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AP writer Samantha Young reported:
Handing a major defeat to the auto industry, U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Ishii ruled Wednesday that California can regulate greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. . . .
Automakers sued the state over the tailpipe standards it approved in 2004, which would force automakers to build cars and light trucks that produce about 30 percent fewer greenhouse gases by 2016.
However, the state still needs a waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to begin implementing the program. The EPA has not yet issued a decision, leading California and 14 other states to sue the agency in November seeking quicker action. . . .
In its lawsuit against the state, the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers argued that it was the federal government's responsibility to establish one uniform fuel economy standard. Without one, manufacturers would be forced to produce vehicles using too many different efficiency standards, raising the cost of cars and eliminating some model choices.
But Ishii rejected that claim, saying Congress gave California and the EPA the authority to regulate vehicle emissions, even if those rules are more strict than those imposed by the federal government.
This is a really big decision, I agree with the ruling, it will speed up the adoption of greater standards by all state, and might even cause the U.S. congress to take some tougher action. These standards will speed the adoption of plug-in hybrids and all electric vehicles.
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Thomas S. Monson said at the church's 182nd semiannual General Conference that the historic change is expected to significantly increase the missionary force of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - currently more than 55,000 worldwide.
The new age requirements will take effect immediately and replace limits that had been in effect for decades. Mormon men serve full-time, two-year missions, while women serve 18-month missions.
"I am not suggesting that all young men will - or should - serve at this earlier age," Monson said, adding it's an option based on individual circumstances and a determination by local church leaders.
Missionaries must be graduates of high school or its equivalent, he said.
Monson also said the church will build temples in Tucson, Ariz., and Arequipa, Peru. In Arizona, three temples already are in operation and two others - in Phoenix and Gilbert - were under construction. The state is home to about 400,000 church members.
The temple in Arequipa will be the third in Peru, which has more than 500,000 church members. Members in Arequipa, Peru's second most populous city, currently attend temple services about 500 miles away in Lima.
The church, with its more than 14.1 million members, has 139 operating temples worldwide and has another 29 planned or under construction.
At a later news conference, Jeffrey R. Holland, of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said church leaders were unsure how many more missionaries would serve due to the lowered age requirements but they expect a boost.
He also said leaders considered extending the length of missions for women to two years, but decided to see how the lower age goes first before possibly taking that step, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
Tens of thousands of Mormon faithful were gathering in Salt Lake City through Sunday for the general conference.
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Israel’s Lesson to Palestinians: Build More Rockets?
Eman El-Hawi, a smart and perky 24-year-old business student from Gaza got teary when she told our delegation about what she witnessed during the eight days that Israel pounded Gaza. “I saw the babies being brought into the hospital, some dead, some wounded. I couldn’t believe Israel was doing this again, just like four years ago. But at least this time,” she said with pride, “we struck back.”
The fight was totally disproportionate. Israeli F-16s, drones and Apache helicopters unleashed their fury over this tiny strip of land, leaving 174 dead, over one thousand wounded, as well as homes, schools, hospitals, mosques and government buildings damaged and destroyed. On the Palestinian side, crude Qassam rockets left six Israelis dead and caused little damage. But for many Palestinians, it was a perverse kind of victory.
If the Israeli government was trying to teach the Palestinians a lesson with this latest pummeling, the unfortunate lesson many learned was that the only way to deal with Israel is through firepower. We asked people why this round of violence lasted only eight days, unlike the 22-day attack in 2008. Some credited the Arab Spring that has created a new wave of pro-Palestinian public sentiment that governments have to respond to—especially in Egypt where the ceasefire was brokered. But others believed the Israelis backed down because Palestinian rockets had reached into the heart of Israel.
“It’s not that we want to kill Israelis but we want them to know we are not helpless,” said Ahmed Al Sahbany, an engineering student. “We want them to know that when they attack us mercilessly, when they treat us like animals, we will fight back.” A rap song by a West Bank group called “Strike, Strike Tel Aviv” that came out during the fighting was a hit among many of the Palestinian youth.
Many young people we talked to were dismissive of peace talks with Israel. They say the Palestinian Authority leadership in the West Bank has been talking to the Israelis for 18 years and all they have achieved is a new brand of apartheid, with bypass roads, separation walls, expanding settlements, Jerusalem ethnically cleansed, 500-600 checkpoints, and the continued siege of Gaza.
"This latest round of attacks is just a continuation of the daily attacks we live with here in Gaza every day,” said youth leader Majed Abusalama. “Israeli soldiers shoot at our fishermen and confiscate their boats just for fishing in waters that belong to us. Israeli soldiers shoot at our farmers when they try to farm their lands that are close to the border, lands that belong to our farmers—our land!” In fact, a week after the ceasefire, our delegation visited a group of farmers in Rafah who were still unable to farm a good portion of their land. One of them, hobbling around in a cast, had just been shot in the leg, without warning, for venturing too close to the fence that separates Israel and Gaza.
Raji Sourani, a lawyer and director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, a group that meticulously documented the crimes committed during the 8-day war, lost his normally calm demeanor when speaking to our delegation about Obama and the US Congressional support for what they called Israel’s right to defend itself. “How can Obama say Israel is defending itself when we are the real victims? We are the target of this dirty war, just like we were the last time in 2008, just like we are every day,” Sourani shouted. “The Israelis practice the law of the jungle with full legal immunity and no accountability.”
Sourani was happy with the vote that gave Palestine a seat at the UN because it showed that Israel and the US were opposed by most of the rest of the world. But he said the UN seat would only be meaningful if the Palestinian Authority used it as an opportunity to take Israel to the International Criminal Court, something the Western powers are pressuring them not to do.
The most poignant indictment of Israel and the Western powers came from Jamal Dalu, the shopkeeper whose home in Gaza City was demolished by an Israeli bomb that left 12 dead, including his wife and four children. Looking around at the wreckage that was once his home and family, he faulted President Obama for giving Israel the green light to carry out its attacks. “Obama, you say you want to teach us about democracy and the rule of law. Is this what you mean by democracy? Is this the rule of law?” he repeated over and over.
“I really don’t understand what the Israelis and their backers in the United States want,” said Sourani, throwing up his hands in despair. “They want us to vote, and when we do they refuse the recognize the winner. They say they want a two-state solution, but keep building settlements that make two states impossible. But if we say we want to live in a single, democratic state, they say we want the destruction of Israel because we produce lots of babies and will outnumber them. Honestly, I don’t know what they really want, but I can tell you this: the way things are right now can’t last forever, and time is running out.”
The delegation brought funds from Americans to support the Shifa Hospital and the Palestinian Red Crescent, and took up collections to help the Dalu family and a disabled group called the Al Jazeera Club whose building had been destroyed. The funds, and the gesture of solidarity, was much appreciated, especially since the US government is giving $3 billion a year to support Israel’s militarism. Also appreciated is the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign that is providing a nonviolent means for people around the world to challenge Israeli policy.
“Please don’t wait for the third Israeli round of attacks,” said Hala Ashi, a 24-year-old whose home was badly damaged and whose neighbor was killed, “and help show us, the youth of Gaza, that violence is not the answer.”
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Personal finance can be a dull and tedious subject, but if you get all the information for your various accounts in one place, you can easily manage your finances and keep up with due dates. Manilla offers bill payment reminders and stores all of your documents and statements.
With many financial institutions experiencing a decrease in profits, banks are vying for your business. This is good news for you, because instead of just offering standard perks like no fees, free checking, or a free pen when you sign up for an account, some banks are raising the stakes with cold hard cash, giveaways, and great interest-bearing products.
April is a good month for bank promotions from both big and small banks. Banks are giving away a lot of free cash to attract new customers and get them to open up accounts. The banks listed below have some pretty sweet deals that you should take advantage of if you are in the market for a new bank.
Black Friday is the best day of the year to get all the holiday gifts on your list at the lowest cost. If you want to make the most of the day, you shouldn’t head into the retail holiday without a shopping strategy and a schedule.
Plenty of people will face the frenzy, so to help you minimize the madness, I have compiled a list of stores that offer the best deals on specific products, as well as the time they’ll open their doors on November 23rd.
There are so many components to prudent money management that it’s difficult to determine which is the most important. However, there is one thing that virtually everyone deals with, and it can make or break your finances. Whether it’s to buy a new home, afford a college education, or spend a day at the mall, acquiring debt can help you do things when you don’t have the requisite cash on hand.
Americans have begun to express a growing dissatisfaction with traditional banks. In just the last three months of 2011, more than 600,000 people abandoned their bank to go with an alternative option, such as an online bank. If you’re currently dissatisfied with your bank, consider CIT Bank. It offers both high-yield savings accounts and certificates of deposits.
The average tuition cost for one year at a public university is now $17,000, and the average annual price of private colleges is twice that amount. However, rather than waving your white flag and giving up on the thought of ever attending school, know that there are many ways to save money on the costs of college – including acquiring cheap textbooks.
If money isn’t an object, by all means, purchase brand new textbooks from your college’s campus bookstore. The prudent buyer, however, knows that buying new textbooks is not essential, and will instead look into the numerous other ways of acquiring the needed books at a greatly reduced price.
One of the best ways to save money is to reduce your monthly bills. However, researching and investigating the many different discounts and pricing plans for services such as Internet, TV, gas, and electricity can be a time-consuming project.
To save time as well as money, consider utilizing the website WhiteFence. It can help you compare service providers in your area for deals on utility and home services, and it can show you how much you may save by downgrading services or switching providers.
In today’s tough economic times, getting a loan from a bank is much more difficult than it once was. And if you happen to have a less-than-stellar credit score, you may find yourself out of luck.
If you find yourself in such a situation, Borro may be able to help. The website offers short-term collateral loans against a wide array of high-end valuables. There’s no credit check involved, and you can receive money within 24 hours or less.
However, this is an extremely expensive method to get cash. If you have other options, pursue those first. But if you’re out of options, Borro is worth checking out.
An increasing amount of people are buying cars via the Internet, sight unseen beyond digital photographs. In fact, Craigslist and eBay Motors have both experienced recent rises in auto sales. If you’re considering an out-of-state auto purchase or would like peace of mind on a local sale, consider a pre-purchase inspection. While most sellers are honest, some simply are not – and others may not even know the condition of the car they want to sell you.
If you’re concerned about the condition of a vehicle you wish to purchase, Lemon Squad may be just what you need. The company offers a variety of different inspection packages for both automobiles and RVs.
When you consider that the biggest purchase most people make in their lives is a home, it makes perfect sense to invest extra money in a home inspection and home insurance. Despite the somewhat high cost, it is crucial to protect your investment.
Next to a home, an automobile is the second-biggest purchase you are likely to make in your life, and just like a home purchase, it’s important to make sure you get what you pay for and protect your investment. So if you’re looking for an extended warranty or a pre-purchase car inspection, consider CARCHEX.
If you have money to invest, but can’t commit to long-term investment vehicles such as a 401k plan or Roth IRA, a high-yield savings account or certificate of deposit could meet your needs. Each is a viable option if you’re seeking a conservative investment that won’t tie up your money for a long period of time.
American Express Personal Savings is one banking services company that offers both accounts, and may make sense particularly if you already have an existing Amex account, or if you’re seeking an account without a minimum deposit requirement.
Finding quality dental care can be a difficult task, and many people forgo trips to the dentist entirely. In fact, half of all Americans do not receive regular oral health care. However, if you are among those who avoid dental care for reasons pertaining to cost and inconvenience, DentalPlans.com may help you return to the dentist.
When it comes to managing your money, verifying your credit card and debit card statements is an important part of the process. But how many of us really do this on a consistent basis? I know I don’t. Sure, I look through my statements, but if I see a charge that I don’t specifically remember, rarely do I do the research to verify it.
If you’re like me, BillGuard is worth checking out. It monitors all of your registered credit and debit cards for hidden charges, billing errors, and outright fraud. And the best part about it is that it’s 100% free.
As of 2010, Americans owed almost $1 trillion on revolving lines of credit, and $68 billion of it was past due. On top of that, 13% of all Americans currently carry more than $10,000 in credit card debt.
However, everyone’s situation is a little different. If yours is not that bad, you may benefit from a simple online budgeting tool, such as Mint.com. If your debts are more significant, however, consider a service such as SpringCoin, a simple, easy-to-use debt management tool that can help streamline your finances and provide a path out of personal debt.
Whether you need marketing materials for an upcoming ad campaign at work, invitations for your kid’s birthday party, or even canvas prints of your favorite vacation photos, UPrinting is worth checking out.
UPrinting is an online commercial printing service that can handle the size and scope of just about any project, with prices that are competitive with other national printing companies. Best of all, you’ll know exactly how much your project will cost – including shipping – before you even get started on your order.
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Some of you may remember a few weeks ago my TOTAL FREAKOUT on Twitter when Janice Dickinson posted pictures of the ducklings and chicks that hatched from the eggs her son incubated. Eggs from Sainsbury’s. Organic eggs, out of a refrigerator, intended for cracking into a frying pan. BEGAT LIFE.
Well she’s written about the experience, and towards the end:
When I rang Sainsbury HQ, there was an uneasy silence from the press officer, as if he was trying to calculate all the dire corporate consequences. Would it kill demand for duck eggs? An animal rights protest? Could it lead to a CSA-style claim for poultry maintenance?
In the end, Sainsbury released a statement: “All of our duck eggs are free-range, meaning a small proportion of those that make it to the shelf might have been fertilised. This has no discernible effect on taste and will go unnoticed to the untrained eye.
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The MD-90 is the largest member of the Douglas/McDonnell Douglas/Boeing DC-9/MD-80/MD-90/717 family, and is a stretched, IAE V2500 powered development of the MD-80. The McDonnell Douglas MD-90 passenger aircraft was an advanced twin jet known for being very friendly to the environment. MD-90s are powered by two V2500 engines from International Aero Engines, a consortium of leading propulsion companies. The MD-90 program was launched in November 1988, first flight occurred on February 22 1993, and certification was awarded on November 16 1994.
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In addition to enjoying all of the benefits of being part of the UWG community (Go West!), there are several things that make Richards College special. Check out ten of the top reasons Richards College is the place for you.
What can’t you do?! An undergraduate business degree can prepare you to work in a company that specializes in your field of study, like an accounting, finance, or marketing firm. It also prepares you to fill a functional role in a business discipline, in most any company, public agency, or non-profit organization, in any industry. Additionally, a business degree provides an important educational foundation if you are considering starting your own business. The possibilities really are endless!
A graduate business degree is a “door opener” that can help you achieve your personal career goals. If you previously studied business or are working in a business discipline, a graduate program is an opportunity to further develop your expertise. If your specialization is outside of the scope of business, the knowledge of business principles and processes gained through a graduate business program is a perfect complement to your skill set. In either case, a graduate business degree is specifically preparing prepares you to take on a managerial or leadership role.
As the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide, AACSB-accreditation is a clear indicator of the quality education and commitment to continuous improvement that you can expect from Richards College. It’s especially important to you because it conveys the quality of your undergraduate or graduate business degree to future employers.
Through Richards College, you can earn one of nine undergraduate degrees in the disciplines of Accounting, Business Education, Economics, Finance, International Economic Affairs, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, or Real Estate. In addition to two MBA programs, Richards College offers graduate degrees in the areas Accounting and Business Education.
Richards College students work hard both independently and collaboratively to learn and apply the principles of business. In addition to your own study efforts, you can expect to take part in interesting (and fun!) team projects, often for local businesses.
To develop a comprehensive business education, Richards College students take important foundational courses, in addition to courses in their chosen major. This framework promotes an understanding of the interconnectedness of business functions and challenges students to build cross-functional expertise.
Furthermore, studying business opens your eyes to the world around you by providing context for the decisions and action taken by companies, governments, and non-profit organizations.
Yes. Students may choose multiple majors and/or minors from within the Richards College and from other colleges at the University. Special Certificate Programs are also available. Specific requirements are available in the Undergraduate Catalog.
Yes. The entire UWG undergraduate core curriculum (Areas A through E) can be completed online through eCore. Business Core F and junior core courses are offered at least once per year online, and many upper division courses in various majors are offered in an online format. Undergraduate core courses and business Core F courses are also offered at the Newnan, GA site. In addition to an exclusively online format offered through the Georgia WebMBA program, MBA courses are delivered in Carrollton, Douglasville, or Newnan, GA.
From degree-specific clubs and student organizations to internships and study abroad programs, Richards College offers numerous ways to get involved while gaining important skills and experience. Check out this comprehensive list of activities and opportunities.
In addition to the scholarships offered by UWG, Richards College offers numerous departmental, general business, and study abroad scholarships. You can also find more information about financial aid here.
Students specify their area of study when they apply, or they may change their major to business by contacting a Richards College advisor in the Undergraduate Programs Office, Room 1208 of the Richards College Building. (See also the Policy for Major Status.)
Applying into the Richards College of Business Graduate programs is based on reviewing the following Admission Application:
- Complete the online application at: https://app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id=westga-g
- All applicants must pay the $30.00 application fee.
- Submit all official undergraduate transcripts/ or graduate transcripts to:
Office of Admissions
University of West Georgia
Mandeville Hall - Front Campus Drive
Carrollton, GA 30118
- Submit official GMAT scores. More information on the GMAT can be obtained by clicking http://www.mba.com/mba/TaketheGMAT . Use the institution code #5900 for the University of West Georgia for the GMAT.
- Submit the following items to the Richards College of Business Graduate Office:
- Three letters of recommendation (Professional or Academic)
- Statement of Purpose
- Current Resume
- These documents can be emailed to email@example.com or mailed to:
Richards College Graduate Business Office
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, Georgia 30118- 4410
- Certificate of immunization forms should be sent directly to the University of West Georgia Department of Health Services.
- WebMBA applicants are not required to submit certificate of immunization forms.
- If you are an international student, please access MBA International Admission Information for international Admission information on how to apply and what documents to submit.
The Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) is our listed standard and expectation for Business School applicants at the Richards College of Business.
The submission of a Graduate Records Examination (GRE) would be considered, but a GRE comparison tool would be used to create an equable GMAT total score.
Richards College graduates can be found all over the world in a variety of organizations and positions. Our graduate program alumni have progressed in their careers to hold positions such as: President, Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Professor, and Dean, among others. Alumni also hold positions at a variety of companies: local, national and international.
To ensure you are developing the knowledge and skills to support your professional goals, Richards College faculty and staff are always available to discuss career options and opportunities. In addition, support and events are offered in conjunction with UWG’s Career Services, including specially hosted recruiting and career events for business students. Follow the Richards College event calendar or check in with your advisor to find out more.
In addition to their “real world” expertise, Richards College faculty members are known for their approachability and commitment to student development. Richards College's small class sizes allow for high student-faculty interaction and discussion. After class, students can seek advice from faculty during their office hours, as well as email them with questions. Richards College faculty members oversee student organizations and clubs and join students on trips to study abroad. Students can also collaborate with faculty on research projects and other academic activities.
Each semester, every student is required to meet with an academic advisor, prior to registration, to go over the courses he/she should take for the next semester to stay on track. After advising, students register themselves online in the Banner Student Information System. Detailed information is available on the Richards College Advising pages.
All overloads into full classes must be approved by the appropriate chair of the department in which the course is offered. Typically, students make their requests in writing in the department office and are notified by the department if the request is approved.
18. How do I obtain Transient Status permission to attend classes at another institution in the summer (or any other semester)?
Contact your advisor and complete a Request for Transient Permission form. The form and complete instructions can be found at the following link on the Registrar’s webpage: http://www.westga.edu/assetsDept/registrar/Undergraduate_Transient_Status_Permission_Form_-_Revised_Feb_2012_-_international(2).pdf
Exam schedules are posted in the online “Scoop” on the Registrar’s webpage at http://www.westga.edu/registrar/index_15571.php. Select the term, and the Exam Schedule link is under “Calendars.”
Each department has a dedicated advisor for you to work with. Check out the “Who is My Advisor?” page to find yours.
Internships are an excellent opportunity to apply what you have learned, gain professional experience and explore future careers interests. At Richards College internships may be taken for academic class credit or for academic recognition (notation on transcript, but no credit). To find out more visit the Internships and Professional Practice page.
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Reviewed by Arihant M. (age 8) and Vincent B. (age 8)
The people in this book wore funny clothes. Their clothes were so big that they looked like costumes. A lesson in this book is to never let any job or chore get too out of hand.
I, (Vincent) wonder why the wise man had to choose rice for the king to give him as a reward. He could have chosen anything he wanted, but instead, his greatest reward was to fool the King! I think this book is funny because the wise man feeds the leftover rice to the poor and animals. First to a bird, then to a beggar. In my (Arihant's) opinion, this book is funny too because the King gave too much rice to the wise man to put on his chessboard. The rice kept coming and coming and coming. I (Vincent) also think this book is funny because of all the deception and treason that the King thought occurred. I (Arihant) think a funny part is when all the people were happy to see all the rice being delivered. The people thought it was very humorous.
We recommend this book to people who enjoy chess. You will like this book if you like funny things. It is so hilarious. You won't stop laughing! People who eat a lot of rice would like this book, but be careful, you might get hungry in the middle of the story! This book is so hilarious that you won't stop laughing from cover to cover.
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A big majority of people are tethered to their work at the office. This means that a majority of their waking hours are spent in their cubicles, sitting on their desks and working. You may be earning money but this is the kind of sedentary lifestyle that is bad for the health. With work becoming easier because of technology, the result is that more workers are burning fewer calories. It’s not surprising that the average worker is overweight.
But with a number of alternative decisions and changes in the daily routine, you can actually lose weight even if you’re cubicle-bound at work. Here ‘s what you can do:
• Watch what you’re eating. Because you burn lesser calories because you’re sitting in front of your desk the whole day, you should also limit the calories that you intake. Go for food that has fewer calories or are healthier. Fruits and vegetables are the perfect choices. They don’t have much calories and they give you a feeling of fullness because of the fiber they contain.
• You can also choose foods that are known to help burn fat. Most fiber-rich food fit into this category. Eat lots of apples as a snack when you’re feeling hungry. Drinking tea is also a good idea because it also helps burn calories.
• Most of the food that you find at or near the office are not healthy food choices. To remedy the situation, just bring food with you. You can prepare all of the healthy food you want and just nibble on it all throughout the day. It even has the added benefit of making you save money because you won’t have to buy expensive lunches.
• Squeeze in exercise whenever you can. If the office is near your home you can just walk to work to burn those calories. Just wear a shirt and running shoes and just change to your work clothes when you’re at the office. You can also ride a bike if your office is too far for a walk. Folding bikes are becoming a fad. You can buy one and just stash your bike underneath your desk when you’re at the office. You can also take the stairs at the office instead of relying on elevators.
• Schedule a short exercise break. Every couple of hours, stand up and perform some kind of exercise. You can do yoga, stretching exercises, jumping jacks,
or even running in place to get your heart pumping. It will also help you shake off sleepiness.
• Stand up or squat while typing. You can always bring some much needed variety to the tedium of typing on your keyboard. You can stand up while typing or even do squats. It’s a great way to relieve stress and stretch your muscles.
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GATE 2013 : Application from Sept 1
From Our Entrance Exam Expert
August 12, 2012: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), the all India examination that primarily tests the comprehensive understanding of various Undergraduate subjects in Engineering and Technology, conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Science and seven IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee), on behalf of the National Coordination Board-GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India will be held in January/ February, 2013.
GATE score of a candidate is expected to reflect the relative performance level of a candidate. The score is used for admissions to various Post-Graduate Programmes (M.E, M.Tech, direct Ph.D etc.) in higher education institutes in India, with financial assistance provided by MHRD and other Government agencies. The score may also be used by Public sector units for employment screening purposes.
A valid GATE score is essential for obtaining a financial assistance during Masters Programmes and in some cases during direct Doctoral Programmes in Engineering/Technology/Architecture and Doctoral Programmes in relevant branches of Science in an Institution supported by the MHRD or other Government organizations. To avail the financial assistance (scholarship), the candidate must first secure admission to a Programme in one of these Institutes, by a procedure that could be different for each institute.Qualification in GATE is also a minimum requirement to apply for various fellowships awarded by many Government organizations.
However, candidates with a Master’s Degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture may seek admission to relevant Doctoral Programmes with scholarship/assistantship without appearing in the GATE examination.
GATE is conducted through the constitution of eight zones. The zones and the corresponding administrative institutes are:
Zone-1: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Zone-2: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Zone-3: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Zone-4: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Zone-5: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Zone-6: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Zone-7: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Zone-8: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
The overall coordination and responsibility of conducting GATE 2013 is with Indian Institute of Technology Bombay which is designated as the Organizing Institute for GATE 2013.
Eligibility for GATE: Only the following categories of candidates are eligible to appear for GATE 2013. Necessary supporting documents must be submitted ONLINE or by Post during the submission of the application form for the exam.
Applicant should have completed or should be in the 4th year of Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/ Technology/ Architecture (4 years after 10+2/Post B.Sc/Post-Diploma) with year of Qualification not later than 2013 OR should hold or should be in the final year of MSc/M.A/MCA -Master’s Degree in any branch of Science / Mathematics / Statistics /Computer Applications or equivalent, with year of Qualification not later than 2013 OR should have completed or should be in the 4th/5th year of Integrated Master’s Degree Programs or Dual Degree Programme in Engineering /Technology (Five year Programme) with year of qualification not later than 2014 OR should have completed or should be in the 2nd/3rd/4th year of Post-BSc Integrated Master’s Degree Programme in Engineering / Technology (Four year Programme) with year of qualification not later than 2015 OR should have completed Section A or equivalent of Professional courses of Professional Societies, recognized by MHRD/UPSC/AICTE (e.g. AMIE by Institution of Engineers-India, AMICE by the Institute of Civil Engineers-India) as equivalent B.E/B.Tech.
Details related to the Copies of Certificates to be submitted by those completing the course in 2012 or passed earlier and for those who expect to complete the course by 2013 or later permissible period, are given on Page 9 of the Brochure that can be downloaded from www.gate.iitb.ac.in/gate2013/ .
Accordingly, those who have to submit a certificate from their Principal, have to obtain a signature from their Principal on a certificate that will be printed on the application PDF file provided after completion of online application submission.
Those who have appeared in the final semester/year exam in 2012, but with a backlog (arrears/failed subjects) in any of the papers in their qualifying degree should submit (i) A copy of any one of the marks sheets of the final year OR (ii) a letter from the Principal indicating that the student has a backlog from an earlier semester/year to be cleared, and therefore cannot produce a course completion certificate now. This certificate will also be present in the last portion of the PDF application form provided after submitting application online.
GATE Papers and Code: The GATE examination consists of a single paper of 3 hours duration that contains 65 questions carrying a maximum of 100 marks. The question paper will consist of only objective questions. The pattern of question papers is discussed separately in detail in Section 4.3 of the Brochure.
GATE 2013 will be conducted in Aerospace Engineering (Paper Code-AE); Agricultural Engineering (AG); Architecture and Planning (AR); Biotechnology (BT); Civil Engineering (CE); Chemical Engineering (CH); Computer Science and Information Technology (CS); Chemistry (CY); Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC); Engineering Sciences (XE); Electrical Engineering (EE); Life Sciences (XL); Geology and Geophysics (GG); Instrumentation Engineering (IN); Mathematics (MA); Mechanical Engineering (ME); Mining Engineering (MN); Metallurgical Engineering (MT); Physics (PH) Production and Industrial Engineering (PI); Textile Engineering and Fibre Science (TF).
XE Paper will have different sections including Engineering Mathematics (Compulsory) (Code A); Fluid Mechanics (B); Materials Science (C); Solid Mechanics (D); Thermodynamics (E); Polymer Science and Engineering (F); Food Technology (G). A candidate appearing in the XE paper has to answer Section A-Engineering Mathematics, GA-General Aptitude and any two of XE sections B to G. The choice of two out of the sections B to G can be made at the time of appearing for the exam after viewing the questions. Only two optional sections can be answered at a time. A candidate wishing to change from one optional to another optional section during the exam must first choose to deselect one of the previously chosen optional sections (B to G).
XL Paper has sections, Chemistry (Compulsory) (H); Biochemistry (I); Botany (J); Microbiology (K); Zoology (L); Food Technology (M). A candidate appearing in the XL paper has to answer Section H-Chemistry, GA-General Aptitude and any two of XL sections, I to M. The choice of two out of the sections I to M can be made at the time of appearing for the exam after viewing the questions. Only two optional sections can be answered at a time. A candidate wishing to change from one optional to another optional section during the exam must first choose to deselect one of the previously chosen optional sections (I to M).
Examination for AR, CE, GG, MA, MT, PH, and TF will be online and will be held from 9 am to 12 noon on 20th January 2013 (Sunday). Examination for AE, AG, BT, CH, CY, MN, XE and XL will also be online and will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm on 20th January, 2012 (Sunday). In the online examination, candidates will be shown the questions in a random sequence on a computer screen and are required to enter the answer for each question using a mouse (keyboards will be disabled). They will be provided with blank paper sheets for rough work. At the end of the three hour window, the computer will automatically close the screen from further actions.
Only Offline examination will be held for CS, ME and PI from 9 am to 12 noon on 10th February 2013 (Sunday). The examination to be held Offline for EC, EE and IN will be from 2 pm to 5pm on 10th February 2013 (Sunday). For the offline examination, the candidates will be given the questions printed on a paper and they have to mark the correct choice on an Optical Response Sheet (ORS) by darkening the appropriate bubble against each question using a black ink ball point pen.
All the papers will have few questions that test the General Aptitude (Language and Analytical Skills), apart from the core subject of the paper. More details about the examination and the syllabus can be had from the Brochure or the website of GATE.
Examination Centres: The centers for online exam papers are different from the centers for offline exam papers. The list of Centres is given in the Brochure. Applicant should first determine if the paper of his/her choice is being conducted online or offline and check for a city in the state of his/her choice. The Zonal Administration Institute Office (Either of the IITs or IISc), decided based on the Test cities will be the point of contact for any enquiries regarding the exam center and the same is given on Page 13 of the Brochure.
Fees: Female Candidates are exempted from payment of Application Fees. The application fee for General/OBC-NC (Male Candidates) is Rs. 1200/-. The fee is Rs.600/- for SC / ST / PD (Male Candidates).
Application: Application can be submitted only online. Online Application Interface (website) can be accessed from the GATE website www.gate.iitb.ac.in/gate2013/ from 00.00 hrs on September 1, 2012 (Saturday). The last date for submission of online application will be 23.00 hrs on 30th September 2012 (Sunday) after which the website will be closed.
The GATE Online Applicant Interface allows one to enter data, ‘save’, partially filled form, ‘logout’, and resume filling in by logging in again. Before making payment, applicant will be shown a ‘Preview’ of his/her application. Errors will have to be checked at this time point. Once application is submitted with payment, no further changes to the application can be made by the candidate.
Applicant must first register, by providing a valid email address. All communications to applicant from the GATE offices will be sent to this mail id only. On registration, an email will be sent with a link and a one time password (OTP). Applicant has to click on the link and enter the password. Password will have to be changed after the first login.
Next an application form to be filled in will be displayed. For completing this part, the following information must be kept ready:
(i) Personal information
(ii) Communication Address with PIN Code
(iii) Eligibility Degree Details (College address, PIN Code of College)
(iv) GATE paper, Choice of GATE examination cities
(v) High quality image of photograph conforming to the requirements
(vi) Good quality image of signature (in .jpeg format) conforming to requirements similar to photograph
(vii) Optional: PDF files of supporting documents (Eligibility & Category Certificates) (max file size: per file 0.5 MB).
(viii) Optional: Netbanking details to make the application fee payment (only for Male candidates).
Necessary data may be filled in the online application form as per the instructions given there. The soft copies of photo and signature are to be uploaded. Applicant may upload pdf files of supporting documents conforming to the eligibility (except Principal’s certificate) and category requirements. One of the payment options will have to be selected, the details of which are given in Section 3.5.3 of the Brochure.
Online Net banking Payment: If this option is chosen, the applicant will be redirected to a bank chosen. Applicant will have to login with the Bank’s Net banking (or Internet Banking) user ID and password. The fee amount and bank charges will be shown and the same has to be confirmed. Applicant will be redirected back to the GATE Online Application Interface to continue the process of online application.
Offline Challan Payment: If this mode is chosen, a copy of the challan in triplicate (PDF file) with applicant’s details filled in will be provided. This has to be printed on an A4 paper and few more details such as date and signature will have to be filled in the printout. Applicant should wait for at least 48 hours after generation of application pdf online and only then take filled challan to Canara Bank or SBI for payment. Applicant need not have an account in that branch
Those who have selected challan payment option should directly proceed to the next step. A link to ‘Print Application Form’ will be displayed.
Applicant will have to download a PDF file from this link and print it. It will contain four pages as mentioned below
(i) Page 1: Instructions and Address slip where you need to send hard copy
(ii) Page 2-3: Two copies of application form with bottom part showing certificate to be signed by Principal (if there is a need for that)
(iii) Page 4: Optional page for candidates who select ‘Bank challan’ mode of payment. This page will contain 3 copies of challan to be processed with bank
Applicants have an option to upload supporting documents online. In such cases, the maximum file size permitted per file is 0.5 MB. For scanning the documents the setting used should be (i) Resolution: 200 dpi (ii) Color mode: 256 colors (iii) File format: PDF or JPEG.
Out of the printed pages, one copy of application form (page 2) may be retained by the applicant for reference purpose. In the other copy, applicant has to paste a color photograph in the space provided and sign the application in the box provided. This photograph and signature should exactly match the one in the photograph file uploaded electronically to the GATE Online Interface. If not, application is liable to be rejected. Applicant should not pin, sign or attest the photograph. In case Principal’s certificate is the proof of eligibility, the whole page (without cutting it) should be submitted to the College Principal’s office.
Bottom portion of the form contains the part that the college Principal has to certify. The form with Principal’s signature and stamp obtained has to accompany the application packet to be sent. If application fee s paid by challan, bank would have returned a stamped GATE copy of challan. It has to be kept ready to go in application packet to be sent. Half page of instruction and half page address slip will also be there. This address slip, which contains the address of the Zonal office (along with application bar code), where the application form needs to be mailed should be cut.
Applicant should arrange to mail the documents as per the Check list in the Brochure, in an A4 sized envelope. Application should not be folded and the documents sent should not be stapled or pinned to the application.
The application packet has to be preferably sent Speed Post or by Registered Post to the address mentioned so as to reach the respective GATE offices on or before 8th October, 2012 (Monday). It can also be handed over personally to the respective Zonal GATE Office on or before 8th October, 2012 (Monday).
If the supporting documents have been uploaded online, only the application form page (with Principal’s certification if applicable), need be posted. There is no need to post the paper copies of other documents. Current status of application will be updated after receipt and scrutinizing of the application by respective GATE offices. This status can be checked anytime by logging onto the GATE Online Applicant Interface.
Requests for change of examination city will be accepted till 20th November, 2012 with a fee of 400/- to be paid in the form of a Demand Draft in favour of ‘Chairman GATE 2013’, payable at Mumbai. Request along with DD should reach the Zonal office where the application form was sent, latest by 20th November 2012 (Tuesday).
Admit card will be available for downloading, at the Online Application Interface by 5th December, 2012 (Wednesday). Results will be announced at the Online Applicant Interface at 10 am on 15th March 2013 (Friday). GATE 2013 score is valid for 2 years from the date of announcement of the results.
Scorecard will be mailed to the correspondence address given in the application to all the candidates for a paper whose marks are equal to or above the qualifying marks of SC/ST/PD candidates in that paper. There is no provision for issue of additional GATE scorecards.
More details can be had from www.gate.iitb.ac.in/gate2013/ and also from the Information Brochure.
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Date of publication: December 2011
Few novelists have written so intimately about a city in the way that Charles Dickens wrote about London. A near-photographic memory made his contact with the city indelible from a very young age and it remained his constant focus. Virginia Woolf maintained that, ‘we remodel our psychological geography when we read Dickens,’ as he produces ‘characters who exist not in detail, not accurately or exactly, but abundantly in a cluster of wild yet extraordinarily revealing remarks.’
But the ‘character’ he was drawn back to throughout his novels was London itself, all aspects of the capital from the coaching inns of his early years to the taverns and watermen of the Thames; these were the constant cityscapes of his life and work.
Based on five walks in central London, Peter Clark illuminates the settings of Dickens’s London, his life, his journalism and his fiction. He also explores ‘The First Suburbs’ (Camden Town, Chelsea, Greenwich, Hampstead, Highgate and Limehouse) as they feature in Dickens’s writing.
Peter Clark is a writer, translator and consultant. He worked for the British Council, has translated novels from Arabic and written on 19th-century Britain.
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MOORE — Question: We are a very close family and my ninth-grade son recently has not been himself. I do not know the first signs of drug abuse but I am afraid that is what I am seeing. Can you tell me what to look for?
— Bruce, Purcell
Answer: Dear Bruce,
Although we are unsure of what signs you are seeking, some signs of separation from the family are an expected part of growing up. At the same time, a shift in the dynamics of friendships could be a big sign.
Specifically speaking, statistics show most kids start by smoking weed. Things to look for are red eyes, a coated tongue, delayed reactions, and putting physical distance between them and you. There's always the sickly-sweet aroma of pot that is indescribable yet unforgettable! Since smoking weed requires papers or a pipe, for example, you might find some of this paraphernalia in cars or bedrooms.
The latest rage is for kids to have pill parties. They will raid parents' medicine cabinets and either sell them for extra money or take them to trade with others. The scary thing is not knowing what they might be getting in exchange. All parents should keep all medications locked up.
If a Valium is taken, they will be extremely tired and sleepy. If they take a friend's adderall (ADD med), they will be bouncing off the walls since its essentially speed.
Don't be afraid to email teachers to see what behavior in class is like. Let us know if we can be of further help.
Sally Phillips and Jeannie DeLancey are certified school counselors with 49 years combined educational experience. Jeannie has two children and Sally has three. The responses presented don’t necessarily reflect the views of any certain school district. Send questions to email@example.com or mail them to Class Act, The Norman Transcript, P.O. Drawer 1058, Norman, 73070.
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I am now ready to tell my firsthand encounter of being left alone to die this last May on Everest. It is a true story with no details embellished. I am willing to sell my story and photos to the party willing to pay the most for a story about human greed and the fight for survival.
Rock and Ice received this e-mail in September and it provided the grist for many jokes. I'm willing to sell my story about greed to the highest bidder. Classic irony, and pitiful and sad.
It's old news that high-altitude mountaineering has its share of crooks and self-indulgent bastards intent on capitalizing on misfortune and suffering. Books like High Crimes and Dark Summit lay out the offenses against common decency ad infinitum. Some mountaineers bum-rush tragedy like hyenas feeding on a half-dead gazelle. As evinced by the above letter, there's money to be made out of sweat, blood and death. The only way you could wring more value out of a pile of bodies on a high peak would be to re-animate them, strip them naked and get them to have sex. Today's culture thrives on the lowest common denominator, and new-school mountaineering ethics are malleable enough to allow climbers to abandon people and even ignore murder [see Secret Passage, No. 180] if it means tagging the summit and scoring a book deal.
The history of mountaineering is replete with examples of climbers deserting partners to gain the summit or save their own skins. Yet there are numerous shining instances of the opposite, where men have banded together in dire straits and sacrificed their own safety and success to follow a higher ethical imperative, what used to be called the Brotherhood of the Rope.
Two weeks after the ironic e-mail pinged up, Dr. Charles Houston died [see Passages, p. 24]. Houston, part of a group of brilliant and tough mountaineers who opened many gnarly peaks in Alaska, Canada and the Himalaya before they were even mapped, is considered one of the best American mountaineers, but his 1953 expedition to K2 is his legacy.
The facts are well known: After 10 days tent-bound in a storm at 25,500 feet, unable to light their stoves, eating jam mixed with snow in a futile effort to hydrate, Houston discovered blood clots in Art Gilkey's legs. With no debate, in spite of being poised to nab the first ascent of the most difficult mountain in the world, the seven men initiated a rescue effort that has inspired generations of climbers.
In the end, Gilkey died, and Houston, as the leader of the expedition, seemingly never forgave himself. A year later, and one day after K2 was summitted by an Italian team, Houston wandered into a hospital in Nashua, New Hampshire, 40 miles away from his home in Exeter, with no idea who he was. The stress of his failure had brought on an emotional collapse resulting in amnesia, and Houston would never climb another mountain.
Perhaps Jim Wickwire's letter to Houston was some consolation, and it is surely a lesson to today's aspiring climbers. Even better, I think, than having climbed K2 in 1978 would have been to have been with you 25 years before.
As Reinhold Messner said years later, Houston and his team were decent [and] strong and this is the inspiration for a lifetime.
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Reading isn't really reading if students don't understand what they have read. Many struggling adolescent readers can recognize and pronounce words from print, but cannot understand or answer questions about what they have just read. This section includes information on methods to improve students' comprehension.
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Help students internalize and routinize their reading comprehension monitoring with this sample lesson.
Engaged, accountable reading requires students to interpret, and respond, often creatively. This article suggests several personalized ways to hold students accountable for their reading.
Students need to learn the purposes and methods of narration in order to understand the narrative framework and to eliminate frustration when they read. When students know the narrative elements, they can more easily follow the story line and make successful predictions about what is to occur. In addition, understanding these elements develops higher-level thinking skills.
Parents and teachers can do a lot to encourage higher order thinking. Here are some strategies to help foster children's complex thinking.
As students grow older, they are asked by their teachers to do more and more with the information they have stored in their brains. These types of requests require accessing higher order thinking (HOT).
This article describes some of the thought processes that can help students perform well on standardized tests of reading comprehension. It includes two reading passages along with sample test questions that call on skills that eighth grade students should master to be on track for college readiness. Also included are explanations for the correct answer choices.
ACT has developed the following list of activities to help middle-school students improve their reading ability. Parents and educators can use this information to help ensure that these students are on target for college and career readiness.
Use explicit strategy instruction to make visible the invisible comprehension strategies that good readers use to understand text. Support students until they can use the strategies independently. Recycle and re-teach strategies throughout the year.
Text comprehension allows readers to extract or construct meaning from the written word. Students who misread words or misinterpret their meanings are at a disadvantage. Proper instruction can boost students’ skills in this key area.
Comprehension strategies are routines and procedures that readers use to help them make sense of texts. Struggling adolescent readers need direct, explicit instruction in comprehension strategies to improve their reading comprehension.
The activate, connect, and summarize daily routine can help struggling adolescent readers acquire new content. It consists of asking students to activate (what did we learn yesterday?), connect (draw a connection between your life and the topic that we'll discuss today), and summarize (give me a keyword or phrase that describes today's lesson) in the classroom everyday.
To improve students' reading comprehension, teachers should introduce the seven cognitive strategies of effective readers: activating, inferring, monitoring-clarifying, questioning, searching-selecting, summarizing, and visualizing-organizing. This article includes definitions of the seven strategies and a lesson-plan template for teaching each one.
How do adolescents move from reading words to applying knowledge learned from a text? See the adolescent reading model and the Strategic Intervention Model (SIM) clearly illustrated.
This article describes eight cognitive strategies — including monitoring, tapping prior knowledge, and making predictions — to help readers develop their comprehension skills.
Learning critical thinking skills can only take a student so far. Critical thinking depends on knowing relevant content very well and thinking about it, repeatedly. Here are five strategies, consistent with the research, to help bring critical thinking into the everyday classroom.
Students often think they understand a body of material and, believing that they know it, stop trying to learn more. But come test time, it turns out they really don't know the material very well at all. Can cognitive science tell us anything about why students are commonly mistaken about what they know and don't know? Are there any strategies teachers can use to help students better estimate what they know?
The federal No Child Left Behind law requires more testing of students, and has spurred some frantic and ineffectual test preparation in many schools, says the author, E. D. Hirsch, Jr. Reading tests must use unpredictable texts to be accurate measures of reading ability, but if you cannot predict the subject matter on a valid reading test, how can you prepare students? Hirsch says you can't, and, therefore, you shouldn't try. The only useful way to prepare for a reading test is indirectly by becoming a good reader of a broad range of texts, an ability that requires broad general knowledge."
Comprehension strategies are conscious plans — sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text. Comprehension strategy instruction helps students become purposeful, active readers who are in control of their own reading comprehension. The seven strategies here appear to have a firm scientific basis for improving text comprehension
Schools often struggle to find appropriate materials and approaches to support adolescent literacy. Strategies that work for children can ignore teens' existing skills, knowledge, and life experience, and exclude them from the critical content that their peers are studying. Here are some effective teaching strategies for struggling older students.
Engaging all students in a themed study or unit is a challenge that teachers can resolve by using materials that match students’ independent or instructional reading levels (Robb 1994, 2000). When students face textbooks that are above their reading levels, teachers can help them access the required information by filling their classrooms with multiple texts that vary in readability level. Multiple texts improve students’ application of reading–thinking strategies, build confidence, and develop the motivation to learn. Through the use of multiple texts, all students have the opportunity to learn new information and make meaningful contributions to discussions. Moreover, varied texts provide multiple perspectives that help students rethink events and issues that impact everyone and deepen their knowledge of literary genres.
The theme-basket concept of literature instruction combines several approaches known to work with marginalized readers, students with learning disabilities, and ELLs: 1) a thematic approach to teaching literature, 2) the use of children’s books in secondary classrooms, 3) the coupling of young adult books with the classics, and 4) capitalizing on young adults’ background knowledge, interests, and skills in reading multiple genres. This article includes a sample theme basket with The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck as its centerpiece.
The National Reading Panel identified three predominant elements to support the development reading comprehension skills: vocabulary instruction, active reading, and teacher preparation to deliver strategy instruction.
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CLOSE NET ON BULLIES
CYBER stalking is out of control.
Sick trolls are increasingly targeting social media users on the internet.
Their mission ... to cause misery and mayhem for their victims.
Police figures show hundreds of people have been abused online, including X Factor teen Cher Lloyd.
She cried herself to sleep after being bombarded with hate messages calling her a “dirty pikey”.
Yesterday, Kylie Minogue had to call in police after being threatened.
And potentially thousands of ordinary Brits haven’t come forward. This abuse must end.
Firms such as Facebook and Twitter must crack down harder and ministers must look to new laws to help tackle these vicious weirdos.
Bullying is bullying. We wouldn’t stand for it in the real world. And we cannot stand for it on the web.
It’s time to flush out the guilty.
And make them pay for their cowardly crimes.
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High Performance Computing (HPC) in the Cloud
Guest Editor's Introduction • Dejan Milojicic, HP Labs • September 2012
High performance computing is no longer limited to those who own supercomputers. HPC's democratization has been driven particularly by cloud computing, which has given scientists access to supercomputing-like features at the cost of a few dollars per hour. The four articles I've selected for this month's Computing Now theme highlight some current work in academia and industry, examining key benefits, challenges, and enablers of HPC in the cloud.
Benefits of HPC in the Cloud
Interest in HPC in the cloud has been growing over the past few years. The cloud offers applications a range of benefits, including elasticity, small startup and maintenance costs, and economics of scale. Yet, compared to traditional HPC systems such as supercomputers, some of the cloud's primary benefits for HPC arise from its virtualization flexibility. In contrast to supercomputers' strictly preserved system software, the cloud lets scientists build their own virtual machines and configure them to suit needs and preferences. In general, the cloud is still considered an addition to traditional supercomputers -- a bursting solution for cases in which internal resources are overused, especially for small-scale experiments, testing, and initial research. Clouds are convenient for embarrassingly parallel applications (those that do not communicate very much among partitions), which can scale even on commodity interconnects common to contemporary clouds.
Challenges for HPC in the Cloud
Broader use of HPC in the cloud also presents some key challenges. Primary among them is the lack of high-speed interconnects and noise-free operating systems to enable tightly coupled HPC applications to scale. Today, at best, the cloud offers 10-Gigabit Ethernet, whereas supercomputers commonly use Infiniband and proprietary interconnects. New optimized virtualization models (thin VMs, containers, and so on) are reducing virtualization costs, but they're still not noise free. Other challenges include
- the costing/pricing model, which is still evolving from the traditional supercomputing approach of grants and quotas toward the pay-as-you-go model typical of cloud-based services;
- the submission model, which is evolving from job queuing and reservations toward VM deployment;
- the bringing of data in and out of the cloud, which is costly and results in data lock-in; and
- security, regulatory compliance, and various "-ilities" (performance, availability, business continuity, service-level agreements, and so on).
Enabling the Future of HPC in the Cloud
The adoption rate of HPC in the cloud remains unclear, but in the long term, several technology developments can directly address the challenges. The first opportunity is in optical networking, which will improve hardware manageability and interconnect performance while also reducing power consumption, and software-defined networks, which will further improve the manageability of cloud networking. Furthermore, developments in nonvolatile memory will improve checkpointing performance and, in the long term, address the data deluge and new programming models leveraging nonvolatility. Both technologies will create disruptive improvements and increase HPC's adoption in the cloud. As the scientific community moves toward exascale computing, the evolution of new asynchronous programming models and an emphasis on redesigning algorithms can make the cloud even more suitable for HPC.
Numerous IEEE Computer Society magazines, transactions, and conferences are publishing articles on cloud computing. For Computing Now's September 2012 theme, I selected four of these articles and provided links to seven others in the IEEE CS Digital Library.
John Rehr and his colleagues conducted some early experiments on the viability of using commercial clouds for scientific computing. In "Scientific Computing in the Cloud," they found that Amazon is suitable for applications that don't require tightly coupled execution (and hence higher-quality interconnects than typically offered in clouds), both for serial execution and scalable parallel execution. Among the major roadblocks they discovered were a lack of convenience in deploying and using the cloud for HPC — including the libraries, 64-bit operating systems, and HPC compilers — and inability to easily deploy different-sized clusters. In general, they call this an "alien" environment for HPC users. The authors go on to demonstrate a set of tools they developed to make the cloud easier to use, including scripts, special-control Amazon Machine Images (AMI) from which the user can launch clusters, security support, front-end support for managing clusters (Elasticfox), and so on. Despite some of the limitations, Rehr and his colleagues found cloud computing to be suitable for executing certain applications of smaller sizes with acceptable performance for limited price.
In "Building a Cloud Computing Platform for New Possibilities," Yousef Khalidi describes the design principles and application model of Microsoft's Azure platform as a service (PaaS). HPC applications present one of the five emerging adoption scenarios for Azure — particularly for use in the financial services, life sciences, and manufacturing industries. Some features that Azure offers in support of HPC are abstracting away hardware notions of the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and exposing the platform to those who care about the science rather than the computation. In addition, support for different roles, regulatory compliance, availability, scalability, and maintenance (automatic upgrades) also helps facilitate scientists' attempts to develop, execute, and maintain their HPC applications as services.
In "Massively Parallel Fluid Simulations on Amazon's HPC Cloud," Peter Zaspel and Michael Griebel analyze the scaling of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation on the Amazon cloud. The authors identify acceptable CFD scaling in the range of typical industrial engineering applications, thus showing that clouds are already a competitive, cost-effective alternative to mid-size supercomputers. More specifically, the authors demonstrated good-to-acceptable speed-up with more than 70 percent parallel efficiency for up to 8 CPU instances; for up to 32 instances (256 CPU cores), parallel efficiency was more than 50 percent. They also observed good-to-acceptable strong scaling for up to 4 instances per 8 GPUs and good weak-scaling efficiency (75 percent weak scaling) on 16 GPUs.
Finally, Oliver Niehörster and his colleagues' "Enforcing SLAs in Scientific Clouds" presents a simple, easy-to-use tool designed to abstract away the cloud environment. The tool is focused on research problems rather than the computational resources and management details of the application or the underlying cloud infrastructure. In addition, it automates VM size configuration, with the goal of optimizing the mapping of VMs to hosts. The authors leverage an autonomous agent-based approach for SLAs, evaluating initial application deployment, estimated cost, and subsequent SLA fulfillment. In addition, they account for the noise resulting from third-party VMs in the cloud. Their tool seeks to enable efficient execution of mid-size parallel scientific applications.
We've learned from these articles that the cloud is a viable platform for medium-scale HPC applications that aren't tightly coupled; the continued importance of interconnects is the major obstacle to cloud computing's broad adoption for larger-scale, more tightly coupled HPC applications; and the ease of use of HPC applications in the cloud needs to be addressed at all layers in the cloud (infrastructure, platform, and software as a service). The cloud is unlikely to ever replace supercomputers, but it is an increasingly intriguing platform for HPC applications, and the adoption rate is improving in favor of the cloud. This is very similar to the use of mainframes in large financial organizations that can afford it while smaller financial institutions increasingly use clouds as a cost-effective means to achieving similar goals.
Dejan Milojicic is a senior research manager and scientist at HP Labs, and an IEEE Fellow. He is editor in chief of Computing Now and chair of the IEEE CS Special Technical Communities. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.org
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Syncope (Dizziness and Fainting Spells)
A temporary decrease in blood flow to the brain results in unconsciousness, or fainting. Many disorders, some of them serious, can cause this. “In adolescents,” says pediatric neurologist Dr. Patricia Crumrine of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, “fainting usually turns out to be due to vasovagal syncope.” Your pediatrician may also refer to it as neurally mediated syncope. The condition is not serious, although a child can incur head injuries and lacerations from collapsing. Syncope can be set off by pain, fatigue, heat, exercise, stress—even intense emotions, like the shock of hearing some distressing news or watching a scary scene in a movie. In response, the heart contracts more forcefully than usual. The nervous system, sensing this, overreacts. It slows down the pumping action, inducing a sudden drop in blood pressure. At the same time, it narrows major blood vessels, including those that carry blood to the brain. Typically, young victims regain consciousness after a few minutes, with no lingering effects, and have full recall.
Symptoms of Syncope
Sudden light-headedness, followed by loss of consciousness and collapse.
How Syncope is Diagnosed
Vasovagal syncope runs through many family trees. “When we take the patient’s family history,” says Dr. Crumrine, “we often find that a close relative experienced similar symptoms at around the same age.” A diagnosis can frequently be reached just on the basis of the history and possibly a tilt-table test. This simple, noninvasive procedure entails strapping a young patient to a mechanical table, then tilting it up to a near-standing position. She remains at this angle for ten to fifteen minutes. Fainting brought on by a rapid drop in blood pressure and heart rate is considered a positive result for vasovagal syncope. Rest assured that once the table is lowered, the patient’s heartbeat and circulation return to normal, and she regains consciousness. The physician may order a variety of additional tests to rule out other conditions, such as seizures (epilepsy) and cardiac disorders.
How Syncope is Treated
Dietary measures: Teenagers who are prone to fainting tend not to eat the recommended daily allowance of two thousand to three thousand milligrams of salt. While a diet high in sodium can eventually lead to hypertension, too little salt isn’t healthy either, for two of the mineral’s functions are to regulate blood pressure and retain fluid in the circulation. Children often do not take in enough fluid. This, too, contributes to vasovagal syncope. Your youngster should be drinking the equivalent of at least eight cups of water and other fluids per day.
Drug therapy: If medication is used, one of three drugs is typically called on to control the symptoms of vasovagal syncope. Fluorocortisone, a mineralo corticoid steroid, compels the kidneys to recirculate dietary salt instead of excrete it in the urine. Potassium is sacrificed instead; accordingly, a potassium supplement is often added when young patients begin the medication. Atenolol works by way of an entirely different mechanism. The beta-blocker decelerates the heartbeat and prevents the powerful contractions that switch on the fainting reflex. Disopyramide, too, decreases the strength of the contraction, but it belongs to two different groups of agents: antiarrhythmics and anticholinergics.
Helping Teenagers Help Themselves
The measures below can help teens who are prone to fainting reduce the frequency of future episodes:
Learn to recognize the early signs of a faint. A full swoon can be prevented by placing the head between the knees or by lying down.
Minimize the amount of time spent in warm environments, such as showers and baths, and a hot midday sun. Saunas, hot tubs and Jacuzzis are to be avoided.
When you are standing for long periods of time, shift your weight and flex your leg muscles, to keep the circulation moving. Even subtle movements, like bending forward from the waist, aid blood flow to the brain.
When sitting for extended periods of time, sit in a low chair, lean forward with your hands on your knees or bring your knees up to your chest.
Use pillows to elevate the head of the bed slightly.
Avoid alcohol, which causes veins to widen, further reducing blood pressure.
What to Do if a Youngster Faints
If you can, try to catch him before he hits the floor.
Gently lay him down on his back.
If he has food in his mouth, lay him on his side with his face turned to the floor.
Do not attempt to rouse the youngster with ammonia or ammonia capsules, or by dousing him with cold water or slapping his cheeks. He should come to on his own within several minutes.
Inform your pediatrician.
Other Causes of Fainting in Teens
Two other common causes of dizziness and fainting in young people are hyperventilation and orthostatic hypotension. “Orthostatic” means “caused by standing erect”; “hypotension,” “low blood pressure.” Adolescents with this condition may feel dizzy and weak if they stand up too quickly from a prone position. The drop in blood pressure is related to pubertal growth causing a rapidly rising center of gravity and expanding blood volume.
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Natalie Tinti's literature - natalie0tinti
Somewhere in California there's a city known as Temecula. Thirteen yr previous lady from there named Natalie Tinti has found a unique technique to express herself because of her innate writing expertise. Through her books, she hopes to help the kids accept the differences of their friends. She is convinced that if extra youngsters settle for others’ differences, there would have fewer hooligans and fewer kids who really feel alone, rejected and depressed.
Most of her bestselling kids books
are about friendship and that the children should invite individuals who appear a bit of bit strange of their lives. In addition, her books are stuffed with astonishing illustrations and marvelous adventures. From the books youngsters are studying important lessons that may last them a lifetime. Parents use Natalie’s literature works to talk with their children about friendship and others humans’ virtues. Some of her bestselling books are ‘’Sewing a friendship #1’’ and ‘’Sewing a friendship #2’’. These are one of the best books for kids
. But the purpose of this text is to not narrate the events that occur within the novelettes. Now I wish to tell you a few youngster of a friend of mine that grew to become a completely totally different particular person after he had read Natalie’s books
A good friend of mine has a son named Sinister who is now twelve years outdated and is in fifth grade. Nowadays, Sinister is very good and polite child, but, was not all the time so. Before two years, when he was at third grade he had many problems at school. Sinister was saying that all of his friends were uninteresting, silly and losers. The lecturers consistently complained of him, and mentioned that he had often altercated with his classmates. Everyday there were youngsters, insulted and crushed by Sinister. The dad and mom of those kids had severely decided to throw out Sinister from school. Sinister’s dad and mom had been to the principal cupboard for about ten occasions because of him. They tried talking with Sinister in home but there was no outcome. Every time when the kid had promised he wouldn't combat along with his classmates anymore he beaten them on the subsequent day. Sinister was led to dozens of psychologists, however they could not help. The situations had become so sophisticated that it had come to a moment when Sinister had to study at residence. But studying at residence was not good concept in any respect. There was no instructor to clarify the new material to the boy and soon his marks grew to become very unhealthy. It was a sign of the destiny when Silister’s father discovered Internet one of many Natalie’s books from ‘’Sewing a friendship’’ sequence. At first he did not imagine the ebook will help his son. He was truly mistaken. This was the one book that Sinister discover fascinating. Moreover, the boy was so fascinate by it that he read it 4 instances. Soon the boy started to behave a lot better and went again to school. Now he is without doubt one of the best students at class and everyone loves him as a result of he accepts people as they are.
With this story I need to show you that the books can actually change one individual. To all dad and mom who've comparable issues to Sinister’s father and mom I recommend a number of the Natalie Tinti’s books, and I really hope that they'll find the information on this article helpful.
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March 26, 2012
The explosive path of federal debt that CBO projects under what many observers would view as current policies underscores the need for policy changes to put the nation on a sustainable course. In response to a request from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, CBO examined a few alternative approaches for preventing deficits from growing in an unsustainable way.
Allowing changes that are scheduled under current law to take effect—including the expiration of tax cuts that originally went into effect in 2001 and 2003—is one of many possible approaches for preventing deficits from growing in an unsustainable way. Under that approach, which is the assumption about future policy that underlies CBO’s baseline projections, federal revenues would increase sharply, and federal spending would be restrained somewhat relative to what would occur under current policies; both the revenues and spending of the federal government would be well above their historical averages as a share of GDP. With that combination of revenues and spending, debt follows a sustainable path—reaching 40 percent of GDP by 2050, similar to the average share from 1950 to 2008.
Chairman Ryan's Approaches
CBO examined two other approaches specified by Chairman Ryan: an across-the-board increase in income tax rates and an across-the-board reduction in spending other than that for health care entitlement programs. CBO calculated the increases in taxes and the reductions in spending necessary under the other policies to match the deficit and debt levels under the baseline scenario. The first approach would require revenue increases even greater than those in CBO’s current-law baseline, and the second approach would require very sharp cuts in federal programs apart from the health care entitlements.
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Thomas Dixon is senior lecturer in history and director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London. His research and writing have focused on the history of passions and emotions, the history of debates about altruism, especially in Victorian Britain, and, more generally, the history of the relationship between science and religion. A graduate of Cambridge University, where he studied at King’s College and took first-class honors in theology and religious studies, he received a master’s degree with distinction in the history and philosophy of science at Imperial College, London, and earned a Ph.D. in divinity at Cambridge in 2000. He taught at University College and at Birkbeck College, London, before returning to Cambridge as an affiliated lecturer and postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Divinity and an affiliated research scholar in the department of history and philosophy of science. He held both a junior research fellowship at Churchill College, Cambridge, and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship. Appointed a lecturer in history at Lancaster University in 2004, Dr. Dixon moved on to Queen Mary, University of London, as a lecturer in history three years later and was named to his present position in 2008. He is the recipient of a European Society for the Study of Science and Theology Prize, a Center for the Study of Theology and the Natural Sciences (Berkeley) course award, an academic writer’s award given by the John Templeton Foundation, and a University of Lancaster research prize, as well as grants from the British Academy, the Wellcome Trust, and the Templeton Foundation. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society and an elected member of the International Society for Science and Religion. In addition to serving on the editorial boards of the Journal of Victorian Culture and of Nineteenth Century Studies and contributing papers to academic journals and volumes of collected works, Dr. Dixon is the editor of The Life and Collected Works of Thomas Brown (2003) and Thomas Brown Selected Philosophical Writings (forthcoming from Imprint Academic later this year) and the co-editor (with Stephen Pumfrey and Geoffrey Cantor) of Science and Religion: New Historical Perspectives (forthcoming from Cambridge University Press later this year). He is the author of From Passions to Emotions: The Creation of a Secular Psychological Category (2003), How to Get a First: The Essential Guide to Academic Success (2004), and, most recently, two books published by Oxford University Press in 2008—Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction, winner of the Dingle Prize awarded by the British Society for the History of Science, and The Invention of Altruism: Making Moral Meanings in Victorian Britain.
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Incorporating Mediterranean Style Back Home
If your mind's still on vacation but your body's back home, consider incorporating Mediterranean style into your garden. Any outdoor space can reflect the Mediterranean vibe, from large, sheltered plots to colorful, decorative courtyards.
- Excerpted from Garden Design
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Mediterranean Style in Detail
The popularity of the Mediterranean as a vacation destination created a thirst for gardens that reflect it. The mild winters and warm, dry summers favor specific groups of plants, often hardy and low-growing, with olive trees, vines, lavendar, various hedges and many succulents combining to produce a distinctive look. These plants are designed to look natural, against a background of textured hardscapes.
Pathways are often not defined by formal paving. Instead, gravel is used across the entire space, serving as both hard landscaping and a mulch for planted areas. This unifies the garden, allowing plants to be grouped informally and leaving smaller areas of paving to provide more stable surfaces for seating.
Pergolas or arbors are used for shade, and when planted with vines and other climbers provide the perfect location for un-rushed, outdoor dining. Alternatively, trees give dappled shade, either in groves or as individual specimens in key locations.
Water is used to create sound or as a focal point, but, as a precious resource in these landscapes, it would not normally be seen in the form of large pools; instead, it accents the design in decorative fountains and channels.
Mediterranean Garden Plans
This garden features a low, curved seating wall close to the house and shaded by trees. The wall frames the space while providing a backdrop to the water feature.
Key Design Elements
In these sun-drenched gardens, shade is key, and can be provided by trees planted as individuals or in groups. Wood pergolas and arbors with climbers also provide a shady setting for outdoor dining (image 1).
Limestone forms the typical gravel of the Mediterranean, creating a light, textured surface through which plants can grow (image 2). Larger boulders and other elements can be used as focal points. Landscape fabric below suppresses weeds.
Water is often confined to channels in more formal Mediterranean gardens, and used to refresh the air or to mark spatial divisions (image 3). In gravel gardens, overflowing containers or water bowls are used for reflections and gentle sound.
Excerpted from Garden Design
©Dorling Kindersley Limited 2009
Combine drought-intolerant herbs to create a miniature Mediterranean courtyard of your own.
Japanese gardens rely on a pleasing and perfectly imperfect balance of just a few key elements. If you like your space...
These greenscapes may be small, but the magic happens on a grand scale.(6 photos)
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The Obama campaign is releasing a new television ad on Thursday, just days before the first presidential debate, featuring President Barack Obama as he lays out his political agenda for the public.
The Obama campaign said it will run the two-minute spot titled "Table" in the battleground states of New Hampshire, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, and Colorado, and comes out on the heels of new ads put out by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney outlining the game plan for his presidency.
This cut-and-dry commercial does not play off of voters' emotions, spin Romney's words or highlight real Americans working to stay afloat in a struggling economy. Instead it's a simple head on shot of the president making his case to voters.
Here Obama tries to appeal to the public on a personal level. Instead of posing at his desk in the oval office, he sits in a setting resembling a family room.
"If I could sit down with you in your living room or around the kitchen table, here's what I'd say," he says as he introduces his plan for the next four years.
The president recognizes that he took the office in less than ideal times but does not create the illusion that the economy has fully rebounded.
"Today I believe that as a nation we are moving forward again," Obama says. "But we have much more to do to get folks back to work and make the middle class secure again."
The incumbent mentions Romney's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy and minimize regulations on Wall Street, referring to them as "the same trickle-down policies that led to the crisis in the first place."
When describing his own plan however, he fails to enter the realm of specifics.
"First, we create a million new manufacturing jobs and help businesses double their exports," he offers. "Give tax breaks to companies that invest in America, not that ship jobs overseas."
The president doesn't specify which industries will create these jobs. He also declines to mention how his administration will double exports when the eurozone's unstable economy suggests an inconsistent demand for American imports.
The president goes on to list his energy initiative.
"Second, we cut our oil imports in half and produce more American-made energy, oil, clean-coal, natural gas, and new resources like wind, solar and bio-fuels--all while doubling the fuel efficiencies of cars and trucks."
Domestic oil production has surged under the Obama administration. In late August Obama finalized new fuel economy rules that will almost double today's standard for cars and light trucks by 2024. Both he and Romney have promised voters energy independence by 2020 however.
Obama continues by appealing to teachers and students.
He discusses adding 100,000 additional math and science teachers to the work force while training 2 million Americans with necessary vocational skills at community colleges.
He also discusses affordable education for students.
"We insure that we maintain the best workforce in the world by ... cutting the growth of tuition in half and expanding student aid so more Americans can afford it," he says.
This statement comes at a critical time. The Pew Research Center released a report on Wednesday stating a record number of American households are burdened with student loan debt. In 2010 roughly 19% of households had student loans, up from 15 percent of households in 2007. This is an important topic for Obama as college students and the youth vote made up a significant portion of his voting base last election. He won two-thirds of voters between the ages of 18 and 29 in 2008.
Obama saves the subject of balancing the deficit for the grand finale.
"A balanced plan to reduce our deficit by four trillion dollars over the next decade on top of the trillion in spending we've already cut, I'd ask the wealthy to pay a little more," he says. "As we end the war in Afghanistan let's apply half the savings to pay down our debt and use the rest for some nation building right here at home."
Obama wraps up the ad equating his plan to "economic patriotism," suggesting that it is "rooted in the belief that growing our economy begins with a strong thriving middle class."
Instead of taking a negative line, he asks voters to compare his plan to Romney's and "decide for yourself."
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If youre looking for a safer, acetone-free nail polish remover, Honeybee Gardens Odorless Nail Polish Remover might seem like a good bet, with its aloe, horsetail-extract, and vitamin Eenriched formula. But what you are getting along with those ingredients is exposure to a chemical that could be just as hazardous if not more so.
During a recent evaluation of nail polish products, the scientists at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute discovered an ingredient in the Honeybee Gardens Odorless Nail Polish Remover that concerned them. The packaging promotes the product as botanically enriched, and free of fragrance, color, and acetone, but it does not state that acetone the conventional solvent in nail polish remover known to be harmful has been replaced with a potentially more harmful chemical: methanol.
The proof: Methanol is toxic at lower doses than acetone. Inhaling or swallowing acetone can lead to skin, eye, and respiratory-tract irritation, coughing, dizziness, headache, depression, narcosis (chemically induced stupor), and unconsciousness. Exposure to methanol by inhaling, swallowing, or absorbing it through your skin can lead to all those conditions as well as nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, blindness, coma, and even death.
Consumers need to be aware that products promoted as seemingly "natural" are not necessarily hazard free, says Birnur Aral, Ph.D., director of the Beauty, Health, and Environmental Sciences Lab at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute. Women looking for acetone-free nail products need to check the labels and confirm that the products are water-based and do not contain methanol.
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[Editor's note: Vaccines are preparations that stimulate an immune response. Usually they are made up of infectious organisms, pieces of organisms, or genetically engineered substitutes.
- Preventive (or prophylactic) vaccines are used to prevent infection by an organism. This is usually done by "priming" the immune system in advance to respond to an infectious organism that may be encountered later; this article deals with preventive vaccines.
- Post-exposure vaccines are given to people who have already been exposed to an infectious organism, in the hopes of preventing the organism from taking hold in the body; the rabies vaccine is an example of a post-exposure vaccine.
- Therapeutic (or treatment) vaccines are used to slow or reverse disease progression in a person who already has a disease. These vaccines attempt to strengthen the immune response so that the body can more effectively fight the existing disease; Remune is an example of a therapeutic vaccine.]
HIV vaccine researchers and advocates left the 12th World AIDS Conference in Geneva feeling cautiously optimistic, perhaps a shade more optimistic than they have been in recent years. Although the news from vaccine studies was mixed, there was a growing sense that, at long last, research aimed at creating a preventive HIV vaccine is finally beginning to get the attention it deserves.
Several circumstances helped to create the renewed focus on vaccines, starting with the grimly mounting numbers of the international AIDS epidemic: 30.6 million people living with HIV or AIDS at the end of 1997, according to the United Nations, with 2.3 million deaths last year and 16,000 new infections per day. With most of those people living in nations lacking the medical infrastructure needed to make widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) -- even if they could somehow afford the expensive regimens -- the urgent necessity of a vaccine has become more apparent.
Secondly, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) -- a nonprofit founded in 1996 with seed money from the Rockefeller Foundation that hopes to spur vaccine development -- used the conference to issue a detailed Scientific Blueprint for AIDS Vaccine Development sketching out the obstacles and outlining strategies for overcoming them. IAVI also announced that it had received a $1.5 million donation from Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates.
Shortly before the conference, VaxGen announced that it was beginning the first large-scale efficacy trial of its HIV vaccine, known as AIDSVax, a product based on the HIV envelope protein gp120. The VaxGen study is the first efficacy trial of an HIV vaccine ever undertaken.
The problem with gp120 vaccines is that while they produce a strong antibody response, they do not effectively stimulate the cellular component of the immune system. As Emilio Emini of Merck Research Laboratories noted, most vaccine researchers believe that "the anti-HIV-1 humoral antibody is not likely to be very effective" in generating real-world protection against the virus. Still, even skeptics seemed to feel that the start of the trial marked an important milestone -- partly because it represented something of a psychological breakthrough, and partly because it may produce data that is useful in further vaccine development.
But so far, IAVI scientific affairs vice president Margaret Johnston argued, practical work on HIV vaccines has not reflected the urgency the epidemic requires. "There are many designs that are languishing in the laboratory, that aren't moving forward into human trials, because of the lack of sufficient support," she said. Johnston characterized the current pipeline of candidate vaccines as "very poor." [Editor's note: Johnson is now Assistant Director for HIV/AIDS Vaccines at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases]
The LAV Controversy
HIV vaccine research has concentrated most heavily on approaches using recombinant technology, including the genetically engineered gp120 vaccines, so-called "naked DNA," and vaccines involving HIV genes inserted into various harmless virus vectors such as canarypox. But in the last year, there has been discussion and considerable controversy about whether more effort should go into traditional types of vaccines, such as live attenuated virus (LAV). LAV is a weakened strain of the virus administered in the hope that it will generate protective immune responses without causing harm. The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) has strongly argued for accelerated testing of this approach.
So far the only work on live attenuated HIV vaccines has been done in animals. Scientists are understandably nervous about putting any form of HIV into humans until they have a clear understanding of just how weakened it must be to be truly harmless, and they have hoped to achieve a proof-of-principle by giving an attenuated form of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) to monkeys. Unfortunately, the news on this front has been discouraging.
That news and what it might mean for human LAV studies was debated in a pair of contrasting presentations in Geneva by Charles Farthing, MD, of IAPAC and Ruth Ruprecht of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Farthing called LAV "the approach that we feel has the most likely chance of success of any of the candidate vaccines," and noted that IAPAC has had a very positive response to its call for volunteers for a LAV trial.
Farthing cited the well-publicized Australian case involving eight transfusion recipients who received HIV-infected blood from the same man, whose virus turned out to be missing the nef gene. Although some of the individuals eventually died from apparently non-AIDS-related causes, Farthing noted, "none have developed illness or significant immune suppression that can be attributed to HIV alone," in follow-up periods ranging up to 17 years after infection. This experience, he argued, "clearly shows that these people have been infected with a significantly attenuated strain of HIV... Even if these patients go on to develop immunosuppression in the future, they clearly show that a nef-deleted strain of HIV is attenuated and relatively safe."
Farthing argued that more effort should go into LAV research. Lack of funding, he said, "is proving a problem in developing deleted HIV strains into purified vaccine preparations. Resource allocation seems to be all the wrong way around."
Farthing largely dismissed the monkey data that Ruprecht was about to present, much of which involved newborn monkeys. "I question the relevance of this data, especially the neonatal monkey data," Farthing argued. "We never inject neonatal humans with live attenuated vaccines... The adult monkey data is more concerning, but again may not be relevant. SIV is not HIV and monkeys are not humans." Farthing concluded that the safety concerns about human LAV trials "are being way overplayed."
Ruprecht, who has worked extensively with attenuated, nef-deleted SIV strains in monkeys, took precisely the opposite view, presenting what she termed "sobering data." The bulk of Ruprecht's experiments have involved an attenuated SIV strain called SIV delta3, with the nef gene and several other genes deleted. In early experiments, she noted, a vaccine using this strain was "about 50% effective in protecting adult animals against challenge with wild-type virus."
Ruprecht pointed out that, although giving LAV vaccines to human newborns is not standard practice, Albert Sabin, MD, did successfully give live attenuated polio vaccine to human infants in 1963. But when given to four newborn monkeys, she said, "the live attenuated SIV delta3 was 100% pathogenic"; all four developed AIDS and three have died.
Ruprecht described in detail what happened when blood from one of these unfortunate newborns was given to another baby monkey and its mother. At first both animals seemed to do well, their immune systems successfully suppressing the SIV delta3. But since then, signs of active infection and immune dysfunction have emerged in both animals. "This is occurring after innoculation with a biologically low dose of virus and in the presence of low levels of RNA copies in the plasma," Ruprecht noted. "These two animals tell us that this indeed is happening. The [attenuated] virus can become persistently present in the blood and lead to immune dysfunction."
Overall, Ruprecht continued, of nine infant monkeys given the attenuated SIV, six have developed AIDS and five have died. Adult monkeys have done better, but four of 15 have become "persistently viremic [with] persistently inverted CD4/CD8 ratios. One has succumbed to AIDS." She cited four other researchers who had produced similar results.
The gene deletions tried so far, Ruprecht argued, weaken the virus' ability to replicate, but have not rendered it non-pathogenic. This replication impairment can be compensated for by host factors including "age, immune status, or co-infection."
Ruprecht argued that the most crucial reason for caution is that "unlike all the other live attenuated viruses we have heard about, the live attenuated lentiviruses [retroviruses such as HIV and SIV] persist. The other viruses are inoculated into the vaccine recipient, they replicate, they induce immunity, and then the host gets rid of them -- they're all gone...It is different in this case." The persistent presence of a virus that depends on error-prone reverse transcriptase to replicate means that the possibility that the weakened virus might eventually mutate into a more virulent form cannot be ruled out.
So, Ruprecht asked, "is the concept of a live attenuated virus [HIV vaccine] dead?" Not completely, she answered, because it should theoretically be possible "to find the molecular determinants of pathogenicity." If those elements, whatever they are, can be identified and deleted, it might be possible to create "a truly avirulent virus." But she left no doubt that she does not think such a virus is anywhere in sight at present.
At a separate session, Mark Lewis presented further unhappy news from tests of live attenuated SIV. A U.S./Canadian team gave two different versions of attenuated SIV, both with the nef gene deleted, to 20 monkeys each. In half of the monkeys given one of the vaccines and in two of 20 given the second, the weakened virus still led to uncontrolled infection. Though the vaccines effectively protected the monkeys against challenge with intact versions of the same strain of SIV, they did not always protect against other variants. Worse, the monkeys who developed uncontrolled infection with the attenuated virus "were more susceptible to the challenge virus and disease progression" than controls.
Other Vaccine Research
Several researchers presented small, early studies of candidate vaccines, some in humans and some in animals, which added interesting pieces to the puzzle. A live attenuated SIV study in monkeys presented by Rigmor Thorstensson of the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control added further evidence that the beta chemokines RANTES and MIP-1-alpha play a role in protective immunity. Those monkeys that were fully or partly protected against challenge with pathogenic SIV had higher levels of the two chemokines than those who became infected but, strikingly, they had higher chemokine levels than the other monkeys prior to vaccination. It remains unclear whether chemokine activity can be harnessed to bolster vaccine-induced protection.
In a study presented by Stephen Kent of the McFarlane Burnet Center for Medical Research, a two-step vaccination using HIV DNA followed by a recombinant avipox virus encoded with HIV env and gag/pol genes successfully protected four monkeys against challenge with infectious virus, while four control animals became infected. The combination vaccine boosted cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) and helper T-cell responses by as much as 20-fold.
Human studies of DNA vaccines are still in early stages. An ongoing AIDS Vaccine Evaluation Group (AVEG) study of one such candidate vaccine, developed by Apollon Inc., has shown good safety results in 39 HIV negative volunteers. Immunogenicity data will be looked at after volunteers receive 6-month booster shots.
Canarypox vector vaccines are further along in human testing. Thomas Evans, MD, discussed a group of AVEG studies of canarypox vectors into which a variety of HIV genes had been inserted. In cells taken from human volunteers at various time points after immunization, researchers were able to demonstrate improved CTL responses that persisted two years after vaccination.
Vectors encoded with a larger number of HIV genes produced a broader CTL response. But across the various protocols, roughly 30% of vaccine recipients did not show any CTL response to vaccination. "We're not sure" why some did not respond, Evans noted. Whether these CTL responses will be sufficiently protective also remains to be determined.
Several other studies of candidate vaccines also showed some level of immunogenicity and apparent safety, but all were small, early-stage studies. As Michael Keefer put it while presenting the results of 2-stage approach involving a vaccinia virus vector boosted with recombinant gp120, "this is truly the first step of the puzzle."
The failure of the body's antibody response to effectively protect against HIV remains a subject of great interest -- and of potentially great import for VaxGen's efficacy trial. Paul W.H.I. Parren of the Scripps Research Institute discussed one possible explanation for this failure. In lab tests of antibodies from infected individuals, his team found that the antibodies bound most effectively to non-mature forms of HIV envelope, i.e., "viral debris," with only suboptimal binding to mature HIV envelope and poor neutralizing abilities.
While small trials can be used to show that a vaccine is safe and induces an immune response, much larger studies involving thousands of volunteers are required to demonstrate efficacy. For that reason, researchers have put considerable effort into examining the issues around recruitment, counseling, and retention of vaccine trial volunteers.
A study of women at high risk for HIV infection reported by Pamela Brown-Peterside of the New York Blood Center illustrated some of the difficulties involved. A group of 865 women at risk for HIV infection due to injection drug use or sexual contact was followed for two years, with periodic counseling, HIV antibody testing, risk assessment interviews, and distribution of vaccine trial information. Eighty-six percent of the women were unemployed, and many were dealing with issues such as inadequate housing, substance abuse, and domestic violence that could easily interfere with trial participation. Brown-Peterside and colleagues were able to retain 82% of the volunteers over the two years by utilizing a variety of strategies, including "reimbursement for participation, distributing free prevention supplies, assisting with transportation and childcare when possible, and engaging in intense outreach efforts to locate the hard to reach."
Researchers from the University of California at San Francisco found potential participants to be somewhat skeptical about vaccine trials. Detailed interviews with San Francisco gay men from a variety of ethnic/racial backgrounds, Philadelphia injection drug users, and African-Americans from Durham, NC, suggested that these people would approach possible participation methodically and seriously, gathering as much information as they could from sources outside the trial, including AIDS service organizations, personal physicians, health workers, and the gay press. Of one sample of gay men, researcher Robert Hays reported, "The men want mutually respectful dialogue with trial staff, including detailed presentations that give all sides of the story."
Describing one survey, Susan Kegeles went further, noting that "some even used very strong language like, 'Don't lie to us. Don't cover things up. Be honest and put things on the table.' " A matter of particular concern was guaranteed compensation and medical care should an experimental vaccine prove harmful, as well as ongoing support and assistance if positive HIV antibody tests generated by a vaccine create difficulties involving health insurance, employment, or foreign travel.
Can Progress be Accelerated?
Perhaps of greater interest than the specific vaccine study results presented in Geneva was the general sense of a growing commitment to expanded and accelerated HIV vaccine research. In a somewhat unusual move, the talk concluding one major session on human vaccine trials was not a presentation of study data, but rather a description by Steve Bende of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of a variety of new and expanded grant programs for vaccine research. Separate pools of money, he said, have been established for early testing of new concepts and to move promising ideas into human trials. Sounding almost like a salesman, Bende concluded, "If you have a concept and you want to get it into trials, we're here to help."
IAVI, meanwhile, is hoping to supplement ongoing government and private efforts, arguing in a statement that President Bill Clinton's stated goal of having an effective vaccine by the year 2007 "appears to have been largely ignored in the new grant programs announced by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and others." IAVI is putting together product development teams of scientists and industry people, each of which will focus on moving one specific vaccine approach through the development process as efficiently as possible. IAVI expects this effort to cost between $350 million and $500 million over and above present expenditures over the next nine years.
"The urgent need," Johnston said during the conference, "demands that all reasonable approaches be pursued."
Bruce Mirken is a freelance writer based in San Francisco.
Editor's note: all abstracts are from the 12th World AIDS Conference. Geneva Switzerland, June 28-July 3, 1998.
Brown-Peterside, P. and others. Enabling women to participate in HIV vaccine efficacy trials: lessons learned from a US vaccine preparedness study. Abstract 33215.
Evans, T. and others. CD8 + CTL induced in AIDS vaccine evaluation group Phase I trials using canarypox vectors (ALVAC)encoding multiple HIV gene products (vCP125, vCP205, vCP300) given with or without subunit boost. Abstract 21192
Goepfert, P. and others. AVEG 031: Phase I evaluation of a gag-pol facilitated DNA vaccine for HIV-1 prevention. Abstract 33216.
Hays, R. and others. How would gay men decide whether or not to participate an HIV vaccine efficacy trial? Abstract 43546.
Kegeles, S. and others. How should large-scale HIV vaccine efficacy trials be conducted? Recommendations from U.S. community-members likely to be targeted. Abstract 43547.
Kent, S. and others. Protective T-cell mediated immunity induced by a consecutive HIV-1 DNA and avipox vaccine regimen. Abstract 21198.
Lewis, M. and others. Attenuated SIV vaccines: safety and efficacy following heterologous challenge. Abstract 11238.
Parren, P. and others. The antibody response in HIV-1 infection is directed against viral debris rather than virions. Abstract 31104
Thorstensson, R. and others. Role of beta-chemokines in protective immunity against intrarectal SIVsm challenge of macaques. Abstract 11239.
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Although it is commonly believed that the origin of pasta comes from Italy, there is evidence that it actually originated in China, where the world’s oldest pasta noodles were discovered in Lajia (Qijia culture) along the Yellow River in Qinghai.
According to findings, the pasta noodles date back to 4,000 years ago and they were made from millet. Moreover, there are ancient writings from the Han Dynasty (A.D. 206–220) that refer to the dish. But it seems that this is not the only Chinese incursion into the controversial origins of this delicious family dish.
It appears Marco Polo not only brought gunpowder to Europe from the East, but also introduced dumplings called jiaozi—and so the Italian version that we all know is an adaptation of the Chinese dumpling dish.
Another curious fact in the history of this ancient dish comes from the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618–906). Exploring a Tang Dynasty-era tomb in the Tulufan district in Xinjiang, among the treasures was found a wooden bowl with several ravioli that were identical to those of today.
Jiaozi specifically dates back from the Han Dynasty though. Apparently at that time, the stuffed dumpling sprang forth from an age-old philosophical word: “Hundun.”
The Chinese character for “Hundun” means primordial chaos, and is written with the radical for “water.” So it is said, there is no fixed shape, and no holes in the covering. Thus, this dish is traditionally made with thin wheat flour dough wrapped perfectly around a filling.
Following in the philosophical understanding, it is boiled and served in a broth, or more specifically in a soup, as was seen as a metaphor for primordial chaos. The traditional soup was lost in the middle of the 6th century. An update to Jiaozi gave more importance to the filling, which increased the volume. This is when the Chinese dumpling, closer to a modern dumpling, was born.
So how did the name “jiaozi” come forth?
The culinary term jiaozi seems to come from the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1368–1644), when it became popular to prepare delicious dumplings for Spring Festival. Furthermore, on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, most families gathered to celebrate, eating dumplings at exactly midnight. This is where the name comes from, as it generally means, “New year comes in the hour of zero.”
Today in China, this dish is not only eaten during festivals; it has become popular and has a variety of flavors and fillings. All kinds of meats, vegetables, and even fruits are used in the dumpling. And there are many flavors within those ingredients such as sweet, salty, spicy, and even varying levels of acid.
As for the cooking, there are two main schools: steamed, and boiled in water.
Steaming is more typically found in southern China, specifically in the province of Canton (famous for their shrimp dumplings), and the method of boiling in water is most common in northern China.
Don’t forget that this dish is a very significant one, and has the honor of being prepared in the most important festivals of ancient Chinese culture, such as the Spring Festival and Chinese New Year’s Eve.
In addition, we should consider that dumplings are a special dish used in receiving visitors, and they are a Chinese symbol of respect and hospitality.
What better way then, to prepare jiaozi while keeping in mind the history, culture, and tradition that comes with this dish; an exquisite homage to family tradition and Chinese culture.
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Violence flares again in flag row
Fresh violence has flared in Northern Ireland as loyalists protest over the flying of the Union flag.
More than 1,000 demonstrators marched on Belfast's City Hall earlier on Saturday, but despite tense scenes the rally passed off without major incident.
There was a heavy police presence, including officers in riot gear with dogs, stationed within city hall itself and on surrounding side streets.
But as the flag-waving crowds dispersed, ugly scenes erupted on the Newtownards Road in the traditionally unionist east of the city.
Police again came under attack from a missile-throwing mob of up to 100 loyalists, who hurled masonry and fireworks at officers.
The PSNI said they are also investigating reports that a number of shots had been fired at police lines on the Newtownards Road. A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
A section of the Newtownards Road - between Bridgend and Hollywood Arches - was shut down because of the sporadic disorder. There were no immediate reports of any police injuries.
Loyalist violence on Friday night saw 18 people arrested and nine police officers injured. More than 30 petrol bombs, along with fireworks, ball bearings and masonry, were hurled at officers during a sustained attack in the east of the city. Up to 300 people were involved in the disturbances.
None of the police injuries are life threatening, however one female officer required medical treatment at the scene.
Three attempted vehicle hijackings were made in the Beersbridge Road area while a business premises on the O'Neill Road was broken into, damaged and money stolen from it.
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Needed: Environmental Justice for Minorities
by John Carlisle
"Be it required that there be a finding that a proposed federal environmental policy, program or regulation not have a disparate economic impact on minority populations and low-income populations before implementation."
So should read one of the first Executive Orders the next president should issue upon taking office in 2001.
This Executive Order is needed as African-Americans bear a disproportionate share of supporting the nation's environmental programs. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American family pays $3,000 per year for environmental protection.1 This is a steep demand for the government to make on any family, but it is an especially unfair burden to inflict on African-American families.
Consider: The median household income of black families is $25,351 - $13,534 less than the national median of $38,885 and more than $17,000 below that of white households. Thus, black families must devote a substantially higher portion of their income to pay for environmental programs. For a white household, the $3,000 bill for environmental protection reduces income by 7.1 percent, from $42,439 to $39,439. For a black household, the environmental tab, which reduces income to $22,351, represents a more significant income cut of 12 percent.2
The need to prevent environmental programs from hurting minorities disproportionately is made more urgent by onerous new proposals championed by the environmental movement. The Kyoto Protocol is a prime example.
The Kyoto Protocol, an environmental treaty signed by the Clinton Administration, would require the United States to make drastic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2010 to combat the alleged threat of man-made global warming. If ratified by the U.S. Senate, the treaty would inflict major harm on the economy and impose great costs on low-income families. According to the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, Kyoto would increase the price of gasoline by up to 66 cents per gallon, raise the average electric utility bill by 86 percent and hike the cost of heating fuel oil by 76 percent. Each U.S. household would have to spend an additional $1,740 per year on energy.3 That means for an average white family, enforcement of the Kyoto treaty would reduce its income by 4.5 percent. For a typical black family, the Kyoto "tax" would exact an even greater toll, cutting household income by nearly 7 percent to $23,711.
The executive branch's lack of concern is hardly surprising. Federal agencies have never considered the economic impact of environmental laws such as the cost of the Clean Air Act, wetlands restoration or other programs that can destroy jobs for African-Americans.
That is why the next president must undertake a new environmental justice initiative that will require federal regulators to balance their one-sided preoccupation with environmental goals with the economic needs of African-Americans.
A presidential Executive Order is all the more necessary to improve President Bill Clinton's 1994 environmental justice Executive Order. His order required federal agencies to promote environmental justice for African-Americans by ensuring that agency policies do not inflict additional environmental burdens on black communities because they allegedly have more environmental problems than other American communities.4
But President Clinton's version of environmental justice is, in fact, environmental injustice because, in the name of protecting minorities from adverse environmental impacts, it has been economically unjust.
A case in point is the loss of hundreds of much-needed jobs in south Louisiana. Environmentalists contend that numerous petro-chemical plants located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans are responsible for unusually high cancer rates among African-American residents. Citing the Administration's environmental justice policy, in 1996 the Nuclear Regulatory Commission rejected a company's application to build a uranium enrichment plant because it was supposedly too close to high-risk African-American communities.5
Never mind that a 1996 article in the Louisiana State Medical Society Journal concluded that blacks in south Louisiana appear to have fewer cases of cancer than the national average.6
Furthermore, the premise that blacks need special environmental protection is not true. For example, environmentalist claims that black communities are singled out for locating landfills was refuted by a 1995 General Accounting Office study which found that "[t]he percentage of minorities and low-income people living within one mile of non-hazardous municipal landfills was more often lower than the percentage of the rest of the country."7 Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer called EPA's environmental justice policy "so vague and so broad that it nullifies everything that we have done to attract companies" to minority communities.8
There is, indeed, a need for environmental justice for African-Americans.
But blacks do not need special protection from economic opportunity. What
they do need is protection from the job-killing agenda of the environmental
1 Alan Carlin, "Environmental Investments: The Cost
of a Clean Environment, A Summary," Environmental Protection Agency,
2 U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States 1998.
3 Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, "Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on U.S. Energy Markets and the U.S. Economy," 1999.
4 Christopher Foreman, "...And Environmental Justice For All?," Priorities, Vol. 9, No. 4, The Brookings Institution, 1997.
5 Christopher Foreman, "Down in the Dumps, On Purpose," The Washington Times, November 4, 1997.
6 Christopher Foreman, "The Clash of Purposes: Environmental Justice and Risk Assessment," Inside Washington's Risk Policy Report, The Brookings Institution, March 20, 1998, p.p. 34-37.
7 Christopher Foreman, "...And Environmental Justice For All?"
8 "Environmental, Economic, Racial Issues Get Tangled Up," Scripps Howard News Service, June 13, 1998.
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John K. Carlisle is the director of The National Center for Public Policy
Research's Environmental Policy Task Force. Comments may be sent to [email protected].
The National Center for Public Policy Research
501 Capitol Court, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002
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I was intrigued to hear about an experimental test that could detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease by imaging the retina at the back of the eye. Researchers have found, at least in mice, that beta amyloid plaques can be detected in the retina before they gunk up the brain and interfere with memory and other mental functions.
They’ve also found amyloid plaques in the retinas during autopsies of eight Alzheimer’s disease patients and in five living patients who had dementia and other symptoms indicative of the disease -- but not in five healthy individuals of the same age who also participated in a 2010 study published in the journal NeuroImage. Dr. Keith L. Black, chair of neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, who helped conduct the initial studies, told me he and his colleagues are now gearing up for larger studies in humans to see if the imaging technique -- which uses curcumin, a compound in the spice turmeric which binds to the amyloid and makes it visible on the imaging test -- really does hold promise for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease.
But using the eyes as a window to detect our overall health is nothing new. Ophthalmologists can detect everything from clogged arteries to diabetes to liver disease when they conduct routine eye exams since the body’s organ systems are all linked. Changes in blood vessels, hormonal systems, and the vast network of nerves all can be seen by examining the internal structures of the eye during an exam.
In addition to eye diseases like glaucoma and macular degeneration, here are some other health issues that can be revealed during an eye exam.
1. Diabetes. Small blood vessels in the back of the retina that leak blood can be a sign of diabetes. “I’d say about 5 percent of the exams I conduct detect small hemorrhages in the blood vessels in the retina,” said Dr. Sherleen Chen, director of the comprehensive ophthalmology service at Mass Eye and Ear. The problem itself requires treatment to prevent permanent vision loss as well as the underlying conditions causing the hemorrhages.
2. Clogged arteries. A blockage in smaller veins in the retina can occur when larger retinal arteries have been clogged by artery plaque. This shows up as retinal occlusion on an eye exam. Atherosclerosis in the retina can signal clogged arteries elsewhere in the body as well as uncontrolled hypertension, said Chen, and may require a cardiology workup.
3. Allergies. Dark under-eye circles can be a sign of aging, but sometimes they’re the mark of an allergy known as allergic shiners. They result from clogged sinuses that cause blocked blood flow in the nasal passages surrounding the eye and -- along with persistent nasal congestion -- may be a sign that you need to see an allergy specialist.
4. Liver disease. Yellowing in the whites of the eye can indicate a buildup of bile or jaundice, which could indicate liver disease. Some people, though, make excess bile -- and have slightly yellowish eyes -- due to mild benign jaundice known as Gilbert’s disease. A routine blood panel can distinguish one from the other.
5. Autoimmune diseases. Bulging protruding eyes are a sign of overactive thyroid, an autoimmune condition called Grave’s disease.
6. Cancer. Sometimes the first signs of cancer metastases can be picked up on an eye exam, said Chen. And lesions on the retina can signal Gardner syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes numerous colon polyps, raising the risk of colon cancer.
7. High cholesterol. A thin white or gray ring around the edge of the eye’s cornea indicates a deposit of fat and cholesterol, which is common in older folks. When found in those under age 65, a blood test is probably warranted to measure cholesterol levels.
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On April 16th, Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan and Prevent Child Abuse America will be joined by hundreds of volunteers to display 5,000 pinwheels in Times Square in support of child abuse prevention! Now is the time to act! To be part of the solution, please consider one of the following ways you
Everyone can play a role when it comes to promoting healthy child development; what role can you play in your community?
With April's Child Abuse Prevention Month set to start next Monday, please share with us, why you feel it is important we promote the healthy development of our nation's children?
Now that Jerry Sandusky has been found guilty of child sexual abuse, the question before us as a society is: What have we learned? We have learned that communities are prepared to come together and support healthy, happy childhoods and the prevention of child sexual abuse before it ever occurs.
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The Red Clay of Paris
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Tennis Serving Options
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Tennis Reaches New Heights
No doubt the game of tennis is a physical game. Getting yourself in good shape will help on court, but you can also improve your quickness to be more effective during matches.
Tennis Pro for Hire
Take your love of tennis and turn it into a career. There are many paid opportunities for tennis players and pros to make money doing what they love.
Tennis Practice Makes Perfect Strokes
Tennis is a game of fitness and strategy, but you also need sound mechanics to execute your strokes consistently, and that means practicing all the shots you're going to need.
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Tennis players come in all ages, sizes and playing abilities. How do you compete in a lopsided tennis match when your opponent is a lot better than you? Donít beat yourself up about it.
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Are you ready for some tennis fun? This game will test your knowledge of past and present tennis players and how we've come to affectionately know them.
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Race-week workouts that give you an edge.
My college coach spent as much time raising cattle as he did training runners. And in the final week prior to championship races, he would often say to our assembled group: "The hay is in the barn, boys. Now we just need to make sure it's stacked right." This usually led to a series of quips—bovine in nature—and a lot of mooing from the team.
While most of us were from the suburbs, we knew what Coach James meant with his farming analogy: The crucial work had been done throughout the year; all we needed was a little pre-event sharpening and we would be ready to race. It was—and is—a sound approach, yet I often see very experienced coaches and athletes make the critical error of trying to cram extra bales of training into an already packed barn just before race day.
In fact, science reinforces Coach James's wisdom. Recent studies have found that a reduction in volume, coupled with high-intensity work the week before competition, yields the best results on race day. Tapering allows athletes to go into competition feeling rested, while injecting some speed into this period means you'll be ready when you're called upon to run fast in your event.
I run sharpening workouts early in the week, running the harder session on Monday, the less taxing one on Wednesday. Racers prepping for a 5-K, 10-K, or half-marathon should run their final quality workout faster than race pace so that race pace feels more comfortable. For marathoners, the last quality session should be at marathon pace; this will reinforce a sense of pacing and help counter the urge to go out too fast. This schedule provides enough training stimulus for the week, while still allowing plenty of recovery time—all bales considered.
Prep for any race distance
Monday: Run 2 x 800 meters at your 5-K race pace. Jog for 2:30, then run 1 x 800 meters at mile race pace.
Wednesday: 3 to 4 x 400 meters at mile race pace. Jog two minutes between repeats.
Monday: 6 x 800 meters at 5-K race pace. Jog for 2:30 between repeats.
Wednesday: 1 x 1200 meters at 10-K race pace. Jog three minutes. Follow with 1 x 800 meters at 5-K race pace. Jog for 2:30, then run 1 x 400 meters at less than mile race pace.
Monday: Two-mile tempo run at half-marathon race pace
Wednesday: 2 x 800 meters at 10-K pace
Monday: Run a mile at 10-K pace. Recover for five minutes, then run 1200 meters at two seconds faster per 400 than 10-K pace. Recover for four minutes, then run 800 meters at four seconds per 400 faster than 10-K pace. Recover for three minutes, then run 400 meters at six seconds faster than 10-K pace per 400.
Wednesday: Two-mile marathon-pace run
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Re: Measuring Internal Power within kata
Deja vu HIPS! At least from my lowly perspective. George Ledyard wrote a while ago about the types of uke (styles of being uke) and that rang a bell for me because I started getting some of that (different styles of uke) from my seniors a while back. Bells went off then and now.
Being uke for beginners I (we) take a 'dive' so the beginners can get the form. Even worse tha na dive becasue we actually move nage/tori (as uke) into the correct position (as best we are able with primarily physical but also verbal feedback) to guide them into the correct form. I like to call this role of uke the 'guide'.
As one progresses the role of uke gradually moves into the next phase in which uke keeps their balance and center and nage/tori really must execute technique with good posture and 'intent' (I steal this from the IT discussions because as the bells in my head go off this wors seems really to capture the essense of the 'something' beyond form) other wise uke just sort of stands there maintaining thier position. I like to call this uke role the 'mountain'.
Ratchet up to the next level and uke strongly maintains their position and provides what I'd call 'active immobility' as opposed to resistance (like reversal, etc). Uke can work on using intent to show openings for atemi or reversal without actually doing them. At this level the role of uke is akin to a 'monster'.
All of the above can be done in a regular class without deviating from what sensei is showing and expect us to work on. There is a progression for both uke and nage to escalate the level of 'resistance' and 'aliveness' while still 'following the program' of senseis instruction.
In free practice or during randori or jiyuwaza most or all of this can be deployed as appropriate for the relative and respective levels ofthe participants. Even reversal and atemi (the loving kind). Typically we concetrate on kata but also do randori towrds the end of each class and there is occasional jiyuwaza training. I think sensei uses randori to guage how well we have incorporated things into our 'core' as oppoed to a specific training method (I'm likely wrong about this).
At a certain point one can be as active in thier resistance as they want and still can't help but get handled.
Now, I'm not saying we are doing IT as others but I'm just saying things are starting to sound kind of familiar and maybe we are doing some IT without really knowing it (at least I'm a bit hazy on the matter for sure). Maybe sensei is really showing it but some of us are not really ready to see it (IT). I'm the first to admit there has got to be a better way but then again maybe slow and steady is the best ... crawl, toddle, walk then run - frustratingly slow, yes, but a 'better' way?
As long as our seniors are pushing us we will improve. I know some of our seniors are out 'making the rounds' with some of the folks on 'the list' and bring stuff back. We are all always looking to move things to the next level. Our eyes are open and so is the dojo.
The one thing that is most different about training in this dojo (compared to the others I've been) is the continued emphasis on moving slowly. Doing things slow really forces and allows one to focus on exactly what every part of ones body and awareness, as well as uke, is doing at every pont through the technique. This is hardest on uke because they have to maintain their 'integrity' throughout the technique (I mean integrity in the sense of the role they are playing at the time - guiding, mountain, monster).
Fun stuff. More to learn than one knows but imagination helps.
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Max Ajl at Jacobin Magazine circulates an open letter from the US Palestinian Community Network asking Palestinian solidarity activists to disavow the anti-Semitic ideas of one Gilad Atzmon. I was struck by this passage, describing Atzmon’s offenses [emphasis mine]:
Atzmon’s politics rest on one main overriding assertion that serves as springboard for vicious attacks on anyone who disagrees with his obsession with “Jewishness”. He claims that all Jewish politics is “tribal,” and essentially, Zionist. Zionism, to Atzmon, is not a settler-colonial project, but a trans-historical “Jewish” one, part and parcel of defining one’s self as a Jew. Therefore, he claims, one cannot self-describe as a Jew and also do work in solidarity with Palestine, because to identify as a Jew is to be a Zionist. We could not disagree more. Indeed, we believe Atzmon’s argument is itself Zionist because it agrees with the ideology of Zionism and Israel that the only way to be a Jew is to be a Zionist.
That’s exactly right and tracks with my experience on Birthright. The message of every Birthright representative I encountered in Israel (and quite a few Israelis who weren’t Birthright representatives) was that Israel was my home, whether I knew it or not, and that I basically had no choice in the matter. But what really drove home the basic proposition of Birthright Zionism — the Judaism is Zionism and vice versa — was an afternoon spent at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl, where our tour guide explained to us how Theodore Herzl become the first modern Zionist.
Herzl had originally been a journalist, and it was in that capacity that he covered the century-old French Jew-burning we know as the Dreyfus Affair. Watching Dreyfus be wrongfully convicted simply for being a Jew, our tour guide explained, was what taught Herzl that “the experiment in being both French and Jewish was over.”
That’s a pretty remarkable statement if taken to its logical conclusion. If the experiment of being French and Jewish is over, what does that say for the experiment of being American and Jewish? English and Jewish? Brazilian and Jewish? Are these all doomed to failure, or are they already pretty much over as well?
Forget “dual loyalty.” If I’m not really an American — if I’m just a Jew pretending to be an American — then why have any loyalty to the United States at all? What the tour guide seemed to be advocating was not dual loyalty but singular loyalty to the Jewish nation and the state of Israel.
I almost hesitate to relate that anecdote, because it so easily plays into some of the ugliest anti-Semitic stereotypes alive today. I have no doubt that Atzmon, for example, would take it as confirmation of his analysis. But that’s the point: right-wing Zionist attempts to define Jewish authenticity are the curious flipside of modern anti-Semitism. Not only does it give support to those who would equate Judaism with support for militarism and oppression — it also creates a class of Jews who can be despised for their “inauthenticity,” both by conservative Zionist Jews and and their Christian philo-Semitic allies. (Oh hai, Glenn Beck.)
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Breathing Techniques In Running
Unnoticed by many, even by the athletes themselves sometimes, the nature of your breathing during your running affects your performance. Those runners who can correctly deliver oxygen into their system are stronger than their counterparts who struggle when they are running because they do not know the technique.
One training technique is to breathe slightly slower than your body requires when you are not running. This starves your system for oxygen and forces the heart to beat faster.
After a time, the body learns to compensate for the lack of oxygen so that when this technique is not in use, your body is already more efficient in processing your breathed air. This is demonstrated in swimming.
Swimmers do alternate breathing which is breathing every third stroke. This enables them to breathe on alternate sides without taking a breath with every stroke.
At the start, their body demands more oxygen, but will learn to adjust to the decrease in oxygen. In time, the body becomes more efficient in processing the limited air. Runners who swim often have excellent breathing efficiency.
Sometimes, in long races (or even those short races) a runner may lose focus and is thrown out of his breathing rhythm. It could be caused by the simple forgetting to concentrate on the breathing or its pattern.
One way to avoid this is for the runner to time his breathing in rhythm with his steps. This is like the style of the swimmers who breathe at every third stroke.
Runners who get to this state can keep running like a clock, with consistent pace and a great deal of efficiency. This concentration on breathing can also take his mind away from pain or soreness that may have developed at this stage and can cause him to quit the race.
One other technique that can be used when running is deep breathing. It has several benefits when correctly done and practiced.
It helps the runner to stay relaxed, which in turn, helps to decrease fatigue. The ability to relax decreases the chances of performance decline.
Runners who forgot to relax find themselves making inadvertent changes in form until they feel the resulting pain. Examples include clinching of fists too tightly and running with the shoulders too high to be effective. This type of poor form often results in muscle fatigue and soreness.
Deep breathing helps promote relaxation while running. This is done by taking a larger-than-normal breath and exhaling all the way out.
During the exhale part, you should concentrate on releasing all the tension in your arms by shaking them, opening up your hands and moving your head in circles.
This combination of activities will give you an easy way to remain relaxed during the run and does not even need to break stride to do all of them. This is true to all the other breathing techniques in running � no requirement of great efforts but just as effective.
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The Executive branch of the Peru government has the president a the chief of state and head of government. The present president of Peru is President Alberto Kenyo Fujimori who is the head of the government in Peru. The cabinet is a part of the executive and it is made up of a council of ministers who are appointed by the president. The prime minister has no role to play in the executive portion of the Peru government. Executive powers lie only in the hands of the President.
The Legislative branch of government of Peru is a unicameral body and it comprises the Congress. The members of Congress are appointed on the basis of election results. The third wing of the Peruvian government is the Judiciary. The Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia is the sole functioning judicial body in Peru.
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The Arab Spring puts us in mind of the early days of our Republic. And just as exiles, ex-patriots, and lovers of liberty have rushed to the North African coast and the Middle East to lend a hand in overthrowing oppressive governments, the American Revolution attracted volunteers from far away. One of the most famous is the legendary Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Motier, better known as the Marquis de Lafayette.
Marc Leepson has published a crisp, new life of Lafayette (Lafayette: Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General (Palgrave MacMillan, 2011, $23) with the emphasis on his life as a military man for Palgrave MacMillan’s World General Series. We ask the author to tell us more about Lafayette— an inspiration to leaders of democratic revolts.
Q: The Marquis de Lafayette’s devotion to liberty, by word and deed, is unquestionable. In your research, do you find any clues as to why a French blue-blood would embrace democracy?
Yes, I found several. It stemmed from his strong desire at age nineteen to come to this country to fight the hated British, who had killed his father at the Battle of Minden in the Seven Years War when Lafayette was two years old. He was recruited by Silas Deane, (1737-89) and his aide William Carmichael. Dean, a Connecticut merchant and patriot, had been sent to Paris by the Continental Congress to secure French support for the fight against the British; part of that job was getting French soldiers to fight in our Revolution.
So, he was primarily interested in defeating the British. But Lafayette also had formed his own ideas about freedom and liberty. For example, here’s what he wrote to his wife Adrienne on the ship taking him to this country in June of 1777: “Defender of this freedom which I venerate, freer than anyone and coming as a friend to offer our help to such an interesting republic, I bring here my integrity and good will only. No ambition, no personal interests.”
When he came to this country, Lafayette was influenced by many important people who solidified his love of the American causes of freedom, independence and republican government. The list includes George Washington, James Monroe, and Thomas Jefferson. I can’t think of three more important or influential apostles of democracy.
Q: Lafayette seemed to love glory and war as much as he loved republican ideals. Did you find this a paradox?
Not taken in context. The word “glory” had different connotations in the l8th century. It meant less personal glory for glory’s sake than the glory of having taken part in a noble cause.
Q: What personal traits in particular endeared him to older men such as Jefferson and Washington, who were strong judges of character?
Primarily I believe it was his sincerity, his eagerness to learn, and his ardor for the American cause against the British. He also was fearless in battle and kept his composure under fire. Everyone (on our side) who saw him in action attested to his battlefield acumen and courage.
Q: The subtitle of your biography of Lafayette is “Lessons in Leadership from an Idealist General.” First, what lessons does Lafayette illustrate? Second, why do you characterize him as an “idealist general”?
The lessons are ones he learned in the heat of battle. Lafayette came over here a young man eager to fight. He was very aggressive, always pushing Washington and the other Continental Army generals to take the offensive. That changed as Lafayette learned first hand the subtleties of command. He also learned to be a military leader who took care of his troops. He provided them with uniforms, food, and materiel, often using his own money to do so. He was devoted to his troops and they remained loyal to him.
He truly was an idealist, in that he stuck to his lofty ideals of freedom and constitutional government even when he could have compromised them easily to his own benefit. Twice he was all but offered to be the dictator of France, once during the French Revolution that began in 1789 and once during the three-day July Revolution of 1830. Both times the door was open for him to take power and become a Napoleon-like leader. Both times he refused, and pushed instead for representative government. That’s about as idealistic as you can get.
Q: It’s hard to find a weakness or shortcoming in Lafayette as a human being or a leader. Did you glimpse any?
The man was not perfect, especially when he was young. As I mentioned, he was all too eager to fight too often when he first came over here. On the other hand, he wound up listening to (and learning from) the experienced generals who outranked him—another leadership lesson.
Later in life, he sometimes tended to overestimate his ability to lead, both politically and militarily. He also was vain. And despite the fact that he had a long and loving marriage, he had two long-term, well-known affairs with women.
But let’s put this in context. His over-eagerness to fight as a young man and his political and military misjudgments were exceptions. Throughout nearly all of his long, eventful life, Lafayette accomplished what he set out to do in this country and in France. He played important, decisive roles in two of the world’s most important events: the American and French Revolutions. His shortcomings were very minor compared to his large accomplishments.
Q: Using a time machine, let’s take Lafayette to Zuccotti Park (formerly called Liberty Park) in Manhattan and have him walk among the protesters participating in Occupy Wall Street. Would he see them as kindred spirits?
I believe he would. Throughout his life he stood up for the causes he believed in, and many of them would be considered “liberal” by today’s standards. For instance, he and his wife Adrienne were strongly against slavery. He also was adamant in his belief in basic freedoms: of religion, speech and the press. And of representative government.
Q: If Lafayette were a character in a novel, he would have to want something— all memorable characters do. What would say Lafayette wants?
He wants life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all human beings. That’s what he stood for in three revolutions.
Interviewer Charles J. Shields is the associate director of the Great Lives lecture series at the University of Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Marc Leepson will be presenting his life of Lafayette as part of the series on January 31, 2012.
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Porsche 917 - Greatest Racing Car In History
Forty years ago on March 13, 1969 at the Geneva International Motor Show, today’s Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled a car that, even by today’s standards, is underestimated when it is described as the “super sports car”: The Porsche 917. It became a legend as one of the fastest and most successful racing cars of all time.
“Greatest racing car in history” celebrates its birthday
Stuttgart . Forty years ago on March 13, 1969 at the Geneva International Motor Show, today's Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled a car that, even by today's standards, is underestimated when it is described as the “super sports car”: The Porsche 917. It became a legend as one of the fastest and most successful racing cars of all time.
Porsche fired the starting shot for Project 917 in June 1968, after the international motor sports authority or FIA had announced a class of “homologated sports cars” with up to five liters cubic capacity and a minimum weight of 800 kilograms. Under the supervision of Ferdinand Piëch, the stipulated 25 units of the new racing car model were completed by April 1969 so that the 917 could begin its racing career in the same year. After it initially dropped out of its first three races due to technical problems, the 917 success story began in August 1969 at a 1,000-kilometer race at the Österreichring with a victory by Jo Siffert and Kurt Ahrens.
The engine configuration of the 917 was just as unusual as its different car body versions: Behind the driver's seat extended an air-cooled, twelve-cylinder engine with horizontal cylinders, whose crankshaft designated it as a 180-degree V engine. The 520 HP engine had an initial cubic capacity of 4.5 liters. The tubular frame was made of aluminum, the car body out of glass fiber reinforced synthetics. Porsche engineers developed different car body models to best meet the different demands of different racetracks. The so-called short-tail model was designed for heavily twisting roads in which a high contact pressure was necessary for fast cornering. The long-tail model was designed for fast racetracks and a high final velocity. Then came the open 917 Spyders, which were used in the CanAm and Interseries races.
At the end of the 1970 race season, Porsche confirmed its superiority with the 917 and 908/03 models, winning the Racing Series World Championship [Markenweltmeisterschaft] in nine out of ten possible victories. This series of victories began in Daytona and continued in Brands Hatch, Monza, Spa, on the Nürburgring racetrack, at the Targa Florio, in Le Mans, Watkins Glen and the Österreichring. However, the season's high point was the long-desired overall win of the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race, a trophy that Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood brought home to Zuffenhausen on June 14, 1970 . Their 917 short-tail model painted in the Porsche Salzburg colors of red and white with the start number 23 not only successfully defied its competitors but also the heavy rainfall.
As in the previous year, the 1971 season was dominated by the 917 model so that the Racing Series World Championship [Markenweltmeisterschaft] went to Porsche again with eight out of ten race victories. And once again, a Porsche 917 was victorious at the Le Mans 24-Hour race – this time with Gijs van Lennep and Dr. Helmut Marko, who set a world record with an average speed of 222 km/h and 5,335 kilometers driven, a record that still stands today. One special feature of their 917 short-tail model, visually characterized by its “shark fin”, was the tubular frame made of magnesium. A 917 long-tail coupe model set a further record in 1971: On the Mulsanne straight stretch, which is part of the route in the Le Mans 24-Hour race, the sports car with the start number 21 recorded the highest speed of 387 kilometers per hour. Another Le Mans racecar achieved major recognition: The Porsche 917/20 was a mix between the short-tail and the long-tail models and was notable for its broad proportions. Although the pink colored racecar, nicknamed “the Pig”, dropped out halfway through the race, its unusual paint color made it one of the most famous Porsche models ever.
When the European FIA regulation for the “five-liter sports car” expired at the end of the 1971 season, Porsche decided to enter the Canadian American Challenge Cup (CanAm). In June 1972, the private Penske race team in motor sports used the turbo-charged Porsche 917/10 Spyder for the first time. With a performance of up to 1,000 HP, the Porsche Spyder dominated the race series and won for Porsche the CanAM championship with victories in Road Atlanta, Mid Ohio, Elkhart Lake , Laguna Seca and Riverside . In the following year, the 1,200 HP 917/30 Spyder had its racing premiere. The superiority of the monster car driven by Mark Donohue was so obvious that the regulations of the CanAM series had to be changed in the end in order to exclude the 917/30 from competing further in the 1974 season. Typical for Porsche: The technologies for increasing performance developed for these races were successfully transferred to the on-road sports car. That's how the 911 Turbo, with its side-exhaust turbocharger, began its career in 1974 and has been, since this time, a synonym for the performance capacity of the Porsche sports car.
To date, the reputation of the 917 is legendary. Therefore, 50 international motor sports experts from the famous British trade magazine “Motor Sport” nominated the 917 as the “greatest racing car in history”. All in all, Porsche built 65 units of the 917: 44 sports cars as short-tail and long-tail coupés, two PA Spyders as well as 19 sports cars as CanAm and Interseries Spyders with up to 1,400 HP turbo engines. Seven of the most important 917 models – among them the Le Mans victory cars from 1970 and 1971 and the 917/30 Spyder – are currently on exhibit in the new Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
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There is a reason why snowboarding, skiing, rock climbing and the like often take place in such remote and unseen locales. Extreme sports have as much to do with exploration as anything else. The difficulty in these types of landscapes and environments are second to none, but adventurers also seek these locations out because there is a certain thrill in being somewhere that very few people have been before.
That’s what makes these undertakings extreme, even getting there is hard.
In that way, scuba diving is one of the most extreme sports there is, because it takes you deep down into a place that very few people ever see, much less with this kind of clarity and closeness. Here, we have divers exploring a Fort Lauderdale reef, scoping out the colorful sea-life and remarkable coral formations, which rival any landed mountain range for their beauty. It’s practically glowing, which ups the ante. Let’s face it, there are few things more surreal than a coral reef.
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Gay conservative writer and blogger Andrew Sullivan, who has written volumes on same-sex marriage and gay rights, speaks here to Big Think about marriage equality and LGBT equality, the radical religious right, and Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project.
Sullivan is gay, married, and renounced his affiliation with the right in late 2009.
(Ironically, Sullivan, who a month ago moved from The Atlantic to The Daily Beast, is still wearing an Atlantic tee shirt.)
Via Big Think: The idea that politicians will grant gay people equality has always been a complete delusion, says the blogger. “The only thing that brings us equality is our own testimony and our own lives”—like Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better Project.”
Sullivan professes some very “radical” notions that no doubt you will soon see on the pages of NOM’s blog (paging Maggie Gallagher!) and hear mangled through AFA’s Bryan Fischer’s distortions. Listen closely.
“In the end we will have so remade society, it will have to adjust to us, because it will seem absurd not to. And the only weapon they have against us is fundamentalist religion, in its crudest and rather brutal form. And of course just the general constancy and general panic and fear of anything different.”
“If you change the society and culture, the politics will follow.”
“So I always did believe that if every gay person did come out, it [discrimination] would be over.”
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Community Secretary Eric Pickles has threatened to outlaw so-called 'town hall Pravdas' – local newspapers operated by local authorities which say damages the local press.
The Government unveiled new proposals aiming to clamp down on the publications in February 2011 when it revised the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity.
While most authorities accepted the recommendations, a handful – including several in London – ignored them.
But Pickles has now warned the rebel councils that the Government could introduce new laws banning the publications.
He told BBC London that such publications were a 'process of self-aggrandisement, self publicity", adding that it was 'not a public service, it's propaganda".
'What we will do is we will put it on a statutory footing and we will stop these town hall Pravdas,'said Pickles.
In recent years local newspapers in many parts of the UK have found themselves competing for advertising and readers with local authority-published titles, which in some cases come out monthly, fortnightly or even weekly.
The new rules outlined last year stated that only parish councils could produce monthly magazines, with other councils limited to quarterly frequency.
In September council newspaper the Greenwich Time was reported to the District Auditor amid claims it breached Government guidelines on local authority publications.
It comes after the council approved plans on 30 August to continue publishing Greenwich Time, a weekly paper which comes out 48 times a year.
Tower Hamlets Council also continued to publish a weekly paper called East London Life.
Spokesman Takki Sulaiman defended the title, saying: 'Local authorities have a duty to promote community cohesion, race equality and reduce fear of crime and promote a healthy lifestyle."
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“Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Then I will teach the transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.” Psalm 51:12-13
After Nathan confronted King David regarding his sin with Bathsheba, David’s spiritual eyes were open to the bondage he had been held to for nearly a year’s time. His sin had left a gaping wound in his relationship with God, and during this time he experienced a void where God’s presence and peace should have been. When David finally came to a place of repentance he was changed from the inside out. He was released from the bondage of rebellion, lust, envy, and deception, among other things.
But David’s repentance didn’t just serve to restore his own relationship with God. In being released from the bondage of sin and once again experiencing God’s perfect peace and freedom (life to the full, see John 10:10), sinners were brought to redemption. First, his own joy of salvation needed to be restored, then he was enabled to teach others the truth, and only then were sinners restored to God.
We live in an age where the Church is hyper-focused on the behavior of the world, when it should be hyper-focused on the spiritual health of its members. We have churches full of people anxious and willing to serve, yet these same Christians have unwilling spirits when it comes to personal repentance. Yes, we can teach the truth of the Word even while living in bondage, but the impact will not be as effective as it was meant to be. In order to see the revival we so long for in our society, we need Christians asking God for a willing heart; a heart willing to uncover any bondage of pride, bitterness, fear, anxiety, depression, self-pity, legalism, double-mindedness, inconsistency, criticism of others, malicious attitudes, and impure motives. A heart that wants to experience the fullness of the joy of the salvation it proclaims to others.
Imagine if believers not only taught about the value of life, but demonstrated it with their own actions. Maybe then the issues of abortion and suicide would start to be impacted in a positive way. Instead, we have Christians preaching about the sanctity of life, while failing to even treat their own temples with respect and care. Never mind what our poor examples are teaching our children about their own value in God’s eyes. Really, the way society is should not surprise us. We’re stuffing our faces with Big Macs and preaching about the sanctity of life at the same time. Do we really believe we are fearfully and wonderfully made and that our bodies are temples? Our behavior gives us away every time.
And how often do we preach of racial tolerance, yet some churches are still segregated by race (this has always baffled me)?
Or we’re quick to boycott the next business that supports gay marriage, because we believe homosexuality is against God’s plan, yet many Christians fail to even ask God what His plan is for their own lives—nor do they care. They’d rather do what they want and ask God to bless it. No bother of His plan for us to forgive each other, live in peace, and be united in Christ. Instead, we can hate each other, tear each other down, gossip and slander each other, then go and tell the world to follow God’s will or go to hell.
Only when Christians experience life to the full will the lost be reconciled. It’s up to each of us, as believers, to commit to believing the truth and experiencing the freedom we were created for on a daily basis. It starts with us, and that influence spreads to others, one person at a time. Experiencing freedom as individual Christians will impact the lives of others. People will see our peace and joy despite our circumstances, and they will want that for themselves. We need Christians with integrity to rise up and speak (in love) to each other. Instead of calling the world out, we should call each other out. The problem is not the world—we cannot hold the world to a standard (the Bible) it has not accepted as authority. The problem is with the Church and its members who are living in bondage. The world sees no difference in the believer, and therefore no need to live by the rules that believer proclaims. Sure, the world sees Christians who attend church and preach a lot, but do they see Christians really living in peace? Or just believers who live to point fingers? This needs to change! It starts with each of us, one at a time, choosing to live by the truth minute by minute, day by day, despite our feelings and circumstances.
Living free and full of joy and peace is an attractive way of life, something the world is desperately searching for. Let’s stand together as warriors for truth, proclaiming it with our lives (not more religious duties but more sincere and godly attitudes), not just our words. Perhaps the next wave of revival will be ushered in by a group of people who made a choice to follow and actually believe the words of Jesus once and for all—no turning back, no turning back. Choose to believe God’s truth today, and don’t look back!
“He has put a new song in my mouth…many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord.” Psalm 40:3
“Let everything you do reflect the integrity of your teaching.” Titus 2:7b, NLT
Rebecca Aarup is a redeemed prodigal, set free from over a decade of mental illness, eating disorders, addiction, and more. She now enjoys sharing her story of freedom and transformation with a lost and hurting world, as well as teaching about spiritual warfare and the importance of understanding our identity in Christ.
Rebecca is also an author and freelance writer, having written devotionals and teaching articles for a variety of publications including The Secret Place (Judson press), Evangel (Light and Life Communications), and Mustard Seed Ministries. Beyond writing, Rebecca is a wife, home-schooling mom, and Bible student at Liberty University. She lives in Glendale, Az with her husband Chris and daughter, Samantha. You can read more from Rebecca by following her on twitter and facebook.
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Overall, annual employment grew over this period by approximately 1.13%. At an annual growth of 0.80%, Swing states are doing most poorly. But significantly Blue states are doing far poorer than Red states.
Assuming an unemployment rate of 8.2% of the work force, and an annual employment rate increase of 1.133% it would take a mere 13.5 years to bring the USA back to normal employment levels. Here we ignore population increase, underemployment, and other factors - data that is not quite reliable and significant and yet dramatically increases the time recovery factor.
A couple of points:
- There is little wonder Swing states are just that, states swinging and wondering about their future.
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The Long Review: Gaggle
Gaggle is here! With those
words we launched a
new educational tool for
our faculty and students
to use here at James
Weldon Johnson College
Preparatory Middle School.
JWJ is a dedicated magnet school
for gifted and academically advanced
students. We have consistently earned
an “A” grade from the state of
Florida and we are a “Nationally
Recognized Blue Ribbon School.”
With our reputation on the line,
so to speak, our first task was to
find out as much as we could about
The first thing we learned was that
Gaggle offered a filtered email opportunity for our students. But upon
further research we learned that students and teachers have access to
a safe, controlled environment that also offers:
• Assignment Drop Boxes to assign, collect, assess, and return
• Digital Lockers to store and share files.
• Gaggle Tube to search for videos and add them to assignments,
blog posts, etc.
• Social Walls can be used to keep up with what’s happening with
your students, colleagues, after-school events or groups, etc.
• Blog areas where students and teachers can create multiple blogs
with different themes and share them with others.
• Message Boards are nice to create class discussions and
• Chat Rooms can enliven class discussion in a whole new
• Instant Messenger allows communication with students or
• Calendars can be set up, managed, and shared.
• My Classes integrates all the great
Gaggle tools into every class.
• Training Videos are available
All of these are filtered, secure, and
compliant with Federal Student
On September 20th we had our first
meeting with Andrea Keith, Director
of Client Engagement with Gaggle.
She gave the Gaggle administrative
team an up-close look at how Gaggle
works and the many things that can be
done. Gaggle has worked with the district to help us use the
same type of portal page that our faculty, staff, and students
are used to. They even allowed us to add our own school
logo or image file at the top of the Gaggle page and they have
several color schemes that can be used to make the Gaggle
online screens seem more unique to our school.
After setting up the pages, we had our first mini-introductory training
session. I was able to show the faculty and staff the Social Wall that I had
set up, complete with pictures of my new puppies, and my new friend, our
Instructional Coach, Mary Browning. We looked at many of the other
tools available and immediately the faculty was starting to think out loud
about the possibilities of using these with the students. We talked about
how some of these tools could be used as a way of starting to flip the
classroom and extending the lessons beyond the four walls.
Our principal, Sharwanda Peek, sums it up this way: “Technology is
not only transforming the way teachers provide instruction, it is also
greatly impacting the way students learn. Gaggle will open the doors
of communication with the teacher and the student in a safe and
By Richard Fair, Teacher, Computer Science and Gaggle School
Administrator, at the James Weldon Johnson College Preparatory
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News Review From Harvard Medical School -- Colonoscopy Rise Linked to Drop in Cancers
A new study suggests that more use of colonoscopy has helped to reduce U.S. rates of colorectal cancer. Colonoscopy looks at the upper and lower colon. It uses an instrument that can remove as well as find cancers. It also can snip out polyps before they turn into cancers. In 2001, Medicare began to pay for people to get a screening colonoscopy every 10 years. Colonoscopies greatly increased after this decision. Surgeries for cancer in the upper colon were steady until 2002. Then they dropped 3.1% a year through 2009. Colonoscopy is the only test that looks at the upper colon from the inside. Surgeries for cancer in the lower colon also fell faster after 1999. In the next decade, they dropped by 3.8% per year. Researchers said the increase in colonoscopies may be one cause. Taking out polyps may have prevented many cancers, especially in the upper colon. The journal Gastroenterology published the study. HealthDay News wrote about it October 23.
By Howard LeWine, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
What Is the Doctor's Reaction?
Recently, there has been a lot of debate about how useful cancer screening tests really are. Of all of them, experts disagree most about routine PSA testing in men age 50 and over to detect early prostate cancer.
A mammogram every year or other year for women age 50 and older has broader acceptance. But some studies suggest that life-saving benefits of mammography are overstated.
On the other hand, screening tests for colorectal cancer and cervical cancer have the most solid evidence to support them. And very few experts suggest we should not be doing these tests.
The reason for this difference is that PSA tests and mammograms don't prevent cancer. They only detect early cancers. Colonoscopy and Pap detect not only early cancers but also pre-cancers. This leads to treatment to stop them from becoming cancers.
Not all early prostate and breast cancers turn out to be harmful. This is especially true for prostate cancer. Most prostate cancers found because of a high PSA blood level never shorten life or affect quality of life. Today, many men with early prostate cancer can be safely watched without treatment.
Early detection improves outcomes for some types of breast cancer -- but not all. Some women who have surgery probably don't need it. We are less sure about which cancers can just be watched. So they all get removed.
Clearly cervical cancer screening with Pap smears has greatly reduced the number of women who develop the disease. We have suspected that colorectal cancer screening will do the same. And the results of this new study strongly support this assumption. Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine did the study.
Cancer of the lowest part of the colon -- the rectum and the area just above it was already on the decline before widespread use of screening colonoscopy. This lower area of the colon could be directly examined with a sigmoidoscope. If polyps were seen during the exam, they could be removed. Removing polyps stops them from turning into cancers.
In 2001, Medicare approved payment for screening colonoscopy to look at the entire colon. The number of people getting colonoscopy rose dramatically. The researchers collected information about screening and colon cancer rates among more than 2 million people. Between 1993 and 2009, the number of colorectal cancer cases dropped by 33%. This drop was mostly related to screening sigmoidoscopy.
Cancers of the upper part of the colon are beyond the reach of the sigmoidoscope. The rates of these cancers did not change from 1993 to 2002. But a colonoscopy can find and remove upper colon polyps that can turn into cancers. As colonoscopies grew, from 2002 to 2009, "upper" colon cancers fell by 3.1% per year.
What Changes Can I Make Now?
Colonoscopy is the best screening test for colorectal cancer. It is recommended once every 10 years for people age 50 and over who have an average risk of colorectal cancer.
The doctor uses a flexible, lighted instrument called a colonoscope. You receive medicine to help you relax and avoid discomfort. The doctor looks through the colonoscope and inspects the colon.
If the doctor finds a pre-cancerous polyp, a device on the end of the colonoscope is used to remove it. Removing pre-cancerous polyps helps prevent them from turning into cancers. If you have a polyp, your doctor will advise you not to wait 10 years for the next colonoscopy. How soon you should have it again depends on what the doctor finds.
Colonoscopy does have risks. It's possible that the instrument can puncture the colon. Feces could get into the abdomen through this hole. This could cause an infection called peritonitis. It's also possible to have excessive bleeding if the doctor removes a polyp or snips a bit of tissue for a biopsy. Fortunately, these risks are small.
Other screening methods exist for colorectal cancer. But they are more likely to miss pre-cancerous changes in the colon. And if one of these tests finds something suspicious, you'll still need a colonoscopy. This includes CT colon scans, with or without laxatives.
If you opt not to do colonoscopy, you should choose another screening method. But realize that if the test is positive, you will still need colonoscopy. The options include:
- Sigmoidoscopy every 5 years -- This test is similar to colonoscopy, but it looks at only the lower part of the colon. No sedation is necessary and the preparation is much simpler.
- Fecal occult blood stool testing every year
- A combination of sigmoidoscopy every 5 years and fecal occult blood testing every year
- Virtual colonoscopy -- This test uses a CT scan instead of a scope to check the colon for cancers and polyps. It is not covered by Medicare.
- Stool DNA testing (not covered by Medicare)
What Can I Expect Looking to the Future?
Colonoscopy is expensive. It also carries risk. In the future, a simpler and cheaper test that could reliably find polyps before they become cancerous would be ideal. Then only those people with a positive, easy test would need colonoscopy.
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40 days ago an explosion on the oil rig, Deepwater Horizon, located in the Gulf of Mexico, left 17 injured and 11 men missing and presumed dead. Since then oil has been spewing 5,000 feet below the ocean’s surface. Depending on whom you ask this two foot pipe is flooding the gulf with anywhere from 500,000 to 2.5 million gallons of crude oil every day… for 40 days…
A spill of this magnitude is unprecedented. Most folks can’t wrap their head around it, so they aren’t even trying. Even most of those who have tried have given up.
To be honest I was one of them. Until I went to If It Was My Home and realized that if you took this spill that seemed so insignificant off in the Gulf of Mexico and plopped it in the middle of my hometown it would swallow up most of the southern part of my state and part of a neighboring country.
I became enraged. I wanted to understand everything that we were doing to make it stop, to clean it up, to save the gulf.
And then I got confused… wait, exactly how much oil? Ok no one seems to know… And we’re going to stop it how? Oh, no one knows that either…. These men who died, is anyone taking care of their families? And what about the animals??
There seems to be a whole lot more questions than answers. And each day that this continues there is a whole lot more destruction.
What has you scratching your head about the spill and what have you learned that has helped you wrap your head around it? Please share and let’s try and learn something so we can fix this.
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Taco Hat begins with a disorienting opening salvo: a rapid and atonal electric guitar line, scrambling around frantically in no particular direction. It is also obviously a synthesized guitar sound, representing the composer’s view of our postmodern “synthetic” society. He seems to be suggesting that everything in the external world is fundamentally artificial. He also seems to be suggesting that he never learned how to play the guitar.
This opening guitar pattern is soon joined by an equally disjointed bass line and electronic percussion. The bass line appears to follow the guitar line, showing how pervasive imitation has become in today’s age. Is anyone really unique anymore, in the traditional sense? Are we not all products of our peers? These are questions the composer wants us to ask ourselves. Are we the guitar line or the bass line? And who is imitating who, exactly? Also, the drums represent robots.
The next element to enter is a barrage of confounding synth tones. It becomes clear at this point that we have stumbled into an anarchist carnival, circa 2043. There is something that sounds like Clara Rockmore on crystal meth. There are sine tone bleeps and clicky sounds. There is still no definitive tonality. The listener is adrift in a sea of disorganized textural flotsam (and a slight bit of jetsam). There appears to be little hope at this point, both for the listener and for society in general.
Suddenly, forty seconds into the piece, everything drops out except the drums, the bass, and an eerie piano reverb trail. The sinking bass line is a clear nod to the sinking of the Titanic, which occurred in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912. This date can also be written as 4/15/12. Notice how the digits add up: 4 + 15 + 12 = 31. This is the number of flavors of Baskin Robbins ice cream. Here we can see the stunning mathematical complexity of Taco Hat. Through his careful use of sound sculpting, the composer is able to encode detailed messages. Here, the message seems to be: “Icebergs are bad. Ice cream is good.” It now becomes clear to the listener that ice can be used for both good AND evil. This is one of the central themes of Taco Hat.
After this transition, the sound of a horn arpeggio emerges. A horn is an instrument. There are many instruments in Taco Hat.
We soon hear the reoccurrence of elements from the beginning of the piece: namely, the guitar line and the sine tone bleeps. However, they are recontextualized here, used sparingly to fill space rather than overwhelm. This use of subtle coloration underscores the composer’s debt to Beethoven, Wagner, Lee Harvey Oswald, and the National Bank of Canada.
The subsequent introduction of fragmented piano leads us into the emotional core of the piece. There is a subtle but jarring disconnect between each note, highlighting the profound disconnect that each one of us feels on a daily basis. “Yes, this piano line is fragmented,” the composer screams at us, “but can’t the same be said of humanity?” At this point, everyone should be sobbing.
We now reach the last phase of the piece, as everything drops out except the fragmented piano line. Soon, it is joined by an equally fragmented vibraphone. This has something to do with Kierkegaard, maybe. Drums re-enter along with an obviously inebriated bass line, indicating that this song really needs to end soon. Suddenly, without warning, a blanket of ambient synth descends from the heavens, signaling the return of the Messiah. Before long, everything drops out except the synths and the drums, because Jesus hates anarchist carnivals. With the salvation of Earth complete, the synths fade away into the distance, leaving nothing but pure cosmic enlightenment in their wake.
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On 16 September 1920, a wagonload containing 45 kilos of explosives and 230 kilos of lead weights placed outside the JP Morgan bank at 23 Wall Street in New York was detonated, killing 38 people and injuring many more. The glass in the tall windows was blown inwards killing at least one JP Morgan employee of and injuring others. Interviewed in the New York Times the following day, one of the partners of JP Morgan Bank said: “From what we have learned I am inclined to believe that the explosion was due merely to an accident. There are no reasons that we can find that would lead to a premeditated bombing.”
He was wrong, of course. The confidence of the police that the explosion was an accident led them to remove the detritus and lose precious evidence as to the identity of the perpetrators. Although no one was charged, it is believed today that the bombing was conducted by a group of Italian anarchists known as the Galleanists, after Luigi Galleani who by 1920 had already been deported from the USA. Once the real intention of the explosion had been uncovered, it led to a pre-McCarthyite hunt for European radicals and another prolonged period of fear of violent revolution in the USA. Strangely, whilst the event still has a material impact on the fabric of New York, in many ways the bombing has best been memorialised in an image that predates it.
Paul Strand’s photographic masterpiece Wall Street shows the same sunken windows that would be destroyed by the anarchist bomb. His picture was taken five years earlier but subsequent events have lent to the image a political intention that was arguably not there originally. Maria Morris Hombourg explores this in her introduction to Paul Strand Circa 1916, published by MOMA in 1998 to coincide with the exhbition of that year. She notes that in the 1950s Strand responded to a pointed reading of the picture by the photographer Walter Rosenblum, saying: “Actually at that time I knew nothing about cartels etc. I was trying to photograph the surging to work and no doubt the black shapes of the windows have perhaps the quality of a great maw into which the people rush.”
Did the anarchists attack the JP Morgan bank because of the charge that the windows had in Strand’s photograph? Certainly the picture was popular but initially it was noted only within a small circle and since the local police cleared the area of evidence with the same efficiency that the State Department demonstrated in returning any Italian with links to leftist or anarchist groups back to their homeland, we will never know. However, the photograph itself has been radicalized as a consequence. A photo that Strand took the same year at the Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco shows a couple in black, breaking the rhythm of neoclassical columns in a similar way but lacking a parallel sense of menace.
It is not just the politics of anarchist terror that have radicalized the image, but Strand’s later association with groups like Frontier Films that were attacked by the House Un-American Activities Committee. The picture not only became more radical but so did its author. The world that they inhabited grew more divided as well, leading to Strand’s departure for France from 1949. It is possible though to look at the photograph again not just as a socialist or anarchist critique of capitalism; to look again at the relationship between the structure and those figures beneath it.
Irving Underhill was not a photographer in the same vein as Strand. He was a good architectural photographer who documented the construction boom at the beginning of the twentieth century, employing simple innovations to best capture a new urban condition. He was an architectural taxonomist, recording new projects as they went up: the construction of the Manhattan Bridge and municipal buildings in Brooklyn, but his best pictures capture bigger buildings in Manhattan. He developed a sense of urban dynamism in architectural photography by taking pictures from the 5th or 6th floor across the street, and rather than capturing the elevation face on, he captures it an acute angle of around 30 degrees.
As the Bowery Boys blog explains, Underhill:
“Was so successful that his agency received exclusive commissions to photograph and promote new buildings like the Woolworth Building, which he would capture in timed intervals to track the construction process. Many years later, his name could be seen from blocks away, plastered along the top of his studios at Broadway and Park Place.”
Underhill superimposed his office with the massive lettering “Irving Underhill, General Photographer” across one whole block, effectively inviting his name to be read on the grand urban scale, he was discerning in new buildings.
The series of Underhill photographs in the CCA Collection are of 1 Wall Street, designed by Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker Architects and built by Mark Eidlitz and Son. The first picture, taken on Jan 2nd, 1930, shows preparatory work on the foundations; another taken on August 1st shows the building nearly topping out. There are other pictures taken at around one month intervals, And the accumulated effect of the series of 7 photographs—and you’ll have to take my word because only the first and the last of them are shown here—is to create a sense of wonder at the speed of construction and to create, surprisingly, a sense of ghostly absence. The phantom presences in the series of images are the construction workers who built so quickly. Perhaps it is a coincidence but in the first picture we see a graveyard on the opposite side of the street; the worker is both departed and memorialized.
What Strand does in his abstracted way is show a direct relation between human form and building. It is not the building alone that is symbolic but its relation with the human form. Indeed it is the key relationship in the picture and one that explains its enduring appeal. An image like Ilse Bing’s Wall Street captures a more conventional critique of the experience of Wall Street. It is worth noting that the strand of light she finds between the canyons of Wall Street is the subject and it is almost the exact shape as Underhill’s picture of Wall Street, dominating the picture in the same way, albeit from top to bottom rather bottom to top.
Bing’s picture was taken in 1936 and is influenced more by early surrealist abstraction, her harsher lines and the higher contrast between light and dark is more redolent of the work of German expressionist film makers. The spear of light that descends into the chasm of the financial district leads the eye to the light of police car. This noir-ish image is doom-laden. Bing, on a trip to New York from Paris, has not yet found in New York, her second home, as she was to from 1941. The place image is imbued with a sense of impending catastrophe.
My colleague Gwen Webber recently gave a critique over the appropriation of images of Detroit to portray illustrate the effects of the banking crisis of late 2008. She detailed a complaint made last year by the Detroit-based photographer James Griffioen that fellow practitioners from all over the world were pitchingup in his home city from all over the world and contacting him for advice on finding locations for a suitable images of the post-2008 recession; even if the cause of that recession was not found in Detroit, but instead where Strand had taken his photographs. Griffioen’s point which he discusses on his blog was that, yes, there are degraded buildings in Detroit – he took pictures of them himself – but he did so in a way that explained a more complex relationship between humans and their built environment.
What makes Strand’s picture so entrancing is exactly that: the relationship it establishes between the workers and the blank chasm of JP Morgan’s windows. Black figures. Black windows. The power of Strand’s image is the sense that the structure of oppression is generated by the very men and women that passed by it. The maw is formed from their own inky substance, a feature heightened by Strand’s use of a Japanese paper that soaks up the image. What gives it even greater power is that it offers those individuals the chance to see clearly their own relationship and – should they wish – do something about it.
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Rinaldi, Lucia - 'Andrea Camilleri: A Companion to the Mystery Fiction'
This fascinating compilation is a complete accessory to the Inspector Montalbano novels and short stories by Andrea Camilleri. So far, only the novels have been translated into English, with about five more to go. If you have read and enjoyed them all, as I have, you'll probably find much to fascinate you in this academic, yet accessible, book.
Lucia Rinaldi sets out her credentials and her mission in a clear preface: she then provides full lists of all Camilleri's works in various orders; a biography of the author; and a chronology of his career. For me, these essays are particularly fascinating in the light that they cast on the subjects Camilleri includes in his novels, for example the Sicilian involvement in World War II and its aftermath (Camilleri and his father had distinctly different sympathies) and the relative merits of "literary" vs "crime" fiction, a controversy in which both Camilleri and his characters become involved.
The bulk of this book is the "companion", an alphabetical encyclopaedia of short summaries of the novels, short stories, characters, settings and context of everything in the Montalbano books, complete with many black-and-white stills from the Italian TV series Inspector Montalbano and cover illustrations of the Sicilian editions of the books. My only slight gripe with the format is that the titles of the novels and short stories are in Italian (though the rest of the book is in English), so in order to find an entry about a novel or short story, one has to flip back and forth between the list of Italian/English titles at the beginning. Perhaps it would have been easier for readers if the "companion" had been organised in sections, starting with the books, then the characters, then the other topics. Even so, this is a very useful reference work, particularly for the reader who might want to refresh her memory about the last book in the series before starting the next one, or who may have forgotten one of the minor characters.
Rinaldi's view is that the Montalbano novels are very much focused on the central character and his internal journey, from THE SHAPE OF WATER, in which Montalbano mainly features as a crime-solver, to the later novels in which he is mired in corrupt politics and moodily aware of his own advancing years. In her opinion, the remaining characters are undeveloped. Perhaps what is not sufficiently emphasised is the humour of the novels, or their unparalleled descriptions of food and the eating of it - always done with simple brevity yet conveying such emotion and gusto.
Academics studying or interested in Italian crime fiction will doubtless find this work an essential reference, not least for its comprehensive, annotated bibliography. Readers like me, who simply appreciate the books, will find plenty of interest here, not least the plethora of information about the many untranslated short stories that complete the Montalbano oeuvre.
Maxine Clarke, England
More European crime fiction reviews can be found on the Reviews page.
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Our Teacher today is Miss Billie. A five year old with an extensive background in drawing by hand in crayon, maker and pencil. Her other interests include helping Dad make breakfast and helping Mum make noodles from scratch. Billie lives in a creative home with a mum who is constantly sewing, drawing, sketching or making something in the home.
In Billies Words You need 2 pieces of paper towels, tape, scissors, marker
Billie explained that You “first have to fold (one) piece of paper towel in half. Tape the sides together. Then with the other paper towel cut a long strip about this big (shows with her hands 1.5inches wide) and tape the ends to the bag.
After the bag was completed Billie felt it needed some letters and to sign her name. When asked what the bag could hold… “My scissor, tape, extra paper towel. It’s my sewing bag.”
As I watched the assembly of this bag I could see that she had watched her Mum cut and sew numerous things. In the background her brother was playing in his room, there was no television on, the only sounds in the house were of scissors snipping, tape tearing, laughter and movement.
How do your children create during the day?
Do they mimic you, are they curious about what you do?
How do you involve them in some of your projects?
Contributing Writer: Tehlia
Photos by: Megan
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One of the things one could wish about this Nooma series is that we knew more about the background music. But we may be thankful at least that we have subtitles to these films for those who are hearing impaired, so we must take what we can get. In Nooma 11 (‘Rhythm’) music comes out of the shadows and literally takes center stage, becoming the central metaphor for this particular film. It is filmed in a beautiful concert hall and centers around a rehearsal of a piece of music. This choice of metaphor is not surprising since Rob is a musician (indeed he is left handed and right brained, which this reviewer finds particular resonance with ).
The film begins, as several of them do, with certain misconceptions or limited conceptions about God. Rob relates how one person said that God helped them get a parking space one day, or another tells how they had been healed by God. As Rob rightly asks, this raises more questions than it answers about God--- like where was God when some real catastrophe killing many happened? Why did God heal this good person, but not that one? It would seem that God would have better things and bigger things to do with his time than to produce the occasional small miracle or serendipity. Rob sees this whole concept of a God who is distant and occasionally intervenes all wrong. He is struck by the fact that the Biblical writers believe God is everywhere, all the time—as the Psalmist says “where shall I flee from your spirit? If I go down into the land of the dead—lo you are even there”.
And so Rob draws analogy between the presence of God and their being a song which we all hear, sometimes hum, and if we are intentional occasionally sing on key with. Rob sees this life as an exercise of trying to get in tune with the song that is playing everywhere for everyone. He is not the first to have thought of this. John Donne in his famous poem “To God my God in my Sickness” says that when he faced death and “was about to be made God’s music” he thought beforehand how he ought to tune his instrument, so he could play well in his Majesty’s presence. We see here a strong stress on the imminence of God rather than God’s transcendence, and it is helpful. But most fundamentally we see a getting beyond the Enlightenment and Deistic image of a God who created a universe and then left it to its own devices, except for the occasional capricious and unpredictable intervention It was George Herbert, another English cleric who said that prayer itself is like a tune “we all hear and fear”. Rob would add—so is God.
I must confess to you that I was not prepared for Nooma 12—Matthew. This is the most personal of all the Nooma videos in which Rob recounts, and re-grieves the loss of someone he loved—a young man named Matthew. Here we see in living color Rob’s genuine love for his friends, and therefore the great sense of loss he still bears because of the untimely death in 2004 of a brilliant young man named Matthew, whom Rob had taken into his home in
‘Rich’ is Nooma 13, and now we have gotten to videos shot in 2005 and 2006. This video first of all makes clear that by world standards almost all Americans, at least all that have a roof over their heads, jobs, and a car are rich. Rob tells us only 8 per cent of the world owns cars. I suspect that statistic is low, but even so, you get the drift. What he is certain right about is that
We go subterranean in Nooma 14, and ride the subways with Rob. Here the subject is breath, and its connection with God. And here again we have an issue with deficient understanding of things Jewish, in this case, understanding of the Hebrew language itself. Rob wants to make a connection between the Hebrew name of God Yahweh (or Yaveh) and the Hebrew word for breath. Actually it is the Hebrew word for life (Hayah) that is normally connected to God’s name, not the word for breath. In fact, when God reveals himself to Moses and says his name is “Eyeh asher eyeh” (sometimes translated ‘I am that I am’ but probably better translated ‘I will be what I will be’ the connection is clear between ‘eyeh’ and ‘hayah’. Yahweh likely means ‘the living one’—the one who was and is, and is to come. Nevertheless, there is good stuff in this video about how we are about as unconscious of God’s presence as we are unconscious of our own breathing every few seconds--- that is until we run out of breath. Rob rightly emphasizes that we are ‘earth creatures’ (the Hebrew word for earth is adamah, and so Adam means earth creatures) into whom God has breathed the breath of life. Out dependency on God is just as real as our dependency on breathing, and we seem just as oblivious to it. Rob is looking for what can be called powerful or master metaphors and analogies to explain the nature of God and reality, and he does it in clear fashion. Once again Rob sees mundane things as talismans of deeper spiritual realities—and he is right about this.
The most recent Nooma video ‘You (number 16) has just been unveiled. It involves the creative technique of filming into, and with the illusion of filming from a mirror. Rob asks us to reflect on the fact that there are no two of us alike. Only you are you, and so God has made us like the snowflakes, each unique, beautiful, of sacred worth, each created in God’s image. One of the themes that resounds through these videos is the reassertion of a robust creation theology, and of the goodness of creation, in the face of various Gnostic dualistic and escapist tendencies in our culture. This is a healthy corrective, and helps provide us with a much more Jewish view of the world. And that creation theology is reinforced by a new creation theology that looks forward to the final form of ‘you’—the resurrected you.The Nooma videos, whether taken in slowly, or in bunches, or even in one all day marathon are remarkable in so many ways. It is no surprise all the testimonies that have come into my blog about the ministry these resources are already doing in youth groups, prisoners, Bible studies, women’s circles, praise worship and other venues as well. Let us hope the creativity does not run dry, and thoughtfulness of the chosen topics does not run out. Since there are now fifteen of these videos available, there is no rush to do more. The folks at Flannel can take their time now and continue to hold the standard of excellence high. And it would be well if we all supported their non-profit ministry, for they are doing some of the heavy lifting when it comes to lifting up Christ and a Christian lifestyle and belief system to many in our culture—especially those Rob’s age and younger.
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…And rightly so.
Yesterday I wrote that Ghana has been producing oil from its offshore Jubilee field since December 2010, yet still lacks monitoring vessels, equipment and personnel.
Something else that’s missing: funds to compensate fishing communities in the event of a spill.
This video recounts the fears of the residents of Abuesi, a small fishing community near Sekondi-Takorad (a.k.a. “Oil City”). Travel up and down the coast, and you’ll hear the same fears echoed again and again.
What will happen when a village that is entirely dependent on its fishing operations for its survival is shut down by an oil spill?
I recently came across this fascinating article about the efforts of Gulf Coast Vietnamese Americans to rebuild their lives and livelihoods after the BP oil spill. Like all those who worked in the Gulf seafood industry, the Vietnamese fishing community has been hard hit. Facing compensation battles, diminished fish stocks and an uncertain future, many are turning from the sea to the land in search of new opportunities.
You can read the entire article online. Check it out. The BP spill is already ancient history as far as the oil industry is concerned. But for those whose livelihoods depended on fish and seafood, there’s no more normal.
Imagine a place where fishing is the only game in town. Then imagine just how nervous the residents must be about offshore oil drilling.
The place is Abuesi, a small town at the water’s edge about 30 minutes down the road from Takoradi.
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This activity gets kids excited about the natural world, while practicing listening comprehension, word-image association, and hand-eye coordination.
To do ahead of time:
- Print one copy of 'Bingo pieces to cut up.' Cut them so each image is one piece. Put all the pieces in a bag and shake it up.
- Find game pieces for the kids--put about ten pieces for each child in a paper cup. Some ideas for game pieces: dried beans or macaroni, or washed pennies.
- Print one bingo card for each student, but make certain to allow as many card types as possible. For example, if you have 15 kids, print three of each bingo card.
- Think about a small tolken reward for winners. It can be a tolken of happiness (everyone gets up and cheers for the winner, or first in line for recess) or points or some other treat.
- Introduce the game of Bingo by explaining that it is a game invented five hundred years ago in Italy. Because it is so much fun, it quickly spread throughout Europe, then the world. Bingo is typically played with numbers, but in this activity, explain that you will play with pictures instead.
- Ask students which animals live around them. Ask them if they live near a giant clam, or a real panda bear. Explain that the earth has many different habitats that support life. Animals and plants can only live in a habitat that suits them. Mostly, these are very special habitats that exist in different places on earth. Sometimes these habitats can be mimicked by zoos and aquariums, but man-made habitats can only support a few animals.
- Introduce each animal in your bag by pointing to them on a map (click here for Australia, China, India, Indonesia, and Iran). Use the fact sheet, but say more about the environment, particularly if your students have learned about habitats in the past.
- Show students how to play the game. Demonstrate pulling out a card, calling out the name of the animal, and showing kids the card. The children who have the exact same animal and image on their game card should put a game piece (dried bean or clean penny) on that image. When a child has an entire row, column, or diagonal filled in, he or she should shout "BINGO!" The first child to get a Bingo--with confirmation--wins the round.
- Ask the student what his/her favorite animal is in the winning row, column or diagonal.
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The other and by the far the most important advantage of programming is that you will be able to understand exploit codes and even learn to write them too, Though there are softwares which have made the process of exploit writing much simpler, but you still need to have a solid grasp of programming languages in order to know how the exploits work.
Now that you have understood the importance of learning programming languages, You might be asking yourself “where to began”, “Which programming language” should I began learning with, Don’t worry, I have seen these types of questions asked a lot in various hacking communities and forums, The answer to these questions is that it depends on your interest.
Now if you are interested in webhacking subject, subject then I would recommend you to learn the following languages:
1. HTML – Start with Html if you don’t know it
3. SQL Databases – You should learn to work with databases, which will help you to understand the fundamentals of SQL Injection attacks which will be also explained later in this book when we come to the Web Application hacking chapter.
4. PHP – Learning PHP should be your one of your first priorities if you want to understand the mechanisms behind the web hacking attacks. I would recommend you to learn it as soon as possible.
Exploit writing is a very difficult segment in hacking as it requires pure programming knowledge, which is why I will not recommend you to start with exploit writing, Exploits are/can be coded in almost any programming language e.g C/C++, Python, Perl etc, but more than 50% of the exploits you will find on the web will be coded in C/C++ languages because they were present before any one of other languages. Languages such as C and C++ are considered as programming languages where as languages such as ruby, perl and python are considered more as scripting languages.
I would recommend you to start with C languages and then to C++, C/C++ have lots of similarities, so if you could get a good grasp on any one of them you can learn the other one easily.
Talking about scripting languages, I would recommend you to start with Ruby, Ruby is one of my most favorite programming language as it’s purely objected oriented which means that everything you work on is an object. Ruby is really useful when it comes to exploit writing, Ruby is used for coding meterpreter scripts and what could be more better that the Metasploit framework itself was coded in ruby language.
Python is also a very useful programming language, it can also be used for exploit writing, If you go for python first then make sure that you learn Python socket programming as it will help you a lot in the exploit creation process.
Talking about PERL, it’s also used widely for exploit writing, you will find lots of exploits out there written in PERL, but the problem is that perl is really difficult compared to other languages such as ruby and python, so I would recommend you to learn it at the very end.
Reverse engineering is an act of tampering softwares, applications to make them work out way, If you are interested in reverse engineering and software cracking stuffs then you would surely need to learn Assembly language.
Reverse Engineering Tutorials:
- Reverse Engineering Tutorial For Newbies
- Reverse Engineering Tutorial For Newbies - Part 2
- Reverse Engineering Tutorial For Newbies - Part 3
If you are serious about learning to code in assembly then I would recommend you to read jeff Duterman’s “Assembly Language Step-by-step” book.
This concludes our chapter “Hacking And Programming”, One thing I would like to point out that learning 10 different programming languages is not a big deal but mastering a one is surely very difficult, Consider picking up a programming language to learn and make sure that you keep practicing it.
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Queer flick picks: Transgender documentary, Pride screening of Scrooge and Marley
With the approach of Christmas whipping the masses into the throes of last-minute shopping frenzies and seasonal parties, here are two queer film screenings to keep in mind if you want to take refuge from it all in a movie theatre.
The first offering isn't a festive one but it's an important one. Transgender issues are getting the spotlight at the monthly mental health film series Frames of Mind.
The New Zealand documentary Is She or Isn't He? follows a 25-year-old coffee shop worker named Graham over a period of five years. Graham, who grew up in a small town, tells his friends that he isn't a gay male but a heterosexual woman attracted to men. Filmmaker Justin Pemberton chronicles Graham's journey to becoming Ashleigh, which includes taking female hormones, getting laser hair-removal treatments, and wearing women's clothes and makeup.
She'd love to have big breasts and a vagina. Unfortunately, Ashleigh isn't able to afford gender-reassignment surgery but lives as a woman and dates straight men.
However, the film also reveals her inner conflicts and internalized transphobia, including her dislike of effeminate behaviour, her fear of being identified as "transgender" rather than as a "normal" woman, and her regard for other transgender women as "tragic".
A post-screening discussion will include Dr. Chris Booth, clinical director at the Maples Adolescent Centre and UBC psychiatry department clinical instructor, and Gwen Haworth, Vancouver Coastal Health workshop facilitator and director of the autobiographical documentary She's a Boy I Knew. The discussion will be moderated by UBC psychiatry department clinical professor Dr. Harry Karlinsky.
The film and discussion will be held on December 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Cinematheque (1131 Howe Street).
Later on this week, the Vancouver Pride Society is helping everyone reflect upon the meaning of the holiday spirit by presenting a queer take on Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol.
Scrooge and Marley puts a campy, modern-day spin on the holiday classic. In this gay-themed retelling, the Christmas-hating Scrooge (David Pevsner) is a piano-bar owner who is revisited by a former partner Marley (former Saturday Night Live star Tim Kazurinsky) and three Christmas ghosts (which includes a visit to Scrooge's homophobic father).
The film screens at Vancity Theatre (1181 Seymour Street) on December 22 at 10:30 p.m. with festivities continuing on at Celebrities (1022 Davie Street) afterward (tickets are available online).
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Giant “snowballs” have been discovered plunging through Saturn’s outermost ring, creating glittering trails of ice dubbed mini-jets, researchers have announced.
The jets were uncovered in new images from NASA’s Cassini orbiter, which has been touring the Saturnian system for the past seven years.
The colliding snowballs are formed as material in Saturn’s F ring coalesces due to the gravitational pull of the nearby moon Prometheus. Scientists estimate that the icy bodies, including the one seen above, are each about 0.62 mile (a kilometer) wide.
(Also see “Ice ‘Tsunamis’ Detected in Saturn Ring.”)
Sometimes a snowball sails back through the F ring at a gentle clip of roughly 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) an hour, dragging along icy particles.
The resulting jets “are about 10 kilometers [6.2 miles] wide and extend out from the rings anywhere from 40 to 180 kilometers [25 to 112 miles], depending on their age, with their lengths increasing dramatically over just a few hours,” saidCarl Murray, a Cassini imaging team member based at Queen Mary University in London, England.
“At any given time we might expect to see about ten of these if we looked all the way around the F ring.”
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Each year I try to teach my students a basic childhood survival skill that I learned from my mother. When I was a young girl we didn’t have a lot of money for toys. I had a few dolls and we made clothes for them. I had some toys that we got at garage sales and the local flea market. Grandparents and other relatives contributed a few. I elaborate so that you don’t think my little world was totally bleak. However, between economic constraints and constant moves I didn’t have a lot so I had to learn to be creative. My mother taught me how to make paper dolls. I could make them from old wrapping paper, newspaper, cereal boxes, and even napkins.
Now, there are two kinds of paper dolls- the kind that stand alone and have wardrobes, and the kind that link together. Yes, I can make the stand alone ones and I’m pretty handy when it comes to creating extensive wardrobes. But my favorites are the linking ones and I teach those to my students.
What always surprises me is how surprised they are by the task!! Most of my children have never seen this process and they are totally fascinated! The fact that the paper unfolds to reveal not one, but two or four dolls is almost beyond their comprehension. It’s magic! And we love magic. J
I start by folding at least five pieces of paper for each child. This isn’t nearly as time-consuming as it sounds. I just do it at odd moments and toss them into a shoebox. I fold the paper just twice so they end up with two dolls. Then I draw only the head on one paper for each child.
The two steps of the skill that I need to really get across to them at first are the basic outline of a person and how to cut without separating the two from each other. I do this with a drawing like the one shown below. I clip one to the white board and then I cut one, slowly, step-by-step, as I talk through the process. Sometimes I have to do it twice.
Then I give each child a folded paper with the head drawn and ask them to complete the drawing to match the one on the board. Most come close the first time, but a few need help to remember the body part. Their natural tendency is to produce a drawing with arms and legs attached at the neck!
Then we start cutting! Some are successful the first time. Some are successful the tenth time. I only ask them to try it once. Then I pull a teacher trick on them. If a child comes to my desk and says “I can’t do this!” I say, “Okay, then don’t. You can go get a book or draw a picture while we finish.” Not one child will quit for more than a minute or two. I told that to four of my children this week and all of them went back and tried until they were successful!!
I usually find that I need to draw the head again for a few students. But most catch on quickly and they also fold their own paper. Then they are on their own and have a new skill for “free choice” and “inside recess” times! We went through half a ream of paper this week, but that’s a lot of entertainment for $2.00! Plus we can also use other types of paper and leftover worksheets.
I know, I know. I should have taken pictures in class and I apologize for that. I will do it next week some time. Many of my students did an excellent job and several glued their dolls together in lengthy chains. (We had made heart chains for Valentine’s Day, so they had experience in gluing pieces together.) One girl made six sets of dolls in varying sizes and then glued them into a chain, in descending order! I really should have taken a picture of that one!
I always wait until my students have grasped the basic concept of the dolls and have created several before I show them more possibilities. No, they don’t care that the dogs and cats actually have too many tails! Lol
We also make snowflakes during the winter, and various chains throughout the year.
One of the other things I like to do with paper is what I call “magic shapes”. This is something I can’t really teach my students but they like to be entertained by it. The first time I do it is usually for Easter. I’ll read a bunny story and then ask them if they want to help me “find” a bunny in a piece of paper. Of course they all do, and I make them “think really hard about what a bunny looks like” while I cut one out of a piece of white paper without drawing it first. I don’t remember exactly how or when I learned to do this, but I can usually think about something and then cut it out. Believe it or not, the pig and elephant in this photo are the first ones I’ve ever tried. I’m not sure why, but they aren’t usually requested in class and I just happen to think of them this morning when I was getting ready to do this. I promise you that I didn’t change or improve them from the “first cut to the last”. I just start and think and cut and leave what appears. Of course the next time I will make improvements. The “rat/mouse” is one I don’t do well, and I’m still working on him. Always a favorite with the kids though. They always want a horse, cow, mouse, fish, butterfly, or snake. The snake is the only one I can really teach and once I make a snake every boy in the room has to learn how to do it.
Paper cutting is entertaining and fun and one of those skills that teaches many other concepts. I love to let my children cut paper even though I always have to apologize to the custodian!
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Oct. 23, 2012 at 6:54 PM ET
If Apple had popped a $249 iPad Mini, the thing would have swept down from Mount Cupertino and set fire to every competitor with its fiery breath. If Apple had gone with a $299 iPad Mini, the devastation would still have been gnarly. At $329, the iPad Mini will have no shortage of buyers, but Apple leaves open an argument for a $199 non-Apple tablet. So why did Apple price it so high?
For starters, Apple is about profit. In the computer, phone and tablet businesses, Apple's competitors whittle away their pricing until they're making little or no money, because they believe they'll gain market share.
Apple keeps prices competitive, but only to a point. There's no $499 Apple laptop, although plenty of Dells and HPs regularly start that low. Ditto for desktop computers, where Apple's idea of a deal is the $599 Mac Mini.
The iPad Mini is $329 because that's exactly what the highly paid bean counters at Apple calculated would be the highest price possible that would still sell. It may one day go down — in fact, I would say the price has to drop by Christmas 2013, if not sooner. But while you can always lower prices, it's a lot harder to raise them later on. Apple always starts at the top.
So while it was foolish for me to even think Apple would price competitively, I was surprised, because now there's a new conundrum: Do you buy an iPad Mini for $329, or go just $70 more for a full-fledged iPad 2? This struck me as tight spacing, until I realized the bigger point: Apple doesn't think you will confuse a 7.9-inch tablet with a 9.7-inch tablet.
You know from the pictures that they're quite different in size, but holding them, you realize that their uses really are different. If you are in the market for something to use for sketching and text documents and spreadsheets, maybe even accompany it with a Bluetooth keyboard or whatever, then heck yes, you will pick the iPad 2 (or a newer model).
But if you just want something to read books on, and watch some shows and maybe surf the Web, then you are actually more INTERESTED in a smaller iPad, and won't think too hard about what $70 more gets you in terms of screen surface area.
That brings us back to square one, however: Apple is trying to convince us of separate uses for large and small iPads, but is trying to differentiate its product from the competition by price. Riddle me that, Avi Greengart, research director for consumer devices at Current Analysis:
"The price doesn't reduce the purchase case for some of the cheaper tablets," he told me when I saw him at the Apple event. "But this one stands above them." He smiled and added, "besides, compared to the Nexus 7, the design is so much nicer."
For people who aren't buying because of design (and there are many), Greengart contends that the universe of apps available for the iPad — 275,000 made expressly for that tablet, according to Apple CEO Tim Cook — means that any tablet bearing the Apple logo is simply going to be more useful. "The iPad Mini is far more versatile" than its competitors, says Greengart. "It costs more but it's worth more."
For a final thought, I turned to my friends on Twitter, with the simple question: "Do you think the $329 iPad Mini is a) a steal b) priced just right or c) crazy expensive?"
From self-described "major Apple fanboy" @jasonwal, I got "a little high." Another instapundit, @weatherninja, said that "a $299.00 price tag would have been a better value," and that $329 means he may in fact go $70 more for the full-size iPad 2. @seanethompson seems to have been thinking along the same lines as me, calling the price "more expensive than most consumers would like, but in the ballpark given component costs and great user experience." Other responses ranged from expensive to crazy expensive. "I'm curious on the profit margin," wrote @gevans. "I bet it's at least 40 percent."
Whatever the real percentage, I think @gevans may be onto something. Apple products can be priced as high as the company wants, as long as people buy every product that gets made, and that hasn't seemed to be a problem of late. And as competitive as Apple is, a side effect of iPad-onomics is that there's room for more affordable options at the bottom of the pricing ladder. At least until that price drops to $299, or $249, and the villagers run for cover.
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Launching rockets to create a sulphur screen high in the stratosphere is one way to counter global warming explored in a new BBC documentary, Five Ways To Save The World.
In 1995, Professor Paul Crutzen won the Nobel Prize for helping to explain how the ozone layer is formed and depleted.
Partly as a result of his work, world governments took action and banned the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) - chemicals used in fridges and aerosols - that were thinning the ozone's presence over Antarctica.
Now the chemistry professor has a solution to mitigate global warming.
He believes that sulphur particles similar to those erupting from volcanoes could act as a natural cooling device for the planet, by creating a "blanket" that would stop the Sun's rays from reaching the Earth.
In 1991, there was a massive eruption in South East Asia.
Mount Pinatubo ejected about 10 million tonnes of sulphur into the stratosphere at about 10-40km above the Earth's surface.
Scientists like Professor Crutzen could measure how much sulphur dioxide was injected into the stratosphere, where it was injected and what happened to it over time.
"After the injection at high altitude, it started to move around the globe with the air motions; first in an east-west direction, but also with time in a north-south direction. After about a year, the initial input of pollutants in the stratosphere by the volcano had spread rather evenly around the world," the Nobel Laureate said.
For two years after Pinatubo erupted, the average temperature across the Earth decreased by 0.6C.
The volcano's location close to the equator helped make Pinatubo the perfect model for explaining how sulphur in the stratosphere could reduce global warming.
But Professor Crutzen does not want to wait for another volcano.
Hundreds of sulphur rockets could launch into the stratosphere
Instead, controversially, he wants to duplicate the effects of volcanic eruptions and create a man-made sulphur screen in the sky.
His solution would see hundreds of rockets filled with sulphur launched into the stratosphere. He envisages one million tonnes of sulphur to create his cooling blanket.
"Hydrocarbons are burnt to lift the rocket material, and the rocket then goes into the stratosphere. In the stratosphere, hydrogen sulphide is burnt, and the sulphate particles reflect solar radiation," he explains.
But at low altitudes within the Earth's atmosphere, sulphur has been known to create a lot of damage.
Since the industrial revolution began over 200 years ago, the combustion of fossil fuels has put just over a trillion tonnes of carbon dioxide, as well as sulphur, into the atmosphere.
By the mid-1950s, the effects of sulphur were killing thousands of people through respiratory disease. It also caused acid rain and had devastating effects on plants and animals.
To combat this, clean air acts were introduced and filters were put in place to reduce sulphur emissions.
The chemistry professor finds it ironic that prior to these clean air acts, filthy factories actually shielded us from the Sun.
He explains the paradox: "We want to clean up the environment because air pollution is unhealthy. But this pollution also cools the Earth by reflecting solar radiation into space."
Professor Crutzen is not proposing a return to the bad old days; rather, he wants to avoid the previous problems by making sure the sulphur is injected into the atmosphere at high altitude.
Nevertheless, the consequences of putting gargantuan quantities of sulphur into the atmosphere as he proposes are unknown.
It could increase acid rain, or even damage the ozone layer - the very thing Professor Crutzen has dedicated his life to protecting.
Regarded as the second layer of Earth's atmosphere
Above the troposphere but below the mesosphere
Positioned at 10-50 km altitude above the Earth's surface
Neither does his solution tackle - or offer a way of reducing - the increasing amount of CO2 that is still being emitted.
But Professor Crutzen believes global warming may reach such critical levels within the next 30 years that a radical strategy will be needed.
He thinks we should at least test his plan, so we know now what the risks might be if we face a catastrophic situation in the future.
"I am prepared to lose some bit of ozone if we can prevent major increases of temperature in the future, say beyond two degrees or three degrees," he says.
Whether other scientists agree that a sulphur screen is a viable solution remains to be seen.
Five Ways To Save The World was broadcast on Monday 19 February at 2100 GMT on BBC Two.
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Most viewers of Arabic-language news portals in the region are in Saudi Arabia, while the majority of Arabic-speaking users from outside the Arab world live in the United States. Moreover, the gender gap persists with all portals reporting that most of their viewers are males.
In a turbulent region, news is one of the most sought after types of online content. This has led to the emergence of several portals featuring news targeting the Arabic-speaking community, and page impressions and unique users are two common methods to assess the performance of such portals.
A new report, “Arabic Online Portals Featuring News Content” was released to the Arab Advisors Group’s Media Strategic Research Service subscribers on May 1, 2006. The 33-page report, which has 28 detailed exhibits, analyzes the monthly page impressions, unique users and demographic breakdowns of selected portals featuring news content in the Arabic language. The selected portals are all regional in their outlook and include major satellite news channel websites, business and financial news portals, and general websites featuring Arabic news. These portals are: Al Arabiya’s news portal, Al Bawaba, AME Info, CNN Arabic, Maktoob, Menafn, Mena Report, Middle East Online and MSN Arabia. The report also features demographic information for Al Jazeera’s news portal.
“Analyzing the demographic breakdowns of the web portals’ visitors, it appears that most users in the Arab world are in Saudi Arabia, while many Arabic-speaking users from outside the region live in the United States. Additionally, males consistently outnumber females as viewers of Arabic news on the web,” Arab Advisors Group’s media analysts wrote in the report.
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Yeah, it was a bit interesting in thought. As he stated however, it is nothing really new. I thought it more of an opinion piece about how we should work our way towards that design. I got what he was saying, but I think much of what he had been talking about could have been done through OOP with perhaps a different focus on the types of classes to design. Maybe some more theoretical OOP class models for manipulating the data of other objects.
Good read, thanks for pointing it out.
This post has been edited by Martyr2: 19 December 2009 - 12:51 PM
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Indiana state senator and chairman of the Senate Education and Career Development Committee Dennis Kruse is on something of a crusade to try and push his “truth in education” bill. While the bill does not mention God, Adam & Eve, or any specific religion, it is an attempt to force students to challenge teachers to prove evolution exists. Earlier, Kruse tried to push a bill requiring schools teach creationism alongside evolution.
Kruse largely feels that “If you’re teaching something, then a student could question that and say, you know, ‘How do you know that’s true?’ And so the teacher would have to come up with different sources, ‘This is why I think this is true.’”
Democratic state senator Tim Skinner feels that the idea is rather silly and that it is not something that needs to be mandated. Skinner stated “If Senator Kruse had education experience he would know that students across the country are already doing that every day in the public school classroom. They question everything, and I think a teacher who’s actually doing their job will answer those questions.”
Numerous attempts by the Religious Right have been made to try and undermine the evidence that shows that evolution exists even though most of modern biology is centered around evolutionary theory.
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Susan Adams, Forbes Staff
I cover careers, jobs and every aspect of leadership.
A new salary survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has some good news for 2012 college graduates. The overall median salary for new grads has risen to $43,000, up 4.5% from the median for the class of 2011 (I’ve rounded NACE’s numbers to the nearest $1,000). A Bethlemen, Pa. non-profit, NACE links college placement offices with employers. Its employer members tend to be large companies, but for its salary survey it went beyond its members and combed through data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau and a master set of data developed by a compensation measurement company called Job Search Intelligence.
Engineering majors earn the best salaries, according to the survey, at a median of $59,000. Not surprisingly, the lowest earners graduate in humanities and social science, with a median salary of just $35,000.
The survey includes some interesting information about the earnings of students who pursue a particular focus within a major. It also offers some clues about where those students are most likely to find work. For instance, the top earners among engineering grads are those who concentrate on computer engineering. They make a median of $68,000. Among computer science majors, those who go into the information sector earn the most, at $64,000. For business grads, a finance focus is the most lucrative, with those who take jobs as financial managers earning $66,000.
While humanities and social science majors have the least lucrative starting salaries, those who major in political science earn the best, starting at a median of $38,000. The biggest employer for humanities grads? The education services industry, with an average starting salary of $38,000.
The worst earners in NACE’s survey are, not surprisingly, visual and performing arts majors. Their biggest employer is “retail trade,” with an average starting salary of just $26,000.
Here is a list of median salaries by discipline, with the top-earning major leading the list.
Computer Science $56,000
Health Sciences $43,000
Math & Sciences $41,000
Humanities & Social Sciences $35,000
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This coming July, conservative women from around the country will meet in St. Louis, Missouri, for the third annual Smart Girl Summit (SGS), the yearly conference of Smart Girl Politics Action. Smart Girl Politics Action is a non-profit organization founded in 2008 to bring more conservative women into the political arena, be it as activists or as candidates. Previous conferences have featured such conservative rock stars as Michele Bachmann, Liz Cheney, Michelle Malkin, Marsha Blackburn, S.E. Cupp and many other leading conservative voices from politics, media and the grassroots.
The theme of Smart Girl Summit 2011 is “Gateway to 2012,” and the focus will be on preparing conservative activists for the all-important presidential election cycle. As part of this year’s conference, Smart Girl Politics Action, in conjunction with VOICES of Conservative Women, will conduct the first-ever presidential straw poll decided exclusively by women. This groundbreaking straw poll could well be an important bellwether for those who hope to inhabit the White House come January 20, 2013.
Women are an important voting constituency: the 2010 U.S. Census shows there are 157.2 million females versus 153.2 million males, and The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University has found that women are heading to the polls in greater numbers than men:
In recent elections, voter turnout rates for women have equaled or exceeded voter turnout rates for men. Women, who constitute more than half the population, have cast between four and seven million more votes than men in recent elections. In every presidential election since 1980, the proportion [of] female adults who voted has exceeded the proportion of made adults who voted.
Women as a whole take their 19th Amendment rights very seriously. In the past two years, we have seen conservative women in particular take a more active role in driving the actions and conversations of the grassroots. Women, fed up with the overreach of the federal government, have stepped forward as leaders of the tea party movement, accounting for an estimated 55% of tea party activists. (Indeed, Smart Girl Politics Action was one of the three national sponsoring organizations of the 2009 tea parties.)
And we see in Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann, two leaders who are unapologetic in their conservative values, the ability to direct the national dialogue toward those issues important to the grassroots. Smart Girl Politics Action was borne out of the need for more conservative women voices in the public arena and representation at all levels of government. Last year’s “Year of the Woman” saw conservatives achieve great success at the polls, with congressional seats going to rising stars like Kristi Noem, Renee Ellmers, Jaime Herrera and Vicky Hartzler. The SGS Presidential Straw Poll provides a chance to show the value of women in today’s conservative movement and to quantify the kind of leader we would like to see in the White House.
To paraphrase Susan B. Anthony, “Resolved, that the women of this nation in , have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776.” Conservative women are, to put it mildly, discontent with the state of our nation and we are more than willing, as the facts bear out, to stage our rebellion through activism and our revolution at the ballot box.
We are looking forward to the presidential election cycle, playing our part in selecting the best candidate for the job and doing what it takes to see our candidate through to the White House. And the first-ever presidential straw poll for women is an exciting first step in achieving those goals.
Teri Christoph is Co-Founder of Smart Girl Politics, a non-profit organization for conservative women activists.
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Shoko Manako, 33
In March, Shoko Manako was named a "Young Researcher of the Year" by the Japan Society of Applied Physics. The purpose of the award is to encourage young Japanese scientists in their work. Then again, given the success Manako has achieved, she may not need much encouragement.
After graduating from Toho University in 1989, Manako went to work on new synthesis methods for high-temperature superconductors. She presented a paper based on that work to a 1989 meeting of the Society of Applied Physics and her career took off. Since then, Manako has spearheaded research at NEC to further develop next-generation methods using electron beams (rather than light) to etch features onto computer chips.
In particular, Manako has fabricated patterns in a polymer resist (the material used to pattern semiconductor chips) as small as 7 nanometers wide. "This width is the most narrow resist pattern that has ever been obtained in the world, and gives a way to a new device such as a quantum-effect device," says Kiminari Shinagawa of Toho University.
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When I travel around with various lectures I tend to open with a crash course in understanding Copenhagen's bicycle culture. I explain how my friends and colleagues get a kick out of the demand for me to travel around the world talking about something as dull and everyday as 'bicycle culture'. I call it Vacuum Cleaner Culture.
We all have a vacuum cleaner, we've all learned how to use it and we all use it. But we don't go around thinking about our vaccum in the course of a day. Only when the bag is full do we roll our eyes and sigh. Kind of like when our tire is flat/chain is loose and we chuck our bike into the bike shop.
We don't have a 'stable' of vacuum cleaners. We don't buy vacuum cleaning clothes from our LVS or wave at other 'avid' vacuum cleaning 'enthusiasts' whilst we clean. The relationship to our bicycles is the same as to our vacuum cleaners. They're both merely incredibly effective and useful tools for making our daily lives easier.
In my Four Goals for Promoting Bicycle Culture lecture I compare the marketing of bicycles from the dawn of the Safety bicycle in the late 19th century - and up to the early 1950's - with the marketing of vacuum cleaners in the post war years.
It was all mainstream marketing. Aimed at selling the product to regular citizens, as opposed to sub-cultural groups who fancied the Ordinary (penny farthing) and other contraptions.
When technology made vacuum cleaners accessible and affordable, the same marketing prinicples were applied as to bicycles.
ANYWAY... one of our readers sent us a link about a vaccum cleaner fetishist. A boy who LOVES his vaccum cleaners.
I got a kick out of this. Of COURSE there are people out there who fetishize about simple, practical machines. Why not? It's just not for everyone. (I bet he rides a lazy bike - a.k.a. e-bike, but that's another story...)
For fun I thought I'd search for stats about how DANGEROUS vacuum cleaning is. I figured this writer over at Spacing Toronto could use some inspiration for articles that don't promote cycling negatively.
Imagine that. According to the Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents in the UK, there were the following statistics regarding vacuum cleaner related accidents:
Object or product involved: Vacuum Cleaner
Where are the safety nannies on THIS issue?! Every bloody household must have a vaccum cleaner! And these stats are only for the UK. How much carnage is going unchecked around the world?
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Africa: 53 Countries, One Union - The New Challenges
Africa Program, Woodrow Wilson Center;
School of Advamced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University;
Foundation for World Wide Cooperation
"Africa: 53 Countries, One Union - The New Challenges" is a follow up to last year's Conference in Bologna. This Conference aims to bolster African initiatives toward unity, integration, and prosperity. Also, at issue will be the role of actors such as the United Nations, African Union, European Union, and the United States and China governments.
Read "Trade & Economic Development" by Wilson Center Scholars, William Krist and John Sewell by clicking here. Also, read "Peace, Security & Democracy," "A Challenge - The Arab Spring and its Ramification on the Continent" by Ambassador Ahmed Haggag and "Africa's Infrastructure Regional Challenges and Opportunities" by Tanya Konidaris and Clare Allenson here. These discussion papers were presented at Africa: 53 Countries, One Union - The New Challenges, a conference co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson Center's Africa Program.
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Video:How Cheerleaders Can Promote School Spiritwith Giselle Marie
Cheerleaders should be the example of school spirit for their classmates and promote important events for their school's events. Watch this how-to video from About.com for more tips on how cheerleaders can promote school spirit.See Transcript
Transcript:How Cheerleaders Can Promote School Spirit
Hello this is Giselle Marie, and today we are going to talk about what cheerleaders can do to promote school spirit.
Promote Your School's Team Events
When we think of high school, one of the first things we think about are all the school events like basketball games, football games, prep rallies, homecoming and prom just to name a few! Making sure your peers have school spirit is a major must if you want a crowd at any of those events.
Wear Your Cheerleading Uniform
Here are some ways your cheerleading team can inspire school spirit in your peers. Wearing your uniform during school hours shows others that you have school spirit. Every time there is an event after school, make sure to wear your cheerleading uniforms during classes that day. You will find that your peers will be intrigued and ask you if there is anything going on that they should attend.
You may even want to ask your teachers if you can make a small announcement about the event before class ends while in uniform.
Promote School Spirit with Giveaways and Prizes
Everyone loves free stuff! Get your team to raise some money to buy shirts, whistles or clappers with your school colors and the name of the football or basket ball teams. You can hand them out in class or throw them at the crowd for being nice and rowdy! You can also hold a raffle for your peers to have a chance at winning free tickets to games!
Cheerleaders Should Inspire the School
Last but not least, make some noise! Have a full arsenal of cheers about your school and cool tricks for prep rallies and games. The crowd will cheer for their schools team if their cheerleaders can inspire them with some cool entertainment. The teams will appreciate that!
Oh! and be nice to your peers. Remember that you represent your school and if you want your fellow classmates to come to games and cheer alongside you, you have to be the example. Be the inspiration to create the inspiration! So, get out there and start promoting school spirit!
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OverviewMount Wintour is a minor, but spectacular, little mountain along the western edge of the Opal Range. The National Topographic System map (82J/11) doesn’t even show a tree line on this mountain, but there is definitely an abundance of rock walls and ridges. The summit reaches 2700 metres (8,858 ft.).
Named in 1922 for Captain Charles Wintour who was a commanding officer in the Royal Navy onboard the HMS Tipperary during the Battle of Jutland. First ascent September 1968 by G. Boles and E. Peyer via North Ridge. Mt. Wintour’s relatively low elevation extends the summer alpine rock season and is usually dry from April to mid October.
Getting ThereEasy highway access from Highway 40 along the western edge of the peak provides the best approach. Highway 40 does provide access from the Trans Canada Highway in the north, and continues south to the Longview area, but the southern section is closed for wildlife protection from December 1 to June 15 each winter/spring. Best vehicle access from Canmore/Banff or Calgary is via the Trans Canada Highway, south along Highway 40.
For the South Ridge, park at the gate for the now permanently closed Valleyview Road, approximately 55 km south of the Trans Canada Highway. Hike up Opal Creek, gain north (left) bank and follow good game trails above steep headwall to the upper creek and round Wintour to eastern slopes.
Mount Wintour is located in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park. No permit is required to park or climb in this park. The ascent of Wintour is easily completed in a day and a bivouac is not required.
ApproachFrom the Valleyview Road walk to nearby Opal Creek. Good trails on both sides of the creek, but best choice is to take the left (north side) trail, just where the creek meets the gravel road, up the bank, then up sharp ridge just above the north creek bank.
This trail leads to the gully north (left) of Opal Falls. This gully is loose and steep, but becomes wider and more stable near top. Once above Opal Falls, excellent game trails lead to upper Opal Creek, about 100 metres above creek once on the south slopes of Mt. Wintour.
Continue on good trails to round obvious steep rock buttress on south end of Wintour. Continue rounding north to intersect drainage from East Ridge of Mt. Wintour then up steep scree/dirt combo to East Ridge about GR360172. GR denotes Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) National Topographic System of Canada (NTS) grid reference.
Route DescriptionSouth Ridge, Alpine II, 5.4
First ascent of this route by D. Gardner and N. Liske in 1977. Where grass slopes end, head up East Ridge, slightly to right, up easy gully (looks steeper than it really is) and continue up gully to South Ridge, about GR 358172.
Continue north along ridge, lots of exposure and lots of loose rock. Difficult scrambling (4 th class rock) provides great views and lots of interesting moves, but watch your holds as the rock quality is very poor.
About 120 horizontal metres from the summit. A steep rise in the ridge blocks easy travel.
Left of the centre of the ridge, a slab meets a steep wall, a good crack provided a belay station with bomber nuts or cams. Easy slab climbing (5.4) with good protection, with nuts, for 10 metres, then the line tended right onto easy ground (5.3), but no protection until a short corner. Climb short corner (5.4), with sketchy pro to easy ground above (30 metres from belay). Belay off rock piles, some more solid than others.
Easy scrambling to summit. About 4 hours from the parking lot. Descend the same route. Rappel or downclimb 30 metre crux.
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Many years ago, in Quezon City, the governing General Chapter of the Order of Preachers, the Dominicans, established four priorities with which the order would pursue preaching in the postmodern world.
If we haven’t heard by now, we should take the time to learn: all things are connected. For example, in the American Church, studies from Catholic University paint a dismal picture — approximately 35 percent of professed Catholics surveyed don’t believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist.
Literary critics, the world over, write critiques and reviews of novels every day. Catholic novels are something different or we wouldn’t label them “Catholic.” We can suppose that such novels contain our particular set of beliefs and practices and we know that all Catholic novels teach some kind of lesson.
A book by Sr. Caroline Hemesath, SSF, “From Slave to Priest,” tells the true story of a man born in bondage who escaped the South as a child, gained freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation, battled prejudice, and whose irrepressible faith led him to an unspeakable triumph — the priesthood.
The honor recognizes one Latino author and one Latino illustrator for work that “best portrays, affirms and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in children’s books.” David Diaz is responsible for artwork in the June 2012 release of “Martin de Porres: The Rose in the Desert.” It’s written by Gary D. Schmidt.
Persecution of those who follow Christ is older than the Roman Catholic Church itself. History is replete with the great trials and tribulations of the faithful but, fortunately or not, those trials are all far removed from us here in twenty-first century America. Joyce Coronel’s first novel, “A Martyr’s Crown,” reminds us, however, that true [...]
In “Will Many Be Saved,” Ralph Martin is more specific, particularly when it comes to those engaged in the new evangelization. His focus is on the 16th section of “Lumen Gentium” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church), the section that deals with who will be saved and missionary activity in the church.
College is that place where Catholic students first meet with the world’s great diversity, where students first take care of themselves, where they must first make the majority of their own decisions, and where their faith is first really tested.
Fr. Fidelis Igwenwanne said the title of his recently republished book, “A Man for God and for Others,” encapsulates what we’re all called to do: “Love God and love neighbor.”
“From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement” takes a critical look at Chavez and the rapid rise and fall of the United Farm Workers agricultural union he guided. Labor historian Matt Garcia defends his assessment as a search for “usable knowledge” for future organizing, and [...]
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After a decay reaction, the nucleus is often in an “excited”
state. This means that the decay has resulted in producing a nucleus which
still has excess energy to get rid of. Rather than emitting another beta
or alpha particle, this energy is lost by emitting a pulse of electromagnetic
radiation called a gamma ray. The gamma ray is identical in nature to light
or microwaves, but of very high energy.
Like all forms of electromagnetic radiation, the gamma ray has no mass
and no charge. Gamma rays interact with material by colliding with the electrons
in the shells of atoms. They lose their energy slowly in material, being
able to travel significant distances before stopping. Depending on their
initial energy, gamma rays can travel from 1 to hundreds of meters in air
and can easily go right through people.
It is important to note that most alpha and beta emitters also emit gamma
rays as part of their decay process. However, there is no such thing as
a “pure” gamma emitter. Important gamma emitters including Technetium-99m
which is used in nuclear medicine, and Cesium-137 which is used for calibration
of nuclear instruments.
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I was doing something routine a couple of days ago — paying some first of the month bills online — and I got stuck. For the life of me, I couldn’t remember the name of one of the people I send payments to. All the information is saved in my bank account’s settings, but I have to enter the name of the recipient, exactly as it appears in my records, to bring everything else up.
That’s when it hit me:
I need a user manual for my life!
I have a password manager, personal information manger, Treo, online todo list, reminder system, Moleskine notebook — but nowhere had I written down the step-by-step instructions for making this payment. Nor, I realized, did I have a record of most of the tasks I do routinely. Instead, I remember the first step (visit a website, call someone, open a program. etc.) and rely on the cues presented. If I can’t remember how to do something, I work at it until I figure it out.
How much time do you think I’ve wasted trying to remember simple stuff, like the steps it takes to process photos I’ve taken to print them out, or how to pay my quarterly tax payments, or how to accept new contributors to the Lifehack.org pool and get them up to speed?
What I should have, I realized, is a single place where these processes, from the crucial to the mundane, were recorded. There are a few good reasons to have something like this:
- To save time: Like I said, I probably waste a couple extra minutes on just about every routine task I perform. While on a day-to-day basis, I probably wouldn’t need to check my "user manual", it would be nice to have a single reference I could turn to when I got confused.
- For inspiration: Writing a task down, step by step, can help identify wasted efforts and shoddy processes. Maybe there’s a better way to do task x? Also, for tasks I’m likely to procrastinate on, I’d have a tool to keep me from letting myself get distracted until all the steps were done.
- For troubleshooting: How many times have you done something "the way you always" do and not gotten the expected result. Having a guide to turn to would help make sure I was walking through all the necessary steps and help me see what I’d missed the first time around.
- For training: If I ever hired someone to take over part of my work, I’d already have step-by-step tutorials for them to follow.
- In case something happens to me: If I were injured or even (goodness forbid) killed, how would my family pick up the pieces? I’m the family tech guy — it would be impossible for my loved ones to figure out the assortment of online tools, software, and hardware I use to manage my business and other projects.
What would be in it?
What would I put in my user manual? Quite a few things come to mind, including:
- The tools, both online and off, I use to accept, process, and make payments.
- Banking processes — how I pay bills and receive payments
- Bookkeeping tools — How I keep track of my accounts
- How I add clients and advertisers into my system
- Google Adwords and Adsense processes — how I identify keywords, how I set up campaigns, how I add new ads to my sites
- How I produce a podcast — my local and online workflows for recording, uploading, and distributing my podcasts
- Renewing my car registration
- Reactivating my health insurance (I teach as a contract employee so I have to reactivate it every time I renew my contract)
- Putting a new syllabus or online course together
- Writing an academic paper
- And so on…
What would it look like?
Since part of the usefulness of a personal user manual would be the ability to share it with other people, especially if I were incapacitated in some way, using any fancy software tool or online application seems out of the question. The best bet would be to keep a single file in a standard word-processing format (Word .doc, .rtf) on my computer, and an up-to-date hard copy printed out in a binder.
Finding information in a paper copy might be a hassle, though — a clear table of contents seems essential, and a clear organizing schema. Pages — at least within a section — should follow templates, with the same kinds of information in the same place on each page. I’m torn between two organizational schemas, though: should it be organized by topic (e.g. paying bills, writing articles, organizing courses, etc.) or by regularity (things I do every day, things I do weekly, things I do monthly, quarterly, annually, etc.)?
Maybe both, actually — the point is to be as perfectly useful to someone else as to myself, and who knows how much direction I might be able to give or what conditions it might need to be used under?
Putting it together
I hear you out there, thinking "That sounds like an awful lot of work!" And it does. What I’m thinking, though, is that once a template is created, adding new pages would be pretty easy. And rather than sitting down and figuring everything out, it might be more fruitful to keep the file open and document processes as you perform them in the course of your regular schedule. It might take a few extra minutes per task for a couple of days, but by the end of a week, you’d have most of the tasks you do most often fully documented. Add the monthlies at the end of the month, and add the less regular stuff as it occurs to you, or when you can set aside an hour or two to think about it.
Sound crazy? Maybe it is crazy. And yet I can’t help but think that so many of the organizations I’ve worked for — universities, foundations, museums, the military, corporations — have shelves full of such documentation, from Standard Operating Procedures for various tasks to training manuals to grant-writing templates. If you want to make sure that a certain standard is reached every time you do something, you need to figure out and document that standard.
I may never open my personal user manual once it’s finished — but it will be nice to know I could. It will be nice to know that if I’m ever hospitalized, my partner can make sure that the people that need to know, know, and that at least the minimal requirements of my business could be taken care of. It will be nice to know that tasks I do very rarely are documented somewhere, so I don’t procrastinate by putting a "figure out how to do x" entry onto my todo list — and then procrastinate that task since I don’t remember how to find out how to find out!
What about you? What kind of information would you put into your personal user manual?
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The Revised Versions of the Old and New
A CONTROVERSY, partly founded on the bad opinion of the New Testament Revision which prevails in certain quarters has (says the London Standard) sprung up with regard to the form of publication suitable to the complete work. The sceptics who declare that the new version is a disgrace to English scholarship are loud in their protests against its being bound up with the revised version of the Old Testament. The Arch- bishop, as we have already said, has told us that the work on the Old Testament had been in one respect easier than on the New, because the revisers had not to "translate a translation," so that critics may antici- pate fewer faults in the one than they profess to have discovered in the other. At all events, the Dean of Chichester, and those who think with him, consider that the mere fact of the New Testament being bound up with the Old would be sufficient by itself to bring dis- credit on the latter, on the principle, we suppose, of noscitur a sociis, and that the University press has no right to insist on selling them together, so that the better of the two articles may be made to carry off the worse. On the other hand, it is strongly urged that to divide the New Testament from the Old would break the continuity of the Bible, and weaken the doctrine,
which ought to be zealously maintained, that the second Dispensation is only the continuation of the first. How this controversy will end it is impossible to say. Nor is it even certain, as far as we know, that the University Press has come to any final decision. Be this as it may,
however, the very protest shows the strength of the feeling which has been excited by one of the two new versions, and we can only express a hope once more that it will not be allowed to prejudice the other, or prevent fair play being accorded to it by any class of
critics or divines.
Upjohn, the late flagellator and hangman for the colony of Victoria, has been sent to Sydney, as it is believed there was a plot among some expirees whom he had flogged to murder him.
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Top 10 worst fears for teens
Tonight [Sept. 23]I’m giving a workshop at Roudenbush Community Center in Westford, Mass., “How to Make Peace with Your Spirited Child.”
I often open with a discussion of the greatest fears for our children — what can happen when youngsters are motivated by fear instead of desire.
Using fear, praise, reward and punishment to discipline children can result in the Three Rs – rebellion, revenge and resentment and lead to a breakdown in parent-teen relationship and teens making decisions [like the ones below] influenced by rebellion, revenge and resentment against parents.
The root of “discipline” is “disciple” which means “follower of a teacher.” We parents teach our children.
My goal is to teach youngsters how to make good decisions so when they become teenagers they’ll choose wisely when they’re 60 miles away going 60 miles an hour. I call it the 60/60 theory.
Young people can make so many bad decisions. Below is my short list of greatest fears.
I broke down my big list into seven categories — the body, sex [the biggest list!], the mind, technology, legal, social and school/career.
I most worried about drug addiction because it’s so pervasive, long-term and difficult to cure. My teens and young adults brushed against a few of these top 10 worries and walked away. I felt scared, angry and out-of-control and compassionate for them.
- Substance addiction
- STDs — Sexually transmitted diseases
- Low self-esteem – depression – suicide [can go hand-in-hand]
- Feel isolated from family and school [THE greatest danger to teens according to extensive research]
- Be a victim or bully — sexually, socially or online
- Break the law and go to jail for a long time
- Develop a long-term disease, injury or disability from poor choices
- Connect with friends who crave risky behavior
- Fall in love with someone with bad character
What’s on your top 10 greatest fears for your children?Explore posts in the same categories: 60-60 theory, drugs and alcohol, enjoy not endure your kids, mutual respect, natural and logical consequences, positive parenting, prepare, teenagers, tweens comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site.
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An ogee is a curved shape consisting of a concave arc flowing into a convex arc and vertical ends. The ogee has a deeply rooted history, being seen in ancient Persia, Greek and Roman architecture, and is heavily used in the Gothic style of the 14th and 15th centuries. The ogee is often seen in windows and arches, as well as the profile of crown and decorative molding.
History Lesson: Ogee
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By THOMAS PEIPERTAssociated Press
DENVER (AP) - A man wounded in the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater is appearing in a nationwide television spot aimed at drawing attention to gun violence as part of the upcoming presidential debates.
Stephen Barton, 22, of Southbury, Conn., was among the 58 people injured in the July 20 attack in Aurora that also left 12 people dead.
Barton was bicycling across the country and staying with a friend the night of the shooting. He now does victim outreach and policy research for Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which helped produce the ad that began airing Monday.
In the 30-second TV spot, Barton urges people to ask themselves during the debates which candidate has a plan to stop gun violence.
Filmed inside an empty movie theater, Barton talks about his experience during the shooting as photos are shown of jagged gunshot wounds to his face and neck.
"I was lucky. In the next four years, 48,000 Americans won't be so lucky, because they'll be murdered with guns in the next president's term, enough to fill over 200 theaters," Barton says in the ad.
Meanwhile, the families of eight people killed in the theater shooting joined the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence to urge the moderator of Wednesday's debate to ask President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney about gun violence.
"To ignore the problem of gun violence in a state where two of the worst shootings in U.S. history took place - Aurora and Columbine - would not only be noticeable by its absence but would slight the memories of our loved ones killed," the letter said.
Jim Lehrer of PBS is moderating the event at the University of Denver.
Obama and Romney have been largely quiet about guns during the campaign, except when prodded about high-profile cases.
Obama has supported a renewed ban on assault-type weapons, and he blames Congress for opposing such measures. The president also has signed laws allowing people to carry concealed weapons in national parks and in checked bags on Amtrak trains.
Romney says he thinks the nation needs tougher enforcement of gun laws already on the books, not new gun laws. The key is to identify deranged or distressed people and keep them from carrying out terrible acts, he says.
The TV ad featuring Barton is part of the "Demand A Plan" campaign led by shooting survivors and Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan group of more than 725 mayors who advocate closing what they say are loopholes in laws designed to prevent felons, domestic violence offenders, people who are seriously mentally ill and other dangerous people from obtaining firearms.
"Especially now, given what's happened in the past few months with guns and these mass shootings, I don't think there is a better opportunity to talk about this," Barton told The Associated Press.
Barton said it's frustrating that the candidates have shied away from gun policy, and he hopes the new ad will start a conversation about gun violence and how to stop it.
"At some point we have to demand a certain level of courage and independence among politicians," he said. "At some point you just have to expect more, even in an election season."
The ad, which does not endorse Obama or Romney, indicates it was paid for by the United Against Illegal Guns Support Fund, the fundraising arm for Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Literature reviews traditionally introduce a topic, summarise the main issues and provide some illustrative examples. If they are to be considered a reliable source of research evidence they should record how the primary studies were sought and selected and how they were analysed to produce their conclusions. Readers need to be able to judge whether all of the relevant literature is likely to have been found, and how the quality of studies was assessed.
See six reasons below to find out:
'What's so special about a 'systematic' review?'
1) Systematic reviews are transparent about how their conclusions are generated
Why? Because it avoids misrepresentation of the knowledge base
How? Each piece of research is evaluated and its quality and relevance made clear
If we are to be confident about the findings of reviews of research we need to be able to see that review authors have taken steps to reduce distortions or inaccuracies in their work. For instance, were all studies found treated as equally reliable despite differences in their quality; or could some have been missed altogether? A methodical and explicit approach to avoiding ways in which reviews can misrepresent the knowledge base is the fundamental principle of systematic research synthesis.
2) A 'protocol' sets out how the systematic review is to be conducted before the work starts
Why? It reduces bias
How? Because procedures cannot be overly influenced by results
As is the case for any good research, the methods for a systematic review are made explicit in a 'protocol' before it starts. This helps to reduce bias in the review process, for example by ensuring that reviewers' procedures are not overly influenced by the results of studies they find. If changes are needed to the protocol as the review progresses these needed to be noted in the review's final report and the rationale for making changes made clear.
In systematic reviews where the nature of the review question requires a review methodology which is more iterative, the method of review will not be fully specified a priori but will be detailed in the final report.
3) Exhaustive searches are undertaken to find as much as possible of the relevant research
Why? It reduces bias
How? Conclusions are not overly influenced by the most accessible research
Systematic reviews include efforts to find as much as possible of the research which addresses the review's research question. This is important if the review's conclusions are not to be over-influenced by studies which are simply the easiest to find (usually published research, showing the benefit of interventions). Another example of the methodological approach of a systematic review is the use of a set of explicit statements, called inclusion criteria, to assess each study found to see if it actually does address a review's research question.
There are some systematic reviews that do not aim to be exhaustive because the nature of their review question and review methods is such that they are only attempting to identify selected examples of evidence. They are systematic reviews as long as there is a transparency, rigour and coherence in the approach used.
4) The systematic review methods are made explicit
Why? So users of the review know if they can trust the review's findings
How? Because readers can judge how well it has been done
A systematic review is also explicit in reporting its methods so that these can be appraised. For example, the methods used to find studies (database searches, searches of specialist bibliographies, hand-searching of likely journals, attempts to track down unpublished research) will be reported in some detail. This allows readers to decide for themselves whether the reviewers have looked carefully enough to be able to say they have identified as many as possible of the studies that could help answer the review's research question. It is now standard practice for reports of systematic reviews to have clearly defined methods and results sections.
5) Potential users of the systematic review are involved
Why? To make sure that the research is relevant
How? Advisory groups are set up with representatives of all user groups
In order to meet the needs of all potential users of research, syntheses need to involve a broad range of users in the development of review questions and procedures. Advisory groups can assist with defining the broad topic area to be looked at and identifying the specific areas within that topic that would be most useful to scrutinise in-depth.
6) The findings of sound research are synthesised
Why? To produce clear and easily accessible messages about the reliable evidence available on a given topic
How? Appraising individual studies and pooling their results means conclusions can be drawn about the direction of the evidence as a whole
An important characteristic of a systematic review is that it includes a synthesis of its results, which in this case are results from previous research.
As a very important part of the synthesis process, systematic reviewers assess the quality of the studies they have found. They can then use this assessment to assign different weights to study findings. Poor quality studies are sometimes downgraded in importance or excluded from the review. The ultimate effect of this is that research can influence a review's conclusions only when that research is sound.
The synthesis is usually presented in the form of a structured narrative, summary tables or a statistical combination (meta-analysis). This synthesis is then used to formulate conclusions and recommendations. The aim is to make clear the links between the detail of the studies found and the reviewers' conclusions.
EPPI-Centre methods references
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Grande di S. Giovanni Evangelista
10.00/16.00, only Sunday and Monday. Closed on Easter.
San Giovanni, San Polo - Venezia
Becouse of the
paintings dedicated to this School we are sure it was the most important
non-denominational institution in Venice in the past. San Giovanni evangelista
was founded in the 1261 and soon became famous when it
received the Cross's relic by an official of the Cyprus kingdom in the 1369.
The fact was so important that many paintings, kept at the Accademia
Gallery testified the moment: Processione della
Croce in Piazza S.Marco, Il
miracolo della Croce al Ponte di S.Lorenzo , both by Gentile
Bellini and Il miracolo
della Reliquia della Croce by Vittore Carpaccio: paintings
important both for religious meaning and historical reconstruction.
At the same time faithfuls took charge of give to the School an aspect
worthy of its fame: in the 1415 the School was almost finished becouse
all the paintings were still ordered, while to see the marvellous marble
door the faithfuls had to wait till the end of fifteenth century when
Bartolomeo Bon realized it (see S.Stefano
Church and Ca'
D'oro Musem) putting on it a semicircular pediment. This door was
the entrance to the courtyard that was bordered on the left handside
by the School and on the right handside by the old church.
As for other Schools, most important element in the architectural structure
was the stairs leading to the upper floor: in the 1498 Mauro Codussi,
one of the most famous architect working in Venice in that period, realized
the project characterized by a mullioned window at the intermediate
floor, a typical element of Codussi's architecture. After the Campoformio
treaty that gave Venice to Austrian Empire, the School seemed to be
destined for demolition but the importance of the School for Venice
during its history incited some venetian citizen to buy it and give
it to the city.
At the upper floor it's possible admire works by Tintoretto and Sante
Peranda, Tiepolo, Diziani and Marieschi.
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Bond Fund Interest Rate RiskJuly 23rd, 2012 by David Waring
The large majority of the time, all else being equal, the longer the bonds held in a fund have until maturity, the higher the yield and income the fund generates will be. What you trade for higher yield is more volatility in the performance of the fund. This is what is known as interest rate risk.
To help demonstrate this point have a look at the performance comparison chart of the Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund vs. the Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund. As you can see the performance of the Long Term Fund was significantly more volatile than the performance of the short term fund.
Keep in mind that just because two bond funds are both in the the same category does not mean that they will have the same amount of interest rate risk. For example to be categorized as an intermediate term bond fund, the fund has to hold bonds with maturities between 5 and 12 years. This generally puts the duration of intermediate funds anywhere from around 4 years to around 9 years. Duration is a measure of interest rate risk, so a fund with a duration of 8 will have twice as much volatility as a fund with a duration of 4, even though both these funds could be intermediate term bond funds. (you can learn more about bond duration here)
Our opinion here at Learn Bonds is that the best balance between interest rate risk and return lies in the lower end of the intermediate term range of around 6 years.
(Note: The above chart shows that the long-term fund outperforms the short-term fund. While this is true during the last decade, if overall interest rates rise this may not be true for the next 10 years. What will be true, even if interest rates rise, is that the performance of the shorter-term fund will be a much smoother line and less volatile than the longer-term fund.)
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The flu is affecting people all over the United States, as well as right here in Dothan. Nathaniel Medical Clinic is just one of the many places you can go to get a flu vacinne. Many doctors say they ordered more than the usual amount and have already run out. They hope to have another shipment in by next week. Doctors say if you start to feel as though you are getting the flu, which is described by high fever, body aches, headaches and coughing, there is an anti-viral medicine they can give you to make you feel better. The catch is you must go within 36 hours from the time you start to feel bad. Doctors warn everyone to go shopping for groceries and gifts on "off" times, when it is not as crowded. They also say wash your hands and get plenty of rest. JANA JACOBS-REPORTER WDHN 18
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I am new to programming and I was wondering if anybody could help me out. I am using Bloodshed, and these two problems are really giving me a tough time, I cannot figure them out. Any help is greatly appreciated!
I am to write a function prototype for both of these...
1. A function named check() that has three parameters. The first parameter should accept an integer number, and the second and third parameters should accept variables of type double. The function returns no value.
2. A function named findAbs() that accepts a integer passed to it and returns a double.
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Fast food is a core part of the US culture. It’s easy. It’s cheap. It’s everywhere. McDonalds is the main restaurant of choice with over 18,000 locations in the US alone. Over 42% of Americans visited McDonalds at least once in the last 6 months. There is little diversity in the types of people that go to McDonalds as it appeals to all types. Other fast food chains, however, are not quite as popular – and target different types of people and locations. How do these vary? What type of consumer visits each of these chains? Does geography matter?
While there are a significant amount of fast food chains, this article will focus on just a few of them – the ones that are most visited in the last 6 months (after McDonalds of course). They are: Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, Wendy’s, and KFC.
With over 12,500 stores worldwide, Burger King is one of the most popular hamburger franchises in the world. Over half of their franchises are located in the US. The majority of these are located in the eastern part of the United States – but franchises are all over. Over 27% of the US population has visited a Burger King in the last 6 months. No one area of the country seems to dominate the visits, though consumers living in the mid-west and east tend to frequent the restaurant as a whole more than those in the west.
One method to classify consumers is through tapestry segmentation. Esri, a geographic information systems company which also does data analysis, developed a tapestry segmentation that classifies US residential neighborhoods into 65 unique market segments based on socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.
The tapestry segmentation groups that frequent Burger King the most are Metro City Edge and Dorms to Diplomas. 100% of the census block groups where these segments are dominant have an index of 125 or higher for likely visiting Burger King at least once in the last 6 months. This means that a consumer in these groups is at least 1.25 times more likely than the average American to have visited Burger King at least once in the last 6 months. These are the avid Burger King consumers. Who are they?
Metro City Edge residents live in older suburban neighborhoods of large metropolitan cities, primarily in the Midwest and South. Their median income is $29,269. About 72% of the residents are black. Dorms to Diplomas residents are college students. 90% of these consumers rent. Most of these communities are in urban locations or part of a major campus in a n urban cluster.
Mexican food is a very popular fast food choice – and Taco Bell is the most popular Mexican fast food chain in the US. The company has over 5,800 restaurants throughout the country which almost 25% of the US population visited in the last 6 months.
The zip code with the highest index for visiting Taco Bell in the last 6 months is 06269, which is Storrs Mansfield, CT. This is the zip code for the University of Connecticut. In fact the top 5 zip codes all have colleges located there. The top 5 zip codes are:
- 06269 – Storrs Mansfield, CT (University of Connecticut)
- 13244 – Syracuse, NY (Syracuse University)
- 27411 – Greensboro, NC (Bennett College)
- 27710 – Durham, NC (Duke University)
- 29424 – Charleston, SC (College of Charleston)
Not surprisingly, the most avid visitors of Taco Bell are residents of the tapestry group Dorms to Diplomas. As mentioned above, these are college students. All of the census blocks where this segment is dominant have an index for visiting Taco Bell at least once in the last six months is 150 or higher meaning they are 1.5 times more likely than the average American to go to Taco Bell.
Other tapestry segments with residents that are frequent Taco Bell customers are Up and Coming Families and Aspiring Young Families. Census block groups where these segments are dominant have an index of 125 or higher for visiting Taco Bell at least once in the last 6 months.
Known for submarine sandwiches, Subway is the largest sandwich restaurant in the United States. It has approximately 20,000 locations in the US and over 35,000 worldwide. This is even more than McDonald’s 33,000 worldwide locations.
With Subway being everywhere, this means their customers are everywhere too. There are 36 zip codes that are tied for the highest index for visiting Subway at least once in the past 6 months. They have an index of 158. This means that someone in those zip codes is 1.58 times more likely than the average American to have visited Subway in the past 6 months. To put this in perspective, about 24.1% of Americans have visited Subway in the past 6 months.
Like Taco Bell, the tapestry segment that visits Subway the most is Dorms to Diplomas. Made up of primarily college students, this group is looking for quick, inexpensive food on the go. All of the census block groups where Dorms to Diplomas is the dominant tapestry segment have an index of 125 or higher for having visited Subway at least once in the past 6 months.
Known for its old-fashioned hamburgers, Wendy’s is the third largest hamburger chain the world with over 6,650 locations. Its popularity is increasing. With fewer locations than Burger King, it surpassed Burger King’s sales in 2011. About 23.6% of Americans visited a Wendy’s in the last six months.
Wendy’s seems to be most popular in the south and east but also in some parts of the west. The chain is less popular in the Midwest – at least people don’t frequent the restaurant too often there.
Residents from two tapestry groups frequent Wendy’s the most: Family Foundations and Great Expectations. 100% of the census block groups where these two segments are dominant have an index of 125 or higher for visiting Wendy’s at least once in the last 6 months. This means that residents in these groups are 1.25 times more likely to have visited Wendy’s.
Family Foundations neighborhoods are small urban communities are located in large metropolitan areas, primarily in the South and Midwest. They have a median household income is $38,460. Young singles who live alone and married-couple families dominate the Great Expectations neighborhoods. Their median household income is $35,406.
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Founded by Colonel Sanders in 1952, KFC is the most popular fast food chicken restaurant in the United States. The company has over 15,000 stores in 105 countries worldwide. In the US, almost 21% of the population visited KFC in the last 6 months. The restaurant is particularly popular in the south.
Several tapestry segments are composed of residents who frequent KFC. They are Family Foundations, Heartland Communities, Southern Satellites, City Strivers, Urban Rows, Rural Bypasses, and Rooted Rural. 100% of the census block groups where each of these are dominant have an index of 125 or higher for visiting KFC at least once in the last 6 months. The majority of these tapestry segments are part of the Urbanization segment Rural II. Urbanization summary groups share a locale, from the urban canyons of the largest cities to the rural lanes of villages or farms.
Over 80% of the Rural II neighborhoods have an index of 125 or higher for KFC. Most of this population lives in rural farm areas; the rest live in the country or in small villages.
Each of these restaurants is popular to a different type of segment of the population. Consumers have preferences based on food selection, taste, price, convenience, and many other factors. It is important to understand which types of consumers frequent a restaurant to best target new customers and to understand the best opportunity for expansion.
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Capture a special moment with a Personalized Handmade Book from Candace Jedrowicz. This handmade book idea is a great paper craft that goes beyond the world of scrapbooking. Make up a story, use decorative paper and simple techniques.
- About a yard of fabric – all one color or complementary colors
- Several cereal boxes
- Spray adhesive – I used Aleene’s Spray Adhesive
- Fabric glue – Aleene’s, of course
- Plenty of decorative papers
- Aluminum foil
- Printed words
- Decoupage medium – I used Aleene’s Collage Pauge
- Sponge brush
- Lots of newspaper
- Embellishments for the cover
- I started with a poem and several photos of my grandson in pajamas. Then I printed three different faces from more recent photos. I made them slightly larger for a cartoon effect.
- I cut out each of the bodies, some I cut arms off to reposition them on some of the pages. Faces were cut out and glued on bodies.
- I cut all the sets of butterfly wings from the decorative papers, but didn’t glue them on until I decided how he would be oriented on the page.
- I assemble the pages without glue, before I put the book together.
- There were sixteen lines in the poem, each set of pages had two lines.
- I cut my card board to 6″ x 6 3/4″ and measured out squares of fabric for each side of of the boards.
- I cut one large piece of fabric to cover both pieces of card board for the outside covers.
- I took everything into my garage, laid out lots of newspaper and started spraying one piece of cloth and cardboard at a time. Then I stick the board to the fabric and spray again to attach the fabric for the other side of the page.
- The outside of the front and back cover was sprayed (on the wrong side) and both boards were placed with about a finger width between them. After the whole thing was sprayed again I placed the fabric for the inside.
- I trimmed three edges of the pages and all four edges of the cover.
- The fourth edge of the pages were cut to about 1″ from the edge of the card board creating a flap to attach the pages. I separated the fabric on the flap right up to the card board.
- This photo shows the first page laying next to the inside of the front cover with one side of the flap turned up.
- I applied fabric glue to the inside of the flap.
- Then overlapped the inside of the front cover with the glued flap and secured it by burnishing.
- This is the other side of the page above. Here I’m showing the other side of the flap folded back AND pointing out that I cut the flap off of the next page, just short of the card board.
- Every other page was attached by half of its flap to the pages before it and after it. I also pressed the joined pages into the spine with extra glue.
- As I began gluing the pages, I put sheets of foil between to keep them from sticking together.
- I used Collage Pauge to put the pages together.
- I added glitter pens elements and dots of punched out paper to embellish some of the pages.
ForHow to Make a Custom Book. a comprehensive video tutorial, check out How to Make a Custom Book.
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Greg Orme discovered a face in the Libya Montes region of Mars which is called the "crown face," "crowned face," or "king face."
To the right of the main face is an inclusion. The face in the inclusion looks to me to be a man, partly contorted, twisting and turning, into a form more feline. Other researchers have previously commented on the feline look of this inclusion. This webpage takes a closer look at that feature, and the forms immediately to its right.
The Olmec (as well as the Mayans and Aztecs) portrayed the were-jaguar with a down-turned mouth, very similar to the way the man is depicted in the crown face inclusion under review:
What I see just to the right of this inclusion, looks somewhat like a distorted jaguar.
Notice how this distorted looking jaguar face mirrors, and partially reflects the details of the contorted man with the down-turned mouth?
Look to the extreme right side of the jaguar face. A vaguely defined human face appears to jut-out of the jaguar face. (This additional human face was recently discovered by Greg Orme). Here is my color projection of that vague human face:
The chubby cheek, the nose, the mouth, and one eye are clearly seen.
What is interesting about this, is that we have a vaguely defined, though dimensional, human face, projecting out of the distorted jaguar face.
Notice how it merges with the jaguar image projected in my colorization:
The lines are subtle, but they are there. The human face projecting out of the jaguar explains the distorted look we are getting when we try to see only the jaguar. The texture of the jaguar is predominantly on the upper left, and it phases out as it merges into the subtle manlike image to our right.
Curiously, bifurcated sculptures and two-faced masks were popular in Mayan art. Below, the Mayan sculptor is portraying a mostly man image on one half of the sculpture, and a mostly jaguar image on the other half. (I have flipped this image horizontally to match more closely with the image in the crown face feature which we are examining):
I realize most researchers will have their doubts about this image, and of my interpretation of it. However, there is further proof right in the image that this is all intentional. We have a curved jaguar nose that relates back to the curved nose of the main crown face image we looked at earlier. Again, they are not defects. They are matching noses to show that this is the same entity who has transformed from a man to a jaguar. The sculptor has again taken advantage of the odd curvature of the nose in this portrayal.
The curved jaguar nose, serves yet another purpose. Look carefully. The use of the exaggerated curvature on the jaguar nose, is the very feature that creates the semblance of a chubby cheek on the man image that is protruding from the right side of the jaguar face.
The odd curvature therefore serves two artistic purposes in the sculptor's portrayal of this entity. This is further proof that intelligent, well-thought-out design is in play.
With respect to "were-jaguars," the following excerpts are from wikipedia: "One of the most prominent, distinctive, and enigmatic Olmec [early meso-american people, pre-dating the Mayans], designs to appear in the archaeological record has been the "were-jaguar." The were-jaguar figure is characterized by a distinctive down-turned mouth, almond-shaped eyes, and fleshy lips. These feline anthropomorphic figures may range from a human figure with slight jaguar characteristics to depictions of shamanistic transformations..., to figures that are nearly completely feline."
Special thanks and credit to Greg Orme and George Haas for their work on the crown face feature. I will be interested in getting their feedback on this webpage.
George Haas has a book available here.
Also, special thanks and credit for the original images taken by the Mars Global Surveyor - Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) to: NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems
Raw Images Courtesy of NASA and ESA. Special thanks to EVERYONE who has contributed in the search for Mars anomalies. Also thanks to Google, Picasa, ImageShack, and Photobucket.
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Location in Lawrence County and the state of Alabama
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Hillsboro is a town in Lawrence County, Alabama, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 608.
Hillsboro is located at .(34.638029, -87.188287)
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 608 people, 221 households, and 169 families residing in the town. The population density was 317.2 people per square mile (122.3/km²). There were 249 housing units at an average density of 129.9/sq mi (50.1/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 14.64% White, 82.24% Black or African American, 1.81% Native American, 0.16% from other races, and 1.15% from two or more races. 0.99% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 221 households out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 23.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the town the population was spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 10.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 83.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.2 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $40,714, and the median income for a family was $52,000. Males had a median income of $26,979 versus $22,083 for females. The per capita income for the town was $14,457. About 3.9% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.9% of those under age 18 and 22.9% of those age 65 or over.
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NEW PALTZ -- Seidenath began her studies at the School for Jewelry at Neugablonz in her native Germany, went on to study at SUNY New Paltz, and then under the renowned goldsmith Herman Junger at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
A visiting lecturer at many universities around the world, a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and two Rhode Island State Council on the Arts grants, Seidenath is recognized as one of the most influential jewelry artists of her generation.
In 2002, Marjorie Simon wrote in Metalsmith Magazine "[Seidenath's work] is as delectable as the witch's house was to Hansel and Gretel. Putting it on would be like breaking the frozen surface and seeing the sun burst through again."
Barbara Seidenath will give a presentation about her work
Wednesday, October 3
Lecture Center 102
Free and open to all
The Art Lecture Series is a project of the Student Art Alliance, funded by the Student Association. For additional information call (845) 257-3872.
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Let’s wrap up the discussion of sacred images.
§ 137 § The placement of images can be a challenge, especially when a number of cultural traditions are part of a single parish community and each has its own devotional life and practices. Restraint in the number and prominence of sacred images (SC 125) is encouraged to help people focus on the liturgical action that is celebrated in the church. Separate alcoves for statues or icons can display a variety of images through the year. Some parishes designate an area as the shrine for an image that is being venerated on a given day or for a period of time, such as the image of a saint on his or her feast day.
§ 138 § It is important that the images in the church depict saints for whom devotion currently exists in the parish. It is particularly desirable that a significant image of the patron of the church be fittingly displayed, as well as an image of Mary, the Mother of God, as a fitting tribute to her unique role in the plan of salvation. As time passes and demographics change, saints who were once the object of veneration by many parishioners may at another time be venerated by only a few. When this happens, these images could be removed, provided sensitivity is shown with regard to the piety of the faithful and the impact on the building.
The citation of SC 125 in its entirety:
The practice of placing sacred images in churches so that they may be venerated by the faithful is to be firmly maintained. Nevertheless their number should be moderate and their relative locations should reflect right order. Otherwise they may create confusion among the Christian people and promote a faulty sense of devotion.
Underused is the good option of rotating images in one location. Our sister parish in town displays a saint’s image in its narthex, depending on the feast or season.
Developing new devotions can be slow. In one parish in which I served, two alcoves for devotion existed–in addition to the ledges for statues in the main worship space. One houses the Holy Family. The other was fitted with doors and is now a closet for wedding supplies. I had not thought of rotating images at the time of renovation–that would have been my suggestion today.
All texts from Built of Living Stones are copyright © 2000, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Inc. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
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Asheville (NC) Citizen-Times February 4, 2000
Is Buncombe School Board serious about its anti-bullying program?
By Monroe Gilmour
By initiating a comprehensive anti-bullying program, the Buncombe County School Board is to be commended for recognizing the negative impact of school-based bullying on student victims and on overall school safety.
Yet, there is an irony here. While declaring the school system's desire to decrease bullying on the school yard, the Board's own brand of bullying continues at the top.
The characteristic behavior of a bully and the impact of bullying on student victims elucidated in your feature article (AC-T Jan 19) describe well the School Board's own behavior in resisting the elimination of Indian imagery and mascots at Clyde A. Erwin High School.
The Society of (American) Indian Psychologists meeting one year ago called for the "retiring of offensive team mascots."
Dr. Dennis Tibbetts, PhD, Society member, and Director of the Center for Naive American studies at Northern Michigan University, stated, "It's distressing when Native people who are searching for their own identity or attempting to present their tribal identity as accurately as possible have to combat the dominant culture over the offensive use of our images and symbols." Why does the school board, vocally concerned about the effects of bullying, ignore such advice?
The National Indian Education Association has also called for the elimination of American Indian mascots.
Yet, like the bully who is indifferent to the suffering of his/her victim, the Buncombe County School Board continues to denigrate American Indians who say today, like Rosa Parks said forty five years ago, "no more."
With Board efforts to deny the legitimacy of the issue and even of the Indians calling for change, the School Board has built a self-deluding fence around its own intransigence. Moreover, the Board refuses to acknowledge the broad-based sentiment for the change locally and nationally.
For example, last summer the western North Carolina United Methodist Church's 1,146 churches passed a resolution asking for change.
The national NAACP convention and the local Branch similarly called for eliminating such mascots. Dozens of Indian, church, education,, and civic organizations have done the same.
The Board has not even addressed the substance of the curriculum, educational, moral, or psychological impacts the many resolutions for change have enunciated.
Some Erwin alumni see the American Indians who raised the issue as "bullies" themselves for challenging the status quo and hurting Erwin's 'heritage.' One Erwin Advisory Council member was earlier quoted in the AC-T saying the Indians should "go back home."
The broader irony of that statement aside, the family raising the issue has lived in the Erwin District since 1964 and has had five children graduate from Erwin. Is this alumni lack of caring part of the "disturbing resistance to change" that former Superintendent Bob Bowers referred to in his recent interview with the Asheville Citizen-Times? (Jan. 17).
History's river of justice saw similar, though eventually unsuccessful, efforts to retard its flow in the 1960s.
Georgia restaurant proprietor Lester Maddox tried to stem the river's flow and for a moment became popular enough to be elected Governor of Georgia.
Maddox, who gained his popularity by standing in front of his restaurant with an axe handle to defy the desegregation of eating facilities is today discredited and a mere footnote in history.
Buncombe County students will benefit if the school board chooses to follow the example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. rather than its current Lester Maddox model.
The Buncombe County School Board stands at a fork in the road. By choosing to eliminate harmful stereotype mascots, the Board will choose a vision of fairness, good curriculum, and hope.
To go the direction its attorney apparently prefers, the Board chooses momentary popularity with some Erwin alumni.
It also chooses an in-your-face, bully-like indifference to an increasing national consensus on this issue and guarantees itself a Lester Maddox-type footnote in Buncombe County history.
In short, the choice made will be an early barometer of whether or not the Buncombe County School Board is serious about its anti-bullying program.
(Gilmour is coordinator of Western North Carolina Citizens For An End to Institutional Bigotry and may be reached at PO Box 18640 Asheville, NC 28814 or via WNCCEIB's web page, www.main.nc.us/wncceib/ )
Please let the Buncombe County School Board know how you feel on this issue by sending an email today: Interim Superintendent Stephen Page
To read an unedited version of this commentary in which quotes from the Board
attorney and from the Erwin Dt. Lions Club president demonstrate the
parallels to bully behavior,
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Illinois DocAssist Primary Care Physician Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Consultation Resource
- TO: Participating Advanced Practice Nurses, Community Mental Health Providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Encounter Rate Clinics (ERCs), Hospitals, Local Education Agencies (LEAs), Local Health Departments, School Based/Linked Health Centers, and Physicians
RE: Illinois DocAssist
The purpose of this notice is to alert you to the implementation of a new statewide child and adolescent behavioral health consultation service for primary care providers (PCPs) and clinicians, called Illinois DocAssist. The Illinois DocAssist consultation service was effective starting September 8, 2008.
To contact Illinois DocAssist, call 1-866-986-ASST (2778). The Illinois DocAssist consultation service is available at no cost to PCPs and clinicians serving HFS enrolled children under 21 years of age. Illinois DocAssist is available Monday through Friday, 9:00AM to 5:00 PM, except holidays.
Illinois DocAssist is designed to assist PCPs and clinicians in their assessment and treatment of children and youth with mental health or substance use problems. Illinois DocAssist staff (child and adolescent psychiatrists and other behavioral health clinicians) will off the following:
- Problem-based consultations to guide the mental health and substance use assessment of children and youth, and provide evidence-based treatment options including medication management strategies.
- Education and technical assistance via Web-based clinical resources, office-based training workshops including access to, and training on, the use of screening tools and diagnostic aids, stepped-care algorithms to guide clinical decisions including when to treat and when to refer, training to PCPs, clinicians and clinic staff on ways to improve the integration of mental health and substance use assessment and treatment into the clinic routine.
- Referral services to identify local community referral options for youngsters that cannot be managed in a primary care setting.
Illinois DocAssist, a collaborative program of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services; the Department of Human Services/Division of Mental Health; the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Psychiatry and the Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership, seeks to meet the need for early and effective behavioral health intervention for children and youth. Given the well-documented shortage of child and adolescent psychiatrists in the United States, it is not surprising that 75% of youth with psychiatric disorders are seen in primary care settings, and about half of all pediatric office visits involve behavioral, psychosocial, and/or educational concerns. PCPs have requested, and can benefit from, support by child psychiatrists as they diagnose and treat children and youth with mental health and substance use symptoms and illnesses.
The goals of Illinois DocAssist are to:
- Improve the screening, diagnosis, and prompt initiation of treatment for psychiatric and substance use symptoms, and disorders in children and youth in primary care settings.
- Improve the integration of mental health and substance use care with primary medical care.
- Enhance the quality of pharmacotherapy for psychiatric disorders prescribed by primary care physicians.
HFS strongly encourages all primary care providers and other clinicians to take advantage of Illinois DocAssist.
Theresa Eagleson, Administrator
HFS Division of Medical Programs
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Support the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and our work in adult learning—and bring new research, innovation, and advocacy to life. Donations from supporters and sponsors help CAEL break new ground and fight battles to make education accessible for adults.
Your donation could help pay for:
- Advocacy on behalf of Adult Learners—Help us devote more resources to addressing and advocating for legislation that supports adults returning to school. Some examples include: incentives for investments in education, acceptance of Prior Learning Assessment, reasonable definitions of the credit hour, and more.
- Research on Adult Learners—What is the value of a college degree beyond its affect on income? How well are states supporting adult learners? These are just a few of the important research questions your donation could help answer.
- Innovative Models for Adult Learners—Help us try out new models such as 401(k)s for education, online tools to show career paths in new industries, or advising structures that help military personnel and veterans succeed in college.
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The teaching profession in Australia has much to celebrate. The country's teachers and school leaders are having a profound impact – with Australian schools performing strongly in international tests such as PISA and TIMSS. To better improve equity in educational outcomes, quality teachers must also work in schools where they are needed most including, remote and disadvantaged schools.
The concepts of "quality teaching" and "quality teacher" are a hot debating topic in Australia. Now researchers are producing a clearer definition of the terms. In one research in 2003, "The Importance of Teacher Quality as a Key Determinant of Students' Experiences and Outcomes of Schooling", the finding was that "quality teachers and teaching, supported by strategic teacher professional development" was the most important factor in determining their schooling outcomes.
Socio-economic background of students, characteristics of the whole school or system, the gender of the teacher and other factors had very little effect. This conclusion triggered major projects and proposals across education systems in Australia. The researchers concluded that teacher-effectiveness could not be predicted on the basis of data such as age, experience, qualifications and background. They declared that over 30% of the variance of school student achievement resulted from three inter-related factors: professional characteristics, teaching skills and classroom climate.
More recent Australian research has drawn some similar conclusions, but also gives considerable weight to the way teaching quality is affected by factors outside of the classroom. The society, education system and school within which the teacher operates all mediate the teaching in complex ways. Some of these factors include contextual factors, professional practices, and attributes and capabilities of teachers.
Schools and learning institutions must therefore be guided by the following recommendations in order to secure high quality teachers working for them. Recommendations are as follows:
- Train future teachers through world-class pre-service education;
- Place quality teachers and school leaders in classes where they are needed most;
- Develop teachers skills and knowledge through ongoing professional learning; and
- Retain quality teachers and school leaders in your school.
Primary Education Management has evolved to become one of the most respected and professional teacher recruitment agencies in Victoria. We have been providing jobs teaching Melbourne such as casual relief teachers to the education community for over 8 years.
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United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament for Asia and The Pacific
This Regional Centre, whose acronym is "UNRCPD", was created by the United Nations General Assembly resolution in 1987 (A/42/39D) and became operational in 1989. Since its inception, the Centre has promoted dialogue and confidence-building in disarmament and regional security related matters.
Last year marked a historic moment for the Centre. Our office was relocated from New York to Kathmandu, Nepal. Our sincere thanks go to the Government and People of Nepal who kindly supported the relocation.
With the Centre's physical operation from within the region, the mandate given to the UNRCPD by the Member States of the region and endorsed by the UN General Assembly, two decades ago, is benefiting from a new momentum.
Thus, the Centre wishes to make a new departure by renewing our commitment to its mission; promoting global disarmament and non-proliferation norms, enhancing regional dialogue on disarmament, non-proliferation and security matters, and outreach and advocacy activities.
This vast and diverse region of 43 countries is facing daunting challenges in the field of disarmament and security. We believe in the power of dialogue and it is our strong desire that this Centre serves as a platform for dialogue and confidence building in the field of peace and disarmament in the Asian and Pacific region.
It is my sincere hope that this website (soon to be launched) will serve the purpose of continuously sending messages of peace and disarmament and fomenting dialogue and confidence building throughout the region from the high mountains of the Himalaya, Top of the world.
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Most Computers Are Infected By Some Form Of Virus Or Spyware
Wednesday - May 07, 2008
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That can’t happen to my computer? WRONG. The fact is that it is easier than ever to get virus or spyware. First let’s take some time to explain what virus and spyware is. Malware is a generic term used to describe malicious software such as viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, and malicious active content.
A virus is a computer program file capable of attaching to disks or other files and replicating itself repeatedly, typically without user knowledge or permission. Some viruses attach to files so when the infected file runs, the virus also runs. Other viruses sit in a computer’s memory and infect files as the computer opens, modifies, or creates the files. Some viruses display symptoms, and others damage files and computer systems.
Virus hoaxes are not viruses, but are usually emails warning people about a virus or other malicious software program. Some hoaxes cause as much trouble as viruses by causing massive amounts of unnecessary email.
Spyware is a wide range of unwanted programs that infect computers for commercial gain. They can run pop-up advertisements, steal personal information (including financial information such as credit card numbers), monitor web-browsing activity for marketing purposes, or redirect your internet to advertising websites. A dangerous spyware is a keylogger. Keyloggers are malicious programs that record the key strokes a user types on their PC, including instant message and email text, email addresses, web sites visited, passwords, credit card and account numbers, addresses, and other private data. Once they record the information, they can send it to themselves to use or sell your information to computer criminals. A Trojan horse is a malicious program that pretends to be a harmless application. It purposefully does something the user does not expect. Trojans can be harmless or can be very destructive and dangerous. Drive-By-Downloads are web sites that automatically download infections just by going on to that site.
How do I become infected? Emails containing attachments can hide infections. Infections can attack your friends and business associates email address books and send everyone in the address book an infection without them knowing about it.
Clicking on FREE programs can download unwanted programs and malware.
Going to known bad web-sites, such as porn, hacker, and other risky websites.
Around half a million computers are infected by bots( bots are software robots that search other computers for the purpose of attacking and infecting them) every day according to data compiled by Panda Labs, the research arm of anti-virus firm Panda Software. Approximately 11 percent of computers worldwide have become a part of criminal botnets, which are responsible for 85 percent of all spam sent. 6,000 new web pages are infected every day, the equivalent of one every 14 seconds. Four in five (83 per cent) of these web pages actually belong to innocent companies and individuals, unaware that their sites have been hacked. Websites of all types, from those of antique dealers to ice cream manufacturers and wedding photographers, have hosted malware on behalf of virus writers.
A GOOGLE study sheds fresh light on the well-understood problem of drive-by-downloads from compromised sites, a tactic that’s come to eclipse virus-infected email as a means of spreading malware. Cyber crooks target users by spamvertising emails containing links to poisoned web pages, exposing unsuspecting victims to malware. At least one in ten web pages are booby-trapped with malware.
How do you prevent infections? Stay away from risky or suspicious web sites. Make sure you have both antivirus and spyware software. Do updates every day. Do not open unknown files or email. If infected turn off computer and have it cleaned. Continued usage will further infect your computer. Your local computer store in Honolulu is PTC Consulting LLC (Personal Touch Computers) Located at 311 Keawe Street and phone number 524-SALE (524-7253). They are experts in cleaning infected computers and recovering your data.
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The Court today holds that the Eighth Amendment categorically prohibits the imposition of the death penalty for the crime of raping a child. This is so, according to the Court, no matter how young the child, no matter how many times the child is raped, no matter how many children
the perpetrator rapes, no matter how sadistic the crime, no matter how much physical or psychological trauma is inflicted, and no matter how heinous the perpetrator’s prior criminal record may be. The Court provides two reasons for this sweeping conclusion: First, the Court claims to have identified “a national consensus” that the death penalty is never acceptable for the rape of a child;second, the Court concludes, based on its “independent judgment,” that imposing the death penalty for child rape is inconsistent with “‘the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.’” Ante, at 8, 15, 16 (citation omitted). Because neither of these justifications
is sound, I respectfully dissent.
-Justice Samuel Alito
The entire decision can be read here.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
In an election year which literally showcases the son of an African and the scion of slave-holding aristocrats, I sometimes reconsider my apostasy. While the consensus is that the Black church is a force for political empowerment, my reading of history leads to a different conclusion. If not for the restrictions imposed from above, there is no reason to believe that blacks forcibly transported to the New World or living under colonial rule would have embraced Christianity. It is only with a combination of active encouragement and tacit approval of the dominant structure that the church took root in the Black community.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Contrary to the popular opinion of supporters and foes, not even a President Obama will simply disengage from Iraq or unilaterally disarm the United States. This Thursday and Friday, the Miller Center will host a conference, The Politics of Troop Withdrawal, that I hope brings much needed clarity to the subject.
If history is a useful guide, the reality will be that removing ground forces from Iraq will be linked to stepped up air war and covert operations. The hawks will be assuaged by enhanced focused on Afghanistan and doves will approve de-escalation.
When Obama calls Iran small, he isn't discounting the threat that it poses. He is simply making a cold, rational decision in the face of a deepening commitment and diminishing resources to support a client state on the Iranian border.
The dissolution of the USSR caused a disruption to the military establishment on a level that it had not encountered since the end of the Second World War. September 11, 2001 was utilized, like Korea, to justify not only maintaining the status quo ante but to greatly expand it.
Barack Obama proposes to recalibrate the focus from expansionism to security. In its quixotic quest, the Bush administration is threatening the apparatus that has guided foreign policy since FDR. The futility of preventing the rise of lesser powers is a lesson that the Chinese taught America in Korea, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The policy of accommodation, fiercely resisted by LBJ and eventually accepted by Richard Nixon, has been accepted doctrine until George W. Bush arrogantly chose to revisit the issue.
Devra Davis is a courageous scholar whose work openly advocates a political goal. Too many scientists sequester themselves to analysis and avoid policy prescriptions. Although it is de rigueur to omit industry considerations from discussions on public health, Davis does an exceptional job proving otherwise.
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Middle and high school students from across the Mississippi Gulf Coast will take part in the 2nd Annual Gulf Coast SeaPerch Challenge, set for Saturday, March 9 at the Biloxi Natatorium.
The event will be held from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and feature competition in three categories -- Deep Water Challenge; Obstacle Course and Poster Competition. Students will use their team-constructed underwater remotely controlled SeaPerch vehicles during the challenge.
The project is supported by the Naval Research Laboratory at the Stennis Space Center and represents a collaborative effort between the lab, Stennis and The University of Southern Mississippi.
The primary focus of the ongoing project is to inspire middle and high school students to explore the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
For more information about the SeaPerch Challenge, contact Dr. Bridgette Davis at 601.266.6275 or email@example.com
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As you join the hordes of other young people flocking back to college campuses across the country, there’s no doubt you’re looking for ways to use your smartphone to make college that much easier.
With hundreds of thousands of apps in the AppStore and Google Play, how do you decide which apps will actually help you get through the semester? You come to RadioShack, of course – we’ve scoped out the top 5 FREE apps for students here, but feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments for a chance to win an HTC One X or an HTC EVO 4G LTE.
This is an easy first choice. No matter what device – laptop, iPad, or smartphone – you can use the free Evernote app to organize your notes across your entire class schedule. We recommend making good use of the ability to attach photos and voice clips to your notes – it’ll be much easier to understand your own notes if you’ve got a photo of the chalkboard to reference.
Another app you can use on pretty much any gadget you can name, Kindle is a great way to lighten your load and quit toting books all over. True story: one class I took in college had 17 books that I needed to buy. Sure would have been nice to have them on my Kindle app instead of falling out of my backpack all semester. WhisperSync keeps your bookmarks in sync across devices, too, so you can start reading on your phone and finish on your Kindle Fire.
This might be better used at the end of the semester, but it’s definitely a must-have. They’ve been around since 2004, and the Cash4Books mobile app makes it super easy to offload your old textbooks for a little summer spending cash.
Make studying easier with digital flashcards and tests, right on your mobile device. Even better, you can create your card sets in Google Docs and then sync them over to the app, making it really easy to share study guides with others in your group.
Forget carrying around a USB stick, just throw all your docs on Dropbox’s 2GB of free storage and access them anywhere. With support for nearly every gadget under the sun, Dropbox makes it easy to always have access to the right files. Side benefit: Dropbox can automatically upload a backup of your photos when you snap them with your phone. Never lose a party pic again.
If you need a new smartphone to try these apps on, RadioShack has a large selection of FREE Android smartphones available. We’ve also got more high-end phones, and you can use RadioShack’s Trade and Save program to get INSTANT savings when you trade in your old phone!
Tell us YOUR favorite smartphone app for college students in the comments below – we’ll pick 5 random winners to get their choice of an HTC One X from AT&T or an HTC EVO 4G LTE from Sprint from RadioShack!
One comment/entry per person. To enter, leave a comment below, telling us your favorite app for college students. Contest begins at 6:00 am CST on August 14th, 2012 and ends at 5:00 pm CST on August 16th, 2012. Winners will be chosen randomly by RadioShack and announced after 12:00 pm CST on August 17, 2012. Winner will have their choice of an HTC One X from AT&T or an HTC EVO 4G LTE from Sprint. No substitutions for prizes.
No payment or purchase necessary to win. Neither a purchase nor payment will improve your chances of winning. While you’re pretty cool in our book, you are not a winner of this contest yet. Void where prohibited. Must be a resident of the 50 United States to win. Employees of RadioShack and their families are ineligible.
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The Three Elements Rubidium, Titanium and magnesium!
As you can see I am going to write a report on three elements! They are all very interesting in my opinion. I hope you like my report!
The first element I am going to be talking about is rubidium! Its symbol is Rb. It was discovered by Robert Wilhelm Bunsen and Gustav Robert Kirchhoff. It was discovered 1861 Rubidium is highly reactive in water. It is a type of metal. That is a little bit of info for now!
Rubidium is used in several things! The first thing is that it is in photo cells! I did not know that before, that is really cool! It is also used as a catalyst. It is also used in special glasses and since it is easily ionized, it might be used as a propellant in ion engines on spacecraft. Rubidium is used in vacuum tubes as a getter, a material that combines with and removes trace gases from vacuum tubes. That is what it’s in!
There are still a few more facts left! On of them is that the atomic number, it is 37! The melting point is 38.89 degrees c, and the boiling point is 688.0 degrees c. its crystal structure is cubed, it sounds awesome! Did you know it’s obtained from lithium production? Well, you know now! It’s in the alkali metal group! Well, that was all about Rubidium!
Ok, the next element is Titanium! It was discovered by William Gregor in 1791. Its symbol is Ti. It is unreactive in most acids! I hope you learn a lot from the rest!
At first I did not know what titanium was, but now that I have seen what it is in and it’s interesting! One of the things it’s in is paint (did not know that!)! It’s also used in rubber and paper. That’s what titanium is in!
These are some important facts about titanium! The atomic numero is 22. Its melting point is 1668 degrees c and the boiling point is 3287 degrees c! Titanium is as strong as steel! Thank you!
As you probably know this next element is magnesium! It was discovered by Sir Humphry Davy in 1808! The symbol is Mg. I hope you enjoy!
Magnesium is very light wait. It is malleable. It is a silvery white metal that burns in air with a white flame. It responds to water when the temperature elevates. That was some info, hope you learned!
Magnesium is used for airplanes and missiles! That is sort of cool! Its atomic number is 12. Its melting point is 650 degrees c and the boiling point is 1090 degrees c. thanks again!
I hope you learned a lot from my report and enjoyed!!! Thnx
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"Math for Elementary, Middle and High School"
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Flu warning at Geriatric
Thu, November 01, 2012 - 6:14 PM
An outbreak of influenza at the Geriatric Hospital has forced the Ministry of Health to restrict visits to patients on affected wards.
In a Government Information Service release today, the ministry urged relatives to only visit family members and not “wander on to other wards” while on the compound. In addition, people experiencing flu-like symptoms have been told to stay away.
Family members have been requested to follow the instructions given by management and staff at the Geriatric Hospital, “as steps are being taken to treat the affected patients and ensure that proper hygiene practices are followed by staff and patients”.
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A soldier returns to an unfamiliar home
Great student, skilled actor, loyal boyfriend, good son and brother: Ben Bright’s talents can take him wherever he wants to go in life. When he decides on the Army Reserves instead of college, his friends and family are crushed and afraid. Insisting he’s not going to war, Ben is nevertheless deployed to Iraq, and ends up being hit by a makeshift bomb. When his family gets a call telling them he has a brain injury, everyone in Ben’s life feels the changes in their own. They rally to help him, but, unable to communicate or remember who anyone is, Ben is trapped inside his injured frame.
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Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am tells a bold war story without being overtly political or taking sides; as such it’s a great choice for discussion groups. It’s also an exciting, intelligent, fast-paced read that should appeal to both avid and reluctant readers, providing gripping action and food for thought.
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