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> And Tim Berners-Lee, don't forget, was the guy who didn't
> think images should be in HTML. It was [Netscape
> co-founder and vice president of technology] Marc
> Andreessen who flew against what Tim wanted, because Tim
> thought it would bring the 'Net down. Tim's a good guy,
> but he's a physicist -- he's not a market understander,
> if you know what I mean.
And to think that Tim & Robert & Eric have to share an ACM System Software
Award with a man of such generous character... Just wait until you read what
the question was about, and their misunderstanding of Tim's WWW4 Keynote
(which they conspicuously didn't attend)
Rohit Khare
Netscape's Jim Clark takes Bill Gates to task
By Don Tennant
InfoWorld Electric
Posted at 7:18 PM PT, Feb 9, 1996
HONG KONG -- James H. Clark, co-founder and chairman of Internet high-flyer
Netscape Communications Corp., is in the midst of a whirlwind Asian tour to
meet with business partners throughout the region. Clark sat down with
Computerworld Hong Kong Editor Don Tennant on Thursday for this in-depth,
one-on-one interview.
Q: It seems to be in vogue to predict that Web browsers are going to
disappear before long. Tim Berners-Lee, the director of the World Wide Web
Consortium, and Jakob Nielsen of SunSoft's stategic technology office are
proponents of the view that browsers will become obsolete because that
function will be fully integrated into a computer's operating environment.
What's your response?
A: The notion of a Web browser is a pretty universal notion -- I don't see
HTML going away.
It's really a matter of time before browsers become kind of transparent. The
differential between fetching something from your own computer and fetching it
on the 'Net is going to become less and less obvious to the user. I guess
that's what they mean.
We've got numerous products ourselves, so we're not too worried about it. And
we've got strategies that are consistent with the Web browser being a much
more transparent, universal piece of software.
There are two [connotations] to saying they'll go away: One is they become
everywhere, so no one notices they're there anymore; the other is that they
totally vanish -- that's ridiculous.
And Tim Berners-Lee, don't forget, was the guy who didn't think images should
be in HTML. It was [Netscape co-founder and vice president of technology]
Marc Andreessen who flew against what Tim wanted, because Tim thought it would
bring the 'Net down. Tim's a good guy, but he's a physicist -- he's not a
market understander, if you know what I mean.
Q: During my interview with Microsoft CEO Bill Gates when he was in Hong Kong
in December, he made the following statement: "An Internet browser is a
trivial piece of software. There are at least 30 companies that have written
very credible Internet browsers, so that's nothing." I thought it would be
only fair to get your response to that.
A: Jim Clark says, quote: MS-DOS is a trivial piece of software. And there
are at least 10 companies who have written that trivial piece of software.
I'm dead serious. Why was he successful? Because he wrote some beautiful
piece of software? That's totally ridiculous. He didn't even write the damn
thing. He licensed it. At least we've got the guys who originally wrote ours.
Q: In the same context, Gates expressed the view that the excitement
surrounding Netscape is part of the "gold rush" mentality associated with the
Internet, and that it will be proven to be an overreaction. What do you think?
A: There are 100 different ways you can respond to that. First of all, I have
tremendous respect for Microsoft -- they are a brilliant bunch of people;
Gates himself is a brilliant guy, a tremendous strategist.
It doesn't surprise me that when people find the emergence of a significant
new company, that they would try to trivialize it, especially if they'd been
accustomed to being the center of attention. So that's just a normal human
reaction, and a competitive response to what people were inevitably saying to
him: "Is Microsoft dead like IBM was?" But Microsoft isn't dead; Microsoft is
a hell of a good company -- they don't have to have the World Wide Web in
order to exist.
But for some unexplained reason, they feel like no one should have any market
share in anything with regard to software except them, because of their
God-given right to own the entire market. That's one kind of response, and I
think it's a perfectly reasonable response -- they are very ego-centric; they
think they are the only ones in the world who know how to do software, and
that's just ludicrous. The world is uniformly covered with smart people, and
most of them don't work for Microsoft or Sun Microsystems or Netscape.
But anyway, another response is that you've got a fundamental transformation
under way in about five industries that are going to all embrace this
There's the telecommunications industry, which is a couple of trillion
dollars worldwide.
The media industry, starting with publishing and going on to broadcast media
-- I guarantee you digital television will be delivered through these kinds of
mechanisms, and voice communication is going to occur this way, too.
Third is general services -- travel services, information services, financial
Fourth is software -- desktop software itself is going to get a hell of a lot
cheaper. So Microsoft's very basis for their $490 Office [suite of
applications] is at risk, because there's no fundamental reason why that
software has to cost $490. I know companies planning to develop and target
knock-offs of those in Java, delivered as part of a service. You won't be
required to go out and spend $450 or $500 for a piece of software that you
only use 10 percent of. So the software industry is going to go through a
massive change, and that's going to affect us all.
And finally, consumer electronics is going to embrace this technology.
Televisions are going to have built-in Internet interfaces. So when you have
that much of the world economy undergoing transformation, there are some
opportunities in there somewhere.
Q: Microsoft's Sweeper Software Development Kit, which is supposed to be
released later this year, will let developers embed Internet access directly
into applications and tools. Some analysts are saying Sweeper is likely to
make Windows and OLE a compelling challenge to the Java model being created by
Netscape and Sun. Do you buy that?
A: Well, you've got to get the developer world signed up for it, and I would
contend that a large number of developers in the world have to examine whether
they want to develop on the Microsoft platform. We've got 12,000 of them who
say they don't particularly like developing for Microsoft because when they
find a big nugget, Microsoft comes in and takes it away from them by invading
their space.
Microsoft is in the content business; they're competitive with every content
company in the world; they're the largest electronic publisher in the world.
They're in the applications business, the network operations business, the
on-line services business, and the operating systems business. Applications
people don't like developing for Microsoft, fundamentally. You name all the
applications companies who have been very successful developing for Microsoft,
and Microsoft has come in later and leveraged their monopoly in the operating
system to compete with them.
So in order to be singularly successful at doing what they're doing, first of
all they have to have something better; secondly, they have to convince those
developers. The world is desperately looking for an alternative to Microsoft.
They don't like the monopolistic practices of that company.
Q: Microsoft has pulled the plug on the MSN-only version of their Blackbird
programming tool. Does their shift away from proprietary content make them a
more formidable competitor?
A: No, I don't think so. That company singularly lines up behind whatever
Bill Gates says. That's a poor way to run a company, my friend -- I've done
it, and it doesn't work very well. You've got to have a lot of minds actively
working, and a process in place that allows the good ideas to come to the top.
If the company had been on the ball, they would have seen the Internet
opportunity when I did. It wasn't hard to see. Instead, they tried to force
MSN down people's throats; they tried to force Blackbird down people's
throats, and essentially tried to be forceful about getting people to adopt
I've talked to companies who've said, "Microsoft comes in and says this is
the way it's going to be, take it or leave it." That's the way they behave. I
can name companies -- I won't, but they're very large worldwide corporations
-- who've said they've been told that by Microsoft. Companies get tired of
that kind of behavior. You've got to be a good citizen if you're going to be a
businessman. It's got to be win-win. For Microsoft, it's a zero-sum game --
they've got to win; no one else does.
Q: Let's switch to Lotus Development Corp., which is devoting a great deal of
attention to dispelling the notion that Lotus Notes will be made obsolete by
the Web. What's your view -- can the Web effectively replace a product like
A: No. I think practically everything in the world is migrating to the
Internet, and Notes will as well -- Lotus is a great company.
The problem with Notes that has been told to us by companies, and a large
part of the reason we brought Collabra Corp., is that companies were saying,
"You're locked in to Notes. Notes only talks to Notes. I can get Notes from
one source. It's too expensive. It's got a lot of things I don't use. Give me
a simpler solution that's open and widely available, that I can get from
multiple sources."
We're not making our Collabra stuff proprietary -- we're making the
specifications for that open. Our security system allows anybody to interface
to this system and build a competing product -- that is not true with Notes.
You have to use the Notes security system. They don't have an open
specification -- you can't get certificates for using that except from a Lotus
certificate server. All of those things related to security and the databases
are proprietary. So if they truly want to be competitive with Internet
solutions, they've got to completely open up all of those specifications.
Q: It has been reported that Netscape and America On-Line are negotiating
AOL's licensing of Navigator. What is the status of those negotiations?
A: I don't comment on those kinds of rumors. It's just not appropriate.
Rumors are rumors -- until they're substantiated with an official announcement
from either company, it's a rumor and I don't comment on it.
Q: Speaking hypothetically, then, how keen are you to make licensing deals
with on-line service providers like AOL?
A: Our original mission back in mid-'94 when we started the company, was we
decided the current model of everyone going through a concentrated point to
get access to on-line services is inappropriate. The world is too big a place
for any one, two or three channels of aggregation to be successful.
Nonetheless, there are important groupings that people will want to be
members of -- managed communities, if you will. So there are reasons for
aggregation. But generic aggregation, concentrated among one or two companies,
is not going to be the way the world works -- we founded the company based on
The whole basis for our company was that we're going to make software that
allows anybody to run their own on-line service. And then we're also going to
try to offer that software to the on-line service companies that are now
existent. Prodigy is one of the companies that has licensed our software.
We're more than willing to license it to America On-Line, to CompuServe, to
anybody who wants to run any kind of aggregated content on the Net -- or to
any company that just wants to offer a la carte something on the World Wide
Web. We happen to believe that's the way the model is going to be -- you're
going to use the Internet as a switch to get access to anything throughout the
I'd be happy if America On-Line wanted to be a customer -- I think that would
be terrific. I don't believe working with non-standard software will work.
Content companies told us, "We're tired of developing our content in one
format for America On-Line, another format for CompuServe -- it just won't
work." Content companies gave up on it -- they're going to the Web. They're
going to HTML, and that's where the richness of growth is -- not any
proprietary formats.
Q: You recently announced a $161 million agreement to buy InSoft Inc., which
makes the CoolView video-conferencing and CoolTalk audio-conferencing
products, so you can integrate that technology with your own for Internet-
based conferencing. What's the time frame for the rollout of those products?
A: I don't think I can really discuss the time frame, although it's fairly
quick because they already had the work done -- that's the reason we acquired
them. I would just say it's as soon as possible -- there are logistical
issues, but a lot of the work has been done, so we think it will be fairly
Q: So is Netscape getting into the business of enabling voice phone calls
over the Internet?
A: I fully expect that to become an increasingly large business, yes. That's
precisely part of what InSoft does -- yes, absolutely. The Internet is
becoming the world's de facto standard communications vehicle, and part of
communications is voice. My instinct is that over the next five to 10 years,
there will be an increasingly large movement: Data communications will have a
higher and higher capacity, and it will surpass the phone system in the number
of bits being transferred around the world. Right now you use the phone for
fax, e-mail -- a lot of things that don't require the real-time connection;
people won't buy that full-time, constant bit-rate connection to send faxes.
That will go to the Internet more quickly than the whole voice communication
system will, but ultimately that will migrate over as well.
Q: The Chinese government has declared its intention to filter out what it
considers to be objectionable material from the Internet. If you were a
consultant for the Chinese government, what technology would you recommend
that they use to do that?
A: A lot of people think that's not possible. It's difficult to enforce, but
it's certainly possible. A corporation has a so-called fire wall -- a single
point of entry into the corporate net. You can have a country that has a
single point of entry into its "country net." It's doable. All you need,
though, is one breach of security, and there's a leak.
A fire wall is a filter -- it filters and doesn't let certain people come in.
You can only come in if you have the right permission. So you could easily
set that up so that it would filter out your objectionable material.
Q: But you're talking about filtering out access, not filtering out information.
A: You could set up a proxy server that operates at the fire wall so that it
doesn't allow certain URLs to come in. There's no way you're going to be able
to automatically tell what is objectionable content -- you can't automatically
tell the difference between an x-rated image and a non- x-rated image.
I don't think it's totally rational to expect to be able to do that because
there are so many ways the Internet can be tapped, since there's no one
organization controlling it.
But the Internet is exactly like the phone system [except that] routers
replace switches. In the phone system you typically have a local monopoly
controlling it, so the switches are located on company property -- it's
impossible to get connected to it unless you get company permission. That's
not true with the Internet -- routers are not all located on any single
company's property. So there are numerous ways to get into it, and all you
need is one connection.
Q: The Chinese government is reported to be searching for this filtering
technology. If they came to you for that technology, would you be able to
supply it?
A: It exists as standard product. The proxy server, fire walls -- those
things are exactly that. They don't have to go searching -- all they have to
do is go out and buy it. I hate to be revealing something that people wouldn't
like, but that's true. We're not doing anything special to help them, but
we've got standard products that anybody can buy that could be set up to do
that. But it still would require a massive enforcement effort.
Q: What's the toughest problem you've had to tackle so far at Netscape?
A: Growth. I added 200 people in the month of January -- this is hard to
digest. You can't eat a year's worth of food in a day.
Q: What's the toughest problem you expect to face going forward?
A: Probably managing growth -- the same thing. Our product line is getting
sufficiently diverse so that I don't think any single company will have a
severe impact on us. And we probably have the largest list of partners of any
company in history.
Q: What's your assessment of the timing of your IPO? Were you right on?
A: Certainly in terms of the market receptivity we were. I don't think I
would change anything. I spent the first dollar on this company in June of
'94, and by the end of the year I had spent $12 million. I knew we had to put
the pedal to the metal and go grab the market, because it was a golden market
-- that's the reason I spent so much money. It was a huge gamble -- but that's
what entrepreneurship is about.
Don Tennant is editor of Computerworld Hong Kong, an InfoWorld sister publication.
Copyright ( 1996 InfoWorld Publishing Company


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Language teachers teach language, right? Or what really is our job?
29th April 2019
by Anna Hasper
Associate ELT-Consultant
Recently, I attended a fabulous conference with Jim Scrivener and in one of his talks he referred to a comment Michael Swan had made about language teaching: our job as language teachers is to teach language. Full stop.
This comment stayed on my mind and made me think about my own language learning experiences. Was this what my language teachers did many moons ago or did we actually get taught in a more holistic way? Well, I certainly learned about culture, but one could argue that teaching a language automatically implies learning about a host culture. However, did I learn how to work better together with others, did I develop my critical thinking? Based on my own experiences I'd have to say no. I really can't recall reading for evaluative purposes in my French classes! My language teachers might well have 'taught' this but in that case their teaching was definitely not my learning! Maybe certain things were implicit, delivered through comments made and attitudes embodied in teacher personas, but then again that must have escaped my attention. Maybe due to my level of maturity, or possible lack of it, but upon reflection my language teachers were indeed teaching language. Full stop.
Interestingly, reflecting on my own teaching I think -or at least I feel- I make an effort to teach more than just the language and its accompanying culture. One could argue that's really not part of our role and wonder if it's justifiable to teach more than language in a language class. I mean, why would you teach life skills if you are hired to be a language teacher? But with the current trend of integrating values and teaching life skills we might want to reflect on our job and why it might include much more than just teaching the language.
Personally, I feel that teaching language goes beyond language teaching. Vygotsky (1978) describes learning as involving psychological and social processes. Learning is first a social process, where concepts are developed through talk with others and we language teachers seem very much aware of this, we commonly use pair and group work to enable co-construction of knowledge. After this stage of social learning, however, learning becomes more of a psychological, individual process; new knowledge needs to become internalised. This stage highlights the importance of individual mental processes that are involved in the learning process. As many language teachers follow a learner-centred approach, I feel we should have some understanding at least of how learning works within the individual.
And I'm sure you agree that teaching a concept does not automatically mean that our students learn that concept. We teach with the best intentions but if the conditions for learning are non-existent then it can be an up-hill battle to make progress. Interestingly, the brain is not designed for thinking (Willingham, 2009), even though we might like thinking. In order to enable thinking -and thus learning- the conditions have to be right. It is necessary for teachers to create a classroom culture that promotes thinking and learning, so besides knowing the language we need to know about establishing an effective learning environment.
It's not only the environment that needs to provide the conditions for learning. Within the environment teachers should facilitate practices that enhance students' learning. To enable effective practices teachers need to have pedagogical knowledge (Fraser, 2012); knowledge about how to deliver content in an effective way. This of course is all dependent on your learners, so one could argue that learner knowledge is possibly even more pertinent; knowledge about learning preferences, motivation and your learners' perceived strengths and weaknesses is key.
As I believe the main aim of a language teacher is to enable learners to use language effectively outside the classroom, it seems key that learners leave class with a feeling that they can achieve tasks and, step-by-step, their goals in the real-world. For this to happen we need an understanding of how to make learning happen. It is all good and well to send learners off with a vocabulary list and the message of 'remember these words' but we might need to teach different strategies that help them to commit those items to memory. I'd argue that teachers need some knowledge about 'the learning machine' -our brain- (Carey, 2014) and tools that can help to accelerate learning.
For learning to take place we also need to create acceptance in our learners of non-learning or so-called mistakes, so learners come to see 'failure' as an invaluable opportunity for progress. Dweck (2006) distinguishes between a 'fixed' and a 'growth' mindset and highlights that learners with a growth mindset regard mistakes as a positive; these indicate action points for future learning. Aiming at enhancing students' performance in the classroom, it is invaluable for teachers to have an awareness of these different mindsets in order to encourage a growth mindset approach in learners and welcome mistakes in the classroom.
Now, as we all know great progress doesn't happen by itself, it comes down to putting in a decent amount of effort. Ericsson (1990) talks about 10,000 hours of practice to become an expert. I don't think any researcher has quantified the amount of hours needed for language learners to become experts, but it certainly requires a lot hard work for most. Duckworth (2016, p.50) states that the key to success is grit, consistent effort over the long run. I think it's important for teachers to know about grit and to create a culture that encourages learners to hold on to their goals and not let go', to raise awareness that language learning needs them to invest their best efforts day after day in challenging practice without giving up. For this we need to know how to foster an attitude of grit.
Even though there are many other psychological factors that go on inside learners and impact individual learning, self-efficacy is the last one I'll highlight. Self-efficacy is the belief in one's own ability and affects learners' attitude towards learning, in particular when faced with challenges. High self-efficacy strongly correlates with enhanced levels of performance (Fraser, 2012). As teachers we need to be aware that our expectations of learners' ability reflect in whatever we say and do; our words and actions directly impact students' motivation and self-efficacy. Having high expectations of all our learners can encourage them to try and believe they can do it, which helps to develop self-belief. Just remember, you might well be the only one who believes in your learner as not everyone is lucky enough to believe in themselves or has others believing in them!
I think it's evident that there are many factors impacting language learning and there is one sentence that sums up my beliefs about effective teaching perfectly: 'Success depends less on materials, techniques and linguistic analysis and more on what goes on inside and between people in the classroom' (Stevick, 1980, p.44). Now, you might agree and think 'this is what I'm already doing' and feel that the above is part of language teaching. But I also understand that some teachers might feel these issues are not part of our job because after all.. we are not trained-psychologist! However, I believe that language learning can be greatly enhanced if we teachers deliberate pay attention to these factors. Don't get me wrong, teaching and learning is a very complex process which involves many different factors we might not even know about yet but I do feel that language learning could be greatly enriched if we take more notice of the impact the above factors can have on performance. It doesn't mean you need to study psychology, it could simply be incorporated through little tweaks in your language or through being more explicit about your belief in their abilities.
I believe that the secret of effective learning lies in effective teaching. And yes, teaching language is our job and language teaching is of utmost importance in the language classroom but that shouldn't stop us from enabling learners as much as possible through enriching other developmental factors during the learning process. For this, we need to gain a greater awareness of what we are doing, saying -or not doing and saying- in the classroom. Remember, it is where their learning takes them that counts and through paying attention to some of the above you could maybe enable your learners to achieve even more than they ever thought was possible!
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Documentation Management
You will be a part of the introduction of new signalling technology...
Can you secure high control and structure of project documentation and related processes?
We are looking for a new colleague to join our project office team in the Fjernbane West project - the project responsible for the introduction of new signalling technology in the West Region, i.e. Jutland. The project is supported by an international supplier base and consultants from across Europe.
The Danish Signalling Programme, as the largest of its kind in Europe, is fully engaged replacing the old signalling system on the Danish railway with new computer-based signalling technology. The system is aligned with the European standard, European Railway Traffic Management System (ERTMS). Replacing the system on the entire railway makes Denmark the first country to implement ERTMS on a national scale.
Your place of employment will be at our headquarters in central Copenhagen.
Documentation and processes
As a Documentation Manager you will ensure timely delivery and approval of the project documentation, ensure its hand-over from the project to the rest of the organization and maintain the documentation processes.
Your main tasks and responsibilities are:
- Supplier documents control including the customer's review/approval workflow and publishing of documents.
- Supplier drawings control including the customer's review and approval workflow.
- All quality activities related to handling of the document and drawing review process, for instance, carrying out review of document planning list, drawing planning list, review logs, and raising non-conformities.
You will manage the handover of the technical documentation of the project and make sure the project documentation processes are aligned with the Signalling Programme requirements.
Tool Management
You will be our Super User within SharePoint Online - the platform used for document sharing, collaboration and management - and take care of tool management for SharePoint Online project sites. You will be responsible for managing Sharepoint and ProArc users among the project resources.
Engineer with analytical skills and structured approach
You probably hold an engineering degree or a degree in the humanistic or commercial field, and you have experience handling technical documentation. It is an advantage if you already have experience with large industrial development projects.
On a more personal level, we are looking for a team player with analytical skills, a structured and detailed approach as well as good communication skills. At the same time, you can work independently and towards given tasks and deadlines.
The role includes communicating with colleagues of many different nationalities. Our working language is English (both written and spoken), and documentation is mainly in English and Danish.
You will be employed in relation to the Circular on the Collective Agreement concerning Academics in the state sector concluded between the Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).
Contact and application
If you want to know more about the position, please contact Quality & Documentation Manager Cristina Canela Gomà. Please send us your application and resume as soon as possible.
To apply for the position, click on the link "Ansøg" and follow the instructions.
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My goodness. I'm lost for words. We are six days into the crowdfunding campaign and already 50% funded. I've had friends and family spreading the word. I've had various Facebook pages and groups share my project. I've had beautiful messages of encouragement. Wow. The word grateful doesn't begin to explain it. I'm humbled, touched, inspired, comforted. Thank you all.
I want to include a particular message on this post, from a very kind supporter:
"I feel privileged to be able to help out. I think what you are doing is a great inspiration to anyone who has a dream and feels like it out of reach. There is always a way if there is belief, and from the looks of things, you have a lot of people believing in you. I know you will be very successful. :)"
This says it all.
This journey has been a long, emotional one. Positives and negatives, confidence and doubt, elation and sadness. Even before I put pen to paper for my first draft. To read this message and the hundreds of kind words others have shared with me, puts everything into perspective.
Dream. And dream big. With belief, anything is possible! (Or should I have typed 'pozible'?) 😉
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Hi Mama is a Parent Engagement software application that The Vine Preschool uses to communicate with parents on a daily basis about the progress of their children and the daily activities that they participate in.
The Hi Mama application is extremely beneficial to the Staff at The Vine Preschool because in enables the Staff to be able to demonstrate to the parents all that goes on throughout their child's preschool day. In many situations, the Staff will capture moments and take pictures or video then submit them through Hi Mama to illustrate the activities as well as the developmental milestones that the children are experiencing.
We have had nothing but great responses from both parents and staff about how nice it is to have an engagement software program that captures the memories and the essence of what truly goes on throughout the preschool day.
ABC Mouse
Once your child is enrolled at The Vine Preschool, they are automatically enrolled in ABCMouse for FREE. There is so much that can be said about the benefits of the ABC Mouse program. But first and foremost, The Vine Preschool is not a Preschool program with excessive screen time.
ABC Mouse provides children with fun and engaging activities, games and songs related to educational concepts. ABCMouse initially sets up your child's "Learning Path" based on your child's age. Once your child experiences the games and activities, the Learning Path is adjusted to best meet your child's developmental readiness skills.
What makes our ABCMouse collaboration great is that your child's teacher can go in the classroom account and adjust your child's Learning Path based on the current monthly themes!
We do not want to ever force children through the learning process so even when the teachers add to the child's Learning Path, it is always optional. We know that learning takes place when children are engaged. It is our job as teachers to create an engaging learning environment in school. That also applies to the ABCMouse program. Whatever engages the child is supported but ABCMouse will always be an extension of the learning process: not the main focus.
Once your child is enrolled with an ABCMouse account, other siblings in your household can also receive a FREE account for the entire time that your child is enrolled at The Vine Preschool. ABCMouse is an educational program for children through second grade.
Power Tots
The Vine Preschool offers a great program called Power Tots which is available once a week for 30 minutes per session. We currently have three classes with a maximum of 12 children in each class. The instructors are fantastic and they bring all of the equipment with them for the students.
Power Tots is separate from our program and the registration and reasonable monthly payment is processed between the families and Power Tots. The monthly fee is for four sessions each month and it is optional.
Watching the children progress from beginning skills to more advanced skills has been wonderful to observe! The children are always very proud of their accomplishments and the instructors are wonderful at taking their time for students or who are more hesitant and moving along for those students who are ready.
We were so pleased when we were able to receive little report cards for each student discussing the skills that they had been introduced to and then the skills that they were moving onto. What we also like about the Power Tots program is that it empowers the students with their physical development skills and increases their gross motor abilities.


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When people think second-hand, they immediately think of items that, in terms of condition and performance, do not match a brand new equivalent. Yes, you might be able to buy a used product for cheaper. But the trade off is that you will probably have to put up with signs of wear and tear, a shorter lifespan and reduced functionality.
At Phoenix Cellular, we set out to defy those expectations. We stock thousands of used smartphones in a wide range of conditions. Some have obviously been well used in the past and there is no point trying to disguise that. Others, however, show virtually no outward sign of wear and tear and are in excellent working order.
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The first requirement for a premium handset is that it has to arrive with us in excellent condition to begin with. Every phone we stock undergoes a minimum 20-point test carried out by an experienced technicians to determine what sort of shape they are in from an operational and an aesthetic perspective, each handset is then graded. Grades are used to price our stock, but they also serve as an indicator of what sort of physical condition each phone is in for our customers.
For our Premium Handsets, we will only use phones that are ranked Grade A Pristine after testing. This is our top level grade and is a sign that the device is in excellent working order when it reaches us. This includes almost perfect cosmetics, almost perfect screens with no visible signs of scratching, unblemished and undamaged rear casing, no cracks, no smashes and generally hardly any signs of wear and tear.
In other words, what we say when we grade a handset as A Pristine is that it could easily pass for a new device. It therefore deserves to be treated as one, with all internal workings restored to their original condition.
All phones we stock are restored to their factory default settings, have all data wiped and are unlocked with regards to operators and user ID, including PIN and, for iPhones, Touch ID and iCloud.
Selling second-hand phones 'as new', we believe our retail partners deserve to be able to offer some some 'as new' perks to go with them. All Premium Handsets come with a 12-month 'repair or replace' warranty service we fulfil, providing the same level of cover as manufacturer's warranty.
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As I settled down to write this month's article for the magazine, the news was full of the tragic death of the two young school girls in Oldham who were knocked down crossing the road in a hit and run incident. I wonder if you assumed as I did that the driver would be a young man. This would have taken the tragedy to three lives as his would always be blighted by his own youthful recklessness. Somehow the folly of youth is easier to understand and forgive.
But of course I was wrong. It fills me with anger and frustration that these two young cousins were apparently killed by someone old enough to know better; someone who had already been banned from driving. These frustrating events create a desire in us to have the perpetrators locked up and the key thrown away. Do these people not understand the consequences of their action? Obviously not!
As Christians we're asked to live by the rules that Moses brought down Mount Sinai two thousand years before Jesus lived; the ten commandments. These rules were once the heartbeat of our society, learnt by rote at school, but now they're not that well known. Jesus summarised them into the 'golden rule':
'In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7 : 12
In our modern justice system there is now a practise called restorative justice. This is used to help prisoners face the consequences of their crimes by listening to the feelings and effects their crime has had on the lives of those they have wronged. When a victim of a crime talks about how the crime has injured them and how they have had to adapt their lives afterwards it can be very powerful. It prevents the prisoner from ignoring the consequences of what they have done; it forces them to face their crime and helps them to be sorry. It is far better to challenge the attitude of a prisoner so they change their ways than it is to simply lock them up. Restorative justice has been found to be so successful it is now used routinely in schools to settle incidents that happen there.
Restorative justice is often talked about in terms of human dignity but it is really the use of this 'golden rule' of Jesus'. When we take that moment to ask ourselves how we would like to be treated in any set of circumstances. Then use that thinking to guide our own actions in the way we treat others it changes how we proceed in life. If we all used it wisely we would find we lived in a much more caring and safe environment.
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- Access: the ability to connect to the internet and go online
- Skills: the ability to use the internet and online services
- Confidence: a fear of breaking, fear of crime, lack of trust or not knowing where to start online
- Motivation: understanding why using the internet is relevant and helpful.
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European Parliament (2016) "Precision agriculture and the future of farming in Europe.", Scientific Foresight Study – Science and Technology Options Assessment.
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The University of Michigan Credit Union was established on November 8 in the year of 1954. The employees, students and retirees of the University of Michigan, Washtenaw Community College and the licensed trade schools of Washtenaw and Livingston Counties can be members of the union.
The employees and retires of General Dynamics, Altarum and Inventors' Council of Michigan can also be members in University of Michigan Credit Union. University of Michigan Credit Union provides numerous financial products and services for the members of the union.
The union offers three types of checking accounts, which are:
Basic Checking Account
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University of Michigan Credit Union offers overdraft protection for the checking accounts. The overdraft protection option is automatically set up when the member opens his or her checking account.
The facility availed by this service is – when an approved electronic payment or check cannot be covered by the checking account, the available funds are then automatically transferred from the Share Savings Account to cover the check.
University of Michigan Credit Union offers various saving options. The saving accounts by University of Michigan Credit Union are:
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Term Savings Accounts
Individual Retirement Accounts
Traditional IRA
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Holiday Savings Accounts
Youth Accounts
Kids Accounts
The various loans offered by University of Michigan Credit Union are:
Home Loans
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Credit Cards
Lines of Credit
Student Loans
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In order to make the banking service convenient and easy, the University of Michigan Credit Union offers numerous electronic services. They are:
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The condition as such, for those who are not that familiar with it, is primarily regarded as the inability either to reach those "tranquilizing clouds", or the inability of the person to remain fast asleep. In most cases, this is caused or directly related to some other underlying condition that is also present. In terms of the target groups, both members of the male and the female population, regardless of age are prone to suffering from this sleep disorder, although research has showed that this is most often the case in females, as well as senior adults.
Those persons who have been befallen by insomnia might come down with one, more or all of the symptoms such as:Difficulty to fall asleep Inability to stay awake Waking up all too early in the morning
Sensations and feelings that are most frequently directly related to this sleep disorder are such as anxiety, restlessness, irritability, sleep that does not recuperate, as well as excessive fatigue during the day. When it comes to conditions medical in nature, and sometimes related to insomnia as such, the following need to be mentioned – depression, anxiety, disorders caused by substance abuse, obstructive sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome and numerous other medical conditions chronic in nature. As far as the medications and substances that can also contribute to the development of insomnia are concerned, the following need to be mentioned – various medications, caffeine, alcohol, as well as nicotine. In addition, medications and drugs such as antidepressants, antihypertensive medications, antihistamines, and decongestants have been proven to induce the occurrence of insomnia.
As the name itself says, its most prominent feature is chronicity. Unfortunately, this means that people who suffer from this variety of insomnia may be stuck with it until the rest of their lives. But on the other hand, there also exist numerous treatment techniques that provide quite beneficial and effective aid, as well as enable a person in question to take more control over the condition itself and to decrease its long-term negative implications and side effects. However, regarded as the most effective and result yielding treatment method is a combination of both the medications and the cognitive behavioral therapy.
- www.nhs.uk/conditions/insomnia/
- medlineplus.gov/insomnia.html
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We've all set goals, or set out to set them, or just set on them. Just that short sentence shows us how easy it is to "set" a goal and then discard it because no one is looking, we got distracted or we came up with a new goal or path to follow. So how do we set a goal for ourselves then honor that commitment? There are many leadership books and goal setting articles out there that do a great job in outlining how this can be done. Pick one and set a goal!
I want to share with you a goal I set for myself this year and the little "steps" I took in achieving it. You may find it helpful as you set out your goals in the coming year. First, the goal! I decided on January 1, 2013 that I was going to run 3,000 miles this year. As a long time distance runner this seemed to be a solid challenge. Think of it as 8.2 miles every day of the year without missing a day. Sounded reasonable to me, but how in fact do you actually put in place the process to make it happen, a goal that could take a year to complete and not lose focus along the way?
I used the SMART(P) process to make this happen.
1) Specific- you must identify exactly what you want to accomplish in as specific terms as you can make it. I said my goal is to Run 3,000 miles in 2013. Very specific without getting into the detail of how I am going to do it, but a goal that I can wake us and say to myself every day.
2) Measurable- the old adage is "you can't manage what you can't measure" and with this goal measurement was quite easy. You have a Garmin GPS (or choose your own tool) and you know every day how far you've gone. Then every week and every month. This allows you to measure progress and adjust expectations along the way.
3) Actionable- every goal should start with an action verb (run, finish, complete, start) rather than a to-be verb (am, be, have). Here I was able to break out every month, week and day into exactly what I needed to do stay on pace. I used 10k, ½ Marathon, 25k and Marathon races along the way to break up the grind of the days and to give myself little wins along the way.
4) Realistic- this is where you have to be careful. It is great to stretch yourself and get out of your comfort zone but remember to add a dose of common sense. This part has always been difficult for me. My tendency is to add to many miles and I have done it many times at the expense of my body. This time I used the series of races to help me maintain focus and not do to many miles and get hurt. I also decided I would set personal records in each of the distance. (a definite step out of the comfort zone).
5) Time- time bound is important for a goal. In this case I did this in the beginning with December 31, 2013 being the last day I could accomplish the goal. Remember, a goal without a date is just a dream.
6) Persistence- This is the ingredient I feel determines if goals are accomplished. What is that "it thing" in your head and heart that drives you to finish, to accomplish the goal in the face of any obstacles that may arise. For me it was persistence through heat, wind, rain, cold, aches and of course schedule, work, travel, etc. to honor a promise to myself.
On Friday December 13, 2013 I crossed the 3,000 mile mark. 18 days to spare and personal records in four different distance races. (yes, I continue to run and the finish should be around 3,150 miles) Mission accomplished and a Boston Marathon in my future that I can use to create a whole new set of goals that allow me the opportunity to compete and live a healthy life. What are your goals for 2014? Do you have a process for attaining them? You do, just write them down and be SMART and persistent in your pursuit.


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Women who are tired of living with drooping, sagging breasts may find that having a breast lift in San Jose, Costa Rica is a great way to enhance their appearance and boost their self-confidence. This procedure, which is also sometimes called mastopexy, helps to firm and raise the breasts through the removal of extra breast tissue. A breast lift can also help to correct other problems, such as an overly large areola.
Over time, a woman's breasts may begin to sag due to gravity and aging. Women who have experienced significant weight loss may also have problems with drooping breasts. Breastfeeding and pregnancy can also cause a woman's breasts to droop and sag. In considering whether this procedure is a good choice, it is important to understand that while a breast lift can be effective in lifting and reshaping you breasts, it will not increase your breast size. If you desire a larger cup size, you may wish to consider having a breast enlargement performed along with your breast lift procedure. Most women are still able to breastfeed following a breast lift.
Costa Rica has become a haven in recent years for travelers from all over the world who want to enjoy spectacular natural beauty. This Latin American country has developed a reputation for its strong commitment to conservatism, which is evidenced in its many beautiful national parks. As healthcare costs have continued to rise in many countries, including the United States, many people have also begun to travel to Costa Rica to take advantage of a superior healthcare system and lower medical costs. Staffed by experienced, English-speaking physicians, the hospitals and clinics in Costa Rica provide state-of-the art equipment and facilities.
In considering traveling to Costa Rica for a breast lift, it is still important for patients to conduct research to ensure they find a reputable facility. We are available to help at Medical Departures by providing a list of medical facilities and surgeons. Only when a physician and/or facility has passed our exhaustive background check are they included on our list. That process includes verifying qualifications and professional memberships, such as the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
We also feel it is important to perform criminal and civil checks to ensure your complete peace of mind and safety. Our vetting process also includes visiting facilities in person and interviewing patients who have actually used that facility.
Prior to having your breast lift performed, you will meet with your surgeon to discuss your goals. During this consultation, your physician will perform a physical exam. He or she may also take before photos, measure your breasts, and make marks to determine how to proceed with your breast lift.
Your procedure will be performed under general anesthesia to limit your discomfort. The surgeon will begin by making an incision in the breasts to remove excess tissue and skin. If the procedure is to be combined with a breast enlargement, implants will be inserted. Sutures will usually be used to close the incisions at the end of the procedure. You should expect to have bandages over your breast when you awaken. Drain tubes are also typically inserted to assist with reducing swelling. The tubes can be removed within 48 hours following your procedure.
It is common for patients to experience discomfort following a breast lift. Pain medication may be prescribed to help minimize your pain. You will likely be advised to limit your activities for a few weeks following your procedure. Your doctor may also ask you to wear a support bra. Sutures may be removed within a couple of weeks.
The final results of your breast lift may not be visible until a few weeks following the procedure, as you will need to allow time for swelling to ease. You should expect continued improvement in the time following your breast lift.
The average cost of a breast lift in San Jose, Costa Rica is $3,300 (GBP £2,378, AUD $4,631, EUR £4,631) compared to $11,000 in the United States (GBP £7,585, AUD $15,563, EUR €9,857.)
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The projects and programs under the ICT for Learning initiative collectively reflect
MCIT?s vision to use information and its underlying technologies to further sustainable
human development in Egypt and to build an information society capable of absorbing
and capitalizing upon the emerging knowledge revolution.
The Government of Egypt and its Ministry of Health have established several e-Health
programs to bring better diagnostic and health services to a wider segment of the
Egyptian society. MCIT has facilitated the integration of ICT in health services
and the provision of medical education to remote or underserved areas of Egypt.
The e-health initiative is inspired by pursuing equal opportunities for health services
anywhere in Egypt, and expanding medical insurance to all citizens.
The digital content industry encompasses the creation, design, management and distribution
of digital products and services and the technologies that underpin these activities.
Egypt places high regard in developing and distributing Arabic e-Content that forms
the basis of intellectual and cultural inspiration for future generations. Accordingly,
MCIT has led the way to the establishment of an e-content industry in Egypt through
its Arabic e-content initiative. This initiative aims to enhance the competitiveness
of the Egyptian e-content industry by supporting the production, use and distribution
of Arabic digital content on global networks.
Greening ICT, or applying user-friendly policies, has become a dire need. Environment
protection is an important issue for human safety, for sustaining social and economic
development, and for preserving natural gifts for next generations. ICT tools, widely
spread currently, constitute very important potential for protecting environment,
creating solutions for decreasing toxic emissions by other sectors.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology seeks to foster digital
citizenship by empowering members of society, especially youth, through ownership
of the tools and skills needed to develop and live in a knowledge-based society.
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Technology pays great attention to human development for all members of society
based on the fact that capacity-building and human skills are the key factors of
progress and achievement.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology seeks to boost Egypt?s
global ICT competitiveness by developing the outsourcing services industry, increasing
ICT service exports and attracting foreign investment, thereby promoting sector
growth and creating new job opportunities.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology seeks to promote research
and development, innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of ICT in order to
drive sector growth, support sustainable national development and position Egypt
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Egypt is actively engaged in efforts to develop regional and international agendas
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The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology plays an instrumental
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through a large number of bilateral initiatives with countries around the world.
World Post Day is celebrated each year on October 9. The event was declared by the 1969 Universal Postal Congress in Tokyo as a means to mark the anniversary of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) creation in 1874.
The purpose of World Post Day is to bring awareness to the Post's role in the everyday lives of people and businesses, as well as its contribution to global social and economic development.
As a result, the UPU member countries are encouraged to organize their own national activities to celebrate the event, including everything from the introduction or promotion of new postal products and services, to the organization of open days at post offices, mail centers and postal museums.
The UPU helps facilitate awareness with its World Post Day by designing and distributing posters for display across the globe. In 2016, the UPU launched a new poster for the 2016–2018 period.
Although World Post Day is not guided by a particular theme, the UPU latest poster design embodies the UPU three strategic pillars: innovation, integration and inclusion.
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) is the entity regulating the administration of the international postal sector and one of the organizations affiliated to the United Nations. With its 192 member-countries, the UPU is the primary forum for cooperation between postal sector players. It helps to ensure a truly universal network of up-to-date products and services.


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Kumarakom gently sweeps away all that ails your mind, body and soul. These sleepy clusters of islands have a certain rustic vibe to them that rubs off on every visitor. From the moment you step in, you are greeted by lush greenery, friendly villagers and pristine waters on all sides. Try the freshly caughtKarimeen (pearl spot), Chemmeen (shrimp) and prawns from the mighty Vembanad Lake. The cold waters and bright sun will relax your entire being instantly. This peace is what draws people in large numbers to this beautiful destination in Kottayam.
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Aspect Consulting is pleased announce it is working with the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA), which is the single governing body for kiteboarding race events. Aspect will be supporting the IKA in its vision to help evolve, develop and promote the sport globally. An important step towards this vision is kiteboarding becoming an Olympic sport: it will appear first at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympics and expectations are high for kiteboarding to take its place as an exhibition sport at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and a medal event sport in 2024. For more information about our support for the IKA, please contact in the first instance samaspectconsulting.eu.
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2.Reason for the capital reduction:
In compliance with the regulations under Article 28-2, Paragraph 1,
Subparagraph 1 of the Securities and Exchange Act, the Company
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3.Amount of the capital reduction:NTD19,984,130
4.Cancelled shares: 1,998,413 shares
5.Capital reduction ratio:0.24%
6.Share capital after the capital reduction:NTD 8,403,521,250
7.Scheduled date of the shareholders' meeting:N/A
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Thailand's taxi drivers are never far away from the news. Often it is because they refuse fares, overcharge, bad driving or faulty vehicles.
Recently we have seen some good news stories as drivers return wallets and bags found in their taxis but positive news stories are far outweighed by the negative reports.
Times are becoming difficult for drivers, with Uber impacting on their business and it is clear something needs to be done to save their trade.
What doesn't do their cause any good is the latest video doing the rounds on the Internet, featuring an irate female taxi driver forcing her passengers out her cab as a youngster starts crying due to the ongoing argument between driver and passenger.
It is unclear as to why the driver Pussadee Anchanpas and her hire are at loggerheads but apparently this is not the first incident involving the lady driver. In 2015 she was allegedly involved in an incident where she chased her passengers out of her cab and sped away with their valuables.
To make matters worse, the driver's licence expired at the end of 2015, so she not have been behind the wheel.
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Pol Lt-General Sanit Mahathavorn wants the driver brought to justice as swiftly as possible.
Have you seen her?
Maybe you have been in her cab?
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You will find champagnes from village producers and from famous brands, local wines, homemade terrines (red turkey, mushroom and chaource fondue...), spirits (ratafia, marc de champagne ..), Reims mustards and vinegars, the famous pink biscuit and champagne "corks"... and a host of other French specialties (truffles, foie gras...). Recommended by the Guide du Routard, very attractive rates, you will be able to arrange your gifts yourself or to choose among the different preparations.
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Disturbing the Peace
By Briony Penn, July 2010
Caribou and conservation need to be part of the conversation around the Site C dam.
It's 2005. Award-winning aboriginal musician/TV host and researcher Art Napoleon is standing on top of the WAC Bennett dam. I've joined him in Peace country to work on a documentary film proposal. Called Disturbing the Peace, it will raise awareness about the potential impacts of the proposed Site C dam on the Peace and the other energy projects that riddle the northeast corner of BC.
Art is pointing out over a stretch of water that goes as far as the eye can see, where the Finlay River used to flow into the Peace through his people's territory—the Dunne-Za (historically called the Beaver)—and is now drowned under the Williston reservoir.
We are leaning on a weathered interpretive sign at the viewpoint—put up at the height of the Bennett boosterism era of the 60s when the dam was built. Most of the sign consists of a list of superlatives and numbers about the features of the project. Once the largest man-made lake in the world, the dam is over 7000 feet long and 600 feet high; the turbines can create 2,730 megawatts and supply all the electricity needs of Vancouver and Victoria; and the reservoir holds 260,000,000,000 cubic feet of water. Below the numbers are a few photographs and captions identifying the native people and wildlife of the Peace River. Art points to a faded sepia toned picture that is captioned "Beaver Indian and his wife" and remarks with a laugh, "That's my grandfather and his first wife. At least they didn't say his squaw."
BC Hydro has removed that sign now, perhaps coincidentally with acknowledging some of the injuries to the two former villages on the banks of the Finlay and the Peace. The surviving members of Fort Ware and Ingenika Point, now called the Tsay Keh Dene people of the Kwadacha First Nation, received $15 million in 2008. But irreparable damage was done, completely disrupting and destroying the lives of the 125 families. The trap lines and the caribou herd on which they had relied for their subsistence vanished.
The monetary settlement also didn't extend to any of the other Dunne-Za people downstream who traded, hunted and relied on the major wildlife migration routes of the Peace and Finlay like the Doig, Halfway, Blueberry, Prophet, West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations—the latter community being where Napoleon grew up.
A year or so before the 2005 film project, Napoleon had been hired by the Treaty 8 communities to interview elders in the other Dunne-Za villages to record accounts of what it was like to be living downstream of the dam project. The impact of hearing the testimony from over 40 elders about that project left no doubt in his mind that Site C was another tragedy in the making and had to be prevented. "I interviewed Mrs Betty Willson and her sister, the mother and aunt of the current Chief Roland Willson of the West Moberly band. They were living on a trapline at Ingenika when the waters started to rise. No one told them that they were flooding the valley, there was nothing on the radio; suddenly the waters started to rise and they had to grab their belongings and evacuate their cabins. Their trails, campsites and burial grounds were flooded out. Coffins were floating around when the water uprooted the graves."
The Tsay Keh people, who had previously subsisted largely on the caribou, and few of whom spoke English, were hurriedly provided with a "reserve" several hundred kilometres south near the pulp mill town of Mackenzie, with $35,000 to cover all damages to property. None stayed. Some returned to the banks of the Williston near the old Fort Ware and Ingenika, but many ended up impoverished and destitute in the cities.
The downstream interviewees all described devastating impacts on the once large woodland caribou herd that had covered the hills during their migration. The population had been decimated by the dam and had dwindled into small remnant herds that dispersed from the region. How they and other wildlife died was captured in horrifying accounts. As Napolean describes the scene: "The water was full of floating trees, debris and turbidity. Whole trees would suddenly shoot up from the bottom. With the migration route cut off, the caribou and moose tried to swim across but they couldn't make it to the bank because the log jams and debris on the shores prevented them. They slipped and drowned because they couldn't get out. The water was full of bloated corpses."
The impacts continued to make living there impossible. The tangled decaying matter in the water made navigation impossible. With release of mercury gases from the rotting plant matter, people were warned off eating any quantity of fish from any of the downstream areas. The eroding banks continued to create turbidity.
Napoleon also interviewed the white settlers impacted by the dam, some of whom are portrayed in the book This Was Our Valley by Earl Pollon and Shirley Matheson, whose lives were equally devastated: "One of these individuals was on the clean-up crew and had to pile all the animals up and burn them, filling the air with the stench of rotting burning flesh for months. Taken as a whole, it paints a horrific picture."
Just a baby at the time of the WAC Bennett dam building, Art was raised by his grandparents who still hunted and fished in a traditional manner. "The moose took over from the caribou as the dominant food source, but the decline of caribou had a big impact on them. They were a cultural keystone species." Art's uncle, Bud Napoleon, was one of the key interviewees in Hugh Brody's classic book on the Dunne-Za called Maps and Dreams, the opening line of which reads "The hunting societies of the world have been sentenced to death."
The proposed Site C dam is downstream of WAC Bennett Dam, just south of Fort Saint John. As you leave the dam and wind down along the Peace to Fort Saint John, you look down into this magnificent river valley that will be flooded. Napoleon, cameraman Ben Fox, and I spent a week filming this incredible area. It's perfectly understandable why people of the region are so adamantly against Site C. The Peace Valley Environmental Association has been fighting this issue since 1975 and the town of Hudson's Hope is amongst those against the dam.
Napoleon and others of Peace country are planning to bring the message of not disturbing the Peace to Victoria next fall through a paddling and walking relay. Like the Salmon Migration, which recently highlighted the demise of this cultural keystone species in the context of fish farming from Kingcome Inlet to Victoria, the caribou migration might serve to highlight their demise through this incremental destruction of habitat. Napoleon and the Peace Valley Environmental Society are looking for people in Victoria who can help with the organizing of the various initiatives to raise awareness of Site C.
We in Victoria and Vancouver are the beneficiaries of the existing dam. Every time we turn on our lights we should try and remember the legacy of what was lost. And then turn off our lights in the knowledge that we will be helping to prevent another tragedy in the Peace.
See www.peacevalley.ca for info and contact Art Napoleon at firstname.lastname@example.com to get involved.
Briony Penn PhD is a naturalist, journalist, artist and award-winning environmental educator. She is the author of The Kids Book of Geography (Kids Can Press) and a A Year on the Wild Side.


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Spreadsheets and tabular data containing geographic coordinates can be uploaded to Mango in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.
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CSV are one of the most common file formats uploaded to Mango, but as they are essentially just a text file without a well adhered to standard, it's quite common to have a CSV that isn't supported by Mango.
Here's the low down on essential formatting, and content, that a CSV must contain in order to be processed successfully.
- Required geometry columns
- Valid coordinate column names
- "My spreadsheet doesn't contain coordinates. What should I do?"
- Supported coordinate format
- Preparing Your CSV for import
- Common causes of CSV upload errors
Required columns: latitude and longitude
CSV uploads must contain geographic coordinates in decimal degrees format in two columns: one for latitude and one for longitude. Without coordinates, Mango cannot map the data.
We recommend that the first two columns of the table are used for coordinates.
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lat, long, 🚫
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Latitude indicates position on the vertical, or y plane ↕
Longitude indicates position on the horizontal, or x plane ↔
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latitude,longitudeare reserved for coordinates. To avoid importing issues, use only one instance of these pairs in your header row. For example, if you have coordinates in columns
latitude,longitude, do not use use
lat,lon, or
lat,longfor any other column names.
Coordinates must be in Decimal degrees (DD) format
Supported decimal degrees coordinates:
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Unsupported coordinates:
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- Ensure coordinates are decimal degrees format, using only characters
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- Ensure that column headers contain text. Column headers that contain only numbers are not supported.
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- Ensure there are no trailing commas at the end of the file. This will be read as records without geometry and may cause a processing error.
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- Ensure your columns are separated by commas, not semicolons. This will not be apparent in your spreadsheet application, but will be visible by opening your CSV in a text editor.
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Keep Alert
On Guard
We Christians are to be the Watchmen who are constantly on the alert for both God's Word as well as His return. When I say, "God's Word," I mean to convey we must be ever faithful in listening for His instruction as well as telling any that listen of the imminent return of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as has been foretold.
Isaiah 52: 7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!".
Not every Christian has the ears of people that want to learn more about God's salvation and how lives are to be lived in order to gain the rights of salvation. But, as written in the New Testament, every Christian has the duty to bear witness of the Good News. At this time we must place emphasis on the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
There will come a day, and I am convinced that that day is not as far off as many may think, where there is no time left to teach others of what is required to gain God's salvation. There are evil forces that have their thoughts set on silencing any words of a religious nature. They seek to silence any and all words that teach of God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.
We read and hear of Christians being silenced as they seek to speak on street corners, in schools or in places where there are public gatherings. They have silenced prayers in schools, at school sporting events and in graduation ceremonies. City and county governing bodies who once opened their sessions with a prayer are being cast off upon and in some cases, sued by well known associations.
We must remain firm in our total commitment to God and rely upon His Mighty Strength to see us safe. We cannot and I, for one, will not sit still for at any event I may attend or for any speech seeking to diminish His Name. We must be prepared to stand up for Him.
Isaiah 40: 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
To 'run in hope of the Lord,' is to sing His praises. To 'walk' is to pray with words that speak of His Glory.
We cannot sit by as anyone seeks to silence us in our praise of our God. This cannot happen!
You will notice that there are many, who are not of God's children, who seek to promote the 'so-called' religion of Peace, namely Islam. If you ask, 'Why?, ' I will say this, those servants of the god of this world serve only one master and that master is Satan himself. To any that seek to promote Islam we must proclaim loudly, 'There is but One God and there are no others."
Those of us who serve as the, 'Watchmen of God,' have the duty to alert any Christians that are yet unaware of any impending danger. We must be prepared to suffer any indignities laid before us. As 'Watchmen of God' we can expect the attack of Satan's minions. Prepare yourself in advance…pray and listen for His voice.
Isaiah 62: 6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night.
God has said that He provides 'watchmen' who are to be ever vigilant. If you are one that considers himself as such then you are one who has taken on the responsibility of standing watch as alerting your fellow Christians of the evils you see.
Being 'watchmen' for the One True God is not without peril. You will be beset with all the evils and wiles that Satan will bring to bear upon you as well as your loved ones. In the end your labors will not go unnoticed as God has made His promise know to His servants.
Isaiah 52: 8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy When the LORD returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.
As we Christians wait and face the perils before us we cannot do so with fear in our hearts. Fear paralyzes activity and that cannot be. Our God has promised us His protections.
Psalm 91: 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say] of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. 4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.
We are servants of the Most High and as such we must place every ounce of faith that He has given us in Him and in the glorious return of Jesus Christ to this earth. Contrary to what some have been taught this return will be preceded by events of great horror such has never been seen on this earth. Regardless of those terrible happenings we who choose to be God's Watchmen must prepare ourselves and any that are not to be Watchmen are asked to sincerely pray for those who accept this mantel and responsibility.
To Him be the Glory and Power as we worship Him and sing praises to Him.
(Closing Prayer)
Almighty God, You who are the Power of the Universe, we come to You with praise and we ask that You accept our heartfelt worship. You alone are Most High and You alone are worthy of all the love and worship we can give.
Father there are those of us that offer ourselves as accepting Your assigned role as that of being Watchmen and standing alert to speak Your Word at such times You choose. Those of us that You accept ask that You speak to each of us personally and also that You protect us and be our refuge as we face the dangers set before us. As El Gibbor, we ask that You bestow upon us the strength to be ever vigilant and willing to suffer should it be required of us. We are Your servants O Lord and You are our lives.
Lord, please accept our love and the praises we give to You.
In Jesus' name we pray who is One with You and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever,
Amen, amen and amen.
Pastor Lee S Gliddon Jr
God's Word Christian Ministry
Conservative Patriot http://conpats.blogspot.com


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Third Party "Review Extensions" Roll Out From All Google Adwords Accounts
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New £4.15m Norfolk cancer centre will create 33 jobs
PUBLISHED: 12:44 15 July 2019 | UPDATED: 13:11 15 July 2019
Plans for a £4.15m cancer care centre in north Norfolk to employ 33 people have taken a step forward.
Macmillan Cancer Support has been working with Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals (NNUH) NHS Foundation Trust to develop proposals for the centre, which will be on the site of Cromer Hospital and called the North Norfolk Macmillan Centre.
The plans, involving the refurbishment and extension of a disused ward, have been submitted to North Norfolk District Council, and if permission is granted, building work is expected to take around a year.
The proposed building will mean that space will be freed up in the main Cromer Hospital building to deliver an extra 600 surgical procedures in dermatology, urology, vascular surgery and pain management.
Gwyneth Tyler, Macmillan head of services for south and east England, said: "It is fantastic to see this crucial project, which will improve cancer care for so many people in North Norfolk, move another step forward with the submission of the planning application.
"If permission is granted, this centre will help to meet the growing need for people to get treatment and support closer to home.
"Of course, this type of project is only possible thanks to people's generosity. At Macmillan, we are entirely reliant on public donations and that support is what enables us to be there for people living with cancer and the people who support them."
The proposed centre will enable patients, many of whom currently travel to Norwich, to have their treatment and access support services closer to home.
MORE: Revealed: New £4m cancer centre to stop north Norfolk patients' agony of travelling for treatment when sick
The centre, on the site of the former Davison Unit, will include six chemotherapy treatment chairs which can treat up to 36 patients a day, three new clinic rooms and two new minor procedure rooms, creating an additional 10,000 outpatient appointments annually.
Mark Davies, NNUH chief executive, said: "We run one of the biggest cancer centres in the country and the expansion of Cromer Hospital is a key part of our plans to provide the best care for patients with cancer."
Cromer Hospital currently provides a range of acute out-patient services and has a minor injuries unit.