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The entertainment industry is not an equal playing field. Actors of color are systemically underpaid—and that's when they even get roles in the first place. In recent years, Asian American and Pacific Islander actors have faced an onslaught of whitewashing, or the portrayal of characters of color by white actors. To name just a few: Emma Stone played a character with mixed Asian, European, and Hawaiian heritage in Aloha (2015), Tilda Swinton's character in Dr. Strange (2016) was originally a Tibetan man, Scarlett Johansson and Nat Wolff played characters that were originally Japanese in Ghost in the Shell (2017) and Death Note (Netflix, 2017), respectively, and Zach McGowan was cast as a native Hawaiian in Ni'ihau (2018).
Critics often take to social media when news breaks of yet another whitewashed Hollywood role, but public responses from the actors involved are often dismissive or defensive. Swinton upheld her casting as "positively diverse" because her character was a woman as opposed to "the bearded old Tibetan man portrayed in the comics." Johansson denied playing a Japanese character, saying, "This character is living a very unique experience, she is a human brain in an entirely machine body, she is essentially identity-less...I would never attempt to play a person of a different race."
So, when white British actor Ed Skrein publicly announced on Monday that he was bowing out of playing a Japanese American character in the upcoming Hellboy reboot, he broke rank in an admirable way.
When Skrein first tweeted his casting as Ben Daimio in Hellboy, critics amassed on social media, berating him for playing a Japanese American character whose grandmother was a Japanese Imperial assassin in World War II.
In a shocking departure from past actors who faced similar critiques, Skrein not only stepped down from the role, he tweeted a moral case for inclusive casting. Skrein wrote, "It is clear that representing this character in a culturally accurate way holds significance for people, and that to neglect this responsibility would continue a worrying tendency to obscure ethnic minority stories and voices in the arts," adding, "It is our responsibility to make moral decisions in difficult times and to give voice to inclusivity."
I applaud Skrein for making the right choice—and I hope the powers that be in Hollywood are paying attention. Hollywood has a long history of whitewashing characters of color. From 1930 to 1956, Hollywood studios formally barred actors of color from most film leads through an anti-miscegenation clause in the Hays Code that banned depictions of interracial relationships. As a result, actors of color were systemically excluded from lead roles and prevented from achieving stardom.
Take the case of Chinese American actor Anna May Wong, who was denied the role of the Chinese female lead in The Good Earth (1937) because a white actor was already cast as the Chinese male lead. Instead, Luise Rainer, a white actor, got the role and won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance. Hollywood doesn't only formalize whitewashing as a practice, it often rewards white actors for portraying characters of color.
Since the problem is systemic, we must hold studios accountable for casting actors of color. Audiences, through boycotts and protests, can make whitewashing characters of color a greater financial risk for studios than casting actors of color. Paramount admitted that Ghost in the Shell flopped at least partially because of the whitewashing controversy. (This outcry can help in other ways, too—while Skrein's act was noble, it was in direct response to pressures from activists of color and allies via social media.)
Filmmakers and showrunners need to cast wider nets for actors of color in the first place, especially those who may not have access to traditional and elite talent representation. The use of social and digital media platforms is especially effective for casting Asian Americans, who lead the way in social-media usage. Master of None creator and star Aziz Ansari describes using YouTube auditions to overcome casting challenges:
"I had to cast an Asian actor for Master of None, and it was hard. When you cast a white person, you can get anything you want: 'You need a white guy with red hair and one arm? Here's six of 'em!' But for an Asian character, there were startlingly fewer options…but a week before shooting began, Kelvin Yu, an actor from Los Angeles, sent in an audition over YouTube and got the part."
Similarly, Jon M. Chu, director of the upcoming Crazy Rich Asians film, sent out a YouTube invitation for Asian actors to post videos to social media using the hashtag #CrazyRichAsiansCasting. "It's the first all-Asian cast from an American Hollywood studio in a long, long time," he said. "It's a huge step for representation, and a great opportunity to showcase all the most talented Asian actors out there."
In response to Skrein's actions, the producers of Hellboy publicly committed to recasting his role "with an actor more consistent with the character in the source material." Skrein's decision has further made whitewashing a moral issue in the public eye, and it is now up to the Hollywood industry to answer his plea to "make equal representation in the arts a reality."
Nancy Wang Yuen (Ph.D. UCLA, 2008) is a sociologist, documentary producer, and pop culture geek. She is the author of Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism (2016), the first book to examine the barriers actors of color face in Hollywood and how they creatively challenge stereotypes. She is an expert scholar and speaker on race and media, regularly contributing to the Huffington Post. She pioneered the first study of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on television and is currently conducting a 10-year followup study, Prime Time: Asian Pacific Americans in Television. She is an associate professor and the chair of the sociology department at Biola University.
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The McGill Research Group on Health and Law is a research network that seeks to foster the sharing of scholarship and ideas among professors and students, and encourages collaborative work on health-related issues.
It also seeks to build interdisciplinary bridges across the University with colleagues working on health-related topics.
Finally, it aims to provide students with a breadth of opportunities for pursuing intellectual endeavours in the field of health law through course work, independent research, graduate studies, or extra-curricular engagements.
In 2015, Professors Alana Klein, Antonia Maioni, Christopher Manfredi and Lara Khoury (PI) received a Law for the Future foundation grant from the Canadian Bar Association (23,500$) for their "The Renewal of Judicial Function in the Protection of Health: Visions in Constitutional, Criminal and Private Law" project.
The Group is currently convened by Professor Alana Klein and Professor Lara Khoury. The Group's coordinators for 2019-2020 are Kayla Míguez and Benjamin Rivard.
Pour nous joindre / To write us: rghl.law [at] mcgill.ca

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While most couples celebrate Valentine's Day with flowers, chocolates and candlelit dinners, archivists have unearthed evidence that a less savoury romantic gesture was practised historically - bestowing a severed head on a loved one.
This left-field approach to love-making, practised by 19th-century Taiwanese aborigines, was discovered in the 150-year-old letters of botanical explorers.
Taking someone's head after killing them was a ritualistic part of life in the culture until the 1930s and suitors would present severed heads to potential partners to woo them or to brides to celebrate their marriage, according to archive material in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
The ritual, highlighted as part of the Archive Awareness Campaign, is revealed in a letter to Kew written in 1864 by Kew gardener Richard Oldham, who explains why he cannot explore the Taiwanese mountains near Tamsui.
He wrote: "As the spring is the season at which the young savages marry, it is yet unsafe to go as they always fight either with other savages, or other Chinamen in order to get heads with which to celebrate their marriages, and it is possible they might take a particular liking for the heads of foreigners. It will perhaps be safer to go in the summer."
In 1903, author, explorer and consul James Davidson recorded that a northern tribe called the Atayals were the most active head-hunters and used severed heads to gain favour with unmarried women.
They were also used to obtain rank and were thought to bring luck and protection, his correspondence reveals.
The heads themselves were said to have been kept in the open air on a narrow platform and never removed.
Kiri Ross-Jones from the Royal Botanic Gardens said: "As Valentine's Day approaches, we can be glad that our romantic rituals are likely to be more idyllic and involve displays of flowers and candles than dismembered heads."
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PraetoriansHand-picked heavy infantry, well used to all kinds of combat.
The word 'praetorian' comes from the elite guards of the Praetor, the commanding general. Founded in the 6th century BC, the cohors praetoria consisted of the hand-picked infantry or cavalry who guarded their general and his command tent. At first, they were recruited exclusively from among Roman citizens, but later other Latin peoples were allowed to join. The praetorians enjoyed prestigious status in the Roman army and, when Augustus came to power, they were the only soldiers allowed inside Rome. Augustus anticipated that they could be used politically as well as militarily, something of a gamble for the new Emperor, as he was keen to assert the Republican nature of his regime. Barracked just outside Rome, the praetorians were charged with keeping order during all public events. Later, as the Imperial bodyguard, they served in military campaigns only when the Emperor himself was present. This happened frequently as later Emperors emerged from the ranks of the army during the 1st century AD.
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├ Missile Ap Damage10
└ Base Reload Time15
Shots Per Minute4
Melee Attack65
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├ Melee Damage Base34
├ Melee Damage Ap5
├ Armour PiercingNo
├ Bonus vs. Large0
├ Bonus vs Elephants0
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The troops of this unit raise their shields above their heads in a defensive formation.
Protection against missiles
Limited speed
- Use the Whip
Improved attack and fatigue resistance for a short time.
Melee attack, weapon damage, fatigue resistance
Exertion: fatigue
- Disciplined
This unit does not suffer a morale penalty when the general dies. It can also rally after routing more often.
- Encourage
This unit provides a morale bonus to nearby allies.
- Formation Attack
The unit will try to stay in formation when in melee.
- Hide (forest)
This unit can hide in forests until enemy units get too close.
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- Very poor hull strength
- Very slow speed
- Weak ramming
- Very good attack
- Average defence
- Average damage but low armour penetration
- Good morale
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Definitely has become one of my favourite fruits, especially since we grow it in our backyard! So blessed. There's nothing like watching friends try fresh figs for the first time. So priceless.
Figs grow on the Ficus tree which is part of the Mulberry family. They have an interesting opening, called "ostiole" or "eye" which is not directly connected to the tree but is part of the development of the fruit, such as through communication with its surrounding environment.
There are many varieties ranging in various colours. Varieties range in terms of their skin colour, their flesh colour, as well as their size. Some of the most popular varieties include:
- Black Mission (which are blackish-purple with a pink coloured flesh)
- Kadota (green skin with purple flesh)
- Calimyrna (greenish-yellow skin with amber flesh)
- Brown Turkey (purple skin with red flesh)
- Adriatic (light green skin with pinkish-tan flesh)
In terms of taste, figs are sweet, juicy and offer different flavours as well. From raspberry, maple syrup, caramel, honey and almond. Some varieties tend to be more fruity and zesty while others are more nutty and more coffee/caramel like.
When purchasing fresh figs, look for figs that are rich and deep in colour. They should look plump and tender, but not mushy and bruised. Figs are best eaten when ripe in which they are firm yet tender. If you smell them, they should be sweet and fragrant and not sour. Once purchased, they should be consumed within a couple of days as they are quick to perish.
Figs have been traced back in history with mentions in the Bible and other ancient works. Figs were known to be a sacred and treasured fruit in ancient Greece and Rome. They were initially cultivated throughout the Middle East, and Europe before reaching towards England and China. They thrive in warm, dry climates. Today, Turkey is the leading producer of figs, followed by Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Iran and Syria. While in the United States, California leads the production.
One medium fig:
37.0 kcal
9.6 g carbs
1.5 g fiber
0.2 g fat
0.4 g protein
0.1 mg vitamin B6
116.0 mg potassium
0.1 mg manganese
0.2 mg pantothenic acid
Keep in mind, the nutritional profile is only for ONE medium sized fruit. I know I definitely would not be able to eat just one :P.
Being a good source of potassium, figs may help control blood pressure. Today many people are at risk of potassium deficiency, due to low intake of potassium-rich foods, and high intake of sodium; this can lead to hypertension or high blood pressure. Figs are also high in fibre (fruit and cereal fibre) which is not only good for digestion, but have been found to be protective against postmenopausal breast cancer. Additionally, both dried and fresh figs offer powerful antioxidants that help your body against free radicals and fight disease.
Beyond the fruit itself, some cultures use fig leaves to provide additional benefits. The leaves have been found to help regulate blood sugar by reducing the amount of insulin needed in diabetic individuals. The leaves have also been used as a way to overcome bad breathe, to tackle ulcers, as well as to rid of sore throats!
Fig season is quite limited, therefore when I can get my hands on fresh figs, I love just enjoying them as they are: fresh and delicious. It is my version of candy.
As a topping
Whether fresh or dried, figs provide for a delicious topping to any meal. Decorate your bars, muffins, cakes, or other goods with figs for that extra texture, crunch and sweetness. Chop some into your salad, or add it into your morning porridge.
Fig bars
Due to its rather intense sweetness, especially when dried. Figs have long been used as an ingredient to make fig bars. Try this RECIPE of Fig Newtons by the Minimalist Baker.
Substitute for dates
You all know how much I love dates, but unfortunately not everyone shares the same love. As a result, try using figs as a sweetener ingredient instead. It definitely will offer a different taste and texture for sure but give it try. For a deliciously sweet dessert try this Vegan Fig Chocolate Mousse Recipe!
- Figs are known as "fruit of the gods"
- Fig trees have no blossoms on their branches. Instead, the blossom is inside of the fruit. The many tiny flowers inside the fruit are the edible seeds that provide figs their unique texture and crunch.
- Figs have 55% natural sugar content, making them the sweetest of all fruits!
- Figs rely on wasps to get fertilized. Each species of fig has evolved with its own species of pollination fig wasp.
- Dried figs are sometimes roasted and ground as a coffee substitute, or converted into alcohol as a liqueur flavouring.


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Adding cornstarch to this homey pudding lessens the possibility of its curdling. To prevent the custard from tipping and taking on ice water, make sure the bowl you use for the ice bath is only slightly larger than the custard bowl.
How to Make It
Combine first 5 ingredients in a large saucepan. Gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Place egg yolks in a bowl. Gradually add hot milk mixture to egg yolks, stirring constantly. Return milk mixture to pan. Cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until mixture is thick, stirring constantly. Remove mixture from heat, and add chopped chocolate and vanilla extract, stirring until the chocolate melts. Spoon pudding into a small bowl. Place bowl in a large ice-filled bowl for 15 minutes or until pudding is cool, stirring occasionally. Remove bowl from ice; cover and chill.


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it's different for everyone : how we get attracted to minimalism in the first place. for me it was aesthetic. i didn't know there was a whole lot more to it.
later it begun growing more and more into being about simplifying life, discarding anything that unnecessarily drained my energy.
finally realising that minimalism can be a complete lifestyle – with ethical, political, personal, practical, and financial aspects. the more i discover, the more sense it makes to me. minimalism is for me not about having a clean white home. or throwing away all your belongings. it's not about the surface, it's for me about being conscious of my life choices. a way to focus on where i'm going.
so when attracted to the minimalist way of life, this is where i would begin :
by asking myself what it is that i really want.
what life, which things, what job ? what do i want the world to be like ?
and ask myself again and again. think about it often. am i moving in the direction i want to move in ?
when i know what it is that i really want, and what is truly important to me – i know where to focus my energy.
and in my case at least, that has made the unimportant things disappear automatically. i don't have to consciously clean my mind, space, schedule, or diet. it just sort of happens when i know what i want, and go for it.
sometimes i miss the mark completely and start heading in the wrong direction for me. this is ok, because it only makes me more sure of where i should be going, and i can get going again.
it's just a pleasurable way to live, to ask myself what i want, need, wish for, enjoy and think is important – rather than asking myself what i don't want, what i want to get rid of, what i don't enjoy, and what i shouldn't be spending my energy on.
and to me, this is minimalism. simply knowing what's important and going for it.
love // jenny
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FREMONT (CBS/AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each.
Down the road in another plant, crews slice solar cells, place them under glass sheets and create panels that ship by the boxful to Europe. Elsewhere in this town, industrial workshops and laboratories buzz with workers building everything from robots to microprocessors.
Welcome to Fremont, a nondescript suburb of 217,000 tucked in the high-tech region between San Francisco and the Silicon Valley where something unique is happening: manufacturing.
From Tesla Motors' cars to Solaria's solar panels, manufacturers are drawn to Fremont by incentives including a five-year waiver on business taxes.
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Casa Dia Montessori, Oakville/Mehlville Child Care
610 Kinswood Lane, St. Louis, MO 63129
610 Kinswood Lane, St. Louis, MO 63129
610 Kinswood Lane, St. Louis, MO 63129
We provide love and care every day at Casa Dia Montessori Kinswood. Your child will receive a full Montessori education with specific emphasis on arts and crafts. By putting this importance on independence and self-expression in our daycare centers, children develop an enthusiasm for learning in our preschool through prekindergarten settings that will follow them the rest of their lives.
We encourage parent participation in our special events and school parties. Casa hosts two family events: a potluck in the fall and a picnic in the spring. These events are a great way to build a trusting and loving community for your child.
Conveniently located near Highway 255 and Telegraph Rd, the Casa Dia Montessori Kinswood is the perfect child care center for your child.
Learn about our age appropriate rooms:
Conveniently located by highway 255 and Telegraph Road, Casa Dia Montessori Kinswood is easily accessible to parents in St. Louis, Oakville and Mehlville, Missouri.
There's always something new and exciting happening at the Casa Dia Montessori Kinswood. Keep up to date with our latest news and events in order to give your child the richest child care experience.
Dear Parents,
Hello! It is our privilege to work with the staff and families of Casa Dia Montessori. It is often said that it feels comfortable and friendly here. It is our goal that every family feels comfortable with their children at Casa. We endeavor to care for your children as if they were our own.
One of our strengths in this area is the longevity of our staff. They are a very committed group; several of them have been here for many years serving families with excellent care. It is our joy to now serve a second generation of families. Casa Dia Montessori is dedicated to developing each child using the Montessori method.
Ms. Nera, Center Director
Our open door policy allows parents to tour our school without an appointment. Come visit and see why Casa Dia Montessori Kinswood is the best choice for your child.
610 Kinswood Lane St. Louis, MO 63129
(314) 892-4446
For tuition prices please call us at 314-892-4446 or visit us at 610 Kinswood Lane, St. Louis, MO 63129.


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Members of the German-American Club of St. Augustine and their guests stepped back to the 1950s recently for a social dinner and dance at the clubhouse.
The event was a salute to Elvis Presley, with a large photo of Presley dominating the decorations for the evening.
Music was provided by Tom Landers, and four guest singers were provided by Peter Matzen and Landers.


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Modern marketing is becoming even more popular these days because it can do many advantages, especially in the hospitality industry. For that reason, it's very much advisable for even the smallest accommodation business to start consulting experts specializing in PPC services in Australia. Have you considered calling such exert yet?
Reaching the top of the competition in the hospitality industry is not as easy as it looks. This is because there are already big businesses that have established their brands plus there are also more businesses sprouting almost every day. To make sure that you're not being left behind, a good AdWords agency is what you need to call for help. To help you get a clearer idea why, here are some stats that you need to know.
1. They help increase visibility
Truth be told, as consumers, we don't really trust products that we aren't familiar. The same goes even in the hospitality industry. For that reason, you must make yourself more visible with the help of a digital marketing agency. With their help, it's easier to spread the word about your product or promos. Plus, they also know the ins and out of Google's index so you can reach the first page of the search results in a "legal" way.
2. Marketers help you develop your brand
People usually start searching online before they book for accommodations. If your web design looks good and is well maintained, your website can be easily seen or searched on the web. But designing and maintaining pages isn't that easy unless you have an expert to help you. It's a good thing that it's also one of the expertise of a digital marketer and they can help make your site look more professional and legitimate.
3. Their Google remarketing works
In online marketing, it's easy to just build links and add keywords to your content. However, you don't just thoughtlessly do it, especially if you run an accommodation business. You still need some strategy and, of course, great skills to do that just as how a Google AdWords agency do it.
Experts can customize your website's code for different pages to make it easy for the consumers when they use it. You can even customize it for more defined categories. Experts like those who specialize in PPC services in Australia would even tell you that it such type of service can even increase your ROI.
Marketing plays a big part in a business' success. Thus, you have to choose your marketing technique wisely, especially if you run an accommodation business. Modern marketing like the PPC services in Australia is one of the sure ways that will help even the smallest accommodation that you run so why not consider it now?
If you are into the hospitality business, it's a must that you have a broad scope of marketing strategy. Hence, you need help from https://advisible.com.au/.


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UBA Sofia
In April 2014 the practice won its first international competition for the renovation of the Union of Bulgarian Artists in central Sofia. The UBA is housed in a 1970s pre-cast concrete building which acts as gallery space and administrative offices supported by additional commercial space – café / bar, retail & offices.
The proposal retained the existing frame and circulation routes but rationalised the internal layouts leading to a significant increase in usable floor space. At roof level additional gallery / commercial space was created around a sequence of external courtyards, benefitting from views over Sofia and the mountains to the south.
For the façade it is proposed to replace the existing pre-cast panels with glass either partially or entirely covered by a white enamel screen print. The intention was to give a unity to the scheme, creating a treasure box reflecting the cultural value of the contents.
Client: Union of Bulgarian Artists
Location: 6 Shipka Str, Sofia, Bulgaria
Status: Competition – 1st Prize
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I'm your Online Dating Expert and Love Coach. Got problems? I've got solutions
I am looking to help you love yourself, get connected, and find a partner that is perfect for you. This seems different for every person. And I know we can find the right person for you!
What do dating and love mean to you?
What exactly are you looking for in the relationship with yourself and others?
Do you want someone to go out with or someone to come home to every night?
Is your perfect partner short-term? Someone that's just a summer fling or do you want something more profound and for the rest of your life?
Do you want the honeymoon in Jamaica, three kids, and a house in the burbs?
This is the kind of clarity I want to help you get, so you know what you want!
Every person is different, and I want to get to know you and what it is you are looking for and help you love yourself enough and help you get the love you genuinely crave whatever kind of love this is for you.
My passion is YOU. That's right. YOU. That is why I am a dating coach and love coach.
I want to dig deep into the rollercoaster ride of modern dating and relationships with you.
What it is that you desire, and the LOVE you WANT... Maybe your truths are hiding behind a mask and now is your time.
I want to help you unravel yourself. Maybe you live life just a little too tight and need to feel FREE! I will help you loosen those knots that are tied up around your heart so you can live a life you TRULY Love.
I am on a mission of spreading EPIC Love. Not just finding love in someone else, but also seeing lasting respect for yourself.
Creating the love you want starts with loving yourself, and figuring out what it is you want.
Everyone has a fear of rejection and so many people who are in relationships, aren't happy to be in one and are feeling stuck.
I want to help you get UNSTUCK in the limiting habits and beliefs you may have been carrying around for a lifetime.
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Read the latest "Tutor News" for important and practical information when you are an active tutor.
COVID 19 information
Healthy Cities Tutoring Training and Workshop calendar
School calendars
handouts from HCT training & workshops
video resources
Math games with cards and dice
useful websites
School calendars
Find the school calendar for the whole year to find out when schools are closed and no tutoring will take place.
- San Carlos School District calendar (Arundel, Brittan Acres, Heather, White Oaks, Arroyo, Mariposa, Central and Tierra Linda)
- San Carlos Charter Learning Center calendar
- Clifford School calendar
- Connect Community Charter School calendar
- Henry Ford School calendar
- Kennedy Middle School calendar
Handouts from HCT training & workshops
Handouts Workshop Tutor Tips, January 15, 2020 – part 1 (reading and writing) – part 2 (math)
Slides and Handouts from Tutor Training October 16, 2019
Handout workshop "How to Support the Reluctant Learner" (3/15/18)
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Video resources
- Video of workshop "How to Support the Reluctant Learner" (held 3/15/18)
- Video of "Training and Orientation for New Tutors" (held 10/19/16 )
- Video of workshop "Learning Styles, everyone learns differently" (held 4/7/14). What type of learner are you?
- Video of workshop "Supporting Your Student in Math" (held on 3/4/14). Part 1 is about the "Everyday Day Math" curriculum that is being used in the elementary schools in San Carlos and Part 2 delves into the aspects of a math class in middle school.
- Math in Focus math curriculum videos: San Carlos schools have chosen "Math in Focus" as their math program for students. Here are some videos to help support students and to learn more about how they are being taught.
Math games with cards and dice
Check out the following hand outs if you are looking for some strategies to use or games to play with your student to practice math facts
- Multiplication strategies
- Long division strategy
- Steps to take in solving math word problems
- Place value practice game with dice
- Top-it card game to practice addition, subtraction, multiplication
- Name that number
- Basketball addition game with dice
- Baseball multiplication game with dice
- How close to 100? – practice multiplication with the visual concept of multiplication
- Circles and Stars multiplication game
- Multiplication/Division facts table
- Addition/Subtraction facts table
- A few more math games (elementary students)
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Useful websites to check out
- CoolMath4Kids.com – sister-site of coolmath.com, appropriate for ages 3-12
- Coolmath.com – children can play online math games that help them with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, money and more. Geared towards ages 13 and up.
- education.com – print up to 10 feee worksheets per month
- funbrain.com – math games for students to use independently of their tutor
- ixl.com – comprehensive k-12 curriculum, some students have their own accounts
- khanacademy.org – Khan Academy – their mission is to provide a free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere.
- mathopenref.com – math reference site. A free interactive math textbook on he web covering AlgebraI, Geometry, Constructions, Trigonometry and Calculus.
- pinterest.com – for example search for 'math games for 1st grade"
- pta.org/home/family-resources/Parents-Guides-to-Student-Success – created for grades K-8 and high school English, language arts/literacy and mathematics, the guides provide clear, consistent expectations for what students should be learning at each grade in order to be prepared for college and career.
- quizlet.com – flash cards on all topics
- use Lego's to help with teaching fractions
- youcubed.org – great resource for math! the mission of this organization is inspiring math success for all students through growth mindsets and innovative teaching.
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During the Spring Bank Holiday weekend, I had a particularly bad night on the Saturday. I lay sleepless until 4.00 a.m., when of course the sky brightened. The birds began their dawn chorus, annoyingly joined by the cockerel who lives nearby. I did eventually sleep but fitfully. Needless to say, I felt terrible on Sunday morning. Phil wanted to go up to Stoodley Pike but I said "no way". I did manage to drag myself out in the afternoon for a bit of sun, noting that even the easterly wind felt warm. Not really a day for climbing hills. We pottered round town and the park, ate ice cream, and strolled up the towpath for a canal side pub meal which was nice.
Thankfully, I had a better sleep that night and awoke on Monday feeling refreshed. I agreed to the planned trek, with the proviso that I might not make it all the way up to Stoodley Pike.
We had not reached the top since our mission in 2013 was thwarted by large cows lying in our way, causing an amusing detour up Dick's Lane and Cock Hill. Since then, we had discovered the lower delights of Horsehold Wood and Beaumont Clough thus negating the need for a steep climb.
Armed with supplies, we left the house mid-afternoon to climb up Horsehold Road. Inevitably hard work I had to stop a few times but that gave us chance to look down towards town, where thick foliage prevented us from checking our roof tiles as we usually did. Further up, the cobbles snaked between lush greenery. Pretty horses grazed in a golden field.
At the top, we followed the curve round to Horsehold Farm, became spooked by vicious barking from behind a crumbling wooden door, and searched for the right lane to go further up. On locating Horsehold Lane, we were put off by very large cows in a field protected only by a low wall. Phil swore they were like the bull on his Picasso t-shirt. We returned to the curve and went left through the gate signed 'Pennine way' onto a beautiful path.
Being at the top of the wood, we remarked on the perpetual redness of the ground below on our right, no matter what the season. Curly ferns emerged from verdant verges as we followed signs to the Pennine Bridleway.
Through a copse and bypassing the cute stone bridge leading to the clough, we continued upwards into grassland. We wondered at the original purpose and location of mysterious stones scattered about – one looked distinctly phallic!
Ahead of us, a line of trees stood along a stone wall. We turned right onto grassy lanes bisecting farmland and recognised an ancient ruin on the corner from our hike up five years ago. We rested on a wall, admiring tiny pine cones on a tree opposite.
Noticing Stoodley Pike monument in view to our left, I said it wouldn't be much further.
Proceeding along Kilnshaw Lane towards the pike, it never seemed to get any nearer! Eventually, we wound our way up the rough path as the monument loomed above us like a dark spectre silhouetted behind the early evening sun. Further up, the path had been recently re-paved. My camera dropped onto the stone slabs when the strap broke. I persuaded Phil to wait until we sat down to assess the damage.
At the summit, a few people milled around as we found a lovely outcrop of sloping rocks facing Mankinholes to perch on. Phil fixed the strap and made sure the camera still worked. As we ate picnic snacks, a group of lads who had commandeered the monument marred the peace somewhat, playing loud music and commenting on veggie samosas. "How far is it from Hebden Bridge?" I heard one say, before answering himself: "Not far enough". Did they mean us? Thankfully, they soon left so we had the place to ourselves.
I entered the monument and climbed the steps. It was pitch black and I used my phone torch to light my way. At the top, I discovered ancient graffiti etched into the granite, providing a foreground for the panoramic views. I heard Phil calling from below asking how I'd got up. I descended with my torchlight to meet him halfway. Having taken in the vistas, we returned to ground level to circumnavigate the base.
I had used google maps to find a different way home and suggested a route staying 'up tops' awhile. We followed the new paving in a straight line across a boggy field. Our feet stayed dry thanks to thoughtful raised platforms constructed over the worst bits. We emerged onto an apparently ancient road, separated from a pine forest by neat stone walls. This stage of our journey was punctuated by the sights and sounds of wild birds. Curlews wielded overhead. A juvenile blackbird landed on a wooden fence post before flitting upwards in a flurry.
Arriving at a junction I checked the map. Google insisted we had gone the wrong way and suggested we backtrack. But I felt confident that the old road wasn't on the maps and knew that a left turn would join the suggested route. I was further encouraged in my instincts as Heptonstall and Old Town were clearly recognisable ahead of. We descended a desolate moorland path, beneath a wide blue sky scattered with small, fluffy clouds. Reaching Whittaker Road, we walked eastwards until we came to a gate on our left.
Passing through, we discovered the gorgeous 'Rake'. Grass and flowers again surrounded us, as a sheep family grazed in a field and an archetypal farmhouse lay in front.
As we descended, I was interrupted by a phone call which I curtailed as politely as possible, and suggested a stop to fully appreciate the scene. As the lane curved round, we rested on the corner, looking westwards for a different view of the pike and ahead of us at the profusion of bilberry bushes. I said it would be a good place to harvest when the fruits appeared.
Further down, the name of the lane changed to Broad lane. Again, we were awestruck by beauty! Trees in full leaf gave an avenue-like effect as the hedgerows were lined with cow parsley, their tiny white flowers swaying gently in the breeze. We could hear people on the other side of the hedge.
Phil realised it was a campsite, then I spotted a poly tunnel and joked about illegal immigrants living in tents (maybe I watch too many Spanish dramas on Netflix). As we wound down, we found ourselves on Horsehold Lane and had no option but to pass the field of large cows we'd avoided on the way up. They looked quite docile and in spite of being eyed warily by a sheepdog, we passed through the farm without incident. Back on Horsehold Road, I preferred going down rather than up, unlike Phil. I remarked that we had probably chosen the worse route possible to reach the pike. Maybe next time we should choose a less steep way.
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Over the past month, we have welcomed to our Searchroom David Singerman, a PhD student, all the way from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has joined the Centre for Business History in Scotland as an Associate Visiting Researcher and has been a Glasgow University Archives regular this month.
David has been using the records of sugar machinery manufacturers such as Smith Mirrlees and Duncan Stewart & Co Ltd. He has been using sources such as letter books, cost books, minute books and sugar machinery drawings to research companies here in Britain that built sugar machinery and sold it to countries all around the world. The quality of sugar used to be assessed through skill, knowledge, and sensory experience though a gradual change, between 1875 and 1925, meant that sugar's value was now calculated by purity and sucrose content which could only be measured by chemists, instruments and laboratory science. With his Thesis: 'An Empire of Purity', he hopes to trace this change and the effects it had on the sugar industry.
The sugar industry was a very important one in Glasgow by the 19th century; making up for the loss of the Tobacco trade in the late 18th century. The important merchants of Glasgow made great gains from it. Glasgow's tradition of heavy industry links with the sugar trade through the transport needed for sugar movement around the world, and also the manufacture of sugar machinery by companies like the ones David is researching.
As his focus is the machinery sent to Cuba, David's next stop in his research tour is to the Caribbean island.
According to David: 'this is the friendliest archive I've visited, and I've found a lot of useful material!'
We would like to wish David the best of luck in the sunnier climes of Cuba and will welcome him back to Glasgow in the summer.
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A return trip.
When I first became interested in 5th class peak climbing in the Sierra Nevada, I picked up a copy of R. J. Secors 1992 book The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails. Secor follows what I believe is the Sierra Club habit of listing the high Sierra peaks from south to north. People in Tahoe may be disappointed to hear that mountaineers consider the northern limit of the Sierra to be the northern border of Yosemite National Park and Tahoe is not the High Sierra. The last peak listed in Secors book is Tower Peak (11,755), the Northern limit of what is considered to be high Sierra mountaineering. Moynier and Fiddlers 1993 book Sierra Classics: 100 Best Climbs in the High Sierra also included Tower Peak which further piqued my interest. Tower Peak is very remote, not often visited and offered routes from 3rd class scrambles to 5.9 grade III. I was hooked and wanted to go see it for myself.
In 2009 I finally decided to go to Tower Peak. I enlisted my climbing buddies Bob and Jay and started making my plans. However, the more I studied Tower Peak the more I became interested in the subpeak that sits on its north shoulder. The subpeak isnt officially named but is generally referred to as Watchtower or Watchtower Peak. I have avoided calling it The Watchtower because Secor lists a peak in the Minarets by that name and there is also a rock tower in Kings Canyon that climbers refer to as The Watchtower. Watchtower Peak has two summits of about 10,900 and my research found no record of any ascent of the northern most of the two. This became the focus of our 2009 trip which Bob has written up nicely here:
We also submitted a report to the American Alpine Journal which, to our surprise, published it.
On that trip we made the first recorded ascent of the northern summit although people had no doubt visited it before.
In 2013 I decided to return and try yet another new route. My son Ford readily agreed to go and he invited his friend Spencer along too. We planned a Wednesday evening to Sunday evening trip which would give us plenty of time to make the long drive to Leavitt Meadows and the 14 mile hike each way. It also allowed for an extra day that we could use if we didnt finish our route in one day or perhaps time to try something else.
Ford and I picked up Spencer in San Jose at 2PM on Wednesday, August 21 and headed for Sonora Pass. There had been thunderstorms in the high country for several days but they were supposed to clear up by Thursday but we still kept an eye on the weather. As we passed through the foothills we could see huge thunderheads directly over our destination and in front of the towering white clouds was the darker smoke of the Rim Fire burning near Yosemite.
Rim Fire report: http://inciweb.org/incident/3660/
We arrived at the Leavitt Meadows trailhead, parked at about 7PM and decided to walk part way in that evening. There is a bridge over the West Walker River at the nearby campground but you can save about three quarters of a mile of walking if you wade the river next the trail head parking.
We walked to the stagnant Roosevelt Lake, ate dinner and sacked out. On Thursday morning we hiked the many miles up the river passing Lower Piute Meadows and lots of granite.
Arriving at Upper Piute Meadow is always a pleasure. The view looking south, up the meadow at Hawksbeak Peak is wonderful.
There is an old Forest Service cabin at upper Piute Meadow which must have been a fine place to spend the summer for some lucky ranger.
As we hiked up the meadow we came across a small cairn with a message that we could not decipher. I assume it wasnt intended for us. Something about meeting at the river behind the hill.
Leaving Upper Piute Meadow we entered Tower Canyon and got our first close view of our objective.
We found a nice flat sandy spot to camp near a good water supply.
I spent Thursday evening figuring out the approach and after dinner we all needed some sleep after the long hike in. On Friday morning we made a somewhat less than alpine start.
Viewed from the approach, Watchtower Peak is pretty awesome. It really looks like a huge fang.
I had decided the day before that the Northeast Ridge route would begin at some small trees.
My son hasnt done much leading on gear but I asked him if he wanted the honor of the first pitch and he didnt hesitate a second. It went 190 feet and the boys decided it was 5.6.
The second pitch went a full 200 crossing some glacial polish. The boys felt 5.8 would be a fair rating.
The slope eased off and we scrambled up a long section dragging the ropes.
At the top of the easy section I scrambled around to the left while the boys had a snack to have a look at the steep east face. There will be routes there one day.
The view to the east and southeast was great. You can see Matterhorn peak from here and of course Hawksbeak Peak.
From the top of the easy scrambling I wanted to stay close to the northeast ridge since that was the proposed name for the route so I headed up some features on the left side of a big, steep slab. It turned out that the rock in this area was eroding and what I thought would be a flake with good placements was flared with a tight crack at the bottom. I went up an edge of the flake and underclung where it arched to the left. The gear sucked and I didnt think any of it would hold a fall. I got to where the edge went pretty much straight up and found a good alien placement just below a horn. Feeling reassured by the alien, I skipped slinging the horn and moved up. Above the horn I couldnt get any gear in and the eroded granite surface was going to kitty litter on me. I kept moving up hoping for some good gear but didnt find any before my left foot slopped off some loose grit and down I went. I really fear falling when I climb but when I do fall, it is anything but scary. I simply wondered how far I would fall and how bad it would be when I finally stopped. Luckily, I came to an abrupt stop long before I expected to. My last piece, the good alien, was just below my feet. Wondering what had held the fall, I looked up and saw that one of my ropes, I was using a pair of half ropes, was snagged on a little knob. The knob was too small to snag both ropes, perhaps too small to have snagged a single lead rope. When things get interesting, I always forget to take a photo but I really wish I had. The horn I had passed was right in front of me so I cut some cord to sling the horn and managed to place a small stopper next to the horn. While hanging from the stopper I untied from the two ropes and set up a rappel so I could go down and try something else. After getting down and pulling the ropes, I headed up to the right where there was an easier corner to work with. This spoiled my idea of a ridge route but so it goes.
After a couple more pitches and a fair amount of loose rock I found that we had been enveloped with smoke from the Rim Fire.
The view of Hawksbeak Peak was anything but clear now.
After another pitch, I was very near the top. The sun was barely visible just above the summit. The final roped pitch of six was a short 100 feet.
We topped out and signed the register that I had placed four years before.
After making the summit and figuring out the tricky descent, I walked to the south and got another photo of the steep east face.
We headed for Tower Pass and Tower Lake as the sun dropped out of sight.
We made it back to camp about 8PM, ate and sacked out. In the morning we had some tea and made our plans for our spare day. After a long lazy morning and a double ration of pop-tarts, the boys decided that hiking out would be the thing to do. This turned out to be the right decision since work had piled up and it allowed me to catch up on Sunday.
The 14 miles out was tough on the old mans feet. I calculated that I have 13 years on the combined age of the boys.
We made it to the car by 7PM and were home before 11.
Watchtower Peak, Northeast ridge, 5.8, III, 6P
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Having small living room is sometimes annoying and of course challenging as well. It is because we need to find the best way in decorating it or otherwise it will go wrong and just screw the look of your small living room. So, what does it take to make a small living room looks nice and fascinating as well as incredible? Let's see what we can do related to the small living room designs and ideas. Hold and fasten your seat-belt folks.
This is the main and the most important factor that must be considered when it comes to decorate a small living room. If you are going with the wrong colors it will be just a nightmare and you will only find your room's screwed in the term of look. Pick bright colors, avoid dark colors, that is one rule that you must obey if you are dealing with such a small living room.
It will be better if your small living room has large windows since it will help you a lot in maintaining the look of the small living room. Combined with neutral and bright colors, the abundant light will make the whole look of your living room as incredible as ever. So, make sure it has "light".
Of course the next thing will be furniture. Just avoid too big and complicated furniture and make sure that you go with the one which has several functions. This is called the multifunction furniture, the furniture that can serve you in many ways and not only one default function.
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The virtuous cycle of social engagement
All economically developed countries with large older populations prescribe 'active ageing' behaviours for older people, to try and lighten the perceived 'burden' of population ageing. Increasingly, we expect older adults to age in this 'active' way.
Active ageing generally involves:
Living independently
Working longer
Contributing to families/communities
A virtuous cycle moves between these components, where each 'good' behaviour fosters and enables further 'good' behaviours.
However, the opportunity to participate in these areas is not evenly distributed across ageing populations. Higher educated, financially resourced, and healthier older people are more likely to work and volunteer. In turn, they reap the rewards of better health, social engagement and other positive consequences of work and volunteering.
Of course, many older adults who have disabilities and poor health are also active in their communities by working and looking after family members. However, it can be much harder for them to sustain these contributions, and this can happen at the expense of their own well-being.
Given that people who work in lower-skilled occupations tend to have shorter lifespans than those who work in higher-skilled jobs, it could even be argued that retirement age should be calculated on this basis, rather than on the basis of the same pensionable age for everyone.
Many initiatives that encourage the engagement of older people fail to acknowledge more disadvantaged populations. They run the risk of impacting only those people likely to be engaged in the first place.
- For instance, a campaign to encourage volunteering might bring out only those people who were likely to volunteer in any case.
Better policies are required to enable more people from diverse backgrounds to volunteer, and to engage in other forms of active ageing. This calls for, among other things, long-term policies that help everyone to stay healthy as they age, so as to improve their chances of being able to make contributions to their communities without adverse effects on their own well-being.
Most governments are trying to increase the age at which people retire. In light of what you have read above, and your own experience, what are your feelings about this expectation that everyone should work longer?
Think about a large organisation that employs a diverse range of people, from the CEO to senior management, administrative and service delivery personnel, including low-paid roles such as the housekeeping staff.
- Are there grounds for re-calibrating retirement ages and pension entitlements on the basis of different life expectancies, and different types of work?
- Alternately, do you think a universal retirement age is a fair system? What could we do to make retirement more fair?
Virpi Timonen is a Professor in Social Policy and Ageing at Trinity College Dublin.
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When it comes to winter I never really change up my wardrobe. I'm not the kind of person who ditches the shorts and runs for the jeans. Jeans just aren't my friend and I never seem to find a pair that I like enough to wear. One thing this means is that I'm left with all my summer gear and a few jumpers.
With winter being considerably colder than summer in Ireland, layers are something that are needed. Since were not fully into those winter months and it's only starting to get colder a full winter outfit was not needed.
It was one of those days where one minute it's cold and the next minutes it's warm so who knows what to wear?
Today I popped on one of the outfits people will see me in a lot and went to the garden to take some pictures.
Jumper and Skater Skirt - New Look
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We are in Oaxaca for a few weeks on a vacation with good friends from the Midwest. I have very much enjoyed the outdoor markets ... the sprawling Abastos Market here in town and the Saturday market in Ocotlan. They are a beehive of activity as vendors present the produce which they have acquired from wholesalers at the market's edge. This is not a farmer's market except perhaps for a few meat vendors. But it is interesting for what IS here and what IS NOT here. Think Whole Foods in February ... what do you see? Asparagus from Mexico? Not to be seen. Think THE indigenous crop of Mexico ... Maize? Not to be seen here either. But here is a sampling of what you WILL see.
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Whoops !!! Well here is a start for February. DID YOU KNOW that February is National Snack Food Month? Ugh. So the folks at Kitchen Gardens International sent along a link to a counter movement. It is called #20ate for the 28 days of February. Check out the website. There are some great ideas for opting out of the Frito Lay/ConAgra/Kraft construction of the world. Like these little apricot morselsIn the gardening realm, I will start some artichoke seeds this week. I am afraid the New England winter is not going to allow for over wintering this year. Time to start again.
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-Singing holiday songs to the elderly
-Girl Scout Cookies
-World Thinking Day
-Princess Ball
-Movie Night
-Spring Encampment
-Family Camp
-Picnic/Field Day
-Hot Air Balloon Ride
-Trip to Zoo
-Ice Skating
-Rock Wall Climbing
-Mystery Dinner
That is just a hand full of activities, We don't do all of this every year but pretty close.
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To serve God* and my country,
To help people at all times
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courageous and strong, and
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During their residency at HCL, Black and Soto will complete the second part of a two part experimental exhibition entitled Two Histories of the World curated by local independent curator Karsten Lund. This exhibition began one year ago at a former Chicago factory, an immense structure in partial disrepair that became home to a large resale business after the loss of a major manufacturing contract. In October of 2012, four artists conceived and produced new works for this site, using objects and materials culled from a vast stockpile of things inside the building itself. This September, these artists will produce the exhibition all over again, or a new iteration of it, one year later at the Hyde Park Art Center. Last year they began with the faint image of a still life rising out of a sea of objects in a dark alcove of the warehouse. Each object in that still life was unified in a gestalt born out of a single cone of light (one-point-perspective). Our second and final gesture scatters and fragments this singular cone of perspective like light is scattered through a prism. With the creation of many individual still lives bearing the resemblance of the original form, they have created a polychromatic topography through which this year's audience can traverse, occupying multiple perspectives in relation to each still-life.
Also during their residency Black and Soto will incubate a large scale project called Voyagers. This is the first in a series of "chapters" collectively entitled The Sea is Great Our Boats are Small that will unfold over the next two years. Based on the structural and metaphorical container of a hymn book by the same name, published in 1922, The Sea is Great Our Boats are Small, engages current investigations of temporal architecture, place, and the social platform in contemporary art through a series of project-chapters sited beginning in the American Midwest and West. This first chapter, Voyagers, takes the form of a design-build project which re-envisions a 28-foot wooden boat hull as large-scale sculptural form and unique living quarters for future artist-guests visiting Haven Tree Farm located in southern, Ohio. Following a research intensive at the project site this summer, this project is currently in the design phase and scheduled to begin construction in this coming spring.
Seeking to integrate the literary form of the hymnal with this site-inspired sculpture while in residence at HCL, Soto and Black will also work towards a re-writing of the text and musical score of this first hymn for which the project is named and ultimately towards an inaugural choir performance scheduled for the Spring of 2013 in Ohio. The studio space and cross-disciplinary programming at HCL will serve as fruitful ground for the collaborative research and re-working of this first of ten hymns.
Collaborative artists Jillian Soto and Sara Black have recently initiated a body of projects that: examine the landscape and its horizon as inherently mutable; that consider building, un-building, and migration as primary currents within their collective imaginations (whether literal or metaphorical); and call into requisition the history of objects, forms and texts so that they may carry on with their stories.
Black and Soto's projects are process driven and responsive to site and context, both materially and conceptually. It is their interest to draw upon multiple forms, infusing the languages of ar chitecture, art and text in the production of their work.
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Tropical Underdevelopment
NBER Working Paper No. 8119
Most recent cross-country analyses of economic growth have neglected the importance of physical geography. This paper reviews the distinctive development challenges faced by economies situated in tropical climates. Using geographic information system (GIS) mapping, the paper presents evidence that production technology in the tropics has lagged behind temperate zone technology in the two critical areas of agriculture and health, and this in turn opened a substantial income gap between climate zones. The difficulty of mobilizing energy resources in tropical economies is emphasized as another significant contributor to the income gap. These factors have been amplified by geopolitical power imbalances and by the difficulty of applying temperate-zone technological advances in the tropical setting. The income gap has also been amplified because poor public health and weak agricultural technology in the tropics have combined to slow the demographic transition from high fertility and mortality rates to low fertility and mortality rates. The analysis suggests that economic development in tropical ecozones would benefit from a concerted international effort to develop health and agricultural technologies specific to the needs of the tropical economies.
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Now where do I start on this one?
Nine years in power and your mob refused to touch this one. It's on the table now as you know you don't have a prayer of bumping off the other socialist mob.
Now I see there is a not-so-cunning plan to gouge the tax back elsewhere:
"...Labour estimated the loss of tax revenue at around $250 million which could be met by increasing tax on tobacco...."
Of course 'the poor' are so good at putting the need for fresh fruit for their offspring ahead of their desire for fags [insert Tui ad here]
All this overlooks the fact that:
- Fresh fruit and veg are dirt cheap in NZ - especially the basics like apples and cabbage.
- Vegetables are very easy to grow.
- Many of 'The poor' can't be arsed shopping around, don't eat fruit and veg outside of a pie and probably wouldn't eat them if they were free now.


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2015 came and went and we don't have actual hoverboards (contrary to what people are calling those popular electric two-wheelers), there are no flying flying cars, and we still don't have tiny lightsabers that can cut and toast bread at the same time.
But what we do have are small, powerful and almost wireless earphones in the form of the Optoma NuForce BE6.
Optoma, a projector company, acquired NuForce, a consumer audio electronics company in 2014, and effectively turning both brands into an entity wholly dedicated to consumer and professional projection and audio products, and it shows in the BE6.
Them Earphones
No matter what I say about the sound quality of these earphones, you wouldn't use them if they fit like an elephant in the proverbial fridge. The good news is that these are downright comfortable.
Right out of the box, the BE6 comes attached with a pair of proprietary NuForce silicon tips that most people inclined towards IEMs would be familiar with. There are a total of four pairs of different sized tips in the package, a pair of silicon hooks that apparently hold the buds more snugly to your ears during sports, a cable-control piece, and a pleasant surprise of two additional Comply sport foam tips that I swapped out for in a heartbeat. The silicon earbuds aren't bad, but once you've Comply-ed, they can never be denied.
The BE6, while not truly wireless, are as light as they come at 16 grams including the cable connecting both sides together. Coupled with the Comply foam tips, I've managed to have them in my ears for up to four and half hours without needing to readjust them for comfort.
In the design department, I like my things clean and simple, and these fit the bill pretty well. The gold and white ones I received are well put together, with sleek discrete lines that don't scream at you. Attached to the wire is a controller that has only three necessary buttons, nothing superfluous here. They connect you to your mobile device easily, they play your tunes, fast forward, rewind, and from out of nowhere (I should definitely read more manuals) also allowed me to take really clear calls during my tests. Hell, I even managed to "OK Google" with them while my phone was in the pannier bag at the rear of my bicycle.
A nice touch here is also that the buds hold onto each other back to back magnetically so they don't ever dangle dangerously around your neck. The gold chassis of the buds themselves are also in a brilliant shade of class. I discovered later that the BE6 also come in a sweet grey.
And I want them even more.
Mighty Tight
Sound-wise, I won't be able to delve too deep into the technicalities, and I truly do not believe in a burn-in process because my day job is also in marketing, and buzzwords mean absolutely nothing. However, my experience over the last decade with more headphones and earphones than students in a typical preschool, has determined that the BE6 sounds absolutely fantastic for their street price of S$199. I was not prepared for the level of quality that streamed out of these earpieces, especially because they only streamed via Bluetooth, and previous times with similar products have not been kind.
Perhaps it's the aptX Bluetooth technology that promises wireless delivery of CD-quality audio, or maybe it's their patented 10mm-large driver that apparently maintains audio integrity even at high levels.
The treble is pretty super, and the bass was dropped fairly well. These babies sound good.
It'd be wise to note that optimal performance may only be achieved with other aptX-enabled devices. In my tests, I've tested with a Google Nexus 6P that doesn't have aptX, a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 which does, an Apple iPhone 6S which doesn't support aptX but does support AAC that the BE6 is wonderfully capable of, and a Sony Walkman NWZ-A10 that I may likely forget to return to a friend.
Here's the deal: the BE6 produced sweet sounds even when they were paired with my daily driver (Google Nexus 6P). That minimal gap in quality compared to aptX-enabled devices speaks volumes about Optoma's efforts with these earphones.
Something's Gotta Give.. Right?
So they feel great, they look stunning, and most importantly, they sound absolutely beautiful for that price, but nothing is that perfect. You're right. They're not, but that's not to say there are too many complaints.
So six days into my two-week review, this happened.
To say that I was disappointed would be putting it mildly.
To be fair, upon closer inspection, the rubber connecting the cable to the controller seems to have a rather thin construction to it. It might have also been due to my being a bicycle commuter on the daily, and my somewhat more rugged lifestyle than intended may not necessarily have been part of Optoma's plan.
But six days? Right now I'm just worried about ripping off the rubber flap for the USB charging port because of a sneeze. These fellows can do better.
Connection proved to be an issue sometimes. The audio jump-skips erratically whenever my devices are suddenly moved like when I'm on a bike, or when I'm in a particularly crowded area like a road crossing full of automobiles or simply just walking through the busy crowds on Orchard Road. I cannot be sure if interference with multiple Bluetooth signals would cause such an impact with sets other than mine, but it's been an everyday occurrence for me.
Now this last complaint isn't necessarily a dig at Optoma, but at the entire tech industry. Guys and ladies. Please. Focus. On. Batteries. For. Everything. The purported six hours of battery just never happened. I averaged four and half hours, maxing out at five on a particularly uneventful day. That it takes about two and half hours to juice up without any way for me to use them still unless I use a longer USB cable is kind of iffy.
Locked and loaded
All that said, the Optoma NuForce BE6 earphones are a very decent pair of Bluetooth earphones for the money. They're not for the critical audiophiles but they're an aural treat. They definitely hold their own in terms of comfort and audio quality amongst earphones at this price range.
The future still isn't here yet, but the Optoma NuForce BE6 wireless Bluetooth earphones are a big step in the right direction and I cannot wait for the next iteration. Meantime, I've already considered these my daily on-the-go drivers.
Audio performance beyond its class, and comfort above most, would make any geek happy to have a set of these earphones.
Aesthetics - 8.5/10
Build Quality - 7/10
Performance - 8/10
Value - 8.5/10
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The Kentucky Derby is an annual tradition that just beckons you to enjoy bourbon drinks. While we all know that honey and bourbon go together like peanut butter and jelly, we're offering other ideas to the mix to assist in your party planning during the Derby. Rich with tradition, the Derby wouldn't be the same without a bourbon drink. These are our favorites: over the past few summers, we've played mixologist and whipped up a sweet little collection. And, we're excited to share these drinks with you! If you are a traditional Derby drinker, we have your classic Mint Julep. But, if you are looking for something more adventurous we have you covered there too!
In honor of our Blossoms + Bourbon line, our team concocted a creative take on the Old Fashioned using our Eastern Shore Orange Blossom Honey. Bourbon drinks are made for a 'Steel Magnolia'… a little sweet, a little bold, and a lot sassy. We call this drink Blossoms+Bourbon Cocktail and we encourage you to serve it with a honey bourbon lollipop garnish.
Blossoms+Bourbon Cocktail
Classic Mint Julep Recipe for bourbon drinks made with honey
This Classic Mint Julep Recipe originated in the South. Originally known as "smashers," juleps are muddled with mint and bourbon. These were traditionally a drink for the elite, due to the cost of alcohol and ice before electricity.
Classic Mint Julep made with honey
Honey and Bourbon Cocktail
We like to call this Honey and Bourbon Cocktail the "Boozy Bee," with any of our soothing honey, smooth bourbon, vitamin C and a little rest work together to make you feel (almost) like new if you're a little under the weather.
Honey and Bourbon
Don't forget the Eggnog!
While it's true that eggnog is usually a holiday treat, it's a bourbon drink nonetheless! Enjoy this dairy-free eggnog to warm you up on a cold winter night.
Dairy Free Eggnog
Our Bourbon Honey Lollipops (or any of our honey lollipops, for that matter) make a wonderful and interesting
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If you craft any of these bourbon drinks to celebrate the derby, share with us on Instagram! We love seeing your photos.