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![]() Try now to see where these points of view have come from. many individuals trapped in poverty achieve a great nobility of spirit.black ghetto culture is resourceful, informal and has a sense of humour.cooperation among neighbours often exists in slums and shantytowns.high-rise public housing destroys the sense of community.a cultural practice that is associated with low-income levels is not necessarily inferior.(Marvin Harris, Culture, people, nature: An introduction to general anthropology, Harper & Row, 1975) Oscar Lewis's (1961, 1966) remarkable documentaries of ghetto life, as told in the tape-recorded words of the people themselves, show that many individuals who are trapped in poverty nonetheless achieve a great nobility of spirit. Betty and Charles Valentine (1970) stress the resourcefulness, sense of humor, and informality of black ghetto culture. Helen Icken Safa (1967) has shown, for example, that high-rise public housing destroys the sense of community and patterns of neighborly cooperation that frequently exist in established slums and shantytowns. It is important not to assume that merely because a practice is associated with low-income levels that it is necessarily inferior. Read extract 1 and try to identify the different points of view contained in it. It is therefore useful to be able to recognise the different voices in a text and learn how to make yours clear. Of course, you need to know and reproduce the information, but you also need to use the information to give an answer to the question, to give YOUR answer to the question. This is particularly important in assessment when you have to answer a question. Your position may be based on other people's research (eg, Smith & Jones), but the conclusion you have come to is your own.Īs a student, it is not enough to simply describe a situation or recall the facts, you need to take a stance or position yourself in relation to the situation or the facts. This is often called your "voice" or your "position" or your "claim". In academic writing, it is often necessary to make it clear to your reader what opinion you hold or what your position is with regard to a certain issue. Writing: Working with different voices Introduction ![]() Rhetorical Functions in Academic Writing: Identiying voice ![]() Easy background change, removal, or blurring.Portrait auto retouch and face sculpting tool.AI-driven auto-correction based on the photo’s genre.The Face Sculpt feature is yet another tool that takes portrait retouching to the next level, as it allows to tweak the model’s facial features if they have been warped by bad lighting or a weird shooting angle. 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He wasn’t aware of that one, a VIP tour guide at Disney. So naturally I was curious, if there is one on Smuggler’s Run then there must be one on Rise of the Resistance too, right? Long story short, I scoured the interwebs to see what I could find on the subject. I located one reddit post where someone had a blurry picture from the ride and pointed out what they believed to be a hidden mickey. Below is the second picture that I was able to get that finally came in clear…See it? Hidden Mickey on Rise of the Resistance It just so happened that I found that picture just minutes before we received an incoming transmission from Rey. This hidden Mickey is located in the room with the flailing Kylo Ren animatronic. As soon as you exit the gun room where only one turret gun seems to work any more…you enter this room and quickly pass by two control panels. The hidden Mickey is located on the second control panel. You can see it right before Kylo uses the force on your ride vehicle. If you are sitting in the back row it might be a little harder to see it because of the current plexiglass dividers but from the front row it is easy to spot. So now I know of at least two hidden Mickey’s in Galaxy’s edge, one in each attraction. Does anyone know of another in a different part of the land? Let us know in the comments if you spotted another hidden Mickey. ![]() We also talk about this during our Trip report episode. You can find it here!Įpisode 258: On Today’s show Jason took an impromptu visit to Disneyland in California! He gives us a live trip report as he is experiencing Disneyland for the first time. ![]() Apologies in advance for the audio quality of this episode…We had to sacrifice some quality in order to bring in Jason live at Disneyland. Don’t worry, we will cover the big news that broke this week soon! We did discuss some news including the new Chewie mode for Smuggler’s Run that is breaking the Disney internet, Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway ride-through details and the New Disney Cruise-line Itineraries for 2021. Posted in Disney News, Disneyland, Podcast Episodes, Trip Reports and tagged as California Adventure, Chewie Mode, Disney Cruise line, Disneyland, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Millennium Falcon, News, Smuggler's Run, Trip Report.Įpisode 256: We discuss the Disney news and we speculate on a point system for the Every Ride Challenge. We begin by discussing the Oscars where Toy Story 4 brought home the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. (Thanks to my reverse Psychology) We also give some updates on stories we covered in previous episodes like Big Top Souvenirs has re-opened, as well as Muppet Vision 3D. A new Marque has been installed for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway and it looks really cool at night! Fast passes are now available for Smuggler’s Run and Runaway Railway which has caused some crazy glitch in the system, We discuss that in detail. We wrap up the show by giving our thoughts on a possible points system coming the the Every Ride Challenge. Posted in Disney News, Podcast Episodes and tagged as Disney, Epcot, Every Ride WDW, Fast Pass Plus, Harmonius, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Millennium Falcon, News, Oscars, Toy Story 4. ![]() A Good to VG- cover has ring wear to the point of distraction, has seem splits obvious on sight and may have even heavier writing, such as huge radio station letters across the front. But it has significant surface noise and groove wear, and the label is worn, with significant ring wear, heavy writing, or obvious damage caused by someone trying to remove tape or stickers. Good does not mean bad! The record still plays through without skipping, so it can serve as filler until something better comes along. Good (G), Good Plus (G+) or Very Good Minus (VG-) Someone might have written on it or stamped a price tag on it. Seam splitting will be more obvious it may appear on all three sides, though it won't be obvious upon looking. Ring wear in the middle or along the edges of the cover where the edge of a record would reside, is obvious, though not overwhelming. VG covers will have many signs of human handling. Minor writing, tape, or a sticker can detract from the label. But the noise will not overpower the music otherwise. When played, a VG record has surface noise, and some scratches may be audible, especially in soft passages and during a song's intro and ending. Groove wear is evident on sight, as are light scratches deep enough to be felt with a fingernail. They lack most of the original gloss found on factory-fresh records. VG records have more obvious flaws than their counterparts in better shape. Also, a VG+ cover may have some defacing, such as a cut-out marking. A VG+ cover may have some very minor seam wear or a split (less than one inch long) at the bottom, the most vulnerable location. backup repository of RekordBuddy software for converting between metadata formats of different DJ software. There may be some very light ring wear or discoloration, but it should be barely noticeable. Minor signs of handling are OK, too, such as telltale marks around the center hole, but repeated playing has not misshapen the hole. Slight warps that do not affect sound are okay. NM covers have no creases, ringwear or seam splits of any kind.Ī good description of a VG+ record is "except for a couple minor things, this would be NM." VG+ records may show some alight signs of wear, including light scoffs and very light scratches that do not affect the listening experience. If played, it will do so without "surface noise". ![]() Writing, stickers or other markings cannot appear on the label, nor can any "spindle marks" from someone trying to put the record on the turntable. NM records are shiny, with no visible defects. This grade is rarely used.Ī good description of a NM record is "it looks like it just came from a retail store and it was opened for the first time". These are absolutely perfect in every way. I am usually pretty conservative in my grading to ensure you get something better than described! I have listed as many flaws as I could with each album. If you feel compelled to participated in the beta program, go here to subscribe and buy your beta license.įor all the others, keep an eye on DjTechZone as we will followup closely on the next steps and for sure review the package as soon as a trial/demo becomes available.ĭo you use different software packages when djing? Are you looking forward to Rekord Buddy 2.I have sone my best to provide you with grades. Secondly, the steep entry price ensure the beta testers will be dedicated to the job, resulting in a more stable, bug free final release. So basically, you buy the fully working software now for when it becomes available. First of all, the beta license you purchase is transferable to the final release version. That is right, 54.99 for beta software that is likely still unstable and plagued with bugs. Next Audio Labs, the creators of Rekord Buddy, ask 55.99 USD before you can use it. The software is in now officially in public beta, but that doesn’t mean that you can simply download it any play around with it. So there things become a little bit more complex. Cue the mic drop.Īdditionally to that, it allows to organize your library in many smart ways, using lists, filters and tags. This means that prepping your track once in your software of choice means it will be synced everywhere. 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Well, uh, the Doge did what the Doge does. ![]() “He tells me what he wants to do, and I’ll tell him, ‘yes’ or ‘no.’”īertram added, “One thing I am working on is a pedestal to mount the plaque down by the weight room next to the other donor towers. “Randy is handling most of that, and I’m just kind of like a ‘yes’ man,” Bertram said. “So the quality is much better.”Īrrington has received estimates of approximately $1,000 to replace the placard atop the school scoreboard that currently reads “Burbank Bulldogs,” which will be swapped with “Kemp-Kallem Field.”Īrrington has yet to find an estimate for the newspaper image but has secured some help for the upcoming ceremony.Īccording to Arrington, Joanne Lento Miller, president of the Burbank-Burroughs Alumni Assn., has agreed to donate and provide refreshments for the celebration.Īs for further planning, Arrington has been working with Bertram. “It’s a metal sculpture, not just the pictures,” Arrington said. “Randy set up a PayPal account and now the fundraising and planning is left up to him and Bertram.”Īrrington said he’s already paid just a little under $4,500 for a 36-inch-by-24-inch Imagecast 3-D plaque. “All funding is totally outside the district, and we want the public to know that,” board member Charlene Tabet said. He also wants to change the sign above the scoreboard, host a celebration ceremony and place a framed, blown-up newspaper article in the school’s hall of fame.īecause the district is not providing any funding, Arrington is on the hook for the price tag and has set up a PayPal account, /RandyArrington, to raise funds. “We can sure use some money, and I’m hoping to cover the costs by fundraising,” he said.Īrrington plans to have a sculpted plaque sit in a monument near the stairs leading to the field. 20.Įverything fell into place for Arrington, except for one little detail. 15 and then voted to support the name change on Dec. That recommendation was heard by the school board, which held a public hearing on Nov. 24, when the committee voted for adoption of Kemp-Kallem Field. 20 and was appointed chair of the committee during its first meeting on Oct. He was then selected to serve on a new facilities-naming committee on Sept. “They’re both educators, coaches and icons in this community and are deserving of such honors.”Īrrington suggested the name change during a Burbank Unified board meeting on April 19. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for both men,” Arrington said. ![]() The former resident and current chair of Burbank Unified’s facilities-naming committee announced recently that on May 4 there will be a ceremony to christen Burbank High’s main athletic field as Kemp-Kallem Field after former longtime Burbank High teachers and coaches Dave Kemp and Frank Kallem. In what will have been just a little over a year, a recommendation made by Burbank High School graduate Randy Arrington will turn from wishful thinking into a dream come true. ![]() ![]() Just paint the potato, or dip it in paint and stamp it on paper to make all kinds of jack-o-lantern faces! It’s a simple craft to do over and over again! My little ones loved potato stamping pumpkins! And so did my daughter in fact. Try making your own autumn landscape using three different painting techniques! Add trees or make different types of shapes for Halloween – black cats, ghosts, or witch hats. Triangles for eyes squares, rectangles, and ovals for mouths. Happy happy sad happy happy sad – or whatever kinds of faces your child wants.Īs you carve or stamp, you could talk about different shapes, too. Instead of colored patterns, you could try patterning with emotion faces. I offered a lot of different paint colors, hoping we would play a bit with color mixing or patterning, but for the most part they were painted orange. Adding Elements of Learning to Your Halloween Craft We did all sorts of emotions on our potato stamping jack-o-lanterns: angry, surprised, happy, and sad. So we carved lots of different emotions into our potato pumpkins. Helping kids get a handle on their emotions is hard, but so essential for growth as a person. We have been working on what different emotions look like and how to appropriately express them. This craft ties in nicely to some playing we have been doing lately with emotions. Use Potato Stamping Jack-O-Lanterns to Explore Emotions Especially if they are a touch on the too ripe side. Next, she used a butter knife to carve out jack-o-lantern faces. You could also cut the long way and make ovals instead. To make your own Halloween potato stamps, you’ll need:įirst, she cut potatoes in half, across the middle to make the stamping end round. This pumpkin stamping jack-o-lantern craft uses supplies you probably already have at home! And I honestly love it when she takes the lead!Īre these one of the 35 pumpkin crafts for kids? Find out! DIY Stamps for Halloween Pumpkins Though I haven’t heard that sweet pumpkin crafting is one of the things I can look forward to in the years ahead.īut either way, right now, my sweet teenager still likes to craft with her brothers. I’m hoping this lasts throughout her teenage years. She is 13 and (sometimes) likes to plan fun crafts and activities for her little brothers. My daughter actually got this craft ready all on her own. So we start crafting and decorating early.Īnd there is certainly no shortage of Halloween ideas for kids! I have learned to simply embrace the excitement of my little ones when it comes to the holidays. That’s right, we are already all about the Halloween crafts for kids over here! Like a jack-o-lantern! Cute Potato Stamping Jack-O-Lanterns for Fall Is there anything you can’t do with a potato? I mean you can bake it, fry it, and mash it – that in itself is pretty impressive.īut oh, the crafting possibilities with potato stamping! You can carve a potato into just about anything you can imagine. Make your own Halloween pumpkins with a simple potato stamping jack-o-lanterns activity for kids! ![]() However, Sarvodaya School has said that the State government cannot control the fee structure.ĭuring the hearing, the bench observed that education is the fundamental right and must be imparted freely to the children and in the same manner, it is not possible for the State government to take over these schools or nationalise them. The petitioner, Sarvodaya School Students Parents Welfare Committee has challenged the hike in school fee without any justification given. The High Court on Friday directed the Commissioner of the Department of Public Instructions (DPI) to be present before the court on Monday with regard to a petition challenging the fee structure of ICSE and CBSE schools in the City.Ī division bench comprising K L Manjunath and Justice Raghavendra S Chauhan summoned the DPI commissioner to check how an amount of Rs 13,600 has been fixed as salary to school teachers. He has said the accusation that the petition is being used as a device to achieve the objective of the Opposition, is purely false. The petitioner has said that it was absolutely false and refuted the government’s contention that the petition has been filed to scuttle the debate on the issue in the Legislature or to derail the investigation process. He has contended that the statement denotes a colossal error in jurisdiction and investigation process. 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