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Students who sat down Monday morning to take the Graduate Record Examination in 230 countries and regions worldwide were being tested in more ways than one. They were the first to take the Educational Testing Service's heavily revised GRE. Redesigned to help graduate schools better gauge students' analytical and critical thinking skills, the new GRE includes additional vocabulary and math questions and is about 45 minutes longer than the previous test. While higher-education experts agree that the changes to the GRE are the most substantial since ETS switched from paper tests to computerized exams in the late 1990s, they are split on whether the test has gotten harder -- or just more stressful. Christine Betaneli, manager of external relations for ETS in Princeton, N.J., said the new test was not designed to be more difficult or easier than before since it still "assesses the same skill areas" as the old version: analytical writing, quantitative reasoning and verbal reasoning. Until Monday, the GRE was a "computer-adaptive" test that adjusted the difficulty level of the test after each question. The new GRE still adapts to a student's performance; but instead of tweaking the intensity from question to question, the difficulty level adjusts after one 20-question section. That switch allowed test developers to build more flexibility into the exam, Ms. Betaneli said. "Previously, students had to answer the question on the screen before moving on to the next one," she said. "But now, they can move forward and then go back to the one they want to take their time with." Although students may have more freedom to jump around within the exam, Lee Weiss, a director of graduate programs and GRE instructor at Kaplan Test Prep, said the GRE's new length -- three hours and 45 minutes -- will tax test takers. "The example we give students is: You used to start at 9 and finish at noon, when you get hungry and go get lunch," Mr. Weiss said. "But now, noon rolls around and there is still another hour of questions to complete. It's important just to stay mentally motivated to get through." To help prospective test takers, the University of Pittsburgh invited Kaplan to campus in February to give an information session on what the new GRE requires and administer a free, half-length practice exam. Barb Juliussen, an associate director in the University of Pittsburgh's Career Development Office, said the Kaplan program was extremely popular with students. The company told her the practice exam at Pitt was one of the best attended sessions in their history. But Paul-James Cukanna, associate provost for enrollment management at Duquesne University, said test preparation companies such as Kaplan might exacerbate students' test anxiety. "Whether it's the Princeton Review or Kaplan, they'll always create some chaos in the marketplace," Mr. Cukanna said. "You'll think you can't be competitive unless you take a test prep course." Kaplan's GRE marketing campaign before the new test's unveiling on Monday encouraged students to study for and take the old exam, using the slogan "Escape the change." Mr. Weiss described the ads as "educational" and "truthful." "There was a definite advantage to taking the old test, but it's no longer available," Mr. Weiss said. "The new GRE is what's in front of students, and it's really important that they prepare for it and do their best on it." Students hoping to learn just how well they perform on the new GRE will have to wait: Although students will receive unofficial vocabulary and math scores immediately after they finish the test, ETS cannot issue official scores for fall testers until November or December, Ms. Betaneli said. Their scores will be issued on a new scoring scale of 130-170 for each section. Tests will be graded in one-point increments. Before, test sections were worth 200-800 points and graded in increments of 10 points.
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Pope Francis urged political leaders in Brazil on Saturday to pursue dialogue as a way of calming tensions that led last month to mass protests over government corruption and wasteful spending. "Between selfish indifference and violent protest there is always another possible option: that of dialogue," Francis told dignitaries gathered in the Municipal Theater here. Contending that constructive dialogue is "essential for facing the present moment," the pope said it would be "impossible to imagine a future for a society" in which channels of dialogue were closed to sectors beyond "vested interests." The comments by the pope came after demonstrators chided the authorities over their violent reaction to the latest protests, including some criticizing Sérgio Cabral, the governor of Rio de Janeiro State, and government spending in support of Francis' visit. The pope is nearing the end of a weeklong trip to Brazil. While these protests are not as large as in June, they remain intense. On Friday night, protesters in São Paulo vandalized bank offices up and down Avenida Paulista, the city's most prominent thoroughfare. Beyond the turmoil in Brazil, the pope's comments may resonate in other parts of Latin America, especially his home country, Argentina, among the most politically polarized in the region. Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who fiercely battles her domestic critics, is scheduled to come here this weekend to attend a Mass celebrated by the pope. Before becoming pope in March, Francis, 76, was known as the self-effacing archbishop of Buenos Aires. As Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, he met with critics of doctrine and was known for his openness in debating social issues; at one point in 2010, he supported civil unions for gay couples but was overruled by Argentina's bishops. While Francis has focused largely on efforts to re-engage young people in the Roman Catholic Church, his emphasis on social justice has clearly played well in a country where people are fuming over abuses of power. This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
I am planning to implement a system, where there is one Master database running on a Linux box with as many resources as necessary, and there are one or more client pc computers,with processor speed of 100 Mhz, memory of 32-64 Mbytes and a 10Mb/s network card. The major task is that the clients should work on the actual state of data, which means the basic database (data, unchangeable for clients), and some statistical data on other clients, and they should not stop work when there is no network connection to the master pc. They should give back their detailed transactions on the basic data to the master pc. For this reason I consider to run postgres on the client computers, but I am quite concerned about system overhead. The clients will only do basic database work: - selects from the database, without nested selects (or with nested selects with the maximum of 1-2 levels) - writing their transactions into the database, with commit/rollback functionality. - update some tables because of synchronization with master db. - update some tables to summarize the value of transactions. (They could be done by triggers, but if they need resources, there is an existing solution with basic operations). Size of the database: The basic data includes 50-100.000 elements in 3-4 tables each, and much less data in other tables. The number of tables is around 100. I would like to know the opinion of experienced users of Postgres, if I can embark upon this road, or should choose an other way which uses an other db system with lower resource-needs. Thanks in advance, pgsql-general by date \|Next:\|\|From: Jonathan Bartlett\|\|Date: 2003-07-29 17:13:06\| \|Subject: Re: CREATE TABLE with REFERENCE\| \|Previous:\|\|From: Andrew Sullivan\|\|Date: 2003-07-29 17:02:44\| \|Subject: Re: concurrent writes\|
The Individual, Society, and Education A History of American Educational Ideas This is an updated version of Karier's highly regarded Man, Society, and Education, which focuses on the concepts of human nature and community throughout American educational history. For the new edition, Karier has added chapters on the major movements in American education from World War II to the present and on the major Supreme Court cases involving educational policy during the same period. "This classic volume remains a remarkable study in the history of ideas into which the implications for American schooling have been deftly woven. It is balanced, thorough, and intelligently challenging." --- Ann M. Keppel, College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa "This new edition should have great use as a primary text at the graduate and advanced undergraduate levels." --- Peter A. Sola, School of Education, Howard University To order online: To order by phone: (800) 621-2736 (USA/Canada) (773) 702-7000 (International) The Rise and Fall of Chicagos First Black-Owned Theater The Work of Woman Suffrage American Countersubversion from World War I to the McCarthy Era Points of Change in U.S. Women's Sport Edited by Pradeep Dhillon Elliott J. Gorn and Warren Goldstein Gender and Authenticity in American Politics Shawn J. Parry-Giles Food, Family, and Community in New York City Edited by Susan J. Matt and Peter N. Stearns
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to set up a joint international fact-finding committee to clarify the fate of the four Iranian diplomats abducted 30 years ago in Lebanon. With regard to the preparedness voiced by Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the distinguished secretary general of the UN, on the part of the body for a more active role in this regard, I, once again, would like to call upon him to double [the] efforts and set up a joint international fact-finding committee to determine the fates of the Iranian diplomats, Salehi said Wednesday. He also called upon the secretary general of the International Red Cross to consider pieces of evidence indicating that the diplomats are alive and being held by Israel and take up the necessary measures in this regard. Undoubtedly, the report by the Zionist regime in 2008, concerning the Iranian diplomats has not reduced the fabricated regime’s responsibility, Salehi said, adding that the content of the report indicated Israel’s link with the perpetrators of the abduction in Lebanon. On July 4, 1982, four Iranian diplomats -- Ahmad Motevaselian, Seyyed Mohsen Mousavi, Taqi Rastegar Moqaddam and Kazem Akhavan -- were kidnapped by a group of Israel-backed gunmen at an inspection post in northern Lebanon. They were last heard of on June 2008, when the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement received a report indicating that the diplomats were still alive and in Israeli captivity.
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Grad Program: Public Health Public Health is dedicated to the assessment of health problems and risks, the creation of policies to solve or alleviate health problems, and the oversight and management health care systems, including promotion of well being and disease prevention. Graduate programs in Public Health achieve these goals through an interdisciplinary approach, involving the study of both the politics and science behind health care, as well as the study of public health policy. Whether investigating communicable diseases, working with the mentally ill, implementing nutrition programs, or studying policy, public health workers strive to fulfill the mission of the World Health Organization, which is indicated in its definition of health: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Public Health graduate programs vary greatly in terms of academic emphasis and training. As different programs will appeal to students with different interests and career goals, it is important to research which programs will best meet your personal goals. Some of the most common specialties within public health grad programs are environmental health, health education, epidemiology and biostatistics, health services, international health, disease prevention, and child health. While students usually specialize in a public health field, most M.P.H. programs address program management, policy, and public health problems. In addition to traditional classroom and lab instruction, M.P.H. students also work outside the classroom, doing field research in a range of health care environments. Most graduate students will work toward a master’s degree of Public Health (M.P.H.) or a doctorate in Public Health (D.P.H.). Joint degrees are possible such as a M.D./M.P.H.; M.P.H./J.D., M.P.P./M.P.H. (with a School of Public Policy), or a M.P.H./M.S.W. (with a School of Social Work). Some graduate programs also offer a combined M.P.H./N.P. (Nurse Practitioner). Another option is to be a Certified Health Education Specialist (C.H.E.S.). - What is the program's emphasis or focus? What types of health issues does the basic curriculum address? - What type of electives are offered? - What research opportunities exist for students? - What types of health research does the faculty engage in? - What opportunities exist for community involvement? What types of internships are available? - Do students have access to a wide range of health environments and facilities? - What type of health services career do I wish to pursue after graduation? Do I want to be a community organizer, a health educator, or a health administrator? - Will the programs that I am considering give me the resources, training, and opportunities I want?
Read the Interview column, “The World Reimagined” with photographer Lori Nix. Written by Karli Petrovic, this is only one of the articles in the new August 2013 issue of Print. Be sure to pick up a copy of Print’s Photography issue today to engage with current trends and issues in the field. Photographer Lori Nix depicts death and destruction with approachable images and a bit of humor—and, no, she doesn’t have a death wish. When looking at Lori Nix’s photographs, it’s hard to believe that each scene was constructed by hand. Perhaps even more amazing is the fact that she avoided using digital manipulation to produce the final prints. In an era where Photoshop illusions can give anyone a beach body or an animal head, Nix chooses to rely solely on the “smoke and mirrors” of lighting and perfectly scaled models built on tabletops. The result is a surreal glimpse at the themes that most influence Nix’s work: danger and disaster. Here’s what Nix had to say about her process, her influences and what people really think of You reference The Sublime school of thought as having an affect on your photography in that it attempts to evoke emotions like unease, humor or horror. Have you experienced these emotions when looking at your work? How do people who see your exhibitions react to them? I have difficulty viewing the final photograph objectively due to the baggage of months of working on it. Throughout the building process, I am more concerned with the physical problems of materials and construction challenges. When I’m shooting, it’s all about lighting and color. That being said, I really consider the mood or ideas I want to express in the initial planning stages and focus the design in that direction. My goal is to make these constructed spaces look as real as possible. Reactions to the work vary from ‘that looks so real’ to hearing that I ‘have a death wish’ (I don’t). Once people realize these aren’t real spaces or events, the images are less threatening. Quite often people end up telling me a personal story that relates to the particular image in some way. In your opinion, ‘photography should elicit some form of emotion in the viewer’ and ‘introduce the viewer to a new perspective.’ Who are some photographers who accomplish these things for you? The people I find most influential are those I was studying while in graduate school. Interestingly enough, many of these artists are still active, just not necessarily today’s flavors. This list includes Les Krims and his ‘The Incredible Case Of The Stack O’Wheat Murders,’ Boyd Webb, Bruce Charlesworth, Sandy Skogland and Teun Hocks. I also keep tabs on other artists doing constructed photography. We all have our own viewpoint, and it’s exciting to see their fabrication and results. That includes Thomas Doyle, Adam Makarenko, Frank Kunert and James Casebere. When you were growing up, you say natural disasters were viewed with angst by adults but were euphoric for children. This drama inspired your piece titled ‘Accidentally Kansas.’ Do you view these things differently as an adult? I do view natural disasters differently now because I can better understand the real-life consequences. I know they are not ‘fun and games’ anymore, but I don’t live in constant fear of what might be coming next. I tend to look for the silver lining, and I have a healthy respect for Mother Nature and her ability to both destroy and impress. But, it is odd when natural disasters do occur, like the Japanese tsunami, I get asked if I am inspired and if I am going to do a scene in response. That has never been my goal in creating this body of work—commenting upon the here and now. ‘Accidentally Kansas’ was inspired by a whole childhood experience. In ‘The City,’ flora, fauna and insects replace people. In ‘Unnatural History’ people are absent. And ‘Floater’ features a dead body. Is this a nod to your fascination with the apocalypse or a statement about humanity in general? To me they are three separate reasons. First, ‘Floater’ is based on my summer job experience aboard a clunky riverboat. The job was less than ideal, and each day I worked I scanned the shoreline for excitement, which to me at that time meant a floating dead body. The closest I ever got was a lost, obviously dead, farm animal floating downstream. ‘Unnatural History’ is more about the museum itself. I imagined the backrooms and exhibits in the off hours. ‘The City’ series does speak to mankind’s future in which something has occurred, either manmade (like global warming) or spectacular (like an asteroid) that has wiped out humanity. It’s hard to ignore the daily news where one hears about the latest extinct or endangered species, disappearing habitat, drought, etc. Your commercial work is much different from your other works, but both retain your signature. How do you maintain your voice when going from one project to the next? My methods of creating work are similar whether for my personal work or commercial work. They are still constructed sets at the service of a narrative. I still try to keep them as realistic as possible with great attention to detail. I use the same types of materials and construction methods. The biggest difference is who directs the narrative. For myself, I consider my series as a whole and what will fit into that set of images. For commercial work, I am working for someone else and do my best to meet the needs of the project. They often have very set ideas about what they want from the start. Art directors hire me for my particular style and really don’t want me to deviate far from that. Don’t miss learning even more about the history of photography and modern issues. Pick up the August 2013 issue of Print, the Photography issue today.
Tuesday, Sept 23, 2008 NEW YORK – A federal appeals court Monday ordered the release of 29 photographs it said depicted prisoner abuse by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq, which rights groups say prove abuse was widespread. The pictures, which have never been made public and are part of U.S. Army investigative files, were first ordered released, with redaction, in 2006 by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein after he reviewed them and ruled they were of critical public interest. Their release was held up while the U.S. Department of Defense appealed, arguing the release would endanger U.S. soldiers and result in an unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the detainees they depict. (Article continues below) On Monday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals turned aside those objections. The 21 pictures were taken at multiple locations by individuals serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the photographs, the detainees “were clothed and generally not forced to pose,” the ruling said. “The photographs depict abusive treatment of detainees by United States soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan,” the ruling said. The order to release the images is part of a Freedom of Information Act suit filed in 2003 by civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, over treatment of detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay. The ACLU said in a statement that the release of the pictures would help deter future abuse. This article was posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 3:47 am
Large multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) are taxing current visualization methods such as the traditional stacked sequence depiction. ProfileGrids are a new paradigm for visualizing and analyzing MSAs in a concise representation. For a protein sequence, a ProfileGrid matrix contains positional amino acid counts highlighted according to the frequency of the characters in the alignment. ProfileGrids facilitate comparative nanoanatomy analysis of macromolecules. See the Examples page for a description. A Java-based multiple sequence alignment tool that generates ProfileGrids for analysis and export. JProfileGrid provides both command-line support and a graphical user interface. Software has been been tested on the Macintosh, Windows, and Linux platforms and should work on any system Java Runtime Environment (JRE). JProfileGrid may be obtained from the Downloads page. version 2.0 software: A.I.Roca, A.C.Abajian, D.J. Vigerust. ProfileGrids solve the large alignment visualization problem: influenza hemeagglutinin example. F1000Research 2: 2 (2013) version 1.0 software: A.I.Roca, A.E.Almada, and A.C.Abajian, ProfileGrids as a new visual representation of large multiple sequence alignments: a case study of the RecA protein family, BMC Bioinformatics 9: 554 (2008) Bioinformatics leader mentions ProfileGrids Des Higgins: Visualizing multiple sequence alignments from VIZBI 2011. Des Higgins gives a very entertaining introduction to the visualization of multiple sequence alignment, and to his widely-used Clustal tool. He highlights the emerging challenge of managing alignments with a very large number of sequences, and presents several approaches to this challenge, including faster algorithms and abstract views of clusters of alignments.
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Learning Identities in a Digital Age Rethinking creativity, education and technology Routledge – 2013 – 192 pages Series: Changing Times in Education Digital media are increasingly interwoven into how we understand society and ourselves today. From lines of code to evolving forms of online conduct, they have become an ever-present layer of our age. The rethinking of education has now become the subject of intense global policy debates and academic research, paralleled by the invention and promotion of new learning identities, which are intended to incite teachers and students to think, feel, and act as social operators in schools and beyond. Learning Identities in a Digital Age provides a critical exploration of how education has been reimagined for the digital future. It argues that education is now the subject of a "cybernetic" mode of thought: a contemporary style of thinking about society and identity that is saturated with metaphors of networks, flexibility, interactivity, and connectedness. This book examines how shifts in thought have translated into fresh ideas about creative learning, interactive tools, curriculum reform, and teacher identity. The text identifies how learning identities have been promoted, and position young people as networked learners, equipped for political, economic and cultural participation in the digital age. Included in the text: - mapping the digital age - reconstructing the future of education -making up digital learning identities -assembling creative learning -thinking with digital tools - protoyping the curriculum of the future -being a teacher in a digital age. This book situates education and technology in an intergenerational and interdisciplinary conversation. It will be of interest to students, researchers and practising education professionals who want to understand the wider sociological and psychological significance of new technologies on education and learner identity. 1: Shaping Society, Technology and Learning Identity 2: Mapping the Digital Age 3: Reconstructing the Future of Education 4: Making up Digital Learning Identities 5: Assembling Creative Learning 6: Thinking with Digital Tools 7: Prototyping the Curriculum of the Future 8: Being a Teacher in a Digital Age Avril Loveless is Professor of Education and Head of Education Research at the University of Brighton, UK, with interests in creativity and pedagogy. Ben Williamson is Lecturer of Education at the University of Stirling, UK, with particular interests in childhood and new media, curriculum innovation, and science, technology and society.
You know, if you combine some lame PowerPoint tricks, weird audio effects and disproven “facts,” you can get a lot of people to believe almost anything. A group of Ohio nuns calling themselves the Children of Mary launched this anti-contraception video onto the Interwebs this weekend, hoping to scare desperate girls into flushing their birth control. “You Deserve to Know the Truth: Contraception” utilizes some pretty sketchy science to convince women contraception is wrong, beginning with the idea that birth control makes ladies less desirable to men. The idea is that the Pill fools women’s bodies into thinking they’re pregnant, and thus blocks the all-important flow of pheromones. This confuses men and leads them to start humping each other. (A study from the 1970s claimed an alpha male monkey starting having sex with other males when the females in his group were injected with Depo-Provera). The only problem is that while pheromones are known to affect animals in various ways, there’s no clear indication they work on humans. (That’s why Spanish Fly is a load.) Another interesting tidbit the sisters propagate is that the overpopulation crisis is a myth, and that we’re actually at risk of extinction—thanks to those darn contraceptives! “We’re not stray cats that need to be neutered. We should want to procreate knowing that every new person has a unique and a mortal soul destined to live for all eternity,” the narrator says. “Pregnancy is not a risk, it’s a privilege.” The video does mention some very real possible side effects from oral contraception, including irritability, depression, blood clots, high blood pressure and migraines. Of course, we’re pretty sure you don’t get any of those from condoms, IUDs, diaphragms or any of the other available birth-control methods. If this clip ticked you off like it did us, make a donation to Planned Parenthood.
Sat May 22 11:33:04 EDT 2004 >>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Flatt <mflatt at cs.utah.edu> writes: Matthew> With multiple modules in one file, you need a way to refer to each Matthew> particular module within a file. That seems trivial. Where previously, MzScheme says (lib "foo" "bar" "baz.ss") (lib "foo" "bar" "baz.ss" baz) to refer to the one module that's there. If there are others, do (lib "foo" "bar" "baz.ss" bla) and so on. Matthew> But filesystems already do a perfectly good job of handling Matthew> hierarchy, so I favor multiple files within a directory, Matthew> instead of multiple modules within a file. I agree that filesystems do what they say. However, the typical tools we have (editors, DrScheme) for dealing with a module hierarchy this way don't present the information in the way I'd prefer. Matthew> I remain convinced that MzScheme's `module' is compatible with a Matthew> low-overhead component system, but I can't point to an implementation. Could you provide just the barest hint on how this would look like? (Just enough for me to be confident it's possible.) Cheers =8-} Mike Friede, V?lkerverst?ndigung und ?berhaupt blabla More information about the R6RS
Aristotelian vs. Modern Syllogism Consider the following argument: All dogs are animals. Therefore, some animals are dogs. On the surface, it seems pretty reasonable. All dogs are animals, and some animals are dogs. Both are true statements. Even so, let's consider the next argument, with exactly the same form: All unicorns are animals. Therefore, some animals are unicorns. Intuitively, we know that this is not true, but how have we arrived at a true conclusion and a false one with the same form? Obviously, the form cannot be valid, right? Actually, the answer is both yes and no. In Aristotelian logic, each term in a syllogism is assumed to be true. In effect, we are assuming a second premise, namely: Some Unicorns are in existence. In modern logic, we do not make such a presumption. This avoids a rather embarrassing quandary. Suppose I want to run a contest for my employees. I will say, "Each employee who has sold 1000 widgets will get an extra day of paid vacation." In a strictly Aristotelian sense, I can't make this statement, since at this point, none of my employees has sold 1000 widgets, and perhaps none will. It is not known whether I am referring to any real beings, so technically, I can't make any logical conclusions about them. This may seem entirely nitpicky, and in a way, it probably is. Even so, it is a mistake that people make from time to time. Using just the modern approach to syllogism, we can say that both of the original arguments are invalid because they lack the correct form. We are missing a premise. In such a simple example, it's easy to catch, but next time you meet someone who could sell ice to an Eskimo, you might be surprised to observe how often such simple mistakes in critical thinking can be exploited by clever salespeople.
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CORNWALL — The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum will host a program on woolly bear caterpillars at 10 a.m. Oct. 12 at the Outdoor Discovery Center on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road, Cornwall. "This time of year you may see woolly bear caterpillars quickly crossing roads as they search for places to hibernate for the winter," said environmental educator Pam Golben. Golden will present fun facts about woolly bears, including: What do they turn into? Where do they spend the winter? Can they predict the weather? After the program, participants can help release woolly bears back to the fields at the Outdoor Discovery Center and make a woolly bear craft to take home. This program is for adults with or without children and children age 5 and up. Admission is $7, $5 for children, with a $2 discount for museum members. For more information, visit hhnaturemuseum.org or call 534-5506, ext. 204.
This excellent Free Solar Videos site offers up a bunch of free video tutorials to teach us all how to roll our own solar panel arrays and generate power for free. Once you’ve watched the videos and learned your stuff, you can then go on to use the awesome ‘worksheets’ to calculate exactly what you need to buy/build in order to craft the solar system you require. What’s really awesome is it’s laid out in totally easy to understand words, no jargon or nonsense at all. Which means even a dufus like me can understand how to work out how many Watts my home appliances use and translate that into valuable intelligence. We could do with a gazillion more sites of this quality, so that ordinary folk like us, without engineering degrees, can try and improve our eco footprint. Awesome site, really. To watch any of the following videos from the video series, “12 Things You Must Know Before Building A Solar Panel,” just click the name or picture of the video and it will play for you, absolutely free!
Home > News > PTI The highlights of the nuclear deal August 03, 2007 14:03 IST India and the United States on Friday released the text of the 123 Agreement simultaneously in New Delhi and Washington.Following are the key aspects of the nuclear deal: - The agreement not to hinder or interfere with India's nuclear programme for military purposes. - US will help India negotiate with the IAEA for an India-specific fuel supply agreement. - Washington will support New Delhi develop strategic reserves of nuclear fuel to guard against future disruption of supply. - In case of disruption, US and India will jointly convene a group of friendly supplier countries to include nations like Russia [Images], France [Images] and the UK to pursue such measures to restore fuel supply. - Both the countries agree to facilitate nuclear trade between themselves in the interest of respective industries and consumers. - India and the US agree to transfer nuclear material, non-nuclear material, equipment and components. - Any special fissionable material transferred under the agreement shall be low enriched uranium. - Low enriched uranium can be transferred for use as fuel in reactor experiments and in reactors for conversion or fabrication. - The ambit of the deal include research, development, design, construction, operation, maintenance and use of nuclear reactors, reactor experiments and decommissioning. - The US will have the right to seek return of nuclear fuel and technology but it will compensate for the costs incurred as a consequence of such removal. \|© Copyright 2007 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.\|\|
Modo Labs Helps Universities Increase Enrollment Through Mobile Devices CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Modo Labs(TM), the leading open source mobile platform provider, today announced two powerful new modules for its Kurogo Mobile Campus solution. Mobile Admissions and Mobile Tours help universities increase interest and enrollment. Mobile Campus provides the solution to help schools establish a comprehensive mobile presence via iOS and Android native apps and the mobile web. Through Mobile Campus, universities can better engage with prospective students, current students, faculty, alumni and staff. According to the National Research Center for College & University Admissions, 52 percent of prospective college students used their mobile devices to research school websites last year. This was twice the percentage from 2010. The Admissions module lets schools engage prospective students and parents with information about the school, its curriculum, daily life on campus, the application process and more. It enables universities to deliver application requirements and information needed to support recruitment and admissions efforts. The Tour module leads users through interactive, multi-stop mobile walking tours complete with descriptive text, photos, videos and more. Users visit the campus, its significant landmarks and culture while on or off-campus, directly supporting recruitment and retention efforts. The Admissions and Tour modules offer multi-platform support and can be provided as a native app or as a smartphone-optimized Mobile Web (HTML5) application. The modules can be themed with school logos, text styles, background colors and icons. The Admissions module features include: - Critical Content: Explore majors and programs, financial aid facts, highlights into campus life, and fill out mobile optimized forms to schedule a visit or request more information. - Social Media Ties: Connect to the school’s Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites from Mobile Campus. The Tour module features include: - Welcome, Help and Finish Pages: Provide context, guidance and help users start, follow and complete tours. - Tour Stops and Points of Interest: Determine a set of ordered tour stops accompanied by photos, videos and the stop location on a Google map. “A growing number of prospective students and parents are now researching their target universities and colleges through mobile devices. Modo Labs helps schools support this demand and influx of mobile visitors with the Admissions and Tour functionality in Mobile Campus,” said Andrew Yu, chief executive officer of Modo Labs. “By engaging prospective students through the channel of their choice – smartphones and tablets – Mobile Campus helps schools increase inquiries and registrations.” The Admissions and Tour modules are available as additions to Mobile Campus or as standalone applications. Mobile Campus is built on the Kurogo Mobile Optimized Middleware(TM) (MOM), a new generation of open source middleware especially designed for mobile devices which significantly reduces development time for organizations while instantly delivering a world-class mobile experience. Hundreds of universities in over 25 countries – including Harvard, MIT, Georgetown, NYU, University of British Columbia, and Villanova University – use Kurogo-powered mobile solutions. The open source Kurogo platform is available for download at http://www.kurogo.org. Kurogo training and support information is available at http://www.kurogo.org/support/. Kurogo users at universities around the world contribute open source code and new developments through kurogo.org. About Modo Labs Modo Labs offers mobile solutions and support services to help universities and enterprises take advantage of the fast growing Kurogo Open Source Mobile Platform. Our technology integrates with and transforms data and content from any source, and presents it on any mobile device. The company’s core offering, Kurogo Mobile Optimized Middleware(TM), is an open source development platform designed for clean integration, exceptional platform-specific user experience and a high degree of customizability. Additional information about Modo Labs is available at www.modolabs.com. © 2012 Kurogo, Mobile Optimized Middleware, Modo Labs and the Modo Labs logo are trademarks of Modo Labs, Inc. and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective partners. SOURCE Modo Labs
\|Launched:\|\|19 February 1944\| \|Commissioned:\|\|27 May 1944\| \|Decommissioned:\|\|21 May 1946\| \|Fate:\|\|Transferred to Cuba 16 June 1947\| \|Displacement:\|\|1,430 tons (light), \| 2,415 tons (full) \|Length:\|\|303 ft 11 in (92.6 m)\| \|Beam:\|\|37 ft 6 in (11.4 m)\| \|Draft:\|\|13 ft 8 in (4.1 m)\| 2 × 5,500 SHP turbines \|Speed:\|\|20 knots (37 km/h)\| \|Armament:\|\|3 × 3 in/50 AA guns (3x1)\| 4 × 40mm guns (2x2) 9 × 20mm (9x1) 1 × Hedgehog projector 8 × Y-gun depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge racks Grand Island, a patrol frigate, was originally classified as PG-122 and launched by the Kaiser Cargo, Inc., shipyard in Richmond, California, on 19 February 1944 as PF-14, sponsored by Mrs. William Shackleton; and commissioned on 27 May 1944, with Lieutenant Commander H. L. Morgan in command. After completing her shakedown cruise off the coast of southern California, Grand Island reported for duty with the 12th Naval District on 12 September 1944. She subsequently performed weather station and plane guard duty out of San Francisco, California, and participated in several training exercises with patrol forces on the West Coast. She also was engaged from time to time in antisubmarine escort duty. Grand Island departed San Francisco on 26 March 1946, arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, on 13 April 1946 via the Panama Canal Zone, and was turned over to the 6th Naval District for disposal. She was decommissioned on 21 May 1946 and was stricken from the Navy Register on 19 June. Declared not essential to the defense of the United States, the frigate was turned over to the State Department Foreign Liquidation Corporation and finally transferred to Cuba 16 June 1947, where she served as Maximo Gomez.
by Marcia Z. Nelson Marcia Z. Nelson is the author of The God of Second Chances and Come and Sit: A Week Inside Meditation Centers. She reviews and writes regularly for Publishers Weekly and is the Midwest correspondent for ReligionLink, a media resource service. This article appeared in The Christian Century, October 19, 2004. pp. 8-10. Copyright by the Christian Century Foundation; used by permission. Current articles and subscriptions information can be found atwww.christiancentury.org. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and Winnie Brock. By a number of measures, sales of religion books are booming. The Association of American Publishers reports that religious publishing grew by 37 percent in 2003. The Book Industry Study Group predicts that religious book publishing will expand by 6 percent this year; it calls this sector of publishing "a growth business." The trade magazine Publishers Weekly reports that 18 percent of book buyers said in a survey that they had purchased a religious or spiritual book within the past 12 months. These industry sources arenít working off the same data, the definitions of what makes a book a "religion" title arenít uniform, and religion publishing still makes up only 5 percent of the general market. Still, somethingís happening in this corner of the book world -- something that reflects religionís prominence in public life. "Religion is very much in the public square." says Lynn Garrett, religion editor at Publishers Weekly. "We see that today in television and movies as well as publishing. Post 9/11, a lot of todayís issues wrap themselves around religion." The prominence of religious or spiritual themes constitutes a rebuttal of sorts of the secularization hypothesis -- the notion that religion would fade as reason advanced and benighted souls saw the error of their superstitious ways. "Itís not that no one still thinks that, but itís lost a lot of its credibility," says John Wilson, founding editor of the journal Books and Culture. He calls it "the return of the repressed" after a time of institutional secularism that pushed religion out of public discourse. He sees religion pervading both popular and serious culture, and finds signs in unlikely places. University press catalogs tout volumes of poetry that depend on religious language even if the authors have no religion or religious intent. Dan Brownís multimillion-selling thriller The DaVinci Code offers a highly unorthodox view of major Christian beliefs and institutions, and DaVinci fans and debunkers alike would agree that Brown is no theologian. But religion is central to the book. "Youíre talking about people using the language of Christianity whether or not they accept it," Wilson says. "The extent to which itís penetrated peoples imaginations shows itís Something happening oil a very large scale." Within religion publishing, the most explosive growth is among distinctly evangelical sectors. Zondervan and Tyndale House can cite impressive growth in the past five years. Garrett says that PWís survey turned up a lot of book buyers who identified themselves as evangelicals -- 40 percent of the group the magazine surveyed, a figure that squares with researcher George Barnaís estimate of what he calls the "born-again" population. Evangelicals make up a sizable part of the population, evangelicals buy books, and evangelical publishers have been able to get their books into receptive hands. Their titles have penetrated the general market, and can be found in bookstores, price clubs, big-box retailers and discount stores. "Christian publishers are doing a pretty good job of marketing and selling," Garrett says. They have also gotten better at making sure that data from the evangelical Christian market are included in sales data from the general market. At the supply end, evangelical publishers are cultivating authors who develop a loyal following -- readers eager to buy the next volume. All publishers do this, of course -- John Grisham and Stephen King always sell. Evangelical authors can reach their readers via a network of congregations, seminars and conferences within the Christian subculture. These provide convenient platforms to promote authors and sell books. Martin Marty suggests that evangelicals fill a "vacuum" left by mainliners and Catholics and the "spiritual but not religious crowd," all of whom blend into secular culture and donít offer a distinctive portfolio of beliefs. While evangelicals may be theoretically hostile to contemporary culture, many are at home in popular culture. The most successful have mastered the mass media, even while mainliners keep a distance. "There are a lot of paradoxes along the way," Marty observes. The smell of success invites a crowd, especially when the overall publishing market is flat. Wilson points out that some major publishing houses have invested in evangelical lines; Random House with WaterBrook, AOLTimeWarner with Warner Faith, HarperCollins with Zondervan. "A lot of people in publishing didnít realize this potential because it wasnít their world," he says. Some mainline publishers and other publishing specialists say a rising tide floats all boats. Presbyterian publisher Westminster John Knox and Lutheran publisher Augsburg Fortress report modest growth in sales. Many like to say they offer resources once people become interested in religious topics, whether itís Jesus, the Bible or the Knights Templar. "We clearly are riding the coattails, to some extent," says Scott Tunseth, publisher at Augsburg Fortress. The impact of Rick Warrenís The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth am I Here For?, published by Zondervan and nearing 19 million in sales, is inescapable. One new Augsburg title, Leading on Purpose: Intentionality and Teaming in Congregational Life, by Eric Burtness, consciously adapts for Lutheran leaders some of the "purpose-driven" principles Warren has developed. Though Warren is a Southern Baptist, his book, written in what he has called deliberately "unchurchy" language, appeals to a broad audience, a spectrum of congregational study groups as well as individuals who may or may not belong to a faith group but who are examining their own lives. "Itís a very straightforward title," says Mark Tauber, associate publisher of HarperSan Francisco, which publishes across the faith spectrum. "All blends and all stripes of people are saying, ĎWhat are we here for?"í Tauber is struck by how Warrenís book has become a resource for communities, helping to define a group that is exploring something together. Other authors provide material for tying communities together. HarperSanFrancisco author Marcus Borg, with his progressive. mainline Protestant credentials, gets hundreds of invitations to speak to groups. Books are a tool for the faith journey not only for freelance spiritual explorers, but also for contemporary congregations, where they provide a call to community experience. "Partly what people want is to be with other people in community," Tauber says. "Religion has always been about community." Religious themes in other media are also fueling book sales. Mel Gibsonís The Passion of the Christ sold not only movie tickets but books. J. R. H. Tolkienís The Lord of the Rings trilogy spawned a hugely successful series of movies that in turn has spawned books examining Tolkienís theology. The "gospel according to" series published by Westminster John Knox on pop culture topics (begun in 1965 with The Gospel According to Peanuts, by Robert L. Short, and reinvigorated in 2001 with the successful The Gospel According to the Simpsons, by journalist Mark Pinsky) has mined popular media for theological meaning. Phyllis Tickle, for many years an editor at Publishersí Weekly and whom people in religion publishing credit with first reporting in the 1990s the wave of religious publishing, says discussion about God has undergone a seismic shift in location -- from didactic nonfiction to entertainment, whether thatís in fiction, television, movies or radio. "As long as popular culture is religion for many readers, this will be a thriving area of publishing," says Henry Carrigan, North American publisher for T&T Clark International, an academic arm of Continuum, which publishes material aimed at Episcopalian interests. One thriving genre in religion publishing is fiction, both serious and escapist varieties -- some of it explicitly about religion, some of it a more subtle engagement with questions and values. Dan Brownís fictional The DaVinci Code would have sold fewer copies had it been about submarines, and probably would have spawned fewer than the dozen-plus books elucidating or refuting it. Lillian Miao, CEO and publisher of Paraclete Press, credits evangelical fiction with building interest in the whole genre and making it possible for her small independent firm to publish such titles as Unveiling, by Suzanne Wolfe, a novel about an art restorer who experiences spiritual restoration in her own life. "I personally find it fascinating that we can talk about these religious things in such interesting and beautiful ways," Miao says. Though the National Endowment for the Arts has noted a decline in Americansí reading of fiction, some religion publishers are opening fiction lines or adding to them. The Catholic house Loyola Press, for example, early next year will launch Loyola Classics, reprint editions of titles of Catholic interest from the mid-20th century, among them In This House of Brede, by Rumer Godden, and Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, by John R. Powers. Fictionís ability to use story and mobilize imagination to faith is hardly new; it was a popular vehicle in the 1950s, Tickle notes. "Itís due to have its say again," she says. Tickle and others detect a post-modern pendulum swing toward conservatism or traditionalism, or what postmoderns believe a safe and desirable past might have looked like. Tickle links the interest in The DaVinci Code to the interest in The Lord of the Rings and televisionís Joan of Arcadia. She characterizes it as pseudo-medievalism, a post-Enlightenment reaction that is reaching far back in Western history "to try to find the mystery again." Religion publishers say they are also selling books that help readers discover or recover religious traditions, and which give structure to an otherwise amorphous spirituality. At Eerdmans Publishing, editor-in-chief Jon Pott says the firm now sells less in specialized Christian avenues and more in general outlets. This publishing house with Dutch Calvinist roots reaches a wide range of Christian readers, and even Catholic authors approach it with manuscripts. Dwelling in the Light: Icons in Christian Observance, by Anglican primate Rowan Williams, exemplifies a mainline reexamination of tradition. "Rowan Williams is a great conservator of the tradition and a first-rate theologian," Pott says. Academic presses are less likely to be affected by swings of the commercial market. At Yale University Press, which does not publish religious studies as such, religious biography and religious history are strong areas, says senior editor John Kulka. He cites the success of the pressís biography of a 17th-century New England theologian, Jonathan Edwards: A Life, by George Marsden, as a sign of the wider cultureís interest in reexamining tradition. Mainline publishers have plenty of opportunities in the current religion scene, as well as some fundamental assurance; religious belief isnít going away. It requires detectives to spot expressions of it in Culture, and historians, theologians, spiritual guides and creative artists who can provide substance and sustenance to those ready for spiritual formation. Clear, authoritative and distinctive primers also find an audience. Publishers are urging their best minds to speak to larger audiences, to write accessibly on fundamentals of Christian faith, producing such series as Westminster John Knoxís New Testament for Everyone by Anglican theologian Tom Wright and Augsburg Fortressís Lutheran Voices on basic Lutheran teachings. Henry Carrigan at T&T Clark invokes the mid-20th century insight of theologian Paul Tillich that "religion is the substance of culture and culture the form of religion." Adds Carrigan: "The vigor in religion publishing is simply helping to make more and more explicit how deeply grounded in religion our cultural forms really are."
The Shari‘ah ordained by the Almighty regarding punishments has already been elaborated upon by this writer in a separate discourse1. It is shown in this discourse that the Shari‘ah has specified the punishments of only five crimes2. The punishments of all other crimes have been left to the rulers of a state (1) Has not the Shari‘ah fixed the punishment of drinking as eighty stripes? I now present my viewpoint in detail on these questions: 1. The Punishment of Drinking The answer to the first question is that the punishment of drinking was fixed at eighty stripes by ‘Umar (rta) after he in his capacity of a Caliph had consulted the members of his Shura. In the time of the Prophet (sws), this offence was punished by punching and kicking the offender, and by beating him with twisted sheets of cloth or with twisted pieces of date-palms. The Caliph Abu Bakr (rta) had decreed that this crime be punishable by forty stripes, and then the Caliph ‘Umar (rta) in his own times increased it to eighty stripes when he saw that people were not desisting from it. In the words of Ibn Rushd:3 It is evident from this, that the punishment of drinking is not part of the Shari‘ah. It is only the prerogative of the Prophet (sws) to regard anything as part of the Shari‘ah, and if he has done so in a particular case, Abu Bakr (rta) or ‘Umar (rta) can in no way alter it. Had this punishment been part of the Shari‘ah, Abu Bakr (rta) would never have replaced it with forty stripes, nor would ‘Umar (rta) have increased it to eighty stripes. It is clear that if the Prophet (sws) punished such criminals by beating them, he did so not in the capacity of a law-giver but in the capacity of a Muslim ruler. His successors punished such criminals by whipping them with forty and eighty stripes respectively in their capacity as rulers. Consequently, it can be safely said that the punishment of drinking is not a Hadd4; it is a Ta‘zir5, which the parliament of an Islamic State can adopt and if needed legislate afresh in this regard. 2. The Punishment of Apostasy Our jurists regard this verdict to have a general application for all times upon every Muslim who renounces his faith from the times of the Prophet (sws) to the Day of Judgement. In their opinion, this Hadith warrants the death penalty for every Muslim who, out of his own free will, becomes a disbeliever. In this matter, the only point in which there is a disagreement among the jurists is whether an apostate should be granted time for repentance before executing him, and if so what should be the extent of this period. The Hanafite jurists however, exempt women from this punishment. Apart from them, there is a general consensus among the jurists that every apostate, man or woman, should be punished by death. A Hadith illustrates this law in the following manner: This law, as has been stated before, is specifically meant for the Ummiyyin or the people towards whom Muhammad (sws) had been directly assigned. Apart from them, it has no bearing upon any other person or nation. So much so, that even the people of the Book who were present in his times were exempted from this law by the Qur’an. Consequently, where the death penalty for the Ummiyyin is mentioned in the Qur’an, adjacent to it has also been stated in unequivocal terms that the people of the Book shall be spared and granted citizenship if they pay Jizyah. The Qur’an says: The foregoing discussion, outlines a law of the Almighty. There is a natural corollary to this Divine law as obvious as the law itself. As stated earlier, the death penalty had been imposed upon the Ummiyyin if they did not accept faith after a certain period. Hence, it follows that if a person among the Ummiyyin after accepting faith reverted to his original state of disbelief, he had to face the same penalty. Indeed, it is this reversion about which the Prophet (sws) is reported to have said: ‘Execute the person who changes his faith’. The answer to the third question is that the death sentence can only be given to a person who has killed someone or to someone who is guilty of spreading disorder in a society. No other person can be punished by death. The Qur’an says: This is the verdict of the Qur’an. Hence, except for these two offences, neither a person7 nor an Islamic government has any right to administer the death sentence to a person. The answer to the fourth question is that the jail punishment is not merely a punishment, it is in fact a barbarity that man has invented for himself. It is therefore not expected from an Islamic government to include it in its penal code. No doubt, dark cells, underground dungeons and castle turrets have always existed in the known history of mankind. The Prophet Joseph’s tale of imprisonment has been narrated both in the Qur’an and in the Bible. The historian’s pen also bears witness to the tragic deaths of two great scholars of Islam, Imam Abu Hanifah (d:767 AD) and Imam Ibn Taymiyyah (d:1327 AD), both of whom died in captivity. But it must be borne in mind, that before the eighteenth century jails were only used as temporary lock ups. Criminals were usually detained in them during the course of their inquiry and investigation, or when they awaited the infliction of punishments like whipping, execution and other similar sentences. The concept of confining an offender behind bars for two, four or ten years as a penalty for a crime, has originated and gained acceptance only in the past three centuries. It is now a fairly common practice to punish most criminals in this manner. Although various institutions akin to the prison existed in Europe in the fourteenth century like the Delle Stinche in Florence, it is generally believed that ‘The Walnut Street Jail’ set up in Philadelphia in 1790 was the first modern prison. Its antecedents are to be found in the reformitories and houses of correction established in London (1557), Amsterdam (1596), Rome (1704) and in Ghent (1773), an old city of Belgium. Subsequently, as the Western civilization acquired ascendancy, prisons were established all over the world. Within the precincts of these inhuman institutions, man is made to starve the personality within him for months and years; while his offspring, unaware about the concepts of crime and punishment, spend their childhood helplessly watching him bear the agony of life. The whipping sentence is over in a while, hands are cut once and for all, crucifixion ends a criminal’s life after an extreme physical torture, and execution severs irrevocably every string of his relation with this world; but it is this punishment in which the inner personality of a person is continually tormented. Some of his daily routines, in which everyone has an unconditional freedom, become totally dependent on others. He sleeps and awakes upon the will of others. He sits and stands at the direction of others. His eating and drinking habits are governed by others, and even in a matter as personal as relieving one’s self, he has to seek permission from others. He is made to beg for a glass of water, a loaf of bread and even a puff of a cigarette, and on many occasions he is made to lose his self-respect to obtain them. He is deprived from the love and affection of his parents, wife and children, and is made to suppress some of his desires upon which the Almighty has posed no restriction even in the holy month of Ramadan, during which restraint and control are the keywords. In short, he faces a Hell on earth, in which he neither lives nor perishes. Also, it is not the criminal alone who has to endure this punishment. His entire family is made to suffer with him as well. The most affected among them is his wife. The extent of moral, psychological, social and economic problems she has to bear if her husband is jailed for nine or ten years can only be estimated by the faithful wives who themselves have undergone this traumatic experience. The children also suffer an ordeal no less. Everyone knows how adversely they are affected psychologically, when they observe their father being tortured and tormented for years and years. Whipping, cutting off hands, crucifixion and execution all are punishments which either mete out extreme physical suffering for a while or decide the fate of a criminal once and for all. But in case of imprisonment, every time the children visit their father confined in the clutches of a murky cell, intense sentiments build up and strengthen in their minds, after which how can they be expected to have poised and balanced personalities. They can rightly question the society about the ethical grounds on which they were deprived of paternal care and affection when the Almighty had blessed them with it. Consider also, that every society wishes that after being punished and chastised, a criminal should mend his ways and correct himself. It is quite evident that the most effective way to achieve this purpose is to keep him in healthy company and in conducive environments. Oddly enough, through this punishment he is kept isolated from people who might have a good influence upon him. His family, clan and even the society are in no way given the opportunity to reform and rehabilitate him. He is put away for years in the company of criminals in such a manner that even if he desires to reform himself, he is not given any chance to do so. Quite expectedly, during the period of confinement, his association with other criminals becomes a perfect source for stimulating his evil instincts. His criminal tendencies develop further, as he begins to view everything on their basis. This companionship also provides him with an almost unlimited opportunity of discussing, planning and perfecting the art of breaching the law. He gets to know rare techniques and unique methods to hoodwink the law through the courtesy of an underworld especially provided to bestow him with some ingenious skills. An omnipresent mafia is a source of perpetual inspiration for him to emulate the records set by the masterminds of the trade. With such a set up what good a society expects from such a highly qualified law breaker once he is injected back in the society, is something quite beyond imagination. It should also be kept in mind that after flogging a criminal, amputating his hands and inflicting other similar punishments upon him, we have no means to know when he decides to change his ill-ways – an event that might occur anytime during his life. Common sense demands that if a criminal intends to correct himself he should be readily provided with the opportunities to change himself and to lead a life of a responsible citizen. But of all the punishments, it is this punishment in which the law fixes for him the time when he should actually change, even though it has no means of ascertaining it. Owing to all these evils and ill-effects, the Islamic Penal Code though understandably contains a provision for house arresting a criminal or exiling him with his family if needed, it does not sanction in any way the confining of a criminal in a prison. 1. ie, ‘The Penal Law of Islam’ translated in the preceding pages (Translator).
Oilfield Jobs \| Oil and Gas Drilling Rig Jobs Oilfield jobs Work on an oil platform for offshore oil gas drilling job contracts Job vacancies for oil and gas professionals in Asia , Middle-East , North Sea , South America Offshore Jobs, Canada Oil Sand Jobs, Gulf Coast U.S. jobs Working Offshore / Oil Rig Jobs The near future offshore employment: The majority of new oil exploration and production happens in very deep water. Therefore floating drilling, production, and storage units will increase in numbers. These do not need many long pipe lines at the sea bottom, which would be expensive and difficult to maintain. So employment on FPSO tankers and SPAR-rigs will increase, which means more ballast operators. A SPAR-rig is like a big floating drum with some ballast to keep it up-right and then the machinery on top. During 2010-2017 the majority of deep water development is expected to take place in offshore West Africa and Brazil, later in the period followed by Indonesia, Malaysia, and India. Deepwater is defined as over 1.000 feet, while ultra-deepwater is over 5.000 feet. The majority of new deepwater exploration during this time period is expected in West Africa. During 2012-2016 offshore deepwater capital spending ( investments ) is expected to increase from 15 to 20 + % of total offshore spending. Most deepwater locations are more remote from the "civilization", which can mean longer periods on duty on the rigs. Fixed platforms will continue to exist for some time ( with their pipelines ) but getting older and needing more underwater maintenance. Therefore the need for ROV and UUV operators and technicians is increasing. The number of seismic research vessels and ROV support vessels are strongly rising. Between years 2007 and 2010 the offshore oil-gas industry needed worldwide (estimated) new personnel: 2.000 new watch keeping deck and engine officers and crew on construction and diving support barges / vessels, floating drilling rigs. In addition to ballast operators. 800 additional personnel in connection with saturation diving. 1.000 new survey and inspection personnel. 1.200 additional ROV personnel. There will probably be some new developments in the North Eastern part of the UK North Sea sector - close to Shetland Islands. These will, however, not increase the needed work force. They can merely reduce number of jobs likely to be lost. Trainee roustabout jobs are therefore hard to come by. In the UK North Sea sector there are more applicants than vacancies. If you are British it's better to look farther away from home, for instance Norwegian and Canadian North Atlantic areas have some new installations coming up, including employment on construction barges. Then the areas north of the Arctic Circle - ( Barents Sea and the continental shelf north of Alaska ) - are under close study and will soon be opened up for exploration / production. In extremely severe conditions. The total number of roustabouts on any one oil field is not great. The number varies depending on the current amount of exploration and production work. Normally the roustabouts are hired locally at different geographic locations depending on where the rig / MODU is. Oilfield jobs, Drilling Jobs, Oil Rig Job, Oil and Gas Jobs Current offshore oil drilling rigs jobs. Driller and Oilfield workers needed for oil rigs. Submit your resume / application for current job openings in oilfield industry. Offshore jobs in Canada and U.S. Gulf coast oil rig operation. Apply for oil rig jobs today.
Judge Simon Tonking of Stafford Crown Court has today written to The Times urging for cyclists to be banned from riding on many A-roads. Sounds sensible, doesn’t it? What kind of crazy bicycle riders want to ride on quasi-motorways? (Er, apart from time trialists)? But the great majority of A-roads are traditional through routes, often with few alternatives for non-motorised users. Banning cyclists from A-roads – the great majority of which are historic highways not originally built for cars – in some areas would be tantamount to banning all non-urban cycling. Clearly, most cyclists would prefer to ride on roads not at all clogged with fast-moving motorists but this is not always possible. In densely populated parts of the country there’s a dense network of roads and – usually – many alternative routes for cyclists to use. But in many areas the A-road network has to be used by cyclists, even if just partially. And many towns and villages have A-roads running through them, often with mentally fast speed limits. Judge Tonking says his ban idea is for the “safety of cyclists” but his track record isn’t a stellar one where cyclists are concerned. In April a motorist who killed a cyclist on an A-road was spared jail by Judge Tonking. The judge’s letter in today’s Times offers a “remedy” to such deaths: “take [cyclists] away from some of our more dangerous trunk roads where traffic is both heavy and fast moving.” His behind-the-paywall letter says: “As one who has the painful duty of sitting on cases involving the death of or serious injury to cyclists caused in road traffic accidents, several (but not all) of which have been accepted or found to have been caused by dangerous or careless driving of motor vehicles, I have seen the devastating consequences of such accidents. “One immediate remedy, suggested in the light of hearing much evidence about such cases, is to remove all cyclists from any dual-carriageway which is not subject to a speed limit of 30, or possibly 40, mph. This would not prevent cyclists from using dual-carriageways in urban areas but would take them away from some of our more dangerous trunk roads where traffic is both heavy and fast moving. Any cyclist, particularly a lone cyclist who is not wearing high-visibility clothing, is at huge risk on such roads from vehicles approaching from behind at a (legal) closing speed of up to 60 mph. At such a closing speed a relatively small and very vulnerable “object” is coming into view at the rate of 60ft per second and in a moment’s inattention irreparable damage is done. “Lest it be said that cyclists have a right to use such roads and it is up to other road users to be vigilant, the fact is that no cyclist, or even motorcyclist with a machine of small capacity, is permitted to use any motorway. As a matter of logic and realism the same should apply to dual carriageways where the speed limit is not significantly restricted.” This last paragraph is quite the shocker, especially given Judge Tonking’s ‘form’ on such matters. In April, he deliberated on the case involving the death of Patrick Kenny, a 72-year old record breaking cyclist. Mr Kenny was killed by Andrew Mylrea, a Rolls-Royce aero-engine Associate Fellow, who was driving “about 60mph” as Kenny cycled along the A38 slip road near Burton upon Trent. [Note: slip road]. Mylrea, driving a BMW, was convicted of causing death by careless driving at Stafford Crown Court and banned for driving for a year. Mylrea could have been locked up for five years but Judge Tonking decided not to jail him, saying: “This is not a case for a custodial sentence. This was a complete aberration. Your carelessness was failing to see Mr Kenny and his bicycle.” Judge Tonking’s request for cyclists to be banned from A-roads is odd because cyclists can already be so banned. Many stretches of quasi-motorway have such bans in place, via bog-standard traffic regulation orders. And, of course, the very fact many A-roads are choked with cars is reason enough for most cyclists to avoid them, a de facto ‘ban’. While many A-roads have been widened and signed to suit the needs of fast moving motorised traffic, they were not originally built for this purpose. Most of Britain’s A-roads were built as turnpikes for stagecoach traffic. With the coming of the railways, these ‘national’ roads fell into disuse and were first revived by cyclists in the 1870s, as has been pointed out numerous times on this blog-of-the-book. Many trunk road dual carriageways were also originally turnpikes – many are also Roman in origin – although look and feel like motorways, the highways built specifically for motorised use. Given that many A-roads – and even many trunk roads – are sometimes the only A to B access between places, calling for blanket bans is a very serious matter, especially when it comes from a figure such as a judge. [Perhaps if Judge Tonking had experience of such roads from the cyclist's perspective he might come to a different conclusion? We need more beaks on bikes...] Naturally, such bans are sometimes raised in parliament. Last year Uttoxeter MP Andrew Griffiths wanted to discuss such a ban with local cycling clubs following the death of a cyclist. The lorry driver who killed the cyclist had been sending and receiving text messages on his mobile phone in the minutes leading up the collision. Perhaps MPs and judges who ask for cyclists to be banned from A-roads ought to demonstrate how cyclists can still transit the area in question, without huge diversions? If there is no latticework of alternative, quieter routes shouldn’t such calls for bans go hand in hand with infrastructure provision? By all means seek a safe solution for all but this ought to include good, usable routes for non-motorised road users. If there’s no room, cash or inclination for such provision, banning such road users would be unfair in the extreme.
From 1997 to 2009, enrollment in the Advanced Placement test for music theory grew by 362 percent and enrollment in the computer science AB AP test grew by only 12 percent, according to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Pop quiz: Which of those fields is part of one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. jobs market? If you guessed music theory, you are decidedly off key. While the arts are important, we must also be mindful of the current demands of our job market. The news demonstrates the importance of addressing the gaping hole in our science, technology, engineering and mathematics workforce, and the answer may arrive in the form of immigration reform proposed by a bipartisan group of lawmakers that attempts to immediately plug the STEM jobs hole while also taking steps to tackle the long-term STEM education problems. The U.S. faces a shortage of workers and of students proficient in math and science, placing 25th in math and 17th in science in a ranking of 31 countries by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. This is adversely affected since about a third of math students and two-thirds of students in physical science are being taught by teachers who did not major in the subject or are not certified to teach them. If the U.S. remains on its current path, the nation won’t be able to fill as many as 3 million jobs in STEM fields, according to some estimates. And nearly two-thirds of those jobs will require advanced degrees. Anyone can recognize the truly distressing news in this equation: Just as the nation needs to redouble its efforts in education, especially in STEM fields because of economic realities, a majority of states are not even able to maintain the status quo. This national challenge appears to have captured the attention of our elected leaders. In the recently announced immigration reform bill from the Senate’s “gang of eight,” the senators attempt to address the immediate vacancies in STEM jobs by allowing companies to bring in more foreign workers. They also understand the need for a long-term fix and included a national fund meant to boost STEM education throughout the country and help produce more workers trained in the high-skill fields so that eventually we do not have to rely on foreign workers as we do now. While the fund might be smaller than some had anticipated, it is undeniable that this is an important step in the right direction. Six years ago, Exxon Mobil wanted to positively affect math and science education in the U.S. We created the National Math and Science Initiative to address the critical shortage of STEM-capable students in this country by taking great programs to scale. The initiative is also supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. NMSI’s comprehensive AP program works with high-school teachers to complete intensive math and science training and provides incentives for those teachers as they work within their schools to help more students pass national AP exams. Over three years, we have produced a 135 percent increase in passing AP scores in math and science, and the program is now reaching students in 19 states and 462 schools. Each year since 1990, CQ Roll Call has reviewed the financial disclosures of all 541 senators, representatives and delegates to determine the 50 richest members of Congress. This year's report, derived from forms covering the calendar year 2012, shows it took a net worth of $6.67 million to crack the exclusive club.
This is a guest post by Brian Church. Brian is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of a Consulting Firm called Ambassadors International. Brian’s book, “Relationship Momentum” is about the secret to making ideas and initiatives move. Brian lives with his wife Kimberly and son in Nashville, TN. His mission is to help Entre and Intrapreneurs activate their ideas by creating movement in a consistent direction. How To Balance Strategy & Creativity To Move Your Ideas Forward In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9 As a creative young businessman, I initiated many projects that eventually ran off the rails. Most of the derailment was due to a lack of planning or pause when a change was needed. I often did not understand the tactics I needed to employ or the force that was needed to apply until it was too late. I have learned a lot over the years, and most of the lessons were hard ones. Consequently, I have had to pay my fair share of “pain tax.” Today, I have learned to properly apply strategy and force, making me a better manager of the creative process and a stronger entrepreneur. The Application of Force There are three ways to make tactical course corrections by applying force. Applying strategy and Tactics in the creative process can be best illustrated through examples of paddling a canoe. PULL or ADDED FORCE — If you want a canoe to veer to the left, paddle on the right. This is a positive application of force and the most efficient way to turn. This corresponds to tactical changes you make, not by abandoning what you have been doing, but by simply adding more energy to something you are already doing. Paddle harder on the right. It is, however, the slowest way to turn. PUSH or OPPOSING FORCE — To execute the quickest possible turn, you apply resistance on one side. Paddle backwards on the left, and the canoe makes a sudden left turn. In terms of canoe speed and momentum, this is the least efficient way to turn. You have executed the turn by slamming on the brakes with regard to a particular initiative. This tactic corresponds to an abandonment of a current program or objective. Opposing force turns are often the result of the lack of foresight or planning. POINT or ADDED LATERAL FORCE — In canoeing terminology this is called a j-stroke. At the end of the stroke, the paddler rotates his paddle and pushes out and away from the canoe. The result is force applied laterally that changes the direction. In terms of loss of speed and momentum, it is somewhere between push and pull. You change course quickly, but not as inefficiently as paddling backward on one side. This corresponds to a situation in which you are able to change course without the loss of momentum. Of the three ways to apply force, the most common tactic is push because is it produces an immediate response. Perhaps, the need is for the quickest turn you can execute. This is how we often make the most mistakes. What we learn from applying the Laws of Motion to success is that executing a turn by applying opposing force is the greatest momentum killer and the least efficient tactic. The trick is to make changes without dissipating your forward movement. Trust me, it is less painful.
Fayette County, Alabama ~ Abner Tucker Family of Fayette County ~ Abner TUCKER & left-right: Abner Tucker, Martha Katherine [Dennis] Tucker. Back row: Lucandy Evaline Tucker, Sarah Josephine Tucker, Sovilla Rebecca Tucker, Andrew Jackson Tucker (see below). Abner Tucker (1851-1925) was the son of Abner Tucker and Matilda Rue (Rhew). Martha Katherine Dennis (1856-1933) was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Dennis and Rebecca Thomas. Abner and Martha Tucker were buried at Johnson Family Cemetery in Fayette Andrew Jackson TUCKER Andrew Jackson Tucker, Flossie Velma [Sawyer] Tucker, Myrtle Isabella Tucker (in lap). The child, Myrtle [Tucker] Aldridge, later became a teacher at Hubbertville School in Fayette County. Andrew (1889-1969), Flossie (1895-1993) and Myrtle (1913-1994) were buried at Cleveland of Christ Cemetery in Fayette County. Submit your link or information here Return to Fayette County Photographic Records Return to Fayette This page last updated 01 Sep
rotten > Library > History > Index by Country > Philippines\| Taken as war booty during the Spanish-American War, fought over for years during the Philippine-American War, and given independence after World War II. For many years, run by dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, shoe-fetishist Imelda Marcos. Marcos' agents assassinated dissident Benigno Aquino, ultimately leading to his downfall. Although primarily a Catholic nation, the Philippines is a hotbed of Islamic terrorists, such as the al Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and Ramzi Yousef spent a lot of time plotting in the Philippines. Terry Nichols just happened to be passing through at about the same time. Notorious for criminal mail-order-bride services, aimed at pathetic schmucks and/or homicidal madmen (like Terry Nichols). \|27 Apr 1521 \|\|Philippine natives kill explorer Fernando de Magellan. \|1 May 1898 \|\|Philippines seized from Spain by the United States, and turned into a colony. President McKinley called the occupation "benevolent assimilation." But what actually followed was the slaughter of 200,000 Filipinos. \|12 Jun 1898 \|\|A date celebrated by some Filipinos as their independence day. \|\|U.S. grants semi-autonomy to Philippines. \|20 Oct 1944 \|\|American forces land at Leyte. 20,000 Americans die retaking the Philippines back from Japan. \|4 Jul 1946 \|\|Independence formally granted by the United States. \|21 Aug 1983 \|\|Opposition leader Benigno Aquino is assassinated by agents of President Marcos. \|22 May 1988 \|\|Marine Sgt. Marciano Contaoe, a guard of President Corazon C. Aquino, runs amok in Manila with his .45 and an M-16, killing 9 people and wounding 3 others in a drunken rage. He is sentenced to 300 years. \|28 Sep 1989 \|\|Former President Ferdinand Marcos dies in exile in Hawaii. \|15 Jun 1991 \|\|Pinatubo, which had been active since June 9, erupts with massive force. Because of advance warnings, relatively few people die; but Clark Air Force Base is abandoned, over 50,000 people lose their homes, and 650,000 lose their jobs as a result. \|16 Sep 1991 \|\|Philippine Senate refuses to renew U.S. leases on American military bases. \|\|A series of terror bombings occurs in Manila; suspected mastermind is Hambali. Faces of Death \|
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\|Biographical detail : \|\|Grand Imam of al-Azhar who championed the rights of women and advocated dialogue between civilisations. One of Islam’s leading spirituals authorities to champion moderation worldwide Sheikh Tantawani was Grand Imam of the al-Azhar mosque and head of the al-Azhar University, pre-eminent centre of learning, from 1996 until his death. Al-Azhar had been founded as a Fatimid seat of learning in 970. Salah-al-Din Yusuf Ibn Ayyub (Saladin) expelled the Fatimid in 1171. Later under President Nasser who was in constant conflict with the hardliner Muslim Brotherhood, all al-Azhar appointments were made by the government and continue to be so. For more than a quarter century Sheikh Tantawani was at the nexus of government and religion in Egypt working with President Hosni Mubarak’s government to try to enforce a moderate interpretation of Islam. In Egypt, the government is effectively required to obey Al Azhar’s rulings over what books and films must be banned. It runs a university system with more than 300,000 students and an elementary-through-high school system that serves 1.5 million students. It sends hundreds of religious scholars into Africa and Asia to promote the faith, and there are more than 30,000 foreign students studying in its schools at any one time. As Grand Mufti of Egypt from 1986 to 1996, Sheikh Tantawani outraged many Muslims by ruling that fixed interest rates on bank deposits are halal (allowed), in the face of traditional Islamic consensus that all interest rate are haram (forbidden). Sheikh Tantawani shared platforms with the Prince of Wales and, in 2008, spoke at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies on the value of dialogue between civilisations. “Extremism is the enemy of Islam”, declared Sheikh Tantawani in a conference in Kuala Lumpur, in 2003. He provoked a fierce backlash from Muslim hardliners when, in 2009, he banned women wearing the full veil from entering al-Azhar’s campus. Born in Sohag, Upper Egypt, Muhammad Sayyid Tantawani joined a religious institution in Alexandria. After graduating from al-Azhar, in the faculty of religious studies in 1958, he went on to teach. He was awarded a PhD in Hadith and Tafsir in 1966. By 1980, he was the head of the Tafsir department of the University of Madinah, in Saudi Arabia, a position he held until 1984. In 1986, when Sheikh Tantawani had been dean of the faculty of Arab and religious studies for a year, he became Grand Mufti of Egypt, a position he held for a decade until his appointment as Grand Imam. Sheikh Muhammad Sayyid Tantawani died of heart attack as he was boarding an aircraft in the Saudi capital, Riyadh. He was buried in the city of Madinah.
Fault Tolerant Digital Signal Processing (DSP) This document proposes that a network routing protocol, such as the popular Internet Protocol (IP), can be combined with high speed switching fabrics to create a hardware independent routing environment for software radio. The flexible routing provided by such a network layer would allow signal streams to be dynamically routed (and re-routed) between computational elements. This would allow software radio designers to build flexible, fault tolerant signal processing chains for many applications and hardware implementations. This is innovative because conventional IP implementations cannot meet the performance requirements (throughput, jitter, latency) of software radio data streams. The innovation of this research stems from the unique combination of software radio development requirements, advances in network and transport layer designs to support high-speed switching fabrics, and the inherent capabilities provided by IP. Small Business Information at Submission: 7010 Little River Turnpike, Suite 300 Annandale, VA 22003 Number of Employees:
Mutations drive evolution. Subtle changes in the pairing of the chemical letters of DNA--adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine--produce new cells with different traits than their ancestors. The fundamental basis of such change is called a single nucleotide polymorphism, or a copying error in the long, chemical book of DNA. Now Japanese researchers have shown how environmentally damaged letters lead to transcription flaws and, ultimately, human diversity. Ultraviolet light, environmental chemicals, even the by-products of normal cellular metabolism all conspire to continually assault the DNA of humans and every other living thing. Typically, they cause the four chemical precursors to undergo oxidation. For guanine, or G, its oxidized version is called 8-oxoG. When lurking in the area during DNA replication, it bonds with adenine and causes the latter to pair with thymine rather than with its correct partner, unoxidized guanine. This is a permanent change, or mutation. Geneticist Yusaku Nakabeppu of Kyushu University and his colleagues studied the abundance of 8-oxoG in cellular cultures from four subjects, two men and two women. By fluorescently labeling monoclonal antibodies that attach to DNA sites where 8-oxoG has made its changes the researchers revealed that the oxidized guanine does not occur randomly throughout the chromosome but rather clusters in certain areas. In fact, 8-oxoG showed a remarkable preference for areas of the chromosome where genetic material was being exchanged and mutations occurred. This preference remained the same for chromosomes from all four subjects, leading Nakabeppu to suggest that 8-oxoG may be responsible for such exchanges and mutations. After all, the clustering of single nucleotide polymorphisms has been observed before, but its cause remains unknown. And that means Nakabeppu and his colleagues may have shown how environmental damage leads to cellular mutation, for good and for ill. The research appears in today's issue of Genome Research.
TWO Scottish musicians who taught 12 of the young victims of the Connecticut school massacre have added their voices to the growing clamour for stricter gun control in the US. Nell Malyszka and Trish Keil, originally from Edinburgh, said last Friday’s tragedy – which claimed the lives of 20 pupils and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary – has brought the community of Newtown “closer” together, and gave thanks for the “outpouring of love from around the world”. The twin sisters, who teach piano and classical guitar to children as young as three, said President Barack Obama’s vow to re-examine the nation’s troubled relationship with firearms was “important” to ordinary people still reeling from the scale of the killing spree. Ms Malyszka, 58, said: “We knew 12 of the children who lost their lives, as we were their pre-school music teacher before they moved up to Sandy Hook Elementary, we have taught their older siblings and now we are teaching their younger siblings. “We have also been involved with St Rose of Lima Church since 1985. We are part of the music ministries where we direct the children’s choir – we lost six children from the parish, including Olivia Engel, who was going to be an angel in our live nativity, this past Saturday.” Along with their brother, Matt Wilkie, the sisters emigrated from Muirhouse to the US in 1975 to pursue their music careers, and eventually settled in the “quaint and beautiful” community of Newtown. In the aftermath of Adam Lanza’s attack on Sandy Hook, they say residents have been offering comfort to one another, aided by people travelling from further afield to offer help. “Newtown is a close knit community and this tragedy has made it even closer,” Ms Malyszka said. “There are many church services and ecumenical services taking place, some churches are staying open for 24 hours. “The outpouring of love from around the world has also been a great comfort to both the families and the community.” The sisters, who perform in a Celtic band, Eclipse, along with Mr Wilkie, said they hope the tragedy will act as a tipping point in the campaign to enforce stricter controls, not just in Connecticut, but throughout the US. Yesterday, the White House said Mr Obama was “actively supportive” of efforts in Congress to reinstate an assault weapons ban. Meanwhile, Alex Salmond has written to Mr Obama offering his sympathies. The First Minister wrote: “Scotland shares the shock and deep sadness of people across the world at the senseless loss of innocent lives at Sandy Hook School in Connecticut. “It is impossible to comprehend how the children, along with their teachers, could have been so cruelly taken from their loved ones.” HOLLYWOOD REACTS TO TRAGEDY The premiere for Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Django Unchained, a violent spaghetti Western slave revenge tale, has been cancelled in the wake of the school shooting in Connecticut last week. Yesterday’s Los Angeles premiere was scheduled to have a red carpet and party, but instead there will be a private screening with no media coverage. The film, which won five Golden Globe nominations last week, stars Jamie Foxx as a slave turned bounty hunter who wreaks revenge on slave plantation owners as he tries to rescue his wife. It features Tarantino’s trademark style violence and is due to be released in US cinemas on Christmas Day. Paramount Pictures cancelled a weekend premiere for Tom Cruise’s new movie Jack Reacher and New York’s Lincoln Center Film Society postponed a Monday screening and talk with Cruise out of respect for the Newtown families.
Since Barbie drove her bulldozer down an El Segundo business park, much has happened in the world of big toy companies and their packaging supplies. Well, except for Disney: that company has not said anything, so if it's doing something, we don't know about it. LEGO - a Danish company - announced within a day that preliminary investigations showed the problem was limited to a few suppliers of their suppliers. (Interesting that they quoted Greenpeace's allegations in their initial press release!) Just last week LEGO announced it would reduce packaging and only use FSC-certified fibers in the boxes around its products. That cuts out Asia Pulp and Paper, which lost Forest Stewardship Council certification status in 2007. Hasbro updated a statement on its website that says, essentially, we were already working on this. Last year, Hasbro set a goal of 75% recycled fibres in its packaging. "Hasbro had been actively working with its paper packaging suppliers toward our goal of responsible sourcing from recognized, independent, certifying bodies, such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)." Sounds like they're aiming for something, but they haven't hit it yet. And Mattel. Mattel has cut itelf off from Asia Pulp & Paper - the company Greenpeace is really mad at. They've asked their suppliers for clarity about their sustainable practices. The company has not said what it's going to do next. Market action campaigns like Greenpeace's aim for a specific outcome: in this case, Greenpeace wants assurances going forward that these companies will keep rainforest pulp out of their packaging in the future: for example, by relying on certification programs for its suppliers. It doesn't hurt to specifically mention Asia Pulp and Paper in stating your policy, it appears. One point for ending a relationship with APP; one point for a certified or otherwise verifiable policy preventing involvement in deforestation. On my made up scale, Greenpeace has scored 2 for LEGO, 1 for Mattel, and has a potential with Hasbro. KPCC doesn't often cover market action campaigns about environmental issues like the one Greenpeace directs at the toy sector - and by extension Asia Pulp & Paper and Sinar Mas - but I suspect that could change. More and more, interesting climate and environmental conflicts are in economic and business arenas, and in local fights - not in Washington. Like my buddy Eve Troeh over on the sustainability desk at Marketplace, I find corporate social responsibility a potentially fascinating way into understanding our collective values on these matters. Plus, it makes the blog photos fun. Pacific Swell earlier addressed some key questions about deforestation, Greenpeace's campaign, Mattel and Indonesia - here's the whole series:
Types of School A community school is run by the local authority, which employs the staff, owns the land and buildings and decides the admissions criteria. Community schools have no religious designation and cannot discriminate on religious grounds in admissions or employment. All pupils follow the National Curriculum and follow the locally agreed syllabus for Religious Education. As with all maintained schools, community schools are required to have daily acts of collective worship. Faith schools can be different kinds of schools (eg voluntary aided schools, voluntary controlled schools, academies and free schools) but all are associated with a particular religion. Voluntary Controlled schools (VC) A voluntary controlled school is a state-funded school in which a foundation or trust (usually a Christian denomination) has some formal influence in the running of the school. Voluntary controlled schools are funded by central government via the local authority. The land and buildings are typically owned by a charitable foundation, which also appoints about a quarter of the school governors. The Local Education Authority employs the school's staff and has primary responsibility for the school's admission arrangements. Therefore VC schools cannot discriminate in admissions on religious grounds. VC schools can however apply a religious test in appointing, remunerating and promoting one fifth of teaching staff, including the Head Teacher. Pupils follow the National Curriculum. VC faith schools follow the locally agreed syllabus for Religious Education but parents of any pupil have the right to request their child receives RE in accordance with the tenets of the faith and the school should provide such RE for these pupils. As with all maintained schools, VC schools are required to have daily acts of collective worship. Voluntary Aided schools (VA) A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in which a religious foundation or trust owns the school buildings. All running costs and at least 90% of building costs are funded by central government via the local authority. The religious foundation contributes the remaining 10% of capital costs. The governing body determines the school's admission arrangements in consultation with the local authority. VA schools can discriminate against all pupils on religious grounds if oversubscribed. The governing body employs the staff and can apply a religious test in appointing, remunerating and promoting all teachers. It may also apply a religious test to non-teaching staff if a 'genuine occupational requirement' can be demonstrated. In addition, teachers can be disciplined or dismissed for conduct which is 'incompatible with the precepts of the school's religion. Pupils at VA schools follow the National Curriculum. In religious education they are free to devise their own syllabus and only teach about their own religion. VA schools are required to have a daily act of collective worship. Foundation schools are state-funded schools run by their own governing body, which employs the staff and sets the admissions criteria. Land and buildings are usually owned by the governing body or a charitable foundation. The foundation usually appoints around a quarter of the governors but in some cases it appoints the majority of governors. The governing body determines the school's admission arrangements in consultation with the local authority. Foundation schools can discriminate against all pupils on religious grounds if oversubscribed. Foundation schools can also apply a religious test in appointing, remunerating and promoting one fifth of teaching staff, including the Head Teacher. Pupils follow the National Curriculum and Foundation schools follow the locally agreed syllabus for Religious Education, unless parents request RE to be taught in accordance with the tenets of the faith of the school. Foundation schools are required to have daily acts of collective worship. Academies and Free Schools Academies and free schools are independently managed but state-funded schools set up by sponsors from religious, business or voluntary groups in partnership with the Department for Education. Some have a religious designation, others do not. If converting to Academy status, the governing body, foundation or trust of the existing school forms an 'academy trust' which then takes over the control of the school. Collective worship is required in Academies, not through primary legislation, but by virtue of the funding agreements. Academies also enjoy the freedom to adapt the national curriculum. Private schools (also known as 'independent schools') charge fees to attend instead of being funded by the government. Pupils don't have to follow the national curriculum. Independent schools with a religious designation are permitted to take account of certain religious or denominational considerations in making specified employment decisions which relate to teaching staff (such as decisions on appointment or promotion). All private schools must be registered with the government.
In 2008, we wrote about Backdoor.Win32.Sinowal, a malicious program we believed to pose a serious threat, as it employed the most advanced, at the time, virus technologies. These included: In the course of a year, the approaches and technologies detailed above have become “classic” and they are now implemented in a wide range of malicious programs. However, the creators of the bootkit have not been resting on their laurels and have continued to develop and implement these technologies in more sophisticated form. As a result, the bootkit is the most sophisticated contemporary malicious program. It hides itself from security solutions and the vast majority of today’s antivirus programs are unable to detect it. At the end of March 2009, Kaspersky Lab analysts detected that a new modification of the bootkit was being spread on the Internet. This article presents an analysis of how the bootkit functions and spreads. The most significant changes to the bootkit are detailed below: At the moment, the bootkit spreads via compromised sites, porn resources and pirate software sites. Nearly all the servers which are part of the infection process have a marked Russian stamp: they are part of so-called partner programs, where site owners work with the authors of malicious programs. Such “partner programs” are extremely popular in the Russian and Ukrainian cybercriminal worlds. The mechanism used to create domain names for the site which hosts exploits can also be classed as a relatively new technology. When the user visits an infected site, a specially crafted script will start to run on his/ her computer. This script uses the current date on the computer to generate the name of a site which the user will be redirected to in order to get his/ her customized exploit. Part of the script (decrypted) used to generate the domain name for the site hosting exploits This technology makes it almost impossible to use classic black-listing methods to block access to sites hosting exploits. However, having analysed the algorithm used to generate domain names, researchers are able to find out which of the domain names will be used and block them. In addition to creating domain names by using the current date, the script placed on infected web pages also creates cookies with a validity of 7 days. This is done in order to prevent the page with Neosploit being opened again in the browser if the user repeatedly visits an infected web page. The script checks for cookies and if they are present and if the cookie is still valid, it will not create a domain name, and the user will not be redirected to Neosploit. The bootkit still uses a method based on infecting the MBR in order to load its driver before the operating system starts. The driver is used in order to prevent detection and disinfection of the infected boot record. The first versions intercepted the IRP procedure Driver/ Disk; however, technologies for combating malicious programs are evolving and virus writers have had to substantially modify this technique. In comparison with previous variants, this version of the rootkit uses a more advanced technology in order to hide its presence in the system. None of the other rootkits currently known use the methods described below. When starting, the malicious driver checks for the presence of an active debugger. If this is present, the rootkit will not hide the infected MBR and will not reveal its presence in the system in any way. In order to become essentially invisible, the rootkit replaces a device pointer for one of its own; in this case, a specific structure in which the malicious driver replaces the pointer to a function (ParseProcedure). If the physical disk is opened for low-level access by an antivirus program, the hooked function will be called. The driver IRP procedure will then be hooked at a lower level than \Driver\Disk and functions which are called when a previously open disk is closed. As soon as the disk is closed, all the hooks return to their original state. The driver code has also undergone significant modifications and deserves separate attention. The majority of key functions, which install hooks for operating system system functions or which are hooks themselves, have been morphed, which significantly complicate analysis of the malicious code. Example of encrypted hook functions In spite of the fact that a number of antivirus companies also identified this variant of the bootkit and implemented some detection methods for it, Kaspersky Lab is, to date, the only company which provides users with effective protection from the bootkit at every stage. When an infected site is visited, Kaspersky Internet Security blocks: Most importantly, Kaspersky Internet Security is able to detect the active bootkit and disinfect the infected computer. The first version of Sinowal appeared at the beginning of 2008, but even by October that year, detection and disinfection had been implemented in only 4 of the 15 most popular antivirus solutions. Unfortunately, the 2009 variant of the bootkit is a serious a threat as its predecessors. Protection has been implemented in Kaspersky Internet Security: Once the threat has been identified, the antivirus is able to circumvent all hooks installed by the rootkit and disinfect the infected MBR: It’s extremely important that an antivirus solution is able to provide protection at every stage – from the user visiting an infected site to disinfecting an active infection. If the threat is not identified at any stage in the infection process, protection mechanisms can be evaded to infect the computer, and as a result the malicious program will remain invisible for a long time. Detection data from the products of other companies shows that each time the authors of the bootkit modify the algorithm used to create domain names (that has been done four times so far this year), none of the popular antivirus programs apart from Kaspersky can prevent the bootkit from penetrating the computer and then disinfect the infected system. \|DrWeb SS 5.0\|\|NIS 2009\|\|McAfee TP 2009\|\|KIS 2009\| \|Scripts (compromised websites)\|\|-\|\|-\|\|-\|\|+\| \|URLs (malicious domains with Neosploit)\|\|+\|\|-\|\|-\|\|+\| \|Exploits (Neospoit Toolkit)\|\|-\|\|+\|\|-\|\|+\| \|Active infection (detection/desinfection)\|\|+/+\|\|-/-\|\|+/+\|\|+/+\| Table 1: Detecting and blocking the bootkit at different stages of the infection routine (“+” – detected; “-” – not detected; compiled using Antimalware.ru test data available at the time of writing) The bootkit still poses a serious threat and is still the most rapidly evolving malicious program. The most interesting virus writing technologies and propagation routines stem from the bootkit. Antivirus companies must track all modifications of the bootkit and the implementation of new technologies as these will be widely used by many other virus writers within a short space of time. Even more essential is improving current antivirus products and technologies which are able to effectively combat not only attempts to infect computers, but to detect complex threats which operate at an unprecedentedly low level within the operating system.
The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effect of temperature on the elasticity of a rubber band. I became interested in this experiment when I was doing a report on Charles Goodyear in school. He invented vulcanized rubber. I have also noticed that rubber bands that had been in cold temperatures would break easily and I wanted to know what would happen if they were in warm temperature. The information gained from this experiment may help companies or people that are going to store rubber bands in warm or cold temperatures. It could also help companies or stores that sell things that are made of rubber such as tires. My hypothesis was that the rubber bands stored in 0 degrees celsius temperature would not be as elastic as the ones stored in 20 degrees celsius or 75 degrees celsius temperature. I based my hypothesis on my research, observations, and an Internet site I visited. It stated that rubber bands stored in cold temperatures would not be as elastic as ones stored in room temperature or warm temperature. The constants in this study were: - The brand of rubber - The scale I will - The size of the - The amount of time the rubber bands are stored in the temperatures before testing. - The oven. - The freezer. - The color of the The manipulated variable was the temperature the rubber bands were stored in before the tests. The responding variable was how much force the rubber bands could take before they broke. To measure the responding variable I used a spring scale and I measured the elasticity in kilograms. 1. Gather all materials. 2. Separate 3 groups with 25 rubber bands in each group. 3. Put 1 group of 25 rubber bands in a freezer at 0 degrees 4. Store it there for 3 hours. 5. Take all of the rubber bands in that group out. 6. Take 1 of the rubber bands and put it on the spring scale and pull it down. 7. Right before it breaks read what it says on the scale. 8. Record your data. 9. Do this with every rubber band. 10. Put another group of 25 rubber bands in room temperature set at 20 degrees celsius temperature. 11. Repeat steps 4 through 9. 12. Put another group of 25 rubber bands in an oven at 75 degrees celsius 13. Repeat steps 4 through 9. The original purpose of this experiment was to determine if temperature affected the elasticity of a rubber band. The results of the experiment were that the rubber bands stored at the coldest temperature were the most elastic. The rubber bands stored at room temperature were the second most elastic. And the rubber bands stored at the warmest temperature were the least elastic. See the table and graph My hypothesis was that rubber bands stored in 0 degrees celsius temperature will not be as elastic as the ones stored in 20 degrees celsius and in 75 degrees celsius temperature. The results indicate that this hypothesis should be rejected. The rubber bands in the warmest temperatures were not as elastic as the other ones. The most elastic ones were in the coldest These findings should be useful to companies, stores, or people that are going to store rubber bands. Because of this experiment, I wonder if all things made of rubber are effected by temperature? If this were true then companies that store tires and other important things would be able to use this information. If I were to conduct this experiment again I would test the rubber bands in the temperature instead of storing them in it before the test. That would be a more useful experiment. This research will include information about rubber bands, such as what are they are made of and how are they made. It will have information about rubber, such as how rubber is used and how it used to be made. It will have information about temperature and heat, such as how it is measured and how to convert units of temperature into other units of temperature. It will also include information about elasticity. A rubber band is made of natural rubber, calcium carbonate, carbon black, clay, sulfur, stearic acid, zinc oxide, wax, and oil. Rubber bands are made by mixing all of the ingredients together. Then it is put into a machine called a "extruder" to make it into a tube. Then it is put into a pressurized steam tank. This gives the rubber band its round shape and great strength. This process is called "vulcanization." Then the long round tube is cut into tiny rings. Rubber bands are measured in three dimensions. The are measured by length, width, and thickness. The distance from end to end when laid flat is the length. The width of the band is measures how wide it is, perpendicular to the length. The thickness measures the wall of the rubber band. In the United States about three-fifths of the rubber we have is used for automobiles, airplanes, busses, tractors, and construction machinery. Rubber is used for a lot of household products too. Manufacturers use it make things waterproof. It can be used as an insulator if it was made into foam. It is also used to make rubber cement. Rubber is grown on plantations, usually in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The world’s rubber production is about nine million metric tons. Rubber, long ago, did not work very well. That was before people knew how to vulcanize it. It became sticky in hot weather, and stiff and brittle in cold weather. But in 1839 Charles Goodyear invented vulcanized rubber. Tires that used the early rubber would last 300 to 500 miles but now tires last a lot longer usually 30,000 to 50,000 miles or more. Temperature is how hot or cold something is as measured on a particular scale. The two most common ways of measuring temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit. Another way to measure temperature is Kelvin. Instruments that measure temperature are called thermometers. The formula for converting Fahrenheit to Celsius is °C=(°F-32)/1.8. The formula for converting Celsius to Kelvin is °K=°C+273. People use heat in many ways. People use it in their homes to make them more comfortable. It also allows people to have hot water. There are a lot of sources of heat. The most common ones are the sun, the earth, chemical reactions, electricity, and friction. Heat is the most important form of energy. Heat and energy cannot be seen, but the work they do can. Everything is made up of atoms or molecules, which are always moving. The motion gives the object internal energy. The level of an object’s internal energy depends n how rapidly it’s atoms or molecules move. If they move slowly, the object has a low level of internal energy. If they move violently, it has a high level of internal energy. If an object has a high internal energy it is hot, but if it has a low internal energy it is cold. Elasticity is the ability to return to an original shape after being deformed by a force. All solids have elasticity. If the stress applied to a solid exceeds its elastic limit it will not return to its original shape. Stress is related to strain. Strain measures how much a given dimension of a solid changes under stress. The greater the stress, the greater the strain. The ratio of stress to strain is called the elastic modulus. Object with a high elastic modulus, such as steel, has a stronger resistance to stress than an object with a low elastic modulus, such as rubber. The equation of the elasticity of a rubber band is (delta L)= (FL)/(EA) where (delta L)= length change, F= force, L= length, E= elastic modulus, and A= cross-sectional area. Rubber is a very useful substance, made better by vulcanization. Elasticity is what makes rubber a perfect material for making rubber bands, tires, and bumpers. Barmby, Pauline. "Elasticity." http://madsci.org/posts/archives/feb98/886465170.Ph.r.html Big Wig Bands. "Rubber Bands." http://www.bigwigbands.com/rubberbands.html Central Elastic Corporation. "Rubber Bands." http://cec.com.my/faq.htm Cezairliyan, Ared. "Heat." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. Cosner, Sharon. "Rubber." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. Department of Atmospheric Sciences. "Units of Temperature." http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28G1%29/guides/maps/ctof.rxml Materials Science and Technology. "Recent Developments." http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?ti=0464F000 Plumb, Harmon. "Temperature." The World Book Encyclopedia. 1999. Rolfe, Stanley T. "Elasticity." The World Book Encyclopedia. University of Akron. "Polymers." http://www.polymer.uakron.edu/pubweb.html University of California. "College of Chemistry." http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/ChemResources/temperature.html I would like to thank the following people for their help in making my project possible and successful. I would like to thank my parents for getting the materials need to conduct I would also like to thank my teachers Mr. Newkirk, Mr. Arambul, and Mrs. Pasckvale for correcting the writing part of my project. I would also like to thank my classmates for support throughout my project. Top of page Menu of 2000-2001 Science Projects Back to the Selah Homepage
Tips for loading and unloading your truck You are in the process of relocation. you have done all the research you can to locate the most suitable moving company and you have even followed professional instructions and have completed packing your goods like a pro. Now the moving day has arrived and even the truck has arrived at your front door. It is time to load. Getting the shivers? Not when you go through these tips for loading and unloading your After you have completed packing, the first thing you need to do is to walk round the house and keep the similar sized boxes together. This makes loading faster. Load the heaviest items first. Items like oven, cooking range, washing machine, refrigerator, dishwasher etc are loaded first. Basically, any item which takes two or more people to move are called ‘heavy’ here. These items should be kept at the wall furthest away, close to the cab. All items must be kept in the upright position. truck must be loaded with equal weight on either side. Use furniture padding (available on rent) to protect furniture legs, corners and surfaces. Your next items to load are the long and big items like headboards, mirrors, mattresses, etc. Sofas and table tops also fall in this category. These items should be loaded so that they stay upright against the longer walls of the truck. This will help you save some space. Bed frames should be dissembled and taped together. This should be done for other long items like skis and poles. Carpets, rugs must be rolled and taped together. These can be placed at the center of the truck floor. During loading place the heaviest boxes on top of the appliances. Then smaller boxes can be stacked one on top of the other. Make sure that all empty spaces like beneath the tables, desks and cabinets must be properly filled with blankets, padding and linen. This will prevent your goods being tossed around during journey. Amongst all the boxes which you stack, keep the lightest boxes on top. This will help you unload faster. All fragile items and items with odd shapes must be loaded The thumb rule of loading a truck is that you must load the ‘most essential’ boxes last. For instance, boxes containing your bed linen, your immediate change of clothes, bare minimum kitchen utensils and your bathroom contents need to be loaded last, as these are items which you should unload first. Remember, your first night at your new home, will demand use of these During unloading, follow the same schedule as you did while loading. In fact, unloading becomes much simpler if you have loaded properly in the first place. For instance, if you have marked the bedroom boxes with blue sticker, children’s room with yellow stickers, when you unload, the individually sticker boxes can immediately be taken to the
Throughout the history of the Sacred Liturgy, the Church has undertaken a constant search for beauty. High artistic talent has been employed through the centuries to build beautiful churches, compose and execute Sacred music, and create masterpieces of liturgical art, all for the greater glory of God and the sanctification of the faithful. Within the Sacred Liturgy, each and every action of the faithful should be guidedintruthaswellbyanunderstandingoftheoverarchingnecessityforbeautyamongus. The liturgical vestments, posture, music, even the attire and attitude of the people all reflect our willingness to serve and worship the Almighty. Just as an examination of conscience is helpful for our daily lives, it is good from time to time to analyze our actions, our interior and exterior participation, within the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Our honest quest for beauty helps us understand the renewal of the Sacred Liturgy in our present time, more specifically with the forthcoming release of the English translation of the third edition of the Roman Missal. Just as we should not toss aside the beautiful Tradition given to us by our ecclesial ancestry, the Church is “a living and breathing organism,” and so the passing of time allows us to develop a greater understanding of the texts through the ages. An appreciation of Church history can aid our hearts and minds to seek and pray the most beautiful texts and how their use in the present day can enhance the Liturgy. Let us as Catholics of the Diocese of Sioux Falls examine the past in order to guide our understanding of the exciting developments in the new translation of the Roman Missal. A Brief History Each day at Mass, our beloved priests use the Roman Missal, the book containing the prescribed prayers, rubrics, and priest’s chants for the celebration of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The earliest surviving Missal has been attributed to Pope Leo the Great (440-461). Throughout the ages, prayers were added, especially suiting particular religious orders and celebrations throughout the growing Church. As the prayers developed, there was a need for consistency and authenticity in the words used in the celebration of the Liturgy. Many attempts were made to adopt a uniform edition, such as St. Francis of Assisi’s use of the Papal Books within the Franciscan order, although nothing was widely adopted until after the invention of the printing press in 1440. History is resplendent with revision and renewal, therefore variations of the liturgical books created a lack of universal agreement. This was especially prevalent over the next century, particularly during the Reformation, until the Council of Trent in 1545-1563. Implementing the Council's decision, Pope Pius V promulgated an edition of the Roman Missal in his Apostolic Constitution Quo Primum, dated July 1570. For the first time, the Latin Church had a Missal that was obligatory, except where there was a traditional liturgical rite which had lasted at least two centuries in antiquity. Following this model, subsequent revisions were promulgated to meet the needs of the Universal Church, as is the case today. About the New Missale Romanum In 2000, Pope John Paul II issued a revised edition, editio typica tertia, the “third typical edition” since the Second Vatican Council. In following tradition, this was first published in Latin. Though the universal language of the Church was never abrogated for the Holy Mass, the Second Vatican Council allowed for use of the vernacular translations. Translation is not a quick or simple task, as the integrity and specific meanings of the Latin texts should be maintained, and any translation must be approved by the Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The primary goal of the new translation is to achieve consistency in the Latin texts: making use of ancient standards of writing, worthy repetitions, distinctive patterns, and poetic and Biblical images. In subsequent articles, we will look at the new edition in greater detail, as well as how we as Catholics should better focus our lives on truth and beauty, most especially within the Sacred Liturgy. May this process of the implementation of the revised Roman Missal be a time of deepening, nurturing, and celebrating our faith as followers of Jesus Christ. Soon we will see a new English translation of the Missal that will uplift us on our path toward ultimate beauty, until we arrive at the eternal tabernacle.
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Dark matter has always had mysterious properties, but now it appears to be even more enigmatic than scientists predicted. Researchers are re-evaluating their assumptions about dark matter in light of a cosmic pile-up 2.4 billion light years away. Galaxies and dark matter were previously believed to stay together even during a collision of galaxies. But a new report from Hubble observations of a merging galaxy cluster known as Abell 520 suggests high-speed galaxy cluster collisions can leave a pile of dark matter rubble at the scene of the accident. Dark matter, detected only by its gravitational effect, is believed to provide the invisible "scaffolding" for the universe's structure, binding galaxy clusters through gravitational force into a giant cosmic web. But since we can only see about 15 percent of the universe’s matter anyway, we’re probably in store for many more confounding revelations. It’s a good thing that, like galaxies and dark matter, scientists and their theories don’t get too attached. Video produced by: Jim Festante
and to by extension, .NET. This InfoWorld article looks at Java popularity and usage and some of the challenges it is facing moving forward. Some truly interesting nuggets.. "Info-Tech sampled 1,900 companies, most of which are midmarket companies with less than $1 billion in annual revenues. The study found that 12 percent of enterprises focus exclusively on .Net as compared to 3 percent focused just on Java. Also, 49 percent center primarily on .Net, compared to 20 percent for Java. " --- That meshes with what I typically see. "Still, the survey did find that the popularity of .Net decreases very gradually as the size of enterprises increases. But Goodall cautioned that in such companies, .Net's popularity decline did not come from an increase in Java usage, but instead from a preference for other development platforms in heterogeneous environments." --- I am not sure I would entirely agree with they "why" proposed for the differences between Java and .NET usage as enterprise size increases. My experience has been that most larger companies lean more towards Java mostly because that was the first place Java penetrated and became a standard. Big companies with big application needs five or six years ago predominately turned to Java. They now have a large Java installed base. It is not easy to try and change the course of that ship. I rarely find large Java installs that have Java apps being deployed on multiple platforms - it happens, but it's rare. "Hansson agrees that .Net is also threatened by new frameworks, but he noted that .Net nevertheless seems to be taking away mindshare from Java in shops predisposed to use Microsoft technology." --- True to the point that both Java and .NET need to adapt to the changing development landscape. Having said that, I think .NET is in some ways better positioned to adapt to these changes. Things like the DLR, Project Astoria, etc., show we can adapt the platform quickly to try and incorporate the new things that are coming from other languages and platforms. There seems to be some similar types of efforts on the Java side, but they seem more ad hoc and "bolt on" than something really happening closer to the heart of the platform. Just my impression and I haven't spent a lot of time looking at it in detail so maybe I am wrong. All in all, the article is an interesting data point.
The Reinert Center for Teaching Excellence has announced the fourth of a five-part Brown Bag series of informal conversations about the five elements of Ignatian pedagogy: context, experience, reflection, action, and evaluation. SLU teaching faculty are invited to reflect about how the five elements inform their classroom practice and to consider how integrating them more purposefully can deepen student learning. Each conversation will be held twice, once at the Medical Center and once on the Frost campus. The fourth conversation, focusing on action, will be held from noon-1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 7, in the Allied Health Building, room 2024, and from noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8, in the Knights Room in Pius XII Memorial Library. Bring a lunch and share in one, or all, of the conversations. Beverages and dessert will be provided.
Getting the Right Magnetic Conveyor Match the characteristics of the conveying system to your requirements By Brian J. Hogan The chip conveyor on your machining center or stamping press has just given up the ghost. So where do you go from here? Do you contact the company that built your machining center or press system and buy a replacement, or do you get adventurous and find out who builds the best, to get a worry-free replacement? Let's say you've decided to see if you can save some money, and begin to look around and find out what types of conveyors are available. What you'll discover is that not all magnetic conveyors are created equal, and even when conveyors are competitively priced, some suppliers could offer you a much better unit compared to others. So what do you look for to get the perfect conveyor for your needs, whether it's to replace one you have or purchase one for a new application? If your application demands a replacement conveyor, you can get the specifications from the one that's no longer functioning, and shop them around to various magnetic conveyor companies. But if you're in the market for a new conveyor for a machining system, Product Manager Bruce Kiwala from LNS America (Cincinnati), a conveyor manufacturer, says: "Typically you want to look at the chips that are coming from the machine tool to make sure they're small and broken. This is because any long, bushy chips that would breach the magnetic field from one magnet set to the next will short them out. So these types of chips aren't a good candidate for a magnetic conveyor. But any broken ferrous application is perfect for one." "Jam-ups or slowdowns in conveyor systems can undoubtedly offset machine tool productivity," says Dan Zimmerman of Eriez Magnetics (Erie, PA). "The solution to the problem is a reliable conveyor system that promotes smooth, uninterrupted production flow. "The most important thing when selecting such a system is cost. In many peoples' minds, cost encompasses three things: initial price, operating expenses, and maintenance requirements. Another important factor that is often overlooked is the cost/performance ratio per dollar of investment. By balancing all the variables, a parts and scraphandling system can be designed or purchased to improve productivity and any costs can be recovered. "Material dropped on a magnetic conveyor can damage it," Zimmerman adds. "Because all the moving parts are inside the conveyor housing, denting the external housing could cause the magnets to hit the back side of the slider. This could create premature wear of the slider bed and damage to several or all of the magnetic elements. If material falls a considerable distance before contacting the slider bed, an impact plate or diverters might need to be installed to blunt the fall of parts before they hit the slider bed." For a new application, says Magnetics Product Manager Bob Mount of Storch Magnetics (Livonia, MI), "From an engineering standpoint, the first thing I want to look at is the conveyor size. I want to know what it's handling. Is it handling chips, press stampings, other types of ferrous parts—what's actually being conveyed? Then the next thing I want to know is how much needs to be conveyed. "A conveyor using magnets has them spaced a certain way to allow them to run at a particular speed. We have a certain number of magnets per minute going by, and each magnet will carry 'X' amount of load. In one instance we would multiply this out and have 60 magnets a minute moving 1 lb [0.45 kg] per magnet, giving us a load-carrying capacity of 60 lb/min [27 kg/min]." There's another point to consider, says Zimmerman. "With a magnetic conveyor, the material size and shape are very important. Material that can contact more than one of the magnetic elements, spanning across them, might cause magnetic bridging. When this condition exists, the conveyor will not move the material. When the material spans two magnets, it can either move along with the leading magnet or stay back with the trailing one. If bridging occurs, magnet spacing might need adjusting and conveyor capacity could decrease." "The other thing we want to know is how the product is coming onto the conveyor," Mount states. "Magnetic conveyors can be a lot more sensitive than hinge-belt conveyors. They require a more even flow of product. If you're handling 500 lb/hr [227 kg/hr], for example, you can't just take 500 lb and dump it on a magnetic conveyor and expect to move it. You have to take 500 lb/hr and split it evenly across that time, so that you have an even load." "Furthermore," says Mount, "we want to know about the application. If the conveyor is going into a machine tool, are there wet or dry chips? If they're wet chips, what is the coolant type? Is it oil or water-soluble? If it's water-soluble, it's good to know what the composition of the solution is so we don't have an interaction with the seal material. "There are certain coolants that actually inhibit the discharging of chips on a magnetic conveyor. It's very rare, but it does happen. They stick right to the slider plate, and when the magnet goes around the head and releases the chips, the chips don't want to let go of the conveyor's beltless slider plate." Once you have a good idea of the size conveyor you'll need, the next question is how it's built. Because magnetic conveyors should be sealed, you need to know what the internals are all about to know if you're getting one that can give you 20 or more years of service, and possibly even be rebuilt. In most magnetic conveyors, an electric motor drives a chain that rides in guides along the conveyor's length. The chain drives magnets along a stainless steel faceplate, and the ferrous material is moved across that face plate. Magnets, usually a long-life ceramic type, are spaced along the chain at certain distances that depend on the load they are conveying. They don't contact the faceplate, but are positioned at a preset gap beneath it. The guides make sure this gap is properly attained and is uniform along the conveyor's length. Typically made from 11 to 16-gage stainless steel, the conveyor's faceplate is also called the top plate or slider plate. It allows ferrous materials to slide along its surface, and is usually the main wear item. Larry Farr, president of Livonia Magnetics (Livonia, MI), notes that some companies build environmentally friendly conveyors using plastic internal guides and mechanisms. He says that although the design sounds like it might be good for the environment, this type of construction is "not working out very well, because the plastic tends to wear out, and these manufacturers are defeating the objective of giving customers a long-life conveyor." Both Livonia Magnetics and Storch Magnetics use an oil-bath system. The conveyor housing is an oil-tight unit, and the chains and sprockets are run through a lightweight-oil bath. The seals used should never wear out, because there isn't anything within the conveyor that will cause wear on them. Kiwala mentions that his company produces a conveyor that should offer a customer no short-term maintenance. "The way we design our conveyors to achieve this is by using a self-lubricating track. The track is actually a Teflon-impregnated plastic material, so it's self-lubricating. Because the Teflon is impregnated into the plastic, the track acts like a nice, slick surface for the chain to ride in. So we don't need to add any lubrication to the inside of the conveyor frame." Storch's construction is a bit different than that used by most conveyor producers, says Mount. "We have a double C-track construction, and the C-track is bolted to the conveyor body, so that makes it readily replaceable. We lasercut all of our conveyors, and we have an electronic file on the conveyor. If the customer damages the tracking in the conveyor, it's just a matter of pulling up the file, recutting the pieces, bending them, and shipping them out. Or we replace them in our own shop. "If you don't have precision-cut components, then it becomes a manual process to fit all the pieces to the conveyor. If the customer is not experienced with fitting track into a conveyor, they're not going to get the right gap between the magnet and the slider plate, and that will cause problems. We bolt the slider plate and the side guides to the conveyor body with grade eight fasteners rather than with self-tapping screws. Doing so provides a better fastening method. If you have an over-zealous fabricator who is using self-tapping screws and they're too tight, they'll strip out, but the fabricator is just going to leave them in the conveyor. What will happen, especially if you have a conveyor that's under water or under coolant, the self-tapping screw is going to provide a leak area, because there's not a tight seal like you would get using a nut and bolt. "Self-tapping screws can also create a chip that spins and will grab, tug, or tear at the seal within the layers between the conveyor"s body and the slider plate, possibly causing a leak." The top plate of the conveyor should be a 300-series stainless steel, according to Mount, although Farr says that some magnetic conveyors today use manganese on the slide face. "This material work-hardens, and it's a lot harder than the conventional stainless slide face," Farr explains. "Therefore, you can go to a 3/16" [4.8-mm] thick manganese sheet instead of a 16 or 11-gage piece of stainless and not have to use an impact plate, because the manganese offers good wear. It's a lot more expensive, but it allows you to skip replacing the stainless steel skins." "We're using an oversized roller chain that rides in internal tracks on our conveyors," Farr adds. "Some conveyor manufacturers use a RC chain that is similar to bicycle chain. Our magnet attachments are on the magnets rather than the chain. What this allows us to do is service a conveyor, or add or subtract or move magnet centers, without breaking the internal chain. With a RC chain you have to find a connecting link or cut the chain, and add a half link or master link to move the magnets around, because these attachments are on the chain not on the magnet." When it comes to the type of magnet, Kiwala says that the magnet must have the correct amount of magnetic attractive force, so it won't wear down the faceplate material. "We're trying to balance the difference between the pull-down of the chips to the slider face with the amount of friction that it takes to pull them off. Doing so will create a nice balance, so we really don't need to worry about the slider face wearing out." In some applications, says Farr, Livonia Magnetics uses neodymium magnets that offer 30–40% greater magnetic attraction than conventional ceramic material. The advantage is that these magnets are so much stronger that the user can employ a small conveyor for a large part. Although magnetic conveyors all look the same on the outside, it's the inside that really counts when you are looking for a quality product. The wider a conveyor becomes and the longer it is, the more important the kind of tracking and chain becomes, according to Mount. "As the chain becomes wider and longer, it becomes a critical wear component. What happens is that the magnet is longer and weighs more, and it's also carrying more load on the conveyor's surface. Even though the chain is the same size, it has to carry a heavier burden. The heavier load just magnifies the wear. Whether it's an 8" [203-mm] wide conveyor or a 20" [508-mm] wide one, or 5' (1.5-m) long or 25' [7.6-m] long, you still have the same track and magnets." To compensate for this greater weight, some conveyor manufacturers use a heavier-duty chain and a thicker slider plate for the magnets and the conveyed parts. Mount also says: "The gap between the magnet and the slider plate gets very critical with larger conveyors. If that gap is too great, then the capacity of the conveyor is reduced. If it's too small, then anything that forces the slider plate to move inward slightly will allow the magnet to rub against it. Eventually, the plate can cave in and jam the conveyor." Further, according to Mount, the speed of the conveyor has a lot to do with wear. Obviously, the faster a magnetic conveyor is run, the shorter its lifespan. "We try to run them as slow as we can in an application, and compensate by magnet centers to carry a particular load. So there are things we can do with magnet centers and the speed of the conveyor to handle particular applications." As to conveyor speeds, Kiwala notes that some companies offer standard magnetic conveyor models with a variable-speed control. This design allows belt speed to range from about 2–9 fpm (0.6–2.7 m/min), and allows the user to adjust belt speed to match the chip flow that's created. What's important about this capability is that the slower the conveyor runs while still maintaining good chip removal, the more time the chips have to drain the coolant down the incline of the conveyor, reducing coolant loss. In summary, Mount asserts that what differentiates the product's service life is its construction. One way to extend the service life is to make sure that all the parts on the conveyor have a tight, close tolerance, and that the conveyor is sealed properly. If you don't have a seal and the conveyor is submerged, coolants might get in, and metal chips can infiltrate and abrade the track or chain. Another conveyor-chain issue, in addition to the track-size of the roller on the chain, is that different grades of chain are used for conveyors. Some are just a hollow-pin-style chain, some are hollow-pin and prestretched, some use a solid pin, and some a prestretched solid pin. The advantage of a solid pin over a hollow pin is it has a much higher tensile strength. Therefore, if you have a conveyor jam, it could snap a hollow pin chain, while a solid-pin chain will hold better. Also solidpin chains are prestretched before installation. The manufacturers mentioned above say that they rebuild conveyors that have already provided a long service life. A well-made conveyor can be rebuilt for extended service, but before you buy, make sure that all the points mentioned in this article are considered. Purchasing the best magnetic conveyor for your job can save you money, increase both productivity and safety, and give you a conveyor with a long service life that can also be rebuilt. This article was first published in the December 2008 edition of Manufacturing Engineering magazine.
Everything is to play for as both workers and the rich take to the streets against rocketing prices, writes Suzie Wylie Anger is growing in Argentina against the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner—and two very different social movements are articulating it. One is typified by the well-dressed upper and middle classes demanding the right to use dollars and opposing the government. Hundreds of thousands in major cities took to the streets in “cacerolazo” protests on 8 November. Their bitter rage was not just directed at the government, but against the poor who have enjoyed some limited social protection. Some white collar workers joined the march, and there were demands that the left could sympathise with—such as against a hated tax on salaries. But unlike the popular cacerolazos of the 2001-02 crisis, this was neither progressive nor spontaneous. The main themes revolved around preserving the comforts of the upper and middle classes. The criticism of the government came from right wing politicians and media. Two weeks later workers took back the streets and put progressive demands back on the agenda. Several major unions called the first general strike for a decade, with demands including a higher minimum wage and the repeal of an “anti-terrorist” law that criminalises protests. The capital Buenos Aires was practically deserted. Airports and railways were shut down, and large demonstrations blocked the roads into the cities. The strike was uneven, but after a period of fragmentation and weak resistance to cuts it was an important success for the working class. It was a jump forward in organisation and combativity. This is a whiff of the struggle to come, as social and political tensions grow in the face of possible economic stagnation or recession. Daily life is becoming a struggle for millions of Argentinians. There has been some recovery since the economic collapse of 2001, but living standards and employment levels have not returned to pre-crisis levels. There is increasing evidence of slowdown. The growth model that the government pursues looks weak. It relies on exports of agricultural goods, such as soya, and on international financing for mining projects to strip out natural resources. The rhetoric of the government’s “national and popular” project is that it seeks to tackle economic inequality and level out social differences. But constant price increases and depressed wages are creating alarming levels of poverty. The level of inflation is principally due to mark-ups on consumer goods in order to keep up profitability for big businesses. The gap between government rhetoric and reality grows starker by the day. For example, official statistics say it is possible to live on six pesos a day. But six pesos now buys just one pastry or half a cup of coffee. Lack of investment in transport led this year to a tragic train crash in which 51 people were killed. Now support for Fernandez is waning. The social composition and political direction of the two movements mark very distinct alternatives. The cacerolazo offered no genuine solutions to the economic crisis. Worried sections of the middle class are starting to act as the infantry of a right wing opposition that has been in political disarray. But the unity of all workers, the unemployed and social movements for the redistribution of wealth can offer a real alternative.
The thing is, teachers aren't so different from you. You know how, when you're writing a paper, you suddenly start impersonating an English duke? And instead of saying, "Hawthorne writes about the dullness of office life," you feel obligated to say, "Hawthorne interrogates the liminal state of wage workers and their—too justified—impatience with the sameness of their everyday tasks"? Well, the same thing happens to teachers. Check out this email from a Is there anything worse than doing badly in a class, and not knowing how to fix your grade? It's a terrible feeling, especially when you have a test coming up. A Sparkler writes: im a high school student in 10th grade.. im in Honors English 10. and i am doing badly in that class right now because my essay skills really sucks, i just don't know how to write good essays. and i have another upcoming In-Class essay this friday about the outside reading book that i read, The Tempest by Shakespeare. and the theme is "quest for power". i dont know the prompt til that day. its a suprise prompt.
Much of the information in the world has a geographic component, and spatial factors affect every aspect of our lives. In a world where rich visualizations and geospatial tools are the norm, spatial literacy is a significant asset for our faculty, our students, and our institution. LEarNing Spatially (LENS) is a campus-wide initiative promoting spatial literacy as a foundational component within a liberal arts university. This is the outcome of 10+ years of Redlands' dedication to spatial thinking in curriculum, programs and research. Spatial thinking – the ability to visualize and interpret location, distance, direction, relationships, movement and change through space – is at the core of our work. Our initiative represents a lead effort in understanding how geospatial technologies can be linked to the greater pedagogic objectives of critical thinking and problem-based learning. We are not just teaching a tool, but a way of thinking. Our approach develops student and faculty capacity to explore the spatial nature of multiple disciplines in order to generate insights that drive active learning. LENS harnesses the integrative power of geography with technologies to help faculty and students visualize knowledge, solve problems, and understand relationships through a spatial lens. We succeed through the generous support of the W. M. Keck Foundation, our partnerships with neighboring ESRI, and the dedication of the University of Redlands to sustain our ongoing work.
The Speed Learning Approach Learning a new language the traditional way we know from school can be a very tedious, non-effective and time-consuming process – this is why the U.S. Government developed a special language course to train their diplomats, FBI and CIA in the shortest time possible to full competency in a new language. Now you can take advantage of these special courses in a fully revised and more user friendly version as well! Start using the Speed Learning Spanish course today and learn Spanish (Latin American) fast and effectively the same way that the U.S. Government has been teaching their diplomats, FBI and CIA for years. This language course with its unique training techniques has been proven and tested by thousands of top agencies of the U.S. Government over many years. Not only will you learn a new language faster but also much more effectively than you ever thought possible. 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A typical unit covers a cycle of work requiring from three to five hours from the average or above-average student. The learning that takes place during a typical cycle has been sequenced as follows: - Observation of the language. - Practice with what has been observed. - Variation of that which has been practiced. - Application of what has been learned in the first three stages. The sectioning of a unit relates to these four learning modes as follows: The last section of each typical unit (The Application section) contains no recorded portions. It is always a summary of the present unit plus a recycling of important features of the preceding two units. No new material is presented. It serves, therefore, as a testing device to determine how well the material has been learned, and as a quick-review of the learned stuff. This Application section can also serve as a time-saver for students with a limited but active knowledge of Spanish; they should work the Application section first; if they can work it successfully, then that unit does not have to be studied, and they should proceed to the next unit until areas are encountered where errors are made, indicating the need to study that unit. The Spanish Competency You Will Reach You can choose between 4 levels to reach the level of Spanish proficiency you desire. The chart below shows you which level of proficiency you will reach on the FSI (Foreign Service Institute) and ACTFL (American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages) scale at the end of each of the 4 Levels. The Speed Learning Spanish course consists of Spanish Level 1- 4 and Spanish Practice. - Spanish 1+2 is an introduction to the Spanish language (Latin American) and its focus in the beginning units is to provide beginners to Spanish with the proper pronunciation. It is designed both for beginners to Spanish and for advanced learners who want to refresh their Spanish skills. After completion of Level 1+2 you will reach “Intermediate Mid” on the ACTFL scale. - Spanish 3+4 builds upon Spanish 1+2. After completion of Level 3+4 you will reach “Superior” on the ACTFL scale. - Spanish Practice contains complimentary exercises to Speed Learning Spanish 1+2 and 3+4. Speed Learning Spanish 1+2 This course consists of Spanish Level 1+2 with 25 units. This course as a whole is intended to lead the student to a useful level of proficiency. The objective of this first phase is to emphasize structure: word structure and, particularly, phrase structure. Therefore, especially through Unit 13 – displays equal concern with phrase relators and connectors and with verb morphology and shows considerably less concern with vocabulary. During the introductory phase, the main focus lies in the student’s ability to perform in multi-phrasal and multi-causal sentences using the proper connectors and relators than in his stockpiling of vocabulary items. Subsequent units will develop the remaining verb morphology and expand the vocabulary. The average student requires approximately 100 hours to go through Level 1+2. Since there are 417 ‘words’ in Level 1+2 you can assimilate at the rate of 4.2 ‘words’ per hour. (A ‘word’ is defined as a preposition, a verb form, an infinitive, a number, an adjective, etc.) The distribution of vocabulary items (‘words’) is as follows: 115 Nouns; 130 Verbs, Verb Forms or Phrases; 172 Other. To encourage the feeling of realism while learning Spanish, the study of verb morphology commences with a past tense, as it is more natural to ask the student ‘What did you bring last night?’ than “What do you bring (at night)?’ However, the present tense is not ignored; most of the common verb phrases (e.g. tener, que -r, querer -r, ir a -r, acabar de -r, aprender a -r and so forth) are treated also in the Present with the result that the student becomes as capable in the Present as in the Past. The Imperative Mood is also taught, as well as several frequent patterns of the Present Subjunctive. Speed Learning Spanish 3+4 Speed Learning Spanish Level 3+4 contain 25 units with 990 words including 150 cognates. Time required to finish Level 3+4 varies according to the amount of time spent on supplementary ingredients such as conversation, reading, oral discussions of current events, and so forth. Without these supplements, Level 3+4 requires an average of about 150 hours to finish. Starting with the first unit (Unit 26) in this volume, the instruction becomes monolingual. At this point, Spanish exposure time is increased from 30% to 65%. As the student’s production inventory expands with subsequent learning, this exposure is proportionately increased until it reaches almost 100% after Unit 40. By Unit 31, parts of the programmed introduction are written in Spanish, and by Unit 34 some of the grammatical presentations are in Spanish. By Unit 41, everything is in Spanish. The text then proceeds to the end as an authentic and normal experience in Spanish. Speed Learning Spanish Practice The Speed Learning Spanish Practice contains complimentary exercises to Speed Learning Spanish 1+2 and 3+4 Therefore, you should use this in conjunction with the main course.
Today's Letters: Confusion fuels mooring field fears By LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Published May 2, 2007 Gulfport should not pursue mooring field April 29, letter The writer stated that the mooring field would be full of unattended boats that would pollute with sewage, diesel and other contaminants - plus lead to littering the beaches with boats after a hurricane. I believe the writer is confusing an established mooring field where solid moorings are drilled into the bottom - and boaters pay a substantial fee to use it - with an unregulated anchorage where boats use any anchor they want and moor for free. The latter has sometimes led to some derelict boats that often end up on shore in a storm and/or pollute the bay. If Gulfport officials do the field correctly, they will completely eliminate derelict boats, not promote them. The letter writer was confused. As the editor of the South's only sailing magazine, I can attest to the fact that anyone who knows anything about mooring fields - and who has researched the truth about them - will find that none of the writer's fears are based on fact. Mooring fields are proven to be the best place for a boat to be during a hurricane, the worst place being a marina. Boats destroy marinas in a storm. If one studies other mooring fields, it turns out that mainly cruising sailboats - and some power cruisers - occupy them. Cruisers are one of the most dedicated group of water environmentalists around and are more concerned than most about making sure that fuel and sewage don't pollute the bay. If the writer is concerned about sewage, perhaps they don't know that 99 percent of the raw sewage that gets dumped in our waters comes from sewage plants and cruise ships - originating from those who live on land. Gulfport has planned a mooring field that would be mainly populated by seasonal and short-term cruisers, a friendly and sincere group of people who care more about these waters they cruise than most who just look at them. They will visit the town and support local businesses. The letter writer ought to go out and meet some of them. Steve Morrell, Southwinds Magazine, Bradenton Few bad apples can ruin it Seasonal campgrounds, like mooring fields, attract a portion of our population who, for whatever reasons, embrace the seminomadic lifestyle. Called full-timers, most do it with emphasis on style. Million-dollar yachts and motorhomes that bring fortunes in tourist dollars to communities having the foresight to provide campgrounds and mooring fields. But it takes only a few bad apples to spoil the whole bunch. Derelicts who bring derelict vessels, then abandon them with no thought to the impact on the environment or water safety. Travelers who pack themselves and their families into ancient, raggedy, discarded buses and set up housekeeping in city or county parks, or even church parking lots as a base for their questionable activities. They contribute nothing to the local economy, and when they depart, local taxpayers are left with the bills for cleaning up their garbage and hauling away their debris. These alone, for many, are reasons enough to dismantle mooring fields or close parks and campgrounds. And they are good reasons for those who are already overburdened with excessive taxes and rising costs of living over which they have no control. Everett Melnick, St. Petersburg Hefty price may sink port plan April 27, story Where's waterfront plan? I was glad to read that the pie-in-the-sky dream of St. Petersburg's mayor is going to be shelved. It is funny when the plan's demise is announced, the mayor's name was not mentioned once, but months ago he was the lead voice behind this stupid plan for the port. Wake up, city government. Where is a 20- year plan for the whole waterfront? What is needed is to build a circular plan of moving people from the Pier (which needs to be remodeled) to the port (a fish market would be perfect). In between there could be stops at BayWalk, the Museum of Fine Arts, Al Lang Field (whatever it becomes), the Dali museum on the waterfront and the USF campus. This would be such a boon for our tourism. When will our city leaders wake up and start to plan for the future here? Scott Hoffman, St. Petersburg CFCs are no longer used In the April 22 article, For Earth's Sake: "Green" Terminology, the St. Petersburg Times defines CFCs as "used in refrigerants, cleaners and aerosols and in the making of plastic foams." This statement is based on outdated information. Consumer aerosol products in the United States have not contained CFCs since the 1970s, and on behalf of the Consumer Aerosol Products Council (CAPCO), I would like to take this opportunity to clarify the issue. In the 1970s U.S. producers of aerosol products and packaging voluntarily phased out CFCs as the propellant in consumer aerosol products. It became official with government regulations in the late 1970s, and the rest of the world followed with the Montreal Protocol, signed in 1987. Christine Goss, CAPCO, Alexandria, Va. Homeless stance so sad Much has been said about the homeless situation in the area. I find it both interesting and sad where people stand on this issue. I come into contact with many people who say that homeless people don't want to help themselves and who ask where their families are in such times of need. While I don't doubt that some can do more to help their own cause, the vast majority of them are dealing with severe mental illness and substance abuse issues. As we supposedly live in a compassionate society, it deeply saddens me to see the less fortunate treated as though they are worthless. Anthony Margiotta, Seminole Share your views We invite readers to write to us. Letters for publication should be addressed to Letters to the Editor, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731. They can be sent by fax to (727) 893-8675 or through our Web site at: www.sptimes.com/letters/. They should be brief and must include the writer's name, address and phone number. Please include a handwritten signature when possible. Letters may be edited for clarity, taste and length. We regret that not all letters can be published. [Last modified May 1, 2007, 20:36:56] [an error occurred while processing this directive]
BY SUA Staff – Not only is there a new “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy – this time Benghazi related, a careful look at how the security was handled there comes into stark relief. Each day a new document emerges, or a new clue to what the administration knew and when they knew it becomes a very important question. This question also begs a view of the rest of our embassies and how the administration’s foreign policy is applied in each location across the globe. Recently, many revelations have emerged in this regard and among them is the way money is doled out to our embassies to foster the administration’s foreign policy. Judicial Watch, a prominent watch dog organization has revealed that money has flowed in gross amounts, ell while the Benghazi Compound was denied security upgrades, even to minimal previous standards. Other examples abound: According to Wikipedia, the Marine Security Guards number approximately 1000 Marines at 150 posts (also known as “detachments”), organized into nine regional MSG commands and located in over 135 countries in 18 time zones, as well as its headquarters at Marine Corps Base Quantico. Headquarters Company, along with MSG School, is composed of approximately 100 Marines providing administrative, logistical, legal, training and education support. The remaining nine companies are commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and typically entail a number of detachments in several countries. The companies are as follows: The way the State Department secures its staff seems to very widely. There is also a long record of waste and abuse of tax dollars. With these examples in mind – it further drives the point home and begs the question: WHY? Blows $5.6 Mil on Cultural Preservation Abroad A U.S. ambassador and three other Americans were murdered by Islamic terrorists in Libya because the State Department skimped on security yet the agency has enough cash to blow millions in one year on “pressing cultural preservation needs” in foreign countries. News of the controversial allocation could not come at a worse time, on the heels of the brutal assassination of an American ambassador and his staff by al-Qaeda terrorists in Benghazi. It marked the first time in three and a half decades that a foreign ambassador got murdered abroad while representing the U.S. government. The State Department deploys foreign diplomats and is responsible for their safety. In Libya the agency cut corners by hiring an unknown and inexperienced British firm rather than the larger, more reputable companies that are customarily used in overseas danger zones infested with hostile, anti-American Islamists. As a result, Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans on the mission are dead. While the State Department saved money on security in Libya, it somehow managed to find $5.6 million in 2011 to support “pressing cultural preservation needs” in dozens of foreign countries. Here are some of the dire projects funded by U.S. tax dollars that perhaps could be better spent on securing U.S. embassies in hostile Arab countries. Uncle Sam doled out $750,000 to restore a 16th-century tomb complex in India, $700,000 to conserve ruins in Tanzania, $600,000 for the “temple of the winged lions” in Jordan and $450,000 for the conservation of a 10th century temple in Cambodia. Those were just the big ticket projects. Hundreds of thousands more went to smaller causes throughout the world. For instance, the restoration of a 16th century convent in Guatemala got $119,052 and an aqueduct in Mexico received $115,000 and the following three projects each got $100,000 from the State Department; a program to document endangered musical traditions in Mali, the restoration of a railroad station in Paraguay and a 19th-century log house museum in Russia. Here is the list of all the allocations for 2011. This is all part of the administration’s international diplomacy efforts, a cornerstone of the Obama presidency. Just last month the State Department launched a first-of-its-kind Diplomatic Culinary Partnership to “elevate the role of culinary engagement in America’s formal and public diplomacy efforts.” A new American Chef Corps has been created because Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claims that “culinary engagement” can “further intercultural dialogue and strengthen bilateral relationship.”
Stem cell surgery may be the perfect treatment for those who are suffering from a bulging disc, continuous pain due to arthritis or other joint problems, those with a partially torn muscle, ligament or tendon as well as individuals who have chronic bursitis or avascular necrosis of the bone. The Institute of Regenerative and Molecular Orthopedics located in Boca Raton, Florida has now expanded their services throughout South Florida including the Miami area. Although stem cell surgical procedures are relatively new, Dr. Purita who heads this practice, and his staff, are well experienced at doing stem cell surgery, having literally done thousands of them. What Is Stem Cell Surgery? Everyone has stem cells. Mesenchymal stem cells function to repair damaged tissue within the body. When injuries occur, the blood supply to the injury site can become impaired, preventing these necessary stem cells from reaching the damaged tissue, thus preventing proper healing. Because the injury site does not receive proper oxygen supply via blood, the body does not sense that there is an injury. Therefore healing cannot take place. By using stem cell surgery, the injury site receives the needed stem cells for proper healing. This is done by collecting bone marrow from the pelvic area of the patient using a small needle. Discomfort is minimal as anesthetic agents are used. The collected bone marrow is then placed in a spinning device that separates the stem cells from the bone marrow. Stem cells are then injected into the injury site, stimulating damaged cells to repair themselves. The Results of Stem Cell Surgery Most patients who undergo stem cell orthopedic surgery experience significant improvements in their symptoms within 2 to 3 months, sometimes eliminating the need for surgery or long-term medication use. Full function of the treated body part often returns and pain is eliminated. This treatment can offer individuals who have been constantly suffering from orthopedic injuries or disorders to finally get the relief they deserve. Depending on the condition, repeated injections may be needed each month for about 3 to 6 months for full healing. For those who live in or around Miami, the Miami Stem Cell Surgery procedure may just be the answer you have been looking for.
Do you ever disconnect, even for just a few minutes? Think about the last time you used your “off button.” Was it at home over the weekend? On vacation? Or were you at the office? BlackBerrys, iPhones, Androids, iPads, and all their digital relatives are transforming our lives — for better and for worse. They are also changing the nature of how and when (and where) work gets done. This new reality has profound implications for management, although studies on the topic have been surprisingly limited. We know that managers at all levels spend at least half their time collecting, receiving, and disseminating information. New technologies have extended the speed and breadth of this communication across vast distances. Yet studies going back a half century and more (long before e-mail) have made it clear that managing is characterized by high levels of variety, brevity, fragmentation, and, perhaps most significantly, interruption. Often to managers’ detriment, their attention is frequently diverted from one activity to another in their attempts to reconcile conflicting demands. The first of these studies, carried out by Sune Carlson and involving managing directors in Sweden in the late 1940s ― when the first computer was developed ― found that managers were inundated with reports. If they only knew what was to come. Mobile computing seems to help managers cope with these distractions effectively. Smartphones, for instance, allow them to attend to the variety of demands on their time and leverage brief moments between interruptions to complete minor tasks. But new technologies can also have unintended negative and harassing effects; managers need to understand the dangers of an overreliance on electronic communication. Missing the Meaning Managing is not a science; it is a subtle and nuanced practice, learned mostly on the job, through paying close attention to gestures and tone of voice. This “soft information” is an integral part of managing, and is gathered by talking and listening in meetings, during chance encounters, or on the phone. Using only words ― sending a text message or an e-mail ― takes away the nuance that comes from seeing and hearing people, from exchanging points of view and working toward agreements. Information technology can and should expand your range of communication, but cannot be a substitute for interactions that build trust, share vision, and enhance community. Indeed, managers who are in touch only through their keyboard are out of touch with the vast world beyond it. They risk substituting breadth for depth. Recent research shows that we may have more connections today, but fewer relationships. Facebook and LinkedIn can complement but not replace the personal interactions at the heart of managing effectively. Managers who believe that they can learn about their department through e-mail — rarely walking down the hall, let alone getting on an airplane — may find themselves in trouble. They’ll gather the facts, but they may miss the meaning. And the increasing use of 140-character tweets to convey impressions of an organization or a person will likely result in an even greater loss of nuance. New technologies can also aggravate the hectic pace and distraction inherent in managerial work, sometimes causing managers to behave unreasonably. For example, a manager may send a text message at 10:30 p.m. on a Sunday to announce a meeting at 8:30 a.m. on Monday. Or a manager might follow up on a request for information sent by e-mail after waiting only an hour for a response. These more and more commonly accepted practices disrupt work–life balance, interrupt one’s ability to focus, and erode cognitive capabilities. The more often someone feels compelled to check their e-mail or phone, the harder it is to focus on the task at hand.
The purpose to this lab was to isolate and identify two unknown bacteria from a mixed culture provided to us by our instructor. This study was done by applying all of the methods that have been instructed on thus far in microbiology laboratory class. Each test performed, provided us with some key information about the unknown microbes in question and how the bacteria function. Materials and Methods Over a two week period, eight prepared types of test media were provided to identify the assigned unknown mixed cultures. Not all of these tests were performed on every culture, as some were used only for gram positive or gram negative bacteria. The tests performed and what constituted a positive or negative test are as follows: Lab day 1; today in lab we obtained the unknown mixed culture “041”and one brain-heart infusion agar (BHIA). The first step was the preparation of the medium, the bottom of the BHIA dish was labeled with the bacterium number, initials, and section; then divided into four quadrants. The second step, we used the septic technique to transfer a small amount of culture with a flame-sterilized inoculating loop to the first quadrant, flamed and cooled the loop again then transferred a small amount of the culture from the first quadrant to the second using the quadrant streaking method as illustrated on page 18 of the lab manual, repeating this process until all four quadrants were properly streaked. Lab day 2; we collected our BHIA medium and began by identifying the morphology and cell-to cell arrangements of the colonies. Two different colonies were observed, the first colony was yellow in color and larger in size and the white colored colony was slightly smaller in size. As instructed, each colony was prepared for gram staining, one slide for the large yellow colony and one for the smaller white colony. After properly gram staining the slides as directed in chapter six of the lab manual, the smears were examined... [continues] Cite This Essay (2008, 05). Unknown Bacteria Lab Report. StudyMode.com. Retrieved 05, 2008, from http://www.studymode.com/essays/Unknown-Bacteria-Lab-Report-149367.html "Unknown Bacteria Lab Report" StudyMode.com. 05 2008. 2008. 05 2008 <http://www.studymode.com/essays/Unknown-Bacteria-Lab-Report-149367.html>. - MLA 7 "Unknown Bacteria Lab Report." StudyMode.com. StudyMode.com, 05 2008. Web. 05 2008. <http://www.studymode.com/essays/Unknown-Bacteria-Lab-Report-149367.html>. "Unknown Bacteria Lab Report." StudyMode.com. 05, 2008. Accessed 05, 2008. http://www.studymode.com/essays/Unknown-Bacteria-Lab-Report-149367.html.
Patrick Francis Dunn, the son of Irish immigrants Thomas and Catherine H. Dunn, was born October 10, 1858, in Corpus Christi. He married Clara J. Jones August 30, 1883. In December 1883, Pat Dunn entered a partnership with his mother and brother, Thomas, to graze cattle on Padre Island, and as manager moved to the island in January 1884. Settling 20 miles down the coast. Laguna Madre and the Gulf of Mexico served as natural fences; during roundup, ranch hands drove stock into several corrals scattered along the 110-mile island. When his children reached school age, Dunn moved back to Corpus Christi and established headquarters at the north end of the island. In 1907, after buying his brother's interest, he built a 2-story house on Corpus Christi Pass (0. 5 mile east), using lumber washed ashore from shipwrecks. Much of the house and corrals were constructed of fine mahogany. The house was destroyed in the hurricane of 1916, the year of his mother's death, which left Dunn as sole owner of the ranch. Pat Dunn sold his Padre Island interests in 1926, retaining grazing rights, which he used until his death March 25, 1937. His son, Burton Dunn, continued ranching operations until his death Sept. 8, 1970, after which the last cattle were removed from Padre Island.
Best 3-minute argument for gay marriage ever Passionate, eloquent, convincing, short and to the point — this is a defense of gay marriage made for the Internet. Zach Wahls, a 19-year-old University of Iowa engineering student, spoke out before the Iowa House of Representatives last week against a resolution which would end civil unions in that state by describing his life with two lesbian parents. This kid is a model citizen: an Eagle Scout, a small business owner, a church-goer, and a successful student who scored in the 99th percentile on the ACT. And he sums it all up with the zinger: “If I was your son, Mr. Chairman, I believe I would make you very proud.” - How to Improve Doggy Style - If Oral Feels So Good, Why Does It Take So Long? - Dr. Kate on Female Sexual Dysfunction - 15 Do’s & Don’ts of Really Great Sex
Spring is a very busy time for everyone. The weather gets nicer, we all start to get out a little more, and with that first day in a t-shirt, we all start to think about the summer. With summer just around the corner, Spring is also an excellent time to get your children in the pool for swimming lessons before the season starts. We believe there are three critical success factors in aquatic education. First, the program should incorporate safety behaviors into the curriculum so children can learn responsible conduct in and around water. Summer is the quintessential season for swimming, but also because it is the season when children are most likely to swim unsupervised or without the benefit of a life-guard. Second, a successful swimming program must teach all of the basic swimming strokes and skills. Because children learn skill sets best through repetition, it is advantageous for them to have as much time as possible in the water to learn, practice and apply their newly acquired skills. Third, involving parents and caregivers in the education process is essential, particularly early on, so they too can learn effective methods of working with their children as well as understanding their level of competency. Just like learning to catch a ball, shoot a basket, run the bases or conquer the five positions of ballet, it takes time to learn to blow bubbles, balance o front and back float, or master an advanced stroke. Swimming require dedication and time not simply because repetition induces muscle memory and skill development, but also because for the mental hurdles and skill progression inherent in swimming. For these reasons, the first few sessions are committed to breaking and/or regaining ground. By starting now, you can prepare your kids for swimming safely and confidently, whether at a swimming pool, in summer camp, or on the beach.
Swiss Nano-Cube is the Swiss education platform for micro and nanotechnology. It adresses to teachers and students from vocational schools, secondary schools as well as higher professional schools. The platform has been initiated, developed and jointly implemented by the Innovation Society, St.Gallen and the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET). Swiss Nano-Cube is a joint project of the Innovation Society Ltd. and the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET). List of illustrations Home Site: Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Zinkoxid) Basics: Marianne Dietiker, Laboratory of Nanometallurgy, ETH Zurich (Nano-structured fracture surface of a penguin wing oyster) Products and Applications: Swiss Nano-Cube Projekt (hydrophobic and self-cleaning surface of a lotus leaf with water drops and dust deposit) Safety and Risks: NCCR Nanoscale Science, Institute of Physics, University of Basel (carbon nanotubes)
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Special ReportsIn-Depth Analysis and Investigative Reports He escaped Laos for a new life in U.S. Wednesday, May 02, 2007 By Nancy Madsen After the Communist takeover of Laos, Hmongs who supported the United States fled to the jungles. Her's family was part of the Chao Fa group, a Hmong resistance organization that opposed the Communist regime. Her started working for the group at age 10 and was in combat at 14. In 1986, he walked with a group of young people for 28 days to a refugee camp in Thailand. He spent several years in prison because he did not have refugee papers. He came to America in 1991 at age 22. He had sent letters to the American Embassy and the U.S. immigration officials asking for entry into the United States because his father had been an American ally. He settled in Syracuse but then moved to Wisconsin for 10 years, during which he finished high school, college and graduate school. He returned to Syracuse in 2001 and a year later began working at the Southwest Community Center. He is director of the center's youth development services, which run prevention, education and youth programs. Her was interviewed as part of The Post-Standard's profile series celebrating National Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Here are excerpts. What was the most difficult part about adjusting to the United States? First, financial difficulties. It was a tough challenge because I wanted education. So my family was on public assistance while I was in school. I had three kids by the time I graduated from high school. Next, English skills. Finally, the age difference between me and other students in high school. Other students didn't believe that I had a family. I would help organize parties and events at school and then not go to them. Other students would ask to come over to my house, and I had to decline. How have you stayed connected to Hmong culture? While I was at University of Wisconsin-Stout, I started the Center for Preservation of Hmong Language and Culture. I taught the Hmong language to Hmong and non-Hmong people there. I saw how people changed their perceptions about America and Hmong culture through this. It is a very central focus point to connect with my culture and mainstream American culture. I feel very connected to both. What is it like for you to work at the Southwest Community Center? Working here is different than with students at the state university. More than 95 percent of the students I see are African-American. It took a little while for me to learn this culture. And I still make a lot of mistakes. For instance, I would call students "boy." In Hmong culture, this is a good thing, like being a good boy. But the kids here told me, "Don't call me boy." I asked them why. They told me it wasn't good thing in their culture. I give a lot of multicultural training, but I still have to learn from my own mistakes. If I came over for dinner, what would you serve? Hmong food. Rice, Chinese vegetables and stir fry with chicken, pork, steak or fish or fried chicken. But my kids like to eat American hot dogs or pizza. Nancy Madsen can be reached at email@example.com or 470-2265. - • Asian-Pacific Heritage - • Bound to Ghana - • Call to Compassion - • Destiny USA - • Empire Zones - • Hispanic Heritage - • Hostage: The Jill Carroll Story - • Laurie Mangicaro: I have cancer - • Louder than Words - • Mission to Iraq - • Newhouse III - • People of the Hills - • Power and Connections - • Progress - • Remembering 9/11 - NEWS PHOTOS - • CNY Week in Photos: Dec. 6, 2013 3:42 PM - • Onion Fire 8.JPG 10:48 PM Your News Pics - Find & Share Photos - Post Yours Now! - CNY NEWS BLOGS - • 'Remember Pearl Harbor': For some younger veterans, a wistful meaning in today's world 8:46 AM - • Funding Pre-K programs is an investment that pays off in better lives, reduced crime 7:35 AM - • News blog - • Green CNY blog - • Store Front blog - • CNY Speaks blog
North Korea yesterday warned of more nuclear tests if the US keeps pressuring it as South Korea urged the UN Security Council to send a "clear and firm" message to the communist state. "If the US continues to harass and put pressure on us, we will regard this as a declaration of war and will take a series of physical countermeasures," said a foreign ministry statement carried by the official (North) Korean Central News Agency. The ministry said its statement was in response to US attempts to secure tough sanctions at the UN Security Council, set to meet later yesterday to condemn the North over its Monday test which shocked the world. It did not elaborate on the physical measures, but the North's No. 2 leader separately threatened "physical steps" if US pressure continues. "The issue of future nuclear tests is linked to US policy toward our country," Kim Yong-nam, head of the North's Supreme People's Assembly, told Japan's Kyodo news agency. "If the United States continues to take a hostile attitude and apply pressure on us in various forms, we will have no choice but to take physical steps to deal with that," he said. South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun promised a stern but calm response to the test but has not announced detailed plans. South Korea and the US say they do not plan a military response. "We hope the countries concerned through close consultations will deliver a clear and firm message to North Korea in a unified voice," Vice Foreign Minister Lee Kyu-hyung said of the UN debate. Prime Minister Han Myeong-Sook told parliament South Korea will observe likely UN Security Council economic sanctions. While Seoul's diplomatic language has been measured, anger and tension have risen over what many see as North Korea's betrayal. A newspaper poll found 78 percent of respondents believed South Korea should revise its policy of engagement, and 65 percent said it should develop nuclear weapons, according to the JoongAng newspaper. Groups of protesters have held nightly candlelight vigils. "We worry about a war because the regime is so thoughtless," said one demonstrator, librarian Lee Young-Sook. "The South Korean people are being held hostage." Roh has admitted the engagement approach is under threat. The South has spent 1.3 trillion won (US$1.37 billion) since 2003 on its "sunshine" policy. The main opposition Grand National Party has demanded industrial and tourism projects with the North be shut down. Former president Kim Dae-jung, defended the reconciliation approach and accused the US administration of failures that led to Pyongyang's nuclear test. "The nuclear test by the North proved that the US policy toward the North had been ill-conceived," Kim said. also see stories: North Korea: US, S Korea fail to reach troop accord North Korea: Don't cut North's aid: UN North Korea: If nuclear, North Korea's test flopped North Korea: Test threatens inter-Korean projects North Korea's nuclear policy is not irrational
- Arts & Lifestyle - Special Sections - Community Directory - Ticket Offers More than 50 Minnesota Ed leaders suggest top legislative priorities in education What are the top recommendations to Minnesota legislators from superintendents, charter public school directors, union and other leaders? Fifty-one of 54 leaders responded when I contacted them recently. More money, increased focus on early childhood and greater flexibility were among the most frequent priorities listed. Here are examples of responses receive from Minneapolis, St. Paul and metro area leaders. Many leaders agreed with St. Paul Superintendent Valeria Silva. She wrote, "Without question, my top legislative priority is a reformed funding formula that ensures equity and fiscal stability, instead of leaving it more and more to local taxpayers. This means, for example, the state funding all-day kindergarten - 63% of U.S. kindergartners spend the full day in school, compared to only 31% in our state. In Saint Paul, we have seen the returns on our local investments in early learning. It's time for Minnesota to make long-term commitments to our future, as other states and countries have done; that means reform in the way we fund schools." Gordon Parks Academy in St. Paul, pictured here is one of district schools that would benefit the funding that Silva suggests. Jim Grathwol, Lobbyist Minneapolis Public Schools, explained that the top priority for the district is for the legislature to “Adopt those recommendations of School Funding - Restore “Minnesota miracle” will update k-12 finance system. They also should adopt the revenue system update that we should have adopted in 2001. We’ve been careening from budget shortfall to budget shortfall since then.” Bill Wilson, founder and Executive Director of Higher Ground stressed the important of returning to a situation where schools are paid the money that the legislature has promised. Over the last few years, as a way of balancing the budget, public schools have been receiving as little as 60% during the year of the amount that they legislature promised them. Tom Kearney director of New Heights charter in Stillwater agreed with Wilson. His two top priorities are “ relief on the 40% holdback…” and that “ charter schools receive the same interest rate on borrowing as traditional district schools, especially during this time of funding shifts.” Currently charters must borrow funds at much higher rates than district schools. In order to balance its books, Minnesota currently holds back 40% of what it has promised to pay schools, those forcing them to borrow. Corey Lunn, Stillwater superintendent urged the legislature to “Adopt a funding formula and policies which at the very least allows schools to maintain current programs in place. This would include built in inflationary increase and finally providing the funding for special education programs as promised. When special ed and other cost raise with no inflationary increases, schools are forced to reduce programs and services for children.” He continued, “Of course I am all for increases in the funding formula, a new formula system based on the needs of todays schools and students and early childhood education, however without a new funding sources, a billion dollars still owed to schools and a billion dollar deficit we need to do what we can now to prevent further damage to the future of our schools and students while at the same time planting seeds for the future.” Deb Henton of North Branch believes, “Our priority for the legislative session would be to finally do something about the inequities in education funding. Students in districts like North Branch Area Public Schools are having their educational opportunities shortchanged as a result of a system that favors the "haves" over the "have nots" through operating levies. The state constitution calls for a "uniform" educational system and all students, no matter their geographic location or socio-economic circumstances, deserve equal access to quality educational opportunities. Many others cited early childhood as a top priority. Along with greater funding for k-12, Tom Dooher, president of Education Minnesota recommended “targeted investments to close the achievement gap, such as by making all-day kindergarten available to every child.” Lisa Hendricks, director of Partnership (charter) Academy in Richfield believes,” In order to eliminate the staggering Achievement Gap we have in Minnesota we need to start making Pre-K a priority.“ Debra Bowers, St. Louis Park superintendent wrote, “First I am interested in additional money in the general fund to address district needs and innovations. Second, I believe in investing in our 4 and 5 year olds is prudent use of the state's money to provide equity for all learners.” Kathy Kelly, Columbia Heights Superintendent, agreed. She wrote” It is imperative to close the readiness gap with investments in early learning. Let’s insure that 3 and 4-year-old children have access to quality early childhood education and school readiness programs that align with district and state k12 standards. Fully fund all day Kindergarten. Columbia Heights has been committed to all day Kindergarten from 2000 to the present.” Leaders mentioned several other priorities. These include greater funding dedicated to special education, no more unfunded mandates, repaying the money already owed to public schools, and greater flexibility. Lunn (from Stillwater) urged legislators to “Create more flexibility in how schools can use their funding sources. During these financial challenges we are often forced to spend money in certain others versus others because we have no choice due to the specific allocation and use of funds.” Curt Johnson, formerly a Minnesota community college president and long-time reformer now with Education Evolving wrote that the group’s top priority involves greater flexibility by allowing “charter school authorizers, as well as school district boards, to designate a limited number of departments or whole schools for participation in an 'innovation zone.' Schools, or parts of schools, so designated would be essentially deregulated, would be encouraged to try new and different ways of achieving success with students, and judged only on the results they get.” Bob Laney, St. Anthony superintendent wrote, “A couple of ideas for us are an increase in foundation aid and that the legislature fund mandates, for example Special education.” The 90 percent response rate shows that what the Legislature matters a lot. Upcoming columns will focus on several of these suggestions. Final legislative decisions are several months away, so concerned readers can share their views with legislators. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher and administrator, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions welcome, joe [at] centerforschoolchange [dot] org
PDF (Acrobat) Document File Be sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing. 0.39 MB \| 2 pages These are two posters highlighting what vowels make g and c soft and hard. It's a great tool to use when teaching or keep as a reference when students are spelling and reading unfamiliar words. I hope you enjoy these!
The word forensic comes from the Latin word forensis, which means “before the forum,” and refers to something “of, pertaining to, or used in a court of law.” In this day and age, it almost always refers to a method of obtaining criminal evidence in order to use it in a court of law. Forensic science is typically just referred to as “forensics” and is the practical application of numerous sciences to solve legal system related questions in either a civil or criminal action. Using the term “forensics” in place of “forensic science” is actually a globally accepted misnomer considering that the term “forensic” is effectually a synonym for “legal” or “pertaining to courts,” from the root Latin meaning. Because it is now so closely associated with the criminal scientific field, many dictionaries equate the word “forensics” with “forensic science.” Forensic science extends into a broad range of sub-sciences that utilize natural science techniques to obtain relevant criminal and legal evidence. Forensic science specialties include: - Forensic Accounting – The acquisition, interpretation, and study of accounting evidence. - Digital Forensics (also known as Computing Forensics) – The retrieval, reconstruction, and interpretation of digital media (images, PDFs, e-mail messages, etc.) stored on a computer for use as evidence. - Forensic Document Examination – The reconstruction, study, and interpretation of physical document related evidence, such as handwriting analysis and printmaking. - Forensic Economics – The acquisition, study, and interpretation of evidence related to economic damage, which includes determination of lost benefits and earnings, business value and profit loss, lost household service value, labor replacement, future medical expense costs, etc. - Forensic Engineering – The reconstruction, study, and interpretation of structural or mechanical failure in devices, buildings, etc. - Forensic Linguistics – The study and interpretation of language for legal evidence use. - Forensic Origin and Cause- The study, interpretation, and identification of a fire for the express purpose of determining the cause of ignition and origin of the fire (arson cases). - Forensic Photography – The art-science of reconstructing, interpreting, and producing an accurate photographic reproduction of a crime scene for a court’s benefit. - Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry – The study, evaluation, and identification of mental illnesses and human behavior for the purpose of obtaining legal evidence. - Forensic Anthropology is the practice of physical anthropology as applied to a legal situation; typically the identification and recovery of human skeletal remains (bones). - Criminalistics is the application of impression evidence (fingerprints, footwear, and tire track impressions), trace evidence, and controlled substances. It includes evidence collected from a wide range of sciences to determine the answers to questions relating to the examination and comparison of criminal investigations. This evidence is typically processed in a crime lab. - Forensic Biology includes performing DNA and serological analysis of bodily fluids for identification purposes. - Forensic Entomology assists in determining the time and location of death by examining how insects relate to human remains. This can often times determine if the body being examined was moved after death. - Forensic Geology is the application of trace evidence found in soils, minerals, and petroleum. - Forensic Meteorology is an analysis of prior weather conditions specific to the site being examined. - Forensic Odontology is the study of teeth, specifically the uniqueness of dentition. - Forensic Pathology combines the disciplines of medicine and pathology to determine cause of injury or death. - Forensic Toxicology is the study, evaluation, and identification of the effects of poisons, chemicals, or drugs on the human body. Crime Scene Investigation as Related to Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation is directly related to forensic science, though not quite the same (CSI). A Crime Scene Investigator’s primary function is to collect, identify, document, and preserve physical evidence left at the scene of a crime, with the ultimate goal of presenting a court with evidence to identify and apprehend the perpetrator. CSI combines the knowledge and techniques of several different disciplines. These include science, mathematics, logic, and law. This highly advanced branch of forensic science utilizes a combination of the scientific method and deductive reasoning to discover and document physical evidence at a crime scene. This is done in order to construct a re-enactment of the crime as applied to law enforcement and the legal system. The primary difference between CSI and forensics is that CSI involves on site investigation (field forensics) of the physical scene of a crime, whereas standard forensics takes place in a controlled environment (lab). Though it is not necessary for a CSI to be a forensic scientist, it is certainly advantageous for the CSI to understand how evidence collected is analyzed in a lab. Other titles that describe this job function includes: - Crime Scene Technician - Crime Scene Analyst - Evidence Technician - Forensic Investigator Brief History of Forensic Science Forensic science dates as far back as 212 BC. The earliest account of using fingerprints for establishing identity dates as far back as the 7th century. During the Roman Empire, someone charged with a crime had to publicly plead their case before a group of their peers. Both the accuser and the accused would give his/her side of the story. The individual with the best debate (argumentation and delivery) skills would determine the case’s outcome. The person with the best forensic skills won, much like lawyers do today. The first written account of combining entomology and medicine for acquiring and analyzing evidence to solve criminal cases can be found in a 1248 Chinese book that Song Ci wrote, which translates to “Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.” In one account, the case of a sickle murder was solved by a forensic science investigator who instructed everyone to bring their sickles to a specific location. Flies gathered on the sickle with the blood, and the killer ultimately confessed and was brought to justice.
Deborah Rhodes is an expert at managing breast-cancer risk. The director of the Mayo Clinic’s Executive Health Program is now testing a gamma camera that can see tumors that get missed by mammography. For all of the lives it saves, mammography still cannot detect the early onset of breast cancer in as many as one of every four women ages 40 to 49. And women with dense breast tissue are four to six times more likely to develop cancer than others. Deborah Rhodes and her colleagues at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota think they’ve found an effective way to screen these high-risk patients: molecular imaging. Rhodes, who specializes in evaluating and managing breast cancer, is collaborating with a nuclear physicist and various radiologists on a dual-head “gamma camera” that can capture the tiny tumors in dense tissue. The new technique, which would complement (not replace) mammography, is sensitive enough to pick up a mass two-ﬁfths of an inch in diameter. Molecular breast imaging requires patients to be injected with a radioactive drug, but it is much more comfortable than the vise-grip mammogram and is expected to cost only slightly more.
Nina Martinez, Decatur, Ga.; STD Policy Epidemiologist; Diagnosed in 1991 When I was diagnosed, it was 1991, the same year as Magic Johnson's announcement. The doctor said to me, "You have the human immunodeficiency virus. Do you know what that is?" Now, I don't know what 8-year-old knows what HIV is, but I knew the month prior I had heard the Magic Johnson announcement, and I thought, "This is great," because I was related to Magic Johnson in some way. So I started to tell that to my elementary school classmates. They would say, "That's so cool. How?" And I would tell them I have HIV. They don't know what HIV is either, but they go and tell their parents, "This girl in my school is related to Magic Johnson!"
BOOMER aches & pains. They don't have to give up their athletic activities The last thing Manuela Canada, 56, wanted to hear from her doctor was that knee problems would mean the end of tennis. Fortunately, "don't do it if it hurts" is last on the list of advice sports-medicine physician John Kearney would give to the Phoenix woman. Nor would he give it to Mike Riggs, 49, of Phoenix, whose pain threatened to keep him off the golf course. "A lot of patients think they have to rest if something hurts," says Kearney, of the CORE Institute (Center for Orthopedic Research and Education) in Sun City. "But often it's just the opposite, even with knee arthritis. The more you exercise -- in the right way -- the better your symptoms become. That's very counterintuitive to most people." With new treatments and new attitudes about remaining active in the face of physical setbacks, staying fit in your 40s and beyond needn't be a pain. Instead of throwing in the towel, you may be able to set things right by easing off a little, modifying routines and practicing preventive measures. That's welcome news for Boomers who exercise to bolster health and slow aging, only to find themselves with joint injuries from their shoulders to their feet. Orthopedic surgeon Nicholas DiNubile of the University of Pennsylvania Health System coined and trademarked the term "boomeritis" when he noted a surge in such injuries in people born between 1946 and 1964. Arlene Polakof, a podiatrist and medical director of specialty care for Cigna Medical Group in Phoenix, says she knows what's behind the surge. She sees it in some of the 40-and-older patients who show up in her office complaining of foot or ankle pain. "People who are no longer very athletic dig an old pair of shoes out of the back of their closet," she says. "The shoes may not fit anymore, or they may be worn out. Then they go out and try to cram several years' worth of athletic activity into a short period of time." The result often can be an ankle sprain, strain or fracture. It also could be plantar fasciitis or a stress fracture in the foot. Kearney commonly treats sedentary Boomers who experience pain during normal activity and active Boomers suffering from overuse of their shoulders and knees. "A lot of them are starting to retire and have newfound freedom to pursue hobbies and passions," he says. "They go from not doing anything to going at warp speed." Canada, who has had mild rheumatoid arthritis for years and has begun showing signs of osteoarthritis, developed a swollen, painful knee after she participated in an intensive tennis clinic recently. She has played the game since she was 34 and dreaded having to give it up. "Playing tennis socially has been the healthiest thing I've done for myself," Canada says. Until pain in his hips and back made taking breaks increasingly necessary, Riggs stayed fit with golf, yard work and fix-it projects. "I push myself," he says. "I don't think of myself as 49, and therefore I tend to do things that are not 49-year-old things." But with physical therapy, Riggs can be a 49-year-old who plays golf pain-free, and Canada can continue playing tennis for years to come on knees that are stronger than ever, Kearney says. Joints work better when the muscles surrounding them are strengthened, he says, and exercise usually is enough to accomplish that. Kearney says treatments such as patches that increase blood flow to the affected tissues and injections that stimulate tissue growth also are helping patients. Brian Gruber, an orthopedic surgeon at the CORE Institute's Paradise Valley clinic, tells patients they don't have to resign themselves to the physical limitations posed by aging. "The tissues start to degenerate a little bit and become maybe a little more susceptible as we age, but an active lifestyle keeps us healthy," he says. From weight management to steroid injections, much can be done to prevent boomeritis and to treat it without surgery, if preventive measures fail, Gruber says. He wouldn't dissuade people from participating in activities they love. "If your quality of life depends on being able to run, then we work with it," Gruber says. "Getting people back to doing what they like to do is important." Christine Keith / Gannett Newspapers Sports-medicine physician John Kearney evalutes patient Mike Riggs at the Center for Orthopedic Research and Education Institute in Sun City, Ariz. With new treatments and new attitudes about remaining active in the face of physical setbacks, staying fit in your 40s and beyond needn't be a pain.
Would you be shocked if I told you that some of the best-kept summer skin care secrets can be found at your local farmer’s market? What if I told you that you could find chemical-free skin solutions? How would you feel if I told you that most of them can be purchased for under 10 dollars? Intrigued yet? Let’s go (skin) food shopping! TURMERIC is a powerful healing herb that works wonders for both your insides and outsides. Curcumin is an active compound found in turmeric. When curcumin is combined with black pepper the bioavailability of the anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits are increased seven times. It is the anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric that address the inflammation linked to psoriasis. Turmeric can be made into a paste to support gum health, masks for the face and body as well as milky teas to aid with digestion. Turmeric slows down cell damage due to the anti-oxidants and improves skin texture. PINE SAP salve has a delicious earthy scent and many benefits for your skin. This salve moisturizes, heals topical infections, reduces scars, clears up eczema or psoriasis, topical treatment of tick or mosquito bites, and speeds up wound healing. My favorite pine sap salve can be purchased at Return to Nature. OLIVE OIL is one of the most legendary skin foods of all time and yet most of us use it incorrectly! I have friends who swear that they keep their skin supple by gently dabbing olive oil on it at night to prevent wrinkles. I have even been instructed by my reiki practitioner that I should pat my skin down with olive oil after a bath to protect my energy field. But what does science say about this miracle oil? The monounsaturated fatty acids in extra virgin olive oil have been shown to protect against and reduce free radical damage. Free radical damage is linked to cancer and premature aging. Olive oil also fights inflammation! Olive oil has a low smoking point which means that in order to receive the full benefits of this miracle oil, it should be used for flavoring a dish, not cooking it. COMFREY is a miracle plant that grows throughout the U.S. I recently found comfrey butter bars that, like pine sap salve, address many common skin issues including psoriasis and acne. I love the bars that come from Hawaii via the famous chef Mama T! Her Miracle Comfrey Butter Bars can be purchased online. WATERMELON may be the ultimate summer fruit and skin food as it has a high concentration of water and is low in sugar when compared with other fruits. What does this mean? The high concentration of water reduces puffiness around the eyes and the low volume of sugar will not compromise collagen. Have you ever heard the phrase “eat your water?” Watermelon is the ideal method of making sure you get your 8 glasses of water per day keeping you refreshed and hydrated. Do you really need a reason to eat more AVOCADO? Probably not. Not only are avocados a staple in the southern California diet, avocados are full of healthy fats that your body needs. Avocado pulp can penetrate cells to give your skin a much-needed dose of vitamins A, D, and E. It can even be applied directly to your skin moisturize and reduce acne. Avocado pulp contains 63% oleic acid which is amazing for your skin! ALMONDS are a powerful source of antioxidants which aid in preventing signs of aging. Almonds are also a source of magnesium which is believed to counter the effects of stress hormones, which can make you age prematurely and exacerbate breakouts. Have a happy Summer and don’t forget to eat pretty! In the name of beauty, Mia Belle seeks to elevate the future of skin care. Mia Belle is a well-traveled paramedical aesthetician with nearly two decades of experience in the fields of skin care and preventative aging. Her passion to be a part of the rapid advancements in health care and her continued training on a global level, allows her to develop the best treatments and products possible. She has trained in Montreal, Paris, London, Norway, Iceland, New York, and San Francisco with some of the most internationally renowned chemists, engineers, physicians and alternative health practitioners. Mia Belle is a published skin care expert who has been featured on Oprah, EXTRA, “E” Entertainment, Access Hollywood and KTLA.
During the operation of the sludge dewatering equipment, the sludge in the sludge tank is mainly transported to the metering tank through the sludge transfer pump during operation, and the liquid level adjusting tube in the metering tank is adjusted during operation. The amount of mud is adjusted and the excess sludge is returned to the sludge tank through the return pipe. The sludge and flocculant of the sludge dewatering equipment are in the flocculation mixing tank, and are fully mixed by the mixer to form the silk flower during operation. The ideal diameter of the silk flower is about 5 mm. The silk flower is concentrated by gravity in the enrichment section, and a large amount of filtrate is discharged from the filter slit of the enrichment section. The sludge dewatering device continues to advance in the direction in which the concentrated sludge rotates in the direction in which the screw shaft rotates, and is sufficiently dehydrated under the action of the internal pressure formed by the back pressure plate. The dehydrated mud cake is discharged from the gap formed by the back pressure plate and the spiral body. The sludge treatment amount and the moisture content of the mud cake can be adjusted by adjusting the rotational speed of the screw shaft and the gap of the back pressure plate.
Vision Quest is Madonna’s first movie (not counting A Certain Sacrifice), doing a night club singer. She performs Gambler and Crazy For You (Madonna had huge hits with both singles, and the film company decided to rename the movie Crazy for You in Europe. The movie is about a high school wrestler (Matthew Modine) and his quest to take on Shute, the undefeated 168 pond wrestling champion. Enter a mysterious young woman (Linda Fiorentino), and suddenly the young wrestler has more than one quest in his mind… - Directed by: Harold Becker - DRAMA / Romance - Madonna as nightclub singer - This movie is based on a novel from 1979 written by Terry Davis - It’s known under two different titles. In the US ‘Vision Quest’, UK and Australia ‘Crazy For You’ (due to the popularity of her hit single Crazy For You) - The film was shot in the fall of 1983 in Spokane, Washington - Madonna wrote three songs for the soundtrack, ‘Crazy For You’, ‘Gambler’ and ‘Warning Signs’. The latter remains unreleased. - The song ‘Lies In Your Eyes’ is NOT Madonna, some people claim that this was the third song for the soundtrack. Even though the singer resembles Madonna’s voice a bit, it is not her and the song was not meant for this movie. - Madonna performs ‘Crazy For You’ and ‘Gambler’ live in her scene (the nightclub singer) - The official videos to ‘Crazy For You’ and ‘Gambler’ both contained unique unseen material from filming her cameo.
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There are plenty of different ways in which to achieve perfect, or near perfect, vision. There are also plenty of different eye problems that may afflict people as well. Some conditions can be treated with a variety of tools or methods, but if you want to treat astigmatism more effectively, then we here at Spare Pair Vision Center may be able to help. With contact lenses for astigmatism, you may be able to attain astigmatism treatment in Manalapan easily. Astigmatism is a vision impairment where the cornea is irregularly shaped. Most vision impairment problems arise from problems with the shape of the cornea in the first place. Issues such as nearsightedness or farsightedness are also caused by irregularly shaped corneas, but each condition is defined by the way that the cornea is irregular. With astigmatism, the cornea is generally irregular, whereas someone who is nearsighted has corneas that are more cone-shaped vs. the normal dome-shaped, resulting in things in the distance being blurry. But because astigmatism is caused by more irregular irregularities, it results in blurry vision at varying distances. Here at Spare Pair Vision Center, we may be able to provide you with astigmatism treatment in Manalapan. This treatment consists of specially designed contact lenses for astigmatism. These lenses will help make up for the shape your cornea in order to reduce the irregularities in its inherent form. This is typically what contact lenses aim to do with the help of the right magnification strength, but there are specific types of contact lenses that work for treating astigmatism especially. These lenses usually include gas permeable contact lenses, toric contact lenses, hybrid contact lenses, or even more unique specialty contacts. With the help of contact lenses, you may be able to effectively treat your astigmatism easily. Here at Spare Pair Vision Center we can conduct eye exams that will test your visual acuity and measure the curvature of your eyes in order to determine what method is best when it comes to astigmatism treatment in Manalapan. If you want to learn more about contact lenses for astigmatism or if you wish to schedule an appointment, call us here at Spare Pair Vision Center.
My last post was about the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I wanted to install it in the VirtualBox. But I got an error. So this post is about how to remove the error and move forward with the installation. If you are installing the new Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin 32bit ISO on Virtualbox you are going to get this error : “This kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU: pae Unable to boot – please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU”.To fix this error, you have to enable PAE/NX for the virtual machine. To enable, you have to select the virtual machine and then click “Settings” and under System –> Processor, check the “Enable PAE/NX” box: Manohar Bhattarai (मनोहर भट्टराई) Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Manohar-Bhattarai/130973796914160 Twitter : http://twitter.com/mhrbhattarai Identica : http://identi.ca/manoharbhattarai
Many individuals seem to have trouble losing weight no matter what they do. That is because what they do is eat less and exercise more. They seem to think that reducing the calorie intake and burning more calories is the way to go. But all they would be doing is suffering endlessly for no point at all. That is because the aforementioned steps would not help them lose weight. They may lose some weight at first. But then the weight loss would become stagnant. At this point, the individual would begin to get frustrated. Thus, it is at this point they would begin to binge eat. Therefore the solution to this problem would be to find the truth about losing weight. Select a Low Carb Diet As mentioned above many individuals think that the way to go is to eat less. But that is not the correct step to take. That is because even though you are starving yourself your body will not allow you to continue. Therefore at one point you would give up and begin binge eating. Thus, that is why many individuals complain that they cannot adhere to a diet. But research has now revealed that what one should do is go on a low carb diet. This means reducing one’s intake of sugars and starch. This way they would not be starving themselves. But instead, they would be feeding their body healthy alternatives. Furthermore, they would also discover that elimination of carbs helps to reduce hunger pangs. Many think that if they hire an individual for personal training Singapore that would be sufficient. Therefore they would continue to eat anything they like with the hope that they will exercise more. But the world does not work this way. One cannot expect to eat all the starchy food they like and still expect to lose weight simply by exercising. The only way this would be possible is if one strives to exercise for a better part of the day. But unfortunately, none of us is able to do this. Instead, we can only allocate 30 to 45 minutes to exercise. Therefore that is why we are recommending that you engage in regular exercise. This means exercising at least 3 to 4 times a week. But you should also control your diet. Otherwise exercising alone would be pointless. The journey to lose weight can be hard. It can seem pointless at some point. That is because you would feel that you are not seeing any change. But that does not mean you should give up. Instead, you should remember that you are being healthy. You have begun to treat your body like a temple.
How to increment/decrement values in memcached Memcached is one of the most popular caching engine. I had an requirement in which I wanted to increment a particular key by some value. Initially i issued get request to get the value. If it was null i would add the key else I will set it by the new value. But with this design I was making two calls, one get and one set which became expensive once number of operations increased. So I explored and found incr/decr methods. I used the default method with 2 parameters. In this case if key did not exist, it was setting it as null.On further drilling I found one more overloaded method in which we can set the default value of the key if it does not exist. Overall this helped be in improving my performance by almost 100% client.incr("key", 1,1); client.decr("key", 1,1);
Columbia and Washington medal To order an image, navigate to the full display and click "request this image" on the blue toolbar. Choose an alternate description of this item written for these projects: - MHS 225th Anniversary - Main description [ This description is from the project: MHS Collecting History ] At the close of the Revolution, New England merchants were eager to trade with the East Indies and with Canton, China, in particular. The ship Columbia-Rediviva and the sloop Lady Washington opened the Boston-China Trade by sailing around Cape Horn to the Northwest coast (hence the name of the Columbia River) where they traded for sea otter furs, highly prized in China; on to the Hawaiian Island for sandalwood; and then to Canton. During the course of the voyage, the crews of the Columbia and Lady Washington distributed copies of a medal struck to commemorate the "adventure on the Pacific Ocean." The sponsors also sent a copy to the recently founded Massachusetts Historical Society. When the Columbia returned to Boston by sailing across the Indian Ocean and around the Cape of Good Hope, it was the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe. Provenance: Gift of Joseph Barrell on behalf of the merchants who sponsored that voyage.
Mayor Larson Will Recognize International Women’s Month with A Special Event Not only is March International Women's History month, but there is also a day for it as well. In celebration, Mayor Larson will organize a special event. The Mayor has teamed up with Marcus Theaters, YWCA Girl Power, and the Valley Youth Center program to host a special viewing of the movie 'Hidden Figures'. The special screening will happen at 1:30pm on Thursday March 16th at Lakes 10. The movie is slated to leave theaters, but the theater company is bringing it back for the special showing. The film is about three brilliant African-American women, Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson who worked at NASA, and were the brains behind the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. In a press release, Mayor Larson stated: “Women are change makers, leaders, mothers and mentors. In countless ways we shape our communities, cities, states and world and stories of women’s struggles and resilience are a critical part of our history, and understanding where we’ve been is an important part of building the path to where we’re going. This movie tells an important story of the accomplishments of African American women who worked at NASA in support of men who worked as astronauts. In countless ways their efforts were intentionally kept in the dark. I think many people can relate to a story of unappreciated efforts and unrealized potential. I’m excited to watch this movie with youth in our community. I believe in them, and I know this community does, too This viewing will be open to the public and movie tickets will be $5. After the screening, there will be a brief discussion about the important opportunity for women in science, technology and math. What a great way to support a great month. Check out a trailer to 'Hidden Figures' below.
Because the task of the Order is to create a balanced Magickian by balancing the Elements within the Self, the central image and symbol of the Order is an equal-armed cross with a rose at its centre. This signifies a number of things. Each arm is one of the Elements and points to its corresponding direction. It has the symbol of the Element upon it in the ‘flashing’ colour. Each arm ends in a triple leaf, symbolizing the growth and creative flowering of each Element. In the centre is a rose. This symbolizes the Element of Spirit, which brings balance to the Elements. It is also the Magickian, who is her/himself the balance of the elements. The red rose is emblematic of secrecy and self-restraint, and the white centre is the purity of intention at the heart of Magick. The rose is continually unfolding and developing, as is anyone who is on a Magickal path. This image is worn as a Lamen or pendant, over the breast bone of the Magickian, and shows outwardly the inner dedication of the Magickian’s heart. As shown by the symbolism of the Lamen, the purpose of the Order is to facilitate the members’ task of developing and balancing the Elements within their own selves. Developing each Element, synthesizing them and then forming a balanced personality creates someone who is capable of connecting the Real Self with the Divine Self and using the Will to carry out effective Magickal acts. This can be understood both on an everyday level, as a transformation of the personality to achieve success in life. It is also as a process of spiritual development and refinement which creates a parallel personality on the spiritual dimension. The MNOMT is a training Order which aims to train its members from beginner level to effective Magickian. It works from a series of grades, but it employs a spiral curriculum which repeatedly touches on the same issues in an ever-increasing depth. The MNOMT itself develops its members on a number of parallel levels: - On the material level it works to achieve a balanced personality which will then achieve greater success in all aspects of life. It is a practical guide to life, a coaching and personal development programme, both physical and psychological. - It teaches and enables its members to develop psychic awareness, self-protection and the knowledge and ability to perform magickal acts effectively. - It is also a spiritual path which, without being a religion or dogmatic in any way, provides a world view and gives a sense of meaning to life and a connectedness with the Divine.
From "Azenha do Valente" to this day... Moagem Carlos Valente is an ancient mill, that was also known as "Azenha do Valente", and some of its first records of existance are dated of the year of 1810. It is located in Vale de Ílhavo, Aveiro, in a rural village that erstwhile presented a wide production of cereals and a large number of mills, and one of which is ours, still working nowadays. Our mill has the experience and knowledge of four generations, that commited to the production and delivery of corn, wheat, oat and rye flours. As our village is remarkably known for the quality and taste of our bread ever since, the remaining mills will always be a part of its success, not only as suppliers, but also because the mills fulfill the bakers needs to produce a good primary product, that it was for a long time, the population feed basis. The lack of hydraulic power as the market increased, brought the need to develop more efficient facilities, that could satisfy the actual need. At first put to work with combustion engines, and now with electric ones, our mill powers 6 pairs of mills stone that allow us to make a craft product with all the quality of the old days, but also with the technology and efficiency required nowadays. The Moagem Carlos Valente is a small company where the personalized service and quality of our products are our flag, our success warranty and the reason our clients trust us. Our mission is to make high quality products that fulfill our clients specific needs. Our flours are obtained by stone mills, allowing a slow and unheated milling, and therefore keeping the nutritional content of the cereals and giving the flours great tradicional taste to achieve the flavor and texture of our ancestors bread. Benefits of milled cereals in stone grinders? The cereals milling with stone mills allows a slow and unheated milling, and therefore keeping the nutritional content of the cereals and giving the flours great tradicional taste to achieve a craft product with recent technology. This is the most searched type of milling for who wants the flavor and texture of our ancestor's bread. The most common raw materials used to make flour are wheat, rye, oat and corn. It is with delightful that we welcome you to visit our site, where we recommend you to get to know all our products. MOAGEM CARLOS VALENTE Vale de Ílhavo, Portugal Tel: +351 234 322 361
There have been renewed warnings from cyber security experts that much more needs to be done to provide adequate protection from the potentially devastating effects of hacks involving IoT devices. What Are IoT Devices? IoT devices are those devices that are now present in most offices and homes that have a connection to the Internet and are, therefore, ‘smart’ and inter-connected. These devices could be anything from white goods and smart thermostats to CCTV cameras, medical implants and even industrial controllers. What Are the Risks? The fact that they have a connection to the Internet, are prevalent, and are often overlooked in security planning (and are therefore likely left unguarded) means that they are vulnerable to hacks and attacks. What makes the risks physically greater, more immediate and more complicated is that the vast number of IoT devices now deployed worldwide tend to be connected to (or in control of) physical objects. These objects could be elevators, doors, heating or fire safety systems in office buildings … the list is long. This means that a hack / breach could mean that there is a real risk of human casualties or fatalities, as opposed to the lesser, traditional, lower impact but still serious risks associated with hacks such as data loss and fines. IoT devices are also deployed in many systems that link to and are supplied by major utilities e.g. smart meters in homes. This means that a large scale attack on these systems could affect the economy. Hackers have also shown that they can take over large numbers of IoT devices at once and use them as a botnet to attack other systems. An example of this happened in October 2016 when the ‘Mirai’ attack used thousands of household IoT devices as a botnet to launch an online distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack (on the DNS service ‘Dyn’) with global consequences. The devices included things like white goods, CCTV cameras and printers, and the major platforms that were put out of action by the attack included Twitter, Spotify, and Reddit. No Risk Assessment & No Universal Standard. Technology commentators have noted that the true extent of the risks posed by IoT device vulnerabilities are unknown because the devices are so widely distributed globally, and large organisations have tended not to include them in risk assessments for devices, code, data, and infrastructure. It has also been noted by many commentators that not only is it difficult for businesses to ascertain whether all their hardware, software, and service partners are maintaining effective IoT security, but there is also still no universal, certifiable standard for IoT security. What Does This Mean For Your Business? For businesses, one first step may be to conduct an audit and risk assessment for known IoT devices that are used in the business. One basic security measure is to make sure that any default username and passwords in these devices are changed as soon as possible. Security experts also suggest that anyone deploying IoT devices in any environment should require the supply chain to provide evidence of adherence to a well-written set of procurement guidelines that relate to some kind of specific and measurable criteria. Microsoft has also compiled a checklist of IoT security best practice. This highlights the different areas of security that need to be addressed by the organisations involved throughout the lifecycle of an IoT system e.g. manufacturing and integration, software development, deployment, and operations.
Before Lithuania was forced to join the Soviet Union, it's legal tender was lit. In 1991, after the split of the USSR, Lithuania was among the first republics to refuse from the soviet rouble. They introduced transitional money, called talonu, and in three years lit was restored as the legal tender. 1 lit equals 100 cents.
Super Moon in 2018 year A super moon is called such an astronomical phenomenon, when the natural satellite of the earth - the moon - visually seems much brighter and larger than usual. The Super Moon can occur on a new moon or on a full moon. But since in the new moon the moon is not visible, this part of the event goes unnoticed. People pay attention to the fact that the moon is much larger, brighter, and often has an ominous reddish tint, namely, on the Super Moon at full moon. The origin of the Superlunium is due to the fact that the moon's orbit is elliptical. The moon revolves around the earth in an ellipse, and at different times its distance to the earth is different. The nearest point in the movement of the moon is from us only in 357,000 kilometers (this is the perigee of the orbit). And at the furthest point (apogee), the moon is about 400,000 kilometers from the earth. As can be seen, the difference in distance is about 45,000 kilometers, which just corresponds to a visual increase in the size of the moon by 15%. City Lima. \|date\|\|type\|\|before perigee\|\|distance to the moon\| \|01.01.2018 21:24 mo\|\|super full moon\|\|-04:29:50\|\|356 566,52 km\| \|12.07.2018 21:47 th\|\|super new moon\|\|+05:30:17\|\|357 432,89 km\| The Superunion is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs when the full moon or new moon coincides with the perigee - the moment of the closest approach of the Moon and the Earth. This is due to the elliptical orbit along which the moon revolves around our planet. Due to this phenomenon from the Earth you can see the larger size of the lunar disk than usual. The moon acts on the emotional sphere, so in the period of the super moon one should expect strong reactions to irritants, worsening of mood, increased aggressiveness, intolerance, a tendency to conflict, irritability, quick temper. It was during this period that people show their true face. It is better to treat everything that is happening more calmly so as not to spoil relations with family and close people, you need to be more careful on the way, so as not to become a victim of a traffic accident, to tolerate other people's words and deeds more tolerant. During this period, restraint and goodwill are the best remedy for the excess exposure of the moon. Meteozavisimye people can feel unwell. Moon without a course The time of the Moon without course is unfavorable for those cases that are aimed at concrete results. Go Apogee and perigee of the Moon Perigee is the point of the orbit in which the Moon approaches as close as possible to the Earth, and the apogee, on the contrary, is remote. Go This phenomenon, when in one month two full moons are observed, such an event does not occur every year. Go
There is no I in TEAM!.. TEAM - Together Everyone Achieves More.. Boss or Leader? - A BOSS creates fear. A LEADER creates confidence! BOSSism creates resentment. LEAD.. By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail. ~Benjamin Franklin..
The potato harvesting has started in all the six upazilas of the district. But, the farmers are not getting fair price of their produce. The natural disasters in different times damaged potato lands across the district, decreasing the production. As the farmers did not get fair price of potato in the last two seasons, they cultivated potato taking loans from different sources this season. But, as they could not pay last season’s cold storage rent, they left the potato at the cold storage this season. Meanwhile, local agricultural officers advised the farmers to store potato using local method and sell the produce after three to four months. Potato is the cash crop of the district. Despite repeated losses, the local farmers have been cultivating the vegetable every year. For preserving potatoes, there are 71 privately-run cold storages in the district that have the storage capacity of 5.40 lakh metric tons of potatoes. In the last year, at least 13,51,129 metric tonnes of potatoes were produced, and of those the farmers preserved about 60,000 to 65,000 metric tons of potatoes as seeds while they sold the remaining potatoes from the fields and saved some locally. Potato was cultivated on 38,300 hectares of land this year which are at least 1,000 metric tons less than the last year’s. Farmers said, as potato production is not increasing, prices are also less. Wholesalers are not coming even to buy. They are spending at least Tk 350 in producing one maund potato. Presently, per maund potato is selling at the same price. So they are not getting any profit. They also said, they have to pay at least Tk 200 to preserve 50kg potato in cold storage. Last year, they had to pay Tk 300 to 350 for storing 80kg potato. In this connection, the farmers demanded government help to market the unsold potatoes. Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension in Munshiganj Md. Humayun Kabir admitted less production and price of potato this year and hoped that by preserving potatoes locally for three to four months, the farmers may be able to get fair price of the produce.
New Online Scam Aims to Embarrass Hackers and scammers are continually finding new ways to extort innocent victims via the internet, but a new scam takes the cake when it comes internet privacy invasions. The FBI is warning consumers of a scam that lures web users into having intimate online conversations, then blackmails them by threatening to go public with the data. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has been receiving reports of this scam in recent days. Users say that they were lured by someone online into deeply personal conversations, sharing explicit photos and even giving out personal information. At some point during these conversations, they're given a link to a website that reveals all of their conversation, photos and info has been stored, and could potentially be shared online. Victims are given the opportunity to view and purchase the information for $9, or pay $99 to have their names removed. However, IC3 says that some reports claimed the information remained posted, even after victims paid the fee. Unfortunately online daters are often the targets of these scammers, as they sometimes put their internet security at risk by sharing personal data with strangers. Users can protect themselves from attacks by knowing the warning signs that they're dealing with a potential identity thief. If it seems that your online date has instantly fallen in love, often makes plans to visit you but then cancels at the last minute, says he or she is from the U.S. but working or traveling overseas, or asks for money for questionable reasons, you may be dealing with a scammer, according to the FBI. They may also press you to stop communicating through the website and instead move to more personal mediums, like email or telephone. For this reason, many online daters choose to use an additional phone number and email address when dating online. Those who have been victims of an online dating scam can help prevent others from suffering the same fate by reporting the crime to the IC3. The organization works to fight criminals by identifying patterns across the various complaints they receive. The IC3 may ask for your name, telephone number, mailing address and any information on the website, individual or company that scammed you. They also frequently run press releases about scams to look out for.
New Albany High School hosted the North Region Envirothon Training Session on Saturday, February 28. Students from New Albany, Desoto Central, Benton County, Vardaman, Oxford, and Millsaps Career & Technology Center-Starkville attended the event. Participants rotated through four learning stations including forestry, wildlife, soils, and aquatics. Agencies assisting with the training were: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks, and Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. New Albany Schools
ލަފާފުރުމުގެ ދަތިކަން ހައްލުވާނީ ކޮންދުވަހަކުންބާ؟ Thursday, October 28, 2010 Thursday, October 21, 2010 A student has to be an ideal if he has to secure success in his life. Naturally a studious student is an ideal student. He should attend the classes regularly, prepare his own notes and remember what is taught. He should supplement it with his own studies at home. Whatever he writes in the examination should be his won. The ideas may be borrowed. But the discussion and languages should be his own. He should not cram, nor should he copy. An ideal student would frequently go to library. He should borrow books not only on his subjects of study but on some general and current topics too. He should go through newspapers and magazines too. He should utilize this knowledge whenever he finds an opportunity. He should widen his mental horizon as much as possible. An ideal student won’t be merely a book worm. He should participate in sports and games too. A young student should maintain good health. As the saying goes ‘ a healthy mind in a healthy body’. So it is advisable to start thinking about the social, economic and political activities. Such an ideal balanced student would be liked by his parents, teachers and class fellows alike. If students become ideal they may be in a position to change the corrupt society when they grow young.
Property ManagementProperty management is the operation of commercial, industrial or residential real estate. This is much akin to the role of management in any business. Property management is also the management of personal property, equipment, tooling and physical capital assets that are acquired and used to build, repair and maintain end item deliverables. Property management involves the processes, systems and manpower required to manage the life cycle of all acquired property as defined above including acquisition, control, accountability, responsibility, maintenance, utilization, and disposition. Roles: - One important role is that of liaison between the landlord and/or the management firm operating on the landlord's behalf and tenant. Duties of property management include accepting rent, responding to and addressing maintenance issues, and providing a buffer for those landlords desiring to distance themselves from their tenant constituency. There are many facets to this profession, including managing the accounts and finances of the real estate properties, and participating in or initiating litigation with tenants, contractors and insurance agencies. Litigation is at times considered a separate function, set aside for trained attorneys. Although a person will be responsible for this in his/her job description, there may be an attorney working under a property manager. Special attention is given to landlord/tenant law and most commonly evictions, non-payment, harassment, reduction of pre-arranged services, and public nuisance are legal subjects that gain the most amount of attention from property managers. Therefore, it is a necessity that a property manager be current with applicable municipal, county and state laws and practices. Property management, like facility management, is increasingly facilitated by computer aided facility management (CAFM). See AlsoKey words Property registration format form 32A, Tata helicopter unit at adibhatla,Lands in Hyderabad, lands for sale in Hyderabad, agricultural land for sale nNet Lease In commercial real estate, a net lease requires the tenant to pay, in addition to rent, some or all of the property expenses which normally would be pJob Openings Recently there is no job opening.NRI Housing and Finance In order to get a housing loan approved by a Housing Finance Company, a NRI borrower is required to submit several documents pertaining to the propertThe Financials
Nazarene churches on Guatemala's North Verapaz District are responding to the food shortages in Escuintla — one of the communities affected by the volcanic eruption earlier this month — by donating more than five tons of food to the community in only one week. Nazarene Compassionate Ministries leaders, the District Advisory Board, and local pastors organized a trip to deliver the food to the El Zapote community 13 June. Though the team could not fully reach El Zapote due to road damage from the volcano, community members were still able to receive the food by walking about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) to the delivery truck. "Thanks to all the people who made an effort to reach this place to support us," said Luis Mijangos, a local resident. "Here the help is needed. Thanks to the [brothers and sisters] for helping us." North Verapaz District Superintendent Francisco Cho shared his gratitude for the generosity. "With this action, the church begins to demonstrate a testimony of compassion, remembering that the teaching of holiness is not only individual and moral but also social," Cho said. "God bless each church for its offering to this community of El Zapote."
Osteophyis ernarginatus Cope cf. Toxochelys atlantica Zangeri Peritresius ornatus (Leidy) Ctenochelys sp. Description: There are four main families of turtles found at this locality. They are Cheloniidae, Toxochelyinae, Trionychidae (see Aquatic Turtle), and the side-necked Pelomedusidae (see Aquatic Turtle). The two most common types are marine turtles. They are represented mostly by their scutes or bony plates that made up the shell. There are different types of scutes from the shell and have different shapes depending on where in the shell they came from. The carapace (top of the shell) is divided into the neurals (scutes along the spine), the costals (scutes fused to the ribs), and the peripherals (scutes along the edge). The plastron is the bottom of the shell. Other skeletal material such as, skull, limb bones and vertebrae are very rarely found. The neural scutes usually have a blocked chevron to hexagonal outline and a ridge in the middle that are fused to the tops of the vertebrae. The costal scutes have a rectangular outline and are fairly flat with a slight curve. The rib is fused to the underside of the costal scute and extends out to articulate into the divots of the peripherals. The neural and the costal scutes may have surface ornamentation. The peripherals are wedge shaped and when complete usually have a deep divot in the thick part of the wedge for the articulation of the ribs. There are two peripherals on each side near the shoulder region on every type of sea turtle found here that lack rib articulations. Most of the time the costal scutes are broken in half after fossilization. The plastron scutes are thin and are usually flat in comparison to the scutes of the carapace. The most common marine turtle find is that of Osteophyis emarginatus. It belongs to the family Cheloniidae that is interestingly the family of most modem day sea turtles. The scutes are not as diagnostically ornamented as that of Trionyx and Peritresius. The Osteophyis carapace scutes are fairly smooth with only shallow irregular divots displaying no particular patterns. In this case, it is not a good practice to utilize these markings to make a positive identification, especially with stream worn There has been some material that has been found has been tentatively identified as cf. Toxochelys atlantica. These specimens are fairly smooth and lack the faint markings of Osteophyis. The neural and the costal scutes of this Toxochelid turtle have a rectangular outline with a somewhat smooth upper surface and a raised rounded rib on the under side. The upper surface may have sulci (the shallow groves that mark the boundary of the chitinous scutes). Most neural and the costal scutes from the carapace are 3 to 4 cm (about 1.25 to 1.5 in) long and about 6 to 10 mm (about .25 in) thick. The peripherals are probably the most diagnostic with a radial starburst pattern of shallow groves in the scute. They are usually 5 cm (about 2 in) long, about 25 mm (about 1 in) thick, and about 2 cm (about .75 in) wide. The plastron scutes are fairly thin and posses the star burst pattern as well. These remains would seem to be either from Toxochelys or Ctenochelys. These interesting remains may even represent more than one species of Toxochelid turtle. The easiest locality marine turtle to identify is the Toxochelid Peritresius ornatus. This turtle has highly ornamental markings on its scutes making it identifiable even with isolated and scrappy remains. Their peripheral scutes are readily identified by the very prominent, deep, elongated divots which radiates out from a central point. The only difficulty in its identification is differentiating it from the other ornamented turtle, Trionyx. Trionyx has irregular divots that are shallower and they have no distinct pattern. Also they lack the sulci that the hard-shelled types possess. There might be evidence of another Toxochelid turtle besides Toxochelys atlantica and Peritresius ornatus. A skull section (left parietal) has been tentatively identified as Ctenochelys sp. This would be the first reported occurrence of this Toxochelid turtle at Big Brook. Even more interesting is the fact that the carapaces of Ctenochelys and Toxochelys are very similar. Commonality: Marine turtles are one of the most common reptile remains at this and other similar Atlantic Coastal Plain localities. Most often the fragmented carapace or plastron bones turn up while shattered limb bones and vertebra are found very uncommonly. As with any other animal in this type of marine deposit, skull material is rare. Most of the identifiable scutes and other material come from either Ctenochelys or Toxochelys. Fragments of scutes from Osteophyis are fairly common but the complete scutes are less common. Peritresius scutes are very uncommon. Similar fossils: Isolated remains from Cheloniidae turtles and Toxochelid turtles are similar and are difficult to distinguish between them. Trionyx scutes are also similar to Peritresius, but Trionyx lacks sulci and the deep patterned divots in their scutes. Size: The sea turtles commonly ranged from 1 to 2.5 meters (about 3 to 8.25 feet) shell length. Notes: Among the myriad of scrappy and isolated reptile bones that are recovered from Big Brook, there are the scattered remains of several different types of marine turtles. This type of preservation makes it very hard to segregate between the four main groups of turtles. It is also uncertain exactly how many species are represented at Big Brook. Acknowledging this important point, it is probably best to identify these fossils to the family level and offer comparisons and possibilities. The sea turtles were a large group of large marine reptiles that roamed the open surface waters of the sea feeding on the abundant schools of fish. These sea turtles were widespread during the Late Cretaceous and their decedents are still alive today. \|Osteophyis ernarginatus Cope \|Diagram of the sulci of cf. Toxochelys (Dollochelys) \|Diagram of the neural (n), costal (c), and peripheral (p) scutes of cf. Toxochelys (Dollochelys) a. Top b. Bottom \|Peripheral scutes of cf. T. atlantica Zangeri a. Top b. Bottom \|Bottom part of Limb Bone
Queer culture grows every year On September 15, the Third International Queer Culture Festival opened in St. Petersburg. The ceremony attracted many visitors, despite protests from religious youth groups that blocked the entrance, threw eggs and sprayed pepper spray in the room. – Despite the incidents, the atmosphere was very positive and more people wanted to enter the premises than there was room for. The festival organisers were very dedicated and professional, says Ninke Liebert, Programme Officer at Civil Rights Defenders, attending the opening of the Queer Culture Festival. The representatives from the Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch and British Consular Offices took part in the opening ceremony. During its three years, the festival has developed and become more popular among other human rights organisations. It is more established and respected today but still subjected to threats and sabotage. Civil Rights Defenders has been cooperating with Coming Out, organising the festival, since the start in 2009. At this years festival the visitors were among other things, invited to meet the Swedish author and LGBT activist Håkan Lindquist, who visited Russia for the first time. According to tradition, a rock concert was held during the latter part of the festival, this year under the slogan “Stop Homophobia!”Categories: Achievements. Tags: Coming Out, Harassment, LGBT, and Queer Culture Festival.
Paris protesters displayed signs saying, "Je Suis Charlie," which means, "I am Charlie," many holding up pens to symbolize the point that the journalists died for freedom of speech and expression. The crowd also displayed signs stating, "We Are Not Afraid." Paris, tonight. We stand with you, from all over the world. Not afraid. #JeSuisCharlie (Photo: Thibault Camus/AP) pic.twitter.com/6P5au3Vp7g — Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) January 7, 2015 RT @HonorineL "@benniedenton: They wanted 2 bring France 2 her knees, instead made her stand up proud #JeSuisCharlie pic.twitter.com/EXLmlD35jF" — Carole Blake (@caroleagent) January 8, 2015 Paris citizens hold pens to show support after terrorist attack pic.twitter.com/7bPHuVf2D5 — Grasswire (@grasswire) January 8, 2015 Charlie Hebdo is a French weekly satirical newspaper that frequently features political cartoons as shown in the protest tweet below. Très belle Une du Berliner Zeitung, qui reproduit celles de Charlie (via @Breaking3zero) pic.twitter.com/Mj8imlPyT2 — Olivier Tesquet (@oliviertesquet) January 7, 2 Some twitter statements defiantly included more cartooning: — Breaking 3.0 (@Breaking3zero) January 7, 2015 Can't sleep tonight, thoughts with my French cartooning colleagues, their families and loved ones #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/LqIMRCHPgK — David Pope (@davpope) January 7, 2015 Protests were held outside France; for example, in the U.S., New York City: Union Square NYC tonight @NBCNewYork @MSNBCPhoto @msnbc @NBCNewsPictures pic.twitter.com/vTSIkDNtps — andrew dallos (@adallos) January 8, 2015 And below, from the Newseum (First Amendment journalism museum) in Washington D.C., where a vigil was held for the slain journalists: So moving-images for #JeSuisCharlie #CharlieHebdo at the @Newseum (source https://t.co/LWQDT9IyHb) (assemble at 7pm!) pic.twitter.com/8UM3IpUcVz — Gen Knoxx (@GenKnoxx) January 7, 2015 More photos from the protests here. The newspaper itself has posted a website announcement, "Je Suis Charlie - parce que le crayon sera toujours au dessus de la barberie .. parce que la liberté est un droit universel .. parce que vous nous soutenez... nous, Charlie, Sortirons votre journal mercredi prochain!" Roughly translated, that means, "I am Charlie - because the pen is always greater than barbarism ... because liberty is a universal right .. because you support us .. we, at Charlie, will be bringing you, your next Wednesday newspaper!"
Around 6,000 Aboriginal children are in foster care. This is a result of the federal government spending 22% less on child welfare services for children living on reserves. Roughly 30,000 children aged 14 and under in Canada who were in foster care, nearly half (48.1%) were Aboriginal children. Hence, Aboriginal youth are 3x more likely to be estranged from their families compared to non-Aboriginal youth. Aboriginal youth are 5-6 times more likely to commit suicide than non-Aboriginal youth. A clear example is Attawapiskat First Nation with their state of emergency for youth suicide.
Summary Samuel L Jackson voices the writings of novelist, essayist and social critic James Baldwin as he examines the complex subject of the black experience in the USA during the Civil Rights Movement. Genre : Documentary Country : USA Cast : Samuel L. Jackson : Voice Director : Raoul Peck Based on writer James Baldwin’s unfinished 30-page manuscript "Remember This House", this acclaimed,Oscar nominated documentary by Raoul Peck seeks to complete what Baldwin might have written. With footage of Baldwin's television interviews (when everyone, it seems smoked like a chimney), his address to the Cambridge university student union and excerpts from his writings, voiced by Samuel L. Jackson, the film takes us through the build up to the American civil rights movement, the era of activism during the movement itself and the aftermath which we are still seeing today. Baldwin, who died in 1987, would now be called an African American, would then have been a black man and earlier still, a negro, was a novelist, essayist, playwright and social critic. However his book might have turned out, this film takes his many personas and tries to use them all to create an overview of the black experience in the USA. It doesn't always work. The country, the topic and the man are all too complex too shoehorn into one documentary. Baldwin also has a particular style of writing and speaking, not to mention thinking. And that, at times, is the film's weakness. can have an acquired taste as writer and thinker. His mannered presentation and intellectual distance can get jarring at times, because they add an extra barrier between his experience and what you are trying to understand through him. Two people at my press screening walked out less than halfway into the film. The woman next to me fidgeted and sighed heavily at various points and made to leave more than once although she did eventually stay until the end. Baldwin's rather detached style, however, can't take away from the tumultuous events he lived through and the enormity of the historical relevance of the people he knew; Dr Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. Had the film anchored itself around these three figures as experienced by Baldwin, it might have been more compelling. Baldwin is at his most effective when he lets the emotion come through in his writing. That's when Samuel L. Jackson brilliantly captures the essence of the man and you are drawn most into what he is saying. Incidentally, this voice work may well be Jackson's best work generally since "Pulp Fiction". Jackson speaks over, among other things, clips from the adverts and movies of the 1960s as well as earlier examples going back to the 1930s as Baldwin analyses what he calls the “mirror stage” of culture that black people went through in America in those years. As children they watched the movies of the day and cheered for the white heroes only to then see themselves in the mirror and realise they, in fact, more resembled the dark 'baddies' and Indians they had booed. This is when the film is at its strongest. When it seeks to come up to date with photographs and footage of President Obama and Black Lives Matter protests this doesn't always work. The film becomes 'bitty' trying to link too many threads of a complex situation into a cohesive whole. However, there is no denying the force of the words and visuals from the 60s which Baldwin saw first hand, lived through and recorded for posterity. It would have been interesting to see what thoughts and analysis his unfinished work might have revealed. I am not your negro is out in selected cinemas now
Yesterday saw the restoration of one of the West’s most famous steam locomotives get another step closer to completion. The engine is the former Whitney Company 2-4-4-2 “Skookum” built by Baldwin in 1909. She was the first of Baldwin’s logging mallets. The fully restored tender of the Skookum was loaded at the OCSR shops in Centralia, Washington for the trip south to the OCSR shops at Garibaldi, Oregon. There it will join the 2-4-4-2’s running gear that is nearly complete and will soon be joined with her restored boiler and brand new wooden cab. The boiler is still in Centrailia and the completed cab is in California. Soon, these last 2 components will be loaded and head to Garibaldi for final assembly. OCSR volunteers Scott Gordon and Dave Proffitt are shown in the photos helping OCSR president Scott Wickert who took the photos. Dave is standing by his truck that has helped us on so many OCSR moves. Stay tuned and you will soon see the engine with all her major parts complete.
Daniel Horowitz (born in New York, 1978) works in painting, drawing, collage, and installation. His art is characterized by a unique combination of realism and surrealist abstraction. Daniel employ an associative logic, whereby disparate subjects are thrown together into impossible landscapes that are nonetheless psychologically cohesive. Through dissonant figure pairings and Freudian fluency in our collective symbolic lexicon, Horowitz conjures up what cannot be visualized into something visible. His paintings suggest a narrative but this promise dissolves into ambiguity. Originally inspired by Surrealism and the Polish Poster School, he developed natural interest in the so-called New Leipzig School, known for mixing surrealism and realism. Horowitz’s work has been the subject of international solo and group exhibitions - from New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Warsaw, Berlin, Leipzig, Paris to Split, Barcelona, and Montreal. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (2001). I paint the trauma of everyday life. Through a process of resurrecting the obsolete, I reimagine a more authentic reality. My practice brings drawing, painting, collage, and installation in confrontation with historical material. My father is a holocaust survivor, and much of my life I have spent trying to reconcile the fundamental truths that define human behavior. By repurposing images from society’s detritus, and lifting the veil on expired soviet encyclopedias and american lifestyle magazines, combined with an intuitive associative logic, I expose our contemporary reality with all of its social anxieties and displaced identity. I consider all printed media to be propaganda, in other words, someone’s official version of the truth, and as I peel away the surface I attempt to unlock that which binds us all together in order to dispel inherited trauma. My current art practice is largely derived from a diurnal drawing series I completed in 2012, 365. This project, cut from old accounting books and ephemera, brought to life with ink, paint, and collage, now serves as a taxonomy and database of 365 ideas and techniques that I continue to explore in each subsequent project. 365 also represents a major departure from my earlier work as an editorial illustrator. I had spent ten years cultivating a skill-set of translating abstract texts into concise coherent visual metaphors for The New York Times among other notable clients. I became fluent in the language of media in its ability to educate and manipulate. This fluency allows me to draw on our collective visual codex with extreme precision and effectively engage only to then subvert. 365 also represents a pivotal return to my original passion as a painter. Recently I was commissioned by Claude d’Anthenaise and the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature to produce a body of 20 works combining realism and surrealist abstraction in an exploration of pseudo-historical documentation. Retelling a fictive safari expedition, I manipulated 18th and 19th century engravings to explore the art of hunting, as a metaphor for man’s quest of self. The objective is to successfully manipulate the image by harnessing the given style and technique of the antique engravings and watercolors, and confuse the viewer as to what is authentic and what is intervention. By seamlessly integrating the counterfeit historical work back into the permanent collection of the museum’s many exhibition rooms among many other genuine historic arifacts, the exhibition confuses what is “museological objectivation” and “ontological engineering” to cite the philosopher, Vincent Normand. Questioning the ontological role of the museum, the exhibition, and the historical artifact is also at the heart of the immersive exhibition, Totem & Taboo, Tillou Fine Art, November 12, 2016 - January 21, 2017, including paintings on historical engravings and photographs, as well as on linen stitched with reappropriated textiles alongside tribal art from various private collections. The visual image has been the dominant mode of communication for the 20th century, and with the help of photography has greatly contributed to the Western perception of the ‘other.’ Indeed the binary of self and other is perhaps one of the most basic theories of human consciousness, however, I propose that there is great fluidity between the two and perhaps they are interchangeable one and the same. My suspicion is that the fear and fascination with elements unlike ourselves, are just expressions of elements within one’s own psyche as described in Freud’s Unheimlich, and that can only be unveiled through a voyage into the unconscious. Why are some of the foremost collectors of ‘tribal art’ also leading psychoanalysts? What is the relationship between psychoanalysis and ethnographic culture of the 20th century and what can it tell us about the precarious times we now live in? I am intrigued by the representation of mankind and his states of consciousness in traditional tribal artworks in contrast to our present ambiguous post-colonial selves. After being introduced to the tribal art collection of dealer, Alan Steele, I envisioned creating a body of paintings that could offer a counterpoint to key sculptures from his collection in the form of an exhibition. My purpose was to draw a clear line between Marlow’s voyage up the Congo river in colonial period masterpiece, The Heart of Darkness, and the introspective tradition of Freudian psychoanalysis. Totem & Taboo, the 1913 essay by Sigmund Freud, draws an equivocal line comparing the mental lives of savaged and neurotics. Freud believed that in order to understand our own neuroses one must look towards primitive society. Primitive only in terms of technology, the psychic lives of traditional societies are incredibly rich and the evidence of this can be easily observed in the many artifacts that were brought back to the west by missionaries and anthropologists. I knew that Freud’s assumption was wrong, however, what became absolutely clear was the dichotomous marriage of psychoanalysis to animism, the overarching belief system of tribal society. In animism, the universe functions as an externalization of the human psyche. These objects fetishized in the West as tribal art, were largely ritual tools to appease the spiritual forces at play in the external world. These objects served to restore order to thenatural world; the weather, human fertility or agriculture, and virtually every aspect of existence, if not tended too through ritual intervention would take revenge on the unsuspecting human. The Shaman in traditional society was the interlocutor between the physical and spiritual worlds. Since the Enlightenment, Europeans have turned inwards towards subjective experience and away from tradition. My assumption is that the role of the psychoanalysts and the treatment of mental aberration through analysis is a perfect metaphor for the shaman and ritual activity in traditional culture. However, today the forces that need to be tamed are our own thoughts. As I began to study this convergence, Werner Muensterberger, a professor of “ethno-psychiatry” and preeminent collector of primitive art in the 20th century, became a case study. Muensterberger is a fascinating example of an individual whose quest of understanding human consciousness straddles the traditions and belief systems of both west and non west. Photographic plates from his book, Sculpture of Primitive Man, serve as grounds for a series of paintings called Tribalphilia, painted directly onto pages of the book and interspersed throughout the exhibition. This sort of intervention directly onto historic photographic or printed material is a hallmark of my process. Many of the paintings on linen are also derived from anthropological photography as a source material. Images that once posed as fact, having greatly contributed to the Western perception of the ‘other,’ have been reappropriated and subverted in order to exploit the perceived dissonance between the observer and observed. Ultimately, the aim of the exhibition, Totem & Taboo, is to function as a group exhibition, where many of the protagonists are anonymous, and the convergences between aesthetics and cultural identity are bound in a domestic context as the gallery dissolves into a surrogate home for the visitor. Questions raised by the exhibition are further explored during monthly Saturday Salons, a platform for cross-disciplinary conversations and collaborations including lectures, performances, concerts, and panels by leading experts in their fields curated by Ella Marder including author, Lawrence Weschler, psychoanalyst, Jamieson Webster and philosopher,Chiara Bottici. To accompany the exhibition, a book is in the process of being published with a catalogue essay by Francois Michaud, chief curator at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
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The aim of PSPS is to engage community volunteers in environmental stewardship activities in order to protect the natural integrity in the park. We hold a vision of an urban forest and foreshore park protected and cared for in perpetuity for the benefit of all. Like other park associations in the region-wide Metro Vancouver Regional Park Partnership program, the Pacific Spirit Park Society (PSPS) acts as public stewards and a community portal for various stakeholders in the park. We provide a way for park users to participate in restoration work and data collection, as well as offering environmental education through a variety of Nature Interpretation programs for children and adults. Our programs are run by volunteer leaders who are dedicated to the preservation of the park’s natural beauty and ecological integrity. Approximately 80 – 85% of the volunteers in our stewardship and data collection programs are youth and young adults between the ages of 14 – 25 years of age. In addition, PSPS partners with new immigrant settlement agencies and other groups to ensure that our programs are inclusive and accessible to all. - Advise Metro Vancouver parks on the protection, planning and operation of Pacific Spirit Regional Park. - Promote the preservation and protection of natural features in the park through our weekly stewardship events. - Encourage recreational use that is in harmony with natural preservation. - Partner with Metro Vancouver Parks and PSPS partner organizations to ensure collaborative restoration projects. - Support goals of PSPS by raising funds for ongoing and new initiatives. - Maintain an inclusive society with a representative and active board. - Membership is free and open to all park users. - A Board of Directors (7-11 members) is elected by the Membership at an Annual General Meeting. - An Executive (President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer) is elected by the Board of Directors to steer the administration of the Society. In 1996 a group of over 60 people met at the Dunbar Community Centre to hear a proposal from the Metro Vancouver Parks Department about a partnership and fundraising initiative it was undertaking. From the start of the Regional Park system, community groups were encouraged to be involved in parks and by 1995 there were 260 groups involved across the region; over 35 groups were identified in Pacific Spirit alone. Metro Vancouver Parks Department wanted to see if an inclusive society could be formed in each park to speak on behalf of citizens. When one looks across the Metro Vancouver system there are many examples of hatcheries, restored heritage buildings, a multi-million dollar indoor camp for health-challenged youth all built with funds raised by various community groups. The Metro Vancouver Parks Department hoped that a “synergy” would occur through the formation of park societies, so that they could access funding in order to continue public stewardship and participation in Regional Parks. As the representative of the community at large, park societies were included in the park planning process in exchange for raising funds and contributing “sweat equity.” In exchange they pledged to develop inclusive and representative societies. For about 18 months 17 people met every month to develop the bylaw and constitution of the Pacific Spirit “Partnership” Society. These 17 people represented all of the various user groups who were active in the park at the time; the diversity of the group lead to some very spirited debates. Meetings often led to mini discussion groups in parking lots after. At the end a consensus was reached and the Pacific Spirit Park Society was officially incorporated in 1998.

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