Parked at a free parking space of Moroyama Sogo Koen park.
* Looking for Sankocho, Japanese paradise flycatchers.
The trail between Mt. Monomi and Kasuzaka wasn't a major trail. Traces are relateively clear but there were only a few signs at the branches. You many easily get lost if you don't have a map and compass, or a GPS device.
I started from a free parking space of Moroyama Sogo Koen park.
I started from a free parking space of Moroyama Sogo Koen park. There was a walking path branched from a driveway by the stream from Lake Kamakita.
There was a walking path branched from a driveway by the stream from Lake Kamakita. The first section was a paved road.
The first section was a paved road. Soon I came to the place where sankocho, Japanese paradise flychatchers, often observed.
Soon I came to the place where sankocho, Japanese paradise flychatchers, often observed.
They said the last baby-bird left the next yesterday but they seemed to be staying in this forests with the parents.
They said the last baby-bird left the next yesterday but they seemed to be staying in this forests with the parents. I saw them several times through leaves, and finally, I could take some photos of a male bird.
I saw them several times through leaves, and finally, I could take some photos of a male bird. This was the best picture I could take, though.
This was the best picture I could take, though. He flew into bushes in a matter of seconds.
He flew into bushes in a matter of seconds.
As I spent nearly an hour to look for the bird, I speed up and walked toward Lake Kamakita.
As I spent nearly an hour to look for the bird, I speed up and walked toward Lake Kamakita. 10:33 I arrive the lake.
10:33 I arrive the lake. I planned to walk to Ktaiamuki-jizo but I decided to skip it and go directly to Mt. Monomi via. Syukuya-no-taki falls.
I planned to walk to Ktaiamuki-jizo but I decided to skip it and go directly to Mt. Monomi via. Syukuya-no-taki falls. The trail was through fresh green forest.
The trail was through fresh green forest.
The temperature was 23 degrees but it came up to 27 degrees as I walked up to Mt. Monomi, and I sweated a lot. [[sweat]] I stopped by Syukuya-no-taki.
Then turned around and walked toward Mt. Monomi.
There was another smaller fall, Shykuya-no-kotaki along the trail The slope became a little steeper as I came near to the ridge.
The slope became a little steeper as I came near to the ridge. A view point below the ridge was the only point I got some panoramic view today.
A view point below the ridge was the only point I got some panoramic view today. Soon I came up to a ridge way to Mt. Monomi.
Soon I came up to a ridge way to Mt. Monomi.
Around noon, I arrived at the peak of Mt. Monomi, where there were the signpost and some benches for hikers.
Around noon, I arrived at the peak of Mt. Monomi, where there were the signpost and some benches for hikers. But the official stone marker of Japanese GS was on the adjacent peak a couple of minutes away.
I came down to a paved forest road, and continued to walked toward Mt. Fuji, one of the numerous local Mt. Fujis, of course.
and continued to walked toward Mt. Fuji, one of the numerous local Mt. Fujis, of course.
There were a couple of small peaks with no direction signs. If you don't have a map or a GPS, they could be troublesome.
On the next peak, the trail one map seemed to go straight on the ridge, but actually, I had to turn right using this fixed rope traversing the rocky ridge.
I had to turn right using this fixed rope traversing the rocky ridge. The GPS logs of hikers show that some hikers got into the wrong ridgeway.
The GPS logs of hikers show that some hikers got into the wrong ridgeway.
I decided to skip Mt. Fuji and turn left at Kasuzaka.
I decided to skip Mt. Fuji and turn left at Kasuzaka. I soon came down to the village.
I soon came down to the village. I wanted to stop by the lotus garden in the park, but it was already closed at noon, because the flowers only open during early morning.
I wanted to stop by the lotus garden in the park, but it was already closed at noon, because the flowers only open during early morning. I found a singing bird and took photo, but this is a Chinese Hwamei, which was imported and escaped and has made great population. They've been defined as one of the invasive species by law.
I found a singing bird and took photo, but this is a Chinese Hwamei, which was imported and escaped and has made great population. They've been defined as one of the invasive species by law.
I came back to the parking space around 13:30 I stopped by a noodle restaurant in Mizuho-machi.
I stopped by a noodle restaurant in Mizuho-machi. This one is a kind of fast-food type noodle stand, but they made noodles at the cornier of the stand, which makes the noodles fresh and tasty.
This one is a kind of fast-food type noodle stand, but they made noodles at the cornier of the stand, which makes the noodles fresh and tasty. I then visited a Rokudozan park, where an old farm house with straw roof is preserved. But this one was too cleanly preserved.
I then visited a Rokudozan park, where an old farm house with straw roof is preserved. But this one was too cleanly preserved.
In my mind, it should look like this.
This reminds me the rice paddles I saw 50 years ago in my mothers home village in Hiroshima. ^^) I put up some pictures I took during today's hike.
I put up some pictures I took during today's hike.
This time, I heard that a rare wild bird, sankocho Japanese paradise flycatcher, could be seen near the lake Kamakita, and planned this hike. As the bird-watching hike has always risk that I can't find any, I added the secondary purpose to look for country side scenery of summer in Japan.
I had difficulty in taking pictures of the bird, but I finally go some after an hour effort with dozen's of bird lovers. A little too hot to hike in the low hills but I enjoyed the scenery of countryside and walking the rural village streets.
- Difficulty: Level 1. No place to use hands.
- Unnerving?: Level 1. No scary places.
Get lost? Level 3. The trail between Mt. Monomi and Kasuzaka is not the major hiking route, and the signs were not maintained. A map & a compass or a GPS device would be necessary to avoid unnecessary bushwhacking.
- Photogenic? Level 2. The view of mountains wasn't so great, but you can enjoy gentle scenery of countryside.
- Come again? Level 1. If I'd try to find the bird again next year, the level could be 2 to 3.
- Comment: If you're not particularly interested in the sankocho, I'd recommend cooler season, from October to April to hike in these low hills of Kita-musashi.
I used a car, but you can walk from JR Moro station to the Lake Kamakita, and walk back to Kitahirasawa BS a little east of Mt. Fuji.


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Q: JWT refresh and access tokens I use jwt tokens in my project. Long-lived refresh tokens to authenticate and short-lived access tokens for protected resources. The refresh token is saved in a http-only cookie to reduce the risk of xss attacks. The access tokens will be only stored in my vuex store of my frontend. Should I renew my refresh token if the user changes the password? I don't store refresh tokens in my database, because as I understood the the main purpose of jwts is that I can use cryptography to verify my incoming refresh token and do not have to look it up in my database (then I don't have to use jwts at all).
But how do I invalide an already sent refresh token e.g. on an other device or browser? If I don't use a database to store refresh tokens the token would be valid as long as the expiration time is. I appreciate any advice.

A: Since you don't store tokens in the database you can't invalidate them remotely. But there are some common practices to overcome this issue.

NOTE: These are not standards, Just a practice used by major
companies.

1. Store tokens in Cache Database (Not in the main DB)
Storing JWT tokens in the cache database such as Redis or Memcached will allow you to retrieve and verify the token much faster. To invalidate the token you just need to remove it from the cache.
2. Use short-lived access and refresh token
This is mentioned in a lot of Security Submits. Expert says to set a very short life (in minutes) to both access and refresh tokens. Also, exchange the refresh token every time you get a new access token. This renewing process can be happing in the background (maybe using workers). So you don't need to invalidate tokens, It will be invalidated automatically after a few mins.
Recommend you to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCkDE2me_qk

A: *

*Store your refresh tokens in a database, with enough context to create a new JWT token (also expiry date, allowed IPs/regions/browsers ...etc) this database will be used only by your Auth service, and only when managing auth (login, logout, refresh access token).

*Storing JWT in a database introduces a single point of failure for your microservices (Assuming you are using this architecture), if you're storing JWTs somewhere it would be a simpler implementation to just use session IDs and data.

*Give each JWT token an ID (it's already in the default claims), and link that ID to a refresh token

*when you invalidate a refresh token, broadcast an event to all your services telling them that any JWT with the token.JwtId is invalid. this invalidates all JWTs created by that token on all services (You can invalidate by token context as well, ex: user id to invalidate all tokens for a user that were created before X)

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In order to appreciate the last three weeks of 2018, I'm using the month of December to start reflecting on what I've accomplished throughout the year, as well as start thinking about how I can make 2019 even better. I am setting goals for this month that will help me be my best version in both mind and body not just now but in the new year!
I am currently reading : You are a badass – How to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life. This is a how-to guide that helps you remove any self sabotaging beliefs you may have about yourself and create a life you love. These are the vibes I'm taking into 2019 so i love reading 20 pages of this everyday!
Just the act of writing down your dreams and goals inspires an entirely new dimension of ideas and productivity to the powerhouse that is your subconscious mind. I have not missed even one day since the 1st December and I can say it feels really amazing. Not only is it a daily reminder to me to stay on track but it also inspires me to continue to dream big.


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I have a problem figuring out how to print n lines of strings (not just words).
I managed to do that after every input line.
Try to get your printf("%s",str); out of the "read" function. You should first do all reads in a loop and then call printfs in a separate loop.
Also I recommend you to simplify reading the line using function fgets instead picking it char by char.
Will-O-The-Wisp  agrees : Thanks for helping here!
You probably should learn about the strlen, strdup, and related standard library functions.
I noticed that you used malloc twice, but used free only once. That can't be right.
You don't test for buffer overrun. With any luck your operating system will protect you from causing WWIII. Others may not as fortunate.
Not clear why the number of lines should be related to the line length.
If you want to store all those strings you'll need allocate space for each of them. Frankly I think malloc is expensive so I think about large memory blocks and find ways to grab the space I'll need with just one call to malloc. Means I sometimes have to be clever with pointers. But never mind that, I think you should write a program that works with plain old arrays and avoid this dynamic memory allocation business.
Just a quick question, if sizeof(char) is 1 byte, and in your form function i is 2, and a is 8, what is the value of a+i ?


Emma Wade is up at 5am every day to fit her training in around her full time work in Human Resources for NRL team, Sydney Roosters.
Emma calls herself 'The Fox' as she's smart, fast and agile – all qualities required on the Ninja Warrior course.
Growing up with a twin brother has long fuelled Emma's competitive nature – and has meant that she has always had an opponent at close range. Although claiming she is a 'jack of all sports and master of none', Emma tested as one of the fastest female Ninjas during the testing phase for Season Two.
Tough and determined, Emma can't wait to try her luck on Ninja Island.


White Balsamic Vinegar 101 The City Cook Inc.
Exploring Colors with Baking Soda and Vinegar. In this science activity, not only will children get to create a chemical reaction, but they'll also be able to explore color mixing and create some colorful "artwork"! Materials for Exploring Colors Activity. Tray (I used a set of foil trays like these for my class.) Baking soda; White vinegar; Containers to hold the colored vinegar (I used... Put 1 teaspoon of white glue into a separate container, mixing 3 drops of food coloring into the glue. Add the cornstarch, borax and water mixture to the glue. Roll all ingredients together between your palms until it becomes rubbery. Form into round balls after the stickiness is gone.
How much you use depends on how dark you want the color to be; the more food coloring you use, the deeper the color will be. Keep in mind that the color will turn out lighter than what's in the bowl. Be sure to use regular liquid or gel food coloring and avoid vegetable-based … mgs5 how to get more fobs There are numerous blog posts and Pinterest boards dedicated to this method, which all vary slightly from one another, but the basis is the same — mixing red and blue will make purple, which neutralizes yellow-orange shades, and white vinegar is pretty much the OG for legitimate, holographic shine.
But by using food color as a dye, you can get to color your hair naturally, without harming your hair as they don't comprise of harmful chemicals. You can use food color to color your entire hair with some freaky color, or the tips of your hair, or you can even get a streak done with it, all at home!
White wine, white vinegar and a cleaning solution made from hydrogen peroxide and liquid dish soap are quite the champions and can be used to clean either fresh or old wine stains.


How To Troubleshoot BSOD(Blue Screen Of Death) and Windows Stop Errors ?
Experts Exchange > Articles > How To Troubleshoot BSOD(Blue Screen Of Death) and Windows Stop Errors ?
If you get a (Blue Screen of Death), your system writes a small file called a minidump.
Your first step is to make certain your computer is setup to record memory dumps.
Note: Make certain that your pagefile still resides on the system partition, otherwise WIndows will not be able to save the debug files.
Once you have downloaded and installed these tools, go to start, all programs, Debugging Tools For Windows, Windbg. Once you open Windbg, you will presented with a blank screen. Click on File, Symbol File Path. Here you will enter the symbols path. Symbols are needed to effectively debug.
Enter in this path and click OK. Now, go to File, Save Workspace so that your symbols path is saved for future use. Now what you want to do is locate your memory dumps. They are usually located in %systemroot%/minidump (%systemroot%/minidump).
They are usually named the date, and then a -*number* to indicate the order of minidumps that day. My example is called MiniXXXX.dmp (date of dump).
Inside of Windbg, go to File, Open Crash Dump and load the file. You will get a message to save base workspace information. Choose no.
Now, we can already see what it was most likely caused by, in this case it was iomdisk.sys,, which is an AVG AV file.
8092b27c 8a10            mov     dl,byte ptr [eax]          ds:0023:da8e5000=??
After the intial run of the debug process, you can use the command !analyze -v to gather more information.
Note: Make absolutely sure that your symbol path is correct. If it isn't, then you will get symbol errors and not likely be able to debug the dump to get the info you desire.


When you have a successful business, expect competition to come.
Competitors, specially those who will imitate your business and will put a store right next to yours is something you should accept as a fact of life.
Believe me, it happens – and it happened to me at least four times already.
Many first time entrepreneurs dread the idea of having to face competition.
But I discovered that the sooner you get over the idea, the sooner you can focus and act to keep your business ahead.
Remember that "all is fair in love and war" – and that includes business wars.
Now here are some tips on how you can stay on top.
Like you, your competitors are just there to make a living.
Don't waste your time feeling bad that someone just copied your business. Instead, turn that negative energy into something positive by seeing this as an opportunity to make your business better.
One of the best ways to know the current status of your business is to do a SWOT Analysis. This gives a detailed look on how your business stands today and where it is most likely going.
Sure, that new store will take a slice of your profit. But before that, is there someone else that's taking a piece of your pie?
A comprehensive study of your market will help you come up with a business strategy that will not only keep you ahead of the new players but make sure that the old ones stay at bay too.
Trivia: Currently, who do you think is the biggest competition of Coca Cola in the Philippines? If you answered Pepsi, then you're wrong.
According to a friend of mine who works for a market research firm, their studies show it's C2 Green Tea that's taking most of their profits – a "health drink" and not another softdrink brand.
Once you know where your business stands and learned everything you can about your competition, it's now time to make changes. The first thing you should do is to build on your core competencies.
These are the things that your business does well and most probably the reason why your customers love you.
No business is really perfect and there will always be room for improvement. And once you've identified your weaknesses (by doing a SWOT Analysis) – draft a plan to improve.
And remember, always measure the efficiency of your actions by doing a gap analysis.
The "knee-jerk reaction" of some people against competition is through a price war.
From experience, I learned that lowering your prices to retain your customers or boost your sales is never a good idea when there's new competition. Even if they open with cheaper tags, never be compelled to instantly follow – as stated – make it as a last resort.
A new business will always attract the market, so expect a sudden dip in sales and don't panic. Things will stabilize once the novelty of the new business subsides.
People are usually willing to pay a bit more in exchange for good service. So rather than having cheaper items, opt to first try to have better customer service than your competition.
Try to initiate a "coopetition" (cooperation-competition). Have a talk with your competitors and see if you can agree on a common price tag for your products. Propose a win-win situation.
I hope these tips can help your business stay ahead of new (and old) competition. Remember that in today's market – a business monopoly is as rare as gold. So always be ready to fight for your place in the market.
Amen to this Fitz! Competition keeps you on your toes!
I've had several experiences wherein a competitor bad mouths my shop to get ahead. The 1st time this happened, I got furious and wanted to do the same. But I realized it's a waste of time. Instead, I took it as a challenge and improved the quality of service I was giving my customers. In the end, those shops closed. Hooray!
Competition sometimes help a business. I've written an article on it and I would like to share it to all your readers Fitz.
Good tips – definitely agree that lowering prices should be last resort.


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Ventura Announces Archetype Chapter 3
Ventura Cigar Co. is set to debut the third chapter in its popular Archetype series, which is based on the work of psychologist Dr. Carl Jung and mythographer Joseph Campbell, who defined 'archetypes' as the constantly repeating characters who occur in the dreams of all people and the myths of all cultures.
The series first debuted at the 2016 IPCPR trade show, with the company introducing a whopping five cigar blends, contained within two categories: Chapter 1 (then known as Series A) and Chapter 2 (then known as Series B). Apart from the psychological inspiration for the series, Archetype is noted for showcasing a diverse range of profiles through the use of various manufacturing partners; this originally included Davidoff's Occidental Kelner Cigars (Dominican Republic), Camacho Cigars' Diadema Cigars de Honduras (Honduras), and Drew Estate's La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate (Nicaragua).
With today's announcement of a third installment, Ventura has expanded to include a fourth factory—partnering with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and his famed Tabacalera La Alianza factory in the Dominican Republic.
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo is one-of-a-kind. He and I go way back. We are champions of each other's work in the cigar industry, and creative collaborators at points along the way. It made sense for us to team up and begin this new chapter of Archetype, forging a new path in its story, and celebrating a new phase in our careers. Ernesto's a master crafter, as a creator of blends that treat the cigar smoker to an evolving flavor experience. Chapter 3 is going to be an exciting one for all of us- I just know it.Michael Giannini, general manager for Ventura Cigars
Archetype Chapter 3 will consist of two unique cigar blends, both of which will be offered in the same three formats: Robusto (5″ x 50), Toro (6″ x 52), and Gordo (6″ x 60). The first cigar is dubbed 'Sacred Scales,' offering a full-bodied profile and making use of a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper. The second cigar—'Dawn of Destiny'—is billed as medium to full in body, using "a smooth wrapper from Ecuador."
The cigars will make their first appearance at the IPCPR 2019 trade show later this month. Prices range from $10 to $13 per cigar, with both releases slated to arrive at store shelves later this summer.
Sacred Scales
Wrapper: Mexican San Andrés
Binder: Ecuador
Factory: Tabacalera La Alianza S.A. (Dominican Republic)
Production: Regular Production
Packaging: 20-ct boxes
Vitolas: 3
Price: $9.99–$12.99
Release: Late summer 2019
Robusto: 5″ x 50 | $9.99 (MSRP)
Toro: 6″ x 52 | $11.49 (MSRP)
Gordo: 6″ x 60 | $12.99 (MSRP)
Dawn of Destiny
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Keynote Addresses and Spotlight Session
SAP Solution Centre
To view speaker bio, click on first letter of last name.
Sarma Adithe
Sarma Adithe is Area Product Owner for Access Controls responsible for overall Access Control product development. He has over 20 years of experience out of which 8 years in Access Controls domain. Sarma's focus area at SAP is Access controls, as well as technical expertise in SAP Authorizations, Java, and Mobile. Sarma is directly involved in customer interactions, Co-Innovation, and Customer connect on topics related to Access Controls.
Sarma's Session(s):
Networking session: Enhance your cybersecurity capabilities: Q&A on the latest enhancements in SAP Access Control, SAP Identity Management, SAP Single Sign-On, and more
Join SAP Access Control's journey of access governance to address cybersecurity needs
Hubèrt Aelbers
Hubèrt's Session(s):
Ask the Experts: GRC 2016
How SAP Fraud Management interacts with SAP ECC to detect, block, and handle fraud risks
Alex Ayers
Turnkey Consulting
Alex is co-founder and Consulting Director for Turnkey Consulting, the leading provider of security and GRC solutions for customers running SAP. Alex has worked with some of the world's most complex organisations, helping them to develop solutions to challenges around cyber security, data privacy, multi-tenancy, and automation. Most recently, Alex has been working on SAP HANA, including the first live implementation of SAP S4/HANA Finance in the UK.
Alex's Session(s):
SAP system security: Proven techniques and strategies for the Basis administrator's toolkit
Tips and tricks to automate data access monitoring and reporting
Bo Baade-Pedersen
Bo's Session(s):
Why the pillars in your identity and access governance should be more than SAP Access Control
Rui Bastos
Reliance Industries (India)
Rui's Session(s):
Panel discussion: What's on your strategic roadmap for GRC? Share experiences, learn from peers, and discuss best paths to deploy GRC
Ivo currently heads up the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) and the SAP ERP Financials. Ivo has over 15 years of experience in delivering finance transformation to customers globally in various roles at SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, Peoplesoft, Price Waterhouse and Ernst & Young. He consults with senior leaders on the business impact of technology innovations in Analytics, Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), ERP Financials and Business Intelligence. Experience includes Corporate Finance, M&A, business valuations, financial planning & analysis, finnancial close, financial and management accounting, profitability and cost management, strategy management, and predictive modeling and simulation. Ivo holds a degree in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Ivo's Session(s):
Financials GRC Keynote Address: Finance is live: Reimagine financial management and risk for the digital economy
Jan Joost Bierhoff
Jan's Session(s):
Panel discussion: Customers of SAP Access Violation Management share how they're automating the last mile of segregation of duties (SoD)
Mansoor Bin Hamed
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority
Mansoor's Session(s):
Thack Brown
Thack Brown is General Manager and Global Head for SAP's Line of Business Finance. In this capacity, he is responsible for the full suite of SAPs solutions for the Office of the CFO. Thack has held several roles at SAP, most recently as the Head of Consulting Services for the US. In this role, he was responsible for the Sales and Delivery teams managing the implementation, adoption and value realization of SAP's products. Prior to his time in consulting, he was the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for SAP Americas. In this role, he was responsible for industry and solutions, value engineering, sales operations, and the GCO University program (formerly SAP® Sales University), as well as audit and private equity business development, ensuring operational excellence through service efficiency and effectiveness. Previously, Thack was COO for SAP Latin America and the Caribbean. Thack started with SAP in 2008. He was Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Latin America and the Caribbean, successfully managing control and compliance policies with the transparency needed to achieve top business results.
Thack's Session(s):
Jan Czichos
Design a global GRC risk framework that reduces risk and compliance costs: Key lessons from real-world rollouts
Julie Ford
Customer Advisory Group
Julie Ford is a Senior Member of the Customer Advisory Group with a Masters Degree in Cybersecurity from the University of Maryland and more than 13 years experience as an architect in SAP Security, Cybersecurity, Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Information Assurance. Julie is accustomed to working in global fast paced, high volume environments working with local and offshore resources, complex landscapes, and integration issues. Leveraging a wide-range of talents in computer technology, staff leadership, federal audit, and regulatory compliance, Julie provides a solid foundation to address all aspects of information systems across all platform types, project requirements, and business needs. Julie has worked with multiple GRC implementations, security redesigns, and audit remediation. She is an SAP TechEd & dCode speaker and an expert in the area of Cybersecurity for SAP.
Julie's Session(s):
The 5 greatest cybersecurity threats and how to defend your SAP landscape against them
Networking session: Protect your SAP landscape from security threats
Thomas Frénéhard
Thomas Frénéhard is a Solution Expert in the Governance, Risk, and Compliance Solution Management team. His particular responsibility is with SAP Risk Management. Thomas's other functional areas of focus are in Internal Control and Compliance Management and Audit Management.
Thomas's Session(s):
Risk-driven decision making: How SAP Risk Management improves your strategic planning capabilities
How to choose the right tool for the right report: Deep dive into your GRC reporting solutions
Live demo: The GRC value treasure hunt — Find and exploit the enhancement gems in SAP Process Control and SAP Risk Management 10.1 support packages
Jan Gardiner
Jan Gardiner, CPA, is a Senior Director in GRC Solutions at SAP Labs, LLC. She is the solution owner of SAP Process Control for compliance and control management, responsible for product direction and go-to-market activities. She has been involved with compliance software at SAP for over 10 years and has worked closely with customers in a variety of industries and geographies.
Networking session: Continuous control monitoring Q&A: Best practices for developing a CCM roadmap
Work smarter to get the most from SAP Process Control continuous control monitoring (CCM)
Tim Goossens
Tim Goossens is SAP GRC manager and SOx Officer for Omega Pharma. His main responsibility is keeping Omega Pharma SOx compliant regarding SAP User Access Risks and SAP Change management. He started working with SAP in 2005 and is a certified consultant in the logistic modules. Since 2010 he is also specialized in authorizations.
Tim's Session(s):
Case study: How Omega Pharma leveraged user access control on the road to SOX compliance
Gerhard Hafner
Gerhard's Session(s):
Using SAP Fraud Management to improve your financial processes and bottom line
Frank Hakkennes
Frank's Session(s):
Privacy and SAP: How to address logging requirements with the SAP read access logging module
Chris Hallenbeck
Chris Hallenbeck is the head of SAP Database & Data Management Sales in Europe, the Middle East & Africa (EMEA). In this role, he works closely with customers across the region to drive their innovation and competitive advantage in this digital era. Chris joined SAP in 2012 as the global head of HANA Solution Management and quickly rose to Global VP of Database & Technology (now Database & Data Management), leading the company's product strategy and go-to-market in this area before taking on his current role as a member of the SAP EMEA regional leadership team. Chris has more than twenty experience in business technology. Prior to joining SAP, he was CTO of ZoomSystems, a developer of machine to machine software for retailers. He was also VP of Products for DemandTec, one of the first successful big data cloud companies (subsequently acquired by IBM) and lead for the global center of excellence for Siebel System's order management division after they acquired OnLink Technologies, a start-up Chris helped to build.
Chris's Session(s):
Keynote Address: Transforming organisations to thrive in the digital world
Michael Heckner
Michael Heckner is a Senior Director at SAP's Center of Excellence for GRC solutions. He has over 19 years of experience in enterprise business solutions. During his career, he has repeatedly explored how software can help address complex business requirements. For more than 7 years, Michael has worked with many global organizations to chart their course to corporate governance, enterprise risk management, and compliance - both, in the Americas as well as in Europe.
Michael's Session(s):
How SAP solutions for GRC and SAP HANA give you next-generation continuous monitoring and more
Juliet Henry
EPI-USE America
Juliet's Session(s):
A guide to data privacy, protection, and compliance strategies and solutions
Johan Hermans
CSI Tools
Johan's Session(s):
How to perform basic data analytics to improve security
Meta Hoetjes
Meta's Session(s):
Kurt Hollis
Kurt Hollis is a manager at Deloitte Consulting, LLP in the SAP Solutions Network located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kurt has 16 years of experience with SAP products along with an SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Associate Certification and has performed expert consulting for SAP clients for over 12 of those years, 4 years as employee of Deloitte, and 10 years as employee of SAP Americas, and 2 years in a Big Pharma organization. A primary focus of Kurt's specialty is with SAP HANA Systems performing administration, operations, and monitoring of several HANA systems. This includes SAP HANA environments based on HP, IBM, Dell, and Hitachi appliance platforms. These systems have been integrated with Business Objects platforms, Business Objects data services, SLTC servers, and many other tools and interfaces. An upgrade/migration of BW 7.30 to BW on HANA has also been performed successfully.
Kurt's Session(s):
Running SAP HANA on cloud or virtualised environments: Benefits, limitations, and a how-to guide
Ask the Experts: Basis & SAP Administration 2016
An expert's guide to optimising the performance of an SAP HANA system
Practical methods to significantly reduce the cost of implementing SAP HANA systems
Technical architecture, landscape, and integration considerations for SAP solutions for GRC 10.1
Faced with a complex SAP landscape? Tips and tricks for managing and administering your GRC systems
Vicky Howarth
United Utilities
Vicky Howarth is SAP GRC Manager for United Utilities, who are the largest supplier of water and wastewater services in the North West of England. Vicky joined United Utilities in 1994 and qualified as a Management Accountant in 1998. Prior to managing the development of SAP GRC within the SAP Centre of Expertise, Vicky led the introduction of GRC Access and Process Controls in June 2013 and has held various other positions in Finance over the last 20 years.
Vicky's Session(s):
Ralf Kempf
Akquinet AG
Ralf has more than 20 years' experience in SAP security services and SAP software development. Ralf specializes in the in the security analysis and auditing of complex SAP system landscapes and has advised numerous companies across the world on various SAP security and compliance initiatives, including: SAP Security Threat Detection, SAP compliance projects, SAP security and hardening concepts, SAP authorization projects, etc.
Ralf's Session(s):
Systems under attack: Learn how to achieve real-time threat monitoring and attack detection
Carla Knight
Exxaro
Carla's Session(s):
Case study: Integrated risk management to achieve strategic and operational objectives using SAP Risk Management 10.1
Biba Kocevski
Biba's Session(s):
Case study: Implementing next-generation controls at Diageo
Jayne Landry
Jayne Landry leads Business Intelligence at SAP, responsible for delivering enterprise business intelligence and agile visualization solutions to market that give organizations the power to engage and visualize data, discover new customers, identify disruptive business models and drive transformational innovation. Based in Vancouver Canada, Ms. Landry has been with SAP for 11 years, through Crystal Decisions and Business Objects, with broad experience in product management and go-to-market strategies across direct and indirect channels. Prior to joining the company Jayne has 15 years of high-tech experience in applications, mobility and cloud, as well as industry experience in the telecommunications, manufacturing and tourism sectors. Jayne holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Auckland (NZ).
Jayne's Session(s):
Rajes Liladar
Rajes's Session(s):
The importance of "ownership" of SAP Access Control
Henrik's Session(s):
Options and considerations for integrating SAP Identity Management with SAP Access Control
Kevin McCollom
Kevin McCollom is the Global Solution Owner for SAP GRC and head of GRC Solution Management. He and his global team are responsible for market requirements roll-in and solution roll-out. In close collaboration with SAP GRC Product Development, his team is also globally responsible for general management of all SAP GRC solution aspects including solution strategy and roadmap. Mr. McCollom has held this role since 2011 and has been part of the SAP GRC management team since 2008. Prior to assuming his role with SAP GRC, Mr. McCollom was responsible for developing SAP global automotive business strategy and directing its regional implementation in the Americas as a founding member of SAP's Automotive Industry Business Unit, which he joined at its inception in 1997. Mr. McCollom has over 25 years of Enterprise software experience and has been with SAP since 1996. During that time, Kevin has held several strategic positions including: 	Head of SAP Automotive IBU Business Development, SAP Labs 	Global Solution Manager, SAP AG 	Global Product Manager, SAP AG Prior to his joining SAP, Mr. McCollom held several positions with Ford Motor Company in Manufacturing and Vehicle Assembly, including ownership of international compliance system and processes still used by Ford and Visteon today. Mr. McCollom is also the former CEO and co-founder of Revenue Analytics Incorporated, a Michigan-based consulting firm specializing in strategic planning and consulting to health-care institutions. He holds his degree in Information Technology, Summa Cum Laude, from Walsh University.
Kevin's Session(s):
GRC Spotlight Session: The SAP solutions for GRC roadmap: Planning your route to GRC excellence
Bruce McCuaig
Bruce McCuaig, CA, CIA, CCSA, CRMA, is Director, Solution Marketing for SAP Governance, Risk, and Compliance solutions. Prior to joining SAP in 2011, Bruce was with another major GRC vendor where he filled a variety of roles, the last being Vice President Risk and Compliance. Bruce's role in the solution side of the GRC business has been to bring professional perspective, develop thought leadership and to provide best practices to enable the effective implementation of Governance Risk and Compliance. Bruce has extensive experience in industry as the chief auditor of a major oil and gas company and has held various executive positions in finance and accounting management. As principal consultant and partner at a small global consultancy, Bruce spent a number of years consulting with and training clients around the world on risk and control self assessment, advanced auditing techniques, and on enterprise risk and control management practices. In that capacity. Bruce worked with a wide range of industries in both the public and private sectors around the world. Bruce has written, blogged, and spoken widely on GRC-related topics over the past 15 years and has written the module on GRC in a recently published textbook. Bruce has served as Board Chair of a $130 million not for profit home health care organization where he had the opportunity to develop a board-level perspective on the oversight of GRC processes. Bruce also served as Treasurer, Audit Committee Chair, Finance Committee Chair, and Nominating Committee Chair for the organization. Bruce graduated from the University of Windsor in Windsor Ontario with a B. Comm. (Honors Bus Admin.) and immediately proceeded to work for Ernst and Young in Toronto where he earned his Chartered Accountant designation. Bruce completed the Institute of Corporate Directors course at Toronto's Rotman School of Business.
Bruce's Session(s):
3 unified lines of defence: Getting risk, compliance, and audit to talk to each other
How to use SAP Audit Management to simplify internal audit
Denis Ontiveros Merlo
Denis's Session(s):
Stefan Pados
Stefan's Session(s):
Case study: Lessons learned from Philips' upgrade to SAP Access Control 10.1
Dr. Neil Patrick
Dr Neil Patrick has over 10 years' detailed experience in the GRC field; as a management consultant, as a software developer, and as a business developer. He has conducted GRC requirements and business analysis sessions for organisations around the world and is currently a Director in the GRC Centre of Excellence at SAP.
Neil's Session(s):
How SAP's cyber risk and governance portfolio actively enhances your company's enterprise cybersecurity protection strategy
Juan Perez-Etchegoyen
Onapsis
Juan Pablo is the CTO at Onapsis, leading the Research teams that keeps the company on the cutting-edge of the business-critical application security market. He is responsible for the design, research and development of Onapsis' innovative software solutions, and helps manage the development of new products as well as the SAP cyber-serurity research that has garnered critical acclaim for the Onapsis Research Labs. He is regularly invited to speak and host trainings at global industry conferences including Blackhat, HackInTheBox, Troopers, and SAP TechEd/DCODE. Prior to joining Onapsis, Juan Pablo led many Information Security consultancy projects for Companies in Latin America, EE.UU. and Europe. His strongest experience is in the field of Penetration Testing, Web Application Testing, Vulnerabilities Research, Information Security Auditing's and Standards.
Juan's Session(s):
Monitoring your SAP system against cyberattacks: Forensics and anti-forensics
Simon Persin
Simon is an experienced SAP Security and SAP GRC consultant, having designed, reviewed, and implemented SAP Security and compliance solutions for a number of major blue chip clients. Simon has over 10 years' experience with SAP and currently specializes in SAP Enterprise GRC solutions. As well as working with SAP Access Controls, Process Controls, and Risk Management, Simon also has a specialization in the wider GRC & Security products of Fraud & Audit Management, Enterprise Threat & Detection and SSO. Simon is a certified SAP NetWeaver Consultant for SAP Security, GRC Access Controls, and a certified instructor for the SAP GRC Training courses in the UK. Simon is also a certified SAP Strategic Expert Partner for the GRC solution area and supports pre-sales activities on behalf of SAP. He has written articles for several industry publications and he is also a regular speaker at international GRC conferences. He is in demand for technical troubleshooting and supporting customers to unlocking the value from their investment in GRC technology. Simon has also co-authored a book on the SAP GRC Access Controls certification.
Simon's Session(s):
How to facilitate value-adding analytics and reports from SAP solutions for GRC
Paul Petraschk
Paul is Team Lead of the GRC Digital Compliance Team EMEA and Senior GRC consultant with 9 years of SAP experience in the areas Governance, Risk, and Compliance GRC, Consulting, Training, and Architecture. He is specialized on SAP Risk Management, SAP Process Control and Continuous Control Monitoring (CCM), CCM on HANA and CCM 2.0 (Smart Controls). Paul has run several consulting and implementation projects for national and internal Fortune Global 500 Companies as project manager, work stream lead as well as technical or solution consultant. He also serves as an experienced trainer for SAP trainings.
Paul's Session(s):
An updated guide to the latest reporting and analytics options for SAP solutions for GRC
Ranveer Pratap Singh
Ranveer's Session(s):
Enhancing the SAP Process Control user experience with SAP Lumira reporting
Jérôme Pugnet
Jérôme Pugnet is a Senior Director of Product Marketing for SAP GRC Solutions and has over 11 years of experience in Risk and Compliance Management, Business Process Control, IT Governance, and Audit and Fraud Management domains, in particular in the Financial Services industry. He has over 15 years of previous experience on financial software and ERPs, in implementation engagements, and pre-sales advisory roles.
Jérôme's Session(s):
Networking session: Continue the discussion: What's your strategic roadmap for GRC?
Dejan Rancic
Dejan's Session(s):
Mick Roche
Mick Roche is Deloitte's EMEA lead for GRC and responsible for Deloitte's UK SAP GRC practice. He has over 15 years SAP experience on global implementations, GRC and Analytics. Deloitte have merged the capabilities of Controls and Analytics and use these capabilities as to 'detect the cause' and 'fix the effect' of control weaknesses. Currently the Deloitte team are delivering GRC Access Control or Process Control Transformation projects at 8 FTSE 100 clients.
Mick's Session(s):
The 5 key attributes of an effective SAP control optimisation framework
James Roeske
James Roeske is CEO and co-founder of the Customer Advisory Group LLC. James has over 22 years of SAP Security, Audit, GRC, and Executive Management experience. Over those years, James has had a professional focus on technical configuration of SAP R/3 Security, segregation of duty design, user provisioning solutions, GRC software solution design, and corporate compliance implementations for companies around the world. Previous to founding the Customer Advisory Group, Mr. Roeske held strategic positions at Virsa Systems, SAP America, and SAP Canada. This has allowed him to lead, plan, and participate in over 220 SAP GRC and Security projects for some of the largest and most complex compliance environments across the globe.
James's Session(s):
Answers to your top 10 SAP Access Control 10.x design and configuration questions
How to modernise your SAP Access Control ruleset and mitigating control library
Jose Ruiz
Jose is a Senior Manager in Deloitte's SAP risk and controls team specialised in control transformation programs and GRC implementations. He has a proven track record of over 10 years working in control advisory and assurance engagements around SAP security and business processes for a wide number of global accounts from different industries (i.e. consumer products, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, mining and financial services). During the last 5 years he has led multiple end-to-end SAP GRC implementations which integrated different tools such as Access Controls, Process Controls and / or Risk Management.
Jose's Session(s):
How to build a compelling business case for SAP Process Control
Ansgar Rümpker
Ansgar's Session(s):
Robert Schiffner
Robert Schiffner is a Senior Manager in PwC Switzerland's SAP practice. He has helped companies design and execute effective business transformation programs from strategy development through go live, manage risk and quality, improve performance, and realize value from SAP investments for more than sixteen years. Robert combines functional expertise in both operations and finance with experience across a wide range of industries, including pharmaceuticals/life sciences, healthcare, food and beverage production, industrial and consumer products, high-tech, telecom, and utilities. He also serves as an experienced instructor for SAP training.
Robert's Session(s):
Develop and implement an integrated IFRS 15 transition approach
Overcoming your biggest audit pain: A practical guide to managing report completeness and accuracy in an SAP control environment
Managing risk with master data governance and controls
Vinit Shah
Saviynt
Vinit's Session(s):
Best practices to secure SAP S/4HANA and SAP cloud solutions
Dina Shahin
Dina Shahin has more than 17 years of experience specializing in SAP security application design, security implementation, Segregation of Duties design, SAP GRC application implementation, and audit. She has worked on global scale SAP implementations and has extensive experience in planning, implementing, training, and administering SAP GRC applications. Dina is a hands-on functional SAP security specialist, ensuring the design and development of appropriate security and controls in both public and private sector companies around the world. Dina has over 60 engagements in a wide-range of organization sizes and industries. She is based in Germany.
Dina's Session(s):
How to properly manage authorisations throughout their lifecycle in SAP Access Control
Susan Stapleton
Greenlight Technologies
Susan Stapleton, Vice President of the Customer Advisory office, joined Greenlight in 2010 with over 15 years of related industry experience. Susan has published numerous best practices for implementations and has been personally involved in over 160 customer implementations of Governance Risk and Compliance Solutions. She was also instrumental in driving the successful launching of the Virsa Systems portfolio of products which were acquired by SAP in 2006.
Susan's Session(s):
Saret van Loggerenberg
Saret's Session(s):
Case study: Integrated thinking with Exxaro's strategic performance dashboard
Ashvin Varsani
Ashvin's Session(s):
Best practices for closing the regulatory compliance loop
Vishal's Session(s):
Address third-party risk for your growing business network with SAP Business Partner Screening
Marie-Luise Wagener
Marie-Luise has 18 years of SAP experience in the areas Audit, Consulting, Training, and Architecture in various Releases and SAP solutions. She worked seven years in the consulting area as Senior SAP Auditor and Senior SAP Consultant with clients from multiple industries, five years as Global SAP Security and Compliance Architect for a world-wide leading manufacturing company, headed the EMEA GRC Practice for 3 years, and joined SAP SE in 2015 as Vice President for Global GRC. Areas of her expertise are GRC, SAP Security and Controls Architecture, Program Management, and international Roll-Out Projects.
Marie-Luise's Session(s):
The road ahead: Practical options to extend your investment beyond SAP Access Control
Best practices for the technical analysis and development of automated controls
Get SAP Audit Management up and running fast!
Gerald West
Serco Group
Gerald's Session(s):
Optimising the value of your controls platform
Gerlinde Zibulski
Gerlinde's Session(s):
All-around security: Leveraging SAP's identity and access management portfolio for an end-to-end solution
How to use SAP Enterprise Threat Detection to protect Big Data and detect breaches
Develop digital transformation with security at the start: A proactive approach to protect your business
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Building on your Foundation degree or equivalent qualification, this top-up degree is for people currently working, or intending to work, with learners with special educational needs and disability (SEND) in specialist or mainstream settings.
The aim of the course is aspirational, taking you from a learning support role to one where you have responsibility for delivering and managing learning. The course is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to be able to question and critically analyse education policies and initiatives and make an informed contribution to your organisation. The course is taught one afternoon a week so you can fit study alongside your other work and family commitments. You'll be taught by friendly and supportive staff, experienced in working with adult learners and with substantial professional experience in the sector. Our student support service offers advice and guidance, academic skills support, welcome and social events throughout your studies. Many of our graduates progress to managerial positions both within and outside the education sector.
This top-up degree will build on the learning outcomes of the Foundation Degree Learning and Teaching (SEND) and your professional experience. The degree is designed to produce practitioners who are able to question and critically analyse education policies and initiatives and who can make an informed contribution to their organisation. It is structured and delivered in such a way that you have the opportunity to understand and assimilate new ideas and concepts and to apply these in practice. The BA is firmly rooted in professional practice and combines scholarly activities with learning through experience of work. The course develops your skills in supporting learners and optional modules allow you to develop more specialised skills and knowledge in areas which affect your own practice.
In year 1 core modules will look at issues and ethics in professional practice, research methods and an introduction to autism. You will also have the opportunity to choose from optional modules looking at leadership, playful learning and exploring learning identities. In year 2 you will focus on your dissertation.
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PRESS RELEASE | DRINKING WATER: EU Ministers finally move forward on the legislation but more ambition needed in interinstitutional negotiations
Right to water and sustainable financing
Transparent and Accountable water services
Water security and quality
- Tue, 03/05/2019 - 17:39
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The EU Environment Ministers have adopted their position on the Drinking Water Directive to secure access to safe drinking water in Europe. Public water operators welcome this step forward but hope for more ambition before the final legislative adoption.
Aqua Publica Europea welcomes the adoption of the Council's general approach on the Drinking Water Directive as a crucial step towards the final adoption of the text and congratulates the Romanian Presidency for its commitments to advance this important issue.
Public water operators emphasise that the Ministers' position improves the Commission's proposal by adequately addressing some of the original shortcomings, notably on setting a risk-based approach. The Council has also confirmed the legislation's ambition to improve access to water for all, through key requirements and the support to consumption of tap water as drinking water. The obligation for Member States to report on measures taken further strengthens the text by setting national accountability for the improved access to water.
Such measures are necessary to enable public water operators in fulfilling their public service mission, providing citizens with clean drinking water and promoting tap water, the more affordable and environmentally-friendly option. This is also why we regret the Council's weakening of the Commission's proposal on the provision of free tap water in restaurants.
However, the Council's position regrettably fails to adequately reflect transparency expectations. In the type of information that water suppliers are required to publish, Ministers have chosen to keep energy consumption, an element deeply dependent on geographical location and therefore incomparable between Member States. Beyond, they deleted requirements to inform the public on the governance of their water services, which is linked to management and use of economic resources and therefore essential in a transparent relation to citizens and users.
Above all, with the adoption of this position, institutions will now be able to launch 'trilogue' negotiations towards the adoption of a final legislation that will effectively secure access to safe water in Europe and foster citizens' trust in their tap water. We therefore call the institutions to remain ambitious in their discussions, for the benefit of all Europeans, and to adopt the Drinking Water Directive swiftly.
Drinking Water - Aqua Publica Europea's reaction to the Council general approach.pdf
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Drinking Water Directive secures clean and safe water but more could have been done to improve access to water
PRESS RELEASE | WATER REUSE: Public water operators welcome European Parliament's position but more to be done to ensure effectiveness
Aqua Publica Europea calls on EU Ministers to support improved access to water


Tern Plc (AIM:TERN), the investment company specialising in the Internet of Things ("IoT"), is pleased to note today's announcement from InVMA, a leading IoT partner to PTC and a ThingWorx System Integrator in which Tern has a 50% holding.
InVMA has announced a new contract with ESAB Limited ("ESAB"), a recognised leader in the production of welding and cutting equipment and consumables, which will see InVMA advise on the system architecture of ESAB's WeldCloud platform, powered by Microsoft Azure IoT and using PTC's ThingWorx Industrial Innovation Platform. InVMA will also deliver the user interface and key elements of the platform to help deliver actionable data to resolve performance and availability issues.
WeldCloud will provide several digital methods of documentation, better views into productivity and a much richer ability to manage their physical assets, meaning customers can subscribe to diagnostic analytic messages about the health of their welding power source.
"We are pleased that InVMA is partnering with a company which is a leader in its field. ESAB highlighted that it selected InVMA because it has consistently demonstrated its strategic and practical capabilities. This demonstrates our portfolio company's strong reputation and ability to bridge the gap between devices and business process to gain the insights needed to resolve critical issues and maximize performance at IoT scale.


In an ideal world schools would be able to provide an iPad for every student, but in many cases a one-to-one ratio is just not feasible. I have developed several learning apps that are designed to be used by two students at the same time. Hop to It Math is one game designed to help kids improve math skills and can be used with two students simultaneously.
The board is layed out like a traditional board game where players move markers along a path to reach a goal. In this case the markers are frogs and the goal is the finish line.
The game begins by displaying a problem. Below the problem a calculator style number pad to use for entering the answer.
After a correct answer is entered, a spinner appears on the screen. The player taps the spinner and the player's frog hops to the next position.
The Apple TV version of the game (shown above) offers a 1920 x 1080 pixels version of the game. By swiping the Siri Remove players enter answers, operate the spinner and move their frog. My goal in developing this game is to provide elementary students with a fun way to practice and improve math skills.
Another two player game that is based on the frog theme is FrogGo. FrogGo is designed to support S.T.E.M objectives and introduce student to basic programming concepts. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are critically important 21st Century skills and I wanted to support these objectives by providing a fun learning experience.
Six commands are available to control the player's frog: Forward (FD), Right 90° (RT), Left 90° (LT), Jump (JMP), Double Move (2X) and Triple Move (3X). The goal is to program your frog to move and capture the rewards that are randomly placed on the game board. Players need to avoid moving out of bounds.
The scorecards are used to track the number of rewards each player has accumulated. The winner is the player who has accumulated the most rewards at the end of the game. Computational thinking is an essential process that is used in most careers and it can be introduced at a very early age with tools like FrogGo. In FrogGo each player's turn begins with analyzing a problem, breaking it down into components parts or steps and then describing a path to a solution using algorithmic thinking. A programming sequence is defined by choosing from a list of functions. Sequences of commands are successful if they lead to one of three goals (flies, stars or trophies). Programs that don't work need to be 'debugged' by the player. I hope that FrogGo will provide teachers with a way to interest kids in learning more about computer programming and realize that designing computer games can be even more fun than playing them.
If you've ever had the joyful experience of trying to teach a four-year-old how to play Tic-Tac-Toe you hopefully have witnessed the excitement that a child feels when they suddenly learn that games involve strategy. Instantly games become more interesting. Now there is a reason to hide your cards when playing Old Maid. Math Bingo is a bit like Tic-Tac-Toe in that players can develop a strategy. Regular Bingo involves calling out randomly balls, B-13, I-24, and so on. Each number only appears once on a typical bingo card. Math Bingo involves a strategy because the same answer might occur a couple of times on the card and therefore the player must strategically decide which answer to pick.
Math Bingo is designed for iPad and Apple TV. It is a two player game. On the iPad version players sit opposite each other so the playing surface looks something like this. The bingo cards are rotated 180° so the orientation is correct for each user.
When designing the Apple TV version of Math Bingo, I thought it would be fun for kids to use slightly scary looking critters as markers in the game, so play begins after each player has selected which marker to use.
Using the settings option, players can select the skill level that they would like to practice. The app provides 20 levels, all keyed to the Common Core Standards. Level 1 is beginning addition facts so it's a good place for K-1 students to start.
When they are ready each player taps the Go! icon and the game begins. The app will generate a set of 25 problems at the skill level selected using the settings option. Every game is unique.
Here, two addition problems are presented 9+5 and 9+2. During the game each player will be given the same problems but not in the same order. Players take turns and move the yellow highlight to designate their answer choice. When using the Apple TV version, the highlight is moved by swiping the Siri Remote or using a joystick. On the iPad the player just taps the screen. The goal is to select an appropriate answer with a strategy of trying to get 5 markers in a line.
When the correct answer is chosen the game marker appears and an audible reward is given. Play continues until one player gets a BINGO, five markers in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line. Let me know if you would like a free download code so you try this app to see if it would be useful to your students.
And, oh, by the way if you are interested in a fun way to introduce Tic-Tac-Toe try my Tic-Tac-Tarantula for iPad, especially if you are into creepy crawly things. Tic-Tac-Tarantula is a one or two player game — match wits against the computer or play with a friend.
When I was teaching elementary math in Southern California one of my favorite teaching aids was the hundreds chart. I would burn up my photocopying budget reproducing hundreds charts so my students could color patterns showing the multiples of 2, 3, 5 or 7. It really comes as no surprise to me that Hands-On Math Hundreds Chart is one of my favorite apps. No longer is necessary to provides students with paper hundreds charts. Using the app students just pick a color and a marker and then away they go marking patterns on the chart.
The interface is intuitive. The markers function like objects and can picked up and moved. To complete remove an object simply drag it off the chart.
So what can you do with a hundreds chart? Which concepts can you teach? One of the first activities to do with young students is skip counting. Pick a color and a type of marker. To count by 3's, for example, begin by tapping the cell labelled '3' and then continue to 6, 9, 12, 15, etc. Eventually a pattern begins to emerge. Perhaps some of your students will discover that the pattern for 3 creates diagonal lines. Encourage students to use math vocabulary in describing their hundreds chart explorations.
But more can be done with a hundreds chart. Marking patterns to show multiples of a given number is a great way to practice and learn multiplication tables and it is easy for teachers to check students work with just a glance at the iPad screen. But there must be more that can be done with a hundreds chart.
The reason the Hands-On Math Hundreds Chart app has 8 colors and 6 shapes is so that overlapping patterns can be created on the chart. When kids start overlapping patterns things get really interesting, mathematically speaking. Understanding Least Common Multiple, in my mind, is an essential skill for success in mathematics. Using Least Common Multiple (LCM) students can reduce fractions to simplest terms. LCM is the smallest positive integer that is evenly divisible by two other numbers, a and b.
Let's define a as 3 and b as 5 (which also happen to be two prime numbers, but more on that later). Here's what the chart will look like after a pattern for 3 has been marked with a red square.
At this point a teacher would want to ask the students to find all the numbers that got both marks, the red square and the blue circle. I would recommend that the students mark these numbers with a yellow highlight (transparent yellow square).
Wow! Look at that the yellow highlighted numbers also make a pattern. This numbers are the common multiples of 3 and 5. Now study the chart and find the smallest number in this set. 15 is the LCM of 3 and 5.
Find the LCM of other numbers. Just tap the eraser to completely erase the chart. Oh, and remember, if you only want to remove one marker just slide it off the chart.
Use a different color for each number. Now mark out the pattern for 3, but remember to not mark 3 since it is also prime. Continue by marking the patterns for 5 and 7. If a number is already marked just skip it. Since the next prime is 11 and 11² is 121 so not on the chart and we don't need it for this experiment.
The numbers that did not get marked are prime numbers. All the marked numbers are composite numbers.
There are lots of ways to make math fun using Hands-On Math Hundreds Chart. Make up your own problem sets so that when the problems are answered correctly a picture is created. For more information about this app click here.