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A team of physicists has devised a novel strategy that uses naturally occurring motions inside the human cell nucleus to measure the physical properties of the nucleus and its components. [44] New 3-D maps of water distribution during cellular membrane fusion are accelerating scientific understanding of cell development, which could lead to new treatments for diseases associated with cell fusion. [43] Thanks to the invention of a technique called super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, it has recently become possible to view even the smaller parts of a living cell. [42] A new instrument lets researchers use multiple laser beams and a microscope to trap and move cells and then analyze them in real-time with a sensitive analysis technique known as Raman spectroscopy. [41] All systems are go for launch in November of NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission, which will use high-resolution laser ranging to study Earth's forests and topography from the International Space Station (ISS). [40] Scientists from the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin combined state-of-the-art experiments and numerical simulations to test a fundamental assumption underlying strong-field physics. [39] Femtosecond lasers are capable of processing any solid material with high quality and high precision using their ultrafast and ultra-intense characteristics. [38] To create the flying microlaser, the researchers launched laser light into a water-filled hollow core fiber to optically trap the microparticle. Like the materials used to make traditional lasers, the microparticle incorporates a gain medium. [37] Lasers that emit ultrashort pulses of light are critical components of technologies, including communications and industrial processing, and have been central to fundamental Nobel Prize-winning research in physics. [36] A newly developed laser technology has enabled physicists in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (jointly run by LMU Munich and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics) to generate attosecond bursts of high-energy photons of unprecedented intensity. [35]
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We won't be able to get our hands on Alice: Madness returns the game until June 14. Luckily Dark Horse's gorgeous 184 page hardcover art book for the game will be here in May to tide us over.
Due for publication on May 11, The Art of Alice offers fans an unprecedented look at the creative vision behind American McGee's disturbing reinterpretation of Lewis Carroll's classic. This unique collaboration between publisher Dark Horse and developer Spicy Horse might be the best thing to come of the union of two horses since My Friend Flicka, which could probably use a dark American McGee re-imagining of its own.
Dark Horse was kind enough to send Kotaku a smattering of preview pages for the epic art book, which we're more than happy to share.
The Art of Alice is due out in May from Dark Horse for $34.99.

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The Burbank Fire Department responded to reports of a single-story house fire in the 8600 block of Major Avenue around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday, March 31. While firefighters battled the blaze, nearby homes were temporarily evacuated as a precaution until firefighters managed to bring the fire under control.
According to Division Chief Mike Dudlo of the Burbank Police Department, one of the sleeping occupants was alerted to the fire by the barking of the family pet. The resident woke the other family members and all were able to get out of the burning home safely without injury.
Burbank fire investigators examined the scene and found nothing suspicious, Dudlo said. Officials believe the blaze originated in a utility closet near the home's furnace.
The house sustained heavy damage and has been declared uninhabitable by the Burbank Building Commissioner's office. Dudlo said the residents are staying with family members in the area for the time being.


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2017 Season Championships on Saturday, Oct 21st – 6 Classes
Time to crown our champions in all 6 racing classes – Pure Stock, NeSmith Street Stock, Vintage, Open Wheel Modified, Sportsman and Stinger. No qualifying, no heats, just 6 features lined up by points with the 2017 Champion of Southern Raceway being crowned at race …Read More
Race Results from Saturday, Oct 14th
What a great night of dirt track racing with tons of passing, side by side racing and even a little action in the pits. Congratulations to all our winners – Pure Stock – Kevin Mitchell, NeSmith Street Stock – Kyle Kichler, Vintage – Kraig Crossley, …Read More
Labor Day Weekend – ASCS Sprint Cars Saturday & Sunday Nights!
Southern Raceway is again the place to be on Labor Day weekend with our Second Annual Sprint Car Nationals two night racing even plus tons of other racing action both nights! Saturday, Sept 2nd has ASCS Southern Outlaw Sprints plus Pure Stock, NeSmith Street Stock, …Read More
Race Winners from Saturday, July 22nd at Southern Raceway
What an incredible night at Southern Raceway where sponsors, fans and racers all came together to raise money for Team Travis! We also had great racing on the track with 6 classes running. Congratulations to our feature winners with Tally Warrick winning in Pure Stock, …Read More


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Switzerland remains an attractive tax destination for both companies and top earners in 2017, according to a survey of major global business locations published on Wednesday. But it warned planned US tax reform will increase competition.
The BAK taxation indexexternal link, published by the BAK Basel economic research group, includes countries, Swiss cantons and cities around the world. Hong Kong comes top of the competitiveness index for corporation tax (9.9%), followed by Nidwalden (10.1%), the canton with the lowest corporation tax in Switzerland.
Other Swiss cantons with low business tax were Appenzell (10.3%), Lucerne (10.3%) and Obwalden (10.9%.) Even Geneva, the canton with the highest corporate tax rate in Switzerland (21.4%), remained below the global average by eight percentage points.
New York found itself at the bottom of the ranking. The city taxed businesses at 49.8% - more than any other international economic centre.
All in all, the tax load remained stable both in Switzerland and internationally, with figures virtually unchanged from the last report in 2015.
BAK was optimistic about the tax outlook for Switzerland, but warned of a "calm before the storm", saying the planned tax reform in the US will lead to fiercer competition, also putting Switzerland's neighbours like France and Germany under increasing pressure.
The report also said that planned Swiss tax reform should help to stabilise the system. The reforms are meant to replace a corporate tax reform rejected by voters last year.
+ Read more about tax reform in Switzerland
Advantage for highly skilled staff
Switzerland's taxation of highly skilled workers was also comparatively low. The Zug canton was ranked in fourth place with a rate of 23%. The canton of Neuchatel had the highest rate in Switzerland (37.7%), but remained slightly below the international average of 38.4 %.
The index of highly qualified workers was calculated on a single childless person on a total income of 100,000 Euro (CHF 117,445). Such a person paid the least amount of tax in cantons Zug, Obwalden und Uri.
The taxation of skilled workers in Switzerland rose by 0.2 percent while the international average remained the same.


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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Have you ever been tempted….
I had the first pan of cookies in the oven when I realized what I'd done. Too late for that batch. I hurriedly mixed baking soda into the remaining dough. Was quite amazed at the results!
The duds weren't wasted. My son said they tasted fine, and I notice they have all since disappeared.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Another UFO off the list!
June's UFO bore the title "Ugly Blocks". This project began with a challenge on Stashbusters group to make a sampler as a BOM using an ugly fabric from the stash. My ugly fabric is one of those 36" wide prints from years gone by – nice quality fabric, but I really don't like the brown! I made only two blocks before realizing I wasn't going to keep up with the project, but I kept the blocks and fabrics together. Then when I needed some samples for a class using the Creative Curves rulers I dipped into the same set of fabrics and added a few more blocks to the collections.
Six blocks do not make a very large quilt, so I had to increase the size with sashing and borders. When I saw the cheerful Scrappy Spiderweb over on Kathy's Quilts blog I was reminded of much fun a piano keys type border can be. I think it frames these blocks and brings out the colours nicely. The top is 46" by 64" now – this would make a respectable lap quilt, or it could be donated to our Prayer Quilts group. I'm not finishing it at this point, but it will be added to the pile of Useful Tops.


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Welcome to the first installment of the News Roundup. This is where I report the happenings in Malaysia and around the world while having my tongue firmly in cheek.
Malaysiakini reports that DAP members is of the opinion that the government should, "buy over highways and save taxpayers' money", after reading through the recently declassified agreements of the highway concessionaires.
Segambut MP, Lim Lip Eng said, that the agreements only favour the highway concessionaires. He cited that even if there is a breach of contract in favour of the government, the highway concessionaires will receive compensation from the government.
Hearing this, the highway concessionaires said, "Oh really? OK, you can have them back, now where's our money?"
The Kuala Terengganu parliament seat recently left vacant will see a 3 way fight between the BN, PAS and an independent candidate, Azharudin Mamat @ Adam. While his chances of winning the election are slim, he is confident that can win because he wants to "help the poor" and will use his MP allowance to "help those people regardless of race or party".
Yes, Adam (can I call you Adam?). The people are shallow enough to vote for you so that instead of bringing issues to parliament, you will just return their money.
MIC leader, Samy Vellu is in the middle of another scandal which has hit his party recently. This time it involves the awarding of contracts for maintenance by its party-run AIMST University. The allegations are targeted at the party's education arm, Maju Institute for Education Development (MIED).
Sources point out that Samy Vellu has revoked several contracts and reassigned them to people that are close to him.
When asked to comment on these allegations, Samy Vellu has this to say: "It is unfortunate that this happened and I stress that it is an act of God. Only this time I am God."
Mingguan Malaysia reported that a baby whale shark caught dead in a fishing net is not the sign of an impending tsunami. Universiti Sains Malaysia's marine biologist Dr Aileen Tan Shau-Hwai told the daily the whale shark, found dead in the waters of Kendi Island, could have rammed into a big boat while migrating to a new destination.
She added that she came to this conclusion using the scientific method called… Guessing.
In these tough economic times, Choong Khuat Hock, director of fund management company Kumpulan Sentiasa Cemerlang, urges the people to diversify their investments. The report recommended other forms of investments such as gold, antiques and even tea.
Thank you for letting us know of even more ways to lose our money.
The Telegraph reports that toy-maker, Mattel will be releasing the Mind-Flex, a toy where children could use their mind power to move balls through hoops.
Good news for white kids around the world who can now play basketball, while sitting on the bench. Wait, they're already doing that?
That's all for the first edition of News Roundup! Have a great week!


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text: 25 Oct.2017 Well done to Ms. Lally's Glee Clubs (junior and senior) for their wonderful "Thriller" and "Ghostbusters" dances on the yard after school today. Your dances were fabulous and your costumes and make-up were very spooky altogether. Well done to you all. Category: Hallowe'en celebrations, mr carleton, mr faherty, ms cunningham, ms dunne, ms groarke, ms lally ms mccaul, ms mcguire, ms mcloughlin, ms moran, ms needham, ms o'connor ms lavery, ms warde, Other Events


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Market Overview – Early January 2017
The AMM Shredded Scrap Index for Chicago increased $77/GT as of early Jan '17 to settle at $305/GT from mid Nov '16. The index is up $35/GT since late Dec '16. AMM shredded Chicago scrap is a general indicator used by some domestic electric arc furnace mills to help determine price changes for finished steel products. Scrap prices have continued to rise in the absence of strong export activity based on domestic mills appetite for inventory replenishment.
Carbon Plate
Mill lead times are roughly 6-7 weeks for West Coast delivery from the Midwest with 5-6 week lead times from the West Coast mill. Domestic plate prices have increased $230/ton since early Nov '16 with five price notices over the last eight weeks. The latest price increase was $40/ton announced on Jan 10th. Price gains have been attributed to raw material price increases, lower service center inventory, and fewer import offers which have been cited as slowing due to tariff action.
Carbon Sheet
Mill lead times are holding at roughly 7-8 weeks for delivery from the Midwest to the West Coast with similar lead times from the West Coast mills. Domestic sheet prices have increased by $180/ton since early Nov '16. $140/ton of the price increases were announced from Nov through Dec '16 and the most recent increase of $40/ton was announced in early Jan '17. Similar to plate, price gains have been attributed to raw material price increases, low service center inventories, and uncertainty over additional tariffs.
HSS Tubing
Tube mill rolling cycles are roughly 4-5 weeks for West Coast tube mills. Domestic tube mill prices have increased a total of $140/ton through two $70/ton price increase announcements in Nov and Dec '16. Tube mills announced an additional price increase of $40/ton as of Jan 10th based on recent sheet price increases bringing the cumulative tube price change to $180/ton since early Nov '16.
Merchant Bar
Lead times remain at roughly 4-7 weeks for most production runs on the West Coast. Domestic merchant bar mills last 2016 price increase announcement came in early Dec '16 for $30/ton. With recent scrap prices settling higher merchant bar mills increased prices by an additional $25/ton on Jan 10th.
Lead times are roughly 6-7 weeks for West Coast delivery. Domestic beam mills including Nucor, Gerdau, and SDI increased prices by $30/ton in Nov '16 and another $35/ton in late Dec '16. Beam prices have increased as scrap costs rise while overall beam demand is stable. Beam producers are hopeful that infrastructure spending will begin to increase boosting beam demand.
Market Overview
Chicago shred scrap prices increased by $35/GT over the past month posting price gains for three consecutive months. All carbon product groups saw higher prices in the month of Dec '16 with sheet, plate, tube, and merchant bar prices already climbing in early Jan '17. Beam prices may increase in Jan '17 based on the recent rise in scrap prices. According to the Institute of Supply Management (ISM), the overall economy grew for the 91st consecutive month in Dec '16. ISM indicates domestic manufacturing expanded with an index of 54.7 for Dec '16, which is up from 53.2 in Nov '16. The ISM New Orders and Production Index expanded with readings of 60.2 and 60.3 in Dec '16, up respectively from 53 and 56 from Nov '16. ISM readings greater than 50 signal expansion. The US Labor Dept. showed non-farm payrolls increasing in Dec '16 by 156,000 jobs with an unemployment rate at 4.7%. The US Dept. of Commerce has issued a revised estimate of GDP expansion of 3.5% in Q3, up from 1.4% in Q2 '16.
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We had a great and sunny day today, so after work I made the most of what was left of the day for a short walk. In the last light of day, with lots of impressive plane trails in the sky it was a very nice bit of walking.
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Mark Group are the energy saving experts.
ervicing 3 continents from 28 offices worldwide, we've specialised in energy efficiency for nearly 40 years.
Worldwide, we install energy efficient solutions in over 7000 homes every week, which means we are able to use our international buying power to deliver the very best products and solutions at the very best prices.
Because we can offer the greatest value on the world's best brands we have quickly become one of Australia's largest installers of Solar products.
From solar products like Solar panels and inverters for home energy generation and solar hot water systems, to energy efficient solutions like eco- insulation and solar powered ventilation, Mark Group has a multitude of ways to cut your energy usage and dependency to protect against rising costs.
We offer a complete service from advice, design, installation through to support. We use only proven, reliable and sustainably responsible products that will deliver long life and are backed by strong, well supported warranties. This ensures you will continue to save for many years more.
Our commercial division is equipped to advise, plan and install small to large scale projects with experience in the unique requirements of business needs and commercial building codes.
Mark Group place great emphasis on professional installation and to back it up, we were the first installer in Australia to offer a 10 year warranty on solar installation.
Here is a quick interview with Matt Travers from Mark Group at the Home Show.
A Key Element In Solar Panels – Performance
While solar power is most often associated with the production of electricity, heating is likewise a major platform. While heating isn't particularly difficult, effectiveness in doing so is the crucial to conserving wear and tear on your system.
A Key Element In Solar Panels – Efficiency
The sun produces a lots of energy, however photovoltaic panel systems have traditionally been really ineffective at transforming it. With enhancing innovation, performance has actually improved to the point where most panel systems can quickly produce sufficient energy to heat water for the house and swimming pools. There are ineffective and effective methods to set about this process.
To save wear and tear on your panels, you require to think about a circulation control system. Older panel systems tend to take a long time to warm up fluid due to the fact that water more or less arbitrarily circulates through the system.
A control circulation system attacks the effectiveness issue by lowering the quantity of water that need to be warmed. The second is located on or close to the liquid return valve into the panel system. Put in practical terms, one sensing unit determines the temperature level of liquid set to leave the panel while the other steps the temperature of liquid coming into the panel.
Circulation systems work by awaiting the liquid to rise to a temperature level figured out by you. As soon as the liquid satisfies the temperature, the system turns on the circulation pump and moves the liquid to the desired place. As soon as the return valve sensor notes the temperature level of the returning water is within a specific range of the liquid in the panel system, the pump is shut down. This procedure permits faster heating times, more performance and less wasted energy.
Solar options are concerning the front of the energy debate for many domestic energy requirements. Nations like Germany are making huge financial investments in solar platforms and innovations. Solar can be a cost-effective solution for you. If you are pursuing solar water heating, just keep in mind that flow systems are a must.
The sun produces a load of energy, however solar panel systems have actually traditionally been extremely ineffective at transforming it. With improving technology, effectiveness has improved to the point where most panel systems can quickly produce enough energy to heat water for the home and swimming pools. Older panel systems tend to take a long time to heat up fluid because water more or less randomly distributes through the system. When the return valve sensing unit notes the temperature level of the returning water is within a specific variety of the liquid in the panel system, the pump is shut off.


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The Age of Us…
WE are the next BIG thing.
First off, I feel compelled to say this is a post about the value of interpersonal communication and emotional inttellegence, not nationalist propaganda. The Us I refer to is YOU and I ( the royal we man) not the United States. While I love me some American, that is not the focus of this piece.
While I have always ben interested in information management technology, I have been downright fascinated with people. More than just a "people person" I'm a people enthusiasts. This interest served me well in my career in technical support and application development. The technical part was usually pretty black and white. What was much more nuanced was the communication required to make sure what was wanted and what was delivered bore a significant resemblance to one another.
Having failed at this as many times as I succeeded, my interest in the seemingly simple exercise of interpersonal communication grew. It seemed that more than just word choice, vocabulary and context, truly effective communication required successfully navigating the complicated and subjective realms of emotionality, psychology and yes even spirituality.
To help provide some empirical evidence to better understand my dilemma I started an experiment of sorts. I began asking people from many different professions and backgrounds a simple question. "What is the most difficult part of your job?"
Whether I was asking a nurse, a police officer, an entrepreneur or elected official, the response was invariably some form of "dealing with people". I would then ask how much of their formal training and ongoing education was focused on and better prepared them for the most difficult part of their job. The answer to this was almost always ZERO. No wonder we are so bad at it. Our society largely regards any systematized effort to "better understand" one another as "warm, fuzzy mumbo jumbo".
This discovery ignited a new found passion and course of study that continues to this day and can be best encapsulated in what I call the Age of Us. This dawning age is one where WE are the next big thing. While technological advancements still offer a great deal of promise, I believe that having a better understanding how WE work is what represents the greatest potential for progress.
So what does all this have to do with how I am now making a living? Well, while we will still have some technical offerings, our primary services will be centered around organizational and team development and facilitated discussions. I'll explain more in subsequent posts, but suffice it to say, I'm thrilled about the new possibilities.


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You've all either seen the movie of heard of Dodgeball, right? Well now imagine the game on trampolines – faster, harder, much bouncier and all round hilarious. The courts are padded out with soft walls, so you and the boys are free to pretty much jump and fly in all directions, dodging the ball and chucking it back to score serious points against the opposing team.
Trampoline dodgeball not only ramps up the fun factor, but also makes this one-hour game a pretty hardcore workout so we'll make sure you stay hydrated with water for the group.
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Here it is. We are midweek through the crazybusy last week of school, so I have not been able to do much with CCOW except for watching the office hours while packing up my little office/classroom for the summer.
I have been dreading the project part of the workshop because I had too many ideas and many of them were larger than I think I could tackle in 3 weeks. One of them is worth mentioning just to get a link in here. There is a good start to an Introduction to Scratch handbook on Wikibooks that is incomplete. I considered seeing if a group of people would be interested in joining wikibooks to work on completing this scratch book. It could turn into a project which is waaay larger than the scope of this workshop. It would involve collaborating with another online community and learning it's culture and way of doing things. And I think, to a certain degree it would be re-inventing the wheel because the Scratch wiki contains all the information such a book would have and more, and it is actively maintained. Also during my too brief explorations of the Resources section of ScratchED, I think that there are plenty of other easily accessible Scratch primers and activities, so this one is not needed.
That got me thinking about Objectives, aka learning goals, aka purpose, aka What are we supposed to do, aka what do I what to do. My objectives and goals for participating in this online workshop are individual, as are those of each of the other participants in the workshop. And the facilitators each of reasons (objectives) for participating in CCOW. Not only that, but each person in the process may have multiple (sometimes conflicting) goals. For instance, I know that the lead facilitator of CCOW, Karen Brennan, stated that she wanted to try to organize a MOOC using a new google platform that allows one to design and host online courses. That sounds like a fine personal professional learning goal for her, and we all are benefitting from the fruits of her work on that goal.
But what are my learning goals for participating in this workshop? I had to reflect on that a bit because in my teaching I often start doing the planning and teaching before I fully realize my objectives. (I think this is a reality in any kind of teaching and learning environment).
- I signed up because I have been teaching Scratch to elementary students (and to other teachers) for about 3 years but I always feel that I never have the time to play with it myself– to really get under the hood and relearn to code.
1) I want to master SCRATCH so that I can better teach it to my students, and so that I know more of it's potential uses (particularly in the elementary grades that I teach).
This spring my nephew got a rubiks cube. When I was 13, I could solve a cube in under a minute, but I had completely forgotten how. This spring I bought a couple of cubes and relearned how to do it. I love problem solving puzzles (like sudoku) and I forgot how much I enjoyed the sheer muscle and brain stimulation of trying to solve a cube as quickly as possible.
The rubiks cube was left behind in a time in my childhood when I was also fascinated with the early personal computers (TI-99, apple II, and commodore 64 primarily). From the time I was 13 to about 16 I programmed all sorts of things in BASIC, PASCAL, and a bit of assembly language. I haven't really programmed since, except for learning the basics of HTML and CSS, and the tiniest bit of Javascript. I forgot how much I enjoyed programming. Also as a podcaster, blogger, songwriter, creative-type 21st century internet denizen, I have come to realize that if you want to be more than just a consumer of media, you need to have a basic understanding of how to code.
2) I want to learn how to code again… not just as a subject to teach but as a creative outlet for myself. While I have been thinking about CCOW and doing the work of the workshop, I have also been investigating other ways to learn programming. I have downloaded a bunch of `Teach Yourself Python` resources and I have signed up for the Android App Inventor site (which is based on scratch).
3) I want to read more about and reflect upon Constructivist principles in my teaching and learning. I have been enjoying some of the underlying philosophy behind SCRATCH and CCOW… alot. I know that SCRATCH is based on a constructivist approach, and I know that the facilitators have intentionally structured the course based on constructivist principles. But I want to learn more about the basic philosophies, core principles, key writings and proponents, of the constructivist school of learning.
Given these 3 objectives here is a first try at framing a project idea:
I want to learn to code. I would make the leap from Scratch to Python, which is a more multi-purpose language. I could use it to code for the web or to make apps for my handy android phone.
So… I will try to use a 'How to code in python' manual as a guide to create a game in scratch.
In this way I will become familiar with some of the basic structure and syntax of python. I want to use my growing knowledge of SCRATCH to make myself a rosetta stone to understand other programming languages– (like python).
I need to dig into some online and downloaded resources, but I think I will try to use a tutorial on how to code a game such as reversi using Python. If this looks too challenging to adapt to scratch I will choose a simpler game.
My writing/thinking time is just about up for today, When I revisit this post I want to flesh out my idea to get more specific about which python/scratch resources I would need and narrow down what game I want to make. I also want to start to answer the Key Questions for Week 4- Workshop Project: Defining and Planning.
- Workshop project problem/exploration/question statement
What is the problem you're trying to address? Maybe it's not a problem, but rather an area of inquiry to explore. What is the exploration or question that motivates your project? Can you express this in no more than 3 sentences?
- Workshop project format
How are you thinking about responding to your problem/exploration/question? What will you be making or doing for your project?
- Workshop project needs
What do you need in order to successfully make progress on your project? Do you have access to the resources that you need? What do you still need to figure out? Is it a big Scratch project, a series of mini-activities that explore advanced concepts, a proposal for a learning experience, new resources for young learners, or something else entirely?
- Workshop project plan
What are the steps for getting your project done? What is a timeline for getting it done?
- Workshop project keywords
What are five keywords or tags that describe your project?


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|As part of an assessment of the ecological quality of surface waters, recent European water legislation, the Water Framework Directive (WFD), requires the setting of environmental objectives for particular chemicals. As part of this, many European countries are choosing to develop a quality classification scheme for total phosphorus (TP) concentration. The assessment of ecological quality and its component parts, such as TP, must be based on the degree of divergence of a water body from an appropriate baseline, or 'reference condition'. For this reason, it is important to determine TP reference conditions for all lake types, or alternatively, models for predicting reference TP concentrations on a site-specific basis. With this purpose in mind, we have assembled a large dataset of European lakes considered to be in reference condition; 567 lakes in total. Data has been collated on total phosphorus concentration, mean depth, alkalinity, humic type, altitude, area, and geographical region. Reference TP concentrationshave been derived from this dataset using two empirical approaches. Firstly, lake-type specific TP reference conditions were derived simply from descriptive statistics (median and percentiles) of TP concentrations by lake type. Secondly, empirical models were developed for estimating site-specific reference TP concentrations from a set of potential predictor variables. TP concentrations were found to vary with lake type and by geographical region. TP increased with colour and alkalinity, and decreased with lake depth and altitude. There was no clear relationship between TP and lake area. Altitude, mean depth and alkalinity were selected as independent explanatory variables for prediction of site-specific reference TP concentrations, with different models developed for humic and non-humic lakes. A simpler site-specific predictive model based solely on the Morphoedaphic Index (a combination of a site's alkalinity and mean depth) was also shown to be comparably effective.
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Dear Steepless,
They say that everyone has something to teach us – perhaps you need to listen more closely to John's message to you. It sounds to me like John has found something healthy to bring into his life and has finally given you the space to do your own thing. Now's the time for your own journey. As John explores his own tea ritual, delight in taking the road less traveled and enjoy the solitude of your tea time….and be sure to let your friends know that you'd be delighted to come to the next brunch alone.
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Dear Aunt Tea,
My husband, John (not his real name), began drinking tea two years ago. At first, I was glad that he was steeping with me. After years of putting up with his jumpy, jittery coffee-buzz, I'd been begging him to give it up. For a few weeks after his conversion, he watched with rapt attention as I made our tea. It wasn't long before he insisted upon taking over the morning ritual of purifying and heating the water, measuring the tea, warming the cups, timing the steep, and serving the tea. True love, right? Wrong.
About a week after that, he began getting up half an hour earlier, insisting that he make a pot of tea and drink it alone, like "giving myself a hug," he explained. The half hour became an hour until – we're no longer steeping together. But while he'd rather take his pleasure alone at home, John has become the reigning Tea Bore at every brunch we go to! Some guy we don't even know will hold up a bag of Red Rose, joking, and John will go into a rant about the tea in Argentina being mowed down and baled for Red Rose and their ilk. He talks about black tea, green tea, whole leaf, oolong until it makes your eyelids heavy and your head nod. He corrects me when someone asks me a tea question! We haven't been invited to any of the A-list brunches since Valentine's Day.
Instead of a shop in the garage, containing auto parts, greasy stuff, and woodworking tools – like any NORMAL Montana male, John has turned his into a Tea Geek's Temple: tea pots, tea tins, a sort of cooled humidor for tea, replaced the fluorescent lights, not one but TWO Zojirushis, and posters all over the walls showing tea growing in its natural state on every continent except Antarctica.
He just put in an order for collector tea cups. With saucers.
Can this marriage be saved?
Steepless in Shelby
Dear Steepless,
Before you decide to steep around, you should definitely contact the publisher of this blog. She can tell you, after just a simple tea ritual with you and your husband, whether John's particular set of symptoms can be cured. I might add that it's never a good exercise to jump to conclusions, Steepless. The fact that John purchased a pair of pinky teacups is no cause for alarm. They might be a gift for you! Send an email to Michelle, now. She is the national expert in OTD (Obsessive Tea Disorder). Write back in a couple of months and let me know how you're doing, won't you? I care.
"Aunt Tea's advice column – T Ching" in fact got me hooked on ur website! I actuallydefinitely will wind up being returning more normally. With thanks -Janell


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You can configure X-Pack security to communicate with Active Directory to authenticate
users. To integrate with Active Directory, you configure an
realm and map Active Directory users and groups to X-Pack security roles in the
role mapping file.
To protect passwords, communications between Elasticsearch and the Active Directory server should be encrypted using SSL/TLS. Clients and nodes that connect via SSL/TLS to the Active Directory server need to have the Active Directory server's certificate or the server's root CA certificate installed in their keystore or truststore. For more information about installing certificates, see Setting up SSL Between Elasticsearch and Active Directory.
X-Pack security uses LDAP to communicate with Active Directory, so
realms are similar to
ldap realms. Like LDAP directories,
Active Directory stores users and groups hierarchically. The directory's
hierarchy is built from containers such as the organizational unit (
organization (
o), and domain controller (
The path to an entry is a Distinguished Name (DN) that uniquely identifies a
user or group. User and group names typically have attributes such as a
common name (
cn) or unique ID (
uid). A DN is specified as a string, for
"cn=admin,dc=example,dc=com" (white spaces are ignored).
X-Pack security only supports Active Directory security groups. You cannot map distribution groups to roles.
When you use Active Directory for authentication, the username entered by
the user is expected to match the
sAMAccountName or
not the common name.
To configure an
active_directory realm:
Add a realm configuration of type
elasticsearch.ymlunder the
xpack.security.authc.realmsnamespace. At a minimum, you must set the realm
active_directoryand specify the Active Directory
domain_name. To use SSL/TLS for secured communication with the Active Directory server, you must also set the
urlattribute and specify the
ldapsprotocol and secure port number. If you are configuring multiple realms, you should also explicitly set the
orderattribute to control the order in which the realms are consulted during authentication. See Active Directory Realm Settings for all of the options you can set for an
Binding to Active Directory fails if the domain name is not mapped in DNS. If DNS is not being provided by a Windows DNS server, add a mapping for the domain in the local
For example, the following realm configuration configures X-Pack security to connect to
ldaps://example.com:636to authenticate users through Active Directory.
xpack: security: authc: realms: active_directory: type: active_directory order: 0 domain_name: ad.example.com url: ldaps://ad.example.com:636 unmapped_groups_as_roles: true
The realm order controls the order in which the configured realms are checked when authenticating a user.
If you don't specify the URL, it defaults to
When this option is enabled, Active Directory groups are automatically mapped to roles of the same name.
When you configure realms in
elasticsearch.yml, only the realms you specify are used for authentication. If you also want to use the
filerealms, you must include them in the realm chain.
- Restart Elasticsearch.
When authenticating users across multiple domains in a forest, there are a few minor
differences in the configuration and the way that users will authenticate. The
setting should be set to the forest root domain name. The
url setting also needs to
be set as you will need to authenticate against the Global Catalog, which uses a different
port and may not be running on every Domain Controller.
For example, the following realm configuration configures X-Pack security to connect to specific Domain Controllers on the Global Catalog port with the domain name set to the forest root.
xpack: security: authc: realms: active_directory: type: active_directory order: 0 domain_name: example.com url: ldaps://dc1.ad.example.com:3269, ldaps://dc2.ad.example.com:3269 load_balance: type: "round_robin"
A load balancing setting is provided to indicate the desired behavior when choosing the server to connect to.
In this configuration, users will need to use either their full User Principal
Name (UPN) or their Down-Level Logon Name. A UPN is typically a concatenation of
the username with
@<DOMAIN_NAME such as
firstname.lastname@example.com. The Down-Level
Logon Name is the NetBIOS domain name, followed by a
\ and the username, such as
AD\johndoe. Use of Down-Level Logon Name requires a connection to the regular LDAP
ports (389 or 636) in order to query the configuration container to retrieve the
domain name from the NetBIOS name.
load_balance.type setting can be used at the realm level to configure how
X-Pack security should interact with multiple Active Directory servers. Two modes of
operation are supported: failover and load balancing
Table 9. Load Balancing and Failover Types
The URLs specified are used in the order that they are specified. The first server that can be connected to will be used for all subsequent connections. If a connection to that server fails then the next server that a connection can be established to will be used for subsequent connections.
In this mode of operation, only a single URL may be specified.
This URL must contain a DNS name. The system will be queried
for all IP addresses that correspond to this DNS name.
Connections to the Active Directory server will always be
tried in the order in which they were retrieved. This differs
Connections will continuously iterate through the list of provided URLs. If a server is unavailable, iterating through the list of URLs will continue until a successful connection is made.
In this mode of operation, only a single URL may be specified. This URL must contain a DNS name. The system will be queried for all IP addresses that correspond to this DNS name. Connections will continuously iterate through the list of addresses. If a server is unavailable, iterating through the list of URLs will continue until a successful connection is made.
Indicates the realm type. Must be set to
Indicates the priority of this realm within the realm chain.
Realms with a lower order are consulted first. Although not
required, we recommend explicitly setting this value when
you configure multiple realms. Defaults to
Indicates whether this realm is enabled or disabled. Enables
you to disable a realm without removing its configuration.
Defaults to
Specifies the domain name of the Active Directory. X-Pack security
uses the domain name to derive the LDAP URL and
Specifies an LDAP URL of the form
The behavior to use when there are multiple LDAP URLs defined. For supported values see Load Balancing and Failover.
When using
Specifies the context to search for the user. Defaults to the root of the Active Directory domain.
Specifies whether the user search should be
Specifies a filter to use to lookup a user given a username.
The default filter looks up
Specifies the context to search for groups in which the user has membership. Defaults to the root of the Active Directory domain.
Specifies whether the group search should be
Specifies whether the names of any unmapped Active Directory
groups should be used as role names and assigned to the user.
Defaults to
Specifies the path and file name of the
YAML role mapping configuration file.
Defaults to
Specifies whether X-Pack security should follow referrals returned
by the Active Directory server. Referrals are URLs returned by
the server that are to be used to continue the LDAP operation
(such as
Specifies the path to the PEM encoded private key to use if the Active Directory
server requires client authentication.
Specifies the passphrase to decrypt the PEM encoded private key if it is encrypted.
Specifies the path to the PEM encoded certificate (or certificate chain) that goes with the key if the Active Directory server requires client authentication.
Specifies the paths to the PEM encoded certificate authority certificates that
should be trusted.
The path to the Java Keystore file that contains a private key and certificate.
The password to the keystore.
The password for the key in the keystore. Defaults to the keystore password.
The path to the Java Keystore file that contains the certificates to trust.
The password to the truststore.
Specifies the type of verification to be performed when
connecting to an Active Directory server using
Specifies the supported protocols for TLS/SSL.
Specifies the cipher suites that should be supported when communicating with the Active Directory server.
Specifies the time-to-live for cached user entries. A user's
credentials are cached for this period of time. Specify the
time period using the standard Elasticsearch
time units.
Defaults to
Specifies the maximum number of user entries that can be stored in the cache at one time. Defaults to 100,000.
Specifies the hashing algorithm that is used for the cached user credentials. See Cache hash algorithms for the possible values. (Expert Setting).
An integral part of a realm authentication process is to resolve the roles associated with the authenticated user. Roles define the privileges a user has in the cluster.
Since with the
active_directory realm the users are managed externally in the
Active Directory server, the expectation is that their roles are managed there
as well. In fact, Active Directory supports the notion of groups, which often
represent user roles for different systems in the organization.
active_directory realm enables you to map Active Directory users and groups
to roles in the role mapping file stored on each node. You specify users and
groups using their distinguished names (DNs). For example, the following mapping
configuration maps the Active Directory
admins group to both the
user roles, maps the
users group to the
user role and maps the
John Doe
user to the
user role.
monitoring: - "cn=admins,dc=example,dc=com" user: - "cn=users,dc=example,dc=com" - "cn=admins,dc=example,dc=com" - "cn=John Doe,cn=contractors,dc=example,dc=com"
The name of the role.
The Active Directory distinguished name (DN) of the
The Active Directory distinguished name (DN) of the
The Active Directory distinguished name (DN) of the user
For more information, see Mapping Users and Groups to Roles.
To protect the user credentials that are sent for authentication, it's highly recommended to encrypt communications between Elasticsearch and your Active Directory server. Connecting via SSL/TLS ensures that the identity of the Active Directory server is authenticated before X-Pack security transmits the user credentials, and the usernames and passwords are encrypted in transit.
To encrypt communications between Elasticsearch and Active Directory:
Configure each node to trust certificates signed by the CA that signed your Active Directory server certificates. The following example demonstrates how to trust a CA certificate,
cacert.pem, located within the X-Pack configuration directory:
xpack: security: authc: realms: active_directory: type: active_directory order: 0 domain_name: ad.example.com url: ldaps://ad.example.com:636 ssl: certificate_authorities: [ "CONFIG_DIR/x-pack/cacert.pem" ]
The CA cert must be a PEM encoded certificate.
- Set the
urlattribute in the realm configuration to specify the LDAPS protocol and the secure port number. For example,
url: ldaps://ad.example.com:636.
- Restart Elasticsearch.
By default, when you configure X-Pack security to connect to Active Directory
using SSL/TLS, X-Pack security attempts to verify the hostname or IP address
specified with the
url attribute in the realm configuration with the
values in the certificate. If the values in the certificate and realm
configuration do not match, X-Pack security does not allow a connection to the
Active Directory server. This is done to protect against man-in-the-middle
attacks. If necessary, you can disable this behavior by setting the
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RE: junior Adult
This question is a follow up to question 31087
Thanks lads, discussing this one in office, for sure, if ball has crossed line before the VC then goal stands. If we look at the famous case that Joe posted earlier, which we can see real time here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc3aokM2Pzk (Joe that was actually the catalyst for this question), there must be 7-8 seconds between ball hitting crossbar and ball going over the line so there is ample time for an incident to occur before the ball crosses the line. Extreme outlier case but certainly possible. I would be in favour of goal disallowed, but also that penalty to be retaken by next player but only tentatively on that side of the fence.
Hi Chad The example shown certainly took a long time for the ball to cross the line so there is a real possibility such a scenario could happen. Now as the Laws of the Game have been infringed by the scoring team before the goal is scored I would opine that it cannot be a retake. It must be treated as a miss. We know that say in the illegal feint situation that a goal is not awarded and in regular play it is an IDFK restart to the defending team and a miss in KFTPM. So violent conduct is a serious offence significantly more than illegal feinting so the referee would be expected to treat the kick as a miss. Even without the Law advice I would be of the opinion that the kicker should not be *rewarded* with a team retake on VC Anyway I think there is more chance of a lottery win that having to deal with this exact scenario. !!
Hi Chad, Actually (and I should have mentioned this in my last response but forgot to) the IFAB has just released their circular #7 which provides clarifications on several issues which were not clear in the current Laws. Among those clarifications is the following: ''LAW 10 – DETERMINING THE OUTCOME OF A MATCH Kicks from the Penalty Mark Offence by the kicker • If the kicker offends the kick is forfeited (recorded as 'missed').'' So I stand by my previous response that the kick counts as being missed and no retake is allowed.
Hi Chad, the attacker loses his cool before the ball enters he goal it WILL result in a miss! There is no retake. Cheers & Merry Christmas
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CHLPA Reaches Out Regarding NCAA Eligibility October 30, 2012 7:50 AM
TJHN was the first to break the CHLPA story, since that time we have tried to keep everyone updated with its actions as it pertains to players and its potential legal manuvers.
In one of our first stories we reported that the CHLPA would seek to eliminate "stipeneds" or player "payments" in order to open the door for its players to the NCAA. It appears now that the CHLPA is serious about making that move.
TJHN has learned that the CHLPA made an inquiry to the NCAA about what it would take for players they would represent within what is no considered major junior hockey to be considered amateur. They received a reply from Natasha Oakes, Assistant Director of Academic and Membership Affairs, that said:
Our legislation in Bylaw 220.127.116.11.4 notes that ice hockey teams in the US and Canada classified by the Canadian Hockey Association (CHA) as major junior teams are considered professional under the legislation. As a result, even with the elimination of the stipend, these players would not have eligibility because of the classification of their hockey teams.
If the stipend were to be eliminated and the association were to not classify the team as major junior, then they would not be considered professional per our legislation; however, you would need to consult with the CHA regarding the process of changing the classification.
The CHLPA now believes those hurdles have been cleared. It points out that the CHL's by-laws recently changed, and it now proclaims itself as a non-professional league instead of a professional one. Therefore, says the CHLPA, if the stipend is within NCAA's allowances for necessary expenses, the problem would appear to be solved.
Unfortunately what the CHLPA can not address is the fact that many major junior players are already under NHL contract, and have received signing bonuses under the terms of those contracts. Because of this, what the CHLPA would term as "amateur players" are currently playing with professional players. That in itself would be an NCAA violation.
Amateur players can not play with professionals and maintain complete amateur status. Many European players coming to the US can not play NCAA hockey because they have played with professional players at a junior age. This is not uncommon in Europe and is a big reason we dont see more European players in the NCAA. Example, Boston University freshman Ahti Oksanen was suspended for two games because he played on an amateur team in Finland which briefly had a player on its roster that was under a pro contract. Several other situations like this have been found in other NCAA programs, as well as the USHL and NAHL.
Though playing with a pro player in a limited amount of games does not result in the NCAA keeping a player from playing forever, usually the player must sit as many games as he played while there was the technical violation.
Eliminating the NHL contracted players from major junior hockey is not something that is likely unless the new NHL/NHLPA collective bargaining agreement allows for those players who are signed and drafted to play in the American Hockey League. Since a new transfer agreement with the NHL has not yet been agreed to major junior hockey could elect to work toward that goal or not. The NHL will likely dictate the terms of that renewed agreement.
To that extent, the CHLPA's organization is becomming a little more defined as the legal players behind the scenes are being revealed along with their areas of expertise.
Veteran Halifax labour lawyer Ron Pink, who served on the NHLPA's advisory board until 2009, is functioning in a similar role with the CHLPA as one of three lawyers on a 10-member board that until now had not been revealed publicly.
Also on the CHLPA's advisory board are lawyers Denis Bradet and John Bielski, former interim executive director Sandra Slater as treasurer, and spokesman Derek Clarke.
It is expected that applications for labor certification will be filed in Nova Scotia and Quebec this week or early next week.
The CHLPA battle lines are being drawn on many different fronts at this point in time. The NCAA battle is one that is likely not to be fought for a while yet, but clearly NCAA programs will be watching as this item develops.
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The Real Irish Car Bomb
Cocktail recipe1 Cocktail PT2M PT2M cocktail, Bailey\'s Irish Cream, Guinness, Irish Whiskey
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- 1 ½ oz Bailey's Irish Cream1 ½ oz Bailey's Irish Cream4.5 cl Bailey's Irish Cream45 ml Bailey's Irish Cream1 ½ oz Bailey's Irish Cream1.5 oz Bailey's Irish Cream
- 1 pint Guinness1 pint Guinness1 cl Guinness1 ml Guinness1 pint Guinness1 oz Guinness
- ½ oz Irish Whiskey½ oz Irish Whiskey1.5 cl Irish Whiskey15 ml Irish Whiskey½ oz Irish Whiskey0.5 oz Irish Whiskey
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Alexander City, AL—The Lady Tigers improved their season record to 10-1 overall and 5-0 in Alabama Community College Conference play with their 8-1 win over the Lady Trojans of Central Alabama Community College at the Cal Alison Tennis Complex on Wednesday.
The Lady Tigers' No. 1 doubles team of Paola Bou and Morgan Ingram stormed back from a 2-5 deficit to win six of the remaining seven games and the match, 8-6. The Lady Tigers' No. 2 doubles tandem of Alana Larcombe and Bridget Mayfield scored a convincing 8-1 win. Makenzie Ralston and Jordan Berrios scored Marion's third doubles point with their 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles.
MMI scored five more points on the afternoon with wins by Bou (6-1, 6-1) at No. 1 singles, Larcombe (6-2, 6-1) at No. 2 singles, Ingram (6-0, 6-3) at No. 3 singles, Mayfield at No. 4 singles (6-3, 6-0), and Ralston at No. 5 singles (6-0, 6-0).
The Lady Tigers remain on the road to take on Coastal Alabama Community College at the Municipal Pool and Tennis Complex in Bay Minette. Serves are scheduled to fly at 1:00 p.m.


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I would like to re-share some information with readers, which was first presented in this newspaper by former Editor and Publisher Max Gardner, about a particular class of people that will be revealed later in this editorial.
Some 117 members have run at least two businesses each that went bankrupt, often leaving business partners and creditors holding the bag. Seventy-one of them have credit reports so bad they can't get an American Express card (but as members, they get a Amex card without a credit check).
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I was at Forest Hills, and got to see the new bus countdown clocks in action! Let's see, the 39 leaves in nine minutes...but there's a bus right out there! Fine, I'm just going to go look at the Commuter Rail platform. Be right back. Okay, apparently it's still nine minutes until the next 39. But I was gone for five! Do I have to push this button on the side to update it? No, that doesn't do anything. The 39 will never come, apparently.
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Samoa for backpackers
January 1, 1970
by Anna Paloma
Samoa is an independent state in South Pacific formed by two islands: Upolu and Savai'i. Probably everyone has heard about it because of the tribal tattoos very fashionable on the past years. Most of the islands from Polynesia are known as a luxury destination and the honey moon paradise for couples. But Samoa is an oasis for backpackers and travelers with a tight budget who are crazy about adventures pure nature.
One of the things that most worries backpackers is where to stay. Well, now I'm going to introduce you the first (and probably the only one I know) samoan word: fale. A fale is a hut on the beach whith roof, floor and cane curtains to protect you from the wind. A lot of you will be thinking about mosquitos and the answer is yes, you need a good repellent. The deal in all fales is the same: bed, breakfast and dinner. The most common price is 70$ Tala per day.
Another headache is how to move Around. I rent a car from the first to the last day, the initial idea was a motorbike but not a brilliant one on the rainy season. Even so if you choose to be an 'easy rider' be sure to choose suitable wheels. Between islands there is a ferry (12$ Tala per way), is more expensive if you board with the car, so you can always rent one in Savai'i but for me is not worth it the time I save comparing with the money, but that's up to the traveler. Other options are the bus and of course hitch-hike, I didn't do it but I picked some people up around and nobody told me anything bad about it.
Going back to the ferry issue, if you decide to take the car with you be there with plenty of time to be able to get your tickets. We had no issue on the way to Savai'i because it was a Thursday but when we tried to come back to Upolu on Saturday it was impossible cause a lot of people go to the capital on the weekends. But I must say that thanks to it, we stayed in Savai'i for four nights instead of the two we were thinking about.
Around Savai'i
Always the way to find the best places is simple: ask. That's how we get to Satuiatua Beach Resort on the western coast next to Salailua. There you will meet Fila's family one of the highlight of my samoan experience and our guide around the island.
Afuaau Waterfall
We were the luckiest on the world because there was no one but us when we were there. It is not easy to describe with words a place like it, more than the obvious beauty is the calm you feel in the water. I would say it's like to forget about the social world and be part of the nature universe.
Alofaaga blowholes
In Taga Village you can find the perfect water power example. This blow holes are able to throw the liquid around 100 meters height, which could be a bit scary if you get so close to it.
Sundays at the church
This is something you have to do no matter if you are a believer or not. Samoan Sundays are reserved for the community and God. I am not a religious person but this is a must thing to do in this country, for the natives is the way to make the relations between people in the vila, to share family moments and socialize, and they are pretty happy to have travelers around.
Well, this is not exclusive from Savai'i because both islands are perfect for aquatic sports. The calm waters allow you to enjoy of paddle surf, kayak, snorkeling… Is the best way to start your day, waking up and practice some yoga in the middle of the ocean.
And of course, the crown for the ocean lovers: diving. Honestly I think any place is good but I choose Dive Savai'i. I can't give you an opinion about the courses cause I am already a certificate diver but the two dives I made were incredible with a visibility of… of everything. So, if you have time and money dive everywhere in Samoa, I'm sure is worth it (don't trust the video cause my skills recording underwater are very limited).
The secret beach
Like you can guess I can't tell you where the beach is (because i'm not so sure), but Fila can, the only thing is you will have to convince her to take you there. At that moment we were 6 travelers on Satuiatua fales and we went together. Be ready to enjoy an unforgettable sunset.
Obviously there is much more in Savai'i but one thing you have to do yes or yes is to get lost Around. Plenty of times I didn't know exactly where I was we just parked the car and run towards the beach and play with the village people. By the way, is pretty normal to pay for park the car or be on the beach. Don't try to argue about it, just pay, is their way to make things. On the villas they have kind of self-management administration, that's why is totally secure, if something happens the accused has to face the village people before the police, so nobody wants problems with the neighbors.
Around Upolu
Is the first stop in Samoa. Once in the airport you can buy a SIM card with 3G, that will keep you connected anywhere on both islands. My election was Digicel for 10 days and no complains about it. If you land over night better to have a place already booked to tell the taxi where to take you. If you land during the day you can get the bus to Apia.
To Sea Ocean Trench
For a simple definition it's a big natural hole full of water and the best thing is that you can jump from the top to the bottom which is about 15 meters. I would give you an advice: remember to keep your legs flexed in the moment you touch the water because is not really deep and you are gonna hit the ground. And to go up again you would have to climb a huge staircase. There is an entry fee of 20$ Tala, you can spent the whole day there if you want and it's an ideal place for a picnic.
Robert Louise Stevenson Museum
A place to stop by for reading lovers. The author of the Treasure Island or The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde among others, spent the last years of his life in a house converted into a museum now. If you are interested in history or just a bit curious, is the perfect location to imagine how was life in colonial Samoa of the XIX century.
Paula cave pool
A beautiful natural pool ideal to read a book after you visit to Robert Louise Museum. For the adventurous ones there is a tunnel that connects two pools, is completely dark so be sure to bring a water lantern with you cause you will have to dive 15-20 meters not knowing the way and not being able to see anything, so it's a bit claustrophobic.
Swim with turtles (in captivity)
Regrettably I can't give you a positive opinion here. The turtles are not free and of course you have to pay an entry fee. I will recommend it if you don't enjoy snorkeling on the open water and you would like to swim with this animals but if you travel around the world with mask and fins save this time and try to find savage turtles in the ocean.
To finish I'm gonna tell you two things. Try not to walk around on your bikini or without t-shirt if you are not on the pool or on the beach, samoan people are really conservative and you have to respect it, it's a pity but no topless allowed.
And the last one, I know you are on a budget and maybe not particularly interested in luxury resorts, but you can take a look around for one day. If you have a late flight stop by the Sheraton close to the airport and spent the day drinking at the pool. You can go in for 20$ Tala and be one guest more. They have a shuttle to the airport every hour, so you can take one once you have enough cocktails. Cheers.
By Anna Paloma
I am the curious type, asking questions and speaking with people. Probably that's why I always start like a solotraveler I am not solo more than five minutes. Profesional in nothing and amateur of everything. I like to walk Around with camera and phone on hand and be able to make the world see the things the way I do. I don't use expensive equipment or sofistecated technology, cause my first rule in life is: simplicity is complicated.Read more at palomaround.com
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Venezuela to close Colombia border each night
Venezuela says it will close its border with Colombia at night from Monday, to try to stop large-scale smuggling of petrol and food.
The government says that tonnes of goods - produced in Venezuela and heavily subsidised - are sold in Colombia at much higher prices.
The shortage of many staples in Venezuela's western border area this year led to anti-government protests.
The border closure was agreed with the Colombian government.
President Nicolas Maduro discussed the measures with his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, at a summit on 1 August.
The 2,200km-long (1,360 miles) border will be closed between 22:00 local time and 05:00 every night.
Cargo vehicles, including vans and lorries, will be banned from crossing from Venezuela to Colombia between 18:00 and 05:00.
'Failed policies'
The cross-border smuggling is also a problem for Colombia, with a big loss in taxes and complaints of unfair competition by local businessmen.
The profits are often used to finance drug gangs and left-wing guerrillas, says the BBC's Arturo Wallace in Bogota.
More than 40 million litres of petrol and 21,000 tonnes of food have been seized so far this year.
"They were ready to be smuggled across the border," said the head of the Venezuelan Armed Forces Strategic Operational Command, Vladimir Padrino Lopez.
"That amount of food is enough to feed 700,000 people for a month," he added.
Mr Maduro's left-wing government subsidises petrol and many food staples, such as milk, rice and pasta, which are sold at controlled prices.
But it says that up to 40% of the goods produced in Venezuela end up on the other side of the border.
Dissatisfaction with the shortage of many staples, as well as rampant crime and high inflation, led thousands of people in the western Venezuelan states of Tachira and Merida to take to the streets in January.
The protests quickly spread to the rest of Venezuela, which faced similar problems.
The opposition blames failed left-wing policies of the past 15 years - initiated with the late president, Hugo Chavez - for the country's economic crisis.


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Friday Night Connect is a partnership between Willowbrook High School, the Villa Park Police Department, and local clergy to provide students with safe, positive activities. Friday Night Connect meets most weeks during the school year.
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Many parents are concerned when their child starts a language immersion program with how they will help their child if they do not themselves know the language. Fortunately, you do not have to worry. Even if you do not know the second language your child is learning, you can still play an active role in your child's schooling. Here are some of our tips for helping your child enrolled in our language immersion preschool:
Read books in the language
Preschoolers love books, and they are a great tool to use to teach your child about a wide variety of topics. One way you can help your child with their language acquisition is by buying books in the foreign language your child is learning to have at home. You may also find it fun to head to your local library every few weeks and picking up new foreign language books. Allow your child to read to you, or brush up on your skills yourself!
Get involved
Being involved in your child's education is important, even if it is being conducted in another language. While you may not be able to understand it yourself, you can still be involved at school. Talk to your child's teacher about the lessons they are learning and what you can do to be helpful. Consider volunteering in the classroom one day to get an idea of what your child is learning on a daily basis.
Educate yourself
Additionally, you should educate yourself on how language immersion programs work; specifically, at our language immersion preschool. Reading the research around the success of language immersion programs will also give you the peace of mind that you have made the right decision for your child.
Crossing Borders Preschool is a language immersion preschool located in the Houston, TX area. For more information on our program, contact us today.


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Offering rooms with a private balcony and view, Tanoa Rakiraki Hotel boasts an outdoor pool and tennis court. Enjoy a bar, a restaurant and free access to on-site sporting facilities.
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Volivoli Beach, on the main island of Fiji, offers private accommodation with panoramic beach and ocean views. It benefits from many leisure activities including diving, snorkeling and fishing.
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Wananavu Beach Resort features 34 deluxe bungalows situated on the palm-fringed ocean or amongst the lush tropical gardens. The reef and sunset views from the rooms and restaurant & bar are spectacular.
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Founded in 1997, MBS (Memaar Building Systems- formerly known as Mammut Building Systems), is one of the largest manufacturer of Pre-Engineered Steel Buildings (PEB) and Sandwich Panels in the world. MBS is specialized in design, manufacture and supply of Pre-Engineered Steel Buildings and uses the best Engineering Softwares and most advanced production machinery in the PEB industry.
Since 1997, MBS has supplied more than 30,000 buildings in more than 70 countries worldwide.
Our Pre-Engineered Steel Building System is unmatched in its quality, quick delivery and value. Buildings to suite specific needs are designed, engineered, manufactured and shipped mostly in less than 8 weeks and at a price that is 20 to 30 percent lower than the price of conventional steel buildings.
This functional versatility makes Pre-Engineered Steel Buildings suitable and attractive for industrial, commercial, recreational, institutional, educational, aviation and agricultural applications such as factories, workshops, warehouses, sports halls, aircraft hangars, bulk storages, cold stores and poultry buildings, etc.
LFC are specialists at building and contracting
services including flooring, waterproofing, concrete
rehabilitation and protective coating services.
Since their inception in 2006, they have been growing
rapidly with an impressive range in clientele.
They operate out of branch offices in Ajman
and Abu Dhabi.
Gutmann Middle East is a specialist provider of systems based aluminium solutions for buildings which includes building systems, aluminium profiles and specialized wires.
Building systems are designed for modern windows, doors and curtain wall systems that are optimized to the wide range of stylistic and design requirements expected by architects and builders. The aluminium profiles segment guarantee high quality semi-finished and finished products for a wide variety of industrial requirements. In the specialized wire segment, Gutmann has earned itself a global reputation as a specialist in extruded wire and rods.
Over the last decade, Gutmann Middle East has worked on several notable projects across geographies such as UAE, KSA, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait among others.
Starwood Industries have established themselves as
a well-known name in the wood industry.
Operating out of their facility at Dubai Investment
Park they specialize in design, production, supply
and installation of various wooden products catering
to projects markets. Starwood sells its products
throughout 3 primary markets: the UAE, KSA & Egypt.
Since EII's investment in Starwood they have
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the demand in the North African region.
AASA was first established in 1992 by Mr. Channana Parambil Mohamed Salih and has since grown through diversification into construction support services. The Group's entire operations are conducted through AASA Group, where the 5 sub divisions are: Civil, Electrical, Steel, Industry Support Services (Man Power) and Information & Communication Technology.
In each of these businesses, AASA Group has proven expertise in securing contracts from governmental entities, leading developers and construction & infrastructure majors. Among notable projects completed include Alain Airport Expo, Mall of the Emirates – Extension, Al Dar Headquarters – Structure work, and Al Ain Airport- hangars, among others.
ServiceMarket is a leading online home services marketplace based in the UAE, that helps residents compare quotes and book over 35 different home services online. They are currently helping over 150,000 people find and book a quality service professional for a task at home every year. Founded in 2013, ServiceMarket has since grown to eight cities in the Middle East, with plans to expand in the MENA region and beyond.
Dubai Angel Investors (DAI) is a member-led investment company that invests in seed and early stage companies with high growth potential.
DAI invests in entrepreneurs and teams who show promise in taking their ideas from proof of concept to customer traction and then scaling the business. Members of DAI range from experienced angel investors and partners in VC funds, to executives of successful companies.
The company has invested in almost a dozen of promising companies in a short span of time. For portfolio companies that show strong traction after initial investment, DAI often evaluates opportunities to deploy additional capital to support their growth.
Abode Investments Limited ("Abode") is EII's special purpose vehicle that was established in order to acquire and hold its interests in various labor camps in Dubai. Since its inception in 2016, and in line with its current investment strategy, Abode has acquired a number of mid-sized labor camps that are strategically located in Dubai Investments Park ("DIP").
Abode acquired these assets in order to support the rapid growth requirements of its portfolio companies and to participate in the attractive financial returns that this asset class currently offers. Given the expected increase in the construction activity leading up to EXP0 2020, this particular asset class and especially those located in the vicinity of Dubai South represent an attractive value proposition for strategic investors like EII.
An established international player, Caparol deals in
manufacturing and sale of paints and
insulation products.
They have a production facility located at Dubai
Industrial City. Mainly dealing with construction
contractors, Caparol is now venturing into the retail
segment as well.
Regions of operation include the UAE, Qatar, KSA,
Oman, Iraq and Africa.
UACC specializes in transportation of clean petroleum
products and liquid chemicals. The company operates
various types of ocean going vessels, chemical and
product tankers.
Their existing fleet consists of 21 vessels, 9 of which
are medium range ("MR") vessels, 4 long-range ("LR")
vessels and 8 chemical vessels.
EII invested in UACC based on its long term
growth potential.
The Investment Gateway is a project encompassing a
mix of zoning uses including commercial, investment,
retail, hospitality and residential.
The development consists of three seabed plots
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Influenster Vitality VoxBox
It's been quite a while since I received my last VoxBox from Influenster and my return to the VoxBox world with this Vitality VoxBox* is a disappointing one. Influenster is this really cool, free website where you unlock badges (like a beauty badge or a foodie badge) for things you like and you can review products. When Influenster has a new VoxBox campaign they select potential people based on their badges, follower base, and interests. You'll receive a survey in your inbox and if you're a good fit they send you a box full of goodies for free! A good deal in my book.
I've gotten a few boxes in the past, but I'm just not crazy about this one. There just isn't anything overly exciting about it. The products aren't bad necessarily, they're just far from glamorous. Sure having some extra tampons laying around could be handy in a pinch, but this box isn't my cup of tea. Which makes me curious as to what about my profile and survey responses made it a good fit for me. I don't like sweet tea, flavored lip balms are weird, energy infused gummies freak me out, and I don't really see a common tie between all of the products. Alex is more excited about the products than I am (besides the tampons of course...) so at least they'll be put to good use but I pinky promise to at least give them a chance and an honest go.
Influenster sends out some really sweet boxes (there's a Victoria Secret one out and about that is seriously awesome), but this one fell short. I'd still recommend checking out the site though as it only takes a few hours a month to maintain and you never know what box you'll qualify for!
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