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The middle of your homeschool year is the perfect time to reassess your homeschool curriculum choices. Ask yourself these five questions.
Kids can change a lot over the course of a school year. No joke, my boys each just landed in a third wardrobe this year. That's right. Their shoes and clothing have been replaced three times since September. I could now wear my youngest's clothing–and it would be big on me!
Not only do kids grow physically during the school year, they can change a lot academically and emotionally too.
Reassess Your Homeschool Curriculum Choices Mid-Year
Whether you homeschool with a rigid schedule or you're more casual about learning at home, mid-year can be a really good time to assess how your homeschool is doing. Here are five questions to ask yourself.
1) Am I Missing an Important Subject or Homeschool Curriculum?
A few years ago, during our mid-year homeschool assessment, I realized we needed to reintroduce penmanship. The boys had gotten a little sloppy with their work, and it was time to practice again. I quickly downloaded copies of Write Through the Bible (the cursive edition), stuck them in 3-ring binders, and got the boys working on handwriting that very day. It couldn't have been easier. Thankfully, I can now read their writing again.
Ironically, I think we often miss the most important "subjects" in our homeschool. We can get so focused on math, spelling, and reading that we can miss sight of some of the reasons homeschooling is an awesome opportunity.
The Top Three Most Important Subjects for Your Homeschool
2) Do I Need to Schedule My Homeschool Days Better?
We've been homeschooling for nine years now, and scheduling has always, always been an issue. When the boys were young, I scheduled school before and after lunch and that just wasn't practical for little people.
When I cared for my toddler nieces, it was a challenge to schedule a read-aloud time with the boys and potty-train the girls at the same time.
As a work-at-home mom, it seems I need to examine my schedule frequently to make sure I'm making deadlines and using my time wisely without encroaching on our homeschool.
Mid-year in your homeschool is a great time to examine the decisions you're making. Do you need to get up earlier? Is it time for an older child to become a little more independent in his studies? Do your kids need to get some good exercise after breakfast before school starts? Maybe you need to plan your curriculum in bigger chunks of time and commit to sticking to a plan?
Why You Should Make a Homeschool Schedule for the Entire Year
3) Am I Caring for the Meals and the House?
I don't know about you, but I can't function well in a mess. My husband also seems to appreciate a home that isn't destroyed. Keeping a clean house and feeding the troops can be a challenge when everyone's home all day long. The best way to ensure that we live in a pleasant environment than to set a routine and get the kids involved. It's good for the kids, too, to learn to clean and cook!
My boys get up two hours before school starts each morning. After breakfast, we work together on the chores. It's a great way to ensure that everything gets done. After school we pick up. I start dinner at 430pm every day. If I can, I make a double batch and freeze half for a day when I'm not feeling well.
Meals and the environment of your home are an important part of your homeschool. Do you need to tweak how you're caring for your family?
Loading the Dishwasher While Standing on Broken Glass (Or Children's Chores)
4) Are Our Homeschool Curriculum Choices Working for Us?
We originally started our homeschool using Singapore Math. It's a fabulous program, I researched it thoroughly, and I loved it. After a couple years, though, one of my young boys cried through math. Every. Day. At first I thought the math was too hard for him or he didn't understand some crucial point. It turned out, he's a naturally gifted math-whiz and the methodical, spiraling nature of the program was frustrating him. He needed something faster and harder–something he could pace himself. I had chosen a wonderful math curriculum–it just wasn't right for my child.
Mid-year that year we switched to Life of Fred. It's an unconventional, narrative, hilarious homeschool curriculum for math. I was nervous about taking the dive into such a novel way of learning math, but I found wonderful reviews by parents who were doctors and engineers so we tried it. Not only did the tears stop, my son began excelling at math, moving ahead quickly and researching college-level mathematics in his spare time.
The great thing about homeschooling is that you can tailor your curriculum to your children. If you have a teen that needs handwriting practice or a child that needs a faster or slower math program, you can make the change.
Christian Homeschool Resources We've Loved
5) Am I Training My Children in Scripture?
I can't think of anything more important to study with my children than God's Word. It seems like it's the easiest subject to let slide, isn't it? Don't leave your child's training in Scripture to happenstance or abdicate your responsibility to the church. Please make sure you've scheduled time to go through God's Word together right into your homeschool day.
I've found that scheduling Bible Road Trip™ right at the beginning of our homeschool day means it will get done. We'll all be ready at the same time, and we devote the beginning of our day to reading the Bible, praying, and notebooking about Scripture. Later in the day the kids can work on other aspects of the program like Scripture memory, special projects, literature, or crafts–but we read Scripture right up front in the morning.
Do you need a program to help you go through Scripture with your kids in a scheduled, engaging way? Check out Bible Road Trip™ before you go!
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The National Police are gearing up in preparation for high-profile events in the country next year, including the simultaneous regional elections, the 2018 Asian Games and the annual meeting between the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. (Photo courtesy of Asian Games)
National Police Gear Up for Local Elections and International Events in 2018
Jakarta. The National Police are gearing up in preparation for high-profile events in the country next year, including the simultaneous regional elections, the 2018 Asian Games and the annual meeting between the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
"We see security risks in the upcoming regional elections. Polarization during elections is an essential part of democracy to elect a leader, but on the other hand it's also a source of division in society, so there is potential for conflict," National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said during a press conference in Jakarta on Friday (29/12).
In June, voters in 17 provinces will elect governors, district chiefs and mayors. Tito said the police will work closely with the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to secure each district.
While security risks will depend on the candidates – who will be officially announced in early February for the regional elections and in August for presidential elections – Tito said that there a number of provinces that are at a higher risk, including West Java, West Borneo and Central Java.
With election years ahead, Tito urged all members of society to play a role in keeping the situation as conducive as possible. This includes the police, TNI and religious and public figures, as well as the media.
"Avoid provocative and sensitive issues, don't sacrifice unity for political ambitions," Tito said, adding that he expects active public participation to ensure security and public order in the country.
In addition, the 2018 Asian Games in August, as well as the IMF-World Bank annual meeting in October, also pose their own security risks.
Fifteen thousand participants from 45 countries are expected to attend the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and in Palembang, South Sumatra.
"The participation of Myanmar and North Korea may be a potential target for radical or terrorist groups," Tito said.
The IMF-World Bank annual meeting, which will take place in Nusa Dua, Bali, is expected to draw in 15,000 participants from 189 countries. Similarly, Tito said the United States and Israel's participation in the meeting also poses a security threat.
Successful organization of the two international events, therefore, is on top of the list of priorities for the National Police next year.


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01. Lakeside Amusement Park
02. Central Square Shopping Center
03. Nightmare Mall
04. Hazel Street Subway Station
05. Underpass
06. Construction Site
07. Hilltop Center
08. Nightmare Hilltop Center
09. Daisy Villa Apartments
10. Silent Hill
11. Brookhaven Hospital
12. Nightmare Hospital
13. Lakeside Amusement Park Revisited
14. The Church
The following speed walkthrough is intended for people who have beaten the game at least once, but I recommend that you play through another or a few more times so you know what to do pretty well.
You are expected to know where to go when something is said. For example:
-Enter the Storage Room on 3F
Use your map if you need to, but you shouldn't always have to use it.
You are also expected to know where items are, for the most part. For example:
-Enter the southernmost room in the corridor and get the Walnut
You should already know where all items are beforehand -- this is why you should play the game a few times first, before going for speed.
Don't waste time killing too many enemies. Especially when they're are groups of enemies, just run past them. However, enemies that may pose a real threat should be taken out.
Supplies aren't mentioned in this speed walkthrough, however, you are expected to get some on your own. Try not to go out of your way just to get a supply, unless you really need it. Always get supplies that you go past and are close to (supplies near an item should always be picked up, obviously).
Collecting Extra Weapons add to a better ranking, so pick them up if playing an Extra New Game.
Note: Cutscenes do not count towards your time. You can watch them if you want but to stay on track, you might want to skip them.
Note: Although the Lakeside Amusement Park nightmare is in here, you should go for speed in an Extra New Game so you'll get a faster time. But if you want, you can start a New Game for speed.
Color legend
Tongs - items
Handgun - weapons
Shopping Mall Map - maps
-Actually finish the stage on the roller coaster rails, or just fall down a hole or let an enemy kill you
-Exit the washroom through the window and go through the open door in the alley
-Go through the double doors at the end of the hallway to the right
-Enter the women's clothing shop and you'll get the Handgun
-Exit the room through the other door and get the Shopping Mall Map by the stairs door
-Go up to 2F via the stars and enter Helen's Bakery to get the Tongs
-Enter the northwest storage room in the corridor you just came from and use the Tongs to get the Key taken with Tongs under the skid
-Enter the "My Bestsellers" bookstore and collect the Shakespeare Anthology books by the shelf
-Use the code to get past the locked door and meet Claudia
-Find the elevator and enter it
-Get the Radio when it falls down and exit the elevator
-Enter the storage room beside the women's washroom and get the Flashlight between the boxes
-Get the Bleach from the women's washroom (if not playing Easy Riddle Level) and go past the shutter to the east and enter the women's clothing shop
-Get the Hanger on the coat rack near you and the Bulletproof Vest on the far one
-Go back to the west corridor and enter the southwest shop on the north side
-Use the Hanger to bring down the ladder and go up it to 2F
-Go up the escalators to 3F and go through the double doors on your right
-Get the Cooked Key from inside the ready-to-eat dog
-Go back down to 2F and enter southernmost room and get the Walnut
-Go through the other door and enter Café Turn Mill, using the Cooked Key, and get the Steel Pipe
-Exit through the other door and enter what's left of Helen's Bakery through the southeast double doors
-Get the Detergent (if not playing Easy Riddle Level) on the cart in the room and exit through the other door
-Turn off the fan at the other end of the hallway and go through the door there
-Combine the Bleach and Detergent and use the combination on the bucket by the door (if playing Easy Riddle Level, forget this and just continue)
-Back by the fan, turn it back on and reenter the corridor
-Now enter the northeast shop in the corridor and pass through it to the other corridor
-Enter the northwest shop and break open the Walnut with the vise to get the Moonstone
-Head west all the way to the escalator corridor and go up to 3F again
-Use the Moonstone on the locked door and go down the long ladder in the area to the first boss
-Head west through the nearby doors and through the next doors
-Follow the hallway and head right when the hallway diverts, and go through the door
-Follow the left wall around the corner until you get to the turnstiles, and go past them
-Get the Subway Map on the wall of the room by you and go downstairs via the closest stairs
-Head east to Platform 1 and go down the stairs
-Go down the east stairs and get the Nutcracker
-Go up the stairs and go up the other stairs you came from
-Go to the Platform 2 Gate and use the Nutcracker to open it
-Go down the stairs and get the Shotgun in the abandoned train
-Go down the north stairs and find and go down the Platform 3 stairs
-Go east, fall on the track and try to open the far red light door, and run back to climb back up on the platform
-Head west through the gate, up the far stairs, down the stairs in front of you and enter the subway train
-Make your way through each of the nine cars and then enter the Underpass through the blue door on the platform when the train stops
-Make your way to the first actual room through the first four corridors, and get the Maul and the Underpass Map
-Get the Wine Bottle from the southwest hall, through the door
-Make your way to the east section of this floor and enter the room with the heater
-Use the Wine Bottle on the heater to get the Oil-Filled Bottle
-Enter the other room (just north of it) and use the Oil-Filled Bottle to fill the gas tank and use the machine
-Go downstairs via the ladder and use the stairs to go through the door at the top
-Enter the garbage room south from where you are and get the Dryer
-Head east through some doors until you get to the monster in the water area, and use the Dryer on the outlet by the door
-Go across the bridge and through the door
-Go south through the next door and go through the door to the stairs south of where you are
-Go down the stairs and up the next set, and go through the door
-Go up the stairs and up the ladder
-Enter the construction site
-Enter the stairwell and go through the 5F door
-Enter the large room and drop the bed down the hole, then jump down to 3F
-Go outside through the hole in the wall and go through the window to the Hilltop Center
-Find the door exiting to the main 3F corridor and go through it
-Enter the emergency staircase and go up to 5F
-Head down the hall and turn left, then enter the gallery on the left
-Exit the gallery through the far door and get the Screwdriver on the boxes (if not playing Easy Riddle Level)
-Get the Katana from the other end right room in this corridor, and go back to the main corridor
-After exiting the gallery, go through the door in front of you and go right around two corners and enter the first room on your left
-Get the Jack from the back of the room and head back down to 3F
-Head left past the elevators and through the left door
-Go through the door in front of you to the right and get the Office Building Map, then use the Screwdriver on the desk drawer to get the Rope (if playing Easy Riddle Level, just grab the Rope)
-Go to the west elevator -- with the doors slightly open -- on this floor and use the Jack, and then the Rope
-Go down to 2F with the rope and enter the west room
-Go through two doors north and turn on the bathtub in the last room
-Exit to the main corridor and go north to the Green Ridge area and enter the northernmost room with Vincent in it
-Get the Oxydol on the desk and exit through the other door
-Enter the east elevator and go down to 1F
-Ignore the beginning of the fairy tale on the ground near the Glutton and enter the Last Drop Café
-Get the Pork Liver in the small fridge and then go up to 5F via the elevator
-Enter the west corridor and enter the southwest room
-Get the Matchbook on the table and enter the gallery by going east and then north (and through two sets of doors)
-Go up to the bucket by the painting and combine and use the Oxydol, Pork Liver and the Matchbook
-Go through the small doors and go down the stairs, ignoring the middle section of the fairy tale, and go through the door there
-Make your way to the end of this corridor and the next one, and enter the room there
-Get a Silver Coin from the desk and use it on the vending machine to get the Life Insurance Key
-Go down to 1F and enter the west corridor, using the Life Insurance Key, and enter the room as far southeast as you can go
-Read the end of the fairy tale and exit to the main corridor
-Exit the building to outside
-Find and enter Daisy Villa Apartments
-Find and enter your apartment
-Get the Stun Gun from Heather's room if you want, and then exit the apartments from the front door
-Make your way to Brookhaven Hospital and enter it
-Enter the Reception and get the Hospital Map
-Enter the elevator in the main corridor and go up to 2F
-Get the Nail Polish Remover from the Women's Locker Room
-Enter the patient wing and enter room M4
-Get the Instant Camera from the briefcase
-Go down to 1F via the east elevator and enter the patient wing
-Enter room C4 and use the Nail Polish Remover to get the Stairwell Key
-Use the Stairwell Key to enter the east stairwell and go down to BF
-Get the Submachine Gun by the elevator and enter the Store Room
-Use the Instant Camera to see the code behind the shelf
-Go up to 3F and use that code to enter the patient wing
-Enter Room S12 and get the phone
-Go down to the 2F patient wing and go through the door marked "M" at the end of the hallway
-Use these directions whenever you reach a place where the hallway turns (so at every corner, use these directions, even if there's only one way):
-Right, right, left, right, right, left, through the door
-Left, right, right, left, through door
-Left, left
-When you reach the large red crest (Metatron crest), go through the door ahead, up the ladder, and through the door up there
-Go through the Day Room (first, you may want to unlock the patient wing double doors for later) to the east corridor and enter the elevator
-Go down to 2F and get the Plastic Bag from the garbage in the Women's Locker Room, and go back up to 3F
-Use the Plastic Bag to get the Plastic bag (with Blood) in Examining Room 3 from the blood bucket (pass through the Day Room if you didn't unlock the patient wing from the other side before)
-Enter the east elevator and go down to B3
-Get the Cremated Key from the oven and go up to 1F
-Use the Cremated Key to pass through the Day Room and enter room C4
-Use the Plastic Bag (with Blood) on the altar and then go down the ladder
-Heather will pick up the Talisman from the ground
-Exit the room and exit the hospital through the front doors
-Go back to the motel room and enter it
-After the conversation, head northwest on Nathan Avenue to reach the park
-Find and enter the souvenir shop and run to the back left of the shop, and then run to the back right to make the shelf fall
-Get the Roller Coaster Key in the cookie case
-Exit and continue around the area and go through the closest door
-Keep going and make your way to the Mountain Coaster and up the stairs
-Use the Roller Coaster Key to enter the control room and switch the ride off
-Go on the rails to the end for the cutscene
-Go through the left door and enter the Borley Haunted Mansion
-Make your way through the house -- you won't have to wait for the narrator to finish talking before you can go through the doors in the first rooms, if playing an Extra New Game
-For the red glow hallways, just keep running to the end and exit the house
-Find the gate and go through it to the next area
-Head forward and through the two gates to the left
-Get the Chain on some bleachers and the Red Shoe on the stage, and go back to the Swing Rocket ride
-Attach the Chain to the gate door and the bar on the column on the ride, and start the ride from the control room
-Go through the now opened gate door
-After meeting Douglas, go through the gate in front of you and enter the Fortune House
-Grab Douglas's Notebook and the Doll Head in this area and enter the Morchen Travel place nearby
-Place the Doll head in the left doll's hand, and the Red Shoe by the right doll
-Take the left path through the wooden door, and then through the green door after it
-Enter the carousel area ahead and aboard the carousel
-Kill all the horses with a melee weapon
-After the boss, go through the door off the carousel
-Enter the Church through the next door
-Get the "Eye of Night" Tarot Card behind the altar and enter the first corridor
-Get the Church Map on the wall and make your way to the hallway with the moveable painting
-After the blood footprints are done, move the painting and go through the door
-Go all the way to the library and get the "Moon" Tarot Card on the table
-Vincent will hand you the Book: Otherworld Laws in a cutscene
-Enter the elevator to go down to the lower level
-Get the "Hanged Man" Tarot Card from the morgue in the west and go south all the way to the long hallway
-Enter the Alessa hospital room past the moveable wall (once the blood footprints are finished) and get the "Fool" Tarot Card in the Aglaophotis book
-Go back north to the middle hallway on the lower level and enter Alessa's room to the west, and get the Brass Key
-Go back up to the upper level and go to the locked door in the first corridor, using the brass Key
-Enter the southernmost room on the west side and get the "High Priestess" Tarot Card
-Go back down to the lower level and enter Alessa's room again
-Go through the door, down the stairs and enter the last area
-After the cutscene, use the Pendant
-Jump down the hole to the final boss fight
Congratulations! If your time is less than two hours, that's really good. If less than three hours, that's okay, but you can do better. You must know what you're doing to get a really good time.
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Welcome to Episode 24 of Back of the Class, Fuse's hip-hop and pop culture podcast. Every Thursday, we—Juan Cadavid, Esteban Serrano, and Zach Dionne—hit the latest in rap music, movies, TV, comics, sports and whatever's popping within the realms of our eclectic tastes. To close out, we tell you what records we'll be spinning over the weekend.
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On this week's episode, we discuss:
–Schoolboy Q's Blank Face LP (at the 2:25 mark)
–Rich Homie Quan's VH1 Hip Hop Honors fail (13:50)
–Indonesian rap curiosity Rich Chigga and hip-hop's reaction to his "Dat $tick" video (21:20)
–Pokémon GO (29:00)
–our weekend listening plans (39:00)
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Assad's battlefield gains cast cloud on upcoming Syria talks
FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2014, file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, speaks with United Nations envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura in Damascus, Syria. Syrian peace talks scheduled to begin in a week are looking increasingly moot as regional tensions boil over and a string of battlefield victories by government troops further bolster the hand of President Bashar Assad, plunging the rebels into disarray. (SANA via AP, File)


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Minnesota has historically been a state that is slow in legalizing any gambling. The first legal form of gambling was introduced in 1945 with the legalization of bingo in the state. Since then there have been several legal gambling venues added to the legislation, but every one of these has come with a long hard battle to legalize it.
The main question of the minds of many gamblers today is
Is it legal to play poker online? The answer to this question varies from state to state, but in most states there really isn't an answer to the question. The laws are vague, and they don't directly state gambling on the internet. This is the case in Minnesota.
Can Players From Minnesota Play Poker Online?
Yes! If you live in Minnesota, and you would like to play poker online then you should have no problems finding [geolink href="https://www.usafriendlypokersites.com/real-money/"]real money US poker sites[/geolink] ready for your action. In fact, all US facing poker sites accept players from Minnesota. The number of sites accepting players from the US was drastically reduced in 2011 when the federal government seized several domains, but there are plenty more sites still in existence.
Is it Legal to Play Online Poker in Minnesota?
The legality of playing poker online in Minnesota is a grey area. There are some statutes in the Minnesota law that could pertain to playing poker online, but the laws do not specifically mention
online gambling or
online poker anywhere. We have a review of some of the Minnesota laws that could pertain to online gambling below:
- Minnesota defines a bet as
A bet is a bargain whereby the parties mutually agree to a gain or loss by one to the other of specified money, property or benefit dependent upon chance although the chance is accompanied by some element of skill.(Section 609.75)
- The definition provided by Minnesota could include poker as a
betsince some element of skill is included in the definition.
- Social poker games seem to be legal under the definition of
what is not a bet in Minnesota
a private social bet not part of or incidental to organized, commercialized, or systematic gambling
- Making a bet that is not legalized in Minnesota is punishable by a misdemeanor. (609.755)
- Operating an illegal gambling operation in Minnesota is punishable by up to a year in prison and a fine of not more than $3,000. (609.76) [addreference url="https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=609.75″ text="Minnesota Gambling Laws"]
From our interpretation of the laws in Minnesota internet poker games may be illegal because they are not specifically legal. However, the laws tend to dole out punishments for the establishments that are operating the illegal games and not the person playing the games. We have found no instance in Minnesota where an individual has been charged with playing online poker.
With all of that being said, we are in no way experts on Minnesota law. We encourage you to review the laws of Minnesota and contact a lawyer in your area to discuss the legality of playing poker online.
Minnesota Gambling History
Minnesota drug their feet for years before legalizing any forms of gambling. It is apparent that gambling was a party of Minnesota's history, but the first legalized gambling was in 1945. Nonprofit organizations were first allowed to offered bingo games in 1945. The led many bingo halls being opened around the state of Minnesota.
Slot machines were prevalent around the state of Minnesota following World War II. These slot machines were not exactly legal, but the government often turned a blind eye to them and allowed them to continue operating. The slot machine operation came to an abrupt stop after Luther Youngdahl was elected in 1946. He vowed to get rid of the slot machines throughout the state in his campaign. After he was elected governor, he passed legislation in 1947 that made the possession of gambling devices grounds to revoke the license of any business that possessed them. The slot machine business was quickly shut down by the establishments that offered them due to the fear that their establishments would be shut completely down.
Supporters of pari-mutuel betting on horse races tried to get legislation to allow the betting dated back to the 1960s. Throughout the years there were many pushes to legalize pari-mutuel betting. It almost passed in 1971, but yet again in failed by a few votes. In 1982, it was decided that the voters of Minnesota should decide if pari-mutuel betting should be allowed in their state. The voters approved the measure by an almost 2-to-1 margin. It was apparent that Minnesota was ready for more legal gambling venues.
The state legislature approved the state lottery in 1989. It was a long road to get the lottery approved in Minnesota. As with the pari-mutuel betting on horse races, there were many failed attempts to legalize a lottery.
The year 1989 also brought other legalized gambling options to the state of Minnesota. This is the year that the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act was passed. This enabled Indian tribes to build and manage casinos. Compacts were approved with 11 tribes so that they could build and operate casinos. Initially the casinos were only allowed to offer video gaming machines in addition to bingo, but over the years they were allowed to offer card games. [addreference url="http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/pubs/gambhist.pdf" text="Minnesota Gambling History"]
Today, you will have no problem finding a legal gambling venue in the state of Minnesota. From casually playing the lottery to visiting a full blown casino, gamblers have many choices.
Legalized Gambling Options in Minnesota
Minnesota has come a long way from a state that seemed to be against all gambling in the early years. The state now offers a wide array of legal gambling. Bingo halls are available in almost every city. Casinos are spread around the state. Pari-mutuel betting on the horse races is widely accepted and available. The state lottery is also a legalized form of gambling. If you don't want to be around a crowd, then you can legally have a game of poker at your house as long as you don't charge a fee or take a rake from the poker game.[recent_posts_by_tag tag="minnesota" title="Minnesota Online Poker News"]
Will Minnesota Legalize Online Poker in the Future?
Historically Minnesota has been a state that is very slow to legalize any new gambling. However, since 1989 Minnesota has introduced a wide array of gambling options. We feel that it is unlikely that Minnesota will introduce legislation to legalize online gambling. However, we feel that if there is a federal mandate to regulate online poker Minnesota will adopt the legislation.


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The Strip Mall of Shame
The Strip Mall of Shame presents the winners of the "Scammer of the Year" pseudo-competition, wherein all candidates were character assassinated in this blog's "Scammer" category at some point over the course of the preceding 52 weeks. The victor was selected for their ability to present themselves as stalwart citizens while simultaneously deforming the local psychogeography for their personal enrichment, with extra points awarded for douchey behavior.
Pending development approvals and a successful supplication to the City's Public Art grants, it is hoped that a likeness of the winner will be installed in a physical Strip Mall of Shame. For today, this virtual venue will have to serve.
2016: Christie Clark, Premier of the Province of British Columbia, for blatant disregard for the negative impact of real estate speculation on Lower Mainland communities until her party's reelection was threatened and then contributing public funds to fuel the market anyways, and her sheer arrogance and jerkiness.
2015: Barke Ingels, Bjarke Ingels Group, for unashamedly promoting yet another condominium tower as a "complete work of art", with a straight face and a northern European accent.
2014: E. Hunter Harrison, Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, for unmitigated greed and complete disregard for community, exemplified by the CPR's destruction of garden plots along the Arbutus corridor.
2013: Tsur Sommerville, Associate Professor, Real Estate Foundation Professorship in Real Estate Finance & Director, UBC Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate, for his tireless effort to shill for the real estate industry that pays his way, and the shear ridiculousness of his title.
2012: Bob Rennie, Rennie Marketing Systems, for extreme self-aggrandizement couched as public service, "philanthropy" and a penchant for uncivil discourse.


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TWO wickets in the final over sealed a dramatic three-run win for Birkenhead Park over neighbours Upton.
Park skipper Gareth Evans said: "It was a great game. They needed five to win, so it was an exciting finish."
Chasing Park's 161-8 off 50 overs (Darren McConnon 45, Ian Platt 44, Keith Jones 6-53), the visitors were in dire straits at 21-3.
But Gareth Brooks (59) and Ian Potter (42) forged a fourth wicket partnership of 85. This set up a tense finish, but the dismissal of Jamie Lamb off the penultimate ball clinched it for Park. Ex-skipper Chris Foran (5-46) and John Costain (4-46) starred for the winners, who moved up to fourth in the first division.
Alvanley are bottom after disastrous batting against Stockport Georgians. They were out for 56 after their rivals rattled up 200-7 dec.
Rain rescued Warrington, who found Heaton Mersey off spinner John Daniels a handful in a drawn match. The teenager took 8-64 in restricting the visitors to 173, and the home side looked poised at 133-3 when the rain came.
Grappenhall (77-7) drew with Bramhall (205-8 dec) in a rain-hit game.
Neston are 39 points clear in the ECB Premier League after their sixth win from seven starts. the latest against neighbours Oxton.
The visitors made the ideal start, thanks to an opening stand between Aussie Jack Smith (73) and Phil Davis (71). Stan Clifford scored 46no in a total of 207-5 dec (John O'Brien 3-48).
But the home batsmen could not cope with the visitors' attack, in which spinner Dave Jones took 4-33 and received good support from Clifford (3-10) as they crumbled to 118 (Anthony Burley 35). It leaves O'Brien's men rooted to the bottom.
Chester BH ended a run of three defeats with a draw against Didsbury. The visitors totalled 209-6 (Jonathan Lee 76, Alex Kegg 5-52). Chester ended with 198-9 (James Powell 73).
In the second division, leaders Widnes slipped up at Congleton, where they managed just 148 (Steve Walton 36, Phil Catterall 34) and the home side eased to a six wicket win, although Ibrahim Ali took 3-53.


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How to Report Fraud to Gmail
Although the overall amount of spam messaging on the Internet has declined since its 2009 peak, the percentage of spam consisting of phishing and similar fraudulent forms of e-mail has increased. Phishing e-mails are those that pretend to be from financial or other trusted institutions but actually contain links to fake sites that try to steal your personal information. Google has responded by implementing straightforward methods for users to report phishing e-mails.
Select the fraudulent e-mail.
Click on the downward pointing arrow to the right of the "Reply" button on your toolbar in order to open a drop-down menu.
Select the "Report phishing" option from the drop-down menu by right-clicking. A small dialogue box will open automatically after you select this option.
Confirm that you want to report the message by clicking the "Report Phishing Message" button at the bottom of the pop-up dialogue box.
- Never reply to fraudulent e-mails or click on links in e-mails from unknown senders.
- Bookmark the homepages of websites you visit frequently. If you want to communicate with financial or commercial companies, use your bookmarks to go to their real homepages rather than clicking links in e-mails to avoid being a victim of phishing scams.
- Always keep your virus and malware protection software up to date to protect your privacy.
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calvin klein resurrects andy warhol for a new capsule collection
As David Bowie said, "Andy Warhol, looks a scream, hang him on my wall," and now also on your jeans.
The latest chapter of the Calvin Klein x Andy Warhol capsule collection, released today, features the artist's striking self-portraits. The CK Jeans products will be "a fitting marriage of two icons of the American visual landscape" and a celebration of simplicity and vibrancy.
Since designer Raf Simons announced the collaboration last year, the partnership has produced lines featuring the provocative 1963 film Kiss, as well as other rare works — the new self-portrait collection being the most instantly recognizable so far.
While Warhol's classic earlier works featured icons like Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, his self-portraits were significant in exploring his own huge celebrity status that he's obtained by that point in his career.
The collection will include heritage-inflected denim, T-shirts, hoodies, accessories and classic canvas high-top sneakers, all with the familiar face of Warhol, bold and bright as they should be.
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We are delighted to offer you our new collection of plant gifts. These are made up of high quality mature plants that can be incorporated into your garden or planters. We also offer a few little extras such as chocolates and scented candles to enjoy after a long day in the garden.
We hope you enjoy our plants and flowers and please be rest assured that we take great care in sanitising all containers and offer a non contact delivery where we leave the plants or flowers at the door and let the recipient know they are there.
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Celebrating Riyoko Ikeda's 50 years of career as a creator of classics such as "Rose of Versailles" and "The Window of Orpheus", this exhibition will display more than 200 pieces of her gorgeous artwork. There will be original goods and a limited edition book available only in this exhibition, so make sure to stop by the shops! It also looks like there will be an autograph session as well, but no announcement of the schedule at this moment.
Dates: 03/08/17 - 03/20/17
Venue: Nihonbashi Takashimaya Hall 8th Floor
Location: 2-4-1 Nihonbashi Chuo-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-3211-4111
Open: 10:30 - 19:00
(Closes at 17:30 on the final day of the exhibition)
Admission: Adults ¥800 / High school and college students ¥600 / 15yrs and younger are free
The exhibition will be held later at:
03/29/17 - 04/10/17 at Osaka Takashimaya Grand Hall 7th Floor
04/12/17 - 04/23/17 at Kyoto Takashimaya Grand Hall 7th Floor
04/26/17 - 05/08/17 at Yokohama Takashimaya Gallery 8th Floor
Open: 10:00 - 19:00
(Closes at 17:30 on the final day of the exhibition)
Link: http://www.asahi.com/event/ikedariyoko/ (Japanese only)


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On November 24, 2012, four AIM alumni met in Sydney to discuss the possibility of organizing a chapter in Australia. Undaunted by their small numbers, their ranks grew as more meetings were held and prominent figures came forward to support them. The AIM Alumni Relations Office also assisted by providing Adie Gupta (MBM 1998) a list of AIM graduates in Australia to aid the group in contacting fellow alumni.
FAIM Chairman Dennis Firmansjah (MM 1994), visited the group in 2013 and offered the support of the Federation of AIM Alumni. Present during the informal meeting were Adie Gupta, Benito Lopez (MBM 1997), Daraius Bilimoria (MBM 1985), Mark Antonio (MBM 1998), Michael Yap (MBM 1997), Rolando Echevarria (MM 1997), Tony Celis (MM 1987) and Sudath Amaratunga (BMP 1993).
Adie Gupta was nominated and elected as the president of the chapter during that meeting. With regular gatherings and several wide-scoped plans drawn up, the future looks very bright for the chapter.


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You don't have to spend a lot to get a decent wine these days, thanks to today's competitive industry. I tasted a slew of bottles under $14 to find you the five dirt-cheap 90+ers. Of course, scores reflect value for money; a 90+ $10 wine is not the same as, say, a 90+ $40 one, which must be held to a higher standard. But these riveting discoveries are worth every cent.
2016 The Beachhouse Sauvignon Blanc, South Africa (LCBO 122390, $9.95 in stores only)
Wow! I recommended the 2015 many moons ago, but this 2016 vintage is even better. It's fresh and ripe tasting with full-on flavours of green apple, lime, kiwi and lemongrass all tightly wound and shiny-tasting with a cool, steely core. Quite fruit forward, but it retains a certain sophistication that stems from the satiny mouthfeel and dry, crisp structure. Great bottle to have in the door of the fridge to pull out and pour with salty potato chips, spicy noodle dishes or jerk chicken.
Score: 90+
2016 Barone Montalto Pinot Grigio, Sicily, Italy (LCBO 73148, $9.45 in stores and online)
Pinot Grigio lovers, you'll want to taste this suave Sicilian. Rushing understated flavours of lime zest, lime sorbet and fresh pear unfurl, leaving hints of stones, grapefruit and a kiss of bitter almond in the wake. In short, this Pinot Grigio offers more complexity and sophistication than you'd expect for the price. What's not to love? Pour it with a nice antipasto plate or white pizza.
Score: 91+
2015 Dunavar Pinot Grigio, Hungary (LCBO 335422, $9.55 in stores and online)
I recommended this hidden gem in January, but I'm writing about it again because it's one of the top sub-$10 wines available in Ontario. Aromas of freshly sliced lemon lead to lively flavours of lemon curd and crisp, green apples. While it's not particularly complex, it offers the pristine purity of fruit and a seamless mouthfeel. And it goes with almost anything you care to serve with it. But I particularly like it with fish tacos.
Score: 90
2015 Ogier Ventoux Rosé, Cotes du Ventoux, France (LCBO 134916, $13.95 in stores and online)
Sheer flavours of rose petals, white peach, ruby grapefruit and the slightest suggestion of wild strawberry hover on the nose and palate of this always-available dry rosé from France. Love the long finish of wet stones that seems to draws you back again and again. Pour this wine with seared scallops, crab cakes or coconut shrimp for a whole lot of easy fun.
Score: 91
2014 Fonseca Periquita Original Red, Setubal, Portugal (LCBO 25262, $7.95 in stores and online)
This particular bottle was Portugal's first-ever bottled red produced since the 1840s — hence the word "Original" on the label. The blend of three native Portuguese grapes — Castelao, Trincadeira and Aragones — delivers articulate flavours of blackberry, black plum puree, ripe black cherries, bright raspberry and dried figs edged with black earth, toasty oak, coffee and vanilla. Great value. And the clean, mouthwatering finish and gentle tug of finely grained tannin yield a food friendly structure. Pour it with dry-cured ham and aged cheeses.
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"What will you do if you don't get in this year?" Report Response
"Read this website, read the school's website - UNC gave me the names of the interviewers so I read up on them. I also talked to a friend who went to the school and rehearsed with friends." Report Response
"The campus, despite the construction, is really nice. They're also moving everything into a new shiny building for next year. Everybody involved with the interviewing process was also extremely friendly." Report Response
"Not so much a negative, but the tour seemed kind of slapped together. You couldn't really see too much. It was more than made up for by the tour guides who were both very helpful and informative." Report Response
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I am going to keep on with my tradition the past month of posting ice cream on Mondays. You're welcome 🙂
I had been brain-storming so hard on what flavors to make. I was leaning towards my favorite: chocolate chip cookie dough, just adapting it to gluten and dairy-free. I thought about apple pie. Or maybe a peanut butter cookie. Or some form of cheesecake spin.
And then it hit! Most of these I have been trying to make for my husband, who enjoys ice cream, but dairy tears him up. So why not make his favorite? Duh!
His favorite happens to be cookies n' cream with banana. Oreos? I can make that. It's easy to add a banana to the ice cream base, plus it will add some sweetness.
I tasted it before freezing and I'll admit, it was good, but not my favorite of the ones I've made (that would be the sweet potato, while Zach's is the Banana Split). After it froze though, the banana flavor really kicked in and it was wonderful, plus perfect amounts of cookies in each one.
If you don't want banana, it's easy to adjust, just omit it and add a smidge more honey.
Banana Cookies N'Cream Ice Cream
Chocolate Cookies
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup coconut sugar
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Ice Cream
- 2 cans coconut milk
- 1/3 cup honey
- 2 bananas
- 1-2 cups cookies
Let's Make it Happen:
Refrigerate the two cans of coconut milk over night. Remove the solids and whip in a stand-up mixer, to make it like whipped cream. whip in the honey. Puree the banana. Fold this in to the coconut whip. Freeze in a glass pan.
For the cookies, beat coconut oil and coconut sugar. Add in the egg and vanilla. In a separate bowl combine the almond flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Slowly add this into the mixer. Once it is all combined, roll into a log. Wrap in plastic wrap, refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350. Slice cookies, place on a parchment lined baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool and then place on a cooling rack.
Take out the ice cream, let it thaw enough to scoop it out. Run it through a food processor to make it creamy. Smash and crumble cookies into the ice cream. Fold them in. Smooth back into the glass pan.
Scoop and eat once it has set up a little bit longer!


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High-street fast-food retailer McDonalds today launched a new range of fat patches for people who can't be bothered to walk all the way to their local restaurant. The new patches release 100% saturated fats and additives, and allow the wearer to enjoy the complete McDonalds experience without leaving the comfort of their armchair or hoist.
Eileen Mahoney, 23 stone, said 'Before these wonder patches were available I had to get dressed, have a shave and walk 200 yards to my local burger outlet where I would order 45 chicken nuggets, eight portions of fries, six milkshakes and five McFlurries for breakfast. Even going to the Drive-In Burger King meant walking to the car. Now I simply reach across to the fridge next to my armchair and unwrap a giant fat patch – it contains the same amount of transfats, modified starch and artificial sweeteners, without all that effort!'
Other fast-food outlets are said to be watching the latest development with interest. A spokesman for KFC said 'This will not affect plans for our new 'fat-laden chicken lardy-bucket by post' initiative which we are launching in partnership with Amazon in an effort to deliver delicious fried chicken soaked in transfats with extra salt to buyers within eight days of ordering'.


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Virginia R. Dean
Virginia came to coaching and leadership development after a long career as a Human Resources executive in the biotech and high tech industries. During her tenure in the executive chair, Virginia focused much of her work supporting the evolution and performance of leaders. In addition to leading HR departments, Virginia has trained and practiced as an executive coach, receiving her coaching certification from New Ventures West in 2009.
In 2015, Virginia left her executive job after she suffered severe burn-out. She felt not in control of her life, ineffective, uninspired, unfocused, and unhappy. She was just "holding-on" by her finger-nails. Her "mind-state" was a result of existing in very complex corporate environments and not having the personal capacities to navigate them effectively. In 2016, Virginia spent a year getting her life back and experiencing first-hand the power of coaching. She transformed her life from a subsistence existence, to one that is flourishing and full. Today, her work is focused on her passion, she is healthy in body and mind, and is able to see infinite possibilities. She is committed to personal development and works with daily practices that deepen her capacity to be present for herself, family and clients. Virginia understands that what she has lived through is a model for helping her clients. Simply put, she has been there and knows the way out. She wants to help leaders before they "hit the wall" like she did.
In addition to an MBA from Simmons College's School of Management, Virginia is a Certified Professional Coach, earning that designation through New Ventures West Integral Coaching Program (ICF certified). She has completed Georgetown University's Team Coaching program, and has worked extensively with the Internal Family Systems model. Virginia is certified in the Leadership Versatility Index (LVI) assessment tool, the Hogan Assessment System, The Linkage Purposeful Leader Assessment – and has studied at the Strozzi Institute on Somatic Coaching and is currently enrolled in the Awareness Training Institute's Meditation Teacher Certification Program.
She is a single mother of two incredible teenage boys and lives in Metro Boston. She has traveled around the world; practices yoga, meditation, and has a regular conditioning program all keeping her fit and sane; she gardens enthusiastically if not always fruitfully; enjoys making delicious meals for people she loves; is on her bicycle whenever the weather cooperates; reads constantly; intends to become a better photographer and is a proud parent of a black labrador retriever and an orange tabby cat.
Jonathan Levene
He learned early on in his career he had a talent for bringing together uncommunicative and combative technical experts to facilitate communication, focus attention, and work through conflict to turn around highly complex, failing technology projects. Over a 15 year period, Jonathan held technical leadership roles across engineering, product management, sales, marketing, and business development at small and mid-size technology firms. Today, he has coached executive clients in industries ranging from high-tech, healthcare, biotech, financial services, consumer packaged goods, media, consulting, and manufacturing – as well as having developed his own enterprise healthcare solution, licensing it to several multi-billion-dollar customers, and selling his software company in 2016. Past coaching clients have included Amazon, Cisco Systems, Citibank, Deloitte, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Biogen, Morgan Stanley, and Intuit.
Jonathan has served as an executive coach and facilitator in Harvard Business School's Executive Education programs and a lecturer at the Harvard Department of Continuing Education. He has also designed and delivered leadership programs for the Harvard Center for Workplace Development and the Harvard Office of Work/Life on a range of topics including interpersonal communication, facilitation, decision-making, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence. Jonathan has served in Babson College's Coaching for Leadership and Teamwork Program, and has run several career development programs through the MIT Career Development Office.
In addition to holding an MBA from Babson College and a B.Sc. and M.Eng. from MIT, Jonathan is a Professional Certified Coach through ICF. He is certified in administering a variety of personality and 360 feedback assessments including Hogan, Leadership Versatility Index (LVI), Leadership Circle, Korn/Ferry Leadership Architect, MBTI, and DISC. Jonathan credits his own development to his long-standing mindfulness practice, established in 2008, which he uses to develop the presence of his own clients, and to sharpen their attention, focus, and strategic thinking. He is in the process of becoming a certified mindfulness meditation teacher through the Awareness Training Institute.
Jonathan is a fanatical, all-season barbecue chef, and can often be found carrying steaming platters of smoked, rotisserie chicken over the icy tundra of Needham winters – to the utter delight of his wife and two strong-willed daughters.


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There are chances that you might me facing some issue with GPS in your Xiaomi Mi5. It either takes too long to lock GPS satellites or doesn't lock at all. You may have tried high accuracy mode by going into GPS settings but it doesn't work as well. This issue is due to the bug in gps.conf file in your Mi5. This GPS issues on your MI5 can easily be fixed by installing the updated and correct GPS Location Conf file in your device.
GPS has become an important tool in our day to day life. It helps a lot in traveling and can be extremely helpful in guiding people to a certain location. Many games like Pokémon also works on GPS so having a faulty GPS in your device is a big issue. Above all fitness apps like runkeeper, runtastic won't work without GPS, if you are fitness freak or just a casual jogger it is a big letdown. In this small tutorial, we will show you how to fix GPS location issue on Xiaomi Mi5. You just need to replace the original gps.conf file with the one we will give and it's done.
You will need access to the system partition so having a rooted device is a must. This method will work only if you have rooted your Mi5. If not, you will first have to root your Xiaomi device and then proceed.
Note: You will be replacing a system file in your Mi5 so do it at your own risk. We will not be responsible for any damage if occurs. Do take the backup of the original gps.conf before replacing it.
How to fix GPS Issue on Mi5?
- Step 1: This process will need a rooted device. Root your Mi5 if it is not already rooted.
- Step 2: Now, install a file manager that allows you to edit the system partition on your phone. The Solid Explorer app is a great choice to do this. You can also download and install any such app like ES File Explorer with root permissions enabled.
- Step 3: Download gps.conf zip file. You will need to sign up for downloading it. It is completely free to use.
- Step 4: Now, unzip the file which you just downloaded. Once unzipped, you will see a list of many countries.
- Step 5: Now, select the correct version of the gps.conf file as per your country. Copy it and save it in your internal storage.
- Step 6: Open your file manager or the root explorer which you downloaded. Copy the gps.conf file to /system/etc/
- Step 7: Now, replace the original gps.conf file and restart your device.
This will instantly fix the GPS issue with your Xiaomi Mi5 device. You will need to set your GPS settings to High Accuracy Mode to lock the location. For doing so go to Settings > Location > Mode and choose High Accuracy. GPS has many advantages. For example, instead of typing your complete address, you can just send your location to your friend on WhatsApp. However, it will work only when you have a working GPS or your GPS can lock your location correctly and in less span of time. Let us know if you are facing any issue with your GPS even after replacing the original file and we would love to help you.


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Product Managers are often exhorted to "listen to their customers", but it is sometimes not at all clear how and when to do this. This short case study describes how we took an outline product concept through to working prototype, keeping customers in the loop every step of the way.
STORM is a new product from The Foundry that assists the digital movie camera workflow in professional film and television production.
The Product team behind STORM is Richard Shackleton, James Wilson and me, Chris Steele. Between us we have contributed to a wide range of products such as Matador, Illusion, boujou, SOCRATTO, Film Master and Nuke. They've worked together several times and share a strong conviction that good products are born out of listening carefully to potential users.
Since September 2009, a long time before we had a clear idea of exactly what STORM would be, we started to have informal discussions with a wide range of people involved in creating film and television content. Some of these were well-known industry luminaries whom many people listen to for hints as to how the industry may develop. Others were camera operators, cinematographers, assistants, DiTs, producers, directors, editors and colourists.
We asked them open questions about their work, what was involved, who was involved, and the sources of their pain and pride. To do this we needed to dig right down into the nitty-gritty of what they had been doing from one minute to the next; the products they used, the prices they paid, the time, costs, hopes and fears. It was hugely informative and we filled pages and pages of notes.
We organised "customer immersion" days or trips, where one or more of us would plan a series of these interviews one after the other. We would return enthused and excited by what we had heard and what the opportunities for a product were. Then it would be back to the wipe board and figuring out what it all meant and trying to come to some conclusions about what was happening in the market, and what would happen next.
It is traditional for manufacturers in this industry to segment the market in two ways. First, by the function of the person using the product and their position in the workflow, secondly by the type and value of media being worked on. We'll talk about "high-end grading", "pro-sumer editing", "broadcast", or "episodic shoot". As we talked to these folks in 2009 one of the things that struck us was that lots of them didn't fit into this neat segmentation.
So the product team went back to what data is available on employment in the industry[i] and came up with a new idea. We threw away the old market segmentation model that has been serving the industry so well for the last 30 years and adopted a new one. We characterised a new type of industry worker, with different skills and working patterns. We figured out how to identify these people and went back to them to check our hypothesis.
Of course segmenting your market is a purely theoretical exercise unless it has an impact on your product design, marketing, channel and all other activities involved in bringing a product to market. One particular moment made me realised how valuable this new segmentation was going to be. I was preparing for the industry's big annual tradeshow in Las Vegas. As part of the new product development, we had decided to show a prototype to selected target users and important customers of The Foundry. I started contacting people on our list to invite them. The revelation was that the majority were not going to the show. Time to rethink all those activites!
[i] Some of the figures are surprising. The bad news for the 30,000 students studying various "media" courses is that there were only 21,113 people employed in film and video production in the UK in 2008.


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WE ARE RANGERSStudents at Forest Lake Area High School are asking the question, "What does it mean to be a Forest Lake Ranger?" This question is leading in all sorts of directions, but one thing is clear: We celebrate Rangers in all their diversity.
FLHS UpstandersUpstanders are individuals who stand up for what is right. They work to consider the needs and feeling of others, and to work courageously to support the needs of all.Learn more about the FLHS students who are driving the Upstanders campaign through their social media:on Twitter @FLHSUpstanders


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It's a little after the fact, the winners announced last week, but real-life doings have prevented this post till now.
Congratulations to jan-u-wine on her awards at the 2011 MEFA's. And thanks to Antane for nominating Jan's poems in the first place.
That I am pleased as punch can come as no surprise to readers of this LJ. Since 2005, I have featured well over a hundred of jan-u-wine's Tolkien-inspired pieces. Jan and I have become friends through working together, finally meeting in person in 2008. But while the posts inspired the friendship, it was the poetry that inspired the posts. Therefore I am very, very happy to see her work's excellence recognized.
Below is a list of the poems that placed, posted with the banners provided by MEFA volunteer artists. The titles of the poems link to their postings in this journal, although they can be read at their original location at LOTR Scrapbook, where all Jan's Tolkien-based work is archived.First PlaceOn Being Part of a Grand Story
(Poetry: General ~ 'Smaug's Treasure' award, a MEFA high scorer)
The Fairest Flower
(Poetry: Post Ring War)
The Last Hours
(Poetry: Character Study)
Another Sunless Dawn
(Poetry: Drama)
Second PlaceMellon
(Poetry: General)
At the Crossroads of the King
(Poetry: Character Study)
Third PlaceWhere You Are Bound
(Poetry: Hobbits)
Frodo's Remembrance of Gollum
(Poetry: Drama)
In Dremes
(Hobbits: Bagginses)
Honorable Mention
(Poetry: Hobbits)
Additionally, I want to recommend the four poems by jan-u-wine that did not receive enough votes to place in the MEFA's. All are very fine pieces (the titles are links).
I Have a Little Shadow, a thoughtful, perceptive piece, is more properly a real-person piece, as its subject is Elijah Wood's experience portraying Frodo Baggins.
Now Far Ahead the Road Has Gone eloquently imagines Frodo's thoughts as he departs with Bilbo in the wagon at the end of ROTK (film verse).
Eagles to Ithilien looks inside Frodo's head as he and Sam are rescued from the destruction of Mt. Doom.
Namárië lets the reader enter into Frodo's experience as he farewells each friend at the Grey Havens. It is one of my all-time favourite jan-u-wine poems. Another appreciative MEFA reviewer called it "a poem so beautiful that it would wring tears from a stone statue". Rightly said.
Thank you, Jan, for bringing us such beauty.
MEFA wins for jan-u-wine.
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According to a new study, the process of learning to speak may begin earlier than previously thought. Four-month-old babies who were taught to pay attention to complex audio patterns were able to learn to shift their eyes when a pattern changed slightly. At seven months, brain scans of the same babies showed that they were quicker and better at noticing language-related sounds than babies who weren't exposed to the audio patterns.
Babies survey their environment for language-like sounds many months before they begin speaking, the study's authors say, and the time between four and seven months may be an early period during which babies learn how to detect and respond to language. By making language detection into a fun game, researchers were able to help babies learn what to pay attention to. It may be that parents can do the same by talking to their babies and rewarding them for paying attention.
Why So Gray, Cupcakes? 'Depressed Cake Shop' Raises Money for Mental Health
Cupcakes are usually brightly colored and cheery. For the Depressed Cake Shop, though, cupcakes take on gloomier hues of gray and black, but for a good cause. These pop-up sweet shops sell "depressed" cupcakes to raise money for mental health charities. So far, the cake shops have raised more than $50,000.
What Are the Adult Health Consequences of Childhood Bullying?
According to a British study of 7,771 children that began in 1958, the effects of bullying extend well into adulthood. Twenty-eight percent of these children were periodically bullied, while 15% were frequently bullied. Compared to the group of children that did not experience bullying, bullied children had less adulthood social support, were more likely to be unemployed, had lower levels of educational attainment, and were less likely to be in a relationship.
Decreased Ability to Identify Odors Can Predict Death: Olfactory Dysfunction Is a Harbinger of Mortality
A failing ability to detect smell could be a signal of physiological decay that will ultimately lead to death. Thirty-nine percent of study participants who failed an odor detection test died within five years of the test, compared to 19% with moderate smell loss and only 10% of participants with a healthy sense of smell.
Lift Weights, Improve Your Memory, Study Shows
A study on the effects of physical activity on episodic memory—a form of long-term, autobiographical memory—has found that lifting weights may boost memory. Researchers found that following an intense workout lasting 20 minutes, episodic memory improved by about 10%.
Treatment of Substance Abuse Can Lessen Risk of Future Violence in Mentally Ill
Dual diagnoses, which occur when a person experiences both a mental health condition and a substance abuse problem, can make determining the right treatment challenging. According to a new study, though, mental health professionals should treat substance abuse first. The study found that the severity of mental health symptoms weren't effective at predicting future aggression. Substance abuse, however, was. People who underwent substance abuse treatment were less likely to engage in aggressive actions, even when they had a severe mental health issue.
Fruit and Veg Consumption Tied to Mental Health
A study of fruit and vegetable intake has found that fruits and veggies may boost mental health. Thirty-five percent of study participants with "high mental well-being" ate five or more servings a day. Only 6.8% of the high mental well-being group ate one or fewer servings per day.
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Lifetime's competition series "Child Genius" highlights 2o of America's smartest children as they test their skills in a grueling eight-week national intelligence competition.
In cooperation with IQ society American Mensa, these gifted children, who have scored within the 98th percentile or higher on a standardized intelligence exam, are quizzed in mathematics, spelling, world geography, memory, current events, astronomy, inventions, logic, and culture.
These pint-size brainiacs are asked to answer the following questions in 20 seconds:
[Without pen and paper]
Calculate 14 times 8 minus 11 and multiply by 2.
What is one-half of 538?
Add 39,553 and 2,302.
Add 61, 13, 49, and 43.
What is 22.8 divided by 3?
World geography
What is the official currency of Bulgaria?
What is the tallest waterfall in the world?
What is the capital of Sri Lanka?
What is the deepest point in the Pacific Ocean called?
What country is directly north of Cyprus?
By area what is the largest country in South America?
What is the official currency of Kenya?
If you flew east from New York City, what would be the first country you'd fly over?
What is the most densely populated country in the world?
Human body
The flexor carpi radialis muscle is located where?
Which component of blood aids in clotting?
What is the scientific name for the shin bone?
What part of the neuron picks up impulses of neighboring neurons?
Which artery supplies blood to the thighs?
Which part of the brain coordinates muscle contractions and balance?
What prevents blood from flowing backward in veins?
[Here are some of the words the contestants are asked to spell]
What is the world's largest living bird?
What do most butterflies use to suck flower nectar?
How many humps does a dromedary have?
What is the order of bats called?
What are deer antlers made of?
Who developed the processes allowing the mass production of ammonia for use as fertilizers and explosives?
László Bíró sold a patent for what specific device to a French baron in 1950?
During WWII, Alan Turing developed what machine to decode encrypted messages sent by the German military?
What Austrian biologist discovered blood groups and developed their classification system?
What godson to Queen Elizabeth I invented the first flushing toilet in 1597?
Born in Mesopotamia in 1136, what was name of one of the Islamic empire's greatest technical geniuses?
Cornelius Drebbel most notably invented the first version of what in 1620?
Who invented the steam-powered rotary printing press?
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Imphal, April 29 2018: With the commitment of undertaking genuine welfare for the villagers of Tengnoupal district, 12 Assam Rifles undertook an unique project of plantation of fruit bearing trees by the villagers based on the boi-diversity of the area, which in addition to providing a source of income to them, leads to afforestation. A interactive session with Chiefs of all 39 villages of the area along with Village Authority on 14 April 2018 and on 26 April 2018 at Tengnoupal Battalion Headquarter in which officials of Forest Department, Tengnoupal and Horticulture Department, Moreh were also present detain plan was formulated. For execution of the project, fruit bearing trees like Cashew Nuts, Beetle Nuts, Coconuts, Lemon, Orange, Tree Beans (Yangchak), Hatkora, Banana, Lichi, Rubber, certain ornamental trees like Gulmohar, Pine, Uthambal etc are planned to be planted approximately 75,000 in number. One month preparation time has been given to the villagers for preparation of pits after which each household is planned to be given approximately 150-200 plants in May end. Officials of Forest department and Deputy Commissioner, Tengnoupal have assured necessary assistance. In the second phase of the project, a Cooperative Society, fully run by the locals, is proposed to be constituted at the district level which will become the nodal agency for directly marketing products thus evading the middlemen in the complete process.