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A sense of security and safety for you and your family is key to making a house feel like a home.
Unfortunately, many landlords don't provide, and in some cases aren't legally required to share, crime and safety information to a potential tenant.
"Along with costs and amenities, tenants should be prepared to ask a variety of questions about safety measures before signing a lease and moving into a new apartment or home" says Michael Haggard. Haggard is the Managing Partner of The Haggard Law Firm (www.haggardlawfirm.com) which has made a mark successfully representing tenants who are injured or killed by someone committing a crime that could have been prevented if the landlord of the property where the crime occurs had taken proper security measures.
The Haggard Law Firm is proud to announce that trial lawyers Jason Brenner and Pedro Echarte have been named partners.
In my experience, the most common condition in any premises liability case is the lack of guardianship of the property. In most instances, the property owner and/or manager fails to put in place policies and procedures that ensure that the premises is kept in a reasonably safe condition. For example, in many negligent security cases it becomes obvious that the owner and management fail to do anything that assesses violent crime occurring at the property. Without knowing what type of crime is happening, it is nearly impossible to know what type of security measures are needed. How can the owner make decisions about access control, manned security, and surveillance cameras, if they have failed to gather the crime statistics for the property and the surrounding area? The answer is simple, they do not know and consequently violent crime continues to victimize the property's guests and invitees. In slip and fall cases, many properties fail to ensure that their employees follow the internal policies and procedures to maintain the property in a safe manner. This leads to dangerous conditions being left on the property for an unacceptable amount of time.
If property owners simply prepare policies and procedures for their employees to follow and have appropriate supervision to ensure that the policies and procedures are being followed, then the most dangerous conditions would cease to exist. Obviously, financial considerations come into play for the property owners. In developing a premises liability case, it is important to discover exactly what property owners are failing to do and why they are failing to do it. Jurors do not appreciate property owners turning a blind eye and pleading ignorance. Jurors also do not accept that the owners do not want to put the necessary resources (money) into the property to make it safe.
Although each negligent security case may bring about different facts or require ingenuity with your strategy, there are certain elements of your case that remain constant. One of those elements is crime statistics. The importance of crime statistics in your case cannot be stated enough. Not only do these statistics help establish notice and foreseeability to the defendants, they are also a treasure trove of information.
With respect to notice and foreseeability, your crime statistics establish what the defendants "knew or should have known" prior to and at the time of subject incident. So what should you request? You begin by requesting the calls for service and all police reports for the subject property. This needs to be done in one request. From there, depending on your jurisdiction, you will order up to a mile radius for the calls for service. Once you receive each respective request, you must synthesize the data. For example, you will detail the violent and non-violent crimes and their frequency on the property. This provides a picture of what type of crime was going on at the property. It provides you with the ability to illustrate to the jury the level of crime occurring and can be used effectively to show that it is an improbability for a defendant to be unaware of the police being called to the property.
In this article, The Haggard Law Firm's Jason Brenner discusses a variety of topics including why trial attorneys should always employ a philosophy that every case should be prepared to go to trial. He says it is a mindset that many trial attorneys don't employ.
Entering the legal field with the desire to become a trial attorney is a daunting endeavor. There is only one place where a young lawyer can establish himself or herself as a trial attorney—in the courtroom. Trial practice has almost become a misnomer in today's world. The firm where I have been privileged to practice is made up of an endangered species of the trial attorney. I revel in the "war stories" about them trying a case on Monday and preparing for the next one on Friday. Nowadays, the majority of time spent in court is in motion practice.
The current status of trial practice creates an interesting conflict for young, aspiring attorneys in their attempt to develop trial skills. In the almost six years I have been practicing, I have been trial support on two civil jury trials and second chair on an additional two. The first trial in which I participated as second chair was a stroke of fortune and an eye-opening experience. Once I was in the courtroom in this role, I understood the purpose and importance of direct and cross-examination, but, most important, I understood the difference between direct and cross-examination in discovery and at trial. The primary focus of this article is to illustrate the principles of direct and cross-examination that have been taught to me.
Today the Daily Business Review published a feature (in the online edition) on the recent $1.57 Million verdict in a personal injury car crash case. Haggard Law trial attorneys Douglas McCarron and Pedro Echarte litigated the case involving the injuries suffered by clients John Paul Souza and Anh Pham Souza that stemmed from a car crash on Miami Beach in 2014.
The article dives into the primary obstacle McCarron and Echarte managed during the trial to come to the very successful result.
Attorneys from The Haggard Law Firm secured a nearly $1.57 million verdict for a tourist involved in a car crash, despite medical scans that failed to corroborate an injury and a slew of social media photos showing the plaintiff's extensive travel after the crash.
The Souzas are avid travelers who posted photographs on social media of luxury trips to the Hamptons, Bahamas, Necker Island and other destinations. That pastime would complicate the litigation, as defense attorneys pointed to the posts as proof John Souza was unscathed after the Miami accident.
The Miami Herald featured The Haggard Law Firm's Managing Partner Michael Haggard in a recently published article. The write-up reported on Haggard recently receiving the 2017 Florida Justice Association's Perry Nichols Lifetime Achievement Award and recognition as 'Lawyer of the Year' by Best Lawyers of America. The article detailed how the prestigious recognitions received by Haggard came within a year of his life-saving kidney transplant.
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has posted the recent news that our Michael Haggard has been named the recipient of the Florida Justice Associations' 2017 Perry Nichols award.
The FJA says the award is bestowed upon the attorney who sets the standard for the rest of us to aspire to achieve.
The Perry Nichols Award was created in 1977 in honor of the visionary who first brought Florida's leading trial attorneys together to create the predecessor to today's FJA. This Award is the most prestigious award given by our organization and is given to the attorney whose perseverance, commitment, and unmatched dedication to the civil justice system is at the forefront of their lives.


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Q: Misunderstanding of hal_spi Communication Functions The hal_spi communication function returns HAL_OK while nothing is OK. I use HAL_SPI_Receive, HAL_SPI_TransmitReceive, and HAL_SPI_Transmit, and all return HAL_OK even there is nothing connected to the SPI.
Would some please explain what is the problem? Is there a detailed manual for HAL library instead of what the ST manual tells me?
Code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include "diag/Trace.h"

#include "stm32f4xx_hal.h"

#define LED1 GPIO_PIN_12
#define LED2 GPIO_PIN_13
#define LED3 GPIO_PIN_14
#define LED4 GPIO_PIN_15

#define MASTER_BOARD
#define BUFFERSIZE (COUNTOF(aTxBuffer) - 1)
#define COUNTOF(__BUFFER__) (sizeof(__BUFFER__) / sizeof(*(__BUFFER__)))

static void SystemClock_Config(void);

int main(void)
{
  HAL_Init();
  SystemClock_Config();

  SPI_HandleTypeDef hspi;
  uint8_t aTxBuffer[] = "****SPI - Two Boards communication based on Polling **** SPI Message ******** SPI Message ******** SPI Message ****";
  uint8_t aRxBuffer[BUFFERSIZE]={'\0'};

  //leds init
  __HAL_RCC_GPIOD_CLK_ENABLE();
  GPIO_InitTypeDef g;
  g.Mode=GPIO_MODE_OUTPUT_PP;
  g.Pin=LED1|LED2|LED3|LED4;
  g.Pull=GPIO_PULLUP;
  g.Speed=GPIO_SPEED_FREQ_MEDIUM;
  HAL_GPIO_Init(GPIOD,&g);

  hspi.Instance               = SPI1;
  hspi.Init.BaudRatePrescaler = SPI_BAUDRATEPRESCALER_256;
  hspi.Init.Direction         = SPI_DIRECTION_2LINES;
  hspi.Init.CLKPhase          = SPI_PHASE_1EDGE;
  hspi.Init.CLKPolarity       = SPI_POLARITY_HIGH;
  hspi.Init.CRCCalculation    = SPI_CRCCALCULATION_DISABLED;
  hspi.Init.CRCPolynomial     = 7;
  hspi.Init.DataSize          = SPI_DATASIZE_8BIT;
  hspi.Init.FirstBit          = SPI_FIRSTBIT_MSB;
  hspi.Init.NSS               = SPI_NSS_SOFT;
  hspi.Init.TIMode            = SPI_TIMODE_DISABLED;
  #ifdef MASTER_BOARD
  hspi.Init.Mode = SPI_MODE_MASTER;
  #else
  hspi.Init.Mode = SPI_MODE_SLAVE;
  #endif

  if(HAL_SPI_Init(&hspi) != HAL_OK)
  {
    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOD,LED1,GPIO_PIN_SET);
  }

  g.Mode=GPIO_MODE_INPUT;
  g.Pin=GPIO_PIN_0;

  while(1){
#ifdef MASTER_BOARD
    while (HAL_GPIO_ReadPin(GPIOA,GPIO_PIN_0) != 1)
      {
        HAL_GPIO_TogglePin(GPIOD,LED3);
        HAL_Delay(40);
      }
#endif
    switch(HAL_SPI_Receive(&hspi,  (uint8_t *)aRxBuffer, BUFFERSIZE, 5000))
    {
      case HAL_OK:
        puts(aRxBuffer);
        putchar('\n');
        puts("there we go");
        HAL_GPIO_TogglePin(GPIOD,LED4);
        HAL_Delay(500);

        break;
      default:
        break;
    }
  }
}

static void SystemClock_Config(void)
{
  RCC_ClkInitTypeDef RCC_ClkInitStruct;
  RCC_OscInitTypeDef RCC_OscInitStruct;
  __PWR_CLK_ENABLE();
  __HAL_PWR_VOLTAGESCALING_CONFIG(PWR_REGULATOR_VOLTAGE_SCALE1);
  RCC_OscInitStruct.OscillatorType = RCC_OSCILLATORTYPE_HSE;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.HSEState = RCC_HSE_ON;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLState = RCC_PLL_ON;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLSource = RCC_PLLSOURCE_HSE;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLM = 8;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLN = 336;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLP = RCC_PLLP_DIV2;
  RCC_OscInitStruct.PLL.PLLQ = 7;
  HAL_RCC_OscConfig(&RCC_OscInitStruct);
  RCC_ClkInitStruct.ClockType = (RCC_CLOCKTYPE_SYSCLK | RCC_CLOCKTYPE_HCLK | RCC_CLOCKTYPE_PCLK1 | RCC_CLOCKTYPE_PCLK2);
  RCC_ClkInitStruct.SYSCLKSource = RCC_SYSCLKSOURCE_PLLCLK;
  RCC_ClkInitStruct.AHBCLKDivider = RCC_SYSCLK_DIV1;
  RCC_ClkInitStruct.APB1CLKDivider = RCC_HCLK_DIV4;
  RCC_ClkInitStruct.APB2CLKDivider = RCC_HCLK_DIV2;
  HAL_RCC_ClockConfig(&RCC_ClkInitStruct, FLASH_LATENCY_5);
}
void HAL_SPI_MspInit(SPI_HandleTypeDef *hspi)
{
  GPIO_InitTypeDef  GPIO_InitStruct;

  __HAL_RCC_GPIOA_CLK_ENABLE();
  __HAL_RCC_SPI1_CLK_ENABLE();

  GPIO_InitStruct.Pin       = GPIO_PIN_5|GPIO_PIN_6|GPIO_PIN_7;
  GPIO_InitStruct.Mode      = GPIO_MODE_AF_PP;
  GPIO_InitStruct.Pull      = GPIO_PULLUP;
  GPIO_InitStruct.Speed     = GPIO_SPEED_FAST;
  GPIO_InitStruct.Alternate = GPIO_AF5_SPI1;

  HAL_GPIO_Init(GPIOA, &GPIO_InitStruct);
}

void HAL_SPI_MspDeInit(SPI_HandleTypeDef *hspi)
{
  __SPI1_FORCE_RESET();
  __SPI1_RELEASE_RESET();
  HAL_GPIO_DeInit(GPIOA, GPIO_PIN_5|GPIO_PIN_6|GPIO_PIN_7);
}
#ifdef  USE_FULL_ASSERT
#pragma GCC diagnostic pop

void assert_failed(uint8_t* file, uint32_t line)
{
  printf("ASSERT_:_Wrong parameters value: file %s on line %d\r\n", file, line);
}
#endif

Source code from GitHub

A: SPI is a very simple interface, which essentially amounts to connecting shift registers between two chips. There is no handshaking of any sort that occurs. If nothing is connected to the SPI of the master chip, it will still shift out its bits, and read in whatever voltage is presented to its input pin, whether it's floating or attached to ground.
I haven't looked in depth, but I believe the HAL in this case is just reporting that everything worked fine on the chip itself (no configuration issues). So getting HAL_OK is expected. If you need to check with a chip is connected to the SPI, you need to implement your own handshaking protocol.

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Some Six-Year-Olds May Have More Makeup Than Their Moms
Anna Holmes
The mainstream (morning) news is getting on the girls-getting-beauty-treatments bandwagon: This morning, Today's Janice Lieberman reported on the marketing of manicures, pedicures, cosmetics and hair treatments to little girls...and their mothers. (How long until Sephora opens a chain of "Sephora Jr." stores?) Lieberman visited a mani-pedi party at NYC's Dashing Diva salon and spoke to psychologist Dale Atkins, who cautioned that "when kids are exposed to these types of products and images...it affects their self-esteem body, image, future eating disorders and sense of who they are." Clip above.
Earlier: •Bikini Waxes, Highlights & 'Tramp Stamps': That's What Little Girls Are Made Of
•How Many 8-Year-Olds Have To Get Bikini Waxes Before We All Agree The Terrorists Have Won?
Bikini Waxes, Highlights & 'Tramp Stamps': That's What Little Girls Are Made Of
First we hear about little girls getting pedicures, then bikini waxes, and now, at the tender age…
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@Twilly: On the one hand, you can shoulder some of the blame for continuing to market products aggressively to young girls. But I don't think that's necessarily fair to you. I think there's a lot of responsibility that rightfull belongs on parents, who should be teaching their kids that imagination and playtime and makeup is all well and good, but that there's nothing that they really "need" yet. What they "need" is education, encouragement and excitement, not lip gloss and nail polish.
That said, I think sporadic indulgence really helps. Get your kid *one* of the lipglosses she "needs," while helping her understand why she doesn't need forty (one way to do it: "Mommy only has one lipgloss. You only need one, too!"). Or treat her to a special hair day once every few months, just to make her feel special. Make it mommy and me time. That way she can feel like part of the group without becoming obsessed with it.
Just a theory. I don't have kids. That's basically what my mom did with me, but I wasn't raised today y'know?
But, man, when I was a kid I *loved* LipSmackers, and I tried my best to collect them. 'Course, I had to mow the lawn to earn the money to buy them. Maybe that's another alternative. Baby Girl can get nailpolish... if she pays for it herself.

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Michelle Obama Graces Second Vogue Cover in Reed Krakoff
The First Lady dons a dress by one of her new favorite designers
By Terri Pous March 14, 2013
Vogue released its April cover today, which features First Lady Michelle Obama in a cobalt blue Reed Krakoff dress with plum-colored detailing and sporting the bangs that launched a thousand headlines.
Obama's cover accompanies a story by Jonathan Van Meter that is less about the First Lady and more about the administration, though there are some details about her personality and their relationship sprinkled in. The cover and inside spread, her second for the magazine as first lady, were shot by Annie Leibovitz. She fronts the publication solo, and another Michelle-only picture within the article shows the statuesque First Lady with her hair in a low chignon, wearing a black Michael Kors sweater and ball skirt, and staring pensively out window in the White House's Red Room. There is also a shot of her wearing the same Krakoff design hugging President Obama in the Red Room.
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The striped tie he sports in that photo is apparently a style improvement. President Obama notes that one of his biggest changes since taking office is his wardrobe. "I used to only have, like, two suits," he told Vogue, stating that his wife played a large role in the transformation. "Michelle's like Beyoncé in that song," he continued. " 'Let me upgrade ya!' She upgraded me."
The First Lady agreed, and gently chided him in front of some staffers. "Now, let me tell you: This is the man who still boasts about, This khaki pair of pants I've had since I was 20," she told Vogue. "The girls and I are always rooting when he wears, like, a stripe. They're like, 'Dad! Oh, you look so handsome. Oh, stripes! You go!'"
The First Couple was interviewed at the start of the President's second term. The article includes snippets about their life as parents, their marriage, and their vision for America's families. Michelle's last cover appearance was in March 2009, two months after President Obama's first inauguration. On that issue, she wore a pink dress by Jason Wu, who designed both of her inauguration ball gowns.
That her photographed clothing seemed particularly Obamian is no coincidence–all of her outfits for the shoot were reportedly pulled from her own closet. Vogue made much of her oft-noted style, discussing how she "bucked convention by routinely mixing Thom Browne and Alexander McQueen with J.Crew and Target," and stating that "she has inspired a modern definition of effortless American chic."
For her part, Obama shared her fashion philosophy with the magazine. "I always say that women should wear whatever makes them feel good about themselves," she told Vogue. "That's what I always try to do…I also believe that if you're comfortable in your clothes it's easy to connect with people and make them feel comfortable as well. In every interaction that I have with people, I always want to show them my most authentic self."


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Drivers who would like to prepare an Oregon traffic ticket defense and present their case in court can initiate the process to dispute traffic tickets by entering a plea of "not guilty". You can generally inform the presiding court of your decision and request a court date by mail, by phone or in person.
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During their traffic ticket trial, drivers will be granted the opportunity to challenge speeding tickets in OR or other types of citations by presenting their testimony and any relevant witnesses and evidence. If you are found guilty, you will be required to provide the applicable payments and the judge will report the conviction on your driving record.
Depending on the nature of the offense you may also be subject to further penalties. If you are found "not guilty" of the offense, the fine will be dismissed and your vehicle insurance rates will remain unaffected.
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For certain more serious offenses, you may be required to make a court appearance and settle the issue in person. Note that, regardless of the method you choose to pay citations, you must complete the procedure by the date displayed on the ticket in order to avoid further fines and penalties.
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> > were trying to run amarok on was client-only.
> right? Or what is the philosophy behind this setup?
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> Or is it just a small bug in the Makefile?


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The report examines the importance of RegTech in the ecosystem to promote innovation, the role of emerging technologies to enhance the value proposition of RegTech solutions, and the systemic change resulting from implementation.
Irish RegTech companies have established a world-class reputation for helping financial services customers in the UK and worldwide deal with the increasingly complex and rapidly evolving regulation, as well as continuous disruption and transformation, that characterises the industry today.
Analysing the disruption and transformation in the financial services industry, the report also highlights how technology-based innovative products and services have promoted greater agility, better productivity and lower costs. Something UK companies can look to benefit from.
Of end-users in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) industry, 19% of respondents identified 'meeting standards and regulatory policies' as one of their top three challenges.
Estimates indicate that companies expect to spend 10% of their revenue on compliance by 2022. Despite the efforts, companies continue to pay heavy penalties for erroneous reporting and non-compliance.The size of the challenge is further exacerbated by the variance in regulations globally. According to Thomson Reuters Cost of Compliance Survey, 2017, 67% of banks that participated in the survey expect an increase in compliance budgets to cater for regulatory pressure.
Technology-enabled solutions from RegTech providers offer companies an effective and efficient approach to create a structure for companies to improve regulatory adherence and enable an environment that is conducive to compliance. The publishing of the report was announced during MoneyConf, a leading technology, networking event, which took place in Dublin earlier this month. Organised by the team behind the world's fastest growing technology event, Web Summit, MoneyConf saw the world of finance coming together to network and learn from industry leaders.
Commenting on the Report, Deirdre McPartlin, UK Manager at Enterprise Ireland, said: "The RegTech industry is expected to grow rapidly and total US$6.46 billion globally by 2020. RegTech will facilitate operational excellence as the data analytics and insights can be used to enhance existing products and services. The agility and flexibility enabled by RegTech solutions can be extended to other activities within the organisations to promote better understanding of the marketplace and clients. The collaborative ecosystem will further promote standardization and better risk management.
"Ireland's unique ecosystem, one of the world's foremost enterprise software centres with over 40% of global hedge fund assets being serviced in Ireland, has led to the development of Ireland being a leading RegTech hub. This resulting regulatory expertise is leveraged by Irish RegTech companies such as Know Your Customer, Corlytics, Governor Software, Fenergo and Gecko Governance, to help leading funds, banks and insurance companies worldwide deal efficiently with compliance, while also making better, data-driven management decisions.
The report also highlighted the pivotal role that regulators play in the increasing adoption of RegTech. From creating controlled environments with Regulatory Sandboxes for RegTech start-ups to test their solutions, to endorsing solutions to promote adoption by incumbents, regulators can use their influence within the industry. As they experiment with launching digital rule books, it will further ensure development of a 'digital-first' approach across the industry. The ease of integration and sustainable expenditure are other factors that are contributing to the growth of the industry.
In early 2018, the Central Bank of Ireland announced plans to launch a FinTech innovation hub, with the intention of engaging with all firms that are delivering innovation across the financial services sector.
An example of the benefits achievable is the development of Austria's Central Bank working with the country's banking community to create Europe's largest joint venture reporting services utility, which has helped reduce regulatory compliance costs by 30%.


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Florida Schools – Accredited Only
Florida, with nearly 20 million residents, has the third greatest population of the 50 U.S. states. The state's large population, combined with a significant annual influx of out-of-state students who come to "the sunshine state" every year to enjoy the sunshine and beaches while earning a degree, is the reason Florida has so many colleges and universities within its borders. The state of Florida lists 28 institutions under the heading of "community colleges", but most have undergone name changes and offer at least one four-year degree in addition to numerous associate-degree programs. Several are multiple-campus institutions. The evolution of Florida's two-year colleges was prompted by the increasing student demand for four-year educational options, the increasing selectivity of the state universities, the desire to increase adult access to higher education, and the fact that it costs less to educate students at smaller, non-research based institutions.
In addition to the aforementioned institutions, Florida supports 11 colleges and universities, including one (University of South Florida) with two campuses. The largest public university in the state, with more than fifty thousand students, is the University of Florida, located in Gainesville. The university is quite selective, admitting 39% of its applicants. In additional to traditional undergraduate and graduate degree programs, the university offers over 100 online degree and online certificate programs in subjects including business, engineering, and sports management. Next in size is Florida State University, with about 42,000 students studying on its campus in the state's capital, Tallahassee. Florida State is moderately selective, admitting over half of its applicants.
New College of Florida, formerly a part of University of South Florida, is an innovative public honors college enrolling between 800-850 students. The college offers students a 10-1 student to faculty ratio, 40 major fields of study, and the chance to design, with faculty assistance and approval, their own programs of study. Because it is an alternative to higher-cost, small, private colleges, both The Princeton Review and business magazine Forbes have judged New College a top value institution. The college is selective; the middle 50% of admitted students have weighted GPA's of between 3.73 and 4.28 and ACT composite scores in the 26-30 range.
There are more than 30 private colleges in Florida, the most comprehensive of which is the University of Miami, which enrolls nearly 17,000 students in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs. Special-focus colleges in Florida include Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida Hospital College of Health and Sciences, Miami International University of Art & Design, and Ringling School of Art and Design. Nova Southeastern University, with a student population in the neighborhood of twenty-five thousand, was a pioneer in online education, and continues to offer online degrees in several academic areas.
Traditional Colleges In Florida
American InterContinental University
Site – www.aiuonline.com
Phone – 888-359-9757
Admissions – n/a
Financial Aid – n/a
Site – www.barry.edu
Admissions – admissions@mail.barry.edu
Financial Aid – finaid@mail.barry.edu
Carlos Albizu University
Site – www.albizu.edu
Admissions – admissions@albizu.edu
Financial Aid – mchavez@albizu.edu
Clearwater Christian College
Site – www.clearwater.edu
Admissions – admissions@clearwater.edu
Financial Aid – admissions@clearwater.edu
Eckerd College
Site – www.eckerd.edu
Address – 4200 54th Ave S, St Petersburg, FL 33711
Embry Riddle University
Site – www.erau.edu
Address – 5, 600 S Clyde Morris Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Site – www.flagler.edu
Address – 74 King St, St Augustine, FL 32084
Site – www.fau.edu
Phone – 800-299-4FAU
Address – 777 Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Site – www.fgcu.edu
Address – 10501 FGCU Blvd S, Fort Myers, FL 33965
Site – www.fit.edu
Address – 150 W University Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32901
Florida International Univ.
Site – www.fiu.edu
Address – 11200 SW 8th St, Miami, FL 33199
Florida Southern College
Site – www.flsouthern.edu
Address – 111 Lake Hollingsworth Dr, Lakeland, FL 33801
Site – www.fsu.edu
Address – 600 W College Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32306
Honors College of Florida Atlantic University
Address – 777 Glades Road – SU 80 P.O. Box 3091 Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
Site – www.ju.edu
Address – 2800 University Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32211
Site – www1.jwu.edu
Address – 1701 NE 127th St, North Miami, FL 33181
Site – www.lynn.edu
Address – 3601 N Military Trl, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Site – www.ncf.edu
Address – 5800 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34243
Northwood University Florida (Now Keiser)
Site – www.keiseruniversity.edu
Address – 2600 N Military Trl, West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Site – www.nova.edu
Address – 3301 College Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314
Palm Beach Atlantic University
Site – www.pba.edu
Phone – 800-GO-TO-PBA
Address – 901 S Flagler Dr, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Pasco-Hernando State College
Site – www.phsc.edu
Address – 36727 Blanton Rd, Dade City, FL 33523
Site – www.ringling.edu
Address – 2700 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34234
Site – www.rollins.edu
Address – 1000 Holt Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789
Site – www.saintleo.edu
Address – 33701 FL-52, St Leo, FL 33574
Saint Thomas University
Site – www.stu.edu
Phone – 800-367- 9010
Address – 16401 NW 37th Ave, Miami Gardens, FL 33054
Site – www.stetson.edu
Address – 421 N Woodland Blvd, DeLand, FL 32723
Site – www.ucf.edu
Address – 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando, FL 32816
Site – www.ufl.edu
Address – Gainesville, FL 32611
Site – www.welcome.miami.edu
Address – S Dixie Hwy, Coral Gables, FL 33124
Site – www.usf.edu
Address – 4202 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33620
Site – www.ut.edu
Address – 401 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606
Site – uwf.edu
Address – 11000 University Pkwy, Pensacola, FL 32514
Warner Southern College
Site – warner.edu
Address – 13895 N US Hwy 27, Lake Wales, FL 33859
Webber College
Site – www.webber.edu
Address – 1201 N Scenic Hwy, Babson Park, FL 33827
Community Colleges – Florida
Brevard Community College
Site – www.brevardcc.edu
Address – 3865 N Wickham Rd, Melbourne, FL 32935
Florida Gateway College
Site – www.fgc.edu
Address – 149 SE College Pl, Lake City, FL 32025
Site – www.fkcc.edu
Address – Coastal Key Rd, Key West, FL 33040
Hillsborough Community College
Site – www.hccfl.edu
Address – 1206 North Park Road, Plant City, FL 33563
Lake-Sumter Community College
Site – www.lscc.edu/Pages/default.aspx
Address – 9501 US-441, Leesburg, FL 34788
North Florida Community College
Site – www.nfcc.edu
Address – 325 Turner Davis Dr, Madison, FL 32340
South Florida Community College
Site – www.southflorida.edu
Address – 600 W College Dr, Avon Park, FL 33825
Tallahassee Community College
Site – www.tcc.fl.edu
Address – 444 Appleyard Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32304
Vocational, Trade & Career Colleges In Florida
Everest University
Southern Technical College
Digital Media Arts College
Florida Career College
FastTrain
National Aviation Academy
Sunstate Academy
Ultimate Medical Academy
Key College
WyoTech
Angley College
Florida Technical College
Florida Online Colleges & Programs
Florida attracts many different types of students. Those seeking an education in Florida from outside of the state are likely to want to enjoy the state's warm weather and beaches. However, as state with a high population, many in-state students may be looking to take their education online instead. Luckily, Florida is replete with options for those prospective students that want a fully-online educational experience. According to a 2012 National Center for Education Statistics Report, over 16% of students enrolled in Title IV schools in the state of Florida were taking fully-online degree programs. This makes Florida among the top in the nation for providing online educational degree programs.
Prospective students interested in Florida's school will find not only a host of options but also some of the least expensive tuition and per-credit costs in the country as well. The most affordable online programs in the state can be found at Florida Gateway College, Daytona State College, Indian River State College, Florida Atlantic University and Florida Gulf Coast University. Each of these offer tuition rates under $2,600, and each has per-credit costs at around $100 or less. Florida Gateway College easily bests all of these, with an annual tuition under $2,000, and a per-credit cost under $80. The school itself mostly offers individual classes for students to take, so signing up for an online degree program can be a bit tricky. The #2 most affordable school for online degrees and courses, Daytona State College, has high praise from the U.S. News and World Report. Favorably ranked at #2 for the Report's Best Online Bachelor's Programs, the school offers undergraduate degrees in Nursing, Supervision and Management, Information Technology and Engineering Technology. The school also has a wide range of Associate degree options, such as Arts, Accounting Technology, Criminal Justice Technology, Industrial Management Technology, Internet Services Technology and Office Administration. Daytona State College also utilizes a 2+2 program model. Students are required to take 2 years for an Associate degree program and 2 years for a Bachelor's degree program.
Daytona State College, along with many colleges and universities in Florida, is a member of the Florida Shines Electronic Campus. The online course catalog available through Florida Shines directs prospective students to hundreds of potential degree programs across dozens of colleges and universities within the state. In total, there are 656 degrees possible through the Florida Shines Electronic Campus, ranging from Associate degrees (137 programs available), Bachelor's degrees (119 programs available), Master's degrees (164 programs available), Doctoral degrees (4 available), as well as graduate certificate programs (107 available) and undergraduate certificate programs (125 available). Twenty-nine of the state's colleges and universities offer programs online through this system. Several of these have an overabundance of the programs on the list. The University of South Florida, for example, has 110 programs in the system. The University of West Florida has 61. The University of Central Florida has 89 programs available in the system, and Florida State University, which is ranked at #96 among national universities according to the U.S. News and World Report, has 45 programs available through Florida Shines.
Chances are, prospective students interested in online degree programs in Florida will find not only what they are looking for, but enough options to help them consider career choices they may not have considered before conducting research into online degree programs.


What Does A 4Hour Project Look Like?
At my company, we get 4h per week (10% of our time) to work on anything we feel like will help us become better at what we do, will help the community of software developers or will help our company be a better place.
I have realized that I rarely work on our internal tools myself. Most of my time goes into exploring new languages or frameworks, preparing blogs or talks, contributing to internal discussions, or working on my current-pet-project-of-the-week. Those projects wind up half-baked in a week or two. And to be honest, I spend more time outside of the 4h on Friday on them.
After a few of these pet project - which I always wished other people picked up to give them the longevity they deserve - I started wondering what would make a successful 4h project.
The scenario I have in mind is the following: You get 4h per week to work on anything. Because you spotted a bug in an internal tool, you decide to take those 4h to debug and fix it. You go into Github, clone the repo… and now what? How long does it take you to get the project up and running? How long until you are familiar enough with the code base to do something meaningful? Can you get the change onto production within those 4hours?
Language choice: Esoteric or established? Something that has a high likelihood to be used already?
Frameworks: Is minimalism good? Or rather larger frameworks that cover more of the use cases that will be needed? Where is the line between value and bloat? And again: how does the degree of mainstreamness affect the choice? What impact do conventions (and possibly breaking them) have?
Should we combine multiple languages/frameworks or stick to a single choice? What is the impact on the build system?
Build tools setup: plugins or support for the most used development environments (Vim, Emacs, Atom, Sublime, VSCode?)? Be able to run everything from the command line? Likelihood of reusing something that is already on the host machine? Ship the entire environment as part of a Vagrant box? What is the tradeoff between individual preference and homogenized "blessed" toolset? Does CI matter?
Communication of design and tradeoffs: What needs to be in the README? How do we communicate previous decisions, assuming that different devs pick up the project? How do we help the next developer discover where the big pieces of code are? How do we establish conventions?
How to create a shared understanding of the vision of the project? Empathy for the user? Establish a domain language?
All of this should also be balanced with the fact that we can't bombard the next developer with too much information. We have to avoid creating so much forest that we can't spot a tree anymore.
Stay tuned for more refinement on the 4h project and some ideas on how to progress towards that goal.


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MONTE CARLO DVD Contest
Seat42f and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have teamed up to give TWO lucky winners a copy of MONTE CARLO on DVD and a MONTE CARLO branded purse hook. The purse hook is a new trend that attaches to a table at a restaurant or a desk at work and keeps ones purse from touching the ground. For a chance to win leave a comment below telling us why you want to add MONTE CARLO to your DVD collection. Only one entry per person. Contest ends October 25th. Winners will be notified on October 26th via email so make sure to use a valid email address when you post your comment.
DVD/BLURAY Release Date: October 18th, 2011
Bon Voyage! Take a journey across the ocean with a trio of friends who make front page headlines when a dream trip turns into a hilarious case of mistaken identity. The delightful jet-setting comedy MONTE CARLO arrives on Blu-ray and DVD on October 18th. Produced by Academy Award®-winner Nicole Kidman* (Moulin Rouge, The Stepford Wives), MONTE CARLO will take you on a fanciful ride through the picturesque sights of Europe – with three charming girls in tow!
Actress and pop sensation Selena Gomez (Ramona and Beezus, "Wizards of Waverly Place") lights up the screen as Grace, a high-spirited high school graduate looking forward to a vacation in Paris with her best friend Emma (Katie Cassidy, "Melrose Place"), and stepsister Meg (Leighton Meester, "Gossip Girl"). Just as the girls think their trip is ruined when their hyperactive tour guide leaves them behind, Grace is mistaken for a wealthy socialite and the trio is whisked away to Monte Carlo for a thrilling week of glitz, glam, and unforgettable fun.
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The CW Gives Full Season Orders To RINGER, THE SECRET CIRCLE And HART OF DIXIE
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SABIC and Sinopec to explore new business opportunities
11:30 PM, 16th January 2012
Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman, SABIC.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) signed a protocol of cooperation in Riyadh to explore new business opportunities and confirm their commitment to the principles reached in earlier agreements, including one on polycarbonate collaboration which has been approved by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). The protocol sets the foundation for a joint investment from both SABIC and Sinopec to build the new polycarbonate production complex with an annual capacity of 260 kilo metric tonne.
The new facility will be located at the Sinopec SABIC Tianjin Petrochemical Company in Tianjin, China. The plant is expected to get fully operational by 2015. "SABIC and Sinopec's aspirations are now focused on establishing long-term strategic cooperation that contributes towards enriching Saudi Arabia's and China's economies in the areas of scientific research, technology and innovation, engineering and product marketing," said Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud, Chairman, SABIC.
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Georgia Gulf rejects Westlake's acquisition proposal
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Another year, another Day of Archaeology!
It may seem odd to begin a Day of Archaeology talking about accounts… but we are in the process of signing off the 2013-14 accounts so this is uppermost on my mind at the moment. After yesterday's meeting with the auditors my first task today is to prepare the financial parts of the Trustees' papers for the Board Meeting next Friday. It will be quite a busy Board meeting as there is a lot to discuss about the various changes I am making at the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust – all very positive news, but a lot of it!
This year is the last year that my administrator Jenny will be with us; she will retire later this year and just at the moment we are recruiting for her replacement. Applications for the job – advertised here – close at the end of the day on Monday, so there is still time to apply. Since I am the line manager of this post, and we have no HR department (just me!), then this has been another time-consuming process… it is always a fascinating one though.
Most of the team are out of the office today on various fieldwork projects. We have just finished two substantial Cadw-funded community archaeology projects and so the building is full of the detritus from those! I am immensely proud of Viviana, Sophie and Richard for their work at Buckley. This was quite a new departure for the Trust, with over 350 schoolchildren involved in an excavation of a post-medieval pottery site over a period of three weeks.
At the same time we also ran the fourth field season at Hen Caerwys, where the oldest and most experienced member of the team – Bob – was joined by our newest and youngest recruit, Menna. It is really rewarding to see experience and knowledge being handed on in a very practical way to the next generation. I was lucky enough to come out from behind my desk last weekend and spend a bit of time wielding a mattock on site at Hen Caerwys.
Some more Cadw-funded fieldwork will be done later in the summer, and Richard is out for the next two weeks doing geophysics in advance of those. At the moment Nigel is organising everyone's very busy schedule over the next month or so for various contracts ranging from watching briefs to large evaluation projects – with churches, quarries, medieval villages and prehistoric ring-ditches among the targets.
Meanwhile, on the curatorial side, Mark and Wendy continue to monitor planning applications and, where necessary, issue briefs for work. This year has seen a gradual upturn in the number of applications being received, which suggests that the economic recovery may be cautiously approaching mid-Wales. Finally, Jeff has taken a break from his usual HER duties this week to help Viviana with the first schools placement week. Today the six local pupils will carry on with a variety of field- and office-based activities. Yesterday they were outside my office on the back steps cleaning pottery in the sunshine – great to hear their enthusiasm and interest as a refreshing counterpoint to the tedium of the accounts.
Later this morning I have to go over to my old stomping ground at Ironbridge to give a lecture on the origins of metallurgy to students on the Building Conservation course there. Sadly this is the last time that this course will run in its current form. I am very much looking forward to seeing my recently-honoured former colleague Harriet Devlin MBE!
All in all a typically busy start to a typically busy day in the life of the Director of a Welsh archaeological trust!
2pm – 5.30pm – forms / liaise / meetings / sort / web / social networking (for work!) etc and so forth.
As far as an admin job goes this particular one rocks – it's the best of both Archaeological worlds – I still get the chance to dig / attend some lectures / talk to archaeological folk / do some archaeological outreach but I get an office, with a fan, a musical boombox and a computer – less problematic for my tired archaeological knees. I also get to administer the applications of the new generation of Archaeologists.
This year has been our 75th Anniversary – the anniversary of Mortimer's dream coming to fruition and his wife, Tessa Wheeler, securing the money for the IoA in Regents Park (St John's Lodge) – super photos from the 1950s onwards.
…and 1 Massive World Experimental Archaeology Day in Gordon Square – Pics here!
Sat 9th June World of Archaeology!
Working at the IoA is a joy – every day is different…and for me it provides the perfect balance of admin and Archaeology – plus it is really close to the British Museum for all the best outings!
Humans of Archaeology A day with the UCL Institute of Archaeology Library: 29th July 2011 135 Years in the Life of Ontario Archaeology Living in the Past Community Archaeology Project: DIY House and Garden Archaeology Setting up for the Third Basing House Field Season A Day in the Programs Department at the Archaeological Institute of America Archaeology for all ScARF is 3 years old!
I'm currently on maternity leave, looking after our five-week old son, so my archaeological brain is somewhat disconnected at present. However, before the arrival of the boy, my job(s) entailed many things.
My mornings were spent working at the Ancient India and Iran Trust in Cambridge, a small, independent library of 25,000 volumes dedicated to the archaeology, history, linguistics and cultures of India, Iran, and Central Asia. As the Administrator of the institution, my job involves anything from organising a plumber to fix the leaky tap, to writing, editing and designing our newsletter, Indiran (download a copy here), to thinking about potential donors and contacts for fundraising.
Afternoons I was generally working on turning my PhD into a book – I work on the spread of religious innovations in the Roman world. My research uses network analysis to plot epigraphic finds (gravestones, altars, dedications of any sort – usually containing information about the person who died, dedicated etc, sometimes containing information about a deity, sometimes having a date too) onto the map to try and think about how ideas expressed in these finds were transmitted. By using networks to link these epigraphic findspots together, we bypass the rather static 'dots on a map' created by simply mapping the findspots themselves and turn the catalogue into an altogether more dynamic set of data, revealing potential flows of information and innovation. Inscriptions are wonderful – physical, archaeological material, found, excavated, and located in definite places (though mobile to a degree), and offering us the actual words that the long-dead chose to use. There's nothing like the feeling of finding a new inscription somewhere on a hillside in eastern Turkey, and trying to decipher the chipped, eroded letters.
Now that my maternal brain is the one that's in the forefront, I spend my days mainly feeding, burping, changing and cooing over our baby, and that's just lovely. But the archaeological brain never switches off – this afternoon my mum, me and the boy went out to a garden centre – and on the way drove through the landscape of south Cambridge. You can't help but slide surreptitiously through the veneer of modern life, with the tarmac and the cars, the newbuilds and the enormous hospital, to find yourself in the layers of pre-now – is this lovely straight section of road part of the Roman road that cuts below the Iron Age hillfort hidden in the trees to the right? Beyond, the Fleam Dyke and the Devil's Dyke cut sharp lines across the sunken fenland, miles of rough grass mound rich in bee-orchids and wildflowers, marking out ancient defences and allowing views down the Icknield Way. The houses that etch out village lives so far distant and unfamiliar to the commuters that occupy them now – merchants in saffron, farmers, Great North Eastern railway workers. The archaeological brain slips briefly into all these pockets of previous, accidentally almost, before refocusing on the road ahead.


This property is a 8-minute walk from the beach. Peppers Beacon offers 4.5-star rooms and suites with views, on Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown. It is close to Skyline Gondola and Luge and just a 5-minute walk to the town center.
Guests can dine in the charming, renovated breakfast lounge or make use of the outdoor barbecue area. Peppers Beacon provides a sauna and hot tub for relaxation and a fitness room.


Caverns of Xaskazien is a neat Windows remake (based on SDL) of an obscure but fun DOS Roguelike of the same name written by Jeff Sinasac as a shareware title. The original DOS game is a fun turn-based, tiled Roguelike that offers a decent gameplay and big bright icon graphics, although it has nothing that will pull anyone away from ADOM or NetHack in the longer-term ;) I like the subtle humor in the game, though, which is mostly in the form of funny or quaint names for monsters and special items. This Windows port has been improved by the original designer who added even more monsters, maps, and better gameplay - the dead monsters now stay dead on the tile you kill them on. All in all, a neat little Roguelike that unfortunately does not stand the test of time too well, and is more of a five-minute diversion for fans of "lite" Roguelikes than anything else. Both the DOS version and Windows remake are now freeware.


Occurs when writing POLYGON EMPTY to GeoJSON. The problem code was flagged with clang's "scan-build" command, and I confirmed the overflow with -fsanitize=address. Patch is forthcoming.
I started adding cunit tests for the various empty geometry cases to cu_out_geojson.c and then realized I have no idea how these cases are supposed to look in GeoJSON. The POLYGON EMPTY case seems to be the only one with a memory bug, though.


AMC Networks International is to rebrand the film channel CTK in Spain to Sundance Channel on October 1.
Sundance Channel is a Spanish language 24/7 linear network.
It is available to pay-TV operators as an SD and HD linear television channel, VOD service and via mobile and online authenticated streaming.


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We had an event room for 90 people, another one for 180, a porch with a capacity of 90 people and a big terrace with a capacity for more and 300 people. We are settled in the outskirts of Cordova, in the middle of Sierra Morena, just 8 minutes from the Madinat Al-Zahra Archaeological remains and near the Cordovan hermitage. From the restaurant yo can find different hiking route. Those elements are really interesting for the group organizer because those activities has a low cost. The ticket for the entry to Madinat Al-Zahra is free, the ticket for the hermitage of Cordova is less than 2€ and hiking routes when it is made by the guide are free.
In the surrounding area there are more interest points as Popea baths o the Elephant fountain.
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E-learning becomes an imperative, not a choice.
In November 2020 the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, (OECD) published a Policy Brief titled "The impact of COVID-19 on student equity and inclusion: Supporting vulnerable students during school closures and school reopenings " which stated that the pandemic was having a "profound impact, not only on people's health, but also on how they learn, work and live. It highlighted the challenge faced by a global system of education that was built around physical school attendance and noted that at a peak in the pandemic during 2020 more than 188 countries, encompassing around 91% of enrolled learners worldwide, had closed their schools in an effort to help contain the spread of the coronavirus.[1]
Israel, which was lauded internationally as a model of good containment in the early stages of the pandemic, sadly became the country with the world's highest per-capita rates of new infections once the economy and society began to re-open significantly. Analysis later on suggested that the rapid reopening of schools was a significant factor in the virus's transmission.
Presently with even greater viral transmission due to mutations of the virus, albeit at a time when vaccine campaigns have begun, schools have been shuttered once again. This time however the experience of previous closures have allowed schools and policy makers in education to be somewhat better prepared in terms of providing a substitute to traditional school based learning. Along with this however, comes the recognition that there must be further investment in this area and the realisation that mixing technology and education is no longer an option, but an imperative.
According to Merav Horev, Senior VP for educational policy at the National Digital Israel Initiative, a governmental initiative focused on harnessing digital technologies to help accelerate economic growth, reduce socio-economic gaps and promote the accessibility of government to citizens, "gone is the question of whether it is right to mesh tech with education, formal and informal. The question now is how to do it right and how to do it best,…."No one is talking about going back to what was. We're all talking about the new normal." [2]
EdTech Innovators to the rescue
As with the digital health and medical device sector, Israeli companies have for many years been innovating in the digital learning arena. As a result, this industry sector, comprising about four hundred companies, offers a plethora of advanced technological solutions to a variety of audiences, from educational institutions to home users. These include distance learning platforms, administration tools, internet safety solutions, training and authoring platforms, virtual classrooms, documentation and automatic distribution of live and recorded events, video libraries, archives and more.
For example in core subjects such as math, Matific offers an award-winning out of the box solution for distance learning at school, district, state, or national level. It provides thousands of curriculum-aligned activities and worksheets in over 40 languages and combines this with a robust reporting for teachers, administrators, or Ministries of Education. Other companies such as Class.me provides tools to help students avoid digital information overload and to communicate more easily with teachers and peers using real-time chat apps, on-demand online tutors, assessment tools for teachers, and a private communication network customized to each school, class and age group.
Not just content but engagement too.
Recognising that engagement between student and teacher and not just content is a critical feature of remote learning, Tailor-Ed offers a platform that provides holistic learning experiences to the needs of the teacher, the classroom and individual students. According to Maayan Yavne, CEO, " Distance learning is not about using Zoom to deliver what you did in the classroom."…"Our specialty is the social-emotional component, which is very important in distance learning because teachers don't have the same interaction with students as in the classroom."
In a interview with Israel21C last year, Avi Warshavsky the CEO of MindCET, the ed-tech innovation unit of Israel's nonprofit Center for Educational Technology, said that "most technical issues surrounding distance learning are easily solved, however communication, time-management and self-learning difficulties are harder to address." [3] Hence other companies, such as Composica helps organizations create compelling and highly interactive e-learning content. Its flagship product, allows real-time collaboration and provides rich development features without the need for programming while being capable of delivery on any device.
This vibrant e-learning ecosystem is supported by organisations like EdTech Israel, a national business hub that successfully connects the Israeli Education business sector with international entrepreneurs, investors, and business partners and collaborates with other national EdTech hubs to share knowhow, and build business relationships in education innovation all around the world.
It seems that for educators and for students alike, every day is a school day indeed.
[1] https://en.unesco.org/covid19/educationresponse
[2] https://nocamels.com/2020/09/israel-school-hack-teaching-learning/
[3] https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-ed-tech-solutions-help-launch-a-very-unusual-school-year/
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Entrepreneurship is about seeing opportunities and bringing about change.
Oxford Group Chairman - Mr. Anil Seolekar visited Isha school at Coimbatore on 1st Mar' 2019 where he engaged with the children and conducted a session on Entrepreneurship. Students of 8th, 9th and 11th grade benefited from this session by getting lessons from the 1st generation entrepreneur himself.
Being a donor and supporter, Mr. Seolekar provided the children with information on career options and how to mold their career paths. He also spent some quality time with the students whose education he is sponsoring. The staff at Isha Vidhya were delighted with this endeavor and thanked our Chairman for imparting the kids with guidance to help them make informed choices.


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Kid Creole and the Coconuts
Music that transends the essence of Tropical Cool
Post author By Eva Tudor Jones
OFF THE COAST OF ME – 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Out on June 11th on 2C2C Music
Off The Coast Of Me was Kid Creole and the Coconuts' first album release in 1980 on ZE Records. The album consisted of 8 songs:
Side One: Mister Softee, Maladie d'Amour, Yolanda, Off The Coast Of Me
Side Two: Darrio, Lili Marlene, Bogota Affair, Calypso Pan American.
Maladie d'Amour was the only single released from this album.
The album was then reissued in 2003 by Rainman Records. This version included all the original songs but also had 5 bonus tracks added by Universal Island Records: There But for the Grace of God Go I, He's Not Such a Bad Guy After All, Darrio (12" B-side), Yolanda (12" Mix) and Maladie d'Amour (Mutant Disco Version).
Off The Coast Of Me received some fantastic reviews. Here's what they said the first time round:
Andre S. Grindle
On The Coast Of A New Sound
During the time I was first becoming aware of Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, One of the things I came to understand is that its band leader August Darnell eventually decided to shift the priorities towards actually having a trio of female backup vocalists rather than a female lead singer. The results were the Coconuts. And Darnell apparently re-christened himself Kid Creole. This 1980 album was discussed in the reading I was doing as being an important transitional album. All the same? Took awhile to locate it in a used vinyl bin. And today am very happy I did.
"Mister Softee" starts off the album with an upbeat pop/funk number led by tingly percussion and a low rhythm guitar. "Maladie D'Amour" is a finely orchestrated disco friendly mid tempo soul stomp-with some rhythm guitar and clavinet riffing on the refrains. "Yolanda" and "Darrio" are deeply grooving boogie numbers with some wonderfully processed bass/guitar on the former while the title song is a stripped down calypso with a distant,echoed vocal lead. "Lil Marlene" combines the boogie and calypso influences together while "Bogota Affair" has a strong salsa pop flavor. "Calypso Pan American" ends the album with a vibraphone charged boogie rhythm yet again.
One thing about this album I noticed immediately is that, for the most part it goes right for the jugular of the Afro-Latin, percussive pop/funk sound, with a harder rhythmic stomp than the more sweetly orchestrated music of Darnell's original group. It was as I'd read a transitional album. There are some disco era elements of this album. But for the most part? This album has a more mic'd and raw production style than the extremely slick studio sound that it very easily could have very well with. In terms of the songwriting? It's definitely leaning towards shorter pop structures as well. So it comes down to being an excellent introduction for them.
Robert Christgau wrote:
Off the Coast of Me [Antilles, 1980]
Reformed high school teacher August Darnell having split with black-sheep bro Stoney Browder, the music thins out–Dr. Buzzard's progressive retro is hard to top, Darnell's naturally sarcastic voice short on bottom. So the not exactly all-embracing "Calypso Pan-American" and "Off the Coast of Me" neither justify nor transcend their distanced tone (typically, the title tune affects a megaphone filter), while comedy numbers like "Bogota Affair" (the effete Creole as cuckold), "Mr. Softee" (the effete Creole as limp-dick), and "Darrio . . ." (the effete Creole as new-waver) are simple and strong. When clever means this clever, maybe we should settle. B+
CC.T said:
Oh yeah the music. Shucks, it's The Kid
Guy's a deity of a band leader. Lyrics with wit, eclectic Disco Caribbe sounds +, for the ear. Dance that defies gravity and showmanship par excellence for the eye.
ZE stable studio wizard too. Ok maybe didn't influence the music world nor broadway BUT didja ever see 'em live in person at a small venue ? Nuff sed!
John Verity wrote:
A Zillion Stars, or more
An absolutely, positively, totally, and completely great album, one of the best ever released. So smart, such musicianship, such sly lyrics, and what a beat. Listen once and you'll be hooked, and dancing for the rest of time. No kidding. I ain't exaggerating. If you disagree, your money back. "Off the Coast of Me" is one of the most delicious and sexy songs you'll ever hear. It will make you wet, with perspiration.
This now brings us to 2020, where the Kid and Coati Mundi together decided to celebrate this debut album by releasing a 40th Anniversary Edition.
To be released on 2C2C Music to the U.S. market, the Kid's very own record label, this version includes 17 tracks in total. It, of course, includes all the tracks from the original version but has some special never-before-released original demos, plus some cool upbeat Bootlegs by the Kid's son, artist Youngr.
The first single released was 'Mister Softee', and the follow up single, due for release on July 10th, will be the title track 'Off The Coast Of Me'.
Here's the track list:
Mister Softee
Maladie d'Amour
Off the Coast of Me
Dario, Can You Get Me into Studio 54
Lili Marlene
Bogota Affair
Calypso Pan American
Adnaloy
He's Not Such a Bad Guy After All
Off The Coast of Me (Youngr Bootleg)
Yolanda (Youngr Bootleg)
Dario, Can You Get Me Into Studio 54 (Youngr Bootleg)
Bogota Affair (Youngr Bootleg)
Mister Softee (Live at the Rock Lounge 1981)
Off The Coast of Me (Original Demo)
Bogota Affair (Original Demo)
YouTube of Mister Softee
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Six University of West Florida cybersecurity students won the ITEN WIRED cybersecurity competition, Operation Poseidon's Trident, on Oct. 1 at Hilton Pensacola Beach.
Isaac Beagle, Jeff Holland, Michael Mitchell, Thomas Thibaut, Emily Vaughn and Taylor West outperformed their competitors with a score of 385 points. Pensacola State College finished runner-up with 325 points, followed by Gulf Coast State College with 215, The University of South Alabama with 205, a second UWF team with 180 and Pine Forest High School with 85.
The UWF Center for Cybersecurity hosted the competition on its state-of-the-art Florida Cyber Range. During the competition, each team logged into a poorly secured network that was under attack and took on the role of incident responders. The exercise tested their ability to detect, defend and defeat a wide variety of threats with no ability to prepare in advance.
This marked the second consecutive year that UWF won the ITEN WIRED competition. Last year, organizers provided students information in advance to prepare for the competition and the UWF Cyber Club held practice sessions. This year, the Center for Cybersecurity increased the difficulty by waiting until the day of the competition to provide students any details.
Thibaut teamed up with five ITEN WIRED newcomers to win the 2018 title. He cited effective communication skills as the common denominator between the 2017 and 2018 championship teams.
Three UWF students, Buu Tran Duong, Christian Um Kaman and Carson Wilber, and five Center for Cybersecurity faculty and staff, Dr. Eman El-Sheikh, Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh, Dr. Dallas Snider, Guy Garrett and Chad Rankin, ushered in National Cyber Security Awareness Month by presenting at ITEN WIRED. The conference is for executives, entrepreneurs, professionals and educators working in technology.


Registration is $10 and will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the program 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Lunch is included.
Participants will receive 5.5 hours of continuing education credits from the International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborists.
"We are bringing in speakers who will help homeowners understand the importance of tree maintenance throughout a tree's life," said Donna Hoffman, University of Wyoming Extension horticulture educator in Natrona County.
Mike Garvey, a consulting arborist from Billings, will present the first program on "Tree Risk Assessment of Hazard Trees."
Scott Skogerboe, head propagationist from Fort Collins Nursery Wholesale, will present "Trees and Shrubs of the High Plains Arboretum outside of Cheyenne, Wyo." Skogerboe will also lead a grafting demonstration to show how to graft tree scion wood onto appropriate rootstock.
UW Extension horticulture specialist Karen Panter will discuss "Propagation in a Home or Hobby Greenhouse" and provide tips for the hobby greenhouse.
Hoffman said trees will be given away throughout the day and at the end of the day, the final door prizes will be presented. Six attendees will take home kits to graft trees on their own.
"This committee is excited to be giving attendees trees that will help to diversify our urban tree canopy and help to make the urban forest more pest resistant with that diversification," said Hoffman.


Has anyone else had their internet cables cut this week. When we called out Virgin to find out why our internet wasnt working they found the cables had been cut. Creepy, but then several other neighbours have had theirs cut too.
Cut on the outside of your house?
Or cut at one of the many street side boxes that are in a terrible state of repairs, doors hanging open, and rubbish stuffed in them?
I'm not surprised that it doesn't happen more, tbh.
They have been fixed. Just an odd thing to do.
The Virgin cabinet on the end of my street could regularly, over the last 10 years, be seen knocked off its base, leaning precariously and with its doors wide open. Practically inviting somebody to tamper with it - or simply piss in it.
It's far from the only one I've seen in this state. Virgin really don't help themselves here.


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Speech-Language Pathologist -School Board, District 6
Angela Neglia
Angela has 16 years experience working as a Speech-Language Pathologist for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board and in private practice. She has actively participated in the OSLA School Services committee. In addition, Angela was engaged in the Association of Professional Student Services Personnel for ten years. She has been a clinical educator of Speech-Language Pathology students for twelve years and has an Adjunct Lecturer appointment with the University of Toronto. Angela holds an Honours B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Toronto as well as an M.Sc. in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Western Ontario.
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Speech-Language Pathologist - Private Practice/Academia, District 1
Jennifer Wadds has 23 years of experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist in both the private and public sectors. She has an undergraduate degree in psychology from Western University, and a MHSc in Speech-Language Pathology from U of T. Jenny spent the majority of her career working at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital where she developed a special interest in paediatric feeding and swallowing disorders. In 2012, Jenny moved to Boomerang Health, Powered by Sick Kids, as a Professional Practice Lead. The following year Jenny joined the faculty at the University of Toronto, where she is a Coordinator of Clinical Education and a course instructor. In addition, since 2001, Jenny has owned and operated a small private practice with offices in both Toronto and Port Hope. Jenny is currently involved with several professional initiatives, including participating on the committee tasked with developing the new CAASPER competencies and the new Canadian Assessment of Clinical Competence Tool. In addition, she is completing research for a SAC research grant investigating practice patterns in paediatric dysphagia. Jenny is particularly interested in continuing to support SLPs and Audiologists to maintain and expand their scope of practice in Ontario and to advocate for continued awareness of the importance of our professions.
Emilie Lalonde
Speech-Language Pathologist - Hospital, District 1
After graduating from the University of Ottawa with a Master's in Health Sciences – Speech-Language Pathology in 2007, Emilie started her career as an S-LP working with school-aged children with language disorders. However, with her background in music and singing, her main clinical interests were in the area of voice therapy, and when a position opened at The Ottawa Hospital to run the multidisciplinary voice clinic, she jumped on the opportunity. In this position, she was able to grow the voice program to include management of laryngeal-based airway disorders, established an S-LP presence in the Complex Airway Clinic, and contributed to resident teaching in laryngology. Over the last six years, Emilie has expanded her areas of practice, working first in acute care providing dysphagia services, and later in rehabilitation providing dysphagia, speech and language services to patients with acquired brain injury, stroke, and neuromuscular disorders. More recently, she has started a position in psychosocial oncology, providing dysphagia and communication services to head and neck and other cancer outpatients. She has also contributed to corporate programs and projects at TOH, including the Interprofessional Model of Patient Care, the TOH medical assistance in dying team, and implementation of a new electronic health record.
Rex Banks
Audiologist - Not For Profit, District 3
Rex Banks has been an audiologist since 1989 and is the Director of Hearing Healthcare and Quality at The Canadian Hearing Society. Rex completed his Au.D(Doctor of Audiology) degree from A.T. Still University of Health Sciences; M.A. in Audiology from the University of Tennessee, and a B.A. in Communication Disorders from the University of Mississippi. Rex's audiology experience spans private practice, ENT physician offices, hospitals, the non-profit sector as well as holding adjunct faculty positions at several universities. He is registered with the College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO), earned the Certificate of Clinical Competency in Audiology (CCC-A) designation and is also certified in Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT). In addition to serving as President of the Board of Directors for OSLA, he has also been President of the Acoustic Neuroma Association of Canada (ANAC) and the Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA).Rex has numerous media citations and is often called upon to comment on hearing healthcare issues that affect Canadians.
Alexandra Annibale
Speech-Language Pathologist - School Board, District 3
Alexandra is a school-based speech-language pathologist proudly serving the Thames Valley District School Board in London, ON. She is a passionate provincial advocate for resources to support students with diverse communication needs in and beyond the classroom. Alexandra began her career at the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board where she first became an active member of the OSLA School Services Committee. She returns to the OSLA Board of Directors after having served as a Student Board Member during her graduate school training. Alexandra completed her Master of Health Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Toronto, her Master of Arts in Linguistics from Western University, and her Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hons.) from McMaster University.
Myriam Génier
Myriam obtained her Master's degree in Speech and Language Pathology from the University of Ottawa in 2018. She is currently employed at the Consortium pour les élèves du nord de l'Ontario (CÉNO), an initiative funded by Ontario's Ministry of Education. In partnership with the six Northern Ontario French School Boards and their communities, the Consortium enhances the provision of specialized services in French in order to help children with special needs thrive and succeed. Raised in Cochrane, a small and charming northern community, Myriam is delighted to practice in her hometown and provide services to Francophone students living in rural areas. Furthermore, Myriam understands both the advantages and challenges our professions face in daily service delivery. Myriam is honored to become a board member of OSLA, to learn and network with professionals while also advocating for the North!
Diane Webber- Hamilton
Audiologist - Private Practice, District 5
Diane Webber-Hamilton has 22 years of experience as an audiologist in both private and public sectors.She completed her Doctorate of Audiology from A.T. Stills University (2006), her MSc in Audiology from UBC, and has undergraduate degrees in both psychology and linguistics.She currently owns and operates a multi-location/multi-disciplinary private practice with specialties in auditory processing, balance assessment & treatment, and tinnitus therapy. Diane has a variety of other experiences as an Audiologist – an instructor at Georgian both hospitals and care home settings, and with programmes for mentally and administrative and organizational skills, Diane also served as Secretary & Treasurer.
Alexandra Schwabe
Speech- Language Pathologist- Private Practice, District 6
After graduating from the University of Toronto's MHSc. program in Speech-Language Pathology, Alexandra began her career at ISAND, a not-for-profit interdisciplinary clinic for individuals with autism in Toronto. She then moved to Boston where she pursued further training in the Social Thinking methodology, working at a therapeutic high school and transitions program. After two years, she returned to Ontario and to ISAND to develop and deliver social skills programs and services for children and adolescents. Having grown up in Sudbury, done her undergrad at the University of Ottawa, completed a placement in Timmins, and started her career in Toronto, Alexandra understands some of the unique needs S-LPs and audiologists have in both rural communities and large cities and would love the opportunity to represent OSLA members as a board member.
Danielle Boot
Speech-Language Pathology - Student Representative, McMaster University
Danielle is a second year SLP student at McMaster University. She completed her undergraduate degree in Cognitive Science of Languages at McMaster and has a Masters of Professional Education in the Field of Multiliteracies from Western University. She is particularly interested in evidence-based practice: applying relevant scientific research in clinical practice. She is honoured to fulfill the role of student representative board member and looking forward to learning from and networking with professionals in the fields of speech-language and audiology.
Amr Abamoussa
Audiology- Student Representative, Western University
Amr is a first-year Audiology student at the University of Western Ontario. He is interested in interprofessional practice, and how such practice can be improved upon by drawing on his experience as a cochlear implant user. Additionally, Amr is interested in pediatric audiology with respect to cochlear implant usage and programming. He is honored to fulfill the role of student representative board member with OSLA, and is looking forward to interacting with both Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists to get a sense of what professionals are expected to accomplish in the real world.
Avital Winer, Past President
Speech-Language Pathologist - Hospital
Avital is a speech-language pathologist with 16 years of experience. The majority of her professional career has been spent in health care working with adults in tertiary care centres, first in BC, and now in Ontario. She currently works at The Ottawa Hospital where she provides inpatient and outpatient services to individuals with dysphagia, acquired communication disorders, and head and neck cancer, including those undergoing laryngectomy.
Kelly Murray, Chief Executive Officer
Kelly Murray
Kelly brings strong business acumen and knowledge of professional development to the position of Executive Director . She has an MBA from Western University and a Bachelor of Adult Education with Distinction from Brock University. Kelly has a proven track record in strategic development and leadership in sales, marketing and management working both in the private and public sectors. Among those roles, she has worked in a professional association responsible for both marketing and education and has worked with Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists in previous positions at the Hanen Centre and The Canadian Hearing Society.
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