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Take the photo above, which shows a portion of the eastern edge of the Tehachapi Wind Farm. How many turbines are in just this one picture? There are about 5,000 windmills in the entire field, and it is actually only the second-largest complex in California (the Altamont in the Bay Area is larger with 7,000; San Gorgonio Pass has 3,000). Tehachapi Pass is one of the consistently windiest places in the world, and utilities are trying to wring out every last bit of energy from the breezes. It provides enough electricity to power 350,000 residential units. It is an eerie sight to see them all in motion.
Five small mountain ranges rise through the sediments near the town of Mojave, and they mostly expose Tertiary (Neogene) volcanic rocks resting on older Mesozoic granitic rocks. Superheated water moving through fractures and faults in the rock deposited gold, silver and other valuable ores. We passed one of the richest of the mines first (above), the Golden Queen. It was discovered in 1894, and ultimately produced around $10,000,000 of gold (figured with gold at $20-$36 dollars per ounce; consider this to be equal to maybe $350-400 million at today's prices).
It strikes me that somebody got rich by mining these deposits, but there isn't much anyone can do with the landscape anymore. That's one of the choices we make as a society, assigning the value of one land-use over another.
2013 is the centennial celebration of the completion of the project). The aqueduct is 223 miles long, and takes water from the Owens Valley and eastern Sierra Nevada to the San Fernando Valley using gravity to move most of the water at a capacity of just over 400 cubic feet per second. It is a seriously redirected river. It provides around half of the water used in Los Angeles. The story by which this all came about is the stuff of drama (it played a central role in the movie "Chinatown", for instance) and heartache and economic ruin for many people . One of the many choices that were made in this instance of history was the destruction of a large agricultural region in the Owens Valley.
I didn't actually notice when we crossed the aqueduct, as it is mostly in a buried pipeline in this area along Willow Springs-Tehachapi Road. I borrowed the photo below from Wikipedia (source here).
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One final note about the Mojave area. It's also a dumping ground. Have you ever wondered where old airliners go to die (or to be mothballed or sold to third-world country's airlines)? They go to Mojave Airport to be long-term parked (and you thought only cars get put into long-term parking at airports). The GoogleEarth image below shows part of the parking lot. I've heard (but cannot confirm) that it is cheaper to park a plane here than it is to park a car in some parts of San Francisco.


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The Fort Bragg High football team drove nearly the length of the field on its opening possession, but didn't score. St. Mary's took it from there.
The host Panthers countered with 48 unanswered points and went on to throttle Fort Bragg 48-13 in the opening round of the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs Saturday in Berkeley.
St. Mary's (7-4) will now travel to face No. 4 St. Helena on Friday in the quarterfinals.
Senior running back Lorenzo Logwood carried the ball 17 times for 156 yards and one touchdown, and contributed excellent middle of the field defense as St. Mary's limited the Wolves to 92 yards on the ground.
Sophomore running back Tamarick Pierce was just as effective, finishing with 126 yards on 11 tries and a pair of touchdowns.
Senior quarterback Ian Bonde completed eight of 12 passes for 191 yards and two first-quarter TD passes, one to Liam Godfrey for 55 yards and the other to junior receiver Eric Phillips on a 36-yard strike.
Defensive back Nelson White hauled in a 40-yard interception return for a score and kicker David Hernandez converted back-to-back field goals to give the Panthers a 41-0 advantage.
Fort Bragg (5-6) scored twice late on pass plays. But the opening drive that failed to produce points was the catalyst for an offensive explosion by the Panthers.
Phillips had four catches for 116 yards. Godfrey added 67 yards on two receptions for St. Mary's.
Piedmont 54, Moreau Catholic 50: The 10th-seeded Highanders topped the host Mariners in a wild affair to advance to the second round of the NCS Division IV playoffs.
Piedmont (6-5) trailed 16-13 at halftime before the offensive fireworks began for both teams. No. 7 Moreau Catholic (5-6) held a 30-27 lead at the end of the third quarter before the Highlanders scored 27 points in the final 12 minutes to pull out the win.
Piedmont will play at No. 2 Fortuna on Friday in the quarterfinals.
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Three adults and three children were taken to hospitals after a fire in the South Shore neighborhood this morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
The fire erupted inside and was contained to a third-floor apartment in the large courtyard building in the 7700 block of South Kingston Avenue about 10:30 a.m., said Chicago Fire Department Chief Kevin MacGregor.
"We actually knocked it down pretty quickly," MacGregor said of the firefighters. "It was under control in a short time."
One child was seriously hurt while the other two were in good condition when they were taken to the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital, he said.
Police said the children are 2, 5 and 7-years-old. "They all suffered some degree of injury," MacGregor said of the children.
Two adults were taken in serious condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and Northwestern Memorial Hospital while the third was taken in fair-to-serious condition to Advocate Trinity Hospital, MacGregor said.
None of the six injuries was life-threatening, police said.
MacGregor said he could not confirm reports of trapped residents leaping from the building, but police indicated one person jumped out a window and then caught a child thrown from inside the building.
There was no word on the cause of the blaze yet.
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Craven County�s 4-H horticulture team is back in practice, getting prepared for the next state contest to be held at N.C. State University in Raleigh sometime in early May 2014.
Craven County�s 4-H horticulture team is back in practice, getting prepared for the next state contest to be held at N.C. State University in Raleigh sometime in early May 2014.
Next year we plan to have competitors in both the junior and senior state divisions, and to make a repeat appearance at the national competition held during the annual National Junior Horticulture Association (NJHA) convention.
On Oct. 12, David Lynch represented Craven County 4-H in the open individual category at the NJHA convention in Williamsburg, Va. Lynch made a great showing in his first try at the national level, placing 5th out of 12 competitors in that category. The competition was tough, with kids traveling to Williamsburg from as far away as California, and many of them arriving with two or three years of prior national level experience. Participants worked their way through a very challenging plant ID session; took a difficult horticulture knowledge exam; and evaluated plants for quality in the judging room. It was a workout to say the least, and we appreciate Lynch�s efforts in preparing for and participating in this event.
Young people between the ages of 9 and 18 with an interest in horticulture are invited to consider participating in our horticulture competition activities. If horticulture is of no particular interest, remember that Craven County 4-H provides a wide range of other personal development, citizenship and leadership opportunities. For information on all of our 4-H programs and activities, call Wendy Paschal at 633-1477 or email to email@example.com.
At a recent plant disease training session provided by an Extension specialist at NC State, I was surprised to learn that roses are the most commonly submitted samples testing positive for armillaria root rot at the NCSU Plant Disease and Insect Clinic (PDIC). I knew that armillaria infects a wide variety of trees and shrubs, but I had encountered it most frequently as a problem on landscape shade trees.
Armillaria is fairly easy to diagnose on a tree or shrub when the bark can be separated from the trunk and inspected for the flattened, whitish mycelial growth. This might be a bit more difficult to accomplish given the slender stems and thin bark of roses, but certainly not impossible. Oftentimes the best approach is to submit a complete sample to the PDIC through your local Extension office. If in fact a tree or shrub in your landscape is infected with armillaria, the best course of action will be to remove as much of the trunk and roots as possible, and for a couple of years replant the site with annuals, perennials, grasses or other non-woody plants.
The viral disease rose rosette was also a topic of conversation at the training session. This is considered to be an emerging and fairly serious disease, with variable symptoms that can be tough to diagnose in the field. An excessive number of thorns along the stems should make you suspicious of rose rosette, but as with armillaria a sample to the PDIC might be the best way to confirm.
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Navarro, Lidia, Barreneche, Camila, Castell, Albert, Redpath, David A.G., Griffiths, Philip and Cabeza, Luisa (2017) High density polyethylene spheres with PCM for domestic hot water applications: Water tank and laboratory scale study. Journal of Energy Storage, 13 . pp. 262-267. [Journal article]
Colclough, Shane, Griffiths, Philip and Redpath, David (2015) Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage and the Passivhaus - Lessons from 5 years of monitoring. In: International Passive House Conference, Leipszig. iPHA. 2 pp. [Conference contribution]
Redpath, David A.G., Dalzell, Philip, Griffiths, Philip and Hewitt, Neil (2015) Investigation of concentrating and nonconcentrating evacuated tube solar water heaters using 2D particle imaging velocimetry. International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies, 10 (3). pp. 283-287. [Journal article]
Redpath, David A.G. and Ward, Michael J (2015) An Investigation into the Potential of Low Head Hydro Power in Northern Ireland for the Production of Electricity. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, Taylor & Francis, 14 pp, DOI: 10.1080/14786451.2015.1050395 [Internet publication]
McIlveen-Wright, David, Huang, Ye, Rezvani, Sina, Redpath, David, Anderson, Mark, Dave, Ashok and Hewitt, Neil (2013) A technical and economic analysis of three large scale biomass combustion plants in the UK. Applied Energy, 112 . pp. 396-404. [Journal article]
Redpath, David A.G. (2012) Thermosyphon heat-pipe evacuated tube solar water heaters for northern maritime climates. Solar Energy, 86 (2). pp. 705-715. [Journal article]
Redpath, David A.G., Singh, Harjit, Tierney, Christopher and Dalzell, Philip (2012) An Experimental Comparison of two Solar Photovoltaic- Thermal (PVT) Energy Conversion Systems for Production of Heat and Power. Energy and Power, 2 (4). pp. 46-50. [Journal article]
McIlveen-Wright, D, Huang, Ye, Rezvani, S, Ghayur, A, Redpath, David A.G., Dave, Ashok and Hewitt, Neil (2011) A Technical and Economic Analysis of Large Scale Biomass Combustion. In: 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Berlin, Germany. ETA. 9 pp. [Conference contribution]
McIlveen-Wright, D, Huang, Ye, Rezvani, S, Mondol, Jayanta Deb, Redpath, David, Anderson, Mark, Hewitt, Neil and Williams, BC (2011) A Techno-economic assessment of the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions through the use of biomass co-combustion. Fuel, 90 (1). pp. 11-18. [Journal article]
McIlveen-Wright, D, Moglie, M, Rezvani, S, Huang, Y, Anderson, M, Redpath, D, Dave, A and Hewitt, NJ (2011) A techno-economic analysis of biomass gasifiers integrated with high and intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells. International Journal of Energy Research, 35 (12). pp. 1037-1047. [Journal article]
Redpath, David, McIlveen-Wright, D, Kattakayam, Thomas, Hewitt, Neil, Karlowski, Jerzy and Bardi, Ugo (2011) Battery powered electric vehicles charged via solar photovoltaic arrays developed for light agricultural duties in remote hilly areas in the Southern Mediterranean region. Journal of Cleaner Production, 19 (17-18). pp. 2034-2048. [Journal article]
Redpath, D, McIlveen-Wright, D, Kattakayam, T, Hewitt, NJ, El Amsar, T., Geha, D., Karam, F., Karlowski, J. and Griffiths, P (2010) Battery powered electric vehicles developed for light agricultural duties in remote areas in the southern Mediterranean region. International Journal of Ambient Energy, 31 (3). pp. 115-132. [Journal article]
Redpath, David A G, Lo, Stephen N G and Eames, Philip C (2010) EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION AND OPTIMISATION STUDY OF A DIRECT THERMOSYPHON HEAT-PIPE EVACUATED TUBE SOLAR WATER HEATER SUBJECTED TO A NORTHERN MARITIME CLIMATE. International Journal of Ambient Energy, 31 (2). pp. 91-100. [Journal article]
Singh, Harjit, Redpath, David A.G., Aboutorabi, A, Kattakayam, Thomas and Griffiths, Philip (2010) Optimum configuration of compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) solar water heater types for dwellings situated in the northern maritime climate. International Journal of Ambient Energy, 31 (1). pp. 47-52. [Journal article]
Redpath, David A.G., Eames, Philip C., Lo, Steve N.G. and Griffiths, Philip (2009) Experimental investigation of natural convection heat exchange within a physical model of the manifold chamber of a thermosyphon heat-pipe evacuated tube solar water heater. Solar Energy, 83 (7). pp. 988-997. [Journal article]
Redpath, David, Griffiths, Philip, Lo, Steve and Herron, MG (2008) EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FLUID FLOW REGIME IN THERMOSYPHON HEAT-PIPE EVACUATED TUBE SOLAR WATER HEATERS. In: PLEA 2008, Towards zero energy buildings, Dublin, Ireland. University College Dublin.. 1000 pp. [Conference contribution]
Redpath, David A.G., Lo, Stephen N G and Eames, Philip C (2007) DIURNAL REVERSE FLUID FLOW IN THERMOSYPHON EVACUATED TUBE SOLAR WATER HEATERS IN A NORTHERN MARITIME CLIMATE. In: Heat transfer in components and systems for sustainable energy technologies. Greth, grenoble france, pp. 611-618. ISBN 2-9502555-3-1 [Book section]
Redpath, David A.G., Lo, Stephen N G and Eames, Philip C (2006) An Experimental Investigation Of Inclined Thermosyphon Fluid Flow Within An Enclosed Irregular Hexagonal Cavity With Heat Transfer Via Pin-Fins. In: Renewable energy in maritime island climates, conference proceedings REMIC 2. The solar energy society (UK-ISES), Abingdon, UK, pp. 369-374. ISBN 0 90496372 1 [Book section]
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The GOP's Anti-Health Reform Crusade Now Brought To You By Industry Lobbyists
"In an effort to deny more than 30 million uninsured Americans health care coverage, 26 states have filed legal action against the Affordable Care Act which passed last year. But Republican demagoguery costs money and "the [lawsuit's] cost the states have split so far amounts to $46,000." But Florida Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi has "paid less than $6,000″ for its lawsuit. Why? Because an anti-health care lobbying group is picking up the 26-state tab"
While dubbing itself "the Voice of Small Business," NFIB has spent the past two years "yoking itself to the GOP" while simultaneously "jeopardizing billions of dollars in credit, tax benefits and other federal subsidies" at the expense of small businesses. Affiliated with both the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the GOP "since the Reagan era," NFIB "is run mostly by and for Republicans" and spent 93 percent of its campaign contributions on GOP candidates. It is no wonder, then, that NFIB is happy to pay to secure the top GOP priority and equally "delighted" to see the pay off.


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Since mid-August, I've reviewed 50 beers. My reviews are based on my personal tastes—not on adherence to style guidelines. While I may not know what a beer is supposed to taste like, I know what I like. So for my 2010 retrospective, I thought I'd revisit my favorite beers.
Of the 50 beers, I awarded a 5 star rating to only 3 beers (6% of all reviewed). These are the beers I considered to be "Liquid Perfection":
- Double Black IPA, Cascadian Dark Ale, Alaskan Brewing Co.
- Hazed & Infused, Pale Ale, Boulder Beer Co.
- Pliny the Elder, IPA, Russian River Brewing Co.
A 4 star rating went to 20 brews (40% of those reviewed). This is the "Really Good! I want this Again!" category. These are beers I really liked and would buy again.
- Back in Black, Cascadian Dark Ale, 21st Amendment Brewery
- Brrr, Winter Warmer, Widmer Bros. Brewing Co.
- Celebration, IPA, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- The Dissident, Flanders Style Brown (Sour) Ale, Deschutes Brewery
- Ebenezer, Winter Warmer, BridgePort Brewing Co.
- Fireside Chat, Winter Warmer, 21st Amendment Brewery
- Hop in the Dark, Cascadian Dark Ale, Deschutes Brewery
- India Pelican Ale, IPA, Pelican Pub & Brewery
- Jubelale, Winter Warmer, Deschutes Brewery
- Mirror Pond, Pale Ale, Deschutes Brewery
- Nightcap, Winter Warmer, BridgePort Brewing Co.
- Pale 31, Pale Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
- Pipeline, Porter, Kona Brewing Co.
- Ranger, IPA, New Belgium Brewing Co.
- Red Nectar, Amber Ale, Nectar Ales
- Santa's Little Helper, Winter Warmer, Cascade Lakes Brewing Co.
- SnowCap, Winter Warmer, Pyramid Breweries
- Solace, Wheat Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
- Torpedo, IPA, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
- Winter, Winter Warmer, Alaskan Brewing Co.
My first few months as a blogging beer geek have been a great experience. I've discovered great beers, visited many breweries, and made new friends along the way. I can't wait to see what 2011 brings!
Best wishes to you and yours for a Happy & Healthy New Year! Cheers!


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It will probably come as no surprise to those familiar with LIFE magazine — especially the LIFE of the 1950s and 1960s — that a pop-culture phenomenon as strange and as raw as Little Richard was not likely to appear frequently (or at all) in the magazine's pages. But then, truth be told, LIFE missed the boat when it came to covering more than a few of the seminal characters in rock history: Elvis, Hendrix, the Stones — the very edgiest, or the less easily categorized, figures of those pivotal decades were often ignored or, at best, mentioned only occasionally by the influential weekly.
Maybe the magazine's reluctance stemmed from, say, the fact that "Elvis the Pelvis" was a shock to some (primarily white) sensibilities in the 1950s, or that gloriously sordid rock gods like the Stones were, from the very start, exactly the sort of characters who made all of those lame jokes about "locking up your daughters" seem not so funny after all. These guys — along with wild women like Janis Joplin — projected an explosive sexuality and a touch of real menace that LIFE seemed to have a hard time making its own, or making sense of.
Movie stars like Liz Taylor and Sophia Loren could be, and frequently were, celebrated in LIFE for their sex appeal, appearing on the magazine's cover striking poses and wearing outfits that were, if one squinted just right, downright salacious. But let rock and rollers cross that invisible line between Hollywood's idea of the erotic and the delightedly raunchy approach to the topic taken by, say, Zeppelin, and the latter's chances of showing up in LIFE sank very close to nil.
All of which makes the Little Richard photographs in this gallery, taken by LIFE's Ralph Morse in 1971, all the more fascinating, and mysterious. None of these pictures ever ran in LIFE, and there's no indication in the LIFE archives of why they were taken in the first place. Morse, for his part, doesn't remember making them ("I have no idea who that guy is," More, who is 96 years old and still sharp as hell, recently told LIFE.com when shown a few of the photos), which suggests that they might have been part of an impromptu photo shoot — perhaps at the Time & Life Building in New York, or maybe backstage at a concert — and that they were never meant to appear in the magazine at all.
What's certain is that, four decades after they were made, these portraits of the Macon, Ga., native — published here on Little Richard's 81st birthday (he was born Richard Wayne Penniman on Dec. 5, 1932) — capture at least a small part of the unnerving, unhinged charisma of the man many credit as the true originator of rock and roll. Little Richard, his backers argue, was the first true, living, breathing, screaming bridge between R&B and rock.
An ordained minister whose immediate and extended family is strongly evangelical, Penniman has also preached the Gospel to small rural congregations and to stadium-sized audiences of thousands.
By the time Morse made the pictures in this gallery, Little Richard's ability to shock audiences had long since been surpassed by acts like Alice Cooper (good-natured vaudeville ghoul) and the Stooges (chaotically drug-addled Motor City lost boys). But decades after he became a star, his signature, wild-eyed polysexual look was still something to behold. In fact, it's somehow heartening to think that even in the heady, let-it-all-hang-out years of early 1970s, the man who had galvanized the youth of the world in the 1950s by singing "Good golly, Miss Molly / You sure like to ball!" was still enough of an unclassifiable rebel that LIFE didn't know what to make of him, and so let him be.
In the meantime, happy birthday, Little Richard. May you wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-wop-bam-boom for many years to come.


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Moammar Gaddafi And Some Food For Thought
Gaddafi proposed a new method of Security Council membership. Instead of having individual countries as members of the Security Council, why could the Security Council not be composed of representatives of blocs of countries? One seat on the Security Council should be given to the European Economic Union. Another seat to the African Union.
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President Moammar Al-Gaddafi of Libya is a favorite target of newspapers, radio and of course politicians in the United States.
Yet Gaddafi is taken very seriously by many other countries. President Gaddafi is held in such high regard by African countries that he is President of the African Union and is referred to as "King of Kings," a title reflecting the belief that he is acting in the best interests of the many Kingdoms of Africa.
The United States is correct in stating that President Gaddafi is a danger to the United States because President Gaddafi recognized many years ago that the United States would no longer reign supreme in the world.
Upon seizing power and deposing the Western-influenced King Idris in 1969 President Gaddafi struck out on a course to diminish the exploitation of the underdeveloped and resource rich countries by the Western powers, which sought to exploit the resources of these countries.
Gaddafi nationalized the oil fields in Libya; determined that the people of Libya must profit from the exploitation of their heritage- the natural resources of Libya.
It's Gaddafi's belief that all countries must be treated equally that particularly galls American political leaders- even though this fact is stated in the Preamble to the United Nations Charter, as he pointed out at the U.N. General Assembly last week.
In his address to the United Nations Gaddafi quoted liberally from the Preamble to the United Nations Charter.
He demonstrated that the lofty principles of the Preamble were negated by the United Nations Charter. He said that the United Nations was formed by the conquerors of Germany, which gave themselves veto power over the votes of the General Assembly.
Gaddafi asked how was it possible that India with one billion people is not a member of the Security Council. He made mention that Brazil an emerging power should have representation on the Security Council.
Gaddafi proposed a new method of membership. Instead of having individual countries as members of the Security Council, why could the Security Council not be composed of representatives of blocs of countries? One seat on the Security Council should be given to the European Economic Union; another seat to the African Union.
He has solid points.
How could France and England have seats on the Security Council and Germany not have a seat? It's Germany, with its powerful economy, which supports the European Economic Union. Why should Germany be deprived of a deserved seat on the Security Council and France have a seat?
What of Japan, whose economy is the second largest in the world? Shouldn't Japan have a seat on the Security Council?
What of India with one billion people? Surely the modernization of India would be hastened with a place on the Security Council.
What of Saudi Arabia and the other countries of the Middle East, whose oil lubricates the economies of the Western World? These countries hold vast amounts of American debt. If they were to suddenly dump dollars on the financial markets, the dollar would collapse- and the dark ages would be upon us.
Gaddafi rightly describes the United States as a beggar nation, which must beg other countries to accept its dollars in order for the United States to remain solvent.
Gaddafi is excoriated for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie. Libya has denied criminal liability. It did however pay the Lockerbie bombing victims' families $10 million each for civil liability. Since that tragedy the United States has also moved to normalize relations with Libya and last year during the George W. Bush administration Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Libya.
It should also be noted that the United States in 1986 launched a missile attack on President Qaddafi's residence, which killed 40 Libyans, including his daughter. The United States has never offered compensation to the families of the victims of its missiles in Libya.
The United States has always supported murderous dictatorships as long as they supported the West and permitted Western powers to exploit their natural resources. For example, the United States supported the murderous Mobutu, of what was then Zaire; he drained his country of billions of dollars and permitted Zaire to descend into a darkness not known since the rule of the Belgians.
In 1965 the United States supported the murder of 500,000 Indonesians of Chinese descent by the supporters of the dictator Suharto of Indonesia. The United States supported this genocide as a counterweight to the influence of the Communist party in Indonesia and China.
Ironically, it is China, once derided as a backward communist regime, which now holds the largest amount of American debt; debt accumulated while Americans were spending their way into oblivion.
And who could forget the support, which the United States gave to the murderous self-proclaimed "Shah of Iran," who looted the country?
Currently the United States supports Museveni in Uganda- a blood thirsty dictator, who thinks nothing of perpetrating genocide upon other ethnic groups.
To the chagrin of those Americans and other race baiters, President Qaddafi stated that in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries when Jews were persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church, it was Muslims who took in Jews and offered them protection against the inquisition and death by torture.
Jews were protected when Muslims ruled Andalusia, as Spain was then called. While for many Americans 1492 signifies the discovery of America by Columbus, 1492 also represented the year that Jews were persecuted and expelled from Spain.
It is a well known fact that Jews and Eastern Christians suffered greatly during the wars known in the West as the "Crusades." These Jews and Eastern Christians were not murdered by Muslims; they were murdered by the Crusaders, Christian pirates who looted Constantinople and raped and murdered its inhabitants.
Qaddafi specifically spoke of pirates- at least those in Somalia, whom the American press calls pirates. Somalis were fisherman until the industrialized nations of the West harvested all the fish from the waters of Somalia and left the Somalis to starve.
It is the rapacious nature of the West that has driven countries into poverty and lawlessness.
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City police were notified Wednesday after the would-be renters showed up to the home in the 5600 block of Temple Drive N.E. and discovered the house had been rented out to more than one family, said Det. James Salmon with the general investigation section in the north district.
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Can someone edit the navigation sidebar so that Deathly Hallows links to both movies.
I have changed most of the links around the site now so that the seperate articles for Part I and Part II are linked correctly (including disambiguations and youmay boxes). HallowsProductions (talk) 12:58, June 4, 2010 (UTC)
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About Liam
What do you mean he doesn't even get the basic philosophy of science right?
Most people have no way to fact check any scientific claim, what's that got to do with Neil?
Seems a little unfair to say he went crazy until the stars were fixed in Titanic. That's a hyperbolic retelling of his own amusing story.
As for his tweet, I'd be more worried about it if it was someone who was supposed to know about computer security, I also don't hold people to their 140 character brain farts.
Apparently PRMan has never used nzb's...
You're posting pictures of your pussy on facebook!
I'd say it's bad considering that it's not the type of poppy used for opium production. The opium poppy looks nothing like the remembrance poppy.
Duke was pointing out the the UK is not the Same as England, so there is no Rules of Civil Procedure for the UK.
Sorry to have to break this to you, but your constitution and amendments to said document have no jurisdiction outside of your borders.
This is a bit of a straw man you just setup. Most people who upload copyrighted videos to youtube and the like usually do just have the video removed. It's only when they become repeat infringers that they have they're accounts banned.
Also, it had nothing to do with his personal site, it was on soundcloud.
I'm by no means for copyright as it is today but I am for balanced and fair debate with as few logical fallacies and false premises as possible.
It seems a lot of you have strange ideas regarding this.
I'm a web designer and forum owner, and I welcome this idea. It's not hard to give a person a "delete my account" button. You don't even need to remove the posts, just remove the name associated with the posts.
This is more to do with facebook, google and other massive websites building profiles on it's users, then keeping it forever. Facebook starts making a profile for you even if you don't have a facebook account. All they need to do is give the option to the user to hard erase all information connected to their account, that's not hard, that's not infeasible. So this won't be used to to delete random comments, but to delete the profiles sites make on you.
I think you're all taking the word "forgotten" way too literally, of course they don't think the information will be forgotten, but it will be deleted.
Being in the UK, our AAA games cost the same as yours, in number only, Ł60 for a new game, works out at about $95 for these games. It's ridiculous.
I thought it was common knowledge that Amazon is a horrifically disgusting company ran by a psychopathic dictator.
Seriously, I've been reading techdirt for years and agree with 95% of what Mike and his writers have to say, but one thing that just annoys the hell out of me is that no one can have an opposite opinion to the masses on this blog without being called
a) troll
b) shill
c) [insert common insult]
etc etc
If the ideas portrayed here are to stand any ground we need to win debates on their own merit, not flag posts as trolling and have them hidden simply because they have an opposite or inflammatory opinion.
I've been loosing interest in the comments area here as debate is simply stifled and it just becomes an attack on the other opinion.
A lot of people here need to grow up, stop hiding behind anonymity and debate the subjects at hand without name calling and without resulting the abc's above.
In summary, grow up and learn to debate topics.
erm... no they don't.
that does make a lot more sense.
So you edited your post when it was fixed?
So you've not heard the "your files, any where, any time, any device" like promises?
The problem I have with "the cloud" is that none of the "cloud" companies actually fit the definition they gave "the cloud", they just fit file upload services, the same that's been around for a very long time.
If this was a simple debate then the pro-copyright side wouldn't need to streth, spin and down right make up their facts and numbers.
So, is it morally acceptable to hold human culture to ransom, that's a fairly recent idea.
Here is an important fact many of you have overlooked.
WorldStream = Datacenter
Alejandra Transporte = ISP
The datacenter handed over the servers not the ISP.
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Kwanzaa Will Not Be Spared
I made an exception before to include a Sandra Lee creation here on Wrecks, and I'm afraid I have to do so again. How could I not share this bit of holiday cheer with you all?
Yes, those are corn nuts on the edges, although Lee calls them "acorns". There's also canned apple pie filling, cinnamon chocolate icing, pumpkin seeds, and of course the giant taper candles. Here's a handy diagram courtesy of One Horse Shy (which offers it as a poster or on t-shirts) in case you didn't catch all that:
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The title of this photo is "We have to eat it?", and the reaction shot after she tries it is pretty priceless. I'm guessing it tastes as bad as it looks, Kitty?
Now, before you guys start complaining that this is not technically a Wreck, let me just say I can only work with what I'm given, alright? I haven't found ANY other Kwanzaa wreckage out there. In fact, I'm starting to think that this African festival of First Fruits is somehow anti-cake; that, or they're being made extremely well and kept in strict seclusion. Here's hoping that next year wreckerators will step it up. ;)


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Oz rail company sold USB keys from lost property in auction
All your brollies, data sticks and lost scarves are belong to us...
Someone in RailCorp will be nursing a bruised ego after selling a pile of USB keys lost on trains in the authority's regular lost property auction.
It may have never raised an eyebrow, except that the keys were bought by the keen-eyed Paul Ducklin of Sophos. What Ducklin thought of as a good source of research into user habits has consequently turned into a shouting match over privacy.
Certainly Ducklin's research into the keys he picked up at the auction reveals a nation of overconfident users. Extracting the metadata from the keys – he emphasised, both in this blog post and on the telephone to The Register that nobody at Sophos viewed any private data – he discovered that none of the keys were encrypted (or had any kind of access control enabled), and two-thirds were infected with malware.
The pervasive problem of USB data leakage also popped up, with CAD files, meeting minutes, tax deductions and the like turning up on the keys.
On its own, that would have made a story, but the second story – the bruiser for RailCorp – was that the rail authority made no attempt to wipe the keys before selling them. This is at odds with the policies that dictate that more sensitive devices like PCs and mobile phones are wiped before sale.
According to SC Magazine, this brought a slap from the NSW privacy regulator, which stated that RailCorp "should be cleaning these USBs" before sale.
The Register was also moved to wonder whether someone's lost USB stick might not be still protected by laws protecting private data against unauthorised access.
While not a lawyer, the point hadn't escaped Ducklin. He emphasised that in analysing the keys, Sophos didn't open any private user files – rather, it created a script to scrape out information like filenames, and made its inferences from the filenames.
Also, under the legislation covering railway lost property, unclaimed objects eventually become the property of RailCorp. Since it, as the owner of the devices, on-sold them to Sophos, this should cover the "authorisation" question: by the time it analysed the USBs, Sophos was the owner. ®
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It's that time of year again. As the festive season draws near and we pull together wish lists, many of us also begin to think about how we can give back. Given that the UK spent over £7 billion this Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend, it's not surprising that the idea of Giving Tuesday is becoming more and more popular. But with 160,000 registered charities in the UK alone, institutions are turning to data to find new ways to stand out and make a greater impact. Far from just running quarterly reports, charities are now utilising the insights they gain from data to inform their strategies, improve their services and plan for the future. IDEAS Given that not every charity is lucky enough to go viral with an Ice Bucket Challenge style video, there is a need to find other ways to stand out in such a crowded market. As such, many are looking to the data they have collected to help create a strategy. Macmillan Cancer Support, one the UK's biggest charities, wanted to see more success from one of their main fundraisers, 'The World's Biggest Coffee Morning'. The event, which sees volunteers hold coffee and cake-fuelled gatherings across the country was revolutionised by data. By engaging with their database and researching what motivated fundraisers, they refocused their marketing around how the occasion could create an opportunity for people to meet up and chat, such as swapping 'send for your free fundraising pack' for 'order your free coffee morning kit'. Whilst these amends may seem superficial, they had a major impact increasing funds raised from £15m to £20m. Some brands have taken this idea even further, using Data & Analytics tools to engage with potential donors. Homelessness charity Cyrenians' data told them that there were a number of misconceptions about rough sleepers, including 15% of people believing that they were homeless by choice. To counter this they created an AI chatbot, named Alex, that allowed users to ask questions they may not have been comfortable asking a real person. Another charity using data tools to counter common misconceptions is Dyslexia Association. Their Moment of Dyslexia campaign saw them utilise facial recognition technology; the longer a person looked at their digital poster, the more jumbled up the words and letters became. By harnessing both insights and the technology made possible by data, they were able to offer an insight into what dyslexia is like for people who previously didn't understand. INDIVIDUALS A big issue facing a number of charities is trust. Following a series of recent scandals, the public are more sceptical than ever of how charities are run, and their use of data is no exception. This 'trust deficit' has resulted in vast amount of potential donors staying away, with recent research highlighting that only 11% of people are willing to share their data with a charity, even if it means a better service. Whilst charities with effective Data Governance are able to use their vast amount of data to enhance those business, those who mismanage it are likely to suffer. Following a cyber-attack that exposed the data of over 400,000 donors, the British and Foreign Bible Society were fined £100,000. As hackers were able to enter the network by exploiting a weak password, this serves as a timely reminder that our data needs not only to be clean, but secure. Financial implications aside, improper data usage can also do irreversible damage to a charity's reputation. St Mungo's has faced criticism for passing information about migrant homeless people to the Home Office, putting them at risk of deportation. Whilst they were cleared of any wrongdoing by the ICO, this controversial use of data has had a negative impact on the charity's image. With a decline in the number of people donating to charity overall, anything that can put people off further is bad news. IMPACT Whilst there is more demand than ever for charities to share their impact data, there is also more opportunity. With Lord Gus O'Donnell urging charities to make data an 'organisation-wide priority', many are going beyond publishing annual reports and fully embracing a culture shift. Youth charity Keyfund have been able to justify how the spend their funds based on their impact data. Having heard concerns from fundraisers regarding whether their leisure projects were effective they looked at the data they had gathered from the 6,000 young people they were helping. What they found was that not only were their leisure projects effective, they had an even more positive impact than their alternatives, particularly for those from the most deprived area. This allowed them to continue to support these programs and even increase funding where necessary. Going one step further are Street League, a charity that use sports programmes to tackle youth unemployment. Rather than share their impact data in quarterly, or even annual, reports they moved to real-time reporting. Interested parties can visit an 'Online Impact Dashboard' and see up-to-the-minute data about how the charity's work is impacting the lives of the people it is trying to help. This not only allows for the most relevant data to be used strategically, but also supports the business holistically, gaining donor both attention and trust. To stand out in the charity sector institutions need to take advantage of data. Not only can this be used to generate campaigns and streamline services but, when used securely and transparently, it can help rebuild trust and offer a competitive edge. If you want to make the world a better place by harnessing and analysing data, we may have a role for you. Take a look at our latest opportunities or get in touch with one of our expert consultants to see how we can help you.
29. November 2018
By Laura Gayle, BusinessWomanGuide.org Smart technology is rapidly reshaping society. From cloud storage and mobile access to the internet of things and artificial intelligence, what was once regarded as science fiction is steadily becoming reality. In response, many employers are finding ways to modernize their workplaces by creating smart offices — not because it looks cool or is the trendy thing to do, but because they've discovered that doing so provides several tangible benefits. New devices, apps, and AI-driven tools can not only make your office smarter, they also can position you for better marketing and sales efforts and provide competitive advantages in your industry. Additionally, creating a smart office offers both employees and customers a seamless experience and can attract talented millennial workers. Since millennials naturally adapt to tech innovations, they can assist in this transition to bring your company to the next level. Here are five strategies to modernise your workplace with smart tech. 1. Use cloud-based storage Cloud-based storage offers both convenience and efficiency. Many among today's workforce probably don't even realise there was a time when offices were full of filing cabinets and computer equipment. Now that mobile access has been fully integrated into nearly all workplaces, much of the bulky equipment that previously took up space is disappearing. Filing cabinets? Paper files? Things of the past. Workers today don't typically spend hours every week filing stacks of papers because most documents are digitised and stored in the cloud. Other cloud-based technologies, such as remote workplaces and managed print services, are replacing old ways of conducting business. Cloud technology has been a significant game-changer for the office environment. Not only are files and documents stored on the cloud, but also businesses are using cloud-based platforms as a part of their services or customer experiences. Think about how much "software as a service" (a model in which software is licensed and accessed remotely instead of being downloaded on a user's computer) has become a standardised part of doing business. This is all thanks to cloud technology. As time moves forward, expect it to continue making a significant impact on the modern workplace and customer experience. 2. Invest in voice-activated devices Various well-known gadgets found in "smart" homes or apartments are now making strides in the office setting, too. For example, voice-activated products such as Siri, Echo, Alexa, and Nest are commonly found in the workplace, adding functionality by offering a seamless user experience. Employees speak and the equipment automatically does what is asked — no more fiddling with equipment and trying to get things up and running manually. Voice-activated tech also allows workers to multitask and get things done faster, such as: Coordinating and syncing calendars Sending data requests Ordering supplies Reporting problems to the appropriate departments Streamlining IT requests These are just a handful of the many tasks voice-activated tech can perform. Businesses have steadily begun to include these types of products to make conference rooms even smarter. While this concept isn't mainstream in the office quite yet, it's not hard to image it becoming the norm within the next few years as this tech fully matures. Companies focused on modernising their workplaces are jumping on the proverbial bandwagon to get a leg up on the competition. These companies will be well ahead of the game when such tech initiatives do eventually become standard in the office. 3. Use tech to put offices in the comfort zone As modern offices evolve into open-space floor plans, they've become more informal and far more flexible. With that concept in mind, offices today are more focused on comfort — a stark contrast to the drab cubicle environments of yesteryear. Shifting to the open-design work environment has been a challenge for many; however, businesses are finding ways to make this transition easier through smarter tech. Solutions they are integrating into their spaces include: Hue lighting Virtual reality meeting rooms 360-degree video conferencing Keyless entry Smart tools not only appeal to workers because of their convenience and "coolness" factor; they also serve the practical purposes of enhancing comfort, personalising the remote experience, and even preventing repetitive stress injuries. 4. Integrate tech innovations to enhance the customer experience Businesses are investing in smart technology, and customers are reaping the benefits. As companies streamline their operations and customer service processes, customers are widely experiencing the convenience and simplicity associated with smart tech. Here are some features they currently enjoy: Chatbots for instant two-way communication AI-based customer learning opportunitiesPersonalised insights and recommendations Automation and custom ordering Cloud storage of customer information and preference history Many industries are relying on artificial intelligence to improve their services. Businesses that do not offer this level of tech to customers will soon find themselves unable to meet heightened consumer expectations. 5. Use AI to gain a competitive advantage Perhaps you don't want to go as far as microchipping your employees (yes, this is also a growing trend) or issuing them Segways, but there are a lot of other relatively new gadgets and AI-driven tools that can boost the "smartness" of your business — not to mention, amp up your competitive advantage. For instance, you can use AI to track the habits and patterns of your customer base while they spend time on your website and determine where they are in their "customer journey" with your brand. Armed with this information, you can customise their web experience, along with your communications to them. This personalisation can go a long way in your marketing efforts. After all, 80 percent of consumers say they are "more likely" to do business with a company that is able to give them a personalised experience. It's also important to know that research indicates customers want way more than basic personalisation. Using smart tech can easily help you bring things up to the next level. Smart tech adds significant value to the modern office in many ways. It's unwise to purchase tech because it's trendy, but when integrated with purpose and vision, many company decision-makers find this investment offers significant benefits and, in the end, pays off nicely. 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8 November - Germany. Greenpeace nuclear experts carry out radiation measurements of the Castor train 10 meters from residential housing in Dahlenburg. A local elderly couple who live near Dahlenburg station asked the environmental group Greenpeace to carry out radiation readings for fear of the Castor standing just 10 meters from the their house.
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Experts: Interim deal paves the way only for still tougher Iran nuclear talks
The interim accord on Iran's nuclear program that was announced early Sunday in Geneva appears to be a remarkable breakthrough that meets the Obama administration's goal of extending the time it would take Iran to build a nuclear weapon in exchange for financially insignificant relief from sanctions.
The deal also marks a step towards a peaceful resolution of what had been a looming confrontation that some estimated say could claim tens of thousands if it were ever to be resolved militarily.
But the political elite in both the United States and in Iran gave the agreement a muted welcome at best, reflecting the lack of trust between Iran and the outside world dating back to the 1979 Iranian revolution. Fueling that distrust is Iran's history of episodic cooperation with United nation's International Atomic Energy Agency and genuine fears by each side that the other will welsh.
The question on the morning after the accord is whether the Obama administration and five other world powers can agree on a comprehensive agreement with Iran, or if detractors in and out of government both in the United States and abroad will find a way to derail the process.
In the U.S. Congress, leading figures in both parties Sunday voiced deep skepticism that Iran would follow through on its pledges to severely curb its nuclear enrichment program.
While President Barack Obama has called for a halt to further sanctions, leading Senate Democrats pledged to approve new sanctions to target Iran's oil exports, but to hold back on imposing them to see if a comprehensive accord can be negotiated in the next six months.
An equally telling response came from Tehran, where news media and politicians gave a tepid welcome to the agreement, which holds a long-term promise for genuine relief from economic sanctions as part of a "comprehensive solution" to the crisis but only in exchange for giving up on any nuclear program that is not closely monitored by the outside world.
Popular support for a resolution to Iran's standoff with the international community over the program was shown in the enormous victory by reformist cleric Hassan Rouhani in presidential elections last June, but Iranian officials say he has at best a matter of months before hardliners organize to block implementation of any accord.
In a public letter to Rouhani, Ayatollah Khameini, the Supreme Leader of Iran's theocratic regime, said only that it was "befitting" to offer "appreciation and thanks" for "what you have gained" in the Geneva talks, which he said was the "basis for the next wise steps" in the negotiating process.
The immediate reaction to the accord suggest that political leaders in both the United States and Iran thus will be walking on eggshells for the next six months as the two countries sit down with Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China to negotiate a comprehensive agreement.
The question on both sides now is whether each can avoid provoking the other into actions that will bring a breakdown of the process.
The result of Sunday's agreement "is not particularly satisfying for Iranians," said Trita Parsi, an expert on the Iran nuclear negotiations and president of the National Iranian-American Council.
"Iran has made a calculation that it will pay a relatively higher price in the first round in order to proceed with talks leading to an end state," he said. That, Iranian officials hope, would be an end to questions before the U.N. Security Council about whether Iran is in compliance with the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, international recognition that Iran has a right under the treaty to enrich uranium, though with tight safeguards, and a lifting of the economic sanctions.
Now all eyes are on the negotiations to follow. "The next phasewill be even more difficult...but it will be even more consequential," Secretary of State John Kerry said after the accord was announced. Leading experts agree.
David Albright, a nuclear proliferation expert who is president of the Institute for Science and International Security, said the accord, by forcing Iran to give up the 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of uranium that it had enriched to 20 per cent purity sets back Iran's ability to build an atomic weapon quickly. But he said the deal still leaves until the comprehensive accord the final dimensions of that country's nuclear program, in particular how many centrifuges it can operate in order to enrich nuclear fuel.
"In a way, it pushes some of the hardest work into the future, and we don't know how it will end up," he told McClatchy.
Emily Landau, a senior research associate at Israel's Institute of National Security Studies, said the accord reached Sunday was not "cause for celebration" nor was it "a disaster." "It's a deal that can be lived with," she told McClatchy.
"My concerns go less to the particulars of the deal and more to what's going to happen between now and the end of the six months when they're supposed to be negotiating a comprehensive deal."
She predicted that Iran would be pressing for more sanctions relief, and trying to circumvent the terms of Sunday's accord while offering minimal concessions.
One of the closest observers of the negotiations, Mark Hibbs of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Berlin, called Sunday's accord a "remarkable document."
Still, a comprehensive agreement that Iran adheres to completely won't be a quick fix to Iran's outlaw status. He estimated it would take as long as two years before Iran would be in full compliance with IAEA requirements.
But he said the accord completed Sunday morning did contain at least one major achievement: tough restrictions on Iran's plan to build a heavy water reactor at Arak. That reactor would eventually produce plutonium, another route to producing a nuclear weapon.
"The Arak project has really been defanged," he said. The accord "went further than many people anticipated it would."
As for the agreement over all, he said there was now reason to hope that Iran would come to terms with the IAEA.
"As skeptical as I am, this has great potential," he said. Over the years, Iranian officials offered measures to come into compliance with the requirements of the Non-Proliferation gtreaty, "but mostly they were just playing for time. They were pretending to cooperate. They never really closed the circle on issues. If Iranians do everything they have commited to, we can close the circle, and establish the peaceful nature" of their program.


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DIY with Bianca!!
At my school I am the go-to person for edmodo. That's cool, because I love edmodo – after all, I introduced it to our school over two years ago and I'm the one who spends most of her time raving about how great using edmodo is!
Yesterday a Food Technology teacher asked me to show her how to use the library and folders features so she could upload all of her recipes to her Year 11 group. The best thing about helping people with something is that you often learn something new in the process.
The question this teacher asked makes sense for many teachers: 'Can I use this group next year and just enroll new students?' This is a worthy question since many teachers don't want to use edmodo the way I use it, that is as a hub for my PBL projects, class discussions, collaborative learning etc. Some teachers prefer an 'online course' approach where the teacher creates a series of activities and posts that students engage with in a linear way.
I once thought that this style of 'static' course approach was not possible in edmodo (and really, what did I care since it's not my style of teaching anyway?) but it pretty much can be done. However, what I mentioned to my colleague is that a teacher could have TWO groups for a class – the static 'course' materials group and the dynamic 'collaborative' group. This gives a teacher the best of both worlds. Of course, edmodo wasn't designed to be courseware, so making it 'static' requires a little tweaking.
So here's how:
- Have your program and resources handy. This will ensure that you get the sequencing of your activities right.
- Set the group to 'read only'. To do this, click on 'manage' as seen in the image below:
Now click set members as: Read Only.
Selecting 'read-only' means that students can't add posts to edmodo or add comments to posts.
- Upload your resources in the sequence you would like them to be accessed by your students.
A few helpful hints regardless of which approach you take:
There is such a variety of interactive quizzes, games and other learning objects that can be embedded into your edmodo group. Google apps embed beautifully into edmodo – a useful tool for any course! I have found some wonderful interactive resources via the edmodo communities which can be added to your library which then makes them available for embedding in any groups whenever you like!
Assignments can be added to this course in advance as well because you can easily set the due dates for any time in the future. The fact that assignments are now saved in your edmodo library is great – we can reload assignments when we want to use them again with another class.
To keep students organized, the teacher can add 'tags' to the posts – this will help students make connections between each post. One great idea for this would be tagging them 'Week 1' etc so students know that those posts with this tag are to be accessed during Week 1 of school. Of course teachers can use tags in any way they like, it could be for 'fractions' or 'spelling activities'. Tags can be shared with groups by selecting 'manage' and then selecting which tags you would like to share. See image below:
Another helpful feature is the calendar. I must confess that this is my most under-utilized feature of edmodo but it has so much potential that I am going to be using it much more frequently with my classes as a way to help them plan during their projects. As the teacher, you can add events to the calendar that instantly add to the students' calendar as well. As an event approaches, students receive a notification in their 'spotlight'. See below:
When building a 'static' course group, the teacher can add 'events' in advance to assist students in their navigation of tasks in the course. For example, a teacher can post the event 'Complete the Quizzes and view the videos tagged for Week 1'. This really is 'hands-free teaching'!
Finally, there's the library folder feature. Create personalized folders and pack them full of wonderful resources – games, links, files and even complete group posts made by the teacher! You can then share your chosen folders with your chosen class. The folders appear on the group page, easily accessible by students:
Teachers can 'share' folders from the beginning of the course, or 'release' them progressively throughout the course. I just love the shared folder feature – it keeps everything so beautifully organised. Cloud computing at its best, really!
Managing the course:
"Enroll" students by giving them the course code.
Close the course simply by changing the group code and/or deleting students from the group. Because the students haven't 'added' to the group (and by this I mean they haven't posted anything or added replies because of its 'read only status) then your group is still nice and clean, ready for the next batch of students.
The course could then be reused with some minor adjustments, e.g. re-load assessments (so easy to do!) and a quick edit to the events on the calendar. These small things are fiddly, but they're small. Edmodo is SO user-friendly that activities such as adding resources, creating assignments and adding events to a calendar can be done literally in minutes.
I'm not sure how effective this post has been, but I hope you've learnt something new about using edmodo. I feel that my confident assertion that edmodo can act like courseware might have been a little premature, but then I start thinking that I'd like to make a demo just to show you how easy it truly is. The thing is, I'm kinda preparing for my first ever trip to the US (thanks Edmodo!). On my return I shall endeavour to show you it can be done. In fact, I'm just thinking of how this dual-use of edmodo can really help my senior students!
Oh, and I would just like to thank my friend Mayln Mawby for inspiring me to write this post and for her wonderful assistance in editing it for me despite it being the end of a very long teaching week!
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Yes, Bianca, I did learn something new. I have not used the tagging feature in Edmodo, but I will now since you explained a great way to do so. I had wondered why I might want to set a student or all students to "Read only" in a group, now I understand that function much better.
Thank you for giving me even more reasons to love Edmodo. Congratulations on your trip to the US. Are you going to be at ISTE in Philadelphia?
This was SO helpful! I just attended a quick intro to Moodle, but left early because it was so detailed and techie. Your Edmodo how-to was quick, detailed enough to help me get the big picture and specific steps, and best of all, I LOVE Edmodo. I teach gifted students in a pull-out program,and I see how this could work beautifully for a number of units I do. Thanks so much for the great explanation, and Welcome to the U.S.! Hope your trip is wonderful!.
Wow, Bianca – another fantastic post!
I hadn't considered the possibilities of using Edmodo in this way, but I know for a fact that your post could sell some of our senior years teachers on the use of this tool to roll out resources to their students.
I completely agree with you about the collaborative nature of Edmodo being one of it's strongest assets, but the 'hack' that proposed in this post looks like it should work wonders…
See you in Philly 🙂
Great idea! This is a great alternative to the 'web quest' as the students don't need to navigate away from Edmodo.
Great idea! This is a great alternative to the 'web quest' as the students don't need to navigate away from Edmodo.
Love this post! Thanks for sharing more great ideas! Can't wait to meet you all at ISTE!
hi WATS up k love
This post has been very helpful Bianca. I've been using tags so that students can find assignments easier. What you've enlightened me to is the ability to share a folder with a group. We'd been discussing that in my staffroom, but our solution was to use tags. We'll now look at shared folders for things we want students to refer back to etc. Thankyou
who dp i make a edmodo
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yes bianca howdo you get a picture from google to edmodo
Interesting ideas. Worth trying out.


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Wild strawberries
Monday, May 3, 2010
Not many memories of my childhood are pleasant (long story if you're a first time reader) but one memory I have is being young in rural Hookstown, Pennsylvania, is the wild strawberries. I'm a sucker for strawberries, and for some reason, wild strawberries are THE BEST!
Anytime I have strawberries or am touching them, I relive my childhood days, playing on our five acres, and I relive the wonder and joy of the times that I came across some wild strawberries in our yard.
Yesterday, I was slicing up some strawberries and preparing them for us to eat them, and I couldn't help but think of my childhood days.
Isn't it wonderful, looking back on your childhood, reliving those days when the adult problems we face now were a million miles away? Reliving the wonder and joy in all things new and innocent?


text: "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" takes viewers into the minds of its criminals while following the psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve the crimes. Detective Robert Goren (Vincent D'Onofrio), who channels his inner Sherlock Holmes, is an exceptionally bright homicide investigator with well-honed instincts that match up favorably with his criminal quarry. Likewise, his partner, Detective Alexandra Eames (Kathryn Erbe), brings an independence and stylish edge to her work that meshes well with Goren.


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Friday, July 26, 2013
David Brown, MD, current vice chair of the MGH Department of Emergency Medicine, has been selected as the department's next chief. Brown will begin his new position Oct. 1, succeeding Alasdair Conn, MD, who has led the department for more than 25 years. Conn will remain active at the MGH assisting in medical air transport, access, philanthropy and teaching.
Brown says he is excited and honored to lead Emergency Medicine at the hospital. "The department has a solid foundation based on a talented and motivated group of faculty; a superb residency training program; and strong partnerships with nursing, administration and other clinical services."
Brown says his vision for the future is to expand the scope of MGH emergency medicine by strengthening clinical partnerships with primary care providers, specialists and community emergency physicians to better integrate patient care. According to Brown, the use of medical simulation will be a key to improving education and training. Other priorities will be the expansion of research programs and emergency services locally as well as globally. "The opportunities to innovate and create are abundant. I can't wait to get started," Brown says.
Brown graduated from Princeton University in 1985 and received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1989. He completed his training at the MGH and is a diplomate of both the American Board of Emergency Medicine and the American Board of Internal Medicine. An accomplished clinician, scholar, teacher, mentor and administrator, Brown lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to cardiovascular emergencies, his primary academic concentration. His innovative work in emergency department process redesign has been published, widely cited and emulated.
"I am so pleased David has been selected," says Conn. "He is an individual of unique talents and strengths and I'm sure he will be able to guide the department through the next decade and beyond. There are enormous challenges to be solved in health care delivery – David is more than equal to the task; the search committee has made a superb choice. I wish David all the best in future years."
During his tenure at the MGH, Conn led the establishment of national and international emergency care systems. He helped to build the Boston MedFlight program and spearheaded the creation of a professional attending service, a joint residency program, a robust research program and oversaw numerous Emergency Department renovations, resulting in increased efficiency despite growing patient volumes.
Keith Lillemoe, MD, chief of the MGH Department of Surgery, led the national search process for the new chief. "It became apparent that Dr. Brown, in his role as vice chair, has been instrumental in assisting Dr. Conn in achieving such a high level of success," Lillemoe says. "His experience with operational matters as well as supporting the academic mission, his valuable role in the training program, the fact that he is beloved throughout the department by current faculty, residents, staff and graduates of the program and finally the respect he garners from the leaders of Emergency Medicine throughout the Harvard system and the country made David an easy choice."
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