AMMAN — UNICEF has recently completed the construction of a sustainable water and sanitation system in Zaatari refugee camp, which will provide a sustainable source of clean water and safe sanitation for nearly 80,000 people, including 45,000 children, according to a statement sent by UNICEF.
"We used to go and fill up our buckets with water from the public taps and sometimes the trucks. When the trucks came... it would get really crowded," said Amina, whose last name was not given in the statement and who lives in the last district to be serviced by the new systems.
UNICEF said Amina has lived in Zaatari along with her children and grandchildren since 2012.
Every household now has a toilet connected to the wastewater system, providing safety and dignity to girls, women and all residents in the camp, according to the statement, which added that that UNICEF and its partner have also installed accessible toilets for children and adults with disabilities.
"I use water to support my family for all their needs — for the toilet, baths, dishwashing, cleaning, laundry, cooking and for everything really. Because water is life," Amina said.
With the completion of the water network, 35 litres of safe drinking water are provided directly to the homes of each family member living in the camp.
The construction project was undertaken by UNICEF, with the support of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, and was built in several stages. It was completed thanks to a donation from Germany, in addition to funding from Canada, the UK and the US.
According to the statement, the new network has reduced operating costs by over 66 per cent and eliminates the need for water trucks.
"Ending the reliance on trucking for water and wastewater provision is not only cost-effective, it has also ensured a more equitable distribution of the services for families," UNICEF Jordan Representative Robert Jenkins explained.
Amina's grandson Diaa, who is 10 years old and has lived in the camp since he was four said "we used to go far over there, far away, where the water was... We had jerry cans and buckets and would go fill them up...It would take us an hour to bring the water all the way home".
"But now we have no worries. We can sit in our homes, play, do our school work and have access to water anytime," added Diaa.


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Jessa je podle raně novověkých kronik, jejichž autenticita je nejistá, polský nejvyšší bůh.

Prameny

Poprvé je zmiňován kronikou Historiae Polonicae Jana Długosze sepsané v letech 1455–1480:

Poté je zmiňován, nejspíše inspirován Długoszem, Matěj z Miechova v Chronica Polonorum z roku 1519:

Poslední zmínka pochází z Kroniky Polska, Litvy, Žmudě a celé Rusi Matěje Stryjkowského z roku 1582:

Kromě toho se Jessa objevuje také v obřadních písních z 14. a 15. století zaznamenaných v církevních kázáních a ponaučeních.

Hypotézy

Aleksander Brückner vykládal slovo Jessa jako pouhou partikuli obřadních písní. Lubor Niederle však upozorňuje, že tento výklad nevysvětluje, proč jej kronikáři a kněží vykládali jako jméno božstva, snahy o bližší identifikaci ale podle něj mohou zůstat pouze na úrovni hypotéz.

Původně však Brückner poukázal na jméno galského boha Esa a na lutickou bohyni války, zmiňovanou Dětmarem, která mohla být právě Jessou. Josef Dobrovský jej měl za božstvo převzatů od Finů či Tatarů, S. Mathusiak jej ztotožnil s Jarovítem.

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None of this is surprising to me. You know, last spring when I looked at how the race was shaping up, I knew that it would be a close contest and I assumed it would be with Senator Obama and at that time I said we have got to start thinking about Texas, we have to start thinking ahead.
But they only grappled with the primary/caucus rules this month. Hmm.


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Традиция - это передача пламени, а не поклонение пеплу.
Mykhaylo Drahomanov: A Symposium and Selected Writings, The Annals of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., Vol. II, Spring, 1952, No. 1 (3).
THE PROGRAM OF THE REVIEW HROMADA
Our translation was made from Selected Works (pp. 148-151), compared with the original text (Geneva, 1881). Omissions have been made only in the sections presenting editorial aims, at the end of the article, not in the actual political program. This program, which was drawn up in 1880, is to be distinguished from the "Introduction to Hromada" of 1877. The much longer "Introduction" was the work of Drahomanov alone. The "Program," which we have printed here, is the joint work of Drahomanov and his friends Mykhaylo Pavlyk and Serhiy Podolynsky. Indeed, it is probable that the blueprint of this came from Podolynsky rather than from Drahomanov, but Drahomanov certainly reworked it.6
We must explain briefly the history of Hromada. Since 1877 Drahomanov had been publishing this magazine, at irregular intervals. This was part of the political task entrusted to Drahomanov by the illegal Hromada group in Kiev. In all, Drahomanov had published five thick volumes. But political and personal differences arose between Drahomanov and his Kiev friends, who suspended their remittances, and the further issues were stopped. At this point Drahomanov, who was then living with Mykhaylo Pavlyk, a journalist from Galicia, was approached by Serhiy Podolynsky. Podolynsky (1850-1891), a doctor and economist, a member of the Ukrainian Hromada in Kiev, and a militant socialist, had been living in France as a political emigrant since 1878. His parents were rich, and he had at his disposition substantial means, with which he wished to finance a new series of Hromada, transformed into a bi-monthly. Although Drahomanov had certain doubts about this, he agreed to cooperate. But the project soon broke down. Under police pressure Podolynsky's family ceased to send money. Soon thereafter Podolynsky became mentally ill, and was taken back to Russia by his parents. Only two numbers of the new Hromada, with Drahomanov, Podolynsky, and Pavlyk as editors, ever appeared.
The reader will soon spot the divergencies between "Free Union" and the "Program of Hromada." The former demands only the federalization of the Russian Empire and social reforms, the latter speaks of economic collectivism and of the complete independence of the Ukraine within its ethnic boundaries. We must remember that neither work is the product of Drahomanov alone, but that both are the result of collaboration -- in the first case with the group which wished to found the Free Union organization, in the second with S. Podolynsky. In both cases the collaboration left its imprint final product. Drahomanov was not a political opportunist and under no cirumstances would he have signed his name to a program he could not accept. On the other hand he was not a narrow dogmatist, and the difference between "Free Union" and the "Program of Hromada" merely show the range within which his ideas moved. Certainly the fundamental ideas -- the guarantee of personal rights, federalism, the national emancipation of the Ukraine, and social progress -- are the same in both. However, we shall probably not be mistaken in assuming that the program developed in "Free Union" lay closer to Drahomanov's heart. The "Program of Hromada" has a "maximal" flavor, and this was not exactly to Drahomanov's taste.
5 Archives of M. Drahomanov (Warsaw, 1937), p. 303.
6 Drahomanov's Correspondence with M. Pavlyk (Chemivtsi, 1910-11), VI, pp. 54-55.
The Ukrainian publication Hromada (Community) has been published in Geneva since 1877. It has been edited at irregular intervals by M. Drahomanov. From now on a hundred page issue will appear regularly every two months under the direction of the three undersigned: M. Drahomanov, M. Pavlyk, and S. Podolynsky.
We realize how difficult it is to undertake a publication in the Ukrainian language, especially on foreign soil. We have to address ourselves to a people without political independence, divided between two great empires, Russia and Austria-Hungary, a people who therefore has no way of expressing itself about its own welfare. Moreover we, a very small group of socialists, are far from our native land, and have no chance of working directly with and among our people.
At this time, however, there is no choice but to publish our periodical abroad. The political, economic, and educational enslavement of our country by Russia and Austria-Hungary curtails the freedoms of speech and publication to such an extent that it is almost impossible for those who favor freedom for the Ukrainian people, the socialists in particular, to speak or write unhampered on topics pertaining to human welfare and progress.
Our ideas and proposals are as follows:
In political matters:
Equal rights for men and women of all races.
Inviolable freedom of speech, publication, education, assembly, and organization.
Inalienable self-government for every community.
Complete independence for the Ukraine, organized into a federation of free communities.
We define the Ukraine as the territory extending from the upper Tisa in Hungary in the west to the river Don and the Kuban land now under Russia in the east, and from the river Narev in the north to the Black Sea in the south. In this area the large majority of the peasants and workers, the really productive groups, are Ukrainians. On the other hand, the majority of the Poles, Jews, Germans, Hungarians, Muscovites (Russians), and so on belong to the allegedly upper classes, in reality the idle classes who live at the expense of the genuinely productive elements. Now these foreigners, who were sent into the Ukraine by their conquering States, and those renegade Ukrainians who joined them, dominate the country economically as the wealthy, and politically as officials and administrators.
Every nation suffers under foreign rule; neither can a nation prosper when it is forced to support large segments of the population which are non-productive. In reality it makes little difference whether the Ukrainian people get rid of these because they are exploiting groups or because they are foreign elements. Whatever their nationality, they should either contribute their share of work, or else they should leave the country.
The settlements of Rumanians, Bulgarians, Serbs, Greeks, Russians, Germans, Polish artisans and peasants, Jewish tradesmen, etc., who contribute toward the well-being of the country are a different matter. They must share equal rights and freedoms with the Ukrainians. Their communities and organizations should not be coerced into adopting the language and customs of the Ukrainian commonwealth. They should have the freedom to organize their own schools, from the primary to the university level, and the freedom to join in all sorts of activities with people in their home countries. These constructive foreign elements will be the links that bind the Ukraine to the neighboring nations, with whom the Ukraine should unite in a great free international federation.
In our opinion, self-government for a community consists in the right to unite with the nation it chooses, and to administer its internal affairs independently.
In economic matters:
All the important natural resources and means of production, such as land, water, machines, and factories, should be owned by the workers and peasants, organized into cooperative associations. People should not be placed in the position of selling their labor. They should work directly for themselves.
We believe that cooperative or collective ownership and labor are much more worthwhile than a system of private ownership.
At the same time we believe that the manner in which private ownership becomes collective and the manner in which a system of cooperative labor is set up and the produce divided will have to be solved through the goodwill of each community. It is to be hoped that both theory and practice in the economic field will show the individual communities how to organize cooperative labor and a just distribution of goods, not only on the local level, but also on the national and even international levels.
In educational and cultural matters:
We are in favor of empirical methods in the natural and social sciences, and in related fields of knowledge.
We think that science and the arts (literature, the theatre, painting, sculpture, and music) will some day replace the religions of today, which have caused and still cause so much enmity among peoples. Until education and persuasion have brought this about, all individuals and communities should have the freedom to worship as they choose, with the provision that the adherents of each faith (Christians, Jews, Mohammedans, etc.) or sect support their own churches and clergy, that nobody be taxed for the support of any church, and that all contributions for such purposes be voluntary.
Here we cannot go into details concerning the ways and methods of realizing our program. By using the printed word we show that we do not evade our part in the peaceable ways of furthering human progress. At the same time, we have no vain hopes. At no time in history were radical changes in social life brought about by peaceable means alone. Perhaps even less in the Ukraine than in other countries can we expect the voluntary abdication of power by existing rulers. Therefore it will be difficult for the people of the Ukraine to escape the necessity of an armed revolutionary struggle. Only such a revolution will finally transfer the natural resources and means of production into the hands of societies and communities of peasants and workers. To prevent the old ruling groups from seizing again their usurped wealth and power, it will be necessary to abolish the State army and introduce instead a Cossack militia in which every citizen will be trained to carry arms and use them when necessary. . . .
Directors of Hromada:
M. Drahomanov
M. Pavlyk
S. Podolynsky
pisma@dragomanov.info,
malorus.org, копилефт 2006 г.

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New Normandale Program, SpedUP, seeks to increase representation in the field of Special Education
Education Technology Community
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – December 2, 2022 – Minnesota faces a dire situation regarding the lack of special education teachers. Normandale Community College has stepped forward to implement an educational pipeline for prospective special education teachers, in particular teachers of color.
SpedUp Program Coordinator Kelsey Johnson, who was hired last spring to coordinate the program, is a champion of diversity and equity in the field of special education. "SpedUP will confront the educational equity gaps in K-12 classrooms by addressing disparities in the composition of the special education workforce," said Johnson. "This program is particularly appropriate for working adults, who already have full lives."
The program is designed to recruit and support BIPOC students as they pursue their first two years of a special education degree. It is a cohort model that offers:
full academic scholarship (tuition and books)
professional development activities
connection to campus resources
proactive academic advising to ensure transfer into a bachelor's degree program for special education
"It's hard working in a system that hasn't been intentionally built for the success of people who look like me, or are from underserved backgrounds," Says Leticia Alvarez, a current Paraprofessional in Bloomington Public Schools and a student in the first SpedUP cohort. "Working in the public-school system, the funding is what it is, and this is a way to add more tools to my toolbox and get paid more."
Normandale is particularly well suited to provide this pathway, with a strong Education program, well developed transfer partnerships with other universities, a successful program launched in fall 2021 that recruits and supports Black, African American and African men into Elementary and Secondary Education pathways (Sirtify). Normandale is also one of a handful of two-year colleges in Twin Cities to offer Transfer Pathways in Elementary Education and Special Education, which allows students to transfer to Minnesota State universities where the programs are offered.
Normandale Community College President Joyce Ester believes there is an opportunity for Normandale to do its part in eliminating achievement gaps through providing pathways for BIPOC students to attain a Special Education degree.
"We have a very strong education program, and we feel like this is a great way for us to recruit and support BIPOC students in a field that helps change lives in our community," said Ester. "There have been studies that indicate when students are taught and supported by people who have the same or similar identities, student success rates are higher. SpedUp is the right opportunity at the right time for a very important field for communities across the state."
In recent Twin Cities media reports, the shortage of special education programs has been increasingly alarming:
Minneapolis parents, teachers plead for help over school staff shortages
About 650 positions remain open across the district, including 135 special education programs
Star Tribune Reporter: Mara Klecker mara.klecker@startribune.com
Staff is stretched dangerously thin in special education departments at several schools, and educators from at least two — Harrison Education Center and Hall STEM Academy — are trying to raise alarm. Failing to provide the support promised in individualized education plans is both a compliance and a safety concern, they say. Some parents are also pushing back after realizing they've been sending children to schools without licensed special education staff.
Special education staffing shortage persists in MN and beyond
KARE 11 reporter: Danny Spewak, spewak@kare11.com or dnspewak@gmail.com
Stelitano and the Center for Learner Equity led a report this fall that found "reliance on underqualified teachers – particularly for special education positions – may be increasing." In general, the report showed that students with disabilities were among those disproportionately impacted by the pandemic during the 2021-22 school year, with staffing issues representing just one component of the problem.
As a program coordinator, Johnson has spent the last six months actively recruiting prospective students, enrolling an inaugural group of students for the first semester of the program.
In the fall 2023 semester, there will be an opportunity for 10 students to participate in the SpedUP program. The program offers full-tuition scholarships for students of color provided by a grant and aims to ensure students' success at Normandale and beyond.
Alvarez sates, "For me, one of the barriers in coming to school was funding—and so when the SpedUP program became available I was like wow: it's right here in my community, and the tuition and books are covered. That's so many barriers gone, and that's what led me here."
Pictured above:
Jim Mackinnon
Kimberly Hernandez Xochipiltecalt
Tania Mejia
Leticia Alvarez
For more information regarding SpedUP, please contact program Kelsey Johnson at kelsey.johnson@normandale.edu. SpedUP information is also available online at https://www.normandale.edu/spedup-program.
About Normandale Community College: Established in 1968, Normandale is a premier, comprehensive community college offering a curriculum that spans more than 60 liberal arts and science disciplines. With exceptional faculty and intensive student support services, we prepare students for success in transferring to four-year colleges and universities and joining the workforce. Normandale is the largest community college and second largest institution in the Minnesota State system. Our student body is very diverse, with nearly two-thirds of degree-seeking students identifying as low-income, first generation, and/or Black, Indigenous, or Persons of Color.


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Der Fledermaus - Flugtag 2003
Flugtag 2003 - Der Fledermaus (The Bat)
The WISIL HPVers built a human powered aircraft and entered it in the Red Bull Chicago Flugtag 2003.
Man Powered Primary Glider
Project leader and Instigator Len Brunkalla sent in two entries. The first and most flight-worthy was based on the Primary Glider, a glider design from the late 1920s, with the addition of a pedal powered prop.
Der Fledermaus
The second entry was Der Fledermaus, and was almost a joke, as we were thinking that maybe both entries would be approved. The idea was to strap some wings on an old prototype fiberglass framed WISIL Missile chassis. As fate would have it, whimsy prevailed over practicality, Der Fledermaus was approved, and the primary glider was not. Out of 420 entries, only 36 were picked, so we are just happy to be able to participate. We will build the Flying Mouse...
Now the job is to see if we can actually make this thing fly. After performing more research, Len decided that we would build a vehicle based on the Fauvel Plank Wing. This is a flying wing design which meets the basic criteria outlined by Len in the entry form.
24 foot wingspan with 5 ft chord, utilizing Fauvels 14% airfoil.
Wingtip vertical stabilizers
RWD dual 20" wheel bike
A couple of gears
Tip skids for balance
4 man winch
Luan plywood
Construction Foam
6 mil shinkwrap
Yes, that was a winch I listed. As this glider will need to get near to 20MPH to fly, and there is only about a 50 foot takeoff area, plans are to use the winch as sort of a man powered aircraft carrier launch assist.
We get 5 minutes on the platform to set up, perform a skit, and launch the vehicle, so this will have to have a quick setup!
At the June WISIL meeting we decided to use money from the WISIL general fund to build this aircraft. Costs not to exceed $350.
Len Brunkalla, Bill Murphy, and Bob Buerger have been hard at work to create this magnificent flying machine. Unfortunately, there is only a week left to build it! Will they finish in time?
Len and Bill take a break from building to pose by one of the wind sections. The plank wing breaks into 3 8 foot section for transport, and the wing tips can be unbolted.
Many of these pictures can be clicked on for a higher resolution image.
Here's the full wing in Bill's driveway. The basic structure of the wing is complete, and now Bill and Len need to work on attaching the control surfaces and making the control linkages.
This picture shows the amount of work that went into making the wings. The box spar is luan plywood coated with fiberglass. The spars themselves are luan plywood. wires are used to strengthen the structure.
Designated pilot Bob Buerger has plenty of what this sign refers to.
The Red Bull people want to pick up every plane that flies off their ramp with a crane, and put them into a giant floating dumpster. We'll need help to save this plane so we can re-use it!
The Red Bull folks were kind enough to drop off an entire case of their beverage. Urp.
Currently it's not known if there will be time to built the pedal powered catapult, or even to add cranks to the plane, so it may be a hand assisted launch!
Launch date is 8/9/03!
Bob Buerger has been hard at work building the bike portion of Der Fledermaus. This bike features an aluminum frame and steel rear stays. Steering while on the ground will be accomplished through under seat steering, as for safety's sake the Red Bull folks don't want anything to get in the way when the rider hits the water.
In this picture a template shows where the bike will be in relationship to the wing.
It looks like Bob and Bill will get the drivetrain in place in time for the event, so pilot Bob will be able to crank this thing right over the edge.
An aluminum skin was added to the wings leading edges to provide some rigidity before covering it in shrink wrap.
The wing tip vertical stabilizers have been covered in shrink wrap. Bob is working on obtaining some nice graphics to be placed on the stabilizers
It has been decided to perform a rope launch, using pulleys so that the launchers are pulling in the same direction as the plane, and behind it.
This picture shows the wing connector being test fit. The wing connector holds the wing sections together, you can see that it places the outer wing segments at a slight angle for added stability.
Len, Bill, and Bob are now building at a frenzied pace.
The whole team needs to be downtown with the plane on Friday at 2:00pm!
The WISIL flugtag team has covered the two outer wings with marine shrink wrap, and is hard at work on the controls.
Pilot Bob Buerger taps the bracket to hold the bike onto the wing spar.
Backup Pilot Jon Royer gives the wing connector a test fit after sanding.
The day before the Flugtag all the crews and vehicles were required to be at the event to sign in and show that the vehicle exists. My wife and I got there and waited for the rest of the crew to arrive with the plane.
This picture shows the ramp all the vehicles will be launched from, which was floating on a barge in Monroe Harbor.
Competitors started to arrive and put their crafts together.
Where is the WISIL crew? true to form, they are still back at Bill's garage working on the plane.
Here's the Pegausus entry. Pretty horsie...
My wife and I go off to register at the hotel (which Red Bull kindly provided) and come back a couple hours later.
Larry the lobster gets a few tweaks
This entry brought everything but the kitchen sink. Oh wait no there it is!
Here's the "Back to the Flugtag" entry with their custom (cardboard) Delorean.
These guys did a beautiful job of duplicating the Da Vinci flyer.
Eventually the sleep deprived WISIL team did show up, got registered, unloaded the plane parts, and then were off to the hotel to catch some sleep. Red Bull managed to get us shorted on beds, so Len ended up sleeping in a chair.
8/9/03 - Flugtag (Fly Day)
Bill Murphy works to attach the wing in the cramped quarters. The Fledermaus was about twice as wide as the space given for us to set up in.
We were right in front of a speaker and the music was so loud that we could not here each other yelling while putting the plane together.
Omigosh look at all the people. Jon and Bob talk to people about the plane. A huge entry looms in the background
With the wings attached, Bill and Bob start work on the control mechanism. Len holds the wing up.
People keep piling in.
The Fledermaus glider is all put together for the first time ever, barely hours before the scheduled flight time.
We worked on getting the pulley system together which would be used in conjunction with Bob's pedal power to get the craft up to the required 20MPH take off speed.
This picture shows the launch of a glider with the head and body of coach Ditka being ridden by a Bears quarterback after doing the "Super bowl Shuffle". Picture by Dan Glatch.
This was a beautifully created and authenic looking reproduction of the DaVinci glider. Look. It flies! (a liitle). Picture by Dan Glatch.
This picture shows an entry that survived it's flight intact. The crew's preflight show was dancing to music as they put the hot dog and toppings on
the bun. Picture by Dan Glatch.
This picture shows a candy (one of the crew in a colored suit) jumping out of the dispenser after the head (Chicago Bull) was lifted. After all all the candy was dispensed, the dispenser was pushed into the water (went straight down). Picture by Dan Glatch.
Here's the commode - o - dragon. This picture shows the skit done before launch; as the dragon
belches smoke (fire extinguisher dust) the crew dances around the toilet plane dressed as a toilet paper roll, a plunger, a deodorant tablet, and a maid. Picture by Dan Glatch.
Here's the "Can in the Clouds" entry based on the Simpson's Duff beer can with wings--it went only about 3' out, but had a crowd-pleasing crash. Picture by Dan Glatch.
OK, time for us to fly! Here's Bob being interviewed on the Jumbotron screen with the Chicago skyline in the background. Picture by Dan Glatch.
Here's Bob being interviewed on the Jumbotron screen with Warren holding the CAN FLY sign in the background. Picture by Dan Glatch.
The assembled but never before tested Fledermaus glider is on the ramp, and the launch crew scurries around setting up the pulley system. Warren holds a sign asserting that it can fly...
Contestants were supposed to have a "skit" and a soundtrack. The WISIL team didn't really have time to come up with anything. So we just launched it.
Bob gets up to to speed before before flying off the ramp. It turned out that the CG was too far forward, so not much actual flying occurred. Bob was fine, though was driven about 3 ft under water by the force of the impact. Picture by Dan Glatch.
Here's Bob doing his impression of a dive bomber. Pull up! Pull up! The plane actually did fly a little. Picture by Dan Glatch.
Here's the Fledermaus on its way down as viewed on the Jumbotron from the front in instant replay. Picture by Dan Glatch.
Bob gets interviewed after being pulled out of the
lake. How do you feel after going for a swim in the same water that flows by the beaches closed because of high e-coli levels? Picture by Dan Glatch.
This shows the view from the back of the crowd of thousands that watched. The t-shirt in foreground is from Flugtag, it says "We came, We saw, We sank". Picture by Dan Glatch.
After the "flight", the Fledermaus is towed by a boat to be wrecked or saved. Hey, it still looks great! Picture by Dan Glatch.
We chose to save it, but as seen here, it's about to become fairly wrecked. It was in pretty good shape until it was lifted out of the water. The wings had filled with water, so it broke apart shortly after this photo was taken. Most of the entries were lifted straight in a huge dumpster. Picture by Dan Glatch.
Here's Bill attending to the bicycle portion of the FM. You can still see a chunk of the wing spar under the seat. Picture by Dan Glatch.
No, we didn't win. Yes, we had a lot of fun anyway. What was left of the plane was disassembled to prepare it for transport back to Bill's garage.
A post mortem was performed while the mass quantities of spectators file by on the bike path.
Will it ever fly again? It would need major repairs, but it's possible...
Web design, commentary and pictures by Warren Beauchamp, unless stated otherwise...
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Historic, deadly Louisiana floods will worsen as waters rise
By Keith Allen, Jenn Varian, Thom Patterson and Boris Sanchez, CNN | Posted - Aug. 14, 2016 at 10:44 a.m.
GALVEZ-LAKE, Louisiana (CNN) — Forecasters warned victims of ongoing historic and deadly Louisiana flooding to brace for more rain Sunday.
More than 24 inches of rain have fallen since Wednesday in Livingston, near Baton Rouge, making the disaster a once-in-a-century weather event, according to the National Weather Service.
Rushing floodwaters have put residents in life-threatening situations, resulting in dramatic rescues caught on camera.
The deluge has been blamed for the deaths of at least three people so far, while another 2 to 4 inches of rain was expected Sunday in and around Baton Rouge. Rivers such as the Comite near East Baton Rouge and the Tickfaw near Livingston were expected to keep rising until Monday.
On Sunday in the town of Galvez-Lake near the Amite River, a frantic Christy Bourgeois and her husband Tom were preparing to use a fan boat to race to a nearby flooded home.
"The last I heard my sister was there and it was on fire," she said.
Elsewhere in the area, victims were salvaging toys, clothes and other belongings from their flooded homes. Down Highway 431, desperate families, including pets, gathered at a gas station waiting for the water at their homes to recede. Their pickup trucks were loaded with belongings they were able to save before the flood came.
Jeremy Best said he and Henri Dufrane had brought their small boat from nearby Wallace and used it to help 30-40 people escape their flooded houses.
Best said the water is still rising.
"It's coming up fast, man," said the man, who was wearing little more than shorts and a pair of boat shoes. "And it's only going to get worse."
On Saturday, Gov. John Bel Edwards called the disaster a "truly historic event" that won't be over anytime soon.
"This is a major disaster," the governor said at a news conference. "We are still in the response mode."
Deaths blamed on the floods include a 30-year-old woman whose body was recovered Saturday afternoon in St. Helena Parish, police said. The woman, who wasn't identified, was traveling with her husband and mother when their vehicle was swept away by the flood. Her mother and husband were rescued.
Police said they believe another victim — Samuel Muse, 54, of Greensburg — died Friday after he tried to drive through high water and floodwaters swept his vehicle off the road, CNN-affiliate WAFB reported.
Also Friday a 68-year-old man drowned when he slipped and fell in flood waters in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Rescue caught on video
The hundreds of rescues have included three men in a boat who came up on a woman's nearly submerged car and struggled to pull her out as the car filled with water.
In video of the rescue, the woman says in a faint voice, "Oh my God, I'm drowning, I'm drowning."
"We're coming, we're coming," one of the men says. They try to smash the car's passenger side window.
"Please help me," the woman said.
One man asks for a knife to cut the cloth roof of the car — which was a convertible — and hops on the vehicle's trunk, which juts into the air as the car quickly sinks.
As the car starts to float away under his weight, the man jumps into the water, frantically ripping at the soft top to no avail; then he reached in the car's driver-side window, trying to reach the victim.
Just when it looked like she was lost, the woman stuck her arms out of the water toward him. He got a good hold and pulled her to safety.
She popped up through the water and announced they needed to rescue one more victim.
"Get my dog, get my dog,'' she said, her frantic voice, choked with water. "Get my dog, now. I'll go down."
"I can't get the dog," he said, as he felt inside the submerged convertible.
He ducked under the water to reach into the car.
"Maybe she's gone," said one of the men in the boat.
"No — she better not be," the woman said, her voice strained.
The rescuer reemerged and exhorted: "I got your dog."
He held up the small, white dog, turned to the victim and in an exhausted but happy voice said, "Swim for the boat."
National Guard soldiers, search assets deployed
More than 1,000 people have been rescued from cars, homes and elsewhere from swift-moving floodwaters and more than 100 pets have been saved, Edwards said.
"People that should have evacuated didn't, so they are having to be evacuated," he said.
Ray Cutrer told CNN that the flood seemed to come out of nowhere. His daughter, whom he had moved next door to two years ago, believed they might get a bit of water in the house but didn't fear a deluge.
"Our guard was down," he said. "And then it was a matter of just watching the water continually rise."
By midnight Friday they were storing furniture and other valuables in the attic and carrying what they could over the back property line as water continued to fill the road.
Saturday, when they returned, Cutrer found his house had escaped damage but his daughter's was devastated. She and her husband will be living with him and his wife until repairs are done, he said, while another washed-out neighbor is staying with Cutrer's brother.
"We're just keeping them right here in the neighborhood, and we are all going to be working right here with them, cleaning it out," Cutrer said. "That is the way we can give back to this community."
He added, "I promised God when I saw my house didn't have any water in it, I said, 'Lord, I will be here to help the ones who did,' and I am. I will be right here. We'll help them every way that we can."
He said the fire department had to rescue neighbors by boat.
The governor has deployed the Louisiana National Guard, which said it has approximately 1,000 soldiers on the ground assisting in search and rescue, that number will increase to 1,200 to 1,250 by the end of the day Saturday.
Also deployed were 170 high water vehicles, 20 boats, and five helicopters.
At least 18 parishes have declared emergencies, the governor said, with three in the process of doing so.
This is in addition to the state of emergency Edwards declared Friday. It remains in effect until September 10.
He said people living in areas where they've been asked to evacuate should heed warnings and people should stay off the road.
About 16 shelters are open. Power outages have been reported and roads, including portions of Interstate 10 and others, have been closed. There are more than 100 roads closed throughout the state.
The Red Cross is distributing food and water to shelters.
The state is preparing to ask for federal help in recovery efforts when it determines damage estimates but for now, the governor said, it and the parishes are handling the response efforts.
Louisiana State University closed
In Livingston, the sheriff's office was forced to move its 911 communications center to another building — because the center was taking on water, the parish sheriff's office said.
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge announced that the school was closed Saturday. It said in tweets that campus streets were impacted by water.
"Please stay away from campus if possible," the school tweeted. LSU "Football Fan Day and Media Day" on Sunday were canceled.
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Акт зречення влади Гетьманом Павлом Скоропадським — письмовий документ, який засвідчив зречення від влади Гетьмана 14 грудня 1918 року.

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У цьому Акті Павло Скоропадський звертався до усіх установ та військових частин України з офіційною відмовою від влади. Аргументуючи це тим, що він не зміг вивести країну з того важкого становища, у котрому вона знаходилась і заради блага України покидає свою посаду.

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Nick Jonas And Joe Jonas Sing Along At Garth Brooks' L.A. Show
Garth Brooks was at the Forum in Inglewood, California on Friday night and two of the three Jonas Brothers were there to see his show. Nick Jonas and Joe Jonas both shared Instagram stories live from the show, including a sing-along with Garth's hit song "Friends In Low Places." Ahead of Garth's set, Joe promised the "new artist" Garth Brooks was "going to be huge," a classic Joe joke about one of the most famous country singers of all time.
Nick was decked out in Garth gear for the show. He's been showing off more and more of his country fan side this year. Nick finagled his way into some stage time with his childhood crush Shania Twain after presenting her with an award. While his new music doesn't sound too country, don't rule out a pivot from the pop star.
Check out more footage of Joe and Nick at Garth's show below.
(Photo credit: Joe Jonas Instagram account)
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Miley Cyrus Welcomes Garth Brooks To "The Voice"
By Oceanup Staff on November 15, 2016
Miley Cyrus has had lots of special guests join her during her debut season as a coach on "The Voice." Joan Jett showed up to help her coach, some folks from the Happy Hippie Foundation watched a show live and Dolly Parton is set to join Miley on a duet of "Jolene" later this season. This week, Miley is helping welcome a king of '90s country to the show–and it isn't her dad.
Garth Brooks is joining Miley on "The Voice." Both Miley and Garth posted pics from their time on set together. The duo seemed to have a good time, but Miley didn't get Garth all to herself. He also helped out Alicia Keys, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton with their singers, too.
Check out photos of Miley and Garth hanging out on "The Voice" together below, plus a sneak peek of Garth helping out all of the coaches on the show.
(Photo credits: "The Voice" YouTube account; Miley Cyrus and Garth Brooks Instagram accounts)
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Title Changes in muscle spasticity in patients with cerebral palsy after spinal manipulation: Case series [case report]
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106424/
Journal J Chiropr Med. 2016 Dec;15(4):299-304
Kachmar O
Voloshyn T
Hordiyevych M
Muscle Spasticity
Publication Type Case Report
Objective: The purpose of this case series was to report quantitative changes in wrist muscle spasticity in children with cerebral palsy after 1 spinal manipulation (SM) and a 2-week course of treatment.
Methods: Twenty-nine patients, aged 7 to 18 years, with spastic forms of cerebral palsy and without fixed contracture of the wrist, were evaluated before initiation of treatment, after 1 SM, and at the end of a 2-week course of treatment. Along with daily SM, the program included physical therapy, massage, reflexotherapy, extremity joint mobilization, mechanotherapy, and rehabilitation computer games for 3 to 4 hours' duration. Spasticity of the wrist flexor was measured quantitatively using a Neuroflexor device, which calculates the neural component (NC) of muscle tone, representing true spasticity, and excluding nonneural components, caused by altered muscle properties: elasticity and viscosity.
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Conclusions: In this sample of patients with cerebral palsy, a decrease in wrist muscle spasticity was noted after SM. Spasticity reduction was potentiated during the 2-week course of treatment.
Author keywords: Spinal Manipulation, Muscle Spasticity, Cerebral Palsy
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I learned that FamilySmart is a values-based approach to listening, understanding, and responding to the mental health needs of children, youth, and families. The Institute for Families is the brainchild behind the enlightening philosophy and practice. It is intended to help families connect with communities across systems to identify and act upon what works and is meaningful to improve child and youth mental health. The conference was intentionally created to further define and refine the meaning of FamilySmart. The point of the conference was to create consensus statements and compile them into a report.
The conference as a whole was extremely participatory and all attendees were encouraged to share their personal stories in light of the child and youth mental health theme. During various workshops I listened to a range of participants: mothers shared their struggles with the mental health system, a number of fathers were frustrated with feeling helpless, and I admired the bravery of two youth, Lucas Mattiello and Brent Seal, who voiced their feelings of empowerment while having had gone very public with their own lived experience.
The conference did an excellent job of engaging and including youth on their agenda for the weekend. It was the first example I have ever seen of youth taking such a lead role at a conference full of adults and the results were both effective and also entertaining. Lucas and Brent made me laugh numerous times during their presentation with their light demeanor and humorous commentary. It was refreshing.
The conference organizers urged people to write down questions on large boards in the hotel hallways for youth, and I posed a question that lies heavily on my mind especially with the upcoming commencement of the Bipolar Youth Action Project. I posed the question: What coping strategies do you practice in regards to wellness? I was thrilled when the youth shared my question in large bold letters on the PowerPoint slide and their answer included a number of items such as having meaningful employment and volunteer activities, engaging friends, parents, siblings, working 'with' their psychiatric teams/families to having amazing role models. They focused on the mantra For youth – By youth, which by no means is meant to be exclusionary to family/community support, but simply echoes that youth must be leaders in establishing their own mental health wellness plan.
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The Institute has committed to drafting a final report to be launched May 7, 2014, which is Child and Youth Mental Health Day. Just as treatment and support are urgent for a youth posing with a mental health challenge, so are the results needed from the conference.
During my own mental health crisis – diagnosis with bipolar disorder and attempted suicide, I was wholly on my own in my younger years during this trauma. My parents love me but they did not live in the same city as I did and were unable to truly be there for me in any real emotional or physical sense. In the past, I was so privy to dealing with all of my mental health issues on my own because I didn't know there was any other way. I am in awe of the people that I met this weekend because they are weaving support systems, enacting connectedness, and really they just CARE immensely. I now know I am one of them. Mental health challenges are not meant to be spearheaded by oneself, instead we must include all facets of the community at large, including our medical and educational professionals, peers, siblings, parents, other youth, friends, and so much more.
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June 13, 2012 May 9, 2013 Pete Eyre 1348 Views call food, drug prohibition, hudspeth county sheriff's department, immigration and customs enforcement, jullian batty, marijuana, no victim no crime, norml, Police State, Texas
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UPDATE June 13th, 11:30pm: Jillian is out! More updates to come tomorrow.
UPDATE June 13th, 7:00pm: Jillian was brought in-front of a magistrate after lunch. Money was raised an a $500 bond was posted. She'll spend tonight in a nearby motel and get her car out of impound tomorrow. Earlier tonight when speaking with her husband Jillian noted that last night when she was brought to the jail she overhead a female employee state "We've been getting a lot of phone calls because of her. We should put her in solitary." Pretty sick. All for having a plant.
UPDATE JUNE 13th, 11:30am: Jillian has asked for people to stop calling. She was put into solitary confinement last night because of the calls. She had no bed, blanket or pillow. While this to me (Pete) shows that the calls are effective both Jillian and her husband have requested they stop, so I'll respect their wishes. Looking forward though to getting the names and contact information of those responsible for her treatment.
UPDATE June 13th, 1:20am: A female has been brought into Hudspeth County jail – her identity won't be confirmed until after she sees a judge in the morning.
UPDATE June 13th, 12:20am: Jillian is still being held by ICE. Calls to the El Paso Field Office (915) 225-0885 (which has oversight in west Texas) told callers seeking information on those held to call (915) 225-1700. Calls to that number went unanswered.
Jillian Batty is right now in some legal land limbo – her family and friends have been unable to ascertain her location and her captors haven't exactly been the most forthcoming with information.
What we know: A few hours ago Jillian, who was driving from California to central Texas to be with her son, was arrested at a west Texas checkpoint when some strangers wearing Immigration & Customs Enforcement badges found a glass pipe and a green substance they deemed illicit.
What we've been told: Jullian will be transported to the Hudspeth County Sheriff's Department. Thus far callers have been told Jillian is not-yet in their possession.
This is a department that has "I Fought the Law and the Law Won" on a loop for their on-hold music. That boasts on its Facebook page:
Sheriff had a very successful trip to Washington–took meetings with Department of Defense and several members of congress….Over three million dollars has been brought into our county from one defense contractor in 2011 alone…we'll be making a major press release shortly… Hudspeth County will be the beneficiary of another great DOD relationship this coming year as well.
What you can do: Call the sheriff's department (915) 369-2161. Ask if they have Jillian (surname Wemyss). Ask when she'll be free. Ask why she was taken in the first place? Ask where exactly was the victim? Ask why they impeded the free movement of someone who hadn't harmed any person or property? Ask if they think text on paper or a badge on their shirt makes unjust actions just?
What's at stake: Jullian had with her a glass pipe and a small (less than a bowl's worth) of marijuana. For the former she might get a ransom note of up to $500. For the latter she might be caged for up to 180-days and ransomed up to $2,000.
More background:
Jullian is one of 900,000 people that will be arrested this year for possessing a plant. The same question can be asked for all: where's the victim? The failure of drug prohibition is obvious.
Jullian is the founder of Stateless Sweets, which seeks to "provide an exceptional homemade product while spreading the philosophy of Agorism."
When I called the jail to inquire and questioned the jailer on whether she thought individuals accused of an action for which their was no victim should be caged – such as possessing a plant – the jailer replied, "Yes, because it's against the law in Texas." When I pressed her to think about her actions she rationalized by stating that "I have bills to pay." When I asked if she would cage me were I to harbor a fugitive slave, when that act was said to be illicit, the jailer told that me that she would. Such an unthinking statement makes it all the more important to me to support people like Jillian, who has done nothing to deserve being caged.
Listen to the June 13th episode of Freedom Feens Podcast with Michael W. Dean and Neema Vedadi (of Guns and Weed: The Road to Freedom documentary fame) that touches on Jillian's situation
Listen to the June 13th episode of Free Talk Live with Ian Freeman and Mark Edge that kicks-off with a recap and analysis of Jillian's situation
From: http://norml.org/laws/item/texas-penalties-2
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Pete Eyre is co-founder of CopBlock.org. As an advocate of peaceful, consensual interactions, he seeks to inject a message of complete liberty and self-government into the conversation of police accountability. Eyre went to undergrad and grad school for law enforcement, then spent time in DC as an intern at the Cato Institute, a Koch Fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance, Directer of Campus Outreach at the Institute for Humane Studies, Crasher-in-Chief at Bureaucrash, and as a contractor for the Future of Freedom Foundation. In 2009 he left the belly of the beast and hit the road with Motorhome Diaries and later co-founded Liberty On Tour. He spent time in New Hampshire home, and was involved with Free Keene, the Free State Project and The Daily Decrypt.


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The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Thursday, February 27 – Katie & Flo Bond – Wyatt Declares His Love For Sally, Asks Her To Move Back In
By hellodrdavis	 On Feb 26, 2020
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for Thursday, February 27, tease that Katie Logan (Heather Tom) will touch base with Flo Fulton (Katrina Bowden). As B&B viewers know, both Katie and Flo have been working tirelessly to make sure that Sally Spectra's (Courtney Hope) final days are as good as possible. Sally has a terminal illness and she has just a month left to live, and both Katie and Flo wish that Sally would open up and let others in.
But Sally hasn't done that, and in fact she doesn't want anyone else to know about her illness. So Katie ended up disclosing her illness to Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) and Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) in order to save Sally's job at Forrester Creations.
For her part, Flo has been helping Wyatt to make the decision of helping Sally as well. She and Wyatt Spencer (Darin Brooks) have decided that Wyatt will go back to Sally and help her through the final weeks of her life. That will be tough for Flo to take, since it means that Wyatt will be getting back together with Sally, but Flo is resolved to let Wyatt do what he needs to do for Sally.
The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Sally Is Stunned To Learn Ridge Salvaged Her Designs To Use For His Couture Collection
Flo Fulton & Katie Logan Bond Over Flo's Big Sacrifice
Well, on Thursday's episode of B&B, Katie and Flo will get together and discuss what's going on with Sally. It looks like Katie will learn about Flo's decision to let Wyatt go and be with Sally, and Flo will learn what Katie did to save Sally's job at Forrester Creations. It seems that Katie will be very impressed with Flo's feelings of compassion toward Sally.
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say that Katie and Flo will bond as Katie notes what a big sacrifice Flo is making for Sally. Flo has really come a long way from being the person who willingly took part in Reese Buckingham's (Wayne Brady) baby swap and adoption scam, and Katie will see that very clearly.
Wyatt Spencer Makes A Stunning Admission To Sally Spectra
Meanwhile, on Thursday's new episode of B&B, Wyatt will do something remarkable for Sally. As B&B viewers know, Sally doesn't know that Wyatt knows about her terminal condition. She just knows that he now wants to spend time with her again, and she's very happy about that. It's all part of his plan to be there for Sally during her final days, and of course Flo is in on the plan as well.
The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers say that Wyatt will make a big admission to Sally that will leave her shocked. He'll once again express his love for Sally, and she'll be truly touched. Of course, previously Sally was under the impression that Wyatt wanted to be with Flo, so this will be a big turnaround for her.
'The Bold and the Beautiful' Spoilers: Wyatt Compelled To Help Sally – Flo Agrees To Wait https://t.co/xiM9hDpo4P pic.twitter.com/NAJRdl1dy0
— SOS/CTS/HH (@SoapOperaSpy) February 25, 2020
Wyatt Spencer Asks Sally Spectra To Move In With Him
And if that weren't enough, Wyatt will also ask Sally to move back into the beach house with him. From his perspective, that will be ideal, since he'll then be able to keep an eye on her and care for her during the final weeks of her life. We'll see if Sally takes Wyatt up on the offer right away or whether she'll need some time to think about it. It will be a lot for her to process, but it appears that Wyatt will be pretty persuasive.
Of course, what Wyatt really wants is for Sally to feel comfortable enough with him to open up and tell him about her illness – that's something that's really hard for Sally to do, as she doesn't want to be pitied. But for the time being, Wyatt will be happy if Sally simply says yes to moving back in.
Be sure to tune in on Thursday to catch up on everything happening on B&B right now. Check Hollywood Hiccups often for updates, news, rumors, and spoilers!
hellodrdavis
Suzanne L. Davis (aka "hellodrdavis") is a psychologist, author, and blogger. She is a former psychology professor and litigation consultant who now writes full-time. She's been an avid daytime soaps watcher for years.


Inspiring The Kicktastic ~ Feel For The Water! Advice & Tips to Improve Your Swimming.
This describes me perfectly, luckily I got the email before today's swim and went to the pool with a few changes in mind.. The tips uou have reduced my strokes per length and made my swim feel less effortful, though required lots of brain power to think 'elbow' all the time!
Great stuff Tomsmum - keep up the good work, plenty more to come I'm sure!
Was lurking around and looking for some good tips to improve my swim style. Then i found your blog and would like to thank you for your very well described swim techniques!


Stretch Baby Wrap is a lightweight, narrow wrap that is ideal for small babies from newborn for as long as baby is adequately supported in a seated position (no limit in the strength of baby carrier).
The stretch baby wrap has become popular in North America in recent years. Soft, lightweight and supple, newborns can be worn comfortably as though they were inside your t-shirt. Your baby's weight and activity level will determine the wrap's durability and comfort. The fabric is strong enough for a child. It consists of a high density ribbed knit cotton that offers superior stability when compared with regular cotton jersey.
Many tying methods are possible with the stretch baby wrap. Place your child on the front facing in, on the hip, in cradle position for breastfeeding or on the front facing out. Baby is comfortable and can move freely, thanks to the fabric's elasticity. Great for quick transitions such as diaper changing, as the fabric's elasticity. It allows you to take the baby out without having to untie the carrier, and put baby back in just as easily. Be aware that the elasticity of this carrier also has some drawbacks. They are covered under the section regarding the quality of the different fabrics used in our wraps.
Over twenty tying techniques are included with the DVD. Whether you have a stretch baby wrap or woven wrap will determine which techniques you use. Simple carries with one layer of fabric supporting the baby and back carries are to be avoided. We recommend wearing your child in the front or on the hip. This will ensure adequate support to safely wear your child. See the instruction video for these carries.


New Book Alert: Over the Underworld. Last week marked the debut of book 2 in The Unbelievable FIB series. Click to learn more!
September on The Logonauts. Roundup of all posts from previous Septembers.
Diverse Books for Children featuring a Character with a Disability. Great theme for the newest #diversekidlit!
A Morning with Grandpa (2016) by Silvia Liu and illustrated by Christina Forshay [a New Voices Award winner]. I had heard a lot of great things about this book and was eager to get my hands on a copy. In the first half of the story, Gong Gong (grandfather) teaches young Mei Mei about tai chi, and in the second half, she teaches him about yoga. The illustrations, combined with the details in the back, help readers try out both for themselves. There are some cute contrasts between the two, as well as solid grandparent-grandchild moments, but I felt like the story itself left the reader hanging. Another to add to my text set of books featuring diverse grandparents.
A Gift of Gracias: the legend of Altagracia (2005) by Julia Alvarez and illustrated by Beatriz Vidal. This story from the Dominican Republic tells of how a young girl received a vision from Our Lady of Thanks (Nuestra Señora de la Atlagracia) that inspires her family to plant an orange grove. The author's note at the end provides more context for the story and the chapel to her that is still visited and venerated today.
Both of these are new to me. Thanks for putting them on my radar. Here is what my week was like. Happy reading!
Both of these look like good books. Thanks for sharing them!
I hadn't heard of A Gift of Gracias before, it sounds fascinating. I went to Catholic school, so our classes were filled with stories of young girls and visions, but this one is new to me.
I am into books that pair up older and younger generations these days (I'm hoping for grandchildren some day) so thanks for the heads up about A Morning with Grandpa.
Thanks for telling us about A Gift for Gracias. We love finding books where the author's note adds layers of meaning to the text. We will add this one to our collection.
A Gift of Gracias is not available in our library :( - it's also not available at book depository. Boo hoo. Will look into ordering A Morning with grandpa - looks like a good book to pair with Hot hot roti for dada-ji.


You've Got Questions About Web Content. We've Got Answers!
Ask and ye shall receive! Here are the answers to the questions we get asked the most about content. Hopefully they answer some of the questions weighing on your mind! But if you've got a question that we didn't answer here, please feel free to fill out the contact form on this page or call us at 888-886-0939.
How do I properly optimize images for attorney websites?
Great images draw the eye and bring your website content to life for your potential clients. Using them effectively, though, is not as simple as choosing great images and adding those images to your website.
You also need to optimize your website's images so that they are accessible to users, understood by search engines, and ready to be a part of an engaging online experience for your perfect clients.
Need help whipping your images into shape? Below, you'll find our best tips for optimizing images for your law firm's website.
You should always optimize your images with descriptive files names, including little touches that make those file names play nicely with your website.
Image file names are typically NOT the place to target high-level, vanity keywords. Instead, you should stick to short, simple descriptions of what the images show.
That being said, though, the photographs on your bio pages can be the limited exception to this rule. For example, if you want to name your bio photo "des-moines-personal-injury-attorney-carmen-sandiego.jpg" instead of "carmen-sandiego.jpg," that is acceptable because it still appropriately identifies the subject of the picture.
Those "%20"s replace the spaces and make a mess of the filename in the URL. When you instead use dashes in your file names, there are no spaces to worry about.
It might seem like a lot of concern over something small, but you and your users get a lot out of the few extra steps it takes to name image files appropriately.
Example A, "img-377863702.jpg," is a terrible file name, from an optimization standpoint. It gives no information about the file and doesn't help anyone understand what it contains.
Example B, "san-antonio-medical-malpractice-attorney.jpg," is an unacceptable file name. Again, it does not help anyone understand what the image file contains, and it adds salt to the wound by rudely stuffing keywords where they do not belong.
Example C, "medical-patient-in-hospital-bed.jpg," is a good file name and the best choice of the three. It describes exactly what is in the image, and it does not try to shove keywords in your face. Imagine, too, how much easier it is to find and use this image if you download it or want to use it again later! You know what to expect from the image before you even open the file or see a thumbnail.
If your site loads quickly, that's a good thing. Google likes fast sites, and so do your site's visitors. That is why you may have to do a little balancing act with the images you use.
Few things slow down page load times like humongous image files, particularly huge image files that have to be shrunk to a small display size on the page.
You may think you're doing the right thing by using the 4MB, 2080x4056 pixel version of your photo. However, that huge image is going to considerably hamper how quickly your page loads, and you might be shrinking it to a 200x300 pixel image anyway to fit the layout of the page.
Fortunately, you can quickly and easily compress an image (while retaining its original quality!) to reduce the file size of your image. I like to use TinyPNG, though JPEGmini (notice a trend?) is also a fine option for fast, free, in-browser image compression. Simply drag and drop your image. It will be compressed, and you can download your new, smaller file. This compressed file is the one you should upload to your site.
Are you squinting to figure out what is happening in this picture? Does the smaller picture have the same visual impact as the larger version of the image? An image's display size can make a surprisingly big difference!
"Alt text" is a text description of an image that is added to your page code with the image file. Alt text helps users with visual impairments, users using screen readers, and search engine crawlers understand what the picture should show, even though they may not "see" the image directly.
Alt text can also help visitors understand what they should be seeing in the event of technical difficulties that prevent images from load properly on the page.
Like image file names, you want your alt tags to be short, simple, and descriptive of the image. Remember that the alt text you write is there to help people understand the picture on the page and make your website more accessible. While keywords can naturally fit into alt text, trying to over-optimize or stuff keywords here can get you in trouble with Google and disappoint your users.
Sometimes, images speak for themselves. However, most of the time, you are using the images on your attorney website to help illustrate and bring interest to your text content. They need to look nice, but they can't interfere with the text on the page.
DSS gives you a lot of flexibility for stylizing your images and formatting text. One of the best and most common ways to get started is to learn how to add margins to a website image and use wraparound text.
Wise use of margins and text formatting gives your images a professional-looking touch, and the extra "white space" between text and image improves the reading experience.
Little optimizations and extra steps are what make the user experience on your website stand out to your perfect clients. However, it can be a challenge to keep up with every detail and follow through with every best practice on your own.
If you need help optimizing the images your law firm's website, or if you have questions about how DSS can make it easier to do it yourself, reach out to our friendly team at 888.886.0939. Our goal is always to help you get your time and energy back with solutions that let you work smarter, not harder.
How do I develop a digital content strategy?
Stop writing online content just for content's sake! You need a plan if you want to succeed.
More valuable than the content on other sites.
If you aren't hitting the mark with your online content, then your search rankings will suffer. The good news is that you can avoid problems by planning a content strategy to help you better provide exactly what Google and your online audience want. Then, add an organized calendar that keeps you on track toward your content marketing goals. That's it! You're ready to create more effective content for the Web.
A content strategy is simply a plan for how and why your content will be created and managed.
Identify your perfect client. What kinds of clients and cases are you trying to attract? Who is your target audience? If you aren't sure who you're writing for, you can't create an effective strategy to attract them. Want to get started? Find out how to identify your perfect client.
Define your goals. Why are you creating content? What do you want to achieve? Some examples of common content goals include brand awareness, increasing traffic, generating leads, converting leads into clients, improving client retention, or driving new referrals. Putting a laser focus on your goals and your perfect client are the two most important things you can do for your marketing.
Develop list of topics. The topics that you write about should be important to you and your perfect client. Think about common questions and things you'd like your potential clients to know before they meet with you. Not sure where to get ideas? Find out how to find topics for online content.
Document your strategy. Write down your goals, topic ideas, and vision of your perfect client or clients. Keep an ongoing content calendar—we'll walk you through that below—to help keep you on track. Check your progress by gathering and analyzing hard data on content performance. As you continue to plan ahead and adjust your content strategy, this kind of documentation will be worth its weight in gold.
Once you know what you want to achieve and why, it's time to create a content calendar to make it all happen.
Having a pre-planned content calendar lets everyone on your team know what's happening and when. It helps keep you organized and focused, and it streamlines the content creation process. The bonus is that it's also easy to go back and see what you've covered in the past and what you need to do in the future.
Monthly topic themes. Choose one or more general or "big picture" topics to focus on for each month of the plan, which you'll support with more focused individual pieces. You should also choose an appropriate call to action to use throughout the month to help encourage your readers to take the next step.
A list of individual content pieces to support monthly topics. Variety is the spice of your online content marketing. Keep your readers engaged by creating different types of content that support your monthly theme. Decide how many pieces of content you'd like to create each month, and come up with detailed topics for each one. Along with your blog posts and website articles, you should also include a plan for any other content you plan to create during the month, such as email or print newsletters, drip campaigns, email blasts, and guest posts.
Planned publish dates. Decide on publication dates for each piece of your content. We recommend that you schedule content evenly throughout the month so that you are consistently releasing new content and encouraging repeat visits. This is also the time to determine if and when your content will be shared on social media sites.
Once you have a strategy and calendar in place, it's time to start writing. Be sure that you always aim to write original, interesting content that you'd want to read if you were in your potential clients' shoes. Don't forget to proofread and edit your content before publishing to the Web!
Do you need help planning or creating online content that will wow your perfect client and boost your success? Start by signing up for a free marketing analysis that will help you identify what's working, what's not, and how to create a better strategy for the future.


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All of our wooden materials come from legal sources. Recycled wood from houses, boats and other demolished constructions will be careful selected prior assembling. Other natural wooden materials such as teak, vines, drift wood and other forested wood are purchased by licensed suppliers. All wooden products are gas kiln dried between 10-15% at our factory prior production and assembly.
All of our lamps and their parts are CE, UL, KCC and ULS compliant.
Wooden materials used and their origin:
Driftwood is wood that has been washed onto a shore or beach of a sea, lake, or river by the action of winds, tides or waves. It is a form of marine debris or tide wrack.
In some waterfront areas, driftwood is a major nuisance. However, the driftwood provides shelter and food for birds, fish and other aquatic species as it floats in the ocean. Gribbles, shipworms and bacteria decompose the wood and gradually turn it into nutrients that are reintroduced to the food web. Sometimes, the partially decomposed wood washes ashore, where it also shelters birds, plants, and other species. Driftwood can become the foundation for sand dunes.
Most driftwood is the remains of trees, in whole or part, that have been washed into the ocean, due to flooding, high winds, or other natural occurrences, or as the result of logging. There is also a subset of driftwood known as drift lumber.
Vines or Lianas are any of various long-stemmed, woody vines that are rooted in the soil at ground level and use trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy to get access to well-lit areas of the forest. Lianas are characteristic of tropical moist deciduous forests (especially seasonal forests), but may be found in temperate rainforests. There are also temperate lianas, for example the members of the Clematis or Vitis (wild grape) genera. Lianas can form bridges amidst the forest canopy, providing arboreal animals with paths across the forest. These bridges can protect weaker trees from strong winds. Lianas compete with forest trees for sunlight, water and nutrients from the soil.
The term "liana" is not a taxonomic grouping, but rather a description of the way the plant grows – much like "tree" or "shrub". Lianas may be found in many different plant families. One way of distinguishing lianas from trees and shrubs is based on the stiffness, specifically, the Young's modulus of various parts of the stem. Trees and shrubs have young twigs and smaller branches which are quite flexible and older growth such as trunks and large branches which are stiffer. A liana often has stiff young growths and older, more flexible growth at the base of the stem.
Eucalyptus wood, commonly known as the flooded gum or rose gum, is a tall tree with smooth bark, rough at the base fibrous or flaky, grey to grey-brown. At maturity, it reaches 50 metres (160 feet) tall, though the largest specimens can exceed 80 metres (260 feet) tall. It is found on coastal areas and sub-coastal ranges. Mainly on flat land and lower slopes, where it is the dominant tree of wet forests and on the margins of rain forests.
Reclaimed wood is processed wood retrieved from its original application for purposes of subsequent use. Most reclaimed lumber comes from timbers and decking rescued from old barns, factories and warehouses, although some companies use wood from less traditional structures such as boxcars, coal mines and wine barrels. Reclaimed or antique lumber is used primarily for decoration and home building, for example for siding, architectural details, cabinetry, furniture and flooring.
Bamboo unlike all trees, individual bamboo culms emerge from the ground at their full diameter and grow to their full height in a single growing season of three to four months. During this time, each new shoot grows vertically into a culm with no branching out until the majority of the mature height is reached. Then, the branches extend from the nodes and leafing out occurs. In the next year, the pulpy wall of each culm slowly hardens. During the third year, the culm hardens further. The shoot is now a fully mature culm. Over the next 2–5 years (depending on species), fungus begins to form on the outside of the culm, which eventually penetrates and overcomes the culm. Around 5–8 years later (species- and climate-dependent), the fungal growths cause the culm to collapse and decay. This brief life means culms are ready for harvest and suitable for use in construction within about three to seven years. Individual bamboo culms do not get any taller or larger in diameter in subsequent years than they do in their first year, and they do not replace any growth lost from pruning or natural breakage. Bamboo has a wide range of hardiness depending on species and locale. Small or young specimens of an individual species produce small culms initially. As the clump and its rhizome system mature, taller and larger culms are produced each year until the plant approaches its particular species limits of height and diameter.


Snowboard jackets have a lot of work to do. They've got to protect your skin when you've bailed on black ice, keep you warm on the chairlift and still look fresh enough to rep in the bar after hours. Lucky, then, that O'Neill, Roxy and DC put their decades of women's snowboard jacket knowledge into making the perfect blend of fashion and function, and that you can shop them all right here.


In a mere four years (2020), Millennials (or Gen Y) are expected to make up more than half of the workforce. They are the newest generation to enter the labor market, arriving with their distinct ideas about what they expect from their jobs. They are our future leaders and our next generation of revenue- generators. One of the biggest challenges for businesses today is integrating the Millennials into a Baby Boomer culture. So, who are the Millennials and how do we manage their expectations while maintaining high performing organizations?


Too funny! I feel the same way sometimes!
Love your sense of humor - I totally understand - I went away for a weekend and came back home to 130 unread blogs - ouch!! Now I can't imagine how you must feel after having a baby and trying to keep up - I feel for ya!


Every time I read about the fun people have at Starfury Conventions I get even more excited about my first con next year – Serenity Falls. This latest one was the third annual Vampire Ball with guests from Buffy, Angel and True Blood. It seems the guests are as up for fun as the attendees.
Here is a write up from someone who went. If you're ever around for a Starfury event I strongly suggest you try and attend.


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Thoughts on iPad Pro
So, I've now got an iPad Pro (the 12.9″ version). Here's my thoughts:
It's really big. Like, "Why have you got such a big iPad?" big, or: "What is that?" It's bigger in footprint than an 11″ MacBook Air or the infamous 12″ MacBook.
The really big size makes split screen multitasking really great. You can fit two apps side by side as if you had two 'normal' iPads stuck together.
Lots of screen estate means a bigger keyboard whilst still having lots of space still on screen. The bigger keyboard has a dedicated number row that is always present, which means I hardly ever have to go to a second symbols keyboard. This is nice.
Being so big makes it a little ungainly in the more portable settings, which is probably where most teachers use an iPad. I sometimes feel a little ridiculous carrying it round or pulling it out in meetings.
Using it for sitting at a desk and doing 'proper' work is nice. It's just such a big canvas and you don't feel cramped working on it for an extended period of time.
The Apple Pencil writes really nicely. It's a million miles away from something like the Paper53 Pencil and from any other capacitive stylus I've used.
The STM case I have (well, 'shell', as I still need a Smart Cover) has a handy slot for putting the Apple Pencil in. This is super handy, but the downside is that, because it's always so close to the iPad, the Pencil's battery gets drained super quick even though I'm not using it. The only solution I've found to that is to turn Bluetooth off on the iPad when not using the Pencil. Or just not to carry the Pencil in the slot.
128gb is very handy. I no longer have to continually juggle storage, which makes it feel much more like a main computer.
The speakers are indeed nice and loud.
I haven't used the Smart Keyboard with it, but I have played around with the keyboard on a 9.7″ iPad Pro. I imagine that cmd+tab switching is jolly handy, and so is having cursor keys. I'm not sure the the complex foldy nature of the Smart Keyboard would help with portability on the 12.9″!
I do like living in iOS land. Going back to a Mac for various tasks just seems so complicated and old-fashioned: OSX does need way more babysitting than iOS!
I'm not convinced the 12.9″ is the perfect computer for a teacher, mainly because it's just that bit too big to easy carry around. So maybe the 9.7″ iPad Pro is + Smart Keyboard + Apple Pencil is. If I'm asking teachers to not use a Mac, a hardware keyboard is probably needed at some level.
The original iPad felt a bit like the jump from Apple ][ to Macintosh (not that I was around to remember it…!). In order to make radical shift to something new, the old was jettisoned: no command line, no cursor keys. But if you look at OSX now, those things are there again. With iPad, the physical keyboard (with its cursors) and the mouse pointer were gone. But in the iPad Pro they're back: Smart Keyboard (with cursor keys) and two finger cursor for editing (iOS 9 feature).
The post-PC age has been heralded for over half a decade, but (despite falling iPad sales), I do think it's really starting to arrive with iPad Pro.
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