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Viv's been on a peace mission
Ealing Today's "Woman About Town" Viv Ellis spread her wings last month – to Tripoli in Libya. I had visited Tripoli in Libya in May this year on a peace initiative organised by a British charity. So I was flattered when I was asked to go back last month. It was a humanitarian land convoy comprising 5 ambulances, a disabled car and a freezer truck for medicine. Plus an impressive array of donated surgical and medical equipment. All badly needed in a war-torn Libya with thousands of seriously ill people. There were quite a lot of us, Most of the convoyers were Libyan born many visiting their homeland for the first time in ages. The project manager, Mohamed, was bringing his wife and 5 children (one just 3 months old) and the oldest member was 62 so it was a family atmosphere right from the start. My sister's reaction when I told her about the trip was "But do you know the way?" Thankfully, I didn't need to. We had a professional long-distance driver in our midst, Abdul Ghafoor, a wry chap with a broad Yorkshire accent who worked out the best route and was "Number One" in the convoy talking all of us other drivers through hazards and directions on the CB radio. We were told the targets for each day's drive and the route. Money had been raised to cover the basic costs of the convoy but we all knew there would be no five star hotels. In fact the first night, in Troyes in France, we slept in the vans in a petrol station car park. Thankfully I had been to a well-known High Street purveyor of undies and thermals (thermal leg warmers, get me!) so I survived, but I know we were all secretly hoping that we'd have hotels/hostels on other nights. By day 3 we were starting to get to know each other: businessman, aircraft engineer, lecturer. I was constantly perplexed by the fact that 5 out of the 7 men on the convoy were called Abdul. I gave them numbers. But felt less guilty when some had problems with my name too. Although technically a "co driver", it was soon clear that the blokes were happier to drive and so my role was entertainer, photographer and writing a blog on Facebook. In Tunis one of the ambulances broke down. So we had to kick our heels while the part was located and fitted. This had been the weirdest thing to pack for – in UK and the continent we really needed warm clothes but now in Tunis it was t-shirt time. Once the ambulance was mended off we sped again, heading for a place called Medenine in the south of the country. On the way we experienced the worst storm I think I have ever seen in my life– thunder, sheet and forked lightening and rain so dense you could hardly see anything. I confess I was glad not to be at the wheel. But we made it intact. The next day it was home stretch – across the border and to Tripoli. Luckily our trip was in conjunction with Red Crescent (a Moslem version of the Red Cross) so we have a certain amount of gravitas when it comes to border crossings and paperwork – though it still took ages. The driving standards at night in Tripoli are somewhat bonkers at the best of times. With ludicrously cheap petrol, cars just career round the streets honking their horns and flashing their lights for hours, And this night was no exception. News of our arrival had spread and we were joined by scores of vehicles and hundreds of spectators as we hit the ring road towards the main square. There were speeches and cameras – we'd done it. We'd driven 2245 miles / 3613 km. A lot of the group peeled off to go and visit their families in other parts of the country, My original plan had been to head back into Tunisia and spend a few days on a beach. But I am glad I stuck around in Tripoli. We worked a lot with the Red Crescent cataloguing all the stuff we'd brought so it could go to the most deserving hospitals, We visited other cities. It was unbelievable how many "checkpoints" you had to drive through – usually made from shipping containers, and often completely unmanned or just one bored looking teenager. We went to Misrata, Bani Walid and a completely devastated Sirte to see what was needed there too. Soon after we left Bani Walid there was fighting and seven were killed. I fear the war is far from over. There may well be a second convoy and I'll be more than happy to go back, Next time I'll know what to pack! Viv Ellis December 12, 2011 |


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There are so many instances that highlight the importance of empathy in child development. Remember in your parent-teacher conference when the teacher gave a heartwarming account of when your child hugged their classmate who was having a tough day and told them it would be okay? Or maybe you've had the opposite experience when your child got in trouble for picking on a classmate. Situations like these make us wonder if empathy is a character trait, something they are born with, or something that they learn. It can make us question our own empathy and whether or not we're teaching (or can teach) empathy to our children.
In our own daily encounters and in the headlines, it can feel like empathy is a lost art. Were we not taught the importance of empathy? Did we just forget about it? Or is empathy something that comes innately and no matter how hard we try, there's only so much we can muster up? In any case, here's how you can encourage more empathy in yourself, in your children, and thus in the world.
Importance of Empathy in Child Development
Mostly through trial and error, children start to learn that the things they say and do can impact others. Conversely, other people's words and actions affect them. Once they understand this and their larger place in the world, they can start to see similarities in how they feel vs. how their classmates feel. This is empathy — being able to "put yourself in another's shoes" or simply realize that others are thinking and feeling things independently of yourself. Empathy is indeed a skill, and it is important. Empathy helps children to build a sense of security and stronger relationships with their peers knowing that they are going through a shared experience. Children find comfort in knowing that they aren't alone. For example, when they are missing their parents at school, they can see that other children have probably gone through the same thing but here they both are, comforting and cheering each other up. These benefits also highlight the importance of empathy in child development:
- It promotes social harmony starting at a young age
- It promotes collaboration and acceptance of others
- It reduces the likelihood of bullying
Empathy is not limited to childhood – it also teaches us important lessons and helps us to become empathetic, successful, helpful adults. In general, empathy benefits adulthood by:
- Building closer relationships – this can lead to more personal and professional success
- Better problem solving skills by taking other people's perspectives
- Better conflict resolution skills
- Higher levels of happiness
- Deeper relationships and intimacy with partners and friends
So now that you understand the importance of empathy in child development, you might be wondering – where does empathy come from? And how can we get more of it?
Empathy: Innate or Learned
According to Psychology Today, empathy consists not just of unconscious emotion sharing, but conscious control to regulate the experience. Meaning, if empathy doesn't immediately come to us, we catch ourselves and slow down to help us connect with others on a deeper level. So is it innate or learned? Well, it's both.
On an unconscious level, it's hard for a lot of people not to empathize, at least to some extent. We unconsciously mimic others' facial expressions and start to take on their emotions. Specific areas of the brain begin to fire when we're empathetic, proving that it's not all on our own will. Perhaps the roadblock we experience is when our conscious effort for empathy is triggered and we choose to let our judgement take over and stifle empathy.
So, even though empathy is innate to us, it's a skill that needs to be fostered throughout life. Whether we are conscious of it or not, our empathy fluctuates depending on the persona/situation because of our learned experiences. Maybe we "got burned" before by a friend and no longer empathize with people with their same personality type. But the more we turn inward and focus on developing our own emotional intelligence and awareness, the better we are at recognizing our drawbacks/misjudgements and offering more empathy to everyone we encounter.
How to Foster Empathy in Ourselves and our Children
So let's get this show on the road. Whether you see a need for more empathy in the world, in yourself, in your children, or if you are personally in a rut and are striving for more human connection, there are things you can do to foster and encourage empathy.
For adults:
- Talk to new people: I know this seems difficult (especially in the post-covid world) but talking to people who have different life experiences is so important. Since our social worlds have shrunk and our social media feeds are ultra curated to our comfort zones, we're not really taking in new perspectives or exercising our empathy muscles. To talk to new people, try following people you normally wouldn't follow on social media — people with different opinions, styles, demographics, and lifestyles.
- Notice the details: When you are conversing with your "covid pod," put the phones away! Even picking up on microexpressions and gestures makes conversations feel more lively and intimate.
- Listen to others' stories: If talking to new people one on one isn't an option for you, listen to podcasts or watch movies that recount other people's stories. The Moth is a live storytelling podcast that welcomes people from all walks of life, from astronauts to people who have experienced homelessness or immigrated from far and wide.
- Walk in their shoes: Get literal. You can break out of your comfort zone and daily routine by actually living in another person's shoes. Visit someone else's house of worship, shop at a grocery store in another neighborhood, visit local businesses in neighboring towns, or volunteer.
- Second guess your reactions: If someone else seems to rub you the wrong way, ask yourself why before you react. Think about their day and how they got there before interacting with you.
For children:
- Teach them about emotions: There are plenty of books available to teach children about emotions, from the feeling itself to how they can recognize them on others' faces and through their actions. There are also lessons to be learned every day to emphasize emotional intelligence. For instance, if they didn't get to buy a toy when they went to the store today, tell them "I saw you were disappointed and sad today when you couldn't buy a toy." Or, you can highlight your emotions and explain your reactions, such as "Mommy got frustrated when the dog came in the house with muddy paws and got the couch dirty."
- Watch their favorite shows together: Watching TV together not only shows that you are invested in their interests and love spending time with them, it provides opportunities for you to explain the emotions of their characters. Ask questions like "How do you think Blue felt when he got lost?"
- Lead with examples: Don't worry, nobody expects you to remain calm, cool, and collected 24/7 but you can show them how you make amends and explain why you reacted the way you did and what you wish you did differently. Conflict resolution is a situation in which we could all use more empathy and patience and the best way is to lead by example.
- Ask about their days at school and what happened with other children: This helps "train" children to start noticing what others are going through and when they relay it back to you, it helps them to practice their empathy.
- Give together: Take them on volunteering opportunities with you. Explain why you are volunteering, and help them get engaged with the people around them.
- Set aside time for reflection: Just like the above points, there are "challenges" you can do together every day as an empathy exercise – but the most important part is when they bring the lesson home and reflect on it. HAPPE's Mission I'm Possible is a weekly challenge in which children interact with others and reflect on how it made them and the recipient feel. Challenges are fun, engaging, and wholesome and get delivered straight from HAPPE "HQ" to your phone to do challenges on the go. Children love feeling as if they are on a top-secret mission, and you'll love seeing their emotional skills flourish in front of your eyes. These skills can be reinforced in-between and after every challenge to keep emotional development on track no matter what learning environment they're in.
No matter who you are or where you came from, empathy is not unobtainable. It's never too late or too early to build more empathy and compassion for others — and I bet we all agree we wished we got more in return too.

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As agents of change in the lives of young people, Remembrance Ranch is a first option or may be a last resort for young people from varied circumstances that are experiencing personal challenges. Our 2014 program participants are no different. Each of these teenagers were not introduced and selected for this program by accident; God has a plan for their lives. These teens will be given the tools needed to succeed in life. Our Family Counselors are working hard to prepare each family for their teen's return. However, each teen's success story will really be the success story of everyone who genuinely loves them and helps them grow; the families, Ranch counselors, teachers, prayer partners, mentors, and others.
As I mentioned above, each family has been partnered with a Ranch Family Counselor. These individuals are dedicated to helping the families connect with necessary resources with will aid them in the transformation process. We recognize the irreplaceable role that parents/guardians play in the lives of their children. For this reason, Remembrance Ranch requires parent/guardian participation in every teens's treatment. Their involvement directly effects their teen's success during and after the program.
During the initial assessments the Ranch Youth Counselor helped each teen establish goals for their time at The Ranch; these range from getting better grades in school to learning to trust adults. Each family has also been assigned a Prayer Partner. Our Prayer Partners are tasked to pray daily for each teen and their family; while names are kept confidential, they are given specific information to help them be intentional with their prayers.
The teenagers will begin their Ranch experience with horse camp at Spirit Farms. Each child will be assigned a horse to care for. Our clinical team will use this experience to help breakdown walls and engage the teens. They will learn basic horsemanship and even put on a show later in the week. After horse camp, we will travel north to the Manistee trail.
When we reach the Manistee trail on day 7, each teenager will find himself doubting how far he can go. The Ranch leaders will remind them how far they have come. We will show them everything they have faced, all the battles they won, and all the fears they overcome. The trail will become a reminder as they return home; when they are faced with challenges, fall into temptation, and begin doubting themselves on road God has laid out for them, we want them to remember the journey, the battles they won and the fears they overcome. They can have victory and find success in life!
Remembrance Ranch has become a journey, and we would like to invite you to come alongside us to support the 2014 participants through this blog. Your interest and participation has never been more critical. Be engaged over the next few weeks! We want to hear from you through your comments to the blog!


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Patriots Teammate Suggests Tom Brady Is Ready For Change
A Patriots teammate suggested Tom Brady is ready for a change.
Brady is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer. As such, he will have the opportunity to play for any NFL team he chooses next year.
Up to this point, he has offered absolutely no indication that he wants to return to the Patriots.
This week, in the lead-up to Super Bowl LIV, his former teammate Rob Gronkowski shared his thoughts on Brady's future.
"I truly believe he deserves the opportunity to go explore and see what's out there," Gronkowski said.
"He's been playing for so long, and just the way he's been playing and the level he's been playing at, he definitely deserves an opportunity to go out there and test the market.
"I mean, why wouldn't you? You've never done it before in your career, and he's going to be a free agent for the first time ever. So good for him," he continued.
"Go test out the market and then do what's best for himself. That's the decision he has to make is what's best for himself; what's best for his family; what he feels like he's going to love.
"That's all up to Tom. He's a grown man, and he'll be able to make that decision on his own."
Brady has been linked most closely to the Los Angeles Chargers, Las Vegas Raiders, Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts. If he leaves New England this offseason, it will likely be for one of those organizations.
A final decision on where he will spend his 2020-21 NFL season is expected to come at some point within the next few months.
Related: New England Patriots Coach Abruptly Retires
Jennifer Withers Hoey is a former Business Development Manager who transitioned to writing about sports. With valuable connections all over the West Coast, she has used those contacts to break some of the most interesting stories pertaining to the Portland Trail Blazers, Oregon Ducks, LA Lakers, LA Clippers, Seattle Supersonics (RIP), and more.


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- Analytical Skills
- Creativity
- Motor Skills
- Practical Skills
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Designed for learning fundamental principles of STEM/STEAM, each kit comes with easy-to-understand, illustrated instructions to ensure understanding of concepts learned through play.


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(ECNS) -- A 10-year ban on housing transactions in Baoding City, North China's Hebei Province, made the national headlines on Monday, following a series of moves nationwide to cool the property market.
Regarded by insiders as the toughest restriction on house purchases in China, the regulation requires buyers to hold properties for at least 10 years, the longest restricted period on property trade so far, after they receive a real estate certificate.
Industrial analysts said it will be a caution for real estate investors, as there may be more similar measures on the land market in future.
Sales restrictions made it difficult for investors to earn profits in the short term. Those taking higher-leverage in the markets may face higher risks.
On May 20, Chinese cities including Changsha, Wuxi and Jiaxing also issued sales restriction policies in the housing market, bringing the number of cities with similar policies to 30.
"Restricting sales is in fact a measure of deleverage," said Zhang Dawei, chief analyst with Centaline Property. In a trading period of three to five years, it is impossible to attract high leverage investment money in the market.
"Such measures will soon be extended to third and fourth tier cities. More than 50 Chinese cities might launch the policy," Zhang said.


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Darlene J. Wood, of Dowagiac
Published 8:50 am Monday, October 15, 2018
Nov. 18, 1941 — Oct. 8, 2018
Darlene J. Wood, 76, of Dowagiac, passed away on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, at Clark Chapel, 405 Center St., Dowagiac. Friends may visit with the family on Tuesday from 5 until 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions in Darlene's name may be made to the St. Joe Mercy Hospital – Select Specialties or Cass County Historical Library. Those wishing to sign the guest book online may do so at clarkch.com.
Darlene was born on Nov. 18, 1941, in Dowagiac to John Edward and Garnett (Sink) Watson. She graduated from Dowagiac High School in 1959 and earned an associate's degree in 2001. Darlene worked as a Clerk Supervisor for Woolworths in Dowagiac for over 15 years, then went on to work as an Office Assistant for Southwestern Michigan College until retirement. In her spare time, she loved reading, especially Westerns and Stephen King novels. Darlene also enjoyed playing computer games. Most of all she loved her family and will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Darlene is survived by her children, Kevin Barnhart of Dowagiac and Michelle (Stan) Zebell of Buchanan; grandchildren, Nicholas (Madison) Gruzalski of Santa Clarita, California and Ashley Damouth of Buchanan; great-granddaughter on the way, Raya Gruzalski who will be born in December and sister Rosemary (Helmut) McClure of Bristol, Indiana.
She was preceded in death by her parents and daughter Karin Gruzalski.


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Ryan Lochte And Fiancee Expecting Baby Boy
Swimmer Ryan Lochte and fiancée Kayla Rae Reid have revealed the sex of their baby. "It's a boy!" Lochte, 32, told Us Weekly. The pair announced they were expecting in December 2015.
The troubled Olympian said mom-to-be Reid is "doing amazing! She just finished her first trimester and everything. Now she's starting to get her energy back...I felt the baby kick and I freaked out. I was like, 'What? This is—oh, my gosh!' She's like, 'Calm down, Ryan.' I'm like, 'This is awesome!'"
He told CBS News he was hoping for a boy. "I always wanted more than one kid, and I definitely wanted a boy first so if we have a girl, the boy will be the big brother and take care of his sister so it's working out perfectly," he said.
As far as following in his Lochte's athletic footsteps, the gold medalist told CBS News, "He's going to know how to swim, but I'm not going to push him into anything. But I know one thing I learned in life is anything I do, I want to put 110 percent in it, so I'm going to teach him that in anything he does, he'll have to put in 110 percent, not half-a** it. He can pick any kind of sport he wants. I really want him to play a sport and be active. I think that's a really important thing in children, is to be active."
He added, "I'm definitely going to be a loving dad. I'm going to spoil my child with so much love and that's where the baby's going to get spoiled," he gushed. "I know what to do and what not to do from talking to other parents and my own parents, so I'm excited to change diapers, to dress up my kid in the same outfits as me, and this is going to be so much fun. It's going to be awesome."
Lochte and Playboy Playmate Reid, 25, reportedly met in January 2016 and got engaged in October 2016, but they aren't rushing to the altar for a shotgun wedding. "We want something unique," Lochte said of their impending nuptials. "We still have time. We wanna focus on the baby first, and then definitely get into the whole wedding and everything. I want to be a part of, like, every decision. I wanna help pick out the cake—well, especially the cake because I want to eat it all. But [I want to] help pick out the flowers and everything," he told CBS News.
That doesn't mean they're not excited to get married. "From the very first time I met her, everything has like, clicked," Lochte told USA Today.


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Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein of Jordan is announced as the recipient of the 2015 Stockholm Human Rights Award in recognition of his work in the pursuit of advancing international justice and for strengthening respect for human rights.
Prince Zeid, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will receive the Award – conferred annually by the Swedish Bar Association, the International Bar Association and ILAC – at a ceremony on 24 November in Stockholm, Sweden.
Unanimously elected to the position of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Prince Zeid has a robust track record on accountability for grave crimes; fighting against sexual and gender-based violence; condemning and leading investigations into abuses allegedly committed by UN peacekeeping personnel including rape, the trafficking of human beings and illicit narcotics, and insisting on a zero-tolerance policy for such offences. He is an avid advocate in the fight against impunity, and was a key figure in the establishment of the International Criminal Court. His career also includes work for the UN in the former Yugoslavia, following which he helped ensure the creation of a report documenting the causes of the genocide in Srebrenica.
Prince Zeid served as Jordan's Deputy Permanent Representative, and then Permanent Representative, at the UN from 1996 to 2007. Then for three years he was Jordan's Ambassador to the United States of America, before returning to the UN in 2010 as Jordan's Permanent Representative. He has a reputation of working to unveil widespread human rights violations and steering countries away from victor's justice.
As the first UN High Commissioner from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, many MENA Coalition members agree that his appointment signalled the international community's commitment to the defence of human rights in the Arab world. With tensions escalating in many parts of the MENA region, the challenges he has faced, and continues to face, in addressing injustice and human rights violations are significant.
Prince Zeid has spoken extensively of the need for greater moral courage to ensure equality and human rights for all, and has stated, as reported by Haaretz, that: 'the solution for avoiding atrocities such as the Holocaust was human rights education for every child in the world, beginning before the age of nine. He said, "In this way, from Catholic parochial schools to the most secular public institutions, and indeed Islamic madrassahs, children could learn – even in kindergarten – and experience the fundamental human rights values of equality, justice and respect."'
The 2015 Stockholm Human Rights Award will be presented to Prince Zeid on Tuesday 24 November 2015 at Berwaldhallen, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 3, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Stockholm Human Rights Award was established in 2009 by the Swedish Bar Association, the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC). It is awarded annually to a person or an organisation for outstanding services in the support of human rights and the rule of law.
Past recipients of the Award:
2014 B'Tselem
2013 Professor Cherif Bassiouni
2012 Thomas Hammarberg and European Roma Rights Centre
2011 George Soros and Aryeh Neier
2010 Navi Pillay
2009 Richard Goldstone
For further information on the Stockholm Human Rights Award, please contact Anne Ramberg, Secretary General, the Swedish Bar Association Telephone +46 70 548 12 44 E-mail: email@example.com


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Fear and Compassion in Close Relationships
We can rationally understand that fear leads to the dark side yet not be aware of how it shapes our relationships because we are inmersed in our emotions unable to see beyond ourselves. Here I share ways to deal with someones fear and what to do with our own. Thanks for watching the video, caring and sharing with others. You can leave your comments or questions below.
Can We Experience Unconditional Love?
Here we offer some insights regarding this subject. We can all experience it! We need to allow ourselves to open up to our higher dimensions of existence, let the Higher Self integrate more into our daily lives. There are many ways to reach this alignment. Each one of us has to find the way that works best for us. I hope the insights we offer serve you to discover more of who you truly are. Please, subscribe if you want to be notified of new posts. Thanks for watching and for sharing with others. If you have any questions or […]


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Scoping review of priority setting of research topics for musculoskeletal conditions
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Objective Describe research methods used in priority-setting exercises for musculoskeletal conditions and synthesise the priorities identified. Design Scoping review. Setting and population Studies that elicited the research priorities of patients/consumers, clinicians, researchers, policy-makers and/or funders for any musculoskeletal condition were included. Methods and analysis We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE from inception to November 2017 and the James Lind Alliance top 10 priorities, Cochrane Priority Setting Methods Group, and Cochrane Musculoskeletal and Back Groups review priority lists. The reported methods and research topics/questions identified were extracted, and a descriptive synthesis conducted. Results Forty-nine articles fulfilled our inclusion criteria. Methodologies and stakeholders varied widely (26 included a mix of clinicians, consumers and others, 16 included only clinicians, 6 included only consumers or patients and in 1 participants were unclear). Only two (4%) reported any explicit inclusion criteria for priorities. We identified 294 broad research priorities from 37 articles and 246 specific research questions from 17 articles, although only four (24%) of the latter listed questions in an actionable format. Research priorities for osteoarthritis were identified most often (n=7), followed by rheumatoid arthritis (n=4), osteoporosis (n=4) and back pain (n=4). Nearly half of both broad and specific research priorities were focused on treatment interventions (n=116 and 111, respectively), while few were economic (n=8, 2.7% broad and n=1, 0.4% specific), implementation (n=6, 2% broad and n=4, 1.6% specific) or health services and systems research (n=15, 5.1% broad and n=9, 3.7% specific) priorities. Conclusions While many research priority-setting studies in the musculoskeletal field have been performed, methodological limitations and lack of actionable research questions limit their usefulness. Future studies should ensure they conform to good priority-setting practice to ensure that the generated priorities are of maximum value. PROSPERO registration number CRD42017059250.
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Post-pandemic, JCC Association refocuses on talent strategy
The association will start by hiring its first-ever chief talent officer
Barry Finestone, CEO of the Jim Joseph Foundation. Debbie Schriber, executive director of the Union for Reform Judaism's Northeast region for camps and youth. Lenny Silberman, CEO and founder of Lost Tribe Esports.
Despite their varied careers, these Jewish professionals all have something in common — they've all worked at a Jewish community center or camp.
Gali Cooks, the CEO of Leading Edge, which helps Jewish nonprofits identify, develop and support high-quality leaders, calls the movement of centers and camps a "leadership factory." Next Tuesday, about 2,800 people who work in it will gather online for ProCon 2021, their professional development conference.
It will be the first one held since the creation of a new talent strategy created by JCC Association of North America, the umbrella organization that serves 170 member organizations — 157 centers and 13 overnight camps.
The strategy is laid out in a "Talent White Paper" that offers nine recommendations and 64 "action steps" toward the goal of shifting the culture across the movement to make professional development a priority.
"About 40% of everyone who works in the Jewish community works in a JCC," JCC Association CEO Doron Krakow told eJewishPhilanthropy, citing Leading Edge's estimate of 100,000 total employees in the Jewish communal workforce. "So we are working on behalf of the wider Jewish community."
JCC Association released the paper right before the beginning of the pandemic, which forced the association to shift some of its attention away from implementation as it began to raise money for and provide crisis relief services.
JCCs and other organizations whose business models rely on fees paid in exchange for services — like gym memberships, or childcare or classes — were some of the hardest hit by coronavirus lockdowns. At least 70% of JCCs were forced to make layoffs or reduce employee hours, as did JCC Association, said Sue Gelsey, the group's chief program officer. Before the pandemic, 38,000 employees worked at JCC Association member organizations, according to the white paper.
Professional development is one of five areas the association has identified as ways to serve its membership, Krakow said. Others include gathering and analyzing data from across the movement to help individual organizations make decisions; fostering creative programs and replicating them; and providing relief when a local center experiences a crisis.
The talent strategy, however, has a special status.
"All the priorities are significant," Krakow said. "We moved most quickly in the direction of talent because we think success in talent will bring success in all of these other areas as well."
JCC Association's emphasis reflects a broader societal shift in which those skills that can't be automated become increasingly valuable to employers, Cooks points out, especially in organizations that provide services.
"In a service industry, the people are the asset. If you invest in them, they will appreciate" in value, she said.
JCC Association has long offered professional development opportunities, such as ProCon itself, but the white paper is the blueprint for a significant expansion.
It urges a shift in mindset about human resources, from "a vague notion that 'people are our most important asset,'" to "a deep conviction that better talent leads to better corporate performance," for example.
Hiring JCC Association's first-ever chief talent officer is the first action step proposed by the paper, which also lays out the steps for creating a talent pipeline for entry-level professionals by recruiting promising high school and college students. The talent officer will also help retain and nurture early-stage, mid-level and executive-level employees.
The actualization of this vision depends on securing not just more funding, but high-profile philanthropic champions to lead the way and attract more support, Krakow said.
JCC Association wants to follow in the path of BBYO, the youth group, and Hillel International, the campus life organization, which languished until philanthropists like Edgar Bronfman saw their potential.
The association wasn't on most philanthropists' radar, Krakow said. He and his team are working to change that.
"We were making substantial headway when the pandemic hit, but we are in significant conversations with a number of potential cornerstone funders," he said.


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One of those rare imageless posts because i am a genius and brought my dslr home for the long weekend, yes, but didnt bring the connecting cable. That makes it sound like I've been shooting away at everything that moves, which i have not, so.
Think i came on today to talk about the weather, which i find wickedly funny because 1. i have been told that i have an odd sense of humor 2. isn't weather the stereotypical thing everyone talks about when you don't know what to talk about? and 3. i actually legitimately enjoy talking about the weather.
I digressed.
Anyway, as much as i hate to subscribe to gender stereotypes, if the weather were a woman i believe this would be what we commonly label pms, what with the ridiculously sizzling sun and the sudden dense downpour yesterday. And if there's one thing i learnt from years of watching free to air tv, besides How to kill someone and hide their body (CSI), is that storms with lightning and loud thunder is always occasion for DRAMATIC behavior
and embark on dramatic behavior i did, head full of spontaneous notions and excessively emotional nostalgia, and turns out i had a pretty good day despite the wet hair.
on the plane of normal though, I've also been reading almost nonstop, finished Sexing the Cherry/Jeanette Winterson, One Day/David Nicholls, and I'm re-reading Homer's Odyssey for school as well as plunging through Tina Fey's Bossypants. It has never been as apparent that language is a luxury. Conversely, real life seems whitewashed in comparison, I've been wondering if my life were a novel how many people would read it and for this i blame that SAF Navy advertisement which was plaguing all the train station television screens at one point in time, re IF YOUR LIFE WERE A MOVIE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD WATCH IT???????? What an existential dilemma, wondering if one's life is good movie/book material.
k gonna have reunion dinner with the extended family soon, we're NOT having yu sheng (i am very disappointed about this i like yu sheng) but on the other hand we have salmon, also today i washed the car, is this worthy book fodder?


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"Thalassophobia: The persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water."
If you don't have a healthy fear of the ocean, well, you probably should. But don't fear the possibility of drowning or the weight of the pounding waves. Fear what lurks below the depths. Fear Pyke.
When Pyke began hunting his prey in bot lane back in 2018, his core gameplay design was a shock to many. League had never seen an aggressive, high-skill-cap assassin who was designed to be played… as a support?
Now, nearly 5 years since his release, it's time for a deep dive (yea, pun intended) into the development of the support that changed bot lane forever—Pyke, the Bloodharbor Ripper.
"People thought I was crazy when I first pitched the opportunity space to the DNA (Design, Narrative, Art) room," recalls lead producer Ryan "Reav3" Mireles. "Everyone thought an assassin support was impossible. It was kind of a spit-out-the-coffee type moment."
In a role that ideally exists to help the ADC secure kills and stay alive, a bloodthirsty, undead, shark of a man doesn't seem to make much sense. But from a strategic standpoint, an assassin support champ made all the sense in the world.
First, a little context. Before Pyke was released, League was going through a queue crisis. Support was the least popular role in the game and it was seriously affecting matchmaking all across the board.
"It was actually a huge problem," says game designer Jonathan "EndlessPillows" Fuller. "Autofill protection actually became a thing around this time because we were forcing so many people into support who didn't want to play it."
Teams from all across League were looking at how they could help. The Systems team started work on support quest items, but the Champions team hadn't yet been tasked to solve the problem.
"At the time, the Champions team wasn't sure what they could do to help," Reav3 explains. "But I looked at the problem and thought, 'hmm, people are really attached to champions in League. Sometimes players will even switch roles if they're excited enough about a specific champion.' And I wondered if we could increase the queue for support just through a champion release."
But what could make a champ appealing enough to entice players away from other roles and get them to start queuing as support? To help answer that question, the team took a hard look at the existing champion roster and paid special attention to support.
"When we looked at the themes of the existing support champions in the game, we saw that there weren't a lot of dark or evil thematics," Reav3 says. "Most support champs were on the bright, colorful, happy side of things. Even if they were a little more evil like Zyra, they were still typically bright and colorful… except for Thresh."
Not all support champions exist solely to heal or aid the living. Some exist to trap souls in a lantern so they can torment them for eternity. Thresh was the dark, edgy, evil character that the team used as philosophical inspiration for their new support.
"We looked at Thresh and saw that he actually did increase queue for support when he came out," Reav3 shares. "He was a support that appealed to fighter players specifically. While he is tanky, he had a lot of mechanics that made him a natural fit for players who like to main fighters."
But when the Champions team sets out to create something new, their mission is to push gameplay fantasy into a fresh direction. This new support couldn't just be another bruisery tank support like Thresh. It needed to have a twist. And it needed to be popular enough to increase support play.
And one thing is for sure, nothing is more popular in League of Legends than an assassin.
While the gameplay hook might make sense, an assassin doesn't really fit the typical look and feel for support champs. Why is he using his hunting prowess to help his team? Who exactly is Pyke?
If you've read his lore, you'll know that Pyke was once a fisherman. But he wasn't just your average rod-and-reel-sippin'-beer kind of angler. He was a bit of a maniac. Pyke specialized in fishing for monster fish. And to catch these monsters, he would launch himself off a boat onto the fish and sink harpoons and tow hooks into its flesh. You know, chill shit.
"He was basically a jaull fisher, a blue-collar guy, dockworker-type who would go out on these boats," Reav3 says. "Like somebody on Deadliest Catch with an extremely dangerous job, except way deadlier because it's Bilgewater. He also got paid a lot. But not as much as the captains running these fishing companies."
Workplace safety and good working conditions weren't exactly priorities when Pyke was fishing. The only thing that mattered to these captains was hauling in a fish and bringing back a paycheck. And Pyke was more than happy to oblige. Until one day when Pyke and his crew were out hunting jaull-fish.
In case you're not well-versed on the deep-sea ecosystems of Runeterra, jaull-fish are massive creatures known for the valuable sapphilite sacs that grow in their mouths. Sapphilite is a glowing blue substance that's used to create different kinds of magical distillations.
Pyke was one of the few fishermen brazen enough to try and harvest that sapphilite from a live jaull-fish. But this particular jaull-fish would be no ordinary hunt for Pyke. This one would swallow him whole. And his crew would cut his safety line and leave him in the belly of the beast rather than attempt a rescue and risk their own lives.
It's unclear exactly how Pyke survived being swallowed by a jaull-fish, or moreover, if he survived. Because when he emerged, Pyke was no longer a man. He was an apex predator—a phantom who stalked his prey from stealth. A ghost with a grudge. And a list.
At the top of his list? The captain and crew of the ship who left him to die. And after that? Well, let's just say Pyke's list always has fresh ink.
"Pyke's original writer, Matthew Dunn, was really interested in the idea of Pyke going on this revenge rampage that causes him to lose more and more of his humanity," says Conor "fizzNchips" Sheehy, narrative writer for Pyke's expanded lore in Legends of Runeterra. "The reasoning for people appearing on his list became more and more tenuous. The list became a reflection of who he'd become rather than the wrongs that had been done against him. It became a reflection of his murderous nature."
But what should a murderous, may-or-may-not-be-dead-himself, monster fisher look like?
"If we stuck too closely to his drowned man identity, it would be hard to not make him appear as some kind of zombie with green skin," explains art director Larry "TheBravoRay" Ray. "Plus, dead typically represents a lack of agility and speed. So we had to figure out what we were trying to say visually without context. I think there were a lot of challenges with that."
It wasn't until character artist Victor Maury took a pass at creating the detailed paintover illustration (above) that the team began to have confidence in the visual direction Pyke was headed. But there were still a few final details that needed ironing out.
"Another big topic of discussion was Pyke's hair," TheBravoRay adds. "We had him bald, we had him with cornrows, with dreadlocks, stuff like that. So we partnered with one of our engineers, Joshua Parker, and Riot Noir (Author's Note: Riot Noir is a Riot Identity Group that brings Black Rioters together across the company) to explore some of these ideas. We knew that just because we had a target identity for Pyke, that didn't mean we had to embrace stereotypical hairstyles."
As Pyke began to resemble the all-around badassery that is his character fantasy, the team knew he needed abilities lethal enough to match his murderous nature. So they got to work on giving Pyke a kit that would empower him to transform enemy champions into chum.
"Early on, we tossed around a lot of gameplay fantasies to help make support more appealing," EndlessPillows says. "There were quite a few ideas that we loved, but we ended up getting really excited and passionate about a concept that we originally called thief support. And one of the first things we knew he needed was stealth."
Stealth was a mechanic that hadn't seen much play in bot lane at the time. So the team took that idea and ran with it for Pyke's W, Ghostwater Dive, which they used to help him create openings for other—deadlier—abilities.
"It basically came down to the fact that players just need a moment to feel like an assassin," EndlessPillows adds. "If there is some point in the kit where they get to nearly guarantee a kill on somebody, it would meet that goal. And that's kind of how we thought about Pyke's ultimate. It helped satisfy the bloodlust of players who didn't want to play support."
Pyke's ult, Death From Below, quickly became a focal point in his kit and helped round out his assassin gameplay fantasy. At first, the ult didn't have a reset on kill, but the team knew a true assassin should be able to secure more than one kill in a teamfight.
So the rest of his kit was centered around the fact that Pyke would treat the enemy team like giant fish at sea—springing himself from target to target and fileting executing them one by one. And he'd use some fitting tools to help.
"Pyke's original concept artist, Chris Campbell, had the idea to give Pyke this crazy fish hook thing. And at the time, he didn't have a hook mechanic in his kit. We thought it looked awesome, but we also thought it would make players assume that Pyke would just hook people towards him. So we iterated away from that and eventually landed on his harpoon. And then we ended up using the harpoon for a kind of hook mechanic anyway," EndlessPillows chuckles.
Earlier versions of Pyke's Q not only pulled units to him, but it also rooted them in place afterwards. In early playtests the team realized if Pyke was going to have stealth, a dash with an AOE stun, and an ult that could chain kills together, giving Pyke an instant grab, Blitzcrank-style (fish)hook would make him much too strong.
So the design team needed to come up with a way to help Pyke live up to his murderous fisherman fantasy without making his opponents in lane too salty. Pyke's Q needed to be less of an instant win button and more of a source for skill expression.
"We found this great mechanic where Pyke could charge up his harpoon like a Vi Q and it's always a fixed distance instead of pulling directly to himself," EndlessPillow explains. "Having it go a fixed distance made it less of a death sentence compared to a Blitz hook, but it also let you do cool things in melee range like flip people behind you or even over a wall if you were up against it."
So if Pyke can basically set up his own kills and also execute them, there was still a big question to be answered: Uhh, how is this a support champ again?
"We were really nervous about adding a support character that could easily kill players. This was before things like Brand support and the carry support meta," EndlessPillows recalls. "We were also worried about the social aspect of it. What is your ADC going to think when you're literally in there trying to steal kills?"
Besides just having a sweet K/D/A to brag about, getting kills also means players are able to make more of the shiny stuff. Gold. So if Pyke was meant to go on murderous rampages, the team knew they'd have to find a way for the ADC to get paid.
"That's where Pyke's gold-sharing stuff came from as a social release valve of sorts," EndlessPillows explains. "Whatever resources you would have got from that kill, you'll get anyway. Pyke got a triple kill, but Vayne feels fine because she has 600g in her bag as well."
If you've played against Pyke, you know there's no scarier moment than when he disappears in front of you and you hear the blood-curdling sound alert that signals you're within his ult's execute range. Uh oh…
That "uh oh" moment is something the sound team took very seriously when creating Pyke's audio suite. And for many players, Pyke's sound effects are among the most iconic in all of League.
"In the early stages of a project, we typically partner with design, narrative, and art to discuss how we can make the experience really shine," explains manager of sound design, Brandon "Riot Sound Bear" Reader. "It's an intimate exploration and something that's really unique to what we do."
Once the team has a clear heading, they begin collecting and capturing a whole catalog of sounds that they think will fit the character. In the case of Pyke, they spent hours capturing sounds in a pool and manipulating the sound of an instrument aptly named, the waterphone.
Bryan Higa and the sound team showing how they captured some of Pyke's audio.
"Once we have all the sounds we want, we create our own narrative experience through audio," Riot Sound Bear adds. "Pyke's sound designer, Bryan Higa, built this sonic story of a person who was getting drunk at a tavern. He was walking out of this tavern onto a pier, onto the docks. And as he's walking, he sees something in the water. Then all of a sudden a person leaps from the water, attacks the drunk guy, and pulls him back into the depths, submerging him."
That feeling of being quickly pulled under is what the team focused on for Pyke. They aimed to build tension and fear for everyone near Pyke's end of the pool.
"You know when he's getting close to you. It's supposed to feel scary," Riot Sound Bear smirks. "It's a horrific feeling that somebody is going to come out and get you. It's the feeling of being submerged in surround sound."


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THE National Youth Service Corp members have clamoured for an increase of their monthly allowance.
This was expressed in a social media campaign on Facebook and Twitter, tagged NYSC allowance.
This reaction came after Suleiman Kazaure, the Director-General of Corps on Monday addressed members against joining the proposed strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), urging them to remain at their duty posts as loyal and patriotic citizens.
He added that there was no provision for strike action in the NYSC Act but services that would uphold the corporate entity of the nation.
The NLC has planned to begin an indefinite strike on Tuesday over the labour's minimum wage.
The payment of N19,800 has been paid as the NYSC allowance since 2011.
Meanwhile, the director-general of the corps in August said the Federal Government has begun an upward review of the N19, 800 monthly allowances paid to members.
"The Federal Government is working to increase your monthly allowance. We received a letter from the Presidency through the Ministry of Youth and Sports and copied to the Ministry of Finance, which shows that the corps members' allowance will be reviewed upward," he said in August.
But in September, Kazaure said that the minimum wage would determine the allowance of the NYSC. "Whenever the minimum wage of civil servants is increased, an increment in corps members' allowance will automatically be effected," he added.
The current national minimum wage is N18,000, but the organised labour demanded that the amount be increased to nothing less than N30,000, taking into consideration the hyper-inflation that is currently being experienced in the country. But the federal government said it can only pay N24,000, while state governments proposed an even lower amount of N22,500.
The labour congress, rejecting the offers from both federal and state governments, has planned to commence a nation-wide strike action on Tuesday.
Similarly, a popular outcry of the youth corp members have dominated the social media on Monday
Paul Jesutofunmi, a Twitter user compared the allowance to almsgiving. "It's so deeply annoying for a corp member to be paid N19,800. N660per day including transportation, accommodation is not just enough," he tweeted.
Similarly, Habib Lateef tweeted that Nysc allowance could not feed for a month. He tweeted: "This is what they call 'serving the nation.'"
Also, a tweet by Seun Shewen expressed how the Nigerian government intentionally made the Nigerian youths suffer for a year by paying a meagre allowance.
" After going through daily stress in school, only to be paid N19,800 as allowance in this harsh economy. He added that the NYSC is a full meaning of 'Now Your Suffering Continues,"he tweeted.


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A very interesting video was presented to us by the duo EKS-port for the track entitled 1-2-3-4-5-R, which is due to being released on 24.08.2012. With this video, the musicians give us a glimpse of what we can expect from the forthcoming album. In our opinion, it will be a bass-heavy, beat-driven, rhythmic, and danceable issue. We can't wait! And you?
Buy the single 1-2-3-4-5-R in pre-order on iTunes and Amazon. The single is also available on Bandcamp.
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This section is from the book "Many Ways For Cooking Eggs", by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer. Also available from Amazon: Many Ways For Cooking Eggs.
Chop the eggs rather fine. Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk, stir until boiling, add the salt and pepper. Put a layer of eggs in the bottom of a casserole, or baking dish, then a layer of the fish or chicken, then a little white sauce, and so continue until the ingredients are used. Dust the top thickly with bread crumbs and bake in a moderate oven until nicely browned.
6 hard boiled eggs
2 cupfuls of mashed potatoes
1 cupful of finely chopped cold cooked meat
1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley
1 tablespoonful of butter
1 tablespoonful of flour
1 gill (a half cupful) of milk
1 level teaspoonful of salt
1 teaspoonful of onion juice
1 saltspoonful of pepper
Hard boil the eggs, chop them fine, mix them with the meat, add the salt, pepper and parsley. Rub the butter and flour together, add the milk, stir until boiling; add this gradually to the potatoes. When smooth add the hard boiled eggs, meat and parsley. Fill into small custard cups or into shirring dishes, brush with milk and brown in the oven. These make a nice supper or luncheon dish.
These are used for soup and for garnishing of vegetable dishes. Hard boil four eggs, throw them at once into cold water, remove the shells. Put the yolks through a sieve, then add a half teaspoonful of salt, a dash of white pepper and the yolk of one raw egg, or you may take a part of the white of one egg. Mix thoroughly and make into balls the size of a marble, using enough flour to prevent sticking to the hands. Drop these into a kettle of boiling stock, or into hot fat. Drain on brown paper.
6 eggs
1 head of lettuce 1 pimiento
1 teaspoonful of onion juice 1/2 teaspoonful of paprika 1/2 cupful of chopped boiled tongue
1 saltspoonful of salt
1 saltspoonful of pepper
Hard boil the eggs, throw them into cold water, remove the shells, cut them lengthwise. Take out the yolks without breaking the whites. Rub the yolks through a sieve into a bowl, then add the tongue and all the seasoning. If the mixture is dry add a tablespoonful or two of cream or olive oil. Roll the mixture into balls that will fit the spaces from which they were taken in the whites, making each ball round. Arrange the lettuce over a platter, stand the whites in the lettuce, and at serving time baste thoroughly with French dressing.
1 cupful of rice 1/2 pint of white sauce 6 eggs
1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley, if you have it, and a suspicion of onion juice
Put the eggs into a saucepan of cold water, bring to boiling point, and simmer gently twenty minutes. Wash the rice through several cold waters, sprinkle it into a kettle of boiling water and boil it for thirty minutes. Remove the shells, break the eggs while they are hot, cut them into halves crosswise. Make the cream sauce, and add the onion juice. When the rice is done, drain, sprinkle it in the center of a large platter, press the halves of the eggs down into it, and pour over the cream sauce. Garnish with the chopped parsley. This takes the place of both meat and starchy vegetables for either luncheon or supper.
1 dozen eggs 3 very red beets 1 quart of cider vinegar 24 whole cloves 1 teaspoonful of mustard seed 1 saltspoonful of celery seed
1 teaspoonful of salt
2 saltspoonfuls of pepper
Hard boil the eggs; plunge them into cold water and remove the shells. Stick the cloves into the eggs. Pare the beets, cut them into blocks and boil them in about a pint of water. To this water add the vinegar, bring it to boiling point, add salt, pepper and the celery and mustard seed. Put the eggs into a glass jar and pour over the boiling vinegar; put on the tops and stand them aside for three weeks. A tablespoonful of grated horseradish or a half cupful of nasturtium seeds will improve the flavor and prevent mold.
6 eggs
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 1 tablespoonful of chopped parsley 1 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Hard boil four of the eggs; when done remove the shells, cut the eggs into halves lengthwise and take out the yolks, without breaking the whites. Press the yolks through a sieve into a bowl, and add the raw yolks of the remaining two eggs, with the parsley, salt and pepper. Beat the white of the raw eggs until light, not stiff, then work them into the yolk mixture. Cover the bottom of a shallow baking pan with part of this mixture, then fill the spaces in the whites with some of the remaining mixture. Put the whites of the eggs together, making them look like whole eggs. Arrange these in the center of the dish. If you have any of the yolk mixture left, put it around in a sort of a border. Pour over a little melted butter, dust thickly with soft bread crumbs and bake in a quick oven until slightly brown. Serve plain or with cream sauce.
6 eggs
1/2 can of mushrooms
1 tablespoonful of grated onion
2 tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley 1/2 cupful of sweet cream
2 level tablespoonfuls of butter 2 level tablespoonfuls of flour 1/2 pint of chicken stock or cocoanut milk 1 teaspoonful of salt 1 saltspoonful of pepper
Hard boil the eggs, and when done remove the shells and cut the eggs into halves lengthwise, keeping the whites whole. Remove the yolks, press them through a sieve, add to them the cream, half the salt and a dash of cayenne. Mix thoroughly and fill into the whites and arrange them neatly on a granite or silver platter. Put the butter into a saucepan, add the onion and flour, then the stock or cocoanut milk, and the mushrooms; stir, until it boils, add the remaining salt and pepper; take from the fire and add the parsley. Pour this over the eggs on the platter, dust thickly with bread crumbs, run into a quick oven until brown.
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Electrokite App Reviews and Giveaways!
Since our Slam Dunk Grammar app giveaway was such a hit, the generous people over at Electrokite provided codes for 2 more apps: Carnival Grammar: Your & You're and Subjects & Predicates! Both are great for SLPs working on grammar, vocabulary, and sentence structure! Just note these apps are only for the iPad currently! Let's learn more about them!
Carnival Grammar:
Like all their other apps, they were originally created for use for an interactive white board. The symbols on the bottom of the app remind me of that purpose! They all follow the same structure: introduction/visuals, review using cloze sentences, then practice with writing.
As you can see, this whole app follows a carnival theme which is adorable! By clicking the "robot" button, your students will be presented with directions on how to complete the task on the page. To get to the next cloze sentence, just push the arrows. To try again for incorrect responses, just push the refresh button in the "language arts" section of the toolbar.
Ways to use the spin and write: You can give your students the word and they must use it in a sentence, you can write your own cloze sentences for them to complete, they can spin the spinner to get the word they must use, or they can spin and make the other students guess which word goes in the cloze sentence they wrote. You can take screen shots to save and print for great work!
Things I like:
-the cute carnival theme
-the cloze sentences for practice
-easy to use and navigate
-can always press the key button for visuals when students forget the strategy
-great for drilling in a fun and motivating way
-great price of $0.99!
Things I would like to see in an update:
-Ways to collect data from the cloze sentences to assess progress
-Multi-user functions
-Audio presentation of sentences option for poor readers
Want to learn more? Visit iTunes!
Subjects & Predicates:
This app is similar with the tool bar on the bottom for easy navigating. It teaches to two parts of simple sentences. It helps students recognize and practice in a fun and motivating way!
When you click the light bulb, your students are presented with a short video clip to introduce the concept and strategy. It has a cute rocket ship animation to help entertain and keep focus.
Onto the drilling practice:
Students are presented with a sentence and they must determine if the underlined part is a subject and predicate. They must click accordingly. If correct they are told so and can click the arrow on the toolbar to move on. Benefit of having to press to move on, you are given time for instruction and review. "How did you know?" "What helped you determine your response?" If incorrect, students are told and when ready can click refresh to try again. Benefit again, you are given time to review and discuss!
When you click the paint tab, students are brought to this page! They drag these subjects and predicates to create their own silly sentences. Did they use both parts? How did they know?! Remember, they can always click the "key" icon to get a visual reminder of the concepts and strategy! It is great for students to recognize when they need help and reminders! This helps them become advocates for their learning needs!
Things I like:
-Great price, $0.99
-Great for drilling
-Time for discussions and review
-Fun and motivating
-Easy to use and navigate
Things I would like to see:
-multi-user functions
-score keeping/data collection
Want to learn more? Visit iTunes!
Onto the giveaway! Electrokite provided 4 copies of each app for me to give away!! Enter below!! Good luck!


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If Shane Lyons has his way, one day soon you are going to drive up Monongahela Boulevard and see a uniform-looking WVU Coliseum complex.
Then, continuing across town to Milan Puskar Stadium, you will see a modernized, attractive Milan Puskar Center to house the Mountaineer football team.
And, just a short 14-minute drive south of town, off the Goshen Road exit of Interstate 79, you will be able to look at a new WVU golf training complex in what was once the White Day Golf Course.
These are the some of the primary elements of Lyons' new $100 million capital campaign that has been dubbed "Climbing Higher."
It is ambitious. It is aggressive and it is also unprecedented in its scope and detail during WVU's long and accomplished athletic history.
"This is a major campaign," Lyons, beginning his four year as director of athletics, remarked. "We need these improvements for our department and our student-athletes as we continue to grow. You look at the success we've had in basketball and soccer, and I think some of that correlates to the improvements made with their facilities from a recruiting and a coaching retention standpoint."
Of course, he is referring to the beautiful practice facility that has greatly benefitted men's and women's basketball, and Dick Dlesk Stadium and Dreamswork Field, which have helped significantly enhance women's soccer's national profile.
Those are two programs West Virginians frequently point to as a great source of pride for the state.
Baseball has also experienced a resurgence in enthusiasm and interest while playing in its beautiful new Monongalia County Ballpark.
One day soon, Lyons may be saying something similar about the men's and women's swimming and diving teams, which will be moving into their new $45 million aquatic center in 2019, or women's track, which soon will be performing on its brand new, 1,000-seat, nine-lane outdoor track.
Both are currently under construction out at Mylan Park.
Don't forget, there are also the recently completed improvements made to the fan experiences at Milan Puskar Stadium and the WVU Coliseum totaling more than $88 million initiated by former director of athletics Oliver Luck and completed by Lyons.
Building off of that, and the momentum from membership in the Big 12 Conference, Lyons felt the time was right to come up with a detailed, comprehensive facility plan that maps out the department's future for the next three-to-five years.
So, about 18 months ago, soon after the most recent round of Coliseum improvements were completed, he assembled part of his senior leadership team including Deputy Director of Athletics Keli Zinn, Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director Steve Uryasz, Senior Associate Athletic Directors Ben Murray and Simon Dover, Associate Athletic Director April Messerly, Assistant Athletic Director Sam Morrone as well as the athletic department's maintenance supervisor Bryan Deem and WVU project engineer Bill Linn, and they identified critical facilities that needed to be addressed.
One was the 37-year-old Milan Puskar Center, which houses the Mountaineer football team. Completed in 1981, a year after the construction of Mountaineer Field and formerly known as the Facilities Building, the Puskar Center is in dire need of modernization.
The same goes for the WVU Coliseum, which is rapidly approaching its 50thbirthday. Adjacent to the Coliseum sits the WVU Natatorium and Shell Building, two structures now showing their age. The Natatorium, opened in 1975, and the Shell Building, constructed in 1983, have long been outdated and barely untouched since their completion.
Even Cary Gym, the training center for the WVU gymnastics team, is approaching its 25thyear and is in need of renovating.
In this day and age, 10 years is now considered to be old in the realm of athletic facilities.
"Some of these things are long overdue and it's a matter of us putting our noses to the grind and trying to make this happen over the next three-to-five years," Lyons explained. "My philosophy has always been if we don't have a crane on our complex or something under construction then we're going backwards. We need to continue moving our department forward, and I feel very positive with where our department is heading.
"The fundraising through our Mountaineer Athletic Club has already started and now we are officially rolling out our 'Climbing Higher' campaign to Mountaineer Nation."
This is what Lyons unveiled today:
Milan Puskar Center Complex - $55 million
The process has already begun on improvements taking place at the Milan Puskar Center. The training room area located adjacent to the team locker room is completed, and highlight's athletics' strong partnership with WVU Medicine.
A modernized team training table area is also nearly finished. That project was made possible through WVU's long-standing relationship with Sodexo.
"Our special thanks to WVU Medicine and to Sodexo. They have been great partners to work with," Lyons said.
Lyons said the next phase for the Puskar Center includes expansion of the academic center, team locker room, student-athlete lounge, Hall of Traditions, equipment room, coaches' offices, team meeting rooms and the visiting locker room to increase the facility's overall square footage to nearly 110,000 square feet, an increase of roughly 22,000 square feet.
"It's important to note the Puskar Center is a phasing approach so each domino has to fall before the next one begins," Lyons explained. "You can't start with one project without phasing onto something else."
Lyons said plans call for a 5,000-square-foot increase in size to the team locker room, which will include part of the existing visiting team locker room, and constructing a new visiting locker room. Another key aspect of this project is the installation of a modernized ventilation system.
Plans call for the popular Hall of Traditions to be moved to the front of the Puskar Center, similar to the way basketball's Hall of Traditions is situated at the Basketball Practice Facility, making it accessible to Mountaineer fans visiting the stadium.
The academic center will also be modernized and expanded to more effectively accommodate the 100-plus members of the Mountaineer football team.
The total estimated price tag for these refurbishments is $55 million.
"Through the years, there have been a lot of things we've done to the Puskar Center," Lyons said. "We've added the new team room, the training room, the training table and the practice fields, and these are the next areas that sorely need addressed."
WVU Coliseum Complex - $35 million
The recently completed WVU Coliseum upgrades dealt primarily with the fan experience in the inner concourse of the facility. This round of enhancements includes the replacement of the Coliseum red apron as well as interior improvements, upgraded lighting, a new video board and premium floor-level seating underneath the basket which eventually will also include a media work area.
Behind the Coliseum, Lyons envisions a completely renovated WVU Natatorium, WVU Shell Building and Cary Gym to aesthetically tie into the Coliseum and the Basketball Practice Facility.
Inside the Natatorium, the diving well and swimming pool will be transformed into an Olympic sports weight room and training center, servicing more than 350 student-athletes. The design calls for an open-air, two-level configuration with an aerobic area and student-athlete lounge on the second level where the swimming offices are currently located.
Initially, a new Olympic sports weight room was supposed to be part of the recently completed Coliseum improvement project, but it was delayed when unexpected costs were encountered.
"This gave us an opportunity to go back and reevaluate this," Lyons admitted.
Outside of the Natatorium, attractive landscaping, a newly designed tiered-walkway and additional lighting will finally transform the entire Coliseum complex into one uniform look of which all Mountaineers will be proud.
Down at the Shell Building, a new indoor track surface, lighting and painting will bring the facility in line with modern competition standards. The back wall near Hawley Field will be replaced and extended to provide additional space for the WVU rowing team to properly store its equipment.
The area where the outdoor track sits will become additional parking for athletic events totaling approximately 500 additional parking spaces, these spaces becoming available with the opening of the aquatics and track complex. Lyons said Hawley Field will remain vacant for now.
"We've put needs ahead of wants," he said. "Whatever would go in the Hawley Field area would be a want at this point."
Adjacent to the swimming deck where the men's and women's swimming and diving teams' locker rooms are located, Lyons said there will be enough space to construct additional locker rooms.
"The whole front of the Natatorium and Shell Building will change," Lyons said. "When our swimming and diving teams move out to the new Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in 2019 this will give us an opportunity to turn the Natatorium into our new weight and training center for our Olympic sports athletes."
The estimated cost for this round of Coliseum complex improvements is $35 million.
Cary Gym - $5 million
Originally constructed in the early 1990s, 12,000-square-foot Cary Gym was a significant improvement from what the WVU gymnastics team once had access to at old Stansbury Hall.
But now more than 20 years later, the time has come to explore new ways to modernize its training area, including adding more training space, a new training room, an upgraded locker room, student-athlete lounge and study area, team meeting room, cardio and rehab area and space for additional storage.
"Improvements will add a new front entrance to Cary Gym which will match a lot of the things we're planning to do on the other side of the complex," Lyons explained.
The estimated cost is $5 million.
WVU Golf Complex
When golf was reintroduced as an intercollegiate sport at WVU in 2015, it was done so without a facility to call its own. Since then, several alternatives have been explored and the best solution Lyons' group came up with was to enter into a least-to-purchase agreement with White Day Golf Course, located just south of Morgantown about a 14-minute drive from campus.
Golf competes in the No. 1 conference in the country and a training facility is sorely needed for Sean Covich's infant program to compete.
"If you look at the last three years, the national champion has come from the Big 12 so what Coach Covich is dealing with from a recruiting disadvantage is substantial," Lyons noted. "We've looked at a lot of other facilities and we determined the best option for the department is a lease-to-purchase of the White Day golf course."
The proposed WVU Golf Complex includes a team clubhouse and locker room, six indoor hitting bays, driving range, short-game area, putting green and a modified six-hole course providing the team with 27 different hole configurations.
"It's an easy drive to get there, and the land that we will purchase is about 94 acres," Lyons said. "We will be using all of the land for that complex."
The estimated cost of the new golf facility is $5 million.
Lyons stresses the dollar figures listed for these four major projects are conservative and factor in inflation and other external factors.
He also emphasizes that these improvements will impact the entire athletic department, not just the specific sports they represent. For instance, the proposed Olympic sports weight room and athletic training area will be the primary training facility for 14 of WVU's 18 intercollegiate teams.
It is important to understand that this round of improvements primarily addresses the student-athlete experience at West Virginia University.
All projects being considered are subject to WVU Board of Governor's approval.
"There has been a significant amount of time and effort that has gone into this," Lyons said. "We looked at many, many different alternatives and we have determined that what we are presenting today is the most viable facility solution for the athletic department.
"This is not an arm's race - these are sorely needed projects," Lyons added. "We are not doing anything extravagant or exorbitant. Our plan is to fundraise very, very aggressively and as we near our goals we will look at our budget to see what we can fit in.
"We need to take what we have and make it better."
Lyons concluded, "I think this is an exciting time. We've done a lot of great things over the last three-to-five years with our facilities and this is our next phase. We need everyone to be in on this working together to make it happen.
"And I'm confident Mountaineer Nation will come together, as they have done so many times before, and once again help us make it happen."
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Silveira and Officer Jeffrey Taranto responded for the report, arriving at Greenwich Avenue near Vancouver Avenue, and spoke with the owner of the Toyota, Jeremy Law, 24, of 1 Michigan Ave., Providence, who said the Charger had gotten in front of him in the far left lane on Rte. 95. He attempted to cross two lanes to the right, to the low-speed lane, striking the bumper of the Charger in the process, according to the officer's report.
Law immediately fled the area of the crash and made no effort to stop until the Charger and another driver, who reported the crash, followed him for some time, according to the report.
As Silveira spoke with with Law, the officer noted a strong odor of alcohol on the man's breath. Silveira asked how much Law had drank that night, and the driver said he had four to five shots of Remy Martin Liquor about two hours prior to the crash and had fallen asleep at that time.
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Why Jennifer Aniston and Other Actors Had been Reportedly 'Nervous' About Courteney Cox and Matt Leblanc's Castings
Close friends has lengthy been thought of a person of the most effective exhibits in Television set history. With its elaborate storylines, sizable cast, and colourful people, it available a genuine glance at adult existence in methods that hadn't essentially been captured right before. The friendship amongst Monica, Chandler, Phoebe, Joey, Rachel, and Ross set an instance for several men and women and is however deemed #FriendshipGoals all these yrs later on. But in true everyday living, some of the actors who portrayed these people reportedly had qualms about other individuals getting solid on the demonstrate.
'Friends' debuted on NBC in 1994
Established by writers David Crane and Marta Kauffman, Good friends is centered on six friends who share the similar condominium setting up in Manhattan, New York. Crane and Kauffman began building it in the early '90s just after CBS canceled an additional application of theirs, Family members Album, and ultimately bought NBC to pick up Buddies (via NBC News).
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The display debuted in 1994 and became a massive strike, lauded for its comedy element and the camaraderie among the people. Soon after its premiere, the actors opened up to Folks about the demonstrate and spoke about the casting decisions and more.
Jennifer Aniston and other actors were being reportedly "nervous" about Courtney Cox and Matt Leblanc becoming solid on the demonstrate
The job interview mentions that Courteney Cox made "everyone" nervous because, as David Schwimmer set it, "she was the 1 major name in the cast." At the time, Cox was the most well known particular person on the show due to roles in jobs like I'll Be Property for Xmas (1988) and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994). But Cox reportedly turned out to be a kind of "den mother" on the set of Close friends.
Matthew Perry famous, "She was essentially the to start with person to speak up about us staying a team" — some thing that was significant to Cox right after reportedly coming from a exhibit "where there was not that a lot camaraderie."
As far as Matt LeBlanc, some of the solid users had been reportedly nervous about him getting cast in the present due to his track record. As Nicki Swift mentions, "He seemed like a rough-and-tumble form of male. His dad was a mechanic, and his mother created circuit boards." Jennifer Aniston explained to the outlet she brushed him off for the reason that she "was worried of that style of male." But when they all obtained to know every single other, they "bonded promptly," she reported.
"I assume what genuinely built me realize how shut we ended up was when we started undertaking interviews and reporters would talk to us questions about every other, like 'What do you actually feel of so-and-so?' " included Lisa Kudrow. "Those queries felt actually particular to me, and I understood these people had turn out to be section of my lifestyle. I was deliberately vague with my solutions."
The clearly show went on for 10 successful seasons ahead of likely off the air in 2004.
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The Patriots created a lot of buzz at the start of free agency and this week the team officially announced the signings of Darrelle Revis, Brandon Browner, and Brandon LaFell. Jackie Brittain sat down with Darrelle Revis as well as Nick Caserio to talk about the team's most recent acquistions. After signing the dotted line, Revis and LaFell spoke with the media for the first time as a part of the Patriots organization. During a conference call, Revis said that he's ready to win while LaFell explained that he's prepared to make sacrifices to help the team.
The Patriots also resigned Julian Edelman this week to a four-year contract, but PFW's Erik Scalavino believes the Patriots must remain aggressive. Bill Belichick may have heard his cry because on Tuesday there were reports that New England had inquired about a trade for Eagles WR DeSean Jackson. To keep up-to-date in free agency, check out our Free Agency Tracker or start prepping for the Draft and study up with the Patriots Mock Draft Tracker.
In other news, the Patriots also proposed four rule changes this week. These include moving the line of scrimmage to the 25-yard line on extra-point attempts, expanding replay options for coaches, extending the goalposts 5 feet higher, and placing cameras in the end zone to aid referees. All of these proposals will be discussed at the NFL's league meetings next week in Orlando.
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Patriots sign veteran CB Darrelle Revis
Brandon Browner Conference Call Transcript
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Browner to stick with corner
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Patriots sign WR Brandon LaFell
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Patriots re-sign WR Julian Edelman
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Patriots Propose four NFL rule changes
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Patriots sign LS Charley Hughlett
LaFell prepared to "sacrifice"
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News Blitz 3/20: LaFell received advice from Ridley before signing
Report: Patriots 'Inquired about Eagles WR Jackson
Exclusive: Meet Brandon Browner
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