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Photographer's Note
Tourists enjoying paddle boating at Kodai Lake in the evening. Wanted to create a contrast between the parked colorful boats and the lake background.
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kordinator (8738) 2014-11-17 7:36
Nice and interesting image,fine composed.
Great depth of field and clarity.
Great job.
Kind regards
blueaquan (34) 2014-11-17 8:49
Hi Somnath
The composition is good, I like the way you've shown the stationary boats and the tourist paddling on the others, my appreciations for that.
However the white balance has simply gone overboard. There's too much blue pumped into the image, either your post processing has not worked or your white balance has goofed up or you've set the camera into some 'Landscape' mode before you shot the image, it usually enhances the Blue and Greens when you choose some modes like 'Landscapes'.
The colours therefore don't look unnatural. Try taking care of this.
Cheers, Blue
pajaran (100610) 2014-11-17 22:49
Lep pogled ...
Dobar snimak i perspektiva, lepo pokazano mesto i trenutak.
Obratite paznju na svetlo, smanjio bih prazno nebo.
Sve najbolje u daljem radu.
Nice view ...
Good footage and perspectives, nice place and demonstrated the moment.
Pay attention to light, would reduce the empty sky.
All the best in your future work.
unclehotshot (4004) 2014-11-18 10:16
Hi Somnath
Interesting shot. Theboats with animal's heads are a surprise and therefore a cool element in the photo. Well seen. The light is strange.. was it dusk? There's a haze over the woods.
Can I offer you a little piece of adwise? I cordially suggest you visit other galleries and drop a comment or critique. People appreciate that and they visit you in return.
Cheers Frank
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- Copyright: Somnath Bhowmick (persona2020) (23)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2012-10-30
- Categories: Nature
- Exposure: f/4, 1/60 seconds
- Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
- Date Submitted: 2014-11-17 7:27
- To pajaran: Helpful (1)
by persona2020, last updated 2014-11-18 10:38
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Tony Martin's rollercoaster ride in this year's Tour de France ended when he motored away from the peloton and won the cobbled fourth stage to Cambrai, France. Making it even sweeter, the German took over the race lead from Chris Froome (Sky) and pulled on the yellow jersey for the first time in his career.
Martin had aimed to win the opening time trial in Utrecht on Sunday, but fell short. The next day he had his chance to take the yellow jersey after helping to push an escape with Etixx-Quick-Step team-mate Mark Cavendish.
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If Cavendish had finished in the top three places then Martin would have finished the day on top of the general classification. Instead, Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) slipped by the fading Manxman and took enough bonus seconds to earn the yellow top for himself.
"An emotional rollercoaster? Yes it was," said Martin after today's stage.
"To miss the yellow by a few seconds, I was upset. I came close but I never had it, so the pressure was getting more and more.
"I knew the chance was there, but it was obviously not my stage yesterday. Today, I was really motivated. I knew that I am one of the best here. Today's stage suited me much better to play with my power. I'm more of a classics rider than a climber."
Martin has won the world championship time trial three times, Tour stages, the Paris-Nice overall, but he has never before wore the famous yellow jersey.
He earned it in style. He powered over the 13.3 kilometres of cobbles, split over seven secteurs, and remained with the overall favourites and stage rivals like Paris-Roubaix winner John Degenkolb. When the moment was right, three kilometres out, he pushed out of the pack and held three seconds at the line over Degenkolb. With the time bonus, he now leads the overall by 12 seconds over Froome.
"After having to change bikes, everyone must have thought I was on my limit – which I was. When I attacked, everyone was on their hands and knees," Martin said. "It was just the right moment."
Froome said, "Congratulations to Tony Martin for his late attack – he had been so close to the yellow jersey for a few days that nobody could say he didn't deserve it this time.
"Losing the yellow jersey at this stage is no big deal – there is still a long way to go, and as a time trial specialist Tony is not going to be there in the mountains."
With flat stages, a small hilltop finish Saturday and a time trial on Sunday, Martin should be able to hold the jersey for five more days and into the rest day on Monday.
"The goal is to keep the jersey until Monday," Martin added. "We have a few hard finals, but normally, I should be able to do those, to stay in front. Then we have the team time trial, where we are also one of the favourite teams. I'm pretty sure we have a fair chance to hold on to it through Monday."

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By Jonathan Stanley
Date Posted: Sunday, 13 December 2009
Established in 2005, England's National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care (NCERCC) based at the National Children's Bureau (NCB) in London was set up to improve standards of practice and outcomes for children and young people in residential child care. To achieve this the Centre, working with commissioners, providers, researchers, practitioners, regulators, children and young people, and families, has sought to be a leading reference resource for all matters relating to residential care in England. It is funded until March 2010 by the Department for Schools, Children and Families. Since its inception the Centre has been managed by Jonathan Stanley. In this interview with Charles Sharpe, Jonathan reviews NCERCC's achievements, discusses its current work and considers the future of residential child care in England and NCERCC's role in that future.
Jonathan this is a busy time for you and the Centre, so thank you for finding time for this interview.I remember attending the 2005 NCB conference "Residential Child Care 2005 :Policy, Practice Outcomes" in the conference suite at the Aston Villa football ground in 2005 when Bruce Clark, then the Divisional Head of the Looked After Children Division in the Department of Education and Skills and announced government funding of £731,000 to establish the NCERCC. I wondered if you would say something about how that all came about.
Jonathan Stanley : Ten years before the National Centre for Excellence in Residential Child Care was established at the NCB, the Residential Child Care Unit was established at the NCB. Residential care had always been seen as an integral part of the NCB because many of its founders had a residential child care background. As a result of that and the growing idea that there should be national minimum standards for residential child care, NCB put in a bid for a grant to set up a National Minimum Standards Implementation Support Project. The NCB was awarded this grant and that is how I came to be at the NCB. Our job was to support the practice of those engaged in residential child care, to provide practice guides and to set up a network which became the Children's Residential Network. We did this work for two years and it became clear that there was an important supporting role for us to fulfil within the residential child care sector of children's services and so we undertook a feasibility study and presented that to government who agreed this was a venture worth supporting and that's how NCERCC was set up. Interestingly we felt that it shouldn't be based at NCB but the sector argued for it to remain there and that was how we ended up being hosted by NCB. So what had started as a feasibility study had become an established Centre that was expected to develop a work plan about what the residential sector needed and that has continued until today in the work of NCERCC.
Why was there an initial thought that it might be better not to situate NCERCC at the NCB?
JS : There were all sorts of different aspects to that thinking. Some people thought it should be based in a university faculty, some people thought it might be better to be independent in the way Voice and the Who Cares Trust were – both of whom actually started at the NCB. So there were different complexions given to NCERCC and we were mindful of all those and we always thought we could still make use of NCB and so after weighing it all up we remained here. In the end NCB has proven to be a most wonderful foundation for the Centre and we all think that NCB gives the Centre a wonderful box of toys to play with and we are able to have access to resources from all the children's services and so actually NCB has proved ideal.
Have the aims and expectations of NCERCC changed since its inception?
JS : Our aims have matured rather than changed. We have grown organically. Originally when we were asked to set up our programme board, we decided that our board was to have the widest membership of stakeholders in residential child care and in the surrounding services. So not only did we have residential child care providers as well as young people on the programme board, we also had representatives from Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education), local government, fostering and other children's organisations. We have always had this wide view of our work but as time has gone on partly because of the width and depth of NCERRC knowledge others have had expectations of us and we ourselves have been invited into all sorts of important areas related to children's services. For example we sit as part of the national consultative programme for Ofsted on a quarterly basis to work through the issues that are important to them. We are part of the CWDC's (Children's Workforce Development Council) Expert Resource group. We work with NVQ (National Vocational Qualifications) standards level 3 and level 4. NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) see us as a stalwart support in its work related to children. We are involved in the Commissioning Support Programme as part of its expert resource group where we're thinking about how commissioning of services needs to be seen not just in terms of about finance and administration but also in relation to child care and parenting. So the Centre has developed organically but we are certain now that we have developed in a very important way across all the major areas that are important to residential child care.
What would you say are NCERCC's achievements and what is it achieving now?
JS : Well I think there are almost far too many to mention here, and, if anything, we have tended to be much too modest. We are rarely out there saying what we've achieved. Our greatest achievement is having delivered on an amazingly ambitious work plan, but one the particularly important achievements I would point out is around our involvement with the National Occupational Standards Working Group relating to the leadership and management of children's services for registered managers and it was an important moment when we were talking about what a registered manager's qualifications would look like in the future and we were arguing that a mandatory module needed to be 'group living'. None of the other three nations of the UK were arguing for that and indeed there was nobody else in that working group who was arguing for it. Even some residential practitioners were not seeing the importance of it and we held on to it and now there is to be a mandatory module about group living but that really came from important work Roger Clough and I had done into the standards of group living and how knowledge and practice of this important aspect of residential child care had declined and we understood that to get that knowledge back something would have done to be put it into place in every residential establishment and that will be achieved with this new mandatory module. That's the sort of thing that I think we can see as one of our important achievements.
We are also immensely proud of our A-Z of residential child care containing the practice development documents which we have either have commissioned ourselves or have presented as a consequence of our links to other people and organisations but there again what is notable is our work on Leader and Management mostly building on the research and practical manual of Adrian Ward where he is thinking reflectively about leadership. This has been aided too by Jane Walton who brought her work from her time at NISW (National Institute of Social Work) and by Roger Clough with his studies and writing on group work. By anyone's standards that's an amazing suite of reference and practice materials for those involved in residential child care and there are plenty of other things on offer too : for instance : helping teachers understand attachment needs in the classroom and material to help residential child care workers to think about self-harm. I think what we've been able to do is to bring together our experience and knowledge of child care and residential child care theory and we have used it to inform practice in whatever aspect of the work we have been involved with. That's our major achievement I think.
Perhaps these things are locked together but I was wondering what the future holds for residential child care in England and what it holds for NCERCC as well ?
JS : We need to get two messages across to people. First, there is no such thing as residential child care any longer but only residential child cares. There is a plurality of needs and we have to realise that we have a more sophisticated sector than at any time in the history of residential child care. We may not have the amount of provision we had in the past but the way in which people are thinking about meeting needs is more sophisticated and the specific ways of meeting these needs are more various. Secondly we have to acknowledge that the major threats to residential child care come mainly from restricted finance and a lingering negativity towards residential child care. I stress lingering because I think if people truly understood present practice they would see that their stereotypes of residential child care no longer hold true. I don't think the development of residential child care in the six years since the inception of the Centre has been fully registered. For example when National Minimum Standards for Children's Homes first came in, only 54% of homes met them and now 93% did this year and 94% last year. That is a record of consolidated progress. To come back to finance: it is a real issue as is the idea that things have to be local. We've argued that local provision might be beneficial for some young people but not for all young people and we need to understand psychological and emotional welfare not in a geographical way but in a psychological and emotional way. It might be better for some young people to be placed further away from where they live but that is a very small voice when those who finance the service demand that it should be local. I think there will be a radical change in the way residential child care is located and provided throughout the country. It may be that some very major names in direct provision may no longer continue to provide directly but they will come back in a different way but in local areas. All these ideas about our work are as yet largely untheorised and still have to be worked out in a pragmatic way. Thankfully there are some good people available to give support to that work but it's going to be a very different shape in the future.
You talked about the problem of the negative stereotype of residential child care, which has held sway for a number of decades. Do you have a role in changing this?
JS : If you're talking about the public's perception of residential child care, we are very mindful that our task – the task we have been given funded by the government is to provide evidence based policy and to put that into practice. It has not been our task to be the message. If NCERRC was to become the message rather than be the messenger it would not be on task. Our job is to provide the messages. Other people might want to take those messages in different directions. We are undoubtedly seen as a champion of residential child care. We are undoubtedly seen as an integral part of the child care landscape – but should we be tub thumping? probably not. Our job is to provide good information and evidence of what will be helpful
I know you're involved in thinking about what would be the right kind of professional training for the workers involved in these services. What's the current situation on that from NCERCC's point of view?
JS :Well we work within the structures we are given. We do have vocational qualifications and we do have professional qualifications and academic qualifications and we are supportive of the CWDC's professional development framework which is taking people through a vocational, professional and academic development ; some of that being work based ; some of that being study based at higher levels and very much part of an HEI (Higher Education Institution). It's encouraging to see that CWDC is looking at the leadership of residential child care to be a graduate profession. It's something that English people have been arguing for decades that it should be a graduate profession full stop and that is something we would still aspire to. We can get there by degrees perhaps. Certainly the new NVQ level three is going to increase the knowledge component. There are new foundation degrees coming on stream and certainly one region is looking at a foundation degree specifically in residential child care and then there are new degrees coming forward and new masters coming forward so it is a completely different landscape that we are moving into in 2010/2011 than we've had in the previous 10 years. So it's up to the sector to take this on and we need to understand that the HEI's are very much market driven and that if they have numbers coming through with people demanding certain courses then they will be developed. So it's something that the sector has to take hold of itself and go forwards and outwards and say to the HEI, "No this is what we want. This is our professional identity and we want it and we want it recognised in the education which we are given".
You amongst others are involved in looking at the role of the social pedagogue. How far do you think we are along that exploratory road? Could social pedagogy be helpful for residential child care in England?
JS : We are really at the very start. We know that some things we do now are social pedagogy. Some things we do aren't and some things might be. The difference is that we are not consciously pedagogic and some of things we do here and some of things we do not do are not the same as in other countries. We are not looking at a transportation or a translation. We are looking at a development of English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish social pedagogy so that's quite different too and that's quite difficult for us because we've always received our traditions from other sources so this is developing a new one. This is all new and what we have to do now is develop people's reading and develop people's writing and discussion. I'm sitting here today preparing for the inaugural meeting of the social pedagogy development network. We're clear that it will be very different from any of the other countries and NCERCC's view is that the English tradition of residential child care had a very psychosocial edge to it. So we're pretty certain that that's going to have to be a very important strand of an English social pedagogy. There are some interesting discussions to be had between the difference between therapeutic child care and social pedagogy. These are really very early discussions and really very early developments but what we do know is that when people are exposed to the thinking and the practice of social pedagogy, it seems to make sense to them. Some people have said, "It reminds me of everything we used to do 20 years ago" and people new to the work are saying, "That's why I came into this work – to do this sort of job". It seems to be making some connection and this is likely not just to lead to its own development but its likely to lead people to look again at all the early founders of English residential child care and the early thinkers who influenced them. We think there is going to be a great deal of interest in Winnicott's theories – they seem to be very, very applicable
I wondered if you wanted to say any more about the future of NCERRC and where you hope it is going particularly since your funding is, as things stand, only there until next year?
JS : We are at this moment looking at the future funding of NCERCC. Certainly the government has indicated that there is funding for residential child care support work and it's pretty inconceivable to us that anybody would be thinking of NCERCC not being there. We have the knowledge of the sector we have the theory and of the history. We do make a difference so it is inconceivable that NCERCC wouldn't be there being able to do the job the sector, the young people, the policy makers need us to do. Sometimes a lot of our work is done quietly behind the scenes but I can assure people that the advocacy of the sector continues. So the future is positive.
Finally Jonathan, what when you wake up in the morning is the first thing on your "must do" list for your work at the NCERCC?
JS : The one thing we have to do is to connect. We have to connect with the practitioners, with young people, primarily. If we can make a difference for a single young person then all of NCERCC's work would have been worth it but we've done considerably more than that. So making a connection with what's going on inside every residential setting but also being able to connect with those outside. You know it is going back to E.M.Forster's adage 'Only Connect' and that's what we have to do, "connect".
Jonathan thank you very much for giving the 'goodenoughcaring Journal' so much consideration and time this morning.
JS : Well I've enjoyed it. It has helped me fire me up for a talk I am just about to give. Going back to your last question ; one of things about NCERCC is that all of us working here have each day filled with things which must be done.
© goodenoughcaring.com and Jonathan Stanley : December, 2009
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The Abu Dhabi airline has spent over a decade building a global network that links passengers travelling between East and West.
Etihad will stop flying to Iran's capital Tehran on January 24 and Uganda's Entebbe on March 25, the airline said yesterday.
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Entebbe is being dropped after a commercial review of the route's performance.
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Archive of the published contributions of the suspended "Social Work & Society News Magazine" (SocMag):
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Comparative Social Work and Trafficking in Women - Brigitta Zierer
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From border case to core business - Ben Bierings
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Published: 1/24/2012
Survey shows that the nation's largest franchises lag behind smaller chains in franchisee satisfaction.
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CFS Index rises significantly
The CFS Index, which measures the business climate of the German financial sector on a quarterly basis, rises significantly in the final quarter of 2016. It climbs 3.7 points to 114.3 points, reaching its highest level for almost two years. The rise can primarily be attributed to a very positive trend in the revenues and earnings of the service providers in the Financial Centre Germany. The only time these levels have been surpassed is when the surveys were first conducted in 2007. The financial institutions are also reporting a solid rise in revenues alongside steady earnings. Investments by the financial industry are noticeably higher too, reaching exceptionally high levels rarely seen in past surveys. Despite this positive development, the financial institutions are sticking to their plans to cut jobs, though these have been moderated slightly. The service providers, on the other hand, continue to increase their employee numbers, again at a slightly slower rate.
"Numerous banks currently find themselves in a phase of transformation, which is leading to considerable investment requirements, especially in the area of IT. The service providers, in particular, are benefitting from this development," Professor Jan Pieter Krahnen, Director of the Center for Financial Studies, interprets the results.
Financial industry rates the future international importance of the Financial Centre Germany extremely positively
Following the Brexit vote last year, the rating of the future international importance of the Financial Centre Germany reached a historic high of 136.8 points, then declined slightly in the third quarter, and now rises again by 2.7 points to 131.0 points.
Dr. Lutz Raettig, President of Frankfurt Main Finance e.V. emphasized, "The efforts for the Frankfurt financial center are bearing fruit. Especially the positive results with regard to the international importance of the financial center show that Frankfurt is well positioned and has all the opportunities to gain further importance in this field as well."
Financial industry revenues, earnings and investments are on the rise
The surveyed financial institutions and service providers rapidly increase their revenues/business volume in the final quarter of 2016. The corresponding sub-index for the financial institutions rises by 3.4 points to 113.0 points. However, the service providers record the sharpest increase of 11.3 points to 130.6 points. The only time this level has been exceeded was when the CFS Index surveys were first conducted in 2007. Expectations for the current quarter are positive among both groups, though slightly more modest than the current levels.
Earnings among the service providers develop particularly positively in the fourth quarter of 2016 and clearly surpass expectations from the previous quarter. The corresponding sub-index for the service providers climbs 8.1 points to reach 123.4 points. By contrast, the financial institutions record a small increase of 0.5 points to remain at the low level of 104.5 points, with no change anticipated in the current quarter. The service providers expect their hugely positive earnings trend from the end of 2016 to level off slightly in the current quarter.
The sub-index for investment volume in product and process innovations rises considerably for both groups, contrary to their expectations in the previous quarter. For the financial institutions this sub-index rises by 6.0 points to 116.1 points, thus reaching a historic high since the surveys began in 2007. For the service providers this value climbs 5.8 points to 117.9 points. Similarly, this level has only been exceeded in the years 2007 and 2014. Both groups are expecting the growth rate to level off just slightly in the current quarter.
Fewer job cuts at financial institutions – Slightly slower job growth among service providers
The huge job cuts recorded by the financial institutions in the third quarter have levelled off somewhat, though employee numbers continue to fall in the fourth quarter. The corresponding sub-index for the financial institutions rises by 4.4 points to 90.4 points. The financial institutions are expecting to make further job cuts in the current quarter. By contrast, the jobs situation among the service providers remains positive, though the rate of job creation is slightly lower. The corresponding sub-index edges down 3.3 points to 113.6 points. The service providers are even more optimistic for the current quarter.


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Audio Visual Communication
In the early years and particularly during the development phase of the project a tremendous job was done by the technical staff of the project. The significant contribution of AVC includes inter alia the following:
Central Media Library
A Central Media Library, containing audio and video programmes produced by AVC and acquired from other national and international agencies, and related literature, has been established at AVC building. The objective is to make this facility available to PARC scientists, PISA students, researchers, extension workers, information transfer bureaus and other people interested to improve their agricultural knowledge.
Video Documentaries/Programmes
230 video documentaries / programmes on different agricultural topics have been produced. These documentaries programmes are being shown on PTV, ATV and Sonhi Dahrti regularly. Most of these are in Urdu. Documentaries / programmes produced by AV communications, NARC have been supplied to different international, national and provincial organizations for their use.
PARC Radio Service
More than 3000 radio programmes containing interviews/discussions and short messages of agricultural scientists were produced by AVC and broadcast from different stations of Radio Pakistan.
Training Programmes
Besides developing effective communication approaches, preparing scripts and producing audio-visual materials, AVC has conducted the following training programmes, for national and provincial agricultural communicators.
Fundamentals of Agricultural Photography.
Advanced Agricultural Photography./
Video Production and Editing Techniques
Advanced Video Production and Editing Techniques.
Planning, Writing and Producing Audio visual Programmes.


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Although it would have been better for the trial court to excuse the jury before reading an illiterate witness's prior statement to him to refresh his memory, any error attributable to its use is harmless, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
Dontevius Hutcherson was charged with murder, murder in the perpetration of a robbery, Class A felony attempted murder, Class A felony robbery, Class B felony aggravated battery and Class C felony battery for shooting at two men. Police took a statement from Victor Lee, who said that Hutcherson told him he had shot and robbed two men. At trial, Lee was able to authenticate his signature on the statement to police and remembered talking to police, but said he couldn't remember what Hutcherson had told him.
Because Lee is illiterate, the trial court allowed the prosecutor to read the statement aloud to Lee in front of the jury. Lee then said he remembered "half of it but not all." Hutcherson was found guilty as charged, but the trial court only entered judgment on the murder, attempted murder and robbery charges.
In Dontevius Hutcherson v. State of Indiana, No. 45A03-1109-CR-420, Hutcherson argued that allowing the prosecutor to read Lee's prior statement aloud in front of the jury to refresh Lee's memory violated his constitutional right of confrontation. Hutcherson's attorney had raised a continuing objection to any line of questioning from Lee, but the trial court denied it, stating it would take one question at a time. When the state read the statement aloud, Hutcherson did not object so he waived this issue for appeal, wrote Judge Terry Crone. There was also no fundamental error on this issue.
Regarding the prosecutor reading aloud Lee's statement before the jury, the COA noted that the court should have excused the jury before the actual reading of the statement to avoid potential prejudice. But Lee's prior statement is cumulative and corroborated other witnesses' testimony, so any error attributable to its use is harmless, wrote the judge.


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Our COVID-19 safety protocols include universal screening, mandatory use of masks, physical distancing, and a strict no-visitor policy with exceptions only for medical necessity and pediatric patients under 18. To learn more about what we are doing to keep everyone safe during an in-office visit, click here.
When considering sun danger, so much of our attention is focused on the skin. But did you know that shielding your eyes from the harmful rays of the sun is just as important as protecting your skin?
Dr. Vinnie P. Shah, a member of our Ophthalmology team, is acutely aware of the eye risks associated with both short-term and long-term exposure to the sun and understands the importance of taking precautions to protect the eyes, especially during the summer months when people are spending more time outdoors. She notes, "Summer eye protection is a critical component of vision health maintenance." Dr. Shah recently sat down to answer some questions about how to keep the eyes (a critically important human organ) safe this summer.
Q. What is the difference between UVA and UVB radiation and what are their negative effects on eyes and our vision?
There are many different types of rays in sunlight. Ultraviolet (UV) can be the most damaging to the body. Of the UV radiation that reaches the earth's surface, more than 95% is UVA and the remainder is UVB. UVA rays penetrate deep into the dermis, the skin's thickest layer. UVB rays can burn the superficial layers of the skin and play a role in the development of skin cancer. Extended exposure to UV can increase your risk of developing macular degeneration and cataracts. UV exposure increases your risk of getting cataracts at an earlier age or more advanced cataracts. If your eyes are exposed to excessive amounts of UV light in a short period of time, you may experience photokeratitis, or a sunburn of the eye.
Q. Do I need to wear sunglasses on a cloudy day?
Even when it is cloudy, UV light is still present in the atmosphere and so sunglasses are advisable to protect your eyes. There is UV light on cloudy days and during all seasons of the year. In order for sunglasses to be adequate, they should block out 99 to 100% of UVA and UVB radiation.
Q. Does swimming pose any eye health risks?
Chlorine in pools can irritate your eyes and make them red and teary. The best way to ease the pain is to flush your eyes with cool, clean water or a saline solution. Wearing goggles can help prevent irritation from chlorinated water. Chlorine kills many viruses and bacteria, but there are some that may survive--they are more likely to cause problems if you already have a cut or irritation when you enter the water. Unlike chlorinated water, fresh water in lakes and ponds can contain bacteria and other organisms that can cause rare infections. Contact lens wearers should be especially careful--they are more susceptible to infections because of eye irritation and frequent hand/eye contact.
Q. Can my eyes become dehydrated?
Water is a critical element of the body and is needs for various organs to function, including the eyes. Drinking lots of water can prevent both your body and eyes from becoming dehydrated and will help prevent eye strain and dry eye. Your eyes need plenty of fluid to keep them hydrated. Dehydration makes it difficult for your eyes to produce the tears they need to stay properly lubricated and dry eye, eye strain, and vision problems can develop. It's normal for dirt, dust, and other debris that's in the air to find its way into your eyes, but if there is a reduction in tear production, there will be nothing there to flush the foreign matter out.
Q. What else can I do to protect my eyes in the summer?
Be sure to wear properly fitted protective eyewear/goggles when doing yard work and working with tools, etc. It only takes one second to injure your eyes and forever change your ability to see.
Q. How often should I get my eyes checked?
A comprehensive eye exam is recommended every 1-2 years, depending on your age, risk factors, and whether your currently wear corrective lenses. The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends a baseline eye exam at age 40. If you have diabetes, a yearly dilated eye exam is recommended to screen for problems related to diabetes in the eyes. If you are 65 or older, make sure you have your eyes checked every year for signs of diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration.
Our SMG ophthalmologists provide comprehensive eye care for children and adults and are qualified to treat many common and uncommon eye disease. Visit one of our board-certified ophthalmologists to ensure you maintain good vision for years to come.


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Points to the Past - Updated!
Have you explored Points to the Past lately?
Points to the Past has recently been updated! The website makes millions of pages of historical content freely accessible to all residents of BC and Yukon.
Recently refreshed, the Points to the Past website updates include:
- An attractive home page with single search box
- Collections viewable as a group or in subgroups by category (e.g. Law and Government)
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Students and educators from K-12 to post-secondary, researchers, local historians, and the greater public across BC and Yukon will all find Points to the Past a useful resource. Searchable primary source materials include maps, photographs, newspapers, manuscripts, pamphlets, poems, sermons, and much more.
All residents of British Columbia and Yukon enjoy barrier-free access to this collection. Gale Primary Sources uses geo-authentication, meaning anyone in BC or Yukon with an Internet-connected device can access these resources with no need to log in or authenticate.
Points to the Past is available thanks to a unique agreement established between Gale and the University of Victoria Libraries, University of British Columbia Library, and Simon Fraser University Library.


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Small and manageable is the key to a successful group tour in Italy. Nobody wants to be herded through cobblestone streets or waste precious vacation time waiting for others to catch up with the tour guide. Thanks to a rethinking of the old-fashioned model for group escorted tours, the advantages of traveling in a small group with an expert guide easily outweigh any disadvantages, perceived or real.
Better Value
The tour provider has buying power, so the price tag is much lower than for an individual purchasing the same standard of accommodation, meals and entrance admissions. Equally important, someone else spends time making trip arrangements, so it's a win-win for both the budget and the investment in planning.
Travel Directors Make a Difference
Insight Vacations has been fine tuning itineraries such as "Country Roads of Italy" to showcase the best in its portfolio of places for around 40 years. The average size group is 32 guests, and the maximum size is 40. Every group has a multilingual travel director who is passionate about the destination and expertly trained to handle the details. There's no need for guests to arrange airport transfers, plan meals, read maps, buy tickets, park a car, leave a tip, carry a bag or check into a hotel. And because the travel director has intimate knowledge of the region, knows key people and is fully plugged in on all the insider tidbits, the tour operates as smooth as glass.
Exclusive VIP Experiences
With a company such as Luxury Gold, a small group Italian tour means having a traveling concierge who facilitates getting behind the scenes to places where individuals don't have access. On the 13-day "Ultimate Italy" or 22-day "La Serenissima" trip, the group bypasses the Vatican Museums queue to enjoy a private viewing of the interiors at Sistine Chapel and a rare viewing of the famed 16th-century Bramante Staircase. In Venice, the tour has exclusive after-hours access to St. Marks Basilica interiors. These VIP experiences embrace people as well as places, taking guests to participate in a Tuscan pasta-cooking masterclass conducted by a local chef and to taste Tuscan wines in the underground cellar of Machiavelli's one-time home.
Discreet Audio Devices
Forget bullhorns and tour group signs held aloft by a guide. Today's tour guides speak in normal conversational tones which guests can access via radio headsets, setting their own pace while hearing commentary. It's ideal for exploring hillside villages in Umbria, learning about Pompeii or joining a local art historian to reveal the Renaissance treasures of Florence.
Family Holidays in Italy
Multigenerational tours are popular, as they provide an opportunity for kids, parents and grandparents to enjoy a memorable time together away from everyday life. Perillo Tours is an Italian specialist and a family-run company founded in 1945. In addition to nine popular escorted group tours to various regions of Italy, they can also customize and escort a tour for any size family group, even arranging cross-cultural experiences with local families. Planning a destination wedding or vow renewal in Italy? That's an occasion-based type of group travel that falls within Perillo Tours' list of do-ables.
Socializing on Vacation
For solo travelers, group tours provide a safe way to get around and enjoy evenings out as well without having to give personal security a thought. Even when traveling as a twosome, group tours provide a fun way to share experiences and meet new people. And for those with dietary restrictions, it's a worry-free way of ensuring those diets are catered to. Travelers with a special interest, such as art history, food or cycling, find that group tours provide a forum of like-minded travelers. Smithsonian Journeys is a cultural specialist with 15 expert-led Italy options for groups of 12 to 35 people. DuVine Cycling + Adventure offers eight regions of Italy to explore by bike for groups of 14 or fewer.
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Year 3 and 4 Curriculum Evening: Please click this link to book your place.
We are delighted to offer, on Wednesday 25th February, a curriculum evening to enable parents to understand further the curriculum that we teach in school, and how you can help support your child at home. Each session will last about 45 minutes.
Mathematics – led by Mrs Walley:
During the maths session you will be introduced to several maths games you can play at home with your child. These games are designed to improve your child's mental maths and to learn whilst having fun! They include the key number skills which are the basis for their maths development throughout the school. You will be given some of the games and resources to take away with you.
Reading and Writing – led by Mrs Harling and Mrs Simmons:
The reading workshop is intended to give some insight into the type of reading activities that your children experience in school. We will look at some comprehension and how these skills are developed across the key stage and the expectations of children's reading by Year 6. We will look at the range of skills that your child needs to develop in reading and the importance of reading in developing children's writing. We will also explain the ways you can best support your child's reading development at home: the most important message being – reading should be fun!
The writing element will be split into 3 main parts. Firstly, we will be looking at writing expectations by the time your children reach Year 6. We'll have a look at some different levels of writing to demonstrate how children can develop their writing throughout their years at school. We will also consider the grammatical aspect of writing and the grammatical vocabulary that the children need to know – it might surprise (or frighten) you! The final aspect of the session will be to provide you with fun ways you can support your child at home in their writing development.
As you can see the teachers have put a lot of thought into what will help you as parents. Please note, however, that these workshops are for parents only, so please do not bring your child to school and arrange childcare - thank you.
Please click this link to book your place.


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Taking a three-step, innovative, common methodology – called Value Chain Analysis for Resilience in Drylands (VC-ARID) – this synthesis report, in English and French, and accompanying summaries of the methodology used and key findings, identify climate risk, adaptation options and opportunities for private sector development in Kenya, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Pakistan, and Tajikistan – specifically for the livestock and cotton sectors.
The VC-ARID approach to value chain analysis is innovative in that it considers the specific characteristics of semi-arid systems. The synthesis report and summaries are part of PRISE Project 3, which aims to identify opportunities for economic transformation and diversification in the semi-arid lands of PRISE countries, by integrating sectors rooted in semi-arid lands into national economies.
Image: Cattle in Karamoja, Uganda – Elizabeth Carabine/ PRISE


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Emini Update – Tech Troubles & Rules of Thumb (20:40)
Apologies for the last post – tech troubles got in the way and I lost it! Plus TradeStation continuous contract data is messing me around. If you use TradeStation and you've managed to find a fix – I'd love to hear about it.
Anyway, long video today with some rules of thumb:
- Trend trumps cycle
- Higher timeframe trumps lower timeframe, and
- Reversals unlikely after 11 am Chicago time (except Fed days)
Good luck with your Emini trading.


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Bitcoin will be regulated in the Ukraine and the country is planning to launched a cryptocurrency of its own, if local media reports are to be believed.
According to local media reports, Ukrainian authorities have released a statement wherein they have revealed the formation of a working group comprised of major government watchdogs, authorities and the central bank to introduce 'comprehensive regulation' of the cryptocurrency sector.
A statement released by Ukraine's security council, per the media reports, reveal details of prolonged discussion on the advent of cryptocurrencies in the country during a meeting centered on matters related to the security and defense of the state.
One of the participants of the meeting was National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov, who said that lack of oversight into the use of cryptocurrencies "poses a threat to the economy and security of the state."
He said that the issue can't be left out of state's attention and to ensure that cryptocurrencies are not allowed a free reign, a working group of market regulators, financial authorities and watchdogs will be put into place. This working group will develop legally compatible proposals to regulate cryptocurrencies, have broader oversight into the cryptocurrency market, monitor transactions 'with the use of "cryptography' and identify participants in cryptocurrency transactions. In addition, the working group will also work taxing adopters gaining income in cryptocurrency payments.
The working group will specifically comprise of representatives from National Bank of Ukraine, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, the National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine, the SSU, the National Police of Ukraine, the State Financial Monitoring Service of Ukraine, the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine and the State Service for Special Communications and Information Protection of Ukraine.
The statement added: "The development and implementation of all these measures will also include boosting international cooperation to establish a comprehensive regulation of the cryptocurrencies circulation and to avoid the criminalization of this segment."
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Caring for your Elderly Parents Living at Home
Your parents nurtured and raised you into a successful adult. Their work continues as grandparents to your children. Life couldn't be more picturesque.
However, every person will age and deal with health issues later on in life. Your parents are no exception.
Turning to nursing homes and other options aren't right for your family, however. You want a more intimate option.
Explore the numerous benefits of taking care of elderly parents at their home. In-home care-giving is possible with the help from local experts.
Challenges Facing Seniors at Home
Living on your own has never been questioned. You simply go about your daily tasks. As a senior, however, there are challenges that can be overwhelming.
Climbing stairs, taking a bath and cooking dinner are all difficult tasks at some point in life. Many grown children consider a move for their parents because of possible injuries in the home.
Elderly parents may also have health issues to consider.
Strokes, broken bones and other serious issues require extensive recovery times. Family members must take turns with caring for the parents, which can create stress among everyone involved.
Seniors shouldn't have to choose between their home and a safe environment. They should be one and the same.
10 Signs a Senior Needs Help at Home
As our loved ones get older, they can sometimes need more help doing everyday activities. If someone in your life is showing any of these 10 signs, you should seriously considering hiring outside help.
Quick Tips for Taking Care of Elderly Parents
There are many things that can be done to make life much easier for seniors who choose to live at home as they age.
- Prepare the house. There are several types of safety equipment to help them get around if they have mobility issues, which we will cover further in this article.
- Take part in regular exercise. This keeps their muscles and mind sharp and in shape, as well as protects from disease and helps their bodies feel younger. Lack of exercise can result in several different physical and mental issues in seniors.
- Protect yourself and those you love from rampant scams. Scammers are getting more prevalent and more aggressive than ever before. Often times, they pray on the elderly while pretending to be from the IRS, Medicare, or claiming that they owe for health bills.
- Always provide their transportation. As we age, our eyesight, hearing, and reaction time generally decrease over time, making it a danger to everyone on the road.
- Handle their finances. It can become increasingly difficult to keep track of spending and remembering to log transactions in the checkbook. Some people are prone to overspending due to lack of money management skills as well, which gets worse with age.
- Keep them social. Get them out somewhere or just visit them in their home with friends and family. They will appreciate the company, have something to look forward to, and you will also be able to make sure everything is okay with them at home.
Outfitting the Home With Safety Gear
Families often turn to safety items installed at the property as they work with their elderly parents on staying within the home.
Grab bars, stairlifts and countless other items can be added to the home as safety measures.
These items are a good start to a household designed for seniors, but they cannot be the only solutions.
In-home caregivers should be your next consideration. These professionals can ensure that your parents are using the safety items as designed. They'll also perform other duties that are only possible with a dedicated professional.
Grown children don't have to worry about their parents with caregivers in the picture.
Worried About the Costs?
Get a free in home care consultation from our experts. We'll work with you and go over the costs and services your family needs.
Considering an Senior In-Home Caregiver
Senior citizen home care services include in-home needs. Professionals arrive at the senior's home every day.
They spend an allotted amount of time with the senior so that they're in a comfortable environment when the caregiver leaves. Some services include night visits too.
Hiring any in-home caregiver starts with an evaluation of the senior's needs. The professionals sit down with the family. They discuss every nuance of the senior's day, from needs to independent talents.
With seniors dealing with a lot of perils in the home, including falls, hiring an in-home professional gives everyone peace of mind.
Covering the High-Cost Home Care Myth
The cost of in home care for the elderly isn't as expensive as you might believe.
Sitting down with the professionals will help you with the cost factor. They can break down the price and any additional services necessary for the situation.
Your insurance might pay for part or all of the care. You can work with the in-home experts and the insurance company to verify these specific details.
If you're still struggling to pay for the service, most in-home facilities can create a payment plan that works for you.
Every senior should have the opportunity to stay in the home if they desire.
Getting to Know Basic Home Care Services
The basic activities surrounding senior citizen home care services involve personal care, socializing and transportation.
Caregivers arrive at the home with a single initiative in mind: to put a smile on the person's face. Seniors look forward to their time with their caregivers as they talk about grandchildren and fun experiences.
There might be a lunch that the senior wants to attend. The caregiver offers a safe ride to and from the location.
The social aspect is one of the most important parts of in-home care. A dedicated person visits with the senior each day. He or she takes care of the senior's basic needs, including hair combing.
Feeling normal as a senior is the best gift any caregiver can provide.
Custom Care Plans – Just For You!
Take a look at our wide range of services to find the best fit for your family. Our care plans are catered to the particular needs of your family. No two families are the same!
Expanding these Care Services
Elder care options go further than just the social and personal-care aspects. There's a lot more to a household than just those tasks. Children are welcome to expand the services to a few extra items, such as:
These services can always evolve too. Seniors will often have changing needs over the months and years. Your caregiver can alter elder care options so that there's more transportation aide compared to meal preparation, for example.
The professionals tailor their services to your needs. You simply have to make your requests known.
Supporting Dementia Patients with In Home Caregivers
The cost of in home care for elderly patients may have prompted family members to take turns as caregivers. This situation is often found with dementia or Alzheimer's patients. Family members don't want to rely on a third party for care.
Supporting seniors with declining minds is incredibly tough. In-home experts are better equipped for these situations. They can keep up with the senior while working on memory skills at the same time. Some families use the time as respite care for elderly patients.
Balancing out family and in-home care is a great way to keep mom or dad safe and covered with their dementia or Alzheimer's issues.
Discover dementia home care options available for your family.
Loved One with Dementia / Alzheimer's?
Our professional caregivers are specially trained and love to help take care of seniors with dementia & Alzheimer's.
Improving Family Relationships with Less Stress
Families may love their aging parents, but emotions can run high without in-home caregiving as a supplemental option. Respite care for elderly patients allows the family to take a break from the stress and responsibility of caretaking.
The stress of caring for elderly parents in their home can sometimes feel overwhelming when you spend so much of your time tending to them, and that time continues to increase with their age.
Everyone needs some time to themselves. No one compromises the senior's care at the same time either. There's no guilt or resentment toward anyone.
In-home caregiving remains a priceless tool for families who want to support their aging parents. If mom and dad want to live at home, they should have an opportunity to do so.
In Home Care for Elderly Parents
Taking care of elderly parents in the comfort of their home is a community effort. Turn to the professionals at Pacific Angels Home Care for help with your day to day care activities.
We're located in Aptos, California, where we provide senior home care in Santa Cruz and the surrounding areas with pride. Discover your in home care options for the parents in your life. Mom and dad will be thrilled to be at home with extra help every day.
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What is tinnitus (ringing in the ears)?
Tinnitus is the perception of sound that is not generated by an outside source. Tinnitus is a sensation that is inherent in almost all of us and we can, for various reasons, become aware of [1]. The word tinnitus comes from the Latin word "tinere", which means ringing, jingling and making sound.
How does tinnitus occur?
Experiments have shown that in an environment with a total lack of other sounds and stimuli, all people will fairly quickly experience at least a brief tinnitus sensation [2]. We all have different sounds inside us because we are mobile, listening and thinking creatures. Normally, we can prioritize away these sounds, but in different conditions a "vicious cycle" may be triggered when the sound attention disturbs us and becomes a problem. Trigger factors can be hearing loss, noise trauma, exposure to noise, tension in the temporomandibular joint, neck and shoulders, stress, anxiety and depression, as well as certain drugs [3, 4]. In today's society, stress seems to be a more common risk factor for developing tinnitus [5].
How common is tinnitus?
Studies have shown that 10-15% of the population are suffering from symptoms of tinnitus on a regular basis and that 1-3% may experience a deeply disturbing noise [6]. Certain professions, such as teachers, musicians and military personnel, are at increased risk. Some also develop hyperacusis, a hypersensitivity to normal sound in which for example porcelain clatter can be perceived as unpleasant and even painful to the ears.
Is tinnitus dangerous?
No, tinnitus itself is not dangerous but it can have a negative impact on quality of life to a highly varying degree, with major differences between individuals.
Can tinnitus be prevented?
By minimizing the above triggers, the risk of developing tinnitus can be reduced. I.e. avoid noise trauma, protect the ears against noise, treat any tension from the temporomandibular joint, neck and shoulders immediately, try to manage or reduce stress, treat anxiety and depression properly and avoid (and especially do not over-consume) drugs that contain aspirin and NSAIDs. If you start to notice symptoms of tinnitus, try not to think about or listen to it, and convince yourself that it will soon disappear. To avoid developing hyperacusis, you should also avoid sleeping with earplugs and not wear earplugs to protect against normal sounds, but only against harmful noise.
Treatment of tinnitus
There is currently no established uniform and well-functioning treatment. The most common treatments are administered to alleviate the possible underlying causes by testing hearing aids, sound therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and physiotherapy. Antinitus® is one of few CE marked medical devices for relief of the discomfort that tinnitus can bring.*
*The effects may vary, according to clinical studies 30-50% experience relief.
Tinnitus facts checked 21st of April 2016 by Dr Peter Åhnblad, specialist physician in ear-, nose- and throat, Stockholm, Sweden.
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5. Baigi A, Oden A, Almlid-Larsen V, Barrenäs ML, Holgers KM. Tinnitus in the general population with a focus on noise and stress: a public health study. Ear Hear. 2011 Nov-Dec;32(6):787-9.
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What we are doing to support the SID 2019 slogan of "Together for a better internet"…
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) builds strong public/private partnerships to create and implement broad-reaching education and awareness efforts to empower users at home, work and school with the information they need to keep themselves, their organisations, their systems and their sensitive information safe and secure online and encourage a culture of cybersecurity.
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The Philosophy of Yin-Yang
Yin-Yang is a category of ancient Chinese philosophy. The earliest instance of its usage refers to a side that is facing the sun (Yang) or facing away from the sun (Yin) but it has since been adapted to refer to a wide range of opposite properties in the universe.
Yin-Yang is a category of ancient Chinese philosophy. The earliest instance of its usage refers to a side that is facing the sun (Yang) or facing away from the sun (Yin) but it has since been adapted to refer to a wide range of opposite properties in the universe. Such properties include: hot and cold, stationary and in motion, male and female, interior and exterior, and lower and upper. In general, anything that is bright, ascending, in motion, progressing, hyperactive, and functional are Yang. In contrast, the characteristics of darkness, descending, stillness, degeneration, hypoactive and organic are Yin.
The coexistence of Yin and Yang is governed by the law of unity of opposites. While Yin and Yang are effectively opposing forces, they are also mutually dependent on the other. Neither can exist singularly. Without "cold", there would be no "hot." Without "darkness", there would be no "light."
Within all objects and phenomena, the opposing forces are constantly subject to motion and change. For example, the "day" belongs to Yang while the "night" belongs to Yin. However, within the day (Yang), "morning" also belongs to Yang but the "afternoon" belongs to Yin. Within the night (Yin), the "evening" up until midnight is also Yin but the time "after midnight" is Yang.
According to TCM, the human life is a physiological process that is constantly changing and in motion. Typically, the waxing and waning of Yin and Yang are maintained within certain limits to reflect this physiological process as a dynamic equilibrium. However, this balance can be broken and as a result, ailments occur. For example numerous ailments can be described as the result of an imbalance owing to an excess of Yin, an excess of Yang, deficiency of Yin or a deficiency of Yang.
As a result, TCM treatments focus heavily on the restoration of Yin-Yang within the body. However, the chosen treatment method will depend on the patient and their specific ailment. For example, in the case of diarrhea which may be the result of ingesting large amounts of cold foods (which have a Yin constitution), acupuncture may be applied to expel the coldness in the body in order to bring down the level of Yin to match the Yang.
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CastleStorm is coming to PSN SCEA on November 5th and PSN SCEE on November 6th! Details/trailers/screens on the European and US PlayStation Blog!
CastleStorm is coming to PSN SCEA on November 5th and PSN SCEE on November 6th! Details/trailers/screens on the European and US PlayStation Blog!
Hihodigity!! Catdog is very happy about this release. Thanks Zen.
You would think this would be a natural game for the Wii U Game Pad....oh well, we will just have to sit back and enjoy the Balance of the Force pack instead....oh wait, we don't have that either. Well, at least it is nice to see where I rank on the pinball leader boards on the Wii U.....(sigh)
YES! Finally! I've been waiting for this damn game to release on the Vita forever now.
Why did you guys have to release it this November though?!? I'm already buying 2 new systems and about 12 games. Now you're just throwing more on the fire.
Oh well, there's no chance of me not buying it so you're safe there.
Yay! Thank you.
Is castlestorm crossbuy capable as your pinball tables are?
Yes, CastleStorm has been confirmed by Barbie as being crossbuy. I'm so looking forward to this.
I wish all developers could reach the same level of polish on Vita as Zen does!
Can't wait for the store to update for this tomorrow. I got a question though...i seen Barbie was playing this last week...which is totaly understandable...but how is it that about 50 players have been playing it since last week also? Special promo codes? Cant possibly be that many reviewers, are there? Just curious about that...
CastleStorm hits PSN in North America later today and Europe tomorrow! Join us on the PlayStation Blog!
Just wanted to say I bought it and it is glorious!
Very fun and worth every penny. There is more to it than I was expecting and it is far more addicting than I thought it would be.
Pretty easy on Normal, except for the Viking leader hero mission, It took me almost 20 tries to pass that one. Crazy difficulty spike there.
Good to hear the game is getting high reviews, even from some zen pinball players here on the forums and other sources. Im buying today.
Thanks for your support!
Well, money is tight in our house so its very rare i buy online only games that come out on the store, however i played the demo and was amazed at the content you get for your money, its so addictive too, i borrowed the money from our xmas fund! and purchased it straight away, i have not played online yet but hope too shortly, thankyou ZEN for a truly fantastic game, it helps get me through the long nights as i don't sleep well.
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WiiU tag: PhotoMorph ( i think! )
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I bought the game today and i LOVE it! Later i saw that the game is actually released for Steam and it has some DLCs, so i'm wondering, will the PS3 and Vita have those or other DLCs in future?
I desperately want to buy it but as I'm being made redundant in 17 days (from my job of 12 years!) I'm not sure when I'll be able to
I'm glad to see it's had great reviews though. Zen Studios are possibly my favourite game developers of recent times. The level of polish and value for money (especially with Crossbuy on PSN) puts them way ahead of the rest in my opinion.
Both DLC campaigns will be released on PSN for CastleStorm next week in North America and Europe! All the details on the Zen Blog
Wow, that's cool
From Outcast to Savior and The Warrior Queen DLC are now available on PSN in North America for PS3 & Vita! They will be available in Europe tomorrow, Nov 27th!
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For those not keeping track of D.C. doings this a.m., former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is talking to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. And, for one, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith, the Republican from our great state's 21st Congressional District, isn't terribly pleased about the whole shindig. Courtesy The Brad Blog, where the text of Smith's entire speech has been posted for those who don't want to watch the video above, the SMU School of Law grad had this to say to Carole Keeton Strayhorn's little kid in his prepared remarks:
Welcome to the Judiciary Committee's first book of the month club meeting. Today it's Scott McClellan's What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception. I propose that next time we consider Ann Coulter's recent book, How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must).
It's hard to take Mr. McClellan or this hearing seriously. Despite what Mr. McClellan says regarding Iraq, three different studies -- the Senate Intelligence Committee report of 2004, the Robb-Silberman report of 2005, and Britain's Butler report -- conclude that intelligence reports were not altered in the lead up to the Iraq war.
For more of Smith's comedy routine, there's always C-SPAN. --Robert Wilonsky
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All you have to do is fill in your contact details, then your MP's email address is automatically found and you can read and alter the proposed message before you confirm that you would like it to be sent.
So, email your MP to protest the proposed cuts here.
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Gemini Saw's Revolution Tile Saw cuts curves, inside shapes and intricate pattern designs and cuts around fixtures. It slices up to two inches thick, rips up to 24 inches long and cuts 18-inch diagonals; it can trim as little as 1/32 inch without blade wander. It cuts tile, porcelain, granite, marble and more---all with the same blade. It is heavy-duty, lightweight and so clean and quiet that you can use it inside. The patented design allows the water to recirculate without using a water pump. The Revolution Tile Saw will allow you to complete more jobs faster with more precision.


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Excerpts from 10 of N TED Talks
I'd like to share with you the 10 Excerpts from 10 of N TED Talks I watched. 'N' stands for Number, which is infinite, because I will keep on watching TED and Keep on sharing the Excerpts. These are just 10 Excerpts from 10 TED Talks. I'll share 10 Excerpts from 10 TED Talks in one article.
1. Amanda Palmer: The Art of Asking
In this talk, A Musician examines the new relationship between artist and fan and encourage artists to ASK.
Amanda Palmer's TED Talk
2. Ken Robinson: Do School kills creativity?
In this talk, An Educator makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity.
Ken Robinson's TED Talk
3. Tom Hulme: What can we learn from shortcuts?
In this talk, A Designer lays out three insightful examples of the intersection of design and user experience, where people have developed their own desire paths out of necessity. Once you know how to spot them, you'll start noticing them everywhere.
Tom Hulme's TED Talk
4. Pico Iyer: The Art of Stillness
In this talk, An Author takes a look at the incredible insight that comes with taking time for stillness. In our world of constant movement and distraction, he teases out strategies we all can use to take back a few minutes out of every day, or a few days out of every season. It's the talk for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the demands for our world.
Pico Iyer's TED Talk
5. Cameron Russell: Looks aren't everything. Believe I'm a model.
In this talk, A Model admits she won "a genetic lottery": she's tall, pretty and an underwear model. But don't judge her by her looks. In this fearless talk, she takes a wry look at the industry that had her looking highly seductive at barely 16 years old.
Cameron Russell's TED Talk
6. Guy Winch: How to fix a broken heart
In this talk, A Psychologist, reveals how recovering from heartbreak starts with a determination to fight our instincts to idealize and search for answers that aren't there — and offers a toolkit on how to, eventually, move on. Our hearts might sometimes be broken, but we don't have to break with them.
Guy Winch's TED Talk
7. Isaac Lidsky: What reality are you creating for yourself?
In this talk, An Entrepreneur challenges us to let go of excuses, assumptions and fears, and accept the awesome responsibility of being the creators of our own reality.
Isaac Lidsky's TED Talk
8. Julia Galef: Why you think you're right — even if you're wrong
A Writer, examines the motivations behind the two mindsets of a Soldier and a Scout and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France. When your steadfast opinions are tested, Galef asks: "What do you most yearn for? Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?"
Julia Galef's TED Talk
9. Valarie Kaur: 3 lessons of revolutionary love in a time of rage
An Activist, asks us to reclaim love as a revolutionary act. We should love others by seeing no strangers in them, we should love our opponents by tending the wound in them and love ourselves by breathing & pushing.
10. Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better
A Sound Consultant shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening — to other people and the world around you.
Julian Treasure's TED Talk


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Life Unexpected Season 1 Quotes
I may have hired you for the wrong reasons, but I will keep you on for the right ones.Baze
You don't have to convince me, convince Lux.Social Worker
This is not about Tasha and Bug - this is about Lux.Abby
I'm the one that's sorry -sorry for being stupid enough for believing that you would come through.Lux
I hate being called a Ma'am.Alice
Ahhahah - Kinda a catch 22 right there.Cate
I'm the star of the show - I've got pull.Cate
You guys say I need to change for this evaluation, but what about the two of you?Lux
If you are doing this for me, the least I can do is be there for you.Lux
Like little due - quarter back Jones?Baze
Cate: You're wearing a shirt that says Tap that.
Baze: You're wearing a small garden on your wrist.
Jones you stand up little dude - my ass.Baze