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Mobile learning isn't one flavour or one approach it's a whole grocery store
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Mobile learning isn't one flavour or one approach it's a whole grocery store
Andy Black
Geoff Stead
Like a swiss army knife, mobile phones are already being used across the planet to solve many everyday problems. From vote monitoring in Nigeria to micro-loans in South America. From parenting advice in China to sex education in India.
Educators are slowly starting to adopt the same mobile ideas to enhance learning, and a growing number of m-learning projects in both UK and Europe are showing marked successes in reaching new learners.
Despite these successes, there is no simple formula for ensuring an m-learning project will succeed: Equipment vendors are often biased. Technical solutions are often locked to a specific device or supplier. Many current m-learning projects and m-learning suppliers use non-standard solutions that make it hard for another institution to build on those for themselves and further the knowledge gained.
These technical considerations make it challenging for academic reviewers to abstract out a solid theoretical basis for success, or failure. Successes (and failures) might be due to matching the right pedagogical approach to the right learners, but might also be due to technical considerations. And given the rapid evolution of technical tools and mobile devices, it is equally likely that the technical impossibilities of last year are the mainstream accepted norms of this year.
How then to learn valid lessons from last year's projects, and build educational models that can flex and adapt as the tools themselves evolve.
The authors are in the final stages of a multi-national review of mobile learning, and would like to propose that despite the vast array of different project, nations, approaches and technologies - mobile learning is actually reaching a convergence point of accepted best practise and technological approach.
On the one side are projects that have set about to work "within the system", building on the current infrastructure - both technical and conceptual - to add richer learning experiences to traditional learner groups. This would include school classes given PDAs or iPads to enrich their learning, as well as software solutions to connect mobile learners with traditional e-learning systems, like VLEs
On the other side are the more open ended explorations, adding a wider range of technologies, often described as "disruptive", to places where mainstream class-based learning isn't happening. These projects span a much wider range of technologies, and learning approaches. They include high tech solutions like virtual worlds for rehabilitating war wounded and 3-D visualisations of motors to support aircraft mechanics on the job. They also include mid-tech solutions like mobile portfolios accessed by a learner's own phone, language training for deployed soldiers on their iPods and skills training for taxi drivers on their phones while waiting for the next job. Low tech examples would include radio-lessons to Indian children missing school on market days.
We would like to propose that these two types of m-learning that historically have operated in different pedagogical frameworks, are in fact converging into a single model. That the technologies in use are becoming increasingly unified, that the tools for working with them are moving slowly into the mainstream, and that the best ways to integrate them into educational interactions are becoming agreed and shared.
In discussing this, we will take a step back from a UK-centric view of m-learning to look more broadly at solutions from across the world and to draw out key success criteria, as well as exploring some of the more significant differences to see what Europe can learn from our international friends.
The authors have been actively involved in a broad range of mobile learning programmes across countries (USA, Africa, UK, Europe), sectors (schools, work-based, FE, military, charitable) and languages. They will be demonstrating some of the technologies and pedagogies used, as well as providing unique insights into both their successes and their failures. Projects covered will include:
m-uBuntu: working with impoverished South African schools to improve English Literacy (so successfully that students and teachers were invited to the USA to share their knowledge with the Whitehouse and US schools). The project derives it's name and purpose from the African word "uBuntu", meaning "I am what I am because of who we all are". The vision is to work with teachers, helping them work with other teachers, and their students to inform and improve all of their skills. All the schools involved are in impoverished neighbourhoods. Some urban. Some very rural. They have each adopted their own approaches to mobile learning, with a range of devices and many different techniques underpinned by the uBuntu philosophy.
SMS examination of range of project from across the world . For example using SMS in a simulation replicating environmental hazard disaster responses to flood and Volcanoes . This work from University of Aberdeen by Sarah Cornelius; Phil Marston. http://www.slideshare.net/jiscrscyh/real-time-simulations-using-sms-university-of-aberdeen
using SMS response systems to check if drug for sale in markets are counterfeit is a interesting and homegrown system in Nigeria http://mobileactive.org/no-fake-drugs-battling-pharma-counterfeiting-sms-and-mobile-tech text a identifier on drug packaging to see if the product is real or counterfeit
QR codes for a range of situation in education to Library inductions in UK Universities . For example allowing learners to scan QR codes on book and save the book details to there phone or scan a code to download a audio tour and floor plans of library this example is from the university of Bath http://www.bath.ac.uk/library/services/qrcode.html
Bloom: working with taxi, bus and truck drivers across Europe to deliver multilingual, mobile access to learning. Working with adult learners working in the transport industry. The Bloom learners were selected because they were not actively doing any learning at all. The project aims were to find new, motivating channels to reach these hard-to-reach people via their own phones, and to re-awaken their enthusiasm for learning by making it a viable way to spend their down-time while waiting for their next job. http://www.bloom-eten.org/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/lang,english/
Mole-project: working with the US Government and 22 nations to provide mobile learning for medical issues at the point of need to relief workers and other remote learners. None of the countries included, which includes USA and UK, use any form of mobile on-the-job learning when deploying their people for humanitarian or disaster relief, even though the rapid changing information landscape would make these invaluable tools.
The examination of this range of approaches in a wide variety of context using mobile will make participants think of models frameworks that can be applied to mobile and how these models frameworks change over time and space . This will possibly expose the mobile paradox of educationalists wanting to formalise mobile a media that by its very nature and usage patterns is anything but formal and static.
About the Authors
Andy Black
A colleague says "to describe Andy as an out of the box thinker misses the point Andy doesn't understand what a box is. He will make linkage find opportunities and give that commitment to make a difference to learners. Frankly at times he is exhausting to work with "
Andy joined British Educational Communication Technology Agency (Becta) 2003 and is Technology Research Manager is looking at and evaluating technology that may impact on education in the next five years . He is very much viewed as a learner mobility specialist. The project he is most proud of commissioning is a project involving an ICT terms glossary in British Sign Language on the web http://www.slcresources4ict.net The project and a proof of concept mobile device version was show cased in 2006 at Mlearn in Canada http://www.mlearn2006.org
Andys Blog Http://www.andysblackhole.blogspot.com
Geoff Stead
Geoff is one of Tribal's thought leaders on new technologies, and how they can be used for learning, communication and collaboration. He and his team of technical inventors and educational wizards build apps, tools and websites to serve learners and tutors across the world. Every year over 1.2m learners use their tools and resources.
He is considered one of the Godfathers of Mobile Learning, and has travelled the world encouraging practitioners to embrace mobile tools and opportunities since 2001. He was recently appointed advisor to the US Government on their first large-scale mobile learning project which will provide mobile apps to support aid workers and locals in disaster relief situations.
Geoff's blog http://moblearn.blogspot.com/
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The Agave Blues
The Sweetener Wars are heating up. Dr. Mercola and Mike Adams "The Health Ranger" have come forward listing agave as the worst "bandito" of all sweeteners — a claim reminding me of the "Most Wanted" posters of Mexican criminals I would see whenever I crossed the border between San Diego and Tijuana as a child.
My Experience with Agave
I was first exposed to agave by Dr. David Jubb who espoused its health benefits years ago claiming that it was low glycemic. My former company Nature's First Law/Sunfood Nutrition (whom I no longer represent) and I sold different forms of agave for years. Originally, the agave was supplied by Joanne Cuddigan and David Korn of Holistic Enterprises. Eventually, the agave was supplied by Christopher Daugherty of Essential Living Foods who eventually had to admit that the agave was in fact cooked and not a raw-food product. According to various raw-food websites and www.foodprocessing.com, agave is cooked at 140 degrees Fahrenheit for 36 hours. Years of anecdotal feedback about agave and subsequent testing by Dr. Gabriel Cousens indicated that various yellow agave syrup products were, in fact, not only cooked, but high glycemic.
Then Robert Williams, the product sourcing professional for Ultimate Superfoods, gave me his take on agave. He claimed that high fructose corn syrup in the form of broken Mexican sugar candies were being added back into agave syrups and nectars. He brought to light that his research indicated that agave was heavily controlled by at least two very serious and very dangerous tequila mafias and that most of the products on the market were a complete fraud. Upon finding this out, I recommended that my business and I go only with Ultimate Superfoods clear (high inulin) agave (www.ultimatesuperfoods.com). Even though Ultimate's product is not a cold-processed product, it was still the best product on the market as far as I could tell. My business partner (now former business partner) strongly rejected this plan causing at least one of the major rifts that caused me to exit my old company Sunfood Nutrition.
Currently Ultimate Superfoods claims their clear agave is around 50% fructose with a few percentage points of glucose — the rest being inulin. This is the claim, and only a chemical analysis will confirm if this is accurate. And that's where I am at with any claim — chemical analysis is what we all require as proof now.
Agave and Pulque
Agave products originally began to be consumed as a New World beverage in ancient times, probably in Mexico. The agave plant (sometimes called "The Century Plant") is a very hardy desert succulent that has been categorized in its own Linnaean Family, now termed the Agavaceae. After about ten to twelve years, the edible agave varieties (blue agave, etc.) begin to develop a large fruiting stem at their center. This stem grows very strongly and rapidly eventually opening up flowers in its upper reaches that after pollination (usually by hummingbirds) turn into seeded fruits. The shape and structure of this flowering and fruiting stem is so unique that they were used in the background of original Star Trek episodes as alien plants on alien planets. The dried agave fruiting stems are often cleaned out, polished, and turned into didgeridoos.
Historically, the center-growing stem, once it began to form, would be cored or cut out. This would cause the agave to bleed a thin milky sap that was captured in a bowl each day. According to research done by author Jonathan Ott (and cited in my book Naked Chocolate), agave (once cored) can bleed 1,000 liters of liquid sap in the two months that it takes it to finally die. This is a huge amount of liquid to be liberated in a dry desert (like finding a spring). This thin milky sap would typically ferment forming a very popular beverage in ancient Mexico known as pulque.
To see agave sap being collected, watch this video. Pulque, a mildly alcoholic wine, is the original beverage, consumed right alongside chocolate drinks on the streets of Mexico City for over a thousand years and probably much longer. Processed pulque is still available today in nearly all major Mexican cities and in Los Angeles.
"While agave syrup does have a low-glycemic index, so does antifreeze -- that doesn't mean it's good for you. Agave syrup has the highest fructose content of any commercial sweetener — ranging from 70 to 97 percent, depending on the brand, which is FAR HIGHER than high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which averages 55 percent." — Dr. Joseph Mercola
According to Dr. Robert Lustig, fructose is to blame for agave's blues. Ten years ago, sucrose was the enemy. So which one is it? Sucrose or fructose? Over the last 40 years, sucrose consumption has actually been going down and fructose consumption has been going up. Obviously, obesity in the West has been increasing, and Dr. Lustig of UC San Francisco claims that the primary culprit is fructose.
To see Dr. Lustig's presentation on fructose, click here.
Fructose is a sugar that is 1.73 times sweeter than sucrose (Source: Wiki). Like glucose and sucrose, fructose is known to be food for candida albicans and cancer cells. Sugar in many of its small and medium chain carbohydrate forms has been reported to rapidly elevate blood sugar levels causing the small gland known as the pancreas to secrete insulin to control blood sugar levels. Due to the intensity and quantity of sugars and carbohydrates being ingested daily by people all over the world and also due to the lack of minerals available to feed the pancreas so it can do its job properly, human metabolism begins to malfunction. This begins as mood swings and ADD symptoms in children as well as obesity, and eventually develops into hypoglycemia and/or diabetes. Hypoglycemia occurs when blood sugar sharply drops after an overproduction of insulin; causing low energy, mood swings, and intense hunger. Diabetes occurs when an underproduction of insulin causes blood sugar to elevate wildly; causing excessively sweet urine and body fatigue. Diabetes can eventually lead to demineralization, diabetic coma, and even death.
Natural fructose in fruits and honey is bound to other sugars and is therefore less glycemic and more natural than free fructose. High fructose corn syrup and common agave products contain free fructose. This free fructose appears to be the primary focus of the current controversy about sweeteners.
Mike Adams "The Health Ranger" states that: "The average person consumes about 98 pounds of highly refined corn fructose per year in the USA, that roughly translates into half a cup of refined fructose per day."
According to Dr. Mercola, fructose, and especially free fructose, in quantities greater than 25 grams a day can cause an unhealthy increase in uric acid production, lead to weight gain, and, as Dr. Mercola told me in a private conversation, can become a major contributing factor in the development of a fatty liver.
Other problems with Agave
I have been to agave processing facilities in Mexico where Tequila is made. When the agave plant is mature (just as it starts its flowering stage) they trim off all the succulent and barbed leaves of the agave plant until it looks like a giant pineapple or the fruit of the pandanus tree. They then wrap a chain around it and tear it out of the ground with a truck. The entire agave plant is then cooked down, hydrolyzed with enzymes, and converted over through other chemical processes into a fructose syrup.
According to Dr. Mercola, here is a partial list of the chemicals many producers use:
- Activated charcoal
- Cationic and ionic resins
- Sulfuric and/or hydrofluoric acid
- Dicalite
- Clarimex
- Inulin enzymes
- Fructozyme
All this chemistry obviously has nothing to do with how pulque was originally made and how the agave plant was originally used. The use of these chemicals also puts any organic certification of agave into question.
And that's not the only problem, boiling down the entire agave plant may release toxic saponins present in the agave and yucca families of plants. These steroidal, abortive, and/or purgative compounds have not been confirmed to be present in agave products, however, exercise caution when using agave. In addition, agave products should be avoided during pregnancy until more research is conducted.
If you select agave as a sweetener, only use certified organic clear agave of the type Ultimate Superfoods distributes (www.ultimatesuperfoods.com). Be sure to request that every company selling agave provide laboratory data that their product is free of chemicals, contains a low percentage of fructose, contains a high percentage of inulin, and is free of toxic saponins.
After dealing with the agave blues, you may want to select another sweetener. Here are some options (in alphabetical order):
- Coconut Palm Sugar: This is now available as a sweetener. It is usually heat processed, yet unconfirmed reports indicate raw coconut palm sugar is now available from Balinese sources. It is processed using lime (chalk) or mangosteen sap to neutralize acidity. Because of the calcification problems associated with eating chalk and the magic associated with the mangosteen tree, mangosteen sap processed coconut palm sugar is preferred.
- Erythritol: Erythritol is made by breaking down plant starch into glucose. Then the yeast Moniliella pollinis is added to the glucose. Through fermentation, the glucose breaks down into erythritol. Metabolic, toxicological, and clinical studies covering areas as diverse as cancer, nervous system health, and allergic reactions have found erythritol to be safe. Erythritol has GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status in the United States. Seek out organic erythritol or products containing it.
- Honey (raw, organic): Honey is always the natural sweetener of choice. Look for wild honey because it is lower in free fructose and higher in trace mineral content. Also, look for richer dark honeys (e.g. NoniLand honey, etc.)
- Inulin: A long-chain polysaccharide that is mostly too long a sugar to absorb into the blood stream. Inulin may be isolated from Jerusalem artichoke or properly processed agave. Look for inulin powder or Jerusalem artichoke syrup. Too much inulin intake can cause digestive distress in certain people.
- Lo Han Guo: A non-glycemic sweetener from Chinese medicinal tradition made from a type of wild cucumber.
- Lucuma: Lucuma's sugar content is low. The percentage amount present in the dried pulp from mature lucuma fruit is: 8.4% glucose, 4.7% fructose, 1.7% sucrose, and 0.06% inositol.
- Maple syrup: this is the only sustainably-harvested, large-scale, forest sweetener in the world. Maple is likely the richest source of minerals found in any sweetener other than dark honeys and molasses. Look for organic maple syrup and maple crystals as an ingredient.
- Molasses: Select unsulfured, organic sugarcane molasses because it is fairly rich in vitamins and minerals and has been purported (like fresh sugar cane) to have "anti-stiffness factors" that break down detrimental calcification (see my book The LongevityNOW Program).
- Soak water: This is a natural sweetener from dried fruits such as date water, goji water, or dried fig water. Shop for organic dried fruit products and soak them in spring water for several hours to make your own fresh soak water.
- Stevia: I recommend dried powdered leaves over extracts. This is a wonderful and easy plant to grow. It contains no real sugar, so therefore it does not feed candida or cancer. Look for organic stevia products.
- Xylitol: This could be the sweetener of the future if it could be obtained with certified organic quality. Xylitol does not feed candida or cancer, but tastes normally sweet. Originally isolated from birch syrup; it is now available as a white powder.
- Yacon: An extraordinarily easy to obtain and abundant subtropical to tropical tuber, relative to the Jerusalem artichoke. Yacon is commonly available as dehydrated chips and as a syrup. Look for organic products. Yacon syrup is rich in iron and only mildly glycemic.
Other sweeteners to avoid, besides common agave:
- Refined white and brown sugars made from beet, sorghum, or sugarcane of all sorts, primarily due to genetically modified crop contamination.
- Evaporated Cane Juice: Rapadura is one of the many names of this highly processed and highly heated product. This is almost pure sucrose, like maple, but lacks in minerals. Evaporated cane juice is known to aggravate all sugar-sensitive conditions from diabetes to candida to cancer. Evaporated cane juice can be certified organic. This product often sneaks into chocolate products, pre-made smoothies, and lots of vegan treats (because it is not processed with bone char).
- Sorbitol: This sweetener is typically made from genetically modified corn starch. It was originally isolated from stone fruits of the genus Sorbus.


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We're brushing up the final mixes for our live album. It'll include a dozen of so tracks from across our past 4 albums, all recorded live at various locations we frequent. We'd like to think of it as scrapbook of sorts, a collage of some great memories playing out for you. Hey, every band needs a "Greatest Hits Live", don't they?
Next show is on Jan 26 at Mickey Finn's in Victor, NY. We're also happy to announce a couple of dates at Sticky Lips Juke Joint in Henrietta, one of our fav rooms. We'll see you there on Feb 22.
(pssst, hey… this is Mike, hijacking Brian's post… maybe he was too modest to mention it, but he forgot the little detail that he recently won the Best Musician category of the 3rd Annual Best of Ontario County Awards. Way to go BMan! We're way proud of you! — Click here for the full listing.)
A very chilly night… 1 degree, to be exact… was put down by a very warm crowd at The Temple. Quite an eclectic mix of people, I would say, and enthusiastic to say the least! Many thanks to Bob and Mark. Not only do they know how to tell a story, they really know how to make a band feel comfortable. Great accommodations last night, thanks guys.
Over the next few weeks we'll be sifting through recordings of the last few shows and doing a little writing as well. We're also starting to book spring and summer events. Thanks again for all of your support, and we'll see you out and about soon!


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Get out your green because the luck o' the Irish is coming to Providence in a big way. This year marks the 21st anniversary of the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade and festivities, among other block parties and events happening throughout the city. Did you know at one time, in 1870, Providence was home to the sixth greatest concentration of Irish residents in the U.S.? St. Patrick's Day falls on a Sunday this year, so mark your calendars and get ready to celebrate!
Providence's St. Patrick's Day Parade will be held Saturday, March 9, in the Smith Hill area beginning at noon. The parade is considered the largest in the state to celebrate this popular Irish holiday.
The Guinness St. Pat's 5K will start and finish at the Rhode Island State House on Smith Street in Providence on Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m. Walkers are welcome. Participants who select the option to register for all three Tour de Patrick races online, will receive a FREE Tour de Patrick mug. Be sure to register early!
Gather your fellow leprechauns and head to Union Street for one of the biggest block parties of the year on March 16 and 17. The party starts at noon and continues into the night, both inside The Rosendale and outside in heated tents. Add that to traditional Irish fare, the infamous drunken Irish egg rolls, fun and games, and this party is definitely not to be missed!
The OG of Irish bars in Providence, Murphy's was established in 1929 as a lunch hot spot. Now owned by former employee Ruth Ferrazzano and her son, Murphy's carries on the Irish tradition with one heck of a St. Patrick's Day party on Sunday, March 17. Murphy's prides itself on Irish cocktail offerings, the ability to catch overseas "football" games, and lively music.
The Old Time Lounge is a monthly Intermediate/Advanced Old Time music session, occurring every third Sunday, hosted by your friendly Rhode Islanders: Armand Dale Aromin, Benedict Gagliardi, Michelle Kaminsky and Alan Bradbury. Since it's St. Patrick's Day, you'll be sure to hear some classic Irish tunes. The session starts at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 17.
The Irish energy will be felt in full force in Providence on the 17th. Plan to stay overnight, stroll the city to enjoy the festivities, and don't forget about our award-winning dining scene. Click here for more St. Patrick's Day fun in Providence.
Providence is home to a variety of ethnic cultures and traditions, including large populations of Irish- and Italian-Americans. The city has plenty of holiday options. Restaurants and bars... continue reading ›


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KUALA LUMPUR: My EG Services Bhd (MyEG), Eduspec Holdings Bhd , Tan Chong Motor Holdings Bhd and Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd are among the stocks to watch on Monday, according to JF Apex.
The government has extended MyEG's contract to undertake the voluntary repatriation of illegal foreign workers, to June 30. The contract, which took effect on Oct 10 last year, had expired on Dec 31.
Eduspec is partnering with PKU-HKUST Shenzhen-Hong Kong Institution (PKU) to promote the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Academy (CMRA) certified Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in China for three years.
MAHB expects its loss-making Istanbul Sabiha Gocken International Airport in Turkey to turn around in the financial year ending Dec 31, 2018 (FY18) — two years later than predicted.
A lawsuit filed in August last year by Konsortium Transnasional Bhd and six companies linked to the group against Tan Chong Motor has been dismissed.
The High Court has allowed its subsidiary Tan Chong Industrial Equipment Sdn Bhd's application to strike out the claim made by the seven companies.
Meanwhile, US markets rallied to record highs despite December employment data missing estimates.
Earlier, European stocks also surged, led by automotive counters amid slower inflation in the region.
"Following the bullish performance in the US and Europe, the FBM KLCI could follow suit and extend its rally towards the resistance of 1,830 points," JF Apex said.
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The Foundation is very pleased to be able to offer all our readers a new resource produced by the Drug Education Network (DEN) in Tasmania.
It is a book of non-alcoholic drink recipes with a sprinkle of related knowledge. Full to the brim with recipes for mocktails, this book examines drinking culture, how alcohol works in the body, and much more. Mocktails + Mastery is full of practical tips for feeling good and making delicious beverages.
It is a recipe book of non-alcoholic drinks. It is not, however, your standard recipe book.The book challenges Australian drinking culture and encourages the use of non-alcoholic beverages when celebrating, so that everyone can be included. It aims to prevent harms from alcohol by giving readers the information and tools they need to make informed choices, and by presenting the reader with practical tools for feeling good and building up the protective factors in their lives.
This resource contains:
- Over 50 recipes for mocktails, syrups and mixes
- Easy to understand information on common cooking terms
- A list of ingredients that may interact with medication
- Evidence based information about alcohol protective factors
- Practical advice for feeling good, maintaining relationships and making alcohol related decisions
- Space in the back of the book for custom recipes
This resource was imagined in 2015, and has been a steady work in progress ever since. The author, determined to create an accessible resource for everyone to enjoy, picked up the project after noticing the different atmosphere at an event where mocktails were not only available but happily encouraged. The book was initially intended to be a small collection of recipes, to be offered at education and training events on topics such as safe partying, as mocktails have been a popular part of many DEN sessions over the years.
In 2016 the project began in earnest, with thorough research into the effects of alcohol and alcohol expectancy, the evolutionary biology of motivation and pleasure seeking, and most importantly how people can achieve the goals of relaxation, fun and pleasure without using alcohol. Mocktails +Mastery is a resource to provide tools to allow people to make their own choices around alcohol, and to encourage positive and healthy behaviours.
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Welcome to Pop-Up Workouts, a series of fitness routines created by top trainers and the best boutique gyms with convenience in mind.
While modelFIT and Gotham Gym are destinations for Big Apple–based catwalkers, for models across the pond nothing beats London-based Skinny Bitch Collective for a truly killer workout. (Before you balk at the name: The joke between trainer and founder Russell Bateman and his friends was that he worked only with "skinny bitches," and thus the tongue-in-cheek title was born.) SBC's journey to international recognition actually began largely via Instagram (what else), when users began to note a stream of short videos with a one overarching theme: slim, pretty young women red-faced and dripping with sweat as they did hardcore circuit moves. The videos hit viral levels when Suki Waterhouse uploaded one of herself trying one of SBC's killer routines last year:
A video posted by sukiwaterhouse (@sukiwaterhouse) onFeb 26, 2014 at 4:21am PST
Since then, Skinny Bitch Collective has earned a reputation as one of the gyms models rely on to maintain their sleek physiques. Bateman and his crew also recently teamed up with UK brand Missguided's activewear line, creating an exclusive fitness program for fans of both fashion and fitness (which, these days, is quite a huge crowd).
While we'd love to book a flight to London to work out alongside some of SBC's gorgeous clients, life calls—and so we asked Bateman to create a workout exclusively for ELLE.com with convenience in mind. You can do these moves in your living room or a hotel room in just minutes, but be warned: That doesn't mean they're for the faint of heart.
Perform all the movements below back to back with 30 seconds rest between each. Repeat the circuit four times, with a minute rest after each set. Keep hydrated and be strict with your rest periods.
"The SBC 360 targets your glutes and shoulder stabilizers. It also works your core and your nervous system in preparation for your workout ahead. It's important to wake the brain before you hit more intense techniques, so this is a great warm-up, or a nice exercise to transition from one killer move to the next."
- Get onto all fours, keeping your glutes and core tight.
- Rotate in both directions for 20 seconds, making sure to keep your triceps contracted and shoulder blades retracted.
"This targets the core and glutes, and is a staple in the SBC diet."
1.Step around on each leg 10 times, keeping the knee low to the floor.
- Raise the arms for an extra full body hit—your blood will have to pump to upper and lower body parts, causing your heart to work harder.
"Amazing cardio, and a great all-round fat loss move."
Pick up handles of the rope and jump explosively. Kicking your legs out makes it more intense.
"Explosiveness and primal movement patterns fuse together to really work your abs, arms, and legs. This allows your body to flow with itself, encourages balance, and is great for your fitness levels."
- Find a space and crawl out in front of you until your hips almost touch the floor.
- Keeping shoulders and arms strong, crawl directly back into your starting position.
- When you're back to your starting point, jump explosively, rotate 180 degrees and proceed into the next crawl-out movement.
"This is a great move to open up mobility in the hips and shoulders—and it's killer cardio when performed well."
- Your feet should be hip-width apart, and your hands should be level with your chest but wider than shoulder-width apart. Your elbows should be soft, with a slight bend in them.
- Step forward with your right foot, bringing your right knee towards your right elbow. At the same time, lift your left hand and move it a step forward, so that your hand is now in front of your head.
As you do these moves, you will find that your body naturally wants this to happen.
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Reflecting on the world premiere of 'In the Name of the Earth' during Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival, Olivia Giovetti considers method and motivation in the music of John Luther Adams.
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Sarah Cahill, a celebrated pianist, radio host, and journalist based in the Bay Area, shares her thoughts about Garden of Memory, an annual summer solstice event she and friends guide each year in Oakland.
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Jazz journalist and scholar Lara Pellegrinelli addresses issues of harassment and abuse endured by women in jazz, the #MeToo groundswell, and why recent reports of improvement might be premature.
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It was only a matter of time before classical music found itself mired in the sexual harassment and abuse reckoning now sweeping through American industries, from Hollywood to news media, politics, and beyond.
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I've been writing music criticism since I graduated college in 2012, but about a year ago I made the decision only to review concerts with at least one woman (or trans or nonbinary) composer on the program. I was tired of attending concerts featuring exclusively the music of white men, and tired of frantically sifting through concert season announcements that came in the mail, only to find a single token white woman amidst a sea of white men. People around me were perplexed.
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First snow storm of the season headed our way; Winter Storm Warning begins at midnight!
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All is quiet on the weather front this morning! Not as cold…remaining dry and wind chills not as harsh. Overall, a decent start to this Friday. We should expect limited sunshine and dry weather to hold through the entire day, as temperatures move into the middle 30's, which is seasonal for this time of the year.
This evening should remain calm until around 3am for downtown Indianapolis. So even plans this evening should be fine for dinner downtown or the Indy Fuel game.
By sunrise tomorrow, snow should be falling steadily across the state, especially in the central and southern part of the state. Snow will continue through the afternoon, as totals mount. For now, it appears the "sweet spot" (deformation zone) for the highest totals should fall right across the I-70 corridor. Map below and subject to change:
Roads will be slick for the entire weekend, although snow begins to taper by sunrise Sunday morning. Drier air works in and the weather pattern will settle to begin a new workweek!


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Special Coverage: Port of New Orleans' future growth
The U.S. Gulf Coast port is looking to balance out its container import/export imbalance, and leverage its intermodal connections.
After tremendous growth and success over the last decade, the Port of New Orleans is looking to the future. The port handled a record 490,526 TEUs of containerized cargo in 2014 and a combined 8.37 million tons of total cargo, the most since 2000.
And according to Port Director Brandy Christian, 2017 and beyond will present ample opportunity for the port and the entire U.S. Gulf Coast region.
Christian, who took the helm as president and CEO of the Louisiana port on Jan. 1, 2017, said in a phone interview with American Shipper one of her main focuses is the development of an updated long-term master plan for port operations. The last master plan was focused almost entirely on rebuilding infrastructure and relationships with cruise and cargo carriers after Hurricane Katrina.
Although a first draft is not expected until this summer at the earliest and will be subject to change based on market projections and input from industry and the public, the Port NOLA 2025 Master Plan aims to position the port as the "premier Gulf Coast cargo hub," according to information on its website. The primary goals of the plan are to increase operational efficiency and cargo capacity via strategic infrastructure investments, capitalize on the unique geography and history of the New Orleans area, and develop sustainable environmental and economic practices.
Christian said New Orleans is currently in a good position with respect to all three of its primary lines of business: cargo, cruise and a growing industrial real estate portfolio.
With regard to cargo operations, she said the port will focus on boosting both its breakbulk and container operations in the near future.
In the past, container business at New Orleans has been weighted heavily towards exports, so the port is trying to boost the import side, whereas in breakbulk the situation is reversed.
In order to compensate for the container import/export imbalance, the port sources empty containers via its container-on-barge service, which operates between Baton Rouge, La. and New Orleans.
Common container exports from the port include plastics and resins, along with frozen poultry and other meats, and the industry outlook remains positive for both categories, a spokeswoman from the port told American Shipper. On the container import side, coffee is one of the port's biggest commodities.
Major breakbulk imports include iron, steel and natural rubber, but rubber is being increasingly containerized, the spokeswoman said.
According to ocean carrier schedule and capacity database BlueWater Reporting, the Port of New Orleans is frequented by 17 direct region-to-region liner services. Eleven of these services deploy fully cellular containerships, while the remaining six deploy multi-purpose vessels. These figures are likely to change in the near future, however, as the four major carrier alliances become three and restructure their service networks in April.
By comparison, the Port of Houston is called by 41 liner services – 17 fully cellular container services, 16 multi-purpose, four pure car/truck carrier or roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro), two container/ro-ro (ConRo), and two open hatch services—and smaller Gulf Coast neighbor Mobile is called by nine such loops – five fully cellular container services, two multi-purpose and two open hatch.
The largest containerships making regular stops at any of these three ports serve on the 2M Alliance's TA3/NEUATL3, which connects North Europe with the U.S. Southeast and Gulf, as well as Mexico and the Bahamas. The service, which calls the ports of New Orleans and Mobile, but not Houston, has an average vessel capacity of 7,119 TEUs.
Looking ahead, the Port of New Orleans has plans to leverage its connections with all six U.S. Class I railroads to boost cargo service to midwestern cities like Chicago and St. Louis that are home to huge distribution hubs, Christian explained.
To those ends, the Port of New Orleans in February entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Missouri-Illinois Bi-State Development Agency's newly launched public-private partnership, the St. Louis Regional Freightway, to grow trade and strengthen business relationships between the two regions.
"This agreement, and the collaborative partnership it is founded on, will go a long way toward helping coordinate the Port of New Orleans' supply chain with our supply chain and enhancing the St. Louis region's ability to move freight up and down the Mississippi River for the entire nation," St. Louis Regional Freightway Executive Director Mary C. Lamie said.
"We now have a framework to work more closely together to generate new business activity that will help accelerate the present level of economic growth by increasing revenues to the Port of New Orleans and optimizing the St. Louis region's freight network."


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Quantic Dream Announces New Additional Studio
All of which sounds an awful lot like the idea behind Sony's PlayLink.
In an interesting turn of events, Quantic Dream (the studio behind Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and the upcoming Detroit: Become Human) has announced the formation of a new independent game studio called Interior Night.
Interior Night was founded by the lead game designer of Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls, Caroline Marchal, now the founder and creative director of the new studio. Marchal explains that Interior Night is "to attract a mature TV audience" like fans of "Breaking Bad or Fargo but who do not necessarily game."
The studio won't be making TV shows, however, it will be focused on "creating high-quality narrative games." Marshal explains that not only are narrative games "the best genre" but the stories they tell "are universal."
The idea, apparently, is to reach a much boarder audience and push the "boundaries of what people have played so far, in terms of subject matter and gameplay." Interior Night is out to make games "where people can forget about the mechanics and focus on their emotional connection with the characters and the story."
All of which sounds an awful lot like the idea behind Sony's PlayLink, a move towards interactive movies that have absolutely no gameplay, only choices. PlayLink is ever more possible when you consider that other members of this new studio include key developers from both Sony and Quantic Dream.
However if developers from Quantic Dream, and someone so clearly important as Marchal, are moving to a new studio, what is going to happen to Detroit: Become Human? If the development for the game has been affected at all, we might see a far too early release of a half-made game.
Such would be a tragic incident indeed when Quantic Dream has worked so hard on making some of the best narrative games in the history of video games. They had choice affecting an interactive narrative game before Telltale was even an idea.
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Have you ever had a loaded iceburg wedge salad? Growing up, the only lettuce I'd eat was iceburg. As I got older and tried to make better choices, I started going for more nutritious lettuces, like Romaine. Iceburg was still my favorite flavor though. Then there was all that drama about Romaine lettuce killing people. So I ran back to iceburg and haven't looked back since! I don't care if … [Read more...]
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text: NMarsh94 0 Report post Posted February 14, 2013 I'm making a Tic Tac Toe game using a cluster of 9 picture rings to represent X, O, or a blank spot. If I were to be doing a one player game vs the computer, is there a way I could make the computer make a move? I've tried a few things, and none of them worked. If you want to see the VI, which isn't finished nor cleaned up yet, I have it attached. Thanks Tic Tac Toe Game.zip Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Students at the University of Ottawa on Sunday evening rejected a motion by the Student Federation of UOttawa (SFUO) to advance the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement on campus. This was the third such vote in the last six months, all of which failed to reach the two-thirds threshold needed to pass.
"I am pleased to announce that for a third time, the motion was defeated.
Thanks to our partners, and most importantly to our students who demonstrated tremendous fortitude and again mobilized, showing outstanding leadership and character," said Andrea Freedman, the CEO of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa in a message to the Jewish community. "Our students are fighting a difficult battle and they are doing so on behalf of everyone who values dialogue, debate and diversity. Yasher Koach to these amazing students!"
While the university's administration generally refrains from commenting on Student Federation business, the President and Vice-Chancellor President Jacques Frémont on Monday issued a strong denunciation of the BDS campaign.
"This issue is divisive and a detriment to an open and welcoming campus environment," said Frémont. "The University of Ottawa will have no part of the BDS movement nor any movement that boycotts academic institutions."
Freedman expressed deep appreciation to Frémont for issuing this statement and added that the university's support means a great deal for Jewish students.
"Knowing that the university's administration understand the challenges they have faced goes a long way to help them feel safe and included on campus."
President of Hillel Ottawa, Eyal Podolsky, decried the SFUO actions and explained the BDS campaigns have resulted in galvanizing pro-Israeli students.
"This barrage of BDS votes has done two things, it has wasted an incredible amount of the SFUO's resources, and it has also unified and strengthened the pro-Israel and Jewish community on campus. Yasher Koach to my friends and peers who have continued to stand up for what is right," Podolsky said.
Podolsky and other leaders at Hillel Ottawa, with the support of their partners The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), the Chabad Student Network, and Jewish Federation of Ottawa, have been working incredibly hard to inform and mobilize students about these votes, while still holding regular programming. In fact, Hillel hosted a Shabbat dinner for more than 100 students on Friday evening.
The Director of Hillel Ottawa, Dovi Chein, added his gratitude to students:
"We are incredibly grateful to the students who took time away from their studies for the third time this year to fight this discriminatory initiative. Boycotting Israel denigrates the very identity of Jewish students. On this basis alone, no responsible student government should ever endorse BDS and we are hopeful this third rejection settles the matter at uOttawa once and for all."
This vote marks the 11th defeat over the past two years of BDS on Canadian campuses. Similar votes have failed at the University of Toronto, twice, the University of Waterloo, the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and now three times at UOtttawa.


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In the world of sports, winning a championship can have a delayed impact on a team's fan's, especially when the team was not really expected to win: there is a minimum of hype, and then, suddenly, "What? We won?!" For days, there will be unplanned smiles and texts to other sports fans.
I wonder if this is what it was like for the earliest followers of Jesus. His public career was so fast and so hard to understand…at first. The Gospels end and the book of Acts begins with many "surprised by joy" moments as people suddenly realized what Jesus had achieved and as they began to experience the effects of his life, his words and his great triumph. It took these early followers four books (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) just to capture the story of his life and another 23 books and letters to explain what it means.
If you have never stepped back to look at the "big picture" of the New Testament, or if you haven't in a while, here is an overview a friend of mine and I have put. I like to read through a plan like this once in a while (especially over the summer) to remind myself how things fit together and what the whole story of Jesus' life is "all about." And sometimes, just skimming the outline of what he did and said, how his fame and teaching spread, and how he has promised to come back…it can take your breath away!


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The website that we will see backlink of any website, the website name is websiteseochecker,you can search this keyword on Google search engine, you can get the website.Then you will go to the website.After going to the website, you will see many interfaces on the left side.Through this website you can do more than find out the website backlink.You can check the seo of your website.Check your website's spam scores, DA (Domain Authority) and PA (Page Authority) scores.You can find out the age of your website domain.HTML and xml can be used to generate site maps.You can also use any tools you need.
So we have to get and see backlink from any website.You can click on the backlink checker options to find backlinks from any website.After clicking the Backlink Checker option you will see URL paste box.Now you want to paste the URL of the website you want to check backlink to the empty box.Then you will see a captcha, click the Submit button with the Captcha Tick Mark.After clicking on the submit button you will need to signup.When you finish signup, you will see the backlink of the website you have checked.You can see 10 backlinks on the free.You must upgrade to check all your backlinks.
After finding backlink, you can create backlinks on those sidebars.But before creating backlink, one thing must be kept in mind.You must check the website's spam score (SM) on the website that you create a backclink.If spam scores are 1%, then you can create backlinks to your website.If spam scores are more than 1% then you will not create backlinks.This way you can check spam scores before creating your website backlink.And always try to create backlinks on those websites that are more than high DA and PA.
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IDNR Interagency Wildland Fire Crew Assists Firefight in Montana
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IDNR Interagency Wildland Fire Crew Assists Firefight in Montana
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois Wildland Fire Crew, sponsored by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), assisted with wildland firefighting efforts during a recent two-week deployment, battling the Wild 7 fire in Montana.
The Illinois crew on Aug. 2, at the request from the National Interagency Fire Center, joined four other Eastern Region 20-person crews from Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, and Tennessee deployed to Missoula, Montana for dispatch to several large fires in the region, which had been affected by high temperatures, dry fuels, and lightning.
The Illinois crew was sent to the Wild 7 fire inside the 1.1 million-acre Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge in northeast Montana. The refuge is well known for its species of concern, including the largest population big horn sheep outside the Rocky Mountains, as well as grizzly bears, rattlesnakes, prairie elk, cougars, and burrowing owls. The refuge also features critical habitats which support sage and roughed grouse. Additionally, the refuge is on the trail of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (Corps of Discovery) in the early 19th century.
At the Wild 7 fire, Illinois crew members put out hot spots, dropped burning trees, reinforced the fire line, and cold trailed the fire's edge. While the Illinois crew was on site, the fire took several runs on windy days and burned through the refuge's timbered valleys for a total of about 150 acres. Lightening was determined to be the cause.
When the Wild 7 fire was out three days later, the Illinois crew was ordered to the Lolo National Forest near Missoula for initial attack/severity duty. From a base at the Nine Mile Ranger Station in Huson, the Illinois crew, along with several engines, spent 10 days using lightning detection technology to monitor for new fire starts, fuel reductions near residential areas, recording fuel loading, and on fire watch at the Stark lookout tower. The crew was required to maintain "fire ready/initial attack status" and had many calls reported, but no fires were located. The Illinois crew (and the four other Eastern Region crews) returned home on Aug. 17.
The IDNR has been training and sponsoring qualified wildland firefighters since 2004, sending personnel to assist other agencies on fires in Illinois, Minnesota, Georgia, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon. To be a qualified "red carded" entry-level wildland firefighter, individuals must take specific wildland firefighting courses, pass work-capacity tests annually (3-mile walk with a 45-pound vest in less than 45 minutes), and attend an annual fire refresher course. There are approximately 13,000 red-carded wildland firefighters in the U.S.
All deployment expenses for the Illinois crew are reimbursed to the IDNR by the U.S. Forest Service through a long standing agreement known as the Master Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement.
"The ability to deploy staff to wildland fires in other states has provided the people of Illinois and the IDNR with highly qualified and experienced firefighters," said Tom Wilson, IDNR State Forester, who is a member of the crew. "Each firefighter involved in deployments is committed to an attitude of excellence. The fire program has added a huge dimension for individual growth through knowledge, morale, confidence, and integrity. We have all worked very hard managing this program and the IDNR fire crews have consistently achieved recognition from our national fire partners. These highly trained crew members, in turn, assist in wildland fire protection and prescribed fire operations here in Illinois."
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Mephedrone Rehab
Mephedrone rehab treatment enquires have dramatically increased over the course of the year as more information becomes available and the addictive nature of the drug becomes more apparant. Mephedrone (otherwise called "M-cat" or "meow meow") is one of the new wave of "designer drugs," and was sold openly for some time under the guise of "fertiliser" or "bath salts." The colour of mephedrone can be anything from white to yellow, and the drug is a crystalline powder. There hasn't been much formal study into the drug's effects, but first-hand reports have provided drug rehab centres with a basic understanding of it.Mephedrone is usually snorted in the same way as cocaine, but it can also be swallowed, smoked, and even injected. When snorted, the drug seeps in through the nasal tissue and rushes into the bloodstream. This results the effects taking hold faster, but not as quickly as when it's injected. Some users swallow mephedrone in small wraps (called "bombs"), and it can also be bought in pill-form. If the drug is swallowed, it has to be digested and therefore won't take hold as quickly. The most dangerous method of administration is injecting, because it opens users up to infectious diseases and can damage the veins.
The effects of mephedrone are commonly compared to those of MDMA, amphetamines and cocaine. The user feels euphoria, accompanied by talkativeness, confidence and a deeper feeling of "connection" with others. The drug can also cause physical symptoms, such as reduced hunger, nausea, changes in body temperature and vertigo. Psychologically, users can sometimes feel anxious, agitated or paranoid. Users also frequently report increased heartbeat or palpitations when on mephedrone, and this is an area of concern for drug rehab centres.
People with heart problems may be particularly at risk from mephedrone use. Reports of racing or irregular heartbeat and palpitations are common, and indicate that the drug puts stress on the heart. Many users have also reported cold or blue fingers, which is a sign of reduced circulation to the extremities. These symptoms can also be accompanied with hot flushes, muscle tension and blurred vision. The complete mechanism of action for mephedone is unknown, and consequently more research is needed on its risks and effects.
Most of the fully verifiable risks of mephedrone relate to the specific methods of taking the drug. For example, severe nosebleeds have often been reported by users who snort the drug. HIV and hepatitis can be contracted through contaminates needles, and drug rehab centres routinely test for these infections in at-risk patients. Combining mephedrone with other drugs, such as MDMA, can result in overheating, which is a prevalent cause of death amongst the reports.
Although more research needs to be conducted, anecdotal evidence from drug rehab centres indicates that frequent mephedrone use causes psychological dependence and cravings during abstinence. Users build up a tolerance to the drug over time, and their brain simultaneously becomes more dependent on it. Eventually, users graduate to larger and larger doses and thereby compound the addictive effects. "Fiending" is commonly reported, which is when an individual keeps taking mephedrone in one session until they've exhausted their supply. Drug rehab programs tackle this addictive behaviour through counselling, which aims to address the root cause of the person's problem.
If you or a loved one is having trouble with mephedrone addiction, we can help you find the right drug rehab program for your needs. We have a thorough knowledge of the different facilities available and the different treatments offered by each. We can explain the therapeutic models to you and help you decide which is best for your circumstances. Our advice is completely free, so pick up the phone and see what we can do for you! We know addiction affects more than just the individual, and we're here to help.


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Lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic are demanding that Mark Zuckerberg explain how upward of 50 million Facebook profiles ended up in the hands of data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica — which then used the information to help micro-target voters during the 2016 election.
Facebook has been under the spotlight of for months, with its general counsel Colin Stretch testifying before the Senate in November about Russian efforts to use its platform to interfere during the election.
But the scale of this latest data breach — coupled with the recent expose by Channel 4 News, which reported that Cambridge Analytica offered to use entrapment against political opponents — has left British and American lawmakers fed up with Zuckerberg's decision to send his subordinates to answer for the social media giant's failings.
Sen. Amy Kloubuchar (D-MN) is calling on Zuckerberg to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "This is a major breach that must be investigated. It's clear these platforms can't police themselves," she tweeted on Saturday. "Mark Zuckerberg needs to testify before Senate Judiciary."
Her demands were echoed by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) on Monday in an open letter to Zuckerberg. "The troubling reporting on the ease with which Cambridge Analytica was able to exploit Facebook's default privacy settings…raises serious concerns about the role Facebook played in facilitating and permitting the covert collection and misuse of consumer information," he wrote. "Cambridge Analytica was able to use Facebook-developed marketed tools to weaponize detailed psychological profiles against tens of millions of Americans."
With little oversight & no meaningful intervention from @Facebook, Cambridge Analytica was able to use Facebook- developed & marketed tools to weaponize detailed psychological profiles against tens of millions of Americans.
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) March 19, 2018
Wyden then demanded that Zuckerberg answer a series of questions about the breach, including whether Facebook had identified the users impacted and notified then, how many apps it had audited over the last ten years, and why Facebook did not suspend Cambridge Analytica in 2015 when it learned the company has obtained and used the data.
Kloubuchar's and Wyden's calls were backed up by a similar open letter to Zuckerberg from Sens. John Thune (R-SD), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Jerry Moran (R-KS). The three senators — who sit on the Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over data privacy issues — want to establish whether or not Facebook had been transparent with consumers. Sen. Kloubuchar also then joined with Louisiana Republican Sen. John N. Kennedy to ask Zuckerberg to explain how Cambridge Analytica managed to harvest data from Facebook. Sen. Marker Warner (D-VA) called for Zuckerberg to testify in front of the Senate.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic, British lawmakers want Zuckerberg to appear before a Parliamentary Committee to ask how companies acquired data from Facebook. "Your officials' answers have consistently understated this risk, and have been misleading to the Committee," Damian Collins MP said. "It is now time to hear from a senior Facebook executive with the sufficient authority to give an accurate account of this catastrophic failure of process. Given your commitment at the start of the New Year to "fixing" Facebook, I hope this representative will be you."
Official now: UK Commons committee writes to Mark Zuckerberg asking him to get on a plane and front an inquiry in London. pic.twitter.com/VHxd2opClh
— Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) March 20, 2018
But despite the increasing demands for answers from lawmakers — not to mention other issues plaguing the company, like reports of Facebook's stock tanking and a social media campaign encouraging users to delete Facebook — the only thing that can be heard out of 1 Hacker Way is deafening silence. Neither Zuckerberg nor his Chief Operating Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, have made any public statement since the Cambridge Analytica story broke over the weekend.


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Molly in Yellow:
17 comments:
- mulberry station said...
It has been so fun to see Molly colored up in so many ways this past week. She is beautiful in any color. I love your bright summery color scheme. Your papers are perfect! Hope you are doing well. Hugs, Nancy SSW
- May 4, 2012 at 7:07 AM
- Melissa said...
Oh, this is gorgeous!!! These are some of my favorite colors (especially red/turquoise)!! Love the bright, happy patterns! :)
- May 4, 2012 at 8:40 AM
- Unknown said...
What a cheery summery card. Thanks for joining us at Emergency Crafters and good luck with the challenge. Jax
- May 4, 2012 at 9:41 AM
- Sheryl said...
What a bright and cheerful card. Molly is a great stand by isn't she?She is so easy to colour. Thanks for joining us at CRAFT this week. Good Luck.
Sheryl DT xx
- May 4, 2012 at 1:35 PM
Molly is adorable, and your card is so colorful and cheerful. Wonderful coloring, as always!
- May 4, 2012 at 11:53 PM
- paper fun said...
Beautiful card. The lemon is so cheerful and just makes you feel good to see it.
Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Days Away.
- May 5, 2012 at 2:35 AM
- Heide said...
Just the sweetest! Love the bright happy yellow color. Thanks for joining us at Sweet Sketch Wednesdays.
Hugs, Heide SSW-DT
- May 5, 2012 at 5:20 AM
- Linda Anderson said...
Absolutely fabulous Deanne!! Love your coloring of this darling image. Speaking of colors, love, love, love the bright yellows and reds. Absolutely wonderful!! Thanks for joining us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.
- May 5, 2012 at 8:13 AM
- Jeannie said...
Hey Deanne! Love little Miss Molly and all of the pretty yellow twine! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.
Peace & Luv,
- May 5, 2012 at 10:55 AM
- Dee's Craft Room said...
Good Golly Miss Molly, what a fab happy card, it simply oozes sunshine and happiness.
Thank you for sharing your card with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.
- May 5, 2012 at 3:28 PM
- Kathie said...
Hi Deanne, wow don't our Miss Molly's look so different but so so cute. I do love Miss Molly one of my very favourite Stamp Fairy images. Love your wonderful summery bright colours make me feel warm as it's starting to get cold over here about 7c at night and 18c in the day time. Take care hope all is well with you? Great card as usual and thanks for joining us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and good luck.
Kathie SSW-DT
- May 5, 2012 at 4:07 PM
- Sylvia x said...
Your card is just perfect for the buttons challenge at CRAFT challenges this week. Just love the bright colours you have used
Good luck
Sylvia xx
- May 5, 2012 at 4:10 PM
- knitmachinequeen (KMQ) said...
Great colors and coloring. Thanks for joining us this week at Sentimental Sundays. Please join us again soon.
- May 5, 2012 at 9:17 PM
- Patti P. said...
Deanne, what a happy, fun card. I love yellow and your turquoise buttons, so cute!
Love that Molly!
Thanks for sharing at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.
Patti SSW/DT
- May 6, 2012 at 4:25 PM
- Genevieve said...
Hi Deanne! I love your Molly card, she looks fab in yellow. Sweet papers & twine too. Lovely to have you join us this week @ SSW :)
Genevieve DT
- May 7, 2012 at 3:48 PM
- Sharon Basel said...
Wowzer Deanne this is one bright happy card! Love this yellow and the whole combination of colors together! Your buttons with the twine are a wonderful touch as well as the stitching. Great job Deanne. So good to have you here at SSW!
Sharon :)
- May 7, 2012 at 6:22 PM
- Arlana 11426 said...
Oh Deanne I love your colors, paper and sweet image. As always you have a way with those bright colors. :) Have a sweet day!!! Hugs Arlana@SSW!!!
- May 7, 2012 at 11:53 PM


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Marketing: Distinguishing the Wood from the Trees
While it is true to say that once your web site is launched, anyone in the world can come and view it, you still have the problem of letting people know that it exists.
Free Advertising
In the first instance, search engines provide a 'free' form of advertising, as long as they can find the site in the first place. How do search engines find sites? They follow links from other sites that they know about, and that helps them discover where new sites exist. Just because you have registered a domain name, does not mean that search engines will come.
You can manually submit your site to most of the popular search engines, but you can expect it to take anything from a couple of weeks to several months before your site gets a visit from the search engine 'robots' to update their indexes. There are many search engines, and therefore, you site will need to be visited by each in turn.
Leveraging Your Contacts
If you have customers, suppliers, trade groups, discussion forums or even competitors that will provide links from their websites to yours, that is a good way of getting links to your site. This has the advantage that you are being linked from other established web sites which the search engines may already be visiting, and of course, there is human traffic to those sites that will see and hopefully follow the links. It's often advantageous to offer a reciprocal link back to the other sites from your own.
Those are effectively the free forms of marketing for your site. Anything you can do to get people talking about your site will help to promote its short term and possibly long term visibility, depending on the nature of your business. Emailing friends, colleages and the like to tell them about your site will help to drive some initial traffic to your site. Traditional press releases to trade journals is also a potential way of generating traffic.
You Have to be Seen to be Seen
Including your domain name and email addresses on any of your existing literature and correspondance will also help to make people aware of the existence of your site.
The Advertising Budget
Beyond those techniques, you are probably going to need to spend some time and money to get noticed. You can purchase banner adverts of one form or another on related trade sites and discussion forums, or perhaps consider a generic advertising solutions such as Google AdWords or Yahoo! Search Marketing. These sites allow you to place adverts alongside targetted web site searches so the people searching for terms related to your business will have the opportunity to discover your business.
These have the advantage over other advertising mediums in that you can specify exactly the terms to match, and to control the total amount of advertising spend and your position alongside competitors adverts. This can often be an effective way of driving traffic to your website in the period after launch and before the search engines have indexed your content.


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The Spanish Civil War began in 1936 and ended in 1939, and was fought between the Republican government of Spain at the time and the rebels, or Nationalists, who were supported by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. There are many sites in Spain that highlight this conflict, but some are more well-known than others. Whether you are studying for your master of arts in military history or simply a history enthusiast, here are five locations that you simply must visit in Spain.
In the region of Aragon, in the southern part of Spain, there are two places called Belchite. One of them is a small village of around 1,500 people. The other was destroyed during the Civil War and is now an abandoned ghost town. This site has been left intact, just as it was after it was destroyed, to remind everyone that the Civil War had a high cost. The Nationalists had taken the town, and the Republican attempts to retake the village ended in destruction.
The city of Toledo is the home of the Alcazar of Toledo, or the Toledo Fortress. Currently the site of an army museum, during the war there was a siege there. This was between the Nationalists and the Republicans, with the Nationalists eventually triumphing and managing to hold the fortress. The fortress itself was built in the third century, making it a unique site for anyone who is working towards a military history degree.
Ronda is a small city that is between Seville and Malaga, and one that was heavily influenced by the Nationalists by the 1937. It is also a place where many Nationalist sympathizers were killed by the Republicans during a time that was later called the "Red Terror." This is a city that is full of natural beauty, and the possible location of a massacre of Nationalists in 1936, making it a critical place to visit for any student of military history.
Although the capital of Catalan was not actually taken over by the Nationalist forces until early in 1939, it was still controlled by a variety of groups during the war. Some of these groups were anarchist in nature, and there were also many street battles that divided the city. There are no museums for the civil war in Barcelona, but there are tours that highlight the major sites.
Despite the fact that most of the violent conflicts of the Spanish Civil War took place outside of the city, Madrid was the capital of Spain during the war. As a result of this, it was under siege for almost the entity of the war. The city also has a section called Casa de Campo, where the trenches dug by the Republican forces during the civil war can still be seen. In the Museo Reina Sofia, a famous Civil War painting by Picasso is on display. The war ended when the Republicans surrendered, and the Nationalists claimed Madrid.
The Spanish Civil War was a bloody conflict that left many sites and reminders of the war. If you are a student of history, particularly if you are interested in Spanish history, these are five sites that you should not miss a chance to visit.