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When the client calls for a warm uplifting vibe – But it's early evening, the location is indoors and there's a snow storm rolling in – What do you do? Make your own sun, that's what! It's incredible how much atmosphere you can create when you bring your own light and the right gels to a job. Let me run you through how I turned this bleak environment into a room bursting with light.
My approach to people photography is to make the subject pop off the page. So the subject is exactly where I start when building a multiple light setup. I knew that our fitness model would be doing a number of exercises both upright and on the ground. This meant I first needed to select a light and modifier to cover both variations. Secondly I wanted extra control of the light so that it wouldn't spill all over the rest of the scene. The Siros 800 S and Softbox 30 x 120 with a Grid gave me enough size and control to cover the model, while still maintaining a focused and flattering quality of light. Step one done.
Now that the we have our frame and the subject is lit, we need to do something about that window in the background. This is where we ramp up the atmosphere! With the sun long gone at this point I needed to make my own. The plus side of making your own fake sun is that you can position it wherever you like. While this is great for the photographer, its not so lucky for your strobes when you want that sun outside in the wet and cold. Thankfully I had a Move 1200 L pack on hand, and they are made to handle some pretty harsh conditions. I layered up and headed outside with the Move, a single MobiLED head, a standard reflector, and 2 Full CTO gels. Once outside I placed the light near the window, carefully aiming back into the studio over the models shoulder. After walking back inside the very next shot blew everyone away. We had just turned a dark room into a warm brightly lit location in a matter of minutes.
But there's more…
Not only can we create daylight, but with a little more finessing you can even change the time of day that you're creating. To get some variation in our shots I setup a second Siros 800 S and bounced it into the corner of the room opposite the strip light. This created a nice cross lighting pattern that casts enough forward shadow to create nice definition to the model. You can see the results in the image below.
Next I switched the outside Move pack back on and we again have that warm Early Morning / Sunset glow.
Now to roll back time. By removing some of the CTO gel from the strobe outside we cool down the temperature of the light. This mimics the way daylight cools off to a nice white 5500 Kelvin around midday. Again in a matter of minutes we went from night light, to warm light, to midday light all without an ounce of real daylight to be found. By the end we worked this shot for less than an hour in all and walked away with options that represented an entire days worth of scenarios.
All of the strobes were controlled wirelessly using the RFS 2.2 transmitter, which saved me from having to repeatably run back out into the cold to make power adjustments too. And what started as major creative and technical curveball ended up as one of the smoothest shoots to date.


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Maggie and Libby find themselves on opposite side of the Civil War as it erupts in Littleton, MO. Missouri itself cannot decide whether to ally with the North or the South and the residents seem to wish the war would just steer clear of their area. Nonetheless, sides are chosen and a battle ensues.
Maggie is a farm girl who goes after the Federal (Union) Irish Brigade when she finds one of her brothers' names on an injured list. She finds that she can be a great asset to the regiment with her skill sets. Libby's brother signs up their plantation as a hospital to save it from destruction. She, too, discovers that she has unique skills to aid in helping with the wounded.
Whitson's notes at the end of the book were one of my favorite parts. She explains how she stumbled into the story idea by visiting a small tourist spot in Missouri. With research and some author's license for fiction, she was able to give us a picture of how the war may have been in Missouri.
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This revised variation of Notes on Lie Algebras covers structuring, category, and representations of semisimple Lie algebras, a classical box that has turn into more and more vital to mathematicians and physicists. The text's objective is to introduce the scholar to the elemental evidence and their derivations utilizing a right away strategy in modern-day form of pondering and language. the most prerequisite for a transparent knowing of the publication is Linear Algebra, of a fairly refined nature. For this revised version, error were eradicated, a couple of proofs were rewritten with extra readability, and a few new fabric has been further.
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1 we recall that A1 , = sl(2, C), is the (complex) Lie algebra with basis {H, X+ , X− } and relations [HX+ ] = 2X+ , [HX− ] = −2X− , [X+ X− ] = H. (Incidentally, this is also su(2)C , the complexified su(2), and therefore also o(3)C . ) Our purpose in this and the following section is to describe all representations of A1 . , in physics, in particular in elementary quantum theory); furthermore, the results foreshadow the general case; and, finally, we will use the results in studying the structure and representations of semisimple Lie algebras.
Put d = 2e = r − p, and note Hve = 2qve , by r − 2e = 2q . We show first that there is another eigenvector of H to this eigenvalue. If not, then there exists a vector u0 , not in V , with Hu0 = 2qu0 +ve (namely a vector annulled by (H − 2q)2 , but not by H − 2q itself); we may arrange π(u0 ) = w0 . We form u1 = X− u0 , u2 = X− u1 , . . and prove inductively (using HX− = X− H − 2X− ) the relation Hui = (2q − 2i)ui + ve+i . We now distinguish the cases q < s and q = s. (a) If q < s, then up+1 lies in V , since by equivariance we have π(up+1 ) = X− wp = 0.
28 1 G ENERALITIES (Warning: The u and v are not the components of the vectors of C2 . , x → ax + by, y → cx + dy , resp x → αx + βy , y → γx − αy . With x and y interpreted (as they should be) as the dual basis of the dual space to C2 , this describes the transposed action of the original one, with the transposed matrix. Thus we are in the wrong space (although it is quite naturally isomorphic to C2 ) and we don't have a representation (but an antirepresentation). The second trouble can be remedied by using the inverse, resp negative, and thus getting the contragredient representation Ds .


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This super quick and easy Butternut Squash Soup can be made with the butternut squash puree, pumpkin puree, or sweet potato puree.
Lynn demonstrates how to make a delicious and simple butternut squash that is a perfect side dish for any dinner or Holiday meal.
Lynn demonstrates how to make an easy Butterscotch Dip that is great for apple slices or graham cracker sticks. This recipe would be great for a sweet appetizer, dessert, or for a snack.
Lynn demonstrates how to make a Butterscotch Hard Shell Ice Cream Sauce that is delicious over ice cream.
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Michelle has been working hard to fight obesity. It is not an easy task in the land of Big Macs and Whoppers. I think she has her hands full. Perhaps Arianna could go "where there is pain, where there is struggle, where there is homelessness, where there is unemployment..." Certainly, that would be more worthwhile than sitting at a table *discussing* how someone else should do it.
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If you've got "Negative Nellies" or "Incompetent Sweethearts" working for you, your business could be in trouble. Learn how to deal with insidious workplace behavior.
The Incompetent Sweetheart is the nicest person you'll ever meet. The only problem is, he's just not that good at his job.
Are problem employees hampering your small business's growth? Some problems can be easily spotted during a job interview, so you can avoid hiring the person in the first place. Others (like stealing) are so egregious, you can quickly fire the employee, thus eliminating the problem—and the person. But the behavior of most problem employees is more insidious—with the problematic conduct becoming apparent only after the employee has been with you for a while.
Many small-business owners dislike conflict, so they settle for living with problem employees and working around their bad behaviors. But one bad apple does spoil the whole bunch. And if you're seen as ignoring problem workers, others will begin to behave badly as well.
So how do you stop problem behaviors before they stop your business? Here are five of the most common problem employees and how to handle them. (Note: Problem employees come in both genders, but I use "he" or "she" below to avoid awkward phrasing.)
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The more interesting questions are why, and how, people are trying to stop us from believing that climate change is happening and was almost certainly caused by us. As well as the different stages of climate denial, there are different levels of deniers, and different motivations for denial. Some people are just trying to be annoying.
At the same time we have a strong reaction to change, and a confirmation bias. We desperately want to believe that we can carry on as we are because things are going to stay more or less the same, and we will pounce on any evidence that supports this, and ignore information that suggests otherwise.
So anyone attacking the theories of climate change from a religious perspective may be missing the point. They may also be attacking the very idea that the universe is controlled by theories that humans can divine, and that humans are capable of influencing any part of the divine universe. They may also be doing this from the pulpit, in positions of power over their communities.
The Pope has called for action on climate change, which has been ignored by many. Protestants may have considered this to be a papist plot, and catholics on the right may have ignored this in favour of the rhetoric of their political allies. Guardian 24th October, 2016
Leaders of Islam, perhaps a much greener religion than Christianity, have produced a statement calling for action on climate change: Islamic Climate Declaration dot org
The first thing to say is that it is really easy to persuade people the climate science is fake. In many ways our brains are determined not to believe in it. Millennia of evolution have trained us to respond well to some threats, for example our fight or flight instincts are particularly well honed. We are not so good at coping with non-immediate threats, and our minds are usually bad at calculating low-level risk. If humans were good at working out probabilities we probably wouldn't have any casinos.
|"Don't they look funny out in the snow with their thick coats?"
Also we suffer from loss aversion. Given the choice of gaining 100 quid or not losing 100 quid, we are much more scared of losing than happy to gain. In our psychology a bird in the hand really is worth two in the bush. Tackling climate change is often perceived as a personal loss, because a reduction in quantity of carbon suggests a reduction in the quality of our carbon-enriched lifestyles. In fact doing nothing about climate change threatens to be a personal loss for many people, but, see above, the losses won't come till later, and it may be someone else who is losing.
So, climate deniers have got a pretty easy job. Human psychology is on their side.
Next, in some parts of the world at least, climate change has become a political issue. This means we also have group mentality to deal with. The reasoning works something like this: Al Gore believes in Global Warming, Al Gore is blue, I am red, therefore Al Gore is wrong. This does not happen exclusively in the US, but the issue has been polarised to a large extent there. I've never been a fan of UK arch-conservative Margaret Thatcher, but unlike 97% of politicians she was a scientist, and she quickly understood the threat posed by climate change, and persuaded world leaders including George Bush senior to get behind the Kyoto Protocol back in the 1990s. Atmospheric carbon levels have been increasing steadily since then, but political action has not.
So how do people attack climate change?
Later I will give specific details of what people say, but the first question is which culture they are coming from. The idea of climate change comes from science, and that field has its own ground rules. They are different, for example, to religion or the law. Christianity has absolute truth that cannot be proved but needs faith to be believed. The law seeks truth beyond a shadow of doubt, and often there are two sides who must both try to prove that they are right. Science is not really concerned with truth, or being right, but in setting up hypotheses and trying to prove them wrong.
Maths has proofs but is not really a science. Once something is mathematically proven it will be true for ever. Two plus two will always be four. If you are an engineer, and the twos are both large values then two plus two can be five, but I don't want to bring engineers into this.
The hard sciences of physics and chemistry have theories that can be experimentally shown to not be wrong.
The hard sciences of physics and chemistry have theories that can be experimentally shown to not be wrong.
The theories in softer sciences, like biology, cannot always be shown to be true by experiment. For example, we cannot make an experiment to prove that evolution is happening in the same way that we can prove Newton's laws of motion. Theories are tested by observation, and if the observed facts obey the theory then it cannot be dismissed. Climate science is similar. We cannot go back to the 18th century, un-invent the steam engine and run the last couple of centuries without any anthropogenic carbon emissions.
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People coming from a legalistic perspective may think that there are two sides in the case, that industrial civilisation is in the dock, and somebody has to find a shadow of doubt in the science. If someone was up on murder charges, and we were deciding whether to send them to the electric chair, then it may be reasonable to expect us to be 100% sure. This is not the case here, and many views of climate change predict that death penalties are already being handed out as people in power refuse to accept it is happening, and use that as an excuse to do nothing about our carbon emissions. The reality with climate science is that nobody is 100% sure that climate change is happening and is manmade, but they are very close to 100% sure, and there are no other theories that match the observed facts.
Exactly the same applies to smoking causing cancer, or driving without a seat belt causing road death. And this leads nicely to another group of climate deniers who would also argue that we should do nothing about smoking or seat belts either. They don't want governments to legislate. They are not necessarily against the science, and may not like smoking, and may put seat belts on when they drive, but they have an ideological objection to governments telling people what to do. One way to stop the government legislating is to attack the climate science.
So we have religious motivations for denying climate change, and political motivations from extreme libertarians. The legal profession is well equipped to deny climate science, but as a profession they usually do not act unless they are being paid.
I wonder where the money is coming from?
Notes and Further Reading
The US Environment Protection Agency still has some great scientific information on climate change.
The Pope has called for action on climate change, which has been ignored by many. Protestants may have considered this to be a papist plot, and catholics on the right may have ignored this in favour of the rhetoric of their political allies. Guardian 24th October, 2016
Leaders of Islam, perhaps a much greener religion than Christianity, have produced a statement calling for action on climate change: Islamic Climate Declaration dot org
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The consequences of global warming may not be immediately obvious to us, living as we do in a temperate climate. However, the Met Office attribute the increasing frequency and severity of storms to more energy in the atmosphere as the Earth's surface warms up, but other changes in Britain are more subtle. In contrast, it is in the polar regions that climatic changes are unmistakable, as warming there is twice the global average, so we must be concerned about rising sea levels from glacier melt.
I recently visited the Antarctic Peninsula as a lecturer and guide on an expedition cruise ship, where my role was to introduce passengers to geology, glaciers and climate change. The changes we observed are dramatic. The British Antarctic Survey has shown that 95% of the glaciers in the region are receding. Furthermore, a succession of ice shelves has collapsed in the last 30 years, and one of the last big ones remaining in the Peninsula, Larsen A, is now showing signs of cracking up. As ice shelves disappear, the interior ice flows into the sea much faster, adding to sea-level rise.
During my own voyage, we experienced sustained positive temperatures and heavy rain, when normally you would expect snow. Seeing lots of bedraggled penguin chicks, before they had fledged did not inspire confidence that many would survive. However, species have a way of adapting. The iconic Adélie penguins, a solely Antarctic species, are vacating their more northern nesting sites and moving south, but are being replaced by their Gentoo penguin cousins, which are more tolerant of warmer conditions.
Globally, from all sources, sea level is rising at an accelerating rate, and is now 3 millimetres a year. It may not sound much, but that's double what it was 30 years ago. Scientists predict a sea-level rise of 0.95 metres by 2100. Many areas of Britain will become vulnerable to coastal flooding, and the consequences globally will be catastrophic.
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An Adélie penguin (left) is confronted by a Gentoo penguin (right), while the two species compete for rookery rights.


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who's the hound? no one special...just the only bounty hunter to track a man across 10 kingdoms and bring him back alive.
this was based on an art challenge idea rick had, but we got busy. then i reworked the idea and posed it to mike. he of course completed it, and i got busy. i'm an epic failure, i know.
as everyone may notice, my drawings are really loose and tend to change when i ink 'em. while i do ink a lot of my work digitally, i tend to draw just as loose with the wacom and aim for light, flowing curves as opposed to the more angular look of the penciled sketches i scan in. i frequently find myself drawing a line and liking it so much i'll change the drawing to incorporate it. after that, i bust out the polygonal lasso and 'flat' my work out. at that stage, i may start off picking gray tones to make everything work, but if it gets too complex i start tossing in anything.
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Give Employees the Feedback They Crave
One of the best ways to ensure practice success is to surround yourself with a strong team. You need team members who excel in their roles and are motivated to do their part to move the practice forward. The challenge is, you can't expect them to get to this point on their own.
There's a lot that goes into managing a team – a fact you likely didn't think about when you decided to become a dentist. If you're like most dentists, you would prefer to focus on dentistry and ignore the human resource and business headaches that are part of owning a practice. Unfortunately, if you do that the practice will suffer, and certainly won't meet its full potential.
Like it or not, team members look to you, the practice CEO, for guidance. You're the leader and the one who provides them with the direction and training they need to succeed. And that includes offering continual feedback.
Many dentists give their feedback once or twice a year during performance reviews and think they're done. If there aren't any problems, they tell employees they're doing a great job and then give them a little extra money in their paycheck. Sorry, but that isn't nearly enough. This gives employees no motivation to improve their performance, so they don't.
Now you might be thinking your employees would know if you weren't happy with them. In your mind, the fact that they're still getting a paycheck is all the feedback they need. If you're nodding your head in agreement, this way of thinking is likely not only costing you employees, it's also keeping your practice from achieving true success and profitability.
Some dentists, on the other hand, opt to drop subtle hints here and there, rather than address problems directly. They might post sticky notes with vague messages about something they don't like, or make a passing comment during a staff meeting. They think team members will get the message, but unfortunately, they don't.
Here's an example. Let's say the practice is experiencing serious financial issues. Instead of talking with your Collections Coordinator about increasing over-the-counter collections, or talking with your Scheduling Coordinator about the importance of scheduling to meet daily production goals, you causally mention that money is tight during a team meeting. This doesn't tell team members the seriousness of the problem, and gives them no reason to improve performance or make any of the necessary changes. It also does nothing to strengthen your team or your practice.
For that to happen, I suggest you provide continual constructive feedback. And I mean every day. This feedback will help team members drastically improve their performance. They won't have to guess how they're doing; they'll know. They'll grow as employees and become more efficient members of your team – and when that happens, you'll grow production numbers and your bottom line.
So when should you give this feedback? You can offer feedback at any time, but it's most effective when the employee is engaging in the behavior you want to praise or correct. If you hear Sarah your Scheduling Coordinator booking a first-time patient using excellent telephone techniques, for example, let her know you noticed and appreciate her efforts. This will motivate her to do the same with every new patient call.
On the other hand, if she fumbles on the phone and doesn't seem to know what to say to potential new patients, take her aside and explain how you would like her to handle these calls in the future. Provide extra training if necessary, and work together to develop a script that will help make her more comfortable during these calls.
Bottom line, your employees crave feedback. They want to know what they're doing right and where they can improve, and only telling them once or twice a year isn't going to do much to help them grow. I suggest you create an environment where positive feedback and constructive criticism is encouraged. This will help give your team members more confidence in their skills as well as make them more efficient.
Not only that, your team members will be happy to come to the office every day because they work in a positive environment that fosters development. They'll always know how they're doing and what their contributions are to the practice. Continual feedback will help them meet their full potential, giving them the tools they need to ensure your practice does the same.
Next week: How to turn feedback into positive action.
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How Many Assistants Do You Really Need?
You just found out one of your three assistants is moving out of state, and you're in a panic. The thought of going through the hiring process is overwhelming and you know you won't be able to find a replacement before she leaves.
Yes, this can be a stressful situation, but before you start putting together that want ad, take a step back and think about if you really need to hire another assistant. The truth is, reducing the number of assistants in your office might actually streamline your practice and reduce unnecessary stress.
To determine how many assistants you actually need, start by asking yourself these questions:
- How many doctor patients do I see each day?
Let's address that last question. Say you have three treatment rooms. You likely think you should be using all three, but that isn't the case. The number of treatment rooms you use depends on your workload, how many days you're scheduled in advance, how many assistants you have and the mix of procedures you offer. It also depends on how busy you want to be.
Many dentists run from room to room all day when it really isn't necessary. If you're only booked a week and a half out, for example, there's no need to take on the stress that comes with a hectic, fast-paced schedule. You can simply train your Scheduling Coordinator to schedule patients further out. This will keep you from rushing around all day, reducing unnecessary stress and enabling you to spend more time educating your patients and addressing their concerns.
Another benefit? Your coordinator can ask patients if they'd like to be contacted if there's a change in the schedule. The ones who say yes should be put on a "priority list" that your coordinator can turn to when a broken appointment needs to be filled.
Now it's time to streamline your schedule so you can work with fewer assistants. Here are a few tips:
- If the doctor is OK with giving injections alone, I suggest you overlap each patient 10 minutes at the beginning and end of each appointment. Spend the last 10 minutes with the patient while the assistant seats your next appointment. If he/she's not comfortable giving injections alone, don't overlap the appointments. Instead, schedule one after the other with no breaks. Just make sure you communicate with your Scheduling Coordinator so the right amount of time is scheduled for each appointment.
- Consider fabricating crown preps chairside to reduce the time needed for these appointments.
- Work out of fewer treatment rooms. If you've been working out of three, reduce that number to two, assuming appointments are overlapped by 10 minutes.
- Consider building in 30 minutes a day of admin time so your assistant can perform equipment maintenance, order supplies and complete other necessary tasks.
Other benefits
Having fewer assistants will also force you to improve practice efficiencies. You'll find your assistants are more in tune with what's going on in the practice, making them more productive and much more efficient. And if your Scheduling Coordinator is spreading appointment times out, you'll have fewer open slots to fill. The "priority list" you asked your coordinator to create also makes it easier to fill broken appointments, reducing the stress and chaos they bring to your day.
I know the thought of losing a team member can be scary, but as you see it doesn't have to be. It might even be a good thing, leading to a more streamlined practice and efficient team. Take the time to determine how many assistants you actually need and you may find you're better off with fewer. Work with your current team members to improve efficiencies and you'll soon see an increase in productivity and your bottom line – and a reduction in stress.
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Step up to Better Communication with your Team
As Stephen Covey said, all things are created twice, first in our minds and then in reality. You may think that being present in the dental office and serving thirty patients a day is communicating to the team. But think about it for a moment – what exactly is said on a typical day other than, "Why did John Brown cancel, today? Was he confirmed?" or "Where are my loupes?" or "Where was the topical placed on Mrs. Smith?"
Certainly you must communicate about what is going on at the moment, but in reality you are more like the production supervisor than the leader of your team.
When was the last time your team met to discuss your practice vision and goals? Having an action plan directly defining each team member's primary objective to contribute to the success of the practice is imperative. Everyone needs measurable goals from you, the doctor to the assistants and to the Scheduling Coordinator, Financial Coordinator and other auxiliaries. Do you have a measurable goal for preventing cancellations? If you still think cancellations are the problem of the front office staff, you haven't been connected to the reality of patient perceptions. Patients need to understand the impact that cancellations have on the practice team. It is not a minor inconvenience; it can derail the entire morning.
During diagnosis of the recommended course of treatment, state the time commitment that will be necessary for getting good results from the treatment. The assistant is responsible for communicating the benefits and answering questions about care when the patient is in the treatment room. The Scheduling Coordinator will again reinforce the necessity and benefits of the services.
"Mrs. Jones, if you would confirm, your appointment card should say your next appointment is June 3rd at 3:00pm. You should expect to be here two hours for your treatment. This time, of course, is reserved just for you. If for some unexpected reason you are unable to keep this appointment, would you be so kind to let me know two days in advance so I will have ample time to offer this to another patient? Thank you.
Following up with patients who cancel is a team effort; it is not just the responsibility of the front office team. It may be the front office making the calls, but the clinical team can support these calls by helping to create the message of the benefits and urgency of the care.
Having a morning meeting prior to the days' schedule unfolding is the best time to get the team together for successful communication. Leaders are not born, they are created with due diligence to what is needed to move the team forward. On the schedule, look to see who is scheduled, the treatment plans that day and what financial arrangements have been made with each patient. A financial arrangement should be in the records of every patient that day – whether for hygiene, restorative or surgery. Look at the cancellations from the day before. If the patient did reschedule, discuss what was said or done to help keep the next appointment.
Studies show that a majority of appointments are canceled at the last minute due to lack of financial arrangements on file for the patient. Patients need help with understanding the options they have for payment. If an appointment is made without a financial plan, you cannot count on that as a confirmed appointment. Have payment options ready for patients, such as getting information on payment plans ahead of time through CareCredit's website. Don't assume when a patient walks out the door without discussing payment that they will pay at the time of service. On the day of the appointment, if they are not sure what will be expected of them, they may feel it is easier to just cancel the appointment.
As a leader, communicate to your team that there will be no separation of the back office from the front when it comes to making sure patients understand what will happen at their appointment, what their responsibility is in keeping their appointments, and that they have a fiduciary duty to pay for their services within the policies of the practice.
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A Preliminary Evaluation of Using WebPA for Online Peer Assessment of Collaborative Performance by Groups of Online Distance Learners
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International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, v30 n2 2015
Collaborative assessment has well-recognised benefits in higher education and, in online distance learning, this type of assessment may be integral to collaborative e-learning and may have a strong influence on the student's relationship with learning. While there are known benefits associated with collaborative assessment, the main drawback is that students perceive that their individual contribution to the assessment is not recognised. Several methods can be used to overcome this; for example, something as simple as the teacher evaluating an individual's contribution. However, teacher assessment can be deemed as unreliable by students, since the majority of group work is not usually done in the presence of the teacher (Loddington, Pond, Wilkinson, & Wilmot, 2009). Therefore, students' assessment of performance/contribution of themselves and their peer group in relation to the assessment task, also known as peer moderation, can be a more suitable alternative. There are a number of tools that can be used to facilitate peer moderation online, such as WebPA, which is a free, open source, online peer assessment tool developed by Loughborough University. This paper is a preliminary evaluation of online peer assessment of collaborative work undertaken by groups of students studying online at a distance at a large UK university, where WebPA was used to facilitate this process. Students' feedback on the use of WebPA was mixed, although most of the students found the software easy to use, with few technical issues and the majority reported that they would be happy to use this again. The authors reported WebPA as a beneficial peer assessment tool.
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Distance Education, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Cooperative Learning, Peer Groups, Peer Relationship, Peer Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Graduate Students, Masters Degrees, Foreign Students, Mixed Methods Research, Likert Scales, Surveys, Feedback (Response), Student Surveys, Questionnaires, Focus Groups, Group Activities, Evaluation Methods
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Autor: Murray, Jo-Anne; Boyd, Sharon
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Fred Khumalo wrote an interesting column in this week's Sunday Times about how irritated he gets with the preoccupation among black women with double-barrelled surnames. And Juno's posting below drives home the point – 'Khumalo-Worthingham-Jones', indeed.
I don't find this phenomenon of joining a maiden name with a husband's surname (it happens among white women too) 'offensive', 'meaningless' or 'pompous', as Fred does; but I do find it rather silly – not only for how unwieldy these names become, but for the more prosaic reason that not many marriages last these days. And once you've shucked your husband, let's face it, there's not much point hanging on to his name, is there?
If a woman wants to retain her individuality, why doesn't she just retain her own surname? I did this when I got married. In fact, I went one step further: I gave my husband-to-be a choice – he could take my surname or he could keep his own, I didn't mind either way. (He kept his own.)
And I didn't do this to 'assert myself' or 'celebrate my identity', as Fred mentions. I kept my own surname because for 26 years I'd been called by that name, and I genuinely couldn't see any valid reason to change it. When I discussed this with my husband before our marriage, he agreed, apparently very readily.
But it seems that what Fred calls our 'phallocentric, patriarchal society' is still alive and well, and manifesting even in the men we assume to be enlightened and whom we sometimes marry. I discovered this when my ex husband remarried, and his second wife tacked her surname to his to create a new, double-barrelled surname. (Interestingly, he didn't take this new surname, choosing instead to retain his original, single one.)
When they too divorced (my ex husband turned out to be the much-marrying kind), she wasted no time in dropping his part of the surname like the proverbial hot potato. In view of this, I asked her why she'd bothered to create a double-barrelled surname for herself in the first place. She wriggled a bit, then said, 'Well, he wasn't happy about your not taking his surname when you married him, you know, so I thought I'd compromise.' First I'd heard of it.
Even more bizarre, perhaps, are those women who do change their surname, and who then get divorced – but who nonetheless still keep their ex-husband's surname. Why in heaven's name would you do that?! Taking someone else's surname implies an unbreakable bond – and what's the point of retaining the titular evidence of that attachment once it's kaput?
That said, some surnames are such millstones that women will do almost anything to shed them. My friend Z was born a Pijnappels and got married to a Milner just as quick as she could (understandably). Mr Milner died, and she remarried – but her new husband's surname was Grubb, and she would rather have stuck pins in her eyes than burden herself with such a moniker. So she took the unusual step of retaining her late (first) husband's surname – the subject of many emotional and heated debates in her home in the days leading up to her second marriage.
Clearly, this names thing strikes a deep chord for some people – such as for my ex-husband, who, apparently (although then still unbeknown to me) smarting about my decision not to take his surname, went off to the Department of Home Affairs to register our first child shortly after his birth. We'd obviously discussed our first-born's name in detail: a forename that we both agreed on; an old family name from my side for the middle name; and my husband's surname.
So you can imagine my surprise when the birth certificate arrived in the post a few weeks later and the middle name was not, in fact, the family name we'd agreed on, but my husband's father's name (which was, in any case, enormously unsuitable; I won't reveal his identity by telling you exactly what it was – and anyway, you might be called that and I don't want to offend you – but let me just say that it was in the region of 'Hank'). I threw a hissy fit and made him go straight back and change it. I carried that baby for nine months, screamed through a 22-hour labour and an emergency C-section, and didn't sleep for the next six weeks. The very least my husband could do was not call the baby Hank.
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
The senselessness of double-barrelled surnames
Fred Khumalo wrote an interesting column in this week's Sunday Times about how irritated he gets with the preoccupation among black women with double-barrelled surnames. And Juno's posting below drives home the point – 'Khumalo-Worthingham-Jones', indeed.
Posted by Tracey at Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Labels: divorce, double-barrelled surnames, Fred Khumalo, marriage, surnames
3 comments:
- meggie said...
I am not sure how I feel about the last name bit, but have watched in horror as some poor kids have been called such cumbersome things as Stanislustful-Boobular, for last name/s. I suppose they can always change them once they reach a certain age, supposing they have the cash, but what a hideous burden to carry for 16 or 17 angst filled years.
- 16 January 2008 at 08:45
- Muriel said...
Stanislustful-Boobular??!!! That's enough to turn anyone into an axe-murderer!
- 16 January 2008 at 10:50
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As you enter the sanctuary, a greeter will welcome you with a worship program. If you're not familiar with our style of liturgy, that's okay! The program includes everything we say and do. You're welcome to participate in our service as little or as much as you like.
While our service is rooted in ancient Christian form, we believe that liturgy should be accessible and engaging. Whether you're new to church or a longtime Christian, you'll find others just like you joining in a form of worship that is participatory, joyful and reverent.
We value congregational singing, using the best of classic and newly composed hymns, Psalms and spiritual songs. We pray for our area, our church, and the world. Readings from Scripture precede a sermon based on God's Word. Our service culminates weekly with Holy Communion, a celebratory feast open to all baptized Christians, from which we are sent out into the world as servants of Christ.
Following our 10 a.m. service, we gather for fellowship.
What About My Children?
To serve our growing number of families, Apostles offers a time of formation for our children during the first part of the 10:00 a.m. worship service. Our children rejoin the service after the Peace to share in Communion with the family.
Children, nursery through 3rd grade, begin the service in their designated classrooms. Older children, 4th and 5th grade, begin the service in the sanctuary with their families and are dismissed before the scripture readings and sermon. They return with all the children for Communion. All of our classes follow an interactive curriculum called Godly Play.©
Nursery care is offered during the 10 a.m. service for newborns to infants. At this time, nursery and Godly Play classes are not offered during the 8 a.m. service.
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A common plumbing fear in cold climates is frozen pipes. When pipes freeze, they change their material quality and can easily crack or burst. If you notice that water is not flowing or has a very slow trickle when turned on, the plumbing culprit could be frozen pipes. The steps you will take to resolve the situation depend on the severity of the freeze and subsequent damage. To help prevent frozen pipes, you can leave a trickle of water in problem areas. If you ever feel like the issue is more than can be managed by a nonprofessional, call a plumber and get assistance with the issue.
Step 1. Find the Frozen Pipe(s)
The problem cannot be fixed if it is not located. Therefore, the very first task is to locate which pipes are frozen. To do this, turn on every faucet in the house. Check to see which are running and which are not. Whichever one is not running has a frozen pipe.
If you cannot easily locate which problem, start with the areas of your residence where freezing is most likely. These include pipes in areas that are not insulated, next to cold surfaces, or leading to the outside.
Step 2. Turn off the Water
Make sure to turn the water off to the affected area. If the water is not turned off, it can cause expensive repairs when the pipes begin to thaw.
Step 3. Inspection
It is imperative that you inspect the pipes to see if there are any cracks. These can occur because frozen water induces pressure changes within the system. Due to the fact that water will not be flowing through the pipes, you will need to look very closely to see if you spot a leak. To look in hard to reach spaces, use a flashlight or a mirror.
Step 4. Dethaw the Pipe
If the frozen pipe is limited to a contained and accessible area, it can be dethawed with a hair dryer or thermostatically controlled heat tape. If you use a hairdryer, make sure to constantly move it on the pipe. A lot of different pipe materials can be damaged by excessive direct heat. Check the water flow occasionally to see if it is flowing. If you use heat tape, make sure that you can plug it into an outlet so that it can heat properly.
If the frozen pipe is inside the wall, find an appliance that can blow hot air into a nearby vent. Make sure to maximize airflow into the vent.
Step 5. Add Salt to Drains
If you notice that a drain is frozen, it can help to add salt down the drain. Just like salt helps melt snow and ice, it can liquefy the frozen water in your pipes. You can use boiling water with the salt, but be careful not to exceed the temperature that your pipes can withstand.
Step 6. Cut Hole in Wall (Last Resort!)
If the frozen pipe is inside a wall and there is no easy access, it may be necessary to cut a hole in the wall. Make sure to locate where the pipe is and use a keyhole saw to cut a circular hole. Then use one of the above strategies to thaw the pipe.
If, after trying all of the above steps, you are unable to unfreeze the pipe, it is time to call for assistance and locate a plumber. While this can seem like a costly expense, it is much more economical to get help before the pipe cracks or bursts and causes an unneeded flood in your residence.


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I would have called him 4th wall breaker.
I guess he is closely related to the Spoiler?
You can almost picture him hopping over the panel lines and walking off the website.
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Almost two out of three British online users do not want to engage with brands on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, according to a recent survey by TNS.
The study surveyed more than 72,000 Internet users worldwide, and found that Britons are less willing to embrace online marketing messages and corporate blogposts compared to those in other countries.
61 percent of British Internet users reject with brands on social networks, compared with 57 percent across other developed countries and 45 percent in Latin America, Media Guardian reported.
There is a big digital divide in attitudes towards the expenses of online access. About half of the population in fast-growing markets, such as Egypt, Nigeria and India, said they would use the Internet more if it was cheaper, while 81 percent in Ghana and 71 percent in Nigeria also said so.
20 percent of the 2,093 Britons surveyed said that social networks are a good place to buy products, lower than the global average of 40 percent. A further 60 percent disagree that social networks were a good place to learn about brands, according to TNS.
Users in fast-growing markets tend to be more open with brands on social networks – only one out of three Columbians and 37 percent of Mexicans don't like to be bothered by brands.
The Digital Life study was conducted between June and September, 2011, by TNS.


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LULI2000 - Dynamics of statrs death and birth: from the cosmos to the laboratory (G. Gregori)
The physics of supernova remnants (SNRs), which results of the interaction between the supernova ejecta and the ambient medium, is fundamental in the structure and the dynamics of ISM and also in the high-‐energy astrophysics. When two isolate massive stars are relatively closed and exploded, the resulting SNRs can interact and lead to a more complex structure of the ISM. The impact zone presents a fascinating complex hydrodynamic physics which depends on the age of SNR and its relative evolution stage and the relative position of the two stars. In this proposal, we will study the processes involved in this astrophysics situation by generating two strong blast waves in the laboratory and measure all possible variables involved in their mutual interaction in a first phase, with a spherical object in a second phase. To this end, two beams of the LULI2000 focalised on small multilayer foils, located a part from the central axis of the chamber, will produce the blast waves that will propagate in a low Z gas and interact on the axis. Various optical diagnostics will be implemented to access to the waves variables (velocity, density, temperature, …) and proton radiography to infer possible B-‐field generation when the two blast waves interpenetrate each other. When going to the second phase (interaction with a spherical objects), a new x-‐ray diagnostic will be used (LiF detector technique) to observe the collapse of the sphere positioned on the target chamber axis. By changing the backlighter beam delay from shot to shot we will be able to follow the dynamic of this phenomenon. 2D& 3D simulations using the FLASH code will be performed both for the design of the all experiment and also the interpretation of the results.


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What a snag by Tim and Sid: Uncut. With reports surfacing today about the suspicions of the Toronto Blue Jays stealing signs, Bronsteter and the boys have been able to get an interview with ESPN writer Peter Keating. Keating, alongside Amy Nelson, co-authored the article titled Signs of trouble in Toronto.
Make sure you tune in this afternoon to Tim and Sid: Uncut at 4PM ET on theScore Radio or Sirius Channel 158. You don't want to miss this conversation TimandSid-izens. I wonder if Sid asks Keating whether or not there's a chance that the Blue Jays just "caught lightning in a bottle".


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#real estate|10 May, 2017
Dubai Land Department develops action plan to regulate lease registrations in freehold areas
DUBAI, 10th May, 2017 (WAM) -- Dubai Land Department, DLD, has announced that it will be developing an action plan through its Rental Affairs Sector to regulate lease registrations in Dubai's Freehold and Free Zone areas.The step is being taken to facilitate services in all of these areas for customers from all categories. The regulated action plan has the support of Dubai Investments Park, DIP, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dubai Investments, where officials from both DLD and DIP met to discuss the regulation of lease registrations and associated services, the responsibilities of the different parties, and methods for improving customer services. Hamdan Al Madhani, Director of the Rental Relations Regulatory Department at DLD, said, "We are pleased to partner with Dubai Investments Park and exchange best practices that will help us to achieve strategic objectives and shared goals, while ensuring that we adhere to the regulations in place at our respective departments. We at DLD are keen to support the success of real estate projects in the UAE, and to provide our customers with easy, convenient services that enhance their happiness and satisfaction." In line with these objectives, Dubai Investments Park has agreed to fulfil DLD's requirements in phases, including updating relevant data for all properties that are under DIP jurisdiction and registered in DLD's 'Ejari' system. Ammar Al Duwaikh, Deputy General Manager of the Commercial Department at DIP, added, "Dubai Investments Park is thankful to Dubai Land Department for its support in all of our initiatives. The department has been a strong partner in DIP's success since its inception, and DIP appreciates the guidance of Dubai Land Department and its various sub-divisions in all of the endeavours which have been pivotal in our growth journey over the past 17 years." Both parties also agreed to establish a registration mechanism for DIP properties through the relevant department. Dubai Investment is mandated with training candidates and granting them permission to use the rental system. This department will organise and follow up on notifications to investors within the investment park to register land rights and use and modify conditions under its supervision of DIP. Dubai Investment Park regularly coordinates with Dubai Land Department for relevant approvals to ensure compliance with regulations including real estate registrations, Real Estate Regulatory Agency regulations, tender registrations, Ejari and more.
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I have always flirted with the idea of working abroad, wondering what it would be like as a freelancer. Is it as glamorous as it makes out to be?
When you think about freelancing abroad you're probably thinking of sitting somewhere that overlooks a beautiful picturesque view, favourite tipple in one hand and a laptop in the other. As freelancers we have the freedom of working anywhere in the world, our office is really just a laptop and Internet connection.
As some of you may know, I was recently given an opportunity to contract abroad, Dusseldorf in Germany to be exact. Granted, not as glamorous location as it could be, nor is it the first place you think for a holiday or city break. I worked for Sapient contracted on-site at Vodafone on the Vodafone 360 project. You may have seen the above-the-line adverts in the UK promoting the Vodafone 360 handsets and services.
What have I learnt from the experience?
Working abroad forces you to evaluate and realise how well you can communicate with others where English is their second language. Design, for most part, is a visual language but you still need to communicate with others in the team about your thoughts and ideas. Just showing colleagues and management a wireframe or mock-up just doesn't cut it without any explanations. There needs to be clear rationale and thinking behind a design, so communication is definitely the key.
Different countries have different processes, both agency and client side and Germany is no different. Learning about different processes is mind opening. It allows you to experience what feels right and what doesn't This can then be incorporated into your own processes in your future by taking the best processes you have encountered. It can also just confirm the processes you have in place are best practices for your set up.
A different country, a different culture allows you to explore more about who you are.
You're stepping into the unknown at every turn. It's making the right impression and taking a professional approach in a new environment. Do that and I'm sure you will enjoy your time out there. Remember to unwind, make friends and network at every opportunity.
What would I do differently?
The only thing I would do differently is to research where I was staying and the country. My mistake was being naive and only focusing on the job description. To be fair, it did happen so quickly. In the space of 3 or 4 days, from interview to booking tickets, and sorting out paperwork, I was flying out ASAP to start on the project.
Final thoughts
Job opportunities will come and go, and when one arises for a unique opportunity to contract abroad it's there for you to grab. Don't dismiss the idea without a thought if a call comes in or you get an email. As freelancers/contractors we enter the unknown and take a challenge each time we take a job, that's all part of the attraction of contracting. Working abroad opens up your trade to a wider audience and that can only be a good thing. Look past the hassle and "I cant be bothered", and think of the experience you will gain. As my favorite Zombieland quote Tallahassee said "Time to Nut up or Shut up!". I agree that everyone's personal situation is different so I can't say whether it's right or wrong for you but do consider it seriously.
The hardest part was signing a contract and then thinking whether it's worth it, thinking what if… and also considering the emotional upheaval for yourself and for family relationships. This can be the biggest strain. If you have a supportive family then its all good, less worrying.
If you think about it, you already do what you love…I hope!!. You contract for numerous reasons be it for money, freedom, a challenge etc. I think contracting abroad is something you should do at least once, it's the ultimate complement. That someone is willing to take you on and put all the effort in securing your services abroad.
I think it shows you are good at what you do, how many freelancers and contractors out there? narrow that down, how many freelancers and contractors in the country. Narrow that down further how any freelancers and contractors are there locally. So many!
If anything, contracting abroad will look good on your CV/resume and proves that you can work outside your comfort zone, be able to absorb a new environment, new culture and at the same time hit the ground running with the projects you have been given. Throw all these ingredients together and it's not an easy task, especially in a totally different country.
If you can negotiate being able to fly home back often, it's a great option to work abroad. Loyalty to an airline gives you points being a frequent flyer. For longer term contracts abroad I would definitely consider buying a Sling Box as a home comfort, great if you love watching live sport and don't want to miss that all important program and if you don't understand the language on TV.
What do you think?
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Video blogger dodging bullets, teargas in Oaxaca, Mexico…
What's more ballsy than picking up your video camera and jetting off to Baghdad, Iraq to report on conditions…
Ouch. 120 degrees. Thats hot.
This war is wrong and horrible.
hey man! That was awsome.
I know the situation is crazy there but I wish you guys could film more stories in places other than Adhamiya. There are areas where you can find incredible suffering and mayhem stories.
Keep up the good work.
Keep up the good work. What you are doing is very important. I hope you are doing an arabic version too.
I've donated $10 to you - the first time I have done anything like that on the internet. I wish I could give you a lot more.
This thing kind of makes me wonder.
Why were the national guard shooting out the generators? This is a very strange behavior for a government body.
There's a question begging an answer.
Annother is why exactly is it taking so long to restore electricity?
IIRC way back in the beginning of all this, it was imnplied by the american media that the US military tried to restore power, but the insurgents kept destroying their work and shooting the workers. If this is true it would imply not incompetence but rather a whole different problem.
I'm just speculating from what little I know, but it makes me wonder if this isn't some sort of "war of the utilities" going on.
If for instance the generator operators in queston were paying bribes to local militias to be allowed to operate, they would be effectivbely enemy utilities. It's like a gangland drug war where the illegal drug is electricity.
Great, good for you, "live from" finally means exactly that - this kind of photography and video is gaining momentum all over the world. The hundreds of projects that already exist are giving ordinary people a real voice, and other ordinary people can finally see what the media ignores.
I think this is very crucial information for the American viewers to see. The media here in US say nothing about what's really going on out there. I will definately tell all the people I know about this web site.
I just found this from the BBC:
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Alive in Baghdad: first-hand accounts
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This leaves a lot of questions. It'd be nice if the first guy specified which bunch of National Guards were shooting at generators. I can't imagine he saw some people in uniform, US or other, shooting at generators and went up and asked them who they were.
I'm an industrial maintenance tech and I can tell you right now that just refurbishing or rewiring an average piece of machinery can take hours, even days depending on the system. When you talk about repairing the grid of an entire city — or even the larger part of a nation — that can take a lot of time.
Throw in the war zone, and the time drags on.
Did anyone see the power poles? It looked like a mass of individual spider webs sprawled out from the tops. Even with my experience I'd be damned nervous about going around that mess, which doesn't even mention the chance of random shootings going on around me.
Get with the program. When you're dealing with transmission line voltages, running gun battles in the streets and that ungodly mess of power lines, this will all take some time. Just to swap out a transformer would be quite a feat.
Obviously these men are reluctant to say why the electrical supply is targeted - which is the real news. They also blame the Iraqi National Guard rather easily. Others have equal means and possible motives to do this. Can the interviewer be encouraged to work his questions more obliquely. Possible questions might be:
1) "Is it safe for those being interviewed to speculate why the electrical supply is targeted?"
2) "How did those being interviewed learn that the National Guard did this?"
3) "Who benefits from the destruction of the electrical supply and how do they benefit?"
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After 9 years, Sound Control in Manchester City Centre has closed for business for good. But it isn't the first time Manchester has had to wave goodbye to one of its much-loved music venues – what does the future hold for nightlife culture in the city?
Sound Control Events Manager Ben Taylor has a few words on the topic after announcing the imminent closure of the New Wakefield Street hotspot which will be used to build student accommodation.
"With that, it is with great regret that we must close Sankeys with immediate effect." read the email sent earlier this year when it was announced that the long-standing establishment, Sankeys Manchester, would face imminent closure. An institution which dates back to the early 90s would cease to exist. An era when trance and acid house was at the forefront of dance music and the likes of Carl Cox and Laurent Garnier reigned over clubland.
23 years of electronic dance music and the birth of many underground artists. But, like many, an institution plagued by the threat of closure. The club faced ongoing difficulties keeping the venue going with conflicting licensing laws and persistent property developers looking to monetise the venue for many years before it shut its doors for good.
In the midst of closures, it's important to note the success of some of Manchester's remaining clubbing powerhouses. Warehouse project, despite facing the same ongoing issues as many other institutions, remains a key success story of Manchester's nightlife in recent years. Sacha Lord-Marchionne describes the early days of Warehouse Project; starting out flyering at University halls in Manchester and turning a music event originally run by students into what is now known as Parklife festival. "I approached the authorities and said, 'I've got this idea. I want to do something called the Warehouse Project. I think we can get 3,000 people down at the old Boddington's brewery every Friday and Saturday'." Sacha told MEN in an interview. "Everyone thinks the Warehouse Project makes millions and millions because they don't understand how much it costs to put one of those shows on,".
From the move to Victoria Warehouse for the 2012 and 2013 seasons and rumours of a move to Mayfield Depot in 2014, Warehouse Project is no stranger to climbing obstacles when it comes to licensing laws and environmental health restraints. Store Street is a former World War 2 bomb shelter, described as the "spiritual home" of WHP but it is yet to be seen whether they'll be able to keep a firm grasp on the venue for future seasons.
It's difficult to ignore the pattern that seems to be evolving in historical club venues being bought by property developers. First, Crosby homes and the Hacienda, next Urban Splash and Beehive Mill – the former Sankeys venue. It came as no surprise when another Manchester venue announced its closure earlier this year and that it would be converted into student accommodation.
Ben Taylor, events manager at Sound Control announced on Twitter the venue's closure.
After 8 years, @SoundControlmcr as we know it, is coming to and end… pic.twitter.com/3M7g15DZvS
— Ben Taylor (@mrbentaylor) October 20, 2017
There seems to be an on-going fued which may not end until all of Manchester's authentic music venues, which curate underground venues and artists, are completely wiped out by the surge in gentrification and demand for city centre housing developments.
CGI of the student accommodation that will be built. Image: Manchester Council
Speaking to Ben Taylor himself, we begin to unravel the truth behind Sound Control's closure.
How many years have you been events manager? Since the day we got the keys, would be 9 years in a few months.
What have been some key points while you've been there? There's been so many, The 1975 & Catfish & The Bottlemen in the bar, Scissor Sisters, my fundraiser for the Manchester Dogs Home after the terrible fire, Haunted House Party over 3 floors, David Bowie all dayer, and so much more.
How long have you known about the closure and what has been done to prevent it happening? It all happened fairly quickly if I'm honest and before we knew it the plans had been submitted, and we were planning the last bunch of events.
Who have been your main competition – venues like gorilla, deaf institute are the obvious competitors in the area. I like to think of it as healthy competition. You can do your maths with relation to venue capacity sizes and that'd throw up those that you mentioned, and also Academy 3.
Why do you think others have managed to maintain their position in terms of licensing laws and avoiding impending property developments? All cases are different, landlords can decide to sell, where as other units may wish to move to expand. It's not always down to the venues making the decision.
What do you think lies for the future of Manchester's nightlife scene? I'm certain Manchester will always be at the forefront of the UK nightlife scene. We're still left with a bunch of superb venues, and I'm sure in the future we'll see more pop up. Just a shame to be losing some that are steeped in some pretty neat history in the city.
What is your opinion of institutions such as Sankeys closing down and their success while they were about? Is Sound Control's closure comparable to this? I think Sankeys, and Sound Control have both delivered quality events, so when Sankeys closed, and when we shut, there'll of course be a drop off. We've had some incredible messages from customers who first met there, had the best nights of their lives, got engaged. It's a home from home for some people.
Do you think the pattern in closures is contributing to an ongoing epidemic in nightlife culture, both in Manchester and the UK? I honestly think we'll see more venues popping up. I've heard of 3 in the pipeline, so I reckon we'll be ok.
While Taylor insists that clubbing culture in the city remains thriving and that the emergence of further venues will prevent what is considered by some as an epidemic in nightlife in Manchester and beyond, others have a conflicting view.
Closures such as Sankeys and Sound Control point towards an unfortunate decimation in the culture, which Manchester is known so well for. After all, what is Manchester without its musical heritage? It's important for some to maintain and revive institutions which have meant so much to people for so many years.
Dave Haslam, Hacienda veteran, refused to play a DJ set at the launch party of the apartments in Whitworth street with the definitive view that "Dancing on the grave of the Hacienda was not something I wanted to do."
It's likely that clubbers of this generation will have the same view as we are further deprived of some of the most loved venues in the city.
Sound Control will be hosting a few more events before closing its doors for good so make sure you don't miss out. Visit: www.soundcontrolmanchester.co.uk/events


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MARITAL STATUS: Married, 2 children
EDUCATION AND: 1972 Graduation from the Maerkisches Gymnasium (High School) in Iserlohn. 1980 Diploma in Physics from the University of Cologne. 1985 Doctorate in the field of Solid State Physics at the University at Cologne.
EXPERIENCE: 1972 -1974 Served as volunteer with the German Federal Armed Forces. From 1980 to was a 1985 Member of the academic staff of the University of Cologne
Chosen as a German Science Astronaut in 1987. Assigned to the German D-2 mission in 1990. From 1990 - 1992 underwent D-2 mission Payload Specialist training in Houston, Texas. Flew aboard the STS-55 D-2 mission on April 26 - May 6, 1993 as Payload Specialist PS1. From 1994 Project Manager "German Satellite Data Archive" at DLR.
PUBLICATIONS: More than 40 different scientific publications. A book about his spaceflight was published in 1997.
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A Day in the Life at Grow In Peace
We started our day with a fresh fruit smoothie consisting of bananas, blueberries, blackberries and strawberries. Next we enjoyed a bowl of french vanilla yogurt with chia seeds. We then rounded off breakfast with a cheesy zuchinni omelet and creamy rice cereal.
We are currently studying ocean life. The children looked at an assortment of shells with magnifying glasses. Some of the children sorted them or arranged them from biggest to smallest.
We have a large basket of ocean related books, so I read a few stories to the children and then they explored the books on their own. We laughed at the random things that have been found in sharks stomachs!
After story time we went outside to water and weed the garden and play. Some of the children picked an assortment of basil, dill, parsley and cilantro to take home to share with their families.
We also took a ball of twine outside and a measuring tape. We measured the length of some of the rather large animals we have been studying on the ground; great white sharks, blue whales, orcas, baby humpback whales and their mothers, etc. We compared these giant creatures to some of the smaller sharks we have learned about this week. For example, a tiger shark is the size of most 5 year olds and the dwarf shark fits in the palm of my hand!
Next we played "The Bunny Bunny Rabbit Game" and then went in for snack.
For our snack we had cucumbers from the garden and carrot sticks with hummus, that they children helped prepare.
For afternoon play we played a game called "Carpet Shark". Where the children lie on the carpet in the playroom. I, unsuspecting prey, wonder by commenting on how I don't see anything on the floor of the ocean except what one would expect, sand. As I near each shark they spring to action to bite (grab my ankles with their arms) me just like a carpet shark.
Now it is time for ree play time while I prepare food for lunch.
For lunch we had roasted chicken, steamed kale and rice.
After lunch each day we have a Dance Party followed by Story Time.
After Story time, the older children chose items to play with at the table while I helped the younger children settle in for their nap.
Once the younger children fall asleep the older children and I wrote the menu for the Ocean Feast we were planning for Friday to celebrate the close of our ocean studies. We plan on having cocktail shrimp, crab legs, lobster tails, squid, octopus and scallops.
SIDE NOTE- The children were so excited after two weeks of studying the ocean most of them actually ate all of the items listed above and asked for more!!!
We then added a page to our Shark Book. The book included labeled representations of some of the sharks we learned about-
Lantern Shark- made with glow in the dark sand
Tiger Shark- made by cutting and gluing black stripes to the outline of a shark
Leopard Shark- made using a Qtip and paint on the outline of a shark
Dwarf Shark- made by tracing my hand and then cutting out the shape of a shark that would fit on it
Carpet Shark- made by cutting and gluing brown felt pieces to the outline of a carpet shark
Blue Shark- made by coloring hard with a blue crayon a shark on white paper then painting over it with blue water color to show how they blend in
This was followed by free play including block play, writing, story telling and exploring books.
After nap is snack time. We enjoyed pretzels and mixed veggie chips and cheese slices.
We ended the day with more free play including playing with play doh, singing, dancing and playing musical instruments.


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