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By: The News Staff of Georgia Weekly Post
On Sunday, June 26, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta (Advancing Justice – Atlanta) will hold a free immigration legal clinic in Macon, Georgia, offering multilingual assistance with naturalization and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applications. The event will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Macon Korean Baptist Church (4521 Chapel Hill Dr., Macon, GA 31206).
The clinic will kick off the 2016 Asian Civic Tour (ACT), Advancing Justice – Atlanta's new civic engagement initiative. The tour aims to bring legal services and outreach events directly to the communities with the greatest need, helping AAPIs outside metro Atlanta apply for citizenship, DACA as well as assist individuals to register to vote. According to Advancing Justice – Atlanta, about 100,000 AAPIs live outside the metro Atlanta area.
"Our research shows that of 2,600 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) living in Macon, only about 1,000 are registered to vote, and only about 300 of those voted in the last presidential election," said Stephanie Cho, Executive Director of Advancing Justice – Atlanta. "We need to close these gaps in two ways: by increasing access to naturalization and voter registration and by showing people how important it is to be civically engaged."
Advancing Justice – Atlanta's staff includes attorneys and BIA-accredited representatives who speak English, Korean, Urdu, Tagalog, Mandarin, and Spanish. The Macon Clinic will offer free assistance with citizenship applications, DACA applications, and DACA renewals. Advancing Justice - Atlanta will also present a workshop on the importance of becoming naturalized and assisting individuals to register to vote.
The Asian Civic Tour will visit Augusta, Columbus, McDonough, Savannah and Metro Atlanta later in the summer.


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Borrowed Spoons by Heather Moore
Heather Moore (aka Skinny Laminx) wrote to me today (thanks, Heather!) about a new line of tea towels in her shop called Borrowed Spoons. But this pattern has a story, a story about how fellow bloggers inspired this designer. Another reason why blogs that write about the same thing from time to time is not such a bad thing, it can actually stimulate creativity!
"It?s a kind of collaboration with some other bloggers, all fed by the spoon craze that rippled through the blogs a little while ago", Heather continues, "Lisa Congdon, Lena Corwin and Kelly Cooper all took pics of their spoons, which I then used as inspiration (with their permission) along with my own to make this design." Heather also mentioned that she'll be donating a dollar from each online sale to a local schools feeding association.
(images from heather moore)

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This week, Phil Shannon from Green Flash will be walking you through Alpine's line of beers being brewed at the Green Flash facility. Tasting includes: Alpine Ale American Pale, Duet IPA, Nelson IPA, Hoppy Birthday American Pale, and Captain Stout. The Alpine line will be available on tap for samplings and growler fills!
To read more about the Green Flash & Alpine partnership, check out this article from the San Diego Union-Tribune.


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Tusker – a winner again!
Tusker, the Car Benefit People, has been recognised in the car leasing industry once again for its commitment to customer service. Having previously been awarded the Fleet World Honours 'Innovation in Customer Service award' in 2015, Tusker has again been awarded this accolade in 2017, in recognition of its customer-focused and internal training processes.
The judges praised Tusker for continuing to respond to the requirements of its customers with the restructuring of its internal teams, together with the implementation of new processes in order to better meet its needs. Teams are now divided to respond to corporate customer calls, and a new phone system automatically reroutes calls to the correct team. This has minimised call waiting times for customers and has improved call management considerably.
Brake offers free online training on managing road risk and vehicle maintenance
Brake, the road safety charity, is running a free webinar for fleet and road safety professionals about the steps your organisation needs to take to successfully manage your occupational road risk.
This crucial webinar will provide best practice guidance for companies with their own fleets, and those with employees who use their own cars for work, and to commute.
The webinar will be delivered by Brake Professional, Brake's low-cost membership service for professionals working in the field of fleet safety. Brake Professional shares training, tools, and guidance on global fleet safety best practice with its members, as well as networking and development opportunities. Find out more about Brake Professional.
Brake's latest webinar, Managing road risk and promoting sustainability for car fleets, will cover topics including best practice policies and procedures relating to buying, leasing and maintaining vehicles, monitoring and assessing employees who drive cars, and enabling public transport and active travel.
A case study will be presented by an organisation that has successfully taken steps to manage their occupational road risk and reduce their use of cars. Additionally, industry specialists will discuss the importance of having robust risk management policies in place.
The webinar takes place on Wednesday, 15 March 2017. Attendance is free. To register email firstname.lastname@example.com or book online.
The Freight Transport Association (FTA), the leading membership association for the freight and logistics industry, has extended its commitment to reducing the sector's carbon emissions with the launch of the Logistics Carbon Reduction Scheme (LCRS) Leadership in Carbon Reduction award, sponsored by Bridgestone.
The award will recognise companies which are making increased fuel efficiency and carbon emissions reduction a priority within their fleet operation. Operators which are adopting improved operational and technological measures are urged to apply for the award, and receive recognition for their efforts.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has strengthened its fleet team with the appointment of Matt Belsom as the new area fleet manager for London and the South East.
Joining the brand from worldwide contact lens manufacturer CooperVision, where he spent nearly three years as a senior business development manager, Belsom will be responsible for securing new fleet accounts and continuing to build upon Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles' success within the South East region. Belsom reports directly to the brand's national fleet manager, Tracey Perry.
Public sector van fleets need to look carefully at the impact of Euro 6 emissions requirements on payloads before replacing older vehicles.
Arval, a leading vehicle leasing and fleet management company, says that there can easily be a 40-50kg penalty on a 3500kg vehicle meeting Euro 6 over Euro 5 thanks to the additional equipment fitted by the manufacturer to meet the recently-introduced emission legislation.
Winton to exhibit flexible range of lightweight on-vehicle power solutions at the Commercial Vehicle Show
At this year's Commercial Vehicle show, Winton (stand 5H80) will be showcasing its broad range of on-vehicle power solutions (OVP), including the updated underfloor drive line power take-off (DLPTO) system, the under-bonnet engine mounted front wheel drive (FWD) system and a lightweight RWD engine mounted system, all designed for compatibility with Euro 6 vehicles.
On-vehicle power is the fuel-efficient, low-noise and convenient alternative to transporting separate compressors and generators from site to site. Systems can provide mobile compressed air and electric power whilst delivering improved vehicle utilisation and lower exhaust emissions, with a model available to suit each type of commercial vehicle and business. Other OVP options that can be supplied by Winton include hydraulic power or high pressure water jetting.
Brake, the road safety charity, is running a free webinar for fleet and road safety professionals about the steps your organisation needs to take to successfully manage your occupational road risk.
This crucial webinar will provide best practice guidance for companies with their own fleets, and those with employees who use their own cars for work, and to commute.
The webinar will be delivered by Brake Professional, Brake's low-cost membership service for professionals working in the field of fleet safety. Brake Professional shares training, tools, and guidance on global fleet safety best practice with its members, as well as networking and development opportunities. Find out more about Brake Professional.
Waitrose launches Europe's first fleet of renewable biomethane CNG-fuelled trucks with game-changing 500-mile range
CNG Fuels, the supplier of renewable biomethane fuel, and Waitrose, today announced that the supermarket group has introduced Europe's most advanced fleet of CNG (compressed natural gas)-powered trucks with a range of up to 500 miles.
They will use game-changing technology developed jointly with Scania and Agility Fuel Solutions, the leading CNG fuel systems and cylinders company in North America. This will help overcome concerns about the distance that CNG-powered lorries are able to cover before refuelling. It also makes it easier for fleet operators to switch to renewable biomethane CNG, the most cost-effective and lowest carbon alternative to diesel for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).
The new and improved National Refuse Championships are returning and taking place at Weston-super-Mare seafront on Saturday 10 June!
Formerly known as the World Refuse Championships, this exciting charity event last took place in 1995, and involves 32 teams and 160 participants competing in a relay race of strength, fitness and endurance. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Alzheimer's Society.
The idea to revive the event belongs to Spencer Law, Managing Director of Refuse Vehicle Solutions Ltd (RVS): "I was talking to some colleagues from my days at Jack Allen, who was one of the founders of the original event, and we agreed it was a real highlight. I thought it could be a great way to raise money for Alzheimer's Society. The feedback from people in the industry so far has been fantastic. There is a tradition of waste management exhibitions and events in the South West, and we want to keep that going."
Fleet Managers and industry leaders hold 'Driving for Work Summit' ahead of new Government-backed safety campaign
Fleet chiefs and industry associations along with the Department for Transport, Highways England and insurance company representatives have held a 'Driving for Work Summit' to further accelerate the take-up of initiatives by employers to reduce work-related road collisions.
The Summit, hosted by the team behind the Driving for Better Business (DfBB) campaign which aids the Department for Transport's ambition to support and promote good practice in safer fleet management and occupational road safety, was the forerunner to a major new work-related road safety initiative scheduled for launch in the spring.
How a new mast and lighting system is helping to protect vulnerable highway workers
Woodway Engineering, a major emergency services' provider and Acklea, a traffic management vehicle specialist, have joined forces to develop an illumination system to help protect vulnerable road side workers.
Both companies understand the hazards faced by workers who operate in demanding road situations, on busy motorways, at night time and in poor weather conditions. The mast and lighting system is designed to illuminate the operator's working area providing a safe working environment and is helping to improve the efficiency of road side vehicles; this system has also received the approval of Highways England.
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Dec 22, 2018 · MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency teams struggled Saturday to reach nine construction workers trapped inside a burning potash mine in the Perm region near the Ural Mountains. Officials said the fire erupted Saturday when 17 workers were inside the mine in Solikamsk, which is located 1,200 kilometers (740 miles) east of Moscow.Chat with sales
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Nov 30, 2016 · For the past five years, Russia's been building walls around its web and packing it with tech oligarchs, startup cities, face-finding algorithms, hacker hunters, and, of course, a few bears.Chat with sales
The Russian And CIS Metal Mining Summit, organized by the Adam Smith Conferences will take place from 22nd May to 23rd May 2018 at the Moscow Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow, Russia.Chat with sales
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4 days ago · In this video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television via AP television, Russian rescue team wait for a elevator to go down into the mine potash mine in Solikamsk, the Perm region near the Ural .Chat with sales
Interfax, a Russian news agency, reported that authorities apprehended multiple employees of a Russian nuclear facility following an attempt to use a supercomputer to mine cryptocurrency.Chat with sales
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Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine. Does Norilsk Nickel deserve to be Russia's environmental gold standard? Norilsk Nickel, the giant Northern Siberian nickel producer and historically one of the country's biggest polluters, won a prestigious environmental nod from the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs for closing down one of its most infamously .Chat with sales
On a monthly basis, industrial production grew a modest 0.2%, slightly below August's 0.3% expansion. Russia Industrial Production Forecast. The FocusEconomics panel of analysts expects industrial output to expand 2.5% next year, which is unchanged from last month's forecast. For 2020, the panel expects industrial production to increase 2.1%.Chat with sales
Industrial Pollution, The Kola Mining and Metallurgy Combine. Northwest Russia polluter posts impressive cuts in harmful emissions. In a surprising development, the Kola Mining and Metallurgy Company –which for decades has stubbornly fouled air over Northwest Russia and Scandinavia – last year reduced its emissions of harmful sulfur dioxide by more than 20 percent.Chat with sales
Incidentally, Russia, which sells 49% of coal used at Germany energy plants, is the biggest importer. For decades this industry played a key role in the country's history, fueling its economic recovery after World War Two, but grew unprofitable by the end of .Chat with sales
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4 days ago · This video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television shows a view of the potash mine in Solikamsk, the Perm region near the Ural Mountains, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018.Chat with sales
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World War 3: Russia moves missile warship into Azov Sea ready for showdown. A RUSSIAN missile frigate is moving in the direction of the Azov Sea from Crimea amid World War 3 tensions between Moscow and Ukraine.Chat with sales
Located about 400 km away from the sea port of Magadan in the Far East of Russia, Natalka is one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in the world. The mine is expected to have the processing capacity of 10 mln tonnes of ore and approximately 500 thousand ounces of gold production annually at the launch of its operations.Chat with sales
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"Uchalinsky Mining and processing plant. Subsurface reworking of Uchalinskoe deposit". Positive conclusion of the Federal Autonomous Institution General Board of State Expert Review of Russia (Glavgosexpertiza) for the project " Uchalinsky Mining and processing plant" JSC, productivity of subsurface mine 1.15 Mtpa of ore;Chat with sales
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Living on the Edge
I'm working on a project for a pair of empty nesters. They've sold the home in which they raised their children and are now embarking on a new phase of life. Their primary residence will be a three-bedroom condominium and they'll have a lake-side mountain retreat for weekends and vacations.
The wife of the pair confessed to me that she never really liked the design of the original home. Although she had grand ideas for it, she never felt that it reflected her style. To avoid making the same mistake twice, she wants to make sure that the new apartment is a reflection of her tastes and personality. One hitch, though, is that she's never really developed a design vocabulary. She can only describe her style by looking at pictures and saying whether something appeals to her or not. (Actually, she is more graphic in her descriptions: when she truly hates something, she says it makes her cry.) So my job has been to interpret her likes and dislikes to better hone what her true style preference is. (Hard to believe there are people who think being a designer is easy!)
I hit a home run with one suggestion. The apartment has a pass-through from the kitchen to the dining room. We've decided to keep the pass-through but want it to look less like a breakfast bar. The original surface material was laminate. Rather than upgrade to stone, I suggested reclaimed wood with a raw edge. The idea of using something raw and organic made perfect sense to my client who doesn't want "kitchen in a box" (her words).
Whether called raw edge, live edge or natural edge--wood furnishings with their original edges intact are becoming more mainstream. The great wood craftsman, George Nakashima, introduced a reverence for wood furniture in its natural form to Americans in the mid-twentieth century. Perhaps our growing environmental consciousness is cultivating the current demand, as well as generating a greater supply of wood that might previously have gone to the trash heap. Either way, raw edge furniture is more prevalent and suits more furnishing styles than when it first appeared.
Nakashima Minguren II Dining Table
The fact that each piece is one-of-a-kind and bears characteristics bestowed only by nature sets these pieces apart from all others. Using wood in its natural state adds an element of the outside world to man-made surroundings and ameliorates the hard edges and angles that we've come to expect. These pieces are also ideal for adding contrast and texture to interiors.
Sofa Entry Table in Highly Figured Maple by Ray Bachand of 60nobscot
Live Edge Walnut Slab Coffee Table on Metal Base by Rotsen Furniture


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In 1978, a construction crew breaking ground for a rec center found something completely unexpected buried under ice and debris in an old mining town in the Yukon: a cache of lost nitrate films from 1910s and 20s Hollywood.
Gold was discovered in Dawson City in 1896, leading to a gold rush that caused the town's population to boom. Dawson City became the end of a film distribution line that sent prints of films and newsreels to the Yukon. More often than not, the films were never returned, and many of them were thought lost forever.
As the first trailer shows ahead of a release next month, Bill Morrison's documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time digs into the story of the lost films, telling the story almost entirely through clips from the re-discovered films, as well as archival footage, interviews, historical photographs, all set to score by Sigur Rós collaborator and composer Alex Somers.
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This meditation on cinema's past from Decasia director Bill Morrison pieces together the bizarre true history of a long-lost collection of 533 nitrate film prints from the early 1900s. Discovered buried under the permafrost in a former Canadian Gold Rush town, their story conjures the forgotten ties between the fledgling film industry and Manifest Destiny in North America.
Located about 350 miles south of the Arctic Circle, Dawson City was settled in 1896—the same year large-scale cinema projectors were invented—and became the center of the Klondike Gold Rush that brought 100,000 prospectors to the area. Soon after, the city became the final stop for a distribution chain that sent prints and newsreels to the Yukon. The films were seldom, if ever, returned. By the late 1920s, over 500,000 feet of film had accumulated in the basement of the local library. Much of it was eventually moved to the town's hockey rink, where it was stacked and covered with boards and a layer of earth. The now-famous Dawson City Collection was uncovered in 1978 when a new recreation center was being built and a bulldozer working its way through a parking lot dug up a horde of film cans.
Morrison draws on these permafrost-protected, rare silent films and newsreels, pairing them with archival footage, interviews, historical photographs, and an enigmatic score by Sigur Rós collaborator and composer Alex Somers. Dawson City: Frozen Time depicts the unique history of this Canadian Gold Rush town by chronicling the life cycle of a singular film collection through its exile, burial, rediscovery, and salvation.
Dawson City: Frozen Time opens June 9 at IFC Center in New York and June 16 at the Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles before expanding to more cities.
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Meshell Ndegeocello
Wednesday 29th May 2019
8.00pm - The Studio
Tickets €27
The guardian
… a timeless, lustrous take on 90s R&B… As reworkings go, these are bold offerings – creative, unpredictable and rich with Ndegeocello's sensual contralto. There is intention here, a subtle, transformative magic
Please note, this concert, scheduled to take place on the Main Stage will now take place in the more intimate surrounds of The Studio at NCH.
There are albums dedicated to personal pain, or political protest, love, death, nostalgia, rage. There are those that are simply fun, glossy, the soundtrack to a good time. Some are exploratory, a musical journey, shapeshifting soundmaking, a new way to do an old thing. An artist can make a choice about concept and content, or heed a vision, follow their muse or their manager. But in times so extreme and overwhelming, when there is no known expression for the feeling, no satisfactory direction for art or action, then they might take refuge in a process, a ritual, something familiar, the shape and sound of which recall another time altogether, so that they can weather the present long enough to call it the past. Some albums are testimony, some confessions, and some are escape.
"Ventriloquism" , the latest album from Meshell Ndegeocello, is a place, like its process, to take refuge from one storm too many.
Presented by NCH
Supported by The Irish Times
Musically, Ventriloquism has the hallmarks of all of Ndegeocello's work, lush and investigative, subversive and sublime. As always, she pays tribute to her diverse influences and in these eleven covers, we hear them layered over one another. Ndegeocello filters "Tender Love" through a folky, Californian filter and brings Vaudevillian accents to "Sensitivity". She recreates Smooth Operator in five, and turns "Private Dancer" into a sultry waltz. The reimagining affords not just a new musical experience but also a comment on the narrow expectations of sounds and structures for black artists and black music.
"Early on in my career, I was told to make the same kind of album again and again, and when I didn't do that, I lost support. There isn't much diversity within genres, which are ghettoizing themselves, and I liked the idea of turning hits I loved into something even just a little less familiar or formulaic. It was an opportunity to pay a new kind of tribute."
This album was recorded in Los Angeles with the familiar family of partners and players that Meshell has worked with for years. Chris Bruce plays guitar, Abraham Rounds is on drums, Jebin Bruni co-produced the album and plays keys. S. Husky Huskolds engineered while Pete Min mixed and mastered. Lasting and collaborative relationships with her fellow musicians is among the most important parts of music making for Meshell, prompting her to say on more than one occasion: "Meshell Ndegeocello is a band".


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Botanical Art
These plants are botanical illustrations, which I painted with watercolors. I started this type of illustrations 4 years ago.
I was working in an advertising agency and I was tired of staring at the computer screen for 8 hours. I was looking for something real, then I got sick. One morning I was drinking lemon tea and I found a seed. I peeled it, put in the wet paper towel and after a while it germinated.
Later on, there was a little tree and then I found this idea to paint it. So day after day I was painting tropical plants, flowers and this became to me a meditation form, an escape from the digital world.
Now I am working both, as a digital illustrator and as a fine artist, who is painting botanic pictures.
I hope you like this!
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As part of our Junior Design Research Studio, we were commissioned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to investigate and imagine the future of autonomous transportation in the year 2050 and beyond.
We were given the freedom to pursue many different avenues of research, culminating in a presentation of our findings to members of FCA's User Experience and Industrial Design teams, including Ralph Gilles, Global Head of Design.
My team chose to focus on transportation as it relates to the world of work. Travel to and from work makes up a significant part of people's relationship with vehicles and the transportation industry. We started from the premise that commuting is lost time.
In a future centered around autonomous transportation, when people no longer need to drive themselves to work, we wondered how that time could be made more valuable. Can design help workers transition more easily between home and work spaces, even as that distinction becomes less clear?
SCOUT is a virtual assistant to help commuters in the world of 2050 adapt to the fluid and rapidly-changing landscape of work.
SCOUT uses augmented reality to help workers mentally transition between projects and locations, use virtual collaboration to fill in knowledge gaps within teams, and map out information spatially to help people understand it.
Avery, an architect, has just been matched with a new project—a zero-net energy workspace—based on her profile of skills and strengths. Today is her first day on the job, and she will spend her commute getting acquainted with the project and speaking with Jeremy, the project manager.
Avery has chosen a Jeep experience for her commute. Her vehicle picks her up in the morning and SCOUT walks her through the agenda for the drive. She requests a stop for coffee and the agenda is updated.
Mental Transition
SCOUT helps workers make a natural transition between home and work spaces by intelligently providing targeted and progressive information that is relevant to the projects they are working on.
Avery can see the first checkpoint approaching from a distance. When she passes it, she is presented with selected information about the project plan. The density and scope of information will gradually increase as she gets closer to work.
Leveraging Spatial Memory
SCOUT takes advantage of the setting of a moving vehicle by tying information to specific locations. Research shows that associating abstract ideas with spatial memory can improve comprehension and recall.
As Jeremy and Avery commute separately, the information they discover is customized to their unique path to work. Checkpoints are placed in physical locations, gradually bringing each team member up to speed as they get closer to work.
Virtual Collaboration
SCOUT fills in knowledge gaps among team members on a project to help them keep up with the rapidly changing world of work in 2050.
Now that Avery is up to date on the project, she is ready to talk to Jeremy. They chat virtually during the last section of their commute.
Finally, Avery and Jeremy arrive at the job site together. They have each transitioned smoothly from home to work. Thanks to SCOUT, they are on the same page and can collaborate effectively as they continue their workday.
We analyzed existing literature and designed generative research activities to better understand the future we were designing for.
By 2050, advances in transportation technology will allow people to travel farther, faster, and more comfortably. These changes, combined with the effects of technology, specialization, and automation, will significantly alter the structure of the working world.
Factors that will change the way we work:
Our research suggests that in the future, the rigid corporate ladder of today's workplace will be replaced by networks of individuals with diverse skill-sets, working together on a variety of projects. In this so-called "gig economy," cognitive, process, and social skills will be in high demand, and active learning will be essential as workers move fluidly between projects and teams of people.
Designing for scenarios set far in the future meant that we had to think outside the box of traditional research methods. Since we couldn't directly study users' needs, we designed custom generative research methods to learn about people's values.
We used these activities to understand people's attitudes toward concepts like home/place, collaborative building, and spatial memory.
In the activity shown above, participants were asked to chronicle a day in their lives 30 years in the future, laying out a spatial narrative with the help of pre-made building block cards.
In another activity we asked participants to design structures together using colored blocks in order to enhance our understanding of how people work collaboratively,
Informed by our research, we began designing a service based on shared access to autonomous commuting vehicles.
Built in telepresence and AR technology helps fill in knowledge gaps between team members by providing them with targeted information before bringing them together for real-time virtual communication, as shown in this timeline.
I created concept sketches to demonstrate the function of our proposed AR interface. Information would be presented sequentially, with consecutive checkpoints overlaid virtually on the real world. Commuters could see future checkpoints through the windshield as they approached.
Once we refined our concept, I created a digital drawing of the car's interface, which we used in video renderings for the final product.


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Gurgaon, 25Aug' 12: Onlineschooladmissions.com had conducted a grand Poster Making Competition in The Banyan Tree World School, Sector-53,Gurgaon. On 24th Aug12 all the winners have been awarded for the best creation on poster making competition based on the theme "Serve And Value Environment".
The Managing Director of OnlineSchoolAdmssions.com Mr. Jai Bhagwan Yadav along with the team members of Midas, School Faculty members had made this competition a grand success. One by one all the chief members had given their valuable speech on the importance of healthy environments and greenery around us.
Later on the function moves ahead with the announcements of the entire winners name along with photo and video sessions of the students. Honorable principal Mrs. Indu Mehrotra along with Mr. Subhojit Banerjee, OSA Team had awarded the prizes and winning certificates to each student.
Large number of students had been taken participation in this competition. Most of them had sketched a variety of new & innovative ideas on the papers with good color scheme. All those paintings were so mesmerizing to be canvassed and enlarged on the drawing rooms of the school. Lastly, OSA had declared to put all the winners' picture in our educational website OnlineSchoolAdmssions.com.
All the students had been enjoyed this program a lot. 'Mr. J. B. Yadav, The Director of OSA', had delivered the speech to the students. He said, Through such creative and awareness creating competitions students will learn the social responsibility of saving trees and environments as a prime duty of each human being on this earth.
Here is the list of all the winners in 'Save And Value Environment Poster Making Competition'. The teams were divided into groups according to the ascending orders of classes:-
Contact Details:
Midas Portal Services Pvt. Ltd.
L - 44/352, Street No. 1,
Near Sahara Office, Mahipalpur Ext.
New Delhi - 110037, India.
Office Phone: +91-11-26784113
Fax: +91-11-26784119
Website: http://www.onlineschooladmissions.com


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* Sees sharp rebound in potash demand as long-term trend
* Sees Q1 EPS $1.30 to $1.50 Vs prior range of $0.70 to $1
* Sees record North American sales
* Strong offshore shipments also seen (Changes dateline, adds share price movement, details; Figures in U.S. dollars, unless noted)
By Euan Rocha
TORONTO, March 11 (Reuters) - The world's largest fertilizer maker Potash Corp of Saskatchewan POT.TO sharply raised its first-quarter forecast on Thursday, citing a sharp rebound in demand for potash — a key crop nutrient.
The announcement sent its shares, which had closed Thursday at $116.93 on the New York Stock Exchange, soaring 7.5 percent to $125.72 in trade after the evening bell. The news also boosted the shares of other North American potash producers like Mosaic Co (MOS.N), Agrium Inc AGU.TO and Intrepid Potash (IPI.N).
In January, Potash Corp issued cautious guidance, after it was forced to repeatedly cut its 2009 outlook in the face of weak potash demand. At the time, the forecast was well below market expectations and its shares fell as much as 8 percent.
Potash — the common name used to describe various compounds containing potassium — emerged from obscurity a few years ago when high grain prices, tight supplies and strong demand drove the price of the nutrient to above $1,000 a tonne from below $150.
The price gradually retreated through the course of 2009, as farmers, hit by the credit crisis and falling grain prices, reined in their use of the nutrient. The price of potash recently fell as low as $350 a tonne, but producers have begun to attempt to push pricing above the $400 mark, as dealers have begun to restock potash inventories and farmers have begun to replenish soil nutrient levels.
Potash Corp said it now expects first-quarter earnings to be between $1.30 and $1.50 per share, well above its prior forecast of 70 cents to $1 per share.
"The upward revision reflects a sharp rebound in potash demand that is expected to drive a record quarter for North American sales volumes and strong offshore shipments, as well as higher-than-expected margins in nitrogen and phosphate," the company said in a statement.
The company said the increased demand was the result of strong farm returns, limited supplies at distributors and the agricultural need to replace soil nutrients after a period of lower demand in 2009.
"While we know that growth does not follow a straight upward line, we believe the increase in potash sales volumes this quarter represents the beginning of a return to long-term growth in demand," Chief Executive Bill Doyle said.
Last month, Canpotex — the potash export arm of Potash Corp, Mosaic and Agrium — signed potash supply deals with Indian and Chinese potash buyers. [ID:nN19110956]
China, India, Brazil and the United States account for roughly 65 percent of the world's potash demand, while Canada, Russia and Belarus together account for the vast majority of global supply.
Potash Corp said it will release its first-quarter results on April 29. (Additional reporting by Allan Dowd; Editing by Phil Berlowitz, Bernard Orr) (firstname.lastname@example.com; Reuters Messaging: email@example.com; 416 941 8185))


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University of Phoenix: Distance Learning Programs In-Depth
University of Phoenix: Distance Learning Programs In-Depth
Online Campus
Phoenix, Arizona
Distance Learning Program
The Online program utilizes computer communications to link faculty members and students from around the world into interactive learning groups. Class size is limited to 15 for maximum interaction. Degrees are completed entirely online for the convenience of working adults who find it difficult or impossible to attend classes at fixed times and places.
Of the more than 99,000 students attending class from all over the world, 20 percent are executives or owners of their own businesses, 30 percent are middle managers in business and industry, and 44 percent are technical or licensed professionals. Roughly 56 percent are women, and the average student is 35 years old.
Delivery Media
Once enrolled in an online degree program, students log on at least five days each week to participate in class discussions focused on the topics they are studying. Students go online to send and receive material to and from class groups, while conducting most of their communication and class work off-line. This balance of both online and off-line interaction is referred to as asynchronous communication.
Founded in 1976, University of Phoenix is now the largest private university in the United States. The University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association. University of Phoenix serves more than 200,000 students per year with more than 17,000 highly qualified instructors at 142 campuses and through Internet delivery worldwide.
High academic standards, commitment to quality, and programs designed specifically to address the needs of today's marketplace have earned University of Phoenix a reputation for leadership in both the academic and business communities. A distinguishing blend of proven academic models and innovative instructional delivery systems, combined with a focus on excellent service to students, has pioneered the University's phenomenal growth. The mission of University of Phoenix is to educate working adults to develop the knowledge and skills that will enable them to achieve their professional goals, improve the productivity of their organizations, and provide leadership and service to their communities.
Programs of Study
The Master of Management program emphasizes the skills and knowledge it takes to manage both people and projects at an advanced level. The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) program is designed to enhance the management skills student need to function effectively within an organization. The M.B.A. program in health-care management is designed for professionals seeking management positions in the health-care field. The M.B.A. program in global management is designed to ingrain the abilities to identify business opportunities and threats and to develop effective courses of action within the parameters of the international environment. The M.B.A. in technology management is a highly specialized program that focuses on proven methods and techniques for anticipating, managing, and marketing technology. The M.B.A. program in e-business degree prepares graduates for a leadership role in the rapidly expanding area of e-business. The M.B.A. in accounting is designed to develop or enhance the financial management skills necessary to function effectively within private businesses, nonprofit organizations, and public agencies. The M.B.A. in marketing was created in response to the important role played by marketing managers in any organization, particularly as organizations diversify to capitalize upon Internet opportunities to expand their markets. The M.B.A. program in human resources management prepares the graduate to lead large and medium-sized HR departments from a technical and strategic vantage point. The Master of Science in computer information systems provides the tools not only to understand technology but also to keep current in its many kinds of development. The Master of Arts in Education (M.A.Ed.) program with a specialization in administration and supervision is designed for educators interested in gaining knowledge and expertise in the area of school administration. The M.A.Ed. program with a specialization in early childhood education is a graduate degree for educators seeking knowledge and expertise in the field of early childhood development and teaching. The M.A.Ed. program with a specialization in special education prepares candidates to be cross-categorical special educators. A supervised student-teaching experience is incorporated into the degree. The M.A.Ed. program with an emphasis in adult education and distance learning equips students to develop educational courses and materials for adult learners both in classrooms and at a distance. The M.A.Ed. program with an emphasis in curriculum and instruction provides students with a foundation for understanding and analyzing curriculum and instruction theories and philosophies. The M.A.Ed. program with an emphasis in curriculum and technology covers how to integrate technology into the K–12 curriculum. The M.A.Ed. programs with emphases on elementary or secondary education are programs for candidates who have already earned a bachelor's degree and wish to gain the pedagogical skills and knowledge that will assist them in becoming competent and effective educators. The Master of Science in Nursing program is designed to develop and enhance the knowledge and skills of registered nurses. The Master of Health Administration program prepares leaders who can effectively respond to the dynamic and ever-changing health-care industry.
The Doctor of Management in organizational leadership provides its students with a professional master's degree a means of exploring their personal readiness to become leaders in their professions or their current organizations. The Doctor of Business Administration degree program provides learners with a professional master's degree a means of exploring their personal readiness to become senior leaders in management professions. The Doctor of Education program in leadership prepares learners to become transformational leaders who will strategically manage and lead complex educational organizations. The Doctor of Health Administration program prepares leaders to respond effectively to the dynamic and ever-changing health-care industry.
Each Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in business degree program requires 120 credits. The business administration program is suited ideally for men and women who need to be familiar with every aspect of running a business. The business management program focuses on the skills necessary to manage both people and projects effectively. The business marketing program provides a foundation from which to build creative, analytical, and leadership abilities individually and in a team environment. The accounting program promotes and orientation to the accounting profession and is designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to pursue a successful accounting career. The business finance program is designed to prepare graduates with the requisite knowledge and skills to effectively apply financial concepts and tools in various organizational scenarios from a generalist perspective. The B.S. program in business information systems is designed to provide graduates with the requisite knowledge, skills, and values to effectively apply various business principles and tools in an organizational setting. The information technology program provides fundamental knowledge and practice in both the information technology function and system development. The e-business program provides fundamental knowledge and practice in business management and information technology. The B.S. program in management degree provides the knowledge and skills needed to successfully manage almost any dynamic and evolving organization. The curriculum is ideal for community college students who have earned an associate degree. The B.S. program in health administration equips students with basic skills needed for the health-care environment. The B.S. program in criminal justice administration provides students interested in law enforcement, criminal law, or corrections with an interdisciplinary study of crime. The B.S. program in human services management prepares graduates for a successful career by giving them practical knowledge and basic skills to manage in the human services industry. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is designed to develop the professional knowledge and skills of working registered nurses.
In addition, students may study toward the Associate of Arts degree, a two-year program providing solid academic training, and apply those credits toward business majors in the B.S. programs.
Credit Options
Graduate students are permitted to waive up to 9 credits by transferring comparable graduate-level course work taken at other accredited institutions.
For undergraduate study, no more than 69 credits of lower-division courses may be applied toward the degree requirement. At least 39 of the 120 total credits must satisfy University of Phoenix's general education requirement. Students can apply for credit by examination and/or portfolio.
University of Phoenix Online has more than 9,000 faculty members. All faculty members have both academic credentials (more than one third hold doctoral degrees) and demonstrated success in the fields they teach. The University recruits only those who are working in their area of expertise, bringing practical, real-world experience to the students who are working professionals. Faculty members undergo extensive training in online instruction, and all participate in periodic evaluation that includes peer review components.
For graduate applicants, an undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited college or university, with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better (3.0 for prior graduate work) is required. Students must also be currently employed; have a minimum of three years of full-time, post–high school work experience providing exposure to organizational systems and management processes; or have access to an organizational environment appropriate for the application of theoretical concepts learned in the classroom.
Undergraduate applicants must have a high school diploma or its equivalent, be at least 21 years old, and be currently employed or have access to an organizational environment. Students must complete the University-proctored Comprehensive Cognitive Assessment. For international applicants and those with a primary language other than English, a minimum score of 550 on the TOEFL is required.
Tuition and Fees
Graduate tuition is $620 per credit for the doctoral programs and $545 per credit for the master's programs. Undergraduate tuition is $440 per credit. Additional costs include an application fee of $110 and a graduation fee of $55. Textbook costs vary by course.
Enrollment Department
University of Phoenix Online
3157 East Elwood Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
Phone: 800-833-0287 (toll-free in U.S.)
Fax: 602-387-6440
Web site: http://www.uopx.com/petersons
Unless students are relying on foreign transcripts for admission, all that is needed to begin the first course is to complete an application, enrollment agreement, and disclosure form. While students are in their first three classes, academic counselors work with them to complete transcript requests, the Comprehensive Cognitive Assessment, and any other items necessary for formal registration.


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If look back to the 2001-2005 area when the first provisioning tools like Thor Xellerate (later OIM) and Access 360 ( later TIM and now ISIM) entered the market the tools basically offered a capability to automate the creation of core identities and the associated target system identities. The approach that these systems took closely followed how the enterprise access administrators within IT looked at the world. Most of these systems came with a request interface of variable level of usability (they were user friendly, they were just very picky about who they wanted to be friends with).
Move forward a bit to the 2005-2006 era and the request interfaces became more understandable but as they were meta data driven they were hampered by the basic data structure that basically dictated that a line item in the request interface should be a resource object which out of the box usually mapped to a user account in a target system. This is not very useful if what the business wants is to manage business entitlements which maps to one or more attributes such a group membership on the target system.
One way to solve this problem was to get yourself on of the new role management tools such as Vaau Role Manager (later Sun Role Manager and now Oracle Role Manager) or Bridgestream (later Oracle Role Manger and now dead). This approach worked if you could get the business to consolidate their access profiles into a set of distinct business roles that could then be mapped to IT roles that contained the actual entitlements.
Sometimes you could even map the users to business roles through user attributes such as physical location, cost center or reporting chain. If this was possible you had reached the nirvana of totally automated provisioning.
In practice this approach turned out to be hard to implement as it was very hard to capture the very complex nature of an enterprise entitlement management in a set of discrete rules. By the time you had finished one role mining the business had reorganized and you needed to start more or less from scratch. It was also very hard to get the business to spend time on working on defining and maintaining business roles.
If you couldn't get the money to buy a role mining and management tool what did you do then?
One option was to write your own which I did for an IBM IAM stack implementation that ran 2010-2011. This worked decently well to generate a base set of entitlements that should be given to each user upon user creation but the challenge was to keep the configuration files updated as the business evolved.
You could of course create a custom user interface that encapsulated all the complexities but that was a very expensive approach both from a time and cost perspective. I followed that approach in a Oracle eBusiness provisioning enablement project using IBM TIM in 2008 and it worked great but the project cost was substantial and the scope was limited to a single target system. Sena system as well as other system integrators have done a number of very successful implementations using this approach and if you have the time and funds and have a very complex it landscape this is clearly the approach that gives you the best result.
Another approach was to encapsulate the atomic entitlements into requestable objects and then present the business with a very long list of objects that they had to chose from. This approach was favored by the major analyst houses back in the 2010-2011 time frame and certainly works.
If you want to follow this approach using OIM I wrote some articles on how to do it back in 2010 that may be of interest:
- OIM 11g request management (note that this written way before I had access to OIM 11g)
- OIM Howto: Request based group membership management
As always there are downsides with taking this approach. One major downside is that the list of entitlements tends to get rather large in a major enterprise which makes it very hard for the business to pick the right entitlement which in turn makes the business very unhappy.
In OIM11G R2 there is a new concept called the catalog that gives you a new tool to address this particular issue. I will take a deeper look at catalog in a later post but it is a really nice addition to OIM and give you a low cost alternative to the custom interface.


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Multi-Year Pledges
A pledge is a commitment by an individual or corporation to make a future contribution. Some donors make multi-year pledges especially for large gifts. By spreading payments over a period of time—typically five years or less—pledges allow donors to make larger commitments and fulfill them at a comfortable pace.


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Customer Service Excellence Award
Following an assessment in July 2018, we have proudly maintained the Cabinet Office Customer Service Excellence Award which aims to bring professional, high-level customer service concepts into common currency with staff and is based around ensuring customer satisfaction with every aspect of the service.
"Scomis presented a comprehensive suite of robust and persuasive evidence that identified an organisation which is continuously improving, striving to be the best, winning new business and delivering quality services. Scomis clearly demonstrated that it has approached customer care very positively."
Robin Croft, CSE Assessor, August 2018
Capita SIMS Accreditation
In November 2017 Scomis again achieved a prestigious accreditation from Capita for "Quality SIMS support services".
"Congratulations for successfully completing your Capita SIMS Accreditation; your overall scores indicate you offer Good Value for Money and a Very Good Level of Service. The majority of all scores are in the Very Good range for which your team should be extremely proud. Please accept Capita's thanks for the quality of service you are offering, which is certainly appreciated by your schools"
James Tattershall, Project Manager Capita SIMS
Scomis wins prestigious Bett Award for "ICT Service and Support"
In 2016 we were delighted to announce that Scomis won a BETT (British Educational, Training and Technology) Award in the ICT Service and Support category, beating seven other finalists. Watch the video and read all about it here.
During 2018 the value of our advice was further endorsed by the following invitations and endorsements:
- invitation to contribute to the Government's Parliamentary Review 2018/19 as an 'exemplar of best practice'.
- invitation to deliver a keynote speech, 'Empower, Collaborate and Succeed' at the 2018 Capita National User Group.
- invitationto run workshops at events run by associations such as regional School Business Leader's and Head Teacher groups.
- To write articles as an ISBL Approved Partner for The Voice, ISBLs' termly national magazine.
Here's what some of Our Customers have to say about our services
Our highly responsive Education Service Desk provides a single point of contact for all incidents adding value to customers through our in-depth knowledge of the SIMS suite of products:
"Your service desk is amazing, and they have a sense of humour. They can detect when panic is rising and just ask to take control (of my system). We've been live for 2 weeks and problems are solved there and then. There is a determination to get it sorted where our previous provider would have said we'll come back to you (usually a few days later). This was really disruptive – not only do we need the answer there and then, we had to drop everything when they eventually called us back".
Caroline Harris, Wrington Church of England Primary School, N.Somerset.
Penrice Academy, a new customer to Scomis, undertook a SIMS Audit to understand whether their MIS was being utilised effectively. Training was delivered to address the gaps and senior leaders at the school have reported demonstrable benefits:
"Attendance issues meetings are now taking less time and have freed up precious teaching time of 2.5 hours a week. We are now able to highlight attendance issues the same day!"2
"The medical team are now able to run useful reports on vulnerable students, saving masses of time"
"You have saved me hours every day, we can't wait to get you back to do another session"
Kirstin Libby, Student Support Team Leader & TIS Practitioner
St Boniface's Catholic College asked Scomis to discuss how they might improve their ICT Strategy. The School was looking to make radical changes from the way it was currently being delivered. After a thorough scoping plan Scomis put in place IT solutions to deliver the college's complex requirements. Read the full story here St Boniface College
"Scomis have provided excellent support throughout the process of changing both the information system and the network."
Mr Tim Baines, Assistant Headteacher
"The installation, training and support from Scomis ensured that we could confidently approach deadlines for all aspects of the system. The speed with which the servers were changed and so many work stations and laptops were built was impressive. As a College we are also very grateful for your input, advice and help during this transition. It is a major step forward for the College. This project has been a major part of my working life over the past 6 months and has taken up a large chunk of time. With limited resources within school to support this, your assistance and unwavering commitment to help is much appreciated."
Kerry Snell, Business Manager, Plymouth High School
Scomis have been working with this school for a number of years. We are responsible for implementing their full ICT requirements including advice and training, hardware, software and remote working:
"From humble beginnings Scomis has grown to become an exemplar of ICT excellence. Under the skilful guidance of Debbie Foweraker the company has become truly supportive and approachable having proactively procured a genuine understanding of its customer needs. The Scomis organisation is an eclectic mix of polite, knowledgeable and engaging experts who invariably offer a timely 'fix' or invoke an effective escalation procedure. In short Scomis is a highly motivated and cohesive team of genuinely dedicated individuals who deliver a cost effective and exceptional ICT service to schools, academies and colleges."
Paul Renyard, Business Manager, Plymouth High School
Sir James Smith's School, Cornwall
'I would recommend Scomis to any school. The level of support and expertise is fantastic! They have been instrumental in transforming our school to one that used SIMS for the basics into a 'heavy' SIMS user, contributing to our school improvement. The Scomis Desktop provides our classroom teachers with access to students' data securely, safely, anytime and anywhere from any device.
"We wouldn't be without SIMS now because Scomis has shown us how to use it, thereby improving student outcomes and saving staff time!"
Michelle Baccus, Finance Director
The First Federation Trust, Devon
"When we converted to a MAT, becoming an academy was completely alien to us. The support from Scomis was fantastic. We couldn't have achieved what we did without them. Their Hosted Application Service for SIMS makes my job a lot easier, from my desk I have access to each school's database."
Carol Chapman, Chief Operating Officer
North Somerset Council
"I would like to take this opportunity to put in writing my thanks to Scomis for the work you have done with our schools so far. This has been one of the most positive outcomes to a procurement processes I have undertaken with our schools, and both myself and the schools appreciate the difference you are making. Every school that I have talked to about Scomis has mentioned what an improvement it has been over their previous support with particular praise for the helpdesk."
Laurence Marsh, Schools Liaison Officer
In 2013, Oxfordshire County Council reviewed their preferred MIS supplier and despite their recommendation of RM Integris, more than 40% of Oxfordshire schools decided to stay with Capita SIMS. 123ICT's position has always been to offer schools impartial advice and after careful consideration we decided to select Scomis as our SIMS hosting and support partner. A large proportion of those schools wishing to stay with SIMS followed 123ICT's advice and selected Scomis as their SIMS provider.


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KUWAIT CITY, March 18: Undersecretary of Ministry of Information Tariq Al-Mezrem affirmed that none of the announcers at the Ministry of Information has been suspended from work, reports Al-Qabas daily.
Regarding the appointment of Kuwaiti announcers based on wages from outside the ministry, he stressed that the ministry benefits from their experience and that they are hired for the specialized programs. In response to a question presented by MP Saleh Al-Ashour, Al-Mezrem explained that the number of non-Kuwaiti announcers working on the basis of wages is 87.
They include six in the news sector and for political Arab and foreign programs, 37 in foreign broadcasting sector and nine for TV programs. He affirmed the commitment of the ministry to implement the Kuwaitization policy in the public sector as stated in Law No. 13/2017.
Al-Mezrem explained that the number of Kuwaiti employees in the ministry increased to 6,937 by the end of 2016. This means Kuwaitis constitute 68 percent of the total workforce. On the other hand, the number of expatriates working on daily wages is 311, constituting four percent of the total workforce. In addition, there are 884 expatriate employees working on temporary contracts which are renewed only after consulting the Civil Service Commission. These employees constitute ten percent of the total workforce


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It's holiday time, and that means one thing - no, put those Speedos back! We mean it's time to break out the GoPro and record everything you do for the next couple of weeks.
Whether you're going to be throwing yourself off mountains, wandering around a new city or simply chilling on the beach, there are a number of GoPro accessories that will help you up your action-cam game. From the perfect mounts to the best accessories, this lot will help you create the ultimate home video that your friends and family will actually want to watch.
Related: GoPro Hero4 Session review
You can strap your GoPro to your head or your chest, your bike or your board, but all that requires filling your bag with additional mounts when not in use. There's a more elegant solution though, turning your bag itself into the mount. As well as featuring a padded base capable of storing up to five GoPros at a time in protective bliss, the firm's own-brand Seeker Backpack lets you mount your camera on either a shoulder strap or integrated chest mount. You need never miss a first-person shot again.
Price: £149.99 | Check it out here
Buying a selfie stick makes you a dick. Buying this multipurpose selfie stick makes you an action-cam hero. Helping assist in far more than the odd vanity shot, the 3-way, as its name suggests, hides a trio of tools to aid all manner of shooting options. As well as acting as a handy handheld mount, the 3-way extends out beyond 50cm to let you get a better angle for your selfie-shooting mode. What's more, there's a compact tripod attachment hidden into the base to let you get more stable static shots. It's the Swiss Army knife of GoPro accessories.
Price: £59.99 | Check it out here
Related: 9 GoPro editing tips and tricks to get the most from your holiday videos
Once you've tired of strapping cameras to yourself, you're going to start searching for new things to attach your GoPro to. When your gaze falls on your beloved family pooch, don't just dismiss the idea, go with it and strap Fido, Rex or Patch (that's what all dogs are called, right?) into this GoPro-friendly dog harness. You might not be able to control what your disobedient dog films, but the footage will be great, especially if you let them loose at the beach or they suddenly spot a squirrel on their next park walk.
Price: £49.99 | Check it out here
Action cams aren't just good for catching your extreme sports activities. Thanks to their compact size and low weight, they're great for capturing all manner of close-up footage in awkward and hard-to-access locations - such as when your band's performing on stage. If that's the case, you'll need The Jam, which lets you attach your action camera to a mic stand or instrument and get up close and personal while you and your mates are rocking out (to an audience in the single digits).
Price: £59.99 | Check it out here
Aside from the brilliant name that never fails to induce childish giggles, this is a must have GoPro accessory for anyone planning on taking part in some water sports (oh, stop it) or simply heading to the beach. Sticking to the rear of your camera's protective housing, the buoyant foam attachment ensures your pricey gadget isn't going to sink to the bottom of the stream or sea when you accidentally let go or lose grip on your other mounting.
Price: £19.99 | Check it out here
Sometimes when you're filming or wanting to capture content you need your hands free. That's where the Chesty comes in. Like a little tech-loving waistcoat, the Chesty comfortably goes around your midsection and lets you mount a GoPro front and centre for smooth, uncompromised shooting that isn't going to stop you holding on to your handlebars, remaining upright or catching that Frisbee that's heading quickly towards your face.
Price: £34.99 | Check it out here
Sometimes, straps and sticky mounts aren't going to cut it. If you're looking to record your latest road trip for instance, you're going to need something sturdier and with far more grip. That's where the GoPro Suction Cup comes in, with the industrial-strength sucker keeping your camera safe and secure no matter which way the wheels are going. Stick it to the outside of your car and it will hold firm at speeds over 150mph, ideal for that track day then.
Price: £34.99 | Check it out here
There's nothing worse than being stuck 4 hours from civilisation, about to partake in a once-in-a-lifetime activity, only for your battery warning light to start blinking and your camera to meet a pathetic, rage-enflaming end. Additional batteries that can be slipped in and out in a matter of seconds are a must, then. What's more, at just £19.99 a pop, we'd suggest picking up a couple if you're off on an epic adventure. Just don't forget to recharge them between uses, yeah?
Price: £19.99 | Check it out here
Helping ensure your camera doesn't sink to an ignominious watery demise, the Handler's foam handgrip helps the thing float should it somehow become detached from your wrist while enjoying a bit of water action. Perfect for water parks and scuba sessions, it's not exclusive for water sports, with the selfie stick style accessory working in all situations where you've got a hand free.
Price: £24.99 | Check it out here
Yes, your GoPro is a tough little bugger. That doesn't mean you have to treat it badly though. If you want to keep it in pristine condition until you next throw it out of an airplane or down a river, you're going to want the Casey. With a durable semi-rigid shell and padded inner walls with customisable padded dividers, it's the perfect home for your cameras, mounts and accessories. And one that will stand up to repeated knocks, drops and general abuse.
Price: £39.99 | Check it out here
Whether you're halfway up a mountain or just kicking around in your local park, chances are at some point you're going to misplace a mount, screw or attachment. The GoPro Grab Bag is the answer, offering an odd-job collection of accessories that provides enough spares to get you through your next holiday or gap year without worry.
Price: £15.99 | Check it out here


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Classroom Resources: Electrochemistry
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Electricity, Polymers, Molecular Structure, Heat, Temperature, Molecular Geometry, Electronegativity | High School, Middle School
Video: The Future of Paint Video
This video explores the fascinating and innovative scientific advancements of paint. Students will learn how the molecular components in paint are helping to evolve in the world around them. Futuristic paint is capable of replacing light switches, conducting electricity, and regulating temperature amongst other things!
Catalysts, Reduction, Combustion, Redox Reaction, Activation Energy, Oxidation | High School, Middle School, Elementary School
Video: Catalytic Converters Video
This video investigates the role of a catalytic converter and its corresponding chemical reactions within a vehicle. Students will learn about both oxidation and reduction reactions and how they, in combination with a catalyst, can impact the molecules released in a car's exhaust.
Renewable Energy, Electricity, Galvanic Cells, Heat, Cathode, Anode | High School, Middle School, Elementary School
Video: Alternative Fuels Video
This video analyzes alternatives to petroleum based fossil fuels, such as biofuels and hydrogen fuel cells.
Electricity, Interdisciplinary, Atoms, Culminating Project, Electrons, Electrons | Middle School, Elementary School
Activity: Electrical Circuit Quiz Box
In this activity, students will learn that the flow of electrons within a closed circuit make our lives easier. Students will construct a circuit quiz box that lights up when the correct question and answer are chosen.
Electricity, Energy & Thermodynamics, Subatomic Particles, Law of Conservation of Energy, Cathode, Anode, Electron Transfer, Electrons, Electrons | Middle School
Lesson Plan: Battery Basics
In this lesson students will explore the chemical reaction that occurs within a lead-acid car battery and the role of the battery within a car prior to creating their own batteries.
Reduction, Oxidation | Middle School, Elementary School
Animation: Galvanic Cell Animation
In this animation, students will visualize electrons traveling through a galvanic cell. Copper and zinc are the chemicals depicted in the spontaneous reaction and the importance of the salt bridge is highlighted. **This video has no audio**
Observations, Chemical Change, Inferences, Reduction, Redox Reaction, Classification of Reactions, Chemical Change, Oxidation, Electron Transfer, Electrons, Ions | Middle School
Lesson Plan: One Tube Reaction
In this lesson, students will observe a chemical change involving oxidation and reduction.
Oxidation, Reduction, Redox Reaction, Chemical Change, Oxidation, Electron Transfer, Electrons | Middle School
Lesson Plan: Old Rusty
In this lesson, students will explore the concept of oxidation of metals by creating designs on fabric or paper using rusty objects.
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Wordsmith. Book Work. Sith Lord.
Author of the fantasy novel Exillium - and self-described Wordsmith, Bookworm, and Sith Lord, Crislyn crushes the blog-ee-verse covering topics from poetry and fiction, to mental health awareness.
In addition to fiction, she uses her passion for Mental Health Awareness to transform her thoughts into poetry and introspective monologues. Many of which can be found floating around her social media platforms, as well as the compounds of her anxious brain.
When she isn't stringing crooked letters into pretty lines, she enjoys listening to music and avenging animals. (Sometimes simultaneously.) The light of her life is a tiny pomchi, named Lilly, who thinks she's actually a pit bull.


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More than 300 Spanish unionists facing prison for exercising their democratic rights – UNI Global Union family united in solidarity
UNI's Spanish affiliates the CCOO and UGT have received the UNI Global Union Freedom from Fear award in recognition of their courage in the face of repression and support of their campaign for justice and an amnesty. More than 300 Spanish unionists are facing prison sentences for exercising their democratic right to protest.
The UNI Global Union World Executive Board endorsed a statement rejecting the Spanish government's policy and repressive laws restricting labour rights and citizen's basic freedoms and calling for international solidarity.
The award was accepted by two women who face long prison sentences simply for carrying out their democratic rights as unionists, the FSC-CCOO's Dolores (Lola) Villalba and Katiana Vicens. Also at the World Executive Board to receive the award were the FES-UGT's José Antonio Gracia Guerrera and the FSP-UGT's José Manuel Sayagués.
Gracia Guerrera said, "This award shines a light on the injustice we are facing from our government through its policy of cuts and austerity – any protest against it is treated as a criminal act. International support vital for our cause through UNI is vital. Our message to the Spanish government is we are not giving up."
Lola Villalba, who is the General Secretary of the Services Federation of Malaga, faces three years and six month for taking part in industrial action said, "We need your support. We are being criminalized. These are gag laws where we have no right to strike and where our civil rights are being cut back.
"I'm not frightened about prison – if I have to go I will go. We will continue to fight. Striking is not a crime it is a right," Villalba stated.
Katiana Vicens, the General Secretary of the Balearic Islands Services Federation faces a 4 year sentence, accused of preventing a worker getting into work on strike day.
Vicens said, "We must stand together and hold on to the right to strike. These attacks on labour rights are not confined to Spain – and we must not give in.
We accept this award on behalf of all who are facing criminal charges for standing up to these unfair anti-union laws."
Sayagués said, "These women's stories are not isolated incidents in our country – there are more than 300 similar stories. We must continue to increase international solidarity and we call on everyone to mobilise against these draconian laws. We must defend our hard fought for rights because without them there can be no democracy."
UNI Global Union General Secretary Philip Jennings, presenting the Freedom from Fear Award to the Spanish unions said, "We stand with them in solidarity. We cannot allow democratic space to be closed down in Spain and in all the other countries where it is in jeopardy, notably Finland and the UK. We are inspired by the courage shown by Lola and Katiana and will follow their example in our fight back against this new wave of anti-union laws."
There will be a further call to action announced shortly.


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The Old Boy
A brief silence filled Yoyogi Park as the murder of crows caught their breath...thoughts settled like wet sand in the back of my mind. For all I knew the crows might have been mocking me. Running again? He's scared they still love him. They must have known; I hadn't kept in touch with home since arriving in Tokyo. No particular reason why. I found a new excuse every time. Occasionally I'd entertain the idea of calling, clicking my tongue with approval that it was the right thing to do, then get dressed and go for a walk instead. Funny, how I always remembered to switch off the lights and lock the door. But those were reflexes; so is avoiding family, sometimes.
I just wasn't interested in staying connected—only in exploring Tokyo's back alleys, getting lost, and putting it all down on paper. My phone had become a paperweight. And I was fostering a self-imposed isolation with mixed results: for all the time I made to work on being the best version of myself, the concepts of home and family were growing foreign. I realized the problem and knew how to articulate that I was aware of my negligence, but it was all potential energy; I could never work myself up enough to take action. It's bizarre, to say the least, how easy it is to fall off the face of the earth when you're outside familiar zip codes. Tired of dragging my feet I decided to rest for a while and sat beside a tree, which clung for dear life to the edge of the fountain's lake. A gentle breeze sheathed a few of its branches in water; the trunk was so drunkenly warped. Gazing up at it I wondered how this tree could possibly have grown this way. The storms it must have weathered while still a sapling. That blind and delicate search for the source of its shadow. I imagined that, like me, the tree was at peace with solitude. A stranger to everyone but itself; at least we know ourselves best.
It never occurred to me that while I was flippantly referring to myself as gaijin in Japan, my losing touch with home could make it a general term: a foreigner everywhere. I was hiding behind my sunglasses now. Had I withdrawn into myself?
The wind gave no reply, it didn't need to; instead I searched within the self I thought I'd known so well. A nugget of shame was stubbornly embedded in my throat. And I realized I was unintentionally turning into a bastard. From my family's perspective, it must have felt like I was severing all ties like I wanted nothing to do with them. The tree dipped its branches into the river once more, groaning against the gentle breeze. The weight of its being must be unbearable at times, I thought. Without its roots, this tree would have been lost to a passing storm long ago.
Two more days passed without an effort to call. I was more focused on burying my guilty thoughts behind crushed Asahi cans. My roommates had started to catch on to my radio silence. The entrance to our dorm may as well have been a revolving door. I was getting carried away with my excursions: instead of being a good son I had retreated to the Tsujiki fish market with a gaggle of friends. At the first opportunity, I broke off and began to drift.
Like the rest of Tokyo, the Tsujiki fish market was one sprawling back alley. Cramped corridors funneled tourists, fishermen, and their merchandise through the bazaar-like arteries, churning out profits. But it felt as if I had wandered into some derelict department store hidden beneath a highway. Above sheet metal signs, the light trickling through the rafters stained concrete pillars a milky-white. The slick cobblestone, caulked with chum, may have been as old as the market itself; many of the fishermen looked the same way. Lips pursed around cigarettes, an inch of undisturbed ash crawling towards its filter.
Oroshi-hosho knives gleaned on their mounted racks, the refined utensils of these butchers; there was no hacking to be seen, and not a morsel left for the crows. Fresh tuna was being carved and unceremoniously scaled with the efficiency of Anubis. Eels were skinned purely by muscle memory. A nail through the head and two strokes of the knife—a sharp flick of the wrist revealing their silver flesh—and they were thrown into Tupperware, swiftly replaced by a fresh victim; cigarettes were then quickly stubbed out or rekindled. The buzz of a nearby band saw matched this tempo. Frozen tuna gliding across its blade, the operator pulling the freshly halved pieces away with the ease of a breaststroke.
As appealing as the spectacles were I felt like a far-removed bystander, just another pair of blinking eyes corralled with the rest of the gaijin along this circuit. Around me, stevedores were leaning impatiently on their gas pedals, racing through pockets of tourists in flatbed turrets loaded with cargo. It was surely a step up from the rickshaws I'd seen in the area. When Uogashi, or riverside fish markets, first congregated by Tokyo Bay in the seventeenth century, these were the only alternative to horseback. I can't imagine they ran into many high-speed collisions then—although, miraculously, the lunatics manning these miniature trucks hadn't broken into the double-digits for casualties this morning. Clearly, they had no time for lollygagging: there could easily have been over a hundred tons of seafood in need of transporting. And it wasn't going to deliver itself.
I continued to meander, and my thoughts followed suit. Not once did I think of home; the impulse to tap at the phantom vibrations in my pockets had disappeared It was during this absent-minded period of exploration that I witnessed a wholly unexpected sight; a boy too young to even smoke working alongside a fisherman, at least three times his age, on a pair of sea bass. He had bristly black hair that glowed in the sheen of the shack's fluorescent light. A forehead pulled taut by concentration. His cheeks were still chubby with baby fat and dimpled with sweat. He was only wearing a glove on one hand; the other was caked in gruel. The elder was beginning to look a little unsure of himself, nodding reflexively as if receiving instruction.
Moving in closer to inspect their handiwork, I laughed when I realized my mistake—the boy was showing the proper technique to this older man, whose knife wavered insecurely above its carcass. But the boy's patience never faltered while he waited for his pupil to catch up. Off came the head—thrown to the side—the boy nodded as his incisions were matched. The next step: entrails,
"Rip them out. See how clean the inside is?" He seemed to ask, motioning with his knife. "Mother-of-pearl." Then he scraped off the scales.
The older man was making a mess of his project but this didn't seem to faze his teacher; it wouldn't be right to pick on a rookie. Some people are just born with the talent—or into it—and the rest have to learn for themselves. I watched, utterly fascinated. He was the only child here not being chaperoned by a parent. That brought a smile to my face: my uncle Michael had been the same way when he was younger. Out-fishing the sunburnt regulars hunched over the local bridge to Ocean City by the age of fifteen. By his thirties uncle, Michael was the captain of his own boat, The Highroller, ferrying people out into the waters of Atlantic City to fish for flounder, sea bass, and the occasional glob of seaweed. His son Christopher became first mate shortly thereafter. And ten years later he bought a second boat. Uncle Mike's business had been shaping up to be a family enterprise but Christopher walked away from it all some time ago. Not that I can blame him, all youth tends towards that desire to blaze your own trail at whatever cost; it felt I was making a similar choice now, in the opposite direction.
Seeing this boy made me reconsider just how old the market was. Here was new blood with an old soul, as fresh as the day's kill. Teaching. How else could a business outlive its owners? Old men can plant trees but it's the tradition of watering it every day that provides the youth with shade. It's how the Tsujiki market has remained the top tier source of seafood for the nation: fresh faces; trade secrets passed down like heirlooms to the younger generations. The old man was bowing bashfully. His lesson had finished.
I lingered around the stall a little longer, hoping to catch the boy's eye before leaving the market for good, to make the connection I had found in him real. The damn kid wouldn't stop cleaning his station: he was all fastidious habit. Eventually, I gave in. The rest of the stalls glazed into a continuous boulevard leading me away. Not exactly towards home, but at least in the right direction.
I finally decided it was time to write home. And the first thing I did when I returned to Yoyogi was send this email:
Dear Mom, Dad, and Caterina,
Tokyo has been a great time so far. My eyes haven't burnt off yet staring at all the flashing neon signs—although the sun is also giving it's best shot. I never thought I'd appreciate overcast skies or skyscrapers so much as now that I'm living without either. It's all low rises and back alleys intermingled with every sort of traffic; but the allure is in full Technicolor. Every building maximizes each square foot of space down to the tile. And each floor is a completely different story. We can go from a dart bar on the third floor to a gym on the fourth and fifth floors, only to find a sushi joint at the top. The best idea is to get as lost as you can. Take every back alley and turn left until you're back home.
But that doesn't explain why I haven't been writing. I know I could have found the time, but something was holding me back. Someone, actually: myself. Now, don't ever think I was running away from our family. Nothing could be further from the truth. I just couldn't get out of my own way and send even a lousy 'Hello I'm still alive and they're feeding me!' I was too preoccupied with me.
It was the most selfish choice I could have made but I needed to be alone, and it felt like this was the only way to recreate myself I was making a lot of jokes about being "off the grid," I think because it meant I was so completely here in the moment. I don't have one picture to show for the trip but plenty of gravel in my shoe. You know, traveling has always felt like a means of wiping the slate clean and starting fresh. Nobody knows me here. It's great because then people get to know and love me for the same reasons; the experience is so fresh. I felt more like myself because of it and became so rooted in the present I almost tripped over myself when I realized what it must have been doing to all of you. But I think I finally found what I was looking for. Now, like any faithful messenger pigeon, I'm ready to return to the world.
Love you all so much. I'll be home in no time at all,
P.S. I still haven't learnt any freaking Japanese.
By Charles Tabasso
Illustration by Goldie Gross


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My f-list is getting crowded, so I'm cutting a few people that I rarely associate with. Nothing personal, you know. If you wish to be re-added then comment here. If not, happy trails. ♥
oh baby, your time is running out
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