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Online anonymity: Great if you're revealing secrets, terrible when someone else is revealing yours. And for investors, secrecy is sometimes the key to advantage, whether you're plowing cash into private start-ups or an activist investor amassing public equities to bully management.
David Einhorn, the hedge fund billionaire, is in the latter business, and last year he lost his advantage: An anonymous poster on investment website Seeking Alpha revealed that a major investor—intimated to be Einhorn—was about to buy a big chunk of equity in Micron, a semi-conductor manufacturer. (The post appears to have been deleted from Seeking Alpha, but a twitter account with the same username tweeted the same information.) The price rose, and Einhorn's attempt to sneak into the stock on the cheap failed.
Now, Einhorn is suing Seeking Alpha to force the site to reveal the user's identity. While law-enforcement and intelligence agencies have already used subpoenas and less savory means to break through online anonymity when they suspect crime, this case could broaden the civil courts' ability to finger social-media users.
The hedge-fund manager maintains that only someone who was legally obligated to keep the information confidential could have written the Seeking Alpha post, and he wants to know the person's true identity in order to sue. Since the author of the note isn't a journalist relaying information from an anonymous source (a classic way big deals are leaked) but an investor, it's possible the judge won't follow the usual protections for anonymous speech and instead force Seeking Alpha to divulge the author's identity.
What's this got to do with venture capital? Secret and Whisper, two new social-media services that allow users to broadcast whatever they want anonymously, have come under fire from venture capitalists like Marc Andreessen and Mark Suster as ethically questionable. Suster has been called a "fraud" on Secret, and an attack posted on Secret played a part in convincing a female engineer at GitHub, a company Andreessen invests in, to publicly discuss harassment that led her to leave the company.
These apps are simply the latest entry in humanity's long-standing obsession with gossip and anonymity, and so far they haven't done much more than confuse Gwyneth Paltrow's publicist. But if Einhorn's suit leads Seeking Alpha to reveal the anonymous leaker, that precedent could make it impossible for Whisper or Secret to protect the identities of people who post things that might get the services in legal trouble, be those trade secrets, work-place shenanigans covered by non-disclosure agreements, or defamation—something Secret is clearly concerned about.
So if you're an ardent believer in anonymity, be careful: If you reveal something important enough to be legally protected on one of these platforms, your anonymity might not be secure. The only secrets you can safely reveal on these platforms (and even then, only as long as they're not crimes) are your own.


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Los Angeles Office Report
THE CLUI LOS ANGELES OFFICE houses most of the research and production activities for the organization, and contains the reference library, files, and records. A public exhibit hall at the site is open three days a week, with displays, a small bookshop, and other information, and serves as a venue for occasional public presentations and events. As the Center's main office exhibition space, programming here is both national and local in scale. As a regional site, located in Southern California, projects that address land phenomena in the California region are featured here.
During public hours, the Center accommodates visits by individuals, and groups. School groups, usually at the university level, often come by, and are addressed by representatives of the CLUI when possible. In 2011, academic groups came from as far away as the University of Auckland New Zealand, and domestically from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and the University of Pennsylvania's Architecture Department. Class visits from Los Angeles area schools are more frequent, and this year included Otis College, Sci-Arc, Art Center College of Design, Woodbury University, Caltech, CalArts, UCLA, UCSD, and USC. ♦

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text: As/Is·Posted on Oct 17, 201517 Mind-Blowingly Cute And Simple Halloween Costumes For KidsBecause busy parents have enough stuff to do.by by Nora WhelanBuzzFeed Staff, by Hannah GiorgisBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1. Pineapple (or Standard Apple) deliacreates.com Would wear any day of the year, TBH. Here's how to make it. 2. "Teenage" Mutant Ninja Turtle anightowlblog.com Looks so cozy, you'll want to dress as Leonardo. Find out how here. 3. Spider Web deliacreates.com Check out the spookily simple tutorial here. 4. Glow-in-the-Dark Skeleton artfulparent.com Creepy and easy to keep track of while trick-or-treating in the dark. Learn how to make it here. 5. Mac 'n' Cheese diynetwork.com Everybody's favorite. Learn how to make it here. 6. Pizza u-createcrafts.com Everybody's other favorite. Learn how to make it here. 7. Leaf Pile moomama.com Bonus: Great for hiding in the bushes and giving big siblings a little fright. Get the full tutorial here. 8. Rubik's Cube designmom.com Making this costume > unscrambling an actual cube. Here's how to do it. 9. Slurpee costume-works.com Blue-and-white-striped fabric will give you a head start — or if you're really short on time, the tulle and pool noodle could make for a great cotton candy look. Here's how to make it. 10. Lego crystalandcomp.com Cute, and a lot less dangerous than the ones all over your floor. Here's how to build it. 11. Baby Candy Corn themomcreative.com Sweet! Learn how to make it here. 12. Piñata youtube.com Consider the resulting candy an accessory. Watch the full tutorial here. 13. Scuba Diver delineateyourdwelling.com Would go great with that shark costume you've got planned for yourself. Learn how to make it here. 14. Bee gingersnapcrafts.com Bzzzzz! Full tutorial here. 15. Fox bitsfashion.blogspot.com Get sly without sewing. Ears tutorial here, tail here. 16. Siri rookiemoms.com OK, so the tutorial is for an iPhone costume. Still, a clever kid of speaking age could give some great Siri-like answers. 17. Dinosaur gingersnapcrafts.com Give your little monster an appropriate uniform. Find out how here. Craft on, busy parents. Craft on. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF memebase.cheezburger.com


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This year's Baird Symposium author, Colson Whitehead, is one of the most well renowned authors of our time. Whitehead has written eight books ranging from a collection of nonfiction essays about New York City to a science fiction novel about a zombie infestation. His most recent work, The Underground Railroad, has gained national and global acclaim since its release in 2016. It won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, as well as being a #1 New York Times Bestseller. President Obama chose it for his summer reading list in 2017, and Oprah named it to her book club.
The Underground Railroad tells the story of a slave named Cora who escapes the plantation she lives on in Georgia via the underground railroad, but there's a twist. In Whitehead's novel, the underground railroad is a literal train that runs underground between states. Each state Cora stops in has its own dangers, and her journey gets more and more perilous as she moves north.
As Cora travels from state to state, using train tracks underground, she is trailed by the slave catcher Ridgeway, who is intent on capturing her. Cora also faces new obstacles in each state; in South Carolina, for example, Cora discovers a network of institutionalized medical racism. Cora travels alone for the most part, but meets people who help her in each state; however, none of her connections last long, and she continues moving. The plot is fast-paced and tense, keeping readers hooked until the last chapter.
Although the novel is obviously based on historical events, Whitehead dramatizes the events and injects his signature surrealism into the pages. The most obvious element of magical realism in the novel is the literal train that Whitehead substitutes for the metaphorical underground railroad. Whitehead also includes several historical elements that did not exist all at the same time, such as references to the Tuskegee syphilis experiments and forced sterilization of the 1900s. His flexibility with time and history allows the book to speak to modern racism in a unique way.
Over the last month, most of the Upper School has read The Underground Railroad in preparation for Whitehead's visit. The novel has opened a door for our community to have discussions that are not easy, discussions that are not comfortable, and discussions that we must have. Whitehead masterfully weaves parallels between our world today and the world of 1850s America to make the reader think about their place in society. I believe KO owes Colson Whitehead a debt of gratitude for allowing us to explore topics that we need to be exploring, with The Underground Railroad as our foundation.


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Sociologists might want to look into a unique situation at Dr. Michael Krop High School by asking this question: does being a twin help a student reach the heights of achievement?
The school's nominees for the Silver Knight Awards are 15 top-notch kids, with one fascinating detail.
"Three sets of twins, never seen it, and they're all brilliant," said the school's principal, Dr. Allison Harley.
Coincidence or what? Two sets are identical, the other two sets are brother-sister combinations. All six feel like a sense of gratitude over being nominated together.
"It's crazy, growing up we did everything together and this is just another one of those steps," said Spencer Steinfeld, expressing a common reality among twins, that they're often inseparable during childhood.
The Silver Knight Awards reward high school seniors for outstanding scholarship and community service, so the nominees are always outstanding students, leaders at their schools.
"When I was announcing the Silver Knights to the whole school, I was like, wait, these are those twins, and I've known these twins for three years, I knew they were amazing, but to think they all made it to this level, it's really special and we're very proud of them" Harley said.
Of course, the twins are brilliant students, but don't assume that because they're twins, they're all alike. Their interests vary greatly, which is reflected in their Silver Knight nominations.
"For years now, I've been working with The Friendship Circle, which is a non-profit that pairs teen volunteers with special needs children," said Brittany Steinfeld.
She's nominated for vocational technology, while her brother is nominated for science. Zlata Itkin's category is English.
"I've always loved reading and writing, my whole element, essentially," Zlata said.
Her twin brother Mark is the polar opposite, nominated for mathematics.
"It works out, I need help with Language Arts, she proofreads my stuff, she needs help with math, I help her out with any of the homework she needs," Mark Itkin said.
Stephanie and Eliza Morton are the identical twins in the group. One is nominated for business, the other for general scholarship, but both could be nominated for diplomacy.
"We collab and build off of each other's ideas so it's definitely a benefit," Eliza said.
"My sister is very organized, she always knows what to do," said Stephanie.
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i have user control inside form.inside the control i have button to postback to the server.how can i raise event when the form in the container page is submitted(and only then - not when there is server post back inside the control)
I'm not totally sure I understand your question. Did you want to raise an eventwhen the button was clicked on the UserControl?
i meant when the submit button was clicked in the container page.
I had the same question last week. I received the Email below from PeterLanoie. It was a great help.Note: Since your control is already loaded into the form, you won't need thefirst two lines of code in the Load event of the page. I couldn't get thefunction to work because of signature problems (still haven't figured this out)- but when I replaced the function with a subroutine - everything worked well. If you're having problems getting this to work after a bit - I'll send you mysample that I was able to get working.Let's consider this example (in VB):We have an ASPX page "myPage.aspx" (Class myPage) and a user control"myUserControl.ascx" (Class myUserControl). There is a function in the PAGE(myPage.myPageFunction()) that wants to run when something happens in theCONTROL. In the Control we need to define an event and a delegate for thatevent. We can then raise this event from where ever we need within thecontrol, in your case it's the button click routine.User Control file:
Class myUserControl...Public Event MyEvent As MyEventDelegatePublic Delegate Sub MyEventDelegate(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal eAs System.EventArgs)Private Sub MyButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e AsSystem.EventArgs) Handles MyButton.onClickRaiseEvent MyEvent(Me, e)End Sub...End Class
Class myPage...Private Sub Page_Load(...)...Dim objMyUserControl As myUserControlobjMyUserControl = CType(LoadControl("myUserControl.ascx"),myUserControl)AddHandler objMyUserControl.MyEvent, AddressOf myPageFunction...End Sub...Private Function myPageFunction(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e AsSystem.EventArgs)'Do whatever you need to in here.End Function
Dim objMyFirstUC as MyFirstUCDim objMySecondUC as MySecondUCobjMyFirstUC = CType(LoadControl("myFirstUC.ascx"), MyFirstUC)objMySecondUC = CType(LoadControl("mySecondUC.ascx"), MySecondUC)AddHandler objMyFirstUC.FirstUCEvent, AddressOfobjMySecondUC.DoFirstUCEventAddHandler objMySecondUC.SecondUCEvent, AddressOfobjMyFirstUC.DoSecondUCEvent
just to make sure:There is a function in the PAGE(myPage.myPageFunction()) that wants to run when something happens in theCONTROL.i want to raise event in the control when the aspx is submitted.
You could access a function in the UserControl on the page by making it public -The is syntax for accessing the method is UserControl.MyUserControlFunction.


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My Story
Im Adriana Brownlee, and this is how I discovered my ambition to complete the seven summits.
It all started when I was 9 years old.
My father and inspirational climbing partner, Tony Brownlee, got me into my first glimpse of the mountaineering life... The Three Peaks 24 hour challenge. I had no clue what I was in for and with all my friends still playing with their cuddly toys, I was about to endure a ruthless mix of pain, hyperthermia and the best of all, a new found pride what I had achieved. It took me two goes, since the first time my temperature had dropped to 34 degrees and I was faced with the decision on carrying on or failing my first attempt at the challenge, I went with my gut and went down the mountain in disappointment. the second time however was a huge success and I managed to complete It in 22 hours and become the youngest to do so.
Following this, I hadn't considered any more climbing adventures and leaned towards martial arts. Taekwondo became my new found passion, and quickly realising I had a natural talent for kicking people I stuck at it and demolished every competition with gold medals pilling in.
Later on in my life I moved to America for 2 years and then swiftly transitioned to Oxford where my mountaineering career suddenly picked up again.
I remember speaking to my father one afternoon and said, "I need a goal to work towards, something that will set me apart from any other teenager" and after a month of weird and wonderful challenges being thrown about, I thought back to my younger days and knew that with the experience my father had from climbing Aconcagua back in 2010 and my love for climbing, there was nothing better than the Seven Summits, and ever since I have never stopped thinking about it.


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BMW's motor sport boss has refused to comment on speculation Nick Heidfeld could move from Formula 1 to the DTM series next year.
German Heidfeld, 34, was appointed as injured Robert Kubica's replacement for 2011, but Renault has now dumped him in favour of Bruno Senna.
It is being reported that talks between Heidfeld and his former employer BMW, no longer in F1 but to tackle the German touring car series DTM next year, have already begun.
With Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus already confirmed for 2012, there are still four official BMW M3 cockpits to fill.
"We have always said we would look first at the drivers from our own programme," Jens Marquardt, who has replaced Mario Theissen as BMW's motor sport director, told the German news agency SID.
When asked if Heidfeld is a candidate, he answered: "We do not comment on rumours.
"I am confident that we will have a competitive driver lineup in 2012," he is also quoted by sport1.de, denying that BMW will look specifically for a German driver.
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Quality – Part 1 – Listening to Music
£25 and you can have thousands of ultra-high quality songs!
I am going to show you in this article how to listen to all of your music like you've never heard it before
iTunes match, mastered for iTunes, flac, wav…all terms synonymous with quality music playback but have you heard of them and do you know why you should be using them? In part 1 of this blog on quality of music I am covering the process the wrong way around to talk about how music ends up being listened to and in part two I will talk about quality issues when making it in the first place.
Just as a quick note, I am not actually an Apple user other than iPod and iPad – I am a PC guy myself, but in this article I will be talking about the benefits of certain Apple formats.
We all love the ease and simplicity of being able to listen to our entire music library on portable music players, mobile phones and computers (perhaps even streamed wirelessly through amplifiers elsewhere in the house) and it's true that even a 3gb iPod or similar can store many thousands of songs. But did you know that the mp3 format is basically a shadow of what the music sounded like when recorded in the studio? It's like seeing in black and white – you can still see mostly everything but how much better is everything in full colour? Ever really noticed the difference between standard and high definition on TV? That's the difference between mp3 and a real life CD. Yes that's right, the CD which is so seldom purchased these days. This article is not meant to be technical and therefore I'll only cover the basics of this but the quality flowchart would look something like this:
Why does it make a difference? Well in basic terms think of it like a photograph. Something that photographs in 16 megapixels will have much more detail than something that takes the same photo with 1 megapixel. It's all about level of detail. When the studio records the music, it may be recorded in very high sample rates and bit depths (think megapixels for this) but when they need to export it so that you and I can listen, they have to choose a format, whether that be mp3 or CD etc. One reason why CDs are a great idea still is that of hard disk space. You see to have a wav file equivalent to a CD quality track on your hard drive would probably take up about 40mb of space. An mp3 takes up 3mb, so where has the other 37mb of data gone?? Well, an mp3 (and Apple formats, though to a lesser extent) basically loses a lot of data from the audio. It decides that we can't hear certain frequencies and chops them off, then slowly goes around subtracting data until we get the music but it's flat compared to what it was and what it could be.
Flac is completely lossless. There are sites on the internet that allow you to purchase albums in formats that the studio used, which means you can hear it better than the CD you purchased! Not everyone wants to do this though and you've already spent all that money on mp3s right?
NO PROBLEM! I'm now going to show you how to give yourself a massive upgrade in your listening experience without increasing hard disk space much and only costing £25. This can also work to get cheap music and upgrade it to better music all year long too!
What is this secret? iTunes match. A fantastic idea that not only keeps your music library in 'the cloud' so that you can access it from other devices; it also allows you to upgrade your music to the highest quality available on iTunes. It costs £25 for one year and you keep all the music you download through this service even if you don't renew after the year.
You can look up on Apple's site how to pay for and use this service, but basically once activated you scan your music library and it will show up as an icon like this in iTunes:
That means that all your music is available in 'the cloud' but it DOESN'T mean that you now have high quality music. For that you need to do the following…..
I purchased a Tom Odell album from Amazon because it was cheaper than iTunes, but it was mp3 format. I imported it into iTunes and used iTunes match to scan it to the cloud.
Here's the clever bit….right click on a song and choose 'delete'. When the pop up box comes up do NOT click 'Also delete this song from iCloud'
On the next pop up you can choose to move to recycle bin because you won't need this inferior quality song again, but if you feel more comfortable for the first times, you can keep the file.
Now we have a new symbol appear next to the song, which incidentally did NOT delete itself from my album!!! (clever huh!):
Just click the download from the cloud symbol and you will then have an ultra-high quality version of the cheaper mp3 you purchased!
To speed this up with a full music library you can just use the song list and select large chunks of songs and delete all at once and then download the same way but do not delete songs that have this symbol next to them:
It means for whatever reason that it hasn't recognised the song on match and therefore you will not be able to download a higher version if you delete it.
Check it out – you'll be amazed at the difference this makes to your listening experience. Pick a song that you have on CD. Then download it as an mp3 and then do the iTunes match but keep the file. You will be able to listen to the difference between all three versions and see exactly what you are missing (or gaining) with each format.
Good luck quality hunters! Quality doesn't have to be expensive.


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When it comes to signup time most gym membership prospects want easy choices. Then, of course, there are the more knowledgeable new clients, who know what they want and love to think they got a little something extra in the deal. As the gym owner or manager, you can play your cards close to your chest and make them all happy. This strategy sells more memberships and everybody wins.
I'm a huge advocate of making things simple for gym members. When people apply for a fitness club membership they're often looking to you to guide them to the right membership choice for their needs. I'm talking about people who are just starting out in fitness, maybe returning to the gym after too many years on the couch, who don't have a clear idea of what they want.
Devoting time to sorting through complicated service options just makes them feel overwhelmed. They're looking to you to provide a plan that works for them. It's up to you to guide them as gently and quickly as possible to a suitable package. Of course, there's always going to be people who walk in to sign up, who know exactly what they want. You can work with them by offering options that aren't on your gym menu in order to close the deal.
Yes, Less Does Mean More
A system that simplifies choices while presenting genuine opportunities is a win-win. That's why I generally present three options for members to visually see and to choose from. By showing and explaining these options, I find out the needs of the customer and determine how I can best meet those needs.
However, I always have additional options to choose from that I don't present upfront, secret options if you will, like In-N-Out Burger's secret menu. In-N-Out doesn't present many options on their published menu, but over time it has become known that there are options, such as "animal style", which those "in the know" order off-menu.
Customers now expect that these additional menu items offer them more flexibility for their pleasure, but seeing all of these options on a standard menu can be overwhelming to customers who want to get "in and out" fast. In-N-Out has simplified the fast food process, for their benefit and for the benefit of their customers.
Similarly, as a gym owner, you are in control of your offerings and you can publish services, plans, and promotions whenever and to whomever you want. Although I don't advertise these options to the general public, I like to give our military, which deserve a break, students, and seniors special discounts.
Discounts bring in more business for my gym business, while providing valued services to my clients. It also gives customers the sense that they got something special. That satisfaction generates an intangible added value to your business because it's the sort of thing that closes sales and drives word-of-mouth referrals.
Minimalist Gym Member Management
The more options gym members have available to them, the more they have to think about. If members have to "think about it," they may wind up leaving your gym premises to do so. DO NOT let that happen. Seriously, all they want to think about in a fitness center is their upcoming workout and how that is going to improve the way their bodies look, as well as their overall health. They want to feel less stress in the gym, not more.
Stress is highest before they sign up for their membership, so that's when they'll appreciate simplicity the most. If you overload a prospect with options upfront, the less they will focus on one choice. You risk losing them altogether. In sales leaving customers to make the choices invokes a fear in them, of missing out on something different; less options mean less buyer's remorse and more satisfaction.
It's nice for me, as a fitness center owner, to have options at my fingertips. For the typical new member, simplified membership options, like In-N-Out Burger simplifies menu options, makes it easier for people to make a decision quickly and with less hassle. All in all, getting the right deal on fitness helps to support your clients' motivation to work out and stay loyal to your gym.
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Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon where the stimulation of one sense leads to an automatic and involuntary experience in a secondary sense. People with this condition often claim to hear colors and see sounds amongst other alternative perceptions. About 4% of the population is said to have the condition. It has been linked to the likes of Issac Newton, Nikola Tesla, Duke Ellington, and Pharrell Williams.
Another form of Synesthesia is known as vEAR ~ Visually Evoked Auditory Response or the Visual Ear. People with the vEAR condition claim to hear gifs and videos that do not have sound.
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Eaton Hall Wedding Viki Roy
A match and wedding made in heaven
For an individual, wedding is one of the most important occasions in their life and a special day like that happens only once in a lifetime. This makes it important that you document such beautiful moments in your life in any form and what can be better than some professional photographs. It is one of those joyous moments of your life and wouldn't you want to have something to remind you forever? Well, we might just be able to help you with this task. We specialise in wedding photography and our passion for photography has helped us build a strong team over the years. As you can see, we have handled quite a few projects over the years and we consider each of them a new learning experience. Being a Toronto wedding photographer helped me gain a lot of knowledge about my passion and has also helped me learn a new style or technique every other day. In Toronto wedding photography has gained a lot popularity and the competition has also multiplied in the process.
What makes this work even more interesting for us is the fact that we have never ever felt that we were working even for once. Following our passion has led us to this place and we have continued to embrace it with absolute love and dedication. Take for example the wedding at the Eaton hall that we were lucky enough to be a part of. The rain did not stop us from giving the bride and groom the best shots that they have always wanted on their wedding day. A Jewish wedding is always a fun occasion to cover and the traditions and customs that they follow are definitely something to look out for. In addition to learning about the Jewish wedding, we covered each moment that was special and as a photographer we found the occasion an energetic and fun filled one. Some of the notable things at such weddings is the chuppah which is normally not seen in all weddings. We all know that a wedding is incomplete without dancing and the hora dancing just turns any wedding into a celebration. In the course of covering a wedding, we ended up learning a lot of new things and above all, we had pure unadulterated fun. A person cannot ask more from a beautiful Toronto wedding which also turned out to be a great learning experience
We enjoyed every second of this day and so did the bride and groom ))) in spite of rainy day
Wedding photo shoot – Eaton Hall
Venue – La Primavera Hospitality & Convention Centre
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Rich Nations Fall Short On Climate Finance Pledge
Wealthy countries are falling short on a decade-old promise come due to ramp up climate finance for the developing world, according to a semi-official report released Friday.
Even those numbers may be inflated, watchdog groups warned.
The 2009 UN climate summit in Copenhagen mandated that poorer nations -- historically blameless for global warming, but most at risk -- were to receive $100 billion (85 billion euros) annually starting from 2020 to help curb their carbon footprint and cope with future climate impacts.
But where the money was to come from and how it would be allocated were not spelt out, which has made tracking progress toward that goal both difficult and disputed.
As of 2018, the last year for which data is available, money from all sources earmarked for climate-related projects totalled $78.9 billion, up about 11 percent from the year before, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a detailed report, its third since 2015.
Public climate finance from developed countries -- almost evenly split between bilateral and multilateral sources -- accounted for the lion's share, some $62.2 billion, with another $2 billion in government-backed export credits.
The rest, some $14.6 billion, came from private investment.
How these figures align with the UN-back pledge, renewed in the 2015 Paris Agreement, is subject to interpretation, and the OECD makes a point of not drawing conclusions one way or the other.
If climate finance in 2019 and 2020 ramped up at the same pace as from 2017 to 2018, the $100 billion target would be within grasp this year.
But the rate at which money was mobilised had already slowed sharply going into 2018, and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic is still unknown.
"Climate finance is a lifeline for communities facing record heatwaves, terrifying storms and devastating floods," said Tracy Carty, co-author of an in-depth "shadow report" on climate finance compiled by experts at global NGO Oxfam.
"Even as governments struggle with Covid-19, they must not lose sight of the mounting threat of the climate crisis."
According to Oxfam, donors reported nearly $120 billion in public climate finance across 2017 and 2018, roughly in line with the OECD estimate for those two years combined.
But once loan repayments, interest and other forms of over-reporting are stripped out, only about $20 billion per year remained in climate-specific "net assistance," barely a third of what rich countries reported, Oxfam said.
According to the OECD, nearly three-quarters of public finance given in 2018 was in the form of loans, few of them "concessional", or at below-market interest rates.
Only a fifth were the outright grants that developing countries have consistently demanded.
"The excessive use of loans in the name of climate assistance is an overlooked scandal," said Carty, arguing that the world's poorest countries "should not be forced to take out loans to respond to a climate crisis not of their making."
The worst offender in this category according to Oxfam was France, which provided almost 97 percent of its bilateral climate aid as loans and other non-grant instruments.
By contrast, the vast majority of aid from Sweden, Denmark and Britain was in the form of grants.
However much climate assistance was doled out in 2018, very little of it went to the countries most in need, the OECD and Oxfam reports agree.
Some 14 percent went to nations in the Least Developed Countries category, and two percent to developing small island nations, whose very existence is threatened by rising seas, according to the OECD.
Nearly 70 percent went to middle-income countries.
The OECD report does not cover domestic public climate finance, or so-called "South-South" assistance between developing countries.
Another long-standing complaint from poorer nations is how funds are split between helping countries cut emissions (mitigation) and cope with climate impacts already in the pipeline (adaptation).
OECD reports that 70 percent of 2018 finance went to mitigation, with only 21 percent allocated for adaptation. Oxfam's breakdown was roughly the same.
Last month, more than 500 civil society groups called on G20 finance ministers to cancel debts in poorer countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Debt repayments were suspended for six months.
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Extended hours for NLI's free Genealogy Service
As last year, the consortium of Eneclann and Ancestor Network is fulfilling the role, but with extended hours of operation. These new arrangements means there will be a professional genealogist available for free consultation right across the lunchtime period, which will be much appreciated, but the service will finish 15 minutes earlier on Thursday and Friday. A genealogist is also available during the Library's normal Saturday opening hours.
These are the hours when the GAS will be available until the end of September:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday: 9.30am–5pm
Thursday and Friday: 9.30am–4.45pm
Saturday: 9:15–12:45pm
The GAS supplements the National Library's own staff in the Genealogy Service during the busiest months of the year.
The Library's Genealogy Service operates year-round and provides a very popular and free service to all family historians on a first-come, first-served basis.


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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Representatives of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and four Protestant denominations in the Reformed tradition have publicly signed an agreement that recognizes the validity of each other's baptisms.
The four Protestant bodies are the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Christian Reformed Church in North America, the Reformed Church in America and the United Church of Christ.
The signing took place Jan. 29 at St. Mary Cathedral in Austin, Texas, during a prayer service at the opening of the annual meeting of the ecumenical association Christian Churches Together, which includes over 40 Christian denominations and groups.
It marked the first time the Catholic Church in the United States has ever signed on to such an agreement, although Catholic bishops' conferences elsewhere in the world have done so.
The USCCB in Washington announced the signing Feb. 1 and released the text of the agreement.
The signing was an outgrowth of a common agreement on mutual recognition of baptism approved by the bishops in November 2010 during their general fall assembly in Baltimore. The Presbyterian Church had already been ratified the agreement, and the three other bodies OK'd the agreement at their respective national meetings in 2011.
The common agreement was the result of six years of study and consultation by Catholic and Reformed scholars during the seventh round of the Catholic-Reformed dialogue in the United States. The first round of that dialogue began in 1965.
The key provision in the common agreement is that only those baptisms which are performed "with flowing water in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" will be considered valid by the signatories. Proof of baptism is to be accomplished by the use of common wording on baptismal certificates for baptisms performed after the effective date of the agreement.
"There has already been a strong response from CCT (Christian Churches Together) members who have said this represents healing," said a Feb. 1 statement from Father John Crossin, an Oblate of St. Francis de Sales who is executive director of USCCB's Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs. "In the past, there has been much confusion, and even pain, over the failure to reach an understanding on this question. Our hope is that this would be a model for similar agreements."
"We are overjoyed at this historic recognition of one another's baptism and are committed to move forward in a new round exploring a common vision of the church," said Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden of Baltimore, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, in a Feb. 1 statement.
Representatives at the signing said they hoped other denominations would reflect on this agreement and respond to it.
The 2010 common agreement urged pastors of all participating churches to "continue their commitment to dialogue about theology and pastoral practice" both locally and internationally.
"Pastoral leaders engaged in such dialogue embody our hopes for unity and collaborative effort and common witness, it added.
"We believe that respectful dialogue can provide a strong witness to the wider church about our commitment to a relationship in Christ and can stand as a safeguard against the unreflective judgments that have, at certain times in our history, diminished and distorted our relations."
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is by far the most common form of burning incense in America today. Although most people are aware of multiple types of incense, if you ask a person at random on the street what their most prominent visual image of incense is, it will almost certainly be of a stick protruding diagonally from a long wooden ash catcher. After exploding in popularity during the 1960s and 70s, stick incense has come to be a very common sight in homes, dorm rooms, offices, and sacred spaces.
Stick incense is a form of direct burning, or combustible incense. True to the name, direct burning incenses are lit directly by a flame and then fanned out, thereby allowing a glowing ember to smolder away slowly. This low level of heat burns away the rest of the incense without the need for continued application of flame. In addition, combustible incense usually requires very little preparation prior to use. It is ready to burn, as they say, "out of the box." Direct burning incenses include coils, cones, cored sticks, solid sticks, and dipped or hand-dipped sticks.
There are two main types of incense sticks. The first is a cored stick. This type of stick has a supportive core of bamboo that gives the stick its shape. Some higher quality versions of cored sticks have sandalwood at their cores, which releases a beautiful scent all its own when it burns. This wooden core is covered by a thick layer of incense material that burns away directly, along with the core itself.
Cored incense sticks generally produce a great deal of ash, so it is important to have an ash catcher when burning this type of incense. Cored incense sticks were historically used in India and China. In China, the cored sticks used for religious ceremonies were often referred to as Joss sticks. In India, both masala and charcoal styles of incense usually contain a bamboo or sandalwood core.
Cored stick incense can be made in a variety of different ways. Sometimes, a wet paste of incense mixture is rolled using a paddle into a long, thin coil which is then rolled together with the core stick. Sometimes, the core material is soaked in water, and then the sticks are dipped in a tray of fragrance materials and plant based binders. The sticks are then rolled and more incense powder is packed on to them. This incense is then allowed to dry in the open air. More incense powder can be applied after every drying period. This method of cored incense making is used regularly in China. Finally, in the modern era, cored incense is sometimes made by pressing damp powder around the base stick mechanically. This method is becoming more popular due to the high labor costs of producing powder coated or paste rolled incense.
The second form of stick incense is solid stick. This type has no supporting core running through it, and is made entirely of incense material. Historically, solid stick incense has been used extensively in Japan and Tibet. This incense is wonderful because it is easily broken up, allowing you to decide how much or little you want to burn at one time. They also tend to produce more manageable amounts of ash due to the lack of a core wooden base stick. Indian Dhoop sticks are also fairly thick versions of solid stick incense.
Another type of incense which has no supporting core to it is cone incense. Cone incense is incense material that is shaped into fairly short, fat cones which burn and release a great deal of wonderful fragrance. Cone incense burns relatively fast and releases its scent very quickly, filling a room with fragrance in minutes. Incense cones were invented in Japan in the 19th century.
Coil incense is fragrance material that is shaped into a coil without a core. Due to the spiral shape of this type of incense, coil incense can burn continuously for a very long period of time - from hours to days, and is often used in China for temple and altar offerings.
So, as you can see, even within the category of stick incense, there is a vast range of styles to explore! Some burn more slowly, some more quickly, some produce more ash and some less, but in the end, all are perfectly wonderful, time tested methods of releasing fragrance into the air, of making a spiritual offering, and of bringing your own personal, elegant touch in to every environment. Why not enjoy exploring all of the different types of stick incense we have to offer and see which ones work best for your own personal needs!
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- Google identified the most valued behaviors and characteristics of its leading managers.
- Successful leaders at Google make time for individual team-members and create inclusivity, while empowering the team as a whole.
- It is also important that managers are results-oriented, strategic, and can make decisions effectively.
Twenty years ago, you probably would've laughed if someone said your life would one day be irrevocably changed by a company called Google. What's a google?
But, as you know, Google's become the largest entity in one of the biggest tech companies in the world. And it's giving you a glimpse inside its robust research on what makes a great manager.
It's no secret that being a good manager can make all the difference in how happy your team is and how well it performs. Google not only proved this to skeptics years ago, but also identified eight (later updated to 10) behaviors of its best managers. So why not learn from one of the most successful data-driven companies out there?
1. 'Is a good coach'
Employees need and appreciate a manager who takes time to coach and challenge them, and not just when they're behind.
As Muse contributor Avery Augustine put it, "When it comes to clients, the squeaky wheel usually gets the grease." The same is true, she said, of employees you manage.
But "I realized that every employee needs to be managed — star performer or not," she wrote. "And simply leaving some employees to do their jobs without any type of feedback or guidance was detrimental to their career development."
2. 'Empowers team and does not micromanage'
Micromanaging is a common mistake managers make without even realizing it, one that discourages and frustrates employees.
But Google's research found that its best managers don't, instead offering the right balance of freedom and advice, showing they trust their direct reports, and advocating for the team, according to a sample breakdown from an internal presentation included in a 2013 Harvard Business Review article.
3. 'Creates an inclusive team environment, showing concern for success and well-being'
In the first iteration of the list, this was described as "expresses interest in and concern for team members' success and personal well-being."
Several years later, the company's updated this entry to reflect research on psychological safety that allows for risk-taking — which Google identified as an important characteristic of effective teams — and un-biasing, or the process of becoming aware of and combatting unconscious biases.
It's not enough just to have a diverse team, good leaders and managers strive to create an inclusive environment every day.
4. 'Is productive and results-oriented'
Employees don't want to work for a lazy boss. They'd rather be part of a team that's productive and successful, and that's hard to do if the leader doesn't set the tone.
Former Muse editor Adrian Granzella Larssen explained that becoming a boss means you have to be on model behavior.
"As a manager, you'll be looked to as a role model," she wrote. "You can't expect people to give their best at work if they don't see you doing it, so be sure you're always on your A game." That means putting in the effort and getting results.
5. 'Is a good communicator — listens and shares information'
Communicating effectively is one of the basics of being a good manager (or a good employee for that matter). But it's also important to remember that great managers prioritize listening.
"Focused, curious listening conveys an emotional and personal investment in those who work for us," according to Muse contributor Kristi Hedges. "When you listen to people, they feel personally valued. It signals commitment."
6. 'Supports career development and discusses performance'
Google recently added the "discusses performance" component to this behavior. The company pointed to research from Gallup that found only half of employees know what expectations they should be fulfilling at work.
"To free employees to take initiative and inspire high performance," Gallup concluded, "managers need to set clear expectations, hold employees accountable for meeting them and respond quickly when employees need support."
In other words, managers should not only help their team develop skills and advance their careers, but also be clear about expectations and give honest feedback about performance.
7. 'Has a clear vision/strategy for the team'
Stephanie Davis, who won one of Google's Great Manager Awards, told HBR that feedback reports helped her realize how important it was to communicate team vision in addition to company vision.
"They wanted me to interpret the higher-level vision for them," she said. "So I started listening to the company's earnings call with a different ear. I didn't just come back to my team with what was said; I also shared what it meant for them."
A clear and shared vision can also help members of your team work well together.
8. 'Has key technical skills to help advise the team"
When Google first released its list of behaviors, the findings were somewhat anti-climactic. "My first reaction was, that's it?" Laszlo Bock, then the Vice President of People Operations, told The New York Times in 2011.
The entries on the list may have been obvious, but their relative importance wasn't, as Bock's team found out when it ranked the behaviors.
"In the Google context, we'd always believed that to be a manager, particularly on the engineering side, you need to be as deep or deeper a technical expert than the people who work for you," he said. "It turns out that that's absolutely the least important thing. It's important, but pales in comparison."
So all hope isn't lost if you find yourself managing people who know more than you.
9. 'Collaborates across Google'
Google recently extended its list by two when its employee survey found that effective cross-organization collaboration and stronger decision-making were important to Googlers.
Whether you're at a large corporation, an early-stage startup, or a nonprofit, managing your team and leading it to success can depend at least in part on how well you can work with other teams.
Muse contributor Rebecca Andruszka gave some tips for improving communication with other departments for "the collective betterment of the company" (and, as she wrote, to avoid feeling like you work in Congress).
10. 'Is a strong decision maker'
Google's last addition is a reminder that while it's important for a manager to listen and share information, employees also appreciate one who can make decisions.
Muse Founder and President Alex Cavoulacos urged managers to go one step further and tell their teams not only what decision they've made, but also why they've made it. The small extra effort helps the team understand context and priorities, improve their own future decision-making, and stay engaged as well as informed.
One of the reasons this research was so effective was that it used internal data to prove what makes managers great at Google (and the company's re:Work website provides some first steps for others who want to try to replicate its approach).
But that doesn't mean the list isn't helpful for people who don't work there. After all, Google did go from being a made-up word to a household name in just a few years. People and companies now look to it as an example, not only in innovation, but also in its approach to management.


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The Solution to Growing Transportation Demand
While Utah continues to experience unprecedented growth, that growth comes with more than a few growing pains and challenges. To address some of the transportation difficulties, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) developed TravelWise in November 2008. Put simply, TravelWise is a set of actions that encourage Utahns to use alternatives to driving alone. By asking individuals, businesses, communities and organizations to TravelWise, we can reduce energy consumption, optimize mobility and improve air quality, ultimately improving the quality of life in Utah.
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Inwood, Manhattan's northernmost area, is perhaps the borough's least-known neighborhood, but that's changing. It now increasingly attracts young families and professionals drawn to its open spaces. That's sparked a small but growing restaurant and bar scene along Dyckman Street. Major crime in the 34th Precinct, which includes the neighborhood and the northern half of Washington Heights, has plummeted by 83 percent in the 17 years to 2010, turning Inwood from one of the most dangerous areas in the city into one of the safest. It ranks 23rd out of 69 neighborhoods in DNAinfo.com's Crime & Safety Report. In Manhattan, only the Upper East Side and Upper West Side rank higher.
The most exceptional declines have been in car thefts, down 95 percent to 97 incidents from 1993 to 2010, and in burglaries, down 90 percent to 190 during that period. Shooting incidents and murders were down by more than 90 percent, to nine and four, respectively. These lower rates were largely due to the turnaround that began with police crackdowns on the notorious Dominican drug gangs in Inwood and neighboring Washington Heights. Another factor was the increasing popularity of the neighborhood among New Yorkers seeking to escape to quieter, leafier, more affordable neighborhoods without giving up access to the core of Manhattan. In the past few years, as more people have moved into the neighborhood and local commercial strips have become more lively, certain crimes have spiked, however.
There have been rashes of muggings and other attacks near Isham Park and outside subway stations in the neighborhood, prompting outcries for more police and talk of creating citizen foot patrols.
While Inwood ranks highly for property crimes, rising to 17th safest in the city, violent crime contines to be a key issue, with the neighborhood's rank dropping to 37th for that category. Murders, rapes, robberies and felony assaults were all up in both 2009 and 2010. In 2010, rapes jumped 29 percent, to 22 incidents, and misdemeanor sex crimes rose 24 percent, to 26. Continued steep drops in burglaries and car thefts, though, pushed the overall crime rate down by 3 percent.
Rise in gang arrests from 2009 to 2010
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Sarah Fox, 21, a student at the Juilliard School, was last seen leaving her home on Isham Street in Inwood in the late afternoon on May 19, 2004. Six days later, her naked body was found in a secluded, wooded area at the bottom of a steep embankment, near the towers of the Henry Hudson Bridge. Police determined she had been strangled. Her body was lying atop a bed of leaves, surrounded by yellow petals and branches from a tulip poplar tree. Investigators consulted with botanists, but the theory offered by one of them of a ritualistic killing was discounted. Neighbor Dimitri Sheinman came forward during the search for the missing woman, claiming to have had "visions" about the case and raised suspicions of investigators with his bizarre behavior. He was later publicly identified as suspect No.1 by then-District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Sheinman, 41, was never charged with Fox's death, however, and her murder remains unsolved.
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St Paul's Senior High School at Denu in the Volta Region has been closed down over riots on Friday night which led to the death of one student and several others injured.
The students were allegedly protesting against the Police's attempt to protect two of their colleagues whom they accused of engaging in sodomy.
According to one of the teachers, the students claimed they caught two of their colleagues having gay sex and insisted on delivering an instant justice of beating them.
The school authorities after several failed attempts to control the students called in the Police.
"These boys said they wouldn't agree because the teachers have not been doing anything to students practicing gayism in the school,'' said the teacher who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Immediately the Police arrived at the school, the students started throwing stones at them.
They destroyed school properties after they blocked access to the major roads on the school compound.
The two suspects; first and second-year male students, were allegedly seen caressing each other and having anal sex.
Some of the students who spoke to Citi News said they were compelled to penalize their colleagues immediately, because the school authorities had been condoning such acts in the school.
Some of the students have also accused the Police of having a hand in their colleague's death. They claim the Police opened fire on them when they arrived on the school premises, and one of the stray bullets hit their colleague.
Ketu South Police Commander, Superintendent Augustine Luguyare, who confirmed the incident, said, doctors are yet to conduct an autopsy to tell the cause of death.
He assured the public that measures are being put in place to prevent further violence. He, however, denied the Police had a hand in the death of the deceased, Adio Rakhib.


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School of Science to Host Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
A spectacular total solar eclipse is coming to North America on August 21 and the JSU School of Science is hosting a viewing party from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the front lawn of the Theron Montgomery Building.
The community to welcome to learn more about the celestial phenomenon and safely view it through pinhole projectors and solar glasses during the viewing party. Due to the limited supply of solar glasses, the university is encouraging couples, families and small groups to share a pair. Water and shade will be provided.
Under no circumstances should people gaze directly at the eclipse without solar glasses, as permanent eye scarring and even blindness can occur. Traditional sunglasses are ineffective and binoculars and telescopes will only further damage the eye. Come view it safely on campus! Can't make it to campus and don't have any solar glasses? View the eclipse on TV or online. NASA will be live streaming the event online and on social media.
What is a solar eclipse? It is simply the moon casting a shadow on Earth as it moves between us and the Sun. This particular eclipse is special because it is a TOTAL eclipse, meaning the Earth, moon and sun will perfectly align, briefly turning the sky to night. Birds will return to their nests, the temperature will drop, and stars will appear.
Here in Jacksonville, we can expect roughly 96 percent of the sun to be covered by the moon - technically a partial eclipse, but still out-of-this-world. The eclipse will occur in our area from 12:30-3:30 p.m., with greatest totality around 1:45 p.m.
This is the first time since 1918 that a total solar eclipse has moved across the entire US and the first visible solar eclipse from the contiguous US since 1979. The shadow of the moon will move from Oregon to South Carolina, crossing 14 states in the path of totality and will be at least partially visible in all 50 states. The next eclipse in the US will take place in 2024, when 12 states will be in the path of totality. Alabama will get its turn in the path of totality in 2045.


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We are very excited to announce the cast lists for our next upcoming holiday productions and our co-production with the Mid-Columbia Master singers!! All the Directors said how difficult a challenge this was, thank you all for all the great work you did in your audition, and if you didn't get in (each show has a relatively small cast) we hope to see you again at our next auditions on Dec 11 & 12 for Akeelah and the Bee!!
What follows is the cast list for Let's Make an Opera:
Sam the sweep boy: Jacob Eveland
Gay Brook: Nikolas Theriault
Sophie Brook: Katy Connors
Johnny Crome: Arlo McGowan
Hughie Crome: Peter Wilhelm
Tina Crome: Lola Eden
Please note that Let's Make an Opera's Parent Meeting will be on Nov 8th at 6pm
Here's a message from our Frosty and Charlie Brown director Cathy Kelly:
Thanks to all the kids that came out for auditions. As always, there's so many great kids and only a limited number of roles so if you didn't get cast please try again for a future ACT show! We will have a mandatory parent/cast(s) meeting on Monday, October 23, 2017 6:00pm at ACT, followed by a read thru of both shows. I will also have rehearsal calendars ready.
If you were cast and, for any reason, you decide you do not want to participate, please call Director Cathy Kelly at 509-551-9992 before Monday.
What follows is the cast list for A Charlie Brown Christmas & Frosty the Snow Man:
Frosty The Snow Man:
OFFICER BUMP – Brenton Nundahl
DELIVERY PERSON – Madison Brickey
FROSTY – Ryleigh McWilliams
CHARLEY – Harper Workman
JOEY – Jaxon Boyce
GERALDINE – Lorelai Sorenson
MARY ANN – Lizzie Azure
OLD HAG – Ainslee Workman
MRS. ARMBRUSTER – Delaney Blethen
SKATERS – Carly Tranbarger, Katelyn Shafer, Korin Clark, Lauren Tanninen, Jenna Brickey, Madelyn Clark
A Charlie Brown Christmas
CHARLIE BROWN – Elijah Hall
SNOOPY – Madelyn Miller
LUCY – Marlee Pettit
LINUS – Jack Connors
PIG PEN – Asher Damrell
FRIEDA – Cassie Hickson
SCHROEDER – Braydon Schwartz
VIOLET – Olive Hunter
SALLY – Erynn Riley
PATTY – Izzy Hall
SHERMY – Eddie D. Bickett III
WOODSTOCK – Canna Hyde
ENSEMBLE – Maya Connors, Kati Piper, Dempsi McGuire, Halsey Thurber, Graham Blethen, Reagan Shwartz, Paige Morrow
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On the island of Ireland there is a school where the pupil-to-computer ratio is 2:1.
Every classroom has a whiteboard, every teacher a laptop and a high-definition videoconferencing system can link students to museums, Oxford dons and language students in other countries.
Students are encouraged to write music, create movies, generate art, learn new languages and even design and manufacture their own products. This school is not totally unique; there are quite a few like it. This school, however, is not in the Republic.
IT'S a hot, sunny afternoon in a leafy residential suburb in Belfast. In a nearby hollow, a rugby match is underway and on the footpaths students in shirtsleeves meander their way home after sitting final-term exams.
As I enter a classroom at Grosvenor Grammar School, a 1,089-pupil post-primary school, language teacher, Amanda Salt, gestures to a digital whiteboard and chats in Spanish to the classroom. Students enthusiastically respond in Spanish to images on the whiteboard, while others not engaging in the conversation work at problems on their laptops. The problems are specific language games created by Salt to ensure that at all times her pupils are learning and are engaged.
As the class ends students file to a secure steel cabinet in the corner and in a tone reminiscent of how a teacher would remind you to have your essay finished by Monday, Salt reminds the students to make sure the laptops are charged up before they leave the room.
Grosvenor is a beneficiary of the Classroom 2000 (C2K) project, a US$100m 10-year plan to give all students from primary to university level uninhibited access to PCs and the internet.
Unlike its counterpart in the Republic – the doomed IT 2000 programme, which was developed at the same time but was allowed to peter out – the Northern Ireland C2K programme has flourished and now over 70,000 PCs are distributed across Northern Ireland's schools. Printers, data projectors and, increasingly, whiteboards are commonplace.
Shrewd and effective management of its allotment under the project – as well as its own investment – has resulted in Grosvenor, a state school, accumulating 550 computers between teachers and students, adding up to roughly a 2:1 pupil-computer ratio. Every classroom has its own whiteboard and some 95pc of the school building is network-connected. The school has developed its own state-of-the-art science building and a media room is used to allow students to produce newspapers, websites and their own movies.
One student has used computer-aided design (CAD) to win a design competition that saw cardboard cots containing a vacuum pack with powdered milk and other essentials used to help the 2004 Asian tsunami victims, while another young boy at the school won a design award for designing and creating an MP3 player.
As I take all this in, arrayed around me are a dozen school teachers described by deputy principal, Robin McLoughlan, as "exemplars" for new technology use in the school's curriculum. I reflect sadly on the situation in most schools in the Republic, where usually one teacher with the hint of technological aptitude is left responsible for a crumbling infrastructure of computers, mostly donated by parents and more than likely through a Tesco scheme.
"Grosvenor has around 15 or 16 IT champions, which is a bit above average for the North," explains Paddy Maguire of the C2K programme. "But Grosvenor is past the stage where champions are needed. Technology has now become part of the furniture, and pupils and teachers can't do without it."
Salt, who had just demonstrated the virtues of whiteboard and laptop technology in the classroom, says the technology is ideal for language learning.
"In the past, if you had one child up at the blackboard, you would have had 25 other students just sitting around, barely engaging. Switching from blackboards to laptops to interactive whiteboard means they can all participate by manipulating what's happening on the whiteboard and handling tasks I've set them on their laptops."
Geography teacher, Deborah Byers, says whiteboard technology is invaluable in being able to do things like overlays of information which help show the development of landscapes or maps.
"Students themselves are a lot more empowered. In the classroom they would use Info Mapper GIS software but many of them are independently using technologies like Google Earth and Wikipedia."
Music teacher, Rosemary Foster, says the move from paper to a computer notebook has not only enhanced students' appreciation of music but has boosted their creativity. "Classically trained students would use Speedius music software to conduct an entire orchestra, while rock guitarists use Garage Band to develop music sequences."
"Realism," says Grosvenor's in-house C2K expert, Sammy Taggart, "is what's occurring in the classroom. Students are moving beyond the images they are seeing in computer games to actually using CAD/CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) to develop real products. They would use a technology called SolidWorks – an industry standard – to design a 3D object, model it and possibly get it manufactured.
"They've left the world of T-squares behind and they're not working on some watered-down piece of software but something they may use in the working world. They respect that."
Maths teacher and head of ICT at Grosvenor, David Wilson, says the advent of laptops and whiteboard technology in particular has made the job of teaching maths much easier. Having a team of exemplars or champions across a range of disciplines is crucial.
"I would use technologies like Excel and PowerPoint to teach maths and statistics and across Northern Ireland maths teachers are getting together to share graphs they would use to teach on whiteboards. They are getting together to share their knowledge and cascade that across the schools' network in Northern Ireland."
A key aspect of the overall delivery of ICT and learning in Northern Ireland is LearningNI, a virtual learning environment that all pupils and teachers in the region can log in to.
"Technology is doubling nearly every two to five years," says Taggart. "The idea behind LearningNI is to get educators and learners to think about their learning and how they interact with resources. At the last count, there were 133 courses running and 73 forums. From a student's point of view they can log in at any hour of the day to get access to courseware, while teachers can disseminate notes to other teachers and pupils.
"Language teachers are uploading MP3 podcasts to act as student aids and as part of their performance-related staff development scheme, every member of staff this year has met their objective of uploading courses to LearningNI," Taggart says, describing the LearningNI environment as a "glorified memory stick" that all pupils and teachers can access.
Taggart adds that Grosvenor has also created a social networking site monitored by teachers.
"Normal school rules apply," he says, pointing to a poignant note put up by a student tired of the Lord of the Flies mentality of popular sites like Bebo: "It's good to go to a place where no one annoys you."
Videoconferencing is a major aspect of C2K schools and Grosvenor uses a HP system that sits on a service managed by HP, Microsoft and Intel.
"We've all been blown away by the way schools that are miles apart from each other are making use of videoconferencing," says McLoughlan.
"Staff use it for professional development so they no longer have to drive long distances for training after school hours. Students can go on virtual field trips. Because we're in Northern Ireland, it's not easy to get to places like the Imperial War Museum in London or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Students are able to partake in interactive sessions with other students and other teachers in other schools."
"The system has a wide range of endpoints from laptops to whiteboards," explains Peter Smeltzer of Grosvenor Grammar.
"Because it's on the internet you can send lots of information across it and we can have up to 20 other locations on a single call. We can communicate with schools we have relationships with in Germany, Spain and Chile, some of whom only have webcams on desktop computers."
A vital aspect of the C2K project is the delivery of management information system (MIS) technology to enable greater administrative and financial management of the schools, as well as reporting to the Northern Ireland Department of Education. McLoughlan explains a data warehouse is currently being built that would allow all schools across the North to feed in reports so the Minister for Education can mine all school data in real-time.
"There are 154 C2K computers in this school. We purchased an additional 100 computers from C2K with our own funds and we also purchased a further 150 non-C2K machines from our own funds. With every teacher equipped with a laptop we have somewhere in the region of 550 computers, the majority of which are under 18 months old," says McLoughlan.
He says Grosvenor isn't typical among other recipients of C2K funding. Because it is a state school with specialist status that is competing against other grammar schools for student intake, it has had to fight harder and make better use of its allocation.
"It's essentially us being careful with money. Careful, effective and efficient spending has allowed us to do what we have. We had to be strategic and we had to demonstrate vision. Other schools haven't spent as wisely.
"The most important piece in all of this is the students. They are out and about in their spare time looking at the latest incredible internet technologies and all too often they say 'I did this four years ago'. The challenge for us is to keep pace with students. But we're not under any illusions, we'll never entirely keep pace with them.
"Going forward, talking with companies like Microsoft, HP and Google will be very important because they are the companies whose technologies students are constantly accessing. Our job will be teaching in an efficient and comfortable learning environment," McLoughlan adds.
"Most teachers now have grown up with the system," says Maguire. "A whole generation has grown up with C2K in primary and post-primary. In the case of post-primary, some like Grosvenor have gone on and enhanced provision and are exploiting C2K fully. All of them are taking advantage of what is provided. And pupils have an expectation of good technology being made available."
The difference between C2K and the doomed IT2000 programme in the Republic is that C2K has been a top-down 10-year investment with the backing of major IT giants, including Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, Microsoft, BT and Northgate.
The Republic, home to many of these seasoned and recognisable names, has failed again and again – despite experiencing its largest and perhaps its only economic boom in the Celtic Tiger – to develop an ICT strategy for its schools.
Instead, as teachers will attest, the average PC in a Republic of Ireland post-primary school sports a 10 year-old operating system called Windows 98. Most machines in these schools have been donated by parents through a scheme run by Tesco and usually a single teacher is lumped with the task of managing ICT in that school.
Last year, €252m was promised by former Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin TD, to bring Irish primary and secondary schools up to a state expected of a 21st-century, modern economy. This May, current Education Minister, Batt O'Keefe, told the Dáil that the Government is not willing to make a firm commitment that this €252m would in fact be spent.
It has been acknowledged that shrewd investment in the Sixties and Seventies in post-primary education brought about the Celtic Tiger.
With maths failure rates climbing, students eschewing obvious opportunities in science and technology and little or no investment taking place in schools' ICT in 2008, what kind of a mess are we creating for the economy and workforce of 2020?
Meanwhile, for our friends in the North, our school of tomorrow is their school of today.
John Kennedy


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22 September 1920: The Rineen Ambush on this day. The 4th Battalion of the Clare IRA under Commandant O'Neill ambushed a party of Black and Tans and killed six of them without loss to themselves. They then had a lucky escape as quite unexpectedly a large party of British Military arrived on scene by chance but in the confusion all the men of the ambush party successfully got away. Men from the ambush part are pictured above on the anniversary of the encounter in 1957.
On September 22, 1920, one of the most remarkable encounters of the War of Independence took place at Dromin Hill, Rineen. The purpose of the act was to get revenge for the murder of Martin Devitt, an Irish soldier who was shot dead in an ambush in February of that year in the locality. A secondary function was to get arms for the poorly equipped volunteers in the area.
Men from several battalions took part in the ambush. The companies in question were Ennistymon, Lahinch, Inagh, Moy, Glendline, Miltown Malbay and Letterkelly. Most of these, however, were unarmed because of the lack of ammunition. The entire lot of arms consisted of 60 rounds of ammunition, eight rifles, two bombs, two revolvers and 16 shotguns.
All the RIC men in the tender were killed. The RIC men killed were an RIC Sergeant (Michael Hynes), along with five other constables (Reginald Hardman, Michael Harte, John Hodnett, Michael Kelly and John Maguire).
The ambush was carried out by men from the 4th Battalion, Mid-Clare brigade led by Ignatius O'Neill, Battalion O/C and ex-soldier with the Irish Guards, British Army.
There were about 60 in the ambushing party but only nine had rifles. Among the men who took part were Seamus Hennessy, Peter Vaughan, Dan (Dave?) Kennelly, Steve Gallagher, Michael O'Dwyer, Michael Curtin, Pat Lehane, Sean Burke, Pake Lehane, Dan Lehane, Patso Kerin, Anthony Malone, John Joe Neylon, Owen Nestor, Tom Burke, Alphonsus O'Neill and Ned Hynes.
Thomas Moroney was in charge of the scouts, one of whom was John Clune, who cycled into Miltown Malbay to check when the tender would return. After the attack on the tender, the IRA had not fully withdrawn when the British military, consisting of about 150 soldiers, arrived on the scene. They were on their way to the site of the capture of RM Lendrum. A running pursuit followed with no deaths on either side but O'Neill and Curtin were wounded.


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Monday, March 27, 2017
Chew Vol. 2 - Man the Things This Guy Eats!
AUTHOR: John Layman and Rob Guillory
PUBLISHER: Image Comics
PUBLISHING DATE: June 22, 2010
FROM GOODREADS: Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats, is on a bizarre new case. A newly discovered fruit takes Agent Chu to a remote island full of secrets, Presenting the second storyline of IGN.com's pick for Best Indie Series of 2009 and MTV Splash Page.com's pick for Best New Series of 2009. Find out what the fuss is about in this latest a twisted and darkly funny comic about cops, crooks, cooks, cannibals and clairvoyants.strangeness-and a shadowy killer with a particularly sinister appetite.
So I knew I wanted to pick this one up sooner rather than later since I enjoyed the first one so much. This time Tony Chu ends up going across seas to a tropical island in search of a new plant which is causing a lot of trouble. It's a cross between a frog and something else (can't really recall) and it's been genetically engineered to taste exactly like chicken.
Tony's old partner from the first book turns up and is now working with the Special Crimes Unit of the FDA. There is a unique love/hate relationship between the two men which I find super amusing. Also, Tony's new boss is still out to get him and loves to point him in the direction of cases where he will have to taste the most disgusting things in order to solve them. We get to learn a tad more about Tony's brother whom I find really annoying and I will say in the end, I think he got exactly what he has had coming for quite some time.
This is a fun lighthearted read with some pretty dark plots and interesting tales. I'm really excited to continue on as there are some mysteries which remain unsolved. Again, the artwork is great and a lot of fun. Now I only hope I can convince my local library to order a few more volumes because I don't want to spend my book money on graphic novels - they are too pricey considering I finish them so quickly.
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- AnonymousMarch 27, 2017 at 3:26 PM
That's the thing with graphic novels - they're so quick to read and yet they are expensive. I only buy the odd one - I like The Sandman series.ReplyDelete
Lynn :D
Excellent review! I really loved the first one and I need to get to this one soon myself.ReplyDelete
I know what you mean about costly. My son and I are working our way through Neil Gaiman's Sandman graphic series. It's between $15 or $20 per issue. But, I can't stop now! I have this series on radar after reading your first review too.ReplyDelete
Graphic novels are so expensive. There are a few I'd love to read but just can't afford or get from the library :-/ I mean, the artwork takes a lot of work, so it's understandable, but still. Anyway, this does sound fun! Although having to eat things in order to figure things out sounds like a pretty sucky power to have because of disgusting things lol.ReplyDelete
I am still so taken by the originality and downright quirkiness of this. Glad it maintains that goodness!ReplyDelete
hahaha I should definitely give this a try since he likes to eat. SO DO I LOL though.. no disgusting things! Glad to hear you are enjoying it so much :)ReplyDelete


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Sen. John McCain announced Tuesday he is considering running for a sixth term in the Senate in 2016.
The Arizona senator and one-time presidential hopeful made his announcement on KFYI-AM, a Phoenix radio station, while responding to a caller angry about his vote to avert defaulting on the national debt and re-open the federal government.
"I would match my voting record against anyone's," McCain said, "and I'm seriously thinking about maybe giving another opportunity for you to vote for or against me a few years from now. I'm seriously giving that a lot of thought. I'm certainly getting a lot of encouragement from our business community." McCain survived a primary challenge in 2010 and went on to win a fifth term in the Senate.
The radio show host asked if "some wild-eyed journalist" who heard the program would be wrong to report that he was considering running for a sixth term. McCain would be 80 years old while running for office in 2016.
"That would not be wrong," McCain said.


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Mason Dash Disick is really adorable.
We noticed this when mother Kourtney Kardashian posed with him on the cover of a celebrity gossip tabloid. We also took note of this when Kim Kardashian placed her nephew in the middle of a contrived Twitter war.
In fact, we've commented on Mason's cuteness every time we've seen the tyke exposed online by his attention-starved family.
This happened again over the weekend, as Kim took to her blog and labeled Mason "the happiest baby in the world." We hope that continues to be the case, but we have our doubts.
At some point, Mason will run a search for his family.
He'll see their naked bodies in Playboy, their hypocritical stances on weight; their constant need for headlines and money; their pimping out of his presence in their lives, which only exists because reality show producers told Kourtney that a pregnancy would boost her Q rating.
It will be a sad day in the life of this infant. So keep smiling, Mason. Remain cute and innocent for as long as you can.