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If you are one of the millions of people around the world who waited in line to get an iPhone 6 and got a unit then congratulations. You are now a proud owner of the latest Apple smartphone and quite possibly one of the best iOS devices out in the market today. As you bring your new phone home the first thing you will want to do is to set it up so that you can use it immediately. This guide will show you how to properly setup your phone and will also help you avoid some of the common problems several owners have with the device.
The first thing you will want to do is to turn your iPhone 6 on. Unlike previous models where the power button is located on top of the phone this time it is located in the upper right side. Just press on it until you will see the Apple logo on your screen.
There is going to be a Setup Assistant to guide you in the setup process. You will have to enter your language of choice and ask you to connect to your Wi-Fi network so that you can setup your iCloud. If you do not have an iCloud account yet then you will have to create one.
Speaking of iCloud, Apple has a new service called iCloud Drive. If prompted to upgrade to this new service simply choose no at this point of time. The reason behind this is that you won't be able to access the data that you uploaded unless the device you are using is upgraded to iOS 8 or OS X Yosemite. If you own a Mac then you won't be able to access your cloud data since OS X Yosemite hasn't been released yet and won't be out until next month.
If you are currently upgrading from a previous iPhone then you can import all of its settings, contacts, apps, photos, and other content to your new iPhone 6 as long as the data has been stored in iCloud. You can sync your data using iTunes using the Restore from iTunes Backup setting. The easiest way to do this is to simply connect your phone to the computer with the latest iTunes software using a Lightning cable.
If this is your first iPhone then you don't have to sync any data instead you will choose Set Up as New iPhone.
Below are some carrier specific instructions on activating the iPhone 6.
AT&T iPhone 6 Activation
New wireless number
- Visit att.com/activations.
- Select your activation type.
- If prompted: Enter your wireless number. Select your preferred Verification method: Billing or shipping ZIP code, last 4 digits of Social Security number, or last 4 digits of Tax ID number of the account holder. In the Verification number field, enter the ZIP code, Social Security, or Tax ID of the account holder.
- Select Next, and then follow the prompts and instructions to complete your device activation.
Activate your device on the upgrade-eligible line (choose between the two options)
- Activate online by visiting att.com/activations and completing the online form.
- Activate over the phone by calling 866.895.1099 and accepting the Terms & Conditions.
Activate your device on a different line than the upgrade-eligible line
- From a different phone than the line that you used for your upgrade, call 800.331.0500.
- When prompted, enter the wireless number for the upgrade-eligible line.
- At the next prompt, press 2 to activate a different wireless number on your device.
- Stay on the line and an AT&T Customer Service representative will help you complete the activation.
Verizon iPhone 6 Activation
You can activate iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus using
- Cellular data connection
- Wi-Fi connection
- Cable connection between your computer and phone
To activate
- Turn on iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus by pressing the On / Off button.
- Follow the Setup Assistant's on-screen instructions.
- When you reach the activation screen, select the type of connection you're using to activate the phone.
- When prompted, review the Software License Agreement and, if you agree, click Agree to continue. Once activation is complete, a message will display on your iPhone.
- Complete the remaining steps of the Setup Assistant and restore content from your backup, if applicable. It may take up to 3 minutes to complete activation.
T-Mobile iPhone 6 Activation
Just visit the T-Mobile website to have your phone activated. You will need the 11 digit activation code that is included in the package of your SIM. You will need the 19 digit SIM card serial number which can be located at the bottom of the plastic card that holds your SIM. Finally you will also need the 15 digit IMEI number which can be found on the box of your phone or simply by dialing "*#06#" on your phone. Just follow the instructions provided at the website.
Once your phone is activated and ready to use you can go ahead and setup several security measures. Use Touch ID to secure your device or use a lock code to automatically lock your screen. This helps protect your data in case you lose your phone or leave it somewhere.
Now that your iPhone 6 is properly setup you can start using it. This is the time that you will notice some issues with your device as what new owners have been reporting. Below are some issues that have been reported.
iPhone 6 battery life drains quickly
A lot of people who have previously used older iPhone models say that the iPhone 6 drains its battery very quickly. One person even reported that from a full charge his device went dead in just a span of 4 hours. This doesn't sound good especially if you are going on a long trip and you need your phone to stay connected.
To resolve this issue try to follow this simple battery saving tips first.
- Turn off Background App Refresh (Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh. Turn off any app that you don't need to refresh)
- Switch Push Email to Fetch (Go into Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Fetch New Data and switch from Push to either Fetch or Manual)
- Kill Push notifications from apps (Go to Settings > Notification Center and look under Include. Tap on any apps that you don't need notifications from then choose None)
- Turn off Automatic Downloads
- Reduce screen brightness
- Turn off vibrations
- Reduce Auto-Lock time
- Turn off AirDrop
- Stop Location Services
- Turn off Bluetooth
- Turn off animations
Restart your device.
The battery drain issue could also be caused by a certain app that you downloaded on your phone. Go to Settings > General > Usage > Battery Usage and from here check which app is using the most battery charge. If you spot a certain app then check first if there is an update available for that app. If non then you have to uninstall it.
iPhone 6 bends while in pocket
Because the iPhone 6 is larger in size than the previous iPhone models it doesn't fit well in most pockets. There have been reports stating that if the phone is inside the pocket for a period of time while the person is sitting down it will bend slightly. Several owners of this model have posted photos of their phones that have a slight bend to it.
The reason why this phone bends is that its body is made of aluminum which bends easily. One way to avoid this problem is to never place your phone inside your pocket if you are sitting down. You can also buy some of those popular cases to add a layer of protection to your device.
iPhone 6 Wi-Fi connection is slow
Several owners of this model have reported that their Internet connection is slow when connected to their Wi-Fi network. The signal strength on the phone may be full but loading websites takes quite some time. Video streaming sites buffer a lot and most of the time the browser will display "the server has stopped responding" error message.
Below are the troubleshooting steps that you can do to resolve this issue. After performing each of the steps below check on your Internet connection. If it is still slow proceed to the next step down the list.
- Toggle Wi-Fi/Airplane mode
- Reboot your phnoe by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button for ten seconds until you see the Apple logo.
- Turn Bluetooth off since it can sometimes interfere with Wi-Fi speeds
- Reset Network Settings by going to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset Network Settings
- Turn off Wi-Fi Networking by going to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and under System Services you need to toggle off Wi-Fi Networking.
- Toggle between 2.4/5GHz
If all else fails you might want to consider doing a factory reset. Make sure to backup your data first.
- From the home screen, tap Settings.
- Scroll to and tap General.
- Scroll to and tap Reset.
- Tap Erase All Content and Settings.
- Tap Erase iPhone.
- Tap Erase iPhone again.
- If prompted, enter the Apple ID Password, then tap Erase.
- The device is reset and ready to use.
iPhone 6 randomly reboots
Some people have experienced random reboots on their device. If this happens to your phone as well then follow the troubleshooting steps below.
- Got to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings. This does not delete your data.
- There is a big possibility that a certain app is causing this issue. You will have to do a trial and error method in finding out what that app is and uninstall it.
If the above steps fail then your last course of action is to do a factory reset. Make sure to backup your data before performing this procedure.
- From the home screen, tap Settings.
- Scroll to and tap General.
- Scroll to and tap Reset.
- Tap Erase All Content and Settings.
- Tap Erase iPhone.
- Tap Erase iPhone again.
- If prompted, enter the Apple ID Password, then tap Erase.
- The device is reset and ready to use.
iPhone 6 can't upload photos using Safari
Some owners of this model have noticed that they can't upload photos on websites using the Safari browser. One workaround to this is to use another browser. You can also check of there are any new software updates for your device.
iPhone 6 overheats
Several owners of this model have noticed that when they are playing games or watching 1080p movies the phone gets hot to the point that it seems to overheat. It is normal for a phone to overheat once its processor is hard at work crunching data. If it gets too hot then try pausing the game or movie and continue it once the phone has cooled down. This issue may be resolved during the next software update.
iPhone 6 keyboard not working properly
One owner of this model wrote "as a lot of the people here, I got my iPhone 6 last Friday on the launch day. I restored from iCloud and immediately I noticed there's a lag/delay in typing. I thought it was just during the initiation process but the keyboard is still not very responsive after my restoration had completed overnight. it's so annoying that there be missing letters, spaces, etc when I text and I know I have hit the key. I notice it's more along the edge of the phone. the "a" key, "p" key, "backspace" key in particular are very not responsive. I went online and saw several posts in the apple support forum about such problem. and it seems like some other people are experiencing similar issues."
A quick solution to this issue is to do a factory reset on the phone. Just make sure to backup all data stored in the device first.
- From the home screen, tap Settings.
- Scroll to and tap General.
- Scroll to and tap Reset.
- Tap Erase All Content and Settings.
- Tap Erase iPhone.
- Tap Erase iPhone again.
- If prompted, enter the Apple ID Password, then tap Erase.
- The device is reset and ready to use.
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Every day we are all bombarded with projects, commitments, too many emails – constant overload and it's a constant challenge to maintain good focus, be productive and maintain (or have any!) energy to carry on. It can be a vicious cycle and if you're not able to keep up with demanding times, you'll quite simply, fall behind. So how can you be an effective leader and contributor if you have little focus, low energy and are feeling overwhelmed? This is where the idea of micro-resilience comes into play.
According to Bonnie St. John, micro-resilience is the idea of taking resilience and not just going back to the original form, but instead, one focuses on getting better. Unhealthy work habits are leading to burnout and health decline and so having a micro-resilience attitude is key. Getting into the nitty gritty you'll need to use the five basic factors that make-up the framework of micro-resilience. They are: refocusing your brain, resetting your primitive alarms, reframing your attitude, refreshing your body, and renewing your spirit.
This week in In Process, a bi-weekly Podcast sponsored by Trusted Counsel, Bonnie St. John discusses her new book (on sale now) she's co-authored with Allen P. Haines titled "Micro-Resilience – Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive and Energy." She discusses the idea that pushing yourself until you drop isn't enough anymore. There are proven scientific techniques and wellness processes that businesses and individuals can incorporate into their daily lives to provide them with added and needed energy to address challenges as they present themselves.
Bonnie says "if life keeps speeding up, emails, change, company reorgs, we have to have to have a way to speed up recovery. This is what micro-resilience does, it allows you to take smaller chunks of time and be more intentional in how we recover, and actually use what we know about science to recover better. So if we can speed up recover time, we can cope better with the pace of life, which doesn't ever seem to be slowing down!"
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During the course of the podcast "Micro-Resilience – Minor Shifts for Major Boosts in Focus, Drive and Energy," business owners and individuals will learn about:
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NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LOAN (1945) Ordinance
Arrangement of Sections
1. Short title.
2. Authority to raise loan.
3. Method of raising loan.
4. Authority to raise additional sums for incidental expenses.
5. Application of moneys raised by way of loan under section 2.
6. Power to issue Treasury Bills.
7. Exemption from taxes and duties.
32 of 1945.
AN ORDINANCE to make provision for raising a further loan of two hundred million rupees for expenditure on emergency and post-war development purposes.
[Date of Commencement: 24th September , 1945]
1. Short title.
This Ordinance may be cited as the National Development Loan (1945) Ordinance.
2. Authority to raise loan.
The Governor is hereby authorized to raise by way of loan a sum not exceeding two hundred million rupees for—
(a) expenditure on emergency purposes, that is to say, purposes connected with or incidental to the emergency arising out of any war in which His Majesty may be engaged; and
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So I've been moving right along with the de-cluttering. I actually took a few hours the other day to clean out the three bookbags that I often carry with me to ensure that I never miss an opportunity to work on any of the fifteen projects I have going should the spirit move me to do so when I am in transit. I successfully whittled their contents down to where it is contained in one tidy little bag. My shoulder thanks me.
From these:
To this:
It has been a rough week and I have to admit that I didn't spend much time on decluttering due to some personal things that were happening. I did manage to work with my daughter on some of her clutter and that was a major chore. She's five and already she consistently finds ways to avoid working on her room. What we found during the course of this journey into the world of the pre-schooler was that we have way too close a relationship with McDonalds and Burger King. I found an entire box full of those silly little toys that they like to put into their kid's meals to entice children to eat their chicken nuggets and cheeseburgers. Check out this picture:
This tells me that we really need to cut back on the takeout and get her focused on some other things. Granted, it's not like this is a week's worth of toys, but still, I really don't want her collection to grow much past what it already is. She did manage to let go of an entire bag full of toys that she doesn't want anymore. I was proud of her for being willing to let go of it. At least she's on the right track.
While I continue to deal with some emotional clutter, it became increasingly evident to me this week that holding onto things is not a good substitute for growing solid relationships with the people you love. I lost my grandfather this week and he was someone whom I loved very much. I was looking around his house the other day and noticing that he didn't have what I would call a great deal of clutter. He lived very simply and he only seemed to keep things that were functional or had real sentimental value to him. His possessions did not amount to much, but if you knew him, you could tell that he was indeed a wealthy man. Wealthy in a sense that he knew who he was and was comfortable with being that person consistently and without apology. He was a great man and I could take lots of lessons from the way he lived his life. As I continue the process of dis-entrenching myself from this lifestyle I've become reluctantly accustomed to, I will keep this in the back of my mind. I've always known and believed that the stuff isn't what's important, so the sooner I can adhere to my own beliefs, the sooner I will reach my goal of being clutter-free.
Until next time...
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Friday, July 3, 2009
Day 13-Decluttering Project-Why I Hate Happy Meals...
So I've been moving right along with the de-cluttering. I actually took a few hours the other day to clean out the three bookbags that I often carry with me to ensure that I never miss an opportunity to work on any of the fifteen projects I have going should the spirit move me to do so when I am in transit. I successfully whittled their contents down to where it is contained in one tidy little bag. My shoulder thanks me.
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I snatched up this cute pair of shorts from my work almost a year ago, but now feel as though they are a wee bit too short for me - especially in the workplace.
I still love them though, so the thought of selling/giving them away didn't even enter my mind. The solution was simple; I just had to make them longer and my first thought was using lace.
This lace trim is from Paddington Antique Centre (same as the shorts - where we have a selection of vintage lace) or, if you prefer, you can just as easily pick some up from Lincraft/Spotlight etc. I chose this pattern for the scalloped edge; it just looks much prettier than a straight edge.
This is so simple to do and really makes a BIG difference:
1. Place the lace on the trim of your shorts (make sure the ends meet at the crotch and not the outside seam) and pin in place.
2. Cut the extra length of the lace off.
3. Sew the lace onto the shorts.
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Good morning and it's time for another Sketch Saturday! Come play along with us this week for your chance to win a prize from our sponsor Prairie Fairy Designs. The prize this week is $10.00 to spend in the Prairie Fairy shop.
This is another image that I've had sitting around forever and it's actually my first time using this image really. When I was up in Vancouver earlier this summer, I bought more twine and I'm finally getting around to using it!
I didn't make this card for anyone in particular, but it's nice to have a few extra cards in my stash. Though it's an older pack of paper, it's still one of my favorite.
With Hurricane Sandy, there was quite a bit of damage done to Ellis and Liberty Island. I was really nervous that we weren't even going to be able to see the Statue of Liberty at all while we were in New York. But with all luck, they re-opened on 4th of July! Once I saw that in May, I bought tickets for us to up into the crown. If you do anything while you're there, this is one of things I would really recommend.
From the bottom of the statue, it's 377 steps up and back down. The amount of steps didn't bother me, but I was nervous about the heat and humidity. Hence, why we went so early in the morning. Security is pretty strict and the only things they allow you to take up there is a camera and medication. They don't even allow you to take water up there with you and the place isn't air conditioned. Plus, the only bathroom is on Level 2, and the crown is Level 15, lol.
Since we went early in the morning, we beat the heat! If we would of came any later, I don't think I would have been able to handle it. The stairs are really steep and there's only enough space for one person, so you do have to go single-file. If you're claustrophobic, this would not be a fun thing to do. I'm only 5'1 and a half, so you can see how close the stairs are to my head on the spiral stair case.
This was by far the best experience for me. It was really neat to climb up to the top and see Liberty's face. Here in the picture, you can see her right eye, nose, and mouth.
This was by far the best experience for me. It was really neat to climb up to the top and see Liberty's face. Here in the picture, you can see her right eye, nose, and mouth.
Here's Brent and I in the crown. Can you tell how sweaty we are in this picture, lol?!? There are 2 employees up there and they switch out every 2 hours when the weather is hot. I for got to ask the guy how many people panic on their way up there! We didn't hang out too long since the space is limited and it was humid!
Once we took the fairy back to town, we went to Ground Zero. We didn't buy tickets to the museum, but we did walk around the memorial. Sadly, while we were at the Statue of Liberty, I broke my camera lens. It's the one part of my trip that isn't documented. If we ever go back, next time I would like to go to the museum and check it out.
That night, we decided to go to Top of the Rock. Space wise, I recommend people going there. There's a ton of space for people to walk around and really, the view is the same from all the buildings, lol. If you were only going to do one, this would be it. And it's the cheapest!
Day 4
Brent's friend Ben from college lives in New Jersey and came with his girlfriend Riley to come meet up with us for the Yankees game. It was great to see Ben and spend the day with them. This game wasn't quite as long as the Mets, lol, and afterwards we decided to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.
The sight is wonderful and thankfully, it's quite breezy on the bridge. This pizza place is quite popular and had a long line...but definitely worth the wait. All in all, Brent and I do like Chicago style pizza better though. After dinner, we stopped by a local shop to have homemade ice cream.
Day 5
Day 5
On our last day, we went to Central Park in the morning. I loved walking around and I loved how people were so kind to stop and see if Brent and I needed help getting around the park. Super gorgeous there and it seems so peaceful and magical...though you are right in the middle of the city.
Then we booked it back to Rockefeller Center and did a tour of NBC Studios. They are strict and no pictures are allowed on the tour. But it was neat to see the studios for Brian Williams, Saturday Night Live, and the Today Show! Then we headed to the airport and made our trek back to good ole Seattle. It was a wonderful anniversary trip and we can't wait to go back someday!
Today I'll be up in Canada with my friend and co-worker Tami. We're planning on going to the Farmer's Market on Granville Island and then hang out on Robson. (ETA: I was in Canada over the weekend, but I'm back home now!) I hope you all had a lovely weekend!


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New double single "Oscilloscape / The Blue" from Diving!
New album "Time Killed The Clock" from Daniel Boobyer!
Karaoke Taxi emerge yet again from a gruelling summer spent surrounded by makeshift recording spaces and odd electronics. One of the more elusive bands this side of the map, Karaoke Taxi rarely venture beyond the cardioid patterns of their microphones. But around once in a solar orbit, often as Southern Hemisphere reclines from its tenure as the sun's ultra-violet rays' primary target, armed with a new album of manic doom-psychedelia, Karaoke Taxi return to stages nationwide to twist guitar-effect madness around a tight, drum-filled core, setting audiences awash in a torrent of mentally conceived and electrically realised sonic energy. Like a weird dream you wake up from to discover you've set your radio alarm to a number station... Karaoke Taxi will seep into your head and start turning knobs until... Will that be tube or solid-state distortion, you ask? All will be revealed at any one of the four dates of their March 2012 tour...
Joining are Diving, who arose from Wellington's subterranean depths sometime around 2011 to immerse gig-goers in a maelstrom of distortion, looping and delay. Their twin chief executives seek to stir the Earth's very atmosphere in an asteroid storm echoing form left to right, and on a good day, all the way back to left again. Combining succulent synthetic goodness with guitar mayhem and drumming which errs on the side of driving and at times even tribal, Diving are reportedly ecstatic to be venturing North for the first time to share the atmosphere with audiences anew.
Completing the line-up is Wellington artist and songwriter Daniel Boobyer, who carries an age-old message of love and the frailty of human emotion and friendship in his often introspective sound, self-described to be akin to that of a 2000-year-old hurricane caught in a blues musical. Picking up where his 2010 album Dripping With left off, Daniel's new album Time Killed the Clock conjures a lo-fi, atmospheric blues dream anchored deep in the human subconscious.


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Written By: Bonnie Wilt-Hild, Op-Ed Writer
We all knew it was coming and it looks like it is here and that being the announcement in the Federal Register that HUD intends to reduce the amount a seller can contribute towards borrowers closing costs from the current 6% to 3% as indicated previously in a Federal Register publication in July, 2010. When it was first announced, I like many other industry professionals was concerned as to the disproportionately negative impact this decrease would have on low to moderate borrowers but HUD, in true good form, has implemented provisions that will protect those low to moderate income borrower who are purchasing modestly price homes to receive the seller contribution necessary to make homeownership possible. I will explain further.
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The new provision allows for a decrease in seller contribution to 3% of the sales price or $6,000 whichever is greater. The $6,000 cap will allow those low to moderate income borrowers sufficient seller help to consummate the sale of any modestly priced home maintaining the integrity of the FHA mortgage insurance program for those individuals for whom it was developed. Now I know a lot of you are thinking that this is still terrible because you will now have many borrowers (particularly on the west coast) who will no longer have the assets needed to consummate the sale of the property but I have to tell you, from an underwriting standpoint, requiring more skin in the game for those upper end purchasers just makes good sense. For those of you who have ever endured one of my underwriting training classes with FHA Online University, you will remember my long dissertation on the differences between underwriting the low to moderate income borrower versus borrowers who were purchasing in the upper price range. I always make it a point to explain that different principles apply to these borrowers and although guidelines don't differentiate between the two borrowing classes, from an underwriting standpoint it is critical that you do.
Needless to say, the FHA mortgage insurance program was established in 1934 to serve low to moderate income borrowers as well as other underserved segments of the population and as such, underwriting guidelines were developed that would allow individuals fitting this profile to qualify for mortgages for modestly priced housing with low down payments taking into consideration such as limited credit histories, limited or no reserves as well as a lack of savings simply do to limited residual income. However, in 2007 when the market feel apart (the great mortgage implosion), FHA came to rescue by implementing FHA Secure and increasing statutory loan limits so that borrowers with sub- prime mortgage types could refinance into the more affordable FHA program at lower fixed rates. Well the sun set on the FHA Secure program but statutory loan limits remained. The one thing that didn't change was the underwriting guidelines that were developed for the low to moderate income borrowers purchasing modestly priced home that present far less of a risk to the FHA insured mortgage fund. In as such, many upper income borrowers have been utilizing the program to purchase homes in the upper price range, in some instances as high as $750,000 however under the program they did not have to demonstrate the financial profile that someone purchasing in this price range needed to demonstrate. Things like demonstrating a sound credit history and savings pattern, some reserves after closing and reasonable down payment is something any borrower requesting a jumbo loan would be required to demonstrate and everyone that is exactly what a $729,750 loan amount is, a Jumbo, so the change is a good one.
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In closing, I think the underwriters out there feel a little better know that guidelines are being revised to take these things into consideration, it's tough to explain to staff why one borrower doesn't meet expectation and another borrower with the same profile does with the only difference being purchase price. The whole thing levels the playing field and still protects the low to moderate income borrower. As always, happy underwriting.
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Canvas Transition
As announced in November 2017, Georgetown's Main Campus and SFS-Q are moving from Blackboard to Canvas.
The transition to Canvas for the Main Campus and SFS-Q will take place over the course of two years, during which time Blackboard will continue to be available. During the spring and summer 2018 semesters, faculty will have access to their courses in both Blackboard and Canvas. Beginning in the Fall 2018 semester, Blackboard courses will be available by request only using the Faculty Course Site Request Form. After the 2019 Fall semester, Blackboard will no longer be available.
The Law Center has already adopted Canvas for its course management system and the School of Medicine started the transition to Canvas in Fall 2017.Timeline
Why are we moving to Canvas?
In Summer 2016, Georgetown piloted Canvas as an alternative to Blackboard for faculty on all campuses. Since that time use of Canvas has increased significantly. In fall 2017 semester, close to 1,300 Georgetown faculty used Canvas and nearly 14,000 students had at least one course in Canvas.
In Fall 2016, a survey was sent to faculty and students who were using Canvas to better understand the use of the tool. A majority of both faculty and students who responded to the survey indicated comfort with the features of Canvas, with students indicating they would welcome Canvas in all of their courses.
In October 2017, after piloting Canvas for a full year and in an effort to adopt a more modern course management system, the Main Campus Executive Faculty voted unanimously in favor of a motion to transition the Main Campus and SFS-Q course management system service from Blackboard to Canvas. This transition will take place over a period of two years.
The Law Center has already adopted Canvas for its course management system and the School of Medicine has started the transition to Canvas in Fall 2017.
When will I no longer have access to Blackboard?
The transition to Canvas for the Main Campus and SFS-Q will take place over the course of two years, during which time Blackboard will continue to be available. During the spring and summer 2018 semesters, faculty will have access to both Blackboard and Canvas. Beginning in the Fall 2018 semester, courses will only automatically be provisioned in Canvas; Blackboard course sites will be created by request only (click here for the form). By December 31, 2019, all faculty will need to complete the move to Canvas and Blackboard will no longer be available.
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Faculty will have access to their Blackboard course content until December 31, 2019.
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Canvas' course organization and navigation differs from Blackboard's, and we encourage faculty to consider the options for course content migration and organization in Canvas prior to transferring any content. Faculty can get direct assistance with migration by signing up for UIS Canvas Migration Support Office Hours or requesting one-on-one migration assistance during the transition.
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Sarah Schooley is joining the RYLA 2017 team as a 1st year facilitator and being on board for less than a year, she has already made a huge impact on the program. Bringing her own uniqueness and style to the group has helped to improve the program for future generations.
Sarah is always ready to have a go and try anything. Her passion for youth leadership has helped to mould the RYLA program into what it is today.
We asked Sarah the following and got some insightful answers!
- If you could take one thing with you and be stranded on an island, what would it be?
Someone to keep me company!
- What would you give up, chocolate or music?
I'm a music teacher, so definitely chocolate
- If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
Halfway between the beach and the snow
- What did you want to be when you were young?
A lawyer….and a ballerina, I couldn't decide!
- If you could travel in time where would you go?
Nowhere, it would ruin the mystery!!
- What motivates you to get up in the morning?
To learn something, meet someone, or go somewhere new
- What is the first thing you notice in someone?
If they're a good listener
- What is your pet peeve?
Snowboarders who sit in the middle of the run!
- What was the worst thing you ever did as a kid?
My cousin and I pushed my grandma in the pool one Christmas, we jumped in after her! She wasn't happy about her hair getting wet
- What is your go to movie for a rainy day?
The Sound of Music
A little bit more about Sarah and what drives her…
Sarah is passionate about health, living an active life and working with kids. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Laws with a bachelor of science majoring in human biology at Macquarie University and has interests in health law and policy reform.
Outside of university, Sarah volunteers her time as a Girl Guide leader for youth members aged 6-9 and runs a piano teaching business on the Northern Beaches for children. She also enjoys her hobbies including hiking, skiing, going to the beach and taking her dogs to the park. Sarah also enjoys travelling and recently spent 3 months volunteering in Switzerland at the International World Guiding Centre assisting in the operation of a ski chalet.
Sarah is an active member of both Macquarie University and Northern Beaches Rotaract Club and loves to get involved in a range of initiatives. She is enthusiastic to be onboard as a first year RYLA facilitator and meet all the new participants for 2017!


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The Danish crime drama The Killing was one of the most talked about dramas of the past decade and had viewers asking why we couldn't make television as good. Murder proves that we can.
OK, we've had to borrow some help from our Danish friends in the shape of the director Birger Larsen, who was responsible for the most emotionally raw opening episodes of The Killing, but the result — written and produced by the team behind the Bafta-winning series The Cops — is one of the most original and compelling British dramas of recent years.
It tells the story of the brutal murder of a young woman in a Nottingham flat from four viewpoints: the two people on trial for murder, the dead…


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Penrith Paper and Craft Show November 2-4
Don't forget next weekend is the Paper and Craft Show at Penrith. Please drop by the Stampin, Up! stand, which is stand 28 in the exhibition hall, we have lots of inspirations on display for you to pursue. We will also have a make and take table where you can make a card.
All the girls would love to see you, they include Teneale Williams- Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator, Vanessa Webb, Louise Sharp – Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator, Barbara Williams Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator and Elisabeth Stewart. http://www.dekodamarketing.com.au/sydney-3/
Looking forward to seeing you there.
A Golden Stippled Delight
Have been slack and fallen of my roll. Life gets hectic and I forget that I need to update my blog. So Sorrr about that.
I hope you like this card, I just love anything that has to do with a rose and this is no exception. It the Stippled Blossom stamp set in the New 2012-2013 Stampin' Up! Catalogue.
note the georgous embossing at the bottom of the card, is also new. Want to know more? Message me I am happy to help.
Pitter Patter Little Feet
Baby's foot prints, how cute and adorable are these, along with the gorgeous pleated ribbon, that was in the previous Mini. Was so hoping that it would carry over into the main catalogue, not to worry i have my own stash.
When in Canberra at the Stampin' Up! Conference the very talented Beth Stewart, demonstrated using the button embossing/cutting folder to cut out buttons and then attach these to the card front to add texture to your page.
I rather liked the effect and just love the little baby feet, there are also the hand prints in this set. If your after more information regarding this, please message me. I am only too happy to help you.
I am so excited, come visit me at the Penrith Paper and Craft Show
Don't forget next weekend is the Paper and Craft Show at Penrith. Please drop by the Stampin, Up! stand, we have lots of inspirations on display for you to pursue. We will also have a make and take table where you can make a card. All t…
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42 Bannermans Market
Thought I would show you an editorial done about Teneale and I for the bye monthly 42 Bannermans Trattoria e Bar, Issue Seven, Spring 2012. We are featured on page 15, how excited am I.
I love attending this Market which is held by monthly next one will be on the first Sunday in December, don't forget, maybe you could drop by.


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Microsoft announces League of Legends will work on Windows 10
Microsoft teams up with Tencent to have League of Legends on Windows 10
By Anthony Garreffa from Mar 18, 2015 @ 16:29 CDT
Something strange just happened: Microsoft has teamed up with Chinese giant Tencent to announce that they are bringing League of Legends to Windows 10. Firstly, where's Riot Games? Secondly, why wouldn't League of Legend work on Windows 10 by default?
There will also be other games connected to this partnership, with Cross Fire and Dungeon & Fighter delivered to the Windows 10 marketplace. Tencent will be offering a free upgrade to Windows 10 in order to reach "as many Chinese consumers as possible, as soon as possible". But with League of Legends now arriving on Windows 10, and Windows 10 running on "the broadest types of devices" according to the head of Windows, could we expect League of Legends on mobile devices in the near future?
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I'm really enjoying my new nightlife project. I'm rediscovering my love of high impact Weegee style flash and hanging out on street corners smoking cigarettes late into the night. The plan is, after shooting in elementary schools all week, to drive into Boston on Friday nights and photograph the sexy young drunks who rove the city looking for love. So far it seems like ground zero for those tripping the night fantastic is the corner of Brighton and Harvard at the Blanchard liquor store in Allston.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Repetition is the Key
It seems like I've started every post with "A couple of years ago" but today it might work well with the title so… A couple of years ago I was on the subway going to Mass Art and a perfectly normal woman got on. She was 40ish, decently dressed, probably going to work. She took a seat and started chanting and rocking while hugging herself. "Repetition Repetition Repetition is the Key… REPETIIITIIIIOOOON" And she kept that up for 15 minutes, maybe longer but we made it to my stop and I got off. Subway cars are strange places, or maybe super normal depending on your outlook. Everybody is packed in next to everybody else but its like we all signed a contract at birth that we'll try as hard as we can to pretend that no one else is there. I believe that the primary reason for free bullshit newspapers and magazines given away at t-stops is that it gives you something to pretend to look at while you and every one else engages in this "I promise to not acknowledge your existence if you do the same" routine that happens twice a day in every city in this country, if not the world.
This woman was shocking and annoying at first, but after a while she got me thinking, she might not be a wackadoodle. She could be a genius. Every one on that subway car was repeating something. I was hungover on my way to school, something I did at least a couple times a week for 4 years, they could be taking the same line to the same job they've been going to every week day for a decade or more. Besides breaking the basic subway social contract of not being quiet and motionless (except for maybe a whispered 'excuse me' when exiting the vehicle) I think she made people uneasy because she was pointing out how much of our lives is spent covering the same ground either literally (subway conductors never choose the scenic route) or metaphorically.
Which brings me to my actual point, while I know I have grown as a photographer, I've basically been doing the same thing for 5 years now. Almost every photograph I've taken was started with me camera in hand, approaching some one and saying "Excuse me…" Either I'm a one trick pony or I found something early on that I have been working on ever since. It feels a little silly to say knowing that a lot of artists spend their entire lives in the same genre, but 5 years seems like a long time to me. Who knows, in 10 years I might work at a bank and never take pictures again. I don't want to say that I'm severely limited as a photographer, I think that photographing human beings in their natural environment is a rich and important endeavor, one worthy of a lifetime of effort. Better than counting money anyways.
I've heard other artists refer to their work as something of a game they play. Not a frivolous pursuit, but you always have the same basic elements (in my case a frame and a person). What makes it rewarding is though it is limited to certain parameters what you do inside of them is infinitely variable and all up to you. The real trick is to somehow play the same game, year after year, and keep it fresh.
So I have this frame (now square) and I have a subject (who ever is in front of me) what the hell am I going to do? There is a natural (to me) way of doing things, but later when I have a stack of prints in front of me it's the different that jumps out. Pictures where I got too close or too far away, when I shot into the sun or from up high. Most of the time they don't really work but there's the kernel of idea in there that could, with practice, be perfected.


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You will learn to toggle three frames of a tornado along a path. Randomizing the order of each picture will be key to your success.
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Though we've toggled on a path before, this is a great example of using three different drawings of the same object moving incrementally across the screen. Each tornado drawing is slightly different than the other. This imperfection helps generate an electric vibration which give the tornado dynamics. Experiment with the spacing along the bottom, make a slow moving tornado or a faster moving one using the same three drawings.


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Posted by Rob on December 03, 2003
What is the origin of 'go down like a lead balloon', meaning not go down well at all. Surely a balloon made of lead would go down (as in sink) very well. Or does it mean deflate, which a balloon made of metal would not do?


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Photographing education is tricky, because the learning bit is often time consuming to watch, but it's possible to sum up learning obliquely. Expressing excitement and engagement together is a great start, then add in enthusiasm and sheer joy and exuberance.
Getting the right student there too, even better. Some children are just at home in the computer lab, others out on the sports field, and you really have to match the child to the activity. Musicians will tell you how painfully obvious it is that someone in a photograph doesn't have the grace and skill needed. The same goes for any sport, at any level.
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The Case Against Intervention in Syria
Regime change is overdue, but a slow squeeze is a smarter solution than war
In Syria, the brutal regime of Bashar Assad is testing the proposition that repression works. The massacre of civilians in Houla is only the latest example of what appears to be a strategy of making no concessions and using maximum force. To the Assad regime's way of thinking, Egypt's Hosni Mubarak and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi erred by hesitating, emboldening the opposition and sowing doubts among their supporters. So far, Assad's strategy has worked. Kofi Annan's mission, which appears to be based on the idea that Assad will negotiate his own departure, seems utterly doomed. The U.S., the Western world, indeed the civilized world, should attempt instead to dislodge the Assad regime. Is there a smart way to do it?
For a number of reasons, military intervention is unlikely to work in Syria. Start with the geography: unlike Libya, Syria is not a vast country with huge tracts of land where rebels can retreat, hide and be resupplied. Syria is roughly one-tenth the size of Libya but has three times as many people. Partly for this reason, the Syrian rebellion has not been able to take control of any significant part of the country. Nearly half of all Syrians live in or around two cities, Damascus and Aleppo, both of which seem to remain under the regime's grip. Sporadic night attacks in other places recur, but they don't expand.
Nor is it clear that the Syrian opposition is capable of unity. Popular opposition to Assad is neither broad-based nor organized. The Syrian National Council, the umbrella group of organized opposition, appears unable to unify behind a leader, agenda or set of goals. Rima Fleihan, a grassroots activist who escaped from Syria to organize the opposition, quit the council, telling the New York Times, "They fight more than they work."
The geopolitics of military intervention is also unattractive. Whereas in Egypt and even Libya, all the major and regional powers were on the side of intervention or passively accepted it, in Syria that is not the case. Iran and Russia have both maintained strong ties to the Assad regime. Were the Western powers to intervene, it would quickly become a proxy struggle, with great-power-funded militias on both sides. That would likely result in a protracted civil war with civilian casualties that would dwarf the current numbers. To many observers the situation in Syria looks less like Libya and more like Lebanon, where a decades-long civil war resulted in over 150,000 deaths and a million displaced people.
Also absent in Syria is any sign of high-level dissent. Major defections from the army, intelligence services or business community are so far nonexistent. The regime was set up by Bashar Assad's father, Hafez Assad. The family is Alawite, a Shi'ite sect that represents only 12% of Syrians, and the key military and intelligence posts belong to Alawites. These loyalists stick with the regime because they know that in a post-Assad Syria, they would likely be massacred. But Assad has also been able to stop defections among the Sunni and Christian members of the ruling elite, presumably with a mixture of threats and bribes.
That's where the regime might be vulnerable. Syria is not an oil state; the regime does not have unlimited resources with which to buy off elites. Were truly crippling sanctions to be put in place, including an embargo on energy, it is likely that the regime would begin to crack. That might result in a brokered exit for the Assad family or a full-scale collapse of the regime. It seems unlikely that the regime could persist without some source of cash.
The Obama Administration is rightly trying to approach this problem with as many allies as possible. It is also correct in trying to persuade Russia, if not to join the coalition, then at least to ease its objections to sanctions. Moscow is unlikely to take that step until it concludes that the Assad regime is doomed and that Russia is better off positioning itself for whatever comes next. But even without Russia and Iran, real sanctions and embargoes will slowly bankrupt the Syrian regime—and hasten its end.
It would be morally far more satisfying to do something dramatic that would topple Assad tomorrow. But starving his regime might prove the more effective strategy.


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The New York Times Critics' Picks
"The documentary Little White Lie would be provocative simply for what it says about race and identity...The film is a searing portrait of collective denial - a diagnosis from which Ms. Schwartz doesn't exempt herself." - Ben Kenigsberg / The New York Times
Vanity Fair
"Little White Lie is a true story and unique in that Schwartz's belief in her whiteness was affirmed by her entire community despite her visibly mixed appearance... [The film] focuses on the nature of family secrets and how the white lie on which hers is predicated remained intact for so long."
- Chase Quinn / Vanity Fair
"One of the most profound meditations on race I've ever actually experienced. It's great"
- Chris Hayes / MSNBC
The Wall Street Journal
Filmmaker LaFilmmaker Lacey Schwartz was raised as a white Jewish child and only later learned the whole truth.
The New York Times
"'A lot of personal documentaries cover secrets,' said Jay Rosenblatt, program director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. 'Self-indulgence is a big problem with personal documentaries, but I think the secret in 'Little White Lie' kept it from going in that direction — the narrative thrust keeps you engaged.'" - Felicia R. Lee / The New York Times
Los Angeles Times
The film has the slightly (not distasteful) amateur flavor of many confessional documentaries -- a tone similar to that of "This American Life," the influential radio center of the My Strange Story movement.
NBC News
"What unfolds throughout this deeply personal documentary is not only a search for identity and a sort of belated coming-of-age, but an ever dynamic relationship between a girl and her mother and father".
"The journey has Schwartz embracing the truth about her real identity and what it means for her as a woman who now identifies as being black, when she once identified as white."
- Michele Norris / NPR
Democracy Now
On Tuesday, Dolezal broke her silence, saying she has identified as black since a young age. We host a roundtable discussion with four guests, including Lacey Schwartz, producer/director of the documentary film "Little White Lie"
The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Holmes' criterion for festival submissions is great black films, against the grain. Certainly that describes Brooklyn filmmaker Lacey Schwartz's 'Little White Lie', a personal documentary about family secrets and the power of truth-telling."
- A.D Amorosi / The Inquirer
The Huffington Post
"...what emerges [from the film] is a thoughtful look at the impact of denial and the nuanced ways in which we shape our identity." - Lauren Duca
All in with Chris Hayes
Lacey Schwartz, a film-maker who grew up in a white family then discovered that her biological father was black, shares her unique perspective on Rachel Dolezal
[Lacey Schwartz] set out to find the truth and along the way uncovered a painful family secret. Her interview begins at 34:34.
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Lacey Schwartz has a new documentary film out, "Little White Lie," about her hidden racial identity
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A woman who grows up in a white Jewish family and assumes that her parents are her biological parents. But when she is 18, at Georgetown, she asks the question and gets a surprising answer. - Mick LaSalle
The Boston Globe
Imagine you spent your whole life believing one thing about who you were, only to discover that it was not exactly true?
ABC Nightline
Lacey Schwartz comments on Rachel Dolezal
"How a Biracial woman grew up believing she was white." - Jenée Desmond-Harris / Vox Media
"This potent family drama ignites emotional fireworks." - Martin Tsai / Los Angeles Times
This past Monday night's broadcast of Lacey Schwartz and James Adolphus' documentary "Little White Lie," reached the highest rating in 10 years for an Independent Lens broadcast on WNET, according to the New York station.
Over 30 years later, Schwartz, the filmmaker and principal subject of the documentary Little White Lie, recounts her first memory of feeling different.
BBC Radio Manchester
Karen Gabay and Mr V speak to filmmaker Lacey Schwartz talks about family secrets in her film, Little White Lie.
Independent Lens
As a child [Lacey Schwartz] believed her family's explanation — that her appearance was inherited from her dark-skinned Sicilian grandfather — but when she reaches her adolescence, and her parents abruptly separate, her gut begins to tell her something else.
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Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz always had the darkest skin in her nice Jewish family. Her documentary Little White Lie reveals the reason for that.


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There's nothing more American than Zinfandel, and I'm not talking about white Zin, people!
What WINE Pairs With A Cheap Date?
You're single and looking to get some action. You don't want to rely on a date to pay for a meal and unfortunately, you don't get paid until Friday. I have the perfect solution to solve your problem. Because if there's anything "Pimpin' 101" has taught me, it's that real playas' know how to manipulate things.
Red Velvet Cake with Wine
First of all, let me state for the record that I fully support making idiotic, ridiculous, totally unachievable New Year's resolutions. I like to think that I will workout, eat right, cut back on alcohol consumption and stop the use of a word that starts with the letter f. But for some reason I always forget. I either suffer from amnesia or a lack of self control, I just haven't figured out which one it is yet. Like when I make a resolution to cut out sweets. "What's this? Red velvet cake! Guess I'll skip dinner and do an extra 2 hours of cardio so I can enjoy you..." So this year, I decided to be honest with myself and say F it. I'm going to do things exactly opposite. For instance, I plan on drinking more and working out less. And while working out, I'll incorporate sweets. When I get upset, I'll shout F the world, buy myself a new puppy and pour another glass. Cheers to bad habits;)
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One of my New Year's resolutions I do plan on sticking with is introducing you to "nerd" wines...a.k.a not Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot or Cab.
Zweigelt (TSVYE-gelt), an Austrian red wine, is killer with red velvet cake. Austria is known mostly for its whites like the totally hip Gruner Veltliner, pronounced as simply "Groovy" by wine nerds. This red grape, however, was developed by a "mad" scientist (OK, I don't really know if he was mad) by the name of Fritz Zweigelt in the early 1900s. It's one of Austria's most widely planted red grapes and makes deliciously fruity, easy to drink, medium to full bodied wines that are full of red fruits, flowers, spice, silky tannins and a nice bite of acidity. This acidity, by the way, is what makes this wine so darn food friendly.
After a bite of the red velvet cake and then a sip of the 2010 Winzer Krems Zweigelt Kellermeister Privat, I notice how the velvety texture of both the food and the wine mirror each other, creating a creamy mouth-feel. Then, just as I taste a mixture of blueberries, raspberries and red current, it disappears and the chocolate flavor of the cake takes center stage. The best part is saved for last when the acidity in the wine stands up to the tangy cream cheese frosting and cleanses the palate. The two just seem made for each other! Enjoy!
Please let me know your comments in the section below! What's your favorite cake flavor? Have you ever tried an Austrian wine like Gruner Veltliner or Zweigelt? Let's chat!
Enchiladas with Wine
I got your note "where's the cookies?" I thought leaving you enchiladas and a glass of the 2008 Vina Sastre Ribera Del Duero instead of tired old milk and cookies would teach you a lesson we all have to learn...you don't always get what you want in life.
I mean, you've taught me this lesson many times. Remember when I asked for a Barbie doll and got coal in my stocking with a letter to Sarah. First of all, I'm not Sarah and second, she doesn't even live here. And last year, you completely forgot to stop by my house altogether. Were you busy playing angry birds on the sleigh ride and missed a couple stops? I sent you a message on Facebook and Twitter and got no response. Now, imagine how that feels!
So, although you may not have wanted enchiladas and a glass of wine, at least it was perfectly paired. The wine is from some of the oldest and most impressive vineyards in the Ribera Del Duero region of Spain. And because it's a dry place with hot days and cool nights, plus a cruel winter, the conditions leave a higher acidity in the wine not usually found in other wines made from the Tempranillo grape. This acidity helps to cleanse the palate in-between bites and the dark fruit and spice help to bring out the flavors of the sauce. Plus, although the wine is just short of being Crianza (aged for a year in oak), it still had enough structure to stand up to the weight of the dish. Both somehow seem better together, right?
Finally, you must have at least appreciated a break in the monotony. And even if you won't admit it, I'm sure the wine helped to take the edge off. I know its hard out there for a pimp;)~ Plus, I heard your lactose intolerant, so I purposely made your enchiladas without cheese. You can't say that about the millions of people leaving you milk, now can you?
P.S. When I start getting what I want, you'll start getting what you want...deal?


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Lancaster University to invest £1m in green technology l Lancaster Guardian
Friday May 20, 2016
- The university said this week that it will invest in solutions "to environmental challenges associated with growing populations, climate change and resource scarcity through innovation, technology and the intelligent use of natural resources." A spokeswoman said: "Lancaster University is shifting the emphasis of its investments strategy into new technologies as part of its commitment to environmental sustainability. "The university has been working with its Students' Union to review its portfolio of endowment and unrestricted investments, in particular a portfolio of around £1m shares which will provide the funding for the new investments.
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AUTHOR: Amanda Young
PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing
LENGTH: Novel (roughly 61k)
GENRE: Paranormal erotic romance
It's been six years since the love of Sara McCoy's life was declared missing in action. Ready to move on, she's finally accepted the marriage proposal of Tristan's best friend. She needs to forget the past. She needs a father figure for Tristan's son. She needs…to stop seeing Tristan everywhere she turns.
Tristan McKade "died" while on duty. He was given a second chance at life with the help of science, and ends up on a special ops team that works to battle supernatural crime. There's only one catch. Nobody can know he's alive. That's not a problem until a serial killer they suspect is a vampire shows up in his hometown. All of a sudden, he's face to face with Sara again, and like it always does, the truth comes out…
The first of a new series for Amanda Young, Missing in Action has a lot of different elements that usually intrigue me – a touch of paranormal, heavy action, a hero willing to have sex with both men and women. I had high hopes throughout the first chapter. Unfortunately, those didn't last very long.
Early in the story, we're introduced to Mark, Sara's fiancé. Mark is gorgeous, stable, adores Sara, and most importantly, wants to be a father to Sam, hers and Tristan's son. We already know from Sara's perspective that she's settling for Mark, that she loves him but she's not in love with him, that even sexually she's not completely satisfied. During one of their first scenes together, Mark brings up how Sam asked if he was going to be his dad after he and Sara got married, and Sara goes ballistic. We already know she's mourning Tristan, but sweet Jesus, it's been six years. Next to calm and reasonable Mark who is most definitely not the wrong one here, she looks crazy for going off on him. Sadly, that single scene started a downward spiral for any sympathy I had for her.
I lost any sense at all by the time Sara has finally forgiven Tristan. She spent a good portion of the middle angry with him, hurt when she found out he was having sex with his male partner, Shame. She was friendly with Shame prior to that, yes, but there was a definite animosity about that entire aspect of Shame's relationship with Tristan. Yet, as soon as Sara and Tristan were okay again, all of a sudden she wants to have a threesome. She wants to watch Tristan and Shame have sex because it's the most exciting thing she can imagine at the moment. Um…no. I don't buy it. Maybe if she'd said, "I need to watch you two together to guarantee that it was just to relieve an itch for you like you said it was and not anything else," I would have bought it. But she didn't. In fact, to add to that, Tristan and Shame are way more lovey-dovey toward each other in the act than either man has displayed or admitted to previously. It makes that entire section of sex – multiple chapters – tedious instead of hot, because I absolutely can't buy the character motivations.
Tristan's character arc makes far more sense than Sara's, but with Sara putting him up on a pedestal for so long, I found it very difficult to really empathize with him. My dislike for her colored my impression of her opinions, which in turn tainted how well I could fall for Tristan. Without really caring about either of the two leads, it then gets very difficult to care too much about the rest of the story.
For the most part, the prose is very readable, and the flow of action smooth. When it deviates from the plot, however, I had a few problems. There is an odd mix of clinical terminology with harsher slang in the sex scenes. For example, in one scene, "rectum" gets used in the same sentence as "cunt." For myself, I find it very difficult to get into the flow of a scene when this happens. Clinical terminology sets one kind of mood, while slang elicits a completely different reaction. To combine them mixes signals for me, so by halfway through, I was tempted to just skip over the sex scenes altogether.
In the end, I walk away more annoyed than anything else. Without someone to care about, there was no reason for me to care about the outcome. Honestly, the person I liked the most through the whole story was poor Mark, and he got written out halfway through. I kept waiting for him to come back. Maybe I would have had somebody to root for in the end then.
7/10 – While relatively clean prose, the odd juxtaposition of clinical terminology with slang in the numerous sex scenes was jarring for me.
6/10 – More interesting than his female counterpart with a smoother character arc, but I still found it difficult to care too much about him when I've got the specter of hero worship coming from a heroine I can't stand.
3/10 – Inconsistent and seemingly unnecessarily bitchy, I really didn't like her.
Entertainment value
5/10 – The prose outside of sex scenes and a plot that mostly kept moving forward was enough to keep me reading, though there were sections that I had to grit my teeth to get through.
World building
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The blueberries' pleasant floral quality brings a little brightness to chocolate's dark side, creating an intriguing combination that warrants another bite.
Makes 16 servings
- 1 package brownie mix for 8×8-inch pan
- Melted butter, eggs and water required by mix
- 1 cup fresh blueberries, divided
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon instant espresso powder, optional
Prepare brownie mix according to package directions, using designated amount of melted butter, eggs and water. Stir ½ cup blueberries into batter; transfer to greased 8×8-inch pan. Bake at temperature and for time recommended on package, removing from oven 3 minutes before end of baking time. Scatter remaining ½ cup blueberries over brownies and bake for 3 minutes or until done. Cool on a wire rack.
Meanwhile, for dark chocolate glaze, in a small saucepan, combine sugar, water and butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture starts to bubble. Remove from heat. Stir in cocoa powder and, if desired, espresso powder until smooth. Drizzle over brownies. Cut into bars. After 24 hours, store in refrigerator.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stock indexes and oil prices slumped on Tuesday as weak Chinese data fueled worries about a slowdown in its economy, the world's second biggest, and sparked more market turmoil.
The fall in oil prices ended a three-day rally that had driven crude up more than 20 percent. Brent fell below $50 a barrel on concerns about global demand for petroleum.
U.S. stocks fell nearly 3 percent, with all three major U.S. equity indexes firmly in negative territory for the year-to-date. The benchmark S&P 500 is down 7 percent since Dec. 31.
The CBOE Volatility index , known as Wall Street's "fear gauge", was up 10.45 percent at 31.40, above its long-term average of 20. The index had spiked to 53.29 on Aug. 24.
The moves followed a stormy week that left investors concerned about further market losses due to slowing growth in China and the effect on the global economy. The S&P 500 on Monday posted its worst monthly decline since 2012.
The recent signs of weakness in big economies has raised doubts about earnings growth and fueled worries about whether central bank support could make a difference after years of loose policy around the globe.
Comments by Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer over the weekend appeared to keep alive the chances of a U.S. interest rate increase in September.
"It's general risk aversion manifesting itself after a really bad August," said Mohannad Aama, managing director at Beam Capital Management LLC in New York. "The continued uncertainty about China is definitely adding to worries."
Sparking Tuesday's selloff, surveys showed China's manufacturing sector shrank at its fastest pace in three years while its services sector also cooled.
Data showing U.S. factory activity hit a more than two-year low in August added to investor jitters.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 469.68 points, or 2.84 percent, to 16,058.35, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 58.33 points, or 2.96 percent, to 1,913.85, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 140.40 points, or 2.94 percent, to 4,636.11.
MSCI's all-country stock index fell 2.7 percent and is now down 7.4 percent for the year-to-date. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 stocks index .FTEU3 closed down 2.8 percent.
In the oil market, Brent crude LCOc1 dropped 8.5 percent to $49.56 a barrel. U.S. crude CLc1 fell 7.7 percent to $45.41.
While shares and commodities remained the focus, the mood was similarly wary in the currency and bond markets.
U.S. Treasuries prices rose as the Chinese and U.S. data fueled safe-haven bids. Possible selling of long-dated Treasuries by foreign central banks capped those bonds' gains.
U.S. 10-year Treasuries were last up 8/32 in price to yield 2.17 percent, from a yield of 2.20 percent late on Monday.
The dollar sagged against the safe-haven yen and low-yielding euro as investors unwound bets against the two currencies, which are widely used to fund positions in riskier assets.
The dollar was last off 1.20 percent against the yen, at 119.80 yen JPY=, while the euro rose 0.70 percent to $1.1297 EUR=.
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, summed up the global outlook in a speech in Indonesia, where she said global economic growth was now likely to be weaker than had been expected just a few months ago.
She cited a slower recovery in major advanced economies and a further slowdown in emerging nations and highlighted the need to "be vigilant for spillovers" from China's stutters.
In the metals markets, benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended at $5,067 a tonne, down 1.3 percent from Friday's close, as markets reopened after a long holiday weekend.
Gold rose 1 percent as the dollar and global equities dropped. Spot gold XAU= rose to a session high of $1,147.16 an ounce.
Additional reporting by Noel Randewich in San Francisco and Marc Jones in London; Editing by Dan Grebler, Meredith Mazzilli and Leslie Adler


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A Christian Music Artist once said that, "College does a good job of teaching you how to make a living, but does NOT do a good job of teaching you how to do a life." A verse that I continue to talk with college students is 2 Timothy 4:7-8 which says, " While physical training has some value... training in godliness has MORE value for this life and the life to come." Students come to colleges to train in all sorts of physical things: academics, social groups, sports/fitness, FOOD...etc. God's Word says that while that stuff is valuable to train in godliness has more value!
I went to EKU to train in physical things on a baseball scholarship in 2003. However the most valuable thing I did in college was train in godliness with Campus Outreach. I spent a lot of time on the field, at parties, and in the classroom. But it was my time training in godliness through discipleship, bible studies, church, retreats, etc that has been the most valuable thing in my life. I would not be near the child of God, husband, father, church member, worker, neighbor, etc... if it wasn't for my time training in godliness as a student involved with Campus Outreach when I was in college.
College ministry is fun! However the greatest thing about our job is to graduate godliness from the campus. Myself and many of my teammates, roommates, and friends from EKU put our faith in Christ for the 1st time in college and was discipled through the ministry of Campus Outreach. Many years after graduating we are still walking with the Lord, in godly marriages, raising our children, loving and serving our church, and using our resources for the Kingdom of God!
Thousands of students come to these cites to go to college and thousands end up staying in the city. To change the city I truly believe we need to reach and equip the next generation of college students.
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SciCafe2.0 Participatory Engagement Tool Stakeholders' Requirements Workshop
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- Published: Tuesday, 25 February 2014 17:00
Citizens' Say Participatory Engagement Tool Stakeholders' Requirements Workshop is arranged to take place in Brussels on 27th March 2014, 13:30 - 17:00 Hrs.
The SciCafe2.0 Consortium funded under the Collective Awareness Platforms Objectives of the European Commission FP7 Research Programme, is currently engaged in a phase of user requirements study focused on the elicitation and prioritisation of the various stakeholders' needs in respect of ICT-enabled tools for promoting and conducting Public Engagement and Participative Leadership.
The SciCafe Virtual Participatory Engagement Platform supports the activities and management of communities of interest. It is to serve as a portable virtual platform that can be adapted as a tool for harvesting collective intelligence among research groups, citizens and enterprises. For example for participative engagement forums in policy making and e-democracy contexts, collective-awareness raising and objective analysis of issues relating to societal, technological and environmental sustainability issues. The tool is to help community builders-leaders in fostering e-democracy as well as raising the floor for all, including the vulnerable, the disaffected, the minorities and single-issue interest groups, to find a space for informed citizens' engagement in consensus solution seeking and policy innovation within the framework of open and transformative government. The SciCafe2.0 Consortium is currently attempting to specify the features best valued by the various stakeholders for such a tool e.g.
- promoting and managing debates online on topics of interest
- browsing online information and services
- organising the retrieved knowledge online, as well as information and services in personal databases and directories
- sharing knowledge, information and services contained in personal databases with the community
- browsing shared information and services stored in the platform and organised according to an ontology
- web streaming (embedding existing tools like YouTube/Google hangouts)
- video archiving and research engine (embedding YouTube and Google)
- live chat during streaming, before and after discussion sessions
- calendar (embedding Google calendar or similar)
- mailing list system
- mechanism for user feedback/voting/polling
- metrics for evaluating Participatory Engagement sessions in terms of, for example, the effectiveness of their facilitation, the collective empowerment of the participants, and the outcomes.
An online User-Study survey is also available through our website http://www.european-observatory-for-crowdsourcing.eu/. We would much appreciate your kind cooperation in taking a few minutes to respond to this online questionnaire. We plan to disseminate the resulting user-studies report to all the community.


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School of Art B.F.A. Exhibition Opens May 5
May 5, 2017
The School of Art in the College of Visual and Performing Arts will present its annual exhibition of work by bachelor of fine arts (B.F.A.) degree candidates May 5-13 in Comstock Art Facility (ComArt), 1075 Comstock Ave. An opening reception will be held on Friday, May 5, from 5-8 p.m. in the Sarah A. Coyne Gallery, second floor, ComArt.
The exhibition will feature work by graduating seniors in ceramics, painting, printmaking and sculpture. In addition to the Coyne Gallery, work can be viewed in room 022 of ComArt.
The show is free and open to the public. The exhibition is open during regular building hours, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, contact the School of Art at 315.443.3700.