When the lecture ended, they had yet another to chance to learn: A physics video chat with their tutor, a sophomore physics major at Yale. based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. million online courses in 2014-15. Department of Education.
Since then, graphing calculators have become a common – and controversial – tool for learning mathematics. As mathematics educators, we think the graphing calculator transformed American classrooms for the better. Math educators often talk about two kinds of understanding.
"Open education resources," an alternative to commercial products, get a boost in the U.S. Senate's version of bill to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
When the lecture ended, they had yet another to chance to learn: A physics video chat with their tutor, a sophomore physics major at Yale. based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. million online courses in 2014-15. LEXINGTON, Miss.
This is the first installment of a two-part series on innovative forms of educator professional development. Simulations can be a powerful approach for helping educators gain quick iterations of practice and feedback in low stakes settings.
His traditional resume failed to document the thousands of hours that he spent online in self-taught learning about the automotive industry. This frustration led to the creation of StackUp, a way for Nick (and others like him) to better document self-directed learning.
Last week, the Clayton Christensen Institute released a study detailing how online learning can help address the nation's teacher labor shortages. Although the United States generally has an oversupply of teachers, it faces acute shortages within certain strands of the teacher labor force—some of these include shortages of secondary teachers; shortages of science, math, world languages, and special education teachers; and shortages of teachers in certain geographic regions.
Last month, the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS) in New Hampshire launched a new set of pathways for students. These allow students to move through learning at a more flexible pace, on an as-needed basis.
An increasing number of regions are trying to create concentrated groups of blended-learning schools alongside education technology companies, which may be key to advancing the blended-learning field and increasing its odds of personalizing learning at scale to allow every child to be successful. Department of Education have also collaborated to support emerging "education innovation" clusters throughout the country.
Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the series I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. So enjoy all this educational doom while you can.). National) Education Politics. " The Fordham Institute's Michael Petrelli has declared " The End of Educational Policy." " (State and Local) Education Politics.
Apex Learning, provider of online learning for secondary education announces the acquisition of Youth Digital's library of project-based technology courses.
(National) Education Politics. Senate 's education committee on a party-line vote Wednesday advanced the nomination of Carlos Muñiz for general counsel at the Department of Education ," Inside Higher Ed reports. " (State and Local) Education Politics. Via WBEZ : "CPS Secretly Overhauled Special Education At Students' Expense." Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : "Bill Would Bar U.
The conversation was guided by our special guest Executive Director of C-BEN (Competency-Based Education Network), Charla Long. Much of the discussion focused on how competency-based education (CBE) could support students in acquiring and demonstrating the knowledge, skills and abilities. DLNChat I define #CBE as personalized pace, mastery-based learning where students demonstrate mastery through authentic assessment and progress as they learn rather than after a set amount of time.
Trump's education platform promises to "make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models." " Trump has threatened to close the Department of Education. " ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More," says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump's campaign promises. Education Politics. Presidential Politics.
This is part four of my annual look at the year's " top ed-tech stories " Way back in 2012, I chose " The Platforming of Education " as one of my "Top Ed-Tech Trends." Are any education technologies, for that matter?
And he has thoughts on ways that students today are different from the ones he encountered when he began teaching nearly 40 years ago—and why technology has both caused those shifts and can be used to improve the way education is delivered today. EdSurge sat down with Reich last week at the annual summit for Course Hero, an online study platform, to talk about online learning, civic education and how higher education can create new pathways to the middle class.
A free online course from Rice University uses attention-grabbing videos, interactive lab activities, dramatic physics demonstrations, engaging instructors and a free online textbook to help high school students prepare for the Advanced Placement (AP) Physics 1 Exam.
We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. AND, if you are in need of PD, 10-Minute Teacher listeners get 20% off any online courses with code COOL20.
Thursday, November 20th, is day four of the fifth annual Global Education Conference. Fariha Asif Education for a Better World Imaginarium: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Global Education Lesson Plans - Lisa Swayhoover, Ph.D.
Down the Hall is produced by the External Programs and Learning Technologies (EPLT) department of the University of British Columbia. How can teachers enhance their own development by forming networks online and sharing resources? You have 19 years of experience in education.
Prior to Digital Promise, Susanne was a teacher and administrator, leading and advising 1:1 programs at middle , secondary, and collegiate levels, as well as teaching English and advising yearbook staffs. As I wrote in my last blog , online teaching practice, or virtual field experience, has clear benefits for training teachers. All teachers also gain experience in online spaces, a critical need to ensure that the great potential of online learning is met by skilled teaching.
There is a growing need for today's pre-service teachers to be equipped with skills and competencies for blended, online, and technology-rich teaching and learning environments. These courses include blended methods and technologies for blended learning environments.
education by creating apprenticeship programs and providing more technology resources, according to new data. The new poll from OZY and SurveyMonkey tracks how technology is impacting post-secondary education and the workforce in the U.S.
I do a lot of speaking about technology trends in education, and none of my talks seem to get larger audiences than those that address new or emerging technologies. Here you go: Key Trends Accelerating K-12 Educational Technology Adoption. Deeper Learning Approaches.


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Ludwig Becker (* 1. Januar 1893 in Landstuhl; † 21. Juli 1973 in Heiligenhaus) war ein deutscher Kommunist.

Leben
Becker arbeitete von 1945 bis 1948 als Bauarbeiter und war später Verlagsleiter.

Zunächst Mitglied der Sozialdemokratischen Partei Deutschlands, wechselte Becker 1921 zur Kommunistischen Partei Deutschlands. Aufgrund dieser Parteizugehörigkeit geriet er 1933 in KZ-Haft, aus der er kurze Zeit später wieder entlassen wurde. Nach seiner Entlassung betätigte er sich mit illegaler Parteiarbeit. Er emigrierte im November 1935 in die Niederlande, wo er sich ebenfalls als illegaler KPD-Funktionär betätigte. Er kehrte 1945 nach Deutschland zurück und war am Wiederaufbau der KPD beteiligt.

Er gehörte 1947 kurzzeitig dem Landtag von Nordrhein-Westfalen an und war 1947 bis 1948 Mitglied des Wirtschaftsrates des Vereinigten Wirtschaftsgebietes, wo er der KPD-Fraktion vorstand. Becker nahm als einer der Vertreter Nordrhein-Westfalens an der ersten Bundesversammlung teil.

Literatur
 60 Jahre Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen. Das Land und seine Abgeordneten. Düsseldorf, 2006. S. 170f.

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Gonzales Lying Again, Obama Versus Clinton, Murder Suspects, Raw Politics, Anesthesia Awareness, And Planet In Peril (Thursday's Show)
Hi everybody. We're kicking it off with some coverage of everybody's favorite amnesiac and truth-challenged Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales. In an Anderson Cooper piece we learn that the AG has had a no good, very bad day. Actually, he's had a whole string of those lately, but 360 apparently only wants us to know about some of them. The coverage has been very sporadic, is what I'm saying. Okay, so remember that whole late night visit to John Ashcroft's bed that Gonzales made about the NSA spying program? Well, on Tuesday Gonzales testified that the visit wasn't about the NSA program at all, but rather other intelligence stuff, which leaves one to wonder if he just admitted to another secret spying program. But actually that's neither here nor there right now because he was totally lying. Today FBI Director Mueller testified that the visit was about the NSA program. This is a big deal because (as Jeffrey Toobin mentions later) months ago Gonzales testified there was no controversy about the program. Obviously if he had to pressure a drugged man to sign off on it, uh, there was some controversy.
Plus the fact that he also testified that the gang of eight senators weren't briefed on the NSA program, when in reality the AP has obtained a memo that proves they were (which 360 never even mentions in this piece). So, yeah, massive perjury. And that's not even all he's lied about. Gonzales testified he didn't talk to his aides about attorney-gate, but aide Monica Goodling testified he did. And remember, the majority of the words coming out of this man's mouth have been some version of "I don't recall," so there's a good possibility that literally everything he's actually said has been a lie. As you might imagine, Democrats are fuming and want a prosecutor to investigate him for perjury. For their part, the Republicans are disgusted with Gonzales too, but they're apparently a bunch of cowards and won't stand behind the Democrats. Especially Arlen Specter. Lord, that guy rolls over more than my dog. If I may put on a tin-foil hat for a second, I'm starting to think Gonzales is trying to get indicted or something and then Bush can just pardon it all away. I don't know. But the arrogance is maddening. Oh and BTW, since this blog is coming at you from the future, I can tell you that according to Tony Snow the testimony that you think you heard is not the testimony that actually occurred. Because Gonzales and Mueller didn't actually contradict each other at all. Up is down. Black is white. Don't think about it too hard. Not thinking is double plus good!
For discussion on the recent blatant lying we're joined by Jeffrey Toobin. Anderson wonders how bad this is for Gonzales. Toobin acknowledges that he's supposed to be jaded, but he's shocked. Shocked, he tells you! Oh Toobin. Steamrolling over the law and truth-avoidance are not the exception with these guys; they're the rule. You've got to know that by now. Hell, at this point I anticipate it. And guess what. He's lied about other stuff that we don't even know yet. But when it comes out, please don't tell me you're shocked. Anyway, then he goes through everything Anderson's piece and I have already covered. Anderson then asks if there's actual work going on at Justice. Toobin says yes, but anything involving Congress is dead on arrival because their leader has no credibility. Man, the morale there must suck. Anderson points out that Bush is still (unbelievably) sticking by the AG. Toobin notes that now the number three guy is going to have to decide whether or not to appoint a special prosecutor. Hmm, a former Scalia clerk. What's he going to choose? What's he going to choose? But who knows? Maybe I'll get my chance to be shocked.
Transitioning now to a John King piece on the continuing dust-up between Obama and Clinton since the YouTube debate. And there's a little part of me that thinks CNN is all over this just so they can keep talking about the debate. Anyway, Obama leveled a recent hard punch, calling Clinton "Bush/Cheney-lite." Oooh! And then Clinton's all, I thought you weren't going to campaign dirty. Then she calls him naive. But when asked directly if he's too inexperienced to be president, she hedges. So, you know, they're not beating the crap out of each other here. After his piece John tells us that Obama is trying to show that Clinton is not change and Clinton is trying to turn Obama into just another politician. Eh, Whatever. It's early, people. We then have a Randi Kaye piece on the suspects that allegedly killed that Connecticut family. Honestly, I don't really care. The crime was horrible and I hope they get the justice they deserve, but I don't need to know the details.
On now to some "Raw Politics" with Tom Foreman. First up we learn that John Edwards is all about tax reform these days, but the good kind-not like what the conservatives talk about. Tom also tells us something about Bush and Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Camp David, but I am way too disturbed by the graphic of them playing volleyball to know what he said. Seriously 360, some people have to try to sleep after this. I'm still in therapy over the Larry King in a bikini thing. Anyway, we next learn that Rove got a subpoena for attorney-gate. I'd give you guys a "yay!" but, yeah, we all know he's slithering out of this one somehow. Finally, we learn that Chris Dodd has had his MySpace picture "Simpson"- ized. Ha! Chris Dodd is actually one of my MySpace friends. No, I'm not kidding. I made the page as a joke because someone asked me to, but then actual people I knew started finding it and now they get mad at me because I never go on it. Anyway, one day I saw Chris Dodd there waiting to be friended and so I just had to. For the hilarity. I had planned to friend them all (Republican and Democrat), but, well, I never remember to go there. Poor lonely Chris Dodd.
Anyway, then Tom shows us that he has "Simpson"- ized Anderson and Anderson reveals a "Simpson"- ized Tom. They're okay, I guess. Anderson actually doesn't seem hugely enthused about the whole thing, but that's okay because Tom is enthused enough for the both of them. And then some. Seriously, who made the special brownies? Tonight's "What Were They Thinking?" is an SUV that tries to allude the cops and ends up crashing into a wall and bursting into flames. But the cop then finds the burning SUV and pulls the guy out. Yay, happy ending. But the best part is when they run video of this local reporter who basically reenacts the cop's part. And what's hilarious is that the whole time I'm watching it I'm thinking how the guy is like a local news Rick Sanchez, only to have Erica say, "Giving Rick Sanchez a run for his money. " Bwah! Okay, Erica's awesome stock just went way up. Except Rick Sanchez totally would have done that with the car on fire.
Next up we have a David Mattingly piece on anesthesia awareness, which is when you awaken during surgery and feel everything. Ugh, I can't even imagine. Having major surgery can be horrible enough, especially with complications. Trust me, I know. We learn that a 2004 study found that one to two out of every 1,000 people has this happen, which is crazy. Victims advocate groups say this can all be fixed if hospitals would just use a machine that monitors brain activity. Right now they're used by only 17 percent of general anesthesia surgeries. And, you know, it's not like any of this is new. I've seen a ton of stories on anesthesia awareness over the years and how these monitors could help, but still we're only at 17 percent? Unacceptable . After this we have a repeat of a Drew Griffin piece on dog fighting. Michael Vick sucks. That is all.
Transitioning now to a Sanjay Gupta piece from China and our latest edition of "Planet in Peril." Sanjay takes us to a village of 400 people where 28 have died of cancer. We meet a woman who thinks her husband died from cancer that was caused by the water they use to irrigate their fields. Sanjay then shows us the river and we meet an environmental lawyer who blames it on an ore mine. Man, I really have to respect the lawyer because talk about an uphill battle. People can barely fight that kind of stuff here (Erin Brockovich, anyone?) and we're talking about China. They've got their work cut out for them. The Shot tonight is a dog loose on a runway, but we're not really shown it because massive technical difficulties take away Erica. This apparently frazzles the normally quick-witted Anderson because after some incomplete sentences he basically tells us to watch The Shot on our iPhone. All those "i" gadgets! Yeah, he means iPod or even iTunes, but me thinks he's got iPhone on the brain because he wants one. The show was better tonight. It's nice to see the HUGE Gonzales scandal making it onto the broadcast, but leaves one to wonder where it's been. But hey, at least they didn't lead with the Connecticut family again. B
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Last week we gave you an inside look into a charming, shabby chic nursery. Since then, we've been anxious to give you the grand tour of Brant's nursery.
First-time mom and dad, Cortnee and Matt welcomed us into their home to photograph their baby boy's nursery. Matt serves as a builder for our construction team, and we love how his talents and mom's creativity came together to create the perfect woodland-themed nursery. Have a look!
Stained raw wood with a variety of blue, grey and cream colors create a cool and calming atmosphere in this baby-boy nursery.
Six-inch ceder fence pickets were cut into different sizes and pieced together to create this wood backdrop. The wood was painted with watered down paints to create a stained look.
This shelving collage is a perfect DIY project for a large, white wall. Small stuffed animals and figurines were displayed to bring the woodland-theme to life.
Grow baby, grow! This arrow-shaped growth chart and wooden wall decor was made by Brant's grandma (or "honey", as she likes to be called). The decor is made from distressed and stained lumber. The numbers, words and shapes are vinyl letters that were adhered to the wood once dry.
This cozy bedroom corner, complete with a recliner and night stand, is great for late night feedings and snuggle time.
A sweet and soft moose, bear and elephant make the best crib buddies for a perfect baby boy.
Thanks for showing us around Cortnee and Matt. We love Brant's DIY nursery and look forward to watching him grow.
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Juan Figueras y Vila (Gerona, 15 de julio de 1829 – Madrid, 28 de septiembre de 1881) fue un escultor español.

Biografía

Hijo de un modesto carpintero inició su formación en el taller y oficio paternos mientras estudiaba en la Escuela Municipal de Gerona. Tras fallecer su padre, quedó bajo la protección de Bartolomé Palau, fraile carmelita exclaustrado, que le enseñó dibujo y lo envió a Barcelona para que se formase en la Escuela de la Lonja. Más tarde se trasladó a Madrid, seleccionado por el escultor de cámara José Piquer y Duart para trabajar de aprendiz en su taller. Al mismo tiempo ingresó como alumno en la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando en la que enseñaba Piquer, el escultor que más influyó en su estilo.

Por oposición ganó en 1858 una plaza pensionada para estudiar escultura en Roma durante tres años. Opositó para la cátedra de escultura de la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Sevilla en septiembre de 1868, resultando el primero de la terna propuesta. Desde 1871, año en que fue designado para el cargo, hasta su muerte, fue catedrático de «Modelado antiguo y ropajes» en la Escuela de Bellas Artes de Madrid.

Murió con 52 años, soltero y sin descendencia. El escritor y periodista Manuel del Palacio le dedicó un soneto titulado «En la muerte de mi querido amigo el escultor Juan Figueras», publicado en La Ilustración Española y Americana y reproducido en la necrológica que le dedicó Enrique Claudio Girbal en la Revista de Gerona.

Supo en el mármol esculpir su gloria
Cual Fidias otro tiempo y Praxitéles;
Supo sentir, y sus amigos fieles
No olvidarán su nombre y su memoria

Virtud, lucha y dolor; hé aquí su historia,
Escrita al par con llanto y con cinceles;
Abrojos convertidos en laureles,
Y al fin la muerte su mejor victoria.

De eterna inspiración buscando el foco
Hizo del arte la beldad querida
Enamorado siempre y siempre loco;

Mas con pasión tan pura y reprimida,
Que creyó con su genio darle poco
¡Y para darle más le dio su vida!

Pertenecía al Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, al que legó su pequeña biblioteca.

Obra

Entre sus obras de importancia se han destacado las siguientes:
La casta Susana, medalla de 3ª clase en la Exposición nacional de 1856.
Israelita acometido por una culebra, medalla de 3ª clase en la Exposición nacional de 1860.
Doña Marina, intérprete de Hernán Cortés.
Atila y los hunos, bajorrelieve.
La indiana abrazando el cristianismo, medalla de 2ª clase en la Exposición Nacional de 1862; estatua en mármol que fue adquirida por el Estado y presentada en la Exposición Universal de París de 1867. Al desembalarla se encontró fragmentada, colaborando en su restauración el escultor italiano Pagnucci.
La esposa, busto en mármol.
Retrato de señora.
El grito de la Independencia, medalla de 2ª clase en la Exposición Nacional de 1864; alegoría inspirada en el sitio de Gerona durante la Guerra de la Independencia, que fue adquirida por el Estado.
Santa Bárbara.
Victoria marítima, medalla de 2ª clase en la Exposición Nacional de 1866.
Busto de señora.
Gutenberg, obra destinada a un café madrileño.
Himeneo.
El gladiador.
Retrato del marqués de Miraflores.
Sepulcro del vizconde de Villandrando.
Antepecho y barandal, para la casa del marqués de los Alcañices en Madrid, (en colaboración con José Bellver).
Retrato de Adelardo López de Ayala.
Retrato de Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.
La Gerona, estatua para el mausoleo del general Álvarez de Castro en Gerona.
Calderón de la Barca, estatua en mármol que realizó en 1876 como pensionado de mérito en la Academia de Roma y que fue cedida por el Estado al Ayuntamiento de Madrid. Es su obra más importante y por la que más se le conoce.
Cuatro bajorrelieves en bronce titulados La vida es sueño, El alcalde de Zalamea, El escondido y la tapada, y La danza de la muerte, encargados por el Ayuntamiento de Madrid para la base del monumento a Calderón.

Distinciones

Fue premiado en las Exposiciones Nacionales de Bellas Artes por las esculturas que se indican en la relación de obras.

A propuesta de la Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando fue pensionado de mérito en la Academia de Roma.

Se le nombró jurado para la Exposición Nacional de 1881, aunque al parecer no llegó a participar a causa de su salud.

Se le concedió la Encomienda de la Orden de Carlos III por el monumento a Calderón en Madrid.

Referencias

Bibliografía
Girbal, Enrique Claudio (1882): «Necrológica. Don Juan Figueras y Vila». Revista de Gerona. Tomo VI, Año VII, Número II,1-2-1882. pp. 34-40.
Melendreras, José Luis (1994): «Un monument madrileny, obra del gironí Joan Figueras». Revista de Girona, (162); pp. 56-59.

Subirachs i Burgaya, Judit (1994): L'escultura del segle XIX a Catalunya. Barcelona: Abadía de Montserrat; pp. 126-129.

Enlaces externos

 Monumento a Calderón de la Barca

Escultores de España del siglo XIX
Comendadores de la Orden de Carlos III
Nacidos en Gerona
Fallecidos en Madrid


Willmott Dixon has been named the preferred bidder to build a £46m combined schools and leisure campus in Ponteland, north of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
The scheme for Northumberland County council has been designed by FaulkerBrowns Architects and will replace the existing Ponteland Leisure Centre.
The new campus will house a 1,600-place secondary school and a 420-place primary school and nursery, while the new adjoining leisure facility will feature a 25m six-lane swimming pool, learner pool and children's wet play area.
The leisure facility will also house a clip and climb, soft play area, fitness suite, studios, sports hall, badminton courts, outdoor sports fields, as well as two full size artificial grass pitches and a library.
Willmott Dixon is also working on a new HQ for the Northumbria Police Authority in Newcastle, the revamp of Darlington Civic Centre and is upgrading East Durham College's Houghall Campus as it continues to expand its presence in the North of the country.


BlackBerry OS 10.3.1 is being rolled out to all BlackBerry 10 smartphones and it brings a whole swathe of new features. Most of them were already available as part of OS 10.3 for the BlackBerry Passport and Porsche Design P'9983, and the Classic comes pre-installed with the latest operating system from the box. But other BB10 users will appreciate the update which adds new functionality to their phones.
The update is hitting Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions first but other areas will get it in the "coming weeks". So, for those that are yet to get it, here's a guide on the main additions you can expect to receive.
Visually, you'll see that BB 10.3.1 has a more modern look, losing bloat around the apps, for example, dropping the shadows they used to have. In many cases rounded corners are now square, too.
Menus now take on a black background, but things are very much what you'd expect, with most of the menus offering many of the same options and visuals as previous versions of BB 10, so you won't be lost following the update.
BlackBerry 10 has always missed something, a homescreen. You were either in the Hub, looking at your active frames, or in your apps menu. BB 10.3.1 brings you a homescreen at last, which now appears with a new home icon, so you can quickly jump there. If you close all your active frames, your homescreen remains blank, so you can add some presonalisation here.
The active frames behave slightly differently too. On BB 10.2 and older, the open frame minimised top left, so the stack was always rotating as you did things. On BB 10.3.1 you can rearrange apps and they keep their positions. That means you can basically open your favourites and always have them on your homescreen where you expect them. You can have up to eight Active Frames on your homescreen.
Don't want to see your wallpaper?
If you don't want your homescreen wallpaper revealed when all your apps are closed, you can turn it off in the settings menu.
You've always been able to lock screen notifications, but now you get more control over them. You can now have the screen turn on when you have a new notification - great for if your BB is on the desk on silent - as well as limit the information to sender only, meaning that the person next to you can't read what's in the the message.
You can access the quick settings by swiping down from the top of the screen. The panel will slide down revealing a shortcut to the settings menu, as well as hardware toggles. New to BB 10.3.1 is the ability to access this in any app with a two finger swipe. That means you can engage flight mode from Facebook without having to leave the app.
This isn't a new feature, but in the menu you can also opt to customise the options that appear in that quick settings menu, as well as reorder them.
The Action Bar in BB 10.3.1 is one of the biggest changes. In each native app you open, the most common function appears in the centre, designed to give you a quicker experience. Open an email and reply is central, because that's what you do most often.
Open BlackBerry World and search is central. This feature, of course, only applies to BB apps using the Action Bar - so it doesn't appear in Twitter or Facebook apps for example - which is a shame, as it's really handy.
When you start dialling a number through the dialpad, BB 10.3.1 will find matching numbers in the background. It only works with phone numbers, however, which is a little restrictive, because sometimes just tapping in someone's name is easier, without diving into contacts first.
However, universal search/Assistant, is already very good at this, but it's got better in BB 10.3.1. Just start typing the number or the name, and local results appear. You can also combine them, so results based on numbers and text will be returned. For example - you might use the local dialling code and taxi to return the you results you want.
BB 10.3.1 now supports larger capacity microSD cards (microSDXC), so you'll be able to use cards up to 128GB to expand the storage on your device. That's perfect for carrying files, be they movies, music, or documents.
BlackBerry Blend allows users to install a dedicated piece of software on a PC, a Mac, or any Android tablet and then instantly get message notifications, read and respond to work and personal email, BBM or text messages, and access your documents, calendar, contacts and media in real time. If you are on BES10 you can even securely access your company intranet and other corporate resources through your Work Browser like corporate email or view and edit address book.
The new software will relay all the messages in real time to the BlackBerry Blend software effectively allowing you to not even have the BlackBerry in the same room or building. As you might expect with BlackBerry, the new service will be powered through the BlackBerry network with system admins having the ability to set BlackBerry Blend parameters for users that match their security guidelines.
BlackBerry Assistant is the company's answer to Cortana, Siri, and Google Now and is designed to help you manage your email, contacts BBM, calendar and other native BlackBerry 10 applications through both voice and typed commands.
It means you can bark orders at your BlackBerry along the lines of "Book me a meeting with Chris at 3pm on Tuesday for 3 hours in Ascot" and it will put it in your calendar for you to save you having to type it.
What can you say to BlackBerry Assistant?
There's a handy "i" for more information, accessed when using Assistant, detailing that you can make calls, send text messages, find out the weather, set alarms and use BBM for example.
You can ask it to find pizza places and so on, but it doesn't give you witty retorts to silly questions - like Google and Siri like to do.
There's also the option to limit Assistant to the local device, so it will only place calls, open apps and so on. If you don't like foul language, you can censor offensive words - this is on by default and you'll need to switch it off if you want to dictate a rude messages to someone.
BlackBerry Assistant integrates universal search functions, so if you head to the BB Assistant app, you'll find the option to type. As before, you can just start typing from the homescreen and results will be returned.
There's a new range in instant actions here, which are handy: type "cal" for example, and not only do you get suggestions to call or open the calendar, but the option to add a calendar event. This make universal search through the keyboard more useful - and importantly lets you avoid voice if you want to.
The camera has had quite an overhaul in BB10.3.1. There's a new user interface for starters, with the central capture button, now flanked by switch cameras and video button. That means it's even faster to grab a video or a selfie. There's even a self timer now.
There's also been a change to focusing. Previously it was a case of tapping to take a photo. Where you tapped defined focus - or you could press and hold to drag the focal point. Now it's a case of tapping to set the point for focusing and metering, and then hitting the capture button.
If you pre-focus, it's fast to snap a shot. If you just hit the button, it's faster than it previously was to focus and take the shot, with less seeking (we've been testing this on the Q10 next to the P'9983).
There's also a toggle option for face detection focusing, meaning those you're shooting are always in focus.
This is one of our favourite options. If the camera detects a scene with mixed highs and shadows, it might suggest HDR mode. All you have to do is tap the banner to select it. You can then tap the HDR logo to turn it off again, as you could before. It saves having to dig into the menus.
You can now capture sweep panoramas. All you have to do is move the camera left or right and it's all stitched together for you, ready to share with the wider world.
Time Shift also gets an improvement. You can get the option to edit Time Shift photos after the fact rather than having to do it there and then once you've taken them. Story Maker also gets a new Auto-creation feature that will make a fun video story by analysing your video footage.
You still get video editing options, but the UI makers it more immediate to get to these controls, rather than having to open up a side menu.
Once in the editing, there's the additional option to apply filters for a little creative effect.
There's a new options for Data Management in the settings menu. Here you'll find the option to set data limits, control roaming, as well as manage how email handles images - resizing and downloading.
A convenient new feature is called Advanced Interaction. It lets you use the phone's sensors to enable certain behaviours like "lift to wake", "flip to mute" or "flip to save power". The latter will let you extend the battery life of the phone putting it into standby mode when you place the device face down on a flat surface. Each option needs to be toggled on or off.
The existing option to swipe to wake is still available. It's still in the display menu and we think it would be better to have all the gestures grouped together in one place.
Because BB 10.3.1 knows you are in a meeting, it will automatically silence your phone so you don't disturb everyone if your phone goes off by mistake. Again, if you don't want it to, it won't.
BBM Meetings will also work cross platform and are designed specifically for business users to organisers and take meetings through the application no matter what device they are using, as long as they have an internet connection.
A new feature, dubbed email triage, allows you to quickly delete or archive multiple emails at once at the press of a button, while you can now download all attachments at the same time in an email.
You can now opt to delete the original text if you are replying to a message, while your drafts are automatically saved even if you swipe away from the message to do something else.
Besides BlackBerry World, BlackBerry is now pre-installing the Amazon Appstore to improve the depth and breadth of the app choice on the platform. BB World will focus on productivity apps, while Amazon Appstore will offer lots of alternatives. It's still not the best solution in the world and Amazon Appstore is the poor cousin of Google Play, but you can still sideload APKs, if there's something you really want.
You can boost your battery life through customisation of your power saving profile. You can restrict applications to save charge and therefore increase life by anywhere up to 15 per cent.
New media playback options include 17 preset equaliser modes for audio on music or video files. You can also favourite songs, photos and videos to make them more easily available.


I think we all have bucket (or to-do lists), whether they're in our head or written down. Some of us may have them more as a wish list rather than a list that we'll actually cross off. I intend to visit every single one of mine (and document them here, of course). There are many places that I'd love to visit, but these are the destinations at the top of my list. Without further ado, here is my travel bucket list in no particular order.
I have wanted to visit these three countries for as long as I can remember. My ancestors came from all three of these countries (though I should send a swab to Ancestry or 23andMe to find out where else my people come from). I don't have a lot of info on where exactly previous generations of family members originate from. My cousin has found out a little bit of information from doing research on Ancestry's website, so that'd be a good place to start. I know for certain that my maternal great-grandmother came from France. My great-grandfather brought her back with him after the war.
Ideally, I'd like to spend at least a week in each country. I really want to go to the Christmas markets in Germany. I've read that Ireland is beautiful in the fall. Is there ever a bad time to go to France?
I first saw a picture of Bora Bora in a calendar in Barnes & Noble as a teenager. I've wanted to go since then. I always thought it would be the perfect honeymoon destination (just like many others, but have you seen it?).
I want to spend lazy days in a hammock with unlimited drinks, please.
I've been an avid baseball fan since I was 13. One of my biggest travel bucket list goals is to attend a game at every Major League ballpark. I've crossed 3 off my list; 29 more to go.
AT&T Ballpark in San Francisco is #1 on my list.
Fenway Park in Boston is a baseball institution.
Another baseball cathedral, Wrigley Field.
Like many, I've wanted to visit New Zealand since watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It's absolutely stunning! Luckily, fans of the movie can visit Hobbiton to see where the movies were filmed.
B74C61 New Zealand, South Island, Abel Tasman National Park.
The Waitomo Glowworm caves look so pretty!
And there you have it. There's so many places that I'd love to travel to, but I definitely want to make all of these destinations happen. What destinations are on your travel bucket list? Have you crossed of any destinations yet?
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There is so much variety and this is just the top of all of the places I want to see on this Earth. 🙂 Ohhh! How exciting, Evelyn! I can't wait to hear about your trip and see pictures. Thank you for the good ju-jus and I'm sending them to you for a wonderful trip! 🙂 Path of Paris seems very appropriate!
I am a travel bug too and glad to visit your blog. Northern lights is one of my bucket list too! I cant wait to check out the colorful sky one day! I am not sure how I would feel when I see it!
Bora bora is new to me, what is one thing you can tell me/educating about Bora bora??
I bet the pictures of the Northern Lights don't do it justice and is even prettier in person. Bora Bora are a group of islands in the French Polynesia. They have gorgeous beaches and you can stay in bungalows right on the water. They also have mountains.
New Zealand and the Northern Lights are also on my travel bucket list! I am OBSESSED with LOTR so I'm dying to do a road trip in and around New Zealand!
I'm right there with you, Vivian!
Love your bucket list Samantha. So many beautiful places. Ireland has been on mine too for a very long time. All that greenery and the thought of meeting a leprechaun or two really appeals to me. I'd also really love to see the Northern lights. It must be magical. Oh and the Mayan ruins. I've always wanted to take a donkey through the jungle and up the slopes in Tulum and immerse myself in the mysteries of a ancient society.
I follow Ireland's tourism page on Instagram and I'm ready to book a flight every time I see a new post from them. LOL Oh, the Mayan ruins would be really cool to see!
The northern Lights are my ultimate item on the to do list, to be honest! I mean I feel like it really doesn't need much explanation! It's just such an amazing and overwhelming experience!
You're right, Maria! Just looking at them is all the reason anyone needs to experience them in person!
The main destinations on my bucket list are Thailand, Japan, New York and Iceland. Like you I would love to witness the Northern Lights, they look so beautiful!
I would love to visit any one of these destinations! They are all pretty high on my list but I'd also like to visit Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, America,The Maldives… I'm gonna stop here because otherwise I'll name every place on the map!!
Both NZ and the Northern lights are things I want to see. We may go to Iceland this Christmas. My husband lived there for about a year and remembers walking through the Aurora Borealis at ground level.
That would be awesome! I've found cheap flights there, but I've heard it's expensive to stay, eat, and travel within Iceland. I'm sure there are ways to minimize it though. And it would be worth it!
This is wonderful list of your travel destinations. I have covered my list of preferred destinations but new ones add in the list and do hope to cover this year.
Indu, that's so great to hear. It reminds me that it IS possible to visit all the places that I dream of going to. It's great that you keep adding new places to visit.
Thank you, Elizabeth! I hope you cross them off your list as well.
France is definitely one of those destinations that is on my travel bucket list. I would love to go and see how my French speaking will be in this Francophone speaking place. Would be a cool experience.
I am a huge Lord of the Rings and Hobbit fan. New Zealand is definitely on my bucket list.
New Zealand is on the top of my list too. Some how it is so far away that 2 weeks don't seem enough. Hope you get to tick of these places soon.
I've been to Germany, Paris, and Scotland!! (Plus a few others that aren't on your list…and I know you said Ireland but…it's close) I would love to go to New Zealand too!! I think I'd like to do a honeymoon in Bali. There is a resort there called the "Ayana" resort and I just feel like it's LITERALLY calling my name!
Bora Bora is such a beautiful place. We have similar bucket lists, as I would like to visit France, see the Northern Lights, Bora Bora, etc. I hope that you get a chance to cross each of these items off your list.
What a fantastic list! I agree that most of us have dreamed to go somewhere but don't take it as a "serious project.". I think many people are stuck in a routine, sunk in debts and struggling with everyday life and that's the main reason why all those "wishes" never get accomplished. It is a great thing to be determined to accomplish one's wishes instead of seeing them as mere utopias!


Charles has spent years helping leaders of companies across many industries learn how to inspire powerful connections in critical relationships. Through his work, leaders understand how to achieve aspirations while contributing to others.
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Prior to working with Charles, networking for me was a tedious chore. I knew I had an above average emotional intelligence, but before I had no way to use it. I avoided awkwardly standing around networking circles where others fawned over VIPs. I didn't even know how to participate when others were "competing" for attention. Charles' concepts allowed me to understand how to create quick emotional resonance between me and others. I learned this is vital to differentiate myself. My lessons with Charles have become vital in my success, creating high-level connections at companies like Goldman Sachs, Google and Spotify.
"Before we worked together earlier this year, you know I had that personal crisis. I didn't know we'd talk about it. When I told you, it was just a mess in my head. I could barely think straight about it. I know you saw this was really important.
After our conversation in one session, I got whole new clarity on what was going on and how to repair really important relationships. I felt way more calm and knew what to do next. Later when I discussed the problem in my life, I could communicate clearly everything that was needed and got totally new results.


The daily production report is one of the MIS tools for operation management used in the manufacturing industry. The report, I have shared here is an example of the garment manufacturing plant.
The production report is prepared at various levels and in various formats by different garment units. Daily production report is normally made department wise and a combined production report is made including the production of all major processes.
Here I have shared daily production report formats (Excel file) with instructions. Download the same and modify if you required.
You can customize your production report depending on the processes you want to track. Capture the work loading quantity, processed quantity (production) and WIP level at the end of the day. You can also add manpower details (involved in production in that section) in the same report as shown in the finishing report.
A daily production report is an important tool for management reporting in the manufacturing unit. Read guides to prepare daily production report and download the report format in excel.


Edition II: 100% Syrah, 2017, California. By Bob Lindquist.
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Cocoa-dusted black raspberry tart. Just-picked black currents and violets in staccato succession.


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The transitoriness of life; The Vanity of worly things; death; memento mori; the moon; the shades; the dying sun; gods of the dead; Lime "The skull is, on the other hand, a symbol of the vital lice-force contained in the head. The skull with the crossbones indicates death, the thigh also symbolizing a vital force, that of the. loins; the flag carrying the skull and cross bones is an emblem of pirates. Alchemic: With the raven and the grave, the skull is a symbol of the blackening and mortification of the first stage of the Lesser Work, `earth to earth', and signifies dying to the world; but it is also that which survives and so is used as a reminder of-life and transmutation. Buddhist: ("Tantric) The skull filled with blood symbolizes the renunciation of life. It is an emblem of Yama, god of the dead, and of Tara in her dark aspect. Christian: The sanity of' worldly things; contemplation of' death, hence an emblem of hermits. The skull with the cross is eternal life after Christ's death oil Golgotha, the `place of the skull', where Adam's skull was said to be buried. Emblem of SS Francis of Assisi, Jerome, Mary Magdalene, Paul. Graeco-Roman: Attribute of Cronos/Saturn as Time. Hindu: The skull filled with blood dcpicts renunciation of life; it is an attribute of Kali/Durga. The skull also appears with Yams, as god of the dead, and with Suva and Kale as destroyers. Mayan: With the skeleton, the skull is a symbol of the god of death and the underworld.
Skull of a skeleton with burning cigarette, Vincent Van Gogh
Associated with the cult of the cult the HEAD, skulls kept over the Tresholds of Celtic tribal huts were probably thought of as guardians. Some tribes in Congo, Cameroon and Gabon venerate the skulls of their most important Ancestors, as they believe that a person's vital force resides there.
For the Maya, skulls signified conquest and the capture and sacrifice of prisoners, as well as Death. Gruesome stone skull-racks adorned ceremonial buildings and Ball-courts.
Skulls worn as jewelry by Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist deities – for example Chamunda, Kali and Padamasambhava – symbolize their destructive aspects.
From the Middle Ages in the West, skulls acted as memento mori, reminders that time passes rapidly, life is not endless, and earthly things are transient. They appeared on funerary monuments, in still-life paintings, and were held in representations of saints. The skull and crossbones now symbolize the danger of death.
'nihil est in rebus inane' (there is nothing senseless in things) was already proclaimed by roemer visscher in his book of emblems, 1614…
Today the skull has been re-made conceptually (at least aesthetically) but no nonsense can fatally destroy the memory of meaning.
Lugubrious emblem of human mortality
Victory of death over life: commonly the skull is a symbol of death, (or some romantic notion of immortality – as the befief that a spiritual part of a person survives death).
Think of the scene from shakespeare's hamlet where the prince holds a skull of yorick, a former servant, bemoaning the pointlessness and temporary nature of worldly matters.
Certain themes characteristic of a specific philosophy have been commonly represented during an era, and an iconography has been developed to express them.
An example is the still life vanitas vanitatum of the middle ages, a reminder of the transitory quality of earthly pleasure symbolized by a skull. pictorial arrangements are dealing with the vanity of the intellectual world (globe, books), and of the 'vita voluptaria' (musical instruments, smoking implements).
Often painters continued the old tradition of including appropriate captions or texts on their pictures. the favourite was the admonition from ecclesiastes I: 'vanity of vanities; all is vanity'.
The transience of human existence is often brought out also by other symbols like the candle and the hourglass.
The inclusion of the skull makes explicit the essential finiteness of man and the limitation of human knowledge.
A metaphor for understanding, to that of GOD.
(human vision and knowledge is necessarily limited by time and place, while GOD can see and know all things at all times). in hans holbein's painting 'the ambassadors' the anamorphic skull can be connected to the contrast between discursive reason and intellectual vision as different stages of human knowledge.
The stable, balanced, serene coposition is interrupted only by a long gray shape that rises diagonally from the floor. when viewed from the proper angle, this shape is recognized as a skull in reflecting holbein's interest in symbolism and radical perspectives.
The skull disrupts our trust in the cartesian perspective center in the same way, our trust in our own reality (belief systems) becomes distabilised.
It is thought that this might have been holbein's favorite painting, because it is the only one he signed with his full name.
Magical protection charm
The skull has been given strong religious connotations in several cultures. among the people of india and neighboring regions, the skull necklace is an iconographic 'memento mori' (meaning 'remember that you must die') worn by certain gods and goddesses, most notably siva in his ascetic form and kali in her wrathful form.
Skull necklaces are also worn by the wrathful aspects of allied tibetan and nepalese deities such as kurukulla – and necklaces and prayer beads carved from animal or human bones in the form of skulls are popular with their devotees.
The death-resurrection cycle
The skull and crossbone symbol is also used in initiation rituals as a symbol of rebirth. it may also symbolize the 'sephirah daath' on the kabbalistic tree of life, the gateway to the higher realms of understanding only achievable through spiritual death and rebirth. a skull did not inspire horror, on the contrary, it symbolised the promise of a new life.
The age-old links between religion, protection, and luck.
In pre – columbian america, the skull was given an honoured place in the religious iconography of the aztecs and related tribes of mexico. their descendents, both indians and people of mixed european and native american heritage, continue to venerate the skull and the skeleton during the national 'day of the dead' ceremonies, when skulls made of sugar are eaten and offerings are placed on the graves of deceased relatives and friends.
Mexicans looked upon death as one more misfortune to contend with, but they also regarded it as the ultimate liberation. it was one of the most popular forms of ancient mexican ornament and in modern mexico the skull is still used in humorous drawing, in toys and candy.
The skull as an emblem occurs frequently in christianity, inspired by golgotha, the place of the skull, where christ was crucified.
It was the burial place where adam's skull lay directly under the cross so the blood of jesus could drip on it, thus washing away the original sin (there was no mention of eve – official theology was always vague about whether jesus' death had really washed away original sin or not).
The christian concept of christ there dying on the cross would explain the crossed bones (?).
Skulls are associated with such penitent saints as st francis of assisi, st jerome and st mary magdalene. when included in depictions of them the skull may have a cross placed nearby.
Reverse bad luck
Hard-core gamblers have also adopted the 'reverse bad luck' of the skull for iconograhic purposes. in this context the skull, along with dice rolling sevens and black cats, symbolizes luck in adversity.
Danger signal
The recognised symbol for danger is the skull and crossbones or for poisonous substances, especially visible on containers of cleaning solutions.
Displayed on a black cloth back ground make up the pirate's flag commonly known as the jolly roger.
It was certainly a most intimidating symbol for the carribean pirate who attacked and looted ships.
(the pirate flag were to symbolise that death awaited those whom the pirates encountered).
The skull and crossbones or a crossed hoe and sceptre (symbols of sovereignty) and a skull above them, are important emblems in masonry, where it symbolizes the hierarchic structure and the transience of the material world. US presidents bill clinton and george w. bush both are members of the 'skull and bones' society…
Symbol of hate
The death's head was the symbol of the 'SS-totenkopf verband' (one of the original three branches of the SS, along with the allgemeine SS and the waffen SS), whose purpose was to guard the concentration camps.
Most of the original members of this organization were later transferred into and became the core of a waffen SS division, the death's head division. The symbol is most often seen in tattoos.
Why teenagers twigged at the potential of skull icons ?
One of the greatest challenges facing adolescence has always been, 'are we being taken seriously?'
According to subculture mythology the skull is a symbol of defiance. death defiance, initially, though as the popularity of the skull image started to spread amongst teenagers during the early 80s it became, for parent culture, a symbol of nightmarish youth: teen violence, drug abuse, sexual promiscuity and other behaviors expressed as self-defeating.
Heavy metal merchandise
Too self-defeating and of course too melancholy for the middle of the road paying public, well, too melancholy until heavy metal broke through. the skull toting style of heavy metal that most of us remember is in no way threatening or as charged with class warfare as say punk.
In fact, at its peak heavy metal was pop and was able to perfectly recast the great equalizer, death, in all together a much brighter light. taking the lead with loud guitars, theatrical make-up, and narratives surrounding adolescent male sexual fantasies, heavy metal created a merchandise empire out of badges, t-shirts, flags, and promo videos that consistently displayed the popular skull-garnished mascots of each band. metal heads were able to render the skull 'public property and profitable merchandise.
Scary fun
The skull at halloween is a very popular item in haunted houses and a favorite design theme for masks, costumes, lanterns, candies and halloween decorations…… defiantly scary!
In particular the fear of things out of our control like cold war paranoia or fast forward to more recent times, millennial shut downs and the uncertainty of biological warfare.
All the cult elements – dissent, angst, and misunderstanding – are firmly attached to skull iconography.
Skull T-shirts? if nothing else, donning an image of a skull infers that the wearer has made some effort to overcome our imposed culture of fear.
Robert mapplethorpe attached his own face to a skull adorned walking stick – like a dead end for his journey.
Without disturbing details, the skull underlines the suffering on his face. probably he knew at that time about his fatal illness – the absolute certainty of AIDS. it was the unknown death, not a disease to live with as it might be considered now.
In mapplethorpes' work the skull is more than a death symbol, it's a symbol for all the aids phobia and the discrimination era that took place in the 1980's.
1000 Symbols – Thames & Hadsen
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols – Thames & Hadsen
http://www.designboom.com/history/death.html
فلیسیا براون
هنر جدید کوبا
Peace Signs | part 2
نشریه چلچراغ و سرقت دوباره
مصاحبه کلاه استودیو با پیپر مانستر
زنان هندی و قرن ها خلق مداوم هنری مردمی
KS Interview with Maya Kulenovic
بهمن محصص


Our charity is run entirely by volunteers who all have experience of living or working with advanced breast cancer, also known as secondary, metastatic or Stage IV breast cancer. We need more volunteers to spread the word across the UK to help us raise our profile.
Second Hope is the only charity in the UK to focus solely on advanced breast cancer. We firmly believe that there is not enough support and information out there for people to understand the many issues faced by those affected by advanced breast cancer or that it cannot be cured.
It is estimated that around 36,000 people, mostly women, are living with advanced breast cancer in the UK. This figure is an estimate because until very recently, no accurate data was collected for those diagnosed let alone the effects on their quality of life. It is now mandatory for hospitals in England to collect data about those diagnosed with advanced breast cancer but there is no similar requirement in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
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Today is the 89th birthday of the activist, author, and professor Elie Wiesel. There are people who have life stories that if we learn them, it empowers us to go farther than we ever thought was possible. He is one of those individuals. His family died in concentration camps and he became a Yale Scholar. He used his voice to make sure the world audience remembered what happened because it is the best way to insure it never happens again. The world is a better place because he was in it and still feels the loss that he has left.
BEST KNOWN FOR: Elie Wiesel was a Nobel-Prize winning writer, teacher and activist known for his memoir Night, in which he recounted his experiences surviving the Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel was born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Romania to Shlomo and Sarah Wiesel. Wiesel, who grew up with three sisters and pursued religious studies at a nearby yeshiva, was influenced by the traditional spiritual beliefs of his grandfather and mother, as well as his father's liberal expressions of Judaism.
In 1940, Hungary annexed Sighet and the Wiesels were among the Jewish families forced to live in ghettoes. In May 1944, Nazi Germany, with Hungary's agreement, forced Jews living in Sighet to be deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. At the age of 15, Wiesel and his entire family were sent to Auschwitz as part of the Holocaust, which took the lives of more than 6 million Jews. Wiesel was sent to Buna Werke labor camp, a sub-camp of Auschwitz III-Monowitz, with his father where they were forced to work under deplorable, inhumane conditions. They were transferred to other Nazi camps and force marched to Buchenwald where his father died after being beaten by a German soldier, just three months before the camp was liberated. Wiesel's mother and younger sister Tzipora also died in the Holocaust. Elie was freed from Buchenwald in 1945. Of his relatives, only he and his older sisters Beatrice and Hilda survived.
Wiesel went on to write many books, including the novels Town of Luck (1962), The Gates of the Forest (1966) and The Oath (1973), and such nonfiction works as Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters (1982) and the memoir All Rivers Run to the Sea (1995). Wiesel also became a revered international activist, orator and figure of peace over the years, speaking out against injustices perpetrated in an array of countries, including South Africa, Bosnia, Cambodia and Rwanda. In 1978, Wiesel was appointed chair of the President's Commission on the Holocaust by President Jimmy Carter. He was honored across the world with a number of awards, including the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom and the French Legion of Honor's Grand Croix.
Teaching was another of Wiesel's passion, and he was appointed in the mid-1970s as Boston University's Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities. He also taught Judaic studies at the City University of New York, and served as a visiting scholar at Yale.
He founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity with his wife Marion to "combat indifference, intolerance and injustice" throughout the world. The couple had one son, Elisha.
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Roy Edgley, 1925–1999
Joseph McCarneyRP 097 (Sep/Oct 1999)
Roy Edgley, 1925–1999In the early 1970s the Guardian reported that Professor Roy Edgley of Sussex University had gathered around him a group of younger, like-minded thinkers and founded a movement of radical philosophy with a journal. This report lay oblique to the actual facts of the case. Roy Edgley was not one of the original founders of Radical Philosophy, though he arrived on the scene shortly after its founding. Nor did he ever aspire to be the leader of the movement, an aspiration his egalitarian principles and personal modesty would have utterly precluded. Yet the Guardian's view was not simply a distortion, and was in some measure understandable. Roy was the most prominent academic associated with Radical Philosophy in its early days, and the chief source of whatever intellectual respectability it then had in the wider world. Moreover, he did come to play a role of leadership by example, an example of personal integrity, political commitment and practical wisdom. This was so especially in the later 1970s and early 1980s, the Sturm und Drang period of the editorial collective's existence, before it attained the classic serenity that marks it now. A final element of inner truth in The Guardian's report derives from Roy's deep and lasting attachment to Radical Philosophy, an attachment given substance by his willingness to publish his best work there. For all these reasons it is entirely fitting that we should now remember and celebrate his life and achievement.
Roy Edgley was born in Northampton, and, on leaving the local grammar school at the age of sixteen, became a junior reporter for the Chronicle and Echo. A year later he volunteered for war service, and was assigned to radar work – on the strength, as he recalled, of the feat of reciting a Shakespeare sonnet to the selection board. He spent the war in India, and on being demobilized in 1947 returned for a time to the Chronicle and Echo. He then entered Manchester University, taking advantage of the Labour government's scheme for former service personnel, and emerged with a first class honours degree in philosophy. He went on to a B.Phil. at Oxford, with Gilbert Ryle as supervisor, and became a lecturer in philosophy at Bristol University in 1954. In 1970 he was appointed professor of philosophy at Sussex, and remained there until taking early retirement in 1981 in order to concentrate on his writing.
He was a prolific author of journal articles throughout his academic career, and his book Reason in Theory and Practice appeared in 1969. He was also politically active as a socialist for nearly all of his adult life. The many causes he espoused included one in which Radical Philosophy took a special interest, that of the Sussex students victimized for their opposition to the visit to the university of Samuel Huntington, the architect of the ʻfortified hamlets' strategy in Vietnam (ʻThe Huntington File', RP 7, Spring 1974). Roy was the only senior member of faculty to take this principled stand, a form of isolation he bore stoically but which must have been personally highly uncongenial. A vigorously argued defence of his position is given in his article ʻFreedom of Speech and Academic Freedom', (RP 10, Spring 1975).
The title Reason in Theory and Practice may be said to capture Roy's central and constant philosophical concerns, and the book itself contains the germ of all he was to do later. It is written, as he was to acknowledge, ʻin the style and method of analytical philosophy'. In a sense he remained always an analytical philosopher, though one bent on subverting from within what that label is generally taken to represent. At any rate the virtues of clarity, precision and rigour which analytical philosophy claims for itself are those he most esteemed, and exhibited in everything he wrote. The themes he was to take forward from the book derive from its main thesis, a rejection of the linguistic conception of reason characteristic of the mainstream analytical movement. The first of them is related to Roy's insistence that reason is not primarily or essentially ʻreasoning', discursive argument and inference. The central category is rather that of ʻreasons', considerations that tell for and against beliefs and actions. This shift of perspective has profound implications. In particular it serves to undermine the tendency in liberal ideology to identify the rational approach to practical problems as that of peaceful discussion, and so to set up a dichotomy of reason and violence. It is a dichotomy in which the liberal state seeks to ensnare protest without, of course, taking it as applicable to itself. These ideas are developed in Roy's article ʻReason and Violence' (RP 4, Spring 1973).
The second theme is still more striking and important. It is the contention that the paradigmatic relations of reason, those of logic, do not simply hold between linguistic items such as sentences or propositions but are coextensive with relations of meaning. Thus, in Reason in Theory and Practice and later writings, Roy presents an intricate argument extending the scope of these relations from beliefs to actions to practices to social structures. The central case is the logical concept of contradiction which now in principle takes the entire social world within its range of application. It is, in Roy's account, an essentially normative or evaluative relation: ʻto characterize something as a contradiction where that concept is a category of logic, is, at least by implication, to criticize it.' Hence, the possibility opens up of a critical social science constituted through the exposure of contradictions, a project Roy takes to be at the heart of Marx's practice as a social scientist. What is perhaps most characteristic in Roy's treatment of the idea is the insistence that the concept of contradiction provides the sole and sufficient ground of critical social science and does not need to be supplemented by any other normative considerations. In this he shows himself a true philosopher, seeking to develop a unified theory of the greatest possible economy and force, not an eclectic making a patchwork from whatever lies to hand. Moreover, it would be hard to overstate the significance of the issues at stake in what he projects. The point may be brought out most readily by noting how it flies in the teeth of Hegel's explicit denial, a denial presupposed throughout his system, that a contradiction is as such a defect in anything. What Roy projects is nothing less than a radically non-Hegelian Marxism, and, moreover, one much more deserving to be called analytical Marxism than the various theoretically threadbare forms of anti-Marxism that have usually been awarded that title.
Roy's thinking on the subjects of violence and contradictions has been widely influential. It is now much less common than it was to encounter the facile antithesis of reason and violence, and his pioneering work in the area must deserve some of the credit. His conception of the critical power of contradictions was taken up most notably, though unfortunately in a coarsened form, in critical realism, a movement which seemed to view the existing body of philosophical ideas in the way Little Jack Horner viewed his Christmas pie, just as a source of plums. Roy's priority in respect of this particular plum was belatedly acknowledged by Andrew Collier in his book Critical Realism. It was made manifest in a different manner through the inclusion in the collection of readings with the same title, edited by Margaret Archer and others, of the seminal Radical Philosophy article ʻScience, Social Science and Socialist Science: Reason as Dialectic' (RP 15, Autumn 1976). It remains the case that we still await a systematic theoretical development on the ground Roy prepared in that article and elsewhere. Anyone in the future who wishes fully to grasp and to articulate the idea of a critical social science in the service of human emancipation will inescapably have to return to that ground.
The chief impression Roy made on those who met him was one of great courtesy, gentleness of manner and consideration for others. These were indeed deep qualities in him, appearances of the essence. Yet they could never be mistaken for weakness, sentimentality or lack of resolve. His hatred of injustice and oppression in all their forms had nothing half-hearted about it. In defence of principle he could be formidably energetic and single-minded, even intransigent, as his conduct in the Huntington affair shows. It is surely not fanciful to see such conduct as a fitting counterpart to the purity and intensity of his philosophical vision. István Mészáros referred, in his eloquent funeral tribute, to pregnant remarks Roy made when very ill towards the end of his life. Perhaps it may be excusable to offer a personal recollection from that time. In our last conversation, less than a week before his death, he spoke of the need of all ʻto forgive', and when I asked what had to be forgiven he said ʻeach other's fallacies and shortcomings'. This is a moving utterance for a variety of reasons, some of them obvious enough. What seems to me most strangely affecting and revealing is the fact that the philosopher should have put errors of reasoning first in his enumeration.
In this extremity, as in all other circumstances of his life, Roy was true to the individual spirit within, the distinctive impulse that drove his thought and action. Integrity is too weak and moralistic a term for that achievement. It approaches much nearer to what should be called, in a phrase of one of his favourite poets, ʻunity of being'. Those of whom anything like this might be said are exceptional human beings, and the world seems shoddier and more commonplace for Roy's passing. His memory will help us not just to endure its condition but to strive for the kinds of improvement to which he devoted his life.
Joseph mccarney
Andrew Chitty's article ʻOn Humanitarian Bombing' (RP 96) was a welcome statement of opposition to the war against Yugoslavia, when so much of the mainstream press – most discreditably the Guardian – gave abject support to the bombing. However, I felt there were certain crucial omissions from the argument which weakened its impact.1. The Labour Party. On a global scale Chitty is quite right to see it as primarily an American war. But we should not forget Liebknecht's slogan: ʻThe main enemy is at home.' Labour's support for the war (with carefully released rumours that Blair was being ʻtougher' than Clinton) has shown, even more clearly than the government's domestic measures, a clear break with even the most minimal socialist principles. Now that the war is over this leaves some very serious questions about the future relationship of socialists to the Labour Party.2. The anti-war movement. Chitty is right to note the defection to support of the war by a few wellknown figures on the Left, but quite wrong to be so pessimistic about the general level of opposition to the war. For the Guardian it was quite simple: refuse to report anti-war meetings and demonstrations – even debates where Guardian writers participated – and then deny the existence of an anti-war movement. In fact a broad movement – from Bruce Kent to Tony Benn, Liz Davies to Jeremy Hardy – did exist. Hundreds of local meetings, in colleges, hospitals and other workplaces, and on council estates, did take place. As one who took part in the first demonstration in Britain against the bombing of North Vietnam in 1965, I recall it took over two years to build a significant movement against the Vietnam War. Within the short space of the war against Yugoslavia, the movement advanced far more rapidly.3. The working class. Chitty neatly deconstructs the question ʻwhat would you do?' as meaning ʻwhat ought the US government to do?', a question we should obviously reject. But deconstruction alone leaves us in a postmodernist void. Does the plural ʻyou' have any meaning beyond the aggregated moral choices of isolated individuals; is there a collective subject? Of course there is no simple sloganizing answer to this. ʻSerb and Albanian workers unite!' has no immediate resonance in today's Kosovo, even though, objectively, working people from both communities have more in common with each other than either has with Milosevic or the puppet leaders of the KLA. But such unity is not impossible.
This is not just abstract rhetoric. Many Radical Philosophy readers are teachers in higher education. So it is worth mentioning that the NATFHE annual conference passed resolutions against the war by large majorities. Such resolutions provided a basis for launching the debate within colleges and an encouragement to members of other unions to do the same. Hence the question ʻwhat would you do?' does offer the possibility of an answer couched in collective terms. If Radical Philosophy is to deserve that part of its subtitle which proclaims it a ʻjournal of socialist philosophy' it must address this issue systematically. Otherwise it will be no more than a collection of interesting articles, occasionally prefixed by a worthy statement on contemporary issues.
Ian birchall
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Zimbabwe to continue CHAN preparations on December 28
Zimbabwe will name their final squad for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) finals in Cameroon on December 30, but for now have given the players off until December 28 after ending a two-week camp on Sunday.
Coach Zdravko Logarusic must cut his squad down to the 23 players who will travel for the continental finals in a competition that is open only to players who ply their trade in their domestic leagues.
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Logarusic has been hamstrung to some extent by the fact he has not been able to secure the release of players from Zimbabwe champions FC Platinum due to their involvement in a CAF Champions league tie with top Tanzanian side Simba.
"As it stands, I am not taking the FC Platinum players on board. I wanted to have some assessment of them but they couldn't be released. I know they are playing in the CAF Champions League and we support them since they are representing the country.
"But by the time they play in Tanzania, we will be four, five days from leaving for Cameroon, so we may not take any of them aboard."
Zimbabwe have been drawn in a tough pool that will see them open their campaign against hosts Cameroon on January 16, followed by a meeting with Burkina Faso four days later, and a clash against Mali on January 24.
Zimbabwe have qualified for four of the previous five CHAN tournaments, finishing fourth in 2014, but failing to make it out the pool stages in the other three.


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I Gioielli della Corona prussiana sono la raccolta delle insegne reali tedesche, dapprima come gioielli della corona del Regno Prussia e successivamente come parte dei gioielli della corona imperiale di Germania. Tali gioielli erano considerati spesso contrastanti con altri gioielli della corona in europa in quanto le insegne degli Hohenzollern si presentavano piuttosto semplici e non eccessivamente cariche di lavorazioni e pietre preziose.

Le corone

La Corona di Federico I venne creata nel 1701 per l'incoronazione di Federico, principe elettore di Brandeburgo e duca di Prussia, al titolo di re di Prussia (avvenuta appunto nel 1701 a Königsberg). La corona aveva la particolarità che i suoi gioielli potevano essere smontati e utilizzati altrove separatamente: così facendo, la corona rimaneva perlopiù spoglia e veniva adornata solo nelle occasioni speciali. Dai ritratti si sa che essa venne utilizzata anche per le incoronazioni di Federico Guglielmo I di Prussia, figlio di Federico I, e di Federico II di Prussia. Successivamente sarà Guglielmo II, imperatore, ma pur sempre re di Prussia, a proporne un nuovo modello. Essa era composta da barre d'oro ricoperte di grandi diamanti, ma comunque in numero limitato. Il cerchio alla base racchiudeva gli otto archetti della parte superiore che si ricongiungevano al globo di lapislazzulo sul quale stava una croce.

La Corona di Guglielmo II o Corona di Hohenzollern venne fatta realizzare nel 1888 per l'incoronazione di Guglielmo II, ormai imperatore, a re di Prussia. Questa non è una corona imperiale in quanto Guglielmo II pur da imperatore continuò a detenere il titolo di re di Prussia e come tale necessitava di avere delle regalìe separate. Questa corona è, per stile e manifattura, decisamente diversa dalla precedente anche se ne richiama la struttura in alcuni particolari. Essa è realizzata in oro con 142 diamanti, di cui 18 di grandi dimensioni, e 8 grandi perle corrispondenti agli otto archetti.

Il Tocco da principe elettore, la corona originale utilizzata prima dell'elevazione della Prussia al rango di regno, realizzato in velluto e code di ermellino con l'apposizione di alcune perle.

La Corona della regina, è un pezzo che venne realizzato appositamente in occasione della cerimonia dell'incoronazione del 1701 per la moglie di Federico I.

Gli scettri

Lo Scettro di Federico I, venne anch'esso realizzato nel 1701 in occasione dell'incoronazione di Federico I a re di Prussia. Esso è costituito integralmente d'oro e pietre preziose ed è caratterizzato dalla presenza di una grande aquila prussiana al suo termine, realizzata in diamanti ed avente in centro un grande rubino.

Lo Scettro dell'Elettorato di Brandeburgo, simile a quello di molti comandanti militari dell'epoca.

Altri oggetti
Il Globo di Federico I venne realizzato nel 1701 in occasione dell'incoronazione di Federico I a re di Prussia e si presenta come una sfera integralmente di lapislazzulo, divisa da due bande (una orizzontale e una verticale che parte dalla metà superiore) in oro con diamanti e rubini alternati. Sovrastante è una croce in argento con rubini e diamanti alternati.

L'Anello di Federico I

La Spada di Federico I

I gioielli oggi
Dopo l'abdicazione degli Hohenzollern, i gioielli che erano in possesso della famiglia rimasero difatti a Berlino nel Palazzo di Monbijou, mentre il kaiser si trovava in esilio in Olanda. Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale ci si interessò attivamente a loro: nel 1944 vennero mossi a Königsberg e nuovamente trasferiti in una miniera in Turingia dove vennero ritrovati dalle forze di occupazione americane con altri beni preziosi che vennero quindi restituiti alla famiglia. La corona di Guglielmo II, invece, si trovava murata in circostanze misteriose nella parete della cripta della chiesa parrocchiale di Minden e anch'essa venne in seguito ritrovata e restituita. La maggior parte dei pezzi superstiti si trovano oggi al Castello di Charlottenburg a Berlino e solo la corona di Guglielmo II si trova al Castello di Hohenzollern ed è compresa nella visita guidata.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
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Regalia di Prussia


It's been a bad season for Arsenal – but it could still end with a trophy parade around Highbury on Sunday.
The Gunners play Chelsea in the FA Cup final on Saturday, and if they win there will be a huge party the following morning.
Players will arrive at Emirates Stadium at 11am for a civic reception with Mayor of Islington Cllr Una O'Halloran. The parade, featuring two open top buses, will start from the stadium's Drayton Park side at 11.45am.
It will move through Martineau Road, Highbury Hill, Highbury Park, Blackstock Road, Gillespie Road, Avenell Road, Aubert Park, Drayton Park and then back to Emirates Stadium at about 12.20pm. Traditional Arsenal parades incorporate Islington Town Hall, but this has been ruled out due to ongoing roadworks.
Players will then appear on a podium by the Armoury, with the celebrations scheduled to finish at 1.30pm. It remains to be seen if an Arsenal player takes on Jack Wilshere's role as chief antagoniser of Tottenham Hotspur.
The spokesman added that in the past, people climbing on roofs has been a problem. He said people can help stop this "potentially dangerous practice" by "not allowing people to use your roof".
Road closures will be in place from 9am on Sunday, with parking restrictions from 9pm on Saturday. The council said anyone living on the parade route will need to ensure they move their cars.
For more information, call Islington Council on 020 7527 2000.