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The Blockchain Milestone You May Have Missed
Noelle Acheson
Dec 5, 2016 at 12:39 p.m. UTC Updated Dec 6, 2016 at 12:04 p.m. UTC
Noelle Acheson is a 10-year veteran of company analysis, corporate finance and fund management, and a member of CoinDesk's product team.
The following commentary originally appeared in CoinDesk Weekly, a custom-curated newsletter delivered every Sunday, exclusively to our subscribers.
Amidst the fanfare of the release of R3's Corda distributed ledger code, another milestone slipped by almost unnoticed – Hyperledger surpassed 100 members.
On its own, the news isn't that important – 100 is, after all, just a number. But combine the two reports, and you unearth a development that could define the future of blockchain.
Hyperledger was created a year ago as a unifying "umbrella" for enterprise blockchain open-source development. Among the participants are blockchain companies (including R3), financial institutions and tech giants.
Its approach so far has been a mix of fusion and fragmentation. The blockchain Fabric was created by blending submissions from founding members IBM and Digital Asset to create a flexible enterprise solution. Hyperledger's explorer tool is the result of combining code from DTCC, IBM and Intel projects.
At the same time as it became open-source, Corda was submitted to Hyperledger, where it will join Fabric, Intel's Sawtooth and other protocols. Each runs differently, and while all are designed to work with financial transactions, each was created with different criteria in mind.
So it's logical to wonder whether Hyperledger will apply the unification or fragmentation approach to its newest submission.
Will Corda be incorporated into Fabric or Sawtooth? Or will "components" be stripped out to interact with other solutions?
Scattered clues
To see where this could go, we need to step back and look at the open-source business model.
R3 is a for-profit consortium (currently undergoing a financing round) that has open-sourced one of its main technology assets. Why? To expand its ecosystem, and to encourage developers to improve its functionality.
R3 will no doubt charge for related services such as security layers and consulting, and may develop proprietary apps that it can sell to clients.
It therefore needs to be intimately familiar with the underlying protocol, in order to build on it and commercialize the result. R3 is unlikely to consent to the fragmentation of Corda for broader application, or to the technology being incorporated into another protocol (although it probably wouldn't object to the other way around).
Hyperledger is a not-for-profit group set up and run by the Linux foundation. Their roles are similar: to foster the development of their communities, encourage standardization and add a layer of governance. The foundation has over 200 members, and as well as shepherding Linux, it has a long list of "collaborative projects".
Hyperledger has already started down that path.
No one blockchain
But as Hyperledger continues to grow, its members' interests will spread and diverge. The idea of one blockchain for all becomes less feasible, and the necessary investment less practical.
Unlike with the Internet, we probably won't end up with one technology standard in the blockchain space, however modular. And that may not be not a bad thing.
Instead of creating a hive of ecosystems competing for talent and users, the initial chaos is more likely to encourage innovation and open up virtually unlimited flexibility.
We're already beginning to see the emergence of a sector in which different solutions are starting to think about how to interact with each other.
We are getting a glimpse what the future of blockchain will look like.
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University announces new art award
Named for late great Professor Maya Angelou, the award will honor Wake Forest's artists
Emily Toro, Staff Writer
Wake Forest will create an award recognizing the legacy of its late professor, Maya Angelou, an acclaimed American poet, storyteller, director, singer, actress and activist, among other roles.
A committee will solicit recommendations from the Wake Forest community for potential recipients of the award. To that end, students, faculty and students will be able to contribute by recommending artists. The committee will determine, based on the opportunities of the potential artists and relationships the foundation has with them if they are worthwhile recipients.
"[The recipient will be] somebody whose work is already living in the legacy of her life when she was alive," according to Associate Provost for the Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies Christina Soriano.
The committee's concept is that, once an artist is selected, they will work with faculty, staff and students in a selected visual performing arts department and will be involved in and available for the Wake Forest community.
"It's an intricate puzzle piece but it starts with our community helping make recommendations," Soriano said.
For example, Angelou pursued her stage career for a period of time in the 1950s as a member of the cast in "Porgy and Bess" and traveled to New York to continue her performance career, according to the Poetry Foundation. In following her legacy, if applicable, the selected artist could be asked to attend a particular production rehearsal in the Performing Arts Department.
The recipient would not participate in a semester-long residency, though. Rather, they will engage with the community through art and music for a short period of time.
The award plans to highlight the university's motto of Pro Humanitate, specifically by illustrating its connection to Angelou's legacy of being a warrior for humanity. Angelou embodied the principles of Pro Humanitate through her social justice work and her passion for learning, according to Soriano.
Angelou, inspired by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s message, decided to involve herself in the battle for civil rights and became the northern coordinator of King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference, according to the Poetry Foundation. She also joined the Harlem Writer's Guild and eventually wrote six autobiographies detailing difficult subjects such as race, abuse and violence.
Because she faced so much hardship and witnessed so much injustice throughout her life, it took Angelou 15 years to write the final volume of her autobiography, entitled "A Song Flung up to Heaven."
"I didn't know how to write it," Angelou told Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service interviewer Sherryl Connelly. "I didn't see how the assassination of Malcolm [X], the Watts riot, the breakup of a love affair, then [the assassination of King], how I could get all that loose with something uplifting in it."
Soriano hopes that the award will bridge the gap between Angelou's Wake Forest legacy of yesteryears and the Demon Deacons of today.
"The award will be a way for generations of students who never knew her to know how important she was as a member of the Wake Forest community through the lives of artists who embody a little bit of what her life was like," Soriano said.
Soriano added that when the call to recommend artists comes out in the fall, the committee encourages people to be a part of the process.
"There is transparency about it," she said. "And we want to help support an artist that our colleagues and students think would be transformational for their work, their growth, and their development as artists."
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An underpass connects the Danforth Campus at WashU with the South 40, the area where the residential halls are located. Students have walked under Forsyth Blvd, past walls covered with layers upon layers of painted messages, announcements, signs, etc. The bridge that carried traffic over their heads was below standards, so this summer they tore it out and are working on replacing it.This is a PhotoSynth of the construction site showing that the underpass has been filled in temporarily. I'm sure the replacement will be an improvement over the old with things like a wider sidewalk, but it just won't be the same.


Weird and whimsical, wondrous and wise. Words of all kinds are celebrated here. I invite you to dive, delve, delight and devour. Enjoy!
You know that delicious shiver which good writing can deliver? This passage from Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall does it for me. It describes the scene of the procession through London for Anne Boleyn's coronation.
The route is hung with tapestries and banners, and at his orders the ground beneath the horses' hooves is graveled to prevent slipping, and the crowds restrained behind rails in case of riots and crush; every law officer London can muster is among the crowd, because he is determined that in time to come, when this is remembered and told to those who were not here, no one is going to say, oh, Queen Anne's coronation, that was the day I got my pocket picked. Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall, Cheap, Paul's Churchyard, Fleet, Temple Bar, Westminster Hall. So many fountains flowing with wine that it's hard to find the one flowing with water. And looking down on them, the other Londoners, those monsters who live in the air, the city's uncounted population of stone men and women and beasts, fanged rabbits and flying hares, four-legged birds and pinioned snakes, imps with bulging eyes and ducks' bills, men who are wreathed in leaves or have the heads of goats or rams; creatures with knotted coils and leathery wings, with hairy ears and cloven feet, horned and roaring, feathered and scaled, some laughing, some singing, some pulling back their lips to show their teeth; lions and friars, donkeys and geese, devils with children crammed into their maws, all chewed up except for their helpless paddling feet; limestone or leaden, metalled or marbled, shrieking and sniggering above the populace, hooting and gurning and dry-heaving from buttresses, walls and roofs.
There's so much to enjoy here. Mantel piles detail upon detail, creating a cavalcade of creatures while dishing up some dextrous linguistic tricks to delight her reader. The use of assonance in this excerpt is especially pleasing. This is the rhyming of the accented vowel sound in words, as demonstrated in "horned and roaring", "lions and friars" and those disturbing "fanged rabbits".
Alliteration is at play as well, with "metalled and marbled, shrieking and sniggering", and who does not revel in the unexpected occurrence of the word "gurning"? There's not even a listing for this in my New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, nor in either edition of the Macquarie I own. Online sources assure me, however, that it refers to the pulling of grotesque faces, which is fitting for the image Mantel's language evokes.
Indeed, Wolf Hall is rich with many such magnificent images and descriptions. I love it when writing like this causes me to catch my breath, to stop and read again, slowly and appreciatively, certain sentences, scenes or phrases. It's one of the reasons my job is such fun.
There is always the chance that I'll discover something wondrous like this.
What is your impression of this description by Hilary Mantel? What do you find most striking or enticing? What other exceptional texts have you been reading lately?
While devising new words and wrangling existing definitions into curious contortions can be considered all manner of fun, it is only cautiously that such linguistic innovations make their way into official dictionaries. Yet the value of these terms lies in their ability to reflect the practices and preoccupations of the societies that generate them.
This, at least, is the claim made by the people who bring you the Macquarie Dictionary. Since 2006, they have assembled an annual panel of experts to select the one word from the dictionary's online update that most potently expresses the tone or focus of the preceding year. Past winners have included 'infovore' (2013), 'burqini' (2011), 'googleganger' (2010), 'shovel-ready' (2009) and 'muffin top' (2006). Of course.
Shortlisted words are sorted into categories including arts, communications, social interest, technology, politics, business, health and (everyone's favourite) colloquial. The word of the year is determined by an esteemed assortment of academics, librarians, editors and authors. However, we more ordinary folk can also join in the fun by nominating our selection in the People's Choice.
Voters are invited to select the word in each category that they think has made the most valuable or striking contribution to Australian English in the previous year. It's a serious business – or at least it might be.
In truth, it's hard not to just plump for the most absurd or appealing word on each list, and believe me, there are quite a few.
Words like 'wikiwash' (meaning to edit Wikipedia for the purposes of self-promotion) and 'emoji' (denoting ideographs used in electronic messages, from the Japanese e for picture and moji for character), from the communications category, indicate the direction of our online interaction. The slightly snarky 'generation XL' (referring to any generation characterised by high levels of obesity) in the social interest category also reflects a certain broadening trend.
One for writers and editors to watch out for is 'atomic typo', listed in the arts category. This is the result of those slips of fingers on keyboard that produce a real – though incorrect – word a spellchecker will blithely ignore. (Another reason why human proofreaders are so valuable.) The phrase derives from the idea that the mistake is usually very small, often with only one letter absent or transposed. Even so, I would argue that the potential impact of such errors echoes in the more sobering associations of the word 'atomic'.
Meanwhile, the practice of concocting awkward nouns from other word forms lurches ever onward, as the phrase 'to fly by the seat of one's pants' is transmogrified into the uneasy 'pantser'. This term, also located in the arts category, describes a fiction writer who improvises without a definite outline, in contrast to a 'plotter' who writes to an established structure.
And in just case you dreamed that misogyny and homophobia miraculously disappeared from our lexicon last year, you'll be discouraged to discover such terms as: 'mansplain' (colloquial), which occurs when a man delivers a patronising explanation to a woman with the assumption that she will be ignorant of the matter at hand; 'dude bro' (colloquial), referring to a man who demonstrates overt masculinity through dress, behaviour, and sexist and homophobic attitudes; and the contemptible 'girlie man' (politics) to denote an effeminate male. We can apparently thank Arnold Schwarzenegger for that one. Or not.
Although certainly diverting, filtering through these lists and picking your word of choice from each could deliver you a dose of 'decision-fatigue' (general interest). If affected, don't get all 'flappity' (colloquial). Just take yourself down to your local 'cat cafe' (general interest) and seek solace in a nibble from a 'share plate' (eating and drinking) or a bracing cup of 'cold-brewed coffee' (eating and drinking).
I'm sure you'll feel much better after that.
Voting for the Macquarie Dictionary's word of the year closes on 30 January, with the winning words announced on 4 February. To enact your dictiocratic right, head over to the Macquarie Dictionary website and let them know what you really think.
What nifty neologism, pointed phrase or twisted definition captured your attention this year? Which words from the Macquarie Dictionary's 2014 lists most tickle your linguistic fancy?
In my last post, I mentioned a collection of poems by e.e. cummings among the books I stole from my parents. In it I found this treasure which I'm happy to share with you today.
Here's to taking out our spangles and allowing them to shine! And here's to a Christmas filled with poetry and joy.
It began with ravens. A flurry of birds, persons and other wondrous beasties hurried thereafter. But it did begin with ravens. I read an interesting article about these sleek creatures and it led me to wonder. I was familiar with the expression "a murder of crows", but what was the collective noun for ravens?
Turns out, it is also a murder of ravens, as well as an "unkindness" which equally applies to crows. But it was a third collective noun for ravens that really caught my attention. This was a "storytelling". And at that point, my mind lifted its wings, flapped them a few times and went soaring off into the skies.
A storytelling of ravens. Isn't that fabulous?
It's almost a small story in itself. In just four words, a surprising world is glimpsed. You can picture the birds, gathered blackly on the grass, cawing their ravenish tales. What stories do you imagine they'd tell?
Off now on a jaunt, I started seeking out other collective nouns that offered equally intriguing impressions. And believe me, there are many!
Bears come in sleuths or sloths – perhaps depending on the season and how sleepy they're feeling. It's a passel of possums and a kettle of hawks, a pod of pelicans and a knot of frogs. An aurora of polar bears is nice, not least because it's fun to say. I quite like a charm of hummingbirds, but it worries me that it's also a "troubling" of them. Surely a "tremoring" or a "shimmering" would be more apt?
Even hermits get their own collective noun, as paradoxical as that sounds. Should you ever happen upon a gathering of them, please note that it's an observance of hermits.
Some among these nifty nouns are considered to be official, in that they were written down centuries ago. Many of them show a distinct linguistic delight in their contrivance, just as those devised today do. It really is a fascination of boars, though I'm not so sure about a platter of platypuses. As for a committee of vultures… Well, I'm sure we can all understand that one.
Entertaining as these explorations are in themselves, the realm of collective nouns in fact contains some valuable insights for aspiring writers.
First, there's the pleasure of encountering such rarely heard words as "gam" (of whales), "skirl" (of pipers) and "clew" (of worms). Sure, you may not find a use for these neglected treasures in everyday conversation, but isn't your vocabulary improved by their inclusion?
Next, there's the rhetorical contrivance of collective nouns, many of which play around with alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia. Not for nothing is it an armoury of aardvarks, a litter of kittens and a crash of rhinoceroses. The play of sounds in collective nouns is part of what makes them engaging and memorable. The same can be true of your writing too.
Then there's the condensed richness of the image. The juxtaposition of the collective noun with the object it describes can be poetic, provocative, or purely incongruous. (Why, I can't help wondering, is it a "troop" of mushrooms? And how on earth can it be a "walk" of snails?) In any case, an effective collective noun is an evocative gem.
Tighter than a haiku, it compels precision. It's an exercise in finding that one right word which most potently and appropriately expresses some essential quality of the collection in question. And isn't divining such perfectly pertinent words what the best writers successfully do?
This leads us to the greatest gift that collective nouns bestow, which is the ingenious joy in inventing your own. This particular party trick invites you to employ all your wit and skill with language to find that artfully astute term which captures an essence and conveys a whole story.
Messing around with collective nouns may seem like nothing more than an agreeable indulgence. But actually, it shows language at use in a deliberate and considered way. As such, it can be quite instructive, as well as being both amusing and diverting.
Oh, and just in case you were wondering. The collective noun for writers? That would be a "worship". Of course.
What's your favourite collective noun? It can be official, idiosyncratic or entirely imaginary. Or, what throng of things do you believe is in need of an inventive collective noun? Share your cleverness below.
Photo credit: That murderous looking raven (no doubt with a story or two to tell) was snapped by neeravbhatt and is used here via photopin under a Creative Commons licence.


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SA Election: Barossa Deutsch Lutherans To Battle It Out With The Ban Alcohol And Catholics Party
The City Of Churches is alight, as South Australia's political leaders went head-to-head for the first time this election campaign in a fiery debate at the Adelaide Hilton Hotel earlier this afternoon.
In case you missed this historic showdown that was broadcast live on ABC 24, there seems to only be two horses in this race.
The current SA Government, led by Issaac De Groot from The Ban Alcohol and Catholics Party, are once again campaigning heavily on banning Catholics and alcohol from both public and private buildings right across the state.
They are also pushing to remove any mention of Meghan Markle on South Australian TV and radio.
However, early polling suggests that the people of South Australia might be looking for a change, with the Barossa Deutsch Lutherans (BDL) expected to pick up a four more crucial seats in Adelaide's North and West outskirts.
The BDL have long since shaken off their historic ties to the global National Socialism movement, and are running a very simple 2022 election campaign – as they battle to take power of the SA lower house.
Focusing specifically on the repudiation of papal and ecclesiastical authority in favour of the sola scriptura, the rejection of five of the traditional seven sacraments affirmed by the Supreme Pontiff, and more funding for anti-serial killer programmes in South Australian public schools.
During today's debate, BDL leader Hilde Krause also vowed to change back all of the German-sounding townships that were renamed at the outbreak of World War 1 – during a lengthy sermon where she accused the De Groot of extreme hypocrisy as a teetotaller who willingly takes political donations from the Coopers Family.
However, Premier De Groot dismissed the revolutionary Krause as nothing more than an 'idealistic colonial missionary' – before challenging her to name five prominent Aboriginal families from her own electorate. It was a task that appeared too difficult for the native Deutsch speaker, who ended up listing Eddie Betts twice.
In the COVID era, many will already be heading to cast their vote at pre-polling stations, namely the immunocompromised South Australians, as well as those who subscribe to religious dominations that ban them from leaving their homes during the Sabbath.
While the election looks like it will come down to a neck and neck race between the Ban Catholics and Alcohol Party and the Barossa Deutsch Luterhans, the ABC's election analyst Antony Green has warned journalists to not write off the Quiet South Australians – many whom appear drawn to the socially conservative policies of the Moonta Street Friends Of Shanghai Party.
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Zanu-PF Masvingo Province Youth League Chairperson Norbert Ndaarombe last week told Zaka youths who gathered at Jerera Community Hall for mobilisation of the 'one million men march' that this time youths were not going to campaign for MPs and councillors but for President Mugabe only.
"This time we will campaign for the President only and the MPs will campaign for themselves. In 2008 we were used to do different things but when the youths were arrested, they just folded their arms and denied involvement so the only person watogona kusungirwa (for whom we are prepared to go to jail) is the President.
"We can't afford to be used, kupinza munhu asingadzoki kuvanhu vakamupinza and after all akapiwa zvinhu kuti azotipa oba haachasvitsi (we cannot elect somebody who does not come back after they win and even if they are given things for us, they steal) so we will campaign for the President only," said Ndaarombe.
He urged young people to avoid being used by politicians for small gifts and urged the provincial as well as district leadership to go into wards and listen to people's concerns.
"Musashandiswa nevanhu muchipiwa doro, (avoid being used for beer)," he said.
Ndaarombe said the youth had already started campaigning for President Mugabe for the 2018 elections saying the President was the only centre of power that must be supported.


Tоdау, families аrе buѕіеr than еvеr. Wе rush frоm оnе thing to the nеxt, juggling it all, wоrk, kids, and maybe even a ѕосіаl lіfе (іf wе'rе lucky). Unfortunately, runnіng аt thіѕ расе саn bе hесtіс аnd ѕtrеѕѕful fоr аll thоѕе іnvоlvеd. Pаrеntѕ, in раrtісulаr, mау hаvе trоublе сооrdіnаtіng thеіr kіdѕ' ѕроrtѕ рrасtісеѕ, dance lеѕѕоnѕ, and ѕсhооl асtіvіtіеѕ. I wоn't еvеn mеntіоn all thе extra tіmе required for other activities nоt related tо kids.
Sо hоw can уоu organize уоur lіfе ѕо уоu саn gеt everything dоnе without rірріng уоur hair out? One solution is a Family Command Center bіndеr – your command central that is portable!
Thе Fаmіlу Cоmmаnd Cеntеr іѕ еѕѕеntіаllу a notebook thаt соntаіnѕ everything уоu nееd to know about your fаmіlу, іnсludіng uрсоmіng асtіvіtіеѕ, emergency phone numbеrѕ, etc. It соntаіnѕ еvеrуthіng your family needs tо knоw іn a сеntrаl lосаtіоn ѕо еvеrуbоdу саn ѕее exactly what's gоіng оn аt аnу gіvеn tіmе. Taking thе tіmе tо сrеаtе this ѕіmрlе ѕоlutіоn WILL hеlр rеduсе уоur ѕtrеѕѕ and avoid unnecessary hаѕѕlеѕ аnd confusion.
Fоr about $10, уоu can сrеаtе a Fаmіlу Command Cеntеr bіndеr uѕіng bаѕіс items found аt уоur local оffісе ѕuррlу ѕtоrе. If you rесусlе ѕuррlіеѕ уоu аlrеаdу hаvе at hоmе, уоu mау bе аblе to сrеаtе your bіndеr fоr frее!
Plаnnеr оr a ѕіmрlе 3-rіng bіndеr. You can uѕе a рrоfеѕѕіоnаllу dеѕіgnеd ѕуѕtеm, such аѕ those you mіght find іn office ѕuррlу ѕtоrеѕ, оr use a рlаіn 3- rіng bіndеr nоtеbооk.
Master Cаlеndаr. Fоr еасh family mеmbеr, rесоrd аll арроіntmеntѕ fоr the month or wееk.
Mоm'ѕ Name. Uѕе thіѕ ѕесtіоn tо kеер trасk оf nоtеѕ, appointments, dаtеѕ, and оthеr nееd-tо-knоw іnfоrmаtіоn аbоut mоm.
Dаd'ѕ Nаmе. Same thing hеrе, uѕе this ѕесtіоn tо rесоrd important іnfоrmаtіоn аbоut dad.
Chіld'ѕ Nаmе. For each сhіld, сrеаtе a ѕераrаtе tаb and rесоrd information ѕіmіlаr tо mom and dad.
Master To Do List. I think it is important to record all the many things, big and small that need to be done. But simply writing them in a list is not sufficient. For them to go from "To Do" to "To Done" you will need to schedule time in the Master Calendar to address each item.
Special Projects. This section is for big things that require their own "To Do" list, such as a renovation or a volunterr postion. Again, don't forget to schedule time on your calendar to get these tasks done as well.
That's it! Yоur Family Command Center Binder іѕ complete. Yоu can lеаvе thе bіndеr as-is or get сrеаtіvе аnd decorate іt anyway уоu ѕее fіt. I always find that if you like the way something looks you are more likely to use it, so show your personality and make it your own!
Once a week, brіng your fаmіlу tоgеthеr and rесоrd all the upcoming activities fоr thе wееk (or month) on thе mаѕtеr calendar and рlасе it іn thе frоnt оf the binder. Thе calendar ѕhоuld include аll fаmіlу member activities аnd аnу conflicts that may occur.
Thіѕ іѕ your орроrtunіtу to rеѕоlvе іѕѕuеѕ before thеу hарреn. It also gives you a gооd idea оf juѕt hоw full уоur ѕсhеdulе іѕ ѕо you саn dеtеrmіnе if уоu nееd to cut back.
Keep your binder in an area where the calendar is assessable to all. I kеер mine іn thе kitchen. And encourage the family to record new events in the calendar as they come up. I used to say "If it isn't on the calendar, it isn't happening".
Maintaining уоur bіndеr оn a weekly bаѕіѕ, will give you the confidence to know that you are on top of what is going on with the family.
Great post. Since school started, I've been saying that I'm going to create a binder. This is perfect motivation for me to actually do it!
That's wonderful! Please send us an update and some photos of your binder once you begin!


It has been created by the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Home Run Pictures, and Tietronix with scientific oversight by Rice University. Astronauts Scott Parazinsky, Tom Jones and Gene Cernan, and veteran space reporter Walter Cronkite are your tour guides on this adventure to the completed International Space Station and to the past and future moon. Include fulldome imagery using OUR fisheye lens on the ISS!
WE CHOOSE SPACE! was funded by NASA under grant NNX10AK12G to the Louisiana Art and Science Museum and was reviewed by NASA scientists and engineers.
A complete education guide document containing all the components listed here that accompany this show including the script, questionnaires, activities, resources, and alignment to standards.
The pre- and post- show questionnaires are intended to serve as a measure of effectiveness of both the show itself and the supplemental material. Prior to any information about the show being provided to students they should take the pre-show questionnaire. This should serve as an accurate gauge of their prior knowledge.
Upon completion of viewing the show and the activities on the following pages, students should be given the same questionnaire. By comparing the pre-show and post-show scores, the overall effectiveness of the program can be determined.
The show may be stopped at break points for group discussion using the following questions, or you can discuss these after the show.
Lesson 3: What's happening in the sky?
Investigate how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic and abiotic factors such as quantity of light, water, range of temperatures, or soil composition.
The following resources can be used to find more information about topics covered in the show.
The Space Place: A NASA website with spaced based games and activities.
Rice Space Institute: The Rice Space Institute provides a unique collaborative environment in which to meet the educational, research and technological challenges faced by the human and robotic exploration of space.
The George Observatory: The George Observatory, located about one hours drive south of Houston within scenic Brazos Bend State Park, is a satellite facility of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.


It's bad enough to feel anxious or depressed. But what makes the pain so much worse is this nagging inner voice that keeps criticizing us for being afraid or jealous or angry. That is what really brings us down: the many ways in which we can be judgmental and too hard on ourselves.
Let's say something went wrong at work. One of your clients decided to go with another firm and you feel directly affected. It's one thing to get over the loss of business. It means loss of income, loss of contacts, loss of reputation.
It wouldn't be so bad to just let it go and be done with it. But that's usually not the end of the story. We start to feel that we should've known they weren't happy; that it's something we did wrong, and it's solely our responsibility. We should've done this to prevent their leaving, and that to find a quick replacement.
We come down hard on ourselves and it's hard to forgive that we can't read other people's minds, or potentially made a mistake. It's unacceptable that we're human, and humans can't always know.
What's needed in order to silence the self-critical voices in out head is self-compassion.
It's important to put yourself in the shoes of someone who will talk you down from your self-blame and relentless criticism.
And it's not just a psychological strategy to get familiar with self-compassion; there are actual studies that have shown it's positive affects.
If we can leave ourselves alone, our whole self-image improves. We cut out stress and fear, we sleep better and have better relationships.
If you are a forgiving person, start with yourself. Give yourself a break. You'll feel better in no time.


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Bharat Nirman Mahotsav - A Celebration on Wheels
New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): This is a road journey across leading construction hotspots in North India, culminating at bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2023 on 31 January 2023 at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida. This journey will bring together the entire construction industry which is contributing towards the Future of Nation Building.
The Bharat Nirman Mahotsav vehicle will start from the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on 9th January, and will cover a total of 17 cities across the six states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Haryana. This historic journey will be flagged off by military construction veteran Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chaudhry VSM, Director General, Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
Against the backdrop of increased infra development and construction activity in the country today, the purpose of the Bharat Nirman Mahotsav is to identify the industry's heroic individuals and teams who are driving nation building across the various construction sites in North India. The Bharat Nirman Mahotsav team will recognise theefforts of people involved in the construction business such as builders, contractors, sub-contractors, equipment rental companies, etc. The team will also extend a personal invitation to bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2023.
The presence of Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chaudhry VSM, DG BRO during the flagging off ceremony is of great importance to bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2023 and the Bharat Nirman Mahotsav. Over the years, the Border Roads Organisation has successfully completed several critical infra projects of strategic national importance, and it is now engaged in improving the quality of life of people in distant frontier regions through improved road connectivity. By elaborating on the need for improved mechanization in construction technology, Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chaudhry VSM, DG BRO also recognized the efforts of bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2023 and the Bharat Nirman Mahotsav.
Speaking at the flagging off ceremony, Lt. Gen. Rajeev Chaudhry VSM, DG BRO, said, "The heavy machinery and vehicles industry is constantly innovating to improve construction outcomes like higher productivity and resource efficiency. With the vast scale of infra development in various parts of the country today, the construction industry needs to adopt latest technology solutions for timely delivery of good quality infrastructure within budgets. Hence, I am delighted to flag off the Bharat Nirman Mahotsav that will recognise the people on the ground who are contributing towards nation building through infrastructure. I extend best wishes to the organisers of the Mahotsav and invite participation in large numbers from the respective cities and states to bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2023."
Extending gratitude towards the BRO and all other nation builders, Bhupinder Singh, CEO, bauma CONEXPO INDIA, said, "Bharat Nirman Mahotsav is a celebration of all the efforts of India's infra development and building construction industry. Our trade fair bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2023 is a gathering of technology suppliers, and we want to begin with recognising the hardworking and ingenious people working in distant and challenging project sites. Hence, our vehicle will reach these people and projects, and extend a personal invitation to them to our exhibition and conference. I want to thank the BRO for providing a shining example of nation building through innovation in construction project management. We hope to start this conversation through Bharat Nirman Mahotsav and culminate the journey at the fairgrounds in Greater Noida."
What is bauma CONEXPO INDIA?
bauma CONEXPO INDIA is presented by two of the most successful international trade-fair organizers: Messe Munchen, organizer of bauma, and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, organizer of CONEXPO-CON/AGG. This sixth edition of bauma CONEXPO INDIA is a must-attend event for the Indian and international construction machinery industry. This trade show will witness participation from more than 600 technology suppliers from 20+ countries, showcasing 10,000+ products and solutions, and drawing more than 50,000 visitors during the four-day event. It will also host 5000+ buyer-seller meetings and 20+ knowledge-rich conferences focus on evolving technologies in India and best global practices. bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2023 will be held from 31 January to 3 February 2023 at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida.
This story has been provided by NewsVoir. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of this article. (ANI/NewsVoir)


HOPEWELLL - In efforts to promote the core values and principles of the social work profession, on Dec. 7, 2013, BSW Social Work Club students from Virginia State University organized a community service event for Hopewell Redevelopment & Housing Authority's public housing residents residing in Langston Park.
As a way to encourage community involvement, students invited members of a local law enforcement youth program known as "The Hopewell Explorers" to assist in distributing gently used and new clothing, toiletries, and toys, as well as refreshments, free of charge to recipients.
Student Jennifer Campbell said several smiling children received warm winter coats they had chosen as their mothers shopped for basic necessities such as shampoo or toothpaste.
Campbell, a VSU social work student, as well as the Family Self Sufficiency Program intern for Hopewell Redevelopment & Housing Authority, explained that far too often we fail to realize many must choose between purchasing clothing, food, or shampoo, necessities others simply take for granted.


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With new Claritin effort, Bayer taps Josh Duhamel to encourage consumers to get outside
by Beth Snyder Bulik |
Bayer's new effort for Claritin, with spokesman Josh Duhamel and Boys & Girls Clubs, encourages people to spend more time outside. (Claritin)(Source: Bayer)
Americans spend 95% of their time indoors, according to Bayer-commissioned Columbia University research. And that was the inspiration behind the new Claritin "Be An Outsider" campaign, which urges people not to spend too much time indoors—just in time for allergy season.
Further evidence of America's "indoor epidemic" is featured on the campaign landing page in a video asking several parents and kids to look up words like dandelion, fern, and pasture in the Oxford Junior Dictionary. But they can't find them. That's because the words aren't there—some 50 nature-related words including others like otter, acorn and ivy were replaced several years ago in the print book by other words, such as broadband, chat room, analog, and celebrity.
While it's not the fault of a dictionary with a 10,000-word limit and a duty to relay current culture to 7-year-olds, Bayer sees it as another sign of the problem.
"We are in the midst of an indoor epidemic due to our sedentary lifestyle. As Claritin and being an outdoor brand, this is something we couldn't ignore and decided we should try to be part of the solution," Mike DeBiasi, VP of marketing for U.S Allergy at Bayer, said in an interview. "Studies suggest people will start to feel reduced stress, improved mood, and increased energy the more time they spend outside."
So Bayer hired actor, outdoor-loving and allergy-suffering Josh Duhamel as spokesman for the campaign, and tapped Boys & Girls Clubs of America to work together to create an outdoor activity guide for staff to use at the 4,300 local clubs in the country. Bayer will also donate $5 for every Facebook or Instagram post of fun outdoor moments that include the hashtags #BeAnOutsider and #Claritin, and over the next several years, will refurbish some Boys & Girls Clubs' outdoor play areas.
Education about the problem was important, DeBiasi said, because before the results were in, even he had guessed that Americans' time indoors would be around 50%. He was shocked with results that equated time spent outdoors with time people spend on personal grooming.
Matthew Neidell, associate professor at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health, said the project began with the curiosity to quantify just how much time Americans spend indoors and how that might vary by region, gender, age and other demographics.
"What we found is the effect is quite ubiquitous. Whether you're old or young, married or single, rich or poor, whether you live on the East Coast or the West Coast, Americans spend the vast majority of their time inside," he said.
The campaign comes as allergy season—and allergy advertising—ramps up for spring. The allergy space has become increasingly competitive over the past several years as more prescription allergy medicines have switched to OTC. According to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, the number of allergy sufferers who use OTC meds went from 66% in 2009 to 75% in 2015.
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Beth Snyder Bulik


This week's PHOTO OF THE WEEK features the U10's, Bos Lisy, who is new to the program this fall and is making great strides in skill and game play. Although we teach our players to try to stay on their feet, Bos plays with a fearless heart and intensity that is easy to spot on the field. He is quickly figuring out how to put the ball in the net, harnessing his energy towards his own success and the success of the team. Way to go Bos! Ethan Colson is also in the photo.
Thanks to Josh O'Donnell of Coldbrook soccer club for the photo!


This past Saturday the Toronto Clothing Repairathon made its debut appearance at the Evergreen Brickworks Farmer's Market, as part of the 100 in a Day event that took place across the city. Our enthusiastic volunteers spent the afternoon stitching tears, mending seams, and breathing new life into people's ripped and tattered clothing.
This Repairathon wasn't as busy as some past events, but this gave us an opportunity to interact with our lovely customers, take on a few more time-consuming repairs, and explore the farmer's market, which boats a huge array of vendors, produce, fresh meat, and just about everything else you can think of. Overall, it was a really fun day and we helped lots of people see their old clothing in a new light.
We may have several Repairathons in July, which we'll announce as soon as we finalize the details.
This entry was posted in recap on June 13, 2014 by Barbara Taylor.


Later this week, the West Hollywood Planning Commission is scheduled to take up the proposed conversion of the Sunset Strip's historic Piazza del Sol from offices to a 34-room hotel.
Built in 1927 at 8439 Sunset Boulevard, the five-story Italian Renaissance Revival structure began its life as a luxury apartment house known as Hacienda Arms. After falling into disrepair, the building was gutted by a fire in 1983 and was later transformed into office space.
Mani Brothers Real Estate Group, the owner of the 91-year-old landmark, proposes to transform the structure's upper levels into 34 guest rooms while retaining an existing ground-floor restaurant. The proposed improvements would include a rehabilitation of Piazza del Sol's facade, as well as the activation of its rooftop with a new lounge and pool deck.
Ralph Gentile Architects is designing the proposed reuse of the building, which would involve the restoration of the building's south-, east-, and west-facing facades, including reconstruction of the windows and doors removed in the 1983 alteration.
The project has received the support of the West Hollywood Historic Preservation Commission, and a staff report recommends that the Planning Commission vote to approve the proposed conversion.
Directly across the street from Piazza del Sol, construction is now underway for the $240-million Pendry Hotel & Residences, which is bringing a hotel and branded condominiums to a site which formerly housed a House of Blues nightclub.


A big thank you to all who spoke out and generously supported Hobson's Pledge spokesman Don Brash after vice chancellor Jan Thomas declared he could not address students at Massey University.
On Tuesday, Thomas stopped an event in which Don was to speak on his time in Parliament.
Thomas cited security concerns as a reason to ban Don. But she also cited Don's leadership of Hobson's Pledge "and views he and its supporters espoused in relation to Maori wards on councils was clearly of concern to many staff, particularly Maori staff".
Earlier, Thomas asserted that debate on Maori wards "came dangerously close to hate speech, mobilised in large part by the Hobson's Pledge network".
A free-speech debate that Don appeared in at Auckland University on Thursday showed the extent of security concerns that were likely – a small gaggle of noisy hecklers who proved Don's point, which was that his opponents preferred to shut down debate instead of engaging with the issues.
Columnist Karl du Fresne wrote that he believes the Left targets Don "not because he holds extreme views, but for precisely the opposite reason: a large number of New Zealanders agree with him. That makes him a potent threat".
Hobson's Pledge applauds ACT leader David Seymour's proposed private member's bill that would see 20 MPs slashed from Parliament, including the Maori seats, and the number of electorates reduced to 54.
The bill would reduce the size of Parliament to 100 (from 120), reduce the size of the executive to 20 (from 31, including ministers outside Cabinet and parliamentary under-secretaries), and reduce the number of electorates to 54 (from 71).
Such a revamp would disestablish the Maori seats.
Each prospective MP would also have to stand in an electorate - whether they were list or electorate MPs.
If they lost in the electorate, they could still get into Parliament on the list, but they would have an established electorate office, and would be expected to actively help people within their electorate.
It's refreshing to see an MP appear to walk the talk on the Maori seats and Parliament size.
A group that used to be known as the Royal Society of New Zealand is setting up a Treaty-based charter in a bid to control research in New Zealand.
Research is understood to mean the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
Treatyism has become a quasi-religious dogma that has been carefully separated from scientific inquiry.
The group of academic virtue signallers, known as Royal Society Te Aparangi, believes that it is "important that New Zealand develops its own charter to include elements specific to the context of Aotearoa, such as setting out how researchers should meet their responsibilities under the Treaty of Waitangi".
This group has roped in Universities New Zealand, Science New Zealand, Independent Research Association New Zealand, the Health Research Council of New Zealand, and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
The taniwha has surfaced in the Christchurch district, this time seeking a share of whopping consenting costs for a nine-metre long two-metre high retaining wall.
A Banks Peninsula couple wants to build a concrete block wall along a bare earth bank which was dug out during earthquake rebuild work.
The couple, who live on Governors Bay Rd, say they are "sickened" by consenting costs of about $20,000 – the same amount as budgeted for the wall's construction.
Their project will also need iwi approval, including a processing cost of $800, because their property is within the area of the Mahaanui Iwi Management Plan Silent Files and Kaitorete Spit cultural zone in the Christchurch District Plan.
A silent file area is an area given protection because it contains significant wahi tapu (sacred places) or wahi taonga (treasured possessions). The area is larger than the wahi tapu to ensure the exact location of the sacred place remains secret or "silent".


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Special Report Gas Prices
Oil prices fall despite Gustav threat
Crude settles lower as market watches a storm that could threaten critical oil production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. Fall in natural gas prices pulls crude lower.
By David Goldman and Catherine Clifford, CNNMoney.com staff writers
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Oil prices ended lower Thursday, reversing an early spike, as traders sized up a potentially devastating blow to production from Tropical Storm Gustav and reacted to a decline in natural gas prices.
U.S. crude for October delivery rose as much as $2.35 a barrel to touch $120.50 in early trade before retreating to settle at $115.59 a barrel, or $2.56 lower.
The Department of Energy said it is monitoring the situation in the Gulf and stands ready to dip into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, an emergency repository of 700 million barrels of oil that the government controls.
"The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a key safeguard to provide an added layer of protection for the American people during the event of a severe disruption of oil supply," the agency said in a statement.
Oil platforms in and around the Gulf of Mexico account for more than a quarter of U.S. oil production.
If production rigs are damaged by the storm, crude oil supply would be pinched. Andrew Lebow, an energy analyst at MF Global, said he believes the government would step in to mitigate any short-term supply loses. "The government will be a lot quicker to release crude oil out of the strategic petroleum reserve, should we lose any production."
Such a move from the government would bring comfort to the markets, said Lebow.
Natural gas: Tumbling natural gas prices also weighed on crude prices. Natural gas prices were down more than 8% after the Energy Information Administration reported natural gas supplies in storage jumped by 102 billion cubic feet in the week ended Aug. 22, putting supplies of natural gas 2.6% above the five year average of supplies in storage. Natural gas settled down more than 6%.
The report "sent natural gas down and crude is following," said Amanda Kurzendoerfer, commodities analyst at Summit Energy. "We have seen sometimes they do move together."
The natural gas report "is highlighting that we are going to have ample natural gas for this winter," said Lebow. In some cases, natural gas can be used in exchange for petroleum-based products, said Lebow.
Jim Rouiller, senior energy meteorologist at Planalytics, a firm that predicts how weather will impact businesses, said crude prices were ready to fall because they had already been pushed higher Wednesday in anticipation of the storm.
Another factor in Thursday's price decline was a stronger dollar.
Watching Gustav: Oil prices zig-zagged as the market watched the path of Gustav, according to Neal Dingmann, senior energy analyst at Dahlman Rose & Co.
The majority of crucial rigs are located between the Houston Shipping Channel and New Orleans, and so the price of oil moved quickly as traders anticipated where Gustav would hit land, he said.
"As the projected path inwards changes," said Dingmann, "you have people's bets change." The last week in August is a popular vacation week, and so light trading volume also pushes the price of oil around more dramatically, said Dingmann.
Meteorological forecasters said it was too soon to know the storm's exact path. But the National Hurricane Center's projection models show Gustav heading toward Louisiana through the oil-rich region of the Gulf of Mexico by Sunday afternoon.
Gustav, once a Category 1 hurricane, weakened after it passed over Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The storm now threatens to intensify and become a hurricane again.
It doesn't necessarily take destructive hurricanes to cause major disruptions to oil drilling in the Gulf, however.
"The makeup of a storm can have all the difference," said Alaron Trading senior market analyst Phil Flynn. "Slow moving storms have a tendency to churn up underground pipelines, so you don't need a Category 5 to do a lot of damage."
Evacuations: Already on Wednesday, Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDS) evacuated 400 staff from its off-shore oil rigs, according to Robin Lebovitz, a spokesperson for the company. It plans on bringing 270 more personnel ashore Thursday and it said it would complete a full evacuation by Saturday.
Shell said it expects that production at its east and west Gulf of Mexico platforms will be hampered as early as Thursday.
On Thursday, Shell asked consumers to conserve fuel because "during a hurricane, temporary and sporadic supply interruptions may be unavoidable." In a statement, the company assured customers that it is prepared for the inclement conditions, but Shell asked consumers to "maximize fuel supply."
In addition, a recorded message on an information hotline at British Petroleum (BP) said the company was evacuating non-essential personnel from their offshore oil rigs.
ConocoPhillips (COP, Fortune 500) will remove 20 non-essential personnel from a platform in the central Gulf of Mexico, according to a statement. The company plans to remove another 58 personnel from the platform by Saturday, as Gustav approaches.
Timeline: The average hurricane halts oil drilling production for more than a week, according to the American Petroleum Institute. Rig workers are forced to evacuate two to three days before the storm hits, and as soon as it's safe to return, they have to check for damage before they can restart production.
The U.S. Department of the Interior estimates that 3,050 of the Gulf of Mexico's 4,000 platforms and 22,000 of the 33,000 miles of Gulf pipelines were in the direct path of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. The cyclones, both of which reached Category 5 strength, destroyed 113 offshore oil and natural gas platforms and damaged 457 pipelines.
Since then, the industry began making changes to the structures. The Interior Department in April 2008 imposed more stringent design and assessment criteria for both new and existing structures located within particular Gulf of Mexico areas.
For example, drilling rigs moored to sea floor in the Gulf had been attached with eight lines, and are now required to be moored with 12 to 16 lines. New rigs are built higher out of the water than ones that were built previously, and old rigs were strengthened, according to Andy Radford, a policy advisor at API.
"We have learned from Katrina and Rita," said Lebow. "The infrastructure is a little bit stronger."
Refineries: While the oil rigs have been strengthened, however, refineries are vulnerable. The last new U.S. refinery was built in 1980, according to Lebow.
Oil refineries clean and process crude into usable products, like gasoline and heating oil. With 41% of the nation's refinery capacity in the Gulf Coast region, according to Lebow, a storm has real potential to disrupt distribution of gas and send prices at the pump higher.
Damage to refineries could create more long-term problems. "Refineries are a lot more complex," said Lebow. "It can take many days, sometimes weeks to get a refinery working again" after significant damage. "Some refineries took years to get back online after Katrina."
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Listen to her story. And serve as you can.
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WomenServe tells stories through the voices of women and girls empowering our world's most underdeveloped resource: women.
Equality and Freedom for Women and Girls.
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Every woman and girl has the right to a liberated and empowered life.
Water shortages and gender inequality in Rajasthan inspired WomenServe to partner with Traditional Medicinals and Traditional Medicinals Foundation to establish The Revive! Project®. Launched in 2009, we imagined a different future for Rajasthani women and their families. Since then, we've built trust by nurturing relationships with women and girls and encouraging them to share their stories. We're excited to share their stories with you.
Water equals life. WomenServe collaborated with taanka (water catchment tank) recipients to produce this film and educate on the benefits of improved water security.
In the drought-afflicted Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India, one of the largest barriers to empowerment for women and girls is the shortage of water. In this region, water is the work of women and girls who walk up to 10 hours a day carrying water on their heads. However, when families and communities have access to water, their quality of life improves. Women can provide for their families and girls can attend school. That's why water security is key to social, economic and educational opportunity in this region.
With your help, we can make every raindrop count by catching water for these women and girls.
With the taanka, we are growing crops, and we are getting enough food daily and no one has to sleep with an empty stomach like before, and I have my own house to welcome you to now.
Now that I have a taanka, it gets filled by the rainwater. The children are taking baths daily. I also take baths, and we have water to drink and water for all the animals too. Many things have improved in my home. Visitors can now drink water here.
Change is in motion. WomenServe collaborated with bike recipients to produce this film and educate on the benefits of improved access to education.
In the Thar Desert of Rajasthan, India, many girls are denied the opportunity to receive an education due to social and economic factors. WomenServe is helping to change this by supplying girls with bicycles so they can ride the long distances to school. Because, when a girl has a bike, she can change the value she has in her community and the value she sees in herself.
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I want to be a teacher; I want to teach girls so I can provide them good education. They will be progressive and become nurses and teachers, and the future of our village will be good.
We know that girls are the most powerful force for change. An educated adolescent girl has the unique potential to break the cycle of poverty for herself, her family, and her community. By providing a girl with a bicycle, she can go places – to school, to after-school programs, the market or to health facilities.


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We presented a poster about LCAnet.de on the SETAC Annual meeting, and received some noteworthy attention. Apart from a lot of individual persons, I got into contact with some other LCA networks from Austria, Spain and France. From all sides, there was interest in our future activities and also in some potential collaboration actions, especially workshops and other similar events. An initiative from Brazil which is trying to set up a similar network was also highly interested in organizational issues. We will work on this..


What a fantastic Friday it was at the Jonathan Club! The day began with our Sharks and Stingray counselors and campers packing up and heading to Hurricane Harbor for their weekly field trip. Then Kate from the Starfish was announced as the Spirit Stick winner because of her positivity and friendliness toward her fellow campers throughout the entire week of camp. Down at the water we had some extraordinary sandcastles built by James and his Sealion friends. The greatest part about this Friday was hearing the camper's eagerness to come back next week, especially Emily's impromptu cheer as she left camp! Can't wait for the final week of July to start!


Nest is quite a simple game. You fly around a small map and land on the various nests scattered there. If you stay on a nest for a few seconds, it becomes yours, and the player with the most captured nests at the end of the match is the winner. What makes this gameplay special is the felted wool creatures that The Hand Dye Company have hand-crafted and stop-motion animated for the game, giving it a playful, soft visual style. It's not often that I want to curl up and take a nap with the things that I'm fighting in a game, but Nest is that rare instance.
That fuzzy, silly art style still has a fun game to play along with it. Flying around and grabbing nests makes for some fast gameplay, especially when you add some simple ways of fighting off your opponents. You can spit out small blobs that will knock the other birds and creatures back, and they can do the same to you as well, sending players spinning all over the map as you fight for who can own the most nests. It can get quite competitive, which was something I didn't expect when I saw the visuals during a quick playthrough at Indie Games Live in Boston last week. Once I had that fuzzy bird under my control, though, I wasn't letting any of the other creatures take my nests!
Still, it's the style, used to great effect in their previous game, Voyager, that really makes the game shine. With an array of googly-eyed stuffed creatures to play as, all of whom look like they escaped from your grandmother's yarn bag, it's easy to lose yourself in a few fun rounds playfully grabbing at nests. Competitive and exciting in playful ways, The Hand Dye Company is hoping to make you go "Awwww" with Nest's oncoming release on PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android.
For more information on Nest and The Hand Dye Company, you can head to the developer's site or follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Pinterest.


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Q: Arraylist length, I dont think my teacher is correct about this We were told to find the value of a[1] after executing the following program:
int [] a = {0,1,2,3,4} ;
for(p=0 ; p< a.length ; p++){
    a[p] = a[ (p + 3) % a.length] ;
}

So my teacher work it out like this
a[0] = a[(0+3) % 4]; = 3
a[1] = a[(1+3) % 4]; = 0

So a[1] = a[0] therefore a[1] = 3
But I think the a.length should be 5 so a[1] = a[(1+3) % 5]; = 4
What is the correct answer?

A: Yes you are partially right.
Length will be 5.
But if you work your way up, you would see that
a[0] = a[(0+3) % 5] ===> a[3] = 3;
a[1] = a[(1+3) % 5] ===> a[4] = 4;
a[2] = a[(2+3) % 5] ===> a[0] = 3; // note that now a[2] will take updated value of a[0];

& so on

A: You are right:
a.length is the number of elements in the array. There are 5 elements: 0,1,2,3,4.
Therefore A[1] = a[(1+3) % 5]; = 4
Further expanding on .length:
When you access a[a.length] you are out of bounds. This is why you have p < a.length in your for-contidion. The indices are 0-indexed meaning the 1st element has index 0. But non-the-less; if there is only a[0] present, there is 1 element.

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