For more than 45 years, Wickham Primary School has offered a high quality education for our Kindergarten to Year 6 students. We value a safe, friendly and inclusive learning environment for staff, students and their families with respect to the strong cultural history of the Ngarluma people.
Our school is an established and integral part of the small town community spirit that defines Wickham.
Our highly experienced staff are able to build solid relationships with students and parents by implementing our whole-school positive behaviour support program of High Expectations, Respect for all and Safety. Through these partnerships we are committed to assisting children reach their full potential in all education areas while supporting their social and emotional wellbeing.
Our programs are enhanced through collaboration with associated professionals including support staff, school psychologist and community volunteers. Wickham Primary offers a variety of specialists programs which include physical education, science and Indonesian. Talk-4-Write is a whole-school evidence-based approach to transform students' reading, writing and vocabulary skills. We also have literacy intervention programs such as Mini-Lit,Macqlit,Multi-Lit and Initial-Lit.
We work hard to integrate technology into the curriculum through the use of a well-equipped computer laboratory, school wide network, interactive smart boards in every classroom and Ipads and laptops for teachers and students. We are aware that the global economy is changing and the need for students to develop their STEM (Science, technology, Engineering and Maths) skills for the future. With the advancement in technology, STEM at school provides the foundation for students to succeed in our ever changing world. Our school is renowned for its participation and leadership in Robotics, particularly as the first school to hold the Robocup event in the Pilbara.
Our school has continued its journey of embracing our local Indigenous cultures and during 2018 we are implementing a range of strategies including embedding Two-way Language in all classrooms, the inclusion of a student Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander leadership group and forming a parent working group to help guide the implementation of cultural learning within the school.
Working together with our wider community is at the heart of our school. Wickham Primary collaborates with school committees, the P&C and the school council to improve educational outcomes and school grounds including the recent addition of the Wickham Primary Nature Play area and the Wickham Community Orchard.
I am proud to be Principal of this great school and am comitted to working with our school community in ensuring successful outcomes for all students.


Bing owns nearly a quarter of the desktop search market in the US.
Bing is much more transparent about its ranking factors than Google.
As it's a less competitive market, Bing is a much cheaper advertising alternative to Google.
When it comes to SEO, Google is usually the first search engine people think of. Your search optimization efforts are likely dictated by Google's algorithm updates, Google best practices and Google updates. If you're guilty of "Google first", it's not without reason.
According to ComScore's June Explicit Core Search Share Report (Desktop Only), Google owns 63.1% of the search market in the US, Bing has 23% and Yahoo has the remaining 11.8% of the market. It may seem that focusing your SEO efforts exclusively on Google is a no-brainer but, there are five compelling reasons why Bing should still be an important part of your SEO strategy.
According to New York Times bestselling author and digital marketing influencer Neil Patel, a great reason to add Bing to your SEO strategy and make a conscious effort not to overlook Bing is because fewer of your competitors are vying for ranking position on Bing.
This makes sense. With most marketers flocking to Google because it has such a large share of search traffic, there are fewer competitors on Bing. The lower competition is a great reason to add it to your SEO strategy. (After all, 23% of the search market still represents a massive volume of searches being done!) Because you're in direct competition with fewer businesses, you're more likely to get a higher spot in search results and a bigger share of eyeballs and targeted web traffic on Bing than you will get on Google.
For smaller companies, the lower level of competition means there is a greater chance to see a decent ROI on organic search efforts. Google advises that it can take up to 12 months to see any kind of pay-off from SEO activity on its own search engine. The time from investment to result is much shorter on Bing because there are fewer pages competing for the page one ranking. If you need results quicker, Bing offers a viable alternative.
If you're a PPC advertiser and you dedicate some of your budget to Google AdWords, you're familiar with the pain in your wallet every time someone clicks on one of your ads. In fact, iProspect's 2017 Paid Search Trends Report for Q2 reported that Cost-Per-Click (CPC) is now at an all-time high. Mobile ad costs have also increased, up 17% in Q1 and up a massive 52% year-on-year.
With its lower search traffic, Bing is a much cheaper alternative – making it a great choice for advertisers who simply cannot afford to pay to play on Google. With more affordable PPC pricing, it also makes sense to double your Bing presence and optimize for better organic rankings, too.
While Bing doesn't disclose the finer details of its algorithms, in much the same way Google refuses to reveal what really makes for better SEO, Bing is much more open about what your site needs to do to rank better.
Bing even provides SEO professionals SEO Reports and an SEO Analyzer that assesses a page against 15 SEO best practices. The SEO Analyzer is an on-demand tool that can be used to get detailed page-by-page analysis from a "Bing" SEO perspective. The tool gives you guidance and suggestions as to what needs to be improved to rank better and even gives you a compliance report.
Bing Places for Business is an easy way to get increased local visibility – making it an especially useful tool for local service area businesses and local businesses with brick-and-mortar locations.
Like Google My Business (GMB), Bing's free business listing service gives businesses the chance to upload vital information such as a physical address, contact information, opening hours, a website link, and photos, making it easier for local searchers to find you. Once uploaded, your Places for Business listing can show in local search results, making your brand more visible to local customers.
While Google Analytics is an invaluable source of data and should be referenced as you carry out SEO for Google, Bing's Webmaster Tools is also an incredibly useful and often underused asset.
Tony Edward, Senior SEO Manager at Elite SEM and an Adjunct Instructor of Search Marketing at NYU, says that Bing Webmaster Tools provide a range of additional diagnostics and testing opportunities – all of which can be used to report your digital marketing activity as a whole. Writing in Search Engine Land, he says Bing Webmaster tools can be used for monitoring site security, monitoring crawl and index performance, and accessing keyword research and optimization recommendations.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on optimizing for Bing. Is it something you have overlooked? Or have you seen an increase in orders and traffic after focusing on this overlooked search engine?


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Don't mess with lightning
Scary incident at East Lake is a sobering reminder for golfers everywhere.
Bradley S. Klein
Golf Channel cameras caught this lightning strike Saturday on the 16th green at East Lake Golf Club. Golf Channel
It's not worth it. The risk/reward ratio is just too high. If there's any chance of electrical activity in the air, get off the course quickly and stay sheltered until the all-clear sounds.
We saw this weekend at the Tour Championship that even when precaution is taken, disaster is not far off. During Saturday's third round of the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup finale at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, a half hour after play had been suspended and the course cleared, lightning struck a pine tree by the 16th green and injured six passers by who got hit by debris from the blasted tree. It could have been much worse. None of the injuries was life threatening because none of them was from the lightning itself.
Fans walk past lightning damage to a tree during a suspension in play due to inclement weather during the third round of the TOUR Championship at East Lake Golf Club on August 24, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
That wasn't the case back in 1991 at the U.S. Open at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn. An intense thunderstorm broke over the course during the first round, and while play was suspended and players cleared, spectators had less chance to hide from the storm. A strike by the 11th tee hit six fans, one of them, fatally - 27-year old William Fadell. Since then the USGA and the PGATour have been more attentive, not just to watching for thunderstorms but also to providing areas for safe evacuation.
Worldwide, about 250,000 people are injured annually from lightning; one tenth of them fatally. Countries with poorly developed shelters, metal-roofed housing and primarily agricultural are far more vulnerable. Outdoor exposure increases susceptibility, with golf, fishing and hunting among the most exposed activities. Research suggests that the U.S. sees about 50 lightning fatalities a year.
What happens when golfers are caught out on the course without a clear warning to evacuate was brought home at the PGA Tour's Western Open in 1975 at Butler National Golf Club in Oak Brook, Ill. That's when five professional golfers were struck: Jim Ahern, Jerry Heard, Tony Jacklin, Bobby Nichols and Lee Trevino, They were lucky to survive, though in some cases the injuries were career threatening if not career ending.
Today, most golf courses are equipped with lightning detection or early warning predictive technology that allows course officials to call off play if there's activity in the area. An alarm will sound, clearly audible across the golf course. Simply translated, it means get the heck out of the way and stay there until the all-clear sounds.
#AskGolfAdvisor: How golf courses keep golfers safe from lightning
Trail warnings
That's the policy at all eleven sites of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Alabama. When it comes to moving people on and off a course, few entities have the experience of the management firm, Sun Belt Golf Corp. that runs the statewide operation. Annually, they handle over 500,000 rounds in one of the country's most storm-volatile areas, known for both tornadoes and thunderstorms, sometimes simultaneously.
As explained by company Sun Belt Golf president John Cannon, all eleven sites have comprehensive lightning detection and prediction technology covering areas that range from eight to ten miles away. The variance depends upon site size as well as local topography.
"It's an automated warning system," says Cannon. "One long warning to clear the course and three short ones when it's okay to go back."
Today's early warning lightning systems are so sensitive that sometimes the alarm will go out before a strike materializes within range, and often before a golfer sees evidence of a strike, That's especially the case with big, multi-course facilities like the RTJ Trail has, where ten of the sites have at least 36 holes and the largest, the 54-hole Capitol Hill in Prattville, spreads across more than a square mile.
"We clear the course," says Cannon. "We make it clear to players before they start that they are required to come in. We don't want them out there, not even in rest rooms or rain shelters.
"If they don't come we also tell them we are not going to go out and get them because we are not going to put our own employees in harm's way."
Players awaiting the all clear can get antsy, especially because they are required to wait a half hour after the last strike is detected before they are allowed out again. If they don't get to complete their rounds that day because of lingering storms, Sun Belt Golf offers all golfers rain check on the unused proportion of the round left unplayed. They can also trade that in for pro shop credit.
Of course some people just don't care. Back at the Robert Trent Jones Trail, Cannon recalls an incident with a golfer who was determined to head back out onto the course to complete his round despite the absence of an all-clear. "I'm not worried about lightning " he told Cannon. "I've already been hit three times."
That golfer has a ways to go, as it turns out. The world's record is seven.
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Commented on September 15, 2019 11:21 PM
You offer really good advice. But I believe that for the non VIP spectators at a PGA event it is all wishful thinking. The last three PGA tour tournaments that I have attended it involved parking my car many mikes away from the course, taking a free shuttle bus to the course entrance, walking a long distance to my selected viewing hole. As a regular spectator, when the alarm goes off there is really no place to go. You cannot go to the clubhouse where the members and players go. The VIP tents and buildings do not, despite what the Tour says, welcome in folks without the proper credentials. So you are left to head back to the main entrance where there will not be enough buses to take the masses back to the parking lots to sit in their automobiles. So don't blame the general fans for having no place to go to escape the danger of lightning.
connman1111
Commented on August 29, 2019 03:54 PM
I have been told at a couple of courses in Wisconsin that there will NOT be a horn or notification in the event of lightning. I believe there is some sort of legal reason. Sounds pretty stupid!
Murray Henley
Commented on August 28, 2019 09:10 AM
I have been to a few PGA Tour tournaments, and it's obvious there is nowhere safe to go for regular spectators when play is suspended because of potential lightning. We don't have access to the clubhouse and those corporate tents are off-limits. The best solution seems to be to try to hide in denser woods in a lower-lying area.
The horn is sounded to clear player and caddies from the course and warn spectators to get ready to be struck by lightning...
Paul Tagliamonte
I was caddying at Tedesco CC in Marblehead, Ma. in 1966. The loop I had that day was the businessman,
Mr. G K. On the 6th hole (248 yds uphill par 4, Mr. G.K. asked for a 6 iron to lay up. As he finished his practice swing, his club was hit by lightning, & the club went flyin'. Back then there were no shelters. All 8 of us (foursome) sheltered under a tree.🤷🏽♂ Mr. G K was not injured, but it was a scare for all of us. We continued the round & the sun came out.
Jarey
It was near the 16th tee. I was on #6 green where Rory and Xander were.. a half mile away. It felt like it was right on top of me. The issue is how do you get thousands of spectators out of harms way. Nobody told us to leave or evacuate. We are lucky no one was killed!
Jason D. Staff
The error has been corrected. Glad to hear you weren't near the strike.
East Lake lightning strike was along the 16th tee area (just ahead of the tee being used for the tournament), not 5th hole as you state. Lightning also struck a maintenance facility as well.
This very incident has been worried about and considered at every golf tournament I've worked. I've been a marshal at the Wells Fargo Championship for 14 years and 2 PGA Championships. We always prepare to move golfers and caddies out of harms way, but the other 30,000 to 50,000 patrons who are there are never considered. Thank God for no serious injuries but death was a real possibility. I hope this close call will force the PGA to plan where patrons will go, give patrons explicit instructions when they buy their tickets. The tournament sponsors are responsible for All the people on the course, not just the players.
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Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is the only place around here where we can get our 'Fall Colors' fix. It's such an amazing place, with a constant water source, a marsh area, little streams and open fields. Did I mention the birding? Yes, it's a great place not only to take a walk, but the birding is some of the best around. People from all over the country come to 'bird' here. Come on down some Wednesday or Saturday morning around 8 a.m. and you'll meet great people and see more birds than you ever would on your own.
Hooray! Joshua Tree National Park is Open.
We're all very excited to be able to hike and bike and climb to our heart's content, especially now, because the weather is fantastic. Y'all come on down!
Since we can't hike in Joshua Tree National Park, during the 'Shutdown', we had to find an alternative. Thank heaven for the Mojave Desert Land Trust, which saved a piece of land on Quail Mountain, known affectionately as the '955'... acres that is. They saved it from development, so the rest of us could hike there, nice folks. We got up early and hiked up to this one spot, where, if we've had enough rain during the winter, you can view a waterfall. Because of the good rains we had during the summer, there is plenty of Brittlebush, fields of small yellow flowers and lots of green buds, just waitin' for more rain. Here's some pics from the hike done in a 'moody' style.
We've had quite a bit of rain this summer, which possibly, portends a good Spring. Keep your fingers crossed. So, we went out the other afternoon chasing clouds and came away with these three shots.
Drove through Amboy, California the other day, stopped for the usual 'rest stop', took a picture, chatted with the fella behind the counter, "Nice weather today... Uh huh... Where y'all headed?... Santa Fe... Uh huh...", bought a T-Shirt and headed on our way. Always a pleasure.
The other morning, we got up 'crack o' dawn to go bikin' and on the way in, I caught this shot of the valley spread out before us. I almost didn't recognize the place, looked like something Albert Bierstadt would have painted. A great day for a ride.
This is the first time our 'Century Plant' Agave has bloomed (and the last...). A special event for us and a beautiful, almost full moon, to boot!
We went out the other afternoon and took a little walk at Jumbo Rocks. As we started out, this is the view I saw, thought you might like it too.
A Little Thunderstorm... A Lot of Clouds!
We got a little bit of a Thunderstorm the other day in the afternoon, just enough to wet the plants, but later in the day, there were some beautiful cloud displays just before Sunset. A nice finish to the day.


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Todd M. Young
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Todd Young focuses his practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, loan and financing transactions, and contract negotiation.
Mr. Young has represented purchasers and sellers in a wide variety of complex acquisition and disposition transactions. He also regularly counsels companies on day-to-day corporate governance issues.
Mr. Young has represented lenders and borrowers in various types of finance and loan transactions, and he has assisted several overseas corporations in the purchase and sale of U.S. entities. His financing work includes a particular focus on representing lenders in ESOP loan transactions. In those transactions he has represented lenders in both stand-alone and syndicated loan transactions with aggregate loan amounts ranging from $20 million to $150 million.
Mr. Young has extensive experience representing issuers in private offerings of securities.
Mr. Young's clients are from a broad array of industries, and have annual sales ranging from $5 million to $1 billion. He has represented U.S. entities in their domestic matters, and has served as U.S. counsel for non-U.S. entities on their U.S. acquisitions and in other matters for their U.S.-based affiliates.
Mr. Young joined Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP in February 1994. Active in the firm's management, he is currently a member of the firm's Management Committee. Mr. Young also served as a member of the firm's Executive Committee and is a past co-leader of Hinshaw's Commercial Transactions Practice Group, and is a past regional director.
From 1999 to 2010, he served as an adjunct professor at Northwestern University Law School, where he taught a course on mergers and acquisitions. From 2000 to 2004, he served as an adjunct Professor at Seabury Western Theological Seminary (Episcopal), where he taught a course on Canon Law.
Mr. Young served as the Chancellor (Chief Legal Officer) of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago from 2003 through 2016, and he was profiled in an article entitled "He Brings Corporate Legal Skills to his Church," which appeared in the March 3, 2008 edition of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
Chicago Bar Association
Holds the AV® Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating for ethics and legal ability
Recognized as a "Notable LGBTQ Executive" by Crain's Chicago Business, 2018
Recognized by his peers as a "Leading Lawyer" in the areas of: Mergers & Acquisitions Law; and Small, Closely & Privately Held Business Law, 2010 – 2015
Recognized as a "Super Lawyer" by Illinois Super Lawyers magazine, 2005 – 2007
Panelist, "Growth Strategies, Challenges and Opportunities for US Firms," Professional Practices Alliance (PPA) Breakfast Seminar, London, April 10, 2019
"Cyber Security for ESOP Companies: Is Your Data Safe?," Illinois Chapter Meeting of the ESOP Association, Naperville, Illinois, March 7, 2019
"Cyber Security for ESOP Companies: Is Your Data Safe?," Midwest Regional Meeting of the ESOP Association, Rosemount, Illinois, September 7, 2018
"Update on New Partnership Audit Rules and the Roles of a 'Partnership Representative,'" Law Firm General Counsel Roundtable, San Francisco and Palo Alto, California, May 2018
"Who Wants to be an ESOP Millionaire?," 2017 Midwest ESOP Conference, Omaha, NE, September 7, 2017
"Who Wants to be an ESOP Millionaire?," The ESOP Association, 40th Annual ESOP Conference & 26th Awards Ceremony, Washington, DC, May 2017
"Who Wants to be an ESOP Millionaire?," Illinois ESOP Chapter 2017 Spring Conference, Oak Brook, Illinois, March 2017
"ESOP Trivia," 2016 Las Vegas ESOP Conference, Las Vegas Nevada, November 11, 2016
"Best of the Best," 2016 Midwest ESOP Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 9, 2016
"ESOP Jeopardy - We Supply the Questions for Your Nagging ESOP Answers," ESOP Association Illinois Chapter Conference, Champaign, Illinois, March 10, 2016
"What Drives Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives Forward?" American Law Institute program, Chicago, Illinois, June 2, 2015
"Marry Me a Little: The Short History and Exciting Future of Marriage Equality," Moderator, live simulcast, Hinshaw's LGBT Affinity Network, Chicago, New York and San Francisco, May 14, 2015
"ESOP Mythbusters: Are Those Things You Hear About ESOPs True or False?," ESOP Association, Illinois Chapter Winter Conference, Oak Brook, Illinois, March 2015
"What Are They Thinking? ESOP Risk Assessment and Avoidance," ESOP Association, Midwest Regional Conference, Oak Brook, Illinois, September 2014
"Risk Avoidance During the ESOP Lifecycle," ESOP Association, Illinois Chapter–Annual Conference, Champaign, Illinois, March 2014
"ESOPs from A to Z," U.S. Trust, Bank of America, Private Wealth Management, Chicago, Illinois, October 2013
"Financing Your Venture—Market Check: A Review of Current Trends and Practices in Corporate Finance," ALPFA Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, June 2013
"Intergenerational Differences and LGBT Lawyers," moderator, Law Firm LGBT Affinity Group Roundtable, Chicago, Illinois, July 2012
"Legal, Legislative & Regulatory Update," Illinois Chapter of the ESOP Association, Champaign, Illinois, March 2012
"Ownership Transition: Passing the Torch Without Getting Burned," Illinois Society of Professional Engineers, live webinar, January 2012
"Old Timers vs. Newbies: Collaboration-Based Solutions for Ownership Transition," American Institute of Architects—Illinois Chapter's 2011 Annual Meeting, Lisle, Illinois, November 2011
"A Parish Perspective on Social Media and the Internet: Too Good to Pass Up or Too Risky to Trust?" National Episcopal Chancellors' Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, May 2010
"Who Does What—The New Rules for Ecclesiastical Discipline," Provincial Conference of Bishops & Chancellors of the Episcopal Church, Rosemont, Illinois, January 2010
"The Ten Commandments of Canon Law for Vestries and Clergy," and "Parties, Banquets and Balls: Canonical and Legal Issues for Vestries," Leadership & Ministry Fair, Chicago, Illinois, April 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005.
"Same Sex Marriage: What California's Proposition 8 Result Means," LGBT Panel Discussion, Hinshaw, Chicago, Illinois, November 2008
"I Heard it Through the Grapevine—What Priests Can and Cannot Talk About: Clergy-Penitent Privilege, Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting and Privacy Issues," National Episcopal Chancellors' Conference, San Diego, California, May 2007
"The Art and Science of When to Document, What to Document and How to Document it in an Era in Which Everything May be Discovered," Hinshaw's "Ethics Seminar," Chicago, Illinois September 2006
"I'm a What?! Entity Selection Issues and Formation of Businesses," Hinshaw and Euclid Insurance's seminar "2004 Design Firm Check-up," Chicago and Oak Brook, Illinois, November 2004
"The State of the Unions: Canon Law and Secular Law Concerning Same-Sex Couples and Other Unmarried Couples," National Episcopal Chancellors' Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 21-23, 2004
"Current Caselaw Concerning Ownership of Real Estate by Church Bodies," Province V Conference of Bishops and Chancellors of the Episcopal Church, June 2004
Mr. Young has authored numerous publications including:
"Corporate Operating and Maintenance Issues," author, Chapter 6, IICLE publication entitled "Illinois Business Law Series," Volume 1, 2015 Supplement edition (former Chapter 12, "Common Operating Aspects of Illinois Corporations," "Organizing and Advising Illinois Business"; also authored 1995, 1999, 2005, 2011 and 2013 editions and supplements of that chapter)
"Elements of Illinois Law: Organizing and Advising a Small Business," author, IICLE publication, 2015
"How to Sign a Contract? It Depends What You Are," ISPE Illinois Engineer This Week, June 2013
"Ownership Transition: Passing the Torch without Getting Burned," co-author, STRUCTURE magazine, July 2012
"Business Organizations," co-author, Chapter 2, IICLE publication entitled "Annual Survey of Illinois Law," 1989, 1990 and 1991 editions
"Intellectual Property and Financing," author, Illinois Banker, April 1990
"Maternal and Fetal Outcomes in Lamaze-Prepared Patients," co-author, Obstetrics and Gynecology, June 1978
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Partner Honored by "Crain's Chicago Business"
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Hinshaw Lawyers Advise Kenyon & Kenyon on Combination with Andrews Kurth
Hinshaw Names Four New Members of Management Committee
Hinshaw Breaks Ground for New Headquarters in 2018
Equality Illinois Recognizes Hinshaw for LGBT Inclusiveness and Equality
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Episcopal Diocese of Chicago
Chancellor Emeritus (2016–present)
Chancellor (2003–2016)
Assistant Chancellor (1995–2003)
Catechist, 6-9 Atrium, Church of Our Saviour
Adjunct professor at Seabury Western Theological Seminary where he taught a course on canon law from 2000 to 2004
J.D., University of Chicago Law School, 1983
Member, Law Review
Editor, University of Chicago Law Review
A.B., cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1980
Course of Study, Université de Toulouse


There's a gooey time capsule in the heart of Los Angeles, left over from an era when saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, camels, and giant sloths prowled southern California. At the site known today as the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, natural asphalt has bubbled up from below the ground's surface since the last Ice Age. This murky sludge has trapped and made fossils out of thousands of creatures, as small as bees and as big as mammoths. Here are a few of the amazing discoveries made there.
1. MORE THAN 3.5 MILLION FOSSILS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED.
The tar pits have yielded one of the biggest collections of Ice Age fossils in the world, and collectively, the statistics are stunning. More than 600 species have been found, from snakes and mollusks to sloths and mountain lions. Of the mammals found at La Brea, around 90 percent are carnivores. (Amazingly, the pits have yielded more 200,000 individual dire wolf specimens alone.) The common explanation is that when big herbivores like mammoths got stuck in the asphalt, they would have looked like an easy meal to predators—who would then become stuck in the tar themselves.
2. PALEONTOLOGISTS STILL DIG THERE 361 DAYS A YEAR.
3. THE ONLY DINOSAURS FOUND THERE ARE BIRDS.
After the paleontologists at La Brea have convinced you they aren't robots, they'll be quick to clear up another misconception: They don't dig up dinosaurs. (Although, technically, they do. "We have 163 species of birds," Lindsey says. Yes, birds are dinosaurs.) Most of the fossils at La Brea date from 11,000 to 50,000 years ago—about 65 million years after dinosaurs went extinct.
4. THE PRESERVATION OF FOSSILS IS EXCEPTIONAL.
Sticky asphalt is a pain to clean off the bones, but it also keeps them in pristine condition. This means scientists can look at features as subtle as the markings on carnivore teeth. One study in 2014 looked at microscopic patterns on the teeth of five species of big cats found at La Brea. The researchers concluded that the mountain lion was the only one to survive into the present because it wasn't a picky eater, and could survive changes in its food supply.
5. IT'S SO GOOD THAT THE PITS PRESERVE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEMS.
This is important because the presence of smaller organisms can relay more specific information about the ecosystem. And because La Brea has such a long record of fossils, scientists can track how those ecosystems changed—or didn't—over time. For instance, one recent study of beetle fossils in the tar pits suggests that the climate of southern California has been relatively stable over the past 50,000 years. Yes, L.A. has had great weather for a very long time.
6. THE TAR PITS ARE DEATH TRAPS—AND YET ALSO SUPPORT LIFE.
A decade ago, scientists discovered about 200 species of microorganisms living in the asphalt with no water, little to no oxygen, and a heavy dose of toxic chemicals. Some of these microbes represented families of bacterial species that had never been seen before. By studying extremophiles thriving in such hostile environments, scientists may learn more about how life might exist on other planets.
7. ONLY ONE HUMAN SKELETON HAS BEEN FOUND THERE.
In 1914, researchers at the tar pits discovered a 9000-year-old set of human remains of a 20-something-year-old female, dubbed "La Brea Woman." Though some had speculated that she had been trapped in the asphalt or that she was Los Angeles's first homicide case, later studies suggested La Brea woman's remains had been ceremonially reburied in the asphalt, possibly with a domestic dog at her side. No other human remains have been found at La Brea. Historical accounts suggest that local tribes like the Chumash and Tongva used the asphalt from the tar pits as a glue or caulk for their wooden boats, so they must've tread carefully around the tar pits. But most of the fossils from the tar pits date from the period before humans populated the region. Lindsey says a new project will look at what was happening at the tar pits during the Holocene—the period that started after the end of the last Ice Age—which could reveal how the arrival of humans might have contributed to the extinction of big mammals.
8. A POLICE DIVER WORKING A MURDER CASE SURVIVED A PLUNGE INTO A PIT.
9. THERE ARE MORE PITS OUT THERE.
"There's a couple of sites that have barely been studied but would probably be as rich as the La Brea tar pits," Lindsey says. Venezuela has several tar pits, for instance, but because of the political situation, they haven't been as intensely studied.
10. THE NAME IS REDUNDANT.
"La Brea" in Spanish means "the tar." So when you say "the La Brea tar pits," you're really saying "The the tar tar pits." It's on the long list of tautological place names that also includes Lake Tahoe and the Sahara Desert.


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'Current' 2019, Russia, Moscow
A speculation on the future of volumetric broadcasting cinema, participatory archiving, and their impact on urbanism.
Current is a speculation on the future of broadcasting cinema. It emerges from the intersection of contemporary trends in live streaming culture, volumetric cinema, AI deep fakes and personalized narratives. The film Current is an experiential example of what this cinema might look and feel like within a few years based on the convergence of these trends. Artificial intelligence increasingly molds the clay of the cinematic image, optimizing its vocabulary to project information in a more dynamic space, embedding data in visuals, and directing a new way of seeing: from planar to global, flat to volumetric, personal to planetary.
In the contemporary contestations of algorithmically recommended content, the screen time of scrolling between livestreams has become a form of new cinema. 'Current' experimented with various AI image processing technologies and volumetric environment reconstruction techniques to depict a future where every past account has been archived into an endless stream. History, from Latin 'historia', means the art of narrating past accounts as stories. What will be the future of our urban environment if every single event is archived in real time to such accuracy that there is no room for his-story? This implies an economy of values, that has potential in multiple streams beyond social media, as the content deep learns from itself. Beginning in 2019, 'Current' is a continuous series of volumetric films encompassing front page stories that happen around the world, which are broadcasted in real-time using livestream media technologies. Livestream is a new form of moving image, to which the content is generated and broadcasted simultaneously. Its real time quality gives rise to an attention economy that circulates values distinct from traditional moving image media, such as movies and television. First, it encompasses extraordinary moments alongside an infinite feed of the mundane, suggesting a sense of 'truth' to its audience. Second, instead of having to sit in for a standardised amount of time, the quality of mundane in livestream enables its audience the freedom to step in and out of the stream at any moment. Third, it facilitates a participatory authorship, where interactions between the audience and streamer collaboratively directs, narrates, and curates the experience. Volumetric cinema is the perceiving of information in a 3-dimensional space. Instead of compressing our 3D world onto 2D planes, technologies such as point cloud and 3D reconstruction techniques record and project data in 360 degrees, which minimises the reduction of the complexity of the image data. It is a form of cinema that is immersive as well as expansive; there is no negative space in any scene, there is no behind the camera - an expanded cinema. When coupled with livestream, it has the potential to preserve every detail of every past occurrence in full scale, directing a new way of perception, from planar to global, flat to volumetric. Along these lines, 'Current' seeks to configure a new aesthetic vocabulary of cinematology, expanding the spectrum of aesthetic semblance and intelligence, questioning truth and identity in contemporary urban phenomena. 'Current' experimented with a range of digital technologies that are readily available to any individuals (e.g. machine learning, environment reconstruction, low-end 3D scanner, etc.). Alongside the volumetric film, it developed a production pipeline using distributed technologies, which provide a means for individuals to reconstruct, navigate, and understand event landscapes that are often hidden from us.
http://www.current.cam
http://current.cam/film
https://hubs.mozilla.com/TbD6TUn/current-cam
Team members : Provides Ng, Eli Joteva, Ya Nzi, Artem Konevskikh
Supervisor : Prof. Benjamin Bratton
Institution : Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design
Funding agencies : Strelka Institute of Media, Architecture and Design
Technical Concept : The proposed pipeline is a feedback loop between human-machine interactions. Livestream includes image and meta data, which can be extracted for environment and events reconstruction. With machine learning, we can have estimations on what is behind a foregrounded object, this is perfect to be coupled with photogrammetry frameworks that calculate based on vantage points. Also, 'Current' experimented with AI image processing like Autoencoder, which can help to fill in missing information on texture maps based on archived data, and object detection can help to estimate scene descriptions. The output volumetric data will then be plugged into personalisation algorithms that will label, rank, and deliver recommended content by collaborative filtering. Finally, the output will be pulled into displays on demand, which are volumetric navigation engines, like VR devices, and accessed by a network.
Visual Concept : The outsourcing of imagination to AI can most readily be observed in the cultural phenomena of deep fakes and deep dreams. The project experimented with Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and Autoencoders to simulate visuals that are uncanny to the mind. These neural networks allow the compositing of multiple visual data inputs, generating infinitely long single takes that redefine the cinematic cut. While humans perform curatorial decisions between multiple sources of data, the machine estimates between images and fills in the voids - a human-machine interaction, an outsourcing of imagination.


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How much time do the different mechanisms of gene regulation need to take effect?
I am thinking of the major regulatory mechanisms, like general transcription factors, activators, repressors, and RNA interference.
If non-active regulator genes using each of the different mechanisms were activated, what would be delay (on average) between each of those genes' activation and their downstream regulatory effect?
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$\begingroup$ I don't have an answer for you, but people often imprecisely say that type of regulation takes place on the order of many minutes to hours, and that may be as precise as you can get given the variable kinetics of any given pathway. I will say this though: the kinetics of knockdown in RNAi could largely depend on the rate of degradation of the protein (which is HIGHLY variable). Even if you take away the mRNA, the protein is still there until it's degraded. If it's normally degraded fast, the kinetics of mRNA degradation will be limiting. If it's slow, then you have to wait for the protein. $\endgroup$ – Jory Mar 27 '16 at 14:57
$\begingroup$ Also, all genes in eukaryotes require general transcription factors, but basically all of them also require activators to act first to recruit the GTFs and histone modifying components (which allow GTFs and their friend RNA polymerase to access genes). So, they are really downstream of activators and their recruitment is part of what contributes to the kinetics. $\endgroup$ – Jory Mar 27 '16 at 15:02
People often imprecisely say that type of regulation takes place on the order of many minutes to hours, and that may be as precise as you can get given the variable kinetics of any given pathway.
Also, all genes in eukaryotes require general transcription factors, but basically all of them also require activators to act first to recruit the GTFs and histone modifying components (which allow GTFs and their friend RNA polymerase to access genes). So, they are generally downstream of activators and their recruitment is part of what contributes to the kinetics in euakryotes.
For RNAi, the kinetics of knockdown in RNAi could largely depend on the rate of degradation of the protein (which is HIGHLY variable). Even if you take away the mRNA, the protein is still there until it's degraded. If it's normally degraded fast, the kinetics of mRNA degradation will be limiting. If it's slow, then you have to wait for the protein to be degraded by its natural mechanisms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteasome).
Sigma is saying RNAi effects can be seen in around 24 hours
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/life-science/functional-genomics-and-rnai/sirna/learning-center/mission-sup-reg0/experimental-design0.html#s3
Thermo is implying something similar by saying RNAi effects can be seen for 5-7 days post-transfection (i.e. they imply that it can be seen after a day).
https://www.thermofisher.com/ca/en/home/references/ambion-tech-support/rnai-sirna/tech-notes/duration-of-sirna-induced-silencing.html
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Company founder, Erik H. Haupt, worked his way through college doing tree work while attending Colgate. After graduating from Colgate, Erik served in the Marine Corps as an Engineer Equipment Officer before starting his tree company. The Marine Corps had a great influence on the initial organization of his company, which had a distinctive military flare.
From the beginning, Erik wanted the emphasis of his new company to be about tree care and preservation, when most tree companies at the time focused primarily on their tree removal services. He took pride in the appearance of his equipment and provided his crew with uniforms and safety equipment such as hard hats... something that was uncommon at the time. Organization, customer service, professionalism, safety and knowledgeable quality work were the priorities of his new company. The Haupt Tree Company has cared for the trees at many properties for over 50 years.
Today our emphasis is to continue to maintain the highest level of professionalism, and in providing the very best in tree care and customer service. Our company is currently managed by a second generation of Haupts, with Erik G. Haupt, II as President and General Manager and Peter J. Haupt, Vice President and Fleet Manager.
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Transcendens (latin "överskridande") betecknar något som ligger bortom den empiriska sinnevärlden, är motsatsen till immanens

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 Transcendent funktion – en funktion som inte satisfierar någon polynomekvation
 Transcendent tal – ett (reellt) tal, som inte kan definieras som ett nollställe till ett ändligt polynom med rationella koefficienter

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 Transcendental – egenskap bortom tingens kategorier
 Transcendentalism – en amerikansk litterär och filosofisk rörelse som hade sin storhetstid mellan åren 1836 och 1860
 Transcendental meditation – en form av meditation
 Transcendence – en brittisk-amerikansk-kinesisk science fiction-thrillerfilm från 2014
 Transcend: Nine Steps to Living Well Forever – en bok skriven av Ray Kurzweil och Terry Grossman som utgavs 2009

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London's social set celebrates opening of Cecconi's restaurant at Bicester Village
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Guests at the opening of Cecconi's restaurant at Bicester Village
London's social set headed to Bicester Village to celebrate the opening of Cecconi's restaurant at Bicester Village as the festive season officially began.
Media personality Laura Whitmore, comedian Ian Stirling, singer-songwriter Ella Eyre, and catwalk model Abbey Clancy were amongst the guest invited to lunch at the newly opened Cecconi's before enjoying an afternoon of Christmas shopping.
The village was alight with Christmas magic, featuring a striking star-spangled display crafted from paper by Wander Barcelona designers as an ode to a starry night sky.
Guests enjoyed Cecconi's new stylish setting and fresh taste of northern Italy whilst catching up ahead of the festive season.
Guests at Cecconi's Bicester Village launch party
A three-course lunch was served, including an array of Italian delights from Burrata & Caponata and Meatballs with tomato and basil to Baked gnocchi with tomatoes and mozzarella and Salmon served with cannellini beans and scarola.
This was followed by traditional Italian desserts of Tiramisu, Panettone bread butter pudding and Vanilla Panna Cotta with poached clementine.
After lunch, guests spent the afternoon Christmas shopping and exploring the village, enjoying the new outlets on offer, including Jo Malone London, Charlotte Tilbury, Veuve Clicquot and the Le Creuset pop-up.
As the founding Village of The Bicester Collection, Bicester Village has established a 25-year reputation for its curation of luxury brands and unbeatable year-round savings.
More than 150 boutiques from globally renowned British and international fashion and lifestyle brands line its beautifully landscaped pedestrianised streets, which are modelled on the villages in surrounding Oxfordshire.
Cecconi's in Bicester Village is the first Cecconi's restaurant to open in the UK outside of London. From handmade artisanal pizzas, fresh seafood, seasonal dishes and Cicchetti, guests can enjoy an authentic Italian dining experience.
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Monsanto Sues to Keep Weed Killer off California's List of Carcinogens
Posted by Jeffrey Phillips | Jan 22, 2016 |
Monsanto has been on the defensive since last year's announcement from the World Health Organization's cancer research arm that its best-selling weed killer glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans." That defense took a new step on Thursday, when the agrichemical giant took legal action in California to halt the state from adding glyphosate to a list of cancer-causing chemicals, based on WHO's findings, under a law known as Proposition 65.
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment announced in September that it would add glyphosate to the Prop. 65 list in light of the announcement from WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer. On Thursday, Monsanto officially took legal issue with that plan, filing a lawsuit against OEHHA and Lauren Zeise, its acting director, in California state court seeking to block the move.
The lawsuit contends that listing glyphosate essentially outsources regulation to an "unelected, undemocratic, unaccountable, and foreign body," Reuters reported.
However, Prop. 65, which was passed as a ballot initiative in 1986, looks to scientific research, not federal regulators, when deciding what to include on the list. The language of the law itself reads, "State government agencies have failed to provide them [California residents] with adequate protection" from chemicals that can cause cancer or reproductive harm.
That's not to say that Prop. 65 is a perfect system, and any observant California resident is accustomed to coming across signs that read "WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm" throughout daily life. If you're driving into a parking garage, pumping gas, buying aspirin, or shopping for Chinese-style salted fish, there's likely a warning posted somewhere. Some 900 chemicals are listed under Prop. 65. Even bacon, which the IARC also recently declared a carcinogen, could soon be labeled.
"Generally speaking, the lead agency in California takes the position that if IARC has listed a chemical as a human carcinogen, it has to be added to the Proposition 65 list," Bruce Nye, a defense attorney who works with companies on Prop. 65 cases, told Capital Public Radio last year.
Apparently, that precedent did not factor into Monsanto's legal calculations, which is not all that surprising—the company has vehemently defended glyphosate, which it sells under the brand name Roundup, against the IARC declaration.
"The IARC classification of glyphosate is inconsistent with the findings of regulatory bodies in the United States and around the world, and it is not a sound basis for any regulatory action," Phil Miller, Monsanto's vice president of regulatory affairs, told Reuters. One such finding could make California look hypocritical here: The OEHHA concluded in 2007 that glyphosate did not present a cancer risk.
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Marina Vikentjevna Lobatsj (Wit-Russisch: Марына Вікенцьеўна Лобач, Russisch: Марина Викентьевна Лобач,) (Smaliavitsji, 26 juni 1970) is een Wit-Russisch gymnastiekcoach en voormalig ritmisch gymnaste, die uitkwam voor de Sovjet-Unie. Bij de Zomerspelen van 1988 in Seoul werd ze olympisch kampioen.

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Marina Lobatsj begon op zevenjarige leeftijd met ritmische gymnastiek. Drie jaar later verhuisde ze naar Minsk, om daar haar talent voor de sport verder te kunnen ontwikkelen. Als twaalfjarige ging ze meetrainen met het nationale team en enkele jaren later - in 1985 - werd ze voor het eerst kampioen van de Sovjet-Unie.

In hetzelfde jaar won ze een zilveren medaille met haar touwoefening bij de wereldkampioenschappen in Valladolid. Twee jaar later werd ze in Varna wereldkampioen met haar hoepeloefening. Met touw en knotsen behaalde ze het brons.

Aangezien de Olympische Spelen van 1984 door de Sovjet-Unie geboycot werden, deden Lobatsj en haar team niet mee. Bij de Olympische Spelen van 1988 deed het team van de Sovjet-Unie wel mee en Lobatsj haalde een perfecte score op alle onderdelen. Ze werd olympisch kampioen en besloot niet lang daarna haar carrière als ritmisch gymnaste te beëindigen.

Lobatsj studeerde aan de Russische Academie van Theaterkunst, maar besloot na enkele jaren aan de slag te gaan als coach ritmische gymnastiek. In 2004 opende ze haar eigen gymnastiekschool in Minsk. Er wordt jaarlijks een internationale wedstrijd georganiseerd, die naar haar vernoemd is: de Marina Lobach Cup.

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Lobatsj is getrouwd en heeft twee dochters. Het gezin woont in Minsk.

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The spotlight is on the students and staff at Huron Valley Schools.
Favorite book: Magnus Chase: "The Sword of Summer"
Favorite TV show: "The Goldbergs"
Who do you look up to and why: I look up to my dad because he is a very nice person and is willing to get the job done!
What goal have you set for yourself: My goal is to make the honor roll.
Why student is a responsible citizen: "Jacob is a responsible citizen regardless of his environment; he has integrity and is an exemplar student academically."
Favorite saying: Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
Favorite TV show: "Best Friends Whenever"
What would you like to be as you get older: A history teacher or orthopedic surgeon.
Who do you look up to and why: I look up to my parents because they always know what's best for me.
What goal have you set for yourself: Get good grades and have fun in life.
Why student is a responsible citizen: Jessica is "the whole package." She is helpful, thoughtful, friendly, outgoing, funny, kind and a great student.
I am currently reading: "Book Love" by Penny Kittle, "The Swans of Fifth Avenue" by Melanie Benjamin and a lot of student essays.
The last movie I saw in the theater was: I honestly don't remember, it's been so long.
The funniest memory of a student or event in my classroom is: Unfortunately, not able to be published.
In my spare time, I like to: Binge-watch Netflix shows and attend my kids' sporting events.
The hardest part about being a teacher is: Keeping it all together and still being everything for everyone.
If I wasn't teaching I would: Probably work in assessment or curriculum development.


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50% in aggregate in 10+2 examination/ senior school certificate examination of C.B.S.E. as minimum marks for admission to B.Com with pass in five subjects (One language and four elective subjects) or an examination recognized as equivalent to that.
The admissions are carried out strictly on merit basis through a Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. The University conducts central counselling for all the colleges affiliated with it for 90% seats except for management quota seats. Students are required to choose the college/institute during the counselling. For application forms the students are to respond to the advertisement by the University or its website www.ipuadmissions.nic.in or www.ipu.ac.in.
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The examination and evaluation is carried out according to the scheme laid down by the University. Every paper is of 100 marks. In every paper, evaluation is done through an external examination with 75% weightage and 25% is through internal/continuous evaluation by the respective faculty within the institute. The internal evaluation is conducted on the basis of written tests, presentations, assignments, seminars, projects etc. The degree is awarded by the GGSIP University, Delhi.
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For students admitted under "Management Quota" option, fee is the same as prescribed by the Fee Committee. The Institute shall collect the fee and it shall be payable once in year. If the student withdraws admission after the date of commencement of course and the seat remains vacant, no fee shall be refunded.
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Welcome to this new Personal Development Forum!
Let's bring more people here and make this forum grow!
I am in the personal development field and love to help others improve.
What do you guys think people ultimately want when they head for personal development?
Just trying to collect more data and emphasize about what is important.
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
I am also in the personal Development field and I work on the assumption that anything that can enhance or help make people's lives easier should be under this heading.
In this day and age many people just seem to be so negative, which of course is not helping them to live a fulfilling life. so I write a lot about how we think, the language we use and the actions we take are a reflection of our reality. I often use cause and effect as one of the main subjects in my material, as I believe that this is one of the most important factors of how we live. But like I said as long as whatever content you are creating has a positive effect on others then in my mind it deserves to be under the heading of personal development.
I would also say: people are looking for what you can help them with.
Hopefully we can be the leaders who direct them to take control of their lives in the best, most inspiring way !
I reckon most people want three things in life.
1. A satisfying and rewarding career that pays well.
2. A wonderful, loving relationship.
Sure there are others, such as friends, hobbies etc, but it's usually one of the above that encourages people to explore personal development as a way of getting what they want in life.
I believe most people want to be excited about something in their life that turns them on even before they get out of bed. They want something to look forward to each day weather it's their job, contact with a family member or friend, taking a vacation, permanent retirement, buying a new home or car or even making some changes in their lifestyle or changing careers. The last on here is what finally got excited about life. I hated my job.
I would have to agree with "mydailyinspirationalquote" .... I don't think most people know what they're looking for, in fact I don't think most people even know that they should "look" as they are so busy just surviving life as they know it. However, those who step beyond and decide to better themselves .... I think they look for leaders who can guide and show them how they can create better - health/wealth/or whatever their need is at the current time.
These are all great answers!
In my years helping people, it really seems like Personal Development is helping people to simplify. That is to say that we are born for greatness, but develop destructive habits that get in the way of our success. So in essence, the goal of a Coach is to identify and help people to remove the obstacles in people's way.
I think that people ultimately are looking for ways to better their life. This maybe around finances, health , relationship and many other aspect of their life.
The ultimate goal as a coach is to lead them, to show them how their can effectively achieve their desire goal. People are looking for leader, Someone that can hold their hand and walk the path with them or at least show them the step by step process to get the result they so badly want to achieve in their life.
What are you looking for when you thing about personal development?
The answer you will find inside may amaze you, but also may change the life of million people. Focus on that answer and you will serve better.
I know that's not an "official" definition of the term but I do think it describes what most people are searching for when they take a look at personal development.
Many begin to realize - though they may not fully understand it - that there is a need for something MORE than just going through your day and "getting by". There are way too may influences out there that can have an impact on us to just "go through the day and get by" in my opinion.
It's kind of like what I believe to be true about driving... You can follow all of the traffic rules and do everything correct. However, if you are not looking out for "the other guy" then you will likely be involved in an accident just about every day.
So it is with personal development. We have to "watch out" for all of the negative influences that surround us each and every day and do all that we can to "develop" a positive mindset that will help us do more than just "get by" or "survive".
That's my philosophy that you will also find at my website and through the blog and podcasts that you will find there. It's the thought behind my "signature close" at the end of my posts as well.
"Make it an AWESOME day! (Who else is going to do it for you?)"
I think people want answers to the questions they don't dare to ask.
Getting the most for doing the least. That is why so many fail to achieve greatness. They want all the finer things in life without sacrificing and grinding it out to get it. You have to work daily at personal development to achieve your greatness, in other words you must put in the work to reap its rewards.
My personal experience people are looking for a way to make effective change in order for their lives to become easier in order to focus their energy on good things and enjoyment and positive productivity as opposed to stresses and worries about finances, health, other people, societal negative.
However most people firstly don't know how to change and secondly the effort required to make the change puts a a lot of people off starting.


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Kim manages fundraising, investor relations, and marketing efforts for the firm. It is within her realm of responsibility to ensure ABS Capital maintains a healthy pipeline of potential limited partners, co-investors, deal sources, and independent board directors by developing and managing ABS Capital's events, including investor meetings, network outreach, and portfolio company development sessions. Kim also leads ABS Capital's brand, messaging, press, and social media efforts, and she likewise plays an active role in supporting ABS Capital portfolio companies in their marketing efforts.
Prior to her role in investor relations, Kim was on the finance team at ABS Capital focusing on investment operations, portfolio company valuations, and data management, as well as financial analysis and reporting.
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Sunnydale Farm recreates typical Australian woolshed history with demonstrations of shearing, an introduction to sheep breeds and an exhilarating sheep race (with prizes), all wrapped with Aussie humour, audience participation and education.
There's also the chance to try out outback activities such as whip-cracking, dowsing and colonial bush-games.
Add in the native animal reserve with kangaroos, wombats, emus and the occasional possum and the Sunnydale Farm adventure is sure to be a highlight of the camp.


The good folks over at Chevrolet are certainly no strangers to the world of American Muscle. Today they are back with something special and quite eye-catching, unleashing a first look at the brand new, 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. The Camaro was first introduced back in 1966 to go head to head with the Mustang, and instantly became a hit. Since then, nearly 50 years later, the Camaro has definitely changed and evolved. The 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is the latest rendition, and certainly a fitting one for the era.
The new ride comes rocking a 6.2-liter small block V8 that pumps 640 horsepower and 640 pound-feet of torque, while paired up with a 10 speed automatic, or the classic 6 speed manual transmission. The design features Brembo six-piston monobloc brakes, launch control system, and magnetic ride suspension, while being 200 pounds lighter than its predecessor. Pricing and sprint times have yet to be released, but are certainly something we'll keep you up to date on. Check out the impressive and iconic new ride in the images below and speak your thoughts on it after the jump. Stay tuned for much more from Chevy, and much more on the new Camaro coming very soon!


Soverwign Man's Notes from the Field… These government chimpanzees are truly amazing.
These government chimpanzees are truly amazing.
Despite an interminable series of embarrassing scandals, they just dig their heels in further.
If they get caught spying on world leaders, they say it was for national security. If they get caught spying on citizens, they say it's good for the nation. If they get hauled in front of Congress, they reject any idea of limiting their power.
There's not a single bit of remorse.
Just like central bankers who keep printing money at all costs, these security spooks truly believe that their actions are righteous… and effective.
And their actions only suggest a continued assault on our privacy.
But here's the thing– and this is good news. They're not terribly competent.
Sure, some of the smartest people in the world work at the NSA. But anytime you take smart guys and roll them into a government agency, you end up with a debilitating bureaucracy and humiliating blunders.
Case in point– they didn't properly design their new Utah data center, which is supposed to have enough storage capacity to archive decades worth of Internet traffic.
But it turned out to be too much computing power for one building. So the facility has been suffering a series of electrical fires and explosions, culminating in arcs of flame shooting across the server rooms.
The NSA's actions… and incompetence… is creating a sort of new war that will be waged online.
It's a war pitting an authoritative, out-of-control government against savvy tech rebels who believe that privacy is a fundamental right.
And it's playing out like the radar detector electronic warfare did several decades ago.
You remember when cops started using radar guns to check motorists' speed. Then other companies created radar detectors to alert drivers if there was a radar gun in the vicinity.
Then the cops started using radar detector detectors. The technology kept improving, with each side trying to stay ahead of the other.
Then, of course, governments stepped in and passed laws prohibiting radar detectors.
But ultimately the private sector won. The ubiquity of smart phones and GPS devices means that motorists can alert each other to police activity through apps like Waze.
The private sector is always going to win. The profit motive is very powerful. And now there are strong ethical reasons for doing so as well.
The NSA's entire spy apparatus can be taken down by a handful of smart, nimble 20-year old kids and a killer software idea.
You don't need much in the way of capital or resources to get started in software… which means the private sector can afford to be much more nimble than the government, which is enslaved by its slow-moving bureaucracy and committees.
This already appears to be in the works.
Just a few days ago, the founders of SilentMail and LavaBit, two secure email providers that voluntarily discontinued their operations rather than submit to becoming NSA stooges, announced a new partnership called the Dark Mail Alliance.
Their aim is to create a universal, secure, open source email platform with robust defenses against spying. And it will be cross-functional with just about ANY email provider, automatically creating peer-to-peer encryption via ephemeral secret keys.
This is a great development in online privacy. And my bet is that the Dark Mail Alliance will be launched before the NSA can put the fires out at their new facility in Utah.
In the meantime, if you want to learn more about email encryption options, voice calls, chat, and cloud storage, check out our free report to digital privacy– How to Give the NSA the Finger (without them ever knowing).


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One of Barbora's many talents is taking self-portraits and I knew this was something I had to chat with her about. She shares her tips on how to get comfortable in front of the camera and how to take your own portraits. If portraits are something you want to start sharing more of in your online world but feel uncomfortable in front of the camera and unsure on how to take your own portraits check out her free ebook on taking self-portraits.
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Taylor Smith of Irvington, an eighth-grader at Breckinridge County Middle School, took top honors at the 2019 Kentucky Geographic Bee on March 29 at WKU's Knicely Conference Center.
Whether it's the pillow you sleep on or the sound your washing machine makes, there's a good chance a WKU engineering student played a part in the research. WKU's Amy Bingham has more on the hands-on applied research at the Center for Energy Systems.
WKU Civil Engineering students will be participating in regional competitions this weekend in Akron, Ohio.
One hundred fourth- through eighth-graders from across Kentucky will compete Friday (March 29) in the 2019 Kentucky State National Geographic Bee at WKU's Knicely Conference Center, 2355 Nashville Road.
The Kentucky Mesonet at WKU has completed installation of a station in Webster County. The site at Baker Park in Dixon is the 70th operational station in the statewide network.


Responding to a consultation of the EU Commission, various music industry groups are warning against a right for consumers to sell their MP3s. IFPI notes that people should be barred from selling their digital purchases because it's too convenient, while the quality of digital copies remains top-notch. Interestingly, the UK Government opposes this stance with a rather progressive view.
To gather the opinions of the public and other stakeholders on copyright reform, the EU Commission launched a consultation a few months ago.
The call resulted in hundreds of submissions, which were made public recently. One of the topics being covered is the issue of "digital resales." In other words, whether consumers should be allowed to sell digital music files, videos and software they purchased previously.
In the United States the ReDigi case has been the center of this debate, with a federal court ruling in favor of Capitol Records last year. In the EU, however, the Court of Justice previously ruled that consumers are free to resell games and software, even when there's no physical copy.
In the submissions to the EU Commission consultation numerous parties weigh in on the subject. Interestingly, the UK Government takes a rather progressive stance by stating that people should be allowed to sell "used" tracks bought in the iTunes store, or used videos they've downloaded from Amazon.
"There seems to be no reason why this should not be the case for digital copies, except for the 'forward and delete' issue noted by the consultation," it adds.
In other words, according to the UK Government people have the right to sell any digital files they have bought, as long as the original copy is deleted. This stands in sharp contrast to the various record label groups who warn that digital resales may crush the industry.
IFPI, for example, notes in its submission that allowing digital resales would hurt the entire music industry, and threaten the livelihoods of many artists.
"In the recorded music sector, the consequences of enabling the resale of digital content would have very harmful consequences for the entire music market," IFPI writes.
"The notion that the exhaustion principle should apply to copies acquired by means of digital transmissions in the same way that it applies to physical copies ignores the many differences between the two kinds of copies and between the two distribution processes," the music group adds.
In other words, people shouldn't be allowed to resell digital music because it's too convenient, and because the copies don't lose their quality.
While it's no surprise that the labels are against digital resales, these arguments do raise some eyebrows. After all, there are also many physical products that are easy to ship and keep their value over time, which are perfectly fine to resell.
IFPI is not alone in their restrictive view on selling used digital files. The UK-based music group BPI also submitted a response to the consultation, using similar arguments, as did individual labels such as Universal Music and Sony Music.
"The consequences of allowing resale of previously purchased digital content would be devastating to the music industry. It would compete directly with the sale of original digital files as they would be entirely substitutional," Universal notes, for example.
It is now up to the EU Commission to sift through all the submissions to see what the ideas of various stakeholders and the public are on the matter, and how this should impact future legislation.
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Propane tank overfilling prevention device (OPD) is a safety device incorporated on propane tanks into the filling valve that shuts off the flow of gas to a cylinder after 80% tank capacity has been reached. This porpane tank overfilling device, limits the potential for release of propane gas when the propane tank cylinder is heated, hopefully preventing an explosion, fire or possible injury or death. As of April 1, 2002, Propane tank overfilling prevention device (OPD) are required on all propane tanks between 4 lbs and 40 lbs. of propane capacity. Propane cylinders, between 4-40 lbs manufactured after September 30, 1998, were required to have an overfilling prevention device (OPD). A typical outdoor gas grill propane tank / cylinder holds about 20 pounds of propane. Newer propane tanks /cylinders with OPDs can be easily identified by a triangular hand-wheel, rather than a round one. After April 1, 2002, propane tank cylinders not equipped with an OPD, must be retrofitted with the device before the propane tank can be refilled. Propane Gas Tank Explosion & Fire Lawsuits If you or a loved one have suffered serious injuries, burns or a loved one has been killed as a result of a propane tank cylinder explosion, then you need to have the accident facts investigated to determine if the propane tank contained tank overfilling prevention device (OPD). If the propane tank was sold or refilled after April 1, 2220 and the tank was not retrofitted as the law requires, then propane supplier may have been negligent or at fault. Additionally in some cases a defective product or appliance such as a outdoor grill, stove, heater, tank, line or valve may be to blame. If so, a full accident investigation will be needed to document the fire / explosion scene and preserve the evidence. Call the Willis Law Firm for Help. Mr. Willis is a Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Lawyer that is certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and is licensed in Texas and in New York. Nationwide Help is Available. Call Now for a Free Confidential Consultation at 1-800-883-9858.


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The Constitutional and Judicial Affairs Commission of the National Assembly of the People's Power [Cuban Parliament] voices indignation over the decision of the Atlanta Federal Appeals Court, which, removed from judicial procedures, invalidated the unanimous decision of the panel of three judges that had declared null the trial that took place in Miami against Cuban Five anti-terrorist fighters Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labanino, Fernando Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez and Antonio Guerrero.
The decision makes evident once again the political nature of the trial and the unjust measures adopted, the arbitrary behavior of the United States government, the violation of the US Constitution and laws, and a breach of the jost basic standards of law and specifically of Human Rights.
The magistrates of the panel, whose professional experience adds to more than 80 years, stated in a 93-page decision that "forming an (impartial) jury in this community (Miami) was less than probable due to the prejudice existing there." "Therefore a new trial was ordered because of the perfect storm created when a wave of intense feelings from the community and widespread publicity before and during the trial combined with inappropriate references made by the prosecutor."
The decision adopted by the Atlanta court didn't take into consideration the violent and intimidating environment existing in Miami, nor the jost recent happenings in that city reported by the local media. Those included the seizing of weapons caches destined for terrorist attacks against Cuba and public statements by terrorists who, with total impunity, recognized their acts. This confirmed the need for the monitoring work that the Cuban Five were carrying out to learn about the violent actions planned against Cuba by groups in Miami that have resulted in the death of innocent civilians. The revelations brought new and dramatic evidence in support of the defense's argument regarding the universal principal of the right of a state to defend itself.
The decision by the United Nations Human Rights Commission Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions has also been totally ignored. The commission ruled that taking into consideration the events and circumstances under which the trial took place, the nature of the charges against the accused, and the severe sentences imposed on them, the trail was not held in a climate of objectivity and impartiality that is required to comply with the standards of a fair trial as defined by article 14 of the International Convention of Civil and Political Rights. The commission further declared the detention of the Cuban Five as arbitrary, and called upon the government of the United States to immediately remedy the situation by restoring the rights which they have been deprived.
We denounce this infamous and ignominious decision and call upon parliamentarians around the world and on all peace loving people to join this noble cause, to demand that the US government immediately release the Cuban Five, who fought against terrorism to preserve the life and peace of the Cuban people and the people of the United States as well. By September, they will have spent eight years of unjust imprisonment, with great limitations on visits by their relatives, including two of them who have not been able to see their wives.
The International Campaign to Free the Cuban Five, on from September 12 to October 6, will serve to continue and increase the struggle for truth and justice for our brothers and for the development of a wide reaching movement among parliaments and in the legal community so that the universal principles of law prevail and make possible these patriots? return to Cuba.


Dear Joey, I was born in 6 February 1983. So when I used your bazi chart calculator (http://bazi.masteryacademy.com/App/Basic/Bazi.aspx), my Celestial Animal is Pig. But my birthday in lunar calendar will be 24 December 1982 and my Celestial Animal must be Dog. In this case, what is my real Celestial Animal? And how much to choose correct birthday in select box of your bazi chart calculator? Thanks & Regards, Kien.
For BaZi, we use the Chinese 'SOLAR" calendar. NOT the Lunar Calendar. That is why you are actually born in the year of the PIG. NOT the Dog. The Pig Year begins on 4 Feb of 1983.


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Cosmos » Behaviour » Learning difficulties linked to brain connectivity
1 March 2020 /
Nick Carne
Learning difficulties linked to brain connectivity
New research suggests it's about 'hubs', not specific brain regions.
Credit: Roma Siugzdaite
Different learning difficulties do not, as previously thought, correspond to specific regions of the brain, new British research suggests.
Instead, says a team from the University of Cambridge, poor connectivity between "hubs" within the brain is much more strongly related to children's difficulties.
Scientists have struggled to identify areas of the brain that might give rise to learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and developmental language disorder, or to developmental disorders such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Perhaps, the Cambridge team suggests somewhat provocatively, that's because there are none.
To test this hypothesis, Duncan Astle and colleagues used machine learning to map the brain differences across 479 children: 337 referred with learning-related cognitive problems and 142 from a comparison sample.
The algorithm interpreted data taken from a range of cognitive, learning and behavioural measures, as well as from brain scans taken using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The results are published in the journal Current Biology.
They show that the brain differences did not map onto any labels the children had been given; in other words, there were no brain regions that predicted having ADHD, for example.
More surprisingly, the researchers say, they found that the different brain regions did not even predict specific cognitive difficulties. There was no specific brain deficit for language problems or memory difficulties, for example.
Instead, they found the children's brains were organised around hubs, like an efficient traffic system or social network. Those who had well-connected brain hubs had either very specific cognitive difficulties, such as poor listening skills, or had no cognitive difficulties at all.
By contrast, those with poorly connected hubs had widespread and severe cognitive problems.
"The severity of learning difficulties was strongly associated with the connectedness of these hubs, we think because these hubs play a key role in sharing information between brain areas," Astle says.
This work suggests, he adds, that interventions should be less reliant on diagnostic labels.
"It's better to look at their areas of cognitive difficulties and how these can be supported, for example using specific interventions to improve listening skills or language competencies, or at interventions that would be good for the whole class, like how to how to reduce working memory demands during learning."
The findings also may explain why drugs treatments have not been effective for developmental disorders, the researchers say. Drugs tend to target specific types of nerve cells but would have little impact on a hub-based organisation.
Originally published by Cosmos as Learning difficulties linked to brain connectivity
Nick Carne is the editor of Cosmos Online and editorial manager for The Royal Institution of Australia.
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My name is Fred McCormick and I am the new staff writer for the Black Mountain News. It is an absolute honor to be gi...
A dream come true My name is Fred McCormick and I am the new staff writer for the Black Mountain News. It is an absolute honor to be gi... Check out this story on citizen-times.com: http://avlne.ws/1ngRntB
Staff Writer; Published 12:00 a.m. ET Feb. 5, 2014 | Updated 3:27 p.m. ET Feb. 7, 2014
My name is Fred McCormick and I am the new staff writer for the Black Mountain News. It is an absolute honor to be given the opportunity to cover news in this town for this newspaper.
I am originally from Tampa, Fla., but moved to Black Mountain in 2007 with my wife. We felt at home in this great town from the moment we arrived. We lived in Black Mountain for four years before moving to Waynesville and eventually to Cashiers.
While living in Cashiers, I had the opportunity to work for the Crossroads Chronicle covering local sports and community events. The experience in Cashiers was valuable and ultimately led to me being offered the position here at the Black Mountain News. Although the majority of my career has been spent working with children, writing has been a passion of mine since I was a child. The opportunity to live in a town that I genuinely love while doing a job that I also genuinely love is very much like a dream come true.
It is my goal to provide the Swannanoa Valley with top-notch news coverage while learning as much about this community and its people as I can. In addition to local news, I will be trusted with covering sports at Owen High School and consider it a privilege to report on a school with so much athletic tradition. I am a passionate sports fan and have been for as far back as I can remember. I am truly excited to follow the Warhorses/Warlassies and keep the community informed about the progress of the programs.
The Swannanoa Valley is unique with its mixture of beautiful scenery and diverse, friendly people. I am dedicated to doing my very best to represent Swannanoa and Black Mountain and all of the wonderful qualities that exist within the area.
I encourage you to follow me on Twitter @FMcCormickBMN and interact as much as you would like.
I look forward to meeting many of you while enjoying the wonderful town that we call home.
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Tom Jive is teaching beginner four week jive courses in The Ardilaun hotel, Taylor's Hill, Galway, this November. This is a wonderful opportunity to improve your dancing skills for the next social event or wedding you attend.
Nathan Carter, Derek Ryan, Mike Denver, and many more are riding high on RTÉ while jiving has taken Ireland by storm. Now is your chance to learn from the beginning.
The four week jive-only style format taught by Tom Jive has been very successful for a number reasons. The progressive nature of the class means an absolute beginner on week one can turn into a very competent dancer by week four. Visit www.TomJive.com and watch the video of classes on week four showing off great jive moves from students, many of whom had never danced before joining in week one.
"Another reason people enjoy my course is I teach the ladies' steps and also show the men exactly how to turn their partners. Dancers with some experience come to improve their timing and learn the nice moves. Also, I'm very lucky in that I seem to attract equal numbers of men and women," Tom Jive told the Advertiser.
So, if you are interested in learning Irish jive take this rare opportunity to learn from an expert. Classes begin on Tuesday November 6. Two class times are available in in The Ardilaun — 7pm to 8.15pm or 8.30pm to 9.45pm.
You can bring a partner or attend on your own. "Don't worry, my class is a very friendly relaxed atmosphere," Tom Jive added. "We start at the very beginning so no experience is required either."
Prices for the four week courses are €40 for singles, €60 for couples, and €25 for students.
See www.TomJive.com or call 087 3995877 for more details, or find JiveTom on Facebook.
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