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Southern California defines cool. The perfect climes of San Diego, the glitz of Hollywood, the magic of Disneyland. The geology is pretty spectacular, as well.
"Southern California is a prime natural laboratory to study active earthquake processes," said Tom Jordan, a professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Southern California (USC). "The desert allows you to observe the fault system very nicely."
The fault system to which he is referring is the San Andreas, among the more famous fault systems in the world. With roots deep in Mexico, it scars California from the Salton Sea in the south to Cape Mendocino in the north, where it then takes a westerly dive into the Pacific.
Situated as it is at the heart of the San Andreas Fault System, Southern California does make an ideal location to study earthquakes. That it is home to nearly 24 million people makes for a more urgent reason to study them.
Jordan and a team from the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) are using the supercomputing resources of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility, to advance modeling for the study of earthquake risk and how to reduce it.
Headquartered at USC, the center is one of the largest collaborations in geoscience, engaging over 70 research institutions and 1,000 investigators from around the world.
The team relies on a century's worth of data from instrumental records as well as regional and seismic national hazard models to develop new tools for understanding earthquake hazards. Working with the ALCF, it has used this information to improve its earthquake rupture simulator, RSQSim.
RSQ is a reference to rate- and state-dependent friction in earthquakes—a friction law that can be used to study the nucleation, or initiation, of earthquakes. RSQSim models both nucleation and rupture processes to understand how earthquakes transfer stress to other faults.
ALCF staff were instrumental in adapting the code to Mira, the ALCF's 10-petaflop supercomputer, which allows for the larger simulations required to model earthquake behaviors in very complex fault systems, like San Andreas, and which led to the team's biggest discovery.
The SCEC, in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, had already developed an empirically based model that integrates theory, geologic information and geodetic data, like GPS displacements, to determine spatial relationships between faults and slippage rates of the tectonic plates that created those faults.
Though more traditional, a newer version is considered the best representation of California earthquake ruptures, but the picture it portrays is still not as accurate as researchers would hope.
"We know a lot about how big earthquakes can be, how frequently they occur and where they occur, but we cannot predict them precisely in time," notes Jordan.
The team turned to Mira to run RSQSim to determine whether it could achieve more accurate results more quickly. A physics-based code, RSQSim produces long-term synthetic earthquake catalogs that comprise dates, times, locations and magnitudes for predicted events.
Using simulation, researchers impose stresses upon some representation of a fault system, changing the stress throughout much of the system and thus changing the way future earthquakes occur. Trying to model these powerful stress-mediated interactions is particularly difficult with complex systems and faults like San Andreas.
"We just let the system evolve and create earthquake catalogs for a hundred thousand or a million years. It's like throwing a grain of sand in a set of cogs to see what happens," explained Christine Goulet, a team member and executive science director for special projects with SCEC.
The end result is a more detailed picture of the possible hazard, which forecasts a sequence of earthquakes of various magnitudes expected to occur on the San Andreas Fault over a given time range.
The group tried to calibrate RSQSim's numerous parameters to replicate the model designed by the SCEC and the U.S. Geological Survey. But the group eventually decided to run the code with its default parameters. While the initial intent was to evaluate the magnitude of differences between the models, they discovered, instead, that both models agreed closely on their forecasts of future seismologic activity.
"So it was an aha moment. Eureka," recalled Goulet. "The results were a surprise because the group had thought carefully about optimizing the parameters. The decision not to change them from their default values made for very nice results."
The researchers noted that the mutual validation of the two approaches could prove extremely productive in further assessing seismic hazard estimates and their uncertainties.
Information derived from the simulations will help the team compute the strong ground motions generated by faulting that occurs at the surface—the characteristic shaking that is synonymous with earthquakes. To do this, the team couples the earthquake rupture forecasts, the SCEC-U.S. Geological Survey code and RSQSim, with different models that represent the way waves propagate through the system. These models involve standard equations, called ground motion prediction equations, used by engineers to calculate the shaking levels from earthquakes of different sizes and locations.
"These experiments show that the physics-based model RSQSim can replicate the seismic hazard estimates derived from the empirical model, but with far fewer statistical assumptions," noted Jordan. "The agreement gives us more confidence that the seismic hazard models for California are consistent with what we know about earthquake physics. We can now begin to use these physics to improve the hazard models."
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It has truly felt like spring around here lately with a lot of sunshine and warm temperatures, but the official start of spring is this Friday! Spring is considered by many to be a season of rejuvenation and growth. The flowers begin to blossom, and you clean out all of the stuff you want to get rid of at your homes. Why not go through this renewal with your mind and body?
Fruits and vegetables that are "in season" have the most nutritional value and also offer you money savings. Here is a list of just 20 of these in-season foods to add to your diet this spring.
Collard Greens
Green Beans
Mustard Greens
Pea Pods/Peas
Swiss Chard
Tips for a healthier spring:
1. Enjoy outdoor activities: the weather is getting nicer! Venture outdoors for hiking, biking, or even just a walk around the block! Get your heart rate moving and enjoy the fresh air.
2. Meditate: stress can effect the mind and body of many of us. Take a few moments each day to meditate. Close your eyes and focus on your breath.
3. Declutter your inbox: how many emails do you have? Over time our junk mail can be sitting and accumulating. Spend just 30 minutes clearing out your emails. For important emails flag them or create specific folders to separate the messages that are important to you.
4. Replace your old workout shoes: if used for a long period of time, your workout shoes may loose cushion and the heel will wear out. Prevent foot pain but replacing them often.
5. Take time to do something you love: having hobbies is a great way to boost your creativity and thinking skills. During the winter months, many of us spend too much time on the couch watching TV shows.
6. Get a massage! Massage has so many benefits from relaxation to pain relief. If you work behind a desk, you probably have tension in your neck and shoulder. Stress can also show up as low back pain or even gluteals from sitting many hours a day.
Help restore your body and mind as we enter a new season by following these tips! What is your favorite thing about springtime?

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Mugino Shizuri v Kakine Teitoku, it happened in the original work as well. At that time, Mugino Shizuri fought against Kakine Teitoku as well as his black operations team. It culminated in a direct confrontation between Mugino Shizuri and Kakine Teitoku.
The result, however, is a one-sided lost for Mugino Shizuri. Kakine Teitoku's Dark Matter is like a natural counter to Mugino Shizuri's Meltdowner, the nature of Dark Matter allows for the creation of totally new elements which resulted in Mugino Shizuri not being able to put a scratch on Kakine Teitoku.
In other words, Mugino Shizuri can only expect to get her ass served up to her if she fights Kakine Teitoku right now.
How potent is Dark Matter? Accelerator fell into a disadvantage because he wasn't careful enough. It is also potent enough that Mikoto who is a tier 8 super needs to up the juice of her railgun to attack him because pure electricity alone wasn't enough to bring Kakine Teitoku any harm.
Mugino Shizuri's Meltdowner is related to Mikoto's ability. If Mugino Shizuri went up against Kakine Teitoku with her level, it is going to be a repeat of what happened in the original work.
"Oh jeez, fucking Mugino, what is wrong with her brain?! Why would she go and challenge Kakine Teitoku?!"
Wu Yan let go of Kinuhata Saiai as he massaged his aching temple.
Kinuhata Saiai adjusted her slightly messy clothes after being released. She heard what Wu Yan said and she didn't like it. Going by his words and tone, it is clear that he expects Mugino Shizuri to lose terribly against Kakine Teitoku.
"Don't you super-underestimate Mugino, she is still the No.4, even if Kakine Teitoku is higher up on the ranking that doesn't say anything about the difference between them!"
"That's because you don't know Kakine Teitoku!"
Wu Yan frowned as he continued explaining it to Kinuhata Saiai with a grave tone.
"Without a doubt and with an unqualified statement I say that of all the known Lv5 in Academy City, only Accelerator and Mikoto stand a chance, anyone else would only get buried six feet under if they seek out a match with Kakine Teitoku!"
Kinuhata Saiai wanted to retort but Wu Yan's grim expression made her hesitate. She continued in a similarly grave expression as well.
"Is-is he that strong?"
Wu Yan helplessly nodded.
"Fine, let's put it this way. You know Accelerator right? According to the , Accelerator can kill Mikoto before she got strong on the 185th move!"
"That's impossible!"
Kinuhata Saiai jumped.
"That super Railgun was no.3, how can there be such enormous difference in power?!"
"It's not that Mikoto is weak, but that Accelerator is way too strong!"
Wu Yan bitterly laughed and shook his head.
"Of course, this data is now obsolete, Mikoto had already grown stronger, at this point, even if she can't beat Accelerator, she won't lose that as well."
Kinuhata Saiai stared at Wu Yan dumbfounded by what she heard. After a brief pause, she asked him.
"What's super Accelerator got to do with Dark Matter?"
"Here's the kicker."
Wu Yan sighed and then continued.
"Kakine Teitoku will inevitably get defeated if he fought Accelerator."
Kinuhata Saiai released a sigh of relief but Wu Yan's next sentence made her jumpy again.
"But, just by Dark Matter's unique characteristic, he can put Accelerator at a disadvantage at the start of the fight, even if he is going to get whooped later on in the fight."
"You're trying to say that Mugino Shizuri can beat Kakine Teitoku like this? If so, perhaps I should let her be my mentor."
Kinuhata Saiai stayed silent, she then lifted her head and it is clear that she is now very worried.
"Isn't it very dangerous for Mugino to go fight him now?"
"Maybe she would stand a chance if she immediately used her strongest attacks right off the bat against Kakine Teitoku…"
Wu Yan silently praised Kinuhata Saiai when he saw how worried she is for her teammate. Even if she had seen her fair amount of sins in the dark side of the academy where throats are literally cut every day, she would still value her teammate, although the mentioned teammate probably doesn't think too highly of her.
"High power output…"
Kinuhata Saiai fell into silence again. Wu Yan shrugged with a bitter smile. He knows just why is she so bumped out.
Mugino Shizuri's Meltdowner is very strong. It manipulates the two state of electrons, that of being a particle and that of being in a waveform, by taking the ambiguous state between these two states, the electrons themselves become solid enough that when they are fired they are neither particles nor wave but something in between that is fired out as a destructive beam of high-speed electrons.
The result of this pseudo-wall of electrons hitting an object is not going to be pretty. Her ability can turn electrons with infinitesimally small mass into a destructive mass of electrons.
It is as powerful as it is unstable so many adjustments need to be made to optimize its performance adjusting for balance and negative feedback. Normally, Mugino Shizuri would control the output of Meltdowner so that it doesn't exceed what she can handle, such is what is referred to as her Lo-powered mode.
A bunch of researchers once posited that if Mugino Shizuri ignored her subconscious survival instinct that restraints her output, she could theoretically go all out and enter her Hi-power mode. In such a state, her electronic beams could instkill the former no.3, Mikoto.
In truth, if she did do something like that then she would probably be blown away by the feedback of such an attack as well.
So, if Mugino Shizuri fought against Kakine Teitoku with her usual restraints, it would result in defeat, if she used her full ability, she would die as a result. Even then, it is not guaranteed that she would win.
"And this is why I am baffled as to why she would go ahead and challenge Kakine Teitoku?"
Wu Yan couldn't stop facepalm-ing.
Kinuhata Saiai replied.
"Mugino hates Railgun because she thinks that she outranked her because of her railgun which had more super utilities. And, Railgun is a middle school student, she probably can't take the fact that a middle-school student super outranked her."
"Kakine Teitoku got beaten by Railgun and the guys over at the research facilities deemed that as an extension of this incident, the ability gap between the former no.3 and no.4 was in fact erroneously huge, it must follow that Mugino is far weaker than Railgun!"
Kinuhata Saiai bitterly laughed.
"That's the reason why Mugino is not pleased with Dark Matter ranking above her. She wanted to prove it to the schticks at the research firms that she can beat Dark Matter, that she isn't any weaker than Railgun."
Wu Yan frowned, he wanted to cuss but instead, he just sagged his shoulders. He knew that Mugino is on very bad terms with Mikoto, he didn't know it was to such an extent.
And those bastard wankers over at the research firms, maybe they should eat some of the drugs they engineer. What the hell do they gain from making Mugino Shizuri butthurt, isn't she just going to dig her own grave at this rate?…
"What do we super do now?"
Kinuhata Saiai clenched her fists.
"Tell Mugino not to go? But with her personality, she is going to think that I think super little of her, she would probably dispatch me with a round of super Meltdowner."
"I say, are you that worried about her?"
"It's not super because of Mugino!"
Kinuhata Saiai shook her head.
"Frenda and Takitsubou will be in serious peril…'
Wu Yan felt helpless. Mugino Shizuri is really forcing his hands by dragging these 3 girls who he had set his eyes on.
Wu Yan sighed and then he said something that made Kinuhata Saiai's jaw drop.
"I guess it's high time Kakine Teitoku gets wasted…"


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Spring allergy season has started early in the South. And that's not the worst news. Experts say it's also going to last longer this year.
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Allergy sufferers in the South typically start feeling symptoms in mid-March. But this year, the sneezing, sore throats, and watery eyes started in late-February. For those of you trying to do the math at home, that's about three weeks ahead of schedule.
"Since the weather is warming earlier, the pollen comes out earlier," Dr. Stanley Fineman with the Atlanta Allergy & Asthma Clinic explains.
The South definitely saw an unusually warm February. By the second weekend of the month, temperatures shot into the 60s and 70s.
So why can't an early beginning mean an early end? Again, Dr. Fineman says you can blame the weather. His research shows "it's going to get colder again, so pollen count will go down again. But by mid-to-late March it will go up again."
Even if you're not struggling now, chances are you will be in a few weeks. Remember, allergy triggers are different from person to person. If yours are going nuts right now, trees are likely what's triggering your allergies. If grass pollens are what make you tick, then April will be your primetime for problems.
At first, the early spring temperatures were a relief to Southerners. (Remember, Atlanta saw a rare Christmas Day snowfall. And then two weeks later came the historic winter storm that caused major headaches from Atlanta to Nashville to Charlotte. ) But now as the ugly side of Spring is revealing itself early, you have to wonder if allergy sufferers miss the snow, even just a little.


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Compare to Highway and Road.
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, 1828
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856STREET, noun [Latin , strewed or spread. See Strew.]
1. Properly, a paved way or road; but in usage, any way or road in a city, chiefly a main way, in distinction from a lane or alley.
2. Among the people of New England, any public highway.
3. Streets, plural, any public way, road or place.
That there be no complaining in our streets. Psalms 144:13.
Black's Law Dictionary, 1st Edition, 1891STREET.
1. A road in a village or city. In common parlance the word street is equivalent to highway.
2. A permission to the public for the space of eight, or even of six years, to use a street without bar or impediment, is evidence from which a dedication to the public maybe inferred.
A public thoroughfare or highway in a city or village. It differs from a country highway.
A Compilation of Words and Phrases Judicially Defined By The Supreme Court Of Georgia And The Court Of Appeals, 1910
Architectural and Building Trades Dictionary, American Technical Society, 1955STREET.
See citations under "Keeping:" "Sidewalk;" "Reasonably Safe Condition:" "Acceptance;" "Dedication."
In general—A street is a road or public way in a city, town or village, laid out and open for travel by the public. Bobbins v. McGehee, 127 Ga. 431, 56 S, E. 461.
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2012 – How was it for you?
I always find myself getting a little philosophical around NYE, and anxious about having let another year fly past without note. I'm not one for making New Year's resolutions, but at the end of 2011, I made two:
1. Stop being so tough on myself
2. Travel more
The first one might seem a bit vague, but it has a very specific meaning to me. I am an insanely busy person. I like it that way. I can do much more with a single hour than most, so I don't like wasting any time. Historically I've been very bad at lazing around, and rarely allow any time for myself. But, towards the end of 2011, I realised that this was starting to cause problems. I'd completely lost the ability to relax, I always found myself writing lists in my head while reading a book, checking emails while on lunch, or only calling my parents while on the train to/from work – I was taking multi-tasking to an unreasonable level…. But, in 2012, I've been a lot kinder to myself…. and frankly, a lot more selfish.
Now I know people see selfishness as a negative trait, but I think that if you're a busy person, always on the go, its easy to lose sight of what you actually want to do. You just go along with the flow, forgetting that you have the power to say 'no' or 'yes'.
In 2012, I started saying YES to things that I secretly wanted, and I cast aside those things that were making me entirely miserable. THAT's what I mean by being less tough on myself – I kind of regrouped, refocussed, and I'm finishing this year in a much happier place than I started it.
In terms of travel, I've been to Ireland, Santorini (Greece), Australia, New Zealand, Dubai and New York… so I've made a pretty good stab at the the resolution to travel more… need to line some stuff up for next year too though. On a more local scale, I travelled to the odd and distant land of SW15, to move in with my lovely boyfriend – that particular journey has been the best one yet 🙂
In terms of work, I've hosted some pretty high-profile visitors in my lab, I've spoken at the Royal Society, Oxford University, the Open University and a number of schools and science festivals. Myself and my collegues completed all of our European project work on budget and on time, and the new measurement system we spent many months designing arrived just as we broke up for Christmas – looking forward to getting my paws on it in a few days! I won an award from Serco (the company who currently run NPL) which involved a fancy black-tie event and a night in a very lovely hotel overlooking Hyde Park, and I made some headway on my MSc thesis.
I had a few interesting media interactions on my research on Energy Harvesting Technologies, and as a woman working in science. I did a radio show, vodcast and article for the Naked Scientists and recorded my very first podcast. I set myself up as a freelance science writer and published my first few paid articles for Materials Today. I've spoken to hundreds of inspiring young (and old) people across the country, I've been called a 'skeptic' (officially) ….and have had rejections from too many applications to mention. But I'm feeling good, because I threw myself into new experiences – I can't win at everything, all the time.
In 2013 I'm resolved to take more risks – let's see how that goes 🙂
How was your year? What new and exciting things did you do? Any lingering regrets? And what will 2013 hold for you?


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Can anyone help…I have been trying to find Scottish unity developers for a project i am scoping out for a museum in Glasgow .
I cannot get any yes any response from Unity to help me find someone.
Can any one help??
> If you use external source control — git, hg, perforce, etc. — I strongly recommend adding the version of Unity you use. Ideally, every branch of your game contains the project folder and, next to it, the version of Unity used to work on that project. As your team grows this will streamline onboarding, ease the Unity upgrade process, and make me very happy if you ever end up working with the Spotlight Team.
Can you explain what you mean by "adding the version of Unity you use" in this context? Do you mean next to the project folder, create a text file that just indicates the version of Unity or did you mean something else entirely?
Yeah it's not really clear what they meant by that.
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"Going somewhere, Mrs. Delaney?"
Arianne shivered in terror and revulsion as she realized that Grant O'Connor had not only blocked her escape route, but he now held her prisoner.
"I was, I, I…" she stammered, not knowing what to say.
Stroking one hand down the side of her face he whispered, "Oh I know exactly what you've been doing. You've been a very bad girl and now you'll have to face your punishment for what you've done. Now this can go one of two ways, either you'll be a good girl and do exactly as I say, or if not you will suffer in a very, very bad way. The choice is yours, Arianne."
The feel of his hand on her face and the obvious hardness of his arousal pressed against her jeans made her almost retch. With what little strength she had, she managed to raise the case she was still holding and pushed him forcefully away from her. He wasn't expecting her to retaliate and he fell with surprise against a bank of desks behind him. She ran to the other side of the office whilst he swore in pain. But her escape was short lived and he transported to where she was, grabbed her ankles and pulled her roughly down to the ground. Her head connected with the side of a desk and she saw stars and felt something warm trickle down the side of her face. Before she could react he leapt upon her, effectively pinning her to the floor.
"Now that was a very silly thing to do, Arianne. We are going to be spending much more time together and it would be better for you to have me as a friend, rather than an enemy."
Arianne tried to struggle against him, but he was far too strong and she was certain she'd got slight concussion, as her sight wavered and wobbled in front of her eyes. She also realized the more she struggled against him, the more aroused he became. She watched in horrified fascination as he trailed his hands to the front of her jumper and with a strength that terrified her, he tore open her jumper from the top, right down to her navel, revealing her black silky bra underneath.
"Hmm, the boss said to get you to the cells as soon as I caught you, but he's not to know that you'd struggle quite so much now is he? I'll tell him I had to use excess force to catch and restrain you."
Arianne tensed as she felt his hands slowly move towards her breasts and prayed that she'd pass out before she felt him violating her body. In that moment, she felt a slight stirring in the air around her.
"Get your filthy hands and body away from my woman now, you bastard!"
Suddenly, she heard a man's voice, he sounded angry and extremely dangerous. The timbre of the voice seemed familiar, but her head was too fuzzy after hitting the desk and she couldn't focus properly. Then she saw a flash of light; the weight of Grant's body upon her disappeared, along with her consciousness and the scene faded until only darkness remained.
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Arianne Delaney has uncovered secrets at Global Innovations, but has put her life in great danger in the process. She is also concerned that she appears to have powers which terrify her.
Grant O'Connor is still angry at not being able to have Juliana as his mate. And when he discovers her beautiful mother working for Global at their pharmaceutical company, he knows he has to have her at all costs.
Rob Delaney had given up the search for the only woman who meant anything to him. And now he has discovered she is working in a place where she will be in grave danger, especially if her employers discover who her lover was. Can he reach her in time before it's too late?
Reader Alert! Rob Delaney has only ever loved one woman, and she was ripped from his side many years ago. He discovers she is working for global innovations as a human it consultant and he realizes that if Nikolas Krystos discovers who she is, she will be used to lure him out into the open. When he rescues her from danger, they rekindle their love for each other and have mind-blowing sex. Although their reunion is a happy one, their very way of life is still under threat from global innovations. Read on as the threat of danger escalates to an all-time high.
To My Readers: Hi, this book sees the seekers placed in even more danger. The council on their home planet is watching them closer than ever. Only Camille for the seekers and Nikolas Krystos for global innovations, receive warnings and information regarding the fate of their respective factions. Rob Delaney, Juliana's father, discovers the only woman he has ever loved is placing herself in danger by hacking into Global's databases. He rescues her just in time from being raped by Gant O'Connor, one of Global's hunters – and the other male who raped Lauren. They rekindle their love for each other and have hot, passionate, steamy sex.
Lauren eventually finds peace after her rape and abuse. She allows Dan to make love to her, so she finally knows what it's like to be in a loving relationship with a man.
Sara gives birth to her daughter and they name her Tamara. This is the final piece in the puzzle regarding the three children from the seekers who will be integral to their survival as a race, along with Elise, Freya and Armand's daughter and Nathan, Camille and Stefan's son, they must be protected at all costs. Especially the girls because now that Nikolas Krystos' partner, Greta, has twin boys – he will want Tamara and Elise to breed with his sons. The twists, turns and danger is increasing to an extremely dangerous level and will only become more so in book seven.
About the Author: I have been writing seriously for the last five years. It was after the death of my wonderful mother who was desperate to see my work published. Unfortunately, she passed away before she saw it happen. I began to write seriously after that, needing to fill the huge void she'd left in my life. I started off with a romance/thriller and then wrote two fantasy books, but didn't feel like I'd quite found my "voice". So I thought I'd combine all the elements that I enjoyed writing about and paranormal romance fits the bill exactly. The first one I wrote, the Atalantean birthright, was going to be a one-off, but it's become a bit of a monster and i have started writing book 8 now. There are also 3 other books not in the series which i have written – well, one is also partway through. I hope you enjoy reading my work as much as I've loved writing it. So come on and join my Atlanteans on their voyages of love and discovery.


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Playing outdoor does contribute a lot in shaping up your child's personality but continues exposure to UV rays in sun and getting dehydrated subconsciously may take a toll on your ward's health. As adults, it is our duty to make sure that our children hydrated and energized while out in sun.
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- Resting in shade and taking breaks is another good idea of escaping from excess heat. Look for shaded areas on the playground or look for parks that have shaded play systems to keep your kids cooler during play.
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What can be fun, in writing narrative nonfiction—and perhaps blogs—is "collecting" memories on a single theme. Wasn't it James Barrie who said that memory is a means to "have roses in December"? And because the Elephant Contest is presently under way (check it out!), I'm going to gather my roses this week on the subject of elephants.
Coming from Nebraska, I never "knew" an elephant (up close and personal) until I was an adult in my thirties. We lived in Thailand, and I "met" adults when I went out on week ends to the Crocodile Farm near Bangkok. One could rent a seat on a howdah, and certainly the huge animals were healthy and in good condition. However, this was a commercial venture, nothing one on one.
But then I visited an elephant farm in Chiang Mai ( northern Thailand). The mamas, and including the very young babies still nursing were "teaking" up in the forest. But staying at home were the non-nursing youngsters—mature enough to eat independently but not yet "trained," the older ones still at home on the farm, the eldest of these only now being carefully matched (for life) with a mahout. A hot day, I wore sandals.
And up came a little juvenile of perhaps five hundred pounds to make my acquaintance. I talked to her. She rumbled. Then she put one of her feet atop one of mine, the bright eyes watching me closely. Next she gradually and deliberately increased the pressure until I pulled my foot away.
"We" chatted some more before she put her foot back on mine, again incrementally increasing pressure. I decided to leave my foot there, discover whether she would ultimately release it before damage was done.
Watching each other, me talking to her softly all the time, she rumbling her response, I hung in until it seemed obvious that she had no intention of letting up.
I yanked my foot away!
I can't say that she laughed. Only that she stood there for a moment, eying me, before she turned and trotted off happily, her little trunk swaying from side to side. A game of "chicken," Thai style. She won.
These are thinking creatures! They have a sense of humor.
It was in the Terai Strip of Nepal and at fantastic (still!) Gaida Lodge that I met Sultana—my soul mate, if such is possible between one human and a couple-thousand-pound mammal. We understood each other. What can I say? I never felt safer in any wild and unfamiliar place (Thai, Sumatran, Sri Lankan, Nepali, African) than I felt sitting on a piece of canvas tied onto Sultana's back. She was old (dating back to tiger-hunts at the time of the Raj); she was wise; she was affectionate; and she was loyal. And now, at this writing, she is gone.
But my stories involving Elephants I Have Experienced are told in Volume 1 of Here, There & Otherwhere. Read those if you care.
I have read many times, over the years, that the digestive system of an elephant is "very inefficient." Meaning, the creature "uses" very little of its gargantuan daily intake averaging about 600 pounds of vegetation (give or take 300 pounds). But the whole process seems to work well for the elephant . . . and in natural elephant terrain within Asia and Africa, whole ecosystems are built around the massive and only-partially-digested (and therefore very rich) elephant dung.
Now—and bearing in mind the foregoing—how would you like some exotic and delicious coffee? As many coffee lovers know, "coffee beans" are the seeds of coffee cherries. And it is of course these beans processed from various (warm and humid) climates around the world which end up whole or ground in the cans you purchase at your grocery store.
Elephants, however, love to snack on coffee cherries. Their digestive systems get rid of the seeds, following a trip of perhaps twenty feet of processing in the large intestine. And an enterprising young Canadian named Blake Dinkin invested some $300,000 up in the Golden Triangle beginning in far-north Thailand to develop—Elephant Coffee! It's all a matter of plucking, cleaning and processing—and it is said by those who can afford to consume the result that this Black Ivory Coffee is smooth, caramel-tasting, and worth every penny of the $50 cost for a single cup.
Tomorrow, you'll want to go to a high-end grocer to pick up your very own pound of Black Ivory Coffee for $500. Call first, though, to be sure they have it in stock. . .


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Another Great Reason to Grow Heirlooms
About 95% of the edible vegetables in my garden are grown from heirloom open pollinated seeds. I enjoy growing them because of the history behind them. It's nice to know that generations of gardeners have grown the same things in their gardens. One of the best reasons to grow heirlooms is because you can save the seeds. You do have to take precautions from cross pollination with some varieties, but with a little planning it's quite easy. I save seeds from a lot of the varieties of tomatoes that I grow. Saving seeds from the plants that thrive in your garden is a great way to develop plants that do well in your area.
I have some arugula that survived the winter and figured these particular plants were the hardiest ones since they survived when others didn't. I'll let this go to seed and plant them again this coming fall. I should have better survival rate than this past winter because the seed was saved from these hardy plants. Next spring I'll once again save seed from the surviving plants and eventually I should have a hardy arugula that will do really well in my particular climate and soil.
I also have some celery that survived the winter and I'm hoping it will go to seed so I can get a hardier version of it as well. This is one of the many reasons to grow heirlooms! Sure they sometimes don't produce as abundantly as their younger hybrid versions, but what's wrong with that? I sure don't want to be replaced with a younger, faster model when I get old. More isn't always better!
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I'm just starting to learn to save seeds. The seeds we have most saved are beans as I think they are the easiest. Our favorite is a small red bean that my mother-in-law brought us from El Salvador. It is not a been you find much in the states and while it may not have started as a heirloom (or maybe it is considered one), it has become one for us. Would love to hear more about letting celery go to seed as it develops. I think that is the biggest thing for me figuring how to let some plants go to seed.
to Sandy's comment
Your arugula may be hardy, but does it taste good? I find the "tougher" plants tend to be excessively spicy and not as delicate in texture.
Arugula grow so quickly, do you really need a hardy/perennial version?
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I tried heirloom tomatoes for the first time last year – several varieties – but unfortunately it was a terrible year for tomatoes and I didn't get ANY fruit. (It was a terrible year for all warm weather crops.) I'm going to try again this year because I so crave a hearty, tasty tomato to eat fresh. I am planning to try using a small hoop house for protection and a little extra warmth. Do you know whether I might have any trouble with cross-pollination doing that?
to Amy's comment
I love saving seed…it can be a challenge. My husband and sons' are commercial seed growers…but I'm a gardener that saves seeds. This year I will be saving more than I have in the past…I did some seed sharing this year and enjoyed it. I'm growing 30 varieties of heirloom tomatoes and 15 different peppers. I've saved broccoli, cauliflower, beet and chard seeds already.
to Lynda's comment
Heirloom tomatoes for me. My favorite variety is Al Kuffa. It came from Iraq and is tremendously suitable for zone 8-9 in Bakersfield, CA.
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My white russian kale was such a rockstar in my garden (survived happily through all the freezes) that I am going to grow the seed. http://www.mysuburbanhomestead.com/tale-kales/
to Vegetable Garden Cook's comment
Seed saving is on my list of things to do once down the road. I love the idea of saving the strongest plants and eventually have seed stock that is very appropriate for my specific climate.
to Sandy's comment
I have never personally grown heirlooms, but my great-grandfather spent many years developing a variety known in my family as Hollen Tomatoes (Hollen being the family name). My grandfather and then my uncle continued saving these seeds and growing these huge (HUGE), meaty, mild tomatoes that are perfect to simply eat straight-up.
My mom started planting some of my uncle's seeds in the last few years, and last year and this year my sister has planted them. I'm really excited because we just moved to a new apartment that has a yard and I can have a garden! Hollen tomatoes are at the top of my list for my first kitchen garden :-)
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Damn, now this is what I'm talkin' about! Vince Staples snaps on this. Also, the added Future sample is perfection. This entire track is pretty much the epitome of dope ass contemporary hip-hop. A classic in the making. Check out Vince Staples' "Señorita" after the jump.
Vince Staples' major label debut Hell Can Wait was one of the best releases of 2014 and here, in 2015, Vince Staples is looking to continue his domination. But first, he's sharing the video for "Screen Door." We here at iHipHop are excited to see what Staples has in store for the new year and judging by the content of this visual, he's not letting up on the grimy ish. Peep the video for "Screen Door" after the jump.
Vince Staples winning streak continues as he drops the visuals for his Hell Can Wait cut "Fire". In the video Staples finds himself situated in a church and during confession repeating (to whomever is listening) that he is going to hell. Peep the vid after the jump and do yourself a favor and check out his Hell Can Wait EP right here.
The wait is over as the young Long Beach emcee Vince Staples drops his new project, the Hell Can Wait EP on Def Jam. The EP comes a few months after he dropped the first single "Blue Suede" and a exactly a month removed from dropping "Hands Up". Hell Can Wait features seven original tracks and may be streamed after the jump. Something tells us you'll be bumping this one in the whip.
Unless you've been living under a rock you already know young Vince Staples is one of the best new emcees out right now, easily. He's a true spitter. And as if we didn't 100% already know this, Vince Staples went and snapped all over Missy Elliott's "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" for five minutes on Sway in the Morning. Off the top too, mind you. Go ahead and watch the video because this kid deserves the recognition; respect. After the jump.
From his upcoming album Hell Can Wait, Vince Staples delivers his hardcore Long Beach flow over intimidating bass chords. It's like 2014 DJ Yella and NWA with faster rhymes and smoother instrumentation. Don't let the smooth taste fool you though. Check the track after the jump.
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I want to add a body to a HttpWebRequest that is being used with the Azure Service management API. The body needs to be made up of the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ChangeConfiguration xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure">
Kindly help.
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byte[] buf = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(xml);
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Cyberthreat Forecasts for 2010: More Complex with New Targets
Russian security experts Kaspersky ventures a forecast for malware development in 2010 and sees new types of attacks coming our way.
Cyberterrorists will be seeking filesharing opportunities in the coming year, such as peer-to-peer networks, for victimization, according to Kaspersky Lab. First indications have already emerged during 2009: working over Torrent portals, malware such as TDSS and Virut, and in its premiere, the first backdoor Trojan horse for Mac OS X, have already wreaked havoc.
Meanwhile criminals known as botnet providers are busily competing over turf. The Kaspersky report indicates, "Cybercriminals will continue to compete for traffic. The modern cybercriminal world is making more and more of an effort to legalize itself and there are lots of ways to earn money online using the huge amount of traffic that can be generated by botnets."
If the forecasts materialize, the contrary trend has nevertheless been that the number of fake antivirus programs foisted on users are falling off. In 2009 the phenomenon reached its highpoint with the Kido/Conficker worm, where its huge installation base saturated the market, while causing a shakeup of security providers with law enforcement authorities. The trick to the rogue antivirus programs was in their "discovery" of an alleged vulnerability on the PC, thereby eliciting user panic and recourse to an anti-malware program for a price that proceeded to install just more malware and reduce the computer to a bot.
What should be expected alongside are more complex malware and sophisticated rootkit technologies, says Alex Gostev, director of Kaspersky Lab's Global Research & Analysis Team.
Much of the upcoming focus for budding cybercriminals might end up being Google's Wave web service. Kaspersky sees atacks on the Google service in the usual three phases: sending spams, starting phishing attacks and spreading malware by exploiting vulnerabilities. However, the equally new Chrome web service is not expected to attract much attention among cybercriminals, at least not in the near term.
2010 might be a different story for the iPhone and Android mobile phones. The first malware for these devices appearing in 2009 supports the fact that these mobile systems are certainly in the malware industry cross hairs, predicts Kaspersky. One definite point of entry is unsecured third party software. The strategy supports Kasperky's credo that cybercriminals are professionals undertaking their own form of market analysis: Android devices are gaining popularity in China. Further Kaspersky analyses are available on its website.


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Eradicating child poverty by establishing ties - LettuceBee Kids
LettuceBee Kids aims to give children-in-poverty sustainable access to a prosperous future through social inclusion and education
Explain your project idea (2,000 characters)LettuceBee Kids gives children-in-poverty sustainable access to a prosperous future through social inclusion and education. We work in underprivileged communities which lack access to fundamental needs and pathways to upward mobility. The children of these communities mostly peddle and beg on streets to help sustain their homes. We aim to give these children a prosperous future by taking them from the streets to schools. But there are multiple barriers to accomplishing this: 1. Street children have limited or no formal education. They need years of preparation to enter schools at their age level. 2. These children experience a different childhood than those in "regular" society. Transition and inclusion into broader society is necessary to keep these children in schools, and to help them become regular citizens. 3. Their families do not have the income to sustain their homes and the children's education. That income needs to be provided to sustain efforts for change. 4. All this requires money. We solve these problems by: 1. Running a school that provides primary education tailored to individual needs of these children. 2. Incorporating character building and grooming into our schooling, through our basic pillars of Arts, Music, Gardening, and Love. 3. Providing dignified economic opportunities to the mothers of these children, through training in handicrafts under our design brand Sammaan. 4. Creating and selling design products inspired by the artwork of the children in our school, under our brand LettuceBee Kids. Together, Sammaan and LettuceBee Kids ensure our financial sustainability. At the heart of our model is social connection. We connect our children to society through their stories as art and music. Our vision is to establish LettuceBee Hive - a deli and art gallery under the same roof as the school of tomorrow and a community development center, where people from all walks of life can eat, learn, and build a better future; together.
Who are the beneficiaries? (1,000 characters)
How is your idea unique? (1,000 characters)LettuceBee Kids is unique because: 1. We include children-in-poverty into regular society, instead of locking them away in an alternative foster universe. Children in foster programs are susceptible to gang and criminal activities once they leave the programs, owing to their lack of established social ties. We solve this problem by centering our educational program on 4 pillars of character building and grooming aimed at establishing ties. 2. We do not take donations. LettuceBee Kids has a proven self-sustainable model, which banks on tying children-in-poverty to regular society through their artwork, in the form of design products. Our financial model is centered on building a better and connected social ecosystem. 3. Our venture solves broader problems of underprivileged communities instead of focusing just on education. We help sustain the homes of our children by providing their mothers with dignified and sustainable income opportunities through our design brand, Sammaan.
Idea Proposal Stage (choose one)
- Early Adoption: I have completed a pilot and analyzed the impact of that pilot on the intended users of the idea. I have begun to expand the pilot for early adoption.
Tell us more about your organization/company (1 sentence and website URL)
Expertise in sector
- 5-7 years
Organization Filing Status
- Yes, we are a registered company.
In 3-4 sentences, tell us the inspiration or story that encouraged you to start this project.LettuceBee Kids is the brainchild of Sarah Adeel, a social entrepreneur, designer, and architect. She researched the impact of architecture on the development of underprivileged children and studied how prosperous social structures take form through conscious design, as part of her Master's thesis at Rhode Island School of Design. On returning to her homeland, Pakistan, she founded LettuceBee Kids to give physical shape to her research, in 2012.
Please explain how your selected topic areas are influenced, in the local context of your project (1,000 characters).LettuceBee Kids has been established in Pakistan - a developing country - where the country's economic condition has kept underprivileged communities locked in an eternal struggle to find pathways to upward mobility. We work particularly with communities host to a majority of internally displaced people, displaced by war, terrorist activities, and natural calamities, including floods and earthquakes. Owing to that, these communities are multicultural and multifaceted, mostly living in unregistered housing because of the lack of government support. Without any planning for their income sources or their children's education by the local government, these communities are stuck in their efforts to find a brighter future for themselves. That is where LettuceBee Kids is hoping to make an impact.
Who will work alongside your organization in the project idea? (1,000 characters)LettuceBee Kids has multiple modes of partnering with organizations, depending upon their place in the social ecosystem. We partner with local schools and universities to utilize educational and infrastructure resources, which allows us to run a low-cost program. We have partnered with a local university to conduct LettuceBee Literate - our advanced digital literacy and learning program in the summers - for 6 years. We also partner with schools and universities to sell notebooks to their students which incorporate the artwork of children from our program, creating both income and societal connections in the process. We partner with the corporate sector to provide co-branded corporate gift items. We have also partnered with local and international social sector organizations to achieve mutual goals. Our latest partnership is with Shifa Foundation, aimed at expanding our program. And we have a partnership in the pipelines with Belgium's Mobile School for educational resources.
Please share some of the top strengths identified in the community which your project will serve (500 characters)It is well documented that Pakistan's greatest resource is human resource. We have employed over 1,000 volunteers in our years of engagement in the community, from public and private sector organizations as well as the general community. Our operations are set up in the capital city of the country, Islamabad, which gives us access to relevant players in the federal government, in order to drive policy debates for long-term impact.
Geographic FocusOur current operations are in Pakistan. Our primary target is South and Central Asia.
How many months are required for the project idea? (500 characters)32 months, over 3 phases During Phase 1, we will expand our customer base to target $100,000 in sales, while we pilot our "Classroom of Tomorrow". This phase will last for 8 months, including testing and reporting. During Phase 2, we will develop LettuceBee Hive, which will be centered around the "Classroom of Tomorrow" and the 4 pillars of our social program, over 18 months. In Phase 3, we will invite investment for replication and expansion of our project over a 6-month period.
Did you submit this idea to our 2017 BridgeBuilder Challenge? (Y/N)
- No
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Faraz Khan
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"Core Team Member"
Sarah Adeel
Role added on team:
"Founder | Chairperson"
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Blu ft. R.A. The Rugged Man & Tristate - Thelonius King
- Artist: Blu
- Track: Thelonius King
- Feat. TriState, R.A. The Rugged Man
- Producer: Bombay
- Album: None (Promo Single)
With dark undertones and a bass driven beat by producer Bombay, new release Thelonius King is exactly the type of introspective track that Nature Sound's top emcees Blu, Tristate and R.A. The Rugged Man rip to shreds. Blu, who recently made a guest appearance on producer Oh No's Jones', kicks things off with a typically lyrical contribution, followed by rock solid 16s from Tri and the always hard Rugged Man (perhaps best known to newcomers as the guest on Immortal Technique's cult hit Dance With the Devil). Fans of serious underground hip-hop, who thoroughly enjoy Thelonius King, will be able cop a limited edition "45 for Record Store Day in April, in addition to new albums from all three emcee's.


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Stephen Gamble, August 2007
My role as a Gerson Therapy Consultant is to assist people on their personal journey along the road to health. The therapy is non-specific and therefore will benefit a wide variety of disease labels. It is essentially a nutrition based detoxification therapy, which is best known for its success in helping people with cancer.
The founder, Dr Max Gerson, developed his therapy over 70 years ago and healed hundreds of patients, many who were considered terminal by the medical profession. He continued to treat patients up until his death in 1959 at the age of 78.
Gerson's daughter, Charlotte continued his work and is still doing so up to the present day. Although she is now 85 years old, there are no signs of her slowing down and her health is excellent. Charlotte is a perfect example for people considering using the Gerson Therapy to heal their dis-ease.
Today the Gerson Therapy is known worldwide with support groups in several countries.
Gerson found that, a low sodium, high potassium diet was essential to displace stored toxins and reinstate the healing mechanism. The basis of the therapy is to flood the body with nutrients from fresh organic vegetables and fruits in the form of salads, cooked food and with up to 13 freshly made juices as well as some natural supplements. The large number of juices rich in potassium and many other nutrients will gradually displace sodium and toxins inside the diseased cells. Potassium belongs predominantly, inside the cell and sodium in the fluid outside of the cell.
The result of this is an outpouring of toxins from the tissues into the blood stream. All the blood passes through the liver roughly every 3 minutes. The liver then filters these toxins out for safe removal from the body.
It is therefore extremely important to assist the liver in its detoxification process, so that it doesn't become poisoned by the onslaught of toxicity. Gerson found that the best and safest way to do this was the coffee enema. In the early days Gerson lost several patients due to the toxic overload of the liver, it was after this setback that the coffee enema was introduced. As cellular toxicity is reduced oxygenation is increased as the cell can once again absorb and utilise the nutrients it needs to function optimally.
The majority of people who embark on this therapy are severely depleted and need optimum nutrition to restore energy and initiate healing. This is the reason that Gerson didn't employ fasting as a means of detoxifying, as this would in his opinion weaken the patient further.
I have been working with the UK Gerson Support Group for many years as a volunteer telephone help-liner, answering phone calls from people wanting to know more about The Gerson Therapy. Shortly after I joined the group I decided to further my knowledge and began my training to become a Gerson Therapy Consultant. I have studied in the UK, San Diego and Mexico. I have also volunteered my time helping at the Gerson Institute in San Diego, where I have made many good friends. I also have regular contact with the Medical Director at the Institute Dr Kayla Smith. I have patients throughout the U.K and worldwide.
I have witnessed the return to health of a number of people, some of who were practically given up on by the orthodoxy.
My wife and myself frequently hold Gerson Therapy training days in Leicestershire for prospective patients and carers and for anyone who wants to know more about this alternative approach to healing disease.
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Here is a recap of the sessions I attended at iPadpalooza 2015.
Share it's so Human – Felix Jacomino
Share. Tweet. Blog. Crowdsource. Connect. Rinse and repeat daily for best results. Felix Jacomino shared his thoughts and interviews with edtech influencers through his session. A perfect follow-up to Adam's keynote, the message to share was becoming the anthem of the conference before noon on the first day.
I think you have probably read or heard about Steal Like An Artist and Show Your Work both by Austin Kleon. We love this, don't we? Always worth a visit to these ideas, don't you think?
Did you know that Command + F1 on your Apple computer will toggle between presentation mode in keynote and mirroring your desktop. I didn't! Thank you Felix!
Tools, Sites and Apps Mentioned in Felix Jacominio's session:
Conferences to attend that promise to be as fun asiPadpalooza
- Miami Device (November 2015)
Crowdsourcing & Crowdsharing
Tools to help make sharing easier (if you use Google Blogger):
Mixing Paint and Pixels In The Creative iPad Classroom ~ Cathy Hunt
Cathy Hunt's general art resources can be found here and iBooks to download are here. In the session, Cathy emphasized the importance of capturing the process as well as sharing out the product. She encourages students to do time-lapse photography of their art making using iMotionHD and an iPad stand. She suggests getting iPad stands like the one pictured below or like this or like these.
She taught us that an inexpensive stand like this is essential for taking pictures of the process and it's also important that students grapple with setting up their work stations. For presentation and sharing the student's product, she uses Book Creator.
A Book Creator tip that I think you'll love is to have students crop photos in a square shape and then add to the portrait or landscape books in book creator. This will make for a very consistent look throughout the book allowing for consistent white space for writing descriptions. Primary teachers, don't you think this would be great for classroom books too?
When we opened an app for the first time she would tell us to "touch the heck out of the screen." Touch Everything may be the simplest instructions for figuring out any app that I have every heard in my life. Brilliant. Stop teaching apps, just open then up and say "Touch Everything" – it's the Bibbiti Bobbiti Boo of iTeaching!
Using the headphones to trigger photos was another great tip. Plus, she keeps things simple and easy and goes around taking pictures of student's art work on their iPads as an easy workflow solution for assessment.
Art Apps Mentioned in Cathy Hunt's session:
- TypeDrawing
- Wordfoto
- Megaphoto
- Orange Camera (like Megaphoto but better for younger students)
- ChatterPix kids
- Pictoboldo
- Mirrored
- Let's Create Pottery HD
- Book Creator
- Pic Collage
- Shapes 3D Geometry Learning
- Foldify
- Morphi
- iMotionHD
iGoogle ~ Jennie Mageira
Jennie Mageira knows that many iOS users want and need to be Googly too. This session was about blending the tools together. Her session resources are here.
Jennie points out that Google classroom is great, but there is still a place for Shared Google folders through Google Drive. She demonstrated that Shared folders is the best option when you want students to be able to see each other's work. Good point, Jennie, good point!
She breaks down the apps into those for creating, consuming and connecting. All the apps she recommends can be seen here.
As a presenter, Jennie Mageira has excellent plan-b-ability. When she was not able to mirror her iPad on the Apple TV, she was quick to turn on Photo Booth and use that to show her iPad. I think this smooth and nimble use of technology is exactly what we want to strive for and want our students to strive for. There are always glitches and it's key to problem solve and move forward. Mageira is a pro.
Individualizing Staff Instruction with the ITP ~ Amy Mayer
Amy Mayer is a YouTuber for teachers. Her channel, FriEd Technology has a vast collection of how-to tutorials to support others. Again, the theme of sharing persisted in this session too as Amy talked about supporting staff.
Her top tools and tips for coaches and learning coordinators that are getting buried by email:
Using canned responses in gmail
Follow Michael Jaber on twitter if you need another guardian angel like Amy to help you out!
I went to the session to hear Amy speak, but you may be interested in seeing her Individual Technology Plan form if you do support teachers who are trying to integrate technology in your board or district.
Explain Everything & #QFAT – Reshan Richards
Reshan Richards, creator of Explain Everything, introduced the notion of #QFAT ~ Qualitative Formative Assessment Tool ~ and makes it so clear how to use iPad. He says there are four ways to capture content on iPad:
- Photos
- Screenshot
- Video
- Screencasting
He engaged his audience to use a combination of these and the game Disruptus to get depth of thinking and use the tools effectively.
Crafting Creativity with Canva ~ Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson did a standing-room-only session on Canva which is a tool for making beautiful content! What I liked most was learning about her process for making her Canva pieces. She keeps a Pinterest board called Delectable Designer Designs where she collects samples of visual messages and content that she likes the looks of. Then, she uses these to guide her own creations. Circle back to Felix's session, we were evoking Austin Kleon's book Steal Like An Artist! It's useful to know where to start, right?
She also has two more boards to check out for lesson plans and ideas:
Canva Lesson Plans – Pinterest
For finding more eye candy for creative content creation, Lisa also recommended Creative Market. She also uses images from Noun Project in her Canva creations. Smart! She also pairs her Canva creations with Thinglink such as this Outlander themed SAMR model interactive poster:
Dean Shareski
Dean Shareski says "Creativity is like a muscle you have to exercise it daily." He spoke to leaders about being a creative leader like Chris Kennedy who writes a blog titled The Culture of Yes. Every April 1st he writes a gag blog. Dean suggests that it's important for leaders to work creativity muscles in this way. He reminded the leaders in the room to engage in "cheap failure" (Clay Shirky's words) and take risks by playing games such as Pecha Flicker Improv.
He also did a session titled "The Airing of the Grievances." I didn't get to go because I was presenting, but I love the title. You and I can creep his slides here.
It's all about the sharing and the people!
People I was thrilled to see
….and you may want to follow so all the names will take you to their twitter accounts:
Tracy Clark, Carl Hooker, Lisa Johnson, Jennifer Flood, Don Goble, Jessica Young, Debbie Smith, Meghan Zigmond, Sue Gorman, Jennie Mageira, Cathy Yenca, Reshan Richards, Dean Shareski, James Richardson, Craig Roble, Brian Foutty, Rafranz Davis, Cathy Hunt, Richard Wells, Carolyn Foote, Kyle Pearce, Felix Jacomino, Amy Mayer, Todd Nesloney, Rabbi Michael Cohen, Chris Parker
With thanks to….
Massive T-Rex size thank you to Carl for inviting me and for Tracy for letting me stay with you.


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|Kimberley Mystique by Gloria Loughman
|One of Gloria's Linear Landscapes
|Coastline, Bruny Island, Tasmania by Gloria Loughman
Thanks Gloria!
|Kimberley Mystique by Gloria Loughman
|One of Gloria's Linear Landscapes
|Coastline, Bruny Island, Tasmania by Gloria Loughman
|Shirley's Quilt As You Go class sample.
Shirley and I have a fun conversation about how she learned to quilt and why she is so interested in learning new skills. We talk about one of her earliest quilts that she made for her husband that she is currently unpicking and requilting due to a bit of a shrinkage issue.
|Shirley's husband's quilt that is currently having a makeover.
We talk about Shirley's style, which rather than a particular 'look', is more about being bold, being innovative, trying new things and pushing the boundary's of what you can do with a technique - and always being colourful!
|Hundreds and Thousands by Shirley Mooney - made with dimensional bow-tie blocks.
|One of Shirley's weaving projects
Shirley is teaching three classes as The Quilt Symposium Christchurch 2017. Stacking Bowties, a dimensional quilt block class; Weaving Kiwi-Style; making meshwork and weaving with fabric strips; and Quilt As You Go, learning a quilt as you go technique to help when making big quilts.
|Shirley's Kimono Quilt, Winner of Best of Country at the World Quilt Show, incorporating meshwork..
Shirley's must have in her studio is a design wall. She uses bumph (curtain insulating from Lewis's) as her design wall and thinks it's better than quilt batting for holding blocks.
Shirley loves her 90 degree angle nosed tweezers.
And her last recommendation is a sewing machine needle caddy by Clover that keeps her used needles organised.
You can reach out to Shirley through her blog:https://dontwaittocreate.blogspot.co.nz/