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The public comment portion of today's State Board of Ed meeting was very robust!? Thank you to Penny and John for being there and sharing their perfect comments that spoke in support of the new State Standards.?
I would encourage any of you, and anyone you may know, that would still like to comment in support of the standards, to do so through email prior to the Sept. voting meeting to:
Ryan Foor, Executive Director Nebraska State Board of Education at? firstname.lastname@example.com
To summarize, there were 27 people who spoke today at the hearing.? I believe it was about 50/50 in response pro/con.? There was a bus with many against the standards that came from Omaha.? For the standards were, Dr. David Harwood, a curriculum specialist from Grand Island public schools, 2010 Science Teacher of the year from Omaha, a UNL Sociology professor, Clay Naff from Citizens for Science, and others I am not as familiar with besides Penny and John. ?
Thanks John for suggesting you will share the video broadcast because that may help others formulate additional responses.? We need to continue to advocate for these standards until the vote in September.? The opposing side referenced Thomas Fordham data several times.? The opposition cited climate change as a "hoax" and how rote and memorization of facts has gone by the wayside among other statements.? Among those in support was one individual, who was speaking on behalf of another agenda item, and needed to share his thoughts, so told the board not to listen to the data that was referenced from Fordham because it is a Wash. D.C. think tank and has no connections to Nebraska education, that Nebraska education teachers, administrators, representatives who wrote these standards know what is best for the education of the children in our state and the standards should be reflective of their work and supported. ?
On another note, a high school student was there watching at her first hearing meeting.? She also asked some of her friends to come and witness the hearing.? They are all in support of the science standards and plan to email their thoughts as well. ?
Gee, I didn't realize advocacy could feel so good!? Thanks to all of you for your support as well, whether there or in prayer. ?
I look forward to working with each of you.? Call on me if you need support anytime and I will do for you, too.
Have a great day! ?
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- Thursday Mornings: 9:15-11:30 a.m. beginning January 17. This group will continue their studies on Biblical hospitality by reading The Gospel Comes with a House Key by Rosaria Butterfield. Childcare i s provided. Contact Beverly Tucker for more information.

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This is some sort of update I suppose. This past Sunday, a photo of me taken by my friend Eliz made it into The New York Times Magazine for their cover story entitled "What Is It About 20-Somethings?". Photos of me are featured in the online gallery and in the printed version. Check the photo that made it to print below:
I've neglected my poor little blog that I've had for nearly four years now. Almost wanted to pull the plug (again) but this blog has come in handy when DJing. People come up to me asking what particular song is playing and I can usually point them to my blog as most songs queried about have been posted. I should probably start posting DJ setlists but I start and seem to get annoyed by the WordPress UI. As I am barely posting on here, I often post to my twitter page or to the youtube channel, more frequently than here anyway. I know some people check back here for updates only to find the shamefully scant amount of posts for 2010 (can't believe it's almost over!). Hypem stopped tracking my blog twice now thanks to the lack of updates. I've also setup a photoblog for the ridiculous amount of film that I have scanned in these past months (yes those gazillion rolls I've talked about since 2008), which of course I've barely posted to. Now that fall is steadily approaching and summer is nearing to an end, I will be indoors more to tend to these things I've been neglecting. Also I sent my friend in Portland a mixtape that I am thinking of posting. Planning to make a mixtape to keep for myself and post to the blog.
Many of my friends only know the English version of Peter Schilling's "Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)." I never even heard said version which was an international hit until far after I had fallen in love with the original version in Deutsch. The English version just sounds so off, but I guess for some kids they grew up on it.
Back when myspace was still relevant in the world of social networking, I made a music profile for the song since the only other profiles up had the English version (my first exposure to it) to put it on my profile (yes, yes I did). I recall some woman sending me messages being excited at the potential of the profile really being Peter Schilling. I am kind of shocked that people don't know that it's a retelling of "Space Oddity," which makes me feel like some nerd when they don't believe me. In any case, it was also included in my Contempt mix and originally put on a mix for me by Luke, many moons ago.
More regular posting again soon, maybe. Or just an indefinite hiatus, life has been too busy (shocking for being unemployed right?) Contrary to popular assumption, I don't sit on my ass all day. But I do want to post about the Throbbing Gristle show and my current obsession with German Darkwave (X-mal Deutschland!). For now you can follow the Farced twitter.
Enjoy the track, it's the only one on hypem that is the German version. I try to avoid posting tracks that have been posted to The Hype Machine before (unless they are no longer available for download).
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
I have so much more love for RuPaul now that I know she used to play No-Wave/Synth-punk type of music in the early 80's.
Thank god for Sheal. Good g-d I wish I could find the MP3's for this, as you see she was selling RECORDS at the CBGB show in the last video. Can someone please, please, please make my internet dreams come true and rip this from vinyl? Anyone out there?
I will start posting regularly again, once life settles down. I may be unemployed and broke but I am having so much fun, thanks to amazing friends.
Bummed that the auction on the box of vintage Maxell Audio Tapes pictured above sold for $67 including shipping on eBay. I only buy Maxell CD-Rs for mix CDs, was planning to make some mix tapes for friends sent via snail mail. Coincidentally that same day Luke was looking on eBay for Maxell audio cassettes because I "harangued him" about making me a mixtape. Apparently Maxell can't be bought in Australia, which I find weird. Looks like modern day Maxell audio cassettes will have to do which will benefit the recipients, forcing me to be more creative with the covers.
Why do I exclusively use Maxell? See below:
"Well, that ad was originally made in England in 1982, and I was the character in the ad. That won all sorts of awards, blah, blah, blah. It was so successful, Maxell wanted to do it worldwide, but they wanted a "mid-Atlantic"-sort of person for it. Because I looked completely unusual [chuckles]. "
Oh yeah, I am looking for the original UK Maxell ads featuring Peter Murphy, holler at me if you can lead me to some! Unlike eye roll inducing Joy Division, I almost never hear Bauhaus playing whilst out.
Since last week I have had this running joke about my upcoming "art project" named "White People Dancing."
This boy personifies it:
From a 1989 Barbie "Dance Club" VHS with "The Barbie" dance created by Paula Abdul during her heyday. I miss when life was as simple as playing with my Barbies and making them make out with Ken.
You too can have the 20 year old Dance Club Barbie, for $39.95.
and may never end. I have an obsessive nature, always have. My poor mother was nearly driven nuts about whatever I was absolutely consumed with as soon as I was able to speak. Currently I am obsessed with the Tanlines song "Bejan." No, really I think I need to find a better word having had 58 plays since Saturday. You better believe it is playing right now in my headphones, on repeat.
I don't know if it is because I saw them play "Friday night," hence the crappy photo above due to my inability to stand still or see with all of the smoke. It may be the reminder of Zouk & Kompa from the late 80's to early 90's or that one member of Prof. Murder is one half of the band. I have also been listening to some Kassav' jams along with this track.
You can get their New Flowers 12″ here (US) or here (UK) with artwork by my talented friend Steve. No worries, "Bejan" is coming soon on vinyl! (!!!)
I finally got the go ahead to link the MP3, which can be found here since it is impossible for me to hotlink (I am anti-hotlinking anyway) and I can't upload the file. Do like me and blast it on repeat while having mini seizures and fantasizing about being on a beach in Martinique, temporarily forgetting what a recession is. I can safely say that five years from now I will rediscover this song and smile from the memories of this period that it will bring (before shortly remembering the R word).
UPDATE: Tanlines plays at Zebulon with Hex Message on Friday, February 27, and it's free!
I am somewhat obsessed with this song, less than I am currently obsessed with Tanlines but more on that later. You see, Italian singer Dalida is was like the Diana Ross (Cher?) of France, in my head anyway. I always tend to adore the gay icons (Streisand, Ross, Grace Jones, et al.) so I will try to keep this post minimal lest I bomb it with videos of the diva that is Dalida. Uhh, I hate the word Diva, I really do but to watch Dalida perform is somewhat entrancing. Too bad she killed herself in 1987 via barbiturates leaving a note that read "Life has become unbearable… Forgive me" which I have always been taken by (three of her lovers had committed suicide before her). Some people may know the Cairo born singer from her duet with Alain Delon for their French cover of "Parole Parole."
Watch it in HQ and note how she is NOT lip syncing.
ETA 11/2013: Full clip here.
Though this is not the Dalida I grew up with, this synth-tinged single is pretty rad, being less annoying than her disco hits and barring the emotional intensity of songs prior. Le Petit Antoine is featured on the track talking about how much he adores the much older singer, over I guess you could say the internet circa 1982. Anyway, this is just an excuse for me to post Dalida videos while being completely awe stricken by the late chanteuse, as I am sure no one else cares. I must quit while I am ahead or else I may spend too much time watching more of her videos instead of finally watching Something Wild or putting my laundry away which I am currently sitting on.
More Dalida & Antoine with the ridiculous headset:
Look at Dalida move!
I wonder who currently has hold of her wardrobe, if at all. It may be time to give a name to the gay man that is inside of me. (Edit 10/2015: his name is Maurice).


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Hello all!
I stopped brushing my hair almost 3 months ago. I'm trying the natural way of dreading. I wash my hair once or twice a week with Bronner's [either bar or liquid] soap. I usually leave my hair down, unless I'm eating really is the only time I pull it back in a fairly loose ponytail. The last 2 or 3 weeks I have begun to notice a slight soreness of my scalp. Girls and guys with long hair might know this feeling [even before dreads]: like when you have your hair up in a tight ponytail all day and then when you let it down at the end of the night, your head and hair are kind of sore. I know hair can't be sore, but I'm sure someone out there knows what I'm talking about. I don't really notice it until I start moving my hair around with my hands. And I will feel this on almost a regular basis now, even though my hair is down almost 100% of the time.
Is this common? And why does it feel this way?
Thanks (:
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I'm still on this 'shadow' stuff. A similarly journeying friend recommended a guru who speaks about respecting all those less than lovely bits of ourselves like the anger, jealousy, and fear. Everything that keeps us grounded in the petty, unevolved pieces of our humanity. He suggests acknowledging the power they exhibit and giving them the respect they crave. Of course, Redo 365 was in a large part an effort to love my shadow side into the light. He scoffs, not at love, but at spiritual kinds of platitudes toward the treatment of our shadows, and now I get why.
When Alex wrote so eloquently about cultivating a garden, it made good sense, but the issue did not settle there for me. When a topic bubbles up repeatedly it's got something more to teach me, something more to say, so I'm revisiting it again tonight.
The last few days I've been living in the dark, plagued by unpleasant, nasty thoughts about others. I've been feeling left out, angry, and misunderstood. I've been feeling judged and am frustrated about everybody's behaviour and mine. Telling myself to not judge others, take responsibility for my own actions, or that I've created these situations, was not helping. In fact, it was making things worse.
Through Mike Dooley's site, I linked to a really good video by Esther Hicks. It gave me insight into a few things and because I enjoy her humour, it was fun to watch. But it did not lift the veil. This morning, though, I watched this other video of Matt Khan's, and tonight, the veil seems to finally be lifting, but with a twist. The twist is I'm giving myself full permission to be pissed off, hurt, sullen and withdrawn, judgmental and snippy. What? Yep. And here's why.
All of that stuff, those less than nice bits, are there for a reason. Maybe it comes from the kid who was bullied, or the child who was abandoned. There are hundreds of reasons people ache, and with every ache comes the desire for acknowledgement. SEE me! HEAR me! I HURT! YOU hurt ME! I want to cry, please let me cry! Just hold me and let me scream! And on and on and on. Ignored, the ugly persists. Told some spiritual rhetoric to keep them at bay, they recoil ready to strike back fast. This last bit rings super true for me.
And so it was today, after hearing Khan's advice to recognise the power of these thoughts and emotions and offer them respect, that I finally felt a break-through of sorts. I do not like being ignored, or patronized. I withdraw and fall into self-pity mode when my feelings are diminished or dismissed by another. Why are these crappy feelings and reactions any different? Maybe, just maybe, if I respect their power, treat them thoughtfully, it will help.
Now do not get me wrong here. I'm not saying I'm suddenly going to let the weeds take over the garden. That would just be plain stupid. What I am saying is that I'm going to lighten up on myself and respect my human shadow parts knowing they will walk freely into the light once I've given them the respect they deserve.
Wishing you all some laughter and good gardening weather.
Knock knock. Who's there? Déja. Déja who? Knock knock.
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Royals Minor League report: June 10
Omaha Storm Chasers (30-30)
The Storm Chasers had Wednesday off. They are at New Orleans (Marlins) tonight.
NW Arkansas Naturals (33-24)
NW Arkansas 11, Tulsa 10
WP: Malcom Culver (2-1)
SV: Benino Pruneda (2)
HR: Mike Bianucci (11), Lane Adams (1 with NW Arkansas, 5 overall)
The Naturals won a wild back-and-forth game at home. They scored five in the first, then fell behind 8-7 in the fifth. Bubba Starling tripled to open the Naturals' fifth, scoring on a wild pitch. Parker Morin's RBI triple put Northwest Arkansas back on top at 9-8, though Tulsa took a 10-9 lead in the seventh. Lane Adams homered to tie the game at 10-10, with Alex Liddi's double plating Raul Mondesi for the final run. Liddi finished 4-for-5 with two RBI. Mondesi had three hits, three runs and an RBI. Mike Bianucci hit a three-run homer in the first, tying him for first in the league with 11 home runs. The series moves to Tulsa tonight.
Wilmington Blue Rocks (34-25)
Wilmington 11, Winston-Salem 5
WP: Eric Skoglund (5-2)
HR: Mauricio Ramos (1), Cam Gallagher (2)
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Warburg Pincus, the single largest shareholder in Capital First speaks exclusively to CNBC-TV18 for the first time post the IDFC Bank merger announcement. Charles Kaye, Co-CEO and Vishal Mahadevia, Head-India of Warburg Pincus told Nisha Poddar that they have no plans to exit the merged bank.
Warburg Pincus, the single largest shareholder in Capital First speaks exclusively to CNBC-TV18 for the first time post the IDFC Bank merger announcement. Charles Kaye, Co-CEO and Vishal Mahadevia, Head-India of Warburg Pincus told Nisha Poddar that they have no plans to exit the merged bank.
Capital First is the one we are quite proud of. We acquired control from the Future Group, built a very robust franchise and in some ways the opportunity is now combined with IDFC Bank is the chance now to take that to next level, chance to create a bigger platform to essentially combine the strengths of both of these institutions and create something larger. India has need for more bigger financial institutions that can underpin its continuing economic growth, so it is a story we like and in some ways this merger is our reinvestment in that story so we are quite excited about it, said Kaye.
Below is the verbatim transcript of the interview.
Q: Your firm has been one of the most aggressive private equity funds that the country has seen. How has the last year been, take us through the highlights of the activities?
Kaye: Last year was as you referred, we have had a long history in India, it goes back more than 20 years, so, we have seen India really develop and shape over a long period of time and last year was a particularly special one for us. Our portfolio has continued to do quite well, and we see different versions of it, as I am sure we will talk about all kinds of macro noise and alike, but we have had an interest with – we have had a pretty constructive view on things here and have seen it play through in ways it has been largely quite beneficial to our portfolio. So it was a really good year from a performance point of view for us.
At the same time, we invested or committed probably close to USD 1 billion last year. So, in what I think a lot of people think of us as not just in India, but globally crowded markets, more complicated markets, we found that handful of really interesting things to do that played to the themes that we pursued in India for quite some time.
Q: Which are the sectors that we are hot on right now?
Mahadevia: There are a few that we have been very active in and we will continue to be active and financial services being a large part of them. You talked about demonetisation, you talked about GST, it also led to UPI, the payments interface and when you think of technology and you think of financial services, there is a wave of change coming, so, we would like to be at the forefront of that. We have played it through Capital First, through AU Small Finance, through ICICI Lombard, and will continue to play that going forward.
I think on logistics, as you think of the digital economy and you think of the rise of e-commerce, someone has to move all those goods and services and you look at companies that are disruptive in the logistics space, providing a better cost efficient solution, we are playing logistics in a big way. Consumer and retail as you know has always been and one of the things Charles Kaye mentioned, as you think of the shift and formalisation of savings, we have also got a formalisation of the economy where consumers from buying unbranded goods they are happy to buy branded goods that are better value proposition. As more and more of that happens, companies like Biba, Kalyan Jewellers, or PVR, will continue to benefit. So we play some of those themes.
Q: A large investment recently made by Warburg Pincus in India was again in Bharti Group. Your biggest investment and best returns have been in the past from Bharti Airtel, now you have made a big investment and big bet on Bharti DTH. So are you really banking on playing the same Bharti magic all over again?
Kaye: I would say a couple of things. One, Vishal talked about sort of the consumer trend being one that we have played over the years including in Bharti originally and more recently in things like Kalyan, Biba, and others, and Bharti DTH in that sense is a play on that same theme that rising consumption access to high quality entertainment. Obviously it is special for the firm and for me to have the chance to work with Sunil Mittal again. He is someone that I got to know well in the late 1990s, he is always typified to me what is the true spirit of Indian entrepreneurship and I think for both of us we are going to try to see if we can find that magic again.
Q: Overall television is considered to be a dying medium, I hope not here at CNBC-TV18, but that is considered. Now what is the main strategy and the philosophy behind investments in a DTH kind of a play and does it also mean a further consolidation, how do you see the future of this business?
Mahadevia: The good news you and I can agree on is I do not think television is a dying media. Particularly in India, in fact I would go even one step further, we were investors in a company called Dainik Bhaskar which is print media and at that time print media was dying all over the world. Print media in India continues to be alive and kicking, so forget television.
We think television will be there for a long time, I think the way television is distributed, is changing quite dramatically, from analog to digital partly because of the government push to digitization. When you think of India and Bharat which is the parts of India outside of Mumbai and Delhi and Chennai, those areas to get to by DTH is really the most cost effective and sensible way to do it. So, that is really the thesis, there is a lot more factors but we are excited about it.
Q: But more consolidation on the back of this particular investment can be expected or no?
Mahadevia: Anything is possible but with or without consolidation we think there is tremendous opportunity for Airtel DTH to grow to create a great customer value proposition and create value for everyone.
Q: Both of you at length spoke about the consumption theme which every private equity is really betting on and financial services because of the financial inclusion, demonetisation effect, consumption, all put together has become the hot sector again for all the private equity players and you have made some fair bit of investments. Let us start with Capital First and that has seen a large transaction with merger of IDFC Bank and Capital First and market understanding as per the merger swap ratio is that it is in favour of Capital First shareholders. Are you happy with that kind of a return and what is your way forward in that investment?
Kaye: Capital First is one we are quite proud of. We acquired control from the Future Group. Vaidyanathan really transformed the NBFC to a very consumer SME lending one, built a really robust franchise and in some ways the opportunity now combined with IDFC Bank is a chance to take that to the next level, chance to create a bigger platform to essentially combine the strengths of both of the institutions and create something larger. I would say from an economy wide point of view, India has need for more bigger financial institutions that can underpin its continuing economic growth. So it is a story we like and in some ways this merger is our reinvestment in that story. So we are quite excited about it.
Q: For that to happen and to have a more supporting role in terms of really taking Capital First IDFC Bank merger to another level altogether, do you think that a board seat is something with 10 percent stake that Warburg Pincus will land up holding in the merged entity, is that something that you are really looking at?
Mahadevia: I do not think -- the transaction is not contingent on Warburg Pincus having a board seat or anything. I would actually look at -- if I just step back couple of questions you asked, I think you have two complimentary businesses, and you have had Vaidyanathan and Rajiv on your channel and on your show and you grilled them already, so I do not want to repeat what they said, but to be honest, as Charles Kaye said, the opportunity to build something special I think is fantastic. As we look at it, we want to be supportive shareholders, supportive investors, and for us it is really a reinvestment decision.
You talked about the swap ratio, I would just give an interesting story. I have spoken to a lot of shareholders on both sides and there is a bunch of them that feel Capital First did not get a good end of it and there is a bunch of it that felt IDFC Bank did not. So what that probably means is that it is a fair deal.
Q: Are you happy as an investor with the valuation that is all I wanted to ask?
Mahadevia: To be completely honest, I actually think the swap ratio is not relevant. What we think is irrelevant is the opportunity to put these two complimentary businesses together and create something that is multiples of where it is today. So, if you ask me as an investor, I am thrilled with Capital First as it was. Vaidyanathan has done a great job
This is not -- I just want to point out, it is not an exit for us, it is a reinvestment. So for us to stay in this and own 10 percent, we have to be prepared to say we are in here and we think the next many years story is exciting for us to make multiples from where it is today.
Q: So no exit on the horizon even in a couple of years is what I wanted to check?
Mahadevia: Couple of years is – I think it is impossible to answer now but that is not the mindset we have. Going in, the mindset is not a couple of year's mindset, it is a mindset of it will take time to build this institution and as long as the opportunity is there, and the value creation is there, we will be there with it.
Q: One more regulatory aspect, to be a 10 percent and above, you need Reserve Bank of India (RBIs) approval, do you have that already?
Mahadevia: No, we will apply to RBI for permission to go from 5 percent to 10 percent. As you know, in the past RBI has been open to providing that to fit and proper investors, but we will go by the directions of RBI.
Q: You have been talking about the insurance play as well and that is somewhere that big investment has already been made by Warburg Pincus, ICICI Lombard. Now how do you see the insurance sector developing and there are so many opportunities available. Is that where you are going to find your playground for deal activities going forward?
Kaye: I think it is a piece to the puzzle. As I said earlier, financial services as an area we have always been invested and I think if you look across the board, Indian sector is still quite underpenetrated and so across the financial services landscape, insurance included, we have been in life insurance previously with Max, we are now in the general insurance business with ICICI Lombard, we are looking some other spaces, so, it is a sector we like and to some degree by having a series of investments across the financial services landscape, it gives us the ability to benefit and aggregate from sort of that rising tide if you will. There is always sectors that go in and out of favour or regulatory change at the margin. So, answer is yes, it is one we are in and continue to do more in.
Q: Also that gives you a platform to expand further in the insurance, the general insurance space, there is a deal activity going on, Star Health is up there, your name appears along with ICICI Lombard in which you have an investment, so, is that going to be a really hotly contested battle suit to say?
Mahadevia: I cannot really comment on Star Insurance per se but I do think over time there will be strong players that emerge in the sector and we think ICICI Lombard who is already a leading private general insurance company will continue to build on its foundation both organically and inorganically whether it is Star or whether it is someone else. However, comment on which particular transaction, would be hard to do.
Q: You have also dedicated a lot of time on some of the exits in the IPO market like most of the private equity firms have taken advantage of the higher valuations. Now with markets really dwindling, looking more volatile than earlier and also long terms capital gains (LTCG) tax coming in, how has the IPO market exit scenario really changed for you as a private equity investor and is it still attractive?
Mahadevia: I think the market continues to remain attractive to answer the second part of your question first. I think as I look at this coming year, as long as you have a good company, and the bar on strong companies, high governance, proven track record, the IPO markets and the money flowing into the markets will continue. However, I think the bar will get higher, the markets will be volatile and so I think as long as you have good companies, there will continue to be an opportunity to exit through an IPO.
Q: Certain events may change the sectoral trend and the perception outside. Has that happened with jewellery sector?
Mahadevia: Jewellery sector from an institutional investor perspective, not today, we go back for the last decade, why was Kalyan Jewellers built? Why do we like Kalyan? Fantastic entrepreneurs, high standards of corporate governance, well run business – very different from the company you mentioned, obviously it is a retail consumer branded play in India, but they built their business on very simple premise – trust is everything. That is their tagline and they live and breathe that day in and day out. I have seen it ever since I have been involved with them.
Their initial success was really driven by a simple marketing campaign that did not even talk about Kalyan; all it talked about was be careful what you buy, make sure it is genuine, trust is everything and that has what has driven people to the Kalyan stores – trust is everything. They know that, we know that, and we have huge faith in Kalyan. We are obviously big fans, we think actually some of the things happening, keep the scam aside, as Charles Kaye said, there is noise, it comes and goes, scams in India are not new, they will not stop unfortunately, they will come and go, but for Kalyan Jewellers, the opportunity in that space and the shift from the unorganised to the organised, if you are doing business the right way, GST, demonetisation, all of that should only drive an acceleration in the opportunity for them and then it is up to them to take advantage.For full interview, watch accompanying videos...


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The dark, cold days of winter have a way of making many of us want to get cozy and watch a good movie. Which is why, from February 18 to 20, the University of Alberta's Augustana Campus will once again host the Nordlys Film & Arts Festival.
The festival, which takes its name after the Norwegian word for northern lights, showcases films from Alberta and all around the world. This year's lineup includes films from seven countries, a Gemini-award-winning documentary, a collection of shorts and a Hollywood classic.
Dozens of films have been reviewed by the organizing committee members along the way to establishing the final line-up. "The film selection process is very long, but well worth it," says Steven Hansen, a member of the festival's organizing committee. "We've put together a program that will take the audience on a journey across cultures, time periods, and emotions."
At the helm of the film selection process is local filmmaker Hans Olson, the festival's chair of film selection. Olson's 20-minute long film Champagne will be shown along with other shorts on Saturday, February 19. Champagne was screened at both the Toronto International Film Festival and the Edmonton International Film Festival in 2010.
Each feature film at Nordlys will be rated by an audience poll conducted immediately after the viewing. The polling process gives audience members a chance to voice their opinion on their favourite films. Last year's audience favourite was Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (English version entitled The Necessities of Life), a moving Canadian film about an Inuit man diagnosed with tuberculosis in the 1950s. The movie was Canada's contender for the 2009 foreign language Oscar.
In addition to boasting a carefully-selected group of films, the festival will feature an art walk showcasing works from the Camrose Arts Society and U of A Augustana students. There will also be performances by local musicians throughout the festival.
"While the films are at the core of the festival, we really try to frame the festival around engaging people with the arts, with a focus on local talent," says Hansen. "Music and visual art really enhance the festival's atmosphere and they help us in our goal of sharing the experience of the human story."
The festival kicks off on Friday, February 18 at 6:30pm in the Faith and Life Centre at the Camrose campus with an unconventional black and white wine and cheese reception. The organizers encourage everyone to wear black and white in whatever fashion they see fit. Wine will be served at a cash bar, and guests will be entertained by Augustana alumna and jazz pianist Jenie Nolan.
"From tuxes to t-shirts, anything black and white goes on Friday night," says Hansen. "Creativity is encouraged. I think it's a great way to set the tone for the weekend. The goal is for people to participate on whatever level they wish."
The black and white opening night gala, along with many other festival traditions, traces its roots back to the Pretty Hill Film Festival, an event hosted for ten years by the family of Verlyn Olson. Eventually, the festival outgrew the Olson residence, at which point U of A Augustana engaged a volunteer committee to help expand the festival into a new and unique cultural event for the community.
Following the 8:00 pm opening ceremonies, the first film will be shown at 8:30pm in the Chapel, which will be transformed into a movie theatre for the weekend. The opening film is Broke., a documentary from Gemini-award-winning filmmaker Rosie Dransfeld. Set in an Edmonton pawnshop, Broke. won the prestigious 2010 Donald Brittain Award for best social-political documentary at the Gemini Awards. Rosie Dransfeld will be in attendance for the screening and will participate in a short Q&A session after the film.
The festival is scheduled so that people can attend anything from a single film or the whole weekend. Many past attendees discovered that the atmosphere can be addictive, and that plans to view just one film can quickly turn into plans for a whole day or two.
In addition to typical movie snacks including popcorn, supper will be available: pizza by the slice on Saturday and the Augustana cafeteria will be open for supper on Sunday. The organizers hope that with food available on site, movie watchers will decide that there's no reason to go home until the last film is over.
The Nordlys Film and Arts Festival concludes on Sunday with closing ceremonies at 8:00 pm at Augustana. Following the ceremonies, all film-goers are invited to attend the Rose City Roots Music Society's presentation of The Mahones at Scalliwags at 9:00 pm. The Mahones are on tour promoting their new album The Black Irish. Their song "Paint the Town Red" was chosen to appear in the Hollywood film The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Tickets for The Mahones show are $20. Students pay $10.
More information, including the festival schedule and summaries of the films, is available on the festival's website.
There are also volunteer opportunities at the festival. Anyone interested in volunteering please email us.
Ticket prices for the festival are $20 for a full weekend pass and $10 for a single day pass. Students pay half price. Tickets will be sold at the door.


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1,2Carolyn A. Crow,3Desmond E. Moser,4Kevin D. McKeegan
Meteoritics & Planetary Science (in Press) Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13184]
1Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA
2Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
3Zircon and Accessory Phase Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
4Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons
During impact events, zircons develop a wide range of shock metamorphic features that depend on the pressure and temperature conditions experienced by the zircon. These conditions vary with original distance from impact center and whether the zircon grains are incorporated into ejecta or remain within the target crust. We have employed the range of shock metamorphic features preserved in >4 Ga lunar zircons separated from Apollo 14 and 15 breccias and soils in order to gain insights into the impact shock histories of these areas of the Moon. We report microstructural characteristics of 31 zircons analyzed using electron beam methods including electron backscatter pattern (EBSP) and diffraction (EBSD). The major results of this survey are as follows. (1) The abundance of curviplanar features hosting secondary impact melt inclusions suggests that most of the zircons have experienced shock pressures between 3 and 20 GPa; (2) the scarcity of recrystallization or decomposition textures and the absence of the high‐pressure polymorph, reidite, suggests that few grains have been shocked to over 40 GPa or heated above 1000 °C in ejecta settings; (3) one grain exhibits narrow, arc‐shaped bands of twinned zircon, which map out as spherical shells, and represent a novel shock microstructure. Overall, most of the Apollo 14 and 15 zircons exhibit shock features similar to those of terrestrial zircon grains originating from continental crust below large (~200 km) impact craters (e.g., Vredefort impact basin), suggesting derivation from central uplifts or uplifted rims of large basins or craters on the Moon and not high‐temperature and ‐pressure ejecta deposits.
Shock metamorphic history of >4 Ga Apollo 14 and 15 zircons
1,2Carolyn A. Crow,3Desmond E. Moser,4Kevin D. McKeegan


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During the Eisenhower Administration, landmark events shaped the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th Century. Eight years after the 1954 unanimous ruling of Brown v. Board of Education, the Southern Manifesto (1956), signed by more than 100 Democratic Congressmen, resisted school desegregation with open defiance and violence. Democrats intensified their illegal oppression of blacks in the South because desegregation was not federally implemented and had no timetable.
Democratic Southern governors, mayors, senators, members of Congress, and members of the law enforcement, all obstructed the civil rights agenda. Democratic governors James Davis (LA), Orville Faubus (AR), George Wallace (GA), Ross Barnett (MS), and senators Strom Thurman (SC), Robert Byrd (WV) and Richard Russell (GA) led the violent resistance. (Richard Russell Senate Building is named after him).
One of Richard Nixon's first essential issues that confronted his administration was the successful desegregation of southern schools. The Johnson administration left Nixon with 68% of blacks in all-black schools, but by the end of Nixon's first term, this statistic was only 8% of blacks attended all-black schools. It took 18 years to finally implement school desegregation in the South after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954.


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"Mooooooommmmmyyyyyy! Sit with me?" Sketch says as the sits down at the white board, purple crayon in hand.
"Oh no… He has plans for me, he's going to make me do it again!" I think to myself, with detailed methods of escape forming in my mind.
"Zero? Put it here?" He points to the upper left hand corner of the board and quickly adds, "MOOOMMMY's turn!"
All I see is all that empty white board space that I KNOW he is going to make me fill in with numbers from zero to as far as it fits…usually 120 or so, and I am filled with dread… How many times a day do I have to do this?
Boy, he is cute though, I gotta say. Especially with his striped knit hat pulled down over his top eye lids so he has to look up at me from under the hat to see if I am doing what he says.
"Mommy's turn! Sit with me?" He persists.
How could I say no to that adorable little guy…the things we do for our children!
While Sketch's plans for me may be self-serving, and while they are at times dreaded by me, we have a promise from our Father: Jeremiah 29:11 -14
"11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity."
It is a comfort to know that Gods plans for us are good: to free us, for us to find Him, to give us hope & a future, and to prosper us. That is all good stuff, and in hard times, it is a promise to cling to and quite therapeutic to try and imagine what God may be bringing into our life through it.
But, check out this verse: 1 Cor 2:9
"9 However, as it is written:
"What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived"—
the things God has prepared for those who love him—"
I always thought this verse was talking about heaven. Only recently did I realize that it is also talking about the here and now…while we are in the midst of living life!
That hope & a future that Jeremiah talks about, those plans that He has for us, are so good that we can't even imagine what He has in store for us. Whatever we do imagine, His plan is bigger and better. This is fuels the hope, and sparks the fire for the future!
So the next time the future seems bleak, or we are in a tough time, not knowing the direction we should go in, instead of giving way to fear, let's remember that God is good, and he his plans are far beyond our wildest dreams.
Ephesians 3:20-21 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.


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I've encountered an issue with our Logitech C930e camera when joining a Skype for Business Meeting. If a user in the meeting shares their screen while we have the Logitech presenting video, the video camera LED around the lense will begin to flicker (attached video example), which coincides with the video freezing and losing definition (video gets fuzzy) on the remote viewer's screen. Additionally, if in the meeting long enough, the LED will shut off entirely, and we are presented with a "USB Device Unplugged" prompt on the local monitor. After several seconds the camera's LED will turn back on, the "USB Device Connected" prompt on the local monitor shows up, but it will continue to flicker and freeze on remote participant's screens.
We thought that this behavior was due to the USB extension cable we installed to get the camera mounted in the ceiling, but it behaves the exact same way when plugged directly in to the Visual+. We have tried two different Logitech C930e cameras with the exact same outcome.
I have not been able to replicate this behavior when doing a Skype call and screen share either prompted from the remote viewer's Skype for Business, or when initiating a Skype call from the Trio to the remove viewer - only when joining a Skype Meeting.
Our Trio 8800 is running UC Software Version 184.108.40.20605, and our Visual+ is also running the same 188.8.131.5205.
I've not see this issue.
126.96.36.19905 was the Polycom Trio 880 5_7_2_3205 Rev AB release from Nov. 2018.
There has been a subsequnet 5.7.2 Rev AD release from Feb. 2019.
There have also been two release of 5.8.0.
Have you been able to reproduce the issue with any of the recent releases?
Hello @jdeliaso ,
welcome to the Polycom Community.
As already outlined by @JamesW you should be running the latest UC Software 5.8.0 release.
If this still is an issue after this please open a ticket.
In order to raise a support ticket you need to work with your Polycom reseller as they need to do this for you.
End Customers are unable to open a ticket directly with Polycom support.
If this is some sort of an Internet discounter providing your MAC address or your Polycom devices serial will enable us to look up who would be able to support you. This may not be who you purchased the Polycom device from.
If the unit is no longer within warranty please be prepared to Pay Per Incident / PPI. This is all outlined in detail here
Please ensure to provide some feedback if this reply has helped you so other users can profit from your experience.
Best Regards
Steffen Baier
Thank you for the information. I updated our Trio to the latest version of firmware yesterday, and will try to test it either later today or early next week.


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The Venetian Arsenal (Italian: Arsenale di Venezia) was a complex of state-owned shipyards and armories clustered together in the Republic of Venice in northern Italy. It was responsible for the bulk of Venice's naval power during the middle part of the second millennium AD. It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history".
Construction of the Arsenal began around 1104, during Venice's republican era. It became the largest industrial complex in Europe prior to the Industrial Revolution, spanning an area of about 45 ha (110 acres), or about fifteen percent of Venice.Surrounded by a 2 mi (3.2 km) rampart, laborers and shipbuilders regularly worked within the Arsenal, building ships that sailed from the city's port. With high walls shielding the Arsenal from public view and guards protecting its perimeter, different areas of the Arsenal each produced a particular prefabricated ship part or other maritime implement, such as munitions, rope, and rigging. These parts could then be assembled into a ship in as little as one day. An exclusive forest owned by the Arsenal navy, in the Montello hills area of Veneto, provided the Arsenal's wood supply.
The Arsenal produced the majority of Venice's maritime trading vessels, which generated much of the city's economic wealth and power, lasting until the fall of the republic to Napoleon's conquest of the area in 1797. It is located in the Castello district of Venice, and it is now owned by the state.
The Byzantine-style establishment may have existed as early as the eighth century, though the present structure is usually said to have been begun in 1104 during the reign of Ordelafo Faliero, although there is no evidence for such a precise date. It definitely existed by the early 13th century.
Initially the state dockyard worked merely to maintain privately built naval ships, but in 1320 the Arsenale Nuovo (Italian: New Arsenal) was built, much larger than the original. It enabled all the state's navy and the larger merchant ships to be both constructed and maintained in one place. The Arsenal incidentally became an important center for rope manufacture, and housing for the arsenal workers grew up outside its walls.
Venice developed methods of mass-producing warships in the Arsenal, including the frame-first system to replace the Roman hull-first practice. This new system was much faster and required less wood. At the peak of its efficiency in the early sixteenth century, the Arsenal employed some 16,000 people who apparently were able to produce nearly one ship each day, and could fit out, arm, and provision a newly built galley with standardized parts on a production-line basis not seen again until the Industrial Revolution.
View of the Entrance to the Arsenal by Canaletto, 1732.
The staff of the Arsenal also developed new firearms at an early date, beginning with bombards in the 1370s and numerous small arms for use against the Genoese a few years later. The muzzle velocity of handguns was improved beyond that of the crossbow, creating armor-piercing rounds. Arsenal-produced arms were also noteworthy for their multi-purpose utility; the Venetian condottieri leader, Bartolomeo Colleoni, is usually given credit as being the first to mount the Arsenal's new lighter-weight artillery on mobile carriages for field use.
The Arsenal's main gate, the Porta Magna, was built around 1460 and was the first Classical revival structure built in Venice. It was perhaps built by Antonio Gambello from a design by Jacopo Bellini. Two lions taken from Greece situated beside it were added in 1687. One of the lions, known as the Piraeus Lion, has runic defacements carved in it by invading Scandinavian mercenaries during the 11th century.
In the late 16th century, the Arsenal's designers experimented with larger ships as platforms for heavy naval guns. The largest was the galleass, already used at the Battle of Lepanto against the Ottoman Turks, and developed from the old merchanting "great galley". It was huge, propelled by both sails and oars, with guns mounted on wheeled carriages along the sides in the modern fashion. It was slow and unwieldy in battle, however, and few were ever built. The galleon, also developed at the Arsenal, was an armed sailing ship, a slimmer version of the merchant "round ship". It was useful in major naval battles, but not in the small bays and off the extensive lee shores of the Dalmatian coast.
Significant parts of the Arsenal were destroyed under Napoleonic rule, and later rebuilt to enable the Arsenal's present use as a naval base. It is also used as a research center, an exhibition venue during the Venice Biennale and is home to a historic boat preservation center.
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West Ham defender Issa Diop has confirmed that he will play his senior international football with France.
Diop has a Moroccan mother and a Senegalese father, but was born in France.
And he is set to represent the country of his birth at senior international level, having already played for Les Bleus at youth level.
"I have always said that I will only play for France and no one else," Diop said.
"Whether I am selected or even if I am never selected with the A's, I will not play for another team.
"I was born in France. It's in France that I have everything. So I do not see why I would play for another nation."
Diop is West Ham's record signing, joining the club for a £22 million fee from Toulouse in the summer.


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Outside my window..... the grass is growing longer.
I am planning..... to plant a Three Sisters Garden, to finish sowing seeds, plant a pumpkin patch.
I am harvesting.....chives and baby lettuce.
I am reading.....Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katherine S. White
My favorite garden quote this week is.....
"After all, Eden was garden... the garden is a place to go for quiet contemplation, a source not only of food but also of spiritual renewal and intimate contact with life's most basic processes." ~Ed Smith; The Vegetable Gardener's Bible
One of my favorite garden things.....eating peas straight from the vine
Creatures I saw in my garden this week were.....a snake and a nesting bird.
To-dos for the rest of the week.....plant, weed and mulch.
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Oluseun David Onigbinde
On the Ambode issue, let's start with this quote by Salihu Tanko Yakassai, a Kano State senior official, who wrote:
"So many lessons from these ongoing "primaries". Politics is not what you think it is, it is what it is. Its about interests of few, not that of people. If the interests of those few align with that of the people, then you see them on the same page, but don't assume they are doing it for us"
Ambode has been evicted through a popular mandate of the party. The leaders at the forefront were the same persons who hailed him as the best thing to happen in recent times. After being bereft of excuses, they said that he didn't follow the Masterplan, you can read that as the master's plan. Never believe that the issues that you complain about are the same issues that matter to the powerbrokers. Whatever issue they had with Ambode, it could have been resolved.
I have few issues with Ambode most especially the Visionscape and Otodo Gbame. I remember how in a hail of fire and gunshots, thousands were evicted from a land they lived for decades. Lagos "progressives" can't understand that being informal does not mean illegality. Every court injunction was sabotaged and no one was held accountable for pain and deaths. Ambode never addressed it.
Ambode brought Visionscape, a single monopoly to handle Lagos waste. The PSP operators, a major group in the party structure, were taken out in an insensitive way. Insensitivity was the key word, being out of step with the system. When PSP appeared, there were issues with the cart pushers but it was resolved. I know LAWMA officers who were relocated to local councils, practically left to do nothing. Visionscape has issued a bond of N27bn, guaranteed by the taxpayers payments. They are suppose to charge the citizens an Utility Levy, but that won't happen with the noise that followed the tenement rates. N27bn will be paid to bondholders, Lagos guaranteed that.
Toll gates fees were hiked with no transparency or public communication . No one knows when the tolls will expire, just traditional opaque Lagos. I remembered the date Lagos was flooded heavily, rather than being on the ground facing the issues, our Governor was in Abeokuta, attending a function.
You can add the issue of opacity in Lagos state finances. I remembered sitting with the first Commissioner of Budget and Planning, asking him that we should change this culture of opacity. We talked for two hours. He promised to take small steps in education and health. Then he stopped picking my calls, a former senior partner in a consulting firm, I was sad of how the Nigerian "intellectual" behaves in power. It was a shame. Lagos continued the culture of opacity, it is the only state I know that public budgets are gross summaries, no public line items.
The key issue is that Lagos has always thrived on pop-up contractors who are creation of the sitting governments. I watched how new pop-contractors handled all the main projects in Lagos. This is a silent grouse of the rank of the party and some civil servants - the centralization of benefits. I watched how Lekki roundabouts were wrongly done but no one to check the quality.
I also had issues on some ideas like the obsession with bus stops or the fencing of Lagos with barbed wire making it like a voluntary giant prison. Where exactly was that copied from or just another idea of a governmentpreneurs?
I have seen the fetishization of Fashola but that's also a problem of low standards. Lagos inner roads were a sham and that was Ambode first target. What were his predecessors doing? I lost my friend in LASUTH, I don't pray that's your portion. Lagos healthcare is a sham, no clear strategy on moribund primary healthcare in three years.
The Badagry rail came with its issues. Exchange rates devaluation triggered the costs but Lagos that doesn't communicate would never explain that. There's no end in sight. Going back to our first quote, there were issues, but it aligned with the narrative of a few who felt the public treasury distribution didn't reach them.
Ambode made the people of Epe happy, you need to drive road from Lagos to Ibadan,through Ijebu Ode. Few bridges, attention to security, LASEMA, inner roads and others but does that justify aggregate revenues of over N1.2tn in three years? How do I know if the numbers aren't transparent?
We now have a man who analysts say he's just a call centre agent for the Master, aptly put as Sanwo Eko. It's clear that certain persons wield power, rising on the vulnerability of the masses to further their agenda. So, there's no victory in sight. Sanwo-Olu does not have a manifesto, he says it's a participatory one. I don't know anyone who wants to lead a place and doesn't have a vision. I don't believe this is the right person just a pliable person that the party brokers can find.
Lagos needs an overhaul of political architecture. It simply means like we did for the FG, Lagos is due for a new party to lead it. The decision is left for the people as interests involved won't go down without a fight. You can see the entire architecture - transport workers lords, market leaders and the corporate elite - is woven around this.
The master's plan continue, lets not be naive, it was not the Masterplan, that was written in 2013. The actors are just trying to hold the taxpayers' hostage, in a distributed mechanism. Do the taxpayers, the formal workers, the ones who pay PAYE, who oil public finances of Lagos, have the numbers?Do they have zeal? Is there a candidate?
There's a system that breeds insensitivity and disdain for accountability. The system is due for overhaul. The choice is left to the voters.
Everyone says that taxes will incentivise accountability, the people of Lagos have not proven that right.
Oluseun David Onigbinde is a Nigerian entrepreneur and open data analyst popularly known as the co-founder and CEO of BudgIT, a Nigerian civic startup.


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Hot Chip have remixed Florence + The Machine's track 'Queen Of Peace'.
The electronic band have shared their reworked version of the song, which is taken from Florence + The Machine's most recent album 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful'.
Florence recently unveiled a video for the track. The 'Queen Of Peace' video was produced by long-time Florence collaborator Vincent Haycock, and filmed on the tiny island of Easdale in the Inner Hebrides, which has a population of less than 100 and an area of just 62 acres.
Listen to the Hot Chip remix below.
Hot Chip released their sixth album 'Why Make Sense?' in May of this year.
In an interview with NME, vocalist Joe Goddard spoke about his enjoyment working with his fellow bandmates. "I don't think I've ever questioned [the future of the band]," he said, before jokingly adding, "although, if I had some enormo mega-hit outside of Hot Chip, I'd obviously leave the band and pursue that".
Hot Chip are currently scheduled to tour the UK in October. They will play the following dates:
Bristol O2 Academy (October 13)
Portsmouth Pyramid Centre (14)
Glasgow Barrowland (16)
Manchester Albert Hall (17)
Leeds Beckett University (18)
Nottingham Rock City (20)
Cambridge Corn Exchange (21)
London O2 Brixton Academy (22)
Florence + The Machine are set to play the inaugural Apple Music Festival, a relaunched version of its long-running iTunes Festival in London, later this month. Disclosure, One Direction, Pharrell Williams, Take That, The Weeknd and The Chemical Brothers are all also set to play the event.


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Turkey's FATIH project: A Plan to Conquer the Digital Divide or a Technological Leap of Faith?
Date: 2013
Author: Sarah Pouezevara, Alper Dincer, Scott Kipp, Yaprak Sarıışı
Keywords: Tablets
Turkey is embarking on one of the world's largest educational technology projects: putting tablet computers in the hands of every student from grade 5 to 12, and interactive whiteboards in every classroom. Though massive in its planned scope, the goals and approach of Turkey's FATIH Project (The Movement to Enhance Opportunities and Improve Technology) are little understood. The objective of this brief is to analyze FATIH through the lens of ongoing and previous international, large-scale ICT in education experiences, and to use those experiences to suggest ways in which this important investment in educational technology can lead to the best possible learning outcomes for all students in Turkey
Source Article: http://erg.sabanciuniv.edu/sites/erg.sabanciuniv.edu/files/Fatih.rapor_.ENG_.son_.pdf


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Rose water is considered useful in every way for skin, its sweetness makes everyone's mind feel elated.
Due to the medicinal properties that are found in it, it is widely used in handmade processing in today's time. But is it necessary that the gulabjal [ Rose water ]that is available in the market may be right for your skin, because in today's time.
How To Make rose water at home- Beauty TipVIA
adulteration is possible in every known product. Regardless of fruits or vegetables, or any type of expensive product, adulteration can be seen in all. Even if the rose rose in the market is expensive and there is no reason why the brand is good, some mixing has been made in it. Even if you are taking rose water of expensive brand, trusting it completely is equivalent to damaging your skin. If you want you can make a pure rose water at your own home.
Read also: - Gulab [rose ]also has many health benefits.Homemade rose water will prove to be very beneficial for your skin as well as being clean. First of all, to collect this, you must collect the rose petals. From which rose water should be prepared purely. Let's now say the easiest way to create rose water.
To make rose water, you should use the fresh rose petals grown at home and collect it and wash it thoroughly.
The only way to make rose water is to use only its flowers and not its leaves and leaves of plants.
Wash rose petals thoroughly and put them in filtered water.
Now put the rose petals in a vessel and immerse it completely in water and cover the water and light it on a light flame.
When steam starts coming out of the water, close the gas and leave it as it is.
After some time you will see that after the fall of the petals of the rose, the whole water will fall from the color of the rose and the petals will start swimming in the water.
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You are approached by a dear friend who says, "I have a terrific business concept—diamond mining in Siberia. Just a pickaxe, divining rod, and some elbow grease. It's going to be terrific. The problem is, I need a little bit of cash to get it off the ground. Any interest? I can offer you a share of the company." Although you know little about Siberia or investing, you decide to invest. He sends you a sixty-five-page LLC operating agreement for Sub-Zero Mining, LLC ("it's mostly boilerplate"), which you review briefly and sign. You send it back to him, along with a check for your investment.
Six months later, having heard nothing from your friend, you run into him, and he is driving a brand-new sports car. You ask him, "How did the mining in Siberia go?"
"It was terrific," your friend explains. "I have more money than I know what to do with!"
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I'm writing this post from the Dallas airport, on my way back to San Antonio after a week in Village That No One Has Heard Of, Ohio. My son and I were visiting my traditional Italian grandmother for her birthday. Read: nothing is paleo there.
I love seeing her, but I'm excited to get back to my regular food! Out of six days visiting, I was able to have four paleo dinners, four paleo breakfasts, and three paleo lunches. I guess that isn't terrible, but one of the cheats (mashed potatoes) left my intestines cramping for a full two days. For those two days I ate a lot of fruit LOL!
In addition…she's old…and like I said, traditional Italian. She doesn't understand dietary restrictions AT ALL. A lot of our discussions about food just left her more confused and saying, "that sounds terrible! Have some bread and cookies!" A few times I did just that haha!
Anyway, we are starting another Whole30 in a few days and I feel like it can't come soon enough!
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Man! I'm lovin' her shorts, her belt, her blouse… All in one package! And one thing I like about this look is she looks effortlessly cute! She said to me one time that;
- If you want to spice up your daily fashion then you need to find out what that style is.
- Change up your look without completely changing your style, use accessories.
- Don't be afraid of anything just because you're shy. Plain simple is boring sometimes.
- Whatever style you like, wear it! You can change your style to whatever you want.
- Test out different styles in fashion. But in the end, it all depends on how you carry yourself, on how you feel when you dress. If you feel good and confident in your wardrobes then you have the perfect ensemble on! Just don't forget to wear your heart to complete the look.
These are just a ''few'' tips I've got from this gal Gigi. I find my cousin a very good example of a classy type of persona. A simple yet elegant fashionista.


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Get to know more about this Australian city through Sydney Chic, a Sydney Lifestyle blog that provides valuable information such as on things to do in Sydney, events, style and fashion, venues, health and wellbeing, celebrities, cafes and the best restaurants. The site also offers theatre and film reviews as well as interviews with Australian musicians. Social media marketer, radio host and speaker Deb Carr is behind Sydney Chic which she founded in 2013. Her passion for networking inspired her to create the Sydney Chic site as a way to share useful information to both locals and tourists in Sydney.


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This sleek, juicy, soft, velvety vegetable, packed with vitamins, minerals and micronutrients is every vegetarian's delight. And what are we are talking about this time? Green beans!
Also called the French beans or string beans, we present to you yet another natural wonder which can be eaten raw or stir-fried or steamed. It tastes good anyway and is sure to boost your health.
Today, we'll tell you more about the nutrients found in green beans and their benefits!
Health benefits of green beans
Protects your heart: Studies have shown that the soluble fibre present in the beans is helpful in reducing the bad cholesterol levels. In addition, it also reduces inflammation and blood pressure.
Speeds up blood clotting: The vitamin K present in green beans helps speed up the healing process in your body. For example, if you are injured, vitamin K can help stimulate the clotting of blood which in turn stops excessive bleeding. Making beans a part of your daily diet means more intake of vitamin K. Did you know that vitamin K helps absorb calciumand this can help inprevention of bone density loss and osteoporosis?
Premenstrual Syndrome: Green beans are packed with manganese which helps alleviate PMS symptoms such as irritability and mood swings.
In addition, eating beans also helps in relieving symptoms of osteoarthritis and osteoporosis.
Delay aging: Want to delay aging, avoid wrinkles and fine lines? Add green beans to your daily diet. Green beans are a great source of vitamin A and equally great for your skin. So, eat more beans and get rid of that dull skin and age spots now!
Rich dietary fibre: Green beans are rich in fibreand if you are suffering from problems such as constipation or irritable bowel syndrome, this vegetable is a must in your diet. Green beans also help in regulating your blood sugar levels and so if you are diabetic have some every day.
Low fat: If you are trying to lose weight or maintain it, green beans are ideal as they are low in fat. Add green beans to your diet as it gives you all the essential nutrients without any extra calories. You can make a side dish to go with your rotis or add them to your curries and soups.
For pregnant women: Green beans is said to be good for pregnant women as it helps in the healthy development of the baby's heart. Studies show that green beans also help protect babies from conditions such as asthma.


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text: CHARLOTTE, N.C. --- Tennessee State University volleyball player Kelly Davis was named to the All-Tournament team of the SpringHill Suites Invitational hosted by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte over the weekend. This is the second-consecutive week the freshman has received the honor. Last week, she was recognized at the University of Memphis Invitational for her exceptional play and was the only freshman named to the All-Tournament team. The Farrell, Pa. native finished the tournament with 20 kills, 99 assists, 10 block assists, two solo blocks, one service ace, 43 digs and hit .178. She now leads team in assists with 202, averaging 6.73 per contest and third on team in kills with 48 (1.60 kpg). Davis also broke into the NCAA statistical rankings after her weekend performance. She is currently ranked No. 22 in service aces, averaging 0.91 aces per game. Head Coach Kathy Roulhac commented, "Kelly Davis is a phenomenal player! She is not even close to reaching her potential. She is a very intelligent and mature player and every match she earns trust from her teammates. With trust comes togetherness and with togetherness comes wins. "My expectation is for Kelly to be the Rookie Of The Year in the OVC." Tennessee State returns to action on Tuesday, September 14 at home in Kean Hall hosting the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky. Match time is set for 7 p.m.


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QTP Registering a Function Using the Function Generator
QTP Registering a Function Using the Function Generator:
You can register a public function to a test object to enable the function (operation) to be performed on a test object. When you register a function to a test object, you can choose to override the functionality of an existing operation, or you can register the function as a new operation for the test object.
After you register a function to a test object, it is displayed as an operation in the Keyword View Operation list when that test object is selected from the Item list, as well as in IntelliSense and in the general Operation list in the Step Generator (for function libraries). When you register a function to a test object, it can only be called by that test object.
If you choose to register the function to a test object, the Function Definition Generator automatically adds the argument, test_object, as the first argument in the Arguments area in the top-right corner of the Function Definition Generator. The Function Definition Generator also automatically adds a RegisterUserFunc statement with the correct argument values immediately after your function definition.
When you register a function to a test object, you can optionally define it as the default operation for that test object. This instructs QuickTest to display the function in the Operation column, by default, when you or the Subject Matter Expert choose the associated test object in the Item list. When you define a function as the default function for a test object, the value True is specified as the fourth argument of the RegisterUserFunc statement.
If you do not register the function to a specific test object, the function is automatically defined as a global function. Global functions can be called by selecting the Functions category in the Step Generator (for function libraries), or the Operation item in the Keyword View. A list of global functions can be viewed alphabetically in the Operation box when the Functions category is selected in the Step Generator (for function libraries), in the Operation list when the Operation item is selected from the Item list in the Keyword View and when using IntelliSense.
QuickTest searches the function libraries in the order in which they are listed in the Resources pane. If QuickTest finds more than one function that matches the function name in a specific function library, it uses the last function it finds in that function library. If QuickTest finds two functions with the same name in two different function libraries, it uses the function from the function library that has the higher priority. To avoid confusion, it is recommended that you verify that within the resources associated with an application area, each function has a unique name.
Tip: If you choose not to register your function at this time, you can manually register it later by adding a RegisterUserFunc statement after your function as shown in the following example:
RegisterUserFunc "WebEdit", "MySet", "MySetFunc"
In this example, the MySet method (operation) is added to the WebEdit test object using the MySetFunc user-defined function. If you or the Subject Matter Expert choose the WebEdit test object from the Item list in the Keyword View, the MySet operation will then be displayed in the Operation list (together with other registered and out of the box operations for the WebEdit test object).
You can also register your function to other test objects by duplicating (copying and pasting) the RegisterUserFunc statement and modifying the argument values as needed when you save the function code in a function library.
To define this function as the default function, you define the value of the fourth argument of the RegisterUserFunc statement as True. For example: RegisterUserFunc "WebEdit", "MySet", "MySetFunc", True
Note: A registered or global function can only be called from a component after it is added to a function library that is associated with the component's application area.
To register the function to a test object:
- Select the Register to a test object check box. The options in this area are enabled, and a new argument, test_object, is automatically added to the list of arguments in the Arguments area in the top-right corner of the Function Definition Generator. (The test_object argument receives the test object to which you want to register the function.)
Note: If you clear the Register to a test object check box, the default test_object argument is automatically removed from the Arguments area (unless you renamed it).
- Select a Test object from the list of available objects. For example, for the sample VerifyProperty function, you might want to register it to the Link test object.
- Specify the Operation that you want to add or override for the test object.
- To define a new operation, enter a new operation name in the Operation box. For example, for the sample VerifyProperty function, you may want to define a new VerifyProperty operation.
- To override the standard functionality of an existing operation, select an operation from the list of available operations in the Operation box.
- If you want the function to be displayed as the default operation in the Operation column when you or the Subject Matter Expert choose the associated item, select the Register as default operation check box.
For example, if you were to define the VerifyProperty operation as the default operation for the Link test object, the value True would be defined as the fourth argument of the RegisterUserFunc statement, and the syntax would appear as follows:
RegisterUserFunc "Link", "VerifyProperty", "VerifyProperty", True
After you specify the test object registration information, you specify additional arguments for the function
Let us take an example where we create a method intModSelect, and register it to the WebList object.So now whenever we call the WebList.Select , the script will execute the intModSelect function. The intModSelect function takes 2 parameter, the WebList TestObject and the the value to select in the list.
Public Function intModSelect(ByRef test_object,ByVal strVal)
If Not test_object.Exist Then
Reporter.ReportEvent micFail,"intModSelect","Test Object does not exist"
Exit FUnction
End If
strAllItem = test_object.GetROProperty("all items")
If InStr(strAllItem,strVal)>0 Then
test_object.Select strVal
Reporter.ReportEvent micPass,"intModSelect","Selected the Value <" & strVal &">"
Reporter.ReportEvent micFail,"intModSelect","Value <" & strVal &"> does not exist in the weblist.Unable to select"
Exit Function
End If
' TODO: add function body here
End Function
RegisterUserFunc "WebList", "Select", "intModSelect"
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Congratulations to the Jazz Band on their performance at the
Steel Stacks Jazz Showcase last night!
They received awards for: Best Sax Section, Best Rhythm Section, Best Reed Soloist: Tyler Diehl and Best Rhythm Soloist: Anoop Soodini
Instrumental Music Association
Easton Area High School
Thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed
the Easton Area High School Orchestra's annual
Spaghetti Dinner.
Music for everyone's dining pleasure
was provided by
the Flute Ensemble
Jazz Quartet
Chamber Strings
the Orchestra.
The dinner raised over $2,000.
The Orchestra made their donation to
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The 8th grade evaluation sign ups have been rolling along and the original sign up dates are almost full! So, we've added an additional evening for evaluations. If you have not already signed up, please use this link to select your time on March 7.