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The Mount Alexander Sustainability Group would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of this land, the Jaara Jaara people of the Dja Dja Wurrung nation whose members, elders and ancestors have been custodians for many centuries and continue to perform age old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal. They continue to play a vital and unique role in this region.
MASG is the peak sustainability organisation for the Mount Alexander Shire, delivering education, research, advocacy, and endorsement for shire wide sustainability and clean energy initiatives.
The Mount Alexander Sustainability Group was established in 2006, by a passionate group of locals who wanted to see coordinated action on climate change and support the Mount Alexander Shire Community to work towards a sustainable future.
MASG has over 200 voting members: local people taking action to combat climate change. We employ four staff, supported by volunteers at the MASG office in Castlemaine, central Victoria.
Details of committee and staff.
Click on the link to see our Constitution.
MASG Vision
Zero Net Emissions by 2025: A local target we can achieve.
As an organisation MASG is committed:
To significantly reduce the region's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.
To target zero net emissions by 2025 in the Mt Alexander Shire.
To encourage, support and partner with other organisations and business to help the shire reach this target
To protect, and where necessary, enhance the built environment.
To help build and nurture a community in which relationships, social justice and creativity are highly valued.
To Seed, Support and Deliver projects which have aligned goals and are strongly supported by the local community.
To have projects which optimise the use of local resources.
To have financial, social and sustainability benefits realised in the local community and its economy.
Our members are householders and local schools, businesses, and community
organisations. A charity and non-government organisation, MASG can receive tax deductible donations to assist us with our work.
MASG staff and dozens of volunteers are working on positive responses to climate change and peak oil; and are seeking ways to get renewable energy systems in place in this region.
Castlemaine is the largest town in Mount Alexander Shire, 120km north-west of Melbourne and home to around 18,000 people. Our initial focus is on reducing our carbon emissions through improving energy efficiency and increasing the supply of renewable energy.
Who are we working with?
The MASG staff and Committee are continually responding to partnership requests, and work to support local organisations, businesses and projects by sharing resourcing, providing financial auspice, volunteers and exposure through our marketing networks.
Click here to see The MASG Guide to an Auspice Agreement.
Current Partnerships and Supported Organisations Include:
The Open Food Network
The Hub Foundation
Local Lives Global Matters
KR Castlemaine
Mount Alexander Shire Council
Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance
Castlemaine Community House
The Castlemaine State Festival
Castlemaine Continuing Education
The Mount Alexander Sustainability Group is an incorporated, not-for-profit organisation on the Register of Environmental Organisations with the Department of Environment and Heritage.
How are we funded?
Local donors provided seeding money to enable MASG to start. We have obtained funding from Commonwealth, State, and philanthropic organisations to keep our work going, and we are on the Register of Environmental Organisations so donations to MASG are tax deductible.
Our Current Funding Partners Include: Mount Alexander Shire Council, Maldon and District Community Bank, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation, McKinnon Family Foundation, The Angel Foundation.
Minutes of Committee Meetings (COM)
Are available by calling at the MASG office, 325 Barker St, (PO Box 1043), Castlemaine VIC 3450, or by emailing us


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Q: What does "has... been" mean? "India and Pakistan are so often at odds that there is a tendency to shrug off their spats, but not since their most recent, full-blown war in 1971 has the risk of escalation been so high." Can anyone restructure the part after "but" to make it more clear? The meaning of the latter part is not so clear for me. Thanks.

A: "... but the risk of escalation has not been so high since their most recent, full-blown war in 1971 ."
The inversion of the verb is intended to put "so high" at the end of the sentence to signal that it is the point of the message.

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If you run a business, you should have collected and formed your own email list by now.
If you haven't, you are making a dire mistake.
Marketing through email by sending out newsletters is a great way to let your customers and the public know about what's going on, and the various deals and discounts they can avail of.
Not only is it the most cost-effective tool for marketing (it's completely free!), it helps you develop a huge following of people who like your brand and understand it.
People who see your emails are more likely to remember it, more so than your posts on social media.
This is because social media is a competitive space, and they view a huge number of posts one after the other.
The likelihood of a person receiving the same number of emails is very low.
Besides, people tend to view businesses that send out newsletters as more professional too.
Don't just start off directly by asking them to come and buy your products.
Based on the industry you work in, include content that is of some value to your readers.
For example, if you sell health and fitness equipment you should include content regarding fitness regimes and health routine.
If you find it hard to categorize, apply the 80/20 rule here: 80% of your newsletter should be things valuable to the reader, and 20% should be about your business.
Don't ever sit idle thinking that you have the perfect subscriber list; keep adding to whatever you have every day.
One way to increase the number of subscribers is to add a sign-up button to your blog or websites.
A lot of websites give incentives such freebie goods and downloadable e-books for signing up.
If you have a similar system in place, your subscriber count will increase in no time.
Most newsletters and official e-mails are often sent out under the 'no reply' tag.
However, encouraging replies is a good thing; you can have some direct contact with the ultimate customer, and understand their specific needs, wants and concerns.
In order to get replies from your readers, you need to first tweak your language, and make it less formal.
Your subject lines should be interesting and eye-catching, such that it would make the reader want to open the mail.
You will find that a lot of newsletters today start off by addressing you by your first name.
This is an excellent way of making the newsletters more personal.
Most of them would also have their top headings and most of the other text in the second person, like "our top picks for you this week" and so on.
Using this kind of language makes it feel like a conversation, something which they are also a part of, instead of just a cold commercial promotion letter.
When your reader takes one look at the newsletter, he/she shouldn't look at a crowded, visually tiring arrangement of text and images.
Keep the design simple and elegant. It is not absolutely necessary that you include images; just keep a simple arrangement of texts, with a few icons.
Putting in a lot of images makes your newsletter look more like spam.
At the same time, be sure to make your emails more interactive, because ultimately, the purpose is to drive traffic to your website.
Of course, unsubscribing is quite the opposite of what you try to achieve through sending out newsletters.
But make the unsubscribe button plain and visible, otherwise, users are more likely to mark your emails as spam, which will cause more problems in the future.
Don't be disheartened by the unsubscribers.
If they're not interested in your emails, they cannot be of any use to your business.
If you find a lot of people unsubscribing from your lists, it means it is time to change your lists and include people of a different demographic.
This is a very important feature you need to add.
Make your emails mobile-friendly, or you'll have a lot of unsubscribers.
Most people view their emails on their phones these days, and if your emails don't open properly on phones, fewer people will be reading them.
Newsletter marketing is simple and easy, and most importantly completely cost-free.
If you haven't set up a mailing list for your business yet, now is a good time to start.


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Everything Landlords need to know about the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED)
With the intention of it being a deterrent for corporate ownership, HMRC introduced ATED in 2013
ATED is a type of property tax, payable mainly by companies that own residential property in the UK valued at £500,000 or above.
The tax was introduced in 2013 by HMRC with the aim of making it less attractive to purchase a residential property through a company. At the time, many people were doing so to dramatically reduce the amount of stamp duty they paid, or as a way of hiding the true ownership.
If your company or LLP owns such property, you could be subject to the Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED). The ATED tax rules also apply to:
A partnership with a corporate member(s)
A collective investment scheme, such as a unit trust or open-ended investment company.
Are there any exemptions to ATED?
Let to a third party on a commercial basis and isn't, at any time, occupied (or available for occupation) by anyone connected with the business
Open to the public for at least 28 days per annum
Part of a property trading business which isn't, at any time, occupied (or available for occupation) by anyone connected with the business
Part of a property development business, purchased with the intention to re-develop and sell, and isn't, at any time, occupied (or available for occupation) by anyone connected with the business
For the use of the employees of the business (for business purposes) and the employees or partners of the employees do not have an interest (directly or indirectly) of more than 10% in the company
A farmhouse occupied by a farmer/farm worker who farms the associated farmland, a former long-serving farm worker or their surviving spouse or civil partner.
Owned by the provider of social housing
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Boarding school accommodation
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If you're subject to ATED, you'll be completing an ATED return annually to be submitted by 30th April. If you don't meet the criteria for exemption, a fixed sum payment will need to be made, which increases depending on the property value. You can find out the relevant amount on our current Tax Rates.
The value of your property is taken at 1St April 2012, or at acquisition if purchased later. A revaluation must be done every 5 years, so this should have been carried out in April 2017.
If a property is purchased during a tax year
The first ATED return will be due 30 days after purchase.
Where a property is newly constructed or adapted to residential use between the valuation dates
An ATED return will be due 90 days either after the date it is deemed to come into existence for council tax/domestic rating purposes, or the date it is occupied – whichever of the two comes first.
If your company owns several properties that meet this criteria, separate ATED returns must be completed for each property.
What you need to do:
1. Check whether you are within the scope of this regime
Though you may not have been caught by this before, the increasing value of UK property combined with the valuation thresholds for ATED decreasing over the past few years, means that you really should check whether you now fall within the ATED valuation bands.
2. Complete your return
Make sure you compile and file your return by the required deadline. Even if you the property in question is exempt from charge, you must still complete a return by 30th April each year to claim the exemption, but you won't have to pay the associated charge.
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You may also want to consider taking the property out of corporate ownership ad transferring it to personal ownership. This only applied for those subject to ATED, not those who are exempt, as private ownership may be very costly tax wise.
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Hanukkah Celebrations Planned Around Arlington Next Week
Now that Thanksgiving is over, Hanukkah celebrations are right around the corner.
This year, the Jewish holiday begins at sunset on Sunday (Dec. 2) and ends the following Monday, Dec. 10.
Arlington is ready for the festivities to begin, with seven events planned in the area for locals to attend during Hanukkah.
Dec. 2: Chanukah at Kol Ami — The Northern Virginia affiliate of the Jewish Reconstructionist Movement is set to sing and play dreidel at its potluck. Attendees are asked bring their menorahs, candles and pre-cooked food.
Dec. 2: Light Up Your Shabbanukkah Table — OneTable will be at the Crate & Barrel on Clarendon Blvd to learn how to get your table ready for the Festival of Lights.
Dec. 4: Chanukah in Clarendon — Spider Kelly's will have a menorah lighting and dreidel tournament. The $18 admission includes a drink ticket, latkes and unlimited darts, pool and shuffleboard.
Dec. 5: Clarendon Chanukah Menorah Lighting — The free event at Clarendon Central Park will include the lighting of a six-foot menorah and hot potato latkes, chocolate gelt and dreidels.
Dec. 6: Chanukah on Ice — Head to the Pentagon Row Ice Rink for the lighting of a six-foot menorah, a free raffle, ice skating and kosher hot dogs. Tickets, which include the skate rental, bought before Monday (Dec. 3) are $10 and $13 after.
Dec. 6: Festival of Lasers — Compete in laser tag to celebrate Hanukkah at the Ultrazone Laser Tag in Falls Church. Tickets are $25.
Dec. 7: Shabbat-Hanukkah Party — The Congregation Etz Hayim's monthly potluck will turn into a Hanukkah party after Shabbat services at 6:15 p.m. After kiddush and motzi, the group will serve latkes alongside the potluck, sing songs and play Hanukkah games.
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Maria Godoy
Maria Godoy is a senior science and health editor and correspondent with NPR News. Her reporting can be heard across NPR's news shows and podcasts. She is also one of the hosts of NPR's Life Kit.
Previously, Godoy hosted NPR's food vertical, The Salt, where she covered the food beat with a wide lens — investigating everything from the health effects of caffeine to the environmental and cultural impact of what we eat.
Under Godoy's leadership, The Salt was recognized as Publication of the Year in 2018 by the James Beard Foundation. With her colleagues on the food team, Godoy won the 2012 James Beard Award for best food blog. The Salt was also awarded first place in the blog category from the Association of Food Journalists in 2013, and it won a Gracie Award for Outstanding Blog from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation in 2013.
Previously, Godoy oversaw political, national, and business coverage for NPR.org. Her work as part of NPR's reporting teams has been recognized with several awards, including two prestigious Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Silver Batons: one for coverage of the role of race in the 2008 presidential election, and another for a series about the sexual abuse of Native American women. The latter series was also awarded the Columbia Journalism School's Dart Award for excellence in reporting on trauma, and a Gracie Award.
In 2010, Godoy and her colleagues were awarded a Gracie Award for their work on a series exploring the science of spirituality. She was also part of a team that won the 2007 Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award for Excellence in Reporting on Drug and Alcohol Issues.
Godoy was a 2008 Ethics fellow at the Poynter Institute. She joined NPR in 2003 as a digital news editor.
Born in Guatemala, Godoy now lives in the suburbs of Washington, DC, with her husband and two kids. She's a sucker for puns (and has won a couple of awards for her punning headlines).
What makes that song swing? At last, physicists unravel a jazz mystery
For nearly a century, jazz musicians have debated what gives songs that propulsive, groovy feel that makes you want to move with the music. The secret may lie in subtle nuances in a soloist's timing.
In Appalachia, one group of sex educators is harassed into pausing its work
A backlash against comprehensive approaches to sex education is taking root across the U.S. In Appalachia, a group of sex educators is suspending public events for now after members were threatened.
Latina immigrants may be exposed to Spanish-language disinformation about abortion
Doctors and reproductive rights advocates are seeing a surge in disinformation about abortion targeting the Latino community. Some worry that this may dissuade some from seeking medical care.
Getting contraception gets complicated for patients at Catholic hospitals
Many hospitals and health care clinics in the U.S. are affiliated with the Catholic Church, which means religious directives might limit the types of contraception they can offer.
Americans will soon be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription
Under new FDA rules, people with mild or moderate hearing loss will be able to buy hearing aids over the counter without a prescription as soon as mid-October.
COVID took many in the prime of life, leaving families to pick up the pieces
In the U.S., people of color have been more likely to die at younger ages, especially among lower-income communities. That's had a ripple effect on finances, education and physical and mental health.
To wear a mask, or not, on public transportation? Which is the right move for you?
Now that the federal mask mandate on public transport has come to an end, should people continue to wear masks anyway? We explore the latest science on air flow and transmission.
Do I really need another booster? The answer depends on age, risk and timing
Health officials argue the protection of the COVID vaccine booster wanes over time and say some people need a second booster. But other infectious disease experts say three shots are enough for now.
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The CDC is expected to recommend that Americans to upgrade their masks to high-efficiency respirators. But how do you find one that fits you — and is legit?


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Q: Spyder anaconda crashes on Linux with segmentation fault I just installed Anaconda on Linux. When trying to open spyder (either from navigator or terminal), it does not work. I get the following error when I try to open it in terminal:
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
I updated Conda completely but can't solve the problem. I am using Conda version 4.5.5 and Ubuntu 18.04. Any idea?

A: Based on my experiences, if you have ubuntu 18.04, anaconda 4.5 or higher, and spyder 3.3 or higher, installing pyopengl does not work, since spyder 3.3 should handle it. As recommended above, before start fixing it try to update spyder first:
conda update spyder

then downgrade Qt:
conda install pyqt=5.6

It should probably fix your problem. Other solutions could be found here:
Spyder Troubleshooting-Guide-and-FAQ
as well as :
Basic Troubleshooting and Emergency CPR

A: (Spyder maintainer here) This problem is caused by faulty graphical card drivers and there are two ways to fix it:

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*Update to Spyder 3.3 or higher.

*Install pyopengl with conda.

A: I saw issue on brand new Fedora with new anaconda installation. Just updating the spyder to latest version (in my case 3.3.1) fixed it, without anything else.
(BTW: You can do this even from anaconda navigator itself, just look after the wheel within each application panel in the right corner).
Would recommend to fix anything stepwise, start with upgrading to the latest spyder and if this doesn't work, try the other stuff.

A: The solutions around here did not work for me. I have uninstalled Anaconda https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/uninstall/ and reinstalled it https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/linux/
Only then did the segmentation fault disappear.
Note that this has worked with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (a old release at the time of this writing) and Anaconda3 5.3.0 with Spyder 3.3.1 (the very latest); versions checked with conda list <package>. The Spyder version supported by Ubuntu 14 is still 2.5.5, so this arrangement lets me have on board a new Spyder without upgrading the distro. Not to mention that reportedly the developers prefer to maintain Spyder in the Anaconda environment rather than elsewhere.


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Woman who had an affair explains how she helps couples recover from cheating
Kate Ng
An "affairs recovery coach" has revealed why people cheat on one another, and how couples can overcome infidelity.
Rece Davies, 43, describes an affair as "an addiction" and claims that people are unfaithful as a "form of escapism" or as a "pain pill".
After going through her own six-month affair in 2020, Rece became a coach to help couples who want to rekindle their relationship.
Davies, who has been with her husband for 19 years, married for 17, says her affair ended after they dealt with issues that they were "suppressing".
The US-based relationship expert said: "I ended up in a really dark spot and had an affair.
"Through my experience, I have been able to learn, and research. I found out a lot of truths that I had no clue about before.
"I discovered that so many affairs are exactly the same - even though the stories might start differently. They all follow very similar patterns, and we end up lying to ourselves.
"We believe the lies we tell and when you realise that so many of them are the same story - you just want to help people wake up to the truth of it."
According to Davies, many affairs start because people are in need of an "escape" or "pain pill" to help them cope with hardships – such as loss, illness, or a high-stress job, coupled with relationship problems.
She supports both "the betrayers and the betrayed" as a relationships coach.
"I help both to try and see the truth of what really happened," she explains.
Rece Davies, affair recovery coach, reveals why people cheat (Rece Davies / SWNS)
"Affairs are addictive and there is a reason why, when someone gets involved and makes those choices, it is hard to get out.
"It is because you get chemically addicted, there are dopamine hits that happen in your brain that makes them addicted to this person.
"I help the betrayed to understand that and I also help people who are betraying to see the truth of this being more of an addiction than the love of your life."
Davies says she helps couples by speaking honestly about their situation, because some people "lie to [themselves] about never having feelings for your spouse or say how you never really loved them".
She wants to help these people "remember the truth of your relationship" and discover their self-worth again.
"A lot of times, shame and guilt makes you continue certain things too because you feel like an awful human being," she says.
"Because it is an addiction, you lie to yourself constantly. You feel like you're in a soul mate, twin flame relationship when really you are just in an addiction."
She added: "You need to really see the truth of the red flags of the situation and really work on your self-worth."
Recalling her own experience, Davies says her affair began after she and her husband went through "a couple of hard years", but she had been "trying to handle it all myself".
"I was open, not knowingly, but open and vulnerable for somebody to need validation from," she explains.
"Unfortunately, a lot of times, affairs are someone from your past or a co-worker and somebody that you have always felt safe with and then it develops into something.
"My own family was like, 'What are you doing? Who are you?'
"Luckily I had friends who weren't encouraging it and were calling me out – telling me I wasn't being myself."
Reporting by SWNS
Stargazing could soon be a thing of the past as satellites clog up space
The nation and the city of Memphis struggled to come to grips Saturday with video showing police pummeling Tyre Nichols — footage that left many unanswered questions about the traffic stop involving the Black motorist and about other law enforcement officers who stood by as he lay motionless on the pavement. The five disgraced Memphis Police Department officers, who are also Black, have been fired and charged with second-degree murder and other crimes in Nichols' death three days after the arrest. A Memphis police spokeswoman declined to comment on the role played by other officers who showed up at the scene.
The night sky will be "crawling" with satellites by the end of the decade, blocking out the stars and leaving astronomers unable to make observations or detect alien life, experts have warned.


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Humans are curious by birth. Guiding questions, objective experimentation and persistence till we arrive at a convincing theory leads the curiosity to discoveries, inventions as well as a better understanding of the world around us, thereby making our life richer. ISPF & ThinkTac are on a mission to enrich the life of every child by making scientific temper a part of their character. The key step in this mission involves rekindling the scientific temper in every teacher/mentor. When equipped with the tools to make children think, a teacher can ignite and nurture the scientific temper inherent in children.
The TACLearn™ Teacher Training Programme has been designed by keeping the above objective in mind. The programme will be valuable for the teachers who are hungry to find new and innovative ways of making science more engaging. While TACLearn equips the Educator with a range of knowledge and skills required to deliver the ThinkTac programmes, further study of the standard specific material is essential to facilitate the full range of TACtivities.
We have full-time and part-time opportunities for educators at partner institutions and as a educator in our programmes. Educators can also partner with ThinkTac to setup a centre serving their local community.
Any Science or Education graduate can undertake this programme. Teaching experience is preferred.
TACLearn Programme
It is designed as an immersive, hands-on, 18 hours programme spread across THREE days. Since the focus of the programme is on the pedagogy instead of the content, it would be relevant for any science teacher working with children as young as seven. This also implies that the teachers need to be have a basic understanding of the sciences.
1. Experience TACLearn
Each participant will be provided a kit containing the material for 10 tactivities.
The first two days would focus on kindling the scientific temper in us by following the TACLearn methodology. The TACLearn methodology has experience at its core, with the participant experiencing a phenomenon through a TACtivity. He/she then makes a set of observations by asking questions and conducting a few experiments. This is followed by making variations to the model or conducting the experiment by changing any one variable. This exercise of observation and exploration through the variations usually leads to some hypothesis for the underlying phenomenon. The participant then repeats the process by working on another TACtivity related to the same phenomenon and in the process, refines his/her hypothesis.
During the first two days, participants experience the above methodology by working on six selected TACtivities. The observation questions and variations for each of these six TACtivities would be given to them. Through their observations and variations, they would come up with their own hypothesis for these TACtivities.
2. Laws of Learning
Can you imagine that Newton's laws of motion stop working when you haven't taken a bath in the morning? Or that our lungs start absorbing nitrogen along with oxygen and our body starts making amino acids from this nitrogen so that we stop needing protein based diet in our food. Or that water and mercury swap their molecular property of adhesion to other molecules so that water becomes completely non sticky and hence, umbrella and towel industry goes down overnight.
Fortunately the above examples are ridiculously hard to imagine. The laws of science are impartial to the context and usually work the same way across years and at times across ages.
Those who will be part of the TACLearn Teacher Training programme including the ThinkTac/ISPF trainers, need to remember that their key role is science education and not science research. While a science educator needs to be as enthusiastic about science as a science researcher, he/she has to wear two caps at the same time. The second cap happens to be of a science communicator, a teacher, someone who understands the world of children, someone who understands how learning happens, someone who knows some of the most effective ways of communicating science to children. Given this second requirement, it is important that the training programme touches upon the fundamentals of education as well.
The ThinkTac/ISPF team believes in few fundamentals about education. These fundamentals have been captured in the form of three laws of learning. ThinkTac team believes that these laws work as consistently across different contexts as the laws of science. The last session on the second day would focus on introducing the three laws of learning.
3. Assignment
Each of the first two days would end with a homework which the participants are expected to work on the same day. Each homework may require an investment of 45 mins to 1 hour.
On the third day, each participant will
Select two tactivities out of the remaining four tactivities (kit contains 10 tactivities out of which 6 would have been executed).
Independently work on the two tactivities using following resources provided by ThinkTac
Instructions Guide
Instructions Video
Observations & Variations
Topic Guide
Create 80 min lesson plan using given template
Present the lesson plans in smaller groups (3 to 5 depending on batch size) and receive as well as provide feedback
After the three days' programme, the participants go back to their respective school/learning centres and execute the two tactivities within a duration of one month. The participants share the photos and videos of these sessions with the ThinkTac team.
Note: If the participants need material for delivering the tactivities, ThinkTac can provide the material for upto 40 children on receiving a letter from the school/learning centre.
4. Certificate
Each participant would receive a certificate if he/she attends the full 3 days' programme and completes the assignment satisfactorily. This would also make them eligible for running a ThinkTac/ISPF programme as a freelancer or at a school/learning centre/local community. In the cases where a partnership with the school/educator materializes, ThinkTac team would actively work with the educator to make their & their children's experience with the TACLearn methodology richer.
The regular training schedule for the programme is summarised below. This may be modified to suit specific groups. The timing of the programme is generally, 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM with a 45 mins lunch break from 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm.
Agenda Item
Introduction ● Introductions
● Overview of TACLearn™ science learning methodology
Day 1, 9:30 am – 10:15 am
Experience TACLearn ● Engage with six TACtivities using the kit provided Day 1, 10:15 am – 4:30 pm
Day 2, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm
Laws of Learning – Introduction ● Introduction to selected fundamentals of education which are integral part of the TACLearn methodology Day 2, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Assignment ● Work independently on two tactivities
● Prepare and present lesson plans in smaller groups
Day 3, 9:30 am – 12:45 pm
Resources & Support from ThinkTac ● How to access the Guides, Videos, Observation sheets and other resources available
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International Journal of Social and Humanistic Computing
Prof. Neil Y. Yen
IJSHC addresses multidisciplinary research/practice on computing approaches to the agendas of humanity and society, providing an outlet for an emerging discipline converging from high-tech technologies, intelligent systems and human-sensitive, context-aware experiences. 'Social and humanistic computing' stands for holistic approaches to human/social-centric design of pervasive, ubiquitous systems, providing/supporting a new era of human/social experience going beyond traditional perceptions of the interaction of humans with IT/IS, exploiting social/humanistic research for the provision of high-tech services and human-centric systems promoting social sustainability development.
Human and social computing in living, science, health, culture, government, education, knowledge, learning, commerce, business, education, tourism
Social networks research, social software
Collaborative platforms
Personalisation and adaptation
Usability studies, interaction design
Context awareness
Community computing/community informatics
Social informatics
Participatory/cooperative design
Participatory action research (PAR) methods
Ubiquity and pervasiveness
The statement above provides the key differentiation of our journal from others and its unique value proposition. IJSHC diffuses knowledge in horizontal and vertical pillars
On the one hand, we aim to investigate the social and humanistic computing issues in different contexts as illustrated by the human activities eg: living, science, health, culture, education, knowledge, learning, commerce, business, education, construction, etc.
On the other hand we promote in horizontal lines the different views of social computing by supporting a scientific debate with the participation of the industry for the new kinds of human- and social-centric systems.
IJSHC aims to establish value-adding knowledge transfer and personal development channels in three distinctive areas: Academia, Industry and Government, which summarise the three pillars where a new scientific publication can play a significant role.
IJSHC publishes original research papers providing significant results, and also short communications about innovative ideas and news, announcements and reviews regarding the topics of the journal.
2020 Vol.3 No.3/4
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Yen, Neil Y., The University of Aizu, Japan
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Zefkili, Konstantina N., Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), Greece
Chen, Mu-Yen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Province of China
Nakata, Keiichi, University of Reading, UK
Bardzell, Jeffrey, Indiana University, USA
Bray, David A., Emory University, USA
Bruque-Camara, Sebastian, University of Jaen, Spain
Calvi, Licia, K.U.Leuven, Belgium
Carroll, John M., The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Chamberlain, Alan, University of Nottingham, UK
Chen, Chia-Chen, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan, Province of China
Chen, Ting-Hsuan, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Province of China
Chiang, Hsiu-Sen, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Province of China
Ding, Wenxuan (Amy), University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Dong, Ming, Wayne State University, USA
Farmer, Rod, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Garcia, Laura Sαnchez, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Hartley, Dick, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Hilty, Lorenz M., Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), Switzerland
Jones, Nory B., University of Maine, USA
Li, Jianqiang, Beijing University of Technology, China
Liao, Chien Hsiang, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, Province of China
Merkle, Luiz Ernesto, Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil
Moore, Tony Alex, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, USA
Muller, Michael, IBM Research, USA
Nguyen, Lemai, Deakin University, Australia
Rasmuissen, Leif Bloch, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Rebman Jr., Carl M., The University of San Diego, USA
Roibás, Anxo Cereijo, University of Brighton, UK
Ruth, Alison, Griffith University, Australia
Scacchi, Walt, University of California, Irvine, USA
Shanker, Udai, Madan Mohan Malaviya Engineering College, India
Taneja, Aakash, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, USA
Vetere, Frank, University of Melbourne, Australia
Wang, Bing, University of Hull, UK
Wu, Chin-Shan, Tunghai University, Taiwan, Province of China
Zaphiris, Panayiotis, City University, UK
Zhou, Lina, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA


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Completing the daily study of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah and starting again, Rabbi Kaplan reads the final law of Maimonides' 14-volume legal code, the first law, and then explains the connection between them (3/30/2011).
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Let the Right One In (Sweden, 2008)
Note: There are minor spoilers throughout and final paragraph contains a somewhat more substantive, but oblique, spoiler. The "danger area" for the latter is marked.
As Let the Right One In opens in a suburb of Stockholm during the 1980s, 12-year old Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant) shows all the signs of being on the road to turning into a Columbine killer. He's a loner who is relentlessly bullied at school. His parents, who are divorced, pay him only as much attention as they can fit into their busy schedules. And his hobby is cutting out articles about murders from the local paper and pasting them into a scrapbook. This is not normal behavior even for a socially awkward boy on the cusp of adolescence. But then things take an uplifting turn. Enter Eli (Lina Leandersson), who, along with her father, moves into the apartment building next door to Oskar. She's a bit of a recluse. Despite being Oskar's age ("twelve years old - more or less"), she doesn't attend the same school. Nevertheless, the two spend time together, become friendly, and eventually agree to "go steady." Eli encourages Oskar to stand up for himself and confront the bullies who harass them. She assures him that if he shows no fear, they will back down. As good as Eli is for Oskar, however, she has a character flaw. She's a vampire.
Let the Right One In isn't really a vampire story. Instead, it's a tale about the friendship and empathy that develops between two of society's misfits. It's also not an overblown melodramatic romance. There are elements of a burgeoning love story in Let the Right One In, but they are tentative and devoid of overt sexuality. Eli is not a seductress. She's not interested in having sex, and Oskar is too shy and insecure to view "going steady" as anything more than a label to put on a close friendship. Viewed objectively, neither character would be likeable, but there is such warmth in their awkward, unconventional relationship that it's hard not to feel positively toward them.
Most of the "vampire rules" are in play. Eli drinks blood, cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, must be invited into a home to cross the threshold, has ice cold skin, can fly and scale walls, and her bite can either kill or infect a victim. We don't learn whether a stake through the heart will finish her off or whether she can transform into a bat - there's no opportunity to test those myths. Generally speaking, she's an "old school" bloodsucker. Rather than being presented as the embodiment of forbidden sexuality or an angst-riddled soul crushed under a weight of guilt, she resembles a hunted animal. She's only twelve years old (at least in terms of her physicality) and does what she must to survive. She's lonely. Oskar is lonely. They make a perfect couple, although it's clear he has misgivings about being so close to someone so frightening.
Let the Right One In falls a little too deeply into the trap of making the vampire a sad, tragic figure, although it doesn't go as far down the path as some other recent films and television series have done. Vampires are suddenly very popular (Twilight, the HBO series True Blood), but Eli belongs to a more traditional breed than many of her recent counterparts, and that makes her a breath of fresh air (even though she may occasionally exude an odor of decay). There are some flaws in pacing, with a little too much time being spent with some of the undeveloped locals who become Eli's supper, and there are times when the dialogue is stilted. (Although, to be fair, this could be a fault of the subtitling.)
The leads are played by first-time actors. Kåre Hedebrant, with his blond hair and pale skin, is an interesting choice to play Oskar, and he effectively makes the character seem remote, withdrawn, and a little creepy. Lina Leandersson is extremely good, crafting an individual who is both mysterious and compelling. The makeup artists do an excellent job with her ever-changing appearance. In some scenes, she is fresh and innocent. In others, she's a creature freshly hatched from a feverish nightmare. Most of the time, she's somewhere in between.
Some will classify Let the Right One In as a horror movie, and I suppose that's technically accurate. To me, however, this is much more of a coming-of-age/friendship movie. There is blood and gore, but it's not excessive, and director Tomas Alfredson is more interested in touching emotional chords than in creating "boo!" moments (there are none) or layering the atmosphere to the point where it is ponderous and impenetrable. That's not to say the film doesn't have a specific look and feel - there's a lot of darkness, snow, and ice - but those things aren't the production's primary reasons for existing. Despite the presence of monsters, the best word I can come up with to describe Let the Right One In is "sweet." Its portrayal of the relationship between two improbably alike pre-teens is more believable than what we see in many "realistic" dramas.
Spoiler! Much, I'm sure will be made about the synergy between Let the Right One In and Twilight. Really, though, the only concrete similarity is that both stories feature vampires and school-age characters. One could legitimately argue that Let the Right One In has more in common with The Crying Game than it does with Twilight.
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson
Screenplay: John Ajvide Lindqvist, based on his novel Let Me In
Cinematography: Hoyte Van Hoytema
Music: Johan Söderqvist
U.S. Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: HORROR/DRAMA
Subtitles: English subtitled Swedish
After.Life (2010)
Personal Shopper (2017)
Cured, The (2018)
Eclipse, The (2010)
Three...better movies of Kåre Hedebrant
(There are no more better movies of Kåre Hedebrant)
worse movies of Kåre Hedebrant
(There are no more worst movies of Kåre Hedebrant)
Three...better movies of Lina Leandersson
(There are no more better movies of Lina Leandersson)
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It covers the northern part of the Heaton district as well as High Heaton. The Ward population at the 2011 Census was 9,574.

There are two schools in the area, Heaton Manor School and Ravenswood Primary School.  The Coast Road which is the main traffic artery out of the east of the city runs through the ward.

The Ward is represented by 3 Councillors and as of 07/05/2015 the ward political composition is made up of 1 Labour and 2 Liberal Democrat Councillors.

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Terry's Domain
By Jerry Wilson
Terry Hill builds domes where his clients live, from wide open pastures to tree-encircled homesteads.
During the Vietnam War, Terry Hill made himself a promise. If he got home, he would do for the rest of his life what he could enjoy. He's kept that promise.
That doesn't mean just sitting by the fire with a guitar in his hands, or building boats and floating the Missouri River, though those are among his favorite things. It means that the work he puts his hands to will be creative work, work without a boss, work in which he can take pride.
In Clay County, where he lives when a job or other fun doesn't take him elsewhere, many have seen an unglamorous room of their home transformed by Terry's hands. But it is for something more unique that he is known. He is South Dakota's foremost builder of one-of-a-kind domes.
But don't call him up and order a new dome for occupation in the spring. Terry isn't about to hire a crew and advertise for jobs. He works alone most of the time, works his own hours — which may be well over eight — and has other priorities than finishing by a certain date.
The seed of dome building took root in Terry's mind when he was a student of Dick Termes, the famed creator of Termespheres in Spearfish. If you've been to Deadwood's Saloon No. 10, you've seen a spherical double of the historic establishment's interior rotating above the bar. Termes' sphere that encapsulates in one continuous scene Lewis and Clark's voyage up the Missouri hangs in the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre.
But back to Terry Hill. Two things happened when he was a student at Black Hills State University in the early 1970s. Termes and others brought famed engineer and building designer Buckminster Fuller, the father of the geodesic dome, to Spearfish.
Terry Hill has built dozens of homes, ranging from relatively temporary and primitive structures to large, elaborate homes.
Terry had seen pictures of Fuller's grandest dome, the United States pavilion at the 1967 Montreal Exhibition. Now he heard Fuller speak, and wandered through the dome that had been temporarily erected on campus. Terry would never be the same.
Then Termes decided to move inside a sphere. He asked Terry to build him a dome.
South Dakota's most famous dome, USD's Dakota Dome in Vermillion, is visible from the window of the dome where Terry lives. Terry has a personal connection to the sports arena. In 2001, steel replaced the Dakota Dome's synthetic fabric roof that had kept football and basketball players dry for over 20 years — except for its second year, when the roof ripped under a load of snow. The fabric was repaired, but many yards of good material was up for grabs, and Terry got a share. He still takes inspiration from floating the Missouri River in the canoe he built and covered with a scrap of Dakota Dome roof.
But from an engineering standpoint, the Dakota Dome is a simple structure compared to Terry's dome. It's an icosahedron. Of the many domed homes Terry has built, no two are alike. What would be the fun in repeating a creative act when other challenges lay ahead? But an icosahedron?
"It's one of the Platonic solids," Terry explains, "one of the five three-dimensional shapes that have the same angles on all the faces." He launches into an explanation of variations of the dome, but soon it is apparent that it would be simpler just to build one than try to make me understand. Tetrahedrons, four sides with equilateral triangles, I comprehend, since that sounds something like the more conventional house in which I live. But trying to visualize dodecahedrons, which have 12 sides and every face a pentagon, is another thing.
Terry tries again: "An icosahedron is a 20-sided Platonic solid, one of the natural forms Plato described 2,400 years ago. Lots of life forms, like crystals, are Platonic solids." The bottom five facets of Terry's house are missing, of course, replaced by a flat floor. So the walls and roof of his house consist of a mere 15 equal triangular sides.
Yankton native Ed Johnson and his wife, Michelle Martin and their family live in another Clay County dome that Terry built. They were living in Pocatello, Idaho, where Ed worked as a psychiatric nurse, when they saw the chance to move home to South Dakota. "Actually this was 25 years in the works," Ed said as we lounged in the late afternoon light on his front steps. "When we lived in Pocatello, Terry came out and built a domed sauna for us. Johnny Dome Seed. I was always going to move back, and I knew that when I did, I wanted Terry to build a dome."
We go inside for a look. This dome is larger than Terry's, 40 feet in diameter. I marvel at the construction, but still struggle to visualize how such a house is put together. "Here," Terry says, "I'll show you." He digs in his wallet for a well-worn card with three sets of numbers: A: .3486-10%; B: .4035-12%; C: .4124-12%.
The skeletal frame of one of Hill's creations.
"So that's all you need to know to build a dome," says Ed, for whom Terry also built smaller domes for a guesthouse and a sauna. His roaring laugh tells me I'm not the only one in the dark. "I'm good at carrying things," Ed adds.
"This is for a three-frequency dome," Terry continues, as if he's mixing so many eggs with so much milk and flour to make a cake. "There are three struts. This number times the radius in inches will give you the length. The 10 percent is the angle of the bevel at the end of the strut."
Terry sees that conveying abstractions is hopeless, and like a good teacher, he resorts to show and tell. We step inside Plum Lodge, Ed and Michelle's guesthouse. The interior of this 24-foot dome is unfinished, which makes construction techniques easier to grasp. In the open space I realize two other marvels of domes: They seem much larger inside than out, and they amplify our voices; we unconsciously adjust them down.
To talk about domes requires setting aside conventional assumptions about buildings, concepts like walls and roof. It's like asking where a snake's neck ends and its tail begins. Terry explains that "geodesic" means the shortest line between two points, and that a dome is built by connecting many points to form the many facets of the surface. I observe that every facet in this dome has either five or six sides — pentagons and hexagons — but even with evidence before my eyes, I'm glad I won't be tested on the information that A struts radiate from the centers of pentagons, B struts are their border, and C struts radiate from the centers of hexagons. I did build my own house, but my mind takes refuge in straight walls, where the ideal corner is 90 degrees. My eyes glaze over and Terry gives it up with a laugh.
Talk about job security. Everybody admires Terry's work, but few will take the challenge. "But I'm not advertising," he reminds me. "I'm not looking for work."
Both Terry and Ed are artists and musicians, and both speak of the calming feeling they gain from living in homes without corners or straight walls. "I don't really think about it," Ed says, "but I feel it. I had a good feeling when I first stepped into Dick Termes' dome a quarter century ago, and I'd wanted one ever since."
Ed speaks of the naturalness of round structures, the sacredness of the form in Native American cultures, which he thinks grew from reverence for the dome of the Earth. And in fact, Terry's domes are far from the first in South Dakota. Centuries ago the Arikara lived in domed earth lodges along the Missouri, and Native dwellings from Lakota tipis to Inuit igloos to Navajo hogans are round.
In the more than three decades since he strolled through Buckminster Fuller's dome, Terry Hill has built and lived in several of his own, once wintering in a dome that consisted of a parachute stretched over a lath frame. "It served well, actually," he said. Most of his domes are far more substantial; he has built them as far away as Alaska, but most are in South Dakota.
In the winter of 1976, Terry, his wife and their newborn daughter were living in a primitive cabin near Custer. "There was a dome book in the cabin, which I was reading, and there were a bunch of little dead trees on the property, so I cut them down and made a little dome for a sauna," he recalled. "That gave me the idea that I could actually build a dome to live in, so the next year I built a dome on my mother-in-law's land west of Custer, and we lived there a couple of years." Later, when Terry worked as a logger near Rochford, he lived in a primitive 12-foot dome he built near his work site, which he said was more comfortable than the winter he spent in a tipi near Deerfield Lake.
Word of Terry's domes spread. Dick Termes called his former student and asked if he would build a domed studio next to his dome home near Spearfish. Another friend asked Terry to frame a dome for him near Nemo. He built one at Little Eagle on the Standing Rock Reservation, where in the absence of electricity he used a chain saw to frame the structure. The next he built near Fairbanks, Alaska.
In 2002, he began a large dome near Rochford, for Lucy Gange, an Eagle Butte native who is a professor at the University of North Dakota, but considers the Hills her home. The pair designed the house together, and each summer they built another phase. "Terry is the builder," Lucy said. "I hold the dumb end."
Hill built one of his signature domes for Spearfish artist Dick Termes, creator of the Termesphere.
This is the tallest dome Terry has built, four levels from the into-the-hillside ground floor to main floor to loft to reading cupola on top. Light filters through kaleidoscopic triangular stained glass windows, custom made by Carol Ellison of Rapid City. A pitch pine tree stands in the middle, now at the second level with lots of room to grow. "One thing I like about Terry is that he's willing to incorporate what's important to me," Lucy said.
In an era when big crews frame a conventional house in a week, building a dome — especially the way Terry Hill builds them — is a different story. When Ed and Michelle decided to build, they found a long-abandoned farmhouse in a thick grove of trees in Clay County. Ed and Michelle were both working fulltime, so Terry mostly worked alone. But before construction on the 28-foot-tall dome could begin, Terry needed lumber.
Instead of calling the lumberyard, Terry disassembled the old farmhouse, a fine home that, judging by the inscription he found on a structural board, was built by Peter and Edwin Hesla in 1913, but was uninhabited for 50 years. Terry also tore down a deteriorating barn, and even salvaged lumber from the farmhouse where he grew up south of Wessington. "It was a little farm with cows and pigs and chickens, the kind that doesn't exist now," Terry said. "My folks moved to town, and the new owner was going to burn the house down. I said, 'Gee, I'd like some of that lumber.' So my old house lives on."
"There's even a sink in here from Terry's family's house," Ed said. "And when we were building, we'd look up and there was a section of different-colored wood, like a patchwork quilt, and Terry would say, 'Yeah that piece came from so and so.'"
Ed and Michelle's 40-foot dome sits on a 32-foot, round concrete basement wall; the floor of the dome is cantilevered 4 feet out, giving the dome the appearance of a giant mushroom. Ed and his family moved in when the shell was finished, and the interior work continues. But in the meantime Terry built them a barn, a greenhouse and two more domes — the guesthouse, which Michelle dubbed Plum Lodge for the plum grove by which it stands, and a 12-foot sauna, also of recycled wood.
Most people these days are in too big a hurry to fool with recycling lumber. Once an old building is torn down, there are nails to pull. Some pieces will be damaged, so the lumber will not be uniform. But Terry prefers building with recycled wood. He's not in a hurry, he likes reusing what would otherwise be burned or thrown away, and the quality of 50-year-old boards is generally superior to what is available today. "Plus I buzzed off about a hundred thousand logs in my lumbering days in the Black Hills," he said. "I've got to atone for that."
"Is there a downside to domes?" I asked.
"It's definitely more work," Terry said. "There are lots of angles. You can build a cube much faster."
And besides not having big flat walls to hang oversized art on, are there drawbacks to living in a dome?
"I can't think of anything," Ed said. "I can even get my exercise in winter, power walking around the perimeter."
Terry conceded that while domes are easy to heat, they're harder to cool than conventional homes if exposed to the sun, because they have lots of surface to heat up and no attic to vent heat away. But Ed and Michelle avoided that problem by building amidst big ash trees that surrounded the old farmhouse their dome replaced.
Between domes, Terry still does conventional building and remodeling, but he's happiest when conceiving and building a dome. He loves the beauty, the strength and the feel of the form, but he also likes knowing that for the material used, no other structure provides as much uplifting living space.
One other potential problem though. Without corners, where do spiders hang out?
"Don't worry," Ed said. "They find a place."
Editor's Note: This story is revised from the November/December 2004 issue of South Dakota Magazine. To order a copy or to subscribe, call (800) 456-5117.
11:18 am - Wed, October 25 2017
Carol Hauck said:
Proud to say that I knew you before you became famous.
07:18 pm - Tue, February 2 2021
RON Ringsrud said:
I was a friend of Dale Lamphere, SouthDakota artist and through him I got to see Terry's domes and Dick Termes. I was just a College kid though and too shy to talk to these cool guys who were doing cool things. Wow, I see that this story was written four years ago. I hope my comment makes it through !
I was a student at USD and remember well driving across the state to see Buckminster Fuller speak for an hour at Black Hills State. His books really inspired me.
Sending my best wishes to you guys - - - anybody knows where Dale is?
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Fresh Hope Care has announced a partnership with I'm Soul Inc and Western Sydney University to help dementia patients engage by making music.
Fresh Hope Care has introduced a revolutionary music program to unify people through music with technology. This Australian-first pilot will serve as a way to delivering better patient outcomes, quality of life and research data that will optimise care for people suffering from cognitive decline. Supported by Western Sydney University, Fresh Hope Care believes the learnings will heighten the industry's ability to deliver services to those who have physical or cognitive impairments.
Fresh Hope Care Executive Director Natalie Cook said the program is the first in a series of innovations the community can expect from the organisation.
"Our enabling music programmes are designed to help anyone to make music, with no previous experience required. There are no limits to age or ability. Making music is like a full mind-body-soul workout. It magnifies the therapeutic impact of music, far beyond just listening. You forget what you 'can't do'. It rewires the brain," said Lee.
Western Sydney University recently received funding from the NSW Department of Family and Community Services to look at interactive music making in aged care and will be conducting a 12-month research project with Fresh Hope Care at the Pendle Hill Site, Ashwood Residential Care Service. The project will be supported by a generous donation specifically given to "improve the lives of those living at Ashwood". Part of the project will be teaching residents to learn a musical instrument.
Lee continued "The ability to make music can also benefit those with physical and learning disabilities, those suffering from Alzheimer's, as well as people with hearing and visual impairments. Many of them cannot make music the conventional way – they cannot hold an instrument or read the notes. We enable and include them to make music through technology and our programmes. The access is enriching and empowering with its positive effects spilling over to the caregivers.
I'm Soul Inc is winner of the Asia for Good Readers' Choice Award 2016 and Eldercare Innovation Awards Asia Pacific – in 2017 for Best Active Ageing Programme (Community) and in 2018 for Best Active Ageing Programme (Residential). It was also a finalist for the SliverEco and Ageing Well International Award 2018.
Cook said the Pendle Hill pilot would benefit all of Fresh Hope Care's residents as the organisation continues innovating its care model and exploring different ways to engage with residents.


The smooth table surface was fascinating. His fingers drummed a beat over and over again as he waited. There were lines drawn in hypnotic circles around but he couldn't feel any edges, or bumps or sign the table was anything other than a perfectly smooth plane. He tried hard to focus on the table. He tried to just trace his fingers along the hypnotic loops drawn for him.
Thumpity thump thump. Thumpity thump thump.
A rhythmic order to his fingers. His thoughts sifting and filtering back down into the ruts in his mind no matter how he tried to shift them away.
A family of sorcerers, with centuries of tradition, a very public place in society, and a near constant presence in the halls of power. And he was an embarrassment to them all.
Every night he came here to this table. Every evening exactly at the same time. At first his family had come with him, full of hope and dreams that he would break this block and join them. As the days drug on with no results they stopped coming.
At first he kept the habit up out of duty. Then just out of habit. Now he kept it up because it got him away from all of the staring eyes, and whispered murmurs. In a small way this retreat had become a ritual. From the moment his hand touched the door he took every action with a religious precision. Every step in exactly the same spot. Every movement the same.
He instructed the servants to leave the room untouched so that nothing would disturb his rhythm; so that everything would always be the same.
Even the beat his finger's drummed.
A cold chill slid along his spine. Nothing had ever changed. He scanned the room. There was no clocks in the room.
The sound came from everywhere and nowhere.
He closed his eyes and tried to calm his breathing.
Behind his closed eyes a glowing sigil slowly faded into view. Nothing sorcerous, or even divine. He'd studied every sigil, every glyph, every symbol in his desperate attempt to break his block. This was something new. And it shown, oh how it shown, so bright.
Tick, tick, diiiiiiiiiiiiiing, dooooong, ding.
As the sound of the clock striking echoed in his ears the sigil exploded even brighter and his eyes fluttered open as he gasped in pain.
And there in front of him stood an impossible amazing thing. Kneeling on the marble tabletop was an angel like creature. An Angel of Gears, impossibly fine gear work twitched soundlessly like muscles twitch when you shiver. Metal wings stretched out to either side of the angel, silver feathers hanging from a golden frame. A thin, metallic finger held up swung back and forth with the echoing sound of the strikes.
Doooong, dooong, dooong, dooong, dooong, dooong, dooong, dooong, dooong, dooong, dooong, dooong.
The angel stared at him and offered its hand. He took it, and he was pulled forward. His hand placed on the angel's heart. Under the silent machinery he could still feel the clock striking, ding dong, ding dong.
He jerked and his own heart skipped a beat. Tick, tock, tick.
His eyes widened, and his mouth shaped a silent acknowledgement of wonder.
The Angel nodded and smiled, shining gold teeth, glimmering in the room's dim light. The glowing sigil appeared slowly tracing itself above the Angel's left eye. And in her smooth flawless eyes he could see it glowing above his own eye; a promise of eternity.
As the sigil settled he felt the magic roar in, and knew this was something new. Something different.
And also that he would never be alone again.
Two hearts beating in perfect time, a metronome of unending promise, time and silence, T'kk'tck and D'ngd'ng.


What does Dad want for Father's Day? Unfortunately, this annual question is answered most often with a last-minute necktie purchase… You can do much better.
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Byfield Consultancy has released a report, based on interviews with practitioners, on the future of law firm regulation in the UK. The report discusses legal and busniess changes that impact firms in Britain.
Alternative business structures, the most revolutionary aspect of the Legal Services Act 2007, will allow lawyers to form multidisciplinary practices offering legal services together with non-legal services. They will also allow non-lawyers, including external investors as well as the likes of Tesco, AA, banks and insurers to have a stake in firms.
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**REGISTRATION REQUESTED - Call the library 507-334-2089 to RSVP!** American Girl fans ages 8-12 are welcome to join us in the library's Great Hall on Friday, February 15 between 2:00-4:00 p.m. for an American Girl themed tea party. We will have snacks and tea, share in a discussion of the books, and enjoy other activities related to the American Girl books and movies. Optional: If you have an American Girl doll, or any other doll, feel free to bring it along with you to the party.


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Topic: Technology
Thinking About BYOD? 5 Takeaways From Teachers Who've Done It
Are you curious about bringing BYOD to your classroom but have concerns about how to make it work? From classroom management to network security to the divide between the haves and the have-nots, there are a lot of issues that […]
Hannah Hudson on August 10, 2014
Are you curious about bringing BYOD to your classroom but have concerns about how to make it work? From classroom management to network security to the divide between the haves and the have-nots, there are a lot of issues that come up when asking kids to bring their own devices to school.
With those issues top of mind, last week WeAreTeachers hosted a panel at TCEA in which three veteran educators—and the audience members in attendance—shared their practical advice and wisdom for implementing BYOD.
Here are five of the key takeaways from our presenters Chris Brendel (@Chris_the_Hun), Maria Harrington (@Mmmariaharr) and Stephanie Cerda (@ms_cerda):
Good classroom management is good classroom management; you can and will help kids stay on task.
While it's easy to imagine a BYOD classroom of 30 kids all on Facebook while you are trying to teach about fractions, teachers who've actually implemented BYOD programs say that it's no more difficult to keep kids on task than when they're doing pencil-and-paper lessons or any other activity.
Which isn't to say it's easy. Classroom management never is. You have to set clear expectations and keep kids engaged so they aren't even tempted to go off task. For teacher Maria Harrington, that means having kids log in to the school network (where social sites are blocked), using software programs that incorporate teacher monitoring, and finally, when appropriate, incorporating the digital tools that kids know and love.
Harrington further points out that in a non-BYOD classroom, kids are just as likely to wander off task by texting their friends or checking Instagram under their desks. "I'd rather have their phones on top of their desks so I can see what they are doing," she says.
There are many ways to bridge the digital divide.
Another common concern for those considering BYOD is that not all kids have the ability to bring an expensive phone or tablet from home. It's a legitimate worry, but our panelists all agreed that in their experience with BYOD it's not as big an issue as one might think.
First, studies show that low-income families are making an investment in smartphones at an increasing rate. Second, the availability of low-cost options has made it easier for schools to bridge the gap—all of our panelists said that their BYOD classrooms have a handful of devices for kids to borrow or check out.
Finally, a few teachers noted that it might be preferable when not every kid has his or her own device. It helps to foster group work, communication and collaboration, and students often come up with their own creative rules and workarounds when sharing a phone, laptop or tablet.
Win over your principal with data.
Sold on BYOD but your administrator, not so much? One of our audience members joked that you can convince a principal to do anything if you show him or her the numbers—and our panelists agreed.
Fortunately, there are a growing number of case studies that show BYOD is good for kids—and for test scores. And as more schools implement BYOD programs, that research is sure to grow.
And don't forget to include the cost savings, says panelist Maria Harrington. Not just on technology and devices, but on printing and paper too.
Be flexible about hardware and uniform about software.
Our panelists agreed that asking kids to bring a certain kind of device isn't the way to go—it rubs parents the wrong way and can actually inhibit some of the advantages of BYOD. When kids are working on different devices, for example, they also learn about the different operating systems from one another and are able to select a device that best matches their individual needs.
That said, our panelists also emphasized that using the same software applications or suite of tools is equally important in guaranteeing the success of BYOD. Maria Harrington's and Stephanie Cerda's schools both use Google Apps for Education for everything from student document creation and storage to communication from administrators and teachers. The consistency ensures that students stay on task and become experts at a particular suite of tools, and that software tech support is kept to a minimum.
One caveat is that our panelists recommended some flexibility when it comes to presentation, moviemaking and other creative tools. Allowing students to choose between Prezi, Glogster and Slideshare, for example, sends the message that it really isn't the tool that's important but the content, process and end result.
Let kids lead tech support.
If the thought of 200+ different kids bringing in different devices gives your IT department the shivers, you're not alone. But the beauty of BYOD, according to our panelists, is that kids become the experts at their own devices and can help one another troubleshoot issues.
Maria Harrington says that all of the teachers in her school have some basic tricks they teach kids when encountering tech problems (such as powering down, closing the app, etc.), but that as much as possible, they encourage kids to lead the way.
At one of the schools where Stephanie Cerda works, there's even an IT help desk manned by fellow students. Talk about an authentic learning experience—kids learning not only about technology but about communication, teamwork and problem solving too. That's BYOD at its best!
Has your school tried BYOD or are you thinking about it? We'd love to hear about your experiences and challenges in the comments.
Posted by	Hannah Hudson
Hannah Hudson is the editorial director of WeAreTeachers. You can follow her on Twitter at @hannahthudson or on Facebook here. Email her at hannah@weareteachers.com.
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Because I Could Not Stop: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson
Poetry by Emily Dickinson and music by Amy Beach are combined for an unusual evening with Angelica Page as the poetess herself.
Posted on September 28, 2018 by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief in Concerts, Off-Broadway, Plays
Angelica Page as the poetess in a scene from Ensemble for the Romantic Century's "Because I Could Not Stop: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson" (Photo credit: Shirin Tinati)
Because I Could Not Stop: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson is neither a concert, nor a poetry reading, nor a play, nor a biographical documentary. In a format unique to Ensemble for the Romantic Century, this evening devoted to the 19th century poetess who lived from 1830 – 1886 is a little of each. Though there are some lovely moments in the new presentation, as written by James Melo and directed by Donald T. Sanders, Because I Could Not Stop is a rather curious theatrical evening.
The music for ERC presentations is usually contemporaneous with the subject of the shows set in the 19th century. However, this time the choice of composer Amy Beach (1867 – 1944) is of music written after Dickinson's death in 1886. While attractive in itself, the somber, sad, melancholy chamber music gives the wrong tone and mood to Dickinson's poems, suggesting she was at all times a depressive personality when much of her poetry was about the joy of nature.
Cellist Ari Evan, soprano Kristina Bachrach and Angelica Page as the poetess in a scene from "Because I Could Not Stop: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson" (Photo credit: Shirin Tinati)
The choice of the art songs (beautifully and expressively sung by soprano Kristina Bachrach) is equally strange. "Ah, Love But A Day!" to a poem by Robert Browning is similar to Dickinson's verse, but the inclusion of the French "Chanson d'Amour" to a poem by Victor Hugo seems odd as we are not told whether the poet knew French or admired Hugo. Stranger still is the inclusion of "Stella Viatoris" to a poem by the minor poet Jessie Hague Nettleton, one that is far inferior to Dickinson's work. The final selection, Ricky Ian Gordon's setting of Dickinson's own "Will There Really Be A Morning?" is fine but as the program notes relate there are 400 musical settings of Dickinson's poems and this is only one of them.
Beginning in 1885, the last year of Dickinson's life, the text drawn from her poems and letters has no arc and makes no statement about her life, unlike William Luce's 1977 The Belle of Amherst which created a complete portrait of the poet. Many famous lines of poetry are detached from their sources and used as introductions to letters and prose statements which is rather disconcerting. The use of dates and landmarks of major events that took place during the poet's life which are projected on a screen is rather meaningless as they seem to have had little or no effect on her.
Angelica Page as the poetess in a scene from "Because I Could Not Stop: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson" (Photo credit: Shirin Tinati)
Stranger still is the choice of Angelica Page to play Dickinson who looks rather too healthy to be the famously thin and sallow-faced writer known from the one famous photograph. She makes Dickinson sarcastic, arrogant, cynical, self-important and haughty which goes against the voice of the woman in the poems. At times she has been given arty stage directions like posing by a mantelpiece or sleeping on the ground next to what we assume is alongside of her father's grave.
In the first half of the evening, costume designer Vanessa James has put Dickinson in all red, a color one cannot imagine this reclusive, shy woman wearing. The musicians wear black in the first half and white/beige in the second for no apparent reason. James' set is stranger still. To the right of the grand piano is a Plexiglas table held up by two swans. Not only is this kitsch, but much too showy for the plain, homespun Dickinson. Hanging above this is a screen meant to look like pages of a notebook but is so off kilter that it is distracting. The videos designed by David Bengali projected on this screen sometimes complement the poems and music; at other times they are simply an intrusion. The floor is decorated with a spiral of manuscript pages that suggest a pop art design, one that is decades later than the 19th century in which the poet lived.
Violinists Victoria Lewis and Mélanie Clapiès, violist Chieh-Fan Yiu, cellist Ari Evan, and Angelica Page as the poetess in a scene from "Because I Could Not Stop: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson" (Photo credit: Shirin Tinati)
The 12 musical selections are subtly and beautifully played by the rotating chamber orchestra of five in varying combinations: Max Barros on piano, Victoria Lewis and Mélanie Clapiès on violin, Chieh-Fan Yiu on viola, and Ari Evan. While the music all tends to sound similar, there is a soothing, calming quality to the selections. A game of musical chairs and one of hide and seek with the soprano blindfolded chasing the musicians seem out of place except to suggest that Dickinson did not partake in the usual games of her contemporaries.
Ensemble for the Romantic Century's Because I Could Not Stop: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson is an esoteric evening not meant for the ordinary theatergoer. Some will find the evening pretentious, others not true to the poet, and yet others enlightening. From any point of view, writer James Melo and director Donald T. Sanders, along with their designers, have made some unusual, unconventional choices in this portrait of the famed poet who lived a very reclusive life.
Because I Could Not Stop: An Encounter with Emily Dickinson (through October 21, 2018)
Ensemble for the Romantic Century
Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre, The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 W. 42nd Street, in Manhattan
For tickets, call 212-279-4200 or visit http://www.TicketCentral.com
Running time: two hours including one intermission
Angelica Page
Ari Ean
Chieh-Fan Yiu
David Bengali
Donald T Sanders
James Melo
Jessie Hague Nettleton
Kristina Bachrach
Mélanie Clapiès
Ricky Ian Gordon
Robert Brownng
Victoria Lewis
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According to a report published by Healthline.com on depression, about 80% of people who are depressed do not receive treatment for this serious mental illness because they simply aren't aware of it (since they may not show obvious symptoms) or do not have the initiative to address it. Of course, it's no surprise that depression can weigh down productivity significantly, but let's take a more general stance towards the issue.
It's a given that anything you do will take a productivity hit if you're not healthy – just think about going into work sick and you'll quickly realize how this is true. But the problem here is that there is often a whole host of subtle things that affect your health and mental well being that may not be as obvious as an illness. When the cumulative effects of all of these small, originally negligible environmental and social factors impacting your health add up, they can become a big drain on your ability to market and sell something smoothly.
Here are some small things you can do that can have big blanket changes towards your health and really help you succeed and excel at your marketing job as a result.
What I mean is literally get out of your chair and stand up for a few minutes after sitting down for a couple hours at a time. Research shows that an overly sedentary lifestyle can engender an entire range of health-related issues since it: "increases the risk for developing dozens of chronic conditions, from cancer and diabetes to cardiovascular disease and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease." Standing up for a few minutes at a time is something that everyone can easily do.
I know the first inclination of most people when they wake up in the morning is to snooze the alarm or try to get a few more minutes of rest. Staying in bed and then jerking yourself awake a few minutes later is not the best way to get yourself in a productive mindset in order to start your day. Going for a run or a light jog is the easiest way to break yourself out of a slothful morning routine or mid day burnout during lunch. Exercises like running have positive benefits for your cardiovascular system, alertness, and focus.
By trusting your gut, I mean that you should pay much more attention to your digestive system. Having indigestion and related digestive and excretory problems can really put a big dampener on your ability to continuously focus on one task at a time. It also impacts your nutrient absorption and mood. Getting an appropriate amount of fiber either from natural sources like fruits or vegetables or from powder supplements like Benefiber can help your digestive system reorient itself and function more properly.
Flux is actually a software that can help you fix a messy sleep cycle. As it turns out, if you are staring into your computer's screen well into midnight, the blue light that comes off of the screen will prevent your body from producing the sleep-inducing or regulating hormone called melatonin. Flux helps by reducing the amount of blue light emitted from your screen and gradually changing it to orange according to the time after dusk.
While it sounds counterintuitive, taking a break after working for a long, unbroken period of time can really help reset your productivity and help you feel refreshed. Taking time off is a powerful strategy that can help you get a new perspective on things, and sometimes the solution to an incredibly difficult problem will pop into your head after a good nap.
Marketing is a fundamentally social endeavor in that you'll usually be dealing with people when you're pitching a product or service to them. Therefore, it makes sense that talking and interacting with people in the workplace might help you sharpen those important social skills as well as your sense for people. Furthermore, did you know promoting social interaction and clear role hierarchy has benefits on worker productivity?
This is a big one. You know that feeling you get when you're sort of down but you don't really know the reason for why? That's probably because you're dehydrated. It sounds implausible, but research has shown a possible link between dehydration and decreased cognitive abilities.
You'd be surprised at how much of an impact going outside for a few minutes on a sunny day can have on your attitude after you've spent four or five hours in a cramped, air-conditioned cubicle. Spending some time in nature looking at the trees and inhaling some fresh air can help restore your mental energy and help you relieve stress as well.


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Q: Form validation doesn't works in bootstrap I have a "little" problem with my bootstrap modal. I'm loading into myModal a form created in temp.php file. Then I try to send this form to the save.php file using AJAX.
Everything is OK but form validation doesn't works ( didn't checked if is empty before submitting the form).
If I hard coding my form in the modal-body everything works fine.
The problem occurs only when I load this form from external .php file...
Any suggestions how to make form validation works in the right way?
Thanks in advance!
My index.php file:

    <title></title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../bootstrap/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css">

<button class="btn btn-success btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal" data-backdrop="static" onClick="fillModal('temp.php', 'modalTitle');">Open modal</button>

                <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button>

                <button type="submit" form="myForm" class="btn btn-success btn-sm" id="save">Save</button>
                <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger danger btn-sm" data-dismiss="modal" id="cancel">Close</button>

This is my temp.php file:
<?php
    echo "<form name=\"myForm\" id=\"myForm\" data-target=\"#myModal\">\n";
    echo "
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    echo "
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    echo "
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    echo "      Sample 1	\n";
    echo "      Sample 2	\n";
    echo "      Sample 3	\n";
    echo "      Sample 4	\n";
    echo "      Sample 5	\n";
    echo "      Sample 6\n";
    echo "      Sample 7	\n";
    echo "      Sample 8	\n";
    echo "      Sample 9	\n";
    echo "
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    echo "
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    echo "      <input class=\"form-control input-sm\" type=\"text\" name=\"Sample_1\" placeholder=\"Sample 1...\" reguired>	\n";
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    echo "      <input class=\"form-control input-sm\" type=\"text\" name=\"Sample_3\" placeholder=\"Sample 3...\">	\n";
    echo "      <input class=\"form-control input-sm\" type=\"text\" name=\"Sample_4\" placeholder=\"Sample 4...\">	\n";
    echo "      <input class=\"form-control input-sm\" type=\"text\" name=\"Sample_5\" placeholder=\"Sample 5...\">	\n";
    echo "      <input class=\"form-control input-sm\" type=\"text\" name=\"Sample_6\" placeholder=\"Sample 6...\">	\n";
    echo "      <input class=\"form-control input-sm\" type=\"number\" name=\"Sample_7\" placeholder=\"Sample 7...\">	\n";
    echo "      <input  class=\"form-control input-sm\"type=\"text\" name=\"Sample_8\" placeholder=\"Sample 8...\">	\n";
    echo "      <input class=\"form-control input-sm\" type=\"text\" name=\"Sample_9\" placeholder=\"Sample 9...\">	\n";
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    echo "</form>\n";
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A: xmlhttprequest IS ajax. $.ajax is the same as xhttp....
element.load(url) does ajax too

*

*Replace reguired with required (spelling)

*give the required fields an empty value

*replace $("#save").click(function(event) { with
$("#modal-body").on("submit","#myForm", function(event) {
because you need to submit the form to execute the validation - the e.preventDefault stops the submission so you can do the ajax

*Replace

function fillModal(str, title) {
    var xhttp;
    document.getElementById("modal-body").innerHTML = "";
    document.getElementById("modal-header").innerHTML = title;

    xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
        document.getElementById("modal-body").innerHTML = this.responseText;
        }
    };
  xhttp.open("POST", str, true);
  xhttp.send();
}

with this jquery
$('[data-target="#myModal"]').on("click", function() {
  $("#modal-header").html($(this).data("title"));
  $("#modal-body").empty().load($(this).data("url"))
}

and change the button from
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to
<button class="btn btn-success btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal" data-backdrop="static" data-title="modalTitle" data-url="temp.php">Open modal</button>

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  $('[data-target="#myModal"]').on("click", function() {
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    // the code below is an example - uncomment above and delete below
    $("#modal-body").html(`<form name="myForm" id="myForm" data-target="#myModal">

      Sample 1
      Sample 2
      Sample 3
      Sample 4
      Sample 5
      Sample 6
      Sample 7
      Sample 8
      Sample 9

      <input class="form-control input-sm" type="text" name="Sample_1" placeholder="Sample 1..." required value="">
      <input class="form-control input-sm" type="text" name="Sample_2" placeholder="Sample 2..." required value="">
      <input class="form-control input-sm" type="text" name="Sample_3" placeholder="Sample 3...">
      <input class="form-control input-sm" type="text" name="Sample_4" placeholder="Sample 4...">
      <input class="form-control input-sm" type="text" name="Sample_5" placeholder="Sample 5...">
      <input class="form-control input-sm" type="text" name="Sample_6" placeholder="Sample 6...">
      <input class="form-control input-sm" type="number" name="Sample_7" placeholder="Sample 7...">
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    event.preventDefault(); //prevent default action

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      url: "save.php", //form action url
      type: 'POST', //form method
      data: $("#myForm").serialize(), //encode form elements for submission
      success: function(response) {
        $('.modal-body').html(response);
      },
      error: function() {
        $('.modal-body').html('Error...');
      }

    });
  });
});

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<button class="btn btn-success btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal" data-title="modal title 1" data-url="temp..php" data-backdrop="static">Open modal 1</button>

<button class="btn btn-success btn-sm" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal" data-title="modal title 2" data-url="temp..php" data-backdrop="static">Open modal 2</button>

        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button>

        <button type="submit" form="myForm" class="btn btn-success btn-sm" id="save">Save</button>
        <button type="button" class="btn btn-danger danger btn-sm" data-dismiss="modal" id="cancel">Close</button>