Imagine hauling around heavy boxes of metal type — a different set for every typeface — and having to assemble your text letter by letter in order to design a document.
That seems a world away from our point-and-click, instant world of digital design. But it really wasn't too many years ago that a font would have been known as a specific set of movable metal type — rather than a funny name in software program's drop-down menu.
Although our design methods have come a long way, sometimes navigating the modern process of choosing and using fonts can seem almost as difficult and complicated as the good old days of metal typesetting and printing presses. So if you've ever felt a little lost when it comes to fonts, then you're in the right place.
This guide is designed to offer a comprehensive overview of fonts: their different categories, how to choose them, how to use them, and even where to find free font downloads.
01. What types of fonts are there?
Short answer: there are many, including some crazy ones that defy categorization. Typographers, typeface designers, and others interested in the history of typography might tell you that there are many classifications, each with their own historical and technical definitions, and they'd be right. Some classifications you may have heard of include Old Style, Blackletter, or Humanist. But we're not going to concern ourselves with those in this article (though if you're interested, there are plenty of resources you can find online, like this one). Instead, we're going to focus on four basic font categories that will be useful to understand when you're going about choosing a suitable font, combining fonts for your design project, or discussing your type choices with other people.
1) Serif: Serif fonts have little "feet" or lines attached the ends of their letters. They're generally thought to look more serious or traditional.
2) Sans-Serif: "Sans-serif" literally means "without serif" — these fonts don't have the extra lines on the ends of letters. For that reason, they're generally thought to look more modern and streamlined.
Though this point is often debated, it's commonly said that serifs make long passages (in print) easier to navigate visually, helping move your eyes along the lines of text. However, because serifs are usually small and thin, they often don't display as well on pixel-based screens (looking distorted and "noisy" rather than clear and crisp), so many designers favor sans-serif fonts for web use, especially at small sizes, like in logos.
3) Script: Scripts are what we might think of as cursive- or handwriting-style fonts. They generally have connecting letters. You'll find that script fonts come in many different styles, from elegant, to fun and casual, to hand-drawn.
4) Decorative / Display: When you hear a font categorized as decorative, display, or novelty, it all means the same thing — that font is meant to get your attention. They're often more unusual than practical and should only be used in small doses and for a specific effect or purpose.
02. Is it a font or a typeface?
The typeface is the design; the font is how that design is delivered. typeface + style + size = font A font is what you use; a typeface is what you see. The distinction dates back to traditional printmaking with metal type. The unique style or design of the alphabet that we identify by name — say, Times New Roman or Bodoni, would be considered the typeface. When those letters needed to be cast at a particular size or weight (10 point bold, for example), that would be considered a particular font. So 10 pt. Bodoni bold and 24 pt. Bodoni italic would be two different fonts, but the same typeface.
All that to say, that for most graphic design purposes today, the terms are more or less interchangeable; fonts are the digital representations of typefaces, and we can change either with a simple click on our computer screens… So unless you're talking to a typography expert who you want to impress with your superior knowledge, no need to worry about the differences.
03. Why do font choices matter?
Designers (including Erik Spiekermann, Dan Mayer, and Jessica Hische) have been known to compare choosing fonts for design projects to choosing an outfit to wear. And it's an apt analogy. Think about what your clothes might say about you: based on what you wear, people might rightly or wrongly make assumptions about your style, your personality, your socio-economic background, your age (or the age you wish you were), or the kind of impression you want to make. And different occasions and situations call for different apparel. You wouldn't wear a bathing suit to a job interview; then again, you wouldn't want to wear a suit and tie during your vacation on the beach either. There's an element of appropriateness to consider.
Now, what your clothes do for you, font choices serve the same purpose in a design. Typography often provides that at-a-glance first impression that people gauge and judge the rest of the design by — so your font choices need to be purposeful and appropriate. Is your font saying "beach vacation" when it should be saying "job interview"? Do the elements of your font "outfit" clash, or do they complement each other? Are they effectively communicating the qualities you want to project? These considerations are part of what makes choosing fonts such an important part of the design process, one that should be approached thoughtfully.
Font choices often set the tone for the whole design and can influence viewers' feelings toward and interactions with your design — just like how if you were to show up at a black-tie party in your favorite threadbare t-shirt and sweatpants, people would judge you on your appearance. Don't be that guy with your design and give viewers an excuse to make incorrect assumptions about your brand or business; bad typographic choices always distract from your design's message and intentions.
Not sure where to start? This next section will get down to the nitty-gritty of choosing and using fonts with easy-to-understand explanations and practical tips.
Your first concern in choosing a font for a project should be that it matches the message or purpose of your design. Before you ever start browsing through fonts on your computer or searching for a new one to buy or download, it would be a good idea to brainstorm some of the qualities or characteristics that you want your design to communicate.
That way, when you're choosing a font, you already have a blueprint that you can match up your font with. This is important because every typeface has its own mood or personality. Maybe it's serious, casual, playful, or elegant. You'll need to determine what a particular font is saying to you, and whether that fits with your design.
If the characteristics the font is communicating don't match the message of your overall design, then there will be a visual disconnect for the viewers or users of your design, and you don't want that. When browsing fonts, it can be easy to get caught up in all the fun and interesting choices, but don't let personal preferences get in the way; a font you think is distinctive or stylish may not be useful or appropriate for the project you're working on.
If you find yourself getting off track, just ask yourself this question: Does this font support the qualities of my brand or complement the purpose of my design? The most effective font choices do just that.
Is your font choice suitable?
More than the mood or character of a font, and related to context, suitability is more of a functional matter. Will the font you've chosen actually work where you're intending to use it? Will it be practical and easily readable in the context of your design?
One of the most common mistakes that beginners make is not realizing what various font categories are most suitable for — for instance, body typefaces versus display typefaces.
Display or decorative typefaces (briefly mentioned at the beginning of the article), on the other hand, are never suitable for reading at length. These are the type of fonts that scream, "Look at me!" They come in various degrees of usefulness, from the bold, all-caps fonts that might be used for headlines, to the fonts that are very literal or obvious — such as snow-capped letters that seem to say "I'm supposed to be used at Christmas!" or letters that look like they're made of made of logs or twigs that supposedly give your design an instantly outdoorsy look. These types of fonts can be fun and have their uses, but good design, especially design intended for business or professional contexts, often has more subtlety than that. Display fonts can make a big impact when used in the right way, but when used incorrectly, they can make a design look busy and amateurish — or completely unreadable.
In short, display typefaces differ from body typefaces in that they're not easy to read at length and should be used sparingly and with purpose. If you have doubts whether a certain font is suitable for your design, it's always a safe bet to pick a more neutral font. In the next section, we'll get into how to choose a versatile, functional font that you'll get a lot of good use out of.
Is your font choice versatile?
Every designer needs a few neutral fonts that adapt to their surroundings and can be a go-to choice when time is tight or nothing else seems to be working. These types of fonts, sometimes referred to as "workhorse" typefaces, are usually basic serif or sans-serif fonts that can be used pretty anywhere because they don't draw a lot of attention to themselves. The most useful sort come in a variety of weights (such as light, regular, medium, bold, or heavy) and styles (such as narrow, condensed, extended, or small caps).
Having all those options (especially for a text-heavy design) allows you to assign different styles of the same typeface to different functions within your design, creating a very cohesive look overall. That's why choosing a versatile font — especially if you're planning on only using one typeface for your design project — will make laying out an attractive, easy-to-navigate design a lot easier.
Looking for some recommendations on a "workhorse" font to use yourself? Last year, more than 40 top designers weighed in on some of their favorite, go-to fonts. The results? Though answers varied widely, Avenir (and Avenir Next, a version updated for improved web use) was mentioned most often — but if you want it, you'll have to buy it, and it isn't cheap.
However, you don't have to be independently wealthy to get your hands on some versatile fonts. Although they may not be as high quality or carefully crafted as a typeface from a top font foundry, there are plenty of fonts available that are free to download or commonly available on many operating systems that will do very nicely for everyday design projects. In the serif category, try Georgia, Andada, Crimson Text, Droid Serif, Heuristica, or Merriweather. For some sans-serif picks, check out Franklin Gothic, Clear Sans, Roboto, Lato, Source Sans Pro, or Merriweather Sans.
• Size: You'll want to choose point size that fits your design context. A business card will need a different sized font than an event poster. If you're designing something that might be viewed on mobile devices — social media graphics, for example — open up any word processing program and try typing a few lines using the font you're considering and then reducing the size. If you can still easily make it out at smaller sizes, then it will probably perform well on small screens. If you Google any font name and look up some background information on it (likely on the website of its designer or foundry), you should be able to find out whether it's optimized for the web.
• Spacing: Adjusting the spacing of your text so that it's appropriate for your design is a big contributor to enhanced readability. In most cases, generous spacing improves readability. But if you're tight on space, you'll need to experiment with different combinations of font size and spacing to optimize readability. Most design programs will allow you to adjust letter-spacing/tracking (spacing between whole groups of letters in lines or passages of text), kerning (spacing between pairs of letters), and leading (vertical space between lines).
• X-height: This is the height of a font's lowercase letters. A generous x-height in proportion to the typeface's capital letters improves readability and maintains it at smaller sizes. However, you don't want the x-height to approach so close to the capital letters that it's hard to distinguish between the two cases.
• The I/l/1 test: For any font you're considering for passages of text that include both letters and numbers, try this: Type out a capital I, a lowercase L, and the number one. If two or more look identical, then readers might stumble over certain words or letter/number combinations.
• Find a shared quality: Fonts that look significantly different but share something in common are more likely to work well together. That quality might be general proportions like letter height or width, or two fonts might share an underlying structure or skeleton. Even if the similarity is subtle, it will help give your font combination a basic cohesiveness.
• Find fonts by the same designer: Typeface designers often design with a unique approach or a recognizable aesthetic. Their fonts will share a certain look or structure that makes it easy to pair them. Look for font families known as "super-families" that come with both a serif and a sans-serif typeface designed specifically to complement each other, along with a variety of weights and styles to choose from. Want to try out a super-family? Download Alegreya and Alegreya Sans (two free font families with 40 weight/style options in all) or Merriweather and Merriweather Sans, which also appeared in our recommendations for versatile typefaces.
• Give each font a job: Your chosen fonts will need to be different enough that they create a clear visual hierarchy — showing viewers where to look and what's important. One sans-serif and one serif font are often enough to do this effectively.
But how many fonts are too many? There are those in the design community who would say that one font will do for most projects, and that three is the maximum number you should include in one design to avoid an overly busy or confusing layout. While that's a good starting point if you're new to design, there really are no rules — at least, no rules that can't be broken in the right situation. Some designs will call for a certain aesthetic or an extra-decorative look that would benefit from a wider range of fonts.
1) Font Squirrel: This is probably the best resource for fonts that are both free and licensed for commercial use (every single one on the site!). Includes a great selection of hand-picked, high-quality fonts that are searchable by classification (such as serif, san-serif, or script) or tag (such as casual, retro, or distressed).
3) DaFont: Currently has over 25,000 free, public domain, and demo fonts available, but they are of varying quality since anyone can submit a font they've created. Many fonts are free only for personal use.
4) 1001 Fonts: Currently has over 7,000 free fonts available, that, like DaFont, are of varying quality. Includes a special section of free commercial-use fonts and offers a handy option to search by type/style/mood, decade, and even holidays and other occasions.
5) Others: These sites aren't dedicated exclusively to free fonts, and aren't extensive, but they have some nice options.
Lost Type Co-Op: Trendy, unique, and vintage-style fonts that are "pay what you want" (including nothing — though if you can afford to support type designers in even a small way, that would be nice!) for personal use and priced accordingly for commercial use. Fontfabric: A small but varied selection of free, professionally designed typefaces that's updated with new options semi-regularly. FontShop: A source for buying fonts that offers certain weights and styles of a selection of its fonts for free. Must create an account to download. Pixel Buddha: Has a freebie section with a small selection of artsy and hand-drawn typefaces. Must create an account to download.
When you buy a font or even download a free one, it's not necessarily yours to do whatever you like with. Always check the license of the font you're downloading before using it. Usually it will be licensed for personal, commercial, or educational use.
Inspired? Start designing with awesome fonts today!
Figuring out how to effectively use fonts in your design projects is a learning process, one that's helped along by plenty of practice and trial-and-error. We hope that this guide provides an motivational starting point for learning how to choose appropriate fonts (and find free ones!) and apply them to your designs. If you have any favorite typefaces or resources, feel free to share in the comments.


This post is part of a series on informality in practice, to be published at regular interval on the ATS blog.
Brazil is a country with a violent past – a Wild-West kind of violence.
Take Maria da Conceição Pereira Silva, for example. Born in 1945 in Afogados de Sertania, deep in the Brazilian Nordeste, one of her first memories was seeing a bunch of jagunços, thugs with guns, beating her father on behalf of the local fazendeiro.


From now on A brief glance also comes as a print mag and they start it of right with a clip that comes with issue #53.
Jérémy Durand sent us another bunch of new Versus Zines. All this of course 100% Photoshop free.
For five years the photographer Justus Hirvi has been working on his book, in which he explores the underground spaces of Helsinki.
Already the second time the Yearbook appears in collected form. Everything that happened last year in Paris, London and Berlin can be found here.
Snow on the cover, heat in the inside – that's the latest issue of A Brief Glance.
The new issue of A Brief Glance is about nights in Bordeaux and November in Barcelona.
Konstantin Butz and Christian Peters present a book with collected scientific papers on skateboarding.
To accompany their new capsule collection Braind Dead and Carhartt WIP released a pretty heavy book.
A little late but at least, we introduce: Issue #4 of the Russian Asphalt mag.
Spain is definitely one of the most popular skateboard destinations. The Quiet Leaf visited the home of the marble plazas.


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James Terry III Joins Pinnacle Financial Partners' Insurance Arm
To serve as an insurance advisor for HPB Insurance Group
GREENVILLE, SC, June 13, 2018 – James Terry, III has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners' subsidiary HPB Insurance Group as an insurance advisor to deliver distinctive service and effective advice in Greenville.
Terry began his insurance career in 2000 and comes to Pinnacle after six years with The Hartford, where he most recently served as a new business development representative in Greenville. Prior roles included commercial producer and senior sales executive with Sullivan Company LLC, president and broker at Insight Insurance Solutions LLC, and commercial account executive with Wachovia Insurance Services.
"Jay's extensive experience as an insurance producer and his local involvement are a winning combination that will benefit our clients," said Melanie Shaffer a principal and co-manager of HPB Insurance. "He is an excellent addition to our team."
Terry earned his bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. He has served on multiple boards and organizations including United Way Young Philanthropist Council, Ducks Unlimited, Greenville Saltwater Sportsmen's Club and March of Dimes Greenville.
Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm earned a place on FORTUNE's 2017 and 2018 lists of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the U.S., and American Banker recognized Pinnacle as the sixth-best bank to work for in 2017.
Pinnacle entered the South Carolina market in 2017 when it acquired BNC Bancorp. Pinnacle continues BNC's practice of offering community bank service with the resources and sophistication of a larger firm.
The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $22.9 billion in assets as of March 31, 2018. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 11 primarily urban markets in Tennessee, the Carolinas and Virginia.
Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.

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It can be a daunting city to find your way around and, as we were only spending a couple of days in the city, a guided tour was a time and cost effective way of hitting the main places of interest.
Bright and early on Sunday morning our guide Milton, from Banjo Tours, met us at our apartment at the lower end of Avenida 6 de Agosto, the main thoroughfare of La Paz. He was a very personable guy who had a wealth of information to impart about the history of La Paz, its culture and its people.
Next was the infamous San Pedro prison, the only prison in South America run by its inmates! Housing around 2500 "residents" and controlled by just 25 guards whose primary job is to facilitate the entry and exit from the prison, nothing else. The prisoners are fed two meals a day and forced to work for a third. Cells are not free, If inmates cannot afford to pay they live "on the streets" inside the prison, which is far more dangerous than life on the streets outside! The inmates run the place – shops, barbers, restaurants and labs producing high quality cocaine both for trafficking outside and for "home" consumption. The authorities have been trying to close it down for years and move the inmates to other prisons but it is still there!
The prison has its own justice system with the prisoners acting as judges, jurors and often executioners to inmates that breach their self-imposed rules. The population ranges from petty criminals to powerful drug barons. The wealthier inmates purchase and equip there own cells, some living a lives of comparative luxury. Poorer inmates have to scrape a living as best they can, either relying on relatives from outside for handouts or by working for the wealthier "neighbours". There is quite a class system within the prison. Sorry, no photos allowed!
Our guide became a little concerned about the build up of guards and police around the prison. Some buses had arrived, presumably to transport the prisoners to another prison. So he led us off to our next destination of Plaza Murillo and government house.
Outside government house in Plaza Murillo, the guards reminded us of a very low key version of the guards outside Buckingham Palace, back home in London. The plaza itself was full of pigeons, again, just like Trafalgar square used to be.
Milton explained something of the recent history of Bolivia, pointing out the bullet holes in the facade of one of the buildings in the square where the Army fought with the police back in 2003. He also explained how, until Evo Morales came to power ten years ago, Bolivia got through an astonishing number of presidents! Years ago, apparently numerous presidents were hanged in the square! It seems politics is, or at least was, a thankless and dangerous job here.
Mid-morning we stop at a cafe famous for the best salteños in La Paz. Similar to the ubiquitous empanadas found in Argentina and a much smaller version of the original Cornish Pasty from my home county of Cornwall. They did in fact migrate here from Salta in Northwest Argentina and are, as any Bolivian will tell you, a major improvement on the empanada! Delicious they certainly were, albeit a little messy to eat! The meat ones are the most popular but I preferred the chicken. The meat ones include a lot of gravy and apparently, if you spill any it means you are not a good kisser!
From Plaza Murrillo we head ever upwards to Plaza San Francisco, the main square of La Paz and took a look around the beautiful colonial church there. a mixture of architectural styles and one of the most famous buildings in the country .
From the plaza we wander uphill through the streets in the area generally known as the witches market. The market supplies all the paraphernalia used by the shamens (witchdoctors) used in their rituals. Dried llama foetuses are the most obvious and are hanging from stalls everywhere. $200 for a big one apparently, but where would you put it?.
These shamanic rituals are still a very much a part of daily life in Bolivia. For those that simply don't have the time to choose, there are pre-packed baskets of offerings ready to be burnt in the rituals; There is also a huge array of potions for sale supposedly curing everything from constipation and infertility to impotence and headaches!
Milton explains what everything means and does and the reasons for which people make their offerings to Pachamama (Mother Earth). Some people are buying individual items , but for those that don't have the time to choose, there pre-packaged baskets containing sweets, fake money and anything else which presumably may be of use in the afterlife?
On our last visit a few years ago, getting to El Alto involved jumping in a collectivo. Now the city has a network of very swish cable cars which must make life a lot easier for the people. It certainly did for us!
We made our way to the station close to the witches market and were whisked up to El Alto. This cable car ride must surely rank as one of the most spectacular anywhere in the world! The views are simply breathtaking. The snow capped mountains that surround La Paz providing a very impressive backdrop.
Arriving in El Alto is like arriving in an entirely different city. Firstly, it is a lot "grittier" than La Paz proper. As we wander from the very modern and impressive cable car station through the market stalls we notice how much cheaper and fresher all the produce is.
This is where most La Paz residents do their shopping and you can by virtually anything here. A whole section is devoted to indeterminable car parts. Next to that is the secondhand car stall – a big van with photos of cars and vans stuck to the side. The market goes on for miles and miles. As soon as we arrive, Milton warns us to watch our stuff and each other. Apparently, pickpockets are everywhere. Good advice as on our last trip I felt a hand in my pocket, put my own hand in only to end up holding hands with this sweet looking old lady trying to steal my wallet.
Eventually we find our way to the shamen's alley which consists of a long street of huts where we see the remnants of the bonfires where people have burnt the offerings we saw earlier in the Witches market. No too much activity, but it is a Sunday afternoon.
One of the advantages of visiting El Alto on a Sunday is that we can tick off another "must do" item, in La Paz, the Cholitas Wrestling!We bought our tickets early and were given seats in the tourist/VIP area. A little concerning at first as they were ringside and not behind the wire barriers where all the locals sat.
After some dancing and some words from the master of ceremonies (and referee), the first combatants entered the arena. Somewhat surprised to see that the first bout was between two men. After much parading around and winding up of the audience, which involved one of them, a heavily made up transvestite, giving be a big lipstick smeared kiss! I knew ringside seats would have their downside!!
The bout was hilarious. The one that followed, even more so. The second match involved a mixed tag team. Goodies versus baddies, much flying around and throwing out of the ring, a bit of blood, some real, most fake hastily applied when the combatants found themselves thrown under the ring! When the men on both sides started to get the worst of it, the crowd went wild, throwing, amongst other things, bread rolls at the fighters??
Politically correct? Probably not, but a great afternoon's entertainment nevertheless.
After our fill of wrestling we walked to the collectivo stop for a bus back down to La Paz at the end of a great, but exhausting (don't underestimate the altitude,) day out. If you do nothing else in La Paz, take this tour. It really is a great way to see the highlights of the city in a short space of time. Banjo Tours were excellent.


Having read the first book in this trilogy, I was eager to read books two and three as well. While I don't have book three on my Kindle, I did have this book.
It was easy to find myself in Sybella's head. I felt the author did a good job of showing Sybella's voice as being different to Ismae's. I liked Sybella as much as I did Ismae… though in a different way.
I had a lot of sympathy for Sybella. Her family made my flesh crawl… even Julian, who was apparently kinder, but his 'kindness' was actually worse, in many ways.
I liked seeing more of Beast in this book. While there was a lot of repetition in the narration, especially when it came to Beast's appearance, I found the way their relationship grew and evolved came across really well. Their relationship was really believable and the fact that Sybella's feelings for Beast weren't based on his physical appearance was good.
There were quite a few disturbing things about this book. I didn't really think much of the abbess in this book. The way she treated Sybella was awful… and I was just glad that Sybella still had Ismae, whose friendship was realistic. It was also good to see more of Ismae and Duval.
I liked seeing a bit of Sybella's sisters, even though I would have liked to see more of how they viewed Sybella. There was absolutely nothing redeemable about D'Albert; he was an awful person and I had a lot of sympathy for the people who had to be around him.
I liked seeing a bit more of the other convents dedicated to the other Saints. And I liked seeing Sybella interacting with the Duchess. I thought her intelligence came across really well and as I learned more of her past, I could definitely see why she seemed to be half-mad during the first book.
The atmosphere in this book came across really well and I do want to read the third book in this trilogy in the future. I'm eager to see what Annith's book will be like and what the world will be like through her eyes.


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Wildfire, evacuations and Thanksgiving preparations in Santa Barabara
Santa Barbar shoppers wore face maks as they ran errands tuesday while ash rained down from the Cave Fire nearby
Tyler Pratt/KCBX News
All evacuations have been lifted in Santa Barbara County even as firefighters—and the rain—continue to work on putting out the Cave Fire, which started Monday in the Los Padres National Forest. What began as a small brush fire has now burned thousands of acres, and forced thousands of people to flee from areas of Santa Barbara and Goleta. But for many in the community, the days leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday were just part of the California new normal.
Shopping carts were loaded up with Thanksgiving groceries Teuday at the Gelson's Market in Santa Barbara. The weather was crip and the sun out, although shining through a haze of acrid smoke and ash raining from the sky. Many people wore face masks, like the employee helping Jan Roberta put groceries in her car.
"It's almost like routine now, we've been through so many of these," Roberta said.
Roberta didn't have to have to evacuate this time, but she has several times in the past.
"Since we've done it before, we're kind of prepared." Roberta said. "Life goes on."
For roughly a decade now, the county as a whole has averaged just about one destructive fire per year. Roger Swenson and his wife evacuated Monday night and were now living out of their camper van.
"We are well prepared," Swenson said. "We had everything designated and knew where it was and it was quick to get out. We had special identification tapes on things that needed to be grabbed quickly."
As emergency officials noted Tuesday, many are becoming quite efficient at being prepared for even the unpredictable.
"Shifty winds; it's going to be shifty tonight," said Santa Barbara County Fire Department's Josh Cazier to hundreds of firefighters Tuesday morning. "Last night on the fire, you could drive a quarter-mile up the road and have downslope winds; you drive another quarter-mile and [the winds] run upslope."
As firefighters from all over California prepared to ascend the mountain, packets were handed out, and plans of defense and attack established.
"Let me know if you guys need anything, I can order it for you," Eric Vendries with the U.S. Forest Service said.
Vendries was in charge of the Los Angeles and Orange County battalions, assigned to the most populated section of the Cave Fire.
"Structure protection [is the] priority," Vendries said. "I think we have most of the homes. We have a common goal: put the fire out, make sure no structures burn and make sure no one gets hurt."
What many people didn't appear to be was panicked; many said they were worried, but remained calm. John Koons was walking back into the evacuation zone Monday night and taking his dog, a Border Collie/Bassett House mix afflicated with cancer, to the vet.
"I took him down there and they took him immediately because he needs fresh air; he doesn't need the ash and the wind and all that stuff,' Koons said. "And they were amazing. Everyone comes together. It's just a shame it takes something like this to make us all come together."
How all things come together after the Cave Fire remains to be seen. More rain in the weekend forecast is raising concerns about how a winter storm will affect six months of bone-dry mountains, now with a burn scar now slashed right through.
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Evacuation order lifted as Cave Fire threat diminishes
By Greta Mart & Tyler Pratt • Nov 27, 2019
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As of Wednesday morning, despite over an inch of rain overnight, firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in the mountains above Santa Barbara. A portion of Highway 154 remains closed, but all evacuation orders have been lifted after the Cave Fire broke out in the Los Padres National Forest, near the top of San Marco Pass Road in Santa Barbara County, on Monday afternoon.
Scrutinizing Santa Barbara County's reponse to Thomas Fire and Montecito debris flow
By Tyler Pratt • Oct 19, 2018
SBCOE
An analysis of how Santa Barbara County responded to the December 2017 Thomas Fire and January 9, 2018 Debris Flow was delivered to the Board of Supervisors this week. It's called the "After Action Report and Improvement Plan." The supervisors heard from a third party about what the county did well in the midst and wake of the disasters, and how it can do better in the future.


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Brainmarks return for Fall 2012!
Fall 2012 hasn't been quite as spectacular as I had hoped it'd be viewing the previews. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty to watch – there just isn't a lot of promise as far as hitting pantheon-class is concerned. In general there seems to be a lack of ambitiously premised shows, made up for somewhat by the abundance of simpler but nonetheless entertaining offerings. It's not necessarily a bad thing, but it does take away a little from the anticipation, compared for example to Fall last year.
Being the slowpoke that I am, I'm actually a couple weeks behind on most of these shows, so I'm just gonna go it clean and announce the number of episodes I've seen of each brainmarked show at the time of this writing. Also, amongst equally mediocre crop, I tend to favor those of the slice of life and comedic genre as a matter of personal taste. With that caveat in mind, let us dive in!
Interestingly, opinions are rather divided regarding the sizable block of shoujo offerings this season. Probably not too surprising: I think each show emphasizes different strengths and glosses over different things. Sukitte Ina Yo or "Say I love you" balances a homely, comfortably paced, quiet-but-heartfelt style against a lot of cheap-ish shoujo tropes and a nagging potential for cheesy drama. While Mei makes a decent-ish heroine, the guys in this show are quite those of the shoujo-manga superhero variety – having the enigmatic power to manage to be at the right place to do the right things at the right time. It's one of those comes-with-the-genre things I guess. However, the skies are very pretty. Sukitte Ina Yo has some of the most breathtaking backdrops of open, enveloping skies you'll find this season, and that counts. Ambiance and pacing can go a long way in relatively simple, romance-centric stories like these, and Sukitte Ina Yo scores very well in both departments. It doesn't look like this show will be breaking any records, but if it keeps going the way it currently is, it should work out to be a simple but pleasant watch.
Psycho-Pass is clearly one of the most ambitious shows this season. It is set in a somewhat dystopic world quite like ours yet with boldly imagined twists in place clearly aimed at provoking thought and raising ideas. Which is really great. And yet episode 1 had some unsettling flaws that really dampened my first impressions of the show. We have an interesting setting where authorities are able to pre-ascertain a person's criminality likelihood and are apparently authorized to preemptively take action against people deemed dangerous in such a way, and episode one wastes no time in setting out to explore the philosophical difficulties of such a system: pitting the raised criminality-likelihood of a mentally distraught victim against her innocence and clear need of help. It'd all be really cool if the show didn't feel so… narcissistic. It felt like the show was in love with itself and couldn't resist fawning over every nook and cranny, resulting in everything feeling uniformly deliberate and painstakingly, almost cheesily slow. Even the gun took full seconds to transition from stun to kill mode, in an elaborate transformation sequence during which the wielder is apparently expected to just sit and watch the quarry flee. Don't get me wrong, the ambitious premise makes this one of the few shows of the season with a real shot (and a real intent) of achieving greatness, but this could be the next GITS.. or the next Guilty Crown. The fact that I haven't managed to get myself to sit down and watch episode 2 yet betrays which direction it is currently leaning towards.
My favorite of the season's shoujo offerings. Kaibutsukun takes itself quite a bit less seriously than Sukitte Ina Yo, and also hinges less on the "tactically omniscient bishie" factor, spreading the load with a nice sprinkling of cute and effective comedy. And yet somehow, in between monjayaki, social bumbles, idiot classmates, and creepy pet roosters, the show manages to develop the main pair through an eccentric round of confession and acceptance in a pretty emotionally adequate way – and in just two episodes. This isn't a show you'd expect to break new grounds either, but Brains Base is taking what it has: friends, high school antics, delinquent misunderstood prodigy, socially awkward bookworm, adolescent infatuation, romance, and putting it all together into a smooth, functional piece. The antics are funny, the friends are fun, the romance is cute, the main character development is personal and decently effective. And with the broadness of the show's focus there is much less danger of the show getting mired on angsty teenage love drama. It is a primarily fun show with just enough emotional investment to make you care about the main characters and their developing romance, and that's precisely the way I like my shoujo shows.
It is inevitable that Little Busters be held to the colossal standards of the best Key-KyoAni works, and at the time of reckoning everyone was of course swift to grimly confirm JC's unflattering lack of high-level production values with Little Busters. It isn't even that JC is completely incapable of good production – Little Busters simply didn't get their A-team. Makes you wonder if JC is deliberately lowering expectations on the outset. Once we're past that, though, Little Busters is hitting a lot of good buttons. The familiar structure that underlies the early parts of most of Key's stories: of introducing cute and weird girls while getting into impulsive and dumb activities, all made entertaining with eccentric and witty humor, is well presented enough to draw out smiles and laughter while invoking happy resonances with the earlier Key animes. The production values and animating may not have received the same level of dedication as the Kyoani adaptations, but for the moment they meet the baseline requirements of the storytelling, and should be decent enough to be able to support the rest of the story too: provided the telling remains good. JC has been pretty hit and miss in the past with telling emotionally evocative stories, and if the ominous foreshadowing in these early episodes are any indication, Little Busters is almost guaranteed to transition into one. It's a Key story after all. Little Busters could become great and intensely memorable, or it could become the flop that people will want to forget a'la the Toei Key adaptations. Everything hinges on JC's ability to tell a powerful story. For my part, I'll keep watching with my fingers crossed.
To be honest I'm not sure what to expect of Robotic;Notes. I guess it's a little sad that a show that I don't know what to expect of is at number three :) I've read that it's a Visual Novel adaptation (which I guess puts it in direct competition with Little Busters), and that it's by the same guys who made Chaos;Gate and Steins;Gate. Well, it turns out that I missed out on those two too, so I still don't really know what to expect. I actually thought it was going to be a cheesy mecha show from the name and the pictures and expected to drop it. It could still be a mecha show, but the opening episodes were nothing like I expected. There're no giant robots leaping at each other (yet), but it's got passion, it's got dreams, it's got some inkling of love, some inkling of personal hurdle, it's got relentless positivity, and lots of fight and spirit against adversity. It's got the smell of adventure, and it's also got possibly the best tablet app ever animated. IG's production is solid thus far, and the handling of the pacing and the mood of the show has been quite impeccable.
Relentless positivity! I liked this scene. The determination to believe and the will to make something happen is a beautiful thing, and the sunset backdrop and the gentle BGM were pretty spot on. I have very little idea where Robotic;Notes is going to go, but I really enjoyed what I've seen so far, and I'm excited to see where we'll go next. Which is more than I can say for most of the other stuff on air this season.
It's almost embarrassing to admit to it, but Chu2koi is the show I'm enjoying the most by far this season. KyoAni is doing a phenomenal job in what they've basically become the world leaders in doing: animating extremely moe girls in high-production backdrops. Hilariously, Chu2koi also has the best fight scenes of the seasonal offerings. It's really a shame and rather curious that this little corner of KyoAni's many competencies is so ill-explored – the only show to truly hinge on it being the enigmatically weak Munto. Chu2koi however is creating a cute and brilliant excuse for them to keep flexing their battle-crafting muscles, and I'm loving the result.
Where is this show going? I don't really know. It has a K-ON-esque feel to it so far in that everything is so fuwa-fuwa and happy-go-lucky. I'd love for something completely unexpected to come crashing down on the show. I held my breath when Rikka first removed her eye-patch to reveal what disappointingly turned out to be a blindingly bright contact lens. But even if the show continues to stay it's current silly way, I would be looking forward to watching it every week. KyoAni's animating prowess is a joy to watch, and everything is just really, really cute. I know that for some people that's not exactly a good thing – and that's fine except that the sentiment I feel is starting to transcend mere personal preference. Moe in anime is almost controversial nowadays, with some communities going so far as to call it the cancer of modern anime. The Psycho-Pass staff apparently count themselves among their number. I want to write at length about moe someday, but for the time being, let's just say that if we needed to pick between Chu2koi and Psycho-Pass for a model for the future of anime, I know where my allegiances lie.
"From the new world" is my pick for the potential strongest offering of the season. In its first few episodes, A1 managed a magnificent exposition for the show's chilling, strange world of magic, shadows, creatures, rituals, and dark secrets. A lot of it hinges on the artistic aesthetics. The show utilizes a nice combination of world design, art style, color palette choices, and keening sounds and music to really creep up on the viewer and get under your skin. The world it paints is as vivid as it is disturbing, and yet there are these kids in school engaging in almost normal interactions, leading almost normal adolescent lives, almost blatantly ignoring the strange disappearances of some of their number, as well as the n other things apparently wrong with their world. And that's the beauty of the storytelling in this early stage of the show: it is as focused as its characters on what normalcy there is in this strange world, and is almost deliberately avoiding looking under the carpet to see the horrors it knows it must find. We see the characters going to school, dining with family, playing in the fields, all the while knowing that unspeakable creatures lurked in the shadows and unanswered questions lingered in the air. It is a beautiful set up to lead into the inevitable phase where we must examine the shadows and face what we find there. What is this new world? What is going on? Well, I daresay we'll soon find out.
Shows like Onichan dakedo Ai Sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne and Kamisama Hajimemashita could easily be garbage with the kind of premises they base themselves on, but a good focus on fun and comedy and a determination to not take themselves seriously make them surprisingly entertaining. Sakurasou no Kanojou also appeared to be in this category, but I hear that there is some fairly serious stuff up ahead for that one.
The mid-air battles between the doll-sized cast is actually pretty cool, which, unfortunately, means nothing more than more money spent on truly atrocious writing. It's a tragedy that this continues to happen.
lol, well, I wasn't as ired with Girls und Panzer as I was with Busou Shinki. Panzer was just really really.. weird, though I guess the impact has been dampened by the likes of Upotte in the past. Aside from the weirdness the writing is mediocre – but that's really preferable to the sort of creepy gratuitousness we get in Shinki. Plus, Panzer's CG was terrible, which probably means not a lot of money and attention went into it. I'm generally okay with trashy shows being trashy all the way through – I'll just skip it. But when trashy shows appear to get a good budget, I get… disturbed.
Another season already..? Anime moves too fast for me, haven't even picked anything up this year! Might check out Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai though, can't go wrong with something from "Jason moofang's guttural nearly-arbitrary ranking of nearly arbitrarily selected shows" eh?
I agree with you and I also enjoy Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai a lot for the fall season. Great anime and gets better each episode.


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I ran out to IKEA yesterday to get some organizational equipment for our over-stuffed apartment. I took Joshua with me. When I saw this bear, I knew he would be an instant hit, adored by everyone! Joshua agreed and gave the little guy a few cuddles and hugs right away. You love your new little teddy, too. You asked to sleep with him today and even wanted Mommy to take a picture of you with him. He was a fabulous find. Thanks, IKEA!
I think it's really cool that I shot this picture yesterday afternoon and by last night it was already scraped. Wow! That's a quick turn-around.
In the course of creating this layout, I actually came up with a freebie to share on my blog! It's the background paper you see here. I added three more colors and named it Corduroy Kate. I find it highly amusing, though, that it took me a month and a half to finally put up some free paper on Sugarplum Paperie. This is the 22nd freebie! Sheesh. I hope people like it!
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The Warren Farmers Market season is coming to a close, but you still have time to stop by City Square to pick up your festive fall treats and produce! The Market runs through Sunday, October 28th. This is prime season for pumpkin picking, and checking out the rows of fresh fruits and vegetables offered by local farmers. Come by City Square this Sunday between 9am and 2:30pm. Make this farmers market a family tradition!
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Welcome to the Lakeside Optimist Club Bulls Only Rodeo XXI sponsorship page. The Bulls Only Rodeo Committee of the Lakeside Optimist Club are committed to promoting for the last Twenty years, the sport of bull riding to raise funds for the youth of Lakeside.
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Alan is one of Nova Scotia's most experienced criminal trial lawyers. Over his more-than-40-year career, he has acted in a significant number of high-profile cases. Alan has extensive experience in criminal matters at all levels of trial and appeal courts, and also acts for individuals charged with federal fisheries and drug offences.
Alan graduated from Dalhousie University with an undergraduate degree in business and a bachelor of laws. In 2007, he was appointed Queen's Counsel in recognition of his contribution to the profession and to his community.
Alan is a past member of the executive of the Nova Scotia Criminal Lawyers' Association and served two years on the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee, which recommends appointments to the Provincial and Family Courts of Nova Scotia. Alan has also participated on a regular basis in public education regarding criminal law. He has served on many community boards and associations, and is a past president of the former Bridgewater Golf and Country Club.
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In 2001 Societe Generale signed the "Statement by Financial Institutions on the Environment & Substainable Development Environmental Programme Financial Initiative (UNEP – FI)".
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Societe Generale became one of the first banks to institute an "internal carbon tax" currently €10 per tonne of CO2 emitted. The money raised from each business line is used to finance internal environmental efficiency initiatives. In 2013, of the 53 projects submitted, 28 were selected, receiving a total amount of €2.6 million.
suppliers, representing €3.4 billion in purchases, have been invited to undergo a CSR evaluation conducted by EcoVadis, an independent consultant, since 2011.
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October sunshine – the best short-haul destinations
Last-minute October sun
Escape the cold and rain with a last-minute summer escapade. You don't have to travel far for autumn sun!
Whether you're looking to spoil the kids this half-term or treat your partner to a romantic getaway, discover your perfect October retreat in one of these sunny locations...
One of the best-loved destinations in Spain, Seville is a city steeped in history and overflowing with beautiful architecture. With 300 days of sunshine on average every year, there'll be little stopping you from getting stuck into its many cultural highlights – whether flamenco dancing or a football match – before raising a glass of sangria as the sun goes down.
A coastal town with a laidback atmosphere, there's no better place to escape the back-to-school madness than Essaouira. Lounge around at the beach or stretch out by the poolside as you take in Morocco's glorious colours. Or, if you feel like an excursion, take a day-trip to the bustling city of Marrakech and wander the maze of market stalls, which sell everything from spices to traditional Moroccan rugs.
One of the most romantic cities in the world, Rome is also one of the warmest European destinations for catching the October sun. With average highs of 22°C, explore the historical wonders of the Trevi Fountain, the Colosseum and the Vatican City where you can marvel at Michelangelo's masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel. Finish off with a climb of the Spanish Steps before kicking back with a bowl of pasta and a glass of vino.
One of the largest Greek islands in the Dodecanese, the clear, sparkling waters and immaculate beaches make Kos the perfect destination for families and couples alike. Known for its cloudless skies and never-ending sunshine, Kos is an island that can be explored at almost all times of year. Catch a direct flight from London and you could be enjoying the Greek coastline in around four hours...
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
Whether you're diving or snorkelling, the popular coral reefs surrounding Sharm el Sheikh on the shores of the Red Sea offer some of the most abundant and colourful marine life in the world. Swim with clownfish, dance with shrimps and wonder at the blue dotted sting ray. With average sea temperatures nudging 28°C in October, you might not even need a wetsuit!
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Bureau of Manpower, Employment job Circular 2019 has been published. Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) was established in the year 1976 by the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh as an attached department of the then Ministry of Manpower Development and Social Welfare with specific purpose of meeting the manpower requirement of the country and for export of manpower as well. BMET is engaged for over all planning and implementation of the strategies for proper utilization of manpower of the country.
BMET is the most powerful and valuable institute of Bangladesh. It's help's us to follow a social life. BMET is to maintain by some social rules. So,we can say BMET creat a great opportunity to the unemployed people.
Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) was established in the year 1976 by the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh as an attached department of the then Ministry of Manpower Development and Social Welfare with specific purpose of meeting the manpower requirement of the country and for export of manpower as well. BMET is engaged for over all planning and implementation of the strategies for proper utilization of manpower of the country.


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ADA Week - July 24-30, 2017
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the world's first comprehensive civil rights law for persons with disabilities, was signed into law on July 26, 1990. The ADA prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. The ADA gives civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities similar to those provided to individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, and religion. It guarantees equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in public accommodations, employment, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications.
Therefore, in the near future, I will be introducing a resolution designating the week of July 24 through July 30, 2017, as "ADA Week" in Pennsylvania.
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Boohoo's 'ridiculous' battle with disabled Reading mum's £14 refund for daughter's birthday jewellery
The pensioner said she was left with a "nightmare" over getting her money back and sent more than 50 emails
Boohoo has apologised and issued a refund. Stock image (Image: Huddersfield Examiner)
A mum left seriously disabled after contracting sepsis has slammed online fashion company Boohoo for its behaviour over a "nothing" £14 refund.
Earlier this month, the woman, who asked not to be named, ordered some jewellery worth £14 from Boohoo.com for her daughter's birthday. However, it never arrived, and the company initially told her it was lost.
The mum asked for her money back, which she says led to endless toing and froing with the company's customer services.
Boohoo told her it had subsequently found the package, and was therefore going to send it her, but said for her to claim for a refund she would have to return it when it arrived.
The pensioner, who lives in Calcot, told BerkshireLive that this presented her with a "nightmare" due to her health issues.
She contracted sepsis in 2018, which led her to have long-term damage which means she has severe issues with her balance.
The 66-year-old's infection meant she had to retire on medical grounds and she is now "virtually housebound" as she would be a high-risk patient if she was to contract coronavirus.
Boohoo has since apologised and repaid the full amount.
The woman said: "My balance problems mean going on a bus to the Post Office is an absolute nightmare for me.
"I don't have a printer here to print out their labels, so I'd have to ask someone else to do that and then probably take it to the Post Office for me.
"I told Boohoo this, and this led to more than 50 emails between me and Boohoo with them telling me I wouldn't get my money back.
"They just kept saying I had to take delivery of it before I could send it back.
"It may seem stupid over £14, but to me £14 is £14, I'm a retired pensioner who's disabled."
"It's two bus rides to the nearest library for me to print out that label, which I find very difficult due to the damage to my eyes and ears from having sepsis.
"I know they could just give me the money back - it just seems they want to be as difficult as possible to make me give up.
"Surely £14 to them is nothing?"
What does Boohoo say?
Boohoo has apologised to the mum and says it has now provided her with a full refund.
A spokesperson said: "We apologise that we have not provided the level of customer service that we are recognised for on this occasion and can confirm that a refund has been provided to this customer."


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Hamas backs down as 70,000 Israelis march in Jerusalem
At least 70,000 Israeli from all over the country proudly participated in the Flag Parade celebrating Jerusalem's Day on Sunday night, ignoring Hamas' threat to attack Israel.
The Jerusalem Day celebrations, marking the victory during the 1967 Six-Day War and the reunification of Israel's capital, include a parade in which tens of thousands of Israelis march with flags through the city's center and then through the Old City while entering it through the Damascus Gate.
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Five people charged after Aberdeen v Rangers clash
One 23 year-old man from Glasgow will appear in court for Sectarian singing and Offensive Behaviour.
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A total of five people have been charged following the Aberdeen v Rangers game at Pittodrie on Sunday April 9.
A 23 year old man from the Glasgow area was charged and will appear at court at a later date for Sectarian singing and Offensive Behaviour.
Out with the stadium, but linked to football, a further four men aged 28, 27, 26 and 20 from the Aberdeen area were charged with minor public disorder offences.
Match Commander Superintendent George MacDonald said: "The vast majority of fans followed the advice given and conducted themselves appropriately.
Man pleads guilty to assault on woman after confrontation with Celtic fans
"We are aware of damage to a number of seats in the away support area and the toilet area and enquiries are ongoing along with the club in relation to this.
"A flare was thrown onto the track side towards the end of the fixture near to the South/Merkland Road stands and we would appeal for anyone who has information in relation to this to contact us or the club as soon as possible.
"The policing operation was assisted by the Police Scotland helicopter and other specialist resources including the horses and we appreciate the support of the overwhelming majority of fans and members of the public in allowing the game to pass safely."
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Developing conditions in an online classroom that are conducive to learning is challenging enough for instructors but then add to that the need to help students stay motivated and interested in the class, and their work is becomes even more time consuming and difficult to manage. There is a belief among some educators that it is not possible to help students that you cannot see, especially with a quality such as motivation that cannot be visually assessed in a virtual environment. But a student's level of motivation will influence all aspects of their involvement, from their engagement in the class to their participation in class discussions and completion of learning activities such as written assignments.
With the many demands made of an online instructor it is possible that classroom management can become the primary focus and that consists of tasks such as participation, feedback, acquiring class materials, and developing class lectures or posts. It can then become fairly easy to miss a student who is gradually disengaging from class until it is too late. This includes knowing when a student is lacking a sense of self-motivation or does not know how to sustain it when they are feeling discouraged, frustrated, or challenged. While students are expected to be self-directed by nature as adults it doesn't mean they are equipped to meet the many demands of a student and that is why an instructor must be prepared to identify their needs and have motivational strategies to assist them.
Are There Indicators For An Instructor?
It is possible for an instructor to gauge the level of involvement of their students in a class by the number of times they have posted responses in the discussion threads and the perceived amount of effort that is put into their written assignments. But that doesn't necessarily mean it is possible to accurately gauge how motivated the students are when an attempt of some kind is being made to complete their work. The reason why is that motivation is an internalized state and challenges are acknowledged through statements such as "I'm not certain I can do this" or "this is too hard" or "this isn't what I expected I would have to do" - anything that will result in a student deciding to give up, quit, or eventually withdraw from the class or their degree program. An instructor will know that this is happening if they have developed open communication with their students and as a result they are willing to share their frustrations and concerns.
Do Students Intentionally Become De-Motivated?
When students are struggling in their class it can be easy to first assume that they are not trying hard enough, they aren't utilizing the feedback provided, they haven't read the assigned materials, or any other number of possible reasons - without being able to pinpoint exactly what they are experiencing. At the beginning of class most students have the highest level of enthusiasm and a sense of hope about a new start, even if there is some anxiety or apprehension mixed in. It is when they attempt to participate in the class that determines how long that excitement is sustained and there are many factors that can have a negative impact, including a lack of academic skills, feedback they do not accept or understand, a subject that is too difficult to comprehend or does not seem relevant to their lives, or receiving a grade they do not believe they should have earned. This causes an eventual decline in performance and one that may not be intentional or even consciously recognized until an instructor addresses it.
Instructors may not always know with certainty why students are struggling but at the heart of most issues is a willingness to keep trying and work on continued self-development, even when it requires them to acquire new knowledge or skills. What instructors can do is to develop a set of proactive instructional strategies that are encouraging in nature and supportive of students' attempts and progress. The following five strategies have been implemented in my own teaching practice and what I have helped to coach online faculty with through my work with faculty development.
#1. Build Productive Relationships. While this should go without saying for any class, whether it is a traditional or online class, relationships with students always matters. It can have a direct impact on their ability to feel comfortable asking for assistance when needed and that can alert the instructor to potential problems. But developing this type of relationship in a virtual environment isn't easy and a class that lasts only a few weeks can make it even more difficult. How a relationship begins is with the attitude an instructor holds and it continues with an ongoing intent to be helpful and approachable. Students must know that their instructors care about them.
#2. Carefully Manage Your Communication. All forms of communication that instructors have with their students matter and must be cultivated with care that the intent of message is clearly made and the tone is not likely to be perceived in a negative manner. When responding to a student, whether by email or a post in the classroom, it should not be done hastily or when an emotional reaction is felt. The reason why this is so important is that a negative interaction can be de-motivating to a student and a series of these types of interactions can cause a student to disengage from the class.
#3. Be Present, Available, and Accessible. If students are to stay engaged in the class and perform to the very best of their abilities they need to know that their instructor is readily available to assist them whenever they need help. This doesn't mean that an instructor has to be on call at all times or answer questions as soon as they are posted; however, there needs to be an established pattern that students can rely upon. I've found it helpful to have multiple methods of contact that includes email, instant messaging, weekly office hours, sharing my phone number for times when students need immediate assistance, and posting a questions thread in the classroom. This allows me to develop connections with students and it can be very motivating for them to know I am accessible.
#4. Help Make Certain that Students are Adequately Prepared. I've found that academic under-preparedness can be extremely detrimental to the mindset that new students hold as they attempt to navigate the course and the requirements they are expected to complete. Even as established students make progress through their degree program they may still struggle with areas of development that can create a mental barrier and ultimately lead to a sense of defeat if they do not receive assistance. What I've done is to share resources that address students' specific developmental needs in the feedback provided and if I find sources that may benefit the entire class I'll share it in a separate classroom post. I've found that the more students feel equipped to complete their tasks, the more confident they will be as they make an attempt to do so.
#5. Develop and Use Proactive Outreach Strategies. It is imperative that an instructor always be aware of the classroom conditions and more importantly that they are aware of students who are not actively involved and present in class. It may be helpful to establish a mental baseline for expected performance and over time an experienced instructor develops an instinct for student engagement. A discussion thread is one way to gauge if students are disengaging from the class. When I discover a student who isn't posting messages or they are continuing to struggle with their written assignments, I'll make outreach attempts. First I'll send an email and try to engage them and if that isn't successful I'll make a phone call so that the student doesn't completely disengage from class. I've learned that a personalized approach will go a long ways towards helping students sustain their self-motivation.
Most research about motivation points to the sources of motivation, both internal and external. This means that students may be motivated by a sense of accomplishment (internalized) or a grade (externalized). With a limited amount of time available to get to know students, instructors may never know exactly what the source of motivation is for every student or be able to develop techniques to meet their individual needs - especially when classroom management and instructional duties require a significant investment of time. What instructors can do is to address self-motivation as a driving factor for the engagement of all students in a class and use the strategies provided to help students feel empowered to succeed rather than become easily discouraged and willing to give up. When instructors bridge the distance gap and connect with their students they will notice the results in the effort made and the performance level maintained throughout the class, which is directly related to their sustained self-motivation.
Dr. Bruce A. Johnson is an innovative educator with experience in higher education as an online instructor and college professor, along with work as a corporate trainer and manager of a corporate training development.
Dr. J has developed expertise in his career with adult education, distance learning, online teaching, faculty development, and organizational learning.


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Q: How to find $\underset{f \in M}{inf} \underset{x \in [0,1]}{sup} \frac{x f(x)}{\int\limits_{0}^{1} f(t)dt} $? Suppose, that M is a set of decreasing functions on a segment [0,1], such that $f(1) = 0$ and I need to find:
$$\underset{f \in M}{inf} \underset{x \in [0,1]}{sup} \frac{x f(x)}{\int\limits_{0}^{1} f(t)dt} $$
I guess, that answer is 0, but I don't know how to prove it. This is my reasoning:
1) let's notice that $xf(x) \geqslant 0, x\in [0,1]$
2) and $\int\limits_{0}^{1} f(t)dt \geqslant 0$, because $F(1) - F(0) > 0$
3) than $\frac{x f(x)}{\int\limits_{0}^{1} f(t)dt} \geqslant 0$
After this step, am I right that I must find a sequence of functions $\{f\}_i$ that $\underset{i \rightarrow \infty}{lim}$ $\underset{x \in [0,1]}{max} f_i = 0$ to prove the statement?

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Home Business Mass Luminosity Announces Global Esports Amateur Project
Mass Luminosity Announces Global Esports Amateur Project
Mass Luminosity Inc.
DALLAS, Texas /ScoopCloud/ -- Dallas, Texas based Mass Luminosity, Inc., the parent company of the leading social media network for PC gamers, GTribe (www.gamingtribe.com), announced today that it is launching a global Esports project for casual gamers, endorsed by Logitech G.
Mass Luminosity has recruited the most outstanding pioneers of Esports, some of which, to the very date, 20 years ago (June 27, 1997) launched a new era of sports by creating the world's first professional gaming league for PC gamers, the Cyberathlete Professional League.
This initial team is composed of the following:
* Mike Wardwell - First full time Esports commissioner (1997)
* Tim Schuh - First Esports network coordinator (1997)
* Monte Fontenot - First Esports event coordinator (1998)
* Dan Hammans - First multiple event Esports champion (1998)
* Andrew Waterman - Designer of the first Esports amateur league (2000)
* Frank Nuccio - Commissioner of the first Esports amateur league (2001)
* George Kaspiris - First Esports press director (2001).
"We are thrilled to have this group of visionaries join our team at Mass Luminosity, to assist us on the launch of this global Esports endeavor for casual gamers," said Angel Munoz, CEO at Mass Luminosity. "We are also pleased to have the GTribe(TM) engine power this new experience, both on the web and on mobile devices, and look forward to announcing more details of this exciting new experience soon."
"Twenty years ago, we recruited some of the most talented people in the world to create an organization that would propel PC gaming into the realm of professional sports," said Kimberly Vizurraga, Vice President at Mass Luminosity. "Today we are proud to bring the same team together for a concept that we believe will bring Esports to even wider audiences and make it easily accessible to millions of people worldwide."
About Mass Luminosity:
Mass Luminosity, an initiator of global engagement and community experiences, manages large social media channels and is the parent company of Gaming Tribe (GTribe), the leading social media network for PC gamers and technology enthusiasts, located at https://www.gamingtribe.com/.
Dallas, Texas based Mass Luminosity, Inc., the parent company of the leading social media network for PC gamers, GTribe, announced today that it is launching a global Esports project for casual gamers, endorsed by Logitech G.
Related link: http://www.massluminosity.com/
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Shovel Knight Retail Release Delayed, Xbox One Version Cancelled
A delay and a price raise.
By Matt Porter
Updated: 1 May 2017 4:36 pm
Posted: 9 Oct 2015 10:17 am
Yacht Club Games has announced that the physical retail version of Shovel Knight
Shovel Knight - PlayStation 4
$23.67on Walmart
has been pushed back, and the Xbox One retail version has been cancelled.
The news comes via the Yacht Club Games website, where it says that the retail version of Shovel Knight will now be out on November 3 in North America, and October 30 in Europe.
"The final few steps of the Plague of Shadows content took a little longer than expected, but it was important to us that this update to be on the disc/cart right out of the box," says the announcement. "Unfortunately that meant we had to push back the date just a little a bit."
In addition, the Xbox One retail version of Shovel Knight has been cancelled for now, due to "publishing policies on that platform that are totally beyond our control." However, the digital version on Xbox One is still available.
Have you played Shovel Knight?
The price of the physical version has been raised from $20 to $25. But, if you've pre-ordered at the $20 price point, your retailer should honor that original price. This decision is due to the fact "some retailers ran into trouble with limited space to show off their wares, and the rules in place where games with certain prices are displayed... We didn't want our 'bargain priced' game to go straight to the bargain bin."
Each physical version will now also come with a free soundtrack download. Finally, Yacht Club Games assures fans that more updates on a retail Vita version and the Shovel Knight amiibo will be coming soon.
Last month the Shovel Knight expansion Plague of Shadows was released.
Matt Porter is a freelance writer based in London. Make sure to visit what he thinks is the best website in the world, but is actually just his Twitter page.
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Shovel Knight is a sweeping classic action adventure game with awesome gameplay, memorable characters, and an 8-bit retro aesthetic.
Franchises:Shovel Knight
Genres:Action, Adventure, Platformer
Mild Fantasy Violence
Platforms:PC, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, Macintosh, Linux, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, Nintendo Switch
Developers:Yacht Club Games
Publishers:Yacht Club Games
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Home review In Print Off The Derech (Part III)
Off The Derech (Part III)
Baruch Lytle
23 Heshvan 5782 – October 29, 2021
Photo Credit: Tsvi Lenihan
(L-R) Nachman Lenihan (Tsvi's son), Tsvi Lenihan, Yemima Lenihan (Tsvi's daughter), and Boruch Vidal.
Tsvi Lenihan is a brother of Boruch Vidal. I was hoping to conclude this discussion by getting some family member input into the hardship of watching a loved one go OTD. That's when Tsvi informed me he too had gone OTD during a dark period in his life.
"Divorce is very hard and it affects people in different ways," Lenihan told The Jewish Press. Lenihan married when he was just 21 years old and she was just 19 – it lasted nine years. He said he believed it was a happy marriage, so much so that "if you would have told me just a few months before that I would be getting divorced I wouldn't have believed you."
The divorce altered his relationship with his children as well, limiting his time with them to Skyping three days a week and in-person visits just a few times a year. Ultimately, he blamed his failed marriage on G-d. "I really felt if He loved me, He wouldn't have put me through that," he said.
Lenihan said he slowly began to drift away from Yiddishkeit and started seeking answers in Buddhism. "I started learning about Buddhism to detach from all my pain over my failed marriage. I even attended Buddhist meditations." He said he was drawn to some of the key elements of Buddhism which teach that "life is suffering, a person suffers because of their attachments, and the only way to get out of suffering was to detach."
"I thought I really needed that." Still, there were things about his experience in Buddhism he simply couldn't swallow. "They literally had a statue in the middle of the room and sometimes they would bow down to it – and literally everybody would do it accept for me. And I would be like "Oh I can't do this: and eventually I stopped going." I asked him his thoughts on why so many Jews who go OTD seem to take an interest in Buddhism. "Perhaps they have a serious pain they want to detach from and that's what Buddhism promises. But there were certain things about it as a Jew I just couldn't accept."
Buddhism alone wasn't enough to bring Lenihan home however. Instead, it was a jarring experience when he began attending college in Pittsburgh. Having shed all signs of being Jewish, a girl who was a part of a neo-Nazi club aggressively tried to recruit him to join. "The fact that she thought I could be someone who would be interested was so shocking and off-putting. It was obvious I was in the wrong place with the wrong people and I needed to get out of there."
After graduating, he moved to Squirrel Hill and took a job as a medic aid for a friend who was dying from cancer. It turned out the friend really loved speaking Yiddish, and Lenihan still retained some level of Yiddish-speaking from his earlier experience living in Boro Park. "Suddenly I went from this detached kid in college to speaking Yiddish all day and it felt like home. It felt wonderful." Today Lenihan is no longer OTD, and has found happiness in his community in Squirrel Hill. He identifies as Chasidish and highly influenced by Breslov teachings. He davens regularly at a small minyan called Shaar Tzion. Lenihan said he would not know what to say to someone who wants to go OTD over the temptation to try something different or to explore the world. However, if someone wanted to go OTD because they felt some other religion would be better, he said "I would highly dispute that."
"Oftentimes people seek spirituality somewhere else because they are not finding it within Judaism, Rabbi Avi Richler, Executive Director of Chabad of Glouchester County, told The Jewish Press. "I think there is a big struggle in the education of the Jewish community to perform rituals without asking questions. There has to be an open-mindedness to people asking questions because (particularly during challenging times) people need to find the meaning behind the rituals."
Richler said when a person, like Lenihan, experiences some form of pain and traumatic event, addressing that pain and trauma must be the first step. "To get someone back on track you have to make sure they are mentally healthy. He suggests that, unless the rabbi is trained in the area of mental health, 'simply going to a rabbi' won't do. "Just like a person suffering from cancer needs a certain type of professional help – not just davening – we must see any type of mental suffering as a need for professional help as well."
Richler pointed out mental illness is not just the long-term phenomenon associated with hospitals and treatment centers. "We have to destigmatize the concept. Stress, anxiety, grief – anything that prohibits your ability to act and behave efficiently – even if it's only temporary. You can be fully functioning and healthy and still need to find someone to talk to – perhaps a grief counselor. Jewish rituals are not a substitute for getting mental help. I see people who are suffering from trauma withdraw into their rituals and they become an unhealthy expression of Jewish practice."
After the person deals with the grief or the trauma, then Richler said they can look at the spiritual component to determine what they need from Hashem and their community to move forward in a healthy way. Hopefully, the person's community will be supportive of their needs, but if not, there are other steps the person can take besides going OTD.
"Find a community that is going to be accepting of you as an individual. Judaism is not one-size-fits-all and every person has their own unique journey and connection with Hashem." He also pointed out a person should feel inspired when they return to Judaism after going OTD. "If a person for whatever reason left and they are back and are looking to reconnect with Hashem through Torah and mitzvos, it's an amazing thing. Don't allow the inefficiencies of the community stop you from going on your personal journey to reconnect with Hashem."
Nishma Research's study confirmed that for many who go OTD, personal identity vs. community identity were meaningful measures. Nearly 36% now prefer the term "Just Jewish," while only 5% considered themselves "no longer Jewish." Over half of the participants agreed that being a part of a Jewish community (in some form) was very important or somewhat important to them. And while approximately 1/3 of all participants said they still feel a sense of connection to their Orthodox community of origin, slightly more than half indicated they had found connection in a new Jewish community.
For all those who struggle with the thought of going OTD, Richler said, "Hashem loves us no matter what. The fact that we wake up in the morning and say Modeh Ani means Hashem wants and needs us in this world. And if you are in a community that cannot accommodate that journey – you don't have to leave – there are plenty of open-minded communities within Yiddishkeit."
For the rest of us, Richler said "If we see or know someone whose gone OTD it's not for us to judge their journey. If we see them as a blemish, then the blemish is really on ourselves. Our job is to show the wonderfulness of Yiddishkeit and how it has meaning."
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