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Jehovah's Witnesses have published tens of millions of words since it begun publication over 125 years ago. Some evangelical Christians claim that Jehovah's Witnesses are "false prophets" who claim to be inspired and the critics back this up by using selective quotations, taken out of context, from Watchtower publications that are often over 100 years old! They also point to supposed "failed prophecies" that Jehovah's Witnesses have made over the years as further proof. We will now examine each supposed "false prophecy" made by Jehovah's Witnesses and see if the evidence shows that the Watchtower claimed to be making an inspired prophecy.
False Prophecies or Bible-based predictions?
This year could not have been claimed as an "inspired prophecy" because Charles Taze Russell was not aware of the date until 1876 and The Watchtower was not published until 1879.
Zion's Watch Tower of January 1, 1908 says in regards to 1914:
"We are not prophesying; we are merely giving out surmises… We do not even aver that there is no mistake in our interpretation of prophecy and our calculations in chronology. We have merely laid these before you, leaving it for each to exercise his own faith or doubt in respect to them."
The Watch Tower, January 1, 1925, p. 3 states:
"The year 1925 is here. With great expectation Christians have looked forward to this year. Many have confidently expected that all memebrs of the body of CHrist will be changed to heavenly glory during this year. This may be accomplished. It may not be. In his own due time God will accomplish his purposes concerning his people. Christians should not be so deeply concerned about what may transpire this year."
The Watchtower, 15 October 1966, p. 631 says:
"What about the year 1975? What is it going to mean, dear friends?' asked Brother Franz. 'Does it mean that Armageddon is going to be finished, with Satan bound, by 1975? It could! It could! All things are possible with God. Does it mean that Babylon the Great is going to go down by 1975? It could. Does it mean that the attack of Gog of Magog is going to be made on Jehovah's witnesses to wipe them out, then Gog himself will be put out of action? It could. But we are not saying. All things are possible with God. But we are not saying. And don't any of you be specific in saying anything that is going to happen between now and 1975."
After looking at each individual year, it is clear that the Watchtower never even claimed to be making a 100% correct interpretation let alone an inspired prophecy!
Are Lutherans, Methodists & Baptists also false prophets?
Many prominent Protestant figures too have made predictions about Christ's return, yet we do not see evangelical Christians labelling them "false prophets". For example:
Martin Luther believed the end would come in his day, that the Turkish war would be when "Christ will come to destroy Gog and Magog and set free His own."
John Wesley (Methodist founder) wrote: "1836 - The end of the non-chronos, and of the many kings; the fulfilling of the word, and of the mystery of God; the repentance of the survivors in the great city; the end of the 'little time,' and of the three times and a half; the destruction of the east; the imprisonment of Satan."
Billy Graham (United States evangelist), said in 1950: "I sincerely believe that the Lord draweth nigh. We may have another year, maybe two years, to work for Jesus Christ, and, Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe it is all going to be over … two years and it's all going to be over."
Were first-century Christians false prophets?
John 21:20-23 says: "Upon turning about Peter saw the disciple whom Jesus used to love [John] following … when he caught sight of him, Peter said to Jesus: 'Lord, what will this man do?' Jesus said to him: 'If it is my will for him to remain until I come, of what concern is that to you? You continue following me.' In consequence, this saying went out among the brothers, that that disciple would not die. However, Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but: 'If it is my will for him to remain until I come, of what concern is that to you?'"
Peter and other first-century Christians predicted and taught others that Jesus' would return before John died. Does this mean that Peter was a false prophet? Of course not! He simply misunderstood.
When we weigh up all the evidence, we can see that calling Jehovah's Witnesses a "false prophet" is simply another biased attack from opposers and apostates trying to decieve and draw away weak ones from the Truth.


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The Old Ship Hotel, located on Brighton's famous seafront, has scooped Best Customer Service award at the Brighton & Hove Business Awards (BAHBAs) hosted at Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel on 14th July 2018.
The hotel, part of The Cairn Collection, was awarded the accolade by the judges for its "excellent attention detail when dealing with customers" and for going the extra mile for guests to improve their experience.
Judges were impressed with The Old Ship's attitude towards guests including the 'three metre' rule, which ensures staff members greet every customer who passes within three metres. The team also treats man's best friend with equal care and attention with a dog biscuit jar on reception and a special 'dog package' for overnight stays which includes a dog bed, blanket, bowl and biscuits.
Paul Wright, General Manager at The Old Ship Hotel said: "We're thrilled to have won the best customer service award at the Brighton & Hove Business Awards. It's fantastic recognition for the hotel team and all of their hard work, and reinforces our place as a leading hotel within the Brighton market."
The team from the Old Ship Hotel were presented with their award at a lavish gala dinner ceremony attended by around 500 guests made up of some of Brighton's top business leaders, the judging panel and a selection of VIPs including superstar DJ Norman Cook.
The BAHBAs, established in 2005, celebrate the city's leading organisations and are firmly established as a benchmark for excellence within the local community.
The hotel is part of The Cairn Collection, a hand-picked portfolio of Cairn Group hotels. The Cairn Hotel Group is a family-owned business headquartered in Newcastle, with 50-years' experience in the industry.

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YAY!!! Some color from Vidya and Ash! Though I really am not a fan of Ash's anarkali/gown at least it has some colour. Vidya looks great!
Vidya is in Sabyasachi again and Ash is in Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla.
As Cannes continues we get to see more of Sonam, Vidya and Mallika.
Aishwarya and the directors of Bombay Talkies are also now in Cannes.
I have to say I am kind of getting tired of Sabyasachi. It's summer and all I see is back/maroon/brown/gold Sabyasachi creations! First Vidya and then Aishwarya. Sonam is the only one who provided us with some summer color in her Dolce and Gabbana dress (the white one with flower print). Plus Sonam's jewellery is to die for! Her mom is a jewellry designer so I guess that is a given (pretty much every girls dream right?!).
Today, May 3rd, is Bollywood's 100 year anniversary/birthday. I obviously love Bollywood films otherwise I would not have started this blog in the first place right? But it is more than just love you see, it is my passion. I have yet to meet someone who completely gets what this means. I finally found some friends who like Hindi movies and are always up to watching them with me. They know who the actors are and the songs that I am currently listening to on repeat. Still, they don't watch the movies like I do. To most people a movie is a nice past time. It's fun. They won't be restless if they can't go the first Friday and they don't look for the cinematography or background music. To be honest I did not notice these things at first but as I grew older and as I watched more films this changed. When I watch a Bollywood film the colours, the dance, the music, the culture and so many other aspects make me feel a high I don't think many people feel. I notice the choice of background music in a particular scene. I take note of the cinematography. I want to know who has written the screenplay, the story or the lyrics. If a movie or song is playing on the TV downstairs I can recognize it almost immediately. I know all the directors by name and by face. I recognize production companies and I know who heads them. I love watching interviews on the movie making process. I just love everything about them.
Recently, one of my classmates asked me what do you love about these Bollywood movies anyway? Why Bollywood? I found it difficult to give an answer. I mean the standard answer is the song and dance, the romantic songs shot in the Swiss Alps, the chiffon sarees, the dancing in fields, etc. But then movies like Udaan, Barfi, Gangs of Wasseypur, Vicky Donor, Kai Po Che, Paan Singh Tomar, Delhi 6 came to my mind. These did not have the huge song and dance with a superstar grooving to catchy songs. Yet I knew in my gut these films are different from Hollywood films. But how? I told him that I love them because I can relate to them more. I get the references made in them because that is what my parents talk about at home or because I learned about them while watching NDTV with my parents. I get the moral dilemmas the protagonists face in them. I understood Sid's dilemma in Wake up Sid. I too felt that confusion when I was figuring out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. Ek Main Aur Ek Tu resonated with me because I too feel that parental pressure though no way near as severe. Indian parents are unique and these films showed how. Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum taught me about the place parents are given in Indian culture. I love my parents just like Shahrukh's character Rahul does. Hum Saath Saath Hain made me wish I had a family so close knit. Delhi 6, Kai Po Che and even Mausam were commentaries on communalism and it shaped my outlook on Indian politics. Taare Zameen Par and Barfi helped me understand the world of differently abled people. There is a film called Gippi releasing next Friday that basically is the story of my life. A chubby, unpopular girl who is unusually close to her brother and mother and struggles to fit in. I even ran for Vice President and she is running for Head Girl! In the trailer she participates in hotdog hugs and erupts into dance with her mom just like me! Watching the trailer I thought to myself "Is this based off my life?!".
Basically Bollywood is my passion. I could write at least a twenty page paper on why I love it. I could cite a hundred films that shaped the person I am today. Unfortunately I have time constraints and you probably don't want to read twenty pages so all I will say is HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOLLYWOOD, YOU ARE A HUNDRED AND STILL LOOKING GOOD!
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I woke up this morning to the news of Yash Chopra's death. I still cannot believe the King of Romance is dead. The man who is responsible for me falling in love with Hindi cinema is no more. I am eternally indebted to him. Rest in peace Yash Ji. I promise I will cherish this gift you have given me jab tak hai jaan, jab tak hai jaan…
The film that made me fall in love with Bollywood was Dil To Pagal Hai. I watched it at a friend's house when I was about 9 years old. By then it had come on DVD and I became obsessed with the film. I remember trading my friend my Sailor Moon movie for the Dil To Pagal Hai DVD. Till date you can put that movie on and I will drop everything and start watching. I think I must have seen it at least 30 times from start to finish. Everything about that movie enticed me: the music, the idea that there is someone made for you and all you have to do is find them, the dance, etc. After that I watched every Shah Rukh Khan movie that came before and after Dil To Pagal Hai.
Yash Ji made so many great films but besides fulfilling the role of director with panache, his production company has produced many excellent films.
Besides films, Yash Ji introduced so many talented actors and directors to bollywood. When I told my mom about his death she aptly said "He made so many people's lives by giving them films." Many people owe much to Yash Ji and he will be sorely missed.
The man was an institution in himself. When one talks of chiffon sarees or Switzerland and romantic songs, Yash Ji's name is the first thing that comes to mind.
I think the thing that saddens me most is he won't be alive to see his last film release. I really hope that Jab Tak Hai Jaan breaks all box office records because no other farewell would be proper for the man that gave us Hindi-film lovers so much joy. It is so fitting that Jab Tak Hai Jaan is releasing on Remembrance Day long weekend here in Canada because on Tuesday, November 13th I will be remembering Yash Ji by watching the 1st day, 1st show of Jab Tak Hai Jaan.
Below is the link to Yash Ji's last interview which he gave on the occasion of his 80th birthday just a few weeks ago. I recommend you watch it because I learnt so much from it not just in relation to films but about life and how one should lead it.
Yash Ji will be missed. My condolences to his family and those close to him. All I can say is feel comfort in the fact that he was so well loved because that is a sign that he lived his life well.
I have been waiting for Student of the Year since I saw the first look poster. I fell in love with Varun Dhawan after the first trailer and I never miss a Dharma film. I basically worship Karan Johar because his films give me so much happiness that my parents think I'm insane. However, I just LOVE them. Life can be cruel, mundane and disappointing at times but KJo's films allow you to forget that for a short period of time.
Student of the Year is no typical Karan Johar film because it does not have SRK in it. This being said that does not mean it isn't a good film. I REALLY enjoyed this movie.
Pros of SOTY:
What can I say? Those two boys are mighty good looking. If you want to know what I think of Siddharth just listen to the song Kukkad from the film because it describes him bang on. He is not just a handsome guy though, he can act. His scene with Farida Jalal is especially noteworthy. Speaking of Farida Ji, how I love her! I just wish she would do more movies! The only thing Siddharth needs to work on is his dancing. He looks awkward especially in Radha. It's not just his fault though, choreographer Farah Khan should not have given him the one step in which he has one leg in the air while walking after Alia (it's just plain weird).
Varun is the scene stealer in every scene he is in! He looks fantastic especially in that one yellow sweater. I usually hate it when girls drool over guys and objectify them but Varun brings out that side in me too so I guess I'm just as bad! Still, I have enough objectivity left in me to say he has done a superb job in terms of acting. The one scene where he and Siddharth tell each other about their parents brought tears to my eyes especially when Varun says "My parents are dead too." This boy has a bright future because man can he dance (God knows why he says he is not a natural dancer in his interviews), he can act and he is devilishly good looking.
Alia fits the role of Shanaya perfectly. She does well in her role and dances very well too. Manish Malhotra has styled her to perfection and Micky Contractor's makeup is flawless. My only concern is that though this role was made for her what will she do after this? She looks much too young to do anything but teenager/early adult roles and there are so few films that require that in Bollywood.
Kayoze Irani proves talent is is in the genes. His father Boman Irani is one of my favourite actors and Kayoze does him proud. If I went to St Teresa's I would be a carbon copy of his character so I related to him very much. The outsider who is ready to study his butt off but lacks any scope for athletics or dance. The critics have been raving about his big speech and I have to agree he was splendid. I really hope we get to see more of this talented guy.
Rishi Kapoor is one of the most versatile actors I have ever seen. From Rauf Lala to Dean Yoginder Vasisht one cannot believe it's the same man. He was so scary in Agneepath and now he is SOOOO funny in Student of the Year. I salute you sir!
Ram Kapoor is great at being a jerk as you'll know if you have seen his TV serials and Student of the Year is no exception. His character though is one thing that bothered me about the film because no father is so relentlessly cruel. Karan should have added some remorse or sensitivity into the character. Ram's wife in real life also plays his wife in the film and she is beautiful but does not have much to do except basically be Jaya Bachchan from Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Ghum. I wouldn't be surprised if that is the brief Karan gave her.
Ronit Roy is fabulous as the strict but tender hearted sport coach. Manjot Singh is hilarious and loveable as he always is. No KJo film is complete without a sardar ji and Manjot is wonderful as Dimpy. Sana Saeed (little Anjali from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai) fits her role like a glove so hat's off to her. I just wish there was more for her to do especially in the "grown-up students" parts (you'll get what I mean when you see the film). Lastly, the young man playing Varun's friend, Jeet is super funny and effective especially the one joke he makes about Parsi's (not offensive but super funny!).
With such a young cast but such fine acting it is obvious the captain of the ship deserves a standing ovation. This was probably Karan's most challenging film in terms of direction and it's obvious he has nurtured these newcomers and the result is they have blossomed into promising talents.
Every song is this film is amazing! Even the one's I found myself thinking what is this when I heard the soundtrack (i.e. Kukkad). Moreover, KJo adds renditions of some old classics into the narratives which just enhances the narrative. Of course KJo is known for his song picturization but this is the best of all his films. Stunning! Remo D'Souza's "Disco Dewane" hook step has been stuck in my head for over a month and I'm still not bored! Actually all the songs have great choreography whether it be Vele (Bosco-Caesar), Ishq Wala Love (Farah Khan), Kukkad and Radha (again Farah Khan, except that one step aforementioned).
Props to Cinematographer Ayananka Bose, he makes everything look like a dream. Really, from Kashmir to Dehradun to Bangkok everything is translated onto celluloid like it is all heaven on earth. Such a treat for the eyes. I must especially mention the triathlon! It's an adrenaline rush just to watch!
St.Teresa's puts Oxford, Yale and Harvard to shame. How I wish St Teresa's was real and I went to college there. Life would be amazing! The assembly hall, the cafeteria and the lecture hall all amazing sets and the only real thing is the stunning campus which is actually Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.
Niranjan Iyengar is Karan's go to guy for dialogues and their close friendship is obvious because the dialogues match the screenplay/story spot on. The dialogues are extremely effective and reflect an understanding of today's youth. There are also some super funny jokes, some of which have been mentioned above. However, the best part is Rishi Kapoor's dialogues. They are so adorable yet funny.
I could not believe my eyes when the opening credits declared Rensil D'Silva has done the screenplay of this film. This is the guy who directed Kurbaan! From such a dark, hard hitting film to this college story! What a 360 degree turn! Karan clearly knows how to pick talent. The screenplay flows fluently from songs to romance to a triathlon!
Cons of SOTY:
I can't reveal much because I want you to go buy a ticket and see the movie but I was unhappy with the ending. I felt one of the characters was treated unfairly by the script. However, the film in it's entirety is so good that I'll just pretend my choice of ending is what really happened LOL.
She is too confused throughout the film. I wish Karan had developed the character just a tad more or had let her explain her behaviour/choices so the viewer could have some closure.
All in all Student of the Year lived up to my expectations and I can't wait to see more of the cast in their future ventures. If you are a teenager or just entered adulthood give this movie a shot. It had romance for the boys and sports for the guys but it also reminds you that the friends you make in college can be the ones you keep for your whole life. I know that one thought that came into my head while watching the film was "I really hope me and my friends can be friends even after college is over and we all move on in our lives."
Rating: 4/5 stars
I am VERY excited to see Student of the Year or SOTY. Watching the trailers I experience three things:
1. REMINISCENCE – Not of my high school days ha ha! My high school was so drab that even Karan Johar could not make it look glamourous! No the feeling of reminiscence is directed towards one of my favorite films Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. Obviously this film's plot is not even remotely similar to KKHH but it too appears to be a grand, larger than life story. I love such films and that is why I so eagerly await every Karan Johar film!
2. CRUSH AT FIRST SIGHT – I think both the boys are very handsome but I just couldn't keep my eyes off Varun! When I heard Varun Dhawan was acting in Karan Johar's next film this is not what I imagined him to be like. Now, I am eagerly awaiting his debut. That is not to say that Siddharth is not devilishly handsome as well. This October girls will have no shortage of eye candy thanks to Mr. Johar!
3. AWE – The opening shots of the school leave you in awe. Then, the three youngsters leave you in awe. They are all model-like and have impeccable fashion sense. Then you see the multiple shots of people walking, exercising and dancing in complete sync. Moreover, the prom song "Disco Deewane" leaves you wishing that your prom/school dance was even 1/1000th as cool as this fictional prom!
I know I am counting down the days to October 19th, the day Student of the Year releases. What about you? Watch the trailers below.


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That's the catchy slogan from our booth sign at the Drupalcon conference, going on now at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. We've been here since Monday, talking to all the great, committed Drupaleers and Drupalistas about our soon-to-be-released xTuple Web Portal module for connecting your Drupal web site to your xTuple ERP database.
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Any future thoughts about integrating with Joomla?
Not really. We used to run the xTuple websites on Joomla, but switched to Drupal for a number of reasons.
I've just completed developing two-way integration between Drupal's UberCart ecommerce module and xTuple using another great open source solution - Pentaho Data Integration.
The integration keeps Ubercart stock levels and product pricing in step. It then downloads new orders directly to the Shipping phase of sales order processing. Once the order is shipped it updates the order status in Ubercart and handles the processing of credit card receipts.
The reason I went with Pentaho for the integration was two-fold. It is our standard integration mechanism, and more importantly we run several ecommerce websites and needed to manage the process across those websites into the single xTuple instance.
The short of it is xTuple can integrate easily with many different systems and is not limited to just Drupal.
I've been wanting to play with this for over a year now. This should tie in nicely with the Customer, Rep, Item and Sales Order dashboards and reporting tools I've been building in Drupal. I'm curious to see how the profile module works.
I would really like to see a customer service portal where customers could check on orders and inventory levels. Since I work for a custom manufacturer (build-to-print), it would be nice if customers could upload job information (drawings, quantity, delivery dates, etc.) for quotation. I am thinking about the feasibility of doing this myself.
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The commit proceeds in two phases. In the first phase, each non-master store performs a 'conditional commit'. This involves flushing the pending writes to the backing store and writing a special commit record that refers to the transaction master. Once each non-master store has written the special commit record, the commit record is written to the master store.
If nothing unusual happens, processing may continue as in the normal case. The interesting thing happens when the non-master store is first opened. If the most recent commit record in a store is a 'conditional commit', then it is necessary to check the transaction master to see if it committed. Typically, the relationship between the different stores is that there is one master and one or more 'satellite' stores. Therefore, it is likely that the transaction master is already open and within a transaction when the satellite store is opened, so the master commit record will be easily at hand. If not, then the code recursively opens the master store to determine if the conditional commit of the satellite is valid. This adds a little amount of bookkeeping to the commit code, but it isn't particularly complex.
Nested Transactions and Multi-version Concurrency Control (MVCC)My original plan had been to avoid the complexities of nested transactions and MVCC. I designed this as a simple store, and I figured that a good number of applications would not need nested transactions. I discovered almost immediately that I was wrong. If nested transactions are disallowed and a procedure needs to start a transaction, it has to determine whether an existing transaction is in progress. If it is not, then the procedure needs to begin the transaction and ensure it is committed when it exits. On the other hand, if there is an existing transaction, the procedure should 'join' that transaction and let whoever started the transaction decide whether or not to commit. This isn't so bad if you can segregate your procedures into 'top-level' (ones that always start and commit a transaction) and 'subroutines' (ones that never start and commit a transaction, but expect there to be one in place before being called). Unfortunately, recursive procedures cannot be in both categories simultaneously. A possible workaround is to have duplicate code tailored for each use case, but then the programmer would have to remember which version to call under which circumstances, or we'd have to avoid using recursion. Since this is clearly unacceptable, I bit the bullet and implemented nested transactions.
With the current design, nested transactions turn out to be pretty simple. When a non-nested transactions starts, it gets a copy of the most recent
object-map which it uses for OID resolution.
When a nested transaction starts, it gets a copy of the
object-map from the immediately
enclosing transaction. The nested transaction gets to see the
intermediate state of the enclosing transaction. If the nested
transaction commits, it does not write a commit record to the store.
Instead, the
object-map from the nested transaction is
used as the
object-map of the enclosing transaction when
control is returned. Thus the enclosing transaction gets to see the
state that the nested transaction committed. When the enclosing
transaction commits, the
object-map (which includes the
nested transaction updates) is written to the store and committed.
If the enclosing transaction aborts, the nested transaction state is simply dropped on the floor and becomes inaccessible. The interesting question is how to handle the case where the nested transaction aborts. In this case, we return control to the enclosing transaction, but we discard the
object-map from the
nested transaction. The enclosing transaction therefore sees no
effect at all from the nested transaction. The enclosing transaction
has the opportunity to itself abort (in which case all the
intermediate state is discarded), to commit (in which case
only the effect of the enclosing transaction is made
permanent), or to perhaps continue processing and begin more nested
In effect, nested transactions act like software transactional memory.
At this point, one can see how MVCC can be easily implemented. Each concurrent thread runs its own transactions with its own
object-map. Since all OID resolution is performed
against the
object-map associated with the current
(thread local) transaction, each concurrent transaction sees only its
view of the persistent store. (This is a necessary condition, but it
is not sufficient. We have to ensure that committed transactions can
be given a serial order to preserve the isolation between
transactions. We do this by recording in each transaction the OIDs of
every persistent object read and written within the transaction. When
the transaction attempts to commit, the set of reads and writes is
compared against the set of objects read and written by any
other parallel transaction that has committed since this one started.
If there is an overlap, we abort. That is, we use optimistic
(This should answer Fare's question about why OID resolution is performed on each read rather than being done just once when the store is opened.)
These features involve adding a good chunk of bookkeeping code, but the code is straightforward, albeit tedious. Good testing code is vital to ensuring that this all works as it should.


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Gelli Arts® Printed Patched and Doodled Pillow
Students Will Be Able To (SWBAT) create a patched and doodled pillow.
SWBAT learn how to sew.
SWBAT explain the vocabulary terms used in this lesson.
3"x5" Gelli Arts® Gel Printing Plate, acrylic paints, fabric painting medium, brayers, mark-making and texture tools, stencils, newsprint (for tables), aprons, cotton muslin (or other tight weave fabric), scissors, iron, freezer paper, colored pencils, pens, and markers, pins, pillow stuffing, sewing machine, embroidery needle, and thread.
- Stabilize: to make or hold stable, firm, or steadfast.
- Stabilized fabric is as easy to work with as paper. The paper backing prevents paint from seeping through.
Teacher will demonstrate how to use the Gelli Arts® plate and how to sew, either hand stitching or machine sewing.
Printed Patched and Doodled Pillow
- Tear or cut cotton muslin into pieces approximately 12" x 16", or smaller. Iron the fabric to remove any wrinkles. Then iron the fabric onto the shiny side of freezer paper to stabilize it creating a temporary bond. Use parchment paper as a cover sheet to protect your iron.
- Press a 3" x 5" Gelli Arts® plate onto an acrylic stamp mount. Apply a small amount of fabric paint to the Gelli Arts® plate and roll into a smooth layer with a brayer.
- Get creative and make designs in the wet paint.
- Place the painted Gelli Arts® plate on the fabric and press to stamp an impression. Lift the stamp mount to reveal the printed image.
- Allow the printed fabric to dry completely. If using fabric paint, follow the manufacturer's directions, as some require heat seating.
- Doodle on printed fabric using various fabric pens, markers, and acrylic paint pens. Colored pencils are great for adding color and depth to doodles.
- After the doodling is complete, remove the fabric from the freezer paper by gently pulling them apart. Tear or cut the fabric into patches.
- The pillow cover is based on the measurement of the pillow form. Add one inch to the width of the pillow size. For the length, double the pillow size and add six inches.
- Place fabric right side down. To finish the edges of both short sides, fold the hem up a half-inch and press (wrong sides together). Turn up another half-inch and press again. Stitch along the edge of the inside fold.
- Lay the fabric (right side up) on a table, positioned vertically. Bring the bottom edge up past the center point. There is no need for exact measuring yet.
- Bring the top edge down past the center point, overlapping by four inches. Measure the square to make sure it matches the pillow form size. Make sure the sides are lined up and pin in place. Sew the side seams with a half-inch seam allowance.
- Turn the pillow cover right side out, through the opening. If needed, use a knitting needle or other blunt, pointy tool to poke out the corners.
- Arrange and hand stitch the patches on the pillow cover. The opening in the pillow cover provides easy access to the back of the fabric.
- Insert the pillow form into the opening and finesse it into place.
USING IRON ON TAPE WITH YOUR PATCHES (no sewing machine required)
- Working on a heat resistant surface, place the iron on tape between two fabric layers.
- Cover with damp press cloth. Set steam iron on the "wool" setting and press for 10 seconds on each side. Do not slide iron.
- Allow to cool. Check if bond is secure. Press again, if necessary.
- Mix paint 2:1 with medium.
- Air dry design 24-48 hours.
- Heat set 30 seconds with iron.
- Wash inside out on gentle cycle.


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Life has been busy of late, I spent last week experiencing the holiday of a life time in Disneyworld Florida (first time in the USA) and the weeks before that just getting all excited for it. Now I'm home and the laptop screen looks weird and my keyboard feels strange. I hate it when that happens. Anyway, that's why I've been a little sparse on the reviews this past month. However, seeing that blot of time lapse on the blog makes me feel the need to post at least something; so here it is. Continue reading "Bingebox's Bits and Bobs."
Werewolves. You've seen one you've seen them all right? Wrong. I've seen and read about my fair share of these lycanthropes, some considerably better than others I will admit, but just like the pull of the moon for a werewolf I am constantly intrigued by their adaptation to the screen. Where mistakes have been made in previous series or films is glorifying the curse as one to be desired, being able to shift into a powerful creature with painless ease and have complete control over said creature. Who wouldn't fancy being able to sprout fluff and have a pleasant run the forest? What I like to see in a proper werewolf representation is: pain, raw animal instinct and a lack of control to a certain degree. These are hungry, blood thirsty, dangerous beasts after all right? Continue reading "Bitten: A Fresh Bite Into Werewolves"


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- School improvement is also for good and excellent schools to ensure they maintain their level of achievement.
- It is important to communicate vision to your staff and ensure that you get their buy-in to the school improvement changes.
- Have the infrastructure in place to create and maintain your vision.
- Share your school improvement journey with other schools.
School improvement is not just a concern for struggling schools. For the legion of good and excellent schools, maintaining the momentum means that improvement needs to be at the very top of their agenda too.
What all schools will realise is that creating sustainable, significant improvement is complicated. There is no magic bullet that will unlock the potential of every school.
Rather, school improvement is the result of concerted, interlinked activity across a range of key areas. In order to be successful there needs to be:
- a belief by leaders and their staff in the need for change
- the articulation of a vision which all staff can understand and sign up to
- a focus on efficient processes
- the development of sustainable leadership
- the creation of a support network.
1 Believe in change and craft the vision
Determining whether change is needed is the easy part for a leader. No one would advocate change for change's sake, but in a world of ever-increasing accountability, good leaders will be prepared to implement new initiatives and strategy even though it may be uncomfortable to do. However, very few school leaders can create change by themselves. In order to make things happen they need to bring their colleagues along with them and persuade them also to believe that change is needed.
Attempting to tackle change by putting in place systems and procedures as a first step will not work without that buy-in from staff. Leaders should be clear in their own minds that change is needed and communicate this is as clearly and unambiguously as possible to their teams. By bringing them into the 'mission', the leader will be signalling to colleagues that the journey towards change needs them on board in order for it to be successful.
There are several factors that get in the way of school leaders effectively communicating the vision to their staff. There might be a genuine lack of desire to do this. Vision might have taken a back seat to process and Ofsted box ticking. Another source of difficulty is that there may be a mismatch between the leadership's idea of the vision and what staff think it should be. This is often due to the message not being communicated in the context of the role of the recipient. A message tailored to classroom teachers is not likely to transfer as well to the site supervisor.
Practical strategies
Practical strategies for implementing change might include the following:
- Establish your organisation's attitude to change. Is it proactive, reactive or resistant? Discuss this with your team; if people understand the reasoning behind change, they will want to engage in the change.
- Avoid communicating abstract visions – make it relevant to each role.
- Ask your staff to help inform the vision. Use their input to make sure that vision is put into a context that directly relates to each role.
- Nail the vision to every wall. This will keep you on track when others try to derail you. If an inspector asks any member of your team why they do what they do, the answer should always relate to the vision and their part in it.
2 Focus on efficiency
Many people do not want change because it hurts. It needs time, resources and money.
In the short term there will be some inefficiency – that is a barrier to school improvement. But if you are planning for the long term, a short-term blip can be absorbed.
Most schools will be able to create their own HR, finance and school development planning systems using products such as Microsoft Office. This might, on the face of it, seem to be a good use of resources and time. But it is important to think about who is going to develop, maintain, enhance and guarantee the performance of these systems.
It might make sense, at first, to have a deputy devote 20 per cent of his or her time to development planning. However, this actually represents a significant outlay and they are not focusing on what might be their key role: teaching and learning, and leading and supporting other members of the team. Leaders need to ask what will happen when that person is no longer available to maintain these systems or if they leave. It is an approach fraught with risk.
We have to develop time and resource efficiency by taking a long-term view. Adopting modern-day processes and procedures, such as proprietary systems developed specifically for the task in hand, will release people to concentrate on core expertise work in education. Management information systems and pupil tracking systems are good examples, but there also needs to be a place where all this data comes together and makes sense. There are purpose-built online school improvement planning systems that do this.
Practical strategies
Practical strategies for focusing on efficiency might include the following:
- Identify areas not at the core of your school's purpose. Financial management, HR administration, facilities management and software development should not compete as priorities with teaching and learning.
- Once you have identified these non-core areas, research the market to find the specialist proprietary tools to meet those needs. Your school business manager will be best placed to source the best providers.
3 Make the improvement sustainable
This is where a lack of belief and vision has an enormous impact. Without these defining qualities leaders can lack confidence, which can make them more susceptible to reacting to whatever is thrown at them. Ofsted's demands and policy changes are often the trigger for these knee-jerk reactions. These leaders can find that they are unable to focus on the most important part of their job: the leadership of teaching and learning. This simply is not sustainable.
When there is a clear vision that is shared, staff leaders can handle these pressures. As long as they have the systems and processes in place to manage and record the 'outputs' of that vision – attainment, staff performance, development planning – they can satisfy Ofsted's accountability needs. More and more schools now tell me that they do not work for Ofsted, they do it for their pupils. I am sure most, if not all, have always believed that. The logical approach, therefore, is that the natural by-product of what they do will be something which should meet the needs of Ofsted. The best examples of sustainable school improvement are where teaching and learning drive the vision, not Ofsted.
Practical strategies
Practical strategies for making improvement sustainable might include the following:
- Choose low-maintenance and leading-edge systems to underpin and manage the improvement processes that will help you fulfil your vision – processes like performance management, development planning and self-evaluation.
- Remember that the school landscape is volatile and ever changing. Ensure that the school improvement system you choose can handle future developments such as changing inspection frameworks.
4 Make school-to-school support make a difference
No school can do this on their own. Thankfully, collaboration between schools is now becoming a reality across the country.
The impetus behind this is a noble one: schools get better if they work together and share their best practice. By doing this they improve the lot for all children, not just their own.
But there is a big gap between the aspirations schools have for sharing best practice and the hard, practical reality.
The sharing of best practice often fails because, in many cases, there are three degrees of separation between the moment best practice is observed in a classroom and when an attempt is made to impart that knowledge in the 'recipient' school. Often no account is taken of the differing contexts of schools, the transfer of knowledge from classroom observation in one school to another is prone to subjective interpretation by those doing it, and often there is a lack of support to help teachers adopt new practice.
Practical strategy
Do not just assess systems on what they can do for your school alone. Ask prospective suppliers to demonstrate how their system will aid practical collaboration and communication with any school or education service provider.
Use the following item in the Toolkit to help you put the ideas in this article into practice:
About the author
Keith Wright is managing director of school information management specialist Bluewave.SWIFT. He has worked with hundreds of schools during the past decade supporting institutional leadership and management. For further information go to www.bluewaveswift.co.uk
This article was first published in the May 2014 issue of School Inspection and Improvement magazine.


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France should not waste its energy fiddling around with Fuel Prices
September 4, 2012
The French government has decided to lower gasoline prices by six cents, about 4 per cent of present pump prices, to deliver on a campaign pledge by President Hollande to preserve the purchasing power of French households.
Oil companies and the French Treasury will share the € 600 million revenue loss of what is meant to be a temporary measure.
Like elsewhere in Europe, French gasoline and diesel prices have gone up in the wake of the 30 per cent rise of oil prices since June.
But they are by no means the highest in Europe. Prices in Italy and Scandinavia are significantly higher, up to € 2 in Norway and € 1.88 in Italy. But for Hollande`s falling poll values there is really no good reason for the French move. It is doubtful if the measure will raise his poor performance values. On the contrary, French citizens are likely to consider the measure as a rather silly publicity trick.
It is in stark contrast to the courageous decision by Mario Monti to raise gasoline/diesel excise taxes and help bolster lacking budget revenues.
It contrasts also with proposal for the introduction of a carbon tax of € 32/ ton on C02 emissions made by Prime Minister Rocard in August 2009, but which did not pass legislative hurdles.
Considering today's EU-wide C02 price of low € 8/ton it shows how far Europe has moved away from an effective climate policy during the last three years!
Will a "green energy policy" ever be among the priorities of the present French government? Will it push the EU to be more forthcoming? After the recent fiddling with gasoline prices neither appear very likely. That it is pity! One would have hoped for a more strategic leadership after the change of government in France. Too bad for France and too bad for Europe!
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Karen Masterson, Adjunct Faculty
Karen Masterson is Journalist in Residence at the Stimson Center – a non-partisan think tank in Washington, DC – where she researches global health policies and infectious diseases, runs a writing workshop for researchers, and is writing a book about malaria and World War II. For nearly a decade she was a daily reporter, most recently covering the US Congress for the Washington Bureau of the Houston Chronicle and environmental and conservation policies for the South Jersey Bureau of the Philadelphia Inquirer. She also has written for The Lancet, The Baltimore Sun, the Hagerstown Herald-Mail, and several online publications and wire services.
She has received a Knight journalism fellowship to study malaria at the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and in rural Tanzania. She also won a fellowship to study malaria, public health, and the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Other awards include a scholarship and stipend from Rotary International to study human rights, racial politics, and gender in the African context at the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
She has a Master's of Journalism from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an MA in science writing from Johns Hopkins University's acclaimed Writing Seminars.


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Having grown up with the stories, I tend to forget just how strange this Easter thing really is. I found myself thinking again this year about the incredibly perplexing central claim of Christianity. To the declarations of faith delivered by poets and prophets, I add the voices of two who decried the scandal of the cross. Their unbelief lends clarity to my belief:
"Obtuse to all Christian terminology, modern people can no longer relate to the hideous superlative found by an ancient taste in the paradoxical formula 'god on the cross.' Nowhere to date has there been such a bold inversion or anything quite as horrible, questioning, and questionable as this formula. It promised a revaluation of all the values of antiquity."1
The weakness of Christ on the cross disgusted the philosopher who dreamed of an Übermensch. Who would worship a weak, bleeding, dying man on a cross?
The other voice is fictional. It comes from the pen of sometime-Latter-day Saint author Edward Tullidge who attempted to write a Miltonic epic poem telling the Mormon story from the premortal life through the end times. He evidently never completed the work, but in one striking scene he depicts Satan's declaration of victory over Jesus. Satan reminds his minions how they caused Jesus to suffer, bleed and die—their moment of triumph. But there's an ironic double meaning in Satan's exultation, one that would only become clear in hindsight:
"When came the Son to break our iron bands,
And wrest the sceptre from our powerful hands,
(My haughty rival—him whose name I hate,—
With whom we battled in the first estate,)
We fired our minions, hung him on the cross;
His life and kingdom were at once his loss;
Blows were his honours, mock'ry his renown,
The rugged tree his throne, and thorns his crown:
Say, my brave princes, was not triumph here!!
Was he not mighty on his bloody bier!!"2
I believe he was.
1. Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002), 44.
2. E.W. Tullidge, "A Chapter From the Prophet of the Nineteenth Century," The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 1, vol. 20 (2 January 1858): 14-16. See here for a longer description.


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Long Island Newsday is reporting that CBS has two 'Brady Bunch' projects in the works.
The first is a spin-off show with a premise that involves an adult Bobby Brady as a divorced dad who remarries. Vince Vaughn's production company has received a "script commitment" from CBS on Tuesday but it is not known if the show will go into production. Vaughn is not expected to be cast in it.
Lloyd Schwartz will oversee the project and is the son of the late Sherwood Schwartz, who originally created the series.
Additionally, CBS Eye Productions is developing a reality version of "The Brady Bunch" with a working title of "Modern Stepfamilies." A casting call notice asks: "Is your family a modern-day 'Brady Bunch' [and] Would you be excited to share with the nation the various challenges of merging households?"


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LONDON, Apr 30 – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought to overcome a major gaffe by trumpeting his economic record in a final TV election debate, but polls suggested he was soundly beaten by main rival David Cameron.
Brown trailed Cameron, leader of the opposition Conservatives, by more than 10 percent in an average of five instant surveys taken after the US-style televised showdown on Thursday, just a week before polling day.
Leader of the centrist Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, came second a few points behind Cameron, lending further weight to the view that the vote could be close, producing a hung parliament in which no party has overall control.
"Mr Clegg no longer looked like the new kid on the block, and Mr Brown was weighed down by the baggage of 13 years in office," said the rightwing newspaper the Daily Telegraph.
"It was Mr Cameron who looked the part."
The left-leaning Guardian also praised him: "Cameron was very assured, delivering his best debating performance when it counted most. He was optimistic, reassuring, steady."
The Tory leader repeatedly dismissed Brown\'s criticism of his party\'s policies on the economy and immigration as "tired" and "desperate" and said the Conservatives offered a fresh start after Labour\'s time in power.
At one point, he accused Labour of presiding over "13 years of economic failure in which inequality has got worse and deep poverty has got worse".
The outcome will be a major blow for embattled Brown. Commentators had predicted the last debate, with its focus on the economy, could have favoured the former finance minister.
But Wednesday\'s campaign trail slip-up left him fighting for his political life and distracted attention from the showdown.
Brown was picked up by a microphone describing 66-year-old Labour supporter Gillian Duffy as "a bigoted woman" in an angry discussion with aides after the widow challenged him on immigration.
He made no effort to hide his error as he opened the debate in Birmingham, central England, which focused on the economy.
"There is a lot to this job and as you saw yesterday I don\'t get all of it right," he said.
"But I do know how to run the economy, in good times and in bad. When the banks collapsed I took immediate action… to stop a recession becoming a depression.
"As a result of that, the country is now on the road to recovery."
Conservative plans to slash public spending in a bid to reduce Britain\'s record public deficit risked tipping the country back into recession, he argued.
And he highlighted the danger of Cameron and Clegg forming a coalition government if the election produced a hung parliament, portraying both men as novices.
"I don\'t like having to do this, but I have got to tell you that things are too important to be left to risky policies under these two people," he said.
"They are not ready for government, because they have not thought through their policies."
Clegg, in his final statement, told viewers: "If you believe, like I do, that we can do things differently this time… don\'t let anyone tell you it can\'t happen.
Cameron, in his closing statement, said: "If you vote Labour, you get more of the same. If you vote Liberal Democrat, it is uncertainty."
He promised that if voters opted for the Conservatives next Thursday "you can have a new, fresh government making a clean break and taking our country in a new direction and bringing the change we need." Related article: Three party leaders, vying for power
If the polls are to be believed, it was Cameron\'s message that struck a chord.
An average of five surveys taken after the clash put Cameron on 37 percent, more than 10 points ahead of Brown on 25.6 percent. Clegg was second on 32 percent.
Brown was placed last in all the polls except one.


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In medicine, the nutcracker syndrome (NCS) — is a clinically manifest variant of nutcracker phenomenon, renal vein entrapment syndrome, or mesoaortic compression of the left renal vein. It results most commonly from the compression of the left renal vein between the abdominal aorta (AA) and superior mesenteric artery (SMA), although other variants exist.[1][2] The name derives from the fact that, in the sagittal plane and/or transverse plane, the SMA and AA (with some imagination) appear to be a nutcracker crushing a nut (the renal vein).
There is a wide spectrum of clinical presentations and diagnostic criteria are not well defined, which frequently results in delayed or incorrect diagnosis.[1]
This condition is not to be confused with superior mesenteric artery syndrome, which is the compression of the third portion of the duodenum by the SMA and the AA.
NCS is associated with hematuria (which can lead to anemia)[3] and abdominal pain (classically left flank pain).[4]
Since the left gonad drains via the left renal vein it can also result in left testicular pain[5] in men or left lower quadrant pain in women. Nausea and vomiting can result due to compression of the splanchnic veins.[5] An unusual manifestation of NCS includes varicocele formation and varicose veins in the lower limbs.[6] Another clinical study has shown that that nutcracker syndrome is a frequent finding in varicocele-affected patients and possibly, nutcracker syndrome should be routinely excluded as a possible cause of varicocele.[7]
Nutcracker syndrome can be diagnosed with:
Treatment depends on the severity and symptoms. Treatments include:
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Barb I understand about the Kimi's I make a few here n there but mostly use ones I have already made...and your right we know we can always count on Shirley. Thanks again ladies for keeping r angels in ur hearts and letting the moms know their angels will be remembered. Luv yas...Laura/AV
Love you Laura & AV, been doing more facebook stuff and I just love this picture, Shirley does the best! I know Lisa had a blast partying up there with all our angels, and can see her and Timmy dropping pennies and dimes on us :)
You all will always be in my heart. Even if I don't come here that much I still always try and come and read and post and look for updates on facebook and everything. I would never have made it this far without my mom's.
Love always


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Schwarzer set for more Aussie milestones
Milestones are becoming part and parcel for Mark Schwarzer on the national team front in the past year and against Uzbekistan on April 1 at the ANZ Stadium, he is set to create a few more.
Milestones are becoming part and parcel for Mark Schwarzer on the national team front in the past year and against Uzbekistan on April 1 at the ANZ Stadium, he is set to create a few more.
After recently becoming the most capped goalkeeper and keeping the most number of clean sheets by a keeper for the Socceroos, Schwarzer is set to overtake Tony Vidmar as the longest serving player for Australia.
His appearance against Uzbekistan marks 15 years 244 days since Schwarzer made his senior international debut, against Canada in a FIFA World Cup™ Qualifier in Edmonton on 31st July 1993. The Sydney-born keeper will pass Vidmar by just one day, who played for the Socceroos from 6 February 1991 to 7 October 2006.
In addition, the next time Schwarzer makes an appearance for the Socceroos, he will become the equal fifth-highest all-time appearance maker for the Australian senior men-s national team, level on A-international appearances (65) with legendary Socceroos captain Peter Wilson who captained Australia at the 1974 FIFA World Cup™.
Also, should the Socceroos go for 71 minutes without conceding against Uzbekistan, a new Australian record for the longest period of time without conceding a goal in FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers would be set, with Schwarzer in goals for every minute so far.
Leading into the FIFA World Cup™ Qualifier against Uzbekistan, the Socceroos have gone 439 minutes without conceding a goal in FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers - the last FIFA World Cup™ Qualifier goal scored against the Socceroos was by China in the 11th minute of their 22 June 2008 encounter. Currently Australia-s record for not conceding in FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers stands at 509 minutes, which was set between 1997 & 2001.
Schwarzer was unaware of the impending milestones and until told a few days ago, but was obviously delighted to achieve this significant.
"It-s very nice to accomplish these sort of milestones, especially in this important game against Uzbekistan," Schwarzer, said from his home in London.
"As a kid you always dreamed to play for your country first and foremost and having done that at a pretty early age at 19, it had to sink in.
"Secondly the next big step was to go overseas and try to establish myself, which took time. Once I did that I was always quietly confident in my own ability that I would go on and continue to represent Australia and hopefully help Australia to qualify for a World Cup.
"You-ve got to have these dreams; these aspirations and I was no different to every other guy that played for the green and gold and I have just been very fortunate to be part of a squad that has done it and hopefully we can claim to have made two World Cup-s in a row."
Not only has Schwarzer been in sensational form for Australia, but he has one of the main factors in Fulham Athletic being placed in the top 10 of the English Premier League for much of the season.
His 10 clean sheets for Fulham puts him in the top bracket of keepers this season in the EPL, although that has been no different from the previous decade, where he has been one of the most highly keepers.
"I have been happy; it-s gone reasonably well for me," he said of his form this season. "We-ve had a hiccup with the last couple of league games with Fulham and it hasn-t been as nice as we would have liked it to have been, but these things happen.
"We-ve got 10 games to go and we are very confident that first and foremost we can make sure that we stay in the Premier League and secondly move up the table as much as possible.
"From an international point of view, so far, I must say, pretty good. But we are not going to get complacent; not get arrogant about anything; not get too carried away with the situation and I-m only going to celebrate once we qualify and that-s my number 1 goal, qualify for the World Cup and make sure at club level we are successful at Fulham as well.
Schwarzer believes the move to Fulham during the off-season has helped his form and given him the challenge he needed after a decade with Middlesbrough.
"For me, it-s been a great move, it really has," he said rather enthusiastically. "It-s like a breath of fresh air for me; I-ve felt very, very good both physically and mentally and I think that things have gone reasonably well for me this season.
"I just want to improve year after year if I possibly can and as long as I have the aspirations and desire to get going and I-m performing well enough, I want to continue it (career).
Asked if we had seen the best of him, given his 37 years of age, Schwarzer viewed it somewhat differently.
"I hope not; I hope I continue to get better. I always look to improve day in, day out; I work hard on the training field and also when I-m playing, you look to improve with every game and I hope first and foremost I am doing that and can continue to do so."
You can be part of history and help Schwarzer celebrate this tremendous achievement and also see the Socceroos take a step closer to qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa.
Tickets are still available and can be purchased from Ticketek.
LONGEST CAREER SPANS, AUSTRALIA (A-INTERNATIONALS) as at 31-Mar-2009 15y 243d Tony Vidmar (06-02-91 to 07-10-06) 15y 195d Mark Schwarzer (31-07-93 to 11-02-09) 14y 057d Zeljko Kalac (11-08-92 to 07-10-06) 13y 257d Craig Moore (21-06-95 to 05-03-09) 13y 221d Paul Trimboli (03-12-88 to 12-07-02) 13y 175d Stan Lazaridis (15-04-93 to 07-10-06) 13y 123d Steve Corica (15-04-93 to 16-08-06) 13y 043d Mark Viduka (08-06-94 to 21-07-07) 12y 213d Paul Okon (06-02-91 to 07-09-03) 12y 210d Harry Kewell (23-04-96 to 19-11-08)
TOP TEN APPEARANCES, AUSTRALIA (A-internationals) as at 31-Mar-2009 87 Alex Tobin (1988-1998) 84 Paul Wade (1986-1996) 76 Tony Vidmar (1991-2006) 69 Brett Emerton (1998-) 65 Peter Wilson (1970-1979) 64 Mark Schwarzer (1993- ) 61 Atti Abonyi (1967-1977) 60 John Kosmina (1976-1988) 60 Stan Lazaridis (1993-2006) 59 Milan Ivanovic (1991-1998)
Period without conceding a goal - commencement and completion times: 29/11/1997 - Australia v Iran - Azizi (IRN) 75- 24/06/2001 - Australia v New Zealand - Coveny (NZL) 44- (pen)


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Solar Energy
A high demand for energy combined with the need to support environmental considerations means that there is a need to draw on some alternative sources of electricity generation available in Ontario. Renewable/Green Power is energy that can be generated from renewable resources, rendering only a minimal impact on the environment. There are several types of renewable energy sources available in Ontario.
What is solar power?
Solar power is one of the cleanest, most viable forms of renewable energy available. Using radiation emitted by the sun, solar power can be used in several forms to help power your house.
Photovoltaics (Solar Electricity)
Photovoltaics is the process of converting the sun's energy into electricity through solar cells. These cells come in a variety of sizes, and produce electricity as long as light shines on them (think of them as a more sophisticated version of the solar cells used in calculators and other small household electronics). PV equipment has no moving parts, and as a result requires minimal maintenance. It generates electricity from a source that is freely available to us (the sun), and creates absolutely no greenhouse gas emissions!
How does PV work? Each PV cell consists of two or more thin layers of semi-conducting material, which when exposed to light, generates electrical charges that can be conducted away by metal contacts as direct current (DC). The electrical output from a single cell is small, so multiple cells are connected together and encapsulated (usually behind glass) to form a module (sometimes referred to as a "panel"). The PV module is the principle building block of a PV system, and any number of modules can be connected together to give the desired electrical output.
Passive Solar
Passive solar heating of buildings occurs when sunlight passes through a window, allowing the heat to collect inside the building; this heat is held in by a well-insulated, airtight building envelope. This is the most cost effective approach to maximizing the use of solar energy for Canadian homes, as all passive solar applications use building elements such as walls, windows, floors and roofs in addition to exterior building elements – no additional mechanical equipment is required. Examples of passive solar heating tools can include landscaping, proper design of exterior overhangs, and shading devices; these tools can be designed to allow sun to shine in during the winter, but can also block it from shining in during the hot summer months.
Active Solar
Active solar systems use solar collectors and a pump or fan to distribute the sun's energy; these systems are best suited to heating water (think of an outdoor swimming pool). A dark coloured collector is used to absorb the sun's energy and convert it into heat.


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After 25 years, Microsoft have updated their logo to better reflect Microsoft as they currently are.
Using the Segoe font used elsewhere on their products and bearing a new stylised logo of four small coloured squares, the new logo looks like it belongs in the new UI;
I've tended to be quite reactionary about change in the past.
When the ribbon came out for example, my initial response was that I didn't like it and remained with Office 2003 until Office 2010 came out. When I did do the upgrade though and started to use the ribbon I found that I quite liked it.
With Windows 8 and the Modern UI, I seem to have the opposite initial reaction; I quite like it.
I've played with the Developer and Consumer Previews and have downloaded the recently released MSDN version to test Microsoft Dynamics GOP with, and each version has become more and more polished. I don't share the reservations of some people and the Home Screen on a desktop as it does integrate well with mouse and keyboard.
As to the new logo; I like it a lot. Nice, clean and simple.
Feel free to leave a comment with your view of the logo.


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About Me / References
Participated in the Citizen Lab Summer Institute 2016 and was part of the discussion panel on surveillance.
I won the Cyber Security Challenge Germany twice - in 2014 and 2015.
[Paper] Strong Machine Learning Attack against PUFs with No Mathematical Model
Co-author on the academic paper "Strong Machine Learning Attack against PUFs with No Mathematical Model" by Fatemeh Ganji, Shahin Tajik, Fabian Fäßler, and Jean-Pierre Seifert - TU Berlin
The paper was presented at CHES 2016 (Conference on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems) and published in the Journal of Cryptographic Engineering (JCEN)
[Talk] Smart Sheriff, Dumb Idea - the wild west of government assisted parenting
Security analysis of parental monitoring applications that are mandatory by law in South Korea.
presented at BruCON 0x8, Confidence 2016, Area 41, Hackpra
Work Experience
Since September 2013: Cure53
Since September 2013 I'm a Security Consultant on a freelance basis and I'm part of the cure53.de Team.
October 2010 - September 2013: IBM
I was part of a special dual-study program, meaning I was employed full time at IBM + taking all the BSc courses. List of projects I worked on during that time:
- improving weekly financial reporting tool
- django based webapp to monitor a test server
- low level C networking test tool and FPGA development (VHDL)
- Linux device driver and Linux Kernel hacking for I/O time measurements
- Protocol security analysis (bachelor thesis)


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"My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places."
A. A. Milne
sounds & syllables
5 hours
Sound & Syllables teaches children how to spell by building upon what children already know and understand from phonics teaching, the crucial relationship between sounds and spellings. With full national curriculum coverage, spelling lists for every objective across the primary age range, a range of resources to target different aspects of spelling and simple spelling strategies that work, Sounds & Syllables is the only spelling programme you will ever need.
Sounds & Syllables Training
Sounds & Syllables whole-school training takes five hours to deliver and covers:
- an overview of English spelling: how sound, convention, meaning and history all impact upon how we spell words
- an in-depth exploration of how to use the 5 step spelling sequence to best effect
- how to effectively practice spelling, drawing on approaches that explain how English spelling works
- key spelling activities, including a bank of Speed Spelling warm-up techniques
- exploring and understanding patterns in English spelling
The Sounds & Spelling training is the only way to access a whole host of amazing resources (those available freely here are the tip of the iceberg), including:
- Sounds & Syllables spelling curriculum – every spelling pattern broken down and categorised the Sounds & Syllables way
- Sounds & Syllables resources: spelling charts, teaching sequence, bookmarks, spelling cards, spelling ladders and spelling strips
- Sounds & Syllables activities for practicing spelling and pattern finding
- Sounds & Syllables Speed Spelling activity bank
- KS2 statutory spellings PowePoints: every word broken down the Sounds & Syllables way
The Sounds & Syllables Spelling Sequence
At the heart of Sound & Syllables is a simple is a five step sequence that works with children of all ages and all abilities.
Click to download the free Sounds & Syllables sequence.
A simple sequence that children pick up quickly, it works with the English language, teaching children how to break words down with ease. Simply say a word in a clear spelling voice, snip the word into syllables, say and write the sounds in each syllable, target any tricky spellings and lock in spellings through practice and pattern spotting. Before long, children are spelling complex multi-syllable words with confidence.
A year 3 child from Chetwynd Primary Academy using the sequence.
The same five steps are used when teaching spelling, when children practise spelling and, most importantly, when they are writing independently, giving them the confidence and the tools to attempt any spelling. Children use their Sounds & Syllables bookmarks when attempting words during independent writing. And on the book are personalised 'deadly dozen' spellings that are frequently misspelled.
Click to download the free Sounds & Syllables bookmarks.
Children who need a little extra support use the Sounds & Syllables cards to help them to build words. The most common 130+ spellings in English are represented with separate colours for vowels and syllables. Children can build words quickly and easily.
Sounds & Syllables spelling Cards are free with training.
Sounds & Syllables Curriculum
Sounds & Syllables spelling covers every objective in the national curriculum. Each objective comes complete with with spelling lists already sorted according to key spelling patterns, and with every word already broken down the Sounds & Syllables way. And every objective also comes with teaching guidance to help you better understand the orthography, phonology, morphology and etymology of each spelling pattern..
All the difficult, time consuming work has been done for you, so that teachers can focus on what matters most – teaching spelling well.
Click to to see larger samples pages of the Sounds & Syllables curriculum.
Year 2: words ending with 'al', 'el' and 'il'.
Year 4: words ending with /ee/ + 'ous'.Year 6: words containing 'vers(e)' and 'vert'.
Sounds & Syllables Spelling Strategies
There are no timer fillers in Sounds & Syllables spelling – no word searches, crosswords and the like – only carefully crafted, evidence-based approaches that help children to understand how English spelling works. Each lesson begins with quick-fire Speed Spelling designed to either practice previous spellings, or to target an underlying spelling skill
Click on the images below to see full sized images.
Here, children practice their understanding of the relationship between letters and sounds by counting the number of sounds within words and underlining the spellings that match them.
Here, children practice breaking words into syllables.
And here, children practice previous spellings ending in 'ous'.
Apart from modelling and practicing using the sequence during spelling lessons, children 'lock in' their new spellings by pattern finding, a structured investigative approach to help children to identify and explain patterns in English spelling to better understand how:
- a spelling might be affected by its position within in a word: the spelling of the sound /oi/ is, for example, often spelled 'oi' in the middle of words and 'oy' at the end;
- a spelling might be affected by its relationship to other spellings or sounds: the spelling of the sound /v/ is, for example, likely to be 'v' at the start of w word (van, village, video) or in the middle of a word (invite, over, average) and 've' at the end of a word (have, love, explosive).
- some spellings indicate meaning: for example, words containing the sound /r/ spelling 'wr' often have a meaning of 'twisting or turning': for example, wriggle, wrist and wreck;
- affixes follow simple patterns in spelling: for example, that the /e/ sound preceding 'ous' is usually spelled 'I', and the /sh/ sound is likely to be spelled 'ci' or 'ti';
- how etymology affects English spelling: words meaning 'turn' are, for example, derived from the Latin 'versus' and 'vertere' and are often spelled with 'vers' or 'vert'.
From the simplest of words to the most complex, Sounds & Syllables spelling provides your children with the tools to become confident, independent spellers.
To find out more about Sounds & Syllables spelling and find free resources, do take a look at these blog posts:
KS2 Statutory Spelling Lists: Part 1
KS2 Statutory Spelling Lists: Part 2
Sounds & Syllables Teaching Sequence
testing spelling: for long term learning
1.5 hours
Do you have children who score full marks on their weekly spelling test but then fail to spell those same words correctly a week later? If so, there are ways that you can both deliver, and have children practice for, weekly spelling tests that are more likely to result in long-term retention that will enable children to apply those spellings to their writing.
Testing Spelling will help you to improve both how children practice for their spelling tests, and to test spelling more affectively based upon evidence-informed approaches from research in the cognitive sciences.
Most children practice learning spelling using some variation of the Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check method, which is a less effective method. You will learn how to use our Word Cruncher technique (see the Sound Spellers module) to improve the efficacy of spelling practice.
You will also learn to design and deliver spelling tests that lead to long-term retention. We will examine how learning and forgetting works, and how to use spacing and repetition to maximum effect.
And you will learn how to boost the confidence of weaker spellers and focus their attention on within-word spellings with which they may have struggled. Failing to score well on spelling tests may lead to a lack of motivation which may lead to a lack of practice which again leads to a poor score on the spelling test and the cycle begins again. In traditional spelling tests a child may have made only one error within a word (e.g. 'beleive' instead of 'believe') and scores a zero. But this child has spelled much of the this word correctly with only a single error. Our uniquely designed spelling tests give credit for what is spelled correctly within a word as well as drawing both the teacher and the child to what needs more practice (in this case, the tricky 'ie' spelling of /ee/).


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GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — As some of the coldest weather the Tennessee Valley has seen in years moves in, Marshall County leaders are hoping it isn't as damaging as what they've seen in the past.
Driving along Lake Guntersville Thursday you could see icicles frozen along the edge – a sight residents don't see every day.
That chilling weather that caused mostly everything made of water to freeze is what can create problems that end up costing tax payers thousands of dollars.
Marshall County Commissioner R.E. Martin says it can damaging. "We have these cracks in the road and it freezes. Rain gets down in there and freezes and then we have potholes."
Those potholes and damages end up coming with a hefty price tag. "If we have the whole road tore up it cost a hundred thousand dollars a mile to replace an entire road," Martin says.
Martin says the last time the Commission dealt with something like this was two decades ago. "We haven't had a bad winter in a long time but we're about to have one now, the way it looks."
Martin says the county is prepared for the weather if or when it comes."We've got salt stored up, and we've got spreaders to put the salt out with," Martin says.
He says because winters that result in severe road damages are a rarity the Commission doesn't really budget for the damages that can happen. Martin says county entities are prepared if the roads get bad, so they can hopefully prevent any damages from happening to them.


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The goal of this project was to provide a set of actionable, short-term, specific ideas to move Nashville forward by the year 2020, while thinking about the latest technologies, business models and government innovations in formulating this goal-oriented, milestone-driven set of actions. GEAR UP 2020 is a set of actions that can help to fulfill related plans laid out in the expansive and comprehensive NashvilleNext, Middle Tennessee Connected, Moving Tennessee Forward, Nmotion2015 and other long term planning efforts already undertaken.
Nashville Next is a world class multi-disciplinary plan with well thought-out implementation. Gear-Up 2020 supports the actions and in some cases provides more detail, reinforces the importance of an action, or suggests an important interim step and responsible party to get there.
Gabe Klein was the Principal on this project.


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Wed, 29 April 2015
On this episode of Horrorhound Radio Aaron Crowell (Managing Editor) makes his triumphant return to the podcast, along with Jason Kretten (writer/contributor) and Freddy Morris (Night of the Living Podcast)! The crew discuss the latest in horror news, with topics that cover Stephen King's Dark Tower series, a possible American Psycho tv series and James Wan possibily remaking The Entity! The focus of episode 34 is the topic of comedy/horror films, which is also covered in issue #52 of Horrorhound Magazine! Films reviewed this episode include Headless, Unfriended and Girl House! Be sure to follow us on twitter and Facebook and give us any feedback firstname.lastname@example.com!
Direct download: HHR_04.29.2015.mp3
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Wed, 8 April 2015
After a long lay off Horrorhound Radio returns! Regular host Aaron Crowell took the episode off (Get well soon, buddy!) Freddy (Night of the Living Podcast) and Jason (writer/contributer for Horrorhound Magazine) are joined by Eric Austin (writer for Horrorhound Magazine and founder of Maskfest)! In this episode the crew talk about Human Centipede 3, Machete Kills again...in space and the recent shake up to Showtime's Twin Peak series. Jason reviews the new Archie Comics title, Black Hood, for the comics segment and Freddy and Jason discuss the current horror phenomenon, It Follows! Special guest, Eric Austin, shares some inside info about September's Maskfest taking place at Horrorhound Weekend on September 11th-13th 2015! Freddy also talks about horror kickstarter, Events Surrounding a Peeping Tom & the Horror that Followed All this and the usual shenanigans on this episode of Horrorhound Radio!
Direct download: HHR_04.08.2015.mp3
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We're still a few months away from Halloween but Cartoon Network is already going ahead with an exclusive partnership with Spirit Halloween in order to introduce a line of costumes based on Pendleton Ward's Emmy-nominated cartoon series Adventure Time.
The CN-Spirit Halloween line of costumes will allow fans of the series to dress up as their favorite Adventure Time characters, such as Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum, the Ice King, and even Finn's female counterpart Fionna. The costumes come in a wide range of sizes to parents can dress up and accompany their kids while trick or treating.
Finn Costume features Finn's signature bear had, shirt, pants and backpack. Available for kids (S-L, $34.99) and adults (one size fits most, $39.99)
Jake the Dog Costume is a one-piece pull-over tunic sized for kids (one size, $34.99) and adults (one size, $39.99)
Princess Bubblegum Costume comes with dress, pink wig and crown for youths (M-XL, $39.99) and adults (one size, $49.99)
Fionna Costume has the gender-swapped fan fave character's hat, dress, backpack and knee socks. Adult sizes only (S-L, $39.99).
Ice King Costume is utterly fearsome for older fans and includes robe, crown, mask and wig/beard. Adult only (one size, $49.99).
For more details and pre-orders, you can visit ww.spirithalloween.com


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The series premiere of Constantine debuted to 4.30 million viewers and 1.4 A18-49, an okay start for a Friday night. The show was down four tenths from last seasons premiere of Dracula, which was canned after ratings free-fell in the following weeks. As for Constantine, it held onto 81% of the overall audience of Grimm and 93% in the demo. Also a positive for the new Friday night drama: it held throughout the hour. NBC will have to wait for more ratings data, but this is definitely an OK start.
Over at ABC, week three of Cristela dipped again this week to 5.18 million viewers and 1.0 A18-49, down two tenths week-to-week. If ABC needs some positive news, Cristela did once again hold onto a solid chunk of Last Man Standing's audience (83% in total viewers and 91% in the demo). The show will have to start rising soon or this will be the end of the line.


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MWC 15 Special
During a recent Palm earnings call last week, Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein unveiled that the expected webOS 1.3.5 version is coming soon to the Palm Pre and Palm Pixi. While he denied to give us the full spot of 1.3.5 news, he confirmed that the new version will let customers download and store more applications by removing the current limitation of available memory for applications. Furthermore it was noted that 1.3.5 will feature enhanced WiFi and application performance and - much appreciated - improve battery life while at the same time it's expected to increase Pixi's speed and responsiveness. Furthermore it's expected that the new firmware will fix the nasty SMS Unicode bug.
A release date wasn't given yet but it's expected that Palm will make the new firmware available anytime early January 2010, most likely during the CES which happens from January 7 - 10, 2010.
Cheers ~ Arne
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