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Amir Hossein
Amir Hossein Mohammadian (1998, Iran) is an Iranian artist based in Zanjan city.
After attending Literature at the University of Zanjan, he started his career as an artist. Outside the Iranian and global academic systems, he looks at painting as something related to the "I" and not to a technique.
The core of his works is the expression of himself and the reality around him.
Chambre Fluide: Hello Amir! How are you? Let's start by telling us how your passion for art was born and how did you approach painting?
Amir Mohammadian: My first encounter with art dates back to my childhood when my mother's painting habit caught my attention as a child. This experience instilled in me an inherent interest in art that has accompanied me throughout my life.
This interest may not be voluntary at the beginning, but over time, along with the ups and downs of my personal life, it has evolved and today it has become one of my ways of expression that is the result of my personal life considering all aspects of
my artistic career. After all, we can assume that everything goes back to a few still life paintings along with a spot of paint, in a single corner of the canvas, that indicates a playful child nearby.
CF: You studied Literature at the University of Zanjan in Iran, what's your favorite writers and your idols?
A.M: Well, this question is very wide! What draws my attention to historical contemporary figures is what historical perspective these people see or place themselves in. Whether they are writers, poets, or painters. Hence, the work sand people attract my attention that has a trans-temporal and spatial view and does not hesitate to contradict the concepts of their time.
Sadegh Hedayat, is a very inspiring personality.
Regarding the Western writers, I admire Marquis de Sadehave who always attracted my attention, in my view he's one of the most influential writers in history, and his works have had an interesting reflection in the history of contemporary art, such as "Salo" by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Or even beyond the world of art, Sigmund Freud.
However, as I mentioned, it is difficult for me to name a limited number of writers because my cognition is getting wider every day and I am getting to know new Sadegh Hedayat, which is a very inspiring personality, especially for me, with whom I speak the same language. On the other hand, Western writers such as Marquis de Sadehave always attracted my attention because I believe he has always been one of the most influential writers in history and his works have had an interesting
Her eyes can hear me,
Acrylic on canvas, 100x100 cm, 2019
Acrylic on canvas, 100x100 cm, 2019
CF: You are from a small city at the north-west of Theran and near the Caspian Sea, what's the relationship with your country, Iran? What is the socio-political situation that you breathe as an Iranian artist?
A.M: Perhaps the best word to describe how I feel about my country is "bittersweet" because although Iran is a country where I was born and raised, I have never felt a sense of belonging to it.
The most important factor influencing this situation is the traditional social structure in which I live, traditions rooted in a history that clearly lacks individualism. The most controversial issue in this regard is the evaluation structure of my society, which has a strict view of cultural modernity and concepts such as art, which ultimately has a dubious view of me and my work. can be said that in practice I live in a society where its members are very distant, especially emotionally. So it has become very difficult to communicate with every individual.
On the other hand, the reality that Iranian youth face today has created an intrinsic motivation for a radical change, which is in fact a reaction to being Iranian stereotypes. In fact, this minority seeks a new perspective on today's Iranian society that is based on today's intellectual need.
In the end, I think it is the young people who make progress everywhere in the world and the situation is the same here, with the difference that young Iranians are always striving for the simplest needs, and this effort has become a model for their lifestyle and I believe It is difficult to imagine an endpoint for this endeavor.
CF: Iran, wider Persia, has an enormous cultural and artistic richness. The History of ancient Persian art is one of the greatest in the world, but how do you see the contemporary artistic/cultural scene in Iran today?
A.M: In my view, the important point of this topic is that the wide cultural history of my country doesn't necessarily support the current cultural situation of my country.
In other words, this vast history can be useful and at the same time can completely deprive the artist of freedom of action, because this vastness has created many rotten stereotypes and concepts.
Of course, this situation does not stem from the content of History, but from the wrong approach to history in my country.
Today is clear that an Iranian artist feels that his work must include indigenous features such as ancient designs and motifs and owes itself to History in this regard. In my opinion, such an understanding of History is superficial and by no means spontaneous. I tend to think, art is an intellectual phenomenon. The art of folklore, which has become very fashionable today, is not relevant to me. In fact, in my opinion, it is the artist's view that should be indigenous, and in this sense, the Iranian artist is free, because to shape this view, he has a wide lexicon available in history to reach and say something that has a universal
interpretation. This work is not a local "work of art" it is a local vision.
See, for example, two lines of Tagor's death poem: "Why don't you put on your saffron-colored scarf put on your anklet, a guest is on the way..." What he is saying is the word of an Indian, but this is not just an Indian issue, it is a global issue.
It is a concern of all human beings; why they have not prepared themselves for death.
CF: Tell us about your artistic practice. How does your research develop? Where do you collect your inspiration from?
A.M: Firstly I think, is related to my ability in painting, and I must say that I consider myself very lucky not to be involved in the academic affairs of art, because I think art is inherently teachable, and today, especially in Iran, the academy has become a place which defines art throughout in technique. Techniques that I am not interested in learning, because painting is a personal practice for me, and I am looking for techniques that are the result of my personal experience, and trial and error is my only means of achieving this. I can say that I am a collector in this regard. I have always been fascinated by the lives and works of artists with whom I have sympathized, and in this regard, they always give me new perspectives on my work.
But about what affects me emotionally and inspires me.
As I mentioned, painting is a personal practice for me, and my source of inspiration is no exception. My familiarity with art is defined from the perspective of the woman, so the interpretation of women has always been an inspiration to me.
Beyond this personal experience, I believe that my aesthetics as a man are tied to the interpretation of woman because apart from the painting itself, which is, in fact, the language of my expression, my world of values are shaped by a
woman. In fact, it is the feminine nature that fascinates me.
Of course, this view is in stark contrast to the place that women have in the culture of my society today because women have long been barred from expressing their nature
CF: What role do art and artists play in society nowadays? How has that changed as the scope of what art is and what it looks like has also changed?
A.M: In my opinion the artist, like any other person, has only a social role and this role does no define a task for him. On the other hand, it is the artist who, with the knowledge he has received from the society, offers a more subtle and accurate look at the issues around him.
CF: In a historical moment when nothing seems to be enough anymore, and the future is more and more uncertain, what are we holding on to? What tears us out of nowhere?
A.M: I think it depends on the perspective of each individual. But I believe that this is the reality of death that keeps our world in uncertainty. In fact, whatever we feel is the result of the concept of dying like love and hate.
For me, life is nothing but drifting between birth and death. But, death, instead of being a tragic co concept, is a comforting fact, and this comfort is rooted in the belief that death is a definite and inevitably end that without it life becomes meaningless.
I'd like to finish this conversation with a poem by Bahman Mohasses:
"An animal dies while living, a human lives in death, the animal that is within me is dear to my heart."


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All rooms at Maistralihave a fully equipped kitchen with refrigerator and cooking utensils to easily create your own breakfast or meals that you can enjoy them not only in the private yard but also in the small dining room .
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Matt is an Applications Chemist at Biotage. In his current role, Matt supports the pre-sales and post-sales team, the marketing team, and clients in order to provide customer service for a wide range of solid-phase extraction and evaporation/concentration systems. Matt also helps to research ways of optimizing the extraction processes used for solid-phase extraction and then develop application notes based on that research. Matt received his Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry from Western New England University and possesses a Master of Healthcare Administration from Mass College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. In his prior role working in an environmental contract laboratory, he was able to experience the first-hand experience in the manual extraction, concentration, and analysis of a variety of EPA regulated methods such as 608.3, 625.1, 8015, 8081/8082, and 8270D among other methods. Matt also has prior experience in application sciences for a variety of other environmental instrumentation.


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Courage is an act which requires us to conquer our more instinctive Emotions and to suppress emotions of fear.
On a more general level courage helps a lot in facing life's problems, but it also helps with spiritual experience.
In the process of spiritual experience, we can indeed experience bliss, love, joy, angels, vast landscapes, fields of gold, fields of green, portals and tunnels, woods! And groves, forests and paths, caves and castles, palaces and rivers, – lovely things. This is no joke. There are some amazing things to be experienced.
But we can also see Demons and know they are ours and that we need to vanquish them – whether of our own construction or imposed on us. And some of those Demons can be truly frightening.
And in the observations I have collected it is also clear that we may have to confront Guardians of the spiritual world and Substance spirits – the spirits of the substances we may have taken – and these too, especially in the case of the man-made chemicals, can be terrifying.
So courage is indeed a hugely important thing to nurture and possess. We have to know no fear in our travels in this realm of the soul and beyond.
Courage has to be learnt, by practise and by facing your Demons. There is no 'method', it is an attitude that you have to start applying to frightening situations.
How to Know Higher Worlds – Rudolf Steiner
Such self-education in courage and fearlessness develops quite specific forces that we need for initiation into higher knowledge.
Just as we need healthy nerves as physical beings to make use of our physical senses, so - as beings of soul – we need the strength that develops only in courageous and fearless natures.
For as we penetrate the higher mysteries, we see things that were previously hidden from us by the illusions of the senses. In fact, it is a blessing that our physical senses do not allow us to perceive the higher truths.
In this way they protect us from things that, if we saw them unprepared, would cause us great dismay, things we could not bear to see.
As students.. we must train ourselves to bear these sights.
But it helps to say to yourself – 'what have I to be frightened of – really – what is the worst that could happen?'
Thomas Carlyle puts it better than me……………..
Sartor Resartus – Thomas Carlyle
… all at once, there rose a Thought in me, and I asked myself: 'What art thou afraid of ? Wherefore, like a coward, dost thou for ever pip and whimper, and go cowering and trembling? Despicable biped!
What is the sum-total of the worst that lies before thee?
Well, Death; and say the pangs of Tophet too, and all that the Devil and Man may, will or can do against thee!
Hast thou not a heart; canst thou not suffer whatso it be; and, as a Child of Freedom, though outcast, trample Tophet itself under thy feet, while it consumes thee? Let it come, then; I will meet it and defy it!'
And as I so thought, there rushed like a stream of fire over my whole soul and I shook base Fear away from me for ever. I was strong, of unknown strength; a spirit, almost a god. Ever from that time the temper of my misery was changed: not Fear or whining sorrow was it, but Indignation and grim fire-eyed Defiance!
Thus had the Everlasting NO pealed authoritatively through all the recesses of my Being, of my ME; and then was it that my whole ME stood up, in native God created majesty, and with emphasis recorded its Protest.
Such a Protest, the most important transaction in Life, may that same Indignation and Defiance, in a psychological point of view, be fitly called.
The Everlasting No had said: 'Behold, thou art fatherless, outcast, and the Universe is mine (the Devil's): to which my whole Me now made answer:
'I am not thine, but free and for ever hate thee!'
And some more thoughts on this……………
Rollo May – Man's search for himself
Courage is required not only in a person's occasional crucial decision for his own freedom but in the little hour to hour decisions which place the bricks in the structure of his building of himself into a person who acts with freedom and responsibility.
Only the suppression of one Emotion, but it seems to be the overriding emotion of many people. We live in fear, fear of losing people, fear of being hurt, or being left, or being abandoned, or being sacked, or made redundant, or dying. So such a powerful and all-consuming Emotion takes away a lot of our energy. Squash it and you will be free.
Logan Pearsall Smith - Afterthoughts
What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree.
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- An antidote to the Golem in us all - from TED
- Bach, Dr Edward - The need for faith and courage
- Bronte, Emily - The Old Stoic
- Chuang Tzu - The True Man
- Dr Seuss - Horton Hatches the Egg 01
- Dr Seuss - Horton Hatches the Egg 02
- Earhart, Amelia
- Jesus - Matthew 5 : 01 - Blessed are the poor in spirit
- Khan, Hazrat Inayat – The Art of Being and Becoming - The dangers of hyper sensitivity
- Louis Jacolliot - The Bible in India - 04 The Story of Krishna: Preaching the law/disciples/Ardjuna and Sarawasta
- Louis Jacolliot - The Bible in India - 06 The Story of Krishna: Nichdali and Sarasvati
- Louis Jacolliot - The Bible in India - The Thoughts and maxims of Krishna
- Maeterlinck, Maurice - Misc quotes - Therein lay his secret
- Nash, Ogden - The Tale of Custard the Dragon
- Nizami – Makhzanol Asrar (The Treasury of Mysteries) – from The Second Discourse 02
- Peckover, Priscilla Hannah – quote from Peace and Goodwill, A sequel to the Olive leaf
- Plotinus - The Enneads - All the virtues without exception are purifications
- Songs of Flying Dragons – Dedication, Destiny and Serving the common man
- Songs of Flying Dragons – Reducing obligations, Justice and forgiveness
- Songs of Flying Dragons – Reducing threats and employing justice
- Songs of Flying Dragons – Though he was busy with war, he loved the way of the scholar
- Stapledon, Olaf - Starmaker - Courage and out of body experiences
- Steiner, Rudolf - How to Know Higher Worlds - The need for courage
- Tarot - 05 Minor Arcana - 05s Adversity [purification]
- Tarot - 09 Major Arcana - 01 The supporting cards of the Aces
- The dangers of willful blindness - from TED
- Woodson, Carter - Let us banish fear


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A Passion for Green
David and Suzanne Warner deepen support for graduate students of sustainability.
Growing up on a houseboat on Corte Madera Creek in Marin County—and even rowing a boat to grammar school with his brother—David Warner, BS '76 Conservation of Natural Resources, forged an early connection to nature that fundamentally shaped his lifelong commitment to the environment. Rich in salmon, otters, crabs, and oyster beds, the creek habitat gradually became a secondary fill zone for waste dirt from local developments. "Within a period of about eight years, I watched all that wildlife become depleted," he says. "Seeing how fast things were changing directly informed my passion for conservation and sustainability."
David and Suzanne Warner recently established the Rausser College Graduate Student Impact Fund.
Photo by Adam Sings in the Timber.With his wife, Suzanne Warner, BA '78 Architecture, Warner recently created the Warner Graduate Student Impact Fund, which supports graduate students who are conducting research on sustainability and climate mitigation or adaptation. Such gifts allow Rausser College of Natural Resources to keep graduate funding packages competitive with its peer institutions.
When choosing a college, Warner was drawn to the work of Sim Van der Ryn, the UC Berkeley professor of architecture who would go on to design and build California's first energy-efficient and climate-responsive building as state architect during Governor Jerry Brown's first term. "I really wanted to be part of that creative ecosystem," he remembers, "and the College of Natural Resources was the key to getting in there." At the time, students in the College were working on projects relative to the idea of a building having a "light touch" on the environment. Warner's high school sweetheart, Suzanne Deutsch, came to Cal two years later to study architecture and green building methods.
In 1985, the couple founded Redhorse Constructors, a full-service residential and commercial construction company specializing in sustainable design and green technology—what Warner calls "resilient/regenerative building practices." In addition to high-end private residences and large-scale commercial properties, the company is currently at work on several innovative new projects that include construction of a new factory for MycoWorks, a startup making fabrics from mycelium—the vegetative part of a fungus.
Redhorse is also collaborating with a multi-institutional team—including Dan Kammen, a professor in the Energy and Resources Group who was recently appointed the adviser for energy, climate, and innovation for the U.S. Agency for International Development—to create the Oakland EcoBlock, a self-sufficient grid of 30 to 40 adjoining residences that will produce close to zero net energy annually and reduce carbon emissions by 85 percent.
In addition, the Warners co-founded, with actress Connie Nielsen, the Human Needs Project: an NGO that's building physical infrastructure for clean water and sanitation as well as social infrastructure for capacity-building in Kibera, Kenya—the second largest slum in Africa. "Our idea was to bring resources to those who have zero opportunity," Warner says, "to build viable marketplaces and give people the power to uplift and transform their own communities."
Closer to home, David Warner has just completed an eleven-year term on the Rausser College board. "What we did to propel the College's mission is incredibly important to me," he says. "When it comes to enriching and solving the big problems in our world right now, that's just in UC Berkeley's DNA."
That commitment to Rausser's mission is reflected in the new Warner Graduate Student Impact Fund. "We hope to enable graduate students to do their research without having to worry about finances," Warner says. "We believe it's important to have the freedom to explore, to experiment, to investigate, to analyze, and to engage."


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Just let them happen.
You've got to learn to fight the temptation to resist these things. Just let them happen. When you buy that first tube of paint it gives you an artist license. If you've been in Alaska less than a year you're a Cheechako. Just let go - and fall like a little waterfall.
It looks so good, I might as well not stop.
And that's when it becomes fun - you don't have to spend your time thinking about what's happening - you just let it happen. Let your imagination be your guide. Maybe there's a happy little waterfall happening over here.
Son of a gun. We're not trying to teach you a thing to copy.
We're just here to teach you a technique, then let you loose into the world. How to paint. That's easy. What to paint. That's much harder. Even trees need a friend. We all need friends.
Every single thing in the world has its own personality - and it is up to you to make friends with the little rascals. You have to make those little noises or it won't work. You can spend all day playing with mountains. It takes dark in order to show light. It's a good way of getting rid of all your anxieties and hostilities.
The only thing worse than yellow snow is green snow. Let that brush dance around there and play. Everything's not great in life, but we can still find beauty in it.
I sincerely wish for you every possible joy life could bring.
In your world you can create anything you desire. You want your tree to have some character. Make it special. If you do too much it's going to lose its effectiveness. Go out on a limb - that's where the fruit is.


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Repairs to the Mongstad refinery following the fire on 12 July will soon be finished. As long as there are no unforeseen delays in the final phase, production should be in full swing again early in week 31.
The total output capacity of 180,000 barrels per day was reduced to roughly half as a result of the fire in the crude oil plant.
"The extent of the damage was less than expected," reports Mongstad vice president Bjørn Kåre Viken. "And thanks to swift access to spare parts and an impressive effort on the part of all involved, the repairs necessary to get the plant back in operation have been carried out quickly and efficiently."
Some minor follow-up tasks will be carried out over the next few weeks.
Mr Viken explains that the financial consequences will be reported on at the beginning of August, and emphasises that the most important thing was that nobody was seriously injured in the fire.
Statoil is now waiting for the police's conclusions regarding the cause of the fire. The group's internal commission of inquiry has not finished investigating the matter – its report is expected to be ready in the middle of August.


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School News
Language of the Week
In our school, there are 3 children whose first language is Ukrainian.
The holiday season is over for many people, but some Ukrainians celebrate Christmas Day on the 7th of January.
- Ukraine is the second largest country in Europe with a total population of 43.5 million
- Ukrainian civilizations date back to 4800 B.C
- Ukraine leads in the world in the production of sunflower oil. It is also among the largest producers of corn, wheat, potato, sugar beet, barley, tomatoes, apples, pumpkin, carrots, cucumbers, cabbage, rye, walnuts, buckwheat, dry peas and honey.
- The worlds longest musical instrument also originates from Ukraine—a pipe piece named Trembita.
- Some Ukrainian inventions: helicopter, postal code, x-ray and gas lamp
To find out more about Ukraine, please click here: https://www.wordsworthprimary.co.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=945&type=pdf
Language of the Week
In our school, 3 children speak Dari.
Facts about the Dari Language:
- Dari is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan
- About half the population of Afghanistan speaks Dari
- Dari, rather than Pashto, serves as the means of communication between
- Speakers of different languages in Afghanistan
To find out more about Dari, please click here: https://www.wordsworthprimary.co.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=910
Language of the Week
In our school, there are 6 children who have Bengali as their first language.
This week, we learnt to practise how to say 'Good morning!' and 'Goodbye!'
Facts about the Bengali Language:
· 210 million people speak Bengali
· It is the 8th most spoken language in the world.
To find out more about Bengali, please click here: https://www.wordsworthprimary.co.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=802
The Stephen Spender Schools Laureate Prize for Poetry
To read our students' fantastic poems and learn about their success, please click here.
Hamish and Milo
Please click here on the impact Hamish and Milo have had on our children.
Please find below links to help regarding online harassment, harm or misuse
Year R 2024 Open Days!
Dolce Space Themed Lunch!
This Thursday, our school catering Dolce, are offering a Space menu! This is available to order on the SchoolGrid app in the usual way if you would like to preorder your childs space themed lunch.
South Hampshire Deaf Childrens Society
Solent Shanty Lyrics/links to YouTube are below:
Woolston Ferry: https://youtu.be/ZFa8E0KJnUU
When I grow up: https://youtu.be/ize81HG0hoo
Throw out the Lifeline: https://youtu.be/UruDDGHb12k
The Ocean is Blue: https://youtu.be/YvfBhjkrslA
The Curse of Stokes Bay: https://youtu.be/nzgfK9dyuws
Ship Ahoy: https://youtu.be/uSZ-SUZpunw
Down the Solent: https://youtu.be/mANKQcNfulI
Click below for letter re dates for Solent Shanty:
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Hamish and Milo Wellbeing Resources; a comprehensive emotions curriculum and range of SEMH intervention programmes. We provide the framework, language and content for courageous conversations about mental health and emotions - helping primary-aged children to develop emotional literacy skills to feel heard and thrive in life and learning.
Please click on the link below for information regarding Wordsworths Hamish and Milo intervention:
Polite reminder: Home Farm Permission Slips:
Please could we have the permission slip/medical/allergy information sheet completed and handed in on Monday 24th April at the Home Farm Parents Meeting. We need to collate this information and forward to Home Farm in readiness for the children who are attending.
Our Language of the week is: Farsi
Click here to learn all about the language and culture.
For information about our after school clubs after Easter, please click here..
Landscape Strategy
We are very excited to share our plans for our Landscaping Strategy at Wordsworth Primary. To download these plans, please click here.
21st February - International Mother Language Day
At Wordsworth, we celebrate bilingualism and encourage our children and their families to continue speaking their mother language at home, in their communities and at school, when they have the chance. Today, we are celebrating the International Mother Language Day. Children will be doing some morning and afternoon activities and we will all be honouring the wonders and joys of something as amazing as being a bilingual child.
We want to praise and congratulate you on the effort of keeping your child's first language alive. It is an important part of who they are and it keeps them connected to their roots, their family, their communities, their culture and history.
Here are some of our Year 6 children taking pride in speaking their mother language.
World Thinking Day
Each year on 22nd of February members of the Girl Guide and Scout movements celebrate World Thinking Day.
It's a day when they think of each other and give thanks and appreciation for the international Friendships. 22nd of February was chosen as the date for World Thinking Day because it was the mutual birthday of Lord Baden-Powell founder of the Boy Scout Movement and his wife Olave who served as the World Chief Guide.
One of the traditions of Thinking Day is that members of the Guiding and Scouting movements wear their uniforms to school to show others that they are part of the movement.
A reminder that tomorrow is our Chinese New Year menu. All children receiving a hot dinner will be in with the chance of winning a golden ticket. The lucky recipient will find the golden ticket stuck to the bottom of their plate/tray. The golden ticket is worth £10 in Amazon vouchers!
FFT National Attendance Award!
FFT collects daily attendance data from over 10,500 schools. This data has helped schools track, monitor and compare their attendance every week through our Attendance Tracker system.
Whilst all schools do an amazing job to improve pupil attendance, we'd like to say a special 'thank-you' to your school by presenting you with an FFT National School Attendance Award.
What are the FFT Attendance Awards based on?
The awards have been given to schools with attendance in the Top 10% and Top 25% of all FFT schools nationally for the 2022 Autumn term.
Christmas for Children who have experienced trauma
It's that time of year! We have heard the songs in the shops, seen lights going up and perhaps attended 'switch on 'events that are happening in local communities. We know that no matter how carefully we plan there is, at times, something else that influences how a child or young person may respond.
During this term there are likely to be changes within the school day – both planned and those that are 'seize the moment'. This may be rehearsal times, changes in assembly times, staffing changes alongside seasonal displays on the classroom and around the school – many of which will 'disappear' over the Christmas break. This in turn means that pupils return to an environment that may look very different to the one they left at the end of term 2.
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Christmas for Children who have experienced trauma
The document contains a combination of ideas and resources that may be useful at this time. The information has been pulled together for the South East Adoption partnership but the content within is targeted to support those working with and caring for children and young people who have experienced trauma.
Woodland Trust's Green Tree Schools
Wordsworth Primary has been given the bronze award! We have achieved this award for doing things like planting trees, reducing our Co2 and visiting forests.
We love to hear how you feel about Wordsworth
(comment from one of our parents)
"I am feeling overwhelmingly happy by this beautiful, kind and thoughtful wish from all the staff at Wordsworth Primary School. This has made me tear up. Honestly it means so much to us. Thank you for always including communities from various backgrounds. This is what makes the school one of the best in Southampton. I couldn't of chosen a better school for my son.
I think it's lovely to see everyone being accepted regardless of what faith you come from. Wordsworth School has always been fantastic when it comes to equality. Thank you so much for everything you do for us and our children"
(comment from one of our parents re the change in logo and uniform)
"This is a great idea and alot of hard work from you and other staff. It's just what we need to pick us back up from last 2 and a half years we have had.
Thank you so much for all your hard work and keeping us up to date with everything going on in school especially with what has gone on in the world.
All staff have worked extremely hard to keep education ticking over for our children. Thank you so much."
Regarding our recent Year 2 Residential:
"I just want to take the time to feedback to you, that in conversation with some of the Minstead Study centre staff today, they were exceptional complimentary about your students and yourselves as a staff team when you were there. They specifically mentioned staff engagement with activity including complimenting the study centre tutors at all times and the support of pastoral care at all times around the sessions. From our perspective I think it's important to feedback when we hear about excellent residential practice, so what ever you are doing please keep doing it!"
(From a Parent of a child who attended the residential)
"I just wanted to send a massive Thank You to all the teachers who attended the Minstead Trip this week. My son JH from class ** had the most amazing time. From what he has told us it was fun from start to finish. He loved the activities especially singing around the camp fire and liked all the food. He told me the Minstead staff James & Lucy were brilliant. As parents, it is lovely to hear and watch their confidence grow."
This week we are celebrating Refugee Week. In class, we are doing some activities to support refugees and to become aware of their struggles, worries and accomplishments. This year's theme is 'healing', so we are looking at ways to heal from trauma, sickness or even heal our planet. Please join us in this celebration of resilience, connection, mutual care and the amazing ability to start again.
At Wordsworth, the children have written some messages for the refugees and we displayed them on the school fence. On the top floor windows, you can also see REFUGEES ARE WELCOME HERE.
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month
This June, we are celebrating Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. The theme for this year's celebration is 'Homes and belonging'. We are aiming to educate and raise awareness in our school and community, where we promote inclusion and embrace diversity.
Parent Teacher Meetings
Information about this is now here:
- 05/01/24In our school, there are 3 children whose first language is Ukrainian.Read Full Story
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Year 6 Parent Reading Session
Thank you to all the parents who were able to attend on Monday Morning to join year 6 in their reading lesson. It was brilliant to be able to share with the parents how we learn to read fluently and accurately at the top end of Key Stage 2 - making sure we can read long pieces of tex...Read Full Story - 01/11/23
- 19/10/23
The Stephen Spender Schools Laureate Prize for Poetry
In July we shyly entered a poetry translation competition - The Stephen Spender Schools Laureate Prize - with a few of our Year 5 & 6 children. We are proud to say that Emma Sultan's poem (Year 6) was chosen as one of three Highly Commended entries in the KS1/2 category. It was a competit...Read Full Story - 12/10/23
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Language of the Week: Russian
In our diverse school, there are 5 children whose first language is Russian and 5 children whose second language is Russian. A few of them have been practising their language skills by teaching basic Russian to 5 other children in our weekly Russian Club sessions, so now even more children are famil...Read Full Story - 10/07/23
Our language of the fortnight is: Sinhala
There are 5 children who speak Sinhala (also known as Sinhalese) in our school. Let's learn a few things about this languageRead Full Story - 30/06/23
Language of the Fortnight - Tamil
There are 8 children who speak Tamil in our school. Let's learn a few things about this languageRead Full Story - 26/05/23
Hamwic Fundraising Day
We are having a Hamwic Foundation fundraising day on Friday 26th May. Children can come to school in non school uniform or fancy dress!Read Full Story


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Welcome to the fifth week of Bricks 'n Blooms Weekly!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday week.
It's been a busy week here decorating for the holidays.
And I'm happy to say, I'm finished.
For now.
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Random Things Happening Behind the Scenes at Bricks 'n Blooms
- We decorated our tree last weekend and there's a great backstory about how our new tree topper came to be and why we went with a faux tree this year after decorating with a real Christmas tree for the last 25 years.
- I started baking cookies this week too. Because my easy Christmas cookies recipe involves candy, I had to hide the ingredients so my family wouldn't eat them before I had a chance to make the cookies. Do you need to do that too? Even after all the hiding, one of the bags was found. Luckily, there was enough left for me to work with, but I guess I need a better hiding spot.
- We added a bunch of Christmas lights outside in the front gardens and these cool flickering flameless candles in the windows. Doesn't it look so pretty? I just bought these candles and wound up getting another set! They are great for my windows but because they come with a timer and remote, I wanted to add them to my dining room table too.
- My amaryllis is really taking off. I set them all up a few weeks ago and they all have lots of growth. I can't wait to see them bloom!
- It was a crazy busy week on the blog too! This week we went on my holiday home tour, learned how to make (or where to buy) a rustic star tree topper, baked easy Christmas cookies, 17 Christmas tree decorating ideas, and a before and after dining room makeover.
Amazing Inspiration from Around the Web
I love finding cool inspiration from around the web and wanted to share some of what I'm loving right now.
My favorite thing about blogging is the great friends I've made around the globe.
And I want to share some of them with you this week because they are really inspiring me.
Since I'm all about holiday baking right now, check out these embossed cookies that my good friend Jayne made from Chalking Up Success. Arent these rolling pins super cool???
I participated in a holiday home tour this week and REALLY love how my friend Crissy from First Day of Home decorated her home. Isn't it gorgeous?
And here are some more fun things I found on the web!
This laundry room Christmas makeover.
Check out these amazing DIY dollar tree ideas.
And this cool Christmas re-purposing craft.
These delicious ginger snap Christmas cookies.
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G. Fortuin: I Wish To Be Respected, Not Tolerated
I Wish To Be Respected – Not Tolerated
Wellington, 2 November 2005
By Gregory Fortuin
I thank you for and admire your courage (or is it financial acumen) in not going for the "safe $15000 a pop professional" and opting for a colourful card-carrying member of what was once a banned so-called terrorist organisation to address your leadership dinner. Although we are no longer banned and everybody wants photo opportunities with Mandela, many still think the rest of us are a bunch of terrorists. To add to my "don't fit the respectable traditional mould" or more to the point "Non-Mainstream" profile is the fact that I was raised by a solo mum and support the Warriors. This "cheeky darkie" is also eternally grateful to doctors Brash and Mapp for the privilege to speak his mind and not having to be PC in his approach here tonight. 30 years ago I would have been incarcerated in an Apartheid jail for 90days without a trial.
I hope you enjoyed the "Diversity Game" and even if you did not, there is always tomorrow when we can all return to our normal lives of gross generalisations, stereotyping, one or two insincere smiles and where a few of us can continue to show little regard for the dignity of others. And if you are Alan Duff you could even be offensive to people with disabilities or simply because they are "minorities". What I don't know is whether Duff has the PC Terminator's blessing to be offensive. Lets be clear of one thing, I am not attacking Alan Duff the person, but this particular behaviour. In fact in all my dealings with Alan he has always been civil and I am aware of the many great things he does with underprivileged kids.
Today as they lay to rest 92 year Rosa Parks, a woman of immense integrity and strength who refused to give up her seat to a white man, I wish to reflect on a few home truths. The black seamstress said of that winters day in 1955 that her feet were not more swollen or tired than usual. "It was my whole being that was tired of being denigrated and disrespected. I did not set out to be arrested; I just wanted to go home with dignity".
Now Rosa Parks was definitely a minority – not just as a black woman in the "Land of the Free", but even amongst blacks. 4 People were asked to give up their seats for 1 white man on that fateful day…..and 3 did. Those 3 people did what the majority of blacks did every day. They meekly accepted being dehumanised and denigrated – they did not want to rock the boat…they did not want to cause trouble….they needed their jobs to support their families Given the cockeyed logic that the majority is always right, Rosa Parks was a Cheeky Minority way out of line with mainstream. It is only right that the PC Terminator introduces legislation that will legitimise "bus drivers in all walks of life" to continue to humiliate these Cheeky Minorities.
One of the hardest things I have ever done was to "Say Sorry" to the Wellington Club for kicking up a fuss after being denied access and not respecting their right as a private club to set their own rules. What they did however experience that day was my reaction to decades of being judged on external factors and exposed to stereotypes and gross generalisations. I was sick and tired of living in the coloured area and going to the coloured school and sitting in the coloured section. I remembered my resentment at being denied access to study medicine at a "white university" because they had filled their quota of coloured students. I had enough of buying take-away and not being allowed to sit down. Deep down I had enough of "white males being the standard that I had to live up to". The Wellington Club wrongly bore the brunt that day.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't want special treatment in the workplace or anywhere else for that matter. I don't want to be the token coloured. I don't believe in diversity for diversity sake. I absolutely believe that we should concentrate on skills and competency. What I find fascinating though is that in spite of the popular myths of "the sisterhood that dominates New Zealand" the overwhelming numbers of senior influential positions (especially next level down from CEO but including CEO) are dominated by white males. Board rooms around New Zealand are no different. The NZ Census of Women's participation in Governance showed only 5.4% of Directors of Publicly Listed Companies (NZX) were woman as at 31 March 2003. Directors of Crown Companies featured 7 times better at 35.09%. A study by Massey University academics van der Walt and Ingley found that the average profile of a Board Director was a white male between the ages of 56 and 60. Obviously some of them are extremely talented. I have learnt more about governance from Ken Douglas and Jim Bolger than any Harvard course and I would serve with them anywhere but fellow board members Diana Crossan and Sara Lunam can foot it with the best of them any day any time. Yet the statistics based on appointments would have us believe that white males are the most talented people on God's earth.
However let me repeat, we must not have tokenism or diversity for diversity sake in business. We must do it for the right reasons….How about simply to be just and fair. But I acknowledge that life's not fair. So as a Capitalist with a conscience, how about to make money. Diversity brings different perspectives, backgrounds and values and unless these societal characteristics or at least those of your target market are reflected in your organisation you will discover future revenue streams drying up as you lose touch with consumers. When the all white marketing team of a well known motor company developed and launched a new car for the Latin American market, they developed a superb product but called it "denova". It didn't sell because the name meant "don't go" to their target market. (All they needed was a Hispanic on their marketing team)
In his 1993 Kapilla Fellowship lecture on "The administration of Justice in a Multi-Cultural Society" Justice Brooke accounts 5 true stories that resulted in "great hurt and serious injustice". In each instance well intentioned judges in good faith but total ignorance because of stereotyping and gross generalisations caused terrible harm. It happens through out society.
Don't make the mistake to assume that diversity is just about culture and ethnicity. Just because someone looks like you, don't assume they share your values and vice versa. Don't jump to conclusions based on myths and deliberate misinformation. Garbage like all young girls fall pregnant to get the DPB, or Maori are lazy and on the dole or brown doctors are inferior to white doctors is just that, Garbage!
All of us were created equal – not in a materialistic sense or as far as our talents are concerned, but it terms of our humanity. Like Rosa Parks human beings all over the world irrespective of race, colour, religion or creed are saying we are tired of being denigrated and trampled on. No longer do we wish to be merely tolerated like a bad headache WE WISH TO BE RESPECTED. Judge us by the colour of our hearts and our behaviour not by any other superficial measure.
In a world where if you took issue with the USA you are a terrorist or if you stood up for basic Human Rights you are being PC, I wish to commend you for facing the challenges of diversity and wish you well. It is an undeniable fact that the social fabric of our society is multi ethnic. No child is born a bigot……there are no racists in the sandpit at the crèche. The tragedy is that our kids grow up and become adults just like us.
I do however want to caution that it is not just diversity workshops or provocative speeches or one day a year when we are good to our neighbours that bring about harmonise diversity. I pray for the day when equal to washing my face and getting a cup of tea I will respect the dignity of others the way I wish to be respected and realise that we are all members of the human race, inextricably linked.
I thank you
Gregory Fortuin is a former NZ Race
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5 Logo Design Trends to Watch Out for in 2023
Many businesses have logos. But some businesses may be in need of a refresh of their logo to help them be more competitive. With this being the case, it makes sense to consider current logo design trends, which we present here for your benefit. 1. Monograms for logos are being used to portray companies as … Read more


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Jenna Leurquin, the owner of JL Patisserie in Scottsdale and Phoenix, AZ. Born in Belgium she went from playing golf, double majoring in International Business and Finance at Boise State University to completing a 9 month training program at Le Cordon Bleu Paris in both cuisine and pastry. She then went on to train among some of the best chefs in Belgium and Paris before moving to Arizona.


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Its cold, the emptiness of the void. Where is the void? you might ask. Its right here. In the part of your mind where your thoughts do not reach. Its not like any place that exists within the world around us. It operates on a different playing field, it has its own set of rules- a set of rules that are beyond a set of rules. Its chaotic in nature but can be quite peaceful in appearance. Nothing in the void is meant to be understood, much like the unknown- or perhaps it is the unknown itself. You can feel whatever you want, do whatever you want. You can even invite the void into your daily life and let it hang over your head like a stormy cloud. There isnt much practical use for it besides using it for spiritual or creative purposes. The reason why is because you make whatever you want out of it. You probably spent your entire life not even knowing its there because what use will it do for you? it wont make you money, it wont make you a better person, its what you choose to do with it that matters. me? i guess all ive been doing with it is letting it take over me. Maybe its because i cant find any meaning for it. Or perhaps im finding meaning here, in this random place.
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Trag- und Verformungsverhalten von unbewehrten Mauerwerksscheiben unter Berücksichtigung der Interaktion mit der Gebäudestruktur
Boesen, Niklas Johann; Klinkel, Sven (Thesis advisor); Fischer, Oliver (Thesis advisor); Butenweg, Christoph (Thesis advisor)
Ausgabe mit korrigierter ISBN. - Aachen : Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Fakultät für Bauingenieurwesen, Lehrstuhl für Baustatik und Baudynamik (2021, 2022)
Book, Dissertation / PhD Thesis
In: Schriftenreihe des Lehrstuhls für Baustatik und Baudynamik der RWTH Aachen 13 (2021)
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Dissertation, RWTH Aachen University, 2021
The requirements for modern brick masonry have grown steadily in the past. In addition to the architectural requirements for user flexibility and aesthetics, they must also be optimally designed in terms of the structure, energy, sound insulation and fire protection. The complex combination of the above-mentioned criteria often leads to the fact that the structural design of buildings made of brick masonry is only possible with great effort or with a hybrid construction method. Conservative linear design methods prove to be incapable of exploiting the available load-bearing reserves. The solution appears to be the application of modern nonlinear deformation-based verification methods. Although these methods provide a more realistic representation of the load-bearing behavior of masonry, they also impose increased requirements on the calculation model and the masonry-specific design principles. In practice, the design principles are criticized, among other things, because of the very simplified modeling assumptions and the resulting inadequate representation of the interaction effects within the building structure when determining the internal forces. Moreover, the application of the design concept according to DIN EN 1996-1 in connection with the validity of the shear failure criteria is to be questioned. Furthermore, important details of the structure, such as the reduced slab support at the energy-optimized wall-slab node, have not yet been considered in the codes. The exploitation of existing load-bearing capacities by modifying masonry-specific rules is of essential importance for the future viability of masonry as a building material. The present work investigates the load-bearing and displacement behavior of unreinforced brick masonry with special attention to the influence of wall-building interaction. For the investigation, a nonlinear three-dimensional micromodel is developed, which can represent effects in the wall plane as well as out of the wall plane. With the help of the numerical model, a comprehensive variant study is carried out, considering all the main parameters influencing the shear-bearing behavior. The consideration of a variable moment distribution over the wall height as well as an eccentric vertical load introduction due to partial slab support at the wall head is of particular importance. To investigate and differentiate the decisive failure mechanisms at wall level, the stress and strain states at both joint and individual brick level are analyzed, and the capacity curves are evaluated with respect to load-bearing and displacement capacity. Next, the obtained knowledge will be used and incorporated into an improved design approach, which should enable the correct representation of the horizontal load-bearing capacity with a simultaneously manageable computational effort for the practical application in construction. Finally, the development of a macromodel for the simulation of masonry shear walls with and without eccentric vertical load introduction at the wall head is described.
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This study examined preservice elementary teachers' biological classification conceptions and whether process-oriented guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) or traditional pedagogies affect preservice elementary teachers' understanding of biological classification conceptions. A literature review was completed to determine common biological classification conceptions that exist among all researched populations, what misconceptions are present regarding biological classification, and whether POGIL was an appropriate pedagogy to use in the experimental study. The findings from the literature review were used to develop a mixed-method research study. Both quantitative and qualitative data was gathered through the use of pre- and posttests and post-instruction clinical interviews. Participants (n = 47) were preservice elementary teachers enrolled at the Minnesota State University, Mankato in the BIOL 480 course during the fall semester of 2012. The traditional (n = 22) and POGIL (n = 25) groups received their respective instructional methods, completed Classification Conceptions Inventory and Classification pre- and posttests, and participants (n = 8) completed a post-instruction interview. Overall, results indicated that there was no significant difference between treatment groups, but there was a significant difference between sections for specific instruments. The qualitative data showed some evidence that POGIL was more effective than traditional pedagogy, but not enough to conclude POGIL was more effective. This study concluded that more research must be conducted.
Bethann Lavoie
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Scott Page
Committee Member
Carrie Chapman
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Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
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Volz, M. (2019). Effect of process-oriented guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) on preservice elementary teachers' understanding of biological classification [Master's thesis, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/933/
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Resilient Space Internet Comes Down to Earth Gadgets with Android
A new Internet protocol designed for interplanetary transmissions is bringing its delay-tolerant magic to Earth
Google's Android does a lot more these days than just smart phones and nifty mobile gadgets. An Internet pioneer is using the platform to launch a interplanetary Internet protocol on Earth that could harden wireless networks against delays in data transmission.
Vint Cerf worked with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the TCP/IP protocol that all netizens rely upon today, and tried adapting the old reliable for NASA's interplanetary communications with distant spacecraft. But complicating issues such as planetary rotation and the long distances involved — 40 minutes roundtrip for data traveling at light speed between Earth and Mars — led Cerf to design a new Internet protocol that does not require a continuous connection.
The Disruption-Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol works pretty much as advertised. It deals with delays in interplanetary communication by forcing its nodes to hold onto data packets until connection has been restored, and then resumes transmission. The Register reports that Cerf's team is testing the new protocol on outbound space platforms headed for destinations 80 or 90 light-seconds away from Earth.
Now Cerf has also added DTN to Google's Android as an application platform for the open-source operating system. His team has already tested the protocol in northern Sweden on laptops speeding away from each other in all-terrain vehicles.
This is just the latest example of Android's usefulness beyond the mobile market. E-readers ranging from Spring Design's Alex to the multi-touch Barnes & Noble hybrid known as the Nook also use Android. Even the military has seized upon Android as the platform for keeping warfighters connected with their drone buddies high in the sky.
At the very least, the space-faring DTN protocol shows that not even the sky's the limit for Android.
[via The Register]


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Federalist Society expert Adam White published an article in the Weekly Standard yesterday criticizing the American Bar Association's bias when evaluating judicial nominees.
On Monday, the ABA deemed Leonard Steven Grasz "Not Qualified" for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. White alleges that this decision is rooted in a blatant misrepresentation of Grasz's views and an attack on his character.
Further, the ABA's approval appears political by nature. White doubts that the organization would be so quick to cast Grasz as "lacking open-mindedness" if he disagreed with the Supreme Court's pro-gun precedent in Heller or its pro-speech precedent in Citizens United. Instead, the ABA report disputes Grasz's judicial competency because he cautioned lower-court judges in 1999 to not create broader abortion rights than what was designated by the Supreme Court.
Visit this link to read Adam White's full article in the Weekly Standard.


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When you have in your possession a car that is able to warp the asphalt underneath it, it's kind of hard to refrain from putting your foot down on the gas.
But some do put their foot down every now and then, and hopefully, when they do so, they are in a somewhat safer environment, like a track.
Also, if you manage to get several vehicles on the same track, the real fun ensues. Drag races are the norm and, as the next video will show you, you can never know who has the upper hand in such a battle. Pitted against a Ford GT, the BMW M3 puts on a hell of a show.
Truth be told, neither of these vehicles are stock. Both develop ludicrous amounts of power thanks to some tuning. The BMW M3 sports a ESS VT3-750 supercharger that takes the power up to 711 Hp. As for the Ford GT, thanks to a Whipple Supercharger under the hood, the output on that baby is close to 800 Hp. Let's how these number fare on the track.


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CADILLAC — Wesley Gibson was born with anophthalmia and agenesis of the corpus callosum — that is, without eyes and without the part of the brain that connects the hemispheres. Wesley has made remarkable progress rising above these challenges and the generosity of others have helped him rise even higher.
Doctors predicted that Wesley may never walk or speak, but Wesley defied the odds. He learned to talk and sing and took his first steps at age three. Despite his remarkable progress, Wesley began to lose ground as he grew older. He stopped speaking and experienced a great deal of frustration as a result.
Janet Gibson, Wesley's mother, said that part of the reason for this change was explained by subsequent diagnoses of selective mutism and autism.
The Accent 1000, a high-tech talking device available through Wesley's school, helped Wesley. His mood improved as he regained the ability to communicate through the device, and he began to say some words again, too.
The Accent 1000 resembles an iPad at first glance: it has a touchscreen and is a similar size. One important difference is a plastic grid on top of the screen with bumps so Wesley can feel where his hands are on the screen, similar to the home row on a typewriter. After constructing a sentence, the device will announce what Wesley wants to say.
"He has to make the sentences, and he has to say all the things he wants. There's not one button that says like, 'I want to go home,' or 'I need to go to the bathroom,'" Janet said. "He uses his talking device to let us know when he wants to eat or what he wants to eat."
The only problem was this device was a loaner from Wesley's school, and Janet was trying to find Wesley a device of his own. However, this device retails for more than $7,000, and Janet applied for one through Chive Charities after hearing how they had helped another Michigan child born without eyes.
Chive Charities worked to make sure that Wesley would never be without his talking device, and it didn't take long before Wesley received his own Accent 1000.
"He loves his talking device," Janet said. "He plays with it, and does his math on it. He tells us he wants to go on an airplane."
Good news did not stop there for the Gibsons. "I finished my Chive Charities application for this talking device, and then it just so happened to be that one of my friends talked me into trying to apply for this bike, for an adaptive bike," Janet said. "It was a device that I had been wanting and looking for for years, so that we could get back into running 5Ks or going for walks."
Janet explained that she had applied for a similar bike in the 2015 Great Bike Giveaway but didn't win that year. After reapplying for the Great Bike Giveaway this year, Wesley finally won.
"Instead of winning through votes, the community stepped up and all donated, so we were awarded this adaptive bike," Janet said. "He is joyous that we have something that he can walk and go for a bike ride, so that's making him super happy."
Janet said she was thrilled about the generosity shown toward Wesley. "Not only our friends, but just other people in the community and complete strangers have helped Wesley get these things," Janet said. "Some really good things have happened, and I'm thankful to the community that continues to support us. It's just great."


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NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 Series is already set to hit the shelves starting October yet there are already issues pertaining to the new PCIe Gen5 power port that is being deployed. What sort of issue, you ask? As it turns, it's about the new 12VHPWR cable and how it has the potential to become a fire hazard.
The issue was first reported by Steve Burke over at Gamers Nexus (GN), who told his audience that PCI-SIG, the group that governs PCIe standards, had sent out an email regarding the 12-pin (4x 8-pin) PCIe Gen5 cable and that the new power cable standard was shown actually running the risk of actually melting during use.
Credit where it's due, it was NVIDIA who discovered the issue with the PCIe Gen5 cable and reported it to PCI-SIG, as it was running multiple tests with different prototypes of the cable and PSU.
PCI-SIG says that one of the causes behind the PCIe Gen5 cable actually melting – besides the fact that running 600W of power through what is effectively a thinner-than-average cable – is wear-and-tear and more to the point, constant plugging and unplugging of it from the card.
There is a term for this action: connection cycles. PCI-SIG says that on average, the PCIe Gen5 cables have an average lifespan of 40 connection cycles. As though wanting to rub coarse salt into an already gaping wound, NVIDIA's AiB partner, Zotac, says that its 12VHPWR cables that will be bundled with each of its RTX 40 Series GPUs will last for 30 connection cycles.
There are reports that suggest that 30 and 40 connection cycles is par for the course in the lifecycle of a power connector, PCIe Gen5 standard notwithstanding. And if you're an average PC gamer who's only looking to get a card, install it, and forget about it until its first dust-out, that's fine too.
The problem we see here lies with tech media, DIY, and the PC overclocking community; because some of us have no choice but to do the assembly and disassembly dance, this revelation about PCIe Gen5 does somewhat concern us.
(Source: GamersNexus, Videocardz)
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TORONTO — Amfil Technologies Inc. is updating plans for the franchising the Snakes & Lattes Inc. retail division throughout North America.
The Snakes & Lattes tabletop gaming bars/cafes have continued to grow in popularity and at the brand's two locations in downtown Toronto. A third Toronto location is set to open in early September as the brand's flagship location, which all future locations will be modeled after as the division continues its North American expansion plans.
Due to the growing interest in Snakes & Lattes, the company has decided the most effective way to supply enough venues to meet the demand from patrons is to begin leasing franchises.
Franchising and expansion plans are still in development, but the first leased franchise is expected to open in early 2018.


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Even better protection for adventure seekers and their Adventure GS. The RVS Staal Touratech crash bar extension can provide help where the original R 1200 GS Adventure crash bar no longer suffices. And this can happen quicker than one may think. For example, when the motorbike tips beyond the crash bar and parts of the fairing or even the sensitive Aluminium tank are affected. This cannot only become expensive but put an abrupt end to a lovely tour as a worst scenario.
The crash bar extension made of robust, electropolished RVS Staal is easy to clean and rust-proof. The intelligent four-point screw connection distributes crash or impact forces over the frame, resulting in less damage. Even deep scratches can be polished up.
– precisely matches the original crash bar in terms of design, colour and material
– is screwed to the original BMW engine crash bar
– main screw connection points positioned to ensure that forces are distributed across the frame
– additional, profiled RVS Staal plate for greater stability and even more safety
– protects the cylinder head and the sensitive Aluminium tank better against damage
– made of electropolished RVS Staal and is therefore rust-proof
– even deep scratches can be polished up easily
– unrestricted freedom for knees and legs
– tried, tested and proven in tough daily travel
– own production and "Made in Germany"
Note: Cannot be combined with RVS Staal reinforcing strut for original BMW engine crash bar, BMW R1200GS from 2013 / BMW R1200GS Adventure from 2014 (01-045-5164-0)
Additional information for installation: the Touratech crash bar extension is screwed to the main frame of the vehicle and the original crash bar at two points in order to distribute crash or impact forces better and to prevent severe damage to the vehicle. Additional stability of the crash bar extension is achieved by two further connection points on the crash bar. All parts necessary for installation are supplied. No special tools are requiRood.


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