We have had a really exciting and busy week at school. On Wednesday we had the pleasure to meet James Jennings who was a actor from duffy theatre. He was inspiring everyone that reading is cool and fun. He shared with us that he found reading hard when he was 5 and has teacher told him " to read books that interest you". James did this and now he loves to read. Now that James can read he reads emails, respond to facebook, reads texts and sci- fi books.
This week in Room 7 I have been testing most of the class for their end of term assessments. I was very happy with their running records results. Keep up the great progress tamariki.
Jahzaay is very proud showing his class certificate for being kind and caring and showing Whanaunatanga.Don't forget we have teacher only day on Monday. I'll see you at school on Tuesday. Have a great long weekend.


Dennis was in Florida last week. I was able to fly out for the weekend to hang out with him, his brother, and his sister-in-law (and their two cute dogs). I flew to Orlando where I met up with Dennis then we drove 4 hours to Naples for the weekend We also drove up to Fort Lauderdale/Miami.
We were able to spend some time at beaches, participated in a 5K race on the beach, went to a local county fair, went kayaking, saw dolphins (saw a calf!) from about 20-30 feet away, and read books.
Every once in a while we have a crafts night. This is what we did at last week's crafts night…..
I almost forgot I was implanted two years ago until someone recently asked me about it. Then I couldn't remember the dates of when I was implanted and activated…that's what blogs are for!
Imagine how overwhelmed you would feel and how much you would have to adjust if you had perfect hearing then suddenly became deaf. Yeah, that's how I felt for a long time after my implant was activated (going from perfectly deaf to hearing everything).
The longer I have had my CI the more I realize how much I hated my CI at first. I am so much more comfortable with my CI now. Sometimes I forget I have something man-made inside me and other times I still find it weird that I can actually feel the outline of the implant on my head when touching my head.
In some ways I'm still in the same spot I was 2 years ago but in more ways I am not. Bottom line is I'm more than happy with my decision to get a CI and I never regretted my decision (even when I hated it and was grumpy). If nothing else it has made me embrace the fact that being deaf is part of who I am. I am so much more comfortable with who I am as a deaf person.
There are days when I do get frustrated and wish I could understand everything I hear….but I knew from day 1 that I probably wouldn't. Then there are days when I'm still amazed that certain sounds exist.
There are days when I'm not sure why I even bother wearing my CI and there are days when I don't know what I would do without my CI.
There are days when my CI batteries go dead and I don't bother replacing them for a couple of hours. There are days when I make sure I have back-up CI batteries with me all the time because I don't want to go a minute without wearing my CI.
I have fallen into love with music.
There are days when I want to hear everything that's going on around me and there are days when all I want is silence. Having that choice is wonderful. I make my own decisions as to if I want to hear.
There are days when sometimes it's a brutal reminder of how much I miss out on. It hurts to hear people talking around me and not being able to understand them. It's frustrating to hear music and not hear it in the same way others hear it. It's annoying to hear laughter and being the only one not laughing because I don't know what they're laughing about. Sometimes ignorance is bliss. The if I don't hear it, it doesn't exist philosophy. Without the CI, I could look away when people started talking and would forget I was being left out. I didn't feel hurt or embarrassed because I was the only one not laughing because I didn't hear others laughing around me. I didn't have so many questions about music.
Then there are days when lip-reading is much easier, I'm more in tune with my environment, and I can't go through a whole day without listening to music.
Two years later and I'm still sorting through this huge tangled ball of sounds. It has taught me to be even more inquisitive and motivated. It has helped me get a little taste of what the world is like for my hearing family and friends.
I am a deaf person who is comfortable with being deaf yet I enjoy hearing.
Sometime I do wonder if I should go bilateral and other times I'm not sure I should.
It's funny how certain sounds, smells, and visual things take me back to surgery day, activation day, and a few weeks after activation. The sound of my turn signal still brings back memories of when I finally recognized my first sound which was the turn signal.
One of my top songs to listen to from time to time is The Hardest Button to Button by The White Stripes. I remember watching the music video a few times after activation (without sound) and thinking that the very end of the video (starting at 3:11) reminded me of how I felt like the room was spinning with sounds attacking me from all directions whenever I had my CI on. I felt trapped…it didn't matter where I went or what I did…I couldn't escape that circle of sounds, it was always there….and those sounds were bigger than I was. Two years later and the ending of this video still takes me back to those days.
It is clear I get minimum benefits with my CI compared with the majority of CI users but it works for me. I appreciate what I have and will continue to do so.
I am realizing that it's true when people say getting a CI is a journey. There may be a starting point but there's no ending point. It's a lifelong process of learning and work….
Signed up for gymnastics classes and am loving them!
My car decided to die on the highway. Thankfully I was able to get off just in time (barely). Wouldn't want to be stuck in the middle of the road with everyone else going 70-80 mph. Had to tow it.
Turns out my car died due to the fuel pump not working. When I went to pick up my car the next day I discovered a flat tire. Got it repaired free of charge (whew!).
Went bowling after not bowling for at least 10 years. Good times were had.
Yep, March Madness is in full swing around here….
Been watching KU basketball games and cheering them on!
Beat some winter blues by playing indoor volleyball with Dennis and Sarah.
Tried my hand at cooking simple and quick meals.
Had a blast watching the Big 12 Gymnastics Championship competition.
Got to catch up with some of my favorite ladies who I have known for 15-20 years.
Got some outdoor time in even though it was cold and gloomy for most of February.
This is how I entertained myself while stuck at home during a blizzard.
Had some cheese fondue at Melting Pot (btw, green apples and cheese are faboo together).
Has it really been almost a month since my last post?! Time flies.
Just thought I would mention a small CI moment. This won't seem very impressive to most of you but thought it was kinda cool especially since I wasn't actively listening.
Of course, charity and sherry are 2 entirely different words with different numbers of syllables.
At dinner, Dennis was talking about a dodgeball charity tournament and he was sim-comming (signing and speaking at the same time). I happened to look away for a second and missed that Dennis had signed "charity." I did catch part of the word via lip-reading and listening.
I am always mixing up the "SH" and "CH" sounds. So, to me…sherry sounds similar to charity. This is kind of an example of how sometimes I can identify certain sounds but I don't always pick them all out. In this case I was able to pick out there was a "SH" or a "CH" sound and figured out there was a "R" in there somewhere. It's a fill-in-the-blank game for my brain.
This is random….but no one ever told me that you can hear a person brushing their teeth from across the room…and it's quite noisy.


On this episode we interview Kyle Dornbos(Orkimedes) from Never Tell Me the Odds blog.
On this episode we talk with Kevin Valliere from Imperial Discipline. We also discuss our lists that we played and discuss competitive vs casual.
Check out Imperial Discipline and show Kevin some love!


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Q: How to save incoming push-notifications to a history in angular I have a swpush service and want to save all incoming PushNotifications to an array.
Is that possible through a swpush methode?
I couldn't figure out a way to archive this behavior and think it might not be possible. In that case, is there a best practise to create a PushNot history? The only way I can think of is to fetch the notifications seperatly from the backend, but if possible I'd just like to save the PushNot payload, when receiving it.

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New York Rangers Fans Face James Dolan Booze Ban At MSG
James Dolan always seems to have a beef with someone. Now the owner of Madison Square Garden, the New York Rangers and the New York Knicks is in the midst of a fight with the New York State Liquor Authority and Blue Shirt fans may get their beers knocked out of their hands in the melee.
This Is Why Aaron Rodger Will Be Next New York Jets QB...
NFL experts felt that the New York Jets were an average quarterback from making the playoffs this season. I agree. General manger Joe Douglas and head coach Robert Saleh have drastically improved an awful roster, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Rookie stars, wide receiver Garrett Wilson and running back Breece Hall, are attractive weapons on the offensive side. Is that enough to lure a future Hall of Fame quarterback to Gang Green? Maybe one looking to cash in one more time?
New York Jets' Fan Goes Viral for Risky Tattoo! Is He Crazy, or is He a Genius?
This New York Jets' fan went viral for a very risky decision they made on a tattoo, and in one year's time, they'll either be a genius, or look like a fool.
Adidas Execs Got Jail. Now Syracuse Booster Does It Openly
How times change. In a little more than four years, paying high school or prep school recruits to choose a particular college or university went from a felony to an encouraged practice.
Harassment Gets New York Knicks Announcer Fired
Harassment charges within the walls of Madison Square Garden are nothing new. However, since the landmark $11.6 million payout to Anucha Browne Sanders, as a result of verbal abuse and sexual harassment suffered from former New York Knicks team president and head coach, Isiah Thomas, things have been relatively quiet in the human resources department at MSG. For nearly two decades, the bad memories of one of the worst scandals in NBA history continued to fade, until Monday when the word "harassment" was used in an MSG Network statement about one of their announcers.
Which Players On Saturday Hold Keys To Championship Weekend?
The old saying goes, "a chain is only as strong as its' weakest link." NFL teams are a lot like chains. Every player is important to their unit's success and there are hardly any weak links when you get into Divisional Playoff weekend. So, let's look at some of Saturday's players that could unlock tickets to next weekend.
New York Yankees Hold The Treasure To Nab This Pirate
Amongst the small market teams in the MLB, the Pittsburgh Pirates have never been shy about trading away their future stars. On the other side of the baseball world, the New York Yankees are hardly discreet with their desire to acquire those precious stars.
Why Do The New York Knicks Stink At Madison Square Garden?
Why are the New York Knicks in a two-year funk at one of the most historic basketball venues in the world, Madison Square Garden, their home court? OK, before you say, 'because the team stinks' hang on a minute. The Knicks are really good on the road.
Buffalo Bills Mafia Get Your Passports Ready For A 2023 Home Game
The NFL announced their international "home" teams for the 2023 season on Thursday. Amongst the announced teams are the Buffalo Bills. The Tennessee Titans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots were also designated as home teams for the upcoming season. The international games appear to be a revenue generating machine for the NFL owners and some cool destinations for some of the league's most enthusiastic fanbases...like Buffalo!
Vintage Storytown Props Getting New Life In Lake George
Some of the vintage 'Mother Goose' props and buildings can be seen each season at Six Flags Great Escape. Now those props are getting a fresh coat of paint.
Lake Placid Is The Core of New York's Winter Sports Investment
This week over 1400 collegiate athletes are competing in Lake Placid for the 2023 FISU Winter World University Games. The site of two Winter Olympic competitions in 1932 and 1980 provided the perfect infrastructure for the international event. However, many of the competition sites and training areas needed drastic updating to be considered for such a high-profile winter sports event. In stepped the State of New York and the Lake Placid is shining with Gold Medals.
Drop A Line! Check Out New York's Free Fishing Days For 2023
New York State has some of the greatest varieties of fishing opportunities in the country. From world class fly fishing for trout to floating a worm off of a lake dock for crappie, the Empire State has plenty of cool places to drop-a-line! The Department of Environmental Conservation announced "Free Fishing Days" for 2023. The free days are sure to provide the awesome experience of being a New York State angler.

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Founded in 2000 as the Randstad Award, it was renamed the Randstad Employer Brand Research in 2018, optimizing 19 years of successful employer branding insights.
The Randstad Employer Brand Research was conducted between September to December 2018.
In Hong Kong SAR, 75 largest commercial organisations were selected, each with at least 1,000 employees. Over 3,000 respondents participated in the Hong Kong SAR research with respondents reflecting the national demographics across age, gender and education level.
Do you know this organisation well enough to have a perception about it?
Based on your perception, would you like to work for this company?
This second question determines the most attractive employers in Hong Kong SAR. Asking these questions removes the bias of some of the bigger, more well-known global brands, levelling the playing field by making it a fairer and more equitable comparison across the entire list of 75 companies.
how is this research unique?
Unlike other employer branding studies, the Randstad Employer Brand Research is not based on company nominations or judging panels. It is an independently conducted research where the results are based solely on the opinions and votes of the local potential working demographic, giving a truly impartial view of the employee market and a true reflection of employer attractiveness for each of the 30 participating countries' largest employers.
Who are the top 20 most attractive employers in Hong Kong SAR in 2019?


You, too, can now attempt a record-setting denial-of-service attack, as the tools used to launch the attacks were publicly posted to GitHub this week.
Proof-of-concept code by Twitter user @037 combined with a list of 17,000 IP addresses of vulnerable memcached servers allows anyone to send forged UDP packets to memcached servers obtained from the Shodan.io computer search engine.
The era of terabit DDoS attacks was ushered in this month with giant denial of service attacks last week set records with 1.35-terabit-per-second and 1.7 -terabit-per-second attacks. They used unsecured memcached servers to launch the attacks, one of which targeted GitHub itself. The latter attack targeted an unnamed U.S. service provider, according to Arbor Networks.
A second tool was released on Monday, BleepingComputer reports, but the author is unknown.
Akamai and Cloudflare predicted more attacks following the record-setting efforts. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince said he was seeing separate attacks of a similar size last week.
The vulnerability has existed for a decade and more and more server administrators are taking steps to secure their machines. Cloud service providers are also taking action by rate-limiting the UDP ports that launch the attacks.


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Posted in16 Shots, Criminal Justice
For black officers in Chicago, city's police crisis calls for action
by Darryl Holliday and Harry Backlund December 7, 2015 September 5, 2017
Pat Hill was among a group of retired police officers who on Dec. 2 called for a federal investigation of the Chicago Police Department. Hill, who retired from the force in 2007, is the former executive director of the African American Police League, formerly the Afro-American Patrolmen's League. Credit: Photo by Max Herman
Edward "Buzz" Palmer has been at this moment before. When he first saw the July 28, 1967 cover of Life magazine—a black boy lying dead in the street, shot by police—Palmer was a young black police officer in a racially divided city, working in a department that still segregated its squad cars.
"It was the times," Palmer explains. "The times create the conditions. King had been assassinated, Malcolm X had been assassinated. What it pointed out was the need for the black community to be protected. We saw all this killing going on."
Palmer was moved by the image to form the Afro-American Patrolmen's League, the first African-American police organization of its kind. He spent two years in the department before handing the role over to Pat Hill, who quickly had her own challenges to face.
"I knew the culture of the police department when I went in," Hill said. "I knew the disparity in treatment of black officers, and I spent a lot of my time fighting against policies in the department."
A call for more black police officers
Last Wednesday morning, Hill stood with other retired black police officers at a news conference to call for the hiring of more black officers and a federal investigation into the Chicago Police Department and the Independent Police Review Authority, the civilian body tasked with investigating complaints of police misconduct. Since then, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has replaced the head of IPRA, and U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch has announced a civil rights investigation of the police department.
At their news conference, the retired officers cited the persistent under-representation of African-Americans in CPD as a root cause of tensions between black neighborhoods and the police department. According to police records, the CPD is 23 percent black, compared with 33 percent of the total Chicago population.
The news conference came three days after the firing of former police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, and 10 days after the release of a dashcam video that shows 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being shot 16 times by CPD Officer Jason Van Dyke. The shooting, captured and repeated on an unending loop online and on TV, was yet another moment of historical reflection for Hill.
"For me this is about the third time. It's the third go-around. Certain concessions are always made and everything goes back to being business as usual: scandals, police brutality [and] discrimination in the department," she said. " I can't be as optimistic as a person who's going through it for the first time."
Like the cover of Life Magazine in 1967, Hill said the latest symbol of police misconduct — the image of McDonald; a black boy lying dead in the street, shot by police — is yet another moment of striking cruelty and a call for meaningful reform.
Much like the ousting of McCarthy, past Chicago police scandals have also led to resignations and promises of reform. In 2007, CPD superintendent Philip Cline resigned amid an uproar over video footage of Chicago police beatings. The film included a widely-circulated Youtube clip of an off-duty officer beating a female bartender on the Northwest Side. Ten years before, superintendent Matt Rodriguez announced his retirement amid a series of scandals, including police corruption and brutality allegations.
A system of oppression
Hill and Palmer sought to reform the department through diversifying its ranks, but young black activists today argue that policing itself is oppressive.
"As a black cop or brown cop, you are in a position of power over the group of people you are policing," Janae Bonsu of The Black Youth Project 100 told The Chicago Reporter last month. "Black police antagonize us. Black police still profile us."
A 'black in blue' legacy in the spotlight
Palmer and Hill agree that the problem is systemic — "violence has a handmaiden, and the handmaiden is poverty" as Palmer puts it. But Hill takes issue with the idea that an officer's race doesn't matter for the community they work in.
"So many young people — so many young black people especially — are taking the initiative to be heard. In that respect that's a positive," she said. But the young activists weren't there in 1967, she noted — while being actively engaged in the current moment, they lack the historical perspective that comes with age.
"They really can't take it too far [back] … There's a big difference between white police and black police. Our upbringing is totally different and we're treated differently. We're suspended and punished at a higher rate — we're scrutinized differently."
David Lemieux, a retired black police officer and 26-year veteran of CPD, added to the chorus of calls for systemic change and improved relations between police and the public.
"In order for there to be any change in the relations between the community and the police, the infrastructure has to be saturated with people that represent the community," he said. "The village needs warriors to protect it, not settlers to occupy it. Who are the boots on the ground? That's what's important."
Hill noted that while Wednesday's news conference achieved its goal of having black officers speak out, it failed to comment on the systemic nature of racism in the Chicago Police Department by focusing too closely on a single individual.
A similar issue is raised in the handling of McCarthy by Emanuel. Hill and others didn't support McCarthy's hiring when he was confirmed in 2012 and while she agrees with his dismissal, she sees the way politicians are "kicking him on the way down" as political posturing.
"I don't think it's about one individual," she said. "I think it's important for black officers currently in the department and retired to take positions on this because the black community needs that."
Palmer and Hill also agree that the black community needs the Black Lives Matter movement, including Chicago-based groups like BYP100.
"We're living in a new era," Palmer explained. "One of the reasons why things always died down was because blacks did not have access to the media. Now they have access to social media. When Ferguson went up the newspapers didn't cover it, but all at once all these young people were on their smartphones and they got a million hits and people had to pay attention to it."
He added, "This is not an issue that is going to go away."
This report was published in collaboration with City Bureau, a Chicago-based journalism lab. Additional reporting by William Cabaniss.
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Ms. Jennifer Luciw graduated with a Bachelor's of Science in Health Policy and Administration from The Pennsylvania State University in May 2003. Shortly thereafter, Jennifer relocated to the Northern Virginia/Washington DC area and began her professional career with Evolvent Technologies, Inc., a focused healthcare systems integrator with particular strength in federal healthcare systems.
Jennifer progressed rapidly through the ranks at Evolvent, working all major areas of operations, including HR, contracts administration, program finance, and corporate finance & accounting. At Evolvent, Jennifer received continuous promotions, progressing to Vice President of Finance within six years, ultimately taking on responsibility over the finance and contracts administration departments. Jennifer was a key contributor in the company's explosive growth from 20 employees and $3M in annual revenue to over 200 employees and $65M in annual revenues over the course of just five years.
When Evolvent was acquired by Fortune 100 Company ManTech International Corporation in 2012, Jennifer assumed a critical role in the systems conversion and implementation. She continued on with the company for an additional year in order to ensure that Evolvent's projects experienced a seamless and profitable transition under the new ownership.
Jennifer's next challenge was to found a consulting firm, eLusive Consulting, LLC, which provided systems design & implementation, compliance, corporate redesign/restructure, and other related services to clients in both the Federal realm, as well as expanding her services to commercial clients in the Oil and Gas Industry. While Jennifer has since relinquished her active role in this firm, she maintains co-ownership of the firm, which continues on with a renewed focus on IT consulting services.
In early 2013, Etegra management was preparing to shift focus to bringing in Federal awards. Jennifer was brought in, initially as a consultant, to design and implement the systems and policies necessary for Etegra's success in this new endeavor. And success it was! With Jennifer's help, Etegra has roughly tripled annual revenues each year since she joined the team. In Oct 2015, due to the increased business, Jennifer and Etegra Ownership agreed that it was time for her to become a full time member of the Team.
Jennifer's years of experience have resulted in her proficiency in the very complex world of Finance and Accounting for Government Contractors. Her knowledge in such areas as Contracts Administration, DCAA Compliance, Corporate Finance, and Forecasting/Planning, combined with her superior drive, ethics, and ability to innovate, have led Jennifer to be a key member of Etegra's Executive Leadership team.


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H.B. No. 357
relating to the eligibility of the children of certain first
responders for free prekindergarten programs in public schools.
SECTION 1. Section 29.153(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A child is eligible for enrollment in a prekindergarten
class under this section if the child is at least three years of age
(1) is unable to speak and comprehend the English
language;
(2) is educationally disadvantaged;
(3) is a homeless child, as defined by 42 U.S.C.
Section 11434a, regardless of the residence of the child, of either
parent of the child, or of the child's guardian or other person
having lawful control of the child;
(4) is the child of an active duty member of the armed
forces of the United States, including the state military forces or
a reserve component of the armed forces, who is ordered to active
duty by proper authority;
(5) is the child of a member of the armed forces of the
United States, including the state military forces or a reserve
component of the armed forces, who was injured or killed while
serving on active duty; [or]
(6) is or ever has been in the conservatorship of the
Department of Family and Protective Services following an adversary
hearing held as provided by Section 262.201, Family Code; or
(7) is the child of a person eligible for the Star of
Texas Award as:
(A) a peace officer under Section 3106.002,
Government Code;
(B) a firefighter under Section 3106.003,
Government Code; or
(C) an emergency medical first responder under
Section 3106.004, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
I certify that H.B. No. 357 was passed by the House on April
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 13, 1 present, not
voting.
I certify that H.B. No. 357 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
APPROVED: _____________________


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Teachers are on a tightrope with no safety net
The hybrid model teachers are being thrust into during the pandemic isn't sustainable without more resources and support.
Emily James
SOURCEOur Schools
After more than a month into New York City's experiment with reopening schools in a hybrid format that has students alternating between classrooms and their homes, teacher Sapphira Hendrix still finds herself working until 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning, planning lessons and responding to students. One night, in particular, she recounts, when finishing up a lesson plan for one of her classes, she glanced at the clock and noticed it was 4:30 a.m. "I realized I had just finished my work for the night at about the same time I normally would be getting up to start my day."
Hendrix says this was one of the moments she finally was struck with the absurdity of what educators in her community, and in many school districts across America, are doing to carry their work in a pandemic. "This isn't healthy or sustainable," she says.
When New York City schools opened their doors with a plan for students to cycle in and out of classrooms and learn remotely the rest of the time, many doubted this big city would pull it off. Educators, parents, and students had questions about the logistics of an undertaking so enormous by a Department of Education that has struggled for years, even without a pandemic.
Hudson High School of Learning Technologies in Manhattan, where Hendrix works, seems like a great example of a school that's doing hybrid learning right. Founded in 2010, this relatively new school serves a disproportionately high-poverty (84 percent) population of students, yet has a high rate (43 percent) of students taking Advanced Placement courses. Educators I've spoken to at the school say they have banded together and created a school learning plan that's functioning well during the pandemic, mixing in-person and remote learning and providing their students with high-quality education.
And yes, we can look to a school like HHSLT to find lessons in making miracles happen in unbelievably challenging times. But too often, when we hear stories of educators who are reaching above and beyond, we applaud them briefly and move on from the story too soon. A closer look reveals that educators are suffering beneath the taxing workload and unreasonable dedication this hybrid opening has required. What's happening at HHSLT symbolizes what's happening citywide and across the country: a group of people with little resources creating something out of nothing, who desperately need and deserve more support.
Hendrix, a math teacher who also serves as the school's programmer, is tasked with creating the school's continuously changing schedules, making sure students have a schedule that provides them with a diversity of subject matter and propels them toward graduation, and providing teachers with the increasingly complex rosters of who is in their classes and when.
"All of this planning to reopen schools, and I doubt they asked any programmers for advice," Hendrix says, reflecting on the impossible nature of doing the job this year. Even after countless summer meetings discussing program options, the real planning couldn't even begin until after August 7 when the district closed the opt-in window for parents to choose in-person learning for the first quarter. This led to a frantic race to make it all happen.
"On August 10, 25 percent of students were remote, and a handful of teachers [were planning to work remotely as well]," Hendrix told me. "So I started to plan for that."
Because the district continued to allow parents to opt out of in-person learning on a rolling basis, the student numbers still changed daily, with more students switching to remote learning, all while more teachers were approved for accommodations to work remotely.
By the end of the summer, the number of HHSLT students who were expected to learn remotely had increased to 51 percent. Hendrix had to reprogram on a daily basis, and still does. Even months after the start of school, she still has to notify 10-15 teachers of program changes every evening.
She considered taking a childcare leave because the taxing workload was not sustainable. "It felt like my job was never complete. I could never finish and move on to my next task."
Glen Pandolfino, a global studies and economics teacher at HHSLT, moves room to room throughout the day in order to minimize the students' exposure and help them remain in their "pods." He describes what it's like to instruct with a mask on as being difficult to be engaged and be heard.
Technology has helped. "I can't get over how well the staff uses digital education," he says. "I'm an old-school teacher, but it [hybrid learning] is forcing me to do things differently, and I appreciate it [digital education tools] a lot more. And I appreciate the younger teachers taking time out to help me learn all of this."
When I ask Pandolfino if he feels like kids are learning, he chuckles in a warm way that makes me feel like I'm his student. "Oh yes, they are learning great content." He goes on to tell me about the political revolution project his students are working on that they are presenting to each other the following Monday—his excitement about the project is palpable.
Pandolfino says that despite all the challenges, he's really proud of the work his staff has done to make school happen this year. "I think we are doing a good job of providing some semblance of 'normal' for the students," he says, and that an "even bigger lesson" the teachers convey is that, "Whether in-person or online, the kids understand we are there for them."
Dr. Jody Wurzel, the school's guidance counselor, agrees that this school year has been the most trying one of her career—and it isn't even December yet.
But even with the strange new environment—with the six-foot distance and students spread out awkwardly around a big room—during Dr. Wurzel's walk-throughs of classes, she is able to sense kids are happy and at ease.
"I'm so glad to see the kids here, and engaged to the best they can be," she told me. "You can see a smile through a mask. As a counselor, I [now] have to be able to look into [students'] eyes and see the emotions there, instead of their mouths. I have to be able to look at the top of a face and assess through that—the eye contact, the cheekbones moving, the tone of their voice."
She described her visit to an advisory class earlier in the day, where she saw kids helping each other from a distance, laughing with each other. "I was able to feel the energy walking into that room. And in an entire classroom of kids, not one of them was in distress. They were all happy, taking everything they could from the time they had together."
Schools like HHSLT seem to be managing the impossible—but these educators' successes don't exist in a vacuum. For solutions to work for students in the long term, the work of educators needs to be paired with considerations of how parents and communities can support schools and educators so they can do this work on a sustainable basis.
Educators are the strongest army right now trying to create normalcy for America's kids, but at what expense? How many of them will be able to continue this way without the support from elected officials, from local budgets, without protections from layoffs? If these are the people who are solving the education system's Rubik's Cube on a daily basis, what can we do as a society to make sure we don't lose them?
We can start by asking teachers what they need. What better experts are there on this than educators themselves? They can best tell us what models make sense and what resources we need to provide.
"All of these decisions about how to return to the building were made without anyone who works in a school building, without their input," Hendrix laments. "We're just not heard. We have no voice."
She also comments on the criticism educators have taken for the parts of the model that haven't worked—the lack of staffing and ballooning class sizes. "It's so unfortunate that teachers are being blamed for the shortcomings of the system," she says.
Of course, teacher burnout was a common issue even before the pandemic. Its causes have always been multifaceted—ranging from lack of autonomy within the classroom to a frenzied environment with too little rest and inability to regroup. Schools chronically lack resources, budget, time for the lessons, and time to prepare. Insert the pandemic and hybrid learning model, and all of these causes intensify drastically.
This year, in-person teachers struggle without breaks, without a home classroom, and with health and safety fears. Remote teachers struggle with technology issues and ballooning class sizes. Both types of teachers struggle with the time necessary to adjust curricula to support virtual learning.
"Everyone feels like a first-year teacher this year," Hendrix said, referring to the stress, strain, and amount of planning involved.
Many teachers feel that their workload is invisible to society. While across the country, people are discussing the education of children on a daily basis, our communities and leaders are not addressing teachers' well-being and quality of life. This huge oversight will have a grave effect on our education system if we don't focus on it before it's too late.
According to a 2017 Learning Policy Institute report, teacher burnout (called "dissatisfaction" in the report) is the number one reason educators leave the system before retirement, and the leading cause of teacher shortages. The effects of the way our teachers are treated and the lack of support they receive have undeniable consequences for our education system. According to an analysis of the report by the Graide Network, "Teacher burnout leads to reduced educational quality, because it increases the numbers of underqualified or straight-up unqualified teachers in the system."
The message is clear: Schools are making the hybrid learning plan work as best they can, but our teachers are likely not okay. Yes, they are getting the work done—but their physical, emotional, and mental health may be suffering in the process.
To continue on this path without providing educators the support and resources they need is a huge disservice not only to our educators but also to the future of our schools. Our children deserve a proper education, but they deserve to learn from teachers whose basic needs are met, who have not been up until or since 4:30 a.m. It's the educators doing the saving now, but we need to save our educators too.
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Why Relentless Labor Rights Enforcement Will Make or Break the New NAFTA
Yves here. One of the reasons the so-called Nafta 2.0 was touted as better than its predecessor was that it contained protections for labor bargaining rights in Mexico. The argument was that stronger labor rights in Mexico would reduce the level of labor arbitrage and hence the harm to US workers.
The deal has only just come into effect, so it's an open question as to whether these provisions were a big headfake or will turn out to have teeth.
By Tom Conway, the international president of the United Steelworkers Union (USW). Produced by the Independent Media Institute
When thugs gunned down Óscar Ontiveros Martínez in May, they did more than silence a promising figure in Mexico's beleaguered labor movement.
The 29-year-old's killing sent a warning to anyone still thinking about organizing the mine where Ontiveros once helped to lead a strike.
And Ontiveros' fate showed that labor activism remains a deadly undertaking in Mexico even though the new North American trade deal theoretically ushered in the first real legal protections for workers there.
Only strict enforcement of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which took effect July 1, will end violence against union activists and give the Mexican people true freedom to organize for better working conditions.
Until then, no matter how lofty the rights enshrined in the USMCA, corporations will continue to exploit workers on both sides of the border.
The United Steelworkers (USW) and other labor unions vehemently opposed the USMCA's predecessor, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
NAFTA enabled U.S. manufacturers to shift about one million manufacturing jobs to Mexican plants paying workers just a few dollars an hour. When U.S. and Canadian corporations launched operations in Mexico, they did so intending to reap huge profits through the systematic oppression of poorly paid workers like Ontiveros and his colleagues at the Media Luna Mine, which is owned by Torex Gold Resources of Canada.
Mexican workers who tried to organize and improve their lives faced severe repercussions from corporations, their corrupt government cronies and employer-controlled protection unions.
Ontiveros was the fourth organizer of the Media Luna strike to be gunned down in three years. A fifth colleague, Oscar Hernández Romero, disappeared in October. The murders remain unsolved, and no trace of Hernández has been found.
The USW and other labor unions long fought for a new trade deal that ended the servitude of Mexican workers and created a more level playing field for their American counterparts. And in January, thanks to the hard work and support of labor unions and their Democratic allies, Congress passed the USMCA with the pivotal labor protections America's unions demanded.
On paper, the USMCA gives Mexican workers the right to organize democratic, independent unions like the one Ontiveros tried to establish at Media Luna. It requires the Mexican government to eradicate the bullying of union activists and rewrite the thousands of sham labor contracts that employers foisted on powerless workers for a quarter-century under NAFTA.
The agreement provides Mexican workers a mechanism for reporting labor violations, and it enables the U.S. and Canadian authorities, unions and other parties to investigate suspected abuses. Corporations that violate labor protections could even have their goods blocked at the U.S. border.
These provisions have life-changing potential for millions of families throughout North America.
Free to organize unions without risking their lives, Mexican workers could at long last throw off corporate tyranny and negotiate the family-sustaining wages, decent benefits and safe working conditions their employers denied them. They would even be able to afford products made in the U.S. and Canada.
As these workers improved their standard of living, corporations would lose the incentive to shift U.S. or Canadian jobs to Mexico. That would end 25 years of offshoring that hollowed out American manufacturing communities, eroded the nation's industrial capacity and enabled employers to hold down U.S. workers' wages on the threat of relocating still more jobs. Rising wages in Mexico would even force U.S. and Canadian employers to pay their own workers more.
Instead of being exploited on both sides of the border, workers could use their collective strength to hold corporations accountable.
While the USMCA has the potential to end decades of predatory corporate behavior and lift up workers across the continent, however, the agreement itself isn't enough.
It's really just the starting point.
Enforcement of the new labor protections is crucial to realizing the USMCA's possibilities. Right now, there are lots of reasons to worry about Mexico's ability to effectively police the deal.
Although Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador strongly supports the agreement, the continuing attacks on labor activists show the brazen resistance of corporations and officials at other levels of government.
Ontiveros' murder occurred five months after Mexico signed the USMCA and pledged to implement all of its provisions—a reminder that anti-worker elements in many parts of the country still prefer to resolve labor disputes with gunfire.
Capturing Ontiveros' killers—and solving the cases of the other Media Luna activists—would signal López Obrador's all-out commitment to protecting workers and living up to the letter of the USMCA.
Murder is one risk labor activists still face. Unlawful prosecution is another.
In June, authorities in the border state of Tamaulipas trumped-up charges against labor lawyer Susana Prieto Terrazas, who led strikes at dozens of factories and shamed employers for failing to protect workers from COVID-19.
Prieto knew she'd be arrested sooner or later. And while she refused to be bullied into silence, a continuing atmosphere of fear will have a chilling effect on other organizing efforts just as the USMCA legally paves the way for more of them.
Jailing Prieto enabled authorities in Tamaulipas—one of Mexico's economic centers—to do more than punish one vocal activist. It allowed them to thumb their noses at the USMCA and mock López Obrador's pledge to enforce it.
The USW and other unions demanded Prieto's release. A judge freed her July 1, just as the USMCA took effect, but ordered Prieto to leave Tamaulipas.
If Mexico fails to begin safeguarding labor activists, she might disappear into prison for good one day or even suffer Ontiveros' fate.
On his first international trip, López Obrador visited Washington, D.C., July 8-9 to "celebrate" enactment of the USMCA.
But that's premature.
Every day Mexico struggles to implement the USMCA, corporations will continue to exploit workers and keep them from organizing the unions that are essential to protecting workers in all three countries.
As if the resistance of corporations and their allies weren't enough, the COVID-19 pandemic also has affected implementation of labor reforms.
It's delayed the review of existing labor contracts, for example, and impeded Mexican courts' ability to resolve hundreds of lawsuits that employer-controlled unions filed challenging the new labor rights.
U.S. labor unions and American officials will have to keep pressure on Mexico to ensure it invests the money, resources and political will necessary to enforce the labor rights that are the linchpin of the deal.
Because if Mexico fails to relentlessly enforce the USMCA, the new trade agreement will be as big a failure as the old.
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Salinko (kaszb. Sôlinkò lub też Solinkò, niem. Saulinke) – wieś kaszubska w Polsce położona w województwie pomorskim, w powiecie wejherowskim, w gminie Gniewino nad Jeziorem Salińskim. Wieś jest częścią składową sołectwa Mierzynko. W 2012 liczyła 48 mieszkańców.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa gdańskiego.

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 Lasy Lęborskie
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Gniewino (gmina)

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Ciao, Bellas! Benvenute! Welcome to An Italian Story, courtesy of Red Heart yarn. We begin our story with Ora, a very thick, singles yarn made with 60% acrylic, 30% wool, and 10% nylon fibers.
Ora is so thick, the gauge is a mere 8 sts to 4″ [10cm] using size 15 [10mm] needles! Clearly, anything knit with Ora will provide instant gratification!
Ora in Caramello, will make thick, warm, instant knits!
Let's learn some Italian, shall we? Ora is very appropriately named, because one of the meanings of 'ora' is 'now', and that's about how quickly you can knit a headband!
Ora comes in 8 colors, and we can learn from them, too! Nero is black, and Barolo is a dry red wine made in the Piedmont region of Italy. Needless to say, the color of the yarn matches the color of the wine!
Most of us know what Latte is, and that it's a shade of natural or off-white. As you can imagine, Caramello is caramel, and Foresta is forest. Foresta reminds me of the color of a blue spruce. Lampone is raspberry, and Ora's Lampone is the bright magenta color of a good raspberry gelato! Notte, or night, is a midnight blue, and Pietra, which means stone, is a very neutral gray.
As I said, Ora offers instant gratification: my gauge swatch has only 12 stitches in it, and it measures just shy of 6″ [15cm] which is consistent with the recommended tension of 8 sts to 4″ [10cm].
The Red Heart site has several patterns for Ora. Caldo (which means hot) is a mammoth scarf that measures 14½" x 79″ [37 x 200cm]. It's almost a stole and it consumes 7 balls. Fiesole, a lap robe named after a town in the Tuscany region, measures 44″ [110cm] square and uses 12 balls. The Classico hat is shown in several colors and takes just 2 balls.
I think I can get a warm winter headband out of the rest of this 52 yd [48m] ball of yarn.
If you're a beginner knitter, just follow the instructions. If your knitting skills are more accomplished, use a provisional cast on and graft the end of the knitting to the beginning to avoid having a seam at the back of the head.
Cast on 6 sts. K 6 rows.
*Row 1: K1, p to last st, k1.
K every row until band, when slightly stretched, reaches from center back to center front (or half of the circumference of the head measurement).
Count the number of ridges from the decrease, and knit that many more ridges. End with RS facing for next row.
Work from * to ** for Ear.
K 6 rows. Cast off all sts and sew seam. Weave in ends.
I hope you've enjoyed the first chapter of our Italian Story. Come back tomorrow for Luce, a story of light.


Use all of these letters to spell the title of a 1999 book written by Betty Levin (according to Fantastic Fiction).
1. In what year did the bombing of the town of Guernica, Spain occur?
2. According to the History Channel, on what date did the World War II Blitz of London begin?
3. According to Music of Puerto Rico, what was Jose Feliciano's first hit song?
with timber from sugar trees, hickory, poplar and red and white oak. I was informed that in removing some of the earth of one of the lesser mounds, two male skeletons were found and some brass beads. We again set off and ran into some bad riffles but we didn't need any help from cattle. We traveled about 24 miles today, the farthest yet. We stayed all night a little above sunfish creek.
Clark from Collected Entries: It was a cloudy morning and we again set out in a gentle breeze. We passed two small islands. The river is shallow during this day's course, and is falling a little on a hill we found the back bone of a fish, 45 feet long tapering to the tale, some teeth, those joints were seperated and all peterfied, opposit this island 1/12 miles from the river is a large Salt Spring of remarkable Sale water. Three miles above Ceder Island passed a large Island on the south shore, no water on that Side (3) Several elk Swam to this Island passed a Small Island near the Center of the river, of a mile in length, and Camped on one aboav Seperated from the other by a narrow Chanel, Those Islands are Called Mud Islands—The river is falling a little, Elk & buffaloe are in great abundance. Today three buffalo, one elk and deer were killed today and the river is starting to fall.
a small proportion of the narrow leafed cottonwood some redwood honeysuckle and rosebushes form the scant proportion of underbrush to be seen.
at 12 we halted on a small branch which falls in to the river on the E. side, where we breakfasted on a scant proportion of meat which we had reserved from the hunt of yesterday added to three geese which one of our hunters killed this morning. two of our hunters have arrived, one of them brought with him a redheaded woodpecker of the large kind common to the U States. this is the first of the kind I have seen since I left the Illinois. just as we were seting out Drewyer arrived with two deer.
from hence by that rout in four days.
Creek Travellers rest. it is about 20 yards wide a fine bould clear runing stream the land through which we passed is but indifferent a could white gravley soil. we estimate our journey of this day at 19 M.
Clark: a fair morning Set out early and proceeded on thro a plain as yesterday down the valley Crossed a large Scattering Creek on which Cotton trees grew at 1½ miles, a Small one at 10 miles, both from the right, the main river at 15 miles & Encamped on a large Creek from the left which we call Travelers rest Creek. killed 4 Deer & 4 Ducks & 3 prarie fowls. day fair Wind N. W.
after a delay of half an hour we proceedd on about 3 miles and met a large perogue and 7 Men from St. Louis bound to the Mahars for the purpose of trade, this perogue was in Charge of a Mt. La Craw, we made Some fiew enquiries of this man and again proceeded on through a very bad part of the river Crouded with Snags & Sawyers and incamped on a Sand bar about 4 miles above the grand Nemahar.
we find the river in this timbered Country narrow and more moveing Sands and a much greater quantity of Sawyers or Snags than above. Great caution and much attention is required to Stear Clear of all those dificuelties in this low State of the water. we made 65 Miles to day.
we Saw Deer rackoons and turkies on the Shores to day one of the men killed a racoon which the indians very much admired.
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Offshore injury & maritime lawyers at Arnold & Itkin LLP recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of an injured Jones Act seaman. While performing his assigned tasks onboard a vessel, the client was assigned to perform a dangerous lifting task using defective equipment. As a result, the client suffered serious injuries to his neck and back.
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Arnold & Itkin looks forward to helping another injured Jones Act Seaman get the compensation he deserves and the medical treatment he needs. Just as importantly, we hope his case makes work safer for all the seamen still serving aboard the vessel. The case was filed in Dallas County, Texas where the client calls home.


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Security Council Takes Action on Sinking of South Korean Navy Ship
Mark Leon Goldberg July 9, 2010
The Security Council just passed a "presidential statement" condemning an attack that sunk the South Korean naval ship The Cheonan, killing 46 seamen. To secure the support of China, though, the statement did not directly lay blame on North Korea for the incident. From the UN News Service:
"The Security Council condemns the attack which led to the sinking of the Cheonan," the 15-member body said in a statement read out by Ambassador U. Joy Ogwu of Nigeria, which holds the Council's rotating presidency for this month.
It added that such an incident "endangers peace and security in the region and beyond."
The Council expressed its deep concern over the findings of the international report, but noted that the DPRK has "stated that it had nothing to do with the incident."
Welcoming the restraint showed by the ROK, the Council stressed the importance of maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula as well as in all of North-East Asia.
The Council encouraged "the settlement of outstanding issues on the Korean peninsula by peaceful means to resume direct dialogue and negotiation through appropriate channels as early as possible, with a view to avoiding conflicts and averting escalation."
It urged the DPRK to fulfil its commitments under the now-suspended Six-Party Talks which sought to resolve the crisis over the country's nuclear programme.
Still, judging by some statements coming from Council members this morning, it is clear that the statement was pretty tough on the DPRK:
Secretary Clinton:
The UN Security Council's condemnation of North Korea's attack on the
South Korean ship Cheonan sends a clear message that such irresponsible
and provocative behavior is a threat to peace and security in the region
and will not be tolerated. Attacks on the Republic of Korea are
unacceptable and the United States joins the Security Council in calling
for North Korea to uphold the Korean Armistice Agreement.
Today's Security Council action underscores the unity of the
international community and the reality that a peaceful resolution of
the issues on the Korean Peninsula will only be possible if North Korea
fundamentally changes its behavior. It must comply with international
law and obligations, live up to its commitments in the Six-Party Joint
Statement of 2005, and refrain from provocative behavior. [emp mine]
The commitment of the United States to South Korea's security and
sovereignty is unwavering. Later this month, I will travel to Seoul for
further consultations with our South Korean allies. We applaud the
Republic of Korea's careful handling of this situation and we join the
Security Council in again expressing our deepest condolences to the
families and friends of the victims of this tragic attack.
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Emacs has a nice new mode called electric-operator developed by David Spepherd. It helps when you write code by formatting all operators in a predefined way. For example, in R it adds spaces around the operator signs, when you write 1+1, this is automatically converted into 1 + 1.
First you set gams-mode as a mode on which electric operator can work.Then you add some rules. After that you set a hook so electric-operator is automatically started when you use Gams (or ESS).
A special formatting is necessary for the comments in GAMS as they start with the same symbol as the multiplication. With the help of David, I could add a function gams-mode-* that changes the "*" used as a comment in "* " and otherwise in " * ". It checks if the "*" symbol is at the beginning of the line and in that case will not add a space in front of it.
It probably needs some more tweaking, and I will keep you posted on improvements.
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STORServer unveils new version of reporting software
To provide live data gathering, reporting and trending of backup servers and clients
STORServer, a provider of data backup offerings for the mid-market, has unveiled a new version of its reporting software, which provides enterprise monitoring of a company's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) environment.
According to STORServer, the Reporter v2.5, also shipping as a virtual machine for existing TSM and STORServer customers, provides live data gathering and one button analysis, reporting and trending of backup servers and clients. It features asset management, dynamic performance reporting, departmental charge back capabilities and trending analysis that predicts resource conformity and TSM environmental constraints. In addition, it enables customers to generate reports across multiple TSM server instances.
STORServer said that the new software adds the capability to calculate TSM license compliance with the new asset management function, both for physical and virtual environments, without the use of an installed agent. The asset manager also provides an option to detect any disk that does not have a valid backup, the company said.
The company said that the Reporter's data collection process captures data from users' TSM server, stores it in its own database. It uses the data to provide reports and alerts of users' server environment and to generate reports for problem analysis, trending, hardware utilisation statistics and configuration inconsistencies.
Bill Smoldt, vice president of research and development at STORServer, said: "STORServer Reporter version 2.5 is an excellent new product add-on for existing Tivoli Storage Manager and STORServer customers. As part of this upgrade, we've created a simplified installation process, so our partners can quickly help their customers enjoy the benefits of this solution."


LogoType Maker is a fun, free way to create a logo or create stylish words.
Start by typing in some text and click generate logo.
You will instantly see a variety of pre-made logo designs. You can then either select one and keep or edit it or press generate logo again and get a new set of logos.
LogoType Maker would be a fun way for students to practice spellign words or design their own name for binders and other labeled items.
Sight Words by Photo Touch is an excellent free app for helping kids practice those ever troublesome high frequency words.
Students begin with three sight words on the screen. As they make correct choices the number of words increases. My students love seeing the number of words increase!
The app can be customized to show only words you select. You can also record your own words.
The this video demonstrates the many features of this app.
TechChef4U, by Lisa Johnson, is a blog packed with amazing ideas for utilizing an iPad for learning.
I actually first found many of the lessons from TechChef4U on Pinterest.
I really like the way many of Lisa's ideas contain more than one app working in concert to create a complete lesson.
Quick Response or QR codes are everywhere these days. You can use a smart phone or tablet to scan the code and quickly receive information.
I have been thinking it would be fun to have students do a scavenger hunt with qr codes. The only thing is my students are young and don't carry smart phones. We also don't have very many iPods or iPads for student use.
I recently found QR Journal, a free download in the Mac app store, that uses the built in iSight camera on the MacBook to read qrcodes. Scan the code in this post to go to the QR Journal page in the app store.
I used Kaywa Code Generator to create the code on this post. You can create qr codes for URLs, plain text, and phone numbers. I think it would be amazing to create qr codes for open house or other important school events. Parents could scan the code and go directly to your web site or important information.
Look for more on qr codes in future posts!
Wow! I can't believe it's been about 2 weeks since I last blogged! I promise more technology "treats" will be coming soon!
I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend. Take some time to relax and enjoy family and friends.


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Next at the Fountain: The LA Premiere of a Boldly Original New Play "In the Red and Brown Water"
Oya can run faster than anyone—but not fast enough to escape her destiny. Shirley Jo Finney directs the long-awaited Los Angeles premiere of In the Red and Brown Water. Lyrically weaving together elements of urban contemporary realism with West African mysticism, Tarell Alvin McCraney's lusciously theatrical and boldly original new play opens at The Fountain Theatre on October 20.
How far will fast, beautiful Oya go to make a mark in the world? The first of McCraney's acclaimed "The Brother/Sister Plays," In the Red and Brown Water is an intoxicating story that charts a young girl's thrust into womanhood, her family struggle, the two men vying for her heart, and her subsequent fall into the murky waters of life. McCraney mixes the mundane with the mythic, drawing on Yoruban influences while setting the play in a modern urban context—a housing project in the fictional Bayou city of San Pere, Louisiana.
"This production was three years in the making," says Fountain Theatre artistic director Stephen Sachs. "When 'The Brother/Sister Plays' exploded onto the theatrical scene in 2009, it was clear that Tarell was an important and rising new voice. We immediately began our fight for the rights to do this play and refused to give up. The Fountain Theatre is a theater of the heart—and this is where we want the play to live in Los Angeles."
"I began to investigate how to use ancient myths, stories, to tell urban ones," McCraney wrote. "I began taking old stories from the canon of the Yoruba and splicing them, placing them down in a mythological housing project in the south. This made the stories feel both old and new, as if they stood on an ancient history but were exploring the here and now."
Tarrell Alvin McCraney
Lauded by The New York Times as "something rare in the theater, a new, authentically original voice," and by the Chicago Tribune as "without question, the hottest young playwright in America," 32-year-old Tarell Alvin McCraney has won numerous awards, including the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, the Whiting Writing Award, London's Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright and the National Endowment for the Arts Outstanding New American Play Selection. His plays include Wig Out! (developed at Sundance Theatre Lab, produced in New York by the Vineyard Theatre and in London by the Royal Court) and the trilogy entitled The Brother/Sister Plays, including: The Brothers Size (simultaneously premiered in New York at the Public Theater, in association with the Foundry Theatre, and in London at the Young Vic, where it was nominated for an Olivier Award); In the Red and Brown Water; and Marcus, or the Secret of Sweet. His other plays include Without/Sin and Run, Mourner, Run (adapted from Randall Kenan's short story), both of which premiered at Yale Cabaret. He holds a B.F.A. in acting from DePaul University, and he graduated from the playwriting program at the Yale School of Drama. He is the Royal Shakespeare Company's international writer in residence and is currently under commission at Manhattan Theatre Club and Berkeley Rep. His new play, Head of Passes, will have its world premiere in April at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, directed by Tina Landau.
In the Red and Brown Water stars Dorian Christian Baucum, Peggy A. Blow, Gilbert Glenn Brown, Justin Chu Cary, Diarra Kilpatrick, Stephen Marshall, Simone Missick, Iona Morris, Theodore Perkins and Maya Lynne Robinson. Set design is by Frederica Nascimento; lighting design is byJosé Lopez; sound design is by Peter Bayne; costume design is by Naila Aladdin Sanders; prop design is by Misty Carlisle; choreography is by Ameenah Kaplan; vocal coach is Brenda Lee Eager; dialect coach is JB Blanc; assistant director is Erinn Anova; production stage manager is Shawna Voragen; assistant stage manager is Terri Roberts; and Stephen Sachs and Deborah Lawlor produce.
Shirley Jo Finney with NAACP Theater Award
Shirley Jo Finney previously directed award-winning productions of From the Mississippi Delta, Central Avenue, Yellowman and The Ballad of Emmett Till at the Fountain Theatre. Her work has been seen at the McCarter Theater, Pasadena Playhouse, Goodman Theater, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Playhouse, LA Theater Works, Crossroads Theater Company, Actors Theater of Louisville Humana Festival, Mark Taper Forum, American College Theatre Festival, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and, most recently, the State Theater in Pretoria, South Africa, where she helmed a critically acclaimed production of the South African opera, Winnie, based on the life of political icon Winnie Mandela. Ms. Finney has been honored with Ovation, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, Back Stage Garland, LA Weekly and NAACP awards. For television, she directed several episodes of Moesha,and she garnered the International Black Filmmakers 'Best Director' Award for her short film, Remember Me. In 2007 she received the African American Film Marketplace Award of Achievement for Outstanding Performance and Achievement and leader in Entertainment.
Don't miss this extraordinary new play at the Fountain. From the director of our unforgettable smash hit The Ballad of Emmett Till.
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BroadwayWorld: Fountain and Deaf West Theaters present Premiere of Signed "Cyrano"
Paul Raci (Chris), Erinn Anova (Roxy), and Troy Kotsur (Cyrano).
The Fountain Theatre and Deaf West Theatre present the world premiere of a modern day classic romance, a re-imagined signed/spoken version of "Cyrano de Bergerac." CYRANO, written by Fountain Theatre co-artistic director Stephen Sachs (Bakersfield Mist) and directed by Simon Levy, opens at The Fountain Theatre on April 28, with previews beginning April 20.
In Sachs' new adaptation, Cyrano is a deaf poet hopelessly in love with Roxy, a beautiful hearing woman. But she doesn't understand sign language and instead loves Chris, his hearing brother. Can Cyrano express his love to Roxy with his hands? Or must he teach Chris to woo her, to "speak his words" for him? ASL (American Sign Language) becomes the language of love in this new spin on a classic love story.
Troy Kotsur (Cyrano).
"In the original classic, Cyrano feels self-conscious and over-glorifies his enormous nose, but in this modern deaf version, it's his hands that are the focus," explains Sachs. "Cyrano's deafness is channeled through his hands, which swirl and soar to express the most complex human concepts, his inner-most thoughts and feelings, through the beauty of sign language."
"It's a mythic story about our hunger for love, the pangs for it," says Levy. "But the deeper theme is how we communicate with one another. Stephen has written a beautiful adaptation that's contemporary and fresh, set in a modern city where people communicate via text, Facebook and Twitter. It's a world of iPhones, Blackberries and tablets. The production marries three forms of communication: ASL, English, and e-language."
American Sign Language is not English, but a unique language unto itself with its own syntax, sentence structure, slang, humor, subtlety and complexity. It's the job of ASL masters Tyrone Giordano and Shoshannah Stern to work with the deaf actors to translate the script into ASL, and director Simon Levy works with ASL interpreters in rehearsals. Fight choreographers Brian Danner and Abby Walla must not only create a fight scene between actors Troy Kotsur (Cyrano) and James Royce Edwards, but incorporate the simultaneous sign language with the help of Giordano, Stern and Levy.
A new project such as this has attracted deaf actors from all over the world. Six of the 13-member ensemble are deaf, and many of them have traveled great distances to make their Los Angeles debuts in Cyrano. Auditions were completed using Skype and video submissions.
"Deaf West is the only established theater company in the U.S. that regularly stages new works featuring deaf actors," notes newly appointed Deaf West Theatre artistic director David Kurs. "Deaf actors from all over the country and the world were anxious to participate."
Troy Kotsur is Cyrano.
Troy Kotsur (Cyrano), a veteran of Deaf West Theatre (Big River, Pippin, A Streetcar Named Desire, Of Mice and Men), traveled to Los Angeles from his current home in Arizona; Daniel Durant majored in theater at Gallaudet University and comes to L.A. from Maryland; Eddie Buck, who has acted in productions ranging from A Christmas Carol to Romeo and Juliet to Hamlet, joins the cast from Pennsylvania; Maleni Chaitoo (Switched at Birth) recently arrived from New York; and stage, film and TV actress Ipek D. Mehlum comes all the way from Oslo, Norway. Completing the deaf cast is Los Angeles-based actor Bob Hiltermann, who appeared in the Academy Award winning film version of Children of a Lesser God and recurred on All My Children. The cast also includes hearing actors Erinn Anova (Blues For An Alabama Sky, For Colored Girls…, Doubt) as Roxy and Paul Raci (Joseph Jefferson "Best Actor" nomination for Children of a Lesser God in Chicago) as Cyrano's brother Chris. Hearing ensemble members Al Bernstein, James Babbin, James Royce Edwards, Victor Warren, and Martica De Cardenas also "voice" for the deaf actors.
The set designer for Cyrano is Jeff McLaughlin; lighting designer is Jeremy Pivnick; sound designer is Peter Bayne; video designer is Jeff Teeter; multimedia tech is by Media Fabricators, Inc.; costume designer is Naila Aladdin Sanders; prop designer is Misty Carlisle; fight choreographers are Brian Danner and Abby Walla; production stage manager is Sue Karutz; assistant stage manager is Terri Roberts; Laura Hill and Deborah Lawlor produce for The Fountain Theatre, and David Kurs produces for Deaf West Theatre. Cyrano is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Paul Raci (Chris) and Troy Kotsur (Cyrano).
The relationship between The Fountain Theatre and Deaf West Theatre dates back 21 years to the early beginnings of both companies. Excited by the visual theatricality of ASL, Stephen Sachs had already been conducting workshops with deaf actors for a number of years. He and Fountain co-artistic director Deborah Lawlor offered office space in their newly founded theater facility to Ed Waterstreet, an actor with National Theatre of the Deaf who envisioned starting a theater company for deaf actors in Los Angeles. Deaf West Theatre produced its first two productions, The Gin Game and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (the latter directed by Sachs) in the Fountain space. Deaf West Theatre went on to produce 40 plays and four musicals in their own venue and around the country, including the Tony-nominated Big River on Broadway, and to win more than 80 theater awards. The Fountain Theatre is one of the most successful intimate theaters in Los Angeles with over 200 awards for all areas of production, performance, and design. Fountain projects have been seen in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Florida, New Jersey, Minneapolis and Edinburgh.
Cyrano marks Stephen Sachs' ninth new play, his third incorporating deaf culture and illuminating the deaf world. His play Sweet Nothing in my Ear (1997, PEN USA Literary Award finalist, Media Access Award winner for Theater Excellence) has been produced in theaters around the country and in 2008 was made into a TV movie for CBS starring Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin and Jeff Daniels. Open Window (2005, Media Access Award winner for Theater Excellence) had its world premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse, directed by Eric Simonson. His other plays include Bakersfield Mist (recently optioned for London's West End and New York), Miss Julie: Freedom Summer (Fountain Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse,Canadian Stage Company, LA Drama Critics Circle award and LA Weekly award nominations for Best Adaptation), Gilgamesh (Theatre @ Boston Court), Central Avenue (PEN USA Literary Award finalist, Back Stage Garland award, Best Play), Mother's Day, The Golden Gate (Best Play, Drama-Logue), and The Baron in the Trees. Sachs co-founded The Fountain Theatre with Deborah Lawlor in 1990.
Simon Levy was honored with the 2011 Milton Katselas Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing by the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle. Directing credits at the Fountain include A House Not Meant to Stand; Opus; Photograph 51;The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore; The Gimmick with Dael Orlandersmith (Ovation Award-Solo Performance); Master Class (Ovation Award-Best Production); Daisy in the Dreamtime; Going to St. Ives; The Night of the Iguana; Summer & Smoke (Ovation Award-Best Production); The Last Tycoon, which he wrote and directed, (5 Back Stage West awards, including Best Adaptation and Direction); and Orpheus Descending (6 Drama-Logue awards, including Best Production and Direction). What I Heard About Iraq, which he wrote and directed, was produced worldwide including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Fringe First Award) and the Adelaide Fringe Festival (Fringe Award), was produced by BBC Radio, and received a 30-city UK tour culminating in London.
Troy Kotsur (Cyrano) and Erinn Anova (Roxy).
Cyrano opens on Saturday, April 28, with performances Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays @ 8 pm and Sundays @ 2 pm through June 10. Preview performances take place April 20-27 on the same schedule with an additional preview performance on Wednesday, April 25 @ 8 pm. Tickets are $30 on Thursdays and Fridays and $34 on Saturdays and Sundays, except previews which are $15. On Thursdays and Fridays only, students with ID are $20 and seniors are $25. The Fountain Theatre is located at 5060 Fountain Avenue (at Normandie) in Los Angeles. Secure, on-site parking is available for $5. The Fountain Theatre is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible. For reservations and information, call 323 663-1525 or go to www.FountainTheatre.com.
Photo Credit: Ed Kreiger
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Tagged A House Not Meant to Stand, Al Bernstein, ASL, Bakersfield Mist, Big River, Bob Hiltermann, Central Avenue, Cyrano, Daniel Durant, David Kurs, deaf, Deaf West Theatre, Deborah Lawlor, Ed Waterstreet, Eddie Buck, Erinn Anova, Fountain Theatre, Gallaudet University, Ipek D. Mehlum, James Babbin, James Royce Edwards, Jeff Daniels, Jeff McLaughlin, Jeff Teeter, Jeremy Pivnick, Los Angeles, Maleni Chaitoo, Marlee Matlin, Martica de Cardenas, Master Class, Media Fabricators, Miss Julie, Misty Carlisle, Naila Aladdin-Sanders, National Endowment for the Arts, new plays, New York, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Open Window, Orpheus Descending, Paul Raci, Peter Bayne, Photograph 51, Pippin, plays, playwriting, See What I'm Saying, Simon Levy, Sue Karutz, Summer and Smoke, Sweet Nothing in my Ear, Terri Roberts, The Gin Game, The Night of the Iguana, Troy Kotsur, Victor Warren, What I Heard About Iraq, world premiere


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His father Dick Cusack, as well as his siblings Ann, Bill, Joan, and Susie have also been actors. His mother, Nancy, is a former teacher and political activist.
Cusack began acting in childhood. He attended the Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago and he did many voice-overs for commercials and appeared in some stage productions by the age of 12. His first film was the comedy Class in 1983. Later, he was given the role of John Bender in John Hughes' film The Breakfast Club but was replaced by Judd Nelson. In 1988, he founded a theatre group ("The New Criminals"), for which he has directed several productions.
After success at an early age as the star of several teen-oriented films, Cusack has generally sought roles which cast him as an ethically conflicted everyman. He is often cast as an anti-hero who can be very neurotic, but has played a wide variety of characters. He frequently appears in films with members of his family (particularly his older sister, Joan) and with long-time best friend Jeremy Piven, whose parents, Byrne and Joyce Piven, founded and continue to run the Piven Theatre Workshop.
After playing mostly character roles for a number of years, Cusack became an A-list star in 1997 with the widely acclaimed black comedy Grosse Pointe Blank (which he also co-wrote and produced) and the action movie Con Air, both of which were very commercially successful. He continues to choose roles in movies outside the mainstream, however, such as Being John Malkovich and High Fidelity, which is largely considered to be a definitive role for the actor, as a troubled record store owner with too many relationship hangups. Among some of the films he has turned down include Indecent Proposal, Crash and Apollo 13. He will next appear in the horror film 1408, based on the Stephen King short story about a supernatural writer who gets something to really write about when the notorious hotel room he's staying in, is actually haunted.
Cusack spent a year at New York University before dropping out, reasoning that he had "too much fire in [his] belly."
Since May 2005 he's been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. He is not married, but has been romantically linked to a number of women. Cusack is fiercely protective of his private life and rarely makes public appearances between his films or events. He has said that "celebrity is the worst thing that can happen to an actor.
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