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This Moto G6 Play Concept is Neat
By Vaibhav Jain on February 16, 2018
News Motorola
After seeing last month's Moto G6 leak that potentially revealed the design of Motorola's new Moto G lineup for 2018, the concept makers have been busy getting their takes ready. Youtuber Concept Creator has come up with an exciting new concept of the budget Moto G6 Play.
The phone's fingerprint scanner is placed on the back, just like the Moto M. It has a single camera setup at the rear. If you take a closer look at the phone's front, you'll also notice that it has tiny top and chin bezel, which makes device beautiful.
Motorola and Lenovo are expected to reveal the Moto G6 family at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.
In terms of specifications, the Moto G6 will feature a Snapdragon 450 CPU, while the Moto G6 Plus will be powered with Snapdragon 630 SoC. The G6 and G6 Plus features a 5.7" and 5.93" FHD+ Display, while the G6 Play gets a HD Display with an Unknown Screen Size. The Moto G6's battery weighs in at 3000mAh which is a bit disappointing, but you get 3200mAh with the G6 Plus, and 4000mAh with the G6 Play (Seriously?).
Moto G6 will be available in black, a silver tone, and a rose gold color options, while the Moto G6 Plus wll ship in Deep Indigo (black), Nimbus (silver), and Dark Lake (dark teal). The G6 Play will get dark charcoal, gold, and deep blue colors. The Moto G6 Plus and Moto G6 will be available in $330 and $240 later this year.
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When Vronsky returned home, Anna was not yet home. Soon after he had left, some lady, so they told him, had come to see her, and she had gone out with her. That she had gone out without leaving word where she was going, that she had not yet come back, and that all the morning she had been going about somewhere without a word to him- all this, together with the strange look of excitement in her face in the morning, and the recollection of the hostile tone with which she had before Iashvin almost snatched her son's photographs out of his hands, made him serious. He decided he absolutely must speak openly with her. And he waited for her in her drawing room. But Anna did not return alone, but brought with her her old unmarried aunt, Princess Oblonskaia. This was the lady who had come in the morning, and with whom Anna had gone out shopping. Anna appeared not to notice Vronsky's worried and inquiring expression, and began a lively account of her morning's shopping. He saw that there was something working within her; in her flashing eyes, when they rested for a moment on him, there was an intense concentration, and in her words and movements there was that nervous rapidity and grace which, during the early period of their intimacy, had so fascinated him, but which now so disturbed and alarmed him.
The dinner was laid for four. All were gathered together and about to go into the little dining room when Tushkevich made his appearance with a message from Princess Betsy. Princess Betsy begged her to excuse her not having come to say good-by; she had been indisposed, but begged Anna to come to her between half-past six and half-past eight o'clock. Vronsky glanced at Anna at the precise limit of time, so suggestive of steps having been taken that she should meet no one; but Anna appeared not to notice it.
"You're going, no doubt, to hear Patti?" said Tushkevich.
"Patti? You give me an idea. I would go if it were possible to get a box."
"I can get one," Tushkevich offered his services.
Vronsky gave a hardly perceptible shrug. He was at a complete loss to understand what Anna was about. What had she brought the old Princess Oblonskaia home for, what had she made Tushkevich stay to dinner for, and, most amazing of all, why was she sending him for a box? Could she possibly think in her position of going to Patti's benefit, where all the circle of her acquaintances would be? He looked at her with serious eyes, but she responded with that defiant, half-mirthful, half-desperate look, the meaning of which he could not comprehend. At dinner Anna was in aggressively high spirits- she almost flirted both with Tushkevich and with Iashvin. When they got up from dinner and Tushkevich had gone to get a box at the opera, Iashvin went to smoke, and Vronsky went down with him to his own rooms. After sitting there for some time he ran upstairs. Anna was already dressed in a low-necked gown of light silk and velvet that she had had made in Paris, and with costly white lace on her head, framing her face, and particularly becoming, showing up her dazzling beauty.
She appeared not to understand the meaning of his words.
"Oh, of course there's no reason whatever," he said frowning.
"Anna, for God's sake! What is the matter with you?" he said, watching her exactly as once her husband had done.
"Why so? I'm not going alone. Princess Varvara has gone to dress- she is going with me."
"But I don't care to know!" she almost shrieked. "I don't care to. Do I regret what I have done? No, no, no! If it were all to do again from the beginning, it would be the same. For us, for you and for me, there is only one thing that matters, whether we love each other. Other people we need not consider. Why are we living here apart and not seeing each other? Why can't I go? I love you, and I don't care for anything," she said in Russian, glancing at him with a peculiar, obscure for him, gleam in her eyes, "if you have not changed to me.... Why don't you look at me?"
"I don't understand. Iashvin n'est compromettant, and Princess Varvara is no worse than others. Oh, here she is!"


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The first asteroid ever discovered - Carrie Nugent
Over the course of history, we've discovered hundreds of thousands of asteroids. But how do astronomers discover these bits of rock and metal? How many have they found? And how do they tell asteroids apart? Carrie Nugent shares the story of the very first asteroid ever discovered and explains how asteroid hunters search for these celestial bodies.
Educator Carrie Nugent
Director Biljana Labovic
Animator Reza Riahi
Designer Reza Riahi
Composer Nicolas Martigne
Sound Designer Nicolas Martigne
Photographer NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Narrator Susan Zimmerman
Join Dr. Nugent on an adventure deep into asteroid country by reading Asteroid Hunters. She'll reveal what known impact asteroids have had: the extinction of the dinosaurs, the Earth-sized scar Shoemaker-Levy 9 left in Jupiter, how the surprise hit on Chelyabinsk in Russia startled the world, and how an unlucky Ms. Ann Hodges had the extraordinary experience of being struck by a small meteorite.
Through Dr. Nugent's journey, readers will meet the global community of asteroid hunters and learn their key rules for asteroid hunting. Ultimately, Dr. Nugent proves that even the most fantastic of disasters is something we can prepare for, and that the hunt for asteroids could mean nothing less than saving life on Earth.
Find all this fascinating? Looking for a glimpse into current space research? Each week on this podcast: Spacepod, Dr. Nugent shares a drink with a scientist or engineer who explores space, and she chats about their work. Episodes having to do with asteroids can be found here.
NASA's Planetary Defense Coordination Office is the NASA office concerned with potentially hazardous objects (PHOs), which are defined as the asteroids or comets whose orbits get within 0.05 AU (an astronomical unit, the average distance between the Earth and the Sun) of Earth's orbit and are above a certain size. They are responsible for the early detection of PHOs, tracking and characterizing PHOs, providing timely and accurate communications about PHOs and coordinating the US government planning for a response in the case of an actual impact threat.
At the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies learn about near-Earth asteroids and comets, and see which objects will be making close approaches to Earth.
You can also visit the Minor Planet Center, the designated archive for positional measurements of asteroids and comets. The Minor Planet Center also determines orbits and decides when a new asteroid has been discovered. The front page has latest stats on asteroid discoveries.
The International Asteroid Warning Network is a United Nations-sanctioned organization of asteroid observers, orbit computers, physical property specialists and other scientists and communications experts that study near-Earth objects.
Photography by NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
The discovery of the first asteroid has many characteristics of modern-day scientific discoveries...
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Predicting Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews Goals Total for 2020-21 [Video]
By The Old Prof December 15th, 2020
So, how many goals will the Toronto Maple Leafs score next season? Specifically, can he score 38 goals in a shortened and condensed 2020-21 regular season?
Related: Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Matthews Is Undergoing a Transformation
That's the question hockey commentators Shawn McKenzie and Chris Johnston debated during this Maple Leafs Edition of Over/Under shown on the video below. McKenzie set out the rules and gave Johnston the number of 38 goals. Johnston, who spoke first, had to state whether he believed Matthews' goal total by the end of the regular season would be over or under that number.
The NHL's Shortened and Condensed Season
As it stands currently, it seems the NHL is planning a shortened 56-game season that would also be condensed. Last season, Matthews scored 47 goals during a 70-game season (for a goal-scoring percentage of .671). Should he score 38 goals in 56 games, he'd have to improve that average slightly to .678. So, McKenzie asked Johnston, can he do it?
Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs (Jess Starr/The Hockey Writers)
Johnston first noted that no one makes money betting against Matthews. In fact, he believed Matthews would have a good season because he's such a great player. He could even lead the NHL in goal-scoring this season with 35. However, as Johnston noted, that still isn't 38 goals.
The Problem Isn't Matthews, It's the Season's Structure
The problem wasn't with Matthews, it was with the structure and the length of the season. Given the irregular nature of the season, reaching 38 goals would be a "pretty lofty standard." Matthews would not only have to keep up the scoring rate he had last season, which matched his best year in the NHL; and, he'd have to do it under difficult circumstances.
Related: Maple Leafs' Draft Picks That Got Away
Reaching that mark, Johnston believes, would be awfully tough. The schedule would be "compact" with "tons of back to backs." Johnston believed Matthews might even lead the NHL, but still be under 38 goals. His bottom line? Matthews would be under 38 goals.
All Things Said, McKenzie Disagrees with Johnston
McKenzie agreed with Johnston that smart money doesn't bet against Matthews. Therefore, he disagreed with Johnston's assessment that the Maple Leafs' sniper would score under 38 goals. In short, he believed Matthews' goal total for last season was impressive but that he could do it again.
Scoring 38 goals would be a significant number; however, based on last season's impressive scoring plus McKenzie's belief that Matthews added something new to his repertoire every single offseason, he went over 38 goals for the regular-season's total.
Related: Is Matthews the Best Maple Leafs' Center Ever?
So much is up in the air still about this season. Any NHL player who reaches the 40-goal mark would have to score at a ridiculous pace. In this video, Johnston believed Matthews would have a great season but wouldn't hit 38 goals. McKenzie believed Matthews would beat the 38-goal total during the season.
Who's right?
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module Mongoid
  module Document
    module Taggable
      def self.included(base)
        base.class_eval do |base1|
          base1.field :tags, type: Array
          base1.index(tags: 1)

          include InstanceMethods
          extend ClassMethods
        end
      end

      module InstanceMethods
        def tag_list=(tags)
          self.tags = tags.split(',').collect(&:strip).delete_if(&:blank?)
        end

        def tag_list
          tags.try(:join, ', ')
        end
      end

      module ClassMethods
        # let's return only :tags
        def tags
          all.only(:tags).collect(&:tags).flatten.uniq.compact
        end

        def tagged_like(_perm)
          _tags = tags
          _tags.delete_if { |t| !t.include?(_perm) }
        end

        def tagged_with(tags)
          tags = Array.wrap(tags)
          criteria.in(tags: tags)
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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Providing an essential service to Canberrans for over 100 years
Barr commits to a community tennis complex in Gungahlin
Tim Gavel14 September 2020
ACT Chief Minister, Andrew Barr announces the pre-election pledge to build a new tennis facility at Gungahlin. Photo: Tennis ACT.
Just weeks after the ACT Government announced a partner for an ice sports facility in Tuggeranong, Chief Minister Andrew Barr has promised $8 million to build a community tennis facility in Gungahlin.
Mr Barr said he anticipated the new tennis facility at Amaroo would be three years in the making.
It's hard to believe but there are no community tennis facilities in Gungahlin, the fastest-growing population centre in the country. It is seen as an obvious project but it's dependent on Labor being re-elected.
The proposed facility has created a certain amount of anticipation within the tennis community and justifiably so given the length of time it has taken to get to this point.
It was said at Thursday's announcement (10 September) that it has taken seven to eight years to get things going, and there has been a considerable campaign to get it over the line.
A survey conducted by Tennis ACT secured 750 responses and 98.5 per cent support for the project. It is also estimated that there are 32,000 tennis players in the ACT, in part attributable to the success of programs such as Tennis in Schools.
The proposed facility will include 10 to 12 courts and involve an 18-month construction phase from DA approval. The government funding commitment is over a three-year period. Tennis ACT will also invest in the Amaroo facility.
It's not the first time that the ACT Government and Tennis ACT have gone into partnership to build tennis facilities, with the Lyneham complex being the most recent example.
There was star power backing for the proposed facility. Canberra's world number 40 player Nick Kyrgios and his NK Foundation pledged program support.
The NK Foundation aims to help disadvantaged youth secure a better sporting chance in life.
Nick Kyrgios spoke about the benefits of growing up with tennis courts close by.
"I always had Lyneham growing up; I'm excited to see a new facility," Nick said.
Nick Kyrgios at the ACT Labor announcement of a proposed community tennis facility at Gungahlin. Photo: Tennis ACT.
The proposed development will not only lead to greater participation but also raises hopes of more major-level events coming to the ACT.
The Canberra Liberals have not indicated whether they will match the Labor announcement.
Original Article published by Tim Gavel on The RiotACT.
One Response to Barr commits to a community tennis complex in Gungahlin
Laura 8:34 pm 14 Sep 20
Please don't liberals. What a waste of funding. The Lyneham ones are never full to capacity.
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package com.davidbracewell.apollo.ml.classification.nn;

import com.davidbracewell.apollo.linear.NDArray;
import com.davidbracewell.apollo.linear.NDArrayFactory;
import com.davidbracewell.apollo.linear.NDArrayInitializer;
import com.davidbracewell.apollo.ml.optimization.WeightUpdate;
import com.davidbracewell.tuple.Tuple2;
import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.val;

import static com.davidbracewell.tuple.Tuples.$;

/**
 * @author David B. Bracewell
 */
public class Dropout extends Layer {
   double rate;

   protected Dropout(int inputSize, int outputSize, double rate) {
      super(inputSize, outputSize);
      this.rate = rate;
   }

   public static DropoutBuilder builder() {
      return new DropoutBuilder();
   }

   public static DropoutBuilder builder(double rate) {
      return new DropoutBuilder().rate(rate);
   }

   @Override
   public NDArray backward(NDArray input, NDArray output, NDArray delta, double learningRate, int layerIndex, int iteration) {
      return delta;
   }

   @Override
   public BackpropResult backward(NDArray input, NDArray output, NDArray delta, boolean calculateDelta) {
      return BackpropResult.from(delta, NDArrayFactory.DEFAULT().empty(),
                                 NDArrayFactory.DEFAULT().empty());
   }

   @Override
   public Tuple2<NDArray, Double> backward(WeightUpdate updater, NDArray input, NDArray output, NDArray delta, int iteration, boolean calcuateDelta) {
      return $(delta, 0d);
   }

   @Override
   public Layer copy() {
      return new Dropout(getInputSize(), getOutputSize(), rate);
   }

   @Override
   NDArray forward(NDArray input) {
      val mask = NDArrayFactory.DEFAULT().create(input.numRows(), input.numCols(), NDArrayInitializer.rand())
                               .test(x -> x < rate);
      return input.mul(mask).divi(rate);
   }

   @Override
   public NDArray getBias() {
      return NDArrayFactory.DEFAULT().empty();
   }

   @Override
   public NDArray getWeights() {
      return NDArrayFactory.DEFAULT().empty();
   }

   @Override
   public boolean trainOnly() {
      return true;
   }

   @Override
   public double update(WeightUpdate weightUpdate, NDArray wGrad, NDArray bBrad, int iteration) {
      return 0;
   }

   @Override
   public void update(NDArray[] weights, NDArray[] bias) {

   }

   public static class DropoutBuilder extends LayerBuilder<DropoutBuilder> {
      @Getter
      double rate = 0.5;

      @Override
      public Layer build() {
         return new Dropout(getInputSize(), getOutputSize(), getRate());
      }

      public DropoutBuilder rate(double rate) {
         this.rate = rate;
         return this;
      }
   }
}// END OF Dropout


On Friday, SBI reported a small 1.5% increase in loans outstanding at the end of June quarter.
When Gadfly suggested last year that Indian banks, hobbled by bad loans, should stop lending to preserve depleted capital, we didn't expect the country's largest lender to fall for the joke.
It has. On Friday, State Bank of India, which just became bigger after a merger with some smaller associated lenders, reported a meager 1.5 percent increase in loans outstanding at the end of the June quarter from a year earlier, practically hitting stall speed.
To the extent that credit growth at SBI is a barometer of animal spirits in the country, the message to investors is a somber one. At a price-to-equity ratio of 23, the benchmark Nifty index is expensive; and given that SBI just earned a return on assets of 0.25 percent, bank shares look particularly frothy.
If that wasn't enough, Bhattacharya was knocked off balance by the deposit tsunami unleashed by the government's move to declare 86 percent of the country's currency illegal in one fell swoop last November. A 4 percent year-on-year increase in deposit costs during the quarter, combined with an 8 percent decline in interest income on advances, shows the squeeze she's facing.
To her credit, Bhattacharya managed to boost consolidated earnings by 436 percent. But nobody is going to even look at the measly 20 billion rupee ($312 million) profit number when SBI has yet to provide for 300 billion rupees out of its 500 billion rupees exposure to 12 soured large corporate accounts.
To this, add a spike in SBI's nonperforming agricultural loans, which could get worse if more Indian state governments resort to waiving distressed farm debt. SBI shareholders, including the government, should brace themselves for a long, dark night ahead.
Retail lending is the only bright spot. Trouble is, more nimble, non-state-controlled players are thinking the same thing. With ICICI Bank Ltd. launching an instant credit card for pre-approved customers, SBI will have to focus its energy on a multi-cornered fight in home loans. The pressure on net interest margins, which have tumbled to 2.5 percent, will intensify as specialist SME lenders drive down yields further.
For a bank that gets 23 percent of India's domestic deposits without having to make much effort, not being able to lend profitably is frustrating. That's why SBI slashed rates on small savings recently without even waiting for the central bank to reduce its policy benchmark. By contrast, Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. jumped up and announced that it won't follow the SBI's lead because it values its relationship with the middle class.
Borrowers matter so do savers. Kotak Mahindra Bank holds rates for savers upto 1 crore. 6% continues for saving between 1 lakh and 1 crore.
Lending is already toast. If the formidable deposit franchise also comes under pressure, then SBI will only exist as a parking lot for its 280,000 employees -- 70,000 more than before the merger. That'll make it the Air India Ltd. of banking -- a bloated state behemoth, minus the planes.


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We Aspire to Redefine Education in Egypt.
Educate Me Foundation is a registered non-profit foundation that aspires to redefine education in Egypt through a progressive skills- based, learner-centered education model while promoting a culture of self-actualization and lifelong learning.
Educate Me operates a community school in Talbeya, Giza and runs training and development programs for both public school teachers and students across a number of governorates. Educate Me also offers education consultancy services to different organizations.
Why we are here
It's Education. It's Serious.
The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report for 2018 has ranked Egypt's quality of basic education 133rd out of the 137 countries evaluated. That's 97% behind others. And this is serious.
We believe one main reason for this is not the curriculum as much as the way the curriculum is approached. In fact, most Egyptian schools, 91% of which are public, continue to focus on teaching content rather than using it as context to enhance lifelong learning skills critical for students to keep up with an ever- changing world. This is coupled with marginalizing the role of school counselors and activity teachers ultimately exacerbating the inefficiency of the school system.
Systemic reform efforts are usually introduced through a top down approach and we believe that the only realistic model of success requires contextualized local solutions and ownership that can translate to enhanced teaching and hence, better learner outcomes.
out of 137 countries evaluated for quality of basic education.
out of 137 countries evaluated
for quality of basic education.
of Egyptian public schools continue to fully focus on content.
of Egyptian public schools
continue to fully focus on content.
"Every child has the opportunity to become a lifelong learner, live a purposeful life and prosper in their community."
"We aim to inspire a nationwide movement that promotes self-actualization through the development of innovative educational solutions for children, teachers, parents, and institutions."
The Purpose of Education
To us, self-actualization is one of education's main purposes. We believe that self-actualization is realized when individuals are:
Aware of their identities, beliefs and desires and conscious of their potentials and limitations.
Capable of making choices that are aligned with that awareness, maximizing their potential and that of others.
Able to take action to get what they want and reflect on what they have reached in their path towards fulfilling their potential and that of others.
Empowering Dreams
We inspire people to dream and mobilize themselves towards those dreams, challenging themselves and the status quo to change the world.
We believe that everybody is accountable for their own welfare and that of others, and for resources.
We believe playfulness inspires creativity, boosts productivity, generates motivation, and helps us face challenges.
We are in a constant state of learning and knowledge creation. We encourage experimentation and exploring the unknown. We accept differences and encourage critical thinking.
World Support
Ashoka Innovation Network Challenge Award
The International Child Film Festival Award
Cartoon Movie made by 10 Children
Egypt Negma's 2nd Annual Conference, MIT Cambridge
Second Place
King Abdullah II Award for Youth Achievement and Creativity
Pioneers of Egypt Award
By Synergos and VWorx
MIT's Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition
50 Most Impactful Social Innovators
Global Listing
UNESCO-Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize for Outstanding Practice and Performance in Enhancing the Effectiveness of Teachers
Pearson Assurance helps training providers to assure consistent standards across multiple programs, delivery locations, different trainers, and facilitators.
How we Evolved
Changing the World. Since 2010.
In June 2010, Yasmin Helal, executive director and founder of Educate Me Foundation, encountered a man on the streets of Cairo who had taken his 3 daughters out of school because he couldn't afford their tuition fees and school expenses. The encounter inspired Yasmin to start Educate Me as an initiative to reinstate school dropouts from the under resourced area of Talbeya, Giza. Before the end of the year, her initiative successfully reinstated 135 children.
Yasmin was later joined by 2 entrepreneurs, Mohamed El Haw and Amr El Salanekly, as well as a group of volunteers to develop a skills-based learner-centered education model and register Educate Me became as a non-profit foundation in 2012.
Educate Me Foundation officially registered as a non-profit foundation.
In 2013, Educate Me established a learning center in Talbeya and started its after school program for children of ages 9 to 14 along with a parental awareness program.
In 2015, Educate Me's learning center turned into a government certified community school for the primary stage.
Also in 2015, we launched our professional development arm to train educators in public schools through our School Transformation Journey program.
In 2016, we started offering education consultancy services to different NGOs and entities.
In September 2017, Educate Me held its first teacher-centered conference, Mo'allem, for public school teachers in partnership with AUC's Graduate School of Education. The conference helped create an open dialogue around 21st century school-based reform between public school teachers, policy makers, and main stakeholders in the field of education.
In 2018, Educate Me launched its Building Pioneers student camps to work with public school students on developing their skills and personalities and instilling values.
In 2019, Educate Me Foundation Signed an MoU with the Ministry of Education to enable the foundation to scale its programs in public schools.
We continue to run our four programs with a unified vision to help better the quality of education in Egypt and help develop a society of self-actualized individuals accountable to one another's self-actualization.
We believe that the human asset is one of the most essential building blocks.
Christine Safwat
Amira Fickry
School Principal
Ahmed Farrag
Organizational Development and Delivery Manager
Engy Fahmy
Communication and External Affairs Manager
Hanan Magdy
Research and Development Manager
Mohammed Tedawy
Senior Projects Manager
Shehab El Nawawi
Shehab El Nawawi is the Chairman and CEO of Giza Systems, the leading systems integrator (SI) in Egypt and the Middle East.
Amr El Salanekly
Amr El Salanekly is one of the co-founders of Educate Me Foundation, an entrepreneur and a private equity investor. He is currently Principal of Ezdehar Management, an emerging investment management firm.
Mohamed Abdel Gawad
Mohamed Gawad is the President of VAS Integrated Solutions.
Gawad joined Giza Systems in 2004 as an Accounting Manager.
In late 2016, promoted to hold the
position of Giza Systems Group Finance Director.
In July 2020 became VAS Integrated Solutions President.
Mohamed El Haw
Mohamed El Haw is one of the co-founders of Educate Me Foundation and the Managing Partner of Brainquil Learning and Consulting.
Yasmin Helal
Founder and Board Member
Yasmin is an athlete turned engineer turned social entrepreneur. She founded Educate Me in 2010 and was its Executive Director till 2020. Yasmin pursued her Master's degree in International Education Management at the University of Education in PH-Ludwigsburg, Germany.
Prior to that, Yasmin spent 19 years of her life as a professional basketball player in the Egyptian first division league and the national team. She also pursues her bachelor's degree in systems and biomedical engineering from Cairo University and had spent 3 years in the telecommunications industry in ALCATEL-LUCENT as a network engineer.
Dina H. Sherif
Dina H. Sherif is a co-founder at Ahead of the Curve (ATC), a social enterprise focused on creating more responsible and sustainable business models within emerging markets.
Alaa Hashim
Alaa Hashim is the Chairman of Transcendium Limited, the leading enabler of corporate transformations in the Middle East. He is also on the boards of MAC Carpet, B-Tech, and Energeya Group.
Dr. Aziza El Lozy
Dr. Aziza El Lozy is a Professor of Practice at the American University in Cairo and Associate Dean for Library and Learning Technologies. Dr. El Lozy was a tenured faculty member at Fordham University in New York.
Malak Zaalouk
Malak Zaalouk is a Professor of Practice and the director of Graduate School of Education (GSE) Middle East Institute of Higher Education. Malak has previously served as UNICEF Regional Senior Education Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). She led the founding of Egyptian community schools and has promoted girls' education and quality education reform.
Our strategic partners provide core funding to help Educate Me focus on growing its community school and developing a sustainable revenue stream in order to evolve into a regional-scale education social enterprise.
Al Fanar
SODIC
Transformation Partners
In partnership, we transform public schools through our training and development programs for both public school educators and students.
The National Bank of Egypt
ALEXBANK
Edita Foundation For Social Development
Metlife Foundation
Thales Group
Housing and Development Bank
Qalaa Holdings Scholarship Foundation
Vodafone Egypt Foundation
Sawiris Foundation for Social Development
Rise Egypt
Organizations that give us the technical support on ground to deliver our training and development programs in the most innovative approach.
Pratham
Organizations that help us further our impact.
Giza Systems


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Walpole Old Chapel
Map & Local info
Repair & Regeneration
Hire & Enquire
Walpole Chapel was created from two domestic buildings in the late 17th century. The galleried and box-pewed interior vividly conveys the setting of 17th and 18th century dissenting worship. Much of the interior is wood and there are not too many right angles in this much evolved building. The atmosphere is both peaceful and powerful.
Quiet, undemonstrative, deeply peaceful: I know of no place in Britain quite like it.
~ Walpole Chapel committee volunteer
Walpole Old Chapel website
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The Chapel is open from May to the end of September on Saturdays only between 2pm and 4.30 pm. If you would like to visit outside these hours, please contact our volunteer keyholder to arrange access for your visit.
A quick guide to Walpole Chapel can be downloaded here.
Halesworth railway station is about 5 miles away, from there a taxi is needed.
If you are travelling by car: from Halesworth follow the B1117 signs towards Stradbroke/Laxfield. As you enter the start of Walpole you will see the Chapel on the right hand side, approximately 20 yards after the red phone box.
There is limited car parking opposite, none on site. There is a detached WC.
Halesworth is 5 miles from Walpole Old Chapel, a trail guides you round this historic town. The local countryside is perfect for walkers and cyclists and the Suffolk Heritage Coast is just 10 miles from Halesworth.
East Suffolk line walks - the stations along the line provide a perfect starting point for short or long walks in the beautiful Suffolk countryside; you can download a pdf guide to the walks here
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The Chapel is open from May to the end of September on Saturdays between 2pm and 4.30 pm. For group visits at other times please contact our volunteer keyholder to arrange access
Suffolk Puritans transformed this pair of timber framed 16th century farmhouses into a simple but dramatic religious building, radically different from the established churches from which they had broken away. It is an interior designed for nonconformist worship without ceremonial. All was straightforward and simple. They took out ceilings, widened the roof span and supported it with lofty wooden columns (one of them a re-purposed ships mast). From the discarded timbers they built pews and galleries for two hundred people, the sightlines converging on the central canopied pulpit.
Outside is a grassy burial ground, now closed for burials, with many low headstones and over 40 species of wild flower. The grass is left uncut in Spring and early summer to encourage them.
Walpole chapel is testament to the vigour of Independent Nonconformity in the isolated communities of East Anglia.
~ Sir Simon Jenkins, England's Thousand Best Churches
You can download a short guide to Walpole Chapel here.
The conversion of the two 16th century buildings into one space was achieved by removing walls, creating a wonderful space, but resulting in an inherently unstable structure.
HCT has undertaken a programme of discrete structural repairs at Walpole to enable the chapel's use for concerts and other events during the year. The historic paint scheme has been restored but changes have been kept to a minimum.
Our next challenge is to research the variety of renders that have been used on the building: lime-mortar here, concrete there. As a result, it has a tendency to crack along the margins of the different mortars and any lime wash that is applied over these varying substrates quickly deteriorates.
"Good to revisit the chapel after 45 years and find the old place so well cared for and alive again."
"What a privilege to be in this beautiful place of worship"
From the Walpole Chapel Visitor's Book.
Walpole Old Chapel has seating for 200; it has toilets, including for the disabled.
The Chapel is available for baptisms, weddings, blessings. It can also be hired for events such as poetry readings, exhibitions, meetings and location filming. You can find more information on the chapel's website.
Volunteers to assist with the day to day organisation and guiding at the Chapel are always most welcome. If you would be interested in becoming a volunteer please contact the Secretary of our volunteer committee.
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Mostly forgotten ITT Corporation was recently in the news, but not for reasons that one might expect. It seems that Charlie Munger, the irascible vice chairman of the gargantuan holding company Berkshire Hathaway, was comparing the now vilified Valeant Pharmaceuticals to ITT. But which ITT? ITT 1.0, ITT 2.0, or ITT 3.0? It was probably the old ITT (1.0), the one-time darling of the 1960s conglomerate craze.
ITT, originally founded about a hundred years ago as the stodgy international competitor to telephone giant AT&T, at one point owned hotels, trade schools, and insurance companies in addition to its core industrial operations. The company eventually imploded, breaking into three separate firms in 1995. Its insurance operations became The Hartford and the hotels became Starwood, while the remaining industrial company retained the name ITT.
Not satisfied to fail at being a conglomerate just once, ITT 2.0 fell under the sway of professional executives with dreams of new glory, and the company rapidly expanded. It went on a spending spree, capping its rise with acquisitions of EDO Corporation (2007; defense), International Motion Control (2007; automation), and Laing GmbH (2009; industrial pumps). Alas, it was not to last. In 2011 the firm broke up again into three separate firms. The defense operations became Exelis (later swallowed up by Harris), and the pumps business became Xylem. ITT's industrial operations again retained the old name.
ITT 3.0 has been led since its inception by Denise Ramos, a career corporate treasurer and internal auditor from defunct gas and oil company Atlantic Richfield, with short stops in fast food and furniture before becoming CFO of ITT 2.0. With her sole accomplishment as CFO apparently spending about $50 million in an abortive, failed effort to install SAP's accounting software across the entire company, she was named CEO subsequent to the three company split. It seems the number of executives eager to helm a company that still had about $800 million in asbestos liabilities hanging over it were in short supply.
Why did Munger compare ITT to Valient? Apparently the crime is one of inorganic growth–the tactic of increasing revenue and profits by buying other companies' revenue and profits. But this is a tried and true formula on Wall Street to generate big M&A fees, and in the corner offices of CEOs worldwide seeking to pump up compensation packages. What's different at Valient? Price increases! It seems the company's twist when buying other drug companies' revenues and profits is to jack up drug prices to patients in order to create even more revenues and profits.
Ramos can't pull this price-gouging stunt with her industrial products customers, so she has had to be content with cutting costs. And the company isn't in a position to acquire more revenue and profits like times of old. But before you lament Ramos' plight, consider that a rising tide lifts all ships. ITT's stock has been carried along with the bull market. The rise has been enough to paper over corporate mediocrity, making possible some lofty tangible and intangible perks. Like an eye-watering multi-million dollar annual paycheck, a board seat on industrial gases company Praxair, inclusion on various top business leadership lists, and awards from obscure associations.
Now if she could just get Charlie Munger to stop talking about the old ITT.
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It is with deep regret that we have to inform you that Philip Adey, Emeritus Professor of Cognition, Science and Education, passed away on Thursday evening.
It is with deep regret that we have to inform you that Philip Adey, Emeritus Professor of Cognition, Science and Education, passed away on Thursday evening. Philip had been seriously ill for some time.
After leaving Bryanston School in Dorset, Philip gained a BSc in Chemistry and a PGCE (London University). He subsequently gained an Academic Diploma in Education from the London Institute of Education. He was appointed Head of Chemistry at the Lodge School in Barbados from 1963-70 and went on to become a Consultant on the Caribbean Integrated Science Project based at the University of the West Indies from 1970-73. He returned to the UK in 1974 to complete his PhD at Chelsea College. He worked for the British Council in London and Jakarta, Indonesia from 1979-84. He joined King's in 1984 as a researcher and went on to become lecturer, senior lecturer, reader and professor. He retired in 2004 although he continued working on projects in Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Hungary and Poland. At one time he was Education Commissioner for Westminster.
Throughout the period at Chelsea and King's, Philip pursued a research and development programme related to the assessment, and then the enhancement, of school students' intellectual ability, leading to a series of publications related to Cognitive Acceleration and the development of extensive professional development programmes for teachers. His work, with Michael Shayer and Carolyn Yates, was highly influential, remarkably successful and internationally renowned. Together with Michael Shayer, Philip wrote two best-selling books, 'Towards a Science of Science Teaching' and 'Really Raising Standards: cognitive intervention and educational achievement'. 'Thinking Science', the curriculum materials of the CASE (Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education) project written with Shayer and Yates, can still be found in schools throughout the UK and beyond. His later work on CASE in primary schools involved a number of colleagues in the UK, the US and Australia. Philip was elected as the first Secretary of the European Science Education Research Association (ESERA) in 1995.
Philip was an outstanding colleague – collegial, tireless and intellectually rigorous. He engaged with students, new researchers, visitors and experienced colleagues on equal terms and his warmth and wit could light up a room. He was an excellent speaker and countless thousands of teachers have been inspired during his professional development sessions. His commitment to high quality science education for all was evident throughout his career. He delighted in challenging many of the orthodoxies held dear by politicians and policy-makers and debunking myths in education generally. He was determined to attend the launch of his latest book 'Bad Education' last November despite being seriously ill and was delighted to see so many of his friends and colleagues. It was the last time that many of us saw him.
Our thoughts are with his family, especially his wife Viga, his sons Gideon and Lewis, and his grandchildren Ayesha, Kamilah, Saffron and Leo.
Details of the service will be available soon. Gideon has asked that we circulate the news of Philip's passing and that we include his contact details which are This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
On behalf of the ESERA executive,
Costas Constantinou and Manuela Welzel-Breuer


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Mayor de Blasio vows to give up car ownership for a "mellower" life after leaving office
By Erin Durkin
Mayor Bill de Blasio is seen in one of his NYPD driven SUVs on Thursday, February 4, 2016. (Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News) (Anthony DelMundo / New York Daily News)
Mayor de Blasio says he's going car free - someday.
Hizzoner, who has drawn attention and sometimes ridicule for his near-daily car trips from Gracie Mansion to his gym in Park Slope, said Thursday he plans to ditch his car when he leaves office.
"When I go back to my old block on Jan. 1, 2022, I am not buying a car. I guarantee you," de Blasio said.
De Blasio was an avid driver before he became mayor, for years shuttling his son Dante to school everyday from their home in Park Slope. Transit advocates have often griped he seems blind to the views of the majority of New Yorkers who don't drive.
But de Blasio said owning a car has become too much of a hassle — making the comments as he announced the expansion of car sharing services through ZipCar and Enterprise, a move he said would make it easier for him to go without his own wheels in his post-mayoral life.
"I spent more nights than I could possibly count circling the block looking for a parking space," de Blasio said. "In the last years before I gave up my car, I was cursing that car every single night — why I am going through this for something I only use some of the time?"
De Blasio said he'll continue to rely on his NYPD-driven SUVs during his term because he's a "prominent person" and has to deal with the "security realities" of being mayor.
"But on January 1st, at 12:01 am, on 2022, I get to do my own thing," he said. "And I'm going back to my house on 11th Street, and I'm not owning a car, guarantee it. Chirlane [McCray, his wife] and I have discussed it. It's not even close. It just doesn't cost out anymore, it doesn't make sense — unless you need car every single day, it makes no sense to own a car in New York City."
De Blasio said he would instead rely on mass transit and car sharing. "I think life is going to be a lot mellower," he said.


Growing Pains…Children's Books? Yeah, They're Tough To Format!
I thought this would be cake. Boy, was I wrong. I thought I would be slick by taking the techniques from South Park and cutting the heads off my characters, using the same backgrounds multiple times, only creating a few different body parts. Nope, that was only half the battle.
I LOVE to paint and draw, for fun. The same when it comes to writing stories. I LOVE writing, for fun. When something turns into an income, things change. When there is money to be made, expectations are on the line. Frustrations grow. It is not just my eye that will be seeing these works. It will not be my close family and friends critiquing every line and stroke of paint.
If you thought adults notice everything, walk into a first-grade classroom for one day. You will hear every single mistake you have made since you were born. They will remind you of EVERYTHING and not let it go. They will also give you some sweet dirt on their family, which is something I used to think was cute (I'm sure the family wouldn't appreciate it).
Youth is entertaining, but it also comes with a yearning for telling you everything they know. If they know something is wrong, they have no problem calling you out. It is a double-edged sword.
I was just discussing my favorite television shows with a friend today. I couldn't believe the silly sitcoms I loved as a kid (Saved by the Bell and Sabrina the Teenage Witch) and how corny they were. I was saying how I can't even get through one of the episodes now. I wouldn't miss one back when they were new.
If I am going to be successful as a children's author, I need to be corny, silly, and authentic but not get called out for mistakes that drive my audience away. That's a lot of pressure. I love the primitive style of my illustrations. Are they enough not to get criticized by my audience?
Are they 'Teenage Witch' enough? If an adult doesn't approve, it's not that big of a deal, that's not my target audience ( I hope I'm not wrong in that statement since the adults buy for the kids).
I am still excited to write and draw the books. My Kindle version is out on Amazon.
I totally know it is a cute book. I have a new website out just for the books, and I have a site for the merchandise based off of the characters.
I am learning how to market a little more. I will get an audience through children's books. I like to write my novellas too so I will continue that (when I need to relax). I think I found my niche in this genre.
As usual, I have my worries. I will always have my concerns because that is how I am wired. Just like I exaggerate 24/7, I worry 24/7.
I finally learned about embedding fonts after five days (that was NOT an exaggeration). I am hoping the pdf. is accepted for print tomorrow. I really want to sell the print version of my book soon. Silly Sally & Alex Go To the Zoo. That is the name of the book.
Just like all writers, I will improve. I will learn from this crazy experience and it will become easier. I will stop worrying about each and every child that potentially reads my story and I will enjoy the process. I will clean up the mistakes I don't see at first and by the fifth or sixth book, this writing thing will be cheese.
I'm using too many food phrases, I must be getting hungry. Thanks for reading. Good luck in your writing endeavors and I hope the next book you read is as fabulous as you!


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El municipio de Middlefield (en inglés: Middlefield Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Buchanan en el estado estadounidense de Iowa. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 264 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 2,91 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Middlefield se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 90.61 km², de la cual 90,61 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0 %) 0 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 264 personas residiendo en el municipio de Middlefield. La densidad de población era de 2,91 hab./km². De los 264 habitantes, el municipio de Middlefield estaba compuesto por el 98,11 % blancos, el 0,76 % eran amerindios y el 1,14 % eran de una mezcla de razas. Del total de la población el 0,76 % eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Municipios de Iowa
Localidades del condado de Buchanan (Iowa)

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