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Jerusalem - Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, freed after more than five years in captivity, faces a fragile first few days of freedom, but is likely to recover both fully and quickly, psychological experts say.Shalit emerged from his long years of confinement on Tuesday to a media frenzy, international attention, and the relieved embrace of his family.He appeared pale and weak, but smiled easily upon being reunited with his family, and even waved to the ecstatic crowd that greeted him on his arrival at his family home in northern Israel.Experts said his first and most important need will be an environment that is quiet, warm and accepting."The experience is going to be very, very extreme," said Rivka Tuval-Mashiach, a clinical psychologist at Israel's Bar Ilan University."He's moving from a very quiet and dark room, very fast, to a totally different zone and there's really no way to predict to how he'll respond to that."The first thing that I would think is that he would need to be accepted in a very quiet place, without the media, as much as possible, without the army."The Israeli military has reportedly agreed to give Shalit some time alone with his family before debriefing him about the five years and four months he spent as the captive of Gaza militants.Avi Ohry, a professor of rehabilitation medicine at Tel Aviv University, was himself held prisoner of war in Egypt in 1973. He too stressed the importance of an initial period of quiet, family time for Shalit.Mental and physical health "I believe, even from my own experience, you should give the repatriated prisoner of war a chance to be with the family."I think they should let them be together, without interference, without media, without the army."Ohry said he believed Shalit would be in relatively good mental and physical health, but could experience some initial awkwardness around his family after such a long time alone."It might be that way for a few days, but after a few days, being together hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute, they will be alright."For Ohry, who returned home in November 1973, one of the most difficult experiences was the enthusiastic welcome he received at his home in the coastal town of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv."I think half of the population of Netanya were welcoming me outside. It was quite difficult, it was very heartwarming, but I just wanted to be with my wife and my parents and brother and close friends, and it was quite hard."As he recovered, he began to receive visitors, but realised some of his friends and colleagues were reluctant to see him, a rejection he remembers more than 30 years later."I wanted to see those people, and if you ask me until today I remember quite clearly and vividly those who did not ever approach me to say hello, even by phone, and I fondly remember those who did."Danny Brom, director of the Israel Centre for the Treatment of Psychotrauma, stressed that Shalit stood a good chance of recovering quickly, with no major lasting impact."There has been some research on prisoners of war in Israel that clearly shows that a majority of people who have gone through it do not develop post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD]," he said.Enormous relief But Brom stressed that the experience of freedom would bring mixed emotions for both Shalit and his family."It's an enormous relief, on the other hand you can finally let your guard down and finally feel everything that has happened," he said.Shalit's family should be prepared for anything, added Tuval-Mashiach."It could switch from huge excitement and happiness and relief, to despair and withdrawal and sadness, and to disengagement."Brom said Shalit was unlikely to have developed the identification with his captors known as Stockholm Syndrome."This is not a random person, this was a soldier in uniform at the border, so the rules were very clear. If you go into the army, you know that bad things can happen to you and that gives sort of a meaning to it," he said.And at 25, Shalit has the benefit of having his life ahead of him, Brom said. "Society is there, he can go and study, his future is there as it was before."Perhaps most difficult for Shalit will be the novel experience of being recognised wherever he goes, said Tuval-Mashiach."Gilad's situation is really different than that of other prisoners of war we had because I think there is no single person in Israel that doesn't recognise him," she said."He will need to learn to live as a normal regular citizen in a country that really doesn't see him as a regular citizen."
It was wonderful to see him re-united with his loved ones. May God bless him and all the people of Israel
Mazeltov Agie. May all the best lay before you adn your family.
Bright future? like a book, a movie and maybe even a TV serie, like prison negotiation, then a mansion in LA and a coke addiction like any self respecting hollywood star?
All that fuss for a simple foot soldier who is basically an every day joe, fully interchangeable, and didnt invent slice bread... the media is amazing.
dirk, in case you dont know, he SIGNED up for that and knew the risk, that's what being a soldier means, so his family accepted the risks too.
Frankly good for him, but i couldnt care less either way, the 1500 civilians that were killed by his comrades in 2009 i think will never be reunited with their families or have any future, bright or otherwise.
But again we know isreal conversion rate, 1 isreal = 1000 palestinians, reminds of sad time in South Africa, and yet some many white south africans support this, nostalgia nostalgia...


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August 14, 2008
While the world's eyes have been glued to the Olympics, that quadrennial ersatz bacchanal of goodwill and international cooperation, Russia invaded one of its neighbors, Georgia. An editorial in the Wall Street Journal commented:
The farther Russia's tanks roll into Georgia, the more the world is beginning to see the reality of Vladimir Putin's Napoleonic ambitions. Having consolidated his authoritarian transition as Prime Minister with a figurehead President, Mr. Putin is now pushing to reassert Russian dominance in Eurasia. Ukraine is in his sights, and even the Baltic states could be threatened if he's allowed to get away with it.
Though a truce was declared by Moscow, Russian troops continued their advance and captured the Georgian city of Gori just down the road from the capitol, Tiblisi. Putin has made it clear that he will not negotiate with democratically elected, pro-Western Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili. He demands a regime change first presumably to someone more malleable.
Saakashvili, for his part, has summed up the problem nicely in a Washington Post op-ed:
Russia's invasion of Georgia strikes at the heart of Western values and our 21st-century system of security. If the international community allows Russia to crush our democratic, independent state, it will be giving carte blanche to authoritarian governments everywhere. Russia intends to destroy not just a country but an idea.
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This is a new instance of a very old problem.
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Riven Build
Ability Sequence
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The masteries shown here are not yet updated for the current season, the guide author needs to set up the new masteries. As such, they will be different than the masteries you see in-game.
Why Riven?
- High Burst Damage
- Low Cooldowns / Spammable Ablities
- Consistent damage with attack speed
- Very hard to chase down
- Two disruptions
- Good farmer with Broken Wings and Ki Burst
- Chases down enemies like a boss with exhaust and Frozen Mallet
This guide focuses on mid-late game power for Riven, while keeping her slightly tankier to improve her survivability.
A standard 21/0/9 mastery set for Riven.
These masteries are aimed towards allowing Riven to gain money and experience as fast as possible, with low-ish cooldowns and large amounts of critical hits.
For Tanky Dps Riven:
Yes, it's a strange 1/21/8 Mastery set.
I aimed to get tankier, while still reaching the attack speed bonus with Ardor.
The lack of early game damage is accounted for by only using Greater Mark of Scaling Attack Damage and Greater Quintessence of Scaling Attack Damage.
Greater Mark of Desolation
Greater Mark of Scaling Attack Damage
- Any of these two are good, one giving armor penetration, the other giving more attack damage. I personally prefer the "Greater Mark of Might" better because "Youmuu's Ghostblade" and "The Black Cleaver" give a lot of armour penetration. Also, this guide focuses less on the laning phase, so the extra damage would help a lot.
Greater Seal of Armor
- Gives you armor to be slightly tankier, as Riven does not have a high amount of base armor.
Greater Glyph of Cooldown Reduction
Greater Glyph of Magic Resist
- I personally use the Greater Glyph of Magic Resist to be tankier in lane, but Greater Glyph of Cooldown Reduction is a good choice as well for the lowered cooldowns.
Greater Quintessence of Desolation
Greater Quintessence of Scaling Attack Damage
- Same reason as the marks. I would definitely get either only Might Runes, or only Desolation Runes, not a bit of both.
Summoner Spells
- Riven does have two crowd control abilities, Ki Burst, and the third combo hit of Broken Wings. However, both of them have a very short duration, making it very easy for opponents to escape. Exhaust destroys that opportunity, securing you an easy kill.
- It is very easy to outrun Riven, as I found out when playing with Flash against a Vayne with Boots of Swiftness. She easily kited me around once my abilities were on cooldown, rendering me defenseless. This problem is solved with Ghost.
Broken Wings
Separated into three separate Area Of Effect attacks, this ability has many, many uses.
1. Disrupting entire enemy teams with the knock up (third attack).
2. Disrupting channeling ultimates, such as Fiddlesticks' Crowstorm.
3. Escaping at high speeds, as the attacks dash a short distance.
4. Chasing down enemies with the same function as in number 3
5. Dodging skillshots such as Piltover Peacemaker
Ki Burst
Does a small Area of Effect stun, unfortunately with a very, very short range.
1. Disrupting enemy combos, such as Xin Zhao or Cassiopeia
2. Disrupting channeling ultimates, such as Nunu's Absolute Zero
3. Can stun enemies during Broken Wings combo, to prevent them from escaping a single hit.
A short ranged dash that provides a small shield. Note: Can not dash over walls.
1. Low cooldown means it can save you from Damage over times, such as red buff or Ignite
2. Used for chasing.
3. Used for dodging skillshots.
4. Used for escaping.
Blade of the Exile
Can be used during the start of a fight, or the end of a fight.
1. Used to pick off fleeing, low-health enemies, with Wind Slash, which does more damage the less health they have.
2. Provides a large damage boost to increase the effectiveness of your abilities and auto attacks.
3. Increases the range of all three other abilities, as well as your auto attack.
4. Don't need to dive enemies (e.g. 100 health Singed). Just toss out your ultimate for a free kill.
Runic Blade
A passive which functions in a similar fasion to that of Sheen.
- Every time you cast an ability, you get a charge on Runic Blade.
- Your next attack will deal bonus damage.
- Maximum of three stacks.
- Used most effectively like this: ability, auto attack, ability, auto attack.
- Other combination: Ability, ability, ability, auto attack, auto attack, auto attack.
AD Burst Riven Items
In this section I will mainly talk about the core build items, and will not go into depth for each and every buy.
Doran's Blade
- My personal favorite starter item for Riven. Really helps you do more damage in lane and grab those extra first kills. Gives health, lifesteal, and also damage.
Mercury's Treads
- With this item, Riven is basically uncatchable, and unstoppable. Singed slows? No worries. Just use Broken Wings and Valor to get out. Frozen Mallet? No worries either. Just repeat. The slows will be so insignificant that you will escape a lot of enemies.
The Black Cleaver
- As shown by Phreak, this weapon is a god on Riven, especially because of Broken Wings. It also gives you some attack speed to finish off opponents as well as some damage. The armor penetration given here is also a treat.
Youmuu's Ghostblade
- The problem with AD burst champions is that, once the burst is over, they have no damage. Some attack speed along with critical hits will definitely help out. Also, this weapon provides armor penetration as well as some cooldown reduction, which is definitely great with Riven.
The Black Cleaver
- As shown by Phreak, this weapon is a god on Riven, especially because of Broken Wings. It also gives you some attack speed to finish off opponents as well as some damage. We grab a Vampiric Sceptre before this in order to make sure we can stay around for longer before returning back to base.
Frozen Mallet
- Very important on Riven in my opinion. The slows mean that no champion will ever escape you, and the extra health will definitely help you get out of sticky situations.
The Bloodthirster
- Even more damage for those critical hits and even more lifesteal alongside it. Generally a good item for Riven.
Infinity Edge
- All AD burst champions definitely need this, especially when coupled with a Phantom Dancer. Just is a brilliant finisher item to make you indestructible.
Guardian Angel
- If you are dieing too much, or your team is full of squishies, make sure you pick up one of these to ensure your survivability increases.
Phantom Dancer
- If you grab this item I would suggest grabbing Infinity Edge and Frozen Mallet sooner, as they work extremely well together with this weapon.
Tanky DPS RIven Items
I won't be explaining the items that I've talked about above, so I will only talk about the new additions.
Trinity Force
- Works well along with Riven's spammable abilites and Runic Blade, but after testing it I realised that you don't have enough consistent early game damage (your abilities at least). That's why I decided that I should grab Doran's Blade first and use only Greater Mark of Scaling Attack Damage and Greater Quintessence of Scaling Attack Damage. Also, when comboing with Broken Wings, the second usage of the ability doesn't proc Sheen, so be warned.
Warmog's Armor
- Just to go even tankier to last longer in team fights, and to prepare for Atma's Impaler. The farm should be achieved quickly as Riven is a great farmer with her abilities.
Atma's Impaler
- Works wonders with the health from Warmog's Armor and Trinity Force. Gives about 80 bonus damage, along with some crit chance and armor.
The Black Cleaver
- I really find this item standard for Riven, since the attack speed and armor penetration is extremely useful for her. The attack speed works well in conjunction with Trinity Force in particular. After grabbing this item you should be near unstoppable.
Zeke's Harbinger
- The only thing we're lacking now is lifesteal, so this item is a great finisher. The aura reduces armor of enemy champions, and gives allies (and yourself) 20% lifesteal, 30 health regen, and 20% attack speed! It gives Riven everything she needs and helps your allies as well!
- You can use yourself as bait for your team, as you are most likely to appear squishy, yet you are very hard to chase down.
- A well timed Broken Wingscombo during a team fight can help your team by giving them a few more seconds to attack.
- Don't only use Blade of the Exile to kill steal. Use it in team fights when their whole team is in range for maximum effectiveness. Try to hit them when they're below half health.
16. Sept
- Replaced Phantom Dancer with Youmuu's Ghostblade
- Changed item buy sequence
- Fixed skill sequence
- Added Tanky Dps Riven
15. Sept
- Created build :D
Scores (4-1 Win Loss Ratio)
Early The Black Cleaver (this build)
- 5/5/10 (200 creep score by 20 minutes allowed me to earn enough money for items)
- 9/7/17
Early Trinity Force but not tanky.
- 1/9/4
- 4/1/8
- 7/8/3
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If you actually did lol.
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As part of this quest, I took the Myers Briggs. It's a personality test. Basically there are 16 different major types and everyone expresses Introversion/Extroversion, iNtuition/Sensing, Thinking/Feeling and Judging/Percieving in their own % of a whole. You end up with a 4 letter combo that expresses your basic personality default mode. Everyone expresses both sides, but one is stronger that the other. I always test ISFJ, but I am actually an INFJ. That sometimes happens when you score very close to the middle on one letter. Reading the descriptions and talking to someone who is an expert in Myers Briggs can usually clear up any confusion. I really love this test, and feel it explains a lot about me.
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By BEN CLERKIN Last updated at 08:50am on 2nd January 2007
On land, he lumbers through the dust, bowed by the burden of his 3.5-ton bulk.
But in the ocean, Rajan is an elephant transformed: The cumbersome trundler becomes a creature of spellbinding speed and elegance.
His huge frame is seemingly weightless as he surges through the water, his tail streaming behind him and his trunk poking out of the water like a periscope.
And underwater is the only place you can view the bottom of this animal's four enormous feet -and live to tell the tale. Rajan is a retired logging elephant who spends his days on the beaches of a remote island in the Bay of Bengal.
As these striking images show, he loves nothing more than to venture into the sea. The pictures were shot by wildlife photographer Steve Bloom in the Andaman Islands and appear in his new book, Elephant!
Recalling his experiences, Bloom says: "Rajan appeared in vivid detail, legs kicking wildly, trunk waving madly, all in a swirl of giant bubbles. Yes, elephants do fly, and Rajan was coming straight for me!
"He seemed to erupt with joy as he bounded up from the ocean bed, which dropped away from his feet amid exploding clouds of fine sand.
"For a while I was transported into an exquisite, dreamlike world, where elephants are weightless and dance a kind of surreal ballet. Rajan, liberated from his enormous bulk, explored his own free spirit."
Rajan was capable of being dangerous but Bloom believes he went out of his way not to harm him.
"During the many sessions we spent together, we learned to swim in tandem," he says. "At times I swam extremely close to him and could see the warm glint in his eye.
"With one swift turn of the head, he could have struck me with his giant tusk and killed me.
"I am, however, convinced that he recognised me, and took great care to ensure I was not harmed, often turning away to avoid a collision."
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Animal instinct … Belle the beagle with her grateful owner, Kevin Weaver.
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By, Leef Smith (Washington Post)
June 21, 2006
BELLE Weaver has flown to Washington to receive an award for saving a family member's life. Before leaving town, she met her congressman to accept a certificate and a medal.
Stories such as hers, of heroism and quick thinking, are always inspiring. But this one has a twist: Belle is a beagle, and she used her owner's mobile phone to call 911.
Her owner, Kevin Weaver, 34, was in the throes of a diabetic seizure, lying unconscious on his kitchen floor in Ocoee, Florida, when Belle located his phone and chomped down on the keypad, triggering a call.
Emergency dispatchers could hear only barking, but that was enough cause to send help, they reasoned. Mr Weaver, a former flight attendant, woke up hours later in the hospital, weak and disoriented. Belle was by his side, having finagled a ride in the ambulance.
On Monday, Belle will be the first animal to receive the VITA Wireless Samaritan Award, presented each year by the CTIA Wireless Foundation, which honours those who use their mobile phones to save lives, stop crime or help in other emergencies.
The foundation's executive director, David Diggs, said that although mobile phones could be irritating, "the safety benefits that this technology has brought are immeasurable".
Doctors told Mr Weaver that had Belle not intervened before his flatmates arrived home, five hours later, he probably would not have survived the seizure.
"I would have slipped into a coma and died," Mr Weaver said.
While on a flight, a passenger suggested to Mr Weaver, a life-long sufferer of diabetes, that Belle be trained as a medical assistance dog.
During her training Belle was taught to lick Mr Weaver's nostrils to smell his breath, reading his ketone level. If something is not right, Belle knows to start scratching Mr Weaver's leg, warning him to adjust his sugar levels before a seizure comes on.
For a worst-case scenario, Belle was taught to bite down on Weaver's phone - specifically on the 9 key, which had been programmed to dial 911.
The training was expensive, about $US9000 ($12,200) for nine months of intensive schooling, but it was worth every cent on the morning of February 7.
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Vegan Company Closes Historic $1 Million Capital Round
UK's vegan meal delivery service AllPlants closes the biggest venture capital investment ever raised by a plant-based company.
UK-based vegan meal delivery company AllPlants recently closed a venture capital round of £800,000 ($1 million)—the biggest investment of its kind in Europe—led by a collection of food entrepreneurs, social impact investors, and venture fund Felix Capital (the first time the fund made a plant-based investment). Vegan brothers Alex and Jonathan ("JP") Petrides launched the company in January with the hope of bringing healthy, sustainable, and ethically sound vegan food to doorsteps across London. AllPlants has since served 10,000 frozen meals—such as Black Bean Chili, Jerk Jackfruit, and Cashew Mac—across the UK. With the investment, Alex Petrides tells VegNews that the company plans to build its team, expand online product offerings, and negotiate contracts with major UK food retailers. "Plant-based eating is erupting in Europe, which is awesome news for us vegans," Alex Petrides says. "More investment in the space means not only that there will be even more food options at every restaurant and in every store, but that people are waking up to the future of food." This year, competing UK supermarket chains Sainsbury's and Tesco both launched vegan cheese lines, indicating that retail interest in plant-based food is beginning to align with growing consumer demand.
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Today's IT department is seeing the presence of a data center disappearing in more ways than one. Most desktops, laptops and smart phones are providing the services the IT user traditionally requested from IT. Almost 40% of a company's computing power now resides outside of the data center. Data is now delivered in many more formats (remember the green bar paper that was delivered in the mornings from the IT print shop…oops, I am showing my age!). In reality, IT infrastructure does not sit in a single location anymore, or we may not even know where it lives. Computing power is distributed, more business user information resides in personal computers, USBs and attached to emails, so how does a CIO manage (and secure) all of this?
The magic word that is used and not fully understood is virtualization. The advent of virtualization or variable allocation of resources means that services are not bound by an unchangeable location or limited parameters, they can be intelligently configured to the best needs of the process. The concepts of server virtualization which allow computing resources to be allocated as needed, based on processing demand are now being applied to the overall IT services portfolio. The boundaries of a room do not define the data center. So looking for an organization's IT processing capability in a single room is no longer realistic.
Today, the presence of computing power outside of the traditional data center does not mean the demise of the IT department but the creation of a new frontier for managing, monitoring, securing and analyzing the information resources of a company. The increasing demand for more power and capabilities in shorter timeframe mandates that CIOs look to a different schema for delivering IT services. Just like the transition from building all of you applications to buying software to now renting it on demand, the same transformation is occurring with hardware.
We will use more computing power from centers we may never see or control in the next few years. The wide range of mobile applications now pushes the presence of IT services to a model that says information must be available in various formats, any time it is needed and with the least delay possible. These are the fundamental business drivers of cloud computing concepts that are creating Virtual Data Centers. These computing resources are sourced from multiple providers in locations that are not under your IT department's direct control and are usually less expensive and more reliable than before.
In short, we have to adapt to a world where computing resources will not be in places where we can see, touch and control. We simply cannot afford to build the data center big enough to meet the needs of our customers. Tomorrow we will use resources that we will have to secure, monitor, manage and configure without knowing physically where they reside or what brand of machine is used and not even worry about the temperature of the room that occupies the equipment.
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A campaign to renovate Lord Street's iconic Verandahs and showcase Southport's unique heritage is celebrating a year of successes.
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Student-Led Conferences: Empowerment and Ownership
Students Take the Lead
Parent teacher conferences at Wildwood Elementary are actually a time when the teachers do very little talking. Instead, the students run the conferences, informing their parents about how they're doing, what their goals are going forward, and what kind of learners they are.
How It's Done
Start Small
It sounds like a cliché, but Wildwood teachers all say the same thing: "Start small." When the school piloted the idea of student-led conferences five years ago, a few of the teachers were simply asked to find ways to give the students a little more presence at the conferences, whether through a letter to the parents, a podcast, a poster or by just being at the conference themselves.
"We started slow with student-led conferences," says eighth-grade teacher Brigid Jennings. "It was almost like a gradual release to full student-led conferences. It's important to remember that not all teachers are at the same level of comfort with giving over this time to the students. We spent a lot of time as a professional community discussing ways student-led conferences could work, and then found whatever format was best for us as teachers and also our students."
As they piloted the change, these teachers saw a big difference in the levels of engagement for both parents and students. The teachers also liked the new model better, saying that it felt less like they were defending the grades they gave students and more like a conversation about the students' learning. The pilot group's success convinced the rest of the teachers at Wildwood to keep building on the idea, and within a few years, it had become a school-wide practice.
Designating a Time
Conferences at Wildwood happen twice a year. Each conference lasts ten minutes, due to the number of families that teachers have to see. While that time seems like much, setting reasonable constraints can help the students feel more comfortable presenting.
"We never get through everything," says eighth-grade teacher Rebecca Braun. "We actually include more work than time allows. This helps the students feel less anxious and also keeps the conversation flowing."
Students know that it's OK if they don't get through everything, and teachers know that the conversation doesn't have to end after ten minutes. Parents are given the option of taking the students' presentation binder or folder home for the night to continue reviewing and discussing the work.
Teachers also work around the time limits by rearranging their schedule to allow for 15-minute conferences, or by making sure that the time blocked off for student-led conferences isn't usurped by other issues.
"If I have serious concerns and need to have a conversation with a parent," says Jennings, "I reach out to those parents and schedule separate times. I still keep their regular scheduled time for student-led conferences because I believe it is important for all students to present their learning to their parents and spend that vital time reflecting as a family."
Preparing the Work
The students prepare some kind of presentation, which differs by grade and is scaffolded to their skill level. For instance, the eighth grade classes prepare binders with their work and reflection sheets, while younger grades may prepare a poster board or packet to show their parents. But all students keep and manage a portfolio of their own work. (For examples and more information on portfolios, see the Resources section.) When students complete something that they're proud of or want to keep, they simply file that item in their portfolio. When it is time to start prepping for conferences, students can then go to that portfolio and choose what they want to include in the conference binders or folders to show their parents.
"When we begin to prepare for student-led conferences," says Jennings, "I have a conversation with students around what they feel should be included in their binders. We continue the conversation then through different lenses: What would you like to see as the student? What would your parents like to see? What would your teachers like to see? The student is the primary driver of what goes into the binders."
Some teachers set loose guidelines about what must go into the binder or folder, but the students are given a lot of freedom over what to include.
"We don't get too crazy about guidelines," says Jennings. "Each subject area must be included, and the reflection pieces also must be included. But it's important for the students to have choice in what goes into their binder. It's all about their learning and what's important to them. When students are given ample time to reflect, you would be surprised that they won't just fill their binder with every A+ paper they have. They'll include places where they struggled, places where they improved, and places where they need help. This doesn't always happen easily, but this is where teacher/student reflection and conversation come in."
Preparing Students to Lead
In addition to preparing their binders or folders, students spend the weeks before conferences talking about how to present and lead the conversation with their parents. Helping the students feel secure in talking about their learning makes their limited presentation time go much more smoothly, Wildwood teachers say.
"It's important to make sure the students understand they are in control of the conversation," says Braun. "It's not a 'got ya,' and their very best strengths are the highlight of the conference."
Teachers do this by setting expectations, facilitating student reflection, and going over the necessary elements of a successful conference.
"The teacher should be giving mini-lessons and having conversations about quality work, good conferences/bad conferences, planning, etc.," says fourth-grade teacher Georgia Melidis. "Teachers must build the capacity of their students. After all, students are in school, they are learning skills, and conducting a student-led conference is a skill that must be taught . . . We start prepping about a week before conferencing, and we practice 10-15 minutes per day. I got creative and made the prepping a station in my Daily Five reading centers."
Practice is a large component of their preparation, and students practice their presentations with each other, their teacher, and students from other grade levels. "Typically, what we do is we get with a buddy, and they can read to their friend," Melidis says. "They're giving each other feedback on their paper, so it's really an authentic way to design and conduct a student conference. And the shy ones are able to practice with people and feel prepared and then feel confident."
While preparing for conferences does take some class time, teachers find that it's just as valuable as curricular lessons. "We view the prep work as a critical time for reflection," says Braun. "Students look back on their work for the quarter and write about their areas for growth, their successes, things they'd like to work on. Kids have a tendency to forget about all the wonderful learning they've experienced in a quarter."
For teachers that may have the time flexibility to prepare, "I would say to get creative," suggests Melidis. "They can start two weeks prior to the conferences and practice for the first five minutes of class, or they can tie it into their daily journal, daily goal setting, reflection time, they can make it their exit ticket, etc."
Not only does investing time in conference prep ensure a successfully led conference, it also encourages student and parent attendance. Students are excited to tell their parents what they've learned, and parents are more apt to attend because their kids are excited. "This year, I had every parent and student show up for conferences," Melidis recalls. "Conference time was not taken as seriously before, but now the school is full and lively on conference night. I mean, let's face it -- no parent wants to let his or her own child down."
- Sample Questions for Student-Led Conferences (TheCornerstoneForTeachers.com)
- Sample Outline for Second-Grade Student-Led Conference (Wildwood World Magnet School)
- When Students Lead Parent-Teacher Conferences (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)
- A Guide to Implementing Student-Led Conferences in Your School (National Association of Secondary School Principals)
- Reflections for Student-Led Conferences (Wildwood World Magnet School)
- Student-Led Conference Worksheet (Wildwood World Magnet School)
- Student Portfolio Manual (Wildwood World Magnet School)
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I think that's a good idea for students to put together a binder pertaining to their progress in school and be able to show and discuss with their parents. The students are able to see what they need help in and what they don't. Also it give the students a chance to show the parents without the parents taking control of the situation.
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I think this is a great concept, but I do think teachers should be communicating with parents before the conference on students progress. At my school, we send home student work on a weekly basis that way the parent is informed. And not waiting until conferences (which is normally done around progress or report card time, by then it can be too late to help the child pull up their grades. But I love the fact that the student basically ran the conference. I definitely plan on taking portions from what I've read to help improve my parent conferences.
I am a first year full-time teacher and I am preparing my students for conferences that they will take the lead in. Each student has a binder in which they save samples of their work along with an agenda to follow when meeting with their parents. This strategy is to give the students a sense of empowerment and to hold them accountable for their work.


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This Sunday, July 17th, at 8 p.m. EST, 21-year-old Brazilian pop singer/songwriter, Laura Rizzotto, will be the first artist to do a full-band, multi-camera live show online on Facebook Live. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and living in NYC, Laura is currently working on her third studio album and wanted to find a more personal way to interact live with her fanbase. "I've moved a lot over the years and wanted to find a way for everyone to keep in touch with my audience everywhere I go. Performing is definitely my favorite thing and the best way to connect with a crowd. So I thought: What if I did a show online? A show that everybody can attend, no matter where they are," says the singer.
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and archaeology, one of which was training in lifting heavy
objects from the sea bed using air filled lift bags, great
for for anyone wanting to salvage a cannon from the briny
deep! (but be sure to read our
Receiver of Wreck - Salvage Law etc.
page before attempting any such thing).
You won't have to worry about diving
equipment when you are first starting out, it will all be
provided for you by your instructor. Sooner or later you
will need your own, but be very sure that diving is for you
before you start buying your own kit as diving can be a very
expensive sport and not everybody takes well to the
underwater environment.
As you progress in diving there are some
items of equipment you should buy even if can't afford to
dash out and buy a full set of gear in one hit.
Your first priority should be a mask, this
is particularly important if you wear glasses or contact
lenses, you can have a mask made to your prescription, it
isn't as expensive to get done as you might think and will
make your time spent underwater a lot more rewarding. If you
are borrowing or renting equipment, the mask you get will
probably have seen a lot of use and be leaky and scratched.
Another important item that should be very
high up your list is a good regulator. For the uninitiated,
this is the thing that you put in your mouth and breathe
though. Never skimp on cost when buying a regulator, they
aren't cheap, but as you hand over your hard earned cash,
try to think of what you are buying as life support
equipment. What kind of life support equipment would you
rather depend on? the cheapest crap in the shop, or the
Rolls Royce of regulators?
Local dive shops, along with many other
independent specialist retailers, have been hit hard by the
internet revolution, not only are they having to compete
with online stores, they are also having their businesses
eroded by the big dive shows.
A good dive shop will be able to provide you
with invaluable advice on equipment purchases, air fills,
information about good places to dive, and be able to
service and maintain your equipment - no web site can fill
your air tank or repair the regulator your dog chewed on.
Look after your local dive shop and your local dive shop
will look after you.
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Brochs of Scotland (Paperback)
Shire Publications, 9780747803898, 56pp.
Publication Date: February 15, 2011
List Price: 13.95*
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This book examines some of the most spectacular ancient monuments in Britain - the iron age brochs of north and west Scotland. It sets the building of these unique fortifications into context and examines some of the impressive sites that may still be visited, including the brochs of Mousa and Clickhimin in Shetland and Carolway on Lewis. There is a short section on what brochs are not - including 'Pictish' towers. A select gazetteer of some of the most important brochs is followed by a list of museums in which representative artefacts are preserved. There is a short bibliography.
About the Author
Graham Ritchie was educated at Arbroath High School, Angus, and graduated in Prehistoric Archaeology at Edinburgh University, undertaking research in Celtic weapons. Since 1965 he has been on the staff of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, where he is now Head of Archaeology.


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First Time Smoking Weed. Crazy Story..Hey people. Last Saturday night (I'm writing this on Monday night) around midnight with my roommates I smoked weed for the first time. I have never smoked anything before so this was very new to me. So I took one puff of a...
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Chicago Oct. Event
Major Changes to Canada's IP Regime - Protecting Trademarks and Copyrights North of the Border
Expert discussion on preventing squatters and pirates from stealing your valuable brand identity. Lunch is provided.
Thursday, October 20
12:00-2:00 p.m.
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This event is generously sponsored by Dentons US LLP
There have been several recent legislative changes to Canada's IP regime that will have a profound impact on the North American marketing strategies for U.S. companies. Whether looking at brand protection, trademark and copyright licensing, counterfeit and pirated goods, or IP enforcement, these revisions will be relevant to any IP or licensing professional.
Even if Canada is not a primary market for your goods and services, these changes open the door for trademark squatters, and there are steps that you can take now to prevent squatters and pirates from stealing your valuable brand identity.
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As part of Sheffield Beer week we set a Drink & Draw event last Wednesday evening. With the hope to collate and print contributors work during the Sheffield Beer Week. 8 more words
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Moor Market Impressions: Photographs
Photographs by Antonia Baraclough
Local photographer Antonia Baraclough snapped some photos of our S before the print launch. See these below, and visit her website. Many thanks Antonia! :)
We are officially printing!
Yesterday was our launch, and our very first day of running prints! Drawings like these from Illustration student Emily Redfern are currently being printing down in the Moor Market. 13 more words
Our Launch Event
Our event is now live on eventbrite, sign up here ! We have launched the event to be running over 2 weeks with these selected prints, starting from Saturday as our first official launch day.
Initial Branding Style Ideas
We wanted to make sure the 'logo' was super simple. As it's really the S and the artwork that we want to show of. So using the exact letter S type and encasing it in a box, to kind of look like a stamp. 27 more words