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4 Tips for School Safety from a K-12 Security Pro
The director of Security and Emergency Management for the Littleton, CO public schools shares what he's learned during his two decades of K-12 security service.
January 10, 2014 Chrissy Winske Leave a Comment
The director of Security and Emergency Management for the Littleton, CO public schools shares what he's learned during his two decades of K-12 security service.
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The Statue of Liberty has a new, IP-based digital security camera system, installed after Hurricane Sandy badly damaged the infrastructure of the historic landmark.
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American Water, an utility company, has brought security in house to consolidate its efforts. Taking on this responsibility, American Water realized they needed a new control center.
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Twitter is a flexible micro-blogging site that provide the platform for quick communication. Tweets can be sent as SMS texts to a phone, so you don't have to be connected to the Internet. Many organizations use more than one Twitter feed to ensure that readers find the information they needs. For example, one Twitter feed can be for emergency communication, while another feed can be for those looking for answers to questions or for non-emergency announcements.
August 19, 2013 Volha Kislaya Leave a Comment
Security and Control and Automation systems are being integrated more often as building facilitators realize there is a beneficial connection. Just as areas like lighting and room control systems are capturing greater interest, incorporating security areas such as access control makes sense.
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Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell announced a new iPad app that works with the company's Emergency Command Center (ECC) mass notification system. The App is free and is available at the Apple iTunes Store. A video can also be found on YouTube. The ECC mass notification system can be integrated with any existing fire alarm system.
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The CIO of the Aurora, Colorado school district talks about deploying mass notification and emergency communications technology and having an emergency response plan that includes who triggers alerts and the role of AV and IT.
April 22, 2013 TD Staff Leave a Comment
Using Physical Security Information Management means making security data available to IT for an analysis of security design and whether or not it is a success. It provides users with the ability to watch whomever has moved to certain areas and to take that information and have security or IT analyze for patterns, access trends, etc. Learn more about PSIM here.
March 14, 2013 TD Staff Leave a Comment
The must-have list of security camera and monitoring apps for CCTV and IP security cameras. These iOS and Android apps allow the user to control the pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) through "pinch to zoom," take snapshots and send via MMS and email, play back video recordings, two-way audio, view live video from multiple cameras, store multiple DVR connections in an address book, instant notification of alarm events, and HTTPS support for secure connectivity are among just a few features. Some allow the user to monitor hundreds of network cameras of different brands. Many common IP cameras such as Axis, Sony, Toshiba, Vivotek, and Panasonic.
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While price is still an issue in video surveillance, the added benefits of IP video may outweigh the added cost.
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"CFWC Keeping Up With The Times"
California Federation of Women's Clubs
Lost Time is never found again."
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack
Definition: The Conservation Program is dedicated to the preservation, maintenance, restoration and protection of our natural resources, including but not limited to, the air, land, oceans, waterways, native plants & wildlife, and domestic animals within the state. By developing an appreciation of the need to protect our environment, we can stimulate citizen action to prevent the exploitation, destruction, and neglect of these precious treasures and engage in projects that advance the needs of our communities in this all-important area of activity.
Arbor Day Foundation is a non-profit conservation and education organization. One of GFWC's 7 Grand Initiatives asking for 1000 trees to be planted by member on Arbor Day April 27th, 2018.
NATURE EXPLORE connects children and nature. Some of their collaborators include:
Keep America Beautiful
Children and Nature Network : a great resource for individuals or groups wanting to join other nature groups or start one of their own. They have a "movement map" that lists organizations in California and around the country. Here are 2 that bring children into the outdoors. Santa Rosa Plateau Nature Education Foundation srpf.org and Children in Nature Collaborative in the Bay Area cincbayarea.org.
TREE CITY USA is a project to qualify your city to be a "Tree City USA community." Many cities in California have already met the 4-step criteria which includes.
Penny Pines Reforestation Program: With the devastating fires California has suffered this season, Penny Pines is a wonderful way to assist with the reforestation of our state. It is $68.00 for each plantation and you can choose any National Forest. Donate to your Forest and identify your Club using GFWC-CFWC on the memo line and/or in an enclosed letter.
Kind News: Humane Society: or call 877-902-9757.
GFWC Partner:The Nature Generation: NatGen.org. GFWC club activities could include "inspire eco-reading" there is a book listing, and "gardening for the planet".
Please continue to support all projects your club is doing in conservation including the following: recycling, soil conservation, air & water quality, water management, forestry, alternative energy, waste handling, wetlands restoration, ocean cleanup/rising levels, wildlife protection, animal rescue & protection, community gardens, alternative energy, hazardous substances, etc.
Awards: A CFWC Certificate will be awarded to one District and Club for outstanding achievement.
CFWC President's Special Project
10 Reasons to Adopt from an Animal Shelter
Some Adoption Sites:
Adopt a Pet: North America's largest non-profit pet adoption website. We help over 17,000 animal shelters, humane societies, SPCAs, pet rescue groups, and pet adoption agencies advertise their homeless pets to millions of adopters a month, for free. We're all about getting homeless pets into homes. We use the power of the Internet to connect adopters with shelter pets and help pets go from alone to adopted. We're working to help the good people at shelters and rescue groups find homes for their pets.
Pet Finder, which links many animal shelters.
PetSmart, most stores have monthly pet adoption drives.
Or visit your local animal shelter or city's animal control.

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We presented an Escape Room inspired break out session today at our annual conference. We created a unique scenario that included many security awareness questions. As teams of 3-6 players took their turn at the 30 minute timed session to solve the puzzles we experienced alot of new and unique tricks and tactics used by the participants to skirt the process and create shortcuts to finish the game in unconventional fashion. Here are the teams that participated. Thank you for playing!!
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Where To Search For Proofread MBA Application Essay Examples
When you are applying to complete your MBA, one of the required steps is that you submit an MBA essay. This essay can be particularly challenging for you to write especially since many people have never been in this situation before or written an application essay like this before. That being said, if you are struggling to write your essay, one of the best tools at your disposal is a sample.
An MBA essay example will give you direct insight into what is required of you. If you can find a sample that was submitted by a student to your exact university or institution of choice that is ideal because that will enable you to really follow the sample as a guide or template. If you are able to find a sample that meets with the requirements of your academic institution of choice, you will be able to follow it precisely. Bear in mind that the more samples you have, the better off you will be. There is no such thing as reviewing too many example pieces. The more you review the better suited and prepared you will be for your particular piece and the easier it will be for you to write it.
Equally important of course is finding one that has been proofread. You want to make sure that the sample you are able to ascertain is free from error so that you do not end up following an incorrectly prepared piece.
So where can you find a sample?
Writing companies that will provide essays for a fee will often have samples listed for free on their site as part of their portfolio. If you can find a highly qualified and established institution you will be able to review their information and to find the samples they have on their site. You can use these documents as a guide.
You can also review different websites dedicated to student assistance. Sites like these will have tips and articles on how to properly prepare your admissions packet as well as how to write the written requirement. They will often include samples which you can review before you set off to complete your assignment.
On the website for admissions for your academic institution they might also supply example pieces that you can review, so be sure to check their website thoroughly.


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EOC signs sale and leaseback contract for Lewek Champion
EOC Limited has signed a US$200 million sale & leaseback arrangement for the Lewek Champion vessel with a unit of ICBC Financial Leasing Co. Ltd (part of the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) group).
The US$200 million price tag for the Group's DP2 pipelay and heavy lift construction vessel, the Lewek Champion, is based on current market valuations. Under the terms of the deal, EOC will leaseback the vessel on a 10-year bareboat charter basis with options to re-purchase from the end of the fifth charter year. EOC expects to report a gain from the sale.
The Lewek Champion itself is on a long term bareboat charter to EMAS AMC, the subsea services arm of Singapore listed Ezra Holdings Limited (Ezra), a leading global installation and offshore services provider to the O&G industry.
EOC's Chief Financial Officer, Jason Goh said: "We plan to use the bulk of the sale proceeds to further reduce our bank borrowings, in line with our efforts to strengthen EOC's balance sheet to position the company for future growth.
"The demand for accommodation units continues to grow on the back of strong global E&P spending and the need for these units during various stages from field development to de-commissioning. EOC already has three accommodation and construction vessels in our fleet, and we are well positioned to leverage growth in this area. With a healthier balance sheet, the Group will have the flexibility to grow its fleet of accommodation vessels. We will look for opportunities to increase our exposure with the aim of developing in this segment."
As part of the Group's move to streamline its focus, Capt. Adarash Kumar A/L Chranji Lal Amarnath will be appointed EOC's strategic adviser from 1 March 2014. Capt Kumar is currently Ezra's Group Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director.
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My most recent post about the Parsons building brings to the fore the ongoing interest I have had in the parsons building since 2013 when I began visiting David Taylor there to discuss the overlaps of interest in both of our practices.
The notion that it consisted of two different buildings abutting and melting into each other was fascinating for me. In actual fact bricks from the original 19th Century building were deliberately preserved and are on display in the main corridor. See image below.
In 2015 David Taylor and I exhibited a selection of art and scientific pieces in the liminal space between the two buildings. See to follow a slide show of images form that exhibition and an extract from the exhibition press release outlining some of the notions of interest to both David and I.
It is interesting that the architectural themes of this liminal space and the exoskeleton notions of interest to David and I are still relevant in the work being created for the upcoming exhibition. More to follow on this in a later blog post….
" Endo Exo: Opening event: Monday 21st September 12.30pm – 1.30pm. Hassett will respond performatively to various sculptural elements in the exhibition during the opening on September 21st. The exhibition will continue until the 2nd of October in the Mechanical Engineering Building, Trinity College Dublin and will be on view from 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday.
Images from Olivia Hassett solo performance part of Endo Exo
The hybrid nature of the Parsons Building in Trinity College Dublin with its recent award winning modern build attached to the original building has fascinated Hassett since she began visiting and working with David Taylor in 2013. endo/exo is sited in the reception area at the point where the exterior of the old building negotiates with the new addition and becomes an internal wall.
endo/exo acts like a bookmark in the ongoing interdisciplinary collaboration between artist Olivia Hassett and engineer David Taylor. Where Hassett's work deals mainly with the internal visceral human body and the skin threshold that surrounds it, Taylor's research focuses on the mechanical characteristics of bones in both exoskeletons (e.g. insects) and endoskeletons (e.g. humans). Both practitioners share an interest in interfaces, the liminal threshold between inside and outside and it is at this point where most of their discussions and outcomes have derived.
To date outcomes include the development of a hypothetical human exoskeleton prototype of the knee joint by Taylor and various hybrid art/science works created by Hassett incorporating and responding to Taylor's design and notions surrounding the existence of a hard external skin.
Occupying a liminal space between animation and inanimate objecthood, various elements of endo/exo will go through transformative processes mediated by environmental factors and the artist's performing body. The nature of these elements will shift back and forth across the tenuous boundary separating active, embodiment and the alleged passivity, of an acquiescent, inanimate, state and are reminiscent of the ongoing transformations that occur within the human body.
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Friday, October 31, 2008
flashback friday...halloween style!
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
halloween music
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
pumpkin time!
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Monday, October 27, 2008
and the award goes to...
our little kindergartner received the "sharing award" from his class. we always knew what a good boy he was, but it was nice to have it reaffirmed by his teacher. she told us that isaac is always so nice in class, shares things, & is a good helper. way to go isaac!
and of course, he couldn't have the spotlight to himself ALL morning...that would just be way too much to ask.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
conversations with lauryn...
jen ~ who's there?
lauryn ~ apple.
jen ~ apple who?
lauryn ~ joke, joke.
lauryn ~ knock, knock.
jen ~ who's there?
lauryn ~ horsey
jen ~ horsey who?
lauryn ~ joke, joke.
jen ~ it's vaseline.
lauryn ~ what's vaselineS mean?
jen ~ umm...it's petroleum jelly.
lauryn ~ what's petroleum jellieS mean?
jen ~ umm...it's a lubricant.
lauryn ~ oh.
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Friday, October 17, 2008
flashback friday...where's lauryn?
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
growing pains
on sunday afternoon, lauryn started to complain that her thigh was hurting. she hadn't injured it, hadn't been horsing around, hadn't done anything to it that we could recall. there were no bruises or bumps...nada! all we could figure was that it must be growing pains. that night right before it was time to go to bed, she started crying because it hurt so bad. that was when i started the tylenol. she proceeded to cry out in pain every few hours, sometimes waking up, sometimes just crying in her sleep. at one point she woke up to eat a waffle before heading off to bed again.
on monday morning after the interpted night if sleep, she woke up in pain...she refused to walk on it so i had to carry her everywhere. and anytime i lifted her up, the tears started to flow again. so i continued the tylenol doses and put the heating pad on low for her to use. she wouldn't let me change her out of her pj's so we went to the bus stop with her dressed in her pink jammies because we had to pick up isaac. lauryn was not happy about this at all. between the crying and the attitude, i was pooped...and so was lolo. she took a 2 1/2 hour nap but woke up in pain still. finally, at 4:20, she was ready to try walking. she held my hand & walked gingerly on the left leg & was so proud when she could do it...it was so cute, as if she was learning to walk for the first time. after this feat, she thought she could tackle a bath. after that, she was miraculously cured! whew!
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Friday, October 10, 2008
flashback friday...rewind 4 years
dennis after a game of flag football...doesn't it look like it was a fun game? i think i actually had to throw that t-shirt away because i couldn't get it clean. look at how his face lights up from playing sports. i couldn't imagine his life (or mine for that matter) without sports.
he almost looks kid-like in this picture. there's something to be said about playing a game of basketball, football, volleyball, softball, etc. that makes you feel youthful & puts a spark in you. then you hobble home & remember that you aren't 16 anymore...so you watch more than you play...or you coach your kids...or you cheer on your favorite teams, even though they are awful...whatever it is, it's fun!
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Sunday, October 5, 2008
trios of information that you probably think are not necessary for me to tell you , but i'm gonna do it anyway!
Rules: list 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions, and 3 random facts about yourself. Tag 5 people at the end.
1. my family
2. church
3. reading a good book
1. losing a loved one
2. my kids getting hurt
3. the ocean...i like to be in the ocean but won't go out very far...i respect (fear) it way too much
1. to go to grad school
2. to go to the gym more often
3. to have more serenity in my life...sometimes there is just too much noise!
1. tv ~ i watch way too much...
2. facebook
3. reading...when i finish one book, if i don't already have another one waiting in the wings, i kind of panic
Random Facts
1. i admire people who can speak their mind
2. i've been taller than my mom since 4th grade, but i still look up to her!
3. i can't whistle
i tag mom, kelani, & mama bear!
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Friday, October 3, 2008
flashback friday ...4 years ago...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
this is L -(heart)-V-E
even though lauryn doesn't show her dad love very often, she still loves him...
even if she won't give him a hug...
even if she won't give him a kiss...
even if she won't cuddle with him...
but isn't it the greatest show of love when you share something that you really love, like, say a bubble gum sno-cone?
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Forgotten Dungeon
Description: Slay monsters, discover new items, and level up as you crawl through a dark dungeon in search of glory and reputation.
- Left-click floor tiles to move, monsters to attack, and items to pick them up.
- Press 0-9 to cast spells or left-click the spell icons.
- Press "h" to drink a health potion.
- Press "m" to drink a mana potion.
- Press "i" for inventory.
- Press "s" for spells.
- Press "p" for pause.
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02 Jul 2014 12:04
The fishing season has started, with quite positive reports. Everyone who has stayed has caught, mainly chubb but some barbel, the largest so far 13lb at Broadwas, the biggest problem accessing the banks due to the vegitation.
We have been very cosmopolitan lately, with visitors from France, Americia and Finland. The ones from Americia attending a local wedding, which was the first of quite a few wedding bookings.
Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb vintage weekend also Bromyard Gala - lots to see and do.


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Geelong recruit Luke Dahlhaus says he regrets the way he reacted to criticism from former Western Bulldogs captain Bob Murphy.
Murphy questioned Dahlhaus' dedication and hunger which prompted an aggressive response from the former Dog via Instagram.
While admitting the comments were hurtful, Dahlhaus says he has cleared the air with Murphy since the two exchanged barbs.
"Obviously I wasn't happy with the comments," Dahlhaus told SEN.
"I see myself as someone who works his backside off every day of the week and especially on game day as well. There were some comments that were hurtful, but I've completely moved on now.
"We've spoken a couple of times and cleared things up. I wasn't happy with the way I reacted and it just showed mentally how drained I was and let some emotions bottle up at the time.
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"If I had my time again, I definitely wouldn't have done it the way I did. It feels good to have that break and be back at a new club, so I'm feeling ready to go more than ever."
The 26-year-old joined the Cats on a four-year deal after requesting a trade from the Bulldogs.
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QB Moniz on indefinite leave
By Stephen Tsai
HawaiiWarriorBeat.com Editor
LĪHU'E The Hawai'i football team will be without its No. 1 quarterback for an indefinite period, head coach Greg McMackin confirmed yesterday.
Bryant Moniz, who started eight games in 2009 and was No. 1 during this spring training, has been placed on "personal leave," McMackin said.
Moniz did not accompany the team to Kaua'i for yesterday's scrimmage. He did not return messages left on his cell phone. McMackin said: "He has to take care of some personal things."
Moniz, who will be a junior, became somewhat of a folk hero after filling in for injured Greg Alexander last season. As a walk-on, Moniz delivered pizzas to defray school and family expenses.
McMackin said Moniz's absence will not hinder the Warriors' plans during spring training, which runs through April 30. "We'll just move on," McMackin said.
Using a king-of-the-hill competition, the quarterbacks are graded after every practice. A daily leaderboard is set up in the meeting room for quarterbacks.
"You want to get on that," said Shane Austin, a fourth-year junior.
Entering yesterday's practice which featured warmups, drills and a 68-play scrimmage the quarterback order was this: Austin, David Graves, Brent Rausch, Cayman Shutter and Corey Nielsen.
"I'm just thankful and blessed," Austin said of his No. 1 rating. "I'm taking it day by day."
Austin, who was placed on scholarship in July 2009, started one game last season an overtime road victory over San Jose State.
"Once you get (a start) under your belt, you have that comfort level," Austin said. "It makes it a little easier You're going to have a little more patience. Things seem a lot more wide open. They're not so narrow."
Offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich said Austin "throws a very catchable ball. He's pretty disciplined about his reads, and he's very accurate. He has a good knowledge of the offense."
Graves, who will be a second-year freshman in the fall, has impressed coaches with his passing and scrambling.
"He's very competitive," Rolovich said. "I like his personality. He enjoys being out there. He does things naturally, like moving through his progressions."
Graves said: "I feel on paper, I have it down. But getting out there and reading coverages and knowing exactly where the ball is going, I'm not there yet. But it will come with time. I want to make the right reads and do what I've been doing and just keep working and fighting and competing."
Rausch did not take a snap last season because of a finger injury. He said he is focusing on remaining healthy and improving.
"I'm not looking ahead or behind me," Rausch said. "I'm trying to do my thing."


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Family Coach Facilitator
SafeTogether is the first program in the U.S. to reduce custody loss for parents with a mental health condition. The program teaches parents how to legally keep their children safe and in the home while protecting their household and finances. Additionally, parents determine the healthcare treatment they prefer.
The successful candidate has a passion for coaching, working with families, strong leadership and problem-solving skills as well as the ability to facilitate large group workshops.
The Family Coach Facilitator is a part-time position beginning in early 2018 and continuing through December 2018 with the potential to extend employment. Hours vary, ranging from three to 22 hours per week, with peak periods in September, October, and November 2018. The Family Coach Facilitator will receive paid professional training, leading to SafeTogether Certification and may help shape the program in a consultative manner.
Teaching and Coaching
- Facilitate classes to educate parents about child custody, resilience, and wellness
- Teach participants how to create legal protections for the family
- Provide ongoing engagement and personalized support with families in-home and in community-based visits to implement lessons learned in the workshop and address barriers to preserving and maintaining a healthy, intact family
- Help families create pragmatic solutions for stigmatization, fear of custody loss, and challenges talking about mental illness
- Engage in outreach and recruitment of participants
- Establish regular communication with participants over twelve months
- Must be a parent
- Master's Degree or equivalent in social work, healthcare, social services, or related field
- A mental health diagnosis highly is preferred
- A willingness to share personal experiences is helpful
- Professional experience in mental health is preferred
- Knowledge of family systems and child welfare is preferred
- Experience training, educating or teaching at workshops, seminars, or in classrooms
- Experience working with culturally diverse people
- Basic computer and organizational skill
To apply for this position, please click here to email your resumé to Jeanne Lehrer at NorthEast Treatment Center.


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Two Turkish Soldiers Killed in Clashes in Largely Kurdish Southeast
The clashes come two days after suspected Kurdish militants fired rockets at the airport in Turkey's main southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
REUTERS - Two Turkish soldiers were killed in clashes in the largely Kurdish southeastern Hakkari province near the border with Iraq on Monday, Dogan news agency said.
No further details were immediately available.
On Saturday, suspected Kurdish militants fired rockets at the airport in Turkey's main southeastern city of Diyarbakir, sending passengers and staff scrambling for shelter, Dogan news agency said.
The attack came days after Turkey launched a military incursion into Syria aimed at driving back ISIS and preventing territorial gains by Kurdish fighters.
Violence in Turkey's largely Kurdish southeast has flared since a 2-1/2-year-old ceasefire between the state and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party fell apart in July 2015.
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Hello, as a slow beginner this week i am learning about contexts and writing a basic package. Unfortunately I cannot find any explanation about what all the differences between these 2 file formats are. Saving a notebook (including a few initialization cells) as either format seems to produce the identical file?
In Maeder's book, knowledge about contexts and creating packages comes in the first chapter. To him, it is essential knowledge, everything else builds upon. In Wellin's book it comes last, last chapter. This makes me wonder how common it is for the majority of Mma users to write and save their own packages at all, as opposed to just using Mma "directly", i.e. working only with .nb files, without making any/much use of switching contexts, writing own packages, loading own .m .wl package files, and all that spiel.
The .m suffix is the old way of saving package files, and is used only for backwards compatibility. Use .wl for new stuff.
If you only write use-once code, then there is no need for making packages. I suppose that the majority of Mathematica users use the language as an interactive calculator, and so would never need to build a package. However, if you write code that will be used again, then making a package has advantages. It is the closest thing in Wolfram Language to source code files, such as .c or .swift files.
If you open a .wl and a .nb file in a text editor, you will see another difference. The .nb file has a lot of information on creation dates, modifications, etc. that are useful for a notebook file, but not so much for computer source code. For this reason, source management systems, such as GitHub, are much more effective with .wl files.
Maeder's book is older than Wellin's book, and his emphasis is on package development, as opposed to Wellin's book, which emphasizes programming using Wolfram Language. Maeder's book assumes that you already know much of what Wellin is presenting, although a lot of stuff in the newer book did not exist in versions 1 or 2 of Mathematica which is the time frame of the older books. There is still a lot of useful stuff in Maeder's books, but you need to "translate" it into the world of Mathematica 11 or 12.
In my own work, I do explorations using notebooks. I typically produce what are now called computational notebooks using just .nb files. However, when a project warrants it, I will make a package so that 1) the code is better organized, and 2) it can be reused in other projects.
You can do almost everything you need to do to make packages from within Mathematica or Wolfram|One itself, except preparation of fancy documentation like you see int he documentation center. For that you will need Wolfram Workbench, which adds an extra level of complexity into the process.
My suggestion is that you use the File menu to start a package project. It makes things easier to manage. You can convert a .nb file to a .wl file, but you need to know what you are doing. In my case, when I am ready to make a package with some code I have created in a notebook (.nb), I start a new package file and cut and paste the code.
Hope this helps.
I suppose that the majority of Mathematica users use the language as an interactive calculator, and so would never need to build a package.
I suppose that the majority of Mathematica users use the language as an interactive calculator, and so would never need to build a package.
Great post, thanks so much for it! Yes, this helps a lot.
So there is no difference in form, content, application, or concept between a .m and .wl file? I am also going to suppose that the creation/handling of packages by end users was more a common thing in the past than it is nowadays? Looking at literature, libraries, archives, repositories, directories (also on HDD, see your Mma install dir), there seems to exist so many more .m files than .wl files.
I browsed through the contents of .wl files from my Mma install dir: some of them contained packages, others contained code for a single function. And the code tended to have more framework-related functionality than expanding the end user's session with added mathematical functions. The code/content of those files looked less structured to me, providing maybe auxiliary functionality to the overall system, not to the end user's end in the end. Well, that was my impression, and i could be wrong.
Both file types contain source code in input form, with no information on cell properties as seen in .nb files.
I cannot find any official online tutorials or documentation treating the .m .wl difference topic, so maybe we should not bother either?
There is no difference. You can change the extension in the Finder (or the equivalent in Windows/Linux), and Mathematica will do the same thing. I wouldn't recommend doing this with files you did not write, since the programs that load the package may look for a specific extension. As far as I know, Needs[] does not, and that is the recommended way to load files anyway.
There are a lot more .m files inside the Mathematica than .wl because the .m files have been around a lot longer, and Wolfram Research does not change stuff for cosmetic reasons generally.
You can, of course, have a file with a single function that is not in a package. There are exercises in the various "learning Wolfram Language" books to do this, as well as to make files that contain data. How something like this ended up inside the Mathematica distribution may have an interesting history. Obviously, the .m or .wl extension is preferred over the .nb because there is less cruft.
You can have a package for a single function that is used in multiple locations. You can have multiple functions as well. One of the nice things is that you can hide auxiliary functions in the package and the end user will not see them or have access to them.
You can even have a package inside a .nb notebook. I do this sometimes when I want to send a file to someone and I don't want them to have to install a package file (.wl) in the appropriate context. A Package, after all is defined by the context BeginPackage[], ... , EndPackage[], and not where it is.
The .wl files are intended to hold only packages, with documentation.
When the .wl file extension come out, I did ask support about it. The assured me that the .m and .wl file formats are the same, and the the .m extension has essentially been deprecated, although it will remain as a valid extension essentially forever. So I don't expect that there will ever be any official documentation about the change.
I think that there is a need for a book beyond Stephen's Introduction that will cover topics like packages in the same style without all the extra knowledge that is assumed in Maeder's or Wellin's books. The Wolfram Language documentation is quite good as far as it goes, but for someone who is not familiar with the concepts, it is a bit cryptic.
.m and .wl are one and the same. The only practical difference is that .wl won't be recognized by Mathematica pre-version-10.0.
One advantage you will get from .wl is that it is unique to Mathematica (while .m is also used by MATLAB, in case you have that installed).
Personally, I still use .m.
I usually write packages in a .nb file and change "AutoGeneratedPackage" to "Automatic" in the Option Inspector. Notebook Options->File Options->AutoGeneratedPackage.
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Greetings, readers. Today my hour at Panera came to an abrupt halt when, while talking to my girlfriend and gesturing with my hands, I knocked my full cup of cold water all over my lap. To most, that would just be an annoyance. To someone like me though, who suffers from a slight nervous condition and has a history of seizures, any sudden change in body temperature could cause problems.
Traci didn't know what to do as I just sat there trying to catch my breath. It is a terrible feeling to know that you are sitting in a restaurant in soaking wet pants and can't do anything quickly to make yourself feel better. I would have given anything for a warm-air hand dryer in the men's bathroom. No such luck.
I told Traci that I was going to go outside and sit in the sunshine while I waited for Rebecca. It did feel good and the sun dried me out a wee bit. I felt bad leaving Traci there by herself, but she insisted that I go outside and warm up.
I was lucky because the temperature was warm but the humidity was low. With a light breeze, it was quite comfortable sitting there on the bench. I'm very thankful it wasn't a rainy afternoon.
Before meeting my accountant today, I had to come up to the apartment/office, change, and make sure that we didn't forget anything before the meeting time. I must admit to you that my morning drenching did put me in a slightly surly mood, but I am feeling much better now. The meeting is over, the blog entry is being written, and all appointments have been changed until tomorrow. The best news of all is that I had no ill effects from Panera's version of Niagara Falls.
My nail appointment has been moved until tomorrow for personal reasons and actually that suits me better. After Traci returns from an outing of her own, I might invite her up for decaf or go down to her place for a visit.
Well, there is my day. I am learning to take mild upsets with a grain of salt. Even with the water faux pas, I am going to have a good day. I have charged up my PS3 controller, and will play a little baseball or football until coffee hour.
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Best Vape Kits : Top 3 for BeginnersTracking down the best vape kit that is also affordable is the best thing you can do if you're trying to transition from smoking to vaping. While many new vapers go for something affordable that's just good enough to get the job done – a basic vape pen, for example – quitting smoking is much more difficult without a quality device.
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The Vaporesso Renova Zero Pod Kit starter kit is gaining popularity very quickly. It might seem strange to find this in our best vape starter kits on the Australian market, but the Vaporesso Renova's odd USB stick like appearance and unique functionality doesn't detract from how impressively satisfying it is to vape with this device.
The Renova Zero is a "pod" system which is a bit of a throwback to cartridges in cig-a-like eCigs when vaping was just taking off. Instead of a tank this device has replaceable pods that clip into the top. You can have multiple pods filled with your favourite flavours and rotate them very easily without having to drain your tank.
The Vaporesso Renova Zero has a unique spin on pod systems in that its refillable...let me explain...A lot of pod systems are "closed" meaning you must purchase pre made pods filled with eliquid made by the device manufacturer, let's be honest here - electronic manufacturers are not always the best eliquid manufactures (lacklustre and poor flavour design) The Renova Zero is a refillable pod system, so you have the freedom to use any eliquid you like which gives this pod system an edge over its competitors.
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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -- When someone is a harm to themselves or the community, the majority of U.S. states allow EMS crews to transport them to help, not including Wisconsin.
"The needs are ever greater," Madison Police Chief, Mike Koval said.
Koval has been vocal about his disagreement with state policies on transporting people with mental illnesses and says he will continue to be vocal until policies change.
Under current Wisconsin mandates, two police officers must transport someone who is having a mental health crisis. People who voluntarily check themselves in to a local treatment center do not need police to drive them, but it is an option. Involuntary transports are referred to as emergency detentions. State laws require the officers first need to have the patients cleared by medical professionals before they bring them to a facility. Often times this can take hours, according to Koval. He says officers don't get special treatment and must wait in emergency rooms with everyone else.
It's not waiting in emergency rooms that has some of South Central Wisconsin's leading law enforcement figures upset.
"It is what the state has forced us into and how we can provide the care these individual's need," Dane County Sheriff, Dave Mahoney said.
Mahoney and Koval boast about their department's training when it comes to mental health, but not every department in Wisconsin gets the training they provide their officers and deputies.
"We are doing all of the things we are not trained to do and we are the only entity that can do it under Wisconsin's laws," Beloit Police Chief, David Zibolski said.
Zibolski raises concerns about the patients safety both mentally and physically as they sit in a squad car, often in handcuffs, awaiting to be dropped off at a psychiatric hospital. Zibolski says patients ocassionally have medical emergencies on transports, then officers need to call EMS crews for assistance.
A concern that mental health advocate, Hannah Flanagan thinks is alarming.
Flanagan has helped those with mental illnesses at Journey Mental Health in Dane County for two decades. She believes the state needs to look at the "many different options" to transport people with mental illnesses.
"When you have someone who has a thought disorder like schizophrenia and they are already paranoid and have delusions about law enforcement and the government; then they find themselves in the back of a police car getting transported hours away. I think it could feed into their delusions to some degree," Flanagan said.
According to the Bureau of US Census, out of 4.5 million people in Wisconsin--100,000 have severe bipolar disorder, and 50,000 have schizophrenia.
The way patients are transported isn't the only issue for the law enforcement leaders and mental health advocates.
Outside of Milwaukee County, the state runs Mendota Mental Health Institute and Winnebago Mental Health Institute. Both serve people with mental illnesses for different reasons.
According to the Department of Health Services, services for civil patients were consolidated at Winnebago Mental Health Institute (WMHI) to increase space for forensic patients at Mendota Mental Health Institute.
"These efforts promote consistent policy and continuity of care for all patients," DHS spokesperson, Elizabeth Goodsitt said.
Forensic patients can be patients that have a court ordered stay or need a longer-time at the facility for more complex conditions. According to DHS, emergency detentions typically stay around 3 days.
The state began consolidating its facilities around 2010, according to Chief Zibolski. A full closure of emergency detentions to Mendota was put into place in 2014 under the Scott Walker Administration.
This means the drive for Zibolski's officers to transport someone with a mental illness increased once they were no longer directed to go to Mendota. It is a six hour round trip from Beloit to Winnebago "if nothing goes wrong."
"It doesn't make any sense. I think it makes sense from the state's perspective that they can put all the costs on local governments, close some of their facilities, and push the costs out," Zibolski said.
The state does not reimburse local departments for the costs of transports.
Zibolski sternly believes driving people with mental health issues in the back of a squad car to Winnebago has not benefited law enforcement or the mental health community.
Koval agrees.
The Madison Police Department took a more aggressive approach when Mendota official didn't accept emergency detentions. The department sued to have the state re-open Mendota.
After a Dane County judge sided with the state, the case was appealed to higher courts. To Koval's dismay, the ruling was upheld.
Koval has the fear that people with mental health illnesses mistakenly end up in the criminal justice system.
"I would be naive and it would be disingenuous to say they probably haven't crept into that jail [Dane County Jail] from time to time," Koval said.
Overtime costs are a chore, but law enforcement leaders say having their officers gone for sometime 8-10 hours a trip is worse. Smaller departments deal with a bigger challenge of sometimes having their only patrol officers gone for long periods of time, Zibolski said.
"We are all dealing with the staffing issues, and the cost issue that goes along with it," Zibolski said.
NBC15 Investigates requested documents on transports and overtime costs. Beloit has paid $40,000 in budgeted overtime costs since June 2016. In 2018 alone, Madison paid just under that with $39,600 in overtime costs.
DHS's spokesperson, Goodsitt told NBC15 Investigates, they are working to be better partners with counties and local law enforcement, and provide more appropriate services to state residents. She says Governor Evers' budget proposes funding a portion of the Medicaid crisis intervention benefit. As part of this initiative the budget also provides operational funding to support community-based regional crisis stabilization centers for adults to keep people closer to home where they have easy access to their natural supports.
However, Evers' budget has yet to have been passed through legislation.
There is hope with the new administration that lawmakers will change the policies.
Wisconsin's newly elected Attorney General, Josh Kaul, has met with some law enforcement departments and discussed mental health transports.
"I think we need to reform the system we have in place right now," Kaul said. "I am hoping legislators will pass something in this session."
Zibolski believes there is the state isn't intentionally putting ill will on his department. He says everyone agrees improvements can be made to better serve people with mental illnesses. He has been actively meeting with his local lawmakers about proposing legislation.
He's praying this time it will pass.


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5th Jul 2018 | Written by: Joe Ewens in Barcelona
The chasm that separates traditional lottery operators and disruptive secondary lotteries shows no sign of being bridged, as executives this week continued their bitter disputes about the perceived fairness of the market.
At the World Gaming Executive Summit in Barcelona on Tuesday, secondary lotteries were accused by private and state lottery operators of lacking youth protection measures and siphoning away money that should go to good causes.
Particular scorn was reserved for secondary lottery poster-child Lottoland, whose CEO Nigel Birrell was one of the participants in a panel at the conference.
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Pumpkins! some of you may wonder what to do with your jack o lantern from last night. Pumpkin is considered a fruit not a vegetable, in North America during thanksgiving, pumpkin is made into pies and sweet treats.
In TCM terms it is warm in temperature and has sweet flavour. Overall pumpkin supports our digestive system (stomach & spleen) it can help clear 'damp', 'phlegm' as well as creating warmth which supports blood circulation and provide essential energy (qi)
Try this smooth yummy soup;
Pumpkin & Chestnut Soup
1 cup of dried chestnuts (soaked)
2 onions
3 table spoons of olive oil
1 medium pumpkin
2 pints of veggie stock
2 cloves of garlic
1 bay leaf
1 tsp of rosemary
A splash of cider vinegar
Parsley to garnish
Pinch of paprika
Pre soak chestnuts overnight or use fresh if available, Chop onions roughly and fry in olive oil until soft. Chop pumpkin, removing the skin and seeds, and sweat with the onions, turning occasionally until softens.
Add the vegetable stock, chestnuts, crushed garlic, bayleaf and rosemary. Simmer for 40 minutes, remove the bayleaf and liquidise adding a splash of cider vinegar and a goos twist of freshly ground pepper. Serve garnished with parsley and a sprinkle of paprika.
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The majority of Grand County's code violations in the second quarter of 2018 were related to short-term rentals. Why? Because that's the only part of the code that Grand County proactively enforces. The rest are enforced only when there are complaints. The county used a database called STR Helper to compare short-term rental listings with county-approved business licenses, and notified out-of-compliance rentals that they need to get a license.
At the July 18 meeting of the Grand County Council, Kaitlin Myers of the Community and Economic Development Office presented on code enforcement. There were 51 code violations in the second quarter, Myers said. Of those violations, 48 related to short-term rentals, three pertained to illegal RV camping, two were for construction without a permit and one was related to junk and debris (several violators had more than one code infraction).
Short-term rentals generally had trouble with business licenses, either expired licenses or not having gotten a license in the first place. Many did not know that they needed a business license, Myers said. There were also several short-term rentals that were in locations where they were not allowed, Myers said.
The county follows a process that includes multiple notification letters to those in violation of code. Most people who received letters came into compliance, Myers said, with the exception of two cases. One of those cases involved a short-term rental of an RV. The two cases were sent to the county attorney for litigation.
The county collected more than $10,000 in fees related to short-term rentals thanks to the enforcement efforts, Myers said.
"The increase in fees is definitely appreciated," enjoined Council Member Evan Clapper.
Added Myers, "I've heard feedback from the community that people in the county are realizing that the county is starting to actually enforce the land use code … some people are starting to manage that themselves, which is really great."
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We've had a series of exciting and interesting paper submissions for the conference aspect of TRIP. As well as from throughout the UK, the 'international perspectives' aspect of the TRIP title is being achieved with submissions from the US, Japan, Denmark and Egypt. More details on the conference structure and sessions, as well as how to register for the whole event, soon.
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The idea behind the "Genius Hour" (also called "20% Time") is simple: give students one class period per week to work on a project of their choosing.
The argument in favor of the Genius Hour is that if students are allowed to direct their own learning, they'll be more engaged and interested in what they're trying to learn. This reinforces to students that curiosity is a good thing and may spur them to take more of an interest in the rest of their education.
If students are particularly interested in a topic they study in class, they might use their Genius Hour time to delve deeper into that topic — and that would be a big win.
Curious? This link contains much more information:
Implementing it might be difficult, as it's tough to give students an entire class period each week when you're already required to cover a ludicrous amount of material.
However, it is possible to use the Genius Hour in your classroom (though it does take some planning).
Here's a link that might just help you get started:
This strategy is sort of a cross between a more traditional teaching structure and the "flipped classroom" structure that has come into vogue recently. Of course, recording lectures and creating graphic organizers does take some time, so if you decide to go down this route you'll need to plan accordingly.
What do you think about this idea? If you're using the Genius Hour or 20% Time in your classroom, let us know what you — and your students — think!
Have a great weekend, and thanks for reading!
Derek Spencer is a Marketing Communications Associate at
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We don't need a time travel machine or a Star Trek transporter to take us to another time and place; we have sounds and music.
(Quickly—what sound does the Star Trek transporter make? Took you back in time, didn't I?)
Last year in Bolivia, our Habitat for Humanity Global Village group was invited to an evening presentation of traditional Bolivian dances. I arrived on the terrace before the others, just as our host tested the sound system. He put on a song and then left to check on something else. I sat listening to the music in the tropical evening warmth. I looked up at a moon surrounded by feathery clouds. It was a perfect moment. As I sat there, the trip leader joined me. He sensed the quality of the moment and, without speaking, sat beside me to survey the moon. The perfect moment lasted until the song ended and the rest of the group crowded the terrace.
I bought a copy of the music, and when I hear the opening strains of that song, it transports me—boom—back to the tropical warmth of a Bolivian evening.
MJ wrote about this on her blog last week. Paul McCartney transports her to another time. http://emjayandthem.com/2013/06/27/silly-love-songs/
What are some of your time travel songs?


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Oh, and in case you're not keeping up with the comments, here's the Brazilian Whore update: Despite her best efforts, Joelle says that the bitch hand-coded my stylesheet into her shit. Now, I'M not seeing it, even with refreshing my browser, but that doesn't mean bitch didn't do it. So, I e-mailed her and told her I contacted Blogger, and THEY will handle it. And yeah, I did it in piss poor Portuguese, too, but you know what? I don't care, because that's crap, especially when she could've asked permission. Not that I would've granted it, because I love the design and don't want to dilute Joelle's brand, but the polite thing would've been to at least ask, fer Chrissakes.
Next time? The offending ripper-offer gets a huge dick on their page. And not a nice looking one, either; it'll be the skinniest, wussiest wiener I can find. You've been warned.


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Every once in a while, we get overwhelmed with emotion by a customer's story. This is one of those times. We all sobbed. Some sad tears. Some happy tears. But mostly just "this woman is an amazing mother" tears.
Here's the post we got on our Facebook wall:
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It reads: "A picture of my daughter with a Budsies of her Daddy who passed away when she was a baby. She was so excited to give her Daddy a hug!! Thank you!!"
We are so very sorry for Trisha's family's loss. And we're beyond honored to help her daughter give her Daddy a big giant hug.
Thank you Trisha so much for commissioning a custom plush doll with us and sharing your story with our team. We're sending thousands upon thousands of loving hugs your way.


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Hi All,
Very bad news.
Mustad has advised the retailers that they are discontinuing their standard fly tying hooks before the end of this year such as: 9672, 9671, 94840, 3906b, etc.
This is not a rumor. I spoke with Hook and Hackle and Cabelas yesterday. Cabelas is out of many sizes of the standard Mustad hooks and advised that they will not buy any more....when they are gone they are gone. The standard Mustad hooks are not in this years Hook and Hackle catalog.
Mustad sent out a letter advising that their standard hooks were not made to consistent size change specifications (or something like that), and that hook size changes were varied from model to model.
To fix that supposed problem, Mustad has brought out a new product line of replacement models. The "signature" series, and it has the new model number combined with the old model number so that we will know what model has the same shape as the standard hooks that we have been using for years. Example: old 94840, new R50-94840.
If anyone knows how to contact Mustad please post it.
I have edited the title on this post and deleted much of it to reflect the current knowledge on this item. (1/13/09 Gandolf)
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Nagoya Travel Guide 名古屋
Motor City
It's known more for Toyota and its industrial port than for its appeal to tourists. However, Nagoya contains a major Shinto shrine, hosts a large sumo tournament, and is a great place to taste the delicious specialties of the Chubu region.
Tokugawa and Toyota
In 1610, the shogun built a castle on a hill north of the city for his seventh son, Yoshinao. It quickly became the symbol of Nagoya, but American bombs destroyed it in 1945 - along with much of the city.
What you see today is a concrete replica. But a thirty minute walk to the east, following Dekimachi-dori avenue, leads you to an art museum dedicated to the Tokugawa family that is much more interesting and beautiful, and adjacent to the Tokugawa-en Japanese gardens.
Aside from these remnants of the Edo period, it must be said that Nagoya isn't the most exciting city for tourists, rather it's a sprawling metropolis (the fourth largest city in Japan, with over 2 million inhabitants) and an industrial capital, defined by its huge train station, its port (where there is a very good aquarium), and factories of the car manufacturer Toyota.
That said, with Legoland having opened not long ago in 2017 and Ghibli Park set to open in 2022, there's plenty in Nagoya to attract more visitors in the future!
Atsuta, imperial shrine
Nagoya is also one of four Japanese cities to host sumo tournaments (you can attend in July), and has some interesting sights, such as the impressive science museum and planetarium, the Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Contemporary Art) and particularly the mythical Shinto shrine Atsuta-jingu, dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu (the founder of the imperial dynasty).
Further south, the popular area of Arimatsu is lively and bustling, and one of the few areas not to have been destroyed by bombs in 1945.
Local specialities
Nagoya is known among the Japanese for its uniquely delicious food, so why not discover the typical dishes of the city? Try the tebasaki, grilled spicy chicken wings often served at local izakaya since they go well with beer, kishimen, large flat wheat noodles in broth, miso katsu, breaded pork cutlet served with a rich red miso sauce, or hitsumabushi, eel grilled over a wood fire and served on rice.


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There have been a lot of news going around about Zion Williams and his injury. Many stars are saying that he should sit out the rest of the season and just go to the NBA. This has also brought up a lot of questions about whether Mc. Donalds All Americans and 5 star recruits should be able to skip college and go to the pro's. It is a huge controversy because if those players like Zion get hurt like he did and it becoming a career ending injury, what can they do if they don't have a college degree? Another controversy around the college basketball world is that players should make money in college because the game costs so much. For example, the Duke vs UNC game tickets when all the way up to $10,000 for one ticket and the players get nothing out of it.
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Using Home Equity to Buy a Car
Home equity loans are a great way to borrow, and although many homeowners use them for home improvement projects, they can also be used for other purchases, like car buying. Equity grows as the value of your property rises, and many consumers take advantage of the gains in the real estate market without having to actually sell their house, by using convenient home equity loans. Whereas a home equity line of credit operates much like a credit card, an equity loan is more like a typical bank or credit union loan – the kind of loan consumers prefer when looking for a longer repayment schedule and more competitive rates. If you want to borrow a set amount of money with a fixed interest rate over a period of a few years, the home equity option is an appropriate choice. For example, rather than borrow money from a car dealership – at a high rate of interest and with relatively unfavorable terms – you might be better off borrowing against the equity in your home. The savings over the life of the loan (thanks to a lower interest rate and some potential tax deductions) can be considerable.
And as your property continues to increase in market value, the otherwise untapped equity will work for you, to help make needed purchases along the way. Consider, for instance, a homeowner who bought a house for $200,000 a few years ago and now realizes that the same property is worth $260,000. If the home appreciates in value at a rate of just 6 percent per year for the next three years, it will be worth over $300,000. With an increase in value of more than $40,000, the built-in equity is more than enough to offset the expense of a new vehicle in three years' time. Rather than sell the house to gain access to those funds, however, the homeowner can simply use an equity loan that is paid back at a fixed interest rate over a period of years.
Once the loan is repaid, the homeowner's untapped credit is once again available for other purposes. And at tax time, the interest paid on a home equity loan may qualify for an itemized deduction. Consult a tax planner and your mortgage company or bank before you begin shopping for your next automobile. With a convenient home equity loan, you may be able to drive away with a great deal without ever having to put a dent in your savings account.
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Priyanka Noorani, who goes by Pia, was pregnant with her first child just months ago. As her beautiful baby girl entered the world, Pia and her husband couldn't have been happier. Just 15 days after the birth of her daughter however, Pia began to experience relentless dizziness. After two days of constant dizziness, Pia's vision started to fail.
Her husband rushed her to the hospital. Once admitted, doctors came back unveiling that Noorani had a stroke.
In the battle of the sexes, here's one that women like Noorani – often unknowingly – take the lead in: About 55,000 more women than men have strokes every year. Strokes kill more women than men annually, making it the #3 leading cause of death in women. In Texas, 48,103 women have suffered from strokes in the past eight years according to the Texas Department of State Health Services, 2017 Annual Report.
"Having a stroke never crossed my mind," Noorani says. "I'm only 25. I thought that my husband would have a serious health condition before I did."
This gender misconception about strokes is common, according to Dr. Maria Lomba, Medical Director for New Braunfels Regional Rehabilitation Hospital. "Most people don't realize that women suffer strokes more frequently than men," she says. "If you're a woman, you share a lot of the same risk factors for strokes as men, but a woman's risk is also influenced by hormones, reproductive health, pregnancy, childbirth and other gender-related factors."
For example, birth control pills may double the risk of stroke, especially in women with high blood pressure or who smoke. And, according to the American Heart Association, hormone replacement therapy – once thought to reduce stroke risk – in fact, actually increases it.
A recent study, shared through the National Stroke Association, found that the following factors are linked to increase stroke risk in women:
- Menstruation before the age of 10
- Menopause before the age of 45
- Low levels of the hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEAS)
- Taking oral estrogen or combined oral contraceptives
The study also showed that a history of pregnancy complications can also indicate higher stroke risk. These problems include gestational diabetes and high blood pressure during or immediately after pregnancy.
"Add this to other general risk factors for stroke like family history, high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol, smoking, lack of exercise, and being overweight – and it becomes clearer as to why women can be more at risk for stroke than men," Lomba says.
For the sake of her new baby girl, Noorani didn't take any chances with her health. She went straight to the hospital when she became aware of her stroke-like symptoms. Being aware of her symptoms helped her get the care she needed quickly, which ultimately aided in her recovery. After fifty days of initial medical treatment, and another month of inpatient rehabilitation, Noorani was transferred to New Braunfels Regional Rehabilitation Hospital for outpatient rehabilitation, which included speech, physical, and occupational therapy.
Noorani is still recovering, but she has shown great progress over the months. "You just have to keep fighting," she says. "You have to hold onto whatever it is you love and fight for it. For me, I am fighting for my daughter."
Due to the extent of Noorani's condition, she couldn't walk, talk, or take care of her baby when she was first admitted. But, after months of continual therapy and the support of her family, she now is able to do all of those things. "Getting to hold my daughter again is my biggest accomplishment," Noorani says.
"Whatever stage of life a woman is in, it's important that she be aware of all the risk factors of stroke," Lomba says. "As it's often said, 'knowledge is power.' And in this case, the more knowledgeable a woman is about her stroke risk factors, the more she'll be able to understand how she can be affected and work with her physician or healthcare provider as appropriate to reduce them."


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What is Hiding in Our Jelly?
Since our first play experience with jelly, my kids have been asking if we could do it again. They had so much fun exploring their five senses with jelly and then cleaning up with some water play, I couldn't resist. This time I hid some items in the jelly for them to squeeze and squish through to find. It was great fun and it added to the excitement; my girls squealed with delight when they discovered something in the jelly!
What you will need?
You will need packet jelly crystals, assortment of plastic containers and large tray or container to put all the jelly mess in for playtime. You could hide just about anything in the jelly; we used plastic numbers, toy animals and coloured beads. Anything that will wash up well and be able to be reused.
When preparing the jelly to set I placed the plastic numbers, toys animals and coloured beads into the mix. I tried to put the yellow items in the yellow jelly and the blue items in the blue jelly and so on to help disguise them a bit as the jelly is transparent.
Let's Play
Let the squishing begin!! Feeling through the jelly to find what is hiding.
My little Miss 19 months is very interested in animal sounds at the moment so I hid some plastic toy animals in the jelly. "Woof woof!"
Let's Explore
Hiding numbers in the jelly is a great way of introducing numbers to kids. We have also been focusing on basic number counting with Miss 19 months (counting 1, 2 and 3) but this was also great for Miss 4 to randomly recall her numbers not within a sequence.
Let's Discover
A whole lot of playing!
Yummy jelly soup – so much fun blending the colours and making new ones.
Miss 1 and 4 couldn't resist but to sit in it!
….and a whole lot of eating!
Let's Play Some More
The clean up! This is just as much fun as playing with the jelly. My girls washed out all the containers and rinsed the jelly through the lawn. They got completely soaked but no longer sticky!
Let's Learn
Benefits of sensory play with jelly:
- Number and animal sounds recognition
- Sensory play encourages children to manipulate materials, building up their fine motor skills and coordination.
- Sensory play uses all 5 senses, but the sense of touch is often the most frequent. Toddlers and children process information through their senses. They learn through exploring these.
- Sensory play is process-driven, not product-oriented; it is the purest sense of exploratory learning.
- Self-esteem: sensory play offers kids the opportunity for self-expression because there is no right answer and children feel safe to change or experiment with what they are doing.
- Language development: experimenting with language and trying new words.
To view our previous post on playing with jelly, click on the image.
Other Sensory Play Ideas you make like to try:
– Sensory Play with Fluffy Snow
8 Responses to "What is Hiding in Our Jelly?"
What a fantastic idea!! My kids would love this! We'll definitely have to try it.
Thank you so much Deb! Have fun! xx
Looks like SO much fun! I have a little girl who is VERY much into her food though and I can just imagine her eating it ALL! haha. How do you keep them from eating all of it? lol
What a great idea..can't wait to try this with my toddlers! I have one twin who loves to count at the moment but everything is 2!
I want to try this!!
Your children are so lucky to have a wonder, creative mum like you.Well done!
This is awesome my kids will definitely love it
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Countering Iran While Retreating
Time has almost run out for the United States to deny the Islamic Republic hegemony in the northern Middle East. The clerical regime has the high ground and the Americans are, at best, slowing Iranian advances. The approximately two thousand troops Washington has reportedly deployed to Syria, mostly in the north and the southeast, have prevented the Tehran–Moscow–Damascus axis from dominating all of the strategic locations in the country. But if President Trump really did tell Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he will cut military aid to the Syrian Kurds, the most reliable of America's disparate anti-Islamic State "partners on the ground," and he meant it, it's a decent guess America's military presence will diminish. The Syrian Kurds, not an especially powerful or reliable ally against Iran and its allies, are the only competent local military force that Washington can conceivably use to put pressure on the victorious axis.
In the Persian Gulf, anti-Iranian forces are in better shape. But the status quo is in play, owing to the war in Yemen and Saudi Arabia's energetic crown prince. Tehran has to lie in wait, avoiding the might of the US Navy while hoping the Sunni side does something sufficiently stupid to allow the mullahs to exploit convulsively local Arab Shiite grievances. The Achilles' heel of Gulf stability is composed of the badly oppressed Shia of Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province, which is majority Shiite, and Bahrain, which, despite an energetic effort by the ruling Khalifa family to import Arab and non-Arab Sunnis, remains heavily Shiite. If the Shiites went into a sustained armed rebellion, the economic consequences for the region would be massive. Saudi Arabia's brutal (but, so far, ineffective) war against the Zaydi Shiites in Yemen—the Houthis—may well prove to be the Islamic Republic's breakthrough among the Shia of the peninsula. If Tehran can successfully enlist the Houthis for a larger cause (getting even with the Saudis within Saudi Arabia), then it will have a permanent base of operations near enough to cause real trouble.
What Washington needs to do to roll back Iranian gains runs smack into what the Trump administration is prepared to do, which so far hasn't been much. The president's rhetoric against Iranian militancy has been tougher than Ronald Reagan's or George W. Bush's hardest orations. But Trump's accomplishments on the ground have been few. The administration really has two options: to punish Iran economically or to roll back the mullahs militarily through the use of US forces. Strengthening the Gulf Arab states militarily, though highlighted by the White House, won't change the fate of Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, or Yemen, and it won't protect Saudi Arabia and Bahrain from internal sectarian trouble.
To punish Iran economically, the White House could withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and reinstate all of the sanctions waived by the nuclear deal. Or it could keep the accord, as it is doing, but launch a tsunami of executive-branch sanctions against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, effectively shutting off most of the trade and finance allowed by the JCPOA. Such actions would end the illogic of trying to push back against the Islamic Republic while fueling its economy. So far, the administration is doing neither.
I was recently in Brussels and Paris. What was most striking was the relative equanimity that European officials had about Trump's intentions toward Tehran. The general view was perhaps best put by a French official who bluntly summarized his analysis of America's Iran policy since January 2017: "If he [Trump] were serious, he'd roll back the Iranians in Syria. If he were serious, he'd stop the Airbus sale."
The Boeing and Airbus deals, worth together nearly $30 billion, are the commercial hinge of the nuclear accord: they are Iranian bait to create significant pro-Tehran commercial lobbies in Europe and the United States. They are also a means for the clerical regime to enhance its airlift capacity. The new planes, or older ones released from other services, will be at the disposal of the Revolutionary Guards and the tens of thousands of Shiite militiamen who have become an expeditionary force for Tehran. Philosophically, if not economically, these transactions will make or break Trump's Iran policy. And yet the president remains—even after his team finally completed the much-awaited Iran policy review—unclear. It actually appears he is inclined to allow the Airbus sale, which he could cancel by withdrawing the export licenses for the American parts that go into every Airbus plane. In a recent interview with Fox, the president said:
Honestly, I told them—they are friends of mine. They really are. I get along with all of them. Whether it's Emmanuel [Macron] or Angela [Merkel]. I told them just keep making money. Don't worry. You just keep making money. When Iran buys things from Germany, France, by billions of dollars, even us, they were going to buy Boeings—Boeings. I don't know what's going to happen with that deal. When they buy those things, it is a little harder. I told them just keep making money. Don't worry. We don't need you on this one.
Trump certainly appears to be in severe tension with the articulated policy of his national security adviser, General H. R. McMaster, who has publicly discouraged European investment in Iran where the Revolutionary Guards would profit—in other words, in the industrial and energy sectors that most attract Europeans. The president doesn't seem to understand that an American economic pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic where the Europeans are free to trade is stillborn.
The ugly truth about the JCPOA, which Trump has decertified but maintained, is that it limits the responses Washington can use against the Islamic Republic. It elevates the nuclear question above all other concerns—regional aggression, the creation of Hezbollah-like Shiite militias throughout the greater Middle East, the massive slaughter of Syrian Sunnis, the generation of jihadism, Iranian human rights, democracy, and even terrorism (so long as Tehran doesn't target Americans). As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani often reminds his countrymen, the nuclear deal also creates Western pressure groups that will make it more difficult for Western governments to again mount crippling sanctions against Tehran. (Former Obama administration officials have actually become what Rouhani has been hoping for: an Iran lobby.)
If the White House now decides to up the ante on the mullahs' regional ambitions through sanctions, the president could kill the deal. There is a red line. The point where sanctions might possibly become effective in hurting the Islamic Republic's imperialist ambitions is probably the point where the Iranians abandon the JCPOA. Always more concerned about an Iranian–American collision than Iranian machinations, the Europeans will suss out where that line is and ardently encourage Washington to show its displeasure through measured sanctions that deliver bearable pain. Trump appears already there: the White House annoys Tehran with minor sanctions, sells more weaponry to Gulf Arabs, occasionally has a second-tier official—the secretary of state—give a speech on Iranian oppression, leaves some troops in Syria and Iraq, and calls it progress.
But the president is mercurial. If he walks from his predecessor's atomic accord, however, the administration would have to be prepared for the clerical regime to test Washington's resolve by openly reanimating parts of the nuclear program that had been slowed or dismantled. That means preventive military strikes, which the White House has so far shown no willingness to entertain. The same logic holds if Trump were to decide to deploy US forces directly against Iran and its many Shiite militias in Syria: the nuclear deal most certainly will die when more than a handful of American soldiers perish.
Politically, it is nearly impossible to imagine President Trump doing anything provocative given his domestic fragility. A sizable slice of the congressional Republican Party can't abide the president. Needless to say, the Democratic Party loathes him. Forceful American foreign policy is hard to wage when the opposition party is adamantly hostile; when a big slice of the president's own party doesn't trust the commander-in-chief, bold actions, especially those that could conceivably lead to conflict, become politically precarious if not impossible. Until the last fifteen years of the Cold War, when the Democratic Party started going seriously south, American containment of the Soviet Union, which always carried the risk of military confrontation, was bipartisan. The Korean, Vietnam, and first and second Gulf wars were all sufficiently bipartisan to fortify presidential will, at least initially. Bill Clinton's Yugoslav air campaign is a more interesting, atypical case, and might more closely resemble politically and militarily an American pushback in Syria against Iran and its Shiite militias. But even in the fight to stop Slobodan Milosevic, Clinton gathered significant Republican support, enough to split the Republican opposition. It would be a very good day for Trump, assuming he had the volition to fight in Syria, if he could get, among Democrats, Clinton's level of Republican support.
If Trump doesn't leave the JCPOA in the coming months, he's probably locked in where Barack Obama left him. One has to imagine that Obama, who had a vision and implemented it, will smile as his successor again fails to undo his legacy.