost always there are blackheads (comedones) in the area, which is helpful to distinguish it from other diseases such as folliculitis.
Absolutely! There are medicines that can help make the disease milder or even inactive, but there is no permanent cure as of yet other than excising the entire involved area, which leaves large scars.
What are available treatments for hidradenitits suppurativa?
We usually treat it with benzoyl peroxide wash or CLn wash (shower gel with bleach: http://www.clnwash.com) and clindamycin solution or lotion. Also, sometimes we add oral doxycycline pill, or some other antibiotic depending on results of bacterial culture. Inflamed bumps can be injected with intralesional triamcinolone acetonide. Larger bumps that do not want to go away we excise. In addition, the FDA has recently approved AbbVie's HUMIRA® (adalimumab) for the treatment of moderate to severe hidradenitis suppurativa. HUMIRA is now the first and only FDA-approved therapy for adults with hidradenitis suppurativa. Very rarely our patients opt for extensive surgery with the complete excision of the entire involved areas. In females, birth control pills may help as well. Weight loss, smoking cessation, as well as avoidance of tight-fitting clothes are also very helpful.
For more specific questions on hidradentitis suppurativa send us your question using our blog below.


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The American Academy of Pediatrics has new advice many kids will find hard to follow.
The American Academy of Pediatrics has new advice many kids will find hard to follow: It wants limits on tweeting, texting and other social media.The influential group says smartphones and laptops should stay out of children's bedrooms. And it says kids should spend no more than two hours daily on Facebook, Twitter, and other Internet entertainment sites.The doctors' new policy says unrestricted media use can have serious consequences.It's been linked with violence, cyberbullying, school woes, obesity, lack of sleep and other problems.The policy was published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics. It follows recent high-profile online bullying cases including one in Florida that involved a 12-year-old who committed suicide.
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has new advice many kids will find hard to follow: It wants limits on tweeting, texting and other social media.
The influential group says smartphones and laptops should stay out of children's bedrooms. And it says kids should spend no more than two hours daily on Facebook, Twitter, and other Internet entertainment sites.
The doctors' new policy says unrestricted media use can have serious consequences.
It's been linked with violence, cyberbullying, school woes, obesity, lack of sleep and other problems.
The policy was published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics. It follows recent high-profile online bullying cases including one in Florida that involved a 12-year-old who committed suicide.
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IIM Lucknow and KSB Indiana University USA have jointly launched CPBAE programme. This one year Certificate Programme in Business Analytics for Executives (CPBAE) will provide cutting edge analytics knowledge.
The CPBAE programme will be delivered through an ideal mix of online and classroom mode at IIML campus. The certificate programme will combine business strategy, business analytical tools and applications of analytics in selected business areas, namely finance, marketing and operations. The purpose of this programme is to develop skills and a mindset for participants that will allow executives to identify and seize business opportunities using business analytics tools.
The programme will have both in-residence and online learning channels, so that students need not take long breaks from their work but at the same time get benefits of continuous learning environment. Another unique feature of the programme is training on enterprise miner. The programme consisting of 240 hours is divided into four modules, each module of 9 to 10 weeks duration. Each module would have five days of mandatory on campus residency requirement and rest will be delivered over internet. Online classes will be held for two hours twice per week on Fridays and Saturdays.
The minimum eligibility for this course is Bachelor's degree in any discipline with a minimum of 60% marks and three year work experience after graduation. Preference will be given to the students with PG/ graduation in mathematics, engineering, economics, management and statistics.
The candidates can download their application form from IIM Lucknow website and submit the completely filled form along with a draft of Rs, 1000 drawn in favor of 'IIM Lucknow' payable at Lucknow.


The movement rebuffed a statement of support from the Democrats. Yeah, the DNC is the man. But this was an olive branch. Take it.
To the surprise of many within the Democratic establishment, the Black Lives Matter movement rebuffed the Democratic National Committee's resolution in support of the movement via a terse message posted to the group's official Facebook page on Monday.
"A resolution signaling the Democratic National Committee's endorsement that Black lives matter, in no way implies an endorsement of the DNC by the Black Lives Matter Network, nor was it done in consultation with us. We do not now, nor have we ever, endorsed or affiliated with the Democratic Party, or with any party," read the first two sentences of BLM's response to the DNC's resolution.
Despite BLM's best attempt at clarity, this response raises far more questions than it answers, and it should make the casual observer wonder why there appears to be so much animus between BLM and the Democratic Party. Surely, BLM could have expressed how it is a separate, independent entity with differing motives than the DNC, while also expressing appreciation for the fact the DNC values the spirit and goals of the movement, right? Regardless of whether BLM wants to form an alliance or announce a truce accepting an olive branch and opening a dialogue with the DNC, the party's gesture should be considered a positive development. Yet BLM appears to view it as something else.
The remaining 100 words of the response make it appear that the movement steadfastly desires to remain apolitical. Yet, mobilizing millions of young, engaged, and passionate eligible voters during a presidential election season and opting to remain apart from the political fray seems like a missed opportunity. This potential mistake only becomes more glaring when you consider Democratic candidates' recent acquiescing to BLM's demands, and the knowledge that President Barack Obama rode a wave of unprecedented African-American turnout levels and support during both of his successful presidential bids. Black voices and votes have arguably never had greater agency and influence in American society; so aspiring to disengage from the political process is emphatically a step in the wrong direction.
This response may appear bewildering and frustrating for those on America's political left, but it actually speaks to one of the most deep-seated and rarely discussed realities of black American life. Every day black Americans decide to engage, live, learn how to thrive, and excel within social structures that we know are built around our oppression. During this constant struggle there are countless days where black Americans wish that they could be apart from it all.
Black parents wish that they did not have to give their children "the talk" about how to best interact with the police so as to avoid a family gathering at a mortuary. Countless black Americans wish that they could be relieved of the unrelenting pressure of having to appear to be nice, safe, and amiable to white America, so that they can improve their station in life. My parents have had these discussions with me and my sister, and I still remember waking up early for elementary school to starch and iron my clothes so that I looked presentable and could be accepted. But I still experienced discrimination and was regularly disinvited from birthday parties because of my race. There always was just not enough room for me at sleepover.
Not even a month ago, my parents called me up to have a polite intervention regarding my growing facial hair because they feared that it may make me look threatening, and impede my burgeoning career or safety. The concern was not about how comfortable I felt within my own skin or encouraging my own individual expression, but with how my individual expression and humanity could be perceived by a social structure that has historically been oppressive and dangerous to black Americans.
Black life in America consists of an unrelenting struggle between weighing our humanity with the need for social and financial survival in an increasingly competitive world nearly devoid of safety nets and structured against encouraging black ascension.
BLM has always been an emotive response to America's racially oppressive structures. It has allowed black Americans to congregate and express their frustrations in a relatively safe environment, while hoping for positive change. During previous eras, the barbershop and the church served this purpose because they were beyond the gaze of white oppression. In the 1960s, countless black and white Americans took to the streets demanding civil rights for black Americans, but we all knew that these peaceful protests could be life-threatening for those who participated. The fact that cross sections of Americans of every race, age, and income level feel comfortable participating in a BLM protest without feeling that their life may be in danger is a sign of progress and revolutionary.
Yet BLM has to be more than merely an emotive congregation—even though this structure is desperately needed—and the frustrating reality of this movement, and by extension black American life, is that we cannot completely extricate ourselves from the oppressive structures that govern us. We have to engage with these structures because progress cannot occur from disengaging from the world around us. Aspiring for a black libertarian utopia is not what is needed right now regardless of how idyllic it might sound.
Detractors might proclaim that black Americans should "Go Back to Africa" if we do not like America, and black Americans might even encourage back-to-Africa movements. But we all know that the true reality, which we are all afraid to discuss, is that black Americans are as American as apple pie, and with that acceptance must come the acknowledgement of the systemic racism and cultural trauma that is ingrained within our society.
The emotional rage and frustration that BLM has provided a platform for expressing is incredibly valuable and this response to the DNC's olive branch spoke to this sentiment. Yet as the movement grows it must embrace the struggle of engaging with an environment that might not welcome it, and it needs to be able to differentiate between an open hand of friendship and a threatening, controlling fist of oppression. Misinterpreting the DNC's resolution as the latter instead of the former was a mistake.


And who is working class these days?
Working class – who is working class these days? The numbers of Americans defining themselves as middle class are in decline: 48% now consider themselves lower or working class. There are similar shifting sentiments in the UK.
And where do the old values of social liberalism (for a definition of social liberalism see * below) and social justice fit within this changing spectrum?
Taking Labour first, what the old Left hasn't accepted is that the working-class solidarity of old, which has inspired the Labour movement for 150 years, is gone forever. And that could include Marquand's 'more conservative Labourism'. Left-intellectual radicalism and working-class aspirations no longer gell as once they did. Grinding poverty is no more, the old Marxist underpinning likewise, and there's an alienation, a boredom and increasingly an hostility toward the political process.
And intellectuals, never too popular in the UK, are out of fashion as never before.
The popular instinct, as the Brexit result revealed, is to hold on to what we have. Immigration, globalisation, new technologies, the old politics, all are suspect. There's support for renationalising the railways, but not for wider state intervention.
Maybe the Corbynite left will convince us otherwise, but I think they're simply out of tune with the popular will.
So too social liberals – they're also out of tune with broad sections of the population, who only see government indifference to unwanted changes in their lives – housing shortages, pressures on services, regional development, immigration.
It's addressing these issues, rather than an overtly radical political prospectus, that will win people back to a liberal agenda.
Likewise, this should be Labour's policy focus. Radical at heart, but pragmatic in practice. Unless you're happy in the wilderness.
*Wikipedia has a helpful definition of social liberalism: Social liberalism is a political ideology that seeks to find a balance between individual liberty and social justice. Like classical liberalism, social liberalism endorses a market economy and the expansion of civil and political rights and liberties, but differs in that it believes the legitimate role of the government includes addressing economic and social issues such as poverty, health care, and education. Under social liberalism, the good of the community is viewed as harmonious with the freedom of the individual. Social liberal policies have been widely adopted in much of the capitalist world, particularly following World War II. Social liberal ideas and parties tend to be considered centrist or centre-left.
I could dine out on that one!
'The revolutionary elan of 1968' was followed by 'the disenchanted mood of its political aftermath'. I remember 1968. Too well.
It's a pattern oft-repeated. More recently we've had the frustrations of the Obama years, when 'yes we can' didn't quite happen. (Maybe it never will.) The aftermath of the 1989 and the fall of the Wall. Occupy and the now empty squares of New York and London. Above all the Arab Spring, and its brutal aftermath.
But we won't and can't let our optimism die. I'm one of millions now and forever who believe in social justice, opportunity, capability, compassion. We rejoice when we see progress, we're despondent when we see it pushed back. But we don't despair.
We don't of course always agree with each other. Do we work with the system, or oppose it – and by what means? The divide between global and anti-global perspectives is vast. Many (not all) proponents of big government and small government have the same end in view but believe in radically different ways of getting there.
I supported and support Obama, always believed Occupy wasn't sustainable … Bernie Sanders I admire, Corbyn I don't. We will bicker and insult and traduce the motives of others, while still aspiring to the same humanity.
And we will undermine each others' efforts. Refuse to vote for Hillary. Battle it out for the soul and machinery of the Labour Party. And if we're not careful – and we haven't been of course – let another party in, a party which doesn't define compassion and social justice quite as we do… which puts up barriers rather than engage with the world. Abandons institutions rather than seeks to reform them. Follows the populist piper, who advocates easy solutions, and plays to prejudice.
There are many good reasons for retiring to a monastery or a country cottage or sitting room and TV, and disengaging – and yet we hang in there. If we keep open minds, listen to each other, avoid scorn and hubris, remember that we're ultimately on the same side – then we might just make progress.
Zenpolitics and enterprise. Bedfellows? I've two very different contributions to the subject.
The other contribution – a recent House of Commons debate on the subject of tax. Tory MP Alan Duncan referred to people on the other side (meaning the Labour benches) who 'hate enterprise'. Much of the rest of his speech was intemperate and best forgotten. His jibe begs the question – what do we mean by enterprise?
Vincent Kompany has a much better understanding than Alan Duncan, particularly if we note that Duncan's comments were during a debate on tax havens.
We have one definition of enterprise – the pursuit of profit for its own sake.
And a second – enterprise which, to borrow Kompany's words, closes the gap between 'the entrepreneurial and the charitable' – combining both a private and a public good. Capitalism drives the world economy, it's high energy, and competitive – and there's nothing wrong with that. Likewise football – high energy and competitive! Think last evening and Chelsea drawing with Spurs – arguably too competitive. Be that as it may, we need entrepreneurs who are aware of the social impact and benefit of what they do, at the same time as looking to make a profit for themselves. The best entrepreneurs will plough a lot of that profit back into the country, new ventures, charities, sport and other forms of social support.
Other definitions – social enterprise, cooperatives, on a small and a larger (John Lewis) scale. And there's scope for enterprise in public services, though I wouldn't argue for re-nationalisation. Public ownership and enterprise aren't easy bedfellows.
And Buddhism? Buddhism is about letting go, curbing the acquisitive instinct, recognising the impermanence of everything in the world. Viewed another way – it's about change, and that of course is exactly what enterprise has to be. And it's about compassion – and we have Vincent Kompany's comment that 'we need to close the gap' between the entrepreneurial and the charitable.
Change and progress and enterprise have always produced casualties, with the Victorian Poor Law and workhouses as the extreme examples. But link compassion and enterprise, bring the entrepreneurial and the charitable closer together – and we could make a different and a better world.
As Vincent Kompany suggests, this isn't a utopian ideal, but something that can become part of business, already is for many – part, put simply, of the way we do things.


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Key Lime Pie is a Florida specialty, but thanks to vaping it's now easy to enjoy its taste in the UK as well. But what else can you do with Key limes? Element E-Liquid have applied their creativity to that question and the result is Key Lime Cookie, part of their Dripper Line selection.


Since our last update, our plants have begun to increase in size more and more each day! There is now 2-3 sets of leaves and the roots are now protruding from the bottom of the pot. This means it is now time to have them repotted.
We filled our new pots with new soil/coco, opened up a potting hole and we added some Plant Magic Mycorrhizal granules to help root development.
We then emptied the soil and plant gently out of the original pot. We then place the plant into its new potting hole and gently cover over with soil/coco.


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Hawthorne man charged with sexual assault, accused of date rape
HAWTHORNE, Calif.
Aaron Robinson, 32, has been charged with a single count of forcible rape after assaulting a woman he met through an online dating service.
Investigators said that on Nov. 4, he took her to a CVS store, where he purchased alcohol, and then drove her to his home.
Robinson was arrested Wednesday night, and authorities said evidence was found inside his apartment.
Robinson was booked at the Hawthorne Police Department. His bail was set at $100,000. He's scheduled to be arraigned on Friday.
If convicted, Robinson faces up to 8 years in prison.


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Donald Cotesworth Gellers (2 May 1936 – 8 October 2014), also known by his Jewish name Tuvia Ben-Shmuel Yosef, was an American lawyer. In the 1960s he lived in Eastport, Maine, where he represented members of the Passamaquoddy tribe in court and advocated for their civil rights. In 1968 he filed a land claim suit on the tribe's behalf. Immediately after filing the suit he was charged with constructive possession of six marijuana cigarettes. He was convicted on a felony charge and sentenced to prison. After an unsuccessful appeal process, he moved to Israel without serving his sentence. He returned to the United States in 1980 and practiced as a rabbi until his death. In 2020 he was granted a posthumous pardon by the state of Maine.

Early life and education

Gellers was born on May 2, 1936 in New York City. His father, Samuel J. Weitzen, was a doctor who had immigrated to the United States from Poland. Gellers's grandfather, great-grandfather and uncle were rabbis. His parents divorced when he was a child and his mother remarried Charles Gellers, a New York businessman.

Gellers attended Forest Hills High School and Northern Arizona University. He studied international law at Columbia University and served an internship at the United Nations before moving to Eastport, Maine in 1963 to open a law practice.

Legal career in Maine

Gellers moved to Eastport in 1963 with his wife, an artist, and opened a law practice. In May 1964 he agreed to represent five Passamaquoddy women who had been arrested for protesting at a construction site on disputed land on the nearby Indian Township reservation. Subsequently he became known for his support of the Passamaquoddy people, most of whom lived in poverty "dire even by the standards of Washington County, the poorest in New England".

As well as representing them in court, something few lawyers were willing to do, Gellers advocated for the legal and civil rights of the Passamaquoddy people. Among his accomplishments were  changes that allowed the Indians to make ordinances on tribal property, to run their own housing authority, and to hunt on their own land. Gellers also helped members with custody cases and with obtaining small business loans. His efforts on behalf of the Passamaquoddy led to his receiving death threats and having signs with antisemitic slogans placed on his lawn.

In his pursuit of justice for the Passamaquoddy people, Gellers often clashed with the police and other authorities. In 1965 he alerted state and national media when the county attorney chose not to prosecute five white men who had been accused in the beating death of an Indian man, and in 1967 he represented several Indians who had been involved in a fight with a policeman and who claimed to have been victims of police brutality as a consequence.

He also worked with tribal leaders on a land claim that led to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980. Tom Tureen, who became the tribe's lawyer in the 1970s, worked for Gellers as an intern in the summer of 1967.

In May 1968 Gellers filed a land claims suit on behalf of the Passamaquoddy tribe in Boston, claiming that the state of Maine "owed the tribe in excess of $150 million and title to tens of thousands of acres of land illegally appropriated from their treaty lands on the eastern branch of the St. Croix River". The suit was against the state of Massachusetts because Maine did not exist in 1794, when the tribe had signed its treaty with the government. Maine had been carved out of Massachusetts in 1820, and the treaty had been passed on to the newly created state, which had failed, it was alleged, to live up to its terms. Gellers hoped that Massachusetts would in turn "sue Maine as an aggrieved sovereign".

Upon his return from filing the land claims suit in Boston, Gellers was arrested and charged with "constructive possession" of six marijuana cigarettes which police claimed to have found in the pocket of a jacket hanging in Gellers's closet. Despite simple possession of marijuana having recently been downgraded to a misdemeanour, legal challenges to the new law made it technically possible to prosecute the case as a felony. At the direction of the Maine Attorney General this was done, with the prosecution being handled by the head of the Attorney General's criminal division. Gellers was found guilty in March 1969 and in May he was sentenced to two to four years in prison. As well as incarceration, the felony conviction meant "automatic disbarment".

Gellers appealed his conviction unsuccessfully over the course of two years. The judge refused to accept briefs on his behalf from the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Lawyers Guild. His request for a new trial was denied despite the testimony of Massachusetts lawyer Harvey Silverglate that the assistant Attorney General of Maine had told him that his office had set Gellers up. Having exhausted all possibilities Gellers decided to leave the country in 1971. He told the Attorney General of his intentions but the authorities made no attempt to prevent his leaving the country.

Life in Israel

Gellers moved to Israel in 1971 and took the name Tuvia Ben-Shmuel Yosef. He lived on a kibbutz and was wounded fighting in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. When applying to the Israeli bar he disclosed his criminal conviction and provided the court documents for review. The reviewing body described his case as "a catalogue of horrors, including — but not limited to, multiple violations of due process, manufactured evidence, clear efforts to 'get him' because he advocated unpopular ideas and defended unpopular clients" and Gellers was admitted to the bar unreservedly.

Later life

In 1980 he moved back to New York City, where he became a rabbi. He was a rabbi and teacher at the Moroccan Jewish Association in Forest Hills.

In 1989 the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reviewed his case and gave him a "certificate of good standing" as a lawyer despite his having left the United States before serving his prison sentence. He died in New York City on 8 October 2014. He was survived by his daughter Rachel Weitzen.

Posthumous pardon
In 2014, shortly before his death, Gellers's story was detailed in the Portland Press Herald as part of a series of articles by Colin Woodard about the Passamaquoddy people's history since the 1960s. His family, represented pro bono by Freeport, Maine lawyer Robert Checkoway, petitioned the state of Maine for a pardon. Governor Paul LePage would not allow the pardon request to be heard. However, on October 17, 2020, the board of pardons of his successor, Governor Janet Mills, heard testimony supporting the pardon request.

On 7 January 2020 Governor Mills granted Don Gellers a full pardon, stating that she found "merit" in the argument that "the state had sought to thwart Gellers's 'outspoken political and legal advocacy' for the tribe". Specifically, she referred to the facts that the felony charge was disproportionate to the alleged crime; that the arrest and trial for such a minor offence were "handled by the state's top officials"; that no attempt was made to prevent Gellers from leaving the country, implying that the motive was simply to get rid of him; and that a co-defendant in the case suffered no consequences beyond forfeiting $500 bail. This was apparently the first time the state of Maine has granted a posthumous pardon.

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Finally, let's end the week with a portrait! I actually forgot I still had two more to make for the second Tai Ming zone. Guess I got a little bit too excited about starting to make backgrounds for Puzzle World!
And now, the work on Puzzle World continues! Today we're gonna transform the Statue Room into it's sorry present state. Since this will be the first room to be turned into a present version, it's extra important to get everything right since a bunch of the props, such as the planks, will be reused in upcoming rooms.
Finally, after a lot of deliberation, I decided to change the layout of the blog! I've been working on this for a while (stealing an hour here and an hour there), but I never really found a layout that I liked enough, until now.
The old posts might look a bit off, but as new posts (formatted with the layout in mind) appear, hopefully things will start looking alright again soon!
Now, I probably forgot to test a bunch of stuff, so if something is broken somewhere, let me know!
As I draw closer to finishing my part of the work on Tai Ming's second zone, more tiny fixes are needed, and so there's another mixed bag post!
As you can see, we also added some cracks to illustrate where a hole will be in the present, as well!
Also, just for fun and some flavor, an optional chest has appeared in Tai Ming's present state! But however will you be able to reach it with all the rocks blocking the way?
Before designing this place, I had a talk with Fred and Teddy about what level of technology we wanted this place to have. We had plenty of options: we could either go full Flying Fortress style with lasers and very high technology, or we could go more primitive and ancient-oriented.
Since we wanted this area to feel quite modern for Tai Ming (making it stand out and all), we decided to keep it kind of high-tech, but not Flying Fortress laser-level. So we'll have steel bars, lots of documentation, some glass vials and strange potions, some which will be animated and added later on by Fred!


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Kuo-Shu Liang (梁國樹) Memorial Address: Dr. Jianhai Lin
Jianhai Lin
In keeping with this blog's mission of highlighting Taiwan-related events on campus:
The Stanford Center for International Development (SCID) has established a Memorial Award and Lecture Series to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Dr. Kuo-Shu Liang, who was Governor of the Central Bank of Taiwan, 1994 – 95. [The official announcement has these years wrong; Dr. Liang was vice governor of the Central Bank from 1975-1979, not governor.]
The third bi-annual event will take place at Stanford on Monday, April 28, 2014, 4:30-6:00pm. Dr. Jianhai Lin, Secretary of the Fund and the International Monetary and Financial Committee, will be the invited recipient of the Kuo-Shu Liang Award and will deliver the Kuo-Shu Liang Memorial address, entitled "Global Economic Landscape and Challenges." The event page is here.
Jianhai Lin is the Secretary of the Fund and the International Monetary and Financial Committee. He oversees the Secretary's Department that has operational responsibility for the 24-member Executive Board, and serves as the official contact point of the IMF's 188 member countries on institutional matters, including work of the Board of Governors. The Secretary's Department also organizes Spring and Annual Meetings, and is the creator and custodian of the IMF's official record.
A Chinese native, Mr. Lin was appointed to his current position in March 2012. He previously served in senior positions in the Secretary's, Finance, Policy Development and Review, and Asian and Pacific Departments. During his IMF career, he has worked across a wide range of country, policy, and administrative issues.
Mr. Lin studied at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China, and the University of California at Berkeley, and earned his doctorate from the George Washington University. Before joining the Fund, he worked in the financial sector and academia.


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Sclerosis of the hippocampal area means scarring of this region of the brain.
For understanding, you may consider it somewhat similar to the scarring that you develop on your skin when you get hurt.
So it's a bodily response, to a trauma or infection, to repair the damaged area.
It would be essential to investigate the cause of this sclerosis.
Reduced oxygen supply to that area of the brain. This may happen in patients with hypertension or some small vessel disease.
History of too much smoking or alcohol intake.
A little patch of scarring is not serious. However, if the scarring is continuous and spreads in brain tissues, it may be dangerous.
It can lead to functional problems in a long term such as impaired memory.
The calcified granuloma may or may not be related to the underlying disease condition causing sclerosis.
The hippocampal area controls memory, both long term and short term. Damage or loss of neurons in this region therefore leads to memory loss. It is frequently found in patients with community-based dementia.
Spacial navigation is also controlled by this area, and so that also gets affected.
It needs to be differentiated from Alzheimer's Disease. It may be diagnosed by an MRI of the brain that shows sclerosis of the hippocampus.
It makes the patient prone to fits or seizures especially temporal lobe epilepsy. So, taking an anti-epileptic medication is essential as a preventive measure.
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Perceptions of Engagement and School Climate: Differences between Once-Retained and Multiple-Retained Students in Brazil
Bear, George G.; Harris, Angela; Saraiva de Macedo Lisboa, Carolina; Holst, Bruna
International Journal of School & Educational Psychology , v7 n1 p18-27 2019
Differences in self-reported perceptions of cognitive-behavioral and emotional engagement between students who were continuously promoted, retained once, or retained multiple times were examined in this study of 199 students, grades 5-9, in Brazil. Retained students reported significantly less cognitive-behavioral engagement than their promoted peers. Students retained multiple times, but not those retained only once, reported less emotional engagement. Group differences also were found in two of six areas of school climate: fairness and clarity of rules, and school safety. Findings suggest the need for interventions that target school engagement and school climate to reduce the use of retention.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade Repetition, Educational Environment, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Learner Engagement, Student Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Intervention, Correlation, Measures (Individuals), Bullying, School Safety, Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship
Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
Identifiers - Location: Brazil


The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) draws enormous numbers of tech aficionados to Las Vegas every January — this year, 175,000 people attended it. Next year, some of those attendees, coming from more than 150 countries, will have a chance to get there in an increasingly rare way: Flying in on a Boeing 747.
Since KLM isn't offering service back to Amsterdam on the 6th and 7th, the 747s will continue on to Los Angeles (LAX) and then operate the non-stop flight to Amsterdam (AMS). Unfortunately, this won't count as a fifth freedom route so there's no way to book the 747 between LA and Vegas — even if you're originating in Amsterdam.
KLM, which does not regularly fly to LAS, isn't the only carrier to add service to Las Vegas just for the show. KLM's alliance partner in SkyTeam, Delta, will also offer non-stop service from AMS to LAS on the 6th and 7th and return service on the 11th and 12th, operated by its A330-300. Additionally, Air France and Delta will offer a total of 10 flights between Paris CDG and LAS on January 5, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 12, using the 777-300ER and A330-300, respectively.
All of KLM's 747s have been refitted to offer lie-flat business class seats arranged in a 2-2 configuration. Since KLM does not offer a first class product, booking one of these seats would be a great opportunity to fly in the nose of a 747.
While this will be the first time KLM offers scheduled service to Las Vegas, it won't be the first time McCarran International Airport sees a 747. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic regularly fly 747s there as well.
Featured image by Economou / NurPhoto / Getty Images.


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are often more frequent and lengthier than those occurring in bipolar I disorder.
although others may be troubled by the individual's erratic behavior.
in establishing the diagnosis of bipolar II disorder.
but instead experience them as depression with increased energy or irritability.


Haven't actually been feeling sick lately, but I have been noticing sleeping a little more than usual AND coughing up some weird things that usually only come with recovery from something. But it wasn't until today, when I went walking around the mall, that I felt like maybe I actually had something.
Probably part of it is that I usually stay at home or don't go out for long each day. But today I just remembered the latest Pokemon movie was out in theaters for this weekend only... just one showing today! And of course I am a sucker for Pokemon stuff. I couldn't find anything online that said you got a special gift or anything, so I wasn't expecting anything, but once I was actually in the theater I saw EVERYBODY had a special gift bag. Suddenly I felt stupid for buying tickets at the machine instead of the booth. But after the movie, I checked... It was actually supposed to have been handed out when the guy took my movie ticket! I was one of four childless adult males who had to return to the ticket guy for our Pokemon goodie bags.
It was a cute movie but nothing more than usual Pokemon fare, I guess. But while I was kinda impressed with the voice acting for the Pokemon in the original series, back in Kanto, now it feels more than ever like they're just phoning it in. Or maybe it's just hard to repeatedly yell, "Deer! Deer deer deer! DEER!" and not sound totally phony.
But I had some time to kill, so I strolled around the mall for a bit. That's when I started feeling really bad, though getting a drink did help. Sometimes when you go to a crowded place, you can almost feel the negative emotions of others washing over you, you know? I often feel like this when going to a mall, but of course this was the Christmas season and any negative feelings would be sure to be multiplied. Probably I was just actually physically ill with something, but walking around there sure felt awful.
The Descendants was so great! I loved that movie. I can't listen to George Clooney's voice without his character from Fantastic Mr. Fox just popping up in my head, though. It's set in Hawaii, and it really brought me back! The way people dressed, the beach, the red earth... I just thought it was an awesome movie. I found myself caring more about characters I really didn't think I'd care about. Just felt really emotional and genuine.


New York City is unmistakably one of the most incredible cities in the world, a symbol of wealth, greed, strength and grand ambitions. An Empire State of Mind - beautiful and overwhelming. This image was taken from the Empore State Building, the very top floor.


Your brain is the most precious organ in your body. Even when other vital organs keep working, without brain wave activity, the body is an empty vessel. The brain is plastic — meaning that is can change itself, and does so based on the input it receives. this is called neuroplasticity.
Neuroplasticity means that we are NOT locked in to our current downloaded states.
It also means you have the power to create your own success — your own fate, as it were — simply by providing your brain the stimulus it needs to transform you into a mental powerhouse, capable of fashioning your desired goals.
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The FAO GeoNetwork provides internet access to interactive maps, satellite imagery and related spatial databases maintained by FAO and its partners. Its purpose is to improve access to and integrated use of spatial data and information. Through this website FAO facilitates multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable development and supports decision making in agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food security.
The Great Lakes of Africa help to sustain the economies of several East African nations. Changes in the condition of these lakes is of great concern. The objective of this research was to examine long-term variations of precipitation in the Great Lakes region. Rainfall over the catchment was assessed for Lakes Albert, Edward, Kivu, Malawi, Tanganyika, Turkana, and Victoria, using gauge data. In most cases over 100 years of record are available. Assessments were also made for the region as a whole. TRMM satellite estimates of precipitation were also used to examine the years since 1998.
The HoPE-LVB: Gender Equality project works to promote gender equality in the Lake Victoria basin by training women and young mothers on how to integrate health and conservation practices and facilitating community dialogue sessions around the intersection of gender, sexual and reproductive health and the environment. Their work is empowering women and helps to bridge gender gaps and encourage input and support from all the members of the community.
To protect the Bururi Forest Nature Reserve, a consortium of organizations came together to raise awareness and provide income generating activities to the local community.
In 2015, as part of the ongoing cross-border efforts, Burundians and Congolese came together to share experiences and find solutions to fish management on Lake Tanganyika.
The UNDP-UNEP Poverty Environment Initiative worked with the Government of Malawi to create revised policies for fisheries and forestry in order to produce better management of resources and encourage sustainable livelihoods. The project encouraged the government to engage stakeholders from various community groups in drafting the policies, which allowed local community leaders to provide a voice and offer their unique insights on how the policies should be shaped.
The East African Rift System defines the setting of most of Kenya's important internal (e.g., Lakes Nakuru, Naivasha, Baringo, Bogoria) and transboundary (e.g., Lakes Turkana, Victoria) lake basins. The lakes support ecosystems that are rich in birdlife, wildlife and aquatic macrophyte species, but the influent rivers have low species diversity. The lakes and rivers are valuable to the area inhabitants as they provide water and food for humans and livestock, food and nutrition from fisheries, materials for building and weaving, tourism and recreational services, and have aesthetic values.
Building on BirdLife sediment fingerprinting study on the impacts of climate change in the Lakes Kivu and Tanganyika basins, this project will enhance the resilience of communities within the Sebeya and Ruhwa catchments through agroforestry and sustainable agriculture, building capacity for climate change adaptation and disseminating best practices in the African Great Lakes Region. This project is implemented in partnership with ABN – Burundi, NaFIRRI and BirdLife.


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Fiona Bigelli and Sarah Chan are the co-Founders and Directors of Pax People.
Fiona and Sarah are Nationally Accredited Mediators (NMAS), licensed Family Dispute Resolution Practitioners (FDRP), experienced Workplace Investigators Human Resources Consultants and Coaches. In addition, Fiona and Sarah have over 25 years' professional experience in senior roles across Law, Human Resources, Dispute Resolution, Psychology, Coaching, Workplace Investigations and Conflict Management. Fiona is a Lawyer and former HR Director and Sarah is a former workplace business executive and HR Director.
Fiona and Sarah pride themselves on being commercial, pragmatic, highly empathetic, active listeners who have the ability to cut through complicated, emotional situations and find effective solutions for their clients.
FIONA BIGELLI
CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
Fiona is a Nationally Accredited Mediator under the National Mediation Accreditation System (NMAS), licensed as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP), trained in the CINERGY™ Conflict Coaching Model and is accredited to deliver the Myers Briggs Type Indicator® personality inventory (MBTI®). Fiona also holds a Certificate III in Investigative Services.
Fiona's other qualifications include a Masters of Industrial Relations & Human Resources Management (MIRHRM), a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A. major in languages).
SARAH CHAN
Sarah is a Nationally Accredited Mediator under the National Mediation Accreditation System (NMAS), licensed as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP), trained in the CINERGY™ Conflict Coaching Model and is accredited to deliver the Myers Briggs Type Indicator® personality inventory (MBTI®). Sarah also holds a Certificate III in Investigative Services.
Sarah's other qualifications include a Bachelor of Business (B.Bus major in Management) and significant studies towards a Bachelor of Psychology (B.Psych).


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Community / Liturgy at Aquinas Institute
Liturgy is at the heart of study at Aquinas Institute of Theology. These gatherings of the Aquinas community serve to unite students, staff and faculty through prayer, and shape us more intimately into the Body of Christ.
The Aquinas community welcomes guests to its liturgical celebrations, which are held in the Aquinas Institute Chapel and are scheduled as follows when classes are in session:
Aquinas Institute Liturgical Schedule
Day Service Time
Tuesday Eucharist 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday Midday Prayer 11:30 a.m.
Prayer at Midday is celebrated as a modified format of the Liturgy of the Hours. On occasion, the Aquinas community will gather to celebrate morning or evening prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours. Typical components are liturgical songs, psalms, and a scripture reading with preaching, prayer intentions and the sign of peace. Preaching at these services is typically done by a vowed religious or lay person-among the faculty or students-in order to give them a rarely afforded opportunity to utilize their gifts. Students who have taken foundational courses in liturgy and homiletics can hone their preaching and liturgical leadership skills in our community worship.
On Tuesdays the Aquinas community celebrates the Eucharist. The ordained faculty of Aquinas Institute rotates on this schedule so that all have an opportunity to preside with the community.
The Sacrament of Penance is offered on an individual basis. Several of the priest-faculty are willing to administer the sacrament. Please contact a priest to schedule an appointment. Daily Eucharist and Reconciliation is celebrated at St. Francis Xavier (College) Church on the campus of Saint Louis University and at the Catholic Student Center at Washington University during the school year. The Archdiocese of St. Louis also maintains a list of parishes and their liturgical schedules.
Liturgy at St. Dominic Priory
Friends of Aquinas Institute are also invited to join the friars of St. Dominic Priory for the Liturgy of the Hours and Eucharistic celebrations. The St. Dominic Priory Chapel is located at 3407 Lafayette Avenue - St. Louis, MO 63104. When Aquinas Institute is in session the schedule is as follows:
St. Dominic Priory Liturgical Schedule
Day(s) Services Times
Mon. - Thurs. Morning Prayer & Eucharist
Evening Prayer 7:00 a.m.
Friday Morning Prayer & Eucharist
Saturday Morning Prayer & Eucharist
Sunday Morning Prayer
On Holy Days of obligation, holidays, and days when Aquinas Institute is not in session, the schedule of prayer is subject to change; contact Fr. Simon Felix Michalski, O.P. at 314.633.4400 for details.