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Kerr's act of pure class you missed
Sam Kerr's class shone bright as the Matildas were sent packing.
by James Matthey
23rd Jun 2019 4:26 PM
Sam Kerr has wowed Australia plenty of times before - and will do so countless times in the future - but her true class shone through when most would have been wallowing in self-pity.
The Matildas captain missed a penalty in her side's crushing loss to Norway in the World Cup Round of 16, cutting short the Aussies' tournament.
She stepped up to the spot first in the shootout after the match was locked at 1-1 after 120 minutes but blasted high and wide.
Missing a penalty is nothing new in football but for someone who can lay claim to being the world's best player, the margin of her mistake was jarring.
But she didn't hide her head in her hands or feel sorry for herself. While most would have trudged back to halfway, the inspirational star jogged to rejoin her teammates.
Matildas coach Ante Milicic said it best after the match.
"I'm extremely proud of Sam and as an Australian coach, to be able to work with her has been an excellent experience for me," Milicic said.
"Only big players can miss penalties because small ones don't take them."
Kerr after missing her penalty attempt.
He's right, and Sam Kerr is as big a player as they come.
When Emily Gielnik had her penalty saved it would have been easy to accept defeat was coming, but as she cut a dejected figure on the long walk back to her comrades, there was Kerr, clapping and encouraging not just Gielnik, but her fellow Matildas too.
It's why the 25-year-old is one of Australia's most loved sportspeople, not just one of the most talented. And her class didn't end there.
Shortly after the devastating loss, players walked off the pitch still dressed in full kit and through a throng of reporters wanting to get their thoughts on the drama that had just unfolded.
The players are under no obligation to stop and chat, and you could forgive Kerr especially if she just wanted to get out of sight and avoid the spotlight altogether.
But as she turned the corner towards the first group of Aussie journalists, Kerr acknowledged them and flashed a smile. It may not seem like much but given what she'd just been through, to have the poise to carry herself like that, rather than slink away into the dressing room, spoke volumes.
Kerr maintained her composure and spoke with the same eloquence and humility we've come to expect as she answered every question thoughtfully and honestly, giving everyone a glimpse of that smile from time to time even though she would have been burning on the inside.
"I'm alright, what can you do," Kerr said. "I've been trusted to take it and I was confident in taking it, and I just skewed it. I'll grow from this and become a stronger person mentally.
"The girls have already gotten around me. I feel like I let the team down but they've been quick to cut that out."
The team get around Kerr after the penalty miss.
The personal pain she was no doubt feeling would have overwhelmed many but Kerr left on a classy note, thanking the Matildas supporters who were out in force in France.
"Especially the fans that travelled out here, we feel so lucky we have that many fans that want to follow us around the world and we've seen heaps of them on the street," Kerr said.
"I wish I could say thanks to every single one of them and obviously to everyone at home getting up early and watching us, sending their messages through, it's been unreal and the girls always feel the love from home.
"We're very lucky and although we lost tonight, hopefully we did you proud."
There's no doubt they did.
As for what's next for the football hotshot, "the grind continues", she said, looking forward towards qualification for the 2020 Olympics and improving individually.
Reports of a $1 million offer from Chelsea were dismissed as "media speculation" and while she's a superhero on the field, her response to a question about how she'd spend her night in Nice was a reminder she's just as human as the rest of us.
"I dunno, shower," she said.
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Reality Sandwich Launches Its Long-awaited 2.0 Website, With Keyframe-entertainment As Curator of Its Music Section Evolver Edm
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 30, 2013
Keyframe is pleased to announce the December 2013 launch of Evolver EDM, the new Electronic Music section of Reality Sandwich 2.0. Reality Sandwich—co-founded by Ken Jordan—is a web magazine dedicated to spreading the word about subjects ranging from sustainability to shamanism, alternate realities to alternative energy, remixing media to re-imagining community, holistic healing techniques to the promise and perils of new technologies.
According to a November interview in Huffington Post, Ken Jordan states that some of the features of Reality Sandwich 2.0 include "adding a way to post a lot of short, newsy little posts from its editors and the community that creates a continual stream about what's happening in the scene." Ken Jordan adds: "We'll still have our writers, but we want to add a special community area where anybody can post and the community can vote up or down when they find something they think is interesting." As such, the voting will engage readers and help determine which articles generate attention at a given time. The site is also adding a section of expert online courses named Evolver Learning Lab, which are live interactive video courses featuring some of the most influential leaders in transformational culture. These courses will further allow the community to connect and interact with a variety of pioneers whose work they are interested in. Given the breadth of topics covered by the Reality Sandwich network, it includes six news sections titled psyche, commons, eco, tech, body and arts. In addition, these sections all have their own subgroups, making for news that are specifically catered to readers looking for information on specific topics.
In 2007, Ken Jordan, along with Daniel Pinchbeck, cofounded Evolver.net and Reality Sandwich--defined by Jordan as a community and its publication outlet, respectively--and currently counts an audience of a quarter million people. Some of the site's influential, and regular contributors include "Sacred Economics" author Charles Eisenstein; popular alternative historian Graham Hancock; media theorist Douglas Rushkoff; the occult historian and former Blondie bassist Gary Lachman; and the feminist pioneer and permaculture advocate Starhawk.
The launching of Reality Sandwich 2.0 was made possible through a successful 34-day crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter. The campaign acquired 718 backers and raised a total of $56,360.56--141% of its original goal. Keyframe-Entertainment, who partnered with Reality Sandwich in early 2013, will be joining in support of the new website launch as curator of its music section. The music section will focus on sharing news on Electronic Music artists and events; serve as a gateway that allows for easy access to the emerging world of conscious Electronic Music; foster a sense of community by encouraging people to connect and participate through content generation; and provide visitors with a music resource (music downloads, DJ and producer interviews, articles, music reviews, films, culture, technology and event safety). To visit Evolver EDM on Reality Sandwich 2.0, please go to: http://realitysandwich.com/x/edm/.
Keyframe-Entertainment is also Executive Producer of the film "Electronic Awakening" and episode 3 of The Bloom Series, "Ways of the Sacred." The soundtracks of these films will be featured in Evolver EDM, which also includes music from Transformational Festivals, psychedelic underground music, and emerging genres.
About Reality Sandwich: Reality Sandwich aims to cover varied, thought-provoking news on the emerging transformational culture as an alternative to mainstream news outlets. Since its launch, the site has acquired numerous influential contributors and currently counts an estimated network of 250,000 readers.
About Keyframe: Keyframe-Entertainment bridges underground Electronic Music culture and the mainstream through transformational media (Film, Music, Visionary Art, Community Building, Social Networking, and Events). Its goal is to create global positive change and enhance the living experience by inspiring, informing and entertaining. Keyframe was launched in 2004 as a music label and artist management company and over the years expanded its scope to include consciousness films and events. http://keyframe-entertainment.com

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'South Park' co-creator reveals why critics bashed Dave Chappelle's comedy special that people loved
Critics hated Dave Chappelle's newest comedy special "Sticks & Stones," yet normal people loved it. Indeed, critics gave the special a zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes after the initial release, despite receiving nearly 100 percent from normal people.
Chappelle's magnum opus was also bashed by the media. "You Can Definitely Skip Dave Chappelle's New Netflix Special," Vice News declared.
So, why the great disconnect? According to "South Park" co-creator Matt Stone, critics bashed the special over industry pressure to condemn politically incorrect content.
"They may have laughed like hell at that, and then they went home and they know what they have to write to keep their job," Stone told the Hollywood Reporter this week.
"So when I read TV reviews or cultural reviews, I think of someone in prison, writing. I think about somebody writing a hostage note. This is not what they think. This is what they have to do to keep their job in a social media world," he explained. "So I don't hold it against them." – READ MORE
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Woman held on suspicion of murder after 'sudden death' of boy
Image caption The 16-year-old boy was found dead in a property in Halbutt Street, Dagenham
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 16-year-old boy was found dead in east London.
The body was discovered after police were called to a property in Halbutt Street, Dagenham, on Thursday night over reports of a "sudden death".
Scotland Yard said they were treating the death as "unexplained with suspicious circumstances".
A 50-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.
The force added that inquires were under way to notify the boy's next of kin, while a post mortem would be carried out "in due course".


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Title: Imagining Iberia in medieval German literature
Author: Zerka, Doriane
Awarding Body: King's College London
Current Institution: King's College London (University of London)
Medieval Iberia, through its complex history intertwining Islam, Christianity and Judaism in a dialectic between 'Reconquista' and 'convivencia', has been appropriated by writers and scholars as a figure of thought that throws into relief the inherent intricacy of social forms and their construction. At once a barrier and a gateway between Europe, Africa and Asia, medieval Iberia presents a geographical and ideological challenge to post-medieval notions of "East," "West," "nationhood" and "Europe". This study analyses depictions of Iberia in medieval German literature, examining the ideological implications of real and fictional travels to the Peninsula for the construction of individual and collective identities, religious, cultural and political. I consider Iberia as a Foucauldian heterotopia, an imaginative space that stages a host of ideological problems and sheds light on the contingency of identities. Following recent trends in using network theory throws into relief the "Europeanization of Europe" as defined by Robert Bartlett, from a literary perspective. A network approach sheds light on the ongoing processes through which any cultural entity characterised as "European" is constantly renegotiated, rather than defined in a fixed form. Chapter one considers two German adaptations of the Roland story: the twelfth-century 'Rolandslied' and Der Stricker's 'Karl der Große' from the thirteenth-century. The Songs of Roland project a homogeneous Frankish identity embodied by Charlemagne on the Iberian space, that is challenged and asserted by the heterogeneity of a Muslim enemy that involves all part of the known world. Chapter two looks at the fifteenth-century prose epic 'Herzog Herpin', in which the city of Toledo forms intra- and extra-textual connections. In the narrative, Toledo reconnects characters that had been separated and allows the resolution of the initial conflict. Yet to the audience Toledo triggers a multilingual "European" cultural memory through references to multilingual traditions. Chapter three analyses the construction of a poetic identity by Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376-1445) in four songs dealing with his journey to Iberia. Oswald makes use of Iberia as a plural space, between familiarity and estrangement, which becomes a stage upon which Oswald plays with innovation and conventions, to perform a plural poetic identity. Finally, chapter four investigates the travelogue 'Reisen nach der Ritterschaft' by Georg von Ehingen (1428-1508), in which Georg defines his knightly identity and mediates his depiction of the Peninsula through crusading motifs inherited from literary discourses that do not conform to Iberian historical accounts. The transmission of the text by Georg's descendants, in turn, places the Peninsula at the heart of a family myth of origin. Finally, my conclusion briefly surveys the role of Iberia in post-medieval examples, to shed light on the ongoing use of the Peninsula as an ideologically loaded space on which to think through identities.
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Historic White House tree to be chopped down
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by Lacy Cooke
The Jackson Magnolia that has adorned the White House South Lawn since the 1800s is coming down. Brought by President Andrew Jackson from Tennessee, and said to be planted in memory of his wife Rachel who died not too long after his 1828 election, the tree is slated for removal later this week. According to CNN, First Lady Melania Trump made the call as the tree is reportedly too decayed to stay in place.
The Jackson Magnolia is the oldest on White House grounds, reported CNN. There have been many efforts to preserve it over the years, such as a cabling system. United States National Arboretum specialists came in at the request of the White House to assess the tree, and CNN obtained documents that said, "The overall architecture and structure of the tree is greatly compromised and the tree is completely dependent on the artificial support. Without the extensive cabling system, the tree would have fallen years ago. Presently, and very concerning, the cabling system is failing on the east trunk, as a cable has pulled through the very thin layer of wood that remains. It is difficult to predict when and how many more will fail."
Related: Washington DC's national monuments are getting slimed
White House officials fear the tree could fall when President Donald Trump's helicopter takes off nearby. The First Lady's director of communications Stephanie Grisham told CNN, "After reviewing the reports, [Mrs. Trump] trusted that every effort had been made to preserve the historic tree and was concerned about the safety of visitors and members of the press who are often standing right in front of the tree during Marine One lifts," adding the First Lady asked that wood from the Jackson Magnolia be preserved.
CNN reported offshoots of the tree have grown to around eight to 10 feet tall at an undisclosed location nearby, and there are plans for a new Jackson Magnolia to be planted in place of the old.
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Decay...sleep with the dog and you will get fleas.
A historic White House tree is slated to come down.
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In 1903, Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto."
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 23, the 327th day of 2010. There are 38 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
•On Nov. 23, 1910, American-born physician Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for murdering his wife, Cora. (Crippen's mistress, Ethel Le Neve, was acquitted in a separate trial of being an accessory.)
•In 1765, Frederick County, Md., became the first Colonial entity to repudiate the British Stamp Act.
•In 1804, the 14th president of the United States, Franklin Pierce, was born in Hillsboro, N.H.
•In 1889, the first jukebox made its debut in San Francisco, at the Palais Royale Saloon.
•In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed Nov. 25 a day of national mourning following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
•In 1971, the People's Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council.
•In 1980, some 2,600 people were killed by a series of earthquakes that devastated southern Italy.
•In 1996, a commandeered Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 crashed into the water off the Comoros Islands, killing 125 of the 175 people on board, including all three hijackers.
•Ten years ago: In a setback for Albert A. Gore Jr., the Florida Supreme Court refused to order Miami-Dade County officials to resume hand-counting its election-day ballots. Meanwhile, Gore's lawyers argued in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court that the high court should stay out of the Florida election controversy.
•Five years ago: In Iraq, gunmen broke into the home of a senior Sunni Arab leader and killed him, his three sons and his son-in-law. A commuter train slammed into several vehicles caught in a traffic jam on a busy road in Elmwood Park, Ill., starting a chain reaction that injured at least 10 people..
•Today's Birthdays: Actor Michael Gough is 93. Former Labor Secretary William E. Brock is 80. Actor Franco Nero is 69. Actress Susan Anspach is 68. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is 66. Actor Steve Landesberg is 65. Actor-comedy writer Bruce Vilanch is 63. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., is 60. Singer Bruce Hornsby is 56. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., is 55. Actor Maxwell Caulfield is 51. Actor John Henton is 50. TV personality Robin Roberts ("Good Morning America") is 50. Rock singer-musician Ken Block (Sister Hazel) is 44. Rock musician Charlie Grover is 44. Actress Salli Richardson-Whitfield is 43. Actor Oded Fehr is 40. Rapper-actor Kurupt (Tha Dogg Pound) is 38. Actor Page Kennedy is 34. Actress Kelly Brook is 31. Actor Lucas Grabeel is 26. Actress-singer Miley Cyrus is 18. Actor Austin Majors is 15.


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Congratulations Jeff Ledbetter!!!
When I first saw the news on Twitter timeline of Project Spurs founder Michael De Leon, I couldn't help but smile. The Major of Cedar Park, Jeff Ledbetter signed an Exhibit 10 contract to become the 20th, and final, edition to the San Antonio Spurs trading camp roster.
With 15 players already under contract, and a glut of guards in the backcourt, it is unlikely that Ledbetter will crack the Spurs roster. That said, with three years with both the Austin Spurs and the Spurs Summer League squads, Jeff has the institutional knowledge that Greg Popovich and the Spurs organization values.
Ledbetter was a veteran presence for the Spurs rookies at Summer League
This past summer, Ledbetter was a veteran presence for the Summer Spurs.
"He's a glue guy. He keeps everybody on the same page," Coach Becky Hammon said. "He has been around the system so he kind of knows what the deal is, what is expected of him and the team. He can kind of be a player-coach for you out there instructing guys, getting guys in the right spot, communicating certain terminology that maybe certain guys are not familiar with and you do not have time to go over every little thing."
The Exhibit 10 contract comes with a bonus between$5,000 and $50,000 if Spurs terminate the contract and Ledbetter signs with the Austin Spurs (subject to some caveats).
The Exhibit 10 contract also contains a team option to convert the contract to a Two-Way contract. However, with Drew Eubanks and Quinndary Weatherspoon currently filing both roster sports, a two-way seems unlikely at this point.
While it is likely that Ledbetter will ultimately to take the court with the Austin Spurs again this year, the training camp invite is a recognition of the hard work that Ledbetter puts in and is well deserved. It also a recognition of the role that he has built for himself in the larger Spurs organization.
Congrats Jeff!
Congratulations Coach Pop
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Feet are the basis of one's body. Any problem with them is likely to shake the entire body, and thus, it will have a negative impact on your life's quality. With the goal of keeping your feet intact, here at BestFoottHealth.com, I employ advanced technologies to identify, review, and share the most effective solutions for those who experience foot problems such as plantar fasciitis and shin splints. Right from product reviews to expert opinions, this site is dedicated to resolve any kind of foot problem of anyone, may it be an athlete, pregnant woman, or just a jogger.
I do so by sharing reviews of different foot products and treatments, and their suitability for different activities and sports, expert opinions, and in-depth explanation of different foot problems along with their customized, effective treatments. This, I hope, shall make you live a fit and healthy lifestyle.
This site is a "one stop" portal offering reviews and varied information on foot problems, solutions, and products available for healing. Currently, it is offering a blend of all powerful, eye-opener punches that can help you heal different issues such as shin splints and plantar fasciitis, by removing the underlying cause, and not only the symptoms.
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(Alcea rosea) This single hollyhock was described in 1629 by English botanist John Parkinson as being "of a darke red like blackblood." It appears black on overcast days, but will have a hint of red in bright sun. Plant next to a white fence for a spectacular contrast. Self-seeding biennial, 5-6' tall.
Instructions - Sow seeds outdoors one week before last frost. Give space to allow airflow, and grow in rich moist soil. Stake tall plants.


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For the first time, Gordon and I step out of our hard-side truck camper comfort zone and enter the world of pop-up truck campers.
When our friends Tom and Heidi Baldacci flew out from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to go truck camping with us this past June, it was the opportunity we were looking for to borrow a pop-up truck camper. Since discovering truck campers just five years ago, we've only owned and experienced the hard-side truck camper lifestyle. We've certainly enjoyed hard-side campers, but always wondered what it would be like to use a pop-up. What was it like to use a pop-up? And what made them so appealing to so many truck camper owners?
A few months before Tom and Heidi's arrival, we contacted Tom Hanagan, President of Four Wheel Campers, and asked him if we could borrow a truck and camper for a one week California tour with our friends. He agreed and and we picked up a Four Wheel Camper Grandby and 2010 Dodge 3500 at the factory in mid-June. The almost brand new truck is normally used for hauling camper loads and was overkill for the camper load. It was also a wonderful truck.
When we got to the Four Wheel Camper factory, we spotted our Grandby right away. He was standing proud and tall on his pedestal for all to see. Seeing Grandby in this manner, I knew that he must be the Four Wheel Camper chosen for Truck Camper Magazine. How else would you explain why he was sitting on a pedestal, right?
Seriously though, Four Wheel Campers has an outdoor showroom in Woodland, California where you can see all of their camper models on pedestals. The pedestals elevate the campers to the approximate height they would be if mounted on a truck. Or maybe it's that they've all won prizes. Either way, there was Grandby perching proud on his pedestal.
On the Friday afternoon before our trip, Grandby was escorted over to the beautiful 2010 Dodge 3500 truck that we would be using for the week.
For weeks prior to our trip I had been having nightmares. These nightmares had to do with our upcoming trip around California. I'd wake up in a sweat in the middle of the night. What was all this worry about? Crazy as it seems, it was about using a pop-up camper.
Before I ended my question, Stan started talking about the Porta-Potti. Prior to us getting to Four Wheel Camper, I had envisioned a Porta-Potti to be like the miniature pink plastic toilet that my two year old niece used for her potty training. Like her pink toilet, I thought it would literally need to be dumped after each use. To my pleasant surprise, the Porta-Potti was more like a mini-cassette toilet. It had a separate closed off black tank with a two gallon capacity and could be used for about a day without needing to find a RV dump or toilet. Yahoo! That was a big relief, no pun intended.
After our Porta-Potti lesson, Stan handed us a portable grey tank; a white five gallon bucket with a lid and hole just big enough for a garden hose. You mean Grandby doesn't come with a grey tank? Spoiled, spoiled me. Stan took us over to the driver's side of the camper to show us a plug that we would connect via a short hose to the grey tank bucket when we wanted to use the sink. Each time we went to a campground or boondocking spot, we hooked up the hose to the bucket and we had a portable grey tank. Pretty neat trick.
Another obvious difference between our Adventurer hard-side camper and the pop-up Four Wheel Camper was the pop-up roof. Mounted on the Dodge truck, Grandby's roof was about seven feet tall. Already I was thinking about all the places we could go where we wouldn't have to worry about the height of the rig.
Tom Hanagan, President of Four Wheel Campers, came over to talk to us about raising and lowering Grandby's pop-up roof. On the outside of the rig, Tom showed us the latches, and said in a stern Principal-like tone, "There are SIX latches. Don't forget to undo all SIX latches." Throughout the entire trip, Gordon and I were counting from one to six each and every time we raised and lowered the pop-up roof. We didn't want to go to detention, or worse, if we forgot.
With all SIX latches unlatched, Tom showed us how to go inside the camper to pop-up the roof. First, you disconnect the rear bungee cord that spans the rear width of the camper helping to pull in the soft wall. Then you unlatch the rear barrel bolt that holds the rear lift mechanism in place during travel. Tom explained to us that it's best to push up just a little on the lift mechanism to release the tension when unlatching the barrel bolt.
When the lift mechanism is released, you then place your hand on the rear roof and push gently but firmly upwards. The optional gas struts on the Grandby helped to lift the rear roof into its up position. With the rear roof up, the lift mechanism is secured with a black strap that wraps around a brass knob and snaps into place.
Next you turn towards the front of the camper and unhook the front bungee cord. Then put one hand on the roof and one hand on the bar that operates the front lift mechanism. With one smooth motion you push up on the roof and push forward on the front lift mechanism until the roof and lift mechanism are fully extended. Once the front roof is up, the bar is secured to the roof with another black strap and snap.


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Vilma Santos is a popular multi-awarded actress and politician in the Philippines. She's known as the "Queen of Philippine Movies," "Queenstar" and "Star for All Seasons." She is currently the Congresswoman of District of Lipa, Batangas (Philippines). This site is mostly about her film career.
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La Koronel: Lovely as ever – "A still incredibly lovely Hilda Koronel was one of the guests of Edu Manzano in his TV show last Monday and were we surprised at her slimness? The "Haydee" girl is all of 118 pounds now and she looks slinky and sexy in her all-black mini outfit. There was a time when she was all bulges and even if she still has that beautiful Koronel face, she does not look all right on the screen. We remember that Koronel would not touch any food except steak before. How she loves steak! But all that has now changed. Determinedly, she is now into fruit juices, no rice, no fatty foods and eats only salmon. What didn't change, one observer commented while viewing her in the show, is her being very blunt and outspoken especially when she said, "If they don;t like me, then, I won't have anything to do with them" or something to that effect. Koronel is all set to do a film for Viva and we're sure her fans are all agog about it. Will she be a threat to the throne now occupied by Vilma Santos as "The Actress" to be reckoned with? If we'd make a guess, Lino Brocka's the right director for the first comeback film of this actress. There's a certain chemistry between them in the same way there's an "artistic symbiosis" between Santos and Ishmael Bernal,.." – Nena Z. Villanueva, Manila Standard, Mar 2, 1989 (READ MORE)
Insiang at Cannes – "…Insiang has opened the door for Filipino filmmakers to the international market. The next move is ours and it better be good. "I stayed for only five days," Hilda sighs, "because I missed home. Our plan was to make a side trip to Paris and see some more of Europe but I decided to come home ahead of Lino." They left on a Monday, May 15, and Hilda was back the next Monday, May 22. Lino stayed behind to see as many films as he could to negotiate for the entry of Insiang to other film festivals and for its showing on a commercial basis in Europe. In July this year, Insiang will be entered at the Thormina Film Festival in Sicily; in August, at the Montreal Film Festival in Canada; and, before the year is over, at the Carthage Film Festival in Tunisia, along with Maynila (also by Brocka), Ishmael Bernal's Nunal Sa Tubig), Mike de :Leon's Itim and Eddie Romero's Ganito Kami Noon. Insiang has also been sold for showing in France (and other French-speaking territories), Belgium, Germany, Austria, Brazil and all over Scandinavia. "That, I believe, is our biggest achievement in Cannes," says Hilda, "making other countries aware of our films. Now, people there have become curious about Filipino films. Whenever we were interviewed on TV they always asked what other films are we producing in the Philippines." The Cannes Film Festival is divided into four; the Main Competition, Perspectives (avant-garde movies made in France), Critics' Week (films made outside France and judged by an all-French jury), and the Director's Forthnight (for first-time participants and new, independent and innovative directors). Insiang was entered in the Director's fortnight, a non-competitive division, with films from 18 other countries. It was also in this division, considered a stepping stone to the Main Competition, where Oshima took his bow in 1976 with controversial film In The Realm of the Senses. This year, Oshima came back with bigger bang, joined the Main Competition with The Empire of Passion and bagged the Best Director award. "Cannes is not so big," Hilda recalls. 'there's only one long boulevard along the beach and it looked like a marketplace. Everybody was there: actors, actresses, directors, producers, film distributors, critics, film buffs. You could see beautiful people everwhere you looked. May naka-damit, may nakahubad, may naka-jockey, may naka-topless, lahat ng klase nandoon. Everybody was trying to attract the attention of everybody's else's…" – Ricardo F. Lo, Expressweek, June 15 1978 (READ MORE)
Making it Big Early – "…At 14, however, Hilda Koronel, is the prettiest face in local movies, a very good dramatic actress and a passable recording star…Lino Brocka, director of the much-awaited "Santiago," says: "There are many pretty faces in movieland. But there are only a few fine actresses. Hilda is not only a pretty face. She's superb actress. And she takes direction easily." To date, Hilda has made seven movies: "Santiago," "Happy Hippie Holiday," Wanted – Perfect Mother," "Tubog Sa Ginto," "Haydee," "Leslie," and "Now!" Hilda has a regular radio program (Fiesta Extravaganza), two TV shows (D'Wow Generation, Thursday over Channel 4; and Hilda over Channel 9, on Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p/m/). Recently she was named honorary member of Rustan's VIP Council, a rare honor for an actress. "We have great plans for this kid," says Mrs. Blas of Lea Productions. "We have already completed negotiations for the shooting of a big-budget movie in Japan which will star Hilda and Leonard Whiting." The movie will be co-produced by MGM. Titled "Cherry Blossom" (Hilda will play the title role), the movie, which will be directed by Lino Brocka, will be shot during the cherry blossom season in February next year. "From there, who knows?" said Mrs. Blas. "We have ambitious plans of making a movie in Russia starring Hilda Koronel. We are negotiating for either Dustin Hoffmann or Eliot Gould to appear in the movie." Fourteen-year-old Hilda Koronel has the whole world for a shooting location. Who can ask for anything more?" – Jose A. Quirino, Philippine Free Press, April 3 1971 (READ MORE)
Private Person – "…That's how she wants her life to be: quiet and uncomplicated, which is a herculean task really because she belongs (in a way, yes) to a profession laden with intrigues and sensationalism and everything but quietude. "I wish people would stop being curious about my private life," Hilda would plead every once too often. Although she hides behind a veil of mystery, she is constantly being hounded by gossipmoners and the deeper she retreats into her shell, the more nosy the public becomes. "I mind my own business," she would declare, "and I wish people would mind theirs, too." But she being a public figure (a tag Hilda attaches so much aversion to), how can people leave her alone? And so they continue to prey into her personal life. Is it true that she has been actually married to Jay Ilagan and she now wants that marriage declared null and void because she wants to marry her new boyfriend from Ateneo? Or, have they really gotten nitched in Hongkong last month? No, you don't ask Hilda such questions or you run the risk of being summarily dismissed: "Just because I'm in the movies doesn't mean that I am duty-bound to tell the public everything about me. I, too, am entitled to a degree of privacy…I used to be bothered by gossip," according to Hilda, "but now, no more…I'm just being myself…why should I pretend to like people whom I don't like? I have to like a person before I go out of my way to talk to him or greet him. I'm just being natural. I'm just being myself…Like Lolita, Hilda doesn't enjoy swinging in the Showbiz social whirl, she shuns parties ("Sometimes I do attend some, but only to show my face"), she reuses to talk about her private life, she seldom smiles, she carries with her an aura of enigma, and she has a few friends from amount the movie stars ("I have only ten close friends but all of them are true, real friends," Hilda admitted. Jay, inspire of their split, happens to be one of them)." – Ricky F. Lo, Expressweek, February 2 1978 (READ MORE)
Healthy Living – "…According to Hilda, some people still expect her to deliver the same level of intensity that she displayed in the 1976 Lino Brocka masterpiece, "Insiang." "The funny thing is people expect me to be as good as I was back when I was 18," she pointed out. "They'll say, 'She'll do well. She's Miss Insiang after all.' Wait a minute, I'm old now! But I know I'll always try my best." Luckily, Hilda said, it didn't take long for her to get her groove back while shooting "The Mistress."…At 55, Hilda has remained youthful and regal. How does she take care of her good looks? "It's just healthy living, I guess," she said. "Our diet's very good. We eat organic things and lots of fruits and vegetables. I exercise and walk a lot, and I also play badminton." Hilda said she never even considered going under the knife, or getting Botox injections. "No, I don't need those. I'm not unhappy with my looks!" she said, laughing. She doesn't mind being called "lola" by her three grandchildren either. …" – Allan Policarpio, Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 26, 2012 (READ MORE)
Hilda and Vilma's only full length featured film, "Gaano kadalas ang minsan?" in 1982 was a record-breaking hit film, where Hilda plays Elsa, an impotent wife who desperately wanted to have a child. She concocted a plan to make her friend impregnated by her own husband, Lily played by Vilma Santos.
The two agreed to be part of "Dugo at pag-ibig sa kapirasong lupa" in 1975 where they, together with Nora Aunor and other big stars like FPJ and Joseph Estrada, did not shared the same screen time but in separate segments.
Currently, Hilda and Vilma's husband shared the same name, Ralph. Hilda's husband is Filipino-American businessman Ralph Moore, Jr. while Vilma's Filipino politician, Senator Ralph Recto.
Hilda and Vilma both have children from separate marriages. Koronel has 5 children, Leona (with the late-actor Jay Ilagan); Ivy (adopted); Isabel (with the late Bambi del Castillo); Gabby (with Spanky Monserrat); and Diego (with Dr. Victor Reyes). While Vilma's children are Luis Manzano (with Edu Manzano) and Ryan Christian Recto (with Ralph Recto).
While both successfully handled by National Artists, Brocka and Bernal, Hilda was more identified with Brocka and Vilma with Bernal. Hilda was praised for Brocka's "Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag" while Vilma was most acclaimed for Bernal's "Relasyon."
Both Vilma and Hilda were once linked to the late Jay Ilagan. Hilda had a child with Jay and it was public knowledge that Jay courted Vilma when they're both in their teens. Both did several films with him, most notably, "Kasal" and "Happy Hippie Holiday" for Hilda; and "Sister Stella L." and "Remembrance" for Vilma.
Both Vilma and Hilda were recognized by FAMAS at early age. Hilda won a best supporting actress at the early age of 13 for 1970's "Santiago" while Vilma won a best child actress at the early age of 9 for 1963's "Trudis Liit."
In 2003, Hilda plays Aling in Mark Meily's dramedy, "Crying Ladies" with Sharon Cuneta. Although not a Vilma Santos film, Hilda Koronel's role has a connection to Vilma. She plays, as the New York Times film review explained, "…a shopkeeper who clings to the fading memory of her movie career, whose high point was a bit part in a picture called 'Darna and the Giants…" "Darna and the Giants" was of course a Vilma Santos film.
According to Ricky F. Lo on his August 3rd Philstar colum, being second choice for a role is as, "It happens all the time…second choices turning out to be, after all, the better choices." He pointed out, Hilda Koronel as the second choice for Lea Productions' "Haydee." It was turned down by beauty-contest finalist Marilou Destreza, who later co-starred with FPJ but faded after that. Then Vilma Santos was the second choice for Celso Ad Castillo's "Burlesk Queen." It was initially offered to Lorna Tolentino.
In the early 70s, both Vilma and Hilda joined the musical bandwagon and recorded several songs. Some of their recorded songs were: for Hilda, "Prince and Princess" and "Abrakadabra Come Home" and for Vilma, "While the Clock Strikes One" and "Sixteen."
In 1979 Vilma Santos did Pinay American Style where her role's named was PX, an illegal alien in the U.S., three years after, Hilda Koronel played Lydia in the Lino Brocka film titled, PX.
Both Vilma and Hilda did a controversial films about labour unrest, Behn Cervantes' 1975 film "Sakada" and Mike de Leon's 1984 film "Sister Stella L."
Lino Brocka's "Insiang" starring Hilda Koronel was the Philippine's entry to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 1978. After seven years, Mike de Leon was supposed to repeat Brocka's success with two of his films exhibited in the previous year's Director's Forthnight section of the festival, but unfortunately, it didn't happened. Instead, de Leon's film, "Sister Stella L." was entered as the Philippines's entry to the oldest festival and equally prestigious, the Venice Film Festival in 1985.
Both Vilma and Hilda co-starred with John Lyod Cruz in record-breaking films, Vilma in 2009 's "In My Life" and Hilda in this year's "The Mistress."
Last year, it's a major comeback for the big three, Nora Aunor made headlines in her comeback movie, "Thy Womb," Vilma Santos put a dent on the box office records with her horror film, "The Healing" and Hilda Koronel's successful comeback was in the box office hit, "The Mistress."
Burgos Filmbio – "…Speaking of Echo, he might just play Jason Burgos in the Filmbio of Edith T. Burgos, wife of the late crusading journalist Joe Burgos. To date, Jonas, himself an activist remains missing, in all probability dead. Director Joel Lamangan is negotiating with US-based Hilda Koronel to portray Edith in the filmbio, written by Ricky Lee and produced by Harlene Bautista. Who'll play Joe Burgos? No final casting yet. Hilda and Echo co-starred in that engrossing drama-thriller "Nasaan Ka Man," which also featured Gloria Diaz, Diether Ocampo, and Claudine Barretto, directed by Cholo Laurel. Whatever happened to Cholo? The filmbio chronicles the mother's heartbreaking search for a missing son…" – Tempo, Feb 20 2013 (READ MORE)
Hilda Koronel, (born Susan Reid on 17 January 1957, Angeles City, Pampanga), is a FAMAS and Gaward Urian Award winning Filipina actress. Born to a Filipina mother and an American father who was a serviceman in Clark Air Base, she has starred in around 45 films, many of which are critically acclaimed, since 1970. Her career got off to an unprecedented start becoming the youngest winner of the FAMAS Best Supporting Actress award in 1970 right at the beginning of her career which she won at the age of just 13 for her role in the 1970 film Santiago. In 1975 and 1976 she starred in the Lino Brocka classics Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag, which won six FAMAS awards in 1976, and Insiang, which won both a FAMAS and a Gawad Urian Award in 1977. To date she has won three awards and received 11 nominations. – Wikipedia (READ MORE)
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text:
package parser

import (
	"net"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"time"
)

type Kind uint

const (
	Invalid Kind = iota
	Bool
	Int
	Int8
	Int16
	Int32
	Int64
	Uint
	Uint8
	Uint16
	Uint32
	Uint64
	Uintptr
	Float32
	Float64
	Complex64
	Complex128
	Array
	Chan
	Func
	Interface
	Map
	Ptr
	Slice
	String
	Struct
	UnsafePointer
	MyDate
	MyTime
	MyIP
	MyTimestamp
	MyURI
)

func GuessType(fieldName string) Kind {
	switch fieldName {
	case "date", "x-cookie-date", "x-http-date":
		return MyDate
	case "time":
		return MyTime
	case "time-taken", "rs-time-taken", "sc-time-taken", "rs-service-time-taken", "rs-download-time-taken", "cs-categorization-time-dynamic", "duration":
		return Float64
	case "bytes":
		return Int64
	case "cached":
		return Bool
	case "x-client-address", "x-bluecoat-appliance-primary-address", "x-bluecoat-proxy-primary-address", "cs-uri-address", "c-uri-address":
		return MyIP
	case "sr-uri-address", "s-uri-address", "x-cs-user-login-address":
		return MyIP
	case "connect-time", "dnslookup-time":
		return Int64
	case "gmttime", "localtime", "timestamp", "x-timestamp-unix", "x-timestamp-unix-utc":
		return MyTimestamp
	default:
	}
	if strings.IndexByte(fieldName, '(') != -1 {
		return String
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-ip") {
		return MyIP
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-dns") {
		return String
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-status") {
		return Int64
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-comment") {
		return String
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-method") {
		return String
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-uri") {
		return MyURI
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-uri-stem") {
		return MyURI
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-uri-query") {
		return MyURI
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-length") {
		return Int64
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-headerlength") {
		return Int64
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-bytes") {
		return Int64
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-written") {
		return Int64
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-read") {
		return Int64
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-operations") {
		return Int64
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-size") {
		return Int64
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-port") {
		return Int64
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-count") {
		return Int64
	}
	return String
}

func ConvertValue(fieldName string, value string) interface{} {
	value = strings.TrimSpace(value)
	switch fieldName {
	case "date", "x-cookie-date", "x-http-date":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		d, err := ParseDate(value)
		if err != nil {
			return nil
		}
		return d
	case "time":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		t, err := ParseTime(value)
		if err != nil {
			return nil
		}
		return t
	case "time-taken", "rs-time-taken", "sc-time-taken", "rs-service-time-taken", "rs-download-time-taken", "cs-categorization-time-dynamic", "duration":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		ttaken, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64)
		if err != nil {
			return nil
		}
		return ttaken
	case "bytes":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		return makeInt(value)
	case "cached":
		return value == "1"
	case "x-client-address", "x-bluecoat-appliance-primary-address", "x-bluecoat-proxy-primary-address", "cs-uri-address", "c-uri-address":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		return net.ParseIP(value)
	case "sr-uri-address", "s-uri-address", "x-cs-user-login-address":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		return net.ParseIP(value)
	case "connect-time", "dnslookup-time":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		return makeInt(value)
	case "gmttime":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		t, err := time.Parse("02/01/2006:15:04:05", value)
		if err != nil {
			return nil
		}
		return t.UTC()
	case "localtime":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		var t time.Time
		var err error
		pluspos := strings.Index(value, "+")
		if pluspos == -1 {
			t, err = time.Parse("02/Jan/2006:15:04:05", value)
		} else {
			t, err = time.Parse("02/Jan/2006:15:04:05 -0700", value)
		}
		if err != nil {
			return nil
		}
		return t
	case "timestamp", "x-timestamp-unix", "x-timestamp-unix-utc":
		if value == "" {
			return nil
		}
		i := makeInt(value)
		if i != nil {
			return time.Unix(i.(int64), 0).UTC()
		}
		return nil
	default:
	}
	if strings.IndexByte(fieldName, '(') != -1 {
		return makeStr(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-ip") {
		return makeIP(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-dns") {
		return makeStr(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-status") {
		return makeInt(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-comment") {
		return makeStr(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-method") {
		return makeStr(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-uri") {
		return decodeURI(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-uri-stem") {
		return decodeURI(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-uri-query") {
		return decodeURI(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-length") {
		return makeInt(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-headerlength") {
		return makeInt(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-bytes") {
		return makeInt(value)
	}
	if strings.HasSuffix(fieldName, "-written") {
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I consider my work to be fine art photography. As such, I believe that each piece requires a title. It helps with organization, and provides an efficient means for searching for a specific image. But, how does one come up with unique titles for so many photos?
Titles for several of my images define the subject within, while others describe something about the image. Some titles are meant to evoke an emotional response to a scene, and some use personification to encourage the viewer to look differently at the image. Sometimes, something about the image reminds me of a song lyric, or a nursery rhyme, and I'll use part of the phrase to spur the viewer into finishing it and making a connection with the image.
The photo that I chose for this blog post reminds me of a time when my oldest son was playing outdoors at the cabin. I asked him what he was up to, and he told me that he was playing with Harry. Did he have an imaginary friend? Did he meet a new child from a nearby cabin? Nope! Turns out that Harry was a fuzzy little caterpillar, which he had found in the yard!
As you look through my galleries, I hope that you will be intrigued by some of the unique titles I've chosen for my work. There is a story behind each of them.


Yes, we offer group session during the different terms. These groups are designed to understand the basics of the instrument to ease them into the private lessons.
We highly recommend students to have their own instrument to practice at home. In certain instances we will allow the student to check out an instrument for a short period of time.
Are you open the whole year?
Yes, we don't work with the school district calendar. We offer private lessons during the whole year. Mostly, we close only in the main holidays such as: July 4, Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas Eve, and New Year.
Usually, we receive students from ages 5 and up. In case parents want to have their younger children learn about music there is also a kinder program available.
Can I sit in and observe my child's lesson?
Yes, you are more than welcomed to sit in the lesson, however, if it becomes a distraction to the student we recommend to wait in our comfortable waiting area so that the student receives their lesson it its entirety.
The approach taken by our instructors is based on the needs of the student.
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How much the tuition cost?
Pricing varies depending on the length of the month.
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Tuition is neither adjusted or credited when a lesson is missed.
Yes, with a minimum of one day or early morning advanced notice. 1 makeup lesson per month. Contact us to learn more about our makeup lesson policies.


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Scaling Up active learning to large courses and large spaces — Robert Talbert, Ph.D.
Here at Steelcase, I am working on a literature review of papers on active learning spaces. One of my managers here caught wind of my 1000-Word Literature Review articles, where I encapsulate research papers that I'm reading in 1000 words or less, and gave a request that I do a blog review of one article in particular that's a seminal paper in this small but active area of research: the article from 2007 by Robert Beichner and others that introduced the world to a model of active learning spaces known as SCALE-UP.
Beichner, R. J., et al. (2007). The student-centered activities for large enrollment undergraduate programs (SCALE-UP) project. Research-based reform of university physics, 1(1), 2-39.
You can snag a PDF of this paper here.
The nine authors of this paper, hailing from a range of institution but centered on North Carolina State University, set out to redesign the total experience of beginning college physics classes, specifically large-section physics classes. Prior to this paper, some efforts at re-imagining intro physics courses had already been done, particularly the the Workshop Physics initiative at Dickinson College and the studio physics approach used at Rochester Polytechnic Institute. These initiatives focus on instruction that includes little to no lecture and greatly enhanced time and attention on active, hands-on experiences in the classroom. They were, and still are, successful in enhancing student engagement and conceptual understanding in physics.
But --- and this is a common objection whenever active learning techniques are mentioned --- these institutions typically have small classes of 30 or less. So Beichner and his co-investigators set out to answer the question: Is it possible to generalize the studio method to large-section classes of hundreds of students and attain similarly positive results in student learning?
Recall that SCALE-UP is an acronym for "Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment Undergraduate Programs". So the "methods" of this paper start with a redesign at the foundations of introductory physics courses, that address both the pedagogy and the physical space.
[S]tudents begin learning about a topic by doing assigned readings before the topic is discussed in class. Students are asked to focus on the key ideas and express them in their own words before completing an assignment based on the reading. In class, the student groups do activities that help them understand the basic concepts from the reading, practice basic skills including learning multiple visual representations, and apply these concepts in experiments and problems. Follow-up homework is assigned to help students practice what they have learned in class and deepen their understanding.
If this sounds familiar, then congratulations for paying attention: This is the very definition of flipped learning that is discussed so often here and which is espoused in my book. After reading this paper, I'm convinced that SCALE-UP needs to be listed alongside the other early pioneering efforts in flipped learning from the 2000's.
Students are arranged at large round tables that seat nine each, so they can work in small groups of 3 and then pull together into a group of 9. The round tables force students to look at each other and engage with one another. Also, there is no clearly-defined "front" of the room; the emphasis in the class is immediately off the instructor and on the students. As the acronym suggests, this setup scales up very well. NC State has SCALE-UP rooms that seat 54 (6 tables) and 99 (11 tables) but feel far more intimate than a 30-person classroom where the chairs are arranged in rows.
The instructor can be at the center of the room to lead a discussion (and lecture, if warranted) but mainly circulates from group to group to facilitate the activities. Also, as one of the pictures above shows, there are whiteboards for each group, and in some implementations there are computer monitors for displaying computer work --- students can display their work just for their group, and the instructor can grab one group's display and project it out to the entire class. So although the room is physically big, it's pedagogically small.
In this initial study, a variety of intro physics courses were run in these classrooms and student achievement measured, using course grades and normalized gains on the Force Concept Inventory, and compared them with results from similar classes held using traditional pedagogy in traditional spaces.
The "failure ratios" --- the percentage of students earning failing grades in the traditional physics courses divided by the percentage of students failing the SCALE-UP courses --- ranged between 2.0 and 5.0, with the highest ratios being among female, African-American, and Native American students. For female students specifically, the ratio was 4.7, meaning that women failed traditional physics courses almost 5 times as frequently as they did SCALE-UP courses. Remarkably, this ratio could not be computed for Hispanic students because no Hispanic student failed any of the SCALE-UP courses.
The FCI normalized gains for the traditional lecture/lab courses were 0.204 and 0.106 for the regular and honors sections of physics, respectively. For the SCALE-UP sections: 0.483 for all sections and 0.477 for classes over 60 students.
Maybe the biggest takeaway from this article is that effective active learning is entirely possible in a large class. It just takes some creativity and judicious selection of activities that, well, scale up to a class that size. In fact, other research suggests that large classes using active learning are more effective in terms of learning outcomes than small classes using more passive pedagogies. It's not the class size that ultimately matters, it's the pedagogy.
Also, note well that the key elements that make SCALE-UP effective tend to be more people-oriented than anything: Getting students to face each other, lecturing less so that students can interact more, making relevant activities that tap into student curiosity. It doesn't necessarily take a large-scale, expensive remodel of a classroom space to tap into the good parts of SCALE-UP. Maybe all it takes is rearranging the furniture in the room you have -- or if your room has fixed seats, devise a way for students to sit in them so that they can interact. Don't let the space you're stuck with prevent you from using pedagogy that is best for students.
And in the meanwhile, if you want to really transform a classroom space, I highly recommend applying for a Steelcase Active Learning Center grant.
There are a couple of weaknesses in the study here that are worth pointing out.
First of all, this is not a true empirical study with systematic controls and quasi-experimental designs in place. It's a post-hoc evaluation of a collection of changes to the pedagogy, technology, and space associated with a particular course. This isn't so much a "weakness" but a caveat to interpret the results in context and take the study for what it is. Later studies like the ones done at the University of Minnesota and the work of Terry Byers and Wes Imms address the use of space with more methodological rigor.
Second, as with a lot of early studies on active learning spaces (including the Minnesota studies), it's not possible to separate out the relative effects of pedagogy versus space in the results. Are the results on failure ratios and FCI improvements due more to the pedagogy, and could be realized in any kind of space? Or do you really need a space setup like NC State to get the full benefits? This study doesn't say.
Regardless of the space you are using, this paper has good ideas for making a large class into an effective and intimate active learning environment that benefits students, especially students in the STEM disciplines that are often at the greatest risk. It's worth considering how we can adapt its findings into our own teaching.


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Дом-музей Ори́фа Гу́льхани́ —  находится в городе Самарканд (Узбекистан). Посвящён жизни и творчеству известного таджикского и узбекского поэта и мыслителя — Орифа Гульхани, который прожил в этом доме почти всю свою жизнь.

Биография Орифа Гульхани
Ориф Гульхани родился в 1879 году в Самарканде, в образованной семье. Закончил самаркандское медресе, а позднее получил высшее религиозное и светское образование в Бухаре. После окончания учёбы в Бухаре, вернулся в Самарканд и начал работать мударрисом в медресе «Мадрасаи нав». Во время работы в медресе, увлекался изучением творчества Алишера Навои и Бедиля, в это время начал писать стихи под псевдонимом Гульхани, что в переводе с персидского и таджикского языков означает пламенный.

В Самарканде он знакомится с Мукими, Фуркатом, Васли, Писанди и Садриддином Айни, которые сильно повлияли на его творческую жизнь. Благодаря творчеству Гульхани, в Самарканде появляются и другие поэты, наиболее известные среди которых Мирза Акрами Фикри, Туграл, Абдулазиз Абдурасулов и другие. Вместе с ними, Гульхани организовывал творческие встречи для студентов самаркандских медресе и местных поэтов, ценителей поэзии. Благодаря таким встречам, которые впоследствии стали традиционными, появляются такие поэты как Саид Назар, Назармат, Уткир Рашид, Раъно Узакова, Вохид Абдуллаев, Душан Файзи и другие.

Творчество Гульхани было общественно признано в 1980 году, по инициативе известного советского государственного деятеля и поэта, последователя Гульхани — Шарафа Рашидова. В том году был отпразднован 100-летний юбилей Гульхани.

Дом-музей
В течение многих лет собирались рукописи и материалы для дома-музея. В 1993 году был открыт дом-музей Орифа Гульхани, а улица где находится данный дом-музей, была названа в его честь. Позднее в музее была проведена реставрация, и музей взят под защитой государства.

При входе в музей, справа находится комната, где поэт занимался творчеством. В доме-музее сохранены комнаты где он жил, представлены около 300 личных рукописей Гульхани, 145 его произведений, очерков, более 2500 экспонатов, состоящих из предметов обихода конца веков, рукописей и книг, фотографий, личных вещей Гульхани и многое другое. В музее в том числе представлены книги по истории, религии, каллиграфии, собрания журнала «Ойна» (1914 год), диваны Хафиза, Бедиля, оригинальная книга Бартольда «Об орошении Туркестанских земель», собраны сборники стихов Фурката, Мукими, Умархона, Завки и других поэтов, книги «Алифбе», сонник на арабском языке и другие произведения. Среди примечательных экспонатов является бешик (колыбель) в котором выросли дети и внуки поэта, раритетный алюминиевый пюпитр, посуда XIX век, глиняные кувшины, чилим (кальян), одежда поэта. Во дворе дома-музея возведён большой сад, где растут фруктовые деревья и цветы.

Ссылки и источники
 gosamarkand.uz — Дом-музей поэта Орифа Гулхани
 Виртуальный Самарканд. Музеи и галереи.
 Музеи Самарканда
 Столб Мира в доме поэта Орифа Гульхани

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The term ghat in India refers to the series of steps that lead down from the riverbank to the water's edge. It's a common word, often used to describe any access point to water but in its correct context it refers to the steps that lead down to a holy body of water. It is not surprising then, given Varanasi's status as one of the most spiritual cities in India, that there are numerous ghats along its section of the holy River Ganges. Solitary Sadhus, meditating pilgrims, entire families, organised groups and the odd wandering cow are but a few of the wide-ranging people (and animals) that you will set eyes on in this part of the city. Thousands make their way to the ghats on a daily basis and the atmosphere on the banks of the River Ganges is always mesmerising.
'Brace yourself. You're about to enter one of the most blindingly colourful, unrelentingly chaotic and unapologetically indiscreet places on earth'.
No truer words have been said about the city! Varanasi, like Kolkata further to the east, is one of those cities in India that visitors either love or hate. Hate is a strong word, I know, but many people we meet and talk to about their experience in the city think there is no middle ground when it comes to Varanasi and it reminded me of the first time I visited the city.
In the late 1980s, I started my first proper job, as a tour consultant for a UK-based tour operator then called Bales Tours (later changed to Bales Worldwide). Bales Tours was a small, upmarket, family-run company (that sadly no longer exists) and the sales department was split into the Middle East and Long Distance. I worked in the Long Distance department. We basically handled enquiries and bookings for everywhere else in the world that the company operated tours to apart from the Middle East (Asia, Canada and South America). The term Long Distance used to, and still does, make me laugh – you often felt like you were working in a telephone exchange in the 1950s rather than a tour operator in the late 1980s when you picked up a ringing phone, put on your poshest voice and politely announced 'Bales Tours, Long Distance department. Can I help you?'.
Anyway, I digress. About six months after joining Bales Tours, I was told I would be going on my first overseas trip, a group tour to India and Nepal as a trainee/assistant tour leader. The tour was imaginatively called Images of India and Nepal and its itinerary was London – Delhi – Jaipur – Agra – Varanasi – Kathmandu – Delhi – London. The duration was fifteen days.
Bales was quite an old-fashioned company back then and I was given a couple of pep talks before departing. The first was from Mrs Bales herself. She went through the appropriate dress code (shirt and tie on the flight and a jacket for dinner – I kid you not!), what was expected of me and how I should behave in front of the clients. Mrs Bales had a long-standing fondness for India and ended our little meeting by telling me that she hoped I would return to the office with great enthusiasm for the country and become a converted Indophile (*).
(*) Yes, before you say it, Mrs Bales was rather like a school mistress, albeit an affectionate one, who I ended up greatly admiring. As a term of respect, you never called her by her first name, although after several years of working there and rising through the ranks to management level, I did sometimes get away with calling her Mrs B!
My next talk was from my manager, Fiona. She ran through the practicalities of the trip – how my report should be written, what hotels I should go and see over and above the ones I was staying in and most importantly, what type of whisky I should buy at Heathrow Airport for our man on the ground, Ranjit (*).
Fiona had (and still has I am sure) a passion for India that, even before I had stepped foot in the country, was infectious for me. She got me excited about my pending trip and briefed me thoroughly on what to expect. She told me (correctly) that India would be like nowhere else I had ever visited (I hadn't been outside of Europe and the United States at this point) and that Varanasi would be a massive assault on the senses. She also briefed me that helping to lead a thirty-strong group of (mostly doddery) tourists through Varanasi's hectic backstreets to the riverfront would be one of the most challenging parts of the tour.
Fiona wasn't wrong. Varanasi did indeed smack me in the teeth like no other city on the tour but I loved it and when I returned to the office and she asked me what was my highlight and I told her Varanasi, she nodded in a I knew it would be kind of way and allowed herself a knowing smile.
In comparison, my third and final briefing before embarking on my first trip to India couldn't have been more different. This one was from Sarah-Jane, my deputy manager. In contrast to Fiona, she disliked India immensely and reserved a special loathing for Varanasi. 'The Taj (Mahal) is impressive enough I suppose if you like that sort of thing and the hotels (all five star or former palaces) you are staying in are pretty good,' she told me, 'but Old Delhi and that f***ing s***hole, Varanasi, are awful places. Too many f***ing people, cows and sh*t everywhere plus the place f***ing stinks. You'll hate it!'. I laughed and told her I would give her my opinion when I got back from the trip. We worked together for many years thereafter and I could never convince her that India was one of the most incredible countries on the planet!
Anyway, that's enough of my trip down memory lane. The point I'm trying to make is that Varanasi is, IMHO, the most captivating city in India, but it doesn't take long before it becomes unbelievably annoying and begins to really grate on me (too many f***ing people, cows and sh*t everywhere etc, etc.), but the best way to avoid joining the hate gang is to stay in a place a few kilometres away from the heart of the action, surround yourself in a little bit of tranquility (as much as that is possible in India) and dip your toe in as and when you are ready. It works for Kirsty and me and ensures that our passion for ancient Benares remains as strong as ever. And if all else fails, hunt down one of the sleazy liquor shops that are scattered throughout the city and buy yourself a couple of bottle of either 7.5% Godfather Strong or 8% Knock Out beer – either will certainly help to dull the senses!
Thanks Doug. I also remember sleeping in retiring rooms at railway stations in both India and Pakistan. They were pretty good places to stay – cheap and usually pretty clean from what I recall! Hobnobbing with Brahmins, that's pretty cool. Not sure I've ever done that although I have been known to mingle with maharajahs and other such princely bods in my time!
You've mingled with maharajahs? That would be an interesting post.
Great story, enjoyed this post. I guess we all have odd characters we've worked with in the past that have left their mark on us.
Varanasi – hmm, I think we would most likely hate it for the exact reasons Sarah Jane hated it "too many f****** people…". Having said that I'm curious to one day see India.
Thanks Frank. India is one of 'those' places. Sometimes it drives me nuts, other times it's simply incredible and the best place on the planet. Indeed, when asked, both Kirsty and I would agree that India is our all time favourite country. If you ever do decide to go, pick a small part and don't be too ambitious. Many people are negative about India because they try and cover too much ground in too little time and travelling in India is tiring.
We would go crazy for all the Indian food (love the stuff) but would probably spending our whole time there on the toilet with the stuff coming out both ends. That's what actually makes me the most nervous about India. That and people gathering around us and staring because apparently that's all they do judging by all the travel shows we've seen on India.
I've always been curious Rajasthan and some of the cities and geography in that area. Maybe one day.
Well, some interesting comments here! 4 of us are traveling to India this year, and it is a lifelong dream of mine (the other 3? not so much)….I am a bit nervous about confronting the abject poverty we hear about…how does one handle the children? Do we bring small gifts? should we dole out coins? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated…btw, we are staying in the HEART of the city, so wish us luck!


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CES 2021: Intel Announces Four New Processor Families
Tahawul Tech	| Jan 13, 2021 at 12:05 PM
In a world where computing is pervasive and intelligence is distributed across every surface – from the cloud to the network to the intelligent edge –Intel at CES 2021 highlighted how it is driving technology leadership to define the future of computing for people, business and society.
Ring's new end-to-end encryption is a big step toward better privacy
Fast Company	| Jan 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM
Amazon subsidiary Ring has announced that it is beginning to roll out end-to-end encryption to many of the products in its lineup of smart home security devices.
IIIT, Sri City, offers grants to entrepreneurs, start-ups
The Hindu	| Jan 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM
The Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City, has called for applications from students and graduates to develop their ideas into a product, at its incubator.
Investcorp's Calligo acquires UK MSP Network Integrity Systems
Emirates News Agency	| Jan 13, 2021 at 11:57 AM
Investcorp, a Bahrain-based asset manager that counts Mubadala Investment Company as its biggest shareholder, announced on Wednesday that its portfolio company, Calligo Holdings Limited, an end-to-end managed data services provider, has acquired Network Integrity Services (NIS).


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