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Ra (Re) – The Red Sun God (gks 6)
Egyptian clothing
It is puzzling that ancient Egyptians wore nothing more than a loincloth. Look at any Egyptian relief, whether depicting workers in the field or soldiers following the pharaoh into battle, and you will notice the figures are shown wearing loincloths. Even Hollywood movies and documentaries take their lead from these reliefs and depict the Egyptians in this distinctly odd attire.
Egypt today has one of the hottest and sunniest climates in the world. During the summer months its average daily sunlight is 12 hours a day; it is incredibly hot and sunny. The intensity of the summer heat is such that it requires the population to cover themselves from head to toe for protection. Even the Egyptian tourist board advises extreme caution against the Egyptian Sun.
If the population of modern Egypt emulated the attire worn by the ancient Egyptians, they would be severely burnt. How was it possible to wear nothing more than a loincloth in such scorching heat? Scholars in an attempt to explain this abnormality have suggested that the artwork depicts an idealistic world. In other words, the ancient Egyptians thought it would be a good idea to depict themselves engaging in battle or otherwise in the most impractical attire possible – attire better suited to a beach in the Bahamas!
This explanation is ridiculous and demonstrates a poor understanding of ancient Egypt. It also raises many questions. Given the hundreds of thousands of carved reliefs and paintings on every temple and tomb façade throughout Egypt, exactly what is real and what is idealised? Are we dealing with a partial thing here? Inasmuch, are some of the pictorial stories presented part real, part idealised? If so, there is something seriously wrong here. For instance, take the numerous battle scenes recounting how pharaoh after pharaoh led vast armies of 20,000 men north into Syria to beat up the enemy, take everything that wasn't nailed down and return home. These campaigns involved marching for months on end across the scorching Sinai desert. And yet, if the battle annuls are anything to go by, these superhuman feats were carried out wearing nothing more that a loincloth!! Are we to assume the battles took place but the wearing of the loincloth was idealised? This is, just as it sounds, absurd and nonsensical.
Besides, despite the fact that some Egyptologists attempt to dismiss the wearing of a loincloth as idealistic, a little research reveals that the ancient Egyptians did actually wear loincloths or short kilts.
"In general, Egyptian clothing was very simple; men working in the fields or involved in craftwork often wore little more than a loin-cloth or short kilt…" (Shaw & Nicholson, Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, 2002, p 66)
How do we explain this?
The explanation is obvious – the ancient Egyptians wore nothing more than a loincloth because the climate allowed them to.
A veiled red Sun resulted in a totally different climate to that of today. It was a climate devoid of a scorching hot Sun, with no burning rays or intense heat. This twilight world allowed the ancient Egyptians to endlessly work the fields and build great monuments in dedication to the astral monarchy and universal deities. Such activities could be carried out at any time during the day and throughout the year as there was no scorching Sun to impede their work. Temples such as the Vatican of ancient Egypt, the temple complex dedicated to the king of the gods Amun at Karnak, could be worked upon every daylight hour as there was no intense heat.
The loincloth was not an impractical article of clothing. On the contrary, it was totally practical and was dictated by the climate of 4,000 years ago. There was no need to cover oneself from head to toe in protective clothing such as hats, scarves, sunglasses or even sun cream. The hazed red Sun and mild climate lasted for the duration of pharaonic Egypt. I actually believe the climate was very moist and devoid of rain, why? Because the Egyptians had a god of moisture (Tefnut) but no god of rain. In fact, rain was considered bad and referred to as the 'evil that comes from the sky.' The only plausible explanation for such a view points to toxic or acid rain i.e. fallout from planetary chaos.
Where's the Moon?
I find it impossible to leave my Red Sun article without briefly mentioning the moon.
In keeping with childlike observations of Egyptian art you will note the absence of anything resembling a very basic white crescent moon, or a white full Moon, why is this? Why aren't the basic phases (waxing crescent, first quarter, etc. etc.) of the moon pictorially represented on temple walls, tombs and monuments? All things normal there should be hundreds of thousands of simple white moons (crescent or otherwise) on a par with the ubiquitous red Sun but the fact is there isn't. Are we to presume the Egyptians ignored the moon in favour of the Sun? No, the Moon is an enigma in ancient times because it was only captured in orbit around the earth some 3,000 years ago!
The Symbol Akhet
(Added: Nov 29, 2010)
Above is the Egyptian hieroglyph for horizon (akhet) – the Sun resting in the notch of a mountain. Here we have a pictorial representation that is as good as self-explanatory. Inasmuch, ask folk to describe what they see and most would describe the Sun on the horizon. The akhet glyph clearly demonstrates the Egyptians were very capable of representing exactly what was seen – a red Sun at sunset or sunrise. In the theme of the questions raised above, where's the daytime Sun? Where's Ra in full bloom i.e. a golden disk with a full set of sunrays?


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Running 15 miles the day after I returned from Long Beach seemed like a great idea when I was planning out my training runs, but this morning when the alarm went off at 6:30 I just was not feeling it.
Even though I passed out last night at 10:00 and got well over 8 hours or sleep, I woke up exhausted and running was the last thing on my mind. But I put on my running shoes anyways and pushed myself out the door trying not to give it another thought.
Before I left I did manage to have a Mountain Mix Mojo bar, the lovely Caroline had provided me with in my goodie bag.
I missed my Mojo bars sooo much! I am so glad to have them back on the shelves.
My run started out not so bad. I maintained below 9 minute mile averages, but my body was still dehydrated from my long flight and I was chugging water like there was no tomorrow. My water bottle was empty before mile 9, luckily there was a McDonalds on my route where I was able to fill up. You should have seen the funny looks I got from people waiting in line for their McMuffins when I ran in covered in sweat in my sports bra and filled up my water bottle. 😉
My headphones also were on their last run today. I kept begging them to make it through the end and I promised to lie them in their final resting place when we were finished..i.e. the trash can.
After mile 10 I could feel my energy depleting and my body ready to give up. I pulled out some dried fruit at this point and had three pieces for a little boost.
I knew there was no way I could finish 15 miles today, but I was very happy to have completed 13.69.
My Stats:
- Total Distance: 13.69
- Duration: 2:12:00
- Avg Pace: 9:38
- Calories Burned: 1337
When I did make it back to my parents house I immediately jumped in their pool. It was the perfect way to cool down after my long run. 🙂
While I was showering my Dad was very kind to make me a great big breakfast for after my run. I saw a sweet potato in my Dad's potato basket and requested Sweet Potato Hashbrowns, it was soo yummy!!
Of course, being my Dad, he could not just leave it as Sweet Potato and added some sausage for 'extra flavor.' I will admit that sausage made it tasted good and I continued to pick at the potatoes after I finished my plate.
My Dad also scrambled 2 eggs for me.
And I cut up some fresh strawberries. They were perfectly ripe and sweet. Best Strawberries yet!
With half of a mini Onion Bagel it was the perfect breakfast!
Twenty-five years ago today my farvorite blog sista and BFF in life arrived on this planet. I want to wish Caitlin a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY and hope she has an amazing day at Disney with her wonderful husband.
I met Caitlin back in September right after I moved to Orlando. She has took me in under her wing and I could not imagine the last 8 months with out her. Who else would spend hours at grocery stores with me? Go on crazy running adventures? or Gossip with me for hours on all thing Blogs? Caitlin truly is one of the sweetest people ever and I dedicate this day to all things Caitlin! Yay!!!

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When you are considering hiring an actuary there are a few factors to think about before you do so. This article is going to point out to you what these factors are to make sure that, you are choosing an actuary that is going to provide you with the most value for you and your business.
What kind of services do you need from your actuary?
Actuary practices generally specialise around predicting future outcomes and then translating that into financial specifications that you can understand clearly, and as a result they can help firms plan for future financial costings and plans.
However, there are many firms that specialise in different areas and this is therefore your first point of call - to know exactly what you are needing and identifying where to get it.
Do you need to get in contact with a consultancy to offer you advice on a partifuclar mergers or how much it could cost to finance a particular business project? You might need actuaries to help assess potential future business investments, and what ways can they cut the risk?
As you can see there are many avenues that actuaries can help you with so it is best to get into contact with some actuarial consulting firms, explain to them what you need and they can then identity what specific problem you have and what section it relates to in the actuarial profession.
What is the reputation and feedback of the Actuarial firm?
An important point is actually how good are they at what they do? It would be a good idea to ask them about previous projects they have undergone and what companies they have worked with. See if you can then get in touch with these same companies ask them for honest feedback on the relationship they have had working with them. Again, it is not a bad idea just to try to find reviews and find out opinions of what are the good acturial consultancy companies and which are the bad ones to give you some indication of who are the most reputable actuarial consultant firms and who are the least.
It is important to both get first hand impressions as well as secondary impressions don't just rely on one or the other.
The size of the actuarial consultancy firm?
Be sure to ask yourself if the actual size of the actuarial firm is important to you, where with the smaller firms they might dedicate all their priorities on you giving the impression of a more one-to-one feel, however may not offer you as much specialization and detail as the larger firms can. Perhaps you may also feel more at ease with a large company that will have specialised teams dedicated to your particular issue, but you might not be quite paying for what you are think you are paying for, by perhaps getting junior and non-experienced members to carry out a large amount of your project.
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This may go hand in hand with the question above, but it is important for you to feel that the actuarial company you are working with gets you and your company and what it is about you are exactly trying to achieve, that you aren't just a number to them. You might feel that it is important to also, get a relationship that you feel works and that you actually get on with the individuals who are working for you and that when you get in touch with them it is a regular face who will be there to tell you exactly what you need to know. Also are they convincing in their means to deal with the complexity of the project, have they had experience before in doing something similar to what you are asking of them this time, ask for proof?
How much is it going to cost you to hire them?
Obviously another important factor is actually how much will it cost you, when compared with other consultancy firms and actuaries. Not just in terms of their upfront fees either but also other secondary costs.
Again, you can try to get pointed in a good direction by carrying out research not just to who is necessarily the cheapest, but which company offers you the best value for the service that they are offering you. As indicated above an actuary is there to effectively save you and make you money therefore, paying that bit more for the better service could potentially mean you are going to be saving or making more than you would by hiring the cheaper service.
It is best to approach the hiring process of an actuary as an investment more than anything - how much can you save or make by hiring this particular actuarial consultancy firm? How much value are they bringing to the table?
Where is your/are your actuary/actuaries going to be located?
This is an important point to consider as although you can get in touch with them regularly through the means of the internet and telecommunications, there will be occasions where you want to meet up face-to-face over particular issues. Therefore it is obviously beneficial for them to be in close proximity to you and your business, unless they state that they are willing to travel from afar to your meetings etc.


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I find myself in a very small place right now, a new (for me) little kavarna in fuego's neighborhood. It is a nice place, warm, with four tables and three barstools. While it doesn't have a fireplace, it does have a gas space heater that would probably be very pleasant to sit in front of in the event that winter were to make another attempt.
I am at the smallest table, with my laptop in my lap to leave room for beer on the table. (The tea was excellent, but I am starting to twitch.) In the wicker chair opposite mine, the bartender also has a notebook open in her lap. The only other customers are a pair of the bartender's girlfriends; the very tall brunette is drinking espresso while the blonde sips her dark beer.
That's it. Me, three pretty girls, and beer. This is a very good place to be.


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Update: Round of 16 Matches Set
June 26
Uruguay v. South Korea
United States v. Ghana
June 27
Germany v. England
Argentina v. Mexico
June 28
Netherlands v. Slovakia
Brazil v. Chile
June 29
Paraguay v. Japan
Spain v. Portugal
USA v. Ghana
I got a text message yesterday that we got lucky with the match up against Ghana. It is comments like this that make me nervous about Saturday. Avoiding Germany was important. But Ghana is a tough out in this tournament. They employ speed and can be a handful going forward if their passing game is clicking. With that said, this is still a team that looked average against Australia and showed in that match that they can be had by a team that can play possession and nullify the counter attack.
For the USA to win this match I think they have to play it the same way they played the Algeria match and the last half of the match against Slovenia. In those matches they won the battle in midfield and that will be important against Ghana along with quick, precise passes in the final third.
Like the Algeria match both teams will come to score goals. The chances will be there for Jozy Altidore, Clint Dempsey, and Michael Bradley. Ghana's biggest weakness that I have seen is their inability to keep organization in the back. With the runs that the U.S. has shown the opportunity is there to take advantage of Ghana and tally a few goals.
Three Questions:
1. Does Oguchi Onyewu return to the line-up? I am not the biggest Jonathan Bornstein fan but he was very good against Algeria. The speed on the wings did not seem to be an issue like it was in the Slovenia match where Vlatar Birsa had his way. Does Onyewu stay on the bench in favor of keeping the same backline considering Ghana's speed?
2. Does Robbie Findley get his spot back? While Herculez Gomez did not score he did something that Findley has failed to do, get off good chances against the opposing keeper. Edson Buddle was more of the same when he entered in the second half testing the keeper a few times. I know that Findley can stretch a defense but it takes more than just speed. Buddle and Gomez both offer some speed with better skill and the ability to get shots off. I would not mind seeing Findley stay on the bench in favor of Buddle.
3. What will be the deciding factor in beating Ghana? In my opinion the biggest factor will the USA's ability to control the flow of the game. The more of the ball the U.S. has the better chance they have of keeping the match from becoming a track meet. The USA has the advantage in midfield and keeping possession should not be an issue. If the USA can continue to avoid the silly and cheap giveaways in midfield they will have plenty of chances to win the match. Michael Bradley's play has been great and his ability to control the ball and make good late runs will be integral to the American's success.
Line-Up Prediction:
I think Buddle has earned this start. He has looked the best of the forward options next to Altidore and should get the chance to show his ability for the beginning. Onyewu returns because Bradley will want to return to his standard backline. However, I think Bornstein gave Bradley a lot to think about Wednesday.
Prediction: 1-1, USA wins on penalty kicks.
South Korea v. Uruguay
Before the world cup these teams were picked by some to finish third in their respective groups. Both teams have displayed skill both in defense and surprisingly in offense. Each team prefers to control the ball and not give too much away so they tend to absorb pressure. It will be interesting to see if one of these teams comes out and goes on the attack early to try and control the match.
Diego Forlan and Luis Suarez have been stellar for Uraguay. Each has a high work rate and does a lot of defensive work. With that said, they know how to go forward and ignite the counter attack. Manchester United's Ji-Park Sung and Park Chu-Young lead a South Korean side that has shown some bite in the attack. South Korea excels at being organized and efficient in the passing game.
This match could come down to which team's defense cracks first. There will not be a lot of holes to find against either team so the team that exploits their chances will win. I think Forlan and Suarez will be the difference in the match. These two players are elite and they are use to scoring goals in high pressure situations. I think they are the difference that pushes Uruguay through to the round of 8.
Prediction: Uruguay 2-0
What are your thoughts on these matches? Are you expecting a win? Are you looking for revenge for the 2006 world cup? Do you think the Americans in South Africa can neutralize the home field advantage against Ghana like they did against Algeria?


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Only 3 days have passed since we arrived on Elephantine Island in Egypt. Everything worked out fine and we had a very good start into the season.
Today, I used the day off from fieldwork to work on the pottery database from both Elephantine and Sai. One of the most exciting aspects of this analysis is that we are currently comparing the ceramic data from the New Kingdom town of Sai with the pottery corpus from the contemporaneous settlement at Elephantine.
Among the most important contexts from Sai is of course the material from feature 15. The large amount of intact vessels, their association with seal impressions and the clear stratigraphic sequence makes this cellar a perfect case study.
Besides dozens of bowls, plates and beakers, there are also two very unusual vessels from feature 15. They are unique within the pottery corpus of Sai, being heavy deep bowls with a thick flat base and a pronounced outer lip. We nicknamed them "chamber pots" and until today I was not able to find close parallels. Until today! Sitting here on my desk surrounded by all the New Kingdom pottery data from Elephantine, I suddenly remembered a complete pot we documented some years ago which is also unique within the local corpus.
The copy of the drawing of 37601X/b-29 was labelled as "Nachttopf" in my handwriting… and closely resembles our pots from feature 15! While the piece still has no parallel within the Elephantine material, it clearly compares nicely to the pots from Sai.
Although the functional use of these vessels still poses several questions (which I will leave open for now…any thoughts are of course welcome!), finds like this illustrate the huge potential of AcrossBorders' approach to compare the Sai pottery corpus in detail with the one from Elephantine. Linking and differentiating Sai and Elephantine is making excellent progress and will of course continue!


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'Not too late' to introduce a meal voucher scheme
It is not too late to introduce a meal voucher scheme for farmers facing fodder shortages, according to Fianna Fail's agriculture spokesperson, Charlie McConalogue.
Deputy McConalogue was speaking today from the plinth of Leinster House as his party prepares to bring forward motions in the Dail and the Seanad calling for the Government to take immediate action to remedy the current fodder crisis.
He was joined by members of the party's agriculture and rural team, including: Jackie Cahill TD; Niamh Smyth TD; and senator Paul Daly.
"Unfortunately, the Government has been caught totally cold in relation to the response on this issue," deputy McConalogue said.
"The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, spent most of the winter denying that there was any problem with a fodder shortage in the country, despite the fact that Fianna Fail and the farming organisations warned him on several occasions that he needed to be prepared and that he needed to acknowledge the fact that there was a difficulty.
"He still has not responded to the very real need for support for farmers at farm level. In particular, we need to see a hardship scheme put in place for the many farmers that are finding it difficult to get by as a result of the financial strain that they are under at the moment.
Fianna Fail – for a number of months now – has been calling for a meal voucher scheme, in order to assist farmers who need support in relation to making the fodder that they have stretch.
"We have – from the commencement of the winter – indicated that a meal voucher scheme, if it had been introduced in proper time, could have ensured that fodder supplies that were in the country could have been stretched and made to last longer," he said.
Farmers 'struggling to afford' feed bills
The minister's decision not to put such a scheme in place has meant that the crisis is much more acute than it should, or that it otherwise would have been, deputy McConalogue claimed.
Continuing, he added: "It's still not too late, because farmers at the moment are feeding concentrates and meal – and many of them actually are struggling to afford to do that.
"A meal voucher system – which would assist those who need to do that over the next two or three weeks – would be very important and we believe the minister should still do that.
€1.5 million at the moment has been allocated towards the import of fodder from abroad; we believe that shouldn't be capped. We believe that a similar figure would actually make a massive difference to those farmers who are struggling.
"A low-interest loan scheme would also be of great assistance to the vast majority in the farming community who are under immense financial pressure at the moment.
"But, for many, a meal voucher scheme is going to be important – because they are struggling to ensure that animals are fed and to meet the financial repercussions of the crisis they find themselves in," he added.
Meanwhile, as part of the motions being brought forward today, Fianna Fail has also called on the Government to immediately pay outstanding 2017 balancing payments for GLAS and the Sheep Welfare Scheme to ease the cash flow difficulties that farmers are facing.


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10 Dec 2013 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – In 2013, the growth pace of mobile phone camera pixels decelerates or even declines. Apple's iPhone 5S is still equipped with 8-megapixel camera, whilst many other top cell vendors employ 13-megapixel camera. Moreover, China's several leading models such as BBK's Vivo X3 and MEIZU's MX3 are also fitted with 8-megapixel. The competition in the world and Chinese markets for CMOS camera modules will likely shift from pixel value towards pixel size.
As of 2013, the output value of the overall CMOS camera modules industry (without taking DSC into account) reached around USD 13 billion, registering a 28.7% YoY increase. The industry's output value is poised to exceed USD 115.9 billion in 2014, experiencing a 22.3% YoY increase, spurred mainly by the addition of higher pixels and more complex characteristics, such as OIS.
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Women's Magazines
Women's magazines first appeared in the United States in 1792 when The Lady's Magazine and Repository of Entertaining Knowledge was published. The pioneering women's periodical was followed by other journals which were relatively expensive, aimed at high-class readers. These magazines included information on literature, fashion and etiquette.Magazines for the mass market were not available until the second half of the 19th century. New print technology made it possible to produce numerous copies in a short time and advertising became popular. As a result, a press boom ensued, including women's journals with a variety of content.
By the end of the century, a group of six magazines were the most influential. These included Delineator, McCall's, which was renamed Rosie in 2001 and ceased publication a year later; Ladies' Home Journal; Woman's Home Companion, which has not been in print since 1957; Good Housekeeping and Pictorial Review, which merged with Delineator in 1937 and went out of print two years later. Together these magazines were named the "Big Six" - the most influential women's magazines for decades, with thousands of faithful readers.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the magazine industry was flourishing. There were 2, 835 monthlies with sales of $75 million. Ladies' Home Journal had the widest circulation of a million copies. In the first decades of the century, the publishers turned their attention to the quality of the print work and the diversity of topics, whereas the prices of the magazines dropped even further but the Great Depression changed the situation dramatically. Advertisers withdrew and sales plummeted. However, by the 1930s there were two more names that were still in print, Woman's Day and Family Circle. During World War II, women's magazines concentrated on information on how the readers could help the country.
During the 1960s and the 1970s, magazines faced intense competition from television and magazines were seen as more vulnerable than newspapers to this pressure. Many women's magazines had to undergo radical changes to keep their audience and new ones appeared. The "Big Six" became the "Seven Sisters" - including Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Redbook, Woman's Day and Better Homes and Gardens, all of which were aimed at housewives with children.
However, the profile of the American woman was changing and the "new woman" needed different magazines. More women started work and married later, if at all. The feminist movement thrived and the "Seven Sisters" failed to follow their previous success. Magazines like Ms. and Working Woman focused on radically different topics including women's rights and business. Essence magazine was specifically aimed at African-American women, combining serious topics on career and finance with more informal subjects such as beauty and fashion tips.
The magazine which faced the most dramatic transformation was Cosmopolitan. It was launched in 1886 as a family magazine, covering topics close to the ones appearing in the Seven Sisters. In the 1890s, it was transformed into a literary magazine, dealing with book reviews, serials and other publications and became a leading market name in the field of fiction. The magazine reached its peak circulation of two million copies in the 1940s, when it featured one novelette, several short stories, articles, reviews and a digest of current fiction and non-fiction books. Sales started to drop and Cosmopolitan was turned into a woman's magazine in the 1970s, publishing articles with explicit sexual content, a cover with a beautiful model and content largely aimed at young women focusing on careers, behavior, sex, health and beauty. The magazine often featured an interview with a female celebrity.
In the 21st century, there is a wide range of women's magazines which cover all aspects of life. There is far less fiction featured, as readers have plenty of opportunities to find out information from other sources, including television, cinema or by surfing the Internet. Therefore, magazines tend to focus on practical information. A large number of stories aim to inspire and to encourage readers, such as stories of famous personalities who have achieved success through hard work, women who have defeated illness or others who have helped a good cause. Social issues like violence, women's rights in developing countries and healthcare are also common topics in modern women's newspapers.


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Welcome back for Part 2 of our post on the 9 habits of Successful Flipping. Part 1 is Here.
6. Always Assessing
This is absolutely key in a Flipped Classroom. Assessment in the Flipped classroom takes place throughout the learning process; the more you know about your students' progress, the more effective time you can spend with each student. Your goal in a flipped classroom is for all of your students to understand 100% of the material by the final assessment, and to find ways of helping them to feel that success as it is happening. The discouragement of a barely-passed final test is not what the Flipped classroom aims for. Instead, by constantly assessing and addressing shortfalls in comprehension, the Flipped teacher makes sure that all of the students perform to their own best potential. Flipped Teaching is very much about capturing that 20%, the ones who don't make it through traditional school, and helping them to find their way to a new personal best. By constantly assessing, we can make sure that we meet the needs of our educational standards and our individual students.
Getting it Done
Salman Khan, of Khan Academy, a rich Flipped resource, suggests a model of constant, small assessments, such as "ten in a row," quizlets that are introduced before, after, and even during class exercises. These quizlets can appear in the form of games, or they can be done student to student, with kids quizzing each other on new information and new concepts. Record and analyze the results of these assessments, however you do them, and track progress. The goal is for all students to score perfectly, and for their performance to meet the educational standards of the school, district, and state. Make quizzes and checks of comprehension very regular as a part of the class, and don't bother announcing them too far in advance. The goal is not to teach kids how to cram, but to see what they really know, and if what they learn is staying learned.
7. Calibrating and Giving Feedback
Part of the Flipped approach is "Project Based Learning," and while you may not have the time or resources to base every lesson on a new project, you can glean some valuable strategies from the PBL approach to calibration and feedback. Calibration is demonstrating the target knowledge that a particular assignment or lesson, or project seeks to impart, and giving students a very clear picture of what success looks like. This is also an aid in communicating with parents. How often have children come home with an assignment that seems ridiculous to parents or caregivers, if only because the student can't explain why he or she is doing it? A good rule of thumb is this: if the student can't explain the purpose of the assignment, then they probably aren't going to learn what they should. To invest in our learning, we need to be convinced that we are learning something useful.
At the same time, feedback plays an equally important role. Students should be told well in advance of the final deadline for a project or an assignment, exactly how well they are doing, and exactly how much is left to be done. Leave no mysteries- this will allow you to focus on students who need extra attention, and will encourage those who are excelling easily to keep going. Feedback allows you to set individual goals for students with differing needs: "accomplish this much of the project or assignment by friday, and we'll talk again," is infinitely better than: "the project is due on monday… you'd better be finished."
8. Practicing Patience
Part of the Flipped approach is a democratization of the classroom. The Flipped teacher aims to talk less, and listen more. This goes not just for students, but for parents too. These new approaches are difficult, so calm, firm, and friendly approaches to criticism and negative feedback are a plus. If you got no resistance, you probably wouldn't be doing your job; which is to inspire passion in your students, and help them teach themselves.
9. Seek Variety, and Keep Up with Social Media
It's easy to get into a rut with your teaching. The same exercises and the same games, year after year. But students will sense when the trick has gotten old, and they'll almost always respond better to something fresh and unexpected. Social Media, including such sites as Scoop.it, Pinterest, wordpress, Facebook and Twitter, can help you to keep tabs on new teaching ideas, new technologies, and education on the national stage. Membership on such microblogging and "scooping" services as Pinterest and Scoop.it can also help you to organize and hang on to many different sources of material you happen to find online. Some teachers even "stumble" occasionally just to see what's new on the internet. You can be sure of one thing: your students are doing it. And after a few months of keeping up on the Socials, you'll find yourself more able to decrypt those arcane, weird inside jokes that float around school- a lot of which start right here, on the internet.
What say you?
What are the vital habits of the Flipped Teacher? What are your organizational tips, your favorite Flipped tools and resources? Comment below with your stories about flipping the classroom!


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RSS accuses CBI of leaking Aseemanand confession
New Delhi: The RSS today accused the CBI of deliberately leaking the confession of Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast which, it alleged, was given under duress.
"This deliberate leaking of document confirms further the alleged interest of agencies is not to probe cases but malign the reputation of the organisations and individuals," RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav said.
He claimed the statements leaked to the media confirmed that "they must have been taken under duress".
Noting that the confessions were "all contradictory and there is no credible evidence", he said lawyers were scrutinising the documents.
"Once again the CBI stood up to its reputation of being the Congress Bureau of Investigation," he said.
Aseemanand, who worked for Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram in Dangs in Gujarat, reportedly confessed about his involvement in the Samjhauta train blast before a magistrate.


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An "overaward" is when the need-based awards exceed financial need, or the total of financial aid awards exceeds the cost of attendance.
If a student has been overawarded, federal regulations require Notre Dame of Maryland University to adjust awards which may result in a bill. Need-based aid includes grants, scholarships, Federal Work Study, Federal Perkins Loans, Federal Direct Subsidized Loans, and outside resources (i.e. faculty/staff tuition benefits, scholarships, etc.). Non-need based aid includes Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans, Federal Parent PLUS Loans, Federal Graduate PLUS Loans, and Alternative Loans.
Possible reasons an overaward can occur:
- Additional awards are received after the final award letter was sent.*
- Housing status changes after the final award letter was sent.
- The verification process results in changes made to FAFSA data.
If a need-based overaward occurs, the financial aid department will reduce or cancel federal aid in the following order. A Federal Pell Grant is never reduced.
- Direct Subsidized Loan
- Perkins Loan
- Federal Work Study
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
For new Women's College students who begin their enrollment fall 2011 or later-Notre Dame Grant and/or Residence Grant will be reduced or cancelled if student's expected family contribution has drastically increased from their first year at Notre Dame.
If a non-need based overaward occurs (student's cost of attendance was exceeded), the financial aid department will reduce or cancel federal aid in the following order.
- Alternative Loan
- PLUS or Graduate PLUS loan
- Direct Unsubsidized Loan
- TEACH Grant
- Direct Subsidized Loan
- Perkins Loan
- Federal Work Study
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
If student's tuition is paid by other sources, institutional scholarships will be reduced or cancelled to avoid the excess of the funds awarded toward the tuition.
If a new student receives a late Educational Assistance Grant from the state of Maryland, other aid will be reduced accordingly.
The combined amount of aid from all the sources can never exceed student's cost of attendance.
*Note: It is the student's responsibility to provide documentation of external sources of aid such as scholarships and tuition benefits to the office of financial aid as soon as the information is received.


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Forget Big Brother, in San Francisco it's Big Sister as the uber-liberal city that prides itself on its eco-consciousness is poised for the completion of a massive mural of teenage climate-fearmonger Greta Thunberg staring down judgmentally on all those over the age of 16 who refuse to ditch their private jets, cars, and cows...
The Guardian reports that the Argentinian muralist Andres Iglesias, who signs his art with the pseudonym Cobre, is expected to complete the work next week.
"Climate change is real," Cobre told SFGate.
"This girl Greta is awesome and she knows what she's doing. I hope with this mural people will realize we have to take care of the world."
Some have suggested some eery similarities...
Or ISIS Executioner?
Don't dismiss it - you never see them in the same place at the same time...?
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It's not the first time Thunberg has been immortalized in street art. Earlier this year, the UK-based aerosol artist Jody Thomas painted a 50ft portrait of the teenager on the face of the historic Tobacco Factory in Bristol.
And, as we noted recently, a mural of Thunberg was defaced in Edmonton, Alberta, with the vandal telling Thunberg to stop lecturing him on how to live his life.


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Remember the mascots for X Games, or the famous Coca-Cola commercials shown during Super Bowl? Once upon a time, if a brand wanted to be part of the euphoria of the World Series, Final Four or a bowl game, it had to pay hefty sums to post billboards around the stadium or spend megabucks on TV commercials.
Today, the world's biggest soft drink labels, airlines, cell phone networks, apparel suppliers and others still pump millions into the country's biggest sports events. But they no longer concentrate on the field and TV. Through massive use of social media, they have access to the place where today's young spenders are to be found 22 hours per day: online, and in the palm of their hand. Fortunately, even without a mega-budget, you can get that access, too.
By their very nature, sports events are social; they create a buzz, they usually put people in a good mood (especially if their team is winning) and, most importantly, they bring people of all ages together because they are experiences that are best shared. This makes social media and events natural partners. The clever use of social tools to draw on that buzz will make your event that much more successful – before, during or after the game.
The relationship between events, their audiences and social media is set to become ever-stronger as millennials – the first generation to grow up in the era of "internet everywhere" and avid users of social media come of age and become mainstream consumers and decision makers. This is a generation that is used to managing their personal and professional life fully online, inspired by ideas, opinion, and endless facts and figures from a wide range of followers.
If You're Not on Facebook, You Don't Exist
Across the U.S. alone, social media is incorporated into every aspect of our social and consumption experiences. According to new research released by Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange (OTX), Americans aged 18-64 who use social networks say they spend an average of 3.2 hours per day doing so.
We use social media to shop, check on traffic and weather, and hear the news. Of course, social media is nothing new. Facebook is already 10 years old. However, the ways in which millennials are interacting with social media change over time.
Some already consider Facebook outdated, with Instagram and Pinterest offering updates in the form of images that speak a thousand words and Twitter's newsfeed constantly pushing out new tweets. Whichever channel you use, it's essential to have a basic grasp of how social media campaigns work in order to address your audience in the place where they spend the most time.
Fortunately, with some solid planning, social media can be easy to use, low-cost and bring about great results. It also provides a satisfying way to get instant feedback from your audience. An effective campaign needs pre-planning, coordination and focus. The following three points are worth some thought:
- Determine the best channels for your event. Facebook is great for sporting events and social activities, while LinkedIn is more appropriate for business events. Is there an effective way to use both, or should you concentrate your time and efforts on the channel that brings the biggest return?
- Think carefully about your attendee demographic. Most 16-21-year-olds are not utilizing Twitter, but rather are obsessively posting on Instagram or Snapchat. It certainly doesn't hurt to have open streams on all channels, but think prior about your social goals. If you are short on time and staff, think about where you can get the best return value for your time and effort.
- Determine how you are going to use your social channels. Will you post an event page on Facebook to take RSVPs and promote specific event content or just keep the details announced on your company page? Use social media to advance your goals.
Pre-Event – Wax Your Board
Prior to the World Cup, we were inundated with amazing opportunities to connect with sponsoring brands. Nike was not an official sponsor of the event but gained more value out of their Risk Everything social campaign than the other brands. They spent their time preparing and developing the creative engagement behind this concept and the results generated more than six billion campaign impressions.
The pre-event period is the best time to start a social media campaign. When you release your season schedule or the specific sporting event, kick off your engagement. Whether you depend on ticket sales or strong attendance, this is the period to create a buzz and develop a crowd.
Whatever your strategy, once outlined, launch it. Here are some tips on implementation:
Open Dialog. We don't have to (only) post on bulletin boards or hand out flyers on the street to spread the word. Social media is your tool to engage your audience from the planning stage. Allow them the opportunity to help suggest programming or details about the event. Open forums for discussion and ask them for feedback on creative pieces. For example, a multi-day game event in San Francisco launched a campaign across Facebook seeking open submissions for programming. The submissions were inserted on their website in an open database for attendees to vote on. Game ideas with the largest number of supporters were put into the schedule. The success is in creating an open conversation with your fans and peppering them with imagery, quests or challenges that they will be inclined to repost.
Spreading WOM. On top of gaining valuable ideas, feedback and engagement with your attendees, dialog is a simple, cost-effective way to spread your word-of-mouth reach and draw a larger audience. A clever surfing company in Australia takes mini-videos of its clientele surfing and gives them the chance to post it on all their social networks, creating a "look at me" sharable moment.
For further reach, launch an interactive competition where teams or competitors have to submit a photo or video. This will not only provide you with endless great content, but also create a tool that your attendees will post on their own networks, creating an even greater "social echo."
Build Excitement. As you get closer to the event, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are great tools to let people know who is attending and all the great things that will happen at the event. What better way to show photos of where the event is being held and entice people with the excitement of the event location than by using Pinterest or Instagram. One event in the Midwest posted photos of the city and venue and asked attendees to guess where it was being held this year.
YouTube also can be used to gain people's attention before they arrive. Highlight sponsors, feature key participants or teams or stats and performances from last year – anything you can share or ask people to do that brings their attention back to you. It makes your event more exciting, cleverer and up to date.
Attendee Planning. In addition, it can be an organizing tool for you as the event planner as you can track other fans at a sporting event. I recently attended an event where I could see who else was in attendance. Your fans want to be where the action is and this not only shows your attendee what is popular, but also who will be there.
Your ability to spread the word via social tools and chatter allows you to build an audience, increase access to press and build excitement for what is to come.
During the Event – Shake up the Party
When the excitement (and stress) of your event or game arrives, social media often is neglected. Yet this is the time to drive your channels. There are two key uses of social media during an event:
External Amplification. Fortunately, most of your participants or families of athletes will send a "vanity post" during the event. Don't miss out in cultivating that wave. Pull this material together through coordinated Instagram or Twitter #tags and social platform group pages. Not only do you want everyone to see the excitement that is happening there through videos, photos, tweets and Facebook posts, but also you want them to see your reply. This creates a sense of community and it will only help promote your event in the future.
Internal Social Jive. You've planned your event for so long, so don't miss out capitalizing on the action. Be clever with your use of social media. Gamification, or turning sometimes mundane tasks into games and competitions, creates incentives to add more interaction at your event. Let's face it, we are discussing sporting events. Your fans are already interested in games. Create a buzz within the event itself, reminding your guests how to participate, but also through all the newsworthy channels. In San Francisco, a random guy who had made a lot of money set up a "pay it forward" campaign. He hid money all over San Francisco and then posted clues across Twitter, creating a super interactive social media campaign.
Your audience will also find its own ways to interact. At the 2014 Olympics in Russia, athletes were busy using Tinder to meet other athletes. In fact, there were reports that the American athletes were not doing well in the games due to the Tinder distraction (an interesting and very 21st century excuse).
Make Social Media Your Assistant
Social media can be your assistant at the event and help you organize and update schedules, or post announcements and results during your event. It is easy to create groups and feed it updates, announcements, content. At the event you can even run volunteer coordination across WhatsApp and Twitter.
After the Event – Let the Waves Roll on
Often neglected is the aftermath of an event. Yet this is the perfect time to make your event live on and build momentum. You have endless content from the experience, so take this opportunity to use it. Repackage it, post it, tweet it, send out clips of videos. Create, create and create more opportunities to show off everyone's experience. It will not only build awareness for the future, but also will create a stronger association with the event brand among those who attended.
The use of social media is only increasing. Millennials expect to be on social media in every aspect of their lives. Create, engage, distribute, repackage and, most importantly, maintain your engagement between all your events. Dive in and see how it can transform your sporting event, and share with this community your social media success stories, tips or frustrations on Twitter @SportsPlanGuide, #sportspg.
By Marti Wigder Grimminck
Marti Wigder Grimminck, @IntlConnector, established the communications company International Connector to help companies and destinations attract and meet the needs of millennials. An expert in producing events and multi-channel campaigns, Marti for more than 15 years produced and marketed Broadway shows, events and entertainment brands across North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. She frequently speaks on digital marketing, mobile and social, millenials and their global outlook, and women entrepreneurs. Marti earned an M.A. in social media and marketing from New York University's Gallatin School and a B.F.A. in directing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.


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Health 101
When health becomes a habit to the point where we are no longer thinking about it, that's when we've succeeded. It's not about calorie counting or denying those things that you want. It's not about reaching a certain heart rate during the workout; it's about enjoying what you're doing. If that enjoyment isn't there, long-term success will never be there. Health has to become a part of our daily lives or I'm afraid it will always be "outside" of us.
If we stop reaching for something outside of ourselves and just start living a healthy lifestyle (and enjoying it) then long-term success will be ours. Weight gain, back pain, and low energy will be things of the past, and we'll all live like we were kids again.
Sounds like fun to me.
Keep moving,
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text: Home & Garden Home Really, Don't Go to the Grocery Store Hungry By Robin Shreeves Writer Cairn University Rowan University Wine School of Philadelphia Robin Shreeves is a freelance writer who focuses on sustainability, wine, travel, food, parenting, and spirituality. our editorial process Robin Shreeves Updated July 05, 2018 Going to the grocery store can be a test of wills. Give your brain a fighting chance at making some good decisions. (Photo: lightrain/Shutterstock) Share Twitter Pinterest Email Home & Garden Pest Control Natural Cleaning DIY Family Green Living Thrift & Minimalism Sustainable Eating Conventional wisdom says that if you go to the grocery store when you're hungry, you'll come home with more cookies than kale. Recent research in the journal NeuroImage and published on Science Direct suggests there's some science to back up that theory. Researchers studied the effects that being hungry had on the brain responses of 122, healthy-weighted people between the ages of 8 and 75 (17 children; 38 teens; 36 adults; 31 elderly). The participants were shown images of high- and low-calorie foods, as well as images of non-food items. Some of the participants had fasted and were hungry; some of them had eaten and were sated. For the study, researchers looked at participants' brain responses to the images while the participants were being scanned using fMRI or functional magnetic resonance imaging. This is your hungry brain when it looks at photos of cookies. (Photo: adike/Shutterstock) Although the degree varied, across all age groups, participants' brains showed greater activation in the bilateral dorsomedial and in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex when they were shown images of higher-calorie food vs. lower-calorie foods or non-food items. Researchers concluded that participants who viewed the high-calorie food images in a hungry state "might reflect increased inhibitory control" when responding to the foods. In other words, when we're hungry, our inhibitions lessen and we have more difficulty resisting high-calorie foods like cheeseburgers or cookies. Understanding how the brain responds to food cues can help explain why some people make unhealthy food choices or why some people overeat. The researchers wanted to study how food cues affect hungry participants and full participants over various life stages in life and found that we all want to eat higher-calorie foods when we're hungry. They may not have intended to link their findings to the conventional wisdom that says no food shopping while hungry, but it seems a link does exist. Every food item in the grocery store is a food cue. When we shop when we're hungry, the higher-calorie foods activate our brain more than the lower-calorie foods, making the higher-calorie foods more appealing. So, if you want to restrain yourself from filling your basket with foods that aren't on your grocery list, heed the science — and the common wisdom — and don't go grocery shopping when you're hungry.


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How to gain more from operational risk management practices.
Modern risk management technology solutions improve efficiency and provide greater visibility into risks. Today's tools provide real-time visibility, action plans, enhanced reporting and business intelligence, and proactive notifications for operational risk. Real-time data empowers banks and financial services organizations to proactively manage risks and instantly detect and mitigate emerging issues. Click here to learn more.
Federal Reserve adjusts rates in Regs A and D
The Federal Reserve Board has published in this morning's Federal Register amendments to Regulation A and Regulation D to reduce, respectively, the rate for primary credit at each Federal Reserve Bank, and the rate paid on required reserves and excess reserves. The changes to both regulations are effective today, and affect rates charged or paid beginning October 31, 2019.


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Come back to general practice
Why the Induction & Refresher scheme?
The GP Induction and Refresher (I&R) Scheme provides a safe, supported and direct route for qualified GPs to join or return to NHS general practice in England.
It's tailored to meet your needs, experience and personal commitments to make things simpler for you. This includes financial and practical support, and access to a dedicated account manager to guide you through the process.
If you are working or living overseas, you can even start the scheme before you move back to England.
What's on offer?
There is a range of support on offer for GPs on the scheme. Depending on which route you are eligible for and your personal circumstances, you may receive:
- a placement bursary of up to £3,500 a month
- help towards indemnity costs and other fees
- a dedicated account manager
- a tailored programme to meet learning needs, experiences and personal commitments
- access to training and development support
- no fees for I&R assessments or the Portfolio Route
- up to four fully funded attempts at the I&R assessments
- relocation support for GPs relocating from overseas up to £18,500
- help with visa costs and sponsorship for non-EEA clinicians
- options to complete most parts of the scheme before moving back to England, if you are living overseas.
Have you worked overseas as a GP for less than 10 years?
UK-qualified GPs who have been working overseas as a GP for less than 10 years may be eligible for the Portfolio Route, with the option of no assessments and just a short one month refresher placement on their return.
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Training to Spot Tree Decay Is Urged for Parks Workers [New York Times 5/30/2012] – Nina Bassuk (right), director of the Urban Horticulture Institute: "If you see a limb hanging off, that's pretty obvious," she said. "But it's a very skilled thing to look at tree hazard evaluation. It's an educated and deliberate process. It would be a concerted effort to train people, but it would definitely be worthwhile."
Tomato genome gets fully sequenced — paves way to healthier fruits, veggies [Cornell Chronicle 5/30/2012] – "Tomato genetics underlies the potential for improved taste every home gardener knows and every supermarket shopper desires, and the genome sequence will help solve this and many other issues in tomato production and quality," said James Giovannoni, a scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI, which located on the Cornell campus) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) who leads the U.S. tomato sequencing team. See also New York Times article.
Cornell strikes gold with two new raspberries [The Grower 5/30/2012] – More ink for Double Gold and Crimson Night from Courtney Weber's berry breeding program.


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The Force is with Lucasfilm / Disney as "Rogue One" captures 11 nominations for the
43rd annual Saturn Awards; AMC's "The Walking Dead" clubs TV competition with 7 nods
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have unveiled the nominations for the 43rd Annual Saturn Awards. Lucasfilm / Disney's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story beamed boldly, leading the pack with 11 nominations in the Motion Picture category. Disney's dominance extended with 10 nominations apiece for the Steven Spielberg-directed fantasy The BFG, Marvel's epic mind-bender Doctor Strange, and 8 nods for Captain America: Civil War. Top Motion Picture nominee getters include 7 nominations for Warner Bros' Harry Potter prequel Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and 6 nominations each for Paramount's thought provoking alien contact drama Arrival and Disney's live-action retelling of The Jungle Book. Fans can watch the announcement on the Saturn Awards' YouTube channel, featuring stars Clare Kramer (Tales of Halloween), and Greg Grunberg ("Heroes," Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens) revealing the major Motion Picture nominees, with the major Television categories announced by Violett Beane (CW's "The Flash") and Janina Gavankar (Fox TV's "Sleepy Hollow").
Once again, AMC's "The Walking Dead" proved unstoppable in the Television category, leading the herd with 7 nominations. HBO's ambitious reboot "Westworld" lassoed 6 nominations, followed by FX's "American Horror Story: Roanoke" (5 nominations), AMC's Walking Dead prequel "Fear The Walking Dead" (4 nominations), Starz's historical fantasy "Outlander" (4 nominations), and 4 nods for CW's superheroine show "Supergirl."
Walt Disney Studios garnered the lion's share with 20 Motion Picture nominations, followed by 18 for Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Studios, 16 for Warner Bros, 15 for Paramount , 11 each for Lucasfilm Ltd / Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox, 7 for Universal Pictures, and 4 each for Lionsgate and The Weinstein Company. On the Television side, AMC dominated with 13 nominations, followed by The CW (12), Netflix (11) and HBO (9).
In the Home Entertainment categories, releases singled out for nominations span the gamut from the silent era to contemporary titles including Dog Eat Dog (RLJ Entertainment), Phantasm Remastered (WellGo USA), the Buster Keaton Shorts Collection (Kino Lorber), Star Trek The Animated Series (Paramount), Time After Time (Warner Archive) and The Lobster (Lionsgate).
Celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, the Academy was founded in 1972 by noted film historian Dr. Donald A. Reed to honor and recognize genre entertainment. Through the years, the Academy has expanded their reach to recognize excellence in other film genres, as well as encompassing television, home entertainment and live stage. Robert Holguin presently serves as President.
The 43rd Annual Saturn Awards will take place June 28th in Burbank, California.
For more details including a complete list of nominations, visit www.saturnawards.org.


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Instagram, the photography social network par excellence, doesn't have an official client for Windows to help us manage our user profile from our PC. However, there are solutions created by other developers that allow us to carry out certain actions from our computer.
How to upload pics to Instagram from our computer?
Gramblr has the answer to this question. It's a tool that allows us to update our account with new posts, straight from our PC, without needing an iPhone or Android phone. We only have to type in the username and password we use on our phone and choose the pic to be uploaded.
Features of Gramblr
- Crop pics automatically to adapt them to Instagram's format demands (square 640x640 images).
- Over 50 image filters.
- Accompany the images with texts in any language thanks to its UTF-8 compatibility.
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The time has come to break the ice and try to brew the first beer which can be offered to customers. Our production facility is still far from being ready to accommodate that level of brewing. However, we managed to agree on a gypsy brewing in Piešťanský pivovar. We had a recipe prepared for a longer period of time already. Our brewmaster assembled it while tirelessly brewing on our homebrewing brewhouse. Speaking of style the beer belongs to APA group of beers or American Pale Ale. We considered the possibility to brew in a well established craft brewery as a very useful experience and we are grateful to our good friends from Piešťanský pivovar for all their advice and assistance. The beer is currently at the stage of aging and should be ready to be racked into barrels and bottles in the next two weeks.
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We singers of the Buffalo Niagara Choirs are thrilled to be embarking upon our Fifth Anniversary Season.
It all starts simply enough: arriving at the first rehearsal, greeting and catching up with friends after a summer apart, then sitting down and settling down. Because now the work begins, the wonderful – and not always easy – work of making music together. Because there can be no performances – no truly outstanding performances – without the rehearsing.
Rehearsal begins in silence, sitting on the edge of our chairs, focusing on posture with our eyes closed. Stress of work dissipates as we breathe deeply. We stretch, sweep arm circles, and crinkle muscles in our faces, jaws, and shoulders. Over weeks, months and years, we practice breathing, listening, connecting, tuning and interpretation. Abdominals are engaged and strengthened, even cheekbones are more defined from the practice of creating open space for proper vowels. Mind and body integrate. These adjustments become automatic. We change. Imagine a master class in vocal performance every week … Brenda J. Cowe, alto
So, yes, this is what it is like for us. But, we're not in this for ourselves. We need an audience … you, and others like you. Because then we get to share the privilege and joy of great music and what it is like to sing. And, frequently at Buffalo Niagara Choirs' concerts, YOU, too, will have the opportunity to sing!
So, please join us for our Opening Concert, Sunday, October 30th at 4:00pm at the Montante Cultural Center (2001 Main St, Buffalo). The featured work is Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, a collection of medieval monastic poetry – about love, Spring, drinking, and the inescapable Wheel of Fortune – set to music that is tender, lyrical, rhythmic, and absolutely knock-your-socks off thrilling. Our guests on the program are the wonderful Amadeus Choir of Toronto, with whom we performed this work in their home town last April. And, our very own kids of the Youth Chorus have their own special part in this piece, too. So, you won't want to miss it!
Written By Nell Mohn
By day, Nell is the Director of Strategic Development for MusicalFare Theatre in Amherst, NY. At night, she sings with the Master Chorale of the BNC, a group she helped found with several other crazy, committed, rebel singers, five happy and proud years ago. Currently, she also serves as Marketing & Development Coordinator for the BNC.


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WANGARATTA's Timothy Smith says commemorating Anzac Day on his first deployment to Afghanistan will be very special.
The former Wangaratta High School student, 21, will join approximately 250 personnel at Camp Baker's Anzac Day dawn service in Kandahar on April 25.
The service will be attended by ADF personnel who remain in Afghanistan for the mission to advise, train and assist the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
Private Smith, now an army cargo specialist, has come along way in life since working for the Muddy Waters Café and as a farm hand at the Moyhu Wagyu Farm.
"Like all army recruits, I completed basic training at Kapooka where I learnt how to march, fire weapons and to get physically fit," he said.
"Then I went on to do my drivers course and finished with my cargo specialist course in Townsville, with other courses including the eight-tonne forklift."
Private Smith performs an important job as a member of the Royal Australian Corps of Transport (RACT) cargo specialists, which are responsible for the movement of cargo by air, land and sea, as well as the processing, storing, manifesting and on-forwarding of equipment and stores.
"Here in Afghanistan, my work involves the sending and receiving of all cargo by air for Australia and into country, and also working with contracted Russian aircraft that conduct all the heavy lift tasks, using the Mi-26 Blinkey massive heavy lift helicopter," he said.
"The highlight of this deployment for me has been working closely with a very effective section of specialists, experiencing the vast variety of cultures and nations working together and also assisting with the task for Blinkey before the contract finished."
Though enjoying his time in Afghanistan, the former Wangaratta Hockey Club member admits there are a few things he misses at home.
"I can't wait to get home and have a few cold drinks with my friends and family, especially my mum and dad, Lisa and Nathan Crossley and Michelle and Ashlea Smith," he said.
Following the completion of Australia's mission in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province last year, Australia's efforts have shifted to a nationally-oriented mission throughout 2014, to providing training, advice and assistance to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF).
Around 400 ADF personnel will continue to work in Afghanistan in 2014 through training and advising the ANSF in both Kabul and Kandahar.
Approximately 800 personnel provide support from locations within the broader Middle East Area of Operations, including operations in the maritime environment.
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Diversity and Inclusion at MIS
The Magellan International School….
- Believes diversity is instrumental to our mission and enriches the education provided for all students through a range of perspectives, talents and experiences.
- Has a broad definition of diversity and embraces students and families of diverse backgrounds without regard of socioeconomic and family composition, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, religious belief, learning style, national and ethnic origin.
- Does not discriminate on any basis in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, financial aid programs, athletic and other school-administered programs.
"Diversity is instrumental to our mission and a fundamental part of the education provided for all students. We celebrate and value the diversity of our students and their families, our faculty and administration, our alumni and of the communities of which we are a part. We believe we are made richer by the range of perspectives, talents, identities and experiences across
these differing backgrounds.
We recognize that diversity and inclusion as concepts continue to evolve and are committed to evolving with them." – The Magellan International School 2016-2019 Strategic Plan.
Diversity and Inclusion, as it relates to Prospective and Current Students and Families
The Magellan International School accepts applications for enrollment without regard to race, gender, religion or national origin. Initial and continued enrollment will be at the discretion of the Head of School, based upon the feedback from the Director of Admissions, teachers, counselors, Heads of Section, the best interest of the child, the welfare of other children in the classroom, and the expectation that the child will benefit from the program.
The Magellan International school admissions policy is "need blind". In other words, a family's ability to pay the tuition fees is not a factor in our decision to admit the student(s). At Magellan, the decision to admit a student is based on the student's academic performance at their previous/current institution, the results of our assessment and alignment of our school's mission and the family's goals for their child/children's education.
The Magellan International School does not guarantee an offer of financial assistance to fully meet the needs of any and all families that apply for financial aid; awards are based upon the financial aid budget of the school in each fiscal year, as approved by the Board of Directors. At this time, The Magellan International School does not offer merit-based or special interest related scholarships.
The Magellan International School considers the admission of a new student to be a major decision. Therefore, this process focuses on the identification of the applicant's knowledge, talents, skills and expectations. Magellan offers support and resources to students identified as having mild to moderate learning disabilities, and can provide a challenging educational environment to students who are advanced in various areas and skills. We can tailor learning to meet individual needs through differentiation, increasing engagement, and support students in all aspects of school life. However, we do not offer an accelerated curriculum for individual students.
Diversity and Inclusion, as it relates to Employees
The Magellan International School provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, The Magellan International School complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.


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Meeting Special Optical Requirements
Today's coating processes provide the capability to produce anti-reflective (AR) coatings, bandpass filters, separation filters, high laser damage threshold coatings, mirror coatings, etc. with high precision and high yields. The production environment is based on batch-coating processes and component sizes that range from mm to meter. Generally, one function such as limited wavelength coverage is provided by the standard coating process.
The desire to incorporate optical coatings at the wafer-level stage was inspired by semiconductor manufacturing practices, and has led to an evolution in specialty optics requirements. Development of processes that would enable complex multi-layer coatings to be incorporated into wafer manufacture called for new thinking. It allowed for the reduction of deposition temperatures and incorporation of photolithographic steps to define smaller coated areas.
Working at the wafer level can mean significant cost reduction as many devices can be handled at once. A single wafer can incorporate as many as 10s to 1000s of devices. Adding complex precision optical filters directly to the detector eliminates handling, weight, thickness and part count, but is not without peril. The spectral filter is one of the last process steps and hence the wafers have a high value compared to a clean piece of glass. Frequently, the wafer has areas that need to be protected from optical coating and patterning is required. Often the structures are not coplanar, complicating the photolithography and deposition.
In addition to the spectral requirements, the cosmetic specifications for imaging applications are rigorous. When filters are placed in close proximity, or directly on a pixilated detector such as a micro bolometer or a CCD, any defect that is comparable in size to that of the detector element results in loss of information. In Materion's clean room facility in Westford, MA, they typically coat wafers up to 200 mm for the Ultraviolet, the Visible and the Long Wave Infrared spectral regions. The filters range from antireflection coatings of a few layers to complex multiband filters of hundreds of layers. Once the filters have been applied, the wafers can be bonded, producing a large number of hermetic packages that can be diced into finished devices.
In early 2000, promise of high density, high speed communications and data networks inspired the development of DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) filter deposition and subsequent mm-sized dicing, with associated mounting and testing techniques. Currently, the proliferation of miniaturized spectral analytical instrumentation requirements and their expanding applications have inspired the introduction of wafer-level manufacturing processes for band-pass filters. This satisfies the needs of low-cost miniature non-scanning spectrometer applications.
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Just two weeks after winning the 2015 Boxcino Jr, Middleweight tournament, John "Apollo Kidd" Thompson (17-1, 6 KO's) is already getting back in shape and wants a quick ring return.
Thompson won his title by stopping Brandon Adams in two rounds on May 22 in Corona, California, in what was the last show of ESPN Friday Night Fights.
"Everything is going well. I am already back working out. I have been receiving a lot of calls to do interviews and being acknowledged," said Thompson.
"I am going back to down to camp this weekend and start preparing for my next fight."
Thompson credits his self-belief for his success and knows that the best is yet to come.
"I always had big confidence in myself. If you don't believe in yourself, you already lost. My goal is to be number-one."
"I am just ready to get back in the ring and put on a good show, entertain and continue to win," finished Thompson.
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TULSA, Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: ARLP) will report its second quarter 2018 financial results before the market opens on Monday, July 30, 2018. Alliance management will discuss these results during a conference call beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern that same day.
To participate in the conference call, dial (877) 506-1589 and request to be connected to the Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. earnings conference call. Canadian callers should dial (855) 669-9657 and all other International callers should dial (412) 317-5240 and request to be connected to the same call. Investors may also listen to the call via the "investor information" section of ARLP's website at http://www.arlp.com.
An audio replay of the conference call will be available for approximately one week. To access the audio replay, dial US Toll Free (877) 344-7529; International Toll (412) 317-0088; Canada Toll Free (855) 669-9658 and request to be connected to replay access code 10121817.
About Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.
ARLP is a diversified producer and marketer of coal to major United States and international utilities and industrial users. ARLP, the nation's first publicly traded master limited partnership involved in the production and marketing of coal, is currently the second largest coal producer in the eastern United States with mining operations in the Illinois Basin and Appalachian coal producing regions.
ARLP currently operates eight mining complexes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and West Virginia as well as a coal loading terminal on the Ohio River at Mount Vernon, Indiana. ARLP also generates income from a variety of other sources, including investments in oil and gas mineral interests and gas compression services.
News, unit prices and additional information about ARLP, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are available at http://www.arlp.com. For more information, contact the investor relations department of ARLP at (918) 295-7674 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Coroner clears police in shooting death of Downs man
A CORONER has found that police who shot and killed an armed man during a "high risk" situation on a property outside Warwick had acted entirely appropriately.
The three-day inquest in Toowoomba had looked into the circumstances surrounding the death of Russell Winks on his Charleys Gully Rd property at Freestone north-east of Warwick on the afternoon of November 17, 2016.
The inquest heard Mr Winks was a funny and caring man, a committed husband and family man but at the time had been suffering depression.
"Clearly, he was the foundation on which the family was based," Coroner Terry Ryan said.
"His actions on 17 November 2016 were out of character."
After her husband told her he was going to kill himself and left the house with a .22 rifle, Mrs Joy Winks heard five shots come from a gully and called an ambulance.
First police to respond to the incident, Senior Constable Jeremy Lambert and Constable Laura Zilmann had gone to the property expecting to find Mr Winks deceased.
However, they arrived to find Mr Winks walking toward them armed with a rifle and shouting at them to shoot him.
Mr Winks then walked back into bushland and other police crews were called.
Snr Const. Lambert spoke with Senior Constable Cook who was at Warwick Police Station and suggested he bring a police service rifle with him.
Though having to obtain permission for the deployment of a service rifle, Snr Const. Cook retrieved the rifle from the police cabinet and drove the 20 minutes to the property, only obtaining permission from Inspector Brian Cannon for the rifle's deployment en route.
Counsel for the family Matt Jackson submitted that by obtaining the rifle before receiving authority, Snr Const. Cook had breached Queensland Police Service procedure.
However, Coroner Ryan found that Snr Const. Cook had acted appropriately in the circumstances.
At the scene, police officers had decided to make a tactical withdrawal to give Mr Winks time to calm down.
However, before that could be effected, Mr Winks emerged from bushland carrying the rifle and approached police, again calling on them to shoot him - not with a pistol but with a service rifle.
The inquest heard that by Snr Const Cook's bodycam camera recording, he had asked Mr Winks 25 times in four minutes to drop the rifle.
He had also reassured the distressed 65-year-old that he would be taken to hospital and not into custody, and that he would not be handcuffed as he had feared, the inquest heard.
When Mr Winks lifted the rifle and aimed at Snr Const. Cook who was crouched beside a police car, Snr Const. Cook fired one shot which hit Mr Winks in the chest. He fell to the ground.
Coroner Ryan found Mr Winks had died of a gunshot wound to the chest at about 5.50pm, November 17, 2016, and that the lethal force used by police was appropriate in the circumstances.
He also found police had no other option to resolve the situation and that the Ethical Standards Command investigation into the incident had been thorough and appropriate.
Mr Ryan said there appeared to be some ambiguity in the definition of the word "deployment" when it came to requests for the use of police service rifles and recommended the police service review the term to clarify it.


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"You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him."
Mathew 7:9-11
Last night a storm raged wild in our little Midwestern neighborhoods. It shook down trees with wind and cracked bright as shooting stars from zags of lightening. The thunder was what got our hearts jumping, it was just so loud! And at midnight, my best friend's little girl woke up howling louder than the gusts that scared her eyes wide open.
My best friend bounded to the top of the stairs and scooped her babe up. We quietly crept into the guest room and tucked under a quilt, snuggling that little sweetheart between us as her mama rubbed her back until she fell asleep. Comforted. Safe. No storm stronger than the heart that held her.
We talked quietly over her perfectly peaceful face for another hour, she wiggled and rumbled in her sleepy state, and the preciousness of the moment washed over me as rain continued to pour down the window panes.
Love exists because God decided that it should.
And in that late night moment of tender care, the enormity of my best friend's love for her daughter was tangible. It was another layer of love in just a single day where she'd dressed her, read to her, fed her, giggled with her, wiped her tears, cheered her on for using the potty, and chose to love her big brother and their daddy all-the-day-long too.
People aren't bigger than God. Not stronger or wiser or more selfless. But I'll bank on their love time and again, because I can see it. Feel it. Witness it. Get my arms around it or get their arms around me.
I know for a fact that if any of my pals little ones were hungry, they wouldn't serve them a saucer of gravel or a plate of pebbles. No, they'd do exactly what those words in Matthew tell us- they'd feed them with bread. Because love is 'taking care' … it's providing. For needs.
And God takes care of my needs. He has fed me. Clothed me. Put a roof over my head.
And somehow I still feel fearful that when I sit down to dine with my Dad that he's going to turn his face from me and push a pile of rocks my way.
I feel that way because of the way He hasn't 'answered' … not for my needs, but my wants.


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FDA Warning Against Antacids
Over-the-counter antacids that contain aspirin, such as Alka-Seltzer, Bromo Seltzer, and others, can cause serious bleeding. Although labels make note of this danger, recent cases of serious bleeding have prompted the FDA to issue a warning, pointing out that consumers always need to read and heed warnings on drug labels. Safe, natural alternatives for indigestion and heartburn include deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL), taken 15–30 minutes before meals; apple cider vinegar mixed in water, taken before meals or when discomfort occurs; digestive enzymes taken with meals; and a daily probiotic supplement.