This study aims to find out the impact two approaches of learning, conventional learning and blended learning, on increasing and improving the cognitive level at students in mastering the elements of fitness and its importance. The quantitative experimental study was implemented to achieve the objective of this study. In this study, the study sample was randomly chosen from two schools following to the Directorate of Education in Ajloun, Jordan. Conventional learning was applied in the Ezzeldeen Osama mixed school (school B), while blended learning approach was applied in the Hadaeq Al Tofola mixed school (school A). To gather the data, the learning approaches were implemented for fourteen weeks. The cognitive pre-test and cognitive post-test of fitness elements were performed before and after implementing the both learning approaches, respectively. The study findings showed that the implementation of blended learning approach contributes in improving and increasing students' cognitive in mastering the fitness elements and knowledge of its importance in physical education course more than the conventional learning.
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is widely seen as a motor of fostering 21st century skills in nearly all education-related fields, especially schools (Kretschmann, 2015). ICT has not only become ubiquitous in todays' children's and adolescents' daily lives, it has even been adopted by nearly all school subjects in the meantime at least within academic discussion and debate (Webb & Cox, 2004). School students are surely so-called "digital natives" (Prensky, 2001), being used to deal with ICT as part of their lifestyle and even expecting it to serve as a surrounding resource throughout their educational and professional career (Prensky, 2008). Moreover, with the rapid development of economy and ICT, modern ICT has been entering the field of sports. At present the international and domestic sports competition organization and management, relevant supporting athletes training, sports specific equipment research and development facilities, sports information network construction and development of sports utility software applications are indispensable (Can et al., 2011).
The value of sports is very high and it is having very much influence worldwide to bring peace and friendship with each country. Because of the value of sports publicity has increased more it has spread very much fast to all over the world. The field of Physical Education (PE) and sports can make a significant contribution to the role that technologies play in our lives by carefully considering the benefits and liabilities of new information technologies on the whole person, body as well as mind. Nowadays in schools, colleges and other institutions, students are given more organized and disciplined education through ICT and computers, because it is more authentic innovation and convincing. A variety of programs are available which help in track-grading, conducting health assessment, monitoring research projects, and analyzing sports performances (Ramesch, 2016). In this era of globalization, Power point presentations, videos, YouTube and Animation have become much more effective and useful in teaching. However, in Jordan, the usage of ICT in education became the main issues that are raised by King Abdallah II of Jordan through establishing Jordan Education Initiative in 2003. This organization promotes the new education system by integrating ICT in education. Linking the initiative to other educational initiatives affected the idea in improving the electronic cognitive learning, and developing the current educational methods by training the teachers on using the ICT in the way to reach for the global standards. The ICT innovation has been implemented in Mathematics course, the system has also continued to other courses such as Arabic, Science, etc. (Banat, 2010).
In order to make a human live a healthy and vibrant life, the modern societies paid increasing attention to PE. Concerning the PE is also to make a human is more capable in facing the requirements and challenges of the life as well as increase self-confidence. Alsaqqa (2007) emphasized the PE and sport player seeks to achieve personal success and self-esteem by joining a sport's team and then reaching a notable place among the group, distinction and fame. Besides, Ministry of Education in Jordan focused on applying the Blended Learning (BL) in PE in school to give the students chances to enjoy the sport participation which could be as a corner stone in building and preparing the future generation. Altlafeh (2013) defined BL is the use of modern technology into teaching-learning process by blending goals, contents, resources, and methods into the Conventional Learning (CL), while CL refers to a teaching method involving instructors and the students interacting in a face-to-face manner in the classroom (Stacey, 2007). However, the PE is a process, targeting an improvement, and it perfects growth of the students at all aspects: physical, mental, and psychological in a way, which ensure a balanced character (Al-Saidi, 2015). The fitness elements included flexibility, speed, agility, strength, and endurance in the PE is the most important elements of fitness, and considered the important physical requirements of mass sports. The importance of fitness element in health at different ages is to protect human from the diseases related to lack of movement (Burke et al., 2014), to use them in the rehabilitation programs of some diseases (Sagi et al., 2014) and, to treat some psychological illnesses like depression, stress, and anxiety (Stanton & Reaburn, 2014). In addition, practicing sports and raising the fitness level increases the social adaptation processes, and shapes the socially balanced character, and it has a positive impact to the academic achievement (Joseph et al., 2014).The desire of the player in the exercise of sports in general and the elements of physical fitness in particular results in search for information and knowledge about how to apply, develop, practice these elements and benefits of them. Thus, there are different ways, in which the player can gain knowledge about how to develop, practice and apply fitness elements. Some modern technologies, as YouTube, PowerPoint, camera, computers, can assist in it (Alsaqqa, 2007).
The use of blended teaching and learning methods was generally a positive experience for students in terms of knowledge and usefulness (Ireland et al., 2009). However, from a pedagogical perspective, it is stated that knowledge has an influence on the students' levels of reflection and understanding, although the empirical evaluation of the association between knowledge and reflection has hardly been examined. Further, similarly, hardly any studies or no studies examine or examined the influence of health-related fitness knowledge on physical activity behavior after a school-based physical activity program using a blend of teaching and learning methods. Hence, this paper outlines and reports on an experimental study to explore the role, potential impact for the use of BL in improving knowledge in the fitness elements and its importance in PE course at sixth grade students, so as to improve the students' quality and promote the cause of participation in sports activities in schools in Jordan.
The methodology of a quantitative research approach, which expressed as a Bloom's taxonomy, was followed to achieve the objective of this pilot study. Bloom's taxonomy was created to promote higher forms of thinking in education, such as analyzing and evaluating concepts, process, procedures, and principles, rather than just remembering facts (rote learning). In this study, the study sample consisted of 30 male and female students from BL group (Experimental group) and 30 male and female students from Conventional Learning (CL) group (Control group). The study sample was chosen randomly from the study population during the first semester of academic year 2017/2018. However, before starting the training programs, the cognitive pre-test was conducted to measure the level of both experimental and control students groups and their knowledge of the physical fitness elements, while the cognitive post-test was conducted after completion of the training program. The raw scores and other data were entered into SPSS for analysis. In addition, to analysis the hypotheses of study, the independent and pair T-Tests were conducted on mean results of cognitive pre-test and post-test.
H1: BL give a positive impact in improving knowledge in the fitness elements and its importance and benefits at the sixth grade students in PE course.
H2: There will be statistically significant differences for using BL on the knowledge of the sixth grade students in the fitness elements for favor of the experimental group.
Table 1 shows in details the distribution and standard deviation results as well as the obtained T-test results of the knowledge pre-test and post-test of the experimental group.
Table 1 shows the differences results between the cognitive pre-test and post-test means of the experimental group. The obtained T-Test value is 33.73 with a significance value of 0.00. The significance value is less than 0.05, indicating a significant statistical difference between the level of cognitive in the pre-test and post-test. The statistical difference is in favor of the post-test as a better mean compared to the pre-test mean. Accordingly, the BL has a positive impact on improving the students' knowledge. The T-test was also employed in this study to measure the impact of using CL on improving students' knowledge in physical fitness. The distribution, standard deviation and T-Test results of the knowledge pre-test and post-test of the control group are listed in Table 2.
Table 2 illustrates the differences results of the cognitive pre-test and post-test means for the control group. The T-test value is 7.92 and the statistical significance value is 0.000 (P<0.05). This means there is a significant statistical difference between the level of cognitive in the pre-test and post-test the physical fitness. The statistical difference is in favor of the post-test as a better mean achieved. Therefore, the CL has an impact on improving the students' cognitive. The T-Test difference results between the experimental group and control group in the pre and post measures of cognitive are summarized in Table 3.
Table 3 displays the differences results between the two groups in the pre-test and post-test measures. The T-test value of the cognitive pre-test between the experimental group and control group is 1.30, while the significance value is 0.198. It is noted that the significance level value is greater than 0.05, which means there are no significant statistical differences between the two groups in the pre cognitive level in the physical fitness elements. This is confirms that the two groups are equivalent, in other words, the level of cognitive at students in the physical fitness is equal before starting the training programs. Nevertheless, as presented in Table 3, the difference between the two groups in the post measure in the level of cognitive was revealed. The obtained T-test value is 10.25 with a significance value of 0.000 (P<0.05), indicating there is a significant statistical difference and this difference is in favor of the experimental group as it shows a better mean compared to the control group mean. Hence, the use of BL gives a positive and significant impact in improving and increasing the knowledge level of students in physical fitness.
1. The BL has a positive and significant role in relation to improving students' knowledge, understanding and personal performance. It has also a role in helping to develop and promote independent learning and as a motivator.
2. The results of cognitive pre-test and post-test of BL approach showed the students' knowledge level in the fitness elements and its importance significantly improved during the training program.
3. The result of paired cognitive tests of the control group showed the CL has a role and impact in improving students' cognitive in physical skills, but still far less than the BL impact.
BL is the kind of system of learning that combines the CL and online together. The results of this study showed that BL contributed significantly and directly to increasing the level of knowledge of students. In the system of BL, students are not only passive to study in class, but also encourage and makes students to be more active in the progress of teaching and learning. Therefore, this study encourages and recommends the use of structured learning as a new approach to learning in order to provide active learning that can increase students' achievement and knowledge in all courses at all levels of schooling in Jordan. The learning approach recommended in this study improves and combines development of educational system and modern technology in accordance with recommendations of the Ministry of Education in Jordan.
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The whistleblower settlement is believed to be the largest False Claims Act health care settlement in Mississippi history.
A Mississippi mental health facility has agreed to pay the U.S. government and the state's Medicaid program nearly $7 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging it billed Medicaid for preschool day-treatment services that it never provided or that were provided by unqualified personnel. Region 8 Mental Health Services, a publicly funded mental health center based in Brandon, Mississippi, that provides mental health services across five state counties, will pay the Mississippi Division of Medicaid $6.93 million to resolve the whistleblower allegations. The settlement is believed to be the largest False Claims Act health care settlement in Mississippi history, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst said.
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health reports that nearly 35,000 Mississippi children and adolescents suffer mental health issues that are "severe and persistent." The state's Medicaid program defines day treatment as "a behavioral intervention program, provided in the context of a therapeutic milieu, which provides children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbances the intensity of treatment necessary to enable them to live in the community." Day Treatment services covered by Medicaid provide a vital service to the citizens of Mississippi, enabling the State's youth to live productive lives and grow to become healthy, productive adults.
Our children are among the most valuable and vulnerable in our society, and it is imperative that we do all that we can to protect the programs that offer them the services that they need. The work we do in combatting waste, fraud and abuse in government programs is among some of the most important work this office does, and we will continue to vigorously investigate all allegations of fraud.
The whistleblower who initiated the False Claims Act complaint against Region 8 will receive more than $1 million as a whistleblower award for helping the U.S. and the State of Mississippi recover taxpayer funds.


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Bed bugs have been a problem for as long as any other pest, such as the fly, mosquito, or spider. However, it has only been in the last 10 years or so that bed bugs have become as pervasive as these other insects.
Almost Obliterated
The first invasion of bed bugs into the U.S. came after World War II. The GIs came home from all over the world, and stowed away in their gear were these nasty little pests. They spread quickly, from hotels and motels into homes, creating a terrible infestation all across the country. But, bed bug exterminators had an easy way of getting rid of bed bugs – it was called DDT.
Unfortunately, DDT was deadly to more than just pests. The damages caused by this chemical are legendary, and it was banned from further use. However, the infestation, by that time, had been ended.
The last 10 years have changed all that. With the international economy and blended cultures, people travel far more than in the past. This means that all kinds of untraceable things cross international borders, from viruses and germs to insects – including bed bugs. They can be picked up in hotels, hostels, private homes, public transit, and just about anywhere else people spend hours of time. They travel in clothing, furniture, luggage, and anything else they can burrow into.
While we haven't had a huge number of GIs returning from one war, we have seen thousands of them returning from billets all over the world, and with them, the international traffic, and tourists, bed bugs have returned to our hotels and homes. And, there is no DDT to stop the invasion.
Without DDT, there was a scramble to find out how to kill bed bugs. The truth is, nothing has ever been found to be as effective as DDT. There are chemicals that will kill bed bugs, but it does not stay potent enough to control dormant bugs or eggs that hatch after dormancy. This requires repeated treatments in order to catch the bugs at every stage of development.
Chemicals used to kill bed bugs these days are not supposed to be dangerous for humans or pets, but there is never enough caution for those with breathing difficulties or pets. You never know who is going to discover that the chemicals interfere with their breathing, or who is going to break out in a rash after being exposed to these chemicals.
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flydubai launches updated safety video
New safety demo features characters from the popular FREEJ cartoon series
Thursday, September 6, 2018 — Dubai-based flydubai has launched its updated safety video featuring characters from the popular FREEJ cartoon series. The new safety demo is shown to passengers onboard the airline's fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft before each flight.
Commenting on the new video, Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer of flydubai, said: "The original film was truly innovative, using the animated FREEJ cartoon characters to convey important safety information. In the past year we have unveiled our new crew uniform and welcomed the Boeing 737 MAX 8 to our fleet with its enhanced Business Class and Economy Class cabins. Our updated safety video reflects these developments while staying true to the original concept and reflecting the flydubai brand and personality. We are pleased to continue our collaboration with FREEJ, another young brand which proudly promotes Dubai and the UAE's heritage."
The video sees flydubai cabin crew member Maya carrying out the pre-flight safety demonstration to passengers including the four Emirati grandmothers from the FREEJ series. FREEJ creator Mohammed Saeed Harib produced the update. He said: "There's a nice synergy between the FREEJ characters and the flydubai brand. The original safety video was a huge success and I think a lot of international passengers identified with these characters. Technology has evolved since then – we have better animation and flydubai's Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft have better screens – so it was a good opportunity to update this fun video with fresh content and improved graphics."
Prior to launching the new video, flydubai took their social media fans on a behind-the-scenes journey in a series of Instagram and Facebook posts throughout the week. The film's star, Cabin Crew member, Maya, was seen visiting the FREEJ studios and taking delivery of the film from the FREEJ characters and their creator Mohammed Saeed Harib. She was next seen onboard one of the airline's Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft handing the film to a flydubai Cabin Crew member, ready to be shown to passengers before every flight.
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Maya's been on an adventure all week and made a special delivery yesterday... We've teamed up with FREEJ for our safety video which is now showing on our Boeing 737 MAX 8s. Enjoy
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Injury Report: Stars Ales Hemsky Recovering from Hip Surgery
Dallas Stars right wing Ales Hemsky is spending a good portion of the summer recovering from hip surgery. Hemsky said:
I can already feel I have more motion. It's just been two months and I know I have a long way to go, but I can feel the difference.
Hemsky scored 11 goals and 21 assists in 76 games last season on a line with Jason Spezza. Hemsky didn't score his first goal of the season until Nov. 28 against the Minnesota Wild. Hemsky said:
It was a lot of pressure I was putting on myself, and I think I worked through that. This feels completely different.
The Stars, who failed to make the Playoffs last season, upgraded their offense this summer with the acquisition of left wing Patrick Sharp from the Chicago Blackhawks. With four right-handed shooters among the top six forwards, Hemsky may have to switch to the left side. Hemsky said:
I just want to do whatever I can to help the team, and I'll play wherever they tell me to play I think we all feel that way. We'll do what we need to do to make it work.
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What's Next for NASA's New Astronaut Class?
A dozen new candidates were chosen from more than 18,000 applicants. Now the real work begins
By Mike Wall, SPACE.com on June 9, 2017
The 2017 NASA Astronaut Class: (from left) Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Robb Kulin, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines, Raji Chari, Loral O'Hara and Jessica Watkins. Credit: Robert Markowitz NASA
NASA has welcomed a dozen more people into its astronaut family, but the new additions aren't ready to go to space just yet.
Yesterday (June 7), the agency unveiled its 2017 astronaut class — seven men and five women chosen from a record-breaking initial pool of 18,353 applicants. (The previous high was 8,000 applicants, back in 1978, NASA officials said.)
The 12 new astronaut candidates (or "ascans," in NASA parlance) won't become full-fledged astronauts until they complete two years of training. This work, which begins in August, will be varied and rigorous. [What It's Like to Become an Astronaut: 10 Surprising Facts]
For example, the newcomers will learn all about the International Space Station (ISS) and its many systems. They'll practice taking spacewalks in a giant swimming pool at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, and they'll simulate berthing visiting vessels with the orbiting lab's giant robotic arm.
NASA's primary partner on the $100 billion ISS is Russia's federal space agency, so the candidates will also learn Russian. And they'll be taught to fly supersonic T-38 jets, to help prepare them for the rigors of spaceflight, NASA officials said.
When all of this training is done, the newly minted space fliers will get in line for a trip to the final frontier. (There are currently 44 active, or flight-eligible, members of NASA's astronaut corps.) While they wait their turn, the 2017 class will be assigned "technical duties" at JSC's Astronaut Office.
"Technical duties can range from supporting current missions in roles such as CAPCOM in Mission Control, to advising on the development of future spacecraft," NASA officials wrote in an FAQ about the new astronaut class. (CAPCOM is short for Capsule Communicator; it refers to an individual at Mission Control who communicates directly with crewmembers in space.)
When the wait is over, the 2017 class could be assigned to missions aboard any of four different spacecraft, NASA officials added: the ISS, Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule, SpaceX's Dragon capsule or NASA's Orion vehicle.
Starliner and Dragon are being developed to ferry American astronauts to and from the ISS, under multibillion-dollar NASA contracts. Both Boeing and SpaceX aim to begin crewed test flights sometime next year. When the private capsules are fully up and running, they will end NASA's dependence on Russian Soyuz spacecraft to provide this taxi service. [Photos: The Best Astronaut Selfies in Space]
NASA is developing Orion, along with a huge rocket called the Space Launch System (SLS), to help get astronauts to Mars and other deep-space destinations. Orion has been to space once, on an uncrewed test flight to Earth orbit in December 2014 that launched atop a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket.
SLS and Orion are scheduled to launch together for the first time in 2019 on a flight called Exploration Mission 1 (EM-1), which will send an uncrewed Orion on a three-week journey around the moon. The duo's first crewed flight will come a minimum of 33 months after EM-1, NASA officials have said.
One of the 12 new candidates "could be the one that takes that next iconic giant leap and says the words similar to what Neil Armstrong said when he stepped on the moon, and brings the entire NASA family, and this entire world, with them," acting NASA chief Robert Lightfoot said during a press conference yesterday. "That's what the future is for these folks, and it's very, very exciting when we think about it."
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Life is full of God's gifts, and these gifts should be passed on to others.
It's my prayer that the Halo is one of those gifts.
Pantheon Steel was founded in 2004 by Kyle Cox, an expert steelpan maker and accomplished tuner. With significant contributions from fellow artisans along the way, the company has since evolved into an industry-leading handpan maker. The company's flagship instrument is the Halo.
Below is a video documenting the Halo making process over the 10-year period between 2007 and 2016.
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Urgent social and economic drivers need targeted improvements in weather, climate, water, oceanic and related environmental information and services. Risks associated with climate variability and extreme environmental events create social and economic stresses that require new meteorological, hydrological, oceanographic and climate services in order to ensure the safety and security of populations and the development of adaptive economic strategies. Responding to these risks is especially critical given population growth in environmentally vulnerable regions, such as continental coastlines and lowlands, and, in recent years, an apparent increase in the intensities and frequencies of extreme events. At the same time, while the future state of the oceans remains uncertain, we need to ensure that society and policymakers are better informed of the impact of oceans on humankind and vice versa.
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At a Jan. 16 forum meeting, Lane Vice President of College Services Brian Kelly announced that the college is projecting budget cuts.
Kelly told attendees that the biggest issue facing the college is lowered enrollment numbers.
"We can continue to do amazing things," Kelly said. "We're just going to do amazing things with different levels of staffing and a different level of programming."
A collaborative brainstorming session for financial strategies followed Kelly's presentation.
The meeting was attended by students, faculty and classified employees, and was broadcast live over the web by Lane's Media Arts Department.
During the recession, the college experienced an enrollment surge, which brought the college an increase in revenue.
Kelly said the college was planning for an eventual drop-off in enrollment revenue during the period of high enrollment.
This contingency planning included a "financial stabilization reserve," a rainy-day fund. The college has used approximately $2.9 million from the fund over the past several years to maintain its operations.
"Enrollment-wise, we've had some rainy days and we've used those funds, but those funds are disappearing," Kelly said.
Approximately 86 percent of Lane's budget is spent on staff.
Further complicating the problems stemming from low enrollment, Kelly said, is an increase in personnel costs.
Lane is projecting a $16 million contribution into its employee health care this school year.
These problems have led the college to consider a handful of cuts going into next year.
"Part-time faculty, part-time staff will be reduced — and will be reduced at a greater level than we've seen already this year," Kelly said.
Kelly said the college is looking closely at its vacancy listings. By not filling open jobs, the college could potentially save millions of dollars.
"However, we recognize that work has to come from somewhere, so this isn't without difficulty," Kelly said.
Associated Students of Lane Community College Senator Rebekah Ellis said Lane students could benefit from more access to academic advising.
Ellis said too many students enroll in Lane without a clear path to a degree in mind, and many of those students end up spending too much of their financial aid on unnecessary courses before reaching their limit and dropping out.
"I think retention is really important, as far as the budget goes," she said.
Ellis wasn't the only person in the room with student retention on her mind.
Fiora Starchild Wolf, an enrollment services adviser, said the school should consider using a customer service model when it looks at its students.
"How do we incorporate the knowledge of financial aid, for example, with counseling and advising?" Starchild Wolf said.
Kelly said more definitive answers on the specificity and severity of cuts to programs, services and staff will be brought to light over the final five months of Lane's fiscal year.
"We all want to have enrollment levels that support all the great services and great programs we have here at Lane," Kelly said. "Unfortunately, our enrollment levels aren't going to allow us to do that for a while."
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Q: Checking for success on xml node fetch in Inno Setup I've read through CodeAutomation.iss and a bunch of other sources, but I couldn't find the answer to this...
Using the example provided, the xml objects are put in variables of the "Variant" type. I assume this is just the equivalent of 'var'.
However, when I try to check if such a variable is nil after doing a selectSingleNode, the compiler complains with "type mismatch".
Is there any way to check whether such a node fetch failed? What does it return to Inno if it found nothing?

A: You can test your Variant variable with the VarIsNull function.

A: Just check node lenght result. This example select a node by its attribute name via XPath
XMLDocument.setProperty('SelectionLanguage', 'XPath');
XMLNode := XMLDocument.selectNodes('//' + ANodeName + '[@name="' + AttName + '"]');
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   begin
      XMLNode := XMLDocument.selectSingleNode(APath);
      NewNode := XMLDocument.createElement(ANodeName);
      NewNode.setAttribute['type'] := AttrType;
      NewNode.setAttribute['name'] := AttName;
      NewNode.setAttribute['value'] := AttrValue;

      XMLNode.appendChild (NewNode);
      XMLNode.lastChild.text := ANodeText;
      XMLDocument.save(AFileName);
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AMD Buys FPGA developer Xilinx in $35 Billion Deal
By Joel Hruska on October 27, 2020 at 4:01 pm
AMD has announced it will acquire FPGA developer Xilinx in a $35 billion-dollar, all-stock deal. The deal, which we discussed earlier this month, will give AMD access to new markets that it hasn't previously played in, including FPGAs and artificial intelligence.
During its Q3 2020 earnings call, AMD CEO Lisa Su claimed that Xilinx was an attractive acquisition target because it offers "industry-leading capabilities in SoC design, serdes and high-speed IO, mixed-signal RF, advanced 2.5 and 3-D silicon integration and packaging, as well as targeted software stacks for key verticals."
AI was not a major focus of the announcement, though it's been a hot topic in the larger semiconductor world. While both Lisa and Xilinx CEO Victor Peng mentioned AI as one area where the combined AMD+Xilinx would be able to leverage technology more effectively, the focus was more on broad enterprise opportunities across hyperscaling and telecoms worldwide. AI was generally discussed as adjacent to those efforts, though AMD did talk up the importance of software ecosystems, and announced it wants to combine its own open-source offerings into a unified product stack.
This is a bit curious because Xilinx has been doing some work in AI throughout 2020, including an effort just a few weeks ago to detect COVID-19 at the edge using AI. There've been several AI-related product announcements in the past six months. During the call, however, AMD played up more generic opportunities in edge, industrial, 5G, and data centers, with AI mentioned as one product in the mix.
AMD / Xilinx merger. Image by AMD.
One possible explanation for this is that AMD is still working out what it wants its AI response to be. When we've asked the company questions about its long-term goals in the segment, the response has typically emphasized AMD's goal of improving general computing performance as a whole rather than focusing on the AI market. This approach has paid huge dividends for AMD the past few years and shows no sign of running out of steam, so it may just be that AMD doesn't want to distract from the near-term places where it will be deploying hardware to talk about longer-term plans for future opportunities.
On the other hand, it's possible that AMD doesn't see the Xilinx acquisition as doing all that much to help their AI position. In CPUs, AMD is challenged by Intel and AVX-512. It has shown no particular interest in leaping into that fray, and given the difference in their respective core counts, AMD can still argue that an awful lot of workloads benefit more from higher core counts + faster clocks as opposed to AVX-512 support. On the GPU side of things, AMD is hemmed in by Nvidia and CUDA. Acquiring Xilinx doesn't do much to change that situation.
According to its most recent financial reporting, Xilinx's top markets are:
A&D, Industrial, TME (Aerospace and Defense, Telecommunications, Media, and Entertainment): 44 percent.
Automotive, Broadcast, and Consumer: 16 percent.
Wired and wireless: 26 percent.
Data center: 14 percent
Channel: 0 percent.
Hilariously, "Channel" is listed as 0 percent but is also listed as having declined -1 percent from its FY 2020 level of 0 percent.
AMD refers to using Xilinx's extensive market in telecom as a way for Epyc to get a foot in the door of those markets, with the implication that the two companies may find new synergies through similar arrangements in other segments.
There is one other reason AMD might be playing things a little closer to its chest. The company got absolutely roasted for its overall handling of the ATI merger and had great difficulty bringing its first APUs to market. AMD may be planning to take a somewhat more measured pace to developing long-term plans that involve merging AMD and Xilinx products on the same piece of silicon. At the same time, given AMD's leading position in chiplet design, it wouldn't be surprising to see an x86 / FPGA hybrid chip design of some sort in the medium-term future.
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Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept 30 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday vehemently stated that although no talks would take place unless terrorism is put to an end in Pakistan, India is strongly responding to every ceasefire violation being carried out by the neighbour country.
"There will not be any talks with Pakistan as long as terrorism continues from their soil, at the same time if ceasefire violations are happening, we are responding to every violation. If violations are more than last week, we are eliminating them and pushing them back. You would hear of the actions we are taking in containing them, pushing them back and even eliminating them," she said while addressing a press conference.
With regards to the 2016 surgical strikes, Sitharaman said the attack was carried out in response to Pakistan's cowardly act of entering the military base of India and attacking unarmed, resting soldiers.
"In September 2016, surgical strikes happened and the context in which that had to happened is that when a neighbour can do a cowardly act of getting into our army base and killing our unarmed soldiers, even when infiltrations are happening at the border, it was necessary for the army to take this call. The decision, which was politically backed, led to the strike on terrorist launch pads in a territory held by our enemies. That had to happen and therefore when we are celebrating it after two years" she said while addressing a press conference.
Sitharaman continued: "We are marking it by calling it a 'Parv', -Parakram Parv. It means we do remember the sacrifice we made as a result of the cowardly act by our enemy and the punishment that we had to show. We wanted to make it clear that we are not going to take this kind of an attack sitting silent- that is the backdrop and the narrative I would like to put forward."
Lashing out at the Opposition that attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for politicising the surgical strikes, Sitharaman said the event was showcased to show solidarity to the Armed Forces for their valour, and to make it clear that India would not blatantly accept a cowardly act.
"Anybody who thinks that this (surgical strike) is being politicised, I don't know what they mean by that. Are they suggesting that we have to ashamed of it, or are they suggesting that they don't want to be associated with it, or are they wanting to be associated with an enemy which covertly entered into our base and attacked unarmed soldiers? The question is not to the government; the question is to those who ask, 'Are you politicising it'?" she said.
With regards to the Rafale jet deal, over which constant political slugfest has been witnessed, Sitharaman said the deal signed by the National Democratic Alliance was far better than that under the United Progressive Alliance.


Today I was at AwesomeCon, a big comic con here in DC. This year threy asked me to moderate a couple of their presentations. Today was Georgina Haig. If you don't know who she is she played Else (from Frozen) in Once Upon a Time ( a show I'm a fan of), as well as Etta on Fringe, and Pippa on Limitless. She has also been in a number of other shows, here and in Australia (where she is from).
She was a delightful person to interview. She is very funny and very open about herself. When we opened things up for questions from the audience, she loved and recognized the costumes and was glad to talk with the fans about them I must say that the audience questions were really very good. She has a smart fanbase.
We talked some about the comedy she has done in Australia including a sketch comedy show. Georgina has great comedy chops – someone should get her cast in a comedy over here. She will shine.
I've included a photo she was nice enough to take with me after the interview.


They are in the midst of re-branding at Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP (MCM), trying to tell the story of the state's largest accounting firm — the first and only Kentucky firm in the top 100 nationwide by net revenue, and the largest Kentucky firm by far with approximately 270 employees.
Diane Medley is managing partner of Mountjoy Chilton Medley.
Re-branding occurs about every five years at Mountjoy Chilton Medley, in part because the business world inevitably changes, but even more so because the firm itself is constantly evolving. In the past year alone, the Louisville-based company – with offices in five cities – added two new services within its consulting department, itself the newest addition to the firm, joining the traditional assurance and tax departments.
The new IT Consulting & Strategy Services include: IT security and business risk analysis; IT systems review, assessment and selection; vendor review, assessment and selection; strategic project planning for IT initiatives; disaster recovery planning and advisement; evaluation and coordination of IT service providers; and IT staffing assessment and advisory services. Six months prior, MCM added HR Advisory Services to help clients with talent acquisition and management, training, employee relations, total rewards and HR compliance.
The re-branding is nothing new to Diane Medley, MCM's managing partner. The only female managing partner in any of the Top 100 accounting firms nationwide, Medley has been an integral part of the company's growth that began when she and John Chilton founded Chilton & Medley LLP with five people and a revenue budget of $350,000 back in 1988.
Just eight years earlier, Michael Mountjoy and Jerry Bressler had started Mountjoy and Bressler LLP. For several years, both Louisville-based firms grew, all but mirroring each other in the important measures of growth. They were two among several thriving accounting firms in the state, all basically focused on providing bookkeeping services and doing corporate tax returns.
Then two things happened. The first was an inevitable fact of business.
"We reached a plateau," Medley said. "When you hit a plateau in business, you either have to do something different to continue growing or you go down. You can't sit still." Mountjoy and Bressler had found themselves in a similar situation.
The second was a result of the times, which were changing rapidly as one century turned into another. State borders became less important as companies expanded internationally. These companies now needed expertise they had not required before.
Accounting firms needed to hire experts, and these experts didn't come cheap. Smaller firms simply couldn't afford to make those hires. At the time, Kentucky did not have a dominant CPA firm like those in Indiana, Cincinnati and Nashville. Opportunity and necessity called simultaneously.
In 2009, Chilton & Medley LLP merged with Mountjoy and Bressler LLP, becoming Mountjoy Chilton Medley LLP (MCM) and creating the state's largest CPA firm.
MCM established offices in Cincinnati, Lexington and Jeffersonville. It brought in new experts, such as international tax partner Kevin Heyde. They reorganized with no layoffs and little redundancy.
They even dodged the bane of many mergers – a culture clash.
That's not to say there weren't any bumps along the way.
Then two other CPAs joined the firm: in 2010, Henry Hawkins, founder of Hawkins Co. LLC, a Louisville firm with expertise in the financial institution industry, and in 2011, a Cincinnati-based accounting practice owned by CPA Pat McCafferty, who brought expertise in the hospitality and restaurant franchise industry.
In September 2012, MCM acquired McCauley Nicolas & Co. LLC, a Southern Indiana accounting firm. This added another 40 employees, a presence in Indiana and expertise in public housing partnerships, the trucking industry, nonprofits and construction firms. The merger also combined the firms' wealth-management operations. Together, they formed a full-service registered investment adviser and financial-services firm. It was the fourth merger in three years.
Today, MCM has a regional presence with offices in three Kentucky locations – Louisville, Lexington and Frankfort – as well as offices in Cincinnati and Jeffersonville, Ind. The trade publication INSIDE Public Accounting ranked MCM as the 83rd largest accounting firm in 2013 based on net revenues of $37.237 million, a 2 percent increase from the previous year when it was ranked No. 102.
The firm now has eight industry areas (see chart) and Meritrust Wealth Management, created during the merger with McCauley Nicolas & Co. LLC, which provides investment advice and financial services.
Looking back, Medley said the mergers proved to not just be smart but to be absolutely essential to success.
Being the biggest in the region with the largest number of services certainly helps make MCM more visible, but the company continues to believe in the necessity and importance of branding and marketing.
MCM also continues to brand itself in a way few others can with solid creative messages across platforms.
Much of that comes from a strong company culture, according to Beth Geiser, director of practice growth and the leader of the company's branding efforts. Geiser joined MCM in August 2013.
The company's vision of itself is even reflected in its business cards, which illuminate the intention behind the branding now coming together with a re-tooled website, new advertisements and new strategies for social media. More importantly, the differences show the latest evolution of the firm itself.
It is the firm's top core value.
As with most companies, MCM also is trying to figure out the best strategy when it comes to social media. Geiser said they are using Facebook now to try to attract younger people, particularly potential employees. It also is the primary place for information about company events.
Twitter is where MCM plans to share industry expertise with articles designed for specific industries.
"We are committed to thought leadership and advice for our clients," Geiser said.
But she also acknowledged how difficult it can be to find the right pace with social media.
The company's branding efforts have gone through several generations, Geiser said.
And that often goes back to company culture.
Each employee has a personal growth plan. Employees routinely go through professional development programs such as those by the late efficiency and best practices guru Stephen Covey. And there are sports teams and Wii competitions and participation in quirky activities such as the Louisville Acronym Bee.
Much of the culture revolves around getting to know each other in a huge company.
The collegial atmosphere is no doubt why MCM has been awarded Best Place to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce for several years and named a Top Workplace by the Courier-Journal for the past three years.
Back in the on-going branding meetings, employees are trying to decide what color a group of pencils should be in a new advertisement. The decision might seem trivial but it shows the level of intention each decision receives within the company. One pencil, they know, will be red and stand out from the others. In meetings across the company, everyone is making sure MCM continues to be the red pencil.
Diane Medley suddenly emerges from an office and welcomes me to a corner meeting room on the top floor of Meidinger Tower with a spectacular view of downtown Louisville. She looks the part of an executive — slim, immaculately groomed, quietly charismatic.
But Medley calls herself a "farm girl." She has driven 45 minutes to get to work today, coming from the family farm in Meade County where she raised four children and still lives. These experiences are what permeates her approach to business, she says, an approach built on a high level of respect for each person.
"Mike Mountjoy (MCM chairman) and I are both from small towns," she says. "I think that taught us about what it takes to achieve.


When I was younger one of my most favorite holiday traditions was doing the 12 days of Christmas. We would pick a family and every night we would leave a gift for them on their doorstep or call and tell them to check their mailbox. It was so fun to bring joy to other families! Now that Christmas is right around the corner, Matt and I love to bring treats to other people. What better way to say Happy Holiday's then with a treat and a Hallmark Card. We went down to Walmart to pick up some marshmallows and Oreo's for our Oreo bars and stopped over by the Hallmark Christmas card aisle and grab some cards and ornaments. They had the cutest Mikey and Minnie ornaments that I bought because this year for our anniversary we went to Disneyland and we have bought a new ornament every year to commemorate each year of marriage. Last year we went to the zoo and we fed the rhinos and we bought a rhino ornament to remember that! It was cool!
We got some cute cards to give to our cute friends and family and then we made Oreo bars to give them to go with them. Click here to save $1.00 off of a two Hallmark Greeting Card purchase at Walmart, minimum $1.00 purchase required. Take advantage of the savings and #Send Hallmark this holiday season. What better way to say Merry Christmas and We Love you than a card and a treat. There is no better way!
Here is the way you make these amazing Oreo Bars. They are literally the bomb.com, Matt asked me if I could not give them out so that he could eat them all. I may need to go back to Walmart to buy more ingredients because he ate a bunch of them tonight. I definitely will need to make another batch.
1. Grease a microwavable bowl, dump in your marshmallows and butter. Melt in the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring every 30 seconds, until they are melted.
2. Crushed the Oreo's in a blender or food processor. The bars are better looking when they have big and small chunks.
3. Stir the Oreo's into the melted marshmallow bowl. Stir until mixed well.
4. In a greased square casserole dish, press the Oreo mixture into the pan. Allow to cool.
5. Cut into squares. Enjoy!
This is a fun and easy treat to send out to the neighbors and friends for the holidays. This treat doesn't take all day to make and that everyone will enjoy! For more great holiday card ideas or ornaments you're most looking for this holiday season! I'd love to hear about your favorite family traditions or treats!
Looks so simple to make! Oreos and marshmallows are definite holiday faves for making treats!
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Welcome and thank you for your interest.
We are looking for strong and transformative leaders and innovative Educational Psychologists to develop our service and support the development of our SEND hubs and targeted provisions.
This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who are ambitious to drive the transformation and expansion of the service, contribute to the strategic direction of the inclusion service and ensure the best outcomes for the children and young people of North Yorkshire.
We embrace individual specialist interests and value the additional skills and knowledge these areas of interest bring to the team. You will have diverse and varied work, professional development and the opportunity to shape innovative practice. We will invest in your training from day one, which includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, to enable you to work in an innovative and inclusive way. You will have clear line management and professional supervision throughout your journey.
You will have the opportunity to have a very visible career; building your professional network with work that is recognised both regionally and nationally. North Yorkshire is renowned for being a forward-thinking, dynamic and creative authority, that listens to stakeholders; including schools, families and young people to continually improve our offer.
Here's what some of our colleagues said about the service:
"Our teams are highly dedicated and actively engaged in shaping and leading transformation and innovation, whilst ensuring families remain at the centre of our decisions."
"I would have to say that the North Yorkshire County Council Educational Psychology team is a very supportive and encouraging team who have helped me to develop professionally."
Our vision for education provision for children and young people with SEND builds on both the SEND Strategic Plan for Educational Provision (pdf / 3 MB) and the Young and Yorkshire 2 plan. The SEND Strategic Plan for Educational Provision is an ambitious five-year plan, which describes how we intend to transform services and educational provision for children and young people with SEND in North Yorkshire.
We make a real difference to the lives of children and young people in North Yorkshire. If you share our passion to deliver improved outcomes for children, we would really like to hear from you.
We are looking for Educational Psychologist professionals at every stage of their career; from those newly qualified to those who can use their well-developed skills to lead and nurture others in the profession.
We have the following vacancies available:
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Role: Educational Psychologist
Salary: Up to £55,921 per annum pro rata, plus 3% recruitment payment + relocation support up to £8,000.
Contract: Full-time and Part-time / permanent
Location: Harrogate or Selby. The service very much promotes flexible working with the ability to work remotely from other bases, as well as working from home. We provide exceptional technology, providing all the equipment to support home based working to ensure efficient, and effective service delivery.
This is an exciting time within North Yorkshire Educational Psychology service - we are embarking on an episode of considerable change. In March 2023, we are moving to a single new council for North Yorkshire to replace the current two-tier structure of local government. Presently, within the County Council we are a small EP team, however we are expanding, and we would like innovative, and solution focussed psychologists to join us. You will have the opportunity to support in shaping the direction of the educational psychology service into the future.
We want to develop an educational psychology service that will be high performing, customer focused, committed to inclusive and person-centred practices. Successful applicants will have a strong commitment to inclusion and serving the needs of vulnerable children, young people, and their families within this beautiful county. North Yorkshire has recognised sites of outstanding natural beauty and stunning coastlines. North Yorkshire is an idyllic environment in which to work and reside.
We are specifically looking to recruit main grade educational psychologists – at this time. There will be an opportunity to develop specialist areas of responsibilities and interests. In addition, there will be flexibility in terms of the location of these posts.
The successful applicants would join our small central Educational Psychology team, and work within a multi-agency team. It really is a superb time to be joining our service to contribute to positive outcomes for children and young people with SEND in North Yorkshire. Our SEND services are based within four localities across North Yorkshire and include SEN caseworkers, educational psychologists, specialist teachers and practitioners together with speech and language therapists and occupational therapists. Personnel within four locality hubs are responsible for working closely with schools and settings to identify children early and to ensure they receive appropriate support and interventions to meet their special educational needs.
As an Educational Psychologist – main grade – you will be able to make a valued, contribution to developments within the EP team, and wider hub team. You will work directly with our inclusive, additionally resourced, settings that are an integral part of identified mainstream schools to embed consistent, inclusive practices. These settings are currently referred to as Targeted Mainstream Provision, TMPs. Support to these settings will be mainly systemic, although casework will also be provided. You will take part in monthly hub allocation panels to support colleagues with the early identification of children and young people with additional needs and advising regarding support or training that may be required by schools or settings.
There are opportunities to work therapeutically within our TMP provisions and a PRS setting. Educational psychologists within the team have been trained in CBT approaches. Consideration is also being given to training educational psychologists in other therapies such as ACT. Knowledge and skills gained from this training can then be used when supporting young people within our TMPs.
There will be an expectation that you engage in an allocated amount of statutory work. Over time educational psychologists will also have the opportunity to be involved in projects in each of the hub areas which will further inform practice and strategy across SEND.
To be successful you must have a masters or doctorate level qualification in Educational Psychology and be registered with the HCPC; have experience of varied and relevant work with children, young people, and their families in a number of education and other settings; be creative and forward thinking with the knowledge, skills, enthusiasm and willingness to use psychological frameworks to facilitate positive change.
These posts are suitable for educational psychologists at any stage in their career, including those due to qualify in September 2023.
We can offer you a range of employee benefits, including a competitive salary, plus 3 % recruitment payment, generous leave entitlement, a government pension scheme and access to our 'Everybody Benefits' package, which includes a variety of retail discounts.
You will be fully enabled through mobile kit to work in a highly agile way at locations across the local authority and including working from home options.
Therefore, we can offer you a comprehensive benefits package including:
A generous relocation scheme - up to £8,000
Modern flexible working practices and hours
A local government pension scheme
Family friendly leave and generous annual leave offer
Salary sacrifice, employee cash backs and discounts schemes
Learning, development, and career advancement opportunities.
Do join us in North Yorkshire and have the chance to work at different levels. Seize the opportunity to create an amazing, supportive team dedicated to championing the use of psychology to improve and transform the lives of children and young people living within our local community.
Closing Date: Sunday 22nd January
Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 23rd January
For an informal discussion, please contact Sharon Merle Lourd-Moyo (Acting Principal Educational Psychologist) at Sharon.Lourd-Moyo@northyorks.gov.uk
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
NYCC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Working for the council and the benefits we offer
Our relocation package...
If you are considering relocating to North Yorkshire we provide a comprehensive relocation benefits package (pdf / 180 KB)
This features up to £8,000 to cover reasonable costs such as:
removal expenses
storage costs
legal and estate agent fees
travelling expenses
What we can offer you in the Children and Young People's Service...
You will receive the very best support, working alongside talented and inspirational people.
We will provide you with training and learning in areas such as CBT and other therapeutic approaches and the opportunity to be involved in projects in each of the hub areas which will further inform practice and strategy across SEND. Investment in your continuous professional development continues throughout your career. A number of heads of service across North Yorkshire have used their experience to transition into senior regional and national roles.
The role has a flexible base; as a council, we are very much committed to encouraging flexible working for our employees, arranged around the demands of the role. You can work from bases across the county as well as working from home. Our head office is in Northallerton, therefore visibility here and throughout the county is required.
You will have the opportunity to join a learning organisation to develop your skills and career alongside having North Yorkshire County Council on your CV, which has one of the best reputations... a career-enhancing opportunity!
The council's comprehensive benefits package...
North Yorkshire County Council prides itself on being the biggest employer in North Yorkshire leading from the front and constantly seeking to innovate and finely tune the system with an unwavering desire to continually improve.
We welcome and celebrate diversity and inclusion and the strengths this brings to our communities and workforce, we aim to provide excellent and efficient local services enabling everyone to fulfil their potential, to do this we give everyone equal access to services and job opportunities.
We can offer you a comprehensive benefits package including:
A local government pension scheme;
Family friendly leave;
Salary sacrifice schemes;
Modern flexible working practices;
Learning and development packages;
Career advancement opportunities; and
Employee discount benefits.
You can find out more about working for the council and the benefits we offer here.
Living in North Yorkshire...
Work with children and young people with SEND in North Yorkshire.
North Yorkshire is a thriving county that adapts to a changing world and remains a special place to live and work.
North Yorkshire's natural beauty is captured in its three areas of Outstanding Natural Parks, National Nature Reserves, stunning coastlines, scenic rural villages, vibrant cities and market towns. North Yorkshire is a beautiful, thriving and special place to live and work, rich in heritage and culture.
North Yorkshire features significantly in the ten best places to live in the UK in Halifax Quality of Life Survey 2019. The Quality of Life index aims to quantify where living standards are highest in the UK by ranking local performance across a range of indicators.
Richmondshire was placed second in the list, a position boosted by excellent personal wellbeing factors (life satisfaction, happiness). Hambleton was placed fourth and Ryedale was placed eighth, a truly commendable achievement and another incredible accolade for North Yorkshire.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) March 2019 bulletin positions North Yorkshire as the safest place in England with extremely low crime rates.
In addition, the county benefits from excellent road and rail links, with easy access via the east coast mainline, the A1(M) and A19. Leeds, York, Newcastle, Durham and Teesside are all easily commutable, and London/ Edinburgh is just two hours away by train.
From its lively cities to pretty villages, rolling countryside and grand coastline, Yorkshire has so much to offer.
As a whole, North Yorkshire offers a high standard of living working in a stunning location.
Great employment opportunities for your family members along with a higher proportion of schools, which are good or outstanding compared to national figures.
We look forward to receiving your application, thank you for your interest.


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Agnes Leonard Hill (, Leonard; pen names, Mollie Myrtle and Garth Godfrey; January 20, 1842 – January 20, 1917) was an American journalist, newspaper founder and publisher, as well as an author and poet, an evangelist and a social reformer. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, her mother died when Hill was a small child, and with her father remaining unmarried, and very indulgent, Hill led a roving, gypsy sort of life, following her own inclinations, and studying persons rather than books. From earliest childhood, she evinced a fondness for writing.

As an adult, Hill lived in Chicago, Illinois and Denver, Colorado. She wrote editorials for various newspapers of those cities and states. Hill was the author of Vanquished, Heights and Depths, Hints on How to Talk, Myrtle Blossoms, Said Confidentially, What Makes Social Leadership, Who are the Vulgar?, How to Give Gifts Acceptably, Evidences of Reincarnation, Christian Science vs. Commons Sense, and The Coming Religion. Widowed twice, she made a living from her writing, but she is also remembered for her evangelism in the United States and England, her lectures on literature, and her outreach to convicts in penitentiaries, jails, and prisons.

Hill was regarded as one of the noted writers, poets, and evangelists in the U.S. and was considered by many as an authority on social customs and correct behavior. She was honored in the U.S., France and Germany for her writings.

Early life and education
Agnes Leonard was born in Louisville, Kentucky, January 20, 1842. Her parents were Dr. Oliver Langdon Leonard, a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Agnes Howard (Sayle) Leonard, of Virginian parentage, who died in Louisville, leaving three children.

On the paternal side, she was descended from the English Earls of Sussex, one of whose house came to New England in early colonial days and in gratitude for his safe landing, named his first child born on American soil "Preserved", and this name was given to the oldest son for several generations. One of these, Preserved Leonard, married Joanna Langdon, daughter of John Langdon (q.v.), presiding officer of the first U. S. senate and a signer of the constitution, and they were the grandparents of our subject. Her first American ancestor on the maternal side was Louis Francois Phillip Jacob Copeland Irion (later spelled Arion), a French nobleman who settled in Virginia during the French Revolution.

Hill's father, Dr. Oliver Langdon Leonard, was for many years celebrated as a "mathematician." He practiced medicine in the city of Louisville for many years; yet desiring to give his children the best possible educational advantages under his direct supervision, he gave up his practice as a physician, and took charge of the Masonic College in La Grange, Kentucky, just before the Civil War, and was afterwards President of the Henry Female College, at New Castle, Kentucky. He also founded the Inductive Academy at Lexington, Kentucky. He evolved from Pestalozzi's theories a method of education which he defined as "teaching a child to grow his own thoughts rather than repeat, parrot-like, the thoughts of others". His views concerning education were somewhat peculiar and very original.

After her mother's death, while Hill was just a young girl, she made her home with an aunt whose husband was at that time British ambassador to the United States. Here, members of the English nobility were frequently entertained. By her father, Hill was taught to write before she could read, and could write a letter at the age of five years, and before she knew a printed letter. She studied Algebra and the elementary principles of Geometry when she was seven years of age, and when she was only thirteen, began to write for the press. Her first article was a short effort at versification, which was published in the Louisville Courier-Journal and noticed by George D. Prentice, as follows:

Soon after this, her name became well known as subscribed to verses, sketches and short stories, published in the New York Weekly, The Knickerbocker, and several Chicago papers. In her early girlhood, she published three books, but did not consider any of them worthy of preservation. In 1862, she graduated from Henry Female College.

Career

Journalist and author

In 1863, during the Civil War, Dr. Leonard and family removed to Chicago; he died there in 1864. Hill was motherless, and as the family had property in Chicago, she remained there. In that first year, 1863, a collection of Hill's earlier efforts appeared in book form, under the title of Myrtle Blossoms. There was nothing unusual in the volume, the merit being of a negative order. Some of the poems were very good; one critic saying: "These poems are so harmonious, as almost to set themselves to music." "After the Battle!" is one of the best poems of the volume.

Carleton & Co., of New York City, published in 1867 a volume of Hill's entitled Vanquished.

Her first work as an editorial writer was on the Chicago Times, in 1854, under the regime of Wilbur F. Storey. In 1867, she contributed to it a series of articles, entitled "Men, Women, and Beasts". She continued to be associated with the Chicago Times through 1895. She also did editorial work for at least five other Chicago papers. Hill was an editorial contributor to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Inter Ocean, and Chicago News (beginning in 1876). She served as editor of Sorosis (1868–69), a Chicago suffrage paper devoted to the interests of woman, and The Elite News (Chicago).

By 1870, she was writing for the Louisville Sunday Courier. In 1871, Heights and Depths, a novel, was published.

Removing to Colorado in the 1880s, Hill assisted her brother, Percy Allan Leonard, who was engaged in newspaper work in the West. Many of her poems, stories and philosophical studies were published in The Daily Dispatch of Leadville, Colorado (1886–92),
the Chaffee County Times of Buena Vista, Colorado (associate editor, 1880–86), and several other publications owned by Percy. She also contributed to leading Denver newspapers, and was a contributor of verse and prose to Eastern magazines and newspapers.

In Denver, in December 1888, she established the weekly paper, Western Society, and in Chicago in 1890, Home and Society. The province of the latter was to cultivate love of home, and to educate for success in an honest and ennobling society. Both publications dealt with ethical subjects and emphasized the importance of good manners.

What Makes Social Leadership was written in 1892 and published in 1893. The Coming Religion was published in 1900. A book on conversation entitled Hints on How to Talk (Chicago, R.R. Donnelly & Sons Co.) was published in 1901. Of it, she said:— "This book is the out-growth of both pain and pleasure, the pain of enforced proximity to stupid, commonplace, and uninteresting people, and the occasional pleasure of meeting 'choice spirits', whose presence makes the romance of existence." A second book of verse, Said Confidentially was published in 1902. How to Give Gifts Acceptably and Evidences of Reincarnation were both published in 1903. Some of her writings appeared under the pseudonym "Mollie Myrtle" and also "Garth Godfrey", but later, under her own name. She left many unpublished writings to be arranged by her children.

Evangelist and reformer
Evangelical work was an important part of Hill's activities. She was assistant pastor of St. Paul's Universalist Church in Chicago from 1896 through 1905. In April 1896, she began a series there entitled, "Talks on American Authors". The following month, she spoke on "The Gospel of Good Form".

She also temporarily occupied various pulpits in Colorado, Illinois, and Connecticut. Hill went to England and France in 1904-05 and while in England, held a pastorate in a Congregational church at Wollaston. She also founded a children's temperance society and mission in England. Hill did much prison work; she spoke to convicts in penitentiaries, and visited jails and prisons in different parts of the United States.

As a lecturer, Hill was held in high esteem, among her themes being English and American literature, and social questions in their various aspects. She lectured at the University of Denver and other places. Before her arrival, it was announced that she would attend and speak at the Friends yearly meeting in Wichita, Kansas in October 1915, and that she would also delivered some lectures on social education in Wichita after the meeting ended. In 1916, she lectured on temperance and education in the West and South U.S. and gave several courses of parlor lectures. In February of that year, an Oklahoma newspaper  referred to as a "Social Educator", her chief claim to distinction in this area being the fact that she was able to reduce the science of good form to certain fundamental laws, thereby establishing a standard or code of conduct. From years of study and a wealth of social experience in the U.S. and abroad, Hill became qualified to speak along the line of social ideals. In these lectures, she collected rulings and principles governing courteous relationship with society.

Personal life
She was twice married. Her first marriage occurred October 29, 1868, to Dr. Simeon Edwin Scanland, formerly of Kentucky; there was one child by this union, Edith S. Scanland. Dr. Scanland died in April, 1871. Her second marriage occurred May 15, 1872, to Samuel Howe Hill of Bangor, Maine, a grandson of Samuel Gridley Howe, of Boston, and related to Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine. There were three children of the marriage: Percy Leonard Hill, Marie Olive Hill, and Agnes Leonard Hill (Mrs. William Arthur Veyce).

Hill died at Presbyterian hospital in Chicago, January 20, 1917. She was survived by her four children, and was buried at Oak Woods Cemetery.

Selected works
 Hints on How to Talk, 1891

Novels
 Vanquished, 1866 (text)
 Heights and Depths, 1871

Poetry
 Myrtle Blossoms, 1863
 Said Confidentially, 1902

Pamphlets
 What Makes Social Leadership, 1892
 Who are the Vulgar?
 How to Give Gifts Acceptably

Metaphysical books
 Evidences of Reincarnation
 Christian Science vs. Commons Sense
 The Coming Religion, 1900

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Home > News and events > Fundraisers needed for charity skydive and Kilimanjaro trek
Fundraisers needed for charity skydive and Kilimanjaro trek
The charity supporting St George's Atkinson Morley Wing is inviting people to take part in two once-in-a-lifetime fundraising events.
The John King Brain Tumour Foundation fundraises for our Neurosurgery department. It was set up by Laura King whose husband John King sadly died following treatment for glioblastoma, a type of brain tumour in 2016.
The first event is a tandem skydive being at held at Headcorn Airfield in Ashford on Sunday 1 September 2019. Supporters will climb to 12,000 feet in an aircraft before free-falling over the Kent countryside, strapped to a qualified instructor.
If you'd prefer something slightly closer to earth then a trek up Mount Kilimanjaro – Africa's highest peak and the largest freestanding mountain in the world – is also on offer. You would depart the UK on Thursday 27 February 2020, returning on Sunday 8 March after an epic 11-day climb led by a team of elite and professional guides.
These challenges follow a series of successful fundraising events organised by Laura and the foundation, including a sponsored hike along the Great Wall of China. The funds paid for a state-of-the-art neurological microscope costing £150,000, as well as the refurbishment and maintenance of the McKissock Ward balcony garden.
Laura said: "If you're looking for a new challenge which also offers the opportunity to fundraise for an excellent cause, then we'd love to hear from you. As well as continuing to raise money for more equipment, we'd like the funds raised from these two events to pay for a Nurse Specialist at St George's to support patients with brain tumours."
More information on both events can be found here on the foundation's website.
If you have any questions, please contact Alison Houghton via events@jkbtf.org.uk or 07931 316278.
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