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Fans of football and all things Christmassy turned out to see the festive lights of Boldon lit up.
Former Sunderland skipper Kevin Ball and legendary Newcastle United striker Malcolm Macdonald put their club rivalry aside to be guests of honour at the all important Christmas lights switch on.
The event organised by Boldon Community Centre, was held within the grounds of the venue in New Road and attracted hundreds of people of all ages with entertainment provided by choirs from West Boldon and Hedworth Lane Primary Schools.
It is the first time the event has taken place and was prompted by feedback from, residents who felt the area was forgotten about at this time of year.
The Christmas tree was chosen by a group of youngsters from West Boldon and Hedworth Lane Primary Schools, Boldon School and Boldon CA, who visited Woodburn Forest.
Sue Topping, who took over the running of the venue last April said: "It has been brilliant and so emotional.
"It seems like at least half of the colliery has turned out - it has just been amazing and definitely something we'll do again next year.
Former Black Cats captain Ball has also held the role of caretaker manager at the Stadium of Light and is currently a club ambassador.
During his time at Sunderland he played 389 games and scored 27 goals.
A former club captain, he won the title of Sunderland Player of the Year for the 1990–91 season, and again in 1996–97.
Ex-England international Macdonald holds the honour of being the Magpies' fifth highest goalscorer.
After retiring from the playing he went into management. He is currently the President of North Shields Football Club.
The pair were joined by Santa, who arrived on his horse and cart, and the areas three councillors Joanne Bell, Alison Strike and Sandra Duncan to turn on the lights.
The switch on was followed by a festive fayre where a number of stall holders showcased a range of items for sale, before dance, yoga and boxing displays took place.
The event was made possible with funding and support from Boldon Community Centre, Boldon School, ASDA, and £1,000 Community Area Forum grant from South Tyneside Council.


I want to invite you to a different "march" - 31 days in March of taking territory for our families and for the Kingdom of God. We are at war- a spiritual war that is invading our homes, offices, and communities. Satan is trying to hijack the uprising to which God is calling women and twisting it to try and distract us and pull us off course. And if we are not careful we will get it wrong.
So, for the month of March, I am asking women who love God to unite in focus and prayer daily. Each day I will post prompts to help us focus on what is true and of God with regards to our identity, our strength and the "other-world" battle we face and the real enemy. I've never heard so many stories of family pain, loss, grief, and chaos and so many women struggling with their role and calling. It's attack- pure and simple. But what if Satan's target isn't our marriages our health, families, or anything else.? What if he is attacking our faith because that is where the power is.
If you are not feeling the warfare and are at good place, solid and centered in Christ, your prayers are needed too. Your strength holds up the weary warriors. Your words of affirmation and encouragement are water to a thirsty soul. We need you!
It is time to focus, daughters of the King. It's time to allow God to strengthen us on our knees in our prayer closets. Marching in the streets will never accomplish what marching on our knees can. If it helps you focus, you may choose to fast during this time and I would encourage that if you feel led. It would also be great if you could share with your friends.


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The Westminster is a contemporary, geometric design with lots of uninterrupted swimming and play space thanks to unobtrusive side entry steps. The long bench seat is a great spot to chill out while keeping an eye on the kids. The Westminster is also available in five other sizes – 11m Kensington, 7.6m Cambridge, 7m Oxford, 6m Empire and 5m Sovereign.


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2-year-old seen vaping on social media, 2 teenagers have been charged
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ABC News January 13, 2020
2-year-old seen vaping on social media, 2 teenagers have been charged originally appeared on abcnews.go.com
Pennsylvania police are investigating a video that appears to show a 2-year-old boy using a vaping device while under the care of two teenagers.
Video obtained by ABC Pittsburgh affiliate WTAE appears to show the boy coughing after he inhales from the device as two females are heard laughing in the background.
MORE: 'Alarmist' vaping bans lack nuance, may do more harm than good: Report
The incident occurred on Thursday when a 17-year-old girl from Seward, Pennsylvania, was babysitting the boy at a home in St. Clair Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The boy retrieved the vaping device by a nearby nightstand before he used it, police said.
PHOTO: An electronic cigarette sits on a table in an undated stock photo. (STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images)
An 18-year-old from Armagh, Pennsylvania, was also present at the time. Both teens are students at United High School in Armagh, WTAE reported.
There is no family connection between the teens and the child, police said. Charges for endangering the welfare of a child are pending against them both.
MORE: CDC identifies Vitamin E Acetate as a 'strong culprit' in vaping related illnesses and deaths
The device is believed to have contained about 3% nicotine but no THC, police said. The child did not display any visible effects from smoking the device, other than coughing, police said.
Police became aware of the video, which was posted to Snapchat, after receiving a tip from a concerned citizen on Sunday.
MORE: 3 things you might be getting wrong about the vaping epidemic, as lung injuries top 1,000 cases
The child's parents as well as children's services were notified by police.
UK's failure to ban far-right groups undermines fight against online extremism, report finds
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REMEDI researchers have established expertise in gene therapy, stem cell biology, biomaterial science, immunology and medical devise technologies, all essential elements of minimally invasive approaches to regenerative medicine. Research programmes are in place to develop novel therapies for cardiovascular, athritis/orthopaedic and neural applications aspect of its research programmes towards the clinic.
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HomeOur ImpactMeet Our ResearchersGraham A. Colditz
Graham A. Colditz, DrPH, MD, MPH
Niess-Gain Professor of Surgery and Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery
Associate Director Prevention and Control
Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center
Deputy Director, Institute for Public Health
Washington University School of Medicine
Seeking to understand how early life behaviors influence future breast cancer risk.
Studies are ongoing to analyze components of diet in relation to markers of breast cancer risk.
These studies may lead to targeted interventions and health promotion in young adults to reduce the risk of breast cancer.
Up to 30 percent of breast cancers could be prevented by lifestyle choices, particularly those that support a healthy weight, i.e. diet and exercise. The choices we make as teenagers and young adults can also have long-term impact on breast cancer risk. Dr. Colditz studies the effects of early life exposures to diet, alcohol, exercise and sleep on future risk of breast cancer.
Dr. Colditz specializes in studies on childhood and adolescent lifestyle and growth, combining these with insights on breast development to identify potential prevention strategies to reduce breast cancer risk starting early in life.
This year, the group will focus on components of diet during adolescence and early adulthood that might counter the adverse effects of alcohol intake on breast cancer risk. They will also assess the relation between sleep during adolescence and risk of subsequent benign lesions.
Findings from this work could provide new evidence of the importance of lifestyle choices during adolescence on future breast cancer risk.
Dr. Colditz is an epidemiologist and public health expert with a longstanding interest in the causes and prevention of chronic disease, particularly among women. With a commitment to identifying strategies for prevention of breast cancer, Dr. Colditz studies benign breast disease and other markers for risk of breast cancer. Dr. Colditz described the increase in risk of breast cancer with use of combined estrogen plus progestin therapy and a significant increase in risk with increasing duration of use. Mortality from breast cancer was also elevated among current users (NEJM 1995). These data were confirmed by the WHI. He documented in prospective data the importance of proliferative benign lesions and risk of subsequent breast cancer (JAMA 1992; NEJM 1999) and the potential for childhood and adolescent diet, alcohol, and adiposity to modify risk of premalignant and invasive breast cancers. His research continues to focus on this time period in women's lives and prevention of breast cancer. He is among the most highly cited medical researchers in the world.
Dr. Colditz developed the award-winning Your Disease Risk website (www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu) which communicates tailored prevention messages to the public. He has published over 900 peer-reviewed publications, six books and contributed to reports for the Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Science.
Dr. Colditz has served in numerous leadership roles. He was the editor-in-chief of the journal Cancer Causes and Control and has contributed to reports of the Surgeon General on Tobacco and Health. In October 2006, on the basis of professional achievement and commitment to public health, Dr. Colditz was elected to membership of the Institute of Medicine, an independent body that advises the U.S. government on issues affecting public health. He received the ACS Medal of Honor in 2011, the AACR-AACS award in 2012, and the ACSO-ACS award in 2014, all recognizing his research in cancer prevention and control.
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Thankfully, I'm not in labor. But we are celebrating 32 weeks of being pregnant today. I thought this meant I was eight months along, because 32 divided by 4 is 8, but I still have 8 weeks before my due date, and so does that mean I am just 7 months along? This whole month and week thing has me so screwed up.
Regardless of how far along I am, here I am in all my baby-belly glory. That picture I posted yesterday from the fair was miraculous...you could hardly see my tummy. But believe me, it is there. And I am very aware of its presence. I am feeling most pregnant at night, aware of my large belly, aware of my achy hips and very aware of my tinsy tiny bladder.
I am very aware that I am just not super pleasant to be around sometimes. Rory and I were given an acronym when we first got married to use just as you're spouse is about to loose their cool on you. You think in your head, HALT. Is the other person Hungry, Angry, Lonesome or Tired? Honestly, for as cheesy the acronym, it is really, really helpful. Rory has been known to kindly blow off whatever accusation I was throwing at him and say, "hey, let's just get you into bed. You have been working so hard lately." (you'd think I'd blow up at this point, but it is completely effective...) At any rate, I told Rory that he is welcome to add Hormonal to go along with Hungry, and then things should make more sense for him.
My folks are coming over today to cut back every single growing thing planted in our yard. We've got a jungle to work through. Rory's folks were here on Friday and washed all of the windows and helped get boxes unpacked. We are so grateful for everyone's help! We've had visitors every day since we returned and it is the greatest.
Happy Labor Day, everyone. Enjoy your day off!
The pregnancy dating can be tricky. You are 8 months along...the confusing part is that you are pregnant for *about* 10 months, not 9. The idea of 9 months comes from the fact that the fetal age is actually about 2 weeks less than your pregnancy (so, at 32 weeks, your fetal age is 30 weeks) and you are full term at 38 weeks, which would be 36 weeks if you were counting fetal age--and that would be 9 months. Yes, it's confusing! But the good news is that you are getting there! I'm only a week and a half ahead of you and I can't wait to meet this little guy!
I gave you a little award over on my blog :) come see!


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Grant opportunity: Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program
Several changes have taken place since the last call for projects:
Additional state funding is being set-aside for the ITEP program for projects in the categories of bike and pedestrian facilities as well as the conversion of abandoned railroad corridors to trails.
Local agencies may be eligible for state funds to be used towards their match of federal funds.
An Interactive GIS map will be used to determine the My Community Map score.
Click here for more information, webinars and the application process.
Approximately $80 million in federal and state funding will be awarded in the next ITEP cycle. The call for projects will be open from August 21 to November 2, 2020, with awards expected to be announced in March 2021. The maximum per-project award is $2 million. A minimum 20% local match is required for engineering and construction phases and 50% for right-of-way and easement acquisition, unless the applicant qualifies for state matching funds based on high-need criteria. Additional information is available in the NOFO and on IDOT's ITEP web page.
The Active Transportation Alliance, in partnership with the Illinois Public Health Institute held the first of three webinars to assist communities with preparing ITEP applications.
If you missed it, you can view a recording and download the presentation slides. The remaining webinars are: Webinar 2: ITEP Application Walk-Through and Project Scoring – Wednesday, Aug 26. Register here. Webinar 3: Final Guidance/Q&A on Project Proposals – Wednesday, Oct 21. Register here.
URGENT: IDOT 2021 SRTS Applications
The Illinois Department of Transportation Announces Improvement Projects
Illinois Department of Transportation Requests Reporting of Safety Issues


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  while (false && ((void)(x), (void)(y), 0))  \
  ::xls::logging_internal::NullStream().stream()
#endif

#define XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK(failure_message) \
  ::xls::logging_internal::LogMessageFatal(__FILE__, __LINE__, failure_message)
#define XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_QCHECK(failure_message)                  \
  ::xls::logging_internal::LogMessageQuietlyFatal(__FILE__, __LINE__, \
                                                  failure_message)

#define XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP(name, op, val1, val2)                   \
  while (std::string* xls_logging_internal_check_op_result                    \
             ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED = ::xls::logging_internal::name##Impl(     \
                 ::xls::logging_internal::GetReferenceableValue(val1),        \
                 ::xls::logging_internal::GetReferenceableValue(val2),        \
                 XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_STRIP_STRING_LITERAL(#val1 " " #op      \
                                                                 " " #val2))) \
  XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK(*xls_logging_internal_check_op_result).stream()
#define XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_QCHECK_OP(name, op, val1, val2)                  \
  while (std::string* xls_logging_internal_qcheck_op_result =                 \
             ::xls::logging_internal::name##Impl(                             \
                 ::xls::logging_internal::GetReferenceableValue(val1),        \
                 ::xls::logging_internal::GetReferenceableValue(val2),        \
                 XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_STRIP_STRING_LITERAL(#val1 " " #op      \
                                                                 " " #val2))) \
  XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_QCHECK(*xls_logging_internal_qcheck_op_result).stream()

namespace xls {
namespace logging_internal {
namespace detect_specialization {

// MakeCheckOpString is being specialized for every T and U pair that is being
// passed to the CHECK_op macros. However, there is a lot of redundancy in these
// specializations that creates unnecessary library and binary bloat.
// The number of instantiations tends to be O(n^2) because we have two
// independent inputs. This technique works by reducing `n`.
//
// Most user-defined types being passed to CHECK_op end up being printed as a
// builtin type. For example, enums tend to be implicitly converted to its
// underlying type when calling operator<<, and pointers are printed with the
// `const void*` overload.
// To reduce the number of instantiations we coerce these values before calling
// MakeCheckOpString instead of inside it.
//
// To detect if this coercion is needed, we duplicate all the relevant
// operator<< overloads as specified in the standard, just in a different
// namespace. If the call to `stream << value` becomes ambiguous, it means that
// one of these overloads is the one selected by overload resolution. We then
// do overload resolution again just with our overload set to see which one gets
// selected. That tells us which type to coerce to.
// If the augmented call was not ambiguous, it means that none of these were
// selected and we can't coerce the input.
//
// As a secondary step to reduce code duplication, we promote integral types to
// their 64-bit variant. This does not change the printed value, but reduces the
// number of instantiations even further. Promoting an integer is very cheap at
// the call site.
int64_t operator<<(std::ostream&, short value);           // NOLINT
int64_t operator<<(std::ostream&, unsigned short value);  // NOLINT
int64_t operator<<(std::ostream&, int value);
int64_t operator<<(std::ostream&, unsigned int value);
int64_t operator<<(std::ostream&, long value);                 // NOLINT
uint64_t operator<<(std::ostream&, unsigned long value);       // NOLINT
int64_t operator<<(std::ostream&, long long value);            // NOLINT
uint64_t operator<<(std::ostream&, unsigned long long value);  // NOLINT
float operator<<(std::ostream&, float value);
double operator<<(std::ostream&, double value);
long double operator<<(std::ostream&, long double value);
bool operator<<(std::ostream&, bool value);
const void* operator<<(std::ostream&, const void* value);
const void* operator<<(std::ostream&, std::nullptr_t);

// These `char` overloads are specified like this in the standard, so we have to
// write them exactly the same to ensure the call is ambiguous.
// If we wrote it in a different way (eg taking std::ostream instead of the
// template) then one call might have a higher rank than the other and it would
// not be ambiguous.
template <typename Traits>
char operator<<(std::basic_ostream<char, Traits>&, char);
template <typename Traits>
signed char operator<<(std::basic_ostream<char, Traits>&, signed char);
template <typename Traits>
unsigned char operator<<(std::basic_ostream<char, Traits>&, unsigned char);
template <typename Traits>
const char* operator<<(std::basic_ostream<char, Traits>&, const char*);
template <typename Traits>
const signed char* operator<<(std::basic_ostream<char, Traits>&,
                              const signed char*);
template <typename Traits>
const unsigned char* operator<<(std::basic_ostream<char, Traits>&,
                                const unsigned char*);

// This overload triggers when the call is not ambiguous.
// It means that T is being printed with some overload not on this list.
// We keep the value as `const T&`.
template <typename T, typename = decltype(std::declval<std::ostream&>()
                                          << std::declval<const T&>())>
const T& Detect(int);

// This overload triggers when the call is ambiguous.
// It means that T is either one from this list or printed as one from this
// list. Eg an enum that decays to `int` for printing.
// We ask the overload set to give us the type we want to convert it to.
template <typename T>
decltype(detect_specialization::operator<<(std::declval<std::ostream&>(),
                                           std::declval<const T&>()))
Detect(char);

}  // namespace detect_specialization

template <typename T>
using CheckOpStreamType = decltype(detect_specialization::Detect<T>(0));

// A helper class for formatting `expr (V1 vs. V2)` in a `CHECK_XX` statement.
// See `MakeCheckOpString` for sample usage.
class CheckOpMessageBuilder {
 public:
  // Inserts `exprtext` and ` (` to the stream.
  explicit CheckOpMessageBuilder(const char* exprtext);
  // For inserting the first variable.
  std::ostream* ForVar1() { return stream_.get(); }
  // For inserting the second variable (adds an intermediate ` vs. `).
  std::ostream* ForVar2();
  // Get the result (inserts the closing `)`).
  std::string* NewString();

 private:
  std::unique_ptr<std::ostringstream> stream_;
};

// This formats a value for a failing `CHECK_XX` statement.  Ordinarily, it uses
// the definition for `operator<<`, with a few special cases below.
template <typename T>
inline void MakeCheckOpValueString(std::ostream* os, const T& v) {
  *os << NullGuard<T>::Guard(v);
}

// Build the error message string.  Specify no inlining for code size.
template <typename T1, typename T2>
std::string* MakeCheckOpString(T1 v1, T2 v2,
                               const char* exprtext) ABSL_ATTRIBUTE_NOINLINE;

template <typename T1, typename T2>
std::string* MakeCheckOpString(T1 v1, T2 v2, const char* exprtext) {
  CheckOpMessageBuilder comb(exprtext);
  MakeCheckOpValueString(comb.ForVar1(), v1);
  MakeCheckOpValueString(comb.ForVar2(), v2);
  return comb.NewString();
}

// Helper functions for `XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP` macro family.  The
// `(int, int)` override works around the issue that the compiler will not
// instantiate the template version of the function on values of unnamed enum
// type.
#define XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP_IMPL(name, op)                     \
  template <typename T1, typename T2>                                    \
  inline std::string* name##Impl(const T1& v1, const T2& v2,             \
                                 const char* exprtext) {                 \
    if (ABSL_PREDICT_TRUE(v1 op v2)) return nullptr;                     \
    using U1 = CheckOpStreamType<T1>;                                    \
    using U2 = CheckOpStreamType<T2>;                                    \
    return MakeCheckOpString<U1, U2>(v1, v2, exprtext);                  \
  }                                                                      \
  inline std::string* name##Impl(int v1, int v2, const char* exprtext) { \
    return name##Impl<int, int>(v1, v2, exprtext);                       \
  }

XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP_IMPL(Check_EQ, ==)
XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP_IMPL(Check_NE, !=)
XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP_IMPL(Check_LE, <=)
XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP_IMPL(Check_LT, <)
XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP_IMPL(Check_GE, >=)
XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP_IMPL(Check_GT, >)
#undef XLS_LOGGING_INTERNAL_CHECK_OP_IMPL

// `XLS_CHECK_EQ` and friends want to pass their arguments by reference, however
// this winds up exposing lots of cases where people have defined and
// initialized static const data members but never declared them (i.e. in a .cc
// file), meaning they are not referenceable.  This function avoids that problem
// for integers (the most common cases) by overloading for every primitive
// integer type, and returning them by value.
template <typename T>
inline const T& GetReferenceableValue(const T& t) {
  return t;
}
inline char GetReferenceableValue(char t) { return t; }
inline unsigned char GetReferenceableValue(unsigned char t) { return t; }
inline signed char GetReferenceableValue(signed char t) { return t; }
inline short GetReferenceableValue(short t) { return t; }        // NOLINT
inline unsigned short GetReferenceableValue(unsigned short t) {  // NOLINT
  return t;
}
inline int GetReferenceableValue(int t) { return t; }
inline unsigned int GetReferenceableValue(unsigned int t) { return t; }
inline long GetReferenceableValue(long t) { return t; }        // NOLINT
inline unsigned long GetReferenceableValue(unsigned long t) {  // NOLINT
  return t;
}
inline long long GetReferenceableValue(long long t) { return t; }  // NOLINT
inline unsigned long long GetReferenceableValue(                   // NOLINT
    unsigned long long t) {                                        // NOLINT
  return t;
}

}  // namespace logging_internal
}  // namespace xls

#endif  // XLS_COMMON_LOGGING_CHECK_OPS_H_

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The wedding dress gives outdoors enthusiasts the opportunity of a worry-free ceremony in remote locations.
The world's first all-weather, all-terrain designer wedding dress that packs down to a travel-size backpack has been released by leading outdoor company Kathmandu.
The Adapt Wedding Dress is the result of a collaboration between Kathmandu, New Zealand fashion designer Tanya Carlson and Gore-Tex fabric, which is used extensively in the Kathmandu clothing range.
The dress uses seven metres of Gore-Tex fabric cut and draped in a continuous line to create a classic Carlson silhouette with minimal seams. Inside, the gown is lined in fine blue merino wool.
Internal zips that transform the length of the dress, taking the bride from alter to first waltz with ease and style.
The Kathmandu Adapt dress is launched on 1 April.
I 100% want this for real.


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Genmaicha is a Japanese green tea, sencha, mixed with toasted brown rice. The rice gives the tea a unique, mellow, nutty flavour. The sencha in this tea is of much higher grade than in standard Genmaicha. The producer has won the prize for the best sencha in Japan several times in their history.
Japanese Matcha is tea leaves that have been ground to a fine powder. This ceremonial grade of Matcha is from Uji, one of the oldest tea cultivating areas of Japan. This Matcha is made using only the finest tea leaves and buds which have been shade-grown to produce an intense and sweet flavour and turn the Matcha a vibrant green colour. This Matcha has been produced without the use of artificial fertilisers or pesticides.
Japanese Matcha is tea leaves that have been ground to a fine powder. This standard grade of Matcha is from Uji, one of the oldest areas of tea cultivation in Japan, is perfect for cooking, adding to salads, soups, ice cream or making green tea lattes. Matcha is shade grown to allow the tea leaves to develop a sweet flavour. This Matcha has been produced without the use of artificial fertilisers or pesticides.


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JACOB KIMBLE was born in Wayne Co., Pa. His grandfather's family was driven away from his farm (which he had bought from the government) by the Indians, but went back to it as soon as peace was made. On this farm Benjamin, Jacob's father, lived until his death, in 1837. He cleared and improved the farm, and became a wealthy man. On the old homestead. Jacob grew to manhood, working during summers and attending the district schools in the winters. His leisure hours were passed roaming through the forests in search of game, and he became famous as a hunter and marksman; a panther being one of his trophies. He remained with his father until his marriage, in 1826, when he bthlt a house on the farm of his father, and ran a sawmill which his father had given him and his brother. In 1836, Mr. Kimble sold his interest in the mill and several hundred acres of timber, from which he realized one thousand dollars. He had become weary of rocky farms, and in June of that year, with his wife and three children, in a wagon, moved to Holmes Co., Ohio, where he had a brother. Not liking the country, he again traveled Westward, stopping in Calhoun Co., Mich., where he rented a farm. A few months later he came to the Indian reservation in St. Joseph and Kalamazoo Counties, and located a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in the town of Park, on which he built a log house and planted an orchard. The Indians were then living on the reservation, and the same party that murdered Wisner came to his residence when Mrs. Kimble was alone with her children and a neighbor's girl, and demanded admittance; but finding the door too strong, finally went away. In 1840 be bought L. C. Kimble's claim to the southwest quarter of section 31, in Brady. On this he built a house and log barn, and began to improve; but he was not to see the fruition of his hopes, and in his death the county lost one of its most useful pioneers. After his death Mrs. Kimble continued to manage the farm, and when it came into market, proved her pre-empLion and received a deed for the same, and still owns it.
Mr. Kimble married, Sept. 15, 1826, Miss Margaret Adams, who was born Feb. 8, 1809. Their union was blessed with four children, viz., Amelia, born Aug. 3, 1827; William, Oct. 17, 1829; Eunice, Oct. 27, 1831; and Elizabeth, June 29, 1837.


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Jennifer Castillo's Sunset Junction
Baby Jenny with her mom in 1980's Los Angeles
As a kid, I didn't fully understand why women went on walks. Early in the morning, to beat the summer heat, my mom would meet up with a friend or neighbor to walk around the block and surrounding cookie-cutter cul de sacs. What's the point? I used to wonder. However, as an adult, I completely understand that going for a walk with a girlfriend is a necessary pastime. It offers space to be present in motion, breathing in fresh(ish) air so you can really catch up about all of life's updates, wins, frustrations, etc. One of my favorite people to take walks with is Jennifer Castillo, a dear friend of mine who is a ride-or-die Angeleno.
Jenny's walking buddy Yoshi
Jenny and I used to see each other every single day for four years when we worked together at Paramount. She was my work wife/older sister figure, guiding me as I adjusted to being a baby adult living and working in LA – we met when I was 21, yikes! We recently caught up at our go-to walking spot, the Silver Lake Reservoir, which in Jenny's case, is more than just a trendy eastside landmark. It's basically her childhood backyard.
Jenny's maternal grandmother used to own a 3-story craftsman on Maltman Avenue, a hilly street off of the infamous Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake, arguably one of LA's hippest neighborhoods. She first arrived in the States in the 1960s, finding Filipinotown, an enclave that sits south of the 101 freeway to Beverly Blvd, a hop and a skip from downtown Los Angeles. She brought her three young children with her, one of which is Jenny's mother Caroline née Uson, leaving behind the Philippines after her husband passed away. Caroline attended Thomas Starr King Middle School and Marshall High School (where Grease was filmed) both of which I lived five minutes away from for several years. This "cool", heavily gentrified neighborhood that prides itself on being home to the artsier folk of LA was my friend's mom's old stomping grounds!
Jenny's parents. Henry and Caroline Castillo
Fast forward to Caroline meeting Jenny's father Henry Castillo, a California native of Mexican, Spanish and Native American descent. They started a family, raising Jenny and her siblings in a duplex behind Los Globos, an essential staple to the LA club scene, where she lived during early childhood. Jenny recalls what her formative Silver Lake years taught her, how she's grown to embrace being mixed and how she finds pride in the complexities she faces as a multicultural American.
Mikki: Why did your parents leave Silver Lake? It's so wild that they lived behind Los Globos.
Jenny: The reason why my parents moved was that they had three young kids under the age of twelve and the public system, LAUSD, at the time was terrible. When I was at Micheltorena [Elementary School] I was constantly getting into fights with kids because I didn't speak Tagalog and I didn't speak Spanish. I didn't fit in and at the time, there were a lot of...like, racial issues...
M: There were a lot of gangs too, right?
Summer fun with the Castillos
J: There were a lot of gangs, yes. I kept getting into fights. Kids would hit me. And then my sister would get into fights because she had the same issue. She didn't speak Tagalog. She didn't speak Spanish. So my parents were like, we can't afford to send three kids here. We moved to La Verne because my uncle lived out there. He said it was a really good community and they have really good schools.
I remember from growing up around here, my dad took us to Sunset Junction and Sunset Junction used to be for like... gay bondage.
M: I was just gonna say, super gay right? Like it's where the bears would have their festivals.
J: It was super bear heavy and I remember seeing a guy wearing a collar being walked and I said, "Dad, why are they being walked? Why are they being kissed?" And my dad would say, "They can't help it. That's who they love." So I was very much exposed to the LBGTQ community at a very young age.
M: I love it. I remember you talking about seeing Pride for the first time at Sunset Junction which is so cool.
J: Yeah, I was like a four or five-year-old kid.
M: So you would come back and spend weekends with your grandmother?
J: I would spend weekends with my grandmother either at her house on Maltman Ave or her house in Atwater. And Atwater was predominantly a Latino neighborhood. And then... it's changed.
M: Yeah! I don't want you to speak for your family, but how do they feel about what's happened?
Quick note: Both Silver Lake and Atwater Village have been highly gentrified in the last 20 years where it's "normal" for a 2-bedroom house to sell for well over 1 million dollars. And what's even more cringe, is that the current neighborhood fare goes viral when someone is seen shopping at Erewhon, a grossly overpriced market, cladding a BDSM look. Someone, please tell these people they are not as cool as the OG bears from back in the day.
J: Well, my grandmother, from my Filipino side, has nine siblings and they lived all over in Echo Park and Silver Lake. Out of all of my great aunts and uncles, two of them still have property out here and they've passed it on to their children. So they are very happy living in Silver Lake and Echo Park because it's hip.
It is good in the sense that their families can still really enjoy those properties with it now being such a nicer neighborhood with cafes and restaurants down the street. When we were down here it wasn't like that. It wasn't necessarily safe to walk after dark or to walk along Sunset Blvd. Millie's was always at the corner, and then the 99 Cent Store popped up probably in the '90s, like '93, '94. It's completely changed. I wish my grandmother still had that house on Maltman because I would be set.
M: Totally.
J: There's a Filipino bakery at the corner called United and it's one of the oldest Filipino bakeries in the neighborhood. To me, when I drive by there, that's the last surviving relic of how it used to be. When my grandmother is in town, she still wants to go and they know her there. So it is good and it is bad. Because there are a lot of cool places and it's safer. But my family today would not have been able to afford it.
Photo credit: United Bread & Pastry, Inc.
M: Yeah. Growing up, how did you feel about being both Filipino and Mexican? Did you see that mix in other people, or was it not a big deal to you because you had your family to relate to?
J: When we first moved here, I was surrounded by a lot of diversity but I always wanted to assimilate because I just felt like I stuck out so much. My grade school friends were predominantly white. When I had friends over, they didn't understand the food my mom was cooking. My mom would cook everything but we would always have some type of Filipino dish or rice at every meal. They would have hot dogs or chicken tenders.
But in junior high, I started to befriend other people who looked like me. It was nice because when they would come over to my house, they would understand the food. When I went to their house, I understood the sense of respect that you have for your elders. I'd know how to approach their mom.
M: And there was a level of etiquette, not in a stuffy way but in a respectful way.
J: Yes. I should always offer to help with the dishes afterward. I should call their parents either tiya or ate. They are your elders, they live longer. You have to respect them.
Then in high school, all of my friends were like me: mixed. But we were the ten kids in school who were not white. And it really wasn't until I came back out here, back in '99 when I started interning at Paramount that I was like, "Oh my god. I'm the only person of color again." And then even later on, I was like, "I am the only brown person in this room."
M: Did you feel those feelings again of trying to assimilate? Because even back then, diversity wasn't really embraced.
Young Jenny and her mom
J: I always talked to my mom about this. When she was younger she always tried to assimilate. Even growing up in a very diverse area, she felt like she had to assimilate to American culture. And I always felt like that. When I was interning and working, I couldn't bring my stinky food. I had to bring my sandwiches and assimilate versus saying, "No I'm gonna bring this."
It wasn't until probably my thirties when I was like, "I'm gonna embrace who I am and this is what makes me different and beautiful." I think for me, it was when I traveled down to Santiago, Chile. Someone said to me, "Are you Mexican?" And I said, "Yes, I am Mexican." And they said, "You should be proud of being Mexican because Mexico is a wonderful country." And I didn't really appreciate that until then.
M: I totally relate to that. I didn't like being Mexican growing up and I was always a little shady towards embracing it. Until I went to Mexico for leisure and not on a creepy missions trip. But when I finally went to Mexico City and Tulum and all these places, I'm like, Mexico is one of the best countries in the world and it's so sad that traditional America doesn't get it.
J: They don't appreciate Mexican culture and what they have brought to America. For my 40th birthday, I went to Mexico City and I had a moment when I got really emotional because I was just so in awe of the culture, the food, the architecture, the sophistication and I just felt this overwhelming sense of pride knowing this is where my ancestors are from. This is the culture, this is where they're from.
The reason why I have a major disconnect [to her Mexican side], is because my dad's family has been in California forever. They don't have a sense of attachment towards Mexico. All of their traditions are America-based, not Mexico-based. They don't celebrate their Mexican side. They celebrate being American. Versus growing up Filipino, I'm first-generation American. I was still so close to that culture.
M: Have you visited the Philippines?
J: I haven't been to the Philippines but I think that's an important trip I have to take. Probably next year.
M: What are our thoughts regarding strategies for people trying to learn how to be more cultural and accepting of other people?
J: Go visit a country and live with a local family. And if you can't afford to do that, I think to really teach diversity, you have to teach it at a really young age. There needs to be more classes on ethnic studies. Each class in grade school needs to be like we're learning about Filipino culture, we're learning about Mexican culture and we're learning about this and this because you really do learn it at a young age. And I think we need to re-educate adults. And we need to change our U.S. history to include all the things that America has done. We basically abolished Native Americans... I think even going to a new restaurant, trying a new restaurant. I know when I first had crickets…
M: I love crickets.
J: I was like, oh I'm scared, but I had them and I was happy I did it. And yes I did grow up eating some weird food. But that's a great way to learn about a culture.
M: What are some of your favorite Filipino dishes?
J: I love pancít, which is a noodle dish and it's made of thin glass noodles. Lumpia which is a fried egg roll type of dish and Arroz Caldo which is basically a rice dish but it's kind of like a porridge and it's made with ginger and chicken and my grandmother would make it when we were sick. So it's a comfort food.
M: What is your relationship to language now?
J: I want to learn more Spanish.
M: Same, always.
J: This was the best advice my best friend gave me. She was teaching in Santiago and she said you need to learn the basics. Learn how to ask certain questions and learn the numbers because it's not right to go to a new country and expect them to speak English. You have to respect that culture and respect their language. So I always try to learn a few things for all the countries I've gone to even though I don't necessarily know the language, but I always try. But I want to learn more Spanish. I can read it and if I'm in Mexico and they speak slowly enough to me, then I can piece it together. So my next step is to become more conversational. I don't have to master it but I need to learn more of it. And I do understand some Tagalog. Tagalog and Spanish, a lot of the words are very similar.
Jenny and her husband Josh in Prague
M: What does your friend group look like now as an adult?
J: I have a very diverse group of friends.
M: I love when people say that! Everyone needs a diverse group of friends.
J: All of my friends are pretty progressive. I would consider them like the Bernie Sanders group.
M: Hell yeah.
J: They're people of color from all different economic backgrounds. All colors, all sexual orientations, pretty diverse.
M: How do you think that has added to your life?
J: It just helps me become more empathetic and understand my life compared to theirs. It makes me more compassionate.
M: What are you passionate about?
J: One thing I think about a lot is when we worked at Paramount and how we didn't have any support. I think we really need to change Hollywood. Working from the corporate studio to production. And offering more mentorship.
And you know I love wine and I want to work in the wine industry and one thing I've been trying to do is support people of color and female-owned wineries and companies that give back to their employees, that really fight for them.
Santa Barbara summer wedding
Jennifer's Top Wineries to Support
Copia Vineyards and Winery - Paso Robles winery owned by Indian American couple Varinder and Anita Sahi
Desperada Wines - Woman-owned winemaker in Paso Robles
Stolpman Vineyards - Ballard Canyon winery that hires their farm workers full-time, year-round and provides an opportunity for them to make their own wine, La Cuadrilla, with profits going directly back to them. They also hosted vaccination clinics to get the workers of Santa Ynez vaccinated.
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OPPO is already working on 5G devices, completing successful Internet trials
The launch of 5G networks in Australia and around the world has many OEMs hopping to ensure they have devices ready for launch, and OPPO is no different, announcing today they've completed their first 5G trial.
The trial was for 5G Internet access on a mobile device involving a modified OPPO R15 platform customised with 'fully integrated 5G components, including a System board, RF, RFFE and antenna'.
Testing their 5G capabilities at this stage using standards compliant hardware lays the foundations for the commercial launch of 5G smartphones by next year says OPPO. Not only are they looking to launch a phone, OPPO are looking to be the first
Like most companies, OPPO are looking at applications for 5G technology, with Virtual and Augmented Reality key applications says Michael Tran, Managing Director at OPPO Australia
5G will be the next generation of mobile internet connectivity, it will transform the way Australians interact with their mobile devices, with faster speeds and more reliable connections. Not only will this enable a better mobile experience but it will also open up a raft of new services, particularly in regards to augmented and virtual reality, that will change the game in terms of mobile technology.
OPPO is looking to be one of the key contributors to the 5G standard, opening the OPPO Research Institute in Shenzhen, China earlier this year to support their research in this area.
There's no word on which OPPO phone will launch with 5G, or when but if they're looking to be first, there's a lot of competition in that arena with OPPO sister company OnePlus also mentioning they would be launching a 5G capable phone next year at their launch last night.
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You can construct cute casual outfits to wear to the seashore or the pool with fun swimwear and beachwear. Build the bottom of your outfit with a traditional one-piece or show some pores and skin with a sexy monokini. If you're extra snug in a two-piece, you possibly Shopping can mix and match your tops and bottoms for a really custom-made look. Choose from a halter high, a bandeau, or a push-up bikini prime after which pair it with some cheeky bottoms or a high-waisted bottom – no matter makes you are feeling most snug.
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Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. In its everyday use, the term implies a look defined by the fashion industry as that which is trending.
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So, people determine those in their social group through what merchandise folks own, how they perform gender and sophistication, and the way they differ/adhere to societal norms. The Internet has sped up the time from runway to retail but has also elevated the will by shoppers, for that timeframe to speed up much more. Consumers see what comes down the runway they usually want what they see sooner rather than ready for months.
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And since subscription packing containers reach a a lot smaller viewers than traditional department or apparel stores, they're still no substitute for giant retail chains' huge distribution power. As the retail landscape shifts, many fashion items won't land in a standard retail store in any respect. Provenance also offered its expertise to Woolmark Prize contestants in 2020. Each designer at the Woolmark occasion used Provenance to allow shoppers to examine how gadgets had been made and sourcing practices. Upon scanning a garment's label, consumers can view a map of the clothing's movement via the complete manufacturing and distribution process — every step of a garment's journey to a shopper.
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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 24: The Court of Cassation presided over by Judge Muhammad Al-Khalaf convicted the director general of a charitable organization affiliated to the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, but it refrained from issuing punishment against the defendant who was accused of attempting to lure a woman into committing immoral acts via WhatsApp.
According to the case file, the lower court had sentenced the defendant to three-month imprisonment with hard labor and imposed a fine of KD 2,000. The case was filed by the plaintiff through her counsel Lawyer Ali Haydar.
In his statement to the daily, Lawyer Haydar explained that his client visited the defendant in an attempt to secure her daily humanitarian aid. During her visit to the defendant's office, he attempted to entice her into committing immoral acts with him after he started making sexual advances towards her and later asked her to marry him – a proposal which she rejected.
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NORWALK — To win the Cancer Services of Erie County tournament at Eagle Creek on Wednesday, a team had to go low.
How about 16-under par low? That's the number the Civista Bank team of Paul Koch, Jarrett Lang, Mike Miller and Gary Schaefer arrived at to win the A flight. But that was only after winning a playoff with the Matthews Ford team of Donna Hast, Rob Matthews, Scott Stradtman and Tyler Puckrin — one that went back to the 16th hole to get a winner.
It was noticeable easier to win B Flight, as was attested by the MHD Corporation based in Sandusky. The foursome of Jeff Hoffman, Tim Beaten, Bob Schenck and Len Kuns carded a 62 to win by one stroke over Doug's Dog's and Donuts, a team made up of Doug Studer, Rick Jennings, Chuck Malone and Jeff Skaggs.
There were two skins out with the Evert team winning one for their "2" on No. 4. The split was with the Brady Sign & Lighting Team made up of Ryan Brady, Josh Mesenburg, Kyle Kelley and Mike Luce as they penciled in a "3" on No. 5. Each foursome won $240.
Hole prize winners included proximity winners Glenn Ginesi (No. 1), Dr. Robert Rice (No. 2), Tyler Puckrin (No. 7), Mike Luce (No. 8), Jeff Skaggs (No. 10), Harry Perdue (Nos. 11 and 14), Chapman (No. 16), Keith Sweigert (No. 17).
For driving prowess, prizes went to a lady-member of the Firelands Federal Credit Union team on No. 3, Rob Matthews on No. 5, and Kevin Taylor on No. 18.
For putting, prizes went to Mike Lavelle on No. 4, Bryan Gill on No. 6, Scott Stradtman on No. 9 and Tim Mayle on No. 15.
Steve Krampits won for hitting it closest to the water on No. 13.
Tournament spokesman Doug Studer, a member of the Board of Directors, did not have the exact figure as to money raised Thursday morning — but did believe the goal of $13,000 was reached.
"It is amazing how golfers and friends of the Cancer Services of Erie County step up each year," Studer said. "It is not a hard sell when people realize what kind of support we give area cancer patients. And when talking numbers, we are currently aiding some 500 patients be it a much-needed hospital bed or some other means of comfort.


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Reality is, most of you will not receive a personal letter from each parent in your group. In fact, you may never hear from some of them at all. But this is not because they don't care about the spiritual well being of their child. This is not because they don't pray, worry, and obsess over their child like any other parent. It is simply because many parents may think of you as a weekly Sunday school teacher. They just don't fully understand the potential you have in the life of their child.
There are a few things you should know before attempting to get to know her—a few things that could possibly change your course of action when mentoring this eager soul, to win her heart for Jesus and have a faith of her own.
Yes, I am biased, but so is every parent out there. Along with her being special, so are her friends, and every other child in your group. 20 out of 20 parents will agree.
I do not expect you to know it all, in fact I do not WANT you to know it all. Believe me, she will appreciate going down the journey of discovering life's most difficult questions… together.
4.) You have just been put in her "circle" of people she is allowed to text.
Yes she has a cell phone, many girls her age do. This is used to tell us when she gets home from school, or if she needs an emergency pickup from soccer practice. Should she receive or send texts from numbers outside of this "circle," her phone will explode with blue ink that will stain her face for 2 years (the remainder of middle school). I would appreciate your encouragement to not call or text outside of said numbers.
The importance of remembering #2 on this list cannot be emphasized any greater, and our little girl is still learning how to have that "faith of her own." Please do not let her book smarts fool you into thinking that she does not need to hear The Story of Scripture, as she may very well hear it differently coming from adults other than her parents. In fact, we're counting on this.
Her younger sister and baby brother are her absolute joys, which she will probably brag about every chance she gets. This is to be encouraged, as she may possibly not think of her parents as her favorite people during *ahem* the big P.
7.) She absolutely loves having an audience at her soccer games.
Her mother and I will be looking to you to speak truth into her. You are not her parent or her friend. You are her small group leader—and potentially, her hero. You are that extra voice of reason she needs when she will no longer listen to us. And thankfully, in her eyes, you are still cool enough to listen to.
…and this is the least we expect from you.
Thank you! As a parent volunteer SGL, I absolutely agree. What a great letter and reminder, but truthfully, every week I am with your girls, I learn about their rich, complex and very loved lives. They pray for their families and are fiercely protective of their siblings and want friends and want to be good friends ànd daughters. Sometimes they complain about the things that we all do, too, like too many activities, homework, chores and rules, but we always want them to know that rules keep them safe and guide them in their Christian walk. That serving at home is just as important as serving in the mission field, that Jesus cleaned the feet of his disciples and he adhered to the law and is the example of how we should live out our lives for God. Know that we always point our students to Jesus and to you, we love them and know we are not their parent, but we will protect them as we would our own. When we go on trips and camps, we keep them safe, hydrated, fed and make sure they stay clean and have sunscreen and get just enough to sleep. But it's hard to get 8 hours when their are 10 girls in a cabin and 1 bathroom and shower! We pray, worship, teach, guide, learn, love and have so much fun with your girls and it is such a privelege to be their SGL. Thank you for trusting your precious daughters to us, we know that the influence we have on them is as salt and light, God helps us choose our words when we teach a lesson and are with them. The Holy Spirit is our guide and we rely on the wisdom of God wholeheartedly. We study and learn alongside them and want to make the time we have with them count. Thank you for sharing your sweet girls with us, we love every minute of our time together.


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How Turkey's Recontact will put cinematic games on the map with London title
Dean Takahashi@deantak	 September 5, 2019 5:30 AM
Simay Dinc is producer and cofounder at Recontact, maker of the Recontact cinematic mobile games.
Image Credit: Dean Takahashi
Turkey has become a productive hub for games studios with companies like Gram Games and Peak Games. And now Instabul-based Recontact wants to put the place further on the map as the producer of cinematic mobile games — which Recontact calls its "cinematographic" style.
I sat down recently with Simay Dinc, cofounder and producer at Recontact, at the Devcom game developer event in Cologne, Germany. We talked about the growth of game companies in Turkey, the rise of female game developers there, and the success of Recontact's titular franchise.
Dinc and her brother Eray formed the company in 2015. As former filmmakers, they decided to make a video-based mystery game, Recontact: Istanbul, about a cybercriminal group's exploits. And now they are launching Recontact: London. That game will come out on mobile devices in November.
The title stars actor Ross Mullan, who was a White Walker in the world-famous Game of Thrones series, and he also played roles in Doctor Who and Clash of Titans. With Recontact: London, players will solve video puzzles and solve hidden object mysteries with CCTV cameras. It also uses augmented reality technology to bring a new perspective to investigation scenes.
Eray Dinc directed the new game, Simay Dinc is the producer, and Can Aksoy is head of the development team. Here's an edited transcript of our interview.
Simay Dinc: My first job was as an intern at Universal Studios, when I was at university. I was a tour guide and customer relations. It was my job to say, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Universal Studios." Every day, about 10 times, reading off that script. [laughs]
I was studying business administration, but I focused very much on art and technology. I had a chance to travel all around the world, to more than 30 countries. Six or seven years ago, when I was in New York, I got to visit the Museum of Modern Art, and they'd just opened up an exhibition for games, showing games as if they were art pieces. I came back to Turkey and I told my brother, "Okay, now it's official. Games are art now. We need to do this." That really affected me.
Last year, with Women in Games, we organized an exhibition at a museum at Istanbul. Women from all over Turkey brought their art pieces. I really believe in this. Games are part of the art and culture of the 21st century. They have an amazing power. We need to use that power in a good way. Turkey gives us the chance to be really effective, with 30 million gamers.
Five years ago we started in the gaming industry. We'd like to make a beautiful blend of the cinema and mobile games. My brother was a film director, and he was a crazy gamer. Our first launch was Recontact: Istanbul. Apple chose it as the best mobile game coming out of Turkey, and they launched us in 110 countries. We were featured globally. After that we decided to go bigger and produce a sequel, Eyes of Sky. It starred one of Turkey's most famous actors. We got some amazing feedback from gamers all around the world. Two years ago we won an award from the Los Angeles New Media Film Festival.
Above: Cybergirl in Recontact: London.
Image Credit: Recontact
Now we're excited to work on Recontact: London. Recontact is a cybersecurity team that can invade security cameras across the world. A couple of days ago we launched the first teaser for Recontact: London. We're working with actors from Game of Thrones, among others, and using real locations. We were able to film in places like the British Museum, and other locations all over London. It's like interactive mobile cinema, like a playable art piece.
We're going to launch the game in November in London. We're super excited about that.
GamesBeat: Is it like an augmented reality game?
Dinc: Some of our puzzles are AR games. We also have some elements that are location-based around London. It's like having multiple games inside one larger game. We have six major puzzles altogether.
GamesBeat: Are you looking around for ghosts in London, then?
Dinc: There's a section in one puzzle that's like that. The other five are different puzzles.
Above: Ross Mullan stars in Recontact: London.
GamesBeat: How popular has the series been so far?
Dinc: Our first Recontact game, Recontact: Istanbul, was chosen as Turkey's best mobile game by Apple. We had an amazing response from gamers in China and Russia. We reached a global audience and had more than one million downloads for our first two games. We started with just three people, and now we're eight. With outsourcing it comes to about 30 people. We have a film production team with about 15 outsourced people in London and a game production team with about 10 outsourced people in Turkey. It's taken one and a half years to make this one game.
GamesBeat: Is it free-to-play?
Dinc: Our first game was premium, and after that we decided to turn to freemium. We have a new style of in-app purchases. Also, because it's like the cinema, we can do product placement.
GamesBeat: Is it pretty non-linear, the way the story unfolds? Are there branches in the story?
Dinc: In our story there are many different threads, but it leads to one ending. You can reach the ending by playing the puzzles differently.
GamesBeat: I've written about a couple of other Turkish game companies. Who are the biggest companies there right now?
Dinc: PeakGames and Gram Games.
GamesBeat: Yeah, I've written about them.
Dinc: Mehmet Ecevit, the CEO of Gram Games, is a friend of mine. They sold their company to Zynga for $250 million last year. PeakGames, their CEO Sidar Sahin is another friend. They've just reached $1.4 billion in revenue. The Turkish game industry is booming. We have 30 million gamers and 14 million people spending money in games. There's a huge opportunity. People have a lot of support if they want to produce their own games.
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Since my post about Mathematics Mastery in January 2014, the UK's National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) has converted wholesale to mastery or, at least, to a variant it claims to have observed in China. This swing to Shanghai is the inevitable outcome of having a national centre funded by governments with ideologically-fuelled visions of education. Nevertheless, the NCETM's definition of mastery brings two features, which were not addressed in the original post, into sharper focus: firstly, all students move through and 'master' the curriculum content at the same time; and, secondly, mastery is achieved by 'intelligent practice'.
Charlie Stripp, the NCETM's director, feels his organisation is justified in promoting mastery because the new National Curriculum in England is "explicitly a mastery curriculum"1. However, in requiring teachers to teach "a detailed, structured curriculum" in "a precise way"2, the NCETM's mastery allows students no space to explore and inquire. Moreover, in his characterisation of the new curriculum, Stripp ignores the mention of 'enquiry' in the second of its three aims.
Ensuring students move through the curriculum at the same pace sounds like a good idea. Indeed, Stripp links the idea to the development of a growth mindset because students will no longer be labelled as 'mathematically weak'3. An individual who understands a concept ahead of her peers will spend time deepening her knowledge instead of moving on; and, just as happens in Shanghai, students who have difficulty understanding a concept will have their issues diagnosed and remedied on the same day to ensure they keep pace.
Leaving aside the obvious practical problem of UK teachers having a vastly greater teaching load than their colleagues in Shanghai (see Inquiry and Shanghai maths), there is also a theoretical problem with the NCETM's prescription. Mastery is driven by the teacher's skills to pose "precise" (that word again) questions and choose tasks that are "sequenced carefully"2. This level of 'scientific' exactitude denies students any agency. It is the teacher who defines the pace and level of challenge; there is no opportunity for students to set their own. Such passivity, in which students have no responsibility for their own learning, is the opposite of a growth mindset.
To achieve mastery, asserts the NCETM, students need to be involved in 'intelligent practice'. As if to foresee the danger in this term, the NCETM immediately warns against "repeating a mechanical activity" in favour of students being "taken down a path where the thinking process is practised with increasing creativity"4. Unfortunately, when it comes to the students, mechanical repetition is exactly their experience of mastery (see Debra Kidd's Mastery Overload).
The one example (right) that the NCETM provides of 'intelligent practice' is rather curious5. The NCETM writes: "By working though the calculations in the example, a pupil has to carry out the procedural operation of multiplication, but through connected calculations, has the opportunity to think about key concepts involving multiplication and place value"4. I gave the calculations to a year 7 (grade 6) class of mixed prior attainment. The twenty-two students all attempted to answer the calculations. In discussion, they remarked on the need for the same number of zeros in the answer as there is in the question. No doubt, my questioning was not 'precise' enough to overcome this misconception about multiplying by powers of ten, but then the exercise itself is designed to lead students towards a conceptual understanding.
I gave the same class this inquiry prompt (right). The focus is not on procedurally finding the answer, but on understanding how the two sides are equal. The quality and depth of reasoning immediately improved as students debated the meaning of multiplying by multiples of 10, 100 and 1000. Some began spontaneously to make up their own examples. No longer were students being "taken down a path"; they were beginning to create their own paths.
The aims of the new National Curriculum are balanced to incorporate different forms of mathematical thinking, which, in turn, imply different forms of teaching. Stripp can take one passage to support his mastery interpretation1, but, in so doing, he ignores others. The second aim of the three states: Ensure all pupils "reason mathematically by following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language"6. The NCETM's definition of mastery is opposed to this aim. Students are served up tightly-structured lessons characterised by teacher-led episodes and the completion of exercises. This is far from the inquiry processes envisaged by those who framed the second aim of the new curriculum.
1. Stripp, C. (April 2015) How can we meet the needs of all pupils without differentiation of lesson content? How can we record progress without levels?
4. Intelligent Practice appears on the Maths Hubs website run by the NCETM.
5. A couple more examples are available deep into this presentation.


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Eligible Candidates are requested to apply ONLINE through Bank's website www.southindianbank.com. No other means/modes of applications will be accepted. Before the registration, candidates are requested to ensure that there is a valid email id in his/her name. All future communications in this regard will be notified in our website including call letter for the Online Test, Group Discussion and Personal Interview.
X/ SSLC, XII/ HSC & Graduation with minimum 60% marks under regular course.
Less than 25 years as on 30.11.2018. Candidate should be born not earlier than 01.12.1993 and not later than 31.12.1999 (both days inclusive). Upper age limit will be relaxed by 5 years in the case of SC/ST candidates.
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In the news and around the world, ISIS continued to dominate security discussions in 2015. Thus, based on both impact to global security and international media coverage, IMG's employee travel security experts believe that ISIS news tops their list of security-related global news stories in 2015.
In a previous post, IMG employee travel security experts talked about the third choice on their list of security-related top news stories of 2015. This post will conclude the discussion with their choices for the top two stories, which both relate to ISIS news from the year.
Russia's involvement in Ukraine and Syria continue to complicate its relationship with the Western powers. Initially, some believed that as the violence in Ukraine abated, the 2015 Russian air strikes against ISIS could help mend ties between Moscow and the West. Unfortunately, this has not proven to be the case, as the two sides have very different strategic objectives in the region. Moreover, the downing of a Russian aircraft by F-16s from Turkey (a NATO member), has cast doubts as to whether Russia and the West can effectively work together to combat Islamic extremism.
The fight against ISIS in the Middle East continues to stand out as the number one worldwide security issue of the year. Although weakened, the group continues to hold power in many parts of Syria and Iraq. Furthermore, the organization made a strategic shift in 2015, choosing to inspire or coordinate actions against civilian targets in the West. The Paris attacks, the downing of a Russian Airliner, and the San Bernardino shooting are all examples of ISIS's ability to either inspire violence, or coordinate attacks directly.
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