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Jones Shuts Out Wild, Sharks Win 2-0

Already without Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl, the San Jose Sharks learned they would also be without leading scorer Erik Karlsson and leading goal-scorer Evander Kane. They adjusted by playing a tight game in front of goaltender Martin Jones to win for the fourth time in five games.

Jones stopped 39 shots for his first shutout of the season, and Dylan Gambrell scored his third goal for San Jose in a 2-0 win against the Minnesota Wild on Saturday. Melker Karlsson added an empty-net goal.

Erik Karlsson, the defenseman who leads the team with 34 assists and 40 points, is out for the rest of the season after breaking his thumb in Friday’s win at Winnipeg. Kane, who has 21 goals, was suspended three games for elbowing Jets defenseman Neal Pionk in the same game.

“Facing the injuries that we are facing, I think that little bit of adversity and Jonesy coming in there and doing the job, I know they wanted to play hard for him,” San Jose interim coach Bob Boughner said. “I thought that we really defended well. … I think it’s a heck of a last couple days. Two tough buildings with teams that are fighting hard for a playoff spot.”

Alex Stalock made 19 saves for Minnesota, which lost its first game under interim coach Dean Evason a day after firing Bruce Boudreau.

“We liked what we did as far as how we prepared and our energy,” Evason said. “We liked our attempts at the net. I think we had 40 shots and 70-something attempts at the net. We were trying to do the right thing, so we like that part of our game. You're just never pleased when the results aren't there.”

The Sharks won 3-2 in Winnipeg the previous evening and the Wild, who started the day three points behind Arizona for the final wild card in the Western Conference, hoped the coaching change would spark a run to the playoffs.

General manager Bill Guerin made the move to fire Boudreau, who was 158-110-35 in three-plus seasons with Minnesota, following a shootout loss at home on Thursday to the New York Rangers in which the Wild surrendered a two-goal, third-period lead.

Minnesota had won seven of its past 11 games during a home-heavy stretch under Boudreau. A day later, the Wild finished a stretch of 18 out of 22 games at home with another lackluster effort against San Jose.

“We’re comfortable with Deano,” Minnesota forward Marcus Foligno said. “He did a great job tonight with the bench and everything. It is what it is. In the situation that we’re in, we’re fighting for our lives and we’re still in our minds a playoff team and just tough to not get this one.”

The Sharks, who are 11-12-2 under Boughner, have started to find their way even as injuries have taken out many key players. Couture has missed 13 games because of a broken left ankle. Now, Karlsson and Hertl are out for the season.

Gambrell is trying to make the most of his opportunity as one of the fill-ins.

He scored his first goal since Nov. 30, a span which includes a stint in the minors, just over 3 minutes into the third period. San Jose defenseman Brent Burns flipped a shot on net that deflected off Gambrell and past Stalock.

“I think we just keep doing what we’re doing,” Gambrell said. “Guys are really coming together in the locker room. Really supporting each other on the ice. Just working for each other.”

Jones, who’s seen his playing time diminished behind Aaron Dell, made the goal stand up even as Minnesota outshot the Sharks 39-21

“Pretty gutsy win last night and tonight with another two guys down,” Jones said. “That was huge.”

NOTES: Jones had one win in his previous 11 games and had allowed more than three goals in seven of them. ... San Jose is 8-7-1 under Boughner since the calendar turned to 2020. ... Evason is getting his first opportunity as an NHL coach. He was an assistant under Boudreau the past two seasons after spending six seasons as a coach in the American Hockey League. Evason played two seasons with the Sharks. ... San Jose recalled D Jacob Middleton from the AHL after placing Karlsson on injured reserve. ... Minnesota was 11-3-2 previously when tied after two periods.

Sharks: Return home against Florida on Monday.

Wild: Get a three-day break and play at Vancouver on Wednesday.

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Secret Policy Change Sets Prison Inmates Free

"MGT" policy separate from Quinn's announced plan to release 1,000

Repeat drunk drivers, drug users and even people convicted of battery and weapons violations are serving less than three weeks' total time behind bars under a secret change in policy by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's prison system, The Associated Press has learned.

Records obtained and analyzed by the AP show that since September more than 850 inmates have been released weeks earlier than they ordinarily would be. The Corrections Department is saving money by abandoning a policy that requires inmates to serve at least 61 days and awarding them discretionary good-conduct credit immediately upon entering prison.

That means some prisoners have enough good-conduct days to qualify for release almost immediately -- before they've had a chance to demonstrate any conduct at all, good or bad. The inmates are kept at the department's prison processing centers and released after as few as 11 days.

So Jorge Bogas spent just 18 days behind bars for aggravated driving under the influence after he hit two cars, hospitalizing one motorist for weeks, while driving the wrong direction on Interstate 57. Bogas sat five days in Cook County Jail, was transferred to the processing center at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet and released 13 days later.

James Walker-Bey, sentenced to a year for violating probation for carrying a .25 caliber pistol in Alsip, was confined for just over two weeks -- three days in Cook County and 14 at Stateville prison.

And Antoine Garrett, previously convicted of armed robbery and illegal firearms possession by a felon, got a one-year sentence after Chicago police saw him drop a bag of cocaine on the street as they approached, but spent just 21 days locked up.

"That's outrageous," said DuPage County State's Attorney Joseph Birkett, whose office has convicted 22 people who have been released early since September. "Good-conduct credits are intended to be awarded to those people who demonstrate through their behavior that they merit those credits."

The unpublicized practice is called "MGT Push," for "meritorious good time," according to a memo obtained by the AP.

It is separate from a plan Quinn announced in September to release 1,000 prisoners up to a year early to save $5 million because of the budget crisis. Only 117 had been sent home by last week under that program, Corrections spokeswoman Januari Smith said.

When he announced that release program, Quinn said he was being tougher than the state's early release law required by barring more types of violent criminals from eligibility.

"MGT Push" has included more than 100 people convicted of potentially violent crimes, including aggravated and domestic battery, battering and assaulting police officers, aggravated robbery and reckless firearms discharge, the AP's analysis shows.

That's not counting the prisoners serving time for nonviolent offenses who committed more serious crimes in the past, including murder.

Nine people were released Dec. 3, the same day that Quinn signed a law requiring prison time for gang members caught with guns.

The day before, Corrections sent home 20 others, including a man convicted of domestic battery who was confined for 19 days and a man who had spent a total of 20 days locked up for carrying a concealed weapon, records show.

Smith called it "more efficient" to release the inmates after two or three weeks at the Stateville processing center instead of spending the money to send them to another prison just for a couple of months.

She said it saves on overtime and transportation costs and that inmates must complete classes, such as how to follow parole rules, before departing.

Prosecutors understand the budget crisis but oppose early release.

A spokeswoman for Anita Alvarez, state's attorney for Cook County, which accounts for three-quarters of the inmates who are part of the analysis, said it "could threaten public safety or increase crime."

"When an individual who was supposedly sent to prison shows up less than a month later, what are the people in the community saying, what is the victim thinking?" asked Winnebago County's top prosecutor, Joseph Bruscato.

Quinn spokesman Bob Reed denied in an e-mail that any prisoners are being released early. He did not address the department eliminating its requirement that everyone serve at least 61 days or that good-time credit is awarded under a section in state law entitled "early release."

Here's how someone sentenced to a year in prison could be released after just a week or two:

  • The law automatically waives half his sentence, cutting time in prison to just six months.
  • The Corrections Department also can grant six months of good-conduct time (based on conduct in prison, not county jail) for all but the most serious offenses. Theoretically, that could reduce time in prison to zero. Corrections maintains that historically, nearly all inmates eligible for good time get the full amount.

In the past, the department had a policy -- unwritten, according to Sandy Funk of the agency's transfer coordinator's office -- of requiring inmates to serve at least 61 days before collecting any of that good-time credit. With that requirement gone, prisoners can be released after department processes them.

The new policy might save money, but law enforcement officials say it also removes the deterrent of a stint in state prison and undermines judges and juries.

"For the politicians to come in and say, 'We can't afford this, so you can go home early,' why do we have a judicial system?" asked Sherman Police Chief Eric Smith, president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, which opposes the policy.

Corrections said 943 inmates were affected by the policy change in October and November, but exact figures weren't available for September. Later, it said 541 inmates were released in September and October, but official November numbers weren't yet available.

The AP obtained information on approximately 850 already released or scheduled to be by Sunday.

Their average state prison stay was 16 days. Combined with time the inmates spent in county jail prior to that, they averaged 106 days behind bars --47 percent of the sentence the court decreed they should serve.

Charles Fasano, prison monitor for the John Howard Association, said tough-on-crime policies of the past three decades are haunting the state. He supports the early release but challenged lawmakers to confront prison overcrowding caused by long sentences for minor crimes, such as drug possession.

"We want to get everyone off the streets, but we don't have the money," he said. "You can't have it both ways."

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Why I Run: When It Found Me, I Found Myself

NBCChicago's Stride blog aims to cover Chicago's dedicated running and active lifestyle committee. We've asked some of those individuals to share with us their motivation for getting out there and pounding the pavement. This is why they run.

When I was in eighth grade, my family moved across the great state of Iowa. It was a long, lonely winter, but when spring arrived, I tried out for track. On a cloudy March afternoon, they lined us up, blew the whistle, and I left everyone in the dust.

Immediately, people treated me differently. I wasn't just the new girl anymore. I was the fast chick. The athlete. Miss Jock.

And I liked the respect that came with it. Plus, I felt my best when I was fit and strong and athletic. It defined me. It came naturally.

But I never considered myself a runner. Sure, my God-given speed allowed me to win my fair share of track accolades, but for me, it was more useful in those "high-profile" sports that the popular kids played.

I went to Saint Louis University to play soccer, never having run more than 2, maaaybe 3 miles in my entire life.

The first day of preseason, they sent us out on a 5-mile "fun run." I was so exhausted, I peed my pants halfway through the run. Not one of my finer moments.
I realized I had to start actually running and this was a problem. I'd never really "run" before, and worst of all, I didn't like running. I got myself a sports Discman (!) and started venturing around campus. Once I got over the initial pain of that first mile, running was nice. Relaxing, even.

A few knee surgeries and two ankle reconstructions later, I hung up my soccer cleats and what I thought was my identity as an athlete. I escaped it all and spent a semester abroad. I didn't exercise once. It was the longest I'd ever gone without some sort of organized sports practice.

When I came home, I was ready to get active again. However, without cartilage or ankle joints, I didn't have many options. So I picked up running, and trained for my first race, the Bix 7. I loved every minute of it.

Shortly after, I got hitched, moved to Cincinnati, started my first big-girl job, slacked off with working out and ate too much. I got fed up with my fattiness, and signed up for the St. Louis Half Marathon.

Somewhere in the throes of training, something clicked, and running became a habit. More importantly, it became a necessity.

I wasn't fast or good or particularly talented, but running still validated me, just like it did that fateful day in junior high.

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Latin Music Stars Gather in Miami to Host Benefit Concert in Support of the Ecuador Quake Victims

In response to the devastating earthquake that struck Ecuador on April 16, Latino music stars and celebs are stepping up and saying "Ecuador Aqui Estoy"(Ecuador, Here I am) with an earthquake benefit concert this evening at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables.

Some of the artists lending their voices for this noble cause are, Riccardo Perotti, Franco de Vita, Chayanne, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Maluma, Carlos Vives, Willy Chirino, Amaury Gutierrez, Tommy Torres, Alexis Valdes, Jorge Villamizar, Donato Poveda, CNCO, Mariana Vega, Mirella Cesa with more expected to join this stellar line-up.

Miami resident and Ecuadorian singer Riccardo Perotti in conjunction with the Ecuadorian-American Chamber of Commerce were in charge of organizing the event with all proceeds being managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

"It’s going to take at least a couple of years until this crisis is over and people can reconstruct their lives," said Perotti. "This is what this campaign is about, it’s a promise that we are going to be here for you."

The "Ecuador Aqui Estoy" campaign also includes an online and mobile donations platform where interested supporters anywhere in the world can make donations if unable to attend any of the "Ecuador Aqui Estoy" concerts.

Fans are urged to show support by join the conversation on Twitter at @ECUAquiEstoy and by using the hashtag #EcuadorAquiEstoy on all social media platforms.

The benefit concert takes place Wednesday, May 11th at 8 p.m. sharp at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables.

You can purchase tickets at the BankUnited Center box office or Ticketmaster and for more information and donations visit EcuadorAquiEstoy.

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Understanding the Fundamentals of the Growth Plan

In order to contribute to the 10-year review of the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, Neptis has prepared a discussion paper explaining key features of the Plan, highlighting questions surrounding its implementation, and presenting evidence on its results to date.

The Province is currently conducting stakeholder meetings to discuss the four land use plans in the Greater Golden Horseshoe including the Niagara Escarpment Plan, the Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan, the Greenbelt Plan and the Growth Plan.

Neptis hopes that this Brief will provide a guide to how the Growth Plan works, evidence about its results to date, and useful comparisons to suggest what more could be done.

This discussion paper answers three questions. (1) How does the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe work? (2) Is the region running out of land for development? (3) Have development patterns changed since the Plan was established?

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Rethinking Parks: Prototyping awards
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The deadline for applications to the Rethinking Parks Prototyping Awards will be Wednesday March 28, 2018 at 18:00 (BST).

Whether you are from a local authority, social enterprise, business improvement district, ‘Friends of’ group, or beyond, we’d love to hear your plans and ideas on how we can rethink parks across the UK.

There are two award streams within the programme:

Replication award: Grants of up to £200k over 2 years aimed at supporting organisations to set up, run and learn from innovative, tested, operating models for parks.

Prototyping award: Grants of up to £100k over 9-15 months to support testing and learning from digital innovations with the potential to address challenges that parks face.

About the prototyping awards

Prototyping award: Grants of up to £100k to be delivered over 9-15 months aimed at testing and learning from innovations that have potential to address the challenges that parks face. We are looking for ideas that use technology; digital tools and data  in ways that will ultimately support parks to attract resources and develop more sustainable operating models and will favour ideas that can demonstrate a clear link to this wider aim.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the areas below;

  • Better understanding of who uses parks and how;
  • Connecting existing and potential parks users in the local community;
  • Efficient or different forms of parks and land management;
  • New approaches to engagement/encouraging parks use;
  • Putting the social value of parks into context through combining local open data sets eg. around public health

If you have an idea that you’d like to develop then get in touch with the team [email protected] as we will host one or two events or webinars over the coming months  to introduce potential collaborators who may need some support in developing their idea further.

Initial enquiries are encouraged, as is participation in webinars or events to develop your idea. To reflect this, applications will be accepted up until the closing date of  March 28 2018. Nesta will work with the longlisted ideas to develop them further in a second selection stage before final funding decisions are taken in Spring 2018. We expect work to begin with successful areas in July 2018.

To be considered for funding and support through the programme, the lead applicant should:

  • Be based in the UK
  • Have identified a public park/s or park service/s to work with
  • If you are not the landowner, have agreement or strong likelihood of getting agreement from the landowner to develop the innovation
  • Be a not-for-profit organisation; a social enterprise or a local authority

We welcome proposals from organisations working in partnership, as long as one eligible organisation is nominated as the lead.

Although for-profit businesses cannot be a lead, they can be part of the partnership. If private owners or for-profit organisations are involved in a project, we expect public benefit to be greater than private gain. To this end, we encourage open source approaches to any technical proposal where it is possible to create additional benefits to others.

Funding can only be awarded to test models that have an identifiable public benefit related to the aims of the programme, such as increased financial security of the park, increased public access, community engagement  opportunities for employment and education, increased health and wellbeing, increased biodiversity etc. Any financial profit arising from the Rethinking Parks funding must be reinvested in the same or similar social purpose.

Funding selection criteria

To be considered for funding and support through the programme we will need to be convinced that your approach demonstrates:

  1. Capability and capacity: Skills, understanding, and demonstrable commitment to embark on challenging, innovative programmes of work.

  2. Engagement and partnerships: A demonstrable and appropriate approach to working with the community and relevant local partners

  3. Sustainability: Demonstrate potential contribution towards more financially sustainable ways of managing parks that are appropriate to local circumstances;

  4. Impact: Will create positive societal and environmental outcomes; you can clearly describe what you expect these to be and have ideas for how you will measure them.

  5. Innovation: demonstrates a new approach or repurposing of an existing approach to addressing a parks challenge.

Specific considerations for the two award streams that we are particularly keen to see:

  • For the prototyping awards, ideas should show their innovation makes a clear link between the digital or data aspect of the project and the potential impact on specific challenges that parks face. We would be interested in any additional benefits generated through taking an open source approach.

When selecting innovations, the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Big Lottery Fund and Nesta aim to support a variety of parks, UK locations and applicant types.

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Old Moat Sure Start Children's Centre

We know that being a parent is not always an easy job. We offer to provide support to parents, who may have a current crisis or may just need to link up with other parents in the community.

We can offer a range of specialist support from breastfeeding right through to a psychological wellbeing service. We have an electronic kiosk that can link into the Jobs Centre to give up-to-date information on courses and available jobs in the area.

Our last Ofsted inspection said of us "This is a centre where nothing is impossible". We try hard to live up to that and find creative ways to support each child and family.

Do come along and visit us. You can be sure of a warm welcome.

To find out what other services are available please contact us!

Old Moat Children's Centre is a fantastic SureStart Centre aimed to support families and carers with children aged between 0-5 years.

The centre provides support activities for children and families. There are a range of services, some of which are run from the centre, and some are based out in the community. A multi-agency team are based together at the centre.

We are proud to work together to support our families. We currently have a Health team, Family Support Team, Outreach Team as well as a Volunteer Team based at the centre.

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Things to do with kids in London

It’s no surprise that there are heaps of things to do with kids in London. Whatever your family’s tastes, there’s certain to be something to appeal.

The city is bursting with landmarks to discover, from the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace and Trafalgar Square, not forgetting the London Eye with its breath-taking views of the capital.

If you’re looking for rainy day activities, the SEA LIFE London Aquarium, Shrek’s Adventure! and Tate Modern will keep kids entertained in the dry.

On sunny days, explore one of the many parks, including Hyde Park with the Diana Memorial Fountain and Kensington Gardens, home of the Diana Memorial Playground.

If you’re adrenaline junkies, Chessington World of Adventures, Thorpe Park and LEGOLAND Windsor are also within easy reach of London.

And there are plenty of opportunities to take in a music or sporting event, too: the city is home to major venues such as Wembley Stadium and the O2.

The capital city is a great place to bring up a young family, with an impressive range of regular and occasional baby activities going on, from swimming lessons and sensory sessions to baby raves. It's also the perfect place to plan birthday parties your child will never forget, whether they're a creative creature, mad about magic or love to get active.

Plus there’s a huge choice of swimming pools, cinemas, trampoline parks, soft play centres, car boot sales and more: there really is something for every family.

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The scientist who discovered SARS says wearing a mask does slow the spread of coronavirus

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The coronavirus is a cruel thing.
Although people infected with the deadly virus, also known as COVID-19, often show symptoms, there are others who can go about their day being asymptomatic and unknowingly spreading it to others.

But in the last few months since COVID-19 became a global pandemic, we're starting to see the benefits of wearing face masks to shield ourselves from infection.
While some governing bodies initially refuted the use of masks as a viable form of protection, like the World Health Organization (WHO) for example, people are steadily adopting the use of masks. And that's a good thing.
But as more people begin to adopt a 'new normal' in the age of the coronavirus, it's about time experts conducted studies on the effectiveness of masks.
Why? Because we all need something to lean on, as sad as that sounds.

A team of experts in Hong Kong recently tested the effectiveness of masks on hamsters, and the findings are promising.

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The team, led by Professor Yuen Kwok-yung, artificially infected hamsters with the disease and placed them in a cage next to their healthy counterparts.
Naturally, one cage only housed the infected hamsters, while the other housed healthy ones.
The team then placed surgical masks between the two cages and directed airflow from the infected hamsters towards the healthy control group.
They later found that non-contact transmission could be reduced by more than 60 percent with the use of masks.
But they also found that two-thirds of the healthy hamsters were infected within just a week if no masks were used at all.

The hamsters that got infected with masks on their cage showed to have very little amounts of the virus in their bodies when compared to those infected without masks.

When comparing the use of masks on artificially infected hamsters and their healthy counterparts, the former saw infection rates plunge to just over 15 percent, while the latter experienced a 35 percent decrease in infection.
Speaking to reporters on May 17, Yuen stressed the importance of wearing face masks, especially among people who are infected.
"It's very clear that the effect of masking the infected, especially when they are asymptomatic – or symptomatic – it's much more important than anything else," says Yuen.
"It also explained why universal masking is important because we now have known that a large number of those infected have no symptom."

Yuen was also one of the first scientists to discover the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus back in 2003.

Yuen Kwok-yung is a microbiologist and a leading expert on COVID-19. IMAGE: South China Morning Post
With global infections reaching 8,098, SARS killed a total of 774 people worldwide. The majority of those deaths (roughly 300) were in Hong Kong, where Yuen is based.
With that field experience, Yuen was able to take early action in the current coronavirus pandemic, convincing the people of Hong Kong to adopt the use of masks.
It has been four months since Hong Kong detected its first confirmed COVID-19 case. But it has remained steady in containing the virus, dealing with just 1,000 infections and 4 deaths.
Considering Hong Kong's 7.5 million-strong population, the numbers are incredibly low.

Perhaps this points to a direction we should all be heading toward.

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Canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) channels are widely expressed in the brain and play several roles in development and normal neuronal function. In the cerebellum, Purkinje cell TRPC3 channels underlie the slow excitatory postsynaptic potential observed after parallel fiber stimulation. In these cells TRPC3 channel opening requires stimulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 1, activation of which can also lead to the induction of long term depression (LTD), which underlies cerebellar motor learning. LTD induction requires protein kinase C (PKC) and protein kinase G (PKG) activation, and although PKC phosphorylation targets are well established, virtually nothing is known about PKG targets in LTD. Because TRPC3 channels are inhibited after phosphorylation by PKC and PKG in expression systems, we examined whether native TRPC3 channels in Purkinje cells are a target for PKG or PKC, thereby contributing to cerebellar LTD. We find that in Purkinje cells, activation of TRPC3-dependent currents is not inhibited by conventional PKC or PKG to any significant extent and that inhibition of these kinases does not significantly impact on TRPC3-mediated currents either. Based on these and previous findings, we propose that TRPC3-dependent currents may differ significantly in their regulation from those overexpressed in expression systems.

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Gareth Bale says he is still a fan of former club Tottenham Hotspur as his Real Madrid future remains unclear.

Bale has been strongly linked with a move back to Spurs in recent months, having joined Spanish and European giants Madrid from the North London outfit in the summer of 2013 for £85 million.

However, sports agent Jonathan Barnett was quick to refute those claims with the Welshman's agent bleating out a familiar rhetoric over the 30-year-old star.

"Gareth believes there is still a future for him at Real Madrid, he has a wife and three children who are very happy and very content, and he has a lovely lifestyle," Barnett said.

"He is fortunately in a position where he can pick and choose where he wants to play."

Bale has also been strongly linked with Manchester United, but that move now looks off the table with the Red Devils said to already have an agreement in place to sign Jadon Sancho instead.

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"Everybody loves tuning in to watch the Champions League final, and obviously Tottenham were there so I had a keen interest, I was hoping they’d get to the final like they did.

"They had some great matches on the way, obviously in the semi-final.

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A funny thing happens at McSwain Elementary School on Friday afternoons when a teacher comes over the intercom to say it’s time for “CAB,” which stands for Celebrating Appropriate Behavior and is extended recess time.

For most students, the announcement is a happy one, a reward at the end of the week. But for Christy Davis’ group of gifted third-graders it either elicits no response or assurance that what they are working on — creative enrichment projects — is way more fun than CAB.

“CAB? We haven’t done CAB in forever,” said Kayla Bullard, as she worked on a visual story involving Lego characters where she created her own text, background and props.

A fellow classmate chimed in, “Yeah, this is way funner.”

“They would much rather be here,” Davis said, which says something about these students, identified through a screening process as talented and gifted, and the enrichment projects offered to them each week, that they would rather be learning than playing with the rest of the school.

Jude Forbus decided to add some black smoke to his Lego scene to complement his character who was dressed in a witch’s costume.

“It’s like he just did some magic,” said Davis, the school’s differentiation specialist.

Before their eyes a story was unfolding. A story they created.

Depending on what area school division a student is in, talented and gifted education programs look different. But for accelerated students, TAG programs offer enrichment to their classroom curricula and more challenging learning opportunities.

“We are not of the pullout philosophy,” Davis said of Staunton’s program, which keeps students in their classrooms and offers more challenging assignments, as well as activities outside of the classroom periodically during the week. “We believe the teacher should be providing that for students who are learning on a higher level.”

The Department of Education mandates that a school division must provide enrichment for talented and gifted students, but does not specify what model they must use to deliver that instruction.

Students are screened in elementary school for talented and gifted, and once they are identified, teachers supplement classroom instruction with different assignments and materials.

“We don’t offer gifted and talented pullout classes on a routine basis,” said Dori Walk, executive director of instruction. “Our teachers, differentiation specialist, do some pullout, but it is more based on what is happening in the regular class and what the students need.”

Augusta County uses a similar model for its talented and gifted students.

Students are first screened in second grade and identified as accelerated in different subject areas as well as visual and performing arts, said John Matherly, director of instruction.

Although students can be screened at any time, the first wave happens in second grade. From there, students are given differentiated classroom curricula, which are supplemented with various schoolwide and divisionwide activities. Matherly said as an example he once taught a computer science supplemental class to gifted students.

The TAG program at Waynesboro elementary schools looks a little different. Students are screened in first and third grade and are identified in math, language arts or gifted as a whole.

In third, fourth and fifth grade, gifted students are pulled out of their regular classroom daily to attend lessons with a TAG teacher. Language arts TAG lasts 30 minutes, regular TAG and math enrichment both last an hour each.

Theoretically a student could be receiving 2½ hours of talented and gifted instruction every day, said Westwood Hills Elementary School Principal Renae Deffenbaugh. The workload is greater and more challenging, and more is expected of students when it comes to finishing assignments and solving problems.

There are two TAG teachers for Waynesboro who split their time between two of the four elementary schools. There is a main school, where the teachers spends a majority of time, and a secondary school, where they spend a few hours, said Maggie Van Huss, director of student services.

Susan Crumley has been the TAG teacher at Westwood and Wenonah elementary schools for about 20 years. She said she enjoys teaching small classes of talented students who ask good questions and are hungry for more challenging work.

“They keep me interested,” she said. “They love to learn, and they think differently than other students. They love to ask questions and express themselves, whether they should or not.”

Fourth-grade language arts TAG students are reading “Pride and Prejudice” and learning about the Holocaust and World War II. During a lesson Friday, students demonstrated the correct use of “I” versus “me.” Students then turned to their laptops to work on a biography of a famous person.

Crumley said a higher level of student choice in TAG is encouraged.

Students are given a “contract” at the beginning of the year listing the assignments and projects. For each one that is completed, points are given that will eventually add up to 100. She added she doesn’t use a grading scale, but uses students’ work to show them what they did right and wrong.

In her class, the motto is “Be a problem solver not an excuse maker.” That gets to the heart of what talented and gifted education is all about, creating independent learners but providing the resources they need to become one, Crumley said.


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Not long ago Bromley had a physical barrier dividing the rich and poor. Reporter Josh Barrie talks to past resident Michael Nelson, who recounted it growing up when writing his memoirs.

LESS than 100 years ago some of Bromley’s residents built a seven-foot ‘class wall’ to keep out the more ‘vulgar’ members of society.

The year was 1926 and the middle-classes of the affluent Alexandra Crescent decided to erect a glass-topped divide, keeping those in the nearby Downham estate at bay.

Former journalist and now historian Michael Nelson was born on the ‘working class’ side and writing his memoirs, recalled the structure - despite only living in the area until the age of six. His memory jogged, the 84-year-old visited Lewisham Public Library to investigate.

In an article on History Today he noted the estate he was born on had been built to house people displaced by the slum clearances in the East End after the First World War.

The ‘pre-war class’, he said, brought a "striking rise" in gated communities, which acted as barriers between social demographics.

Mr Nelson, who now lives in west London's Holland Park said: "I used to live there - I remember it as a child. It stuck in my memory even at that young age."

Despite his humble roots the author went onto study modern history at the prestigious Magdalen College, Oxford, before managing the global news service Reuters.

He joined in 1952 and since retiring around 25 years ago has written numerous books on subjects from Queen Victoria to broadcasting throughout the Cold War.

In his latest he touches on Bromley’s wall, the origins of which he explains in his article: "On February 16 1926, Albert Frampton, the developer of Alexander Crescent, applied to Bromley Council to erect the wall.

"The application was the result of pressure exerted by residents on Frampton’s estate, who objected to ‘vulgar people’ using their road as a short cut to Bromley town centre.

"The council declined to take a decision, but the wall went up anyway."

Apparently London’s County Council and both Bromley and Lewisham Councils disputed responsibility, arguing over who should take charge. The disagreement "raged for nearly a quarter of a century", said Mr Nelson.

But Bromley wasn’t the only place of forced segregation. In Oxford, where Mr Nelson spent time, two ‘class walls’ sprung up around the same period. While a study into the social implications of such structures at Glasgow University found more than 1,000 ‘gated communities’ - not necessarily ‘class walls’ - across the country.

Mr Nelson added he felt these divides were "not conducive then" and aren’t now, likening them to the political ideal of ‘Big Society’ brought about by the current government.

One poignant comment came from an old Downham resident, who in 2009 recalled on a local history website: "My Gran was taken ill on a visit and my father had to climb the wall to get to the doctor who lived in Alexander Crescent. Needless to say, he cut his hand."

Bromley’s wall finally came down in 1950, ceasing to exclude parts of the community. Mr Nelson added there may be an argument that "metaphorical walls" still stand throughout the UK, especially in London. He said private security patrols in wealthier parts of the capital are ever popular.

But he also mentioned he thinks things have improved on the whole, adding: "I think we’ve probably learnt our lesson.

"I suppose areas are more mixed now than they used to be".


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Chocolate liquorice truffles

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CanTeen members were treated to a special lesson with Dunedin's Julie Woods Cooking Without Looking workshop. They worked in pairs, with one blindfolded, to make truffles according to Ms Woods's delicious recipe.

  • 1 packet sweet biscuits, crushed
  • 250 g butter, softened
  • 2 cup pams icing sugar
  • 1 cup pams coconut
  • 1/2 cup pams cocoa
  • 1 bag RJ's soft eating licorice (300g), cut into half pieces
  • 2 bags pams chocolate melts
  • 1 splash of olive oil
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  1. Crush the biscuits using a food processor and some ear muffs.
  2. In a large bowl, place everything except the chocolate melts and olive oil. Mix together.
  3. Roll into walnut size balls. If the mixture is a bit dry, add some milk, (or something stronger) to make the mixture more pliable.
  4. Melt the chocolate melts in a bowl in the microwave. Melt for one minute, then stir for a minute, repeating this process until the chocolate is melted. Add a splash or two of olive oil to thin down the chocolate.
  5. Using a fork, Dip the truffles into the melted chocolate and place on a tray lined with baking paper. Place in the fridge to set.
  6. Remove the truffles from the fridge and place in an airtight container, returning the container to the fridge with a pad lock on it.
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Gamma-ray astronomy

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Space telescopes are useful for the study of cosmic gamma rays, most of which are absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere.

Gamma-ray astronomy is a branch of astronomy that deals with the detection and study of gamma rays in the cosmos. Gamma rays are the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation and are produced by phenomena such as explosions and high-speed collisions. Thus, gamma-ray astronomy provides the opportunity for scientists to study objects and phenomena in the universe that are associated with extremely high energies.

Astronomers have found that the universe contains a uniform background of gamma radiation, which has been attributed to the interaction of cosmic rays with interstellar gas. They have also found gamma rays originating from solar flares. In addition, they have detected immensely powerful gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) that appear to come from sources in deep space. These GRBs last anywhere from fractions of a second to minutes, popping off like cosmic flashbulbs from unexpected directions before fading away. Studied for over 25 years with instruments aboard various satellites and space probes, the sources of these high-energy flashes remain a mystery.

Artist's image of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.

Early history

Long before scientists could detect gamma rays from cosmic sources, they had suspected that the universe may be producing photons in this energy range. Work by Eugene Feenberg and H. Primakoff in 1948, Sachio Hayakawa and I.B. Hutchinson in 1952, and Morrison in 1958, led to the prediction that a number of different phenomena in the cosmos would result in the emission of gamma rays. These phenomena included supernova explosions, interactions of cosmic rays (very energetic charged particles in space) with interstellar gas, and interactions of energetic electrons with magnetic fields.[1]

Most of the gamma rays coming from space are absorbed by the Earth's atmosphere. For this reason, the development of gamma-ray astronomy was delayed until it became possible to place detectors above most (if not all) of the atmosphere, using balloons or spacecraft. In 1961, the Explorer 11 satellite carried the first space-based gamma-ray telescope, which detected less than 100 cosmic gamma-ray photons.[1] As these photons seemed to come from all directions, they suggested the presence of a uniform "gamma-ray background" in the universe. Such a background would be expected from the interaction of cosmic rays with interstellar gas.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, gamma-ray astronomy received an unexpected boost from a constellation of defense satellites. Detectors aboard the Vela satellite series, designed to detect flashes of gamma rays from nuclear bomb blasts, began to record bursts of gamma rays not from the vicinity of the Earth but from deep space.

The first true astrophysical gamma-ray sources detected were solar flares, which revealed the strong 2.223 MeV line predicted by Morrison. This line results from the formation of deuterium via the union of a neutron and proton; in a solar flare the neutrons appear as secondaries from interactions of high-energy ions accelerated in the flare process. These first gamma-ray line observations were from the spacecrafts OSO-3, OSO-7, and the Solar Maximum Mission, the last of which was launched in 1980. The solar observations inspired theoretical work by Reuven Ramaty and others.

Significant gamma-ray emission from our galaxy was first detected in 1967 by the gamma-ray detector aboard the OSO-3 satellite. It detected 621 events attributable to cosmic gamma rays.

The field of gamma-ray astronomy took great leaps forward with the SAS-2 (1972) and the COS-B (1975-1982) satellites. These two satellites provided an exciting view into the high-energy universe. They confirmed the earlier findings of the gamma-ray background, produced the first detailed map of the sky at gamma-ray wavelengths, and detected a number of point sources. However, the poor resolution of the instruments made it impossible to identify most of these point sources with individual stars or stellar systems.

Recent observations

During its High Energy Astronomy Observatory program in 1977, NASA announced plans to build a "great observatory" for gamma-ray astronomy. The Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) was designed to take advantage of the major advances in detector technology during the 1980s, and it was launched in 1991. The satellite carried four major instruments which have greatly improved the spatial and temporal resolution of gamma-ray observations. CGRO provided large amounts of data, which are being used to improve understanding of the high-energy processes in the universe. CGRO was deorbited in June 2000 because of the failure of one of its stabilizing gyroscopes.

BeppoSAX was launched in 1996 and deorbited in 2003. It predominantly studied X-rays, but also observed gamma-ray bursts. By identifying the first non-gamma ray counterparts to gamma-ray bursts, it opened the way for precise determination of their positions and optical observation of their fading remnants in distant galaxies.

The High Energy Transient Explorer 2 (HETE-2)[2] was launched in October 2000 (on a nominally 2-year mission) and was still operational in March 2007. Swift, a NASA spacecraft, was launched in 2004 and carries the BAT instrument for gamma-ray burst observations. Following BeppoSAX and HETE-2, it has observed numerous X-ray and optical counterparts to bursts, leading to distance determinations and detailed optical follow-up. These have established that most bursts originate in the explosions of massive stars (supernovas and hypernovas) in distant galaxies.

Currently, the main space-based gamma-ray observatories are the INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, (INTEGRAL), and the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST). INTEGRAL is an ESA mission with additional contributions from Czech, Poland, U.S., and Russia. It was launched on October 17, 2002. NASA launched GLAST on 11 June 2008. It includes LAT, the Large Area Telescope, and GBM, the GLAST Burst Monitor, for studying gamma-ray bursts.

Very energetic gamma rays, with photon energies higher than about 30 GeV, can also be detected by ground-based experiments. The extremely low photon fluxes at such high energies require detector effective areas that are too large for current space-based instruments. Fortunately, such high-energy photons produce extensive showers of secondary particles in the atmosphere that can be observed on the ground, both directly by radiation counters and optically via the Cherenkov light the ultra-relativistic shower particles emit. The Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope technique currently achieves the highest sensitivity.

The Crab Nebula, a steady source of so-called TeV gamma-rays, was first detected in 1989 by the Whipple Observatory at Mt. Hopkins, in Arizona in the USA. Modern Cherenkov telescope experiments like H.E.S.S., VERITAS, MAGIC, and CANGAROO III can detect the Crab Nebula in a few minutes.

The most energetic photons (up to 16 TeV) observed from an extragalactic object originate from the blazar Markarian 501 (Mrk 501). These measurements were done by the High-Energy-Gamma-Ray Astronomy (HEGRA) air Cherenkov telescopes.

Gamma-ray astronomy observations are still limited by non-gamma-ray backgrounds at lower energies, and, at higher energy, by the number of photons that can be detected. Larger area detectors and better background suppression are essential for progress in the field.

See also

  1. 1.0 1.1 NASA, The History of Gamma-ray Astronomy. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
  2. NASA, The HETE-2 Satellite. Retrieved February 19, 2009.

  • Aharonian, Felix A. 2004. Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation: A Crucial Window on the Extreme Universe. Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN 9810245734.
  • O'Dell, Stephen L., and Giovanni Pareschi (eds.). 2007. Optics for EUV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Astronomy III. Bellingham, WA: SPIE.
  • Ramana Murthy, P. V., and A. W. Wolfendale. 1993. Gamma-Ray Astronomy. Cambridge Astrophysics Series, 22. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521420814.
  • Weekes, Trevor C. 2003. Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Astronomy. Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Bristol: Institute of Physics Pub. ISBN 0750306580.

External links

All links retrieved May 19, 2017.

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2019 Blackboard Award Honoree: Speyer Legacy School

Jennifer Selendy

Speyer Legacy School
Co-Founding Trustee Jennifer Selendy
Head of School, Dr. Barbara L. Tischler
Grades K-8
925 9th Avenue

Award: Outstanding School

Describe your school’s core educational philosophy.

Speyer is a K-8 independent school for accelerated learners in NYC and our educational philosophy is defined in our mission: “At The Speyer Legacy School, students are inspired to be intellectually curious and passionate. They realize their full potential as accelerated learners in a collaborative community that is committed to ethical values and action. Speyer students learn with like-minded classmates and are guided by academically fearless teachers who share and nourish their enthusiasm for knowledge and inquiry.”

Tell us about a few of the school’s achievements or distinguishing programs.

We’re celebrating our tenth year, and with that, it’s been wonderful to look back and examine what we have achieved in that short amount of time! We’ve created a unique interdisciplinary curriculum for accelerated learners. We’re the only independent school to teach debate starting in Kindergarten. We’re the only independent school to partner with the National Dance Institute for our Lower School dance curriculum. We’re the only independent school with a financial literacy program where students manage a real stock portfolio worth more than $260,000, incorporating social justice and ethical decision-making while investing. The Huffington Post, Education Week, Wall Street Journal, and more media outlets have all covered what we are doing within the walls of 925 9th Avenue.

What’s new?

Have we mentioned it’s our tenth year? As you can see, we are rather excited about all we have done – and what’s still to come. Our faculty continues to explore new ways to challenge our students. They hosted our first Blended Learning conference in June and learned innovative ways to manage a classroom or cohort that incorporates breakout groups, asynchronous communication, and digital tools. It allows for some student control over time, place, path, or pace. Working with our technology integrators, our teachers are already discovering new ideas to incorporate this methodology in their classrooms.

What do you love about your school?

Okay, we will be cliché: we love our students. They amaze, surprise, and challenge us every single day. As a truly child-centered K-8, that should be the only answer to this question. Though, if we can add a second answer, we would say we are thankful for our committed and strong faculty and a parent community that is diverse and generous. Without all of them, Speyer would not be Speyer.


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Make every dining occasion a celebration of life and color with these hardboard placemats from South African ceramic art and design house Ardmore. Featuring images inspired by the life of the lush Zambezi River basin in Southern Africa, this elegant design showcases the flame Lily flower and an African Crocodile. Sold in Pairs. Available in four colorways.

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