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Thursday, 27 June 2013
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Quiz results by Caitlin
This is a Quiz graph Me and my Partner (Angel) scored %100.
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Wednesday, 26 June 2013
My Argument Should Homework be made compulsory?
Should Homework be made compulsory in school?
I believe that Homework should be made compulsory in schools because it will help you when you are older and it will help you improve your grades. Homework helps you learn new things.
Homework helps you with moving up Reading and Writing levels. It also helps you when you are sitting an AsTTle test. Homework helps students learn new skills in all subjects like Reading, Writing and Maths. Also it will help you to make big improvements in your learning. If you do your homework you will find sitting tests easy because you will know a lot of information on the subject that your test is on.
Homework builds a partnership with the parents. This gives an opportunity for the parents to get involved in their child's learning. Homework allows parents to help their child with their learning and it lets the parents see what they are studying at school. Some parents do not work so they will be able to help their child with his/her learning.
Homework helps children gain new knowledge at school and home. If some children are not that smart homework will help them to become smarter. When you get a job the information that you learnt at school will come in handy. Also at university it will help you with your studies. Homework is good for your brain as you learn new information.
Overall I think that homework should be compulsory as it boosts children's learning. It has helped me perform well when I sit tests in class.
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Tuesday, 25 June 2013
My Speech by Caitlin
My Speech - Should animals be treated equally with humans
I think that animals should be treated equally with humans because they are living creatures that need looking after. Almost everyday animals like cats and dogs are found in dangerous places because their owners do not feel the need to look after them anymore. Animals are abused nearly everyday and it isn't very nice. There are different kinds of animals like Cows, Bunnies, Guinea Pigs, Polar Bears, Lions, Tigers, Cats and Dogs.
Animals have hearts as well that is why we should treat them equally.
Some dogs don't get dog houses so on cold winter nights they have to sleep outside. Also some cats have loving homes where the owner looks after them and other owners just let their cat walk off and it won't know which way to come back. People treat their animals like they don't care about them. When people get an animal like a dog, cat or a fish it seems exciting at the time but then when they have had them for a long period of time they start to ignore their needs. Humans like us get treated nicely but we are not thinking about the animals and how they feel. No one or thing should be treated that way because it will hurt their feelings
According to dosomething.org 3-4 million dogs and cats are killed every year because shelters are too full and there are not enough people to adopt them. Animals can be found in Zoo's. They get looked after very well and never get treated badly when they are in a Zoo. Animals are given food and water to drink because the zookeepers try their best to keep them alive and healthy. Animals in a zoo get fresh air and they get to see people walking past them.
Animals need to be protected because they do not know what lies ahead. Dangerous things can happen to pets and you may not see them again. They can get run over or even stolen from their homes and family. Some people just think about themselves and nothing else.
Animals all need food and water to survive. A lot of pet owners ignore their pets when they should be looking after their pets. When you buy a family pet you commit to looking after it and giving it all the love it needs to have a good life.
The Royal SPCA assist animals with problems so they can help them when they are dying and need to bring them back to health. The SPCA adopts animals out and takes care of them because they are willing to spend their time looking after a helpless little pet. Most of the animals that you find in the SPCA are usually Cats, Dogs, Birds like parrots and more. They also have Bunnies. The bunnies get all the food and water it needs. SPCA takes the animals out of the cage sometimes to take the animals for a walk because it is important for them to get exercise.
To sum it all up I think that animals should be treated equally because they are really nice to play with and fun to have them as a family pet.
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Monday, 24 June 2013
Maths Whizz results by Caitlin
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My Speech on Animals by Caitlin
Caitlin speech from Joy Paton on Vimeo.
This is my speech about Animals Please leave comments. To view my speech just click the link at the top.
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Thursday, 20 June 2013
Quiz results by Caitlin
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This is a Graph of room 5s Quiz results this week me and my partner (Samantha) scored 100%
This is a Graph of room 5s Quiz results this week me and my partner (Samantha) scored 100%
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Monday, 17 June 2013
My Past and Present Venn Diagram by Caitlin
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My Speech Rubric by Caitlin
The Speech Competition Rubric
Assessor: _latham________________________ Performer: _______________caitlin_____________
Please give honest feedback to your chosen performer. They will work on the feedback you give.
Not using any expression at all in the speech. Sounds like a robot. Does not use the punctuation. Words do not flow
Using some expression for certain parts of the speech. Reverts back in sounding like a robot in some places.
Uses expression in most areas, but not all. Starting to make voice go high and low in certain parts. Starting to get into the role and use punctuation.
Uses expression throughout the speech. Making voice go high and low in all parts.
Opens mouth wide so that words flow.
Loud clear voice
Reads in a very soft voice e.g. whisper. May mumble during speech. Words / sentences are very unclear and may not be understood by the audience.
Projects voice in some parts, but may revert back to soft / mumbling voice. Not all words / sentences may not be understood by the audience.
Projects voice in most parts, but may mumble, or speak softly in 1-2 sentences / words. Most words are understood by the audience.
Projects voice throughout the performance. Voice is loud and clear. Every word / sentence is understood by the audience.
Eye Contact
The performer refers to the speech / cue cards during for the entire contest. No eye contact given to the audience
The performer refers to the speech cue cards for some parts. The performer looks at the audience during some parts of the speech contest.
The reader looks at the audience and gives eye contact to the audience most of the time.
Eye contact is given throughout the contest. The performer gives eye contact to the audience during the entire speech contest.
Knowledge of the speech
Reads directly from the cue cards. Strongly relies off the cue cards during the contest. Does not know speech very well. Loses own place regularly and relies off cue cards.
Knows some parts of the speech, but is still reliant on the cue cards. Follows the text for most parts. Still reliant on cue cards to get through the contest. May lose place.
Knows most parts of the speech off by heart.
Follows the text.
Could easily perform the speech without the cue cards.
Knows the speech off by heart. Memorized the speech.
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Maths Whizz results by Caitlin
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Thursday, 13 June 2013
Drama with Mrs Eeles by Caitlin
This is a picture from Drama. In Drama we are learning how to create a Freeze Frame. In this picture we are in a Freeze Frame about the present. Samantha is the teacher and Fine, Angel and myself played the roll of the students on there netbooks.
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My Quiz Results by Caitlin
This is Room 5s Quiz graph. Me and my partner (Jharda'e) scored 100%
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Tuesday, 11 June 2013
My Scale drawing by Caitlin
This is my scale drawing of my classroom. Miss Paton's desk is opposite the art area. One of the computers is opposite the whiteboard. The netbook cupboard is opposite the bookshelf. Miss Paton's cupboard is diagonally across from the back door.
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Monday, 10 June 2013
My Maths Whizz results by Caitlin
This is my Maths Whizz results. As you can see I have attempted 8 exercises and 7 tests. The time that I have spent on maths whizz is 45 minutes. We have to spend at least 40-60 minutes on Maths Whizz.
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Friday, 7 June 2013
My recount on Des Hunt by Caitlin
One cold winter morning Room 5, Room 7 and Room 8 went to the theatre to see Des Hunt. Des Hunt is New Zealand author who enjoys doing Physics and Chemistry. He lives in the Coromandel penisual with his dog Puku. He use to be a Chemistry and Physics teacher. His mascot is a cat Puffy. He told us that puffy was real but he got ran over at the age of 16. Dez Hunt was born in Palmerston North. Des Hunt described to us what his books were about. I was amazed by all the experiments that he showed us. My favourite was when he poured these chemicals into a jar filled with water then he put a light behind it. It created a mini whirlpool. I enjoyed the Des Hunt visit.
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Thursday, 6 June 2013
My Quiz Graph by Caitlin
This is my Graph on the Quiz we did for Current Events me and my partner (Samantha) scored 100%.
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Tuesday, 4 June 2013
My comment to Mya by Caitlin
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My comment to Room 2 by Caitlin
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My Netball game by Caitlin
Today I had my Netball game at the AMI Netball courts near G.I. My team nearly won but we lost by 2 points the score was 2-4 to the other team. We had to play in the rain. I play GS and GA so I am basically a shooter. Netball is one of my favourite sports,.
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My Maths Whizz results by Caitlin
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Technology Education Timeline by Caitlin
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Monday, 3 June 2013
My results on Maths Whizz by Caitlin
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My Xtra Maths results by Caitlin
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Video Games and PTSD
What is PTSD?
Post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, is among only a few mental disorders that are triggered by a disturbing outside event…[i] such as sexual assault, serious injury or the threat of death.[i] The diagnosis may be given when a group of symptoms…continue for more than a month after the traumatic event. [ii]
How many people does PTSD effect?
1 out of 10 Americans [who experience trauma] the traumatic event causes a cascade of psychological and biological changes… [i] Women are more likely to experience more high impact trauma, and are also more likely to develop PTSD than men. Children are less likely to experience PTSD after trauma than adults, especially if they are under 10 years of age. [ii]
What causes PTSD?
Many Americans experience individual traumatic events ranging from car and airplane accidents to sexual assault and domestic violence. Other experiences, including those associated with natural disasters, such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and tornadoes, affect multiple people simultaneously. Dramatic and tragic events, like the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and wars occur, and with media exposure such as we have today, even people not directly involved might be affected. [i] Alcohol abuse and drug abuse commonly co-occur with PTSD. [ii]
PTSD Facts
- In the United States, 60% of men and 50% of women experience a traumatic event during their lifetimes. Of those, 8% of men and 20% of women may develop PTSD. A higher proportion of people who are raped develop PTSD than those who suffer any other traumatic event. Because women are much more likely to be raped than men (9% versus less than 1%), this helps explain the higher prevalence of PTSD in women than men. [i]
- Some 88% of men and 79% of women with PTSD also have another psychiatric disorder. Nearly half suffer from major depression, 16% from other types of anxiety disorders besides PTSD, and 28% from social phobia. They also are more likely to have risky health behaviors such as alcohol abuse, which affects 52% of men with PTSD and 28% of women, while drug abuse is seen in 35% of men and 27% of women with PTSD. [i]
- More than half of all Vietnam veterans, about 1.7 million, have experienced symptoms of PTSD. Although 60% of war veterans with PTSD have had serious medical problems, only 6% of them have a problem due to injury in combat. [i]
- African Americans, when they are exposed to trauma, are more likely to develop PTSD than whites. [i]
- People who are exposed to the most intense trauma are the most likely to develop PTSD. The higher the degree of exposure to trauma, the more likely you are to develop PTSD. So, if something happens to you more than once or if something occurs to you over a very long period of time, the likelihood of developing PTSD is increased. [i]
- Sometimes, people who have heart attacks, cancer or other serious medical problems that pose a sudden threat to one's physical integrity and produce feelings of horror and helplessness may develop PTSD.[i]
- Refugees (people who have been through war conditions in their native country or fled from conflict) may develop PTSD and often go years without treatment. [i]
- New mothers may develop PTSD after an unusually difficult delivery during childbirth. Also, patients who regain partial consciousness during surgery under general anesthesia may be at risk for developing PTSD. [i]
Symptoms of PTSD
Some of the most common symptoms of PTSD include recurring memories or nightmares of the event(s), sleeplessness, loss of interest, or feeling numb, anger, and irritability.[iv] Those with PTSD may also be experiencing these feeling as well:
- Feeling upset by things that remind you of what happened [iv]
- Having nightmares, vivid memories, or flashbacks of the event that make you feel like it's happening all over again [iv]
- Feeling emotionally cut off from others [iv]
- Feeling numb or losing interest in things you used to care about [iv]
- Becoming depressed [iv]
- Thinking that you are always in danger [iv]
- Feeling anxious, jittery, or irritated [iv]
- Experiencing a sense of panic that something bad is about to happen [iv]
- Having difficulty sleeping [iv]
- Having trouble keeping your mind on one thing [iv]
- Having a hard time relating to and getting along with your spouse, family, or friends [iv]
Treatment of PTSD
1. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) seeks to change the way a trauma victim feels and acts by changing the patterns of thinking or behavior, or both, responsible for negative emotions. CBT has been proven to be an effective treatment for PTSD and is currently considered the standard of care for PTSD by the United States Department of Defense. In CBT, individuals learn to identify thoughts that make them feel afraid or upset and replace them with less distressing thoughts. The goal is to understand how certain thoughts about events cause PTSD-related stress. [ii]
2. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy developed and studied by Francine Shapiro. She had noticed that when she was thinking about disturbing memories herself, her eyes were moving rapidly. When she brought her eye movements under control while thinking, the thoughts were less distressing. [ii]
Interpersonal psychotherapy
Other approaches, particularly involving social supports, may also be important. An open trial of interpersonal psychotherapy reported high rates of remission from PTSD symptoms without using exposure.A current, NIMH-funded trial in New York City is now (and into 2013) comparing interpersonal psychotherapy, prolonged exposure therapy, and relaxation therapy. [ii]
Video Games as a Treatment for Veterans of War
I've read blog posts about how some video games can cause PTSD, which I have found no medical research to prove this claim and of course people are hammering those bloggers with comments about how serious PTSD really is. I have personal experience with Video Games triggering PTSD. My father in law, who was in Vietnam can't be in the same room when a war based game, like "Call of Duty", is being played. However roaming through the internet, I am finding some very interesting research where researchers are using Video Games to help treat PTSD.
"The Office of Naval Research and University of Southern California's futuristic Institute for Creative Technologies combined resources to create the game to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Therapists guide veterans into their most difficult battlefield experience in order to gradually desensitize them.
"Studies are ongoing, but of the initial 20 patients treated with Virtual Iraq/Afghanistan, 16 no longer meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD at post-treatment.
"Imitating aspects of the popular game Full Spectrum Warrior, psychologist 'Skip' Rizzo and his colleagues conceptualized the program that allows veterans to re-live traumatic experiences from their time in theater. Therapists use a touch-screen to add helicopter sounds, change the whether or even waft in the smell of body odor.
"But the two cues that elicit the most intense physiological reactions? Rizzo says heart rates spike at the repeating gunfire of an AK-47 as well as at that most incongruous of battlefield noises: a baby's cry.
"The idea is to reintroduce the trauma-inducing events slowly, until the patient no longer reacts strongly to the stimuli."[iii]
The obvious conclusion seems that by bringing up and reliving painful traumatic experiences those with PTSD are able to deal with them and process all the events that take place. This doesn't come as a surprise to some, this was the natural progression of video game technology as private companies and the military have used video games in training for at least a decade, similar technology being used for tasks such as flight simulators and mock surgery. However, keep in mind that using technology to cure PTSD is still experimental.
What can all this mean? That with the help of modern technology, a psychologist or doctor, those with PTSD may find a cure rather than treatment of symptoms with medication.
If you are suffering with PTSD or know someone who is, it is never too late to seek help. Here are a few links to some pages that may provide you with help:
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/post-traumatic-stress-disorder There are so many links and resources on this page even tips on self-help.
http://ptsdusa.org/ They have a great quiz to see if you may have PTSD.
http://www.azptsd.org/ There are some great self-help tips.
http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/psa.html Articles and more information about PTSD.
http://www.loveourvets.org/ Great site for Vets and Families.
Don't forget that if you are a Veteran you can get help apply for VA Benefits in your state by finding a specialist: http://www.longtermcarelink.net/a7veteransbenefitsspecialist.htm
Written by Valerie Michel Buck
Ghosts of the Battlefield
"In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield" (General Douglas MacArthur). A veteran never forgets the battlefield. Those images haunt them like ghosts, forever present in the back of their minds.
Iraq war veteran Bryan said, "I was having constant flashbacks. The whole time I was awake I was miserable. I couldn't feel any excitement about life. I would just stay in my room all day and drink and drink and drink, and I didn't know why." Many of us today recognize the physical sacrifices our veterans have made but don't always see the emotional.
Back at home, we protest, cry, write letters, and rejoice in reaction to war and the end of it. We feel safe and guarded, and we praise our veterans for the war that has been won and the victory we've all gained from their sacrifice. The war then ends in our history books, but it never ends for our veterans.
It's true that the media today has allowed us to see for ourselves war in its most brutal form, but no amount of technology will allow us at home to live war. Bryan was extremely happy all growing up. He said, "Everybody knew me as just the happiest dude, but [in war] there was a time when there was just no laughing." Bryan said that to cope with all the death and sadness around him he had to go emotionally numb.
Bryan was diagnosed with PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder), a disorder that many veterans acquire when they return home. After running through the jungles of Vietnam for a year or more, dodging bombs and bullets, 'Welcome Home' should have been the best words a Vietnam soldier could've heard. However, being halfway around the world did nothing to fade their memories.
Gene Duwe, after interviewing seventeen Vietnam war veterans, said, "Any time a helicopter flutters overhead, the smell of diesel fuel wafts in the air or the notes of Taps are played, veterans flashback to the jungles of Vietnam." We can never know the thoughts and memories of our beloved veterans, but we can honor them, support them, and help them find hope.
Veterans diagnosed with PTSD may avoid people and isolate themselves while constantly reliving the horrors of the war in their minds. They'll have nightmares, flashbacks, and possibly hallucinations. Though it may not show physically, they've been hurt and wounded from the war. Emotional wounds inflict more of our veterans than physical wounds. Physical wounds we can treat whereas the emotional pains are much harder to cure.
There are many organizations that are there to help our veterans – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: Make the Connection is one such program that helps veterans to know that they are not alone in what they are feeling and that there is help. Rebecca, Bryan's spouse, said, "There is so much more help and understanding than you even realize."
Even greater an influence than these wonderful organizations, are the veterans' close family and friends. Almost everyone knows someone who has served during a time of war – a father, grandfather, brother, sister, friend. We may not understand what they're going through, but because we are not as emotionally damaged as them, we have the opportunity to reach out and help them find hope.
Bryan said, "I forgot that there was good in the world, and every time I saw Rebecca, it brought it back." There is goodness, there is happiness, there is hope here at home for all of our veterans. It is our responsibility as part of their lives to help them see this.
Our veterans have given their time and their service, and they will continue to give. More than honor and support, we must love them. We are their link back to life before war, and we are their vision forward to how good life can be after. They will never forget their moments on the battlefield so let us always remember our veterans.

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Fakultäten » Philosophische Fakultät » Filmwissenschaft, Seminar für » Prof. Dr. Barbara Flückiger » Fornaro Flückiger
|Title / Titel
|AFRESA: Automatic Film Restoration and Digitization System for Archives.
|Abstract (PDF, 14 KB)
|Original title / Originaltitel
|AFRESA: Automatisches Filmrestaurierungs- und Erfassungssystem für Archive.
|Summary / Zusammenfassung
|AFRESA is a joint venture research project, funded by the CTI (the Swiss Confederation's Innovation Promotion Agency), the University of Basel, the University of Zurich, the Zurich University of the Arts and the film technology industry – namely Swiss Effects Film GmbH and Sondor Willy Hungerbühler AG.
AFRESA is developing an integrated system for the digitization, preliminary restoration and automatic registration of archival films. The system will enable small (Swiss) archives to perform low-cost, in-house digitization at high quality. Thus the archives can conduct and monitor the digitization process by themselves. The system consists of a scanner, reconstruction software, and a registration system based on the automatic extraction of metadata. The team has also created a manual for preservation issues and guidelines. Lastly, a tool for visual inspection completes the system.
The tagline of AFRESA is: It has to be simple. The initial technological idea behind AFRESA is the integration of all components necessary for digital film restoration in order to register and catalog existing film material. Currently all the different components – e.g. scanner or restoration software – are available on the market but only independently from each other and cannot be used in a particularly automated way. AFRESA aligns all the elements. It aims at being easy to handle for people working in archives, as well as at being as efficient and as affordable as possible.
Project Partners
The interdisciplinary research of the co-operation partners is divided into the fields of device development, software development and historical research as well as cultural analysis.
The industry partners are responsible for the set-up, adjustment and calibration of the scanner. Sondor, using its experience in the field, has set up a transport mechanism that is suitable for fragile archival film stock. The company has developed an application based on an existing mechanism originating in the audio domain. They will also provide maintenance and service.
Swiss Effects is testing the software with regard to practical matters. They are mapping the scanning alignment with different film stocks. For reasons of time efficiency, the filmstrip constantly moves through the scanner. Very short, non-damaging flashes from LEDs capture single frames. The resolution is > 2K.
The Imaging and Media Lab has specialized for years in the reconstruction of faded color and the repair of other defects in damaged photographs as well as in the digitization of heterogeneous photochemical material. Additionally they are working on solutions for long-term storage. On the basis of the extraordinary achievements of the last decades, the Imaging and Media Lab is now developing the software that facilitates the easy, automated reconstruction of damaged film images. Its algorithms are based on the analysis of the physical and chemical properties of the different film stocks. IML will also develop a database where the reconstructed films are registered and the associated data is recorded and documented. For this purpose IML is working on a method for the automated extraction of inter-titles and texts.
The Institute for Cinema Studies of the University of Zurich is working on the sensitive cultural, ethical and aesthetic issues of the digitization process. The Institute has to ensure that preservation guidelines are respected throughout the entire workflow. For this purpose the researchers are networking with experts in many European countries where huge digitization projects are planned or already in operation to guarantee the interoperability of the system. The film scholars are developing a manual that aims at setting up guidelines for the process. It is important to keep in mind that digitization, which frames the way the films will be seen in the future, is only a snapshot in time related to specific institutional, economic and aesthetic interests. It is deeply linked to the technological state of the art that can change rapidly. Therefore it is crucial to document these surrounding discursive elements by considering the social and cultural contexts of the digitization process.
|Publications / Publikationen
|Franziska Heller, Barbara Flückiger (2010): Zur Wertigkeit von Filmen. Retrodigitalisierung und Filmwissenschaft. In: Montage/av, 19/2, S. 139–152.Franziska Heller, Barbara Flückiger (2010): Commented bibliography and links collection on http://www.zauberklang.ch/links_afresa.htmlWeitere Informationen
|Keywords / Suchbegriffe
|Digitization - Digital Archiving - Film Restoration
|Project leadership and contacts /
Projektleitung und Kontakte
|Other links to external web pages
|Funding source(s) /
Unterstützt durch
|In collaboration with /
In Zusammenarbeit mit
|Duration of Project / Projektdauer
|Oct 2008 to Apr 2011


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There were 1,171 students at Washington Community High School at the end of September, six less than the start of the school year in August.
So says the monthly enrollment report given last week to the District 308 School Board. There were 629 boys and 542 girls in the classrooms at the end of September, compared to 628 boys and 549 girls when school began.
Six students (four girls, two boys) transferred, three (all girls) dropped out and three (all boys) enrolled at the high school between the start of classes and the end of September. There were no expulsions.
Here's the breakdown of the 1,171 students by class: freshmen — 154 boys, 128 girls, total 282; sophomores — 143 boys, 124 girls, total 267; juniors — 148 boys, 133 girls, total 281; and seniors — 184 boys, 157 girls, total 341.
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Indian StartUps Making International News
Bangalore based startup Chimple are making news in India as well as on the International front. They have won 6.5 crore worth prize for entering into the finalist team in XPrize which is a Global leader in implementing and designing innovative ideas to solve the world's most important problems.
The four others are CCI, Kit Kit School, RoboTutors from USA and Onebillion from the UK. Being among
These teams from around the world have worked to develop open-source and scalable software that will enable children in developing countries to teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills within 15 months.
Srikanth Talapadi, the founder of Chimple believes that learning should be exciting and better experience for children. Their company has developed 60 different game solutions that teach children basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills.
The concept of Education startups is rising in terms of expectations and changing preferences of people.The terms of funding have also changed. Educational companies seem to use different methodologies to change the way how tuitions and coaching are delivered to students.
Some of these startups aim to provide better coaching in their chosen subject domain, some help in cracking academic entrance examinations while some others aim to provide various non-academic courses
Let's have a look at some of the other startups in India who have a promising future in the education sector:
- Cuemath
Founder: Manan Khurma
Cuemath is a maths excellence program for students from kindergarten to Class VIII. Instead of memorising formulas, it has puzzle cards, tablets and aids like the Mathbox that consists of a number of learning aids to help students discover concepts better.
- Byju's
Founder: Byju Raveendran
Baiju's aim is to offer training for preparation of different entrance and competitive examinations like CAT, JEE, IAS, GRE, and GMAT. Since then, it had left a mark on the list of suppliers of school curriculum supplemental classes between grades 6 to 12.imelight in September 2016 for making an announcement of raising $50 million from The Chan Zuckerberg initiative (CZI) and Sequoia Capital along with other investors. It has reported earning revenue worth INR 30 crore.
Founder: Mr Pavan Chauhan
Launched in 2009, Meritnation is known for making school studies easy for students up to class XII. It is an online portal for school children and it continues its journey by catering to the learning needs of students in school. Its content is aligned and updated to the curriculum of various state boards, ICSE and CBSE. At Meritnation, users have the option to learn through live video lectures and interactive recorded videos.
It has raised roughly around INR 96.5 crore from different sources. Meritnation is creating an environment for school students with the help of online videos of tutorials, where they can clear their doubts easily.
Meritnation application has been successful in gaining 5 million downloads on play store since its inception.
- CultureAlley
Founder: Nishant Patni and Pranshu Bhandari
CultureAlley has raised $6.15 million from Tiger Global Management after being successfully able to raise seed funding from several individual investors including Google's Rajan Anandan and Sunil Kalra. The HelloEnglish app of CultureAlley, which works offline, is based on a free English course designed exclusively to learn the English language. It not only focuses on reading/writing English but it also focuses on developing a vocabulary of its users. The app also imparts users with 200 lectures in grammar and building conversations.
- Embibe
Founder: Aditi Avasthi
Embibe works on the motto of "Every student deserves personal attention".It is an online portal for test preparation specially designed for engineering entrance examinations. This startup is based in Mumbai and is currently in an expansion mode.
It received $4 million funding from Kalaari Capital and Lightbox Ventures. This fresh capital base will be used to strengthen the base of students and teachers, as well as develop and research more friendly and deep tests to improve the performance of students enrolled.
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Founder: Kushal Bhagia and Kartik Aneja
Nayi Disha engages the pre-schoolers in various learning models. They make different involving educational applications for students all over the world. They build educational games which can be played on the computer for pre-schoolers to promote learning while playing using motion sense technology.
It has been successful in raising Rs 2 crore funding which is proposed to be used by the company to expand operations across the globe, particularly in the Middle East and Singapore.
As of now, they are serving 50 schools across the nation including several schools in metros like Delhi, Bengaluru and non-metros and non-tier I cities like Jaipur and Baroda.They claim to have created 30 children-friendly apps.
- EduKart
Founder: Mr Ishaan Gupta, Mr Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Mr Mayank Gupta
The website is famous for online distance learning. It offers various undergraduate and postgraduate courses for high school students including several degrees, diploma, courses for entrance examinations and certification courses from sundry recognised universities.
This startup is based in Delhi-based. It recently came into limelight for raising $1 million from various ventures including Holostik Group's United Finsec, Yuvraj Singh's YouWeCan Ventures, and much more.
Various stakeholders in the Indian economy are trying to solve the problem of illiteracy. To leverage the same, entrepreneurs from different fields are coming up with their unique ideas to make a mark in the education sector of the economy by introducing more interesting and fruitful measures.
It is a great news that their efforts are being recognised in the international front as well.
The winner of XPrize will receive $1 million. All the best Chimple hope it will be very simple!


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Klein Sun Gallery is pleased to present a discussion, "Collecting and Archiving: the Stories behind Chinese Contemporary Art," featuring Sylvain Levy (dslcollection) and Jane DeBevoise (Asia Art Archive). The program will be moderated by Eli Klein, with an introduction by Beili Wang.
Saturday, May 7, 11AM-12PM
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Sylvain Levy reveals his personal relationships with the artists he collects and the ever-changing landscapes in which they create, while Jane DeBevoise explains the nature of researching and documenting China's contemporary culture at Asia Art Archive.
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This discussion precedes the opening of the exhibition "New voices: a dslcollection story," which features works by nine artists: Chen Wei, Gao Lei, Gao Weigang, Hou Yong, Hu Weiyi, Li Wei, Wang Yuyang, Wang Sishun and Zhao Zhao. Curated by Beili Wang, the exhibition is inspired by the dsl collection, a body of work procured by Sylvain and Dominique Levy that documents the multiple narratives of art and culture in contemporary China. The exhibition is on view from May 7 through June 18, 2016.
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Jane DeBevoise is Chair of the Board of Directors of Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong and New York. Prior to moving to Hong Kong in 2002, Ms. DeBevoise was Deputy Director of the Guggenheim Museum, responsible for museum operations and exhibitions globally. She joined the Museum in 1996 as Project Director of China: 5000 Years, a large-scale exhibition of traditional and modern Chinese art that was presented in 1998 at the Guggenheim museums in New York and Bilbao. Prior to 1996, Ms. DeBevoise was Managing Director at Bankers Trust Company where she worked for 14 years in New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo and London. Ms. DeBevoise has a BA from Tufts University, an MA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD from The University of Hong Kong, all in art history. Ms. DeBevoise was appointed by the Home Affairs Bureau of the Hong Kong Government to the Committee for Museums 2004-2007 and to the Museums Advisory Group for the development of the West Kowloon Cultural District 2006 – 2007. She is a Trustee of Asian Cultural Council.
Sylvain Levy is the co-founder of the dslcollection. It was in 2005 when he and his wife, Dominique Levy, created their private collection of Chinese contemporary art, named the dslcollection.
The collection is open to the wider public through both traditional in-person viewings as well as through digital technology. In 2014, the dslcollection was recognised by Larry's List as one of the top three most visible private collections online. In May 2014, the dslcollection also received the inaugural Asia Prize from The Art Newspaper, which recognizes the most outstanding contributions to the promotion of arts development within Asia.


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text: News Brownlees completely rule WTS Leeds In a historic day for British triathlon, GB triathletes take four out of the top five places at WTS Leeds, including gold and silver Posted: 11 June 2017by Debbie Graham Tweet It's WTS Leeds and 80,000 spectators are out lining the streets hoping to see the Brownlee brothers in winning form in their home city. But could they deliver again on home turf? Without Spaniards Mario Mola and Javier Gomez in the mix their main opposition came from current series leader Fernando Alarza, also from Spain. As expected Richard Varga (SVK) was first out of the swim with Jonny in second and Alistair not far behind. Both had a great transition and were out on the bike leg as part of lead group with two the Frenchmen Pierre Le Corre and Aurelien Raphael. However the chase group, led by Alarza were chasing hard and halfway into the intro lap, when it looked like the leaders would get swallowed up, the Brownlees decided to break and go alone after it was clear the Frenchmen could not go with them. At the end of the intro lap they had a lead of just 6 secs, but by the end of the first city lap the lead had extended to 11secs, and a fantastic second lap saw them double this to 24secs. Over the next five laps they would increase this lead to 01:13 – would this prove enough of a cushion to see them repeat last year's success and take first and second? The answer was an undeniable yes. There was no way these brothers were going to let anyone back into the race for gold and silver, and a one-two finish was soon assured but how would it fall? In the end it was Alistair again who made his famous dominating move with about 2km to go, and from then on the race was his. Behind the Brownless the race was on for third between Great Britain's Adam Bowden and Tom Bishop, and Alarza. Both Brits were looking strong and for a brief time there was hope Britain could make it a clean sweep on the podium, but with 4km to go Alarza made a decisive move and broke away for bronze, leaving Bowden and Bishop to take a fantastic fourth and fifth respectively. A historic day for British triathlon with Great Britain taking four out of the top five places. "It was really special," Alistair told BBC Sport. "You can never expect to win a race and know what is going to happen. "The last few hundred metres leading up to Millennium Square was amazing. I will remember this experience for the rest of my career. "We were riding really hard on the bikes. For the first three laps of the circuit, we were probably riding as hard as we ever have. That took it out of us on the run." Jonny said: "It was a hard way to do that race, to be the two of us from the end of the swim. If I want to beat Alistair, that is not the way to do it. I basically turned it into a long-distance hard man's race and he is a bit harder than me." Brothers go 1-2! @AliBrownleetri and @jonny_brownlee earn gold and silver in front of their hometown crowd! #WTSLeeds pic.twitter.com/RUgApOjxDC — TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) June 11, 2017 Post a comment Daily deals from top retailers 1 comment We'd love you to add a comment! Please login or take half a minute to register as a free member Ian Clark 12/06/2017 at 13:21 Anybody else think the BBC coverage is truly awful? Like Unlike Like this


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What is Parkinson's disease?
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the nervous system. It usually strikes after 60 years of age; and is commoner in men than in women, though occassionally the condition may strike at an earlier age ( of 50 years). The symptoms are mild at first, but aggravate with time. The disorder was discovered by Dr. Parkinson, an English doctor, about 200 years ago.
Some of the early symptoms associated with the condition include,
- Shaking and tremors
- Mild stiffness and pain of the joints
- Stooped posture
- Constipation
- Difficulty while swallowing
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a person with Parkinson's
- Extreme rigidity of the body, known as ' cogwheel' rigidity with trembling of the limbs associated with difficulty in walking
- Constant 'pin-rolling' movements with impassive face, infrequent blinking, expressionless face and drooling
- Obstinate constipation
- Difficulty while swallowing and talking with speech becomes slow and soft
- Slow and shuffling gait
- Incontinence of stool and urine
- Handwriting becomes small and spidery
- Anxiety and depression
- Memory loss
The cells in the basal ganglia of the brain begin to die and stop producing a chemical called dopamine, which transmits impulses from nerve to nerve. An insufficiency of dopamine brings about progressive loss of muscular coordination, tremors and stiffness.
Here are some natural home remedies that can help in the effective management of the symptoms associated with parkinson's disease,
- Flax seed oil: flax seed oil nourishes the nerves and also boosts dopamine levels. 1 tablespoon of flax seed oil is recommended daily.
- Vitamin B6 rich foods: vitamin B6 works towards increasing the production of dopamine in the brain. Vitamin B 6 supplements are advocated by doctors, however, in case you are taking L-dopa; do not take B6 supplements without consulting your doctor, adverse interactions can occur. Food sources for vitamin B6 are: fish, liver, potatoes, bananas and avocadoes.
- Vitamin E rich foods: vitamin E is a potent anti oxidant which wards off damage to the cells of the body, including the dopamine-synthesizing cells in the brain. Experts say, vitamin E supplementation is beneficial for those who haven't yet started conventional therapy. It helps slow down the progression of the disease. Also, include loads of walnuts, almonds, wheat germ and sunflower seeds in your daily diet.
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in treatment of Parkinson's
The most effective treatment regimen for Parkinson's disease is levodopa, which is converted to dopamine in the brain. It helps allay the symptoms to some extent, but, long-term treatment with levodopa leads to disagreeable side effects (shortened response to each dose, involuntary movements and cramps), and its use is delayed until motor impairment become very severe.
It is somewhat difficult to predict how quickly the disorder will progress. The disease by itself is not fatal, and the life expectancy is similar to an individual not having the disease. Secondary complications, such as falling-related injuries, pneumonia and choking may be the cause of death. Nonetheless, with treatment and counseling, it is possible to decrease the intensity of the symptoms and enhance the quality of life.


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First impression: It's like a shopping mall for food, with so many stalls buzzing with hungry, happy customers. Just stepping into the place got me all hungry and I just could not decide where to go first! The spacious food street gets your spirits high with the aroma of all kinds of food hitting you all at once!
Spot 1 – What the Fork!:
This casual dining restaurant, specializing in American and continental cuisine was my first spot in OMR Food Street. The interiors with all the paintings of yummy food and the relatable food quotes on the tables made this restaurant's ambiance interesting!
What I ate – Jamaican Jerk Chicken – as per the chef's recommendation. I am so glad I went with his recommendation! I savored every bit of this perfectly cooked dish. The jerk sauce tasted so perfect and the chicken's soft texture was just right. It was served with crispy, hot French fries and a small portion of rice, which complimented the chicken so well. I wanted to try more from their menu but also wanted to save by space in my tummy for all the yummy dishes that were waiting for me
Spot 2 – Fryos
A small kiosk with a crisp menu! I was in a mood to experiment and so went on to customize my fries. I chose chicken garlic fingers as my base, sauced it up with gouda cheese, honey mustard, sweet onion and chipotle and my choice of toppings were jalapenos and olives. I waited for my order like a student waiting for the exam result to see how well the combination I chose would taste 😀 And when it reached me I was blown by the taste!
Base – Chicken garlic fingers . . Sauces – gouda cheese, honey mustard, sweet onion and chipotle . . Toppings – fresh jalapenos and olives ?? . . Choose from the number of delicious options of bases, sauces and toppings and build your own fries at Fryos, OMR Food Street! Mine tasted über yumm ??❤ . . . #chickengarlicfingers #fryos #thehungrychennaite #myonlinefoodjournal #chennaifoodie #chennaifoodscenes #chennaifoodblogger #foodgram
To go with my fries, I ordered an oreo shake – easy choice right? You see it on the menu, you order it! No questions 😛
Honestly, I was not expecting this to taste as good as the shakes from the N number of new shakes chains that kept opening up in the city in the recent times, because for me Fryoz meant a fries place, nothing more. But I was so wrong! I realized they had used so many oreos so generously, that it made this shake taste so yummy!
Spot 3 – Frozen Bottle
I have been meaning to check this shakes joint for a while now, because of all the social media hype not just in Chennai but also from other cities. With cool ambiance and smiling faces ready to help you choose, the experience I had at this place definitely stands out for me. I first ordered Ferrero Rocher shake and Nutty & Fruitti cold stone ice cream jar. Ferrero rocher shake is a must try if you are a fan of this chocolate! And if you love the taste of berries and peaches you should miss the nutty fruitti ice cream.
Loaded with ferrero rocher, this chocolaty shake will give an instant foodgasm! . . Ferrero Rocher – chocolate indulgence, from Frozen Bottle ? . . #ferrerorochershake #frozenbottle #thehungrychennaite #myonlinefoodjournal #chennaifoodie #chennaifoodscenes #chennaifoodblogger #shakeslove #chocolaty #ferrerorocher #foodgram
Lastly, I ordered Garden Strawberry fruit shake, just to try how fruit based shakes taste (like I told you, I was in a mood to experiment). It felt like biting into fresh strawberry and delightful vanilla ice cream – heavenly!
Stop 4 – Frozen Lips
A kiosk with a number of unique flavored ice creams blended using liquid nitrogen (so nice to watch!). Again, I went for something I would never usually choose – chili guava ice cream. Spicy ice cream – that is what it was! A rich guava flavor with powdered chili sprinkled on it! It was totally new to me and I loved it
Overall, I felt like a kid in Disney land (I guess this is how they feel!). One visit will just not be enough here and one will keep visiting for the variety this place has to offer in terms of the cuisines.


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RSVP – Team Canada World Juniors Selection Camp Invitees Named
The Hockey Writers has you covered with two articles with respect to Team Canada Selection Camp.
1. RSVP – Team Canada World Juniors Selection Camp Invitees Named (via THW)
It's the be all and end all for many hockey fans and media– especially those with a special interest in the young guns of the game. It is a chance for the futures of the game to shine on a world stage, and for viewers to get to see these young athletes compete against many of their top peers.
Preposterous NHL contracts are out the window. Passion. National pride. Youthful enthusiasm. Everything that's right about the game of hockey is portrayed in its finest form at the World Junior Championships.
Today, the countdown to Buffalo unofficially begins as Hockey Canada announced invitees to their December team selection camp.
2. WHL porspect analysyt Kelly Friesen digs deeper into the 17 invitees from the Dub.
*Of course, Brayden Schenn is also at the forefront of Team Canada candidates now that the Kings have sent him back to the WHL to lace 'em up for the Brandon Wheat Kings. (LAKingInsider)


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This is hitting your inbox a little early this week because we're off to focus our attention on the wonderful people in our lives… and treat ourselves to multiple helpings of mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.
It's been a tough year, so heading into Thanksgiving, we're thankful for the chance to spend some quality time with the people we love, while reflecting on all that we do have to be grateful for and how we can do more for others. We're also grateful for the people who use this day as an opportunity to remember and learn from our past, so we can create a better future.
-Alison & Stephanie
1. The decision is in: Trump is not allowed to deny funding to sanctuary cities, thanks to a federal judge's permanent ruling.
2. One day after the Trans Day of Remembrance, a second federal judge ruled against Trump's transgender military ban, and took it a step further by saying the administration can't stop funding military members' surgeries.
3. On the eve of its 300th year, New Orleans elected their first female mayor, Our Revolution candidate LaToya Cantrell.
4. After public outcry, Trump isn't moving forward with his decision to allow hunters to import trophies from the elephants they killed (for now).
5. Thousands marched in DC to demand that the Trump administration and Congress provide better recovery efforts for Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷 💛
6. When a racist British politician refused to retract harmful and false statements about the anti-fascist group Hope Not Hate, the group took him to court with the help of 16,000 supporters—and won. Not only did he take his comments back, but he's also out £100K in legal fees.
7. The editorial and video staff at Vox Media announced they are unionizing. #SolidarityForever
8. Thanks to community support from the Jackson Heights Immigrant Solidarity Network, an undocumented immigrant whose wife has cancer was granted a stay of deportation.
9. In a move to combat gerrymandering in Philadelphia, a federal judge ordered Republican leaders to hand over all communication around their redistricting efforts, to determine if their redrawn maps are unconstitutional.
10. Following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, Charlie Rose was fired from CBS, PBS, and Bloomberg, and journalist Glenn Thrush was suspended from The New York Times.
11. After more than 150,000 people flooded the Federal Election Commission with comments, the FEC will write new rules to disclose the funders behind political ads on social media. #KnowledgeIsPower
12. Back in August, we shared a victory about Appolition, an app that coverts your change into bail money. And now a second app, Bail Bloc, will use cryptocurrency to help bring funding to The Bronx Freedom Fund and the Bail Project. Check out this article to learn more. 👍 #EndCashBail
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On Sunday, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed in Jeddah to begin his three British colonialist created Gulf states, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Qatar in an effort to save the US-Israel-alliance against Syria by lifting Saudi siege on Qatar.
Erdogan was welcomed at Jeddah airport by the Saudi King Salman. Before leaving for Kuwait on Sunday night, Erdogan held separate meetings with Saudi King Salman and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. They discussed Saudi conflict with Qatar, regime change in Syria, Hamas, Hizbullah and Israeli closure of Al-Aqsa compound.
Last month, Saudi 'royals' imposed a siege on tiny but oil/gas rich Persian Gulf pro-US Qatar. Egypt, UAE and Bahrain followed Saudi lead. All four of them are involved in the US-Israeli terror in the region particularly against Syria and Lebanon.
"No one has any interest in prolonging this crisis anymore," said Erdogan at Istanbul Ataturk Airport, before leaving on the two-day trip, accusing "enemies" of seeking to fire up tensions between "brothers" in the region.
Later in June, the four Arab regimes urged Qatar to abide by a 13-point list of demands if it wanted the crippling blockade lifted. The demands included shutting down the Doha-based Al Jazeera TV, scaling back cooperation with Iran and Hamas, closing the Turkish military base in Qatar, and paying an unspecified sum in reparations. Doha rejected the demands calling them Nazi demands during WWII.
Both Erdogan and Iranian president Dr. Hassan Rouhani have called the demand "unreasonable".
On Friday, Qatar's emir called for dialogue to resolve the crisis, saying that any talks most respect national sovereignty. In his first speech since the ties were severed, a defiant Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani described his country as facing an unjust "siege".
The only Middle East state which benefits the most from the Saudi-Qatar rift, is off-course the Zionist entity for the following reasons.
- Both Qatar and Iran support Gaza-ruling Hamas. Hamas political Guru, Khaled Meshaal has maintained and office and residence since he left Damascus four year ago.
- The rise of anti-Iran Donald Trump has also provided an opportunity for the Gulf states to wage war against Iran's regional allies – Syria, Iraq, Hizbullah and Hamas.
- Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and UAE share their fear of the so-called shi'ite Crescent with the Zionist regime.
Saudi 'royals' are more friendly toward enemies of Muslims than fellow Muslims. For example, in 2013 Riyadh gave US$16 billion to Israel to keep American pressure on Iran. Last year, King Salman bestowed country's highest civilian upon Indian prime minister Narendra Modi who supervised the murder of 2000 Muslim civilians as Gujarat state chief minister in 2002.
Riyadh's US-Israeli proxy war on poorest Arab nation of Yemen has killed 7,600 and wounded 42,000 Muslims so far.


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Nothing says "Welcome Y'all" quite like having beautiful Rockers lining your home and a swing hanging at the far end of your porch. Add a few Outdoor accent pillows and you easily have Southern perfection at its finest. As spring approaches, Southerners tend to gravitate to their outdoor living spaces. More specifically, their porches, where for years, families and friends have gathered together to enjoy each other's company. It's also known to be a place that iced tea and good conversations are plentiful. It's hard to imagine any southern porch without its main staples, Rocking Chairs and Porch Swings.
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TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) and Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today TSIC's selection of the DTN-X with Infinera Instant Bandwidth™ delivering 100 Gigabits per second (100G) of optical transport capacity via software control across its North American network…
TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) and Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today TSIC's selection of the DTN-X with Infinera Instant Bandwidth™ delivering 100 Gigabits per second (100G) of optical transport capacity via software control across its North American network. The DTN-X platform enables TSIC to offer its customers up to 100G bandwidth-on-demand and lower its operational costs.
TeliaSonera International Carrier, a leading global IP carrier, operates a wholly owned fiber optic network connecting 200 Points of Presence (PoPs) across Europe, North America and Asia. Customers include content providers and network operators globally for IP, DWDM, Ethernet, voice and specialized mobile services. In North America, its 18,000 km fiber network, reaching 35 PoPs in 23 cities, is the first to deploy the DTN-X with Instant Bandwidth™.
"Infinera's DTN-X with Instant Bandwidth™ gives us a competitive edge enabling significantly shorter customer delivery times for 100G services and allows us to offer one of the most advanced and scalable networks in North America," said Erik Hallberg, President of TeliaSonera International Carrier.
"The selection of the DTN-X with Instant Bandwidth™ from TeliaSonera International Carrier demonstrates the strength of the relationship that began with our DTN in the 10G era and is now entering the 100G era with the DTN-X," said Chris Champion, Infinera Vice President, EMEA sales. "As TSIC continues to grow their business, Instant Bandwidth™ on DTN-X provides a flexible infrastructure, one-click capacity and lower operational costs as they face increasing demands for bandwidth in a more competitive environment."
TeliaSonera International Carrier first selected the Infinera DTN in 2009. In November 2011, TSIC and Infinera performed the world's first terabit trial in California based on DTN-X equipment. In June 2012, TSIC was named Best Global NGN Optical Network at the DWDM Awards in Monaco. The Infinera DTN-X platform, featuring Instant Bandwidth™, is available and shipping to customers.
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My shopping kaki Giddy Tiger wants to know the bestest bargain I ever got for RM10. That's pretty hard for me to do, seeing as how most of my stuff costs more than that. LOL! But, fear not, I have some things that are cheap and good, so I shall oblige.
My personal pick is something that gives me great enjoyment for a long period of time. I picked up this book from Borders' bargain books section and fell in love with it straightaway because I had tried to write something similar when I was younger. And, at exactly RM10, it fits the bill perfectly for this tag. Hehehe.
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Name something you have bought that was worth every penny you spent, and add it to the list below. Feel free to spice it up with a photo or two. The catch is that the amount must not exceed 10 units in whatever currency you are using.
e.g. If you shop in Malaysia, list down something good you've bought for RM10 or less. If you shop in US, list down something you've purchased for RM10 or less.
1. Gorgeous ethnic earrings from Beadszone (3 pairs for RM10) - Kaki Shopping
2. Time Stops For No Mouse (book) from Borders @ RM10 - Rinnah's Marketplace
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Now, who else is a shopping kaki who would indulge me this meme? I pick...
Pink Elle
Simple American
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I love it when you start researching a guest to have them on Join Up Dots, and you see a huge amount of facts on their about page, not least a big square "It all begins with mind-set"
Well todays guest has a history that so many of us will resonate with, as we start on our careers, looking for the ultimate success that we believe is our god given right.
But unfortunately more often than not the big man in the sky, doesn't help us out, and instead we have to go through the hard times before making that decision that it's down to us and nobody else.
Well, our guy today graduated college with a similar tale to so many people coming out of the education system.
He was $80,000 in debt (mostly student loans), had an empty bank account (~$100 at most times), a middle-class mind-set, and lots of ambition, but also stress, fear, lack of confidence, and a lot of uncertainty about what to do with his life.
Sound similar?
Well let's then tell you that whilst working in the corporate world, even with that uncertain start to his working life, he managed to pay off his debt in under 3 years, retire' at the age of 27, travelled around the world (25 countries and counting!), have well into the 6-figures in 3 different accounts, created his own investing algorithm, and started his first side business which led to a gross income of more than $100,000 every year (between salary, bonuses and investments), and here is the kicker….
Most importantly, he found personal freedom, confidence, peace of mind, and ultimately, happiness.
As he says "I don't say any of this to brag (actually, my biggest fear in the world is to come off as a bragger). I say this to show you what you can achieve, and that I've learned some things that work very well."
So how has he managed to find the way to the kind of life that so many people want, but can't truly believe should be theirs to have?
And does he look back at his starting point and ever think….if I could only go back in time with the knowledge I have now…."Wow….what a ride it would be?"
Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, with the one and only Mr Austin Netzley.
Show Highlights
During the show we discussed such weighty topics as:
Why everybody should start focusing in on doing one thing after another, and then do even more until you find the tipping point, and that is how success is built.
How he can now see that his earlier confidence was held back by the vision of himself that he had formed as a much smaller child.
How he can see that even whilst he was an employee in his corporate gig he had already started to take control of his life, and that is how he has created remarkable momentum.
How he can now see his big dot as moving down from Ohio to Texas, even though he knew no one and felt really uncomfortable in doing it, it was the start of everything.
And lastly……..
Why his sister thinks that he lives in a fantasy world, and can't quite see that our guest is making his home in a world of fantasy by the decisions that he has made..
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Superboy 2099 #1
Writer: Tony Thornley
EIC: Lierson Morais
AEIC: Ryan May
My name is Jake Collins. I was a prisoner of the Cadmus Project. To really understand my story, I guess you'll have to hear it from the begining. It's the best place to start.
I've been with the Project since I was six. It's grown from a government project to a corporation. It's horrible. I was taken from my parents because my genestock was excellent for the Project's gene splicing experiments. When my parents resisted, Guardian, the head of the Project's security, killed them. I've hated Guardian ever since.
There's only been two children I've ever seen in the Project that's survived every day of their torture. One is a girl named Kara. She's had the genetic structure of a being called Matrix inserted into her. They say she only has a fraction of Matrix's real power. The other, I see him in the mirror each day.
Every other poor child has died in the Project's splicing
tubes. The treatments are horrible. They throw me into this tube.
Then I feel myself literally shredded while the doctors insert
DNA into my own. So far I've recieved the DNA of three beings to
my knowledge, Kon-El, Bart Allen, and Dubbilex. It's granted me
superpowers. I can run really fast. I can fly. I'm strong. And I
can read people's minds. I can use that same mind-reading power
to create blasts of energy. It's pretty cool, at least, it would
be if the Project wasn't constantly prodding me. I'm always
performing tests for them. It sucks.
Then one day, I broke free...
It was an ordinary day. The docs were giving Kara and me lessons. Worse than any powers tests, but I'd take the lessons over tests any day. For one thing, it was the only time I ever saw Kara. For the past nine years, she's been the light of my life. Then my psi powers kicked in.
'Two of the cryo tubes are being removed tonight,' thought one of the docs. 'Thank goodness. Those stupid cryo tubes have been cluttering space forever.'
'Finally they're being taken to the dumps.' My heart leaped. If Kara and I could replace the failed clones in the cryo tubes, then we'd be home free!
<Kara!> I flashed. We talked telepathicly often. <I
just heard one of the docs say they're getting rid of two of the
cryo tubes. We can escape!> Kara smiled.
<Jake!> she projected back, ecstatic. <That's fantastic!> We sat the rest of the day planning our
escape that night.
That night came and our plan went into action. I removed the clones and put them into our respective beds. The docs would really jump when they find a naked male clone in Kara's bed and naked female clone in mine.
We undressed and I climbed into my cryo tube. Kara set it. The idea was for her to set mine, and then put a time delay on hers. As she was finishing, Guardian and a squad of security men burst into the room. There was enough of a delay set on my cryo tube for me to see Guardian knock her to the ground and the security force to beat her naked body horribly. Just before I was flash frozen, I saw them back away from her, and I could see every detail of her horribly beaten body. I swore I would return for her. Then, it's black.
The next thing I knew I heard a voice say, "Good riddance, you lousy mistake." and I fell into the gene dump outside Mount Kurtiss. I was surrounded by rotting experiments and dead clones. I threw up and then flew into the air. I was free! I knew it was too soon to go back to Kara, so I headed for Metropolis. Halfway there, I realized I was stark naked. I landed outside the city.I found a camp there. Fortunately for me, there was a clothesline with drying clothes hanging on it. I used my speed powers to run into the camp, snatch up an outfit, and get out. About half a kilometer from the camp I took my new clothes, and seperated the moisture from the material with my tactile telekinesis. It's a thrill to do something like that, on such a small scale, almost molecular level.
Wearing these new clothes, I flew into Metropolis.
I'd hate to see what a resident of the twencen Suicide Slum would think of today's Hob's Bay. The slum is the dregs of humanity, a strange mixture of junkies, criminals, genetags, or slobs enhanced by equipment decades behind the Project, cyborgs, and plain old humans, dirt poor, trying to make a living. There's nothing here for me, but the place cries out for a hero. I guess I fit the grade as a superhuman and all. Whispers are spoken about a Superman, a hero reminiscent of the twencen's supreme hero. I didn't believe them.
I arrived in Suicide Slum at daybreak. The sun hadn't quite risen over the horizon, but it was trying. The Lexcorp building loomed in the distance. I landed and the scum scattered in front of me. Not one of them had seen a superhuman with powers like mine before, except in ancient vids. I walked through the streets, and I could hear their minds reach out to me.
'Superman' was the common thought. I shook my head and started to mask myself with my telepathic powers. Then, there was a cry directed at me. I spun, and saw the street gang headed in my direction.
"Hey meta," the group's leader barked. "You're in our turf. And we don't like do-gooders around here."
I slowly began to prime myself for what I knew would be a fistfight. The leader approached me, and drew himself to his full height. I noticed his legs had been fitted with hydraulics to make himself taller.
<I have no fight with you,> I projected, trying to scare him with my telepathy. It didn't work. He punched me, hard. I realized that his entire body had been fitted with hyrdaulics, and cybernetics.
"Oh, Metaboy thinks he's all bad because he got telepathy," the young man said to me. "And you're bad because you're 'borg?" I quipped.
"Yep," the leader said, and tore off his shirt. Underneath was a gleaming skin of steel and flesh.
"The other street gangs call me the Technician, but you can call me Tech. I'm the baddest muddah to grace Metropolis since Mettallo." He spoke Mettallo's name with almost reverence.
Then Tech rushed me. I ran behind him and kidney punched him. He laughed, and I saw that his kidneys were shielded by steel. He spun and ran faster on his hydraulic legs, but he was no match for my speed. As we ran for each other, a plasma blast split the ground in front of us.
A cloaked man lept off the building he had fired from. He landed in the midst of the gang, and hit several with his energized staff. Then he flew for Tech and whacked him solidly in the gut. I could see a torn symbol on his chest underneath his cloak. It was the legendary "S"-shield. Was this man Superman?
"Don't mess with the boy," he said, "He's with me."
"Yessir, Cadmus," quivered Tech. I looked critically at the cloaked man. He didn't look like anything that would come from the Project, but he had taken the Project's name. Tech stood and ran, and his gang followed, calling back threats, and curses.
"Follow me Jake," Cadmus said, taking his hood off. He looked no older than twenty, but his face showed much more experience than that.
"How do you know my name?" I asked.
"Later," Cadmus replied, and strode away. I ran to follow.
Cadmus had a small apartment in Suicide Slum. It was the top floor of an old building. The one room was crowded with equipment, but only one part of the large room seemed inhabited. There was two cots, and a kitchen there. A full bath was right next to it.
"As Tech said, my name is Cadmus," he said. I listened closely. There was something about this man that spoke volumes, but every volume was unreadable, so to speak. Cadmus removed his cloak, hung it on a small hook, and leaned his staff against the wall near the hook.
"I'm sure you have many questions, but first you need sleep," Cadmus continued, "There's your cot." He point to the cot against the far wall.
"Sleep well."
He went to his own cot and removed the tunic adorned with the shield. I reached out to Cadmus with my telepathic powers, but something blocked me.
<No Jake. Sleep first, questions later.> He put on a tunic that was less worn.
"I'll be back later," he said, putting the cloak back on, "Get some sleep. You'll need it." I slept well, surprisingly. By the time I woke up, it was late afternoon. Cadmus was in the kitchen,fixing dinner. He gave me a short glnce and turned back to the frying pan.
"I saved your butt today kid," he said. "I don't even know if I like you yet."
"Who are you, and how did you know my name?" I
"I'm Cadmus," he said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "And you can't hide your identity from the most powerful psychic mind on the planet." He drained the grease from the meat he was cooking and continued.
"I'm one of those reminants from the Age of Heroes," he said. "One of the few that survived the Dawn. I was a general in those wars. It was brutal. In the end, few major heroes survived, except myself. Then the Enforcers came. They were hunted down, but I escpaed." I sat and listened. I very much doubted that the story he was telling me was truthful, but it would explain the demise of heroes in the early twenty-first. Cadmus took two plates from his exposed shelf. He set one in front of me, and one for himself.
"You don't believe me?"
"Nope," I said, "Sorta hard to, Cadmus. After all, you're named after my most hated enemy, the Project." Then I thought of the Project and one person there in particular. Kara. Guardian had probably locked her up in the max sec part of the project without giving her the dignity of clothing, or any food. I could just imagine her broken naked body cowering in the cell, hungry and bruised. She was scared, and she wanted me to save her. I knew it. I was her hero.
"If the Guardian of today was anything like the Guardian I knew," Cadmus said, breaking into my thoughts, "he wouldn't treat a lady anything close to what you're thinking of, especially a girl Kara's age."
"Stop that please," I grunted. Cadmus laughed.
"Sorry. The past comes back to me at the worst times. Tell you what. I'll scan the Project and find Kara, see how she's doing."
"But the Project has the best psi deflecting equipment on the planet," I argued, "They've used it on me before."
"Like I said, I'm the most powerful psychic mind on the planet," Cadmus said, dismissing my pessimism, "You think a computer generated electric thingy can stop me?" He slapped a piece of meat on my plate, followed by a green vegetable.
"What is this?" I asked.
"Wild pork," Cadmus explained. "They're abundant in the sewers. Best flavor on the planet." I passed over the meat.
"And the greens?" I said, poking them with my fork.
"A hybrid of cabbage, lettuce, broccoli and spinach," Cadmus said around his food, "I breed it myself. Tastes good if you put enough salt on it."
"I see." It couldn't be that bad, I thought. I added salt to the greens and to the meat for good measure. Then I dug in. I must admit, Cadmus is a good cook. We ate in silence for several minutes until Cadmus cleared his throat.
"Jake," he said, "You're going to be Superboy." I nearly choked on my second helping of the pork.
"What do you mean 'Superboy'?" I gagged.
"Just what I said," Cadmus replied, "Your speed alone could make you a Flash or at least an Impluse. But I know you can fly, and I felt your psi powers. All you need is m- I mean- a tactile telekinetic power, or some enhanced strength. And I have the feeling you have both of those powers." I nodded.
"Good. Your training begins in the morning. Get a good
night's sleep Jake, you'll need it tomorrow."
"But I just woke up!" I protested. Cadmus just raised his eyebrow.
I spent about half the night awake, staring at the ceiling. Kara was on my mind, as was the Project and Cadmus. I'd been away from the Project for twenty-four hours now. I was liking freedom, but Cadmus was crazy. He seemed to speak like an old man, but he was no more than a few years older that himself. My mind started to wander. I could feel myself start to reach out of my own head. I reached out to Mount Kurtis. I found the max sec. I found Kara. I was right about what Guardian had done. I stood watching her, huddling in the corner, scared, cold and alone. Then the door whoosed open. I saw Guardian enter the room. He had a strange look on his face.
"Kara, you have been a bad girl," he said, "I'll have to do something about it." He walked over to her and picked her up. He held her close to him. She screamed. I found myself screaming as well. Guardian was taking advantage of my Kara. I watched, completely unable to tear myself away. My rage boiled. When I freed Kara, I would kill Guardian. It was that simple. The Guardian wrote his own death sentence when he decided to take advantage of Kara. I found myself back in my cot, Cadmus over me.
"I saw it too Jake." There was a determined look in
his eyes, "People like him are the reason you must become
Superboy, why you must don the shield, why you must become part
of the legacy!" The knowledge of the evil that Guardian
truly was passed unspoken between us.
"I will become Superboy," I said to Cadmus, "I will save Kara. And I will kill Guardian."
"Not if I get to him first."
To be continued...


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In April 2012, Antony Bourdain toured Croatia's Istria and Dalmatia regions and literally got knocked off his feet as he is treated to the finest Mediterranean cuisine and wines.
"Why are the wines so good here?" asks Antony Bourdain while tasting Alen Bibić's red blend R6.
"Is this a restaurant?" he asks later after being served a delicate scallops dish topped with goat cheese paired with BIBICh R5. "What's going on here, really?"
After the meal, he will thank Alen's wife Vesna, a trained chef, on his knees for this impromptu meal "of epic quality accompanied by equally epic wines."
Let's raise a glass of BIBICh wines in memory of Tony. Here is a moving homage from our friend and New York based sommelier and Wines of Croatia founder Cliff Rames:
And also from our friend wine writer and Founder – Writing Between the Vines Marcy Gordon:
The sun sets on another day—let's seize the moment while we can. Pay the debt with Debit. Pouring one for Mr. Bourdain tonight—cheers to the explorers who seek out great adventure and wine in life. I love the many expressions of Debit, an indigenous grape of Croatia. Alen Bibić knows how to coax out the beauty and flavor to its full potential. #debit #croatia #bibich #lučica #winesofcroatia #bibichwine #bluedanubewine #fffaf #wine
Relive Croatia With Tony with no reservations.


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Hair grows fast and the more you shave it the more it grows, in the early man, it is said that they were completely almost completely covered with hair. Hair grows in various parts of the body, and some people do not like the hair hence they opt for various methods on how to permanently remove it and most of all how get the pubic hair permanently removed. Pubic hair grows at an alarming rate, and if one does not find a solution on how to curb or control the growth it can lead to severe health issues plus fungal growth in the private areas.
There are various ways of removing pubic permanently hair some are natural while others will involve chemicals on a visit to the doctor. Permanent hair removal is not a simple thing to perform as it is quite expensive and the probability that some of the ways people opt to remove it are not effective as it will grow back after a while. The following are ways of how to get the pubic hair permanently removed from the sensitive area.
This method uses an electric current and is considered as the best solution on how to get the pubic hair removed on a more permanent situation as it is effective in permanent removal and is the only method approved by the FDA and it is better than laser removal as it does not support a particular hair or skin color to get the desired results. The process damages the hair follicles which in turn reduce further hair growth in the pubic area.
Oral medicine
The method also has answers on how to get the ever growing pubic hair removed on permanent terms as it involves oral medication. This medicine will help you in effective permanent hair removal and as well as prevent the re-growth of the hair. When one opts for this method, they should know that some of these oral medicines have side effects, so it is wise for one to consult a doctor before using the oral medicine to remove the pubic hair permanently.
Removal by laser
This is also another method of how to get pubic hair removed completely. In this case, this is almost similar to electrolysis. The difference is that it uses light energy instead of electric current. The pulsed light is used to disable the hair follicle which helps in the growth of hair, it works better on hair which is dark combined with light skin hair will absorb most of light and reduces chances of skin infection, dark skin will absorb too much light and can cause skin infection, and it will take longer plus it is difficult, as hair is concerned coarse hairs is best and blond or red hair worse.
Depilatories/ hair removal creams
This is also a solution on how to completely remove pubic hair as it uses a strong alkaline product which will break down the hair follicle so as it can be wiped off easily. It is better than shaving as it does not create a sharp tip like when a razor is used. More so, it will remove the hair temporarily permanent, but it is only for a short while. One needs to be careful when using the cream as some of them contain harsh chemicals that can burn so read the label carefully for any side effects and also consult your doctor before using one as the pubic are sensitive.
Use of flash lamps
It is more similar to laser removal only that it uses a specific light of a particular wavelength. This method of permanent hair removal is also driven by hair color as it is effective on dark hair than blonde or red hair. This method needs to be performed by a profession as a wrong wavelength setting can damage the skin severely. This method is important to note when looking for ways on how to get rid of the pubic hair on a more permanent basis.
Most people prefer this method to shaving as it takes some time before the hair come back and less inexpensive as compared to other methods like laser hair removal. It is painful, but in the end, it gives the wanted results and when done over a long period it causes hair growth to diminish. It can be performed at home using the right tools or one can seek a professional.


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