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Whether you’re preparing for a new pup or creating a secure environment, these pet containment solutions come in handy when house training your dog. Many wire dog crates are equipped with divider panels that allow your pet’s space to grow with them. Getting the correct size plays a huge role in how successful you are with crate training. It may seem like a good idea to buy a large wire dog crate but in actuality, your pet may use one side as their bedroom and the other as a bathroom. By providing the right amount of space, your canine is less likely to soil their resting spot.
So you’re here because your dog makes light work figuring out how to destroy or escape from a standard crate, and wondering if there are crates strong enough to put a stop to that. So now it’s time for a gorilla tough escape proof dog crate to secure your strong or smart Houdini right? Great, you’re in the right place. We’ve reviewed a selection of the toughest heavy duty dog crates and kennels to secure small Houdinis to large powerful dogs that best fit a variety of needs and budgets.
Several owners complained that their dog was able to bend the wires and escape, so this isn’t a good choice for dogs who are escape artists, although it should serve fine for most pooches. Additionally, a few owners reported that while the crate can be collapsed, it’s not especially easy to do, so it isn’t a great choice for owners who plan to travel with the crate frequently.
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Frisco Heavy Duty Double Door Dog Crate provides your pup with a space of his own when you’re away or when you have company. It’s a strong and durable crate that provides safety and comfort. It also features two doors with a three lock system for extra security. And it has an independent pan stop which can be removed without opening the door. It’s available is an array of sizes, including extra-large dog crate size, so there’s definitely a perfect one to fit your furry friend.

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Do you suffer from Chronic Mental Stress brought on by workplace harassment, violence or bullying that occurred on or after April 29, 2014 and prior yo January 1, 2018?
If th answer is yes, you may qualify for WSIB compensation but only if you file your claim before July 1, 2018. See information below.
What is work-related chronic Mental Stress?
Work-related chronic Mental Stress is caused by a substantial wok-related stressor or series of stressors.
A work-related stressor would generally be considered substantial if it is excessive in intensity and/or duration compared with the normal pressures and tensions experienced by people in si,Ilan circumstances.
For example, work-related chronic Mental Stress could be the result of being subjected to workplace harassment or bullying.
Who would be entitled to supporters for work-related Chronic Mental Stress under the proposed policy?
Three conditions need to be met for a person to be entitled to support:
- an appropriate regulated health professional,such as a family physician, provides a diagnosis based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual or Mental Disorders (DSM)
- th person has experienced a substantial work+related stressor(s), like workplace bullying or harassment, and
- the work-related stressor(s) must have caused or significantly contributed to the chronic Mental Stress.
What’s the difference between work-related Chronic Mental Stress and traumatic Mental Stress?
Work-related traumatic mental stress involves events that are generally accepted as traumatic, such as a criminal act or a horrific accident. In most cases a traumatic event will be sudden and unexpected.
Fo example, being held up at gunpoint at work (such as a gas station or store) could be the cause of work-related traumatic mental stress.
When is chronic mental stress or traumatic mental stress excluded from entitlement under the legislation?
An employer’s decisions or actions that are part of the managerial function would not b considered causes of traumatic or chronic mental stress.
- changes in working hours, or
- changes in productivity expectations
When will the proposed policy take effect?
When will people with chronic mental stress be eligible for benefits under the legislation?
People who first seek medical attention or are diagnosed (referred to as the “accident date”) with a work-related chronic mental stress disorder on or after January, 2018 May be entitled to benefits under the new legislation.
Alert: There is a short window to apply for retroactive coverage if a person was diagnosed with work related Chronic Mental Stress on or after April 29, 2014 and prior to January 1, 2018. Those claims must be submitted to WSIB prior to July 1, 2018.
How do I file a claim?
Talk to your local union steward or staff rep to help assess f you have a claim and how to file your application.

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How Do You Pray For A Baby?
You need to understand how to pray to get pregnant in such a way that brings you peace and confidence. When you engage in prayer to get pregnant and you are still overwhelmed by anxiety, you have a lot to learn as per prayer to get pregnant.
You are an adult and have reached a time in your life when conceiving and child birth is uppermost in your mind. The sight of adorable kids being cuddled by mothers melts your heart.
ON THIS PAGE:
The fourth dimension to getting pregnant.
Good spiritual knowledge helps your prayer to conceive.
The meditative prayer to get pregnant: practical steps.
Meditative prayer: My personal testimony.
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Now, you also desire to have and cuddle your own baby. You may have so far unsuccessfully tried known remedies to get pregnant. You may even know that there is a spiritual or you may call it mental dimension to getting pregnant.
imagine yourself pregnant. Once you can see this picture or movie in your mind, mutter words like “I am pregnant”, “I’m carrying my baby”.
There is a sure link between the body and the mind. In sports psychology for instance, coaches understand that the state of the mind to a large extent determines who takes the crown among athletes in a competition.
For athletes to perform at their best, they must have a positive mental imagery of winning. They must be in charge of their minds in such a way that anxiety doesn’t get the better of them.
In the same way, a prayer to get pregnant must take charge of your mind and give you confidence.
A prayer to get pregnant could be same as a mere wish. This is not meant to demean you, but to be honest, a prayer to get pregnant should be more than just a wish.
I will give you a practical guide of how to pray to get pregnant. The principle will make sense to you. Practicing it will also give you inner peace and an assured confidence that your body requires to get pregnant.
“Keep muttering words like I am pregnant, i am now carrying my baby. My baby is in my womb. Mutter it several time until it become more and more real to your mind”.
Its a meditative prayer to get pregnant. You may look at it as “the fourth dimension to getting pregnant”
The fourth dimension to getting pregnant
For the title to make sense to you, I’ll do a bit of an intro.
- The first dimension to getting pregnant or conceiving is for a man and a woman to have unprotected sex.
- The second dimension is for them to use natural means to boost their fertility so as to get pregnant faster.
- The third dimension is for them to resort to fertility treatments like the IVF.
- Finally, the fourth dimension is using meditation to fine-tune the mind while you engage in a prayer for conceiving.
Good spiritual knowledge helps your prayer to conceive
The bible book of Hebrews 11:11-12 says: “By faith Abraham, even though he was past age—and Sarah herself was barren—was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise. And so from this one man, …. came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.”
This is a classic example of a man that tapped into the fourth dimension in order to conceive. Let’s drive it home to your situation.
If you have fertility problems, you can take charge and turn things around for your reproductive health by believing. You see, Abraham believed that he and his wife will have a child.
You need to understand that you are designed to be fertile and to conceive. In order words, understand that you’ll surely conceive as you do the right things required to conceive. So long as you are alive, you should stay positive and self-assured that conceiving, you shall.
That confidence stems from the fact that you know that your body was designed to reproduce and that you are taking the right steps to make that happen.
Just like the athlete I described earlier, she goes through the right level of training and coaching. She then must fine-tune her mind to put anxiety at bay. She tells himself, “I shall make it”, “I am doing what I have to do to succeed and my time is now”.
Having convinced herself that she has put in the effort required and that talent is there, she speaks to himself, writes to herself, or get the psychologist tell her that she is gonna make it.
The meditative prayer to get pregnant: practical steps
- See to it that you are doing the right things required for you to conceive.
- Acknowledge the fact that your body by original design has the potential to conceive.
- Take a quiet time off, visualize yourself conceiving. By that I mean, have a mental picture of you getting pregnant. Close your eyes, build the picture or the movie in your mind and mutter what you are visualizing. Mutter words like: “I’m pregnant, carrying my baby in my womb”. Mutter such words severally so that it keeps registering and becoming real to your mind. This process is the fourth dimension that I’m talking about.
- By speaking those things you visualize, you are already in prayer. You are getting your mind fine-tuned for your body to get pregnant.
The Meditative prayer: My personal testimony
I will make my testimony as brief and practical as possible.
While I was in school, I once lost my Further Maths text book. I read a book titled “the fourth dimension”.
I then applied the principles from the book which basically is
- Look for a quiet place
- Visualize what you wanna get. Have a mental picture of it coming to you.
- Once you have that picture or movie in your mind, mutter those things you are visualizing.
I imagined the textbook coming towards me. Then I muttered words like: “I have my Further maths textbook back with me”. I muttered such words several times. The next day, something spoke to my mind, directing me to the exact table where my text book laid. I walked straight there and grabbed it.
Now, this is no fiction. It happened to me.
Now, go to a quiet place, imagine yourself pregnant. Once you can see this picture or movie in your mind, mutter words like “I am pregnant”, “I’m carrying my baby”. Keep muttering those words until the picture of you being pregnant become more real to your mind.
That is the simple principle behind the Prayer to conceive using the fourth dimension.

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Amanda Bynes arrived at Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday, July 9, to face charges of reckless endangerment, tampering with evidence and marijuana possession; the actress was arrested on May 23 after allegedly throwing a bong out of her 36th floor apartment window. Wearing a blue wig, an Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater jersey, black sweatpants and black sneakers, the former Nickelodeon star, 27, smiled at the crowd of photographers and fans gathered outside the government building in New York City.
Shortly after her May 23 arrest, Bynes accused her arresting officer of sexually assaulting her. Following an investigation by the NYPD, the star's claims were deemed meritless. During her July 9 hearing, the What I Like About You vet stayed silent. The judge continued the case to Aug. 26.
Hours before her court date, Bynes complained about her looks via Twitter. "My surgeon broke my nose during surgery but hasn't finished my nose! It's still broken and I can't breathe," she wrote. "I hate taking pictures with a broken nose." (Though Bynes often tweets about getting a rhinoplasty, it's not clear if she's telling the truth.)
Earlier this spring, the Hairspray actress pleaded no contest to driving with a suspended license in Burbank, Calif. in September 2012; she was placed on three years' probation. Bynes still faces charges stemming from her April 2012 DUI arrest.
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Novatek shares dropped the most in about 16 months after the arrest of Deputy Chief Executive Officer Mark Gyetvay on tax charges in the US.
A recent white paper sponsored by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) promotes the benefits of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Philippines. But it makes overly optimistic claims about the financial, economic and environmental benefits of LNG, reckons the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
When Anthony Stimler left Glencore Plc in August 2019, he had two big secrets: For a dozen years, he’d paid millions in bribes to African officials and intermediaries. And he was now helping a US Justice Department investigation into the company and numerous former colleagues.
Energy giant Shell is considering making vaccines mandatory for certain workers, including those working offshore, according to news reports.
An oil spill unleashed by Hurricane Ida is highlighting longstanding concerns about the more than 18,000 miles of decommissioned pipelines that still snake through the Gulf of Mexico, even though they no longer transport crude and natural gas.
ExxonMobil is tapping the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve to revive gasoline production in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida left much of the devastated state’s refining and oil production offline.
Four workers on the Noble Globetrotter II have been evacuated after the drillship was caught up in Hurricane Ida.
Oil and natural gas explorers in the US Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana refineries have shut production as Hurricane Ida crashed ashore.
Fuel shortages are taking their toll in Lebanon, including on the UK embassy, which is withdrawing some staff.
The US government has sanctioned an Omani businessman for his participation in oil smuggling for Iran, with the proceeds going to destabilise the region.
President Joe Biden has pledged to wean the US off of fossil fuels, and never has that call been more urgent than now, with United Nations-backed scientists warning of a point of no return.
Oil dropped suddenly after the US called on the OPEC+ alliance to revive production more quickly.
Iran’s oil comeback, already taking longer than many traders expected, will be further complicated by last week’s deadly drone attack on a tanker in the Gulf of Oman, which the US, UK and Israel all blamed on Tehran.
The world’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic has sent prices for energy, metals and food soaring, helping big commodity exporters while hammering those nations that buy the bulk of their raw materials from others.
A former Glencore employee has reached a plea deal with the US Department of Justice (DoJ), accepting involvement in the payment of bribes in Nigeria.
BP’s latest review of energy use has been presented as positive developments in carbon reduction. However, the facts remain that fossil fuels continue to provide most of the world’s energy needs and that developing Asia is driving demand.
The G20 has signalled an increased interest in accepting carbon pricing to tackle climate change.
The Biden administration is preparing to release a blueprint for limiting sales of US drilling rights that falls short of the outright ban sought by some environmentalists, as the rising oil and gasoline price highlight the risks of curtailing domestic crude production.
The expected return of Iranian oil to the market as US sanctions are likely to be lifted over the next year will offer new opportunities for former buyers in Asia to reshuffle their oil import mixes. Significantly, the return of Iranian barrels will trigger a fierce battle among global suppliers for market share raising the risk of price drops, reported Fitch Solutions.
Engineering and consultancy firm Wood said tonight it had agreed to settle legacy bribery and corruption investigations in Brazil, the UK and US for £127.5 million.
Supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the expanding Asian market has become more expensive for US producers this year, a Rystad Energy report reveals. Even so, US exporters are unlikely to repeat last year’s cost-related shut-ins as global demand has rebounded to strong levels. Instead, US LNG exports climbed to a record monthly high of 6.5 million tonnes in May and may keep rising to new peaks, according to the energy consultancy.
President Joe Biden’s plans to curtail fossil fuels hit an early roadblock Tuesday, when a federal judge ruled against the administration’s temporary ban on selling new drilling rights on federal lands and waters.
Storegga Geotechnologies, the driving force behind Aberdeenshire’s Acorn project, is eyeing up carbon capture and storage (CCS) opportunities across the pond.
BP reached an agreement today to purchase 9GW of solar development projects in the US from independent US solar developer 7X Energy for $220 million.
“This time is different” may be the most dangerous words in business: billions of dollars have been lost betting that history won’t repeat itself. And yet now, in the oil world, it looks like this time really will be.


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The establishment of the pilot plant as manufacturing facility for Hormogroe will accelerate the transition of the production of the locally developed technology from laboratory scale to at least semi-commercial scale. With this, we are moving steps away from ‘doing research for academic and promotional purposes’ and moving forward to ‘doing research to address the challenges of the farming communities’. In line with SEARCA’s ATTAIN, this project aims to contribute to agriculture and rural development through providing a locally developed solution that can increase the yields and profits of the farmers. With the pilot plant, we will be able to produce more, resulting to more farmers benefiting from the use of Hormogroe.
The FASTRAC research grant will cover the equipment and materials that will be used for the manufacturing of Hormogroe, as well as the compensation of the researchers and staff that will be working. The grant, however, does not cover the construction of the pilot plant that will house the operations. Hence, this proposal is requesting for funds for the construction of the pilot plant.
The pilot plant will be built at the UPLB Science and Technology Park. The location is ideal for Hormogroe production since the technology was developed in UPLB. Likewise, the group hopes to avail of other government programs that support spin-offs of local innovations.
The production process of the different HormoGroe® Plant Growth Regulators (Auxin, Gibberellic Acid, and Cytokinin) can be categorized in to three (3) main steps (as illustrated in Figure 3), namely: (1) hormone production, (2) hormone extraction, and (3) encapsulation.
The hormones used in HormoGroe® Plant Growth Regulators are produced by incubating locally isolated bacteria in specific mediums to promote the production of the target hormone. After incubation, the hormones produced will be extracted thru liquid-liquid extraction using an organic solvent (either ethyl acetate or butanol, depending on the hormone being produced). The extract will be concentrated thru a vacuum evaporator, and the media used in the incubation process will be decontaminated before disposal. In addition, the organic solvents that will be used in the extraction processes will be recovered and reused. Lastly, the concentrated extract will be encapsulated and nanoformulated to improve its efficacy upon field application.

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He kisses me. he says the taste is bitter.
...but i never cheat. i've never been a quitter.
don't we all have suicidal thoughts?
times seem so terrible.
don't we all get caught up, and against the wall?
whenever he starts questioning, someone starts singing
a song about it.
nothing hits home like tragedy: everyone wants
a piece of it.
he kisses me...seems always the last time, or so
i expect. love isn't free.
you reap what you sow and i know what i'll get.
don't we all have scary, confused thoughts?
times seem so abysmal.
don't we all get hung up and trapped 'tween these walls?
...nothing hits home like misery.
everyone's got their own piece of it.
some girls are romantic beyond their means.
i've heard some boys like the jealousy.
some girls confuse politics with self-respect. i've made my own bed,
and someday i'll remember why i can't sleep.


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The new 1SYNC Brand Identity Solution can help retailers and their trading partners track data on private-label and multisourced products. During testing, the system flagged errors related to product dimensions, bar codes and weight.
Shoppers are turning to private-label brands in traditional grocery stores rather than shopping at gourmet markets. They are altering their diets in order to accommodate more economical food choices, Information Resources found.
The Food Emporium will be selling high-end chocolate for Easter from companies including Fritz Knipschildt and Joseph Schmidt. The company's Manhattan stores also will sell exclusively Chocolat Schonenberger chocolate bunnies, rabbits and ducks.
New York legislators oppose a proposal that would collect fees from stores that sell cigarettes. The governor's plan would increase retailers' registration fee to sell cigarettes from $100 to up to $5,000.
The Dansk supermarket group in Europe soon will begin accepting international credit cards in its stores. The company operates in five countries more than 1,200 stores, including the Bilka, Netto and Føtex banners.

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The Washington state House Democrats – with the blessing of their Senate counterparts – want to close four tax breaks in order to raise money for education upgrades mandated by the Supreme Court’s McCleary decision. The bill, authored by Rep.Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle and chairman of the House Finance Committee, had its hearing Friday.
The bill would close an extracted fuel tax break, 98 percent of which is used by five oil refineries; force out-of-state residents pay Washington's sales tax; create a sales tax on bottled water and eliminate a B&O tax for drug resellers. Altogether the tax breaks would raise $106 million in 2014-2015 and $203 million in 2015-2017 to finance education improvements and cost-of-living increases for teachers.
Democrats have proposed closing these four exemptions for years, always to be defeated by the Republican legislators.
Though few people actually testified Friday, a rash of written support came for the bill from numerous education and labor interests, while business interests wrote in to oppose it.
Among those who did show up to testify in person was Greg Hanon of the Western States Petroleum Association, who disputed that the 1949 fuel tax exemption was intended for "hog fuel."
On the other side of the fence, Nick Federici of the Our Economic Future coalition argued that the state has to find new revenue to pay for the education upgrades required by the Supreme Court and that the tax breaks are as good a way to do it as any.
"Now, this is literally the most profitable industry in the world," he said of the oil industry.
And he didn’t stop there. "If you don't want to pay a water tax, then get it from the spigot."

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I have few photos of my younger son lately.
This is why.
He's going through one of those phases of not allowing me to take photos of him.
If you are a parent, you know this phase.
Besides the classic hand over face technique the other trick of "make an ugly contorted face at the moment the camera takes the photo" or "make a face that looks really angry that you are trying to take my photo" or "make a really silly face" is being done around here. The other is "stare in the direction away from the camera and pretend I can't hear my mother asking me to look this way" technique.
This phase also occurred around age three. It is odd that this phase of childhood development seems to never be mentioned as part of the 'ages and stages' in parenting books. What an odd omission! Perhaps it is because psychologists and pediatricians don't witness this in their interactions with children or during scientific studies or in parental interviews? Yet another item of real world parenting that connected parents know about that the parenting books are devoid of mentioning.
So here is my stab at it.
"At around age three and possibly continuing to about 4.5 children often refuse to comply with a parent's wishes to take their photograph. This is a rebellious stage in which the child is pushing back in a power struggle with their parent. The child resents being always told what to do and feels in general, powerless in their world, even when the parent is not being overly-controlling. One thing a child can control in their life is their cooperation with having their photo taken. The worst and possibly most stressful of this stage is when the parent is paying a professional photographer to take a special photograph to commemorate a birthday or for a Christmas card. The child will do anything in their power to disrupt the photography session, from blocking their face, to making funny faces, to refusing to look at the camera. The worst offense is when the child reaches out to grab the camera and smears the lens or strikes the camera, thereby damaging the camera. Parents would be wise to back off from taking frequent photographs and be careful about engaging in the power struggle."
"In the tween or teen years the child may rebel against photographs as they feel overly monitored or overly documented. The child may say, "We already have too many photos!" or "I don't know why you want a photo of me doing THIS! You already have hundreds of photos of me!". In some cases the adolescent may feel uncomfortable about their self-image, worried they may appear too fat, or not wanting their braces to be seen on their teeth, or some other concern and may rebel against having a photo taken. Some will not admit these things to their parents but do feel them, or tell their siblings or friends these true reasons, while others are open with their parents about their negative self-image. What the adolescent does not realize is they look fine and well just the way they are, but contorting their faces or sneering actually does make them appear ugly or mean, very much unlike their true nature."
All photos taken by ChristineMM of her younger son in July and August 2009.


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Jobs in renewable energy and battery-related sectors were more resilient to last year’s pandemic lockdowns according to a report released by the Department of Energy this week. Some sectors, including wind, electric vehicles, and hybrid electric vehicles even gained jobs.
Reuters reports that the US energy sector lost 840,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce in 2020 caused by a decrease in demand for transportation fuels due to the pandemic lockdowns. Petroleum and natural gas were the hardest hit and lost 21% of their workforce or 186,000 jobs.
Prior to the pandemic, the combined energy sectors were growing at about 3% per year, compared to 1.5% for the general economy. The report shows that by the end of 2020, the energy sector added back 560,000 jobs or about half of what was lost, already rebounding from the pandemic losses.
The Biden administration wants to boost renewable energy industries as part of the infrastructure package now in Congress. The goal is to revitalize the energy industry and improve wages and union representation in the clean energy business.
Energy jobs across all sectors pay about $25.60 per hour, which is more than the median national hourly wage of $19.14. The jobs in the renewables sector pay less than those in the nuclear energy and fossil fuel sectors. Wind and solar jobs are less likely to be unionized according to the report.
There are discrepancies, however, among the various industries. Workers in the nuclear industry earn a median hourly wage of 39.19 per hour, where wind and solar have median hourly wages of $25.95 and $24.48. Since utility jobs are more likely to be unionized, the pay is generally higher with better benefits.
Part of the discrepancy is due to the fact that the renewable energy industries are newer, meaning that unionization hasn’t had the time to flourish as it has in the older fossil fuel industries. There is also some polarization around the topic of jobs in renewable energy. If the jobs being compared don’t require the same qualifications and experience, it is a false comparison. As we stated in a previous post, jobs with similar responsibilities and qualifications need to be compared to get a better read.
According to Martin Shields, Professor of Economics at Colorado State University, “Modernization of the grid and the installation of new PV (solar) and wind capacity will provide thousands of new, high-paying jobs in manufacturing, installation and maintenance across the country.” In addition, it will create careers in adjacent sectors like manufacturing and IT, and support communities where these jobs are located. Congress just needs to move it forward. The economy and the planet are depending on it.

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~Soar into Love with whimsical designs this Valentine’s Day~
With the season of love upon us,set your hearts aflutter and embrace the magic of love. Mia by Tanishq one of India’s most fashionable jewellery brands invites you to celebrate your loved one and express your deepest emotions with the launch of its exclusive Valentine’s Day collection – ‘The Cupid Edit’.
The latest addition to Mia by Tanishq’s repertoire, ‘The Cupid Edit,’ draws inspiration from the phrase of the season, “Love is in the air.” The exquisite pieces in the collection capture the light-hearted feeling of flying through the sky and floating among the clouds, making them the perfect embodiment of the joy and weightlessness that love brings. At the core of the collection are the mesmerizing winged hearts and delicate butterflies, symbolizing the fluttering sensation that accompanies the magic of love. The stunning collection also features modular pieces, including magnetic pendants that effortlessly transform into two distinct pieces of jewellery.
The use of magnets and links in intricate designs adds an element of versatility, allowing wearers to express their unique style. Some pieces in The Cupid Edit prominently feature the exquisite Rhodolite gemstone, known for its deep red and pink hue, symbolizing passion and love.
This rich gemstone adds a touch of elegance and sophistication to each piece, making them the perfect tokens of affection for your loved ones. Gifting a marvellous piece of jewellery is a beautiful way of saying ‘I love you’ to your forever– a sentiment that lasts forever. This Valentine’s Day, #KahoKuchSpecial and celebrate your love by selecting a piece from Mia’s collection of trendy, versatile, and stylish jewellery pieces. Mia’s curated selection serves as more than just a gift; it embodies meaning, making it an ideal choice for expressing love in a tangible and enduring way. Whether you are marking a significant milestone, proposing to your beloved, or simply wanting to make this Valentine’s memorable, Mia’s collection offers pieces that resonate with the authenticity of your emotions.
To add to the excitement, Mia is delighted to gift an unforgettable trip to Bali for 10 couples who celebrate their love with the brand though the #BaliWithMia* competition. This exclusive getaway is Mia’s way of expressing gratitude to those who have chosen Mia as their companion on love-filled adventures.
Speaking on the collection, Ms. Shyamala Ramanan, Business Head, Mia by Tanishq, said, “The Cupid Edit’ by Mia by Tanishq makes picking the perfect piece as breezy and exciting as the fluttering feeling of love. It’s a delightful gift that effortlessly reflects one’s sincerity and thoughtfulness while adding a touch of whimsy to the relationship. With charming pieces that sweep them off their feet, let Mia be your ultimate wingman this Valentine’s.”
This Valentine’s, let Mia be the messenger of your heartfelt emotions, delivering not just a gift but a lasting symbol of your enduring love. Immerse yourself in Mia by Tanishq’s ‘The Cupid Edit’ Collection, where love takes flight with fashionable and trendy designs at a sweet selling price points. ‘The Cupid Edit’ has a range of earrings, pendants and neckpieces etc. The collection is available across all Mia stores and on E-commerce platform https://www.miabytanishq.com/
About Mia by Tanishq
Born with the heritage and the legacy of Tanishq, Mia is a brand of bold, modern and chic jewellery. For the young and at the young at heart and the stylish, Mia crafts gold jewellery in designs that are unique, minimal and extremely versatile. Featuring a wide range, the collections from Mia are designed to accessorize you for every moment and every occasion effortlessly. Crafted in 18kt & 14kt gold, Mia’s diamond jewellery range has over 1500 designs starting at Rs.4999/-*. Mia is a network of 160+ standalone stores and present in leading Tanishq stores. It has a presence from our home page https://www.miabytanishq.com/ and across other online platforms https://www.amazon.com/ https://www.tatacliq.com/ and https://www.flipkart.com/

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Erica and Tirzah talk about graphic memoirs for YA readers and how this comics format makes for some great nonfiction storytelling!
To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!
Links and Books Discussed:
Passport by Sophie Gluck
Almost American Girl by Robin Ha
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook AOC
Huda F Are You? By Huda Fahmy
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steven Scott
The Fire Never Goes Out by Noelle Stevenson

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Visalia Times-Delta Local Top 5
Apart from getting to work a bit late, perhaps the biggest surprise after turning the clocks back for daylight savings was that the city gets a whole lot darker a whole lot earlier. Likewise, most of last week’s news stories painted a picture of Tulare County that wasn’t quite so bright and sunny. Let’s shed a light on the most pertinent headlines with the latest Visalia Times Delta Local Top 5, the top five local news stories that you need to know.
Let’s begin with what is perhaps the darkest news story of all. It was learned this week that a dark cloud is swiftly approaching the Central Valley, a cloud of hormonal teenagers and mentally unstable adults known as Beliebers. Well, perhaps such a harsh description isn’t quite so deserving, many are just fans of the work of Justin Bieber, the young man who rose to fame with his chart-topping hits and has appeared in numerous television shows and films. Soon he makes his appearance March 26 at the Save Mart Center on the campus of Fresno State as part of his “Purpose” concert tour, and upon learning that tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Nov. 20 our social media pages erupted with screams of both joy and horror. Such is the case when you rise to No. 1 on the charts at the tender age of 12-years-old, a time when most pre-pubescent boys will do practically anything to stay out of the spotlight.
Unfortunately three other Tulare teens were in placed in the public spotlight last week after police reported that three boys ranging in ages from 15 to 17 were taken into custody on suspicion of homicide. According to reports, police were called to a Tulare residence Friday, Nov. 6, due to a disturbance that led to the fatal stabbing of Eduardo Veyna. After making the arrests, Tulare police identified the teens as “Norteño” street gang members, or Northerners, associated with the Nuestra Familia crime organization. The three teens now face felony criminal charges in adult court and if convicted could face a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Those wondering just how dangerous the streets of Tulare County are becoming had more reasons to worry last week after a vehicle collision in Visalia left one man dead. According to police, 26-year-old Cody Holmes was heading north on Akers Wednesday evening, when he collided with another vehicle turning east into the Save Mart shopping center, resulting in his death and severe injuries to an elderly couple involved in the incident with the female passenger ultimately succumbing to her injuries. The tragedy serves as the 14th traffic fatality of the year, more than triple the number of deaths reported on Visalia’s roadways in 2014, and now police are focusing their efforts on putting a stop to the rising numbers. On the other hand it might not be an issue that the police should deal with alone, as a letter to the Times Delta by the current police chief criticized city administrators for their reluctance to make changes to keep traffic flowing.
He isn’t alone in having a bone to pick with the city of Visalia. California Water Service expressed their own frustrations with the city in a press release stating that “our system is not for sale.” The statement arrived after the city of Visalia had made a filing to appraise the local water system, something that few other communities rarely do, and a sign according to Cal Water of “the first step in a hostile takeover.” For some of our readers, it served as a sign of potential rate hikes in addition to a waste of taxpayers money by the city, but to others it was a well-deserved response to the $5.05 rate hike already proposed by Cal Water for 2017. Meanwhile, California as a whole is ultimately looking for any dark clouds up above to provide some relief.
It’s the ongoing drought that was the subject of the short film “Dead Harvest,” which premiered Thursday evening at the Visalia Fox Theater to an audience of approximately 700 people. Among those in the crowd were U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, who not only appears in the film but inspired filmmaker Ryan McNally and his partner to produce it. The film focuses on Federal regulations and legal decisions that have sent millions of gallons of water from canals down the drain, or rather, into the ocean. McNally said an aggressive online campaign is underway to get the movie shown by community groups and colleges, and he plans to enter it in film festivals to give it further exposure, and with any help, may even have it aired on California television stations.
With dreaded Black Friday on the horizon, it’s easy to see how dark things can become, especially when it comes to disputes over flat-screen televisions. On the other hand, Thanksgiving reminds us to be thankful for what we already have, and for the brighter days still to come. Look on the bright side by waking up early to find these stories, photos, videos, and more on the Visalia Times Delta webpage and mobile app. With the Visalia Times Delta, I’m Zachary Newcott.


By Erik Gudris / Friday, December 27, 2013
Despite having mixed results in the Mubadala World Tennis Championship semifinals, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are staying on track in their preparations for the upcoming Australian Open.
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Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic came away with mixed results during their opening matches at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi. But with the battle for No. 1 fixed for the near future between the world's top two players, both men came away looking at the positives as they each prepare for the upcoming Australian Open.
Top seed Nadal took on fellow Spanish David Cup teammate David Ferrer in the first semifinal. The match was also the first for Nadal during the event and it showed, as Nadal struggled in the early games. Ferrer broke Nadal in the ninth game of the opening set.
From there, Ferrer secured the set 6-4.
With Ferrer having played a match earlier in the week, that seemed to give the current world No. 3 the edge as Nadal continued to not look as sharp as his opponent. Ferrer eventually went on to close out the 6-4, 6-4 win that sends him into Saturday's finals.
"I think, for a first match to play against a guy who has practiced for a month and who played a match yesterday, on a very fast court, I was happy with how I played," Nadal said later to SkySports.com.
Nadal will next appear at the upcoming ATP event in Doha.
Djokovic Takes Out Tsonga in Semis
Keeping things as is will be the plan for Novak Djokovic despite his recent surprise move to hire Boris Becker as his new coach. The current world No. 2, who cited losing the top ranking to Nadal as the main reason for hiring Becker, will not play any additional events prior to the Australian Open.
Djokovic took to the court in his first match of the new season as he faced France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the second semifinal. Despite both men sharing smiles in the highly competitive yet friendly match, it was all business as Tsonga pulled level with Djokovic for 4-all in the first set.
Eventually a tiebreak was needed to decide the opener. Djokovic was unable to serve out the tiebreak while leading 6-4. But a well-timed passing shot that forced a Tsonga volley error soon gave Djokovic the set 7-6(5).
The second set proved more routine for Djokovic, who went on to book his spot in the finals with a 7-6(5) 6-3 win.
Inevitably, discussion afterwards returned back to Djokovic and his hiring of Becker. Speaking to Sport360.com, Djokovic said his years of training as a teen in Germany also played a factor in the decision.
“I understand how the German mentality works and I know it’s a lot of hard work and commitment but also he (Becker) has this different side of him, he’s very open-minded, he’s a storyteller and I’m sure it’s going to be a very comfortable relationship for both of us.”
In earlier results, Andy Murray claimed his first win since a four-month layoff after he beat Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-4.


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Sea-ice does not form in the troposphere. It forms at the interface between the troposphere and the ocean. In fact, at this late point in the winter fresh ice is forming at the bottom of sea-ice which, in the case of “baby-ice” (ice formed this winter), is three to six feet down from that interface.
This may seem like a pettifogging quibble, but it is an important distinction to be aware of, especially because people in the Global Warming debate bandy about temperatures almost as if they were clubs to bonk each other over the head with.
For example, each month Roy Spencer uses satellite data to come up with temperatures for the lower troposphere, and each month he gets criticized by Skeptics and Alarmists alike, even to the degree where he once arrived at work to find a bullet hole in the window. He just announced the lower troposphere warmed slightly over February.
Joe Bastardi promptly pointed out there is a big difference between temperatures of the lower troposphere, and temperatures at the surface, where we live. This was emphasised by showing two maps of Texas, which we all know just went through a brutally cold February. However in terms of the lower troposphere the month was normal, even a hair above normal in the far south; the core of cold anomalies was far to the north, in Canada.
Joe Bastardi took pains to point out that policy should not be based upon what the average temperatures are in a lower section of the atmosphere, but upon what we are experiencing right at the bottom, where we live. At the surface Texas suffered through temperatures seven degrees below normal (Celsius). (Nearly thirteen degrees below normal, Fahrenheit.)
The difference especially involves policy when the difference involves whether it dips below freezing at the surface. We saw computer models, which tend to use data consisting of blocks of the atmosphere and not low-level surface temperatures, predict above freezing temperatures, when in fact temperatures dipped below freezing; this resulted in commuters zipping along at sixty thinking they were on wet pavement when they were on black ice, and a terrible 121 car crash. The difference also involves crops. I have personally witnessed times my thermometer, at eye level, saw it was above freezing, but my tomatoes, down at ground level, were burned by frost. In such a case your eyes are literally in a weather balloon roughly five feet off the ground, experiencing different weather from your feet.
Returning to the subject of sea-ice, it is important to know whether your data comes from a thermometer on the surface or a satelite miles overhead. The MOSAiC expedition was surprised by the cold right at the surface. Back when we all could be eye witnesses, because we had cameras on buoys drifting around on and midst sea-ice, I often witnessed occasions the satellites stated it was above freezing at the surface, but with my own eyes I saw meltwater pools skimming over with ice. This makes things difficult enough, if you are honest and thirst for Truth; things become even more difficult when people allow lower thirsts for money, power, and fame to motivate the cherry-picking of data to support a certain bias or out-and-out distortion (Fake News).
We are reaching the end of the six month period of darkness at the Pole, with temperatures still bitterly cold but the sky brightening with twilight. Far to the south, the southern edges of the sea-ice are experiencing rapidly lengthening days and rising temperatures, and the edge is starting to erode faster than it can grow. However our extent graph has shown an interesting up-spike right at the time we usually see our maximum extent.
This spike will annoy Alarmists, as it makes it harder to produce soundbites claiming there is less ice. (They’ll try, anyway.) In actual fact the blip merely means the ice that was being compressed is being spread out. Winds have changed, due to an interesting storm which tracked farther north than usual, and took a unusual path
I call such an anomalous area of low pressure a “Ralph”, to differentiate them from Atlantic storms that crash through northern Scandinavia and then role east along the Siberian coast. The “Ralph” storms are home grown, and usually fed by a band of milder air that is sucked up from the Atlantic or Pacific. Sometimes they may receive some upper air support from a storm that basically loses its bottom, crashing into the 10,000 foot tall icecap of Greenland, and this particular storm may have had some such support, though all the surface map showed was a gale stall at the southern tip of Greenland, and later a weaker low form off the northeast coat. Also it may have fed off a feeder band of milder air that caused a spike in polar temperatures, and a couple lows north of Canada, but as the milder air rose the surface map showed the lows north of Canada fade and fill, but do so in a manner that happened faster to the west, so the surface map seemed to show weak low pressure moving east. It moved east north of Greenland, and then became more distinct passing east over Svalbard, and then became a Barent Sea Bomber, with gale force winds, and now has moved into Russia.
This storm is beyond my ability to explain. Perhaps I wasn’t watching closely enough, but it had no obvious Atlantic origins or feeder band, and in a sense appeared out of the blue. When weaker and back towards Greenland it supported, along with high pressure towards East Siberia, a weak cross-polar-flow that leaked Siberian air towards Canada, but now it has deranged that flow, and things are suddenly more normal in Fram Strait, with the Transpolar Flow bringing sea-ice slightly in that direction rather than being diverted by what I called the C.P. Flow (Capitalist Pig Flow, from Russia to Canada.) However mostly we are seeing sea-ice that was compressed be spread out. Sea-ice that was crunched against the east coast of Greenland is now spread like butter away from the coast by west winds, and sea-ice that was repressed north into Fram Strait by south winds is now allowed south by north winds, and north winds are shifting south sea-ice in Barents Sea as well. There is some skimming of open water with baby ice where the north winds are frigid, but mostly the blip in the extent graph is caused by the redistribution of sea-ice that already exists.
It can be seen in the isotherm map of the Pole that the feeder band of milder air has been consumed by the arctic night. Perhaps a hint of it remains as a crescent of light blue on the Russian side of the Pole. If the rest of it exists, it exists aloft, as down low the cold is returning.
The temperature graph shows how that feeder band was consumed.
In a sense temperatures are falling when they usually start rising, but temperatures are still very cold, and any leads of open water freeze over with astonishing speed right into April. Although the extent graph may be at its high point and soon start to fall, that fall only represents sea-ice at the periphery. In the very center of the Arctic sea-ice continues to thicken well into May. So far the Transpolar Drift has not moved the “S” of thickest ice towards Fram Strait at all. (By the way, the circle in the map below represents 80 degrees north latitude, and the above graph only involves temperatures within that circle. The cold in Siberia and Canada is not included.)
Keep an eye on the sea-ice north of Russia. It has a completely different configuration from last year. If I get time I hope to soon discuss the differences.
The total volume of sea-ice is still rising, and will continue to do so until the end of April.
Sadly, due to the coronavirus absurdity, the Barneo sea-ice base/jetport/resort has been canceled yet another year. No pictures of sea-ice in April will be forthcoming. But here is an article by a woman with thirty years of sea-ice experience, who has hope for Bareno’s future.

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Googling during exams.
In the Internet age, some schools have a new approach to cheating: Make it legal.
By ELLEN GAMERMAN
January 21, 2006
It was a situation every middle-school student dreads. Bonnie Pitzer was cruising through a vocabulary test until she hit the word "desolated" -- and drew a blank. But instead of panicking, she quietly searched the Internet for the definition.
At most schools, looking up test answers online would be considered cheating. But at Mill Creek Middle School in Kent, Wash., some teachers now encourage such tactics. "We can do basically anything on our computers," says the 13-year-old, who took home an A on the test.
In a wireless age where kids can access the Internet's vast store of information from their cell phones and PDAs, schools have been wrestling with how to stem the tide of high-tech cheating. Now, some educators say they have the answer: Change the rules and make it legal. In doing so, they're permitting all kinds of behavior that had been considered off-limits just a few years ago.
The move, which includes some of the country's top institutions, reflects a broader debate about what skills are necessary in today's world – and how schools should teach them. The real-world strengths of intelligent surfing and analysis, some educators argue, are now just as important as rote memorization.
The old rules still reign in most places, but an increasing number of schools are adjusting them. This includes not only letting kids use the Internet during tests, but in the most extreme cases, allowing them to text message notes or beam each other definitions on vocabulary drills.
Schools say they in no way consider this cheating because they're explicitly changing the rules to allow it.
In Ohio, students at Cincinnati Country Day can take their laptops into some tests and search online Cliffs Notes. At Ensign Intermediate School in Newport Beach, Calif., seventh-graders are looking at each other's hand-held computers to get answers on their science drills. And in San Diego, high-school students can roam free on the Internet during English exams.
The same logic is being applied even when laptops aren't in the classroom.
In Philadelphia, school officials are considering letting kids retake tests, even if it gives them an opportunity to go home and Google topics they saw on the first test. "What we've got to teach kids are the tools to access that information," says Gregory Thornton, the school district's chief academic officer. “‘Cheating’ is not the word anymore."
The changes -- and the debate they're prompting -- are not unlike the upheaval caused when calculators became available in the early 1970s.
Back then, teachers grappled with letting kids use the new machines or requiring long lines of division by hand. Though initially banned, calculators were eventually embraced in classrooms and, since 1994, have even been allowed in the SAT.
Of course, open-book exams have long been a fixture at some schools. But access to the Internet provides a far vaster trove of information than simply having a textbook nearby. And the degree of collaboration that technology is allowing flies in the face of some deeply entrenched teaching methods.
Grabbing test answers off the Internet is a "crutch," says Charles Alexander, academic dean at the elite Groton School in Massachusetts. In the college world, where admissions officers keep profiles of secondary schools and consider applicants based on the rigor of their training, there are differing opinions. "This is the way the world works," says Harvard Director of Admissions Marlyn McGrath Lewis, adding that whether a student was allowed to search the Internet for help on a high-school English exam wouldn't affect his or her application.
GREAT MOMENTS IN CHEATING HISTORY
Throughout history, new social mores -- and advances in technology -- have altered what it means to cheat. Take a look at some notable moments in the history of cheating. Though it might not ultimately factor into a student's acceptance at University of Pennsylvania, Lee Stetson, dean of undergraduate admissions there, has a different take. "The definition of what's cheating has been changing, and fudging seems to be the way of the world now," he says. "It's not an encouraging sign."
At High Tech High International, a charter school in San Diego, kids in Ross Roemer's 10th-grade humanities class are allowed to scan the Internet during some tests; earlier this week, they looked up what scholars had written about Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray" while they were writing their essay exams.
Mr. Roemer says students' essays are better informed when they can compare their ideas with what others have written. But he acknowledges that traditionally an approach like this would be against the rules. "You'd have to rip up their test and call their parents," he says. But at this school, which is funded partly by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, he says there's no sense fighting technology: "You can't ignore it. You have to embrace it."
When the Kent School District in Washington decided last year to create a technology "school within a school" at Mill Creek Middle, where there'd be a 1-to-1 ratio of kids to computers, parents quickly began pushing to get their kids accepted. Now, teachers say letting kids look up answers online helps show they can find and analyze information then synthesize it into a cohesive argument.
In Bonnie Pitzer's case, teacher Becky Keene says using the Internet helped the seventh-grader, but in the end, she aced the test because she demonstrated she could also use the word in a sentence. "I want the kids to be able to apply the meaning, not to be able to memorize it," says Ms. Keene.
Karen Waples says she's teaching her students the skills to work with others in an era of information sharing. The AP government teacher at Cherry Creek High School outside Denver has kids team up on some of their exams -- even when they're multiple choice. It doesn't hurt, she adds, that it has the side benefit of relieving the stress that students say comes from keeping all the answers in their heads. Ms. Waples, who was originally encouraged to try this by a fellow teacher, says she hopes to spread the technique to other classrooms this year with the backing of the principal. "I tell them it's closed-book, open friend," she says.
Some schools are only partially embracing the new tools for test taking.
Sixth-graders in Nancy Dean's class at Aire Libre Elementary School in Phoenix used their new Palm hand-helds to beam each other answers to an exercise on "The Toothpaste Millionaire" earlier in the school year. But Ms. Dean stops short at administering more serious tests on them for the time being; when and if she does, she'll step up her classroom patrol.
"It's real easy for me to spot a student who has roaming eyes -- but a student can hit 'beam' and I won't know it," she says. "You have to be careful."
These uses of technology are part of a broader shift in academic rules that has been underway for several years. Educators say the concept of "collaborative learning," which has students working in groups and essentially answering test questions or tackling assignments for each other, continues to gain currency. Its proponents say it can help teach group skills and critical thinking.
A similar argument is being used to support widespread access to the Internet, and even to other classmates, during testing. By some estimates, at least seven million new Web pages are added every day. In a competitive global labor market, where white-collar jobs are increasingly outsourced to other countries, being able to find and synthesize information about the World Bank could be more crucial than memorizing the date it opened.
Failing to teach kids how to navigate in the knowledge economy, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Frank Levy, "is like putting them on the track with the locomotive."
Technology companies see an opportunity. Last month SparkNotes, which offers online summaries and analyses of books popular on high-school required reading lists, branched out with the launch of SparkMobile. The service lets students stuck on English essays send SOS messages from their cell phones: Type in "Gatsby themes" and a text-message comes back reading: "the decline of the American dream." The company recently made the service available on iPods, and an audio version debuted last week. The cost to download an audio summary of "Pride and Prejudice": $3.95.
Dan Weiss, publisher of SparkNotes, which is owned by Barnes & Noble, says the company isn't selling directly to schools but does plan to promote the new technology to school librarians and teachers at coming education conferences. "We provide a lot of free copies of everything and get teachers to sample the material," he says. "We persuade them."
But if text-messaging test answers isn't cheating, what is? Educators agree that copying whole passages from other writers without citing them constitutes plagiarism. Beyond that, schools say the shift places a bigger burden on teachers to make the rules crystal clear -- especially when some permit sharing answers and others don't. Students in Ms. Waples's class at Cherry Creek High who try talking to friends during tests in other classes are likely to get the same punishment as ever: an "F" and the possibility of suspension.
There are even new twists on the old open-book test. At Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., teacher Temba Maqubela has started giving students an option on their environmental chemistry tests: They can take the exams with their notes and an open book, but they'll get no higher than a B even if they get everything right. "There's no shame in not knowing the answers," says Mr. Maqubela, who has been lobbying the head of the department and plans to champion this kind of testing more heavily next year. "I have a feeling some of them might warm up to it."
Of course, when it comes to some of the most critical evaluations students face, such as Advanced Placement tests and the SAT, there's no Internet surfing allowed. And from graduate school entrance exams to real-world job interviews, people are expected to perform solo. Indeed, a major issue in education right now is an increased reliance on standardized testing fueled by the federal No Child Left Behind law.
Letting kids get answers from each other or online is also a luxury critics say only elite schools with high-performing kids can afford.
Most of the new testing techniques are taking place at private or well-funded public schools, with individual teachers taking the initiative on some exams, and even applying for grants to do so.
But the technology available to help students is rising so fast that some in academia are quietly admitting that fighting it might be a losing battle. In Philadelphia, public-school English teachers estimate they spend more than 20% of their time checking essays for plagiarism – time they could be spending actually teaching, according to the district's Mr. Thornton. Indeed, despite a nationwide crackdown on everything from camera phones to drugs that help students' test performances, three in four high-school students still admit to cheating. The number admitting to plagiarizing from the Internet in particular quadrupled between 1999 and 2005, according to studies by Donald McCabe, a professor at Rutgers Business School.
For Oren Kantor, a senior at the private Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., his teacher's group work assessments make it "easier to get a better grade." A member of the golf team who was recently accepted early admission to the University of Florida, Oren says he wouldn't have had time for 18 holes of golf last week if he'd had to prepare alone for a project on Hamlet. His group gave a PowerPoint presentation and sang a song they'd found online: "To be or not to be, that's the question I'm digestin' in my soliloquy." They got an A.
Corrections & Amplifications:
The Bowmar 901b hand-held electronic calculator, released in 1971, reached the market before the Texas Instruments TI-2500, released in 1972. A chart accompanying this article incorrectly said the TI-2500 was the first hand-held electronic calculator.
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Level Design & Game Design on a team of 8 developers.
Channel Surfers is a competitive multiplayer platformer game for 2-4 players that takes place in a TV . Try to outrun your opponents by jumping on platforms but also by avoiding traps and obstacles through the different channels, but be careful, it's the audience that has control of the TV remote!
Winner of the Best Technical Challenge and Innovation Award in the 2019 Ubisoft Gamelab Competition. Also nominated for Best User Experience, Best Artistic Direction and Realization and finally for Best Prototype.
Level design Objectives:
- Conceptualize levels per channel without them being and feeling like “reskins".
- The levels must have a visual identity/theme and a unique gameplay style for the specific TV channel.
- Conceptualize gameplay elements specific to the TV channel that can relate to an adventure/jungle theme

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To scale across Malaysia and beyond.
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To expand into US and China.
The team was also part of the HAX Accelerator program in Shenzhen, China.
The fund will focus on investing $10 - $15 million in growth stage companies.
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Corey Schafer grew up in Westmont and regularly attended Johnstown Chiefs games.
One of the players Schafer wanted to pattern his own game after is Jason Spence, who gained a loyal following of local fans for his tough-as-nails playing style as a member of the former ECHL franchise.
There’s no doubt that the former Chiefs player and current coach of the Johnstown Tomahawks came away impressed with Schafer after the former three-time MVP of the Hilltoppers’ varsity hockey team played his first two games with the NAHL franchise.
Schafer was acquired Thursday in a trade that sent defenseman Kristaps Bazevics to the Wichita Falls Wildcats.
Schafer started Saturday in a 4-2 loss to Port Huron and played a key role in Sunday’s 6-2 victory over Soo at Cambria County War Memorial Arena. Schafer picked up his first point on an assist of a Brandon Reinholz goal in the second period. He even came close to dropping the gloves a few seconds later before a linesman intervened.
“I didn’t really know Coach Spence before I got here except for watching him at the Chiefs games. I pretty much went to all the Chiefs games,” Schafer said. “I try to play like him, but I can’t fight like him.”
Schafer, however, can help the Tomahawks, which is why General Manager Rick Boyd targeted him as a trade prospect. Boyd previously worked with Schafer in the Amateur Penguins organization and continued to follow him as he scored 67 points in only 19 PIHL games in his final season at Westmont Hilltop.
He’s already impressing the Tomahawks.
“He started (Saturday) night and he deserved it,” Spence said. “When you come here and play in front of friends and family, there’s a lot of expectations, but he’s giving it his best effort. He played a great game (against Port Huron).”
Schafer tallied three assists in 19 games with Wichita Falls. Throughout his time with the Wildcats, he kept an eye on the hometown team.
“Being here is awesome. Getting to play junior hockey in my hometown is a dream come true,” said Schafer. “That first game back was really nerve wracking, but once it started, it became another hockey game.”

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One particular seller, Mike, seems to increase his revenue results month after month. Syntax. So next time you create a spreadsheet, practice with Excel themes. The setting of the theme is used in the current Workbook, so when we copy a Worksheet form one to another, the color of the theme will not be copied. To add your own color, click More Colors, and then pick a color on the Standard tab or enter numbers on the Custom tab. With Excel’s Move or Copy function, you can move active sheet to end or front of current workbook in Excel. study Again, are the Browse for Themes and the Save Current Theme commands in the the Themes drop down menu. In the Create New Theme Fonts box, in the Heading font and Body font boxes, pick the fonts you want. I've tried to assign the current workbook to a workbook object: Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet, rng As Range wb = ThisWorkbook In this instance, the code is running in and is the currently active workbook. Themes have the .thmx extension. 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Karen has a Bachelors in Communications. Add a bit of life to your facts, figures, data and calculations, and grab the attention of the reader. Anyone can earn To change the text fonts, colors, or general look of objects in all worksheets of your workbook quickly, try switching to another theme or customizing a theme t… Or, you may want the colors, but would rather select a different font. You will see them used frequently in PowerPoint presentations; however, themes are also available in Excel. I tried to run the code below to copy the color of the theme in Excel 2013. Once you’ve setup your colors and fonts, and selected your effect theme you can bundle them together in a Theme for the workbook by clicking on Themes > Save Current Theme…: This opens the Save dialog box and all you need to do is give the theme file a name. Next time you open the Themes window, you will see your newly created theme in the custom category at the top. On occasion you may want to add a shape or object to your spreadsheet, such as an arrow, circle or even a SmartArt. To save these new theme fonts with the current theme, click Page Layout > Themes > Save Current Theme. If you click on the themes more icon (the upside-down triangle), a gallery will open offering many options. About the Author. Excel Dashboards that Inform & Impress. In both of these programs, the way of accessing Themes gallery is different from that of PowerPoint.. You will see them used frequently in PowerPoint presentations; however, themes are also available in Excel. Note: Because themes use different fonts and font sizes, changing to a different theme can affect the layout of your worksheet. Or go bold with the Badge design or Berlin design PowerPoint templates. 5. Overview of Refresher Courses for Microsoft Excel, Access and Word, How to Succeed in College with a Learning Disability, OCW People's Choice Award Winner: Most Open, Why New College Students Should Take Classes Outside of Their Comfort Zone. If you have a lot of worksheets in your workbook, it may be hard to quickly find a particular sheet. Here is an important note to keep in mind. After making changes to your theme, you can save it to use it again. Select a subject to preview related courses: Our example worksheet is a list of clients. One way to differentiate worksheets is to assign different colors to the worksheet tabs. Tags: Microsoft Excel Groups. dynamic . Open an Existing Workbook. Click Save.. Thread starter Charlene123; Start date Feb 2, 2017; Tags default shape excel shape background startup theme; C. Charlene123 New Member. By default, inactive worksheet tabs in Excel are gray, and active or selected worksheet tabs are white. Visit the Intro to Excel: Essential Training & Tutorials page to learn more. For this to work, make sure Body and Heading fonts are used to format your text. Create an account to start this course today. Viewed 15k times 0. Themes in Excel give you a way to keep your fonts, colors and effects consistent throughout your workbook. The theme effects command allows you to add different visual effects, such as shadows or 3-D properties, to your objects. Video. Enrolling in a course lets you earn progress by passing quizzes and exams. This lesson will discuss how to apply themes to your MS Excel documents. There might come a time when you like the font of a theme, but not the colors. 5: Reference workbooks by index. Picking a different theme color palette or changing its colors will affect the available colors in the color picker and the colors you've used in your workbook. As well, rather than making one change at a time styles are added to the Page, you... 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FAMILIES of soldiers who died at a controversial Army barracks meet today to plan High Court action.
The relatives want a public inquiry into the deaths at Deepcut training camp.
Private Cheryl James, 18, from Llangollen was among those who died.
Yesterday the Government rejected a public inquiry, instead ordering an inspection of Army training.
Armed forces minister Adam Ingram told the Commons an inquiry would not achieve anything. He was responding to a Surrey Police investigation into the deaths.
Completed in March, it failed to find evidence of third party involvement in the four deaths, instead pointing to a culture of violence and bullying.
Mr Ingram apologised that the families "in some respects" had not been treated as well as they should have.
He said: "I do not underestimate the depth of feeling and the passion of the families who lost loved ones at Deepcut.
"But I am not persuaded, given the intensive investigations and inquiries and the new measures I have put in place, what more a public inquiry would achieve."
Announcing an independent inspection of Forces training by the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI), Mr Ingram said the Government has already implemented 48 of 58 recommendations to improve forces training following a previous audit.
Cheryl's father Des James will meet the parents' legal team this morning to press for the High Court to insist on an independent inquiry.
They dismissed the Commons statement as nothing more than a cynical time-wasting ploy to delay their High Court action.
Mr James and his wife Doreen have reluctantly accepted they may never know the truth about Cheryl's death from a rifle bullet in 1995.
The Army assumed it was suicide, an independent forensic expert believed she was killed by a third party and a police investigation failed to prove involvement of a third party.
Mr Ingram said: "In the first three cases there have been investigations, coroner's inquests and subsequent intensive police re-investigations. The Surrey police found no evidence to indicate any prospect of a prosecution directly related to these deaths."
But Mr James believes an independent inquiry could look at all the events surrounding Cheryl's death and the deaths of three others.
"My view is that Mr Ingram has worked very hard at making the media believe there is a lot of consultation with the families of the four," said Mr James.
Mr James said it was assumed the army knew what had gone wrong and had somehow corrected it.
"The CO of Deepcut in 1995 needs to explain why the camp was not stood down at the time of Cheryl's death, why he allowed evidence to be trampled on. My concern is that there will be another death."
Mr James wants to know how the bullet fragments recovered from Cheryl's body were lost, along with the clothing she wore the day she died.


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The U.S. State Department revoked the designation of Greek urban guerilla group November 17 as a terrorist organization, as stated in the decision published in the Federal Register.
The leftist organization acted between 1975 and 2002 and is responsible for the murder of 23 people. Among their victims are Greek politicians, policemen and citizens, and also foreign diplomats, including a U.S. diplomat and a U.S. Air Force officer.
The group was dismantled in 2002 after the arrest of Savvas Xeros, who was injured by an explosive device he was setting up. A total of 16 people were convicted and received sentences ranging from eight years to life imprisonment.
On August 26, Secretary of State John F. Kerry decided that November 17 is not a foreign terrorist organization.
See below the article in the Federal Register, the daily journal of the federal government of the United States:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 9253]
In the Matter of the Designation of the Revolutionary
Organization 17 November aka Epanastatiki Organosi 17 Noemvri, aka 17
November, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization Pursuant to Section 219
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended
Based upon a review of the Administrative Record assembled in this
matter, and in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary
of the Treasury, I conclude that the circumstances that were the basis
for the designation of the Revolutionary Organization 17 November as
foreign terrorist organization have changed in such a manner as to
warrant revocation of the designation.
Therefore, I hereby determine that the designation of the
Revolutionary Organization 17 November as a foreign terrorist
organization, pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. 1189), shall be revoked.
This determination shall be published in the Federal Register.
Dated: August 26, 2015.
John F. Kerry,
Secretary of State
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By far one of the most uncompromising and determined writers around, Richard is gifted at prose as he is sincerely gracious. It's sickening, if the truth be told. With a very envious publishing career where he was the winner of the ChiZine Publications 2009 "Enter the World of Filaria" contest, and his short story "Maker of Flight" was chosen by Filaria author Brent Hayward and Bram Stoker Award-Winning editor Brett Alexander Savory, not to mention having a story published in Cemetery Dance, I can't help but feel inspired.
It'd be wise to see Transubstantiate as more the hors d'oeuvre before the main banquet, an appetizer of such allure it will make your mouth and stomach ache. It is the first of many, and the one that marks the beginning of a publishing career that will outlive most of us.
To whet your appetite, here is the official synopsis:
A neo-noir transgressive thriller about a man who has taken himself off the grid and punishes those that the law has overlooked or failed to prosecute. Altered and breaking apart, he follows orders while questioning the reality and motivation of those people that are in his life. A dark past filled with tragedy looms over him while he tries to embrace the ghost of Holly, his only female connection, under orders from Vlad, while taking care of his bedraggled cat, Luscious. At what point does he just end it all? Or does he stay in his role as judge, jury and executioner for the rest of his life?
There's no escaping Thomas's fond nod to ' ...more Okay, so there may be some bias from me in considering this novel. Having seen the early draft and being privileged to see this develop, I was thrilled to see it get published, but I remember reviewing it, looking forward to reading each chapter, and dreading whatever fate was in store for the seven characters. I was eager to get my hands on the final glossy product so that I could enjoy the whole story all over again. And enjoy it I did.
There's no escaping Thomas's fond nod to "Lost" or "The Prisoner", not least because you have to have your wits about you to keep on top of the plot, but the story has all the grit and darkness of the neo-noir genre he so obviously loves, and it marries that style neatly with the science-fiction element that always appeals to me.
The story is complex and not explained fully by the end of the novel (in keeping with Lost!), but the important aspects have a satisfactory resolution and I think that full disclosure would spoil the mystique he generates through the gradual unveiling of the characters.
I can imagine various readers have their own favourites out of the seven emerging personalities, though I believe the dominant number one would most likely be the enigmatic "Exodus" or "X" for most. For me, it was the mysterious character known only as "Assigned" - the ominous watcher with distinct echoes of HAL 9000 but somehow incorporating somewhat organic roots. How can you not be intrigued or wary of him... it!?
Overall, Transubstantiate offers a well-constructed and satisfying story that's worthy of being Otherworld's debut novel. Well done, Richard!
I don't even know where to start. Confusing storyline, confusing timeline, only one likeable character (and even then I'm not so sure). Maybe if you sat down and read it at one sitting it might be do-able, but this is the first book in a very long time that I wasn't reading at every and any spare moment. I actually played Solitaire on my phone in preference!
I know this sounds horrible, but quite often I base my reading choices on what other people think of a work, so I can't feel bad about this review. This book might not be a waste of your money, but it'll be a waste of your time. Pass over, and try something else.
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Orson Welles’s Mr. Arkadin (a.k.a. Confidential Report) tells the story of an elusive billionaire who hires an American smuggler to investigate his past, leading to a dizzying descent into a Cold War European landscape. The film’s history is also marked by this vertigo. There are at least eight _Mr. Arkadin_s: three radio plays, a novel, several long-lost cuts, and the controversial European release known as Confidential Report.
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If you’re looking for the quintessential French building, a South of France chateau holiday might be just what you’re looking for. From the French Riviera to the Languedoc, you’ll find grand luxury chateaux and crumbling Cathar castles in this region. In addition to the magnificent chateaux, there are also great options for weddings and large group holidays. Here, we look at a few of the best.
For an intimate retreat, you can stay at the elegant Belle Nightingales in Tarn. This chateau is perfect for large families as it features an Art Nouveau-style swimming pool, chandeliers, and antique furniture throughout. Despite its modern amenities, this South of France chateau has many traditional chateau features such as its roaring fireplace. While it may not be the prettiest property in the world, you’ll enjoy spending time in the beautiful grounds of this historic chateau.
If you’re planning a wedding in the South of France, you might consider booking a luxurious chateau for the event. Located high above the Dordogne river in the Black Perigord countryside, this chateau promises privacy and elegance without being ostentatious or stuffy. With its idyllic setting and extensive grounds, this chateau is perfect for celebrating a special occasion. And its views are spectacular freshersweb.com.
There are several luxury chateau hotels in the south of France. The Chateau de Fonscolombe in the Luberon, is an 18th century chateau with luxurious gardens and stone sculptures. Once the home of the French nobility, this imposing chateau is now an elegant 50-room hotel. It’s easy to reach this chateau by car or train, as it’s located close to the city of simasvip Montelimar.


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