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Sunday, 23 October 2011

I'm not in love with my Orca any more

I still love it, of course, a deep seated affection established over more than 8500kms. It's still beautiful, still excites me when I ride it, still does all the jobs I need it to do.

But no longer do I find myself staring at it lustfully whenever I see it. No longer am I obsessive about washing it down after every ride, lubing and polishing it. No longer do I get buterflies when I walk into its room and see it lounging against the wall.

Our relationship has developed now. I've spotted the occasional blemish, heard the occasional nagging creak, felt the slight movement in the cranks when before there was none. I've applied varnish to a stone chip, changed the brake lever reach, replaced the odd worn part. We've grown together over the past couple of years - I'm a better rider and able to take the Orca to places I couldn't have done before, handled it more deftly and brought it to the top of more exciting peaks with astonishing rewards.

And all this without falling off once.

So, I love it, but I'm not in love with it.

Time to start a new affair?

Saturday, 15 October 2011

A Magical Discovery

I learnt something yesterday. Something magical, brilliant, useful and unexpected. However, telling you now would only be half the story, so you can either read on or cheat and skip to the end.

Where does the story start? In Afan Argoed? On the drive down there? In Cirencester the night before? No, it starts several months ago when Jon suggested a trip to the Afan trail centre (in South Wales, for non-UK readers). We'd been there a few years ago as part of a Welsh road-trip and it seemed as if Jon's stellar performance in the Twentyfour12 had re-ignited his mountain biking fire. Needless to say I was mildly ambivalent due to not having done much MTB this year and an underlying nervousness about crashing and breaking. Still, after a Jon repeatedly suggesting dates and me repeatedly avoiding the issue Jon finally came up with a day that I had no valid reason to decline. It was nearly scuppered at the last minute due to various work-y things but kidnapping his manager and locking him in my cellar suddenly solved the issue.

The night before I travelled down to Jon's in Cirencester. He lives half an hour nearer to Afan than I do, so it made sense to get everything sorted at his the night before and leave early in the morning. The evening was spent eating pasta, drinking beer and wine and playing with small children. There was also some toenail cutting but I don't really want to expand on that.

We were up at seven (06:20 for Jon, using the toddler alarm), coffee, toast, arse-lard, bike clothes and into the car by 07:30. Little traffic, more coffee and bacon roll at the services (Jon: "I don't think I've been to these services before". Me: "We stayed here for the Dragon Ride") and in the Afan car park for 10:00. Some minor faffing and we were riding by 10:15.

"Skyline" is the big long trail at Afan and the only one I've not done before. It starts with the same climb as "White's Level", which I have done, but then heads off into the slightly-more-wilderness than the other trails. At 47km it's also a good 3-4 hour ride (4-7 according to the trail guide...ha!). The climb is sort of interesting, in that there a various rocky sections - loose, steppy, nadgery - that kind of thing. It's not particularly steep though, so more of an exercise in power management for the technical bits than an outright lung-burster. I do find these trails tediously repetative - hey, we've built a rocky feature on the climb, let's do it every 20 metres! I think that's at the heart of my dislike of trail centres, and what distinguishes them from natural routes.

So, where were we? Ah, yes, getting lost on Skyline. I say lost - we knew we were on the trail at all times but somehow managed to miss a 25km loop, suddenly finding ourselves at the final descent. Another exercise in repetition - roll down a bit, rocky feature, roll down a bit, rocky feature - times twenty-five.

After the aborted attempt at Skyline we did "The Wall" (much more natural feeling - definitely my thing), rode back to the Glyncorrwg centre for lasagne, chips and Coke and tried to fix my brakes. Did I mention my back brake lever was squishing to the bars before biting? That really helped my crash induced nervousness. I fact, most of the descents involved Jon zipping off into the distance and me being much more cautious - merely terror rather than hysteria. It's all relative though - I was still going quicker than previous visits.

We decided that we were both a little tired by now so we were never going to attempt Skyline. White's Level it was. My fixed brake became unfixed, we rode up the same initial climb and bimbled round.

On the spin back to the car we discussed how battered we were feeling - four and a half hours of rocky trails uses very different muscles to six hours of road riding. I could feel my core, my hamstrings, my calves were burning from all the standing and my shoulders were stiff from all bar control. Either we need to do more MTBing or stick to being wimpy roadies.

Once in the car I really started to feel the ride. The seats were hard, my glutes (=arse) ached, my legs ached... it wasn't comfortable. Thankfully all the traffic and accidents were going the other way so we had a clear run back to Cirencester. We transferred my stuff to my car and I started the drive home.

I then made my magical discovery.

When you are tired, battered, aching and stiff: Heated seats are awesome. It's like taking a long, hot bath whilst having a nagging feeling that you've wee'd yourself.

Now, that was worth the read wasn't it?

Sunday, 2 October 2011

Catching Flies

As predicted, the weather yesterday was blistering. It was the first of October, and it was my first minimum-clothing-full-length-zip-unzipped ride of the year (excluding foreign lands). And no, this isn't the Southern hemisphere.

I had one of those magic legs days too -the days when you glance down at the computer and can't believe the power you're maintaining. I even overtook someone. Admittedly he was shirtless, on a loaded tourer and looked like he'd been riding non-stop for six days, but hey, an overtake is an overtake. I broke my record for the ride to my Mum's, and then broke it again on the way back. I'm surprised Team Sky haven't been round.

I celebrated this achievement with a stretch and a Cornetto, though not in that order. It was more important to get the recovery ice-cream down quickly. Proper sports nutrition is vital for an athlete like me.

Then I went for a shower. That was where I discovered that not only had I been dragging my own sorry carcass up the hills, but the carcasses of twelve flies. Twelve. At least - there were a few mushy black dots that could have once been flies but it was hard to tell. I only counted the dots that had a clear, visible leg or wing.

There are definitely a lot of flies about at the moment. In the evenings, when the sun is low, you can see clouds of them and feel the bigger ones slamming into your glasses. Are they as confused as I am by the weather? Do they think it's Spring and have all hatched six months early? Any entomologists care to comment?

Still, there are definitely twelve fewer than there would have been had I not been out yesterday. No need to thank me. All part of the service.


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Series : The Next Generation Rating : 4
Disc No : 3.4 Episode : 66
First Aired : 2 Apr 1990 Stardate : 43745.2
Director : Chip Chalmers Year : 2366
Writers : Ira Steven Behr Season : 3
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Power : Some power is too much for anybody to have
YATI : Early on in the episode, there's a scene in the turbolift in which the doors change from orange to grey between shots.

Just why would a transporter that's designed to transport people have a "blow up the thing you're transporting" setting? Surely transporters would designed to make this next to impossible to do? Imagine designing a car with a button that detonates a kilo of plastic explosive underneath your seat!
Great Moment : The crew's increasingly daring efforts to get Picard to go off on holiday.
Body Count : Zero. Though Sovak is punched in the face and Vash is stunned with a Vorgon weapon.
Factoid : This is the first episode to have a teaser which was not set on the ship.

The original concept for the story was about Picard finding a sideshow attraction which shows people their greatest fear. He experienced a version of his life in which he was stuck in a boring desk job, with Riker commanding the Enterprise-D. Risa featured very little in the story, being only a location for the sideshow. Roddenberry vetoed the main story but liked the idea of Risa and asked for a different story set around that location.

Notoriously, the main impetus for this episode was that Patrick Stewart asked the writers if Picard could have "more sex and shooting" in episodes.

Max Grodénchik would go on to play another Ferengi in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Quark's brother Rom.

Guest star Jennifer Hetrick would later say she thought of this episodes being a cross between Romancing the Stone and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Having seen what Grodénchik had to go through to have Ferengi makeup applied, she declared that she was thrilled to have been able to play a human!

The Enterprise-D has just completed a diplomatic mission, in which Captain Picard spent two weeks as a mediator in a trade dispute between the Gemarians and their nearest neighbour, the Dachlyds. An exhausted Picard returns to the ship displaying a short temper and lack of enthusiasm for work in general. Troi recommends he take a vacation, but Picard is resistant. The senior officers begin a good-natured conspiracy to push Picard into taking some shore leave, culminating in Deanna threatening to have her mother visit the ship. Picard bows to the inevitable and takes some time away on Risa.

Once there he plans to spend some time lying in the sun reading and relaxing, but is subjected to a constant stream of interruptions - including being kissed by a woman and threatened by a Ferengi, neither of whom he has ever met before. The Ferengi, Sovak, demands a disc from Picard and informs him that the woman is "his"; Picard, who has no idea what he is talking about, dismisses him.

As he leaves he meets the woman who kissed him again, Vash. She slips the disc into his pocket to hide it from Sovak.

Picard leaves, only to find a pair of aliens scanning his room. They inform him that they are Ajur and Boratus, a pair of Vorgons who have travelled back in time from the 27th century. They are searching for an object called the Tox Uthat, a device created by a scientist named Kal Dano in the mid twenty seventh century. The Uthat is a crystal small enough to fit in the palm of the hand, but it is a tremendously powerful quantum phase inhibitor which is capable of halting all nuclear reactions within an entire star. Criminals attempted to steal the device, so Kal Dano hid it in the 22nd century. Ajur and Boratus have been looking for it ever since, and are here because they happened on a brief account which said that Picard had located the device on Risa in the coming days.

The Vorgons leave, and Picard finds the disc in his pocket. He confronts Vash, who says that the disc was given to her by Professor Samuel Estragon, her former boss, who spent half his life searching for the Tox Uthat. She plans to use the information he uncovered before his death to complete his work. Sovak, who occasionally helped out on slightly less ethical parts of the Professor's research, is now looking for it as well.

Picard agrees to help Vash look for the Uthat, though he doesn't disclose the presence of the Vorgons or their interest in the device. Vash uses the disc to locate the Uthat, about 27 kilometres from the resort, and the two decide to set out to hike there in the morning. Soval confronts them as they leave, brandishing a weapon and claiming that Vash is a greedy thief who sold him the Professor's research and then kept both the money and the disc. She doesn't exactly deny this. When Sovak demands the disc Vash throws her pack at him as a distraction and Picard decks him with a punch.

The two head for the location, stopping in a cave along the way to spend the night. Vash gets Picard to admit that he is enjoying his holiday adventure, and the two have sex. The next day they continue on to the location of the Uthat and start digging for it. The Vorgons beam in to observe, and Picard admits that he is helping them to recover it. Then Sovak arrives, having found the disc Vash attempted to destroy by fire and worked out where to go to find the Uthat. He forces Picard and Vash to dig for hours, but the Uthat is nowhere to be found. Picard and Vash finally give up and leave despite Sovak's threats.

After they get back to the resort, Picard contacts the Enterprise and tells them to prepare to execute "transporter code fourteen" on his order. He intercepts Vash as she is leaving the resort and challenges her - there is no way she would have failed to destroy the disc if she'd really meant to, so obviously she intended Sovak to find the location of the Uthat. Which meant she must have been trying to throw him off her trail, a plan that would only work if she had already retrieved the Uthat and then staged the entire series of events on Risa to convince everybody else that it was never there. Vash admits this and retrieves the device from a nearby hiding place.

The Vorgons arrive to reclaim the device, and Vash points out that according to the Professors research it was a pair of Vorgon criminals who were trying to steal it in the first place. For all anybody knows, Ajur and Boratus could be them. The Vorgons pull a weapon and demand that Picard turn over the device. He places it on the floor and backs off - with his combadge on top of it. A quick call to the Enterprise and the transporter is used to destroy the device once and for all.

The Borgons note that according to historical records Picard had indeed been the one to destroy the Uthat. With history now fulfilled they depart.

Despite her treachery, Vash and Picard part on good terms. He returns to the ship in a much happier mood and proceeds to their next assignment.

I really like this episode! It's common amongst Trek fans to wax lyrical about the philosophical bent of the show, how it was "too cerebral" for the studio execs, all that. In truth Trek is that... sometimes. It's also an action show, a comedy show, and a just plain old goofy show. And that's not a bad thing! One of the great aspects of Trek is that the format allows the writers to write almost any kind of show they like, which helps keep it from getting stale. So yeah, this isn't one of the deep philosophical ones, but it is a fun romp. A good old-fashioned adventure with a few fun twists and turns along the way.

Positives; the comedic banter the crew use to get Picard to go on holiday is a definite plus, culminating in the Doomsday Threat of a visit by Deanna's mother. Picard's desperate attempts to relax whilst all around him irritate him immensely is also fun. You have to love Stewart's delivery of "Riker..." when he realises how his First Officer has set him up with the horga'hn, his polite but aggravated treatment of everyone who interrupts him, right up until Sovak crosses the line - never was a slammed book so intense as when Picard slams his!

Vash is also a great character. On the face of it she's a contradiction in this perfect future where "material needs no longer exist" and Humanity has evolved beyond greed selfishness. But then, how seriously should we take those lines? I wrote a whole article about money in Trek, but whatever your take on the way the Federation's economic system works, or whether it even really has an economic system at all, surely we can't assume that every single person in the Federation or even just on Earth thinks in lock-step on their culture?

As an analogy; you might expect an American in England to say "well in America we've evolved beyond the idea of a monarchy, we understand that Democracy is a more advanced system of government." And fair enough, that's a statement we might reasonably expect an American to make. But even if it were true, would it seriously be expected to mean that you couldn't find one single person in the whole of America who wouldn't say "Hell no, I'd love a monarchy!" Of course not, because in a nation of three hundred million people you're gonna have outliers with every belief you can imagine. And that's what Vash could be, even if we accepted that her own culture is firmly against greed and has no concept of money. She's an outlier, one of the tiny fraction of Humanity that says hell no, we'll have some of that money thank you very much!

That aside, Vash is also just plain fun to watch. She's smart, determined, ruthless in her own way - but also clearly having a blast on her great adventure. She's not evil, she's just out to accumulate some of that wealth and have a good time along the way.

It is perhaps a little odd that the macguffin for this episode was a colossally powerful weapon capable of destroying entire stars. Those stakes seem a little high for this kind of lighthearted episode. Personally I'd rather it had been some culturally important artefact. In fact, make it something odd and slightly comic - like Lwaxana Troi's Sacred Chalice of Rixx, which according to Deanna was actually "an old clay pot with mold growing inside it". Wouldn't it fit the episode's tone a little better if all this ado had been about something that turned out to be an unimpressive little clay pot, important to people purely for religious or cultural reasons? I guess they wanted to put something serious into the ending to up the stakes, but if you're going to have serious stakes it sits a little at odds with the idea of the episode being fun and lighthearted - given what he knows, we would expect Picard to beam down a few security teams and make sure he has the upper hand in the final confrontation.

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DEARNE VALLEYBroomhill Flash (SE4102) – 2j GC Grebe, 2 Mute Swan, 41 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag, 11 Gadwall, 7+6j Tufted Duck, 5 Mallard, 2+5j Pochard, 7 Little Grebe, 1 Little Egret, 1 Grey Heron, 44 Coot, 50+ Lapwing, c60 BH Gull and 2 LBB Gull (Alan Whitehouse per today’s BARNSLEY BIRD SIGHTINGS)

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DEARNE VALLEYWombwell Ings (SE4102) – 1 Black Tailed Godwit moved off towards Broomhill at 8.55 am and it was seen dropping onto the flash. Also 8 Mute Swan, 2+3j Greylag, 1 Canada Goose, 5 Tufted Duck, 5 Teal, 3 Mallard, 2 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 1 Cormorant, 1 Little Egret, 20 Coot, 2 Moorhen, 7 Lapwing, 1 LRP, 16 BH Gull, 4 Skylark, 4 Linnet and 2 Pied Wagtail. A group of c60 Swift passed through at 9.30am (Alan Whitehouse per today’s BARNSLEY BIRD SIGHTINGS).

DON VALLEYArksey Ings and Common (SE593061) – 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 (2cy) GLOSSY IBIS, 1 Grey Heron, 35 Lapwing mainly js; 8 (4j) LRP, 12 Mallard, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Ringed Plover, 1wgj Shelduck (Chris Robinson and John Wozencroft)

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From the moment I opened the package, I was very impressed with how my JORD watch was presented to me. Each watch comes in a collector’s edition humidor cedar box embossed JORD logo that holds a pillow. Your watch is placed on the pillow to help protect and house your watch when you are not wearing it. The box and lid each have magnets that way your box stays closed to help protect your watch from the elements when you are not wearing it. There is also a little pull out drawer that is ventilated and will hold your extra watch pieces in case you need to adjust the size of your watch. You also receive a microfiber polishing cloth and a 6-month supply of JORD Preserve: a custom-formulated wood treatment gel with applicator pen. This will improve the look and longevity of the wood.

I loved several of the designs offered but eventually went with the Koa and Rose Gold design in the Cora series. I am now convinced I made the best decision possible. I love the way this watch looks and how comfortable it is to wear. The Koa wood is a species native to Hawaii. The inside of the watch is rose gold and adorned with Swarovski crystal markers. The face of the watch is made of sapphire glass. Sapphire glass has been established as the definitive material for transparency and durability. This ensures that the face of your watch will remain scratch-free and as clear as the day your first wore it.

I love that this watch gives a more casual vibe which is great for when your wearing jeans. However, with the rose gold and Swarovski crystal markers, it can help elevate any casual outfit to the next level. Anytime I wear my JORD watch people seem to notice it and always have nice things to say. Most people get shocked when they find out JORD Watches are made in the same place as Rolex watches!  I was a little worried about the result of measuring my own wrist. Luckily, however, I didn’t have any issues with the fit at any time. It is quite the opposite, my watch fits me perfectly, both in look and feel!

These watches are splash proof, not waterproof. Honestly, that isn’t an issue for me. Most designer watches are splash, not waterproof. This isn’t a watch to wear when swimming. When I wash dishes, do yard work, or anytime my hands are going to get wet, I take the watch off. To recap: Not only do these watches look amazing while being unique, but they are also equipped with self-winding parts which use gravity and movement to keep the watch wound appropriately. This works extremely well. After long periods of inactivity, manual winding is required (the stem twists out rather than the traditional pull-out type, when done correctly (it took us a while to figure out the secret to get the winding stem out) the manual winding process takes less than a minute.  Just don’t do any manual jobs while wearing it unless you are okay with a broken watch.

While there are a lot of reasons to like the watch, perhaps the most pleasant surprise of all was discovering that self-winding is truly self-winding. When you go about your daily activities, simply your moments will power the watch. I think this is amazing. The inner-workings of the watch also provide a smoothly-sweeping second hand, which I find has a soothing and therapeutic effect. I am happy to confirm, JORD watches deliver exactly the product they advertise.

If you know someone that loves unique timepieces this is such a great gift. I would highly suggest a JORD watch for anyone. Now for the fun part! If you would like to own a unique JORD Wood Watch, be sure to enter the giveaway, for your chance to win $100 towards a watch of your choice. The contest will conclude April 21, 2018, at 11:59pm. Good Luck!

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GUARDIANSHIP  The need for guardianship and the need to  appeal to  the family court arises  when a person cannot permanently or temporarily take care of his own affairs , wholly  or  partially . So, it is necessary to appoint to  that  same person, a guardian who will take care of his or hers affairs .The scope of the custodian's role in relation to physical affairs and financial affairs is subject to the decision of the court to reduce or enlarge the authority of guardian. After the court approves the guardianship, the guardian has to be under a supervision of the General Guardian of the State. The guardian supervisor, sees to it that the appointed guardian is doing his job properly , taking care for body and property.

The 1962 Legal Capacity and Guardianship Act.

Guardianship is the right and the duty to take care of a ward of court , a person, especially a minor, or one legally incapable of managing his own affairs,  placed under the control and protection of a guardian or of a court.

A guardian is responsible to protect a ward of court  interests and business and to ensure his rights will be  guarded .

A guardian during the line of duty must act for the benefit of a ward of court   in the  most dedicated manner  and with impeccable integrity. It's very important to stress that there are some actions that the guardian is not permitted to  take, although he was appointed by the court, unless he receives specific approval  from the court for these actions.

Categories  of guardianship

Body Guardianship -

Usually involves guardianship of minors, of people with special needs and of demented elderly who are unable to take their own  decisions .   Body Guardianship usually involves  medical matters, including signing in the name of the ward of court consent for surgery and other medical procedures

Property Guardianship

Involves decisions in the field of property and money, for people  unfit  to make decisions. The guardian is acting on behalf of the ward of court  handling the property  for the benefit of ward of court. The guardian has an duty  to report to the General Guardian of the State at least once a year.

Minor Guardianship

Under the 1962 Legal Capacity and Guardianship Law parents are the natural guardians of their minor children. This legislation defines and describes the role of parents in Israeli law.  It says : “ Parental Guardianship includes the duty and right to care for the minor’s needs, including his education, his studies, his ability to work and to have an occupation and job, and also preservation of his property, its management and development; and relating to this, permission to hold the child and to decide on his place of residence and the authority to represent him” (section 15)

In case of separated parents,  both biological parents are the minor’s natural guardians, although only one of them , usually the mother, may be declared the parent with custody, and the non-custodial parent is the one who has to pay maintenance. Even if the mother files a plea to become the sole guardian of the minor, and the father agrees to this, it is unlikely that the court will accept this, unless there are exceptional circumstances, such as his prolonged absence from the country and lack of interest in the child. Furthermore, even if the court  agrees to the mother becoming the minor’s sole guardian, this will not free the father of his maintenance obligation towards the child.

Application for appointing a guardian.

In most cases a concerned family member is involved, in order  to appoint  someone that will take care of his relative legally. It is recommended to go through the process with  a  lawyer, who is  an expert in guardianship cases.

Since appointing a guardian means  denying someone the right to legal freedom-  a right that is fundamental - the court does not always agree to appoint a guardian,  and not always the one that is sought to be appointed , is actually the one to be appointed.

It is recommended to use the services of  an expert in family law that will know how to deal with different delicate problems, which arise in almost every case . The lawyer will see to it , that  when the application is submitted,  all the necessary documents are attached, in order to strengthen the necessity for appointment of guardian.

There are also cases in which the welfare authorities appeal to court in order to appoint a public guardian such as the general guardian of the state . In these cases  family members who feel  that they are able and qualified to serve as a guardian, may appeal to the Court with an objection . In that case , members of family  need a professional lawyer to represent them in these proceedings.

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President of UKE (Poland) and Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies (Azerbaijan) officially elected for the posts of the EaPeReg Chairman and Vice-chairman for 2020

27. November 2019

During the 14th plenary session of the Electronic Communications Regulators Network of the Eastern Partnership countries (EaPeReg) in Riga on 27th of November, 2019, the President of the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) from Poland and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies (MTCHT) of Azerbaijan were officially elected for the posts of Chairman and Vice- chairman of the network for 2020, respectively.

For the first time since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of EaPeReg in 2012, the presidency in this network will be conducted by the regulator from the country outside the direct EaPeReg members, i.e. the President of UKE.

Both administrations have been involved in the Network’s activity since 2010. Azerbaijan closely participates in the works of EaPeReg and signed the MoU in May 2019.

Therefore this election was met with a positive response from the regulators from the EaP countries. “I am glad that the President of UKE and the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of Azerbaijan will take over the responsibility for EaPeReg next year. The experience of those authorities will help us to better achieve our goals.” – said representative of the Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC).

“President of UKE has been supporting us substantively for years. Taking over the chairmanship in EaPeReg is another proof that the Polish regulator is actively operating on the international arena, supporting other Eastern-European regulators” – added representative of the National Commission for the State Regulation of Communications and Informatization of Ukraine (NCCIR).

In 2020, under the leadership of UKE and MTCHT, the EaPeReg will continue its activity within the commitment, stated in “Eastern Partnership – 20 Deliverables for 2020 – Focusing on key priorities and tangible results” of June 2017, in particular regarding “Harmonisation of Digital Markets” and EU4Digital Initiative launched in 2016. Priority actions for the EaPeReg will be in three main areas:

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-          Strengthening the independence of national telecom regulators in the EaP countries;

-          Alignment of priorities for spectrum coordination both between the EaP countries and EaP and EU countries, including for 694-790 MHz (`700 MHz band`) and 3.5 GHz, in order to free these bands for 5G deployment.

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It's been all go since we posted information about our find on facebook and our web-site on Saturday. Many of you will have also seen coverage in the Courier and on BBC Scotland and STV news tonight. It really is a mystery but a few people have come forward to provide information about where they think it might have come from so this will greatly assist in deliberations. Angus Council Officers were quick to offer their support yesterday evening and also visited this morning to provide advice. We have learned that there is an established process to follow if one finds a potential historical artefact so we will be well informed if we ever find anything else. In the meantime it has been photographed and filmed hundreds of times now and the residents of East Haven all had the opportunity to come in and take a closer look before it is removed for proper examination. It really is a wonderful art work and so incredibly detailed. Hopefully we will have more information about it soon.


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For the last few days I’ve begun plotting my Thanksgiving menu so I’ve been revisiting several tried and true, delicious recipes in my archives. I’ve begun to narrow the list down a bit, and thought I would share my favorites today in hopes that it may help and inspire you!

Grandmama’s Corn Pudding

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Roasted Butternut Squash and Farro with Almonds and Blue Cheese

Sausage and Wild Rice Casserole

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Rosemary and Parmesan Cream

Cauliflower Gratin with Toasted Almond Crust

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You may notice there’s something missing from that recipe roundup….sweets. That’s because I love to cook, but baking is just not my thing. Sure, I do it sometimes, but for Thanksgiving this year, I’m leaving it up to a pro so I don’t stress myself out completely.

The Goo Goo Shop Dessert Bar is baking up 5 seasonal pies this year that you can pre-order or grab & go. And since I’ve personally taste tested every one, I can promise they are yummy! Choose from Chess, Maple Pecan, Apple, Pumpkin, and Cherry. For more info and ordering, click here.


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Dinner at Peking Garden Trinoma

  I am not sure if I've eaten at Peking Garden before for a family occasion because I honestly don't remember. I did contemplate celebrating my birthday at Peking Garden Greenbelt but one glance at their menu and the prices of the dishes had me rethinking my options. It's a good thing then that last Sunday my own mother suggested we eat at Peking Garden Trinoma.

Entrance to Peking Garden Trinoma

  Peking Garden Trinoma is located at the upper open level. There are many restaurants here like Abe and Kimpura while a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is right next door.We would park on the same level as the Bench Fix Salon then take the escalator up and exit near the Power books. You'll see the Peking Garden sign straight ahead.

Waiting area

  While waiting for our orders to arrive they gave us a two mini-plates of kropek. Of course my family asked for another mini-plate once we ate what was on the two plates. I also ordered a soup and pork dumpling dish since they didn't have siomai.

Crispy kropek?

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  This dish it turns out is called soup and pork because there is some soup inside the dumpling. So be very careful as you take that first bite as the soup will spurt out. The dumpling is quite good with the skin not falling apart yet not too thick as to be resistant to biting. The filling inside is quite tasty as well.
  My mom let me order so I got a beef dish, a squid dish and pork dish plus of course rice. I ordered the Sliced Beef with Broccoli in Oyster sauce and the beef was so tender! It was very tasty and so soft. The Sweet and Sour Pork was also very good. I swear someone better tell me how they can get their sweet and sour sauce that way. Please give me the recipe! The tangy sauce coating the crispy pork that is tender inside was a sure winner in our family.

Sliced Beef with Broccoli

Sweet and Sour Pork

  No meal would be complete without some fried rice so we got the Peking Garden fried rice which is actually the Yangchow fried rice of other restaurants. Hubby pronounced this the best Yangchow fried rice he's ever tasted because he never got tired of the taste (hindi nagsuya). The case you see with other restaurants is that you stop eating the rice because you get dizzy from the added MSG. Notice also that the shrimp in the rice is noticeably bigger than the shrimp in other restaurants' fried rice.

Bowl of Peking Garden rice aka Yangchow Fried rice

Peppercorn Fried Squid

  Of course no visit to a Chinese restaurant will be the same without me ordering my favorite dish of fried peppered squid. However in this case though the squid had good texture, firm but not too tough to bite. It had the unexpected taste of being a tad sweet. Is this because the dish is called "Peppercorn Fried Squid" and not the usual "Spiced Salty Squid?" This is still a yummy dish for me though I prefer one that has a spicier not sweet taste to it.
  Overall, Peking Garden is on the upper end of Chinese restaurants and the prices on their menu reflects this. The dishes I ordered were the Medium sized ones at almost P500 a dish. However if you notice in the pictures, the servings are not that large. Compare how large the serving spoon and fork look against the serving plates and the food. I would have said that in other restaurants these would be the Small serving size. However this is a high quality restaurant and the food is good. so the prices reflect this I would definitely go back for more of those soup and pork dumplings and maybe see if I can try their famous Peking duck.

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My first track day with the MR2 Spyder was a bit of a revelation.  The car was very quick, but very prone to oversteer as well.  It didn’t like any amount of steering under braking, and had to be under power while turning.  Don’t get me wrong, it was fun, but not exactly confidence building.  My original setup was a soft and street friendly 4kg/mm front spring rate and 6kg/mm rear spring rate.  Even with the adjustable Whiteline anti-sway bars set full stiff up front and full soft out back, it wasn’t enough to tame it.  The car gripped exceedingly well at the front, the new square 225 NT01s were definitely helping that.  I needed a bit more front spring bias.  Several track enthusiasts on Spyderhat were having good luck running stiffer springs in the front, so I decided to give it a go.  My BC coilovers will also take Swift brand springs, so I ordered a set of 6k and 7k springs.

Swift spring vs. BC Spring

Normally you would have to completely remove the coilovers from the car to swap springs, but I figured I could save some time (and money in alignment) by doing it on the car, keeping the strut to knuckle bolts locked down.  The front was very easy, as I just disconnected the sway bar, and dropped the coilover from the tower.  The top nut holding the camber plate and top perch on the shock shaft was busted with my impact gun.  Then I just lifted the spring off through the large hole in the top of the shock tower.  The new spring went on in reverse and everything was tightened down once more.  The small bottle jack was used to lower and raise the lower control arm while I was working.

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The rear was a bit more difficult, as the opening in the top of the strut tower is only large enough to allow the shock shaft and rebound adjuster to fit through, no way was I getting the spring in or out.  So I dropped the spring perches as low as they would go and also screwed down the entire shock body as low as it would go.  This gave me just barely enough clearance to finagle the spring out and over the shock rod.  I also had to disconnect the trailing arms at the knuckle to allow the whole assembly to swing out far enough.

IMG_7278While I was under the car, I found a big surprise; the front right lower control arm bolt had nearly backed its way completely out.  The nut was hanging on by a few threads.  Had this come completely off it would have been disastrous while under way.  I ran the bolt back in, then proceeded to put a socket/wrench to every suspension component.  Fortunately this was the only loose one.  To help guard from any future loosening hardware, I marked every fastener with torque striping to aid in quick pre-track checks.

Loose Control Arm Bolt Torque Stripes

I then had the dreadful task of setting ride height once everything was snug again.  To do this job properly you really need hub stands and scales, as setting corner balance is really the benefit of having adjustable height coilovers.  Unfortunately my garage isn’t that well equipped…. yet.  So I did it the poor-man’s way (this is a poor man’s Boxster after all) and set the height with a simple tape measure to the top of the wheel arch.  This isn’t the most ideal method, as the Spyder’s body panels are all bolt on, and not exact enough to get a true even setting.  The other issue is that you are always going to have a little suspension bind when doing it this way.  This is why your suspension “settles” after the first drive.  It’s not really settling, it’s just that after dropping a car from a jack its suspension is in a state of bind until it’s driven.  You can help avoid this by rolling it back and forth, but ultimately you need hub stands mounted on a plate that allows the suspension to slide.  Either way, I did my best after several trial and error measurements and a quick drive to settle things out.  Then it was off to the local Firestone to take advantage of my lifetime alignment (I don’t think they were expecting me to get alignments every other month.)

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Nizam al-Din Hasan al-Nisaburi (d. 1328/9) (in Persian: نظام الدین حسن نیشاپوری) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, jurist, exegete, and poet. His full name was Nizam al-Din Hasan ibn Mohammad ibn Hossein Qumi Nishapuri. As the genealogy in his full name shows, his grandfather was originally from the city of Qum but Nizam was born in Nishapur.

His early education was in the city of Nishapur but he later moved to Tabriz, the capital of Il-Khanids at the time. He studied under and worked with Qutb al-Din Shirazi, who was himself a student of Nasir al-Din Tusi. He was one of the great scientists of Maragheh observatory.

Nizam al-Din Nisaburi has written in diverse fields like Quran exegesis or tafsir, mathematics, and astronomy. Some of his works include:

  • Tafsir al-Gharaeb al-Quran (تفسیر الغرائب القران): Commentary on the wonders of Quran in exegesis, also known an Tasfir Nishabpuri.
  • Owqaf al-Quran (اوقاف القران)
  • Kashf-i Haqayeq-i Zij-i ilkhani (کشف حقایق زیج ایلخانی): (Explanation of the Facts): on the explanation of Zij-i Ilkhani by Nasir al-Din Tusi, written in Persian
  • Tafsir al-Tahrir (تفسیر التحریر): (Commentary on al-Tahrir): his commentary on al-Tahrir Almagest by Nasir al-Din Tusi
  • al-Basaer fi mukhtasar tanqih al-Manazer (البصائر فی مختصر تنقیح المناظر): enlightening of the topics in al-Manazer by Ibn Haytham
  • Twozih al-Dhekr (توضیح الذکر): a commentary on the Tadhkara fi ilm al-hay'a (تذکرة فی علم الهیاة Compendium on the Science of Astronomy) by Nasir al-Din Tusi
  • Nizam's Sharh on al-Shafia by Ibn Hajib (شرح نظام بر الشافیه)
  • A treatise on mathematics

  • Islam and Science: The Intellectual Career of Nizam al-Din al-Nisaburi, Robert Morrison, 2007
  • زندگینامه ی ریاضیدانان دوره ی اسلامی از سده ی سوم تا سده ی یازدهم هجری، ابوالقاسم قربانی، چاپ دوم، تهران، 1375 (Biographies of the Mathematicians in the Islamic Period, from 10th to 17th century, Abulqasem Qorbani, Tehran, 1996, 2nd edition)
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Why Classical Christian Education?

Classical education is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue.  Christian classical education is the cultivation of wisdom and virtue for the purpose of knowing, loving, and enjoying God and loving one’s neighbor.  So, why Christian and classical education?  Does classical education need to be Christian? For Christians, the answer must be “Yes!”.  In fact, Deuteronomy 6:7 and Ephesians 6:4, teaches us that as Christians, we must diligently teach our children in light of God’s Word at all times and that we are to bring them up in the “discipline and instruction of the Lord”.  The education of our children must be aimed towards the end that they might become (by His grace) ones that “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6:5).  A classical education that is devoid of the truth found in God’s Word is, by nature, an education in which one must form the habit of consciously ignoring the truth while in a feigned pursuit of it. Did you know The worldwide e-learning market is projected to be worth $325 billion in 2025, a habit contradicts Scripture which teaches us to “take every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5). Watch the videos below to learn more about ECA’s Classical Christian perspective: What is a “Christian classical” school? Here you will find two helpful links that explore the value and importance of a Christian classical education for today. The first is a video done by our friends at ACCS (The Association of Christian Classical Schools). This video provides an overview of Christian classical education. The second is a very helpful pamphlet written by our friend Dr. Christopher Perrin. In it, he provides a concise, yet in-depth introduction to Christian classical education.

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Things you should know before buying a terraced house

A terraced house is not like other house type and therefore one should buy it after researching about it properly. So, here are the points that should be there in your mind before buying a terraced house.

The first thing that you should look for is the location of that house. You might not have lived in any terraced house before, but everyone one of us have this idea that the terraced house has small space in comparison to the other house types. Even the gardens are way too small. So, you should focus upon buying a house that is close to the parks, especially if you have children at home. Along with that, one should check other necessary things nearby too. This point is, however, applicable to any type of house you want to buy.

The second main thing that one should check before buying any terraced house is its construction. Both the external and internal construction should be checked. There are some of the common points that you need to check and if these points are up to the mark, then you need not worry about. The external points that you need to check in any terraced house are the signs of leakages, the gaps that are there between the door and windows, cracks in the wall, etc. When you are looking at the points inside the house, then you should look for space inside, the size and width of the staircase, hallway, storage capacity, privacy issues, and ventilation. If you are not satisfied, then you could simply leave that particular house. Also, if there is any small problem with it, then you could look for the terraced house architecture company and can ask for the solution.

Safety is a major concern when buying a new house. There are some common points that would suggest whether the place that you are going to live in, is safe or not. The best time to know whether an area is safe or not is the night time. If it is all lit up and the traffic flow is there, then it is the first point which proves the safety of the area. Along with that, you need to see whether the streets that are near the house are safe or not. The terraced houses share their walls with other houses and you need to see if this is creating any problem or not.

Space outdoors

Outdoor space may include gardens and lawns. Although, the terraced houses do not give you the liberty to have large gardens, then also you should check whether it is good and could meet up to your expectations or not. This too is an important topic to be covered.

Whenever buying a new terraced house, these are the points that you should consider in your mind and try to find them out in your house. This will help you in getting a good house at a good place and in a good locality.


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Road Bike with new Powder Coat

I hate to throw away "perfectly good" things even when they're a bit scruffy. Case in point, my road bike. I bought this bike from a friend many years ago and have put quite a few miles on it. After a couple of years I re-painted it and replaced some worn parts. Well, after a decade or so of riding it desperately needed another overhaul. Now I have a friend with powdercoating equipment and I've restored the bike to better than ever.

With the earlier paint job I used Lacquer spray paint, which is quick to apply but not very durable. After a few short years the paint was worn through where cables rubbed the lugged steel frame. Powder Coating creates a less toxic and much more durable finish, but it requires specialized equipment and experience to apply. Fortunately, my friend had just added powercoating gear to his shop and needed a 'test' frame or two to learn with. Much quality time was spent with the sandblaster, emery cloth and Scotch-brite pads to remove the old paint job. Then I spent even more time choosing the new colors for the bike.

I finally settled on British racing green for the tubes and Silver for the lugs, with a clear coat over all of it. I think the time invested was well worth it, but it was quite a lot of time as we were learning as we went. I then dropped off the fork, frame and a box of parts at a LBS (Local Bike Shop) to complete the overhaul and replace badly worn bits. With it's glossy new look my road bike is calling out for new bar tape, and it is ready for many years and several thousand more miles of riding.

The next time you look at that dirty and neglected bike in the corner of the garage, maybe all it needs is an overhaul and a clean up. Even a new powdercoat finish on an old bike frame can be much cheaper than buying a new bike. That "perfectly good" older bike probably only needs a little TLC to carry you for many more miles.

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Middle Run Natural Area has a 20-mile network of wooded trails shared by hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders. In many circles it's considered the premiere place to go mountain biking in Delaware, especially when combined with Fair Hill Natural Resource Management Area in nearby Maryland.

Similarly, these same trails make for a great place to go hiking and wildlife watching. If you're on foot, however, we recommend you leave the iPod at home. You'll need to listen out for the many mountain bikers that frequent this popular park.

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The Golden Month. Those Amazing 30 Days Following Birth

How can a mother fully enjoy the 30 days following childbirth, one of the most important experiences in a woman’s life?

Discovering a new life, lack of sleep, tiredness, body hurts, baby blues… Physically just as mentally, this month is a difficult changeover for the mother as well as for the baby. However, in many cultures, this period of time is well known and is subject to specific treatments and adapted diets.

This guide unveils the reality of that crucial moment in the life of a mother and a couple. It explains how to get prepared with specific practices, and is useful in preventing many new-mother troubles: protecting from baby blues and post-birth difficulties, lowering risks of depression and burn out, overcoming negative emotions, avoiding physical problems, maintaining the couple far from the conflicts…

This guide, illustrated with drawings, includes exercises from yoga, meditation, shiatsu and various techniques.

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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Wiki Wednesday - Subject Based Wiki's

Recently many of my Wikis post have been focusing on Web 2.0 and software of the such.  Recently I thought it would be great to find Wikis related to different content areas so that teachers in my building and in your buildings could find something that fits their needs for the content they are teaching.

I came across the Classrooms For the Future Wikis.  They have a Wiki for every Core Subejct plus Tech Ed and Foreign Language.  There is also a Wiki for Students if you have students who want to get involved with collaborating with other students.

The Social Studies Wiki is broken down by ways to get connected and then by topics routinely covered in Social Studies classrooms.  These page provides links to several resources based on the topic of choice.  There is also a new section of Lesson Plans and Activities.  Share your own and get it started.  If you are a Social Studies teacher, see what you can use, and then see what you can add.

The English Wiki has a lot of the same pages and links, but they are of course for English based teachers.  So find the topic that interest you and use or add to it.

The Math Wiki is a great resource by providing links to videos, lessons, and resources broken down by math topics.  See what you can use, and see what you can add.

The Science Wiki offers quite a few resources and links dedicated to the Science content.  See what you can use, and see what you can add.

The Foreign Language Wiki offers resources for Spanish, French, German, and Latin.  You also have the opportunity to add a language of your own if it is not listed.  There are plenty of links and resources for your use.  Remember, see what you can use, and see what you can add.

The final Wiki is the Technology Education Wiki.  There is not much to this one yet, but I think with time, we will see it blossom.  See the links on the main page and see what you can add.

The Student Wiki is a place for students to find an area to collaborate and share the happenings in their school.  It also offers links to resources for students.

Remember, the success of a Wiki is only determined by its visitors and contributors, so help make these successful for others.

  1. This is a great find! Thank you for sharing these with us. I will share mine. I have created a wiki for the teachers in my school that has pages for each subject plus a character education resource page, general resource and weekly screencasts.

  2. All excellent resources and a great reminder that Wiki's need all of us, working together, to make these the rich resources they are.

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

I am a big fan of Twitter.  It connects me with educators from all over the globe.  At the same time, several teachers in my district have created Twitter accounts so that they can interact with their students by sharing homework assignments, extra credit, and reminders to name a few.  They were also able to connect with parents who joined Twitter as well.

Sometimes, the lack of privacy that comes with Twitter can be an issue for teachers, students and parents.  "GroupTweet turns a standard Twitter account into a group communication hub where members can post updates to everyone in the group using direct messages.  When the group account receives a direct message from a group member, GroupTweet converts it into a tweet that all followers can see."  There is a free account with basic options and then a premium account that has some more options to get the most out of the application.

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Five Found From my Feedly

Another week has gone by and it is time for another dose of posts that I read from my Reader.  It is starting to grow on me after being used to Google Reader for so long.  There are several features that I am still getting adjusted too, but so far is working out just fine as a replacement.

1.) So....You Wanna Use Blogs in the Classroom is a great introduction post to learning about blogging in the classroom.  More and more students and teachers are turning to blogs as a way for students to write and then publish their writing.  From the Blogging About the Web 2.0 Connected Classroom.

2.) 12 Ways to Integrate (Not Just Use) Technology in Education from Edudemic provides a chart showcasing the differences between Using Technology and Integrating Technology.

3.) What is the Role of the Librarian is a great post for helping all of us Educators remember the importance of the Library in the school system.  Google has definitely changed how research is done, but utilizing the library and the librarian is still very important.  From Educational Origami.

4.) 17 Awesome Google Chrome Extensions interested me as I have finally made the switch over to Google Chrome for my everyday browsing.  There are several extensions that could be very important for educators inside and outside the classroom.  From A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet.

5.) StudyBlue Announces Annual Teacher Appreciation Program "Thank a Teacher a Latte" is a post from Educational Technology Guy that helps to explain the program and how students, parents, and other stakeholders can get involved in thanking a teacher our our ever important job.

Friday, April 26, 2013

EntourageBox - Allow Others to Upload to Your Cloud Storage

EntourageBox is a service that allows users of DropBox, Google Drive, and Amazon S3 to share their account with friends (or in educators cases fellow teachers or students) so that they can upload files to your cloud storage.  By using EntourageBox you are giving access to others to a public folder within your cloud storage where they can upload files.

Using the service is very simple.  You just choose your cloud storage service, allow EntourageBox to connect with your cloud storage service, and then choose or create a folder that you want others to be able to upload too.  After that, the service will generate an upload URL that you then share.  For security, you can provide a password as well if so desired.  You also can deactivate the URL at any time, so if you wanted to use it for a single upload you could.  The service is completely free.

I could see teachers utilize this service that use Google Drive as a way for students to submit assignments or projects.  Principal's could use it as a method of collecting lesson plans or meeting minutes from committees and departments.  EntourageBox could be very helpful in removing the clutter from emails with attachments.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

RollyPolly - Interactive Video

RollyPolly is a new option in making watching videos interactive.  One problem with videos is being able to comment and discuss the video WHILE the video is playing.  RollyPolly lets users comment and interact with videos in real time which helps to improve engagement.  Users can sign in to comment using Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or by creating a free account.  RollyPolly supports Vimeo, YouTube, and Brightcove.  As users comment on the video, the comment is organized by the time stamp that the video was playing at that time which makes it easier for users to see discussion points based on the video.  There is also a polling option for letting others know whether you like the video or not.

You can use RollyPolly without an account by just providing the URL of the video and then choosing the layout for the commenting section.  The service will provide you a URL or HTML code that can be pasted onto a blog or webpage.  If you create an account can track videos, get analytic's, and have some other options for the video as well.  You can see a sample image and video below without creating an account.

I could see RollyPolly being used in the classroom for students to discuss the video they are watching while also asking questions about a certain point in the video as well.  Students could use this for video projects to gauge student's thoughts about their video as well.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Five Found From My Feedly

Weekends bring about a lot of great information from educators across the world.  Here are five from the past few days that I think are worth sharing.

1.) Happy Earth Day!!  Free Technology For Teachers has provided 10 Educational Resources for Earth Day.

2.) Looking for some summer reading?  8 Education Technology Books Ever Leader Should Read and 7 Must-Read Resources on Social Media for School Leaders would make a great starting point for a list to select some books from.

3.) The new Classroom 2.0 Book which contains several education and technology related articles is a great starting point for new teachers looking for some teaching and learning strategies.  You can find more information at Never Ending Search.

4.) May is just around the corner and so is Cinco de Mayo.  If looking for some resources for your classroom, Larry Ferlazzo has a great page with his Best Sites for Teaching and Learning About Cinco de Mayo

5.) 55 Content Curation Tools to Discover and Share Digital Content is a great list for people who are looking for the best way to learn what all is out there and then save and share it when they find it.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

AppoLearning is a resource for teachers looking to learn about the best educational iPad apps available.  Experts on the site evaluate and score apps across grade levels and through multiple categories to make finding an app even easier.  Apps are scored based upon Educational Content, Kid Appeal, Assessment, Features and Design, Value, and Safety and Privacy.  Users can look for apps from early childhood through high school.  If a category is unavailable, users can also request one.

There is an app of the week and a blog that can be followed to learn about other educational technology interests.  Each app provides scores, content information, and a direct link to the app on iTunes.  If you find yourself using an iPad in the classroom a lot and think you could become an expert, the opportunity is also available to do that.

If looking for an iPad app for your classroom, give AppoLearning a try.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Five Found From My Feedly

With the move from Google Reader to Feedly, here are five resources that were shared this weekend that I thought readers of this blog might be interested in.

1.) 18 Fun Resources to Help Kids with Vocabulary comes from A Media Specialists Guide to the Internet.

2.) How to Determine Reading Level of a Document comes from the U.S. Government Teachers Blog

3.) Come Relax and Learn With Me This Summer is from Free Technology for Teachers and provides information about professional development he is offering this summer.

4.) 10 Current Events Resources is from Edudemic provides resources for teachers looking to integrate several current events.

5.) The National Digital Public Library is set to launch and the Never Ending Search Blog provides you some necessary information for learning about this great resource.

World Art Day Resources

In case you didn't know, today is World Art Day.  In celebration of Art, I wanted to share some Art resources that you might be interested in utilizing in your classroom or sharing with students.

1.) The Google Art Project - This is a tool that puts thousands of pieces of Art at your fingertips.  A great resource for not only art teachers, but also Social Studies teachers as well.

2.) Art Finder - A place to find and purchase Art from all over the world.

3.) Picasso Head - Create your own version of a Picasso.

4.) The Endless Mural - An interactive and collaborative Art website built in HTML5

5.) DrawSpace - Learn to draw with over 200 free downloadable lessons.  With a profile, users can keep track of progress.

6.) 50 Awesome and Inspiring Blogs for Art Teachers and Top 20 Art Blogs for Educators.

7.) SmartHistory from Khan Academy - The leading open educational resource for Art history.  The content is free and high quality.

8.) ArtLex Dictionary provides definitions for over 3,600 terms used in discussing art and visual culture.  There are also thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, and quotations as well.

9.) Artcyclopedia is like a wiki for art.  Tons of information, images, and other resources for art research.

10.) Artist A Day provides visitors with information and resources related to various artist.  A great way for students to visualize various types of art from all kinds of different artists.

11.) Scoot and Doodle is a collaborative drawing environment that uses Google + Hangouts.

12.) Psykopaint allows users to turn images into abstract art and apply shadows to pictures.

13.) My Oats, This is Sand, Jackson Pollock, and Bomomo provide some fun art creation.

Friday, April 12, 2013

Fliite - Group Mentioning/Messaging App for Twitter

Many educators are taking to Twitter as a method professional learning and also for communicating with students.  One of the issues is that if you wanted to mention several people in a tweet is that those mentions take up your 140 characters.  The other issue is that if you want to send a direct message to Twitter users, you can only send one at a time.  Fliite is a new option that will soon be available for the iPhone that allows users to group message/mention multiple users on Twitter.  Fliite could come on handy for those teachers that utilize Twitter in the classroom.  You can sign up to receive an email notification when it is available, but it seemed promising, so I thought I would share.  You can see the video below for more information.

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Five Found In My Feedly

With Google Reader getting ready to be gone for good I have permanently switched the blogs I follow over to Feedly.  I hope to regularly bring you some of the great information shared across the web from other blogs that I follow.  Here are some from this week.

1.) 50 Digital Storytelling Websites and Apps from the Technology Tidbits Blog.  The list is available in alphabetical order which makes it easy to discover sites and apps that you might not be familiar with.

2.) Dealing with Dashboard Decisions - I don't really use them myself, but homepages that mimic a dashboard look are popular for many people.  This post provides a great list of options.  From The Never Ending Search Blog.

3.) The Bammy! Awards - An Award honoring the Education Community from A - Z.  You can find the nominees HERE.

4.) 89 Cool Sites, Apps, and Tools for Teachers from the Cool Cat Teacher Blog has a great list for teachers looking to integrate technology into the classroom.

5.) 21 Reasons to Stop Saying 21st Century Teacher from the Free Technology for Teachers Blog makes a great case for removing this terminology from describing teachers.  I wrote two eBooks called "Tools for the 21st Century Teacher" (1st Edition and 2nd Edition) and looking back, a more proper name probably would have been "Tools for Today's Teachers."  I have to agree with a lot of what Mr. Byrne is saying in this blog post.  We are teachers and this is the 21st century, so naturally we are all 21st century teachers.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Chalkfly - Order School Supplies and Support Teachers in your Community

Chalkfly is a office and school supplies online retailer looking to match wits with Amazon, Staples, and other office supply stores.  There are several categories from over 50,000 supplies that users can choose from.  Chalkfly hopes that users will like their site because it has an easy and simple user interface which will make for a more friendly shopping experience.  Chalkfly has a 365 day return policy, offers of free overnight shipping, and 24 hour customer service.

In order to further separate itself from competitors, Chalkfly will donate 5% of every sale to a school or teacher of the customer's choosing.  Teachers can sign up and include their name and school name in the online registry for parents to complete shopping on the site for their classroom (Similar to a wedding or baby registry).  Customers can also look for a teacher to donate to even if they don't have a registry but have signed up for the website.  If a teacher is not on the list, customers can add their own as well.  If a teacher or school is not selected, Chalkfly will make the donation to a school or teacher in close proximity to the customer.  Learn more about the Registry HERE.

In order to make Chalkfly successful, it would be worthwhile to share it with local businesses as a method of supporting your school while buying supplies they already need.  Teachers could also share with parents for when they are purchasing supplies for their students in the teacher's classroom.

When doing a price comparison, they were cheaper on my favorite pen (Pilot G2) by a penny.  With free shipping and supporting teachers and schools in my area, it is a logical choice in choosing to shop with Chalkfly.

PrintFriendly - Clean Up How You Print

As a social studies teacher I would have my students complete a current events journal by using articles found on the Internet.  I also required students to include a copy of the article for each entry.  I remember getting several pages for articles because of ads and pictures that were not necessary.  It was a waste of ink and a waste of paper.  With a service like PrintFriendly, students and teachers can use the service to clean up a website to only include the important information for a page and make it more....printer friendly.

To use the service, users can copy and paste a link and get a print preview or they can get a bookmarklet for their browser that will allow them to easily print articles from sites they visit.  It might be worthwhile to have computer lab assistants put this bookmarklet on computers in the lab.  If you have your own blog or teacher website, you can also get a button that visitors can use.

To learn more about PrintFriendly, see the video below.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Zion Williamson Signs With Jordan Brand

Many of the top shoe brands in the world have been courting Williamson ever since he declared his intention to leave Duke after one season and enter the NBA draft. The New Orleans Pelicans earned the right to select Williamson first overall when they won the draft lottery, but Williamson was essentially a free agent on the shoe market who had the opportunity to weigh his options before making a decision. By signing with Jordan Brand, Williamson joins an impressive group of NBA players that includes Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook, Detroit Pistons forward Blake Griffin, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Chris Paul and Miami Heat guard Jimmy Butler. Zion is being heralded as the NBA's next big thing, and if he lives up to his immense promise in New Orleans, Jordan Brand may have landed the biggest shoe deal signee since Nike inked LeBron James in 2003.


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Monday, August 5, 2019

Marques Brownlee Discusses the Innovative Tech in Some of Today's New Sneakers

For this week's episode of Complex's Sneaker Shopping, host Joe La Puma is joined at Stadium Goods by popular tech YouTuber, Marques Brownlee. Throughout the interview, Brownlee discusses being a big fan of the Air Jordan 1, interviewing Kobe Bryant to help launch the Nike Kobe 11, helping Under Armour debut the Curry 5, the Nike Adapt BB, and more. "It's impressive they are actually wearing [the Nike Adapt BB] on the court now. Two generations in, I'm sure they are still working on shrinking the number of batteries you need, the size of the motors, and mostly the weight. If you talk to any athlete, the weight is important," says Brownlee. "The fact that the tech has gotten this good this fast is a testament to how hard they are actually working on it. It's not just marketing anymore." Check out the full episode in the video player above.


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July Concert Weekend 2019

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Isata Kanneh-Mason

Millennium Hall, Egerton. 7.30pm. Tickets £15 (£8 under 16s)

Tickets on sale from Saturday 27th April 9:00am

Isata Kanneh-Mason Isata Kanneh-Mason is a Postgraduate at The Royal Academy of Music, studying piano with Carole Presland, having been awarded the Gwendolyn Reiche Memorial Scholarship.

Isata was in the Piano Category Final of The BBC Young Musician 2014, winning The Walter Todds Bursary for the most promising musician before the Grand Final. She has won The Royal Academy Iris Dyer Piano Prize four times and won the Mrs Claude Beddington Prize 2016 for outstanding recital results at The Royal Academy.

She is also winner of The Royal Academy Christian Carpenter Recital Prize 2018, The Howard Craxton Chamber Music Prize 2018 and the Wilfred Parry (Brahms) Prize 2018 at The Royal Academy. Isata held the prestigious Elton John Scholarship for her Undergraduate studies at The Royal Academy, performing with Sir Elton John in Los Angeles in 2013. She also held the Elsa and Leonard Cross Scholarship at The Royal Academy of Music, Junior Department, studying piano with Patsy Toh. She won two ABRSM Gold Awards at age 10 and 11 for the highest marks in the UK for grades 7 and 8 Piano.

She has performed around the UK and abroad, with concerto appearances, in solo recitals and in chamber ensembles, including at the Wigmore Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, St Martin-in-the -Fields, The Dukes Hall (Royal Academy), The Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, Kings Place and Milton Court, Barbican in London. She has performed in The Portland Piano Series in Oregon, USA, in The Barbican Sound Unbound Series, The Colour of Music Festival in South Carolina, The Hebden Bridge and Lincoln Music Festivals, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Caribbean, The Cayman Islands, Canada and Switzerland.

Highlights this season include appearances at the Lucerne Festival, Montreux’s September Musical, the Zurich Tonhalle, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Saint-Denis Festival in Paris, and an extensive US tour, including a performance at Carnegie Hall.

Isata has performed several times on BBC television and radio, including Radio 3 In Tune, Radio 3 RPS Awards, BBC2 The Proms Extra, Radio 4 Womans Hour, Al Jazeera TV, BBC World Service, Channel 4, The One Show, the BBC4 documentary: Young, Gifted and Classical, ITV Born To Shine, BBC2 Classroom Heroes, BBC Young Musician, and a documentary for Sunday Morning by CBS Television (USA).

Isata is grateful to The Nottingham Soroptimist Trust, to Mr and Mrs John Bryden, to Frank White, to Awards for Young Musicians and to Sir Elton John.


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The UK digisphere and the 2017 election

On April 18th, a resolute Theresa May held a press conference outside Downing Street, calling for a general election to be held on the 8th of June. Outlining the reasons of her decision, she explained that “at this moment of enormous national significance, there should be unity here in Westminster. But instead, there is division: the country is coming together, but Westminster is not”. After the election result, however, the country emerges more divided than ever. Clearly, this was an election full of surprises and plot twists. How did it come to that?

First, although exact numbers of voter turnout were still unclear at the time of writing, it is likely that young voters under the age of 30 significantly shaped the election outcome. In its run-up, 1.5 million young people registered to vote, giving the Labour party with its popular policies, such as the scrapping of tuition fees, an electoral boost. Second, the respective launches of the Labour and Conservative manifestos worked against the latter. While a clearly rattled Theresa May struggled to contain herself during a press conference half way through the campaign in which she claimed that ‘nothing has changed’ – despite having u-turned on social care just hours before – the launch of the Labour party’s manifesto received unexpectedly favourable news coverage. Third, the election was overshadowed by two appalling terror attacks that laid bare the cuts to police officers Theresa May and the Conservatives had presided over for several years. Last, but certainly not least, Theresa May’s unwillingness to face her opponent in a TV debate, and her staged and somewhat awkward appearance on the BBC’s The One Show did little to portray her as a likeable political figure. To the contrary, according to research by Loughborough University, on the back of his well-received Labour manifesto, Jeremy Corbyn gained momentum in the third and fourth week of the campaign and became the most frequently reported political figure in the news.

A further important aspect of this general election was the rise of new, alternative media online. This election is a prime example of how online, alternative outlets are now extending their reach to the levels expected of mainstream media in the past. Unlike their counterparts in the press, these new online media came out in enthusiastic support of Corbyn. One example of this trend is Another Angry Voice, a blog started in 2010 by English tutor Thomas Clark. In the run-up to the election, his post, ‘How many of Jeremy Corbyn’s policies do you actually disagree with?’, became one of his most popular ones. As of June 8, his article garnered 4,300 reactions on Facebook and was shared 12,560 times. Analysis by digital market intelligence service SimilarWeb shows a huge increase in traffic to Clark’s site between April, when the blog attracted around 50,000 total visits, and May, when total page visits surged to 370,000.

Similarly, analysis by the Buzzfeed News Social Barometer showed that three weeks before the election, an article by The Canary with the headline ‘A bystander took a behind the scenes photo of Theresa May that reduces her campaign to a sham’ had been shared 42,400 times on social media. The article shows Theresa May during one of her campaign rallies, supposedly surrounded by large crowds of people. However, the picture by the ‘bystander’, who had taken it from further afield, showed a much smaller crowd than the official pictures suggested. Other left-leaning sites such as Evolve Politics and Skwawbox, provided an antidote to the UK’s often Eurosceptic, pro-Tory mainstream media.

Indeed, when looking at the UK general election through the prism of the mainstream media, one could almost get the sense that they reported on a different event altogether. Loughborough University found The Sun and the Daily Express attacking Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party in predictably harsh terms reminiscent of the red tops’ denunciation of the ‘loony left’ in the 1980s. The Daily Mail was also hostile to Labour, and broadly positive towards Theresa May and the Conservatives, an editorial stance echoed by The Times. This pattern of pro-Tory coverage shifted as the campaign period ended, with Jeremy Corbyn gaining momentum in some parts of the media. However, the coverage of his party overall remained negative. On election day, the Daily Express called on its readers to ‘vote for May today’ and The Sun called on the electorate not to ‘chuck Britain in the Cor-bin’. By contrast, the alternative media mentioned above seemed to report on an election happening in a parallel universe.

As we know, the pro-Corbyn media were vindicated. And as if this election wasn’t already surprising and unpredictable enough, the day after the result, even the usually Tory-backing press had their knives out against May. The Daily Mail’s front page read ‘Tories turn on Theresa’, and The Times noted that May ‘stares into the abyss’.

Here at the Digital Media Research Centre at QUT, we are working on a project funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) called ‘Journalism beyond the crisis’. I have just completed my first round of interviews in Sydney, and across the board, journalists agreed that legacy news media no longer hold the sole authority of being the ‘storytellers of our time’. In an election riddled by surprises and plot twists, the power of alternative media in this election lends strong support to that view.