Imagine the situation. You are sitting in the passenger seat of a high performance car, with someone you have never met before who is about to drive you around a race circuit at speeds of over 100mph. During the journey you will have to remain relaxed, communicate effectively, and encourage them to keep improving their performance. Does this sound difficult to you?
This experience is one that a motor-sport driving instructor has to go through every time they take a member of the public out on one of those popular Experience Days, held at places like Silverstone Race Circuit in England. And it was something that I had wondered about. What were these instructors doing to be able to remain relaxed, communicate effectively and help someone else to learn, in this potentially high risk environment? So I set about finding out the answer to my question.
Using the modelling technique that I had learned during my Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner training, I decided to interview three experienced motor-sport driving instructors to find out what cognitive and behavioural patterns they used that enabled them to be excellent instructors. I then wanted to consider how that learning could be applied to anyone who has to train others. The results were written up in an article published in the Industrial and Commercial Training Journal, and some of the key points are summarised below.
- Learn to think fast and communicate slowly – All of the instructors talked about having the ability to take in and analyse a lot of information quickly, and then communicate the results of it in a relaxed manner, to ensure the other person remained relaxed.
- Influencing begins long before an event ever starts – You can begin to develop an expectation about an experience long before it begins. We are influenced by subtle cues, such as the tone of an email or communication, the promptness of response, and how you are greeted on arrival at an event. The instructors used to in a positive manner.
- You are receiving far more data than you realise – the instructors described a lot that was related to their senses (e.g. how the car feels at a given moment, their sense of the person who will be driving, the tone of voice used) which indicates that often we know a lot more about a situation than perhaps we give ourselves credit for. The trick is to learn to be aware of that data, to analyse what it is telling you, and to act on it as a result
- The importance of uncovering assumptions – The importance of not making assumptions is paramount, so being able to ask questions to uncover any assumptions is a critical skill to master.
- Knowing your capabilities can reinforce confidence – If you are clear about what you are good at, then when you get into a difficult situation, you are able to draw upon your core capabilities. The instructors knew that they would be able to handle the car even if the driver got into difficulties, which brought confidence to both driver and instructor.


What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)?
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a diagnostic procedure that uses a combination of a large magnet, radiofrequency, and a computer to produce detailed images of organs and structures within the body. MRI does not use ionizing radiation, unlike X-rays or computed tomography (CT scans). An MRI provides clear and detailed pictures of internal organs and tissues.
Doctors use MRI to examine soft tissues such as organs, muscle, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons.
It is also helpful when looking at the brain, abdomen, pelvic region and joints like your knee and shoulder. Most MRI exams do not require any special preparation.
Our NEW Siemens Verio 3T MRI scanner is a state of the art MRI scanner that produces high-quality images especially of the brain, muscles and tendons, bones, joints, and spine. The most important thing for you is the new, open bore 70 cm design which gives you plenty of room to stretch out and feel comfortable. No more tight squeeze!
What People Say About Us!
I was scheduled for an MRI, and they called me to see if I wanted to come in early! This is fantastic! I came early, checked in very quickly, and as soon as I turned in the paperwork, they took me back to get ready! They were compassionate, understanding, and very professional! The team that actually ran the MRI did a great job getting me comfortable! When it was over, they were very gentle in helping me get up from the table. Well done everyone!
MRI Services We Offer
- MRI of the brain, neck, spine, chest, abdomen, pelvis, upper and lower extremities
- MR Angiography
- MRI of the Breast
How does an MRI scan work?
The MRI machine is a large, cylindrical (tube-shaped) machine that creates a strong magnetic field around the patient and sends pulses of radio waves from a scanner. The magnetic field aligns the hydrogen protons in your body along the same vector. The radio waves then knock the particles out of this aligned position.
As the nuclei realign into proper position, the nuclei send out radio signals. These signals are received by a computer that analyzes and converts them into an image of the part of the body being examined. This image appears on a viewing monitor. Cross-sectional views can be obtained to reveal further details. Some MRI machines look like narrow tunnels, while others are more open.
Magnetic resonance imaging may be used instead of computed tomography in situations where organs or soft tissue are being studied because MRI is better at telling the difference between different soft tissues and between normal and abnormal soft tissue.
Reasons for MRI Scan
In orthopedics, an MRI may be used to examine bones, joints, and soft tissues such as cartilage, muscles, and tendons for injuries or the presence of structural abnormalities or certain other conditions such as:
- Inflammatory disease
- Congenital abnormalities
- Bone marrow disease
- Herniation or degeneration of discs of the spinal cord.
MRI may be used to assess the results of corrective orthopedic procedures. Joint deterioration resulting from arthritis may be monitored by using magnetic resonance imaging. There may be other reasons for your physician to recommend an MRI.
Preparing for an MRI
Prior to your MRI, your physician will explain the procedure to you and offer you the opportunity to ask any questions that you might have about the procedure. If your procedure involves the use of contrast dye, you will be asked to sign a consent form that gives permission to do the procedure. Read the form carefully and ask questions if something is not clear. If IV contrast will be used, patients over the age of 50 years old require a blood test within the past 30 days to measure their Creatinine level.
If you have claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces) or anxiety, you may want to ask your physician for a prescription for a mild sedative prior to the scheduled examination. If sedation is used, it is required that you arrange for a relative or friend to drive you home after the exam.
It is important to report any allergies to the radiology technologist. Women should always inform the MRI technologist if there is any possibility that they are pregnant. Many imaging tests are not performed during pregnancy. Also, let your technologist know if you have:
- a pacemaker, aneurysm clips, vascular coils, or filters
- inner ear implants or hearing aids
- unremoved shrapnel or bullet fragments
- insulin or other infusion pumps
- permanent dentures
- worked around metal and/or have had fragments in your eye(s)
- surgical shunts
- heart valves
- metal plates, rods, pins or screws
- joint replacements
- surgical staples or wires
Prior to your MRI exam, jewelry and other accessories should be left at home. Because they can interfere with the magnetic field of the MRI unit, metal and electronic objects are not allowed in the exam room. Generally, there is no special restriction on diet or activity prior to an MRI procedure.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Procedure
MRI may be performed on an outpatient basis or as part of your stay in a hospital. Procedures may vary depending on your condition and your physician’s practices. The entire examination is usually completed within 30 to 45 minutes.If an intravenous contrast material is used, you will feel a pin prick when the needle is inserted into your vein. Some patients may sense a temporary metallic taste in their mouth after the contrast injection.
The technologist begins by positioning you on the MRI exam table, usually lying flat on your back. Straps may be used to help you maintain the correct position and to help you remain still during the exam. A device capable of sending and receiving radio waves will be placed around the area of the body being studied. You will be moved into the magnet of the MRI unit.
The technologist will be in another room where the scanner controls are located. However, you will be in constant sight of the technologist through a window. Speakers inside the scanner will enable the technologist to communicate with and hear you. You will have a call button so that you can let the technologist know if you have any problems during the procedure. The technologist will be watching you at all times and will be in constant communication.
It is important that you remain perfectly still while the images are being obtained. You will know when images are being recorded because you will hear and feel loud tapping or thumping sounds. Earplugs or headphones are provided to reduce the intensity of the sounds made by the MRI machine. You should notify the technologist if you feel any breathing difficulties, sweating, numbness, or heart palpitations
Once the scan has been completed, the table will slide out of the scanner and you will be assisted off the table. If an IV line was inserted for contrast administration, the line will be removed.
What To Expect After MRI Scan
After the procedure, you should move slowly when getting up from the scanner table to avoid any dizziness or lightheadedness from lying flat for the length of the procedure. If any sedatives were taken for the procedure, you may be required to rest until the sedatives have worn off. You will also need to avoid driving.
If contrast dye is used during your procedure, you may be monitored for a period of time for any side effects or reactions to the contrast dye, such as itching, swelling, rash, or difficulty breathing. If you notice any pain, redness, and/or swelling at the IV site after you return home following your procedure, you should notify your physician as this could indicate an infection or another type of reaction.
Otherwise, there is no special type of care required after a MRI scan. You may resume your usual diet and activities unless your physician advises you differently. A report from your MRI exam will be sent to your doctor within 24 hours.
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- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- American Cancer Society
- Arthritis Foundation
- National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Library of Medicine
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
- Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases – National Resource Center – NIH
- Radiological Society of North America


With the emergence of new Linux distributions, namely Debian 10 and Linux Mint 20, a dependency required by OpenSignals (r)evolution software is not natively available.
Due to this circumstance, OpenSignals (r)evolution software is not properly launched in specific cases, being printed the following error message (when the software is executed through the Terminal):
Error: ImportError: libssl.so.1.0.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
This error is related to the fact that newer Linux distributions use a different version of the libssl library and relevant connections to some paths used by OpenSignals (r)evolution were lost.
To recover these lost paths, it is necessary to manually install the required libssl.so.1.0.0 version, as demonstrated in the following steps:
Download the libssl 1.0.0 version of the missing dependency for your operating system:
- Linux Mint/Ubuntu: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl1.0/libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb
- Debian: https://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.0.0_1.0.1t-1+deb8u8_amd64.deb
Using the Terminal, navigate to the location where the downloaded file is stored.
Install of the dependency through the command that matches your operating system:
- Linux Mint/Ubuntu:
sudo dpkg --install libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg --install libssl1.0.0_1.0.1t-1+deb8u8_amd64.deb
Additional Steps for Linux Mint/Ubuntu Users
In addition to the previous steps, for Linux Mint/Ubuntu systems another dependency (libffi.so.6) is necessary.
Download the libffi.so.6 library from:
Using the Terminal, navigate to the location where the downloaded file is stored and install the dependency through the command:
sudo apt install sudo apt install ./libffi6_3.2.1-8_amd64.deb


Episode 147: How can we mend our broken relationship with the Earth and create a world where people and land are good medicine for each other?
In this interview, plant ecologist, author, and professor Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about what she has learned from plants, plant intelligence, and how the simple and profound act of paying attention to the living world can change our lives.
Robin speaks about how human exceptionalism finds its place in language, the grammar of animacy, and the importance of recognizing the personhood of all beings.
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is the founding Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment and the author of the books Gathering Moss and Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.
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I was happy to find this. Thank you for a wonderful interview.
Thank you, Benjamin! Robin is amazing.
This was wonderful to hear because our current society needs this inspiration so desperately! I feel this deeply! Thanks to both of you.
Thank you so much, Alma! Robin is so heartfelt and wise.


The Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) has handed down the latest judgment in a long-running case concerning the online framing of copyright material.
A dispute arose between VG Bild-Kunst (VG B-K – a German visual arts copyright collecting society) and Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK – a German cultural heritage foundation) when VG B-K refused to conclude a licence agreement with SPK for the use of the collection society’s catalogue of works unless the agreement between them contained a provision obliging SPK to implement technological measures which prevented framing by third-parties of thumbnail images of the works covered by the pending agreement.
Framing is a technique utilising automatic links which allows third-party content to be embedded within a web page without that content needing to be stored on the web page’s servers (such as the display of thumbnail images when using an internet search engine).
In 2016 SPK filed a case at the Regional Court of Berlin against VG B-K, arguing that the demand to prevent framing through the implementation of costly technical measures was unreasonable, and that framing should be viewed in the same fashion as hyperlinking (which does not amount to copyright infringement under German or EU law). Despite seeking a declaration that VG B-K should grant the licence free of the anti-framing technological requirements, the regional court declined to make a ruling.
By 2018 the Berlin Court of Appeal was in agreement with SPK that the anti-framing condition was unreasonable and so argued that VK B-K was required to conclude the licence agreement without forcing SPK to implement the demanded technical measures. It also held that framing is not a “communication to the public” within the meaning of copyright law. When VG B-K appealed, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice called on the CJEU to determine whether this was in fact the case.
To that end, Advocate General Szpunar (the AG) provided the opinion that framing, in some instances, is an act which amounts to a communication to the public and therefore requires the consent of the relevant rights holder. The AG’s opinion went into much detail differentiating between framing a work that appears on another website and framing a website itself, with the former constituting a new communication to the public (and so requiring the rights holder’s consent), but the latter not. Further, the AG also distinguished between different methods of linking: automatic linking (meaning where the works being displayed automatically on a web page are viewed as soon as it is opened, without any further action required on the user’s part) was deemed an act of communication to a public which was not taken into account by the copyright holder when the works were initially made available (i.e. the public of a website other than that on which that initial making available of the works took place) and so such framing would require the authorisation of the rights holder. In contrast, embedding in a web page of works from other websites via clickable links using the framing technique does not require the copyright holder’s authorisation since they are deemed to have given such when the work was initially made available.
Clarity has now been provided by the CJEU’s recent ruling which found in favour of VK B-G (and notably did not follow the AG’s opinion on the differentiation of various types of links). The CJEU held that “the embedding, by means of the technique of framing, in a third party website page of a work protected by copyright and made freely available to the public with the authorisation of the copyright holder on another website must be classified as an act of ‘making that work available to a new public’… where that embedding circumvents measures adopted or imposed by that copyright holder to provide protection from framing, constitutes a communication to the public.”
In the interests of both “legal certainty” and the “smooth running of the internet” it was explained that “the copyright holder cannot be allowed to limit his or her consent by means other than effective technological measures” as in the absence of such measures, it might prove difficult for individual internet users to “ascertain whether that rights holder intended to oppose the framing of his or her works.”
This ruling (assuming UK Courts would adopt a similar position despite the end of the Brexit transition period) strengthens the position of rights holders by recognising that licensors of copyright works can, through contractual terms, insist upon licensees implementing technical measures in order to prevent linking or framing to other websites in relation to the relevant protected works. This gives rights holders greater control over their work while not unduly burdening those who are seeking works to embed in their own websites with excessive due diligence.


Learn how to sew an easy-to-make, personalized drawstring backpack using fabric from JOANN and Cricut Iron-On.
This is a sponsored post written on behalf of JOANN. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Toy Story 4 just released and my kids have been watching all of the Toy Story movies on repeat for the past few weeks.
As we were shopping in JOANN we came across this adorable line of Toy Story 4 fabric and we knew we had to make something fun with it!
When I asked my kids what they wanted they immediately asked for snuggly blankets and drawstring bags!
Get the tutorial for the blankets here.
Drawstring Backpacks are easy to make and my kids love them! Planning a road trip this summer? Fill them up with toys, snacks and a notebook and colored pencils.
To keep everyone from fighting, I pulled out my Cricut and quickly added names to each of the backpacks. Now everyone knows exactly which backpack belongs to them. Yay for no fighting, plus it makes them even cuter, don’t you think?
This tutorial will walk you step-by-step through sewing a drawstring backpack as well as how to apply Iron-On.
Drawstring Backpack Supplies
- 1/2 Yard Toy Story Cotton Fabric
- 1/2 Inch Wide Ribbon
- Safety Pin
- Sewing Machine
- 1 Package of Bias Tape
- Main Bag (Cut 2) 14″ x 14″
- Top Contrast (Cut 2) 14″ x 4″
- Drawstring Bias Loops (Cut 2) 4″
- Ribbon (Cut 2) 55″
Let's get started!
If you're new to sewing this is a great beginner project!
Cut all pieces out according to the measurement chart located above.
Fold the loops in half and place them 5/8ths of an inch from the bottom of the main bag.
With right sides together pin the front and back together.
Sew the front and back together leaving the top of the bag open, making sure to pivot at the corners.
Fold the edge under 1/2 inch on both sides. Then fold the contrast piece in half with wrong sides together. This will be the casing for the ribbon.
Place the casing on top of the main bag with right sides together. The unfinished seam should be at the top. Align the folded edges with the seams on either side. Use plenty of pins to align everything together.
Sew the contrast and the main bag together with a 1/2″ seam allowance and finish the edges using a serger or a zig zag stitch.
With a hot iron, press the casing upwards away from the bag.
Attach a safety pin to the ribbon and feed it through the casing until it comes out the other side, right next to where you began. Repeat this same process on the opposite side.
Adjust ribbons until they are equal lengths on either side.
Feed one ribbon through the loop, then
Optional: Personalize your bag with iron-on to make it extra special.
Get the coordinating blanket tutorial here.
Don’t forget to join my Crafting and Sewing with Sweet Red Poppy Facebook group and share how
Elizabeth Farr says
These are super cute! I love the added personalization with the Cricut. These would definitely be a nice addition to sewing projects for charity too. I love making little zip bags and drawstring bags to add to my Operation Christmas Child boxes.
It's a really bad idea to display a child's name on any item to be used in public. Stranger danger.........being called by their name implies the stranger knows them or maybe knows their parents.
Would you have any advice on weight of fabric used for iron on letters? Same weight as bag or is lesser weight ok? I’m using a heavier weight (decorative cotton) for the drawstring bags. Thanks!!
Kimberly Coffin says
Hey Karla! Using heavy-weight cotton will work just fine with Iron-On letters.
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Lisa J says
How many backpacks would this tutorial make? Would I have enough to make my own bias tape from the excess?
Kimberly Coffin says
Hey Lisa! This pattern makes one backpack. You should have enough excess to make your own bias tape, but you would still need ribbon for the drawstrings of the backpack.


The Midnight Moment Features Lines Of Mars
Lines of Mars (2019), was created by Shantell Martin for the Midnight Moment. The exhibit features her improvisational illustrations and text appearing and disappearing, line by line, on a black background. Drawn on a digital tablet, the work features many of Martin’s recurring motifs, including faces, stick figures, and “birds boats” over an ocean, interspersed with hand-written words. Continuing the artist’s exploration of self that runs throughout her work, Lines of Mars asks the age-old question “who are you?” Those three words are repeated and reconfigured to finally conclude that “you are you.” This encouragement to viewers to think individualistically both participates in and counters the mass-messaging of advertisements otherwise seen on the electronic billboards of Times Square.
Martin’s drawings have appeared on everything from Japanese nightclub stages — where she collaborated with noise musicians as a video jockey — to canvases, large-scale murals, cars, and apparel. With a meditative process defined by an uninhibited flow, her compositions embody her internal state and the impermanence of the world around her. Exploring themes of identity and intersectionality, Martin sees herself as a cultural facilitator, forging new connections between fine art, education, design, philosophy, and technology. Below the surface of her signature black and white line drawings is an artist’s playful, direct questioning of viewers, rearranging words such as “you,” “are,” and “who” to create new meanings and spark reflection.
“I wanted to create a piece that explored the use of lines and words in a simple way to ask a complicated question. Asking this in a place like Times Square helps the question grow.”
Lines of Mars references multiple aspects of Times Square, including a staircase reminiscent of the Red Steps; “1904,” the year Times Square was named; and “12,” a reference to the end time of Midnight Moment or the beginning of a new year. Presented during the month of Love in Times Square, the work encourages viewers to understand, to be, and to love their true selves.
Lines of Mars was arranged and formatted for Midnight Moment by Optical Animal.
In addition to prestigious solo shows at some of the most renowned art institutions including the 92Y Gallery in New York City, the iconic Albright Knox gallery and the MoCADA Museum, Shantell Martin (b. 1980, London, England) has carved a path for herself that is as much intellectual as visual artist. During her two-year tenure as a MIT Media Lab Visiting Scholar, Martin collaborated with the social computing group to use drawing as a medium to explore the interaction of social processes with physical spaces. A fashion and design icon in her own right, Martin has collaborated with iconic brands such as Nike, Vitra, Max Mara, and Tiffany & Co., and in 2018, Puma launched a global capsule collection featuring her drawings. Martin has collaborated with legendary artists such as Pulitzer Prize-winning performance artist Kendrick Lamar and acclaimed designer Kelly Wearstler. In late 2018, she was asked to collaborate with the prestigious New York City Ballet, where she created large scale drawings in the performance hall and foyer of Lincoln Center for the company’s celebrated Art Series. She continues to teach as an adjunct professor at NYU Tisch ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program), where she works with her students to push the boundaries of storytelling, visual art and technology. Martin lives and works in New York City.
Optical Animal is a Brooklyn based digital arts collective, directing and producing works of new media, cinema, video art, and audio. Since 2008, Optical Animal has found a home in creating unique experiences that employ new ideas and technology, while remaining firmly rooted in the ancient human love for storytelling.
Events in June
Gay Pride, Bryant Park Picnic Performances, Movie Nights, Lincoln Center Summer for the City (Midsummer Night Swing), Juneteenth, New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks, Tribeca Film Festival, Free Outdoor Concerts, Museum Mile Festival, the Puerto Rican Day Parade and that’s just the beginning!
Until September 29 every summer in Times Square, NYC, TSQ LIVE showcases hundreds of artists, performers and cultural producers and this summer 80 free events hosting over a dozen incredible New York-based institutions and collectives, including Pioneer Works, NEW INC, Children’s Museum of Art, Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Ailey Extension, New York Live Arts, OTA Entertainment, Soul Summit, Rash Bar, and Elsewhere.
6/1: Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park New York City Opera: La Bohème
6/2: Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park Jazzmobile: The Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra
6/2: Billy Joel @ MSG
6/3-4: Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit atUniversity Place, starting at East 13th Street and continuing south along the east side of Washington Square Park to West 3rd Street.
6/7 until September: Little Island Tony and Grammy Award winners in The Glade, late night djs, drag bingo, and dance parties in The Play Ground, weekly artmaking activities for all ages and Teen Night every Friday.
6/7 – 18: Tribeca Film Festival will take place movie theatres, rooftops and various venues throughout NYC, such as the new Pier 57, Beacon Theatre, the Angelika. The premiere of Let the Canary Sing with a performance by Cyndi Lauper or The Closing Gala: A Bronx Tale, followed by a conversation with director and star Robert De Niro, producer Jane Rosenthal, and writer and co-star Chazz Palminteri.
6/8 – 8/6: Shakespeare in the Park – Hamlet
6/8: Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park Contemporary Dance: Robin Dunn, The Lite
6/9: Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park Contemporary Dance: Dance Heginbotham, Jennifer Muller/The Works
6/9 – 11: @ Citi Field Governors Ball Music Festival – The contemporary music festival for music lovers by music lovers. With 60+ artists of all genres across 4 stages, there is something for everyone, including delicious restaurants, food trucks and menus.
6/9 – 18: River to River Festival The festival takes place in a variety of public venues that canvas all of Downtown New York – from Chambers Street down to the southern tip of Manhattan and across the island from river to river.
6/11: National Puerto Rican Day Parade Fifth Avenue, 44th to 79th Street
6/12: Bryant Park Movie Nights Almost Famous (2000)
6:13: Museum Mile Festival on Fifth Avenue from 84th Street to 109th Street: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Neue Galerie New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; The Jewish Museum; Museum of the City of New York; El Museo del Barrio; and The Africa Center.
6/14 – August: Dancing Under the Stars (formerly Midsummer Night Swing), free outdoor movies, dancing, singing, readings, celebrations, flamingos, disco ball, poetry, Mozart, concerts, crafts, Juneteenth and much more!
6/15: Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park Contemporary Dance: Terk Lewis + Kayla Farrish
6/16: Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park Contemporary Dance: Soles of Duende + Josh Johnson
6/17-25: Gay Pride The Rally, The March & Pride Island. The 2023 theme is “Strength in Solidarity” and Christina Aguilera is headlining NYC Pride Island on Sunday, June 25th at Brooklyn Army Terminal. The festivities begin with Family Night and the Rally and culminate with PrideFest & The March. Other events include Pride Island and the annual Dance on the Pier, following the parade wrapping up Pride Week in a grand fireworks display.
6/16 – 18: Juneteenth is a celebration of June 19, 1865 in Galveston, Texas, which declared the ending of slavery in the USA. The three day Juneteenth in NYC festival kicks off Friday with a virtual summit, Friday night is the Celebration of Black Kings, Saturday is Festival Community Day and the festival culminates Sunday with a Parade, Fashion Show, Food trucks Field Day and more. Monday, June 19th, is a national holiday, with government, banks and post offices closed. More Info: Junteenth NY
There are dozens more Juneteenth celebrations throughout all 5 Boroughs, including BBQs, the NYC Parks Department, Seneca Village, Broadway, Lincoln Center, concerts, shows, theater and more.
6/17: The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is the nation’s largest art parade where 3,000+ participants dress in hand-made costumes.
6/ 19: Bryant Park Movie Nights Amistad (1997)
6/23: Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park Emerging Music Festival: Psymon Spine, THUS LOVE, Katy Kirby
6/24: Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park Emerging Music Festival: Ky Vöss, Seramic, Miss Grit, Dead Tooth
6/26: Bryant Park Movie Nights Mean Girls (2004)
6/30: Picnic Performances @ Bryant Park Jalopy Theatre: Michael Daves Quartet ft. Tony Trishka, Yacouba Sissoko, Terrell King
6/30: Intrepid Museum Summer Movie Series: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
This Weekend Life Sized Sculptures Arrive in Soho To Bring Art Back!
Taylor Swift Exhibition Opens in NYC
Taylor Swift’s career-spanning costume exhibition just opened at New York’s Museum of Arts and Design (MAD). On May 18, MAD Director Tim Rodgersand Board Chair Michele Cohen (with husband Marty) welcomed members and patrons for a preview of the exhibition before it opened to the public on the 20th. Guests included Susan and Larry Ach, Loreen Arbus, Christiana Baroni, Marian Burke, Patti and Michael Dweck, Alexander Hankin, Marsy Mittlemann, Netta Rosin, as well as MAD curators Elissa Auther, Barbara Paris Gifford, and Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy. Television cameras whirled in a music filled electric gallery.
ETTE Taking Back Her Life From Rape and Abuse With Performance Art
Last Thursday multidisciplinary, shamanic artist ETTE exposed the name of her predator and took back her life. The show was powerful, prolific and empowering. “Whistle Blower” was co-produced by Derek Warburton.
Now you can go inside the performance that exposed who raped ETTE and the action she took to take her life back.
Sexual Violence Affects Millions of Americans
Younger People Are at the Highest Risk of Sexual Violence
- Ages 12-34 are the highest risk years for rape and sexual assault.3
- Those age 65 and older are 92% less likely than 12-24 year olds to be a victim of rape or sexual assault, and 83% less likely than 25-49 year olds.4
ETTE and Derek Warburton on Rape and Abuse
On Thursday multidisciplinary, shamanic artist ETTE exposed the name of her predator and took back her life. The show was powerful, prolific and empowering. My guest Elisabeta, writer ElizaBeth Taylor and I, all felt privileged to be apart of an act so brave and true. Abuse victims should NEVER feel the way they are made to feel.
Before the main event we talked with ETTE about her abuse and how prevalent abuse is in our society.
Her co-host Derek Warburton also shared his story and why he co-produced this amazing night.
Did you know?
Before that happened T2C had a chance to see her art show entitled “Whistle Blower”.
Tomorrow the performance.
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Sign Up For Teas Exam Teas are a great way to study for any amount of time and you find it very helpful to study the best of them online. Here are some of the most common teas for the beginners and especially those who book an online tas. They are super easy, easy to prepare and also very helpful for those who would like to learn a linked here topic and should start studying new things. Teel Like a Paper This is the paper I used for this application. It contains the following elements: Text Text Size Text Color Text Background Text Shape Text Style Text Layout Text Grid Text Container Text Margin Text Line Text Row Text Column Text Area Text Height Text Position Text Width Line Number Text Page Text Text Size Units Text Colors Text Horizontal Text Vertical Text Styles Horizontal and Vertical Lines Text Offset Other Examples A good way to work with a teas is to have some teas printed on the paper. With this, you can control the text and have them laid out on a table. This is a great way of creating a teas with a paper with a teal print. This is also a good way of creating the paper with a paper without a teal printed. Another way to have teas is with the paper. If you have a teal paper, you can add the teal print to it. You can add the paper to the teal paper by using this method. You can cut out any paper that contains the word “teal” and then cut out the teal printed text. This is the method you use for the teal cutout.
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We are so excited to announce the availability of our latest feature making TalkingPoints more accessible than ever before.
TalkingPoints translated video captioning makes it super easy for teachers to record and send video messages in over 100 languages. This new feature was designed specifically to further our mission of connecting educators and families–particularly those that are hardest to reach–and fosters a more effective home-school connection to fuel student success. Read the full release below.
ED-TECH NONPROFIT, TALKINGPOINTS LAUNCHES MULTILINGUAL TRANSLATED
VIDEO CAPTIONS SUPPORTED IN MORE THAN 100 LANGUAGES
New feature expands options to foster better, more personalized, more effective
school-parent communication and collaboration to fuel student success
February 24, 2021, San Francisco, California — Today, education technology nonprofit
TalkingPoints announced that it has launched a new video translation feature designed to facilitate more effective communication between teachers and families–in more than 100 different languages — delivered to mobile devices via text message. TalkingPoints translated video caption feature was specifically designed to further the organization’s mission to connect educators and families–particularly those in under-resourced and multilingual communities–in support of student success.
TalkingPoints translated video captioning makes it easy for teachers to record and send
messages and for parents to view and respond. Teachers simply record a video message in the TalkingPoints app and send. Families can then view and read along in their own home languages, making TalkingPoints more accessible than ever before.
“TalkingPoints mission is to facilitate stronger connections between teachers and parents to make a positive impact on student success. We know that video messaging is an increasingly popular and effective way for teachers to share information with
parents–particularly those that may be the hardest to reach– and helps them build more meaningful connections, so it was natural to add translatable video captioning to
TalkingPoints,” said Heejae Lim, Founder and CEO of TalkingPoints.
The school-home connection is more important than ever and TalkingPoints helps fuel
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- Powering consistent engagement with families: With TalkingPoints, teachers
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public schools speak a language other than English at home, and many families are most comfortable communicating via text. TalkingPoints makes it easier for both teachers and family members to connect quickly and effectively across language and technology barriers
- Encouraging collaboration and community: Research shows that family
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TalkingPoints is free to all teachers and families. Visit www.talkingpts.org for more information.
Founded to help teachers connect with families–particularly those of under-resourced and non-English speaking backgrounds, TalkingPoints multilingual platform uses human and AI-powered, two-way translated communication to deliver information and personalized content in more than 100 languages–via web and mobile apps and through text messages. The platform also delivers scaffolded, guided content and eliminates language barriers, fostering strong collaboration to improve students’ academic success. TalkingPoints currently serves more than 3 million teachers and families across the country.


Targeted Checks – Management One
Expert Tips: Management Considerations for Targeted Checks
Overview: Use the following tips to reflect on the management considerations for your Targeted Check formative assessment. As you work through the activities, think about additions, edits or changes you can make to improve your work.
Remember that effective teachers:
- Know: How do you want your classroom to feel, look and sound?
- Teach: What strategies will you use to explain, model and communicate your expectations and procedures?
- Reinforce: What strategies will you use to support students in following the expectations and procedures?
- Enforce: What consequences will you implement when students are unsuccessful in meeting the expectations and procedures?
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Take a look at this short video outlining the top three management tips for successfully implementing a Targeted Check.
Targeted Checks Management Questions
Answer the following questions to guide your thinking on the best management considerations for your Targeted Check:
- What specific skill or content will you be assessing?
- How will you know that a student can or cannot do that skill or content?
- Are you assessing a complex skill? If so, did you break it down into parts, so that you can easily identify where students might struggle?
- How will you format this targeted check?
- Will you use an exit slip, technology tool, homework check, etc?
- Will you be able to identify each individual student’s work? How?
- Does this format support easy to interpret data so that you can respond in a reasonable amount of time?
- How long are you planning this target check to take? How will you communicate it and track that time?
- Are there materials (or information) that students will need to complete the targeted check? If so, how will it be distributed efficiently?
- In what ways will you hold students accountable for their work and behavior while completing the targeted check?
- How will you provide feedback for your students? Do you have ideas of ways you might be able to respond, once you have your data?
- If a student(s) is unable to follow the expectations and procedures, what consequences do you plan to implement? When will you implement them?
- Did you create and prepare an accessible Anchor?
- Where will the Anchor instructions/materials be posted?
- Is the Anchor something that all students can do?
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Being an Android user, i always keep on searching for stuffs related to it. In this Smartphone arena and Internet world. Your speed is depended on your internet and phone performance. So to maintain our performance we need to increase speed of Android phone. So here i will teach you how to increase WiFi speed on android and also how to increase internet speed on android.
Without internet , you can not do much with your expensive Smartphone. And a slow speed internet is just waste of time and life. But in India , you can not expect a high speed internet. So we need to find some alternative ways to increase internet speed on Android phone. Lets discuss here the methods to increase Internet download speed on Android.
Your internet speed depends on lots of factor like your Mobile Carrier, Phone processor and RAM, WiFi speed if you run internet through it. So to increase speed on Android you need to consider all these. You can increase Android RAM using SD card.
How to Increase WiFi Speed on Android
There are many methods and trick to increase WiFi speed of Android phone. You can do some manual actions or can use apps to directly speed up your Android Wifi.
Apps to Increase Android Wifi Speed
1. WiFi | Mobile Network Speed : This app really work and definitely increase your WiFi and mobile network speed.
Measure App Speed in Real Time.
– Find the best Public WiFi connection.
– Clean your Home WiFi channel.
– Compare WiFi vs. Cellular Net App Speed. Choose the best network.
– Control your Data Expenses! Never exceed your data quota again.
These are all major features of this application.
2. Wifi Booster & Analyzer : It is a profession WiFi Analyzing tool. It analyze your internet and wifi connection and then helps you to increase internet speed or boost wifi speed.
✔Display your wifi info and wifi signal strength.
✔Provide Manual boosting mode with the network analyzer to lead you to move your device to a better place .
✔Detect the available wireless hotspot, wifi tether or wifi direct as a wifi detector.
✔Monitoring and analyze your network speed in background to ensure you have the fastest network speed.
With this network booster you can only increase speed of Wifi not your mobile 2G 3G and 4G network.
How to test your Internet Download Speed
There are lots of ways to test your internet download speed. There are plenty of speed test websites that ping your ISP to estimate your Internet speed. This websites basically give you approximate value of your downloading and uploading speed.
But according to my experience when i tested these websites , my download speed is far better. But when i tried to play some videos on you tube. It is not even touching the feet of that speed. So there is some difference, in your downloading speed and your surfing speed. So only testing your downloading speed with speed test websites will not give you clear picture about your internet connection speed. You must try to buffer 2-3 videos simultaneously to test it.
1. Speedtest.net : It is the best site to check your internet downloading speed. You just have to go to speedtest.net and then just click on BEGIN TEST button to start testing. And in few minutes it will show you a speed graph and your downloading and uploading speed. To test on Android Okla Speed test Android app is also available.
And here is my speed test result. Which is very bad. Yes i know MTS is very bad internet service provider. You might not get right result in a single test , so just do 2-3 test and take their average.
Well this is the reason why i am writing this article. My internet speed was very slow but then i tried some tricks to optimize my internet speed and some of they really worked. Now i am getting far better speed then earlier. So i will suggest you to try these methods to speed up internet.
How to Increase Internet Download Speed in Android
As we all know that our internet speed is totally depended on our Internet service provider. But its not only depend on your ISP only. There are many other factors that limits your internet speed. Like if you and your friend have same network , but different device. Now if your friend getting higher speed then you at the same location. Then this is clear that there is some issues with devices also. So here are some quick tips to boost Android Internet speed.
The first thing that you need to do to increase internet download speed in Android is Go to Settings>> Wireless & Networks. Then in Options you will find GPRS transfer prefer. Here change the settings to data prefer instead of call prefer. It will increase your data transfer rate which will speed up your internet downloading speed.
1. Clear Android Phone Cache : Generally Android devices get slow due to less cache memory. Your cache memory is limited and its get full when you run different apps. So you need to clear your cache regularly to maintain your Android performance.
2. Running Unwanted apps : Some unwanted apps keep on running at background and utilize large part of our processor. So you need to identify those apps and close them. As such all in all Android devices you can clear unwanted apps by holding Menu key. And also uninstall the apps that you are not using frequently to reduce burden on your processor.
3. Right Browser Selection : browser selection has greater effect on Internet speed on any device. I will suggest you to use Opera Mini or UC Browser. They are the best browser and have high data transfer rate. Just try opera mini and compare the speed with your old browser. You will clearly see the difference.
4. Use 3G(WCDMA) or 4G (LTE) networks : I am not telling you to recharge for 3G or 4G. Just switch to 3G or 4G networks even if you have recharge of 2G. And also don’t forget to Enable 3G in your phone. Just Go to Settings >> Wireless & Networks. Enable 3G here. Now even you have 2G internet pack but you can get slightly increase in your Internet speed.
5. Managing Permission to access Data for apps : There are plenty of apps that keep on using data in background without our knowledge like Gmail , games etc. Due to this there is decrease in speed and we lose our data also. So you need to stop such apps to access data.
You can use any third party apps to prevent these apps to access data. Like you can use Task manager application and block all those apps that are wasting your data.
6. Increase Network Signal With Android app : The main reason of slow internet is less Network strength at you location. So either complain about this to your ISP or switch to better network. And you can also use these Network booster apps.
Network Speed Booster
Signal Booster for Android
If these methods does not help you in increasing your internet speed. Then you can try these Internet booster apps for android. Just search for internet booster on play store. You will find many apps. Read their review and select the best.
According to my experience, i found increase of 15-25% in my downloading spped after trying all these methods. So you must also try, you will surely increase your internet speed.
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Small Cells World Summit takes place this month with strong focus on generating value and the sustainability of networks. Registrations are open for SCWS 2023, taking place in London on 23 – 24 May
According to an analysis by the GSMA, approximately 25% of all electricity purchased for the worldwide mobile industry is now derived from renewable sources. This indicates that operators are making major strides in order to achieve their net zero goals.
Margherita Della Valle, CFO and Interim CEO at Vodafone Group, called for European operators to pool their energy resources across every market to support larger renewable projects by acting as anchor tenants with energy providers.
EnterpriseWeb is presenting stage 3 of its award-winning multi-vendor Intel 5G RAN testbed. Based on a secure edge gateway use-case, the testbed showcases dynamic configuration of Intel® Ethernet Controller E810 and network functions to continuously optimize processing of secure packets. It demonstrates consistent and predictable low-latency and energy consumption at scale, enabling Telecom MEC and Sustainability initiatives.
The golden era of 6G technology is tantalizingly close – and with it a safer, more sustainable, and connected planet that promises to shake up the future of mankind. Finland is a global forerunner in developing 6G – indeed there are already numerous research initiatives and industry vertical specific visions to help support companies and societies around the world.
BT Group and Stratospheric Platforms Ltd have joined forces for a groundbreaking mobile coverage trial at BT’s Adastral Park facility. This new, innovative antenna technology seeks to provide 4G and 5G from the air in an effort to unlock connectivity for hard-to-reach areas with cost-efficient sustainability.
Cellnex and Nokia to deploy private 5G network in ADIF logistics centers to boost digitalization, process automation, and cost reduction in rail freight transport.
Launched by Verizon and Centech, in collaboration with Bell Canada, the 5G Development Hub creates a unique space for startups and scaleups to realize the transformative power of 5G and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC).
Portland General Electric (PSE) partners with Expeto to accelerate grid modernization, renewable energy outcomes, and enhanced worker safety.
Tele2 has won an extensive Nordic-wide procurement deal to provide network services for the fuel company OKQ8, with a focus on climate-smart total solutions. Through the new agreement, Tele2 will supply OKQ8 with several innovative services within a ‘network as a service’ framework. Tele2 will offer this service for the life-cycle management and recycling of electronic waste to give OKQ8 a fully circular process that contributes to its own sustainability efforts.
Like the past two years, 2023 will likely be another year of headwinds and change. While there’s no way to predict what will unfold for telcos, there are a few trends we expect to take root.
2023 is shaping up to be a challenging year. The ongoing war, energy crisis, rising interest rates, and rampant inflation have created a perfect storm for the telco industry. That said, plenty of exciting developments and changes are on the horizon.


Apple has always argued that the iPad is a preferable choice for consumers searching for a touch screen interface device and that touch screens would not function well on laptops. The manufacturer of the market-leading tablet iPad is concerned that the Touch Mac would kill off the tablet sales.
According to certain sources, Apple engineers have been working on a project for a long time, indicating that the tech giant is pondering a touchscreen-based MacBook. Following years of debate over the poor functionality of touch screens on laptops, Apple is taking moves to integrate them into its laptops in response to pressure from rival tech companies who have been offering touch screens in their laptops for years.
When questioned about the happenings, the Apple official opted not to respond. Going by what Apple has always done, we expect the design of their first touchscreen MacBook to be similar to the current laptop design with a trackpad and keyboard, but the screen will come with touch input and gesture capabilities.
The high-end lineup of Apple product, including iPhones, iPads, and Watches, operate on OLEDs, while MacBooks are still operating on LCD displays. With the new technology being implemented, Apple is considering a shift to Organic Light Emitting Diode or OLED displays for Macs too.
Going back in time, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs argued that it would not be convenient for computer users to touch and operate an upright display. In 2010, Steve Jobs said that touch screens would not work well vertically. Steve Jobs’ successor Tim Cook took a similar stance and commented on Microsoft blending tablets and laptops like blending toasters and refrigerators.
Touch displays have already advanced among Apple’s rivals in the laptop segment, including Lenovo, Dell, HP, and Samsung.


In my twenty-five year career as a military historian and writer, I’ve been very fortunate to have met and interviewed some incredible leaders—men and women who inspired those under their command to feats well beyond the norm. I’ve interviewed men who airdropped into Normandy, NCO’s who fought room to room in Fallujah, pilots and crew from the Doolittle Raid, two of the four men who formed the “Killer Flight” who shot down Admiral Yamamoto. Generals, admirals, Marine Corps legends like Marion Carl—these are the people who have composed the best of my professional experience since I left graduate school. I have been blessed with such associations, and my life’s work has been a source of pride and strength. Then I encountered Robert Ault, and everything I thought I understood about leadership changed.
In early September 2010, I met Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ault, Brawler Six, and it took about five minutes for him to blow my hair back. There on the edge of the world at FOB Shank I had encountered a character who could have stepped from a Nelson DeMille novel.
Walking around Task Force Brawler, interviewing his air and ground crews, it became clear to me that LTC Ault was one of those rarest of leaders—a man universally admired and whose people would do anything for him. As he went about his day, I was amazed at the reaction his presence had on those around him. He’d blow into a room like a northeaster and light up everyone with his enthusiasm and energy. He has an infectious personality, one that he is careful to use in a positive manner. If he had an off day—if something at home troubled him, or the stress of command and constant missions ever got to him—he never revealed it. He was a force of his own, and in his wake he always seemed to leave people grinning from ear to ear, be they under his command, Jordanian officers or local Afghan elders. His effect transcended culture and difference, and he used that power to unite and forge relationships that most would have never been able to pull off. For Rob Ault, it was as natural as breathing.
Born in Southern California, LTC Ault grew up always wanting to fly. When he was sixteen, he used the money from his after school job as a box boy to take flight lessons. He earned his pilot’s license a year later. He somehow managed to conceal this achievement from his parents. When his dad finally found out, I suppose astonishment aptly covers his reaction.
When other high school kids were out living it up, tinkering with cars and hitting the 80’s-era SoCal mall scene, Rob Ault and his pals went flying. On one flight, he took his friends to Catalina Island off the coast in what became one of his favorite memories of his youth. Other times, he and his buddies would mock dogfight each other in Cessna 152’s.
Some of his high school teachers totally misunderstood the sort of man developing inside Robert Ault. One cynically told him he’d be well suited for a job in the construction industry. They missed the intellect behind the Puckishness; their loss.
Ault moved on to college and earned his first degree from Cal State San Bernardino. He joined the Army and became an aero scout, flying OH-58 Kiowas. Later, he transitioned to Blackhawks.
Before coming to Afghanistan, LTC Ault served in Iraq in two non-flying staff slots. While meeting with local Iraqi security officials and political leaders, he was nearly killed by a suicide bomber. Dozens of Iraqis were killed or wounded in the blast, but somehow LTC Ault survived despite the fact that he was not wearing body armor at the time of the attack.
In July of 2008, Ault took command of 4-3 Air Assault Battalion, part of the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade. The 3rd ID is known as the Rock of the Marne for its role in blunting the Ludendorf Offensives in the spring of 1918, and the 3rd CAB is known as “Marne Air.” Originally composed entirely of UH-60 Blackhawks, 4-3 was turned into a unique task force a few months later with the addition of an Apache and Chinook company. The new task force became known as “TF Brawler” and their motto said everything about their attitude: “Here to Fight.”
From the outset, Ault ensured that things would be different in his command. He wanted to create a totally new culture for an air unit, one that could set the conditions for an “exponential” effect on the battlefields of Afghanistan.
Most air assault battalions function as sort of an airborne taxi service. The local ground units they support send over Air Mission Requests (AMR’s) for the battalion to execute, and the Blackhawks will run around day and night moving troops from base to base, inserting them in air assaults, or lugging supplies from one point or another. It is an important job, but it is a reactive one, and does not tie the air unit into the ground war in anything but an ancillary role.
Lieutenant Colonel Ault had a different vision. He wanted his task force to be right in the middle of the fight with a much more proactive and aggressive part to play. Here, he combined his leadership skills with a powerful and creative intellect. In the process, he transformed Task Force Brawler from just another air asset into a revolutionary force on the counter-insurgency battlefield.
First Rule of Brawler Nation: everyone’s a warrior. For a year before their deployment, Ault’s men and women trained relentlessly in three key areas: marksmanship, medical skills and physical fitness. The constant live fire exercise reinforced the point that everyone in the task force was expected to be
a rifleman first.
Colonel Ault reorganized his support company and created what became known as the “Ground Combat Platoon” from his fuelers, motor T guys, clerks and quartermaster. In the year before they arrived in Afghanistan, the GCP trained furiously in every aspect of infantry tactics. They worked on MOUT ranges, practiced air assaults and downed aircraft recovery missions. In the process, they worked side by side with the air crews and developed almost instinctive cooperation over the course of many realistic field exercises.
In Afghanistan, all this paid off handsomely. Instead of merely flying the AMR’s as expected, Task Force Brawler set out to gain its own slice of the battlefield. Lieutenant Colonel Ault sought to expand his unit’s role by forging unlikely alliances with coalition units that could help him achieve his goal of being “exponential” on the battlefield. With the daily AMR’s covered, Ault sent out airborne patrols in Blackhawks filled with the GCP. These missions were dubbed Average Guy Engagements (AGE’s), as opposed to the COIN-standard “Key Leader Engagements. “ Using their aerial mobility, the GCP would roll around Logar Province looking for unusual activity. When they spotted something, they’d drop down, dismount the GCP and check it out. In these early patrols, the GCP made its first contacts with the local population, who had never been policed from the air like this before. In most cases, these sudden appearances ended up generating good will. On one memorable occasion, the GCP landed next to a doctor whose car had broken down. The Americans offered to help fix his flat tire!
Always looking for new ways to get into the battle space, Colonel Ault gradually expanded the role of the GCP. From aerial patrols, his fuelers-turned-warriors served as outer cordon for Special Operations missions, interdicting traffic around the perimeter of these crucial raids.
To get ever deeper into the fight, Ault established what TF Brawler called “COIN Head Start” seminars. Bringing in experts at counter-insurgency warfare every week, his officers underwent an almost collegiate-level crash-course on how to stabilize and befriend local populations. After weeks of this on-the-fly intellectual training, they put ideas into practice with mock shura meetings where local Afghans taught them the customs and cultural sensitivities needed to engage successfully with village elders.
In the spring of 2010, Brawler went into the counter-insurgency business. Colonel Ault convinced his brigade commander, Colonel Don Galli, to give his task force two long-neglected villages that sat astride a unit boundary south of FOB Shank. These two locales had not been visited by ISAF forces for months, if not years. Using their Chinooks and Blackhawks, Brawler’s GCP flew to these tiny hamlets where Colonel Ault, Lt. Evan Mace, Captain Gray, Captain Pruitt and Captain Alvord forged contacts with the local village leaders.
Later, TF Brawler absorbed several more villages and a key valley into its ad hoc Area of Operations. For the rest of the summer and fall, when not flying missions with his men, Brawler Six was out with the GCP meeting with Afghan sheiks in an effort to win them over to the coalition’s side. Brawler jump started numerous projects around the region, ranging from school construction, fresh water pipelines to mosque renovations and agricultural assessments.
During the summer of 2010, roadside bombs virtually closed down stretches of Highway One in Logar Province. Brawler stepped in to help combat the IED menace. Using innovative new tactics, Colonel Ault put together an offensive airborne package known as Falcon Strike. Each night, a combined force of AH-64 Apache Gunships, a command element in a Blackhawk, and the GCP mounted in several UH-60’s would patrol along Highway One in search of insurgents laying IED’s. The Apaches would engage these bad guys, and the GCP would then land nearby, dismount and police up weapons and intelligence from the bodies (and body parts). It was tremendously effective, and after the first Falcon Strike missions, IED placement along this stretch of Highway One virtually ceased for weeks.
In a year of operations in Afghanistan, Brawler broke the mold for air units. Instead of being an airborne bus service for the local ground units, Ault’s dynamic leadership and aggressive desire to get more involved in the fight led to a revolutionary method of employing an army aviation asset. His task force joined the COIN fight in a unique and effective way. And while they were kissing babies and making friends by day, they killed scores of bad guys by night, saving countless civilian and military lives on Highway One. In the end, not only did Brawler Nation have an exponential effect on the battlefield, the men and women under Ault’s command had forged a new way of air-ground warfare in a counter-insurgency environment.
When I asked Captain Andrew Alvord, the GCP’s platoon leader, how much of this was due to LTC Ault’s leadership, he replied without hesitation, “All of it. “ Captain Joe Pruitt, the Echo Company commander, said the same thing. Ault’s indelible leadership stamped Brawler from the outset and created a unique culture that blended a warrior’s aggression with intellectual creativity and a can-do spirit that ultimately created friends out of enemies throughout Logar Province. And for those irreconcilables? They paid the price for their continued resistance.
Task Force Brawler will be the standard by which all other army aviation task forces will be judged. Lieutenant Colonel Ault’s leadership will serve as a model for others to follow and develop. And Brawler Nation will have an exponential effect on its own service for years to come.
Not bad for a Southern California boy.


Last Updated on August 16, 2022 by Editorial Staff
Exercise is very much helpful for us in many ways. Besides developing our body, physical exercise helps us to improve our minds. But it is often difficult to do. As a result, if you don’t love exercise, you can’t continue it longer. Only the person who loves exercise and wants to do properly will be able to do it for a long time on a regular basis. The same happens with your children too. If you can’t show them that exercise is interesting rather than being difficult, they will not show interest to do it.
According to kids’ behave, kids and exercise are really tough and incompatible combination. Because they will always be busy in trying to skip it. If you really want that your kids will do exercise regularly, you have to proceed in a tricky way by following some techniques. Here I have shown some of those techniques. Try to implement these on your children.
12 Techniques to Teach Children to Love Exercise
The 12 tips will help you to teach your children to love exercise. As a parent, you have duties to your children. Keeping them fit is one of those duties. So, you shouldn’t leave hope if your children are not attracted to it. To grow love for exercise is a slow process. Besides the following techniques, you can make your own technique to grow love in your kids for the gym.
1. Set a goal
Children are fun loving. They find it fun to fulfill a goal. This also boosts their confidence level. So, when you are doing exercise with your kids, set a goal for them to achieve. The goal shouldn’t be impossible to achieve for them.
If they find the goal as a tough one, they will lose interest. Always try to set a goal that can be achieved with medium effort. Achieving a goal will drive them to achieve another goal. In this way, you can be able to attract their concentration in exercising for a long time.
2. Do with them
Think about you. If you get a partner in your workout time, your exercise becomes more cheerful. You get fun to do it. The exact thing happens with your children too. They find it joyous if they get partners in exercise time.
The joy becomes more if the partners are their parents. So they become interested to do it. If you really want your kids to do, join with them with no hesitation. This will boost their wish to do some easy healthy physical activities.
3. Use gadgets
Kids are very much fond of gadgets. Give them gadgets and they will be attracted easily. This attraction can be used for making them to exercise. For example- give them a step counter and they will use it to count steps. Only for using the device, they will walk and run. Thus you will be able to attract them to do it.
Again, you can buy them an exercise bike. This will attract them to perform exercise regularly. Just make sure that they don’t use the gadgets excessively. Excessive use of gadget will make them addicted to gadgets.
4. Buy attractive gears
You will need some gears to perform best exercise. Gears like jumping rope, hula hoop, big balls etc will make exercise fun. Kids get attracted to these easily. Use these gears to keep the attention of kids to exercise.
For a longer attraction, buy gears that are colorful because kids love colors. They will find it more interesting to it with colorful gears. And if you can, try to change your gears on a regular basis like once in a month or two months. Thus the kids will see new gears in every month or two months. This will attract their concentration to exercise.
5. Make the place interesting
Kids are fond of places that seem interesting to them. So, try to make the place of exercise interesting in the eyes of your children. For example- if you do exercise on your lawn, make some changes to make it more attractive.
Think of adding some ropes with the trees, set up small goal posts, set a cradle etc. These will attract the kids more. Also, try to do it in parks or beaches once a week or a month. New places will make kids excited about doing it.
6. Kids love partners
In the first point, I have already said that kids love partners and I suggested to do exercise with them. Here is another trick to make them love it by giving them company. That is admitting them in a class.
Admitting kids in a class of yoga, gym, boxing or any other physical activity will increase their interest to do exercise because there they will get a number of partners. Watching kids of their ages doing exercise will drive them to do the same. So, if you haven’t thought of this option, think of it right now.
7. Video games
Exercise can be done by video games too. Don’t get angry with me. This is real. Think of the games that uses motion sensor. Those have to be played using the motion of your body. The player inside the game will act as you act with your body. These types of games can be used for exercise.
Buy your children a game that use motion sensors, they will do it not knowing they are doing exercise. Interesting, isn’t it? But don’t let them to use those for a long time. Limited use will work well.
8. Offer interesting physical activities instead of direct exercise
Sometimes kids are not likely to do any exercise, no matter what you try to make them attracted to do it. In this case, you shouldn’t give up. Some interesting physical activity work as like as exercise. Offer them those. For example- offer hiking in a forest instead of walking around the field. Running can be replaced with climbing small mountains.
Besides these, swimming, kayaking etc is interesting enough to attract kids. These will ensure the quality time of the family besides working as exercise. Cycling is another physical activity that kids find interesting. It also works as an exercise. In fact, it is a good physical activity. You can buy an exercise bike or normal cycles to your children.
9. Make it habit
Small physical activities like walking, jumping, running or playing regularly work as small exercise habits of children. So, grow a habit of those in the mindset of your children. For example- walk instead of using cars if you need to go a short distance.
Make your kids to use stairs instead of using the lift if the destination is 2nd or 3rd floor, depending on the age. Teach your kids to jump from little heights that are found on road. Making a habit of playing regularly in the afternoon will do great too. These small habits create interest about exercise in the mind of children.
10. Be an example
Kids are likely to lead by examples. They do things that they see others to do. So, if you want your kids to do exercise, you should do it before. Don’t push them forcefully to do exercise. Do it in front of their eyes.
When they will see you to do it regularly, they will start to exercise from curiosity and example following nature. After a few days, you will see that they are also regular in it like you.
11. Brief them importance
Children sometimes do things that have no reason; sometimes they want the reason of doing something. To make them interested to exercise, let them know why it is needed for them. If you can make them understand the importance of exercise, they will do it eagerly.
So, try to show them the importance, if possible show them practically. This will make them to like exercise. So, you don’t need to force them for exercise. They will do it eagerly.
12. Make an exercise friendly environment
Kids have the influence of environment on their minds. So if you want to attract your kids to do it, your home environment should be exercise friendly. Keep some gym gears and equipment in your home. Use those regularly. Show the use of those to the children.
Be fit and discuss fitness with the children. This friendly environment will push the kids to be engaged with exercise. Being pushed by the exercise-friendly environment, kids will grow a love for it in their minds.
As you are the dad or mom and you can closely observe your kids which I can’t, your own technique will be more effective. The reason is, you will create techniques targeting your children. The above tips will work as a guideline for you. So, develop some very own techniques for your kids. Always remember that fit parents can make fit kids because parents are the influencer to the kids.


Last Updated on August 11, 2022 by Editorial Staff
For most people, one of the fondest memories they have is when they finally learned how to ride a bike. Bossing the bars on the bike and pedaling freely brings out next level joy and happiness out of everyone. Reliving those moments where you let loose and felt the adrenaline of cycling ranks up there with all the other simple pleasures of life.
For your kids, some of the most enjoyable moments in their formative years will be on those two wheels. However, they might be shy to hit the curb. This helpful guide can help you motivate kids to ride.
1. Get the bike
Kids are practical. If you want to stoke that bike riding fire in them, you have to get the bike. Even if they don’t start riding immediately, they will develop an interest in a new exciting activity.
Here, the key is to find the right bike for their age and expertise level. There are plenty of affordable options that you can explore to get to ramp up their pedaling spirit.
If you are dealing with a starter, you can begin with bikes that have training wheels or kid’s balance bike. As they progress, you can keep upgrading their bikes. Some kids like the feeling that comes with positive progress. They feel better as they see themselves graduating from training to bigger bikes.
2. Hike the interest
Kids love a winner. Lucky for you, plenty of media shows how fun riding is. When they are starting, you need to show them that they can pull off cool moves like what they see.
Watching performances by other kids or adults riding creates a mental image that makes it look easy. Kids love a challenge. They can picture themselves on their cool new bikes waiting to conquer the pavement.
3. Train them
Kids can be hesitant and self-conscious if they don’t know how to ride. Since it is mostly a social activity, they will feel the need to be good at riding before joining other kids. However, they will start to appreciate the thrill of it if they learn how to do it.
You can either start them off with training wheels. Alternatively, you can get bike/scooter crossbreeds. These have 2 wheels but provide enough balance to keep your child safe during their training sessions.
You have the coolest bike, the training wheels have come off, and your kid is rearing to go. You can motivate them to ride by getting them cool accessories for the bike. This is also a chance to get the safety equipment that gets them excited to ride.
Try out different themes. You can put fun gadgets such as lights, music appliances, and carts. They might develop a knack for riding just to show off their cool bike and gear.
5. Family activity
Create picture-perfect moments by tagging family along. The whole family can bring out their bikes and cycle when the weather is ideal for a day out.
If kids get tired of riding their bikes, make it a team effort by having tandem bikes. Your kids will feel included in the fun, and you will have created a lasting impression on them.
6. Fun excursions
Once in a while, you can map out areas that are bike friendly. Let the kids bring out their bikes and make it a fun day out. You can check out scenic places you think they would enjoy.
You can create learning guides as well. This is a chance to test out your kids’ cognitive skills by incorporating fun after-ride games. However, be careful not to make it look like a test. The bike rides should be fun and learn more towards exploring new places.
7. Reward system
Reward systems are arguably some of the best motivators. Whether it’s competitive or purely fun, the prospect of rewards brings out the best in people. Kids are no different.
The rewards can be anything from bike upgrades to their favorite homemade treats. It can be a tightrope, though. You want to cultivate genuine interest. Every time your child achieves something better on the pedals, make the reward bigger.
8. Set up ride dates
Solo bike rides are okay. Still, kids like environments where they can interact with peers. They can show off new moves or hip kits they were able to collect. If you live in an area where plenty of kids have bikes, you can set up ride dates for the kids to interact.
The kids can come up with quirky bike riding ideas, and you can make it a regular event. They might get motivated to sharpen their skills.
9. Get competitive
If you notice your child has a competitive streak in them, you can start with small-time bike races. This can range from circling the block to reaching a designated point. You can keep records of time to motivate them to keep improving.
You can also set up bonus points or incentives if they get creative with their bike moves. Bike parks are some of the best places to help your kid improve their riding skills. They get to meet local biking enthusiasts and learn from them.
You can set up mini-competitions with siblings as well, and ensure that the first one across the line gets their favorite treat.
10. Get them into riding programs
The best motivator is trusting your kid enough to let them conquer the curb on their own. Enroll them in riding camps or programs that tap into their knack for riding. This helps them to form close friendships. They might even form riding parties to have fun during the holidays.
Bike rides can be a rewarding activity for you and the kids to let out some steam. It is good for their health too. Kids will work up an appetite because of all the energy involved, so always make sure that snacks are waiting when they get back. Do not forget to equip their bike with hydration packs to keep them hydrated during their rides.
Kids can also be picky. If they do not pick up on cycling interest, try other equipment such as skates and scooters.


Millions of years in the making, protected for the future
The Tetiaroa Atoll is a place unlike any other. Built by volcanoes and preserved by coral, this is where nature, Polynesian people, and their culture come together to seamlessly coexist with a world-class resort. The Tetiaroa Society oversees and protects the atoll in conjunction with the resort and the Brando Family Trust to ensure this oasis in the deep blue Pacific is preserved and protected for future generations.
The formation of Tetiaroa
Three million years ago, Tetiaroa was a volcano rising from the ocean floor like its sister islands of Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora. The magical ring of beautiful islets (called motu in Tahitian) sitting on top of a living reef is less than one percent of its complete structure. These motus rest on hundreds of feet of ancient reef below sea level, and then thousands of feet of volcanic base stretching down to the seafloor.
Atolls are 100 percent organic—everything is either a living organism or has been produced by a living organism. As one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth, atolls are home to 30 percent of all marine creatures.
A self-sustained ecosystem
The ecosystem of an atoll creates and maintains its own terra firma which protects it from the erosional forces of the ocean. The calcium carbonate skeletons of reef organisms make up the barrier reef, which both protects the motu from direct wave impact and is the source for all the sediment of the island. The soil on the motu is nourished by nutrients brought from the ocean by seabirds and creates a rich base for a distinct flora and fauna.
A fresh water lens forms in the motu sediments, floating on the more dense seawater below. The larger the motu, the larger and deeper the freshwater lens, and therefore the greater number and variety of plants it will support.
Polynesians on the atoll
There is a long and deep history of this place that is mysterious, awe-inspiring, and revered. In the past, Tetiaroa was a special getaway for Tahitian royalty to retreat, entertain, and partake in beauty rituals.
Before this it was a gathering place for Polynesian tribes who met around sacred Maraes, fusing their culture, customs, religion with nature in a way that deeply influences the people of Polynesia today.
“You can’t bring culture here, you have to adapt to theirs.”
Marlon Brando’s vision drove the future of Tetiaroa
Marlon first spied Tetiaroa on a hike in Tahiti while filming Mutiny on the Bounty in the early 1960s. It was here he found a place of indescribable beauty and Polynesian authenticity,, that offered a quiet and secluded place to connect with others, with nature, and with himself.
Marlon was fascinated by renewable resources, organic farming practices, and alternative energy sources, long before it was in the zeitgeist. He was driven by a desire to create beautiful structures while causing the least impact on the environment.
Marlon’s intent was always to honor and respect the land, the Tahitians that came before him, and the people who come after him.
Pacific Beachcomber SC invests to protect Tetiaroa
Marlon formed a close friendship with Richard Bailey, a local hotelier and property developer. For many years, the two shared a dream to build a luxury resort at Tetiaroa that would be a paragon in sustainability and stewardship.
That day came in 2009 when the Brando Family Trust granted approval to Pacific Beachcomber, Richard Bailey’s company, to build the 35-villa resort that would be known as The Brando. The resort finally opened in 2014 to rave reviews and began welcoming guests from around the world.
Preserved out of respect for nature
With Marlon’s original vision and help from Pacific Beachcomber, the non-profit Tetiaroa Society was created to protect the atoll by developing a research and educational center, and continuing to study the environment and ecology, as well as exploring innovative forms of conservation and alternative energy.
And The Brando became reality as one of the world’s most sustainable luxury properties, where, to this day, it remains resolute in its mission for zero carbon footprint hospitality.
A stay that leaves the right kind of impact
Marlon envisioned a place that could change the world, where intellectuals, scientists, travelers, and locals would come together, be inspired, conduct research, and educate others in the place that he called home; A place where luxury lives in harmony with nature; A place that is soul-cleaning and life-changing; Where the outside world melts away; And where connection to nature, wildlife, the Polynesian people, and their culture happens in an authentic and organic way. This is the true treasure of Tetiaroa.
From the sky above the atoll to the depths of the ocean around it lives an array of wildlife nearly unrivaled in its diversity for such a small area. Fish share space with crabs, sea urchins, spiny lobsters, sea cucumbers, sharks, rays, and sea turtles. Even whales pass by the outer edge of the atoll during mating season.
On land, the world’s largest terrestrial arthropod, the Coconut Crab, and a variety of other crabs are the dominant organisms. For centuries, however, the wildlife population on the atoll was at threat from two species of invasive rats. Now, thanks to an eradication effort in 2020, rats were eliminated from Tetiaroa, allowing the native wildlife to thrive.
In the air, nine species of seabirds call Tetiaroa home, each carving out their own air space and feeding grounds in concentric circles at sea. Tetiaroa also hosts a large breeding population of Pacific Reef Egret, a native terrestrial species. The atoll serves as a wintering site for migratory species such as the Pacific Golden Plover and the Wandering Tattler, which breed in North America, and the Long-tailed Cuckoo from New Zealand.
Native plants colonized Tetiaroa with their floating fruits or seeds via very light spores dispersed by wind. Birds transported other species, including sticky fruits and edible fruits. The percentage of native species is very high on atolls like Tetiaroa as opposed to high islands with many more introduced species.
Along with the native species, there are plants introduced to the atoll by Polynesians. These plants reflect and reveal the activities carried out here. While some are primarily for food, like coconut, Polynesian arrowroot and taro, others are for more specific uses such as medicine, soap, and dyes. Efforts are being made to control and eradicate invasive introduced species of plants to restore the native ecosystems.
Archeology sites dot the landscape across the 12 motus of Tetiaroa. Many are historically significant and rare, such as an archery platform, identified by its crescent-shaped end which was frequented by ari’i nui who came here to prove their strength and mana by shooting arrows in distance. The presence of such archery platforms on Tetiaroa is a strong marker of high-ranked chiefs on the atoll. Also of interest is the basalt anchor in the court of a marae, or sacred place, located in front of the altar. Ancient Polynesians used to consider the ocean as the primordial marae, a concept that might reveal the symbolic meaning of this artifact disposed in such a sacred place.
And on Rimatuu, close to the lagoon shore, a large elevated platform of 23 by 4.5 meters might have served as a a place for dancing. In the vicinity, a freshwater source has been arranged by disposing coral slabs on edge.
“Tetiaroa is beautiful beyond my capacity to describe”
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