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Affected mobile phones: Samsung S5, J7, J7 Prime, Note 4, LG G4, Motorola Moto G3, Moto X Play, OnePlus One, Lenovo, K6 Power, Gionee S6, Nexus 6.
Affected mobile apps: WhatsApp, Facebook, Sharing mobile apps & UI.
Affected OS: Mostly Android Marshmallow & Nougat.
Here we are quickly going to discuss; What is "Screen Overlay Detected" error in Android? Why does the user keep getting 'Screen overlay detected' whenever he tries to give new app permission? How to turn off screen overlay in Android? If you are confused about the stability of your android device & thinking about why this issue will be occurring again and again, and you have no idea how to overcome this problem? Then follow these easy steps to explain the 'screen overlay detected' error on Android.
The screen overlay detected causing turn off to allow permissions to use all resources from your Android phone. Then, you unable to set application permissions due to "screen overlay detected." The Android popup saying "Screen Overlay Detected" message shown on the display screen if the user is trying to grant permission and the Android system quickly alerts you that a screen overlay has been detected. Let's see what is this "Screen overlay detected" notification? And how to solve frustrating Android error "Screen Overlay Detected" as quick as possible.
Fix "Screen Overlay Detected" ErrorAs because many Android users with updated OS getting the overlay error continuously, today we are coming with the possible solutions to kill this error and we assured that you would be completely satisfied after following this quick guide.
Also check: [SOLVED] "Error Downloading. Insufficient Space on the Device" Error
What is this "Screen overlay detected" notification?This error occurred whenever you're running a floating app in the systems, and in the background, your overlay is continuously running. And if you start a newly installed app, which requests to access rights, the Android OS will not provide you the permissions to be changed when an overlay is running; thus the OS shows the message presenting a "Screen Overlay Detected" error.
I saw there are so many suggestions and are mostly misleading where they described that 'Factory Reset' is the best solution for this error. By one angle that could be a possible solution. Resetting all the setting is easy, but it restores all the app info to its defaults. So it's not a proper way to get rid of this Android error. So, a better way we just want to find accordingly which gives you a better fix this overlay error.
So, without wasting any time lets check out the quick but proper solutions for this error "Screen Overlay Detected."
We have made 3 simple steps to fix "Screen Overlay Detected" Error on Android:
STEP 1. Uninstall Manager ApplicationsCheck whether you are not installed the apps like 'Clean Master,' 'Twilight,' 'File Manager,' 'Drupe,' 'Lux' & 'CM.' If you are previously installed any one of this application then first, you need to uninstall it. Also, you required removing any screen dimmer app.
Follow below steps to check and uninstall these applications:
- Go to 'Google Play Store' Application >> My apps & games
- Now search the name of apps and remove those as listed above.
- Click on the Uninstalled (Repeat this steps with all applications)
STEP 2. Turn Off Side Key PanelAs you see in recently launched smartphones, it gives you quick options including "One-Handed Operation." You want to disable it before you are going to install any new applications.
Steps To Turn Off Side Key Panel:
- Go to "Settings" >> "Display and Wallpaper" >> "One-handed operation"
- You will see "Side key panel" click it >> OFF it by pressing the Green colored symbol on the right side of the top.
That's it! This method also solves the error.
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STEP 3. Turn Off Application OverlayThe third technique makes you a little bit annoying, but you have to do it to solve overlay detection error. When you get the one pop-up window "Screen Overlay Detected" as well as the option name as "OPEN SETTINGS," click on that. Now you can see all the applications which are installed on your device earlier. Now TURN OFF all step-by-step making a problem. When you complete this action, go for the back. You are getting another pop-up came with the "NOT NOW" & "APP SETTINGS." Just tap on "APP SETTINGS" and go back again and you are done.
- Go to "Settings" >> "Applications" or "Application Manager."
- Click on "More" which is displayed on the right side of the top
- Now in the list, tap on "Apps that can appear on top"
- Turn off applications.
I hope these simple techniques are pretty enough for you to get rid of "Screen Overlay Detected." Now onwards, you will not get disturbed in the future. If you have any issue about Android OS then feel free to ask & don't forget to share it via comment section shown below, we love you find the solutions and solve each Android error personally.
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Christ before Pilate (fol. 162v)
- Original object type: Artefact
- Title: Christ before Pilate (fol. 162v)
Christ is brought before Pontius Pilate, the governor of Judaea, to be condemned to crucifixion.
Context: Breviary offices: Friday in Holy Week: Adstiterunt reges terre
- Date range: [ca. 1440-1460]
- Date: 1450
- Collection: Medieval Manuscripts
- Physical Identifier: BC MS 2/21
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/10644
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subset: commoncrawl


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Hey everyone!
I just got back from a Kohl's Victory Shopping Sesh (with Ben and Jojo) where I scored these jean shorts for only $2.71!
click here to either print out this coupon or use it on your mobile. It does say in the fine print up to 8 pairs of denim bottoms (not just jeans) so the lady at the counter had to specially take off $10 PER PAIR!
Get your coupon and go get some cheap clothes! You can always donate what you don't need personally!
Hope you can find some cute stuff and save some money!!
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Investigative summary:
Hundreds of women die from pregnancy or delivery complications every year across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Texas, the exact number of women dying isn't clear due to errors with data collection that keep doctors and researchers from fully understanding and preventing those problems. The state developed a new method that shows the number of maternal deaths in Texas for a single year, 2012, wasn't as high as initially reported. Still, researchers say deaths could be on the rise as the new statistics provide little insight into more recent trends.
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Mothers Erased
As her lungs began to fail, Leah Bahrencu faded in and out of consciousness. She barely remembers doctors rushing her into the operating room, and what happened next is still a blur. Just hours earlier, she went in for a routine doctor's visit 34 weeks into her pregnancy.
Her husband Vlad worried about her paleness. Her feet were so swollen she could barely walk, had lost her appetite and was having trouble breathing. Because Leah was late in her pregnancy, and expecting twins, she thought those symptoms were normal. Her doctor thought differently.
"I remember the doctor looking at me and she just said, 'I think we are going to have the babies today,'" said Leah, a 36-year-old Austin fitness instructor and nutritionist. "I remember telling her, 'No. We're not having the babies today. They're not ready. I'm not ready.' I just had given her my birth plan the week before."
Leah's doctor finally convinced her to let nurses hook her up to three machines – one to watch her contractions and the other two to monitor the heart rate of the twins. Before they could finish, she heard a nurse whispering. The room filled with doctors.
Leah looked at her panicked husband Vlad and told him to call her parents. It's the last thing she remembers before giving birth via cesarean-section on Jan. 17, 2017, to Sorana, who weighed just 3 pounds and 15 ounces, and Lukas, who weighed 4 pounds and 15 ounces.
She was unconscious when her twins arrived and was placed in a medically-induced coma for 10 days as her body recovered.
The first-time mother was diagnosed with HELLP syndrome, a life-threatening condition that affects pregnant women with high blood pressure. HELLP stands for hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and a low platelet count. Vlad didn't initially know what that meant.
"I remember when they were moving her to ICU, that this is serious," Vlad said. "I was just thinking I was the happiest dad around, and all of sudden I'm thinking, 'Are you telling me there is a possibility that I'm going home with my kids by myself with no wife?' It was very – it was tough."
For weeks, Vlad split his time between visiting his newborn twins and his wife on different floors of the Austin hospital. When Leah was finally out of the coma, she was disoriented. The NICU nurses had decorated her hospital room with pictures of her twins. She didn't recognize them.
"Something that haunts me to this day is I don't think I asked about my kids," Leah said. "I don't even really think I knew or understood that I had the babies and that something had happened to me. I just knew I woke up in this room."
Erased from report
Leah is one of about a dozen mothers who previously reached out to ProPublica and who KXAN spoke with for this investigation. She and those women say they all suffered near-death experiences related to their pregnancies. Some mothers aren't as fortunate.
But more research is needed to determine the exact number of women dying every year statewide.
Texas made headlines in 2016 after researchers found the state's maternal mortality rate had doubled in a two-year period, reaching a record 147 maternal deaths in 2012, according to a report in the journal "Obstetrics & Gynecology."
In response to that report, Texas used an "enhanced" method to examine each of those deaths by matching birth records with death records for women across the state.
Last year, Texas released its revamped findings, concluding there were only 56 maternal deaths in Texas in 2012.
One of the reasons women were removed from the new total was because the state found some death certificates incorrectly listed the pregnancy status of women. In 15 cases, the state said it didn't have enough information to determine the woman's pregnancy status when she died.
Eleven mothers were taken off the list because, even though their deaths were pregnancy-related, they didn't adhere to the World Health Organization's definition of maternal death, which is when a woman dies while pregnant or more than 42 days after giving birth.
Many pregnancy-related deaths can occur outside that timeframe, even up to a year after a woman gives birth, said Dr. Radek Bukowski, professor and associate chair for investigation and discovery with the Department of Women's Health at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.
"It's kind of arbitrary," Bukowski said. "It's just defined by consensus by many people sitting together and basically deciding that this is what we're going to call (it)."
Bukowski added that the 42-day cutoff allows agencies to compare maternal death rates with other countries that use the same standard.
The state agrees, saying most of its research on this topic does include "deaths up to 365 days after pregnancy."
"The fact that most deaths occur beyond 42 days has been a foundational piece of the continuing work of (the Texas Department of State Health Services) and the task force as we strive to improve outcomes for women not only right around delivery but far beyond," an agency spokesperson said.
Some lawmakers also want to ensure the stories of women who die aren't forgotten.
State Rep. Shawn Thierry, D-Houston, is aiming to create a data registry that includes women the state removed from its list. She says those broader statistics could reinforce the severity of maternal deaths, perhaps setting a new standard beyond Texas and prompting more awareness and training.
"It's shocking that in (2019), we still don't really have the most reliable data in Texas," Thierry said. "That's why we need the data registry, the databank. Right now, if a woman were to pass away 43 days after she gave birth that's not considered a maternal mortality, even if it was a pregnancy-related death."
'One of those statistics'
Thierry knows firsthand the fear of almost dying while giving birth.
When her daughter was born in 2012, she said it felt like her heart was stopping because medicine meant to help alleviate pain during a C-section was injected at the wrong part of her spine and travelled to the upper part of her body instead of the lower half. She said she struggled to breathe but still managed to scream and beg for help and ask doctors to give her anesthesia.
"I felt like, if I wasn't conscious, maybe I wouldn't be aware of the pain, and my heart would relax," Thierry said. "That ended up being what they did, and that saved my life. I literally could have died from that, I could have gone into full cardiac arrest and I would have been one of those statistics."
A few years later, Thierry was elected to the Texas House of Representatives and has worked to improve maternal healthcare in the state, including filing a bill this legislative session that would continue Medicaid coverage for eligible women up to one year after they deliver or experience an involuntary miscarriage.
She has also filed a bill to require cultural competency training for medical professionals to remove bias in treatment of African-American women.
Last fall, state health officials determined "black women bear the greatest risk for maternal death," regardless of their income, education, marital status or other health factors.
"When I saw that I could have passed away just by virtue of being an African-American woman, I was fortunate that they listened to me," Thierry said. "I was very aggressive though. I advocated for myself, and that's what women are having to do. That's what I'm here to change."
'We can do better'
The state is working to make strides in maternal health after the legislature created the Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force in 2013.
"For every woman who dies, there are 50 to 100 women who suffer severe maternal morbidity, which is a severe complication of pregnancy," said Dr. Manda Hall, associate commissioner for community health improvement at the Texas Department of State Health Services. "We know that there is work to be done and we know that we can do better."
Hall, a member of the task force, says her group examines deaths that occur up to one year after a woman's pregnancy ends. However, deaths occurring beyond 42 days postpartum still aren't included in the official maternal mortality rate.
"They are reviewing medical records. They're reviewing autopsy records. If there is some sort of law enforcement record that's associated with this case, they're able to look at that and have that more holistic look at that woman's death," Hall said. "That allows us to see what type of contributing factors may have been there."
So far, the multidisciplinary task force says "most pregnancy-related deaths were potentially preventable," including deaths due to cardiovascular disease, obstetric hemorrhage and infection or sepsis, according to a state report released last fall.
This year, the state also implemented a new system to address one of the things that caused errors in the 2012 maternal death data, specifically "pregnancy checkboxes" listed on death certificates.
Hall said some certifiers may have incorrectly marked women as pregnant or recently pregnant.
She said the new system prompts doctors, medical examiners and other people who fill out official death certificates to confirm a woman's pregnancy status before submitting those records.
"We knew that we needed to make sure that the data and the information that our task force was looking at was accurate," Hall said.
Although Texas refuted the inflated 2012 statistics, the new figure provides little insight into whether the number of women dying every year is improving, since Texas still needs to use the new method to examine 2013 onward.
"They're spending their whole time just trying to get accurate counts instead of doing what they're really supposed to be doing, which is coming up with ways to prevent these deaths," said Dr. Marian MacDorman, co-author of the 2016 study and research professor at Maryland Population Research Center. "It's a real problem."
Many deaths are preventable
At the hospital, Leah said she garnered the nickname "miracle mom," escaping death twice after she began bleeding out and her organs started to fail.
She doesn't know if her situation could have been prevented, but she believes the outcome could have been better if she had recognized symptoms of an unhealthy pregnancy and told her doctor about them sooner.
"I never even considered dying. I never thought I could get this sick. I never thought that I would be fighting for my life when I had my kids," Leah said.
The United States has a high rate of women dying during or after pregnancy, especially compared to other developed countries, Bukowski said, adding many of those deaths are preventable.
"We are still the only developed country in the world that has rates of maternal death increasing," he said. "It's important to remember that those are very young women, very frequently healthy otherwise, who have very long life expectancy in front of them. They have children to take care of."
Bukowski, a practicing high-risk obstetrician, said the University of Texas recently received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to use smartphone technology to track physical activity and social behaviors of 1,000 pregnant women in the Austin area and better understand complications during pregnancies. He said, for example, if a woman stops making phone calls, starts making more mistakes while texting or isn't as active, that could allow researchers to predict a bad outcome and intervene rather than waiting for symptoms to develop.
"What is important is to ... try to identify why certain combination of those factors are causing or are associated with maternal death. When we know those combinations, then we can hopefully predict those in women with similar combination of those risk factors," Bukowski said. "And if we can predict them, then we have a good chance to prevent them."
The Texas Department of State Health Services has asked the Legislature for an additional $7 million in funding for a two-year period to support the state's maternal health initiatives.
Investigative Extras
There's an additional $60 million in federal funding available to states across the U.S. to support maternal mortality review committees and prevention over the next five years, according to the CDC. The funding comes after President Donald Trump signed the Preventing Maternal Deaths Act into law in December.
Federal and state officials say it's too soon to know how much federal funding Texas could receive.
A Texas DSHS spokesperson said some of those funds could go toward an existing initiative called TexasAIM, or Texas Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health.
The program works directly with hospitals to lower the number of deaths by encouraging facilities to be prepared when responding to one of the leading causes of deaths in mothers: obstetric hemorrhages. That includes having a policy or protocol in place, so doctors and nurses facing an emergency are ready to respond.
"Our goal is that we will not see women die and that we will not see women have these severe complications associated with pregnancy," Hall said. "We talk about data, and we talk about what that shows us. But at the end of the day, we are talking about women. We are talking about families and keeping families whole."
At least 200 of about 230 birthing hospitals across the state are participating in TexasAIM, accounting for about 80 percent of births statewide, according to the Texas DSHS. About 8 percent of births across the U.S. take place at the 200 locations participating in TexasAIM, which means a decrease in maternal deaths in Texas could help lower the national maternal mortality rate.
"Still, the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics hasn't published a national rate in over a decade. A spokesperson said the agency stopped publishing maternal mortality rates in 2007, because there were discrepancies in when and how states started reporting, or not reporting, whether a woman's death was due to pregnancy complications.
Ultimately, the CDC wasn't confident in the data it received from various states, including Texas.
Still recovering
Even after she was released from the hospital, Leah was still weak. At home, she had several wires attached to her, draining fluids that collected in her stomach-area and caused it to swell.
"I had these two babies. You want to be a mother and I couldn't do most of the stuff," she said. "I would sit there and watch them cry until someone picked them up just because I didn't have the physical strength."
Leah still feels the impact of her near-death birth experience. She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. She takes supplements every day to help her break down food and absorb nutrients because of problems with her pancreas.
Two years later, Leah said she tries not to be angry. She can't go back in time. But, there are days she'll see or hear something that triggers reminders of the first few weeks after she gave birth – days she doesn't remember.
"I always envision having my kids and having those moments from day one, you know that connection right away," Leah said. "Maybe they thought their mom had abandoned them. I mean, all these thoughts go through your head."
When she finally met her twins two weeks after giving birth, Leah was too weak to hold her arms up herself. Nurses carefully placed pillows around them to prop them up. Lukas and Sonora had already started to doze off as the nurses gently placed one in each of her arms.
Her chest heaved up and down. Her voice was still shallow from having a breathing tube down her throat. As she looked down at her twins for the first time, Leah softly whispered, "Hi."
"Both of them opened their eyes and looked at me," she said. "It was the best feeling in the world."


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A personal favorite of mine..a tune i use to put on my walkman and do my badman bounce down the road to...TURN IT UP!
Check out this video: Mind Of A Razor (Video)
Thursday, 14 August 2008
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Annal: 1987 Anthony Award for Best Novel
Results of the Anthony Award in the year 1987.
"C" Is For Corpse: A Kinsey Millhone Mystery
- 1987 Anthony-Novel winner
- Score: 10.37
He was young-maybe twenty or so-and he must once have been a good-looking kid. Kinsey could see that. But now his body was covered in scars, his face half-collapsed. It saddened Kinsey and made her curious. She could see he was in a lot of pain. But for three weeks, as Kinsey'd watched him him doggedly working out at the local gym, putting himself through a grueling exercise routine, he never spoke.
Then one Monday morning when there was no one else in the gym, Bobby Callahan approached her. His story was hard to credit: a murderous assault by a tailgating car on a lonely rural road, a roadside smash into a canyon 400 feet below, his Porsche a bare ruin, his best friend dead. The doctors had managed to put his body back together again-sort of. His mother's money had seen to that. What they couldn't fix was his mind, couldn't restore the huge chunks of memory wiped out by the crash. Bobby knew…[more]


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The Sirene Hotel is located in the centre of Belek, 45 minutes from Antalya International airport. Situated close to the beach, all of the luxurious, spacious guestrooms have a private balcony to enjoy the views of the resort. The hotel is set within the magnificent grounds of the Antalya Golf Club, with its two stunning golf courses, the Pasha and the Sultan.
There are also several outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, many water sports and a Spa to enjoy during your stay. The hotel boasts four a la carte restaurants, that serve a fantastic choice of Italian, South American and traditional Turkish cuisine, there are also six bars within the complex.Click to See Golf Courses
The Sultan is a Par 71 measuring 6477m, and it is the home of the Turkish PGA. The course meanders through mature forest, and although it is built on relatively flat terrain, with its strategically placed bunkers and water hazards it provides a stern test of golf. The Par 4 9th is a classic risk/reward hole, named appropriately "The Choice", where a brave tee shot over the water to the left only leaves a short approach shot, or a straight tee shot that will require a trickier approach to the green. The Par 4 18th, named "Looking Back" features water either side of the fairway and finishes with the green surrounded by five bunkers. This is a tough but highly enjoyable golfing challenge.
The Pasha is a Par 72 measuring 5731m, it is much shorter and more open than the Sultan, so higher handicappers will enjoy this. However, with some tricky dog-legs, strategically placed bunkers, several water hazards, towering umbrella pines and gently undulating greens, this will also test the more experienced player. The short Par 4 11th, is a tough hole, with water running down the left-hand side and four bunkers guarding the green. This is a beautiful course with stunning views of the snow-capped Taurus Mountains and certainly an experience that you will want to repeat.


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Farmers Markets are an old tradition, but luckily they don't seem to have died with the times and the age of technology. Burbank, California, hosts the Burbank Farmer's Market every Saturday morning, which is one of the oldest in the whole of Los Angeles. It has been running for over 25 years, and during that time, it has never been short of regular participants from local farms, in fact, currently, there is a long waiting list of vendors who want to sell their wares. The market is traditional, meaning there are no other activities. It is all about the product, and although the market is not the biggest, it still offers the most extensive range of best quality stock from flowers, eggs, and cheese, as well as bread, preserves, and of course, meat.
The market opens every Saturday morning without fail, regardless of the weather, from 8 am to 12:30pm. As a bonus, there is free parking available so you can browse all you like without worrying about parking fees. Purchasing goods from the vendors here means you are supporting sustainable agriculture and helping small, family-run farms to keep doing what they do best. The market is non-profit. However, any money that is raised is given directly to the Providence St. Joseph Foundation, which helps to fund and support charitable community activities.
So come on down to the market if you are staying in Burbank. Meet the vendors and find out exactly where your food comes from and who is responsible for preparing it. You will find it a friendly and sociable environment with lots of information to offer with vendors who will be more than willing to answer any questions you have. Buy your produce here, and you will be so impressed that you will never want to set foot in a supermarket or grocery store again!


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Historical version 37 of Saravanaa Bhavan, 18 George Street (view current version)
- 020 8286 9940
- 18 George Street, CR0 1PA
- saravanabhavan.co.uk
Indian vegetarian restaurant on George Street, part of a worldwide chain with several other branches in London. It opened in March 2017.
They also do takeaway, but they don't take orders over the phone; you have to place your order in person at the restaurant.
Accessibility: No steps to get in. Toilets are in the basement, down a flight of stairs with a hard-to-grasp handrail on both sides.
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It was previously a branch of the Italian restaurant chain Bella Italia photo, but this closed down some time between May and September 2016. As of September 2016 it was vacant and stripped out photo taken through window.
As of October 2016 there was a sign up indicating that it would be opening soon as a branch of Indian vegetarian restaurant Saravanaa Bhavan photo. As of early March 2017 this still hadn't happened, but progress had been made in that there was a proper sign up above the shopfront photo. It finally opened on Saturday 12 March 2017.
Existence last checked in October 2017.
OS X co-ord: 532390 OS Y co-ord: 165570 (Latitude: 51.373759 Longitude: -0.099330)
This is version 37 (as of 2017-10-06 08:42:49). View current version. List all versions.


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W hen your hear "Made in Italy," you think excellence of creativity and craftsmanship and high style. Italians are known for dressing well and inspiring fashion trends that almost always end up becoming classic. "La bella figura," or good impression, is ingrained in their cultural life and society. Italian handcrafted jewelry, in particular, is among the best in the world. The earrings you see here are no exception. Each pair is lovingly handcrafted by an Italian artisan of .925 sterling silver and finished in yellow gold. Your ears deserve to be dressed in the finest Italian fashion.


text: The art-history-meets-art-mystery novel The Swan Thieve s (Little, Brown) kicks off with a crime of passion: A painter named Robert Oliver tries to attack a canvas at Washington, DC's National Gallery. Why he dunnit? As in Elizabeth Kostova's previous best-seller, The Historian , the gathering of clues involves revisiting the past. Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow becomes so obsessed with his taciturn patient that he tracks down Oliver's intimates, through whom we become thoroughly acquainted with the enigmatic artist. After several hundred pages, we focus less on the museum mystery than on these characters' painfully realistic domestic lives. Both of Oliver's former partners were artists, as was the nineteenth-century French housewife whose letters he collected and on whom he has an impossible crush. Yet all three had to choose between making art and having a family. As Oliver's ex-wife angrily recalls, "I never slept more than a few hours.... I did all the dull work of keeping the household going, I had no chance to paint unless I skipped even more sleep, and I couldn't do that, so I didn't paint." Kostova doesn't solve the puzzle of how to reconcile creative fulfillment and independence with wifehood, motherhood, and domestic responsibility, but it's fascinating\u2014 and heartbreaking\u2014to watch her characters try.


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Hearing is crucial for understanding the world around us. The complex process of hearing involves detecting sound and assigning meaning to it, thus making it a critical part of understanding our reality. Before we are even born, we are hearing the world around us and trying to make sense of it.
The ear is made up of three parts that are important for detecting sound: the outer, middle, and inner ear. All three parts work together to move sound from the outer part through the middle, and into the inner part of the ear.
According to the Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), hearing depends on a series of complex steps (described below) that change sound waves in the air into electrical signals.
- Sound waves enter the outer ear and travel through a narrow passageway called the ear canal, which leads to the eardrum.
- The eardrum vibrates from the incoming sound waves and sends these vibrations to three tiny bones in the middle ear. These bones are called the malleus, incus, and stapes.
- The bones in the middle ear amplify, or increase, the sound vibrations and then send them to the cochlea, a snail-shaped structure filled with fluid, in the inner ear. An elastic partition runs from the beginning to the end of the cochlea, splitting it into an upper and lower part. This partition is called the basilar membrane because it serves as the base, or ground floor, on which key hearing structures sit.
- Once the vibrations cause the fluid inside the cochlea to ripple, a traveling wave forms along the basilar membrane. Hair cells—sensory cells sitting on top of the basilar membrane—ride the wave. Hair cells near the wide end of the snail-shaped cochlea detect higher-pitched sounds, such as an infant crying. Those closer to the center detect lower-pitched sounds, such as a large dog barking.
- As the hair cells move up and down, microscopic hair-like projections (known as stereocilia) that perch on top of the hair cells bump against an overlying structure and bend. Bending causes pore-like channels, which are at the tips of the stereocilia, to open up. When that happens, chemicals rush into the cells, creating an electrical signal.
- The auditory nerve carries this electrical signal to the brain, which turns it into a sound that we recognize and understand.
Check out this animated video, Journey of Sound to the Brain, describing the process.
How Can You Protect Your Hearing?
Your hearing is a priceless commodity, so take care of it. Here are some things you can do to protect your hearing.
- Turn the Volume Down When Listening to Music or Watching TV
- Avoid Prolonged Exposure to Loud Noises
- Wear Protective Hearing Devices (e.g., Earplugs, Earmuffs) in Noisy Environments
- Get Your Hearing Checked Regularly
- Use a Washcloth to Clean Your Ears (Avoid Using Cotton Swabs)
- See a Professional to Remove Excess or Impacted Earwax
If you notice any changes to your hearing, contact ENT of Parker to make an appointment with one of our audiologists. You can schedule an appointment online or call us at (303) 840-9690.


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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Videocon d2h (Greater Noida) in January 2016.
either they recruit for technical ones, they are not going to ask you anything technical. all they are asking the non tech general question like tell me about yourself, goals of life.
basically it would be a HR interview and not an technical one.
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By James P. Cramer
May 14, 2011
Good afternoon and congratulations to you!
This is an exciting day. You are graduating and it is special for all of us who are gathered here. We celebrate your success together. It is a hopeful time. You are graduating from this fine college – The Fay Jones College at the University of Arkansas.
Now, I do not want to throw cold water on our celebrations today, but I do need to remind you of something you already know. There is a problem with success. Success does not have much staying power. No, you have to keep on being a success. That takes courage.
Moreover, if you decide to coast for a while it will take you down the path toward irrelevancy, decline, even obsolescence. There is only one way to coast: Downhill.
However, you are a professional who can regenerate success throughout your life.
Right now, there are some big opportunities for you. It occurres to me how relevant the Fay Jones story is.
In 1983, I met Fay Jones for the first time. It was in Minneapolis. He was the American Institute of Architect's keynoter at their annual state convention. It was a cool and an altogether gorgeous day. His enthusiasm filled the hall with the power of his descriptions of making architecture and about the architect's responsibility in place-making. You of course know that he was the creator of some very special places: Thorncrown Chapel, Cooper Memorial, Pinecote Pavilion, many memorable residences. They are as familiar historically as those by Saarinen, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Lou Khan.
Fay Jones was a quiet presenter, and so the conference hall in Minneapolis was hushed because no one wanted to miss any of his thoughtful nuggets. He was humble, almost apologetic. His persona was warm and his ideas infectious. He made friends fast. He was such a hit.
There were some paradoxes, too. Fay Jones did not know how good he really was. If he did, he hid it. Following his presentation in Minnesota, which included the obligatory Kodak carousel slide trays spanning over an hour, he engaged his audience in candid back-and-forth conversations. When one of the architects in the crowd said, "What a great presentation," Fay blushed, stammered a moment and said, "Well, when you see a turtle on a fence post you know that he must have had some help!"
This was our first encounter. I decided to work my way to the front of the room and toward the podium to thank him for his speech and for his inspirational work. While we had not met before, I remember feeling comfortable approaching him. He did not intimidate. I just wanted to shake his hand and say thank you. My feeling then was that even a brief moment with this architect from Arkansas would be satisfying.
That would be the first of many rich encounters and thoughtful discussions about his work, his love of this university, his curiosity and hopes for the future of architecture and the profession.
When I think of Fay Jones, I recall images that for me have meaning and inspire action. He was a man whose energy seemed always to engage.
I am not an expert on his buildings. Not really. Not like the architectural historians. However, I have come to appreciate them immensely – even passionately. I am not an architect. Nevertheless, my passion for design and the profession of architecture eventually led me from publishing and education to become the national chief executive of the American Institute of Architects. I served in this position from late 1980s, to the mid-'90s.
At the December 1989 board meeting of the AIA, Fay Jones was one of three finalists for the Gold Medal. You must understand that this is a serious deliberation and solemn decision for the national board. They study this with about as much discipline as 49 directors can muster. After all, the Gold Medal is the highest honor that the Institute bestows.
Past recipients include Renzo Piano, Santiago Calatrava, Tadao Ando, Lord Norman Foster, and Thomas Jefferson. Fay Jones was elected in December 1989 and received the award in 1990.
It is a tradition at the Institute that following the final vote procedure of the board's directors, a phone call is placed to the winner no matter where in the world the recipient may be.
Of course, Fay's reaction was one of complete disbelief. He was quiet as he contemplated it all. He was most grateful, not really believing that this could be happening – not to him. His humble likability was palpable.
His AIA Gold Medal was presented to him in early 1990 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. It was a grand affair of about 800. Prince Charles was there, as were Brooke Shields and Tom Selleck. Past Gold Medal winners showed up to honor him: I.M. Pei, Pietro Belluschi, Joe Esherick, and others. There were senators and administrative policy makers, a Supreme Court justice. It was as big a gala as the profession had ever had.
A few years later in the mid 1990s, Fay attended a watershed meeting of the profession in LaJolla, Calif. He was there with a dozen thinkers and design talents. Dr. Jonas Salk led this particular session in 1994. Our meetings were in the library at the Salk Institute. Dr. Salk was the creator of the Salk vaccine that would end the polio epidemic in most of North America and much of the world.
We stayed at the LaJolla Racquet and Beach Club. It is an old, somewhat creaky club right on the ocean. I had a room right next to Fay's, and it was there that I learned he enjoyed singing in the shower!
From this meeting in LaJolla and at the meeting rooms off that library at the Salk Institute the seeds were sown for the formation of the Design Futures Council. Fay was enthusiastic to help create a think tank to explore the future. He believed that architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and interior designers needed to be better prepared and have more voice to shape the future.
He always inserted into our discussions the importance of design, and he suggested possible strategies that could give increasing influence to design professions that are too often underleveraged.
Fay Jones was such a pleasant and constructive character at our meetings. In LaJolla and in Washington, D.C., he contributed to the birthing of the Design Futures Council.
Before I finish, allow me to share with you five takeaway thoughts you can use as you advance in the future.
Fay Jones values and vision are relevant to everyone here today at graduation. This is a time of your success, poised for new and even more relevant success. Here is what Fay Jones would be thinking is important, I believe.
1. First is the love of people. He appreciated each of his colleagues, clients, and students. Friendship! He saw his purpose in life simply: to improve the condition of all those he would meet. He loved his students, and he appreciated all those who would ultimately use his buildings. His vision was people-centered, and he saw that architecture could uplift and dignify the human condition.
2. The second was his love of the University of Arkansas. The architecture school was a serious passion. He was an ambassador. He was motivated to make it better day by day.
He said that he would always be a student of architecture. He talked about his time with Frank Lloyd Wright but also of modernists like Edward Durrell Stone and Alvar Alto. His niche was different from others in the profession, but this never went to his head. His ego was grounded in the past and future potential of the University of Arkansas.
3. He had big ideas. He thought on a grand scale, but his architecture was always human-scale. The design details were just plainly sweet and noticeable – even to the untrained eye. He shared with me the fee schedule for Thorncrown Chapel. The business model was a straight 12 percent fee. That was tight. That would be less than $18,000. Thereafter, he shifted to a different monetary relationship to capture the value of great architecture. However, he was never greedy. He was always professional. His billing methods changed with Thorncrown and his backlog of work continued to grow.
4. His perceptions, his global views, were always positive. He was quick to say yes. He was fond of new methods to support students and faculty.
He was not hesitant to speak up for the profession – very politely. He knew that attitudes underpin design solutions, and he was full of positive ideas. He did not hesitate to advocate for Fayetteville. He believed it was his mission to defend Frank Lloyd Wright. He usually saw the best in people, and he had energy to work hard to benefit other people. When Thomas Monahan, the founder of Dominos Pizza, commissioned Fay to do a very big project, Fay argued for restraint. Fay prevailed, even though that project would be halted by Monahan's life-changing, faith-based decisions.
5. He imagined a better future. He thought in scenarios, and when faced with problems he tended to see the opposite of the problem. He played his part in visioning a better future.
I did not personally experience any cynicism from this architect.
He did get depressed, yes. He saw world events in a sober reality. However, he would then re-imagine the potential of our time. He never stopped believing in the power of good design and what he called "operative opposites."
He told me of a different design he imagined for Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. He said, "I would wrap a house around the waterfall rather than hover over it." Both are organic approaches but different. Operative opposites. His leadership style was about making and seizing opportunities, not sitting home consumed by TV pundits but rather by going out, listening, learning, and contributing with vision.
Those are the five:
- To love and enjoy people – to be a friend
- To love and advance the University of Arkansas
- To love the power of design at a human scale
- To have positive views that underpin strategies and ongoing success
- To imagining a better future – refresh visions that bring health to humankind.
- His success never went to his head, but his legacy is in our minds.
I want to close by saying it is especially satisfying to be with you today. Moreover, there is a bit of Fay Jones here in this hall today. As we reflect on him, we can feel his spirit. I can see him in my mind's eye, slide by slide.
Thank you, President. Thank you, Dean. Thank you, Chairmen. Thank you, parents. Thank you, extended family. Thank you, Fay Jones. Thank you, graduates for setting up this moment poised for your future success. Keep it growing!
Just as Fay's work was sweet and courageous, yours can inspire, too. Fay would say that you are very special. All of us agree. You are special.
Congratulations and best wishes.


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I love the Sketch challenges. Seems a little easier to get a design together when you have a starting point. I made this cute card using a digi image from From the Heart stamps. I think I'm addicted to the Birdbrains now. I'm entering this card in Sketch Challenge #77
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The Rose of Sharon is in full bloom and was really enjoying the cool temperatures. Not so much today. This is my first attempt to download a photo from my IPad so we'll see how it goes. Ok, that didn't go so well, so I'm trying another method. The learning curve for computers is a little steep for me.
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Private Well Testing
Wells and Drinking Water
All Carver County residents rely on groundwater for their water supply, whether it comes from a municipal water source or their own private well. Public water systems are tested regularly for a variety of contaminants; for private wells, regular testing is up to the well owner.
Well water quality can change for many different reasons including weather, repair of plumbing, age of well equipment, activities at the land surface, etc. The Minnesota Department of Health recommends that private wells be tested annually to every two years depending on the potential contaminant (see below).
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*Test annually or every two years and always test before giving to an infant.
Additional information on groundwater quality and potential contaminants can be found in the Carver County Groundwater Plan and on the Minnesota Department of Health website.
Testing Well Water
Carver County residents interested in testing drinking water can pick up a water test kit free of charge from the following locations:
- Land Management Counter at the Carver County Government Center
- Environmental Center
- Extension Office at the Carver County Public Works Headquarters
Tips on Collecting the Sample
Follow the instructions included with the test kit carefully. Contact the lab if you have questions regarding the bottles or sampling procedures (1.800.782.3557).
- Collect the sample at the beginning of the week and mail or deliver to the Minnesota Valley Testing Laboratory, PO Box 249, 1126 North Front St, New Ulm, MN 56073. Samples must be received by the lab within 30 hours of collection.
- Coliform, Nitrates, and Iron Bacteria (125 ml bottle)
- Samples to be tested for Coliform, Nitrates, and Iron Bacteria must be collected from an outside source.
- The faucet spout should be sterilized with heat (e.g. a butane lighter) or rubbing alcohol.
- The water should run for 5 minutes prior to collecting the sample.
- Fill the bottles completely and seal.
- Arsenic*, Nitrate + Nitrite (500 ml bottle)
- Samples to be tested for Arsenic must be collected from an outside source.
- The faucet does not need to sterilized.
- Turn on the water and fill the bottle completely.
- Lead* (1 liter bottle – note this bottle is not included in the standard test kit)
- Samples to be tested for lead must be sampled from within the house.
- Water pipes must sit without being used for 6 hours prior to collecting the sample.
- Turn on the water and collect the first burst of water from the faucet.
*Note: Typically, a well is only tested for arsenic and lead when it is first installed. Minnesota Law requires well drillers to collect and test a water sample for bacteria, nitrate, arsenic, and lead and to provide the test results to homeowners.
What to do when Water is Unsafe
If test results show that your water exceeds the safe limit for a particular contaminant, you can contact the Well Management Section of the Minnesota Department of Health for additional information: 1.800.383.9808 or 651.201.4600.
Sealing Unused Wells
Unused wells that are not properly sealed pose a safety, health, and environmental threat to your family and community as well as a potential legal risk to the homeowner. The State of Minnesota requires that abandoned or unused well be sealed by a well contractor licensed in the State of Minnesota. Carver County has a Cost Share Program for sealing unused wells. Download an application here.


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I was able to catch small bits and pieces via CGTV, and was watching when at 8:00 pm it switch promptly to a commercial. I hope to watch my recording tomorrow and David Hohman says he hopes to have his recording up on Vimeo soon.
For anyone that attended (even if you were a panelist) or watched/listened to the entire thing, care to share your thoughts? From what little I observed, only about 4 panelists got any serious airtime – as I missed the opening statements (and half the closing statements), there were some panelists I did not hear at all. I did see that they were fielding questions via Amanda Porterfield (of WCIA) who was moderating.
For those unable to attend and unwilling to wait for Friday (CGTV rebroadcast), the town hall has been posted on Vimeo:


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A walk around Heywood Demesne
A collection of photographs taken along the route from Heywood Gardens, and through the beautiful riverside walk that leads back to the village of Ballinakill.
This is the stunning setting for the inaugural Twin Trees Heywood Festival, which takes place during Heritage Week 2019, running from August 22nd – August 25th, which includes so many events that embrace the truly magical setting; such as En Plein Air Painting, Floral Artistry, Yoga in Heywood Gardens, Fishing, Walks, and of course our celebratory Garden Party, on the evening of August 24th!
En Plein Air Painting
Ballinakill, Co. Laois will host its inaugural 'Twin Trees' festival this year, with a strong focus on the 'En Plein Air' outdoor painting event. The festival is inspired by the 150th anniversary of Sir Edward Lutyens, the celebrated garden designer who created the exquisite formal garden at Heywood Gardens, minutes from the village of Ballinakill.


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A boater had a once-in-a-lifetime close encounter with a humpback whale throwing its body through the water off the North Shore of Massachusetts — and it was all caught on camera.
Doug Shatford was on his 20-foot boat in the waters off Gloucester Wednesday evening, when he captured a whale breaching, sending fish in the air.
"It was just beautiful. It was amazing. It was a beautiful, beautiful sight," Shatford told CBS Boston.
Shatford used his iPhone camera to record the animal, but he wasn't expecting to capture the whale in all its glory.
"I'm not good at the filming part of it," he told the news station. "It's always my foot or I shut it off when I'm supposed to turn it on. I'm out there filming and I got 1 percent battery. I can't really even see."
In the video, shared by Shatford's daughter Caitlin on Facebook, the boater can be heard exclaiming "Wow, that was crazy" when the whale emerges.
"Look at that, he's waving to me," Shatford can be heard in the video. "Oh, I love him, he's beautiful. See you later, buddy. I love you."
Shatford was actually in the Gloucester village of Magnolia when he first noticed the whale.
"I said, 'I'm going to go see him,'" he said. "I jumped in my boat."
When Shatford was out on his boat, the whales looked like they were going out to sea, he told Boston.com. But then he realized they were actually close.
"And then boom, that whale came out of nowhere," he said.
Shatford said the close call didn't scare him. "I barely even flinched," he said. "It was like, I thought I would be scared. It was too beautiful to be scared. … I was loving it."
In a 2016 study, scientists who have studied whales said breaching may play a role in communication between distant groups of whales. By throwing their massive bodies into the water, the resulting sounds, like a drum, can travel enormous distances.
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P.T.A's Message
I am proud to be associated with St. Joseph's Kari Lanet Secondary School. Since my election as the PTA Chairman I have witnessed tremendous growth in the school, both in academics and infrastructure. All these achievements have been realized due to the co-operation between the BOG, Schools Administration, Teachers and Parents. The participation of all stakeholders in coming up with the strategic plan is a very good gesture and I appreciate all for their hard work and commitment.
The student's body has also shown high level of discipline and I thank the teachers for inculcating good values to our children.
I am grateful to the BOG, for facilitating the making of the strategic plan. Without their support, it would have been difficult to come up with such a document. This strategic plan is a step in the right direction because education plays a useful role in the society.
Parent's involvement makes a strong school; I encourage all parents to become part of the Parents Teachers Association. Through participation in PTA meetings and activities, we can work together to improve our school and our children's education.
PTA meetings are scheduled throughout the year. We welcome your support and attendance at the meetings.
I appreciate all other stakeholders for their contribution in making the success of this strategic plan. Let us continue joining hands to ensure St. Joseph's Kari Lanet remains at the top in all its endeavours. Thank you and God bless our school.
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By SHERIDAN CYR
When headlines across local media reached scores of communities across the state and beyond, describing a racist, violent video posted on social media by a Southington High School student, school administration and the Southington Town Council responded with a joint statement that was read aloud at both the Town Council and Board of Education meetings in January.
"This incident garnered a great deal of negative media attention and cast a shadow on our wonderful caring community," the statement said. "We are especially concerned for our children and families who were the targets of hate in this incident."
It goes on to state the response from students, parents, members of the Southington Police Department and school officials "should be applauded and is the true representation of the values of this community," and states the Council and BOE denounce the ideology represented in the video.
At the Jan. 10 BOE meeting, the first meeting since the joint statement was released in December, members of the community came out in numbers to speak during public communication about personal experiences with racism in Southington Public Schools. Many speakers were students, others parents, and concerned members of the community.
A mother of a middle-school daughter, who she described as "mixed" and Jewish, shared stories of her daughter being called the n-word, being told to "die in the gas chambers," and being approached by students saying, "heil Hitler."
She also said her daughter was suspended after a Caucasian student verbally attacked her. The Caucasian student received a detention, while her daughter received a suspension for "standing up for herself."
"These incidents make my daughter not want to go to Southington schools," said the mother. "My family pays $180,000 a year in taxes, but my daughter can't go to a public school?"
Several students shared disturbing stories of their own. One student, age 15, said she just wants to feel safe. "There is a bias against me and other kids who look like me. I know I'm not accepted at SHS, and I can't even say I'm looking for acceptance at this point," she said. "I just want to feel safe."
Parents who are lifelong Southington residents and graduates of SPS said this is not a new problem. Older students said they are concerned for their younger siblings. Many who spoke did so through tears.
Board members replied with gratitude for those willing to share their stories and encouraged students to continue the conversations, both in and outside of school.
"Despite you not feeling heard, I assure you, you were heard this evening," said BOE chair Brian Goralski (R). "I encourage you to speak up at school to staff, administration, guidance counselors and administration on this board. This is not something we can do alone. It has to be done as a community."
Goralski echoed a speaker's remarks that the issue of racism starts at home.
"We can do better," said board member Bob Brown (D). "I have to apologize. I apologize that those things have happened to you. We should all be kind and loving to each other, and it doesn't matter a person's ethnicity, gender, preference, color or anything else."
At the Jan. 14 Town Council meeting, chair Chris Palmieri (D) said it is "an issue with no political lines. We all stood together."
"I reached out to the superintendent since Thursday's BOE meeting, and the Superintendent has suggested forming a community coalition," he said. "What he's suggesting is periodically—monthly or bimonthly—getting together with students, parents, community members, staff, and members of public agencies to have these community conversations."
He added that the community should be inclusive of all residents and be behind the equality of everyone.
"We will not tolerate racism," said Palmieri. "I know we are on the right track, but we certainly would welcome conversations with others. And we'll pursue that."
Councilor Mike Riccio said the conversation is necessary in the often privileged town of Southington.
"Race is not really just about the color of skin. It's about the culture," he said. "I think, in Southington, we like to think we're a melting pot. But maybe we don't understand the aspects of that."
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Q. Pass/Fail marking within NILE
This provides guidance on marking assignments as pass or fail rather than using the standard full range of letter grades which are supported in the standard undergraduate or postgraduate schema within NILE.
Assignments which are marked as pass/fail may be submitted by students in different formats depending on the brief. They may be submitted through Turnitin submission points, Blackboard submission points or as a video submission. Regardless of the type of format and the manner of submission, all pass/fail assignments should be marked directly within the grade centre and then marks submitted to the student records team as normal.
Step-by-step guide
- Setup the assignment submission point following help guidance from NILE as needed
- Students will make submissions to the assignment submission point
- Setup the Grade Centre column for marking (see section 3 below)
- Mark the assignment and release grades to students and records team once moderated.
Setting up the Grade Centre column
The column will have been automatically created for you when you created the assignment, you just need to check the settings.
Note: This stage of the process is important as it ensures that your students will see the correct grades. It also ensures that the grades will not be released to students until you are ready.
Access the Grade Centre by going to 'Control Panel > Grade Centre > Full Grade Centre'
A new column will have been created in the grade centre for your assignment. Hover over the column title, click the circle (to the right) and from the dropdown menu choose 'edit column information'.
In Column Information
- Change the Primary Display to Text
- Leave the 'Secondary Display' as 'None'
- The Options will normally be set to No by default. If they are not, please set them to no. It is particularly important that Show this Column to Students is set to no, otherwise your students will be able to see their grades as they are entered.
- Click Submit to save your changes to the column.
Marking the assignment
Within the Grade Centre column for the particular assignment, place the appropriate entry against the name:
The following entries are accepted in the column for Pass/Fail marking:
|Indicates overall pass
|Indicates overall fail
|The grade is exempted (or suspended) pending the outcome of an academic misconduct investigation.
|Late Submission
|Nothing of Merit
|AMP Outcome (Academic Misconduct Panel)
|Non Submission
Once the grades have been entered and moderated then they can be exported to the records team for entry into the student record system and also released for students.


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A Masked Ball, Opera by G. Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi may not have deliberately courted controversy, but he was not a man to shy away from it either. La Traviata, which had scandalised audiences by casting a courtesan as its heroine, had only just squeezed past the censor's eye. But A Masked Ball (Un ballo in maschera), with its proposed depiction of a royal assassination based on the murder in 1792 of King Gustav III of Sweden, was just one step too far for the authorities.
In all, more than two years passed between Verdi's original commission from the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, which he gave up on, to Un ballo in maschera's premiere, on 17 February 1859, at Rome's Teatro Apollo. By that time, the opera's setting, in order to be approved, had been removed from the recent history of eighteenth-century Scandinavia to a fictional palace in seventeenth-century colonial Boston.
Now the Wiener Staatsoper presents a version of the opera that reinstates the King of Sweden at the centre of the drama. Refusing to heed the warnings of his closest confidant, Count Anckarström, that there is a plot to assassinate him, Gustav's affair with Anckarström's wife, Amelia, draws his friend into the conspiracy.
What mattered most to Verdi was not an accurate depiction of the past, but the opportunity that a real-life event gave him to intensify the emotional impact of his music. And there can be no better example of the composer's genius than the duet "Teco io sto" sung by Gustav and Amelia, in which Verdi achieves the perfect marriage between the characters' melodies and the meaning of their words.


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Threat Chaos talks about automated twitter account creation, and the advent of a new automated software to create twitter accounts on the fly called Tweet Tornado, this is going to be interesting. From what I can gather much like automated responses to blog entries, automated forum entries, automated e-mail, automated guest book entries, and just about any other automated system (dig, stumble upon, ect), the idea behind Tweet tornado is to generate any number of twitter accounts, interlink (follow) them, and point them back to someone's web site.
Spam is truly in the eye of the beholder, but tweet tornado is comparing themselves to Google Adwords, Yahoo Search Marketing, and MSN Live Search for advertising purposes. They have a great break down of costs on their web site right here. That implies that they are offering this software as a way to increase traffic to a web site when Twitter is a relatively closed system, made of up of unique communities of interest. That is the key to twitter and why a program like this is going to be difficult to use, you have to engage the community of interest, and it is not enough to just have a major volume of twitter accounts. It is the engagement that sets twitter apart from forums, blogs, and other systems that will allow people to randomly make comments within those systems. Twitter is relatively closed while Blogs and Forums are relatively open.
Any system is going to be used for marketing, however, twitter for marketing purposes (using any automated system) is really more about social networking, the connections to quality friends and people you know, or want to know better. From the social networking viewpoint that I have, some of this might be sucked up by Google, but most of the accounts made here are simply going to link to themselves, most people will not friend you back. This is not how you want to market in a social networking process. While it might be good for Google, or search engines, when you are approaching the marketing aspects of web 2.0, twitter, blogs, anything you care to mention it is about making connections, not the sheer number of blind links or walls put up between the customer/follower and you/company.
Sure you can use software like this, but from the social aspects, it misses the boat, because with hundreds of accounts, it will be difficult for one company to figure out exactly what they have done, while the blogosphere erupts in blog rage against the company who is doing this. There are plenty of examples where people gaming Amazon's review system are taking a lot of heat, there is no expectation that twitter will be any different. Twitter is about community, not sheer numbers, it is about communication not dead end accounts that interlink, it is not about gaming Google, it is about 140 words or less and people sharing what they are doing now.
Someone is looking at this software thinking this will be social networking on the cheap, and this is probably not the best thing that social system managers should do. But with the way that things are working now, someone is going to think this is a good idea, what remains to be seen is how well Twitter will defend itself against this kind of tool, and what the eventual backlash is going to be in the blogosphere, on twitter, and on other social systems. Digg, Reddit, and other systems already have a robust way of working out how to determine the quality of what is being submitted, Twitter will have to start adopting defensive techniques to keep their system from being exploited by systems like Tweet Tornado. Tags: twitter, tweet tornado, automated account creation, threat chaos, interesting, tweets, account, creation, spam, anti-spam, social media, web 2.0