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iOS 10: What's New for Cozi
Today marks the release of Apple's iOS 10, and updated Cozi Widgets and notifications are now available—making it easier (and faster!) to view upcoming appointments in Cozi.
To take advantage of these new features, make sure you have the new Apple iOS 10 installed on your device. Next, add Cozi as a Widget to the Today section of your device's Notification Center, or simply use 3D Touch on the Cozi app icon to see your next two calendar events for today. If your device is earlier than the iPhone 6s, you can still use Cozi Widgets—giving you faster access to your calendar appointments.
Use 3D Touch to View Calendar Events
One of the greatest improvements to the new operating system is Apple's force sensing 3D Touch technology, which adds new capabilities to the Control Center shortcuts. This new feature will make it easier to access calendar information and events.
The new iOS 10 and 3D Touch features can run on a range of Apple devices, including the iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 7, and 7 Plus. To try this new feature on your iPhone, press the Cozi app icon a little harder to see quick actions for creating new appointments, opening your shopping list or to-do list, and accessing your recipe box. Pressing on the Cozi icon will also give you access to the updated Cozi Widget, which you can on your device's Today screen.
Updated Widget
Even if you don't have a newer iPhone, every device with iOS 10 installed will have the ability to add the Cozi Widget in the Today screen.
Learn more about Apple iOS 10 and to explore all the new features.
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Sounds of Laughter – Premonitions
July 2, 2011
Have you every thought about just saying "to hell with it" and restarting your whole life? Leaving everything behind that you love and hate. The stress, the family, the bills, the day in and day out bullshit that tears you down because it's too much of a load. Certain records make me feel exactly like this, they give me hope that I can survive with nothing but my own soul and my own willpower to keep pushing forward. Hell, some of the records that make me feel that way are the most negative ones. The type of records that put you down and tell you that you won't ever accomplish anything. Think of those negative records as your father, he only pushes you and puts you down because he loves you and he knows you can do anything you want, just have to push for it.
Blasting out of Evansville, Indiana, Sounds of Laughter is a hardcore punk outfit that will beat you down, only to help you get right back up so they can give you a hug. "Premonitions" provides you with seven tracks spanning just around the eleven minute mark in length, the greatest eleven minutes I spent with a record, that's for sure. "Premonitions" gives off overwhelming vibes that these guys are just not happy with how things have turned out but they are far from giving up. Three different things describe this record; raw emotion, unforgivable volumes of beautiful sounds and questioning of anything holy. Raw emotion – The heart and soul that "Premonitions" has is just insane. You can tell that Sounds of Laughter left their whole heart on this record, nothing is substituted and nothing is fake.
Unforgivable volumes of beautiful sound – The riffs and drum patterns may not be the heaviest we've heard nor are they going to split your skull in two but they are oh so beautiful and catchy, in a very mean and disturbing way. Questioning everything that is holy – This one is probably the biggest one for me since I love any record that makes me question my beliefs or what I believe in. Lyrics that question God and how his followers do things, lyrics that make you want to call your ex's and call them a whore for cheating on you and just pure anger for the pathetic world we live in.
My desolate corner is more heavenly. Than all your faith combined. Don't need a cross or a friend to talk to. To find my peace of mind. Sharper image Jesus Christ. Fills the minds of green lust eyes. Why the hell do gods need gold. To bless your fucking lives. Churchgoer, my god is promising. Churchgoer, my god is truthful. I search for answers, not for reasons. I'm not taunted by your demons.
With all of that said, you can't help but think of records such as "Violence Violence" by Ceremony or "Turn It Around" by Comeback Kid when you you listen to Sounds of Laughter. It's just a feeling you get that makes you want to say fuck it all and start a new adventure without anyone by your side. If you want to take that journey, I'm sure "Premonitions" could keep you company as you burn in the heat of summer and freeze in the dead of winter. Two thumbs way up for Sounds of Laughter's "Premonitions", two thumbs way down for anyone that doesn't want to believe in us.
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The Legend that is Poughkeepsie Gulch #4
So you survived the Wall I see.
You will find some more twist and turns and drops ahead, it is just kind of a fun area and a place to unwind a bit after the wall. As you roll around a boulder things open up a bit and you should soon find the other end of the new bypass.
The Bypass, Gentrification of Poughkeepsie Gulch!
Honestly it has been a couple years since I have done a trip through Poughkeepsie Gulch so I haven't seen how it turned out, but I had walked and helped lay out the trail which was the old wagon road, but I wouldn't had wanted to drive it the way it was with a lot of off camber stuff. But sounds like quite an endeavor, with heavy equipment and lots of blasting and a estimated price tag of $67,450.00.
But whats my beef with it? I think OCR14a on the FJ Cruiser Forum makes a great case for my beef also. It's like what the heck, this road is Legend and not for the faint of heart and if you can't pull it off you need to just lick your wounds and try again some other day. If you can pull it off, you have really done something to be proud of, something you can brag about at the water cooler when you are back in your cubical. But in this PC world, we don't want the sissy drivers in there city slicker rides to feel left out and get all teary eyed, wahhh!
Reminds me of one time when I was coming down the Gulch, but I was on top of the Rock, and I met this brand new Jeep Grand Cherokee LT leather seated foo-foo rig coming at me. We stopped and there was this nice looking retired age couple driving it. I asked them, did you just bring that rig up "THE WALL"? They are like,"sure, what we bought this thing for". I was impressed and good for them, they where now part of the ones who had conquered the Legendary Poughkeepsie Gulch!
But anyhow we should all be safer now. Won't be long when we will all have to live in a padded cell for our own good!
The Rock Garden.
For the next good long stretch of the trail you will find it is a bit rocky. My first trip I had ever taken up this Gulch was with my brother in-law and his old Ford F-150 and I was in my '79 Blazer and when we got to this section, we where just churning our way up this, kind of like driving on large Ball Bearings. But I remember we where being followed by to Suzuki Samurai's and these rocks just ate them alive and they eventually had to tun back. You will see a cabin, something fairly modern, that must have been a mining claim someone picked up, probably for back taxes. Could have been part of the Old Lout Mine!
The Old Lout Mine.
The Old Lout started in a stupid, awkward way as befitted its name at 11,557 ft not far from the the old town on Mineral Point. A shaft was dug down 300 ft with no mineral of importance being found. The crew was ordered to quit but one miner still having a charge of dynamite set it off as he left. The blast uncovered a body of high grade. The first carload was reported to have netted $8000, and within a month $86,000 realized. It was an inclined shaft that ended up getting about 500 ft deep and is reported to have six levels of workings. It was a fabulous source of high grade ore. $245,707.31 is reported as having been netted between 1884 and 1887. That sum is equivalent of multi-millions of dollars today. Water problems led to the determination to tap the vein at a lower altitude.
What we are looking at is the Poughkeepsie Gulch Tunnel , driven at a later date, 900 ft below the collar of the shaft, at an incline to create drainage for what turned out to be an exceptionally wet mine working and also providing cheaper transportation. The extensive dump located here indicates a successful and major operation. Reports showed the tunnel length at 1,865ft with 1,700 more feet drifts, cross cuts and raises. According to the government report the operation was abandoned in the 1890's because of a disastrous snowslide and fire coupled with the silver crash of 1893. But apparently it had been extensive worked in later years which led to the old ghost community of Poughkeepsie, near the intersection with Engineer Pass Road, which existed in the early years of the twentieth century. More recent investigations indicate the true Old Lout vein had never been tapped, but the miners had drifted off on yet another valuable vein. Its been determined this tunnel is about 500 ft south of the shaft, and possible had drifted off on the Forest Mine vein. So the rest of the un-tapped wealth of the Old Lout has yet to be profited on. I wonder if the guys at Gold Rush Expeditions know about this?
Let's finish out this Adventure.
As you journey down from the Old Loud you will continue to experience some real cool sections of road till you get to the intersection with Engineer Pass Road. This open sort of open area was where the newest location of the town of Poughkeepsie, though there where two others located up this Gulch. One was basically up at Lake Como and at one point claimed to be the highest post office in the country. This town was in support of the Old Lout mine and if you wonder around through the brush you will find a number of remnants of that old ghost town.
At the last water crossing, where there looks as if there had been a bridge at one point, head upstream just a bit to enjoy Miner Creek Falls. So, according to the sign, the rest of the trip should be real easy as it is called Highway 550. Pun intended!
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TREASURE by Dr. Shah, Clearview Church, Henderson
Introduction: How many of you would love to find some hidden treasure in your backyard? Ten years ago (2009) in England, Terry Herbert was metal detecting at a friend's farm. He had been doing this for 18 years but this time the device actually started buzzing. It had located a small, glittering bit of metal which turned out to be a gold artifact. But that wasn't it! Within minutes, his detector was buzzing all over the place. Terry had discovered an Anglo-Saxon treasure trove from 1,400 years ago. Archaeologists and museums started buzzing all over the place. After all was said and done, they found 4,600 pieces of gold and silver. It was declared a national treasure valued at four million pounds known as the Staffordshire Hoard. You can see it at the Birmingham Museum and the Stoke Museum in England. The big questions are— "Who owned that treasure? Why did he/she bury it?" No one knows! Here's the point: Earthly treasures cannot be permanently owned. What you treasure today will belong to someone else's tomorrow. The only treasure that you can permanently own is what you put into heaven's bank, the kingdom of God. In our series on the parables of Jesus, we come to the Parable of the Rich Farmer and the message is titled "TREASURE."
Luke 12 16 Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: "The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully. 17 And he thought within himself, saying, "What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?' 18 So he said, "I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."' 20But God said to him, "Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?' 21 "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
Question: Parables are like mirrors. They reflect who we are. Are you the rich farmer who trusted in his possessions? By the way, you don't have to be wealthy to be rich. It's not about your bank balance. It's about how obsessed you are with it. Are you trusting in your riches? Are you saved? If tonight your soul is required of you, where will you go?
Preface: Unlike the previous parables, this parable of the rich farmer is somewhat troubling at first glance. If we're truly honest, what's wrong with what he did? Listen again to verse 16 "…The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully." What's wrong with that? That sounds like a blessing! What farmer, business owner, or employee would not want their business or job to be blessed? 17 And he thought within himself, saying, "What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?' 18 So he said, "I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater, and there I will store all my crops and my goods." Is that wrong? Not really. He is a visionary. He is thinking ahead and taking the necessary steps to manage his growth. The alternative would be to sit back, do nothing, and lose everything. 19 And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."' Is anything wrong with that? Once again, no. Isn't that the reward of a well-planned life? Shouldn't we all plan ahead so we can retire one day and have the necessary income when we can't work like we could? It seems like this rich farmer, rather than being a villain, should be a model for all of us to follow! In order to understand the true intent of the parable, we need to look at the context in which Jesus gave it.
Context: To understand the context of this parable, we need to back up to verse 13 Then one from the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."Keep in mind that this parable was given during the Travel Narrative of Jesus in Luke. Remember Luke 9:51, when Jesus knew that the time had come for him to be ascended that he set his face to go to Jerusalem? It was a fulfillment of Isaiah 50:7 "…Therefore I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed" and Ezekiel 3:9 "Like adamant stone, harder than flint, I have made your forehead; do not be afraid of them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house." Face like flint symbolized determination and resolve in the face of incredible trials. When Jesus knew that it was time for him to suffer and die the most awful death on the cross for the sins of the whole world, he didn't hesitate or dilly-dally. Instead, his eyes became laser focused, his feet picked up speed, and his mind was locked on what was about to happen. Just then—"Jesus, my brother is not sharing…" Imagine a building is on fire and firefighters are rushing in to save lives. Just then someone stops them and say, "My cat is stuck on a tree. Can you help me first?" What was Jesus' response? 14 But He said to him, "Man, who made Me a judge or an arbitrator over you?" My translation: "Dude, do you really think that's why I came?" 15And He [Jesus] said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses." This is the context in which Jesus gave the parable of the rich farmer. It was not about being successful, planning ahead, or saving up for retirement. It was about covetousness. The desire to acquire more.
Application: Are you covetous? Are possessions controlling your life? Nothing wrong with having things and new things but are you more concerned about material things than about the things of God?
Back to the parable: The rich man has a conversation with himself (soliloquy)—19 And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take your ease; eat, drink, and be merry."' He doesn't get a chance to answer back because God interjects! 20But God said to him, "Fool!" Why did God call him a "fool"? The word for fool is "aphron," the same word found in the LXX at Psalm 14:1 "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God.'" This rich farmer probably went to the synagogue and did the ritual sacrifices but he was an atheist at heart. More than that, he was a selfish atheist.
Application: Is that you? Are you an atheist at heart and a selfish one?
20 But God said to him, "Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?" Sometime back I was teaching a Wednesday evening Bible study and my phone kept ringing. I kept ignoring it until Nicole came by and told me that it was the fire department. There had been a horrible wreck on southbound I-85 and an entire family was killed up near Wise area. Long story short, I got there and prayed for the firefighters before they had to remove the bodies. The saddest part was to watch them remove the things of the people one by one. There was the wife's cell phone, the little girl's backpack, someone's shirt, etc. They were putting them on the side of the highway. Just a little while ago, it belonged to someone but it no longer had an owner. Same will happen to your stuff one day. Listen to the next verse 21 "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." The word for treasure is "thesaurus" from which we get our English word "Thesaurus." A thesaurus is a dictionary that stores words. The problem was not with his success, planning ahead, or saving up for retirement. The problem was that this rich farmer was only living for self with no regard to God. He was an atheist at heart. He was storing up only for himself.
Application: Is that you? Are you only living for self? Where does God fit in your life?
Now, if Jesus would have ended here, the message would have been "Don't live for self. Put God first," but it doesn't end here. Listen to verse 22 Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on." By the way, this is very similar to Matthew 6 where Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount. It could be that Jesus repeated portions of that sermon here. Once again, verse 22 "…Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on." Jesus was not telling his disciples, "Don't plan your lives." He was simply telling them, "Don't be overcome by "merimnaw." It's a Greek word for "worry" that's much more than daily care. It is "paralyzing anxiety." Question: Are you living under paralyzing anxiety about money, relationship, health, future, etc.? Jesus reminds them that they are not animals. 23 "Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing." Animals live only for their daily necessities, minus clothing. We human beings were created for things far greater. We were created in the image of God with the ability to relate with Him and help build his kingdom in this world. Jesus appeals to nature to prove his point. 24 "Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them." Ravens were considered to be unclean birds. The point is that God cares for them too! "Of how much more value are you than the birds?" 25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 26 If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? 27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith? By the way, one of the best antidotes for anxiety and worry is nature. We turn to TV, shopping, or playing golf. All those things are fine but that's just substituting one activity for another. Spending time in nature will do that for you more than anything else but the point is that we have far more value than animals and plants.
Jesus continues in verse 29 "And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. 30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. 31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. 32 Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." In other words, work on building God's kingdom and he will take care of your needs.
So, how do you build God's kingdom? Study the Bible more? Pray more? Serve in church more? Win the lost more? None of these things are wrong and we should be doing them but that's not what Jesus meant when He told us to seek his kingdom. Listen to verse 33 "Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. 34For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." In other words, don't hoard but help others in need. This is what #iamtheneighbor project is all about!
Invitation: Are you living for self? Are you hoarding? What if your soul is required tonight? Are you saved?


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Dark Wine & Dark Beer Dinner at Greenhouse Craft Food | November 11, 2018
Join Greenhouse Craft Food for a truly epic multi-course red wine and dark beer pairing dinner prepared by chefs Rob Snow and Todd Engel at Greenhouse Craft Food on Sunday, November 11,2018 at 6:30 PM. Advance purchase is required.
This dinner will be inspired and paired with red wines from The Austin Winery and stouts and other dark beers from North By Northwest Restaurant & Brewery – Slaughter and will feature an expertly crafted and curated menu to highlight the Austin winery's best red wines and Texas breweries' best dark brews.
Tickets: $76.95 ($60 plus tax + tip)
Course One: NXNW Black Ale
Short Rib Poutine | pomme frites, Black Ale gravy, malted cheese sauce, pickled onion, fried herbs
Course Two: Austin Winery Work Horse
Red Wine Paella | shrimp, mussels, fish, Spanish chorizo, rice, peas, corn crunch
Course Three: NXNW Oktoberfest and Austin Winery Friends with Benefits
Fall Salad | Marzen-poached pears, candied pumpkin seeds, smoked beets, parmesan, white wine vinaigrette, pumpkin puree, asparagus, arugula
Course Four: Austin Winery Violet Crown
Chicken Fried Turkey | cranberry demi, mushroom duxelle, crispy shallots, poached cranberries
Course Five: NXNW Hazelnut Crunch Stout
Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse | vanilla wafer, Ferrero Roche, crème anglaise, blackberry


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How to Get Your Content Seen by Paying for Content Promotion.
Creating good content is a key to getting traffic to your website. But even the best content won't be seen by anyone unless you do some content promotion.
So what is content promotion and why is it so important?
Content promotion means paying to get your content seen. There are many different ways to do this.
So let's assume that you have created great content which is relevant and meaningful to your target audience. You've optimized your content for the search engines, Now you need to look at your options for content promotion and getting your content seen.
So you start promoting your content through social media. You set up accounts at the various social media platforms — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Instagram — and you start getting followers. But getting followers is difficult and takes time. How do you get more people to see your social media posts?
The simple answer is that each social media platform is different, but they all give you the opportunity to increase your reach by paying for additional promotion.
Each social media platform allows you to promote your post/s. And it works. If you published a post to Facebook and only 100 people saw it, Facebook gives you an opportunity to promote that post and get more views. For as little as $5, Facebook will show your post to an additional 1000 people – or more. There is no other way to get so many more people to see your published post than this. All the social media platforms will let you promote your posts for a few extra dollars.
When you pay a social media platform to promote a post, your post will be clearly marked as "Promoted". But social media users accept these promoted posts.
There are certain rules that apply to paid content promotion. The first rule is "No Spamming". people hate spam. And the social media platforms know that people hate spam. So when you promote your content in social media, be careful not to sound spammy. Don't oversell yourself. Your content should be inspiring, informative, and engaging. And your content promotion should be engaging too.
Here's how to do content promotion in social media:
Whenever you post any content, first publish it to your favorite social media platforms. Include a very short summary — a teaser — that will stimulate the users' interest and make them click on the link to read the article/blog post. Your link should be shortened for several reasons, mainly to allow more room for your post — especially where you are limited by character length as in Twitter. Use www.bitly.com to shorten your URL link. Bitly is also great because it allows you to track your social media clicks so you know where they are coming from — and knowing this information is critical. Use the analytics from each social media platform to tell you what's working and what might need some tweaking.
Use the analytics from your own site to see which of your content which is being seen. Some blogs get seen more than others. You definitely want to know which ones are working. A few months after you publish your content, look at the analytics. Start promoting the content that has been seen by the most people. "Promoting" can sometimes simply mean that you republish the same blog post — possibly with an update. But promoting can also mean you pay to reach more people. The social media platforms will each offer to promote any content you have already published to their platforms. You should seriously consider if you can afford their rates to further promote your post to hundreds and even thousands of additional pairs of eyes.
Here's another way to avoid sounding "spammy" in your content publishing and your content promotion: don't publish a link with every post. Create some posts which are stand-alone — they offer the reader something interesting without asking them to click on a link. In fact, each social media platform has different rules as to what constitutes spam. Follow those guidelines and avoid spamming. For instance, Twitter doesn't like your content to contain a link in every post. For best results, Twitter says you should publish four consecutive social media posts which include a link, then post the fifth post without any link. This way, Twitter won't look at you as a spammer. All the social media platforms have rules about spamming and what you can do to comply with their rules. Familiarize yourself with the anti-spam guidelines for each social media platform and follow them.
Content promotion in social media may be one of the most effective ways to get your content seen. But it is not the only way to achieve visibility for your great content. The other ways you can do content promotion are through pay per click advertising and through public relations.
Pay per click advertising lets you set up online ads at Google. You only pay if Google's user clicks on your ad when they see it. Google insists that you write an ad that's relevant to their user, and they will also check to see that your ad leads to a site that's relevant to your user's search query. The amount of clicks you get will also be determined by your bid: you can bid a higher or lower price than your competitors. Higher bids for any specific keyword or phrase will appear higher up in Google's search engine results. Set your ppc bids carefully — you can waste a lot of money if you bid too high or too low or you use the wrong keywords. Use Google's Adwords analytics to make sure you are doing things right.
The other major way to obtain content promotion is through public relations. Hire a public relations agency or hire someone in-house. Create press releases and circulate them through the wire services. Some of these wire services are free and some will charge you for distribution of press releases. Spend as much as you can afford on public relations. Nothing works like it. A good press release may be seen by lots of media outlets and journalists. A lousy press release will be seen by no-one and is a total waste of money and time.
So — create good content that will be of interest to your target demographic, optimize the content for search engines, then spend whatever you can afford on content promotion and get your content seen by more people than you ever thought possible.


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June 30, 2018
Blogger's Update: This post has been revised with The #Hashtag180 App post on November 27th, 2020, and also with the official launch of the #Hashtag180 App on March 4, 2020. End Blogger's Update
DATE: July 1, 2025
Today: Is THE DAY!
Twenty Years: From 2005 to 2025, one educator's passion project was now focused into one FREE app. The world–and the world of education–are forever changed!
Gratitude: First of all, I'd like to thank #Hashtag180 app builder ________________________, for believing in me and my idea. I have learned so much from you and your team, and I can't thank you enough. The world is a better place because of you, and you, my friend, are an inspiration to us all!
In addition, I'd like to thank the curriculum writers from all fifty states, districts, commonwealths, and islands for adding their layers of standards and objectives. I love navigating from my state to surrounding states and all the way to the islands to see how closely we are aligned in our learning targets, as well as to integrate even more resources to enrich my students' learning experiences. Thank you!
Next, I'd like to thank the U.S. Department of Education. Although the department has been restructured over recent years for more face-to-face, onsite visits from its 250 educator ambassadors, I'm all the more grateful for its investment into technology funding, making the #hashtag180 app possible.
Finally, I'd like to thank all those that were with me from the very beginning. You know how much I value loyalty in my friendships, and I appreciate your nurturing, challenging, and nudging to become better all along the way. What a journey we've had together!
The Product and the Process: As I explored the box delivered by Edu-Drone Mail, I was careful not to puncture the precious contents. I knew that it would be a pair of multi-lens sunglasses, but I did NOT know what the labels told me to be true: "#Hashtag180 app also available in 50k (like beyond 4k resolution) in the google play, android, apple, and EDU (not yet created) store." Then again, I'm not surprised by my network or my #hashtag180 app builders _____________________.
WOW! Not only could I use these sunglasses to literally see the world as hashtag-connecting learning opportunities, learners of all ages could also scan their world on any device or platform to see curriculum-specific resources all around us in our everyday world. It reminded me of the YELP app teamed up with PokeMonGo, from a decade ago, but also waaay more engaging than a present day, ongoing, hologram twitter chat. This was a living encyclopedia of specific resources, changing every day, as more learners add their own resources to enhance global learning processes.
My First #Hashtag180 App Experience: The time has come! I penetrated the box with surgeon-like precision. The app builder ______________________ was right. They are sunglasses, and not just glasses–because the future of learning, teaching, and education is bright. Indeed, we are on FIRE for learning. And also–that the sunglasses fit me like glove.
Even before the sunglasses slid fully behind my ears and all the way up my big nose, learning opportunities were already coming into view! As I peripherally-panned the room before embracing solid clarity, very specific learning opportunities exploded around me, first like fireworks, then more slowly in bubbles, like VH1's Pop Up Video.
Not only did the app present standard-specific learning opportunities, but it also featured suggestions for relationship-building strategies, passion projects specific to individual students, and global social-emotional learning concerns.
We've always had the technology, the tools, the power, and the expertise, and now? We have the strategies and the platorms to archive, share, and tell our learning journeys. Finally! We are connecting efficiently to make teaching and learning better for all.
As I continue to Look Out for Learning opportunities, and ways to leverage technologies to make learning and teaching better, I have to agree: Our future is bright!
1-Teachers Demonstrate Leadership, 2-Teachers Establish a Respectful Environment for a Diverse Population of Students, 3-Teachers Know the Content They Teach, 4-Teachers Facilitate Learning for Their Students, 5-Teachers Reflect on Their Practice, 6-Teachers Contribute to the Academic Success of Students


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The Examination Board, under the Education Ministry, announced a new format for the Primary School Assessment Test (UPSR) starting in 2016.
"In line with the implementation of the Standard Curriculum for Primary Schools (KSSR) and complete implementation of the School Based Assessment (PBS) in addition to culturing the elements of Higher Order Thinking Skills (KBAT), a new and improved 2016 UPSR examination format will be utilised.
"However, the UPSR is still a 100% written centralised examination as in previous years," she said at a press conference at the Education Ministry today.
"Before this, the questions are multiple choice and in the new format, there are objective (questions) with a variety of forms (fill-in-the-blanks and match the answers). We reduced multiple-choice questions and increased the variable objectives."


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Washington, 22 September 2000 (RFE/RL) -- The countries of Central Asia and the southern Caucasus are suffering through the worst drought in nearly a century, a natural disaster that is already growing into a humanitarian one and may become a political disaster as well.
Uzbekistan Deputy Foreign Minister Isan Mustafayev said on Wednesday that his country was appealing for international assistance because Tashkent lacks the resources to cope with "the severe shortage of water" caused by the drought.
His colleague, Deputy Agriculture Minister Abdurakhim Dhzalalov added that "never in memory" have Uzbeks faced such difficult drought conditions as now. Rains earlier this year, he said, "were less than 15 percent of the usual amount" and crops are now at risk.
Relief officials said that at least $30 million was needed to help some 200,000 Uzbek families who have already lost their annual crops. They pointed out that the percentage of the population with access to potable water has fallen to under half, a situation that has already led to a 50 percent increase in the number of intestinal diseases.
Both the Uzbek appeal and the problems people there confront parallel those of all the countries of the southern Caucasus and Central Asia as well as portions of Iran and Afghanistan. Of the 60 million people affected by the drought, at least three million are now at risk of starvation.
The United Nations, the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, and a variety of international relief organizations have also issued appeals for help. But the scope of the problem, the financial costs of addressing it, and the political difficulties of sending aid to these countries so far have kept contributions from abroad small.
As a result, this disaster appears likely to spark a series of political crises in the region. First, the inability of regimes in these regions to cope inevitably will further reduce their authority among their citizenries, a development that may help to power the insurgencies some of them now face.
In Uzbekistan, for example, the severe shortage of water could help the Islamist insurgents to gain new adherents. After all, the leaders of the fundamentalist challenge to the Tashkent regime has already blamed it for all the ills of Uzbek society, and these leaders seem certain to blame the Uzbek government for past policies that have contributed to water shortages and for its current inability to attract aid.
Second, internal efforts to address the water shortage will inevitably divert resources from other projects, including improving education and health care for the burgeoning populations of this region. Such a shift in spending is likely to anger groups which up to now had cast their lot with the existing regimes, viewing them as the best means of making progress in their region.
Such people may not join the opposition forces, but they are likely to become increasingly suspicious and sullen about the prospects for development there, a set of attitudes at least some authoritarian leaders may seek to use to justify the kinds of oppressive government that will keep them in power for the short term but only by postponing a social explosion until sometime in the future.
And third, the leaders of the governments of this region are likely to draw some politically powerful conclusions about the real attitudes of outside countries. Even as the Uzbek authorities were making their appeal to the United Nations, the UN's special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Catherine Bertini, was telling the press that international assistance to that drought-stricken region had averted a humanitarian disaster there.
Bertini, who also heads the UN World food Program, said on 21 September that "the generosity of the people around the world" had been responsible for the dramatic turnaround in Ethiopia and its neighbors over the last six months.
Unless assistance is forthcoming soon, officials in the countries of the southern Caucasus and Central Asia are likely to draw some invidious comparisons between the international response to the drought crisis in the Horn of Africa and to their own current difficult situation.
Some of them might be expected to lash out at regional governments who have made it difficult for international agencies to dispatch aid, and others may place the blame on those wealthier countries further afield that have not been willing to try to help them.
Such attitudes are likely to cast a shadow on their relations with these states long after the drought which gave them birth ends, creating yet another group of disaffected states that view the international community with ever increasing suspicion.
None of these things will make recovery easier, and all of them presage more instability in regions that are already considered to be among the most unstable in the world.


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Now in their fourteenth year as an active ensemble, they have become regulars at the nation's major bluegrass gatherings, particularly in their native Colorado, where they command headline status. Here in South Florida there's nary a mountain in sight -- excepting, of course, Mount Trashmore -- but regardless, the band's managed to make significant inroads in the Sunshine State, as well. On the eve of their upcoming sojourn to South Florida, we spoke to guitarist Adam Aijala and bassist Ben Kaufmann about their role in today's so-called Nu-grass phenomenon.
New Times: You've been at this for more than a dozen years... Can you describe your trajectory up until now? Specifically, what changes have there been with the band's music and how has your following grown?
Ben Kaufman: It feels like periods of upward growth and plateaus. Really, a very natural thing. And that gives us a chance to introduce new ideas, styles, and what have you, giving them a chance to develop in front of an audience. As a whole, Yonder started as a bluegrass-Nu-grass only thing, and has grown to be a vehicle for expressing our wider musical interests.
Adam Aijala: We grew the fastest in our first three years and from then until now, it's continuing to grow, though at a slower rate. The music has changed and evolved because our perception of the band keeps changing. What we may have thought was impossible years ago is very doable now because we really don't have any constraints, short of the limits to our musical abilities. A lot of our fans are aging with us, although, I also still see a lot of young folks in the crowd. I'd say our average fan is a bit older now versus 10 years ago.
Ben: I'm continually impressed by our audience. We've been at this for 14 years, yet we're still growing, and more people are coming to the shows. And, I sense an increasing passion from the audience for what we're doing.
What do you think has contributed to your band's growing popularity? When did you know you could quit your day jobs and make music your livelihood?
Ben: Ah, the million dollar question. How did we accomplish this great musical coup? The most honest answer is that Yonder is simply greater than the sum of its parts. There's a way that the band, playing together, connects with the audience that exists in the "unexplainable."
There's an art to the live show, how you hope to build the energy from the beginning to the ending of the performance. And Yonder has been performing different set lists every night for 14 years. Appreciating that model, as we and our fans do, each night becomes a surprise, in a sense. I like surprises. But not in the sense of a snarling German Shepherd leaping at you from the backseat of a parked car at the supermarket. I don't like that business at all.
Approaching the question from a different angle, I do feel that our songwriting is strong. If I admit to being proud, it's in our songwriting.
Adam: I think the main reason people still come to see us is because they have a lot of fun. Since we do a different set list every night, folks don't know what we're going to play, and we keep our sets interesting by having good ebb and flow. I also believe we have four very competent songwriters in the band. By the time we left Colorado on our first official tour in March of 1999, we were all committed to Yonder full time. I could be wrong though.
Ben: As far as a job, I lived on a credit card for the early and lean years. I don't recommend that necessarily, but it worked out okay for me in the end. You're known mainly as a live band and a good percentage of your album releases have been live.
How does that affect what you do in the studio? Do you write and record with an awareness of how those songs will translate on stage? And do you think you achieve the same effect in the studio as you do on stage?
Adam: It's a fact that stage and studio are two very different animals. When we're in the studio, our goal on our last few recording sessions has been to try to capture some of the energy we cycle to and from the fans in the live setting. It's really hard and virtually impossible to replicate, but I do enjoy being in the studio. I think one of the reasons I like the studio is that you can do things that aren't possible onstage, like layering with different instruments, using new effects, doing multiple takes of a solo section, etcetera.
Speaking personally, I write what I'm feeling in that given moment, and whether it translates to Yonder and the stage is sometimes immediately obvious, while other times it's more apparent once it's being performed.
Ben: There's no way to compare the studio recordings to the live show. The energy behind what you're trying to accomplish is so different. Speaking personally about songwriting, I don't write specifically for stage or studio. Some songs will live and breathe more fully in the studio. Others come alive on stage.
Why do you think that bluegrass and the jam band mentality seem to meld so well?
Adam: Good question. I don't think it always did, but when both scenes are bringing a bit of Grateful Dead mentality into their music, there's bound to be crossover. By that, I mean more exploratory, less structured sections of songs.
Ben: What we're talking about here is improvisational music. In bluegrass you improvise over a few measures. The jam band improvises over longer stretches of time. So there's that common theme. A good jam band makes those longer stretches of time interesting and compelling. That said, I can take you to some bluegrass festivals where a jam band would go over only slightly better than a football in the groin.
Can you give us some hints about your forthcoming album?
Ben: Recording started in Chicago in October. So far, it's a song from each band member. There's a part of me that wants to release it as an EP.
Adam: It's looking like it will be an EP at this point. We've had a bit of time to evaluate and examine the current state of the record industry and our conclusion is that people just want content. I feel like for a band like us, it doesn't matter if we have an entire album, one song, some videos or whatever. Fans just want new stuff. This is coming from a guy in a band that hasn't had a record since Fall of 2009. Sorry, folks, but new stuff is on the way.
Your base is in Nederland Colorado. How do you think your sound will translate to South Florida? Given the geographical differences, do you need to alter your approach for an audience like you'll find down here?
Adam: In the past, we may have altered our sets slightly for more traditional bluegrass festivals, but not anymore. We sometimes tailor a set if we're playing a rocking festival at midnight -- meaning we're not going to break out many slow songs. I think we do fairly well in South Florida considering there's probably not a huge bluegrass contingency down there. Folks love us in St. Pete, so I see no reason why Fort Lauderdale can't share the same feelings.
Ben: I've never found a need to adjust how we perform based on the part of the world we're in. Of course, if you're playing the Opry you clean yourself up first.
onder Mountain String Band performs at 8 p.m. on Friday, January 18, at the Culture Room, 3045 North Federal Highway. Tickets cost $22.50. Call 954-564-1074, or visit cultureroom.net.
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Objective and policies are two terms that are often mistaken in their usage. The fine line of difference is that an objective is an aim or the target that the organization or the person aims to achieve which is unsusceptible to any kind of personal feelings and emotions.
Objectives vs Policies
The main difference between objectives and policies is that objectives are the goals that are desired to be accomplished whereas policies are the tools to achieve them.
Any organization should be well aware of its objectives at the primary level so that they are not rendered directionless in the future. The objectives are of the utmost importance whereas policies, on the other hand, are important means of progress but are not indispensable.
Policies are the designed system of principles that guide people or organizations to achieve the desired goals. It is a statement that is implemented and followed as a procedure or the protocol.
Objectives are the goals to be achieved whereas policies help to achieve these goals by setting a set of rules and guidelines for the process to be followed to achieve those goals. Objectives form the basis of any kind of organization.
Comparison Table Between Objective and Policies (in Tabular Form)
|Parameters of comparison
|Objectives are the set of predetermined ideas or goals for any organization or the individual to achieve the desired destination.
|Policies are the means to achieve the desired goals by stating various guidelines and set of rules.
|These are of the primary and utmost importance to the individual and the organizations.
|Policies are not of basic importance to the existence of the organization.
|Objectives are required for better functioning of any organization to let them fall directionless.
|Policies are required to provide an organized way of achieving what is desired.
|Objectives are usually created by the top-level officials of the management companies.
|Policies can be created or suggested by anyone in the organizational committee.
|The purpose of the objective is to summarize the plans of the company in a precise manner
|The main purpose of the policies is to help in the achievement of the objectives.
What is Objective?
An objective means a thing aimed at or any desired goal. Objectives are the purposes for which the organization exists. Without objectives, any organization will be purposeless, directionless, and chaotic. Objectives are usually created by the top-level officials of the management companies
Objectives are the basic requirements to fulfill the predestined target and for the efficient and smooth functioning of any organization.
Advantages of objectives are-
- Objectives help to clarify the actions and procedures to achieve the desired targets.
- They help the organization to function smoothly without future impediments.
- Objectives form the framework for the working of people because they are managed and formed by top-level management.
What is Policy?
Policies are the course or principle of actions proposed by any organization or the individual to fulfill the desired goal. Policies are the broadways to achieve objectives that are not always of the absolute importance because they only provide the guideline to reach the target.
Since policies are determined by all the determinant levels in any organization, they are more flexible and open-ended to be changed when required by the organization.
Advantages of policies are:
- Policies are the tools for accomplishing the targets set by the organization.
- Policies can be formed and suggested by people at various levels in any organization which makes them approachable to a large number of people.
- They are the designed tasks of any organization that makes the working easy and quick in action.
Main Differences Between Objective and Policies
- The objective is the target that any organization or individual wants to fulfill whereas policies are the tools to achieve those targets.
- Objectives decide the purpose of an organization and are the path setters for other actions whereas policies are not of the extreme importance to any organization because they can be modified at any point in time.
- Objectives are formed by the top-level management for efficient functioning whereas policies can be formed by all level determinants in the companies.
- The main purpose of having objectives is to provide a framework and direction to any organization whereas policies only serve as a means to do so.
- Objectives are the concrete plans to design the concrete future whereas policies are adaptable and adjustable because they can be changed for better functioning of the organization.
Objective and policies are important terms in the management setting because of their importance in an individual's work and personal life. The objective is the target or the goal which needs to be fulfilled whereas policies are the mere tools that help to do so. Objectives form the basis of any kind of organization whereas Policies are the path directors to achieve objectives.
They are not always of the absolute importance because they only provide the guideline to reach the target. Policies are the means for the achievement of goals. They help to consistently achieve the objectives. Objectives are the desirable results or organizational or individual activities. They are the purposes for which the organization exists. They are the ends towards which organizations direct their energies and concerns
The basic difference between the two terms can be that objectives form the basic level of any organization and everyone works accordingly keeping that particular goal in mind whereas policies are not the concrete plans rather these are deliberately created protocols that allow people to work in coherence with each other for a sufficient time.
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy


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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology writer
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Microsoft produced a surprisingly strong quarter to start the year, pleasing investors looking forward to even bigger things from the software maker's much-anticipated overhaul of Windows operating system next fall.
The performance announced Thursday defied the conventional thinking that Microsoft would have trouble selling more Windows licenses as more people snapped up tablet computers, such as Apple Inc.'s trendsetting iPad, while other prospective personal computer buyers delayed making their purchases until the next version of Microsoft's operating system hits the market.
That didn't turn out to be the case during the three months ending in March as revenue at Microsoft's Windows division edged up by 4 percent from last year to $4.6 billion. Microsoft attributed the gain to an uptick in businesses who bought licenses for Windows 7. It marked only the second time in the past six quarters that Microsoft has registered a year-over-year gain in the Windows division.
"We're driving toward exciting launches across the entire company, while delivering strong financial results," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
High hopes are riding on the revamped system, Windows 8, because Microsoft designed it to run on devices that can be controlled by touch, as well as keyboards and computer mice. That means Windows 8 can serve a dual purpose: it could help spur the development of sleeker PCs that spur more sales and also give Microsoft a chance to grab a piece of the rapidly growing tablet computer market.
Although Microsoft hasn't announced a target date yet, most analysts believe Windows 8 will go on sale in September or October.
Microsoft Corp. earned $5.1 billion, or 60 cents per share, during the period marking first three months of the year – the Redmond, Wash company's fiscal third quarter. That was a 2 percent decline from net income of $5.2 billion, or 61 cents per share, a year ago.
Last year's results were boosted by a tax benefit of $461 million, or 5 cents per share.
Revenue rose 6 percent from last year to $17.4 billion.
Analysts had anticipated earnings of 58 cents per share on revenue of $17.2 billion, according to a FactSet survey.
Microsoft's shares gained 87 cents, or nearly 3 percent, to $31.88 in Thursday's extended trading.
While the Windows division held up better than expected, one of Microsoft's recent strongholds weakened. The deterioration occurred in the entertainment division as Microsoft's shipments of its Xbox 360 video game console plunged by nearly 50 percent to 1.4 million units. The sagging demand occurred as more people are playing games on phones and tablet computers. Revenue in the entertainment division declined 16 percent from last year to $1.6 billion.
Microsoft's long-suffering online division, which has struggled for years to compete against Internet search leader Google Inc., managed to narrow its losses in the latest quarter. The division, which includes its Bing search engine, posted an operating loss of $479 million compared to a loss of $776 million at the same time last year. Microsoft's online revenue totaled $707 million, a 6 percent increase. By comparison, Google's revenue during the same period surged by 24 percent.


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Le Parc National des Cévennes - FLORAC TROIS RIVIERES
Woods and forests
Le Parc National des Cévennes
6 bis place du Palais
From the granitic uplands of Mont Lozère to the majestic forests of the Aigoual, the vast limestone plateaus of the Causse Méjean cut by the spectacular gorges of the Tarn and Jonte with sharp ridges and deep valleys of the schistose Cevennes, the opportunities for s to marvel at the sumptuous landscapes of the Cévennes National Park, shaped by humans for millennia, are numerous! The richness of the fauna and flora, the diversity of the natural environments and the abundance of the sources contribute to the exceptional character of this protected natural space, recognized National Park, designated Biosphere Reserve and in the heart of the Causses and Cévennes, alive cultural landscapes of Mediterranean agropastoralism inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Category : National Nature Park
Natural regions : Cevennes • Mont Lozere • Gorges du Tarn • Gorges de la Jonte • Causse de Sauveterre • Causse Mejean • Causse Noir


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College Football's War on Math
If you're following the election, you've probably noticed a shooting war involving Nate Silver, whom sportswriting lost to politics back in 2008. The issue at stake is similar to the one sportswriters slogged through around the time of Moneyball — namely, how much faith you should put in stats and how much in your lying eyes.
I'm not reopening that can of worms. I'm opening a new can of worms. Since the dawn of the BCS, one of the favorite targets of BCS critics has been the computers. The computer rankings, critics say, are junk. They're tools of the BCS. There's a mountain of evidence that this is right. But what I fear is that criticism of specific BCS computer rankings is starting to shade into more generalized statistics-bashing. College football is close to declaring war on math.
The most overarching criticism of the BCS computers was articulated by Hal S. Stern, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, in papers published in The American Statistician and the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. "Right now," Stern tells me, "it's all about the polls — the human polls — and the computer rankings have been set up as a fall guy. They can do nothing good. They can only be blamed if something's wrong."
Stern's work was approvingly cited by Bill James. Both writers noted that when the computers helped pick Nebraska for the 2001 BCS title game, the BCS decided this simply couldn't be right and monkeyed with the math. "The real purpose [of the computer rankings] is to create some gobbledygook math to endorse the coaches' and sportswriters' vote," James wrote in Slate.
There were other flaws with the BCS computer rankings. Rankers refused to reveal their formulas. In 2010, Wes Colley, one of the rankings guys, failed to enter data correctly. Etc.
Even as a fan of a two-team finale, I found this criticism persuasive. But the solution seems obvious: build better computer rankings. Maybe by hiring Hal Stern or Nate Silver. The solution is not to use "computers" as a convenient techno-villain.
Last year, the Los Angeles Times dinged Ken Massey's rankings for allowing a junior college to slip into its Top 30. Hilarious! But wait, did this juco have a bunch of highly recruited high school players? Did the team perform well against good teams that, in turn, performed well against even better teams? The Times never told us. It was enough to write, "Now I've heard everything."
This week, Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote, "If 'Bama, Oregon and the Fighting Irish had all lost, we would have been left with the BCS computers spitting out a lot of craziness." Yes, if all that stuff really had happened, it might have been tough to sort through a bunch of one-loss teams. But this would not be the fault of "computers." In fact, a good computer ranking would help us work through such a scenario.
Another common tactic is to denounce college-football rankings for their complexity. From The Week magazine: "College football's 14-year-old Bowl Champion Series — a system in which a complex computer algorithm [my italics] determines the nation's top two teams " This is absurd. Complexity isn't the BCS's problem. Complexity is good. The problem is that the math is crap.
The ritual denunciations of math had an impact. When conference commissioners met to develop their four-team playoff, they removed computers from the formula. When the playoff is inaugurated in 2014, a selection committee will pick the best teams in the nation with, well, its own eyes.
It would easy to develop good computer rankings. Hal Stern, the professor who criticized the BCS rankings, says you'd need to develop a consensus on which things are important: being undefeated, schedule strength, margin of victory, and so forth. And you'd have to let the statisticians do their thing without interference.
From there, you could go down many avenues. Maybe a computer ranking would help choose the playoff teams. Or maybe it would just be a useful guide to the selection committee, who will be, like all humans, tempted by stuff they think they see on Saturday afternoons. But to decry "computers" here in 2012 is beneath us. People, we're not political hacks. We're college-football fans.
More from Bryan Curtis
Meme People: The Meaning of College Football Viral Fan Shots
Disconcerting Signals: Charlie Strong and Texas Are 1-4
From Hot Takes to Watch Tape: Cris Collinsworth and the Evolution of NFL Broadcast Analysis
The Storm of Plenty: Why Deflategate Has Been the Perfect Sports Media Feeding Frenzy
The Need for Spieth: Why the Media Adores Golf's Latest Phenom
More Moneyball
Baseball's Big Three: A Look Back at Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito in Oakland
Before Beane
Find a Free Pirlo: How Juventus Built a Champions League Finalist on a Budget
The Unbearable Lightness of Beane: Why Won't the A's GM Give Up?
Moneyball II: Charles Barkley, the Sports Media, and the Second Statistical War
More The Triangle
We Went There: Clippers-Mavs and DeAndre Jordan Night in Los Angeles
No Messi, No Problem: Neymar Becomes a Superstar
World Series Weekend: Five Questions for Three (or Two) Royals-Mets Games
NBA Overnight: Where Was the Spark?
NHL Grab Bag: Let's Get Spooky


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This tutorial is intended for any individual computer user who is looking for ways to safely back-up their files. It will touch on strategies you might be able to implement for your business. While cloud storage will be also be discussed in this article, it deserves its own tutorial and we will follow-up with one in the near future.
Perform an Assessment
What do you currently do for back-up? If you have already implemented a plan and if it works for you, then the following may simply offer a tip or two. If you're an ad hoc kind of back-up person, or if you don't have a plan at all, you should begin by completing at least an informal assessment. Here are three straightforward steps you can take to begin the process:
Step 1:
Determine which electronic files/records you would like or need to back-up, and the current location(s) of such files. Do you store both personal and work-related files? Are you the 'go to' person in your household in terms of computer 'geekness'? If so, will you be in charge of implementing a strategy for everyone in the house?
Step 2:
Figure out if you currently have any backup media. You probably should not back files up from locations on your hard drive to other locations on that same hard drive. Options for other media include, but aren't restricted to:
These can and do 'go down', and they do malfunction. Most likely a better plan than backing files up on a USB is to back files up from a USB.
CD's, DVD's, or Blu-ray Discs.
Depending on the amount of data you have, this may be the perfect, most affordable choice for you. For example, one Blue-ray Disc can store up to 50 GB of data (if it's dual layer). That's enough for one high definition movie, or thousands of documents.
Removable storage devices.
Approximately five years ago, I purchased a removable hard drive (image shown at left). It has a 500 GB capacity (which is generous). In the case of my HP desktop computer, it simply plugs into an empty slot in the front of the computer. For every other computer, it plugs into any available USB slot. It's fast, and once plugged in, it's easily recognizable.
Online storage.
Until such free services as Microsoft's OneDrive, Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive and others became popular, you still had a few options. For instance, I still use Hightail (which used to be called YouSendIt) for secure online storage. Today, however, Microsoft, Apple, Google, Dropbox and a few other companies offer huge amounts of online storage at absolutely no cost. If it's photo storage you want, look no further than sites like Flickr or Instagram. The former has upped its game and now offers use 1 TB (terabyte) of storage for free. This is a very large amount of free storage.
Third-Party Storage (Online).
You may already have free online storage, but not know it. Here's a good example: Norton 360™ – yes, the name famous for anti-virus and anti-spyware coverage – gives you 2 GB of free backup space (backups can be set to automatic) with each subscription. And most subscriptions cover up to three distinct devices. If you have little in the way of backup needs, this may be your best bet; after all, we all need virus, spyware, and malware protection!
Step 3:
Decide when and how you will back-up your data. This is something you may be able to schedule automatically, or perform manually. If you save your files directly to a cloud-based service as I do, you're covered: all you need to set up and be aware of is the process of synchronization. And indeed, that's the beauty of cloud-based solutions. I used several cloud-based storage services, and every one of them is now set to automatically synchronize across all the devices I use (including my phone).
How-To, Fine-Tuning, and Other Tips
If you use a back-up program – Roxio, for example, is one I used for years – it will help you decide what to back-up, how to back-up (there are full and incremental back-ups, for instance), frequencies, and even if you'd like to save space by compressing the backup. If you have free back-up capability built-into a program like Norton, it will generally 'do its thing' in the background. If you want to back-up to the cloud, many options present themselves. The latest version of Microsoft Office, for example, offers mated connectivity to OneDrive; you can save your files directly to their online storage. Google also offers seamless ways to save your documents, and in fact, Google offers up an entire solution (including their version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access) that's hard to resist.
Due to the enormous – very generous, in the least – amounts of free storage that can be had these days, you may not have to worry about compression, or even which files to back up. One of the simplest ways to 'back up' files, for example, is to copy/paste them from one folder on your hard drive to a synchronized cloud-based folder. You can even drag-and-drop them.
Please keep in mind that nothing online is 100% secure. That has not happened yet. However, services like Dropbox, using but one example, offer very secure ways to protect or even encrypt (scramble) the contents of your data.
Whether you use USBs, Blu-ray Discs, a portable hard drive, or cloud-storage, the end result should be that you have two complete copies of all of your most important files. If your computer bit the dust, you would still have that USB, Blu-ray, or other copy of your data. On the other hand, if the Net went down, even for the briefest of times, chances are you'd still have a synchronized, local copy of the file(s) you so carefully ensured ended up in the cloud.CONNECT:


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MUNK Collective is a newcomer in the Danish design scene. The organisation behind MUNK collects the designers and products that fit into their world, and includes them in the collective that makes up the company. At the moment, they partnered with Hviid Damsbo, Johansen & Faurschou, and NOERGAARD-KECHAYAS. Not much more info is available yet on the World Wide Web, but these pics below are definitely promising. I can't wait to see more products by MUNK Collective!
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University of Brighton appointed E-ARK Project Co-Ordinator
With effect from 1 January 2016, the University of Brighton have taken over the role of Project Co-Ordinator from the University of Portsmouth.
This transfer of responsibility, which was unanimously approved by all the Project's partners, has arisen following the appointment of the Project's Scientific Co-Ordinator, Professor Janet Delve, to a new post as Professor of Digital Humanities in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Brighton.
In order to ensure continuity, the key members of the Project Co-Ordination Team will also transfer to the University of Brighton. The University of Portsmouth will, however, continue to contribute to a number of workpackages within E-ARK.
Janet said "We are very grateful for the support that the University of Portsmouth gave to the process of defining and then initiating this project, and we are looking forward to continuing to work with our former colleagues, who will still be actively contributing to its success by their contributions to our work.
"The University of Brighton is experienced in both working in and co-ordinating European Projects, most recently the highly successful 3D-COFORM Project. We are all now greatly looking forward to taking over the co-ordination E-ARK, which is already achieving significant progress in its research, and bringing it to a successful conclusion in 2017".
The E-ARK project is pleased to announce the launch of a new competition to find images representing the main themes of their work. Winning images will be used by the project on their website and future promotional materials. An attribution to the originator will be shown as a watermark on all images we use. The copyright will remain with the originator.
The project welcomes entries that present visually interesting representations of the following themes:
- Archives
- Records Management
- Digital Preservation
The winning entry will receive a €25 Amazon gift voucher and will be highlighted on the E-ARK website, in the E-ARK monthly newsletter, and across the project's social media presence. Runner-up entries will also be featured in the newsletter and social media.
Copyright for all entries must reside with the entrant and permission for free, unrestricted, non-exclusive, non-profit reuse in materials relating to the project will be deemed to have been offered to the E-ARK Project.
E-ARK is a 3-year multinational research project co-funded by the European Commission under its ICT Policy Support Programme (PSP) within its Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).
E-ARK Deliverable 7.2 has been published. This reports on the contents of the project's archiving maturity model and the results of deploying it at the project's pilot sites prior to the beginning of the pilots themselves.
This deliverable can be accessed in the Project's Deliverables page
E-ARK Partner MinHAP (Ministerio De Hacienda Y Administraciones Publicas) has announced the release of a new web application ARCHIVE, which will operate with both files and electronic documents.
The operations it provides are:
- Managing a File.
- File Management Centers.
- Metadata Management Technical Standards
- Records Management.
- Transferring files between files.
- Recording changes in the custody of a record
ARCHIVE also provides mechanisms for reporting changes occurred in the records states, as well as various management modules (users and roles, document archives, SIA rating and / or function).
Following the OAIS model for file management, ARCHIVE covers the entire lifecycle of documents and subsequent phases of long-term archiving.
The application is in the process of publication and it is expected to be offered in the future under a EUPL license.
The full news release about this can be found at
(The release is in Spanish)
In October 2015, E-ARK Partner The DLM Forum Foundation held its Members Meeting in Luxembourg.
A number of informative presentations were given about a variety of projects, including E-ARK.
These presentations are available in PDF format by clicking here
Latest News
E-ARK Rated "Excellent" by the EC - "A European Showcase Project"
The European Commission's Year 3 Review of the E-ARK Project has rated it as "Excellent" and have...
E-ARK Year 3 Summary Report Published
The E-ARK summary report of project activities in the final year of the project can be downloaded by...
E-ARK Report on Pilots
E-ARK Project Report on Pilots The E-ARK Project final report on the pilots describes the...
DLM Forum announces the launch of the DAS Board
The DLM Forum have formally launched the Digital Archiving Standards Board (DAS Board). The main...
E-ARK Project Completes its Reseach Phase
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Supplements show increasing prevalence across pet food markets
The percentage of people who take dietary supplements has reached an all-time high: 77% of adults take some form of vitamins or minerals to augment their diets. This trend extends to our pets as well, with more pet owners than ever adding supplements to their dog and/or cat's regular diets.
Many pet owners supplement their pet's diet to increase palatability, improve health or increase the nutritional quality. When our pets aren't feeling their best, inadequate nutrition may be a root cause. All of which has led to an increasing demand for pet food supplements.
Fish Oil is a very popular pet food supplement, for many of the same reasons it appeals to humans. Studies show that it can support proper lipid balance in the skin1, reduce inflammation, and help boost the body's ability to identify and destroy cancerous cells2. This is thanks to the abundant supply of Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil.
Turmeric is a spice that humans have benefited from for years. It's long been known for its anti-inflammatory properties; popular for people suffering from conditions like arthritis. The same holds true for cats and dogs, too. Many pet owners feel that turmeric may reduce the risk of cancer in their animals by reducing or preventing cell damage from various kinds of oxidative stress3 and reducing the inflammatory response4.
Blueberries are an easy, convenient treat for dogs and cats5. They're packed with vitamin C and K, fiber, and certain antioxidants which bolster the immune system. In fact, blueberry powder is already an ingredient in some pet foods and pet food supplements.
Seaweed is a common supplement in diets looking to introduce some "greens". Seaweed is rich in vitamins, amino acids, and minerals which helps maintain healthy skin and coats6. It is also easily digestible and, depending on the species, has been indicated in improving gut motility and reducing carbohydrate absorption.
While supplementing can improve the quality of pet diets or add functional benefits, feeding a high-quality diet will provide all of the vitamins, minerals, and amino acids that your pet needs.
NaturPak Pet's wet foods come packed with protein and all of the nutrients a pet needs. Many wet pet food products on the market in Recart already contain these supplements to provide added benefits. Besides providing nutritive benefits, adding supplements to recipes increases marketplace variety and consumer appeal. With a dedicated Research & Development lab, NaturPak Pet is focused on the development and manufacture of complete and balanced wet pet food products, using fresh and whole food ingredients. For more information on the benefits of NaturPak Pet food, contact a representative today.
Scientific References:
- Xue, Bingzhong, et al. "Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids antagonize macrophage inflammation via activation of AMPK/SIRT1 pathway." PloS one 7.10 (2012).
- Siddiqui, Rafat A., et al. "Omega 3-fatty acids: health benefits and cellular mechanisms of action." Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry 4.8 (2004): 859-871.
- Hutchins-Wolfbrandt, Amanda, and Anahita M. Mistry. "Dietary turmeric potentially reduces the risk of cancer." Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 12.12 (2011): 3169-3173.
- Bachmeier B, Mohrenz IV, Mirisola V, et al (2008). Curcumin downregulates the inflammatory cytokines CXCL1 and -2 in breast cancer cells via NFκB. Carcinogenesis, 29, 779-89.
- Howell, A. B. "Update on health benefits of cranberry and blueberry." IX International Vaccinium Symposium 810. 2008.
- BROWNLEE, Iain, FAIRCLOUGH, Andrew, HALL, Anna and PAXMAN, Jenny (2012). The potential health benefits of seaweed and seaweed extract. In: POMIN, Vitor H., (ed.) Seaweed : ecology, nutrient composition and medicinal uses. Marine Biology : Earth Sciences in the 21st Century . Hauppauge, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 119-136.


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A powerful coffee, nice roads, our second party LaoLao-style and a swim under a waterfall are the highlights of the fourth day of this Bolaven Plateau exploration.
7:00 – Already awaken, after a nightmare in which I missed two consecutive planes from Milano Train Station (?) to Canada (?). Hints for the shrink: it was my fault, I felt horrible for the money loss, and I tried to cover up the mishap to don't feel imbecile.
8:00 – After just two days we are totally abituée in the next door guesthouse, where we have a bread with eggs and a papaya juice.
8:45 – Stop at Café Em just 200m from Sailoymen guesthouse, meeting the owner, waiting 10 minutes to have a freshly roasted Arabica coffee, yet again prepared with Italian moka. It was a powerful ass-kicking start of the day!
9:20 – We're driving. The air is fresh, the road is pleasant.
11:00 – We reach Sekong, still with the coffee taste in our mouths. Sekong is hot like hell, people are probably hiding somewhere and overall it's not the place where you wanna be.
11:30 – Further south, we reach Tad Fek waterfall (5.000 kip entrance with parking) where people were waiting us for our second party LaoLao-style! We got offered Beer Lao with ice as usual, the spiciest papaya salad I ever tried and two tasty grilled white fishes.
People were extremely happy to have us there, and started asking us for pictures.
Also today they offered us the single girls but nobody could explain us what was the party about.
Maybe they just had no need for a reason to celebrate.
In a group of 40 people, nobody could speak English but a smile, an hand on the hearth and a laugh go a long way connecting people that want to have fun together!
They also played the traditional "eat a banana and run to drink water" Laotian game, and they kindly allowed us to take a video of it.
12:30 – One guy manage to tell us that they are a group of Law students, and it seems to make sense as they all wear a polo with a scale on it, symbol of justice. But if I look around I do worry for the future of the country.
13:00 – Having a shower under the waterfall. The water is really warm. Isn't the shower itself a waterfall in small scale? Nature is amazing.
13:30 – We thanks our new Laotian friends in all the languages and we're off the party.
15:15 – Cloudio's odometer stops working. Mine never did. So we're left with no indication of the distance from departure and to destination. We blame the Frenchy from Belgium.
16:00 – We reached the Vietnamese village of Attapeu and checked-in the lovely Dokchampa Hotel (130.000 kip for a double with A/C). I feel "cooked" like the fishes we had eaten at the party. Dusty by all the dirty roads we drove in. Tired for the many hours under the sun.
Attapeu is very hot and there's nothing but empty spaces. I think that kids must walk a lot here to get around!
18:00 – Off to explore Attapeu. We realized that we stopped a bit too early before, in fact the town center is one kilometer further and there we find the guesthouse Cloudio wanted to sleep in. The Xe-Khong riversides are empty and nothing was developed there. My opinion of the place doesn't change.
Cloudio also noticed the restaurant that some blogger fellow recommended, so we have an early dinner. Here is like being in Vietnam without need for a visa. They all look Vietnamese and the menu has some interesting options: eel, snake-head, tortoise… I settle for a simple saultéé spinach with garlic. Nothing special, but at least no animals were harmed 🙂
19:30 – Quick tour in the night market. A guy offers me Ray Ban "made in Italy" for 100.000 kip, the same amount I paid mine three days ago in Pakse and that, I forgot to mention yesterday, already broke!
21:30 – I'm finishing my daily report. Will work a little after and then off to a deserved sleep! And happy birthday to Claudio.
21:35 – Internet stopped working and I can't publish my report. I walk to the receptionist that is a young Laotian guy that wants to practice his English. He's 24 and married with another girl from Attapeu. He normally works on a Norwegian project for Leftover Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), that are a serious problem here on the border with Vietnam. They go working on cleaning the fields from 1st of the month till 22nd, then they're off so he can be here working at the hotel. He wants to know about my job and about Cloudio's early retirement. It was the most genuine and close conversation I had with a Laotian so far.
Total distance almost 200Km.
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Welcome to the December edition of Ask Dr. Emily!
We often receive questions that we want to share with all our readers. To help with this, Dr. Emily Neuhaus, a clinical psychologist at Seattle Children's Autism Center, will share insights in a question and answer format.
We welcome you to send us your questions and Dr. Neuhaus will do her best to answer them each month. Send your questions to [email protected].
Q: My 3 year old was recently found to have a genetic mutation that I'm told has been associated with autism. We are waiting for an autism evaluation. If there is a genetic mutation that cannot be corrected, do we sign up for all the therapies that kids with autism do? I have a friend whose child has Down syndrome and they don't do any therapies except PT for his muscle tone. She says his genetic make-up will never change. I'm confused.
A: I can see why you'd feel confused! Whether a person has autism and whether they have an identified genetic difference are two separate questions, and it sounds like they're getting mixed together here.
The short answer is yes – If your child does receive an autism diagnosis during their upcoming evaluation, you will want to pursue all of the therapies and supports your provider suggests, regardless of the genetic difference that they also have. In general, therapies recommended for individuals with autism (e.g., speech therapy, occupational therapy) are suggested based on each person's unique areas of strength and difficulty, in order to address areas where skill deficits might be getting in the way.
For example, someone who does not have a way to communicate their needs effectively would likely benefit from therapy to develop communication skills and strategies, and so speech therapy might be recommended. Someone else might communicate easily but might find fine motor tasks such as hand-writing, buttoning clothing, or using silverware to be really challenging. For them, occupational therapy might be recommended to work on fine motor skills. Different people will benefit from supports in different areas, but for children with autism, areas that would benefit from support often include skills related to communicating with others, interacting socially, engaging in play, and working on sensory or motor difficulties. As a result, speech, occupational, and behavioral therapies are often suggested.
But, as you can see, none of these therapies address genetic make-up. Instead, they support skills to allow folks to participate in their communities and daily activities (e.g., school, work, self-care). Your friend is correct in that your child's genetic make-up won't change as a result of these therapies, but your child will continue to grow in many ways, develop a lot of new skills, learn new things, and have new experiences. The therapies your evaluation team recommends will support their growth and development, whether or not a genetic difference has been found.


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Walking, snowmobiling or driving on lake ice can be a very dangerous activity if the ice is not thick enough to withstand the weight of you and the machine you might be operating.
If someone has fallen through the ice, they are at danger of having hypothermia when they reach dry ground again. Hypothermia is a dangerous drop in body temperature. It's a potentially life-threatening condition, and it needs emergency action right away.
Have fun out on the ice. But be aware of the dangers and be ready to act quickly if they come to pass.
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June 11, 2015
By Robert Brose
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Over twenty years ago, Arquilla and Ronfeldt warned that both "Netwar" and "Cyberwar" were coming, and could impact the 21st Century security landscape as significantly as combined arms maneuver warfare had impacted the security landscape of the 20th. Since that time, the concept of "Cyberwar" has received great attention, while the parallel concept of "Netwar" has languished, even as its salience to global security has continued to grow.
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* The author of this paper is the Lead for Futures and Capability Development at the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The author prepared this work as a conceptual thought piece as part of his official U.S. Government duties. However, this paper should not be interpreted as an official policy, policy statement, or endorsement, either expressed or implied, of ODNI or the U.S. Government. This paper is a U.S. Government work. The U.S. Government hereby claims all applicable copyright protection under the laws of any country in which this paper is reproduced, published, or distributed.


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