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The Uttar Pradesh government on January 29 gave its approval for the construction of the Ganga Expressway, a project which was first announced in 2007. The 600-km, six-lane expressway, which is aimed at providing fast road connectivity between western and eastern UP, is touted to be the world's longest, once completed. This expansive project will cover 6,550 acre of land and will be constructed by the state government at a cost of Rs 36,000 crore. The expressway will also be equipped to act as an emergency airstrip, too.


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The British people have spoken; it's important that the Parliament, as well as Prime Minister Theresa May, take that seriously. I don't think there's any need to move immediately—they need to have a plan if they are going to go through with this. You shouldn't just start on some sort of adventure and not know where you're going. But they shouldn't wait years to do this because uncertainty can be costly.
The key to the long-term impact is really going to be the policy changes within the UK as well as the relationship with the EU and the rest of the world. Britain can respond to this by dramatically changing domestic policy to make it much more business friendly. For example, former Chancellor George Osborne proposed cutting corporate taxes significantly; though Osborne has been replaced, the idea remains worth exploring. Perhaps the UK, rather than Ireland, could become the low-tax haven in Europe.
To whatever extent the UK needed to move in a more business-friendly direction, this is an opportunity for them to say, "We've got to do this now, because otherwise we're going to go off a cliff." I don't think their economy will go off a cliff, but if that's what it takes to get them to really reform their policies and produce higher growth, that's going to be good for everyone across the UK, particularly for those with low incomes. If the policy makers don't take that opportunity, I think low-income workers will be disappointed with the effects of Brexit, because immigration's effect on the job market was not as great as many people thought it was, and because slow economic growth tends to hurt low-income people more than the wealthy.
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Handling daily challenges is part of the job description for someone caring for a veteran readjusting to life back home after a tour of duty on the battlefield. Family members and spouses are often the ones who end up caring for wounded veterans, and they must find the strength to physically lift veterans with amputated limbs, coordinate doctor's appointments, mediate family dramas and keep households running on top of their existing responsibilities.
What they don't always do well is ask for help or stand up for their own needs, even when they desperately need to do so, according to Sherrie Wilcox, senior research adviser at Blue Star Families, an organization dedicated to serving military families.
"Maybe they're not close to family or they just don't want to burden anyone," Wilcox explained. "In many cases, they don't feel someone else can take care of [the veteran] the way they can, so they're reluctant to turn over these duties."
That's why Wilcox and her team are using a $750,000 grant from United Health Foundation to develop an online program that trains military caregivers to better communicate their own needs. Wilcox's team is testing the program in the summer of 2017 on some 100 caregivers in cities with a high concentration of military personnel, including San Diego, San Antonio and Colorado Springs.
Failure to ask for help at the right time can be costly for caregivers—particularly the 1.1 million Americans caring for veterans of the post-9/11 conflicts.
Compared with people caring for veterans of earlier conflicts, these caregivers are more likely to be caring for their spouses (as opposed to their parents), balancing caregiving with a job, and caring for a veteran who has a behavioral health condition, according to a study from the RAND Corporation's Military Caregivers Study.
"Post-9/11 caregivers are fairly young, and the wounded warriors they're caring for are fairly young, too," Wilcox said. "The caregiving situation is a long-term thing that they'll have to be dealing with for the foreseeable future."
Providing long-term care to a family member or partner can eventually lead to caregiver burden, Wilcox said, in which stress causes caregivers to develop mental and physical ailments of their own. For example, 38 percent of post-9/11 military caregivers show signs of clinical depression—double the rate among both caregivers tending to veterans of previous conflicts. Only one-third of depressed caregivers are receiving treatment.
Researchers hope the training, which leads caregivers through virtual conversations they might encounter in their daily lives, will improve communication skills and quality of life for caregivers. Blue Star Families hopes to make the training available online to anyone, regardless of military connection.
The caregivers who participate in the pilot will get a tablet and start to work through two hypothetical scenarios, watching virtual characters act out the scenarios:
• A woman has taken time off from work for a few weeks to care for her husband, a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anger issues. But now, she has to return to her job. Faced with no other options, she has to ask for help from her mother-in-law, who never approved of her or the marriage.
• A woman and her husband, a veteran suffering from anxiety, depression and PTSD, have an argument. A few weeks ago, he agreed to attend a party, but now that the day has arrived, he insists on staying home.
The caregivers then get the chance to interact with the virtual characters, choosing one of several preloaded responses to reflect what they would do and say if they were in the woman's shoes.
"As they click through the answers, a virtual coach pops up and provides feedback," Wilcox said, noting that the coach is an animated figure.
The program is designed so that researchers can add in new conversations and scenarios as they are developed. Wilcox already has plans for future research.
"We'd like to look at caregivers who are caring for both children and wounded warriors," Wilcox said. "Often, caregivers have to take a lot of time off work or even leave their job or reduce their hours in order to take care of everyone. The longer they do this, the more likely they are to show signs of caregiver burden."
Eventually, Wilcox thinks the training can help all kinds of caregivers—not just those in the military. The researchers hope to have preliminary data in the fall of 2017 and full results by the summer of 2018.


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Keeping Your Car in Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
For many people who have lost their jobs, taken the advice of banks offering shady loans, or simply gotten over their heads in debt, filing bankruptcy is the best decision. Most people choose a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which can eliminate medical bills, credit cards, payday loans, parking fees, utility bills and some specific types of personal loans. Chapter 7 does come with some risks, however.
How Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Works
This form of bankruptcy requires you to liquidate your assets, including vehicles, and use any money from the liquidation to pay your creditors. This means that if you have a home with existing equity, a functional business, or any other asset you'd like to keep, you should look into other forms of bankruptcy filing. If you have few to no assets left and are struggling to meet your regular living expenses, this type of filing may be right for you.
Chapter 7 and Your Car
In most cases, filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy will cause you to lose your car, as it is considered an asset, but there are cases where this isn't true. If you are no longer making payments on your car and the value of the vehicle is lower than the exemption amount in your state, your car is not considered an asset for the purposes of liquidation. If you are still making payments or your car has a value higher than the exemption amount, things get more complex.
If you're still paying for your car, it's important to make sure you never fall behind on the payments. By skipping payments, you increase the risk of losing the vehicle. Just making all your payments as usual may not be enough, however. You will need to either purchase the car outright at its current value through a process called redemption or enter into a reaffirmation agreement with the lender for your vehicle.
This agreement allows you to keep your car under roughly the same terms as the original loan. Rarely, you may be able to get the lender to allow you to keep the car without a reaffirmation agreement by paying your car payments on time. This is referred to as a ride-through option and should be discussed with your Chapter 7 bankruptcy lawyer.
State Exemptions
The allowable value of your paid-for car varies significantly by state. For instance, in Alaska, you can choose an exemption for up to $3,900 of one vehicle as long as the total value of the vehicle is not more than $26,000. In California, your car is exempt only if it is worth less than $2,725. In Colorado, your car is exempt if you use it to get to work and it is worth $5,000 or less. If you are disabled or a senior citizen, this value rises to $10,000. The many variations of these laws are why it's so important to discuss your exemptions with a Chapter 7 bankruptcy lawyer.
Reaffirmation Agreements
If you do decide to use a reaffirmation agreement, you will need to negotiate with your lender. You or your Chapter 7 bankruptcy lawyer will need to call the lender and ask for the loss mitigation department. If the lender says you do not need a reaffirmation agreement, remember that they can repossess the car if you default on your payments. If the lender requires a reaffirmation agreement, you should remember that you may be able to get even better terms than your old agreement simply by asking for them. All agreements must be reviewed by a judge before they become legal.
If you have been convicted of a DUI in Michigan you need a chapter 7 bankruptcy troy or a chapter 7 bankruptcy sterling heights to help you through the process. You should consider Bloomfield Law Group. We have over 20 years of experience in Michigan fighting cases just like yours. You can visit our site today and learn more about DUI criminal proceedings.
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England's dreaming – Liverpool, Spurs, Chelsea and Arsenal have taken over Europe this season, but will this spell a new era of domination?
Bring on the Copa! South America's best are heading to Brazil – we look ahead to this year's edition of the world's oldest international football competition
The sad decline of Bolton Wanderers – John Wragg looks at how a famous old club have lost their way
Neil Franklin's Colombian misadventure – when the best defender in world football made an ill-advised move to South America
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Week 6 Activity
Q1) Using regressor-data-asgn2.csv, what is the Pearson correlation between data and predicted (model)? (Round to three significant digits; e.g. 0.24675 should be written as 0.247) (Hint: this is easy to compute in Excel)
Q2) Using regressor-data-asgn2.csv, what is the RMSE between data and predicted (model)? (Round to three significant digits; e.g. 0.24675 should be written as 0.247) (Hint: this is easy to compute in Excel)
Q3) Using regressor-data-asgn2.csv, what is the MAD between data and predicted (model)? (Round to three significant digits; e.g. 0.24675 should be written as 0.247) (Hint: this is easy to compute in Excel)
Calculate theabsolute values of the previous residual values in an array =ABS(RMSE!A2:A1001) and average them.
Q4) Using classifier-data-asgn2.csv, what is the accuracy of the predicted (model)? Assume a threshold of 0.5. (Just give a rounded value rather than including the decimal; e.g. write 57.213% as 57) (Hint: this is easy to compute in Excel)
Q5) Using classifier-data-asgn2.csv, how well would a detector perform, if it always picked the majority (most common) class? (Just give a rounded value rather than including the decimal; e.g. write 57.213% as 57) (Hint: this is easy to compute in Excel)
Q6) Is this detector's performance better than chance, according to the accuracy and the frequency of the most common class?
Q7) What is this detector's value for Cohen's Kappa? Assume a threshold of 0.5. (Just round to the first two decimal places; e.g. write 0.74821 as 0.75).
Q8) What is this detector's precision, assuming we are trying to predict "Y" and assuming a threshold of 0.5 (Just round to the first two decimal places; e.g. write 0.74821 as 0.75).
Q9) What is this detector's recall, assuming we are trying to predict "Y" and assuming a threshold of 0.5 (Just round to the first two decimal places; e.g. write 0.74821 as 0.75).
Q10) Based on the precision and recall, should this detector be used for strong interventions that have a high cost if mis-applied, or fail-soft interventions with low benefit and a low cost if mis-applied?
Q11) What is this detector's value for A'? (Hint: There are some data points with the exact same detector confidence, so it is probably preferable to use a tool that computes A', such as http://www.columbia.edu/~rsb2162/computeAPrime.zip — rather than a tool that computes the area under the ROC curve).
Competency 7.4
Survival Modeling:
Competency 7.3/ Assignment
Building a simple text classification experiment – Training and evaluating a simple predictive model
Competency 7.1/ 7.2 Text Mining
Prominent Areas of Text Mining
Information Retrieval:
Document Classification/ Text Categorization:
Trend Analysis:
Trend Analysis is the process of discovering the trends of different topics over a given period of time. It is widely applied in summarizing news events and social network trends. An example would be the prediction of stock prices based on news articles.
Sub-area of Text Mining
Collaborative Learning Process Analysis
- General indicators of interactivity
- Turn length
- Conversation Length
- Number of student questions
- Student to tutor word ratio
- Student initiative
- Features related to cognitive processes
- Transactivity
Competency 6.2: Key Diagnostic Metrics
Metrics for Classifiers
The easiest measure of model goodness is accuracy. It is also called agreement, when measuring the inter-rater reliability.
Accuracy = # of agreements/ Total # of assessments
It is generally not considered a good metric across fields, since it has non even assignment to categories and not useful. E.g. 92% accuracy in the Kindergarten Failure Detector Model in the extreme case always says Pass.
Kappa = (Agreement – Expected Agreement) / (1 – Expected Agreement)
If Kappa value
= 0, agreement is at chance
= 1, agreement is perfect
= negative infinity, agreement is perfectly inverse
> 1, something is wrong
< 0, agreement is worse than chance
0<Kappa<1, no absolute standard. For data-mined models, 0.3-0.5 is considered good enough for publishing.
Kappa is scaled by the proportion of each category, influenced by the data set. We can compare the Kappa values within the same data set, but not between two data sets.
The Receiver Operating Characteristic Curve (ROC) is used while a model predicts something having two values (E.g correct/incorrect, dropout/not dropout) and outputs a probability or other real value (E.g. Student will drop out with 73% probability).
It takes any number as cut-off (threshold) and some number of predictions (maybe 0) may then be classified as 1's and the rest may be classified as 0s. There are four possibilities for a classification threshold:
True Positive (TP) – Model and the Data say 1
False Positive (FP) – Data says 0, Model says 1
True Negative (TN) – Model and the Data say 0
False Negative (FN) – Data says 1, Model says 0
The ROC Curve has in its X axis Percent False Positives (Vs. True Negatives) and in Y axis Percent True Positives (Vs. False Negatives). The model is good if it is above the chance line in its diagonal.
A' is the probability that if the model is given an example from each category, it will accurately identify which is which. It is a close relative of ROC and mathematically equivalent to Wilcoxon statistic. It gives useful result, since we can compute statistical tests for:
– whether two A' values are significantly different in the same or different data sets.
– whether an A' value is significantly different than choice.
A' Vs Kappa:
A' is more difficult to compute and works only for 2 categories. It's meaning is invariant across data sets i.e) A'=0.6 is always better than A'=0.5. It is easy to interpret statistically and has value almost always higher than Kappa values. It also takes confidence into account.
Precision and Recall:
Precision is the probability that a data point classified as true is actually true.
Precision = TP / (TP+FP)
Recall is the probability that a data point that is actually true is classified as true.
Recall = TP / (TP+FN)
They don't take confidence into account.
Metrics for Regressors
Linear Correlation (Pearson correlation):
In r(A,B) when A's value changes, does B change in the same direction?
It assumes a linear relationship.
If correlation value is
1.0 : perfect
0.0 : none
-1.0 : perfectly negatively correlated
In between 0 and 1 : Depends on the field
0.3 is good enough in education since a lot of factors contribute to just any dependent measure.
Different functions (outliers) may also have the same correlation.
R square:
R square is correlation squared. It is the measure of what percentage of variance in dependent dependent measure is explained by a model. If predicting A with B,C,D,E, it is often used as the measure of model goodness rather than r.
Mean Absolute Error/ Deviation is the average of absolute value of actual value minus predicted value. i.e) the average of each data point's difference between actual and predicted value. It tells the average amount to which the predictions deviate from the actual value and is very interpret able.
Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) is the square root of average of (actual value minus predicted value)^2. It can be interpreted similar to MAD but it penalizes large deviation more than small deviation. It is largely preferred to MAD. Low RMSE is good.
Goes in the right direction, but systematically biased
Values are in the right range, but doesn't capture relative change
Information Criteria:
Types of Validity
Does your model remain predictive when used in a new data set?
Generalizability underlies the cross-validation paradigm that is common in data mining. Knowing the context of the model where it will be used in, drives the kind of generalization to be studied.
Fail: Model of boredom built on data from 3 students fails when applied to new students
Ecological Validity:
Do your findings apply to real-life situations outside of research settings?
E.g. If a behavior detector built in lab settings work in real classrooms.
Construct Validity:
Does your model actually measure what it was intended to measure?
Does your model fir the training data? (provided the training data is correct)
Predictive Validity:
Does your model predict not just the present, but the future as well?
Substantive Validity:
Does your results matter?
Content Validity:
From testing; Does your test cover the full domain it is meant to cover?
For behavior modeling, does the model cover the full range of behavior it is intended to?
Conclusion Validity:
Are your conclusions justified based on evidence?
I think that the lessons in Week 5 and 6 are very useful, especially when we want to get our hands deep into predictive modeling and diagnosing its usefulness. I hope to use them in my predictive modeling work 🙂
Competency 6.1: Engineer both feature and training labels
My notes/ learning
Behavior Detectors
Ground Truth
- Self-Report: -common for affect, self-efficacy; not common for labeling behavior (students may not admit gaming)
- Field observations
- Text replays
- Video coding
Feature Engineering
- Brainstorming features – IDEO tips for brainstorming
- Deciding what features to create – trade-off between effort and usefulness of feature
- Creating the features – Excel, OpenRefine, Distillation code
- Studying the impact of features on model goodness
- Iterating on features if useful – try close variants and test
- Go to 3 (or 1)
Knowledge Engineering and Data Mining:
– can hurt student outcomes by wrong intervention
Assignment – Critical Reflection:
Competency 5.1/ Week 5 Activity
Competency 5.2/ Week 5 Reflection
– Developing a model that can infer an aspect of data (predicted variable) from a combination of other data (predictor variables)
– Inferences about the future/ present
Two categories of prediction model:
- Regressers
- Classifiers
- Training label – a data set where we already know the answer, to train the model for prediction
- Test data – the data set for testing our model
- Rapidminer
- SAS Enterprise miner
- Weka
- Step regression
- logistic regression
- J48/ C4.5 Decision Trees
- JRip Decision rules
- K* Instance-based classifiers
Uses of Prediction Modeling
Competency 2.3
1. Acceptance:
To work big on big data, big support is needed from the top management. The top management should foresee the future and possibilities of learning analytics as to what it can achieve. Only with promised outcomes, they can be expected to support it at a big level. It is not a small change to bring about in a day.
2. Management:
A new department may be needed to manage what should be done in learning analytics. This will require funding, responsible experts, manpower and technical training. Do the institutions have what it takes to commit to this new venture?
3. Ethics:
Personal Data Protection is a growing concern these days. When data is analyzed, it has to pass through humans and systems. How safe can our data be? Could there be a possible breach in security and what could be its implication?
When we have answers for all these questions, we could probably move forward to the next era of data analytics!


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By Jacob Stockinger
The LunART Festival will be part of the Arts @ First Series when it performs "A Wintry Mix Chamber Music Collective" on this Saturday night, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue.
The concert will features the Arbor Ensemble (below) and Black Marigold.
Admission is $15 for adults, $5 for students and free for children under 12. Advance tickets are $12 at: lunartwintrymix.brownpapertickets.com
The LunART Festival is dedicated to promoting and celebrating women in the arts through public performances, exhibitions, workshops and interdisciplinary collaboration. After a very successful inaugural season, the second LunART festival will take place in Madison, from June 6 through June 9.
While the main focus of LunART is a summer festival, LunART also presents events throughout the year, such as this midwinter collaborative concert.
The Madison-based ensembles Arbor Ensemble and Black Marigold (below, in a photo by Vincent Fuh) will perform an array of works for strings, winds and piano from the past 100 years, showcasing both historically notable women composers and introducing less familiar female pioneers of today.
The Arbor Ensemble will premiere their newly commissioned "Trio Cerulean" by Cherise Leiter (below top), in addition to their arrangement of the Piano Trio for flute, viola and piano by Germaine Tailleferre (below bottom).
Arbor members Berlinda Lopez (flute), Marie Pauls (viola) and Stacy Fehr-Regehr (piano) seek to connect with audiences through their personal sound and colorful instrumentation. Their innovative programming highlights lesser known chamber works, and the group has developed a niche promoting music of women composers.
The highly regarded, award-winning Quintet for Wind Instruments of Grazyna Bacewicz (below top) will be performed by Black Marigold (below bottom), a dynamic wind quintet known for their captivating and energetic performances. Members are Iva Ugrcic (flute), Laura Medisky (oboe), Bethany Schultz (clarinet), Juliana Mesa (bassoon) and Kia Karlen (horn).
Advocates of new music and living composers, Black Marigold fosters fresh perceptions of new music by programming pieces that are equally enjoyable for performers and audiences.
The ensembles will collaborate by mixing members and instrumentation, rounding out the program with Duo for Oboe and Viola by Hilary Tann (below top); "Doppler Effect" for flute, clarinet and piano by Adrienne Albert; "D'un Matin de Printemps" (From A Morning in Spring) by Lili Boulanger; and the Quartet for Strings, Op. 89, by Amy Beach (below bottom). You can hear the piece by Lili Boulanger in the YouTube video at the bottom.
Guest artists Laura Mericle (violin), Shannon Farley (violin) and Samantha Sinai (cello) will join Arbor violist Marie Pauls for the performance of the Beach. The quartet was a featured ensemble at the inaugural season of the LunART Festival this past summer.
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ALERT: This week's Friday Noon Musicale, to be held from 12:15 to 1 p.m. in the Landmark Auditorium of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Drive, will feature the Piano Duo "Troika" — made up of Vladislava Henderson and Ludmilla Syabrenko (below) — in music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninov, Antonin Dvorak and others.
By Jacob Stockinger
This coming Sunday, March 8, at 2:30 p.m., in Edgewood College's St. Joseph Chapel, 1000 Edgewood College Drive, two choral groups at Edgewood College (below) will present their winter concerts.
The Chamber Singers will perform under the direction of Albert Pinsonneault (below top), and the College Women's Choir will sing under the direction of Kathleen Otterson (below bottom).
In recognition of Women's History Month, the Women's Choir will feature works by female composers, including Hildegard von Bingen (below top), Linda Kachelmeier (below second), Francesca Caccini (below third), and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (below bottom). Sorry, no word on specific works to be performed.
The Chamber Singers will perform "Ave Verum Corpus" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which you can hear at bottom in a performance with Leonard Bernstein in a YouTube video that has almost 3 million hits).
Also included are "Famine Songs" by Matthew Culloton (below top) and "Lammaa Badaa Yatathannaa" by Shireen Abu-Khader (below bottom).
There is no admission charge.
By Jacob Stockinger
Arbor Ensemble (below), a Madison-based chamber group, will perform its February program, "Women Composers: Then and Now" on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at the First Unitarian Society of Madison, 900 University Bay Drive, in Madison, Wisconsin; and on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2:30 p.m. in Beloit College's Eaton Chapel in Beloit, Wisconsin.
This program will feature the premiere of "Whispers Through the Trees" by Charlotte Howenstein (below) as well as rarely heard works by Amy Beach, Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger and Cherise D. Leiter. Sorry, no word on the specific program.
Admission for the February 21 performance is $10, with $5 tickets available for students and seniors. Admission for the February 22 performance is FREE.
Arbor Ensemble is comprised of committed artist educators, seeking to connect with audiences through their personal sound and unique, colorful instrumentation.
Berlinda Lopez (flute), Stacy Fehr Regehr (piano), Marie Pauls (viola, violin), and Rebecca Riley (cello) combine to create an expressive blend, performing a diversity of musical styles.
Arbor's mission is to bring classical music to listeners from all walks of life through high quality chamber music performance, and to highlight the works of women composers.
For more information, visit Arbor Ensemble's website at www.arborensemble.com.


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Following in the footsteps of another great director, Martin Scorsese (who directed the opening episode of 1920's gangster hit, Boardwalk Empire), the Life of Pi Oscar-Winner is taking on the small screen for a proposed series called Tryant to be shown on FX.
Tyrant will tell the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the workings of a turbulent middle eastern nation.
It is being written and produced by Homeland vets Gideon Raff and Howard Gordon as well as writer-producer Craig Wright, responsible for Six Feet Under and Lost, amongst others.
Whilst i'm sure this opening episode may well be eye catching, let's hope it can replicate the success of Boardwalk Empire which continued the standard of excellence Scorsese left behind.


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The Fall of Judas: Envy
Things were no different than any other night, not perceptibly. Judas, as always, could use money or a free meal. The club, as always, had more than enough potential sources of either, if he wasn't too picky about how he'd come by it. The same way as always; it was a calculated risk every time he went looking to expand his client base. A risk of saying the wrong thing to the wrong person, a risk of being asked for a license he didn't have and couldn't afford.


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South County DECA Shows How They Practice for Performance
Vera Woodson | South County DECA
Week one into the return of school can be a little daunting, but that wasn't the case for the Advanced Marketing students in Mrs. Woodson's class at South County High School though!
The first challenge of the year directed students to research and present their findings of the Town of Occoquan, Virginia. The rich history of this little community was the backdrop to the classroom competition. Students visited, surveyed, analyzed and documented their findings as they created a promotional campaign to inject engaging activities into Small Business Saturday, sponsored by American Express.
The winning team, which included students Jasmine, Mahjabeen, and Lana, provided a promotional roadmap that included an execution timeline, developed a new logo, and introduced new visitors to the wonderful and historic elements featured around the town.
Utilizing the magnificence of the waterway, students included activities that supported events by water and by land. The events were created to surprise and delight visitors and residence to come back and shop again and again.
The growth of Occoquan is due in large part to the increase in revenue flowing through Northern Virginia during the economic surge of over a decade ago. The increase in property values and the uptick in median income has increased the spending power in the town, however the access to the shops is hindered by the limited parking during large scale events. Students utilized project-based learning skills to mobilize the residents and visitors in new and unconventional ways.
The success of the team proved to come from keeping the central theme "Shop Small" throughout all of their ideas. The best ideas keep the goal of the consumer in mind, and target their motivations to buy.
"I can't believe we won! Everyone was so good," stated Mahjabeen, as they accepted their prized "Summer Fun" beach bag and inflatable watermelon rafts.
It is the talent of these young up-and-coming business women who will change the retail landscape in the future. We hope they continue to practice for performance, as they head to district and state competitions, as well as the 2018 International Career Development Conference!
This article was written by South County DECA advisor, Vera Woodson. You can follow South County DECA on Twitter @SoCoDECA.


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Picture of the Week: Ouch!
In our temporary housing house, there's a gas fireplace. This isn't something we have a lot of experience with (our old house had a wood fireplace, but we moved out of there almost a year ago). Because it's been so long since Dragonfly has really been around fire, he was a bit careless and accidentally touched the glass in front of the fire. I was right there, but you know kids – they go from fine to injured before you have a chance to even move and save them. I picked him up and got his hand under cold water immediately, and we kept ice on it for a long time after that, and it looked like it was going to be okay. There was no redness or anything. Fast forward two days, and it was very red. One more day after that, and it had blistered up (nearly his entire pinky finger was affected) and was full of liquid. At this point, I took him right to the urgent care clinic (because it was a Sunday). While we were there waiting for the doctor, the blister popped and left a puddle on the floor. The doctor came in shortly thereafter and cut away the dead skin and put a burn dressing on his little hand. Now it's been a few more days, and while I think he'll have quite the scar when he's done healing, he is in fact healing. And we (Dragonfly as well as the rest of us) are being much more careful around that hearth!
Picture of the Week: Clothespin Fingers
Picture of the Week: Growing Up
We took the boys to one of the local malls on New Year's Eve, just to get out of the house for a little while. The big kids had some Christmas money (neither ended up getting anything that day), and the little kids just like to be in exciting places.
We didn't end up spending a lot of money that day (those are the best trips to the mall, yes?), but we did get the little kids each a ride on the indoor Ferris wheel. There were only three kids riding at that time (my two boys plus one little girl), so the boys had to be split up into separate carriages. I was a little nervous letting Dragonfly ride essentially all by himself, but he did great. He was super excited about being up there, and he behaved perfectly. I needn't have been worried.
Picture of the Week: At the Fountain
Picture of the Week: It's Mine
Earlier this week, the bigger boys had ballet rehearsal (they're gearing up for a performance next weekend). The ballet studio we use is pretty far from where we're living right now (we'll be moving closer mid to late summer), so I stay in town while they're at class. This week, I took the two little boys to the park while we were waiting. They had loads of fun, but the funniest thing was Dragonfly. We brought a sippy cup of water for him because it was really hot that day, and every time he came down the slide, I asked him if he wanted me to hold his cup. He would pull it away from me and say "Mine!" (although when he says it, it sounds more like "Mah!") and then head up the stairs again, tightly clutching his cup. He was so cute climbing and sliding with that cup held so close. 🙂
Have a great weekend!
Pictures of the Week: iPad Fun
The past few weeks have been crazy for us. About six weeks ago, our landlord told us he was selling our house, so we had to move. It's been a frenzy of making plans and packing boxes since then, but we'll finally settle into our new normal next week.
In the meantime, here's a brief update on what's been going on.
The contractors that the landlord hired to replace the siding on the house cut our internet line, and the internet provider wasn't terribly concerned with getting a tech to the house in a timely manner, so we canceled our service – hence the lack of activity here this week.
Will was tired of replacing our cheap Android phones every few months, so he upgraded us both to an iPhone 7. Our new service also came with an iPad apiece, so we've had fun learning the new system.
Here are a few funny pictures that we've taken using the new iPad.
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Start your day with the perfect Good Morning Quotes that will bring the awesome attitude in you at the starting of the day. The very Good Morning Quotes and wishes are the words of wisdom that you can utilize to begin a new down.WhatsApp Status is an awesome and coolest way to share what you are going through to your best buddies in WhatsApp. I know most of you must be confused about what status you want to put, sometimes you want to impress your girlfriend or friends, sometimes your parents or any other special person on the planet. So here I have listed out the best out of the lot WhatsApp status updates with funny, cool, attitude, romance and many more factors attached to it.
Rise up, start fresh see the bright opportunity in each day." Good Morning Friends
"Everyone has Highs and Lows that they have to Learn from, But every Morning I started Off with a good Head on my Shoulder, says to myself, It's going to be a good day."
"Open ur Tinky Minky eyes, stand up and stretch ur crunchy punchy Bonz and then wake up yourself, tell your brain to refresh and tell yourself today is GOOD DAY."
"You will not gain anything by looking back. What happened, happened. Look forward and move on."
Sunrise always wins overnight and hope always wins over despair. I hope that you will defeat every night to make you're future full of glorious rays of the sun. Good Morning Friends (Funny WhatsApp status)
After waking up in the morning thinking about the brand new day you are getting with 24 hours to spend. Use these hours fruitfully and you will know success. Good Morning
Life is a great mirror. If your face is happy the mirror also shows you a happy face. In this you if you approach life with full of happiness, your life will also show you only happiness. Good morning to you from your friend!
Waking up in your arms again. That's what I call a good morning!
It's too early for good mornings, but you're already on my mind. So, "Good morning!".
A new day brings fresh thoughts and a new level of energy. Use these gifts to propel your journey to success.
Good morning today is a brand new day. One that we've never lived before. Let's make it an awesome day!
Looking into your eyes only, I can see more than promise and commitment you have kept growing this love. I love you for being great. short morning status messages for WhatsApp.(Sad Whatsapp Status)
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not. best WhatsApp status good morning messages in Hindi
Think Happy & Positive Good Morning nice morning status messages for WhatsApp
In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.
What did I gain when I fell for you? Love and joy and tears too.
No candle without a flame, no love songs without a moon. cool status updates for WhatsApp
Trust me when I say I've no life without you. best WhatsApp love status
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself. the best status of WhatsApp messenger
I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day. sweet goodnight messages
Always make your day a great one because it is God's gift for a new beginning, blessing, and hope. funny good morning messages
Stop thinking about how much more you can sleep and start thinking about how much more you can do.
You can do nothing today and have an uncertain tomorrow… or you can do something good today to shape a better and brighter tomorrow. What will it be? Good morning.
Think about the dreams you had last night to make your lazy morning a beautiful one. Good morning.(Motivational Status)
Now that your eyes are open, make the sun jealous of your burning passion to start the day. Make the sun jealous or stay in bed. good morning status for friends
After leaving the bed doesn't forget to ask yourself what mistakes you have done yesterday. Always, try to correct yourself in the morning to be a better person. Wishing you all the best in the morning and the day! Good Morning
Be an early riser and begin the day before most of the people. In this way, you will get much time to beat others. So, try to follow this rule like a mantra and get fabulous success in life.
Joining your hands to pray to God is not as good as to extend your helping hands to other. Be a good and caring person and enjoy the beautiful morning! Good Morning
May this morning and the day brings a smile on your face and fills your heart with happiness!
Something special awaits you each day All you need is to recognize it and make the most of it Have a positive attitude throughout the day and then I am Sure for you that Today is Going To Be a Great Day!!!
"Happy moments Praise God Difficult moments Seek God Quiet moments Worship God
Painful moments Trust God Every moment Thank God Good Morning"
"It doesn't matter what day of the week it is. As long as we are together, it will always be a beautiful day.
"Life is a rope that swings us through hope. Always believe that today is better than yesterday & tomorrow will be much better than today good morning !"
"God has added one more day in your life not necessarily bcoz you need it but because someone else might need u.
"Life is perishable the quicker you consume it, the better it feels. Stop thinking, start living. Good morning."
"The greatest inspiration you can ever get is to know that you are an inspiration to others. Wake up and start living an inspirational life today.
"SMILES add value to our FACE… LOVE adds value to our HEART… RESPECT adds value to our BEHAVIOR.And.. FRIENDS & FAMILY add value to our LIFE!!!
Here is a clean slate, whatever you write will become history eventually,
Everyone is not fair, everyone can't be fair all the time, be forgiving, enjoy New Morning!
Be kind, be generous, be magnanimous – Good Morning!
Yesterday is for memories
Tomorrow is an imagination
But today is a real gift
have a pleasant day.
Good Morning Message Smile & be happy and let that happiness spread everywhere you go. Life is beautiful.
Keep your attitude like a king
and Ego like a Slave,
and build your dynasty of happiness and success
True success in life
is not measured by how much you make,
but by how of a difference you make.
May your talent get the respect it deserves, Good Morning!
You are fit, you are strong, you are today Good Morning!
Time to be suited and booted, not booted out, though Good Morning!
Juicing is the best way to start your day, take a deep breath and make yourself a tall glass of juice,
You are an accomplished artist, it is a new morning, paint it pink.
Every morning brings new opportunities, you, of course, are capable to make them work.
Stay positive
the things you're waiting and hoping for,
tend to arrive at the most unexpected moments.
Respect is the most important element of our personality.
It like an investment,
whatever we give to others,
it will return to us with profit …
Now that your eyes are open, make the sun jealous with your burning passion to start the day. Make the sun jealous or stay in bed. — Malak El Halabi
When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night. — William Blake
Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. — Arthur Schopenhauer
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. — Aristotle
Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful – a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day. – Dalai Lama
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning – Meister Eckhart
The world is new to us every morning – this is God's gift and every man should believe he is reborn each day. — Baal Shem Tov
Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. – William Arthur Ward
First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, 'I believe,' three times. – Ovid
Morning not only forgives, it forgets. – Marty Rubin
My future starts when I wake up every morning. – Miles Davis
Morning will come, it has no choice – Marty Rubin
We all make mistakes so instead of spending time dwelling on them, look to your mornings as a clean slate to start afresh. Time washes away everything in the end.
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself – Henry David Thoreau
Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life. — Yoko Ono
I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. – Larry King
There's a lesson in every silence – Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel
Every day I feel is a blessing from God and I consider it a new beginning. Everything is beautiful. – Prince
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope – Bernard Williams
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning – J. B. Priestley
Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not – Ursula K. Le Guin
The morning was full of sunlight and hope – Kate Chopin
I simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed – Sidney Poitier
If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning. – Larry Page
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it – Richard Whately
It's always such a joy that you wake up in the morning and there's work to do – Jerome Lawrence
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself – Elbert Hubbard
Every morning I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work. – Robert Orben
A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night – Marilyn vos Savant
Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen – Madeleine Albright
Every morning, look in the mirror and affirm positive words into your life. – Lailah Gifty Akita
If you're bored with life – you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don't have enough goals – Lou Holtz
A morning coffee is my favorite way of starting the day, settling the nerves so that they don't later fray – Marcia Carrington
I get up in the morning looking for an adventure – George Foreman
The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained – Alexis Carrel
I wake up laughing. Yes, I wake up in the morning and there I am just laughing my head off. – Bruce Willis
Every morning, I wake up saying, I'm still alive, a miracle. And so I keep on pushing. — Jim Carrey
Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.
It's a new day. Yesterday's failure is redeemed at the sunrise.
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive—to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love—then make that day count!
Renew your mind every morning with pure thoughts.
You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction.
The sun is new each day.
I never wake up in the morning and wonder why I am here. I wake up and wonder why I am not making here better.
Now that your eyes are open, make the sun jealous with your burning passion to start the day. Make the sun jealous or stay in bed.
God's mercy is fresh and new every morning.
I get up every morning and it's going to be a great day. You never know when it's going to be over so I refuse to have a bad day.
The world is new to us every morning – this is God's gift; and every man should believe he is reborn each day.
As we arise each morning, let us determine to respond with love and kindness to whatever might come our way.
Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.
There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, 'Good morning, God,' and the other is to say, 'Good God, morning'!
Gloom and darkness are temporary. Joy comes in the morning.
Every sunny morning is a great fountain; we quaff 'sweet hope' from it.
Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.
Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day, and which cannot be kept or re-used. If we do not use this miracle today, it will be lost.
My idea of a good morning is one when I open my eyes, take a deep breath, then go back to sleep.
Every morning starts a new page in your story. Make it a great one today.
Every morning you have two choices: continue to sleep with your dreams, or wake up and chase them.
In the morning, instead of saying to yourself, 'I got to wake up' say 'I get to wake up!
I wake up every morning and I surprise myself. I wake up to a new me.
With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
Good morning is not just a word, its an action and a belief to live the entire day well. Morning is the time when you set the tone for the rest of the day. Set it right!
Every morning is a beautiful morning.
A morning greeting does not only mean 'Good Morning,' it has a silent, loving message saying, 'I think of you when I wake up.
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.
No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning.
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Wednesday, February 7th from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Presented by Impact Makers and benefiting Family Lifeline, CHOCOHOLIC is Richmond's sweetest cocktail party. Celebrating its 13th year, this chocolate-filled fundraiser featured 700 guests enjoying sweet and savory delights from some of our area's most renowned chocolatiers, bakeries, and specialty shops (including Chocolates by Kelly, Blanchard's Coffee Roasting Co., CAVA, The Mixing Bowl Bakery, Sweet Temptations by Teresa, Whole Foods Markets, Geescakes, Publix Bakery, Edible Arrangements, Taylor Made Chocolate, and Buzzed Cakes). An evening of decadence, attendees indulged their sweet tooth and supported families in need. As Family Lifeline's largest fundraising event of the year, your attendance helps us continue to bring health and hope into the home.
CHOCOHOLIC Hosts: Liz and Bob Blue; Paige and Gregg Clay; Jackie and Matt Cohen; Anne Grier; Patrick and Elizabeth Hanes; Jennifer and Wes Kaufman; Patte Koval; Vineeta and Jay Shah; Loretta Tabb; Tamra and Jeffrey Wilt; Pam and Robert Woltz
CHOCOHOLIC Sponsors: Impact Makers; Dominion Energy; Publix Super Market Charities; VCU Health; The Monument Group; C.P. Technology Group; Leahy Consulting Services, Van Go Transportation Services, Cigna.
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A Crab-type Mishhuvurthyar NMX, Carbleaudex 1) is an older SMX general who was recently ST'd into one of the new NMX Advanced-Type bodies. Feeling the need for more power, and the added benefit of being able to self-resurrect, Carbleaudex ate a pile of his SMX underlings and transformed himself into the new Crab-Type, finding it a much more appropriate battle-form. He's a ruthless sum'bitch with a mean streak who enjoys torturing any creature he sees as being underneath him, which pretty much includes anything that's not an NMX.
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The below links include a sample board resolution as well as a sample letter to legislators to assist in your advocacy efforts relating to legislation (AB 481/SB 355) to place restrictions on school district referenda ballot dates and implement a 2 year moratorium on referenda (or any other mechanism related to borrowing or raising revenue) following a failed referendum.
Sample Resolution on School Referenda
Sample Letter on School Referenda
We will keep you posted if these bills get scheduled for a public hearing in either house. Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac), chair of the Assembly Education Committee, said on a panel at the WASB Legislative Advocacy Conference that while he personally has concerns with Assembly Bill 481, he would likely give it a public hearing. Senate Bill 355 is in the Senate Elections and Local Government Committee, chaired by state Sen. Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) who has given no indication yet whether his committee will hear the bill.


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For your safety and the safety of your community, you are in a shelter in place order. This means you're stuck at home. No hanging out with friends. No playing sports with your neighbors. You can video chat, text, and talk, but you're already feeling lonely.
But this morning, when you wake up, you find a giant cardboard box in your room. Although it seems ordinary, this box can transport you into any book you've ever read.
Simply state the book and page number and press the button and you'll end up inside that world.
Where do you go? Perhaps a fantasy novel? Maybe you want to warn Harry to take better care of Dobby? Or maybe a mystery novel? Perhaps you'll go to a historical novel from back in the day or maybe you'll visit a far-off galaxy and figure out why Storm Troopers have such bad aim.
Or you'll enter the world of superheroes and see firsthand how they save the day.
Or maybe you can visit a dystopian future and help a protagonist change that society.
Or maybe a realistic fiction novel where you can help a character navigate an interpersonal conflict.
However, there is a catch. The box can only take you to five locations.
So, list the five locations and explain why you are choosing them.
Next, tell the story of the first location you visit.
How will you react to the setting?
How will you interact with the characters?
How long will you stay there?
What will you do while you're there?
Finally, explain how your actions change the plot, setting, and theme of the book.
An adventure awaits. Good luck!
by John Spencer
Tell this story.
It's a Friday afternoon and you and two friends walk into the classroom to check on your science experiment. But when you touch the liquid, it bubbles over and instantly shrinks all three of you down to two inches, or about 5 cm.
Describe what you will do to survive the weekend.
Where will you find food and water?
How will you seek out shelter?
Will you create a structure? If so, what classroom materials will you use? Will you create your own mini city?
What hazards do you need to avoid?
What challenges will you face as a tiny human?
What will you do when you're bored? Maybe ride paper airplanes? Create your own sport with string and tape and leftover cardboard?
Describe your adventures as a mini-student. Be sure to use vivid imagery. Consider all the ways you can be creative with your classroom setting.
Think back to the time you got your first pet. Maybe you got a playful puppy or a scrappy old rescue hound or a retired racer. Maybe you got a curious kitten or a moody old cat. But that pet changed your world forever. Now, tell this story from the perspective of the pet writing a journal of the first few days in your new family. What do you think of your new home? What's your opinion of your humans? Anything puzzling or peculiar? What do you think of the food? What recommendations would you make to improve it? What are the toys like? What will you do for fun? What are your fears? What are your hopes? Focus on writing it from the perspective of your pet. Use vivid language and precise descriptions.
A team of marine biologists has invited you to help design the first ever underwater school.
Okay, actually fish spend their entire lives in schools. But this will be the first underwater school for humans
What type of student would attend this school?
Where will it be located? How will students get to the school?
What will students learn? How will the subjects be different from a typical school?
What sports would be available? What clubs would you have? Maybe scuba diving? Surfing?
What would the mascot be?
What would the building look like? How would the classrooms be designed?
How would you keep students safe?
Your job is to design this entire school and explain how it functions.
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Baseball has long been considered America's pastime. But in recent years, baseball has become less popular, with fewer tv viewers compared to other sports. People say it's too slow and even boring. Your job is to reinvent baseball as an extreme sport. What changes would you make to the rules? What ideas could you borrow from other sports? How would you speed it up? What kinds of additional equipment would you add? How would you change the field? Are there any new players you would add? What would the new positions be? What kind of action can you add while also ensuring player safety? Write the instructions for this new version of baseball. Then describe why it will be more popular than the traditional game?
Hansel and Gretel were arrested and now they're on trial for trespassing, robbery, littering, and destruction of property. The lawyers have interviewed witnesses and examined the evidence. Now they are about to give the closing arguments before the jury. Was it really life or death? Were they harmless lost children who got lost in the forest without food or shelter? Or were they dangerous, candy-crazed criminals who went out of their way to harass a harmless witch and destroy her home? You need to write the closing arguments for both the prosecution and defense. Be sure to present specific facts and sound reason to present why Hansel and Gretel should be found guilty or not guilty.
Create a map of your life. First, determine how you will organize your map. Will it be more like a treasure map with routes or will you have separate territories or domains? Consider the destinations. These might be locations of schools you've attended, homes you've lived in, or vacations you've gone. Or they might represent strong memories you have. Narrow down the most significant locations. Next, think about the map key and the symbols you might use. Will they represent key memories? Emotions? Significant people? Cultural forces? Will your compass rose have any significance? Will the four directions represent places or time or emotions or themes? Now sketch out your life map. Afterward, select a few key events and share how they form the larger story of who you are as a person.
Every year, college sports generate millions of dollars for universities in the US.
Between ticket sales, merchandise, and television contracts, college sports have become a major industry. Currently, college athletes do not receive compensation for playing. They can't earn money from endorsements or merchandise, either. On the other hand, many athletes receive scholarships for free tuition, housing, and food. However, many athletes do not get scholarships.
So, should college athletes get paid a salary? Or is their free education compensation enough?
Make your points using sound logic and relevant facts.
Every year, on a foggy fall morning, an old van pulls up to your home. Inside are five of your favorite characters from the books you have read this last year and two characters from previous years. You get exactly thirty-two minutes to have a conversation with all seven of them. Your job is to write this conversation. First, explain which seven you will choose and why. Next, jot down a list of questions you would ask them. Then, write the dialogue back and forth. Remember that isn't an interview. It's a conversation, which means the characters will be interacting with each other as well as with you.
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This is a good stand-alone prompt to promote creative thinking. However, this also works well as an activity before silent reading as they think about their protagonists from a new point of view (you would just need to modify it at the end by saying "focus on the villain in your current book"). It can also work well to think about the human side of the "villains" in history (reminding us that villains are often complicated). Or it could be a fun warm-up activity before a class read aloud.
What do you think Darth Vader does on his day off?
Perhaps he gets a slushy from Hoth? Maybe he takes his cape to get dry cleaned or he goes to the pharmacy to pick up a new inhaler. Maybe he has some "me time" at the spa, followed by hot yoga. Or maybe he just binge-watches the Golden Girls. Or does he play a vigorous game of pickleball?
You're going to create a to do list for a villain who has a day off. Think of things that make a villain seem more human or even boring. Be sure to make it realistic, keep it specific, and make it awesome!
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The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada is seeking hymns and songs for Songs for the Holy Other, a new collection for those seeking to embrace queerness through congregational song. By bringing together pieces that address queer experiences, Songs for the Holy Other will help communities celebrate the diversity already present in their spaces and work towards full welcome of people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
To that end, we seek submissions that:
- speak of experiences common in the queer community, such as inclusion, acceptance, subversion and rejection;
- directly address issues of gender identity and/or sexuality
- encourage a queer understanding of scripture and theology.
We are especially interested in pieces that lift up the transgender/non-binary and intersex communities and move beyond a binary understanding of God and humanity. LGBTQIA2S+ authors are particularly encouraged to submit.
We are accepting submissions of both published and unpublished works. Submissions may be texts that can be set to pre-existing tunes or texts with new tunes. Permissions for previously published works will be obtained through arrangements between HSUSC and publishers.
Deadline for submissions: April 15th
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From books to movies, television shows to video games, it seems that Cleopatra just can't catch a break. Popular culture still insists on depicting her as the so-called "Whore of the Nile," thus perpetuating the smear campaign started by Octavian after he defeated her (and Marc Antony) some two millennia ago.
In my book Brides of Rome: A Novel of the Vestal Virgins, Cleopatra is a key character and one that I tried to depict in an engaging yet respectful way. That's because, like the Vestals themselves, Cleopatra was a powerful woman, and history has a way of reducing powerful women to their sexuality. After all, it was, and unfortunately still is, an effective way to strip women of their power and importance.
Few thinking people would disagree that it's long past time to more accurately depict women like the Vestals and Cleopatra in popular culture. Yet as always, change happens in fits and starts. We have progress in the form of a wonderful book like Stacy Shiff's biographical Cleopatra: A Life. And then we have a setback in some TV series, film or even video game that either doesn't do its homework or just panders to what people already think they know about this remarkable queen.
Happily, though, these stereotypical and historically inaccurate sexualized depictions of Cleopatra are no longer going unchallenged. I am very thankful that Colin Campell, a prominent games journalist, wrote an article called Assassins' Creed Origins' Promiscuous Cleopatra is Just Plain Wrong. I was very happy to contribute to it (although I apologize for my colourful language – hey, I get worked up about these things!). It's a good read, so please click over if you have a few moments.
Here is the link: https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/2/16593124/assassins-creed-origins-cleopatra
I suppose the theory behind sexualized depictions of powerful women is that it makes them, or the story, more interesting. I could not disagree more. Re-telling the same (inaccurate) story isn't just unimaginative and unfair, it's boring. And to me (and maybe I'm wrong here), it's also insulting to the intelligence of the audience – or the gamer – as it insinuates they don't have the ability to see women like Cleopatra or the Vestals in a different light. They do. We all do. So let's hope media companies and moviemakers catch up to us soon


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With this tutorial, you will learn to create a simple Hello World application using Flash Builder. Flash Builder is an incredibly powerful IDE built on top of Eclipse. If you are interesting, head over to Adobe's Flash Builder Page to check it out. Unlike FlashDevelop, Flash Builder is not free. However, they offer a trial version if you're not sure whether to invest or not.
To start out, we will assume you have purchased and installed Flash Builder on your machine. Let's begin by lauching Flash Builder.
The first thing we want to do is to create a workspace for our project. Generally, you'll find things are easiest if you create a single workspace for your flash projects, and all your games reside inside that single workspace. This allows you to switch between working on them quickly, and have easy access to the code of other projects in the same workspace.
If when you launched you got the start page, go to File -> Switch Workspace -> Other... If this is your first time launching it, you'll likely get the workspace window when you launch, and won't need to go through the menu. The menu should look something along the lines of:
The Workspace Window
Start by clicking the Browse... button and create a directory on your hard drive that you want to use for your workspace. Each of your projects will be placed into its own folder in this directory. Once you've done this, hit OK.
The first thing we're going to want to do is create a new project. Do this by going to File -> New -> Actionscript Project. In the window that pops up, you'll see Flex SDK Version near the bottom. Check Use a specific SDK and check if the dropdown contains 4.6 or later. If it does, feel free to skip the next couple paragraphs. If it doesn't, keep reading.
Creating a new project without Flex 4.6+
Axel takes advantage of some of the latest and greatest features in flash, and for that you'll need at least version 4.6 of Flex. To get it, click here to visit the Flex Download Page and download it. It's over 300MB, so it may take a little while to finish.
Download Flex
Once it completes, you'll have a zip file of Flex. We're going to want to extract it somewhere we'll remember. For this tutorial, I'm going to use C:\Flex\. So pick a location, and extract the entire contents of the zip file to that directory.
Your flex directory should look similar to this
Now that we've got flex on our computer, we'll need to tell Flash Builder where to find it. Go back to your Flash Builder new project window, and to the right of the Flex selection, you'll find a Configure Flex SDKs... link, click that. You'll be brought to the Flex preferences window. On the right side, click the Add... button. Now, click browse, and browse to the directory you installed Flex in. The name will likely automatically fill in, but if not, name it after the version of Flex that you downloaded. Then hit OK.
Give it the location you installed Flex at
You've not got Flex 4.6+ installed!
Now that we've got Flex 4.6+ installed, hit okay, and you'll be back at your new project window. Specify 4.6 as your SDK. Now, give your project a name of Hello World FB. You should be able to leave the rest of the settings as they are (assuming they are the same as the following screenshot).
New Project
Hit finish, and your new project will be created! You should be presented with the basics of a new project: Your main file code will be in the main panel, and your project hierarchy and file outline panels should be on the left.
The first thing we want to do is to include the Axel library in our project so we can create our Hello World game. Visit the Download Page and grab the latest stable version of Axel. After downloading, you'll want to extract the org and com folders and place them in your src directory in Flash Builder. The easiest way to do this is to simply drag the org and com folders from the Axel file you downloaded and extracted onto the src folder in the Flash Builder window. Once you've done this, if you expand the org and axgl folders, your project window should now look like:
Your project panel with Axel imported
Now it's time to get your first program compiled. If you look at the code to your Main.as file (double click it in the project panel if it's not already open), you should see the following:
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package { import flash.display.Sprite; public class Main extends Sprite { public function Main() { } } }
Let's change this a little, so that we can print out the string Hello World. Change the code in the file to match the following:
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package { import flash.display.Sprite; public class Main extends Sprite { public function Main():void { trace("Hello world!"); } } }
The only thing we did other than change the bracket style is to add a trace("Hello World!"); to the contructor (function Main). Now, the next step will be test your project this far. In the menu, go to Run -> Run Configurations. On the left side, you should see your project as Main under the Web Application section. If it's not selected already, click it. On the right you will see the project name (Hello World FB), and the application file should say src/Main.as. What we need to do is to tell Flash Builder to run your program using the flash debugger. Uncheck Use default under URL or path to launch. Now click Browse.... Navigate to the bin-debug folder within your project (by default you should already be there), and double click Main.swf. Now click Apply and click Run. If you get a blank white Adobe Flash Player 11 window pop up, congratulations! If it doesn't work, then you'll need to ugprade your flash player debugger.
Your run configuration
To get the latest version of the flash player debugger, visit the Adobe Flash Player downloads page and download the 11.1 (or later) Projector content debugger. If you're not on windows, you'll of course need to download the appropriate file.
Download this file
This is the actual debugger, and not an install file, so save it somewhere memorable. I'm going to choose the same place as I installed Flex to (C:\Flex) for this tutorial.
Now head back to Flash Builder. Go to Window -> Preferences, and then go to Flash Builder -> Debug on the left. Under Standable Adobe Flash Player (debug version) navigate to the file you just downloaded and click OK.
Set it to your newly downloaded debugger
Now let's try to test again. Press F11 or click the green circle with a right triangle on the toolbar to debug your movie. You should now successfully get a blank white window pop up in the flash debugger!
Switching keys for debugging your project
At the bottom you'll notice our hello world trace statement (if you aren't already in the console tab while running your application, click the console tab). Here is where all the trace statements will appear, which are invaluable to use when debugging your game.
Our hello world debug statement in the console
Now, what if we want to show the Hello World message in the actual game? Now we get to actually write some code!
The first thing we want to do is within Main.as let's change Main to extend Ax instead of Sprite. You'll need to import the Ax class instead of Sprite though. If you delete the word Sprite and type the word Ax and hit control+space you should get a popup showing you possible classes to import:
Quick importing as you type
Hit enter while org.axgl.Ax is highlighted and it should automatically add the import statement to the top of the file. If the popup window disappears, you can bring it back when hitting Control+Space while your cursor is at the end of the word Ax. If for some reason this isn't working for you, add the following to your class:
Main.asActionScript 3 Code
import org.axgl.Ax;
You can also now remove the flash.display.Sprite import line.
When working in Flash Builder, you'll need to provide a [SWF] tag to tell the system how big your SWF file should be, and what the default background color should be (the background color does not matter when using Axel, however). Add this line below your imports:
Main.asActionScript 3 Code
[SWF(width = "400", height = "300", backgroundColor = "#000000")]
Now that we're extending the Axel library, we'll need to initialize the game. Do this by replacing your trace statement with a super statement that looks like the following:
Main.asActionScript 3 Code
The parameter tells it what State to start at. States are outside the scope of this tutorial, but you only need to know this: At any one time your game will be running in a single state. Therefore, to get our game to work, we need to tell it which state our game will run in. Let's take a quick look at what the final code of our Main.as file should look like:
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package { import org.axgl.Ax; [SWF(width = "400", height = "300", backgroundColor = "#000000")] public class Main extends Ax { public function Main():void { super(GameState); } } }
Now, to create our game state, right click on (default package) on the left in your package explorer (or go to File -> New -> Actionscript Class). This will pop up the new file window. For simplicity we're adding it to the default package, so leave the package field blank. Under name, put GameState. The rest can be left at the defaults.
Creating our GameState class
This will create and open the file in your main window. Now, fill it with the following simple code:
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package { import org.axgl.Ax; import org.axgl.AxState; import org.axgl.render.AxColor; import org.axgl.text.AxText; public class GameState extends AxState { override public function create():void { Ax.background = new AxColor(0, 0, 0); add(new AxText(10, 10, null, "Hello World!")); } } }
Now let's talk a little bit about what this code does. At the top we're importing the classes that we're going to use. Inside of our state, the first thing we do is override the create method. This is called when the state is created. There are only two thing we want to do when the state is created: Change the background color and add our text. We change the background color to black (AxColor takes in the red, blue, and green components from 0 - 1, so 0, 0, 0 ends up as black) so that we can see our text, which by default is white. The next thing we do is add an AxText object to the screen. The first two arguments are the position, so here we are adding our text to x = 10, y = 10, where 0, 0 is in the upper left corner. The third argument is which AxFont to use. We are passing null, telling it to use the default built in font. The fourth argument is the string we want to display, which is, of course, Hello World!
Now, try testing your movie (reminder: F11, the triangle in green circle, or whatever hotkey you have set up), and you should see something similar to this:
We Are Winners!
Congratulations on setting up Flash Builder, integrating the Axel library, and creating your first application! The best part? Only 24 lines of code!


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In Confessing the Faith, Chad Van Dixhoorn offers a fresh look at the Westminster Confession of Faith. It is an accessible, biblical and thoughtful work digesting years of study and teaching into bite-sized sections.
This study guide is a resource that aims to make group study easy. The questions stick closely to the text of Confessing the Faith and follow the chapter subheadings that you will find there. Some questions cover essential doctrines; others explore scriptural passages; still others promote personal application. Each chapter ends with a consideration for prayer.
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