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Most local teachers are only reviewed once every two years. It is a simple and sometimes swift process: A principal schedules an observation, fills out a form, and that’s it.
A small number of evaluations lead to teachers getting more direction or help.
Virtually none of these evaluations lead to termination.
It’s been this way for years, but it is changing. A pitched battle over teacher evaluation is playing out across the country.
Critics such as Michelle Rhee, featured in the documentary “Waiting for Superman,” say teachers, with their union clout, have resisted rigorous evaluations. She and a growing number of reformers say such laxity is hurting kids, and they believe teacher quality could be improved if teachers were evaluated more frequently and given stronger feedback.
In some schools, such as the Aspire charter schools affiliated with Lodi Unified School District, test scores are now used as a partial basis for reviewing teachers.
In schools in Washington D.C., bonuses are being tied to academic performance, and in New York, they’re changing the way teachers instruct certain students based on their scores.
Lodi Unified’s board president believes a “360” evaluation, which would include peers, parents and administrators, might be useful.
Teachers counter that their success goes well beyond test scores. It depends on student demographics, school resources and many other factors that aren’t easily measured.
Still, in Lodi and Galt, the process of building a new report card for teachers is underway.
“Evaluations have to be retooled, because they’re not telling us what we need to know,” said Eric Lerum, national policy director for education advocates StudentsFirst. His organization promotes a process that compares one year’s annual standardized test scores from students to their previous scores to measure a teacher’s contribution. Such so-called value-added assessments would be used to award bonuses to top performers and fire those with the lowest ratings.
“Why not look at test results as part of evaluations — where students are starting and where they ended?” said Superintendent Karen Schauer, of Galt Joint Union Elementary School District.
The California Teachers Association has opposed use of a value-added method, saying that students’ test scores don’t accurately reflect a teacher’s effectiveness. In mainstream public schools, evaluations fall under collective bargaining agreements.
Last September, the state Board of Education took up teacher evaluations and unanimously voted to create an online database to share information about local, state and national efforts to measure educators’ effectiveness.
The board also asked the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Fresno school districts to propose specific ways the state can support more meaningful evaluation tools, including the value-added method. Lodi Unified teachers’ union president Jeff Johnston declined to discuss the issue. He said value-added assessments may become part of upcoming contract negotiations, which cannot be discussed publicly.
Currently, employees are evaluated by an administrator. The frequency is based on the number of years they’ve worked for the district and whether they’ve received an unsatisfactory evaluation in the past. Under state law, those with more than 10 years experience are only required to be reviewed every five years.
Teachers who receive one or more “unsatisfactory” or “needs to improve” recommendations on their previous evaluation are placed on a professional improvement plan — but rarely does that progress to termination.
“If a teacher gets an unsatisfactory mark, he’ll go back into the classroom the next year and his get his (salary) increase,” Lerum said.
In Lodi Unified, principals have the chance to include test results in discussing teacher performance, though that is not a required, according to Assistant Superintendent Catherine Pennington.
“If teachers are really open to using the information we can get out of our data system ... and challenge themselves as educators that it’s their responsibility to ensure a students grows while under them, I do think it’s very adequate — if teachers are willing to discuss that with their supervisor,” she said.
Clairmont Elementary School Principal Susan Hitchcock admits there are limitations with the current evaluation process — especially when it comes to frequency. For example, if a teacher was reviewed by an administrator at one site and then transferred elsewhere where they did not excel, the current administrator is unable to review him or her until the next year.
“For teachers who are ineffective ... you can’t put them on an improvement plan. Your hands become tied in the year that’s not their evaluation year,” she said.
Currently, 1 percent of the district’s 1,350 teacher workforce are on an improvement plan.
State laws dictate discipline
Four percent of Galt elementary teachers are receiving formal assistance to become more effective teachers through a Peer Assistance and Review program. The next step is termination, although that has not happened in the last decade.
In fact, it hasn’t happened in either Lodi Unified or the Galt districts. No tenured teachers have been fired because of poor performance or for anything short of criminal activity.
But in Galt elementary, staff is taking a harder look at the link between teacher effectiveness and student achievement.
Currently, nine of the 209 teachers are on an improvement plan. It is part of this school year’s district goal to strengthen instructional quality by improving the evaluation process, according to Schauer, who believes an effective teacher evaluation in necessary to achieve that.
“We need to make sure our evaluation process is in line with research ... which recognizes the importance of good classroom instruction,” she said.
Aspire Public Schools, a charter school organization, is already moving in that direction, shifting teacher evaluations to include student test scores to measure whether a teacher is effective. As a result, five teachers have been released based on performance since the organization opened its first charter in Lodi Unified in 1999, according to Carrie Douglass, Aspire’s corporate director of talent strategy.
“I understand teachers are worried about being ranked,” said Dawn Drake, third-grade teacher at Aspire’s Vincent Shalvey Academy. “They’re for the teacher to find out how she can get better — and that’s what we all want, to be at the top of our craft. The goal of Aspire is to make better teachers.”
“It’s not about pointing out the bad ones,” she said. “If someone has some weaknesses, we want them to get better. That never happened in public school.”
The Galt elementary district is also trying to get away from what Schauer terms “a dog and pony show,” where an administrator comes into a classroom on a set date.
“You can go in and watch a teacher any time,” Schauer said of the changes the district began working on last school year. She refers to it as a “balanced shift,” but insists the district wants to work with struggling teachers to get better.
Those on an improvement plan and close to being terminated may receive a different type of evaluation with varying sets of expectations, she said.
If the steps to improvement are not followed, Schauer said the district will move forward with dismissal. “Should we need to go there, we will be better prepared,” she said.
Per state law, any teacher can be released without cause in the first two years of teaching in a district. It becomes much harder to fire an educator after that.
With an annual average teaching workforce of 95, there are currently two Galt Joint Union High School District teachers on improvement plans.
Things done differently
Although he recognizes it’s not a popular viewpoint among his peers, school board president and former teacher George Neely supports value-added assessments, so long as the process is fair, he said.
This could include omitting scores of students who leave the state for Mexico once a year, because teachers did not have an opportunity to teach during that time.
Neely cannot bring the idea to the school board for discussion because it is a negotiable item. However, he would like to see changes in how everyone is evaluated, although trustees play no direct role in annual reviews.
“I’m a big believer in the 360 evaluations where you’re not only evaluated by your administrator, but your peers and your observers,” he said turning his attention to teacher evaluations. “In this situation, that could be the parents.”
At Aspire Public Schools, both student and parent surveys are used. Principals also make formal and informal classroom observations.
Schauer is actively using peer mentors to help evaluate Galt elementary’s teachers.
At Lodi’s Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School, principals make unannounced informal walk-throughs regularly, no matter how seasoned a teacher is, according to Audie Silber, a teacher at the school.
The national movement to add student achievement to teacher evaluation started years ago.
But it wasn’t until shortly after the documentary “Waiting for Superman” was released last year that the public got a front-row seat to the discussion. The movie contended that students in public schools suffer because unions block meaningful teacher review and discipline.
The documentary cites Florida State University research in 2010 suggesting that a student who has even a single poor teacher over the course of their grade-school education can suffer longer-term academic challenges.
Rhee now heads up a Sacramento-based StudentsFirst. Among its top priority policies:
- Evaluating teachers up to five times a year based on evidence of student results rather than arbitrary judgments.
- Using peers to perform the assessment.
- Separating teacher evaluations from the collective bargaining process.
- Evaluating principals on their ability to drive student outcomes, and to attract, retain, manage and develop excellent teachers.
- Paying teachers substantially more for effectiveness.
- Eliminating tenure, and making teaching a profession based on respect and performance.
“What’s important is how a student is learning,” said Lerum, who works closely with Rhee. “The only way you truly know is to look at test scores.”
He said most states are now shifting toward value-added assessments.
In California, legislation is currently in the works that could vastly change how teachers are evaluated. Assembly Bill 5 would require that all districts adopt teacher evaluation systems as measured in a combination of ways, including evidence of teacher effectiveness on student achievement and regular observations.
Although it was approved by the Assembly, the legislation has been shelved for a year.
Author Assemblyman Felipe Fuentes, D-San Fernando Valley, told a Senate Education Committee earlier this summer that the proposal is not to weed out the bad teachers, but to help the others with “real-time feedback” to enhance classroom instruction.
However, the bill is silent on a number of key issues, such as how long a district would have to wait before dismissing teachers with unsatisfactory reviews. It also reduces the frequency of evaluating tenured teachers to every five years.
Lerum doesn’t feel the proposal goes far enough in addressing the issues.
“Evaluations are the critical foundation to effective teaching,” he said.
Contact reporter Jennifer Bonnett at email@example.com.


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The United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on global drowning prevention on 28 April 2021. The resolution recognises the scale and impact of drowning prevention globally, and calls for coordinated multisectoral action to prevent drowning, a leading cause of injury-related death and disability worldwide.
A key element of the resolution is that it establishes a new UN-recognised World Drowning Prevention Day. All stakeholders, including governments, non- governmental organisations and their partners, are invited and encouraged to contribute to, and engage in, this global day of activity.
The first ever World Drowning Prevention Day (WDPD) will be celebrated this year on 25 July 2021 with activity being co-ordinated by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The ILS strongly supports the resolution and will be doing all it can to promote the WDPD. It will be providing all its members with the latest information, and a statement and message from the ILS President, Graham Ford AM, that can be shared by members on their website and social media outlets. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7IQdm2wlJI)
The attached message has been approved for issue by the ILS. We urge you to send this to all the local and national press agencies in your country for publication on or before 25 July, and display on your website and social media pages: ILS Press Statement on World Drowning Prevention Day 2021.
This will help promote the facts about and raise awareness of drowning, and what national governments, lifesaving organisations and those in the field of drowning prevention can do to help improve water safety with the aim of reducing preventable deaths.
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Two people rescued from car after rush-hour crash near Norwich
PUBLISHED: 09:55 27 September 2018 | UPDATED: 15:04 27 September 2018
Two people were rescued from a car after a rush-hour crash near Norwich.
Norfolk police tweeted to say the B1332 Bungay Road was blocked at Bixley Hill after the single-car crash just after 8am on Thursday morning.
They said officers were on scene, along with the ambulance, and that delays were possible up to the A143 junction.
The fire service sent one crew from Carrow to the crash, where they removed two people from a Peugeot 307.
The two occupants of the car were said to have suffered minor injuries.
Dashcam footage of the aftermath of the crash shows traffic queueing along the road as emergency services deal with the incident.
The road has since been cleared.
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This article is about the psychological term. For other uses, see Identity crisis (disambiguation) and Personality crisis.
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Identity crisis, according to psychologist Erik Erikson, is the failure to achieve ego identity during adolescence. Erikson coined the term.
The stage of psychosocial development in which identity crisis may occur is called the Identity Cohesion versus Role Confusion stage. During this stage (adolescence), we are faced with physical growth, sexual maturation, and integrating our ideas of ourselves and about what others think of us. We therefore form our self-image and endure the task of resolving the crisis of our basic ego identity. Successful resolution of the crisis depends on one's progress through previous developmental stages, centering on issues such as trust, autonomy, and initiative.
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Those who emerge from the adolescent stage of personality development with a strong sense of identity are well equipped to face adulthood with confidence and certainty. This sort of unresolved crisis leaves individuals struggling to "find themselves." They may go on to seek a negative identity, which may involve crime or drugs or the inability to make defining choices about the future. "The basic strength that should develop during adolescence is fidelity, which emerges from a cohesive ego identity".
Erikson's own interest in identity began in childhood. Raised Jewish, Erikson appeared very Scandinavian, and felt that he was an outsider of both groups. His later studies of cultural life among the Yurok of northern California and the Sioux of South Dakota helped formalize Erikson's ideas about identity development and identity crisis. Erikson described those going through an identity crisis as exhibiting confusion.
They often seem to have no idea who or what they are, where they belong or where they want to go. They may withdraw from normal life, not taking action or acting as they usually would at work, in their marriage or at school. They may even turn to negative activities, such as crime or drugs, as a way of dealing with identity crisis. To someone having an identity crisis, it is more acceptable to them to have a negative identity than none at all.
Erikson felt that peers have a strong impact on the development of ego identity during adolescence. He believed that association with negative groups such as cults or fanatics could actually redistrict sic the developing ego during this fragile time. The basic strength that Erikson found should develop during adolescence is fidelity, which only emerges from a cohesive ego identity. Fidelity is known to encompass sincerity, genuineness and a sense of duty in our relationships with other people.
Erikson described identity as "a subjective sense as well as an observable quality of personal sameness and continuity, paired with some belief in the sameness and continuity of some shared world image. As a quality of unself-conscious living, this can be gloriously obvious in a young person who has found himself as he has found his communality. In him we see emerge a unique unification of what is irreversibly given--that is, body type and temperament, giftedness and vulnerability, infantile models and acquired ideals--with the open choices provided in available roles, occupational possibilities, values offered, mentors met, friendships made, and first sexual encounters."
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Jennifer will be conducting a spectacular massed singing event at this year’s Pride celebrations on Sunday 30th July. The event, which will feature 6 choirs will be a show in 2 halves. The first half will showcase the 6 choirs singing 2 songs each and the featured choirs are:
- Sunlight Unplugged
- Over The Water
- Up For Arts Community Choir
- Liverpool LGBT choir
- Handbag of Harmonies
The second half will see all the choirs join together for a 30 minute massed singing performance of well known songs and Jennifer’s own composition, Love Sings. Thomas Lang is the special guest and will be joining the massed singing section by leading on Wonderful World. This year’s theme is International Love and the the repertoire of well known songs will reflect this.
The event starts at 3pm. Come along, bring your families, friends and voices to join in with what promises to be a joyous, harmonious sing along.
3pm at St. George’s Hall


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Mimbres pottery tours four cities.
This month in Phoenix, 125 of their bowls--from museums and numerous private collections--go on display, beginning an 18-month tour of four Western states. The schedule for the exhibit, called "Mimbres Pottery Ancient Art of the American Southwest," is listed here. Call to confirm dates after the Phoenix show.
Named after the New Mexico valley where their ruins were found, the Mimbres ("willow" in Spanish) people lived in small farming villages and probably never numbered more than 3,000. "Their architecture wasn't that distinctive," says Dr. J.J. Brody of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology in Albuquerque. "But these people put enormous energy into their pottery--a trend lasting about six centuries."
A major new book by Brody, Steven LeBlanc, and Catherine J. Scott (Hudson Hills Press, Inc., New York, 1983: $35) has the same title as the show. It includes 99 black-and-white illustrations, 42 color plates, plus maps and diagrams of Mimbres sites.
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Valentine’s day is here!
Whether you’re busy thinking up and preparing gifts for your significant other or just being nice and sharing the love with those around you, I always take Valentine’s Day as a good excuse to share some love to those who need some! The gift of love on Valentine’s Day is beautiful.
After fussing about for your beloved (or like me, everyone else!), there is somebody that we may have forgotten to care, love, cherish and hold, while standing around waiting for love. That person is You, Yourself, and only You.
It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself and to make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary. – Mandy Hale
In the midst of preparing for a “perfect” Valentine’s Day, I stumbled across the above quote by Mandy Hale. How true it is that loving yourself should be a priority! I stopped to consider how “broken” I must be inside: stressed, poor in immunity, restless sleep, and easily frustrated. So I set on a mini-quest to discover self-love.
Everyday, say 100 things that you love about yourself. – Sonia Choquette
The decision then was to find a gift for me, as we don’t need another person to gift us on Valentine’s Day! As Meher Baba once said “Love has to spring from within“, it is only natural to find that gift in a form of beauty, wellness, and emotional balance. Basic Ayurvedic understanding can explain this.
The heart chakra
To achieve this emotional balance, you must be at peace in your heart. The heart chakra invigorates a rhythm of peace and love. Situated in the middle of your body, it connects and balances with the other six chakras of your body.
The Sanskrit term for the heart chakra is Anahata, meaning “unhurt, unstruck, and unbeaten”. Such powerful terms that reflect your inner strength on a balanced heart chakra.
Green colour – the way to go!
The heart chakra is associated with the colour green, and it is soothing to the eyes. One simple way to self-love it to take your eyes away from the computer screen, and look out to the greenery around you. Aside from looking at greenery, consume more green fruits & vegetables. This will increase your vitamin and mineral intake to physically strengthen your heart!
In yogic practice to help you open your heart, you may use or hold green gemstones, or stones with colours associated with the heart. It’s going to be fun to shop for your perfect gemstone!
This Valentine’s Day, why not treat yourself to a yoga class? An imbalanced heart chakra is associated with the pulmonary and circulatory issue, so get moving with yoga to improve them! Yoga practices such as Bikram yoga can be one way to get started.
Yoga not your cup of tea? Not to worry! Get your body moving in all sorts of dance moves, even if it means just shaking up your body! By moving your body, you will increase your body’s circulation. This increases oxygen flow to your heart, bringing refreshed life into you!
Your heart beats in rhythm, and rhythm puts your discorded emotions back on pace. Essential oils can assist with opening up the heart chakra to allow flowing of love and compassion. A combination of bergamot, lavender, cypress, and geranium essential oils can help balance your heart chakra. Use it in a room, perhaps in a diffuser during yoga or relaxing moments, or as a massage blend to calm your senses.
BLACK PAINT’s INTO Rhythm encompasses these fundamentals to self-love. It is now a must-use in my daily wellness routine! By following the recommended massage sequence, INTO Rhythm works as an excellent underarm deodorizer! Furthermore, the massage movements strengthen your upper arms and breast muscles. Beauty and wellness combined, tick!
As the Dalai Lama says “If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others“.
So this Valentine’s Day, remember to love yourself wholeheartedly and be truthful about it, too. Take care and enjoy loving yourself and others.
Happy Valentine’s Day! #lovenaturally

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Cameratrip: Sunset on the river.
See the Gambia sunset by river boat – one of the tmany hings to do in Gambia and, perhaps, one of the most beautiful and relaxing. You leave from the fishing village of Kartong and spend the afternoon in a dugout on the Alahein River, having lunch in a Senegalese river camp.
It’s a lovely way to spend an afternoon (or morning if you prefer) and a big favourite with our guests. Meander down a small river estuary and cross to Senegal where you can have some lunch at a small side lodge. On the way you’ll see some of the most beautiful scenery in the country as well as birds galore.
You can capture the early evening 7 pm sunset on the river if you take the afternoon trip. Our itinerary is designed to put you where the pictures are, this holiday will provide you with stunning photographs and timeless memories.
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Your guide: Sarani
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Team India captain Virat Kohli made a big achievement after winning the T20 series in Australia. Kohli has become the only Indian captain to win T20 series in SENA countries (South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia). In this case, he has left behind former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Earlier, Dhoni was able to win the T20 series to Team India only in South Africa and Australia. He could not win the T20 series in New Zealand and England.
10 consecutive wins on foreign ground under Kohli’s captaincy
Under Kohli’s captaincy, the Indian team has so far won 10 consecutive T20Is on foreign soil. Earlier, India had won 3 T20Is on the West Indies tour and 5 on the New Zealand tour. At the same time, in the current 3-match series, Australia defeated them in the same 2 T20s.
India can leave Pakistan behind
Speaking of the overall (domestic and foreign) T20 match, the Indian team is invincible from the last 9 matches. If Team India wins the T20 match against Australia on Tuesday, it will become the third team in the world to win 10 consecutive T20s. In this case, Team India will leave Pakistan behind. T20 International has the Afghanistan team in first and second place in terms of winning most consecutive matches.
Record of winning the series in all three formats in Australia
Talking of two or more bilateral series, Kohli has also become the first international captain to win a series in all three formats (Test, ODI, and T20) on Australian soil. Kohli had defeated the Kangaroo team in the ODI and Test series on the last Australia tour. At the same time, India has captured the current T20 series.
Earlier in 2018, South Africa defeated Australia in all three formats. Faf du Plessis was the captain of the African team at the time, but only one T20 match was played on that tour.
Recently Sachin’s record was also broken
In the 3-match ODI series against Australia, Kohli had surpassed Sachin Tendulkar in the case of scoring the fastest 12 thousand runs. Sachin played 309 matches to score 12 thousand runs. At the same time, Kohli took this record to his name 58 matches before Sachin. Earlier, Kohli also broke the record for making the fastest 10,000. Kohli has so far scored 12,040 runs in 251 ODIs at an average of around 60. Australia defeated India by 13 runs in the third ODI.
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Walking upright is something that most of us have done for most of our lives, so it’s easy to take the ability to do so for granted. But the truth is, as individuals start to rely on mobility support aids it’s common to see their posture start to regress and some associated problems start to occur. If you or someone you know is using a mobility aid and haven’t given much thought to the posture that is maintained, now is the time!
Poor spinal posture creates a host of issues
Did you know? Our goal at Xlent Care Products is to help our customers live better with more freedom. All our products are geared at promoting wellness and reducing pain. It’s no wonder that our walk-upright line of rollators are recognized as the gold standard for seniors and those with mobility issues.
As we age and start struggling to walk independently, it’s natural for our bodies to start hunching over and bending forward. However, this shift in posture can create some significant issues for the rest of our body, from breathing struggles to joint pain.
According to Dr. Jonathan Kuttner, a pain specialist in New Zealand and the author of the Life After Pain book and course, spinal posture is an incredibly significant factor in health, energy levels and longevity.
It turns out that poor spinal posture (head forward posture and excessive rounding of the upper back) affects a whole range of important functions. To be fair, your spine is the pillar of our stance and the axis of all movement, so this is hardly unexpected.
Research shows that poor spinal posture increases stress in your body and nervous system. Tense muscles = no real relaxation = increased pain and tension in your neck, back and shoulders.”
In his book Dr. Kuttner also explains that
…poor spinal posture decreases your lung capacity and ability to breathe efficiently. It prevents you from getting enough air into your lungs every time you breathe.
Upright rollators are the best option
Though there are many different kinds of mobility aids available on the market and it can be hard to decide which one will suit your needs best, it’s important to remember that a rollator walker that encourages you to stand upright rather than hunched over will have the most significant benefits in your everyday life for many reasons.
Helps maintain good spinal posture
A regular walker or rollator will often have you bent over, standing over the frame. A rollator walker will encourage the user to stand inside of the frame with an adjustable height setting to allow them to maintain un upright stance. This will help the spine to stay straight, reducing the likelihood of developing joint pain, back pain, muscle tension, and reduced circulation.
There’s more support
An upright rollator walker is designed to have comfortable handlebars with an easy-to-use brake system and a built-in seat providing the user with more support and comfort than with a standard walker.
Rollator walks are more stable
When using a regular walker, a user is more apt to lean forward, throwing off their center of balance and causing them to feel unstable. However, when using a rollator walker the user stands inside of the frame, not behind it.
All terrain usage
Rollator walkers come equipped with the ability to be used both indoors and outdoors and on many different kinds of terrain. Larger wheels, built in suspension and a unique flexframe structure allow some models to be used on more extreme terrain with ease.
With the ability to adjust the height of their rollator and choose a frame that suits their needs, users will find that some of the pain that’s associated with poor spinal posture can be reduced.
Maintain good spinal posture, and your independence, with a rollator walker
Maintaining an active and comfortable lifestyle is an important part of a happy life, regardless of how well you are able to move around. The use of a rollator walker can help offer support in a way that allows you to ease the pressure put on your spine while allowing you to move around as freely as you’re able to.
Dr. Kutner notes that more than two-thirds of the world’s population the exact spinal posture that leads to the aforementioned issues. Taking steps to help improve your spinal posture can help make significant improvements in other areas of your life. The findings are an important lesson for us, and those that want to “live well and go further” in life!

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Quicksave Interactive, a new game studio in Helsinki, has raised $1.3 million to make HTML5-based social games that can attain customers on any platform.
These are light, quick, and enjoyable apps that you can play inside a messaging or chat platform, like Facebook Messenger or Viber. HTML5 is the lingua franca of the net, and it has enhanced in efficiency more than time so that game developers can now make superior games based on the technologies. Games constructed on HTML5 can potentially run on the open net as properly as they can on a native app.
And that is what drew CEO Elina Arponen and her cofounders, Ville-Kalle Arponen (inventive director) and Timo Kämäräinen (chief technologies officer), to produce a new game studio to take benefit of the chance. They had previously worked collectively in a Computer-focused game business, Tribe Studios, which they sold to Palringo in 2015. They began Quicksave Interactive in 2017 to make each HTML5 games and game development tools.
“We were thinking how we could take these kinds of games to mobile devices,” Arponen stated.
Their seed round was led by Konvoy Ventures, with participation from Sisu Game Ventures, Raptor Group, and Lago Innovation. The notion has grown more trendy with time, specifically as game developers have soured on paying their 30% charges to app platforms such as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android.
In the previous 4 years social apps have began to give integrated HTML5 games. HTML5 games can be played straight inside your preferred social app like Facebook, Snapchat, WeChat, and other folks. The players do not have to set up something new on their phone and can play straight more than the online and invite their good friends to join. They can also bypass the retailers. This was one explanation that rival Playco managed to raise $one hundred million to make social immediate games.
The space has been gaining momentum practically unseen to a lot of the corporations in the sector, Arponen stated. It has been simple to dismiss mainly because Facebook games currently seemed to have their time a decade ago, and HTML5 was viewed as a type of tech fad. But HTML5 combined with WebGL and contemporary smartphones gives a platform for higher-good quality game experiences on the identical level as games downloaded from app retailers, Quicksave believes.
Also, mobile networks are having quicker and the infrastructure required for supporting an HTML5 game is considerably lighter than it is for the cloud streaming services.
This industry also operates differently from the games offered earlier in the earlier era of Facebook games. The games can get considerably superior virality by making use of the messaging platforms on smartphones rather than desktops.
Quicksave views social games as element of the evolution of communication. We began with pure text, then emojis, photos, animated GIFs, videos, and now games. How can games boost and be element of the expression of what you want to communicate? That’s a query that Quicksave desires to answer.
The space is evolving toward games that have longer playtime and maintain players engaged for longer occasions. The mobile game sector is currently seeing games keep on major of a provided platform for years.
Post-app retailer open platforms
User acquisition price in the app retailers continues to climb. Social apps give a new way to attain out to players exactly where it is less difficult to create constructed-in virality. The user acquisition price also tends to be reduce due to a shorter user acquisition funnel: When you see an ad in the identical platform exactly where the game is embedded, the user only has to click the ad when to go straight to the game.
And we’ve seen corporations like Epic Games rebel against the 30% charges that platforms like Apple and Google take.
“I’m very interested, and I follow the news,” Arponen stated. “Either way, this space is growing and it’s maturing. The quality is going up and the business models are starting to function well. It would be more interesting if certain things were more possible on iOS phones. Quality-wise, the games are very close to what you will find on a mobile app store, and they can have more social features available.”
HTML5 has a worldwide attain, the capability to run on any platform, freedom for developers, and no platform charges. The appeal of the platform is a mixture of all that, Arponen stated.
“Some of the things we find most exciting is the ability to be inside messaging, that we have integrated within the messaging,” Arponen stated. “We see this as the next step up in communication. There are new design possibilities that come from that. You can achieve virality with social functions. Then user acquisition tends to be cheaper because the funnel is shorter. If you have an ad, in the same platform where the game is, and you just click the ad, then you go straight into the game. There is less friction.”
She added, “We can get around the friction if you are inside the app that people are already using on their phones. The distribution is so much easier. The content is so much more shareable. We get to start the game design from the point of view of the platform users.”
To deal with the quirks of HTML5, Quicksave has been establishing its personal game development tools and editors to make up for this. It has been optimizing the speed of iteration as properly as the quantity of content and meta it is capable to have in the games. Quicksave is reaching a point exactly where the core development challenge is no longer the tech but alternatively the content and how to innovate the new era of social play.
Quicksave has nine workers, largely in Helsinki.
“We will have an office, and it’s still a small team, but being together will make it easier,” Arponen stated.
It also has a game on a Russian platform, as properly as Facebook and Viber. Facebook is probably to be the largest companion for the quick term, she stated. She stated the business is taking into consideration Snapchat as properly as WeChat, even though it does not have games on these platforms but.


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SLF&Co - No Beats In Algebra is a collaboration of vocalists and musicians - also known as the lovely folk & friends from around the towns of Blighty. The SLF&Co project came to light from a PC, in a flat, in Norwich. Clocks tick, tracks emerge, people lend an ear, a voice, some insight and the occasional slap.
Influenced and inspired by many different genres and production techniques with a few bits and bobs of rock, electronica, ambient, dance, hip/trip-hop, avant-garde and progressive music. No Beats In Algebra will fulfill all of your musical preferences in one nicely rounded package for the ears and mind to ponder.
Featured artists on No Beats In Algebra can also be found with their respective groups on the compilation release An Amalgamation of Sorts...Part Zero (2015) through Milky Bomb Records.
01. Intro (Spag Bol)
02. Looking for a Map featuring Mel, Rob Graham & David R-Booty
03. O Romeo (that burning smell) featuring Oli Perry
04. Red (Lord Fluffy & SLF Remix) featuring Vicky Harrison
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06. Deaf Kiwi Fruit (Remix) featuring MCB
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As a player I am looking for pretty much the same thing. I can be serious and play my character to a "T" for more serious groups, and I can be goofy for those less serious.
I'm doing this for me and my wife, we need more people to play with, the 1 person we game with now is getting on our nerves. We play DnD, CoC, and Dealands. We also play a lesser known RPG made by a friend of a friend called Birdknife. Right now we play whenever we have the whim to. I love to play often! That means about 3 or more times a week. She isn't a big geek so 2 games a week is fine with her.

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FRESNO, California (KSEE/KGPE) – Nestled in Downtown Fresno alongside the Historic Crest Theatre is a cute little cafe named Libelula. The eclectic restaurant makes unique dishes with a different twist.
We tried their huge cinnamon rolls and the Cajun Cristo sandwich both that will leave you satisfied!
We’re going On The Road to Libelula.
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Graham has produced a book that not only 'fills a gap, ' but is itself a lucid and elegant introduction to sencha, and indeed to the larger 'world of tea' in Japanese history that includes it and chanoyu. "Journal of Asian Studies". Graham a valuable thematic thread which weaves together widely disparate aesthetic, intellectual, social, and economic phenomena that mediated the assimilation of Ming and Ch'ing culture in Japan. "Monumenta Nipponica".
Patricia Albjerg Graham is a historian of American education. She began her teaching career in Deep Creek, Virginia, and went on to become a lecturer at Indiana University, professor of history and education at Barnard College and TC, Columbia University, dean of the Radcliffe Institute and of Harvard Graduate School of Education. She was President of the Spencer Foundation from 1991 to 2000. On May 28, 2015, Graham was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Harvard University.
Tea of the Sages book. Subsequent chapters outline the multifaceted history of the formalization of the sencha tea ceremony, drawing upon sources such as treatises and less formal writings as well as analysis of tea gathering records, utensils and their prescribed arrangements, paintings, prints, and sencha architecture.
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TEA OF THE SAGES THE ART OF SENCHA by Patricia J Graham 1998 Chinese China teas. The Japanese tea ceremony is generally identified with chanoyu and its bowls of whipped, powdered green tea served in surroundings influenced by the tenets of Zen Buddhism.
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Introduced by Chinese merchants and scholar-monks, sencha first gained favor in Japan among devotees of the Chinese literati. By the early nineteenth century, it had become popular with a wide spectrum of urban and rural residents. Some took up sencha as a subversive activity in opposition to the mandated protocol of chanoyu. Others enjoyed sencha because of its connections with elite Chinese culture, knowledge of which indicated intellectual and cultural refinement. Still others relished it simply as a fine tasting beverage.
Tea of the Sages opens with a chronological overview of tea in China and its transmission to Japan before situating sencha within the rich milieu of Chinese material culture available in early modern Japan. Subsequent chapters outline the multifaceted history of the formalization of the sencha tea ceremony, drawing upon sources such as treatises and less formal writings as well as analysisof tea gathering records, utensils and their prescribed arrangements, paintings, prints, and sencha architecture.


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A lifelong creative writer, Steven T. Gottlieb began his focus on screenwriting in college. In 2003, Steven and his frequent writing partner, Howard Walper, appeared in the second season of HBO’s Project Greenlight as Top 10 Finalists with the script “Renaissance.” Their screenplays have placed in prominent contests, including the Nicholl Fellowship.
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Stunning Stainless Steel Bracelet with interlocking IP Plated Rose Gold links, this glorious bracelet has a 1 inch adjustable chain. Dimensions 15mm. Stainless Steel is hypo-allergenic, it doesn't rust, tarnish or discolour. It's strength and durability makes it an exceptional material for everyday use. Matching necklace and earrings also now available. Fireneza Bracelet makes the perfect gift and, as always, arrives beautifully gift wrapped in a Suay Design Gift Box.
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UK Demand for Goods and Services Grows at the Fastest Rate Since the 1990s | Retail business
The UK economy recorded its strongest growth in business activity in more than two decades in May, as buyers rushed to Main Street and the lifting of lockdowns accelerated Britain’s economic recovery.
The rebound in the manufacturing and service sectors follows a return to pre-pandemic retail sales levels in April, figures showed Friday.
The IHS Markit Flash Purchasing Managers (PMI) Index – a closely watched barometer of economic activity – found that hotels, restaurants and other consumer services saw the biggest increase in demand this past year. this month, although improvements were reported across all sectors, leading to the fastest growth since the composite PMI began in 1998.
Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit, said the UK was experiencing an ‘unprecedented growth spurt’ as the economy reopened, which was highlighted by the survey also reporting ‘a record level of business confidence. The PMI for May was 62, down from 60.7 the month before, with any number above 50 showing economic growth.
“Factory orders are growing at a record pace as global demand for goods continues to recover, and the service sector is experiencing near-record growth as the economy opens up allows more companies to trade.” .
âBusiness confidence has meanwhile reached an all-time high as concerns about the impact of the pandemic continue to fade,â he said.
According to PMI, consultancy firm Capital Economics said there was a sting in the tail for manufacturers, however, after delays in imports following a messy Brexit and the spread of Covid-19 across the world extended delivery times for raw materials and key components, according to PMI. index.
Markit said: âSerious delays continued in global supply chains in May, as evidenced by a marked increase in supplier delivery times. Producers of goods responded by building up purchasing stocks for the first time in 2021. “
The surge in transportation bills that followed a rise in diesel prices in April and May, coupled with an increase in the price of copper and other metals, led to the fastest increase in overall purchasing costs since March. the index started in January 1992, added Markit.
The report followed official figures showing Britons flocked to stores in April to stock up on clothing and footwear, pushing retail sales up 9.2% in the month.
With all non-essential retailers allowed to reopen from April 12 in England and Wales and from April 26 in Scotland, after closing for almost four months, clothing and footwear stores saw an increase of their sales by almost 70% from March levels.
The Office for National Statistics said the sales boom across all sectors of the retail industry meant the volume of goods purchased in April was 10.6% higher than in February 2020, before the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Housewares, which turned out to be in high demand over the past year as people looked to improve their homes, grew more modestly, but the continuity of online sales kept volumes close to 20% higher. higher than in February 2020.
Increased sales at brick and mortar stores will encourage high street retailers but comes too late for Debenhams, which closed last weekend, and a host of other retailers that have gone bankrupt or downsized their number of stores in the last year.
Online sales fell across most sectors in April as people chose to visit the newly reopened stores, but continue to account for around a third of all sales after a surge in activity during the pandemic.
Aled Patchett, Head of Retail and Consumer Goods at Lloyds Banking Group, said: âApril was always likely to see a further increase in sales as stores reopened for the first time in months. – fashion retailers being the ultimate beneficiaries of the reopening of the outdoor gardens and the six night return rule.
“The high street will be hopeful that the re-emergence of domestic hospitality this week will continue to bring buyers back in force to accelerate its recovery this summer.”
However, he warned that the presence of new variants of Covid could push shoppers to rekindle online habits that have become dominant in the past 12 months.

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Memorial Lara Medical Center
Memorial Lara Medical Center is in the heart of Antalya and also is a satellite clinic of Antalya Memorial Hospital. Memorial Lara Medical Center provides services like; gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, internal medicine, otorhinolaryngology, general surgery and neurology with its 5 storey height building in 1.127 square meter of area.
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By being the first JCI (Joint Commission International) accredited healthcare center in Turkey, and 21st in the world, Memorial Şişli Hospital is the pioneer of the quality in health care servise in our country. After it is opened for service, Memorial Antalya Hospital applied to accreditation and by fullfilling inspections succesfully, Memorial is accredited by international accreditation organization JCI. Memorial Antalya Hostipal IVF Center is the first and only center that accredited by American College of Embriyology
SYNERGY AMONG MEMORIAL HOSPITALS
PACS system creates a medical synergy among all Memorial Hospitals of Turkey by sharing cases with imaging and laboratory findings.
CONTRIBUTION TO MEDICAL TOURISM
Antalya Memorial Hospital contributes the development of medical tourism by being the representative of the mediterranean region with accepting patients from 65 country around the world.

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Former Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine may be protected against sexual-abuse charges, since the statute of limitations has expired. His alleged protectors, however, may still be held accountable. Two of Fine’s alleged victims have filed a defamation lawsuit against Syracuse University and Jim Boeheim, its head basketball coach. Boeheim originally stood by Fine, saying the accusations were “patently false in every respect,” before he later said, “I misspoke very badly.” The men, Bobby Davis and his stepbrother Mike Lang, announced their intentions to sue Tuesday at a press conference with their lawyer, Gloria Allred (of course). The lawsuit alleges that Boeheim once saw Davis lying on a bed in Fine’s hotel room.


First responders and people who transport others for medical reasons must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by Dec. 21 or wear masks in the presence of patients and residents and test weekly, according to a new health order from the Alameda County health officer.
The order, issued Tuesday, is meant to protect medical patients in high-risk medical care settings and applies to law enforcement, firefighters, 911 ambulance transport workers and workers involved in non-emergency medical transport.
A Covid-19 booster shot is not currently required to be considered fully vaccinated, county public health officials said.
The new order applies specifically to people who enter high-risk health care facilities such as general acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and among others, adult and senior care facilities. A full list of high-risk health care facilities can be found in the state’s Aug. 5 public health order.
Employers may require first responders and medical transport workers to be fully vaccinated and not give workers the option to test and wear a mask.
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Piano players of all levels appreciate playing an instrument that faithfully reproduces the sound and feel of Concert grand piano. Korg’s SP-280 offers that experience in a beautifully-designed digital piano that’s ideal for your home or as a partner on stage.
The SP-280 provides a playing feel that's incredibly close to that of an acoustic piano by switching between four piano samples according to the dynamics of your performance. From delicate pianissimo to dynamic fortissimo, the sound will respond realistically to how you play. In particular, the "Grand Piano" sound reproduces the damper resonance that is heard when you press the damper pedal of an acoustic piano, heightening your experience of the overall piano sound and making it even more enjoyable to play.


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Bioglan Smartkids Healthy Eyes have been designed to help protect your children's precious and delicate eyes, whilst maintaining normal vision. Bioglan Smartkids Healthy Eyes contain a number of ingredients which work to protect and look after your little one's eyes. Present in these food supplements are Lutein and Zeaxanthin with Vitamin A which help to maintain normal vision. Vitamin A contributes to the normal and healthy function and maintenance of vision, immune system and skin. Best of all is these come in a delicious orange flavoured gummie that your child will love to take every day.


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Hello to all the fashion lovers who are currently reading this article. Finally, it is time to store our summer clothing in closets and throw on a perfect trench coat. Ok, we realize that a lot of you actually like summer but September is the fashion month right? There is something absolutely outstanding in the fall season. I mean who can resist fall fashion, pumpkin spice latte, and Halloween?
Now it is time to get to that fashioned part. Have you watched fashion weeks for the fall and winter season for 2020 / 2021? Our guess is that you have because every fashion freak certainly did. We decide to show you some of our favorite trends and looks for this season and we are eager to know what you think about them. Will you be hating them or loving them? We can’t wait to hear what you think.
- Leather looks – oh my, well pretty much anyone could know that leather looks will be popular during the fall season, but guess what? Even all-leather outfits could have a green light this season because it is THE trend of this season and you could pretty much pull off an all-leather outfit without any problem.
- Natural tones – well let’s just say that you could pretty much wear a monochrome outfit the color of your pumpkin spice latte and you pretty much ready to go! The positive thing about this trend is that you can combine with pretty much every other color if you decide to so there won’t be any problems for you to find a place for a natural tone fashion piece in your closet.
- Bold colors – yes, we do realize that just a few lines before that natural tones will be popular. But guess what? Bold colors found a place on fashion runways as well. So in any case pretty much every color you throw on will be in. Doesn’t that sound cool?
- Strong shoulders – this trend is an absolute must for all of you fashion lovers. It’s not just shoulder pads we are talking about, we could also see a lot of fashion looks with the accent on sleeves as well. Is there a better trend to show the strength of a confident woman than this trend? We simply love this one. And how about you? Do you love it or hate it?


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9 Schultz Drive, Delano, PA
WCRE is proud to have successfully represented Alan James, Inc in the exclusive leasing and marketing of this approximately 146,300 square foot modern one story industrial building located at 9 Schultz Drive, Delano, PA to UFP Gordon, Highwood USA, and Hollander Sleep Products.
• UFP Gordon, a leading supplier of trusses used in manufactured housing, residential and commercial construction leased 80,000 square feet.
• Highwood USA, a leading manufacturer of an eco friendly synthetic wood used in architectural trim, furniture, fencing, lumber, and other outdoor applications leased 30,000 square feet.
• Hollander Sleep Products , a private label manufacturer of coordinated collections of comforters, pillows, bed linens and mattresses leased 20,000 square feet.
9 Schultz Drive is situated on approximately 9.5 acres and the property is located directly off I-81 and within ten miles south of Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
WCRE is proud to announce that the building is 100% leased with the signing of these 3 leases.
Lee Fein, Senior Vice President at WCRE represented both the Landlord and Tenant in this transaction.
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At the InnoRenew CoE we are aware of the importance of collaboration with young people. We encourage all our researchers to engage in activities which bring us together. Therefore Dr Šušteršič participated at a guest lecture at the Faculty of Architecture where he gave a talk about wooden construction.
Later in May Iztok participated at a scientific gathering Forest and Wood (Gozd in les) and the main topic was “science for the future”. He presented possibilities of massive wooden constructions, and he networked with many people that showed interest in our research centre of excellence.


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Wests Tigers have confirmed that Tim Sheens won't coach the NRL club in 2013.
At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon club officials said Sheens won't be the head coach but may be offered another role at the Tigers.
Sheens' future had been under the microscope as the club ordered a review into its operations following a dismal campaign in which the Tigers failed to reach the finals despite being rated title favourites before the season.
His position became untenable as a result of a player revolt, with the squad upset at the cleanout which had resulted in popular figures Beau Ryan and Chris Heighington being released to join Cronulla.
He had two years remaining on his contract worth around $900,000.
Sheens, who has coached more NRL matches than anybody in the history of the game, has already been linked with the head coaching vacancy at the Warriors.
The Tigers are rumoured to be lining up highly-rated Manly assistant Matt Parish to take over at the club.

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- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- 10 min icing/decorating
- Makes Cakes
An easy recipe! Lovely little cakes to show your man how much you love him!
- 100g Self Raising Flour
- 100g Caster Sugar
- 100g Margarine
- 2 eggs
- 100g currants (or sometimes i add a little orange rind or lemon whatever i fancy)
- 50g Butter
- 100g Icing Sugar
- few drops vanilla essence or a little more orange/lem rind
- Sprinkles to decorate
- STEP 1Heat oven to 180ÃÂºC. Have bun cases in trays ready.
- STEP 2Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, adding a little flour with each. Gently fold in remaining flour. Then mix in Currants (or zest etc).
- STEP 3Spoon in cases (about half full) and bake for 15 minutes
- STEP 4When cool mix the butter,icing sugar and flavouring, spread a little on each cake and finish with sprinkles. I found lovely little heart sprinkles online, a nice touch for valentines
- STEP 5Serve with a good cup of tea and a kiss!


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Fig, Sage ad Thyme - London Dry Gin No. 17
Inspired by the ancient Mulberry tree that sits in the famous grounds of Kelmscott Manor, once home to William Morris, close to Gin In A Tin HQ; we got our creative juices flowing. Mulberry gin has been created many a time, but fig, originally an Asian species of the flowering plant of the mulberry family, has not. Always looking for something different and challenging we have enjoyed developing this unique gin.
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A classic G and T served in a large glass with plenty of ice, orange peel and a fresh sage leaf.
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