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And the flowers bloom
One smart idea has transformed an entire village and this is what social development is all about
Noreen Haider
1:39 AM | April 27, 2019
"For as long as I can remember my father and grandfather grew merigold. That was our traditional work. We had tube wells installed to draw water and there was no shortage of it. But when the electricity crisis started in Pakistan we had long power outages in our village and could not operate the tube wells. The water scarcity severely affected our crop. Without enough water the fields dried up, the flowers died and the business was ruined," told Niazbeen Shah, while I sat under a tree outside his house, eating an orange he graciously picked for me from a tree nearby, listening to him, surrounded by beautiful, lush marigold fields in Walai Village in district Nowshera. "Without water, everything dies in no time," he sagaciously explained to me and I nodded in agreement, actually enjoying the orange very much.
The air, heavily scented by the fragrance of merigold which seemed to cloak everything, the hot afternoon, and the cool shade of the Oak was making me a little drowsy.
I was doing impact assessment of the Women Economic Empowerment and Market Development Project implemented by Sarhad Rural Development Programme (SRSP), funded by Department of Foreign Affairs Trade, Government of Australia, and visited many villages in several districts of KPK with the project team and collected case studies from their different project activities as part of the research. UC Walai was one of the selected villages, where I met Niazbeen and saw the magnificent change that an innovative intervention had brought to the whole union council.
Before I tell the story of how Naizbeen Shah got his merigold fields back and how a smart intervention actually helped a whole village to get their business booming it is important to understand the development model used by SRSP which was to select the already existing local businesses which were not doing well and find ways and means to improve them.
The objective of the project as the name indicates was the enhancement in income generation through various methods including skill development trainings of the participants, value addition in the selected businesses, developing linkages with markets, provision of agriculture and livestock extension services and also constant support and handholding.
During my research, I saw all the project activities and met scores of men and women who had benefited from the project activities. There were so many success stories and it is indeed a fact that the project has positively impacted hundreds of lives, livelihoods and households.
However, what I found to be the most remarkable aspect of the project was actually the excellent quality of work done by the project managers and team who had designed their value chain activities in such an outstanding manner that their small initiatives, interventions and activities succeeded in producing astounding results.
I hope that my observations and reflections would reach the government of KPK and they get the message that if there is a dedicated team of people who understand the problems faced by the communities in their businesses and can find solutions to overcome the bottlenecks, they can perform miracles and actually bring the dead to life as the story of Niazbeen Shah will tell.
I asked Nizazbeen Shah how he got his merigold farm back, "There was no help available to us from the government. The SRSP has long been working here and actually my tube wells was also a gift of SRSP back in 2007. I reached out to them for advice and they came up with the idea of installing solar panels for tube wells and decided to do a pilot project. My farm was the first one selected," Niazbeen explained.
The SRSP installed solar panels successfully and soon the pump was running on solar power.
"Because of the solar power we had electricity for the whole day and the tube well was functional again," he explained. "It changed everything. The dead land became alive and the flowers bloomed " Niazbeen reported proudly.
Running the tube wells on solar power was one of the interventions in the merigold value chain that SRSP had selected in District Nowshera. The marigold business had all but come to a halt because of water shortage. By providing solar power to the tube wells the issue of constant supply of electricity was resolved.
But that was not the only intervention of the cleverly designed activity. A large pool was dug along the tube wells which was filled with water during the day so that the stored water could be taken by channels further and to ensure water availability at all times.
Then, Niazbeen Shah was provided with a local fish variety to release in the pond and also the right fish food. I saw the fish swimming in the pool and was told that the Rs6000 worth of fish would be ready to sell at Rs600 a kilo and would fetch more than Rs100,000 in only ten months.
As the next step the dynamic project manager in Nowshera decided to develop farm to markets linkages in Islamabad and Lahore. The merigold from Walai was a hit in Lahore and Islamabad flower market because of its size and fragrance and Niazbeen Shah started to get more orders than he could actually deliver.
Merigold is sold in form of a simple garland and there are usually about a dozen flowers in a garland. Mostly the picking and making of garland is done by women and all the women in the village without exception were engaged in making the merigold garland.
In each household in Walai today there are heaps of fresh merigold brought from farms in the morning and the women spare some time during the day to make garlands which are then collected at various points and transported to the market. It usually takes about one minute to make a garland and there are hundreds of garlands made by a household each day on an average.
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Everybody in the village is earning with merigold from growing, making garlands, transporting and selling.
The interventions did not even end there. The project also introduced new varieties of imported flowers that were popular in main markets like Gladiolus which fetched good price and succeeded in growing them in Walai.
Other than merigold and Gladiolus now there are orange farms also flourishing and producing excellent quality oranges in the season.
Today, there are many solar powered pumps in Walai, installed by merigold growers, by themselves, who have been inspired by the success of Niazbeen Shah's farm.
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When I asked Niazbeen how much has the project contributed in improving his livelihood his answer was, "I owe everything to them. They had actually changed the destiny of the whole village."
I believe that the SRSP can play an enormous role in poverty alleviation of the whole province of KPK through similar thoughtful and creative initiatives. They have remarkable skills in identifying the problems in the business value chains and finding, simple, low cost solutions for them.
Their intervention has been a whooping success in terms of increasing the income of the small businessmen and entrepreneurs. In total sixty men and sixty women participated in the merigold value chain activity. Remarkably the merigold production increased from five to 17 mounds per farmer and income has increased from Rs17,000 to Rs74,749 per beneficiary per year.
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Larkin on her nursing chair -- so tiny with such a big blanket.
I love how the nature of the gray section created an unexpected ripple!
Larkin's Big Girl Blanket began before she was born in November 2010. She is my first grandchild and I wanted something more than just a 'baby' blanket. I designed this to be used in her nursing chair to warm her & her Mom, then for Larkin to use on her 'big girl' bed, and hopefully, one day, to take with her when she leaves home. I chose a simple recursive repeat, using four colors, and almost no pattern repeats.
I used Universal Yarn's Classic Worsted purchased at The Yarn Shop by Rainy Day Creations, Inc. in Pineville, NC, and size 8 Knit Denise Interchangeable Needles. I wanted the blanket to be washable & dryable. I mean, who wants to flat dry a big girl blanket!? Plus, every time it is washed, it seems to get softer!
The colors were chosen to match Larkin's nursery -- yellow, gray, white and pink. I also thought they would be timeless colors for a little girl, even as she grows up. The pattern designs were used to reflect how things change so quickly as life comes our way -- no two events are alike and rarely do things repeat themselves. As I finished one section, only then did I decide what design to use on the next. I wanted this blanket to reflect the uniqueness of each stage in a young girl's life. I especially want her to know how much I loved knitting each section, just as I will love her as she grows and changes through each stage of her life.
I started the blanket mid-September 2010 and finished mid-December. I took it almost everywhere I went, including to the hospital when she born on November 8, 2010, knitting in the waiting room as we were waiting for her grand appearance.
Knitting has been such a comfort in my life. I learned to knit about 6 years ago when my 12 year old niece taught me the basic knit stitch. Since then, it's been such a great learning experience and has brought me to places where I've met some very wonderful people. Knitters just seem to connect in a very special way. I feel so blessed to have learned this timeless craft and art form.
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Hi All! I've finally published the pattern on Ravelry --- that took a while, ya think?
This is certainly the best blanket we received for Larkin. Not only is it stunning, but it is the softest blanket. Perfect for middle of the night feedings, the blanket sits on the back of the glider and can easily be pulled over to wrap up mom and baby. We have spent many a night and many a nap wrapped in this blanket and I'm always proud to show it off. This is such a special gift or project to make when preparing for a little one! Thanks Mom!!
The blanket is beautiful and would be very interesting to make because of all of the pattern and color changes. Doing a 4 or 8 or 12 row repeat gets old!
Thank you all for your nice comments. Working on this blanket was a challenge and a comfort at the same time. I got lots of advice from great knitters and from my artist son, Taylor (Larkin's Uncle Chewie), who helped me with the stitch choices and overall recursive pattern selection. I couldn't have done it without him.
I was blessed beyond measure by this project and have prayed throughout it's creation that it would bless and comfort my daughter & grandchild.
I Love it....I want one when I have some grandkids!
Lots of folks can crank out stitches. The thought behind the choice of colors and variety of patterns impressed me! A cut above!
I was lucky enough to see this blanket come to life. I know the care and thought you put into picking each section making sure there was a smooth transition from the pattern before it. It couldn't be more beautiful.
I remember all the oohs and ahhs each step of the way and when you finished and laid it out for us, we were speechless.
Larkin is such a lucky girl to be able to grow up with this work of beautiful art.
Lots of folks crank out stitches. The thinking behind the choices of colors and array of patterns makes this blanket a notch above the usual!
It truly is beautiful & obvious it is knit with much love. She will love it as she gets older & will be something to treasure when grown.
This blanket is beautiful and would be so interesting and fun to make because of the pattern and color changes within the blanket itself. It is not the same repeat over and over.
So beautiful and made with love!
That pic of the baby in the chair is awesome.


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I've actually avoided anything Meghan Markle and Prince Harry (the hoopla is nauseating), but this was way too juicy.
I've wondered how does a person like Meghan get in with a royal family and become this sensational bride to be??? There's just something about her, I couldn't put my finger on it, but something I didn't like. I've avoided doing any articles on her because she just doesn't seem genuine to me.
So anyway, according to this: Meghan Markle's estranged half-brother has shared a handwritten letter telling Prince Harry it's 'not too late' to cancel the wedding to his sister.
Elder sibling Thomas Markle Jr has warned the 33-year-old royal to ditch the May 19 union with the 'Suits' actress.
'Meghan Markle is obviously not the right woman for you.
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The 51-year-old, who is from Oregon in the US, then went on to claim that their father went into debt in order to support Markle's acting dream and is still struggling financially.
He also claims that their father was not invited to the wedding.
'What kind of person starts out by using her own father until he's bankrupt, then forgets about him in Mexico leaving him broke, over mostly all her debts,' the letter continued.
Mr Markle finished with: 'Meghan is still my sister. She is family. So whatever happens is up to her, whether she wants to forget knowing me or the rest of her family, family comes first.
Meghan's half-brother has previously hit out at his sibling after revealing that her royal wedding snub has 'torn the family apart'.
Mr Markle accused his sibling of turning her back on the family and said she is 'falsely' trying to portray herself as the new Princess Diana.
He told the Daily Mirror: 'She's clearly forgotten her roots. It's torn my entire family apart. Meg likes to portray herself as a humanitarian, a people's person and a charitable person but she is none of those things to her family.
'She is giving the greatest performance of her life. She is acting phoney. I've read that Meg wants to be like Diana.
'Diana was worshipped by everyone in the world. She was loved for the right reasons.
Mr Markle has not seen his sister since 2011 when the pair – and Meghan's film producer ex Trevor Engleson, 41 – attended the Los Angeles funeral of their grandmother, Doris.


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The permit is one of several major applications for the company's NorthMet copper/nickel/precious metals mine near Hoyt Lakes.
"As with our water permit applications, we took great care to ensure our air permit application provides full details of how we will meet air quality standards and protect the environment," said Jon Cherry, PolyMet president and CEO, in a statement.
PolyMet's filing comes a day after an environmentalist group from Duluth asked the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to consider an administrative law judge to oversee independent hearings on its permit to mine application.
The request was called a stall tactic by mining supporters.
The DNR said in a statement that it is too early for the state to declare a contested case since PolyMet hasn't submitted a permit.
Cherry said the mining permit is the last major hurdle, and he expects it will be submitted in the coming weeks.
Today's air quality permit covers the type and volume of emissions from the project, methods to control and monitor those emissions and the rules and regulations applying to the operation.
PolyMet was cleared for permits in March after nearly 10 years of review that saw the company spend more than $90 million.
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Hyperjacking es un tipo de ataque de escape de máquina virtual en el que un pirata informático toma control malicioso sobre el hipervisor que crea el entorno virtual dentro de un host de máquina virtual (VM). El objetivo del ataque es apuntar al sistema operativo anfitrión que está por debajo de las máquinas virtuales, para que el programa del atacante pueda ejecutarse y las aplicaciones en las máquinas virtuales por encima de él sean completamente ajenas a su presencia.

Visión general

Hyperjacking consiste en instalar un hipervisor falso y malicioso que puede administrar todo el sistema del servidor. Las medidas de seguridad regulares no son efectivas porque el sistema operativo no será consciente de que la máquina ha sido comprometida. En el hyperjacking, el hipervisor opera específicamente en modo oculto y se ejecuta debajo de la máquina anfitrión, hace que sea más difícil de detectar y es más probable que obtenga acceso a los servidores informáticos donde puede afectar el funcionamiento de toda la organización. Si el hacker obtiene acceso al hipervisor, todo lo que está conectado a ese servidor puede ser manipulado. El hipervisor representa un único punto de falla cuando se trata de la seguridad y protección de la información confidencial.

Para que un ataque de hyperjacking tenga éxito, un atacante tendría que tomar el control del hipervisor mediante los siguientes métodos:

 Inyectar un hipervisor malicioso debajo del hipervisor original.
 Obtención directa del control del hipervisor original.
 Ejecutar un hipervisor malicioso sobre un hipervisor existente

Técnicas de mitigación
Algunas características de diseño básicas en un entorno virtual pueden ayudar a mitigar los riesgos de hyperjacking:

 La administración de seguridad del hipervisor debe mantenerse separada del tráfico regular. Esta es una medida más relacionada con la red que el propio hipervisor.
 Los sistemas operativos invitados nunca deben tener acceso al hipervisor. Las herramientas de administración no deben instalarse ni utilizarse desde el SO invitado.
 Actualizar el hipervisor regularmente.

Ataques conocidos
A principios de 2015, no había habido ningún informe de una demostración real de un secuestro exitoso además de las pruebas de "prueba de concepto". La vulnerabilidad de VENOM (CVE-2015-3456) se reveló en mayo de 2015 y tenía el potencial de afectar a muchos centros de datos. Los ataques son raros debido a la dificultad de acceder directamente a los hipervisores; sin embargo, el hyperjacking es considerado una amenaza del mundo real.

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There are 2 types of electronic viscous fan clutches, the Borg-Warner and the Behr type fan clutch. The Borg-Warner is huge and probably what is on the engine. As stated above, unplugging the B/W fan clutch should engage it within 30 seconds according to service info (usually happens immediately). If the engine is equipped with the Borg-Warner fan clutch and it does not engage then it must be replaced and updated to the smaller Behr type fan clutch and kit. It also needs to have the EECU software updated.
I never said it was a bad transmission, I just don't care for it and I don't think it would be a good trans choice for the OP"s question. BTW, I doubt I'm alone on how I feel about the Allison trans.
Personally, I would go for the Mdrive. The least expensive rout would be a manual trans but with it comes routine service(clutch adjustment). The Mdrive requires none of that but, as pointed out above, is expensive come clutch time. I'm not a fan of the allison trans. A few oil field companies tried to run some in their fleets locally and they were just a pure pain in the tush. Plus, any automatic trans robs horsepower.
The Ishift/Mdrive have a diaphragm clutch which is non adjustable. Volvo and Mack are pushing to have customers spec the AMT transmissions and I think they have been a pretty good trans. Most drivers that I talk to really like them.
The speedo sensor has an ohm value, the circuit does not have voltage other than what the sensor itself creates when the truck moves. Depending on type of sensor, the ohms should be approx 100-200 ohms, typically around 150-170 ohms measured either from the sensor itself or from the VECU.
I'd check the bellhousing to make sure the mount flange still has some taper--hasn't been run loose. Also looks like it may need an input shaft by the looks of the throw-out bearing area. If the bellhousing is in bad shape then the only good thing its good for is parts.
After idling for about 5-10 min check in each fuel tank where the fuel returns inside the tank. If there is bubbles in one or both tanks then the cause is most likely injector cups. To make sure, check the small plastic cap at the fuel filter base (next to the primer pump) is not wet from fuel leaking around it. If so, the problem is the cap---leaking o-ring sucking air into system. You can get a replacement cap from Mack. If ok make sure 7th injector air purge "t" check valve isn't leaking air back to fuel system. Remove the fuel line from the "t" fitting, turn key on and there should be no air coming out "t" fitting. Some '07 emission engines had the air purge line, some didn't . If both above items look ok then most likely you have injector cup issues.
Sounds like the cam position and crank position sensor connectors are crossed. The ecu see's excessive speed and shuts off the starter.
Slowly and carefully run the knurling thread tool through the tip and use the threaded extractor to remove the tip.
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Stanisław Fraus (ur. 30 października 1929 w Goduli, zm. 12 grudnia 2011 w Polanicy-Zdroju) – alpinista, długoletni goprowiec, przewodnik, działacz turystyczny i społeczny.

Pochodził z Goduli, obecnie dzielnicy Rudy Śląskiej na polskim Górnym Śląsku. W czasie II wojny światowej uczył się w niemieckiej szkole, po wojnie w Szkole Handlowej w Chorzowie. Służbę wojskową odbywał w kompanii sportowej, uprawiając lekkoatletykę i szermierkę.

W 1949 dotarł na ziemię kłodzką, od 1953 był mieszkańcem Polanicy-Zdroju. Przez prawie 50 lat był głównym księgowym, również zastępcą dyrektora zarządu Okręgu FWP w Polanicy. Z racji zawodu przez wiele lat był przewodniczącym komisji rewizyjnej Towarzystwa Miłośników Polanicy, od 2005 był też członkiem Glatzer Gebirgs-Verein e.V. z siedzibą w Brunszwiku, kontynuującego tradycje Kłodzkiego Towarzystwa Górskiego (GGV).

Działalność w Górskim Ochotniczym Pogotowiu Ratunkowym
Od 1954 przez ponad 40 lat ratownik górski GOPR, najpierw w Grupie Sudeckiej, po podziale tej grupy członek zarządu Wałbrzysko-Kłodzkiej Grupy GOPR. Był współzałożycielem i w latach 1970–1994 kierownikiem Sekcji Operacyjnej Kłodzko z siedzibą w Polanicy. W latach 1968–1972 był członkiem Zarządu Głównego GOPR. Za szczególne zasługi dla ratownictwa górskiego został wyróżniony tytułem Członka Honorowego GOPR.

Działalność w Polskim Towarzystwie Turystyczno-Krajoznawczym
Stanisław Fraus od 1948 był także członkiem Polskiego Towarzystwa Tatrzańskiego i przewodnikiem tatrzańskim. Na ziemi kłodzkiej został przewodnikiem PTTK, organizował piesze i narciarskie rajdy górskie, obozy wędrowne, wczasy lingwistyczne. Jako przewodnik sudecki PTTK oprowadził po szlakach turystycznych Sudetów i Kłodzczyzny około 150 tysięcy turystów. Doskonale władający językiem niemieckim (w czasie II wojny światowej uczył się w niemieckiej szkole) był przewodnikiem wielu grup niemieckich po ziemi kłodzkiej, m.in. pisarki Moniki Taubitz.

Zaangażował się w ruch turystyczny, był członkiem zarządu Oddziału PTTK "Ziemi Kłodzkiej" i długoletnim przewodniczącym Komisji Górskiej tego oddziału. Brał aktywny udział w zakładaniu kół młodzieżowych PTTK – szkolnych i zakładowych. W latach 1969–1977 był członkiem Komisji Turystyki Górskiej Zarządu Głównego PTTK. Miał uprawnienia przodownika GOT na Sudety, Tatry Polskie, Beskidy Zachodnie i Wschodnie.

Alpinizm
Fraus należał do klubów wysokogórskich w Polsce, Niemczech i Austrii (gdzie uzyskał uprawnienia wspinaczkowe). W latach 1956–1970 uprawiał taternictwo i alpinizm, był uczestnikiem wypraw wysokogórskich, m.in. w Pamir i Alpy. W dniach od 13 lipca do 7 sierpnia 1968 wziął udział w wyprawie Polskiego Klubu Górskiego w Wielki Kaukaz, kierowanej przez Piotra Młoteckiego, zdobywając m.in. wschodni wierzchołek Elbrusu. Wspinał się także w Alpach: w Austrii, Szwajcarii, Włoszech, Słowenii oraz we Francji. W 1971 wziął udział w polskiej wyprawie, mającej na celu trawers północnej ściany trzech czterotysięczników w masywie Mont Blanc. W trakcie wejścia 7 września 1971 r. na Mont Blanc ze Zygmuntem Kwintą, jego partner poślizgnął się na lodowcu i zginął. Fraus, który był z nim połączony liną, został ciężko ranny, helikopter pogotowia górskiego przetransportował go do szpitala w dolinie Chamonix. Powiększenie się rodziny (narodziny córki) i argumenty żony zadecydowały o zaprzestaniu czynnej wspinaczki.

Odznaczenia
Fraus został wyróżniony takimi odznaczeniami jak:
 Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski
 złota odznaka "Zasłużony dla Dolnego Śląska"
 Honorowy Przewodnik Turystyki Górskiej
 Zasłużony dla Polanicy Zdroju (2006)
 Członek Honorowy GOPR (2002)
 duże: złote odznaki PTTK – GOT i GON oraz GOT "Za wytrwałość"
 Medal Aleksandra Janowskiego
 Medal im. Tytusa Chałubińskiego
 Medal Komisji Turystyki Górskiej Zarządu Głównego PTTK
 Złota Odznaka Turystyczna im. Jana Pawła II
 honorowa odznaka Turysta Dolnego Śląska (2008).

Przypisy

Bibliografia

Honorowi członkowie Polskiego Towarzystwa Turystyczno-Krajoznawczego
Honorowi obywatele polskich miejscowości
Ludzie związani z Polanicą-Zdrojem
Członkowie Górskiego Ochotniczego Pogotowia Ratunkowego
Przewodnicy turystyczni
Polscy wspinacze
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Kawalerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (Polska Ludowa)
Urodzeni w 1929
Zmarli w 2011


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How to Teach AI with Experiments & Ethics
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Teachers can use free AI experiments to teach students algorithms and artificial intelligence. Here's how.
Artificial intelligence (AI) experiments can open up discussion of the human aspect of training algorithms and help them improve. In this podcast episode, Roberta Freitas shares AI Experiments that any teacher can use with students. Additionally, we discuss the morals and ethics of Artificial intelligence and the responsibility of users to report issues of bias and concerns with AI and algorithms. Additionally, we discuss the practical needs of humans to be able to break out of the algorithms that can keep them chained to past behavior.
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Episode 790 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast
How to Teach AI with Experiments and Ethical Conversations
Roberta Freitas
Edtech Coodinator, Ibeu, Rio de Janerio, Brazil, GEG Leader and Google Innovator.
Resources on How to Teach AI
Free Wellness Toolkit
Google AI Experiments
Teachable Machine by Google
Shadow Art
Verse by Verse
Roberta Freitas - Bio as Submitted
EdTech coordinator at Ibeu, an English Language School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. GEG Leader and Google Innovator. Maker enthusiast, passionate learner, edtech lover! Outside school – a singer, guitar player, fashionist, traveler, and life lover!
Website: https://campsite.bio/betafreitas
Twitter: @beta_freitas
Transcript Episode 790 - Teaching AI Experiments and Discussing AI Ethics
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This is the 10 Minute Teacher podcast with your host, Vicki Davis.
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Introducing Roberta Freitas
We're talking with Roberta Freitas, EdTech coordinator at Ibeu, an English Language School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And I was first introduced to Roberta as she presented at ISTE. I couldn't attend ISTE this year in person, so I attended online; hers was an incredible presentation I attended virtually. Roberta, thanks for coming on the show.
Roberta Frietas
Thanks for the invitation. It's a pleasure to be here, and I'm excited.
How Roberta Began Using AI in the Classroom
Roberta, let's talk about how you are using AI in the classroom.
Last year, I realized the importance of getting our students acquainted with AI and how much it is embedded into our daily lives. It's closer than we even think. So I started thinking about how we could do it and bring this into the classroom.
We are a language school. We teach English to these students. So I started to think about how we could bring those two things together, like English and AI, and we began developing activities for teachers.
So part of my job is helping teachers start using new technology and tools. So, I first began preparing activities for them because it's easier if they have something ready. But, of course, they can adapt, and I want them to adapt to their students' realities.
AI and Machine Learning Experiments
But we got some activities ready for them where they experiment with machine learning or an AI experiment. They can look at algorithms, discuss them with their peers, understand how it works, and play a little bit.
With AI in your presentation, you talk about this AI experiment. Explain what an AI experiment is and give us an example or two.
So Google has this page full of AI experiments that you can try, and so you have like the teachable machine, which is an experiment of machine learning.
Experiment #1 – The Teachable Machine
So you can teach this machine whatever it is you want this machine to learn. So you input images, and then you train the machine to understand what the output should be. So I could train the machine to recognize if I'm wearing a mask or not.
So I put lots of images of me wearing the mask, and I say "mask," and the output could be a gif, a sound, or speech. And then I do the same without a mask. And you get lots of inputs, lots of images from different angles. And then the experiment is ready. You can even get a video of that.
So students could be trained as the machine to do anything so they could use it to solve someone else's problem. Create like dealing with empathy. Try to create something, a device that could make someone else's life easier.
Experiment #2 – Shadow Art
Another experiment there is one which is called Shadow Art, and it deals with the signs of the Chinese zodiac.
So there are lots of animals, and this is one we use a lot with kids because then they have to do the shadows with their hands. So they have to recreate the animal. So it's a fun experiment to get the kids to start understanding AI.
How to Coach AI Experiments
So as your students, for example, you train it with the pictures as they're doing these experiments. When you have an investigation, you're trying something out, and then you're making observations. How should that coaching process or that conversation work between teachers and students?
So when I think of an activity, I like to think that first, they're going to talk a little bit about AI or specifically machine learning or algorithm, whatever aspect of AI they're going to deal with. Then they're going to tinker, play with it, experiment a little bit to understand. Then they're going to reflect on that experience.
So how did it go? What went well? What was hard? What can machines do? What can they do very well? And then, they will create a prototype or think of improving. So there could be in this experiment or something like that. So I always tried this process for teachers.
They go deeper into that.
AI is Only As Good as the Feedback It Gets
The challenge, and this is just an ethical issue that I talk to my students about with artificial intelligence, is that it's only as good as the feedback it gets from humans. So many of the AI tools you probably know about and that I learned out about ISTE dealt give you a method for feedback. I'll give you an example.
Experiment #3 – Verse By Verse
There's this thing called Verse by Verse, which you probably know about where the famous poets of history help coach you in writing a poem.
So last week, when I learned about it, I wrote a poem that, as I was in this session listening, someone pointed out that there is not much diversity in these poets.
AI Should Have a Way to Report Flaws
While I looked on the page and there was no place to report that or say, You forgot a flaw in your AI because you've not programmed enough diversity in your poets that you've used. And there was no way to give feedback.
So what do we talk about? That angle of things?
AI and Flaws of Diversity and Bias
Yeah. And this is one of the reasons why I think it's so crucial for us to teach AI in the classroom. We're talking about AI in the classroom because there is a considerable problem of diversity and bias with AI. So we need these students to understand the limits of their bias. And so whenever they see, they have to be critical of what they are dealing with, the idea of dealing with, because it is an issue.
And you were right; I don't see a place for feedback on any of the AI experiments or things like that. So we need to get students to think about that. And students who belong to different races or social classes need to understand that they have to be part of it because that's it. Humans are the ones who are training, and nowadays, most of the humans doing it are probably white, rich people with more access to technology.
And those are the first ones to get there to get these opportunities. And we need to have everybody all kinds of people, all kinds of classes and genders. We need to have everybody on there so that we have different kinds of points of view, right?
Other AI Experiments
Yes. And let's talk about other AI apps you like to use in experiments. And let's mention those, and I'll try to include those in the show notes because it is a bit mind-blowing when you start playing with these tools.
Experiment #4 – Use Everyday Apps Like YouTube, Spotify, and Netflix
I like to use daily apps like YouTube, for example. So understanding how the algorithm, YouTube, and other social networks, how does the algorithm work?
So, what kinds of recommendations are you getting? Suggestions from the app are you getting, and why do you get those? Students also have to understand that they can create their algorithm as they interact with different people and different accounts make comments they like.
They are creating this algorithm. So they need to understand how it works because whatever shows up when they watch a video, there is a recommendation afterward that's not like out of the blue. And that happens because of the things they are interacting with.
Also, on Spotify or Netflix, all kinds of recommendation recommendations on what you should watch next on Netflix.
Why do you get that? Because of this thing, the similar order shows that you have watched.
Experiment #5: Voice Assistants Like Alexa, Siri, & Google Home
So I like to use these things that they these apps that they use daily and also voice assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Google Home to understand how they interact with that.
Languages and Voice Assistants
For us here in Brazil, voice assistants are interesting because they would only speak English when they first showed up.
So there was no Portuguese on Alexa, for example, only English. And it's quite interesting to see the evolution of the assistant because, like my husband, he is a learner of English.
Question Structure and Voice Assistants
He is not proficient, but he's been improving and taking classes, and when he first talked to it, it was tough for Alexa to understand how he was speaking because he would have made a full question.
Question formation for us in Portuguese is different than in English. Like the order. So when he was trying to ask questions, it was not perfect, and many times Alexa would not understand. But then, with the evolution of Alexa, she started understanding even when he did not make the question correctly. So it's quite interesting to see this development. At first, your language would have to be the pattern language and then some changes.
There are some machine learning, whether on or something like that.
The Need for "Undo" with Algorithms Programming
The other problem with algorithms is there doesn't seem to be an undo. Still, if you accidentally watch a video or listen to music that you don't want to hear more of, you are curious; it's almost impossible to undo that impact. And then you start getting a whole slew of information.
"My Students Can't Leave the War Zone"
I'll never forget I talked to a teacher from Jordan who had many Syrian refugees coming into his classroom. At the time, this was just terrible; terrible beheadings were happening and were being posted to YouTube from Syria.
And he said the problem he had was that his kids were still in the war zone, that because of the algorithms of YouTube, his kids could not leave Syria, and the trauma that was happening daily. They could not separate the kids from the trauma because they logged into their Google accounts and couldn't break the algorithms on YouTube from showing them what was happening in Syria.
Helping Kids (and Us) Break the Algorithms That Chain Us to the Problems of Our Past
And this conversation we had what's been of a good five or six years ago, but it still just stuck with me of if you're intervening and trying to help a child with an eating disorder, you need to intervene and help break the algorithm. But there's no method to do that unless they start entirely over.
There is no undo button, as you mention. You can start liking, commenting, and interacting with things that are more relatable to you. Something that you like and would like to be seen to try to teach the algorithm the things that make sense to you, but other things. There's no one undo button. There's nothing like, No, "I don't want to see this anymore."
It will keep showing for some time, depending on the location. That's a very foreign notion to you.
I highly recommend Roberta Session. Roberta Freitas If you just purchased the ISTE where you can attend and watch for a longer like, I can go back and look at her session. (This session is not available for post-viewing, unfortunately.)
It was excellent.
AI Experiments
This whole idea of AI experiments, I think, should become part of every computer application and every computer science course. So as we make theories, we have conversations, we test the AI, and perhaps we could even use a different account to test the AI that's going on behind the scenes because we have to train all of this that surrounds us.
The Need for Feedback
And it seems we sort of release these algorithms into the wild, and nobody's taming them and giving feedback. And there's just a lot; it's the wild west of AI, and a lot needs to change.
And Roberta, your kind of thinking is pushing us towards helping kids understand what's going on. It's artificial intelligence.
The Need for Human Morals and Ethics
It doesn't have morals or ethics. Any of that has to come from us. And then we need to start having this conversation. Anything you want to add, Roberta?
We Don't Want Students to Be Victims of AI
I just want to add that we don't want students to be victims of AI, So this is why it's so important they can be protagonists in this and try to change this story, changing the algorithm and change AI and bring the good side of it, because there are lots of benefits in it for sure.
Thank you for coming on the show, Roberta.
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Having just finished watching Pan's Labyrinth (although I know I shouldn't be watching movies when I am in a foreign country), I am proud to be in the same country in which it was made. At times, it is brutally hard to watch, but fortunately I remember exactly where those parts are (because they still haunt me), so I know when to fast forward.
The Spanish rarely do anything, but when they do, it is always art. Andalucians are especially lazy and beautiful. This is a result of the immense heat which I described earlier, combined with the pride the Spanish are known for. I appreciate flamenco because it achieves sensuality and elegance in a way that does not beg respect, but commands it. The food is both light and rich at the same time; even if you pay 2 euros for your tapa, it will still arrive at your table in an elegant arrangement and be of a higher quality that anywhere in the U.S. Their meals are famously long because the food is too rich to eat quickly. Occasionally there is a woman begging in the street. The way this is done is difficult to describe; she sits against the wall, bare feet tucked neatly beside her, face down and holding a sign. I will pass the same woman at 9 in the morning and again at 2 in the afternoon, and again at 8 in the evening. If there were a way to be both humble and proud while begging, that would be the way.
Even the way Spaniards appreciate this "life-art" is different. It is achieved through seemingly blank and unabashed staring. Walking down the street, in the metro, etc., everyone stares at each other. If you make eye contact with them, you will not be greeted with the awkward smile you can expect from an American, but rather you will feel like you are having a staring contest with a goldfish. I suspect that people are merely curious about each other and the world and that this curiosity is not frowned upon, but it takes this American some getting used to. I am used to spying on people in secret.
The Spanish pride is something they carry innately within them (like the Canadians). I have rarely seen an awkward-looking Spaniard. They all carry themselves well, are well-formed, and walk with confidence as if they are wading through molasses. I miss not feeling strange because I am laughing loudly in the street and tripping over something for no reason without being judged. The term should not be ugly American; it should be awkward American. That's me. I have yet to see a Spaniard stumble.
The Spanish take life slow because life is art. Americans forget that because they are their spilling too-weak-too-strong coffee on themselves.


Long seen as weak, the continent in recent years has hardened its defenses against jihadists.
Jihadist terrorism until recently had Europe on the defensive. Now the continent is getting tough and fighting the threat with measures that would have been unthinkable six or seven years ago.
The old notion that Europe is weak on terrorism gained traction in the mid-2010s. Between 2015 and 2017, some 350 people were killed by jihadists across Europe. Terrorism rose to the top of polls of public concerns, and criticism of European counterterrorism capabilities grew explicit. A PBS "Frontline" investigation into the 2016 Brussels attacks revealed "a scale of dysfunction remarkable in the annals of modern counterterrorism." Many wondered if Europe was up to the task of defending itself.
But the continent stepped up in a way that many observers, including me, didn't foresee. European countries poured money into counterterrorism and improved intelligence sharing. They also initiated a qualitative overhaul involving radical new measures that had previously been considered politically off-limits.
Preventing citizens from going off to places like Syria to fight was once considered legally difficult. Many European law-enforcement agencies now prosecute anyone merely planning to go abroad to join a jihadist group. Jihadist recruitment organizations proliferated in Northern Europe until the early 2010s because authorities struggled to pin them to crimes. Around 2013, however, governments started cracking down. Firebrand clerics also found themselves treated more severely. Britain extradited the London-based sheikh Abu Qatada to Jordan in 2013 and shipped the hard-line Finsbury Park Mosque Imam Abu Hamza to the U.S., where he was sentenced to life in prison in 2015.
France passed a law in 2017 making it easier to shut down radical mosques. Austria closed seven mosques and deported 60 imams this year. Italy has deported 313 extremists since 2015. Britain stripped more than 100 suspected Islamist militants of their citizenship in 2017. These measures come on top of a substantial increase in terrorism-related arrests and convictions across the continent.
Last but not least is the increased willingness to use military force against jihadist groups outside Europe. The anti-Islamic State coalition deployed to Iraq in 2014 had a large European component, and some countries have sent special forces to Iraq to detain or kill their own citizens fighting alongside Islamic State.
This hardening of European attitudes toward terrorism didn't happen overnight. It's part of a longer trend that began after 9/11 and accelerated starting in 2012, when European foreign fighters started going to Syria in large numbers. We should not exaggerate its repressive character. Torture and other egregious practices aren't on the table, and the hard measures have been accompanied by many soft programs to prevent and mitigate violent extremism. The hardening is also uneven, with France adopting a tougher approach than countries like Sweden. Still, the changes are substantial and amount to a paradigm shift in European counterterrorism.
It's still early, but the new approach appears to be working. There are fewer European jihadists fighting on foreign battlefields. Domestic attacks and casualties are substantially down in 2018—not because plotting has decreased, but because authorities are foiling more attempts. For the longer term, the main challenge will be preventing militants who come out of prison from regrouping.
Europe's struggle with jihadism is far from over. The new, more muscular approach poses serious questions about civil liberties, minority rights and radicalization in prisons. But Europe can no longer be described as soft on terrorism.
The only countries standing up now, seem to be ex-communist countries like Hungary and Poland, en Italy for a change, with the church condemning the harder stand against mass immigration.


Another weekend gone and time for another read a book and review it moment. I wrote about my love-hate relationship with romance and chick-lit a while back. Despite my reluctance to reach for a girly book, I don't want to shut the door completely. You never know where the next book that will change your point of view may be hiding.
I read Me Before You when it came out and it caused a wide-spread tissue shortage in my little town (back when I lived in Slovenia). It was a book I fell in love with. Not just because of the emotions it stirred in me, but also because of the portrayal of the growing relationship between two unlikely people. And it made me think about the question of living and dying with dignity. When is the point in someone's life when you say That's it, I can't go on like this anymore as this life has nothing else to offer. If you haven't read it yet (or seen the film), go and do it now.
If You Read a Book and Love It, Do You Read the Sequel?
At the time when After You, the sequel came out, I was very much out of love with chick-lit. So I left this book at the bookstore. I didn't feel like I wanted to read it or write a book review about it. If the first one was amazing, I was worried that the sequel will be a disappointment.
, grabbed the obligatory mug of coffee and my blanket and got all cozy. Reading is my escape. My downtime and I love to be comfortable. My read a book moment is my time to relax, forget about daily worries and enjoy the warmth and coziness of our flat. And After You wasn't a terrible book to chill with.
Louisa now lives in London and it feels as if she's stuck. At the end of Me Before You I felt her life was abut to take off. I thought Will's given her wings. But in After You Lou isn't spreading those wings. The way Jojo Moyes portrays grief or how it affects a person is ingenious. Rather than having Lou crying all the time, she has her merely existing and unable to move on. How do you build a life after the person you loved is gone forever? This is the questions Louisa can't answer.
After a traumatic event and meeting a person from Will's past, Louisa starts to learn to live again. And even how to fall in love one more time. It's a bumpy road and her antics sometimes left me a tad exasperated, but all in all it's an easy book to read. At least it didn't make me want to smash my Kindle against a wall.
What I didn't love about this book was that it felt forced. After the popularity of Me Before You, it was inevitable that a sequel would materialise at some point. What I missed was the banter and sparkling relationship between Will and Lou. There's no such connection in book number 2. Lou feeling like she has to save the world was also a bit meh. The blast from the past is annoying to say the least. I found it hard to sympathize with a bratty, spoiled character whose biggest problem is that they have too much of everything.
Lou's new love interest also left me a bit cold. But maybe the lack of sparks signals what this relationship really is. A rebound one. The one after the life-changing one and before the everyday, forever one.
And the most annoying thing. Lou's mum discovers feminism. Or the stereotypical feminism that's totally cringe-worthy and doesn't add anything to the story. Not shaving your legs isn't some great feminism act. Whether you shave them or not it's to do with personal grooming and what makes you feel comfortable (feminist or not). Personally, I'd rather reach for that Braun Silk-épil and feel more me.
If you want to read a book, this one isn't too bad. It's easy to read and it answers all of the what happened then questions. But as far as the plot is concerned, I'd probably give it a miss. Rather wait till they do the film and drag your boyfriend to see it as a revenge for making you sit through the new Star Wars.
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The significance of improving house construction standards as well as developing a proper vision for training civil and construction engineers were underlined by the minister of roads and urban development on Thursday.
In an inauguration speech delivered at the third conference on the application of new technologies in buildings, held August 11-12 in Mashhad, Abbas Akhundi attributed the development of new technologies to a number of different factors such as appropriate training; performance of economic enterprises; industrial, social, and cultural structure of the country and availability of skilled workers among other things.
However, the minister said in the field of house construction in Iran, three factors have been mostly ignored: Economic structures, cultural basis, and an engineering training system.
"Our ancient architecture used to be far more sophisticated than nowadays, as the life cycle of houses went beyond a century, but now it has decreased," said Akhundi.
So the weakness in new architecture is partly related to lack of appropriate policies.
The minister criticized Iran's vision for 2025 (1404 Outlook) saying the vision depicts no picture of the skills and knowledge that must be acquired by architects by 2025.
The minister highlighted the need to undertake new methods in Iran to improve technical education.
"We need to specify the characteristics of our civil engineers in 2025," said the minister, adding that the required skills regarding new technologies for improving the life cycle of buildings goes beyond academic education.
The minister also said that we have not combined new building technologies with people's lifestyles yet, though the ICT (information and communication technology) sector has been more successful in this regard.
For applying new technologies in house building, two serious weaknesses exist, as outlined by Akhundi.
First, these technologies are not consistent with household income; as an average Iranian family cannot afford to buy a house that meets the standards of new technologies.
The second problem is lack of effective "demand" in the housing sector, because in Iran's housing sector, demand is considered identical to "need", a drawback that has put the sector in severe trouble.
He said that the ministry has considered the two weaknesses in its comprehensive housing plan which has been recently proposed to the government.
He further recommended construction engineers heed economic and cultural aspects besides technical ones when building houses.


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Storm Bounces Back
by Erin Guzman
Storm Volleyball took tough losses against conference rivals Wartburg and Loras in the past two weeks. However, a quick win at Buena Vista has vastly improved their confidence.
Senior Captain Lexie Hagerty feels that the win has definitely boosted team morale and can propel the Storm into future wins this season.
"We played hard against BV," Hagerty said. "We didn't play down to their level, (and) played the way we should be playing."
The Storm appeared to have its game back, winning all three sets on the road Wednesday night. Hagerty, a newly discovered setter for the Storm, contributed18 assists. Junior Hitter Megan Dunlavy tied a game record of 10 kills. Junior Blaiqe Allshouse also threw down 10 kills, bringing the team hitting percentage to .145 for the night. The Storm also had 10 service aces. Senior Libero Monica Driscoll took 12 digs against Buena Vista. Driscoll sees the dedication happening on the floor.
"As a team we have great attitude and put in the hard work," Driscoll said. "I think we have a very resilient team this season."
That resilience shows that the Storm is eager to pursue future victories in the conference.
"We're going to have to take the rest of our games to be in the top three," Hagerty said. "If we play our game, we'll be fine. We want to be the team that people are scared of."
Being intimidating isn't the only thing that the Storm will have to have on their side to earn a high finish in the conference. Driscoll adds that staying healthy and having the team's long-term goals in mind will also help their success.
"There's really not one player on the team that stands out," Driscoll said. "It's taken a full team effort to step up, despite having some injuries. I think it shows that we have good depth when we can fill in the gaps."
After some hiccups in the early season, the Storm has now narrowed in on some keys to handling their competition if they're going to succeed.
"We need to stay strong and consistent," Hagerty said. "We need to control the other team's runs and hold them to few points. We also need to have constant energy."
Driscoll agrees that staying focused is necessary, especially if the team hopes to finish where they want.
"Ultimately we hope to win conference, be ranked no less than third, and hopefully earn a bid to Nationals," Driscoll said.
In order to advance the Storm needs to remain in the top six in the IIAC standings to make the conference tournament. From there, they must either win the tournament to get an automatic bid to Nationals, or can possibly get selected if they finish in second or third. But this challenge isn't taken lightly.
Although the Storm has prevailed in past years, this year's team has to make up ground. Simpson has many IIAC teams scheduled in tournament and regular season play with a current record of 6-7 and an IIAC record of 1-2.


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