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Star to Life
topshot replied to Stayhome12000's topic in Advancement ResourcesI'm curious how often most Troops hold elections. We just started to look at this Star to Life time issue in depth. We have elections only twice a year (2nd Mon of May and Nov). This means the May-Nov Scouts will always be short 3 days (which seems stupid to me since Nov-May span is actually fewer days). They can wait for the next monthly BoR to get advanced, but they also must have some type of position or special SM project to cover the extra days (assuming they aren't re-elected into another one that counts). To me this seems rather unfair. Maybe our Eagles have been lucky to not have been Star during the May-Nov cycle or it just got dismissed as Troop error at their EBOR. I figure we should fix it so it's never an issue, but don't see how to do it simply. Yearly elections definitely won't work. So what are you doing to get around this issue?
With that kind of base weight, why are you wearing boots?
The running shoe/hiking boot industry is filled with a bunch of BS about support and such that keep your feet from operating as designed. How else will they continue to get you to buy the new and improved models? That being said you will need to ease into minimalist footwear to avoid a lot of pain since you're not used to walking like you should be. I personally wouldn't go without a rock plate though.
Debugging and Suggestions for new SCOUTER.com
topshot replied to SCOUTER-Terry's topic in Forum Support & AnnouncementsAt least when using the "New Topics" feature, the "Sort By" function does not work. I tried Started Post, Last Update, Replies and Title. It gets resorted, but it's clearly not even close to correct.
The diference, if any, between Pack overnighter and Family camp?
topshot replied to Woodward's topic in Cub ScoutsIn our Council, family camps are district level events for all Packs in the district (usually only once per year in our district). Pack overnighter is any overnight (camping or otherwise) with just your pack.
And Popcorn starts
topshot replied to mashmaster's topic in Unit FundraisingOur council switched to Walmart or Amazon gift cards last year though there were a couple prizes that could be earned at higher levels in addition to the GC. I much prefer that to the old way (though you could also get cards back then, too) though I suspect some Scouts/parents may prefer those prizes. My son has always been one of the top sellers in the unit ($1,500+ avg sales) so he's able to fund his entire year of Scouting including uniform pieces with the earnings.
Should have added you should check out this paper I wrote, too. It's made for newbies and Scouters that don't know how to backpack light. http://topshotsystems.com/Lightweight_Scouting_Dissertation.pdf
May be too late for you, but I'd also go for the 7x7 Walmart tent. It's fly isn't as pathetically small as the 6x5 tent, which would be too small for you anyway. However, be advised that you should really seal the seam between the walls and bottom. They apparently aren't taped. Had torrential rains on our recent trip and our son and his buddy got wet while my wife and I were fine in my true backpacking tent.
Ground cloth
topshot replied to dedkad's topic in Camping & High AdventureThe only time I use a groundcloth is if I'm using a tarp (no floor). On a recent trip to the Smokies where we had to pitch on gravel platforms, my backpacking tent with it's ultralight 30D floor was the only one that didn't get wet when torrential rains created nice ponds on these platforms.
Navigating scouting.org
topshot replied to koolaidman's topic in Advancement ResourcesI only found 3 of them (via Google). Fishing, Fly Fishing and Fish and Wildlife Management. Given the commonality of subjects, it's clear someone did those for some special purpose.
The Big Trips
topshot replied to Basementdweller's topic in Camping & High AdventureOur troop's Scouts are "lazy" as the former SM told me. We pretty much car camp each month within a couple hours. We did go rafting in southern KY (5+ hours) 4 years ago. We'll have a small contingent going to the Smokies this summer. We also live in one of the most depressed areas of the state so few families have money (or money to buy popcorn, etc.). A few of the Scouts do manage to fund their whole year via fundraising though. Since the troop doesn't provide the adventure, I've been doing it on my own with my sons.
Velcro Rank?Use the self-stick velcro - no need to sew it. Sticks very well to the "glue" on the back of the patches. It may come off the newer uniforms, which seem to have some kind of finish, when washed. Make sure the loop part is put on the shirt to prevent pilling when being laundered. I ended up using an iron from the opposite side to help the glue set into the fabric better. Removing the patch when washing also helps it stay put. I prefer using the 2" wide strip and cutting to shape as needed vs using several of the dots. Only problem is if the Scout doesn't have a current position, you'd have a piece of velcro on the sleeve. Though for all other patches, I agree the Scouts should sew them.
Options for handling campout food and supplies purchasing
topshot replied to Brewmeister's topic in The Patrol MethodOur Troop does the same. Each patrol rotates who buys the food for the next campout and it's up to the parent to get them to the store. Those Scouts will take home a tote (and sometimes a cooler). He gets $10/Scout so he knows his budget.
Allowed to use liquid fuel ??
topshot replied to WestCoastScouter's topic in Camping & High AdventurePropane and it's various mixtures also have their own dangers. Valves can go bad, easy to tip over uprights, etc. The worst, of course, would be getting the canister too hot, which would cause it to go boom. That's pretty much only an issue with upright stoves (canister below the pot) where heat is reflected downward. That's why the mfr says never use a windscreen with an upright. If the canister is too hot to keep your hand on it, you need to remove the pot and turn down the stove ASAP.
Debugging and Suggestions for new SCOUTER.com
topshot replied to SCOUTER-Terry's topic in Forum Support & AnnouncementsIt seems clear Terry (or someone else) restored from a backup so a couple weeks of posts are now gone. I'd mentioned here that vBulletin has screwed the pooch with this release for sure. It seems many of these issues existed in beta several months ago and haven't gotten fixed yet so I wouldn't look for a solution from the vendor anytime soon. No, they don't support downgrading. Your only option is restoring from a backup using the old version. I assume Terry went direct from whatever he was using to vB5 so here we are. From my quick searching on the vB support forums, it didn't seem like anyone had written any converters to move to a different forum platform, but I didn't check other vendors to if someone there had done so. Hmmm... let me go check phpBB, which is what I use.... Nope, there is a converter for vB3 or vB4 but not the newly released vB5, which is quite different. Personally, I'd go back to the pre-change backup, lose all the posts since then (early Feb?), and start all over with a different product.


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Are you on the hunt for larger dog crates for your bigger pets?
If so, you'll be very interested to learn more about the top five giant dog crates that we've reviewed below.
Choosing the best crate for your pets can be a tough task. There are so many different options available. That's why we've carried out extensive research to help you find the perfect crate for your pets.
By the end of this review, you'll be left with a much clearer idea of what the best giant dog crates have to offer you and your dog. Have a quick read below to learn more!
MidWest Homes for Pets XXL Giant Dog Crate
- Giant double door metal dog crate measures 54 Lenght x 37 Width x 45Height Inches & weighs 80.2 pounds, Ideal for extra Large dog breeds weighing over 90 pounds (Great Dane)
- Mesh : 1.5 x 5 inch; Durable metal dog crate Design w/ 3 heavy duty secure slide bolt latches per door, Please Note this is an XXL dog crate & requires 2 people for assembly
- Protective E Coat finish prevents rust for long lasting use & dog crate Includes MidWest Guarantee 1 Year Manufacturer's Warranty
- Age Range Description: All Life Stages
- Included Components: Removable Abs Composite Plastic Pan
Size & Weight
This MidWest Homes for Pets Giant Dog Crate is 54 x 37 x 45" in size. Therefore, you can feel confident in knowing that it's large enough for even the biggest breed of dog.
It weighs a total of 90 lbs. So, the size and heavy weight of this crate make it an awesome choice if you have heavier and larger dogs.
Door Design
We were impressed by how they have approached designing the door on this crate.
It involves a double-door mechanism, along with a drop-pin system. Customers have been appreciating the double-door design as it makes getting larger dogs in and out of the crate super easy.
The drop-pin system is also incredibly strong. Therefore, you can be sure that your dog will remain secure and safe inside.
On the floor inside the crate, you'll find some soft flooring. This is made out of mesh materials and dogs love it.
It keeps your dog feeling comfortable. However, it also boosts the amount of air that's circulating throughout the crate. This is because mesh fabrics are very breathable. So, your pet will always remain comfortable and have access to airflow.
This company has gone to extra lengths to ensure the crate remains as durable as possible. They've incorporated a fantastic E-coating over the top of the crate.
It works effectively to prevent the crate from building up rust. This is a common problem among dog crates and it eventually leads to the crate becoming weaker over time.
This isn't something you have to worry about while using this crate.
The drop-pin construction on the doors is also another aspect that adds to the durability of this crate. It provides an added sense of stability which is needed for the double doors. This also prevents the panels on the sides from curving inwards over time.
If you're concerned about assembling this crate due to its size, don't be. It only requires two people and can be done within no time.
- Easy assembly
- Drop-pin construction for added durability
- E-coating to prevent rust
- Double-door design for easy entry/exit
- Two-person assembly could be an issue for some
MidWest Homes for Pets iCrate
- ICrate the 'All Inclusive Dog Crate' Includes Free divider panel, durable dog tray, carrying handle, 4 'roller' Feet to protect floors & Midwest Quality Guarantee 1 year Warranty
- XL DOUBLE DOOR FOLDING DOG CRATE ideal for Dogs w/ adult weight of 90 to 110 pounds | Convenient divider panel allows crate to expand as Your dog grows | iCrate measures 48L x 30W x 33H inches
- Your DOG'S Home WHILE YOU'RE AWAY FROM Home | Durable Design creates a safe place for Your pet while you're away & caters to Your dog's natural "den" instincts
- SAFE & Secure Home | Two heavy duty slide bolt latches firmly locks dog crate door in place keeping Your dog safely inside their dog crate
- Easy Assembly & Portable Design | Sets up in seconds w/ no tools required for assembly & folds flat for convenient storage or Travel | Roller Feet protect hardwoods, make repositioning Easy; Wire Spacing: 1.5 inch x 7.875 inch
This is another MidWest Homes for Pets crate that's great for larger dog breeds.
It's a total of 48 x 30 x 33" in size. Therefore, you can feel assured that this crate is big enough for the largest dog breeds.
With a two-door design available, moving larger dogs in and out of the crate is always a breeze.
We also liked how they've included a divider panel. This means that if you have dogs from a younger age who are smaller, you can keep the same crate throughout their stages of growth.
The divider panel allows you to keep the size of the crate at a more appropriate size for your smaller dog. It teaches them to sleep in one end and do their business on the opposite side.
As they grow, you can gradually increase the size of their space with the divider panel.
Folding & Transportation
This dog crate can fold flat with no hassle. Customers are loving this feature as it means that you can store the crate away with ease while it's not being used.
Furthermore, it means you're able to travel around with your larger dog easier. You can simply fold it down to make it easier to be mobile with.
They have even included a carrying handle too. Being on the move with your dog is made very simple while using this crate.
The assembly of this crate is incredibly straightforward.
You are not needed to have any tools or use any to put the crate together. All you have to do is unfold it and it's ready to use within seconds.
Both of the doors on this crate are equipped with strong slide-bolt latches. These work to keep your dog completely safe and secure while inside the crate.
Moreover, while your pet is inside the crate, they will be less likely to hurt themselves. This is a result of the round-corner feature. All of the corners have no sharp areas that could potentially harm your dog.
This provides you with a peace of mind while you're away.
- Secure slide-bolt latches
- Round corners for safety
- Easy assembly
- Folding feature for storage
- Great for traveling
- Double-door design for simple access
- Sharp edges could be a problem for some
- The divider can be troublesome to set up
Paws & Pals Large Dog Crate
- DIMENSIONS: 48" L x 29" W x 32" H + split divider + multiple doors + versatile carry handle.
- FOLDABLE: Features a convenient space saving design, allowing it to be stored practically anywhere when not in use.
- DURABLE: Made from heavy duty solid steel, high tensile strength wire, and a black electro coat finish.
- NO TOOLS REQUIRED: Versatile design allows for an extremely easy set up. Plus, it's super simple to take apart, fold, and store.
- MULTIPLE SIZES: Available in small, medium, large, x-large, xx-large, and xxx-large.
Door Design
With double-doors available, putting pets in and taking them out of this crate is very easy. This is a huge benefit for pet owners who have larger dogs.
Having the option to open up the crate with double-doors makes things a lot simpler.
Folding Feature & Transportation
Another one of the features that make this crate so simple to use is its folding design.
People are liking how you can effortlessly fold this crate down into a flat shape. This means that you can easily put it away in storage while it's not being used to save space in your home.
Moreover, it allows you to take your dog and crate on your travels without any hassle. This is made even easier due to the carrying handle that's included.
Since this crate can fold down into a compact size, you don't need to worry about the hassle of assembly. You don't need any tools and you can have it up and ready to use in no time.
Metal steel materials have been used to construct this giant dog crate.
This construction is remarkably strong and works well to keep your pet safe and protected at all times.
Not to mention, users have been noticing that these materials are super easy to clean. So, maintaining the crate is simple.
- Metal steel materials are strong & durable
- Easy cleaning
- Folding feature for storage
- Great for traveling
- Double-door design for easy entry/exit
- Door latches can be tricky to use
Allmax Dog Crate
- Pre-assembled crate sets up easily - just unfold and it's ready to use
- Durable metal construction with chip-resistant, black powdercoat finish
- Strong steel liner tray locks in place and slides out for easy cleaning
- Folds flat and stores away in a flash
- Three double-latch doors provide easy access from front, top or side
It has been constructed with gauge metal wire materials. This provides the crate with a ton of strength and durability. Even the largest and strongest dogs will have a tough time damaging and trying to escape this one.
Furthermore, they have incorporated a powder coat finish over the top of the gauge metal wire. As a result, the crate is resistant to being chipped.
When it comes to stronger and larger dog crates, one of the main areas of concern for users tends to be the assembly.
We were glad to find that setting this dog crate up is super easy. The Hard job of putting it together has already been done for you.
All you have to do is unfold it and it can be used within seconds.
Door Design
If you're looking for a crate that keeps your dog completely secure, you'll be pleased with how the doors have been designed.
There's a total of three doors which have each been double-latched. As a result, your dog will always remain safe and secure.
With three doors available to use, you're also given the chance to have easy access to your pet at all times. This is because the doors are located on the front, side, and top.
Therefore, even if you're traveling, you will always have at least one door available to open and access your pet.
The tray on the bottom is made out of steel materials. Therefore, you can expect it to be strong and last you for a long time.
One of the major benefits of this tray is that it has been designed to be convenient to clean.
You can remove it with no hassle. This enables you to clean it using soap and water before sliding it back into place. Users appreciate this feature as it makes cleaning and maintaining the crate very easy.
- Convenient cleaning
- Secure door design
- Easy access to pets
- Simple assembly
- Strong & durable construction
- Wire gauge near front door can feel flimsy
- Floor tray is a little shorter than expected
Homey Pet Extra Large Dog Crate
- Size: L 49" x W 37" x H44", Interior height: 37", Bar spacing: 1.44". Fits for dogs up to 150 lbs
- Feeding door renders convenience for feeding. Pull out tray available for easy cleaning
- Lockable heavy duty casters provide more convenience to move the cage. Double chain lock and all metal design ensure great quality and provide best protection to your pet.
- Plastic floor grid with small holes provide more comfortable environment and better protection on pets' feet.
- Nontoxic finished surface keep your dog/animal health and render excellent anti-rust ability
Size & Weight
The total size of this dog crate is 49 x 37 x 44". This provides the largest dog breeds with plenty of space to be comfortable and secure.
This Homey Pet crate can take a maximum weight capacity of 150 lbs. This is plenty for bigger dogs.
Easy Feeding
Homey Pet has included a superbly unique door feature with this crate.
There are door renders which are smaller than the main doors and they are excellent to use for feeding your pet. Users are loving how they can simply open up the smaller doors to feed their pets with ease.
Security & Safety
With a double-chain lock feature, you can be assured that your pet will always be secure and safe inside this crate. It ensures that the doors cannot be easily opened.
Furthermore, metal materials have been used to construct this crate. This provides it with a very sturdy and durable aspect to make sure that it lasts you for a long time ahead. It also means that your pet is provided with the best chance of being protected.
This company has made sure that all the materials they use are 100% toxic-free. So, your pet will never be exposed to anything potentially harmful.
The finish over the top is free from toxins and ensures the crate is resistant to dust accumulation.
The comfort of pets is always a major concern for users. You'll be glad to hear that this crate is equipped with a floor grid that has numerous holes.
This helps to keep the ground more comfortable for your pet. It also adds an element of breathability to enhance their comfort.
Are you looking to move this crate around? If so, this Homey Pet option may suit you very well.
It comes with casters on the bottom which makes it super easy to move the entire crate with ease. The casters available are incredibly robust and stable.
- Impressive weight capacity
- Easy feeding feature
- Double-chain lock for security
- Comfortable flooring
- Easily portable
- Instructions for assembly could be better
Final Thoughts
You're now more aware of what features are available among the best dog crates. Prior to making a decision, consider how you're primarily going to be using the crate.
For example, if you need it for traveling, picking one that has carrying handles and can be folded would benefit you more. This will help you to narrow down your search to picking the right crate.
Be sure to use our reviews above to help you make the best decision for both you and your pet.

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According to his granddaughter, he returned home.
"The sassy woman in the saddle shoes is my grandma Lois." Lisa Warninger, who submitted the photo to The Sartorialist, said. "This photograph was probably taken in the 1940s in Yakima, Washington. Lois always spoke her mind and was sharp as a whip."
A fantastic photo! The pose, the crooked smile, the two-tone shoes, the haltered crop top. She does indeed look like a sharp woman who speaks her mind. The ice cream sign behind them is great too! (The Giant Killer was a sundae with multiple scoops of ice cream, from between 8 and 16. It was covered with bananas, hot fudge, caramel, pineapple, nuts marshmallow topping, cherries, and whipped cream.)


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In this article, we're going to be talking about desensitizing toothpaste. Well, any toothpaste that contains fluoride will have the limited ability to reduce sensitivity with your teeth. There are really only two main types of commercially available desensitizing toothpaste.
Potassium-based toothpaste
The first type we're going to talk you about is what I would classify as a potassium-based desensitizing toothpaste. Now, this particular type of desensitizer is the most widely available.
These toothpastes are based on the principle that nerves could be depolarized and in time become less sensitive. If you surround with potassium these very sensitive nerves that are exposed to the oral environment on areas of exposed dentin, like exposed roots, they became less sensitive. Unfortunately, although this is very effective, oftentimes it takes about two to four weeks for you to get some sort of relief from these toothpaste.
But this is present in your crest pro-health, your Sensodyne, lots of things that you can get ready at your pharmacy.
Calcium-based toothpaste
The second class of desensitizing toothpaste is what I would call calcium based desensitizers. They work in a fashion similar to how your body remineralizes your teeth and what these intend to do as opposed to depolarizing your nerves. What they're going to do is use calcium to plug up these open pores on exposed dentin and reduced sensitivity that way.
There are two basic classes of toothpaste within this category that are pro Argin technology by Colgate. You can get that from them. Then there's also the MI paste, which uses a milk protein, which is this part you don't really need to know what that stands for. It is amorphous calcium phosphate. What's really great about these two pastes, is that it provides more of an instantaneous relief.
And you can even just take some on your finger simply and rub on to sensitive areas to help provide some relief and plug up those cores in the meantime. But both of these categories are widely available.
Final advice
I will suggest calcium-based desensitizers, when you look for an instantaneous relief, which I particularly prefer to try first, then. If that doesn't work for you, why don't you try the other class, which would be the potassium desensitizers. But it's going to take a little bit longer.
So I hope everyone found this information helpful and I expect it will help you solve any bleeding gum problem.
Anne Donaldson
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The Killing Fields
D: Roland Joffé
Goldcrest/Enigma (David Puttnam)
141 mins
W: Bruce Robinson [based on the article "The Death & Life Of Dith Pran" by Sydney Schanberg]
DP: Chris Menges
Ed: Jim Clark
Mus: Mike Oldfield
PD: Roy Walker
Sam Waterston (Sydney Schanberg), Haing S. Ngor (Dith Pran), John Malkovich (Al Rockoff), Julian Sands (Jon Swain), Craig T. Nelson (Military Attache), Spalding Gray (US Consul)
Not all films released during the 1980's were cheesy action flicks or teen comedies. In fact, the decade saw plenty of harrowing and dramatic war dramas with a political edge. The Killing Fields is a testament to that.
It isn't an entertaining film by any means, instead, a truly powerful piece of cinematic viewing.
Set in Cambodia during tyrant Pol Pot's barbaric Year One regime, when all the "undesirable" Cambodian citizens were executed by the Khmer Rouge, war reporter Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and his interpreter Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor) are separated during conflict and Pran is left behind enemy lines and struggles for his survival.
Based on a true story, the film won 3 Oscars, including Best Supporting Actor for Ngor, only the second non-professional to win the award (he was actually a doctor in his native Cambodia).
The film was also honoured as the best of 1984 at the British Academy Awards (Baftas).


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CSI Singapore
The Transgenic & Gene targeting facility is located in Clinical Research Centre (CRC) at MD11 in NUS. The facility is equipped with Leica AM6000 micromanipulator, Eppendorf FemtoJet micro-injector, micro-pipette fabrication devices and tissue culture system. The transgenic facility provides services and collaborative supports to generate genetically-engineered mouse models for basic and translational biomedical research in academic organizations and biotech industries. Following services are presently offered by the Transgenic & Gene Targeting Facility:
Transgenic & Gene Targeting Facility invites for collaborations for the generation of knock?out or knock?in mice for any locus of interest. We also invite collaboration for the generation of Rosa26 based targeted transgenic mice. We accept 8?12 projects in a year from PIs in academic institutes in order to ensure low cost and effective time management for high impact research goal. We offer collaborations starting from vector design/construction to establishment of targeted heterozygous mice for your gene of interest in 9-12 months time.
We have successfully used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to create targeted genome mutation, editing and DNA cassette knock-in into pronuclear mouse and rat embryos to generate engineered animal models. This service now available to PIs/Scientists in NUS and other research /academic Institutes to generate animal model with their preferable animal strains (e.g., FVB/N or C57BL/6).
Please prepare your DNA according to the guideline of facility and submit your DNA construct (at least 10 ug at a concentration of 0.1-0.2 ug/ul). We strongly recommend you to remove traces of vector base from the construct and we guarantee 3 founder transgenic mice for neutral construct or injection of 200 zygotes (at post-injection survival rate of 50-80%) of FVB/N or C57BL/6 strains. PI should be responsible for genotyping to confirm transgenic founders.
1. Performance validation of targeting vector: Please submit construct map and circularized plasmid construct (at least 500 ug at concentration of 0.5-1.0 ug/ul). Please also indicate unique restriction site for linearization and selection markers in the construct map. We will optimize ES cell culture and positive-negative selection conditions for your construct. Performance of your vector in colony generation against positive-negative selection will be determined and compared with our in-house control vector. Acceptable vector performance should be above (1: 20.000), i.e., generation of a single colony out of twenty thousand ES cells elcctroporated following our standard specified condition.
2. Embryonic stem (ES) cell culture and manipulation for gene targeting: Currently we offer gene targeting in ES cells derived from 129Sv/Ev mouse strain. We will electroporate your validated targeting vector. After the completion of positive-negative selection, 96-288 ES cell clones will be isolated for primary screening and freezing in 96-well format. PI will be responsible for the primary screening homologous recombination in isolated ES clones.
3. Primary screening of ES clones by long-PCR: We encourage PIs to establish this assay for the identification of homologous recombination in ES cell clones in their own lab. However, we offer this service to PIs who don't have appropriate manpower or experience in this assay. Please submit details of vector construction, map and Gene bank accession number. A long-PCR based pseudo-screening strategy will be established for the detection of homologous recombination in ES clones. We will ensure the detection of homologous recombination at least in three independent clones or completion of PCR-screening of 288 (3×96) clones. (Note: should pseudo-screening strategy can't be established, a lump sum charge, will be applied and PI should be responsible for the screening of clones by alternative methods, e.g., Southern blotting hybridization technique).
4. Genotyping of ES clone by Southern blotting & DNA hybridization: Establishment of Southern blotting & DNA hybridization procedures for the copy number detection of targeted allele is required for the secondary confirmation of homologous recombination in ES clones. This service is not currently offered by the transgenic facility. PI will be responsible for the secondary screening of homologous recombination. A guideline and a general standard protocol (SOP) will be supplied by the transgenic facility. We strongly recommend PIs to establish this assay in their own lab before submitting targeting vector or ES clone for transgenic services.
We provide service to expand ES clones for cryo-preservation, secondary screening and microinjection. Upon expansion, genotyping of ES clones should be further confirmed by the PI.
Please submit 2-3 independent targeted ES clones with proper documentation and certification for the source and characterization, i.e., genotyping, mycoplasma and MAP (Mouse Antibody Production) test status of ES cells. We will ensure ES cell injection into 100-150 blastocysts with a survival rate of 70-80% and subsequent uterine transfer of survived blastocysts for chimera mice production.
The genetically modified mice generated through transgenesis either in mouse embryos or in embryonic stem (ES) cells are powerful tools for studying gene function and regulation. These models serve as invaluable resource for preclinical study for therapeutic and diagnostic target discovery and validations. However, in some occasions it can be difficult to successfully breed and maintain transgenic animals for long term. To overcome these problems, investigators have focused on the development and refinement of Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) and Cryogenic Techniques (CT) over the last decades. At present, ART and CT strategies are proven to be instrumental to rescue, maintain and archival of transgenic lines for biomedical research and development. We offer service using some of the following techniques:
1. Ovary transplantation, to rescue mouse line from female breeder that stops breeding- upcoming
2. Embryo transfer, to rescue mouse lines free from infections.
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Nova Heart's 'We Are Golden', the third single from their upcoming self-titled LP, has premiered this week on The FADER.
The track has an Egyptian Hip Hop quality about it, repetitive rhythm, jangling guitars, intermittent vocals.
The band will be back in London next month for a show at RoughTrade. Described as one of the most original acts of 2015 by Noisey, Clash Magazine and Rolling Stone – for their first record.
Nova Heart will be releasing their self-titled debut LP this fall, on 2 October (via FakeLoveMusic). You can also listen and share the first two singles from the album, "My Song 9" and "Lackluster No.".


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End of May Poetry Contest Roundup [1]
Poets! The end of May will arrive before we know it, so it's time to get those poems, chapbooks, and full-length manuscripts ready to submit. The following contests are open for submissions until May 31, and offer prizes of at least $1,000 and publication.
Crab Orchard Literary Prize [3]: A prize of $1,250 and publication in Crab Orchard Review is given annually for a poem. Entry fee: $12
Southern Poetry Review Guy Owen Prize [4]: A prize of $1,000 and publication in Southern Poetry Review is given annually for a poem. Entry fee: $20, which includes a subscription to Southern Poetry Review.
Anhinga Press Anhinga–Robert Dana Prize for Poetry [5]: A prize of $2,000, publication by Anhinga Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. The winner is also invited to participate in a reading tour at select colleges in Florida. Eduardo C. Corral will judge. Entry fee $25 ($28 for electronic submissions)
Backwaters Press Backwaters Prize [6]: A prize of $2,500 and publication by Backwaters Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Bob Hicok will judge. Entry fee: $30
Oberlin College Press FIELD Poetry Prize [7]: A prize of $1,000 and publication by Oberlin College Press is given annually for a poetry collection. Entry fee: $28, which includes a subscription to FIELD: Contemporary Poetry and Poetics.
Visit the contest websites for complete guidelines and submission details. Visit our Grants & Awards database [8] and Submission Calendar [9] for more upcoming contests in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.


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Watch the Best Kind of Drive-By Ever: Guy Handing Out Compliments to Strangers
26 July, 2014
A man on the mission to make people feel good about themselves, even for a while.
Blake Grigsby set out to drive around carrying a megaphone and yell compliments to random people on the streets. It's a different kind of drive by, which aims to bring a smile to people's faces. And even though some people were a bit surprised by the sudden attention and shout-out, they can't help but acknowledge it with a more positive disposition. Mission success, indeed! Check out the video below:
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If you stop all government hiring, the unions would eventually wither away.
Turn all government positions into part-time, "continuing education" courses for students and recent grads. The government trained them, let them hone their skills running the government for 4 years.
All positions would be minimum wage jobs, with incentive based performance bonuses, (just like the private sector).
Put a four year time limit on all positions, ending public pensions. Every year, the budget would shrink through attrition as the current workers retire and are replaced.
No unions allowed, they would still be considered students, learning how to survive in a capitalist system, and getting references for their next position, like a report card.
Health care would be provided for all those not otherwise covered, (by parents policy or other policies).
Hire private companies to do anything the government needs, on a temporary basis. Let private companies pay pensions. If the position you need exists in the private sector, they get the job. It is time for government to stop competing with the private sector, instead start using the peoples tax dollars to build up the private sector, putting the tax money back to work building up the economy.
Thank You, and keep up the great work,
America Speaking Out – A GOP Scam
If you stop all government hiring, the unions would eventually wither away.


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McNeill, I.M., Dunlop, P.D., Skinner, T.C. and Morrison, D.L. (2016) A value- and expectancy-based approach to understanding residents. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 25 (4). pp. 378-389.
McNeill, I.M., Dunlop, P.D., Skinner, T.C. and Morrison, D.L. (2015) Predicting delay in residents' decisions on defending v. evacuating through antecedents of decision avoidance. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 24 (2). pp. 153-161.
McNeill, I.M., Dunlop, P.D., Skinner, T.C. and Morrison, D.L. (2014) Predicting risk-mitigating behaviors from indecisiveness and trait anxiety: Two cognitive pathways to task avoidance. Journal of Personality, 84 (1). pp. 36-45.
Dunlop, P.D., McNeill, I.M., Boylan, J.L., Morrison, D.L. and Skinner, T.C. (2014) Preparing ... for what? Developing multi-dimensional measures of community wildfire preparedness for researchers, practitioners and households. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 23 (6). p. 887.
Shirangi, A., Fritschi, L., Holman, C.D.J. and Morrison, D. (2013) Mental health in female veterinarians: Effects of working hours and having children. Australian Veterinary Journal, 91 (4). pp. 123-130.
Fritschi, L., Morrison, D., Shirangi, A. and Day, L. (2009) Psychological well-being of Australian veterinarians. Australian Veterinary Journal, 87 (3). pp. 76-81.
Wood, G.A. and Morrison, D.L. (1997) Vocational rehabilitation programmes: A financial appraisal. Safety Science, 25 (1-3). pp. 247-260.
Wood, G.A., Morrison, D.L., Harrison, J. and MacDonald, S. (1995) The Determination of Common Law Awards to Injured Workers. The Australian Economic Review, 28 (4). pp. 59-70.
Wood, G., Morrison, D. and MacDonald, S. (1995) Rehabilitation programs and return to work outcomes. Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand, 11 (2). pp. 125-137.
Wood, G.A., Morrison, D.L. and MacDonald, S. (1993) Factors influencing the cost of workers' compensation claims: The effects of settlement method, injury characteristics, and demographics. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 3 (4). pp. 201-211.
Dunne, M.P. and Morrison, D.L. (1991) Health, stress and job satisfaction in prison officers. Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand, 7 (1). pp. 49-58.
Shannon, P.J. and Morrison, D.L. (1990) Who goes to GROW? The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 24 (1). pp. 96-102.
Morrison, D.L. (1988) Predicting diagnosis performance with measures of cognitive style. Current Psychology, 7 (2). pp. 136-156.
Morrison, D.L. and Duncan, K.D. (1988) Strategies and tactics in fault diagnosis. Ergonomics, 31 (5). pp. 761-784.


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With the goal of increasing access to education for women in low-income countries, She's the First held its second-annual 5K run on Saturday morning at Old Dickinson Field.
She's the First, a nonprofit organization that aims to sponsor girls in low-income countries so they receive an education, held the run in collaboration with Fit University, a health and wellness organization on campus, and Binghamton University's chapter of Pretty Girls Sweat, a group that aims to unite women through fitness.
Kyra Brunner, vice president of She's the First and a senior majoring in sociology, said the event was first held last year, and following its success, She's the First decided to hold it again.
The funding raised by the participants, which totaled $310 from 40 walkers, runners and outside donations, will go toward providing education to women abroad and will help supply these women with other necessary materials, such as notebooks and writing utensils.
"We take the money at the end of the year and donate it back to our national organization of She's the First, and they take that money and it goes to girls in underdeveloped countries," Brunner said. "In past years, we sponsored a girl from Ethiopia, and that money gives her not only uniforms and books but mentorship, transportation, tutoring and food."
Alyssa Lat, a marketer for Fit University and a junior majoring in psychology, said Fit University was excited to partner up with She's the First for the 5K.
"Fit University collaborated with She's the First because we felt the cause was also close to our hearts," Lat said. "Fit University is still a growing organization, and we were blessed to collaborate with them. She's the First continues to inspire me with their ambition and enthusiasm about this event, and it personally motivated me."
Tim Garraffo, a sophomore majoring in philosophy, politics and law, came in first and was awarded a $25 gift card to Sake-Tumi, a Japanese restaurant in Downtown Binghamton. Garraffo said the event was enjoyable and deepened his knowledge of the issues surrounding women's education.
"I love running, but it was first and foremost a great cause with a great environment overall," Garraffo said. "It's a cause I didn't know a lot about before today, and it was more about the experience than my time."
Michael Maceluch, a sophomore majoring in accounting, who came in second place and won a $10 gift card to Binghamton Hots, said he was happy to work out for a cause.
"My friend told me about the cause, and I felt it was a good way to start off the weekend with a purpose," Maceluch said. "It was a fun experience to run with friends for an important cause. It was a great run, workout and overall experience."


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DENVER — Kum & Go LC, which has 400 convenience stores, is expanding its retail network with 13 openings planned in the Denver area in 12 months. The growth includes four stores newly opened since August, for an eventual total of 75 Kum & Go stores in Colorado along the I-25 and I-70 corridors from Wellington to Fountain and on the Western Slope.
- Kum & Go is No. 18 in CSP's2019 Top 202 ranking of c-store chains by number of retail outlets.
Des Moines, Iowa-based Kum & Go operates in 11 states: Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wyoming.
"Personally and professionally, I've been coming to Colorado my entire life. I love the state and the energy and personality of Denver," said President Tanner Krause. "It's great fun to announce that we are bringing the Kum & Go experience to the neighborhoods of Denver."
"For 31 years, Kum & Go has been proud to provide great service to customers in Colorado," said Niki DePhillips, senior vice president of store development. "When we looked at new markets in Colorado to grow in, the booming Denver metro quickly rose to the top of our list. We're excited for the opportunity to bring our friendly, fast and convenient shopping experience to the Mile High City."
The four stores Kum & Go opened in the Denver area since August include one in Littleton, one in Thornton and two inside Denver city limits, with two more stores—one in Westminster and one in Denver—to open by the end of 2019. The company plans to open seven more in the Denver area in 2020, including two in Aurora, three in Arvada and one each in Wheat Ridge and Denver.
The new stores are designed using energy-efficient and sustainable practices, the company said:
- Kum & Go installs water-saving fixtures throughout its stores, using at least 20% less water than conventional fixtures.
- Roofs are covered with a white rubber finish, reflecting the sun's heat and reducing cooling needs.
- The concrete mix is manufactured and contains raw materials from within 500 miles of new stores, lowering pollution and supporting local economies.
- Electric-vehicle (EV) charging stations continue to become more prevalent at Kum & Go due to partnerships such as the one with Tesla offering fast-charging EV stations.
- New builds use recycled materials to reduce virgin material consumption and use building materials with low or no volatile organic compounds in materials such as paint and glues to ensure clean indoor air environment.
- Recycling is available at most pumps and resulted in 25,167 pounds recycled in 2018.
- Stores, gas canopies and parking lots use LED lights to reduce heat emitted and focus light, reducing energy outputs.


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Gay or straight, it's great to be South African
What's the best thing about part of our rainbow nation? There are loads of reasons to be proudly South African, but the top reasons for us are freedom of choice, freedom of thought, and the freedom to love whomever we like.
Unlike in certain other countries, South Africans are free to date, love, lust after and marry anyone they want – which means if you're in a gay relationship, you have just the same rights as straight couples.
In fact, annual gay pride celebrations held around South Africa attract thousands of people from other parts of our continent, where the laws aren't quite so lenient. Here, under our free constitution, people come together to celebrate and stand proud without fear of discrimination – just as it should be. You're free to celebrate being gay – and we're celebrating right along with you.
Homosexuality and old misconceptions
What about when it comes to sexual health – is it true that gay and straight people face different risks? The answer is no. For many years, people wrongly believed that HIV was a 'gay' disease. They believed that it affected homosexual people only, and that living a gay lifestyle made you more vulnerable to the disease.
Fortunately today, we are educated enough to know better! We know that HIV and other STIs can affect anyone who practices unsafe sex, be they straight, lesbian or gay. So, whether you're a lady who loves ladies, a man who prefers men or a good 'ol fashioned 'straight', it's essential to use protection to safeguard yourself against HIV and STIs. Being gay doesn't make you more susceptible to STIs – and being straight or lesbian doesn't protect you from them.
So where can I get the best health care for my sexuality?
The great news is that every person, regardless of their sexuality, is entitled to the highest quality, confidential and non-judgemental sexual health care in South Africa. Whether it's HIV testing, pap smears or advice from a doctor or nurse you can trust, you'll find all the services you need to stay safe, healthy and STI-free – without any discrimination. So stand tall and be proud of who you are, and the fact that you're taking charge of your health.
Why not check out the private, affordable sexual health services offered at Marie Stopes, like HIV and STI testing, contraceptives and pap smears? There's zero judgement at our clinics, only reliable, trustworthy care and advice for everyone.


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An opportunity for historians with an interest in disability to engage with activists.
Tuesday 20 February 18.00-20.00
Room 407, 30 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5DT
For information contact Steffan Blayney email@example.com or Guy Beckett firstname.lastname@example.com.
History Acts workshops are led by activists, who give a short talk or presentation about their work. Historians working on a relevant topic will then respond, before opening it up to group discussion.
The Panel
Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is an organisation for disabled people and allies to campaign against the impact of government spending cuts on the lives of disabled people. DPAC was formed by a group of disabled people after the 3rd October 2010 mass protests against cuts in Birmingham, England. DPAC is for everyone who believes that disabled people should have full human rights and equality.
Eleanor Lisney is a founding member of Sisters of Frida, an experimental collective of disabled women. Taking their name from the disabled artist and activist Frida Kahlo, Sisters of Frida work to find new ways of sharing experiences, mutual support and relationships with different networks. Their vision is a future in which disabled women are empowered, celebrated, informed, connected, valued and at the centre of society.
Mike Oliver is Emeritus Professor of Disability Studies at the University of Greenwich and a campaigner for disabled people's rights. His 1983 book, Social Work with Disabled People, is credited with introducing the 'social model of disability', and his work has been influential in the development of disability studies over the past three decades. Other publications include The Politics of Disablement (1990) and Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice (1996).
Dr Esme Cleall is Lecturer in the History of the British Empire at the University of Sheffield. She researches and teaches on the social and cultural history of the British Empire; the politics of difference; and race and disability in nineteenth-century Britain. Her current research project, Colonising Disability: race, impairment and otherness in the British Empire, c. 1800-1914, explores the construction of disability in the nineteenth-century British Empire.
Twitter: @HistoryActs
History Acts is a radical history forum, affiliated to the Raphael Samuel Centre, and based at the University of London. Our goal is to bring together radical and left-wing historians and contemporary activists. We look for new ways to engage as academics with contemporary struggles, to learn from activists, and to see how we can use what expertise and institutional resources we have to provide active solidarity.


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After a couple of rumors, Microsoft today officially announced Xbox One Elite bundle. The price for the bundle is $500 and it comes with the console that has 1TB SSHD and one Xbox Elite wireless controller.
The SSHD Drive
SSHD (solid-state hybrid drive) is one of the two main stars of the Elite bundle. As Microsoft states: "The SSHD optimizes performance by storing data on the fastest part of the hard drive—flash memory partition. This allows it to fetch data faster than standard hard drives so you can jump into the game quicker". Transformed in numbers the new hard drive has 20% faster loading times when waking up from the energy-save mode. In addition to that "The advanced SSHD learns which files and data you access frequently to load your favorite games and apps even faster".
Basically, Solid State Hybrid Drives are made in a way that they have both the classic memory storage part (magnetic disks) as well as the flash memory (SSD) part making it great for speeding up the performance by keeping copies of the most frequently used data on the SSD memory. They combine the cost-effectiveness of the HDD technology with the speed of the SSD technology. This is really good move by Microsoft, if they putted the usual SSD in the new Elite version of the console the memory capacity will be either much, much smaller or the drive itself would be a lot more expensive.
Another good news is doubling of the hard drive capacity. 1TB of storage is a huge improvement over "normal" version that has "only" 500GB of storage space. Games today are much bigger and they demand more and more content to be installed on the console's hard drive in order to play them.
The Elite Controller
The second star of the show, Xbox Elite controller, comes with a price of $149.99 if you decide to buy it separately from the bundle. Microsoft stated that the new controller was designed in collaboration with pro gamers and that it should give you more speed, more precision, and more customizing options. Thumbsticks are made of metal (as well the d-pad) and they can be swapped so you can choose the combination that best suits your playing style.
One feature that greatly differentiates Elite controller is the addition of paddles that are placed on the lower part of the controller and are interchangeable meaning that you can attach all four or just one if you so desire. As reads on the Elite controller page: "The paddles give your fingers more control, so you can execute devastating moves and experience more efficient control. Now you don't have to take your thumbs off the thumbstick to execute an intricate jump, aim, and shoot combinations".
That's not all, because along with the Elite console version, Microsoft announced an app that will enable you to adjust almost all of the controller parameters (trigger values, thumbstick sensitivities) as well enabling you to remap button assignments .
The Elite bundle launches worldwide in November while the Elite controller launches in October, and it will be available worldwide as well.
Related Article : Xbox One Fans Will Pay Much More For Rockband 4 Than Their PS4 Counterparts
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MU fraternity beats own national record by raising $132,000
COLUMBIA - It paid off for one Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity member who spent his weekend sitting in a rocking chair on the corner of Ninth Street and Broadway.
Jason Hoffman rocked for 63 hours straight as other members of his fraternity collected money around Columbia and across the state to raise money for skin cancer research and treatment during their Rock-A-Thon.
Rock-A-Thon co-chair Josh Aroesty said Tuesday the fraternity broke the national record for a single chapter philanthropy by raising $132,000 for skin cancer research. The previous record was also held by Alpha Epsilon Pi in 2013 when it raised $123,000
Aroesty said the fraternity collected money from 7 a.m. Thursday, April 23 until 10 p.m. Saturday, April 25 at various locations around Columbia including every Walmart and on street corners downtown. Alpha Epsilon Pi members also went to Kansas City, St. Louis and Jefferson City to get donations.


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Heavy Snow and Flash Freeze
As seen in the radar picture above heavy snow continues to fall over New England and portions of New York and New Jersey. The storm is moving out of the area and below are my predictions for when the precipitation will end.
New York: 5 PM
Hartford: 6 PM
Providence: 10 PM
Boston: 10 PM
Portland: 12 AM
Machias: 5 AM
I am also very concerned about flash freeze. Right now temperatures are dropping extremely fast. If you have slush on your driveway or porch, I recommend clearing it, because by later tonight it is going to turn into a sheet of ice. Many schools and business are most likely going to open late tomorrow. I just hope that road crews are out salting to prevent any accidents.
Looking into the future there are many chances for significant snow storms. The first of those chances is on Thursday. A low pressure system will develop of of the coast and another low pressure will swing in from Canada. If these two storm system combine we could be looking at a powerful nor'easter. Already the European and British models are predicting this scenario. I will have much more details on that storm in the evening update.
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Spend your June Holidays making friends with Chinese! Get hooked on books through our interactive storytelling sessions.
Children observe and pick up expressions, colours and visual symbols through beautiful illustrations, and imagine themselves as the protagonist in each book as we flip page by page.
Besides learning Chinese, there are also positive values for children to be take home every session.
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[Emotion Management] Emotion Well-Being is an often-neglected topic, but it is crucial in a child's growing-up years. Children discuss about their own emotions and learn how to deal with situations better.
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I drew this pen and ink when I was on the Left Bank in Paris. A sketch after a rainstorm, people scurrying with umbrellas, a dark sky above, while a row of buildings a block away shone brightly in the sunlight. Prints available click here
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There's a lot of strange stuff going on in Daniel's book. First comes the giant statue made of different metals, which is smashed to smithereens by a gigantic rock. Then the four beasts: a lion with eagle's wings, a humpbacked bear, a leopard with four wings, and some kind of indescribable beast with ten horns and iron teeth.
If the animals aren't confusing enough, Daniel uses a lot of weird words. What is an "abomination of desolation"? What kind of language is "mene, mene, tekel, upharsin"?
Besides, Daniel wrote his book a long time ago, so does it really have anything to do with us today? Can Daniel really tell us what to expect in the future? If you've ever asked any of these questions, the Prophecies of Daniel for Teens is a perfect book for you.
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The countdown to spring is on, so now is the time to start prepping your neglected outdoor entertaining areas for barbecues backyard tipples.
"Don't wait til summer to get alfresco-ready!" says Lana Taylor of Three Birds Renovations. "When that first burst of warm days hits in spring you'll want to be ready for entertaining, so now is a great time to make some improvements to those outdoor areas."
Recent research by the Yellow Pages has shown 62 percent of homeowners admitted unfinished tasks have made them stressed or caused tension in their relationship — so why not tick them off before the warm weather hits. Here's expert renovator Lana Taylor's tips for making sure your backyard is in top shape for summer:
In my opinion, every alfresco entertaining area needs a hard surface (or decked area) to accommodate furniture and barbecue settings. Before you send out FB invites, check to see if yours needs any repairs from a season of wet weather. You're likely to find loose or cracked pavers, or worn decking.
And if you don't have a hard surface out the back, perhaps now is the time to put one in. Find out how here.
Although Australia has arguably the best climate in the world, I know from personal experience it can still rain just as the first guests of your party arrive (argh!). Make sure you've got suitable undercover options. This can be as simple as adding a corrugated roof to your current pergola or installing an attractive electric awning.
Now's the time to take a reality check with your outdoor furniture to determine if it's going to do the job come summer. If your furniture is timber and needs a bit of restoration, perhaps tackle that at the same time as the deck.
If you need some new stuff, there are loads of inexpensive options out there and you can even buy aluminium furniture that looks like timber — which makes for much easier maintenance moving forward.
Don't forget that soft furnishings go outside too so get a bunch of new cushions to ring in the new season (check out Target and Kmart for some great bargains.)


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The Online Classroom: Resources for Effective Middle Level Virtual Education
reviewed by Robert Kleinsasser - October 29, 2019
Title: The Online Classroom: Resources for Effective Middle Level Virtual Education
Author(s): Brooke B. Eisenbach and Paula Greathouse
Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Charlotte
ISBN: 1641134607, Pages: 288, Year: 2018
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This book is part of the The Handbook of Resources in Middle Level Education series. Editors Eisenbach and Greathouse bring together 25 authors who write 14 chapters organized into five sections: Overview, Preparation, Community, Strategies, and Diverse Populations. The editors set out to have authors who have middle level backgrounds as professors, clinical professors, doctoral students, non-profit directors, and virtual instructors, many having professional experiences in more than one of these areas, to share their research, resources, tips, strategies, words of guidance, and stories in working with middle level students within the online classroom setting (p. xiii).
Selwyn (2016) calls on the profession to change the conversation about public understanding of technology and education by repositioning all students, educators, and parents as the subjects (rather than the objects) of digital education (p. 156). A challenge remains that all community stakeholders need to be repositioned to, in Selwyns terms, discuss and determine what digital is and what it should be (p. 156). The resources found throughout the text and in the appendix offer a treasure-trove of possibilities. Nonetheless, it takes time to review, implement, and use applications within instructional design and among numerous stakeholders of various professional learning communities. Time is a salient commodity and additional probing of how middle level stakeholders deal with the issues raised in this text would have been beneficial. I will add this text to my compendium on virtual education; mindful of Means, Bakia, and Murphys (2014) contention that There is a huge gap between the kinds of learning environments we have the scientific and technological capabilities to design and what is typically provided in online courses (p. 179). There remains much to do.
Means, B., Bakia, M., & Murphy, R. (2014). Learning online: What research tells us about whether, when,
and how. London, England: Routledge.
Selwyn, N. (2016). Is technology good for education? Cambridge, England: Polity.
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Earlier this month 50 pupils from Dulverton Junior School took part in a Junior Hydraulic Motor Engineer Competition organised jointly by the school and Dulverton Weir & Leat Conservation Trust.
In the weeks before the event the pupils worked in groups to construct water wheels in the classroom as part of their Technology curriculum.
Carrying the wheels through the town, they placed them in the moving waters of the leat (mill stream) to find out whether their designs worked and whether further improvements had to be made on site.
Lady Dulverton presented certificates to the two winning teams who were:
Year 5 – Luke Hurtfurt, Zara Westcott, Martha Williams, James Cochrane, Jack Clark-Thomas, Lily Gibb-Green.
Year 6 – Alyssia Campell-Farmer, Olivia Hooper Smith, India Russell-Marsh, Mya Nurcombe, Lewis Hayes.
This is a short film which was made about the event: www.dulvertonweir.org.uk/arts-on-the-leat/2017-dulverton-schools-competition www.dulvertonweir.org.uk/arts-on-the-leat/2017-dulverton-schools-competition


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I had an honor to visit a private gallery of an amazing painter Abo (Abram Gigauri) last week and I was amazed with the beauty and professionalism shining through his masterpieces.
Such a wonderful impression and interest in his work made me to talk to him and learn about his adventurous story that nowadays for many of us may sound unbelievable. That's why I've decided to offer this short article and some of his works to our readers.
Nowadays he is pursuing his dreams as a citizen of the United States but it wasn't like that when he was young. Abo was born in the Soviet Union country (currently Republic of Georgia) and his first paintings in 1970 were inspired by rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd. He was a young student studding physics in the university and devoting his free time to arts but he was detained by the Soviet Union KGB (Committee for State Security) just because of his painting of crucifix. They had been questioning everything about him: his works, friends, beliefs. It wasn't a free world like we know it today and just because of your beliefs or even because of listening to modern music one could get a serious trouble from USSR government. It was a very hard period in his life and nothing else needs more freedom than art. His life was full of problems, troubles and pains – that's when painting has become his biggest friend. No matter what – he would never stop doing the art he loved from the bottom of his heart; even more – only painting could break him free and give a comfort to his soul. He started making friends with professional painters and he was reading, learning more about the art of painting but the colors he was choosing and the way he was painting was coming not from those books but from his soul, from his own pains, happiness, love and life.
The biggest dream he had was to be free – and it was a beautiful dream. All he wanted was to devote his life to the art he loved and live in the free world where no one would judge him or detain him in a police department because of his paintings or love of music, or because of his faith in Jesus Christ. He made his dream true after moving to the United States from the Soviet Union and the way to his freedom was harsh, painful and rough but also wealthy with lessons that gave us priceless gifts which you can see and enjoy down here:
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ST KILDA veteran Leigh Montagna has called time on his decorated 287-game career, saying he was content he had given the game everything he could.
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Montagna is expected to move into a media career after calling last Friday night's clash between Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs for Triple M.
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The famous Temple of Sanjusangen-do is one of the most famous Buddhist temples in the world to keep the figure made of Japanese cypress goddess of a thousand arms and a thousand more statues of the thousand armed Kannon, which are at the sides of said statue distributed in ten rows and fifty columns guarded by 28 guard protocols. The temple name literally denotes Hall with thirty three spaces between columns, referring to the detailed architecture of the main hall in the sacred building.
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Mother India is a powerful and moving short film about two Americans who travel to India to see what life is like for the 31 million orphans living in that country. These two men meet a group of 25 homeless orphans who are living as a family unit behind a train station and begging for […]
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David Lipscomb experienced poverty firsthand while living in the South following the Civil War. He believed it was the Christian's duty to help the poor, sick, and suffering. For Lipscomb, caring for the poor and sick was not just the responsibility of the individual Christian, but it was a central part of the work of […]
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"Looking at some of the key areas driving spending over the next few years, Gartner forecasts $2.9 trillion in new business value opportunities attributable to AI by 2021, as well as the ability to recover 6.2 billion hours of worker productivity," added Lovelock. "That business value is attributable to using AI to, for example, drive efficiency gains, create insights that personalise the customer experience, entice engagement and commerce, and aid in expanding revenue-generating opportunities as part of new business models driven by the insights from data."
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Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Massacres continue in general indifference in Ituri, in the province of North Kivu, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, attributed to the ADF (Allied Democratic Forces). According to reports and sent to Fides by the Center for the Promotion of Peace, Democracy and Human Rights (CEPADHO), a local NGO for the defense of human rights, between 7 and 9 February several civilians were massacred,.
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MamaBlogger365 – Ebb and Flow by *Dr Mama* Amber Kinser
This post is about the ebb and flow of mothering. I'm thinking today about how impermanent any given moment in mothering is and how that can be a source of comfort and hope. Of course it also means that experiences that are sweet and tender fade; "stellar mom moments" fade (I wrote about this in a post on "necessary losses"); the life stages of your child or children that you most connected with fade. But the upside is that the children grow and change, even as you do, so in stages or phases where you feel stuck, you don't stay stuck there for long.
I remember my mother saying to me, when I was talking to her about the difficulty of blending my new family after I split from my children's dad. My new partner was and is so different from their father, and my relationship with him so different from mine with their dad, that interactions in our new family configuration seemed unbearably strained. I believed he would be a good step-dad for my kids but I didn't marry him because of that. I married him because he was a good partner for me. This of course is the same reasoning I employed when I married their dad. Even so, connecting as a family unit, which had come so effortlessly to us before, now seemed so hard. This is not surprising, of course, given the significant changes all of us were undergoing, given that they had for every minute of their lives defined family in one way and now were having to reconfigure all of their understandings about it. But it was hard. And sad, I think. My mother told me to "give it time," by which she meant not six months, or even one or two years. She meant time elongated. And, once again, she was right. Maybe I needed things to go more smoothly so I could feel less guilty; maybe it didn't have anything to do with guilt and I just needed to be fed by a sense of unified family. We've come to that, at last, but I certainly felt stuck there for some time.
I've moved in and out of various phases of connection and disconnect with my daughter, who is in college. I experienced the periods of disconnect as piercing. In retrospect, I can see how these periods of time fit into the larger ebb and flow of mothering but at the time, they just felt like great piercing moments. And in them, I would imagine that if I could just explain to her my thinking, we could get to a better place. I would practice what I might say to her while I was in the shower. But I couldn't ever articulate my thinking in a way that I thought would resonate for her. So I kept my ideas to myself and waited for things to start flowing again. And they did. Never in the time frame I was hoping for, mind you, but they did flow and they flow now. And of course, this will change again.
Partly because my children are different, partly because that requires me to be different with them, and partly because my own changes in life stages and phases (especially given that they are six years apart) means that, for my own reasons as well, I have been two different mothers to them. Mothering my two children has meant that there was little that I learned from mothering my first child that I was able to transfer over to mothering my second one. Sometimes I felt like I was mothering two "only children." I had a therapist who suggested this idea to me and I found it idea infuriating, but I see now what she meant; there definitely is merit to the idea.
Mothering my son seemed so much more challenging in the early years. Maybe our gender difference is part of that; I don't know. But right now, in this moment, in his early teens, we are in such a great place. I feel so tightly connected with him that the early periods of disconnect seem far, far away. I enjoy is company regularly, I enjoy his sense of humor, I am interested in his stories and the things that interest him. I know he must feel better about where we are now too. We were hanging up a hook on the fence this past weekend for a bird feeder and he kept kissing my shoulder while we were working; it was such a lovely few moments it nearly brought tears to my eyes. I was so grateful to be fully present for it. Of course this will change too. My daughter's life will continue to change her, my son's will change him (sooner rather than later, most likely, since high school begins next year), and mine will change me. It will keep ebbing and flowing. But I hope that I'll be able to look back on this post and remember that all of it ebbs back out — the smooth and the rough moments — and I hope I won't get too attached to any of it. This is the secret to maternal peace.
BIO: Dr. Mama (Amber Kinser) is a writer, feminist mother, professor, and speaker who lives in Tennessee. Check her out on Facebook, follow her on Twitter @DrMamaWit, and see her webpage. Kinser writes for the MamaBlogger365 series each Thursday at the Museum Of Motherhood, Mamapalooza and Mamazina Magazine.
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