When it comes to new college graduates' preparedness for their future careers, studies show a great divide between the perception students have of their skills, and what employers see from interviewing and working with recent grads. In areas such as organization, working in teams, and applying skills and knowledge in real-world settings, students were more than twice as likely to think they were being well-prepared for the workforce as employers were.
Hire more experienced career center staff – Better-qualified career center staff with hiring experience can give updated career and job-searching advice that reflect the realities of today's job market, and will be better able to communicate to students what hiring managers are looking for. This will allow students time to improve their qualifications before they graduate.
Teach networking and interviewing skills – These are two very crucial skills one needs to get a job, but many students graduate from college not knowing how to network or what to expect in a job interview. Career centers could better promote the opportunities they provide to sign up for practice interviewing sessions, as well as add lessons and practice sessions on networking. Colleges can also hold more career-related events where students can learn about and practice these skills with career coaches or hiring managers, as well as incorporate lessons on networking and interviewing into many different courses.
Stress the importance of work experience outside of a degree – Jobs and internships while in school will give students a significant advantage when it comes to job-hunting, as they will be starting the job search with valuable experiences and skills on their résumés that their peers who only have classes and extracurricular activities lack. They also have the benefit of allowing students to explore a particular career path to decide if it is really right for them, and giving them the chance to change direction and explore other options before graduation if they discover it isn't.
Improve soft skills by connecting activities in the classroom to necessary job skills – Many classroom activities that students may see as being an unnecessary nuisance are actually a taste of what is to come when they start their careers. Instructors should emphasize how class requirements and activities like group projects, class participation, analytical essays, and even interactions with their classmates and instructors are precursors to what their careers will require of them. Once students graduate and find work, they will likely find themselves having to collaborate with their coworkers to complete a project, participate in and contribute ideas in meetings, analyze problems, results, and customer feedback to improve a product or service, and communicate effectively and appropriately with coworkers, upper management, and customers. Raising awareness of the similarities between what goes on in the classroom and the workforce may motivate students to take their classroom experiences more seriously.
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Nearly 60% of students entering community colleges aren't prepared to take college-level vocational or educational classes and require non-credit remedial courses in math, reading, and writing before they can start on their vocational or academic degrees. Taking months, or even years, of high school-level courses in these subjects before being able to advance to credit courses and start working towards their credentials extends the time and money it takes for students to complete their degrees. The frustration and discouragement this often leads to is apparent in the completion rate: only about a quarter of students who start out taking remedial courses complete a degree in eight years.
Washington community colleges are combating this drop-out rate with their innovative program called I-BEST (Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training), which offers credit courses that teach basic math, reading, and writing skills alongside the technical skills students will need once they complete their credentials. Areas in which colleges offer I-BEST programs include accounting, business clerical skills, information technology, nursing, and academic transfer, among others. In I-BEST, students are taught basic academic skills that they will use in their chosen careers in the context of how they'll be used on the job. There are two instructors in each I-BEST course: a basic-skills teacher and a subject expert. The basic-skills teacher lectures on the subject area for the first part of class, then the students immediately go to the lab portion of class where the subject expert teaches job procedures, applying what students have just learned in the lecture. The program has been replicated by colleges in 29 other states.
Accelerated the speed at which subjects are taught: Many students don't need an entire semester or year of remedial coursework, only strengthening in certain areas. I-BEST fills the gaps in students' skills by concentrating on what they need to know for their career paths. In addition, the direct connection between academic work and job skills improves retention of learned basic skills knowledge.
Increased likelihood of earning a vocational or academic degree: Taking non-credit remedial courses can cause a financial strain, as many students may run out of money for credit courses before completing their credentials or even taking a single credit course. I-BEST offers basic skills intermingled with career courses for credit, allowing students to take the courses they want from the beginning. It also lays out a clearer pathway for what courses to take in order to complete a credential or work toward a degree. As a result, over 80% of I-BEST students have completed their credentials or returned for another quarter.
Produces long-term economic benefits: Students who have completed at least a year of college-level classes and earned a credential obtained better jobs and saw a significant increase in earnings.
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traditional classroom instruction, or utilize a combination of these options, either throughout their curriculum or within a single course. Each option has its advantages and disadvantages depending on factors such as personality, learning style, time commitment, and computer literacy level. Understanding these influences can help you construct your course, whether it is in class or online, to ensure that your students receive the best learning experience.
Increased flexibility – Students can access an online course at any time from any computer with internet connection, whether that be at home, the library, or a café. This makes it easier to fit a course into their schedule when they have responsibilities like work, children, or other commitments, in contrast to a traditional class, which would only be offered at certain times that may not fit the student's schedule and preclude that student from taking the class.
Can be tailored to different learning styles – Many online courses come with a variety of resources, like videos, simulations, links, and articles, and the student can choose which resources to use according to how they learn best. Online courses also allow students to manage the pace of their learning, as opposed to having to adjust to the pace of their instructor and classmates. They can skim material that they already understand, while devoting more time and concentration to lessons which require more of their efforts to learn.
Encourages participation in class discussion – The relative anonymity that online courses offer can make students who might not speak up in a classroom more comfortable with participating in online discussions, which can contribute more ideas and add to the learning experience of all the students in the course.
Immediate interaction with instructors and peers – Classroom instruction offers in-person access to the instructor and classmates. Students can ask questions and contribute to class discussions, as well as receive answers and feedback immediately, rather than waiting for their instructor or classmates to see their posts or e-mails online. Hands-on activities and group projects can further enhance students' learning experience. And interacting with instructors and peers in person can also better facilitate personal and professional relationships.
Offers a set schedule and structure – For students who may not quite have the self-discipline and time-management skills to complete an online course, traditional classroom instruction can provide that needed structure and motivation to successfully complete the work. Having a set schedule to attend class can help students manage their time more effectively, and having to submit work and take tests in person, which will eventually be graded and handed back in person, adds a certain sense of accountability that students may not feel in an online course, where those same interactions feel more anonymous.
Fewer technology requirements – For students that do not have access to a computer or internet at home, or who don't have the level of computer literacy necessary to take an online course, a classroom course is beneficial for receiving on-site assistance from their instructor with any technological issues or questions they have.
We offer solutions that will optimize your students' classroom and online learning experiences and help them attain their educational goals. Contact us at Labyrinth Learning to learn more about our full solutions for business and accounting courses, and also beginning- and intermediate-level computer courses.
Millennial students have been described in many ways. In one text, "Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation," the authors describes millennial students with the words "team-oriented, pressured, confident and achieving." When teaching millennial students, taking these descriptive adjectives into account can help you devise strategies to specifically target their minds and enhance their learning.
Many millennials grew up with involved, interested parents. They tend to learn best from instructors with whom they feel a connection. Including personal experiences in your lectures will make you, and your lessons, more relatable.
Millennials grew up working in groups, and they are adapted to learning in this manner. Allow them to collaborate from time to time. You'll be amazed at the ideas they can generate when allowed to discuss and interact with one another.
Millennial students are driven and goal-oriented, but in order to keep your students motivated to continue achieving, you'll need to provide them with adequate feedback. There's no need to stroke their egos, but do tell them where they have succeeded, and what they can do to improve.
We offer efficient software to make multimedia learning more approachable for both students and instructors. Contact us at Labyrinth Learning to learn more about our materials, which will greatly help you teach your millennial students more effectively.
These days, many students are connected to the Internet and to technology nearly 24 hours per day through their smartphones. The use of this technology is changing the way students learn and the way instructors need to think of digital literacy testing for students.
It's common for instructors to assume that because many of today's students have grown up with technology, they are naturally digitally literate. However, this is not always the case. Just because students are immersed in technology doesn't necessarily mean they know how to use it effectively. In order to enhance education, instructors should identify skills to enhance students' use of their devices. They should also focus on teaching the benefits, dangers, and opportunities that come with today's technology.
Teaching technology has moved away from teaching students how to turn on and navigate their devices and on to more detailed, specific topics that allow students to make the most of technology and use it responsibly.
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When most instructors think about assessing student learning, what often comes to mind are tests, quizzes, and assignments. While these are certainly useful tools for motivating students to learn the material and for assessing student learning, there is another method to consider integrating into your approach.
Students generally begin a course with very little knowledge of a topic. They're aware of the fact that they know very little. When the course has finished, they're much more knowledgeable, but it's hard to determine exactly how much they have learned — or which topics they learned well, and which are still unclear.
One way of assessing student learning is to ask a series of questions early in the course, and then repeat that same series of questions at the end of the course. By comparing the before-class and after-class answers, you can determine exactly which topics students learned well and which are still foggy.
To implement this method, you'll need to start by outlining the key concepts of your course. Ask several big-picture questions about each topic that you feel will effectively evaluate whether a student understands that topic. Administer this assessment at one of the first classes, and again at one of the last. You could also choose to use this approach on a topic-by-topic basis. Ask a series of questions before each unit and again after each unit.
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In order to get the most out of their education, students need to be able to learn efficiently and in a way that encourages them to retain the material, rather than simply forget it once the test is over. Understanding some common misconceptions that students have about learning will assist you in designing a curriculum and teaching style that fights these misconceptions and results in well-educated, prepared students.
Misconception #1: Knowledge is just a slew of facts.
A common student misconception about learning is that building knowledge is about learning more facts. In reality, knowledge is being able to tie these facts together, see how they relate, and understand their deeper meanings. Making sure you explain how individual concepts are related to one another will help break through this misconception.
Misconception #2: Natural talent, not hard work, makes someone good at a subject.
Provide your students with feedback throughout the semester, letting them know that their work is paying off and that they're improving. They're not just naturally talented; they've been putting forth effort to succeed.
Misconception #3: You can learn effectively while multitasking.
This common student misconception about learning is quite detrimental. Student think they learn well while also doing other things. Set policies, such as no texting during class, to encourage them to focus on the singular task of learning. They'll find they have an easier time absorbing the material.
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Administer a few (3 – 5) unannounced quizzes throughout the semester and make them worth a potion of your students' overall grade. This will prevent students from missing class — they won't want to miss out on the quiz grade. Make it clear that these quizzes cannot be made up if a student is absent.
If you have students who are missing class more than once in a while, send them an email. Express concern about their poor attendance, and encourage them to attend more often in order to improve their performance. Knowing that you're aware of their absence is often enough to drive them back to class.
Pass out handouts that explain helpful concepts, but don't post them online. This way, students must attend class in order to obtain this vital information.
If students like attending class, they'll keep coming. Almost any topic can be made more interesting by including discussions in classes and making an effort to relate the concepts to daily life and real world situations.
Contact us at Labyrinth Learning to learn about our teaching software that's useful for improving student attendance while making the learning process easier.


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Iran says still honoring nuclear deal
January 14, 2019 - 21:8
TEHRAN – Tehran says its move to design a modern process for 20-percent uranium enrichment does not run against its compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement, officially known as the JCPOA in its English abbreviation and BARJAM in Persian.
"We have been committed to BARJAM so far and we have shown to the world that we are fulfilling our obligations under the deal," Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday at his bi-weekly press conference.
He was commenting on remarks by Ali Akbar Salehi, the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), who announced on Sunday that Iran has begun preliminary activities for designing modern nuclear fuel with purity of 20 percent.
"However, how we will decide in the future depends on the role and performance of the other parties to BARJAM," Qassemi remarked.
The spokesman further said the Foreign Ministry is closely monitoring the developments surrounding the JCPOA, and that any decision about the international pact will be made by the JCPOA Monitoring Board, a committee inside the Supreme National Security Council whose members are appointed by the Leader.
On the prospects of the special purpose vehicle (SPV), a mechanism aimed at facilitating trade with Iran in the face of U.S. sanctions, Qassemi said the European Union (EU) lacks the structures needed to establish the mechanism.
He said although the EU is willing to finalize the SPV, there has been too much delay and the EU is under considerable pressure from the United States.
"The U.S. is trying to prevent this type of cooperation from being materialized through any means," he remarked.
On May 8, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the JCPOA and ordered the re-imposition of sanctions against Iran, despite strong opposition from the other signatories to the deal – namely Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany.
Under Trump, the U.S. has been pursuing the strategy of applying maximum pressure on Iran. The latest example of such pressure was seen on Friday, when U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that Poland and the United States are jointly organizing the global conference in Warsaw on February 13-14, with the aim of curbing Iran's influence in the region.
While deploring the move, Qassemi said the U.S. is trying to harm Iran's relations with other countries.
He also criticized the Polish government's decision to host the conference.
"We will not let others move in the direction of destroying Iran's image on false pretexts," he said.
The Foreign Ministry has taken and will take appropriate measures in the face of "wrong", "improper" and maybe "hostile" actions of any country within the framework of maintaining the status of the Iranian people, the spokesman added.
Iran has taken preliminary steps for production of modern nuclear fuel with 20 percent purity: Salehi
Bahram Qassemi
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I can't believe I haven't posted this recipe before because it's my all-time favourite muffin recipe. I make them more often than any other muffins. The whole family loves them warm out of the oven for a snack, lunch, or breakfast. I tend to have all the ingredients on hand, but if I don't, it's easy to substitute ingredients for something I do have. For example, if you don't have oat bran you can use wheat germ. If you only have bananas but not applesauce, just use all bananas, or vice versa. If you don't have blueberries, you could use another fruit. Play around with it and find what you like best.
Preheat oven to 375F. Line or grease a 12-cup muffin tin. In a large bowl, combine oats, flours, oat bran, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine bananas, applesauce, egg, and oil. Add to dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Fold in blueberries. Divide batter between 12 muffin cups. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the muffin comes out clean.


Scientists assertively say that mathematics can optimize the future, thanks to its universal and multidisciplinary nature. That is why they suggest that there should be a math enrichment centre in every locality. They point out that the role of mathematics in certain fields is supportive and in a few others, it plays a major and primary role.
1. Mathematics can help in optimizing every field under the sun. For example, though a number of people have the notion that mathematics and biology do not have any link, mathematics helps in gathering statistics and arriving at conclusions in the field of biology also. In fact, without mathematics, researchers cannot do their studies in biology. Simply put, the role of mathematics will be very much crucial for progress in almost all the fields.
2. A few other examples as to how mathematics can optimize our future are the ways retailers use mathematics for analyzing their loyalty programs and the strategies banks adopt with the help of mathematics for managing their financial risks. Similarly, hospitals can use mathematics for managing the work-flows of their emergency wards.
3. While computational mathematics can play a key role in designing industrial, economic, biological and environmental models, bioinformatics that use mathematics to a large extent plays a highly significant role in genetics. Researchers involved in genetic studies can create algorithms for analyzing genomic data for exposing genetic markers pertaining to diseases.
Optimization using mathematics involves economic, objective and judicious use of available resources in various processes including production. This means industries can succeed in their aim of achieving competitive advantage.
To summarize, mathematics has become all-pervasive, right from managing traffic to scheduling of air crafts. Unfortunately, many of the fields including the health sector, public transport, etc. are not using mathematics to the optimum which means they are yet to use their resources optimally. If these fields use mathematics appropriately, they can succeed in achieving increased productivity. They can also sustain and grow in their spheres of activities.
In short experts say that math truths have the ability to make a complex world a lot more comprehensible as well as manageable.
This clearly explains how mathematics can help in optimizing our future. So, the suggestion of researchers that there should be a math enrichment in every location is not tall talk.
What is the right age to start math enrichment classes for your child?
One can join the math enrichment class as early as k1 level. Each group of children is provided with challenges and thought-provoking exercises fit for their standard to determine the requirements of early bloomers. It's solely based to define the ability criteria of the child and the age factor does not matter. Students are provided the opportunity to explore their talents and skills in the field of mathematics. Hence, establishing a strong grasp on conceptual understanding.
In simple terms, though math is assumed to deal with equations, variables, and arithmetic; there is a bigger picture to lay focus on. Creativity, reason, intuition, investigating patterns that deal with space and quantity, logic is also part of math.
Each level of the class is well-structured and goal-oriented. There is an overall development and growth that is experienced by every child. Motivating them to do their best along with having fun makes these math enrichment for K1 classes very effective.
As it aims to master one skill set before moving on to the next, it approaches the subject through a different style which is not seen in the regular curriculum.
Through these classes, math is made fun and engaging. So these classes can be enjoyed by toddlers as well as they begin to learn the fundamental concepts of counting and number recognition.
Through activities, your child attempts to use different solution strategies to overcome the challenging problem which stimulates the creativity within. Such methods of learning, during a child's formative years, helps in becoming a long term habit of reasoning and logic.
These out-of-class exercises help students have a more in-depth understanding of the vast areas of math that is covered by this program.
Efficiency, persistence, and confidence are the key life skills your child will learn as the child works towards mastery over a particular skill set. When such life skills become a part of our lifestyle at such a tender age, success isn't far behind. "Practice makes a man perfect" is the famous saying. Your child will be passionate about the subject through the various activities. Passion is what inspires us to work and achieve the goals we set. Milestones are crossed when passion and hard work go hand in hand.
Hence, it is a great idea to introduce your child to math enrichment classes as early as possible as the earlier they join the more they benefit from these classes.
One of the main skills that most of us use in day to day life. It comes into use in almost every walk of life. Most people will argue that you don't need to be taught critical thinking and problem solving smart people will just figure it out themselves or children will learn it through discussions with their peers. However, studies have shown that children who took part in math booster programs have a higher problem solving ability and better critical thinking skills.
Math booster programs use math games and other innovative ideas to help children improve their math skills in this process unknowingly the child is also learning logical and critical thinking that is then applied while solving the math problems. These skills are not just limited to solving math problems but also make the basis for the child when they come across other problems and difficulties later in life. A sure method of teaching a child problem solving is when they are asked to explain how they solved a particular math sum. Other ways that math booster programs help development of problem solving and critical thinking is when they teach the child how to analyse analogies. Relating math problems to day to day life can help build interest in math and also give example and solutions of daily problems.
Primary maths tuition centre Singapore help children to identify the relevant information that they need to solve the problem that is given to them. It shows them how to create categories and divide the information provided to them into these categories. The next step to solving any problem is to construct and recognize valid deductive arguments or hypothesis for the problem. These hypotheses are then put to the test to get the required result. Math booster programs help the child to recognise common reasoning fallacies. The most important thing that is taught during these programs is how to distinguish between the given evidence and the interpretation of the given evidence.
Improved critical thinking and problem solving skills in children have been known to make the child more independent, smarter and more creative. It is also known to increase the child's IQ score and boosts inventiveness. The child is also able to make decisions better when they are clearly able to think about the problem analyse it and then find a solution.
There is no specific data which will tell you exactly what math enrichment is and it is usually interpreted as problem solving or mathematical thinking. However, it is the process of gaining knowledge and understanding of math as a subject. With understanding comes passion, and with passion comes growth and a treasure is unlocked. Not everyone has a good aptitude for math. Some children are able to grasp a concept as soon as it is taught in class but some need a little bit of push before they can fully understand a concept that is being taught to them. This is where math enrichment programs come into play.
Math enrichment centres are the alternates to regular classes that help children who are having a hard time coping with understanding the basic concepts of math understand in an easier way. Math enrichment even though aimed at those who struggle with math is not purely just for them. It is a program that makes a person better at math. So whether the child has a good grasp on the subject or it is the last thing that they would rather do math enrichment centres help to make them better.
These can be taken as after school classes as well as special summer classes. Here they use different methods of teaching the basic concepts that is not taught in schools. These classes can help children find love for a subject that they disliked earlier and this love could even lead them to a career where math is a necessary subject to know. For example, in today's world, everything is getting digitized and thus there is a growing need for people who are capable and have studied computer science a subject in which having a working knowledge is a huge plus.
Every math enrichment centre has its own strategy and approach to the subject. These programs are aimed at the problem solving skills and day to day lives of the children. They help the children to have critical thinking when it comes to the math problem as well as life as life as a whole. One of the most important strategies that are used in these programs is the use of the matrix method. By providing a framework to the students they are able to group mathematical problems that have similar solutions into one category.
Hence, math enrichment as the name suggests is a way of improving a child's knowledge of math.
Are You A Nursery Teacher Teaching Math? – Things You Need To Know!
Many preschool or nursery educators will be delighted in their young students desire to learn something new every day. A nursery teacher's day is all about influencing positive behavior, modeling how to do things, shaping out right and proper instructions, inculcating optimism, positive attitude, self-esteem and all this while laying a foundation for their real academics in the coming future. Math is one important subject most students fear as they grow, so what teacher tips can make their journey easy? Check out the reason many nursery schools in Singapore add a compulsory playing session .
Real math – Bring the lessons into the perfect context for the nursery kids. It should move around their daily lives. It should not be limited to the school and class; it should be at home and also in the community. Nursery kids learn math to their best with hands on activities as well as projects that keep them reminded how this 'math' is part of their daily lives. For example, counting objects! It can be done with the objects they see in the market or street.
Many aspects – Math is a lot more than basic addition as well as subtraction. So, introduce the concept of sensing numbers, geometry – which can help in learning a variety of patterns and many kinds of shapes. Measurement helps them learn how much milk they consume, how much water they drink. The terms used in math and other concepts that a preschooler can grasp easily will make a difference.
Across curriculum – Never try teaching math as a separate or a kind of isolated subject. It decreases the interest of the kid. Blend the notion into the fine arts, language learning, music and other science projects.
Observing the progress – Having a weekly assessment helps how far the child has learned the subject. And after a monthly assessment, it is advised to have a discussion with parents about what was observed, what are the well-performed zones and what are the areas where a student needs to keep little effort. This way, parents will be engaged in the growth of their kid.
Individualize – Few assessments prove that certain students are up to the mark while few are not able to fall in the race! It's okay if the kids don't grasp certain things. So, as a teacher it is important to individualize the instructions according to the student's requirements and teach the next lessons based on what they know and what they don't, instead of teaching the same thing to all.
Along with these practices, it is always good to know what other teachers are doing with the subject and dealing with the hurdles. Swapping ideas as well as the good methodologies always help children progress further.
One sure way of keeping children occupied is by making them help out their parents with the arrangements for a holiday get-together or party. The least a child could do is go up and greet the guests at the door. Slightly older children can offer to take their coats or show them around the house, or ask if they need anything.
These small tasks help make parents feel less stressed and also go a long way in preparing the children as good hosts, later in life.
There are a few basic rules that children need to be taught when entering anyone's premises. For example, knocking on a closed door and asking permission to enter, to say "thank you" and "please" when asking the host for anything. It is also immensely appreciated if children offer to help the host in the smallest possible way.
It does not matter who is giving, or what the gift contains. Gifts are exchanged to express warmth or affection. Children should remember to accept gifts gracefully. The shortest expression of gratitude or appreciation that a child can be taught is "thank you". This is a complete sentence in itself. As they grow up, they could be taught to say "Thank you for the gift. I love it", "How kind of you to think of me", and so on. These manners are also taught in child care centres in Singapore . This creates a positive impact on the giver, making them appreciative of the parents and the children alike.
Life would be perfect for parents if their children refrained from throwing a tantrum or two in the middle of a gathering, right? Well, there's no foolproof method to curb it, so here are some suggestions to ease out the problem. Teachers in child care centres say that parents can signal or take the child to a quiet corner of the venue to explain calmly, and make sure to avoid addressing the same within the reach of an audience.
When a child goes to preschool, he or she undergoes a number of changes. Their attention span improves and they get better at doing small tasks and take on new tasks. They are always ready to show off the skills they learn in preschool with confidence. However, they are not always well equipped with the required skills to deal with peer-related issues and a little bit of disciplining is usually required. They learn to understand the emotions they and others around them feel. They can also be very moody and display anger.
Discipline is one of the most important values that are taught in many infant care centres in Singapore . Each preschooler is responsible for their own behaviour. Any misbehaviour is not tolerated and they will have to face the consequences. Without discipline, there is no student-oriented atmosphere in the schools. The teacher is unable to carry out the lessons smoothly if there are disruptions due to misbehaviour. The behaviour of one individual affects the group.
In a similar manner, the expectations of the group can dictate an individual's behaviour. However, it is important to know how the kids are disciplined in the preschool. It is taken for granted that discipline is the teacher's duty. She sets behavioural rules and the students are to follow them. Good behaviour is rewarded and bad behaviour is punished.
The preschoolers thrive in a structured environment. Providing and maintaining a routine with a lot of structure can go a long way in helping maintain discipline. Praising good behaviour and even providing small rewards can reinforce the confidence in the child and they will continue to behave in the same manner.
When children are acting up, the best tool to make them cool down by themselves is a time out. An appropriate role model is a good influence on the child and helps them learn discipline. Dealing with the logical as well as the natural consequences of their behaviour can teach a child discipline. Verbal reinforcement of good behaviour, non-verbal gestures of bad behaviour and a dialogue between the teacher and students are good methods of maintaining discipline. However, scolding or harsh words, assigning additional homework or any kind of shaming of the student is not acceptable. This method could backfire and cause the child to react in a negative way as such an incident is not easily forgotten.
Singapore is a land of diverse cultural heritage, exhilarating events, and scrumptious eats. Make sure you plan ahead for a getaway to the great sunny city. The internet has made the preparation process easy and manageable. Consider making your bookings online for the lodging facility. The area has numerous food paradises with various dishes and cuisines. Eat the best local meals like the kaya toast, chili crab, and chicken rice. Try the new foodies like bak chor mee Singapore dishes from the local chefs.
Attend the food events and festivals to taste a more mouth-watering dishes to eat. Experts in the hospitality industry hold these parties to bring chefs and other experts together. They encourage them to make new dishes for competition purposes. Tourists and other attendants enjoy the food for free or at a reasonable price. Check their festive calendar when picking a date for your tour.
At times, the organizing bodies will combine the food events with exciting entertainment concerts. The sunny island is the home for many musicians and bands. Their annual highlights comprise the multicultural music, dance, and visual feast, indie music line-up, and the fabulous fireworks.
For the lovers of art, the place has museums and galleries for this activity. Take your loved ones to see the public gallery see the paintings from the Asia. There are also theaters to watch the traditional dances, and dramas as you enjoy your meatballs. Many restaurants are near these outlets.
The locals go out to mark various religion and culture festivals like Christmas, Lunar New Year, and Deepavali. You will not feel discriminated since you will have something to celebrate. They have also set up a colorful array of heritage places and buildings of worship across the city. The residents will not only take care of your stomach but also of your faith.
After having the meatballs, take the children to see the inspiring architecture. The town has both the old and the new buildings. Take a walk to the historic buildings as you explore the modern shopping malls and the top museums. Watch the spectacular skyline and the skyscrapers from the rooftops in town.
Hotels are offering packed lunch, and you can take as you tour the city. Some cafe provides night dining. You can hold parties with your friends at these secured restaurant-bars even late night hours. You will enjoy family entertainment at the amusement parks. Singapore has shops for various budgets. Carry a camera to capture the unforgettable moments and the yummy meatballs.


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Quote from: Ian dolly on April 28, 2014, 19:18:43
As kids I remember watching "The Cabinet" from outside the little oyster one through a gap in the curtains. As a local band, they are what gave us inspiration to form our own band. We hit the road as "sleepy hollow" playing the local club/pub circuit which included the Warden Bay Hotel. Other bands that I remember playing there were "Ram Rod" "Flyin Hi" and "Tony Peters Five0" ....good times!!
And what about Warners Holiday camp and the Seaview Hotel....anyone remember the Cellar Club, or Dave Lee & the Rebounds !!
Ian dolly
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2014, 19:18:43 »
David JM
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2012, 03:29:08 »
I was a founder member of The Cabinet in 1969, along with Mike Beer........We played all around the county, including the Warden Bay Hotel, The Old Ash Tree in Gillingham, and various Working-men's Clubs, including the Ex-Servicemen's Club in Sheerness which we nicknamed "Rupture Staircase" because of the difficulty in getting all of our gear up into the top bar !!.
Amongst our contemporaries were "Midnight Hour" and "Burnt Ice".
I am still in regular contact with Mike, even though I left the band in 1976. My last gig with The Cabinet was a wedding reception at the Borough Hall in Queenborough in July of that year.
Our very first gig was at the Warden Bay Hotel one Sunday lunch-time in 1970 ( £12.50 between the four of us !! Thank you Dave and Lorna, RIP), and we had regular winter/spring engagements until the regular Organ / Drums duo started their regular summer season stint.
Georgie Dee (George Dixon) also appeared with us (he's still around, too, living not far from the pub in Leysdown).
Amongst our best gigs must have been as a support act to Chicory Tip, and a dance at the Wheatsheaf Hall in Sheerness with the Johnny Young Four. Both bands are still going - in fact I jammed with Chicory Tip just last night in Ramsgate !!
The Cabinet members: Brian Austin (Bass guitar), Toby Hinshelwood (Drums), Mike Beer (Lead guitar), and yours truly - David Mitchell (Vocals / Rhythm guitar).
I'll dig out some photographs for a future post. Meanwhile, here's a scanned image of one of our cards, discovered in my loft earlier this year (2012). Our Bass player, Brian, coined the phrase "Rocks, Ballast and Peat" from the heading. Ever the comedian !! He moved to the West Country many years ago with his lovely wife Pat. Toby and Mike are still living on Sheppey, and I moved to Birchington in 1979.
Aaah, happy days...........
Cheers, David Mitchell
The Cabinet did indeed morph into Kudos after my departure..........
colin haggart
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2012, 22:54:13 »
Quote from: seb on October 05, 2012, 16:26:15
I'm probably posting in the wrong section so please move and not delete. Does anyone recall the bands that played at the Warden Bay Hotel on the Isle of Sheppey? Especially one named Tyke?
I can remember groups like Cabinet, who changed their name to Cudos. Penny Wistle, who played in in places like Minster Working Men's Club and Sheerness EastWorking Men's club in the 1970s, I would guess that they played in The Warden Bay Hotel too.
afsrochester
I was in a band called Marsh that played there regularly in 1975. Sorry, I can't help with the names of other bands, I'm afraid.
Bands of the 70's


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Seagull rips off man's testicle as he sunbathes naked
http://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/seagull-testicle/
A rogue seagull ripped off a man's right testicle as he sunbathed naked in his back garden, it has emerged.
Experts say the fearsome bird mistook the man's exposed privates as a couple of birds eggs and dropped in for a tasty snack.
As the man – who has not been named – dozed on his patio in his detached home near Ipswich, the seagull swooped from the sky, and with one bite of its beak ripped away the right testicle.
He woke screaming in agony, and saw the bird flying away with one of his 'crown jewels' wedged in its yellow beak.
His wife called an ambulance, and staff at Ipswich Hospital's accident and emergency department had to patch him up, and give him a course of antibiotics to prevent infection.
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"The injury is not life threatening, and tests have confirmed that his remaining testicle is still in working order, so he will be able to have children."
A spokesman for research group Seagull Watch International confirmed that seagulls often feed on the eggs of small birds.
"Eggs are full of protein – it's why we eat them, after all. Gulls will often steal other birds' eggs, so it is unfortunate for this man that his private parts resembled a couple of eggs in a nest.
"It was no doubt a young adult gull that is still learning to be independent.
"This is the first time we have heard of such an attack in the UK, and it is probably a one-off event, but just in case this particular seagull has now got a taste for 'men's eggs', we would recommend putting some shorts on while sunbathing at home."
Ipswich Hospital refused to name the seagull victim, or even pass on an interview request from the Suffolk Gazette.
Re: Seagull rips off man's testicle as he sunbathes naked
Well that brought tears to my eyes, was it MicMac I wonder
Sounds like a right balls up to me!
Sorry but I just find this funny.
Good job he had two, but just as well the gull did not go for the worm.
Guest on 2017-08-10, 9:44 am
Nostalgic wrote: Good job he had two, but just as well the gull did not go for the worm.
Now he's like Hitler except the other isn't in the Albert Hall.
Sid MCFC on 2017-08-10, 10:41 am
That story's made me feel sick.
I feel sorry for the seagul
Sid MCFC


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Q: Can't enter the NumberFormatException I was trying to write a program that prompts the user to read two integers and displays their sum and my program should prompt the user to read the number again if the input is incorrect. That's what I came up with:
import java.util.*;
public class NumFormatException {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws NumberFormatException {
        Scanner input=new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Enter 2 integers: ");
        int num1=0;
        int num2=0;

            boolean isValid = false;

            while (!isValid)  {
            try
            {
                num1=input.nextInt();
                num2=input.nextInt();
                isValid=true;
            }
            catch(NumberFormatException ex)
            {
                System.out.println("Invalid input");
            }
        }
            System.out.println(num1 + " + " + num2 + " = " + (num1 + num2));
    }

}

My main goal is to put the user in a situation to re-enter an integer if the input is incorrect. When I enter two integers, operation work well but my problem is with the exception: when I enter for example a instead of an integer, my program crashed.

A: There are two problems here. First, If a nextXYZ method of Scanner encounters a wrong input, it won't throw a NumberFormatException but an InputMismatchException. Second, if such an exception is thrown, the input token won't be consumed, so you need to consume it explicitly again:
try {
    num1=input.nextInt();
    num2=input.nextInt();
    isValid=true;
} catch (InputMismatchException ex) { // catch the right exception
    System.out.println("Invalid input");
    // consume the previous, erroneous, input token(s)
    input.nextLine();
}

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Q: How do I get Windows 10 Search into a working state? I've been testing out build 1709 for potential deployment into our environment and have yet to get Windows Search to actually function properly.
In particular it seems to be having difficulty finding programs which are installed and showing on Apps & Features. I've disabled web searches, as shown below, however that doesn't seem to have fixed the issue.
Searches for stock programs, like Calculator, work fine.
Group Policy
Windows Program List
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Any thoughts?

A: On my Windows 10 1709 machine, after install WinSCP and configure group policies, gpupdate/force, I can see WinSCP in search result.

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Are standardized exams that certify teachers going to provide the nation's schools with the high-quality teachers that parents want for their children? This past fall, the high failure rate of students enrolled in teacher education programs at some campuses of City University of New York was front-page news in local papers. But the news reports contained nothing about the test itself. No one except previous test-takers knows what the test contains. The private company that creates, administers, and grades the exam, National Evaluations Systems Inc., has refused to release old versions of the test, so the public is ignorant about what knowledge and skills it measures.
To find out why so many prospective teachers are failing this test, I registered for both of its portions required for certification in New York state. I took the tests on Oct. 18, along with 700 other people, many of them minority adults retaking the test because of past failure. Their anxiety was palpable, and the long wait we had to endure for two crowded elevators to take us to our 5th-floor testing site only increased the apprehension.
My interest in the test is more than theoretical. I teach education at the College of Staten Island, part of City University of New York. Though CSI students perform as well on average as other test-takers in the state, I wanted to know what was being implicitly demanded of teacher education programs. Without actually signing up for the test and taking it along with the students we prepare, faculty members have no way of knowing what is on the test, how to prepare our students for it, or whether it is a valid measure of their skills and knowledge.
I also was concerned with how well the test assessed the high-level thinking skills that the New York board of regents and the state department of education have called for all teachers and their public school students to master. In contrast to most education faculty in the nation's universities, I spent many years as a classroom teacher, most of them in New York City schools considered very tough places to teach, so I was also concerned about whether this test measures the considerable skills and knowledge New York City teachers actually need. My research and publications focus on urban teacher preparation, so I feel especially qualified to judge whether the test will improve the quality of teaching in urban schools.
Sadly, the four-hour segment of the exam that purports to measure knowledge of the liberal arts and sciences--LAST--consists of SAT-like questions about reading selections. The "literature" section contained short excerpts or poems, followed by queries with intentionally tricky wording about the main idea, the theme, or the author's intent. The science and math sections asked for answers to the kinds of problems most students are introduced to in junior high school. Only the writing sample, a persuasive essay on a topic of educational interest, measured any ability worth assessing.
The second test required for state certification--ATS-w--is another four-hour exam containing multiple-choice questions and an essay. It is supposed to assess knowledge of sound instructional practice. But what the test measures best, I found, is familiarity with the latest educational jargon. In the version for secondary teachers, brief descriptions of situations a teacher might encounter were followed by questions and possible answers. In at least one-third of these vignettes, I thought that two answers were equally valid and that a reflective teacher who knew teaching and learning are contextual might well mark an answer considered incorrect. The only reason I could identify the answer the test-maker would designate as the right one is that I follow what's currently touted in textbooks.
Yet, the best educational research demonstrates that the kinds of formulaic responses this certification exam calls for are absent in classrooms of teachers who are analytical about their teaching and knowledgeable about all of their options in curriculum and instruction.
Probably in deference to criticisms that have been made about cultural bias in standardized tests, the exam included excerpts of works written by African and Asian writers and reading selections about the Third World. But as is true in all standardized tests like the LAST, the bias is embedded in the test design. The LAST does not measure skills or knowledge that teacher candidates normally acquire in college or education courses. Rather, what it assesses most accurately is the student's social-class background.
I was encouraged to see so many minority adults taking the test at my site because minority teachers are a valuable but scarce resource. I know from my teaching experience and research that urban schools desperately need teachers who come from the poor, minority communities public schools have failed to serve well. Many times, as a city teacher, I asked African-American and Hispanic colleagues for advice in thinking through a problem I was having with a student. I wanted an opinion from someone who had shared the life experiences of my students and their parents.
Do citizens really want schools of education to devote so much attention to helping prospective teachers pass a test that is utterly irrelevant to what should occur in public school classrooms?
Yet minority candidates are the test-takers who fail standardized exams such as the LAST in disproportionate numbers. Even more disturbing is the fact that New York City is decertifying and firing dozens of teachers who have been teaching for years, earning satisfactory reviews for their performance in the classroom, because these teachers cannot pass the certification exam.
Education programs at several CUNY campuses are being battered and humiliated by politicians because of students' poor showing on the LAST and ATS-w. After taking the certification exam, I can reassure CUNY faculty members that they can increase their passing rates if they turn their education courses into Stanley Kaplan-like drill sessions. But do citizens really want their schools of education to devote so much attention to helping prospective teachers pass a test that is utterly irrelevant to what should occur in public school classrooms?
How can we justify the expenditure of time and money on test preparation of this sort when our teachers need so much knowledge about the content they must teach, as well as instructional methods that will help them reach all students?
If we want literate, thoughtful, analytical teachers, we must make significant changes in the way we recruit, prepare, and select teachers. The "quick fix" of this certification exam deludes parents and citizens into thinking that something substantive is being done to improve the quality of teaching and schooling, when in reality all that's accomplished is barring some of the people we most need as teachers.
Lois Weiner, a former classroom teacher in New York City, is a visiting professor of education at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York.
See a related story, "States Turn Their Attention to Teacher Improvement," in This Week's News. Read our story, "Accreditors Shift Toward Performance," Oct. 29, 1997. See two related stories, "Professors Attitudes Out of Sync, Study Finds," and "Ed. Dept. Funds Large-Scale Research Effort on Teaching," Oct. 29, 1997. "NCATE Told To Emphasize Technology," Sept. 17, 1997. "Despite Rocky Road, Ed. School Accreditation Effort on a Roll," June 18, 1997. "Seven States Selected for NCATE Licensing Project," April 17, 1996. Read "The Real Teacher Crisis," an Oct. 29, 1997 commentary. For background, previous stories, and Web links, see our Issues Pages on Teaching as a Profession and Professional Development.


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Q: Correct way to double a class instance with RSpec? I'm trying to make a test double for a class instance with RSpec.  Say I have a test that only accepts a File object as an argument.
Great, now how do I make a double so I don't have to pass in an actual file with all of my specs?
let(:file) { double(File) }
raise "NOT A FILE" unless file.is_a? File
# => RuntimeError: NOT A FILE

I've also tried this:
let(:file) { instance_double(File) }
raise "NOT A FILE" unless file.is_a? File
# => RuntimeError: NOT A FILE

And this (which is expecting an actual file):
let(:file) { object_double(File.new) }
# => ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments

What am I doing wrong?

A: You can just stub the is_a? call.
file = instance_double(File)
allow(file).to receive(:is_a?).with(File).and_return(true)

A: It is true you can stub #is_a?. But I would say, instead of trying to figure out what object it is, you could try to figure if it knows how to do the thing you need to do.
For instance, instead of received_file.is_a?(File), you could do received_file.respond_to?(:write).
This way, you can pass a Tempfile, or a File, or even an RSpec InstanceDouble(File). If the class knows how to #write then, we trust it.


The victim of an alleged forced marriage was seen "running and screaming" away from her family during a dramatic rescue, a jury was today (Fri) told.
The young woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was deceived by her own parents into travelling abroad to marry her cousin, a court previously heard.
Giving evidence today, the British consulate regional operations manager Matthew Prouten told how a rescue was mounted after receiving a "threat to life" report.
The woman had been in contact with British officials for two days before a decision was "taken on face value" to send in rescue teams, a court was told.
She was told to slowly walk away from family sat outside a house in Bangladesh in the direction of a police officer who was ambling towards her, a court heard.
But the "hysterical" woman instead "careered around the corner running and screaming" into the arms of the officer before she was bundled into a car, a court heard.
She was initially worried about being chased by her uncle who she claimed had a gun and may pursue on his moped, a jury was told.
The girl, who was wearing all black and only had her face and hands on show, slumped in the footwell of the car after refusing to sit on a seat until she knew it was safe, a court heard.
A police roadblock was then put in place to halt the family who it's thought were pursuing, a court heard.
The girl was taken to what was the Deputy High Commission Select offices before spending the night in a secure refuge apartment and then flying back to the UK the following day from the Bangladesh capital city Dhaka.
Mr Prouten, who is based in Dhaka, said: "If injuries had been reported to me I would have taken notice.
"When she got into the car she was still very scared, she was initially worried about being pursued by her uncle who she claimed had a gun.
"I reassured her that the police had formed a roadblock behind the car. She became more collected and started talking about what had happened."
It took the girl around ten to 15 seconds from when Mr Prouten first laid eyes on her to her getting in the car, a court heard.
Mr Prouten told a court his colleague had sent messages from a tablet to the woman which he had dictated.
He said: "We told her a police officer would start walking down the lane. We told her to walk slowly up the road away from her family but she came careering around the corner running and screaming.
"There were children and adults running up the road after her. She was hysterical in the car and refused to sit on a seat.
"We pulled away immediately and tried to leave the area. She thought that her uncle had a gun and would come after her.
"She stayed in the footwell until we reassured her there was nobody behind us. We then took her to a place of safety.
"We took her to what was our existing offices and gave her the opportunity to speak to her boyfriend and the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) in the Foreign Office.
"She came with nothing, just her wallet and a phone. She had no passport, it was still with the family."
During cross-examination, Mr Prouten said the woman's demeanour later changed and she became "confident, independent and had a fighting spirit".
His account was described as sounding "a bit James Bondy" by defence counsel Dafydd Enoch QC.
Mr Prouten also said he was aware that invitations for the wedding had already been sent out and decorations were being made.
"In this case given the threat to life, she was highly vulnerable," Mr Pouten added.
"We are acting on what we have been told. We were reacting to a threat to life.
"In my experience, while being in Bangladesh, I have not had a case come through FMU that had gone on to be a successful marriage."
The family arrived in Bangladesh on July 3, 2016, and a date for the wedding had been made for July 21, 2016, a court heard.
Mr Prouten told a court it's widely publicised in Bangladesh that forced marriages are illegal.
A court previously heard the woman had been deceived by her own parents into travelling abroad for an arranged marriage with her cousin.
Her father threatened to "chop her up in 18 seconds" if the then 18-year-old refused to go through with the sham marriage, a jury has been told.
Leeds Crown Court heard the victim was taken out of her school during term time for what she was told was a family holiday to Bangladesh in July 2016.
The woman was eventually rescued by authorities, after secretly contacting her boyfriend in the UK, a court heard. Both of her parents are accused of forcing marriage and using violence or a form of coercion to get their daughter to enter into the marriage without her consent.


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Kelly McFarland October 18, 2018, 2:31 pm
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Can you tell I admire my mum @rosannestuart !? An appreciation post to those that mean the most ? Who is your inspiration? Tell me in the comments below!
A post shared by Madeline Stuart (@madelinesmodelling_) on Sep 23, 2018 at 12:58pm PDT
Madeline happily sips her Coke while waiting for the food to arrive, content to scroll through her Instagram and watch videos on her Mum's phone, while Rosanne and I chat.
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Madeline is in high demand and it's not hard to see why. Watch any show that Madeline walks in and you will see she is a natural, she comes alive on the catwalk. Madeline is a forced to be reckoned with, not only is she taking the fashion world by storm but she's breaking down barriers and helping to make the industry far more inclusive. Madeline has Downs Syndrome. She has been described as the worlds first professional model with Downs Syndrome.
"Just because she has limited speech she doesn't understand. She does. Because she has got limited speech to express herself, doesn't mean she's silly, because she's not. She knows exactly what she's doing, she's very capable. People need to understand she will work just as hard as anyone with or without a disability. and she does."
For Madeline it's all about the catwalk. "and the reaction from the audience" Rosanne is often asked who does her hair and makeup. "They think I do it, they think because she has Down Syndrome she doesn't get treated like everyone else. But she does. She's treated exactly the same."
When you get asked to do the perfect walk. @luluetgigi @artheartsfashion #model #catwalk #runway #diversity
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She has loved fashion since she was young. At the age of 17, she went to a fashion show in her home city of Brisbane in Australia. Rosanne explains " We have a big exhibition in Brisbane every year, at the exhibition, they have a cotton display which has a cotton fashion show, showing all the clothes made from cotton, and at the cotton show she just fell in love with the fashion catwalk and she just asked me can I be a model!"
And from there Madeline's dream began to become true. "I organised a photo shoot for her and when we get them done we posted them on her public figure page, which is her Facebook and they got 7.2 million views in 3 days.
"It went completely viral I've never seen anything like it. Since then she's modelled all over the world from Russia to China and Dubai."
The past few years for both Madeline and her Mum have been a whirlwind. She's walked 6 seasons in NYC, 2 in London and 2 in Paris. She has also gone viral a further 6 times, the last being in January, a clip of her in Sweden was seen by 37 million people worldwide.
"It's all about love and showing everyone we are all equal!" Rosanne says when begin to talk about the fashion industry and how it's slowly changing to become more open and inclusive, Madeline is one of the leading and brightest lights in helping to bring that change about.
"Every day we get at least 30-40 messages on social media, emails, saying thank you for what you are doing in our industry, thank you for what you're changing with diversity and inclusivity. We just get so many messages. Things have really changed in the industry in the last three and a half years. I have seen such a change since Madeline started. It's opened up so many peoples eyes as to what is possible. It's made people realise that it's been such a positive reaction that they know now they want to see it."
Fashion is changing people. Shall we embrace it? You know you want to. #diversity #love #inclusion #model #madelinestuart #nyfw
"They didn't understand before, they thought it was taboo so people just didn't want to see it so they didn't show it. It made people uncomfortable but it doesn't make people uncomfortable anymore.
Not only is Madeline breaking down barriers in the industry she's also launched her own clothing collection "21 Reasons Why" which has just launched its third season at New York Fashion Week.
My gorgeous girls from last nights show, such an amazing time. So proud to launch the 3rd collection of 21 Reasons Why. @artheartsfashion @aprillovepromakeupacademy @styletherunway #model @nyfw #madelinestuart #21reasonswhy #diversity #weareone #nyfw
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"Maddie has her own collection it's a ready to wear one, so as you see it on the catwalk is what you'd buy."
"People kept asking where she got her clothes from, they all loved what her style was, so instead of promoting all the other companies we thought it was time she promoted her own. We started looking at what she liked and discussing it together and then we'd go out shopping for materials and things like that and it just evolved."
Wearing my own designs ~ I'm very proud of this collection I think it was my best yet! ?? #21reasonswhy #model #diversity #inclusion #love
For three and half years Madeline and her Mum have lived in a fashion bubble and it's been a whirlwind where they've both learned lots about the fashion and modelling world. "The first season was such a blur. Before this I was building surveyor, I'm actually a Carpenter by trade, so the fashion industry is so far from what I was used to. It just happened and it's just evolved and now I do understand it as I lived it for three and a half years."
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Talk turns to downtime what do they both like to do? For Madeline. she likes to talk to her friends, watch stuff on Youtube and just chill. It's a chance for her just to zone out. For Rosanne? "Try and catch up with my emails. It's an amazing life but it's all go and can get confusing. But I wouldn't change it for the world, Madeline absolutely loves it."
Next up for Madeline? A few days off. A chance to visit Scotland and for Madeline to indulge in one of her favourite activities, Tenpin Bowling. A subject she is only too happy to tell me about scrolling through photos of her bowling in many different countries. It's become somewhat of a tradition for Madeline to go bowling in any country she visits if they have the time.
Then it's back to Australia and back to work for Madeline. "She's just about to do a big campaign for Carnival Cruise Line. For P&O she's their new Ambassador. We get back to Australia the first week of October and that starts the first week of November. But we will have a few weeks off before that starts."
October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month, you can find out more here.
You can follow Madeline's journey on Instagram at @madelinesmodelling_
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Written by Kelly McFarland
Likes to post in black and white on Instagram. Avid Tea drinker, preferably Yorkshire Tea or Lipton Iced Tea and lover of Pop Culture. Contact: kelly@celebmix.com
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Today was all about culture for me. Simeon and I attended a panel which our host, Natalie Cofield (@ncofield) of the Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce (CCAACC) was speaking on: The Importance of Diversity in Austin's Tech Community. The panelists and moderator talked about Austin as an interesting space for technology, the Silicon Hills that is growing fast, but there is a clear need to attract more minority residents (only 8% of Austinites are African American) and nurture technical skills and the spirit of tech entrepreneurship among them.
Of course, to any Kenyan in the audience, the solution was simple: you need an iHub in Austin for the minority community! The CCAACC is already on their way and about to launch their own incubation space to do just that.
After that panel, we headed over to the CCAACC offices where this incubation space will be hosted. So far, SXSW has been interesting, cool and inspiring. But the atmosphere at CCAACC was completely different. @djhellayella was spinning some amazing hip-hop and old school tracks, there was a huge soul food barbeque buffet with BBQ sauce by the gallon and although there were dynamic and accomplished big and small businesses showcasing the amazing work they were doing in the tech scene, somehow, the event had a warm, fun and family-oriented vibe to it. Natalie was giving out more hugs than handshakes. Suddenly, everything else I had experienced so far at SXSW felt a little cold and clinical by comparison.
As I left what felt like a techie block party, I began to wonder what it would be like to work at the CCAACC and what I could do to make eLimu a "fun" place to work and realise big dreams at the same time.
I headed over to a panel at the Hilton dubbed BABY GOT (FEED)BACK: Measuring up with Hubspot, Sharethrough + Hotel Tonight. The panel was moderated by Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup. I thought Eric would be the star of the show, but instead there were 4 startup founders who gave 10-minute presentations that summed up how they did it and what they learnt.
Who do we want joining us?
I am certain that the people who have interacted with the CCAACC get a sense of the culture they are promoting: one of support, warmth, fun and neighborly love.
Culture is what I feel has been missing at eLimu. I had assumed everyone who came on board as an employee, volunteer, intern, partner or customer spent 5 minutes with me and realized how and why we do what we do. Not true. And most of the struggles I have had recently might boil down to not having defined and communicated it clearly.
I ended the day at another organization that has definitely nailed it's culture: The Salt Lick in Driftwood. This BBQ joint is the biggest restaurant I've ever been to and has a beautiful story behind it that they are keen to share with their team and customers. Diners are even free to bring their own drinks to the restaurant with no corkage charge! The most popular item on the menu is the "Family Style:" all you can eat beef brisket, sausage, pork ribs, potato salad, cole slaw and beans. The staff all shared a culture of enjoying what they do and making their patrons feel at home.


Wirecard notes yesterday's article in the Financial Times. This is the third time that the same highly confidential documents from a compliance audit have been used as the basis for a defamatory media coverage. These documents date from the beginning of May 2018 when an internal investigation was initiated and list the allegations of one employee against another employee (as described in both Wirecard's statement and conference call on Monday, February 4, 2019).
Since then, these allegations have been investigated in a robust compliance process both by our internal compliance team and by an independent investigation conducted by a law firm specializing in compliance (Rajah & Tann). Neither the internal investigation by our Compliance Department has found any confirmation for the allegations made, nor has the external investigation by Rajah & Tann to date produced any conclusive findings regarding criminal misconduct by employees or managers (we refer to the statement by Rajah & Tann at ir.wirecard.com). The investigation by Rajah & Tann is about to be completed and we will announce the results in due course. In the article published yesterday, Wirecard employees are slanderously prejudged with unproven and false allegations. We will use all available legal means to protect the company and in particular our employees and their personal rights. Wirecard is taking legal actions against FT and its unethical reporting.


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Unashamedly liberal
LEAVE HER ALONE
This story is absolutely true.
Following the impeachment proceedings for Bill Clinton, I was speaking with a friend of mine who, like me, was extremely active in interfaith activities. He was very close to the president. In addition to being the pastor of the church that the Clintons attended, he was one of the faith advisors on whom the president relied as he addressed the fallout from the case. He had also become a trustee of his denomination's seminary.
Notice these credentials: pastor, personal confidante, interfaith activist.
He was also a guy who was careful to respect my sensitivities about food (kosher), calendar (Shabbat) and Scriptural references (Tenakh).
In the course of the conversation, he bemoaned the news that Kenneth Starr, the special prosecutor in the impeachment case, had just joined the board of the seminary, making it necessary for the denomination to deal with all of the baggage that came along with the barroom brawl that impeachment had become. My friend was no fan of Starr's conduct in the mess.
I said, "And we have Monica Lewinsky."
I will pause so that you can cluck your tongue at two members of the clergy speaking judgmentally about two public figures. We shouldn't have done it, period. Not the point here.
My friend replied, "Monica Lewinsky is Jewish?"
Aside from the fact that that sounds like a riff on one of Homer Simpson's most ridiculous lines ("Mel Brooks is Jewish?"), the truth is that the factoid of Ms. Lewinsky's heritage is really of no importance to anyone but Jews.
So I am just stunned that stories are appearing all over the Jewish press rehashing what her role in this presidential scandal meant – and continues to mean! – to the Jewish community. One columnist for a major national Jewish news service wrote a long recap of an article written 25 years ago by another public figure – now a respected broadcast journalist – in which he discussed Ms. Lewinsky's identity, among other things. A number of articles have appeared to wring hands over the various ways that she offered an insight into the values of Jewish tradition, Jewish community, Jewish place in America.
All of them bemoan the way she has been treated, repeating observations and tropes that have not been mentioned for more than twenty years. During that time, Monica Lewinsky has lived her life without trying to exploit for personal benefit the notoriety into which she stumbled as a very young adult.
Just as important to the antisemite-watchers among us, there has been no upsurge in prejudice against Jews in this country because of Monica Lewinsky. Apparently, even the white supremacists don't care.
So folks – leave her alone. The public obsession with her private life is more about the writer than the subject. Her indiscretion took place a generation ago with a very high-profile individual. If you are in your 40s (or, like me, 60s), you almost certain did things like gossiping about someone to their denigration that you have (I hope) atoned for and put behind you. And I bet that you did not say to yourself, then or now, "this is going to reflect on the entire Jewish people until I die." You don't want to talk about it, and you don't want someone else to analyze it for an uncomprehending public.
I repeat: Leave her alone.
Now that I am in my fifth decade of activism, I have developed some opinions.


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La ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, situada a las afueras de Monflorite (Provincia de Huesca, España), forma parte de los restos de la iglesia de un antiguo convento de mercedarios que hubo en el lugar desde 1264.

El único vestigio conservado es la cabecera trebolada de la citada iglesia y el arranque del primer tramo de la nave. El esquema de la cabecera es realmente novedoso y remite a precedentes orientales.

Partiendo de un espacio central cuadrado, se abren en tres de sus lados ábsides semicirculares de igual tamaño, cumpliendo el oriental la función de capilla mayor, mientras que en el lado occidental se abre el primer tramo de la nave.

Cada ábside aparece cubierto con una bóveda de cuarto de esfera, mientras que el espacio central presenta una gran cúpula semiesférica sobre trompas de ángulo. El pequeño espacio conservado del primer tramo de la nave aparece cubierto por una bóveda de cañón que arranca de la imposta que recorre todo el perímetro de la superficie conservada.

La fábrica es de sillar e interiormente destaca por la presencia de restos de pintura mural de estilo gótico lineal, pudiéndose identificar aún algunos motivos como un Pantocrátor rodeado del Tetramorfos, la Entrada de Jesucristo en Jerusalén, la Última Cena, la Oración en el Huerto, varias figuras de santos, bandas de zig-zag, etc.

Véase también
 Bienes de interés cultural de la provincia de Huesca

Referencias
 Este texto toma como referencia la declaración de Bien de Interés Cultural publicada en el BOA n.º 35 de fecha 22 de marzo de 2002  y se ajusta al artículo 13 LPI

Bienes de interés cultural de la provincia de Huesca
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores (Monflorite)
Arquitectura en Aragón en el siglo XIII
Ermitas de España del siglo XIII
Monflorite-Lascasas
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Obama's Man in China Now Beijing's Man in Washington
Yuichiro Kakutani
Biden Says US Will Compete With China on Strategic Minerals. He Just Kneecapped Our Ability To Do So.
Chinese Promote Rap Song Blaming US for Coronavirus
Propaganda outlets, government officials launch social media campaign to link COVID-19 to American lab
Jack Beyrer
Chinese Communist Party officials and state media are circulating a Chinese rap video that claims the coronavirus pandemic originated in an American military lab in an effort to distract from mounting evidence that the virus emerged in a Wuhan lab leak.
The Chinese paper of record China Daily, propaganda outlet Global Times, and foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian have all circulated the rap video in the past month along with articles and cartoons alleging that the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in a military lab at Fort Detrick in Maryland.
Zhao and Global Times shared a Chinese music video that accuses U.S. officials, including former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), of covering up the pandemic's supposed Maryland roots. "This RAP song speaks our minds," Zhao tweeted on Aug. 11. "Instead of caring about facts & truth, [the United States] only wants to consume & malign China," Zhao wrote in a separate tweet.
The Chinese social media campaign attacks the House Foreign Affairs Committee report authored by Rep. Michael McCaul (R., Texas), which offers extensive evidence that the virus emerged in Wuhan as early as September 2019. In one June statement, Zhao—also known as China's most aggressive "wolf warrior" diplomat— also accused Rep. Mike Gallagher (R., Wis.) of using disinformation to blur the origins of the virus.
"This is gaslighting in its purest form," Gallagher said in response. "At the same time he spent the last year stigmatizing America.... This is the CCP's new, crazy propaganda campaign."
A spokesman for the Chinese embassy cited a World Health Organization report from February that concluded a lab leak from Wuhan was unlikely. He also endorsed the Fort Detrick conspiracy theory.
"About Fort Detrick, the [United States] has remained silent on the serious concerns raised by the international community including U.S. media," Liu Pengyu, the spokesman, said. "The U.S. side must understand that the international community has every reason to raise questions about Fort Detrick, which has a poor track record and is notorious for breaches in lab and contaminant leak, and demand clarification and explanation from the U.S. side and call on the WHO to conduct a thorough investigation into it."
The video is only the latest attempt to smear America as the originator of the pandemic. A cartoon montage published on Aug. 9 by Chinese state media includes several pictures suggesting the United States covered up a lab leak at Fort Detrick. One cartoon depicted President Joe Biden asking aides to "find evidence" for a Wuhan lab leak and compared the coronavirus to the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Foreign competitors have also adopted the Chinese Communist Party's propagandistic efforts. Malaysian and Filipino scientists have reportedly called for the United States to open Fort Detrick to investigation through a petition organized by Herman Laurel, a Filipino columnist. A cursory review of Laurel's social media shows the columnist has consistently promoted Chinese Communist Party propaganda.
China has given no ground to the mounting evidence showing the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan. Beijing scrubbed a recent report from state media that denied the coronavirus began in Wuhan because it cited a Swiss scientist who does not exist. China's foreign ministry responded to the McCaul report by calling it a part of a smear campaign against China.
"The relevant report, totally based on the concocted lies and distorted facts without providing any evidence, is not credible or scientific," the ministry said on Aug. 3. "What the relevant U.S. congressmen have done smears and slanders China in pursuit of political gains. We express categorical opposition to and strong condemnation of such despicable acts that have no moral bottom line."
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