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You are strongly encouraged to watch minutes 3:40 through 17:30 of this address from Governor Pete Ricketts and Nebraska Department of Education Commissioner Matt Blomstedt for detailed information about how the state will determine when K-12 schools should close for the sake of public health. Their guidance will serve as the basis for our future decisions as to how we respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. In his address, Governor Ricketts informed everyone that in the event of two instances of community spread of COVID-19 within a region, they will instruct impacted schools to close for a period of 6-8 weeks.
At this time, all surrounding school districts have determined that, while there are no known cases of community spread in our region, it is only prudent to invest time and resources into preparing for this reality. A brief description of these preparations is what I would like to present to you today. Please keep in mind that the circumstances we are facing are both unprecedented and very fluid. As such, they will require patience, flexibility, ingenuity, and a lot of teamwork from the faculty as well as our students.
What is Cancelled?
Classes will not be held on Monday, March 16, and Tuesday, March 17. All school-sponsored activities, including athletics and co-curriculars, are suspended until further notice. Depending on the circumstances, some things may be rescheduled and others canceled entirely. Parent-Teacher Conferences are postponed until further notice. Parents who have specific concerns they would like to address with teachers, counselors or the administration are welcome to communicate as needed via email.
Students will be asked to participate in an online orientation with counselors and the administration on Wednesday to introduce them to the essential elements of online learning. Prior to Wednesday, students need to check their Prep email for updates on readiness and they should continue to check their email daily. Click here for information that is being shared with students about readiness for online learning.
On Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, we will start our first A Day and B Day of online learning classes for all students. These two days will be used primarily for practice, troubleshooting, and reconnecting with teachers. Instructional materials will be delivered with Canvas as the foundation. Those students who don't have reliable internet access can come to school to access their online learning classes.
Is the Building Closed to Students?
Because there are no known cases of community spread at this time and because the building has been thoroughly cleaned and sanitized, we are allowing entry into the building by faculty, staff, or students for the time being. Students can come in to get books, supplies, and other resources they might need from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through the west entrance. We are, however, prohibiting the gathering of groups of students on campus. 
If your student or any family members have recently traveled to high-risk areas, we ask that your family follow all health protocols outlined by the CDC. In circumstances where any student or family member needs to self-quarantine or has tested positive for COVID-19, please contact our Dean of Students, Sterling Brown.
As things change, we will update parents with an email or through our emergency alert system. Although we will not send the weekly Parent Pulse today, we will continue to communicate via the weekly e-newsletter, website, Twitter and Facebook.
I appreciate your patience as we endeavor to maintain continuity of education for our students while ensuring the health and well-being of our entire Prep community. Let's continue to care and pray for one another as we confront these trying times together in a spirit of hope.For people building web sites, Responsive Web Design has become a natural approach to making sure the content is available for as many users as possible. This is usually attended to via CSS media queries. However, there is a JavaScript alternative as well.
Introducing window.matchMedia
The way to approach media queries in JavaScript is through window.matchMedia. Basically, you just use the same approach as with CSS, but with a JavaScript call:
This query returns a MediaQueryList object, on which you can do a few things:
- matches
- Boolean whether the query matched or not.
- media
- Serialized media query list.
- addListener
- Adding event listener to a media query. Much preferred over polling values or similar.
- removeListener
- Removing event listener from a media query.
Therefore, the easy way to determine if a media query matched is using the
matches property:
Adding listeners is very easy:
Demo and code
I’ve put together a window.matchMedia demo where you can see some queries in action. Try resizing the window and see the values change.
The complete JavaScript code for that demo, which is of course available on GitHub, is as follows:
Web browser support
At this time, window.matchMedia has been implemented in:
- Firefox 6+
- Google Chrome 9+
- Safari 5.1+. Note: doesn’t support
addListener.
- Firefox mobile
- Google Chrome beta on Android. Note: doesn’t support
addListener.
- Safari 5 on iOS. Note: doesn’t support
addListener.
- Android stock browser. Note: doesn’t support
addListener.
It is also planned to be in Internet Explorer 10.
For older/unsupported web browsers, you can try the matchMedia() polyfill, although it doesn’t support
addList]…Marianne Faithfull has said an emotional thank you to everyone who helped her beat the coronavirus, following her 22-day spell in a London hospital.
“I would like to say to all the people who cared for me and thought of me, who sent me love, people I know, people I have never met, thank you for helping me to get better," the "As Tears Go By" singer shared on her social media pages Wednesday.
“I want to thank the doctors and nurses who were so good and basically saved my life!” she added.
“Thank you all again for all your care, love, thoughts, prayers and wishes. All my love. Marianne"
The British singer-songwriter, 73, was admitted to a London hospital with pneumonia in early April and subsequently tested positive for COVID-19.
Ian Bonhote, director of the upcoming biopic Faithfull, which will star Lucy Boynton, went on to share his best wishes to the singer on Twitter.
“All my thoughts and prayers. Get better soon @Faithfull_M,” Bonhote wrote.
Thankfully, Faithfull – who once dated Mick Jagger and has a long history of health struggles, including breast cancer, hepatitis C, anorexia and drug abuse – pulled through.
"We are really happy to say that Marianne has been discharged from hospital today, 22 days after being admitted suffering from the symptoms of Covid-19," said a social media statement shortly after she received the all-clear.
"Marianne thanks you all for your kind messages of concern which have meant a great deal through what is such a difficult time for so many. She is also very grateful to all the NHS staff who cared for her at the hospital and, without doubt, saved her life."
The next-generation mobile phones are giving a tough competing to bulky computers and laptops. However, it is difficult for someone with mobile and PC to manage both devices simultaneously. This is where you need to download Pushbullet that helps in managing Windows and Android devices. Moreover, you can transfer files quite quickly and also view various mobile notifications on the PC. To avoid purchasing the paid version of Pushbullet, many users are looking for alternatives to the tool. Thus, we collected some of the popular pushbullet alternative for your reference. We will also answer that which is the more effective tool among Airdroid vs. Pushbullet.
Microsoft is a leading technology manufacturer in the market that develops the Your Phone app for Windows and Android users. This enables you to attend calls from the PC along with accessing the device notifications. Also, you get a similar environment of using the mobile on the PC as per the requirement. Further, users can manage text messages and share unlimited files between the devices. It is an entirely free-to-use application that does not work for Linux or Mac users.
The next name on the list of Pushbullet alternatives is the Airdroid application that is quite beneficial for regular use. Further, it allows the users to view texts along with checking the notification bar of the mobile. However, it requires additional Windows app to shares files between PC and Android phone. Also, there are some restrictions on sending data through the internet. Thus, both Pushbullet and Airdroid have their benefits and serves equally to the users.
Pushing is a popular pushbullet alternative that also shares an almost similar name. Each device should have a Pushline sever tool to establish a connection. Make sure to download the app on mobile