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A Letter To The Mayor of Santa Clarita, CA
Dear Mayor,
My family and I love to take walks with our dogs. but unfortunately it is hard to get to our favorite walking streets because my mom cannot get her wheelchair over the curb and cannot cross the street with us without going way out of our way to get across the road where the big pool is.
Crossing North Park Drive at the big pool is very dangerous because cars go by very fast here.
It's also a trouble for many other kids and their parents because you have to cross this street to get to the large neighborhood pool. Ever since my mom has been put in a wheelchair it is hard to find handicapped entrances so this is a problem with the door at this pool too.
Please take this into consideration and help bring awareness to the people who can put a crosswalk in at Angelica Drive and North Park Drive.
Thank you so much,
Cassidy May Bensko
Age 10

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Junior Survivalist Camp (ages 5-8)
July 25, 2016 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
An event every day that begins at 9:00am, repeating until July 29, 2016
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The summer camps will form a solid foundation in the basics of survival: shelter, water, food, and fire. Emphasis is placed on creating experienced based knowledge. We will not only learn survival skills, but also the principles underlying these skills. Rather than struggling against the environment, it is important to know how to thrive within it. We are cultivating a deeper sense of self, expanded awareness, and a greater understanding of our place in the natural world.
Clark has received extensive training from The Tracker School in New Jersey, The Wilderness Awareness School in Washington, and the PAST Skills Wilderness Schoolin Bozeman, MT. He received his B.A. in Environmental Studies from Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona. His passions have led him into the studies of primitive skills, native philosophy, and the practical applications of these skills in modern society.
Over the years, he worked for the non-profit Cottonwood Institute teaching survival skills to groups of all ages. His commitment: drawing students deeper into the mystery of the outdoors and connecting them with their natural environment. More recently, Clark worked in wilderness therapy at the School of Urban and Wilderness Survival (SUWS). As a head field instructor, he led groups of teens that were dealing with addiction and behavioral issues. For two weeks at a time he lived with these groups day in, and day out, sleeping on the ground, teaching survival skills, trekking great distances, carrying out therapeutic objectives, and inspiring teens to take on a new direction in life. Affected by the tremendous progress he saw in wilderness therapy, Clark was motivated to seek out the most effective healing methods he could find.
This search led to an accreditation as a Clinical Hypnotherapist through the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners (ACHE), and shortly after he founded Inner Wisdom Hypnotherapy in Missoula, Montana.
Clark strives to deliver high quality wilderness courses that are custom tailored for each group he works with. The natural world continues to be a prime inspiration for all the wilderness courses he runs, all the sessions he has with individual clients, and all of his everyday interactions.


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Line works planned by Network Rail near Alloa
Network Rail has confirmed that it is to carry out a programme of works to renew and strengthen parts of the Stirling - Alloa - Kincardine line.
The company said the route has been heavily used by coal trains supplying the Longannet power station.
In July, it was announced that the power station may continue to operate until 2025.
Network Rail said the planned work on the line would also improve its ability to withstand severe weather.
A Network Rail spokesman said: "The S-A-K line is a key route for coal trains travelling to Longannet and it has seen increasing levels of usage since it opened in 2008. That usage is also set to continue for longer with the extension of the lifetime of the power station.
"We intend to carry out a rolling programme of works to renew some sections of the line that require formation treatment to support the ongoing tonnages of coal traffic. We will also be carrying out drainage works to future-proof the route against the wetter and more severe winters we have been experiencing.
"We are currently working with the train and freight operators, and other stakeholders, to plan these works and the full scope, timings and costs of the project have still to be finalised."


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Go To the Parent Directory in Mac OS X Quickly
Buried in a nest of folders in the Finder of OS X? You can quickly access the parent directory of any item or directory by hitting Command+↑ (that's Command + Up Arrow to be perfectly clear) anytime in a Mac OS X Finder window.
This keystroke will immediately jump Finder to go one level up to the directory containing the current file or folder, commonly called the Parent Directory, but which which Mac OS X refers to as the "Enclosing Folder". Whatever you want to call it, it's always the folder above the current directory though, and it's always accessible through the keystroke:
Command+Up Arrow Jumps to the Parent Directory
It's also possible to access the parent directory (or enclosing directory) through the "Go" menu of the Finder, that is demonstrated in the screenshot. The accompanying keyboard shortcut is the same that is shown within the Go pulldown menu:
Terminal users can think of this as basically the Mac GUI equivalent to typing "cd .." at the command line, something that should be familiar to those of us who spend a lot of time in the command line or come from the unix world.
This is an extremely useful keyboard shortcut for Mac users who like to navigate around with the keyboard, which can be much faster than using the mouse for some. Combine this with some other Finder navigation shortcuts and you'll be jumping around in the file system of Mac OS X quicker than ever before.


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What if we designed a school whose foundation was built on an obsession with learning, in all shapes and forms?
What if our school focused on every possible way to reward and promote all learning students chose to pursue?
What if we populated that school full of teachers who weren't great traditional students? How would their experience give them more empathy towards learners who are inspired by non-traditional subjects?
What if the first and primary role of those teachers was to be a learning advisor to their students, rather than a master of a subject?
What if our school was a place where those teachers could learn from experienced collaborator teachers in the style of a teaching hospital?
What if we asked those teachers to work together and collaborate on designing learning experiences that inspired those students to joyfully pursue knowledge in a way that spoke to their passions?
What if our school eschewed the gatekeeping promoted by some elements of academia and instead found ways to say "yes" more often?
What if we built a curriculum around "required experiences" rather than "required subjects?"
What if students, under guidance from a teacher/advisor, created their own individual learning plan each year?
What if the first question a student was asked each school year is "what do you want to learn about?"
What if our mission statement wasn't a declarative sentence, but instead was a series of questions we never stopped asking?
What if we created a school that became the cultural center of learning for the neighborhood, inspiring everyone in the community to become more joyful learners?
What would happen then?


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When you think of making dua, what do you usually have in mind?
It's probably something huge isn't it?
"O Allah give me jannah"
Allah is indeed *Al Mujeeb* (The one who responds)
But do you ever think that the one whom you ask for Jannah can also provide you with-
You guessed it right.
Diet pepsi.
What I am about to narrate may seem like quite an ordinary tale void of adventure, but it was one of the most miraculous experiences for me, personally. And I hope you can see the miracle in your own diet pepsi as well.
So my tale begins on an ordinary night out with my family. We were on our way back home from shopping, chilling in the car, when my soul began to crave for that can of artificial sweetness.
Diet pepsi.
So like any normal child, I requested (*cough* demanded*cough*) that my father buy me one.
And guess what happened?
He refused.
It was getting late.
My soul cried out in protest. If my inner feelings at that time had words, it would sound something like this.
"But I MUST have it! I haven't had it in sooo long"
I tried asking him again.
Guess what happened?
He refused. Again.
But this time, my inner feelings found words. Not just any words, but these ones.
"O Allah, give me diet pepsi!"
Yep. I actually made that dua. Thanks to the training of my beloved bhabhi's (Umm Imaan) audio series on Asma ul Husna (The Most beautiful names of Allah), Al Mujeeb in particular, I found myself making dua to Allah for something as small as diet pepsi. It is said that the salaf used to make dua for shoe laces if they broke.
And no, I didn't get the diet pepsi that night. Sorry to disappoint you.
And I forgot about that dua.
I went home, diet pepsi less.
Guess what happened next day?
My brother asks me (He NEVER does this) for some cash so he can buy snacks. I agree on the condition he buys something for me as well.
And in a hurry I tell him:
"Diet Pepsi"
He comes back, the diet pepsi is in front of me now. It's open. I take refreshing sips.
Nothing. Still nothing.
And like a strike of lightning, everything falls in place.
This is no ordinary diet pepsi!!
It's an answer to my dua!
My heart melted.
My Rabb responded to the silliest dua imaginable.
But that's the catch, it wasn't silly for him.
He paid attention to it and gave me a diet pepsi that I took delight in!
Alhamdulillah! Allahu Akbar!
That was soo loving of Him. I felt my imaan rise tremendously.
I felt more eager to make Duas and had even more hope in the Duas that seemed huge.
In duas for jannatul firdaus, where I can have rivers of pepsi, in sha Allah.
So make dua for that mountain dew, 7 up or whatever your favourite fizzy drink is. If you don't like any, you still get the drift.
As for the peeps going
"But you basically ordered the diet pepsi, how can it be from Allah?"
I have a few questions
Who created me and my brother and has control over us both?
Who put the thought in my brother's head to buy snacks?
Who made me absent mindedly say "Diet Pepsi" ?
Who gave me the money to buy diet pepsi?
Who made it possible for the diet pepsi to be at the grocery shop?
So alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar!


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When you say the words JIBJAB, chances are the first thing you think about is "This Land," one of the company's biggest, most visible creations.
Or you think of the numerous music videos which feature you & your friends' faces pasted to funny-moving bodies, such as for "Happy" or "All About that Bass."
But rarely do you hear about the company's ups & downs, the key moves they have made to pivot with each trend and grow along the way.
Which made our recent visit to their new space in Marina Del Rey such a wonder.
JibJab HQ has its own madhouse dynamic, with a three-tube slide from the mezzanine into the office's open work space, as well as breakaway rooms named after hugely influential creators such as Henson and Hopper.
Then you hear about JibJab's journey from its humble roots in Brooklyn 1999 to their current state today, and it plays out like the ups & downs & ups of every creator and studio, from Disney on.
In the words of CEO Gregg Spiridellis, he and his artist brother Evan "wanted to be the SNL of the web."
Gregg, a Wharton MBA who had spent a couple years as an investment banker, saw huge opportunity as the web started coming into its own in the 90s: the cost of production was coming down, which was making it easier for little guys to carve out their own space on the Internet.
The Spiridellis brothers and their friends started creating content out of their Brooklyn studio in 1999, survived the original tech bubble, and moved out to LA in 2002 before really hitting it big in 2004:
"We were on the cusp of wondering if this internet thing was ever gonna work for entertainment when we released [the George Bush / John Kerry piece] 'This Land,' which lit everything on fire — we literally went within a week sitting in our offices by ourselves wondering if anybody cared to sitting on Jay Leno's couch and everywhere else."
The overnight sensation, five years in the making
Keep in mind that this was nearly two years before YouTube existed, so, as brilliant and popular as "This Land" turned out to be (80 million views!), along with it came the challenges of distributing the video worldwide from their own servers, and paying for the associated bandwidth, two things today's YouTube-enabled creators take for granted.
JibJab wound up doing a distribution deal to offload the bandwidth requirements to serve the video — prior to that, the company "had been self-distributing, mirroring sites… we had one shared server in Texas and so it blew up our server, and then we partnered with Atom Films, who absorbed the bandwidth."
In addition to bandwidth & servers, "Venture Capital certainly wasn't available, and we weren't seeking it." In fact, it was Gregg's experience as an investment banker and the brothers' overall caution in partnering with anyone seeking a quick buck that kept them alive, even as nearly every single entertainment-based venture-funded company from that period pretty much went out of business.
And by not taking the easy route, it forced the bootstrapped JibJab to find its own feet and keep iterating with every trend in digital consumption — the company was able to license exclusive content to the likes of MSN and Yahoo, and even built a healthy DVD business.
Foosball, Skeeball, Ping Pong, a big screen TV, and cereal — the upstairs lounge has it all
Says Spiridellis of product cycles, "It's very dynamic, you've got to be constantly be innovating, constantly be producing, new products, new content, and I think that's how we've survived and grown all these years."
It wasn't until 2006 that JibJab took VC money, largely from Polaris out of Boston, and has since only raised $18 million total from a handful of investors, which include Sony Pictures and Overbrook (who count Will Smith and James Lassiter partners), the last raise being in 2008.
Says Spiridellis of raising smart money, "I've gotten so much value out of the Polaris network. Money is money, but #1 is the integrity of people that give you that money, and are they going to be around to roll. You're gonna be at high sea with the waves crashing over your boat and [have to ask yourself], 'Do you want that person on the boat with you?' Polaris has been awesome, we raised our last round in midst of financial crisis [in 2008]. But it's also the network you build — through the events Polaris has run and people I've met there, I can't even count the number of times its delivered value for the business."
"We're really a technology-driven entertainment company. And the way that we've built the business from the very beginning is by being faster than anybody else in identifying trends, and then producing a great story and great art to support those trends."
Back in 1999 fans would share their favorite content via email.
But by 2005, people were starting to socially share content.
So JibJab added fuel to the pre-selfie generation by enabling viewers to place themselves in JibJab videos, by being one of the first partners when Facebook opened their platform for sharing.
Now, says Spiridellis, "We look at messaging, which is why we're evolving the product to not only be long form eCard videos, but really short form loop content that is perfect for lightweight messaging exchanges.
(yes, you want to work at JibJab — they're hiring!)
"We have a new app called JibJab Messages. It's got GIFs, emojis, sitckers, all Starring You, so we're really focused on producing lightweight content that you can use for everyday fun anywhere you want — I want JibJab in the mobile world to be the funny button."
JibJab for Messenger is directly integrated into Facebook Messenger, and was highlighted by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at their recent F8 conference.
JibJab also launched StoryBots in 2013 as an opportunity to create Sesame Street for the next generation, given how children's consumption patterns on portable devices have changed since Gregg and his brother grew up in front of scheduled TV shows.
"We're producing everything from learning videos to personalized storybooks, games for the classroom based on common core, a whole suite of content and aps for kids that are supremely more fun than anything else on the market — all animation, puppetry, stop motion, 3D animation, live action, the whole spectrum."
Behind the scenes in the puppet studio
And since original children's-based IP is still such a huge vehicle for promotion and licensing, JibJab is even producing a StoryBots TV show.
Which brings us back to the here & now, and the new office space, which is quite a change from having outgrown, suite by suite, from 15 to 80 people, in their old space along Main Street in Venice.
In addition to the trademark slides, the mezzanine features a live scroll of users' faces as they are uploaded — an important means for the staff to feel connected to the tens of millions of monthly users from around the world.
And as for being in LA, Spiridellis says, "Being in Los Angeles is awesome for what we do, the access to creative talent is unmatched, this is where you go. On the tech side, early on it was tough. But now there's so much talent — [the competition for great engineers and product people] is still tough, but it's better than it was in 2002."


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No matter where I travel, people are still a little surprised if you ride your bike everywhere. Because when it comes right down to it, how do you transport your precious cargo when you are going somewhere and can't lug a bag or mess with paniers?
that might not have been exactly the problem Faris Elmasu was trying to
solve when he designed the iconic (ok, if it's not an icon yet, it
should be) Bent Basket.
Bent does double duty as a lighter-weight front bike rack, and as a
very handy bicycle basket/tray where you can strap on bananas, your
purse, your water carrier, and oh yeah, best of all, it will handily
carry fresh flowers without crushing and a 6-pack without breaking.
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New Bent Basket
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Creator of the Rocky Horror Show Richard O'Brien says he never expected the popular Rock N' Roll musical to be a hit, rather it was just a lot of fun to write.
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Forty years on since its first stage appearance at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 1973, Richard says he still gets a thrill from hearing the audience laugh.
"To hear the audience laughing at a line that you thought was mildly funny forty years ago and they still laugh at it, is a great joy."
Richard, now 72 years old, says he never intended for the show to be a huge success.
"It wasn't formulaic, it wasn't people sitting around a table and saying if we do this we'll have a hit, what it was people sitting around a room and saying let's have a lot of fun."
Richard says there is a childish joy attached to the Rocky Horror Show, which is one of the reasons for its longevity.
"It rocks on because it is a childish kind of journey.
I've always loved populist themes and Rocky is choc-full of populist themes."
The Rocky Horror Show will be at Melbourne's Comedy Theatre from April 24, 2014.
ABC's Libbi Gorr spoke to Richard O'Brien


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Semarang which is the capital of the province of Central Java has a series of reasons why you should visit it. Semarang became one of the cities in Indonesia with a diversity of culture and the Chinese were able to coexist harmoniously.
Already satisfied driving around semarang? Culinary tasting delicacies that already?Don't go home first! Buy 10 Semarang souvenirs here at home that families can also enjoy the city spring rolls is the same as you:
1. Spring Rolls
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Enjoy the spring rolls directly in his hometown can indeed cause a sensation. Everybite of the crispy chicken with savory sweet bamboo shoots could be making you not tired of chewing. What about the family at home? Home by bringing the other one would be the one way you demonstrate that you always remember them while on vacation to Semarang.
Not difficult to get spring rolls as gift shop. You can find spring rolls across the cityof Semarang. However, it's good You buy directly from the original place where the recipe for spring rolls were created. Come to Lombok's Gang who was in Chinatown. Here, you can buy the spring rolls are packaged in boxes or besek made of bamboo. The spring rolls here are still using the original recipe which maintained hereditary.
2. Rel Ganjel Breads
|Rel Ganjel Breads
Heard of him you probably frowns, weird huh? But calm, though the name is weird, but it has a distinctive flavor of the bread. This bread is made from tapioca flour, coconut milk, water, molasses, sugar and cinnamon to supplement the aroma. Display as sweetener, bread sprinkled with sesame.
The texture of hard bread and chocolate colors making locals stay there again with the bearing rail. So, now you know where the name of this bread comes from. According to health experts, the hard texture of this bread making ganjel rail is good for health.
Bread ganjel rail is compulsory in the event of the presence ' or ' dugderan marchesbefore the fasting month. On a typical day, you would have little trouble finding this bread on the market. But not to worry, in the Centre of the Road, there are stores that Pandanaran provides this bread to take home as souvenirs.
3. Tofu Meatballs
|Tofu Meatballs
Like drinking tea in the afternoon? Activity drink tea usually need snacks. Well, knowthe typical Meatball Semarang could be casual friends drinking tea in the afternoon.The taste is savory, very delicious served warm and eaten with cayenne pepper. There are two kinds of tofu meatballs meatballs fried tofu and IE knew boiled meatballs.No need to ask which one is better, because both are equally delicious indeed.
Know these meatballs will not be as popular as it is today if it weren't for Bu Pudji, aUnggaran. In 1995, he started his efforts with peddling his meatballs to know Government offices are there in Unggaran and Semarang. Because of the many who love this hawker, Bu Pudji finally made the idea his business fields as meatballs. Currently,know meatballs easily found in many shops by the traditional Semarang, especiallyon the road Pandanaran.
4. Mochi/Moaci Gemini
The mochi cakes known comes from abroad, turned out to be by the traditional Semarang. Mochi or the popular moaci Moaci Gemini is located at 101 West Kentangan Road, Semarang.
Moaci made of flour of glutinous flour dough that contains chopped nuts and sugar. It looks a little small round chewy Sesame sprinkles and surely will tempt anyone who saw it. Moaci Gemini made without preservatives and hold for up to one week.
5. Banding Juwana
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Fansthe compulsory fish processed Milkfish Juwana Erlina that located at Jalan Pandanaran and Jalan Pamularsih 57 70, Semarang. Here, you go to heaven likea variety of processed fish Whitefish is delicious. Some processed milkfish can you bring home in between the thorns of milkfish, milkfish smoke and brain-brain banding.
In addition to the banding that is brought home, you can also enjoy the typical Banding Juwana Erlina stall food court located on the 2nd floor. You can taste the milkfish, milkfish Satay douchi and also gudeg banding.
6. Wingko Tripe
|Wingko Tripe
Wingko is indeed not a typical hawker Semarang, but comes from a subdistrict in Lamongan i.e. Tripe. Spherical snacks in a variety of sizes with a legit this much sought after tourists who came to Semarang. The blend of flavors resulting from the choice of young coconut and sugar to make it taste delicious specialties.
One of the popular wingko Babat is Wingko Babat Rail Cap which is located in JalanCenderawasih 14, Semarang. From here it was started was introduced by Mrs Mulyono who hails from Tripe and settled in Semarang. It was originally sold in the neighborhood of Tawang Station, this is also the reason for naming it the companionship.
7. Super Brillian Cake
Brillian bread or Cake into a Super Brillian souvenirs next lot hunted. This bread can be found in the Palace of Brillian located on Jalan Simpang Lima Semarang.
Brillian bread made from the best choice and use of ancient recipes which still maintained its authenticity. Enjoy the diverse variants of tastes ranging from cheese, chocolate, almonds and raisins. No need to think long if you want to buy this bread as souvenirs back home. This bread can take days because of good packaging process so unchanged flavor though you bring back home.
8. The Costa Brava van Java
Costa Brava label van Java. Although the name sounds familiar, but this original children t-shirts. Costa Brave is a beautiful coastal city in Europe. With the objectives ofthe memory of city beautiful, the invaders in Semarang city dub pun with the name.
The Costa Brava van Java has a unique design and fresh-made young people. Some designs which are images of Simpang Lima and Lawang Sewu. In addition to t-shirts, other accessories are available such as mugs, key chains and handbags. You can come to his Office at Jalan Tlogosari III No. 32A, Tembalang, Semarang, or can order them online.
9. Semarang Batik
|Semarang Batik
Who says only Yogyakarta which had a batik? Semarang also has a fairly unique batik. Batik semarang have motives different from other batik. Semarang motifs it is an overview of the typical landmarks of the city, for example, Blenduk Church Lawang Sewu and Young Monument.
To get this special batik, you can come to the Kampong of Batik Semarang is located on Jalan Batik. Here, you can not only buy, but also the process of making and also learning making batik.
10. A wide array of gift shop in Semarang Kampoeng
|A wide array of gift shop in Semarang Kampoeng
Still confused as to what you want to buy as a gift? Just come to Semarang Kampoeng located on Jalan Raya Kaligawe No.96. With the tagline ' One Stop ' Leasure, Semarang Kampoeng a suitable location for your hunting gift shop in one place.
Here, you can find a variety of snacks and crafts typical of Semarang which is produced from SME-SME terbak in Semarang. If Your hungry enough to restaurants are also located in the same area.


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A new book on role-based e-learning, from your truely, co-authored with Sandra Wills and Elyssebth Leigh will be available from Amazon from December 2010. From the Introduction:
This book offers an overview of a form of blended e-learning which provides students with authentic learning experiences through role-based activities. It describes a particular approach to learning design that places learners in roles requiring them to collaborate and communicate about actions and decisions within authentic scenarios created in online environments. The chapters offer advice, information and examples for educators moving role play into blended e-learning contexts and to those who are unfamiliar with role play. The book demonstrates in a practical ways how role-based e-learning builds on the pedagogical power of role play in face to face situations and shows how to add value to e-learning via wholly online and/or blended contexts.
Whilst this Introduction defines online role play in contrast to the more familiar mode of face to face role play, Chapter 1 Games, simulations and role plays positions this role-based e-learning alongside recognised learning designs such as problem-based learning and case-based learning and illustrates its connections with other online modes such as simulations and games. In addition it provides a more in-depth look at the educational rationale for role-based e-learning.
The three authors each have over twenty years experience with designing and researching role-based e-learning allowing them to describe examples of how role plays have developed over that period and been adapted as e-learning evolved. Altogether the book offers a comprehensive and non-technical introduction which is heavily informed by practice as well as research.
The book cites twenty-five examples, contributed by a network of international colleagues (listed in Appendix A). Examples cover a range of disciplines including: Education, Engineering, International Relations, Media, Journalism, Public Relations, Communications, Business, Environment, Health, Law, Language, Economics, History, Politics, and Geography. Many of these examples are described individually in Chapter 2 Examples of role-based e-learning to illustrate the possible similarities and differences and to compare the approaches of different role play designers from across the world.
Examples in Chapter 2 are referred to throughout the book and are labelled Example 2.1, Example 2.2 etc. In addition each chapter contains one or two examples relevant to the chapter's theme and these are labelled according to their chapter number. The full description of Example 3.1 occurs in Chapter 3 but may be referenced in brief elsewhere in the book by citing its label (Example 3.1) in case the reader needs the full description again.
Appendix B contains a set of reflective questions for readers to use in reviewing each chapter. If this book is being used as a textbook in an education or design course, this appendix might lay the groundwork for group work and online discussion between learners. Appendix C describes a free role play available for educators to try with their classes.
A large part of the book is a practical guide to designing online role plays. Quality learning outcomes from this e-learning design depend on practical design choices. These decisions about design are overviewed at the conclusion of Chapter 2 and then described in detail in the next three chapters: Chapter 3 Designing online role plays, Chapter 4 Designing the problem and Chapter 5 Designing the roles and rules.
The design decisions that impact assessment are explored in Chapter 8 Assessing learning in online role play. Not all online role play designs require participants to be assessed however the learning design does provide unique opportunities to integrate powerful and authentic assessment tasks.
Meanwhile design decisions that affect the implementation and running of online role plays are explored in two chapters: Chapter 6 Moderating online role play and Chapter 7 Platforms for online role play.
A significant feature of role-based e-learning is that role play is a co-created learning activity. Once the educator has designed the initial scenario and roles, the remainder of the learning activity is further developed by the participants via typed dialogue in discussion forums. The success of this partnership between the learners and educators depends heavily on the experience and skill of the person running it, in this book called the Moderator.
Although cost-saving is not a primary reason for advocating online role play, co-creation also means that role-based learning can often be a low-cost educational technology, as outlined in Chapter 7, Platforms for online role play. Whilst the pioneering development of online role play has been text-based, and there are many advantages in this, online role play is now poised to engage with the exciting potential of Web 2.0 applications which support easy sharing of user-generated, multimedia content.
Innovation in teaching can be a time-consuming and risky venture therefore Chapter 9 Evaluating and researching online role play provides advice and support to educators needing to know that their design is effective, efficient, and easy to use. Examples and techniques in the chapter provide the evidence base for deciding whether it was worth the time and effort and what aspects could be improved next time.
The book concludes with a look at what impact current trends in e-learning may have on the future for role-based e-learning. While future development will of course be influenced by changes in the type of technology and how we use it, Chapter 10, Future trends for role-based e-learning, also looks at the potential impact of advancements, based on research, in both the way the learner-educator relationship is viewed and the role of educational institutions.


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Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday Stitching
I finished stitching my Hexagons to the white
border fabric on Sunday afternoon.....
It wasnt as hard as I had expected it to be and
I am really pleased with how it turned out.....
Here is my quilt all ready to be trimmed back
so I can start the quilting process.....
Until next time, Happy Stitching
10 comments:
- Perri said...
Well done !
Hasppy stitching, P
- October 17, 2011 at 3:50 PM
- Kate-Show and Tell said...
Thanks Perri....Hugs kate...
- October 17, 2011 at 4:26 PM
- PBPatch said...
It already looks a-maaaaaaaaaaaa- zing. Can't wait to see it finished.
Thanks for showing us how you did the edges. Very useful!
- October 17, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Kaye R said...
Well done Kate. It looks the best. Pleased to hear that it was easier than you predicted. Wow onto quilting.
- October 17, 2011 at 10:37 PM
- Mishka said...
Wow, it's fabulous!!
- October 18, 2011 at 4:52 AM
- Anne-Mette said...
Kate, your quilttop looks lovely. What a great job you have done :-).
- October 18, 2011 at 4:54 AM
- Bev said...
Looks beautiful, i love the colour of the fabrics you have used.
- October 18, 2011 at 12:50 PM
- frog cottage said...
Is looking soo good!!!! Cant wait to see the quilting!!
Deb :)
- October 18, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- siv hege said...
What a lovely quilt!!! Will you handquilt it?
- October 18, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- SuziQ said...
Hi Kate, have been watching your progress for a while now, congratulations! Your flowers look beautiful and very colourful. I am also addicted to hexagons.
Regards, Suzi
- October 18, 2011 at 9:19 PM
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Stephen Mulhall
- Hiding from Humanity: Disgust, Shame and the Law by Martha Nussbaum
Princeton, 413 pp, £19.95, April 2004, ISBN 0 691 09526 4
Liberalism has been dogged by the suspicion that its commitment to tolerance is essentially duplicitous. The goal of respecting each person's equal right to choose for herself how to live is surely definitive of a liberal conception of the good life for human beings; but if that is so, it requires a kind of neutrality from the state which flows from a belief in the superiority of that liberal conception. In short, advocating such neutrality gives expression to a partisan moral stance. Liberal tolerance cannot but be grounded in intolerance of its rivals.
This suspicion has never gone away, but neither has it proved easy to articulate in a way that is both clear and convincing. After all, if tolerance really is definitive of the liberal view of politics, how could we reasonably expect a liberal to be neutral between tolerance and intolerance? No conception of a just society can be entirely devoid of moral substance; and if we see social justice as a matter of respecting one another's autonomy, we must reject visions of society that fail to embody such respect. The crucial distinction to draw, it might be said, is between those conceptions of politics that defend the individual's freedom to choose and those that permit the state to act in ways that imply that only certain choices are worthy of respect. The latter approach would, for example, allow a confessional politics in which legal restrictions reflected the values of a particular religion, and so contradicted other values (religious and secular). So it does not seem misleading to describe the former approach as committed to neutrality between rival moral visions in a way that the latter is not.
According to the leading liberal political theorist of the postwar period, however, matters cannot be settled quite so simply; even the distinction I have just made fails to dispel the suspicion of liberal partiality. John Rawls's reputation is built on his monumental A Theory of Justice, published in 1971. But in later years, he not only refined the details of his account of justice as fairness; he also reconstructed its mode of presentation so that it might illuminate and overcome the tension he came to see between liberal claims to neutrality and their theoretical grounding.
For the later Rawls, it is obvious that contemporary liberal democracies exist in a condition of reasonable pluralism: many rival comprehensive visions of the good life have established themselves, and each has a claim to be taken seriously. By this Rawls means that, while one might disagree with the adherents of rival conceptions, one cannot legitimately view their choices as irrational. Some may have misunderstood the facts or committed logical fallacies; but such moral choices, concerning how to conduct our lives as a whole, all face what he calls the burdens of judgment. The relevant evidence is complex and conflicting, and the weight to be attached to each element of it hard to determine; our concepts are vague and prone to throw up hard cases; and our judgments are imponderably but decisively influenced by the whole course of our individual moral experience. Even perfect rationality cannot eliminate disagreements generated by these factors. Hence, we must acknowledge that – with respect to such choices – others in society might reasonably disagree with us.
This reinforces the liberal case for respecting the right of individuals to make such choices as they, and not the state, see fit; but it also raises a deep problem. For comprehensive liberal visions of the good – those which make individual autonomy the linchpin of a complete account of how one's life as a whole should be conducted – are just one variety among a range of equally reasonable moral conceptions. Hence, if our liberal political vision is grounded in such a comprehensive liberal morality, it will invoke convictions with which our fellow citizens might reasonably disagree. Our way of justifying respect for the freedom of all would then itself embody a failure to respect their freedom. It would be an intolerant defence of political toleration.
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I am always amazed at how an idea can just appear out of thin air.
|"Tree Line With Bulrushes" Summer 2016
I had finally decided to "mount" this one on canvas, but not on a stretched canvas, like so many are doing these days. Not that I don't like that idea, I love it actually, but I wanted to keep this 'softer'. So I scrounged around looking for the hunk of canvas I am sure I have. Nope. Not where I thought, but I did come across some dyed-black we had done years ago for a curtain. ('we' being dau. Steph and me) And in the same drawer were some other fabrics. I pulled them all out and took them to the table. As I lay out the different fabs, and Dan mulled them over with me, we came up with the orange-lavender combo....and that's when the thin air grew heavy with the idea on how to 'frame' this! I got it all basted and am stitching it. More to come.
|Ocean Circle 2016 Additions
Have been stitching the Ocean Circle top too. I had fun adding the stamens {?}
to the hibiscus flowers! And even though they are more color coordinated to each flower in nature, I stayed with the yellow perle/pearl cotton. One of the threads is from the box of threads my mother game me 40 years ago. I added a variegated blue thread to the line of 'water' stitches at the edge of the 'beach'.


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Friday, June 17, 2016
Mid Century Two Tier Lamp
Here's something you'll really like!.. A while a go I bought this lamp shade off of Craigslist. I drove all the way across town to get it and that's quite a long way to go. I thought it was a large shade but when I got there it was small and just for a night stand lamp or something like that. The gal wanted a large lamp shade price for it and didn't realize it was small. At least thats what she tried to tell me, but of course Iknow better.. So I talked her down, she wasn't that happy but she sold it to me. Even so I paid more than I wanted to for it. So I've been on the hunt for a lamp that would work with it. I found this lamp outside in the rain at an antique store in Canada. Got it for $5. And I think I paid $30 for the shade. But now this will be a nice lamp for my side of the bed in the Gochenour cabin. Looks like something out of a 1950s motel. Love that stuff.. Now just got to hunt down a small blonde dresser to go with it. Also notice the kitchen tins behind the lamp. Got those for $6 I think it was. There are three of them, Tea was the small one. Coffee the medium sized one and Sugar was the large one. They didn't have one for lard..
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The NS Interview: Josie Long
"I love voting! I'd vote three times if I could" By Helen Lewis - 25 July 2011 New Statesman
You started doing stand-up when you were 14. At 29, do you feel like a grizzled veteran?
Sometimes I do. It is odd to think I've been doing this half my life, and I've never thought of my adult life without it until the last couple of years, when I had a bit of a wobble.
In the sense you didn't want to do it any more?
More that I felt guilty I wasn't doing something that "good people" did - that it was too much fun. Also I wondered whether I could cope with it - it's a lonely thing and there's a lot of pressure, and it inspires such a range of critical responses from people. Everyone in the audience has a different opinion: I started thinking about that multiplying over every gig I've ever done, and it made me nauseous.
Through Twitter, I suppose performers are unwilling eavesdroppers on their critics.
That's just bad etiquette: I ignore it. It's a hard thing to get to grips with, abuse from strangers and internet trolls. You go: "I'm hurt, but I'll move on." I don't look for my name on the internet, ever - and if I heard people talking about me at a gig, I would run away.
Is it fair to say your comedy has become more political in the past few years?
I think so. I was always quite sure of my opinions, but under a Labour government I could pretend everything was fine, even when there were lots of things I should have been campaigning about. Now, I think it's psychotic to pretend everything's fine and it's reprehensible not to do anything about it.
How do you describe your politics?
Oh, I'm just an idiot. I wish there was a party that was more stridently on the left. I like Kurt Vonnegut, and his hero was the American socialist Eugene Debs. He said if there's a lower class, behave as though you're part of it.
What about specific policies?
I'm really pro-tax. I want there to be a "brain drain", I want all the people who disagree with [higher top tax rates] to leave, even if that means we're completely impoverished. We'll start again. Sometimes I think my beliefs are really unrealistic and sometimes I think they're incredibly moderate.
How about the right-wing argument that the state is inefficient at spending money?
People who work in the public sector - doctors, teachers - aren't lazy and they don't get paid very much. But I get so paranoid talking about things like this. There's a voice in my head going: "You're stupid."
Do you feel as though you have to censor yourself?
If you say things that are even moderately left-wing, people look at you like you're an infant. If you said, "I think people should be kinder and fairer," they'd agree. But when you add, "And I think that should affect how we behave and how the system functions," they tell you you're an idiot.
How did you get involved with the tax avoidance campaigners at UK Uncut?
I went to the Vodafone protests in Oxford Street and they changed my life - action makes you feel better. It's such a popular cause and it's so moderate, just saying: "We'd like people to pay tax according to the law, thanks."
Were you part of the protests on 26 March at the March for the Alternative?
Yes. I went to Fortnum & Mason, but I got there late and there were riot police going in and the protesters were lied to and arrested. The week after that was such a low point - they were in prison, being smeared. They were just young people who set this up because they cared. I feel they were really stamped on.
Was there a backlash?
It became, "Do you condemn the violence?" - but there wasn't violence, only property damage, and that wasn't done by UK Uncut. But people thought there was no smoke without fire, so I had people on Twitter telling me UK Uncut was a violent organisation. People were calling us anarchists - and I'm into big government.
Is the energy still there in the movement?
I think so; but that was the first big knock for it. It's made me realise what we're up against, but I don't care. The only way to lose is to give up. It's the same with being a feminist: I want equality in society, and I won't get it by being quiet. And I don't give a f*** how many people are going to call me fat or a c***, or say they don't want to have sex with me or I should be killed.
Do you vote?
Yes. I love voting! I'd vote three times if I could.
Are you a member of a political party?
No. I get close and then I feel I'd rather just be a loosely affiliated member of UK Uncut.
Is there anything you'd like to forget?
No - even awful things give you character.
Are we all doomed?
That's a bit strong. I'm an incurable optimist.
Defining Moments
1982 Born in Orpington. Starts doing stand-up at the age of 14
1999 Wins BBC New Comedy Award
2000 Puts stand-up career on hold to study English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
2005 Supports Stewart Lee on tour
2006 Wins if.comedy Best Newcomer Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
2009 Her series All of the Planet's Wonders is first broadcast on Radio 4
2010 Becomes involved with UK Uncut


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This is the English subbed RAIN edit of The Return of Superman, Episode 15, as shown on 2014.02.09. Rain visits with Choo Sarang and her father Choo Sung Hoon. The family is close to Rain. Sarang's UFC Fighter Korean-Japanese father is also known under his Japanese name Akiyama Yoshiro. Sarang's mother, Yano Shiho, is a famous fashion model in Japan known simply as SHIHO. It is also said that she taught yoga to Rain.
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Friday, September 23, 2016
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I pinned mine out and squart gunned with water from the first sign of ruffles. Looks beautiful and beads do take longer we all love your work and progress :)ReplyDelete
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I love seeing your progress! I agree, adding beads does take longer, but look how pretty it is!ReplyDelete
It looks great - still my favorite color combination for a doily. Timeless beauty!ReplyDelete
Beautiful - beads make everything so pretty!ReplyDelete
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1. Ferrumite,
hi all,
So I have noticed, that in games like 99, bots always manage to draw cards. although players mostly manage to draw cards in time, it still mite be a disadvantage that bots will always manage to draw the card while human players, however rerr it is, can still forget to draw cards. so I have thought, maybe to have bots at random forget to draw cards, or at least for them to draw cards for some little time after the turn. Same aplyes to monopoly with press space to ask for rent.
Thanks in advance and have a nice day!


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But first, where was I last night? Thanks for asking, David and I went to Jerusalem for the Shlomo Carlebach Yahrtzeit Concert. You might subtitle it a sixties mimouna. Graying flower children gathered to honor the memory of 'The Dancing Rabbi' so much an icon (pardon the expression, those of you who know what that means outside the cyberworld) of my generation. I first saw and heard him in the lunchroom at YCQ when I was in the 6th grade. He sang accompanied by his guitar all the while 'jumping up and down'. His mother, doubling as his agent, sold his record at the back of the room. Need I say that we were enthralled with the idea that Jewish music could be so entertaining and that a Rabbi could play the guitar and jump up and down. His music is so much a part of our experience. What would SSSJ rallies have been like without 'Od Avinu Chai'?
And so last night on the way home to Rehovot after being transported back to the 60's I noticed on my cell phone (where else does one notice the date nowadays?) that it was going on November 23rd and since I was already in the 60's I couldn't help but think of that infamous day. Like Batya, I was in school, but at Jamaica High School. The bell rang (in those days bells actually rang) I walked out of a class and saw a group of kids walking with Mrs. Lipitz the art teacher. They were coming towards me nodding in a sort of disbelief. One of them said, "President Kennedy has been shot!" The rest is sort of a blur but we ended up in our homerooms being sent home early. There was stillness in the streets and on the bus as if someone turned off the sound.
Later that evening after we made kiddush and ate Shabbat dinner my mother and father felt the need to go to shul and we went to the Conservative synagogue which was closest to our home (also I guess because it was way after the Orthodox services were over). They had to open up an extra extension because people from all over the neighborhood came. Many many were not even Jews. Everyone seemed to need to make a connection with God and Friday night the place to be was the synagogue. This was the only time in my life we sat together as a family in shul. (Does anyone remember the slogan 'A family that prays together stays together'???) At the end of the service when it came time for kaddish the rabbi got up and explained that we would all stand for the recital of the Jewish prayer for mourners. Everyone, even my father, cried.
My title here is from Tehillim 30 (Psalms) and seemed appropriate at this convergence of anniversaries. May all their neshamot have an aliya.*
*May their souls rest closer to God


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Welcome back to RIT! While many students, faculty and staff were away during the summer months, much was happening on campus. Here are some stories and videos you may have missed:
Big Shot No. 30 returns home to Rochester Institute of Technology: Big Shot photographers aim to capture the Golisano Institute for Sustainability, Louise M. Slaughter Hall and the surrounding quad for the nighttime community photo project on Sept. 6.
Destler and Johnson pledge $1 million endowment to Rochester City Scholars: RIT President Bill Destler and Rebecca Johnson continue funding for the program, which provides free tuition to RIT for eligible city students.
RIT and Coca-Cola Announce New Partnership: In July, Coca-Cola became the primary beverage provider at RIT. Coca-Cola also supports scholarships for RIT students.
RIT announces artistic lineup for 2014 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival: RIT President Bill Destler on the banjo and his spouse, vocalist Rebecca Johnson, are one of the many acts in this year's First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival Sept. 18–27.
RIT employs START-UP NY to bring tech jobs to Rochester: RIT applied its START-UP NY certification to entice one of its alumni to open a New York office of his highly successful Connecticut-based company.
Flipping for New York history: New mobile app developed featuring regional historic sites: FLIP: Finger Lakes Interactive Play highlights multiple historic sites in the nine-county area of the Finger Lakes Economic Development Council to enhance visitor experiences.
RIT named a National Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education: The B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences has been recertified as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance/Cyber Defense Education.
RIT joins top game design programs in founding Higher Education Video Game Alliance: The alliance was launched July 1 to promote unified advocacy, policymaker engagement, media coverage and external funding in order to harness the power of video games.
RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences ranked No. 2 in the nation by 'Resource': Resource, a leading photo trade magazine, has recognized the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences as one of the nation's top photo schools.
e-NABLING the Future: RIT researcher Jon Schull has connected hundreds of volunteers around the globe to make affordable prosthetic hands wherever they are needed.
Building the Gene Polisseni Center: When the Gene Polisseni Center officially opens in September, hockey fans will quickly feel the game-night difference sitting in a $38 million, 112,000-square foot, state-of-the-art arena
RIT College and Careers: The College & Careers program includes an overnight in the dorms and is designed to help prospective students gain the experience and knowledge necessary to start making career decisions.
SMASH Summer Math Experience: Summer Math Applications in Science with Hands-on Experience for Girls, or SMASH, gave 40 incoming eighth-graders an innovative, fast-paced introduction to the importance of mathematical modeling.


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Eldorado (3-5, 2-4 Northeast) rode a 27-point third quarter to retain "The Cleat" on homecoming against with a 48-21 win over Chaparral (1-7, 1-5) on Friday.
Nicholas Blackmon passed for 159 yards and two touchdowns and also ran 2 yards for a score. Justin Brown rushed for 102 yards and caught a 30-yard TD pass, while Zaccheus Davis ran for 85 yards and scored on a 9-yard run.
Chaparral's Kyle Scott both passed and ran for a touchdown, and Mike Shields returned an interception 20 yards for a score.


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Rupa Kotecha-Smith
Marketing & Communications Manager
CASE Europe
020 7448 0055
Pam Russell
director of communications
For Immediate Release
20 September 2010
LONDON-UK universities are thanking donors for their generous contributions during the past year with a week-long celebration that recognises the enormous impact of donations and charitable gifts on university research, teaching, scholarships and other projects.
Donor Pin Week, 20 - 24 September 2010, is an annual event. Launched in 2007, it is designed to thank donors as well as increase awareness of philanthropy to universities and inspire others to give.
Donors, at a variety of levels, are given a special pin and are encouraged to wear them to demonstrate the support they are giving to their chosen university.
Participating universities include the University of Bath; University of Birmingham; University of Bristol; Brunel University; University of Sheffield; University of Warwick; University of Reading; University of Brighton; University of Gloucestershire; University of Liverpool; Imperial College London; London School of Economics; University of Leeds; Open University; University of Edinburgh; and Queen's University Belfast.
Professor Gordon Marshall, vice-chancellor, University of Reading, said Donor Pin Week marks a country-wide change in behaviour.
"As a university, we strive to provide the best teaching to the brightest students and to increase knowledge and understanding through our research," said Marshall. "The generosity of our donors has enabled us to do more by offering financial support to talented students who would otherwise be unable to benefit from higher education and by enhancing our ability to find answers to some of the most important questions facing societies today, such as those bearing upon the issues of climate change, cardiovascular health and corporate leadership."
Added Shanti Windsor, stewardship manager, University of Reading, and Donor Pin Week coordinator: "I am fairly new to the sector and have been incredibly impressed by how much universities impact all areas of life. It is essential that we raise awareness of the contribution philanthropy makes to higher education and that we recognize those who are already donating."
Kate Hunter, executive director of CASE Europe, says donor pin programmes celebrate giving to universities and encourage more donors by creating a highly personal connection to institutions.
"A visual affinity for universities can help raise the profile of higher education philanthropy," says Hunter.
Universities are charitable bodies, and they can use donations to accelerate the innovative research. In the academic year 2008-09, the annual Ross-CASE survey revealed that donations to universities in the UK had reached more than £0.5 billion for the first time, enabling universities to continue their work on many important causes and issues.
Donations made to universities before July 2011 will be worth even more thanks to the matched funding schemes in England and Wales, which allow cash gifts to universities to be matched by up to £210 million of government funding.
The scheme, now in its third year in England, has already helped universities to secure millions of pounds of additional funds on top of donations. This money has been used to support a wide range of initiatives in universities-from funding important research and building new state-of-the-art facilities to providing bursaries for talented students.
To find out more about donating to a university and the matched funding scheme, visit www.giftofknowledge.org.uk
For further information, please contact CASE Europe Marketing and Communications Manager Rupa Kotecha-Smith on 020 7448 9955.
Notes to editors:
Donor Pin Week
Donor Pin Week has run annually in the UK since September 2007. Around 8,000 donors in the UK have received donor pins in recognition of the generous donations they have made to universities. A number of universities are involved in Donor Pin Week, including the University of Bath; University of Birmingham; University of Bristol; Brunel University; University of Sheffield; University of Warwick; University of Reading; University of Brighton; University of Gloucestershire; University of Liverpool; Imperial College London; London School of Economics; University of Leeds; Open University; University of Edinburgh; and Queen's University Belfast.
The Matched Funding Scheme in England
The Matched Funding Scheme is a government-led initiative that aims to increase voluntary giving to higher education providers. All higher education institutions and directly funded further education colleges in England have been invited to participate in the scheme.
Eligible gifts to participating institutions will be matched through a fund of £200 million. Such institutions will receive matched funding according to their place in one of three tiers, each with a different funding ratio and cap suitable for institutions with differing degrees of fund-raising experience.
The scheme - the first in the UK - started on 1 August 2008 and runs for three years. It is open to all English HEIs and directly funded FECs. The scheme is administered by The Higher Education Funding Council for England. For further information visit www.hefce.ac.uk/finance/fundinghe/vol/
A similar scheme operates in Wales, administered by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) - see www.hefcw.ac.uk/policy_areas/strategic_change/matched_funding_scheme.aspx
About CASE
CASE believes in advancing education to transform lives and society. As a global nonprofit membership association of educational institutions, CASE helps develop the communities of professional practice that build institutional resilience and success in challenging times. The communities include staff engaged in alumni relations, fundraising, marketing, student recruitment, stakeholder engagement, crisis communications and government relations. CASE is volunteer-led and uses the intellectual capital of senior practitioners to build capacity and capability across the world.
CASE has offices in Washington, D.C., London, Singapore and Mexico City. Member institutions include more than 3,700 colleges and universities, primary and secondary independent and international schools, and nonprofit organizations in 82 countries. CASE serves nearly 88,000 practitioners. For more information about CASE, please visit www.case.org.


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Swarovski Binoculars for Sale
£300 off lowest UK on-line price! Two pairs - one off sale!I have 2 Pairs of BRAND NEW, still boxed and never used, Swarovski Binoculars for Sale in UK – One EL 10x32 W B & one EL 8x32 W B
Lowest UK Net Price I can find is £1299 – I will sell either of these brand new binoculars – Genuine, (supplied to me direct by Swarovski but not needed for personal use - so you can register Swarovski's own guarantee) Still Boxed – to the first bid of £999 + Courier collection!!!!!!
See independent review at: http://www.bestbinocularsreviews.com/Swarovski10x32EL32Traveler-35.htm
Use 'Feedback' to make contactHere's what Swarovski say about these products:
The EL binoculars combine maximum functionality, innovation and design. The unique wrap-around grip enables comfortable operation even with one hand. Low weight and excellent balance make light work of long observation periods. The sophisticated top-class optical system delivers high-contrast, lifelike image quality.
In the EL series, Swarovski Optik uses high-quality technologies such as the SWAROBRIGHT coating for maximum color fidelity across the whole light spectrum or the SWAROTOP and SWARODUR coatings for bright, high-contrast images.
The non-stick effect of the SWAROCLEAN coating on the outer surface of the lens makes cleaning objective and eyepiece lenses considerably easier, above all when removing dried-on mineral residues (e.g. water marks due to condensation), insect repellents and tree resin. The lenses require less intensive cleaning which significantly increases the longevity of optical products.
The EL 32 can be carried effortlessly for long periods due to its low weight and due to the user-friendly compact construction it not only sits extremely well in the hand but also fits in almost any outdoor coat. It is also impressive due to its particularly outstanding observation qualities at short distances. The EL 32 is exceptionally well suited to observation at close quarters due to its sensational close focus setting of only 7 feet.Technical Specificatiopns:
EL 10x32 W B
Magnification 8
Objective lens Ø (mm) 32
Exit pupil Ø (mm) 4.0
Exit pupil distance (mm) 15
Field of view at m/1000 m / ft/1000 yds 140/420
Field of view (degrees) 8
Field of view with eye glasses (degrees) 7.7
Subjective field of view, apparent (degrees) 62
Shortest focusing distance (m/ft) 2.1/7
Dioptric compensation (dpt) ±3
Interpupillary distance (mm/in) 56-74 / 2.2-2.9
Twilight factor acc. to DIN 58388 16
Length approx. (mm/in) [with eyecups twisted in] 138/5.4
Width approx. (mm/in) 114/4.5
Height approx. (mm/in) 60/2.4
Weight approx. (g/oz) 610/21.5
Colour Green
Snap Shot Adapter model S1-8
EL 8x32 W B
Magnification 10
Objective lens Ø (mm) 32
Exit pupil Ø (mm) 3.2
Exit pupil distance (mm) 12
Field of view at m/1000 m / ft/1000 yds 120/360
Field of view (degrees) 6.9
Field of view with eye glasses (degrees) 4.5
Subjective field of view, apparent (degrees) 65
Shortest focusing distance (m/ft) 2/7
Dioptric compensation (dpt) ±3
Interpupillary distance (mm/in) 56-74 / 2.2-2.9
Twilight factor acc. to DIN 58388 18
Length approx. (mm/in) [with eyecups twisted in] 136/5.3
Width approx. (mm/in) 114/4.5
Height approx. (mm/in) 60/2.4
Weight approx. (g/oz) 600/21.2
Colour Green
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Somewhere in 1609 an expedition by the sea traveler and explorer called Alexander Maier visited the island that had a large population of tortoises. The name of the island was known as North and this place that is still present on the Earth, is part of the 42 Seychelles inner islands. Hundred years later, the place became known for the production of fish oil, guano and copra.
Today the island is a private resort with renting villas; a real paradise for the visitors and idyllic scenery where the natural beauty and the spirit of the ocean attached their forces and became one. The resort includes a library where books with general topics can be found and also books with the history of the place and some additional information.
The boutique is the place known for the different souvenirs that can be bought and make your memories last longer. There is also a diving center for diving activities during the day. Other activities are also included. Here are few of them: cooking, mountain biking, kayaking, deep sea fishing and excursions.
For all those who love to enjoy the peace and the quite, they should go and visit the Island Piazza area. The place is known for the comfortable sun loungers and the dining area as being the perfect place for romantic evenings and unforgettable sunsets.
There are ten standard villas lined on the East Beach equipped and arranged to satisfy the needs of the guests and provide comfort and relaxation. Each of the villas posses a pool area and Jacuzzi tub at the outdoor area. With the sound of the waves and the gentle touch of the wind and the beautiful palm trees, you would never want to leave the place.
The interior of the villas has a romantic spirit that is highly expressed in parts of the furniture that is very comfortable too. The bathroom area is designed in a relaxing and tropical mood, with some traditional elements. You would enjoy every second spent in the hot tub combined with the romantic presence of the candles and fresh smells, and your loved ones of course.
Everything is designed with a sense for luxury and the high ceilings remind the guests of the traditional homes from this part of the world. Bars and beautiful terraces where everything is made out of the finest wood, invite the guests to enjoy and admire the outdoor area, where everything is just perfect.
The perfect picture to the eye, and the finest relaxation for the mind! The place once in 2011 was the host of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for their honeymoon.
You can be the next guests.
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Monday, July 21, 2014
Something very different
Where is all this going, you may ask? Well I saw this really cute little air dry clay bowl and pinned it, as I do, to try later. Well over the weekend I decided I would give it a go as a birthday present.
Here is the result so far:
Here is the inside decoration:
This is taking a while to dry out, approx 60hrs so far, but I think that is due to the thickness of the clay. Once it is dry I need to sand the rim and also smooth out some of the wrinkle in the clay due to the shaping. I then want to glaze it, I think there is a glaze available.
I would love to hear your thoughts on this piece, do you like it? Do you hate it? Leave me a comment and let me know, if you have the time.
15 comments:
I really like it,because it is very attractive,it looks like a flower and is unique.looking forward to seeing it glazed.ReplyDelete
I think it will look lovely. The decorations are beautiful. Well done!ReplyDelete
It's looking nice ! Are you going to paint it or leave it white?ReplyDelete
I love it! You are so creative!ReplyDelete
I love it. Especially the effect you've captured with the flower pattern. So far it's going really well. Can't wait to see more.ReplyDelete
xo Alicia
How artistic! It's beautiful.ReplyDelete
It looks great. I have seen, but not worked with air dry clay. Love the designs you stamped into it. And while maybe not intended, the shape is really nice.ReplyDelete
I love it too ... So creative xReplyDelete
It turned out great. I love the shape and designs in the bottom.ReplyDelete
Very pretty. A lovely and unusual gift idea for someone :-) love the flower pattern inside xReplyDelete
How cute is that! You have done a fantastic job.ReplyDelete
I really like it. The shape is unique and the design on the bottom is very pretty.ReplyDelete
I LOVE it!! Anything made of wood, glass, clay, pottery really!! For a first attempt it looks fabulous, I also like the little design on the inside, well done!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 22, 2014 at 5:31 PM
I love it both the shape and the design inside x
Congrats on trying something new!ReplyDelete
I think it looks great!


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I dub you, "Katas"
Katas of editing another person's legal papers which won 5 five digit figures, and was published in a journal somewhere.
Hope we get to have a lot of happy moments "Kat"
The Zoom G1x gives you a tremendous selection of effects and amp models for an incredibly low price! The G1x employs Zoom's ZFX-3 DSP chip and a 96kHz sampling rate to deliver amazingly accurate models of tube harmonics. Its 24-bit AD/DA conversion offers excellent dynamic range. The G1x provides a variety of effects categories: Comp/EFX, Drive, EQ, ZNR/Amp modeling, Modulation, Delay, and Reverb. For added flexibility, the G1x sports an expression pedal for control over effects such as flange, wah, and other effects. It's loaded with 40 presets, many of which are modeled on the signature sounds of famous guitarists. The G1x will run for up to 12 hours continuously on four AA batteries and comes with an included AC adaptor.
Zoom G1x Guitar Effects Pedal at a Glance:
- 21 amp and stompbox models
- 54 high-quality effects
- Built-in drum machine
- Auto-chromatic guitar tuner
21 amp and stompbox models
By digitally simulating the clipping action of analog devices such as tubes and diodes, the G1x faithfully duplicates the distortion of tube amps and vintage effects. Choices range from models that made guitar history such as Fender, Marshall, and Vox to popular modern amps including Mesa Boogie, Peavey, and Diezel. An acoustic simulator is also included, so the G1x can make your electric instrument sound like an acoustic.
54 high-quality effects
The G1x provides a total of eight modules with 54 effect types ranging from standard to advanced. Duplicate the historic sounds of the MXR Dynacomp, Vox Wah, or Crybaby Wah. Apply EQ in three bands. Two types of chorus add spaciousness and depth. The G1x has five types of reverb to simulate the acoustics of a room or concert hall. The Harmonized Pitch Shifter can play along with you - all effects are designed for real-life musical applications. Use delay and echo settings with up to five seconds of delay time.
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The G1x offers realistic drum sounds derived from PCM samples, arranged in a variety of rhythm patterns for different musical genres. The 40 rhythm variations include steady 8-beats for rock and pop, funky 16-beats, jazzy 4-beats, shuffles for blues styles, and more. Rhythm training is easy, and a tap input lets you set tempos easily.
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The G1x's guitar tuner can be called up instantly by pushing the two footswitches together. High-brightness LED indicators make the note readout easy to see on a dark stage. Mute tuning - without a sound output - is also possible.
Zoom G1x Guitar Effects Pedal Features:
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- 54 Effects types/8 Modules
- 40kHz frequency response
- Built-in drum machine and harmonized pitch shifter
- 80 patches (40 user defined and 40 preset patches)
- Built-in Expression Pedal
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MBA (Tourism Management)
2 Years Full Time Campus Based | Recognized by UGC
This is an International Career opportunity in World's Largest Industry with hands-on field experience in International destinations, provided by Kaziranga University in association with Assumption University, Thailand.
The course offers professional research and study in:
- Tourism & Hospitality Marketing
- Sustainable Tourism Development
- Crisis Management in Tourism
- Niche Tourism
- IT & E-commerce for Tourism
Assumption University, Thailand
Assumption University exists for the main purpose of serving the students by providing scientific and humanistic knowledge, particularly in business education and management science through research and interdisciplinary approaches.
Kaziranga University in association with Assumption University aims at forming intellectually competent graduates who :
- Are morally sound, committed to acting justly, and open to further growth.
- Appreciate freedom of expression, imbibe right attitudes and ideologies through a carefully integrated curriculum of Ethics, Science, Languages and Business Management.
- Achieve academic excellence through hard work, critical thinking, and effective ecision- making.
Program Highlights
- Hands - on field experience in International destination
- Course designed in consultation with Assumption University
- 12 months coursework (3rd & 4th semester) in Assumption University, Thailand
- Course taught by International subject experts
- Workshop based learning experience
- Professional research & studies in trend creative and innovative tourism management
Passed Bachelor's degree examination from any UGC recognized University with 50% in Graduation (45% in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST category). Qualified in any National Level Management Admission Test such as CAT, MAT, XAT, CMAT or KUEST.
Candidates with a minimum of 550 or above on the IELTS Test will be given preference.
|80% & above in Degree.
|Rs. 2,00,000
|60 - 79% in B.Sc.
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- The students can download the application form from www.kazirangauniversity.in and post the filled up application form along with a demand draft of Rs. 500/- or
They can visit the University campus or any of the registered offices of the university to collect the prospectus and application forms on payment of Rs. 500/-
- Submitting the complete filled up application form.
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Provenance® Woven Wood Shades
Natural fiber products are very fashionable in window coverings. Hunter Douglas offers you the perfect 'designer' look to fit your decor with the Provenance Woven Woods collections. There are hundreds of textures and colors of woven natural fiber materials to choose from: bamboo to reeds to grasses and more. We can help you find just the right look for your home.
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Susan in Upstate NY is the inkle loom winner.
Congrats Susan, please contact me with your shipping address.
To everyone else, I wish I had a dozen more to give away and even if you didn't win, maybe you'll drop and extra buck or two in a donation jar somewhere. ;-)
I would make this longer but we are having internet issues. Better post when things are back to normal.
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