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For many years now, there have been discussions and debates back and forth regarding the importance of music in a baby's development. Can it increase their learning ability? Does it make them smarter? Should they learn to play instruments? With everything else you are trying to do for your child, should music also be on that list? The answer is Yes! And here are just a few reasons why:
Babies are primed for music: One great reason to introduce your little one to music is that she is ready for it. An infant's sense of hearing is well developed early on so exposing her to music makes sense. Additionally, babies tend to react very enthusiastically to music and song – their eyes light up, their chubby little legs start moving, they beat or clap their hands and they might start cooing or trying to "sing" in their own baby way. Music is a great way to get her senses going and no matter how young, she can enjoy it.
Music is engaging: Whether you're in a Kindermusik class, singing to the radio in the car or dancing in the den at home with your baby, music is a wonderful way for you and your child to interact! Dr. Laurel Trainor, a PhD and Director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind in Ontario, Canada, says that music can strengthen your relationship with your baby. Studies have shown that moving to music with another person releases a hormone called oxytocin; this is the same hormone produced during nursing and causes that mother/baby bonding. Music and dancing with your child is true quality time and can bring you and your baby physically and emotionally closer together!
Music and Communication: While studies have shown that exposing your little one to music may not guarantee her admission to Harvard or lead to a Nobel Prize, there are correlations between communication skills, language and music. In 2016, research conducted at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning & Brain Science (I-LABS) showed a link between music and speech processing. Scientists studied 9-month old babies who participated in ongoing play sessions with music. The result was that these children had improved processing skills, not only in music but also in speech, showing a connection between rhythmic patterns in music and rhythmic patterns in speech. Christina Zhao, one of the researchers told CBS News that this "study [was] the first to demonstrate that a type of enriched experience with sound other than language can influence infants' speech sound processing." Other studies have shown that active participation in music (such as using instruments or movements rather than just passively listening) can help increase a child's own communication gestures and expressiveness.
Before your stress levels start to soar and you google the best music teachers in your area, pause. Exposing your child to music does not have to be hard. You do not need a Stradivarius violin or an elaborate CD collection. Rather, here are some simple steps to expose your baby to music in a fun, easy, realistic way:
- Sing to your baby: It doesn't matter if you actually can sing; your little one recognizes and loves your voice. Additionally, your voice gives your baby what she needs. andra E. Trehub, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto tells us that "a mother fine-tunes her voice to her baby's needs. When her baby is cheerful, she sings in an upbeat voice. When she is fretful, Mom sings in a soothing manner. Since babies can't really regulate their own moods in the early months of life, a mother's singing plays a vital role here."
- Play music for your baby: Yes, exposure to music – lots of different music — is good for your child. It's no lie that classical music is more complex in sound and structure. Over time, our brains – even in babies – can learn to identify these and recognize certain pieces. Scientists consider classical music "good exercise" for our brains as it opens up certain pathways in the brain that help with reasoning and problem solving. However, this does not mean you have to only play classical music. Remember that babies are primed for music and they will benefit from listening to all types. One note: While your baby's hearing is well developed, this does not mean you want to blast the volume. Be mindful and keep the levels moderate so as not to damage your child's hearing.
- Teach your baby lyrics and sing with her: Whether it was the alphabet song, the days of the week, your state capitals or multiplication tables, at some point, all of us have learned through song. Lyrics teach your child words, rhyming, patterns and other key elements of speech. Singing in the car, at bedtime or naptime, and throughout other parts of your day is great exposure for your child and fun for you both! Start early and do it often and you'll be amazed how much she's learning.
- Keep music in your child's life: This may be through community music classes (like Kindermusik, Mommy and Me), your local church or library. This is great time with your little one and there is no such thing as too early. The same goes if you want your child to learn an instrument. As you look towards preschool and up, many schools have active music programs — this is something that you want to advocate for and encourage. However, regardless of what happens in the outside world, you can control what happens within your home. Again, you don't need to enlist Mozart's great-great nephew as a piano teacher or buy a baby grand. Rather, songs in the car, playing music in your home and actively participating with your child can help her develop a life-long love of music. Chances are she'll be a happier, more well-rounded person for it.
- McElroy, Molly. "Music Improves Baby Brain Responses to Music and Speech." UW News. 04/25/2016. https://www.washington.edu/news/2016/04/25/music-improves-baby-brain-responses-to-music-and-speech/.
- Miller, Lori Kase. "The Benefits of Introducing Baby to Music." com. October 2014. https://www.parents.com/baby/development/intellectual/the-benefits-of-introducing-baby-to-music/.
- "The Role of Music." Circular 1053-06. University of Georgia Extension. 08/07/2017. http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=C1053-06&title=The%20Role%20of%20Music
- Welch, Ashley. "Does Listening to Music Help Babies Learn Faster?" CBS News. 04/25/2016. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/does-listening-to-music-help-babies-learn-faster/


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Loving the revival of this thread! See some of the oldtimers too which is nice.
Getting colder now, looks like Fall is here for some of us. Cider and Apples are nice, but the cold house, and mornings not so much.
Whats good Bronco Buddies!
Its my favorite! Stinks it died a little in the past few years. I haven't posted regularly on these forums in close to a decade and am in the top 20 for posts in this thread. But go Caf!
Thanks you too! It's been awhile :) I'm an adult now
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Yay anything goes then! Ya back in the day they were given out like crazy...or I just misbehaved a lot in my younger days on here. I see CP desire is still here then. Ya this is all different here
Are Infraction points still a thing here? I haven't checked this account or used it regularly in like 6 years so i'm lost.
Awww don't be so hard on yourself LT. Your always welcome here :)
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No I remember you that helped. Your name was unique it was hard to forget. I'll see what's up I was kind of bored last night so I logged in. Crazy how much changes in 6 years, even reading some of my...
Vaguely so I'm guessing there's a reason for that. But as long as its good things then its all good. I just saw this place was kind of deas
Rise my old thread, rise!!!!! Anyone from back in the day remember me? Wondering if anyone is still around from the old days.
That's me!!!!! Thanks everyone you guys are awesome. This was the big 21 so I enjoyed it..
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I would be more scared of Brett. I mean we already cant trust him with a cell phone whats he gonna text now to help him get over it :huh: Oh god female sportswriters every where better block his...
Well im not old enough to remember that so you can use that as viewing the glass half full haha. At least now Bronco fans have a reason to be happy....kind of
So how about 2 in a row next year. I think this team with everyone healthly can do it. Sorry need at least one night where we talk about/ care about green bay
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The Multi-layer City, Reinventing Paris (17th)
Paris' Périphérique ring-road is spanned by a garden bridge, a living structure with a landscaped surface accessible to all, opening on all sides to public streets. Above the bridge, a free arrangement of housing and offices. Their structural autonomy creates a capacity to evolve, alongside the re-invention of the city. The buildings are linked at roof level to create an urban farm dedicated to growing the first Parisian tea plantation. Mixed-use blocks mean residents and office users can both enjoy this extraordinary garden.
With the planted balconies and garden bridge, the fully three-dimensional landscaping scheme becomes an environmental powerhouse, contributing to the pleasure of experiencing city life differently. Porte des Ternes plays host to a development that is both unique and of its place, reconnecting with Paris.
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XML and Java technology, XML persistence in three flavors
Serialization, TrAX, or data binding: What's your choice?
From the developerWorks archives
Date archived: May 15, 2019 | First published: September 11, 2007
You can do all sorts of interesting things with XML, but if you can't persist it to a file, it's all for naught. Brett McLaughlin discusses different tactics for XML persistence, and the pros and cons of each.
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The aim of the project entitled "Polish-Norwegian cooperation platform for climate and energy conservation" was to establish and strengthen bilateral cooperation between Polish and Norwegian local self-governments, covering the exchange of experience, knowledge, technologies and best practices in the area of energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy sources (RES) use in the municipal sector (including municipal buildings and facilities).
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Kilcock and Newtown Parish have recently published the Christmas Edition of their Parish Newsletter.� One of the articles, 'The Gurgle of God at Christmas' is available to read online.
The gurgle of God at Christmas
In 2008 we hear again the ancient story of Christmas. It is ever old, ever new. Each year we re-tell the drama of God's entrance into our broken world. Through the birth of a child, we are moved by God's capacity to surprise us with love.
God made the choice to break the silence of the ages. He gave himself away in a Word. This Word took flesh in Mary's womb. Like all flesh He was born as a fragile bundle of new life. The mystery of God was concentrated in a child. The God who lived in the highest heavens was moving to a new address. The Christmas Story we hear each year may be the same, but we are different. Our world is different. Our memories have grown, our hopes have been tested, our love has been called on in new ways. But no matter what changes we have undergone, what losses we have mourned, the Christmas story speaks to us again of new birth and the possibility of our own rebirth . It tells us that things can be different. This gives substance to our hope that new life is possible because of the birth of the Son of God.
It is difficult to imagine the celebration of Christmas without the help of Luke's Gospel. It is the artist Luke who puts us in touch with the young virgin with child, Joseph her husband, the surprised shepherds, the jubilant angels announcing the good news. We are drawn into a drama that is larger than our own.
We are invited to share the mood of joy and hope. We are asked to take our place in the dark of the manger. We behold the gift of God wrapped in swaddling clothes. Luke's invitation, which has been extended to all believers down the centuries, reaches us again this Christmas. We are invited to come and worship, to see for ourselves the fragility of God, the littleness of the mighty one, the sheer tenderness of a love that is offered to all peoples.
With the birth of this child a new adventure in faith begins. A new approach to God is opened up for us, a new way of relating to each other is asked of us. This child becomes for all of us the Way, the Truth and the Life. That is why we make the journey back to Bethlehem each year: to rediscover our own roots in the gift of Jesus. For us it is a journey home. Welcome home everybody.
At Christmas we celebrate the great truth that God is not wrapped in silence. He is wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. In the Infant Jesus we have the childhood image of the gurgle of God breaking the silence. He is the one who will show us how close God is, and He will die to prove the measure of God's love for us. A story ever ancient, ever new.


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The first episode of Pennyworth did a great job of setting the groundwork for the greater plotline that would weave through season 1 with The Raven Society. Where the scope of episode 2, The Landlord's Daughter, initially appears dwarfed by the previous episode, it actually does an even better job of relaying what is to come for the rest of the season and its titular character.
Alfred's inability to get his company off the ground took an interesting step in The Landlord's Daughter. When visiting a local pub, Dave Boy and Alfred get the first sightings of a new potential job. A local knob, whom we later find out is Jason Ripper (Freddy Carter), is overtly harassing Sandra, the daughter of the owner of the bar. Where he should have the power to make Jason leave the bar, he is fearful of revenge since the Rippers have a reputation as being especially violent. This hesitancy is also shown from Alfred. Earlier in the episode he actually turns down a "big job" from Thomas Wayne because he doesn't want to put Esmé's life in danger. Similarly, he is apprehensive because he doesn't want any blow back to fall on those to which he is close. But, as much as we've learned that Alfred, Dave Boy and Bazza, can pull out the fisticuffs and hold their own, it's Alfred's ingenuity that turns Jason on his head, albeit Alfred does get himself into a pinch.
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Merry Christmas!
It's been a busy couple weeks! With Travis home for Christmas break it was hard to find time to do any computer stuff. We watched a lot of Prison Break during our free time - of which there was little...
We celebrated Christmas Eve and Christmas Day here with my parents this year. Savannah was awesome at opening everyone's gifts. Once she got into ripping paper mode, we couldn't stop her.One of her favorite gifts this year was a box of animal crackers from my dad. She has never been able to have her VERY OWN bag of animal crackers before... or for long. We ended up prying them from her hands because she was going to eat them all in one sitting.
Here's a good one of what Christmas looked like in Oklahoma. We went down there for a few days after Christmas. There were so many gifts, I'm still trying to figure out what all we brought home. You can tell travis is back there going "ooooo, that's nice Savannah".
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We talk a lot about inbound marketing here at Hudson Fusion. It's our bread and butter, but more than that, it's our passion; we really are big proponents of this methodology, and we know it can help anybody improve their website traffic – and help them build their brand and business.
One of the key components of the inbound methodology is content marketing, which is about populating your website with high quality content that your ideal clients would love to read and share. It's really simple; if you have great stuff that the people you want to do business with find helpful, not only will they engage with it, but they'll naturally share it.
That gets you direct, organic traffic driven by enthusiastic brand ambassadors. And it also factors strongly into Google's search algorithm, improving your PageRank and earning you more search engine traffic. It's really a win on every level when you do it right. That means laying the foundation.
Your foundation is the basic research and planning you have to do before you put up a single piece of content on your beautiful new company blog. And it consists in learning the answers to three questions:
1) Who are my customers?
2) What are my differentiators?
3) What the heck is my company about?
Answering these questions will tell you what sort of content your website should feature. When you know who your customers are, what sets your company apart, and how to position yourself, you'll be armed with the knowledge to compose laser-guided content that's sure to hit someone's sweet spot.
Who are my customers?
This is probably the most important question you can ask about your business when you're beginning content marketing. Who's buying your products or services? And even more importantly, who do you want to buy your products or services? Knowing the answer enables you to target content effectively; you can think about their lives, their interests, their needs. Do you sell accounting software targeted to non-specialists? Ask yourself why they're interested in your software. Break down what sorts of non-specialists you're looking to serve. Small business owners? Target content toward people looking to manage their time, lower their costs – or anything else that might appeal to them.
This is a methodology that works for any business model, whether you're selling hot dogs or professional business consulting services.
What are my differentiators?
This is another key piece in knowing how you want to differentiate yourself from your competition. When you know how you're unique – what's your value-added proposition that would make people want to choose you over other, say, cheese-grater companies or whatever – you know how you talk about yourselves. And you do want to talk about yourself.
A good rule of thumb in content marketing is "80-20 time," which we like to call the cocktail rule. Simply put, you want to devote 80% of your time talking about things other than your company. That includes things like general industry news, tangential or ancillary topics that your personas are interested in. But when you do talk about yourself, you need to know what to say. And you figure that out by working out what makes you unique. It could be anything from your business philosophy to your artisanal processes and time-honored craftsmanship to your wacky personality – anything that makes your business special!
What the heck is my company about?
When you've got your ideal customers worked out and you've got your differentiators locked down, you've got the building blocks you need for the next and most vital step: positioning. Your positioning statement is where you figure out just what on earth it is that your company does. This might seem simple enough at first – "Um, we make hot dogs?" – but it's remarkable how frequently executive teams feature multiple competing visions of what their company is all about. That's frustrating for everyone, because when you haven't worked out what your company's for, you can't market it to anyone. Sure, you'll have people coming your website if you've got good content – but it won't mean anything. There will be no conversions because you can't talk effectively about what it is you're for.
Your positioning statement, simply put, is what you're doing, who you're doing it for, and what makes your company unique. It's where your business is located (or positioned) in the market. You use it to drive everything: web copy, how you market your blog, what you put on social media. It's your company's personality, voice, and strategy all in one.
It's what makes your company your company.


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The National Association of Realtors® is disappointed that HUD has taken this step, which significantly weakens the federal government's commitment to the goals of the Fair Housing Act.
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Congressman Maloney's bill would make COVID-19 relief funds tax-exempt if used toward a home down payment.
Each of the four major regions achieved month-over-month growth, with the West experiencing the greatest sales recovery.
The White House Commission on Barriers to Affordable Housing seeks to eliminate impediments to affordable housing.
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Please find below the updated diary dates for the next half-term:
|26th March
|Problem Solving morning – Planned by teachers.
|26th March
|4pm-6pm: PTA Easter Disco in Rudry Village Hall – Details overleaf
|27th March
|Rescheduled Eisteddfod in Rudry Village Hall.
|27th March
|2:30pm: Mindfulness for pupils in Gold Class.
|28th March
|Gold class to St. Martin's for Science transition activity.
|28th March
|Last Day of school for pupils.
|29th March
|Closure Day – No school for pupils.
|Easter: Friday 30th March – Friday 13th April
|16th April
|Children return to school.
|17th April
|2:30pm: Mindfulness for pupils in Gold Class.
|18th April
|Pastor Edwards to lead assembly.
|19th April
|P.C. Madley to speak to year 1 pupils – People who help us.
|24th April
|P.C. Madley to speak to year 3 pupils – Internet Safety.
|1st May
|P.C. Madley to speak to year 2 pupils – Who? What? Where?
|2nd – 9th May
|National Tests – More information to follow.
|7th May
|May Day – School closed.
|23rd May
|Pastor Edwards to lead assembly.
|25th May
|Last day in school for children.
|Half term: Monday 28th May – Friday 1st June
|4th June
|Children return to school.


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The expansion of your team is an exciting process. First, it signifies your company is growing, which is always good news. But it's also an opportunity to inject new life into your company and make use of people's diverse experiences and backgrounds to help push your company forward.
However, the administrative tasks associated with adding someone to the team, also known as onboarding, can be a real nightmare for both you and your new employee. There are lots of forms and documents to fill out, and people are always nervous when they're starting a new job. As such, it's important to have an effective onboarding process so that people can assimilate more easily and so that you can save time and money.
Furthermore, a good onboarding process can have an impact on your employee retention rates. First impressions are everything, and your onboarding process, as a part of your overall candidate experience, can have a significant impact on whether people decide to stick around after starting. In fact, some 66 percent of employees have indicated that a good onboarding process is a key determiner of their decision to keep working at their new company.
Here are five simple steps to follow to help you improve your onboarding process.
Automate What You Can
Automation has the potential to make everyone's lives a bit easier, and things are no different when it comes to your onboarding process. Many of the processes that need to take place for someone to join your team can be automated.
For example, you can use standard offers and contracts and send them out automatically. And consider using electronic acceptance so that all the forms and files new employees sign get stored in the right place and keep your records up-to-date.
You can also install automated payroll services to help you get people into your system. With these software packages, all someone needs to do is fill out an online form and they're immediately entered into the system. This ensures no delays on payday, something that's always a top concern for new employees.
Streamline the Process
Nothing is worse than coming in on your first day and having to fill out a bunch of different forms and send them off to different departments. Not only does it waste people's time, but it increases the chances you make a mistake, which will prove costly down the line.
The way to avoid this issue is to have as much of your onboarding process handled by one department as you can. If people are too busy to be able to take on this responsibility, then consider hiring a profession employer organization to help you. These firms can take over your onboarding process and make it quick and painless for everyone involved.
Prepare Your Staff
One of the things that makes new employees most anxious is meeting their new co-workers. People worry about fitting into the new staff and becoming a member of the team. But for new hires to feel welcome, it's important you work to make them feel as comfortable as possible.
Make it a point of telling people when the new hire is going to come in. Let them know their name and a little bit about them. Ask the receptionist to go out of his or her way to make the person feel welcome by greeting them warmly, offering them coffee, taking them around, etc.
It's also a good idea to ask employees to try and find time to introduce themselves to the new hire. And you as a manger should walk around with them at some point and make some initial contact between your current and new employees. All of these little things will go a long way towards making your new employee feel welcome their first day on the job.
Make Things Fun
Work is work, as we all know. But many people complain that the first days on a job are exceptionally boring, largely because there's so much paperwork to do that keeps people away from really sinking into their roles.
Unfortunately, you can't avoid all of this. But there are ways to make an employee's first day more exciting. You could think about organizing a special welcome lunch, or perhaps a small party at the end of the day so that people have something to look forward to.
Another option is to make the process more fun. For example, you could gamify some of your onboarding training. This stops people from having to skim through dry PowerPoints, instead giving them the chance to engage with your first-day material in a fun and exciting way.
Show Off Your Culture
Workplace culture is a big reason why people choose one company over another. People want to work in places where the feel comfortable and well-positioned for success. You've hopefully put a lot of work into showcasing your company's culture to people searching for a job, but now that you've landed a new hire, it's time to put your money where your mouth is.
Of course, you won't be able to give a full snapshot of company culture in just one or two days, but there are things you can do to make it apparent that all those things you said weren't just words. For example, if you've advertised yourself as a fun place to work, then make sure to plan something fun for people's first day.
Or, if you've positioned your company as a place that cares about the community, then make sure to include some information about how new employees can get involved with company initiatives in the new-hire training material. You'll need to follow up with this forever—your culture can't be just a one day thing—but it's important to go a little above and beyond on the first day to ensure a good first impression.
Start Improving Your Onboarding Today
As you can see, improving your onboarding process is relatively straightforward. Audit your current processes, and you'll surely find areas where you can improve. Start implementing them now so that the next new employee that walks through the door is wowed by how easy it is to join your team.
Need help making sure your future employees are wowed throughout the hiring process? Connect with Newton Talent.From time-to-time we have guest bloggers post on our site to help us bring you the latest recruitment ideas and strategies. Please note that any specific product recommendations inferred within these guest posts are made by the author alone and do not constitute a product endorsement by Newton Talent.


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Four Ways to Better Protect the Cybersecurity of Your Smartphone
By Susan Hoffman
Contributor, InCyberDefense
Since the invention of the smartphone in 1992, smartphones have rapidly become a normal part of our everyday lives. We use them to make phone calls, send texts or chat live with others through video. They are also used to check social media sites, see weather forecasts, listen to music or podcasts, and look up information quickly.
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Smartphones, however, need to be protected from hackers just like any other computer. Although allowing cybersecurity updates to your smartphone is one way to ensure its security, there are other ways to further protect your phone.
#1: Don't Borrow Another Person's Charging Cable to Recharge Your Smartphone
Although borrowing another person's charging cable to recharge your phone might seem harmless, it isn't advisable to use it unless you know for sure that the cable is harmless. According to Suzanne Rowan Kelleher of Forbes, hackers have found a way to modify a recharging cable so that it can plant malware on your computer. Ideally, stick with the charging cable that was supplied with your smartphone.
#2: Be Wary of USB Ports on Public Charging Stations
For the convenience of travelers, many airports now offer charging stations to allow people to recharge their tablets and smartphones. Unfortunately, attackers can modify the USB port on a charging station to steal data. Connor Forrest of TechRepublic quotes a Kaspersky Lab employee, noting "Even when a mobile phone is in 'charging only' (locked) mode, it can still transmit the device name, vendor name and serial number to the system behind the USB port, and more based on the platform and operating system of the phone."
Rather than using the USB port of a public charging station, use a wall-mounted outlet. Another option is to use a portable battery pack.
#3: Shield Your Password or Lock Pattern on Your Smartphone from Prying Eyes
Smartphones are traditionally protected by a lock screen, requiring you to enter a personal identification number (PIN) code. You can also unlock the smartphone's pattern lock by touching the screen in a certain pattern.
However, it is easy for someone in a public area to look over your shoulder and see you typing in your PIN code. Ideally, shield your phone from others when you're using it in a public area and use a hard-to-guess lock pattern.
#4: Use Public Wi-Fi Sparingly
Public Wi-Fi is convenient when you need to keep in constant contact with your coworkers or your family. However, it is all too easy for someone to set up a fake Wi-Fi network, distribute malware to your computer, or steal passwords and usernames.
If you must use Wi-Fi in public, use a virtual private network (VPN) whenever possible. Also, keep your smartphone's Wi-Fi connection and Bluetooth off, using them only when necessary. At the very least, try to delay using sites that require log-in credentials in public; instead, wait until you're at home or in the office before accessing those sites.
Protecting the cybersecurity of your smartphone requires constant vigilance. But making the effort to ensure your phone's security is worth your time.
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Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Attendance: 17,440
Flyers host Coyotes seeking sixth straight win
Arizona Coyotes at Philadelphia Flyers
- The Flyers swept last season's home-and-home series with Arizona and have won three straight meetings between the teams, though Arizona is 2-0-1 in its last three visits to Philadelphia. Six of the last seven matchups in the series have been decided by one goal, and four of the past six have gone to either overtime or a shootout.
- Philadelphia extended its season-high winning streak to five games with Tuesday's 6-1 rout of visiting Toronto, which improved the Flyers to 7-0-4 at home since Oct. 21. It's the franchise's longest point streak at home since a 14-game run (12-0-2) from Nov. 16, 2008-Jan. 10, 2009.
- Tuesday's 4-2 victory at Columbus moved the Coyotes to 9-3-3 (.700) on the road, the best winning percentage through 15 away games in a season in franchise history. The game was Arizona's 16th in 2019-20 in which it allowed two goals or fewer, tied with Ottawa for second in the NHL (Boston, 18).
- The Flyers' 2.07 goals-against average since Nov. 5 is the second-lowest in the NHL (Blues, 2.00), while their 31 goals allowed during that stretch is the franchise's lowest over any 15-game span within a season since it surrendered 30 from Nov. 5-Dec. 4, 2013.
- Christian Fischer scored his fourth goal of the season -- and third in six games -- in Arizona's win at Columbus. The Coyotes now have 12 players with at least four goals, tied with Tampa Bay for the second-most in the NHL (Predators, 13).
- Travis Konecny had a goal and assist against Toronto to surpass 150 career points. He's the 13th player in Flyers history to reach 150 points prior to his 23rd birthday, and the first Philadelphia player to do so since Simon Gagne in 2001-02.
NHL Headlines
- Stamkos out for rest of Cup Final
- Tampa misses out on another OT clincher
- Rangers trade D Staal, pick to Red Wings
- Habs sign D Petry to 4-year, $25M deal
- Wings sign Gagner to 1-year extension
The surging Philadelphia Flyers look to extend their season-high win streak to six games on Thursday when they continue their three-game homestand against the Arizona Coyotes.
Philadelphia, which has outscored the opposition by a 21-8 margin in the past five contests, also carries an 11-game home point streak (7-0-4) into Thursday's tilt.
"Everyone is going right now," Philadelphia forward Travis Konecny said after scoring a goal and setting up another in Tuesday's 6-1 romp over Toronto.
"Everyone has found their legs. Even if one line is down for a bit, the next one picks them up and we just cycle through and keep on going."
Offseason acquisition Kevin Hayes has rebounded from a sluggish start by collecting points in four straight games (two goals, two assists) and seven of his past eight (four goals, three assists).
"Everyone has a lot of faith in each other," the 27-year-old Hayes said. "It's probably the tightest team I've ever played with. Our leaders lead from the front, and it's easy to follow. It's a lot of fun to be on the ice, it's a lot of fun to go to battle every night, and even if the other team scores, we're not really panicked. And it shows."
Hayes has just 14 points on the season for the Flyers, who flourish when he finds the scoresheet. The team sports a 9-2-1 record when Hayes records a point.
The rookies also have stepped up for Philadelphia, with Joel Farabee riding a four-game point streak (one goal, three assists) and Philippe Myers picking up three assists in one period on Tuesday.
Fellow blue-liner Shayne Gostisbehere has two goals in his past three games after serving as a healthy scratch in his previous three. The 26-year-old scored the overtime winner on Nov. 8, 2018, to help the Flyers complete a season sweep of the Coyotes.
Although Philadelphia has a 9-1-4 record at Wells Fargo Center, Arizona has made itself comfortable on the road with a 9-3-3 mark -- including a 7-1-2 run in its past 10.
Carl Soderberg padded those numbers with a season-high three-point performance (one goal, two assists) on Tuesday as the Coyotes began their four-game trek with a 4-2 victory over Columbus.
"We don't really know. I think we simplify our game maybe a little bit and maybe that's the reason," the 34-year-old Swede told The Athletic of his team's success on the road.
Christian Fischer also tallied on Tuesday, marking the fourth time he has scored in his past two games at Nationwide Arena.
"It was a really solid road game when you think of it," the 22-year-old said. "All three periods I thought we did a really good job, a couple big PK's there in the third. A good road win.
"Things got mucky, but we stuck with it."
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The Demon Cycle #1-5: Book Series by Peter V. Brett
The 5-book set of mass market paperback novels includes the below titles:
The Warded Man (ISBN 9780345518705): As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity. For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on equal terms, but those days are gone. Night by night the demons grow stronger, while human numbers dwindle under their relentless assault. Now, with hope for the future fading, three young survivors of vicious demon attacks will dare the impossible, stepping beyond the crumbling safety of the wards to risk everything in a desperate quest to regain the secrets of the past. Together, they will stand against the night.
The Desert Spear (ISBN 9780345524140): The sun is setting on humanity. The night now belongs to voracious demons that prey upon a dwindling population forced to cower behind half-forgotten symbols of power. Legends tell of a Deliverer: a general who once bound all mankind into a single force that defeated the demons. But is the return of the Deliverer just another myth? Perhaps not. Out of the desert rides Ahmann Jardir, who has forged the desert tribes into a demon-killing army. He has proclaimed himself Shar'Dama Ka, the Deliverer, and he carries ancient weapons—a spear and a crown—that give credence to his claim. But the Northerners claim their own Deliverer: the Warded Man, a dark, forbidding figure. Once, the Shar'Dama Ka and the Warded Man were friends. Now they are fierce adversaries. Yet as old allegiances are tested and fresh alliances forged, all are unaware of the appearance of a new breed of demon, more intelligent—and deadly—than any that have come before.
Now with twenty pages of bonus material, including an exclusive interview with Peter V. Brett
The Daylight War (ISBN 9780345524157): On the night of the new moon, the demons rise in force, seeking the deaths of two men, both of whom have the potential to become the fabled Deliverer, the man prophesied to reunite the scattered remnants of humanity in a final push to destroy the demon corelings once and for all.
Arlen Bales was once an ordinary man, but now he has become something more—the Warded Man, tattooed with eldritch wards so powerful they make him a match for any demon. Arlen denies he is the Deliverer at every turn, but the more he tries to be one with the common folk, the more fervently they believe. Many would follow him, but Arlen's path threatens to lead to a dark place he alone can travel to, and from which there may be no returning.
The only one with hope of keeping Arlen in the world of men, or joining him in his descent into the world of demons, is Renna Tanner, a fierce young woman in danger of losing herself to the power of demon magic.
Ahmann Jardir has forged the warlike desert tribes of Krasia into a demon-killing army and proclaimed himself Shar'Dama Ka, the Deliverer. He carries ancient weapons—a spear and a crown—that give credence to his claim, and already vast swaths of the green lands bow to his control.
But Jardir did not come to power on his own. His rise was engineered by his First Wife, Inevera, a cunning and powerful priestess whose formidable demon bone magic gives her the ability to glimpse the future. Inevera's motives and past are shrouded in mystery, and even Jardir does not entirely trust her.
Once Arlen and Jardir were as close as brothers. Now they are the bitterest of rivals. As humanity's enemies rise, the only two men capable of defeating them are divided against each other by the most deadly demons of all—those lurking in the human heart.
The Skull Throne (ISBN 9780345531490): The Skull Throne of Krasia stands empty.
Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honor and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all.
But Arlen Bales, the Warded Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel he could not in honor refuse. Rather than risk defeat, Arlen cast them both from a precipice, leaving the world without a savior, and opening a struggle for succession that threatens to tear the Free Cities of Thesa apart.
In the south, Inevera, Jardir's first wife, must find a way to keep their sons from killing one another and plunging their people into civil war as they strive for glory enough to make a claim on the throne.
In the north, Leesha Paper and Rojer Inn struggle to forge an alliance between the duchies of Angiers and Miln against the Krasians before it is too late.
Caught in the crossfire is the duchy of Lakton—rich and unprotected, ripe for conquest.
All the while, the corelings have been growing stronger, and without Arlen and Jardir there may be none strong enough to stop them. Only Renna Bales may know more about the fate of the missing men, but she, too, has disappeared. . . .
The Core (ISBN 9780345531513): For time out of mind, bloodthirsty demons have stalked the night, culling the human race to scattered remnants dependent on half-forgotten magics to protect them. Then two heroes arose—men as close as brothers, yet divided by bitter betrayal. Arlen Bales became known as the Warded Man, tattooed head to toe with powerful magic symbols that enable him to fight demons in hand-to-hand combat—and emerge victorious. Jardir, armed with magically warded weapons, called himself the Deliverer, a figure prophesied to unite humanity and lead them to triumph in Sharak Ka—the final war against demonkind.
But in their efforts to bring the war to the demons, Arlen and Jardir have set something in motion that may prove the end of everything they hold dear—a swarm. Now the war is at hand, and humanity cannot hope to win it unless Arlen and Jardir, with the help of Arlen's wife, Renna, can bend a captured demon prince to their will and force the devious creature to lead them to the Core, where the Mother of Demons breeds an inexhaustible army.
Trusting their closest confidantes, Leesha, Inevera, Ragen, and Elissa, to rally the fractious people of the Free Cities and lead them against the swarm, Arlen, Renna, and Jardir set out on a desperate quest into the darkest depths of evil—from which none of them expects to return alive.


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On Friday I got to see Michel-Jean Cazabon's paintings for the first time. I mean his actual paintings, not prints in a book, his hardwork was before me and it was an experience. Because I was there for work I didn't get to take them in the way I'd want to, so I'll have to go back before the exhibition closes on the 25th September.
Last year Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley announced the purchase of 10 paintings from Trinidadian 19th century artist Michel-Jean Cazabon. Those paintings, and 39 others are currently on display at the Diplomatic Centre. Viewing is free but you have to register at the National Museum for tickets.
Also on display are some of the Margaret Mann paintings. Mrs. Mann was the wife of a British captain, she was tutored by Cazabon. As was common, she wrote many letters to her family describing in great detail her life in Trinidad during the years 1847 and 1851. 87 letters to be exact. Which offers a rare female-centred view of life in the Caribbean in the 19th century. Along with her paintings, we have a an unparalleled peek into life in Trinidad during that time.
Hopefully I have sparked your interest in everything Cazabon. If you want to learn more about him, do take advantage of the opportunity to see his work at the Diplomatic Centre. Also there are a lot of books available. Including Danielle Delon's The Letters of Margaret Mann. Geoffery MacLean is the foremost expert on Michel-Jean Cazabon, he has written several including the official book accompaniment to the current exhibition called Cazabon Legacy. I think that they have settled on a price of $250 TTD. His older books include Cazabon: An Illustrated Biography of Trinidad's Nineteenth Century Painter Michel-Jean Cazabon. The author Lawrence Scott's Light Falling on Bamboo is the fictionalised retelling of the artist's life, which is fascinating, to say the least. Geoffrey has shown me the divorce decree that Cazabon's parents signed at the dissolution of their marriage.
There's also Michel Jean Cazabon's Book of Trinidad 1837, but at a bid price of $25,000 USD, it might be out of your reach.
More accessible is Gerard Besson's detailed blog post on Cazabon, his life, his woes. You can read that here.
Moments like this make it seem that we're getting better at valuing our history. In September, 2011 Citizens for Conservation restored his tomb in Lapeyrouse. According to Geoffery is could probably do with a touch-up, but it can be viewed. It's on the 7th Street of the cemetary.