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When dozens of helium-filled balloons dot the evening sky over West Rogers Park Sunday, Peggy Sebert and her neighbors will pinch themselves to see if they`re dreaming.

The playground they dreamed about and helped design, fund and construct-a three-year project that forged friendships, bridged a pregnancy and a birth, survived job transfers and endangered marital harmony more than once-will be a reality.

For Sebert, 41, a mother-turned-playground activist, it also will end 70- hour weeks of coordinating the project that involved more than 50 families and 125 die-hard volunteers.

Work started Wednesday at Indian Boundary Park, Lunt Avenue and Rockwell Street. By Sunday evening the neighborhood children will have what they asked for: a moat and a castle, a tunnel slide, tree fort, bouncing canoe, totem pole, tire swings and more.

''I`m going to sleep for days and days,'' said Sebert, the catalyst for playground fund. ''Maybe I`ll even cook a meal.''

The concept behind the playground is as unusual as the wooden fort-like structures. All materials, labor, tools, supplies, even food, will be donated. Volunteers, mostly unskilled, will oversee construction, pound nails, sand wood, make sandwiches or take care of the tykes.

If commercially built, the playground would cost upwards of $250,000. But with volunteer crews of 300 men, women and teens working three shifts daily, costs should fall to around $75,000.

The former teacher got into the playground business by chance nearly three years ago when the Chicago Park District announced plans to remove unsafe playground equipment for liability reasons. The decision set off a tremor in the Sebert household. Sebert`s daughter Becky, now 5, was upset.

''It meant the double slide would go. Getting down that slide was Becky`s latest accomplishment,'' Sebert said.

To maintain domestic tranquility, Sebert decided to find out what could be done to build a safe playground. She roused parents and residents who formed a committee. Through letters, phone calls and visits, they learned from park district officials that they needed to raise money, price equipment and find an architect.

Though the park district agreed to contribute $27,500, it was up to the community to do the rest.

When it came to selecting an architect, a feature on ''Sesame Street''

that profiled Robert S. Leathers, an architect from Ithaca, N.Y., made the decision easy.

Leathers has more than 400 innovative playgrounds around the country to his credit, including playgrounds in Oz Park at Webster and Lincoln Avenues on the North Side and one in west suburban Lombard.

The group`s first fundraiser, a balloon sale, netted $208. A chef/

restaurant owner donated his restaurant for a cocktail party and raffle. That earned $4,000.

Meanwhile, Sebert studied other parks for equipment ideas.

''I got compulsive,'' she said, referring to the two months of spring afternoons she and Becky, sometimes other moms and kids, spent driving to parks to test equipment.

Leisurely Sunday drives with her husband Ron and daughter evolved into a search-and-swing missions.

They learned about equipment specifications and city ordinances. Terms such as ''swing hinges'' and ''soft surface'' slipped into dinner

''I`ve learned a lot,'' beams Sebert, a consummate volunteer who talks about retirement, but then concedes with a shy grin that if the right cause comes along, she might be forced out.

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Ray and Richard Buchanan, like most brothers, take great pride in each others' success.

They grew up in Maywood playing the same sports, sharing the same goals and dreaming the same dreams. Being drafted by an NFL team was one such fantasy; and on April 25, Ray expects to watch that dream become reality.

A 5-foot-10-inch defensive back out of Louisville, Ray Buchanan is projected by some as a late first-round or early-to-mid second-round selection in Sunday's NFL draft. He is being flown into Atlanta by ESPN next weekend as part of the network's draft-day coverage and has been counting off the days for the last month.

While Ray doesn't know exactly how he'll react once he hears his name announced from draft headquarters in New York, he is sure of one thing: He knows he wants Richard by his side to share in his accomplishment.

Brothers forever.

It figures to be a bittersweet moment for Richard, whose own hopes of playing in the NFL appear to be fading at the same time Ray's star is ascending. After declaring himself eligible for the 1991 draft following his junior season at Northwestern, Richard sat in dismay as the phone never rang.

"I'm one of those statistics," Richard said. "Athletes who come out early and unfortunately don't make it."

There is no regret in Richard Buchanan's voice. He currently is finishing his studies at NU and is on schedule to receive a business management degree this spring. Richard tried out as a free agent for Miami in '91 and New Orleans in '92, and he also put in a stint last summer with Frankfurt in the World League.

As little brother to Richard, Ray always was following in his athletic footsteps. Four years ago, he became a football star at Proviso East while Richard, a former Proviso star himself, was excelling as a receiver for the Wildcats. Ray was being touted as a pro prospect after a sterling sophomore season at Louisville and had to fight off the compulsion to enter the draft after his junior year.

After listening to his brother, Ray decided to forego that plan.

"The first advice he gave me last year," Ray said, "when the media and scouts were trying to push me to come out early, was to stay put. He said it was a mistake that he had come out early. I was so tempted to leave. All the pressure to go was getting to me, and especially knowing that the salary cap was going to come into play soon, I wanted to go."

"I definitely took a hands-on approach to everything he's gone through," said Richard. "He's family. I was going to make sure, to the best of my knowledge, that he was not going to make the same mistakes I did. He's done very well at Louisville, and hopefully, early that morning on the 25th, Ray is going to obtain a goal that I wished I would've reached."

A state champion in the long jump and triple jump while at Proviso East, Ray was sought by Louisville coach Howard Schnellenberger to play wide receiver, just like his brother. But on the first day of practice, Ray was handed a red jersey-the same one worn by the Cardinals defensive players.

"I had played some safety in high school, but it was a shock to me," Ray said. "I wanted the big spotlight at the time. I wanted the ball. They just decided to make me work to get it."

Ray got the ball. He tied the team's all-time interception record with 15 career pickoffs, was voted Louisville's defensive MVP at the 1991 Fiesta Bowl in his sophomore season and was a Playboy preseason All-American pick last fall.

Though he excelled at safety at Louisville, Ray Buchanan is being projected as a cornerback in the pros because of his great speed. He dropped 10 pounds after attending the NFL scouting combine, and with his weight down to 183, he also cut his time in the 40 from 4.5 to 4.35.

Two NFL players with diverse personalities have had the most impact on Ray's style of play at Louisville-the Bears' Mike Singletary and Atlanta Falcons' cornerback Deion Sanders.

He met Sanders last year (they now share the same agent in Eugene Parker) and learned a lesson from "Prime Time" that he hasn't forgotten.

"Deion's the one that gave me the cockiness," he said. "He showed me how to play arrogant and back it up. That's one thing about Deion, he can really run his mouth. A lot of people don't like it, but he always backs it up. I think that just makes you play harder, and it's definitely a lot more fun."

Atlanta is one of the teams showing the most interest in Buchanan, along with Dallas, Washington and Seattle. While he has no preference as to where he'll wind up, Buchanan hopes it's a team that can dance up a storm.

"I like those teams like Atlanta that are kind of live," he said. "If the team I go to is boring, then I'll definitely make it as live as possible. We'll have a lot of fun."

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Headteacher’s delight over ‘well deserved’ Ofsted rating

A headteacher has described his school’s improved Ofsted rating as “fantastic and well deserved”.

Tangmere Primary Academy, in Chichester – which is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT) family – had been told to improve in 2014 but, following a two-day inspection in April, its rating was raised to ‘good’.

In her report, published on May 17, inspector Amanda Gard described headteacher Paul Turney as “determined” and his leadership team as “strong and dedicated”, setting high expectations for pupils and staff.

She said: “The strong leadership team has taken positive action to improve the quality of teaching.

“As a result, standards in reading, writing and mathematics are rapidly improving.”

Ms Gard praised the behaviour of the pupils and their attitude to learning, saying most were determined to do well.

She added: “The encouraging atmosphere in the school means pupils are confident to take risks or make mistakes in order to try out their ideas and make good progress.”

Mr Turney said he felt Tangmere Primary had “moved forward” since its last inspection.

He added: “I believe that the validation from Ofsted is fantastic and well deserved with plans already in place, as we continue to improve in all areas and build upon the successes of the past couple of years.

“The extremely pleasing part of the report for me was the sense that the school moving to ‘good’ was a real team effort as it really has been the hard work and dedication of my incredible staff, the desire of the children to do well, the support of the parents and the working partnerships that we have with our governors and TKAT, our academy sponsors, that have led to us achieving great results.

“Our children deserve to come to, our staff deserve to work in, our parents deserve to send their children to, the community deserves to have and our governors and TKAT deserve to be working with a school that is at least good – I am very proud to be able to say that this is now the case!”

Among the points raised by Ms Gard for further improvement were the need to: develop systems to track pupils’ achievement; increase the proportion of pupils who attended school regularly; and ensure the curriculum gave more opportunities to extend pupils’ understanding of a wide range of cultures.

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Safe! Chichester come through Survival Sunday

Chichester's line-up at Brighton, where they secured their league status for another year
Chichester's line-up at Brighton, where they secured their league status for another year

Chichester secured their national league status for another year – but will want to ensure they don’t have such a late-season drama next year.

They travelled to Brighton for their Survival Sunday showdown, knowing a win would all but guarantee another year playing at national level.

Chichester started well with early chances but failed to capitalise on early pressure. Brighton started to get more of the ball and their pressure resulted in a penalty stroke. Luckily keeper Maciej Pacanowski was on top form and saved the stroke.

Brighton continued to break with pace. After lax defending down the left, Brighton escaped the tackles and Pacanowski was left with no chance.

Chi did well to the weather the storm with Pacanowski excelling, making yet another excellent save from a penalty stroke (his ninth of the season) after confusion in the D resulting in a stroke being awarded and the unlucky Kiran Henn being shown a yellow card.

Chi regrouped at half-time knowing they had 35 minutes to save their status. The second half was scrappy with Brighton happy to counter against Chi as they pushed for an equaliser.

After good work from the Chichester midfield, a penalty corner was awarded and expertly converted by Oli Baxter, making up for several misses during the game.

With their tails up chi pushed for winner and after some more good saves from the Brighton keeper, a combination of Alex Pendle and Alex Baxter brought the vital second goal.

In the last minutes Chi showed the effort and desire required to see out the game, despite a yellow card for Pendle and an injury to captain marvel Alex Thakore.

So Chichester survived another year – knowing they need to learn the lessons to make sure they don’t leave it so late next season.

Centurions 3 Chichester Ladies 2s 4

Chichester were not at their best but nabbed the win.

They were not passing the ball particularly well and Centurions capitalised on their mistakes. Chichester were always ahead with Centurions playing catch-up. The Chichester goals came from Rachel Trent (3) and Lindsay Hauxwell.

Chichester Ladies 2s 5 Horsham 4s 1

This was a much better effort from a well-organised team. Charlotte Stemp and Rosie Smith made excellent contributions.

Commanded at the back once again by Vicky Oliver-Catt at sweeper and captain Cheryl Parrott, Chi scored through Rachael Trent, Stemp, Sarah Jessop (2) and Lindsay Hauxwell.

This made it a great end to the season with Chi finishing runners-up in Sussex division one. Hopefully they can go one step better next season and get promotion to the Sussex Premier.

Chichester: Parrott, Greenway, Jessop, Austin, Mcdavid, Smith, Baxter, Horton, Woods, Young, Oliver-Catt, Trent, Hauxwell, Stemp, Goddard.


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Slim Down by Eating Traditionally at San Francisco Chinese Restaurants

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People looking to shed more weight may look at a traditional Asian method of eating as a supplement to their slim-down routines. With the help of several studies about slow eating, it has been found out that eating with chopsticks effectively aids weight loss over time. As writer Jamie Logan notes:

Controlling your caloric intake is the foundation of successful weight loss. When you eat more slowly, you give your brain enough time to register that your stomach is full, which can help you eat less. While certain foods – like sandwiches – can’t be eaten with chopsticks, using chopsticks to eat other foods will help train you to eat more slowly and consciously.

Of course, there is no better place to eat with chopsticks than at several Chinese restaurants in San Francisco , the likes of Chili House. Weight loss by eating with chopsticks relies heavily on one concept to work – eating slowly. According to Dr. Lowen Rabosnoff, Ph.D., director of the Chopstick Weight Loss Center Inc. (CWLCI), weight loss and weight gain are both dependent on eating speed, and that using chopsticks forces a person to eat slower and in smaller amounts.

During a meal, a person’s stomach sends signals to the brain, indicating that it is already full. However, it takes about 20 minutes for these signals to reach the brain, by which time, the person would’ve already chowed down on another serving. This explains why most overweight people are speed-eaters; the lag time makes it difficult for them to judge if they are really full or not.

Eating with chopsticks not only forces people to eat slower, but also be more conscious about what they actually eat. Even if people learn how to efficiently handle chopsticks to eat rice or meat with, the amount will still be limited as compared to the spoon and fork, thereby effectively resulting in inadvertent lower calorie intake. This is a fairly simple premise, but effective nonetheless.

With this information at hand, local San Francisco Chinese restaurants are the places to go to for people looking to slim down. Enjoying authentic Chinese cuisine isn’t really authentic in itself if they’re not eaten using traditional chopsticks, after all.

(Source: How to Lose Weight by Eating with Chopsticks,, April 6, 2013)

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Cameras for Backpacking: Decisions, Decisions

Long distance walks in wild country can take their toll on bodies and equipment. On the Pacific Northwest Trail it was my camera gear that suffered most, with one camera failing completely and the lens on the other losing a major function. Before the walk I had considered buying one of the new smaller cameras, known variously as interchangeable lens cameras (ILC) or micro systems cameras (MSC), such as the Sony NEX 5, Panasonic GF1 or Samsung NX10, that produce the same quality images as DSLRs in order to save weight. However I decided that, quite apart from the extra cost, I’d rather have cameras with which I was familiar and wouldn’t have to think about during the walk so I took my Canon 450D DSLR plus my Sigma DP1 digital compact as a back-up. To keep the weight down I took just one lens with the Canon, an 18-55mm zoom. Both cameras were well-used before the walk, too well-used it seems, given what happened. The DP1 lasted just ten days before the lens stuck in the open position and the whole camera froze. Fresh batteries made no difference. The camera was dead. I did have a camera on my HTC Desire smartphone that would do as a back-up though I doubted the results would be very good. In fact, although nowhere near the quality of the 450D or DP1, the phone camera images looked fine on the web and when printed fairly small in TGO magazine. Using the camera quickly depleted the battery though so I didn’t take many pictures with the phone. The Canon worked fine for the first half of the walk and then the autofocus on the lens started malfunctioning before failing completely. I then had to use manual focus, which was difficult due to the very narrow and very sensitive focusing ring. I had no choice but to persevere with this for the rest of the walk but I knew I would have to replace the lens. Apart from anything else in cold weather manual focusing with cold fingers or when wearing gloves would be just about impossible.

So back home I was faced with the choice of repairs or replacement. The DP1 went to Sigma who quoted £125 to repair it. As the DP1 was a discontinued model with much I didn’t like about it and I could buy the improved DP1s for £100 more I felt reluctant to pay to have it mended. A new Canon lens would cost around £100. As I’d now gone through two of these kit lenses in five years I didn’t expect a replacement would last long. So, £225 to keep the old cameras going. The alternative was to buy a replacement camera for the DP1 that had an 18-55mm lens or equivalent. At this point I’d never actually seen any of the ILC cameras except in pictures. Before making a decision I wanted to handle them so I was pleased to discover that Jessops in Inverness stocked virtually every model. Just viewing the cameras proved instructive. Although I’d seen pictures of them next to DSLRs they were still smaller than I’d realised. Holding them was also instructive. In the hills I want a camera that feels secure in the hand and that I can grip firmly while taking photos. One of the cameras was rejected immediately. It actually felt slippery, the slight curve of the grip seeming to have been designed for your hand to slide off. The models that look like mini DSLRs did have positive hand grips but these were also the bulkiest and heaviest ones. Of the compact style models the Sony NEX 5 had the best grip. It was also the smallest. And in lab tests it had excellent dynamic range – better in fact than many DSLRs including the 450D as well as all the other ILCs. As dynamic range is important for outdoor photography where bright skies and dark foregrounds are common this was a big plus point. The one drawback was the lack of a viewfinder. There’s not even an electronic one available as an extra. I didn’t like the idea of holding the camera out in front of me and trying to keep it steady in the wind or in low light. However the NEX 5 has a tilting screen and I realised I could hold it by my chest with my arms tucked in, which should be as steady as holding it to my eye. The metal-bodied NEX looked pretty solid too and the metal 18-55 lens looked much higher quality than the plastic Canon one. After a few days pondering the decision was made and it was back to Jessops for an NEX 5.

Replacing the DP1 with the NEX 5 means that the 450D will now be used with my 11-18 and 55-250 lenses and carried when weight isn’t too important. Eventually I may replace it with another NEX model and lenses, which will cut weight further. As it is, the NEX 5 plus 18-55 lens weighs 520 grams while the Canon 450D plus 18-55 lens weighs 786 grams and is considerably bulkier.

So far the NEX 5 has only been used on a couple of short walks in dull weather and I haven’t made a direct comparison with the 450D. However the first images suggest that the quality is at least as good as the Canon at low ISOs and much better at high ones. I think I’m going to like this camera. And I’m sure I’m going to like the low weight and bulk. The NEX 5 could be the ideal backpacking camera.

Photo Info: Top: Anagach Woods, Grantown-on-Spey. Sony NEX-5, Sony 18-55 lens@18mm, 1/60@f3.5, ISO 250, sweep panorama function, JPEG tweaked in Lightroom 3.
Bottom: Autumn Leaves. Sony NEX-5,18-55 lens@44mm, 1/50@f5.6, ISO 400, JPEG tweaked in Lightroom 3.

  1. How frustrating! Two cameras failing. Do you think it was just wear and tear?

    How did you like the quilt?

  2. Chris - thanks for the post. Looking to take my photography to the next level from my Panasonic Lumix TZ6 ( although this is a good compact).
    What tripod do you use for backpacking?

  3. i think there is a lot to be said for modern camera phones.
    soon there will be 10mp smartphones out there, that can run mapping software aswell.
    all you need is a couple of extra charged batteries, and multi day walks will be able to be done with just one lightweight gadget!.
    still with map & compass of course!.

  4. Stevie, battery life will have to improve greatly! I had mapping software on my phone. If I had this switched on all day the battery lasted 7-8 hours, far less if I used the camera. And that was with wi-fi and the phone switched off. I had two spare batteries.

    Mark, I have an old Cullman tripod I bought 20 odd years ago. It's held together with duct tape! I think the nearest equivalent is the Cullman Mini.

    Blogpackinglight, I think it was wear and tear. These are lightweight plastic cameras and I do use them a great deal.

    The quilt was fine as temperatures were mostly mild. In colder weather I'd still prefer a sleeping bag.

  5. Hi, Chris.

    For manual focussing in cold conditions, can I recommend fingerless mits. Mine, I think, are by Extremitties, and they worked really well. They wrap my wrists in a warm bandage and kept my fingers nicely warm last week in the Pennines except when poling into a howling gale, when they were just about adequate.

  6. Hi Chris,
    Just a little tip re your very nice new camera. Because of the terrain we sometimes put our gear down in or just having it around the neck, it it beneficial to protect the viewing screen as much as possible.
    If you buy a transparent phone screen protector as used on say the HTC Desire you can cut it to suit your camera saving it from wear and tear....Alan

  7. Thanks for the tips folks!

    Alan, I bought a screen protector with the camera. I'm carrying the camera in an old padded CCS case too.

    John, I used to have some fingerless mitts called Millar Mitts for cold weather climbing. They disappeared years ago. I quite fancy some mitts that convert to fingerless gloves like the Lowe Alpine Convert Mitten Glove. I have some old Wynnster ones like this but the thumb isn't windproof.

  8. Any reason you went for the 18-55 mm lens and not the 16 mm one? I much prefer Pancake lenses for the outdoors, they're lighter and allow much more creative shots; though it is a very personal preference =)

  9. Henrik, I've used a mid-range zoom as my main lens for over twenty years now. I like having the options of wide angle through to short tele. I occasionally took just the DP1 with its 28mm equivalent lens on day hikes and whilst I liked the lightweight and low bulk I found the fixed focal length too limiting.

    My second choice lens would be a wide angle zoom. I hope one will appear for the NEX 5 - at not too high a price! For the present I'll use the Canon 450D with an 11-18mm lens.

  10. Hi Chris
    I has similar problems and after much camera mag reading went to store to get hands on which is vital. Bought the Panasonic GMC G1 and went the whole hog with a pancake lens (which enables carrying in my top pocket when climbing and ski touring)plus a 14-45 zoom (28-90 equiv) for general outdoor use and TGO challenge plus a 45-200 zoom which really needs tripod which I have never before carried.

  11. Hi Mike,
    I looked at the G1 and other Panasonic models but decided on the smaller size, lighter weight, larger sensor and wider dynamic range of the NEX 5.

    I have a 55-250 zoom for the 450D I can handhold in daylight at fairly low ISOs. I always carry a tripod though, even on long backpacking trips. It's for low light and self-portraits.

    My initial tests of the NEX 5 show good quality images at 400-1600 ISO - noticeably better than those from the 450D.

  12. Rab fae Craigellachie,
    you sent a comment about Millar Mitts. I'm afraid this vanished when I tried to publish it (I may have hit the wrong button). Could you send it again? Thanks.

  13. Hi Chris,

    Re the Millar Mitts – next time you are in the village drop into Ritchies in the High Street as Campbell usually stocks them. If not try Mortimers. Ask for Barbour fingerless wool gloves. They are currently around £10.95 a pair.

    Alternatively type “Barrbour fingerless wool gloves” into Google and you’ll have plenty of online retailers to choose from.

    “Outdoor” shops might have stopped selling them but fishing and shooting retailers have always continued to supply good quality fingerless wool gloves.

    Rob fae Craigellachie

  14. Thanks Rob. I've seen these fingerless wool gloves. They don't look like they'll last long and they're not windproof. Millar Mitts were really tough as they were designed for rock climbing. I saw a pair of Extremities Fingerless Sticky Thicky gloves that look pretty tough yesterday. However I think I prefer the Lowe Alpine Convert Mitten Glove.

  15. Hi Chris,

    The Barbour fingerless gloves are actually tougher than they look. I use them for fishing & shooting & my current pair has lasted for a few years now and they have stood up to salt water pretty well.

    Horses for courses and all that - I use various gloves like most of us, from lightweight polypro gloves to my old Helly Hansen Mitts. I have Dachstein Mitts, one pair darned several times (I hate waste!) and another pair well used and still in good condition. I'll use them next time we build an igloo - Andy got an Icebox from Igloo Ed this September and they will be ideal for that!

    Rob fae Craigellachie

  16. Thanks Rob. Looks like I'll have to try a pair!

  17. Chris, I have an NEX-5 that I've used for several months. I really like the tilting screen - holding it low and looking down at the screen is great for candid shots of people - it's like looking down at a twin lens reflex.

    The reason I came upon your blog is that I'm in the Northeast US for our Thanksgiving holiday and having problems with cool weather performance. I took an early walk this morning and found that on replaying images the 4-way controller (and maybe some of the other button/dial functions as well) did not do well at all in the moderately cool temperature - somewhat above freezing it seemed. Moving around the zoomed-in image was erratic, and when getting back to full size review, the review jumped to images other than the one I was looking at. Problems cleared up back inside. Wondered it you've encountered or heard of such issues.

    Bruce Read

  18. Bruce, I haven't had those problems but I haven't used the camera much in cold conditions yet. I did review some images when camping a week ago. The temperature was about +1C and the camera worked fine.

    Oddly, I have had images jumping reviewing them in cold weather on the Canon 450D.

  19. Hi Chris,

    Are these the mitts you are talking about?

  20. Those are indeed Millar Mitts. Thanks. I thought they were no longer available.

  21. I really like my nex 5 a lot. Plan to use it on a climbing trip and I am looking for a camera bag that will fit on my climbing harness, hold the camera with the 16mm lens and the camera has a hand grip. This setup does not fit smoothly in the Sony case. Ideas anyone?

  22. Bob, I can't help I'm afraid. I'm carrying my NEX 5 with 18-55mm lens in an old CCS bag. I haven't found any new camera bags that are the right size.


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Researchers are working on an opioid vaccine to help addicts avoid overdosing

SILVER SPRING, Md. (Circa) - People take a vaccine for the flu every year to avoid getting sick, but researchers across the country are working on a vaccine to help opioid addicts avoid overdosing.

"We're in the midst of an opioid crisis, and I believe that the vaccine can help people who abuse opioids in their recovery from that abuse," said Dr. Gary Matyas, immunologist at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR).

Dr. Matyas said he and his team have been working on a vaccine for heroin since 2011.

"When you receive the vaccine your body produces something called antibodies, which circulate in the blood. So when you take heroin, these antibodies would bind to the heroin and prevent it from going into the brain," said Dr. Matyas.

And he said the vaccine could even help decrease the spread of HIV.

“Injection drug use spreads HIV. It's particularly prevalent in other countries in the world, and so one way of decreasing HIV spread is to reduce the amount of injection drug use. In addition, you can put in a HIV vaccine component,” Dr. Matyas said.

But WRAIR is not the only team of researchers working on a vaccine.

"Ultimately, I think it can save lives. A vaccine like this could offer sort of long lasting protection," said senior investigator at the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation (MMRf) Dr. Marco Pravetoni.

Pravetoni and his team at MMRF have been working on a vaccine for the last 10 years, with their primary focus on the prescription painkiller oxycontin.

So far, he said the vaccine has worked well on mice and rats, and the next stage will be developing a formulation to test for humans.

"One of the issues is once you get out of treatment, so you’re stopping taking your medication, then you’re always at risk of relapsing. So the vaccine, being vaccinated, can prevent not necessarily the relapse, but it could prevent the overdose," Pravetoni said.

Pravetoni said the vaccine MMRF has been working on could also be combined with other medications so it does not affect other medications a patient might be using for pain management.

“If you are vaccinated against OxyContin, obviously OxyContin is not an option for you if you go to the ER, but there are other opioids that will be still effective and you can still be treated for pain," Pravetoni said.

And MMRF has been working with Avista Pharma Solutions since last year to help manufacture components of the vaccine.

“It’s very easy to get those chemists excited about their day to day work when they talk with MMRF and they hear about the exciting outcomes of the clinical and pre-clinical side of the research going on, and how this research is having an impact on patients," said Brian Heasley, manager of process chemistry at Avista Pharma Solutions.

Both Dr. Pravetoni and Dr. Matyas envision the main target of the vaccine to be those struggling with addiction.

“It prevents a person who abuses drugs from messing up. So if they lapse and they would take the drug there would be no effect. They're not back to their full scale addiction. And the other thing that it appears to do is prevent overdose. So it lessens the amount of drug that can get through in the case of very high levels of heroin going in," Dr. Matyas said.

This cop and the addict he arrested formed an unlikely friendship

And both MMRF and Walter Reed have received funding from awards and grants through the National Institute on Health, and since the government has declared the opioid epidemic a national health emergency, the researchers say there has been more support from NIH and the government for research aiming to curb the crisis.

“The Food and Drug Administration regulates vaccines, so one of the things that they can do is expedite the review of therapeutics, vaccines too, that would be used to treat the opioid crisis,” Dr. Matyas said.

Developing vaccines is not new to WRAIR, and this year they are celebrating 125 years of doing so.

“WRAIR started making vaccines. It stems from Walter Reid himself working on yellow fever and how to prevent that. From mosquitoes with water. But basically that's our history, is really vaccine work and a number vaccines have come out of WRAIR in the past," Dr. Matyas said.

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A One-Day, Dispense-Only IP-One HTRF Assay for High-Throughput Screening of Gq Protein-Coupled Receptors: Towards Cells as Reagents

Bergsdorf C, Kropp-Goerkis C, Kaehler I, Ketscher L, Boemer U, Parczyk K, Bader B.

Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany

Assay Drug Dev Technol. 2008;6(1):39-53

Compared to biochemical high-throughput screening (HTS) assays, cell-based functional assays are generally thought to be more time consuming and complex because of additional efforts for running continuous cell cultures as well as the numerous assay steps when transferring media and compounds. A common strategy to compensate the anticipated reduction in overall throughput is to implement highly automated cell culture and screening systems. However, such systems require substantial investments in sophisticated hardware and highly specialized personnel. In trying to set up alternatives to increasing throughput in functional cell-based screening, we combined several approaches. By using (1) cryopreserved cell aliquots instead of continuous cell culture, (2) cells in suspension instead of adherent cells, and (3) "ready-to-screen" assay plates with nanoliter aliquots of test compounds, an assay procedure was developed that very much resembles a standard biochemical, enzymatic assay comprising only a few dispense steps. Chinese hamster ovary cells stably overexpressing a G?q-coupled receptor were used as a model system to measure receptor activation by detection of intracellular D-myo-inositol 1-phosphate with the help of homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence (HTRF®, CISbio International, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France). Initially established in 384-well adherent cell format, the assay was successfully transferred to 1,536-well format. The assay quality was sufficient to run HTS campaigns in both formats with good Z'-factors and excellent reproducibility of antagonists. Subsequently, the assay procedure was optimized for usage of suspension cells. The influences of cell culture media, plate type, cell number, and incubation time were assessed. Finally, the suspension cell assay was applied to pharmacological characterization of a small molecule antagonist by Schild plot analysis. Our data demonstrate not only the application of the IP-One HTRF assay (CISbio International) for HTS in a high-density format, but furthermore the successful use of cryopreserved and suspension cells in a one-day functional cell-based assay.

GPCR research from A to Z

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<![CDATA[Cite Black Women. - OUR BLOG]]>Sat, 16 Feb 2019 21:51:35 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[#Citeblackwomen: Reshaping the Practice of Citation in the Digital Sphere -- Annette Joseph-Gabriel]]>Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:48:11 GMThttp://www.citeblackwomencollective.org/our-blog/citeblackwomen-reshaping-the-practice-of-citation-in-the-digital-sphere-annette-joseph-gabrielPicture
2018 came to a close with the inevitable lists of scholars and books that had shed light on critical questions in the past year and had provided us with tools to look towards the future. End-of-year lists are a helpful way to take stock. But they also say a lot about the practice of citation as an act of recognition. They speak volumes about who academic and journalistic institutions consider to be contributors to the landscape of intellectual ideas. In that landscape, black women are rarely present. Or rather to be more precise, black women are erased even as their ideas and scholarship provide crucial linguistic and conceptual tools for understanding our world.
If the many misreadings of such critical theories such as intersectionality and misogynoir are now more the norm than the exception, it is because of citational practices that sever black women from the knowledge they create and deform that knowledge into words that come to mean whatever the user wants to project in a given moment. Severing is an act of violence. Resisting that violence therefore means something more robust than uniquely aiming for a quota of black women included in parenthetical citations or year-end lists. It demands a radical praxis of citation.
The Cite Black Women movement uses social media to show what that radical praxis of citation could look like. This is not to say that the movement imagines the digital sphere as the only viable space where black women can obtain citational recognition. Rather, the possibilities for building communities in the digital sphere—fraught as that medium may be—inform the movement’s vision of citation. How specifically, does Cite Black Women’s use of social media invite us to rethink what it would mean to recognize black women’s intellectual work? I will outline here two crucial ways.
First, although the Twitter account of the movement encourages followers to use #CiteBlackWomen, it also issues a special weekly invitation to #CiteBlackWomenSunday. The invitation is usually accompanied by the opening lines of Audre Lorde’s poem “Recreation”: “Coming together/It is easier to work/After our bodies meet/paper and pen.” Akin to black feminist practices of congregation and commemoration, #CiteBlackWomenSunday emphasizes community in the recognition of black women’s intellectual work. This highlighting of community is in turn crucial for putting forward a collective response to a collective problem. Community allows us to imagine what Jenn M. Jackson defines as the “structural inclusion” of black women rather than isolated efforts at citation that begin and end in the digital sphere.
Second,  because one of the movement’s guiding principles is to “integrate black women into the CORE of your syllabus,” Cite Black Women provides a blueprint for this integration through its crowdsourced syllabi on Twitter. Here, scholars share the courses they are teaching, the readings by black women that they assign and, crucially, the ways that these texts fit into the overall structure of their courses. These syllabi often go beyond envisioning black women’s texts as an add-on to be taught separately in a small contained module, but rather weave their works throughout the course structure and offer students a sustained engagement with the range of black women’s ideas. Here too the effort is collective. The result is an array of courses that attests to the central presence and contributions of black women in history, economics, literature, politics, art and science, and that ask us to go beyond thinking about black women’s scholarship as token mentions in our research and pedagogical practice.
In 2019, as the conversation (ideally) moves beyond the question of the need to cite black women to a critical discussion of how doing so can disrupt the exclusionary politics of academic citation, the Cite Black Women movement’s use of digital media provides us with the tools to engage in this productive disruption.

<![CDATA[Happy New Year from #CiteBlackWomen - Women's Voices]]>Tue, 01 Jan 2019 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.citeblackwomencollective.org/our-blog/happy-new-year-from-citeblackwomen-womens-voices
The New Year is a time for beginnings and reflections, cleansings, renewals and new hopes. We open 2019 with a poem and novelist from Brazilian poet Conceição Evaristo. She is widely respected as one of the foremost contemporary writers of Brazil, and one of the foremost of our time. Born in Belo Horizonte (MG) in 1946, she is the author of Ponciá Vicêncio (2003), Becos da Memorial (2006), Poemas da recordação e outros movimentos (2008), Insubmissas lágrimas de mulheres (2011), Olhos d'agua (2014), Histórias de leves enganos e parecenças (2016) and Canção para ninar menino grande (2018).
Women's Voices
The voice of my great-grandmother echoed
in the ship's holds.
echoed moans
of a lost childhood.
The voice of my grandmother
echoed obedience
to the white people who own everything.
The voice of my mother
echoed softly in revolt
in the backs of other people's kitchens
under the bundles
of dirty clothes of white people
on the dusty road
in the direction of the favela
 My voice still
echoes perplexing verses
with blood rhymes
My daughter's voice
collect all our voices
collects itself
the voices mute silent.
choked in the throats.
My daughter's voice
collects itself
speech and act.
Yesterday - today - now.
In my daughter's voice
resonance will be heard
the echo of life-freedom.
- published in Cadernos Negros 13, p. 32-33 (1990)
<![CDATA[Why citing black women is necessary - Jenn M. Jackson]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.citeblackwomencollective.org/our-blog/why-citing-black-women-is-necessary-jenn-m-jacksonPicture
Citation ethics and the politics of co-authorships in the academy have both gendered and racialized components. According to a recent article in Inside Higher Ed, For men and women, solo authored articles have the same likelihood of earning them tenure. But, for co-authored articles, women earn less credit toward tenure than men do. Not only is there a gender gap in credit given for group work, women with children are also less likely to earn tenure than men with children and, across social sciences and natural sciences alike, women are less likely to be cited by their peers. These data show that, from the most visible vantage points of the outside world, women remain under-acknowledged, underrepresented, and systematically overlooked in the Academy. These realities only worsen when one considers race, class, ability, and other personal characteristics.

As a Black woman academic, I believe that citing Black women is necessary not just to overcome the norms and obstacles I have outlined above but to also reorient our myriad disciplines toward structural inclusion. This is a form of inclusion that isn’t just performative, trendy, and taken up when convenient for institutions. Rather, structural inclusion requires that Black women’s work and contributions be considered as foundational to our various fields and formative to the scholarship in our ranks. It requires that all scholars, not just women of color, practice introspection and deliberateness in the creation of their syllabi, course content, articles, and book manuscripts to account for the generations of work that Black women have labored, pushing Academia forward. This is not just about being seeing and heard. It is about making space and holding it for the many Black women scholars who are coming after us.I decided to support this collective because I have a moral commitment to the ideals of supporting those most marginalized within the systems and institutions I encounter everyday.

Following in the theoretical and philosophical precepts of foremothers like the members of the Combahee River Collective, Kimberle Crenshaw, Fannie Lou Hamer, Angela Y. Davis, Shirley Chisholm, Patricia Hill Collins, Audre Lorde, Cathy J. Cohen, Barbara Ransby, and so many others, my work is animated by the belief that none of us are free until all of us are free. In my work, I seek to center the voices and experiences of Black women so as to move us toward freedom. In the end, each of us is but an archive of our experiences, our choices, and our chances. Through the Cite Black Women Collective, I hope to contribute to amplifying the archive of Black women’s experiences, highlighting how our scholarly choices have shaped our disciplines, and recognizing that this movement is a chance for us to disrupt the status quo which seeks to quiet us all.


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Classic 1920s Chic Apartment

With Hyde Park + the CBD under 200 metres away, this classic two bedroom apartment, enjoys the convenience of Inner City living while enjoying the diverse lifestyle of being located on one of Darlinghurst's most famous streets.

Charming boutique block of six apartments
Private street entrance with secure balcony
Period detail, high ceilings, parquetry floors
Combined living + dining, separate kitchen
Updated bathroom with taps for washer
Bedrooms with robes, quiet one way street
Short walk to Stanley Street cafes + dining
Access to a number of major train stations
12 month lease
Second bedroom is small, will take a double bed
Small pet on application


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 Citizens Advice wins Charity of the Year 2015 - Citizens Advice
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Citizens Advice wins Charity of the Year 2015

In October 2015 Citizens Advice was named Charity of the Year in the Charity Times Awards.

Chief Executive Gillian Guy said:

“It was a privilege to be able to accept the award on behalf of everyone in our service. This includes over 21,000 volunteers, our advisers and our supervisors, our team at Citizens Advice, our local trustees and managers, and those hundreds of organisations we work with locally and nationally.

I also would particularly like to highlight the exceptional work of our Impact Team, whose analysis calculating the outcomes we provide, for our clients and to society, was singled out for praise by the judges.

Together we genuinely change our clients' lives for the better. That is an incredible and invaluable thing, and it was this team effort that is recognised by this award.”

In the last year we have helped 2.5 million people with 6.2 million problems and we aim to continue this service into 2016.

We rely on the support of people like you to help us make a difference - donate now


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Indexing all the things in Postgres

Postgres indexes make your application fast. And while one option is to analyze each of your relational database queries with pg_stat_statements to see where you should add indexes… an alternative fix (and a quick one at that) could be to add indexes to each and every database table—and every column—within your database. To make this easy for you, here’s a query you can run that will create the CREATE INDEX commands for every table and column in your Postgres database.

Disclaimer: Adding an index to every column of every table is not a best practice for production databases. And it’s certainly not something we recommend at Citus Data, where we take scaling out Postgres and database performance very seriously. But indexing all the things is a fun “what if” thought exercise that is well worth thinking about, to understand the value of indexes in Postgres. What if you indexed all the things?

With that disclaimer out of the way, onto my advice of how to index all the things as a way to understand your database’s performance.

What if you really did index all the things in your Postgres database?

Index all the things

Yes, we cheated and didn’t do every combination of every column, we thought this might be sufficient enough

SELECT 'CREATE INDEX ' || table_name || '_' || column_name || ' ON ' || table_name || ' ("' || column_name || '");'
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_schema = 'public'
  AND table_name != 'pg_stat_statements'
  AND table_name != 'pg_buffercache';

Based on our Citus Data multi-tenant tutorial you’d then get something like this as the result:

 CREATE INDEX companies_id ON companies ("id");
 CREATE INDEX companies_name ON companies ("name");
 CREATE INDEX companies_image_url ON companies ("image_url");
 CREATE INDEX companies_created_at ON companies ("created_at");
 CREATE INDEX companies_updated_at ON companies ("updated_at");
 CREATE INDEX campaigns_id ON campaigns ("id");
 CREATE INDEX campaigns_company_id ON campaigns ("company_id");
 CREATE INDEX campaigns_name ON campaigns ("name");
 CREATE INDEX campaigns_cost_model ON campaigns ("cost_model");
 CREATE INDEX campaigns_state ON campaigns ("state");
 CREATE INDEX campaigns_monthly_budget ON campaigns ("monthly_budget");
 CREATE INDEX campaigns_blacklisted_site_urls ON campaigns ("blacklisted_site_urls");
 CREATE INDEX campaigns_created_at ON campaigns ("created_at");
 CREATE INDEX campaigns_updated_at ON campaigns ("updated_at");
 CREATE INDEX ads_id ON ads ("id");
 CREATE INDEX ads_company_id ON ads ("company_id");
 CREATE INDEX ads_campaign_id ON ads ("campaign_id");
 CREATE INDEX ads_name ON ads ("name");
 CREATE INDEX ads_image_url ON ads ("image_url");
 CREATE INDEX ads_target_url ON ads ("target_url");
 CREATE INDEX ads_impressions_count ON ads ("impressions_count");
 CREATE INDEX ads_clicks_count ON ads ("clicks_count");
 CREATE INDEX ads_created_at ON ads ("created_at");
 CREATE INDEX ads_updated_at ON ads ("updated_at");
(24 rows)

If you need a schema just to test this one, you can use our multi-tenant tutorial as a starting point. Now in the case of the tutorial app and schema after adding the above indexes everything will be snappy. For larger production systems, you might consider the concurrent index version, which will be roughly 2-3 times slower in creation but won’t hold a long lock on the table while it’s creating. For the concurrent index version:

SELECT 'CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY ' || table_name || '_' || column_name || ' ON ' || table_name || ' ("' || column_name || '");'
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE table_schema = 'public'
  AND table_name != 'pg_stat_statements'
  AND table_name != 'pg_buffercache';

Indexing all the things in Postgres is a horrible idea, but…

Stepping back. For those unfamiliar, every index you add to your Postgres database will slow down your write throughput for the table it exists on.

A cool thing about Postgres, though, is that it will track all sorts of interesting data on when indexes are used and not. Similar to how we can get insights from pg_stat_statements about what queries are run and their corresponding performance, we can discover unused indexes and how large they are by looking at catalog tables.

With this query, we can see all of our indexes sorted by size. We can also see if there are unused indexes:

  schemaname || '.' || relname AS table,
  indexrelname AS index,
  pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(i.indexrelid)) AS index_size,
  idx_scan as index_scans
FROM pg_stat_user_indexes ui
JOIN pg_index i ON ui.indexrelid = i.indexrelid
WHERE NOT indisunique AND idx_scan < 50 AND pg_relation_size(relid) > 5 * 8192
ORDER BY pg_relation_size(i.indexrelid) / nullif(idx_scan, 0) DESC NULLS FIRST,
pg_relation_size(i.indexrelid) DESC;

This coupled with our first query can now let us easily index all columns, and just wait a few hours or days to see if the indexes are leveraged. Then we can come back and cleanup all the unused indexes. The result is you have a perfectly performing database.

If you prefer an approach to optimizing your database performance that is more reasonable than indexing all the things, consider this Postgres post as a starting point or give this talk by Andrew Kane on how Postgres could index itself a watch.

And if you’re running into scaling issues due to performance feel free to contact my team at Citus as we’d be happy to chat.


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Washington Neighborhood Revitalization

Welcome to the Washington Neighborhood!

The Washington Neighborhood is one of Dubuque’s oldest and most diverse neighborhoods, covers 55 square blocks and is home to 1,900 residents. The neighborhood’s first residents were German and Irish immigrant families who found work in the manufacturing and industrial factories that were once an integral part of the neighborhood fabric. The neighborhood is in the center of Dubuque’s urban core and borders the Historic Millwork District, Bee Branch and North End District and Downtown. The Washington neighborhood has many historically significant residential and commercial structures. Eighty-six percent of the properties were built prior to 1939; many of the buildings date to the 1880’s and 1890’s. Exterior architecture on these older building remain basically intact; however, the age of the housing and commercial stock creates challenges for maintenance and property values.
Washington Neighborhood

Revitalization Efforts

The Washington Neighborhood has been a major focus for reinvestment efforts by the City of Dubuque since 2005. Its historic architecture, central location and wide range of housing stock provide key assets to build upon. Challenges of housing and building conditions, a concentration of distressed properties and a need for education, services and training have required a coordinated effort between the City, local businesses and investors.

From 2005 to 2012, the City has invested $9 million in the Washington Neighborhood, leveraging over $12 million in private investment and over $13 million in other government investments.

In 2009, Teska Associates led a Washington Neighborhood planning process for the City of Dubuque. The resulting plan, entitled “Community Assessment and Revitalization Strategies,” included a market analysis, land use plan, transportation and human service strategies, all with the aim of accelerating the improvement of the Washington Neighborhood. This effort is being spearheaded by the Washington Neighborhood Development Corporation whose mission is to “empower people and revitalize the neighborhood by leveraging public and private resources to promote housing, economic opportunity and human potential”.
Washington Neighborhood

Washington Neighborhood Development Corporation

The Purpose of WNDC is to connect people and resources and be a catalyst for a thriving, prosperous and attractive Washington neighborhood.

“The Washington Neighborhood is a socially vibrant, inviting downtown community that offers economic opportunity, friendly and diverse residents, historic housing – a rediscovered treasured and integral part of Dubuque with its own unique urban identity."
Washington Neighborhood

Community Assessment and Revitalization Strategies Plan

Teska Associates worked with the City of Dubuque to develop the "Community Assessment and Revitalization Strategies" plan which included market analysis, land use plan, and transportation and human services strategies.

Click here to view the full "Community Assessment and Revitalization Strategies Plan"

Neighbrhood Strategies Plan

The Washington Neighborhood Revitalization Plan includes a comprehensive strategies for neighborhood improvement in three core areas:
  • Economic Development
  • Family, Youth, and Education
  • Housing

Click the map to view the districts included in the Neighborhood Strategies Plan

Neighborhood Strategies Map


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Statement from the Lancaster City Council:

As a City which holds community values in the highest regard, we feel it is our duty to provide assistance to our citizens in their time of greatest need. As such, the City of Lancaster, in conjunction with the City of Palmdale, will aid furloughed federal government employees in any way it can. This is a scary time for the entirety of our nation, and we empathize with those who are working tirelessly to find innovative ways to make their dollars stretch farther during this difficult situation.

In addition to providing support, the City of Lancaster has compiled a list of local, regional, and national resources that offer a number of ways to alleviate financial strain throughout the duration of the federal shutdown.

Assistance & Resources:

Local Resources

City Assistance

  • The City of Lancaster is offering Parking Citation Deferment and Business Licensing Fee Deferment. Contact the Finance Department at (661) 723-6033 for more information.
  • The City of Lancaster is waiving fees for classes and sports classes for impacted federal workers. Contact the Parks, Recreation & Arts Department at (661) 723-6077 for more information.

Financial Assistance

  • Edwards Federal Credit Union, in partnership with the City of Lancaster, is offering loans up to $5,000 at two percent for one year as well as allowing customers to skip loan payment with no fees for any current Edwards Federal Credit Union loan.

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Food Assistance

  • Lancaster Choice Energy is offering assistance for furloughed federal workers who are also LCE customers. LCE customers who are furloughed workers or are working without pay will have deferred energy bill payments until 30 days after the shutdown has been lifted. Call LCE at (661) 723-6084 for more information.
  • Waste Management

Transportation Assistance

  • AVTA is offering free rides for furloughed federal workers. Learn More

Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Resources for Palmdale Residents

Additional Resources

  • 211 LA - Los Angeles County resources:
  • DPSS is providing early payouts for CalFresh recipients, through February. Learn More
  • Montage Salon is offering free haircuts for federal employees for the month of February from participating stylists. Learn more.

National Resources

Financial Assistance

  • Bank of America: Bank of America has announced assistance available to furloughed Federal employees. Call the priority assistance line 844.219.0690.
  • Chase Bank: Chase has announced efforts to help its customers who are U.S. government employees affected by the U.S. government shutdown, call 1-888-356-0023 for more information.
  • Congressional Federal Credit Union: For more information on Relief Line of Credit or any assistance programs, contact Member Service Representatives at 800-491-2328 or stop by a branch.
  • FedChoice: Please contact your local branch.
  • Interior Federal Credit Union: Special loans for both member and non-member furloughed Federal workers. Net paycheck up to $15,000, interest free up to 30 days. Members may apply for a limit up to the equivalent of 2 net paychecks. More offers available online or call 800-914-8619.
  • Navy Federal Credit Union: More information here or call 1-888-842-6328.
  • PayPal: PayPal has allocated $25 million to fund interest-free cash advances to our furloughed Federal workers that need assistance now. This is for both new and existing PayPal Credit customers. Minimum loan is $250 with a maximum cash advance of $500. Your account does need to be in good standing if you’re an existing PayPal Credit customer. Existing customers call 1-877-689-1975. For new accounts, apply here first, then after approval call 1-877-689-1975.
  • U.S. Bank: Will waive all late fees if you miss a mortgage payment due to the shutdown, they will defer first payment dates for new mortgages. Contact your local branch for additional information.
  • SunTrust: SunTrust has set-up programs to assist existing clients, please contact your local branch for additional information.
  • Synchrony Bank: Synchrony Bank is allowing affected customers to defer payments until after the shutdown. Contact Synchrony Bank for more information.
  • Union Plus: For union members call 800-472-2005 regarding assistance offers: $300 Furlough Grant for eligible Union Plus credit card holders, Mortgage Assistance Loan & $300 Grant:, payment grace period for your Union Plus Life and Accident Insurance, payment grace period for Union Plus Auto Insurance, and payment grace period for Union Plus Life and Accident Insurance.
  • Wells Fargo: A number of offers are available, please contact your local branch for additional information.

  • FEEA-NARFE: FEEA-NARFE fund is offering $100 grants to active federal employee members who are not receiving a paycheck during the current shutdown due to being furloughed or working in excepted status. To apply, visit the FEEA website here.

Automotive Finance Companies

  • Toyota Financial Services & Lexus Financial Services: Affected lease and finance customers in good standing with their accounts may be eligible to take advantage of up to two months of finance contract payment extensions or lease deferred payments. Toyota Financial Services call 800-874-8822 and Lexus Financial Services call 800-874-7050.
  • Hyundai Capital: Hyundai will extend all Hyundai Capital auto loan and lease payments for 30 days for current Hyundai owners who are federal government employees furloughed during the shutdown. Impacted consumers should contact Hyundai Motor Finance at 1-800-523-4030 to take advantage of this offer.
  • Kia Motors Finance: Kia has announced they’re offering deferred payments of 30 days. If you’ve been affected by the current Government Shutdown and need assistance from Kia Finance, please contact us at 1-866-331-5632.
  • Ford Credit, GM Financial, & Mercedes-Benz Financial Services: It has been reported that these companies are among those providing qualified customers options such as payment deferrals, late fee waivers and special care lines to address their individual problems, though official announcements from these companies have not been released online.

Mobile Telephone Service Providers

  • AT&T: Will assist with adjusting late fees, providing extensions, and revising payment schedules.
  • Sprint: Will provide short-term payment solutions. Call 1-888-211-4747
  • T-Mobile: Offering short-term assistance, and can spread out service payments over time. Call 1-877-746-0909 or 611 from a T-Mobile device.
  • Verizon: Offering flexible payment options and has a Promise to Pay program to set payments for a future date. Call 1-866-266-1445

Rental Home Assistance

  • National Rental Home Council: Represents many of the nation’s largest operators of single-family rental homes. They are offering deferred rent payment options with no late fees to any renter who has been furloughed.
  • OPM Sample Letters for Creditors and Mortgage Companies: OPM has created these sample letters for Federal workers to contact their landlords, mortgage lenders, and utilities, to request help during the shutdown.

National Food Resources

  • Feeding America: With a nationwide network of 200 food banks, they have 60,000 partner pantries from which they can serve communities across the United States. Please contact Feeding America for additional information.

Unemployment Benefits

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One of our favorite cannabis brands here in Colorado is the Colorado Cannabis Co. (CCC), known for their niche lifestyle brand of CO2 extracted cannabis products that come in varying ratios of THC & CBD that are scientifically focused and medicinally based. In the last few months, they have been slowly developing and releasing new product lines to take their brand to the next level including their CannaCare line of patches and CannaCafe line of K cups. To celebrate the launch of these new lines, CCC hosted a fabulous party at the Space Gallery in the Sante Fe Art District. The City Sessions crew came down to show their love and see what this new brand is all about!

If you haven’t been to the Space Gallery, it is big beautiful open space with a lofted section and houses sculptures, ceramics, paintings, and prints. Goldie and I had been here before for the <<ISES Green Rush Event>> that Goldie was a keynote speaker at. Colorado Cannabis Co., with the help of Mason Jar Events, transformed the gallery into a warm and inviting space with stations around the room for the different products that were launched and tables in the middle with little treats to munch on. Goldie hit up the distillate and terp dab bar first to kick off the night on a high note, Matthew mingled it up with the crowd, and I went the desert first route and enjoyed a delicious Bubba Kush joint by the fire and s’mores bar.

With a nice social high starting to settle into the crowd and a bit of the munchies, we dipped into some of the delicious snacks including savory meatballs and lavender macaroons. The Keurigs lined up on the far booth caught our eye so we grabbed cups and chose between their 10mg THC cup or their 20mg CBD cup. I went with the CBD to balance out all the THC that I would be consuming and it was delicious!

The next station was a masseuse with the Pain Relieving Salve and the CannaCare Patches to sooth any aches or pains. Their 4 lines had different ratios of THC and CBD, as well as other herbs including arnica to help achieve desired effects. After that was a station with some old favorites, the 1:1 Pure Olive Oil and 1:1 Pure Honey, which was great to infuse the hors-d’oeuvres or to add a boost to the cups of coffee.

The dab bar was fantastic! While in line, a vape pen with delicious blueberry notes was handed to us. Once we got up to the bar, they had a couple eRigs set up and were dipping the tips of their glass CO2 oil syringes in terpenes before dabbing us up. The taste was fantastic and clean, and the high was clear and strong.

Frank and Ethan, the owners and developers of Colorado Cannabis Co., shared a few words about the new launch and the progress they have made over the last 8 or 9 years and the excitement they have for its future. It was amazing to see them really owning their space and developing a brand organically into what it has become today. It is one of the many reasons that Colorado Cannabis Co. and PURE have both earned the City Sessions Seal of Approval year after year!

Thanks again to the team at Colorado Cannabis Co. and PURE for inviting us and hosting a great party!

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Parent Volunteer

Thinking about having parent volunteers? Check out this form, which also includes items parents can do from home if they are not able to come in to the classroom during the day.  Make all your parents feel like they are a part of your classroom with activities they can do at home or in school.

I usually hand these out at Back to School night so that it goes directly to the parents. If a parent cannot make it then, I'll send home with the students and also will upload it to my…

Added by Melissa Rosen on August 13, 2014 at 8:35am — 1 Comment

movement in classroom

I am currently studying Early Childhood Education and want to pursue a career either working in a classroom or in a field where I can work with children regularly. Through my experience so far, I have noticed the variations of the layout of classrooms. This could be simply a result of the different types of teachers and how they like their classrooms to be set up, but I think that there is more to it than just that. I think that classrooms are being purposefully set up in a way to promote more… Continue

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10 More Ways To Use Blogs In Your Classroom

 10 More Ways To Use Blogs In Your Classroom

1. Quote of the day discussion blog. I will post a quote of the day and students can analyze the quote and discuss what it means and lessons they can apply from the quote.

                                                        Place to find a quote of the day on every topic: …

Added by Elana Kline on March 24, 2013 at 10:19pm — No Comments

Education Case Studies - Seeking Teachers

How Teachers can introduce Amazing People to Students…

Added by Marion Andersson on March 21, 2013 at 7:21pm — 2 Comments

Self-Regulation Skills and School Readiness

Research continues to show that self-regulation skills are critical for success in many areas. Self-regulation is the set of skills…

Added by Brad Chapin on February 17, 2013 at 3:01pm — No Comments

Classroom Backchanneling

If your looking to integrate more technology into your classroom, you might want to consider setting up a backchannel that your students can use.

What is a backchannel?

A backchannel is a secondary discussion that complements the primary teaching activity. It has its origins with Twitter and conferences where the audience participates with the presenters. The same concepts can be used in the classroom.

What does a backchannel provide?

  • A…

Added by David Johns on January 22, 2013 at 9:36pm — No Comments

10 Specific & Practical Ways Of Teaching With Video Games

by Terry Heick,

The idea of teaching with video games is an exciting concept leading to a challenging practice.

Right off the bat the topic is a bit polarizing, the whimsical connotation of “games” juxtaposing harshly with the…

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Screencasting Made Easy With CamStudio

Being able to create a screencast has become so much more important since the flipped classroom…

Added by Ms. Lynda Hall on October 26, 2012 at 7:08pm — No Comments

Public Speaking, Death and Twitter in the Classroom

How many times have you said something about public speaking or your reluctance to give speeches and had someone come right back with the threadbare cliché about how “one study” found that “the average person fears public speaking more than death?

Who conducted this study,…

Added by Karen Cameron on August 8, 2012 at 8:54am — No Comments

Flipping the Classroom

I also have been researching flipping my classroom and I'm super excited to dip my foot into it after our PSSA's are complete.  I would like to preview the first math chapter my Pre-Algebra students will see next year in Algebra.  There are going to be tons of questions and lots of adjustments once the flipping begins but I think trying this method out NOW will help me to decide if I want to go all out…

Added by Michael Morret on March 6, 2012 at 6:14pm — 2 Comments

Flipped Classroom

I have been gathering information about the Flipped model to try with my fourth grade students for the 2012-13 school year. A problem that I have been trying to solve is the best way to build a repository of the videos that I am producing or going to produce.

Are there systems out there that people are currently using or have heard of that organize your videos in an easy manner for your students to access from both home and at school? I would use Youtube, but then my students…

Added by Ryan Timothy Donnelly on March 3, 2012 at 6:52am — 2 Comments

Classroom Management: Quick Student Groupings

Early in my teaching career, I learned that if I can manage classroom movements, I can manage behavior. If I can manage behavior, students learn better.

An earlier post discussed the importance of quick and easy transitions between activities. David Ginsburg discusses smooth transitions in terms of …

Added by Janet Abercrombie on September 27, 2011 at 5:25am — 1 Comment

Extensive Watching (move over books!)

The last few years, I've been very focused on the role and possibility of video in the classroom. Thus, my recent work developing EnglishCentral and my focus on the potential of a "Flipped Classroom".

I had an interesting skype…

Added by ddeubel on September 17, 2011 at 7:58am — No Comments

Transitions: Classroom Routines That Respect Instructional Time

I have pretty high expectations for student organization and transitions between activities. I don't want student to lose precious learning time. That said, I don't want students to be robots.

How do I show students I care about them, honor individual quirks, and still clarify my expectations for our learning time?

Clear instructions are written on the board as students arrive - and for each transition. In the past, I wrote steps for students on…

Added by Janet Abercrombie on September 3, 2011 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

Beginning-of-year Activities

I consciously overplan the first few days. The worst possible first-day scenario is to arrive unprepared. Over the years, I've collected a number of first-day activity ideas - far too many to use.

I've pared down the activities based on the following considerations:

  • My first goal is to build classroom community, making all students feel comfortable and successful.
  • My second goal is to establish routine.
  • My third goal is to formatively assess students'…

Added by Janet Abercrombie on September 2, 2011 at 5:20am — 2 Comments

Increasing Student Engagement in the Credit-Recovery Online Classroom

As a teacher, I can increase graduation rates of my students by increasing engagement in learning, especially when it applies to at-risk learners (Archambault, 19). So, as a brand new online teacher, I felt it was within my education, training, and scope to attempt to increase engagement in my online classroom.

Yesterday I contacted 34 disengaged students with a personalized letter inviting them to come back to the online classroom and turn in an assignment. Within 24 hours, 10 of…

Added by Rashel Fitchett on February 8, 2011 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented Educators

Today we presented Pop Goes the Classroom to Gifted and Talented Educators across Arizona. It was another standing room only presentation. Thank you for your kind reception today. As you scroll through the blog you will find resources for many of the topics we discussed today from cell phone usage to educational social networks, student film making, comics in the classroom and so much more.

There were some interesting discussions from today's presentation that I want to share with…

Added by KellyAnn Bonnell on February 5, 2011 at 3:39pm — No Comments

Essential Components of a Freshman Transition Program - Part 4 - Classroom Leadership

This series of posts on the essential components of a Freshman Transition Program is based on ideas found in The Ninth Grade Opportunity: Transforming Schools from the Bottom Up by Scott Habeeb, Ray Moore, and…

Added by Scott Habeeb on December 21, 2010 at 10:14am — No Comments

Education Resources

Hi everyone,

More resources for education

I hope there is something  there that you can use.

Added by Gary Gray on December 20, 2010 at 6:59am — No Comments

Autism resource for educators

I just wanted to pass along an information piece that I have happened upon which should be of interest to anyone in the education field that is working with children with Autism. (especially Canada)

Click Here to open the brochure containing important info as well as the website address.

I hope that you find this information helpful in…

Added by Gary Gray on October 10, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments

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We usually don’t realize our shirts, pants or other clothes are covered with wrinkles until the last minute or as we are literally running out of our houses or apartments. Getting rid of wrinkles in such a short amount of time may prove to be a difficult if not impossible task. Nevermind if you’re traveling out of town and don’t have your trusty iron or steamer with you, your clothes will be wrinkled for sure! So to all those people that need to get rid of wrinkles fast and easily, we bring you these quick tips to remove and prevent bothersome wrinkles.

  1. Use a hair dryer - If you’re in a rush to leave but realize your shirt is wrinkled, don’t panic! Instead, lay it out on a flat surface, like a table or a clean floor, and run your hair dryer one to two inches over the front and back wrinkled clothing article. The heat will make the wrinkles disappear in no time. Yay!
  2. Steam in the shower/bathroom - This trick is especially useful for when you are travelling outside of your home. If you’re planning on wearing something that has wrinkled in your suitcase or handbag, hang it up in the bathroom while you shower with all of the doors and windows sealed. Leave enough space so that your clothes may stretch. When you get out, the wrinkles will have softened completely. Just tug gently on your garments to make them disappear. Remember to hang the clothing item as close as possible to the steam.
  3. Use a damp towel - On a flat surface, stretch out the piece of clothing, put a damp towel over it and press down firmly to make deep creases disappear. Afterwards, just hang out your clothes to dry. Done!Dry towel
  4. White Vinegar - Even though there are many mainstream products available to “spray iron” your clothes, you may want to try a less harmful/more natural alternative. White vinegar is the perfect, cheap, gentle, and chemical-free alternative to remove wrinkles from your clothes. Mix a solution of 1-part vinegar to 3-parts water and fill a spray bottle with it. Then, mist your garment and let it dry out. We stand by the cleaning properties of vinegar, it's one of the most versatile products in your kitchen!
  5. Throw it in the dryer! - If your clothing item is dryer safe, spray it with water and throw it in the dryer with another damp item (like a sock). You can also throw in one or two ice cubes. When they melt, they give off a steam effect. Spin for about 15 minutes, and most of the creases should be gone.
  6. Flat iron your collars - If you're just running out the door and realize you have a crinkle in your collar, you don't need to take out your iron and ironing board (such a hassle!). All you need to do is turn on your flat iron (maybe it's already hot!) and give it a quick crisp up. Just make sure the straightener is free of any loose hairs or products, and that you’re mindful of the heat setting so as not to damage your clothes. Done!
  7. Just add water - For minor wrinkles, use your fingers to sprinkle water on your garment, then gently tug to loosen the fibers and eliminate wrinkles. Hang to dry.

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If you’re packing bags for a trip and want to prevent wrinkles and creases from forming we recommend that you roll your clothes tightly instead of folding them. This has two advantages! First, it takes up much less space than folded clothes, so you’ll actually have more space in your bags, and your clothes will be ready to wear as soon as you arrive at your destination.

So now that you know these tricks, never panic again when seeing wrinkles on your clothes just as you’re running out to an important meeting, interview or event. Take a deep breath and easily get rid of those wrinkles.

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Don't mess with Kelly Ripa! The Live With Kelly and Ryan star took to social media this week to fire back at fans who boldly accused her of taking too many vacations following her repeated absence from the talk show.

"Kelly please explain what’s happening with Live... are they repeats? How is it prepaid? I’m so distraught, nothing to watch with my morning coffee," one user wrote. "She’s the only anchor with the whole summer off. She doesn’t work that hard to begin with," another added.

But Kelly wasn't tolerating the social media haters. "I’m not an anchor, I don’t have the whole summer off, and I work extremely hard. Anything else?" she wrote. Ouch! Imagine getting a message back like that from Kelly Ripa?

Kelly is currently in Greece with her husband, Mark Consuelos, and their two sons, Michael, 21, and Joaquin, 15. "Something about these Grecian sunsets?☀???," she wrote alongside a pic of her and Mark on the island. She also posted a photo of Mark with his boys. We wish we scored an invite!

Not only has Kelly protected herself on social media, but she's also been vocal about sticking up for her man, whom she's been married to for 22 years. On a recent post, a fan made a rude comment about Mark's height. "Too bad he’s short when he tries to look taller. It looks funny. Just be who you are," they wrote. And Kelly's response was priceless. "He’s tall where it counts, babe," she wrote.

The 47-year-old has even admitted she likes calling out haters on social media. "I like trolling. I love trolling a troll. It is my favorite thing to do," she said in a previous clip before mocking some comments from fans. "'You have too much makeup on. Makes you look like a wax figure.' I say, 'No, no, no. I have on way more makeup than a wax figure. I know, because I have a wax figure at Madame Tussaud’s and she doesn’t wear this much makeup. But she didn’t get to go to the Academy Awards, did she?'" Keep telling them how you feel, Kelly!


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This Vinci men's 3 piece executive suit has everything you need for a business suit with a little more flair. This suit features a notch lapel, pleated pants, and side vents, but it's really the fashionable and varied windowpane pattern that brings this item together. If you're looking to impress, this is the suit for you.

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