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Abingdon, England--Oxford Instrumentshas acquired Asylum Research, a maker of scanning probe microscopes (SPM) with subsidiaries in the UK, Germany, and Taiwan. Its products are used by academic and industrial customers across the world for a wide range of materials and bioscience applications.
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For freelancers, creating information products is a good way to generate additional income. If it is your first time, you may think that it is difficult. But if you have some great information that you think people will pay to have, then you have the materials for a good creation. Just think of a format to put your ideas on which could be a video, an audio training program, or an eBook.
Once you have decided on the format, you then have to create the content – make an outline, design the layout, edit the contents, and the final step – market your product. You can promote it through your social networking accounts. You can also write about it and send it to your contacts by email or post it on your blog. If it sells right off, then you may have hit the jackpot. But do not be discouraged if initially, the reaction to your product is lukewarm, especially if it turns out that you are selling the wrong product.
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Next step is to do more market research. You can form a focus group out of your most dependable clients and discuss your idea to them. But as these are people who regularly do business with you, they may give you the impression that they will spend on your brainchild. Whether they really like your product or they just want you to hear what you want to hear so as not to affect your business relationship, still, it will be favorable to you. But you should not stop here and go all out in creating your product as it may turn out to be premature.
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10 Ways to Beat Summer Laziness
If you're anything like me, you typically have more time on your hands when summer rolls around. It gets so easy to waste time because there's so much more of it. Even if you aren't basking in extra free time, it's so easy to waste the time you do have scrolling through your newsfeed or soaking up sunrays. It's completely necessary to enjoy the current season, but there are ways to be completely productive and focused even when you just want to tan.
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Limit your time on social media
: Summertime is great for social media stalking your friends and seeing where they are vacationing how they are spending their time. Remember that they aren't sitting on their phones looking at their Facebook wall; they are out there spending their time outside and taking pictures of their adventures in the moment.
: Keep your brain active by reading. Do yourself a favor and make sure it is a printed book. The less time your eyes have reading a screen, the more energized you will feel. Screens zap your energy! Read books for pleasure. Read a new genre. Read self-help books and teen romance. Goodness, grab yourself a comic book and enjoy the DC or Marvel world!
Swim, hike, exercise outside
: Keep your body active! Get your blood flowing so you don't feel like sleeping until noon every day. This will also help keep your mind active and focused!
: Avoid sleeping in past 10 a.m. Avoid going to bed past midnight. Get 8 hours of sleep every night and enjoy the next day. During summer, we often allow ourselves to sleep more, or later, than we normally would. Don't let your sleep schedule go to the dumps just because it's sunny outside.
Drink water
: As you stay physically and mentally active, make sure you are fueling and hydrating your body! Often we feel more exhausted because we aren't hydrated enough.
Take your work outside
: Vitamin D is your friend! Take your laptop outside and do your work in a park. Give yourself a change of scenery
a change of pace.
Reward yourself when you complete projects
: When you complete a project or a chore, give yourself a treat. Go have a drink with a friend. Enjoy ice cream with the family. If you just cleaned out your car, or better yet, thatcloset that has your first grade art projects stuffed away, it is perfectly reasonable to take yourself to a lake for the day with your friends.
Make a Summer playlist
: Put together a playlist that you can enjoy listening to that will keep you productive throughout the days! Explore some different genres or even radio stations similar to artists you already like.
Write out your schedule
: This might be the most helpful thing for me. Writing out what I need to get done that day and crossing them off as I complete them. There is a real sense of accomplishment that follows every check mark. There are days where I have so many things to do that I schedule them by the hour.
Remember to give yourself days off!
Being too productive causes burn-out and it's a sure way to ruin your summer!
It's so easy to waste these precious summer months and even easier to get distracted by the fun summer holds! Don't let the excitement diminish your productivity, but find the balance of having fun and being in the sun. There is so little time when the warm sun surrounds you and your friends and family are available. Enjoy the summer and stay productive!
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Hello! Glad you asked.
Somali is a difficult search word because many searches will also return Somalia. It may yield better results to search for traditional dispute resolution or customary law of the Somali people, regardles of where they live. Cultural structures in Africa do not respect national boundaries.
Begin with the Conflict Resolution LibGuide, at http://libguides.brenau.edu/conflictresolution. This is a collection of sources developed by your librarians and Dr. Frank.
The Web Sites tab of the LibGuide has good potential resources such as Restorative Justice. Try searching several. Don't miss Unveiling Women as Pillars of Peace: Peace Building in Communities Fractured by Conflict in Kenya at the bottom of the page.
Then go to the articles tab. In the lower left corner of this page you will see eJournals, and the African Journal of Conflict resolution. Click the link. Scroll down the page. At the very bottom you will see a listing of every issue. Unfortunately, the best way to search is check each individual issue.
The search function is limited, and a search of the website doesn't turn up everything. You could also try it though.
One of the better sources for conflict resolution is Lexis Nexis. This database is the first one linked under the articles tab on the LibGuide, in the top center of the page. Once you log into Lexis you will see a grid of 6 search boxes. Choose the one on the bottom right, the Combined Search. Within that search box, be sure only the law reviews box is checked. The remainder of the information sources will only clutter your search. Search the last several years. I began searching with somali AND kenya AND "dispute resolution". Include the quotation marks as part of the search to focus your results. This yielded a few results that might be relevant.
A searching tip: When you open a long article, Lexis will have the search terms highlighted in red font. You can also hit the CTRL and F keys simultaneously and bring up a search function to search for the word Somali in the text. This will make your life much easier!
I changed up the search several times to get different results. You might try somali AND kenya AND "customary law". For example, I would try
- somali AND kenya AND "conflict resolution"
- somali AND kenya AND mediation
- somali AND kenya AND and "customary law"
- somali AND kenya AND and "traditional law"
- switch out Kenya for Wajir, which is a border region where many Somali live.
- Try searching these Somali clan names with conflict resolution terms: Hawiye - Murale, Hawiye - Ajuuraan, Garre, Degoodiya, Daarood-Ogaadeen,
Daarood-Harti, Isxaaq
The Academic Search Complete database is also listed in the LibGuide. It should also have results.
Sometimes the open web can also be helpful for a search like this. Googling these terms may yield scholarly results, but sort through them carefully and evaluate for quality.
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The government of the United Kingdom (UK) has alliedwith VFS Global, a technology services provider for diplomatic missions and governments across the world, to put in place two new initiativesthat aim to make it simpler for Indians traveling to UK to apply for their visas.
The new service,'On Demand Mobile Visa,' will allow applicants tofill in the complete visa application form along with biometric data. This form can be sent from either their home or office, doing away with the requirement to pay avisit to a visa application centre.
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VFS Global Chief Operating Officer for South Asia, Vinay Malhotra, said thatinnovation was primary for their business development. This visa service,which is a premium service redefining flexibility and ease for travellers bound for Great Britain was a result of this innovation.
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Mortgage Crisis Part One
April 6th, 2011 11:18 AM by Sherry Lee
I get a lot of phone calls from people with questions about their home value and the precarious decision they face between staying and paying on a property that has lost so much value, or simply walking away. I want to answer their questions and help them decide. That is what real estate agents do. But in this market, selling often results in painful financial choices and buying is nearly impossible when financing is involved. People are out there trying to make major life decisions without all of the information.
This will be the first in a series of articles on the subject of the mortgage market crisis. We will attempt to explain some of the scenarios that got us into this mess. If people can better understand what has happened, they can disengage from the propaganda, stop repeating the sound bites so often heard in the media, stop blaming each other and
begin to move beyond the shame, guilt, fear and anger that so often accompanies the decision to walk away from a mortgage obligation.
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One of the media's favorite topics regarding the housing meltdown is whether or not it's unethical to walk away from a home loan when the property's value has fallen far below the amount owed on it. Another topic that usually accompanies this issue is the assertion that all (or most) "stated income" borrowers lied about their incomes in order to obtain home loans they couldn't afford. Notice that no media pundit ever examines the question of what made so many of these once-affordable mortgages suddenly unaffordable. They also never mention the 400,000 people who lost their livelihoods from real estate industry jobs that disappeared overnight. Are those people guilty of something too? These victim-blaming perspectives are so promoted in the media, they seem intentionally designed to steer people away from the true causes of foreclosure. When's the last time anyone in the media focused their attention on the policy changes that caused so much damage to housing prices, that millions of innocent homeowners were forced to even consider the unthinkable option of a strategic default? Homeowners who were lured into business arrangements based on nondisclosure of personal financial information, are now forced to disclose everything if they want to continue. But what about the lender's disclosures? Personally I've never seen a RESPA statement that disclosed to any borrower, the possibility that interest rates could be raised by the Federal Reserve 17 times in a two-year period. This was done just as a record number of A.R.M's were about to reset, during a non-inflationary environment! I've also never known a RESPA to disclose that mortgage lending standards could be changed so dramatically, and so quickly, that the resale value of someone's home could be destroyed in an instant. This took away the responsible option of selling the property if financial trouble should arise. I've also never heard of a lender or county government asking a borrower if their ability to make their mortgage payments could be adversely affected by annual double-digit property tax hikes, or a tripling of insurance rates. It's these changes to the rules in the middle of the game that are at the root of nearly every mortgage default, yet no one in the media ever questions the ethics of the institutions who implemented those changes. Recently I've read the Federal government is recommending the IRS eliminate the "home mortgage interest rate deduction" when we pay our income taxes. What affect do you suppose that will
have on the resale value of homes and current owner's ability to keep them? Let's face it, this real estate market hasn't fallen off a cliff, it was pushed.
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n to accept that on the flip side of 25 million Americans losing their homes are $40 Trillion dollars worth of mortgage insurance policies that yield $15 for every mortgage dollar that fails. These illegal insurance policies (called Credit Default Swaps for the purpose of side-stepping U.S. insurance regulations) were the creation of 15 Wall Street banks, hedge funds, and one individual who resides in Palm Beach. Their sole purpose was to destroy all of their competitors (Real Estate, Bear Stearns, Lehman, AIG, Wachovia, etc...), and enrich themselves beyond comprehension. It was evil, it was diabolical, it was illegal, and it continues, but don't expect a media that's owned by the same people who committed this treason to tell you about it. Every channel on your television, including FOX News, is owned by a company that's owned, traded, and financed by Wall Street. Even Public Television has become a slave to their donations, so learn to question everything. The silence we've heard on this subject has been deadly.
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Girls In Action
Girls In Action is BNB's all-girls program. Just like our co-ed Earn-A-Bike program, Girls In Action (GIA) combines bicycle mechanics and riding and is a great way for girls aged 12-18 to learn new things, make friends, get active and earn a bike of their own! In addition to mechanics, GIA offers fitness, safety, and environmental activities, as well as weekly workshops or field trips! You might visit an urban farm, learn how to do henna tattoos, or do community service, all while meeting other cool girls and learning how to completely rebuild a bike.
Girls In Action is an intensive program, and runs Tuesday through Friday from 4 pm to 7 pm each day. Youth without schedule conflicts are given preference.
No experience in biking or mechanics is necessary to apply and as with Earn-A-Bike, every program graduate will ride away on her very own refurbished bicycle!
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Training with Britannica Knowledge Systems was very informative, and the training leader was courteous and able to answer all of our questions. I'm very impressed with Fox's capabilities and have confidence that it will meet our requirements.
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Leap Yoga was born from a collective desire to encourage everyone to have the courage to "leap" and do those things in their life that make them feel vibrant, alive, happy, healthy & fulfilled! Simple though not easy, Yoga restores the balance lost in your life. If you've lost flexibility, or vitality and energy, gained unwanted weight or feel stress, yoga can help you to address these issues permanently. Through our practice you will feel younger and more energetic, look trimmer, feel better in your clothes, and get the ultimate workout. But even more importantly you will get the "work-in". If you are willing, you can go beyond the physical to discover what's happening within…what are your blocks to growth and having the life you want? What are your strengths and gifts? These are only a few of the many questions you can begin to ask and answer on your mat. So come play with us and see where your yogic journey takes you.
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This genuine KitchenAid stand mixer replacement speed control lever kit comes complete with all that you need to properly replace a broken lever. This kit will include a new switch lever, transmission gasket, speed link, spring and instructions.
The control lever has been redesigned by KitchenAid, to allow for new electrical standards. The differences are explained in the instruction sheet that is included in this kit. The instruction sheet is in both English and Spanish, it also includes a diagram on how to assembly the new components.
The KitchenAid 4176230 Control Kit will replace obsolete part number 4160596, 4159658, 4176111 and 4162607. The replace spring/speed control kit fits models K45SS, K5SS, KSM90, KSM5, KPM5, KSM50, KSMC50, KPM50 and KP50.


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Summerville High School Yearbooks
If you want to buy a Summerville High School yearbook or sell your Summerville HS yearbook, this is the place to do it. Just make a post below to find another person who went to school in Tuolumne to make the trade.
You can share memories of those activities that you were involved with at Summerville HS and you can view other alumni and read what other former students have posted about the time they spent at Summerville.
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Chas Messenger, who has died aged 94 after a period of failing health, was an uncompromising race organiser and cycling historian who made a massive contribution to cycle racing in Britain. After the death two days earlier of the Merseyside organiser Ken Matthews, Messenger's passing marks the end of an era, that of the men who, against the odds, carved out a niche for the sport in the second half of the 20th century. Within British cycling he became so synonymous with sadistically hilly races that, to this day, older cyclists describe tougher race circuits as "Chas Messenger courses".
Born and brought up near St Pancras, central London, Messenger worked as a fireman during the second world war, as a bike shop owner and for the Thames Water Authority, but his priority was cycling, even if he modestly described his own racing career as mediocre. He was a prime mover in the British League of Racing Cyclists (BLRC), the organisation that founded road-racing along European lines on British roads after the war, in the teeth of opposition from the UK governing body, the National Cyclists' Union (NCU). In 1958, he was chosen to be the organiser of the Tour of Britain when the Milk Marketing Board (MMB) took over sponsorship. He ran the race until 1964, "exhibiting a love of distance and hills" as the writer Les Woodland put it.
"Over the brown" - the colour used on maps to shade in high ground - was the phrase that Messenger used to describe his routes, and the distances in the race manual might well be under-estimated. Not surprisingly, there were complaints from the riders after seven-hour stages across the Pennines.
However, his running of the event set the tone for a race that became a national institution - the Milk Race - under MMB backing until the 1990s.
Having helped to pave the way for the merger of the BLRC and NCU in 1958, Messenger became the national road-race team manager, his career culminating in the world championship of 1967, in which Beryl Burton won the women's race and Graham Webb the amateur event. He lost the job soon afterwards, but returned to the forefront in 1982, when he stepped in at short notice to run the world road-race championships at Goodwood.
Messenger was a unique character. One rider recalls him entering the changing rooms before a junior event and telling the participants: "If the speed goes below 20mph I'll disqualify you all. I don't want any of that creepy- crawly stuff we saw last week."
As the chairman of the Paddington Track League in the 1980s, he would exhort the riders to perform over the microphone, and might openly criticise those he felt were not contributing to a race. He put up cash prizes for those who were willing, for example, to make the effort to jump from bunch to break, and was cavalier if minor rules got in the way. On one occasion when he had exceeded the limit for rider numbers on the track, and an official turned up, he simply told the cyclists to "keep moving, lads" so that they could not be counted.
He was utterly dedicated to the advancement of his sport. When the Paddington track - the last velodrome in central London - came under threat, he negotiated with the council to save it, as he thought, only to be thwarted.
After that, it became his personal mission to find a replacement, and he ran races on a circuit at the sewage works in Isleworth, before recognising the potential of the unopened bypass at Hayes. There were no facilities - he and his wife, Olive, set up a picnic table - but among those to benefit were Bradley Wiggins, a double gold medallist in Beijing last month, and another Olympian, Roger Hammond. After Hayes, Messenger was behind the foundation of the permanent west London circuit at Minet Park, Hillingdon.
Messenger produced several histories of the various Tours of Britain, including Where There's a Wheel, Cycling's Circus and Cycling Crazy, all published by Pelham in the early 1970s, and most recently his history of the BLRC, Ride and Be Damned (Pedal Publishing, 1998). All were written in an enthusiastically slapdash style, a whirl of tenses and ideas that was unique to the man. Away from cycling, he played badminton, went cruising in the Caribbean and was a fine cook.
For the past five years, Messenger's contribution to his sport has been recognised thanks to the running of a two-day race bearing his name, which this year was part of British Cycling's elite Premier Calendar series. In spite of his poor health, Messenger was there this May to present the prize to the winner, Russell Downing. He remained the senior vice-patron of British Cycling, the UK governing body.
His wife predeceased him and he is survived by his son, Charles, and two grandsons.
· Charles "Chas" Messenger, cycling organiser and historian, born February 25 1914; died July 26 2008


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Songwriter Siedah Garrett 'Ecstatic' on Oscar Nomination
(LOS ANGELES) -- When the 84th Academy Award nominations were announced in January, one category was noticeably sparse: Best Original Song. For the first time since the category was introduced 76 years ago, only two songs, "Man or Muppet" from The Muppets, and "Real in Rio" from Rio, are up for the award.
The reason for the lack of nominees is the rating system the Academy has in place. First, no more than five songs can be nominated and the song has to play an integral role in the film. Then the 236 members of the Academy's music branch score submissions on a half-point scale from 6 to 10 and only those with a rating of 8.25 or above will be considered.
One woman who isn't complaining about the lack of nominees is Siedah Garrett, the lyricist for "Real in Rio," who is best known for co-writing Michael Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" and dueting with the legend on his number-one hit, "I Just Can't Stop Loving You."
This isn't Garrett's first opportunity to take an Oscar home. In 2006, her Grammy Award-winning song "Love You I Do" from Dreamgirls was nominated, but lost to "I Need to Wake Up" by Melissa Etheridge.
Although Garrett said she is "ecstatic" that she has a 50 percent chance of winning this year, neither she nor Sergio Mendes, co-composer of "Real in Rio," were happy when they learned they would not have the opportunity to sing the song at the ceremony after it was decided the nominated songs would not be performed.
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Treadmill 10 useful tips wish to lose weight
A treadmill is a great way to get rid of extra pounds and improve your health. However, the availability of the simulator and the desire to lose weight is not enough for a positive result. Adjusting her weight is hard work that requires considerable effort and patience.
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In recent years, the ancient technique of Taijiquan, also known as tai Chi or tai Chi has gained immense fame and popularity. This happened due to the fact that this Chinese doctrine of the harmony of man and nature is very versatile. It includes meditative techniques that promote relaxation of the body; therapeutic exercises that enable a person to achieve a high degree of coordination and healing the body. If we talk about tai Chi as a
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Who happens to earn home late, knows what awaits in the morning. After the alarm clock so I want to lie! As a result, to come to work on time, it will be very quick to assemble. The morning will begin with coffee. During the day coffee will be much to overcome sleepy state.
This situation is familiar to many. The duration of a night's rest has been reduced because there is a lot of interesting reasons to spend leisure time. TV, computer and other activities take up precious time. Some workaholics to stay at work to ensure a rapid career growth.
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"On May 19th, Upround Ventures will host the Upround Ventures Innovation Summit 2014, gathering many of the world's rising startups with global investors and corporate development executives looking for high-value, pre-screened companies. Themed "Finding and Building the Next Rising Stars," the first-of-its kind conference, to be held in Israel, provides a platform for international perspectives on scouting for innovation and creating global winners."
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Thrill your guests when you light up your event with candles in shimmering iridescent candle holders. They create a unique effect that will wow. The candles make great favors for guests to take home as a memento of time shared with you on your special day. Each candle is presented in a plastic gift box wrapped with a white organza ribbon and bow. Attached to the bow is a magenta'For You' tag.
Comes with a tea light candle. Size 2.5" x 2" x 2. Packaged in a clear gift box wrapped with a white organza ribbon and bowMagenta'For You' tag. The item "100 Iridescent Candle Holder Shimmering Shower Party Event Wedding Favor Lot" is in sale since Saturday, May 05, 2018. This item is in the category "Home & Garden\Greeting Cards & Party Supply\Party Supplies\Favors & Party Bag Fillers".The seller is "hinz1" and is located in Holbrook, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica.


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We curled the excess ribbon. Then we moved to their yard,
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Buy extra balloons because I popped a few which left me a bit short.
I wanted the arbor to look a little fuller.
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Yup, it looks like I'm back on the OCmodshop horse.
We've just set up a new dedicated development environment with Ubuntu Linux so we can work on new features on the site. Since ideas tend to come to us when we're actively working on something, that means you can expect a lot more development content here at your favorite tech website (I mean OCmodshop, ya smart asses). That means Ubuntu how-to articles, CSS, jQuery, and other web tutorials, and a lot more Android content.
At our house at least, we have way more Linux devices than Windows. It's hard to avoid tablets, media streamers, and all of the other appliances that run Linux and have better usability than anything Redmond can push out. After playing with Ubuntu, I prefer it to Windows (even though I'm finally warming up to Windows 8).
Anyway, I've been neglecting my OCmodshop duties due to a lot of personal growth over the past year or so.
Speaking of "duties", here's a massive-ass news dump so I can make a dent in the news mailbox.
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In a classroom at Myra Terwilliger Elementary, a trio of fifth-graders stand around a table.
One child holds a paper helicopter with a paper clip attached to the wing.
One student has a yardstick and one holds a stopwatch.
Their assignment is to determine how a variable changes the outcome of an experiment.
In this case, how much faster will the helicopter fall with the added weight of the paper clip?
The period before, a class of second-graders were in the room working with soil samples.
The next period will bring fourth-graders, who are learning how to work with microscopes.
All these activities take place in the school's science lab, which Terwilliger brought back this year after a few years' hiatus.
Williams Elementary and Metcalfe Elementary also have opened science labs this school year – part of an initiative to increase elementary school students' science scores.
"That's become a new trend we've seen in our schools if the resources and the space is available," said Jen Homard, the School District's elementary math and science specialist. "It gives every child hands-on experience."
The hope is that the hands-on experience will give the students a better understanding of what they study in their textbooks and, therefore, improve student performance in the subject.
In Alachua County and statewide, student performance on the science part of the FCAT lags behind that for math, reading and writing scores. Fifth-graders are the only elementary school students who take the science FCAT.
In Alachua County, 48 percent of them scored at grade level or above last school year. That was slightly above the 46 percent statewide average.
At Terwilliger, science teacher Jennifer Mesa said every student goes to the lab at least one day a week.
Along the walls of the room, there are wood models of simple machines such as the pendulum and a pulley, and a model of the solar system. On the wall, the scientific method is written out on a colorful poster made of construction paper.
"It's very cool and it has a lot of things that help you learn," said Kiaris Felix, 10, a Terwilliger fifth-grader. "It helps you figure out the things you read in the textbook."
The $9,000 price of the new Metcalfe lab was funded by Gainesville Regional Utilities, Gainesville Health & Fitness Center and the United Way of North Central Florida.
Kylene Davis, the science lab teacher at Metcalfe, said the lab puts what's learned in class to the test.
"It's from theory to practice," she said. "Concept first, and then we conduct the experiment."
She said her class has made Silly Putty with liquid starch, food coloring and glue and dropped Mentos mints into a bottle of Diet Coke to observe the ensuing eruption of fizz that a chemical reaction causes.
"They get very excited," Davis said. "This is brand new to them and it's a fun way to learn."
By Christopher Curry
The Gainesville Sun


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Baron's Market
Joe Shemirani, now owner and president of Barons Market, started his career as a civil engineer. Today, he heads a small specialty market with four locations in the San Diego area.
Joe had been working for eight years at a Maryland-based company when he and his wife visited the West Coast. The couple fell in love with San Diego and decided to move across country. Joe first opened a wine store, which quickly became a success. The company was ranked as the No. 2 wine seller in San Diego, but Joe wasn't happy. "I wasn't too proud of just being in the wine business," he explains. "That was about the time I decided to get out of the business."
An idea struck Joe to open a market. He realized many people hated the idea of food shopping in large, national chain supermarkets. On average, these box stores have between 30 and 50 aisles with some 50,000 items.
"If my family wants to grocery shop, where would they want to go," Joe says, explaining his reasoning. "I wanted to create a place where you could go and do your grocery shopping, at a real value, in 10 to 15 minutes."
Therefore, Joe jumped on the idea. In 1992 the first of four Barons Market locations opened with approximately seven aisles and a smaller selection of an estimated 9,000 items. Joe's goal from the beginning was to offer gourmet and organic products, things one can't necessarily find elsewhere, and at prices 20- to 30-percent lower than large supermarkets.
"It relies on the fact that customers trust us to do the selection for them," says Joe. "The idea is to keep it simple. People don't have the time to cut coupons, look for sales and shop for an hour or an hour and a half."
Creating a One-stop Gourmet Shop
Barons Market may carry some of the highest quality specialty products, but Joe kept in mind customers should be able to find everything needed in his market. With a limited number of items on the store's shelves, it requires store managers and upper-level management to assess each and every item.
Every Thursday afternoon, Joe meets with managers, supervisors, office staff and buyers alike at the company's home office to talk about potential products. The group discusses feedback from customers on products carried and items they'd like to see, as well as testing new items to decide if the market should add it to its shelves.
Joe explains this is the best way for Barons Market to be stocked with the finest selection of high-quality products. The team's discussion includes grocery foods, produce, deli items, bulk products, bakery offerings, beer and wine selection, as well as home products, such as cleaners, beauty items and kitchen supplies.
Rachel Shemirani, Joe's daughter and marketing manager for Barons Market, adds it isn't just about the products during the selection process. According to Rachel, the company wants to offer products for lower prices to customers, meaning negotiating a wholesale price. Often, the company does this by going directly to suppliers and cutting out the middlemen like distributors, who often inflate the price for their own commission.
"When you're buying from local farms or businesses, you can cut down on transportation costs and we can negotiate really good deals," Rachel says. Even when Barons Market is working with companies from the East Coast, the buyers negotiate, keeping customers' budgets in mind.
"We go to smaller companies," says Joe. "And we don't accept any money for shelf allotment. Moreover, we try to help them reduce their overhead so in turn they can give us lower prices."
Joe goes on to provide an example of some organic apples the stores have in stock. "The organic apples we have are less than $1 per pound," he says. "Organic is hard to buy on a budget, but it also doesn't have to be double or triple the actual price."
Targeting Trends
While Joe's family is involved in the business, he considers his staff and customers part of his family, as well. "My office is above one of the stores," says Joe. "When I go get a coffee downstairs, I can't help but talk to our customers. It's the biggest reward when I get feedback from them, or a call or an email."
Recently, Barons Market has been praised for its attention to customers' needs. Rachel reports the company called in customers who eat a gluten-free diet to help identify quality products. "We don't eat gluten-free, but they do," she says. "We asked them what they liked, if they'd buy it and for how much."
When Barons Market identified specific gluten-free products to carry, the market didn't stock the products among other items. Instead, each Barons Market has a specific gluten-free section to make shopping easy.
"We have people in tears thanking us for the fact it is all in one area," says Rachel. "One customer used to spend three hours shopping in the supermarket and reading every label, because her son has celiac disease."
Barons Market also caters to customers on the go with a gourmet sandwich offering and the recent addition of salad bars. Joe points out the salad bars contain some of the freshest ingredients and items one may not normally see on a regular salad bar, such as roasted artichoke hearts, hearts of palm, sweet petite peppers or Roland Golden Berries.
Part of the Community
Each Barons Market location is part of the neighborhood's fabric. In turn, Joe and Rachel make sure the market plays a role in the community. Joe estimates donations and events in the community make up 80 percent of the company's marketing budget. In 21 years Barons Market has likely contributed to more than 100 different charities and organizations.
"We feel it helps with our customers' overall experience," says Rachel. "People come in and shop and say, 'Thank you for donating to my son's baseball team.'"
"We get pleasure out of contributing to the community," Joe adds. "It's not about the food business. It's about the people business."
Joe is keeping that in mind as he looks for opportunities to expand his business. Within the next few years, he foresees opening more locations; however, it has to be a combination of good real estate in the right community.
As Joe continues to look at potential real estate for other locations, Barons Market continues to make marks in its communities and more people are saying, "I got this at Barons Market." With Joe and Rachel leading the way, Barons Market is sure to continue offering an excellent experience for years to come.
For more information about Baron's Market, please visit: www.baronsmarket.com.


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Explore Scotland from Pitlochry
Pitlochry is ideally situated to use as a base to explore the rest of Scotland, but with so much to see and do within Perthshire you might find that you run out of time to venture any further afield. There are a wide variety of historic sites and spectacular views of mountains, glens, lochs and rivers close to Pitlochry. Within half an hour you can be at the famous Blair Castle and gardens, the Killiekrankie Pass, the Queen's View or Dunkeld whose attractions vary from its 13th Centure Cathedral to the popular Beatrix Potter Exhibition.
The Pitlochry Tourist Office (visitscotland) gives free leaflets and advice on local walks, boating, sailing, fishing, golfing etc. It also keeps you up to date on seasonal events and attractions.
For the thrill seekers there are numerous options of more adventurous activities to be found. Activities such as rock climbing, whitewater rafting, canyoning, sailing and horse-riding are all arranged by local companies and meet approved safety and environmental standards.


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John Dovey – Cultural Value
John Holden (2015) The Ecology of Culture, Swindon: Arts and Humanities Research Council
Henry Jenkins (2013) 'What Constitutes Meaningful Participation?', in Spreadable Media: Creating Value and Media in a Networked Culture, pp. 153-195
Henry Jenkins –
Question 1: Why are Van Dijk & Nieborg critique of claims for active media and participation and what are the author's responses?
- Participatory culture is far more complex than recognised, let's not discount activities that may be perceived as active, there is value in people consuming media passivity…
Question 2: What is meant by the pyramid of participation?
- "…Shows how the population of users narrows as you reach activities that demand more time, money, resources, skills and passion." (62)
- This SPACE gives a space /scaffolding to learn and participate
- Bottom –up development of media production
- Dependent on having access to a computer and internet connection
- Most of the members of the community are lurkers with only the elite few exhibiting significant, skill, knowledge etc.
- Observing members that learn from active/participatory and skilled members
- Non-active members, "People learn initially through lurking… or observing from the margins, that certain basic activities may represents a stepping stone toward greater engagement…." (63)
Question 2: What us a 'Lurker' and what role do they play?
- Such models frequently depict media production ranging from its highest/most active forms to is more inactive participants (Seeing audience members in fixed hierarchical positions when this is not the case)
Question 2: What historical developments characterise participatory culture?
- Amateur Press Association in the mid 19th century à Young people hand, set type and print own publications about culture, politics and daily life and ail through elaborate circuits which resemble social networks
- Alternative Political movements à African American Community's creations of its own press in reaction to mainstream news coverage on issues it cared about or its own movies in response to the 1915 release of The Birth of a Nation…
- Minority groups à Consumer activism (Cohen, 2003)
- Personal Radio, (once was privately owned then became state owned…) [Media Ownership]
Question 3: How is resistance seen to differ from participation? & What ARE publics? How does this differ from notions of audiences?[65-67]
- Actively trying to go against top-down mainstream media, come from critical and cultural studies perspective, apparent that people need to form media that oppose dominant forms of media/ hierarchy
- Represents a group of people being part of the same communities (networked communities)
- Talked about branding and communities, sharing identity, sense of criticism that If your part of a branded community (rather than being active)
- Branding and fan communities can be active by challenging corporations, through networking, we can challenge
Audience is an aggregate of collected individuals, a public could be fandoms, what happens why? Acting a community rather than as individuals, mobilisation etc.
Group that is sharing messages,
Question 4: What does collaboration involve? What is its significance? Why is a move from hearing to listening important?
- Difference co-creation, more of an agreement, collaboration, maybe not so much collaboration involves complex relationship that act's in the interest to benefit collaborators
- Fan made films? Functions as an agent of entertainment within culture, brand, boosting/marketing their popularity
- Appropriation of a media product à marketing
- Notion of collaboration Johnson, influencing culture and audience engagement à amplify, possibly exploitative
- Hearing rather than listening?
- Communication and aggregation of user data, rather than collect data we can act on it, responding in a meaningful way, to audience and directly addressing to user groups/communities
- That can increase the bottom-line for companies
Question 5: What is successful co-creation? What does it involve? Why is it important?
- Talking about as consumers we aren't passive but active, recreate production, a value network, we are active multipliers, merging production and usage, people creating experiences for themselves (solja boy) unique and innovative takes on that à reproduce
- Blurring of boundaries between the two?
Question 6: Why/How is participation unequal? What strategies/approaches are suggested that respond to unequal participation?
Unequal participation…
- 4 main areas, income –More participation
- Reflects wider social economic ranges
- Institutional
- Reflect demographic of people/participants themselves more time—more production
- Not just a question of access alone but reflects wider cultural capitals
- Smaller communities act on larger scale
- Transmedia immobilisation activism groups, training members how to use new media's of spread messages, children teaching oldies to use tech
- Breakdown of language barriers, wider spread of media, context-specific uses of technology that broadens participatory culture and access
- Technological literacies
- 61 – Jenkins, bottom of page, unlike those we believe there
- People just watching or listening to media, however, we argue those who are just reading/listening recognised their potential rather than the world there they are locked out of conversation –e.g. Yr. 1, deliberative conversation, value network.
John Dovey – Cultural Value
- Sites of culture? Where is it made? Why is there a debate?
- Funding? How has digital changed the nature of culture?
- Current political and methodological, these are crucial and week by week issues
- Why does our stiff have value in the world?
- Creative economies, digital sharing, web 2.0 etc.
- Measurement and evaluation?
- Cultural ecologies
Cultural Experiences…
- Public culture happens in various spaces, very different, different sites and different values 9 experience individuals
- Values and funding are very difference
- Cultural innovations are driven by commercial funding/ incentives
- Experimental spaces? Funding? Ownership? Investment?
- public culture? Culture as identity e.g. Theatre, cinema, independent media etc.
- Social networking – ways in which culture is analysed/evaluated
- University, lectures
- Shopping leisure
- Moving through spaces, culturally influence?
- Going out, being in bars, parties etc.
- Sharing experiences with family, sharing dinner?
Intrinsic Value –
- liked for what it is, the object alone exerts a dominant level of value without considering wider purpose of functionality [Eg. Van Gogh paintings/High Culture is just good for youàJohn Maynard Keynes]
Extrinsic/Instrumental Value –
- What can this do for me? What can I do for it? [Affordances? Culture is ideology, creating meaning. Culture is identity, forming communities and an outlet for expression]
Neoliberalism –
- The commodification of everything, especially public goods à What creates value? Ideas of value has greatly changed
Cultural & Urban Regeneration –
- Cultural industries can widely regenerate run-down and post-industrial areas (e.g. Bristol) à A large amount of the create sector (including a diverse range) often contributes substantial amounts of economic value to the SES structures.
- DISADVANTAGE… GENTRIFICATION; Whereby, areas are in high demand and the cost of living increases substantially so that only high-class and wealthy individuals can live there à migration of others, original residents are forces to leave
- Measuring value is largely problematic: it is difficult to measure the effects of qualitative and quantitative data in relation to each other
- Attitudinal Surveys – analysis audience estimates of economic value of their experience through their willingness to pay. (qualitative)
- Also include questions related specifically to way in which multiple areas of cultural clause can make an impact
- The survey indicates cultural value in four areas…
- Aesthetics
- Symbolic
- Spiritual
- Social (Bakhashi)
Ecosophy –
- Living within a system of subjectivity whereby…
- The human subject as a system: human subject finds it impossible to understand its impact upon these systems…
- Cultural and society as a system
- The biological and material system
Gregory Bateson…
- Ecosystem = Community + Habitat, Shared space
- Value – The perspective of a life in a pattern of relationships – REALATIONAL Not INTRINSTIC
- What's your poison may be my rewards
- We all have different value systems, deals and bartering to survive, always depends on where you are in the system
John Holden –
What is a Cultural Ecology?
- Ecology of Culture: "…The Creative Ecology, which he defined as 'an alliance between the subsidised and commercial arts; the professional and the voluntary arts; and the arts and the creative industries'." [5/84]
- "Each artform has its own micro-ecologies." [5/84]
- Cultural ecologies represent highly complex and interconnected habitats in which different cultural practices, industries, art forms and experiences exist and simultaneously influence each other and further and wider impacts upon wider societal implications à Interdependencies are key here!
- Cites Ann Markussen – "'An arts and cultural ecology encompasses the many networks of arts and cultural creators, producers, presenters, sponsors, participants, and supporting casts embedded in diverse communities." [6/85]
The Three Spheres of Culture…
Publically funded sector:
- "…where the production or maximisation of public goods is assisted by support directly from the state or from philanthropists (where the state foregoes tax income)." [7/86]
- Includes art forms such as theatre, dance, literature, visual arts, music, museums etc.
- Cites The BBC Symphony Orchestra's Hughes "… 'Public money is seed money, it sustains the ecology." [7/86]
- Publically funded education is a crucial factor in developing and sustaining a cultural ecology
- Homemade Culture:
- "…defined by the fact that people do not get paid for their work, (notwithstanding the grants or sponsorship.)" [8/87]
- Hetrogenous industry that includes 'Amateur arts', 'Voluntary arts' and internet based co-creation à involves large amounts of people often within collaborative networks
Commercial Culture:
- "…defined by the fact that it exists without direct public investment, and individuals and organisations must make an overall profit to survive." [9/88] à Link to neoliberalism
- "But the importance of commercial culture stretches well beyond its financial impact. Most people choose to listen to, watch, read and enjoy commercial culture on a daily basis. These practices are an integral part of life, and major factors in how identity is formed and understood." [9/88]
Mash-ups of funded, commercial and home-made:
- "Many sub-sectors don't talk to each other, public and private combine in multiple ways." [10/89]
- Includes a complex intermingling of all different types of cultural ecologies largely represent the appearance and dynamics of cultural ecologies that exist today
Ecological and economic Approaches to culture:
'Spillover' –
- "…proposes the activity in an artistic core of funded culture stimulates activity in the creative industries and from there flows outwards into the wider economy." [11/90]
- Spillover is also potentially linked with calculation of investment.
- Considers the wider implications of the creative sectors and its wider effects on other elements of societal, economical and educational systems.
- Generally, this is quite a reductionist and deteriminstic approach to understanding the various connections and networks within different cultures.
- "…spillover defines a cultural 'expressive' core that is then commercialised through the creative industries." [11/90]
- "… creativity and expression flourishes throughout the cultural ecology and can be exploited for economic gain anywhere within it." [11/90]
- "…spillover implies a uni-directional movement of ideas, people or content from one part of culture to another, whereas the interactions are much more various as Albert et al confirm: 'The relationship between the publically subsidised and commercial theatre is more complex than a simplistic treatment of spillovers would imply.'26. " [11/90]
- "… the spillover model outs the (phallic) artist creator at the centre, whereas 'the artist is really at the periphery. Spillover is a romantic and hierarchical conception of value – because it starts with the expressive (romantic) and moves to the economic." [11/90] >> More liable to be a joint or community effort similar to a social network
Teleological –
- Assumes that all culture is linked with the purpose of financial gain à Neoliberalist attitude
Disadvantages/Limitations –
- Largely a reductionist and deterministic view of culture…
- Culture is comprised of a vast combination of different roles/purposes such as the production of meaning, expression and creation of identity but also contains social dimensions that are sometimes linked to profit.
- "The cultural ecology cannot be understood without taking into account free labour and emotional rewards" [11/90] à link to the production of cultural capital
Flows within the cultural ecology:
Flows move between and influence…
- … Cultural industry workers demonstrate fluidity of the careers of creative graduates: self employment and portfolio careers.
- .. Creates the possibility of innovation that have the potential to influence wider aspects of society by encouraging creativity and new-thinking.
- .. Money seeks one or two things;
- 'Public Goods' à "… includes several things: artistic excellence, or social goods such as health or well-functioning communities.
- 'Economic Gain' à "Public money flows into funded organisations through grants made by local authorities , cultural funding agencies, central government and the lottery. Money flows back into the Treasury through VAT on cultural goods and services, PAYE, and corporation tax on commercial activity.
- "The private sector supports public goods through sponsorship, and pursues profit – and often artistic excellence" à Investment and grant giving practices [15/94]
- .. Cultural industries and workers act as "… 'supply-chain links' between arts and culture and commercial creative industries…" [16/95]
Visual Models of the Cultural Ecology:
Regenerative Cycle…
Local Networks…
Roles Played…
- Look after Cultural assets such as Museums, Libraries, Archives etc.
- Maintains Cultural assets through 'persistent investment', also concerned highly with learning and educational values of Culture
- Individuals can also act as Guardians; such as Country House owners, Collectors, members of preservation societies etc.
- "Put people and resources together, and move energy around the ecology. Producers and impresarios have traditionally undertaken this role, gathering together money, artists, technicians, venues, musicians, and whatever else it takes to make a cultural event happen. These connectors have to have an intimate knowledge of the micro-operations of their field and they need strong and eclectic networks." [30/109]
- Act as connectors and links between audience and content; e.g. Volunteers heritage organizers as well as commercial producers and curators, commissioners, social networks etc.
- Platforms include places in with content is housed or displayed, including… venues, galleries, community halls, streets, clubs websites, social networks etc.
- Exist across multiple funding types ranging from charities, local businesses, voluntary groups and commercial organisations.
- "Venues act as platforms for the work of others either by programming work or being available for hire." [30/109]
- Guardians and platforms can also act as connectors with various roles not being fixed but rather dynamic.
- "Venues provide physical platforms in their buildings, but public spaces are also important platforms." [30/109]
- "The cultural ecology has interconnected guardians, connectors and platforms, but all of them exist because of the fourth role, that of the nomads." [30/109]
- "They are the demand-side of culture, an often neglected but essential part of the ecology – the viewers, listeners, readers and purchasers whose enjoyment of culture drive its production." [31/110]
- "Nomads are consumers of culture, but the category also includes producers…" [31/109]