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The absurdities of REACH (and its brethren across the USA) and Common Core are even beginning to reach (pun intended) the propaganda pages of Education Week, which for two decades has been the official voice of corporate school reform propaganda-as-news. Loyal to their funders, the Ed Week reporters and pundits generally have adapted to each official Party Line pirouette (remember "Small Schools"?) in the plan for corporations to control public education, eliminate all but company unions, and privatize as much as possible.
CPS "Chief Instruction Officer" Jennifer Cheatham at the Board of Education's January 25, 2012 meeting. Like most of the top executives at CPS, Cheatham, one of those pushing REACH, has no classroom or teaching experience in Chicago's public schools, but she has mastered Power Point's finer points and displayed her prowess before the Board. Her career as an educational consultant in California and as an educational administrator in Chicago have been based on a facility to turn out vapid Power Points with little or no relationship to classroom realities or children's learning in real schools. Defending the mandates for REACH with pre-K and the little ones is just one of the miracles that can be done with Power Point and power when reality and policy diverge, as they have today in Chicago. Substance photo by George N. Schmidt.But is it possible that corporate reform has finally reached the outer limits of its absurdities, to the point where even the most loyal Ed Week pundits and reporters can see how silly this has gotten. Consider the current critique of REACH and its relatives as public schools across the USA descend further into the absurdity of "performance based" evaluations of teachers. In Illinois, despite the sensible critiques of the leaders of the Chicago Teachers Union and the union's researchers, REACH is being deployed into every real public school in Chicago. (As usual, "accountability" is not for the fake public schools, the charters).
The essay below states is clearly enough (and it can be applied immediately to the enormous waste of teacher and principal time and energy currently involved in REACH): "It is high time that the reform community grows up and learns that schools won't improve until we put the brakes on untested, overblown initiatives. These prevent us from focusing on the most effective practices long enough for them to take hold..."
Here is the latest:
Why Complex Teacher Evaluations Don't Work, By Mike Schmoker
Here they come: those complex, bloated, evaluation templates that are now being dumped on teachers and administrators. These are supposed to make schools perform better.
Once again, we are rushing into a premature, ill-conceived innovation—without any solid evidence that it promotes better teaching. These jargon-laced, confusing documents are to be used to evaluate or even to compensate teachers on the basis of multiple, full-period, pre-announced classroom observations. Each observation is to be preceded and followed by meetings between teachers and administrators that will require enormous amounts of time, paperwork, and preparation. Like so many past reforms, this one will be launched nationally, like a bad movie, without being piloted and refined first. (Imagine if we did this with prescription drugs.) It will consume a disproportionate share of precious training time and promote misguided practices that could endure for the next decade. Rather than improve schools, it will only crowd out and postpone our highest, most urgent curricular and instructional priorities.
Don't misunderstand me: Teacher observation and evaluation are among the strongest components of effective school-improvement efforts. If you visit classrooms across the nation (as many of us do), you know that most teaching is at odds with some of the most obvious elements of sound practice. But these frameworks aren't the solution. They lack clarity and focus, and their use should be postponed on the basis of their sheer bulk (most are dozens of pages long) and their murky, agenda-driven language.
In February, The New York Times reported that one of these frameworks contains an astonishing 116 "subcategories" by which educators' lessons are to be assessed. I can only imagine teachers, whose morale is already at a record low, encountering these unwieldy instruments and the anxiety they will provoke.
Done right, teacher evaluation could ensure precisely the kind of systematic action that would guarantee immediate improvement, i.e., by clarifying a minimal set of the most essential, widely known criteria for effective curriculum, such as rich content taught largely thought literacy activities and sound instruction.
Once clarified, evaluation would then focus on only one or two elements at a time, with multiple opportunities for teachers to practice and receive feedback from their evaluators. Teachers' progress and performance on these criteria would be the basis for evaluation.
Jim Collins, the business consultant and author of Good to Great, and the organizational-improvement expert Marcus Buckingham discovered that the performance and morale of both employees and managers skyrockets when managers:
• Severely reduce the number of criteria by which they judge an employee's performance; and
• Have "crystal clarity" for those very few criteria, abandoning any language that could confuse a practitioner.
Teachers need assurances that we will never, ever require them to pore through dozens of bewildering boxes and bullets about how they should perform. Policymakers have yet to learn that less is more with respect to strategic planning, our (still-gargantuan) standards documents, or our ever-expanding and exotic menus of programs and professional-development offerings. And now teacher-evaluation frameworks.
One popular multipage framework requires that lessons be taught with "simultaneous multisensory representations" during the lesson and "facilitation . . . that results in students' application of interdisciplinary knowledge through the lens of local and global issues." Another framework—in similarly mangled language—requires that lessons "reflect understanding of prerequisite relationships among topics and concepts and a link to necessary cognitive structures." I guarantee that is not the kind of advice average teachers need to improve their lessons. Moreover, most of these frameworks insist—against all research and evidence to the contrary—that teachers must provide lessons that include special materials for each individual student or subgroup, all while addressing dozens of other criteria.
We'll never improve instruction this way. Here's the alternative.
First, we should do everything in our power to ensure that there is a clear, coherent curriculum in place before we attach high stakes to any evaluation. The absence of such a curriculum explains a great portion of the aimless, ineffective lessons we see in our schools. In addition, this curriculum must include generous amounts of what is now—finally—being emphasized in the "three shifts" that capture the essence of the English/language arts common core, i.e., daily opportunities to read, discuss, and write. These should all be grounded in evidence found in high-quality, content-rich texts across the disciplines. This simple, timeless emphasis is the key to success on tests, in college, and in careers. It is nowhere to be found, however, in our most popular evaluation templates.
Without such a curriculum, instruction inevitably devolves into the kinds of inane worksheets, group activities, and misguided practices that now predominate in our schools.
Once such a curriculum is in place, we should evaluate teachers on whether they are actually implementing and improving their curriculum in teams, with their same-course colleagues.
"Done right, teacher evaluation could ensure precisely the kind of systematic action that would guarantee immediate improvement."
Finally, we should observe and evaluate teachers on the basis of (mostly) short, frequent, unannounced classroom visits, using the same, few, age-old criteria. The noted researcher Robert Marzano, among others, exhorts us to regard these as "routine components" of any and every effective lesson:
• Attention and engagement (i.e., steps are taken to ensure that all students are attentive and on task throughout the lesson);
• A clear, well-defined purpose and objective to the lesson; followed by ...
• Multiple short segments of instruction; immediately followed by ...
• Opportunities for students to process or practice what was just taught, while the teacher checks and monitors to see how well the class has learned; followed by ...
• Adjustments to the lesson and the pace of the lesson to ensure that all students, or as close to that as possible, can succeed on each phase of instruction, until they can achieve the objective of that day's lesson or group project.
These elements, which guarantee improvement, can actually be found in some of the evaluation frameworks. But they are not written clearly or prominently enough to be seen as indispensable priorities. Instead, they are obscured by the dozens of other specious, confusing evaluation criteria that surround them. To reiterate: The observations that are the basis of an evaluation must occur largely unannounced. We can't afford to repeat the feckless protocols refuted decades ago—those built around pre-announced visits, followed by lengthy pre- and post-conferences.
Until this changes, as the author and teacher-evaluation expert Kim Marshall and others have made so clear, teacher evaluation will continue to be nothing more than what teachers and administrators have aptly called a dog-and-pony show, with one difference: It will be even more confusing and time-consuming.
It is high time that the reform community grows up and learns that schools won't improve until we put the brakes on untested, overblown initiatives. These prevent us from focusing on the most effective practices long enough for them to take hold.
Clear, minimalist, priority-driven teacher evaluation could play a central role in ensuring that such practices become the norm. If they do, we will beyond any doubt hasten the improvement of schools in virtually any setting.
[Mike Schmoker is an author, speaker, and consultant, who lives in Tempe, Ariz. His most recent book is FOCUS: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning (ASCD, 2011). He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.]
By: Heidi Nardini
Another aspect to REACH is that no teacher, whose test scores are attached to her evaluation, will want to accept any student teacher into her classroom for fear of a downgraded rating. How are future educators supposed to get the experience and training needed from an experienced teacher when such roadblocks are in place?
By: Margaret Wilson
Ratings system will be the worst in history
I had a lot of complaints about the previous rating system because it was extremely subjective and the Union kept saying that you couldn't grieve on anything the Principal wrote--you could only grieve if he/she didn't follow the timeline. This new one is the worst!! Tying teachers' ratings to test scores is going to cause more teachers to try and falsify test results. The fact is that some students are not prepared to move onto the next level and others are just not good test takers. I read the new evaluation booklet and I doubt principals are going to be able to explain it in the mandatory half hour meeting each year (if they understand it themselves).
By: Carl Lewis
Jennifer Cheatem
When we went to the Common Core meeting for CPS Jennifer Cheatem had a "class" on Reach. She had us all rate a teacher on a video. She admitted she waan't an expert on REACH and she was still learning. In fact her score was different than the lady from CPS. They both had different ratings? Yet they are supposedly the cream of the crop? Honestly this system is a joke!
By: Jonathan Cohler
The thing about Reach, I believe, is that it's not about actually evaluating teachers. The complexity of REACH is intentional. It is designed to create an impossible-to-reach cut score and make it easier to simply let teachers go by calling them sub-standard.
By: Lee Alexander
NBCT against REACH
After sitting through two separate PD's on this monster everyone I spoke with hates it. I am a good teacher, dedicated and creative special education teacher. So because I choose to work in an impoverished neighborhood with challenged students I am a poor instructor? Because I teach my students relevant skills and not train them in test taking I should be replaced by a TFA who will quit? Ask ME to prove my students make gains and I can, using their efforts and products. NWEA does not care about kids, REACH torments students, and neither is a teaching tool.
By: Kati Gilson NBCT
REACH for pre-school — a stupid and inhuman way to treat three-year-olds
The first few weeks of preschool are full of seperation anxiety, fear of the unknown, and learning new routines and expectations. That is usually the first month of curriculum. Now, we have to test each child using REACH. Hello little child that just turned 3 in August. Welcome to preschool. Let's take a test. Plus, we already do the ESI-R, a developmental screenting test, on all new children. So we're looking at about 40-50 minutes of testing per child (I have 40). That's 2000 hours of testing in September. There aren't enough hours in the day to test. I guess I start teaaching in October? And then we repeat this in May when we also have to do the Kindergarte Readiness Test. Another time intensive test. So, we just lost two whole months of teaching time to standardized testing. Makes absolutely no sense.

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From Ayhan and Hatice Kaklik
6 baby eggplants
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 pound ground beef
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 (6-ounce) cans of diced tomatoes
3 tablespoons tomato paste
½ cup parsley, finely chopped
1 cup corn oil
6 thin slices sweet
peppers for decorative topping (optional)
6 cherry tomatoes for decorative topping (optional)
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon ground black
1 cup water
Remove the stems of the eggplants and peel them in stripes. Soak them in salty water for about 30 minutes (½ teaspoon salt in 6 cups of water). Prepare the mixture while the eggplants are soaking.
Heat olive oil in a nonstick pan on medium heat and saute the onions. Once the onions are soft, add the ground beef and cook until all moisture is absorbed. Then, add the garlic, diced tomatoes and 2 tablespoons of tomato paste. Season with salt and ground black pepper. Mix well. Continue cooking for about two to three minutes. Remove from heat and mix in most of the chopped parsley. Taste the mixture. Add salt or pepper as needed and set the mixture aside.
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Remove the soaked eggplants from water and dry them thoroughly on a clean kitchen towel. Fry them (on all sides) in corn oil till they turn a golden brown. Place the eggplants on a well-greased baking tray.
Make a slit on the eggplants and open it slightly with the back of a spoon. Stuff the beef mixture in it. The eggplant can be topped with a slice of sweet pepper and halved cherry tomatoes. Mix the leftover tomato paste with hot water and pour it over the eggplants.
Bake the eggplants for about 45 minutes until tender and brown on top.
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Maestro Antonio Pappano records with the brilliant young Van Cliburn competition prize-winner
Warner Classics is delighted to announce the exclusive signing of Beatrice Rana, who shot to stardom at just 20 years of age when she claimed the Silver Medal and the coveted Audience Award in the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. On that occasion, Huffington Post described her performance as 'an endlessly fascinating piece of humanity that had the orchestra riveted on every note'.
This month, in Rome, she has just finished recording her Warner Classics debut album with Sir Antonio Pappano and the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The thrilling programme – Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat Minor, and Prokofiev's Second Piano Concerto – is a bold statement for a virtuoso who 'possesses an old soul that belies her twenty years, and more than a touch of genius' (Gramophone).
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Born in 1993, the daughter of two pianists, Rana made her orchestral debut at the age of nine. She has amassed an impressive number of first prizes in international piano competitions, such as Muzio Clementi Competition, the International Piano Competition of the Republic of San Marino and the Bang&Olufsen PianoRAMA Competition. She was selected in 2010 as one of the six pianists taking part in the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize, attending a prestigious masterclass with Arie Vardi, with whom she now studies in Hannover. On 1st August, she makes her Verbier Festival recital debut, stepping in for Mikhail Pletnev.
Rana is in demand as a soloist with orchestras around the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Hall , the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the RAI Symphony Torino, the Dresdner Philharmonie, the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Brisbane, and the Filarmonica della Scala, the Maggio Musicale, under the baton of conductors including Yannick Nézet-Seguin, Jun Märkl, Leonard Slatkin, Trevor Pinnock, Fabien Gabel, Fayçal Karoui, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Andrès Orozco-Estrada, Susanna Mälkki, Fabio Luisi and Zubin Mehta.
'Within just a few seasons, Beatrice Rana has risen to the highest rung among the new generation of pianists,' said Warner Classics and Erato President Alain Lanceron. 'We are convinced that a star is born and are particularly pleased to have been able to bring about all the ideal artistic conditions for her first Warner Classics recording.'
Warner Classics and Erato Executive Vice-President of Artists and Repertoire Jean-Philippe Rolland added: 'Beatrice Rana has everything – exquisite technique combined with a Mediterranean passion reminiscent of the golden age of the piano. She has a vision and inspiration we seldom encounter at such young age.'
Beatrice Rana's debut album for Warner Classics – Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev piano concertos with the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Sir Antonio Pappano – will be released in the Autumn.
Beatrice Rana will be touring Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Buenos Aires with Pappano and his Italian ensemble in May 2016. She will perform Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.2 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall on 27th November and with the Modigliani Quartet at the Wigmore Hall on 30th December.


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Writer Phil Lord, producer Chris Miller, director Bob Persichetti, director Peter Ramsey, and writer-director Rodney Rothman are the minds behind Miles Morales and bringing the animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to life.
I caught up with the Spider-team to relive Oscar nomination morning, and talk about how they found the voice of Miles and they lifted him from the comic book to screen. "In the comics, Miles is a sensitive kid. He's really almost like an everyman. He's almost like a blank slate or mirror that you're able to project a lot on to him," Ramsey says.
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What were you doing Oscar morning when the nominations were announced?
Bob: I was asleep so I slept through it. So boring. [laughs].
Peter: I was asleep too. I had set an alarm to wake me up at 5.30 and it didn't go off so I woke up around that time and saw my text messages and thought, "Oh my God!"
Rodney: I woke up three hours beforehand and couldn't go back to sleep. I kept going on the website and refreshed it every few seconds. My wife and I watched it together and it was really exciting, but then an hour later I was back complaining about normal life stuff.
Let's go back to day one because this was a whole new concept to bring Miles to the big screen
Bob: It started with the comics that we were adapting with Brian Michael Bendis, but beyond that for the film, it started with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and their initial pitch to the studio when the studio approached them about wanting to do an animated Spiderman movie. Their thought was to do one about Miles. It started all the way back there and it made its way in.
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Bob: We also had to conceive his playlist and we had that. We had a visual that we were developing. We cast Shameik Moore and those things really helped develop mannerisms and idiosyncrasies and how quiet and observant he can be like Shameik. We added in all these layers to make it individual.
Talking about Shameik, how did you find the perfect Miles?
Bob: We were tuned into him pretty early on after seeing Dope and it just felt that he had this amazing quality of honesty and naivety, but still this underlying cool aspect. We went out to him early and a bunch of other people.
At the time, he was doing The Get Down so he'd recording things into his phone in the bathroom and he'd send it to us and we'd cut some of it into our story reels. It really defined who Miles could be. We heard it and thought it was really exciting. It just ended up being so wonderful.
We had to do our due diligence and we did a secretive open casting call. We listened to hundreds of people and it ended up back at Shameik and he ended up doing such a great job.
Peter: The vulnerability to him that he has. I don't think anyone we heard could match it. I think we all thought and knew that if we put that together with a nice nuanced animated performance, you could get something magical.
Rodney: One of the final pieces of Shameik's performance is that it becomes a collaboration between him and the animators where he's delivering this vocal performance that has a lot of nuances, a lot of charm, and specificity to it. The animators are matching that and interpreting that. In the end, Miles' performance is this strange collaboration between Shameik and some people he'll never meet.
Peter: When you're in the room with Shameik, there's a lot of silence in his performance, but internally he's super loud in those silent moments. When the animators are getting those sound files, they're hearing just silence and they have to fill those spaces with meaningful acting. I think once they started to get into it, I think they felt they were given a gift because it allowed them to do really subtle performances.
Rodney: In some cases, they're basing their animation off studying film references of Shamiek acting.
Peter: Because we combined 2D and 3D techniques, we've got people in effects who are hand drawing lines on Miles' face to capture emotion and that's part of the reason why people are falling in love with him because of that strange combination of his performance and also hand-drawn animation that captures his emotion.
What about the challenge of working with the multi-universe aspect and making the audience understand what's happening?
Peter: It's really funny because the studio had that as their biggest bone of contention. It was so confusing and no one is going to understand it. In reality, you say to any 8 or 9 years old, they know exactly what you're talking about.
I think beyond that there were a lot of things inherent in the story that helped us explain it. There was also the device of the repeating intros of the characters. These are clearly different people from different places but they look different and they act differently. They're all versions of the same thing. I think what we were able to dramatize through our characters and through Miles having to take all this in, helped make the multi-verse a bit more tangible for people.
Rodney: I think fundamentally we explained the multi-verse technically but we tried not to get too detailed or in the weeds about that stuff. Who hasn't asked themselves if their lives wouldn't be different if they had made other choices? I think we grounded in the most human aspect of what's a pretty complicated concept. We tried to take that concept on the most basic level and that seemed to work best.
Bob: Less seemed to be more. We had other versions that had a lot more explanation but boy it was painful.
Do you have favorite Easter eggs to put in?
Bob: There's always the Stan Lee and every single animator wanted to animate Stan Lee. If they had background places where they could drop Stan in, they would do it and have him walking by. He's on trains. I don't know how many you'll find, but there's a lot.
Rodney: I really liked in Miles' universe, we planted like 50 Easter eggs, if you freeze on any shot when he's walking down the street you'll see an egg on the billboard, an ad, and a taxi.
Peter: That Times Square sequence has a lot. I'm an old comic book fan so there are a lot of nods to comic book artists that have nods to the Spider legend or nods to comic book legends that die-hard comic fans would know.
I'm sure when it comes out on digital someone will do a post on how many Stan Lee cameos are in there.
Peter: I hope so.
What has this ride been like for you to see all the love for the film?
Rodney: For me, we were all working so hard until the end and this movie came out. We got critical acclaim and it's been an absolute blur. Embracing the joyfulness that people are finding in the movie is what I'm doing.
Peter: It's happened so quickly. It's been like watching it happen to someone else inside the blender. It's a weird out-of-body sensation. When you're submerged in one of these things for a number of years, you really are in a bubble from the outside world to a large extent. You're inside the movie. I know for myself, I didn't know what we were going to be hitting people with because I was worried about what we were going to get right. We were looking at it with such granular detail so when I see the emotional reaction that people have to it, it's so overwhelming because you think it's so wild.
Rodney: That's definitely been the best part. I don't think anyone expected people to connect to it the way they did so it's just wild. I got into this because I wanted to be part of something that has a big impact on people and inspires people. I think that's why on a basic level, that's why we all got into it. It's been great. It's so cool. It's addictive and you can feel it.


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These simple but clever designs are sure to enchant not only the children but the grown-ups as well.
There's no better time to come to Japan than fall, and no better way to spend your trip than by wandering through these crimson forests and gardens.
Norastyle's new leaflet has the fall and winter looks that all farming fashionistas will want to sport. Agriculture never looked so attractive!
Fruit and cheese is a heavenly combination.
This boy's sneezing is a lot more powerful than his animal species recognition.
Some of Japan's most iconic places to see the autumn leaves are now off-limits to photographers.
An unexpected layer of white was added to the autumn foliage colours this year.
Either this cat doesn't like children or it has a very sadistic sense of humour.
Mars may be the one called the Red Planet, but this shot shows part of Earth turning a beautiful crimson.
Ranking of Japan's best fall colors will have you ready to head into the great (and red) outdoors.
Domo-kun is down on the ice and can't get up! Who can save the furry, brown monster mascot?!?
Okay, who else is already sick of summer? Bugs, humidity, sweat, and pongy passengers on public transportation. Bring on the autumn, with its fresh, crisp air, cosy and stylish fall fashion, and seasonal flavours like pumpkin, cinnamon, and hot roasted chestnuts!
Luckily, it seems that Starbucks in Japan is feeling us and has decided to give us a treat to really get us in the mood for autumn with their new range of chestnut flavour lattes and frappuccinos which are due to go on sale next month!
A bizarre death occurred in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku, Tokyo recently as a 22-year-old woman died after falling nine stories during a visit to the restroom. Although suicide hasn't been entirely ruled out, this appears to be a case of highly unusual building practices as a door opening onto a sheer drop was also present in the room.
Regular readers of our site will no doubt be familiar with Mr. Sato, our intrepid Japanese reporter. Despite his tendency to pursue unusually zany exploits in the name of journalism, Mr. Sato also has a slightly more conventional side, and enjoys taking in the beautiful autumn scenery just like anybody else.
In fact, Mr. Sato was so impressed by his recent visit to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden (新宿御苑) in the heart of Tokyo that he wanted to share his photos with you. So why don't you grab a cup of tea, relax, and enjoy the dazzling colors of the park, all from the comfort of home!
No country does cute food better than Japan, and the latest trend in adorable edibles is fall hot pots stuffed with cute characters that look way too good to eat!
Just like it does every year, autumn brings red leaves, cooler temperatures, and a new season of TV shows to Japan. This is especially good news if you're an anime fan, as tons of new series have debuted in the last few weeks.
As a matter of fact, this might be too much of a good thing, as there's so much new anime available that it's hard to find time to sample all of it. So if you don't know where to start, you might want to consult a list of the hottest currently airing shows, made by the people who love the medium best: Japanese otaku.
Here at RocketNews24 we're always on the lookout for cases where life meets art, whether it's characters from video games spliced into real-life falling-over gifs, or animals hanging out with giant fluffy figures at Disneyland. So when we saw this video that's been dubbed "the anime fall in real life", we knew it was the one for us.
These two handball players ended up in an awkward position when they collided on the court. Unfortunately for them, the moment – as well as their amused reaction – was captured and replayed in slow motion all over the internet, giving teenage boys the world over plenty to think about and anime fans reason to believe that their preferred medium of entertainment isn't quite so removed from reality after all…
The folks at Häagen-Dazs Japan clearly know they're onto a good thing with their special-edition ice creams, and there seems to be no stopping their creativity. With Japonais, Rose and Sakura, and even Vegetable flavours all appearing within the last six months alone, there's seemingly always something sweet on the horizon. And now, before summer has even had a chance to break in its beach sandals, the ice cream giant has unveiled three decidedly autumnal flavours.
Fall is in full swing and that means we're all able to enjoy what this chilly season has to offer. Red and golden leaves, chestnuts, apples…all the things that remind us of autumn! For those with a little patience and some artistic ability, you can even create origami versions of these seasonal favorites. Take a look at the following eight origami designs and learn how to make them yourself!


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At WT, we know that the processes involved in resolving commercial disputes can be time consuming and expensive. We are conscious of the pressures that are faced by parties in a dispute and we work closely with our clients and their legal advisors to resolve disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Our team of experts has been carefully selected on the basis of their experience, training and qualifications in relation to the construction, engineering and infrastructure industries. Their extensive experience brings a level of gravitas and confidence, which is demonstrated in the advice and service that they provide, whether in the form of impartial and well-drafted reports, presentation of expert evidence, participation in dispute resolution proceedings or in providing strategic commercial support directly to our clients.
We are often engaged as commercial advisors on complex and challenging projects and assist our clients to successfully manage risk and reduce the likelihood of issues escalating to the level of formal dispute. In the event that a dispute has arisen, we are well equipped to act as expert witness on a wide variety of matters in litigation, arbitration, adjudication and other alternative dispute resolution processes.
As an independent global firm, with a strong local presence and a highly regarded brand, our substantial resources ensure that our experts have the capacity and the availability to meet the demands and deadlines arising on live projects and in dispute resolution processes.
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Dulux Road Line Paint is used to paint markings in car parks, play areas and to delineate areas on concrete and asphalt surfaces. Here's why it's good for exterior home improvement:
Paint your Play Ground
Turn your boring paved or tarred driveways and car parks into a fun play space for your kids. You don't have to spend a lot of money hiring "professionals" as you can simply do it yourself by painting games, roads or other fun elements onto the asphalt. A set of roads painted on tar is the beginning of a mini play town for youngsters on bikes and a good way to get them road ready. Using different colour paints to create a brightly coloured hopscotch game can also inspire slightly older school children to get active, go outside and have fun. If you have boys, turn your driveway into a basketball court by marking off the area with paint. Also consider using stencils for a neat finish and a more uniform look.
Dulux Road Line paint offers a non-slip, hard wearing and low maintenance finish with a range of colours to choose from. This paint has excellent adhesion and durability properties and is suitable for both interior and exterior use. Rapid drying allows vehicles to drive over freshly painted areas within 30 – 45 minutes. This paint is available in 5 litre quantities only.
Contrary to urban legend, road paint is NOT to be used for damp proofing purposes. There are several products specifically designed to solve any damp problems that you may encounter in your home.
Visit your nearest Jack's Paint & Hardware store for expert advice on how to successfully complete this DIY project.
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How Often Should Salves and Creams be Used?
Most users will apply CBD salves to their problem areas 1-3 times per day, however, some will use them as often as every hour to find relief.
It is best to start with about 3 applications per day and adjust according to how your body and pain response.
Which pain can CBD salve help with?
Most of the 'proof' of CBD's pain-relieving affects come from preclinical studies, animal studies, and user reports.
There are two main categories of chronic pain: inflammatory nociceptive and neuropathic. Nociceptive pain occurs when tissue is damaged and becomes inflamed, such as when you twist your ankle, get stung by a bee or suffer from inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Neuropathic pain comes from damage to nerves, such as pain from sciatica, multiple sclerosis, or hitting your funny bone.
It is generally simple to tell which type of pain you are suffering from - if you experience a sharp, shooting, and sometimes even burning type of feeling, it is neuropathic pain. If your pain is more throbbing or tied to certain movements or positions, that is inflammatory. There are other pain conditions, such as fibromyalgia, that do not fully fit into one category or the other.
Studies suggest that CBD may be most beneficial for inflammatory pain, although there is research that has found promise for neuropathic and fibromyalgia pain.


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Premium Travel Ideas for Mother's Day
Award Winning Tour Company,Luxury Travel Vietnam, has just launched a special premium tour "Vietnam's Heritage and Cultural Tour 11 days" for mother's day at 999 USD.
Hanoi, Vietnam, April 23, 2009 --(
)-- Luxury Travel continues to create niche tourism products for savvy high end travelers shoppers, the company has just launched a special premium tour "Vietnam's Heritage and Cultural Tour 11 days" for mother's day.
The Luxury Travel Company is Vietnam's first luxury tour company and full travel service agency. Luxury Travel is experienced in providing special services and unique tourism products to luxury global travelers.
Start in colonial and charming Hanoi, Vietnam's tangible and intangible heritage. Explore the fascinating Old Quarter and its hundreds of specialty shops selling silk clothing, lacquer ware, embroidered linens, furniture, bamboo, cooking utensils, ceremonial objects and more. Walk around Hoan Kiem Lake, ride a cyclo to dinner, and watch a performance of at the Thang Long Water Puppet Theater.
Full day city tour Hanoi. Enjoy people watching at stylish cafes. Shop for impressive modern art in the city's many galleries. Also visit Hanoi's main cultural attractions, including the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, his House on Stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda, the Fine Arts Museum and the Temple of Literature. Dine in French colonial villas converted into upscale gourmet restaurants.
Next, guests take a day trip to Halong City and board on a junk in Halong Bay, famous Halong Bay Natural World Heritage where thousands of limestone rock sculptures jut dramatically from the sea and numerous grottoes have created an ephemeral, fantastic landscape.
Next, fly to Hue, the former Imperial capital that is a quiet city renowned for the magnificent architecture of its citadel, palaces, royal tombs, pagodas and temples, built under the Nguyen dynasty on the banks of the Perfume River. Enjoy a Royal banquet dinner in this former Imperial Capital to enrich your experience in Hue, one of five World Cultural Heritages of Vietnam.
Drive to Danang and stay several days at the beachfront Furama Resort. Nearby, see ancient sculpture in the Cham Museum or My Son World Cultural Heritage, and tour Buddhist cave temples in the Marble Mountains. Visit atmospheric Hoi An a UNESCO-designated World Heritage Site and riverfront port town crammed with historic homes, tiny museums, cafes, and bustling silk and fish markets.
Fly from Danang to HCMC (formerly Saigon), the country's commercial center and home to a growing number of upscale restaurants and shops. Visit Chinatown, the Thien Hau Pagoda, the Reunification Palace, the Opera House and Hotel de Ville. If desired, also visit the powerful War Remnants Museum. Explore colorful outdoor markets and Dong Khoi Street (guests can come to talk and chat with Luxury Travel Representative as Luxury Travel, Saigon Branch Office is located in this street), the city's most upscale shopping boulevard with boutiques selling clothes and accessories by new Vietnamese designers, hill tribe crafts, high quality linens and housewares.
Take a day trip to the Cu Chi Tunnels and watch an unusual, eclectic religious ceremony at the main temple of Cao Dai, a unique fusion of world religions alternatively, spend the day cruising the narrow canals of the Mekong Delta on charming sampan.
"With limited budget and time, guests discover the most highlights of Vietnam, explore four of five World Heritage Listed Sites of Vietnam, savor best typical cuisines of three regions. This trip is designed to discover the very best of Vietnam in term of culture, sightseeing, discovery, premium comfort and style, this special 11 day tour combining local charm and premium accommodation from North to South Vietnam which is so unique, special for a life time experience" says Tonny Pham, Product Manager of Luxury Travel Company.
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March 30th- Online Learning at Home begins!
Tentative Return Date for students: INDEFINITELY CLOSED
Free Curb Side Meals: Monday through Friday 11am to 1pm. Please follow 6ft. Social Distance Guidelines!
WALK-UP Meals
• Line up with your family unit together and 6 feet away from other families.
• Maintain the 6-foot social distancing requirement as the line moves forward.
• When you reach the front of the line, each child will receive a "to go" breakfast and lunch.
• Please take your lunches and exit the school grounds.
Drive-Up Meals
• Stop as you pull up to the meal carts.
• Do not unroll your car windows.
• Inform us the number of children in your car.
• Food service staff will approach your car with meals on a tray/cart.
• Roll down your window and take the breakfast/lunch meals.
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Anatomy of a Bug Report — Presented via a MSOffice 'Bug in the Wild'
Posted by Steve on September 13, 2008
The importance of a bug report is definitely understated; it is the difference between something getting fixed, and something getting filed away. I am going to present my version of a 'good' bug report through reporting a bug I found while I was MS Office 2007. First though I am going to outline the sections:
The title is actually the most important part of the bug report, it is essential that it is possible to know what the whole problem is simply based on the title. If you cannot express what the bug is completely in the title, you have to think more about before reporting it.
Pretty straight forward, put what needs to be setup before the bug occurs, it can also include what machine configuration you used (if its meaningful)
Steps To Reproduce
Another straight forward area of the bug report. what you want to aim for here is that someone who knows nothing about the bug and possibly very little about the product can reproduce it. There preferrably should be no questions about how to hit the problem again (I do realize this is problematic with the bugs that appear to happen 'randomly')
Bug Details
The important things to include here are what the problem is (as you see it) and what you think should be happening. If you do not but a suggestion or desired outcome, the bug is not nearly as useful.
This is a field that does not always apply, it generally is important with bugs that have to do with scalability and ones that seem to happen intermittently.
The Bug Report:
Title: Having the 'Create Source' window open results in any other open window becoming unusable
- Two instances of MS Office Open
Steps to Reproduce
- In the first MS office window click the references tab
- In the toolbar click 'Insert Citation'
- In the drop down list click 'New Source', the create source window will open
- Click the mouse onto the second Office window
Bug Details
- At this point nothing can be done in the second open window, you cannot click, or manipulate the window in any way.
- Desired Outcome: The second MS Office window should not be affected by the Create Source window in any fashion
- Note: A further issue is that a new Office window does cannot be opened (for example from the start window)
- Anytime the Create Source window is open
So there you have the bug report, if I had access to the proper software I would also have made and attached a video of the problem, video is a great bug reporting tool, one that I suggest is BB TestAssistant .
Let me know what you thought of my bug report! Does it match how you file bugs?


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Britain's Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton mingling with some children during the Taste of British Columbia event at Mission Hill winery in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are visiting Canada with their two young children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. After the event, the royal couple watched a match by the acclaimed University of British Columbia women's volleyball team at the Okanga campus.
Later, they flew to Whitehorse, Yukon, where they were greeted by the Canadian Rangers and Junior Rangers before watching a performance at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre.


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Mental Health Educational Workshops
Evidence of Need
Children and young people face a range of issues and pressures whilst they are growing up with mental health concerns proving to be an escalating issue.
Within a class of 30 children 3 will have a diagnosable mental health issue.
We have spoken to schools, professionals, services, charities, parents and children and young people themselves to try and understand what is being experienced within the region and what is needed to overcome this. Awareness raising, early interventions, understanding the signs and triggers and breaking the taboo is the common feedback.
Aims & Objectives of the Educational Workshops:
The overarching aim of the project is to tackle the stigmatisation of mental health.
The workshops are designed for children of primary-school age initially Year 5's; targeting knowledge and understanding of anxiety, depression, self-harm and help. Puppetry can be an effective and engaging way of teaching children about sensitive subjects;
The workshop will have three aims:
- To de-stigmatise mental health disorders in children through increased engagement, fun and theatrical representation.
- To make children aware of the symptoms, characteristics and triggers
- To increase awareness of coping mechanisms and where and how they may get help and support.


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Citibank Ready Credit Review: Is it a Good Option for You?
Citibank Ready Credit Review: Is it a Good Option for You?
Good for
- Individuals unable to obtain another personal line of credit
Bad for
- Individuals seeking a long-term personal line of credit
- High income borrowers seeking the highest credit limit
- Individuals earning less than S$30,000 annually
Citi's Ready Credit personal line of credit is one of the most expensive available to borrowers in Singapore due to its high interest rate of 20.95%. The bank also charges a relatively high annual fee of S$100. Therefore, it's best to view this credit line as a fallback option for individuals who aren't approved for personal lines of credit from other banks.
|Summary of Citibank Ready Credit
|High Interest Rate: 20.95%
|Annual Fee: S$100 (waived for first year)
|Limited Eligibility: Not available to individuals with annual incomes of less than S$30,000
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What Makes Citibank Ready Credit Stand Out to Borrowers
Citi's Ready Credit personal line of credit is not one of the cheapest available in Singapore. Given its high interest rate of 20.95% and relatively high annual fee of S$100, it ends up being an expensive source of personal financing for borrowers. Additionally, Citi does not offer personal lines of credit to low-income individuals, nor does it offer the highest possible credit limits. Despite not being the cheapest personal line of credit for borrowers in Singapore, Citi's Ready Credit can be a backup to those of other banks.
Summary of Citibank Ready Credit Costs
|Annual Interest Rate
|Maximum Credit Limit
|Minimum Monthly Repayment
|4 times monthly income
|3% or S$45, whichever is higher
Who Can Apply: Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for Citibank Ready Credit applicants must be at least 21 years old. Additionally, Singaporeans and Permanent Residents must meet the bank's minimum annual income requirement of S$30,000, while foreigners must earn S$42,000 annually.
Other Charges & Fees
There are several fees associated with Citi's Ready Credit personal line of credit. While all of these fees are similar to those of other credit line lenders, we always recommend that borrowers are careful to avoid unnecessary fees, which can significantly increase their total cost of borrowing.
|Annual Fee
|S$100 (waived for 1 year)
|Late Payment Fee
|Overlimit Fee
How to Apply for Citi's Personal Line of Credit
Individuals interested in Citi's Ready Credit personal line of credit can apply online, by phone or in-person. To apply, applicants must provide proof of income documentation. For salaried individuals this includes their latest 12 months' CPF statement, latest Income Tax Notice of Assessment and latest computerised payslip. Self-employed, commission-based and variable income earners must provide their last 2 years' Income Tax Notice of Assessment and last 1% Cash Rebate bank statements. Foreigners must also submit their latest Income Tax Notice of Assessment or employment letter certifying employment and salary as well as their latest computerised payslip.


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|Event Tracking Software 12.10.01
Event tracking is an essential thing to sustain compliance, keep a check on network security and system health issues. Lepide event log manager makes it possible to track events for all computers available within the network and that is too through a centralized platform.
Monitor Event Logs
Lepide Event Log Manager is an efficient tool to it having the capability help organization to sustain compliances such as HIPAA, SOX, FISMA, GLBA, and PCI. it tool acts as a centralized platform for archiving,...
Windows Event Log Monitoring
A reliable event log manager tool is required to provide a simplified platform to centrally archive, consolidate, and monitor network-wide Windows and W3C event logs. These event logs prevent threats to breach your security by maintaining identify...
Lepide Event Log Manager
In comparison to Event Tracking Software provides the facility to archive, consolidate and monitor event logs and generates alerts on critical events. Software provides the facility to generate reports on Windows and W3c event logs and various compliances i. e.
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Studio Strobes
Economy Studio Strobes
For value we suggest either PixaPro or Godox. These are the same units built by Godox but Pixapro have the benefit of a UK Warranty.
The more expensive options have built in wireless receivers that work with the Godox X system, also called the Pixapro Pro ST system
All the flashes listed have the Bowens S Fit mount for modifiers
Mains Powered Heads
Also called the Pixapro Lumi II
Also called the Godox QS600 II
Also called the Godox QT600 II
Battery Powered Heads
As with the mains powered heads these are also available as Godox branded units
Triggers for Economy Studio Strobes
This is a non HSS and TTL trigger and receiver kit. The receiver attaches to the flash by USB. This kit suits all makes of cameras.
Ensure you select the correct trigger for your camera.
Ensure you select the correct trigger for your camera.


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|"And we have a swamp rat."
|— Zugu
Rodrigo is a swamp rat that Pythor befriended and named in "The Corridor of Elders." Ridden by the tiny Pythor, he helped him get to the battle of the Elemental Masters and Fake Anacondrai, and was freed by him afterwards.
The Greatest Fear of All
After Pythor refused to run in an exercise wheel for Chen's Army, Chen placed Rodrigo behind him.
The Corridor of Elders
After escaping Rodrigo and finding the spellbook, Pythor traveled on Rodrigo to the Corridor of Elders to tell Lloyd about a spell that can stop the Serpentine War Afterwards, Pythor set him free.
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28 SES 12 C JS, Globalizing Test-Based Accountabilities in Education: Policy transfer and re-contextualization dynamics Part 1: Global Perspectives
Joint Symposium NW 23 and NW 28 to be continued in 28 SES 13 B JS
The presentation revisits and counterpoints three claims on quality in education that are dominant in the political and scientific debates. 1) Quality is globally the main goal of education, 2) Test-based Accountability (TBA) provides a sound way of steering education, and 3) Literature on governance at a distance provides a sound framework to understand TBA. These three claims are critically examined with the help of the empirical research from a project analysing the politics of quality in Brazil, China, and Russia. Documentary and interview material were collected from international organisations, and national, subnational, and municipal level actors by interviewing 200 politicians, officials, teachers, experts, and other stakeholders. The project used and tested a new analytical framework of Comparative Analytics of Dynamics in Education Politics, with the aim to understand the changing and fluid nature of politics and the room of action for different actors in the field. The main findings indicate that three types of dynamics can be discerned in Brazil, China, and Russia, which question the two first claims noted above: 1) Quality assurance and evaluation (QAE), despite initially conceived as a tool to achieve quality in education, has become a goal of education governance in itself. While quality of education remains undefined and contested, QAE becomes the concrete, must-do in education, and remains uncontested. This dynamic is called "shared and self-reinforcing goal-setting". 2) The tools for TBA do not produce quality as such, but rather work as a means of controlling the provision of education. In addition, TBA is an attempt to tease out desired aspects from the education system, which are not always connected with education. However, implementation itself is multifaceted and frequently taking place in a transnational context. The dynamic follows the logic of "authorising but diverted governance". 3) Means to control quality both destabilises and reorganises actor roles. Opening of the TBA toolbox can lead to destabilisation of the status quo in the new space available for politicking in a way of "destabilising and reorganised role-setting" dynamic. The three dynamics listed here also question the theoretical emphasis in the governance-at-a-distance literature, which has been predominantly a phenomenon of the Global North, with its theory having its roots in France and the UK. None of the yielded results support the idea that the governance-at-a-distance theory is a good description of the rooms of action that were observed in Brazil, China, and Russia.
Chabbott, C. (2002). Constructing education for development: International organizations and education for all. London: Routledge-Falmer. Kellaghan, T., Stufflebeam, D., & Wingate, L. (2003). Introduction. In T. Kellaghan, & D. Stufflebeam, International Handbook of Educational Evaluation (pp. 1–6). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Leeuw, F. L. (2002). Evaluation in Europe 2000: Challenges to a Growth Industry. Evaluation, 8 (1), 5–12. Mundy, K. (2007). Global governance, educational change. Comparative Education 43(3), 339–357. Power, M. (1994). The Audit Explosion. London: Demos. Smith, D. (1990). Assessment, technology and the quality revolution. In T. Schuler (Ed.), World Yearbook of Education 1990: Assessment and Evaluation (pp. 41–55). London: Kogan Page. Steiner-Khamsi, G. (2012). Understanding Policy Borrowing and Lending: Building Comparative Policy Studies. In Steiner-Khamsi, G. & Waldow, F. (Eds.), Policy Borrowing and Lending in Education. World Yearbook of Education 2012 (pp. 1–17). London & New York, NY: Routledge. Verger, A., Novelli, M., & Altinyelken, K. (2012). Global Education Policy and International Development: An Introductory Framework. In A. Verger, M. Novelli, & K. Altinyelken (Eds.), Global Education Policy and International Development: New Agendas, Issues and Policies. London: Continuum.
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00. Central Events (Keynotes, EERA-Panel, EERJ Round Table, Invited Sessions)
Network 1. Continuing Professional Development: Learning for Individuals, Leaders, and Organisations
Network 2. Vocational Education and Training (VETNET)
Network 3. Curriculum Innovation
Network 4. Inclusive Education
Network 5. Children and Youth at Risk and Urban Education
Network 6. Open Learning: Media, Environments and Cultures
Network 7. Social Justice and Intercultural Education
Network 8. Research on Health Education
Network 9. Assessment, Evaluation, Testing and Measurement
Network 10. Teacher Education Research
Network 11. Educational Effectiveness and Quality Assurance
Network 12. LISnet - Library and Information Science Network
Network 13. Philosophy of Education
Network 14. Communities, Families and Schooling in Educational Research
Network 15. Research Partnerships in Education
Network 16. ICT in Education and Training
Network 17. Histories of Education
Network 18. Research in Sport Pedagogy
Network 19. Ethnography
Network 20. Research in Innovative Intercultural Learning Environments
Network 22. Research in Higher Education
Network 23. Policy Studies and Politics of Education
Network 24. Mathematics Education Research
Network 25. Research on Children's Rights in Education
Network 26. Educational Leadership
Network 27. Didactics – Learning and Teaching
Network 28. Sociologies of Education
Network 29. Reserach on Arts Education
Network 30. Research on Environmental und Sustainability Education
Network 31. Research on Language and Education (LEd)
Network 32. Organizational Education
Network 33. Gender and Education
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What To Know When Buying Tobacco Leaves
There are many different things you can do with tobacco leaves. You can create your own chew, roll a cigar or cigarette, fill a cigar or cigarette, fill a pipe or use the leaves as a filler in a hookah. If you are new to buying tobacco leaves, you may not know what you need to be aware of as you purchase them. Here are a few of the things you need to know about the leaves you are considering buying as you are shopping for tobacco leaves.
The Thickness of the Leaf You Are Buying
Tobacco leaves have different thicknesses associated with them. The seller should always disclose what the approximate thickness of the leaves is. As a general rule of thumb, thin leaves are better for rolling. They are less likely to crumble. Thicker leaves are easier to crumble, making them perfect for filler material. Ultimately, it may come down to trial and error. Some people can roll and prefer thicker leaves, while others struggle with it. However, as a beginner, the thinner, the better for rolling.
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Another factor to keep in mind as you decided which tobacco leaves to buy is whether the tobacco is all natural or not. If it is not all natural, it contains additives. At this time, sellers are not required to provide a list of additives that are used in the product. They simply have to state that they are not all natural tobacco leaves or that they contain additives. Most people prefer to know exactly what they are inhaling, so selecting an all natural product helps to ensure you know.
The Type of Leaf You Are Buying
Lastly, as you look to buy tobacco leaves, you need to know what type of leaf you are buying. Think of it like buying beer. Some beers are darker and thicker, while others are lighter in color and texture. Buying one type of beer over another is neither right or wrong; it is simply a matter of preference. This is the case with tobacco leaves. Some are darker and have a smokier taste to them, while others are lighter and have a smoother taste. Take the time to learn what kind of leaves you are buying and then keep a checklist of which you like and what qualities it has and which you don't. This will help you narrow down the types you like, which can help you determine which ones to spend your money on in the future.
When you are new to buying tobacco, your first few purchases may not be perfect. It may take some trial and error to hone in on what tobacco leaves and curing processes appeal to you. However, learning some of the differences among the leaves sold will help you differentiate between leaf types and pick ones that may appeal to you.


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September 11, 2015
My day of travel is almost over. I'm currently at Medina airport, waiting for everyone's luggage to show. The flight over the desert was amazing. The flat, sandy plains almost instantly gave way to dark red hills, with cuts where ancient rivers used to run… Razor-back hills crest out of the sand, like the backs of ancient dinosaurs. Rows of mountains pervade the landscape. I didn't have my camera on me, so the sights are preserved in memory only. Perhaps, sometimes, that's the way it should be.
The sparse dots of greenery reminded me of the BBC doc "Human Planet", which showcased the lives of people that live in extreme climates. One of the communities maintained an orchard in the desert. Here, among the harsh and unrelenting but beautiful desert, it's easy to be why God refers to Gardens of Paradise; or the story of the two men, one of whom had two dense, beautiful productive gardens, and the other who had none. The rich gloried in his arrogance, despite warnings from his friend not to be boastful and proud. The man didn't think God would take him to account. And so his fruitful gardens were brought to ruin.
Out here, that wouldn't just be a minor inconvenience. Your entire livelihood would be wiped out. All you would have left is just sand and dust.


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Have you ever tried reading through the Bible and then get to Genesis 14:18 about this random guy showing up to blessing Abram. Then Abram gives him a tenth of all he owns. Ever wonder who that is and how random the event is? Well, I did, and I'm still up writing a paper about it! I'll toss up a poll for fun with the options i've come up with (well, other people have, i've just researcehd it)


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Family Photo sessions are sacred to my work. When I look into the definition of family, I find some of the synonyms are lineage, descent, heritage .
I'm such a sucker for history! Documenting you & and your family in the best light possible, while staying true to who you are is my number one goal.
I have older family members who still pull out photos and albums from decades ago over dessert & coffee and they laugh recounting the memories. That is what I pray these photos will be used for.


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Sunday 14th August saw the return of the Newark Half Marathon after a five year absence. Starting in Devon and Sconce Park, runners headed out into the usually sleepy, meandering country lanes. Well organised and supported by charity partner, Beaumond House and the town's four running clubs, the event saw locals lining the route which included sites of some of the bloodiest civil battles in our Country's history, this time armed with high fives, jelly babies and even homemade chocolate brownies to sustain this weekend's warriors.Among the 800 participants to brave the battle were Grantham Running Club Members. Paul Davis narrowly missing out on a personal best, steaming home in an impressive time of 1:34:50, his second half distance in seven days. Second home was half marathon debutant Matthew Williamson with an incredible 1:36:00, finishing 4th in his U23 age category. First GRC lady to cross the line was new recruit, SJ Willis who ran a surprisingly strong race on the flatter course and achieved a personal best of 1:47:26, her furthest distance since the London Marathon in April this year. Close on SJ's heels was Neil Emerson, coming in at 1:49:35 and Sinead McDonnell who cracked the sub 2 hour mark with a commendable 1:58:46. First timer, Michelle Allbones, who returned to running after three weeks on the bench with a calf tear, arrived at the finish to applause from supporters and fellow club members after 2:27:47 of incredibly determined running.
Sunday, 14 August 2016
Newark Half Marathon
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This is a bizarre little book. Reading it one way, it is a horror story. Reading it another, it could be an allegory. Either way, there is a lot to talk about in what seems like an easy-to-read book. Steve's baby brother is born with an illness of some sort. He believes his prayers for the baby's health are answered when he begins to dream about angels. Are these angels good? And what about the itinerant knife sharpener? Is he as creepy as he seems?
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The Cure for Dreaming
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Like stories of the paranormal? mysteries? historical fiction? war stories? medical dramas? romance? any of the above? How about a book that includes all of the above? In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters is a book that would appeal to many readers, and so far, it's my favorite book on this year's RITBA list. The novel is set during the World War I Spanish flu epidemic in California. Mary Shelley, named for the author of Frankenstein, is a scientist and skeptic of the Spiritualist movement that swept the United States during this difficult period of history. However, when she loses someone important to her, her contact with the afterworld shakes her analytical world.
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I found this nice list of classics for middle schoolers thanks to a teacher in New York. Thanks to Mr. Shapiro wherever you are!


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Vigil in Rotorua
1 September (Saturday)12pm - 2 September 4pm (Sunday)
Rotorua Energy Events Centre, Queens Drive, Government Gardens, Rotorua, New Zealand
Organised by The Awareness Party
Why Rotorua? That's where a global biotech conference is taking place, and their keynote speaker is the VP of Biotechnology from Monsanto. http://www.abic2012.com/
We need a massive show of support for a clean green GE free New Zealand, with no field trials. Show Monsanto, DuPont, Dow and the others that their business is not welcome here.
Come in car loads! Be there for one day or both.
Bring musical instruments, drums, fancy dress - anything to make these awareness building days lots of fun. If possible let us know if you are coming.
Community Planting Day
Friday 7th September 10-12pm
On the University campus, Village Green, by Oranga Lake
Gate 2a, or 2b
Wayne Bennett, local conservationist, will be talking about plants for places during the event. There will also be a BBQ for those taking part in the planting.
There will be spades, but bring more if you can. If it is pouring down, the event will be postponed.
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KPT-330 Plus RICE for Relapsed/Refractory Aggressive B-Cell Lymphoma (KPT-330+RICE)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02471911
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 15, 2015
Last Update Posted : April 10, 2020
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|Condition or disease
|Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
|Drug: KPT-330 Drug: Rituximab Drug: Etoposide Drug: Carboplatin Drug: Ifosfamide Drug: Dexamethasone
|Phase 1
Although aggressive B-cell lymphomas are potentially curable with front-line chemotherapy, at least one-third of patients experience progression or relapse. Second-line regimens such as rituximab, ifosfamide, carboplatin, and etoposide (RICE) are administered with the goal of cytoreduction prior to autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in eligible patients. However, half of patients who receive salvage treatment and ASCT are still not cured.
Selinexor is a Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export / SINE compound, which is a new class of molecule. SINE compounds have been shown to induce apoptotic cell death in pre-clinical models of AML, CLL, T-ALL, and Ph+ ALL as well as B and T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Preliminarily, selinexor has demonstrated promising single-agent clinical activity in patients with previously treated NHL including DLBCL, warranting further investigation. Based on promising preclinical and clinical data, selinexor is currently under evaluation in combination with chemotherapy for solid tumors.
The investigators hypothesize that the combination of selinexor plus RICE will be well-tolerated and clinically active in participants with previously treated aggressive B-cell lymphomas and propose a phase I trial to evaluate this combination. Moreover, Investigators will evaluate primary patient samples before and after selinexor to investigate the mechanisms of action of selinexor, including the mechanisms by which selinexor sensitizes cells to chemotherapy, and evaluate other novel drug combinations in aggressive B-cell lymphomas.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|23 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase I Investigator-Initiated Study of Selinexor (KPT-330) Plus RICE in Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Aggressive B-cell Lymphomas
|Study Start Date :
|November 2015
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|April 15, 2019
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|January 2021
Experimental: All subjects
All subjects will receive KPT-330 (selinexor) on days -5 and -3 starting one week before RICE chemotherapy is started. Once chemotherapy starts, selinexor will be given on days 1, 3, and 5 of each chemotherapy cycle.
RICE chemotherapy will consist of Rituximab, ifosfamide, carboplatin, etoposide, and dexamethasone.
Drug: KPT-330
KPT-330 administered orally on days -5 and -3 prior to starting chemotherapy. Once chemotherapy starts, KPT-330 will be administered on days 1, 3, and 5 of each cycle. Dose levels will range from 20 mg to 100mg with a standard 3+3 escalation schema.
Other Name: Selinexor
Drug: Rituximab
IV Rituximab 375 mg/m2 on D1
Other Name: Rituxan
Drug: Etoposide
IV Etoposide 100 mg/m2 on D1-3
Drug: Carboplatin
IV Carboplatin AUC 5 on D2
Drug: Ifosfamide
IV Ifosfamide 5 g/m2 on D2
Drug: Dexamethasone
20 mg qd on Days -5 and -3. 20 mg qd on Days 1-5
- Maximum Tolerated Dosage (MTD) of Selinexor/KPT-330 when combined with RICE chemo in a relapsed/refractory aggressive b-cell lymphoma setting. [ Time Frame: approximately 24 months ]The highest dose level at which no more than 1 or 6 patients presents with a dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) during the first 6 cycles of treatment
- Survival of subjects treated with KPT-330 + RICE [ Time Frame: approximately 24 months per patient ]Overall survival of patients enrolled on KPT-330 + RICE
- Progression-Free Survival of subjects treated with KPT-330 + RICE [ Time Frame: approximately 24 months per patient ]Progression-free survival of patients enrolled on KPT-330+RICE
- Number of patients who demonstrate a Response to KPT-330+RICE [ Time Frame: approximately 24 months per patient ]The efficacy (as assessed by clinical response) of the combination of KPT-330 + RICE in patients with Rel/Ref b-cell lymphoma
- Number of patients who undergo stem cell collection after induction therapy with KPT-330 + RICE [ Time Frame: approximately 24 months per patient ]The number of patients who can feasibly undergo a stem cell transplant after treatment with KPT-330+RICE
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Patients must have histologically confirmed aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas:
- DLBCL including ABC, GCB or PMBCL subtypes
- Double/triple hit lymphomas
- Indolent lymphomas transformed to aggressive lymphomas
- Follicular lymphomas grade 3B
Patients must have received at least two cycles of anthracycline based chemotherapy administered with curative intent and one of the following:
- failed to have achieve at least a partial response after 2 or more cycles
- failed to achieve a complete response after 6 or more cycles
- progressed after an initial response
- Patients must be age ≥18 years.
- Patients must have at least one site of measurable disease, 1.5 cm in diameter or greater.
- Patients must have ECOG performance status of 0-2.
Patients must have laboratory test results within these ranges:
- Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1500/mm³
- Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
- Serum creatinine clearance ≥40 mL/min
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5x ULN. Higher levels are acceptable if these can be attributed to active hemolysis or ineffective erythropoiesis.
- AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT) ≤ 2x ULN
Women of childbearing potential must agree to use dual methods of contraception and have a negative serum pregnancy test prior to selinexor treatment. Male patients must use an effective barrier method of contraception if sexually active with a female of child-bearing potential.
- Acceptable methods of contraception are condoms with contraceptive foam, oral, implantable or injectable contraceptives, contraceptive patch, intrauterine device, diaphragm with spermicidal gel, or a sexual partner who is surgically sterilized or post-menopausal.
- For both male and female patients, effective methods of contraception must be used throughout the study and for three months following the last dose.
- Patients must be able to understand and willing to sign a written informed consent document.
- Patients must be able to adhere to the study visit schedule and other protocol requirements.
- Patients must not have any serious medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the subject from signing the informed consent form.
- Patients must not have any condition, including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the subject at unacceptable risk if he/she were to participate in the study or confounds the ability to interpret data from the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with hyperuricemia or other potential signs of tumor lysis syndrome
- Patients with more than minimally symptomatic disease (i.e. > grade 1), high tumor burden, or other indication for urgent treatment.
- Patients who have had prior malignancies (other than B-cell lymphomas) for ≤5 years with exception of currently treated basal cell, squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or carcinoma "in situ" of the cervix or breast.
- Patients who have had other anti-cancer therapy, including radiation or experimental drug or therapy, within 28 days of enrollment.
- Patients with known HIV, active hepatitis B, active hepatitis C.
- Patients with known central nervous system involvement by lymphoma.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02471911
|United States, New York
|Weill Cornell Medical College
|New York, New York, United States, 10021
|Principal Investigator:
|Peter Martin, MD
|Weill Medical College of Cornell University
|Responsible Party:
|Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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|First Posted:
|June 15, 2015 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 10, 2020
|Last Verified:
|April 2020
Lymphoma, B-Cell
Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Lymphatic Diseases
Immunoproliferative Disorders
Immune System Diseases
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
Behavioral Symptoms
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Autonomic Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Gastrointestinal Agents
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Antineoplastic Agents
Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological
Immunologic Factors