Willie Nelson is at the mic in the new SiriusXM studios in Austin, Texas. Photo by Chris Durst.
Sirius XM Radio has opened a new broadcast studio in Austin, Texas.
According to a release, the new studio, located in Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater (310 Willie Nelson Blvd.), will be home to shows, musical performances, interviews, special broadcasts and more. With its proximity to the concert venue, the studio will have access to performers and performances.
To celebrate SiriusXM will host a grand opening event on Friday, Oct. 12 with special guests Willie Nelson, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, among others.
Channel 56, Willie's Roadhouse , Nelson's SiriusXM channel, will broadcast live from the event, in addition to its regular programming with host Dallas Wayne weekdays from noon — 6 p.m. (EST). Radio Margaritaville, (Channel 24) and Outlaw Country (Channel 60) will also broadcast from the location.


Sick of sleeping on the floor but can't bear to buy a whole mess of furniture you're just going to have to pawn off on your friends when your lease is up?
Just because your living situation is temporary doesn't mean you have to sacrifice comfort. Believe it or not, renting furniture can be an affordable, not to mention, convenient option.
Jean Passanante lives in Maplewood, N.J., but her job as a co-head writer for As the World Turns has her in Brooklyn during the week. She despises jumping back and forth -"if I finish work at 3 but have a dinner at 7, it doesn't make sense to go all the way back home," she says – so she rented an apartment in Manhattan and a bunch of furniture from Cort Furniture Rental. "Since this is temporary, it was so much easier to rent than to buy furniture we'd just have to sell when we leave," she explains.
Actually, the city has two major residential furniture rental companies to choose from: Cort, (711 Third Avenue; (212) 867-2800; http://www.cort1.com), and Churchill Corporate Services (6 East 32nd Street; (212) 686-0444; http://www.furnishedhousing.com), both of which will furnish your entire apartment (we're talking everything from your sofa to your dresser, to floor coverings to shower curtains) in one fell swoop for a reasonable chunk of change.
How it works: Just call ahead and make an appointment with a furniture consultant (read: salesperson), who will walk you through the showroom and help you pick out enough pieces to fill your pad. You can either opt for a package (which at Churchill includes a sofa, love seat, cocktail table, two end tables and two table lamps for your living room; a dining table and four chairs for your dining room; and a queen-size bed, headboard, two night stands, two table lamps, a dresser and a mirror for your bedroom) or mix-and-match pieces you can find all over the showroom yourself. "It takes so much time to accumulate a houseful of furniture. But with rental, you just point at it and it appears," says Passanante.
They even have houseware packages for your kitchen, bedroom or bathroom. Cort's kitchen package comes with dinnerware, place mats, glassware, wine glasses, flatware and cutlery tray, to start.
You'll have your choice of brand names such as Bassett, Lane, Stanley and Klaussner, and styles from Victorian to Modern. Not an interior-design aficionado? No fears. The consultants are prepared to advise on coordinating colors, styles and design. Plan to spend anywhere from a half-hour to four hours picking out your furniture, depending on how discerning your taste is.
So what can you expect to spend? Cort can furnish an average one-bedroom apartment with high-end furniture for $350 to $450 a month, based on a 12-month lease, but they also have lower-end options targeted to college students that run as little as $190 a month. Churchill's prices are comparable, from about $149 to $370.
Once you've settled on your new stuff, they'll haul it to your home and even set everything up. And we don't mean they toss everything in a room; they'll actually make the place habitable. "We make beds, put dishes away and hang shower curtains," says Gina Iacobellis, manager at Churchill's, which guarantees set-up within 48 to 72 hours, depending on your schedule. Cort also promises delivery within 48 hours, and as far as set-up goes, all you have to do is "show up with your toothbrush," says Steven Tadych, corporate account executive.
And though we're not talking rent-to-own, ultimately, owning is an option. At Churchill's, if you rent for 12 months and then opt to buy you can usually get everything for about eight months' additional fee.
And best of all? When you're ready to move, just call 'em up and they'll come take it all away. "We don't have to pile it in a van or hire movers," Passanante says.


Denial is an interactive story in which you lead Lucas through his camping trip. Meeting Arith, a weird man inside the woods, it is your decisions that decide what will happen.
At best, you will have a nice trip. At worst, it will be your last day on earth.
And if you watch your words, you might actually come to accept the things you refused to acknowledge. And finally set things right again.
Denial is a short game (10-20 minutes, depending on your reading speed) that has a number of branching paths. Explore the different possibilities to find out other things and maybe the single right path to the true happy ending. Hints and walkthrough are included under "What is Denial" in case you need help.
I'm actually really enjoying this game so far! I found the concepts introduced interesting- what mysteries could there possibly be on this guy's camping trip? What's with all these strange, tense tips to keep in mind in the hints? How will "denial" play into all of this?
I was surprised when I died the first time around, incredibly early into the game. It really set the mood for the rest of the experience. I was actually scared of Arith and put a lot of thought into the choices I had to make, taking my previous mistakes into account. Things were unpredictable.
There isn't much gameplay with visual novels, but in this one, you made sure that the player's choices were the main source of tension and replayability. I'll definitely be searching for the best ending!


If you live in Queensland and have been diagnosed with prostate cancer, by law your diagnosis will be sent to the Queensland Cancer Registry.
If your hospital and clinician are contributing data to the Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry – Queensland (PCOR-QLD), you may receive a Participant Brochure from your doctor and, some time after your diagnosis, you will receive a Participant Information Sheet and a letter of invitation to participate in PCOR-QLD. The Participant Information Sheet explains the study in detail and includes instructions on how to opt-out of the Registry, if you do not want to participate.
If you do not opt-out, you have provided consent for your relevant personal and clinical information to be collected and made available to PCOR-QLD. Your details will be collected by a Registry staff member and entered into the PCOR-QLD Registry, which will be transferred to the binational PCOR-ANZ database.
We will contact you by mail or telephone at 12 and 24 months after diagnosis, when a Registry staff member will confirm your treatment details and ask for your responses to a quality of life questionnaire.
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The time has come to begin consultations on integration of the European Union with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), said the speaker of the State Duma... 27.04.2015, Sputnik International
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The time has come to begin consultations on integration of the European Union with the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), said the speaker of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament.
MOSCOW, April 28 (Sputnik) — The Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) is an economic bloc comprising Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia. Kyrgyzstan is set to be formally accepted as a member next month.
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"Our country has repeatedly talked about the possibility of future integration of two regional associations — the EEU and the European Union. Has the time come for such plans and forecasts? Is it too early? No, now is the time to not only dream, but to speak. The time has come to start consultations," Sergey Naryshkin wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.
The union aims to boost economic integration between the member states and envisions the establishment of a single economic market.
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Prison companies are forcing prisoners to either give up their phone privileges or submit their voice biometrics to build surveillance databases. This publicly-funded project is for private gain, of course, and it sweeps up the voiceprint of the non-incarcerated people on the other end of the line as well.
United Arab Emirates used hacking tools to spy on the iPhones of their political foes. With the help of former US intelligence operatives, the UAE broke into iPhones to gather information.
ICE has begun force-feeding asylum seekers on hunger strike. Six detainees so far, on hunger strike to draw attention to conditions in detainment facilities, are being force-fed through nasal tubes.
On this week's Cyber, host Ben Makuch talks to Jek about how she makes a living physically breaking into buildings to steal information.
Leigh Johnson at Hackaday Supercon 2018 talks about how to build Raspberry Pi machine-learning devices that can look at and identify objects.
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My friend and critique partner, Kristina, gave me Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum months ago. I mostly liked the cover, but once I started reading it this weekend I liked what was inside the cover even more. Why did I wait so long to actually read this one? Jessie can't do anything right at her new school. Still grieving the death of her mother, her dad's married his Internet girlfriend and moved them from Chicago to LA. She's not blond enough or thin enough. She wears the wrong clothes and didn't spend the summer hiking mountains in Tanzania or interning at google. And she's not only alone at school, she's alone in her new fancy pants house that doesn't feel anything like a home. Then she gets an anonymous email full of advice. Who to try to befriend. What teachers to avoid. That kind of thing. Thus begins a two month mystery that Jessie desperately wants to solve. Who is the person who's become her best friend? And could they be more?
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway won the National Book Award this year, and with good reason. It's a multi-perspective narrative about three biological siblings who meet for the first time as teenagers. All of them are dealing with their own problems. Grace, who organizes the meeting, has just put her own baby up for adoption and is having to readjust to going back to school without the support of any of her old friends. Maya is falling in love for the first time, but she can't bring herself to tell her girlfriend about her mom's alcohol addiction. And Joaquin's grown up in the foster care system. He's finally found a family that wants to love him, but he's not sure he can let them. At first the three don't seem to have much in common. They don't even agree on if they should try to find the birth mother who gave them up. But they've found each other at the exact right moment. Beautiful voice and writing. And an emotional story that made me cry more than once (okay, more than twice). This book is pretty close to perfection.
On Book Riot I picked Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds as the best book I read in December. And it's true! So why haven't I written about it on here yet? This book is something else. It is so big in every way (except page count). Big emotions. Big language. Big concept. Told in verse, the book follows fifteen year old Will on the longest and most important elevator ride of his life. His brother's just been killed, and Will thinks he knows who did it. The rules Will's been raised on say he needs to avenge his brother's murder. But at each floor a new ghost from Will's past visits to try and talk him out of it. His father. Two brothers. A friend killed at eight on the playground. The story gets bigger and more clear with each visitor, and the message about teenage gun violence is devastating. This book got like a bazillion honors and awards this year. And I can see why. It's not a long read, but the lyrical poetry and poignant message will stick with you long after you finish reading.
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I have the first two books on my TBR! 🙂 Excited to read them now!
I have a feeling you are going to LOVE Tell Me Three Things. I'm excited to find out!


Nina is one of the three directors for the 2nd Annual Brown & Out Theater Festival, which celebrates the Latino/a LGBTQ experience, happening at CASA 0101 theater in Boyle Heights, just east of Downtown LA. The evening consists of 11 original theater pieces ranging from monologues, to scenes, comedy to drama. Rehearsals have already begun and performances run Sept 28th-Oct 21st, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 5pm.


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Thank you Jenn! I am looking forward to sharing!
Looks great! I need this in my food repertoire. Where do you buy the chicken chorizo?
Thank you Jenn! I buy it at Hannafords in front of the butcher window.


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Last week brought news of settlements and fines for two US firms related to cybersecurity breaches. Neither of these breaches represented the best of times, nor of an age of wisdom. Neither should have happened, but they did. Yet, they were treated very differently. The uneven treatment US government authorities meted out to violating companies sends a disturbing message to executives in the boardroom.
Uber, a privately held firm in the "sharing economy", breached 57 million passenger and driver records in 2016. The story: an Uber software developer stored a service credential in application code to access sensitive information from their database, and stored the code in a private repository in Github. Including service credentials – a "shared secret" – inside software, in itself would have been a violation of "security best practices", since these can be compromised in many places besides the Github repository: testing environments, staging machines and of course, the production infrastructure itself. But, the software developer's errors did not stop there.
Github deployed FIDO-based strong-authentication for the specific intent of software developers protecting their repositories from unauthorized access. Despite the deployment of one of the strongest authentication protocols produced by the industry, Github neither encourages their users to Sign Up, nor Sign In with FIDO technology. As a result, the software developer used one or more shared secrets – username/password, one time passcodes, etc. – to authenticate to the Uber repository.
The next mistake was that Uber automatically deployed their applications into Amazon Web Services (AWS) using yet another shared secret: an application programming interface (API) key with a secret key – a euphemism for username/password – using geeky terminology to imply sophistication: hashed message authentication codes (HMAC), a variation of the algorithms used by password authentication systems.
This disastrous chain of weak links: passwords to store software in a repository, containing passwords to access a protected database, using passwords to automatically deploy applications into the public cloud – eventually led to the compromise of sensitive data. It could have happened anywhere in the chain, but that it could be compromised, should have been a risk anticipated at all levels in Uber.
To make matters worse, Uber's Chief Information Security Officer not only did not disclose the breach for a year, but paid hackers USD 100,000 to hack into the thief's/thieves' computers to attempt to delete the stolen data. He didn't succeed, and the officer lost his job in the process.
Last week, Uber settled with the 50 US States and the District of Columbia for USD 148 million for violating data breach laws.
The same week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced an agreement by Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. (VFA), a publicly traded financial services firm, to pay USD 1 million to settle charges related to failures in cybersecurity policies and procedures, which led to compromised information of 5,600 – that's right, five thousand six hundred – VFA customers. The attackers called VFA's support line, impersonated VFA contractors over a one-week period in 2016, and requested that their passwords be reset. Using the new passwords, they created new customer profiles and obtained unauthorized access to account documents for three – you read that correctly – three customers.
Now, comes the part that simply doesn't make sense.
VFS is currently a USD 8 billion public company, and paid a fine of an average of USD 178.57 per customer record breached. Uber, on the other hand, estimated to be a USD 72 billion company, paid a fine of USD 2.59 per customer record breached.
A recent report indicates that the global average cost of a breached record was USD 148. Using this average cost, while VFS should have paid a fine of USD 828,800 for their lapses, Uber's settlement should have been a whopping USD 8.436 billion!
Did the States egregiously devalue consumers' data given independent research of the value of a breached data record? How did the SEC arrive at a valuation closer to the global average than 50 US States? Are not the Attorneys General coordinating their information resources with the SEC to ensure that data breaches caused by companies' negligence are punished equally? Did they not review these independent reports before they decided on the settlement amount?
These are questions that policy makers must answer if we intend to take control of our cybersecurity lapses. Without uniform laws and consequences, there can only be inconsistency in risk-mitigation approaches. The lesson boardroom executives are likely to take away from these two incidents is, it is far less expensive to breach more data than just a few records – leading to practices that result in more data collection and fewer controls in cybersecurity risk-mitigation.
Shades of "Too big to fail" seem to be resurgent again.


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Access to justice in the Upper Demerara Region will improve significantly -as new Magisterial District formally opens
Georgetown, Guyana – (August 3, 2017) President David Granger said that the opening of Guyana's 10th Magisterial District is not an instruction of the Executive. It is an initiative of the Judiciary and that in itself is a manifestation of the independence, which this critical branch of Government enjoys under the current administration. Speaking at a ceremony to mark the constitution of the Upper Demerara Magisterial District, the Head of State noted, though, that this initiative falls in line with Government's push to improve access to justice for all Guyanese. The event was held at the Linden Magistrate's Court.
In Guyana, the Summary Jurisdiction (Magistrates) Act empowers the Chancellor of the Judiciary to divide Guyana, or any portion thereof, into magisterial districts; constitute, in any part of Guyana, a magisterial district or districts; distinguish the districts by name and number and vary the limits of any district. "This Magisterial District brings the administration of justice closer to the people. It is aimed at timelier and less costly justice. It makes justice more accessible for this Region's residents. This is a model, which can be replicated in each of Guyana's ten administrative Regions. If citizens cannot come to the court, the court must come to the citizen," President Granger said.
He told members of the Judiciary, who were present at the event, that the Executive Branch supports fully, the establishment of this new District as it is in keeping with the Government's vision of enhancing delivery of and access to justice across the country. This Magisterial District will remove the need for residents of Linden, Ituni and Kwakwani to travel to Vreed-en-Hoop and New Amsterdam to access legal services.
President David Granger and Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards unveiling the plaque to open the Upper Demerara Magisterial District
"Access to justice, including ease of access, is every citizen's legitimate expectation. Residents of their home regions should not have to travel long distances to access public services, including legal services in other Regions… Access to justice is difficult to achieve for the majority of this region's 50,000 residents… The State has taken one small step, today, to abandon the archaic colonial system of counties, which existed from time immemorial and to adopt a rational system of regional administration," the President said.
Speaking on how access to justice has expanded over the years, Chancellor of the Judiciary (ag), Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards informed that in the first two decades of the 20th century, there were only four local magistrates in Guyana. Today, there are a total of 24, all of whom are Guyanese. With regard to this new Magisterial District, she said that in addition to regular court sittings, Municipal Courts will be introduced, which will assist the efforts of the Mayor and Town Council to protect the town's environment. Moreover, Youth/Children's Court will also be introduced, which will focus more on rehabilitating young offenders.
The sentiments expressed by the acting Chancellor and President Granger were echoed by President of the Guyana Bar Association, Mr. Kamal Ramkarran, who said that this new District means that justice has come home of the people of the Upper Demerara community. "This is a welcomed and important step to further improving access to justice. This new Magisterial District also means that as the needs of the people of the Upper Demerara River require in future there will be more courts and more magistrates in the District," he said. —PTO—
Meanwhile, President Granger said that the Government is keen on ensuring that law and order is maintained in all communities and in this regard, will work to complement the work of the Judiciary by establishing police divisions in every Regional Democratic Council (RDC).
"Many residents in rural regions and the hinterland face everyday challenges to which they seek remedies. Residents, including victims of domestic abuse are trapped in loveless relationships with their abusers; mothers are denied access to their children because they cannot take their husbands and/or children-fathers to court… The law should be a great leveler. It should not be a weapon for the strong and powerful against the poor, weak and vulnerable. It emphasises citizens' basic human right to have legal recourse and redress for wrongs committed against them and their property and for the preservation of public order," the Head of State explained.
The Chancellor informed residents that Magistrate Clive Nurse will be resident the community and that hearings will now be held five days per week with the exception of the first and third Fridays of each month when sittings will be held in Kwakwani. Prior to this, the Court only sat one day per week in Kwakwani.
Apart from the residents, police too have been inconvenienced because to file a case in Linden, they have to travel to Vreed-en-Hoop, while residents in Kwakwani had to travel to Berbice. The Chancellor explained that this created an untenable situation, particularly for single mothers, who were forced incur high transportation costs just to uplift spousal and/or child support payments. "This hardship obtained because of the issue of jurisdiction. Kwakwani fell in the Berbice District and Linden fell in the Demerara District, but at the opening of this new court three years ago, Justice Carl Singh [former Chancellor] recognised the need for the new District and started the process for its creation," she explained.
Subsequently, a survey was conducted by the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission to define the boundaries and persons from Linden were trained at the Georgetown Magistrate's Court, who will be working in the new District.
Attorney-at-law, Ms. Leslyn Charles, who is also a Lindener, said that while the building that once housed the Christianburg Magistrates' Court held deep historical significance for the residents of Region 10, it has become wholly inadequate for court proceedings. However, the new Linden Magistrate's Court, which was constructed on Burnham Drive in 2013 after the Christianburg Court was destroyed by fire, has all the modern amenities which, coupled with the constitution of a new District, will bring tremendous benefits to the residents of the Region. "For one thing, it will provide several new jobs in new career focus areas for young people in a town that still struggles to provide alternatives to the traditional bauxite industry jobs," she said.
The ceremony ended with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting and the unveiling of a plaque by President Granger at the Court. The event was attended by members of the Judiciary, residents of the Linden community and officials from the Regional Administration and the Town Council.
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Judd Trump earned a place in the World Snooker Championship quarter finals with a solid 13-6 victory against Martin Gould in the second round of the competition.
Having developed a healthy 11-5 lead Judd Trump was favourite to win the match in the final session. It took the youngster only 48 minutes to wrap up the win and book a World Snooker championship quarter final match against Graeme Dott.
Judd Trump will be a champ for years to come playing the way he's playing now. He is one of the best I've ever watched on tv and for a 21 year old he's going to be another Steve Davis. He's a great young player to watch and learn from. Thanks Judd you know you can win.


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If you give us the opportunity, we promise to give your child all our love. We will raise your child in a strong and loving home full of joy and laughter. We have seen the blessings that can come from adoption and we hope to build our family in the spirit of open adoption.
We are Cliff & Molly. We are so excited and grateful that you are taking time to learn about our family. We met in 2013 singing karaoke with friends and have been inseparable ever since. We got married in 2016 in downtown Columbus surrounded by friends and family, and even had a late-night karaoke party after the reception! We love music, board games, traveling, and anything else that allows us to spend time together. We had a long battle with infertility and IVF, and are ready to share the love that we have had growing in our hearts after that difficult time. Both of us have personal connections to adoption, we have always hoped to be fortunate enough to adopt, and we are excited for this chapter of our life.
Our home is an adorable suburb of Columbus called Worthington. We have a beautiful, 4-bedroom home with a large backyard. Our neighborhood is full of children and we can walk to the park, library and our downtown area where the Farmer's Market is held.
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Who's down with CPD? Creative ideas from the TEEP Trainers Conference July 2010 | Eat.Sleep.Teach.
CPD can be horrendous, both for the audience and the person at the front. Some teachers seem determined to totally resent it, probably due to bad experiences in the past, but schools must still provide five days of stimulating training a year. This is where the problems begin: what professional development to you offer and how do you engage most of your audience?
The TEEP (Teacher Effectiveness Enhancement Programme)Trainers Conference in York set out to explore some possible solutions to this issue and outline several models that provided creative solutions to CPD. Below I have outlined five approaches that came from the day. I am not in favour of any particular model, but wanted to start a debate on alternative ways to look at teacher training (look forward to reading your comments).
TEEP needed to expand and so it has just been taken on by the SSAT (Specialist Schools & Academies Trust). They opened the conference with an intriguing and exciting proposal: aligning TEEP with the Lead Practitioner Accreditation. This is an online self-assessment tool that allows teachers to move through four stages of development, leading them from good individual practice through to being able to lead others in their development. As each of the criteria are meant, the teacher ticks the box and uploads evidence to support the statement. The accreditation comes after the fourth stage, where the portfolio that has been created is externally assessed and feedback given. The process demands real CPD, with teachers having to back to the tool at regular intervals, moving through the stages and finding evidence. The reward for a quality portfolio is Lead Practitioner status (not automatically given) and membership to a network of other people in the same position (see website for details).
Schools have used this approach to their advantage. Take Lodge Park Technology College, who have created a CPD package that contains Lead Practitioner Accreditation. Staff who achieve the award go on to lead learning and teaching in their faculty, or take on whole school projects – their recruitment page makes interesting reading. At All Hallows Catholic Collegethey have used TEEP and Lead Practitioner status extensively and senior leaders say that it has improved the CVA and the number of good/outstanding lessons. The result has been that the school has shifted from 'special measures' in 2006 to a much healthier position now – see the Ofsted reports for details. Both schools have seen massive benefits to introducing a more sustained model of CPD and reaped the benefits in terms of outcomes.
People can quite cunning and two teachers form Manor Collegeshowed just how much with their approach to lure teachers into CPD. They set themselves an ambitious aim: to create meaningful CPD, but also to engage people with the process. Firstly, they created an exciting and rigorous PD day that served as a taster for the CPD that was to follow. It involved activities about group work and staff creating presentations about the key ideas behind their programme (in this case TEEP). At the end of the day, all staff were given the opportunity to take on a TEEP Level 1 qualification to further explore the strands raised on the taster day, to be delivered in five twilight sessions of two hours each (a fairly big commitment).
There was no shortage of takers and group started to run. The trainers made sure that the twilights were a real 'experience' hitting the participants visually and emotionally, making it fun as well as intellectually demanding; they even drafted in a small army of students to evaluate some of the work the group created. The whole process created a buzz around school, as did the quality of the teaching now coming from this pioneer group. The result was a clamour from other staff demanding twilight training and to be part of this approach. The key to its success are engaging staff and making want this training, both through the taster day and twilight sessions, and providing a qualification at the end (something to aim at over a substantial amount of time). There is a wealth of research to back up why these kind of projects have such impact, but probably the most accessible is Daniel Pink's book 'Drive'.
It is hard enough to entertain people on a PD Day, but what if your ambitions stretch a little further. One trainer, Cath, was given the task of engaging a whole school staff in teaching and learning over the course of five PD Days. She decided to use TEEP level 1 as a framework, but adapted aspects of it to fit the context of the school. She took the first two days back-to-back in early July 2009 and used them to enthuse the staff in the process of creative teaching and learning. The days were high on engagement and group work, but ended with a lesson planning challenge that left people with something to try out in their lessons after the course ended. They were encouraged to collect artefacts that illustrated their experiments in the classroom.
Three months and a few gentle reminders later, the staff were back for Day 3. Experiences were shared and more flesh was put on the bones of what an engaging and creative classroom might look like in that school. They discussed PEEL procedures and thinking skills as a way to increase challenge and set themselves a challenge before Day 4.
After another gap, the group convened for Day 4 and 5 and shared experiences before analysing lessons plans created by teachers from other schools. This provided a distance so that constructive criticism could take place and this could be related to good practice within the room. The final sessions focused on the wider actions of teachers and learners and how this affects the classroom. Like all good units, the course ended with a creative task.
The advantages of this approach were, according to Cath, how it encouraged greater creativity and built in specific points of reflection and also how it created more group identity with everyone wanting to find out about the ideas of others. This is a key point, how many schools actually build reflection into their PD programme? After a successful day on a 'school priority' how to schools organise feedback and evaluation? Having a coherent course that runs over all PD Days in a year means that you can achieve this. There is the possibility that some of the key threads might get a little disjointed with this method, but it has to be better for the teacher than trying to make sense five separate days. The whole approach is about making sense of things: shared courses, shared language for learning, shared responsibility. Even though the course lasted 5 Days, the learning and impact happened in between as well and made the programme more than the sum of its parts.
Hull was one of the first authorities to grasp the power of having a single training programme to offer all teachers that come to work in the city. They have offered a coherent programme to all staff that is engaging and carries a qualification (TEEP Level 1). This is accepted by all schools and all teachers know that it is on offer. This means they can offer greater incentives when trying to recruit; and the same package is offered to all (GTPs, teachers in Secondary, Diploma tutors, etc).
The package offered is absolutely voluntary, but has attracted a wide acceptance because it has gone viral. Word of mouth and positive lesson observations have attracted the attention of senior leaders and other teachers. Where individuals have expressed an interest they have been placed in groups with people from other schools and begun to collaborate. What is even more impressive is that many of the training days take place in school holidays, but the perceived impact of good quality training has attracted the numbers anyway. There are mild incentives (overnight stays, meals, etc), but the improvement of practice seems to be the top motivator, that and the additional reward of points towards a masters.
Where senior leaders have taken on the challenge, the training programme has moved to a whole school model, similar to the one outlined above. For those schools with an Ofsted rating satisfactory or lower there is additional support.
This was similar to some of the ideas outlined above: a series of seven morning sessions for three hours each. The end result was a qualification in teaching and learning. It was offered to a number of schools in close proximity and was absolutely voluntary. It raised standards and creativity, just as in the 2+1+2 model and allowed for practical application between sessions. As noted above, it was amazing to see just how many people were willing to adopt this approach, willing to give up Saturday mornings to further their understanding of teaching and learning and be recognised for it. The aim benefit of this model was the amount of fun that generated – all attendees had chosen to be there and the weekend time slot brought a weekend atmosphere.
CPD seems to have more impact when people buy into it. If we can't run it on a voluntary basis, then we need to make it coherent and long lasting. Senior Leaders need a long-term vision of where they want to go and plan a holistic course that will get them there. The idea of a qualification attracts some, but the prime motivator seems to be 'getting better' at teaching and moving on. If staff are given a reason to do something and a clear path through all the evidence suggests that they will give up time to achieve a goal. Above all though, the message comes through that CPD needs to be high quality and engaging – you have to admire schools like Lodge Park who have taken this into their own hands and ensured that this year's CPD creates the Practitioners to deliver it for the following 12 months. Some serious (re)thinking needs to be done.
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The above models highlight great examples of CPD activities and are all relevant and necessary. The Lead Practitioner route is a fantastic system encouraging, supporting and demonstrating ways to impact on teaching and learning whilst providing accreditation and goals to work towards, the taster and twilights generate interest and stimulate participation, each model highlights the importance of CPD and the positive impact it has on teaching and learning. The key areas for me are coherency, long lasting and reflection. Evidence suggests that 'buy in' and sustainability comes from CPD activities that are targeted to individual needs. When professional development is targeted to individual needs and aspirations the long lasting affects increase extensively. A one to five day event targeted to whole school practitioners can easily be seen as a day 'I must' attend, where as an activity or experience designed to identify individual needs that are relevant to personal teaching environments and that provide insight into their own practice teachers will be more engaged and better equipped to enhance their teaching and learning as they will be at the centre of their own development. Insight into your own practice is incredibly powerful, reflecting upon your own skills, techniques, knowledge is a powerful method that allows individuals to drive the pace of their own development program and focus on exactly what they need. Model 3 specifically mentions reflection, how many schools actually build reflection into the CPD programs? This is a very good question and one that can change the speed and effectiveness of professional development and the effect upon teaching and learning. Each model definitely has its own place, but wouldn't it be great if we could cohesively bring elements altogether and deliver an outstanding CPD program designed for all stakeholders within each school.
All three of these are sadly lacking in many CPD programmes. Coherency and taking training over a sustained period are the first things that need to be tackled; all the evidence suggests that single days, with no further development anywhere else, lack impact and resonance. Staff can forget them too easily or not see their relevance (if you haven't read Dan Ariely's 'The Upside of Irrationality' I would recommend it, as it talks extensively about why people make these kind of choices), and quite often they are not thought through enough to be seen as 'good quality.' Once a school has managaed to establish CPD as a crucial and worthwhile venture, they need to build in the reflection time so that people can go away and experiment and then come back and develop some more.
I take your point about Individual needs and completely agree. However, I would add that Senior leaders have a duty to create an ethos and cohesive learning environment, so it is important to establish a package that sets out a language and culture for the school so that all staff (not just teachers) know what is expected and what is possible. This should not mean creating a bunch of clones, and so individual support and development is needed. How this is approached is crucial and schools need to be sensitive and professional about how they gather evidence of individual needs (I have had a look at your Iris tool and it seems really interesting – used correctly it could be a solution to this issue). For me, self-evaluation, probably within a coaching set-up, is the only sensible way to address this problem.
I completely agree. This is going to be my focus for the next two years and I hope that I can make some progress towards this. I definitely think it is possible. If it is okay with you, I would like to keep in touch, I would value your feedback and comments.
Thank you for your reply, I feel inspired when meeting new and like minded people with a great big passion for cpd. Please keep in touch I would be happy to swap ideas provide and receive feedback/comments. Please feel free to utilise my email address at any time.
Just commenting on the above, you're completely right that managers and senior leaders need to create an ethos and culture of what is expected and certainly what can be achieved. To embark on the path of great CPD and positive outcomes collaborative vision is fundamental. For me personally; collaborative vision provides the first stepping stone of what and how my professional development will look and feel like and provides a basis to expand. Great leaders will inspire individuals to be the best they can be.
In respect of sensitivity when identifying needs our research backed findings has lead us to believe that individuals who self reflect by actually physically watching their own practice identify their own needs on a much more profound level rather than thinking back upon their daily practices, or receiving written/verbal feedback . The ability to watch teaching practice that is relevant to your own environment, to your own students to your own school's goals has a greater emotional attachment impacting upon immediate actions, thoughts and desires. Self reflection can seem quite scary sometimes, it's like listening to yourself on your answer machine you suddenly think gosh do I really sound like that. But actually embedding that reflective practice into your own ethos is very empowering, and what makes IRIS Connect so valuable is that it's a permission based system. Your personal observations, practices and reflective notes are completely private; it's a very objective mechanism when identifying CPD needs.
Picking up on your important point about coaching, Identifying CPD needs are the first steps but to improve you need collaboration, support, guidance someone to bounce ideas around with, a community of peers who understand your daily strife's and who can share best practice. Coaching and mentoring relationship seem the right and most sensible way of addressing professional development if you have experience within that area I would love to hear more.
This exchange about CPD has already sparked so many thoughts in my head and I have a lot of thinking to do. I like the idea of 'collaborative vision' – I may well be quoting you when I have to deliver some INSET to Senior leaders in September – and I couldn't agree more. The ethos of any establishment has to be addressed first, and I think that too many schools still lead with ideas of behaviour and social issues rather than addressing the structural aspects of learning. I think that exploring this with teams both inside and outside of my school will possibly be the most exciting part of my role in the next few years.
As a start, internally I have set up a research and development group within school. Our job is to seek out innovative, exciting and important practice and to learn from it. Whatever is found will be shared with staff – I guess 'how' we share it is the crucial question for the group and matching it to staff needs.
Gathering information about staff needs can be done sensitively and I really like the process you outlined above. I agree that self-reflection is crucial and that staff need to have complete control. The issue comes from Senior Leaders and their need to 'know' about the standards of teaching in the school. A key debate is whether CPD can be identified on the back of formal lesson observations and grading of component parts of the lessons seen, or whether developmental approached need to be separate from the judgement of a formal observation.
Once this dilemma is sorted, we can progress on to building a relevant and exciting CPD programme that allows staff to sustain improvement. I believe that coaching is crucial to this and have experimented with David Leat's 'Triad' model outlined in the Pedagogy and Practice Pack that went to all schools in 2000. It has had great success while it has lasted, but lacks the ability retain energy. We need to find a system that is more sustainable. Quite what will look like I don't know, but it will be interesting to find out.


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Scott Rosenberg, Key Senior Exec At Roku, To Exit Streaming Company
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In an announcement, company founder and CEO Anthony Wood said Rosenberg is "ready for his next professional challenge."
Rosenberg's current title is SVP and GM of Platform Business. He has risen through the ranks since joining the company as VP of advertising and business development. Along with building a New York-based sales organization, he played a key role in the company's IPO in 2017. A ubiquitous presence at industry conferences and upfront events, Rosenberg has been a prominent, public-facing exec for the Los Gatos, CA-based tech firm.
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In announcing the move, Roku said Rosenberg will continue to lead his teams until his departure and also help recruit his successor and work on the transition.
"While Scott remains deeply invested in the company's success, he's ready for his next professional challenge and believes this is the right timeframe for him to make a change. I respect and fully support his decision," Wood said. "I look forward to working with Scott to ensure a smooth transition, while maintaining our relentless focus on building the best TV streaming platform."
Rosenberg called his Roku tenure "the most rewarding time of my career, without a close second. Deciding to leave was difficult, but made possible by my belief in the incredible bench strength of the platform team and the company as a whole."
While Roku has been a spectacular growth story and defied initial predictions that it would be gobbled up by a much larger tech company, it has recently hit something of a plateau. In the most recent quarter, it reported having 56.4 million active accounts, but the increases in that metric have been growing more modest as the company achieves broad scale.
Still, as an advertising entity well-positioned to benefit from the overall shift of viewing from linear to streaming, Roku has continued to post strong financial results. Platform revenue in the third quarter jumped 82% to $583 million. (Advertising is not broken out as a specific line item, but is captured in the overall platform revenue figure.) Investors have cooled off on the the company's stock of late. It has lost half its value since last June and today has fallen almost 7% to $181.16.
An engineer by training before turning his focus to business and advertising, Rosenberg previously worked at DVR pioneer ReplayTV. In the years just prior to Roku, he co-founded "second-screen" tech company Umami and ran it as CEO, and also held the post of VP of advanced advertising at Rovi.
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The Latest iPhone Feature Proves Everyone in Idaho Needs One
Chris Published: November 16, 2022
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Whether you are "Team iPhone" or not, one thing is for sure: Apple's latest update is a game changer for iPhone users across the globe.
I'm a parent of three who is always on the go, so if you're like me, you probably aren't all that up-to-date on the latest trends in the tech world. At one point I was, but then kids happened and here we are.
After tucking in my kiddos last night (Exhibit A), I did what any parent does in bed after a long day - I scrolled through my phone. In my wind-down time, I stumbled across a post from Blaine County Sheriff's Office sharing a new feature that iPhone users could utilize in the event of having no service.
That's right, folks. We're living in the future as we can now access emergency services even if we don't have service. This is an absolute game-changer and one that can save many lives. Heck, before I knew anything about the area, I decided to take a drive into the Boise National Forest with my family on literally half a tank of gas. I wanted to see if we would be able to make it through the forest, not realizing just how long of a drive that would be.
At one point, we had no service and if this feature exist back then, I may have had a bit more piece of mind on our venture.
One thing I do want to know is how this kind of technology will impact horror movies in the future. Think about it, pretty soon anyone in any sort of trouble will always manage to contact emergency services and there will only be so many horror movies that can "destroy" the phone before the main characters can get to it.
All of that being said - this is a fantastic feature for iPhone users.
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Interior Department announces FACA committee members; will make recommendations for reuse plan of Fort Hancock
The FACA committee will make recommendations to preserve buildings such as this one in Sandy Hook's Fort Hancock Historic District.
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Contact: John Harlan Warren, acting public affairs officer, 718-354-4608
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has nominated 20 citizens to serve on the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee. This committee will provide recommendations for the historic reuse of more than 30 historic buildings in the Fort Hancock Historic Landmark District within Gateway's Sandy Hook Unit.
"This is a major step forward in the preservation of Fort Hancock," said Superintendent Linda Canzanelli. "To help these lovely historic buildings survive another century, the National Park Service needs the best ideas from the local, state and national organizations. This FACA group brings together the talent, experience and progressive spirit that will save Fort Hancock."
FACA allows in-depth involvement by community groups and regular input by the public. Members of the committee meet four to six times a year over a two or three year term. Members serve without compensation but may receive travel reimbursement. Thirty applicants applied for the 20 positions on the committee, which includes at least one representative from each of the following: Borough of Highlands, New Jersey; the Borough of Sea Bright, New Jersey; Middletown Township, New Jersey; Borough of Rumson, Monmouth County Freeholders, New Jersey; New Jersey natural resource community; the local business interests; a National Preservation organization; the State of New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office; the Monmouth County Historical Commission; the real estate community; local recreational users of Sandy Hook; the education community; the hospitality community, and the scientific community. The Committee will provide the Secretary of the Interior with recommendations for a long term plan for protection of these critical resources, including reuse of the historic structures.
Federal law established the current FACA process in 1972 to provide advice to the Executive Branch of government, which includes the National Park Service. For more information about the FACA law, see "FACA 101" on the General Services Administration website.
Secretary Salazar made the final decision for committee membership based on the following criteria: (1) ability to collaborate, (2) the ability to understand NPS management and policy, and (3) connection with local communities.The names of committee members are:
Local Stakeholders
Lillian Burry,Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders: Serves as an elected member of the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders and sits on the Fort Monmouth redevelopment board.
George M. Conway, Borough of Sea Bright: Serves as the Secretary/Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors of Trap Rock Industries, Inc. and its affiliates, a quarry and construction company headquartered in Kingston, NJ. Sits on the Board of Directors of the Franklin Township Chamber of Commerce and has been elected a member of the Business & Industry Advisory Committee. A member of the New Jersey Asphalt Pavement Association, he acts in the capacity of Environmental Committee Chairman.
John Edkal, Mayor, Borough of Rumson. Served many years on Borough zoning and planning boards. He is a first vice president of investments with Merrill Lynch.
Anthony Fiore, Mayor, Township of Middletown: Serves as a member of the planning board, the township recreation master plan implementation committee, and has served in the past on several other township boards.
Frank Nolan, Mayor, Borough of Highlands: Has worked with multiple contract negotiations with private and public sector unions. He has served on the NJ DOT Route 36 Bridge transition team and multiple community boards as an appointed and elected official.
Dr. Howard Parish: Professor Emeritus of Geosciences, New Jersey City University; Member of the Board of Directors of the Jersey City Rotary; Past Chair and current member of the Board of Directors of the Pocono Environmental Education Center located in Dingmans' Ferry Pennsylvania; Vice Chair of the New Jersey Marine Science Consortium, located at Sandy Hook New Jersey. Both organizations are affiliated with the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Arthur J. Imperatore, Jr.: President and CEO of Romulus Development Corp and Executive Vice President of NY Waterway. Serves as an Adjunct Professor of Real Estate and Urban Development at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University (GSAPP), and specializes in the history of American Real Estate Development.
Bill Wilby: Former Head of Equities for Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. Currently serves on the Investment Committee of the Community Foundation of New Jersey; Investment Committee of the Board of Governors of the West Point Association of Graduates; Advisory Board of Tiedeman Investment Group, a family of hedge funds.A 1967 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Wilby holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in International Monetary Economics with distinction from the University of Colorado (1980).He also is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Mary Ellen Fourett:Monmouth County Arts Council, Red Bank Executive Director, 1999-present. Leads a nonprofit county-wide arts agency with a $500,000 budget, a 17-member Board of Trustees, 75 member arts groups, and over 250 individual members.Led community arts planning for Monmouth County, municipalities and regional redevelopment plans.
Daniel D. Saunders: Administrator (2008-Present) Historic Preservation Office, NJ Department of Environmental Protection. Served as a Historic Preservation Specialist. Has worked on a number of projects with the NPS in the State of New Jersey including planning at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park and the rehabilitation of the south side of Ellis Island. Saunders has also worked as a project reviewer for Historic Preservation Tax credits and serves on the following boards: Crossroads of the American Revolution; New Jersey Historical Commission; New Jersey Historic Trust.
Colonel Shawn A. Welch: Division Chief, Army Staff. Founding member of the Army Ground Forces Association (AGFA), which sponsors World War Two-era living historian programs at Fort Hancock. AGFA has completed preservation work in gun batteries at Forts Hancock, Mott, Monroe and MacArthur.
Gerald Glaser: Executive, National Science Foundation (NSF), the federal agency with primary responsibility for funding the nation's basic science and engineering research and education activities. Annual budget for NSF is approximately $7 billion. A member of the agency since 1976, Glazer was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in 1988.
Education Community
Linda Cohen: Founder and Director, Ocean Discoveries, 1994 - present. Created and developed an individualized, hands-on Marine Science Program for school visits for pre-school through grade eight. OceanDiscoveries has educated thousands of New Jersey students about the fascinating, yet fragile, beaches and estuaries of Sandy Hook.
Real Estate Community
Guy Hembling: President of Charles B. Hembling & Son. Inc. Oversees numerous historic restoration projects at The Church of Seven Presidents in Long Branch, Old Brick Church in Marlboro and the New Jersey Marine Science Consortium, located at Fort Hancock.
Michael E. Holenstein: MAI Real Estate Appraisal. Performed Consulting Services as his sole occupation beginning in 1987. Valuation experience with partial interests, real property rights, condemnation appraisal, subdivision analysis, tax appeals, general fee appraisal, and a variety of consulting services including acquisition and development, feasibility, financing, estate management, partnership interests, partial interests, evaluation for trusts, and discounting of partial interests. Serves as the Director, Relocation & Business Development/Broker, Office Manager for GMS, Predential, Zack Shore Properties, Responsible for developing relocation and referral business throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
Karlyn Wray, CRP: Serves as the Director, Relocation & Business Development/Broker, Office Manager for GMS, Predential, Zack Shore Properties, Responsible for developing relocation and referral business throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
Recreation Community
Tim Hill: Served 33 years of in municipal government in a variety of positions, including 30 years as a member of the New Jersey Recreation and Park Association, where he served as president as well as on Public Affairs, Conference, Strategic Planning, Awards and Community Recreation Society committees.
John J. Reynolds: Served 39 years with the National Park Service, ending his career as Deputy Director, National Park Service. Currently involved in the New York City/Gateway NRA Partnership Creation and serves on the Fort Monroe Advisory Committee.
Lynda Rose: President of the Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce, which represents more than 500 businesses in the Monmouth and Ocean County Area. Responsible for the planning, communication, program development and all operational aspects of the organization. Rose has been a featured speaker on the Tourism Industry.
Margot Walsh: Executive Director, Jersey Shore Partnership; President, Jersey Shore Partnership Foundation. Served as the vice president of administration and development with the Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting. Currently a member of: American Shore & Beach Preservation Association; Eastern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce; the Monmouth/Ocean Development Council; the MODC Environment and Energy Committee; New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium Stakeholder Advisory Board.
About Gateway National Recreation Area
Established in 1972, Gateway National Recreation Area offers more than 26,000 acres of marshes, wildlife sanctuaries and recreational athletic facilities, miles of sandy beaches; indoor and outdoor classrooms; picnicking and camping areas, as well as historic structures and military installations, airfields, a lighthouse, and adjacent waters around New York harbor. The park offers urban residents in two states a wide range of recreational opportunities year round. With more than eight million visitors a year, it is one of the top five most visited national parks in the country. For information about Gateway's upcoming public programs, see the park's Web site at https://www.nps.gov/gate/index.htm
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I tried to take a photo of the moon this evening – no fog or clouds tonight – but I have yet to download the ones I took.
When the eclipse occurred it was overhead and luckily there were no clouds in that particular spot. Thank you, Kim!
I was surprised the photo turned out as well as it did after all that magnification. Thank you, Bjorn!
Nice and timely post to the prompt! Like the photo — but yep – things usually look better in real life. Unless they're photo shopped.
It would look better if I used a real camera, but I like this phone. Thank you for the prompt, Lillian!
We were totally socked in. Couldn't see a thing. I'm glad you were able to enjoy the eclipse.
It was beautiful and how long it took was the best part. Thank you, Maggie!
Frank, I started watching at 11pm and checked every 15 minutes until just after midnight, then when I went to bed around 2, it was almost back to normal. Memorable. My phone not nearly as clear as yours.
It took its chilly time—like that!
I almost gave up on it. Thank you, Jane!
What my eyes saw was amazing, perhaps being tired helped. Thank you, Kerfe!
I heard it was "chilly time" – nice that you captured it.
spooky looking in your photo!
I'm glad the real moon doesn't look like that photo. Thank you!
Nice take on the prompt and the special moon.
The eclipse has to represent faith, doesn't it? Faith that the light will return.
I really enjoyed this Frank. Our sky was completely cloudless and star-filled here in our piece if the Pacific Northwest at 9:12 PM on Sunday night with the eclipse of the Super Blood Wolf Moon hit totality. It was absolutely surrealistic. After 72 years (next month) I finally saw a total lunar eclipse in a gloriously clear sky! Wow! And I got a great photo of it posted on my site with my Wolf Moon poem.
You definitely captured the mystic beauty of the moon in your poem, Frank.
Seeing as how I slept right through it, I thank you for this rendering..
A poem of faith; well written. I like the photo of the evening after with those little glowing orbs- nice symbolism. We sat on our second floor deck and shot 100+ of that baby; it was beautiful! And we froze our noses & toeses.
A fitting memorial to a once-ever event, Frank! I borrowed a camera and took a few shots. It was a "chilly time" indeed… and that was here in Florida!
Lovely poem, Frank. I didn't have luck getting a good pic of the moon. Too cold. Didn't use a tripod. I haven't downloaded my images yet. Maybe they'll surprise.
You shed another yet brilliant poem!
I like the way the moon takes its time to shed its light! Nice!
It was so slow I almost gave up on it. Thank you, Dwight!
Mos def chilly time here – 12F. But I stayed outside the whole time. I like your photograph muchly!
What was hardest was looking up all the time. I realized things were going so slow I didn't have to look up often, but then I didn't want to miss it. Thank you, Toni.
Definitely a chilly time, and I sense the impatience, but faith that the light will return.
It was bright. Thank you, Merril!
I loved your poem and thanks for your comment on mine!
Images like that usually look better to the naked eye! Wonderful rhyme scheme, with the right imagery to illustrate the scene!
Extraordinary things are worth waiting for.


Allow students to obtain knowledge and expertise to evaluate, design and build secure computer systems and to manage the systems, processes and people that are involved in cyber security.
Provide exposure to and experience with technologies, potential vulnerabilities and standards for such systems.
Provide a solid foundation for graduates to pursue a career in the cyber security industry or research.
The essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to computer security.
Appropriate theory, practices and tools for the design, implementation and evaluation of secure computer systems.
Appropriate theory, practices and processes for the management and governance of cyber security in industry.
The ability to apply the knowledge and understanding noted above to the analysis of a given information handling problem.
The ability to specify, design and construct secure computer systems, using appropriate tools, and to document all stages of this process.
The ability to discover vulnerabilities in implementations.
The ability to evaluate internet-based software systems in relation to given computer security requirements.
The ability to work independently on a substantial software project and as an effective team member.
Optional Modules: Not all options may be available in any particular year. Some option combinations are only available if the timetable permits. As students may have to make preliminary option choices before timetables are available, changes may be needed later if there are clashes. In selecting options, students need to pay attention to pre- and co-requisites.
Programme Approval: Students' individual programmes of study must be approved by the Programme Director (as the nominee of the Head of School).
Project: Project topics must be on a Cyber Security topic and will require approval by the Programme Director as being appropriate to the Aims and Learning Outcomes of the programme.


Dr. Nina Kokilashvili earned her DDS degree from the University of Pennsylvania Dental school in 2014. After earning her post-graduate degree, she continued her in-depth training and completed her general residency at the Maimonides medical center in 2015.
During her time at UPenn, she was accepted into the School's honors degree program, which helped her gain additional experience within the William W.M. Cheung Advanced Dental Care Clinic, working on esthetically and functionally demanding cases.
Prior that She Graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University, School of Dentistry, in Tbilisi, Georgia with Honor /Red Diploma qualification. She was awarded a full scholarship based on academic achievement. Today, Dr. Kokilashvili actively participates in continuing education courses, including those focused on Invisalign treatment and other aspects of Cosmetic and Implant Dentistry.
Her Practice philosophy is to provide the highest level of compassionate care possible using cutting-edge technologies and advanced dental techniques to improve patient satisfaction.
Dr. Nina is trilingual and can communicate fluently in Georgian and Russian. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, cooking, reading, photography, going for walks, eating healthy and staying fit.


Eyewear case which has both hardness and dignity. Bridle leather made in England is well known as material for harness. The feature of the surface is wax processed. After use many times, fine powder of wax will be fitted in and will produce shinny face. This finest leather has a good hardness and we designed it to perfectly protect eyewear by use of great hardness. Small pig suede will be very comfortable for eyewear.


5 star Resorts in Tenerife such as the Bahia del Duque very rarely have to offer special offers at any time of year, so when we received this latest offer from perhaps Tenerife's best luxury resort, Bahia del Duque – we simply had to blog it !
Book to arrive at the Bahia del Duque before 18th December and receive 7 nights for the price of 5 when you stay in one of the Bahia del Duque Villas.
' The villas at Bahia del Duque are absolute luxury and with our marvelous 7 nights for the price of 5 offer, represent perhaps the best luxury villas in Tenerife,' says Sue Hildreth Sales Manager at Design Holidays.


The Langham Huntington is more of a suburban hotel, popular for weddings, stay-cations, and business travel, but for those who enjoy exposing their children to art, design, and history, it's the perfect complement for a southern California itinerary.
If anyone is a regular reader of this site, my passion for historic hotels is no secret. Who goes to Los Angeles to check out historic hotels? This mom.
The lobby of the Langham Huntington leads to a beautiful atrium area with gardens.
We found our stop at The Langham Huntington (check your dates for rates) to be the perfect finale to a Southern California vacation. After we experienced Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, we headed inland to the Rose Bowl suburb of Pasadena, a few miles east of Chinatown and downtown Los Angeles.
The original hotel built in 1906 was doomed its first season because the San Francisco earthquake of 1907 consumed all area laborers to repair the city. Henry Huntington, whose family fortune was is railroads, bought the hotel and created the structure and resort we see today.
The public spaces are a wonderful fusion of traditional and modern design, particularly the restaurants and lounge areas.
But the original hotel proved not to live up to code. After intensifying fears from the 1985 earthquake in Mexico, the city of Pasadena decided to raise the original part of the hotel that tested unstable, and rebuild a modern replica of the property to attach to the original ballrooms.
Huntington himself, whose fortunes in railroads contributed to the development of Los Angeles.
Gold leaf ballrooms from the original hotel are now attached to a modern replica.
The resort is distinguished by its spectacular views and landscaped gardens, worth meandering adjacent to the pool area for a really enjoyable game of I-Spy.
There's an extensive tennis court area that outlines the private bungalows of the property and a charming vegetable and herb garden.
There's a main courtyard that offers a historic bell, rung every evening at 7:05 P.M. to honor the change of the day. Our kids waited to do the honors with a Langham staff member.
The main courtyard is a peaceful place to sit for hours.
The fitness center and spa are in a stand-alone building at the front entrance of the property. In addition to more common treatments, the Traditional Chinese Medicine inspired treatments of the Chuan spa are award winning and unique for all Langham Hotel spas.
I went into the gym to do a cardio workout and stopped after three minutes. It was a crime to work out inside when such a property and area to explore were calling. I was the woman walking really, really fast through those gardens.
The rooms at The Langham Huntington recall the recent life of the hotel as a Ritz Carlton with traditional interior design. The rooms are incredibly spacious and our suite bathroom was the largest I think I've ever seen. Doubles are offered instead of two queens in rooms that have two beds. Suites or rollaways are best for families.
Rooms and suites are generously sized.
The room came with a Nespresso machine, but we were fortunate to enjoy club level access and I loved making coffee in the lounge instead.
The Langham Huntington Club Lounge offers several daily food presentations, excellent coffees, wines, and desserts.
The club lounge experience at the Langham is what makes this a viable option for people who love club lounges for a bargain by comparison to the other luxe area hotels in Beverly Hills, downtown, and the beach areas.
The food spreads were excellent with a thorough breakfast, sushi, composed salads, champagne at the ready, breakfast smoothies, and an industrial sized, but automated, Nespresso machine to make any guest a talented barista. Cookies and candy were available all day long, as well as a lending librbary of DVDs for guest rooms.
The hillside location of the hotel makes beautiful views down to the Pacific Ocean from the lounge's rooftop windows. And as the red terra-cotta tile roof stayed within view outside each window it kept making me crave a Kir Royale so that my aperitif could match it setting.
The Langham Hotel of London was the first hotel to offer what we know as afternoon tea to the public. The Langham has partnered with Wedgwood to provide historically accurate china for their afternoon tea service at most of their properties.
Mother daughter teas are just about as good as it gets, right?
The Langham Chicago takes their tea service to the next level and offered an incredible popular Downton Abbey tea while the show was running that some women arrived in period costume.
The Langham Huntington tea is great for kids. My daughter and I got to experience afternoon tea with sparkling elderberry flowers for her and pink champagne for me. The tea is great for families because, although it is elegant, the hotel's vibe feels very family-friendly. Although we typically have tea as a mother-daughter experience I would have felt comfortable bringing my younger son as well.
Servings were incredibly generous and artfully presented. I think we managed to eat one fourth of our tray. The tea is a very popular family choice at the holidays, so book far in advance.
The Langham also hosts an Imagine Tea specifically for children featuring a magic act. Upcoming dates include March, June, and September, so call the hotel for details.
The resort welcomes families with an adorable children's reading library adjacent to the front desk to choose some reading during their stay.
The resort also offers a family scavenger hunt in a passport book that directs children to different locations around the resort for a stamp, including the boutique where official Langham chocolate bars await them.
The Langham Huntington offers a children's reading library at check in. Genius.
With notice that you are traveling with children (TIP: always give the hotel notice), staff can have robes and slippers in the hotel room adorned with Langham's official mascot, teddy bear Theodore.
For a fee at check in, the Langham's family program also includes adorable teddy bear backpacks. Each kit included a book from the nearby Norton Simon Museum of the alphabet corresponding to the museum's collection.
I love that the Langham family program seems to incorporate so effortlessly both fun and art, two of my own passions when traveling with our kids. Their sister property in New York, The Langham Place, boasts an incredibly innovate Little Collector's program for child-friendly gallery visits.
The Langham Huntington mascot Theodore, the teddy bear.
The only flaw with the Langham Huntington is that the pool area is somewhat small for the crowds in can gather during high season in the summer, particularly on warm weekends.
The bridge separates the Langham Huntington pool area and the incredible Japanese gardens.
Lounge chairs and tables added to accommodate the crowd were placed in the patches of dirt and grass where there was no concrete, so wet feet mixed with dirt means very muddy towels. The pool's cooler was never refilled once it was empty of ice water, and poolside service was overwhelmed and slow. When we returned to the pool outside of the weekend we didn't experience any of these issues.
In addition to my favorable experience with the Langham brand, the nearby Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens is what drew me to this area as a weekend break. My husband was excited to see where members of Van Halen grew up.
The Huntington offers a varied collection of art throughout a variety of buildings.
What sounds like an Athenaeum is actually a large historic property with multiple buildings, original to the estate as well as many modern additions, dedicated to different art collections and different styles of gardens: desert, Chinese, Japanese, rose, jungle, and Shakespeare gardens. Ample space to take walks and strolls with kids.
It's absolutely a full days activity to explore with restaurants and a children's garden and education center. The Children's garden is more conceptual in design and will intrigue children, but not engage them any more than the other beautiful gardens.
A little door in the Children's Garden at the Huntington.
The Huntington debuted a new wing housing the American collection of Jonathan and Karin Fielding in October of 2016.
We feel we barely scratched the surface of the Huntington and didn't even get to visit the nearby Norton Simon museum, another area museum that works well for children. So we will be tacking on a family art break again the next time we vacation in Los Angeles, and we'll book another stay to the Langham Huntington. Breakfast in the club lounge, museums, alfresco lunch, pools, afternoon tea, repeat.
Although we were guests of the Langham Huntington, these opinions are my own.


Rodrigo Duterte yesterday (November 12) took to the stage at a dinner gala in Manila to sing a hit Filipino love song, allegedly at the request of US President Donald Trump.
The Philippine President appeared with local pop diva Pilita Corrales, crooning "Ikaw" (You) in front of a packed room that included Trump.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I sang – uninvited – a duet with Miss Pilita Corrales upon the orders of the Commander in Chief of the United States," he said.
Trump and Duterte met on the sidelines of an annual gathering of leaders from East and Southeast Asia, held this year in the Philippine capital.
On Monday (November 13), Trump said he had a "great relationship" with his Philippine counterpart, while Duterte told the U.S. president that the Philippines is an important ally.


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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a statement on July 3 after a two-day visit in Bern, Switzerland. | REUTERS
World / Politics
Five years of Hassan Rouhani's Iranian presidency
Online: Aug 05, 2018
TEHRAN - It has been five years since Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took office. Here are the country's key moments under his leadership:
• Promising change
Rouhani takes office on August 3, 2013, after being elected with 51 percent of the vote on a moderate platform. He promises to promote dialogue with the West and push for "unjust" sanctions over Iran's nuclear program to be lifted.
He took over from hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose eight-year term had been marked by tensions with foreign powers.
As he is formally sworn in on August 4, Rouhani asserts that the only way for Western countries to communicate with Iran is "on an equal footing."
• Historic phone call
On September 24, 2013, the Iranian president shakes hands with French President Francois Hollande at the United Nations in New York.
Three days later, on September 27, Rouhani speaks to U.S. President Barack Obama on the phone. The conversation is a historic first direct communication between the leaders of the two nations since 1979.
• Nuclear deal
On July 14, 2015, Iran seals a landmark nuclear accord with world powers. The deal with the United States, Russia, China, France, Germany and Britain puts an end to 13 years of crisis after 21 months of negotiations.
Under the accord Tehran agrees to limit its nuclear program, in exchange for relief from crippling economic sanctions.
The agreement comes into force on January 16, 2016.
• Syria war
On September 16, 2015, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad acknowledges that Tehran is providing military and economic support.
Alongside Russia, Iran is a key ally of Assad's regime in Syria's devastating conflict which erupted in 2011.
But unlike Moscow, Tehran denies sending professional forces and instead says it has only provided military advisors and organized brigades made up of volunteers.
• Split with Saudi Arabia
In January 2016, Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic relations with Iran.
The crisis comes after Riyadh executes a prominent Shiite cleric, after which a Saudi embassy and consulate are attacked in Iran.
Riyadh accuses Tehran of interfering in the affairs of Arab countries and fanning the flames of regional conflicts.
• Rouhani re-elected
On May 19, 2017, Rouhani is re-elected for a second four-year term with 57 percent of the vote.
He is backed by reformers and young Iranians, but he faces accusations of not keeping his campaign promises on social and economic affairs.
On December 28, hundreds of protesters rally in Iran's second city Mashhad, while demonstrations take place in other cities against price rises, unemployment and the government.
The unrest spreads to dozens of towns and cities, turning violent with at least 25 people killed.
• Trump quits nuclear deal
On May 8, 2018, Obama's successor Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the 2015 nuclear deal. Washington announces sanctions will be imposed once again on Tehran and companies doing business with Iran.
On July 22, Rouhani warns the U.S. not to "play with the lion's tail," saying that conflict with Iran would be the "mother of all wars."
Trump responds on Twitter with an all-caps tirade, telling Rouhani not to threaten the US.
"OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE," he wrote.
• Further protests
On August 3, Iranian protesters attack a religious school in a province near to Tehran.
Days of demonstrations in the country's major cities see Iranians voice concern over water, while expressing anger at the worsening economy as U.S. sanctions approach.
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1975 Pro World Championships (Photos: Werner Möller)
On the heels of the Amateur World Championship photos from our revered Werner Möller, here are stunning photos of the Pro World Championship 1975 in Yvoir, Belgium. Werner tells us that he has three great memories of the event. First, the fantastic Belgian supporters. Their energy was palpable. Second, after falling during the race and losing time, the completely pumped out Eddy Merckx when he reached the peloton again using his teammate Bruyere to catapult to the finish line. Hennie Kuiper won the race that day, with Roger De Vlaeminck getting the silver. But the greatest thing was this: on the eve of the event, it was a wonderfully fresh asphalt road to the finish line. Rain fell during the night, and all the people came across the fields to the route. The road was totally dirty. When it dried, it was a grueling ride against the elements in a cloud of dust. We hope these photos help recapture this amazing race. Enjoy!
Union Preis 1975
Union Preis 1975 Photos by Werner Möller
Werner Möller, cycling photographer great, shares the next in his Union Preis series from 1975. In these impeccable photos include so many greats, such as the winner that year Rik Van Linden. Also including Didi Thurau, Peter Post, Hennie Kuiper and, of course, Eddy Merckx.
It was a pivotal time in cycling history with Merckx having just lost his first Tour de France (VIEW VIDEO HERE) and his grip of dominance on cycling with only the 1976 Milan-San Remo being his greatest win thereafter.
Hennie Kuiper's win weeks after the 1975 World Championships was that he beat Merckx and De Vlaeminck on their home territory (VIEW VIDEO HERE), much to the satisfaction of Hennie's coach Jan Janssen, who had lost to Merckx 10 years prior.
Union Preis 1973: Pintens - Merckx - De Vlaeminck - Van Springel. Photos by Werner Möller
Werner Möller, cycling photographer, surprises us again with stunning black and white photos in the Union Preis series. This time, for the race in 1973, we see the greats at their personal best. We see Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Herman Van Springel, Marino Basso, Benoni Beheyt, Karl-Heinz Kunde, Wilfred Peffgen, Piet de Wit, Rik Van Linden, Hennie Kuiper, Gerben Karstens, Joseph Bruyère, Georges Pintens and Freddy Maertens. These stunning photos are a testament to the history of a great era in cycling. Thanks Werner!
Born on May 19, 1940, Jan Janssen was an accomplished rider in the Grand Tours and one-day classics. Janssen won the Tour de France in 1968 in front of Herman Van Springel and Ferdinand Bracke of Belgium.
Janssen was also 2nd to Lucien Aimar of France in the 1966 Tour de France.
Janssen won the Tour de France Points Jersey three times, in 1964, 1965, and 1967.
Janssen's sole victory in the Tour was as follows: Going into the final stage of the 1968 Tour de France, Janssen was behind the race leader, Herman Van Springel, by 16 seconds. The last stage was a 34 mile (55 km) individual time trial.
Van Springel was an accomplished time trialist compared to Janssen who was more of an all-rounder, a sprinter, who had won the Points Jersey on three separate occasions in the Tour de France.
Janssen rode the race of his life. He not only won the time trial, but won the overall race by 38 seconds over a demoralized Van Springel.
That year, Janssen became the first Dutchman to win the Tour. He also won the Tour while not wearing the leader's jersey anytime during the race except after the final stage.
In other Grand Tour events, Janssen won the Vuelta a Espana in 1967 over Jean-Pierre Ducasse of France and Aurelio Gonzales of Spain.
Janssen also won the Points Jersey twice in the Vuelta a Espana in 1967 and 1968.
In one-day events, Janssen won the World Championship Road Race in 1964 over Vittorio Adorni of Italy and Raymond Poulidor of France. Janssen also was 2nd in 1967 to Eddy Merckx of Belgium.
Janssen won the Paris-Roubaix Classic in 1967 in front of Rik Van Looy of Belgium and Rudi Altig of Germany.
Janssen was also 2nd in the 1966 Paris-Roubaix behind Felice Gimondi of Italy, and was 3rd in the 1963 race behind Emile Daems and Rik Van Looy of Belgium.
In addition, Janssen won the Championship of Zurich in 1962.
1st Stage 13 Tour de l'Avenir
1st Züri-Metzgete
3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 1
3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de France
1st Stage 7 Tour de France
2nd Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Jersey World Road Race Champion
1st Jersey Points classification Tour de France
1st Stage 10a
1st Overall Paris–Nice
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification Tour de France
1st Stage 12
1st Overall Ronde van Nederland
1st Stage 7a Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 1 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
1st Stage 4a Tour du Sud-Est
1st Bordeaux–Paris
1st Brabantse Pijl
1st Overall Super Prestige Pernod
1st Jersey Overall Vuelta a España
1st Jersey Points classification
1st Stage 1b
5th Overall Tour de France
1st Paris–Roubaix
1st Jersey Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 22b
6th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 1a
1st Stage 5 Paris–Nice
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Mallorca
1st Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
1st Stage 3a Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco
1st Stage 2 Tour de Luxembourg
21 juli Jan Janssen (1968) from Vandaag Voorheen on Vimeo.
Jan Janssen, Gerrie Knetemann, Jan Raas and Hennie Kuiper training somewhere near Putte-Kapellen in Belgium. (TI-Raleigh – 1978) – no sound. Four former World champions (1964, 1975, 1978, 1979)
The man on the right is Jan Janssen.
TI Raleigh Training – 1978 from Hennie Kuiper on Vimeo