The teaching of these skills and behaviours should not be left to one or two days of the year but integrated into the teaching program. In fact, the best way to encourage friendship and discourage bullying is through the implementation of policies that foster respect and acceptance in a school-wide supportive environment.
Sometimes the word bullying is used to describe any aggressive or unpleasant behaviour. However, bullying does not refer to single, isolated incidents.
Bullying refers to acts of aggression that are repeated over time, involve an imbalance of power, and in which the one being bullied experiences harm, either physically or psychologically.
Children need to learn that there are safe people they can talk to about incidents that occur, and they also need to learn strategies for responding to unkindness and bullying.
When discussing situations that involve bullying, it is important to describe the behaviour rather than to label a child as either victim or bully. Behaviour can be changed, but it is often difficult to remove a label once it has been applied.
The Bullying No Way website has some great resources to assist you in educating children about bullying and the prevention of bullying.
This week I have uploaded two new resources to support your teaching of friendship skills. These supplement other lessons and activities that can be found here.
This resource provides suggestions for teaching children friendship skills. It teaches them to identify the differences between friendly and unfriendly behaviour, to recognise bullying and to provide strategies for dealing with bullying that they may encounter personally or as an onlooker.
a poster to print and display.
The purpose of this resource is to enable whole class discussion and stimulate imaginations for writing.
The resource contains a series of images and questions to get the children thinking about friendship, who can be a friend, and what friends do. The images focus on the unlikely friendship of a mouse and a crow. Children are asked to consider circumstances that may have led to these two being friends.
Check back to the interviews here and here with Karen Tyrrell, Australian author of empowering books for adults and kids, for other ideas and suggestions.
International Read to Me Day on 19 March: Get ready to read with an armful of books.
Be sure to check back to Jennie Fitzkee's guest post in which she talks about the importance of reading aloud and shares some of her favourite books for reading aloud.
World Poetry Day on 21 March: Get ready to immerse yourself in reading and writing poetry.
Poet June Perkins shared some wonderful ideas about poetry writing with children when talking about her beautiful book of poems Magic Fish Dreaming, illustrated by Helene Magisson, in this post.
There are also many readilearn resources to support your teaching of poetry. Simply type 'poems' into the search bar and press enter.
Norah, I appreciate how you make the distinction as to what bullying is. Even the adults can use this lesson! Happy Harmony Day (tomorrow)!
Hi Charli. I always believed there to be this distinction, though the Bullying No Way website explained it nicely. I remember talking to some parents quite a few years ago who felt that their daughter was "being bullied" because a child poked her tongue at her, once. I explained that bullying was much more than that and told the girl to tell the "culprit" that she had a tongue too and show her! A little bit of resilience goes a long way and it is better for children to not develop a "victim" attitude. On the other hand it is important to combat bullying, and mean behaviour, straight away. We should have 100% acceptance of kindness and zero tolerance of meanness. There is much to celebrate in Harmony Day. Thank you.
Some wonderful thought, ideas and advice in this post, Norah. I read Jennie's post with great interest too. Bullying has become such a huge problem in the schools. I am not surprised the suicide rate has gone up with children when I see how bullying occurs on social media. It is too much to bear for some children.
Hi Robbie, Thank you for your kind words. The prevalence of bullying is so sad. I wonder what is the underlying cause, and even more importantly, the remedy. We just need to be kinder to each other, don't we? Nobody likes being bullied. Those who bully must not feel much empathy if they do it to others. The more we can do to prevent it the better.
Such a huge topic Norah – it seems everywhere. How is that parents are unaware of their child's bullying behaviour? Are they perpetrators themselves? I suspect so, both overtly and covertly? Teachers also – who are the 'parents' while the children are at school … Brava to you and all who try to get to the roots of it and show children by other means such as you display here how it can be done – in the best way possible, education! Thank you. May I send it to help2read ..
Hi Susan, You've asked some perceptive and probing questions to which I wish I had both answers and solutions. Like you, I believe education is the place to start. I am more than happy for your to share the post with help2read, and anyone else you think would be interested. I appreciate your support. Have a great week.
Thank you for your lovely comment, Christy. That's certainly my aim.
I am glad you are picky about the books you share – means they are hand picked and good.
Thank you, Yvette. I don't get time to share all the lovely books I'd like to, though. There are just so many.
It is good to have these "special" days to raise awareness and, hopefully, make changes.
For the incredible work you do promoting author and books … and creating resources for teachers and schools.
Thanks especially for your kind mention of my Song Bird book series and my website.
See you tomorrow for the launch of my 10th book, Ready Set Discover Logan which has a Harmony Day theme.
Thank you for reading and commenting. I am very picky about the books I share. I love the theme of empowerment in your stories. I guess that's what I try to do with my teaching resources too – empower teachers to have fun with their teaching so that children retain their enthusiasm for learning, remain curious, imaginative and creative. School doesn't need to be boring. It should excite children's eagerness to know and to wonder and provide them with the tools to become lifelong learners.
I am very much looking forward to the launch of your tenth book. What an achievement, Karen. Congratulations!


We enjoy looking at these cute candy cane rolls as much as we love eating them! For even more festive fun, I sometimes decorate them with sliced candied cherries.
In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the sour cream, egg, butter, sugar, salt and 1-1/4 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Let rest for 10 minutes. Roll each into a 12x8-in. rectangle.
In a small bowl, combine filling ingredients. Spread half of the filling over dough to within 1/2 in. of edges. Fold in half lengthwise; pinch seam to seal. Cut into 12 strips. Holding both ends of strip, twist each strip three or four times.
Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Curve one end to form a cane. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
Bake at 375° for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Combine icing ingredients; drizzle over rolls.
1 each: 140 calories, 5g fat (2g saturated fat), 19mg cholesterol, 132mg sodium, 21g carbohydrate (9g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.


The Chief Executive of the Western Development Commission (WDC), Lisa McAllister has said that the reintroduction of rail services from Athenry to Ennis, scheduled for September, will radically improve intraregional transport and increase economic activity between the towns and villages on and adjacent to the route.
Ms. McAllister was speaking at a conference on the Western Rail Corridor, Sustainable Regional Transport at a time of Economic Constraint, in Claremorris, County Mayo on Friday May 1st .
Phase one will commence in September with services from Athenry to Ennis, enabling rail travel from Galway to Ennis, Limerick and on to Cork, Tralee, Rosslare and Waterford. The WDC says that phase two, which will see services from Athenry to Claremorris via Tuam, will open up the network to Mayo allowing rail travel from Ballina, Castlebar and Westport to the Mid West and South of the country.
Ms Mc Allister said that the WDC was particularly pleased about the new rail freight service from Ballina to Dublin which is also scheduled to start in the autumn. She said that the new service, which is driven by the needs of dynamic exportled industries in Mayo, will help the export led growth which the country needs to get out of the downturn. The new service is a turn around for rail freight traffic from the West, taking heavy goods vehicles off a congested road network. When the section to Claremorris is reopened freight traffic can be routed from Ballina Co. Mayo down the West coast to Waterford and Rosslare ports, easing congestion on the rail network in the East.
The WDC recommends that to maximise passenger takeup a number of critical factors must be put in place over the coming months. It believes that schedules and timetables must be devised to meet consumer demand, while quality rolling stock, good parkandride facilities, and creative pricing and effective marketing to promote the new rail services will be the final ingredients in delivering a service that caters for customer demand.
The WDC also believes that tourism, an important sector of the Region's economy, will greatly benefit from the new service. It says that tourism needs good transport access to and within the Region and that this is particularly true where the trend is to shorter holidays. The new service will put towns on the map, raising their profiles and increasing their opportunities to earn revenue from tourism. In addition inbound tourists will be able to arrive in Rosslare and travel by train around Ireland, from the Southeast, to the West and back to the East creating an important tourism product.
"Reinstating services on the Western Rail Corridor represents good value for money as costs were limited to track and signalling renewal and the provision of rolling stock. After a gap of over 30 years since the last scheduled services on the line, it opens up a lot of opportunities for the region," Ms McAllister concluded.


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Q: How add Second HDD and create new folders for sharing I've recently installed Ubuntu Server v17.04 to my HP Proliant Gen 6 Microserver (N45l) on an internal USB stick.I am very new to Ubuntu but I thought I'd give it a try. I (think) I've added my 2tb HDD.
How can I ensure the secondary HDD is installed/mounted properly, and then create directories on it?
I have looked around at a few guides but they baffle me a bit. Any help would be appreciated!

A: To check for available drives and list their mount point use:
lsblk

The -f flag will scan for file systems, UUIDs and labels (requires super-user privileges).

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Vorlesungen zur Einfuhrung in die Psychoanalyse
Item#: 118184 price:$25,000.00
FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS OF FREUD'S INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON PSYCHOANALYSIS, WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY FREUD TO HIS COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND RUDOLF REITLER, THE FIRST PRACTITIONER OF PSYCHOANALYSIS AFTER FREUD
FREUD, Sigm[und], Prof. Dr. Vorlesungen zur Einfuhrung in die Psychoanalyse. Leipzig und Wien: Hugo Heller, 1916-17. Three volumes. Octavo, original tan paper wrappers; housed in a custom clamshell box. $25,000.
First edition in original wrappers of all three volumes of one of Freud's most popular works, the Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, inscribed in Volume II on the front wrapper to Rudolf Reitler, a friend and colleague of Freud who was instrumental in the development of psychoanalysis as a discipline and the first person after Freud himself to perform analysis on patients: "Herr Dr. R. Reitler mit herzlichen Gruss. Verf[asser]" [Dr. R. Reitler with warm regards. The Author.].
One of Freud's most popular works, Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis was for Freud himself not so much an introduction as it was a culmination. Twenty-some years earlier, Freud had begun a series of publications that announced the development of a new field, tentatively at first with Studies in Hysteria (1895) and then with growing confidence in The Interpretation of Dreams (1899), The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901), Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious (1905) and Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905). By 1915, he was internationally famous, a respected doctor and a professor at the University in Vienna. In October of that year, "Freud began giving his accustomed lectures on 'An Introduction to Psychoanalysis.' He found, evidently to his surprise, an audience of seventy, a great contrast to the audience of three when he gave his fist lecture on dreams only fifteen years before; in the following month it had mounted to over a hundred. So he decided to prepare them more carefully than usual, and after a little reflection made up his mind to publish them in book form. The acute [Otto] Rank at once interpreted this as a plan to make further lectures unnecessary, and he was right. Freud had been lecturing for thirty years… these lectures were his last" (Jones, Life and Work of Sigmund Freud II: 218). Rudolf Reitler, to whom the second volume in this set is inscribed, was a close friend and colleague of Freud. The two had attended university together, and both were doctors in Vienna treating patients with psychological symptoms. "In the autumn of 1902 Freud addressed a postcard to these four men, [Alfred] Adler, [Max] Kahane, Reitler, and [Wilhelm] Stekel, suggesting that they meet for discussion of his work at his residence. Stekel said it was he who had first made that suggestion to Freud… so Stekel may be accorded the honor, together with Freud, of having founded the first psychoanalytic society. At all events, from then on they formed the habit of meeting every Wednesday evening for discussions in Freud's waiting-room" (Jones, II:8). Within a few years this group would develop into the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society; it was, in a very real sense, the beginning of psychoanalysis as a movement. Reitler himself was "the first person to practice psychoanalysis after Freud" (Jones II:7), a fact often acknowledged be Freud. He died unexpected in 1917, only one year after this inscription.
Modest soiling to all volumes, with expert repairs to Volume II. A wonderful inscribed item, with an association linking it to the very beginnings of the psychoanalytic movement.
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I'm very excited to be praised it, this is a landmark product! (to speak so directly you have seen this PR? PR interview can not be too. It is my research) communication, advertising and media industry these years, first let me feel I am experiencing the history of products.
Shanghai, World Expo, the grand opening of the moment, the world's eyes are focused on the Shanghai River in Whampoa , and the online Expo is also known as the never ending World Expo. The official website of Shanghai, World Expo, has been a great convenience for China's World Expo since its establishment, and has provided convenience and network support to people who want to learn about the expo.
May 8, 2013, Alipay reached a strategic cooperation with 58 city well-known life service platform. 58 city introduced Alipay online secured transactions, user access to such services on the platform can be done "to pay satisfaction". It is reported that the service will take the lead in the second line of the channel, and will gradually introduce 58 other types of city channel.
because most of the young people in the University, so Christmas Eve when apple is very hot, the day the school business also earned a grand slam. An average purchase price 2 dollars Apple sold six pieces of seven dollars, so high profits are also attracted to me, after I told a few people inside the team I had a talk, also joined the tide of selling apples.
reviews some of the company's early stories on twitter IPO.
critical moment: the Internet is low when the twitter network service products to A new force suddenly rises., minimalism and the ultimate win attention, win the market. At this time, the competition is fierce, the opponent is strong, twitter sometimes thrown into the air in the competition, and sometimes fall into the valley.
the station first started, we chose the GG advertising, because of the low threshold, high conditions like Baidu. The sweetness of GG is also good, just the beginning of the click, give you a few dollars or something, and now good, just a traffic up, TNND, more than and 100 clicks also 0.15$, extremely depressed. Is GG doing business like this?. I don't know if there's any webmaster.
reduce the price, promotion, cancel to break the $seven not shake the GGAD status, although the Google from each advertising is divided into about 20%, but few people know that it does not deduct the amount is still a killer.
is now very popular to do Taobao, many webmaster friends are registered in Ali mother account. Although the network of Taobao customers advertising everywhere, but few people really make money, I often heard some owners complain about their Taobao off without the turnover, some even think that income is flashed Amoy drag son Ali mother.
but I'm going to put these two unrelated things together today.
in the martial arts, both in home and abroad, or Shaolin, Tai Chi, Xingyi, Bagua, our practice is emphasized a personal hobby, follow the physical fitness, but in practice we know that in fact is the soul of martial arts martial art, practice is required to have no eyes like hand one by one, is also embodied in martial art, not a martial art, martial arts lost soul.
IT Sohu news according to foreign media reports, many sources of creative products, flash sales site Fab is a new round of financing, the amount is expected to exceed $100 million, the company's valuation will reach $1 billion.
Fab had previously raised $171 million. After the completion of the last round of financing, Fab valuation of about $600 million.
data return: return in real time.
Abstract how entrepreneurs will be creative and their products to the market? How to deal with the sales promotion blocked, the phenomenon of weak? This view is: if you want to sell your ideas to the managers, purchasers and users, so you have to do is not only to change their thinking, but also to change their thinking the way.


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It is Maisie's birthday and she is hoping for a Nuclear Reactor, but the day has turned black and her family are lost in time. Maisie is not having a good day. Every chapter is a cliff-hanger – you will want to read on!
Read this book if you like mystery adventures, Science and a creepy story!
This book is quite challenging and can make you have the shivers but we love it and recommend it for you to read today.
This book is a re-telling of the story of a happy Hansel and Gretel but be warned: it has a dark twist. If you're age 9 or over, then this is the story for you. It has excitement, scary moments and great illustrations.
This takes the normal story of Hansel and Gretel and changes it by adding war, soldiers and starvation. Like the normal story, the dad takes the children in to the forest to avoid starving himself, but in this dark fairy tale the children can't find their way back.
The description of the gingerbread house – although the pictures are black and white the description makes it seem colourful.
Win the Champion Reader Award to be in with a chance of reading this amazing story!


The Serpent S240 is a 1/24 scale electric 2wd pan-car. Simple, fast, proven and strong design. No complicated suspension designs or set-ups. A pure fun racing chassis, for sheer endless amounts of track-time.
Machined aluminium rear wheel-adaptors for super-true running rear wheels. Foam racing tyres on closed dished type wheels.
The S240 micro electric brushed motor powers this micro-verhicle. Motorpinion 10T is standard ( other as optionals).
The ball-raced ball-differential operates with plates and 12 steel balls. Standard with 42T white gear.
Rear motorpod consist of 2 equal machined anodized aluminium motormounts, mounted on 2 carbon chassis-risers, which can be taken out as well, depending on surface. Carbon fibre top-plate connects the motormounts and created the rear end stability and stiffness. There is sufficient space for the motorcables-to be connected.
The 2 or 4 Lipo-cells (not included) are captured in this lexan holder, below the radioplate. Pack sits very low and central in the car for best weight distribution, which helps ultra-quick and stabile cornering.
Carbon fibre upper radioplate with anodized aluminum antenna-holder. The S240 accepts speed-controllers for micro-cars of the major brands.Central rear vertical dampening combined with a laid down rear shockabsorber to control the rear end of the car. Anodised aluminium bodyposts on the far corners. Carbon fibre chassis 1.2mm with integrated T-bar flex design, 2 slots to assist keeping the lexan battery-holder in place.


How can you protect yourself from these problems? There are some simple clues that will help you to spot trouble before you buy.
The first thing to remember is that fundamentally, ecommerce is just plain old mail-order. The catalogue is being delivered electronically, but it's still a mail-order catalogue for all that. All the same laws apply in ecommerce as do in mail-order.
If you always buy the cheapest copy, you are going to increase your chances of being disappointed. There's usually a reason that a book is underpriced. If you're lucky, it's because the seller doesn't know any better, is trying to clear out old stock, or wants to sell in volume. Then you may just say you are 'lucky'. If you're unlucky, the book may be in very poor condition, or the seller may be having problems. In general, I find that the cheapest sellers are among the slowest to answer queries, and to ship. Try looking instead for the best value for your money - a copy that's reasonably priced, in nice condition, and from a reputable-sounding dealer. I for example never by any Tolkien books who are lacking dustjackets any more. And always like to see condition F/F in the description. It might cost a little more, but then i am sure i get the books in a fine condition.
So first read the book description very carefully. Some phrases should tip you off to a less knowledgeable bookseller... pretty good for its age, or waterstained but else fine, or has that old book smell are all signs of a bookseller who means well, but has no idea what they are doing. Pretty good for its age is always wrong. A book is graded strictly according to it's condition, and not at all according to its age. This means that really old books will almost never be in Fine condition. See the article on grading condition for a more detailed explanation. Else fine is a term that should be used with real caution. It usually only applies to a nearly invisible flaw on an otherwise perfect copy. That old book smell is usually mildew, and is a serious problem as it can spread to the rest of your library. Look for longer, more detailed descriptions. Do not be turned off by a minutely detailed listing of flaws. These are usually in better condition than the items with a general condition grade and no details. While it may appear the the book with a detailed description of a 1 inch dampstain to the lower corner of the last 2 pages is worse than a book listed as being in Good condition, it's likely the other way around.
Look at photos of the item (especially when buying expensive first editions or rare copies of Tolkien's work). In an auction, you probably should never bid on items without a photograph. On the databases, photos are much less common. But if it's an expensive book, or you are concerned, ask the seller to scan the book. Many sellers have a scanner or a digital camera and will scan the book on request.
Hardcover books always take more abuse in the mail than paperbacks. It's easy to bump corners and spine. They need additional protection. If you're at all concerned about what may happen to your book in the mail, ask for a box rather than a padded or bubble mailer. I always ask this, since i am especially looking for hardcovers (before i look at the softcovers) of Tolkien, and never had negative replies to my request.
Read the contact information. Make sure they have a telephone number and a postal mailing address listed in case there is a problem. Keep track of your orders (print them out and mark them once delivered).
As mentioned above, make sure you save all email regarding the purchase until you know you're satisfied. Create a special folder in your email program to store all your book purchase messages. That way you can go back through them if you need to remember a date or a name.
Pay by credit card. Many people are afraid to use their credit cards for internet transactions. However, if you do have a problem, you can dispute the charge through your credit card company. And to be quite frank, you'll usually win. Consumers have a lot more rights in a mail-order or internet transaction (where there is no signature) than merchants do. So you have an advantage going in. Try disputing a cashed cheque and see where it gets you... secondly you can keep your credit limit low on your card so you are unable to exceed it. This can in come handy... buying Tolkien books is highly addictive, and very expensive!


At this year's London Design Festival, Anthology will be hosting a special free event entitled 'Stories of Home: In Conversation' on 18th September, between 4.30pm and 7pm at its popular Hoxton Press development.
London property developer Anthology has given its support to Ferry Lane Primary School during Walk to School Week, to encourage pupils to up their step count as part of a more active and healthy lifestyle.
London property company, Anthology, has acquired a 1.75 acre site on Dugard Way in Lambeth with the commitment to support renowned, The Cinema Museum, existing residents of the Grade II listed Master's House situated at the Woodlands site.
Is it all the small things that matter for new home buyers?
With so many homes on offer in London's property market, today's buyer has an excess of options to choose from, especially in property hotspot areas such as Hackney.
London property developer Anthology has opened the doors to its exclusive new penthouse show home at its ever popular Hoxton Press development, located in the heart of the thriving up-and-coming Hoxton neighbourhood.


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Q: Show that if the Euler Totient value for $n$ is equal to $n-1$, then $n$ is prime. As the title indicates, I want to show that if $\varphi(n)=n-1$, then $n$ is prime. Also, $n$ is a positive integer.
Here is what I have so far:
Consider that $n$ has some prime factorization, so that $\varphi(n)=\varphi(p_{1}^{x_{1}}\cdot p_{2}^{x_{2}} \cdot\cdot\cdot p_{r}^{x_{r}})$ where $p_{r}$ is a unique prime number. And, since each $p_{i}$ is relatively prime to every other $p_{i}$, we invoke a prior theorem so that $\varphi(p_{1}^{x_{1}}\cdot p_{2}^{x_{2}} \cdot\cdot\cdot p_{r}^{x_{r}})=\varphi(p_{1}^{x_{1}})\cdot \varphi(p_{2}^{x_{2}}) \cdot\cdot\cdot \varphi(p_{r}^{x_{r}})=(p_{1}^{x_{1}}-p_{1}^{x_{1}-1})(p_{2}^{x_{2}}-p_{2}^{x_{2}-1})\cdot\cdot\cdot(p_{r}^{x_{r}}-p_{r}^{x_{r}-1})$.
...and I was going to prove something about this thing equaling (n-1), but it seems not helpful. Is there another approach that may be better?


White vinegar is an effective weed killer. The acetic acid in vinegar kills weeds, and although any vinegar will work, vinegar with a high acidity level is the most potent.
Since vinegar is a nonselective herbicide that kills weeds and garden plants alike, it is best to apply vinegar using a spray bottle that lets the liquid land directly on the weed. Vinegar can be sprayed on weeds in early spring before they spread. It's also good practice to spray dandelions and other perennial weeds in the early fall. When vinegar is applied, it is absorbed through the weed's leaves and directed to its roots before it penetrates the weed's core and kills the weed.


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Business InsiderCristina Balan posing with the prototype of an electrochromatic windshield she designed and showed to Elon Musk in 2014.
At a 2014 meeting, Balan and Tesla's interior-design team voiced concerns about the quality and safety of some of Tesla's parts. She claims that these concerns were ignored by Tesla and that she was then pushed out of the company.
Business Insider reviewed emails, testimonies, text messages, and other information from Balan's tangle with Tesla.
Here's how a once celebrated Tesla engineer – who used to work on top-secret projects for Tesla's top brass and whose initials were actually carved onto the battery of the Model S – says she wound up on the wrong side of the company.
According to internal emails and testimony from the arbitration, Balan's team had every intention of taking its issues straight to Tesla's CEO, Elon Musk.
Before she scheduled a meeting with Musk though, Balan reached out to one of the heads of her department, Chris Porritt, who was Tesla's vice president of vehicle engineering. Porritt asked to meet with Balan and the team about their concerns.
Balan said she suspected this bottleneck was really just a way for her bosses to hide mistakes. For instance, her concern about a so-called rat hole – a gap she had found in the design of the Model S's roof headliner that separated the roof from the rest of the car – had been met with what Balan saw as clear resistance from her managers.
Tesla, she claimed, ultimately stuffed a piece of Styrofoam in the gap of the $US100,000 car to fix it. And while the DIY-sounding solution didn't present a safety issue, Balan said it created a rattling noise in some of the vehicles that customers later complained about.
Business InsiderWhere the 'rat hole' would be, according to Balan.
One engineer said he had wanted to fix a problem with the Model S's driver's seat floor mat since 2012. As designed, the floor mat could interfere with the brake, the engineer claimed.
The engineer told the group that the still unfixed floor mats were a safety issue, even as Tesla had tens of thousands of cars on the road. Porritt agreed. Porritt also lamented that the company might have to scrap $US90,000 worth of defective parts.
Porritt agreed with just about everything the team said during that long Saturday meeting. He listened when the employees complained about what they said was bullying by managers. He thanked them for meeting and said that what was happening on their team was certainly not "the Tesla way." He also said the team could trust him, and he promised to help find a solution.
"I feel like a sheep in a slaughterhouse," one engineer wrote in a text to teammates.
Another engineer who attended the meeting later testified that he felt pressured to deny his attendance at the meeting with Porritt and any complaints about the team's superiors. He said he felt that if he didn't, he might lose his job, and he claimed the rest of the team felt the same way.
In emails dated April 2, 2014, her managers and a member of Tesla's human-resources team discussed how to deal with her going forward, and, according to emails viewed by Business Insider, they did not see much of a future for her at Tesla.
"If for any reason we are unable to substantiate the health issue, we will need to then set a different plan of action," Tesla's HR wrote in the email to Balan's managers and Porritt.
In the arbitration that followed Balan's departure, Tesla claimed that Balan resigned in 2014 because she didn't get along with her bosses and couldn't get work done.
Tesla's lawyers argued that she complained often and was concerned with only her own designs.
A former colleague familiar with the situation who felt Balan was a "creative," capable engineer also said she was overly excitable and too intense.
But Balan maintains a belief that her resignation was prompted by a campaign to "push" her out of Tesla after she and her team complained about quality issues with cars.
The defects she was concerned about, like the "rat hole," were simply not a safety risk to the arbitrator, and Tesla's witnesses also denied that the defects were severe.
Balan said she was offered to settle with Tesla "seven or eight times" and the money would have allowed her to stop working for at least a decade. But Tesla wanted Balan to sign away her right to speak about her experience, and she found that troubling, so she never agreed.
"As soon as the Model S came out the door and Elon realised how cool he'd become, everything went down the drain," she said.
Like Balan, Tripp is trying to claim whistleblower status after he pointed out perceived issues with Tesla's production process to Business Insider.
He claims in his filing that the quality of Tesla's battery manufacturing is low – to the point of being dangerous – and that he fears batteries could overheat and go into what's known as thermal runaway. He also claims that Tesla's production process is so wasteful that it's not living up to its environmental mission.


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set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail

# Print message $2 with log-level $1 to STDERR, colorized if terminal
# log DEBUG "DOCKER_HOST ${DOCKER_HOST}"
log() {
  local level=${1?}
  shift
  local code= line="[$(date '+%F %T')] $level: $*"
  if [ -t 2 ]
  then
    case "$level" in
      INFO) code=36 ;;
      DEBUG) code=35 ;;
      WARN) code=33 ;;
      ERROR) code=31 ;;
      *) code=37 ;;
    esac
    echo -e "\e[${code}m${line}\e[0m"
  else
    echo "$line"
  fi >&2
}

function main {
    log INFO "Let's start customization"
    local privateNetworkInterfaceName=enp0s8
    local privateNetworkIpAddr="192.168.65.90"

    setupPrivateNetwork $privateNetworkInterfaceName
    setupMesosphereRepositories
    installPackages
    setupMesos $privateNetworkIpAddr
    setupMarathon $privateNetworkIpAddr
    setupChronos $privateNetworkIpAddr
    enableSoftwares
    startSoftwares
}

function setupPrivateNetwork {
  local listenIp=$1
  log INFO "($FUNCNAME $@) setup private network"
  ifup $listenIp
}

function setupMesosphereRepositories {
  log INFO "($FUNCNAME $@) setup mesosphere repositories"
  rpm -Uvh http://repos.mesosphere.com/el/7/noarch/RPMS/mesosphere-el-repo-7-2.noarch.rpm
}

function installPackages {
  log INFO "($FUNCNAME $@) install packages"
  yum install -y mesosphere-zookeeper.x86_64 mesos marathon chronos git wget nc python34 python34-pip virtualenv
}

function setupMesos {
  local listenIp=$1

  log INFO "($FUNCNAME $@) configure mesos"
  echo $listenIp > /etc/mesos-slave/hostname
  echo $listenIp > /etc/mesos-slave/ip
  echo "docker,mesos" > /etc/mesos-slave/containerizers
  echo "5mins" > /etc/mesos-slave/executor_registration_timeout
  echo $listenIp > /etc/mesos-master/hostname
  echo "supacoolmesosclusta" > /etc/mesos-master/cluster
}

function setupMarathon {
  log INFO "($FUNCNAME $@) configure marathon"
  local listenIp=$1
  mkdir -p /etc/marathon/conf
  echo $listenIp > /etc/marathon/conf/hostname
  echo "300000" > /etc/marathon/conf/task_launch_timeout
}

function setupChronos {
  log INFO "($FUNCNAME $@) configure chronos"
  local listenIp=$1
  mkdir -p /etc/chronos/conf
  echo $listenIp > /etc/chronos/conf/hostname
}

function enableSoftwares {
  log INFO "($FUNCNAME $@) enable zookeeper mesos-master mesos-agent marathon chronos"
  systemctl enable zookeeper
  systemctl enable mesos-master
  systemctl enable mesos-slave
  systemctl enable marathon
  systemctl enable chronos
}

function startSoftware {
  log INFO "($FUNCNAME $@)"
  local softName=$1
  local sleepTime=$2
  log INFO "start $softName"
  systemctl start $softName
  log INFO "sleep ${sleepTime}s"
  sleep $sleepTime
  systemctl status $softName
  echo "..."
}

function startSoftwares {
  log INFO "($FUNCNAME $@)"
  startSoftware zookeeper 15
  startSoftware mesos-master 15
  startSoftware mesos-slave 15
  startSoftware marathon 15
  startSoftware chronos 15
}

function installDcosClin {
  log INFO "noop"
  #
  # WIP
  # see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32618686/how-to-install-pip-in-centos-7
  ### fix virtualenv for py3.4
  # mkdir -p /lib64/python3.4/ensurepip/lib64/python3.4/ensurepip/_bundled
  # wget -O /lib64/python3.4/ensurepip/lib64/python3.4/ensurepip/_bundled/setuptools-18.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl https://pypi.python.org/packages/cb/e7/63e4efa1bd3396d0d7d0697d896c7c9c39635a8929424c4016b0abcf6e4d/setuptools-18.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl#md5=7fcc3027ef72df6be665c271d3c457b2
  # wget -O /lib64/python3.4/ensurepip/lib64/python3.4/ensurepip/_bundled/pip-7.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl https://pypi.python.org/packages/b2/d0/cd115fe345dd6f07ec1c780020a7dfe74966fceeb171e0f20d1d4905b0b7/pip-7.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl#md5=5ff9fec0be479e4e36df467556deed4d
  # edit /lib64/python3.4/ensurepip/__init__.py (change versions for _SETUPTOOLS_VERSION = "18.4" _PIP_VERSION = "7.1.2")
  ###
  # git clone https://github.com/dcos/dcos-cli.git
  # cd dcos-cli
}

main

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Tigers and Closer Nathan Have Mutual Interest
MLB's offseason is only two weeks old, and the hot stove is beginning to heat up already.
According to a tweet from Jon Morosi, MLB insider for Fox Sports, "Mutual Interest has already developed between Tigers and free agent closer Joe Nathan. Nathan has Detroit high on his wish list."
The fact that the Tigers are pursuing a closer should come as no surprise to Tigers fans. General Manager Dave Dombrowski did not extend a qualifying offer to any of the Tigers' free agents, including last year's closer Joaquin Benoit, making him an unrestricted free agent.
During new manager Brad Ausmus' introductory press conference last Sunday, Dombrowski confirmed they would pursue a pitcher to fill the void in the closer role.
"We're going to have a closer — we're going to pursue somebody to pitch at the back end of the bullpen," Dombrowski said. "Joaquin (Benoit) is in that group, but there are a lot of closers out there. It's the one area where there are a lot of guys."
One of the top names in that group of closers is 12-year veteran Joe Nathan. Nathan, 38, is a familiar name for Tigers fans, as he pitched the majority of his career closing out games with division-rival, the Minnesota Twins. His last two seasons have been spent with the Texas Rangers, where in 2013, he finished with a very impressive 1.39 ERA and 0.90 WHIP while converting 43 out of his 46 save opportunities.
It seems as if an elite closer has been the missing piece for a Tigers team that has come up short three consecutive years in the playoffs. If the six-time All-Star Nathan is not the answer, the Tigers may look to reunite with Benoit or other relievers on the market, including Grant Balfour, Fernando Rodney and Jesse Crain.
Michael Higer is a multimedia journalist for Impact Sports


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Q: jQuery HTML table with radio buttons to CSV So, I've found plenty of posts regarding exporting a basic HTML table to CSV using jQuery, but that's not all I'm needing to happen.
I need a table that will have a list of names coming from a database, and in the same row as each name I will need a yes or no radio button essentially. I tried doing this already, but it won't export the yes or no, just the names.
This was the example I was using & I edited it below to test the radio button: http://jsfiddle.net/terryyounghk/kpegu/

            Column One
            Column Two
            Column Three

            row1 Col1
            <input type="radio" value="yes" name="yes">
            row1 Col3

            row2 Col1
            row2 Col2
            row2 Col3

            row3 Col1
            row3 Col2
            row3 Col3

            row4 'Col1'
            row4 'Col2'
            row4 'Col3'

            row5 "Col1"
            row5 "Col2"
            row5 "Col3"

            row6 "Col1"
            row6 "Col2"
            row6 "Col3"

A: var $col = $(col),
    $radio = $col.find('input[type=radio]'),
    text = $col.text();

if ($radio.length > 0) {
    return $radio.val();
}

make determine statement on handling table cell data. I changed a little your code here


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GOVERNMENTS, diplomats, and organizations that are working honestly to help the world toward peace deserve support in those efforts. But human organizations have limitations. World peace seems agonizingly far-off, and progress toward it seems slow. Mutual distrusts, regional hatreds, historic tensions, seem to go on and on. New ones crop up. Something more is needed.
Is it possible that ``something'' has to do with individual rather than collective effort? But how can an individual realistically hope to advance world peace? Isn't the challenge far too complicated?
It is not; yet we must be modest. None of us is commissioned by God to surge onto the world scene like an all-powerful equalizer to produce and enforce world peace miraculously. That vision is more often egotistical than wise, and it may be similar to what some of his disciples expected of Christ Jesus. ``Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?'' they asked him.
Only to say this is not enough, of course. We need to prove it in our daily lives. And we prove it by purifying our thoughts and lives of warring elements through prayer. Often that can be challenging, especially when trouble is close to us. It may seem easier to love a political tyrant oceans away than a family member who loses his temper.
But it can be done. We can wage effective war on the warring elements that would destroy our peace. Our prayers can at least give us a glimpse of our spiritual nature as children of God, in which there is no sin and therefore no strife.
We must be modest. All good is accomplished by God's power. But the fact is that through a realization of His control, and the proof of it in our own lives, each of us can be an effective peacemaker. 1 Acts 1:6-8. 2 John 9:4. 3 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 46. 4 Genesis 28:16. 5 Science and Health, p. 329. 6 Ibid., p. 427.


The Scottish Executive requires all Councils to have an education Accessibility Strategy in place. The aim of the strategy is to provide a route towards equality in education for all children and young people.
Improving communication and information with pupils.
Further information on this can be found on the Scottish Government website and the Disability Rights Commission website.


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TNA Wrestling: Let the Invasion and the bodies hit the floor
By David M Levin
TNA's Impact Wrestling faded to black Thursday night with the image of former WWE superstar MVP being revealed as the "secret investor" in the company.
While the idea of MVP on screen with his shtick and "balla" mentality is perfect for the upheaval that has been destroying TNA for some time, it makes me wonder if this is the last of the "changes" TNA will make with adding and subtracting wrestlers from the roster. And in that case, who is coming and who will be going? Is there another New World Order-like invasion on the way and what will this do to the current awful situation regarding the TNA World Title.
Excuse me while I grab a handkerchief.
MVP's credentials as a wrestler are more than enough to declare him a serious player in a storyline like this, but does that mean we can expect sweeping changes within the company. There is no more Jeff Jarrett, no more Hulk Hogan and it appears no more consistency in anything the corporate heads are trying to get over with the fans.
Yes, there are still some fans in TNA. The fact Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle are leading TNA's charge toward the world title speaks volumes of where the company is – set by definitive title classes and definitive wrestlers on the main event and mid card levels. In this case, membership at times is a privilege.
But my main thought is does someone like MVP have the "stroke" as Jeff Jarrett used to say, to make it happen?
MVP was trained by former professional wrestlers Soulman Alex G and Norman Smiley. Following the completion of his training, MVP began wrestling for numerous independent promotions, including a stint in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). During his time in these promotions, he won various championships in singles competition. Assad signed with WWE in 2005 and was assigned to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), one of the company's developmental territories.\
After being promoted to the SmackDown brand, MVP made his WWE wrestling debut in October 2006. In 2007, he won the United States Championship, giving him his first title reign with the company. His reign was the longest since WWE came into possession of the championship in 2001 and the third longest in the title's entire history. That same year, he captured the Tag Team Championship alongside Matt Hardy. He also won the United States Championship for a second time on March 17, 2009. Following his tenure in WWE, he joined New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) in February 2011. He would spend the next two years with the promotion, becoming the inaugural IWGP Intercontinental Champion in May 2011.
Now, it would seem, the former WWE star will be the focal point of this company, draw attention away from Sting, Angle, current World Champion Magnus and any other superstar who wants to walk the isle and get in the ring. Would this also provide an occasion or two for him to get in the ring and challenge for the title?
While on that subject, could there be others who make the jump to the smaller promotion? And no, I am not talking CM Punk (but what a get if that were to happen). What happens with AJ Styles?
There is plenty of room now for TNA to grow. A change in scripts, a challenge to authority and of course a new hope Dixie Carter will remove herself from the screen each week. MVP gives he company another identity and a wrestler all of us identify. Things could look up for TNA, or it could fall apart at the seams. Maybe we see what happens before we judge. But in this case, as it is TNA, there is more to fear than hope for.
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruffled some feathers with some proposed changes to its rules.
One of the biggest changes would be cutting the allowed length of reply briefs from 6,000 words to 4,500 words. Merit briefs also would face a lower word-count limit, going to 13,000 from the previous max length of 15,000.
Federal courts already had shifted word limits downward, so the changes at the high court aren't unprecedented. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and the late Justice Antonin Scalia have both gone on record urging lawyers not to feel compelled to write to the maximum length. In Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, Scalia and co-writer Bryan Garner urge lawyers to make their arguments succinctly.
At the same time, when you've spent months or even years building a complex case, writing a shorter brief can mean having to leave out compelling arguments or details that you think could be persuasive.
So this week we'd like to ask you: Do you always write briefs to the maximum length? Do you take advantage of every single word you're allowed, or do you think brevity is the soul of wit? And what do you think of the Supreme Court's proposed word limits?
Read the answers to last week's question: What are you thankful for?


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Cite: Bullock et al., 2021. 'Operational response simulation tool for epidemics within refugee and IDP settlements,' medRxiv 2021.01.27.21250611
The spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 presents many challenges to healthcare systems and infrastructures across the world, exacerbating inequalities and leaving the world's most vulnerable populations most affected. Given their density and available infrastructure, refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) settlements can be particularly susceptible to disease spread. Non-pharmaceutical public health interventions can be used to mitigate transmission, and modeling efforts can provide crucial insights on the potential effectiveness of such interventions to help inform decision making processes. In this paper, we present an agent-based modeling approach to simulating the spread of disease in refugee and IDP settlements. The model, based on the JUNE open-source framework, is informed by data on geography, demographics, comorbidities, physical infrastructure and other parameters obtained from real-world observations and previous literature. Furthermore, we present a visual analytics tool that allows decision-makers to distill insights by comparing the results of different simulations and scenarios. Through simulating their effects on the epidemiological development of COVID-19, we evaluate several public health interventions ranging from increasing mask-wearing compliance to the reopening of learning institutions. The development and testing of this approach focuses on the Cox's Bazar refugee settlement in Bangladesh, although our model is designed to be generalizable to other informal settings.
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Police have attacked video and photojournalists in Kathmandu on January 27 while covering a students' demonstration against the government.
Half dozen photo and video journalists were taking video and photos of the torch rally organized by Nepal Student Union, the student wing of main opposition Nepali Congress at Bharikutimandap in the central capital.
According to the journalists the police pushed them outside the Nepal Police Club at first then used force as the journalists entered at the premises of the Club along with the protesters, who were arrested by the police.
"They misbehaved with us at first accusing of taking video and photo then used baton and boot to panic and chase us away," said Katwal.
Photojournalists Amul Thapa of Naya Patrika daily, Bijay Gajmer of Nagarik daily, Ujjwal Dangol of Nepal Samacharpatra daily and Samartha Ranjit of pahilopost.com were assaulted by the police.
Freedom Forum vehemently condemns the incident for it is sheer violation of press freedom. The police persons must be aware and sensitive about reporter's rights to free reporting and safety of journalists during the protest. Also, journalists should adopt visible safety measures such as press card or press jacket to distinguish themselves from the crowd.


The Office of Naval Research (ONR) STEM Grand Challenge was a competition between four top teams working on Intelligent Tutoring Systems to push the boundaries of STEM education using computers. This collection will highlight the high quality systems and research produced under this challenge, and topics include Educational technologies, Intelligent tutoring systems, and Examples of empirical research on ITS systems.
Interactive learning environments often provide help strategies to facilitate learning. Hints, for example, help students recall relevant concepts, identify mistakes, and make inferences. However, several studies have shown cases of ineffective help use.
Contemporary work in the design and development of intelligent training systems employs task analysis (TA) methods for gathering knowledge that is subsequently encoded into task models. These task models form the basis of intelligent interpretation of student performance within education and training systems.
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) organized a STEM Challenge initiative to explore how intelligent tutoring systems (ITSs) can be developed in a reasonable amount of time to help students learn STEM topics. This competitive initiative sponsored four teams that separately developed systems that covered topics in mathematics, electronics, and dynamical systems.
This article provides brief comments and reflections on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) and their use in providing STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education and training as described in the four articles prepared for this special issue concerning the ONR (Office of Naval Research) STEM Grand Challenge.


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package xen

// MemoryBarrier issues a full read-write memory barrier.
func MemoryBarrier()

// MemoryBarrierWrite issues a write memory barrier.
func MemoryBarrierWrite()


Recently we bumped into a very promising photographer of which we couldn't resist sharing some photos. For some reason Alex Prager seems to have a liking for featuring cars (old cars mostly) in her photographs. Our guess is that it gives her the extra retro touch she's always looking for in photos. All the models are dressed in a retroish way as well, which we like, it gives all her photographs this nostalgic cinematic feel. As a result the shots always have a whiff of nostalgia about them even if the surroundings are modern.


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Q: Hibernate MacBook on 10-ish % power instead of 0/1% when running on battery? Yeah, I know my battery is probably hosed, but every time I reach 5%, my MacBook shuts down, as it expects the battery to be able to run down to 1% before hibernating.
However I would like it to hibernate and not shutdown, when I run out of power, so is it possible to make my MacBook hibernate at like 5-10%?
My MacBook is over 2 years old and I'm not going to buy a new battery. The battery only lasts 1-2 hours.
I have tried calibrating the battery, resetting the SMC etc., without any noticeable effect.

A: http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html will let you control it via GUI. The app is $6 on his website or $4 on the Mac App Store.

(Note: I have no idea how this app ever got approved for the Mac App Store, but it appears that Apple is stone-walling the developer on approving a Lion-compatible update. This seems to be Apple's passive-aggressive way of getting apps out of the Mac App Store after they were approved: they don't want to upset people by yanking the app, so they just won't approve an update and eventually it either breaks and the developer pulls the app because they are getting so many support requests, or people just stop buying it. When the sandboxing rules hit in November, we may see apps start disappearing from the Mac App Store. All of which is to say that if I was going to buy this app, I'd buy it through his website even though it's $2 more. There's a demo available, although the "request a trial" button didn't work for me, I assume it's a temporary glitch that the developer can fix. It also appears that Mac App Store customers can download the version from his website and use that, so if those $2 are really important to you, I guess you could try that.)

If you'd rather spend time than money, http://tidbits.com/article/9115 has a script that might help.

A: If you purchase or try the demo version of TinkerTool System (and make sure that it is "system", TinkerTool alone won't do it), there is a setting to enable or disable "Safe Sleep," which automatically hibernates the laptop every time it enters sleep. To access this setting, go to TinkerTool System > Mobile Settings > Safe Sleep.

A: It's not ideal, but using no 3rd party tool you could use pmset to halt your computer at 10% left...
pmset -u haltlevel 10

This will trigger an emergency shutdown at 10% battery left... Which is arguably better than a power loss when you have an aging battery (It's my case).

A: pmset -u haltlevel 10

This puts the Mac to hilbernate if the battery is 10%. But there may be some reasons why it does not sleep or hibernate. Some other programs may stop it, like HDD indexing. See this link for details
the manual says:
UPS SPECIFIC ARGUMENTS
     UPS-specific arguments are only valid following the -u option. UPS settings also have an on/off value. Use a -1 argument instead of percent or minutes to
     turn any of these settings off. If multiple halt conditions are specified, the system will halt on the first condition that occurs in a low power situation.

     haltlevel - when draining UPS battery, battery level at which to trigger an emergency shutdown (value in %)

however for somereason, it does not work in Lion OS
see this link for command syntax


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Winners of PLDT's 85 Iconic Years Video tilt bared
by | Nov 27, 2013
Leading telecoms company PLDT announced the winners of the 85 Iconic Years Video Competition during the Company's 85th anniversary celebration in Makati earlier today.
Open to all subscribers, the competition required participants to record an original video of alternate endings or remake of PLDT's classic and well-loved TV commercials using current technologies or PLDT products and services.
Leading the winners was a beautiful remake of the PLDT Landline Plus ad, entitled "Ulit-ulitin," featuring the very young Marian Rivera. Submitted by Janine Guzman and her Superbida group from Magalang, Pampanga, the ad featured a young woman, telling her grandma over the telephone that she has met this wonderful man whom she plans to marry and introduces him to her also over the phone.
Placing second was an imaginative version of the PLDT Telerewards "Scream" commercial, created by three college students, led by Luigi Rosario, from the Mapua Institute of Technology.
A PLDT Budget Card ad remake, presented by Salome Pascual of Malabon City, completed the three frontrunners.
Among the prizes were a PLDT HOME showcase, up to P40,000-worth of gift certificates, an iPad Mini, commemorative Rudy Project watches, and other gadgets.
"The 85 Iconic Years Competition illustrates the transformation of PLDT from being a provider of landline services as shown in its classic TV ads to becoming a multi-media company, offering the latest innovations to its customers," said PLDT HOME Customer Care & Retention Management Head Paolo Lopez.


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Turning Blue
Katharine Norbury | 26th September 2016
Turning Blue by Benjamin Myers
(Moth publishing, paperback, 336 pages. Out now and available here.)
Review by Katharine Norbury
I ticked a few things off my literary bucket list this summer. I visited the grave of Sylvia Plath when I was staying at Lumb Bank, the house bought by Ted Hughes. Whilst there, I explored the leafy valley floor, poked around the old industrial installations, familiarised myself with the deep scars and quarried cliffs, the woods and the exquisite meadows planted by the Yorkshire Dales Millenium Trust to facilitate the passage of pollinators. A few weeks later, I began Wainwright's coast-to-coast walk with my sixteen-year old daughter, striding purposefully from St Bees Head, again in the direction of the dales. Thank goodness I hadn't read Benjamin Myers' Turning Blue before I set out or I wouldn't have been able to do any of it. Because Turning Blue takes this once seen, never to be forgotten, iconic and literary landscape, which includes the coast-to-coast footpath, a landscape immortalized by Wainwright, Plath and Hughes, and makes it anew, turns it inside out, turns it thoroughly blue. Blue in the sense of sorrow, blue in the sense of porn, blue in the sense of rot, decay and death.
Working within the genre of crime fiction, and yet with a prose style that at times reads like poetry, Myers spins a tale of torment that creaks into other, older narratives. He creates a novel that is both environmentally and ecologically prescient, yet at the same time fully inhabits the long established realm of Yorkshire gothic. Turning Blue shares a clear family resemblance with both Bram Stoker's Dracula (in the sense of all your worst nightmares coming true – in Yorkshire) and, in its tortured, half-formed, marginalised anti-hero, with Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
I'm not sure if I have ever heard anyone say: "cleanliness is next to godliness" and mean it but Myers' reeking anti-hero, Steve Rutter, is so uncouth, in every sense of the word, that personal hygiene constitutes a plot point. Dirt, filth and muck: physical, emotional and spiritual, drive the action of Turning Blue and become synonymous with the depravity of the underworld of hard core pornography that Myers has made his subject.
The story begins with the imminent suicide of Rutter as he sails out onto a man-made reservoir, with its own man-made microclimate, to join the remains of a girl he has murdered. This isn't a whodunit, so much as a whydunit, a "how did we get to this place?" Between the polarities of D. I. Brindle, fastidiously clean, his every move dictated by his obsessive compulsive disorder, his pre-cooked food in Tupperware boxes and Rutter, with his bleeding gums and blackened nails, who seems never to have seen a bar of soap in his life, Myers unpicks our deepest taboos and stares so long and so hard, that they start to appear normal. We are reminded of that now infamous son of Leeds, Jimmy Savile, in the character of Loveable Larry Lister, who crouches at the heart of Myers' narrative. But everything that came out about Savile after his death is merely the tip of the iceberg for Larry Lister. It's what's going on beneath the surface that feeds Myers' imagination.
Ultimately, though, this is a portrait of loneliness, of disconnection, of what happens when we fail to touch one another in an ordinary, familiar way. There is not one "normal" heterosexual relationship in the book, and the only "wholesome" female character is a murder victim (and coast-to-coast walker!). Turning Blue has something of Paul Haggis's 2004 movie Crash – a portrait of a dysfunctional L.A. society where the only human contact seems to come when people accidentally yet physically collide into one another, without forethought, without intention.
Underneath all of this is the whirring hum of wind turbines, the chasm of the man-made reservoir and an awareness of the continually changing use of a rural yet industrialised landscape, and of our ultimately pointless human endeavour to control every aspect of it, as well as those who inhabit it, be they human, wild, cultivated or inanimate.
Not for the squeamish, fainthearted or easily shocked, Turning Blue is a brave and utterly uncompromising novel which positions Benjamin Myers alongside the great names of crime fiction. He has earned his metaphorical seat on the bench, snuggled in between Val McDermid and James Ellroy.
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The 2011 NBA Playoffs officially started on Saturday, April 16, but I was in the final moments of my vacation (aka a delayed flight to Dallas, missing a connection in Dallas to LaGuardia, re-routing to Newark, having the flight delayed because of torrential weather in New York, having take-off delayed because of a sick passenger, sitting while a passenger had a heart attack or some other issue on the plane and an oxygen tank was wheeled out and then having a delayed exit due to having to wait for paramedics to arrive to take care of the fallen passenger). And since I was on vacation for the entire week I couldn't properly prepare an NBA Playoffs Preview before the Playoffs got under way. So, now that all the series have one game in the books (*as of the writing of this post) it seems like a much better time to actually gauge what to look for and expect out of these series. Does that make any sense? Maybe not, but we are going to roll with it because the Playoffs are going to be great, I need to put my two-cents in about all the teams and after today you'll get plenty of music and other rambling, existential posts to feast on.
Let's dive right in shall we?
Eastern Conference:
First Round:
1. Chicago Bulls vs. 8. Indiana Pacers
The Bulls have in many ways overachieved this season due to the fantastic play of Derrick Rose. A lot of people expected them to be good, but no one expected them to be the number one seed in the East and also the favorite to represent the East in the Finals heading into the Playoffs. All of this has occurred while the team has not truly been healthy with all their parts until the last two months, when they have really picked up steam. Rose is playing out of his mind this year and is clearly the MVP as his clutch performance in Game 1 to steal the upset from the Pacers perfectly exhibited. The Pacers are a very likeable team with some good pieces. Tyler Hansbrough is a great effort guy who has improved his shot; Daren Collison is a quick and improving point guard; Roy Hibbert is a mediocre to above average center who can give you solid numbers and a big game from here to there; Danny Granger is a solid player; Jeff Foster is tough; Brandon Rush can give you minutes and points; Posey has championship experience; Josh McRoberts can also give some minutes off the bench and play a few positions; Paul George is a young, raw talent that has upside and this playoff run can only help him learn. All that is nice and makes for a compelling watch, but they don't have a truly go-to player (Granger is certainly not that piece). They still lack a cohesion that a dominant presence would help provide. Because of that, they can't match Rose and the way pieces like Deng, Boozer, Noah, Gibson and Korver fit nicely into place on the Bulls.
Prediction: Bulls in 5.
2. Miami Heat vs. 7. Philadelphia 76ers
For me this is tough because I have a natural allegiance with the Sixers, but out of all the Philadelphia teams, I have the least connection with them. I've always been a Wade fan and I tend to appreciate the bad guy, so I route for the Heat. The Heat have been playing well over the past month and are starting to utilize more diverse and solid portions of their offense like the varied potentials off the Wade and LeBron pick n' roll, which has opened things up for them. The 76ers are a young team with a lot of talent. As Bill Simmons pointed out, their best player Andre Iguodala realized that he wasn't their best player and has settled into a Scottie Pippen-esque roll of playing great perimeter defense. The only problem is, he can't shoot like Scottie and there is no dominant player to compliment. They have nice pieces like Jrue Holliday, Thaddeus Young and Evan Turner, as well as good role players like Lou Williams and the glorified Elton Brand. That will certainly not hold up against the Heat.
Prediction: Heat in 4
3. Boston Celtics vs. 6. New York Knicks
You can't argue with this series. Two classic franchises and two "Garden" arenas. Its great to add an historical element to the Playoffs as well as two of the best home crowds in not only the NBA, but all of sports (that Boston explosion when Ray Allen hits a three—like he did in Game 1—is maybe the best current crowd reaction in sports). The atmosphere of each of these games alone will make it worth watching even if there's a sweep. But there won't be a sweep because the Celtics are struggling into the postseason like they did last year. However, whereas last year's team was a run down car that could still run perfectly if the owner would let the right person drive it (i.e. the Big Three realizing that Rondo was the key to the offense) this year's team has new features and gears and that right driver (Rondo) is experiencing a loss in confidence. Meanwhile, the Knicks have plenty of offensive firepower but are lacking in size and defense, though the defense has been improving as Game 1 showed. The Knicks fans are excited about the team being in the Playoffs and expect a lot, but I think this hard fought series is going to bring out the competitive fire in the Celtics and key them to a cohesion they've been lacking.
Prediction: Celtics in 6
4. Magic vs. 5. Hawks
The Hawks are one of the more boring teams in the NBA. Each year they entice you with a good collection of talent who just never seem to care how to learn how to actually play well or with heart. Yet, they get to the 5 seed each year because of the talent they have. They are still boring this year, but they have a certain toughness that they lacked last year, even if they still don't have great effort. They are also matching up against a Magic team that has not been able to develop chemistry all year and as also taken a step back defensively. For example, in Game 1, Dwight Howard dropped 46 points and grabbed 19 rebounds and the Magic lost. He was dominant and the Magic still lost. However, despite their struggles, I still think they will win the series, even though it will be the worst series out of the entire Playoffs.
Prediction: Magic in 7
Semifinals:
1. Chicago Bulls vs. 4. Orlando Magic
This matchup actually favors the Magic because they don't have anyone that can truly stop Dwight. Boozer can't match his strength, quickness or length. Noah can bother his shot but not his size. Asik has the size and good defense but is too inexperienced. However, the Magic have no one to really match Rose and their team defense has slipped so they will have trouble slowing him down when he decides to take over a game like he just did in Game 1 against the Pacers. They have no one who can really make him a jump shooter for even short stretches. Dwight can alter his shot, but that won't be enough to help them win the series.
Prediction: Chicago in 6
2. Miami Heat vs. 3. Boston Celtics
The Heat lost the season series to the Celtics, but each game was close. The Heat managed to win the last matchup of the season against a Celtics team that was (and still is) struggling with their chemistry. By this round I expect the Celtics to have their chemistry back after having to strong-arm the Knicks out of the Playoffs. So, what will make this series different from the regular season? The first thing is that the Heat have been playing better over the past month. The second is that because it's the Playoffs, Spolestra can play LeBron, Wade and Bosh more minutes than he would have been inclined to during the regular season. You tie that into the fact that you give great players like LeBron and Wade that small taste of beating the Celtics at the end of the season, of knowing that they can, and that changes things. Doc Rivers will have his own wrinkles and plays to draw up, but it still feels like the Heat are holding back some of their Wade/LeBron offense and I think they unveil a lot of the tricks here.
Prediction: Tough, classic series. Heat in 7
Eastern Conference Finals:
1. Chicago Bulls vs. 2. Miami Heat
The key to this series is the fact that the Heat can and will stick both LeBron and Wade on Derrick Rose. Rose will certainly make his crazy floaters and layups as well as take a game or two by himself, but having that luxury of switching the bigger and just as fast Lebron or the craftier, better defensively, Wade on Rose is something that most teams don't have. They can also buy minutes by sticking Chalmers on Rose, who should be able to at least rough him up. Bibby becomes a key to this series because if he can make threes like he has been, then the Heat can stretch the tight Chicago defense and open up the lanes for LeBron and Wade. If those two can also work their two man game into the flow of the offense then that leaves room for the Heat to work the ball down to Bosh as the series goes on because the Bulls will have to decide which aspect of the offense to focus on. Bosh needs to be aggressive against Boozer and the Heat need Anthony to match Noah's energy. The key is that if the Bulls get cold and can't generate offense, how much will they be able to lean on Rose this far into the playoffs, especially if he is getting hounded by LeBron and Wade for the entire series. I think that catches up to the Bulls and the experience and overall greatness of Wade and LeBron win out.
Western Conference:
First Rounds:
1. San Antonio Spurs vs. 8. Memphis Grizzlies
The Grizzlies have a tough team as Game 1 exhibited. The Spurs went on one of their spine-crushing runs at the end of the game when Bonner hit two clutch three-pointers, but the Grizzlies were able to bounce back and win thanks to Shane Battier's three-pointer. The Spurs of old would have won that game and crushed the morale of this young Memphis team, but Memphis has a lot of really good pieces like Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, Tony Allen, O.J. Mayo, Sam Young, Dorrell Arthur and Battier. They have size and experience to bother the Spurs who are very young besides Duncan, Parker, Ginobli and McDyess. I think Ginobli will come back and the Spurs will pull out one of their moral crushing wins along the way. It will not be easy, but the Spurs will win.
Prediction: Spurs in 7
2. Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Hornets
Chris Paul has been nursing his recovering knee all season. He has shown flashes of his old speed and brilliance but has also looked slow and washed up. In Game 1, he looked like his old self and even better. He turned in what is already being considered a masterful point guard performance—I watched it, it was. Paul's greatness alone (even though his role players, like Carl Landry are tough competitors) can't carry this team. This is the kind of series that the Lakers use to wake themselves up and get rid of their overconfidence. The Hornets will make some of these games close, but I see the Lakers pulling away in the end.
Prediction: Lakers in 5
3. Dallas Mavericks vs. 6. Portland Trailblazers
The Blazers have a very long, versatile team. They can trot out a frontcourt of Nic Batum, Lamarcus Aldridge and Gerald Wallace or they can mix it up and insert Camby with Lamarcus Aldridge and Wallace or put Batum in with Wallace and Camby for a shut down defensive unit. They also have Andre Miller to guide the offense and Brandon Roy coming off the bench for control and whatever intangibles he can still add with his terrible knees. The Mavericks basically have Dirk. Kidd is just a three-point shooter, Terry is streaky, Marion is over the hill and Chandler will be neutralized by the Blazers' frontcourt. I just don't know who the Mavericks go to besides Dirk. It's going to be a tough and very close series, but I see the Blazers pulling it out in the end.
Prediction: Blazers in 7
4. Oklahoma City Thunder vs. 5. Denver Nuggets
This was perhaps the most intriguing series of the entire Playoffs on paper and after watching Game 1 last night, I still feel that way. The Nuggets are so deep and have so many good, likeable and hard working players like Raymond Felton, Ty Lawson, Aaron Afflalo, Nene, Danilo Galinari, Wilson Chandler, Kenyon Martin, Chris Anderson. They are a tough team but they have no true go-to player. Lawson and Felton can give Westbrook, Harden and Maynor problems in the backcourt with their speed, especially when they play together. The only issue is that they have no one player who can go basket for basket with either Durant or Westbrook. The Thunder have greater size, but the Nuggets can send tough defensive players at Perkins and Ibaka. The post-Carmelo Nuggets like each other and are playing much more freely now that they have the weight of Carmelo off their back, but the Thunder are the true team of the future and I can't help but see them make progress off of last year.
Prediction: Thunder in 6
1. San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder
This is a "changing of the guard series." The GM of the Thunder is Sam Presti who has ties to the San Antonio Spurs organization and the sound way they built their franchise around a low-key, super competitive and smart super-star. The Spurs are on their way out as a truly dominant franchise, despite their great record this season. The Thunder are on the rise with stars like Durant and Westbrook and now Ibaka and Perkins down low as their anchors. With Perkins being a tough defensive presence down low, Ibaka is now able to roam and make more athletic plays at his natural position of power forward rather than playing center. Parker and Ginobli don't have a true advantage over Westbrook and Durant and I think the Thunder take this series from the Spurs.
2. Los Angeles Lakers vs. 6. Portland Trailblazers
The Blazers' depth and their length can definitely bother the Lakers. You can go to war against Odom, Bynum, Gasol and Artest with Batum, Aldridge, Wallace and Camby, hell the Blazers frontline this year may even be better than that Lakers frontline now that I look at the names. Miller and Fischer are both crafty veterans at the point guard and they play to a draw with their clutch ability and playmaking. Batum is certainly capable of slowing down Kobe, but can he stop him? I'm not sure. This year he may have a chance, but with Kobe there are always those intangibles. Even when the Lakers lost to the Hornets on Sunday, Kobe just started having that look, that M.J. look where you just feel like all the tough shots are going to go in. That is something you earn over time and I don't know where that strange, spiritual element of the game appears on the Blazers. It will be a good series and the Blazers should be in almost every game, but this just seems like the Lakers will prevail.
Western Conference Finals:
2. Los Angeles Lakers vs. 4. Oklahoma City Thunder
This is Durant and company's chance to get revenge on last year; however, this still seems like one year too early. Perkins will definitely help them against Gasol, Bynum and Odom as will the newly freed and improved Ibaka. However, I still believe the Lakers are bigger and more experienced. Artest can play Durant tough and the Lakers can use Kobe at key spots to slow down Durant. The Lakers may just make Westbrook and Durant beat them, which will make the series close but won't make them lose it. I think the Thunder come to the brink, but the Lakers prevail in one those crazy endings like they did against the Suns last year.
2. Los Angeles Lakers vs. 2. Miami Heat
This is not an original prediction but it is the NBA Finals that I believe that most people want to see and it may be the NBA Finals that saves the league from a momentum-killing lockout. The NBA is riding such a high right now and will be throughout these playoffs that I have to hope that this series happens. The amount of stars will be legendary and nearly unparalleled. The Heat will need Dampier and his size to come up big and for some reason I feel like if the Heat make it this far, Haslem will come back from his injury and contribute one great, gritty intangible moment that shifts the series. In the end I believe that the Lakers will be too tired and that LeBron and Wade will carry the Heat to the title. The other key factor will be the fact that Bosh and Gasol sort of mirror each other and it seems like Bosh actually feels like he's tougher than Gasol, which helps his mentality throughout the series. The Heat can wear down and annoy Bynum with Dampier's size and Anthony's energy and they can throw Ilgauskus in there for spots to pull Bynum away. The Heat match up with the Lakers better than any team in the East and if they get to the Finals, they will prevail even though we will see some great heroics from Kobe and Odom and a few shots of LeBron and Artest going face to face and Kobe and Wade trading steals and dives along the court. Just those images are giving me goose bumps and making me feel slightly better at not picking the Celtics and Lakers rubber match as great as that would be—and it is just some level of Celtics confidence and swagger away from happening. It's all up for grabs, but this is what I'm predicting.
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We gathered together in circle sharing stories of the ancient guardians of land that we love. Of places we call home, of places our souls have a longing for that are far away which we have an affinity with. We lit candles for people that couldn't be with us and candles for the girls around the world facing abuse at such young ages.
As the great wheel cycles around to Beltane we celebrated desire – a desire for those things our heart and soul yearns for, and with ears open wide we listened to our inner girl child.
This is the first circle (of many I hope) where I told the stories of the Ancient Mothers. Our guided meditation took us to the dark peaty waters of Loch Lomond. In the east we honored the Cailleach, the great creatrix. In the South where the Loch waters flow into the river Leven and then into the Clyde we honored Brighid in her bear form and all those ancient animals that only wander the land in spirit.
To the west we experienced water and the Goddess Clutha, she who takes many forms from ice of the great ice ages to mountain streams and mist and rain.
To the north we saw the great mountain of Ben Lomond with her roots stretching deep into the earth. Of the caves and burrows and the bones of our ancestors. Here in the north is the realm of the great antlered one, the old one she who wears a skeleton head of bygone reindeer.
The sound of the drum was the horse that we traveled on as we journeyed between the worlds each woman off on her own adventure.
We wove our stories into simple dolls made from sticks tied with yarn and wrapped in fabric. The dolls becoming a reflection of self that over time deepens the stories and our connection.
And we raised over $100 for Equality Now in the fight to end FGM and forced marriages.
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Colony Woods is an older, established neighborhood of 450 homes that is in between Briarcliff and Ridgefield. This neighborhood is centrally located in Chapel Hill. It is very close to Ephesus Elementary and University Mall. The homes were built in the 1960s. There are a number of splitlevels, split foyers and traditional homes. It is a very nice wooded neighborhood with nice lots. Many houses have been updated and added onto. This is a large neighborhood that is great for walking. There is a community pool (Ridgewood) in this neighborhood.