With the onset of the low-carb craze, everyone became afraid of potatoes. But you shouldn't fear starches! Sugar is the biggest problem related to over-carbsumption, and gluten-free, high-fiber starches are a clean source of energy. Just eat your potatoes in reasonable portion sizes, avoid potatoes that have been fried, and pair your potatoes with a lean protein so that you stay full longer.
Heat your oven to 425°F and place a rack in the middle.
Place the herbs, garlic, and lemon zest in a food processor and pulse until blended.
Put the fingerling potatoes in a baking dish and toss with oil, salt, freshly ground black pepper, and blended herbs.
Cover the baking dish with foil and bake in the oven for 40 minutes. After 40 minutes, check the potatoes to see if they're cooked. They should be soft when you pierce them to the middle with a fork. If they aren't, bake them another 5-10 minutes.
Once your potatoes are done, remove the baking dish from the oven and allow your potatoes to cool in the pan before serving them.
Learn how to make delicious mashed sweet potatoes and add them to your clean recipe rotation.
If you have time, you can make your sweet potatoes even sweeter by pre-treating them in a water bath to activate their enzymes. To do this, use a sous vide-style circulator and set your circulator to 150°F. Place your sweet potatoes in the water bath and let it circulate for 2 to 4 hours before proceeding with the rest of this recipe.
Adjust your oven rack to the center position and preheat your oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
Place two large sheets of heavy duty aluminum foil on a baking sheet. Working one sheet of foil at a time, place half of your potatoes in the center of the foil along with 4 sprigs of thyme. Fold up your foil and crimp edges to seal the potatoes and thyme tightly inside. Repeat with another sheet of foil and the other half of your potatoes and thyme.
Leave your foiled potatoes on the baking sheet and place the baking sheet in the oven. Roast your potatoes until you can insert a skewer or fork into the potatoes with no resistance, about 2 hours. Then remove your potatoes from the oven and set them aside until they're cool enough to handle.
When your potatoes are cool enough to hold them, transfer them to a bowl and mash them with a whisk, fork or handheld mixer until they're smooth and fluffy. This will take 3-4 minutes.
Finally, season your potatoes to taste with Saigon cinnamon and salt.


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Violin Memory Expands Partner Support with New Global Partner Program and Portal
SANTA CLARA, Calif.– Violin Memory®, Inc., (NYSE:VMEM), a global pioneer of award-winning flash storage platform solutions for primary storage and active workloads, today announced the launch of its Global Partner Program and a new easy-to-use online portal. Following the launch of the Violin Flash Storage Platform, the expanded Violin Global Partner Program establishes new incentives and business models that will enable partners to achieve success through simplified partner programs, more predictable performance rewards, and innovative tools to deliver consistency in partner engagement.
"The Violin mantra is 'partner first,'" said Jeff Nollette, global vice president, Channel Sales. "We treat our channel partners as a natural extension of our salesforce, providing the same level of support and enablement. Repeatable and sustainable business will drive our partners and their customers to new levels in IT agility and performance while delivering the fastest ROI and lowest TCO, and we're excited to work with our partners to expand mutual business and success."
The Violin Effect
The program is founded on the implementation of a simplified and consistent compensation model for improved revenue growth and predictability
Significant increases in margin on deal registration as well as incentives on new accounts are designed to drive profitability
Increased marketing development funds (MDF) provide flexibility around marketing activities, enabling and empowering partners with options to drive awareness and lead-generation campaigns
Partner Levels – Platinum, Gold, Silver – offer appropriate incentives associated with the right investment level for each partner
A multi-tiered partner model allows accredited partners to start small without compromising platform performance or features delivered to customers. As partner footprints expand, the Violin effect will expand and scale to support increased revenue and opportunity by sweetening incentive offerings, providing increased technical visibility and tools to ensure every experience with Violin or a partner of Violin is professional and consultative.
"The Violin objective is to deliver a simplified and rewarding experience that will make it easier for partners to buy, sell and grow profitably with Violin Memory products and services," said Fahima Zahir, director of World Wide Channel Programs. "We are building the industry's broadest partner ecosystem and will continue to make significant investments to deliver the greatest business value for our partners."
The Global Partner Program and online portal are now live and accessible for Violin partners worldwide. For more information on the Violin Partner Network, or to apply to join the authorized community of resellers and distributors, visit: www.violin-memory.com/partners.
About Violin Memory
Business in a Flash. Violin Memory transforms the speed of business with high performance, always available, low cost management of critical business information and applications. Violin's All Flash optimized solutions accelerate breakthrough CAPEX and OPEX savings for building the next generation data center. Violin's Flash Fabric Architecture™ (FFA) speeds data delivery with chip-to-chassis performance optimization that achieves lower consistent latency and cost per transaction for Cloud, Enterprise and Virtualized mission-critical applications. Violin's All Flash Arrays and Appliances, and enterprise data management software solutions enhance agility and mobility while revolutionizing data center economics. Founded in 2005, Violin Memory is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information, visit www.violin-memory.com. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/violinmemory.
All Violin Memory news releases (financial, acquisitions, manufacturing, products, technology, etc.) are issued exclusively by Business Wire and are immediately thereafter posted on the company's external website, www.violin-memory.com. Violin, Violin Memory, and the Violin Memory logo, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Violin in the U.S. and other countries. A listing of Violin's trademarks can be found at www.violin-memory.com/company/trademarks. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the words "partner" or "partnership" do not imply a partnership relationship between Violin and any other company.
Violin Memory Forward-looking Statement
This public announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements with respect to the following: the possible results and economic benefits that partners, customers and others may realize by using Violin Memory's products, including improvements in information technology agility and performance, return on investment, total cost of ownership, revenue growth and predictability, increases in margin and profitability, improvements in marketing development, platform performance and features, increased revenue and revenue opportunity, and Violin's ability to continue to make investments in its partner program, and Violin Memory's business plans and strategy. There are a significant number of risks and uncertainties that could affect Violin Memory's business performance and financial results, including those set forth under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in Violin Memory's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of fiscal year 2015, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and which is available on the Violin Memory's investor relations website at investor.violin-memory.com and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. All forward-looking statements in this public announcement are based on information available to Violin Memory as of the date hereof, and Violin Memory does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements provided to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made.
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The FY69P strainer is used in commercial and industrial applications, as well as for central water supply systems within the limits of their specifications. They protect systems against malfunction and corrosion damage resulting from the ingress of foreign bodies such as welding beads, sealing materials, metal cuttings and rust etc. This extends the life of the downstream system and prevents early failure.


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Grasping, Greedy, Grifting Clintons Shellacked American Taxpayers With Millions of Dollars in Costs to Support Clinton Foundation Staff
Degenerate scumbags and permanent Welfare Cases -- they have the mentality of the hardcore welfare addict. They simply do not comprehend that other people are working for the money they're scooping up, and have absolutely no shame about Hoovering up as much of it as the law will allow.
And maybe a little bit more than the law will allow.
The Former Presidents Act provides for paying the staffers of former presidents. Bill Clinton was bilking the system out of more money than any other president before, and for more people.
A cute trick they did was to spread the subsidies around among many of their staffers -- this resulted in many of them also getting government benefits. I guess if you get some minimum threshold of subsidization under the act, you then in turn are eligible for government benefits.
They were using this money to pay their Permanent Traveling Political War-Room, that is to say, the staff of the Clinton Foundation. By making the US government pay the costs for their benefits, the Clinton Foundation got to not pay those costs.
And thus an organization all about sucking up sweet, sweet cash for the Clintons got to suck up even more of it.
That's the general background. I do suggest you read every wonderful word of this story.
But, the background out of the way, let me quote some specific stuff:
After leaving the White House "dead broke", in the words of Hillary Clinton, they quickly raked in tens of millions of dollars from book deals, speaking fees and consulting gigs. At the same time, Bill Clinton was relying on his connections to some of the world's deepest-pocketed donors, corporations and governments to seed a global philanthropy operation that overlapped with his consulting work and speaking fees and his wife's work as Secretary of State -- and served as a jumping off point for her presidential campaign.
[U]sing the GSA records, POLITICO pieced together a list of Clinton loyalists who at various times have had their earnings supplemented by federal payments of about $10,000-a-year using funds from the Former Presidents Act.
The list reads like a field guide to Clinton World.
It includes longtime Bill Clinton aide Justin Cooper, who despite not having a security clearance, any apparent training in cyber-security or a job at the State Department, in early 2009 helped set up the private email account that Hillary Clinton would use to send and receive classified information as Secretary of State. Her use of that system was dubbed "extremely careless" by the FBI director. Cooper continued working to maintain Clinton's private email system — including advising her top aides Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills on attempted hacks — through at least 2012, according to emails released by the State Department.
During some of that period, Cooper was on the GSA payroll, drawing a federal government stipend from February 2011 through 2013, according to the records obtained by POLITICO.
At the same time, though, Cooper was working with Doug Band, a trusted Bill Clinton lieutenant, and Declan Kelly, a top Hillary Clinton fundraiser-turned-State Department official, to launch a global consulting firm called Teneo. It did lucrative work for foundation donors and entities with business before Clinton's State Department. And it signed a contract reportedly worth $3.5 million with Bill Clinton to serve as a "honorary chairman" (though the former president ultimately kept only $100,000 of that, according to his tax returns and a source familiar with the arrangement). Teneo also paid Abedin as a "senior advisor."
All the while, Band and Abedin were working together to broker meetings between Secretary of State Clinton and donors to the foundation, where Band served as an official until 2012, drawing a salary that in some years exceeded $111,000-a-year.
Yet, despite the profitable consulting business and his foundation compensation, Band continued drawing a taxpayer-funded stipend from the GSA until 2013.
Here's a Clinton aide's defense:
Generally, the aide explained that Clinton "wears several hats — among them being former President of the United States and the founder of the Clinton Foundation. His staffing reflects those roles."
The aide added "there is no legal prohibition that would preclude the former president's staff from receiving compensation from other sources or doing personal work for the former presidents. We are unaware of any legal prohibition that would preclude these activities."
Sound familiar? We are unaware of any law that would criminalize our criminal behavior.
Isn't that what they always say?
Oh -- here's Team Clinton making things look good for the auditors:
Best email is here. pic.twitter.com/5VqynoLvob
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COVID-19 plus flu season could overwhelm health care system
About Bara Vaida
Bara Vaida (@barav) is AHCJ's core topic leader on infectious diseases. An independent journalist, she has written extensively about health policy and infectious diseases. Her work has appeared in outlets that include the National Journal, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg News, McClatchy News Service, MSNBC, NPR, Politico and The Washington Post.
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As we start moving into fall and winter, Americans are certain to be facing a continuation of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2 and the possibility of a widespread outbreak of the flu – a potential crisis that has a new name: "twindemic," according to the Poynter Institute.
Even a mild flu season could overwhelm already-stressed hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. On average, 39 million to 56 million Americans are infected by the flu annually, and about half a million of them become so sick they require hospitalization, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"Now is … the time we have to truly start looking toward an impending season when hospitals are overwhelmed — respiratory virus season ('flu season')," wrote Saskia Popescu, Ph.D., M.P.H., adjunct professor of public health, epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Arizona Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, in Infection Control Today.
The CDC is urging everyone to get vaccinated for the flu this year, to lessen the potential burden on hospitals, but this year's effort has been thrown into disarray because Americans are staying away from their doctor's offices, drug stores, schools and offices, where shots are usually available, according to Bloomberg news.
The effort is further complicated by the fact that Americans are already skeptical of flu vaccinations, in part because its effectiveness fluctuates. In addition, there are pockets of the population that are skeptical of all vaccinations. Each year, only about half of the U.S. population usually gets a flu shot.
This year, public health officials see the roll out of the flu vaccination effort as a kind of dry run for the potential of a COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Cities are investing in sending public health staff into communities, schools and workplaces that are open to provide flu shots and set the stage for inoculating all Americans, when and if a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available.
Whether there will be a COVID-19 vaccine is uncertain. While National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease director Anthony Fauci, M.D., remains 'cautiously optimistic' there will be a vaccine available by early 2021 for high-risk populations, it is not clear when it would be widely available.
Further, with the politicization of the pandemic response, there are questions about whether Americans will be afraid to trust the safety of all vaccines, including one for COVID-19.
"Everything that politicians have touched so far in this pandemic has been compromised by their involvement in it," Amesh Adalja, M.D., an infectious disease expert at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told the Hill.
Meanwhile, it is possible that this year's flu season won't be the crisis that many are worried about, because of the social distancing and mask wearing implemented for COVID-19. Scientists have been watching the flu season in the southern hemisphere, where winter is ending, and countries are reporting that the flu season has been mild.
To understand more about covering the flu, see our annual guide to covering the flu, which includes resources to help in your reporting.
And if you are looking to cover flu season this year, here are a few questions:
What are public health organizations in your area doing to get ready for the flu?
What are they doing to counter vaccine misinformation?
How are they preparing for the roll out of a COVID-19?
Does your public health department have the funding to support vaccine efforts?
And please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you need help finding resources for this flu season. Find me at bara@healthjournalism.org.
This entry was posted in Infectious diseases, Public health and tagged COVID-19, flu, influenza, vaccine on August 19, 2020 by Bara Vaida.
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Are you currently using the Magento platform or planning to build a Magento based store? If so, it's important that you use a responsive design layout. That way your website delivers the optimal browsing experience for all devices. A responsive design layout will take your main site and create alternative versions. This will then display a version optimized for the device your visitor is using.
More people are using their smartphones and tablets to shop online. By 2015, consumer shopping using mobile devices will jump from $25 billion to $65 billion in the US and European countries. The trends show that the number of consumers that are using mobile devices to make shopping related searches are increasing year after year and it is predicted to continue.
Sadly, many eCommerce websites are not set up to deliver the best shopping experience for these mobile users. A large number of eCommerce stores have trouble with loading times and as a result, have high bounce rates. Part of the issue stems from the number of pages and products that are sold on these websites. The small screens make it hard to view items, read descriptions, choose product options, and manage shopping carts.
The solution is to use a responsive layout that makes it easy for users to shop, browse and interact with eCommerce stores. Simple things such as compressing image file sizes, laying out the product listings differently, and formatting the content according to the device all add up to big results. eCommerce stores can easily double, even triple their mobile sales (or more) by using a mobile friendly design.
Even big eCommerce companies like Amazon and eBay are investing to serve mobile users. Amazon.com, in particular, has received the highest mobile customer satisfaction in 2013. These companies know that a top notch mobile experience isn't only going to increase sales, it's going to get a customer to come back and shop with them in the future.
If Magento is your platform of choice, it's important that you build a strong foundation from the ground up. The bottom line, however, is that you cannot ignore the mobile audience if you operate an eCommerce store. These days, companies are reporting that 20 to 50 percent of their visitors come from mobile sources. There's no better indicator than that to give you the motivation to design for mobile devices.
Goran Paunovic is a creative director at ArtVersion Interactive, web design company and full service creative agency.


This is where you pickup your race bib/timing chip, goody bag and race swag.
Can I pickup on race day ?
Yes you can pickup your goodies on race day a the starting line before race start (free of charge) . Please come early because we have hundreds of people trying to get into the same area all at the same time.


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Kohhei Kudoh, né le , est un snowboardeur japonais. Spécialisé dans le half-pipe, il a notamment remporté une épreuve de half-pipe en coupe du monde lors de la saison 2009 à Cardrona (Nouvelle-Zélande). Auparavant, il fut sacré champion du monde juniors de half-pipe en 2006 à Vivaldi Park (Corée du Sud) et était monté à deux reprises sur un podium en coupe du monde lors de la saison 2007 à Furano (Japon) et Calgary (Canada) en prenant à chaque fois la seconde place.

Palmarès

Coupe du monde
 Meilleur classement au général :  en 2007.
 Meilleur classement de half-pipe :  en 2007.
 3 podiums dont 1 victoires (toutes en half-pipe).

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Naissance en février 1990
Snowboardeur japonais

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Abstract: This article deals with the impact of optical fiber bends on the level of optical losses. The main task of this research was to carry out a series of experiments using the optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR VISA) under field operating conditions for obtaining of optical loss parameter's dependencies from different bending radii of optical fibers and from the fibers number. We have studied the processes of the occurrence of optical losses in the investigated object and elaborated deterministic models of the physics of the phenomena along with the description undelraying physical processes during the bending. As the outcome of the experiment, a number of dependencies of the optical losses intensity from the number of bends in the fiber, the radii and the wavelength is elaborated. A methodology of the calculation of the signal strength from the number of bends is given. During the work, the excessive losses were noted in case of noncompliance with the installation technology and operating rules. The results of cable research are adopted by Kazakhtelecom JSC.
V.T. Vorob'ev, R.S. Avramenko, V.N. Kozlov, «Research Of Of Signal Attenuation In Fiber-Optic Cable At Cable Line Nonlinear Lining», Vestnik Kostromskogo Gosudarstvennogo universiteta im. N.A. Nekrasova, vol. 3, pp. 8-10, 2011.
V.K. Kryzhanovskii, V.V. Burlov, A.D. Panimatchenko, Iu.V. Kryzhanovskaia, Technical properties of polymeric materials, Training manual, Sp-B, 2005.
Kim S.T., Park Y.-H., Park S.Y., Cho K., Cho J.-R. A sensor-type PC strand with an embedded FBG sensor for monitoring prestress forces. – Sensors (Switzerland), 2015, v.15,No 1, рр.1060–1070. doi: 10.3390/s150101060.
Liu T., Wei Y., Song G., Li Y., Wang J., Ning Y., Lu Y. Advances of optical fiber sensors for coal mine safety monitoring applications. – Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Microwave and Photonics, 2013, рр.102–111.
Yiming Zhao, Nong Zhang,1 and Guangyao Si. A fiber bragg grating-based monitoring system for roof safety control in underground coal mining. – Sensors (Switzerland), 2016, v. 16, No10, рр. 112-117. doi:10.3390/s16101759.
Chunde Piao, Jun Yuan, Bin Shi, Haijun Lu, Guangqing Wei, Chunsheng Gu Application of distributed optical fiber sensing technology in the anomaly detection of shaft lining in grouting. – Journal of Sensors, 2015, v.2015, рр. 163–169.
Liu X., Wang C., Liu T., Wei Y., Lv J., Fiber Grating Water pressure sensor and system for mine. – ACTA Photonica Sinica, 2009, v. 38, pp. 112–114.
Kumar Atul, Kumar Dheeraj, Singh U.K., Gupta P.S., Shankar Gauri Optimizing fibre optics for coal mine automation. – International Journal of Control and Automation, 2011, v.3, рр. 63–70.
Naruse H., Uehara H., Deguchi T., Fujihashi K., Onishi M., Espinoza R., Pinto M. Application of a distributed fibre optic strain sensing system to monitoring changes in the state of an underground mine. – Measurement Science and Technology, 2007, v.18, No 10, рр. 3202–3210. doi: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/10/S23.
A.V. Yurchenko, N.I. Gorlov, A.D. Alkina, A.D. Mekhtiev, A.A. Kovtun, «Research of the additional losses occurring in optical fiber at its multiple bends in the range waves 1310nm, 1550nm and 1625nm long», Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 671, 2016.
I.A. Ovchinnikova, P.A. Semenov, «Investigations of the influence of external factors on the elements of optical cable designs // Cables and wires, vol. 3, pp. 8-9, 2009.
M.M. Protod'iakonov, The method of rational planning of experiments, Moscow: Publishing house "Science", 1970.


While this was a bit of a failed attempt, I did modify the size by cutting 1" out of the center. And I got to use it trying out both the new scrubber design as well as homemade floor cleaner. Gee, and I thought my floors were clean!
I am happy that this trial scrubby stuff held up in the washer and dryer. After I finished this and the experiment, I had another brilliant idea for the scrubby... back to the drawing board for some minor adjustments!
This will be available soon in my Etsy shop!


The Power of the Home Language – Remind family members of the importance of speaking to their children in their home language. All language is rule bound, redundant, and highly predictable. If children build a rich control of their native language the school can use this foundation of language learning to support the development of the English language.
Value and Utilize Students' Home Languages During Teaching and Learning Opportunities – When the class is fortunate to have more than one person (either teacher or child) who speaks the home language of the ELL then the student can use her first language to practice what she wants to say before stating thoughts in English. A student can also ask for clarification of directions in his native language or can seek support in learning how to say a particular word or phrase in English.
Create Numerous Opportunities for Talk – Classrooms should be places where meaningful student talk and student listening is fostered and encouraged. Providing these opportunities will allow all students to build on their knowledge of English vocabulary and how the English language works.
One of the basic tenets of Reading Recovery is that children take different paths to literacy learning. Teachers must meet the child where he/she is and find ways to take the child into new learning. This principle applies very well to the teaching and learning of English Language Learners as they are developing their linguistic competence in English.
Engage children in conversation and let them do much of the talking. Most valuable are conversations over "shared experiences"—something the child noticed in the hall, something the teacher observed in the child's classroom, or ideas about shared books.
Recognize the importance of children listening (not just talking, reading, and writing), as listening is how children get their input of new language; the language they hear from the teacher is their source of new language.
Understand the value of reading to children from books that have language structures a bit more complex than their own.
Carefully review the books they select for children and consider what parts might require more explanation during the book introduction, for instance unknown concepts or new vocabulary that children need to grasp in order to access the meaning of the whole story, or language structures that may be outside the child's control.
Recognize the importance of repeated practice of structures (in particular of idiomatic phrases) so they plan to have the child hear and use the structures in the book.
Try to pay attention to culturally relevant books during books selection, as it is important to build on the familiar to give access to the new.
Welcome approximations and don't focus too much on accuracy as they realize that errors come from the child using what he knows to try to problem solve; usage of correct forms will occur over time.
Emphasize the value of articulation to children as they think about sounds and try to distinguish between them.
Understand the importance for ELLs having more "wait time" as it may actually take them more time to think as they're contending with another language system.
Appreciate that developing language takes time so they negotiate for more oral language in the classroom.
In supporting the learning of English Language Learners, it is critical for teachers to avoid positioning these learners as deficient—after all, knowing another language is a "resource" not a problem. By honoring the English Language Learners' attempts to extend their learning into new territory, teachers build a sense of agency in these learners and help them construct a positive identity that allows them to take control of their own learning.
Patricia R. Kelly, "Working with English Language Learners: The case of Danya,"The Journal of Reading Recovery, Fall 2001, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-11.
Judith C. Neal, "Teaching for Comprehension and Language Development of English Learners: Insights from Reading Recovery," in Achieving Literacy Success with English Language Learners: Insights, Assessment, Instruction. Edited by Cynthia Rodriguez-Eagle (pp. 85-108). 2009. Worthington, OH: Reading Recovery Council of North America.
Cynthia Rodriguez-Eagle & Annette Torres-Elias, "Refining the Craft of Teaching English Language Learners," The Journal of Reading Recovery, Fall 2009, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 58-59.
Should we serve English Language Learners in Reading Recovery?
Shouldn't we wait until the English Language Learners become proficient in English first?
Having witnessed the success stories of English Language Learners in Reading Recovery, I'm very puzzled by these questions. Based on the evidence from research that documents the positive impact of Reading Recovery on the literacy learning of English Language Learners teachers should ensure that English Language Learners are not excluded from service in Reading Recovery.
Provides rich opportunities for meaningful language interactions between the child and a competent adult speaker of English.
Allows the teacher to carefully and systematically build upon and extend the child's control over language structure to support his reading and writing.
Allows for daily reading and writing connected text which exposes the child to new vocabulary, concepts, and language structures.
Last year I had the pleasure of working with Pedro, a precocious first grader, who spoke Portuguese fluently and was learning to speak, read, and write in English. A supportive classroom and the supplementary Reading Recovery lessons helped him build his language skills at a faster pace compared to many of his classmates who did not have the opportunity of one-to-one instruction.
Pedro was eager to read and converse in English and his language interactions with me around the stories he was reading and writing fostered his oral language development, which in turn helped support his literacy learning.
Reading familiar stories with expression was his favorite activity and he was always curious to find out what new book I would be introducing to him. He couldn't wait to read about the Bear family adventures and Mrs. Wishy-Washy's troubles with the farm animals.
Writing was harder for him because he had challenges with composing since his command of English language structures was just emerging. However, his exposure to massive amounts of reading helped him take on the language of books and soon enough he started using what he knew in reading to compose stories of increasing complexity, which he wrote down with my help.
Pedro finished the year reading above grade level (Reading Recovery level 20; level K on the Fountas & Pinnell leveling system). His writing had grown stronger too. He could compose and write at least two long sentences using vocabulary and literary language structures similar to the ones in the books he was reading.


Finally! House is clean. Check. Yard is done, until spring. Check. Dump run done. Check. Schedule back to 5 days a week, for now. Office done, and so peaceful I can actually get some work done! Check.
So pretty! I love that desk.


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module ROM
  module SQL
    module Commands
      ERRORS = [
        Sequel::UniqueConstraintViolation,
        Sequel::NotNullConstraintViolation
      ].freeze

      class Create < ROM::Commands::Create

        def execute(tuples)
          pks = Array([tuples]).flatten.map do |tuple|
            attributes = input[tuple]
            validator.call(attributes)
            relation.insert(attributes.to_h)
          end

          relation.where(relation.model.primary_key => pks)
        rescue *ERRORS => e
          raise ConstraintError, e.message
        end
      end

      class Update < ROM::Commands::Update

        def execute(tuple)
          attributes = input[tuple]
          validator.call(attributes)

          pks = relation.map { |t| t[relation.model.primary_key] }

          relation.update(attributes.to_h)
          relation.unfiltered.where(relation.model.primary_key => pks)
        end

      end

      class Delete < ROM::Commands::Delete

        def execute
          deleted = target.to_a
          target.delete
          deleted
        end

      end

    end
  end
end

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This information explains the advice about the use of antibiotics to prevent and treat early-onset bacterial infections in newborn babies that is set out in NICE clinical guideline 149.
'Early-onset' means infections that arise within 72 hours of the baby's birth. 'Bacterial' means any type of infection caused by bacteria, rather than an infection caused by a virus, fungus or parasite (such as rubella, thrush or toxoplasmosis).
you are a pregnant women whose unborn baby may be at a higher risk than average of developing a bacterial infection within 72 hours of birth.
your baby was born before 37 weeks (premature birth); because they have a higher than average risk of getting an infection.
your newborn baby has a suspected or confirmed bacterial infection, or has a high risk of infection because of possible transmission from the mother.
screening tests to identify pregnant women whose unborn babies are at higher risk of early-onset bacterial infection.
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2/8/19: Careers in CS (Alumni talk)
Fri, 2019-02-08 09:50 — petersos
Join five Grinnell CS alumni for an informal talk about careers in software design and development.
12:00-12:50 pm
Noyce 2022
After the presentation, they will hold informal "office hours" and be available to talk to students in the CS commons, 1:00-1:50 pm.
CS Table 11/6/18: Tech Company Jobs, Then and Now
Mon, 2018-11-05 14:55 — petersos
This week we'll look at an interesting article that compares the situations for janitors at two tech companies in two different eras: Kodak in the 1980s, and Apple in 2017. The article paints an interesting picture of how employment at tech companies has changed over the last four decades. In addition to the specifics in the article, I hope we'll have an opportunity to discuss the role that tech companies (or any employer) might play in economic inequality, the availability of blue-collar jobs, and the changing landscape of career opportunities.
To Understand Rising Inequality, Consider the Janitors at Two Top Companies, Then and Now. Neil Irwin. The New York Times. 3 Sept 2017.
Computer science table (CS Table) is a weekly meeting of Grinnell College community members (students, faculty, staff, etc.) interested in discussing topics related to computing and computer science. CS Table meets Tuesdays from 12:00–12:50pm in JRC 224C (inside the Marketplace). Contact the CS faculty for the weekly reading. Students on meal plans, faculty, and staff are expected to cover the cost of their meals. Visitors to the College and students not on meal plans can charge their meals to the department (sign in at the Marketplace front desk).
CS Table
CS Extra 10/8/18: Alumni Talk Careers
Thu, 2018-10-04 14:02 — petersos
4:15 p.m. in Science 2022 (note the room is different than usual)
Careers in Computer Science and Informal Talk by Grinnell CS Alumni
Cassie Koomjian '05, Ian Young '08, Terian Koscik '12, and Alex Leach '06 talk about their careers and experiences in the software design and development field.
Thursday Extras
CS Extra: Life and Career after Grinnell (Lessons from Alumni)
4:15 p.m. in Science 2021
Note the different location and different day of the week: WEDNESDAY in Noyce 2021.
The CS department and the CLS are co-sponsoring an alumni panel on Life and Career and Diversity and Inclusion after Grinnell in Tech. The cast of players will include CSC 322 Mentors Cassie Koomjian '05, Alex Leach '06, Ian Young '08, and Terian Koscik '12; and Megan Goering '08 of Human Centered Design and her partner Joe Mellin of Microsoft. They will all give a brief description of their life and careers and then have time for questions and answers.
TUESDAY Extra 10/10: Chat with CS Alumni
Refreshments at 4:00 p.m. in the Computer Science Commons (Science 3817)
Come meet with Wes Beary '05, Cassie Koomjian '05, Terian Koscik '12, Alex Leach '06, and Ian Young '08, the alumni mentors for CSC 321. They will discuss issues they have encountered as computing professionals and answer questions you have about life after Grinnell.
Thursday Extra on 2/11: Alumni Career Discussion
Tue, 2016-02-09 09:29 — petersos
4:15 pm in Noyce 3821
Visit with four CS alumni: Ian Young '08, Cassie Koomjian '05, Jonathan Koomjian '03, and Wes Beary '05. Each will give a short overview of their post-Grinnell careers, and then they will answer questions from students.
Refreshments at 4:00 in the CS Commons (Noyce 3817), followed by the discussion at 4:15 in Noyce 3821.
Thursday Extra: "Careers on Rails"
Tue, 2014-09-30 15:50 — stone
On Thursday, October 2, Wes Beary 2005, Alex Leach 2006, Cassie Schmitz 2005, and Ian Young 2008 will discuss Web development and infrastructure using the Ruby on Rails Web application framework and "agile development" methods. In this panel, they will describe their career paths and answer questions about their work developing software as a service.
Refreshments will be served at 4:15 p.m. in the Computer Science Commons (Noyce 3817). The panel discussion, "Careers on Rails: Grinnell CS Alumni in Web Development and Infrastructure" will follow at 4:30 p.m. in Noyce 3821. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Women in computing / Computer Science Table: Recruiting and hiring technical women
Thu, 2013-05-02 15:30 — stone
At this Friday's session of Women in Computing / CS Table, we'll discuss efforts to recruit and hire technical women. We will consider a variety of resources related to this issue.
First, two popular press articles on Etsy's efforts to build its staff of women technologists:
"How Etsy grew their number of female engineers by almost 500% in one year"
Brett Berson, First Round Capital, February 26, 2013
http://firstround.com/article/How-Etsy-Grew-their-Number-of-Female-Engineers-by-500-in-One-Year
"In a male-dominated field, Etsy is trying a different approach to hiring new talent"
Alison Overholt, Fortune, February 19, 2013
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/02/19/etsy-women-coders/
Second, an article on "affirmative effort":
"Let's call it 'affirmative effort'"
Nancy Hopkins, The New York Times, September 30, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/09/30/breaking-the-bias-against-women-in-science/lets-call-it-affirmative-effort
Finally, we will consider a series of short approaches from the National Center for Women in Technology's "Pacesetters" program:
"2010-2012 pacesetters"
National Center for Women & Information Technology
http://www.ncwit.org/programs/pacesetters/2010_2012_pacesetters
Computer Science Table is a weekly meeting of Grinnell College community members (students, faculty, staff, etc.) interested in discussing topics related to computing and computer science. CS Table meets Fridays at noon in the Day PDR (the first PDR at the top of the stairs in the Marketplace/Cafeteria, also known as Rosenfield 224A). Faculty, staff, and students on meal plans are expected to pay the cost of their meals. Students not on meal plans can charge their meals to the department.
women and computing
Thursday Extra: "Technical internships"
On Thursday, October 18, Dilan Ustek 2014, Aditi Roy 2013, Tolu Alabi 2013, Maijid Moujaled 2014, and David Cowden 2013 will discuss the technical internships they have done at Microsoft, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, Pikuzone, and Iowa Health System. They will talk about their experiences at big technical companies, a start-up, and the IT department of a health organization. Come to learn about these various experiences and what to do in order to get them!
Refreshments will be served at 4:15 p.m. in the Computer Science Commons (Noyce 3817). The talk, Technical internships, will follow at 4:30 p.m. in Noyce 3821. Everyone is welcome to attend!
Why study computer science?
Interview any group of computing folks, and you will find diverse personalities, interests, priorities, learning styles, and preferences about work environments. Ask these people what brought them to computing, and you will get an equally diverse range of answers. Here are some common responses, categorized into the areas of problem solving, contributions to society, and career options.
Computer science requires creativity, insights, background, and skill in problem solving. Each new application, problem, and opportunity presents an new range of problems, and computer scientists enjoy finding solutions. Computing folks thrive on the challenge of solving puzzles.
Computing problems provide intellectual stimulation. Investigations often start with a high-level vision for a technique or application or system. Creative exploration and analysis takes computer scientists through various levels of abstraction and detail. Eventually, this work results in a working algorithm or system that provides an effective solution.
Much problem solving in computer science entails a wonderful mixture of theory and practice. The field of computing includes a rich and deep theory that provides a framework for thinking about problems and solutions. In many cases, this theory has direct impact on the development of real systems.
Contributions to Society
Since computers support so many parts of contemporary society (e.g., in transportation, medicine, engineering, economics, entertainment, technical theater, record keeping, insurance—the list seems endless), work in the computing field provides the opportunity to contribute to many aspects of society. Computing applications have great potential to help address human needs and improve the quality of life.
Computer science is inherently interdisciplinary. Many computing applications connect computer scientists with professionals in many disciplines. Complex systems draw upon multiple subjects and perspectives, so most computing folk work with a diverse range of people. Long gone are the days when computing was a solitary enterprise. Today, system developers usually work in teams, and work includes extensive personal interactions with clients and colleagues.
By its nature, computer science draws on diverse disciplines as part of the problem-solving process. For example, Computing Curricula 2001 identifies at least three major "processes" that come together in computer science.
Theory uses the mathematical model of deductive reasoning from axioms to logical consequences.
Abstraction uses the scientific method to collect data, create models of problems and environments, design experiments, and analyze results.
Design uses the methodology of engineering to clarify requirements of a problem, design and implement solutions, and develop patterns for testing.
Despite many news reports regarding off shoring, the field of computing has remarkable potential for long-term careers.
Within the United States, employment in the IT sector increased 17% from 1999 to 2004—even with all the news of the dot-com difficulties.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that computing is the field with the greatest potential for growth through 2014.
Money Magazine and Salary.com identified "software engineer" at the very top of their listings of the "Best Jobs in America." Further, number 7 on the listing was "computer/IT analysis". In describing the position of software engineer, www.salary.com wrote, "The profession's strong growth prospectives, average pay of $80,500, and potential for creativity put it at the top of the list."
"According to a January 2006 article on CNN.com, salaries for computing professionals are rising extremely fast. Among the top-ten jobs with the fastest growing salaries, computing represents fully half the list". "Computing Degrees and Careers" by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).


1. In 1952, thick smog in London caused the death of how many people?
2. What was the name of Russia's first artificial satellite that was launched in 1957?
3. During what year did California's Disneyland first open?
4. Who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary as the first people to successfully climb the summit of Mount Everest in 1953?
5. Who did Marilyn Monroe marry in 1954?
6. Which country's lunar probe became the first man-made object to hit the moon in 1959?
7. Which Soviet leader became the Premier of the Soviet Union in 1958?
8. In what year Ghana gain its independence from Britain?
9. What year did China invade Tibet?
10. Who is said to have first used The term "Rock N Roll" in 1951?
11. Which Communist leader came to power after the Cuban Revolution in 1959?
12. Which popular entertainer was inducted into the US army in 1958?
13. Which governor of Arkansas ordered the National Guard to prevent nine African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School while they were escorted by Federal Troops in 1957?
14. Which American civil rights leader refused to give up her seat in 1955?
15. Which company first introduced "TV Dinners" in 1954?
16. What year did North Korea invade South Korea capturing Seoul?
17. What year did Puerto Rico become a self-governing commonwealth of the United States?
18. In 1954, a strike caused by which group forced Britain to declare a state of emergency?
19. In 1957, Britain tested its first hydrogen bomb on what island?
20. Jack Kilby invented which important piece of technology in 1958?
21. Which Wisconsin Senator was censured in 1954 after his seeking out Communists in the US government?
22. In what year were the words "Under God" added to the USA Pledge of Allegiance?
23. Which royal became Britain's head of state in 1953?
24. In what year did the Dennis the Menace comic strip appears in newspapers across the U.S. for the first time?
25. Which landmark Supreme Court case ended racial segregation in public schools in 1954?
26. Who discovered the "Double-Helix" structure of DNA in 1953?
27. Which two men were introduced as NASA's first astronauts in 1959?
28. Which actress married Prince Ranier of Monaco in 1956?
29. Who is credited for developing the first Polio vaccine in 1953?
30. What year were the first color television pictures broadcast from Empire State Building?
31. Which Japanese car manufacturer started selling cars in the USA in 1957?
32. Which popular fast food chain restaurant was first opened in 1955?
33. What popular toy was first introduced by Wham-O in 1958?
34. In 1952, the Mau Mau Rebellion began in what country?
35. The nationalization of which canal led Israel, Britain, and France to attack Egypt in 1956?


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Carrie Underwood named top artist at CMT Music Awards
In this video image provided by CMT, Carrie Underwood accepts the female of the year award for "Drinking Alone" during the Country Music Television awards airing on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (CMT via AP)
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Carrie Underwood already had the most CMT Music Awards of any artist, but she'll need to make more room on her shelf. The superstar picked up two more trophies for video of the year and female video of the year in a remotely shot awards show.
Underwood appeared on video to accept for "Drinking Alone" and thanked fans for voting for her during an unpredictable year when touring ground to a halt because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"This one is all about you guys especially because we again haven't been together but I feel so loved tonight," said Underwood.
Pop star Gwen Stefani won her first CMT Music Award for collaborative video of the year for her duet with Blake Shelton on "Nobody But You." The couple shared a hug and drinks together and expressed their love for one another in their recorded speech. "What is happening in my life?" Stefani exclaimed.
"This is a crazy pairing in lots of different ways, but it's working," Shelton said as they clinked glasses.
The country stars came out to celebrate even if audiences weren't there. Country's newest star Luke Combs shotgunned a beer with legends Brooks and Dunn to open the show.
Country singers Kane Brown and Ashley McBryde joined "Modern Family" actor Sarah Hyland as co-hosts during Wednesday night's show, which was shot in various outdoor locations around Nashville, Tennessee, including the former home of Reba McEntire.
Taylor Swift, who won breakthrough video of the year 13 years ago, presented the award to Gabby Barrett, for her song "I Hope," which has been a No. 1 hit across both country and pop charts this year.
Barrett, who pretended to hold an imaginary award in her hand, thanked the fans.
"That's something that I absolutely loved about country music, coming into it, was how loyal the fan bases are and how they just incredibly love the people that they love," said Barrett.
Old Dominion won group video of the year for "One Man Band," while Chris Young won CMT performance of the year for his song "Drowning."
Not all the performances were shot in Nashville. Country superstar Shania Twain performed "Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under," a classic from her breakthrough 1995 album, from inside a Charlie Chaplin museum in Switzerland. Twain, in a leopard print top and sequined pants, danced and sang alongside mannequins dressed to look like the famous silent film comedian and actor.
Luke Bryan won male video of the year for "One Margarita," while country duo Dan + Shay won for duo video of the year for their song "I Should Probably Go To Bed."
Shay Mooney gave a shout out remotely to his toddler son, Asher. "He's watching right now. So you do need to go to bed for sure right now," he joked.
The show's cross genre's performances included Jimmie Allen and Noah Cyrus and Kelsea Ballerini with pop star Halsey.
New this year was the CMT equal play award, which was presented to singer, actor and activist Jennifer Nettles, for her work advocating for women and diversity in country music.
"Thank you to all the fans and especially my artists, my sisters out there who continue to burn the holy fire," said Nettles. "I am so proud to be a part of this legacy of women in country music with you. And I am so proud of the stories that we tell. We have more to do as soon as we can."
The fan-voted awards show had a new category, quarantine video of the year, that highlighted country artists who got creative with music videos and songs during the pandemic. Singer Granger Smith won for his on-the-nose music video called "Don't Cough On Me!"
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Alleppey is the Venice of the East; It is famous for its boat races, backwater holidays, beaches, marine products and coir industry. Alappuzha beach is a popular picnic spot. The pier, which extends into the sea here, is over 137 years old. Entertainment facilities at the Vijaya Beach Park add to the attraction of the beach. There is also an old lighthouse nearby which is greatly fascinating to visitors. Evening leisure at backwater resort. Overnight stay at Alleppey.
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Q: MDI Application, check if a child form with the same caption is open I have a Delphi MDI application that has a customer search child form which can only be opened once (checking isAssigned), however the view / edit form can be opened multiple times so that the end user can open multiple customers at once (Tabbed), what I'd like to do is be able to stop them from opening the same customer record more than once, on the open of the customer form I set the caption to the customers account reference and if that form exists I would like to .BringToFront, if not I'll create it.
What would be the best way to achieve this please, as I'm scratching my head!
Thanks in advance.
procedure TfrmCustomerSearch.ViewCustomerExecute(Sender: TObject);
begin
  screen.cursor := crappstart;

  if not IsMDIChildOpen(frmMainMenu, 'frmCustomerView', pfrmCaption) then
    frmCustomerView := TfrmCustomerView.createform(nil,dmCustomerSearchfrm.FDQCustSearchreference.Value,cxGrid1DBTableView1.DataController.FocusedRecordIndex)
  else
    frmCustomerView.BringToFront;

  screen.cursor := crdefault;
end;

function TfrmCustomerSearch.IsMDIChildOpen(const AFormName: TForm; const AMDIChildName, AMDICaption : string): Boolean;
var
  i: Integer;
begin
  Result := False;
  for i := Pred(AFormName.MDIChildCount) DownTo 0 do
    if (AFormName.MDIChildren[i].name = AMDIChildName) then
    begin
      if (AFormName.MDIChildren[i].caption = AMDICaption) then
        begin
          Result := True;
          Break;
        end

    end;
end;

A: Try something more like this instead:
procedure TfrmCustomerSearch.ViewCustomerExecute(Sender: TObject);
begin
  Screen.Cursor := crAppStart;
  try
    frmCustomerView := TfrmCustomerView(FindMDIChildOpen(frmMainMenu, TfrmCustomerView, pfrmCaption));
    if frmCustomerView = nil then
      frmCustomerView := TfrmCustomerView.CreateForm(nil, dmCustomerSearchfrm.FDQCustSearchreference.Value, cxGrid1DBTableView1.DataController.FocusedRecordIndex);
    frmCustomerView.BringToFront;
  finally
    Screen.Cursor := crDefault;
  end;
end;

function TfrmCustomerSearch.FindMDIChildOpen(const AParentForm: TForm; const AMDIChildClass: TFormClass; const AMDICaption : string): TForm;
var
  i: Integer;
  Child: TForm;
begin
  Result := nil;
  for i := Pred(AParentForm.MDIChildCount) DownTo 0 do
  begin
    Child := AParentForm.MDIChildren[i];
    if Child.InheritsFrom(AMDIChildClass) and
       (Child.Caption = AMDICaption) then
    begin
      Result := Child;
      Exit;
    end;
  end;
end;

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Bad news for coffee lovers. The Council for Education and Research on Toxics, a non-profit group, sued Starbucks and some other 90 coffee retailers for violating California Proposition 65 (1986). The law requires businesses to warn consumers of cancer-causing chemicals, contained in their products.
Court document show that Starbucks and other defendants failed to prove that there is no risk from a carcinogen produced in the coffee roasting process. They have the right to file objections to the decision until April 10. However, a few defendants settled the case before Wednesday's decision, agreeing to carry a cancer warning label and pay millions in fines, according to published reports.
The acrylamide is one of the cancer-causing chemical found in Starbucks and other companies' products. It is produced in the bean roasting process and has been the subject of the eight-year legal struggle between a tiny nonprofit group and coffee producing companies.
The decision is the result of a lawsuit (2008) by a California-based nonprofit called the Council for Education and Research on Toxics. It calls for fines as large as $2,500 per person for every exposure to the chemical. The Council for Education and Research on Toxics is still in favor of acrylamide removal from roasting processing like potato chip makers did when it sued them years ago. Attorney Raphael Metzger, who brought the lawsuit to the court, believes that if the potato chips industry did it, so can the coffee industry. He objects the point of coffee makers that it is impossible to remove acrylamide from their product without ruining the flavor.


The purpose of the Pierre C. Fraley Scholarship is to give students the opportunity to increase their language proficiency in French and to enrich their understanding of French culture and contemporary society. The Alliance Française scholarship committee will weigh need, merit and the applicant's career plans when awarding the scholarship in the amount of $3500. Preference will be given to residents of the tri-state area (PA-NJ-DE) or to out-of area students who are matriculated at a university in the tri-state area.