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February 18, 2018
First Sunday of Lent
Mark 1:12-15
Have you ever felt "pushed" to do something? Maybe you've felt a sense of urgency or need to do or to be. Sometimes we feel that something is driving us to act or speak and we can't really explain it. Well, this happened to Jesus when "the Spirit drove Jesus into the desert". The "something" that drives us or pushes us on occasion could very well be the Spirit of God. We don't always know for sure and we're not always able to explain. But the fact is that the Spirit is everywhere, all around and always active, speaking to us through people, events and what happens in daily life. When this happens we try to figure out or discern what is going on. It is not always the easiest thing to do but, if we listen with the ears of our heart, we very often get answers.
So, Jesus goes to the desert and is there for 40 days while he struggles with temptation. While it isn't said explicitly in the gospel, it's possible that Jesus may have been struggling to know what his mission would be all about. Maybe he wasn't completely sure how to begin, where to begin, what exactly he was to do. These are temptations or doubts or wonderings that any one of us could experience time and time again in our lives. It's difficult to be absolutely sure of things all the time and not to doubt oneself or one's purpose in life.
We don't know what the wild beasts were that were with Jesus, but I would wager we know quite well what the "wild beasts" are in our lives! The interior wild beasts we struggle with are the worst kind. Our weaknesses, our addictions, our sinful tendencies, are the wild beasts that angels will drive away if ask and seek and trust.
At the end of the Gospel it feels almost as if a trumpet had sounded and the proclamation of Jesus spreads far and wide. He knows his mission. He knows what to do. He has put the desert and the wild beasts behind him and calls us to change our hearts, to repent and not let the wild beasts within take over. His advice as to how to do this is clear and a real invitation to each of us: "Believe in the gospel!"
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We returned to Piemonte for our annual visit to Piemonte this month. This time we booked one of several modern apartments available at the Cordero di Montezemolo winery in the village of Annunziata, just a few kilometers from La Morra. La Morra is our favorite spot in the region. The views from our apartment were a panorama of the Barolo wine country, and the folks at Montezemolo were cordial hosts. Annunziata is just twenty minutes from Alba and provides easy access to many of our favorite restaurants.
We had ten nights this trip and more than that number of meals, returning to our favorite restaurants and trying a few that were new to us. Our best meals were at the restaurants we know well, although a few of the places we have visited over the years did not quite deliver. Ciau del Tornavento in Treiso and Trattoria della Posta in Monforte d'Alba were outstanding. Two dinners at Il Veglio in Annunziata and a lunch at Trattoria Marsupino in Briaglia also lived up to our high expectations. However, to our surprise, the food at Il Centro in Priocca was a bit disappointing (Enrico Cordero and his family continue to be our favorite hosts). Similarly, our lunch at I Bologna was just ordinary this time around. A lunch at Da Bardon confirmed last year's impression that it is a great place for wine, but the food is just okay.
At Allende's suggestion, we tried Pane e Vino, a trattoria in Cherasco. Our lunch at this homey friendly restaurant was very successful. And a light dinner at Centro Storico in Sinnelunga d'Alba also was lovely. However, a dinner at the upscale, Michelin-starred Larossa in Alba was an expensive waste of time. There certainly are good and sometimes elegant starred restaurants in Piemonte — for example Ciau (one star), Il Centro (one star) and da Renzo in Cervere (two stars) — but invariably they are family-run places, where the kitchens stay fully grounded in local traditions. So when Michelin characterizes a restaurant in the Langhe as "modern," I would advise caution.
Our best antipasti in our dozen or so meals included the fonduta and sausage stuffed baked onion at Trattoria Della Posta, the tuna filled roasted peppers there, the little fried frogs leg appetizer at Ciau and the carne battuta at Veglio. We had dozens of wonderful pastas, including the tagliarin al sugo di carne at Il Centro, a pappardelle with venison ragu at Veglio, seirasse filled agnolotti at Ciau and a stupendous tagliarin with morels also at Ciau. Our number one secondo was the baby lamb chops at Trattoria della Posta (the lamb was wrapped in bechemel, breaded and pan fried), but we also loved the roast veal al nebbiolo at Veglio and the baby goat preparations at both at Veglio and Marsupino. Great desserts included an exquisite panna cotta at Trattoria della Posta, the panna cotta at Veglio and a coffee and fiore di latte ice cream sundae at Ciau.
Great wine lists are of course abundant in Piemonte. This time around we were especially impressed by the lists and wine service at Marsupino, Ciau, Il Centro and Trattoria della Posta. If you go to Ciau, don't miss taking a tour of the wine cellar. It simply is awesome.


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So the man gave them his attention, expecting to get something from them (Acts 3:5).
I am married to an optimist. After seventeen years you might think that some of that optimism would have rubbed off on me. It hasn't happened, much to the chagrin of my dear wife.
My problem doesn't merit a diagnosis. As far as I know I'm not depressed. But there's something in the wiring of my brain that predisposes me to see what won't work, what might go wrong, what won't happen according to plan.
On most days this sour inclination is simply annoying, to both me and my wife. But there are times when the knee-jerk woes are more than irritating. They are an affront to God. Pessimism is a nest that allows faithlessness to hatch into other things like anxiety and bitterness and lack of trust. None of these make for a life of robust faith.
In Acts 3 we're told about a man who took a beggar's post every day near the gate called Beautiful. The story says nothing abut his internal world – hopeful or desperate, optimistic or pessimistic. All we know is that he can't walk. Never has walked. He lives by the pity and generosity of others. Carried by others, he is placed near the gate and waits for those moving about on two good legs to notice him and be moved to part with their spare change.
His expectations don't appear to be high. As Peter and John make their way to the temple to pray, the beggar asks for money, but he doesn't ask with real anticipation. He mouths his request but doesn't really take notice of Peter and John. Peter has to get his attention. "Look at us," Peter says.
The beggar looks, and here we get a glimpse into his expectations. He turns to Peter expecting to get alms. He hears Peter's summons as a call to extend the hand and receive the only income he can manage to collect. The beggar expected a few more coins, but he received so much more than he expected. Peter has no coins to give, no silver, no gold. But what he does have is power, and he gladly gives it. With authority, in the name of Jesus, Peter tells the beggar to walk.
Our expectations, it seems, are often defined by our experience. Faith is not. Faith has veto power over repeated experiences that breed low expectations.
Jesus confronts our low expectations and invites us to live by faith. Perhaps we live far too many of our days like the beggar, content to get what we need to survive, but never dreaming that anything more than mere survival might be possible. Our expectations get conditioned by a handful of coins, but God in his power makes us stand up and leap about and worship. Is this day already defined for you by all your yesterdays? What would it mean to live this day by faith?
Lord Jesus, any and every day can bring the unexpected. Give me the kind of faith that is ready and attentive for whatever you might be doing around me. Raise my sights above the routine and familiar. Let the miracles that unfold in ordinary things move me to worship and praise you. Amen.
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I know Massa at the Five Corners in Scarsdale is supposed to be open already, but it seems remarkably quiet so far about how it is.
As a matter of fact, the place doesn't seem to be open driving by most of the time. No signs. The whole vibe always seems to be quiet.
Considering the unlucky history of this space, I'd make sure people knew we were open for dinner.


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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska state board has proposed new road construction rule changes that would ease the standards that cities, counties and the state must follow when rehabilitating roadways.
The Lincoln Journal Star (http://bit.ly/1HQTMMm ) reports that the Nebraska Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards hopes the proposed rules will allow roadwork budgets to be stretched further by eliminating right-of-way and construction costs.
"It doesn't solve all of the financial shortfalls that many of us have, but it makes the dollars we have go farther," said Roger Figard, who helped craft the proposed rules as chairman of the Nebraska Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards.
The push for new rules is not new. Figard says he expressed interest in updating the state's rulebook in the 1990s with new road repair standards.
The state has required that road repair projects that go beyond simple maintenance follow standards applied to new road construction. Officials say the new rules would allow governments to be less invasive in the process.
"It gives us more flexibility to do the right thing on our roads," said Steve Riehle, the Hall County engineer.
Riehle says that in many cases the state's rules have been stricter than American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials standards, also known as the green book.
"Sometimes some things are worth it, but where do you draw that line?" he said.
New construction changes are also being proposed. Officials propose increasing the minimum bridge width from 20 to 24 feet in most cases, to accommodate big farm equipment.
A hearing on the proposal is scheduled for Dec. 17. The Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards will then determine whether any changes are needed before forwarding the rules to the attorney general and governor for final approval.
State Roads Director Kyle Schneweis said "The revisions will provide great options and put good sense into government practices."


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As many of you know…I'm in recovery mode. What started last April as a pain, has become a marathon course in varying degrees of how much I can actually handle. The meds are lovely, but they hijack my system sixty ways by noon and I'm afraid I can't keep up with that. Right now, I'm doing my best to ignore the throb and keep working without the chemical interference. mneh – I might be winning that.
I joked with several that I am now part Borg, or perhaps Terminator. lol. Maybe Bionic Woman would be better as I only have a couple seriously upgraded parts. The rest is the same ole me. The same half-sane, running 220 with my hair on fire, point me to the bar gal that always has more on the plate waiting to avalanche than there will ever be room for. I happen to love it that way. I can rest when it's over…for now, I'm racing the clock that says 'You can't possibly' and daring it to reconsider.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Texaco gained strength Thursday after the oil and gas company beat Wall Street first-quarter estimates, fueled by the performance of its exploration and production business.
Texaco TX, -1.22% said it earned $836 million, or $1.54 a share, before special items, which compares to $602 million, or $1.10 a share, earned a year ago. Analysts polled by First Call/Thomson Financial expected Texaco to earn $1.49 a share in the most recent quarter. The results mark the third consecutive time for Texaco to surpass $800 million in profit.
"Out-performance came from slightly better-than-expected performance from the E&P and downstream segments," wrote Banc of America Securities analyst Tyler Dann in a research note. "However, U.S. natural gas production continued to decline even more than we had projected."
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Many of us remember the legendary chess match between Deep Blue and Garry Kasparov. Deep Blue, the experimental thinking computer programed by IBM, just barely defeated the legendary chess grandmaster in a thrilling contest that has become a milestone in computer development. As impressive as that feat was the truth is it was accomplished through "brute force" programing. The computer essentially memorized thousands of moves and scenarios and picked its best potential move by using cross referencing algorithms. To put it another way, imagine you're playing against someone who doesn't know the rules to chess but keeps referencing a massive book of diagrams that tells them which piece to move in every specific board combination.
Chess is one thing but despite its reputation as the ultimate intellectual game, there are others that are much more complex. One such strategy game was developed in ancient China and remains a popular competitive sport even today. I am talking, of course, about the game of Go. Go is played on a 19 by 19 square grid and involves placing pieces with the goal of surrounding your opponent's pieces. Once a piece is set it can't be moved. Until very recently no computer could master this game. It's impossible to "brute force" process all possible moves because the number of possible variations is far far too large. This makes the recent defeat of Go grandmaster Lee Sedol all the more impressive and puzzling.
The Google DeepMind AI, named AlphaGo, defeated the professional Go master in a best of 5 game tournament with a prize of $1,000,000 on the line. Sedol, and the Go community at large, were amazed by the AI's play. Most notably they were confused by some of its moves that deviated far from traditional strategy. For example in the second game AlphaGo placed a piece in an unoccupied part of the grid. Sedol had this to say about the move: "It's not a human move. I've never seen a human play this move. So beautiful." At first many assumed the move was a mistake or some kind of error. However over the next three hours AlphaGo went on to win the match.
And thus the game is changed forever. If you want to know more about AlphaGo here's what the creators had to say about it (note: this video was made just before the historic match with Sedol):


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You and I had a hotel room and you were ordering me around like a hooker. Do this don't do that... scrub my ass with that body scrub, now wipe it off... etc... I wasn't so upset by this as sad. When I looked into your eyes I could see your sorrow and your anger. I complied with your wishes. In saying, for now I will accept this, FOR NOW, but you have to heal yourself, boobah. There is no need for such deep anger, nor taking it out on me. It will only damage our friendship. You huffed like a mighty wolf/dragon... and then you looked at me and cried.
Many other things were totally interesting in this dream but i wanted to write this section out. I am going out to find my peace and my souls happiness... i cherish you. But i wont be your whipping post because you feel insecure. You have NO reason to be insecure. much love to boobahs. keep it real brutha man. Im here for you dear one. keep your spikey boots outside the fence of our friendship. it will make things much smoother. xoxoox.


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So I'm headed to my high school's 150th anniversary party this
afternoon. San Francisco's St. Ignatius College Preparatory
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So I'm headed to my high school's 150th anniversary party this afternoon. San Francisco's St. Ignatius College Preparatory – founded by Jesuits in 1855 as St. Ignatius Academy – is pulling out all the stops for its sesquicentennial celebration. An entire city block around the Sunset campus is being roped off for what organizers promise me in e-mails will be "the biggest S.I. party of all time!"
Having been to a few of the school's parties, to that I can only reply: "Woo-hoo!" And, "Please hide my car keys."
You know, 150 years is a pretty long time. By comparison, Gilroy High is a "mere" 129 years old, having become a public institution in 1876 after being run as a private high school for four years by the Methodist Church. (Thanks, guy who answers the phone at the Gilroy Museum!) San Benito High – formerly Hollister High – is also more than 100 years old, but not nearly as ancient as St. Ignatius. (Though I am informed there is meatloaf still being served in the San Benito High cafeteria that may predate either school.)
The first two Jesuits arrived in San Francisco on Dec. 9, 1849. One of the pair wondered in a letter, according to the school's archives, "whether (the city) should be called a mad house or Babylon, I am at a loss to determine – so great in those days was the disorder, the brawling, the open immorality, the reign of crime which, brazen faced, triumphed on a soil not yet brought under the sway of human laws …"
That was a fair assessment of a rollicking, expanding city that had been little more than a weigh-station for Spanish missionaries just a few years before the Gold Rush hit. One can only wonder what the Jesuits thought of the town six years later, when they opened the doors of the first S.I. campus on Market Street. By that time, the original 49ers had plenty of later-arriving cohorts helping them to turn the City by the Bay into a den of debauchery, political corruption and ethnic tension.
Which, incidentally, the current 49ers are still doing 150 years later. Only now, we can hit the "pause" button when we don't like what we see on the videotape.
But perhaps we might consider that, in a way, the Jesuits who founded St. Ignatius were pushing their own version of "pause" on the mad house in which they dwelled. The testimony to their success at that endeavor is that, 150 years later, they're still bringing disordered, brawling young people (the former all-boys school went co-ed in 1990) under the sway of human laws.
It also helps that, somewhere along the way, the school's caretakers decided that a wee bit of open immorality every now and again is good for the soul. Which is why I'm really looking forward to the party.


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Apple has taken quite the risk to challenge innovation. With the Apple air pods, say sayonara to the minutes of detangling and celo-taping earphone wires. Apple Air pods are quite light-weight, portable and extremely compact. The new Apple W1 wireless chip makes pairing to the iPhone super simple. A simple tap on either Air pods is all it takes for Siri to come alive. At $159 for a pair of earphones that usually come complementary, these are quite costly. So guard them with your life! Good Luck.
Bose QuiteComfort QC35
With a top-of-the-line noise cancellation feature, these Bose QuiteComfort QC35 headphones are best suited for die hard music lovers. Unlike most bulky headphones and as the name suggests, these are lightweight and comfortable. With about 20 hours of battery life (on a single charge), you can head bang to your favourite jams, non-stop. At $349, the Bose QuiteComfort QC35 is quite premium, but seems worth the money.
Sony MDR 1000X
Looks like Sony decided to up the ante and give Bose some competition. The Sony MDR 1000X also packs quite the punch with a superlative noise cancelling feature. But priced at $399 ($50 more than Bose QuiteComfort QC35), their capacitive touch controls are smart and intuitive.
Jay Bird X2
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JayBird X2 earphones are a good fit for people with active lifestyles. With an amazing audio quality, they deliver crisp and clear sound at any volume. With 8 hours of battery life, you almost get through your whole day. They charge really quickly so if the battery ever goes out, you will be up and running in no time. You can get a perfect workout partner for yourself at $149.95.
Plantronics Backbeat Fit
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A strange afternoon ended with Glasgow Warriors re-establishing some authority in terms of derby relations, but for all that they deserved their win the margin of victory flattered them at Scotstoun yesterday.
After five defeats in the previous six Inter-City encounters, it was a much needed victory, the way in which a 14-man Edinburgh side had beaten them the previous week having raised questions about their fortitude given the contrast between their previous unbeaten record in the Pro14 and their four successive defeats in the European Champions Cup this season.
"It wasn't about being flash tonight. We wanted to earn a little respect back, we wanted to see some resolve and I think we did that," said their head coach Dave Rennie. "I thought we did a real good job up front, set piece, played the game at the right end of the field, then clicked the points on to add a bit of pressure forcing them to play from a long way out. Overall I thought the decision making was better than it was the other day and we definitely showed more back bone."
"There were a lot more positives, mostly about attitude. Mostly we talked about how the conditions were going to be really difficult. We expected a lot or rain and a lot of wind so I am happy with the attitude and sometimes you just have to come out with a result and it's not often you play a game where the opposition end up with nil so I am happy with our defensive effort."
The first half, which contained a solitary score, ended two minutes early due to an evacuation of the stadium and the second had been extended into it's second minute before a try was finally produced, both sides having failed to keep their composure on the rare occasions that clearcut opportunities were created.
The tone for the afternoon had been set from the opening exchanges when Edinburgh tried something elaborate, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne shaping to take the kick off then throwing the ball to Jaco Van Der Walt who did not propel it the requisite 10 metres, only for Glasgow winger Niko Matawalu to throw away the advantage his team would have had by unnecessarily competing for the ball and knocking it on.
There were to be many, many more of those as the match unfolded, Hamish Watson the next offender after his side had played through a lot of phases without making much in the way of forward progress.
It was to be a particularly frustrating afternoon for the Scotland flanker who was penalised soon afterwards when he felt he had been legally contesting possession with Jonny Gray at a ruck, allowing Finn Russell to register the only points of the first half.
There was a bit of 'Grand, old Duke of York' to the way the half ended, some of those in the capacity 7351 crowd reporting that after the initial announcement telling them to leave, they were then held up on stairwells in the main stand, before being told they could go back into the stadium, only for a more persistent tannoy announcement to insist on their departure.
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Why do we still refer to an aspect of the professional identity of over 80% of the teachers of English as a 'non'?
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Native English Teacher or non- Native English Teachers
Is English a Global Language?
The contentious issue of (non)nativeness remains unanswered.
Nowadays, being an NNEST or NNEST should not count but rather teachers' professional capabilities.
The presentation provides a forum for reflection and discussion about NNESTs.
We should value professional and personal qualities over 'nativeness.'
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Both 'NESTs' and 'NNESTs' are expected to be competent teachers, each with excellent professional skills.
What can non-native English-speaking teachers (NNESTs) perform better?
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Opening Plenary by Jane Setter
Intonation is one of the earliest acquired aspects of speech; the crymelodies of infants are influenced by the intonation of their mothers, and very small toddlers are able to use intonation to indicate turn taking patterns in play conversations before they can form words. It plays a vital role in successful communication in English, as it does in other languages. If this is true, why is intonation neglected in English language pronunciation teaching, and how can it be taught effectively?
This presentation takes the audience into the seldom-navigated region of intonation in English language teaching, focusing on the role of three main elements: tonality, tonicity and tone. Drawing on material from a number of different sources, we explore the role of intonation in English, and look at which elements are teachable, which are learnable, what resources are available to the teacher and the learner, and how intonation might be approached in the English language classroom and as a self-access learning activity. Expect a multimedia, audience participation experience.
from English Grammar Today
Pronunciation means how we say words. Most people speak the dialect of standard English with an accent that belongs to the part of the country they come from or live in. Learners of British English commonly hear RP (received pronunciation), which is an accent often used on the BBC and other news media and in some course materials for language learners, but it is also common to hear a variety of regional accents of English from across the world.
How we use spoken stress and rhythm is also an important part of pronunciation. For example, it is important to know which syllables in a word are stressed and how different patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables are pronounced. There are also common patterns of intonation in English which enable us to give special emphasis to particular words, phrases and sentences.
See also: Dialect, British and American English, SpellingIntonation
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Donald Clark
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Yvonne Rogers
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They talked a lot about technology in ELT. A panel of technology experts, bringing experiences from outside the ELT world, discussed trends such as machine translation, artificial intelligence, chatbots and future workplaces. Their perspectives should challenge our current thinking, and help us consider future possibilities.
IATEFL Online Conference in Glasgow, 2017
We were listening to the experts describing their experiences with teaching English using new technologies.
The listeners asked questions such as;
Since computers started to be introduced in language learning (and in education in
general) people have rightly asked whether the investment we are making in these
technologies gives us value for money. As digital technologies have taken a hold
in society in general, this particular question is not asked quite so often, but it is
still important to make sure that the technologies that we have available are used
effectively. People are always tempted to try to make an argument for technology
having an impact on the development of pedagogy and in many cases we can see
that the use of technology has enabled teachers to re-think what they are doing.
We also see people trying to populate this domain by talking about notions like the
'flipped classroom', ostensibly a methodology that sees input as occurring at 'home'
and physical classrooms being used as spaces to explore what has been presented
in the input. This is far from being a new idea, but these agendas are pushed for
a while and then disappear again. What is a contender for a methodology that is
central to the world of technology and language learning is that of blended learning
(Motteram and Sharma, 2009). We see this methodology still being developed, but
when handled best it is the most likely candidate for a starting point for getting
teachers to work with technology in their practice. It is still the case that most
teachers work in physical classrooms and looking at ways that these spaces can
be augmented with digital technologies is a very good starting point.
Innovations in learning technologies for English language teaching
Empowering teachers through continuous professional development:frameworks, practices and promises
Gabriel Díaz Maggioli
National Teacher Education College, Uruguay
April 4, 2017
9:00 –10:20
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"…while particular 'lighthouse' schools and school systems are the exception, my sense is that professional development as it is experienced by most teachers and principals is pretty much like it has always been—unfocused, insufficient, and irrelevant to the day-to-day problems faced by front line educators. Put another way, a great deal more is known today about good staff development than is regularly practiced in schools."
Dennis Sparks, 2002
There are numerous definitions of online learning in the literature, definitions that reflect the diversity of practice and associated technologies. Carliner (1999) defines online learning as educational material that is presented on a computer. Khan (1997) defines online instruction as an innovative approach to delivering instruction to a remote audience, using the Web as the medium.
However, online learning involves more than just the presentation and distribution of the materials using the Web: the learner and the learning process should be the focus of online learning.
Teaching face-to-face and teaching online are both teaching, but they are qualitatively different. Online education starts when faculty moves from the traditional classroom to the online classroom. There are some things that the two have in common, but there are also plenty of differences.
1. The online teacher plays the role of guiding students through one or more online learning experiences. These experiences are every so often designed and
planned long before the course starts so that the teacher can devote more time to guiding the students and less time preparing lessons. Within this role, the teacher directs and redirects the attention of learners toward fundamental concepts and ideas.
2. Learning is hard work and studying online can sometimes feel isolated, confusing, or discouraging without the guide.
As a result, the effective online teacher makes intentional efforts to communicate precise encouraging messages to individual learners and the group as a whole. Moreover, even when providing constructive feedback, the teacher as supporter finds a way to promote positive messages alongside the critiques.
Encouragement and welcoming support are an important approach to maintaining an overall positive morale in the class. At times, learners may fall into negative comments about themselves, the class, or their classmates (even the instructor, on occasion). The coach makes every effort to find ways to listen, respect the learner's frustrations, but also to help them reframe the situation in a manner that students are more active and creative.
3. Many people focus on the role of the teacher as a role model, and that is valuable. However, the role of the coach is just as important, even more, important if we want learners to develop high levels of competence and confidence. The online teacher must move beyond just modeling a depth motivation for the subject and personal skill with the content. The mentor needs to find ways to hand the matter over to the students to do something with it. Applied projects and papers work well for this, and it gives the teacher an opportunity to be a coach and advisor.
4. Learners need some feedback about their work. How are they doing? Are they getting closer to meeting the learning objectives or not? The effective online teacher finds ways to give thoughtful feedback to individual learners and, when appropriate, groups of students.
5. Without intentional efforts to build a positive social environment, online learning can feel lonely and impersonal. As a result, the online teacher must serve as an encouraging host, facilitating introductions, using discussion starters to enable conversations among students, and taking the time to get to know students and referencing that knowledge in interactions with them.
6. The whole thing is documented in an online course. The teacher can tell when and how many times student logs in the course, what pages were viewed or not, how many discussions posts the student contributed, and much more. This data can be abused, but it can also be used to make adjustments and informed decisions by an online teacher. If a student is not logged in or failing to visit the pages in the course with the direct instructions, the coach points that out to the learners or reorganizes the content so that it is easier to find.
7. Online courses are rich with content and sometimes students can get lost in all that content. The teacher as a regulator intentionally releases content in chunks that are appropriate for educated people. Sometimes this comes in the course of only publishing content one week at a time. Other times, the teacher releases it all at once but directs students only to focus on individual parts at a time. Another key is to break content into smaller segments. Rather than a twenty-page document of instructions, it is better to consider breaking it into ten two-page documents.
8. Good teachers are lifelong learners, and they can model that learning for their students in a variety of ways in the online classroom. The teacher can be active (but not too active or it will silence students) participant in online discussions, sharing what they are learning about the subject, and even complete all or fragments of some assignments, sharing their work with the students. The process goes a long way to making an exciting and dynamic online learning community where one and all in the community commits to exemplifying the qualities of a lifelong learner.
What challenges are involved in learning online?
Perhaps one of the greatest challenges for teachers is to deliver a consistent experience to a large and varied general populations.
Instructors and scholars should not carry through device management. Their priorities should be placed on learning.
Technology is not the creator. Strong belief in innovation is less significant than the demands of scholars and instructors.
Instructors deliver a well-defined responsibility with implementing, and identifying, the best combination of digital learning tools for each scholar.
Different approaches to learning, such as project-based learning, progressive education, game-based learning, and more, is a part of the personalized, blended learning model. Accordingly, such innovations will call for demonstration how their package improves learning outcomes.
Most challenges have to do with the procedures, but they have nothing to do with the teaching itself. To make it simple, if you know how to teach, all you need to do is learn about the elementary online tools available for online teaching, and begin using them.
As cited earlier, teaching an online class can be time-consuming. As well, building up an online course can be overpowering. Finding out and becoming proficient using an LMS takes time, and uploading materials to the online environment is also demanding and needs much time. Once you know how to use the LMS, you require getting to teach students through it.
The time necessary to generate a new class can be a problem with developing online classes.
The instructor should be able to take care of the subject matter rather than spend Countless times is managing difficulties connected with the technology.
One of the most recommended ways to cope with the additional time required for teaching online classes is to decrease the class size.
Students also regularly run into technological problems and they need support with technology issues.
Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/undergrad/ptacc/online-teaching.pdf
Also, from my perspective, a successful teaching and learning online involve
• Understanding and easiness in the use of technology.
• Rethinking, and reexamining course objectives, activities, and assessments.
• Creating a community of learners.
• Supporting discussions.
Improving good skills in the use of technology.
• Understanding that the learning management system and other Web technologies function enable coaches to create and provide detailed instruction.
• Planning and creating course goals, activities, and assessments can take substantial time and free energy. Such redesign can be especially successful when started well in advance of the course start date.
Building a community of learners is a challenge.
• The necessity to keep in regular contact with students and comprehend various kinds of dialogue as well as different goals.
• Setting up content-specific discussions to provide problem-solving and establish growing proficiency in course outcomes.
• Designating areas for practical questions that reduce frustration, and gives an opportunity to help each other
• Arranging discussions that deliver a social channel for students increases a learning community by creating interconnection among learners.
It is also important to note that sending private and frequent initial e-mails that encourage/praise the stellar work or express concern in an online student absenteeism shows students that you are online and monitoring all activity. Such deliberate attempts at contact are especially important in demonstrating active instructor presence in the online environment.
Facilitating discussions online is not as easy as it may seem. Posting a question and expecting learners to generate responses that resemble an integrated, face-to-face dialogue rarely happens. Setting expectations for how discussions should proceed is the first step in creating in-depth, integrated responses and meaningful exchanges. In any setting, content-specific dialogue can cause disagreements or require clarifications. In a face-to-face class, instructors interject if a discussion is heading in the wrong direction or praise and emphasize well-thought out responses. The online facilitator should expect to do the same. Students need to feel comfortable in challenging each other's discussion contributions in tactful, constructive ways or asking the peers to support their claims with research. As facilitators, instructors need to demonstrate how this can happen in the online environment.
Boettcher, J.V. & Conrad, R. M. (2010) E-Coaching Success Tips http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/index.htm
Accessed May 30, 2011. A library of over 80 tips developed over 2006 – 2010.
Boettcher, J. V. (2007). Ten Core Principles for Designing Effective Learning Environments: Insights from Brain Research and Pedagogical Theory. http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=54. (February 16, 2009).
Boettcher, J. V., & Conrad, R. M. (2010).
The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips (1 ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Conrad, R. M., and Donaldson, J. A. (2004). Engaging the online learner: Activities and resources for creative instruction, Jossey-Bass <www.josseybass.com> Pp. 123.
Fischer, K. Reiss, D. and Young, A. (2005). Ten tips for generating engaged online discussion. Austin, TX, University of Texas. http://wordsworth2.net/activelearning/ecacdiscustips.htm (Accessed August 27, 2007) A helpful set of concise tips that offer ideas and suggestions for being effective at facilitating discussions in electronic environments. More tips on getting started in active online learning are at <wordsworth2.net/activelearning/ecacteachtips.htm>.
Garrison, D. R., Anderson, T., and Archer, W. (2000). Critical Inquiry in a Text-Based Environment: Computer Conferencing in Higher Education. The Internet and Higher Education 2(2/3): 87 – 105.
Goodyear, P. (2002) Psychological foundations for networked learning. Networked learning: perspectives and issues. Pp. 49-75 2002. Springer-Verlag. New York, Inc.
Grogan, G. (2005). The Design of Online Discussions to Achieve Good Learning
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'The Native factor' Silvana's plenary – IATEFL 2016 Day 2
Why do we still refer to an aspect of the professional identity of over 80% of the teachers of English as a 'non'?
This is the reasoning;
Silvana summarised by saying that students generally value professional and personal qualities over nativeness.
Both NEST and NNEST are perceived to be competence each with unique strengths. Preference is inconclusive. Some indicate both, some one, some the other.
A majority of the advertisements favoured NESTs and rejected NNESTs. This could be seen as a severe discrimination.
It is about all teachers whose first language is other than English.
Silvana's session was for me very special as well as significant.
In my view, this discussion is very educational and should be wildly continued.
I have been questioning all kinds of debates around " who is a better teacher, native speaker or non-native language teacher?"
I have been teaching Polish as well as English for over 40 years.
As a Native Polish speaker, I have been a lot more stressed out teaching English because I always have felt a bit behind new expressions, phrases, vocabulary, and so on
I agree with James Alvis Carpenter's thinking:
" What does it mean to be an English, teaching professional? Is it the ability to speak English? Capacity to teach English? The professional credentials attendant to both? Or a combination of tangible and intangible elements—like the ability to speak English coupled with the ability to think creatively and connect with people from different cultures? "
I believe that generally speaking, it does not matter if you are a native or not – native speaker.
The most important is to be a good creative teacher, with competence to motivate students to learn a language.
Passion for teaching, friendly attitude towards learners, love of the subject, a readiness to alter, a willingness to give, support and reflect are vital education skills.
Above all, it is essential to be a lifetime learner, so to continually look for the best ways of improving teaching methods. We should take courses to master teaching techniques.
Kiczkowiak, M. (2016). Current supporters. Available: http://teflequityadvocates.com/get-involved/support-us/. Last accessed 7th April 2016.
Here is the slide from presentation;
TEACHERS and SUPPORTERS
Silvana encourages to remember about;
–Have one!
–Implement it
–Promote it (Be an EOE- and proud!)
–Use it to challenge customers' prejudices and to explain your recruitment strategy


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March THO ProjectsMarch 9, 2007 at 12:49 pm | Posted in Events, Projects, Stamp Set- Polka Dots & Paisley, Stamp Set- Roses in Winter, Stamp Set- Wishing You the Best, Stamp Sets, Stampin' Up! | Comments Off on March THO Projects
At my Totally Hands On workshops this month, we'll be making the card I created for a shoebox swap. Because this card is pretty time-consuming, the other projects we're doing are really simple.
It can't get much better than that smile, can it? This is my adorable son, Jared, last November.
Stamp sets: Wishing You the Best ($2 from the sale of each of these sets is donated to the Ronald McDonald House charity), Everyday Flexible Phrases, Simple Sayings II
Paper: Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Ink: Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: White Grosgrain, Rectangle Punch, 1 1/4″ & 1 3/8″ Circle Punches, Dimensionals
Easter is coming up, so I thought we'd make a pretty, spring basket. This is very simple to do and uses only a 6×6 square of cardstock (plus a strip of cardstock or ribbon for a handle).
Stamp Set: Roses In Winter (one of my all-time favorites! you just can't mess this one up!)
Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Mellow Moss
Accessories: it really helps to have a nice Paper Cutter with a Scoring Blade
I got the template off the Stampin' Up! demonstrator website, and found some awesome samples on Splitcoast. Here's one of my favorite pics (made by Cambria) because it shows some variations you can do with this basket. (I'm not sure if this pic is located in one of the demonstrator-only sections, so if you can't see it, someone let me know and I'll put a copy here.)
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Also...as for the latest and greatest Shampoo/Conditioner finds, a helpful Verizon store employee offered up this info...
The Walmart "Salon" carries the above product, and although I do not find shopping in Walmart quite as therapeautic as Costco or Target, I braved it anyway and bought (2) 1litre bottles... 2 for $22.00!
I am laughing a bit as I type this, because I am in no way a hair expert. In fact I am currently sporting what I not so affectionately call my "Cleopatra Wig" haircut. Let's just say my bangs are a little too bluntly cut and for some reason it just moves all together whenever I turn my head. I am convinced that I look like I am wearing a wig. Kelly, who would never say anything super negative about my hair just says "it's not my favorite." Translation... "you should grow out your hair."
It reminds me of when I had my hair chin length, my lovely hairdresser didn't thin it out at all, and my ever so sweet friends and family called me Connie Chung (the news anchor who at the time had really big hair). Oh yes, good times!


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Video explaining the precedence (Haas) Effect
Check out some auditory illusions
Video explaining the precedence (Haas) Effect
Check out some auditory illusions
It's obvious: if the course is about 3D audio, it deals about sound, and we need to know what is sound and how it behaves: how it propagates, what energy it does carry, how it does interact with other sound sources.
The first lecture of the course is therefore a 2h introduction to acoustics, and therefore it is a summary of what you already know from previous acoustics courses:
The topics we will treat will be:
As references, any good acoustics book will do, like Kinsler's book, or even basic physics textbooks such as the one by Tipler. You can even search for good information in the Wikipedia.
Also you can get good acoustics simulations in Dan Roussell's Acoustics and Vibrations Animations web page. See in particular the following animations:


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Monday, 21 March 2011
Hey Bitches, So Who D'ya Think A Is?
It's weird to think we're still on Season 1 of Pretty Little Liars: it feels like it's been on forever! But tonight we've finally reached the season finale and the big question is, will the big question get answered? The game playing, the creepy snidey text messages, the dealer of paranoia... who is A?
A few months ago Lucy Hale (the horrific Aria) accidentally slipped up in an interview and revealed who A was (yes, she must have been on limbus grass or something). "Oh no!" She cried, "I shouldn't have said that! Well, it's who A is in the books anyway..." Which led me to believe that the television Season 1 finale is going to follow the Book Four finale where 'A' reveals herself in a Lucy Hale type slip up to the girls and then is forced to go psycho and try and kill them all - well, Spencer at least. But of course this turns out to be 'fake A' with the actual A carrying on her crazy shenanigans for another four books before the curtain is pulled back at the end of Book 8 (there's apparently going to be a Book 9 now, so don't get comfy). So whether Lucy Hale meant this is going to be the 'fake A' reveal or the actual A reveal is up for grabs, and then again, who's to say the show's producers will be giving any answers at all - they have deviated from Sara Shepard's writing an awful lot.
If it's 'fake A' then I'll be intrigued to see what audiences think, as the character really hasn't been in the show enough. Yes you'll know who it is but I feel the reasoning will come across as weak as you don't know them very well/the background. If it's actual A then they've basically used all their source material up in the first season, and in the already confirmed Season 2 they're going to have to work from a blank canvas.
There's already been a lot of talk about the finale paying homage to an Alfred Hitchcock film (Vertigo is the current favourite) and a key scene taking place in a church, but if it's going to be a 'fake A' reveal then I'm surprised they don't stick with what happens in the book, as it's an extremely cinematic climax at an abandoned quarry. But I can't think of any Hitchcock films which match that description.
Of course I've read the books (and the spoilers, by mistake) so I know the various outcomes. But the benefit of my lovely readers, let's discuss the A possibilities, and try and work out who's been expertly texting whilst wearing those black leather gloves all this time... (NB: It's not Paige or Caleb - they don't even exist in the books!)
Ezra Fitz
More boring than actually creepy, the English teacher has been smooching up to the horrific Aria for the whole season (this doesn't happen in the books, I despair at the writers/producers) and appears to actually - gag - love her. So surely he can't be the face behind the mask? Aria has already revealed to him 'the Jenna thing', but what if he knew that already and it's all part of his deranged plan? Although we don't know of any connections with him and Alison, could he have been the 'older lover' and not Ian? All highly unlikely. Imagine if Ezra was A though: it would get rid of him and Aria would end up devastated! Hurrah! She's so emo.
Recently absent as she's in juve, but according to IMDB she is listed in the season finale credits. She must be so mad at Emily for the drugs incident which sent her away, plus without any official separation Emily's been hooking up with swimming bud/enemy Paige... Maya's been living in Alison's old house too, in her bedroom - perhaps she found some secret diary belonging to her and thus knows all the PLL secrets? Perhaps she's bored and lonely and wanted some fun? But, she is in juve...
A prime suspect all season: the PLLs and Alison did blind her accidentally back in 8th grade, and Alison was also responsible for some pretty insufferable rumours about Jenna and her step-brother Toby. She's relentlessly creepy and the PLLs are terrified of her (save Hanna who slapped her in the face). She's played games with the foursome before, so why shouldn't she be A? Then again, it would be a little too obvious and convenient if it were her...
Already the police's main suspect he has been arrested and charged already, only to then be released after evidence against him was unsubstantiated. But he could still be A. He's always shown a soft side to the Liars, but hated Alison and the gossip she spread about him and Jenna (even though it turned out to be true) so that doesn't seem to make sense, but how do we know this isn't all an act? How do we know he's not in love with and working with Jenna in secret? It would be a big twist!
Hanna's BFF when the other three aren't around, she suffered the same fatty jibes from Alison that Hanna did, so there could be a lot of stored up hatred there. She knows plenty about Hanna, but how could she know the others secrets? And A has done some pretty unpleasant things to Hanna - including running her over - so surely it can't be her? She wouldn't be seen dead in black overalls and leather gloves, anyway.
Spencer's big sister truly hates her sibling, and that could include the other PLLs too. She also has a strong loyalty to her husband and father of her unborn baby, Ian, who is the main suspect of the gang at the moment mainly because of his alleged relationship with Alison (the 'older lover' in the video tape). Because of this, perhaps she knows something she has sworn secrecy to and will do anything to help Ian keep his cover, including standing by whilst Spencer is branded a person of interest by the police? She has an awful lot to be angry about too - Spencer is always trying to out-do in her eyes, and more than once shared her boyfriend.
The biggest person of interest as far as the Liars are concerned: he was in a secret relationship with Alison, he saw her on the night she died, he wanted to end the affair but she didn't - what was the best way to keep her quiet? It could all make sense, especially if he's roped Melissa in to help cover the tracks, but whilst he has been an uncomfortable presence and expert at steering Spencer's paranoia, why would he be A? Why would he make Hanna eat a whole box of cupcakes, for example?
Hanna's ex-boyfriend - the break up wasn't particularly harmless, and he has a lot to be angry about: Hanna was spending more time with Lucas than she was with him, and now they've broken up she doesn't see him at all! It could definitely be possible he would want to hurt Hanna, and because of his friendship with Paige and Noel maybe he knows more secrets about the others, too? But again, there's no obvious link between him and Alison and no motive for her death. Not that we know, anyway...
He's already confessed to smashing up Alison's memorial. He hated her for the false rumours she spread about him being a haemaphrodite. He hated her personality and existance in general. And Hanna has messed him around royally - although if he is A, he was making Hanna be nasty to himself... He's been out the picture of late but as with Maya he's credited on IMDB as being there in the final ep, so maybe he has more left to play. Plus, he's just the deadly and silent type, isn't he?
Hanna said he was A when she came round from the accident. They all believed he was A. He knew about Aria and Mr Fitz and was blackmailing the teacher for better grades. Also has anger issues - he was suspended from school for something he didn't do. But then again A did that, so he can't have done it to himself...can he?
A Parent
Intriguing (the books even play with this idea). But who would it be? Emily's parents are too neurotic and well, parental to be considered. But what about Hanna's mum? She's definitely got a manipulative, dangerous streak to her. But she wouldn't run down her own daughter. Could any of the parents run down a 16 year old girl, let alone kill another? Then again, Spencer's mother is ruthless. Is there a method in her madness? Aria's parents are practiced at sneaking around - perhaps they already know the relationship their daughter is having with her English teacher. But c'mon, it's all inplausible isn't it?
They all know each other's secrets - what if one of the foursome is playing at being A? They all have motives for wanting to kill her, and if they're that unstable it would be easy to slip into the A persona. So could it be Emily, who dared to out herself? Aria who can freak herself out all she wants with the Mr Fitz secret safe in the knowledge it's herself that's doing it? Or Spencer - already an emerging suspect, she had a big row with Alison the night she died. Did she kill her? Is making herself look suspicious now a way to continue being A? Keep your friends close and your enemies closer... But someone locked her in the funhouse in the last episode. Maybe it's all four of them, unknowingly? (But clearly not Hanna, unless she astro projects or some shit)
Here's the far-fetched idea: Alison is still alive. They still haven't confirmed her death (how long do dental records take?) so technically the body could be someone else's. She could be playing with them all this time, but does she want to hurt them or is she trying to tell them something she couldn't do in person when she was 'alive'? Hanna did see her in the hospital room, but that was just an halluncination wasn't it, a drugged up dream? She couldn't really have been there in person could she? But if she was... then why has she faked her own death, where is she hiding, and what is she trying to do?
Things to deduce:
*A has got to be a girl. What boy would be so calculated and invest so much time in text revenge?
*A and Allison's killer could be two completely different people.
*A could be two or more people working together to bring down the PLLs...
The finale of Pretty Little Liars is on ABC Family tonight in America, and tomorrow for all you people everyone else.
Who is A?
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Saving for a Future Education
Are you thinking of a mid-career retooling or post-retirement education someday but not sure how to save money for it?
You may want to think about designating yourself as the beneficiary of a state college-tuition savings account.
These savings accounts -- known as "529 plans" after the tax-code section that sanctioned them in 1996...


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Fall has arrived and I wish I could be everywhere at once. Since I can't, I'm asking friends and fellow writers and photographers to fill us in on their fall adventures.
Here's a dreamy look at Jack Dura's latest trip to one of North Dakota's prettiest (and most overlooked) spots, the Turtle Mountains. You can see more stories like this on his website, acrossnorthdakota.com.
Here's Jack!
– Alicia
Leaves and grass change with the seasons of summer to autumn along a Lake Metigoshe shoreline. Photo by Jack Dura.
Autumn color is so fleeting in North Dakota. If you don't time a fall color tour just right, you're likely to miss out on the bright colors of the state's rare trees.
The hotspot of autumn color in North Dakota has to be the Turtle Mountains. This small landscape was in full bloom of greens, golds, reds, oranges and browns in mid-September.
Lake Metigoshe is a fine place to start. The popular lake is the largest body of water in North Dakota's Turtle Mountains which straddle the Can-Am border. The state park was largely deserted except for a few wedding guests staying in campers, but the trees were the main attraction.
The sunset cast an amber glow on Lake Metigoshe, less than half a mile south of the Canadian border. Photo by Jack Dura.
The landscape's aspen forests stood as still as in a photograph as the golden hour of sunset lit up the leaves. Reflected onto the flat, mirrorlike lakes and ponds, stands of tall trees and their watery twins stood symmetrical along the shaded shorelines.
A beaver paddled around in ovular Lake McDonald, slapping its tail before disappearing underwater. Trios of wood ducks rose and flew through the soft-colored sky.
A beaver swims in Lake McDonald before disappearing with a smack of its tail. Photo by Jack Dura.
Night brought a thin layer of dampness to everything, overtaken in morning by clouds of frost smoke roiling toward the center of Lake Metigoshe, obscuring everything past the reeds out in front of a rusted dock.
The sun shone through the colored trees, hitting the lake as more mist rose up and out. The same happened on hay bales, in cattails and fields of grass; mist rose and rolled into the air before the sun ascended high with an absent wind, bringing back the autumnal reflections of trees on still, dark water.
Frost smoke rolls off Lake Metigoshe to gather in the middle of the lake at sunrise. Photo by Jack Dura.
A pair of Canada geese called to each loudly while flying the south rim of Sand Lake. Three wood ducks flew quickly from the east into the sun from their spot in the shoreline cattails.
A young loon paddled around Pelican Lake, occasionally letting out its famous, haunting call in the early morning light.
Orange and golden trees circled these lakes under a piercingly blue sky without any trace of clouds. State Highway 43 winds just north of the two lakes, skirting around other ponds, marshes and lakes as its travels east-west through the heart of North Dakota's Turtle Mountains.
Activity was light on another north woods road. Lake Loop Road around Lake Metigoshe saw quiet traffic as most visitors and cabin inhabitants had shut up for the season.
An old couple fished from a dock at Lake Metigoshe State Park. A man flew a powered parachute car over Lake Metigoshe, cutting the now windy noon hour with his whirring motor, his rainbow parachute stark against the sharp blue sky.
To the west, the Turtle Mountain State Forest shook its trees and bushes in the steady winds, towering aspens of light green fading to yellow, gold, brown then gone from their stems.
Strawberry Lake's blue waters spread between its shorelines as autumn takes hold of its trees. Photo by Jack Dura.
Clouds obscured a sunset that would likely have been as amber and explosive as the night before, but a wisp of golden light sliced through a few blue clouds to cast a glow on a small bay in Lake Metigoshe.
Light rain came in the early morning, giving everything that thinly perceptible layer of dampness again. No mist rose from the lake, but the waters of Lords Lake shown crystal clear as patches of blue sky shot through fragmented clouds that overcast the morning. Pelicans and dabbling ducks paddled about on the water surrounded by cattails.
The morning brought a strong wind rustling the leaves and grass of the Turtle Mountains, changing color every day until every tree will stand bare and the snow settles in.
What about you?
What do you love about the Turtle Mountains and Lake Metigoshe State Park?
What do you love about fall?
What's your favorite season and why?
Want to contribute your own fall story? Comment below!
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The bay, which overlooks Clifton First Beach, is situated on the roof of a luxury apartment complex on Victoria Road.
Estate agent John McDermott said the eye-watering price was not unusual for the area.
"Parking bay 93 was sold to a German who, 24 hours later, bought an apartment for R25 million in Stellenbosch.
"There are about 10 others who desperately want to buy a similar parking bay - and who are quite happy to pay the same price - which just proves the great demand in this affluent area of Cape Town for parking," he said.
"Many residents don't like having to leave their expensive cars in the road where some are deliberately scratched, which is very common. Or worse, having them stolen."
The parking bay does not include direct access to the beach.
"In a season people will pay R20 000 to rent a parking space. On average, R5 000 is spent a month on parking alone," McDermott said.
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Reading: Mark 13, 33-37
33 'Be on your guard, stay awake, because you never know when the time will come.34 It is like a man travelling abroad: he has gone from his home, and left his servants in charge, each with his own work to do; and he has told the doorkeeper to stay awake.35 So stay awake, because you do not know when the master of the house is coming, evening, midnight, cockcrow or dawn; 36 if he comes unexpectedly, he must not find you asleep. 37 And what I am saying to you I say to all: Stay awake!'
c) A moment of silence:
so that the Word of God may enter into our hearts and enlighten our lives.
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EHR Question and Answer Video: EMR Data Sharing
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
Yesterday I started testing out a new idea where I'd film some original EMR and EHR videos where I answer questions about healthcare IT and EMR that people have sent to me. I'll post the first video here and possibly another one this weekend. Then, I'll probably start posting the videos on my new EMR and EHR video website. Although, I may do some updates with links to the latest videos that are posted.
It's a low budget production as you can imagine. I also was streaming it live on the internet, so you'll see me look down a number of times to check how many were viewing it live. Those things aside, hopefully you'll find the content of the video interesting and useful.
This first video tries to answer the question:
Does the EMR allow data sharing with the patient's PHR and/or Social Net account(s)?
As always, I'm interested to hear your thoughts on the subject as well. Was there anything I missed? Was I wrong about anything? What else is important about EMR data sharing? Should we be able to share our EMR data with social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc?
Also, if you have other questions you'd like me to answer in a future video, be sure to leave a comment or let me know on the contact us page.


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A Sad Note
Ok, not that sad. I wish I could post more, but instead I should be working on the project. I'll try to get caught up with the blog shortly. Oh how I wish I could just play games, chess, or write that Opera about sentient plants, "Love Amongst the Vegetals." Actually a Rock opera, or a concept album. Not sure which.


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Notice is hereby given that the Town of Gawler, pursuant to Sections 24 and 25 of the Development Act 1993, has prepared a Development Plan Amendment Report (DPA) to amend its Development Plan.
The amendment proposes zone and policy changes to the Gawler (CT) Development Plan involving the Rezoning of a small section of land in Council's Rural Zone to accommodate a new car dealership and pre-delivery centre as well as a parcel of land on the corner of Angle Vale Road and Jack Cooper Drive currently in Council's Residential Zone (Policy Area 4-Evanston Gardens/Evanston South Residential) to accommodate a petrol filling station and shop.
The DPA report will be on public consultation from 26 September 2017 until 21 November 2017. Copies of the DPA report are available to view or purchase during normal office hours at the Town of Gawler Council offices, 43 High Street, Gawler East. Alternatively the DPA report can be viewed on the internet at www.gawler.sa.gov.au.
Written submissions regarding the DPA should be submitted no later than 5pm on 21 November 2017. All submissions should be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, Town of Gawler, PO BOX 130, Gawler SA 5118 and should clearly indicate whether you wish to be heard in support of your submission at the public hearing. If you wish to lodge your submission electronically, please email it to firstname.lastname@example.com.
A public hearing will be held on 30 November 2017 at 7:00pm in the Gawler Administration Centre 43 High Street, Gawler East, at which time interested persons may be heard in relation to the DPA and their submissions. The public hearing may not be held if no submissions are received or if no submission makes a request to be heard.
Copies of all submissions will be available for inspection at the Town of Gawler Council offices, 43 High Street, Gawler East, from 26 September 2017 until the conclusion of the public hearing.
If you would like further information about the DPA, contact Strategic Planner David Petruzzella on 8522 9296.
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U.S. singer auditions before the panel next month to start is allegedly involved in the talks.
Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh have been told to keep perverted their diaries clear he has not yet signed a contract to have been asked for.
Both Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole are expected to return are not, because he thought he U.S. version of the show is to be included.
Simon the beginning of April four judges met to decide ITV bosses have decided.
Other names have been included Nicole Scherzinger, Lily Allen, Michael Buble and Gary Barlow.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "It has reached crunch time as we need to start announcing UK judges.
"Simon is coming in to talk. We're confident we'll have it wrapped up by next week."
Simon owners still want to join the show if it's only through a satellite link to have.
However, a source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "There's less than a 50% chance he'll agree.
"It's looking more as though he won't be heavily involved.
"It's frustrating for them but Simon can't clone himself to be in two places at once."