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Monster Story Marathon!
Monster Story Marathon: A Writing Competition
It's a monster story marathon that you won't want to miss
The "monster movie" is something that's fascinated people for generations - they're the stories of what goes bump in the night, the things that lurk in the back of our nightmares, stories of ghosts, werewolves, vampires, zombies, Cthulhu and so much more. But monsters are not just things that lurk in the darkness - they can also be hidden among us, staying just out of sight. They can be secret societies masked in magic and mystery. They can be you, or me, or the mysterious boy in dark clothing who sits in the back of the classroom and disappears at odd times...
That's the thing with monster movies - the possibilities are endless. Monster-lore can be bent, re-shaped, and given whole new meaning. Fandoms who've long eclipsed can have new life breathed into them. And the classic monster movie has evolved; now, a zombie movie can be a love story like Warm Bodies. Mythological creatures can be hidden in modern day society like Percy Jackson. It goes from classic horror movies like Dracula to modern supernatural fiction featuring magic, ghosts, and everything in between.
Whether you want to write a classic story that stays true to the history of monsters or re-invent the monster story into something new, this competition is a place to delve deep into the world of monsters. So pick your monster—or multiple monsters—and shape them as you will; their fate is up to you.
How to Participate
To take part in the writing competition, you must choose one of the categories below. If you're writing, your entry can be a fanfiction, regular story, poem, oneshot, etc. The categories are:
Write a monster story that's really a love story.
Imagine if the character you least expect to be the monster, turns out to be it in the end... And your romance doesn't have to have a happy ending either, it can be a Shakespearean tragedy.
Write a monster story that's really a fanfiction.
We <3 fanfics that surprise, when the bad boy turns out to be a monster... Or the neighbor you always suspected is a mad scientist who's created a monster straight from your fandom.
Create a cover/fanart/trailer inspired by monsters.
Tired of writing? You can still enter the competition by designing a monster cover, creating fanart, even making a trailer. We like to see creative kinds of entries inspired by the monster theme too!
The winning entries will be shared on Movellas' social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc.)
Best Monster Story will receive the first three books in the Jackaby series by William Ritter that includes Beastly Bones, or a $20 Amazon gift card.
The Runner Up will receive a hardcover copy of A Taste for Monsters by Matthew Kirby, or a $15 Amazon gift card!
Best Cover/Fanart/Trailer will receive a hardcover copy of Fear the Drowning Deep, or a $15 Amazon gift card.
So kick up your feet, grab some popcorn, and get ready for a Monster Story Marathon!
Open globally
Multiple entries allowed (maximum - 3)
You may not update your entry/movella once the competition deadline has passed.
You may not use the same movella in future competitions.
You may not use a movella that has already been published in other competitions.
Thank you to ambassador NamesFromGraves for helping design this competition & Adison for creating the banner
The competition deadline is Friday, May 18 2018 (20:00 PST)


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KREATOR's Miland "Mille" Petrozza, DESTRUCTION's Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, Doro Pesch and KNORKATOR's Alf Ator have lent their voices to the German version of "Metalocalypse", the animated program about DETHKLOK, the world's most popular death metal band, which airs in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
The German TV premiere "Metalocalypse" will take place on June 29 on the TNT network. The program air every Tuesday and Saturday night on the Sky Channel.
Created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, "Metalocalypse" premiered on August 4, 2006 on Adult Swim. The television program centers around the melodic death metal band DETHKLOK and often portrays dark and macabre content, such as subjects dealing with violence, death, and the drawbacks of fame, but in an often ironic and humorous fashion. The show can be seen as both a celebration and parody of heavy metal culture. The music is written by guitarist/creator Brendon Small, is credited to the band, and is featured in most episodes including actual guitar-fingerings and other band-movements of the characters.

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Miles Glynn is an American artist residing in Bozeman, Montana. The son of a U.S. Army photojournalist, Miles spent his formative years tagging along with his father on photo assignments and learning the science and art of developing photographs in the dark room.
These early experiences and memories forged what would become driving forces in Miles' personal and professional life: the joy of exploring our vast country, the solace found in simple moments on the open road, the drive to constantly move toward the next bend and beyond. With each passing mile he seeks to reconcile the natural and man-made worlds and contextualize the effect time has had on them.
Rather than merely documenting his subjects, Miles instead aims to present his interpretation of them. And therein lies the challenge and the art: to present unique and compelling interpretations which nobody else viewing the same scene could create.
In Wallflower Series, Miles combines photographs of vintage wallpapers and animals. He travels to abandoned homesteads, gritty ghost towns, and buildings dripping with history to photograph these exquisite wallpapers from a bygone time. To him, these glorious relics portray an effort made by people who wished to enjoy a simple bit of beauty inside their dwelling on the harsh and hostile American frontier. But time has had its way with these buildings, and in his own way, he takes comfort in helping the grace and grandeur of these relics to live on.


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Recent article reflects the medical importance of wearing sunglasses.
Clearwater, FL (PRWEB) January 29, 2014 – According to an April 2013 article by the Glaucoma Research Foundation, the human eyes are just as vulnerable to sunburns as the human skin, so wearing sunglasses to protect one's eyes is just as important as wearing sunscreen.
LogoLenses, the top personalized sunglasses manufacturer in the United States, is proud to announce they have sunglasses lenses that offer UV400 protection and meet American National Standards Institute SI Z80.3 blocking requirements. The LogoLenses sunglasses block light rays with wavelengths up to 400 nanometers, which means eyes will be shielded from even the tiniest UV rays.
Many people don't realize that exposure to UV rays can lead to issues later in life, like cataracts and macular degeneration. Macular degeneration is the loss of vision in the center of the visual field (the macula) because of damage to the retina. It is a major cause of blindness and visual impairment in adults 50 years and older.
Optometrists agree that while sunglasses can slow down the development of cataracts and macular degeneration, they also protect the skin around the eyes, which is susceptible to skin cancer.
Sunglasses aren't just for the summer season: they also help cut down on snow blindness, shade the reflection of light off of water and prevent squinting while driving. They also guard delicate eyes from wind, dust and debris.
LogoLenses offers a wide selection of custom sunglasses styles including Retro, Aviator and Pixel frames. They also now offer mirrored sunglasses lenses in their regular solid colored Retro style frames, as well as two-tone sunglasses frames. Frames are available in a variety of colors including: black, white, neon blue, neon green, neon yellow, neon orange, neon purple, neon pink, red, purple, and royal blue. They offer their glasses frames in clear lenses with printing on the lenses, which can be personalized with logos, text and pictures. Additionally, they have personalize sunglasses with imprinting on the side arms.
LogoLenses is the #1 customizable sunglasses manufacturer and distributor in the U.S. Although the corporate office is located in Clearwater, Florida, shipping is available worldwide. The LogoLenses Company will work with customer every step along the way: from finalizing a design to ensuring each order is completed quickly. Most orders leave their facility within 48 hours. LogoLenses offers competitive pricing, quantity pricing discounts and a lowest price guarantee.


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Discuss This!
I met this girl and everything seemed great. One night we went out for a drink and the chemistry was going fine, but then when I went for the kiss, she rejected it. I never expected this outcome since we were having such a good vibe.
A couple days later I text her and she tells me she only wants to be friends. Then I decide to ease off, cutting all communication with her for a couple weeks. Last week at the bar I randomly saw her. Although she felt really distant, I could still tell there was some chemistry going on.
Does this girl only want to be friends or something more? Or should I simply move on?
I'm always amazed when men and women get a clear answer when they seek relationship definition and then ignore the answer.
She told you very clearly. She just wants to be platonic friends. And she backed her answer up with behavior.
When you happened to run into her, she acted distant. The "chemistry" you perceive might only be coming from your end. I think you should move on. There are plenty of wonderful women who will appreciate you.
No counseling or psychotherapy advice: The Site does not provide psychotherapy advice. The Site is intended only for use by consumers in search of general information of interest pertaining to problems people may face as individuals and in relationships and related topics. Content is not intended to replace or serve as substitute for professional consultation or service. Contained observations and opinions should not be misconstrued as specific counseling advice.


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Cloud computing in 2020 is a mature market; businesses are readily going for the multi-cloud option. The market share is being pulled by vendors, and the battle of each sales team is leading to innovations. Even as the business requirements are bifurcating, choosing cloud providers isn't a single easy step, it's all boiling down to "it depends." The multiple variables in cloud technology with varied cloud providers are placing the business in jest of technology.
Here are some of the key takeaways from cloud technology development during 2017, 2018, 2019, and the start of 2020.
1. Multi-cloud is both a selling point and an aspirational goal for enterprises. Businesses over the years have been well aware of the lock-in, so to increase the application flexibility, businesses are adding the multi-cloud option to their business. The multi-cloud theme is vastly being promoted among the legacy vendors, creating a platform wherein they can plug into the heavy dose of VMware and Red Hat. Data acquisition is the actual game most vendors are playing; if more of the corporate data resides in the cloud, the more sticky the customer is to the provider.
2. AI, analytics, IoT, and edge computing—in 2020, the new technology will be a major differentiator for any business. The major market share so far has belonged to the AWS, which has been able to add services at a rapid pace making it a go-to cloud service provider.
3. Sales tactics will be innovative for the vendors, and some news might pop-out disturbing the current business technology.
If you look at the current forms of vendors, you will find that the race is getting interesting, but leaders are still holding the position due to variety.
AWS was the first cloud computing business that has been growing at an exponential pace since then. It has been a provider that is able to build a computing stack that aims to be more efficcloud ient; the company has been able to expand well beyond cloud computing and storage over the course of the last decade. Even the processor speed became a new norm when we saw the ARM-based processor held by AWS, but with the launch of Graviton and Nitro, it has been able to build on the abstraction layer.
2. Microsoft Azure
The strong hybrid player and business favorite, this technology acts as the edge of the realm for businesses. Azure and AWS have been at the crossroads in the cloud, though AWS has been the number one by a bigger margin. Azure is focusing on the commercial cloud, and when we see revenue links, the commercial cloud is showing a $50 billion revenue run rate. Azure has been gaining traction among enterprises with its SaaS solutions.
3. Google Cloud
The company that was looking to quit the cloud business is now holding the third position. The company has built its own strategy, sales team, and differentiating services with the company having to face performance hiccups. Google Cloud has been able to gain considerable market share with its IaaS, and the current growth market expected to rise at 24% in 2020 due to data center consolidation.


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At the Norwalk Board of Education meeting on February 20, Norwalk schools were celebrated for making significant progress in the 2016-17 Connecticut Next Generation Accountability Report.
"With an overall increase of 56 points in our Accountability Index, Norwalk's growth exceeds that of the state overall and represents the highest gain of any of the state's 21 cities, " said Dr. Steven Adamowski, superintendent, Norwalk Public Schools. "These accomplishments are a testament to the hard work of our educators and staff, and also reflects the support of our city and the community. If we continue to invest in our schools and follow our Strategic Operating Plan, our students will continue to improve."
Fifteen schools improved results in a year over year comparison, while four schools led the way in delivering exceptional gains:
Rowayton Elementary School was named a Category 1 school for the first time, a designation which represents schools that score in the top 25% statewide. Rowayton was also designated one of only 114 Connecticut Schools of Distinction as a result of its overall performance growth as well as for the growth of its high needs students. 45% of Rowayton students are high needs, a term that includes students from low-income families, English Language Learners (ELLs) or students with disabilities.
Cranbury Elementary School achieved the largest point gain of any school in Norwalk with a rise of 59.8 points. Designated as a Category 2 school due to an achievement gap in Science, Cranbury's Accountability Index of 77.6% is high enough for a Category 1 rating once the achievement gap is closed.
Tracey Elementary School rose to become a Category 2 school as a result of a 35.1 point gain. The school progressed from a Category 3 rating in the prior year after closing the achievement gap. A school known for its strong emphasis on Character Education, Tracey now rates among the best performing elementary schools in Norwalk.
Roton Middle School led the way in middle schools by delivered a gain of 55.6 points in the Accountability Index, with West Rocks Middle School a close second. All four Norwalk middle schools increased their scores for the 2016-17 school year, which was also the second year of a comprehensive middle school redesign program.
Other individual school highlights include the Category 1 rating for the Center for Global Studies (CGS) at Brien McMahon. This was the first year that CGS received a separate accountability report. In addition, both Norwalk High School and Brien McMahon High School registered point gains, rising 42.7 and 11.5 points respectively. Both high schools now have comparable scores in their accountability indexes.
At the elementary level, several other schools are also approaching the Category 1 level, which represents schools in the top quartile. An achievement gap or gap in the participation rate for state testing puts an otherwise top quartile school into Category 2. Those schools include Cranbury Elementary with an accountability index of 77.6%, Marvin Elementary with 75.8%, Columbus Magnet and Naramake Elementary, both with 75.7%. 2016-17 marks the second year that Naramake has made a significant gain.
The State Accountability Index report is made up of a broad set of 12 indicators that help tell the story of how well a school is preparing its students for success in college, careers and life. The system is intended to move beyond test scores and graduation rates, providing an overall perspective of district and school performance and incorporating student growth over time.
More information on the accountability system is available on the State of Connecticut's Department of Education website.


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Potters Theatre Company has built an impressive reputation as the finest resident theatre company in the country and we have been very fortunate to work alongside some highly talented singers, dancers and actors, with many going on to achieve huge success in the world of show business. Some of these proud examples include Leanne Mitchell, Kerry Ellis, Lee Mead, Andy Mace and Ian Macintosh, and now we have another name to watch out for as Josie Camble steps into 42nd Street for her West End debut.
The musical boasts a large cast, with over 50 all-singing, all-tapping performers, telling a story about the American dream fable of Broadway and includes songs such as We're In The Money, Lullaby of Broadway, Dames, I Only Have Eyes For You, and 42nd Street. It takes place in Theatreland's oldest stage in the iconic Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and 42nd Street follows young Peggy Sawyer, just another face in the chorus line on Broadway's newest show. But when the leading lady gets injured, Peggy might just have the shot at stardom she's always dreamed of…
We caught up with Josie for a chat to find out more about her debut in the West End and what she learnt from her time in Potters Theatre Company…
Josie, a huge congratulations on landing a role in 42nd Street. How is it going?
Oh, I'm loving it! It is such an amazing show and we all have so much fun. I am swing and ensemble, so I cover for all the girls, but am also on stage every night for the opening number and another number. It's just great and I've made lots of new friends, and have a dressing room too, so it is just incredible. I had two weeks to rehearse before going into dress rehearsals, and then appearing on stage, and there was a lot of choreography to learn for being the swing! I had seen 42nd Street about seven times before I started, as my sister had been in it, so I used to go and see her in it and had a tour backstage, and just fell in love with the show. I still shadow and watch the girls from the side of the stage each night to make sure I know all the parts. I love doing the stair dance in the finale, as it is so exciting.
How does it compare to being in Potters Theatre Company?
I was in the Theatre Company for 10 months and left in February 2018 as I got this role. I really enjoyed my time at Potters and the production value at Potters is incredible, and I really feel that it helped improve my singing and dancing, and prepared me for the West End. I don't think that a lot of people realise that you are on stage every night at Potters and there's a few shows on at the same time, so it does throw you in the deep end, so when you join there's so much to learn in a few weeks and you are constantly learning! But it really stood me in good stead for 42nd Street and the Resort has such a family feel, and I felt at home as I am from Bournemouth, so it was lovely to be by the sea. The shows I really loved being part of at Potters were the Great American Songbook as it was so high energy, and A Night at the Movies was really fun and included some movie hits.
How did you get the role in 42nd Street?
What is brilliant about Potters Theatre Company is that they let you go for auditions while you are part of the Company. I did have a show on the same night as the auditions though, so I wanted to make sure that I was the first person in the queue for 42nd Street auditions so that I could get back for the show that night. I got there at 6.30am in the morning and was number one in the queue, despite there being around 1,000 people who auditioned! My whole family is in this industry and my mum is a choreographer, and my dad is a stage manager. My sister is in the musical Chess and my older brother is involved with Cirque du Soleil, so it must be in our genes! I'm currently living in London with two girls who I was in Potters Theatre Company with, as we all got on so well. The Company are a very talented group of people and everyone who works behind-the-scenes to put the shows on are incredible.
How did you get started in this industry?
In 2016 I gained a musical theatre diploma from Performers College in Essex, and after that I was in some pantomimes, toured America for a month and starred in the Broadway Christmas Wonderland and Sleeping Beauty, and other work included the FA Cup Final. Then I got the role at Potters and what a learning experience.
What's next for you?
It was always a long distance dream to be in the West End as I always just try to live life in the moment and enjoy what I am currently doing, if not you are always wishing for something more. Obviously I have now got my dream of being in the West End, which is what every performer dreams of. 42nd Street is such an incredible show and I feel incredibly lucky to be part of it. Something I would love to do one day is to star in Chicago, but I am just so happy in 42nd Street.
Congratulations Josie and we wish you the best of luck in your career. Keep in touch!


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a baby sweater (for the little dude)
New Babeh by by Kayla Dyches, and I used Rowan's Amy Butler Belle Organic Aran yarn in this lovely soft gray color (zinc.) This yarn rules. It's incredibly soft – 50% organic wool and 50% organic cotton. I have a couple of extra skeins leftover, so I'm hoping to make some tiny socks or a hat (or both) to go with this sweater.
I'm pretty excited to add this to the pile of newborn clothes for our new little dude. I'm pretty sure that it will look much cuter once it's on a baby and not just lying flat on a blanket. Extra small knitting is turning out to be extra fun.
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Ahh it's so adorable! How exciting! It really is a shame though that there are so many cute little girl patterns and not half as many for little boys.ReplyDelete
So, so sweet! I miss having babies that small to knit for, it's so fun! :)ReplyDelete
It's perfect and so sweet! I love the color.ReplyDelete
so cute...can't wait to see the little man in that. love the fabric underneath too.ReplyDelete
oh my gosh, you're so fast!! It's truly adorable. So fun to make things for baby, isn't it? Wish there were more hours in the day! Keep up the knitting! xoReplyDelete
this is darling. so wishing i knew how to knit or for that matter had the time to do so.ReplyDelete
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5e Basic went live over the weekend.
In "reply," I'm going to post alpha designs of my new 4e basic classes.
These are part of my "Roll 34" project, which is a play on two ideas: first, that it builds on the best of 3e and 4e D&D and second… well, Internet Rule 34.
Next are the four Primal classes — one of each role.
Primal striker
Link: v.0 download
Charge Attack has been a bit of a game-breaker since at least 3e. Not only is it another problematic maneuver to explain — move at least 10 feet, have line of sight to target, move in a straight line, get a +1 bonus to melee attacks — it establishes an economy of action that is a "win" button in many situations.
One of the best ways I've found to rein in "game breakers" is to make them exclusive to one class. I can also simplify them — now charging is easy! As a Standard action: move up to 5 squares, attack, then end turn. Boom!
Primal leader
Link: v.0 download
When is it ever cool to play a Bard? I'll tell you! When another player at the table rolls a near-miss, and you remind them they get a +1 from of your Bardic Music. If you played a 3e Bard, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
When did it stop being cool to play a Bard? In 4e, let me tell you. Sure they had some cool powers… but none of them made up for the loss of Bardic Music.
Primal controller
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The friend who got me into D&D once told me about how the Druid played before the advent of 3e. It was a moving tale and I wish I had time to share it with you.
Sadly, this Druid is not that Druid. More importantly, it's neither the 3e, Wild-Shaping CoDzilla nor… whatever the 4e Druid was supposed to be.
This new Druid is a distillation of the best Mother Nature has to offer — a beast companion that will knock you down and tear your throat out.
Probably a bear. Almost definitely a bear.
Primal Defender
Link: v.0 download
This Warden is a 4e Warden that is also a Ranger. Is that crazy? This class is at its core, a spiritual successor to both the 3e/4e Two-Weapon Fighting Ranger (and the 4e Scout) and the 4e Warden. Why? Because a shield is a weapon.
You heard me. The shield is a weapon. If you use a weapon in one hand, and you have a shield in your other hand, you are a two-weapon fighter. Now is it crazy? Just, you know what? Go watch a documentary on shield-fighting.


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Our Disability Benefits Navigator allows you to quickly find what you might be missing: http://www.abilitytax.ca/navigator/home.html
Our Disability Benefits Navigator allows you to quickly find what you might be missing: http://www.abilitytax.ca/navigator/home.html
Starfall is a free public service site designed to motivate children to read with phonics. The site is kept up-to-date and there are a huge variety of free activities for children to use on their home computer.
SillyBooks.net features animated free reading and writing and learning for kids. Children can even have their own stories published. The quality is high and the stories are engaging.
The Reading Rockets project is comprised of PBS television programs and online services offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read and why so many struggle. There are lots of ideas and resources for parents here aimed at early and emerging readers.
Learning Disabilities Online is a good place to start learning about Learning Disabilities and ADHD. It is an American site so some strategies are not applicable in Canada but the site has a huge resource list of links to organizations, free on-line resources and supports.
do2Learn has a wide variety of free resources supporting students with special needs including instruction on bus safety and facial expressions, picture cards, schedulers and print activities. The site is well-maintained and easy to use.
Learning Tools 4 All contains many free digital text-to-speech tools in one place and supports to help you choose the best one for you and your child. The site is on a Wiki model and may be a bit hard to use for some people.
During a Convulsion
A person falls, their body becomes rigid, muscles jerk, and breathing may become shallow.
What should you do?
• Stay calm. Most seizures last less than five minutes.
• Do not restrain the person during the seizure.
• Protect the person from injury. If possible, ease the person to the floor. Move hazardous objects out
of their way.
• As soon as possible, gently roll the person onto their side.
• Loosen anything around their neck and remove their eyeglasses.
• Check for medical identification: a medical bracelet or necklace.
• Do not put anything in their mouth. A person cannot swallow their tongue.
• Afterwards, talk gently to comfort and reassure the person. Stay with them until they are re-oriented.
Other Seizures
Not all seizures are convulsive. A person may stare blankly, and appear dazed and unresponsive. They may walk in a purposeless and clumsy manner. These seizures usually last less than five minutes.
What should you do?
• Stay with the person. The person may be unaware of their actions.
• Move hazardous objects out of their way.
• Do not restrain the person during their seizure.
• Gently guide the person away from any danger.
• Afterwards, talk gently to reassure the person. Stay with them until they are re-oriented.
When should you call 911?
• When a seizure lasts longer than five minutes.
• When you find someone in a convulsion and you are unsure how long the seizure has lasted.
• When seizures repeat without full recovery between them.
• If the person appears confused for more than 20 minutes after a seizure.
• When a seizure has occurred in water.
• If the person is injured, pregnant, or has diabetes.
For more information, please contact the BC Epilepsy Society at
604-875-6704, email@example.com, or www.bcepilepsy.com.
First Aid for Seizures
How to identify and Avoid BPA (Bisphenol A)
BPA or Bisphenol A is a chemical found in plastics and which can behave similar to estrogen and other hormones in our bodies. Unlike phthalates, which are found in soft plastic products, BPA is found in hard plastics, like baby bottles. BPA is also found in other plastic containers, such as plastic water bottles.
You can identify plastics made with BPA by looking for the plastic identification number "7" inside the recycling symbol on their label.
The use of BPA has become controversial, as there is a concern that BPA can leach out of plastic and into baby formula, juice, food, and other substances inside plastic containers made with BPA.
Find more information and more links at:
See also these recent Vancouver Sun Articles:
Feds Designate Bisphenal Toxic
Younger Canadians have more BPA in their systems
91% of Canadians exposed to BPA
BPA Found in cash register receipts
Check out these Canadian links on shopping for Back-to-School:
Globe & Mail, A lesson in back-to-school budgeting
Parent Central: How to contain back-to-school shopping
New Westminster NewsLeader:
WalletPop Canada: Six Tipsfor back-to-school
There are many possibilities for children of all abilities to enjoy summer camp. The best-known one is the Easter Seals Summer Camp, but there are many more options for both day and overnight camp opportunities.
ACT BC's Summer Camp List is one of the most comprehensive for children with special needs.
Also find complete listings of BCCA accredited camps at the BC Camping Association website. They have a good list of hints and tips, including this one, "…the people who direct the camp are far more important than the equipment, buildings, and facilities advertised."
Many Disability-centred non-profits also sponsor summer camps for children with specific disabilities. Check out the organization that supports your child's disability and see what they may be offering this year. For example the Cerebral Palsy Association of BC offers funding for children with CP to attend camp and the Canadian Cancer Society has Camp Goodtimes for children and teens living with cancer.
Attachment Parenting Canada
This website provides parents with evidence-based information regarding how to best deal with their children
Unfortunately, the BC chapter does not currently have any contact persons on its website.
BC Family Resource Programs
106-2590 Granville St, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3H1
Phone: (604) 738-0068, Fax: (604) 738-0058
This website introduces you to community based family resource programs. It mainly seeks to strengthen and empower families within their communities. It aims to help families offer children the best for optimal development.
Children First
This is a website that aims at helping BC families with small children through a number of initiatives. Although it does not provide direct services, it can help families get services that are identified by community planning.
Empathic Parenting
This is a Canadian-based website that provides information and advice on how to best parent your child. It also offers a FREE online parenting course and has links to other useful websites.
Fussy Baby
This website is quite useful to any parent of a small child. It contains information about fussy babies and offers useful tips to parents as to how they can handle their fussy baby. This website has a discussion forum for parents and others who deal with fussy babies. It also connects you to other websites that might be of use to you.
The Natural Child Project
This is a great website for any parent. It offers a lot of advice and information about raising healthy children
This is a good place to start when you are thinking about purchasing a toy for a child with exceptional learning needs. You might find just the right thing or it might give you some inspiration or ideas for your search.
I just learned about a new service by the Minister of Labour. Its called the Employer's Advisor and the EAO helps with registration and claims if you are the employer. In fact, call them before you contact WCB and they will walk you through the process. Here's what I learned:
The role of the Employers' Advisory is to provide advice, education, assistance and representation to employers on WorkSafeBC issues. As we are independent from WorkSafeBC we can advise employers on a confidential basis about issues that they may be facing. We can provide expert advice on all areas of WorkSafeBC: Prevention (Occupational Health and Safety); Claims; and Assessments. We can assist employers with submissions or representation including attending hearings. We also provide education seminars to employers. As discussed, our services are at no charge, we are indirectly funded by the Worker's Compensation system.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Why, then, doesn't he do something about it? How has his experience of adults taught him this cautious attitude? How is Jim's character contrasted in Chapter 20 with the selfishness of the king and the duke?
From Chapter 17 to Chapter20, Huck knows the king and duke are frauds.


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- Over 12 million pages from the archives of Trinity Mirror to be digitised and published online for the first time
- Two-year programme of intensive digitisation will nearly double the newspaper holdings of Findmypast and the British Newspaper Archive
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London, 16th November 2017
Leading British family history company Findmypast has announced a ground-breaking two-year programme of intensive digitisation from the archives of Trinity Mirror, the largest private newspaper collection in the UK.
The project will result in the online publication of over 12 million pages, made available online for the very first time at Findmypast, as well as on Findmypast's sister site, the British Newspaper Archive. This will give family and local historians around the world the opportunity to search and explore a wide variety of historical UK publications that were previously inaccessible to the public.
The project will add significantly to Findmypast's 20th century holdings and extend its geographic reach with over 150 local titles from across the UK. When complete, the Trinity Mirror titles will nearly double the total newspaper holdings of Findmypast and the British Newspaper Archive, providing even more opportunities for researchers to explore history as it happened.
Digitisation is now underway at the British Newspaper Archive's studio in Boston Spa, with up to 100,000 pages being scanned each week. New material from Trinity titles is now available to search, including a variety of local publications covering Birmingham and the Midlands as well as additional issues of The Daily Herald.
The programme builds on an existing partnership that has already resulted in the digitization and online publication of upwards of 160 Trinity Mirror titles, including significant coverage of both World Wars. Published online for the very first time, these war-time publications also included the Archive's first national titles, The Daily Mirror and The Daily Herald.
Thomas McGill, VP of Global Data and Licensing at Findmypast, said: "We are delighted to announce a major partnership with Trinity Mirror plc. As the premier publisher of British and Irish heritage content, Findmypast has worked for many years to provide unrivalled coverage of British and Irish population, news, and history. As the largest UK-based newspaper publisher, Trinity Mirror controls the largest private collection of historic news, including over 320 national and regional newspaper titles. Family historians, local historians and others will be impressed by the geographic reach of Trinity Mirror newspapers. Through this partnership, over 12 million newspaper pages will be fully searchable online, nearly doubling the volume of newspaper materials available through our websites (BritishNewspaperArchive.co.uk and Findmypast.co.uk)."
Fergus McKenna, Content Sales Director for Trinity Mirror said: "Our regional newspapers have been reporting first-hand on the personalities, events and stories that in many different ways have helped to shape local communities across the length and breadth of Britain for more than two centuries. Our national titles have led the way in covering significant historical events both at home and abroad since as long ago as the reign of Queen Victoria. Together then, given the breadth and depth of the collections, our complete newspaper archives are an incredible historical resource containing a vast wealth of information of use to family history and genealogy researchers. We are delighted to be working with Findmypast to open up those collections for the first time."
About Findmypast
Findmypast (previously DC Thomson Family History) is a British-owned world leader in online family history. It has an unrivalled record of online innovation in the field and over 18 million registered users across its family of online brands, which includes the British Newspaper Archive and Genes Reunited, amongst others.
Its lead brand, also called Findmypast, is a searchable online archive of over 8 billion family history records, ranging from parish records and censuses to migration records, military collections, historical newspapers and lots more. For members around the world, the site is a crucial resource for building family trees and conducting detailed historical research. In April 2003, Findmypast was the first online genealogy site to provide access to the complete birth, marriage, and death indexes for England & Wales, winning the Queen's Award for Innovation. Since that time, the company has digitised records from across the globe, including the 1911 Census and the 1939 Register which they digitised in association with The National Archives.
About the British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive was first launched in 2011 as a partnership between the British Library and Findmypast to digitise up to 40 million newspaper pages from the British Library's vast collection over a 10-year period.
Since then, the Archive has been scanning thousands of digital images per day from original bound newspapers and microfilm, including some of the rarest and most fragile British publications in existence. The Archive continues to grow and millions of pages from the British Library and other UK publishers are now available to explore online, providing researchers all over the world with the ability to search hundreds of millions of stories by keyword, name, location, date or title.
About Trinity Mirror
Trinity Mirror is the largest national and regional multimedia content publisher in the UK, comprising national and regional newsbrands across the country.
We publish more than 150 newspaper titles across the UK & Ireland, from the national presence of the Daily Mirror, the Daily Record, theSunday Mirror, the Sunday People and the Sunday Mail, to local favourites like the Manchester Evening News, Bristol Post, Liverpool Echo and Nottingham Post.
Our network of more than 80 websites provide 24/7 coverage of the news, sport and showbiz stories that matter to more than 110m unique browsers every month.
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Depending on the country you come from and which subject you would like to study in Germany, there are different options for funding. Scholarships are offered by different institutions.
The DAAD scholarship database for foreign students, graduate students and scientists contains extensive information and a variety of possibilities for those who are seeking financial support for their studies, research work or teaching assignments in Germany. The database not only lists all the scholarships offered by the DAAD, but also diverse programmes offered by a wide variety of institutions.
Types of support
There are two forms of scholarships – financial and non-monetary scholarships – both of which are often coupled together:
In the case of financial scholarships, the recipient is awarded a fixed amount, paid out on a monthly basis over a defined funding period. These types of scholarships are often full scholarships, i.e., they generally cover the applicant's entire living expenses. Recipients of partial scholarships, however, are required to secure additional financial support to cover their living expenses. When awarded a full scholarship, recipients are generally not permitted to receive funding from other scholarships simultaneously.
In addition to financial support, many institutions also offer non-monetary scholarships. Recipients are invited to workshops, lectures and scientific conferences where they also have the opportunity to network with other scholarship holders. In most cases, these non-monetary scholarship programmes aim to create a long-standing relationship between the scholarship holder and the institution well beyond the scholarship period.
Remember: All the programmes have one thing in common, however – no one is entitled to a scholarship.


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All of God's creatures have rights, a fact that most people don't seem to recognize.
This includes both human and non-human animals, but not all of them can speak for themselves.
If you had the chance to hear them
Would they be asking you why?
Would they want to know what they did wrong:
Why they deserve to die?
If you had the chance to hear them
Would they tell you theyre in pain?
Being taken in this awful way
Is cruelty ever sane?
Some may feel these animals may pass
For food, or even fur
But can there be any explanation
As torture occurs?
Every day innocent animals
Are taken from their grace
No concern about their comfort
Just tossed all over the place
Have you ever had a pet yourself
Someone you called your own?
Would it be acceptable for one
To take them from your home?
Think about how your own pet would feel
Or any you may know
Think about what they would say to you
Before they were to go
If these voices could speak to us now
They might apologize
Though not knowing what they did was wrong
Through sadness in their eyes.
© Shenita Etwaroo
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Hosted by Chris Dyer, the CEO of PeopleG2 – TalentTalk Radio features engaging conversation with CEOs, thought leaders and HR executives. TalentTalk connects professionals who care about talent-related issues and having the cultural mindset to embrace the needed diversity of the workplace.
Today's guests are Susan Steinbrecher, CEO and Founder of Steinbrecher and Associates and Terry Byrnes, VP of Total Service for Caesars Entertainment. To hear the entire show, click here.
On the show today, an executive coach talks about leadership development and a seasoned hospitality industry executive talks about customer satisfaction and rewarding employees the right way through a successful employee engagement strategy.
Susan Steinbrecher founded her company Steinbrecher and Associates 23 years ago. Prior to that, she was in the hospitality industry where she started off on the operations side and then moved on to organizational development. Her current company offers leadership development and executive coaching services.
Steinbrecher has co-written several books on leadership. Her book "Heart-Centered Leadership: Lead Well, Live Well" talks about how a leader's self-care – physical, mental and emotional – has a great impact on his or her leadership style which in turn has a great impact on the well-being of the workforce. Steinbrecher says that leaders today undergo a lot of stress irrespective of the industry or the kind of organization they work in. In order to work at their fullest capacity, they need a lot of energy and focus on four major quadrants – physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
Being Real
Steinbrecher believes it's very important for leaders to be transparent but it's also good to show some vulnerability. It's not always easy to show but she thinks that there's power in vulnerability. All generations like it but she feels that millennials in particular want their leaders to be real. They can connect with their leaders better and relate to their struggles. When a leader can tell his people with ease that he is having a bad day, it's easier for employees to understand that level of vulnerability, says Steinbrecher. In her coaching experience, she often comes across leaders who feel that since they're supposed to be the role models they need to pretend that everything is okay and that they have answers to everything. Steinbrecher coaches them and reminds them that people know that they're not perfect and that we all make mistakes too. So instead of trying to carry on a pretense it's better to open up and be transparent with your people.
2016 Predictions
Steinbrecher says that in the New Year leaders will need to be really good at dealing with ambiguity, rapid change and the fact that technology is going to get more and more infiltrated into every business. Thus, it'll be important for leaders to focus on these areas. But one thing she is really excited about in 2016 is something called "vertical learning." She explains that horizontal learning is the competency and skill-based leadership development where the leader needs to pick up and be good at certain skills. But vertical learning is more about mindset transformation. "It's really about shifting the mind and focusing on how you think and how you interpret a situation. It's not just competencies and skills but how you address complex problems and cultivate higher risk relationships and to be able to navigate them carefully. It takes a lot of emotional intelligence to do that. Thus, emotional intelligence will become increasingly important," she explains. Being able to have the right relationship is crucial as one moves higher up in an organization because you have to constantly count on your ability to influence, persuade, negotiate and inspire. To make an overall impact on the business, leaders need to be able to convince their peers why the course of action they're suggesting is the best.
In the recruitment and talent space, she sees a lot of simulations taking place where the candidate actually comes in and becomes a part of the team and experiences the job role in the actual office environment. This helps test their collaboration skills, team building skills, leadership skills and the ability to think through a situation. This trend is the way of the future, according to her. No interview can show what a person in like in action the way a simulation can show. This is another trend she's seeing gain popularity with executive-level hiring.
Multi-Generation Workforce
Steinbrecher says that there are three generations at work in the current workforce. The baby boomers have always had the mindset of "pay your dues work your way up." It's all about climbing the organizational ladder. According to her, generation X started the whole movement around work-life balance. Since technology became a big part of their work, they insisted on focusing on productivity with the whole work-from-home culture. They also were the ones that pushed flexible timing and job sharing. Then came the millennials who further challenged the earlier mindset. Steinbrecher strongly feels that millennials are much more mindful and conscious of what the company stands for and what its values are. They want to feel proud about the company they work for.
What Are You Reading?
Steinbrecher is currently reading "Daring Greatly" by Dr. Brené Brown that talks about the power of nobility and being authentic.
How Can People Connect With You?
Connect with Susan via her website www.steinbrecher.com.
Terry Byrnes
Terry Byrnes is the VP of Total Service at Caesars Entertainment. When talking of the vast empire that entails Caesars Entertainment, Byrnes says that people generally think of Caesar's Palace when they hear the company's name. But he says that they're much more then that. The company owns 40 resorts across United States operating under different brand names such as Caesars, Horseshow, Harrah's, Flamingo, Paris, Rio and others in Las Vegas. They also own the World Series of Poker. The company operates in 20 states and employs around 75,000 people.
Customer Satisfaction
Caesars Entertainment has a unique employee rewards program that is based on the customer-centric data that they collect. Based on their guest surveys they analyze the customer behavior in terms of loyalty and spend. This way, they find out the collective organizational achievements that have the most value to them. In a cluttered market like theirs, customer loyalty and advocacy are extremely valuable because customers are always choosing based on pricing and the marketing offers thrown their way. But Byrnes says that they strive to give their customers a reason to choose them based on the service or the relationships they've established with the staff. Thus, they set service targets every quarter and if properties surpass those targets, every employee that works there is rewarded in bankable points which they call Total Return Credits. The company heavily invests in that. This year, the company will be spending eight million dollars among 40,000 employees who have been achieving these targets. These short-term quarterly targets work well with frontline staff members because it keeps them engaged. In spite of a lull in the hospitality industry between 2008 and 2015, Caesars properties have continued to grow in terms of customer satisfaction.
Customer Service Data
Byrnes says that the company collects massive customer data every week and that data is processed and distributed among the frontline staff. Thus, every week they get to know whether the customer satisfaction is going up or down and how their services are being rated rather than getting a massive blow at the end of the year. "This is a weekly rhythm that never stops. It's one of the strengths that I like to call the sit ups and pushups for us to continue to inch forward. It's an inch by inch progress but over the years it has added up to some pretty amazing accomplishments at the company, property and department levels that we are very proud of," he explains.
Employee Rewards Program
On surpassing targets, staff members receive bankable points that they can be redeemed at one of the big rewards vendors. For instance, in the fourth quarter of 2015, Caesar's Palace is exceeding its targets. Thus, all the 4000 employees there will earn $150-175 worth of bankable points. The staff members have the option of redeeming them at once or saving them up for a rainy day or spending a sizeable chunk during the Holidays or some other time. Since 2009, the company has spent 100 million dollars in rewards as bankable points. Byrnes narrates the story of a person in Illinois who accumulated bankable points worth almost $10,000 in over six years which shows the effectiveness of the program. "We could have paid the $100 million in cash but I think we got more value by paying it in bankable points. The idea there is that people attach accomplishment to the reward and when they redeem it for an iPad or something for the kids or a barbeque grill – that becomes a memory they connect to their achievement at work and also extends it to the family experience," he explains.
Employee Engagement
Byrnes believes that engagement is an inexpensive and efficient way to compete. It's hard to find the right talent for particular jobs. He says that in Las Vegas, the company is swimming with sharks. Wynn, Venetian, Bellagio and the likes are heavy hitters who are all competing for the same folks. Thus, the people you already have on your team today are important. It is easier to get a better performance from them by engaging them and providing them with an environment that optimizes skill and commitment. "That's a way to poke at and compete with folks like Steve Wynn and Bellagio who have beautiful resorts and nice facilities and they know what they're doing as well. For me, engagement is about what you're getting from your staff today," says Byrnes. A company needs to figure out what business outcomes it's trying to get from engaging people which is very different from comparing numbers on annual employee survey. In their business, some jobs can be pretty lucrative. For instance, beverage servers in the right area on the right day with generous gratuities can earn enough in two or three days to live pretty handsomely. However, it's pretty easy for someone who's had a big week to not want to come in to work if the weather's not good or the traffic is going to be bad. But when that employee feels that he or she is on a schedule and is a part of a team and can contribute to the business, that's the highest level of engagement Byrnes is seeking from his people. Thus, for him, engagement can be survey scores and results but it's also about business outcomes such as how people perform and whether they show up on an iffy day.
What Are You Reading?
Byrnes recently read "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less" by Greg McKeown. It's about how to simplify and organize your personal or work life to a way that helps you focus on the most important things.


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How to Clean a Front-Loading Washing Machine With Vinegar & Bicarbonate of Soda
Front-loading washing machines are designed for doing laundry quickly with minimal effort, but they do require routine care. Over time, residue from laundry detergents and fabric softeners may cling to the inside of the washer. In warm, humid weather, mildew or mold may form, particularly if you have forgotten damp clothes in the washer for a few hours. Keeping the washer fresh and clean is an important step in keeping your laundry fresh.
Cleaning With Baking Soda
Dissolve 4 tablespoons baking soda in 4 cups warm water. Baking soda cleans and deodorizes household surfaces.
Saturate a clean cloth or sponge with the solution of baking soda and water, and wipe down the inside surface of the washing machine. Scrub lightly if residue resists your efforts.
Close the door and run the washing machine through a rinse cycle to complete the cleaning process and rinse away baking soda residue. The water/baking soda solution leaves a white, powdery residue on the surface if not properly rinsed.
Cleaning with Vinegar
Mix 1/4 cup white distilled vinegar in 1 quart water to make a solution for removing residues from soaps or oils. Vinegar breaks down grease and freshens the washer.
Saturate a cloth or sponge with the vinegar and water solution and wipe down the interior of the washer. If stubborn buildup resists your efforts, place the dampened cloth over the area for several minutes to allow the vinegar to break down and loosen the buildup. Scrub lightly to remove the soiled area.
Run the washer through a rinse cycle to remove residue and traces of vinegar.
Things Needed
- 4 tablespoons baking soda
- 1 quart water
- 1/4 cup white vinegar
- 1 quart water
- Soft cloth or sponge
- Spray bottle (optional)
- For stubborn areas, make a paste of baking soda and water and apply with a sponge. Scrub gently and rinse clean with water.
- Add the vinegar and water solution to a spray bottle and keep it near the washer. Use to wipe away spills or do a quick cleaning of the interior between washes.
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Dune 2.5.2
Download the Dune 2.5.2 module sources
- dune-common [ tarball: dune-common-2.5.2.tar.gz , signature: dune-common-2.5.2.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-geometry [ tarball: dune-geometry-2.5.2.tar.gz , signature: dune-geometry-2.5.2.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-grid [ tarball: dune-grid-2.5.2.tar.gz , signature: dune-grid-2.5.2.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-grid-howto [ tarball: dune-grid-howto-2.5.2.tar.gz , signature: dune-grid-howto-2.5.2.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-istl [ tarball: dune-istl-2.5.2.tar.gz , signature: dune-istl-2.5.2.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-localfunctions [ tarball: dune-localfunctions-2.5.2.tar.gz , signature: dune-localfunctions-2.5.2.tar.gz.asc ]
From the DUNE core modules only dune-common, dune-grid and dune-localfunctions were updated.
Download the Dune 2.5.2 staging module sources
- dune-functions [ tarball: dune-functions-2.5.2.tar.gz, signature: dune-functions-2.5.2.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-typetree [ tarball: dune-typetree-2.5.2.tar.gz, signature: dune-typetree-2.5.2.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-uggrid [ tarball: dune-uggrid-2.5.2.tar.gz, signature: dune-uggrid-2.5.2.tar.gz.asc ]
DUNE 2.5.2 - Release Notes
DUNE 2.5.2 is a bugfix release, but also includes some minor adjustments. See below for a list of changes.
- resolve ambiguous call to
size()function (dune-common!285)
- backport CMake support for Python (dune-common!287)
- install all CMake modules (dune-common!294)
- allow installing Pyuthon package from build directory (dune-common!295)
- extract_cmake_pata.py: avoid rave between
- cmake: fix regular expression for hidden files (dune-common!346)
- cmake: fix "vverb" no recognized as MINIMAL_DEBUG_LEVEL (dune-common!370)
- UG: allow transferring element data during load balancing (dune-grid!188)
- Pk3D: fix LocalKey generation for special case k=0 (dune-localfunctions!47)
- allow transferring element data during load balancing (dune-uggrid!64)
- all dim-indep objects should be only in one library (dune-uggrid!66)
- fix compatibility issues with CMake 3.10 (dune-uggrid!107)
Download the Dune 2.5.1 staging module sources
- dune-functions [ tarball: dune-functions-2.5.1.tar.gz, signature: dune-functions-2.5.1.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-typetree [ tarball: dune-typetree-2.5.0.tar.gz, signature: dune-typetree-2.5.0.tar.gz.asc ] (Note: There is no 2.5.1 release)
- dune-uggrid [ tarball: dune-uggrid-2.5.1.tar.gz, signature: dune-uggrid-2.5.1.tar.gz.asc ]
DUNE 2.5.1 - Release Notes
DUNE 2.5.1 is a bugfix release, but also includes some minor adjustments. See below for a list of changes.
In order to build this version of DUNE you need at least the following software:
- CMake 2.8.12 or newer
- pkg-config
- A standard compliant C++ compiler supporting C++11 and the C++14 feature set of GCC 4.9. We support GCC 4.9 or newer and Clang 3.8 or newer. We try to stay compatible to ICC 15.1 and newer but this is not tested.
FMatrixHelp::eigenValues: fix computation of eigenvalues in 2d (dune-common!206)
DenseMatrix: add specialized version of
invert()for 3x3 matrices (dune-common!231)
DenseVector: use field type instead of vector component type for scalar multiplication (dune-common!280)
- support
ALLOW_CFLAGS_OVERWRITEin addition to
- remove fallback implementation of
- Doxygen: install generated
*.jsfiles (dune-common!232) and enable search engine (dune-common!263)
- update dunecontrol documentation (dune-common!279)
- update link to buildsystem documentation (dune-common!217)
- update mailing list addresses
- use
Hybrid::forEachinstead of wrapper
- update mailing list addresses
- include specialization of
- UseUG.cmake: pass
- UGGrid: apply vertex reordering to boundary segment vertices (dune-grid!147)
- UGGrid: append to-be-visited sons at the end of the list (dune-grid!153)
- test-parallel-ug: return 77 when run in parallel with sequential dune-uggrid (dune-grid!162)
- dgf: make dgfgridfactory compile when
DUNE_GRID_EXPERIMENTAL_GRID_EXTENSIONSis disabled
- gridinfo.hh: Use
subEntities(codim)method instead of removed
count<codim>()template method (dune-grid!161)
ParMetisGridPartitioner: fix "temporary cannot bind to non-const ref" error (dune-grid!187)
- update mailing list addresses
- update mailing list addresses
- use correct type for second template argument of
- update mailing list addresses
- implement bdm2simplex2d interpolation (dune-localfunctions!37)
- test-orthonormal.cc: increase ε used for comparisons (for i386) (dune-localfunctions!42)
- update mailing list addresses
- fix constructor of
- drop superfluous const qualifier on return type (dune-functions!48)
- update mailing list addresses
- CMakeLists.txt: missing curly braces in include directories (dune-uggrid!44)
- update mailing list addresses
Download the Dune 2.5.0 staging module sources
- dune-functions [ tarball: dune-functions-2.5.0.tar.gz, signature: dune-functions-2.5.0.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-typetree [ tarball: dune-typetree-2.5.0.tar.gz, signature: dune-typetree-2.5.0.tar.gz.asc ]
- dune-uggrid [ tarball: dune-uggrid-2.5.0.tar.gz, signature: dune-uggrid-2.5.0.tar.gz.asc ]
DUNE 2.5 - Release Notes
In order to build this version of DUNE you need at least the following software:
- CMake 2.8.12 or newer
- pkg-config
- A standard compliant C++ compiler supporting C++11 and the C++14 feature set of GCC 4.9. We support GCC 4.9 or newer and Clang 3.8 or newer. We try to stay compatible to ICC 15.1 and newer but this is not tested.
- Adding tests is now done using
dune_add_testwhich can take care for adding includes and libraries, and setting properties.
- If accepted by the compiler, we use the C++14 mode by passing the flag
-std=c++14. In any case, we require that the compiler is in C++11 mode or we pass
- The buildsystem got a documentation. It is generated using Sphinx.
- A new check for SuiteSparse was added which replaces the now deprecated check for UMFPack.
- In-source builds automatically disable LaTeX. This facilitates the use of in-source builds, but we refuse to support anything beside out-of-source builds.
- The arguments of
dune_add_latex_documenthave changed, following upstream UseLATEX.cmake. Use
FORCE_DVIinstead of
DEFAULT_SAFEPDF. The arguments
FATHER docand
DEFAULT_PDFare no longer needed. All old parameters are deprecated and will be removed.
Deprecated and Removed Features
- The Autotools buildsystem was removed.
- Support for Boost was removed. You can copy the removed CMake files from Dune 2.4 and keep them within your module.
- The testing magic was removed. To build the tests use the top-level target
build_test. The target test which redirects to the command
ctestis only used for executing the tests.
Dune::Exceptionis now derived from
- Added macros
DUNE_NO_DEPRECATED_ENDwhich mark a block in which deprecation warnings are ignored. This can be useful for implementations of deprecated methods that call other deprecated methods or for testing deprecated methods in the test suite.
Dune::Std::applyprovides the functionality of
std::applyby either using the standard library or calling Dune's own implementation.
- The new header
hybridutilities.hhcontains various algorithmic primitives (
forEach(), …) that can work on classic dynamic values and containers, as well as on static values encoded as
integral_constantand statically sized heterogenous container. This does for example include loops over
std::tupleor an emulation of a
- The traits class
IntegerSequenceEntrycomputes the i-th entry of an
std::integer_sequence. The
integerSequenceEntryhelper function does the same with a function syntax.
This allows to avoid the high template instantiation depth of
std::make_tuplewhen using the implementation
- The new class
TupleVectoris a multitype container without algebraic operations. It relates to
std::vectorrelates to
- The
size()method of
FieldVectoris now
static constexprsuch that it can be used in static contexts.
MPIHelperonly finalize MPI, if it called
init. This allows the use of other libraries that initialize MPI themselves.
Deprecated and Removed Features
- Support for MPI older then version 2.1 has been removed, it was marked as deprecated in Dune 2.4.
- The macros
DUNE_NOEXCEPTare deprecated and will be removed in the near future. Use C++'s
- Removed own implementation of C++-14' integer sequence. Removed
Dune::Std::declval(). In both cases use C++'s capabilities instead.
- The use of
ForEachValuePairis discouraged and will be deprecated, use the more generic
Hybrid::forEachinstead. Note, that
ForLoopincludes the end element, while
Hybrid::forEachomits it.
- Our own fallback implementations for std type traits have been deprecated
as we now depend on C++11 compatible compilers and standard libraries
that implement all these type traits.
Additionally the deprecated class
Dune::TypeTraitshas been removed.
Deprecated and Removed Features
- Removed
ReferenceElement::checkInside<codim>because nobody used it.
- The
VTKSequenceWriterclass has a new constructor that takes a
VTKWriterobject from the outside, rather than creating one internally. This has several advantages. In particular, it makes the
SubsamplingVTKSequenceWriterclass obsolete, because you can now use a
VTKSequenceWriterwith a
- We have forked upstream UG, and turned it into a genuine Dune module called dune-uggrid. The new code has already seen considerable cleanup, and nontrivial bugfixes. From now on, please install and use dune-uggrid instead of UG. The programmer interface of the UGGrid class remains unchanged.
- The auto generated GRIDTYPE in config.h lead to problems with the
cmake based buildsystem and forced too frequent rebuilts.
The feature is now optional and must from now on be enabled
manually by passing the following cmake variable
-DDUNE_GRID_GRIDTYPE_SELECTOR=ON, otherwise no predefined grid types will be available since the default setting is
Deprecated and Removed Features
- SGrid was removed, use YaspGrid instead.
- ALUGrid was removed, use dune-ALUGrid instead.
- Support for Grape was removed, use dune-grape instead.
- Support for UG as a separate library was deprecated, use dune-uggrid instead. We will keep the UG bindings a little bit longer in master, but they won't be part of Dune's next release.
- The values
Geometry::dimensionworld, deprecated in Dune 2.4, have been removed. Most likely they should be replaced by
Intersection::dimensionare deprecated. The codimension is always 1, the dimension can be obtained from the grid or an element.
- The
GridView's methods
communicate()are deprecated and will be removed. Use the same methods from
- The methods
VTKWriter::addVertexDatataking raw pointers to
VTKFunctionobjects have been removed. Those methods had already been deprecated in dune-grid-2.4. Please hand over VTKFunction objects in
- The two
mapmethods of the
MultipleCodimMultipleGeomTypeclass have been removed. They were deprecated in 2.4 and have been replaced by new methods
subIndexwith the same signature. With these new names, the
MultipleCodimMultipleGeomTypeinterface is closer to the
vtkWriterno longer exports the type
VTKFunctionPtr; use
std::shared_ptr<const VTKFunction>instead.
- The classes
MultiTypeBlockMatrixhave received a major overhaul. In particular, they don't rely on
boost::fusionanymore. Also, you can now use
operator[]to access the individual entries.
- The bindings to Pardiso have been updated. We switch from Fortran bindings to C ones.
- Support for external linear solvers SuiteSparse's LDL (Cholesky / LDL decomposition) and SPQR (Sparse QR factorization).
- SuperLU 5 is supported.
- Using
writeVectorToMatlab, vectors can be written to files that can be read by GNU Octave and Matlab with
new_vec = load('filename');. This is similar to
writeMatrixToMatlaband resides in
dune/istl/io.hh, too.
Deprecated and removed features
- SuperLU versions prior to 4.0 are no longer supported.
- The
LocalBasisclasses have gained a new method
partial, which is used to compute partial derivatives of the shape functions. Previously, the method
LocalBasis::evaluateexisted for this purpose, but it had several shortcomings. The new method differs from the old one in that it uses text-book multi-index notation to specify which partial derivative to compute. This seemingly aesthetic change allows to fix several difficult technical problems. In particular, unlike
evaluate, the
partialmethod can be used through the virtual interface.
- The local dual p1 finite element got a flag to switch between dual functions being bi-orthogonal on the element and being bi-orthogonal only on faces.
- The Raviart-Thomas element local bases
RT4Cube2DLocalBasiscan now calculate the Jacobian.
Deprecated and removed features
- The class
MonomLocalFiniteElement, deprecated in Dune 2.4, has been removed together with its header
- The method
LocalBasis::evaluate, previously used to compute shape functions derivatives of any order, has been deprecated. Use the new method
Known Bugs
- The pseudo inverse used in the generic geometries might fail for nearly singular matrices. This is not really a problem unless the grid is nearly degenerate.
- The parallel UGGrid may return wrong ids on very complex adaptively refined and load-balanced grids. The reason is that the Dune grid interface mandates that two entities on different levels have the same id if they are copies. Therefore the UGGrid id/subId methods look through the ancestry of a given entity to see if there are copies. However, UG does so-called vertical load-balancing, which means that the ancestry may be distributed across different processors. Since the current code does not take that into account, wrong ids will be returned in the presence of vertical load-balancing. This is a potentially severe issue, because users do not get error messages, only ids that are tacitly wrong.
- Building shared libraries with CMake might break if you are using external static libraries compiled without support for position independent code (g++ -fpic).
- Dune-istl does not work with METIS 5, see FS!1212.
- It is possible that compilation of the tests in dune-common with gcc-4.9 and the options '-O3 -g' does not terminate due to a gcc-4.9 bug. More information can be found in the corresponding issue.
A list of all bugs can be found in our issue tracker.
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Kingdom of Great Britain
- This article is about the historic state. For the present-day state, see United Kingdom. In historical work the country is called Britain or Great Britain.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain was a state in Europe, located on the island of the same name, formed by the Act of Union between the parliaments of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland in 1707. Before this date the two Kingdoms remained politically independent but shared a single monarch from the accession of King James VI, King of Scots in March 1603.
In 1801 the Kingdom of Ireland was merged with that of Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922 the name became "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
The term "British subject" means about the same as "British citizen," but technically the term is still "subject."
Britain owned and controlled the British Empire, but residents of the Empire were not usually given British passports.
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A disposable page will exist for a short time in the cyberspace and it is very useful if you want to share information quickly, easily and without any hassle, does not matter you are owner of a website or not. You can create a disposable page which you will delete and you can set its expiration date or time. You can even suggest a name for it whatever you want.
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Dinky page offers a free way to create disposable web page very easily. You can choose name of your page. You get a visual text editor to stylize your web page, insert images and links. You can choose a title. You can edit the page in HTML mode or easy mode for ultimate control. Write in the text area and just publish the page. It will give you a URL to share with your friends. You can delete that page anytime when the purpose is done. The page you will create will be without any advertisements.
Disposable Web Page
Disposable Webpage is another useful service where you can set a timer to delete that page. You will suggest the page name and will get the master key and a link to edit your page. You can go to the URL and enter master key to start editing that page or you get a link in the bottom of the page to start editing. You will get the text editor to create your own page. Just
You can create a disposable web page with as little effort as a few key strokes and start right away at filling up the page with the content you want. Disposable web page offers you the convenience and freedom of getting information out there on the internet with as little hassle as can be.
Each disposable webpage has a count down clock. You can set this clock to count down anywhere from 90 days to 0 days from the time the page is created. When the remaining time reaches 00:00:00:00, the page is automatically set for disposal.
You will be given a master key and here's what you'll get to do with a master key:
- edit the disposable webpage
- create an Editor key for friends to co-edit the page
- set the disposable date of the page
Features of Each Disposable Webpage
- Disposed within 90 days or less after creation
- Count down clock to show the time to disposal
- History of revisions from the first edit to the current edition
- Bookmarking facility for readers follow the page
- Rich text editor for editing purposes
- Includes uploading of up to 5 photos
- Sticky notes and sticky notes player
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Mercedes-Benz G5 four wheel drive vehicle
Fulltime 4WD, 3 differentials, three differential locks, for wheel steering, independent suspension on all four wheels, I-4 with 48HP
The vehicle is very similar to the BMW 325 4x4 - not by accident. The German army had ordered all car manufacturers in 1933 to design a "Einheits-Pkw mit Allradantrieb" , a Uniform Passenger Car with 4WD. All manufacturers had to follow identical blueprints and technical layout.
More on who invented 4WD
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Nationalism is not necessarily a blessing, it can be a curse as well. Hitler was a die-hard nationalist, who butchered 6 million Jews (of which lakhs were German citizens) in the national interest. He slaughtered millions of others and caused the Second World War for the same reason. Britain, France and many other nations of Europe conquered scores of countries by hook or by crook and looted their colonies to enrich their own countries. China attacked and humiliated India in its national interest just as Pakistan massacred 3 million of her own citizens and raped 4 lakh of her own women in the national interest during the war of liberation of Bangala Desh (former East Pakistan). The nationalist people of Pakistan were not ashamed or shocked.
The independence movement of India was also nationalism in action, but while it sought the departure of the British rulers, it did not want either their blood or their women. It did not preach a tit for tat policy. Our freedom struggle presents an example of benign nationalism. It was inclusive. It accepted the equal right of all Indians born and brought up in the country. It made sincere efforts to unify all Indians to fight the British. The Constituent Assembly produced a constitution embodying benign nationalism i.e. a nationalism which is for ALL and against NONE. The benign nationalism is committed to the national interest of the country without being unjust to any within or without the country.
What is the benign nationalism in action? How can it be identified? Who would decide whether a certain act is an act of malignant or benign nationalism? What touchstone can be used to test the real character of a nationalist act acceptable to all Indians, who are committed to adhere to the constitution of India? The touchstone for testing whether an act is in the national interest or against national interest is the constitution of the country and the principle of the rule of law to which India and Indians are comitted.
Since there is so much controversy on what is anti-national, the touchstone should be used to test their real character. The following cases may be tested on the touchstone of the Indian constitution and the principle of the rule of law:
1. A member of Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha has been suspended from the house for refusing to say 'Bharat Mata ki Jay'.
Neither the constitution of India nor any law of the country obliges any citizen to say 'Bharat Mata ki Jay'. Refusing to raise the slogan is the right of a citizen and it is also his duty if asked to do it under threat.
The Maharashtra Assembly's resolution is against the letter and spirit of the constitution and is against national interest.
2. Some persons raised the slogan 'Pakistan Zindabad ' and are, being branded as Anti-national.
The Indian constitution gives the citizens the right to think freely and express their opinion. There is no law that says that to say 'Pakistan Zindabad' is a punishable criminal offence. It is as permissible as saying 'USA ZINDABAD, CHINA ZINDABAD OR AUSTRALIA ZINDABAD'.
Those who raised the slogans did not violate any law and cannot be called 'traitors' as has been done.
(I am discussing a principle and am not going into the fact that some outsiders with covered faces had actually raised the slogans)
3. To shout Afzal Guru Zindabad or that he was unjustly hanged is not an offence under the law. One has the right to hold a judgment to be wrong and criticise it. Thus nothing unlawful was done and nothing anti-national was done
Note : If Mahatma Gandhi's murder may be celebrated and Nathuram Godse may be deified with impunity by the Hindu Maha Sabha, the same impunity cannot be denied to the supporters of Afzal Guru.
4. Merely shouting a threat without the evidence of planned action is no offence in law. It is quite common to hear people shout in anger "I will kill you", but no prosecution follows. So if someone merely shouts "Hindustan to Barbad Kar denge" or "Hindustan ko tukre tukre kar denge", it is not illegal and not enough to declare the person a Desh Drohi (a traitor ).
5. Kashmir is a problem between India and Pakistan. Then there are people in Kashmir who want AZADI. If some citizens feel that giving Kashmir Azadi is a good solution, it is his/her right to communicate/express his thought to the people and the government. Such persons are only exercising their fundamental right, guaranteed under Art.19 of the constitution.
No person exercising his/her fundamental right can be held to be a Desh Drohi or anti-national.
6. Some Indians believe that Kashmir is under occupation of India. It is just an opinion. It may be considered wholly wrong, but the person holding the opinion cannot be held guilty of being anti-national or guilty of an illegal act.
7. A citizen has the right to feel FEAR AND EXPRESS IT. Amir Khan's wife violated no law when she felt frightened by the rise of intolerance in the country and wondered if they should think of moving out. Amir Khan violated no law when he shared this with the media. It was most unjustified to compare him with dreaded terrorists and ask him to go to Pakistan.
8. Shahrukh Khan like anyone else has the right to hold and express his opinion. He exercised this right when he said that there was a rise in intolerance in the country. The condemnation that followed including asking him to go to Pakistan was an attack on his right as a citizen.
There are numerous acts which are not Anti-National tested on this touchstone, yet they are condemned as anti-national. It is because they have been tested on the touchstone of MALIGNANT NATIONALISM, which is against the constitution, the principle of the rule of law and the ways of a humane society.
The distinction between Malignant and Benign Nationalism and the way to test an act should always be kept in mind while judging whether an act is in the national interest or against it. To overlook the difference would be against benign nationalism and national interest.
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Improvise. Adapt. Overcome – it's a good motto to keep in the back of one's mind when entering Rules of Survival's harsh and unforgiving battle royale arena, as it's every man, woman, and organism with opposable thumbs for themselves.
Developer NetEase has created their own excellent take on the battle royale schematic and has brought it to the App and Google Play Stores on mobile platforms in the form of Rules of Survival. Players will literally be dropped into the game's world and will need to procure weapons, armour, as well as ammo and healing items on-site to ensure they are the last player standing. While there are some aspects of Rules of Survival that prevent it from achieving true greatness, what is included in this package is fantastic and will have players entertained for hours on end, with not a penny out of their pockets.
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Improvise. Adapt. Overcome – it's a good motto to keep in the back of one's mind when entering Rules of Survival's harsh and unforgiving battle royale arena, as it's every man, woman, and organism with opposable thumbs for themselves: https://appolicious.com/rules-of-surviva…le-battle-royale/
Rules of Survival takes the battle royale formula established by the insanely popular PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) and modifies it to be playable on mobile platforms. Having played PUBG, NetEase has perfectly captured the essence of what makes battle royale so enticing and backs it up with mostly stellar touch-control gameplay and game structure. For the uninitiated, players begin the match with 120 other players in a cargo plane high above the map and choose a point where they want to drop. Upon touching down, the player will then have to search the surrounding area to find weapons, ammunition, and items that can be used to buff their stats, heal themselves, or modify their weapons. As time goes on, the playable area on the map begins to shrink, causing any player outside of the specified zone to take damage until they're within safe boundaries.
Rules of Survival provides one of the truest battle royale experiences next to PUBG itself, and is highly recommended for battle royale enthusiasts to enjoy.
While the death toll is usually high at the beginning of matches, as the playable area becomes smaller and smaller, the gameplay becomes tense and more stealth-based, as being hidden is a huge benefit and often provides the upper hand during enemy encounters. Even on mobile devices, it always feels good to sneak up on someone completely oblivious to your presence and to then flatten them out with a frying pan before they even have a chance to retaliate.
Online play in Rules of Survival is simple and streamlined. There are solo, duo, and squad mode options that allow for players to invite their friends and team up to fight together. While there is a noticeable amount of loading screens before beginning a match, it doesn't take excessively long to boot up. During my time of playing, there was very little lag present and I wasn't removed from any matches I was playing in – I also didn't notice any irregular or erratic behaviour from other players signifying internet issues were being experienced.
For being a third person shooter on a mobile device that uses touch controls, Rules of Survival plays surprisingly well. Without aim assist I don't think I would've been as successful, but it makes combat enjoyable and responsive. The buttons to jump, crouch, and lay prone are all close to each other, and with practice, changing stance on the fly becomes quite easy. There are also different controls schemes offered, and all can be adjusted in regards to sensitivity. Sometimes my fingers would slide over the fire button and I would alert nearby enemies to my location by firing accidentally, but most of the time I was able to navigate without making it too easy for enemies to end me. Driving controls are also quite intuitive and easy to learn, although during my play it wasn't often I was able to have access to a vehicle.
After playing PUBG and one of its most popular knockoffs, the Fortnite Battle Royale mode, I wasn't completely sure what to expect when booting up Rules of Survival – how would a game of PUBG's scope look and perform on a mobile device's hardware, and would it be able to smoothly recreate a similar experience compared to its original source material? I played the game on my personal iPad Air 3 – the performance would sometimes bog down during moments where I was in a high-traffic area, or I would notice very blatant texture pop-in after landing from the cargo plane, but my overall experience of playing on my iPad was very impressive. I managed to even make it to being one of two remaining players standing during one of my matches (out of 120 players), a feat I hardly came close to reaching while playing PUBG or Fortnite.
It offers incredibly addicting third-person shooter action, connects players with others around the world, and encourages cooperative gameplay.
While Rules of Survival is free to play, it does offer microtransactions which can be used to buy loot boxes that contain cosmetic items to give your character a different look and clothes to wear. In an age where certain game publishers seem to be shoving loot boxes down consumers' throats to encourage progression, I feel Rules of Survival gets a pass because the core package they're offering, which is free in its entirety, is astonishingly good and very enjoyable to play.
Rules of Survival on iOS and Android mobile platforms is an absolute blast, and perfectly captures what makes the battle royale formula so enticing. It offers incredibly addicting third-person shooter action, connects players with others around the world, and encourages cooperative gameplay. Due to being on mobile devices (depending on their screen size), people with large hands will have some issues with fingers leaving their control zones and making undesired inputs, but with time, repetition, and muscle memory creation, this can be easily fixed. In addition, sometimes there were minor texture pop-in issues and delayed environment loading, but due to what the game offers, this is something I easily overlooked. For a game that is entirely free, Rules of Survival provides one of the truest battle royale experiences next to PUBG itself, and is highly recommended for battle royale enthusiasts to enjoy.
Our Rating
|Addicting Battle Royale Gameplay and Excellent Graphics
|Minor texture pop-in and environment loading delays


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A piece without a 'story line' and supposed to be only 'dance, dance, dance', Soirée dansante is not for all that devoid of inspiration. However, it is the spectator's job to detect the references, be they to Egyptian hieroglyphs and statuary, Miró's work, children's toys, even the Hindu bhakti movement, in this aesthetically and choreographically eclectic piece. Structured in four main 'periods', to wit, a highly oppressive quartet called 'Anubis', a very gentle pas-de-deux called 'Lapin' (rabbit), the disjointed trio of 'Surprise' (reworked and multiplied), and a more mystical sequence for seven dancers, 'Raga', Soirée dansante multiplies the effects of surprise, while the lack of sets increases the emphasis on the costumes and the choreography itself.
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Useful online spellings resource
Date: 21st Jan 2016 @ 9:58pm
We have been using the website www.spellingplay.co.uk in class to help us improve our spellings. This is a fantastic free resource with many games that the children can play at home.
The website is free to sign up too. Click on planning and resources > year 2 spelling planning units > interactive resources. We are currently focusing on 'more suffixes'. The children have enjoyed playing a number of these games and will be familiar with the website.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.
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William P. Newman Athletic Facility
The William P. Newman Athletic Facility is one of the original structures built on campus in 1968 when Husson moved to this location. Named after William Newman, Husson trustee and prominent Maine banker, this facility serves students, faculty, and the community. The maple center court of William P. Newman Gymnasium is home to volleyball, basketball, intramurals, classes and special events, as it seats 1,200. Locker rooms, an athletic training facility, a free weight room, classrooms, coaches' offices, and athletic administration offices are also part of this busy building.
The Webber Pool, Swan Center, D. Bruce MacGregor Sports Hall of Fame, Kenduskeag Human Performance Institute, Trott Fitness Center and Wadleigh Academic Center are all attached to the Newman Athletic Facility.