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Day 19: A Trip
In July of 2009, Keith took me to Cancun. It was a pretty magical trip. We had only been dating for about 2 months so it was very exciting. I loved every minute of that trip, but one of the most amazing things was after coming back, after 6 days with him, I got back to my own apartment and I missed him. I am a very introverted person, I love me time, so after 6 days of no me time and not basking in the glory of being alone? That was monumental.
One of my favorite memories from that trip was sitting at the outside bar one night, we met a British man named Kevin Angel. He was from Bath. He was an older gentleman and hilarious, he kept telling us how all British TV was rubbish, except he did like Skins. He also told me, when Keith went to the bathroom, that we were going to get married. And I told him if we did, he had to officiate the wedding. So it's coming up Kevin, if you're reading this, ya owe me one.
Day 20: A Project You Did
I am thankful for all projects that I do because they prove that I am awesome and can do anything. Probably the project that has made me the happiest in recent memory is my livingroom wallpaper debacle. I took the room from this:
Please pardon the fact that I still never finished painting the trim and the outlet covers are still missing. It's my plan to finish that once my semester is over.
Day 21: Dessert
I am thankful for all dessert. Thanksgiving makes me think of apple pie. My favorite pie and the first kind I ever attempted. (Aside from lemon meringue, the only kind I've ever attempted.) Planning on some mini apple tarts for Thanksgiving so hopefully next week I'll be thankful for those.
Day 22: Faith
Day 23: A Special Day in Your Life
July 4, 2011 was pretty special because that's when Keith proposed. I always swore that I didn't want a holiday/birthday proposal. I also didn't want anything hugely public. Well Keith missed a little with the no-holiday, but we were in Mexico, so it's not like it was a holiday there. I also probably never told him about that. It was funny, everyone thought Keith was going to propose in Mexico, except Keith. People at work, friends, even one of Keith's friends asked if I thought he would do it there. I didn't really think so, but then we are driving to the airport and he mentions something about my ring size and that was it. I was not on edge the whole time, but in the back of my mind, I half-expected it. But that was never the plan. Until he asked. It was impromptu and there was no ring and we were actually in a swimming pool, but it was perfect.


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(a) In an informal proceeding for original probate of a will, the registrar shall determine whether:
(1) the application is complete;
(2) the applicant has made oath or affirmation that the statements contained in the application are true to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief;
(3) the applicant appears from the application to be an interested person as defined in section 524.1-201, clause (24);
(4) on the basis of the statements in the application, venue is proper;
(5) an original, duly executed and apparently unrevoked will is in the registrar's possession;
(6) any notice required by section 524.3-204 has been given; and
(7) it appears from the application that the time limit for original probate has not expired.
(b) The application shall be denied if it indicates that a personal representative has been appointed in another county of this state or except as provided in subsection (d), if it appears that this or another will of the decedent has been the subject of a previous probate order.
(c) A will which appears to have the required signatures and which contains an attestation clause showing that requirements of execution under section 524.2-502 or 524.2-506 have been met shall be probated without further proof. In other cases, the registrar may assume execution if the will appears to have been properly executed, or the registrar may accept a sworn statement or affidavit of any person having knowledge of the circumstances of execution, whether or not the person was a witness to the will.
(d) Informal probate of a will which has been previously probated elsewhere may be granted at any time upon written application by any interested person, together with deposit of an authenticated copy of the will and of the statement probating it from the office or court where it was first probated.
(e) A will from a place which does not provide for probate of a will after death and which is not eligible for probate under subsection (a), may be probated in this state upon receipt by the registrar of a duly authenticated copy of the will and a duly authenticated certificate of its legal custodian that the copy filed is a true copy and that the will has become operative under the law of the other place.
1974 c 442 art 3 s 524.3-303; 1975 c 347 s 32; 1979 c 50 s 68; 1986 c 444; 1992 c 423 s 3; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 77

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United States District Court, D. Connecticut
May 4, 2018
CYNTHIA ANN RIVERA, Plaintiff,v.NANCY A. BERRYHILL, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
For the
reasons set forth below, the court is amending its original
remand order.
noted in the court's Order Remanding Case (Doc. No. 20),
the Commissioner contends that "[t]he RFC for medium
work was supported by the medical evidence and record as a
whole." Def.'s Mem. to Affirm ("Doc. No.
19") at 5. The Commissioner asserts that the
Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") "correctly
assigned 'less weight'" to the November 6,
2013 medical assessment (physical) for light work from Carol
R. Honeychurch and the March 18, 2014 medical assessment
(physical) for light work from Barbara Cochran "because
evidence submitted since th[ese] assessment[s] showed the
ability to perform medium work". Id. at 5.
With respect to the conclusion that the plaintiff has the
ability to perform medium work, the ALJ's Decision
Additional medical evidence received in the course of
developing the claimant's case for review at the
administrative hearing level, consistent with medical
evidence in the record, justifies a conclusion that the
claimant's impairments are less severe than was concluded
by the State non-examining doctors. Additional evidence
received supports only a medium exertional level, due to the
claimant's lack of treatment for her ongoing pain
R. at
25 (emphasis added). The plaintiff asserts that there is no
evidence in the record to support a conclusion that the
plaintiff is capable of doing medium work, which requires
lifting no more than 50 pounds at a time and frequently
lifting or carrying up to 25 pounds. See Pl.'s Mem. to
Reverse (Doc. No. 15) at 13.
the court looked for guidance in the defendant's
memorandum as to where any such evidence could be found, the
court found that although there are two referrals to
"evidence submitted since this assessment" and
citations to the record, the defendant did not identify the
additional medical evidence or cite to it. See Doc. No. 19 at
2. Consequently, the court remanded the case for the limited
purpose of having the ALJ identify this "additional
medical evidence" (1) so that the claimant has an
adequate understanding of why the ALJ found her capable of
doing medium work after the two state agency consultants
determined she was only able to do light work and (2) so that
the court has an adequate basis for reviewing the Decision.
the Order Remanding Case was issued, the plaintiff requested,
and the defendant objected to, an amendment setting a time
limit for the ALJ's response. See Pl.'s Mot. to Amend
Order Remanding Case (Doc. No. 22) at 1; Def.'s Mot. in
Resp. ("Doc. No. 24") at 1. The defendant stated
that "what [counsel] and the ALJ meant was that the
medical evidence since the November 28, 2012 knee-surgery did
not support the November 6, 2013 and March 18, 2014 medical
'assessments' for light work from the two state
agency medical sources (Drs. Honeychurch and Cochran)."
Doc. No. 24 at 2.
district court reviewing a final [] decision . . . [of the
Commissioner of Social Security] pursuant to section 205(g)
of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), is
performing an appellate function." Zambrana v.
Califano, 651 F.2d 842, 844 (2d Cir. 1981). The court may not
make a de novo determination of whether a plaintiff is
disabled in reviewing a denial of disability benefits. See
Wagner v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 906 F.2d
856, 860 (2d Cir. 1990). Rather, the court's function is
to ascertain whether the Commissioner applied the correct
legal principles in reaching a conclusion and whether the
decision is supported by substantial evidence. See Johnson v.
Bowen, 817 F.2d 983, 985 (2d Cir. 1987).
correct legal principles were not applied in this case. An
ALJ "must explain the weight given" to the
assessment of a State agency medical consultant. SSR
96-7p[1]. The Decision states that
"[a]dditional medical evidence . . . justifies a
conclusion that the claimant's impairments are less
severe than was concluded by" Drs. Honeychurch and
Cochran and that "[a]dditional evidence received
supports only a medium exertional level." R. at 25
(emphasis added). If there is no such additional evidence, as
the defendant now concedes (Doc. No. 24 at 2), then the ALJ
rather than counsel must reevaluate the evidence and justify
the weight given the assessments.
evaluating the State agency medical consultant assessments
the ALJ must consider all of the factors set forth in 20
C.F.R. § 404.1527(c)(1)-(6). See SSR 96-6p[2]. Here the ALJ did
not do so.
ALJ's Decision must also justify a finding of a medium
exertional level. "Medium work involves lifting"
up to "50 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or
carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds." 20 C.F.R
§ 404.1567(c). The defendant appears to suggest that the
plaintiff's testimony that "she was unable to lift
'much in pounds' due to three hernia- repair
surgeries" was not credible because she "was able
to lift a bag of groceries and put it in her trunk."
Doc. No. 24 at 4 (citing Tr. 43-44[3]). However, the ability to
lift a bag of groceries is not the same as the ability to
lift and carry up to 25 pounds frequently, as required for
medium work. The Dictionary of Occupational Titles defines
"frequently" as cumulatively more than 1/3 up to
2/3 of an 8-hour day. DICOT 361.685-018 (G.P.O.), 1991 WL
672987 (Laundry Worker II); DICOT 920.587-018 (G.P.O.), 1991
WL 687916 (Packager, Hand). No. evidence cited supports the
conclusion that the bags the plaintiff carried weighed
between 10 and 25 pounds or that she could lift such weight
frequently enough to support a finding of medium work.
this case is being remanded (1) for reconsideration of the
weight given the assessments of Drs. Honeychurch and Cochran
and an analysis of 20 C.F.R. § 404.1527(c) factors; (2)
for reconsideration and a clear explanation of the support
for the plaintiff's exertional level and residual
functional capacity; and (3) to address any other issues the
parties and/or the ALJ agree are necessary to clarify the
record or properly resolve this case including, but not
limited to, supplementing the record and reopening the prior
the plaintiff's Motion to Amend Order Remanding Case
(Doc. No. 22) is hereby GRANTED as to the amendment and
DENIED as to imposing a time limit. The Order Remanding Case
(Doc. No. 20) is VACATED. The Plaintiff's Motion to
Reverse, or Alternatively, Remand (Doc. No. 14) is GRANTED.
The defendant's Motion for an Order Affirming the
Commissioner's May 29, 2015 Final Decision Pursuant to 42
U.S.C. § 405(g) (Doc. No. 19) is DENIED without
case is hereby REMANDED to the Commissioner
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But not the kind you're thinking of.
A couple weeks ago we went out to Whidbey Island off the coast of Washington State to spend a couple days with Chris' grandparents and his parents (who are stranded over there because of the bad forest fires and the smoke hovering over eastern Washington). It's a nice easy drive through some of the prettiest parts of the state. And my favorite place to stop and take pictures is at Deception Pass bridge that links the mainland to Whidbey Island.
We got to go to my favorite Chinese food place and have the honey walnut prawns that I've been thinking about since we had them last time, which was 4 years ago! They're pretty amazing. And memorable, apparently. We also got to eat at Anthony's, which is a seafood restaurant serving it fresh from the ocean that you sit beside. Funny thing though, the best thing we ate there was the onion rings. Not that the seafood wasn't good. Their clam chowder rivals the east coast chowder I had last summer. Chris' grandparents always feed us good when we go to see them.
We also were able to meet up with some of our friends that live on the island. A couple that used to live here and a friend of mine that I made at girls camp in 2011. We went out for frozen yogurt with Alan and Tonya and had coffee with Ariel and her new husband, Richard. I'm glad that we were able to see them too. It made for a very full and fun trip.
It really was a lovely weekend.
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Ermilov VV1, Agarwal A2 and Mouhammed HA3*
1Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russian Federation
2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Northern Borders University, Kingdom Saudi Arabia
3Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
Received date: January 23, 2017; Accepted date: February 18, 2016; Published date: February 23, 2016
Citation: Ermilov VV, Agarwal A, Mouhammed HA. The Combination of Amoebiasis with Helminthiasis and Maduromycosis Complicated by Secondary Amyloidosis: A Case Report. Cell Mol Med 2016, 3:1.
A rare case of secondary amyloidosis was found in a cadaver with amoebiasis and intrathoracic complications of amoebic liver abscess related with Helminthiasis and Maduromycosis, which proved the peculiarity of Amoebiasis to combine with polyparasitoses, namely Enterobiasis, strongyloidiasis and Wuchereriasis. The authors confirmed that the progression of secondary amyloidosis, most likely hepatopathic amyloidosis, can be accelerated by longstanding course of advanced, severe underlying illness with the development of amoebic complications, especially combined with Helminthiasis and Mycosis.
Amoebiasis; Helminthiasis; Maduromycosis; Secondary amyloidosis
It is well-known from literature about the possibility of amoebiasis damage of any organ as well as its combination with different diseases-bacterial dysentery, Balantidiasis, Helminthiasis, which make its course more severe [1-7] Amoebiasis is often complicated by amyloidosis [2] Cases of secondary amyloidosis developed from chronic schistosomiasis when amyloid was discovered in kidneys' biopsy specimens have been described [2]. In the secondary amyloidosis amyloid can be found in any organ, especially in the kidneys, adrenal glands, liver, spleen and eyes. According to studies [1-3], liver damage due to amoebiasis is evident in 35% to 37% of cases. Burst of amoebic liver abscess through diaphragm into thoracic cavity belongs to the most severe and late complications of this disease. Pus may discharge into (1) free pleural cavity with empyema formation, (2) circumscribed pleural cavity with following implication of lung tissue, (3) lung with abscess formation or bronchus without pus in pleural cavity (bronchial fistula), (4) pericardial cavity.
Maduromycosis (mycetoma)-chronic, localized, slowly progressive subcutaneous fungal infection, typically limited to the dorsal surface of the foot and accompanied by its expansion and deformity. This disease was first described in the middle of 19th century and initially named Madura foot, after the region of Madura in India where the disease was first identified. More than 80 types of fungi can cause Mycetoma but Actinomyces are the most common cause (Actinomycetoma). This type of deep mycoses is often complicated by multiple fistulas formation, fungal granulomas, Periostitis up to Blastomatous transformation of affected area and amyloidosis of parenchymatous organs [4-7]. Considering simultaneous combination of protozoal disease (amoebiasis), Helmithiases (Strongyloidiasis, Enterobiasis, Wuchereriasis) and deep mycosis, we decided to report our own study results with morphologic analysis of autopsy material.
A cadaver of unidentified man was found early in the morning in the market-place and forwarded to medicolegal death investigation. On autopsy: The body is that of a middleaged well developed, poor-nourished black male. There is mild rigor mortis present. Pale mucus membranes, scleral icterus, tongue is coated. There is erythematous rash on the skin of the back. Scrotum is enlarged, edematous, its skin is saddle, and shiny, smooth, lymph nodes are enlarged with a thickened wall (lymph scrotum). Cloudy opalescent fluid is noted inside upon dissection. Testicles and epididymis are twice enlarged, seminiferous tubules are thickened. There is a large amount of serous exudate between thickened testicular membranes. Inguinal and femoral lymph nodes are enlarged to a point of a size of an average fist. Left foot is enlarged and deformed with extrusion of the arch. There are many fistulas on the skin surface; sanguineous discharge with yellow grains is coming out.
On dissection of abdominal and thoracic cavities
Colon (especially ascending) and cecum: Colon (especially ascending) and cecum are increased in diameter with irregular thickened walls; mucous membrane is hyperemic with multiple hemorrhagic foci. Ulcerous process is spread almost through the whole colon. Multiple ulcers, flagon-like on the dissection, are located along the mucous folds, with hemorrhages at the edges. Ulcer floor consists of gray necrotic detritus. In older ulcers floor is imbibed with green intestinal contents. Brownish yellow semifluid content is in the bowel lumen. Scars on the place of healed up ulcers narrow the bowel lumen. Dirtygrayish necrotic foci are protruding from the mucous membranes surface. Histologic examination of colonic wall showed area of ulcer defects with involvement in the process of mucosa, submucosa, muscle layer, with floor made out of detritus with bacterial flora (Figure 1A). In the remaining colonic wall tissue on the border of necrosis there are Entamoeba clusters with tissue forms predominance (Figure 1B); clusters of inflammatory cells are evident around them. In the duodenum there is catarrhal inflammation with frank edema of submucosa, isolated mucosal ulcerations with penetration of helminths inside of it (Figure 2A), hemorrhages, eosinophilic infiltrates.
Figure 2: Morphologic characteristics of helminthiasis: Strongyloidiasis (A), Enterobiasis (B) and Wuchereriasis (CD- E). (A) Strongyloides stercoralis larvae in mucosal glands of duodenum with evidence of Edematous enteritis, (H&E staining, x250). (B) Transverse cross-section of adult female helminth Enterobius vermicularis in the lumen of appendix, helminth has side spurs on the level of esophagus and contains a large amount of eggs, (H&E staining, x100). (D) Longitudinal and transverse cross-sections of adult W. bancroftini in the lymph node with granuloma formation, presence of giant cells, beginning of the necrosis of one of the parasites, (H&E staining, x100). (E) Fibrosis and luminal narrowing of the lymph node, (H&E staining, x100). (F) Tunica albuminea in the context of elephantiasis of scrotum, (H&E staining, x100).
Appendix: Three adult helminths 13 mm in length have been discovered in the lumen of appendix. Appendiceal mucous membrane is edematous with multiple hemorrhages. Mucous membrane of the small bowel, especially of the duodenum, is edematous with multiple hemorrhages and superficial ulcerations. Histologic examination of the appendix reveled signs of acute appendicitis, with adult helminths in its lumen (Figure 2B). In inguinal and femoral lymph nodes adult helminths are discovered with formed granulomas and presence of giant cells around them (Figure 2C), macrophages of epithelioid cells, foci of necrosis are noted. Severe fibrosis of lymph nodes with luminal narrowing is stated (Figure 2D).
Liver: In the upper segment of left lobe of the enlarged liver massive merging together necrotic foci were noted. They are grayish yellow in color, with colliquation of hepatic parenchyma, liquefaction and perforation of the diaphragm, burst into pericardial sack, development of pyohemorrhagic pericarditis and pericardial cavity tamponade. About 350 ml of chocolate-brown fluid detritus was evacuated from it. There is an irregular cavity in the anteroposterior segment of the right hepatic lobe that reaches 11 cm in width. The cavity is filled with chocolate-brown fluid detritus that got into pleural cavity though liquefied diaphragm which led to empyema formation.
Lung tissue of the lower lobe of right lung was involved into purulent process. Histological examination of the liver tissue revealed a picture of chronic amoebic hepatitis is seen in liver; on the border of necrotic tissues isolated amoebic tissue forms are discovered. Passive amyloid depositions are noted between hepatic trabeculae accompanied by sinusoids with atrophy of hepatocytes and their death (Figures 3B and Figure 4).
Figure 3: Morphologic characteristic of Maduromycosis (a), and secondary amyloidosis (b) in the liver. (A) Druses of Actinomadura in the diffuse purulent infiltrate of the foot soft tissues, (H&E staining, x200). (B) Amyloid in the form of massive depositions between the hepatic trabeculae, (H&E staining, x200).
Gallbladder: In the gallbladder cavity, there is around 40 ml of dark green thick bile, there are isolated hemorrhages on the mucous membrane. Bile ducts are patent.
Esophageal and stomach: The mucous membrane is pale; stomach mucous membrane folds are flattened.
Pancreas: Pancreas is boggy, of pale reddish color, coarse lobular.
Spleen: Spleen has a mass of 160 g with moderate scrapping; its capsule is strained, dark cherry-colored. Kidneys are equal in size, have a mass of 205 g (11 × 7 × 4 cm), increased density, pale pink in color on the cross-section. In kidneys, most capillary loops of glomerulus are substituted with amyloid. Protein dystrophy and necrobiosis of tubules epithelium is evident. Some authors think [7], that the exact combination of amyloid damage of liver and kidneys is a reliable sign that allows suspecting hepatopathic amyloidosis.
Bladder: is contracted; there is around 60 ml of cloudy urine inside.
Prostate: has a round shape, firm, yellowish-pink on the cross-section.
Testis and epidydmis: Filariatosal lymphangitis and lymphadenitis takes place. In testicles, there is lymphostasis, severe edema (Figure 2E); vessel endothelium is in the proliferative stage, infiltrated with lymphocytes, histiocytes, and plasma cells. There is varicose dilation of lymph vessels. Signs of epididymitis and funiculitis are evidence.
Left foot: Histologic picture is heterogeneous in the tissues of foot. In tissues, taken from fistulas and diffuse purulent infiltrates, compact druses are discovered. Druses represent eosinophilic material (Figure 3A), with necrotic foci localized around them. In tissues around the fistulas and in the distance from them granulomatous process is represented by different proportions of epithelioid cells, plasma cells, giant cells and lymphocytes. Foci of fibrosis and hard scar tissue are noted. On culture of pathology material fungus Actinomadura madurae was isolated.
In kidneys, most capillary loops of glomerulus are substituted with amyloid. Protein dystrophy and necrobiosis of tubules epithelium is evident. A picture of chronic amoebic hepatitis is seen in liver; on the border of necrotic tissues isolated amoebic tissue forms are discovered. Passive amyloid depositions are noted between hepatic trabeculae accompanied by sinusoids with atrophy of hepatocytes and their death (Figures 3B and Figure 4). Some authors think7, that the exact combination of amyloid damage of liver and kidneys is a reliable sign that allows suspecting hepatopathic amyloidosis.
The first descriptions of amyloidosis date back from the beginning of 1840. Virchow was the first one to define amyloid substance [8]. Amyloidosis is a disease process resulting in the deposition and accumulation of fibrillar proteins and characterized by abnormal extracellular deposition of amyloid in different tissues and organs associated with dysfunction of the involved tissue or organ. The cause is still unknown. Amyloidosis is divided into: (1) primary, (2) amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma (MM), (3) secondary. (4) hereditary-familiar amyloidosis [9,10]. The progressive accumulation of amyloid deposits in normal tissues results in structural dysfunction, evolving into failure of the affected organ, most commonly the kidney, heart, liver and peripheral nervous system [11].
Primary amyloidosis is a systemic form without identifiable cause factor. Secondary amyloidosis refers to systemic amyloidosis concomitantly to chronic diseases such as tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, among others [10]. The differential diagnosis between the systemic and localized form of amyloidosis may be made through Ãâ°Ãâ- Amyloid deposits have some characteristics: they are eosinophilic in H&E staining and present birefringence under polarized microscopic light when stained in Congo red. This is the simplest and most accepted criterion for diagnosis of amyloidosis. Under electron microscopy, these proteins have fibrous appearance [10,11].
This finding proves characteristic property of amoebiasis to combine with polyparasitoses, particularly with Enterobiasis, strongyloidiasis and Wuchereriasis. Longstanding course of advanced, severe underlying illness with developed intrathoracic complications of amoebic liver abscess combined with Helminthiasis and Maduromycosis accelerated the progression of secondary, most likely hepatopathic amyloidosis.


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IT Discussion Questions
IT Discussion Questions
Answer discussion questions appropriately in full sentences (3 of them, with a few minor questions in them). Three articles/chapters from 3 separate books are attached. In the 3 questions explains which book to read from. No references necessary.
1. Refer to IT Savvy and as a Reply to this message discuss with your class members on who makes IT decisions in your organizations? How are they held accountable? Is this right? What would you change?
2. Refer to The Adventures of an IT Leader and as a Reply to this message discuss your perspective regarding the tradeoff between standardization and innovation? How do organizations find the right balance? What metrics might they use to decide that?
3. Refer to IT Strategy in Action – Discuss your observations and experiences related to IT sourcing. What works? What doesn't?
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Every morning I wake up to Kiss FM – I worked with the brand a couple of years ago and it puts me in a great frame of mind for the day.
Like everyone else in the world, I spend the next 20 minutes squinting out of one eye while I scroll through Facebook and emails. Today I click through to articles including a piece in The Telegraph about dementia (my dad is a sufferer) and watch a video on Unilad of a guy surprising his grandparents with a new car (because who doesn't want to start the day crying?!).
I pour over yesterday's analytics from Digital Spy over breakfast, then cycle to the office in Soho.
This morning's meetings include our daily news conference, followed by coffee with an up and coming writer, then I catch up with our HR team, to discuss some new roles we want to create.
After lunch I walk to a meeting in Marylebone with Laurence Mozafari, our associate editor overseeing our social and video strategy. We discuss tonight's Digital Spy, Game of Thrones, Facebook Live Show – we start broadcasting from the office after the show finishes and we reach over 250,000 people.
Our meeting is with The National Television Awards – Digital Spy is an official partner of the show this year. We want to use red carpet and backstage access to create social content that will extend the excitement and reach of the event beyond just the television.
Back on my bike and I'm off to a screening of my friend Damian Samuel's brilliant new film: The Fives Wives and Lives of Melvyn Pfferberg. Even though it's a Monday night I'm at the bar longer than I should be, catching up with some old friends.
I end the day as I began it, squinting at my phone in bed. I check Digital Spy to see what news our night team in LA are breaking, answer a few final emails, then I indulge my Rightmove addiction for about 15 minutes, before forcing myself to put the phone down.
Today gets off to a flying start at a digital away day for Hearst editors at Decoded in Old Street. I catch up with my work wife, Victoria White – Vic is now the commercial content director at Hearst – we've been working together ever since we were junior writers at Sugar magazine and Inside Soap. By lunchtime I've built an app for Edinburgh Castle with Julia Goodwin, the editor of House Beautiful.
I bike back across town for a meeting with my boss, Michael Rowley, Hearst UK's managing director of brands. We discuss sharing Digital Spy's recent successes with Hearst's American board. I pull a report together with Laurence and my brilliant deputy editor, Matt Hill. Highlights include a 7600% increase in social engagement, a 50 per cent uplift in engagement time and some exciting partnership deals.
Next up is a meeting with Jane Wolfson, head of commercial operations, to discuss our upcoming trip to Lions Entertainment. I love the whole experience of Cannes. I always fly home feeling inspired – and massively hungover.
I end the day in Old Street working out in Shoreditch Park with a personal trainer I've hired to get me back in shape. It hurts.
A meeting first thing with the team behind Stand Up To Cancer – Digital Spy is partnering with them this year to help raise awareness and drive donations. SU2C work with so many high profile people and do such amazing work that it is a privilege to be part of it.
Back at the office and a load of free pizzas arrive just in time for one of our 'Workshop Wednesday' sessions – where a guest speaker, or member of staff, hosts a seminar where we learn something interesting. Today's session is lead by Laurence and is about writing news for SEO.
In the afternoon, our new movies editor, Rosie Fletcher and I pay a visit to the press team at Warner Bros. Whenever we speak about DS, there are three key moments when we see the lights go on in people's eyes: 1) our size (we're enormous); 2) the fact audiences believe what they read on Digital Spy (trust is so important post-Leveson); 3) we are the only brand in the UK dedicated to entertainment news – crazy, but true.
Tonight I've got dinner with Quiet Storm's creative director, Trevor Robinson, who I have known since my days at heat. I love his mad, super-smart view of the world.
This morning I have a meeting with Hayley Cochrane, Hearst's new head of digital sales. She has to push her next meeting back twice because we can't stop talking about our plans.
Next I work on a presentation I am giving as part of the FIPP London Media Tour, where I have been invited to speak about Digital Spy's video strategy.
I feel very fortunate to be a part of Hearst – it's a forward-looking organization. When they took me on in December, they allowed me to remain involved in a couple of digital start-ups that I had helped to get off the ground. This afternoon I have a meeting with TBSeen.com, the brainchild of an old friend, Kate Thornton.
I've got the day off today and am heading to Paris on Eurostar for the weekend with one of my best friends, Richard Arnold. Rich is the entertainment editor for Good Morning Britain and we've been friends since 1995 when I interviewed him for Sugar magazine. It's impossible to get any work done when he is around, so as he heads off to the bar (before they've even served breakfast), I fire off a few emails and sort my diary out for next week.
I often joke about unplugging from the digital world for a bit, but the truth is I love its pace and the possibilities it presents.
Age: 43
Favourite media: Facebook, Sky, Rightmove, The Cotswold Journal
My biggest inspiration: Buster, my golden retriever. He sees joy in everything.
Dream job: When I was a kid it was writing for Smash Hits – so I'm basically doing that now, but on the internet
Not a lot of people know this about me: As a kid, I'd get up at 7am every morning to deliver the post in my Lego town.


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Kids' MusicRound® is a singing, laughing, giggling, jiggling, clapping, dancing, bouncing, fun-filled, award-winning music and movement experience for infants to age seven. With the KMR children's music program, parents can help bring out a child's natural curiosity about music in a playful, encouraging environment. Your 45-minute, 10-week interactive classes are led by a professionally-trained teacher. A class specifically designed for ages 4 ½ - 6 is offered in the Pennington location only. You can find us making music in Pennington, Montgomery, Princeton, Kendall Park, Crosswicks, Robbinsville, Plainsboro and West Windsor. Kids' MusicRound is a 2008 recipient of the "Best of Philly" award. Kids' MusicRound does offer teacher training in addition to parent-child classes. 609-333-0100 or visit our website www.kidsmusicround.com for more information.
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News about grants, gifts
Number of elementary school kids at risk of hunger in High Point and Archdale-Trinity who will get backpacks filled with nutritious food for weekends during school year will grow to 350 from 250, thanks to $20,000, two-year grant from American Express Foundation and donors to United Way of Greater High Point.
Triad Association of Health Underwriters donated $5,368 to Crisis Control Ministry, Winston-Salem; school supplies valued at roughly $300, plus slightly used and new clothes to Clara J. Peck Elementary School, Greensboro; $117 to earlier.org, Greensboro, for breast-cancer awareness; and 190 pounds of non-perishable food plus monetary donations to Greensboro Urban Ministry.
Eleven Episcopal churches and Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community completed 9th home local Episcopal community has sponsored for Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity; group provided volunteers and raised $55,000 for project, including $25,000 grant from Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina, up from $5,000 it has contributed in recent years.
Online grant applications available April 2 at NZMG Foundation, Durham, for discretionary funds of $1,000 to offset cost of domestic adoption for couples and individuals in North Carolina who have battled infertility.
Lowes Foods customers helped raise $46,490 in February to benefit American Heart Association.
News about people, groups
Charlotte, Triad and Triangle chapters, Association of Fundraising Professionals, to co-host eighth annual North Carolina Philanthropy Conference, Aug. 23, Sheraton Greensboro Hotel at Four Seasons, in coordination with Aug. 22 meeting of NC Planned Giving Council; keynote speaker will be Jon Duschinsky, international fundraiser and trainer.
Holly Cummings, nonprofit consultant and former director of corporate relations, American Heart Association, Columbia, S.C., named executive director, Jacob's Ladder Job Center, Charlotte.
Betsey McFarland, former executive director, Pathfinder Outdoor Education, St. Petersburg, Fla., named executive director, Wade Edwards Foundation and Learning Lab, Raleigh.
Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina, Durham, or CRA-NC, rebranded itself as Reinvestment Partners.
Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont, Charlotte, will rebuild retail store and donation center at 6607 South Blvd. destroyed in February by arson; store employed 20 people and generated $500,000 in wages and benefits a year.
Latino Community Credit Union received Desjardin Adult Financial Education Award from Credit Union National Association, and Credit Union Times Trailblazer Award for Service to the Underserved from Credit Union Times.
Michaela Hafley, visual arts teacher, Mendenhall Middle School, received 2012 Arts Education Teacher of the Year award and $1,000 from United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro; Juli Parker, band teacher, The Academy at Lincoln, and Marta Richardson, violin teacher, Peeler Open School for the Performing Arts, received honorable mentions.
Autism Society of North Carolina holding annual conference in Charlotte, March 30-31.
Hispanic League hosting wine-tasting event March 31, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Piedmont Craftsmen, Winston-Salem, to promote gala April 28 at Embassy Suites Hotel to benefit League's scholarship program.
Laura Ridgeway, outreach coordinator, Urban Ministries of Wake County, will be guest speaker at luncheon, The Women's Club of Raleigh, April 11, noon, 3300 Woman's Club Drive, Raleigh.


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MCCCI elects new council members Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry MCCCI has elected Prince Kapondamgaga, who is Chief Executive Officer for Farmers Union of Malawi as the confederation's new president and James Amos Chimwaza of Business Computers Services Limited as its vice at an Annual General meeting held in Blantyre on Wednesday. The AGM also elected Maria Kritzas, Ahmed Sunka and Walter Nyamilandu as Southern Region councillors. Andrew Chinguwo, Alick Henderson Sikelo and Michael Noel Hodgkiss were elected councillors for the Central Region while Wickly Mhango, Bernard Kalua and Gurtej Singh Nain were elected Northern Region councillors. The new Trustees for the next four years are: W. T Chirwa, Don Whayo, Felix Mlusu, Arnold Shaba and Mathews Chikankheni. Delivering his acceptance speech, the new president said his first task is to ensure implementation of MCCCI's strategic focus which aims at enhancing business facilitation and service delivery to members and building competiveness of members. He said during his tenure he will ensure refurbishment of the trade fair grounds at Chichiri in Blantyre and constructing new ones in Lilongwe and Mzuzu. He said MCCCI will push for the private sector participation in the energy sector to improve the business environment in Malawi which is currently characterized by perennial blackouts, with no end in sight. He further said, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) will be given special focus. He said: "We would like to ensure that the Confederation is involved in developing the future corporates of this economy. Thus linkages between small and large businesses, to ensure guaranteed markets for the SME's".
The Global Competitiveness report released by the World Economic Forum released on 26th September 2017 shows that Malawi ranks 132 out of 137 countries. This means that Malawi is the 6th least competitive country in the world.
The report examines the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) which measures the competitiveness of all countries in the world in terms of their institutions, policies and other factors which determine the level of productivity of each economy. 137 countries were assessed in 2017.
The report obtains input from business executives from all over the world through an annual survey, the Executive Opinion Survey, and is produced to provide an overview of the competitive performance of economies in the world. The GCI evaluates 114 indicators grouped into 12 pillars: institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health and primary education, higher education and training, goods market efficiency, labour market efficiency, financial market development, technological readiness, market size, business sophistication and innovation. Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industries administers this survey in Malawi on behalf of World Economic Forum.
According to the report, Malawi performed badly in infrastructure development, macroeconomic environment and basic requirements which ranked 137/137, 136/137 and 134/137, respectively.
The reports points out corruption, access to finance and tax rates in that order as major obstacles to doing business in Malawi.
India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA) arranged a meeting of Shri. Ashwani Kumar, Joint Secretary – Plant protection with Trade Commissioners, Counsellors and Agriculture Counsellors in New Delhi on January 30th, 2017. The meeting was commissioned in response to the Plant Quarantine (PQ) Department announcement that they will not extend any relaxation to non-compliance of Methyl Bromide (MBR) fumigation for agri-commodities with effect from April 1st, 2017. Meaning to say that any consignment/cargo arriving without MBR fumigation from load port will be rejected by the PQ Department.
The objective of this meeting was to get the PQ Team and all Trade commissioners and Agriculture Counsellors of exporting countries on a single platform and provide them with guidance from the PQ Team on the way forward to ensure that there are no rejections from April 1st. The Meeting however, comprised of the PQ Team and about 6 other PQ Department official and scientific officers. Trade Commissioners, Counsellors and Agriculture Counsellors from 20 countries were also present.
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January 1, 2017 was a date for introducing a new scheme for streamlining exports from developing countries to the European Union (EU) called the Registered Exporters (REX) system. REX is a scheme for certifying rules of origin that the EU has introduced for application to different unilateral, bilateral or multilateral preferential trade arrangements with third world countries. While it was introduced in the context of the reform of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) rules of origin in 2010, its implementation was deferred to give enough time for beneficiary countries to prepare their internal systems. The system will progressively and eventually completely replace the current system based on certificates of origin issued by government (or other designated) authorities and on invoice declarations made under certain conditions by economic operators. The new scheme will first be applied for the GSP and will later be used in other trading arrangements such as free trade areas. Read more
Malawi Trade Portal launched at Mount Soche Hotel, Blantyre on Thursday, 14th July 2016
Government of Malawi through Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism launched Malawi Trade Portal in Blantyre, a commercial city of Malawi where the majority of businesses operate. The Trade Portal is a one-stop website for trade –related regulatory information on import, export and transit trade. A Large number of businesses came to witness the launch.
The President of Malawi Confederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Karl Chokotho made a statement on behalf of the private sector applauding Government for living up to the dream of developing the Malawi Trade Portal.
The President of MCCCI described the trade portal simply as a trade facilitation program and a modern way of doing business. In his statement he said, 'Information is an economic good because its use or application creates economic value. The knowledge of the policies, regulations and business procedures obtaining in Malawi, for instance, has potential to lead to investment decisions that add value to the Malawi economy. Without easy access to such information, such decisions may not be made. The use of information by businesses for example also creates value, not only for the economy but for businesses themselves.'
The President cited some of the issues which are paramount to the success of the implementation of the portal such as;
Honourable Joseph Mwanamvekha when officially launching the portal commended various Ministries, Departments and Agencies and MCCCI for technically supporting the development of the portal through provision of the necessary information that has gone into the portal. The Minister assured private sector that the portal will be regularly updated and called upon various agencies of Government and private sector to support the portal. He perceived the portal to contribute towards easing the doing business index in Malawi.
The development of the portal was financially supported by World Bank Group.
The portal can be accessed at www.malawitradeportal.gov.mw for more information.
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Back again, and it's been a while! I have a few new things to share so please, read on~! Feel free to share anything you've been feelin' down below!
Jisho.org has once again become my go-to for learning Japanese. Have I mentioned I'm taking Japanese language classes? They're really slow, so I haven't learned much, but I'm glad I'm taking the time to at least try! Jisho is seriously the place to go if you want to look up a word. The site is clean, simple, and overall easy to navigate and understand. Anyone else learning a language right now?! Tell me how to get more motivated.. PLEASE!
Big fat shoutout to 7 Eleven Hawaii. Why? They're doing the best they can to make it a one stop shop for all food needs. As they continue to release more products, they become even more reminiscent of 7 Eleven in Japan (the superior 7 Eleven branch). Not only do they sell some of the snack items you can find in Japan, but the hot and cold food items are getting to be more irresistible — and some even have a local touch! They just released the Matcha Azuki Manapua, and they've come out with the triangle onigiri, which, if you ask me, SCREAMS Japan! Can't wait for what's next, I know good things are coming!
I knew I liked him for a reason! Though he's not necessarily the most funny or the most entertaining, I found this video endearing because he enjoyed some of those snacks and was really open (and honestly a bit eager) to try everything! I feel like he's just a dad, a tough, and very handsome dad — but a dad nonetheless. Also, the last part where his PA comes in and asks for more snacks for him for later.. SO CUTE!
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As I did last year, I'm posting my favorite piece of 2018 before the year comes to a close! 🌸 I painted Blossom back in June 🌻 I wanted to try a lighting scenario I'd never done before, and ended up loving the result ☺ Blossom is available on my Gumroad (link in bio 📲) . 💖Btw: What are you guys' New Year's resolutions? Mine is to do more figure drawing and get out of my comfort zone 👀 #hisophiescribble #adobedrawing_floral
Chelsea Blecha makes beautiful art — check out one of my faves. I've been really dipping into exploring art/illustration related hashtags just to see what's out there and I have NOT been disappointed. Chelsea really stuck out to me so I thought I'd share her profile with you all! I absolutely love her style and can't wait to see what else she creates. She also created a "Shiba Sushi Chef" (try saying that 5x fast!) that is ADORABLE, but you'll have to go to her profile to see it for yourself. 🙂
Hope you enjoyed this small segment of Feelin' This! I'll be back soon for another round~ Please always feel free to share anything you've been feelin' lately!


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India Is Building An Underwater Bullet Train
This ambitious project by the Indian government envisions a modernization campaign for the Indian Railways. Currently, a nonstop train takes more than 7 hours barring constant delays to reach Mumbai from Ahmadabad.
The underwater stretch of the railway line is 21 km and the length is 508 km in total.
The project is going to cost more than 12 billion dollars and the Indian government has already taken the financial help of the Japanese to kick-start the progress on this pioneering project in the world's largest democracy.
Construction work is expected to start in 2018 and millions of people will use it every year to commute between the two cities.


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GRAYSONVILLE, Md. – Julian Gonzalez (Heredia, Costa Rica/Berkeley Academy) sits in 36th place to lead the Goucher College men's golf team to a 16th-place standing at the Towson Invitational on Saturday. The Gophers are the only NCAA Division III team in a field that contains 14 NCAA Division I teams and one NCAA Division II program.
Gonzalez shot a two-over 38 on the front nine holes with bogeys on three and seven and then a three-over 39 in final nine holes with bogeys on 10, 11 and 15 to finish with a five-over par round of 77. He registered a par on the other 13 holes to sit in 36th place, eight strokes behind the leader.
Evan Yue (Bejing, China/IMG Academy) (54th place, 79), Roberto Mikse (Fort Worth, Texas/Jim McClean Junior Academy) (74th place, 81), Nicolas Fisher (Fishers, Ind./Fishers) (90th place, 89), Steph Lee (Manalapan, N.J./Saint John Vianney) (90th place, 89) rounded out the Goucher competitors. Yue had a birdie on 16 and Mikse recorded a birdie on 11.
Youngstown State leads the two-day event with a score of 287, seven strokes ahead of LIU Brooklyn (294) while Fairfield (295), Sacred Heart (295) and Canisius (296) rounded out the Top-5 teams in the field. The Gophers sits in 16th place with a round of 326.
Goucher returns to action in the final round of the Towson Invitational on Sunday.


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If Hollywood were to cast an ideal NFL coach for the Houston Oilers in the 1970s, Bum Phillips would have been the man.
From his Stetson hat to his Southern drawl to the boots he wore, Phillips was all cowboy. He was also a great builder of a football franchise. His death Friday night at age 90 was sad.
He coached in an era of characters who helped to build the NFL. Oakland had Al Davis, a rebel who would do anything to win, including fighting the league. Pittsburgh had the Steel Curtain, one of the greatest collections of talent and characters ever assembled in sports. Minnesota had the Purple People Eaters, a great group of defensive linemen.
The Steelers-Raiders rivalry was one of the most intense in football history, but Houston-Pittsburgh was pretty close. I liken it to those Ali-Frazier heavyweight fights. Phillips was a master at finding physical players who could challenge the Steelers. I remember going to games at the Astrodome in which players from both sides were carted off because of the hard hits. Phillips found powerful defensive linemen such as Elvin Bethea and Curley Culp. To challenge the Steelers' defense, he drafted Earl Campbell, who could hit defenders as hard as they could hit him. Campbell's collisions against Steelers Donnie Shell and Jack Lambert were some of the most brutal ever.
For the players, Phillips made it simple. For the media, it was the same way. He was one of the few coaches in sports who would often answer the phone in his office. He was open, available and always quotable.
Perhaps his best quote came out of the frustrations of his battles against the Steelers. In 1978 and 1979, the Oilers faced the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game. The Steelers won those games, helping to cement a dynasty that won four Super Bowl rings in the 1970s. In the late hours after the second loss, Phillips showed up for a fan function at the Astrodome and said, "Last year, we knocked on the door. This year, we banged on it. Next year, we're going to kick the door down."
I will never forget an incident that happened while I was covering one of those championship games for The Pittsburgh Press. In an unusual move in the preparation weeks for one of the games, Phillips wouldn't allow out-of-town media access to players for interviews. This affected only a reporter from The Washington Post and me. I called the NFL and complained about the lack of access. The league ordered Bum to provide it. Standing on the top step of a trailer, Phillips later apologized, saying he had never had a problem with the media. He shouted over to an employee asking whether he had any problems with the media. Just as the words came out of his mouth, Dale Robertson, beat reporter for the Houston Chronicle, was thrown through a door by quarterback Dan Pastorini. Robertson landed at my feet. They had a disagreement about a story in the paper quoting the QB about a leg injury.
Phillips didn't blink and muttered, "Except for this."
Whether it was his days with the Oilers or his efforts to rebuild the New Orleans Saints, few coaches pounded on the door of success better than Bum Phillips. He will be missed.


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The Little Chopper Shop has a Star that is Rising
Dar Holdsworth, BossMan of Brass Balls Choppers & Bobbers, has added a new Bobber Babe, Emylee. She replaces their first Chopper Chick, Megan.
For the next year Emylee will not just be smiling in front of the camera, she will be showcasing new products for Brass Balls including parts, accessories and motorcycles. She presents an all American girl image that really sets off the motorcycle she is on.
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Isla Mujeres, Mexico
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Turtle Farm
This is one of the main attractions on Isla Mujeres. For years now, it has been one of the places where giant sea turtles come to lay their eggs. Every year from May to September they bury their eggs in the sand, where they wait to hatch. At the turtle farm, the turtles are protected and the newborns are placed in tanks to later be released to the ocean.
Pirate Mundaca Hacienda
This site used to be the residence of a famous pirate from Mexico's Caribbean coast: Fermin Mundaca. Nowadays only traces of its 19th century splendor remain; nevertheless, a small zoo has been set up here with local wildlife, and it has beautiful gardens that you can walk around. The site is the location for not just one, but lots of fascinating stories about love and death that you can hear from the locals.
Isla Contoy
Isla Contoy is an island uninhabited by human beings, an important bird sanctuary that is home to great nesting colonies and wild frigates. It is a fantastic place to admire the beauty of nature. Located about 45 minutes north of Isla Mujeres, Isla Contoy also has a viewpoint with a tower offering spectacular panoramic views. There are lots of excursions available throughout the day, but the number of visitors is restricted, making reservations a must.
Swim with Dolphins
Swimming with dolphins on Isla Mujeres is an experience that'll last in your memories for a lifetime. This incredible educational experience is safe, fun and available for everybody – you don't really even have to know how to swim, as lifejackets are provided. The level of interaction with the dolphins can range from a "fin-shake" to a kiss, according to the package that you choose. There are also other creatures that await you in this wonderful place, such as bull sharks, manta rays, tamarins, macaws, and toucans.
A Scuba Diving Paradise
Isla Mujeres is famous as a scuba diver's paradise. Hidden in its waters are the beautiful natural reefs of El Farito, Islache, and Manchones. There is also an area with sunken ships, while expert divers will love the Cave of Sleeping Sharks.
Sculpture Park
This beautiful park was inaugurated at the southernmost point of the island as a result of the Punta Sur Isla Mujeres First International Sculpture Meet in 2001. It also just happens to be the first place in Mexico touched by the rays of the sun at dawn. Here you can see the work of 13 artists of different nationalities. The main Mexican sculptors who participated in the project were Jose Luis Cuevas and Sebastian. The sculptures are located outdoors and exposed permanently to the sea breeze, featuring the crystalline waters of the Caribbean Sea as a stunning backdrop.
Garrafon Natural Reef Park
The park is called "El Garrafon" (Large Water Container) because of the incredible coral reefs and crystalline water in the area, which are its main, but not only attractions. Garrafon Natural Reef Park is part of the largest barrier reef in the hemisphere, and the ecosystem is home to more endangered species than any other on the planet. Other attractions here include a number of zip-lines for tourists who want a rush of adrenalin, along with infinity pools and restaurants.
Punta Sur
Towering 60 feet over the sea, you'll find the cliff area known as Punta Sur. Here you can admire an incredible sunrise, as it is the first place in the country warmed by the sun's rays. Due to the white color of the sand surrounding the island you can see different tones of blue in the waters of the Caribbean Sea, which offer a relaxing spectacle as the waves crash against the rocks. Punta Sur also has a picturesque lighthouse from where you can see Cancun, as well as a stone pathway surrounding it.
Mayan Temple
In pre-Colombian times Isla Mujeres was consecrated to the goddess Ixchel, the Mayan deity of the moon, love, and fertility. Back then they used to give offerings that included, among other things, clay figures of women. When the Spanish Conquistadors arrived at the island and found these clay figures, they decided to name it Isla Mujeres (Women Island). Nowadays only a small Mayan temple has survived on the island. It is located in the Punta Sur area and, when combined with its stunning setting, it is well worth a visit.
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Safa Community School, WSA Q&A
What is the official name of your School?
Safa Community School
What is your school's Web site address?
What qualities and characteristics would you say define your school?
Safa Community School is a new school that opened its doors to its first cohort of students in Sept 2014. Building on the success of its sister school, the new school is built with a vision to be a model for the future of education – representing a forward thinking, integrated response to the educational challenges of tomorrow. This is reflected in every facet of the school – the child friendly architecture of the school campus, the design of classrooms and learning spaces as well as comprehensive outdoor sports facilities. The school aims to be a truly 'community' school – with strong links between students, parents, teachers and other members of its immediate community.
Safa community school serves its community by working in partnership to provide an education of the highest quality within the context of the UAE. As a school we celebrate the diversity of the wider community and are committed to the principles of inclusion and equality of opportunity.
Through our aims and values we aim for every child to have the support they need to:
• Be Healthy
• Make a Positive Contribution
• Stay Safe
• Enjoy and Achieve
• Achieve Economic Well-Being
Our Values: Values are fundamental expressions of what we think and believe. As a school we encourage children to think about personal and social values, to become aware, and involved in the life and concerns of their community and society and so develop their capacity to be active and effective future citizens.
Our Core Values Are:
Friendship: We value friendship as fundamental to the development and fulfilment of ourselves and others, and the good of the community.
Respect: Develop self-respect and respect for others. Promote inclusion and appreciate and value the diversity of people's circumstances and backgrounds.
Responsibility: Take responsibility for the way we lead our lives; how we use our talents, rights and opportunities.
Perseverance: Maintain a 'can do' attitude.
Kindness: Show care and concern and exercise goodwill towards others.
How many nationalities are represented in your school?
Are there high proportions of a particular nationality?
Yes there is – British.
What is the teacher: student ratio in your school?
FS1 – 20 per class – Teacher + Teaching Assistant, FS2 – 22 per class – Teacher + Teaching Assistant, Year 1&2 – 24 per class – Teacher + Teaching Assistant, Year 3 to 9 – 24 per class – Teacher and Shared Teaching Assistant
Does your school have a waiting list?
No it does not
If a secondary school, what percentage of your students achieve entry to higher educational institutions and, in general terms, which countries?
How does the school promote healthy lifestyles?
To educate, equip and empower all pupils to live a healthy lifestyle through the curriculum we teach, the relationships we foster, the environment we provide and the opportunities we create. We aim to create a culture where healthy lifestyles are promoted that impact the whole child in terms of their:
• Physical health including diet, nutrition, exercise and health and safety, sexually smart, drug aware and healthy habits.
• Emotional health including relationships, well being, positive peers, safe & secure environment fostering compassionate and courage.
• Mental health including a strong work ethic, a positive can do mentality, wisdom regarding choices and consequences.
• Relational health including positive significant peer groups in their class, whole school, families and a positive participation in the community.
Physical education and sport is an important aspect of a healthy lifestyle. How does your school ensure children engage in physical activity?
Fore more information, please visit:
1. Curriculum Sports
2. After School Sports
3. Sports Partner Programme
How do you promote healthy eating?
Safa Community School is dedicated to providing an environment that promotes healthy eating and enabling students to make informed choices about the food they eat. This is achieved by the whole school approach to food and nutrition. The nutritional principles are based on current evidence based findings; and the 'eatwell plate' is the agreed model for ensuring a healthy balanced diet (www.eatwell.gov.uk)
Safa Community School aims:
• To enable students to make healthy food choices through the provision of information and development of appropriate skills and attitudes
• To provide healthy food/drink choices throughout the school day and ensure food brought into school is healthy too
• To ensure that all aspects of food and drink in school promote the health and well being of students, staff and visitors to our school
Break time Snacks: The school understands that snacks can be an important part of the diet of young people and can contribute positively towards a balanced diet. The school discourages the consumption of snacks high in fat and sugar at break-time. We encourage a fruit only policy for break time snacks as this positively enhances the idea of a balanced diet.
Packed Lunches: The school encourages parents to provide students with packed lunches that compliment the nutritional standards. This is achieved by promoting healthy packed lunch options using the principles of the 'eatwell plate'. This will ensure students having packed lunches have a healthy balanced meal.
The Eating Environment: The school provides a clean, sociable environment for students to eat their lunch and will develop the healthy/welcoming aspects of the dining room environment. Staff supervise the children at lunchtime to help ensure a safe, enjoyable experience at lunchtime and to encourage healthy eating.
Does the school have cafeteria facilities for the students?
No, it does not
What is the starting and finishing time of your school day?
For more information, go here. http://safacommunityschool.com/about/school-day-timings/
Is there a school uniform?
Yes there is. Location, Sumeru, J3 Mall, Opposite Choitrams on Al Wasl Raod
Shop number 3, Level 1. Opening Hours: from 10:00 till 20:00 seven days a week
Please advise on your discipline policy and/or provide a link to your website.
At SCS we work towards standards of behaviour based on the basic principles of honesty, respect, consideration and responsibility. It follows that acceptable standards of behavior are those that reflect these principles.
What is your policy on mobile devices such as mobile (cell) phones in school?
Students in Y7 and up are allowed to bring in mobile devices that are used at the teachers discretion.
How does your school differentiate learning?
A variety of organisational strategies and teaching techniques will operate within each classroom. On occasions it will be appropriate for whole class teaching and on others mixed ability or friendship groups will operate. We group children by ability and also set programmes to cater for the learning needs of individual children.
We will operate a 'fitness for purpose' policy on grouping children as we believe that flexibility of organisation is essential to meet children's needs and the demands of the National Curriculum together with the wider school curriculum.
Do you develop independent learning through homework and, if so, what are your recommendations regarding this, particularly time spent on homework?
Homework should never be too onerous nor should it ever create stress within the child's family. If parents have any concerns they should not hesitate to contact the school – initially by speaking to their child's class teacher and if they are not resolved to the Headteacher.
At Safa Community School we follow the Government recommendations for time allocations for homework activities:
Years 1 and 2 → 1 hour per week
Years 3 and 4 → 1.5 hours per week
Years 5 and 6 → 2.5 hours per week (30 minutes per day)
Years 7,8 and 9 → 5 hours per week
In response to pupil feedback homework is set weekly. Normally, homework will be set on a Thursday with the expectation that it is completed and handed-in by the following Wednesday (this allows teachers time to mark the homework). This may differ in Key Stage One where daily practice is to be encouraged, for example reading, spellings and times tables.
Children's marked homework is returned on a Thursday, when the next week's homework is set. Time is given for children to read teacher's feedback and talk through any points arising. Teachers will go through the next week's homework tasks, working through examples if appropriate, for example in numeracy to check understanding.
Homework Activities
The main focus of homework activities for all children will be on literacy and numeracy to reinforce and consolidate skills learnt in the classroom. Further subjects, including preparation for oral presentations and research tasks, will be added to the programme of homework as children move up the school. This is an opportunity for children to think creatively and produce their own form of response. It could be a model, a project, a diagram, a chart, an IT presentation – whatever idea they think best explores the task. Many children told us that they enjoy art/making type homework so on occasions whole school 'design and make' projects will be given.
Homework does not just mean formal exercises carried out by children without help from adults. Particularly in the case of younger children, it is the involvement of parents in joint activities, which can be very brief, which is most valuable in promoting children's learning.
In Reception teachers send home a weekly activity to encourage and enable parents to be involved in their child's learning. The activities are designed to help parents and children work together on a small task that is based on the focus of the week. The tasks cover aspects of literacy, numeracy or topic work. There is room on each homework activity for parents to give feedback on how their child engaged with the task.
Challenge Activities
Children who are identified as being Academically More Able receive a differentiated activity each week from their class teacher. This task builds on learning covered within the class but asks children to apply higher order thinking skills. These activities are due in with any other homework tasks given – they are marked by class teachers, and feedback is given in the usual way.
How do you feedback progress and attainment to students and parents?
At Safa Community School we will report to parents three times a year on their child's progress. The purpose of this assessment, recording and reporting system is to provide regular information throughout the year to both students and parents on how students are progressing in relation to their academic ability and potential, based on prior data. More importantly reports will offer advice on how students can improve. Each progress report will contain the following information:
• Target Levels for each individual subject (based on 'prior data', performance in their most recent NC tests and teacher assessed levels)
• Current level of attainment in each individual subject
• Current progress (indicated by the difference between the student's current level of attainment and their Target Level);
• Attitude to learning, acknowledged by a number of indicators including:
o Attendance and punctuality
o Effort
o Completion of homework
o Number of reward marks gained
In addition to this, each individual class teacher, subject teacher, the student, form tutor and the Senior Management Team provide comments and advice to help guide each student's progress.
Reporting dates
Progress report 1 : After Autumn Half Term, ready for Learning Review Day
Progress report 2 : According to year group, one week before the Parent Teacher Consultation
Progress report 3 : End of Summer Term
Learning Review day
Learning Review Day at Safa Community School will provide an opportunity for parents to discuss with class teachers, subject teachers and form tutors their child's progress across all subjects during a 15 minute session. Students should also attend these interviews. Parents will be provided, in advance, with current information on their child's academic progress. At the interview, targets for improvement are negotiated which are then monitored by the child's class teacher or form tutor.
Parent teacher consultations
Parent teacher consultation evenings will be held once a year for each year group and provide an opportunity for parents and students to meet with their class teachers to discuss progress.
Curriculum evenings
In addition parents will be invited to special Curriculum Evenings: Year 8 into 9, Year 9 into 10 and Year 11 into 12. There will also be Information Evenings for Year 12 parents to introduce them to their child's curriculum and Year 11 parents will be invited to a discussion evening to assist with final GCSE preparation.
Ad hoc consultation
Parents would be welcome to contact the school at any time to discuss their child's welfare and progress. Such enquiries would be directed, in the first instance, to the child's class teacher or from tutor. Appointments could also be made with other members of the Senior Management Team, including the Principal
Is Arabic taught as both a first language and second language in your school?
Second language
Which other languages are taught?
French, Spanish
Do you offer EAL or TEFL support for those students where English is not their first language?
No we do not
Is Islamic Education/Studies for the Arab Muslim students delivered in Arabic for them?
Yes it is
Do you have a dedicated prayer room/s for the Muslim students?
Yes we do
If external examinations and assessments are part of your curriculum, which ones do you offer?
The school will be delivering GCSE and A levels
What is you medium of instruction?
Not all schools are staffed or resourced to offer learning support to those children with either moderate or significant learning needs. To what level can you offer support for those with learning differences?
Safa Community School is an all inclusive school where students will be accepted with various levels of academics and abilities. We provide a safe, stimulating, supportive, happy and secure environment for students with mild to moderate special educational needs.
At Safa Community School, a comprehensive inclusive policy is in practice wherein we support our children to enable them to achieve their potential academically, socially and personally by recognising their individual differences, needs, strengths, weaknesses, experiences and interests.
At Safa Community School, we define Learning Enhancement Needs as follows:
• Those with learning difficulties, emotional and behavioural problems, physical disabilities, language based difficulties and medical conditions and children who are working well above the expectation of the year group.
• The needs of a student are considered 'different' when a child has significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of children of the same age or are working significantly above the level of the children of the same age, or when a child's disability limits or denies the child's ability to use educational facilities.
Do you have a learning support team in your school?
Yes we do
How do you support gifted, able and talented students?
There are gifted and talented young people in all schools. Safa Community School understands that pupils who are gifted and talented have specific needs that must be met if they are to achieve their full potential. They may be identified at any stage of education and are a diverse and disparate population. We have a well defined academic programme for identification of gifted and talented students and the learning strategies that are to be put in place to encourage such students.
At Safa Community School gifted and talented students will be identified by making a judgement based on an analysis of various sources of information including:
• Test scores (end of key stage levels; CAT scores; NFER Scores)
• Teacher nomination (based on classroom observation, discussions with pupils, work scrutiny)
• Peer or self-nomination
• Parental nomination
• Predicted test/ examination results
• Reading ages
This information is collated by a teacher designated as the gifted and talented co-ordinator and is made available to all staff. The gifted and talented register is regularly reviewed and updated.
Organisational and in-class approaches
Important strategies include:
• The coherent management of pupil groupings (whether in mixed ability groups or ability sets) and recognition that whilst there may be a higher concentration of gifted and talented pupils in some groups there will be pupils who have gifts and talents in all groups.
• The provision of opportunities for gifted and talented pupils to work with pupils of similar ability. This will mean that it is appropriate for pupils to work with older pupils occasionally.
• Mentoring and additional provision for pupils of exceptional ability.
• The provision of enrichment/extension activities and tasks.
• Differentiation within subject areas.
• The development of independent learning by allowing pupils to organise their own work, to carry out tasks unaided, evaluate their work and become self-critical.
Does your school have particular expertise in dealing with a specific learning need such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, aspergers syndrome and so forth?
Yes it does
Kindly provide details on the support for specific learning needs your school provides?
Range of Special Needs Students the School will Accommodate:
(MLD) Moderate Learning Difficulties
Speech Language and Communication Difficulties Yes with outsourcing for specialist assistance where required
Visually Impaired Yes with appropriate resourcing
Hearing Impaired Yes with appropriate resourcing
( SpLD) Specific Learning Difficulties
(Dyslexia, Dyscalculia)
Asperger's Syndrome
Does your school have an educational psychologist or access to one to assess and support those youngsters with more challenging learning and emotional needs?
Yes it does
Does you school offer activities to students from other schools after school hours?
Yes it does, for more, go here.
Our basic pattern of daily lessons will be enhanced by a whole range of exciting opportunities for students to extend their learning in other ways. Each week we will have a vast array of clubs on offer to all year groups with the school, covering topics as varied as model-making, basketball and philosophy.
We know that extra-curricular participation is immensely beneficial for students – it can improve their behaviour and academic performance as well as providing them with opportunities to develop interests and friendships.
The activities are designed to broaden and develop the mind and body. Students have regular opportunities to visit museums, exhibitions and theatres, as well as longer residential trips both within the UAE and abroad. We will use various agencies to support our extracurricular work and also aim to support students in gaining accreditation, such as the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
Do you have a parents' group supporting the school?
Yes we do, please contact pta at safacommunityschool.com
Are there opportunities for parents to support the learning, activities and events within the school or on trips other than through the parent group?
Yes there are. We welcome parents into Safa Community School believing we are partners in the education of your children. There will be many opportunities for parents to become involved in the life of the school and to gain a greater understanding of its work. Parents' support and expertise can be used in many ways and is greatly valued. If you are able to help, please come and talk to your child's teacher.
Is there an opportunity for parental representation on your school Board of Governors?
Yes there is. The governing body of the school will be made up of people from a variety of backgrounds. The school governors are a group of individuals, who are elected, nominated or co-opted and are representatives of parents, staff and the local community. School Governors work with the Headteacher and will be responsible for setting the strategic direction of the school. Meetings will be held once a term. If you are interested in becoming a school governor, please contact the Headteacher and ask for a Governors Information Pack.
Do you offer specific activities, events or information sessions for those parents new to the school and/or area?
We have an open morning every Monday at 8.30. Its an opportunity to meet the headteacher and tour the school.