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4628 NE Wygant (Steve Haning)
Northeast Portland's Cully was in the spotlight last week. The neighborhood received a grant of half a million dollars from the federal government to develop a 25-acre park on a former landfill. And a new home on NE Wygant was among 8 featured in the Modern Home Tour I attended on April 25th.
These events may seem unrelated. But they are part of a larger trend. If this large, diverse and historically low-income neighborhood were a stock, analysts would surely give it a "buy" rating.
Three census tracts covering most of Cully were gentrified between 2000 and 2015, according to a study by Governing, a Washington DC-based magazine targeting state and local officials. In fact, Portland was found to lead the national pack in this regard, with the highest rate (58 percent) of gentrification of any major city reviewed.
As Cully gentrifies, it has attracted new investment and in-fill like the home on Wygant. The 2,800+ square foot property resembles a Craftsman on the outside, but its interior space offers high-quality modern design and materials. Portland developer/builder Brent Keys has listed it for sale at $725,000.
Meanwhile, green social investment will likely take area property values higher. A well-maintained public park or recreational area can boost the value of nearby homes by 8-20 percent. Cully saw its first developed park open on April 24. Set on 2.4 acres and serving about 1,500 families, Khunamokwst Park features a playground, nature and water play areas, a picnic shelter, a small skateboard park and paths for walking and jogging.
The 25 acres set aside for Thomas Cully Park are already home to a 35-plot community garden designed by local middle school students. Further development is a joint venture of the City of Portland, the non-profit organization Verde, and private partners. With funding from these players and the new federal grant, the Park is expected to feature restored habitat, a playground and soccer field, a walking trail with exercise equipment, scenic overlooks, an off leash dog area, and a Native American garden.
In short, Cully is an ideal neighborhood if you value:
a location close to downtown and to hip commercial hubs like Fremont Street and Alberta Arts
lower home prices or more bang for the buck than many other eastside neighborhoods
new or developing green spaces
the prospect of further gains in property values
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Heraeus and Yingli Green Energy Announce $70 Million Agreement
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– Companies to Work Together to Achieve Photovoltaic Technology Advancement and Reduce Cost-per-watt of Solar Cells –
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., – April 18, 2012 –Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited ("Yingli Green Energy"), a leading global vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturer, and the precious metals and technology group Heraeus, announced the signing of a $70 Million cooperation and supply agreement. The Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit, a world leader in developing front- and back-side silver paste for crystalline solar cells will work together with Yingli Green Energy to achieve significant photovoltaic technology advancements, specifically to reduce the cost-per-watt of solar cells to a new industry benchmark.
Under this new one-year agreement, Heraeus will now dedicate R&D resources in its 3 technology centers located in West Conshohocken (USA), Hanau (Germany) and Singapore to develop state-of-the-art silver metallization pastes for Yingli Green Energy's high efficiency N-type silicon solar cells, named PANDA.
"As an industry leader, we [Heraeus] are overjoyed about our agreement with Yingli Green Energy since our primary focus is the commitment to innovation of highly-efficient, yet cost-effective products for our customers" said Andy London, PV Global Manager and Vice President of Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC in West Conshohocken, Pa. (USA).
According to Jingfeng Xiong, Vice President of Yingli Green Energy
Holdings Co Ltd., "Our mission is to provide affordable green energy for all, therefore, we constantly innovate to enhance the quality and cost structure of our products. The ability to work closely with Heraeus will help us remain an industry frontrunner."
About the Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit
Heraeus manufactures high volumes of thick film pastes for some of the most prominent companies within a variety of industries. For over 40 years, the company has built a reputation of innovation, extensive research and new product development in this field. The Heraeus Photovoltaics Business Unit applies its innovative technology to the field of photovoltaics, offering silver pastes for crystalline solar cells. The Heraeus SOL Series of silver pastes is specially formulated to provide higher efficiencies and wider processing windows, resulting in better yields and higher output for cell manufacturers.
Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company with 160 years of tradition. Our fields of competence include precious metals, materials, and technologies, sensors, biomaterials, and medical products, as well as dental products, quartz glass, and specialty light sources. With product revenues of €4.1 billion and precious metal trading revenues of Trade Press Release €17.9 billion, as well as more than 12,900 employees in over 120 subsidiaries worldwide, Heraeus holds a leading position in its global markets.
About Yingli Green Energy
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE), which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar," is a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic manufacturers. Yingli Green Energy's manufacturing covers the entire photovoltaic value chain, from the production of polysilicon through ingot casting and wafering, to solar cell production and module assembly. Currently, Yingli Green Energy maintains a balanced vertically integrated production capacity of 1,700 MW per year. Capacity expansion projects of an additional 750 MW in total are under construction in Haikou, Tianjin, Hengshui and Baoding, which are expected to start initial production in 2012 and will increase the Company's total nameplate production capacity to 2,450 MW by the end of 2012. Yingli Green Energy distributes its photovoltaic modules to a wide range of markets, including Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, France, South Korea, China and the United States. Headquartered in Baoding, China, Yingli Green Energy has more than 16,000 employees and more than 20 subsidiaries and branch offices worldwide. Yingli Green Energy is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: YGE). For more information, please visit www.yinglisolar.com.
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06.15.05 City Club: New Leaders Only - Dr. Edward Hundert
Dialogues on Leadership New Leaders Only - Dr. Edward Hundert
President, Case Western Reserve University
M. Hundert, M.D., became president of Case Western Reserve University
on August 1, 2002. A nationally known scholar, educator, psychiatrist,
and medical ethicist, Hundert is a leader in developing innovative and
effective learning experiences in higher education.
Prior to coming to Case, President Hundert was Professor of
Psychiatry and Medical Humanities and Dean of the School of Medicine
and Dentistry at the University of Rochester, serving there from 1997
to 2002. His academic career earlier included service on the faculty of
Harvard Medical School, where he held appointments in the departments
of psychiatry and medical ethics from 1984 to 1997. He also served
seven years as Associate Dean for Student Affairs at Harvard. President
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education helped shape the national discussion of professionalism in
medicine. For six consecutive years he was voted the "faculty member
who did the most for the class" by Harvard Medical School graduates.
President Hundert received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and
the history of science and medicine in 1978 from Yale University and
attended Oxford University as a Marshall Scholar, earning a master's
degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. Four years later he
earned the M.D. from Harvard Medical School, where he was awarded the
Sirgay Sanger Prize for excellence in psychiatric research.
He has written numerous articles and chapters on a variety of
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DxO One review: A better camera for your iPhone
Camera add-on brings DSLR quality to the iPhone.
By William Porter
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I've had a chance to shoot with the DxO One iPhone camera for a month, and it's darned impressive—a bit funky (technologically speaking), but darned impressive. As a picture-taking tool, the DxO One is much better than the camera in any iPhone, and you end up with a display that's bigger and higher resolution than the displays in most DSLR cameras.
If you're a casual i-photographer, the modest hassle of using the DxO One and its almost immodest cost may be too much for you. But if you're serious about your shooting and don't want to lug a bigger camera with you everywhere, read on to learn more.
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Taken at the State Fair of Texas with the DxO One and processed in DxO Optics Pro 10.5. Click to enlarge.
Small and connected
Like the Sony and Olympus "lens-style" cameras that have been around for a year or two, the DxO One is smaller than competitive cameras because it doesn't have a display of its own. The DxO One connects to your iPhone and you control it from an app. I've shot with the Olympus Air lens-style camera and I like it, mainly because I already have a collection of excellent micro four-thirds lenses. But the Olympus Air is the size of a baseball, and that's before you add a lens, so it's a pocket camera only if you've got big pockets and don't mind looking lumpy. The DxO One, on the other hand, is a little smaller than my wallet and fits innocuously in a pocket.
Olympus Air with 17mm lens on the left, DxO One on the right, and, for size comparison, my wallet. Some things fit in your pocket more easily than others.
Equally important, the DxO One is easy to start and reliable enough that you'll want to use it all the time. The key to this achievement is DxO's decision to connect to the iPhone not by Bluetooth or Wi-Fi but via the Lightning port. No need to pair devices or select a private Wi-Fi network—just slide the lens cover to pop out the connector and plug the DxO One into your iPhone. The DxO One app launches automatically (most of the time) and voilà: you're ready to shoot. While shooting, the lightning connection is faster and more reliable than a wireless connection.
View of DxO One with lens cover down and lightning connector extended.
Back of DxO One showing small status display and door providing access to micro SD card slot and the USB port where you connect the camera to your computer.
The DxO One's Lightning connection was questioned as a weak link by at least one respected early reviewer. I understand the concern, but after a month of daily use (including frequent shooting while the iPhone was mounted on a tripod and DxO One hung off the side), I found that the Lightning connection, while not goof-proof, is reasonably secure. I never dropped the DxO One. I did drop my iPhone 6 Plus while shooting, once, at the start of the testing period. I'd taken the case off my iPhone and was not used to how slippery the naked iPhone really is.
Flowers by the pool in RV park in Lubbock, Texas. Taken with DxO One. Click to enlarge.
The app for that
The camera has a physical shutter button and there's a postage-stamp sized touch-sensitive display on the back that is useful mainly to let you know whether the DxO One is on, off, or asleep. Otherwise, every aspect of the camera's operation—even shutter activation, if you like—is controlled through the DxO One iPhone app.
The visually-appealing and intelligently-designed app is a worthy companion to the camera. It provides the classic shooting modes (program, aperture priority, shutter priority, manual, and full auto) plus a handful of scene modes (sport, portrait, landscape, and nighttime). It also provides most of the controls found on stand-alone cameras: aperture, shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation, focus method, exposure method, white balance, flash, capture-file format, timer, etc. And thanks to the connectivity provided by your iPhone, the DxO One's images are automatically geotagged and, if you like, can immediately be shared with friends.
DxO One app on iPhone 6 Plus. In all the autoexposure modes (PAS, Auto, and the scene modes), the exposure displayed on screen is WYSIWYG. In full manual mode, exposure is indicated by the meter. Here, the picture looks like it's going to be a bit dark, but the meter tells me I'm "over-exposing" by 1 1/3 stops (which isn't overexposure because it's what I want). More controls are available below the ISO and exposure compensation items.
DxO One in manual mode. Minimally processed in DxO Optics Pro with a little help from DxO ViewPoint (to straighten the tiles).
I do have a few complaints about the app. You can tap on the screen to indicate where you want to target exposure and focus; but after 15 seconds, the app will move the target back to the center. I really wish I could tap to do everything: autofocus, adjust exposure, and snap the picture. Finally, at the time of this writing, the app doesn't do burst shooting, take sweep panoramas, or have a time-lapse option.
Holding both phone and camera takes a little getting used to. The DxO One balances somewhat better with a normal-sized iPhone 5 or 6 than it does with my oversized iPhone 6 Plus. I didn't try connecting DxO One to an iPad, but I suspect this might be awkward.
How I hold the camera at eye-level. I do this mainly when I want to use the flash. The goals here are: don't drop camera or iPhone; don't cover up the DxO One's lens; and don't cover up the iPhone's flash.
My normal shooting technique with the DxO One: camera held at chest level or below, lens pointed forward, the iPhone display tilted up. This is how I learned to use a camera eons ago with Rollei and Yashica twin-lens reflex cameras and I get a retro kick out of it. But it's also the easiest way to hold everything securely without accidentally sliding a finger over the lens of the camera.
It took a day or two for me to learn how to keep my right index finger from obstructing the DxO One's lens. You can hold the iPhone and DxO One in the same plane flat in front of your face, but the fact that the DxO One's Lightning connector tilts 60 degrees in either direction provides options. You can even plug the DxO One in backward, point it at yourself and take a pro-level selfie.
Battery life is okay for occasional use but lousy if you want to shoot a lot. Since the DxO doesn't have a removable/replaceable battery, when I knew I'd be shooting all day, I stuck a small supplemental charging unit in another pocket.
DxO One advantages
DxO built a better camera for the iPhone by keeping what's already great (the iPhone's display) and providing an alternative to what's not so great about the iPhone camera (the lens and the sensor). This is where DxO draws upon its internationally-recognized expertise in lens and sensor testing.
Olympus E-M1 (left) and iPhone and DxO One (right). The iPhone's display, which is used by the DxO One app, is roughly the same resolution as the wonderful display on my Olympus OM-D E-M1, but the iPhone's display is much larger. (The iPhone shown here is a 6 Plus. A normal iPhone 6's display would be smaller but still physically larger than the E-M1's display.)
The DxO One's 11.9 mm lens (32 mm in full-frame terms) was manufactured to DxO's specs. Slightly less wide than the iPhone's, its angle of view seems to me just about perfect for everyday photography.
But unlike the iPhone's lens with its fixed f/2.2 aperture, the DxO One's lens has a variable aperture with range from f/1.8 to f/11. This means you have all three of the options for controlling exposure that you have on a pro-level DSLR. The DxO One also gives you dramatically better control over depth of field—the larger sensor means that you can shoot at f/1.8 or f/2 and blur backgrounds nicely in your portraits. With the iPhone's tiny sensor, you get a lot of depth of field all the time, whether you want it or not.
The iPhone's small sensor provides lots of depth of field, whether you want it or not. This helps keep everything in focus but prevents you from blurring backgrounds artistically. Click to enlarge.
The DxO One's much larger sensor, combined with its wider maximum aperture of f/1.8, lets you blur backgrounds. This shot was cropped to 4:3 to match iPhone's aspect ratio and both pictures got the same one-click black and white conversion; otherwise, both are JPEGs straight from the respective cameras. Click to enlarge.
The DxO One's 1-inch backside-illuminated (BSI) CMOS sensor provides another advantage. It's 6.5 times larger than the sensor in the iPhone 6, and, other things being equal, bigger sensors capture images with less noise.
And, unlike the iPhone, the DxO One offers the ability to save raw sensor data, in not one but two raw formats: ordinary raw (.DNG) and "SuperRAW" (.DXO). SuperRAW files store data from four consecutive exposures made in a fraction of a second. Noise is a more or less random phenomenon; using sophisticated spatial and temporal analysis of the four nearly-identical exposures, DxO's software identifies pixels that represent noise in each exposure and replaces them with non-noise data from the corresponding pixel location in the other exposures.
DxO One, handheld at ISO 10,000 (!) in SuperRAW capture mode. The proprietary raw file was processed in DxO Optics Pro using SuperRAW noise reduction with a few tweaks. Click to enlarge.
DxO's default processing of SuperRAW files generates results that vary greatly in quality. If you're holding the camera in your hands and/or the subject is moving, analyzing the four exposures is a bigger challenge and the resulting image may display the smearing sometimes produced by aggressive noise reduction. But if the camera was on a tripod and the subject was stationary—say, shooting a building at night—the results are amazing. The main downside is that SuperRAW files are huge—upwards of 100MB. You will want to shoot ordinary raw most of the time, but it's nice to have SuperRAW when you really need it.
As of this writing, the only software that can handle the DxO One's SuperRAW (.DXO) format files is DxO's own Optics Pro 10.5 ($129 essential edition; $199 elite edition). Optics Pro 10.5 is one of the best raw converters available, and, for a limited time, a license for DxO Optics Pro comes with every DxO One. I tested a beta build of an extension that provides support for SuperRAW files in Photos in El Capitan and it worked beautifully; check the DxO website for the Photos extension availability. In the meantime, if you stick to normal raw (.DNG), you'll be in great shape no matter what software you use to process your photos.
Captured by DxO One, processed in DxO Optics Pro 10.5. Click to enlarge.
The DxO One comes bundled with a special desktop app called DxO Connect. At first glance, DxO Connect looks like a straightforward photo importer, like OS X's Image Capture app. But Connect also has the ability to do powerful basic raw-to-JPEG conversions that benefit from DxO's sophisticated lens and exposure corrections. Serious digital darkroom types will want the full DxO Optics Pro application; but DxO Connect does a terrific job and it's drop-dead easy to use.
The DxO Connect app on your computer does more than import photos from your DxO One: It also performs default conversion on raw files, with smart lighting adjustment, noise reduction, and lens corrections.
Note that the DxO One does allow you to turn raw capture off and save JPEGs only. I recommend that you shoot raw, which lets you get the most from your images.
In recent years, I think reviewers, consumers, and camera-makers alike have over-emphasized the importance of high-ISO performance when judging cameras. I am as thrilled as the next person that the DxO One can shoot at ISO 51,200 but if you find yourself shooting at ISO 51,200 often, you're doing something wrong.
You want better photos, learn how to get more and better light. One way to do that is to add flash, and here the DxO One really outshines (pun intended) not just the iPhone but many other larger-sensor standalone cameras with pop-up flash. Because the One's lens is at one end of the contraption and the flash is six or seven inches away at the other end, the flash is well off the lens axis, like a hot-shoe flash used with a DSLR. That means that the DxO One actually produces flash results without the floodlight look you get using flash with the iPhone's camera.
iPhone 6 Plus, using flash. Click to enlarge.
DxO One, handheld, in M capture mode. Shot with flash. To do this shot, I held the DxO One/iPhone 6 Plus so that the One was on the bottom and the iPhone on top. That meant that the flash (which comes from the phone) was coming down from above—much as it would if I were using a digital camera with a professional, detachable flash unit in the hot shoe. Processed with normal 'fast' noise reduction in DxO OP. Click to enlarge.
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What role can cash assistance play in climate change adaptation?
By Ophélie Allard, Cash Hub Intern, British Red Cross (June-August 2019)
Ophélie Allard is a master student in Contemporary International Relations, at Sciences Po Lyon
The month of July 2019 broke records according to the World Meteorological Organisation, making it the hottest month in history. All around the world, heatwave and extreme temperatures were felt, along with the acceleration of ice melting and the outbreaks of wildfires in the Arctic region. These abnormal events are the result of anthropogenic climate change. Climate change (or global warming) is a global phenomenon generated by the large amounts of greenhouses gas being released in the atmosphere, due to human activities. In the long run, it causes not only the melting of glaciers and the rise of sea levels, but also provokes droughts and floods. Through its multiple impacts, human-induced climate change also threatens economic activities and human well-being. Tropical and subtropical regions are particularly vulnerable to the phenomenon, which could further endanger already exposed communities, for instance by jeopardising food security in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Climate change is thus becoming a growing challenge for humanitarian organisations, as it increases the frequency and the intensity of extreme weather events. Every single aspect of humanitarian work is connected with climate change-related events since they impact food, shelter, health and livelihoods. This is why climate change was presented as one of the "5 Global Challenges" in the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's Strategy 2030. As climate change puts more pressure on scarce resources and exacerbates threats, the demand for disaster relief is expanding and aid agencies are asked to intensify their response. Humanitarian organisations are increasingly taking into account climate adaptation, to help the process of adjustment to expected climate effects and to lower the risks posed by climate change in people's lives. The adaptation to climate change can be sought through multiple policies, and Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) could be a part of the response.
CVA was already used as a tool by the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement during the Franco-Prussian war (1870-1871) but in the last decade, the volume and the scale of cash transfer increased. In 2017, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement helped 5.57 million people in more than 80 countries through cash programming. Evidence showed that cash assists beneficiaries by providing them with rapid liquidity, flexibility, and dignity, by allowing them to choose and prioritise their own needs. These characteristics make cash assistance an appropriate tool to reduce and adapt to climate change-related risks.
CVA can increase people's resilience in the face of climate change, which means it can increase people's ability to anticipate, cope and recover from a climate change-related shock. Resilience is said to be increased by CVA, because cash assistance strengthens households and local economies, and allows them to absorb the negative impacts of climate change-related shocks. The concept of resilience can be subdivided into 3 aspects: Absorptive, Anticipatory and Adaptive (called the 3As model).
"Resilience […] is understood to be the ability to anticipate, avoid, plan for, cope with, recover from and adapt to (climate related) shocks and stresses'" – Aditya Bahadur et al.
CVA has an absorptive effect, during and right after a climate change-related event, cash transfers can help absorb and cope with shocks. It leads to mitigating the immediate impact on basic needs and livelihoods, rapidly acting as a buffer.
CVA has an anticipatory effect by distributing cash to the most vulnerable groups as a proactive action, it allows people and systems to be better prepared for specific shocks. Receiving cash beforehand gives people the ability to save and to self-organise in anticipation of a weather event. This aspect of resilience is connected with other concepts such as social protection, or Forecast-based Financing which for instance was used to deliver cash grants before severe flooding by the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society in partnership with the German Red Cross in Bogura District, in northern Bangladesh.
CVA has an adaptive effect, giving people the ability to adapt to different and long-term climate risks, as well as adjusting after a shock to reduce future vulnerability. In this case, cash transfers help with asset-building and turning to economic activities less vulnerable to climate change.
The Kenya Hunger Safety Net Programme (HSNP) is a good example of the use of cash in an environment vulnerable to climate change. The HSNP provides long-term support to Kenyan households most vulnerable to food insecurity. 400,000 pastoralist households were selected to be part of the programme, of which 100,000 receive regular unconditional cash grants. During periods of droughts, the other beneficiaries can quickly receive cash assistance to mitigate the negative effects of the droughts on their economic activities. This programme integrates an anticipatory aspect, to increase resilience uphill from a weather event, as well as an absorptive effect, to provide immediate relief during droughts. This shows that social programmes such as HSNP, which aim at reducing chronic poverty and hunger through the distribution of cash, are also progressively integrating responses to climatic hazards. Similar examples within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement include the response to droughts in Isiolo County, in Kenya, where cash was distributed to thousands of families relying on livestock for food, and the provision of cash assistance to people coping with the devastating impact of Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands.
CVA can allow humanitarian organisations to respond to multiple causes of vulnerability, and to tailor humanitarian programmes as closely as possible to national and local needs. Without replacing other programmes, CVA can be part of the available toolbox to manage risks related to climate change. Evidently, cash should not be an automatic answer to every situation, but in a climate era which generates a more complex and uncertain environment, CVA appears as one of the key tools available for the humanitarian field to try to respond to modern challenges in a flexible and versatile way.


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Ark Alexandra Academy leaders praised by Ofsted
Ark Alexandra Academy in Hastings continues to improve, despite the challenges brought by covid-19, according to Ofsted.
In a letter to the school, inspectors concluded that "Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action to provide education in the current circumstances."
The remote inspection took place on 2nd March 2021 and looked at how the school had adapted during the pandemic.
Ark Alexandra was applauded for how they had "galvanised staff to produce and maintain an ambitious education for those pupils working at home. Leaders trained staff to use new technology so that they were ready to deliver the curriculum remotely in January 2021."
They also commented on Ark Schools digital strategy that ensured that all students had access to digital technology and could learn using the school's online resources during the last lockdown.
Inspectors noted that subject leaders had adapted the curriculum to cover topics later in the year that would be better-taught face-to-face with students, and Year 13 received "carefully targeted support to prepare them for their next steps."
The school's special educational needs coordinator (SENCo) was highlighted as being "steadfast in ensuring that therapeutic support from external agencies has continued throughout the national lockdown, and that "staff have also prioritised checking that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are receiving the right help, whether they are working at home or in school…"
Liam Collins, who joined as Principal in September 2020, said: "I am so pleased that Ofsted has recognised our hard work as this has been a difficult time for everyone, so I am immensely proud of how the whole Ark Alexandra community has coped. We have had a lot of engagement with staff, students and parents who have adapted to changing situations brilliantly. We have all remained focused on ensuring we provide children with high-quality education regardless of whether students were in our community classroom or learning remotely.
"As things slowly get back to 'normal', our continued priority will be ensuring that students have all the support they need to learn, develop and thrive."
Lorraine Clarke, Regional Director for Ark's schools in Hastings, said: "I am delighted that Ark Alexandra's staff and the leadership team have been recognised for all their ongoing hard work and commitment to students. The school continues to make significant improvements with the full support and guidance from governors and Ark Schools."
The latest monitoring inspection letter from Ofsted is available on their website here
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Primary schools across England will be supported to adopt an approach to teaching maths that has been shown to improve pupil achievement.


Access control on cloud has finally arrived with the introduction of TimeTec Access and IoT controller, TimeTec BLE-2. This latest access control solution combines cloud technology with Bluetooth Low Energy technology and smartphone application to offer consumers with utmost convenience in door access control.
Combination of TimeTec Access and TimeTec BLE-2 let you gain access through your smartphone securely and conveniently.
The TimeTec BLE-2 is a bluetooth IoT controller designed to work with a smartphone App to provide door access to users in 2 ways. One user can tap to unlock the door or he or she can choose to scan the QR code to gain access. Any actions taken on the smartphone will trigger the Bluetooth to search for the connected device and perform the unlocking action. Through the App, TimeTec Access, access rights can be authorised by person or by time frame depending on one's preference. User also can create a temporary access for specific user at a specific time frame for ad hoc tasks such as giving a secretary 10 minutes to enter the office while you are not present to look for some documents. The operation of this solution is so simple; user can enter or exit the door via his/her smartphone App, eliminating the need for physical keys and cards altogether.
The TimeTec BLE-2 is suitable not only for doors, it can also be installed at turnstiles and barrier gates, providing user with convenience of using only one system to gain easy access inside an enclave.
Manage doors/TimeTec BLE - Determine which devices have been installed at which doors and manage them easily.
Manage users on App - Provide access to certain users by linking the devices to the App and centralize access control from one point.
Manage access time/rules - Determine the access time and rules applicable to which TimeTec BLE-2 on which door properly.
Monitor exits and entries - Through TimeTec Access, data on exits and entries is available for reference.
Hence, using one solution TimeTec Access that is available on cloud, all access points can be managed seamlessly and effortlessly. And on point no 6, TimeTec Access data on TimeTec BLE-2 is integratable with TimeTec TA as attendance data, providing users with more values without having to invest on expensive devices for attendance monitoring.
Note: TimeTec Access doesn't come with door sensor to monitor door movements and it can't be connected to door alarm.
For a limited time only, we are offering TimeTec Access at 70% off to our current TimeTec clients for 6 months subscription duration, 50% for newbies who are interested to try this latest access control solution and on top of that, please provide this code [TTTWT2] when when you want to order TimeTec BLE-2. 20% discount applies.


A year later, with four twitter accounts, (and HootSuite) for four different streams in my life – a general one, a publicity one, a creative writer one and a massage therapy one – it's been more fun than any of the other social media sites combined.
Here are my top reasons, in order of priority to me.
Reason 1: I get more access to more interesting, dynamic, intelligent, creative and cutting-edge people on Twitter than anywhere else. Authors and well-known people have responded more to me on Twitter than on LinkedIn or Facebook.
Reason 2: I get to participate in streams of conversation with people from around the world if I want. I can post my views, my frustrations, my inspirations and my humor. I get to participate in a pretty real time environment. During the Hope for Haiti Telethon, tweeters I did not know answered my questions about the singers and songs!
Reason 3: I get to learn a lot. While some tweets are mundane, and others are outright spam, many tweets are links to fascinating articles, often the tweet itself informs me of a new trend or development or news. I get to choose the areas of news I want to get by choosing the people to follow. Each of us becomes our own news feed – that's amazing.
Reason 4: I get to find out what is brand new and what people think about products, trends and companies. I like to search for trends. When I learn of new products or companies, I first search Twitter to see if it's made it there or not, and if so, what people are saying.
Reason 5: I want to be found. If people are looking for someone like me, a creative writer, an internet publicist, a massage therapist, or an American who speaks Mandarin Chinese, French, pidgeon Italian and less Spanish, I want them to be able to find me on Twitter.
Reason 6: I like to share what I find with others. Followers really value getting the latest scoop from others, short cuts, heads up, new information… I want people to save me time and point out important things, so I try to do that for others.
Reason 7: Did I already say I get access to more interesting people on Twitter than anywhere else? Oh yes, that was Reason 1.
Reason 8: I get to study different ways that businesses are using twitter to give me new ideas for my own Twitter communications, as well as that of my clients.
Reason 9: It's FUN! It's like talking to strangers in line at a concert, as just one example.
Reason 10: I like the challenge of fitting communications in the constraint of 140 characters. It's like playing a game, and good practice for poets too.
Reason 11: I get to create lists and help organize the Twittersphere, making it easier for people to find each other.
Reason 12: I am a writer. I like to write. I like to respond. I like to engage. It's like sport-writing. It's like a game of Racketball compared to Facebook which is like Baseball, compared to LinkedIn which is like Fencing. (Oh and yes, inSideNetworX (919) which is like playing Frisbee, where everyone has one.
Does any of this mean you have to be on Twitter? Not at all, it's just exposing the value that I've found for me.


With their 2015 exhibition "Shoes: Pleasure and Pain", the V&A distilled into 4 words the dilemma that shoes represent for so many women.
The exhibition also sparked quite a debate at Zayah World about what shoes are about, what they could be, and what happens when you push the boundaries of footwear design.
We were firmly split down form vs function lines, with each side finding heaps of examples to back up their particular bias. When we brought in others, it became clear the subject of shoes evokes more emotion than almost any other topic we have considered.
The result was far more material than we could fit into the single article we were planning. So instead, this is the start of a series of shoe-related articles, delving deep and wide into this fascinating topic.
We start with a series of designers that take fresh perspectives on what matters most when designing footwear, and as a result each create something truly different.
But first some food for thought on shoes generally. . .
Shoe Design – Form or Function First?
So if you're a shoe designer, what are you designing for? How do you balance the need for comfort, the desire to look stylish, the ability to convey status and the reflection of our personality all embodied in a pair of coverings for our feet?
These surveys tell us that an average (Western) woman owns between 20 and 40 pairs of shoes. Perhaps the real surprise is that we buy so few?
3 of the most popular shoe designers by sales are Nike, Adidas and Puma. Obviously style and status are crucial, but ultimately these shoes are functional first, with branding, endorsement and marketing doing the rest of the work.
3 of the most sought-after shoe brands by awareness are Gucci, Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo. Again, no prizes for knowing function is sacrificed in favour of appearance and status with these.
3 of the most successful non-sports shoe retailers in the UK are Clarks, Arcadia (behind Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins, Wallis etc) and Office. Also in the top 10 are M&S, Next and Schuh. Everyday shoes for everyday life, including evenings out.
We know roughly what we're going to get, we know what they stand for, and we know how they persuade us to buy their products.
Some might say that wall to wall celebrities around us mean the expensive, exclusive brands no longer have the same impact as when we first heard of them.
We suspect that for many, buying everyday, affordable shoes has become an everyday, affordable experience.
Can we get (or get back) more pleasure into the experience of buying and wearing shoes?
The shoe designers we've chosen to highlight are the ones who seem to have hung onto the sense of doing something special with shoes.
We found they provided the most compelling or extraordinary answers to the question "What are shoes for?". Their answers ranged from "comfort" to "art", via "jewellery for the feet" and "innovation".
We weren't looking for the most outrageous, or seeking shock value for the sake of standing out. The aim was to find designers with a purpose and personality expressed in their work, people who design to create and inspire rather than to enable mass manufacturing.
We were captivated by all of them for different reasons, and full of admiration for the unique perspective each brought to their craft.
The 7 names we chose range from the shoes women like nurses swear by to cope with a day on their feet to works of art that happen to look like shoes, and 5 other designers we find impressive.
We hope you enjoy, or at least pause for reflection before popping out for your next pair of trainers . . .
Flower Arrangements – Art or Design?


Most budding bloggers tend to think way too far ahead in their consideration of getting started with their desire to get blogging, citing technicalities such as web hosting as something which they're totally clueless about. It's perfectly understandable that all you want to be able to focus on is whipping out your favourite text editor and then just writing up posts to be uploaded to your blog, so you'll delight in the fact that all these other technicalities aren't challenging at all to navigate.
Web hosting in particular is a topic which makes many a budding blogger cringe at the thought of what is seemingly a daunting task which lies in wait ahead of them, but there's really nothing much to it, as you'll come to learn after reading this post.
Think of web hosting as having to pay rent for the "office space" or for the "store" that is your blog. That's all there is to it – you pay a monthly web hosting fee to gain access to some storage space on a web server along with all the tools you use to run and maintain your blog. That's why your web hosting service provider lets you in on the likes of a cPanel which you have access to, from which control panel you can complete tasks such as setting up your email addresses amongst many, many others.
So it is indeed a simple matter of having to pay virtual rent – you have to pay a monthly fee for the online environment where your website or blog "lives".
As you might have already noticed, there are different classes in which web hosting services come. In other words you pay a different price for different features, but again, this isn't something that should send you running for the hills to find some sand in which to bury your head. Your web hosting service provider has some direct communication channels opened up to you for a reason and you should use those channels.
Other features that come with taking up a better class of web hosting would include things like being able to create more custom email addresses, e.g. sales@mydomain.com, queries@mydomain.com, info@mydomain.com, etc, getting more storage space for the files which make up your website/blog, and lots more.
Pretty much every web hosting service provider these days offers a one-click installation feature which allows you to install Content Management System software like WordPress and Joomla and then from there you can easily install a template for your blog or website, which then allows you to just write your content and go live with it by publishing it to the web.
Welcome to Blog Circle! Sasha is an established blogger, writer and marketer that is looking to share any and all tips she's utilised to become a massive success with all blogging endeavours.


Where Fantasy Meets Reality- Talking To The Creators Of The White Armory In SL ©- Colton Drechsler & Bee Dumpling – Orchids reports….
It is not always possible in RL to live out fantasies. But being in SL gives that outlet to us all. Historical re-enactment have been practiced for millennia. The ancient Romans, Han Chinese, and medieval Europeans all enjoyed occasionally organizing events in which everyone pretended to be from an earlier age. The White Armory is a place where historical and medieval times come alive. They have been here for 5 years and now plan to bring the fantasy into real life too!
Orchids: Who are Colton and Bee in RL?
Colton and Bee: Colton and Bee: oh boy lol, well if you listen to Bee I'm the corn muffin biscuit head of the 2 of us, but essentially we`re a RL husband and wife team who are lucky enough to be able to work together here in SL . In real life I'm a hardworking computer tech and Bee is a full time designer here in SL.
Our love affair was about 2008 till now. I came to the States and we married 2008 Oct in SL and 2011 in real life.
Orchids: What would you advise those who choose to pursue a relationship from SL to RL?
Colton and Bee: I think you have to be careful don't get me wrong I hope everyone finds the happiness we have found, but over the years we have seen many relationships destroyed by one reason or another, for us it was a lot easier we were always of one mind one heart ....I think if I had to give one piece of advice it would be take it slow and be wary, on here it's easy to get caught up.
Orchids: How did the idea of Creation for Medieval themed Role-play outfits come about?
Colton and Bee: at the time I was already creating swords and weaponry in general and bee had started to dabble in clothing, we were already in a medieval rp community and we set up a store selling items together a tiny place nothing like what we have today, I wanted bee to have her own business the name I came up with when she asked me what we should call it.
Orchids: Who are the main designer and artist among the duo? What inspires you most?
Orchids: What are your favorite role-play themes?
Orchids: What other themes in SL do you like?
Colton and Bee: none that appeal to us although bee did do star wars a long time ago.
Orchids: What themes in SL do you dislike?
Colton and Bee: I wouldn't say dislike, everyone's entitled to their own genre.
Orchids: What would be the best Role-play Sims in SL?
Colton and Bee: difficult I've been away from them for so long with the business I think a lot of the ones I knew have long since gone.
Orchids: Do you feel Role-play and fantasy outfits and items are expensive in SL?
Orchids: How did you get interested in business? When and why did you open the White Armory?
Orchids: Who has the knack for business?
Orchids: Tell me about the process to get to this point, what have you done?
Orchids: Who was the person/s who most influenced you, and how?
Orchids: Apart from the social aspect does social networking further the business prospects greatly or can one do without it?
Orchids: What were the difficulties in SL business that you had to face?
Orchids: What's surprised you about this?
Orchids: Many people wish to remain anonymous on here. Do you feel mixing RL with SL is necessary?
Orchids: Do you organize hunts and give out freebies/discounts... why are they important to you?
Orchids: Your group is invite only. This is to deter spammers?
Orchids: Do you think SL experiences spill over and influence our RL lives positively/ negatively?
Orchids: What are the benefits over your competitors?
Orchids: What is your most popular feature?
Orchids: Is it necessary to have an inworld + marketplace store?
There's an assistant bot that tells you this on landing here and also our rules and policies are in a box next to him for all to take .
Orchids: What advice would you give to new people thinking of entering this area?
Orchids: Businesses closing down in SL (Waka &yuki, Bliss Couture)... whats your take? How do you think it affects SL? And how do we maintain a positive outlook?
Colton and Bee: we both view it as very sad as all have been here for very long time, but it only makes us more determined to stay around for our customers who value us and what we try to do.
Orchids: What would you to say to your customers?
Colton and Bee: Thank you for supporting and making TWA what it is and for the last 5 years we couldn't have achieved all we have without your encouragement and support.
Orchids: Would you like to tell our readers of your sites?


This article is based on a 13-page statement announced last week by UK cyber-security firm Sophos. According to the business, its engineers found 19 Android applications that were uploaded and made accessible through the official Google Play Store.
Sophos says these apps were personally loading an instance of the Coinhive script externally without user knowledge.
The malicious code executed when the user started the apps and the apps offered a WebView browser instance.
In some circumstances, if the apps did not justify opening a browser window, the WebView element was hidden from view and the possibility of the code that ran in the background.
Sophos discovered this technique with 19 apps distributed via four developer accounts. Most apps barely made it to 100-500 installs, but one app extreme.action.wwe.wrestin was installed on between 100,000 and 500,000 devices.
The apps were uploaded to the Play Store around Christmas and Sophos researchers reported all apps to Google. All have been eliminated from the official Play Store at the time of writing.
A list of all the 19 Coinhive-laden apps is available on page 7 of the Sophos report, and users can review the list and see if they connected any of the apps on their devices.
Sophos dubbed this malware CoinMiner and says it found it embedded in 10 apps made available through the coandroid.ru website, a third-party Android app store.


@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 I can have a small break now, I was looking a video on roller tappets and flat tappets. So the engine block you have can use either setup? But the flat tappet is the standard, so if you want to use the roller tappets you need to adapt some things in the block? The camshaft you have is going to need to have lobes that match the type of tappet you choose right?
@IanC - The roller tappets have what is called a "spider". It is a thin piece of metal which holds "dog bones" onto the lifters which keep the lifters oriented so the roller is square with the cam.
There are three bosses (pieces of protruding metal) which have holes drilled/tapped in them, which the spider is bolted down to. The bosses sit in the center of the lifter valley.
I'll see if I can find a picture for you real quick.
If you look at the metal piece running down the middle, you'll see three bolts. Under those bolts are the bosses. The metal piece is the spider. The dog bones are the pieces of metal which the ends of the spider come in contact with.
This is an ugly picture of the lifter valley without the spider in place.
You can see two of the three bosses in this picture. I had to drill/tap these today.
@IanC - And yes, the cam profile for the roller lifter is completely different than it is for a flat tappet lifter.
I guess I got a bit confused with the first picture, the spider purpose is to keep the lifters (either flat or roller tappets) pointing in the right direction? So dog bones are actually the pieces that will help keep the spider in position, fixing two points together? And in the picture the lifters are hidden under the spider?
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 I understood the camshaft profile though, the roller tappet can endure the round profile because it will roll over it, while the flat would get stuck and wear the pieces fast. So the roller tappet can actually hold the valves open for longer and open them faster right?
The spider is just for the roller tappets. Flat tappets have to turn or they will get destroyed.
The spider is an elaborate spring.
@IanC - That's absolutely correct, as well as allow them to close faster.
@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Damn, I think I got it! The roller tappets come in pairs for that engine right? Because it's a 4 valve per cylinder? Then the dog bones hold 2 of those roller tappets pointing in the right direction when they are pushed by the camshaft, but are fixed in the spider so just the tappets rise and push the valves?
@IanC - It is only two valves per cylinder.
One intake and one exhaust.
It is an eight cylinder engine.
The dog bones do hold 2 roller tappets, though.
The tappets push on the pushrod, which pushes on the rocker arms, which push on the valves.
The tappets move individually, yes.
if it was a flat tappet they would be fixed in a way that allowed them to move up and roll a little at the same time? Similar to the connecting rod of a piston?
@IanC - A flat tappet has to rotate. There's nothing holding the to an orientation.
Nothing like a connecting rod of a piston, though. It's still a cam, which means there is base circle (when the valve is closed) and a cam lobe (as the valve opens/closes).
or am I making some confusion with the tappet movement?
@IanC - Sounds about right!
last doubt is, how do the dog bones keep them from rotating? The part of the tappet its fixed to has some hole or dent that keeps the piece from rotating?
The dog bones are along the bottom.
Well, if it's any consolation, I've not done one either!
Q: What are the longest spark plugs?
Specifically, I'm looking for spark plugs with lengthy electrodes for an engine I'm building. Longer than 2 inches would be ideal.
say, if I got my MAF sensor, PCV valve, and engine gaskets replaced 6 months ago, and now I'm getting a "system too lean" engine code again, should I be mad at my mechanic?
@alexw - What exact codes are you getting?
"System too lean bank 1"