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Immediately after Money in the Bank, The Wrestling Summit will be live for a post-show. Here is my predictions for this Sunday's event.
R-Truth vs. King Barrett
This match will be a typical kickoff match, one to get the crowd warmed up, but there is no way I see King Barrett losing this match. However, I would not be surprised to see a sort of stipulation added where the winner is placed in the Money in the Bank ladder match. I may be reaching there, but this is one that always has me wondering, what has happened to Barrett. I'm almost certain that this is the last significant title he will hold.
Winner: King Barrett
Ryback shocked the world when he became Intercontinental Champion two weeks ago at Elimination Chamber. Now the Big Guy, must take on the Big Show. He is faced with a big challenge out of the gate, but he will find a way to hold on to the title. Ryback is motivated, and he will not let the 7'4" monster stop him.
Prediction: Ryback
The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) (c) vs. The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil)
Since they have been reunited, the Prime Time Players have been better than ever. Almost unstoppable, but The New Day have proved to fly higher, be stronger, and smarter as a unit. It's going take a lot to take these titles from them, and the Prime Time Players just are not there yet.
Winner: The New Day
Money in the Bank ladder match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match contract
Dolph Ziggler vs. Neville vs. Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus vs. Kane
This match has everything a wrestling fan could wish for, the past present and future. The high flyers, the technically sound, and the powerhouses. In this match, there are 4 former world champions, and 3 of them were former Money in the Bank winners. Kofi Kingston has been in many of these matches, and yet to win. And he will not win this year either. Neville and Roman Reigns are making their debuts. While Kane is motivated to win after constantly being insulted current champion Seth Rollins, and Orton would love to gain revenge, the winner will be the one who seeks the most revenge, Roman Reigns. A win for Reigns could give him the best year in wrestling in a long time.
Winner: Roman Reigns
Nikki Bella (c) vs. Paige
Nikki Bella has been on a roll since Survivor Series. She has found many ways to hold onto her Divas title. Paige, who won a battle royal in England on Raw months ago, finally gets her one-on-one match. Its been awhile since Paige has been champion, and going into Tough Enough as a host, it will be better for her if she can show off the gold while she mentors the competitors. But in the end, Nikki Bella will find a way to hold on to the title.
Prediction: Nikki Bella
John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
At Elimination Chamber, Kevin Owens defeated John Cena in what he calls the biggest match of his career. To me, this was match of the year. Perhaps, it was one of the best John Cena match ever. These two will be charged with topping that. If any two individuals can do it, it will be them. Owens makes it very clear, he does this for his family, and if you have a family, you can relate. Cena simply cannot. Owens who has been undefeated since his arrival to the WWE brand will stay that way after Money in the Bank.
Prediction: Kevin Owens
Seth Rollins (c) vs. Dean Ambrose
So much has transpired between these two individuals over the past year. It was this very event a year ago, that Seth Rollins climbed the ladder, grabbed the briefcase and became Mr. Money in the Bank. That led to him becoming WWE World Heavyweight Champion at WrestleMania, despite Dean Ambrose promising to make sure he would never cash in. Ambrose defeated Rollins by pin fall at Elimination Chamber, but since Rollins knocked out the original referee, the call was reversed and ruled a disqualification. Ambrose since has taken the title and held it hostage. In his lunatic fringe mind, he is the champion. A year ago, Kane helped Rollins climb the ladder to win the briefcase. Throughout his title reign, it was J&J security helping him retain the title. Now Rollins has an issue with those in his camp, but there is a reason he is the architect and in the end, he will climb the ladder and retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Prediction: Seth Rollins


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Hey you!
Having a rough day? Can't get the heater/fan to work just right?
Here, take a breather with me and let's talk about things that make you happy.
Here, let's sit down and remind you what is that makes you sparkle. Maybe it is that lovely husband of yours? That rocking wife you have? Maybe it is the job you landed? Maybe it is those children in your life that have more energy each day? Maybe it is that good-hearted family? Maybe it's those friends that have always been by your side? The list can go on since I really just stated the main ones.
This Friday is all about motivational quotes and those Happy Pictures. I know that most people are happy it is Friday and all, yet somehow, somewhere in between, I know we can pump the love louder!
Give these questions and quotes a whirl!
What makes you soar?
What are you doing today for a better tomorrow?
What is your choice?
Are you weak?
Do you have that power to keep going?
How often do you remember this?
How are you taking care of yourself?
How curious are you?
How often do you get back up?
How much do you believe?
My darling soul, all these questions and quotes are all here to remind you that you can do it. Whatever it is that you are going through. I am here to help, I am here to make sure you put a smile on your face, to let you know that it will be ok. I am just here doing the best I can do for you to have a better day.
So, PUMP IT LOUDER.
Surround yourself with positive vibes, with a few happy quotes, with cool pictures and most of all, believe in your dreams. Go out and make your day better.
Thanks for the love, thanks for the read!
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John Badding
Professor of Chemistry and Physics
Research Focus: Several areas of inorganic and polymeric materials chemistry, including optoelectronic materials and metamaterials, carbon nano materials, thermoelectric materials, chemical and physical phenomena in microscope and nanoscale capillaries and orifices; biomedical materials; and polymer nanofibers.
Perosnal website: chem.psu.edu/directory/jvb2
Lab website: bg.chem.psu.edu
Sven Bilen
Head, School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs (SEDTAPP). Professor of Engineering Design, Electrical, and Aerospace Engineering
Research Focus: Spacecraft-plasma interaction; electrodynamic tethers; energy harvesting for aerospace platforms; plasma probes and measurement techniques; spacecraft systems; software defined radio; communications; interoperability; cognitive radio' distributed wireless sensor networks; innovation in engineering design; and systems engineering.
Chief technologist, Center for Space Research Programs
Personal website: sedtapp.psu.edu/~sbilen
Youyou Cheng
Research Coordinator, College of Engineering
Chris Giebink
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: Organic semiconductor optoelectronic and photonic devises and on optics for solar energy conversion; the intersection of optics and electronics, using a variety or organic and inorganic materials; and working with materials ranging from organic semiconductors to liquid crystals to colloidal quantum dots to address real-world problems.
Venkat Gopalan
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Focus: Understanding structure-property relationships in optical materials; developing quantitative nonlinear optical probes, and scanning probe microscopy tools to study electronic nanoscale and mesoscale structure in materials; and using this basic knowledge to design and demonstrate electro-optic and fiber based optoelectronic device.
Personal website: www.matse.psu.edu/gopalan
Lab website: www.mri.psu.edu/faculty/gopalan
Kevin Houser
Professor of Architectural Engineering
Research Focus: Applied uses of optical radiation, including fundamental inquiries into human perceptual and biological responses; and the application of this knowledge to the spectral design of light sources.
Personal Website: www.engr.psu.edu/ae/people/faculty/houser.asp
Lab Website: www.engr.psu.edu/candle
Tony Haung
Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Research Focus: Acoustofluidcs, optofluidics, and micro/nano systems for biomedical diagnostics and therapeutics.
Personal Website: www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:juh17:about_dr._tony_huang
Lab Website: www.esm.psu.edu/~juh17
Igor Jovanovic
Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Research Focus: Space weather; optical and RF propagation; remote sensing (instrumentation design, and development); communication; and atmospheric/oceanic modeling.
Personal Website: www.ee.psu.edu/Directory/FacultyInfo/Kane/KaneProfilePage.aspx
Lab Website: www.met.psu.edu/people/tjk7
Tim Kane
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Meteorology. Research Associate with the Applied Research Laboratory
Research Focus: Space weather; optical and RF propagation; remote sensing (instrumentation design, development, and deployment); communication; and atmospheric/oceanic modeling.
Personal Website: www.ee.psu.edu/Directory/FacultyInfo/Kane/KaneProfilePage.aspx
Lab Website: www.met.psu.edu/people/tjk7
I.C Khoo
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: Theories and experiments in photonics devices; nonlinear- and electro-optics materials such as liquid crystals, fibers; and nano-structured and novel refractive metamaterials.
Personal Website: www.ee.psu.edu/Directory/FacultyInfo/Khoo/KhooProfilePage.aspx
Seong Kim
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Research Focus: Kim's search interest lie in surface science and nano-engiineering, including fundamentals and applications of molecular lubrications by adsorbed molecules in ambient conditions, nanofabrications of organic functional materials via reaction-at-place, conducting polymer nanofibers and biocatalytic nanofibers, superhydrophobic coatings through one-step atmospheric plasma processes, understanding and controlling the initiation of propagation of surface defects on multicomponent silicate glasses, and non-linear optical characterization of meso-scale assembly of cellulose microfibrils in plant cell walls and lignocellulose biomass.
Personal Website: www.che.psu.edu/Faculty/Kim
Akhlesh Lakhtakia
Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in Engineering Science and Mechanics
Research Focus: Electromagnetic and optical scattering by complex objects; wave propagation in anisotropic and bianisotropic materials; surface multiplasmonics; composite materials; sculptured thin films; microfibrous multifunctional metamaterials; forensic science; and nano photonics.
Personal Website: www.esm.psu.edu/people/directory/resume.php?id=axl4
Lab Website: www.esm.psu.edu/~axl4
Zhiwen Liu
Professor Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: Developing ways to further enhance our understanding of the ultrafast and ultrasmall world that exists in and around us; and using nonlinear optics and optical techniques to sense and image optical phenomena on the nano-femto scale along with development of novel and useful enhancements for nonlinear imaging and spectroscopy.
John Mazurowski
Chief Technologist
Research Focus: Photonics and optical communications; integrated optics; microwave photonics; silicon photonics; photonics device design; photonics; microwave engineering; and optics and photonics.
Lab website: Photonics at the Penn State Electro-Optics Center
Dave Miller
Research Scientist, Department of Meteorology
Research Focus: Atmospheric chemistry and the planetary boundary layer; general optics experience with specific knowledge of remote sensing with lidar and hydroxyl radical detection via laser induced fluorescence (LIF); and broad instrument design and construction knowledge, including data acquisition systems.
Personal Website: www.met.psu.edu/people/dom101
Ram Narayanan
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: Radar system development; radar remote sensing applications; image analysis; antenna characterization; high resolution imaging using random noise radar; mid-infrared laser remote sensing technology; ground penetrating radar for transportation infrastructure assessment and the characterization of information content in remotely sensed images.
Personal Website: www.ee.psu.edu/Directory/FacultyInfo/Narayanan/NarayananProfilePage.aspx
Lab Website: rcl.ee.psu.edu
Xingjie Ni
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: Nanophotonics and optoelectronics, electromagnetic metamaterials, optical sensing, transformation optics devices, integrated photonics, nonlinear optics, optical communications, sub-wavelength signal processing, photovoltaics, and optical quantum information processing.
Mikael Rechtsman
Assistant Professor of Physics
Research Focus: Complex structures and emergent physical phenomena in photonics, in service of novel or dramatically improved photonics devices.
Personal Website: www.phys.psu.edu/people/mcr22
Karl Richard
Research Associate, Applied Research Laboratory
Research Focus: 25 years of experience in the design and development of advanced measurement, control and monitoring systems. An Assistant Professor of Acoustics at Penn State and Head of the Condition-Based Maintenance at the University's Applied Research Laboratory.
Judy Todd
Department Head and Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
Research Focus: Development of advanced materials and manufacturing processes; laser-sustained plasma; laser-materials interactions; mechanical behavior; nondestructive evaluation of materials; and archaeometry.
Personal Website: www.esm.psu.edu/people/directory/resume.php?id=jat20
Doug Werner
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: Theoretical and computational electromagnetics with applications to antenna theory and design, phased arrays, microwave devices, wireless and personal communication systems, wearable and etextile antennas, conformal antennas, frequency selective surfaces, electromagnetic wave interactions with complex media, metamaterials, electromagnetic bandgap materials, zero and negative index materials, fractal and knot electrodynamics, tilling theory, neural networks, genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization.
Personal Website: www.ee.psu.edu/Directory/FacultyInfo/Werner/WernerProfilePage.aspx
Lab Website: cearl.ee.psu.edu/
Jian Xu
Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: Developing novel optoelectronic devices based on nanomaterials and nanofabrication techniques, by combining material syntheseis, device fabrication and characterization in order to optimize device performance.
Personal Website: www.esm.psu.edu/people/directory/resume.php?id=jxx10
Lab Website: www.personal.psu.edu/jxx10
Stuart Yin
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Focus: Massive optical memories; medical optics, photo refractive materials; optical computing; and fiber-optic communications.
Personal Website: www.ee.psu.edu/Directory/FacultyInfo/Yin/YinProfilePage.aspx
Randy Young
Gradaute Faculty, Electrical Engineering Senior Research Associate
Research Focus: Signal processing; sensors; algorithms; simulations; and RF and Fiber communication systems.
Lab website: Applied Research Lab – Communications, Information and Navigation (CIN) Division
Mike Zugger
Senior Research Engineer, Senior Project Associate Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Research Focus: Electronics; space systems; electro-optics and lasers; and planetary science.
Lab website: Applied Research Lab – Materials & Manufacturing (MM) Division
Personal Website: astrobiology.nasa.gov/directory/people/zugger-mike/


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The NFL has thrived in the 19 years since it last had a team in Los Angeles.
But the impending threat of a team relocating to the nation's second-most populous city has consistently hung over the heads of fans in several NFL markets – including the Buffalo Bills.
That threat will only intensify here following Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr.'s death on Tuesday.
Related content:
• Obituary of Ralph C. Wilson Jr.
• What is next for the Bills franchise?
• Jerry Sullivan: His loyalty to Buffalo crowned Wilson's legacy
• Photo gallery -- Wilson through the years
• Timeline: Key developments in Wilson's life
The NFL would like to return to L.A. – commissioner Roger Goodell said as much last fall at the league's owners meeting.
"It's imperative that we do it successfully if we do," he said at the time. "We don't have that solution right now, but we know there are millions of fans there who would like us to get back there as a franchise, and we would like to do that."
There are currently two competing stadium proposals. The first, from the billionaire co-owner of the Lakers and Kings, Ed Roski, would be located on a 600-acre site in Industry. The second has been proposed by billionaire Phil Anschutz, the owner of AEG, and calls for a 68,000-seat stadium in downtown L.A., adjacent to the Staples Center.
Anschutz's proposal would consist of a $1.5 billion retractable-roof stadium.
From the archives:
• Mark Gaughan's profile of Ralph C. Wilson Jr. before his Hall of Fame induction
• Jerry Sullivan's column on Wilson's having the heart of a fan
• Mark Gaughan's article about the inductions of Wilson and Bruce Smith
• Larry Felser's column about Wilson's getting his due
The most recent development came in January, when it was announced that St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke bought a 60-acre plot of land thought to be suitable for a stadium in Inglewood.
What makes that news more interesting is that the Rams and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission have failed to reach an agreement to make needed renovations to their current home, the Edward Jones Dome. Because of that, the team's lease has an escape clause that kicks in after this season.
Los Angeles' other former NFL team, the Raiders, recently signed a one-year lease to play in Oakland Coliseum. Team owner Mark Davis said this week at the league's meeting in Orlando, Fla., that "Los Angeles is something that I've definitely thought about and haven't pursued."
The implicit threat being that could change if his team doesn't get a new stadium build in Oakland.
There are several hurdles a team must clear if it hopes to relocate to Los Angeles, including a three-quarters-majority vote of the teams.
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Every week Hannibal Tabu (two-time Eisner-winning journalist/winner of the 2012 Top Cow Talent Hunt/blogger/novelist/poet/jackass on Twitter/head honcho of Komplicated) goes to a comic book store called Comics Ink in Culver City, CA (Overland and Braddock -- hey Steve, Jason, Vince and Quislet) and grabs a whole lotta comics. These periodicals are quickly sorted (how) into two piles -- the "buy" pile (a small pile most weeks, comprised of planned purchases) and the "read" pile (often huge, often including comics that are really crappy but have some value to stay abreast of). Thursday afternoons you'll be able to get his thoughts (and they're just the opinions of one guy, so calm down, and here's some common definitions used in the column) about all of that ... which goes something like this ...
Fables #130
(Vertigo/DC Comics)
Once upon a time, Gepetto was an evil emperor who sent two of his magical wooden children to spy on his enemies. They "went native," changed sides and came to live with all the characters from fairy tales. They had a child, and ended up living in the magical community, and this issue follows that child as she discovers her new home. A story that serves as a springboard, this issue sets up a new threat while setting up a new tableau for future stories. Not one of the most stunning issues of the best series on the stands, but solidly entertaining.
Transformers More Than Meets The Eye #18
(IDW Publishing)
This issue turns up the obscure-o-meter to "ten" as a strange band of Decepticons ("Deluxe Insecticons," if you remember your toy packaging properly) and "Mad Doctor Pharma" all find themselves working for a name considered more legend than fact while a Transformer that was almost never seen stateside makes a very forceful point, all on a lost moon drifting millions of light years from Cybertron. A little busier than it needed to be, there were still great character moments from Hot Rod (look for his comment about flames), Rung, Whirl, Cyclonus, Tailgate and an old friend in an older form. Funny, fun stuff that's steeped in science fiction bona fides.
Not bad, not expensive ... not blowing anybody's socks off, either ...
Honorable Mentions: Stuff worth noting, even if it's not good enough to buy
"Star Wars: Darth Vader And The Ninth Assassin" #3 was very close to making the mark as Vader shows off some of the badassery people expect from a Dark Lord of the Sith, calmly hunting down answers in a plot against the Emperor, all while being stalked by somebody who looks like Carnor Jax's cousin by way of Tony Stark. Vader's forceful strategy gets him quickly through the issue, but none of the rage and fury -- especially for a Vader so close to the Clone War period, freshly bereaved and adrift -- show through here, instead giving him an almost methodical approach. Likewise, there are three scenes -- two murders and a crash site -- that should be huge visuals that are presented in a manner so matter-of-fact as to rob them of their impressiveness. Also, Imperial Guardsmen? Not so impressive. Interesting, but still somehow not reaching far enough.
Digging into the history of Cybertron, "Transformers Monstrosity" #1 shows a much more fractured mechanoid race as a multiplicity of factions try to rebuild a society under Optimus Prime after a number of brutal, corrupt leaders have eroded confidence in Autobot leadership. Megatron has been exiled to a very un-whimsical junk planet, Grimlock's a desperate character and historical figure Dai Atlas has yet to take his non-aligned robots out of the civil war, so this provides a lot of background but can't settle down to tell a story. Interesting stuff, still.
What if Captain America woke up in the future mad as Hell & determined to finish his last mission? "Captain Midnight" #0 makes some tweaks to the concept and posits that question in a very just-the-facts kind of way with some WW2-era flashbacks thrown in for fun. Not bad, and a good looking book, but not breaking any interesting new ground.
Creepy in many of the right ways, "X-Files Season 10" #1 finds Mulder & Scully living a quiet, boring life until a data breach at the FBI draws them back into weirdness. This issue -- penned by show runner Chris Carter alongside Joe Harris, with art by Michael Walsh and Jordie Bellaire -- captures the feel and sensibilities of the show deftly, and should give fans of the current "Kolchak" book, "Perhapsnauts" or even "Locke & Key" a lot to chew on. Not quite enough story to justify four bucks, as this would barely have gotten you to the twenty minute mark on the series, but not bad and a must for the show's die-hard fans.
Most of "Mara" #5 is spent with the title character flying around as others try to figure out what to do about a functional extrahuman in a world of normalcy. Wood's mastery of setting the scene overcomes the need for plot development, as two fairly big moments are played far too quickly, but this "coming of rage" story is coming to a simmer, slowly but surely.
People mad about the collateral damage of a certain recent blockbuster will clutch their pearls over "G.I. Joe" #5, which faces a small, public team faced off against an entire town gone Cobra. The art's a little dry and (aside from the Baroness) characterization's a little thin, but if you like "The Activity," then this slightly cartoonier version will do it for you.
In "Witchblade" #167 Sara Pezzini has accepted the rebooted universe and the fact that she's not a mother anymore, cozying up with her magician boyfriend and taking his quest as her own. The problem lies with black market magic, as dealt by a powerful crime lord as a scurrilous scoundrel plays the angles. Too much was going on at once in Tim Seeley's script, but it all looked gorgeous courtesy of Diego Bernard, Fred Benes, Allison Rodrigues and Arif Prianto.
"Dream Thief" #2 was a solid follow up to the stylish, forceful first issue, borrowing a page from shows like "John Doe" and "Quantum Leap" as the protagonist gets comfortable in the life he woke up with, settling scores and delivering bloody justice and closure. Compared to the last issue, this was pop music after hearing classical, not bad but not the brave, adventurous storytelling we'd seen before.
Like a relentless wave of murder and jokes, a small commando-styled team slices through a huge number of soldiers and mercenaries in "G.I. JOE A Real American Hero" #191. Chuckles (the spy), Jinx (a ninja) and Low-Light (a sniper) all make their way to save Lady Jaye (a general purpose murderer) from a bombastic dictator who misapplies the skills of Major Bludd. The Joes are again allowed to be good at what they do, but against less than stellar competition. Not bad, but with a video game's predictability all the way down to power ups.
Khal Drogo, the death of a king, Ned Stark making a hard decision -- "George R.R. Martin's A Game Of Thrones" #15 follows the television continuity closely, sticking to the story at a pace that's not quite episodic. If you love the show and have to have the comic, this will be for you, but for most people, it's not enough bang for the four bucks.
All bloodshed, all the time in "Harbinger" #13, showing the main antagonist Toyo Harada and his team of trained psionically charged killers hacking through enemies in two different time periods. If you're following, this is a big part of the battle scene, but it's not very conclusive.
An exercise in counter intelligence takes a turn for the terrifying in "G.I. JOE The Cobra Files" #3 as Flint tries a desperate gambit and nobody could expect how it would end up. The under-resourced Joes again have their back against the wall and Cobra's Night Creepers prove themselves twenty times more dangerous than any previous incarnation. If the "public" team's book borrowed heavily from "The Activity" (it feeling a lot like operational elements of the former CBS show "The Unit"), this issue is almost a direct homage in ways good (technology, intensity) and bad (drab artwork).
The "Meh" Pile Not good enough to praise, not bad enough to insult, not important enough to say much more than the title
"Batman and Batgirl" #21, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain Microseries" #3, "Supergirl" #21, "Revival" #11, "Green Hornet Legacy" #38, "It Girl And The Atomics" #11, "Uncanny Avengers" #9, "Liberator" #1, "Fanboys Vs Zombies" #15, "Legion Of Super-Heroes" #21, "Vampirella Strikes" #6, "House Of Gold And Bones" #3, "100 Bullets Brother Lono" #1, "Mind The Gap" #11, "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" #24, "Warlord Of Mars Dejah Thoris" #26, "Danger Girl Trinity" #3, "Bloodshot" #12, "Evil Ernie" #6, "Justice League Of America's Vibe" #5, "Thunderbolts" #11, "Judge Dredd Year One" #3, "Wild Blue Yonder" #1, "Invincible" #103, "Batman Beyond Unlimited" #17, "Indestructible Hulk" #9, "Sixth Gun" #32.
No, just ... no ... These comics? Not so much ...
Re: "Ultimate Comics The Ultimates" #26. "Stormwatch: Change or Die" called, it wants its plot back. Terribly derivative.
"Green Lantern New Guardians" #21 cracks open a big can of "been there, done that" as the new "Blue Man Group" discover their reputation amongst the galaxy's denizens (rightly deserved, it seems) and generally become nuisances while Kyle Rayner goodballs around.
"Age Of Ultron" #10 was, however, completely terrible. The last page splash was, it seems, the entire point of this exercise in Elseworlds-ism as we have the new "Superboy Punch" thanks to this crossover (gah) despite fantastic artwork. Terrible, good looking comic book.
"Red Hood And The Outlaws" #21 borrowed some from Daredevil's "Shadowland" and a touch of K'un-L'un as Hugo Strange is not a villain these days, somehow (so much for Batman's continuity being untouched), Starfire being wholly wasted in this issue and Arsenal whining the entire time. Blech.
After a long, long time, the enmity between Atlantis and Wakanda from the "AvX" crossover bubbles to a head in "New Avengers" #7 as T'challa somehow does what no Wakandan monarch ever did in sitting and listening to people who had no business advising the throne. Wakanda -- a nation that has never been conquered before "Doomwar" -- suddenly had its special forces whacked due to bad intel, its UN delegation murdered in public and overall getting even more of a public black eye (no pun intended). Illogical, chatty, tedious work.
Four stinkers is not a small number, especially introducing such awful ideas, but the week still tried hard.
Cheap purchases and a preponderance of ambition defeat even the idiocy that stunk up the joint.
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Today we got off to an early start so we could make the 5 hour (ish) trek to Camp in Chiplun. We got to check out some great views along the way as we left the busy city and drove through villages and smaller towns. Whether it was the crazy organized (debatable) chaos of Indian traffic, the random fruit vendors and people, or the large assortment of monkeys, cows, chickens, and dogs on the side of the road, there was never a dull moment when looking out the window! After the 5 (give or take 3 hours) bus ride we pulled up to Camp to be pleasantly surprised that this year Camp is being held at a hotel called Hotel Shalom! We are here for a 4 day semi annual retreat with some of the Jewish youth from India. There are about 50 of us in all and we are already having a great time getting to know each other.
As we got off the bus we felt like celebrities because this small village rarely hosts Western visitors and pictures with us were in high demand…we obviously loved the attention! We went to a museum and park, and returned for dinner, reflection, and a brief trivia game testing our combined knowledge of India, America, and Israel. Aside from our extreme jet lag we are feeling great and excited about the next few days at "Camp". Tomorrow we head to a beach and into our Shabbat celebration. Got to get to bed so we can tap into all that pent up Maryland energy….goodnight mom and dad! Love, your little Terps
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All about Day 2 in India
The group was off to an early start with 8am breakfast. We were each personally served an omelet with toast and chai (tea), in s smaller than normal dinning room. As we finished eating we went downstairs to look around the gated community we are staying in, and found some school children getting ready for a sporting activity that seemed like the India equivalent to color war. We sat down to observe. Unfortunately, before the games even started, we were ushered off onto the bus for a very full day.
If the traffic was not enough, out first stop really exposed us to the Indian culture. We went to the cities Laundromat, where you could get your clothes picked up, cleaned, bleached, dried, ironed, and returned all for about ten rupees per shirt. This Laundromat was outside, using stream water, and overall a very different approach than the American way. After our brief stop we were off to an overlook of the city and Mumbai's "Hanging Gardens." Here, we not only got to see a beautiful view of the city, but felt like movie stars as local school children gave us high fives and jumped into pictures with us.
After the gardens we were off to the Mumbai home of Ghandi. The museum gave a brief overview of Ghandi's philosophy and life. The group felt a strong emotional connection to him and gained significant insight into the strife of the country before its independence and struggle for its freedom. We then went to see one of Mumbai's most famous landmarks, the Gateway of India, where we took many pictures.
After being exposed to Mumbai in a broad sense, we began getting down to the more direct part of the trip and went o visit the Knesset Eliyahu Synagogue. At this beautiful Bagdadian synagogue we were told historical details about the Jewish community in India. Then finally, we were off to lunch.
After stuffing our faces with fine Indian cuisine, we returned to the JCC for our first group reflection. We discussed how our experience in India has been thus far, and what our "rose, thorn, and bud," the thing we enjoyed the most so far, the thing we detested the most, and the thing we were looking forward to the most in the day to come. Our conversation then segued into talking about community- How does one define community? What does it mean to be an individual in a community? What are our communities? These questions opened up some very interesting dialogue that will become an essential theme of our trip.
After reflection we traveled to the Mumbai suburb, Thane. At Thane we davened Ma'ariv, the evening prayer, at the Thane Synagogue, and learned about its fascinating history. We were then given the unique experience of watching the pre-circumcision ritual that is customary of Indian Jewry. We ate dinner at the Synagogue with some Indian youth and locals, then returned back to the hotel to get some much needed sleep.
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All is well in INDIA!
Namaskaar (greetings in an informal Indian dialect) from Chiplun, India,
All is going great.
Yesterday was a day of getting to know mumbai. We visited and saw the place where Gandhi worked and lived, the gateway to India arch and visited a synagogue. That night we were welcomed at a local synagogue and participated in a community member's pre-briss, a tradition special to the Indian Jewish community. We were introduced to the organized chaos that is Mumbai traffic. One can understand a city with 19 million people can get busy.
After our scenic bus ride this morning and some group singing to pass the time we arrived in Chiplun, 6 hours, 7 monkeys, 20 oxen and one giant traffic jam later. After another delicious Indian lunch we headed to a museum and a garden where everyone got a much needed chance to stretch. Now we are sipping chai (tea), another Indian tradition and getting to know the young Jewish Indians that are with us on the retreat.
The farther we move away from Mumbai the more our light skin designates us for rock star status. People come up to us and ask to take pictures with us. Quite the experience. Everywhere we go what we see remains surreal from the mountains to the day to day life on the streets.
We are looking forward to getting to know our new peers better and are excited about going to the beach tomorrow!
The 19 dost (friends).
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Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Friona Cemetery with Wayne Proffitt and the Rev. Rick Burton officiating. Arrangements are by Blackwell-Mullins Funeral Home of Friona.
Mrs. Strickland was born April 26, 1910, in Davidson, Okla., to John and Maggie Bradley. She married Paul Strickland.
Survivors include two daughters, Ollie Pearl Taylor and Elwanda Campbell, both of Friona; eight grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; numerous great-great-
grandchildren; and a great-great-great-grandchild.
The family suggests memorials be to Friona Senior Citizens, 1410 Washington St., Friona, TX 79035; or Prairie Acres Nursing Home, 201 E. 15th St., Friona, TX 79035.
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki o kakeru shōjo) Part 3: The Influence on Final Fantasy
I mentioned at the beginning of the first part that Final Fantasy VII was inspired by The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. Let's take a closer look at what writer NOJIMA Kazushige had to say about that connection and how the game actually draws upon this source work.
Final Fantasy director and producer KITASE Yoshinori repeatedly said in various interviews that he thinks former director and producer SAKAGUCHI chose NOJIMA to write FFVII because of his critical acclaimed work on Glory of Heracles 3. He also said he wanted NOJIMA to make FFVII as mysterious and surprising as that game.
Asked by Famitsū about how Glory of Heracles influenced FFVII, NOJIMA mentions The Girl Who Leapt Through time as another influence on FFVII. From the Famitsū interview from issue 1224, 2012 5/31:
About the Influence of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Famitsū: Did you want to make FFVII into a mysterious story like the ones in the Glory of Heracles series, which you wrote before you came to Square?
NOJIMA: Even before I could decide something like that KITASE-san had already asked me to write it that way (laughs). Even though it's a pretty straight forward story I guess you could say it uses mysterious imagery. With this as the base plot I added ideas from the database server [into which the other staff members uploaded their suggestions]. Speaking about these ideas, since the team was reading my half finished scenario they kept adding new settings and drawings so we were influencing each other during the writing process.
Famitsū: What kind of ideas did you use?
NOJIMA: Someone posted a setting about "mysterious men in black coats", which I turned into the Sephiroth clones. I also borrowed imagery from movies. I especially took inspiration from The Girl Who Leapt Through Time starring HARADA Tomoyo. With FFVII, I wanted to recreate the impression of a "mysterious story" you get from watching that movie. Of course I didn't just completely copy lines and settings one to one. I simply borrowed phrases like "To the lab room on Saturday" from the movie and using it as a motif turned it into "To the makō reactor 7 years ago". …but no one seemed to notice that (laughs).
Final Fantasy VII
An earthquake makes the ground open up and Cloud and Tifa fall into the sea. The scene is similar to the one in which Kazuo pushes Kazuko off the cliff and they fall into the sea in the mountain sceneCompare in the movie. Minus the earthquake, which is a separate motif very important in both novel and movie.
Tifa appears alone, being attacked by noises that give her a guilty conscience. This is reminiscent of Kazuko walking the empty streets at nightCompare and feeling guiltyCompare in the novel.
Then Tifa is in Cloud's fuzzy memories of the past. Three memories are recalled. This is similar to Kazuko's time leap to ten years agoCompare in the movie, which also showed three past events.
The first scene serves to establish that we're in the past now and deals with Kazuko's absence, which is a result of her time traveling. Likewise in FFVII we're back in Niebelheim and although Cloud is supposed to be there in the first scene he is missing for some reason.
The second scene shows the real event from Kazuko's childhood memory shared with Kazuo but we see it was actually Gorō. The time traveler gave Kazuko fake memories about Kazuo.Compare with the movie Likewise in FFVII Cloud and Tifa shared a childhood memory and it is this memory that made her believe it was him. But because of the fake memories Cloud gave himself he is not quite the Cloud Tifa remembers.
The third scene is about the real Kazuo's death. The third memory is about the aftermath of the death of Tifa's mom.
Tifa always hangs with three boys, shutting out Cloud. Kazuko in the novel always hangs with two boys, making Mariko jealous.Compare
Tifa wonders if her mother was able to cross the deadly mountains that supposedly can't be crossed and wanders off to the mountains, presumably in search of her mom. Kazuko searchs and finds Kazuo in the mountains who really is already dead. Kazuo was linked to the mountains from the start.Compare with the movie
Tifa is all alone, the three boys didn't follow her to the mountains. Cloud did though, trying to save her. They fall down, same as Kazuko and Kazuo.Compare with the movie
Cloud is blamed for what happened to Tifa, even though it was she that put herself in danger and him trying to save her. She has reason to feel guilty for shutting him out. But Cloud has reason to feel guilty too, he snuck into her room without her knowing. It is his memory of being in her room for the first time. Tifa doesn't remember him ever being there. In the movie Kazuko visits Kazuo in his room for the first timeCompare and in the novel Kazuko has to get back into her own room at night, feeling like a break and enterer.Compare
That is when Cloud heard of Sephiroth, the famous war hero. He decides to become strong like him.
When he and Sephiroth return to Cloud's hometown Niebelheim, Sephiroth becomes insane and sets fire to the lab in which he was created and to the whole town. In the novel, Kazuko has a nightmare about the black shadow appearing in front of the fire, a scenery which changes into the lab room, where she first encountered the black shadow.Compare
Cloud wanted to become like Sephiroth but then he didn't know Sephiroth would become insane and set his hometown on fire. In the novel, Gorō thinks Kazuko has gone insaneCompare and Kazuko is hesitating to alarm people of the fire because Gorō might accuse her of having set the fire herself.Compare
Finally, when Cloud regains his memory and they go "To the makō reactor 5 years ago" it is revealed that he actually was there, masking himself to not be recognized. Likewise at the lab room on Saturday, Kazuko learns about the visitor from the future. The time traveler assumed the identity of the dead Kazuo, Cloud assumed the identity of the dead Zack. After the time traveler leaves, like Cloud Kazuko loses her memories and becomes a pharmacist like Kazuo. Cloud became a SOLDIER like Zack.
Earlier in the game, when Cloud and the party return to Niebelheim for the first time, there are no traces of the fire. The Shinra Company covered up what happened with their hero Sephiroth they created in Niebelheim and hired actors to make it seem like everything was as before. In the novel, after Kazuko traveled back in time nobody but her remembers the fire. To her it feels as if her family was staging a theater play.Compare
The name Cloud, the name of the town Niebelheim (translates to foggy home), they both refer to Cloud's fuzzy memories. In the movie, the white smoke has a similar function of covering up memories. Revising history, escaping the painful past, by means of time traveling heroism.
As we can see although the stories greatly differ the themes are shared. Even the movie changed the novel quite a bit, but in the game you wouldn't easily notice that it was based on The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, as NOJIMA pointed out by saying no one noticed his references to that source.
But NOJIMA kept referencing The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in the following Final Fantasy games he wrote and did so in his earlier games already. Even his own company, which he founded going free lance after Final Fantasy X-2 and which is called Stellavista, is likely a reference to the opening scene of the movie, in which Kazuko and the two boys watch the stars.
Final Fantasy VIII
But let's look at his follow up to FFVII first. FFVII was order made to be like Glory of Heracles 3 and FFVIII shares a lot in common with Glory of Heracles 4. The love story and triangle, and the school setting (a first for Final Fantasy), they both already featured in GoH4 and in The Girl Who Leapt Through Time of course. In GoH4, Epipha always hangs with the two boys, as Kazuko in the novel, but in FFVIII Rinoa grows distant from Seifer and closer to Squall, as Kazuko grows distant from Gorō and closer to Kazuo.
The schools in FFVIII are called Gardens, which draws upon the comparison of kids and plantsCompare from the movie. In GoH4 already you could sow seeds to raise your own plants, a theme which ran parallel with the maturing of the originally student main characters.
In both games the main characters don't just get an education at their school, they are also trained to be warriors. In the novel, Ken Sogoru tells of a highly advanced educational system but also shortly mentions coming wars.Compare: future and memories
Final Fantasy X
Surely there are more references to be found but let's leave it at that and move on to FFX. Here we have Tidus who comes from his futuristically appearing Zanarkand to the almost medieval Spira. It seems as if he traveled to the past but his Zanarkand is actually from a thousand years ago. This surprising contradiction is similar to how the emphasis on the future and SFCompare in the novel was replaced by dwelling on the pastCompare in the movie.
The names of three of the main characters, Tidus (pronounced tida), Yuna and Wakka, are taken from the local language in Okinawa, the oldest Japanese colony on an island that is part of the Japanese archipel but that once was an independent kingdom. The names mean the sun, the moon and water, which should remind us of the haiku from the movie which described the Japanese view of the universe.Compare In the haiku it was fields of rape blossoms which represented the earth, in FFX it is the blue water that takes its place. Three main characters are associated with these three heavenly bodies that make up the Japanese universe, as it was in the movie. Kazuko and Yuna are associated with the moon, but the two male characters are switched in their associations compared with the movie. Yet Tidus' name also looks like English tide, associating him with water and the blue earth as well. The tidal wave also was an important signifier of the escapist time traveling in the movie.
Wakka is a firm believer in Spira's religion based on the teachings of Yu Yevon. He sees no alternative to Yuna's mission to defeat Sin, even though it will mean for her to sacrifice her life. Wakka is part of the hero group but his belief becomes a problem. Do we really want Yuna to die? Another character heavily entangled with the Yu Yevon religion is Seymour, a high ranking Maester. He's the villain version of Wakka, seeking to become Yuna's husband and to become Sin himself, killing his wife.
This draws heavily on the calamities in the novel being a metaphor for maturing by sexual experience, hinted at in the novel but made more obvious in the movie.Compare Gorō's fire, occuring at night and caused by the Rumbling of the Earth and Shaking (title of chapter 3, in Japanese: Jinari to shindō), impregnates her, dooming him to forever take out the trash but it is Kazuko who is run over, trapped in the house. Compare
Sin, that name takes up the guilt and blame motif again, in the movie also connected to the question of making (or not making) babiesCompare, but pronounced in Japanese it says shin, like the Japanese word for god, i. e. the religion of Yu Yevon which has Yuna marry Seymour, but also like rumble (shindō), an earthquake (Japanese jishin) that causes the tidal wave with which Sin attacks. Seymour wants to become Sin, like Gorō satirically becomes the truck that makes the earth rumble. Gorō's fire is discovered by Shin-chan. The calamities shin and fire are heavily entangled in the novel to form a horror vision of the future. This is the source referenced by Sin in FFX. In which Yuna was to become a mother, a dead mummy like Seymour's mother. This is also the calamity from the sky, Jenova in FFVII, who was Sephiroth's mother.
The Wizard of Oz
Even The Wizard of Oz from the movie is referenced. Final Fantasy had references to this American classic of children's literature before. The name of the villain Garland in FFI being the same as the last name of Judy Garland, the silhouettes of the heroes looking like Dorothy, the scarecrow, the tinman and the lion in FFIX, the secret boss Ozma in the same game, then the Sorceress in in NOJIMA's FFVIII as a reference to the Witch of the East, Squall's last name Lionheart, a reference to the lion seeking his courage. In FFX, the natural disaster Sin brings Tidus to Spira, causes Yuna to make her journey to see Yunalesca. The heroes accompanying her being personifications of her feelings of self doubt, Yunalesca the Wizard of Oz fused with the Witch of the East, making one of Yuna's guards into a guardian force summoned monster, powerful enough to kill the former Sin (Tidus' father), but becoming her husband and taking the old Sin's place. One patriarch succeeding the last one.
Closing Remarks
In 2003, during my exchange year in Kyoto, I wrote an interpretation of FFX, raising the same points about the meanings of Sin's name, the main characters' names, the Oz connection and many more. Then I didn't know The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and it was easy to argue these points but hard to prove them. Seeing how comparing NOJIMA's Final Fantasy to The Girl Who Leapt Through Time makes these interpretations so obvious and even necessary, I feel somewhat satisfied that my original analysis turned out to be rather spot on.Stichworte: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X, Glory of Heracles, NOJIMA Kazushige, ŌBAYASHI Nobuhiko, The Wizard of Oz, Toki o kakeru shōjo, TSUTSUI Yasutaka
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At Wanborough Primary School we pride ourselves on offering a creative and stimulating curriculum.
Wherever possible we embed learning within a topic in order to catch, or hook, children's interests, therefore leaving them eager to learn and find out more. We use this to inspire quality writing from the children and to develop a range of skills across the curriculum. We are very lucky to be located in a rural environment and also close to St. Andrew's Church, so we like to include many first hand experiences using our locality.
We also invite visitors into school to support children's understanding and we provide a wide range of enriched educational opportunities, including expert PE tuition from Miss Brant; musical instrument tuition through the Swindon Music Hub and many peripatetic teachers; specialist French teaching from Mrs. Hook; taking part in school productions and assemblies or designing and creating works of art.
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Both laptops and iPads, combined with new Alphaboards in every classroom, support the curriculum by allowing the children to record their learning in a variety of ways and to learn the computing skills needed for the new national curriculum.
Homework is set weekly. We encourage pupils to be just as creative outside of school as they are inside of school and to build upon their learning. We set homework from across the curriculum, encompassing all subject areas, that provides pupils with opportunities to play games, make models, design posters and be creative in how they present their ideas; as well as formal writing and mathematics. We encourage the use of ICT and also set online activities through Purple Mash and Mathletics.
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English, Mathematics, Science, Computing, Art, Design Technology, Geography, History, Music, Physical Education, Religious Education and Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE). Pupils in years 3 to 6 also learn to communicate in French. Recognising the importance of both academic and personal development, we strive to enable every child to reach their full potential. In support of this, we want our pupils to develop: the ability to work independently and collaboratively; communication skills; resilience; self-confidence and a passion for learning that stimulates questioning and wonder that will continue through into their adult lives.
At Wanborough Primary School, our curriculum delivery is planned around a creative topic to inspire our pupils, but also maximise cross-curricular links whilst ensuring that there is a clear development in the learning of key skills and knowledge. These topics are based around the elements of the National Curriculum that can be grouped and linked together, but where there are no links, subjects are taught discretely. We share our topic webs for the term (our long term planning) with parents via the school website, and in either in paper form or via email.
In the developing technological world in which we live, it is important that children learn the skills of communication in both the spoken and written form. Opportunities for children are planned to develop speaking and listening skills such as debates, performing poetry and hot seating character roles. At Wanborough Primary School, we love reading, encouraging children to read for pleasure and information. Children are taught with the support of a wide range of reading material including daily whole class text, guided reading sessions and independent reading. In both Key Stages, spelling patterns and strategies are taught throughout the week, and Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 phonics is taught using the 'Letters and Sound's programme. This develops children's encoding (building up words for spelling) and decoding (breaking words down for reading). We have a well-stocked library from which children are able to borrow books for use in the class and at home. Those pupils who do not pass the national phonological standard at the end of Key Stage 1, continue with their phonics in Key Stage 2 using the 'SoundsWrite' programme. Years 1-6 classes use the 'No Nonsense' spelling scheme and teach dedicated spelling sessions at least three times a week.
The skills of writing are taught through our daily literacy lessons across a wide range of genres. In addition to this, regular opportunities are given for the children to apply these skills in other areas of the curriculum too. Punctuation and grammar are taught where possible through shared texts and topics as part of the daily literacy lessons, but on occasions are also taught discretely.
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Regular opportunities are given to apply these skills through problem solving and mathematical reasoning. We have begun to incorporate a style of investigation known as SNIVEL (stop; notice; investigate; verbalise & explain; link) to identify patterns and raise questions about maths into our teach and building upon embedding this. We use layered targets across the school to raise achievement in areas identified as needing support - e.g. mental subtraction or written multiplication.
Our science curriculum covers a range of natural phenomena to enable children to develop as scientists and understand the world around them. Children are encouraged to understand how science can be used to explain what is occurring, use their five senses, and develop skills such as being able to predict how things will behave or analyse causes. Through first-hand experience, children are encouraged to challenge and develop their own ideas and understanding. Children are encouraged to ask questions and to develop the skills needed to investigate. Our planning is based around the National Curriculum, with relevant links made to other topics where appropriate.
History, both ancient and modern, is an exciting part of the curriculum which we try to involve in many of our themes. At Wanborough Primary School, we believe that children should learn about Britain's past and that of the wider world. Children are given opportunities to study a range of sources of evidence; develop their questioning skills and think about the impact of key developments through our history. The work that we cover enables children to develop a greater sense of chronology and the importance of learning from the past. As with Geography, where relevant, links are made across topics.
At Wanborough Primary, we believe that geography education should inspire in pupils a curiosity and fascination about the world and its people. The children are encouraged to generate and answer questions about the natural and human worlds, locally, nationally and across the world. Different societies and cultures are explored. This helps children realise how we rely on each other on a global scale. Children are encouraged to think about their place in the world, their values and their rights and responsibilities to other people and the environment. Like history, geography is often taught in a cross curricular way with relevant key skills and knowledge being developed through topic work.
Our new Computing curriculum covers five key aspects: Programming, E-safety, Multimedia, Handling data and Technology in our lives. These aspects are covered every term by every year group from Year 1 to Year 6, with Foundation Stage exploring elements of these throughout the academic year.
The children are learning to become digital communicators who are digitally literate, digital investigators who are logical and creative, digital creators who can develop ideas and digital citizens who are safe and responsible.
We use iPads, desktops, laptops and interactive Alphaboards to enhance our learning across all areas of the curriculum. E-Safety is a priority in our school; it is taught regularly and we are consistently reviewing our practice.
The Religious Education curriculum taught at Wanborough Primary School follows an enquiry based scheme that has been written in line with the Agreed RE Syllabus for Swindon (although we will be adopting the new updated and recommended syllabus when it is released in November 2016). We aim to develop the children's understanding of the major world major faiths and a greater understanding of the world in which we live. Each enquiry starts from the children's own life experiences using these as a bridge into the investigation of the religion being studied.
At Wanborough, we deliver a PE curriculum to inspire and motivate children to develop both a love of sport and a competitive spirit. Children are given opportunities to develop their skills and apply them across a wide range of sports and disciplines. Our children receive two hours of PE per week, as well as taking part in a 'wake and shake' activity every day. We have a wide range of resources in school to aid the teaching of PE and are lucky to have use of a hall, large field and playground area to deliver PE.
To support the curriculum, the school offers a wide range of extra-curricular clubs such as Zumba, fitness, cricket, football, netball and softball. Our children love to represent the school in many different competitions and we regularly take teams to local sporting events and festivals. Children in Reception, Year 3 and Year 6 are given the opportunity to develop their swimming skills and children in Year 4 take part in a 3 day outdoor and adventurous residential.
At Wanborough, we thoroughly believe that physical education is a key area of the curriculum which not only develops children's physical development, but provides a basis for learning a range of positive personal skills and 'can do' attitudes to life.
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PSHE (Personal, social, health and economic education)
As children grow and develop, our PSHE curriculum is designed to enable children to thrive and talk about issues arising in their everyday lives e.g. drug awareness, relationships and life in Modern Britain. At Wanborough Primary, we want our children to develop confidence and responsibility whilst developing good relationships and respecting the differences between people. We have just purchased and are beginning to implement the
Jigsaw scheme of work
across the school. The scheme combines PSHE education, social skills and spiritual development. Six core themes are addressed over each year with supportive whole school assemblies. The children are encouraged to develop a greater sense of themselves and how they relate to others in the wider world. Spiritual, moral, social and cultural curriculum areas are embedded across the year.
Our active school council represent the children across the school enabling the children to develop a sense of democracy. Sex education will be taught throughout the year groups as part of the jigsaw scheme. In previous years we have had visits from the Life Education Van to support this area of the curriculum.
Art & Design
Art is an important subject to enable children to develop, and express their creativity and imagination. Across the school, children learn to express themselves using a variety of art media, focusing on aspects such as tone, form, pattern and texture. They are taught about specific artists in all year groups and allowed to develop an individual creative style using a wide range of materials. In Key Stage 1 and 2, children record their observations in sketch books and develop ideas to support their topic work. We hold a school exhibition of the pupils' work biannually.
Design and technology is an inspiring, rigorous and practical subject. Using creativity and imagination, pupils design and make products that solve real and relevant problems within a variety of contexts, considering their own and others' needs, wants and values. They acquire a broad range of subject knowledge and draw on disciplines such as mathematics, science, engineering, computing and art. Pupils learn how to take risks, becoming resourceful, innovative, enterprising and capable citizens. Through the evaluation of past and present design and technology, they develop a critical understanding of its impact on daily life and the wider world. Cooking is planned across the year with relevant links made to topic work and carried out in our designated DT room, links to learning about nutrition are made through these lessons.
Musical work, supported by the Charanga online scheme of work, enables the children to develop their ability to perform, appraise and enjoy a wide range of music. Children learn to sing as part of our year group performances and also learn a variety of traditional and modern songs during whole school singing assemblies and classroom activities.
Children also have the opportunity to participate in extra-curricular clubs such as choir and drumming workshops. All children have the chance to perform to the rest of the school and to parents in performances, assemblies and the annual singing festivals organised by the Swindon Music Services held at the Oasis.
Children have the opportunity to learn the various other instruments in small groups through the Swindon Music Cooperative, who teach African Drumming to Years 4 and 5 on alternating weeks and Recorders to Years 2 and 3 again on alternating weeks. We also have peripatetic teachers throughout the week that teach pupils the guitar, piano and keyboard.
Modern Foreign Languages - French
French is taught across KS2. There is a strong focus on listening and speaking with the repetition of key words and phrases through speech, games, songs and other activities, as well as writing. Towards the end of KS2 most children will read and write simple phrases. Key Stage 2 pupils are taught weekly by an internal specialist. Opportunities to use and explore French in Foundation Stage and Key Stage One is given through the use of Linguascope, assemblies and share and learn days.
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I was in the process of writing something about next week's Presidential election. Little did I know, Edi had given Edison and Erin a writing assignment: write a LTE about the election. When I read Erin's letter, I was impressed. Without further ado, I give you Erin's view on the 2016 Presidential election. V-
Dear Americans,
The majority of you are aware we are about to elect a new president. To some of you, this is very important and you are putting great amounts of time and effort into making a decision on who to vote for. To others, the whole thing is just madness and you don't know what to do. Our country has become somewhat of a laughing stock to the rest of the world. I am going to share with you my thoughts on the matter.
I'd like to start by debunking a couple ideas that have been put in the majority of people's minds. Firstly, there are more than two candidates. Most people think they need to choose between the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate, but that is not the case. Secondly, a vote for a third party candidate does count. You might have heard the phrase "a third party vote is a vote for Clinton/Trump." You might have also heard the phrase, "a third party vote is a wasted vote." Well, would it surprise you to know neither of these are true? If you vote for an eligible third party candidate, your vote is, as a matter of fact, for that candidate. It is not for Trump, Clinton or no one at all.
Many people who are voting for Trump or Clinton don't actually favor one or the other. Another popular phrase that is going around is "I need to vote for one to keep the other out of office." The reality is, that is a very cowardly thing to do. It is essentially voting out of fear instead of voting for someone you think would be ideal to run our country. In my opinion, neither Trump nor Clinton are presidential material. The fact that the two leading candidates are both possibly criminals is ridiculous. We shouldn't be feeding off the lies of the media and playing into the system.
Your cowardice by not voting your conscience is doing America a disservice. If you really think Trump or Clinton should be president, then vote for one of them. If that isn't the case, you really have no business voting for either. What you are doing is furthering the two party system and allowing no change for the better.
The reality is, there is a high possibility that Trump or Clinton will win at this point. It's now a big competition of who gets the most fear votes. Not only you, but all of America will have to suffer the consequences of making a foolish choice.
Unfortunately I cannot vote this year because I am only 14. However, someone like me who puts this much thought into something like this at least deserves to be heard. While my parents have exposed me to their opinions over the years, I have researched and developed my own. I recommend everyone does some research and doesn't follow blindly. Though it sounds cliché, it is truthful for me to say your vote counts. Whether it be Trump, Clinton, a third party candidate or even no one at all, you should vote based on who you would be pleased to see in office. Don't take your right to vote for granted. Our country depends on it.
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Norwegian indie-pop band Team Me played Club NME KOKO on 2nd November as part of their European headline tour.
Support act Sons & Lovers got the crowd warmed up before Team Me took to the stage.
One to watch for 2013, Sons & Lovers wasted no time wowing the crowd at the gig.
Sons & Lovers' debut single 'Set My Heart' has already been featured on 'Made In Chelsea'.
No doubt this won't be the last time we hear from the London-based band.
Support act Sons & Lovers rounded off a brilliant performance to make way for headliners Team Me.
Team Me took to the stage to wow the Club NME crowd on 2nd November with an incredible set.
Team Me have just released 'With My Hands Covering Both Of My Eyes I Am Too Scared To Have A Look At You Now', the final single from their debut album.
Team Me's debut album 'To The Treetops!' is out now and has been critically acclaimed, as well as winning a Norwegian Grammy for 'Best Pop Album'.
Team Me pulled off an awesome gig on 2nd November for the Club NME KOKO goers finishing the night on a high.


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If you're going to head to Dillons today or tomorrow before the current Mega Sale ends here's one you might add to your list. These Campbell's Slow Kettle Style Soups are on it at just $1.99 (down from $3.79), but you'll pay just 89¢ after you throw in this $1.10/1 printable coupon.
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Our yard sale is tomorrow.
I'm so excited. Once again, I'm amazed at the amount of junk we were able to uncover. (I'll post a pic of my mom's dining room after this post so you can get an idea of what we're working with, here.)
My parents have a shed in their back yard. In this shed were tons of items we were too afraid to encounter before. But a couple of weeks ago, my mom and I put on our big girl panties and slayed the beast.
Childhood papers, old Hot Wheels cars and race tracks, Barbies galore (including way more accessories than I care to admit), Legos, board games (that never got played), hunting gear (brother's), train sets, tools, car detailing junk, life jackets, beach chairs, bikes, wheelbarrows, home repair items, Christmas decorations, sports equipment . . . the list goes on.
My dad is still not ready to part with a large portion of his tools and things (even though, I really think he should and have told him so), and my brother's more occupied with other activities than going through each item he owns to down-size. That's OK, though. Me and mom did what we could and made huge progress.
I'm loving Facebook's yard sale groups. I've made close to $500 just in the past few weeks from using it. So awesome! I'm hoping to make a few hundred tomorrow as well. New York is less than a week away, and I want to use the extra cash towards making memories instead of holding on to the things in my life that I'm getting zero use, enjoyment, or benefit out of.
I'm ready for great things, and I don't want to be weighed down by my junk when the time comes. I love seeing cleared spaces instead of feeling claustrophobic in my own house or car. I love how quickly I can CLEAN my house with less junk laying around. I love that I could wash every dish in my house by hand in 20 minutes or less. I love that I only have to do about 2 loads of laundry per week. I love that I'm obtaining more and more time to do the things that make me happy.
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Monday, 31 March 2014
Lemonade Scones
4 cups self-raising flour
Pinch of salt
300ml double cream
300ml lemonade/soda water
Pre-heat oven to 220 degrees C and line a tray with baking paper.
Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Pour in the cream and lemonade/soda water and mix together to form a soft dough.
Place the dough onto a well-floured surface, dust with flour and gently roll out to an inch or so thick. Cut with a round cutter and place onto the baking tray.
Bake for 10-12 minutes/until golden brown. Remove from the oven and leave to cool with a clean tea towel over them to keep their freshness.
Enjoy with lashings of cream and jam!
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Symposium on Jewish Fundamentalism – September 2006
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Summary for the September 10-14, 2006
Symposium on Jewish Fundamentalism
Hosted by Esalen's Center for Theory and Research (CTR)
Organized and Facilitated by Joseph V. Montville
Written by Jacob Sherman
The Duke literary theorist Stanley Fish recounts a phone call he received on the occasion of his friend Jacques Derrida's death. Fish was called by a reporter who wanted know "what would succeed high theory and the triumvirate of race, gender, and class as the center of intellectual energy in the academy. [Fish] answered like a shot: religion."[1] The importance the study of religion is assuming in the academy is part of a much larger trend. Religion is quickly resuming its place as a central determinate in human history. As it does so, the need for an integral understanding and appreciation of lived faiths in all of their breadth, power, intricacy, and contradiction becomes an issue of critical importance not just for believers, but also for the world at large.
In order to engage this increasingly crucial factor in our global life, the Esalen Center for Theory and Research (CTR), in partnership with TRACK TWO: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy, is sponsoring the "Beyond Fundamentalism" series of conferences. Having held invitational conferences on modern Hindu fundamentalism in December, 2004, Islamic fundamentalism in September, 2005, and Christian fundamentalism in April, 2006, CTR also co-sponsored the historic visit of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to the National Cathedral in September 7, 2006. In the immediate wake of this exciting event, from September 10-14, 2006, CTR turned its attention to the question of fundamentalism and Judaism. This invitational and international conference brought together a group of diplomats, activists, and scholars with two primary intentions. First, participants sought empathetically, critically, and intricately to explore the historical, mythological, and ideological roots of Jewish religious violence, the lingering wounds of history, and the way that these can be transformed into healing practices and a substantive peace. A second goal of the conference was to focus particularly on the continuing issue of Jewish-Christian alienation and to explore ways for re-inaugurating a healthy, fruitful relationship between these estranged siblings.
The participants in the September conference were religiously diverse, representing various parts of the spectrum of Jewish faith, and including Christian and Islamic participants, as well. The presenters assembled for the week included:


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At agricultural machinery conferences across the country, engineers have been meeting to talk about implement braking. The topic is old news in Europe, where for years tractors have been used in place of trucks for hauling, and implement brakes are required. But in the states there is no law that mandates the use of auxiliary brakes.
That's what standard developers like Brian Herbst are trying to change. The concern is that, without implement brakes, the tractor and implement could jackknife on the road or plow through an intersection without being able to stop. Such incidents have occurred in recent years as tractors have increased in speed and are being asked to pull loads formerly reserved for over-the-road trucks.
"If you look at the past 15 years, tractor speeds have doubled," says Herbst, senior brake systems engineer with John Deere and member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Ag Equipment Braking Committee. "And the size of tractors and implements has doubled if not tripled or quadrupled. Everything is just getting so big and powerful that it's something we need to look at and be proactive about."
Herbst and others on the braking committee are revising the North American standard on braking performance for agricultural field equipment (ASAE S365) to mandate implement brakes under certain conditions. Sections 8 and 10 will address when implement brakes are required, the types of implement brakes to be used, and the system requirements for both tractors and implements.
"Our goal is to develop an adequate standard for implement brakes and work with the industry to abide by it so that equipment makers can be self-regulated," Herbst explains.
ASABE expects to finalize the sections this year and publish them next year. In the meantime, braking experts recommend farmers learn a few key facts about braking to help guide their tractor and implement purchases:
1 Above 20 mph, you need implement brakes.
Implement brakes currently are not mandatory in North America but have been highly recommended since the braking standard was first revised in March 1983. Herbst is working on a guide to let farmers know when their equipment should have implement brakes, which should be out later this year. "As a rule of thumb, if you are pulling heavy loads at speeds above 20 mph, the implement should be equipped with brakes," he says.
2 Over-the-road hauling requires safety.
Wade Prouse, New Holland high-horsepower tractor product marketing manager, says farmers need to be aware of what loads they will need to haul, speeds at which they will be hauled, and types of brakes offered.
"Developments in brakes may be of concern to farmers in situations such as over-the-road hauling," Prouse says. "Many tractors now offer 31-mph road speed, which leads to customers using the tractors for more hauling applications and therefore more need for safety on the roads."
3 Trailer brakes come in three types.
The three types of trailer brakes for implements are hydraulic, pneumatic (air), and electric. In the U.S., hydraulic brakes are the most common. Air is the predominant type in Europe .
4 Trailer brake options are now available.
Even though implement brakes currently are not mandatory in North America, the vast majority of new tractors have a trailer brake option available from the factory. Most companies, including New Holland, John Deere, Case IH and AGCO, offer customers a choice between hydraulic or air on certain models. Depending on the road speed desired, antilock braking systems (ABS) may be required to facilitate steering and braking in bad road conditions, Prouse says (see sidebar).
5 Trailer brakes aid tractor braking.
Implement brakes are designed to aid the tractor in braking when it is heavily ballasted and is pulling a large implement or trailer. Trailer brakes can hold the tractor-trailer train on a steep incline or in the event of a sudden stop, preventing the train from jackknifing.
"Trailer brakes are designed to work with tractor brakes so that when the driver applies the tractor brakes, the trailer brakes come on," explains Deere's Herbst. "That braking information goes from the tractor to the trailer, which then goes to a brake or brakes on the axle to slow the trailer down when the tractor brakes are applied."
Trailer brakes also extend the life of tractor brakes, especially when pulling larger implements and trailers.
6 Uniform systems are the goal.
Standard developers are looking into the different types of trailer brake systems, which use both current and new technology, and are trying to come up with better definitions for tractor, implement and trailer manufacturers to ensure more uniform systems with greater compatibility.
7 Trailer and tractor brakes should match.
Herbst says the biggest item for buyers to determine is what, if any, trailer brakes are available on their implements and trailers and ensure that the tractor has the same type of system. "For example, if the trailer or implement has hydraulic trailer brakes, then a tractor with air trailer brakes will not be very useful," he explains. "The key is to ensure that the tractor and trailer implement brakes are of the same type."


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Friday, April 5, 2013
Wrapped in Swaddling Cloth
In Thailand, it's common to see colorful cloth wrapped around various objects, including the bows of long-tail boats, the steering wheels of cars and tuk tuks, and trees. In the case of trees, it's believed that spirits live in certain species that are old and big, and consequently monks and laypeople wrap material around them to designate their sacredness. You can always find trees with stripes of color in and around Buddhist temples, and sometimes even religious buildings themselves, as well as images of the Buddha, are draped in cloth. The fabric bundled around parts of boats, cars, and tuk tuks, however, serves another function. The cloth symbolically protects the vehicles and passengers from accidents and other dangers. The way the driver of this three-wheeler was maniacally swerving in and out of lanes today, he should have wrapped his entire vehicle in fabric.


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I love it when readers respond to entries with their own pictures and comments. Recently we featured a post on dog portage and reader Ben responded with the following text and pictures of some serious dog portaging! Thanks Ben!
Below is a bloke I met outside "Treadlies Bike Shop" in southern Tasmania, Australia, a couple of years ago.