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Tap Your Way Towards Victorious Glory
The battle is on again in Tap Titans 2 for PC! Grab your sword and become the legendary fighter you always were in this action tapping adventure game. Rediscover the Tap Titans world with bigger and stronger monsters and Titan Lords! Want to know what we are talking about? Download the Tap Titans 2 game now!
In the game, the Titan Lords have learned new ways to fight. Now you have to renew your strategy and acquire stronger swords to break off armor segments and expose their weaker skeletons before finally defeating them.
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A new and major feature of Tap Titans 2 is the clan raid system! Now players can join clans and enter raids where they can attack Titan Lords and bosses together. Individual points are still given based on body attacks and targets.
This is a whole new style of gameplay where players can join forces to defeat a bigger enemy. After completing raids, players will get hero scrolls as rewards. These scrolls can strengthen and upgrade Swordmasters to defeat more enemies.
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Players can build a deck of strong and powerful cards that can increase speed, efficiency, and performance in battle. Collecting cards is a new way to increase sword power that will grant active and passive abilities to slay monster enemies! Check out our collection of action games like Forge of Empires and Zombie High School.
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In the past, warriors used to drink in horns. These days, we are more civilized. But there is something very manly about drinking from a horn. You can now try that on your own with the Das Horn. It is a cool drinking horn you can hang around your neck. It makes you feel like a king and is a conversation starter too. The horn actually makes it very easy to drink. It has a stainless steel rim too. The project is being funded on Kickstarter.
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In celebration of the ///M TOWN Tour tour, guess when the very first BMW M Car was unveiled and you'll be entered into a drawing for this ///M keychain pictured above from our BMW Accessories Store! We'll hold the drawing July 19th, 2019 to select the winner.
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The Morning Star Company became a world leader in the food industry with an unprecedented model: self-management. People are not managed by others, so there is no command and control. More than two decades since their founding, Morning Star's business approach remains ahead of its time.
No revenue, thousands of acres of tomatoes growing out of the ground, and a team of 24 rushed to build their first factory that would employ hundreds of workers, Morning Star had a grand vision and no time to lose. But their founder, Chris Rufer, took the time to be intentional about how the company grew and called a meeting about governance. It was March 1990, and sitting in that meeting was Doug Kirkpatrick, a financial controller among the founding team at Morning Star. I talked to Doug about the details of self-management and how it helped them grow from a tiny farmhouse start-up to over $700 million in revenue today.
How did the team come to an agreement to be self-managed?
We all met in a little construction trailer on the job site and Rufer passed around a document called 'The Morning Star Colleague Principles' which boils down to two key principles: 1) People should not use force or coercion against other people, and 2) People should honor the commitments they make to each other. We debated these concepts for hours, and by the end we agreed it just made sense.
What is self-management and how does it work?
It is a corporate governance model founded on those two principles – no command authority and keeping commitments to your colleagues. It's integrating traditional management functions into the roles of each worker, so you don't need these expensive layers of managers and you don't waste time on permission steps and supervising other individuals. The way it works is individuals develop relationships with their peers, maintaining trust, respect, and communication, and they lead by example. No one can tell another what to do, and no one can unilaterally fire another individual.
Why did Rufer choose self-management over all other approaches to governance?
These principles were fundamental to his own world view, and they are perhaps the most fundamental principles of human interaction. In fact, they are the foundation of all law, especially contract law. To the degree that individuals and organisations adhere to these principles, they are relatively better off, and the people in these organisations experience greater happiness, harmony, and prosperity.
What were the initial reactions throughout the team? Was there skepticism or resistance?
As we talked about the principles, we were fine with it. We quickly integrated them into our world view at work and ran with it. We also had a great deal of confidence in our founder. He had a proven track record, and several of us had already worked with him previously so we knew him well, though we did not know about his ideas on governance before this meeting.
How much needed to get done when self-management was adopted? How much room for error was there?
We had thousands of acres of tomatoes coming up out of the ground. In California, we had vital processing equipment arriving on ocean cargo freighters from Italy that were in the Atlantic Ocean. We had to hire hundreds of workers to operate the factory and drive the trucks. We had to construct a $27 million factory (in 1990 dollars, which would probably be double that today). We had hundreds of contractors on the job site, working seven days a week, 24 hours a day, fabricating, welding, and constructing. We had to make sure they did a great job and got paid on time. So, this was a large project for a small group of people and it took a great deal of concentration to do it right.
So people kept track of these numerous, complex details without having a manager themselves. How did that work out for Morning Star?
The factory was complete about four months after adopting self-management and, since then, the company has grown enormously – from zero to well over $700 million a year in revenue today. We became the largest tomato processor in the world, and we are continuing to grow. That first year, we produced about 90 million pounds of industrial tomato paste for the world market. We changed the cost structure of the industry because we were able to do it in high volume, efficiently, and with a high-level of throughput per unit of capital equipment. In 1995 we built another factory and then a third in 2002. We expanded operations up and down the supply chain toward customers and remote warehouses, and in terms of farming, trucking, transplanting, and harvesting. We've done this all without any significant changes in organisational governance; we've always adhered to the same two-core principles; no use of force and keeping commitments. There has been no command authority whatsoever.
How did the team implement self-management? What helped make it successful?
The implementation was just flipping the switch the night we agreed to adopt it. The challenge was many people had grown up in traditional command-and-control organisations, so it could be hard to abandon that mindset and embrace the idea of zero command authority. We addressed this by reminding our peers that this is an environment of request and response; not of command and control. A key aspect to shifting traditional mindsets was re-framing our language and therefore our thinking. We don't call people 'employees' we call them 'colleagues', implying everyone has an equal voice regardless of their responsibilities. In fact, the word 'employee' is defined as 'one who performs work for another person for pay,' and that's not what people do at Morning Star. They're working for the mission of the enterprise first and foremost; not just for pay.
Why do you think self-management is better than the traditional model in today's context?
Traditional management had a role to play in the Industrial Revolution, when communication systems were vestigial and railroads, for example, needed a manager for every 100 miles of tracks to prevent collisions. But information now moves at the speed of light and top-down, brittle, hierarchical bureaucracy no longer make sense. Managers are wasting time and money supervising people who are already managers of their personal lives.
Secondly, according to Gallup, 70 per cent of American workers are disengaged, and 20 per cent are actively disengaged, meaning they actively undermine their own workplaces. Most of that is due to the bureaucracies in which they operate. If those individuals have an opportunity to proactively contribute to the outcomes they're producing in the workplace, a lot of that disengagement goes away. Organisations do need planning, organising, controlling, selecting, and coordinating, but I draw the distinction between management of one's self and management of others. Gallup also found that 75 per cent of the reasons people quit their jobs are related to managers. I would also mention Gary Hamel's $3 trillion challenge, and his claim that busting bureaucracy would add $3 trillion to economic growth in the US alone.
Doesn't a natural hierarchy develop under self-management?
Yes it can, but I'd say it's better because it develops organically and it's not permanent, which protects the prerogatives and the voice of every individual. The distinction here is between a voluntary situation and one that is forced. Individuals can voluntarily align themselves in a informal hierarchy, and then they can abandon that hierarchy at any point. They aren't locked into anything.
What are some of the biggest challenges with self-management?
Decisions can take longer because one needs the consent, or at least the tacit support, of everyone that's affected by a particular decision. However, this generates better decisions because it's based on the concept of "The Wisdom of Crowds" by James Surowiecki to the degree you increase the input from different sources to make a better decision. So that is a worthy challenge.
A second challenge is protecting the voices of introverts, because in a self-managed environment one must speak up and has an affirmative obligation to contribute verbally to decisions. So we try to ensure our conflict resolution systems, for example, allow for the use of an ombudsman or a confidential advisor to help those who are uncomfortable in directly approaching others.
Why would the challenges that come with self-management be more favourable than the challenges that come with traditional management?
Because you're not paying the management tax – the unnecessary overhead of maintaining the hierarchical bureaucratic organisations. You're not suppressing people with brittle, heavy bureaucracy, so every single individual is free to innovate and provide leadership. As such, innovation can spring up from anywhere, at anytime; it's not dependent on a small cadre of designated innovators.
How does one become a leader under self-management?
I'll preface by saying everyone in self-management is a manager, or a self-manager. This means everyone is involved in planning, organising, controlling, selecting, and coordinating (traditional management functions). Leadership is earned through trust, respect and communication. It is not positional or static; different people step up on any given day based on the issue. They identify opportunities, communicate their vision to peers, and get people to enlist, follow, collaborate, and contribute to the desired outcome. Everyone feels the pull of leadership based on the overall mission of the enterprise, of their particular business unit, and their personal commercial mission. So people become leaders because others choose to follow them, and leaders change with projects and time.
Could it ever turn into a popularity contest?
No system is perfect, and I wouldn't claim perfection for self-management. I just think it's a lot better than traditional management, especially in the age of the millennial generation and light speed communications, in terms of providing the best possible ecosystem in which people are able to have a voice, and have their best chance to thrive and do their best work.
Leadership is earned through trust, respect and communication.
Is it inaccurate to say that self-management lacks structure?
Yes, that's a misnomer. Structure comes from your peer agreement, which lays out a personal commercial mission, your purpose, what excellence looks like in your role, and how your work supports the mission of the enterprise. And then you have a portfolio of process accountabilities that you agreed to own, associated with decision rights, so you know what the scope and quantum of your decision-making authority is for those processes. KPIs tell you how well you're doing at executing those processes on a regular basis, and you're held accountable to your colleagues. I would argue that structure is far more robust and drives higher accountability than traditional bureaucracy.
Is there a lot of flexibility to choose how you work?
Everything's negotiable. It's a process of negotiation and coming up with situations that work for every single person in the environment.
A lot of terms are being used interchangeably with "self-management," like holacracy. Are they all the same thing?
Many different models are picking up momentum, like holacracy, workplace democracy, sociocracy, podular design, etc. I loosely group all these models under the rubric of the 'future of work'. They are distinct models and companies may be implementing any one of these to different degrees, but they all move towards a vision of a better workplace, like the Firms of Endearment.
You have to become knowledgeable of the different approaches that are evolving and emerging, and then you have to be willing to experiment. I would encourage companies to review the literature, look at case studies, see what resonates, and then run experiments to discover what works for you. Every company's culture is different, so it can't be a one-size-fits-all.
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Chronology of the Krugener brand
Manufactured in Germany from Circa 1905 until 0.
Index of rarity in France : Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
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The brand identification is easy, since a plate inside the body gives the information. To that of the model, it is much more difficult and need therefore to be confirmed .
This Trix is special by the presence of a micrometer screw at the base of the lens stand, to ensure a smooth movement thereof.
A detail amazes me that I still have not found the utility. On the bed, at the attachment points of the struts, there are butterfly nuts, as if it was possible to change the bed.
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Question for Discussion: Do you think the convergence of musical content with mobile listening technology has shaped our music preferences? Do we favor music production/genres that are more conducive to our increasingly mobile routines? What about sounds that challenge us and push back against the lifestyles featured in mobile tech advertisements?
I think that mobile listening technology has greatly shaped our music preferences. Ipods can store information about the music we listen to most and programs like Pandora determine which songs to play based on the songs we have "liked." Then the technology offers us suggestions based on what we do and like. Thus, we no longer seek new music. It's given to us. I find this problematic.
Also, I went to the ITunes Store as I was thinking about this question. I found it amusing that there is a new cd out by Erykah Badu called "But You Caint Use My Phone." All of the songs are related to phones in some way. The title song has a dial tone built into the music (at least during the sample on itunes).
Question: Performing private listening in public spaces harmonizes the individual with their geographic locale. But the idea of harmonizing is a tricky concept. Some folks (like Attali) interpret musical harmony as an act of subjugation – a 'going with the flow' set forth by dominant political interests. Is private public listening an act of approval toward the public infrastructure that surrounds us? By individualizing our soundscape, do we also relinquish our agency?
Your opening statement in this question confuses me. Isn't it the opposite? When I listen to music privately in public spaces, I feel the opposite of harmony with my locale. I feel discord and almost a sense of danger. The music puts me in my own mind and I become closed off to the world. Although I tend to listen at soft volumes, I can never hear all of the sounds around me. To me, this is disconcerting. I am not able to hear warnings or greetings. So, yes, I feel that my agency is relinquished. Inside an individual soundscape, I cannot act upon the sounds around me.
On another note, who buys ringtones anymore? I feel that there is a growing trend to have the phone on silent at all times. Since people are looking at their phones so much in general, they don't need to hear a sound as notification. Also, the younger generation seems to thrive more on texts and photos as opposed to phone calls, another reason for fewer ringtones. In addition, phones today come with many ringtones….none of which connect to any music memories (at least for me).


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To help Twitter resonate with data-driven developers, NVE transformed real-time Twitter data into 5 interactive data installations—engaging guests with a tangible demonstration of the platform's power. NVE oversaw every creative and logistical detail, including venue negotiations; 3D designs and spatial renderings; a custom conference app; attendee registration, and the management of simultaneous sessions.
Forgoing the traditional keynote LED screen backdrop, NVE designed and installed an eye- catching 3D backdrop that brought sessions to life with extraordinary visuals. A global livestream platform with concurrent broadcast editing allowed Twitter to reach worldwide audiences. The event brought 2k+ attendees with thousands more via livestream, generating 1.5B+ media impressions, including TechCrunch and VentureBeat.


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In this month's edition of From The Bandroom we are at the Salvation Army Citadel in Castleford for a concert featuring two bands. Kippax are the home team, fresh from coming first in their section at the Yorkshire Areas, and, all the way from Norway, we welcome the Manger Folkehøgskule brass band who are visiting the UK for a concert tour. The Folkehøgskule band is a stepping stone for some of the best young players, both in Norway and the UK. Zoë Wright, solo horn with Hammonds, studied there, as did Seb Williman, assistant principal cornet with Carlton Main Frickley, who we interview in the programme.
From The Bandroom with the Manger Folkehogskule and Kippax brass bands, 10pm, Tuesday 28th May on East Leeds FM.


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Fit and feel are at the forefront of ATM Anthony Thomas Melillo's designs. Made from tightly ribbed stretch-Micro Modal, this tank has a high neckline and cutout front straps that look especially flattering on those with smaller busts. Wear it tucked into jeans or a skirt.
Shown here with: Le Kasha Shorts, Wandler Shoulder bag, Paul Andrew Sandals, Sophie Buhai Bangle, Roxanne Assoulin Bracelets.


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Destany is nail technician with over 3 years of experience in the field. She specializes in natural nail care and believes that beauty is in the eye of the beholder! She loves spending quality time with her daughter and going to the beach every chance she gets.


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Interactive Development Best Practices
Documenting best practices for interactive development is an exhaustive task, and is one that, if done effectively, would fill the pages of several books. The purpose of this guide is not to provide an all-encompassing list of best practices, but to highlight many of the most important components of a stable, high performance web page.
The doctype is how a browser makes sense of the HTML content of a page. Over the years, there have been many different doctypes. They are usually long and cumbersome:
Here are some points to remember when dealing with doctypes:
The doctype must be the first thing that a browser reads; this means that it should usually be present on line 1 of an HTML document
If this is not the case, older versions of IE will go into quirks mode, which can cause many strange and difficult to troubleshoot issues
If a server-side language is rendering the page, code may show up above the doctype (as with a PHP page that does a server-side include at the top of the page), as long as this code does not render anything in the final HTML output
The doctype must be valid and well formed
It is becoming a standard practice to use the HTML5 doctype, even if other HTML5 features aren't being used. It is simply:
This doctype is easy to remember and is recognized by all modern browsers (including Internet Explorer 6). It is flexible in the sense that both HTML and XHTML syntax is valid under this doctype, and it is also necessary to use this doctype for HTML5 features to work correctly.
- The doctype must be the first thing that a browser reads; this means that it should usually be present on line 1 of an HTML document
HTML5 is
the new hotness a newthe lastest version of HTML and XHTML. The HTML5 draft specification defines a single language that can be written in HTML and XML. It attempts to solve issues found in previous iterations of HTML and addresses the needs of Web Applications, an area previously not adequately covered by HTML.
Making HTML5 Work
The new semantic elements available in HTML5 are helpful—they make markup more readable, both by humans and machines—but there's one major issue to fix before you can use them: Internet Explorer (below version 9) won't display unrecognized elements correctly.
Luckily, if you create an unknown element with JavaScript, even without inserting it into the DOM, this problem magically goes away. Many small JavaScript utilities exist that do this, among many other things. Modernizr, which uses HTML5 Shiv under the hood, is the most popular example.
Mark Pilgrim of Dive Into HTML5 goes into some detail about all of this here.
HTML5 and Friends
When people talk about HTML5, they are usually referring to the 75 or so related features and specifications that make up the "modern web" movement. A comprehensive list of these technologies (along with browser support and usage recommendations) can be found at html5please.com.
While the adoption of new technologies is encouraged, the recommendation is to do what makes sense for your project. If your team wants to explore the possibility of leveraging the
<canvas>element (for example) to do some rich animations and interactions, that's awesome. Just make sure of the following:
- Capability
Don't agree to something that is totally beyond your skill set; creating a quick proof of concept to ensure that the solution is feasible can help keep you from getting in over your head
- Flexibility of the experience
Most clients require us to support browsers that don't yet handle HTML5 technologies; make sure that everyone knows that there will be a baseline experience for these browsers, with additional functionality for those browsers that can handle it (this is called progressive enhancement)
- Collaboration
Having different experiences for different browsers requires increased collaboration between the development team and the design team; make sure that the creative and project leadership are aware of this fact
- Budget and Deadlines
Increased technical complexity, multiple versions of one experience, and increased back-and-forth with designers all take time; ensure that all of this is baked into your estimates regarding level of effort and confidence in meeting deadlines
XHTML Syntax
Generally speaking, it is a good idea for your markup to conform to the XHTML syntax rules. This is obviously necessary when using an XHTML doctype (syntax errors will cause your page to fail validation, and can cause rendering issues). It is wise to use the XHTML syntax even when using the HTML5 doctype mentioned above, for a number of reasons. Markup conforming to XHTML syntax rules is:
highly readable
flexible and stable—HTML5 allows XHTML syntax, but XHTML does not allow HTML syntax; this means that the doctype can be changed between the two types without worry of causing syntax-related issues
familiar—both to interactive developers and to back-end developers who are used to working with XML
So what are these rules?
Make all your tags lower case (

instead of
Close all your tags, even empty ones (

and

instead of
Make all attribute names lower case and quote all attribute values; for example,
instead of
Give empty attributes a value, such as
<input type="checkbox" checked="checked" />instead of
<INPUT TYPE=checkbox CHECKED>
Nest all your tags correctly
HTML Validation
Validating the correctness of your HTML markup can be one of the easiest ways of finding otherwise difficult to explain issues. Validation can identify errors that, if left uncorrected, can have negative impacts on page performance, accessibility, and search engine optimization. The W3C validator can be found here.
Avoid Deprecated Elements
This is related to the note on validation, above, as including deprecated elements in your markup can potentially cause validation errors.
Many elements are no longer part of the HTML specification and should be avoided (this text is taken directly from the specification).
The following elements are not in HTML5 because their effect is purely presentational and their function is better handled by CSS:
The following elements are not in HTML5 because using them damages usability and accessibility:
The following elements are not included because they have not been used often, created confusion, or their function can be handled by other elements:
<acronym>is not included because it has created a lot of confusion. Authors are to use
abbrfor abbreviations
<applet>has been made obsolete in favor of
<isindex>usage can be replaced by usage of form controls
<dir>has been made obsolete in favor of
Finally the
element is only conforming in the HTML syntax. It is not included in the XML syntax as its usage relies on an HTML parser (so don't include it if you're using an XHTML doctype)
Document Outline
It is important that your HTML document be well organized and contain elements that follow a formal structure. This makes it readable both to humans who aren't necessarily seeing the visual experience of the page (such as a blind user who is using a screen reader), and to the machines that read every page on the internet (like the bots employed by Google to determine search results).
Header Tags in HTML5 and XHTML
Regardless of the doctype being used, one of the best ways to make sure that your document has a correct outline is to properly use header tags.

tag is the most important of the semantic tags, and its contents are weighted heavily by search bots when determining page relevance.
In XHTML, there can be only one

tag on the page (often the company name/logo, or the title of an article for blogs). Subsections are each headed by

elements and may be subdivided further by using headings of the subsequent level (all the way to

). Heading levels should not be skipped.
When using an HTML5 document structure, you can check the outline of your document by using something like this HTML5 outliner bookmarklet. To use it, simply download the page and open it, then bookmark the link shown. When you click the bookmark, the outline of the page you are visiting will be shown.
HTML5 introduces the concept of "sections" in documents, and each section can have an

element, followed by the rest of the headers. For a fantastic explanation of semantics in HTML5, and the header elements in particular, see this article by Mark Pilgrim over at diveintohtml5.info.
Use Tables for Tabular Data (Only)
For years, HTML tables had been used to visually lay out elements on a page. This was necessary at first, as there was no other way of creating many common page layouts. The practice continued even after CSS made table-less layout possible because developers were used to tables, and it can be difficult to get the hang of using CSS for complex layouts.
Using modern techniques, there are no layouts that can't be built by using CSS. Unless you need to display tabular data in rows and columns, tables should not be used. This is for a number of reasons:
Tables are not good for accessibility; in order to describe a set of tabular data, screen readers have to wade through numerous bodies, rows, headers, and cells; imagine listening to a screen reader saying "table cell" over and over again when you're just trying to read the content of a page
All of the aforementioned elements can take a toll on a webpage; Excess markup can hurt a page's search engine ranking (which is best expressed as relevant content vs. page weight), JavaScript performance, page download time, and page render time
Tables negatively impact page render time beyond simply adding markup to be parsed; because table width is dictated by a sum of column widths, and column widths can be influenced by the width of all contained elements, tables must go through multiple render cycles before the browser can move on to the rest of the document
Avoid Unnecessary Elements

tags are useful block level elements for organizing sections of code (especially when something like a

wouldn't really make sense), but too often developers moving away from table-based layout think that divs do something more than that–they don't.
If your markup has divs within divs within divs, take a step back and ask yourself what you're really trying to accomplish with these elements. There may be a more semantically appropriate way to meet your needs.
Back in 2009, Smashing Magazine (which is a great resource for all aspects of web design and development) posted an article that dives deeply into the topic of "divitis".
More generally speaking, keeping the number of elements on a page to a minimum is a good practice for optimizing the page's performance. Read about this in Yahoo!'s developer documentation.
Unnecessary Classes and IDs
It is sometimes tempting to add
classattributes to any element that needs to be styled. When taken to the extreme, each element ends up with its own
class. This can not only make the source of the page difficult to read, but all of those extra characters need to be downloaded by the browser, resulting in slower page loads.
As a best practice, wait to assign a
idto an element until you know that you need it. This isn't to say not to use them at all, of course. Appropriate usage of classes is fundamental to writing modular CSS, and the CSS parser has an easier time applying rules to class-based ancestral selectors than to generic tag names. So don't be stingy with classes when it makes sense to use them.
A case can be made for avoiding the use of
idattributes altogether, since they are difficult to override in the cascade. See writing good selectors for more information.
Image Tags
When using image tags, always specify
height, and
altis required for accessibility, and specifying
widthattributes improves page performance.
The reason for the latter is that a browser, when it encounters an
<image>tag, will initiate the download of the image, and then move on to the next element in the HTML page. If the
widthattributes were specified in the HTML, the browser knows what size placeholder to put in for the image as it is downloading and doesn't have to look back.
widthare not specified in the markup, the browser has to wait until the image finishes downloading, then go back to check its dimensions, and adjust the layout of the entire page accordingly (this causes what are known as reflow and repaint cycles, which are costly in terms of page performance).
Lastly, never use spacer images. If you know what spacer images are, then you should enough by now not to use them.
Miscellaneous Guidelines
All markup should be delivered as UTF-8, as its the most friendly for internationalization. It should be designated in both the HTTP header and the head of the document.
Make use of

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One door closes Another door opens
I and my boy-friend broke up last year though we love each other even now.
It all happened because of his friends as they cropped up misunderstandings between us. And he isn't able to see that.
And I know he doesn't have that much of courage to tell me that he still loves me. I really want to get back together with him.
Leave him!!!
Then please suggest me something so that I forget him easily as I am trying to get over him. But, as we work at the same place, it's really difficult for me to see him every time everywhere around me and that turns me off.
And I am full of sad feelings.
Or tell me how I can get my real soul mate.
I could understand your pangs of love.
Only for your highest good I suggested that.
I honestly feel that you should lead a happy life.
Can everybody be happy?
One has to learn to be happy in spite of events.
When we want something intently, and when we resist what is happening then what we get is pain. Though we want pleasure, our resistance to any event and our incomplete understanding of the divine order, gives us pain only.
Just observe what is going on in the mind.
- As and when any thought come, just say, "Why not I release this? Yes, I let go of this thought?"
- Release everything – every feeling, every thought – that prevents you to forget him.
- If any thought or feeling does not get released, find out the desire behind this feeling or thought. If there is a desire to possess him release that desire.
- If there is a desire to change him or the event release that desire too.
Do the releasing techniques as given above.
Other steps
If you can buy Bach flower remedies from your local homeopathy shop then buy:
- CHICORY (to overcome the love pangs)
- WALNUT (to release resistance and break away )
- WILLOW (to overcome resentment and anger towards friends)
- HORNBEAM (to move on)
Take those flower remedies by putting 6 pills of each in a bottle of water and keep on sipping that water from morning to evening.
Do this sipping for 15 days.
Put the pills once every day.
Painless World
Krishna Sree
I am diagnosed with pain in the greater trochanteric region on the left leg. Doctor has asked me to take pain-killer tablets for a couple of days and observe.
I have back pain for the past 14 years. I stopped working because of that. Now, the back pain occurs only if I strain myself for long hours. Otherwise, daily activities do not cause the pain in the back.
About 8 years back, I was diagnosed with Spondylosis when I had pain in the neck as well as on the outer side of the left elbow. On Doctor's advice, I started doing neck exercises. I can still feel the pain in the elbow when I carry some weight.
"I release the memory of pain"
"I release the thought of pain"
"I release the expectation to have pain"
Obsession Will Not Make It Happen
If you are obsessed of anything, it may not happen. I want you to change your mind-set and be relaxed.
I am always scared of losing my love. I know I became obsessed and I really try to be relaxed and leave it to divine.
However, I get impatient as I lost my first love like this. That's why I think it is going to happen again.
Whenever you get the fear just say within, "Why this fear"?
The mind always has a tendency to think and feel as it did in the past.
The event may be new. The feelings and thoughts are never new. The same feelings and the same thoughts are produced every day.
As long as we think that we are mute spectators of events, we cannot do anything.
You are not your mind. When it produces some feeling or thought, which you don't like, you have the ability to release it.
When a feeling arises, or when a thought comes out, just say:
- Can I release this thought?
- Why should I keep this thought?
- Is this thought helping me or hindering me?
- If it hinders me, can I release it?
- If the answer is "yes" say, "I release this thought."
Say this as many times as possible so that you are out of the fear.
This method will help you come out of fear.
Fear always manifests what you don't want in life.
You have told me not to be obsessed and to relax. But how can I able to know my limits? Can't I have right to express my feeling? Can't I pray or try to regain my lost harmony between us?
I am chanting mantras with full faith on divine. How can I know that there is still a hope? Because we are neither astrologer nor we can talk to divine.
I am going to say my feeling to him tomorrow after chanting OM CHAM NAMAHA OM JAM NAMAHA.
When you are obsessed with worry and fear you are breaking the quantum rules.
Your fear will manifest the one which you don't want, instead of getting what you want.
Desire something. Quieten your mind, relax and release it to the divine field.
Approaching anything with the calm and relaxed mind has got better chance of getting what we want.
How to remain calm and relaxed?
That is where the surrendering attitude enters. By surrendering the desire to the divine field, you accept what the divine offers. Surrendering makes you think that whatever divine offer is good for me.


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Carviou Assigned Airport Oversight Duties
09/28/2018- It's been a contentious year for the Menominee Regional Airport as the county and airport users continue to butt heads over new lease terms and standards imposed by MDOT and the FAA. To further complicate matters, the airport remains without a fulltime manager to moderate these discussions and oversee other airport operations. Tuesday, the County's Board of Commissioners approved a recommendation to temporarily assign some of the airport oversight responsibilities to County Administrator Jason Carviou. The proposal also included maintaining the part-time airport administrative assistant, despite some commissioners' insistence that that role should have already been phased-out. However, Commissioner Steve Gromala says retaining that part-time employee will help lessen some of the administrative workload placed on Carviou.
Carviou says the delegation will only be temporary until the lease disputes at the airport are resolved. He says it's up to the Airport Committee to decide on a long-term management structure.
Carviou says his taking on some of the airport oversight responsibilities will provide a further cost savings by utilizing the county's own attorney for some documentation preparation.


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DEA Museum Lecture Series
Please join the DEA Museum for the Second of its Spring 2014 lecture series
What We Have Learned:
Four Decades of Addiction, Neurobiology, and Treatment Research
Mark S. Gold, M.D., University of Florida
Friday, June 6, 2014, 11:00 AM Eastern
DEA Museum/Headquarters Auditorium
With free live webcast on www.deamuseum.org (via non-Firebird computer)
Learn about the evolution of drug, tobacco, and alcohol addiction research over the past forty years, where we are today with understanding how drugs affect the body and brain, how addictions – once thought untreatable are successfully treated, and what the future may look like in this changing field.
About our Speaker:
Dr. Mark Gold has been a leader at the University, State, National, and International level in drug abuse prevention, treatment advocacy, and research. Dr. Gold has been a major contributor to the national drug strategy, advisor, participant in consensus panels, and with the National Institutes over the years. Dr. Gold$B!G(Bs pioneering work on the brain systems underlying the effects of opiate drugs has led to a dramatic change in the way opiate action is understood. During the mid$B!>(B1980s Dr. Gold and colleagues developed a new theory for cocaine action, cocaine dependence, and cocaine withdrawal in the dopamine$B!>(Brich areas of the brain.
First and foremost, Dr. Gold is a researcher and mentor. Since beginning his career in research at the University of Florida (UF) in 1970, he has been the author of over 900 medical articles, chapters, and abstracts in journals for health professionals on a wide variety of psychiatric research subjects and authoring twelve professional books. He has nearly 40 years of successfully mentoring young addiction researchers, teachers, and clinicians.
Dr. Gold is the Donald Dizney Eminent Scholar, Distinguished Professor, and Chair of Psychiatry at UF. Prior to assuming the position as Chair he was a Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Anesthesiology, and Community Health & Family Medicine at the UF College of Medicine. Recently, he has also been selected as UF$B!G(Bs Distinguished Alumni Professor. He is also a member of the McKnight Brain Institute and a Founder of the UF Center for Alcohol and Drug Research and Education. Dr. Gold was the first Faculty in the Division of Addiction Medicine and Chief of the Addiction Medicine Division at UF.


text: NASHVILLE --- Sharon Allen has been officially appointed as the new head women's basketball coach at Tennessee State University, as approved this week by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Allen comes to Tennessee State from Mississippi State University where she had served for five years and was the recruiting coordinator for Coach Sharon Fanning's program. The 15-year coaching veteran also assisted the program with on-court and practice duties in addition to her recruiting obligations. The new Lady Tiger coach joins the program in time for the summer recruiting period. She will be on campus on a full-time basis later this summer. Allen joined the Mississippi State staff during the 1998-99 season and made an immediate impact with the program, helping the Lady Dogs to a first-ever NCAA appearance. Prior to her tenure at Mississippi State, Allen served two years as a sports regional manager for Converse, Inc. Before her brief break from coaching, Allen served four years as head coach at Saint Louis University, where she helped in the rebuilding of the Lady Billiken program. She has also served as recruiting coordinator at Kansas State and was as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Drake University. Allen began her full-time coaching career with a one-year stay at George Washington University (1986-87) after serving in a graduate assistant?s role at her alma mater, East Tennessee State from 1984-1986. While earning her B.S. degree from East Tennessee State in physical education, Allen was a four-year letterwinner during a stellar collegiate career. She is a member of ETSU's 1,000-point club. A Culpeper, Va., native, Allen captained the Culpeper Senior High School girls basketball team to the Virginia AA State title. She earned All-Virginia and high school all-America honors. Active in charity and community events, she is a member of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association and the Black Coaches Association.


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A sequel to The Inconvenient Truth (2006), this film addresses the progress made to tackle the perceived problem of man's contribution to climate change and tracks Al Gore's efforts to persuade government leaders to invest in renewable energy, culminating in the signing of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
Review by Andrew L. Urban:Truth to Power? Lies to people, would be a more accurate title for this blurt of propaganda which ends with calls for us in the audience to be #beinconvenient and to help push Al Gore's agenda for renewable energy and wipe coal off the face of the earth. It's All Gore, really, a self congratulatory portrait of the 'lapsed politician' as he calls himself, who single handedly made a deal that ensured India would join the 149 other nations in Paris to sign the 2015 climate accord - meaningless as it was and is.We might have hoped that a film with 'Truth' again in the title, a decade after his much acclaimed An Inconvenient Truth, Gore would have been able to tell the truth at least about the difference between CO2 and air pollution. But Gore can't tell even that truth, nor any other about his subject. Grotesque catastrophes are happening right now around the globe as a result of man's carelessness with fossil fuels; scorching heat starting wild fires, for instance, even though the worst case scenario from the warmist brigade is an increase in average surface temperature of around 2C - in the future. He travels the world lecturing wannabe Climate Leaders like some shaman, pumping these wide eyed, open mouthed young followers full of the fire and brimstone and drought and flood and melting ice and rising sea levels and sinking islands and failed crops - all caused by 'climate change' which would all go away if only everyone turned to renewables. Snake oil for sale at the end of the lecture?Gore is a dangerous fool whose age-old campaign to warn the world about global warming has turned into a mission in which rousing emotional propaganda condemns coal just as the Old Testament condemns the devil. He is filmed lecturing, but it looks all too much like proselyting. This might appeal to the converted and the wannabe converted, but as a film for mass audiences, it is unappealing. It's a haphazard film, pulling together various scenes of Gore lecturing either his followers or politicians. There is even time for a personal visit to his birthplace, where we see the photos on the walls, hear his daughter's composition about the pros and cons of daddy running for President ... What there is no time for is a rational argument, nor a glance at the economics of climate change policies, which is the single most pertinent subject in this matter. Nor for even a moment to consider that climate change is an astonishingly complex subject, which requires more than a finger pointing to fossil fuels. There are plenty of genuine scientists working in the field who may have ben asked to contribute sensibly, thus perhaps shifting the film from propaganda to documentary status.Of course, we are warned from the start, with the film's key art showing an hourglass, the top half of which is the marbled view of earth from space slipping down into the blackened bottom half of a ruined industrial landscape. And the first shot is water dripping off a large piece of glacier ice. Yes, that old chestnut.For a genuine documentary on the subject, in which each alarmist assertion is tested against the evidence, search online for Mark Moreno's 2017 film, Climate Hustle.Review by Louise Keller:Al Gore is so convincing, it is hard to separate the man from the film and the film from the subject matter. Gore is intelligent, eloquent, passionate, committed and charismatic. It's a heady mix and in this polished documentary, the former UC Vice President turned eco-evangelist ups the ante by effectively ramping up the controversial issue of climate change and elevating it into a movement.It's easy to be swept along. If Davis Guggenheim's 2006 Oscar-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth was a bit like Global Warming for Dummies in which Gore through his slide-show presentation pragmatically presents facts and figures about changing weather patterns, environmental and ecological issues, this sequel is a Call to Action as Gore enthuses his followers to spread the word. Irrespective of whether or not Gore includes all the facts regarding scientific research and renewables, it is impossible to refute the changing climate -from the melting Greenland glaciers in the opening sequence to the 'rain bombs' in Miami and India.Much of the film is spent as a lead up to the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris and the fact that President elect Trump has withdrawn US support from the Accord, adds bite - as if more bite were needed in this highly relevant topic.
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CAST: Documentary featuring Al Gore
PRODUCER: Richard Berge, Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyerman
DIRECTOR: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
SCRIPT: n/a
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jon Shenk
EDITOR: Don Bernier, Colin Nusbaum
MUSIC: Jeff Beal
PRODUCTION DESIGN: n/a
RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes
AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount
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It all began a few weeks ago when I successfully replaced a tie rod end on my Dodge Truck. Not being a mechanic I was really elated that "I", a mere mortal with no mechanical skills whatsoever, actually replaced that part without suffering a life threatening injury or killing myself in the process.
And I'm sure even if it were not a life threatening injury, say like getting my hand caught in something or the truck falling on my foot, it WOULD eventually BE a life threatening injury because my other half would NEVER hear me screaming as in the other cases where I've managed to fall off of ladders while sealing the roof with tar and screamed for help and she never heard me.
"Oh Dear……what in Gawd's name happened to you. You're all covered in black tar and tracking it all over the house. Oh….PULEEEEESE don't get any of that stuff, and that blood on the carpet!!!!!!"
I personally think they should expand those "Life Alert" devices that they sell for elderly people to include guys who work on their vehicles or other stuff like climbing ladders or attempting to use any tool with an electrical cord attached to it.
Sooooo. The next project was to try to save a gazillion bucks by replacing my fuel sensor unit in my truck. How hard could that be? AND, we all know that you can easily go on the Internet and find how to do ANYTHING. Which is what I did.
So I searched for, "How To Replace The Fuel Sensor Unit In A 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 Without Setting Yourself On Fire Or Killing Yourself."
After watching several videos it looked kinda simple…….I think.
Considering the options were 1. Drop the gas tank, (piece of cake) yank out the old unit, and put the gas tank back in place.
Or, option # 2. Lift up the entire truck bed, slide it off, and SHAZAM! you have easy access to the fuel tank and the sensor.
So I said to myself, "Self, which one seems easier?
Obviously self said to self, "Well dropping the gas tank seems easier…ya think!"
Cept the $#@!#@! gas tank straps were from 220 BC and rusted as well as the bolts being really hard to access, AND, did I really wanna get under there with the mother of all impact wrenches and create a spark? Nope.
So my next choice was to lift the truck bed. But how?
I came up with two scenarios, both of which, in my mind, involved eventually having my other half call 911 or having to pay a mechanic to just do the job.
After checking with a few mechanics, (who must all be very wealthy) and having them quote me what it would cost to do the job, I declined the offers. Only because, as it is, living on the border of poverty and residing in a cardboard box, I'm only able to afford putting between ten and 15 dollars worth of gas in my truck as it is so how in the hell would I be able to afford a mechanic.
Soooooo. I went back to watching those videos once again and it DID seem somewhat possible to do the job myself.
BUT…….ya gotta read between the lines in those videos when it comes to the part where they say, "Yes….you can do this yourself….but….."
And the "buts" is what had me a bit worried. Like the word "spark." As in, "Yeah Harry, he was doin' fine removing the gas tank fuel sensor until his screw driver made a spark and that was it!!!! Yep…still lookin' for pieces of that guy."
So I thought about this more and figured, how hard could it be to just jack up the truck bed and have easy access to the fuel sensor unit, by the way, which Detroit figured was the best way for mechanics to make a gazillion bucks repairing because they knew putting it IN the gas tank and UNDER the truck that no idiot (me) would EVER be able to fix it himself. Let alone get at it. Without killing yourself.
So I ran my plan by my other half and she immediately called our life insurance company and asked if they could up my accidental death coverage to a million dollars. Gotta love that woman….always thinking.
I mean…it DID sound kinda easier to just jack up the truck bed, get easy access to the gas tank, whip out the fuel sensor, put the new one in, and SHAZAM! done! After all, I've never had a problem doing any other do it yourself project…..
Cept for the gas part and the possibility of the truck bed falling on me while I was under it. Oh yeah….and that pesky spark factor.
After much thought, and the fact that my other half was also considering taking out several more policies, I decided to scrap the whole idea and just take my chances by putting gas in my truck every 15 minutes or after every trip to the grocery store.
So, I'll just have to live with the fact that my gas fuel indicator does not work and attempt to keep an eye on my mileage so that I don't run out of gas.
Oh yeah, if by chance I happen to be a bit off on my MPG calculations and run out of gas, if you see a red 1999 Dodge ram along side the road with some short Italian guy with a big nose swearing, give me a hand will ya.
Just sayin.'
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From: Mary C. Gormley
To: Parents/Guardians and Staff
Re: Superintendent's Weekly Update
Date: November 8, 2018
- 1.13 Later in November:
The Wait Until 8th campaign in the Milton Public Schools is off to a robust start. One of the leading digital safety experts in North America, Katie Greer, is a proponent of the Wait Until 8th campaign and writes, "This is such a fantastic, organic campaign that is creating pressure of a different kind that communities can get behind. It's taking the pressure off of parents to conform to getting their kids smartphones at a super young age, and allowing parents to come together to make an informed choice about when their kids can have their own. Oftentimes parents admit that this choice isn't theirs, but it's forced upon them, so if enough in the community vow to hold off until 8th grade, then the decision is put back in the hands of the parents, who know their kids best. The research backing the Wait Until 8th Campaign (around addiction and the complexity of these devices) is broad, and I wish more communities would adopt this fantastic campaign."
Pew Research Center released the following alarming statistics: The average age a student gets a smartphone is 10 years old; children are spending between 6 and 9 hours a day on media; 95% of teens have smartphones ; 45% of teens say they are online "almost constantly" ; 24% report social media has had a negative effect on their life. You can still sign the "Wait Until 8th" pledge, even if you want your child to have a basic phone that calls and texts or a "smart" watch (with phone and GPS capabilities). The basic phone and "smart" watch avoid many of the distractions and dangers of the smartphone.
Find your smartphone alternatives and parental controls here. The link also provides more information on why Milton Public Schools supports waiting until students are in 8th grade to provide them with a smartphone.
Having spent my career as an educator, I know that if parents/guardians sign the Wait Until 8th pledge and delay giving their children a smartphone, your children will read more for pleasure which will have a direct and positive correlation to improving their academic achievement and increasing their vocabulary. By banding together as a community, this campaign will decrease the pressure felt by kids and parents alike. Childhood is too short to waste on a smartphone. Take the pledge here!
There has been one School Committee meeting since my last blog post. The School Committee held their meeting and site visit at Glover on November 7th. The focus of the successful Glover site visit was space, facilities, enrollment, SEL and PBIS. School Committee meetings can be watched On Demand on Milton Access Television at any time.
Did you hear the people sing? Because the cast of Les Mis hit all the right notes! Last weekend, Milton High School welcomed over 2,500 audience members to the fall musical production of LES MISÉRABLES. In an incredibly successful four-show run, audiences were transported to 19th century France to follow the heartbreaking, life story of Jean Valjean (Prisoner #24601). An inspiring performance of whirlwind of emotion prompted those in attendance to declare," Best musical, yet!"
Thanks to Wildcat News you can see and hear some of the Milton Public Schools talent on display last weekend. A round of applause to Directors Kevin Black, Katherine Encarnacao, Preston Pero and the team of incredibly dedicated parents and guardians who made the production such a success! Congratulations to the cast, crew and orchestra on 4 amazing performances!
Save the date for the upcoming MHS guidance event, College Information/Post Secondary Planning night at Milton High on Thursday, Dec 6th at 6pm. The following topics will be presented in order to help you and your child successfully navigate the college application process: Financial Aid, Standardized Testing, Supporting your senior throughout the year, NCAA Requirements, Overview of the College Application Process, and Naviance. We look forward to seeing you Wednesday, Dec 6th at 6pm. This workshop is open to all parents/guardians & students in any grade level.
Over the last 4 weeks, students in Mrs. Magill's computer classes have been able to work on the Cyber Robotic Coding Challenge Bootcamp in preparation for the actual competition which started Monday, November 5th. In Coding Bootcamp, students learned how to control a robot on the screen by using block code. We have had 119 students who completed 10 or more Bootcamp missions and the Pierce Middle School is in 3rd place out of 28 schools for overall points in the Qualifiers! We hope to score enough points to move on to the Finals. We had a visit from the people who run the coding competition on Tuesday 11/6. They spoke with some of our 7th graders to find out what they liked about the competition and get suggestions for future competitions and we were happy to hear they were impressed with the students' work so far. Wish us luck on the road to the finals!
8th graders at Pierce were treated to a great Midterm Election week experience as each team experienced a senate immersion program at the Edward Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. Two teams explored the issue of Immigration Reform while another team focused on a path forward for the Patriot Act. Students heard from State Representative Bill Driscoll before swearing in as United States Senators. Each student was given a Senate profile, heard from experts on the issue – and debated what action should be taken. All staff returned impressed by the poise and active participation of our 8th graders and students returned appreciative of the experience. Thank you to the Pierce PTO for helping make this amazing opportunity a reality.
The Pierce Student Council held its 2nd Annual Peace March on Friday, November 2nd. Over 60 children and 20 plus adults began in the back lot, readied their signs, and marched to Town Hall- all in the name of peace. Thank you to the Milton Police Department for supporting us, our students were made to feel so special by our men and women in blue. Members of Student Council learned first-hand what it takes to plan such an event, including acquiring a permit and reaching out to local organizations to join them. The event was entirely student driven and designed. A special thank you to Mr. Dolan, Mr. Smith, and Ms. Percuoco, our Student Council advisers for supporting these student leaders!
Our 6th graders are enjoying Mr. Romeo's Lego Robotics PASS Class. Many of these students have limited robotics experience, but they are exploring the materials and teaching themselves how to build and program the robots. We hope to see this PASS Class is grow and into a program that extends the work with the competitive teams happening at some of the elementary schools.
We would like to recognize our parent volunteers for their outstanding efforts and valuable time spent organizing the before-school exercise program BOKS (Build Our Kids Success) at our elementary schools. In addition to the Tucker Trainers, Sita Cochran, Zee Mutyora, Meena Tondravi, Keith Schleicher, Brendan Bartlet, Gail Trachtenberg, Kim Johnson and Andrea Butterfield Robert (some of whom are pictured at left), thank you to Heather Bergin and Eric Kelly for running a terrific fall program at Collicot!
BOKS is a before-school exercise program that launched in October 2009. BOKS is a grassroots program, lead by parent volunteers that looks to get kids moving, teach simple nutrition lessons and reinforce healthy behaviors taught in health and physical education classes. It's a wonderful example of school community working to help students be their best.
School districts across the country are seeing the results and looking to provide more opportunities for students to be physically active and help prepare their brains to learn, Milton is no exception. Standardized test findings from BOKS builds the case that physical activity engagement can actually support learning and that increased physical activity involvement positions children to be more ready and alert for learning experiences. BOKS is a great example of some of the initiatives that we are exploring, as we look to find more options for students to be physically active and improve academic performance. Thank you to all our BOKS parent/guardian volunteers for providing this opportunity. If you're interested in learning more or volunteering for BOKS, please contact MPS Health/PE director Noel Vigue.
Mrs. Hyde's Cunningham 4th graders got a taste of election day excitement this week as they worked on their Classroom 312 ballot initiative – Should students turn in a lost BAM? What's a BAM? BAM stands for BeAMazing! Students in Ms. Hyde's class get small pompoms(BAMs) for acts of kindness, working hard, and generally just being amazing. Occasionally a BAM falls on the floor and the students all have different opinions on what someone should do if they find a "lost BAM." Since the question has come up several times in class, Ms. Hyde turned it into a ballot initiative and modeled some democracy in action. Students considered the question, came up with pros and cons, tried to persuade others to see their perspective, and then voted. It was a 10-12 result with the "No on 1" vote winning. So now we have new classroom legislation that students are not required to turn in a lost BAM. They can attempt to find the owner and keep it if the owner cannot be found. Democracy in action!
At Collicot they are saving paper one morning at a time! In Ms. Tran's Kindergarten classroom, students practice various skills every morning such as drawing shapes, writing numbers, and spelling sight words. In order to cut down on paper waste, worksheets are put into plastic sleeves. Students can then complete work with dry erase markers and wipe it clean with a pom pom for the next day. Art teacher Mrs. Bernini also used transparencies that were used for overhead projectors in artwork for Veteran's Day.
It's not over after Hamilton has sung! Tucker announces a new Bonus Raffle: A Night on the Town featuring dinner at MJ O'Connors, 1 night stay at the Park Plaza including valet parking and breakfast for two. There are still over $3,000 in prizes. Take a chance to win!! Tickets can be purchased until November 30th at www.tuckerpto.com/raffle
Nov 8 Early Release (Grades K-12), PT Conferences Gr 6-12 Only
Nov 12 No School Veterans Day
Nov 15 MHS Fall Cabaret
Nov 17 Eastern District Sr. Auditions
Nov 19 Waking up White Author Presentation
Nov 21-23 Thanksgiving Day Recess
Nov 26 Jessica Minahan, Stressed Out-Reducing Anxiety in Children
The full calendar can be found here.
Thank you to all who attended Dr. Casey Corcoran's presentation this week. Dr. Corcoran was engaging and presented thought provoking and valuable information. In addition to hearing from Dr.
Corcoran, audience members were treated to a skit presented by 3 members of the PMS peer leadership team. Caroline Duffy, Mallory Hughes and Emily King were part of a group of students who attended a training through DOVE on healthy relationships and abuse prevention this summer. These students did a great job soliciting 8 volunteers from the audience, presenting the scene as well as leading a brief discussion following the skit. It was a very powerful example of skills-based health education (advocacy for self, friend, family or community, interpersonal communication, and decision-making).
Our next speaker is Jessica Minahan, M.Ed, BCBA who will present Stressed Out! Reducing Anxiety in Children. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that one in four, 13-18 year olds has had an anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Without intervention, these children are at risk for poor performance, diminished learning, and social/behavior problems in school. This presentation will introduce preventive tools, strategies, and interventions for reducing anxiety, increasing self-regulation, executive functioning, and self-monitoring. Jessica Minahan, MEd, BCBA, is a board-certified behavior analyst and special educator and a consultant to schools nationwide. Jessica has over 17 years of experience supporting students who exhibit challenging behavior in public school systems.
Many of our Glover students participated in the Create the Change Day in Boston this past weekend. This was an amazing opportunity to give back to the greater community and kids in need with families joining Project Giving Kids for the third annual Create the Change Day Boston at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center. Projects will benefit local nonprofits including Hope and Comfort, Rosie's Place, MSPCA, Room To Grow, and more.
Cunningham 2nd grader Sophia started doing a sock drive for the homeless when she was just 4. This is her 4th year and she hopes to be able to deliver over 1000 pairs of warm socks to Boston's homeless men and women. It's easy to donate – drop your socks into the donation bin in the lobby of Cunningham or the front porches of 3 Phyllis Lane or 178 Lyman Road.
Have a new or gently used winter coat you would like to pass on to someone in need? You can drop it to the collection bin in the lobby of Cunningham. It will be dry cleaned and given to someone who can use a warm coat this winter!
3rd grade Collicot students in Ms. McDermott's class were inspired to serve their community by Unit 1 in Reach for Reading, which focused on kindness. They decided to make quilts in class and donate them to children in need. The texts that inspired them were "The quilt maker's journey" and " The quilt maker's dream." Students were so motivated, they gave up their recess to make the quilts!
The SEPAC will be hosting a Basic Right's Workshop on November 28th at 7:00 in the library at Tucker Elementary School. They will also hold a brief board meeting at 6:30 prior to the presentation. Both are free and open to the public.
Does your student need a flu shot? You're in luck! Our Annual Student Flu Clinic is Wednesday, November 14th from 3-5pm (please no early arrivals) at the Pierce Cafe (enter and exit through the cafe in the front of the building). All students in Grades 3-12, accompanied by their parent/guardian are welcome and encouraged to get their flu shot at the clinic. Please bring your insurance card.
Milton Public Schools strives to ensure all students are college and career ready. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, "Employment of computer and information technology occupations is projected to grow 13 percent from 2016 to 2026, faster than the average for all occupations." Plus, more than seventy-eight percent of Milton High School alumni report they submit seventy-five to one hundred percent of college assignments electronically.
With this information in mind, along with the successful implementation of BYOD at MHS, Pierce Middle School is planning for the implementation of 1:1 Chromebooks for the 2019-20 academic school year. The Milton Public Schools has submitted a request to purchase nine hundred Chromebooks through capital funds for next year. If this request is funded, Pierce will be a 1:1 school next year. Unlike BYOD, in this 1:1 environment, the new devices will be stored in a Chromebook cart in all of the core subject classrooms for students to use during class time. The Chromebooks will stay inside each classroom and not be available for students to use at home. Currently, Pierce has twelve Chromebook carts. These carts will be available for the World Language and elective teachers. Read more about this initiative here.
There is a terrific opportunity for part time jobs in our food services department. We are hiring for substitute positions at all schools. You'll be serving healthy food to kids and be home when your kids are home due to the school schedule – what's better than that?! This can be a great opportunity for parents and retirees and food service experience is a plus, but not required. The starting pay for the food service substitute position pays $15.05 per hour and substitute jobs often lead to permanent jobs. Please email Jackie Morgan or call (617-696-5040 X 5514) for more information.
We are once again lucky to be partnering with the Milton Fruit Center for Schools Shopping Week November 5th-11th. All six Milton Public Schools will be benefiting from the Fruit Center's generosity. Here's how you can participate:
Download a shopping voucher for your school below (you'll need Adobe Reader). Print as many you'd like and share them with friends, family and neighbors.
Present your voucher when you make purchases at the Fruit Center Marketplace from Monday, November 5th through Sunday, November 11th. Shop as often as you'd like during that week. The Fruit Center Marketplace will donate 20% of the total purchases back to your school so stock up on your favorite Fruit Center items and help out your school!
Collicot Cunningham Glover Tucker Pierce Middle School Milton High School
This weekend:
The Bradley, Eustis, and Wakefield Estates will show off their fall colors during the 2nd Annual Blue Hills Great Estates Fall Foliage Weekend.
Comfort Zone Camp is having a Holiday Family Day program in Weymouth on Saturday, November 10th from 12-4pm. Comfort Zone supports families who have experienced the death of a loved one.
Next weekend:
Brookwood Community Farm will hold a Thanksgiving Sale on Sunday, November 18 from 11-2pm. Pick up locally grown veggies for your Thanksgiving Feast! Brookwood's annual sale includes pre-ordered Harvest Boxes, Turkeys & Pies! This year enjoy kids activities, free warm drinks, self-guided scavenger hunt and more!
Also at Brookwood Farm there will be an Apple Pie Class with Chef Clare Garland on Sunday, November 18 2:30-4:30. Make your own perfect pastry crust and take home a delectable unbaked apple pie! Learn from pastry chef Clare Garland from the Ashmont Grill. Ages 14+.
Later in November:
I encourage you to read this note from Debbie Alsebai, one of the members of Courageous Conversations towards Racial Justice. Courageous Conversations is hosting educator Debby Irving, author of Waking Up White: And Finding Myself In The Story of Race , a book widely considered to be an essential text on how to unpack racial privilege in the American context. Please join many of your friends and neighbors for a conversation with Debby Irving, Monday, November 19th 6-9pm at Milton High School. All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The Milton Historical Society presents local author, furniture conservator and scholar Robert Mussey Jr. to discuss his book he co-authored with Clark Pearse, "Rather Elegant Than Showy: The Classical Furniture of Isaac Vose." The lecture will be held on Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 7pm at the Milton Public Library, 476 Canton Ave. The event is free and open to the public. The library is also a co-sponsor. Although virtually forgotten for approximately 200 years, Milton Village native Isaac Vose built a substantial business empire in Boston and made furniture for the most prominent Boston families.
The Milton Public Library has great programs for children all month long.
The Commission on Disability needs you! Whether you're a parent, teacher or a student over the age of eighteen, Milton needs you to serve on the Commission to assist those who are living with disabilities enjoy all that Milton has to offer. Please contact Diane DiTullio Agostino, Chair of the Commission on Disability, via phone 617-698-8232 or email with questions.
The Football Team is in the South Sectional Semifinals. They play @ Dighton Rehoboth on Friday November 9th at 7pm.
The Swim Team has several students swimming in the sectional tournament at MIT on Sunday, 11/11. The results from last week are available here.
The Cross Country Team travels to the Wrentham Development Center on Saturday for their Regional Meet.
We are happy to announce our Milton High School Athletes of the Month for October!
Jared Carney Senior, Golf
Jared was voted a Bay State Conference First Team All-Star. He shot a 73 (Tied for 3rd) at the Bay State Conference Tournament; he shot a 79 at MIAA D2 South Sectional Championships and he qualified for D2 State Championships at Marshfield Country Club where he finished tied for 27th out of over 200 golfers in Division II. He was also a part of the Milton High School Golf Team that won the Division II Team Sportsmanship Award for 2018!
Mary O'Connell Senior, Field Hockey
Mary just missed out on being named Athlete-of-the-Month for September, receiving an honorable mention nod. Since then, she has been voted a 1st Team All-Star for Field Hockey in the Bay State League. She faced over 400 shots this year and her saving average was 87%, increasing in the month of October. She had an incredible season this year, keeping the team in close games right until the end. In her coach's words, "she was the heart of the field hockey team".
Honorable Mentions: Tim Cummings, Senior, Boys Soccer; Megan Kelly, Senior, Volleyball
Look for a fall sports wrap up in the coming weeks. Winter Registration is open and tryouts begin the Monday after Thanksgiving. Please see the Milton Wildcats website for schedules, rosters, and updates!
As part of our E-blast, we highlight students, teachers or members of the community whose hard work deserves recognition. Please read about some of their accomplishments below:
Students: It is my pleasure to announce that Hokulani Panerio-Langer has been chosen to be this year's Project 351 8th grade ambassador. Hoku will participate in a year of service and leadership with other 8th graders chosen from the 351 towns and cities in Massachusetts. Hoku has a genuine intellectual curiosity that is rarely seen in students her age. She so earnestly wants to learn everything that she can, both in her classes and about the world around her. She is kind to all her peers and radiates a positive influence to all. Hoku always tackles a challenge, in fact she actively enjoys opportunities to learn, to help others, and to work hard. Last year, in the Model UN club, she was a star. She won several awards at conferences, including "best delegate," (the highest honor) as a seventh grader at a conference with high school students! Hoku is a student with strong academic aptitude and a willingness to work hard. She is truly genuine in all that she pursues and will make an outstanding Project 351 Ambassador. Congratulations, Hoku!
Thank you to my blog contributors this week: Jon Redden, Holly Concannon, Karen Spaulding, Elaine McNeil- Girmai, Karen McDavitt, James Jette, AJ Melanson, Noel Vigue, Ryan Madden, Karen Cahill, Joe Dolan, Jake Smith, Dawn Sykes, Jackie Morgan, Joyce White, Marti McKenna, Kevin Black, Deanna McGill, Lisa Veldran, Emily Hyde and Margaret Gibbons.
The Milton Public School system does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, gender identity, transgender status, gender transitioning, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its programs, activities or operations. These include, but are not limited to, admissions, equal access to programs and activities, employment, provision of and access to programs and services, as well as selection of volunteers, vendors and employers recruiting at the Milton Public Schools. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, students, volunteers, subcontractors, and vendors. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Human Resources, 617-696-4812.


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The latest issue of Miles Morales: Spider-Man is a pretty fun book. Sort of a young super-hero slice of life issue. It's also a pretty decent point for a new reader to jump in, as though there is some pick up from previous issues, they do a good job of bringing you up to speed … Continue reading Miles Morales: Spider-Man #5
Month: April 2019
Port of Earth #9
Port of Earth returns next week! The acclaimed series returns to comic shops and kicks off its next arc in a big way. Not many Sci-Fi comics take so much from our own history and bring it to life in a very real way. Zack Kaplan and Andrea Mutti have created a very believable first … Continue reading Port of Earth #9
Die #5
Die returns with an action packed issue that rounds out the first arc! At the end of Issue #4, the party had decided to take the fight to their old friend by destroying Glass Town. In this issue we see their plan come to fruition, and the horrifying consequences that arise from it. The Cover … Continue reading Die #5
Major X #1
Rob Liefeld has returned to Marvel for a new X-Universe series. It's going to be a 6 parter, and from the cover it looks to be pure 90's nostalgia. I'll always be thankful to Liefeld as one of the co-creators of Cable - I love that character. This was recommended to me by the good … Continue reading Major X #1
Eclipse #14
Eclipse continues to its fiery conclusion! After this there are only two issues left. Last issue left us wondering if our heroes were going to make it, and after a long month, we finally get the answer. The Cover The cover features Cielo and her father hiding in the shade provided by a food truck. … Continue reading Eclipse #14
Action Comics #1000
I picked this one up back when it came out, but have just been ruminating on it for months. It's a big book, coming in at 80 pages, and contains several stories by several writers and artists. It doesn't try to act like an anniversary issue that sets up or ends a story-line, but rather … Continue reading Action Comics #1000


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Recipe Ingredients
DRY fruits
Almonds-soak in a water and remove skin
2 kaju-pcs
3 kishmish
For the Aroma
1 saffron –soak
in milk
2 kewra
Khada Garam masala
1. shahi
2. Tej
3. Big
4. laung
5. Dal
chini (little)
6. kali
mirch (whole)
7. ginger
khus paste.
9. Masala
for gravy.
10. Potato
cube and fried
11. Onion
rings and fried
Cauliflower pieces and fried
13. Peas –
just boiled
14. Bread
cubes and fried.
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Some of her Rajasthani signatures include the following: besan masala puri, bedmi, kadai puri, baafla, panchmela daal, ker sangri and the famous gatte ki subji. Bharti has made a name for herself among food lovers with her melt in the mouth dahi and gunjia badas,stuffed bati and kabuli rice. In the traditional Gujrati thali, she has unique innovations like white dhoklas, tiranga dhoklas, and water chestnuts with butter. Bharti has delved into ancient recipes, and even includes long forgotten dishes like the Nadru ki Shammi, Phogle ka Raita and the Gvar Pattha (a curry dish made from aloe vera).


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"Authority Forgets A Dying King"
(Magill's Quotations in Context)
Context: In this narrative, based on the fifteenth century work of Sir Thomas Malory, Tennyson gives the "passing of Arthur." In the last battle, during which the Knights of the Round Table have fallen one by one, King Arthur receives a fatal wound. He is carried by Sir Bedivere, the last of his knights, to a ruined chapel between the ocean and a lake. There the dying king commands Sir Bedivere to descend to the shore of the lake and to throw the magic sword Excalibur into the water, thus to return it to the Lady of the Lake who had given it to him many years before. Twice Sir Bedivere tries to carry out the king's command, but each time he is so dazzled by Excalibur's beauty that he cannot bring himself to cast the sword into the lake. Each time the king asks him what he has seen and heard, and Bedivere replies that he has seen and heard only the water. Arthur knows that the knight is deceiving him and bitterly reproaches him for his disobedience. On the third command, Sir Bedivere obeys; whereupon, an arm "clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful," rises from the water, catches the sword, brandishes it three times, and draws it under. From this account the king knows that he has been obeyed, and that the sword has returned whence it came. In his bitter speech to Sir Bedivere, after the knight's second deception, the king says:
"Ah, miserable and unkind, untrue,Unknightly, traitor-hearted! Woe is me!Authority forgets a dying king,Laid widowed of the power in his eyeThat bowed the will. I see thee what thou art,For thou, the latest-left of all my knights,In whom should meet the offices of all,Thou wouldst betray me for the precious hilt; . . .


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Despite cries from his head coach, Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid still doesn't seem to be getting much protection from the officials.
McDavid avoided a potentially serious injury when he crashed hard into the boards during the second period of Sunday's game after being hit from behind by Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm.
He skated off on his own and no penalty was called on the play at the dismay of everyone.
Based on recent (non) actions, I wouldn't expect any supplemental discipline from this.
Which is unfortunate. A premiere star of the league barely averted a career-type injury. pic.twitter.com/4DcSvDNGsC
— Brodie Brazil (@BrodieNBCS) January 7, 2019
Oilers head coach Ken Hitchcock has been critical of the league for not protecting McDavid in the past, going so far as to call out officials back in December.
"I'm not going to comment on the penalties, but the stuff that really bothers me is what's happening to Connor," Hitchcock said. "We're a league that's supposed to showcase our top players – and you don't want to give them all the freedom – but the tug-of-war on him was absolutely ridiculous and that's a little bit discouraging, to be honest with you.
"I can see the whack-and-hacking going on when he's got the puck, but to me, it's all the stuff behind (the play) that doesn't allow him to showcase his speed, and if that's what we want, well, that's fine, but I think it's a real disservice to a player like him."
But this time it's not just the coach or Oilers' fan critiquing the league. Here's what many around the sports world had to say:
Mark Spector of Sportsnet:
"Doesn't matter who the player is, star or 4th liner. Hard to explain how an NHL ref looks at this play and deems it OK. Dangerous play in dangerous area. Not a good look for NHL officiating."
Rob Tychkowski @Rob_Tychkowski of Postmedia:
"Right in the numbers. Face first into the boards. How bad a referee do you have to be to look right at this and rule it a good hit?… They are @NHL referees, not Supreme Court justices. It shouldn't be too much to ask that some of them be held to account for how shitty they are."
Terry Jones @byterryjones:
"Never been a guy to call out the refs. Over the years, I spent a lot of evenings drinking with them. But how much of this evidence do you have to see to ask what the deal is when it comes to Connor McDavid? Elbow in the chops last night in L.A, too."
Jonathan Willis of The Athletic:
"I hate to complain about this stuff but the NHL has to call it. Enforcers and team toughness and retaliation don't prevent it. The only thing that can is officiating."
Ryan Jespersen of CHED radio:
"This is unacceptable against any player in any league, let alone the best player in the world. The @NHL doesn't protect its stars, period. 👎🏻"
Ray Ferraro of TSN:
"But here's the real thing with this play for me. It gets a lot of notice, as it should, because it involves McDavid. But every player deserves better from the league and officials on this dangerous play. Penalty every time ! Most dangerous area on the ice."
Ryan Rishaug of TSN:
"This was ten times more dangerous than anything that happened to McDavid in LA, this could have been bad. These are the ones that require a major response no matter the situation. This can't happen without a major ruckus of some sort following.
DartGuy @LeafsMaz20:
"A nasty elbow from Doughty last night and this tonight, I'm not even an Oilers fan and I'm pissed 1) where is Milan Lucic, you can't score anymore you better stand up for your teammates 2) when is the NHL Player Safety gonna start protecting the stars of the game?"
It will be interesting to see if the league speaks out on this. Protecting all players should be the NHL's top priority.


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