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Caruana was initially scheduled to play in Corus B, however two weeks
ago he was transfered to Corus C for an unknown reason. He has had a
very successful year winning many events and has always performed more
than his rating. In round one, he is set to meet the top local women player
Zhaoqin Peng, who is also holding men Grandmaster title. Again we have the situation that the higher rated player (in that case

Caruana) will have the black pieces.

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{Welcome to the Chessdom live coverage of Corus 2008! We are pleased to open
the tournament with the game between two wonderful persons and extraordinary
chess players. Fabiano Caruana is one of the most promising juniors nowadays
and his biography was the very first article on Zhaoqin Peng is
one in the handful of female players to be granted with men Grandmaster title,
after winning the 2004 European Championship. Both of them played superbly at
the ETCC, we are looking forward to an exciting game. Enjoy!} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
{Caruana’s main opening was Nimzo-Indian, but recently he started employing
Slav defence, first at the Italian Championship.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5.
Qxc4 Bg4 {Caruana is using the opportunity to develop light-squared Bishop
before moving e-pawn.} 6. Nbd2 (6. Ne5 $5 {
is possible but not really convincing. Black is equal after} Be6 7. Qa4 Nbd7)
6… Nbd7 7. g3 e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O {This is a regular line where both sides
are aiming to complete the development before engaging into the fight. Most
likely 9…0-0 10. Qb3 (as Nb6 is anticipated) will follow…} Bh5 $1 {
Exclamation mark because this is probably well prepared sideline by Caruana.
Bh5 was seen in only one game, GM Evgeny Najer was black, while 9…0-0 has
been played exclusively.} 10. b4 ({The game Yevseev-Najer continued with} 10.
Qb3 Nb6 11. a4 a5 {The game move b2-b4 is not really an usual plan in this
kind of positions because “minority” attack is not likely to succeed and this
pawn might be object of Black’s counterplay. However, if Peng stabilizes pawn
structure on the queen side, this will be a nice space advantage for her.}) 10… Nb6 11. Qb3 Qd5 $1 {Excellent reaction! White Queen is the only
protector of b4 pawn and Caruana is trying to use this pressure for improving
pieces’ position. Queen can’t stay on d5 for long, however, because there
might be some nasty Nf3 jump-offs.} 12. Rb1 Bg6 $1 {Black is winning tempo
after tempo and is already slightly better. We could say that b4 failed as
experiment.} 13. Rb2 {Sad necessity.} Qxb3 14. Rxb3 Nfd5 {Now that Queens are
off the board, black doesn’t have to castle, thus keeping the King closer for
the incoming endgame. Nfd5 is good idea, attacking b4 and protecting Nb6 after
the future a5.} 15. a3 {
a5 is not possible as of yet, because after 16. bxa5 Rxa5 white has 17. e4.}
Bc2 16. Rb2 Ba4 {Since it’s not really possible to prevent e4, Caruana is
switching his Bishop to the queenside. Now maybe even f5 will come into
consideration, since Bishop won’t remain locked on g6. Ba4 is also controlling
important square d1.} 17. Re1 O-O {Finally a castle. He couldn’t delay it no
longer, because it is necessary to connect the Rooks and decided how to make a
pawn breach.} 18. Bf1 {Nc3-b5 and a7-a5 might be an idea…} Nc3 $1 {Jumping on
the opportunity! It is not clear how (if) white can obstruct plan with Nb5 and
a5.} 19. e3 Nb5 20. Nb3 ({
An attempt to seek compensation rather than waiting in passive position. On}
20. Nb1 a5 {Black has all the fun.}) 20… Nxa3 21. Nc5 Bb5 $1 {
Best reply! White can take the pawn back, but Black has wonderful pieces play.}
22. Bxb5 cxb5 $1 {
securing permanent outpost on c4. White is left with weak dark-squared Bishop.
} 23. Rb3 Nac4 24. Nxb7 Rfc8 ({Perhaps} 24… Rfb8 25. Nc5 a5 {was faster!?})
25. e4 Rc7 26. Nc5 a5 {
Now White has an extra tempo and might be finally able to develop Bc1.} 27. Bf4
Rcc8 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Nd3 {
Pawn b5 might become weak. White is close to equalizing.} Ra3 30. Rxa3 Nxa3 31.
Bd2 f6 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Rc1 Rc4 34. Kf1 {
Position is completely equal after any of Rxc1, Bd6 or h5.} Ke8 35. Ke2 Kd7 36.
Rxc4 $6 {Uncalled for, now Black passer is more dangerous, because it can attack
opponent’s pieces while advancing over the c-file. Better was 36. g4 or h4.}
bxc4 37. Nb2 Kc6 38. Ne1 $6 {
Pawn d4 is left unprotected and Black earns important tempo!} Nb5 39. Be3 Nc3+
40. Kf3 Ba3 {White King is clumsy and Caruana is enjoying small advantage once
again. But nobody can say if it is sufficient for a win.} 41. Bc1 Kb5 (41…
Na2 42. Nc2 Nxc1 43. Nxa3 c3 44. Nd1 Na4 {Probably wasn’t enough for the win.})
42. Nc2 {The only move, but it looks like White will be holding!? The most
important fact is that d4 is protected and now White can slowly bring the King
to better position.} Bxb2 {Fabiano took a careful consideration after the time
control and decided to slightly transform the position. The ‘normal’ 42…Be7
looked pretty tame as White would have time to regroup. This way, Peng is
still facing with problems on the queenside, but the ending is roughly equal.}
43. Bxb2 Nb1 {44. Ke2 looks desirable.} 44. Ke3 {
44….Ka4!? or 44…c3 and 45…Kc4} Ka4 $1 {
Best looking! Pawn is still controlling d3.} 45. d5 $6 {This doesn’t look
right, unless Peng has it all calculated well. Caruana can chip 45…c3 in (45.
..exd5 46. Bd4!?) and only then take on d5. Interesting is 45…c3 46. Bxc3
Nxc3 47. dxe6 Nc8, can this be saved?} c3 46. Bxc3 Nxc3 47. dxe6 Nb5 {
Other possibility was Nc8, but still it is very hard to play for a win in the
situation when there are no pawns on the other side of the board, therefore no
chance to create a passer. White will now tie the e6 pawn with f4-f5.} 48. Nd4
Nc7 ({Of course not} 48… Nxd4 49. e7 Nc2+ 50. Ke2) 49. f4 Kb4 50. f5 Kc5 51.
Nf3 Nc4+ 52. Kf4 {It is interesting to see if Black can prevent White from
trading all the pawns. Perhaps something can be done with the outpost on e5.
If this happens, then f5 might have been premature.} Kd6 53. g4 Ne5 54. Nd4 g5+
55. Kg3 Kc5 56. Nc2 {Peng has to keep the Knight on the board, should the
sacrifice for the last black pawn be needed. After the Knights trade, Black is
probably winning…. Not that he doesn’t have chances like this…} Ne8 57. h4
h6 58. hxg5 hxg5 (58… fxg5 $1 {
with Nf6 looked better. Both players are probably in time trouble now.}) 59.
Ne3 Nc7 60. Kf2 Kd4 61. Nd5 Nxd5 62. exd5 Nc4 (62… Kxd5 $2 63. e7) 63. e7 Nd6
64. Ke2 Kxd5 65. Ke3 Ne8 {and Peng resigned since she will end up in zugzwang
pretty soon! Wonderful fighting spirit from the young Italian star! This
concludes today’s live coverage on Chessdom, join us again tomorrow at 13:30
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Debriefing With Citizen Journalist Seth Lavin

The end of the year is so hard — all those bittersweet goodbyes and uncertain prospects for the future.  Fridays seem particularly empty without a weekly update from Chicago Schools Wonks’ Seth Lavin. Having recently announced his decision to quit the newsletter business and re-enter the classroom, Lavin (“Lah-vin”), is the citizen journalist extraordinaire of 2011-2012 who at times seemed to be doing a better job at covering Chicago education news than everyone else. [My good friend Dan Weissmann recently asked me, “So how much did you pay Seth to stop publishing?”]Under intense email questioning (below), the relentlessly nice- and decent-seeming Lavin tells the story of the long dark night he started his newsletter last spring, how he came up with the impressively awful name, why he made it an email newsletter rather than an online social site, what his goal was and whether he thinks he accomplished it. His dark (private, really) side comes out only here and there when he declines to answer some probing questions (as he’s obviously entitled to do). Asking questions is much more fun than answering them — every journalist knows this.

What was the moment or event that got you to decide to start CSW?

I decided to create Chicago Schools Wonks and wrote the first edition all in the same sitting—very late on a Thursday night at the end of May, right as my 2nd school year was finishing. I don’t think there was any specific event that prompted it. There are a lot of journalists or sometimes-journalists in my family and we’d been having a running conversation for a few weeks about the power of newsletters. Both of my brothers had started small, internal newsletters for the companies they worked for. We’d been talking about how that can be a powerful way to create a shared reading list for a group of people or to bring different points of view, arguments or discussion topics into people’s minds. A lot of my friends are teachers, reformy workers or policy/political people. My viewpoint was changing. My job was changing. Chicago’s leadership was changing. I was wrestling with a ton of school reform questions. I decided to create Wonks and send it to my friends for a lot of the same reasons my brothers built their newsletters. I never thought it would end up going to so many strangers each week. If I did or if I’d spent more time planning it I would have definitely given it a more melodic name.

Where’d you get your first public media shout out (it was Rotherham, right)?

Yup, unless you count some twitter shout-outs. Rotherham posted “100 days of Brizard” early on: That was very cool.I’ve been a big fan of Eduwonk for a long time. Jay Mathews is a family friend and when I was in college in DC Jay invited me to a PPI event on ed reform, where I met Andy. I doubt he remembers. The event was sort of a debate. One person made the argument that poverty would always drive weak academic achievement. His point was that we shouldn’t expect schools alone to make up for the academic achievement differences caused by poverty. The other debater projected a scatter plot for a set of public schools showing student poverty on one axis and academic achievement on the other. There was a very clear trend line, but the guy speaking pointed out a big cluster of schools at the high-achievement end that broke the trend. High poverty, high achievement. His point was that, while the relationship between poverty and academic performance definitely exists, it can be conquered. That had a big effect on me at the time.

Why an email, not a blog or tumblr, and how many readers to you end up with?

Email is a very intimate form of communication. I like that. Wonks wasn’t something I threw onto the internet for people to search for or browse through. It was an email I wrote directly to people who asked for it.  Every week it showed up right in your inbox as a note from me. In the beginning I knew everyone that got it. Even when people I didn’t know started signing up I usually knew their name, where they worked, how they’d found me. That kept it feeling sort of like a big conversation among friends, which is what I always wanted it to be.

How did you keep track of what was going on during the week, and assemble the email? how long did it take?

For a long time I could do the whole thing in 4 hours. Sometimes that was 4 hours in a sitting Friday morning or Thursday night. Sometimes when I was more disciplined it’d be 2 hours in chunks throughout the week and 2 hours when I actually sat down to write. My process was always the same. I read a lot. Throughout the week I’d keep links to articles I thought were important in a draft email. I general I favorite a lot of things I see on twitter and get to stories that way. I read 100% of education stories in the Tribune, Sun-Times, WBEZ, District299, Catalyst and, when it existed, the Chicago News Coop. I also read a lot of teacher blogs and will occasionally scan other local news sources—the TV station websites; neighborhood sites like Austin Talks, Roscoe Village Journal, etc. Once I had all the links I wanted I’d start to write the actual newsletter, adding context and commentary. Sometimes in that stage the note ballooned to a million pages. I spent a lot of time rewriting, cutting down, rewriting, cutting down. Toward the end of CSW the whole process took longer because I had a lot of people signed up and I had to send multiple email copies because of Gmail limits and it was a logistical headache.

What’s your view on allowing people to talk to you off the record?

This is such a difficult issue for anyone doing journalism, citizen or professional. Certainly I’ve talked to people off the record and quoted people anonymously. I feel okay about that for now, though I could see maybe myself changing my mind on that. The challenge is to strike a balance between being informative, being fair and being credible. If I’m relaying information that’s only given to me under condition of anonymity I can, in the moment, get more information out to my readers. Information they wouldn’t have otherwise. That’s a good thing. But then I’m also creating a safe space for people to say things they don’t want to have to defend or own up to in public. That’s a bad thing. And I’m potentially straining people’s trust in me. I’m not a professional. I have no formal document of standards. There’s pretty limited recourse for anyone to hold me accountable. I’m asking people to believe I’m not just making stuff up or mischaracterizing who I’ve talked to. I trust my own standards enough that I took that credibility risk and used anonymous sources, background conversations, etc., but I think it’s a risky thing for any journalist, citizen or professional, to do.

What do you feel were your biggest accomplishments or contributions?

School reform is so divisive and political right now. So many of the loudest voices are strident, unwavering. So many of the people holding microphones are pushing one side or the other, looking for ways to spin their team’s work as wonderful and the other team’s work as destructive. Those people—politicians, reform spokespeople, union leaders—many are very afraid to say things publicly that suggest they’re not certain of their own side’s righteousness.Separately, there’s a huge, thoughtful discussion happening at the level of the people on all sides actually doing the work. Talk to teachers—TFA teachers, new traditionally certified teachers, 30-year-veterans— there’s so much questioning and wondering and doubting going on. It’s muddled and complicated and wonderful. Politicians and journalists—not all of them but a lot of them—don’t operate well where things can’t be easily simplified. School reform can’t be easily simplified and I think a lot of politicians and journalists end up getting it wrong by trying to make it simple. The goal for Wonks was to foster a more thoughtful school reform conversation that gave a bigger microphone to the less dogmatic voices. I can’t say whether or not I pulled it off but I definitely had people on very different sides of school reform issues reading, engaging, and valuing as a kind of) middle-ground. I was really proud of that.

What was the high point in terms of public recognition for your work, or rubbing elbows with the famous?

I don’t think “rubbing elbows with the famous” ever exactly happened. That said I’ve been really humbled and honored by some of the people that signed up for Wonks, read what I was writing, engaged, questioned, challenged, prodded. School leaders. District leaders. Journalists. Some of the people with the bigger microphones I mentioned above. It was always exciting for me to be producing something they thought was important.

Where were you quoted or booked in terms of other media?

No comment.

What’s the most fun or unexpected place you’ve been recognized  in person (at a board meeting, on the street, in a school)?

I write emails! How would anyone recognize me?

How big did the CSW get in terms of email subscribers?

No comment.

What if any mistakes did you make, lessons did you learn?

Oy. I made plenty of mistakes. Small ones: spelling names wrong, confusing ‘buses’ and ‘busses,’ sending out bad links. That drove me crazy. I also made bigger mistakes, particularly the ones you see a lot in aggregation. Sometimes I’d misinterpret something a reporter wrote in a story. Sometimes a reporter wrote something that was wrong and I shared that without checking it out first. I definitely got a lot better with that second kind of mistake. Checking multiple stories on the same topic and highlighting things one reporter said that another reporter contradicted; presenting a point as a reporter’s point rather than just the truth. I also put a lot of my opinion into Wonks and I’m sure over time we’ll see plenty of what I argued proved wrong.

Why didn’t you take me or anyone else up on joining their team or being paid for your work?

Professional journalism is powerful in a way citizen journalism can’t be but I also think citizen journalism is powerful in a way professional journalism can’t be. I’m definitely not saying we should have entirely one or entirely the other—we should have both. And I wanted to be a citizen journalist, not a professional one. I felt very free and powerful being able to write what I thought was interesting and important, with my own perspective, my own opinions, and without being part of someone else’s brand or schedule or business plan. I also wasn’t asking anyone for anything. As soon as you’re a professional you start needing things—sign-ups, clicks, eyeballs. I didn’t need any of that and that independence gave me a lot of clarity about my purpose.

Did the newsletter come up during [job] interviews?

No comment.

What’s the reaction been to your announced shutdown?

People have been so nice. I’ve gotten a lot of thank-you notes and emails saying how much people liked Wonks or that they found it useful or looked forward to it. That means a lot to me. People have also been incredibly encouraging about my going back into teaching. That makes me feel really thankful.

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  • I will miss reading Seth's e-mail every week. There is not enough reasonable discussion of school reform out there - everything is so extreme. I didn't agree with everything Seth wrote but it certainly was refreshing to get the e-mail every Friday after a long day in the trenches.

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  • "I read 100% of education stories in the Tribune, Sun-Times, WBEZ, District299, Catalyst and, when it existed, the Chicago News Coop. I also read a lot of teacher blogs and will occasionally scan other local news sources—the TV station websites; neighborhood sites like Austin Talks, Roscoe Village Journal, etc."

    Why no mention of A must-read. Even if everything --- all media --- needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

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  • In reply to Ed4who:

    Mary Mitchell is blaming the victim, essentially suggesting that there was an inappropriate relationship between the FORMER adult teacher and her former adult students, and that is the root cause of the attempted armed robbery. Using her logic I think the crime could be traced back further to when the alleged perp's mother gave birth at age 13-year (!?!)

  • In reply to Ed4who:

    Mary Mitchell is really off her rocker on this one.

    "How close is too close when it comes to female teachers and male students?" I'd say an incident involving a gun is too close.

    The allegations include "armed robbery, aggravated battery, attempted aggravated vehicular hijacking, unlawful vehicle invasion and unlawful restraint" but the victim is somehow responsible for it?

    The victim is a "young, female teacher" who was "hanging out on school property"? As if those things are somehow a problem?

    And the victim offered the former student "a ride"? Really? In quotes? What is Ms. Mitchell implying here exactly? That the victim was offering something more than a ride, of course - wink, wink.

    The former Marshall teacher wanted to attend graduation? My gosh! How could that be? A teacher might want to see former students graduate? Scandalous!

    The whole notion that there might have been an "inappropriate relationship" with this students is irrelevant to the crimes in question. Ms. Mitchell's implication of impropriety without any substantiating evidence is ridiculous.

    I'm sickened that Ms. Mitchell thinks someone other than the alleged assailants are somehow responsible for "how this mess got started".

    Though this type of crime in Chicago is routine, the reporting on this particular story is disgusting and would never be framed this way if it involved someone other than a teacher. A female lawyer, accountant, pharmacist, or other professional would never have to tolerate this kind of abuse in the media.

    Just one more example of how teachers are blamed for everything.

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Researchers: Broken Hearts Can Kill

Lead Researchers Murray Mittleman M.D. and Elizabeth Mostofsky Sc.D of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have published a study indicating it is possible to die of a broken heart.

The study found that a person’s risk of heart attack increases about 20 times in the first 24 hours of losing someone they love. ABC news reports the study was published in the American Heart Association's journal “Circulation.”

In the study, which found the heart attack risk was eight times above what it should be during week one of sudden grief, 2000 patients were asked about what events they believe may have sparked a heart attack such as losing someone close to them.

The participants had to already have suffered from myocardial infractions or heart attacks within a period of five years.

Mittleman, who is also Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, says the research indicates that a broken heart could then be deadly. Although past research highlighted the affects of a broken heart can hinder physical health, this is the first study which showed how soon the actual decline can occur.

“Some people would say a ‘broken heart’ related to the grief response is what leads to these physiologic changes,” says senior author Murray Mittleman, according to The Patriot Ledger.

“So that emotional sense of the broken heart may actually lead to damage leading to a heart attack and a physical broken heart of a sort.”

“Physicians, patients and families should to be aware of this risk and make sure that someone experiencing grief is getting their physical and medical needs met,” says Mittleman.

Studies have shown that people do suffer from "broken heart syndrome” or takotsubo. Takotsubo is a condition where a heart attack occurs as a result of a sudden stressful event.

The study also points out that although the decline in health after stress is eight times above normal, it is just higher for the first week of bereavement and declines over the course of a month.

Mittleman and Mostofsky think their research shows that people should make sure to get aid when facing grief particularly if they have symptoms of heart attacks or have had a heart attack.

“And if an individual develops symptoms that we’re concerned might reflect the beginnings of heart attack, we really need to take it very seriously and make sure that that patient gets appropriate evaluation and care,” said Mittleman to The Patriot Ledger.

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Maurice Leggett, defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, chose to stick around Winnipeg all winter. In the spirit of Valentine's Day, we asked him why he loves our prairie city so much!

A native of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Maurice Leggett arrived in Winnipeg back in 2014. Since that time, Winnipeg has fallen in love with him. An outstanding athlete on the field, he's also great presence in the locker room and loves being in the community. But that love goes both ways.

"The people. The people are so friendly," Leggett said when asked what his favorite thing about Winnipeg was. "Someone told me it's friendly Manitoba and everyone's living up to the name."

Leggett loves Winnipeg so much that he has decided to stay in Manitoba all winter long, rather than head home or to the southern states like many of his teammates. That means he endured the abnormally warm November, the snow-heavy December, and the frozen January we all endured. And while he does hail from the northern states, this is a very different climate.

While Pennsylvania is not tropical, it's also milder than Winnipeg. The state averages a daytime high of 7°C during the month of February. Compare that to Winnipeg's daytime high average of -9°C during the same month.

"I love this weather and I love trying new things so I went ice fishing this off-season," Leggett said. "My friend is a true competitor, so we compete about everything and I won both times."

Leggett is planning on sticking around Winnipeg until the spring, before he takes off on a short vacation before the Bombers season kicks off.

As for Valentine's Day? Leggett will be visiting a group home for troubled youth, working there until 5:00 p.m., then will hang out with his family. When asked why he isn't out on a special date, he said, "[You should] treat your woman special everyday, Valentine's Day shouldn't be the special one."


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Pete Rose waves to the crowd as he is recognized as one of the Franchise Four ahead of the 2015 MLB All-Star Game at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

The Florence Freedom announced that Reds broadcaster Chris Welsh, sports radio hosts Mo Egger and Andy Furman, and former Tigers pitcher Jon Warden will take part in "The Roast of Pete Rose" on Thurs., Sept. 3 at UC Health Stadium.

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"These four should add a lot of character and spice to the roast," Freedom General Manager Josh Anderson said. "It's going to be a really fun event and there might another name or two that gets added to this list."
'The Roast' will take place prior to the Freedom playing the Windy City ThunderBolts on September 3. For those participating in the VIP Meet 'n Greet, gates open at 3:15pm. Gates will open for all fans at 4:30pm. 'The Roast' is scheduled for 5:20 – 6:10pm. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.
"If you're a Cincinnati baseball fan, this is the kind of event you don't want to miss," Anderson said. "Pete was here last year and couldn't have been better with our fans. We knew we needed to bring him back."
In addition to the roast, Rose will coach 1st and 3rd base, be the ceremonial lead-off man for the Freedom in the bottom of the 1st inning, and be available for fans to purchase photos and autographs with the Hit King on the concourse later in the game.

Tickets are available at Fans can sit on the field during the roast by purchasing a special VIP Meet 'n Greet package.

Pete is in town for the Big Red Machine reunion that will take place this weekend as part of "Tony Perez Weekend," during which the Reds will dedicate a statue to Rose's former teammate, Hall of Famer Perez.

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A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Jackson Public Schools, the second largest school district in the state of Mississippi with nearly 27,000 students. While the district is hopeful, it is pensive as it awaits a decision from Governor Phil Bryant regarding a state of emergency declaration that would allow a takeover by the Mississippi Department of Education.

During JPS’s meeting with the Accreditation Commission on September 13, MDE officials indicated that preliminary 2016-17 results show that JPS will be classified as an “F” district regardless of revised cut scores. JPS was also classified as an “F” district in the 2015-16 school year. According to state law, any public school in a district that is labeled an “F” for two consecutive school years, could become part of the Mississippi Achievement School District. The State Board of Education is expected to approve final accountability letter grades for schools and districts on Thursday. The governor has stated that the state’s accountability rating will likely play a role in his decision.

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There are many variables that have plagued Jackson Public Schools for many years such as the impacts of poverty, decreases in funding, and a nationwide shortage of certified teachers. Former leadership decisions that led to the elimination of professional development and other instructional supports for teachers over the past several years have taken a tremendous toll on the district’s ability to succeed. However, I am confident the systems, processes, and procedures we have put in place will turn our district around.

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Despite the impending “F” rating, Jackson Public Schools has many successes. According to data published by MDE from the 2016-17 school year, JPS experienced a slight increase across grade levels in both Mathematics and English/Language Arts.  The largest total point increase is in Mathematics with 16.5 points more than the previous school year and in English/Language Arts with 8.54 points more than the previous school year. During the past five years, the District’s graduation rate increased by 6.1 points from 64.1 percent in 2011 to 70.2 percent in 2016. District wide, 88 percent of 2,327 third-graders passed the initial administration of the 3rd Grade Reading Assessment in April 2017 and 94 percent passed the test after the final administration in July 2017.

The state accountability results based on the tests administered in April 2017 do not reflect many of the recent initiatives of the current JPS administration. We have put several innovative systems in place to improve academic performance. In less than a full academic school year, the district has implemented a board approved Instructional Management System, restructured the district into four areas with dedicated assistant superintendents serving each area, and hired 14 new principals in spite of the challenges to recruitment that a pending takeover imposes.

The district also has consolidated two elementary schools, repurposed a middle school into a program for overaged and under-credited students, created a compliance department to monitor the execution of corrective actions, created academic supports through curriculum based programs and professional development, and hired mentors to support teachers with less than three years of classroom experience. It is clear that JPS is correcting areas where improvements are necessary. Jackson Public Schools remains hopeful that the governor and the State Board of Education will collaborate with the district to improve academic achievement and compliance with state standards.

True sustainable success does not happen without hard work and a clearly outlined plan. That is why the district has reached out to several partners for support. One example is the partnership with the Council of the Great City Schools, a national organization with a proven track record in assisting urban districts across the country in making transformational improvements.

Just recently, JPS announced the opening of the state’s first student run credit union on the campus of Provine High School in partnership with Hope Credit Union. It will further assist us in ensuring our scholars are prepared for college and careers when they graduate. This is an example of the innovative practices designed toward our goal of providing rigor and relevance to our students’ education program.

With the support of our parents, students, employees, City of Jackson, local businesses and community partners, Jackson Public Schools will experience the kind of growth and success that our students and city deserve.

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La péri – Fanfare and poème dansée
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Reviewed: 8 April, 2010
Venue: Southbank Centre, London – Royal Festival Hall

Stéphane Denève. Photograph: J Henry FairDespite the Philharmonia Orchestra’s excellent playing, this account of Scheherazade was uncommunicative and lacking in evocation. Yes it had sweep, tenderness and dynamism; yet, although Stéphane Denève could not be accused of micro-managing the score, one was too aware of his engineering of the music and an orchestra striving to meet his requirements, but the circle was not closed enough for the performance to be as spontaneous and as suggestive as this piece needs to be. Although there was some quiet and sensitive playing, even this seemed manufactured and was in any case undone by fortissimos that were over-lit, blatant and noisy (trombones stentorian) during which woodwinds were covered and the Royal Festival Hall was made to sound shrill and shallow. Some of the Philharmonia’s principals can certainly take bouquets – not least Hugh Webb (harp), Robin O’Neill (bassoon), Estefania Beceiro (horn) and Christopher Cowie (oboe), and especially Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay whose violin solos were rapturous, capricious and beautifully sounded.

Lars VogtMozart’s A major Piano Concerto was similarly well-crafted but failed to ignite involvement. The orchestral exposition started in attractive leisurely fashion but then got faster before Lars Vogt entered with a tempo closer to Denève’s opening gambit, to unsettling effect. Vogt’s crisp and elegant playing was admirable but some of his contribution was too self-consciously reflective and which would drag the slow movement beyond its artless self to something contrived. The tempo for the finale was refreshingly moderate, but the music-making lacked sparkle.

If the Rimsky and Mozart pieces had been too objectively viewed, more open-heart-surgery than from-the-heart, Denève’s organisational skills came into their own in Paul Dukas’s ballet La péri, the work of one of the most perfectionist and self-critical of composers (he left us a handful of works, including The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and it is believed that he destroyed a Second Symphony). If the stirring Fanfare was not quite as pristine as necessary (some of Dukas’s very precise note-values and decoration not clarified enough) and needed to be broader in pace, the ballet itself had a clarity, conviction and appreciation that revealed it afresh as a score of considerable merit, the dynamic range perfectly judged, the sway of the music and its bacchanalian outbursts made seamless. Denève’s ear for Dukas’s fascinating tapestry of sound, and because of the Philharmonia’s exacting response, created something compelling.

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Ten Classic Castles

The South West's castles come in many different shapes and sizes. From romantic towers and turrets to barren, windswept ruins. They have served as the legendary seats of kings and giants; as prisons, homes and battlegrounds. History pulses in the rock and the ruins of the South West's hillforts, fortresses, castles and keeps. They provide glimpses into the lives of kings and giants, princesses and knights, tycoons and soldiers. Here are ten of our favourites. We recommend packing up a picnic for your day out delving into history – and slinging in a pair of sturdy shoes (the walks at some of these castles are breathtaking, in every sense of the word).

Ten Classic Castles

Dunster Castle – Romance, Snooker and Shotguns

Dunster Castle overlooks the town

High on a hill overlooking Exmoor, Dunster Castle has real romance with its turrets and towers. Marvel at the fine interiors at this fortress with over 1,000 years of history to discover. As well as the castle, there are the gardens to explore, which are home to subtropical plants and the National Collection of Strawberry Trees. While you're here, visitors can play the piano, enjoy a game of snooker or handle a replica shotgun. There's an activity pack for children and a picnic area too.

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Maiden Castle – Britain's Biggest Hillfort

The ramparts and ditches of Maiden Castle hillfort

Covering an area of more than 50 football pitches, Maiden Castle is Britain's largest and most complex Iron Age hillfort. The castle was built in 600 BC, over the remains of a Neolithic settlement. Over the centuries that followed, the hillfort was extended and additional defences thrown up around it. Today you can wander the old ramparts and enjoy beautiful views of the Dorset countryside. In nearby Dorchester a stroll through the centre of town reveals Roman, medieval, Tudor and Georgian buildings jostling for space; Dorchester's numerous museums will help you make sense of all this history.

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Berry Pomeroy Castle – Devon's Most Haunted?

Reputedly Devon's most haunted castle, Berry Pomeroy is secreted away in a steep wooded valley. The 15th Century ruin still displays a wall painting of the Three Kings in its gatehouse chamber. The great Elizabethan mansion of the Seymours was intended to become the most spectacular house in Devon, a match for Longleat and Audley End, however, it was abandoned by 1700 and subsequently became the subject of many a chilling ghost story, some of which can be heard in the audio tour. To get a good view of the ruin from below, take the woodland walk, although this can be steep in parts.

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Castle Drogo – 20th Century Fortress

Castle Drogo

England's youngest castle was commissioned by retail tycoon Julius Drewe and was the last castle to be built in England. Castle Drogo was designed by Sir Edward Lutyens and built of Dartmoor granite with all the mod-cons of the 1920s. At 300 metres high, it catches the wildest of Dartmoor's weather. Try a spot of croquet on the croquet lawn or amble through the garden and miles of walks in the Teign Gorge.

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Lydford Castle – Annoyous, Contagious and Detestable!

Lydford Castle was built in 1195 AD at a cost of around £35. Further alterations were made during the 13th Century and it was used as a prison and a court of law during the Middle Ages. It became notorious for harsh punishments, earning it a reputation as 'the most annoyous, contagious and detestable place within this realm'. Even in its present condition modern day visitors can still get a sense of its intimidating past! Lydford Gorge, the South West's deepest gorge, is nearby, where a woodland trail runs alongside the River Lyd to the 'Devil's Cauldron' whirlpools.

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Tiverton Castle – 900 Years of History

Part of the original ruins in the grounds

Located in the centre of the historic market town of Tiverton and originally built for Henry I, Tiverton Castle encompasses 900 years of history. It was once the home of the powerful medieval Earls of Devon and of a Plantagenet Princess. Additions and alterations were made to the castle down the centuries, so examples of all periods of architecture, from medieval to modern, can be seen here. Visitors can try on Civil War armour, see the medieval loos, learn about the castle's ghosts and secret passages and explore the beautiful walled garden.

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St Mawes and Pendennis Castles – Brothers in Arms

St Mawes Castle in the foreground, with Pendennis behind (image origin)

Located on opposite sides of the mouth of the Fal Estuary, together these castles stood guard against attacks from France and Spain during the 16th Century. The impressive castle of St Mawes is one of the best-preserved of Henry VIII's coastal fortresses. Located on the headland near Falmouth, Pendennis Castle has an interactive exhibition where you can experience the sights and sounds of battle and relive an enemy attack on a Second World War observation post. Today, the superb location of both castles, with stunning views of the coastline, make them great spots to enjoy a picnic, as well as fascinating places to delve into the past.

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Launceston Castle – High and Mighty Keep

Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape. It is set high on a large natural mound and the imposing ruins peer over Launceston town. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest, its focus is an unusual keep consisting of a 13th Century round tower built by Richard, Earl of Cornwall, inside an earlier circular shell-keep. The top of the tower is reached by a dark internal staircase. The climb is rewarded with impressive views across the surrounding countryside from the battlements. A display traces 1,000 years of history, with finds from site excavations.

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Tintagel Castle – King Arthur's Seat

Steeped in myth and legend, the remains of Tintagel Castle are at the heart of Arthurian legend. The location of the castle is spectacular – half a mile outside of Tintagel, across rugged clifftops, with no access for vehicles. Tintagel Island is attached to the mainland by a sliver of land, enhancing the wild and romantic atmosphere of this legendary place. While you're here, drop in at Tintagel Old Post Office, a 600 year old traditional Cornish longhouse with a fully restored Victorian post office inside.

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St Michael's Mount – Giant Cormoran's Castle

St Micheal's Mount and the causeway

This local landmark looks like something straight out of a fairytale; a medieval castle perched on top of a little tidal island, complete with cobbled streets and even its own harbour and gardens. According to legend, it was the home of the Cornish Giant Cormoran. The ferocious giant would come ashore to pillage sheep and cows from the village of Marazion, until one day a plucky young lad called Jack tricked him into falling into a pit. It's said the giant's bones are buried beneath the castle. Come by foot across the granite causeway at low tide. Or take the ferry at high tide. The Godolphin Arms near the ferry departure point has great views across Mount's Bay.

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Using External SSH access with normal password authentication is dangerous. It is susceptible to the following problems:

  • People can use weak passwords which are easy to hack
  • A remote machine may have a key logger on it
  • Someone may be performing a man-in-the-middle type attack

Hence if you wish to access a shell account or scp files remotely you should consider using either public/private keys setup or to setup One Time Keys.

Setting Up One Time Keys

Log in to the box (AS SECURELY AS POSSIBLE)

Logging in securely is important as you’ll be asked for a pass phrase. If this is compromised you’re in trouble.

Enable OTP

 opiepasswd -c

This will enable one time keys, asking you for the pass phrase as a seed for the cipher.

Once run one time keys are enabled.

The output of the command (something like):

 ID closebs OTP key is 499 wc8001

tells you a lot.

  • The 499 is the number of the current One Time Password.
  • The wc80001 is a key to go with your pass phrase if you want to generate the 499 login password.
  • The THY HOOK… is the password for key 499

Finding out the next N passwords

To discover the next N One Time Passwords for printing use:

 opiekey -n NUM SEQ KEY

  • NUM is the amount of passwords to generate
  • SEQ is the sequence number of the password to start with
  • KEY is the key given for the cipher

 opiekey -n 10 499 wc80001

This will display 10 keys, starting with key 499 and using the key wc80001. This can be useful as you can then print out the keys, and put them in your wallet/purse. WHAT I hear you say?

The reality is most passwords are broken by remote hackers. Whilst printing a list of one time passwords may seem insecure, the likely hood of someone going through your purse/wallet to find the printed out keys is very low. If you are concerned about it, simple put a simple transposition in each key that only you will know about.

Disabling OTP access

Help my keys have been compromised!

Get someone to run:

 opiepasswd -d

in your account.

Changing your OTP Pass Phrase

Simply run:

This will ask you for the next OTP in order to allow you to change your key (incase your remote) Once changed all your all your existing keys will now become invalid.

Using One Time Passwords

Any time you try to ssh to the WCL, you will be presented with:

 otp-md5 497 psfasdf ext

This indicates you are required to provide password 497. The seed is given so you can generate the required password using it and your pass phrase if required.

Depending on the server setup, you can also enter your regular password at this point.

There is no way of telling if the server will accept your regular password or not unless you know it’s configuration.

Your Away, don’t have any passwords or pub/private keys but have access to a secure machine

As long as you can guarentee the machine you are on is secure, then chances are you can generate yourself the next password in the sequence in order to be able to access the remote box.

On the box your on run:

You can get SEQUENCENUM & SEED just by sshing to the box and not logging in. You’ll need your pass phrase though.

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Uttar Pradesh-based online eyewear marketplace ClearDekho has raised Rs 2 crore (about $300,000) in a pre-Series A investment round from funding and incubation platform Venture Catalysts, a company statement said.

Several institutional investors such as Mumbai-based Samyakth Capital, a hybrid growth fund, and Pune-based Windrose Capital, which invests in digital-first early- to mid-stage startups, had participated in the round through the VCat platform. Other individual investors who also put in money include Gagan Gupta, Anand Naidu, and Dhianu Das, who are angel investors; Krishnan Akhileswaran, group chief financial officer at Apollo Hospitals; Gaurav Singhvi, founder of financial services firm Financial Supermarket; and Yogesh Chaudhary, director of Jaipur Rugs.

The startup will use the funds to enhance its marketing initiatives, strengthen back-end operations, and to hire talent, Shivi Singh, co-founder of the venture, said in the statement.

“We also plan to expand our product portfolio and launch our private label brands in the afforadable category,” Singh added.

Established by Singh and Saurabh Dayal in 2016, Cleardekho Eyewear Pvt. Ltd sells affordable eyewear online as well as in retail stores. Its product ranges from prescription eyeglasses, sunglasses, reading glasses and branded contact lenses.

An alumnus of IBS Hyderabad, prior to starting up, Singh was the India head of strategy and partnerships at VisionSpring, an affordable eyewear brand which has partnered with sunglasses company Warby Parker for its Buy a Pair, Give a Pair programme. Dayal, an MBA graduate from IIM Lucknow, has previously worked with wallet firm Paytm, data analytics company Prognosys, and HCL Infosystems.

The company has opened 25 stores across Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan within six months of operations. It claims to be serving more than 50,000 customers.

“We have a unique, asset-light franchise business model. With the latest infusion of funds, we plan to replicate our success in other geographies. We plan to launch 100 stores before December 2018 and have 500 ClearDekho stores operational across India within the next 2 years,” Dayal said in the statement.

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FILE - This Friday, April 11, 2015 file photo shows a view of the Bugey nuclear plant in Saint-Vulbas, near Lyon, central France. France's nuclear safety authority gave its green light on Thursday to extend the lifetime of the country's 32 oldest nuclear reactors for an additional decade, potentially allowing them to be operational for as long as 50 years. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

PARIS – France’s nuclear safety authority agreed Thursday to extend the operational lifetime of the country’s 32 oldest nuclear reactors by a decade to as much as 50 years.

The public electricity company that operates the nuclear plants, EDF, is in charge of ensuring the safety of the reactors, which had previously been intended to run for 40 years.

The nuclear authority said in a statement that it finds that measures planned by EDF "open the prospect of continued operation of these reactors for a further ten years.”

Nuclear energy currently provides about 70% of French electricity, more than in any other country. France aims to reduce that proportion to 50% by 2035 while boosting renewable energy.

Last year, France shut its oldest nuclear plant in Fessenheim, on the border with Germany, which had been supplying electricity since 1977. The government has outlined plans for 12 more reactor closures.

Most nuclear reactors were built in the 1980s, meaning they could be shut down in the 2030s.

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FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file image from video, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell speaks as Hennepin County Judge PeterCahill discusses motions before the court in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin for the 2020 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

MINNEAPOLIS – Prosecutors are asking a judge to give Derek Chauvin a more severe penalty than state guidelines call for when he is sentenced in June for George Floyd's death, arguing in court documents filed Friday that Floyd was particularly vulnerable and that Chauvin abused his authority as a police officer.

Defense attorney Eric Nelson is opposing a tougher sentence, saying the state has failed to prove that those aggravating factors, among others, existed when Chauvin arrested Floyd on May 25.

Chauvin, who is white, was convicted last week of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for pressing his knee against Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes as the Black man said he couldn't breathe and went motionless.

Even though he was found guilty of three counts, under Minnesota statutes he’ll only be sentenced on the most serious one — second-degree murder. While that count carries a maximum sentence of 40 years, experts say he won’t get that much.

Prosecutors did not specify how much time they would seek for Chauvin.

Under Minnesota sentencing guidelines, the presumptive sentence for second-degree unintentional murder for someone with no criminal record like Chauvin would be 12 1/2 years. Judges can sentence someone to as little as 10 years and eight months or as much as 15 years and still be within the advisory guideline range. To go above that, Judge Peter Cahill would have to find that there were “aggravating factors," and even if those are found, legal experts have said Chauvin would likely not face more than 30 years.

In legal briefs filed Friday, prosecutors said Chauvin should be sentenced above the guideline range because Floyd was particularly vulnerable with his hands cuffed behind his back as he was face-down on the ground, and that he was intoxicated. They noted that Chauvin held his position even after Floyd became unresponsive and officers knew he had no pulse.

Prosecutors also said Chauvin treated Floyd with particular cruelty during the lengthy restraint, saying Chauvin inflicted gratuitous pain and caused psychological distress to Floyd and to bystanders.


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We all need to plan for the future — whether you want to sell your business next year or in 10 years. The value of your company will be partly determined by your industry. For example, cloud-based software companies are generally worth a lot more than printing companies these days.

However, when we analyse businesses in the same industry, we still see major variations in valuation. So we dug through the data available to us from internal sources and industry databases and found 10 things that are likely to boost business value in relation to its industry peer group.

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Recurring Revenue

The more revenue you have from automatically recurring contracts or subscriptions, the more valuable your business will be to a buyer. Even if subscriptions are not the norm in your industry, try to find some form of recurring revenue — it will make your company much more valuable than those of your competitors.

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Buyers buy what they cannot easily replicate on their own. Companies with a unique product or service that is difficult for a competitor to copy are more valuable than a company that sells the same commodity as everyone else in their industry. This is best protected by gaining the intellectual property rights in any development

Acquirers looking to fuel their top-line revenue growth through acquisition will pay a premium for your business if it is growing much faster than your industry overall. How does your growth rate compare to industry trade association averages or your primary competitors? Synergy is powerful ingredient to top-line revenue growth. Do your products or customer base create cross-selling opportunities or allow your acquirer to rapidly expand into a new market?

Often tired old companies try to buy appeal through the acquisition of a trendy young company in their industry. If you are the darling of your industry trade media, expect to get a premium acquisition offer.

For some types of businesses, location is crucial. If you have a great location with natural physical characteristics that are difficult to replicate (imagine a prime location in a National Park, where development is restricted), you’ll have buyers who understand your industry interested in your location as well as your business.

Acquirers pay a premium for companies that naturally hedge the loss of a single customer. Ensure no customer amounts to more than 10 percent of your revenue and your company will be more valuable than an industry peer with just a few big customers.

If you’ve mastered a way to win customers and documented your sales funnel with a predictable set of conversion rates, your secret customer-acquiring formula will make your business more valuable to an acquirer than an industry peer who doesn’t have a clue where their next customer will come from.

Clean Accounts

Companies that invest in audited statements have financials that are generally viewed by acquirers as more trustworthy and therefore worth more. You may want to get your books reviewed professionally each year even if audited accounts are not required for your company.

Companies with a second-in-command (2IC) who has agreed to stay on post sale of your business are more valuable than businesses where all the power and knowledge are in the hands of the owner.

Loyal Customers

Being able to objectively demonstrate that your customers are happy and intend to re-purchase in the future will make your business more valuable than an industry peer that does not have a means of tracking customer satisfaction.

Like a rising tide that lifts all boats, your industry typically defines a range of multiples of earnings within which your business is likely to sell. Whether you fall at the bottom or the top of the range comes down to factors that have nothing to do with what you do, but instead, how you do it.

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As a reputable, all-encompassing online marketing agency, pay-per-click advertising (often referred to as PPC) is a large part of what we do. What this means is that we can get our clients an immediate presence on the biggest global search engine using Google AdWords services. Utilising our comprehensive knowledge of AdWords, we can deliver successful paid search campaigns with measurable results, which directly target users who are actively searching for their services.

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Exhibition: 7 September - 17 November 2002

Information from the Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Nearly forty years have elapsed since the most important drawings by Rembrandt and his circle owned by the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung in Munich were last united at one exhibition. The Munich works are joined by selected Rembrandt drawings from major collections in Europe and abroad: the Amsterdam Museum het Rembrandthuis and the Rijksprentenkabinet; the Dresden Kupferstich-Kabinett; the Groningen Gronings Museum and the Metropolitan Museum in New York.

Throughout his career, Rembrandt’s work fascinated both connoisseurs and
fellow painters alike. This is just as true of his drawings as it is of his
paintings. Viewed today, Rembrandt’s drawings have lost nothing of their
spontaneity, freshness and originality. Revealing Rembrandt’s inexhaustible
resourcefulness in experimenting with both medium and technique, they record the
creative process step by step with an immediacy surpassing even that of the

Rembrandt is represented in the exhibition by early drawings from his Leiden
period and by late works, accompanied by the work of pupils and followers. The
drawings are thematically grouped; Rembrandt himself filed away his drawings for
safekeeping by subject matter.

The artist in his workshop gives a glimpse into how the workshop operated (nude models, studies of his wife Saskia and other women). Genre scenes and scenes from everyday life capture fleeting impressions of figures and situations that caught the master’s painterly eye. An important part of the exhibition is linked with the Decoration of the Amsterdam Town Hall, represented by a preliminary drawing for the monumental Rembrandt painting of The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis and designs in large formats for the paintings by Ferdinand Bol. The group comprising the largest number of works deals with Biblical representations; here Rembrandt’s strikingly original approach to interpreting passages from the Bible comes into full play. The group of drawings shown under the heading of Exotics and costumed figures attests to the influences exerted on Rembrandt and his circle by the work of earlier artists and the theatre of the day. The chiaroscuro drawings by Rembrandt and his circle are works which, due to their painterly qualities, became coveted collector’s items in the 18th century.

Finally, the section on Copies of drawings shows Rembrandt setting a shining
example to a host of pupils as a dedicated ‘educator’.

Rembrandt auf Papier: Werk und Wirkung
Thea Vignau-Wilberg, with a contribution by Peter Schatborn
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New Spanish commemorative coin: Old town of Santiago de Compostela

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This week we continue with the numismatic news that will bring us the year 2018. We already talked about the common coin that will be issued by the Baltic republics, and the new coin dedicated to the 50th birthday of the Head of the Spanish State, now it is the turn of a coin dedicated to one of the heritage of the humanity of Unesco.

This coin continues with the series of monuments heritage of the Humanity of the Unesco that Spain began in 2010. Last year the coin was dedicated to the pre Romanesque Asturian art and this year is about the old helmet of Santiago de Compostela.

These commemorative coins are being issued respecting the order in which the places were declared World Heritage. The issues could be prolonged, at least, until 2050 at the current rate of issuance of one currency per year. Until this 2018 the list includes the following currencies:

Two of the most representative symbols of Santiago de Compostela have been used for this coin: Santiago the pilgrim and the cathedral.

James, son of Zebedee, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus, and traditionally considered the first apostle to be martyred. He is the patron of the Spaniards, celebrating his feast every 25th of July. The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela and historically, and since Early Middle Ages, it represents the end of the Camino de Santiago. The building is a Romanesque structure, with later Gothic and Baroque additions.

The design of the coin reproduces the image of Santiago Peregrino, which is located in the central arch of the Holy Door, in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. On his left, the name of the issuing country "SPAIN" appears, next to the year of minting 2018, and under this the mint mark. As in all two euro coins, the twelve stars of the European Union are located in the outer ring.

The issuance date is scheduled for early February 2018. We must be aware of this issue as it differs from coins minted until now, whose mintage was around eight million units but the mintage of this coin will be very small, only 300,000 coins.

This is not going to be the only commemorative coin of two euros that is going to issue Spain during 2018, a few weeks ago we already commented on the coin that commemorates the 50th birthday of King Philip VI.

What do you think about the new Spanish commemorative coins of 2018? Do you like their designs? Leave us your impressions!


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A big thank you to everyone who took the time to enter the Scavenger Hunt, which I organized to help celebrate the new design here at Cold Climate Gardening. I hope you all had fun as you hunted for the clues. The prizewinners have all been notified by email, so I'll give the rest of [...]

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I've always had the suspicion that most of my readers don't realize how much else I offer on this website in addition to this blog, so I thought I'd celebrate the "grand re-opening" of Cold Climate Gardening with a scavenger hunt that will encourage you to explore my website more thoroughly. Prizes, We Have Prizes [...]


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Early fall is the perfect time to prepare your home for winter.

With fall just weeks away, temperatures are dropping and Coloradans’ energy consumption is making its seasonal shift. Mild days might mean it’s time to turn off the air conditioner and on downright chilly nights you might be tempted to turn on the heat. But however you deal with the crisp autumn air, Poudre Valley REA recommends using these temperate months to get ready for winter. Here are some tips for fall maintenance that’ll help you weather the cold to come.

Managing natural light

Colorado’s powerful high-altitude sunshine might feel like a curse when you’re trying to keep your home from roasting through July, but come September, it’s time to put those warm rays to use. During the cooler months, take advantage of the natural heating power of direct sunlight — especially on the south side of your home — by opening drapes and blinds.

Weather stripping can help keep out the cold winter air.

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In Colorado’s autumn, frequently lovely warm days can give way to cold, long nights. So, even in September, you might want to start closing your drapes and blinds overnight to preserve the day’s warmth and prevent drafts.

It’s also a great time to get ready for the prolonged chill of winter by checking your home for air leaks. Wind and drafts will let the cold air in and the warm air out, so this is the perfect time to start checking for holes and sealing gaps around exterior doors and windows. Adding weather stripping at the bottom of your doors and locking windows can help create a tight seal.

Maintain your heating system

As you’re gearing up to turn on the heat, fall is the perfect time to replace air filters, sweep chimneys, and schedule routine service. Keeping your heating system in good condition means it will run more efficiently and more safely. If you regularly use a fireplace or a wood-burning stove, give the flue a good cleaning and look into systems that will help recirculate the warm air.

Keeping your heating system in good condition means it will run more efficiently and more safely.

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That programmable thermostat that helped you keep cool all summer can be just as useful through the cooler months. You just need to flip the temperatures! To get the most energy and financial savings out of your thermostat, set it to adjust the temperature to your schedule. When you’re home, try keeping the house warm enough that you’re comfortable in a sweater and jeans rather than a t-shirt and shorts — for most people, this is about 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Then, overnight or when you’re out of the house, set the thermostat to lower the temperature by a few degrees.

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News from the schools: Colo. spending on schools dismal and getting worse

A brief shocking but not surprising piece posted at the Great Education website today is making waves. It was also posted at the politics-insider Colorado Pols blogsite as a reminder to lawmakers as the legislative session begins that the unavoidable cuts that will be made to the K-12 budget this year will be devastating.

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This report comes in the wake of news that, months into the project, conservative Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry put a halt to his state’s application to win millions of dollars in Race to the Top federal Department of Education funds. With urban graduation rates in Texas hovering around 50 percent, Texas would seem ill-prepared to toss away funding opportunities.

By almost all metrics, Colorado’s schools are worse off than the schools in Texas. Yet state Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch, today followed Perry’s lead, urging state lawmakers to reject the $200 million to $400 million in funding Colorado might win from the program. Colorado is completing its Race to the Top application in the coming days. Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien has made the application a top priority.

Below an excerpt (the entire thing, really) from the Great Education report. (Major hat-tip to Colorado Pols. Go to the original Great Ed “Race to the Bottom” report to check out the source links.):

As state leaders do important work in promoting Colorado’s application for federal Race to the Top education reform dollars, Colorado itself continues to gain ground in its race to the bottom when it comes to K-12 funding. Education Week’s annual Quality Counts state school finance data study is out, and the news isn’t good for Colorado. We’re continuing “the Colorado trajectory” — falling farther behind the nation and other states that are competing with us for jobs, economic development opportunities and educators.

Per pupil funding, adjusted for regional cost differences:

2008: 38th nationally
2009: 40th
2010: 42nd

Per pupil spending (adjusted for regional cost differences) compared to U.S. Average:

2008: $1,034 below the national average
2009: $1,449 below the national average
2010: $1,919 below the national average

Rank in percent of taxable income spent on K-12

2008: 43rd
2009: 43rd
2010: 43rd (Hallelujah!)

Rank in teacher pay parity (i.e., how teacher salaries compare to salaries in comparable professions)

2008: 43rd
2010: 50th

That’s the context for the current legislative session — where cuts of at least an average $440 per pupil are virtually certain for the coming school year.

How about a comparison with our neighboring states? We are falling precipitously behind our geographically close competitors:

How much more do neighboring states spend per pupil?
2008: $3,718 more per pupil than Colorado
2009: $5,612 more
2010: $7,748 more

2008: $1,991 more per pupil than Colorado
2009: $2,509 more
2010: $3,265 more

2008: $923 more per pupil than Colorado
2009: $1,702 more
2010: $2,285 more

New Mexico
2008: $492 more per pupil than Colorado
2009: $1,011 more
2010: $1,452 more

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