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"We are willing to help, Lord, but what, if anything, is needed? Help," he said, "is giving part of yourself to somebody who comes to accept it willingly and needs it badly. So it is, that we can seldom help anybody. Either we don't know what part to give or maybe we don't like to give any part of ourselves. Then, more often than not, the part that is needed is not wanted. And even more often, we do not have the part that is needed. It is like the auto-supply shop over town where they always, say, 'Sorry, we are just out of that part.'"
I had a conversation with a friend recently wherein I felt absolutely helpless to help him. He reminded me of Paul Maclean in the story, A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean.
In that story, Paul is the younger of two brothers. He is wild and untethered—free as a bird, popular, and a very big fish in a very small pond.
Except… he isn't wild and free. He is tethered to the depth of his own pain, to his sense of unworthiness and his tendency towards heeding the call of spirits, gambling, and showing the world just how tough he really was. He was feisty and stubborn, to say the least.
Norman is the square older brother who follows the rules. He's the writer—the one who tells stories on paper, the one who goes away to college, the one who seems… quieter. Not as shiny. More sensible, and therefore more boring.
I have always felt a deep connection to the story. To the lyrical turn of phrase in Maclean's writing, to the sentiment behind loving family without fully understanding them, to feeling constantly misunderstood and under-estimated.
I watched the movie version of this story today, in hopes of finding a deeper understanding of what my friend is currently going through, or possibly a different way to connect with him that might be more helpful.
Instead, I found myself in a pile of tears as I realized another layer of understanding of my own family, my own sister, and my own appointed role in it all.
It hit me that Wendy was much like Paul. She defied the rules of our parents with a ferocity and unapologetic glee that I rarely see depicted in books or on screen. And I, of course, am like Norman...
In one scene of the movie, Paul, Norman, their mother, and their father (a preacher, played by Tom Skerritt) are sitting around the dinner table. They all turn to Paul and ask him to tell a story. Instantly, my mind flashed back to the tales Wendy used to tell—dramas about her kids, her man, her work. Or maybe something about the fire chief, a fire the community rushed to put out, or maybe another story about another animal that had found her.
I watched through blurry vision from my tears as Paul stammered, searching his memory for a story to tell.
Quietly, Norman says, "I've got a story."
Three pairs of eyes turn to him, and he softly says that he'd been offered a professorship at the University of Chicago. A moment of deep pride shown on his face as for once—Norman took the spotlight in his own family.
The camera pans to Paul (played by Brad Pitt).
The look of pain and unworthiness in his eyes is incongruent with the loving smile that has crept across his face: a genuine mix of disappointment in himself and pride for his brother's hard work and good fortune.
I know that look.
I know it all too well.
But there is another layer to this story.
Towards the end of the movie, Paul, Norman, and their father go fly fishing. Norman and the preacher sit high on the banks, tired from catching their own trout, as they watch Paul scope out the river and finally spot a fish he wants to try and capture.
They watch in silent awe as Paul artfully sweeps the fishing line out across the water. It lands inches away from the fish, and it latches on—taking Paul for quite the ride down the sharp rocks and rushing waters of the Big Blackfoot River. That fish is so big, so strong, that it's all Paul can do to simply hold on to the line as he's whisked downstream.
Eventually, the water calms, and Paul comes up for air. He captures the fish, reels it in, and proudly holds onto it as Norman and their father look on with amazement.
Norman narrates, "At that moment, I knew, surely and clearly, that I was witnessing perfection. My brother stood before us, not on the bank of the Big Blackfoot River, but suspended above the earth, free from all its laws, like a work of art. And I knew just as surely, just as clearly, that life is not a work of art and that the moment could not last."
Soon after that perfect moment, Paul was killed.
"Do you think I could have helped him?" he asked.
"Do you think I could have helped him?" I answered.
We stood waiting in deference to each other. How can a question be answered that asks a lifetime of questions?
(I have asked myself that question about my sister. I know my dad has, too.)
I was fortunate to witness my sister's perfection.
I saw the way she fell head over heels in love with motherhood. Not with her older children, but in her later years, when she had Kasey. I'd never seen such awe, such patience, and such flowing love in my sister as I did when Kasey came into our lives.
My sister's perfection was a bright shining beacon in that brief time. She had darkness. She had pain. But Kasey opened her heart in a way she'd never been open before, and when that happened, I knew I was witnessing magic. And that magical love spilled over onto her other children, as she realized, perhaps for the first time, that these beings had shaped her, changed her, and defined her in the best possible ways.
I've been missing Wendy a lot lately. I realized earlier this weekend that I can't quite remember the exact color of her eyes, and what they looked like. I can see them in pictures, of course—but when I close my eyes and picture her face… the details have started to fade.
I miss my family.
And I often feel like I'm supposed to live this huge life to make up for my mom's and sister's lives being clipped so short. As if I owe them, or my family, or myself, or some other entity, or all of the above, because I'm still here.
I know that isn't logical.
But grief never is…
"It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us."
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Luke 23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Ignorance! When they hung the Savior on the cross they did it out of obliviousness.
The Religious Crowd was blinded by its legalism. They couldn't see that they accused Him, arrested Him, lied about Him and prompted the people to plea for the release of Barabbas instead because their pride and control blinded them. They couldn't open up their eyes to the truth that this was the promised Messiah. This is the One Who fulfilled the prophecies. But they refused to see and were willingly ignorant.
The Government was ignorant. They were blinded by public opinion. Backroom deals were struck, political bedfellows were made, decrees were announced to make sure that, ultimately, Caesar would be pleased. They licked their fingers and lifted them to the air to see where the popular winds were blowing. They didn't know that this prophet from the sticks would be King of kings. His was a matter for the high priest to deal with. The Tetrarch and the Procurator were concerned with pragmatism, and thought this whole matter concerned superstition. So they were willing to wash their hands of the matter. One less Jewish troublemaker was no big deal to them and His crucifixion would serve them well in matters of crowd control and a healthy fear of the government. "Away with Him, let him be crucified!" was a decree made out of politically expedient ignorance.
The Soldiers nailed Jesus to the cross out of ignorance. Their job was to obey the powers that be, not to show mercy to some preacher. The crueler they were, the better they felt they were doing their jobs. They were war-toughened, hard-bitten soldiers doing what they were trained and ordered to do. But they were ignorant.
The People were ignorant. The mob ruled. They turned on a dime and danced on a denarii. On Sunday, many of them joined in with the choruses of Hosannas. But on Thursday, the crowds were yelling, "Crucify Him!" and they joined in on what everybody else was doing. Group-think ignorance.
It seems Jesus, hanging there on that cross, bleeding, beaten, mishandled, tired and thirsty, would be delirious. Instead, with full mental capacity, was able to put 2 and 2 together as He looked down upon the Pharisees, centurion, soldiers and the hostile mob. He gathered His breath by pulling against the nails, looked toward heaven and cast the words "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." to the Father.
Meanwhile, in continuing ignorance, they gambled for His garments.
And history continues to repeat itself. Politicians still say what they have to say to keep their poll numbers up. Calloused, gun-toting enforcers brutalize low-lifes. Know-it-all clerics struggle to maintain absolute control over the diminishing congregations. And the crowds holler for their "free" cell phones and entitlements, the Constitution be darned.
The Jesus still pleads for forgiveness for their ignorance. Meanwhile, they buy their Lotto tickets, watch their programs, sleep in on Sunday mornings, drink their beer, lust in their hearts, spew their blasphemies and know not that they have crucified the Lord's Christ.

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Excellent ESL 4U E-zine, Issue #004 – Talking about university + More
February 01, 2016
Welcome to the fourth ezine from Excellent ESL 4U. This ezine has links to the newest topic about university as well as the newest ESL kids topic about the farm animals. There are also links to topics from the archive of pages on the main site.
After that I will give you a tip about learning ESL that will hopefully help you get better. There will be a new tip each issue so keep reading the emails to get all the tips.
Then finally I will ask you for some questions about learning ESL or anything you need advice about. In the following issues of the ezine I will answer some of these questions.
New Idioms PageI have added a new page all about English idioms. There are examples of 50 idioms with explanations and examples of their use.
If you like this, then look out for my new book coming in a week or two. I will make an announcement on my site as well as in this ezine when the book has been published. It will contain '501 English Idioms'.
Newest ESL Topic 4 UThe newest topic is all about university. There is lots of vocabulary for you to learn and then many exercises about using the vocabulary when reading, writing, having a conversation or when listening. If you work though all of the following pages you will really learn about the university topic.
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ESL Topic from the ArchiveThe work section of the site tells you all about the vocabulary you need to be able to talk about working and different types of jobs. This is good to know when you are at university as you will have to get a job when you graduate, and you may also need a part-time job to make money while also studying. So it is good to learn all the work vocabulary so you can talk about what you either do now or hope to do in the future.
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ESL Kids Topic from the ArchiveThe page about pets is a page that gives vocabulary to describe different pets that they might have or come across. It will help them to learn the words so they can talk about animals that are kept as pets as well as those from farms that are kept to make food.
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Hi! I'm Beth. I like singing disney songs in the shower, coconut flavored anything, and really terrible puns. You can usually find me rereading one of my favorite books, searching for treasures in thrift stores, or lying in the sun and pretending that I can tan. My husband Jordan and I fell in love with hiking in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. We are thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail NOBO starting in March.
The End and the Beginning
It has been six months since I summited Katahdin, and over a year since I set out to thru hike the Appalachian Trail. So here I am, six months
Chasing Happiness
I'm currently sitting in a hammock at a hostel on the precipice of the White Mountains in New Hampshire. With less than 400 miles left, it's
Great Expectations
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Top Ten Reasons That Thru-Hikers are Like Toddlers
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Sometimes I Fly Like an Eagle Sometimes I'm Deep in Despair: Hot Springs to Mile 407.6
We spent two blissful zero days in Hot Springs enjoying the local food and the company of trail family. When we walked out of town the next morning I
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Beginning Genealogy Class
Collin College is offering Genealogy- Getting Started. The class will be on Tuesday nights from Sept 7th through October 12th from 6:30-9:00. If you are just getting started on your family history you'll learn where to start, how to research and how to organize what you find. If you have been doing research for a while, the class can help you get back to basics, learn how to analyze what you find and research more efficiently and effectively. The class is taught by Barbara Coakley. Barbara is an experienced researcher. She has been teaching genealogy and lecturing for more than 10 years.
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August 21 Saturday Seminar - Using Google
Join us Saturday, August 21, for our next Seminar. Barbara Coakley will speak to us on "Using Google for your Genealogical Research."
We meet at the program room of the W.O. Haggard, Jr. Library, 2501 Coit Rd. Doors open at 10:15 am and we'll end at 12:30 pm.
We meet at the program room of the W.O. Haggard, Jr. Library, 2501 Coit Rd. Doors open at 10:15 am and we'll end at 12:30 pm.
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Ida Spence Mission of NKY is an urban mission located in the City Heights community of Covington Kentucky.
Mission Statement:
Enriching the lives of underserved children in the City Heights community by providing, nutrition, education and mentoring in a Christian environment.
What do we provide?
Nutrition: With the help of UMC Foods we provide 4-6 meals a week for the children in the City Heights Community. These meals are free to them.
In addition to the regular weekly meals we also provide a Last Saturday of the Month meal. This is done with the help of the churches in the Northern Kentucky area.
Education: We have Christian education through our children's church program, youth program and various bible studies. Most of this is done by volunteers from Northern Kentucky congregations.
We also provide various programs during the year that educate on health and safety. These range from clinics to classes on a wide variety of subjects.
Mentoring: This is a big part of our other two areas of service to the community. We do all we can to have a regular presence and our volunteers help with this. We also mentor by trying to provide employment opportunities to those that live within the community.


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Pembroke Pines has never suffered from a shortage of recreation. If there's one thing we're renowned for, it's our water parks. C.B Smith Park doubles as a camping ground and sports park, incorporating an incredible 300 acres water-related activities within its walls. Then of course, there's Paradise Cove, with multi-level towers, castles and spires which could only have been dreamed up by Willie Wonka or in any case, some eccentric genius of a park designer equally chock-full of imagination.
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Koolah is one of Polisport's most popular baby seats, offering comfort and safety at a good value. Koolah features a four position adjustable footrests with large feet protection and retention, three point safety harnesses, lateral protection and three optional positioning. For Frame: frame mounting system Fits bicycles with and without carrier. Easy mounting, tools included. Quick release of the baby-seat by pushing a button.
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Holiday Party and Fundraiser!
Arts Council will provide non-alcohol punch, cups, plates, and napkins. We ask that you bring some finger-food appetizers to share. Diane requests that they really be finger-food/toothpick-able items that don't require forks or spoons.
The main event will be a "progressive auction" (that's what we're calling it!) of small art pieces. If you were able to attend last year's PAC party, it will be very similar. This year the art pieces will not just be painting on canvas, but other media as well that fits around the 4×4″ to 6×6″ size. Based on feedback, we are setting the entry fee to participate in this event to $10; $20 to steal an item; and $30 to permanently place a hold on an item.
If you haven't yet become or renewed your PAC membership, we will also be taking membership sign-ups at the event. Memberships start at $25 for individuals and $40 for families.
[Update 11/28:] During the party we will be offering the first pre-sale tickets to the upcoming stand-up comedy by Juneau's Club Baby Seal. The comedy event will take place on the evenings of January 20 and 21 at Kito's Kave. Food will be available for purchase to benefit The Market. Tickets prices are $15 for individual tickets and $25 for tickets purchased in pairs.
- Friday, December 2 – 6:30 p.m. – 1409 S. Nordic
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nfernal are a recent comer to the world of Brutal old-school black metal and are basically a super group of big names in the black metal community, indeed it could be described as a side project or even a retirement home for many ex-Dark Funeral members for it features almost every past member that has ever graced that band. Infernal have released three recordings thus for in the form of their self-titled debut in 2000 on 'Hellspawn Records', Summon Forth The Beast MCD (2002) now signed to 'Hammerheart Records', and the Under The Wings Of Hell split CD in 2002 withDark Funeral, a platter thatcontained the entire contents of the self-titled Infernal debut. Over their short history they have boasted the membership of (past members): Equinox (bass),Themgoroth (ex-Dark Funeral; vocals), David Larsson (a.k.a. Impious; ex-In Aeternum; guitar/vocals), Matte Modin (of Dark Funeral/ex-Nonexist/ex-Defleshed/ex-Throneaeon; drums) and the current/last known membership of Tomas Asklund (a.k.a. Alzazmon; ex-Dark Funeral/ex-Dawn/ex-Necromicon/ex-Dissection; drums), Henke Ewkeroth (a.k.a. Typhos; ex-Dark Funeral/ex-Funeral Mist/ex-Hatework (Sweden)/ex-Dawn; guitar/vocals) and David Parland (a.k.a. Blackmoon; ex-Necrophobic/ex-Dark Funeral/ex-War; guitar/bass).
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Issue Theme: Multilingual Kids in the Monolingual World of School
Kathy G. Short, Jean Schroeder, Gloria Kauffman, Sandy Kaser
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Keywords: Elementary
Yisha's First Year of English Acquisition
Fuchang Liu
A father reflects on his daughter's acquisition of a new language during her first year in the United States after a move with her family from China. This article reflects on how the parents and the teachers helped Yisha, a 9-year-old Chinese girl, with her English acquisition. Within the year, Yisha became fluent in English and finished all her courses with straight A's.
Keywords: Language, Elementary, School-Community Relation
Community as Curriculum
Jim Cummins, Patricia Chow, and Sandra R. Schechter
The article describes a project involving teachers, parents, and university researchers in collaborations to support multilingual children's development and use of language. Strategies for fostering an inclusive climate included building on the interests and resources of the local community, involving community members in curriculum development, and creating a work environment supportive of collegial dialogue.
Keywords: Diversity, Language, Writing, Elementary
2006 USBBY-CBC Outstanding International Books
Susan Stan
Family Talk about Language Diversity and Culture
Jeanne G. Fain with Robin Horn
This article examines urban and bilingual children's dialogue about children's literature in the home context as first and second graders talked in literature circles with their families. The article focuses on the issues about language diversity and culture that children and their families discussed about children's literature. The findings from this research demonstrate that young working class bilingual children and their families do have the resources to construct rich literacy experiences through dialogue related to complex issues of language diversity and culture. Key issues that parents and children discussed in the home included literacy, positionality within society, and resistance to structural inequality. Children used their linguistic resources from the home and ultimately used their first and second languages as a resource.
Keywords: Diversity, Language, Literature, Elementary, School-Community Relation
"Seeing the Possibilities": Learning from, with, and about Multilingual Classroom Communities
Katie Van Sluys with Rise Reinier
This article examines the lives of four multilingual students, their classmates, and teacher as they use a range of semiotic systems to learn from, with, and about each other and their surrounding social worlds. Research reveals how literacy practices not only built on students' resources but also invited critique and change.
Keywords: Diversity, Language, Literacy, Elementary
Performing Identities through Drama and Teatro Practices in Multilingual Classrooms
Carmen L. Medina and Gerald Campano
This article provides evidence from our work as teachers, drama facilitators and researchers that drama potentially affords a generative nexus between the students' own identities and more expansive understandings school-based literacy practices. We examined data from two separate fifth grade classroom studies on drama and literacy to show how drama may in fact open critical spaces within which students negotiate diverse perspectives and collaboratively generate knowledge. These perspectives and knowledge can then be put in the service of their own educational and social empowerment.
Keywords: Diversity, Language, Literacy, Pedagogy, Elementary
Reading, Living, and Writing Bilingual Poetry as SchoolARTistry in the Language Arts Classroom
Melisa Cahnmann
This article draws upon multiple genres including theoretical scholarship, personal narrative, interview data, and poetry to reflect on experiences of language variation among Latino bilingual youth. The author shares insights acquired through the process of scholARTistry, and concludes with arguments for increased reading, living, and writing of poetry as a form of professional development for teachers working with bilingual youth.
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HighlightsComo | Brunate | Alpe del Viceré | Pian del Tivano | Piano Rancio | Bellagio | Rest day | Varied walks with choice of different lengths | Friendly local accommodation | Suitable for all ages
Description of Lake Como family walking holiday, ItalyThis self guided Lake Como family walking holiday, Italy, takes you through some of the prettiest and most panoramic places around the lake. Starting in the lovely lakeside city of Como, this week-long tour leads you across the summits of the Triangolo Lariano, the triangle of land flanked by the lake on two sides and the River Po on one. The views from here are superb, with the Alps to the north, the Grigna mountain massif to the east and Monviso over by the French border to the west, with the lake sparkling beneath.
Youll walk from one rifugi to another, through deep forests and meadows, along donkey tracks and over gentle summits. The rifugi are small local inns where you can tuck into tasty regional food. Walks are flexible, with a choice of routes each day, making this holiday ideal for children. The more gentle walks go around the peaks, and the more challenging walks go over them. You can also opt to walk over the areas highest summit, the San Primo, which offers long views over the entire lake. Walks range in duration from two to three hours, up to five hours.
The setting off point for this holiday is high up, limiting the number of steep climbs to tackle and ensuring the walking is easy. As the week progresses, youll slowly walk your way down to Bellagio, nicknamed the pearl of the lake. Here, take a scenic boat ride back to Como to finish off your holiday a lovely way to see the lakeside villages close up.
Accommodation is in friendly, locally owned B&Bs, a family hotel and a locanda where they farm organically and make their own cheese. Four dinners are included and packed lunches are also included on the days when youll be walking from one lodging to the next. We can also arrange to have your luggage transferred. There is no minimum age and children of all ages have enjoyed this tour. Children under 12 pay 70 percent of the adult price, for every child accompanied by one adult. Children under two go free.
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Travelling on foot, especially in small (family) groups, or in pairs, is the least detrimental way of traversing a region and provides the most opportunity for becoming re-acquainted with our natural surroundings and feeling the rhythm of the countryside at first hand.
Appreciation and respect for our natural environment will grow as the walkers knowledge and awareness of it increase.
To aid the walkers discovery of his or her surroundings, our itinerary is coloured with titbits of information covering various aspects of the countryside, with facts about the plants and wildlife. The route book includes also a brief history of some interesting geological formations and how man has turned this natural environment to his benefit.
A visit to Pian di Nesso merely enhances this experience. Here, the walker can observe the countryside at leisure and mans relation to it has evolved. Here, cattle graze, cheese is made with loving care, crops are tended in the kitchen garden, the raspberries thrive and when the seasons is right, people take to the woods and lanes to search for wild mushrooms and brambles. Everything they do is done naturally and much thought to the animals and environment. We are sure that you will taste the difference!
Far into the seventies of the last century, this region was popular among the city folk from Milan as a summer retreat: the women, children and elderly would stay here for up to three months in this cooler climate while their men folk toiled in the city heat during the week, visiting them at the weekend. Now that it is no longer customary to spend the summer here, the lodging places in this mountain region those that have not already closed down - have been forced to look for new clientele. Their present customers are day-trippers from neighbouring towns, and recreational walkers, some from abroad appropriate and appreciative customers. It is a new branch of tourism for this area and certainly could use a boost so we are happy to be able to contribute something to it.
All material and non-material goods that are consumed or used during the walking tour are from this region. You will be staying at small-scale family-run lodgings and ingredients for the meals are purchased locally and/or produced here. In case of services, local companies will provide them. This way, your contribution will not be limited to the lodgings, but will have an impact on the whole economy of the region.
7 Reviews of Lake Como family walking holiday, Italy
Reviewed on 11 Sep 2019 by Tim Butcher
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
A satisfying feeling of being healthy in mind and body - making progress through a stunning part of the world.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Bring good insect repellent. We got bitten in the forests, especially on the ankles.
Take a couple of days to see Milan (Bosco Verticale!) and use the train to Como - great service.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes we stayed with local people in small BnBs so helped their businesses. You tread lightly on the environment with this holiday.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
One of the best holidays weve ever had. Although Italian breakfasts arent always ideal for walkers, the walk and accommodation is very well organised, and the people were so friendly. The views are breathtaking. Lovely to have
Como and Bellagio at either end, but the tranquility in the middle is lovely.
Reviewed on 28 May 2019 by Rosemary Cunniffe
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
We loved the beautiful, quiet, pristine countryside on all our walks, gazing down on Lake Como & on the surrounding mountains. Also staying in similarly quiet spots in local accomodation. Lovely walks.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Just follow the clear directions provided and all will be well! We found it very useful having walking sticks as there are some descents where it made it easier.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Well yes given that we were staying in small scale local accommodation which we liked very much.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
It was excellent, thoroughly enjoyable self- guided walking in a lovely environment. We would strongly recommend this holiday to other medium level walkers like ourselves. It was all very well organised from the first communication with the tour operator.
Reviewed on 17 Aug 2017 by Anne Kinderlerer
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Walking over the summit of mount Palonzone and seeing the peregrine falcons circling below us while we ate lunch. Walking along the ridge of Mt San Primo to the top (1686m) with views of the whole of Lake Como and the steep scramble down the other side. Staying at Mount de Volt on the Piano del Tivano - great hosts, fantastic place to stay.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Three of us walked this in August with a 10 year old child - and it was fantastic. The longer routes all well within the ability of our 10 year old. You definitely
need hiking boots as some parts of the trail are steep and rocky. Its definitely worth climbing up to all the summits - to see the amazing views. You may want decent waterproofs, we walked our last day in a terrific thunderstorm with lightning, hail and torrential rain ( still great).
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
The places to stay are all interesting local businesses- using local produce we used public transport throughout Italy - found the Italian train and boat timetables difficult to manage particularly as trains kept getting cancelled.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Amazing - we all loved it and rather regretted that it ended after a week.
Reviewed on 28 Jul 2017 by David Barton
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
We loved the scenery and the views of the lake during the walk.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
That you need to be very fit and used to reading maps. The two days at the middle of the walk are spent at Munt Du Volt which is an out of the way location. So unless you wish to do some strenuous walking you will have to spend it at the location. Be careful when you are doing the walk as when we did it a lot of the tracks were washed out and it made walking difficult. Most of the accomodation is not air conditioned so very hot in the summer.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Some of the locations are struggling so it did assist with their businesses.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
It was an interesting experience a lot tougher than we thought but was a great achievement to complete. Although we knew it was agrotourism we felt that some of the accomodation needed to be a little cleaner and in the summer provide air conditioning.
Reviewed on 04 Dec 2016 by Paul Arkle
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Which to choose? Spectacular views as we enjoyed our packed lunch looking out over the Lecco arm of Lake Como to the mountains, and then (a bit further on) all the way down to Bellagio and beyond. But there were lots of other great memories too - stunning scenery; friendly people we met along the way; easy walking through natural woodland with lots of flowers and butterflies; the sound of cow bells; great places to stay at the end of a days walking, with welcoming hosts and delicious local food. Bellagio was charming, and on the boat trip back to Como we saw the places wed walked from a different perspective.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Make sure you carry plenty of water with you if youre walking in summer, as it's hot. But everything was so well organised, and the maps/route descriptions and signposting along the way are excellent so you really just need to get to the start and then enjoy it!
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes, we stayed in small places - a bit off the beaten track - run by local people, and travelled on foot or by public transport all the way from Malpensa airport.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Fantastic! It was everything we hoped, and more. Our daughters are 13 and 11 years old, and we had a great time on our first family walking holiday.
Reviewed on 30 Jul 2013 by Nicholas Yates
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
Reflections walking tour in the Triangulo Lariano Nick and Margaret Yates July 2013
This was a very well organised holiday, all of its aspects were effective and co-ordinated. In fact a thoroughly enjoyable week. We met wonderful people who looked after our interests at every stop and had agreeable companions along the way (all of them Danish). The paths were well marked and the instructions generally excellent
We arrived rather late at Brunate, but despite the late hour we had a fantastic welcome by Margherita and Maurizio and a sample meal in the nearby Hotel with a ringside view of the nights electrical storm and then a ride back to the B+B to our comfortable room. They even picked us up for breakfast the next day too.
Day 1 was a good walk, with well marked paths and clear instructions we did not take the option to climb Monte Palanzone and arrived in good time to relax at the Albergo Campeggio where the greeting was warm and welcoming a good evening meal and a comfortable night.
Day 2 Started well until we reached the cave Gugliemo which we mistook for the memorial and turned right to have a wonderful ridge walk, but clearly in the wrong direction over Monte Croce and via a splendid hill-top oak grove. Having made the steep descent a bit of map reading led us to Colme di Sormano a coffee stop and then a pleasant road walk through the Piano del Tivano and the steep climb to Munt de Volt.
Munt de Volt was the high spot of the week, the welcome was fantastic, the location quiet and peaceful, it just called for a trashy novel under the tree in the hammock. The food excellent and homely as it said on the sign at the gate, although no meat on the Friday surprised us the family included us all in their Saturday night party which was a real privilege and enough food from the BarB-Q to last a week. We took the opportunity to make the steep climb down to Nesso, which was a bit wet and slippery after the monumental hail storm the night before and had a wonderful lake fish lunch at Tre Rosa before sharing a taxi back up the hill a 1000m climb was beyond us and the buses were very infrequent.
Day 4 Was a good walk through the Piano del Tivano observing the city dwellers having an open air weekend and then a fantastic climb to the ridge where the views were excellent. After a very step descent with slightly confusing sign posting and the need to watch for the hurtling mountain bikes who had been hauled to the top by ski lift, the route through the trees was very pleasant to another welcome at a very busy Chalet Gabriele and an excellent evening meal, polenta a speciality, in the scenic restaurant. We had had an interesting short, evening walk to see one of the Massi Erratici on its splendid belvedere where the glacier left it at the end of the last Ice Age
Day 5 All downhill with lovely intermittent views, a good days walking. We went to the beach, in Bellago, first for a beer the heat at lake level was noticeable after being in the mountains for 5 days. Then another really special welcome at Alla Toretta and a really nice meal at the restaurant next door as their restaurant closes on Mondays. The extra day in Bellagio was a real treat, it is a very interesting small town and very welcoming we saw the sights, went to where the wind divides between the two arms of Lago di Como, had lunch by the pier and then went back to rest at Alla Toretta. We had a good light meal in their restaurant under the trees. The lift down to the harbour the next morning was very sensitively organised and the trip back on the slow boat to Como was an additional treat before we went on to continue our holiday in Verona.
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Just book!
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes, the company are based in the Triangulo and work with the local hoteliers, Agriturismos and B+Bs often remote from the holiday circuit. They help to take beds in isolated locations that are not involved in the weekly holiday trade. A local taxi was employed to transport our heavy bags.It is really full board as packed lunches and evening meals are provided.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Excellent it was a splendid prelude to our second week of city tourism (organised by others).
Reviewed on 07 Aug 2012 by Jeanette Reinholdtsen
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
The whole hiking tour all together, being able to accomplish it as a family, experiencing the local hospitality and unbelievably splendid nature! And the feeling of reaching Rifugio Riella on day 2 of walking, after a challenging part, discovering the fantastic views and surroundings, followed by spotting more than 35 falks circulating in the air! We keep getting back to that particular moment in our minds over and over again! Reaching the foot of San Primo (we walked the easy route) on day 3, spotting the massive mountains in the horizon, and Bellagio, our final goal, far down by the lake for the first time - it was a tremendous feeling!
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Drinking backpacks are necessary. And bear in mind that you need space in the backpack for the lunch packages, because they were generous :-) Proper hiking boots are recommended, especially if you have unsteady wrists. Book for at least one additional night in Bellagio after the finished hike! We only stayed there for the included two nights, and then headed to Milan, which we regretted already as we were leaving on the ferry for Como. Should´ve stayed at least a few more nights by the lake instead :)
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Certainly, yes. We were taken by the warm hospitality shown towards us, even though we sadly couldn´t speak with them as we don´t know any Italian. Every place had its local, personal charm, creating a relaxed atmosphere. It was a great feeling knowing that we´d contributed to the local business! We were also very surprised on how tidy it was all along the hiking route.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
We´ve had the time of our lives! Found our paradise at Lake Como, and will return, for sure! We´re also very proud of accomplishing the whole route, walking across the mountains for four days in the summer sun. We´ve never done anything like that as a family before, and this is only the beginning. Now we know what kind of holiday we´ll prefer in the future!
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OTTAWA — An HIV positive man accused of trying to kill his sex partners by deliberately infecting them with the disease boasted online about having unprotected sex with teenage virgins and tried to convince potential partners that condoms caused cancer, his attempted murder trial heard Thursday.
Steven Paul Boone also wrote in an online chat that he had "lost count" of how many HIV negative men he had sex with without telling them he had human immunodeficiency virus.
The online conversations were among approximately 3,000 pages of highly sexualized and graphic chats with 600 different people seized by police following Boone's arrest in May 2010. Portions of the chats were entered into evidence on the first day of Boone's trial on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and administering a noxious substance, namely, HIV.
In an opening address to a jury, prosecutor Louise Tansey-Miller said the chats were evidence Boone "was aroused by and deeply committed to achieving his goal of spreading HIV to his sexual partners."
Boone, she alleged, was a member of a "disturbing" subculture called "bug chasing" where HIV-positive men seek out HIV-negative men to try to infect them with the disease.
Boone, 30, is accused of attempted murder and administering a noxious substance on three men. He is also accused of aggravated sexual assault on two of the same men along with three others.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
In her opening address, Tansey-Miller alleged that Boone used sex, his own "toxicity" and deceit to try to infect as many people as possible with the potentially deadly disease.
Tansey-Miller said the Crown believes they can prove he infected one man, although a second man he is accused of sexually assaulting also contracted the disease.
A third alleged victim was already HIV positive before he met Boone, but allowed Boone to have unprotected sex with him as part of a fantasy, Tansey-Miller alleged.
All of the men willingly engaged in sex acts with Boone, Tansey-Miller alleged, although five of the six wouldn't have agreed had they known Boone was HIV-positive.
"Mr. Boone intentionally acted in a way that he knew could result in the deaths of his sexual partners," alleged Tansey-Miller. "He exposed all of his sexual partners to a realistic possibility of infection with a fatal disease. He tried and succeeded in endangering the lives of his sexual partners.
"This case is not about pointing the finger at someone because of their sexual orientation or because they have a terrible or terminal disease," Tansey-Miller added. "Mr. Boone's status as HIV-positive is important because this case is about Mr. Boone's intention to surreptitiously infect as many sexual partners as he could with that fatal disease."
The first day of the trial focused heavily on Boone's MSN chats with men he met on gay websites.
In some of the conversations, Boone — who went by the name RoCkSt(*)r PrinCe — claims he is "clean."
In others, he reveals he is HIV-positive and expressed a desire to infect others with his "strain" — whether they know it or not.
Sex with a condom was "too scary," Boone told one man, because condoms caused cancer. Boone also claimed that condoms were going to be banned, something he said he knew because he was the Health Canada researcher who recommended it. He was actually unemployed.
Another conversation involved a man asking Boone to have sex with his boyfriend. The boyfriend wanted him to use a condom.
"I'll let him think I'm using one and then take it off when he's not looking," replied Boone. "I've done it before."
Another conversation focused on Boone's desire to become HIV-positive.
All of the chats occurred after Boone found out he was HIV-positive on Oct. 30, 2009.
Earlier in the day, Boone's former roommate, Matthew Baillie, testified his "mind was blown" when he learned in April 2010 that Boone wasn't using protection.
Baillie said Boone had earlier messaged him that he had sex with a 17-year-old "over and over" without telling him about his status.
But Boone's lawyer, Ian Carter, suggested that Boone was prone to exaggeration and making things up.
"I guess. Sometimes," said Baillie.
The trial is expected to take four weeks.


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Why do powerful people—the kind with prestigious careers and long marriages and children and parents and homes and money in the bank—throw it all away on a stupid affair? I don't understand when it happens to a movie star or a captain of industry. But it really blows me away when it happens to senior people in the military—officer or enlisted.
It happens way too often. In the most recent incident, former commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Col. James H. Johnson III pled guilty to bigamy, adultery and fraud and now faces up to 54 years in prison.
The West Point honor graduate allegedly moved an Iraqi woman into his quarters in Vicenza, Italy and enrolled her as his wife on DEERs. Click here for how his estranged American wife was the one who had the guts to turn him in.
What was he thinking? That's a question our readers always ask when an event like this pops up. How does someone so accomplished fail at something a lot of us do well every day?
Call it Power Failure Syndrome. Psychologist Tony Ferretti and physician Peter Weiss describe Power Failure Syndrome as "the phenomenon when powerful people, who seemingly have it all, ultimately fail in relationships with their spouse, family and friends."
In their book The Love Fight: How Achievers and Connectors Can Build A Marriage That Lasts, Ferretti and Weiss claim that Power Failure Syndrome happens because the same traits that propel people to the top in their careers cause turmoil in their personal lives. They paint a picture of an individual who is "intelligent and successful and charming to new acquaintances, but who is also highly competitive, driven to succeed, controlling and emotionally distant from family and friends."
So does that mean if you are married to a successful person you better open an account in the Cayman Islands because an arrest warrant is on its way? Are you doomed?
"Definitely not," said Ferretti when I called him to talk it over. "It's a double edged sword. Some of those personality traits are incredibly positive." We agreed that we wanted our surgeons to be perfectionists with a touch of OCD. We wanted our colonels and command sergeant majors to be driven and somewhat controlling—especially if those traits saved lives.
"The problem is that a lot of people don't transition well from work to home," explained Ferretti, whose private practice is populated with doctors and lawyers and CEOs and others whose lives are marked by power and success. Evidently, many people get used to having certain expectations met at their job that they expect to continue at home. "They are harder on their family members than they are on the people who work for them."
If you are a power-driven person and you are starting to recognize problems in your relationships, Ferretti says that your first step is to decide that your marriage is a top priority. "A lot of people are not nurturing their marriages," Ferretti says. "Marriage gets the scraps." Power-driven people can turn their drive to positively changing their marriages. Start with telling your spouse that you realize there are certain aspects to your personality that have to change. Then work on taking the edge off.
If you are the spouse of a power-driven individual, Ferretti advises that you take the confrontation past the marriage itself. "I think one of the things would be to ask your spouse to take look at their other relationships with friends, siblings, kids, parents." If your partner has problems with all relationships, not just the one he or she has with you, there is an opportunity for a broader understanding of the problem.
It isn't too late. Although it might be tempting to throw away a relationship that has long struggled with this kind of issue, this does not usually fix anything. "I believe people can balance life. People can balance certain aspects of their personality. They can learn to value relationships," said Ferretti. "I see people change at all ages. It is harder the older you get. But people can apply the same drive and intensity to saving their relationships."
Should you seek professional help? Some people don't want to bring a therapist into the mix. It can help to read a book like The Love Fight with your spouse and do the exercises together. Then one or both partners might want to seek help and insight from a professional. "The one thing I wanted to give people is hope, said Ferretti. "My job is to save marriages, but also to save people."


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Welcome to the next "Thrifty & Vintage Finds" link party!
If you found an amazing deal lately, new or vintage, then play along and link up!
I'm featuring my friend Lynn's post. I'm so glad she linked up to last week's party! Lynn writes Fern Avenue and sells her painted furniture at the Emporium, plus we were roommates at the Haven.
She shared this tea cart she bought at an auction and totally transformed, using Miss Mustard Seed paint and a stencil.
I saw the cart in her booth and it sold very fast. The girl knows how to paint furniture!
Thanks for linking up, Lynn! Feel free to add this button to your blog post, and I hope you'll link up again.

I didn't buy much this weekend, but I did score this sweet little round table for $30.
It has a scratch on the top plus one of the feet was glued, so I will have to repaint it. For now it sits on our porch and is waiting for the paint job, with several other small furniture pieces I need to get to.
I finished four other little paint projects and dropped them off at the Emporium on Sunday with Don and L. I painted one table a baby pink and white-washed the square little table with Annie Sloan chalk paint.
Oh, and I haven't share this find yet: a darling New Jersey map tray. I just know that someone will fall in love with it and buy it.
If you're ever interested in something you see that I have at the Emporium, let me know and I'll figure out how to ship it to you.
Have you picked up a thrifty or vintage find lately? I'd love to see it!
And after you link up, share this party for more exposure for all of us. The bigger the party, the better.
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This is spawned from a rather silly thread on a Woodworking forum on the Internet. Someone asked if linseed oil could be used on metal, particularly woodworking tools to prevent rust. The response was that linseed oil left a gummy film on the tools and they recommended all sorts of petroleum distillates to use instead.
Obviously some of the people responding have never learned to wipe off the excess before it dries. This will indeed form a gummy film and cause problems. The recommendations to use mineral oil [a laxative] or paraffin oil in one form or another to protect metals. If you are going to use petrochemicals on metal use something cheap like 30 weight motor oil, it will protect the metal with a non drying oil. People even recommend mineral oil for wooden food utensils, because it never dries it comes out in the food and is particularly harmful to wood which is a natural product and the synthetics are not. Then there is that laxative thing.
Linseed oil has been used as a metal finish and rust protector for centuries. Yes that is hundreds and hundreds of years. Linseed oil is used to quench hot wrought iron to give it a nice black finish. Linseed oil is also used to finish the iron by heating it up and dunking it in linseed oil. Linseed oil is a long bond double molecule, and while it sounds big it is actually very small and will penetrate into anything from iron and steel to woods and other porous materials and even smooth modern plastic laminates.
When done properly linseed oil will offer fine protection from rust to any ferrous metal. The key word is properly, that means wiping off all excess. That means there is no extra oil left on the surface, and this is where people end up with a gummy finish, they don't get all of the oil. A thick coat of oil will dry from the outside in by forming a skin on the surface, preventing the oil underneath from drying, hence a sticky mess. A very thin coat will dry quickly and not have that problem.
Living in the dry arid West, rust is not that much a problem unless using green or partially dried wood, in which case the wood and the shavings will cause rust if left in contact with unprotected metal surfaces. Using wooden hand planes the only rust occurs on the irons so having some protection on the irons does help reduce the problem as does removing shavings completely before storing. Also sawing damp wood can cause problems especially with the swarf left in the teeth of the saws. My saws are all made from old, usually pitted blades that have been cleaned of surface rust, using a variety of methods. The blades are then heated up and treated with linseed oil, the excess wiped off and allowed to cure. The sharpening removes any oil from the teeth, so they can be vulnerable to rust.
The tools don't gum up because they don't have a thick film on the surface. The old iron and steel are protected from rust, except on their sharpened edges. Linseed oil was also used on firearms, on both the wood and metal parts for the very reason that if properly applied it offers protection to the wood as well as protecting the metal from rust. It is also the traditional finish, again when properly applied, to much of the iron hardware used on furniture and other wooden objects during the nineteenth century.
For those of you whom are of the same opinion, I apologize for being redundant, for everyone else, I believe that you are all entitled to my opinion.


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We are a papercraft challenge blog offering a monthly Main Challenge based on a Word and a Creative Challenge,
open to layouts, canvases and art journal pages. PLUS we host a word-based Mini Challenge
on the last week of each month for cards, tags and ATCs. There is definitely something for everyone!
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April 2016 Main Challenge
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OH MY Gosh!! What an inspiring picture! JUST LOVE IT!!! And those design team pages, well girls you really have outdone yourselves, these are all gorgeous and so very inspiring!!ReplyDelete
Interesting challenge !! I love !!.ReplyDelete
Thanks to all the girls for their inspirational works !! :)
Loooooove all proyects!!!ReplyDelete
With the festival of laughter!ReplyDelete
Awesome design team work and Main Challenge!!!
Precioso reto, lleno de posibilidades, tienen razón, sus artistas son tan distintas entre sí, e inspiran todas, felicitaciones!!ReplyDelete
------Beautiful challenge, full of possibilities, the mood board are right. Its artists are so different from one another, and inspire all, congratulations !!
Gorgeous projects ladies! So proud to be part of such a talented team!ReplyDelete
What another great challenge! fabulous! Tons of inspiration with the DT! wow.ReplyDelete
Congrats to all the DT for such wonderful inspiration. :)ReplyDelete
Oh, I think this is my favorite reveal yet! Awesome DT work and just look at that challenge board! How can anyone resist playing along?!ReplyDelete
Ladies - your pieces are all gorgeous - so much inspiration!ReplyDelete
Amazing inspiration from all the DT's.. 💜ReplyDelete
Haven't scrap for a while and this caught my attention, will give it a try.ReplyDelete
Magically! Thank you for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
Another fabulous challenge and beautiful inspiration from all the DT :)ReplyDelete
Fabulous word choice, and the mood board is beautiful too.ReplyDelete
*LOVE* all the different interpretations by the design time.
Very beautifuls inspirations! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Gosh what amazing work, so much inspiration here!!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful works...Thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
Oh my goodness. You ladies are Soooooo talented. Thank you for sharing your jaw dropping works of inspiration.ReplyDelete
Amazing work! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Amazing creations !!!ReplyDelete
wonderful creations ! I was inspired to 2 times this month, thank you girlsReplyDelete


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Third day of the conference dawns fine and sunny. After the best poster, paper awards, we are on to the keynote of the day with Professor Carmel McNaught from Chinese University of Hong Kong on technology supported innovation. Do we have adequate evidence for claims of success. Are core principle from one's own ontology transferable? Why, when we have so many tested tools and strategies, is the uptake of educationally sound learning designs limited? Presented on changing contexts, evaluation research and evaluation research, paradigms and mixed methods, LEPO framework and innovation life cycle, project examples, implications for institutional policy and processes and summary of principles. Recommended new media consortium annual horizon report for 2014. Need for continual evaluation and research to cope with fast pace of technological change.
See McNaught(2011) on evaluation as part of blended designs. Philips, McNaught and Kennedy (2011) types of evaluating research (book-2012), the LEPO framework.McNaught, Cheng and Lam (2006) on good evaluation research. Reeves (2006) on design based research instead of predictive research.
LEPO framework is on learning environment, processes and outcomes within an educational context. LE facilitate LP lead to LO which determine LE. Consider also the innovation life cycle, project management evaluation for baseline,messing, formative and effectiveness.
Provided 5 examples. As overview see Lam, Lee and McNaught (2010;2011) found positive experiences for elearning if used to meet student learning needs. Examples from eportfolios with students learning English - needed buy in from teachers.
Use of forums across 13 courses - use SOLO to analyse quality of postings, forums worked if structured but student centred.
Mohan and Lam (2005) investment banking working on peer learning evaluation and assessments.
Teachers using social media
Implementing collaborative interdisciplinary scenario inquiry tasks in large science classes. University of Queensland and Australian learning and teaching council project.
Interactive collaborative assessment system called IS-IT to allow group tasks and peer assessments to take place.
Implications - encourage students to do the work; reward through policies and processes.
After morning tea, I pick up the learning analytics theme its associate professor Cathy Gunn's from University of Auckland paper on defining the agenda for learning analytics. Broad context of educational data mining, web analytics,ml earning analytics, recommender systems and business intelligence. Connect educational design research to learning analytics contribute to evidence based educational practice. McKenney and Reeves (2012) on educational design research. Potential of LA to add to data and achieve linking of assumptions about learning and learning design intent to the learner behaviour , learning processes and outcomes it produces in meaningful and reliable ways. Not just asking students but using LA in non invasive ways to find out similar things. Thing through what can really achieve with LA and we must do to exploit potential. How can we translate data to be meaningful to teachers? Can we convince our institutions we have a duty of care to use LA?
Next presentation is on exploring students' interpretation of feedback delivered through learning analytics dashboards with Dr. Linda Corrin and Paula de Barba from the University of Melbourne. Current focus seems to focus on retention and providing data to academics. Need to provide data to students and support them with how to interpret and progress from data. 2000 plus students across 2 first year and 1 second year courses. LA needs to consider differences in learning design of courses. Pilot consisted of survey to capture demographics, think aloud interview in week 3, week 11 and final survey on motivation to study. Dashboard provided for access, learning activities, quizzes etc. themes were reflection, study strategies, motivation, class average, consolidated view and interpretation. Students could work out strategies but could not explain why. Motivation improved for most students. Consolidated view appreciated. Interpretation weak. Positive outcomes mostly.
Last paper on the development of an application with process feedback to enhance student centred learning with Sudhakaran Edathil, Christopher Chin, Stephanie Zank, Dev Ranmuthugala and Susan Salter from University of Tasmania. Presented by Christopher Chin. Reinforced efficacy of timely feedback and examples of assessment and feedback tools available. Desire2learn but can be shifted across to other LmS. Learning mode is fully guided, assessment modems partially guided and assessments itself is not guided. The guided path scaffolds students with revealing each step in the algorithm and each step also has a hint to assist self learning. Student feedback positive on the process feedback tool.
After lunch, comes the drive back home to Christchurch.
Next years Ascilite is in Perth hosted by Curtin University.


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"No new crewmembers or debris from the sunken vessel have been detected," said Gearbulk in their latest update today following the sinking of their ship Bulk Jupiter early last Friday off Vietnam.
The ship's cook Angelito Capindo Rojas is the only survivor of the incident to have been recovered and only two other bodies have been found. He spent two days in the ocean before he was rescued, according to Reuters. 14 others are still missing.
Gearbulk says a fleet of vessels and planes, under direction of the Vietnamese Coast Guard are participating in the search for survivors or any clues to what caused the ship to disappear with almost no trace into the sea. The Gearbulk vessel Sunbird Arrow is also participating in the search
Considering the ship was carrying a cargo of bauxite ore, the phenomena of cargo liquefaction – which has claimed a number of similar ships in recent years, is likely to blame.
A representative from Gearbulk's Bergen, Norway office has travelled to Vung Tao, Vietnam, where the surviving Cook and the bodies of the two deceased arrived yesterday.
Gearbulk notes that there has been no confirmation of the identities of the remains that were recovered.