Music tutor drill cute students11/8/2023 ![]() Instruct your students to write a simple poem with rhymes, e.g., love - dove, face - embrace, and read it out loud. You can do this activity both face-to-face and online. In case Student 2 doesn’t have the homophone, they say, “Go fish!” and Student 1 draws a card from the pile. To keep the pair, Student 1 has to use the matching words in 1- 2 sentences. The goal of the game is students to find a matching homophone by asking another student: “Do you have a word that sounds like…?” (for example, sun – son). Plan ahead the number of cards according to the number of participatory groups.Įach group member gets 5 cards, the rest is put in a pile. Make a list of homophones, and write each word on a separate piece of paper/ card. Student level: Pre-Intermediate–Advanced.Learn how to conduct a running dictation activity. The dictation should include target words in minimal pairs, e.g., bent - vent, thumb - sum, save - safe, that students need to detect and write in the order they hear them. The students listen and write words and phrases they notice. In this activity, the teacher dictates the content in a single continuous stream, without breaks. Let’s start with some advanced activities: 1. ![]() Pronunciation Activities for Adults and Advanced ESL Students Ready? Here are my favorite activities for adults and advanced students, as well as as for preschool students or beginners. Next, add activities that focus solely on accuracy, i.e. When you practice pronunciation, include activities that encourage slow, easy and smooth speaking even when sounds are not perfect. To start with, it is hard to say what “a native” really sounds like, especially when it comes to English, a language that encompasses many language variations that express diversity in pronunciation. Unlike the popular belief, good pronunciation doesn’t necessarily mean to sound “like a native”. When they learn how to pronounce “free” and “three”, they will easily distinguish these two words when listening. pronunciation, which would immediately improve their listening comprehension skills. To speak comfortably, students must learn the basics of phonics, i.e. Then no wonder why our students also think that pronunciation is not SO relevant, and forget that regardless their knowledge in grammar or vocabulary, if pronunciation fails, communication will also fail. We can all agree that there’s simply not enough time to practice all core activities in class, so we usually prioritize grammar, reading or writing. Follow-up… Why Teaching Pronunciation Matters?.Pronunciation Activities for Preschool ESL Students.Pronunciation Activities for Adults and Advanced ESL Students.The end result? In most cases, the problem spot was ironed out after drilling the spot only three times. They are actively listening to what they are doing. My students and I have noticed that they are more focused for those three times since they are playing that spot differently each time. If you play more than one instrument - try it on three different instruments Use three different types of articulation However, the catch is that they must play it three different ways. This week, I've had my students drill their trouble spots three times. I think that's even a bigger challenge for music students today as they are inundated with so much more information.I like the number "3". However, one thing I've noticed, is that my concentration wanes after drilling something five times. When I was a young music student, I was often told, "Fix your trouble spots" or "This spot needs extra practice.
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Santa marta brazil11/8/2023 ![]() He set up Favela Santa Marta Tour as a way to showcase the favelas to outsiders, to demystify them and show that they are not just violent slums but vibrant communities. Thiago Firmino, a local dancehall DJ, was born and raised in Santa Marta. Since then, dozens of favelas have been pacified with Santa Marta, once the city’s most violent slum controlled by the Commando Vermelho (Red Command) drug gang, being held up as the model for how pacification can be a drive for social change. The hope was to break the cycle of police raiding favelas, having shootouts with traffickers, and then withdrawing. They are a part of every single neighbourhood and to ignore them is to ignore one huge facet of life in Rio de Janeiro.Īfter many hours of research, trawling through scores of motorcycle and jeep tours, I came across Favela Santa Marta Tour. Santa Marta was the first favela to be ‘pacified’ back in 2008, a programme to expel drug gangs and install UPPs – or Pacifying Police Units – in the city’s most violent neighbourhoods. A quarter of the cities population still lives in these neighbourhoods and chances are that many of the people you will interact with within the city – bartenders, clerks, hotel staff, bus drivers – will live in one of the city’s 800 favelas. The truth is, they are filled with regular, hard-working residents. They have a reputation worldwide as hotbeds of violence and unrest. In all honesty, I didn’t really have an answer for them.įavelas are as much a part of Rio de Janeiro as Cristo Redentor and Copacabana beach. They couldn’t understand what anyone had to gain from visiting or why it would be of any interest to me. It wasn’t a question asked with any malice but more out of sheer curiosity. This was the question asked of me by my Carioca friends as they drove me to Praia da Barra da Tijuca, hoping to show me a little more of Rio outside the usual tourist spots of Copacabana, Ipanema and Botafogo. This was the dilemma I faced – should I take a tour of a Favela while in Rio de Janeiro or not? In the worst cases, companies will drive paying customers through Favelas in armoured cars as if the neighbourhoods are an urban extension of Knowsley Safari Park. There is often no interaction or conversation with the community that lives there, no attempt to understand local life. Tour guides will walk tourists through slums and villages so that they can gawp at local people and their way of life as if they are exhibitions in a human zoo. The driver offered us a left down to Trem de Corcovado for $30R.“Poverty Tourism’ is a controversial topic in the travel industry and a concept I have never felt fully comfortable with. Luckily after 15min of walking a minibus passed by which one of the girls flagged down. It was 4 girls and 1 guy so you could imagine how nervous we all were especially how we would have to pass by a favela at night. We took her advice and started walking down. At this point only 1 car was left in the car park. One group managed to hitch a ride and told us it’s best for us to start walking down to Trem de Corcovado. It so happened to be the case that two other groups were in a similar predicament. We were apprehensive as it was now dark and we appeared to be stranded. ![]() This was not the case as each time we thought an Uber accepted our request they then cancelled it. We took an Uber up there to see the sunset and naturally assumed we could get an Uber back to Copacabana. This is a great place to come for an amazing view where you can see sugar loaf, Christ redeemer and more. Dollar origami butterfly11/8/2023 ![]() Listen here 93: Parliament: Mothership Connection (photo by David Alexander, design by Gribbitth) Inspired by the album’s themes of the subconscious, the dark sleeve of Billie Eilish’s When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? served notice that Eilish was here to mess with your head. 94: Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (design by Kenneth Cappello)Īny artist who dares to look this terrifying on the cover of their first album deserves all the platinum success they get. Since people were already using LPs to store and clean marijuana, the Airplane gave you a cardboard box holder for it, along with the pot, or at least a realistic-looking photo. ![]() Jefferson Airplane’s Long John Silver hails from the golden age of elaborate album covers. 95: Jefferson Airplane: Long John Silver (design by Pacific Eye & Ear) On an album that made a mad dash through the whole of pop history, Nick Lowe pictured himself in a bunch of different guises, from rockabilly hoodlum to sensitive balladeer (there were different pics on the US and UK versions), all with tongue firmly in cheek. As he rapped on Wu-Tang’s “Dog Sh_t,”: “Got meals but still grill that old good welfare cheese.” 96: Nick Lowe: Jesus of Cool/Pure Pop for Now People (design by Barney Bubbles) Forgoing any blinged-out tropes, the former Wu-Tang member put a doctored version of his welfare ID card on the front cover of his solo debut, as both a reminder of where he came from and to destigmatize being on public assistance. Whenever hip-hop started to take itself too seriously, ODB was there to disrupt, agitate, and give the middle finger to convention. Listen here: 97: Ol’ Dirty Bastard: Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (design by Alli Truch, photo by Danny Clinch) Put the notorious bathroom cover together with the engraved invitation on the US replacement, and you’ve got the yin and the yang of The Rolling Stones at the time. ![]() Listen here: 98: The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet (design by Barry Feinstein)īeggars Banquet is a rare case where an album’s two famous covers really complement each other. The red velvet cover, with gold embossed lettering, served notice that Odessa was going to be unique and beautiful, which it was. If The Beatles could do a double “ White Album,” the Bee Gees could do a fuzzy red one. On their 1969 debut, the cavorting characters were there to remind you how much fun rock’n’roll was supposed to be. 100: The Flamin’ Groovies: Supersnazz (design by Cyril Jordan)īandleader Cyril Jordan’s terrific comic art has turned up on numerous The Flamin’ Groovies covers and posters over the decades. (Artists as varied as Young Thug and Glass Animals can attest to that.) So, without further ado, here is our pick of just 100 of the greatest record covers of all-time. Pepper’s with the cover to the White Album and vice versa.) Even in today’s digital age, a cool record cover can have a huge impact. What we can say for sure, though, is that album covers are vitally important to how a record is received by the public. ![]() It doesn’t really matter what sort of adjective you want to put it in front of the words “album cover,” because lists of this sort of are always incredibly subjective. The coolest, best, greatest, most iconic, most famous album covers of all-time. Plex connection throttled11/8/2023 Sun Sep 11 16:19:48 2022 3 SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync CM-MAC=REMOVED CMTS-MAC=REMOVED CM-QOS=1.1 CM-VER=3.1 CM-MAC=REMOVED CMTS-MAC=REMOVED CM-QOS=1.1 CM-VER=3.1 Event Type Code: 5 Chan ID: 28 DSID: N/A MAC Addr: N/A OFDM/OFDMA Profile ID: N/A. Sun Sep 11 16:13:38 2022 3 SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync CM-MAC=REMOVED CMTS-MAC=REMOVED CM-QOS=1.1 CM-VER=3.1 Sun Sep 11 16:09:18 2022 3 SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync CM-MAC=REMOVED CMTS-MAC=REMOVED CM-QOS=1.1 CM-VER=3.1 Sun Sep 11 15:57:28 2022 3 SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync CM-MAC=REMOVED CMTS-MAC=REMOVED CM-QOS=1.1 CM-VER=3.1 Sun Sep 11 15:39:40 2022 3 SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync CM-MAC=REMOVED CMTS-MAC=REMOVED CM-QOS=1.1 CM-VER=3.1 Sun Sep 11 15:39:08 2022 3 SYNC Timing Synchronization failure - Loss of Sync CM-MAC=REMOVED CMTS-MAC=REMOVED CM-QOS=1.1 CM-VER=3.1 I have also been running broadband quality monitor for a couple of weeks as I saw that was a regular request.Īny further info I can provide or things to try, let me know. Could some look at my router logs and see if there looks to be an issue of any sort. I think there is an issue on the connection for how often this happens. I thought my performance issues would always correlate with spikes in the graph but it doesn't, occasionally the graph is just flat when I have encountered the issue. ![]() It will then run flawlessly usually for hours. ![]() ![]() Restarting my Asus RT-AX92U Router didn't seem to help. Most of the time this is fine but eventually it will start buffering a lot (every few seconds) however I know the connection is fine from where I am and I can resolve these issues by rebooting my Hub 4 in modem mode via remote desktop. I often at my girlfriend's and I stream from my computer at home via Plex. I have Gigabit connection for a few months now. Dynamic block autocad11/8/2023 ![]() Use the RUNASLEVEL, set to "BricsCAD-Platinum", close, and relaunch! To insert the drawing as a parametric block, you must have BricsCAD Platinum. Use the BMINSERT command, not to be confused with BIMINSERT! Troubleshooting: To the left: the constraint values in the browser panel, use the table to the bottom left to edit the values.įor this example the following parameters were set:Īdjust the radius, to change the number of seats around the table automatically with Parametric Blocks. To the right: the Properties panel, click the small, grey fx box to show the formula. The formulas can be applied in the Mechanical Browser. If you open up the array in the Properties panel and click on the items box a small, grey fx box will appear, use this to add and edit your values. ![]() Use parametric constraints on polar arrays to create gears in different diameters automatically. This can be especially useful for things like a dining table and chairs or a set of gears. The principles to create the doorway at the top are much the same, but a little more in depth.Ĭonstraints are applied in such a way that the doorway frame adjusts with the size of the door, the wall width with the door width and the door opening angle will maintain its contact points between the doorway and the arc. Note that, when the width is changed, the circle maintains its position in the center of the rectangle because of the constraints: CircleW = Width/2 and CircleL = Length/2. Use the Properties panel to alter your constraints. Use the Properties panel to set and edit, parameters and expressions.Next, apply a Fix constraint at the insertion point of the block.In this example I have used distance constraints to keep the circle in the center of the rectangle. To ensure that the block maintains the same basic layout when it is resized, add constraints.First, create a simple light fitting with a circle in the center of a rectangle, you don't need to worry too much about exact dimensions and positions yet.For those not, be sure to check yesterday's post, as we covered this topic in depth. Making a parametric blockįor those familiar with using constraints on 2D drawings, you should have no problems converting to Parametric Blocks. One Parametric Block providing all the functionality and more, than the range of blocks shown above. With Parametric Blocks, you only need one block to do the same work! Using traditional blocks, each symbol requires a separate block definition and, if you want to change your design to use a different size, you must delete the existing block instances and insert new ones. If you create architectural lighting plans, you probably have a library of blocks like these: If you've never worked with parametric constraints, they may sound scary, but, they're quite intuitive and incredibly powerful! The problem with traditional blocks You can create both 2D and 3D block definitions using the same set of tools and workflow that you are familiar with. Parametric blocks automate repetitive tasks by allowing users to create one block instead of lots of similar, separate block definitions. BricsCAD offers some Dynamic block editing capabilities with Dynamic Grips. ![]() Instead, BricsCAD focuses entirely on parametrics. ![]() You cannot, however, create dynamic block definitions in BricsCAD. Constraints work in the same way for BricsCAD Parametric Blocks as they do with AutoCAD® Dynamic Blocks. Parametric Blocks offers a more dynamic approach to creating 2D CAD Can you insert a Dynamic Block into BricsCAD? Keep reading to find out why Parametric Blocks have the upper hand when it comes to automating repetitive tasks and how they make editing drawings faster and more fun. If you come from an AutoCAD ® design environment, you may be familiar with Dynamic Blocks. Dew sc acuity11/8/2023 ![]() View current job opportunities, or search using specific criteria to find jobs that match your interests. If you're ready to join an agency whose mission is to help others, apply for a position now! DEW is responsible for paying unemployment insurance benefits, collecting unemployment taxes, helping people find jobs, matching businesses with qualified candidates, and collecting and disseminating state/federal employment statistics. Our purpose at DEW is to put people to work and to help those who, through no fault of their own, have become unemployed. Department Employment and Workforce (DEW) family? Ticket to Work/Employment Network: 1-80 (toll free) TelClaim | Claimant Self-Service Line: 1-86 (toll free) Visit the Service Location Directory for a list of statewide locations. DEW and its partners provide a variety of workforce services for job seekers and employers at SC Works Centers, Connection Points and satellite offices in 12 local workforce investment areas across all 46 SC counties. DEW, one of 16 cabinet agencies, is a partner in the state’s workforce system. ![]() To match jobseekers with employers quickly, efficiently, and effectively, and we offer a variety of services to assist both groups. ![]() Employer-paid state unemployment taxes pay for state unemployment benefits. Department of Labor allocates funds from the Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) to the states to pay for administrative and operational costs. The majority of DEW’s budget is funded through federal sources.The U.S. To be viewed as an efficient, transparent, customer-friendly partner in providing quality workforce solutions. To promote and support an effective, customer-driven workforce system that facilitates financial stability and economic prosperity for employers, individuals and communities. Our Mission, Vision, Commitment, Funding and Main Goal Our Mission Collecting and disseminating state/federal employment statistics.Matching businesses with qualified candidates.The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) is responsible for: Image capture on mac not working11/8/2023 ![]() If you prefer to remove them from your device, click the Action button in the Image Capture toolbar, then either deselect “Keep originals” or select “Delete after import” (the option available depends on the type of device you connected).įor more information about connecting and using your device, refer to the documentation that came with it. To download images to another location, choose Other, then choose a location.Ĭlick Download (if you selected images) or Download All.īy default, items you download remain on your device. Select images, if you don’t want to import all of them.Ĭlick the Import To pop-up menu at the bottom of the window, then choose where to save the images or to create a PDF or a webpage that contains them. If your Macs camera isnt working with a specific photo-editing or video-conferencing app, it may be incompatible with that application. To rotate the item to the right, press and hold the Option key, then click the button as many times as needed. On the other hand, shutting down your Mac will clear the RAM and end all processes, including ones that might be interfering with your camera. Rotate images: Click as many times as needed. View images as a grid of larger thumbnails: Click. Increase or decrease the size of the thumbnails: Drag the slider. Use the tools in the Image Capture toolbar to change how the thumbnails are shown: ![]() In the Image Capture app on your Mac, select the device in the Devices or Shared list. You may be asked to unlock your device with a passcode or to trust the device. Connect your device to your computer using a cable, then turn the device on. Opus one overture rating11/8/2023 Think about how hard and long he must have worked to get this accomplished. To this day there have been only three changes to the 1855 classifications and the other two were very minor. It was well fought for and well deserved (his wine was just as good as the other first growth wineries in France) and he celebrated. In 1973 he accomplished his lifetime time goal of achieving a first growth classification for his Chateau. Remember that the French wine laws are EXTREMELY strict. ![]() He fought tooth and nail and had to go through many layers of red tape to get this accomplished. He then dedicated the next 40 years of his life to elevate his Chateau from a second growth to a first growth classification. Back in that time there was only 4 first growth wineries. It is widely speculated that the second growth rating was due to the fact it was an Englishman that owned the estate. This winery was deemed a second growth winery by the 1855 classification (if you ain’t first you’re last). He inherited Chateau Mouton estate in 1922. Now for a history lesson about the great Baron Philippe de Rothschild. That’s right, they make only one wine! Well… they do make a second one that is a non vintage blend with wine that is leftover from previous years that is a 1/3 of the price, called Overture. ![]() This winery is the brainchild of Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild to make a single Bordeaux style wine (Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Merlot, and Malbec) in Napa California. For those readers who are unfamiliar with the name Opus One I will give you a quick crash course. Efi clover11/8/2023 In addition, Clover Configurator can check for the latest Clover EFI revision, and helps you download and install the bootloader.
Oregon scenery symmetrical11/7/2023 Some theorists suggest that the symmetrical nature of shot composition distracts from the metrical flow. Its a sight for sore eyes, too a landslide washed out the trail leading to Indian Beach in 2017 and it only recently reopened. Crater Lake was named for this beautiful, symmetrical crater by James Sutton, editor of the Oregon Sentinel in Jacksonville, in 1869. Combining the two helps create designs that are unique and memorable to viewers. Symmetry naturally evokes a sense of orderliness and stability while asymmetry, on the other hand, can help designers achieve uniqueness and character in design. In The Royal Tenenbaums, Anderson mostly sticks to metric montage for the title card introduction of each major character. North of Cannon Beach at the foot of Tillamook Head in Ecola State Park, Indian Beach is popular with surfers and stood in for La Push beach in the original Twilight movie. Symmetry (or lack thereof) can be a powerful tool in the designer’s toolbox. Two concepts are fundamental in describing architectural space: center and path. However, some directors are keeping the technique alive Anderson is one such director. Having examined how symmetry is found in the parts of a building that we see, we may take a look at how symmetry relates to the part of the building we don't see, which is the void that is the architectural space. In today’s cinema scene, metric montage has all but gone out of style. For example, any two or more shots that are consecutively cut at the same exact number of frames is regarded as an example of metric montage. One of the five steps is “metric montage,” which is defined as matching shots by cutting at a certain number of frames. Soviet Montage Theory – a film movement that took place in Soviet Russia during the 1910s, 20s and into the early 30s – outlined five steps for montage filmmaking. ![]() What does Wes Anderson and Soviet Montage Theory have in common? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot. The Wes Anderson Aesthetic Is Rooted in Classic Theory Wes Anderson’s metric montage If you're looking for mountains than I'd go Washington or Oregon, if you're looking for hundreds of islands backed by mountains than head to BC, all 3 have the same climate and are in temperate rainforest biomes. ![]() Groundhog Day is a perfect lesson in various elements of symmetrical editing. Oregon, Washington, norther Cali and BC Canada are all beautiful like this, the while Pacific Northwest is temperate rainforest. This 70-mile drive from Portland to Hood. The Columbia River Gorge is one of the most picturesque drives in Oregon. Scenic Drive in Oregon: Columbia River Gorge. Remember, symmetrical editing isn’t all about symmetrical framing! It can be about pattern events and rhythmic cuts too. If this drive isn’t enough for you, there are plenty more scenic drives around every corner in Oregon, let’s take a deeper look: 2. AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |