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School data systems are getting more sophisticated–but are their users?
It’s a fair question to ask, in light of a recent Education Department (ED) report suggesting that school leaders are making progress in using data to improve student achievement–but they’re still looking for examples of how best to do this.
Using data to improve instruction is a key focal point of the Obama administration’s school-reform efforts. And the tools that educators have at their disposal are getting better: A perusal of exhibitors at this year’s Florida Education Technology Conference, for example, revealed at least two companies now offering systems that can give teachers the full history of their students’ test scores. That means teachers can begin a new school year knowing their students’ strengths and weaknesses immediately, without wasting valuable class time early in the year.
But while teachers see the obvious value of using data systems to track the achievement of their students and target their instruction accordingly, it’s a different story when it comes to using data to measure their own effectiveness.
In Houston, the school board voted last week to use student test scores as part of its teacher evaluation system; these are now one of 34 reasons a teacher’s contract might not be renewed. District leaders have promised to offer training and support to struggling teachers and to use termination only as a last resort. The district’s two largest teacher groups oppose the policy, however.
“We deal with children in poverty. We deal with lack of parental support. We do the best with what we can,” middle school special-education teacher Tuesday Neal reportedly told the board. “I do not want to suffer and lose my job, because I love what I do.”
Houston might be the largest school system to link student test data with teacher evaluations, but thanks to the federal Race to the Top program, it won’t be the only one. This same controversy is playing out in districts across the nation as their leaders vie for a share of $4.35 billion in funding–and tying teacher evaluation to student achievement is a key criterion for receiving Race to the Top money.
In her story “Are unions blocking school reform?,” Managing Editor Laura Devaney reports on the criticism that teacher unions are taking for their wariness of this approach, and she explains the concerns the unions have. As Laura’s story notes, 54 percent of a child’s time is spent outside of school, under influences beyond a teacher’s control. When designing their metrics to measure a teacher’s effectiveness, are districts taking these influences into account?
Teachers are still the single biggest factor in the quality of learning that occurs in the classroom, as Associate Editor Meris Stansbury’s recent story on 1-to-1 computing research affirms. Yet, setting aside the many influences on learning that exist outside of school, there are a number of other in-school factors that also must be brought to bear: Are teachers getting the training and mentoring they need to be effective? Are they getting enough time to plan or collaborate with colleagues? Do they have access to software and other tools that can help them make sure every child succeeds?
Just as 1-to-1 computing programs are only as effective as the teachers who apply them in classrooms, a school district’s data initiative is only as good as the leaders who implement it. Districts need to make sure they’re collecting the right kinds of data–information that goes well beyond test scores. That includes data on their own leadership practices, too, and not just data on students and teachers.
As ED’s report suggests, districts need more guidance on using data to improve instruction–and here’s where the federal government can help. ED should lead by example, using the report’s findings to inform its own practices. It can do this by identifying and holding up models of effective data-use projects that other districts can learn from.
Shortly after the Houston school board approved its new policy by a 7-0 vote, Superintendent Terry Grier told me he was meeting with the union president to discuss the district’s plan. He said many details still had to be worked out, such as how the district would decide which teachers need intervention and what that support would entail. He said he would solicit teachers’ feedback on these areas and hopes to earn their trust.
“We want a [high-] quality teacher in every classroom,” Grier said, adding that teachers whose students consistently underperform shouldn’t be given tenure if they can’t improve or are unwilling to try. “In the process, we don’t want to mistreat anyone, and we don’t want to be unfair.”
How districts use data to improve the quality of teaching in their classrooms–as a blunt instrument of force or a finely nuanced system for change–will go a long way toward developing this trust.
Districts should work collaboratively with unions in designing their data-use programs. At the same time, the unions must be willing to come to the table as well.
As of press time, the American Federation of Teachers had not granted Laura’s repeated requests for an interview for her story. Here’s hoping the unions are more willing partners in negotiating change than the AFT was in responding to an editor’s questions.


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How baseball and the Detroit Tigers became Mike Ilitch’s true love – Detroit Free Press
Mike Ilitchâs success made him one of the best known people in Michigan.
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Mike Ilitch, owner of the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings and founder of Little Caesars, died at the age of 87.
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On Nov. 30, 2015, Tigers owner Mike Ilitch made his last public comments about his team after signing pitcher Jordan Zimmermann. Video by Anthony Fenech/DFP
Rich Sanchez, 66, of Detroit, a shuttle bus driver for Tommy’s bar, called Mike Ilitch “The Godfather of Detroit.”
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The Tigers owner is glad to have the designated hitter back in Detroit. Video by George Sipple, DFP.
Baseball was in Mike Ilitchâs blood.
It was embedded in his life as a kid growing up on the west side of Detroit, starring at shortstop for Cooley High School in the mid-1940s. It remained part of his life after graduating high school, playing while serving four years with the Marines. It was a dream when he signed a minor-league deal with the Detroit Tigers in 1951 and many moons after his baseball career ended and his business career started, it was an even bigger dream when he bought the Tigers in 1992.
âA guy like myself,â Ilitch said at Tiger Stadium after buying the team on Aug. 26, 1992, âto be able to come back to the game, it just never gets out of your blood. There is a special camaraderie in baseball that the guys know when they leave the game, they are never going to have that same association in business. Itâs really something special.â
Ilitch, the longtime owner of the Tigers whose financial backing led to the revitalization of baseball in Detroit, died Friday. He was 87.
After years of success as a pizza conglomerate and businessman â he founded Little Caesars Pizza in 1959 â Ilitch began working towardÂ the Tigers by sponsoring youth hockey and adult softball leagues. In 1982, he bought the Red Wings. But still, baseball remained his true love and even after the Tigers were sold to pizza competitor Tom Monaghan in 1983, held hope of owning a major league franchise one day.
âAny big league team,â he told Free Press columnist Bob Talbert years before he bought the team. âI doubt if the Tigers will ever be for sale.â
Ilitch bought the Tigers from Monaghan for $82 million in 1992, at age 63 and at a time when baseballâs future didnât seem as fruitful as it has proven to be.
âNo, I felt this way, that this franchise would not have been available if baseball was in good shape,â Ilitch said in his introductory statements as Tigers owner. âI believe in the future of baseball. I know the salaries are high here, but I feel that is going to work its way out. â¦ This is Americaâs game. I believe in the game, and I believe it is a good business opportunity to buy when things are down.â
Little could Ilitch have predicted the kinds of salaries he would be paying two decades later, or the way the game would evolve with technology into the cash cow it is these days, but fulfilling a lifelong dream with the Tigers was worth the investment, he deemed.
âIâm empty,â Ilitch joked back then, feeling for his pockets.
According to Forbes, the Tigers are now worth $1.150 billion â one of 17 teams in the league worth more than $1 billion. In 2016, they had a franchise-record payroll of over $200 million, as Ilitch continued to chase an elusive World Series championship.
It took 14 seasons, but Ilitch finally turned the Tigers into a perennial World Series contender. Starting in 1994, they recorded 12 consecutive losing seasons â including an American League-record 119 losses in 2003 â before advancing to the World Series in 2006.
It was the culmination of a change Ilitch made four years earlier, hiring general manager Dave Dombrowski at the start of the 2002 season, and proved his increased spending worthwhile.
In 2004, Ilitch signed Pudge Rodriguez to a four-year, $40 million contract. In 2005, Magglio Ordonez signed a five-year, $75 million contract. Both players were key to the 2006 Tigers team, which put Detroit back on the baseball map.
âIâm not a savior of anything,â Ilitch said in 1992. âAll the things Iâve done, if you broke them down, youâd see a lot of it was the people behind me. â¦ But Iâm excited. I want to bring baseball back to where it once was with this franchise. Iâll probably spend every spare minute I have here. This is the game I love.â
They lost to the Cardinals in the World Series that season, and again to the Giants in the 2012 Fall Classic, coming oh-so close to delivering Ilitch the world championship he so coveted, to pair with four Stanley Cup championships with the Red Wings.
Since 2006, the Tigers have consistently ranked among the top 10 in payroll and continue to hand out long-term, lucrative deals in a mid-market.
âIt might sound silly,â Ilitch said in his last public appearance, sitting alongside right-handed starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann, whom the team awarded a five-year, $110 million contract last off-season, âBut I donât care about spending money.â
Said Ilitch in November 2015: âYou want to win. Thatâs all I think about. My wifeâs got to put me in bed, patting me around and saying, âItâll be OK, Mike. Itâll be OK.â I donât care about the money. I want to get as many good players out there as possible.â
He has proven that by signing Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera to contract extensions and other players like Prince Fielder and Justin Upton and Zimmermann to six-figure contracts.
Under Ilitchâs watch, the Tigers won four AL Central titles, inÂ 2011-15. They reached two World Series and two additional AL Championship Series, falling to the Rangers in 2011 and Red Sox in 2013.
âYou have to win,â Ilitch said in 1992. âYou arenât going to draw people into the stadium unless you win. Thatâs obvious. As far as the perception, I want the perception to be like I feel about the Tigers. Like I grew up with the Tigers. The Tigers were part of every family. They used to dominate the conversation all the time. They were part of your group. I want to restore that nostalgia, that aura, that feeling, the presence this stadium gives you as you sit out here and watch the players, the uniforms, the history, the four World Series.â
They moved out of historic Tiger Stadium in 1999 into Comerica Park the next season, a springboard for a corridor that will include the new Red Wings arena in 2017, dubbed âThe District Detroit.â
Beyond winning championships with the Red Wings and restoring the roar to the Tigers, Ilitch talked that August day at Tiger Stadium about the city of Detroit, to which he will be remembered as one of its key contributors.
âI also look for the day when there is going to be more activity in our city,â he said. âThe people are going to say, âI want my city back,â and it is not going to be a hollow word.
âI’m excited. I want to get the fans excited. I want my team excited. I want to get the city excited. And I know before that can happen, we have to make things happen, and Iâm going to do everything in my power to make things happen. Thank you very much.â
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Readers investigate the cultural topics of each chapter in this anthology of readings by both new and established contemporary Latin American and Latino authors—including Gabriel Garcîa Mårquez, Pablo Neruda, and Silvina Ocampo. In this way, readers can analyze literary selections through discussion and short compositions, write creatively in Spanish, and expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino culture. Offers new selections by well-known contemporary authors such as Sandra Cisneros, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Angeles Mastretta, and more. Opens each chapter with a poem. Offers interviews or autobiographical essays with each author. Provides a new vocabulary section that contains useful Spanish expressions and terms. Ideal for readers with conversational Spanish skills who want to expand their knowledge of Latin American and Latino literature, or readers who want to increase their conversational and reading skills in Spanish.
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Doubt led to drive for Francis, who still isn't sure why one of Status Quo's biggest hits is so beloved.
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A top session musician, Carol played on hundreds of hits by The Beach Boys, The Monkees, Frank Sinatra and many others.
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- Wikgren, Jan; Nokia, Miriam S; Mäkinen, Elina; Koch, Lauren G; Britton, Steven L; Kainulainen, Heikki; Lensu, Sanna
- Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a known risk factor for cognitive decline. Using polygenic rat models selectively bred for high and low intrinsic exercise capacity and simultaneously modelling as low and high innate risk factor for MetS respectively, we have previously shown that adult animals with lower exercise capacity/higher MetS risk perform poorly in tasks requiring flexible cognition. However, it is not known whether these deficits in cognition are present already at young age. Also, it is unclear whether the high risk genome is related also to lower-level cognition, such as sensory gating measured as prepulse inhibition. In this study, young and adult (5-8 weeks and ~9 months) rats selectively bred for 36 generations as High-Capacity Runners (HCR) or Low-Capacity Runners (LCR) were tested for behavior in an open field task, modulation of startle reflex, and spatial learning in a T-maze. HCR rats were more active in the open field than LCR rats independent of age. Responses to the startle stimulus habituated to the same extent in LCR compared to HCR rats when young, but as adults, stronger habituation was seen in the HCR animals. The prepulse inhibition of startle response was equally strong in young HCR and LCR animals but the effect was shorter lasting in HCR animals. In T-maze, adult HCR animals unexpectedly showed attenuated learning, but we interpret this finding to stem from differences in motivation rather than learning ability. Overall, in the LCR rats with the risk genome for poor aerobic fitness and MetS, indications of compromised cognitive function are present already at a young age.
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You may think of your favorite sci-fi movie when somebody mentions artificial intelligence (AI). But nowadays, AI is more science than fiction. This is especially true when it comes to hearing aids. Gone are the days of one-size-fits-all hearing aids that simply increase the volume of sounds around you. AI is at the root of contemporary hearing aids.
What is artificial intelligence?
AI is a complex computer algorithm that makes use of data inputs to produce new results. In doing this, AI algorithms participate in a kind of learning, appropriately called “machine learning”. As soon as the algorithm is working properly, there’s no need to “program” the AI to produce each individual result.
Depending on the extent of hearing loss, lifestyle, and habits, AI in hearing aids can make adjustments depending on your behaviors and your needs. Your hearing aids will be more effective at improving your ability to hear as a result.
How can you hear better with AI?
At first, this might seem a bit abstract. Hearing aids do seem to have a straightforward function, after all. How can adding AI to the situation improve things? Well, picture a recording studio with the soundboard loaded with buttons and dials. (You’ve likely seen them in movies.) Your hearing aid includes one of those! (It’s tiny.) Adjusting these settings can produce better sound quality. With hearing aids that are powered by AI, these settings are changed automatically without needing you to do anything.
These smart devices use a rich neural network to re-create human brain responses. Without even being programmed to, these devices react to real-time conditions because of this.
This is the same technology that lets streaming services recommend movies according to your viewing history, though it probably sounds like futuristic technology initially. Newer cars utilize this technology to help you drive more safely and your email provider utilizes it to auto-sort emails into your inbox. These devices become more expert at making correct choices the more you use them.
AI hearing aids – new innovations
Presently, hearing aids are integrating several brand new improvements in AI to help you hear even better. Here are some of the best examples:
- Helping you hear through facemasks: Conversations were certainly harder during the pandemic when everybody was wearing a facemask. AI algorithms can automatically amplify those voices behind the facemask, helping individuals with hearing aids hear better and stay safe at the same time.
- Acoustic environment classification: Distinctive audio qualities come with each individual room you walk into. Some of those properties are good for your hearing aids; some are bad for your hearing aids. You will hear better in nearly any environment with AI technology making effective automatic adjustments.
- Edge mode: This is a user initiated, AI assist mode. Essentially, when you have a difficult time hearing, you can activate something called Edge Mode. When this is activated AI will start working on cleaning up what you’re hearing.
- Noisy room filters: New AI algorithms can help to filter out room noise in a variety of loud or echo-prone locations. A hearing aid can have a difficult time with cross-talk, for example. But even in a noisy setting, you’ll be able to hear more clearly what the individual across from you is talking about as AI filters out unwanted information.
Hearing aid producers and scientists are constantly developing new hearing aid technologies, so this may be just the beginning.
How is AI employed in the field of audiology?
These days, AI has kind of become something of a buzzword. Everyone’s heard it, which is good, but the trouble is that AI does different things depending on the contexts. So with regard to the field of audiology, how does AI integrate.
Making hearing aids even more helpful for patients is one of the first and most obvious things that researchers are tackling. This research includes new technologies, such as deep neural networks and machine learning. But hearing aids aren’t all there is to it. In the future, AI may be able to help with detecting hearing loss or even helping patients prevent future hearing loss.
As the technology develops and becomes more reliable, patients can expect to find artificial intelligence in more of their devices.
The benefits of AI-assisted hearing aids
Unlike some other industries, AI is not being incorporated into hearing aids simply because it’s the hot new thing. Some considerable advantages to patients are provided by these machine learning algorithms. Here are some of those benefits:
- You have more control over how you hear: You can activate AI or turn it off with most AI-assisted hearing devices. This means hearing aid wearers will have more control over the quality of sound they hear. And this normally translates into hearing better more often.
- Helping you listen to devices: Your hearing aid can get feedback from lots of devices, like televisions, cell phones, speaker phones, and a myriad of other devices. Machine learning algorithms can help filter out this feedback, so all you hear is the sound you actually want to hear.
- Health tracking and fall prevention: When you’re using a hearing aid and you take a fall, your AI-assisted device can determine the severity of your fall. In the event of a severe fall, these hearing aids can, in some cases, notify the Authorities. Should you be hydrating more, exercising more, eating healthier? AI can make your health data easier to understand.
- Social engagement: When it comes to managing social interaction, individuals who utilize AI-assisted hearing aids tend to be more successful, according to some research. This is likely because the speech they hear is clearer in a wider variety of settings. That said, it’s not completely clear that AI is the deciding factor in keeping your social life healthy. It most likely just helps people better preserve the relationships they already have.
What this means for patients
For people who use AI-assisted hearing aids these benefits frequently translate into real-world advantages. Imagine you are having a conversation at a party. If you had an older-style hearing aid, it would just boost the volume up. And unfortunately, background noise also gets boosted making it difficult to hear voices. An AI hearing aid is intelligent and will be able to identify and boost a person’s voice while dulling undesired noise.
AI learns to recognize sounds and generates a location-by-location algorithm. These programs help when you go back to a particular location or sound profile. Other hearing aids with AI are programmed with everyday sounds in order to better identify and amplify important sounds.
Here are some other practical advantages to AI-assisted hearing aids:
- You will have improved quality of life.
- You will feel less aggravated because you will be able to hear better.
- Your brain will experience a reduced cognitive load.
In other words, it’ll be simpler to hear your favorite shows, hang out with your favorite people, and take care of your favorite brain.
Reward vs. cost
Because of the costs, AI wasn’t offered in most hearing aids until recent times. An algorithm is, in fact, a complex math equation. But prices are decreasing, partly due to the prevalence of the technology.
That’s not saying that those hearing aids will definitely come down in price soon and you still may end up choosing a model that doesn’t have AI capabilities. Obviously, the decision making is in the hands of the patient. But AI functions are becoming more readily available and common.
Deciding what’s best for you
Hearing aids with AI may be overkill for somebody who lives by themselves and stays put a lot. But AI makes a huge difference for people who are socially involved and go out into loud situations a lot.
Hearing aids with AI are also helpful for someone who is rapidly worn out in social situations where the chore of keeping up with conversations utilizing a traditional hearing aid is exhausting. AI-powered hearing aids reduce the listener’s fatigue and make social situations more enjoyable. When the doorbell rings, or when you have a fall AI technology can alert you or a loved one and it can even track your steps. As technology and AI develop, hearing aids will continue to as well.
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Wow that blowjob update is exactly what we want, it's literally the best position now. Dirty behaviour from the bot and interaction is key. I love how she decides to go against the command to not let you cum, it really took me off guard.
You really shouldn't force the player to go to a certain place to talk to someone, this is fine if it happens like once or twice, but if it happens as much as it does in this game then just freaking move the player to the location they need to be. It doesn't add anything to the game when you click on the wrong doors all the time and just move around. Also I need to click the skip button all the time just to close the dialogue box which probably is a bug. These two things make the game absolutely unplayable
1# Why am I clipping inside of a head while walking? Remove the body while you're in camera mode and it should both speed up the game and remove weird bugs like that.
2# Why does the S key not walk backwards, but forwards, as well as the W key?
3# Why is there a big black box in front of the sex scene with the purple bunny? That's the only reason I ran around in an empty build for 10 minutes
A lot of the items in the images aren't in the actual game right? Because I'm wearing the best stuff possible (as far as I know) and nothing is dropping from the insect area before i die. I got 50k lol
Well earlier I could go to the black ball for dice. Now all I get is "Him: I threw the dice in the leftovers." and without me clicking anything she immediately "I can't take it anymore! GAME OVER"
If I go to the statue instead I can click on something before it says again "I can't take it anymore! GAME OVER".
If I go to the gate then it says I have no dice. If I just stand around nothing happens.
I have no clue how other people are able to play this
It's a shame that the clothes on the character doesn't change when you get new items. I'm currently stuck on the 3rd world at round 140+ and nothing new happens after I killed the final boss (which was very anticlimatic). I suppose there's no more content?
I know the battle (I don't draw hentai but I draw a lot of characters). It'll take a year or two for you probably to get your speed up. It doesn't really come with practice from my experience but with artistic maturity (time). Don't be afraid to do lower resolution images, like 8-bit style if it helps. That can be really hot as well if animated. As a side-note, I love the side scroller aspect of the game in the tavern as well in between duels. It creates a more welcoming feeling than previous games of yours which is very nice. The gameplay of course can be improved upon a lot but that's not the main importance right now.
The last update with the clothes shop and the interactions with the store clerk really ties the experience together. Honestly you guys have made something uniquely polished here on itch.io, and I finally feel completely satisfied with the outcome of the game in comparison to the potential it had when I first browsed it many months ago (if not years). If you want to go even further, then continue in the direction you're going in now. Character growth is what it's all about (mainly the other characters, not the player).

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Patrick Brown, the technology coordinator for Mississippi School of the Arts, took an oath of office Tuesday to become the newest member of the Board of Trustees for the Brookhaven School District.
Brown was appointed earlier this month by Brookhaven Mayor Joe Cox and the nomination was passed by a majority of the Board of Aldermen.
The Board of Trustees consists of five members — three appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen and two elected by the people who live outside the corporate limits. The term of office begins on the first Saturday of March following the appointment or election of a trustee in February. Each member serves a period of five years so the term of one member expires each year.
Willie “Doc” Harrison, Robb Massengill and Brown are appointed, while Lucy Shell and Erin Smith are elected.
Brown is replacing James Tillman, who stepped down for health reasons prior to his term ending.
Tillman was not able to attend the meeting. Superintendent Ray Carlock plans to visit Tillman at home and present him with a wooden gavel, which he showed to the board.
“This is just a token of our appreciation for all the wisdom that he had as a board member here and the influence that he had on us making really good decisions. We’re very, very thankful for that,” he said.
Smith, who has sat beside Tillman during her time on the board, said he will be missed.
“He has shown me a lot of mercy and grace over six years serving with him,” she said. “He’s a pillar of this community and I certainly appreciate his giving to our district through his passion and his life’s mission. He’s a very valuable person in our school district.”
Carlock echoed Smith’s sentiments.
“That’s a very large chair to fill,” he told Brown. “At the same time, we’re thankful to the mayor and the Board of Aldermen for this wise choice that they’ve made and we look forward to the years of working together and having a positive influence on the community and our school.”
Brown signed his oath of office prior to the meeting beginning. He agreed that Tillman left “big shoes to fill” and he will be relying on his fellow board members for guidance.
Also at the meeting, the first of the new school year, the trustees rotated positions for the yearly reorganization of the board. Shell is the chairperson, Smith is vice chairperson and Massengill is secretary. Harrison, who has served in all of the positions, is serving this year as a member along with Brown.
“Our newest member, Mr. Brown, he’s placed at the bottom and he’ll slowly work his way toward being the next president,” Carlock said.
“Yes, in five years, so you’ve got plenty of time to learn,” Shell said.
The board’s next meeting is Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. in the district office next to Brookhaven High School and Panther Park.


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Thanks to countless studies we now know more than ever just how important a good night’s sleep is for our mental and physical health. Unfortunately just because we know more about it doesn’t mean we get more of it. In fact, as a society we have never slept less.
If you are one of the millions of individuals who suffer from a sleep-disorder the chances are you’ve tried any number of methods to wake up feeling energized. Anything from banning screens from your bedroom, cutting out caffeine after lunch to utilizing sleep aids like white noise generators.
But have you considered changing what you eat?
Below are five foods known to be active “sleep promoters.” That is, foods that have a proven somnambulant effect on those that consume them.
1. Cherry Juice
A growing body of evidence strongly indicates that drinking cherry juice daily has the potential to improve both the quantity and quality of your sleep.
The most recent study conducted by the University of Louisiana found that participants who consumed a glass of cherry juice before bed slept on average 84 minutes more a night than those in a placebo-based control group.
It is thought that cherry juice contains a variety of useful compounds that reduce the production of certain chemicals in the brain that generally lead to broken sleep.
Drinking the blood red juice also reduced levels of kynurenine found in the blood, an amino acid which has been linked to sleep deprivation.
Plus, the cherry on top—it tastes damn good.
Like their smaller friends the cherry, the humble kiwi has also been shown to be an active sleep promoter during a study conducted by Taiwan Taipei Medical University.
During the month-long trial the volunteers, all of whom suffered from pre-existing sleep conditions, were reported to have slept an average of 13 percent longer a night. The only difference being they chowed down on a couple of kiwis before bed.
And not only did the 24 participants in the study sleep longer each night, they also took less time to fall asleep after going to bed. A huge 34% reduction in fact.
It is not completely understood why kiwis have this sleep inducing effect but researchers think it could be linked to high antioxidant and serotonin levels in the hairy green fruit.
Melatonin is a very important hormone produced by your brain’s pineal gland; its primary function is to make sure your internal clock is well regulated. Your internal clock being the thing that makes you feel drowsy at night and alert in the daytime.
Wouldn’t it be just great if there was something growing naturally in the world that contained melatonin? Well, look no further than that walnut tree at the end of your garden. The little nutty legends!
Walnuts have been used since before records began by traditional healers to treat anything from colic to sunburn, and now it seems they can play a role in combating insomnia. Not bad for a little nut.
A note of caution before you go knocking back handfuls of walnuts: they are considered a highly allergenic food and can trigger a severe anaphylactic reaction in some people.
So, if you haven’t tried them before, do so in small doses to begin with, otherwise you might have more trouble than not sleeping!
4. Cheddar Cheese
Now we’ve all heard that eating cheese before bed can give us nightmares. While that may be the case, the one good thing about nightmares is that we have to be asleep for them to happen, don’t we?!
And if you suffer from a sleep disorder, putting up with a few nightmares may be a small price to pay for a good night’s sleep.
Cheese contains tryptophan, a component of the brain chemical serotonin, which gets converted into the well-known sleep-inducing hormone melatonin (there it is again).
Turkey is often widely cited as sleep inducer for the same reason, but gram for gram, cheddar cheese actually contains more tryptophan than turkey does.
For much the same reason as cheese, yogurt and milk are also widely believed to have sleep inducing qualities linked to the compound tryptophan.
Of course not all yogurts are created equally, so it pays to be a little bit selective when it comes to your pre-bed pot. Avoid any yogurts high in sugar as they are likely to trigger a blood sugar spike that may counteract the somnambulant effect of the tryptophan in the yogurt.
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Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth the II is celebrating her 96th birthday on Thursday in Sandringham.
To mark her birthday, the Queen was seen in a picture, standing in between two ponies and reflecting her lifelong interest in horses.
The Queen will be joined by family and friends after she travels to her Norfolk estate, by helicopter.
She is expected to stay in a cottage on the estate particularly liked by her late husband, Prince Philip.
Sources say the picture was taken at Windsor Castle, where the Queen now mostly stays, and shows her with two Fell ponies, who will appear in the forthcoming Royal Windsor Horse Show.
Meanwhile, some people have started sending the queen birthday wishes. On twitter, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have wished the Queen happy birthday.
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Prairie Village Free State pitchers Ryan Cantrell and Sam Hearnen combined to allow just six hits, but the Firebirds fell to Shawnee Mission East, 3-2 in nine innings, in high school baseball Thursday night.
Cantrell started and went three innings, and Hearnen (4-2) pitched until SM East won it with one out in the ninth.
“Those two were outstanding on the mound,” FSHS coach Mike Hill said.
Anthony Miele drove in one of Free State’s runs with a single, and Cameron Pope drove in the other with an infield out.
Firebirds center field Joe Dineen threw out a runner at the plate in the bottom of the eighth to keep the game tied.
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Think of it as a hipper, more grown-up take on that masterpiece you hung up back in school (we speak, of course, of Belushi modeling his "College" sweatshirt). The artist (that would be Claudia) starts with an iconic image from a movie—like a gun-slinging Eastwood's silhouette from A Fistful of Dollars, or Uma's curvy body from Pulp Fiction—and begins crafting her own, attractively twisted, retro take on it. Then, when she's finished, she handprints it and ships it your way.
But should her tastes run a little niche for you—maybe the French movies are a little too…French—you should know that she's taking requests. Send her the name of the movie you want, suggest a couple scenes and she'll send you a poster back.
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F1 2021 will be released in a matter of days and we now know much more about it than we did previously.
The virtual racing franchise will be represented by EA for the first time since 2003 after buying out Codemasters, the game’s developers, towards the back end of 2020 for over £800 million.
Up to now, we had been teased with details regarding the new story mode “Braking Point”, with split-screen and MyTeam making a return after proving to be hugely popular in F1 2020.
But with the game set to be launched on 16th July 2021, the game’s developers have revealed their official trailer ahead of its imminent launch.
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While we were aware of the return of the dastardly Devon Butler from F1 2019, the context of the story surrounding him and your rivalry was not really explained.
Four new characters, Aiden Jackson, Brian Doyle, Casper and Zoe Akkerman will be included in F1 2021’s unique story mode which looks similar to what we saw from TOCA Race Driver back in 2002.
As you can see, all of the updated car liveries and new teams are included, as well as legendary drivers and new circuits to replicate the real-life calendar.
We are so close to getting our hands on F1 2021 for the first time and the excitement is building. You might want to strap yourselves in for this one.
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This year Karisma Hotels & Resorts dresses up with spectacular Black Friday discounts, with savings of up to 70% on stays at its world-class hotels in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Belize and Jamaica. From November 17 to December 7, guests can book their stays to visit the resorts of Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts, Margaritaville Island Reservation and Azul Beach Resorts and will be able to travel until January 2, 2026.
And Karisma Hotels & Resorts has experiences for all tastes and agesWhether it’s a family getaway to Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts, taking advantage of the 40% and 60% discounts on Riviera Maya and Punta Cana reservations, respectively, or if you prefer to enjoy the atmosphere and relaxed luxury of Margaritaville Island Reserve®, Riviera Cancun and Riviera Maya offer a 55% discount, while the Caribbean beauty of Margaritaville Cap Cana will have up to 60% on its Wave and Hammock properties, respectively; the newly opened Margaritaville Beach Resort Ambergris Caye offers 50% off. Azul Beach Resorts are not far behind with an incredible 70% at Azul Beach Riviera Cancun and 60% at Azul Beach Resort Negril.
All Karisma Hotels & Resort discounts are available for reservation from November 17 to 20with a validity of use from November 17 to December 7, 2023 and they will be able to travel until January 2, 2026, which provides a great opportunity to take the vacation of your dreams. It’s time to pamper yourself with luxurious spa treatments, savor romantic candlelight dinners on the beach, enjoy the most comfortable rooms, enjoy delicious lobster dinners, private slimings at Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts, and participate in numerous other premium offers that will elevate your stay.
At Karisma Hotels & Resorts it is a party all year round thanks to its award-winning programming and experiencesfrom exclusive events like Slime Break Getaway, Summer of SpongeBob, Nick Jr. Friends Event, Food & Slime Festival and Nickelodeon Holiday Extravaganza at Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts; Oktoberfest, Margarita Month and Summer of Music at Margaritaville Island Reserve®, to ideal local experiences that will immerse you in the destination’s culture, there is something for everyone at Karisma.
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Dooryard. Recipe: Sunny Side Up
As the days lengthen and chickens begin laying more eggs, it is a perfect time to find ways to use those eggs. The author, owner of the cooking school Salt Water Farm and its sister restaurant offers her “Asparagus and Herb Frittata” recipe. [image]
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Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister Shweta Singh Kirti has requested people to ‘stand together for the truth without being nasty’ and to ‘refrain from using bad language’. Taking to Twitter, she tweeted, “I request everybody to refrain from using bad language for anybody. I know there is annoyance and despair but we will win this fight becoz truth and God are on our side. We need to stand together for the truth without being nasty or calling names. #JusticeForSushant #Doingitright. (sic)” Also Read - Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: Union Minister RK Singh Slams Mumbai Police, Says 'They Were Investigating For Publicity'
She has also requested PM Narendra Modi to practice Lokmanya Tilak’s ‘sense of justice’ that inspires him and to look into the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. She wrote, “My Dear Sir, It is time for us to practice Lokmanya Tilak’s “The sense of justice” that inspires you. Please, my humble request is to look into the matter ASAP. (sic)”
She also slammed the actor’s therapist Susan Walker Moffat for claiming that the actor was suffering from bipolar disorder. She wrote, “It is outright illegal!! @ishkarnBHANDARI @Swamy39 @narendramodi @PMOIndia. (sic)”
Speaking with an ace journalist Barkha Dutt, the therapist said, “Sushant was suffering from bipolar disorder, a severe mental illness that can be crippling for an individual during an episode. The symptoms of which can include severe anxiety, major depression and sometimes disordered thinking and paranoia. The continuing, appalling stigma around mental illness makes it very difficult for patients and their families to reach out. This has to stop. Mental illness is no different than cancer or diabetes. It can affect anyone, regardless of class,financial status and so on. In a way that cancer can.”
“In light of the misinformation and conspiracy theories currently raging on social media about Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty, I have decided it is my duty to make a statement. In my capacity as a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, I met Sushant and Rhea on several occasions in November and December 2019 and communicated again with Rhea in June of this year”, she added.
Meanwhile, Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case is being investigated by Bihar and Mumbai Police.

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Closing The Gaps: Cyber Shield
We know big corporations often make headlines for data breaches and cyber-attacks. This makes it seem like small businesses don’t have to worry about becoming the victim of a cyber-attack, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. 61% of data breaches directly affect small businesses, and 81% of small businesses are contractors. This means that contractors are at a higher risk to be the victim of a cyber-attack than any other kind of business.
So, what can you do to protect yourself?
There are many ways you can protect your business, like making sure software is up to date, installing firewalls, using anti-virus and anti-malware programs, requiring multi-factor authentication, and the list goes on and on! However, even the most secure networks used by the biggest corporations in the world can still be hacked. These major corporations have all the time, money, and resources they need at their disposal to rectify the situation. Meanwhile, 43% of businesses don’t feel financially prepared to face a cyber-attack in 2022, should one occur.
That’s where Cyber Shield comes in!
Cyber Shield is Pekin Insurance’s commercial cyber insurance product built to help protect you and your business from cyber-attacks. Within the Cyber Shield package, you’ll find coverage for things like computer attacks, identity recovery, cyber extortion and more.
We also offer a MAX version of the product, which includes even more coverages that can protect your business, like computer fraud and misdirect payment fraud.
Check out this chart for a full list of the coverages included in Cyber Shield and Cyber Shield MAX!


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A day each of Balboa and Slow Balboa
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Balboa is an original swing dance from America which has become very popular across the UK and beyond. With small and intricate footwork you will be able to dance to the fastest of tunes, whilst remaining cool and stylish on the dance floor. You will look good dancing to slow tunes as well. Please follow the link to find out more about Balboa.
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Friday, June 21, 2013
Man of Steel: Sunday, June 16 2013
Directed by Zack Snyder, Man of Steel is the first in Warner Bros. Pictures answer to Disney's Marvel Comics film series. Henry Cavill plays Kal-El, Superman, and is well-cast in the part. Amy Adams is Lois Lane, Russell Crowe is Jor-El, Superman's Krypton father, and Kevin Coster is the human who found him and became his Dad. Michael Shannon is excellent as General Zod, the "bad guy".
Henry Cavill, Superman, an Englishman born in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, met actor Russell Crowe at his school, when Crowe was at the school filming scenes for Proof of Life. Cavill was an extra, and used the opportunity to ask Crowe for advice on an acting career. Interesting that now Cavill and Crowe play father and son in Man of Steel.
We saw the film at Eglinton Cineplex, with a large screen, instead of at Imax, because the Imax was fully booked. I was delighted to see the film, as I love these huge spectacles, but it was not quite the same. Next time, we must think ahead, and book for the centre of the centre row of the Imax. That is the perfect spot to view an action film.
Fabulous special effects, action, loud noises, all the things males love. The story was great in that it took us to the dying planet, Krypton, where Kal-El is born. We see the lead up to why he is on Earth at all. It introduces all the characters, including General Zod, and we enjoy the battle between him and Superman. The characters are fleshed out in this series, which gives the story much more depth than is usual in comics. Altogether, highly entertaining, and left me looking forward to the sequel.


Cheteshwar Pujara is the need of the hour in ODIs
Indian cricket team certainly has no dearth of batsmen in the current squad who are capable of playing whirlwind knocks at any given point. From their openers to lower middle order, they have a long list of batsmen who can score boundaries and sixes at will. MS Dhoni and Indian selectors are quite aware of this fact.
However, 50-over game is not just about clearing the fences; it’s also about rotating strikes -- picking singles and doubles. Holding a wicket from one end and playing a sheet-anchor role is still very much required in the limited over format. To play that role, especially in the middle of the innings, a batsman needs a different kind of temperament altogether. At the moment, India don’t really have any batsman in their team, who can play that critical role in between the powerplays, to ensure that the team can chase or score a big total, especially while playing overseas.
Till the time India was winning back-to-back ODI tournaments in 2013, the need of such a batsman wasn’t quite felt. But after losing last five ODIs out of six (losing two consecutive series), while playing on foreign soils, it’s quite visible that a temperamental batsman in the middle order is certainly the need of the hour for India.
‘Men in Blue’ recently played against South Africa who have Hashim Amla in their side, and the right-hander is just the perfect candidate to play such kind of a role. The Kiwis have Kane Williamson, who is custom-made for this job and has been playing his role extremely well. In fact, it’s a result of his (Williamson’s) four consecutive fifties in as many games, that Black Caps managed to clinch the five-match series 3-0, with still a match left, while playing against the World Champions – India.
If we think of a batsman of such caliber, in India, the only batman who has a more than fit-in profile to play the crucial role is none other than Cheteshwar Pujara. The 26-year-old has the technique and temperament to adapt to the conditions really well. Apart from that, he has a knack of playing with the straight bat and plays spinners and seamers equally well.
Very much like Williamson, he too has the quality to shift gears quickly. Pujara’s ability to rotate strike by working the ball into gaps makes him the top contender for the job. A few days back, Pujara himself showed his eagerness to represent India in the fifty-over format, when he said: “I do like to play the one-day format. Especially with the 2015 World Cup coming up, I hope I get a chance to play in that team. As a cricketer, everybody dreams to play the World Cup for Team India.”
If Williamson can play for NZ, Amla for South Africa, then why can’t Pujara perform the same role for India in the ODIs? Like these two, Pujara also has a cool, calm head above his shoulders with the same hunger for runs. One more factor that goes in Pujara’s favour, is that he has been seen as the successor of ‘the wall’ Rahul Dravid, who also played same role for Team India in the ODIs and did that exceptionally well.
Considering the fact that 2015 World Cup is just a year away, which is scheduled to take place in Trans-Tasman nations, Dhoni should take Pujara into his scheme of things, for the biggest ICC event in which India will play to defend their title.


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Several months ago, I was contemplating my never-ending quest to increase my food and wine pairing skills when the idea sprang to mind that I could pair art and food in a similar fashion. I had been exploring museums and galleries that display African or black Diaspora works, and wanted to couple the visual experience at these venues with a gustatory experience at a nearby café or restaurant. Thus, the concept of Art and Food Pairing™was born!
Today, I present the vibrant exhibition Acqua at the Galerie Intemporel (http://www.galerieintemporel.com/) coupled with a dining experience at O Corcovado in the Marais.
Galerie Intemporel was founded by Laurence Choko in 1998. It is located in the heart of the Marais, only a few blocks from the Pompidou Center. The gallery’s mission is to expose modern and contemporary works of select artists of the African Diaspora and other countries.
Choko is particularly supportive of artists from Cuba. The Galerie Intemporel Web site lists no fewer than eleven Cuban artists, most of whom are painters. But Choko shows works from artists from other nations as well, including her native Martinique, Haiti, Chile, the Dominican Republic, Iceland, and Australia. She also shows works by U.S. photographer Frank Stewart at the gallery.
During the 2010 Art Basel Miami Beach show, Choko opened a temporary gallery where she presented sculpture by Barbara Chase-Riboud and a portrait by Beauford Delaney alongside the works of many of the artists that she normally supports. She eventually plans to show selected works by these American artists in the Paris gallery.
The exposition Acqua features the paintings and sculpture of Cuban artist Arturo Montoto. Most of the works are paintings – aquarelle still lifes to be exact. Having grown up on a farm on the outskirts of Pinar del Río city, Montoto developed a passion for fruit, and most of the works shown at Intemporel depict them in exquisite color and form. Curator Choko has chosen a couple of powerful, bronze sculptures that feature fruits for the exposition as well.
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Montoto was born in 1953. He graduated from the National School of Art in Havana, and went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree at the State Institute V. I. Súrikov in Moscow, with a specialty in mural painting.
Click here to see the entire Montoto collection shown at the exposition.
Once your appetite is whetted by Montoto’s uncannily realistic portrayals of food items, take a five minute walk to the restaurant O Corocovado Beaubourg, one of two sister restaurants serving authentic Brazilian cuisine in the City of Light. (The other restaurant is located in Montparnasse.) You cannot fail to find this eatery on the short and barren rue Simon le Franc, only steps away from the Centre Georges Pompidou, because the arched entry is marked by a neon sign in the yellow and green colors of Brazil.
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Walking into the restaurant, diners are immediately immersed in atmosphere. Samba, bossa nova, and other forms of Brazilian music play on the sound system. The bar and the walls are brightly colored, and a chandelier with multicolored lights boasts an artificial macaw on a perch. Paintings of Brazilian street scenes grace the walls amid kitschy decor. The restaurant prepares the non-alcoholic portion of its signature cocktail – the caipirinha – in advance, so that the bar is often lined with glasses containing sugared lime juice and wedges of lime. This makes it easier for the bartender to fulfill orders quickly by adding ice and Cachaça, a potent Brazilian liquor made from fermented sugarcane juice, and shaking vigorously to mix the ingredients. My partner and I each ordered one, and found the drinks to be fruity and refreshing. Our server assured us that the Vitamin C from the lime juice and wedges would fortify us against colds and flu!
The servers speak Portuguese amongst themselves, and several Portuguese speakers were among the diners the night that we ate there. Though the names of all dishes are presented in Portuguese, explanations are presented in French. English is spoken as well. Servings are copious, so be forewarned.
My partner and I elected to order a full, three-course meal. As an entrée, I had the six “petit-fours” – two were stuffed with beef, two with chicken, and two with cheese. These were actually crispy, crunchy fritters with a thick, lightly seasoned, bread-like crust. They were served with a sweet and sour sauce and minced onions. While they were quite tasty, they were so large that I feared I would not be able to finish my main course! My partner selected the crabe farci, which was a misnomer because the dish was not served in a crab shell, but rather, in a porcelain serving dish. However, this did not change the fact that he found it to be completely satisfying.
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For the main course, I chose the national dish of Brazil – feijoada. O Corcovado’s rendition is made from black beans, pork sausage, and beef morsels and ladled around a mound of white rice in the center of an enormous plate. Slightly steamed “new cabbage” and diced oranges are served alongside. This is a terrific meal to order on a cold day, as it is stick-to-the-ribs delectable! My partner chose the Xinxim de Galinha, two large chicken thighs stewed in a sauce made of peanuts, cashews, shrimp, and garlic. This was served with a side of white rice. He thoroughly enjoyed it, and I vowed to try it next time because the portion is more appropriately sized for me.
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My partner ordered a blond Brazilian beer called Brahma to accompany his meal, while I remained faithful to the caipirinha.
Dessert consisted of a Pudim for my partner and a Quindim for me. Pudim is Brazilian flan topped with caramel sauce, and Quindim is dense coconut custard atop a cookie-like crust. Both desserts hit their mark, being pleasingly sweet but not too filling.
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