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The Growth of EdTech During a Global Crisis
The Growth of EdTech During a Global Crisis.
The advancement of technology and its ubiquitous use in daily lives has brought rise to its integration in the education field. Known as edtech, which is a portmanteau of the words education technology, this industry has seen rapid developments over the years. From the West to the East, countries have been using the latest technologies as an aid in education delivery, from pre-schools and grade schools to universities.
When COVID-19 began spreading, it unintentionally triggered a global scale experimental platform for the edtech sector as schools across the globe had to suspend classes and turn to online learning. At its peak in April, UNESCO reported that globally, 91.2 percent of students, which accounted for almost 1.6 billion people, who were enrolled in schools across 193 countries, had their education interrupted. As such, many had to recalibrate the way their education was delivered to them, which brought rise to the growth of the edtech industry.
Globally, edtech was valued at US$252 billion in 2020, with a projected growth to US$341 billion by 2025. With its growing population and its focus on learner-centric programs, Asia is leading the rest of the world when it comes to edtech industry growth. This is primarily due to China's and India's commitment to invest in the innovation of education through the use of technology to accommodate its large population. In 2019, these two Asian giants had secured 70 percent of the world's edtech venture capital, bringing rise to some of the fastest growing edtech companies in the region.
One such example is Byju, a Bangalore-based edtech startup founded in 2011 by Byju Raveendran. The lockdowns in India saw this multi-billion dollar edtech company, which is valued at almost $11 billion, shoot up in its worth and appeal. Prior to the pandemic, Byju reported that it took them almost four and a half years to reach a following of 40 million students. However, when COVID-19 struck, the company saw its numbers hitting 65 million students within a couple of months. Despite them offering free use of their edtech platform during the pandemic, the company still predicts more than $1 billion in revenue for the year, indicating the massive success of this edtech company.
The positive response that Byju received during the pandemic had translated into further development of the edtech industry in India. From acquiring edtech startups to advancing the technology used in the delivery of education via games and simulations, Byju is one of the edtech companies in India that is paving the way to restructure education and bring it beyond the confines of the physical classroom.
In China, edtech companies are incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) in their developments, taking education to the next level. For example, Squirrel Ai Learning, founded in 2014, seeks to transform the education process through the use of an "AI system simulated human teacher" which is deemed to be many times more efficient than traditional learning methods.
Such a learning system, if presented on a large scale in the near future, will allow for education to transcend borders and financial backgrounds, giving an equal opportunity for knowledge seekers, no matter where they are from.
The advancement of edtech in the Asian region is a welcomed transformation, as it allows many who are in more rural areas without a proper educational infrastructure to receive quality education, simply via the use of a smart device, which is becoming easily available even in villages. If anything, COVID-19 has proven how beneficial the edtech industry is in successfully continuing education seamlessly, and as such, is full of potential for industry players to tap into.
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Amanda Ashby was born in Australia but now lives in New Zealand where she writes romance, young adult and middle grade books. She also works as an editor and coach, owns far too many vintage tablecloths and likes to delight her family by constantly rearranging the furniture.
I didn't grow up wanting to write books because I was far too busy reading them. In fact I didn't know being an author was even a real thing (I was a slow learner!). However, when the writing bug finally struck me in my mid-twenties, I was determined to get published.
Oh, how cute and adorable I was!
I wrote thirteen books and spent ten years trying to get published. Let's just say it was excruciating, and I was close to giving up. But while I was at my father's funeral I had a surreal experience where I imagined he was providing the commentary for the whole day. It made a terrible time a little bit easier to bear. And two weeks later it was the inspiration of my debut book, You Had Me at Halo.
Four months later I signed with my first agent and we sold it to Penguin/Random House in 2005. Since then I've sold seventeen books in total to Penguin/Random House, Albert Whitman and Entangled. My debut book was nominated for a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice award, and my first young adult book was listed by the New York Public Library's Stuff for the Teen Age.
I've also worked as a children's librarian, an ice cream seller and a travel agent. I've taught many writing workshops and there's nothing I like more than talking about plotting and story structure. I've also faced down hundreds of rejection letters, bad reviews and navigated the changing publishing marketplace. And I can help you do the same.
I'm also obsessed with the art of storytelling and am forever reading craft books, going to workshops and pulling apart books and movies to see what makes them work (and not work). This love of storytelling is what I bring as a developmental editor. I'm not a grammar girl or a proofreading ninja, but when it comes to the big picture, my story geek kicks in!
These are the books I go back to again and again, though there are plenty of others that I adore!
I've worked as travel agent, salesperson, retro furniture dealer and a librarian.
Liverpool Football Club is the greatest team in the world.
Apart from the All Blacks. The All Blacks are pretty awesome, too!
Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer are the only books I re-read on a regular basis.
The Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula Le Guin is my favorite book in the world.
Did I mention the bananas? They really are the work of the devil.
Deadwood, Game of Thrones, Vikings, Parks and Recreation, Buffy and Gilmore Girls are some of my favorite TV shows.
I live in New Zealand but write for American publishers, which means I'm constantly trying to figure out if I should use US or NZ spelling on social media.
Of course this is amusing considering the fact I'm the world's worst speller!
I was in the opening ceremony of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.
I read The Hobbit when I was ten years old.
I saw the movie Princess Bride three times in one week when it first came out.
I can't clap in time. At all. My palms tingle and I feel fidgety just at the thought.
Despite not being able to tell my left from my right I have a weirdly good sense of direction.
I have an abnormally large collection of crotchet rugs and vintage tablecloths.
When it comes to writing, if no one tells me to stop, I'll just keep on going. Hence why this facts list doesn't seem to be coming to an end.
A friend has just told me to stop. Which is another fact about me – occasionally I can be very obedient.


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Imo Election: Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing Of Ihedioha's Case
The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha to March 2, 2020.
Mr Ihedioha approached the apex court with an application to reverse itself on the judgement sacking him from office as governor.
The Supreme Court had fixed today to hear the appeal filed by Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one month after it sacked him on January 14 and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Hope Uzodinma, as the duly elected governor of Imo State.
At the hearing today, lawyer to Mr Ihedioha, Mr Kanu Agabi, filed an application stating that he needs a little time to file some processes before the Court.
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Lawyers to Governor Hope Uzodinma and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not oppose the application.
The seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Mohammed, after listening to all the parties, adjourned the hearing to March 2, 2020.
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Skúli Sverrisson (* 23. Oktober 1966 in Reykjavík) ist ein isländischer Jazzbassist.

Skúli studierte in Island Bass und Komposition bei Jón Sigurðsson und spielte 1984 erste Aufnahmen mit der Gruppe Pax Vobis ein. Von 1987 bis 1991 studierte er am Berklee College of Music. Er arbeitete in der Zeit mit Musikern wie Bob Moses, Danilo Pérez, Wolfgang Muthspiel und Mino Cinelu. Mit Carsten Tiedemann gründete er die Gruppe Mo Boma, mit der er vier Alben aufnahm.

Von 1991 bis 1996 tourte er mit dem Gitarristen Allan Holdsworth. Er arbeitete dann u. a. mit Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann, Tim Berne, John Lurie, Chris Speed, Laurie Anderson, Wadada Leo Smith, Naná Vasconcelos und Anna Gréta Sigurðardóttir. Er nahm eine CD mit Anthony Burr und ein Duoalbum mit dem isländischen Gitarristen Hilmar Jensson auf.

Mit Chris Speed, Brad Shepik und Jim Black bildet Skúli das Quartett Pachora.

Diskographische Hinweise
 Seremonie, 1997
 Skúli Sverrisson & Hilmar Jensson Kjar, 1997
 Seria, 2007
 Seria ll, 2010
 Skúli Sverrisson & Óskar Guðjónsson The Box Tree, 2012
 Skúli Sverrisson & Bill Frisell: Strata, 2021

Mit Pachora
 Pachora, 1997
 Unn, 1999
 Ast, 2002
 Astereotypical, 2003

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Oregon's Menu Labeling Act was passed in 2009 with the goal of providing consumers with basic nutrition information about prepared food sold at chain restaurants.
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Think you know which restaurant foods are high in calories? Check out these tips from the Center for Science in the Public Interest to test your knowledge.


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Melanie and I are thrilled to finally announce that we are moving to CHICAGO in December! We are so excited for this next adventure for our family and can't wait to call such a wonderful place home. Chicago has always been my favorite city, and I simply can not wait. This will our first time living in a city and we are curious to see not only how we adapt but also how our crazy dog, Kaia, handles the bustling city.
Please let us know in the comments below if you have any recommendations for us in Chicago!
We can't wait to share this next journey with you all- now to start packing.
You will have such a great experience!
So exciting! I love Chicago! Of course growing up in the suburbs and living downtown while going to grad school plays a big part. Can't wait to find out where you will live and then I can visit you when I go home to see my family!!!
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Interview with Brian Hodge (Part Two): It's All the Same Road in the End
Part Two of my group interview with Brian Hodge continues, with his second story in The Best Horror of the Year—quite the accomplishment. Read on!
"It's All the Same Road in the End"
(Originally in The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu, edited by Paula Guran, and reprinted in The Best Horror of the Year, edited by Ellen Datlow.)
QUESTION ONE: You begin with a cool, mysterious opening, then you proceed with a lot of backstory about the grandfather. Often, we are advised to not go too far into backstory, but in this case it really worked. Why did you decide to include so much, in a sense risking taking us out of the story? (And presume an editor/teacher would urge us to cut. So feel free to include any decisions you thought might be "breaking the rules.") I'm wondering how you felt confident that it worked, and why you thought that as well.
ANSWER ONE: I don't think you risk taking the reader out of the story when the past is so vital to the present that, without it, there wouldn't be a present at all. It's all the same story in the end, too. With this one, everything hinges on the events of fifty-odd years ago, so it's imperative to understand what happened, or as much as the modern characters know of it. The reader has to know what drives them, what haunts them, what pulls at them and repels them. Without that, they're just going through a set of prescribed motions that aren't fully motivated. And even though Old Will, the grandfather, isn't an active character, it felt important that he still be a presence and, ultimately, his voice be heard. History is repeating itself, generationally speaking … it's just that nobody realizes that until it happens.
So the key is marbling the past throughout the active present, and optimally at the point at which its influence becomes most relevant, rather than front-loading things too heavily. Or trying to show things strictly chronologically. The onion metaphor is good here. You keep peeling those layers back. The past and the present continue to unfold together, and you see the membranes of connective tissue.
QUESTION TWO: How do you manage to make all that backstory interesting and "in the moment" even though it's all memory? Are there techniques you suggest we try to avoid info-dumps but still feel vital to the story?
ANSWER TWO: I've addressed some ways of handling backstory in earlier questions, but another thing that occurs to me is that I try to render it in such a way that, instead of being dry, inert data, it's more interactive for the characters. Like, it's provoking some sort of emotional reaction or an intellectual conundrum, or it sets up a conflict in values. Anything like that. Ideally, you make it clear that this past stuff is something that strongly impacts the characters' lives here and now. When it's clear that what happened then matters to what happens now, or what happens next, it's going to be more compelling.
QUESTION THREE: If you don't mind, how long did this take you to write and edit? Do you plan it all out ahead of time, or pants through? Some writers might dance with a short story for months or more, how did this one unfold for you?
ANSWER THREE: I don't remember how long it took, exactly. Somewhere between two and three weeks sounds about right. I didn't plan everything out in advance, but I did have a decent idea of the general arc. With just about everything I tend to fall somewhere between plotting and pantsing. Like, I'll have a sense of story or character arcs, and have in mind certain milestones, but there's still room to figure other stuff out and surprise myself along the way, as most everything else develops more organically.
QUESTION FOUR: How much pre-planning and sketching do you do for characters in short stories? Do you give them more, or less, or different treatments than in a novel? For example, one brother starts out kind of a mama's boy talking to her all the time, and the other seems more independent, yet their roles seem to invert at the end. Did you fully "know" these brothers, or did they evolve as you wrote?
ANSWER FOUR: It varies, but I give them a few paragraphs in my notes, at least, and more for characters in novels than in shorter works. I like to feel I know them well enough to get rolling, and then, as with any relationship, get to know them better as we spend more time together. That way, they have their own autonomy. They're open to surprising me instead of being puppets that always have to do what I say. Like, with Young Will, the younger brother, I had no idea he was going to stay behind until right before he did.
The ideal place to reach—and it happens more with novels than with shorter stuff, because of the duration and investment of time—is where the characters start meeting you halfway and doing some of the work. I can usually count on it happening around 60 or 80 or 100 pages in. Sit down at the desk in the morning and it's like calling a team meeting: "What's everybody up to today? Really, you're sure? Okay, I can get on board with that." And off we go. That's a great place to get to. Everything feels so warm and alive then.
QUESTION FIVE: Regarding planning out a story…do you know you want to leave clues like the photo of the woman, the cattle call of the song as you wrote this, or did you pepper those in later, after a draft or two? We thought those types of clues were the primary reason we found the backstory interesting, little compelling bursts of weird and unsettling clues. Really, really well done.
ANSWER FIVE: None of those were later drop-ins. All of that I knew about before I ever started writing anything. That's not to say I never go back and weave elements in later. But in general, I like to do as much of the heavy lifting upfront as possible, so that the revision process is more about refinement and pruning and fine-tuning things to as high a degree as I can manage. That's just the way I work, what works best for me.
QUESTION SIX: Where did the idea of this story come from? And the woman, the hag, or alien, or Baba Yaga, or whatever she was—is that based on a story you heard, legend, myth? Ditto for the calling/culling song.
ANSWER SIX: It came from what turned out to be a Photoshop manipulation of an old picture I found online, tarted up with a caption that it was the last photo taken by some folklorist who went missing. But it was really evocative, and totally sparked my imagination, so I kept it around on my hard drive for a few years until I felt ready to use it as the springboard for something that could go way beyond what the caption suggested.
The cattle call? That's a real thing…an ancient thing, actually. The Swedish word is kulning. You can find examples of it on YouTube. I first encountered it at the beginning of a compilation CD of Nordic folk music called Wizard Women of the North. And other places since then…like black metal artist Amalie Bruun, who records as Myrkur, did it at the beginning of her 2017 album, Mareridt. It's a lovely sound, and I would imagine it's quite haunting at a distance, lilting over the fields and through the trees. I thought it would be an obvious reference point for the descendants of Swedish settlers in the area—they're hearing something that's sort of like it, but not really, and they can tell something's wrong with the woman doing it, because the intensity of it is absolutely terrifying.
QUESTION SEVEN: There were some haunting moments in here that really were dependent on setting and sensory details. This is always important in my work. I'm thinking of how you show Daisy, the meteorite, and how they change after touching it. Is this a conscious choice, and do you consider yourself a maximalist? A choice of genre? Just your style? Or do you pick the moments to unpack and slow down, to immerse your readers? (Or all of the above! LOL). I'd love to hear your thoughts on the role of setting and sensory detail, especially in horror.
ANSWER SEVEN: A few years ago I began regarding the dichotomy of minimalist and maximalist as personally irrelevant, and started thinking of myself as a muscularist. Yeah, it's a made-up word. I guess it was in a review, although I don't remember of what, or where I saw it, and someone used the phrase "tight, muscular prose" to describe whichever work of mine they were covering. And I really liked that. I liked the metaphor of words as muscle tissue. It was also appealing because I'm avid about working out, with an emphasis on things like functional fitness and strength and movement.
If you think about a well-toned body, you recognize that muscle density isn't the same everywhere. In some places it may be very lean; in other places it may be bigger and bulkier. It's what it needs to be according to its function within the whole system, and ideally, going from one area to another, it's all nicely contoured. There's a visual flow.
So if you apply that metaphor to prose, then you start thinking about the functional fitness of lines and paragraphs. If you have something that's necessary but easily conveyed, or transitional, you keep it streamlined. But if you need to, say, take the reader inside an intense emotional state, or weave various setting and sensory details that work together to create a mood or atmosphere, which in turn affects the psychological state of the reader, you go heavier, and build up a passage that flexes harder, so it can hit harder.
Ideally, too, whatever the word volume is, it's tight and compact, not flabby. Even before the muscularist term occurred to me, I was already thinking of the later revision process, looking for more words to cut, as sweating off ounces. My ultimate goal is that, however many words there are, they all survived, and are there, for a reason.
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Ten Questions with Kelly Robson About "A Human Stain"
I taught Kelly's story, "A Human Stain," in 2018 in my Advanced Creative Writing Workshop—as a story that stood out, over at Tor (a Nebula Award winner, too). I'll teach it again in 2019, since it made it into The Best Horror of the Year anthology, edited by Ellen Datlow. I wanted to take a moment to ask Kelly some questions about this story, as it does so many things well. Not only did it educate me, as an author, and keep me on my toes, but I know it inspired my students, too. So here we go.
SPOILERS BELOW!
Where did the idea for this story come from, Kelly? Is it based on any myths or fables? I read a lot of non-fiction, which is filled with ideas for stories. In this case, I came across a tidbit about a village in the Alps where the mountainsides are so steep that people actually walk across the roofs to get from house to house, and the only access to the outside world is via boat. I was fascinated by that kind of isolation. And I also was reading a book about governesses. For a long time, it was the only paid job available to a middle or upper class woman, and it was a socially isolated situation. You weren't a servant, but not a family member either. Psychological and physical isolation is really important to horror, I find.
I think setting and atmosphere is crucial in horror. How did you go about creating such a dense, authoritative, and unsettling backdrop for your story? Is any of this based on places you've actually been? Definitely not anywhere I've been! But I did grow up in in a remote place and I find that to be much more frightening than the city. People are much more vulnerable when nobody is around—you can't count on help from anyone.
I am not a huge fan of gore in horror, but that's just me. Don't love it in film, either. (I thought it was nicely restrained in Hereditary and The Witch, for example.) But it has a place, and done well, it can really be one important note in a larger orchestrated piece. How did you decide when, and how much to show here, as far as the visceral, unsettling, graphic moments? I'm thinking of the violence toward the end, especially, with both Mimi and Helen, their jaws, etc. I'm not sure it was one decision, but iterative over a lot of drafts. One thing for sure, is I kept trying to get more and more specific over the revision process. The enemy of horror is vagueness. You can choose not to show something, but you can't be vague about it.
Speaking of which, can you explain what was going on with the wires and their mouths throughout? I believe that snakes smell by opening their mouths (with their tongues, actually). Is that what was happening here? The wires are a form of mind control. Peter's pheromones make his caregivers feel an ecstatic hunger drawing them to the sibling grubs down in the cellar. The wires keep her under control and turn her from a protector into a brainless, selfless caregiver (see next answer).
I also wanted to ask you more about the boy, Peter. Is he actually a boy, or is he much older? There is some knowledge and dialogue toward the end that made me wonder who and what exactly he was. Why is he seeking the bones? Why does he want to eat the grubs (and his brother!)? Do elaborate, please. He's a child. He's not human though. The family members go through a metamorphosis from Grub > Pale Child (Peter) > Handsome Young Adult (Barchen) > Deteriorating Prematurely Aged Adult > Monster. I put lots of clues for this in the dining room scene. He wants to eat the grubs for the same reason many baby birds peck their siblings to death—get rid of the competition! Peter's influence over Mimi and Helen make them want to eat them too, because under his influence they are 100% about Peter's needs.
I love the way you balance the humor and darker aspects in your work, in this story. Is that always a part of the give and take of your storytelling, allowing us a place to relax, breathe, and maybe pull in more humanity, more relatability, into the tale? That snark and attitude of Helen kept this story from getting bogged down in something historic, that could have been a bit dry, caught up in details. My initial versions of the story had a different Helen, who was much meeker (though still a lesbian). I had to give Helen more oomph to make the story work better. Often when one of my stories isn't working, I have to change or tweak the main character.
I also love the bit of sexuality / sensuality that you worked into this story, as well. Another layer to the story. Not to mention how Helen sees, and seeks out Mimi. It helps reveal her character (as well as Bärchen's). Was this a conscious choice to work in their sexuality and identity? Yeah, totally conscious. The story is basically about how parenthood can often be a terrible thing for women, because it requires so much sacrifice of the self, and I wanted to emphasize that tragedy by the man and woman in it being emphatically non-sexual toward each other. Barchen knows he's doing a terrible thing when he leaves Helen there, but he doesn't think he has a choice. He has to find a replacement for Mimi before Mimi breaks free. It's a horrible thing he does. Just horrible.
The fact that the serpents / parents were guarding the salt mines, this being the family fortune, was quite compelling. Makes me wonder exactly how old they are, and whether they are the same creatures, or if this is a long line of destined beings. Can you talk about that a bit? They're a long line of monsters who've been guarding the salt mines for generations. Salt mines used to be a huge source of Hapsburg money, and the monsters would be really good at keeping the mines safe.
The ending! The slowly creeping hypnosis, the call of the cellar, and all that lurks there, and then the transformation of Helen. For an ending to truly resonate, for me, it not only has to build to something (usually a revelation), but there must be change, and then a denouement—something rippling out into the future—an understanding, an event, something both broadly terrifying and singularly unsettling. You do that well here, with all of the ways that Helen changes, and that last line of, "Oui." BAM. So powerful. Can you talk about the ending, how much was plotted out, how much surprised you, and your decision to end it where you did? I often know my last line before I start writing. I always knew that would be the end, Helen taking Mimi's place, and saying, "Oui." The repetition is an effective technique, and it's even more effective, I think, because it's a foreign language to Helen. It emphasizes that her personality has really been degraded and subsumed.
What's next for you? Can you talk about stories, collections, or novels you may have coming out in 2019 so we can read more of your work? Thank you for your time and generosity here. I really appreciate it. I have a short-story coming out at The Verge in February. Last year was really great, with stories at Uncanny, Clarkesworld, and in the anthology Infinity's End, and a big novella Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach from Tor.com, which came out as a book. I've been working on the sequel to that and it's been going—not well. Second books, it turns out, are really HARD. Argh. But all I can do is just keep plugging away!!!
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New Interview at STORGY.
I did a lengthy interview at STORGY, so stop by and give it a read if you have the time. So much going on! We talk about Gamut, influences, current projects, films, books on writing, you name it.
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Complete List of Online Interviews by Richard Thomas
This is a list of interviews that I've conducted over the
years, all in one place. More coming soon. Enjoy!
With Noir at the Bar (Jed Ayres) at Walrus Publishing 7/2013
With xTx at The Rumpus 7/2013
With Amelia Gray at The Nervous Breakdown 10/2010
With Kevin Guilfoile at What Does Not Kill Me 3/2009
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Interview Up At Mourning Goats. The Goat Asks Me 20 Questions.
So, I finally got the call. I made the big leagues! Mourning Goats has been doing interviews with some of the most compelling, visionary, and talented authors out there—so many of my idols, mentors and peers. I'm thrilled that I got to sit down with the smelly beast and answer some of the most thoughtful and challenging questions of my career. They obviously did their homework. I join the ranks of Stephen Graham Jones, Monica Drake, Craig Clevenger, Paul Tremblay, Chelsea Cain, Donald Ray Pollock, Lidia Yuknavitch, Joe Lansdale, Nik Korpon, Rob Roberge, Megan Abbott, Brian Evenson, Holly Goddard Jones, Paula Bomer, Cheryl Strayed, Shya Scanlon, Craig Wallwork, and so many others.
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This ferrata combines a very, very easy approach (which is via cablecar) with a moderately long and moderately strenuous ferrata. There is basically no approach walk. as of summer 2016, the upper cablecar approach to this ferrata has been shut down due to its old age. not sure if it will reopen The route is quite high in altitude (above 3000m / 10,000 feet), and traverses a wild, rugged ridge to one of the summits of the Cristallo group. Because of its easy approach, likely there will be traffic. With the shutting down of the upper cablecar approach, this is likely to be much quieter now. However, you must hike up steep scree from the top of the lower Rio Gere chairlift.
About halfway along highway S48 between Cortina D'Ampezzo and the junction between S48 and S48b, you'll find a cablecar station. This cablecar will take you up, in two stages, to the rifugio Lorenzi Now only one stage, and you must hike up the second section. The rifugio is situated right on the crest of the main ridge of the Cristallo group, and it is itself at a very high altitude. Beware - the second stage of the lift is very old and has these weird little old brightly colored 2-person pods. You can barely stuff two people in them!
At the top of the very steep second lift, you are only two or three minutes walk up to the Rifugio Lorenzi, perched precariously on the ridge. Heading inside for a nice spot of tea before embarking on the ferrata is an attractive idea. If you sit at the south-east corner of the dining room, you can look out of the window at the start of the ferrata, right off the edge of the rifugio's deck.
The ferrata is not particularly steep, at least not at first. It winds its way over and around and in between all sorts of cool towers along the ridgecrest. Basically, the route stays along the ridgecrest all the way to the summit of the Middle Cristallo (which is your destination).
There are a few ladders here and there, and a few somewhat airy spots, but nothing overtly bad. It is a moderately long stretch of ferrata, though, so be prepared to be climbing for a while.
The summit of the middle Cristallo, once you reach it, has a stout cross and an excellent view down into the valley containing Cortina D'ampezzo. As you would expect, there are excellent views in all directions, really. Of note is the small glacier remnants on cirques on the north side of the Cristallo.
There is no option but to downclimb the way you came (another reason why this can be fairly long compared to other ferrata sections). As you descend, you can see the rifugio perched on the ridge far below. The two-way nature of this ferrata also tends to lead to a lot of oncoming traffic.
Once back at the rifugio, your efforts are over, since it is now all cablecar back down to the carpark.


As a breast cancer survivor, I'm not sure whether I love October or fear it. Seeing the spectrum of pink colors everywhere can be overwhelming. It's a constant reminder that I'm sick. And yes, I know that thousands of women and men are afflicted with this disease yearly, so the pink promotion isn't about me being ill. But sometimes, I just get inside my head. My thoughts go to the scary places that we all want to push away. And sometimes, I just want to cry.
I'm not sure when to celebrate my cancer-aversery.
Throughout this cancer journey, I've stumbled upon amazing organizations that have helped my family and others navigate through this experience. So today, in honor of "International Day of Charity," I've listed some of my favorite cancer charities and how you can donate. Their missions serve people in different ways. Some focus on research to find a cure, while others promote early detection to prevent it altogether.
I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in the Fall of 2013. The news was shocking and sobering, especially considering I knew very few people who thrived with it. Scared beyond comprehension, filled with sleepless nights and worries dancing through my head, I thought I knew what that diagnosis meant. At the same time, publicity ramped up for Disney's "Frozen," but I didn't pay attention. The movie opened Thanksgiving weekend and after the holidays, the world knew it was not only a box office hit, but the key to a young girl's heart. I didn't realize, it would be to mine, as well.
Was this the calm before the storm? Would the results show tremendous growth and I would only have a few months or years left?
If so, would my child really know me? Should we tell him or not?
Will my new treatments debilitate me? Will I feel like myself? Will I be myself?
1. You aren't sure you should know.
2. You don't know what you would say because you haven't been in their shoes.
3. Or your friend must be swamped and you don't want to bother her.
So, how then do you help a sick friend?
I've had cancer for over a decade. While there has been many roller coasters along the way, the first few weeks after a diagnosis were the most stressful and mentally draining. Through my cancer journey, like my business career, having role models and mentors were critical. I had many people look out for me and so I believe in doing the same. While I never wanted to be "Caryn with Cancer," if my stories and learnings can help someone else find a little ease with this disease, then I want to share them all. When it comes to the initial diagnosis, unfortunately you can't bury your head in the sand for long. You have to make several decisions in a short amount of time. Below are some tips that worked for me when it came to handling those first few weeks.
As a recovering work-obsessed multi-tasker, I spent most days analyzing work and life situations while also writing emails, listening to conference calls in the car driving, or reading industry information during exercise sessions. The idea of "doing it all" energized me. But truthfully, I was always exhausted and stressed. I took yoga a few times to "de-stress," but found limiting my thoughts to be impossible. In addition, I felt foolish because I thought everyone around me was "better at stretching." So I gave up before I really even began. Despite my lackluster first experiences with it, I ran to yoga after my second breast cancer diagnosis and haven't turned back since.


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William Sebastian "Sabby" Lewis (November 1, 1914 in Middleburg, North Carolina – July 9, 1994) was an American jazz pianist, band leader, and arranger.

Biography
Lewis was born in Middleburg, North Carolina, United States, but was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He started taking piano lessons when he was five and moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1932. After working with Tasker Crosson's Ten Statesmen in 1934, Lewis organized his own seven-piece band in 1936.

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Sabby Lewis and his band were mainstays at notable Boston jazz venues such as the Roseland-State Ballroom, Egleston Square Gardens, and The Savoy Café.

In 1942, Lewis' band won a listener contest on a broadcast from the Statler Hotel's Terrace Room in Boston. The contest, sponsored by the F.W. Fitch Company, was to select a band to appear regularly on NBC's The Fitch Bandwagon, heard on 120 stations at the time.

Though Lewis did not tour frequently nor leave Boston often, he did perform on Broadway and in ballrooms and clubs in Manhattan such as Kelly's Stables, the Zanzibar and the Famous Door. He performed with Dinah Washington and Billy Eckstine. "I recall one night at the Famous Door when Count Basie checked out the band," Lewis said. "He stood just inside the door and listened and left without saying a word. The next night I received a telegram from the Count. It contained three words: Rock 'em, Pops."

During World War II, Lewis' orchestra included long-time Ellington tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves, and drummer Alan Dawson spent much of the 1950s in the band. Other notable alumni of the Lewis band included trumpeter Cat Anderson, Sonny Stitt, Roy Haynes, Al Morgan, Idrees Sulieman and Joe Gordon.

Lewis was seriously injured in an automobile accident in October 1962, an event which greatly curtailed his performing.

Lewis became Boston's first African-American disk jockey when he went to work at WBMS (later WILD) in the 1950s. Lewis received a proclamation from Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in 1984. The special music citation celebrated his work and his place in the African-American history of Boston.

Lewis had second career as a housing investigator for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. A position from which he retired in 1984.

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1994 deaths
1914 births
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Three Trees has 8 rooms including a family suite and an exclusive self-contained villa. The lodge is designed in keeping with the traditional farm houses of the area, green tin roofs and open and light interiors. There is a family home feel at this lodge, and you will probably meet a number of their dogs.
There are a number of great activities on offer from here. These include, horseback trails, mountain biking and walks through the Spioenkop Game Reserve where you have a good chance of seeing white rhino, giraffe and zebra.
Offsite there are a number of other activities including Drakensberg canopy tours, white water rafting. Whether you are a history buff or not, going on a battlefield tour with one of the incredible guides available at Three Trees is a must. The captivating storytelling of these guides transports you back to the numerous battles between the English, Boers and Zulus.


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In a lovely Greek village of Vlachata, which is located just above the town of Lourdata famous for its wonderful beach, a small cozy apartment in a private house is waiting for you.
The hosts offer a spacious room with an open-plan kitchen. The apartment will comfortably accommodate 2 guests, for whom a double bed is prepared. The third guest can use a sofa.
From the balcony, you can see a pretty view of the village and the Ionian Sea that stretches below.
The bathroom is equipped with a shower and WC.
The kitchen corner is equipped with everything necessary for preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Nearby, there are two shops with an assortment of grocery and household goods.
Just in a walking distance, you will find a bakery, where you can always buy fresh bread and other pastries.
The magnificent Lourdas beach is 2 km away: you can easily enjoy its beauties as a minibus usually runs along Lourdata and Vlahata, where you can also reach the neighbouring Trapezaki beach.
Try local dishes in taverns and restaurants that are not far from the apartment - you will be pleasantly surprised by their excellent taste!
We sincerely hope that the warmth and comfort of the Greek house as well as hospitality of the hosts will give you a pleasant holiday.


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CORRESPONDENCE The Treatment and Natural Course of Peripheral and Central Vertigo by Prof. Dr. med. Michael Strupp, Prof. Dr. med. Marianne Dieterich, Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Thomas Brandt in volume 29-30/2013
Which Side Is Affected? It seems to be the received wisdom that in case of a recurrence, patients should again perform their liberatory maneuvers, and the literature is full of instructions on this—but it does not state anywhere how a patient can identify the affected side, so that he or she knows which side to exercise. Here, in the countryside, a specialist in ear, nose, and throat medicine is not always easy to come by. Furthermore, patients are handed instructions (some of which apply to both sides) copied from websites, and one cannot always rely on the patient's recollection of whether their vertigo is exactly the same as the previous time, i.e. whether the maneuvers should be performed towards the same side as on that occasion. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0716a REFERENCES 1. Strupp M, Dieterich M, Brandt T: The treatment and natural course of peripheral and central vertigo. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013; 110(29–30): 505–16.
Dr. med. Heike Osterholz-Middendorf Alfeld [email protected]
Conflict of interest statement The author declares that no conflict of interest exists.
Cochrane Analysis on Betahistine Omitted Vertigo presents a trans-disciplinary challenge and it is therefore understandable that the neurologists establishing guidelines also include Menière's disease, a disorder of the inner ear. Unfortunately, Menière's disease causes not only vertigo in affected persons but also uncertainty among treating physicians, since even the etiology of the disease is uncertain—except for the physical final stage. It is perfectly understandable that the authors present their research into the subject. Even though it seems highly unlikely that a detected increase in circulation (in animal ears) can actually influence the course of Menière's disease (2). We fail to understand, however, why the Cochrane analysis on betahistine was not
included in the certified CME article, whereas it was included in the report on reliably effective intratympanic gentamicin therapy. In the analysis it says that, although the drug is well liked by prescribers, a review of the seven studies accepted by the reviewers, which included a total of 243 patients, could not find evidence that betahistine works. It is stated in the review that most of the commissioned studies show favorable results, but are not valid (1). The observational study cited by Strupp et al.—their own—has at best important limitations, like its followup study, which raises doubt as to what type of vertigo can be assessed regarding its course (3). Even though the limited space of a reader's letter leaves little room for substantial discussion, the suggestion seems that betahistine influences patients' and treating physicians' hopes rather than the Menière's disease itself. What is left out in this context is the fact that disappointed hopes constitute a serious adverse effect. We furthermore think it is tragic that betahistine in the meantime is prescribed far too often in cases where Menière's disease is only suspected. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0716b REFERENCES 1. James A, Burton MJ: Betahistine for Menière's disease or syndrome. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2001, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD001873. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001873) 2. Morgenstern C: Morbus Menière. In: Naumann HH, Helms J, Herberhold C, Kastenabuer C (eds.): Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie in Klinik und Praxis, Bd 1: Ohr. Stuttgart. Thieme 1994: 768–75. 3. Schaaf H: M. Menière. Heidelberg. Springer 2012. 4. Strupp M, Dieterich M, Brandt T: The treatment and natural course of peripheral and central vertigo. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013; 110(29–30): 505–16.
Dr. med. Helmut Schaaf Prof. Dr. med. Gerhard Hesse Gleichgewichtsambulanz Hessen Tinnitus-Klinik im Krankenhaus Arolsen [email protected]
Conflict of interest statement The authors declare that no conflict of interest exists.
Postural Vertigo in Older Persons Many thanks for the informative article on innovations in the area of vestibular types of vertigo. I was merely baffled on reading "bilateral vestibulopathy … is the most frequent cause of motiondependent postural vertigo in older patients." How, and when, should one diagnostically evaluate potential bilateral vestibulopathy in patients with pallhypesthesia, a total hip or knee endoprosthesis, visual impairments, and subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy? At this Deutsches Ärzteblatt International | Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013; 110(42)
point I—and probably many other readers—would appreciate additional advice. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0716c REFERENCES 1. Strupp M, Dieterich M, Brandt T: The treatment and natural course of peripheral and central vertigo. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013; 110(29–30): 505–16.
PD Dr. med. Alexander Rösler Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg [email protected]
Multiple Psychovegetative Symptoms The article (1) is obviously a very thorough explanation of physical symptoms, or syndromes, of vertigo, which is based on a wealth of experience. Unfortunately, such vertigo by no means occurs in all affected patients, even in our specialized outpatient clinic, and hardly any attention is paid to the fact that isolated vertigo is very rare, since it is almost always embedded in a multitude of psychovegetative symptoms—a perspective from which vertigo is the lead symptom only for certain specialties: otolaryngology and neurology. The number of "vertigo patients" in non-specialized practices is high, as investigations have shown, so that the number of symptoms that cannot be captured with organic causes is correspondingly higher in such practices than in specialized outpatient clinics (2). But even in the mentioned publication, the rate of disorders that cannot be explained with organic causes is 35%, and if patients with Menière's disease are included, which is a noncontroversial approach for doctors with a psychosomatic approach, then this rate rises to 45%. What happens to such patients, who in a specialized outpatient clinic ultimately do not receive adequate help? Except for the administration of citalopram in "phobic vestibular vertigo," the authors do not share any therapeutic recommendations. Adequate psychological diagnostic evaluation is apparently also not undertaken. This should no longer be the case in these times with training opportunities for "basic psychosomatic care" and in view of the existence of specialists for psychosomatic medicine. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0717a REFERENCES 1. Strupp M, Dieterich M, Brandt T: The treatment and natural course of peripheral and central vertigo. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013; 110(29–30): 505–16. 2. Kütemeyer M , Schultz-Venrath M: Psychosomatische Medizin. In th v. Uexküll, 5 edition, Urban u. Schwarzenberg 1996: 1067 ff. Dr. med. habil. Hans Konrad Eichhorn Weil am Rhein [email protected]
Deutsches Ärzteblatt International | Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013; 110(42)
In Reply: Osterholz-Middendorf mentions a very relevant aspect in routine clinical practice: recurrences of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV, which occurs in 50%) and the identification of the affected side by patients themselves. It is important to determine the side because the liberatory maneuvers for the right and left side mirror each another. The simplest measure seems to us that the patient performs steps 1 and 2 of the Semont maneuver for both sides. If this is correctly executed then the patient can determine the affected side in BPPV of the posterior semicircular canal as only lying down on this side will trigger vertigo. Afterwards the patients themselves can perform the liberatory maneuvers. We thank Schaaf for his critical comments. The authors are aware of current studies of the treatment of Menière's disease with betahistine, gentamycin, or saccotomy. Meta-analyses for betahistine so far have, however, only included low daily doses. Observational studies and clinical experience in several thousands of Menière's patients worldwide have shown that a dose of 144 mg per day and long-term therapy of at least 12 months is effective in a minimum of 90% of patients, which means that the treatment we suggested is actually used in many European countries and in the United States. The effectiveness of transtympanic gentamycin therapy has been confirmed (1). Because of the good therapeutic effects of betahistine and its good tolerability [intravenously, even plasma concentrations are tolerated that are 100 times higher (unpublished phase 1 study)], in the past four years no patient was treated with gentamicin in our outpatient clinic with 5000 patients per year; especially since the use of gentamycin is a destructive procedure that worsens the balancing function and can deteriorate patients' hearing, and cannot be used in patients with bilateral Menière's disease. In conclusion: the recruitment for a placebo controlled multicenter study seeking to establish the correct dosages, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF), which is using 3 × 16 versus 3 × 48 mg betahistine/day (BEMED), was completed on 13 November 2012, with 221 patients; initial results are expected for mid-2014. As a geriatrician, Rösler will certainly see many patients with chronic postural vertigo, a problem that will increase in relevance in the future. Bilateral vestibulopathy as a most important cause of a sensory deficit in older persons with postural vertigo is mostly underrated in terms of its importance and is often not even diagnosed. This is mainly caused by premature ageing of the function of the vestibular organs (2), similar to age-related hearing loss. The head impulse test and a caloric reflex test help make a diagnosis; in individual cases the function of the otolith organs will have to be examined by testing vestibular evoked myogenic potentials, as isolated deficits can occur (3). Other causes of sensory deficit, such as polyneuropathy
or impaired vision, are notably overrated. The same is true for subcortical vascular encephalopathy, orthopedic problems, or medications. The disorders mentioned earlier can be considered as causes only once vestibular disorders have been safely excluded. Eichhorn in his letter mentions somatoform vertigo, a very important form of vertigo. This can be the primary pathology, without preceding or accompanying physical disorders, or a secondary pathology, as the result of a physical vertigo syndrome or in parallel to one, especially in chronic recurring forms such as vestibular migraine, Menière's disease, or vestibular paroxysmia. In order to do justice to such patients in terms of diagnostic categorization and therapy, we are collaborating clinically and scientifically closely with the psychosomatic clinic in Munich's university hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar (C Lahmann, P Henningsen) (4), as well as with Ms Eckhardt-Henn in Stuttgart, and we have established a special clinic. We agree with Eichhorn that pharmacotherapy alone is mostly not sufficient and often, psychotherapeutic or cognitive-behavioral therapeutic treatment is required. We do not, however, agree with the statement that Menière's disease is a psychosomatic disorder. DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2013.0717b
REFERENCES 1. Pullens B, van Benthem PP: Intratympanic gentamicin for Meniere's disease or syndrome. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2011; (3): CD008234. 2. Zingler VC, Cnyrim C, Jahn K, Weintz E, Fernbacher J, Frenzel C, et al.: Causative factors and epidemiology of bilateral vestibulopathy in 255 patients. Ann Neurol 2007; 61: 524–32. 3. Agrawal Y, Bremova T, Kremmyda O, Strupp M: Semicircular canal, saccular and utricular function in patients with bilateral vestibulopathy: analysis based on etiology. J Neurol 2013; 260: 876–83. 4. Schmid G, Henningsen P, Dieterich M, Sattel H, Lahmann C: Psychotherapy in dizziness: a systematic review. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2011; 82: 601–6. 5. Strupp M, Dieterich M, Brandt T: The treatment and natural course of peripheral and central vertigo. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2013; 110(29–30): 505–16. Prof. Dr. med. Michael Strupp Neurologische Klinik und Deutsches Zentrum für Schwindel und Gleichgewichtsstörungen Klinikum der Universität München Campus Großhadern [email protected]
Conflict of interest statement Prof. Strupp has received consulting fees from Abbott, Pierre-Fabre and Biogen Idec. He has received payments from Abbott, Biogen Idec, CSC, Henning Pharma, and GSK for preparation of scientific training courses.
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A few weeks ago Microsoft announced that it would allow SQL to be loaded on Linux which came as quite a surprise to a lot of us, though most people agree it's a smart move. In another surprising move, at least to me today, was that Microsoft announced a partnership with Ubuntu in that it would allow BASH on Windows 10 OSs natively.
Again, this is not a VM or simulator, but actual binaries running Ubuntu bash on Windows 10. So, familliar commands like grep and vi will be possible to use. It will even be possible to use apt-get to download and install binaries on your computer. It seems Microsoft is embracing the agility of Linux, which is pretty darn cool.


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Seven New Exciting Windows 10 Features that Make it a Breakthrough OS
There are Seven New Exciting Features in Windows 10 that Makes it a Breakthrough OS. These features are far more superior than other operating systems.
Roughly, Windows 10 is updated twice every year, and each update brings some new improvements with it. Here are seven new features that make Windows 10 the best OS:
1.Microsoft Edge Couldn't Have Been Better
The age-old 'Internet Explorer' was replaced by Microsoft with 'Edge HTML.' But then it moved on to become the all-new Microsoft Edge. Edge uses Chromium as its layout engine, the same as the one used by Chrome or Opera.
Besides being lightning-fast, Chromium also allows one to download and add extensions from the web store of Chrome. Not only that but a lot more features like:
Increased control over the data.
The in Private mode for increased privacy.
Password monitor can alert users if their credentials are ever compromised.
Additionally, phishing and malware protection can help one work peacefully through their projects.
One can use a marker, to mark essentials even on their screenshots.
Quick search results are displayed on the sidebar for user convenience.
2.Sandbox is Part of Windows 10 for the First Time
Microsoft is the first-ever operating system to introduce Sandbox for its users. Sandbox is an integrated virtual machine that can be easily installed and used by almost anyone. It segments files that look capricious to users.
To keep suspicious files separately from the rest of the system files, that user can drag-drop/copy-paste to separate them.
One fact check!
If a file is erased from Sandbox, it does not move to the Recycle Bin but gets erased from the system permanently.
3.Timeline, Task View, and Virtual Desktops
The need of the day– multitasking has been made easy with the Task View feature of Windows!
The running apps would be highlighted with Task View in the center of the screen. Additionally, its virtual desktop feature organizes similar activities into unique groups for their convenience. Virtual desktops appear at the top when the system is in use.
The timeline feature of Windows provides a weekly overview of operations handled
4.WSL is Considerable
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a separate Linux kernel that makes it compatible with Windows 10. Ubuntu, Kali Linux, and openSUSE allow one to use WSL by installing Linux bash onto Windows.
With WSL 2, the compatibility layer of the Linux kernel is switched to a real-time Linux kernel. Completely optimized, WSL 2 enables a fantastic Linux experience for Windows.
5. Windows Hello
Windows Hello authenticates access to the Windows 10 systems. It operates through a biometric analysis of the user's face or fingerprint mechanism to enable sign-in on new devices. For people who tend to forget passwords or pins, Windows Hello can be a boon in disguise. A user needs an Intel 3D camera on their computers to take advantage of the Windows Hello feature.
6.Windows Security Features
Microsoft defender is the inbuilt Windows 10 program equipped to impart real-time protection to system's data. Some other smart security features factored in Windows are smart screen, application & device guard, account control, bit locker, and credential & exploit guard.
7.Cortana is Windows Voice!
Jen Taylor is the voice for the United States local Cortana version. Moreover, Tellme Networks (which Microsoft acquired it in 2007) contributes to the natural language processing capabilities of Cortana. Similarly, the semantic search database, Satori has been coupled with NLP.
It can do a lot of stuff for users like sending emails on the user's behalf, setting reminders, even commenting when one talks to her. Though one can't commute using Cortana since that has been discontinued, still one can book restaurants, listen to music, and manage to-do lists using it.
It can be safely said that Windows 10 is built as a tomorrow's OS. It is a superior alternative to Windows 8. According to Microsoft, there will be no more versions of Windows in the future.
So, ideally, this is the last version released by Microsoft. The latest version is known as 20H2 released on 20th October. The next version will be released in roughly another six months.


Grouchy but lovable brand created for a traditional old letterpress shop.
The Graphic Touch Printing Company had been around under different names and ownership since the 1930's, faithfully serving local customers in the small town community of Salem, Ohio.
At the dawn of the 21st Century, the location and competition from new digital printing services made business scarce.
The well-worn shop floor was lined with amazing antique machines but they were of little use with no foot traffic coming in the door.
Apple computers and desktop publishing had literally taken a bite out of the local commercial printing market. But, the finished products these gizmos spat out didn't compare with the tactile appeal and beauty of letterpress.
We believed that authentic letterpress printing never really went out of style and had a sneaky feeling the classic technique was about to make a comeback in an over-digitized modern world.
Work began around the year 2000 to convert the printing business to a dedicated letterpress shop. There was however, one piece of new technology at the time we knew would be a helpful addition to the old workshop.
The internet would allow us to take the ancient craft to eager new audiences everywhere throughout the country. Cranky Pressman was born in 2003 and has grown ever since.
Printers, especially the press operators, were known to be less than friendly and even hostile towards the know-it-all art directors and graphic designers they were employed to produce work for. On-sight printing press checks by creative professionals were often an unpleasant experience for all parties involved.
Our concept takes this crotchety personality and turns it into a brand persona for the old letterpress shop.
A tongue-in-cheek, bitching and moaning tone of voice and suitably blunt retro graphics are used online, in social media, packaging and stationery. The customers often tell us how much they enjoy our branding.
Mr. C. Pressman has some issues with the internet and shares complaints in a letter to potential customers.
Detail from circa. 1950's something Cranky Pressman letterhead.
The crank letter set contained more than just strong words. Cranky goes off the deep end with enclosures including a faux newspaper clipping from 1994.
An old clipping parodying a local newspaper opinion column, said to be written by C. Pressman in 1994. In it he forewarns of the pending danger the internet is creating.
Cranky likes to do things the old fashioned way and doesn't understand these new Instagram filters. Enclosed with the letter was a crap photographic print with his opinion clearly added in indelible ink marker.
Cranky Pressman uses hastily scrawled further notation and outdated proofreader's marks to correct mistakes made while is his rage.
Pressman does not understand nor appreciate the proliferation of cat images on the world wide web.
Besides being somewhat stuck in the past, the Cranky Pressman also shows a nerdy fascination with Ohio's aviation history.
The outer envelope piece received the stamp of approval from The Ohio Camber of Cranky Old Geezers.
Design details included 1950's styled airmail envelopes and the pressman's inky and possibly incriminating fingerprints.
Crank Letter from Mr. C. Pressman.
Cranky Pressman is a commercial letterpress printer with a grumpy old-fashioned brand image. He begrudgingly serves the graphic design and advertising industries. Like everyone nowadays, most of the shop's business and marketing takes place on the internet. It occurred to us that the two made strange bedfellows.
Letterpress has seen a revival in recent years, something even the pressman can smile about. The problem though, is many younger designers and art directors (along with some not so young) don't have the experience or knowledge of working in print media.
This made us wonder how the old pressman might respond to the situation. He'd definitely have a thing or two to say. But how would he express his displeasure? He certainly wouldn't tweet about it.
A crank letter seemed like the perfect vehicle for the Cranky Pressman to air his grievances. First and foremost it involved print. Plus, a letter of complaint requires direct mail, an important form of business communications that Mr. C. Pressman believes is overlooked of late, mostly due to the onslaught of the world wide web.
We wanted the piece to be eccentric and even a touch mad. At the same time we felt the message had to be relevant and promotional.
Read the letter and article here.
Printed Promotions and Graphic Products.
Printmaking art and graphic design are a natural part of the printer's marketing toolbox. Crafted print also gives the workshop and their creative friends an opportunity to show off.
Print and U.S. Mail are an effective way to spread the disgruntled pressman's word. Small art prints, postcards and multi-piece mail shots are fun to receive and inexpensive to produce.
Crankily branded clothing and alternative media make good promotional swag for the old boy. This also creates opportunities to extend the brand into other areas including consumer products.
Graphic pieces demonstrate printing services to potential customers. These in turn give the printing business new products and services to sell.
A set of 4 fashionably old Florida friends make up the group called The Coasters. The piece was used to launch a new line of coaster shapes ready to be letterpress imprinted with Cranky's customer's projects. The shop's custom coaster work has grown considerably.
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The old guys like to get out and about now and then (when one of their parts aren't acting up). Events and networking are an opportunity to meet young folks, eat cheese and pass out goodies.
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Scotland police force includes Jedi Knights
Friday April 17, 2009 Jedi, Offbeat News
Force is strong for Jedi police
Eight police officers serving with Scotland's largest force listed their official religion as Jedi in voluntary diversity forms, it has emerged.
Strathclyde Police said the officers and two of its civilian staff claimed to follow the faith, which features in the Star Wars movies.
The details were obtained in a Freedom of Information request by Jane's Police Review.
Strathclyde was the only force in the UK to admit it had Jedi officers.
In the Star Wars films, Jedi Knights such as Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda use the Force to battle the evil Darth Vader, who has strayed to the dark side.
A spokeswoman for Strathclyde Police confirmed: "At the time of the request, 10 (eight police officers and two police staff) had recorded their religion as Jedi."
About 390,000 people listed their religion as Jedi in the 2001 Census for England and Wales. In Scotland the figure was a reported 14,000.
The Office for National Statistics did not recognise it as a separate category, and incorporated followers of Jedi with atheists.
Last year, brothers Barney and Daniel Jones founded the UK Church of the Jedi – which offered sermons on the Force, light sabre training, and meditation techniques.
– Source / Full Story: Force is strong for Jedi police, BBC, Apr. 17, 2009 — Summarized by Religion News Blog
One Strathclyde officer , who did not want to be named, said: "We do see ourselves as the good guys fighting crime, but it's hardly in the same league as Luke Skywalker battling Darth Vader is it?
"Most of the time, we just give people a caution rather than fight off hordes of stormtroopers with lasers and lightsabers.
" As long as they don't try to start using ' the force' to try to solve crimes, I'msure it's harmless."
Chris Herbert, editor of Jane's Police Review, said: " The force appears to be strong in Strathclyde Police. Criminals should be quaking in their boots."
– Source / Full Story: Eight Scots cops revealed to be Jedi, Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland, UK), Apr. 17, 2009 — Summarized by Religion News Blog
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As I mentioned on Saturday, my plan for the weekend was to begin making the blocks for my Winter Wonderland quilt. In order to make that happen, we needed to run an errand and do a little shopping before I sat down in the studio. With the shopping out of the way, my husband and I headed over to a small town near us that is chock full of antique stores. We wanted to drop off a couple of his vintage watches for restoration. While we were there, we thought we might as well visit our favorite antique furniture shop. It's just a small shop, but the owner always carries quality furniture, plus he has helped in the restoration/repair of several of our own pieces over the years. His little terrier, Charlie, is always there to greet us and likes to have his ball thrown so he can tear up and down the aisles in pursuit!
While I was busy with Charlie, my husband was looking over a gorgeous 1920's Mission, quarter-sawn oak library table. He asked me where we would put it in our house. Our house isn't that large and is already stuffed with furniture, so I didn't think it would be a good idea to try to cram in another piece. Ahhh....but I could really use a new desk and was planning to purchase one anyway once we move to our house in Eastern Washington. So look what came home with us!
There is a shelf under the table that has built-in bookends which slide the entire length of the shelf!
Now I must say, it wasn't easy getting the old desk out and the new one in! We have four flights of stairs that go from the garage to the front landing, from there to the main living area, from there to another landing and from there to the top floor! I had to completely unscrew the old desk and we moved it piece by piece down the winding stairs to the alley . At one point we had to take a couple of the heavy pieces out in a wheelbarrow! Then in order to get the new desk in, we had to carry it out through the garage, and clear around the corner to the front porch as it wouldn't make it through the garage entrance to the first landing! Whew! This was quite a feat for two people who are in shape, but no longer in their "prime"!! And in the spirit of recycling - I had barely gotten the FREE sign taped to the old desk when someone from a house behind us snatched it up!
So with Saturday (and my body) shot, that left Sunday for quilting. I really did a number on myself with the thousand trips up and down the stairs, so all I managed to get done were two blocks. The first is 9" and the second is 12". These should go pretty fast, so I hope to have quite a few more done in the next week.
As I was cutting these out, I noticed my cutting mat wasn't quite smooth under the fabric. When I investigated I found "lumps" under the area I make most of my cuts. I've never had this happen - have any of you? This could account for the fact that I seem to be a tad off in some of my cuts. I quickly turned it around and found a smoother surface, but it looks like a new mat is in order.
By the way, Squash House Quilts will be getting a facelift soon! I'm currently working on a new background, so don't be surprised if you see a whole new look!
Love the blocks and the beautiful table!
I like your blocks. I have not had lumps on my mat just worn out places where I cut in the same place. So I just turn it around too. Now I have mat with measurements on both sides.
Candace, what a nice desk. I love the shelf. And very nice blocks, too!
Very pretty desk! I love that you put the other one out with a "free" sign on it--a la FlyLady. Someone out there is probably blessing you tonight!
I have a beautiful desk that a very old man in our last neighborhood refurbished and refinished and I love it. (http://scrapsbystephanie.blogspot.com/2008/07/weekend-pasttime.html) if you'd like to see a picture.
I don't know how old the desk is, but just loved the spinning wheel on the front and the odd-shaped handles on the drawers.


The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has cleared the way for CI Gorantla Madhav backing the decision of tribunal court to file the nomination for the Lok Sabha elections. This former Police Officer has applied for voluntary retirement and has joined the YSR Congress Party who will now be contesting from Hindupur Parliament constituency.
Gorantla has resigned to the job in January, after which the AP government didn't agree to relieve him from the services. To hit back the strategical move by the ruling party, Gorantla approached the tribunal court which gave the decision in favour of him. However, the AP government didn't yield to this judgement by challenging it in the High court filing a petition that they couldn't receive Gorantla with immediate effect.
As it is known fact that he couldn't contest in the elections unless until his resignation gets approved before the nomination process ends, speculations grew that EC might reject the nomination referring to these technical issues. Gorantla had also made the backup plan to field his better half Savitha if the issue is not resolved.
However, the High Court's timely result has come as a major relief to Gorantla who is considered to be a dynamic leader.


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The spy chief says he doesn't know how the virus started, but China wasn't "fully transparent."
US espionage officials said Wednesday that they were convinced that the Chinese government lacked transparency on the matter, but intelligence agencies still do not know how the coronavirus first spread to the population.
"The intelligence community does not know exactly where, when and how the COVID-19 virus was first transmitted," said Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines at a hearing on global national security threats. I told the Senate Information Committee.
She was asked by Senator Marco Rubio, vice chairman of the Senate Committee, about the possible emergence of the virus from a leak at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
According to Haynes, the intelligence committee focuses on two theories about the origin of the virus.
"These scenarios were either natural out of human contact with infected animals or were laboratory accidents," Haynes said.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns, said the espionage agency is using all of its source features to "find the roots" in the story of the origin of the virus.
He added that the Chinese government has withheld information from the World Health Organization and other researchers that could reveal how the virus first infected humans.
"One of the obvious things for us and our analysts is that the Chinese leadership will work with WHO and provide the complete original data to help answer these questions. Was not completely positive or completely transparent, "Burns testified.
A team of scientists visited China in February as part of a WHO mission to investigate the origin of the coronavirus. Health agencies released a report last month stating that the virus was most likely to infect humans after jumping from an animal species. According to WHO, the least likely explanation was that the virus was caused by a leak at the Wuhan Institute.
WHO investigations have been closely monitored and critics say they are operating under the strict control of Chinese government officials.
In an interview with "60 Minutes," Peter Daszak, the only American scientist on the WHO team, confirmed that Chinese Foreign Ministry officials had attended a meeting with scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Veterans Affairs.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on February 13 that the Biden administration was "deeply concerned" that China was not providing raw data to the WHO team for investigation. ..
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If you're having a family reunion, let us know. We'll be delighted capture some beautiful family photographs for you to treasure forever.
After much deliberation, we've decided to offer professionally framed enlargements as our primary product to our family photography clients. Family pictures should be up on your wall and not on a usb stick!


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What is it about? Born in Ethiopia and adopted by Swedish parents, this award-winning chef has a personal and global approach to cooking. A newer version of The Soul of a New Cuisine, this exciting storybook/cookbook takes us along Samuelsson's return to his homeland as he explores Africa's rich diversity of cultures and cuisines. Using ingredients that are readily available in American markets, these recipes are doable and delicious - it also includes 5 new African-inspired Starbucks recipes for home baristas! From traditional dishes to original and unique cross-cultural creations of his own, Samuelsson takes us on a journey of the heart and of the palette. This special edition is available for purchase at your local Starbucks, and $1 of every purchase as well as 20% of the author's royalties are donated to UNICEF. Otherwise, turn to your local bookstore for the first edition pictured to the left.
Meals served by new friends in distant countries result in recipe swaps. We divulged in this divine delight at our 20th Anniversary Celebration in October, thanks to Fran!
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Preheat oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 9-inch spring form pan with waxed paper. Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until they form peaks. Add the sugar gradually and beat until stiff. Beat the egg yolks and vanilla until very thick and pale yellow in color. Add one third of the whites to the yolks; mix gently but thoroughly. Gold the yolk mixture, flour and baking powder gradually into the egg white mixture. Pour into the prepared pan and bake for 40 minutes.
Meanwhile: Squeeze the juice of the oranges and lemon. Reserve the rind of one orange. Measure seven ounces of orange and lemon juices; add the Grand Marnier. When the cake is done, turn upside down to cool and remove the waxed paper. Poke holes in the cake with a cake tester or fine knitting needle. Pour the orange juice mixture over the cake slowly until it is absorbed. Sprinkle with one Tablespoon of sugar. Refridgerate overnight.
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Palazzo, Case file latest version of AQUAA Act in US House of Representatives
A push to expand offshore aquaculture in the United States garnered more support on Tuesday, 14 December with the refiling of the Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture (AQUAA) Act.
U.S. Rep. Stephen Palazzo (R-Mississippi) and U.S. Rep. Edward Case (D-Hawaii) are the sponsors behind the House version of the bill. Their bill would create a national framework for aquaculture developments and streamline the regulatory process needed to approve such projects.
A Senate version of the bill was filed on 28 October, led by U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii). Wicker has filed similar bills in the previous two sessions of Congress, as did Palazzo and former U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota).
In a statement, Palazzo said that America suffers from an overreliance on imports to meet the country's seafood needs.
"Coastal states and communities, like South Mississippi, enjoy a benefit of knowing where their seafood comes from when they order at a local restaurant," he said. "Many other states throughout our nation aren't so lucky."
The bill would allow developments in the country's exclusive economic zone, which is second only to France in terms of size. Despite that, the U.S. ranked 17th globally in 2018 in terms of aquaculture production, according to data from NOAA Fisheries.
Case noted that Hawaii and other states have had success permitting fish farms in state waters, but "confusing and often contradicting" regulations from numerous federal agencies has stymied similar efforts in federal waters.
"Our bipartisan, bicameral AQUAA Act would provide a consistent efficient regulatory umbrella to help fully unlock the potential of open ocean aquaculture in a sustainable, environmentally-sensitive, and science-based way and grow economies for coastal states and food security for the nation," Case said in a statement.
Critics of the legislation have expressed fear that expanding aquaculture could threaten wild-catch fisheries and the environment by polluting waters nearby fish farms and reducing the areas where boats can harvest fish.
Sara Brenholt, campaign manager for pro-aquaculture group Stronger America Through Seafood, said in a statement that growth of the aquaculture industry will help the U.S. seafood market.
"At a time when supply chain challenges and a global pandemic are slowing the delivery of seafood to America's storefronts and kitchens, the expansion of American aquaculture is an opportunity to try to solve these problems" Brenholt said. "Federal lawmakers have an opportunity to help increase U.S. production of healthful, sustainable, and affordable seafood while also addressing the food security needs of all Americans. As the global population grows, the U.S. must lead the charge in aquaculture development using scientific best practices for the most environmentally sound manner of food production."
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This project is a FanArt i created of The Division based on a concept by Daniel Matthews.
Since January 26 until May 23, i worked on a scenario based on a concept by the artist "Daniel Matthews", the name of the concept is "Rockefellers Prison". The reason i had chosen this concept is that since i began playing the Divison i was amazed by it, from the VFX, to the high quality game art.
One important thing about this project is that it was created on Unreal Engine 4.19.2 so some things may be different on other Unreal versions.
This project is the result of having taken Ryan's Kingslien "Game Art Institute" Environment Art Bootcamp, where i learnt techniques for creating modular assets, trimsheets, deeper knowedge of texel density, 2nd uv channel technique and lightmap rules, texture sheets, unwrapping for modular assets such as walls, diving deeper on substance painter, learning to use substance designer and marvelous designer.
I learnt a lot from both Shawnell Priester and Ryan's Kingslien, both of them were awesome mentors as well as from my classmates.


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By Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny
Gabriel Beauchesne-Sévigny started his canoeing career at the age of 12 to make sure he was fit to play hockey during the winter. The athlete from Trois-Rivières, however, quickly realized, with some medals from the National Championships around his neck, that it was with sprint paddling that he would realize his dream of becoming an Olympian.
Later, Beauchesne-Sévigny competes in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. He finishes fifth in the C-2 500m with his teammate Andrew Russell. He is not the only Beauchesne-Sévigny to represent Canada in China, Gabriel's sister, Geneviève, was also on the Canadian team. Despite the podiums that accumulate in 2009 and 2010, Gabriel misses his Olympic qualification for London.
Gabriel and his sister Geneviève
Showing strong resilience and strength, the trifluvian canoeist devotes all his efforts to training to finally demonstrate his power and versatility athletic. His efforts paid off in 2013 when him and his new partner Benjamin Russell, Andrew's younger brother, won their first World Cup gold medal and finished fourth at the World Championships, a result they achieved again at the 2014 World Championships. Together, they win the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
Gabriel had his Olympic dream for the first time with the presence of Canadian paddler Dave Frost at the Trois-Rivières Canoe Kayak Club. Wearing his 1992 Olympic team jacket, Dave represents what Gabriel wants to be, an Olympian. He shares his passion by training with young people and giving conferences in schools. The athlete has been an ambassador for the Clean Air Champion, "Jouez Gagnant" and RBC Olympians programs. Gabriel finished his fourteen year of paddling with the National Team in 2016. In total, he has collected 23 World Cup medals and a bronze medal at the World Championships.
After completing his Bachelor of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa, and his Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at Queen's University, Gabriel joined the Johnson and Johnson team in Toronto in January 2018 He still intends to maintain his role as ambassador for healthy lifestyles and will undoubtedly be padding on Canada's rivers and lakes for decades to come.
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Pin Trading Returns to Disney Parks...BUT.....It's Going to Be Different
With Disney theme parks scheduled to begin re-opening next month in Anaheim, Orlando, and Paris, people are wondering about the future some of the more the popular things to do. Top of mind is pin trading.
Good news is that pin trading will continue to exist in the theme parks. It will, however, be limited to pin boards. Pin Trading Nights and the big pin event scheduled for August of this year are also to be determined. Releases are now held each Thursday on the ShopDisney website.
There are good things and bad with these changes being made to support the health and safety of Cast Members and guests and how this will work in practice remains to be seen.
Sadly, the change in pin trading at Disney will make it less accessible to trade for many. Limiting the number of places and people to pin trade with will be a really sad thing for those passionate about pin trading in the parks. It may also make finding Hidden Mickey pins harder to find.
On a positive note, fewer Cast Members pin trading could result in more knowledgeable Cast Members controlling the pin trading boards. This could mean that there will be fewer scrapper pins on the boards and could be the start of a clamp down on the fake pins in the parks, which benefits everyone.
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