The children LOVE to make their own playdough. Pour wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir.Īdd more of the flour as needed to make a consistent playdough. In a separate bowl, mix in 2 cups of the flour and all of the salt. Heat the water up (in the microwave or on the stove). Materials Needed: 2 1/2 cups flour, 1 packet of unsweetened Kool-aid, 1 cup of salt, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 2 cups of water. The children move from tray to tray to use the glitter colors that they want.Īlso, if you place a very small piece of paper towel folded up inside the container, it will slow down the amount of glitter that comes out. Place one container of glitter on each tray. When you shut off the lights and shine a flashlight on these, they are beautiful!įor easier clean-up, have large trays or cookie sheets available. This activity is self explanatory AND messy! You will have glitter everywhere for a while!Įncourage the children to completely glue the plate and then add glitter to the entire plate. Materials Needed: paper plates, glue, paint brushes and lots and lots of glitter!
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Stepping into this ideological minefield, and drawing extensively on the revisionists, comes Diane Purkiss, with her ‘people’s history’ of the Civil War. Others have broadened their scope to argue that the pivotal involvement of Ireland and Scotland requires us to call the conflict ‘the Wars of the Three Kingdoms’. Instead, historians have sought explanations for the causes of the civil conflict in local internecine conflicts over trade, religion, social status, and of course religion. The historical revisionism that began in the 1970s has persuasively rejected the Whig and Marxist views of the Civil War as a bourgeois revolution, which inexorably propelled us all towards parliamentary democracy. Learn more about the wars, the people who. The grand historical narratives of the war that raged from 1642 to 1649, written by the likes of the Victorian Samuel Gardiner and later Dame Veronica Wedgwood, are these days regarded as unfashionable, qualified into virtual irrelevance by an avalanche of recent micro-studies of the causes, effects and practices of every facet of seventeenth-century English political, social and domestic life. The English Civil Wars were a catastrophic series of conflicts that took place in the middle of the 17th century. It is a brave, some might say foolish writer who embarks on a history of the English Civil War these days. It lodges six children who are considered “extreme” cases. At the meeting, Linus is given top secret clearance to review an unusual orphanage run by Arthur Parnassus. Early in the novel, he is unexpectedly summoned to a personal meeting with Extremely Upper Management, elusive figures that are often whispered about but rarely seen. He is cautious in life and careful with his words, making him particularly well suited for the inflexible structure of DICOMY. Linus himself is a serious, solitary man with a preference for order and clarity. Linus’s job is to follow up on incident reports and make suggestions regarding the fate of the children and the homes. Some of these children have powers such as telekinesis, and some are from non-human species, many of which we would consider mythological. Linus Baker is a case worker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICOMY), a governmental agency that monitors the behavior and well-being of magical children living in orphanages and group homes. 2017).īut imagine you were developing a much more ambitious and generally applicable technology with the explicit objective of becoming more intelligent than humans in increasing range of areas: to develop general computer intelligence. In my case, the technology is fairly narrow and, as far as I am aware, can only be used for the definitively benign activity of cycle network planning ( Lovelace et al. I first encountered Stuart Russell and his ideas in a podcast for The Guardian’s Science weekly in October 2019, which is still available and well worth a listen.Īs someone who has spent much time thinking about, using and to some extent developing technologies to support a small but influential area of human activity (Transport Planning), I am acutely aware of the potential for technologies to have really world impacts. The first book on the subject I have read, it greatly enhanced my understanding of a complex subject and made me feel compelled to write a brief review, for the benefit of myself (I’m still consolidating my understanding of the books key ideas and find that writing them down helps) and others. I recently completed the book Human Compatible by Professor of Computer Science at Berkeley, Stuart Russell ( Russell 2019). No violation of another's copyright or intellectual property.We reserve the right to remove any content that violates our guidelines, including but not limited to: When posting on LightSail's social media, please adhere to these guidelines. By posting, you indicate your agreement to comply with our terms and conditions in the same manner as if you had personally signed a document. 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Pamela Lightsey has expertise in classical just war theory and Womanist methodologies. In fact, she used her status as both scholar and ordained clergy to preach an affirming sermon at the UMC’s 2012 General Conference and to address the Common Witness Coalition at GC 2012. Lightsey does this work as the only out African American lesbian ordained clergy person in the United Methodist Church. Lightsey has helped draft petitions, written open letters to highlight leading African American scholars and clergy who support LGBTQ causes, and offered her expertise in Queer Theology to several workshop and seminar events. Refusing to sit quietly while legislation upon legislation was being passed to deny full inclusion of LGBTQ persons, Dr. Lightsey has been a leading advocate for LGBTQ rights consistently calling for an end to the United Methodist Church’s discriminatory polity related to ordination, church membership and marriage rights. She is also board member of Reconciling Ministries Network and Coordinating Team member of Church Within a Church.ĭr. Pamela Lightsey serves as Associate Dean and Clinical Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Theology. Now, since I’m the girl no one likes or believes, I guess I’m the perfect target for his dark games and twisted desires.Īfter surviving my first encounter with his casual depravity, all I really want is for Carter to leave me alone. Beneath his carefully constructed façade lurks a monster, a predator looking for the perfect prey to play with. Never imagined his coveted attention would turn out to be such a nightmare. I never dreamed I would attract the attention of locally worshipped star quarterback, Carter Mahoney. I didn’t care if it was an unpopular thing to do I stood up for myself… and in doing so, opened Pandora’s Box. See, I got a player suspended from the football team for harassing me, and in my small Texas town, you don’t mess with the football players-even if they mess with you first. Senior year was off to a rough start: lube in my locker, panties on my front porch, unimaginative name-calling. Meanwhile, reunited with Liam, the boy she would-and did-sacrifice everything for to keep alive, Ruby must face the painful repercussions of having tampered with his memories of her. But internal strife may destroy their only chance to free the "rehabilitation camps" housing thousands of other Psi kids. They are armed only with a volatile secret: proof of a government conspiracy to cover up the real cause of IAAN, the disease that has killed most of America's children and left Ruby and others like her with powers the government will kill to keep contained. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. You may purchase your book online, in-store, or over the phone. Tickets to the signing line are given only with the purchase of Warcross from Mysterious Galaxy. Kirkus Reviews calls Warcross a “a stellar cyberpunk series opener packed with simmering romance and cinematic thrills.” Marie Lu is joined by special guest host and fellow bestselling YA author, Kiersten White! Now in the thick of this year’s competition, she is pulled into a more dangerous world than she could have ever imaged. When teenage hacker Emika Chen accidentally glitches herself into the game and shows off her incredible skills, she is recruited to actually pose as a gamer in order to uncover a dangerous in-game plot. With futuristic and dystopian undertones, Warcross centers on the titular virtual reality game that has taken the world by storm. Mysterious Galaxy is excited to welcome back New York Times bestselling YA author Marie Lu for her newest book, Warcross, at a rare Saturday evening event. “I had to learn to navigate all of the microaggressions and macroaggressions in this society and this world,” she said. Even as she left California to pursue higher education, she recalls being only one of two black people in her entire PhD program. During her discussions with students on campus, she divulged that she grew up in Southern California and attended private schools, which were predominantly white. While Heads of the Colored People doesn’t fully tell her stories and struggles as a black woman, Thompson-Spires said that she still sees herself in this book, especially in the reoccurring character Fatima. Through a mix of dark humor and lighthearted teasers, the stories in Heads of the Colored People examine the concept of black identity through relatable, and sometimes harrowing, depictions of the lives of black men, women, and children, who each grapple with their identity in a unique way. This year’s reading was Heads of the Colored People, an anthology of short stories by Nafissa Thompson-Spires that delves into the topic of diversity and racial identity. The annual First-Year Common Reading Program is historically an opportunity for first-year students to unite in an academic discussion about a book with their peers and faculty across disciplines, fostering a sense of community and common identity. At Gettysburg College, students are encouraged to actively engage in critical thinking and discussions by transcending their comfort zones, welcoming new ideas, and embracing difference. |