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Time Weaver 1.0
User's Manual
Real-Time and Multimedia Systems Laboratory (RTML) Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
RTML, Carnegie Mellon University ? 2001-2002
This research is sponsored in part by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under the Model-Based Integration of Embedded Software (MoBIES) program under a contract with the Air Force Research Laboratories.
No part of this document should be interpreted as being endorsed by any part of the United States government or its agencies.
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Table of Contents
1. What is Time Weaver? ......................................................................................................4
1.1. A High-Level Overview of Time Weaver ............................................................ 4
1.1.1. An Example System .............................................................................................5
1.2. A Sample Use-Sequence of Time Weaver ............................................................. 7 1.3. The CMU IMAGES Project .................................................................................. 9
1.4. Organization of This Document ............................................................................ 9 1.5. Summary of Time Weaver Features and Capabilities ........................................... 9
1.6. Current Status of Time Weaver ......................................................................... 10
2. Main Concepts ................................................................................................................ 12
2.1. Components ........................................................................................................ 17 2.2. Couplers ............................................................................................................. 17
2.2.1. Typed Coupling Groups ..................................................................................... 18
2.2.2. Aggregation ....................................................................................................... 19
2.2.3. Timing Aggregation ........................................................................................... 20
2.2.4. Coupling Mechanisms ........................................................................................ 20
2.2.5. Coupling characterization................................................................................... 21
2.2.6. Roles .................................................................................................................. 22
2.2.7. Special couplers ................................................................................................. 22
2.2.8. Scopes ............................................................................................................... 22
3. The Time Weaver GUI................................................................................................... 23 3.1. Building Systems ................................................................................................ 24
3.1.1. Configuring Components ................................................................................... 25
3.1.2. Configuring Event Interfaces.............................................................................. 26
3.1.3. Configuring State Managers and Protocol Agents .............................................. 26
3.1.4. Configuring Couplers ......................................................................................... 26 4. Boeing OEP ACL Component ......................................................................................... 27 5. Generating Boeing OEP XML Configuration .................................................................. 29 6. Common Patterns ............................................................................................................ 30
6.1.1. Active components ............................................................................................. 30 6.2. Invocation ........................................................................................................... 30 Time Weaver 1.0 User Manual 2
6.3. Event delivery ..................................................................................................... 30
6.4. Event merging .................................................................................................... 30
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1. What is Time Weaver?
Time Weaver is a comprehensive framework and tool for the creation and management of reusable software components, and is specifically targeted at the domain of embedded and distributed real-time systems. The framework used is called the "Coupler" framework, and
is based on the notion of port-based software components. The framework is augmented by a graphical user interface (called Time Weaver) that is written in Java and can therefore be run on any platform that supports Java.
Time Weaver also has a host of other complementary functionalities:
; XML Data Interchange: Time Weaver represents its data using XML (eXtensible
Markup Language), and therefore is intended to interface with multiple modeling and 1analysis tools developed by DARPA"s MoBIES program.
; Interfacing with UML: Time Weaver can import UML (Unified Modeling Language)
class diagrams. Currently, Rational Rose is the only UML tool that is directly
; End-to-End Timing Analysis: Time Weaver can export timing information from its
components to a timing analysis tool like TimeWiz? to perform process-to-processor
binding and end-to-end schedulability analysis.
; Code Generation: Time Weaver can generate runnable code from the information 2provided. Time Weaver 1.0 generates Real-Time Java and C+ code.
; Configuration Generation: Time Weaver can generate XML representations of
complete system configurations.
Any or all of these complementary functionalities of Time Weaver may be optionally skipped. In other words, it is not required that a user exploit all the functionality supported by the tool. For example, the MoBIES Boeing Open Experimental Platform project intends to use the configuration generation capability, but completely skip the code-generation capability. Others may not use UML diagramming tools at all as an input to Time Weaver, and instead choose to represent their component relationships directly in Time Weaver. 1.1. A High-Level Overview of Time Weaver
Consider an embedded real-time system. The development of this system consists of two coarse-grained but distinct aspects:
; Functional Design: The first aspect deals with the development of application-
specific logic and functionality, where code corresponding to the specific needs of the
application(s) at hand, must be designed and developed. The application logic of any
relatively large system is typically contained in several modules. We refer to this as
the functional design of the system.
1 See "http://www.darpa.mil/ito/research/mobies/index.html".
2 The C++ code-generation capability in Time Weaver 1.0 is not as mature as the Real-Time Java code.
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; Deployment Design: The second aspect of the system corresponds to how the
various modules comprising the application-specific logic communicate and interact
with one another. This aspect also involves decisions about what processors,
operating systems and middleware layers to use. After these choices, the application-
logic modules need to be "mapped" to these processors and their systems software
The premise of Time Weaver is that the functional and deployment designs can be cleanly separated, and that this separation enables the use of reusable software components in embedded real-time systems. Time Weaver then aims at automating the deployment design aspect without requiring any human coding while offering the user extensive flexibility in tailoring attributes of the deployment but at much higher levels of abstraction. Time Weaver therefore promises significant benefits in software productivity. In addition, by enabling and interfacing with a host of modeling, analysis and simulation tools, the veracity and correctness of the final system can be verified before actual deployment.
In other words, application-specific logic and computational modules are created as elements of a component library, and can consist of signal processing operations such as video processing and speech recognition, command and control operations, mathematical transformations, data predictions, or control loops.
Track Radar Filter Display
Figure 1. A radar system to track airborne objects.
1.1.1. An Example System
As an example, consider the tracking system shown in Figure which tracks airborne objects using radar. A radar front-end receives echoes of emitted signals from the sky and passes them to a filter. The filter removes from these signals noise and information about static objects and perhaps uninteresting objects such as birds. The filtered signals are then mapped to known tracks (or new tracks are created) of flying objects, by the tracking subsystem. Finally, the various tracks are shown on one or more display screens. Frequently, end-to-end timing constraints (of a few seconds or less) are associated between the instants of signal reception at the radar and its corresponding display on the screen of an operator or user. The functional design of this system involves the design and development of these four modules to perform their specific functions corresponding to the partitioning of the application functionality. Each of these functions can (and must!) be coded as re-usable software components, where each software component transforms its input data into some other form of output data.
The deployment design of the system must determine the answers, for example, to the following questions:
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; How these software components communicate with one another, which in turn can
depend on whether they run within the same process, the same processor or on
different processors?
; How to distribute load across the processors in the system (assuming more than one)?
; How to ensure that the system can be made reliable, and tolerate one or more points
of failures?
; How to reduce end-to-end latencies in case the end-to-end timing constraints are not
; How to verify the behavior of the deployed application vis-à-vis timing, liveness, and
fault recovery?
; How to build and manage the binary configurations that must be downloaded to the
various system processors?
The objectives of Time Weaver are to enable developers
; to make different decisions on any or all of these questions freely and flexibly (as a
given system evolves or for different systems),
; to automate the impact of these decisions both in terms of correctness and glue-code
generation, and
; to "componentize" applications for future re-use (and customization).
For example, in this radar system example, the designer may initially choose the following processor binding of its four components.
Radar Filter Track Display
Processor Processor
Assignment Assignment
Later, if the designer chooses to move the "Display" component to a separate processor, it is
just done by changing the component"s "BoundProcessor" attribute. As can be guessed, these 4 components can be bound to 1, 2, 3 or 4 processors in a large number of combinations. For each of these processor binding choices, these components may need to communicate across processors, across different processes in the same processor, and across different threads in the same process and processor. The inter-process(or) communications (IPC) code that is needed to make these components interact with one another will automatically be generated and optimized by Time Weaver. If components are moved into the same processor and can exist within the same process, the IPC code can be automatically replaced by highly efficient accesses to global variables.
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One might ask "What middleware layer (such as CORBA, RMI, DCOM and .NET) does Time Weaver subscribe to?". The answer is "None, Time Weaver is neutral and can in principle work with any middleware service since the middleware used is abstracted away from the user.
Thus, Time Weaver is a framework and tool with which a designer/developer can
; create reusable embedded software components for distributed and embedded real-
time systems,
; capture, analyze, and optimize non-functional aspects,
; optimize inter-process communications and degree of concurrency,
; customize component parameters (in particular timing parameters),
; represent and manipulate data path, control path and timing paths independently,
; generate fully functional target code by linking with functional code segments. 1.2. A Sample Use-Sequence of Time Weaver
A common usage sequence of the Time Weaver environment is illustrated in Figure 0 and is as follows.
; In Step 1, UML class diagrams are imported from a UML modeling tool (such as
Rational Rose) into Time Weaver.
; In Step 2, the developer using the Time Weaver GUI adds components to the
Time Weaver project from a component library, or creates components from
scratch. (More information on these features will be provided shortly).
Interactions and "couplings" among these components will also likely be added.
Information regarding the number of execution threads in the system, timing
parameters and data flows in the system is also added.
; In Step 3, this Time Weaver project is then exported for performing end-to-end ?. This is to timing analysis into a schedulability analysis tool like TimeWiz
ensure that the software configuration of the software components in Time
Weaver will satisfy their timing constraints when deployed on a hardware
platform of interest.
; In Step 4, the results of the timing analysis are exported back to the Time Weaver
; In Step 5, Time Weaver is used to generate code that can be run within a target
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?Rational Rose UML Time Weaver
,? Repository Target
? ,
Figure 1. A Common Usage Sequence of the Time Weaver environment.
It is worthy to note that the data exchanges between Time Weaver and other tools use an 3 XML representation format.
3 The DARPA MoBIES program is developing a standard XML representation for embedded software systems
called ESML (Embedded Systems Markup Language).. Time Weaver 1.0 User Manual 8
1.3. The CMU IMAGES Project
Schedulability & QoS analysis UML QoS/Resourc Hybrid Systems Verification Timing models requirements constraints Test vector generation
Reachability analysis State Control laws RT-CORBA machines
Run-Time IMAGESPlumbing Linux/RK RT-Java Toolset
Code Generation
Run-Time Environment Embedded Target
Multi-View Modeling + Analyses + Targeting Freedom +
Reusable Embedded Software Components
Figure 2. Goals of the IMAGES Project at Carnegie
Mellon The Time Weaver tool is being developed by a DARPA MoBIES-funded project called IMAGES (Integrated Modeling for the Analysis and Generation of Embedded Software) at 4Carnegie Mellon University. The principal investigators of the project are Prof. Raj
Rajkumar and Prof. Bruce Krogh. A visual description of the goals of the IMAGES project is provided in Figure 0.
1.4. Organization of This Document
The rest of this document is organized as follows. Section 2 describes the main concepts and
primitives used within Time Weaver. It also illustrates how a simple embedded real-time system can be modeled in Time Weaver. Section 3 describes the graphical user-interface of Time Weaver.
1.5. Summary of Time Weaver Features and Capabilities
It is a tool front-end for
(a) building reusable embedded software components with components
4 Professors Rajkumar and Krogh can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com respectively.
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only providing "application-specific" logic
* basic component descriptions can be imported from tools like
Rational Rose
- we want to interface Time Weaver later with Matlab as well
* components can be aggregated to create larger and larger components
* the tool allows the separation of the following in terms of independent manipulation, analysis and optimization:
(i) control paths: how many threads/processes exist, and whether a component has a built-in thread (a so-called active component), or can be invoked by multiple threads (a so-called passive component). With data-sharing across components/threads, mutual exclusion requirements and related requirements can also be specified.
(ii) data paths: threads/processes represent control paths, but data values may "flow" independent of those threads.
This is particularly explicit in Boeing's publish/subscribe architecture. Their "published" events indicate that data values have changed (and are a part of control flow).
In response to such a received event, a subscribed client can on its own volition check the new data value (affecting data flow). I/O can also be chosen to be blocking (wait until input is available), or non-blocking (continue if input is not available immediately).
(iii) timing paths: the periodicity of components are specified parametrically; so, a reusable component can be deployed at different rates by different developers. Since components can be aggregated, the periods of descendant components can be automatically set by setting the period of its parent component. By changing the period of *one* "root" component, the periods of a large number of child components can therefore be changed (using some algebraic relationship, like same as parent, twice that of parent, 4 times that of parent, etc.)
; the separation of the application-specific logic from its interfacing to the rest of the
system is accomplished by
1.6. Current Status of Time Weaver
Current constraint • Cannot automatically reverse-engineer systems
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Nice isn't it?
Helmet,Daniel,Myself and chuckei.
Bump into BELL =)
But end up....
Pity Boy..
More picture will be upload at FB..
What the hell yea?
Yes, mr joshua chow ko-ed again,
After Party,
Alakazam zam zam aka momo.
Aww, my babe valerie..
Heart them gao gao;)
" Hey babe chuckei, make sure next time no third party join in.
Hard to get couple pic with you "
That night felix gone insane, He's so damn cracked. CRAZY MAN! He randomly catched people kissing with him. (feel like vomiting when uploaded these photo) After party, heading to SRI PETALING HOTEL for Weng birthday celebration. We reached there around 4am, Most of the people ciao already. As usual, All the guy were forced to drink. Valerie and I having a great time listening funny jokes and tests by mr ernest. The best way to killing time I guess :)
Ernest chow.
Slutty Sixth Sense @ Barclub KL
While taken my brunch, Lai asked us to go barclub for streetwear party. Since we have no plan on that night. so why not? That night is quite happening, Imagine that CAT dancing at the dance floor..hahaha =P
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Charlotte 49ers Face the Rice Owls: NCAA Basketball Odds and Betting Trends
Charlotte 49ers will go to the free throw line vs Rice Owls on Saturday, hoping to boost its 10-9 record with a victory while beating the betting lines set by odds makers.
Opening Odds & Computer Pick
Bettors looking to go with the Rice Owls in this one found them listed as -9.5-point favorites earlier on the NCAA basketball betting odds menu at Bovada. Check for line moves and odds updates as money coming in on the 49ers was expected to move the line.
Charlotte 49ers vs Rice Owls Matchup
Team Betting Records & Power Rankings
The Rice Owls sport a record of 13-8 and 6-7 ATS heading into this betting matchup, while the Charlotte 49ers have 10-9 and 7-9-1 ATS marks on the season. The OVER/UNDER records are 7-6 for the Rice Owls and 8-8-1 for the Charlotte 49ers.
The Rice Owls sit at No. 76 in the current college hoops power poll here at Odds Shark, while the Charlotte 49ers sit at No. 257 on the same chart.
Statistical Matchup
Offensively, the game matches up Rice's No. 31 nationally ranked offense (81.24 points per game) against a Charlotte 49ers defense that sits as the No. 251 at 81.53 PPG. The Rice Owls have been averaging 47.34% from the field, more than the 49ers have managed so far this season (44.68% on average).
Recent Outings Betting Recap
The 49ers got 19 points from Jon Davis as Charlotte ran past North Texas 82-81 on Thursday at The Super Pit.
The Owls got 23 points from Marcus Evans, but it was Old Dominion that prevailed in a 80-72 final on Thursday at Autry Court.
Betting Trends
- Charlotte is 4-8 ATS in its last 12 games
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Charlotte's last 6 games
- Charlotte is 1-6 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
- Charlotte is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games on the road
- Rice is 1-5 ATS in its last 6 games
- Rice is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
- The total has gone OVER in 4 of Rice's last 6 games
- Rice is 8-3 SU in its last 11 games at home
Next Betting Matchups
Charlotte home to Florida Atlantic, Thursday, February 2nd
Rice at North Texas, Saturday, February 4th


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- Observation: A framework for addressing the near completion population includes identification and recruitment strategies, assessment of student learning, addressing affordability, and formally recognizing completion. Tweet
- Observation: In response to national calls for increased degree attainment, several statewide and multi-state initiatives are under way with the goal of bringing near-completion efforts to scale. Tweet
- Observation: Institutional leaders, state system leaders and regional consortiums, higher education research and policy organizations, the private sector, and federal policymakers all have a vital role to play in improving degree attainment and must work together on a comprehensive strategy. Tweet
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"If you have chemistry, you only need one other thing…
TIMING, but timing's a bitch." –Robin Scherbatsky
Obviously a quote of "How I met your mother", I love that show. And I have been remembering this quote since it first was on tv, I think that was over a year ago.
Exactly a week before my relationship really started crumbling, my sister got dumped by her boyfriend of one year. They still loved each other, but he needed a break… something they must have learned from the movies since in my opinion:
real love doesn't need a break.
My mom has been having relationship troubles ever since…
My boyfriend, or ex suddenly disappeared a few weeks later.
And the day before yesterday I got a call from a friend in tears: the guy she had been dating for three months now claims that he didn't realize they were dating and it was just a casual thing for him.
All these women have been left confused, alone and sad. Maybe it has something to do with the Eclipse Nadine Marie blogged about yesterday. But I have been listening to them and myself screaming, crying or just saying in absolute despair:
my prince charming must be either death or in jail or something. I don't think there is anyone out there for me.
There is a lot to say about this topic… but not that much to say to those who feel this way, since they won't listen. I have been trying to comfort my friend saying: first of all there is more than just one person out there for you, if there was just one person it could be a Chinese person in China and how will you ever be able to find him and have a discussion with him since you don't speak the language. There is more than one person out there and even better: they aren't all death or in jail.
You have to believe this and stop focussing so much about the lack of a good boyfriend. Try focussing on being happy instead. I'll quote Miss Sparkz here: "don't worry beautiful our prince charming is coming, he is on his way, maybe not express mail but he is coming in standard rate…"
And don't you dare worrying about getting an ex boyfriend back. I know it's tempting,
I know they seem perfect now. Trust me they aren't, and if they don't want to be with you in the first place, why would you want to. It's better for yourself to remain single for a bit longer, just to find that perfect guy who will love you and only you and wouldn't dare to think about leaving because this or that. I'm not saying that this perfect guy couldn't be an ex, it's just this: there is a reason you broke up and you cannot come back together before this reason has been resolved.
He IS out there and he actually has been on his way ever since he knew you were looking for him. But he is traveling on a white horse, might not have the best navigation system and will also find obstacles on his path that will make him just as ready for you as you are for him. So be patience, don't make it about waiting, make it about living and you'll have so much more to tell him when he arrives.
Have an open heart, use your mind and enjoy every single minute of being single.
Pumbaa: What'cha do, kid?
Simba: Something terrible. But I don't wanna talk about
Timon: Good. We don't wanna hear about it.
Pumbaa: {To Timon} Come on Timon. {To Simba} Anything we can do?
Simba: Not unless you can change the past.
Pumbaa: You know, kid, in times like this my buddy Timon here says "You got to put your behind in your past."
Timon: {waving his arms} No. No. No.
Pumbaa: I mean…
Timon: Amateur. Lie down before you hurt yourself. {to Simba} It's "You got to put your past behind you." Look, kid. Bad things happen, and you can't do anything about it, right?
Simba: Right.
Timon: {Pokes Simba's nose} Wrong! When the world turns its back on you, you turn your back on the world!
Simba: Well, that's not what I was taught.
Timon: Then maybe you need a new lesson. Repeat after me. {clears throat} Hakuna Matata.
Simba: {Still lethargic} What?
Pumbaa: Ha-ku-na Ma-ta-ta. It means no worries.
When did we all started to forget about Hakuna Matata? It seems to me we all need a little bit more Hakuna Matata in our lives. So we are left alone, so we are worrying that we'll never find someone and maybe we wont… who cares seriously? We are all blessed with this one life, we don't have control about everything that happens in this one life (who knows, something extremely terrible might be just around the corner… or the opposite could be there… we don't know, we don't have to know in advance), but we do have control about our reaction to it. We can choose to be happy.
Start being happy today and focus on what you have rather than what you don't have… it'll make a big difference.
Think about it, what's the worst that could happen. If you enjoy every minute in life, not worrying about whether or not he will find you or he is death… and you end up staying alone forever… at least you had a fantastic life without worries. If you choose to bother about not having him right now it will not only make you less attractive, but if it would become reality… you will have lived a very sad life.
Try to live every day like it's your last, enjoy every minute and never forget: it's all about YOU!
When Life gives you Lemons, Ask for Salt and Tequila.
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Today is day 24 @ the MTC! It is so weird to think that I have been here over 3 weeks now! Tuesday will be our halfway mark in the MTC... then it's all downhill from there... except not. The MTC is great! It's fun to meet missionaries from all over the world doing the same thing I am! I've also been learning all kinds of phrases in different languages. It's great to have a set schedule with so much time to learn and grow as a person and as a missionary, although I'm done with MTC food!
Saturday, we taught at the TRC for the first time. It was such a cool experience! The Mongolian TRC is very different from the English TRC. In the Mongolian TRC, they aren't role-playing, they are just being themselves. It is more for practice talking in Mongolian than teaching in Mongolian. We get assigned a room, and we don't know who we will be talking with. Our first room was a Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mission RM (return missionary) named Isaac. He was very nice and helped us out if we couldn't think of the words or the phrasing. We talked about where he was from (Wilsonville!!!!! what a small world!), where he's studying, his mission, our favorite scriptures, and we bore our testimonies in Mongolian. We were nervous, but the 20 minutes flew by! After Isaac, we went to a different room where we talked with Josh who is also a Mongolia RM! At this point, I was more comfortable, so we were able to just chat and the words seemed to flow. We shared scriptures, and chatted about life, and so on! It was so amazing! #thoughtididntknowmongolian #butido
Sunday was our first normal Sunday here (we had fast Sunday and then general conference). Missionaries come prepared to speak a 5 minute talk on a designated topic. They will announce two speakers from the pulpit, and they are followed by a visiting. Sunday was about Faith in Jesus Christ. The branch president stands up to announce the speakers, and of course I was the first one. I honestly don't remember much of what I said, but I know that I shared some thoughts from Hebrews 11 (that chapter talks about the faith ancient people in the scriptures had), and bore my testimony in Mongolian.
BYU Men's Chorus came and performed on Sunday! They were so great! They did some awesome numbers! After they finished, I got to talk to some friends from my old ward that are in it, so that made my day! #shoutoutto171and172wards
We have taught a few more lessons to our progressing investigators, Choka and HapaaHbaaTap (naranbatar in english), and it is going great. I made a goal to not bring written out sentences into lessons, so all I take is a note card with some words, and a note card with our plan... then I put it together myself. Overall, I think I can say what I need to say and they understand. The spirit is strong and we are really good at bearing our testimonies in Mongolian, so thats good. I've also started only saying my prayers in Mongolian, it is so powerful! There is something about praying in this language that just speaks to my heart... if that makes sense.
Elder Zwick of the 70 and his wife spoke on Tuesday, and they said so much that I just loved!!!! It is so special being able to learn from General authorities on a weekly basis here at the MTC. We are so incredibly lucky! Also, it SNOWED on Wednesday... and for real! What is that about?! It is the middle of April!
This week, our district started a wall of no return. We write English words on sticky notes if we know them in Mongolian and put them on the wall. We can no longer say these words, and if we do then we have to carry this big heavy rock we found. It's been a good way to transition and to watch what we are saying. It's definitely gotten a lot of attention around the MTC though. Everyone asks us why in the world are we carrying around a big rock... and then we try and explain, but a lot of the words we want to use we can't say anymore, so that makes things difficult, haha.
Our beloved Mongolian sister left this week for her mission :( BUT, we also got a new sister from Mongolia in our branch, and we are getting another one next week!!!! It's so fun to get to know these girls and talk to them in Mongolian and about Mongolia! I seriously love this people and the language!
I am constantly amazed by how much I am learning. I love my companion and my district and my branch! Our teachers are fantastic! Life is great! I love being a missionary and I love this Gospel!!
|All the missionaries going to Mongolia
|Temple walk is the best!
|Snow in April?
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There are so many great recipes for butternut squash soup. Any soup lover probably has a version they adore so I won't bore you with another basic recipe. If you're looking for something a little different though, try the Barefoot Contessa's Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Curry Condiments featured in House Beautiful (not the current issue). The condiments really mix it up and offer a unique twist to a traditional soup. Toppings include raisins, banana, cashews, coconut, and scallions. What a delicious combination with the curry spiced soup. I loved it. Serve with a great green salad and you've got yourself a perfect autumn dinner.
It's been a long time since I made this recipe but I do remember adding more chicken stock. It was quite thick with only 2-3 cups so have a few extra just in case you run into that problem too. Bon appetite!


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Good, Frank Merrie
War Service:
Rifleman TR13/84619 FRANK MERRIE GOOD of 53rd (Young Soldier) battalion of the Rifle Brigade died on 14 October 1918. The battalion was a basic training unit based at Northampton.
Location of Memorial:
He is buried in Brockley cemetery where his name appears on the screen wall with other servicemen and women whose graves have no headstone.
He was 18 years old, the son of Frederick Ernest Good, of 14, Culmore Rd., Peckham.
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I will post pictures tomorrow! I promise! I have 'borrowed' a camera from work. Shh.
I have finished my Monkeys and wore them yesterday, so they will be washed and ready to model tomorrow. I love them. I will also photograph my RPMs, and hopefully my cardigan which is still waiting to be seamed, but that might just happen tonight. I am staring down the barrel of ten days off right now, with nothing to do but an assignment and about five hours of marking. Bliss.
I am knitting a pair of socks from the Favo
urite Socks book, and have cast on my second Baudelaire! Motoring along. And some of you long time readers may remember that I almost finished the Manly Sweater from Stitch n Bitch, but never did because it just didn't work. I am going to attempt to make this into a vest, which is after all just a jumper with no sleeves!
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Yay! 10 days off. Have a lovely R&R.


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Trade union Essay
From my results and research which is largely qualitative and cannot be displayed in graphs it has became apparent, much in contrast to my original hypothesis, that teaching unions do not have much force for good in secondary education and are rather more just something that is paid every year with little thought. I believe it to be more like a car tax, knowing that you really should pay it or you could get in trouble at some point.
From what I have gathered throughout this investigation it is uncommon to find a member of a teaching union that is fully involved and on top of current issues and those that are, are usually the union representatives. Not one of my questionnaires or person have I spoken to have used a training course offered by their union, not only that but they also haven't updated on recent issues involved with their union in the past 3 months.
Reverting back to the question in hand, 'to what extent are trade unions a force for good in secondary education? ' it would seem in conclusion this lack of interest and negligence to be aware of current topics informed by their unions clearly goes to
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Although the unions offer training courses and much information for their members and the public too, it seems that most teachers are little bothered to use these facilities and carry on as normal knowing that they have that support if they need it. Although the different unions have different ethics and views, commonly this plays no part in the being the decisive factor in whether a potential member chooses it or not, it is mainly based on recommendation or being the first to approach.
However, I do believe that unions do play a large part in being a force for good in secondary education for some teachers, for those that are very much involved with the current issues and the ethics of each organisation. I spoke to a representative who was deeply immersed in the doings of his trade union, closely followed the guidelines set and enmeshed himself into putting his views forward which he claimed affected his teaching in secondary education much so. As the teaching union directly affects the teacher and the way he or she teaches then it subsequently affects the students being taught.
In consideration to all the points I broached above I believe that trade unions have a large extent in being a force for good in secondary education for some teachers, on the other hand; in majority for most teachers they do not act as a force for good, nor a force for anything except protecting its' members in legal battles and other policies such as insurance, without affecting the students. Here I have included a sample of my filled-out questionnaires and a bibliography of my sources used.


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Things have been so manic behind the scenes lately, that I feel as if I haven't really introduced you to the latest recruits, or kept you to date with the tittle tattle from the kennels.
The video I posted last week, probably says more than I could possibly put into words. Mona and Brodie now share a kennel during the day as well as playing in the runs. In fact, the play continues even when they are together in the kennel. I'm not sure I've ever seen a transformation in a dog like I've witnessed in Mona, but you know that dog has been so abused in the past that she deserves happy times.
George and Daisy are now an item, but not to be outdone, Gema moved straight in with Daisy's ex, Bouncer. Honestly it is like Coronation Street with all the romances at the minute.
New girl Nina has found a companion straight away, as she now spends time with the old smoothy of the kennels..... Scooby. She is a nice girl who has come from a working background (she is a Malinois) and in all accounts hasn't had the best life, but she loves company, either with people or dogs.
Nina arrived with Gunnar, a Malinois cross Rottweiler who came from the same working background. Gunnar travelled with a bit of a reputation, but has really responded to a little bit of TLC, and seems happier everyday.
The third arrival on Good Friday was Shane the German Shepherd. Shane had missed out on a lot of socialisation when he was young, and because of that he was due to be put to sleep. He also came with a reputation, and was renowned for lunging at people, other dogs and cats. He was clearly reacting this way because of fear, but his behaviour was meant. The two photos above are me Shane and Lola on a walk this afternoon, ten days after he arrived.


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This is the keynote I gave at the Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Extended Curriculum Programmes (ECPs) – Regional Conference this morning:
In 2009 I attended one of the debates at the ALT C conference in the UK (one of the largest learning technologies conference in Europe), which was entitled: "The VLE is dead – is it?". This year a similar session was called ""Is the VLE reborn?". Universities all over the globe are struggling to understand what the future of the VLE or LMS could be. Does the model "One size fits all" still hold? Or do we need to look into other, more flexible technologies to support our students?
I personally don't think that the VLE is dead – it serves its purpose and I am sure if you have ever had to manage big classes you have started to appreciate the ways an LMS can help you manage your class. But I also think that the use of emerging technologies is on the rise in the Higher Education sector…. We can see more and more lecturers, often prompted by their students, using technologies, such as Twitter or Facebook, which their students engage with in their everyday, social life, for informal and formal learning.
My talk today will look at the use of emerging technologies here at CPUT and talk about opportunities that these technologies afford in terms of engaging our students, especially through their openness and their ability to facilitate collaboration.
What are emerging technologies?
The Horizon reports are based on ongoing research which has started nearly a decade ago, to systematically identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on education around the globe (Johnson & Adams 2011). In these reports groups of experts from all over the world are being interviewed and using a Delphi-based process they are being brought to consensus viewpoint, on which technologies they perceive as "likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative inquiry on college and university campuses within the next five years" (Johnson et al 2011, 3).
Characteristics of emerging technologies however often read like a definition of social media, for example Hatzipanagos (2011) defines them as tools:
- that use web as a platform
- are built around an architecture of participation
- allow for data consumption
- and production, by allowing remixing/mashups from other sources
- with a rich interactive and user friendly interface
- have elements of social networking
- and most importantly: that change the of locus of control from institutional silos to inter institutional collaboration and from teachers to the students
The following table lists the emerging technologies most likely to have an impact in the next five years in the UK, US and Australia / New Zealand report. It is interesting to see, that most technologies in the three reports overlap. All three advisory boards (in total 108 acknowledged experts) agree that for examples mobile phones will move into mainstream education, or cloud computing and electronic books (tables computing is just one of the ways to read electronic books…although it can do much more than that…)…game based learning will enter mainstream education in the next 2 or 3 years, also very interesting! Interesting also to see that the UK sees open content much closer to mainstream use than the other 2 reports…
What about other contexts? Context which are not as technology-rich as the ones represented in these reports?
There is also a Horizon report planned just for Africa, which will be published early next year and it will be very, very interesting to see whether the findings of that report will vary from the ones I just mentioned above…
Meanwhile we have to rely on our own experiences and common sense…
What can we see in South Africa?
This infographic shows the use of Mxit, Facebook and Twitter , as three social media applications in South Africa. And although Mxit is still the most popular, Facebook is definitely catching up and Twitter is also on the rise…If one looks at Facebook users we can see that a vast amount of the users in South Africa are our students' age group…
So is this the way our future classroom will look like? Featuring emerging technologies such as cloud computing, learning analytics, game based learning, personalised learning environments, open content and mobile learning?
In 2010 we did a study at CPUT on the staff and students' perceptions on ICT access and use at the institution and we asked questions around the use of traditional technologies, such as the Learning Management System Blackboard and emerging technologies…
And these are the results:
Valid percent
|External mail
|Images and Videos
|Mobile technologies
|Wiki/document sharing
|Mailing lists/newsgroups
|Social networking
|Discussion forums
|Instant Messaging
|Alternative LMS
And interestingly, there is no significant difference in terms of lecturers using Blackboard or emerging technologies. Most lecturers use a mix of both…
|Table 76: level of emerging technology use * Use of Blackboard for teaching Crosstabulation
|Use of Blackboard for teaching
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|little use (1-4 tools)
|% within Use of BB for teaching
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|% within Use of BB for teaching
|Chi-Square Tests
|Asymp. Sig. (2-sided)
|Pearson Chi-Square
|Likelihood Ratio
|Linear-by-Linear Association
|N of Valid Cases
Now that we have established that lecturers are engaging in these technologies, we can move on and ask why are they using them. Are they any different from traditional technologies?
The big critique in the use of traditional LMS for many years has been that by engaging with that technology, lecturers have not changed the way they teach… LMS represent technology, which automates or replicates an existing practice… (Maddux & Johnson 2005)
On the other side, there are some authors who claim that emerging technologies could be disruptive and change the way we teach…
Inherently many of the emerging technologies are based on the idea of openness and collaboration and in as such the focus is also not so much on distribution of content, but on interacting, collaborating with students, but also opening up to other courses in the institutions and the community outside the institution…Facebook for example is inherently a collaborative tool…in as such this technologies might allow students and lecturers to do things that could not be done before….
The lecturers involved in our study gave the following reasons for engaging with emerging technologies:
- access to current, relevant, global, immediate information (12)
- adapting to a new generation of learners, tools that are already used by students (5)
- provision of a diverse learning experiences to students (5)
- independence from institutional systems (3)
- opportunity for mash up/integration (1)
I believe that the second and third point are very interesting….it's all about listening to our students and finding new ways of engaging them …. Whether you call our students digital natives or not, they expect a different learning experiences than we had 10, 20, 30 years ago…that expect to be engaged differently than we did…
Our work at an UoT has often been criticized as being too focused on which technologies are being used and how they are used. We have heard that we don't theorize our practice enough. One way of theorizing what we are doing is to use the lens of student engagement to try and understand the opportunities emerging technologies offer to us and our students.
What is "student engagement"?
In a longitudinal study of college drop outs Astin (one of the big names in the research around student engagement) showed that academic success is positively related to the "amount of physical and psychological energy that students devote to academic experience". His research showed that for example living in campus residences, joining social or sports clubs holding part-time job on campus – all activities that will increase the amount of time a students spend on campus in academic-related activities, is positively linked to success and graduation rates: "The amount of student learning and personal development associated with any educational program is directly proportional to the quality and quantity of student involvement in that program" (Astin 1984).
However, time spent on task is difficult to measure and researchers have suggested different ways of looking at student engagement. Sandholtz, Ringstaff and Dwyer (1994) for example look at characteristics of student engagement, such as showing initiative, self-motivation, independent experimentation, spontaneous collaboration and peer coaching, enthusiasm and frustration…
Last year we started to do some more detailed research into the ways lecturers integrate emerging technologies in their teaching. One of the courses we studied was a third year Architectural Design course, where the lecturers first introduced a class blog to disseminate course information and later, prompted by their students suggestion, created a Facebook group for communication and feedback.
And the Facebook group took off like crazy. Students in this course are very, very busy with their final year project…and are basically working day and night to complete it… in the Facebook group this could be seen, by students posting at all times of the day and night…it gave them the perfect platform to support each other in this difficult time of doing projects and gave access to information 24/7 not just during the weekly contact sessions. They got to know each other better and also established a closer relationship with their lecturers. These are some of their comments in a focus group discussion we did with them:
B: The thing is, just coming back to the whole communication that you actually …know your fellow students…actually you can go to for advice…not just highlighting the top students in the class…gaining confidence in your fellow students not just asking [the lecturer] all the time.
A: And the other thing I will say it created that relationship with the lecturers so I believe after this whole Facebook thing I understand like my lecturers better than I thought, you know. And know I am free, I am free like to chat to them….it created that.
I: Facebook [shows us], that we all suffer together. Like one big, happy, sad family.
In this study we saw all characteristics of student engagement, we saw initiative, self-motivation, independent experimentation (students started their own Facebook groups for collaborative projects), spontaneous collaboration, peer coaching, sign of enthusiasm and frustration. The main element student stressed was the collaboration and peer coaching that was going on in the Facebook group. The lecturers as well, reported how they often stepped back and let students take initiative, reply to each other, support each other.
Student engagement and collaboration is a widely researched field. Literature links collaborative and cooperative learning to enhanced student engagement (Astin, 1987). Tinto (1997), for example, shows that collaborative learning activities allow for the development of peer support networks, which encourage class attendance and participation. Collaborative learning also leads to improved quality of learning, deeper and richer, where students not "only learn more … but better" (Tinto, 1997, p. 614).
In another study we did last year on another emerging technology, clickers or Personal Response Systems, in Graphic Design, we got interesting results. We used clickers to encourage class discussion. We asked questions without a right or wrong answer…and we asked students to discuss questions with their peers before or after voting and also always ended a question with a class discussion. Although these students are notoriously difficult to engage in discussions, this was actually a very lively class….
After the session we asked students to give us written feedback on what the liked about clickers…some of the answers were quite obvious: they liked them because they were fun and help them focus, they also liked the anonymity of clickers, the feeling of participating in a discussion without really having to talk (and a lot of these students are English second language speakers and not yet confident speaking out in class. But the biggest theme in the feedback we found was around peer learning. Student liked the clickers because they enjoyed hearing what other students thought …these are some of the comments we got:
- You hear other people's opinions and then you can weigh it up with your own … and with that you can formulate a better answer.
- You hear different explanations from other people about the things that you don't even know about.
In this study we saw student engagement on three levels: on the lowest levels clickers grabbed students attention through the novelty and fun they offered…on the next level they improved their feeling of participation through their anonymity…but on the highest level they involved students actively in discussions, through the peer learning that happened in the discussion they had with their colleagues and the whole class…
Johnson et al. talk about informal cooperative learning, which they define as "typically temporally and ad hoc, formed for a brief period of time (such as intermittent two- to four-minute discussions during a class session)" (1998, 37). One example they give is to allow students time to turn to a classmate nearby to discuss briefly a question posed by the lecturer, in order to focus student attention and ensure students' cognitive processing of the discussed material…this describes exactly what we did in the clicker sessions….they developed something they call the "Controversy theory": and argue that "students need to be confronted with opposing points of views, leading to uncertainty or conceptual conflicts, for students to re-conceptualize and look for more information, which then in turn leads to more refined and thoughtful conclusions."
In the focus group discussion after using clicker for a series of lecturers, some of the students described exactly that situation:
- The more people speak out their ideas, the more I think on adding to what they have said.
- When you speak about it, something else comes up and you go deeper into it …
- Clickers help you gain more information … it makes you do more research about a topic, to broaden it, know more …
- When we go out of this class, we end up going to the computer, searching for more information, after using clickers…
And this is student engagement, spending voluntarily more time on something…researching after class on certain topics…And all this links to what we heard yesterday in Joanne Hardman's talk on Activity Theory.
Another project we came across student engagement and collaboration was in the Digital storytelling project we did in Education. Students had to write a story, record it, collect digital images and put it all together into a digital movie. The way students went about it differed widely, some did it mainly on their own in the own time…but some students spent every Wednesday for 2 months with us…working on their story in a team… some of them created background songs together…and it was amazing what beautiful songs they recorded…and we uncovered the power of this collaboration in one of the focus groups we did with these students, where one of the students told us, that:
Interviewer: what part of the digital storytelling do you feel supported your reflection?
Student: okay, it was when we doing the sound recording…because I was working with my group…so when we were singing that gospel song, it was when I started to reflect back to my teaching practice…things that I helped the children to improve…[black African student]…
Actually through that collaborative act of singing a song together this student started the reflective process for her story…isn't that amazing?
So what's next? What is the point of my talk? I believe that a lot of good things can come out when lecturers explore emerging technologies…students, if they accept the technology, will engage on a different level with their learning….
However, although lecturers and students might embrace emerging technologies enthusiastically, it takes much longer for institutions and policy makers to adopt and implement them. Institutions and policy makers might misunderstand the usefulness of these technologies and administrative policies may slow down or halt adoption (COL 2008, p16). The lack of institutional policies results in confusing and contradicting micro-policies on departmental or even lab level (e.g. selected labs restricting access to Facebook).
I believe it is of great importance to involve lecturers, institutions stakeholders and policy makers in a debate around technical, social, legal and ethical considerations around the use of emerging technologies to allow for a more wide-spread use of them…
I would like to acknowledge all lecturers involved in these research projects, such as Jolanda Morkel, Hermie Voulgarelis, Bruce Snaddon, Marie-Anne Ogle, Dr Janet Condy, Dr Agnes Chigona, Edwine Simon, Amanda Morris, and all their students! And in particular my colleague Dr Eunice Ivala who has been an amazing mentor and collaborator in the research I have been doing!
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230 Lapidary Ln Young Harris, Georgia 30582 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Oct 2010 - $20.00
This campground is for the use of people attending the school. It provides a convenient location just steps away from the classroom building. All the sites are back-in. Some require backing up a fair distance since the row is a dead-end. Many of the hook-ups are on the wrong side, requiring long cords or hoses. Sites are very shady and only a couple have satellite reception. No other TV reception is available. Road in is very narrow but has almost no traffic. Sites are relatively level. Wi-Fi is available in the classroom building and can be picked up at some of the sites. No laundry facilities are available. Nearest shopping is about 3 miles away. Closest major grocer is 10 miles. - glenthompson
141 Trackrock Camp Rd Blairsville, Georgia 30512 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Aug 2017 - $28.00
From the time we pulled in to the campground we knew we were going to love this place! We are a very outdoorsy kind of family so this place was perfect for us! Very quiet and serene. There's a beautiful lake for swimming, hiking trails, horse back riding, playgrounds, various outdoor games, and an indoor pool table and reading area. The campsites are pretty much in the woods, which we love, very private. No outdoor street lights, which again, we loved. The staff was very friendly, the showers very clean and roomy. We will be back A LOT! We absolutely love this campground! Highly recommend it! - The camping crew
Jul 2017 - $35.00
This is not my first visit to this campground. We have had mostly good experiences in the past. This time we recieved and email the night before telling us our site number had been changed. No reason was given. We we arrived they still would not give us a reason for the change. We were assigned a new spot #23. My original site was a pull through. The new site was a back in that required about 180 degree change in direction. I asked if I could have the pull through next to me #24. I was told no it was reserved. No one showed for this campsite until the day before we left. At that time (monday) the campground was 95% empty. I accepted the lack of explanation because all the campgrounds in the area were full. I love the scenery of the campground but we are committed to not returning in the future. I will miss the good parts of the campground but I vote with my pocket book. - walterwegozz
Jun 2017 - $28.00
We only need water and 30amp, so we decided to go for a tent site with our little tear drop. He's only 12ft but it was still tricky to get into the site. We looked at the RV sites on our way out and most of those look very difficult to back into, but there are a few pull thru's available. Loved this site near the creek, but water means bugs too, so be forewarned! All in all a nice campground and we will probably be back because of the proximity to Blairsville for festivals and such. They do have AWESOME playgrounds there for the kiddos! - Ardenmag
180 Jarrard Camp Rd Hiawassee, Georgia 30546 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Oct 2017 - $30.00
Small campground in the mountains off the beaten path. A lot of negatives when I had hoped for a lot of positives based on previous reviews. I missed the turn off the main road because you can't see the sign. The road to the CG is a very narrow country road where you pray that no one is coming in the opposite direction. This was the hardest site I have encountered in 3 years to disconnect and level due to erosion of the site. Disconnecting stabilizer bars and the hitch while the truck was leaning down the hill was impossible. The site was wide and level but not long enough due to ruts. I had to pull the trailer to a level spot when leaving to attach the bars. No OTH TV channels. Satellite reception blocked by trees. Tranquility expected by camping in the woods was broken by the fan running on high in a fifth wheel that was not occupied. Most sites are very close together. Staff was friendly. - jnateg
Mar 2017 - $15.00
My husband and I spent November 2016 to March 2017 at Long Ridge for the first time. We can't say enough good things about the location and the owners James and Donna! They made us feel so at home, and if we needed anything, they were very accommodating and kind! It was like leaving family when we pulled out. The location is nestled in the mountains with beautiful hills around it, and the sites are level and gravel covered. We had some very heavy rains a few times but there was no mud or anything to deal with which was very nice. Just lots of nature and quietness to enjoy! The shops in Hiawassee were also very nice as well as neighboring towns of Blairsville, and Helen, which is a jewel in itself. If you come here, you will be enchanted with everything! Just can't say enough good about it! Will definitely return! - mandolin57
Nov 2016 - $32.00
Awesome campground. Nestled in a bowl surrounded by mountains. You don't see the mountains till the leaves start to fall. Its quiet and our type of camping. A nice sized back in lot (we are 40 ft) . A fishing catch and release pond. The fall leaves are beautiful and we have enjoyed the view. We definitely would return. Rt 288 is a good 2 lane road. When you turn onto Burch Rd its one lane and also when you turn onto Jarrard Rd. Uneven road entering the campground. Just go slow. We didn't have a problem. - M.Register
751 Gander Gap Rd Hiawassee, Georgia 30546 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Sep 2017 - $42.00
We stayed on Labor Day weekend and the campground was full capacity. The sites along the drive way that runs parallel to the stream are jammed together. This weekend it was a treachreous drive from all the vehicle traffic, tow vehicles spilling into the street and foot traffic. Holiday weekends tends to bring out campers with differing attitudes about keeping barking dogs quiet. Outside of fishing in the pond, putt putt golf and paddle boats, there isn't much to do. We have camped here on a non holiday weekend and the park was more peaceful. The bath house on the hill near the cabins was clean but the fixtures and stall doors could use some updating. The bathhouse door has a coded lock that helps with keeping the bathhouse clean. From our campsite we could see the Brasstown Bald Observation Tower. Some areas of the park there is a mixture of existing permanent campers on sites and open rental sites. Several of the permanent campers are quite ugly and very dated taking away from the overall look and feel of the campground. An evening stroll you will see a nice new camper and then a old moldy camper with a tin shed built over it. Be very aware of the rules and regulations. This is a private campground and they have very strict rules on cancellations, especially on holiday weekends. Overall it was not a bad experience. We will return but not on a Holiday weekend. - shaw988
Jul 2017 - $42.00
Very large campground, but quiet and very friendly staff. We stayed on Overlook and actually it was a bit difficult to get into our spot. Other than that, no complaints! This area is lovely and easy to get to from Atlanta! - Lscabc
Jul 2017 - $43.00
Only one complaint which I will save for last, campground was extremely clean, good cable, internet was ok, our. Campsite was close to the pond, good view of the mountains, level site, store has a lot of items, only complaint was the gentleman working the store on sun, very rude, we had friends that live an hr away come for a visit, they stayed for 6 hours on sun, we registered their vehicle at the store as required, I asked why we had to pay the $15 for 3 people and he told me it was for insurance reasons and just kept on going about this, I guess I upset him for asking. I apologized for asking and paid him the $15. He left a bad taste for our week's stay. Other than that, a great campground - George e h
1311 Music Hall Rd Hiawassee, Georgia 30546 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Jul 2018 - $26.00
Very scary backing in but it was my first time. Very narrow road. The cable was a male connection and we didn't have a connector so no tv and trees blocked satellite. Water was on wrong side so we chose not to use and would have needed a second hose which we did have. It was last minute reservations so we were happy to get it and I think they are the only campsites close to fairgrounds. - Jennifer-Alex
Jun 2018 - $35.00
We only stayed one night but would love to go back. It seemed like such a wonderful place! Great people!!! - LChop
May 2017 - $32.00
We stayed in site A-26 which is at top of the hill, incline on inside part of A loop, during our Airstream Club Region 3 Rally. If looking at the map the first entrance to A loop is a nice gradual incline to top of hill and the a-26 area, coming from other direction the hill is a bit more steep but better way to get backed into a-26 site. The Park is located on shores of large lake in smaller southern town with lots of activities around the area. Sites are all different sizes but for the most part large enough and with good spacing between sites. Lots of trees so shade is not a problem at most sites. There are some sites in both sections that are right on the water with beautiful views for sure.. :) Bath house was older but clean and with two showers in men's area. The showers were cozy as were the dressing areas in front of them. GOOD hot water and nice strong shower spray make for a nice hot shower for sure. The RV sites are is just off the Anderson Music Hall which was hosting Trace Atkins on the Friday we were there. Seem this place gets a lot of top acts coming through during the year.. if you like country music you got to check this place out.. The music hall is smaller venue but seem like a nice place to see a good act and they have been around for over 30 yrs. There is a nice boat ramp and fishing pier as well so bring the kayaks and have some fun. The town has good supplies and the cost of stuff is not resort like more down to earth which was nice. We came in from Asheville area and there are a couple of good pulls on hwy 64 so be prepared to sit back and let it run. :) You can head over to Murphy and to see more mtn stuff which is a short 30 ish min drive. All in all a nice place to visit and hope to return one day soon. - carl2591
42 Sundowner Cir Hayesville, North Carolina 28904 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Sep 2016 - $32.00
This was our first visit here. We were met by the owners who checked us in and escorted us to our site. The back-in site (there's no pull-thrus) was a little tight but owner directed me as I backed in our 37' fifth wheel. We have a nice shady and quiet site but I think some sites closer to the road may experience some traffic noise.
Site has 50 amp electric, water, sewer, and about 100 cable channels. The site wasn't long enough to accommodate our truck but owner said we could use the vacant site next to us. The park has a good number of park models (mostly occupied by Floridians escaping summer heat) as well as a number of spots for folks just spending a few nights.
I recommend this park and will likely visit again when in the area. The park accepts Passport America for two nights only at half of the $32 rate. - halfdimes
Jul 2016 - $32.00
Beautiful mountain area, great landscapes. If you're looking for a lighter winter than NY, this is a nice spot. Spent a couple of seasons there and would recommend you stop when you get the chance. The owners are very nice. - David Coyle
Nov 2015 - $26.00
A very friendly, safe RV park with everything you need to feel at home. The park is a good mix of seasonal and weekender sites, all of which are spacious and treed. The hookups are well located and include cable and free WiFi. Our hosts were super helpful, giving us lots of info on the area. We will be back to this very nice RV park. - Ab and Cindy
1000 Highway 180 Hiawassee, Georgia 30546 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 48 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 19 Reviews
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May 2017 - $50.00
Pro's: The natural beauty and serenity offered at Enota Mountain Retreat is by far worthy of any safety risks.. Full hookups r a +, 40ft rig friendly, a bit rustic, dirt bumpy roads = mud or dust, friendly staff, you'll need to hike to see the sight's, trout stock pond, quiet (but then we were only 1 of 4-5 campers at the time), close to the Blue Ridge, Helen, Hiawassee, Blairsville for day trips... Con's: Tired run down facility, very small sites, road traffic from staff @ all hours (should use electric golf carts), speed limits ignored, safety hazards abound (in ground trampolines begging to break a small leg or arm - electrical wires expose, rickety bridges, decks, hand rails and stair's, hazardous hiking trails), sites not cleaned after use, no Wi-Fi, no cable. Stock pond was empty, once it was stocked, the office had to be open in order to fish. Office was always closed so we weren't able to fish. Enota is under new management (same owner) and boasts of being a 501 (c) 3, it is obvious that it is going to take a whole different mindset to fix all the broken. Safety aside, Enota is a good option for someone seeking respite from the outside world. We visited several other area RV camps while there all but Enota were full. Others don't offer the rustic appeal of Enota, but at least I was confident that I wouldn't get shocked, fall off a cliff while hiking, or trip and break a leg in the play area.. To be honest "work camping" appeals to our lifestyle, we discuss the work camp environment at each site we visit in case we ever decide to try it out some day. I read the online "Work Camp" bylaws, rules, polices, and was a bit taken aback by the overtones. So much so that our last night at Enota, I felt uncomfortable with the underlying ideology. I wondered if there was some kind of, "off the grid, social reengineering"effort taking place and I somehow stumbled into it all unknowingly. It was time to move on.. - Phill
Apr 2017 - $40.00
Campground is located in a wooded area not far from Helen, Ga which is a nice little touristy German themed town. Sites are really close and can be a little tight for anything over 28 feet and leaves very little room for your vehicle. As some other reviews stated, there are some upcharges, such as $5 fee per dog, and you're not allowed to bring your own firewood so you have to buy theirs. Overall however I'd say it's a nice campground in a very scenic mountain location. The bathrooms and showers are very nice, and are always clean. No cell service whatsoever, and the wifi is limited to the office/store area but was very dependable when we needed it. We will definitely stay here again. - RS_KS
Nov 2016 - $40.00
Watch out for electrical surges and don't expect any help from staff. Poorly managed and very rude. Campsites disorganized. RV sites in disrepair. Certainly not a bargain or enjoyable. - V11
3832 Gainesville Hwy Blairsville, Georgia 30512 (map) | Click To View Phone
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Jul 2015 - $30.00
WOW... And that's not a good wow.
Hillbilly, Backwoods, Redneck. This about sums it up, but I'll try to paint a little more precise picture.
The idea of a family run small campground along a river with a big grassy field sounded appealing. Upon arrival, I couldn't find the place to check in. I looped around the muddy trail, I mean road, twice and asked 2 different people. Well, it was tucked way in the woods and it's an 80 year old dump of a house. I was already having second thoughts but gave her the additional $60 and went to our campsite.
This place had "campsites" all over the place, like they are just tossed around. We got to the site and it was shaded and halfway decent, until I went to hook up. I had already set up my popup and then I realized my power cord wouldn't reach. Wouldn't you know they put the water and the electric on opposite sides of the campsite! My extension cord blew the outlet and the owner had to come install a new one. After we got all settled and I physically moved my popup 3 feet by hand to reach the outlet, it wasn't horrible, just very rustic. Bathrooms were a cinder block building with see thru plastic ceiling that looked 3rd world. It was grungy and nasty, worst restroom I've been in in years anywhere.
PROS- River, field to play in
CONS- overpriced, poorly run, horrible site layout, nasty bathrooms, needs serious updating
A side note on the "cabins". I don't even know where to start. Our family rented two of them. One was a one room building with a bed and a sink. The other one was, well, unique. It was literally a 40 year old travel trailer camper that had been built around into a cabin. It had 2 beds inside the camper, a table a couch and a small bathroom. No such thing as building code here. Way overpriced and just plain weird.
My advice, stay far away from this place and think about the state park just up the road. - Bkell1978
Jun 2009 - $27.00
According to the owners, the campground has been family owned and operated for about 50 years. They are very nice, extremely dedicated, and very helpful. The campground is very simple and rustic. It is a small campground but quaint and a little old-fashioned. The pros are: It is very family oriented with lots of things to do for children such as tubing, fishing and playing games such as volleyball, badminton, and flag football on a big grassy area in the center of the campground. It is great for tent camping, popup campers, travel trailers up to 30 feet and small motorhomes. The campsites are shady and most are by the river. The cons are: Roads are not very well maintained as they are very bumpy and rough. Some of the tree limbs need to be cut for better access to campsites. Also, some areas are very overgrown with brush that needs attention. Bathrooms are very outdated and shower curtains need a mildew cleaning. Otherwise, the bathrooms were clean. The pull thru sites are not really great as it is a very small and crowded area. There are no sewer hookups for rvs but there is a dump station. We stayed there for 3 nights and enjoyed the cool nights by the river with a campfire for one night. Overall, we had a pleasant experience with the owners, campsite, and surrounding area. We would stay there again in the future. If you are used to a more high class campground, this would not be for you. However, if you like clean fresh air, rivers, sandy and graveled sites, shady sites, and a getting back to nature type experience...then this is your place to camp. - pink51
Sep 2008 - $27.00
Interior roads were in terrible condition: muddy and no drainage to speak of. The pull-thru meant that if someone got there 1st, they pulled forward of you and now someone comes from behind and now two rigs are locked in. Tenting on the river was probably nice. Restrooms are dated and no GFI in the shower room area. Sites overgrown and too many yellow jackets for us. Picnic tables were rotten and couldn't be used. Should have known...they had vacancies on Labor day weekend. - ncpiper
2626 Streak Hill Rd Hiawassee, Georgia 30546 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 101 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 36 Reviews
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Aug 2017 - $36.00
The owners were screaming and cursing all weekend at at least 7 different groups of peaceful campers. The campground was quiet and peaceful other than the owners. Their behavior and foul language was absolutely shocking. There are other campgrounds available. Pick one of those. - Anne B
Jun 2017 - $36.00
Quiet family owned park. Very well maintained and clean. - rl1962
May 2017 - $36.00
This is without a doubt one of the cleanest and best run campgrounds we have ever camped in. The grounds are immaculate and many of the sites literally back right up to the Hiawassee River. Utilities connections are in excellent condition. Cable is included with many channels - we couldn't receive any local channels OTA here. There are no signs on either Highway for the campground though! Recommend using Kelley Road off Hwy 76 as Streak Hill Road off Hwy 75 is doable (38 ft MH pulling F150) but is pretty narrow. Only knock I would say is the sites are bit close together but it's a minor one as the positives far outweigh that one negative. - Jeff Smith
1100 Carter Cove Rd Hayesville, North Carolina 28904 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 10 | Recent Rate: $$$$ | 3 Reviews
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Mar 2018 - $23.00
We found WHR as members of Harvest Hosts but scheduled 4 nights (1 free) then extended to a week because it was so nice. A working cattle ranch surrounded by green pastures, flowering trees (springtime), birds and a few other animals-horses, donkeys, goats and a cute barn cat, as well as a really friendly, interesting and helpful owner, we loved this place. Laundry is available for $5 (washer AND dryer together). There is virtually no phone reception but texting is possible and with a booster we got 1-2 bars of AT&T (but no Verizon) Lots of hiking nearby and waterfalls in both GA and TN within 2 hours drive (of incredible scenery) Ingles supermarket minutes away but go to GA to get gas which is way cheaper. We were alone on 1 of the 3 sites on the knoll but even with another 2 RVs, and even without trees for privacy we felt it would have felt as spacious. - edc1951
Jun 2017 - $30.00
Beautiful working cattle ranch. Prime beef for sale in store. 8 total sites, w/e. One dump station...personable owner...would return. Owner seeking workcampers. - spitfirepete
Mar 2017 - $28.00
Beautiful quiet working cattle ranch with a farm store that carries grass fed natural beef and local farm products. Electric and power hookups and an onsite dump station. - LostSoulCa


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Industrial-style bedrooms have an edgy, fresh appeal that is indisputable when done right. Yet thanks to the inherent stripped-back look of the style, these bedrooms also seem ideal for the contemporary home that embraces a hint of semi-minimalism.
Authentic, unpretentious also trendy, industrial-style bedrooms have obtained plenty of popularity in the last few years. The conversion of old existing structures into clever industrial lofts and fashionable renovations has ensured that this distinct yet unassuming style has caught on quickly. What was once an design born out of necessity at the nearest workshop has now turned into a global interior design style that has seen many improvised variations and adaptations. While most ofttimes industrial-style interior inspirations focus on the kitchen and the living area, today we take a turn towards the bedrooms.
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On this day in history: September 23, 1952 - Responding to accusations that he diverted $18,000 in contributions into his pocket, Senator Richard M. Nixon rescues his candidacy for Vice President by insisting that he had never accepted any money. Although Nixon does admit he accepted a cocker spaniel named Checkers for his daughter Tricia. The televised monologue rescues his political career.
Born on this day in history: September 23, 1949 - Bruce Springsteen (1949– ) Born in Freehold, New Jersey, rock musician Bruce Sprintsteen began performing with local groups in Asbury Park, New Jersey, before forming his own band in 1971 and signing with Columbia Records. Promoted as the new Bob Dylan, Springsteen hit it big with "Born to Run" (1975). He has performed at numerous rock benefits, such as Live Aid and Amnesty International.
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Saturday morning, while Laura was at the salon, I produced two marinades. I made a marinade of extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, minced garlic, Tony Chachere's More Spice, ground black pepper, and honey. I placed two huge New York strip steaks in a Glad bag, poured the marinade over them, and placed in the refrigerator. I made a marinade of extra-virgin olive oil, rice wine vinegar, ground ginger, minced garlic, and Tony Chachere's More Spice. I placed Tyson boneless, skinless chicken breasts in a Glad bag and poured 2/3 of the marinade over them. I placed giant prawns in another Glad bag and poured the remaining marinade over them.
Saturday evening, I grilled the New York strip steaks and prawns and steamed some sugar snap peas. The steaks were perfect: Charred on the outside, and rare in the center. The giant prawns were delightful. I removed the tails prior to placing in the marinade. The butcher had slit the backs deveined them. The meat popped out of the shells easily. They were succulent beyond description.
Sunday morningfollowing the early service at Harvest Christian Center, Laura cooked OreIda potatoes O'Brien, fried eggs, and two lovely pieces of leftover New York strip steaks. It was a wonderful brunch.
Sunday evening, Laura grilled the chicken breasts, red bell peppers, yellow squash, and potatoes. The chicken was moist, tender, and delicious. The vegetables were wonderful. A quantity of chicken remains for another meal later in the week.
When I returned home from the office yesterday, I produced an enormous batch of salsa, using 12 large cluster tomatoes, 4 huge Jalapeños, two large habaneros, a large white onion, three stalks of celery, a large quantity of minced garlic, Tony Chachere's More Spice, cumin, ground black pepper, sea salt, and parsley. For dinner, Laura cooked New York-style pork sausage (cut into 1/2-inch pieces), Eggland's Best large eggs, leftover potatoes O'Brien, Tony Chachere's More Spice, sea salt, and ground black pepper. She warmed flour tortillas, and we made burritosliberally adding fresh salsa. It was a delicious meal.


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Great day today! I noticed on my weather app that it'll be raining tomorrow and Saturday. So instead of completing all my tasks on my to do list, aka house cleaning, I decided to take the kids out , get some fresh air before being rained in all weekend. We can complete our home school and other fun activities on the to do list during the rainy days. Side note, we DO love the rain. We don't have the biggest backyard and we'll be lucky enough to hear peace and quiet in the bustling city living. That'll work out so, Out we go!
We went to Walmart and Sam's Club to grab a few items for their home schooling and a few groceries enough to last us through the weekend. Ooooh! And another addition to our growing garden! I'll try to remember to show you in my next post! Peppermint 🤗 Super excited. We saw Sweet Basil, but the ones on the shelf looked torn apart. 😩😳😣 Hoping to find some fine sweet basil. 🌱
We then headed to the library and playground, but didn't stay too long at the playground. It was too hot. Too hot that my kids were sweating and turning red…
I did find a parenting book that I was going to purchase but found in the library! It's called How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen so Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish. I've already began reading the first pages and it's that great of a book, thus far , I'll probably end up purchasing one. I'm eager to do a review on our other blog, which is a parenting & home schooling blog called Pass The Moon, sharing our experiences and reviews.
We arrived home just in time before the traffic hit and just in time to get some good cooking dinner done by the time the hubby came home. Beef Steak Stew with Power Pressure Cooker (carrots, celery, mushrooms – Next post will be the recipe!) and Spanish rice , topped with corn or you can add corn with the stew, taste as good!
The kids were great today. WE were great. I made sure to be present, focus on my breath, enjoyed my time with them, listened, be compassionate, plus, mommy got her yoga in. Ain't nothing like that feeling when you get a practice in. Life is good.
Namaste y'all.
And I knew it! We should've gotten her a REAL bunk bed! As soon as she saw one at IKEA display, she fell in love with the bunk bed. Unfortunately, we've already purchased her a twin size bed, an upgrade from toddler to kid status. The next upgrade kiddo, if you're still into bunk beds.


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"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hourdedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
————Henry James
A common culture between China and the UK is drinking tea. Being an old and traditional beverage, tea was first grown in China and then spread to other countries and has always been liked by people all over the world. A common Chinese saying runs, "When we get up in the morning, the first things we should get ready are firewood, rice, edible oil, salt, soy, vinegar and tea," which demonstrates tea is a necessity of life in China.
Chinese tea drinking customs:
The Chinese people, in their drinking of tea, place much significance on the act of "savoring." "Savoring tea" is not only a way to discern good tea from mediocre tea, but also how people take delight in their reverie and in tea-drinking itself. Snatching a bit of leisure from a busy schedule, making a kettle of strong tea, securing a serene space, and serving and drinking tea by yourself can help banish fatigue and frustration, improve your thinkingability and inspire you with enthusiasm. Whenever guests visit, it is necessary to make and serve tea to them. Before serving tea, you may ask them for their preferences as to what kind of tea they fancy and serve them the tea in the most appropriate teacups. In the course of serving tea, the host should take careful note of how much water is remaining in the cups and in the kettle. Usually, if the tea is made in a teacup, boiling water should be added after half of the cup has been consumed; and thus the cup is kept filled so that the tea retains the same bouquet and remains pleasantly warm throughout the entire course of tea-drinking. Snacks, sweets and other dishes may be served at tea time to complement the fragrance of the tea and to allay one's hunger.(http://news.t0001.com/2010/0927/article_114419.html)
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Afternoon tea: this is the one that comes to mind when people think of British tea ceremonies. Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford is often credited with the invention of the tradition of afternoon tea in the early 1840's. (http://www.theballantynehotel.com/documents/2012AfternoonTeaMenu_010.pdf ) In those days only the wealthy could afford to buy tea. They would invite guests to their houses and the tea-drinking ceremony would begin. An English-style afternoon tea is traditionally served between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. and typically lasts about one and a half to two hours. Traditional afternoon tea consists of a selection of dainty sandwiches (including thinly sliced cucumber sandwiches), scones served with clotted cream and preserves. (http://www.tea.co.uk/)
Generally speaking, both Chinese and British tea culture were initiated in high social class and filtered into the daily life of people of all social ranks and classes. Both Chinese and Britons consider tea a traditional and natural beverage that could bring them relaxation and enjoyment and like to drink tea at parties and feasts.
Do you want to try a cup of Chinese tea in Chinese style in the afternoon next time?