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As we celebrate the Poet Men's Basketball Centennial we are reminded of the extraordinary history that is at the foundation of Poet basketball. From its humble beginnings in Wardman Gym, to the recently refurbished, state of the art facilities in the Graham Athletics Center, Poet basketball has built a tradition of excellence. Over the last 100 years, 42 men and five teams have been inducted into the Purple and Gold Hall of Fame for their outstanding athletic achievements on the basketball court, and the program has won 30 league championships commemorated by banners hung in the Graham Athletic Center.
Once again, the Poets are expected to compete for a SCIAC championship. In celebration of the 100th season of Poet Men's Basketball, we invite you to come back to campus and watch as the Poets take on the CalTech Beavers on Saturday, February 13 at 2:00 PM.
Men's Basketball Alumni are invited to a lunch before the game and a “meet-and-greet” with coaches—a great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and teammates. RSVP to [email protected] or (562) 907-5049.
Click HERE to see our full schedule of games!
We invite you to join us in celebrating the Poet Men's Basketball Centennial at Whittier College this season by making a gift to support the program. We all benefited from being part of Whittier College’s basketball tradition and we are asking for your help to pass this opportunity along to the next generation of student athletes as they work to follow in the footsteps of those great teams who preceded them.
Let’s help Whittier reach its goal of 100 donations in celebration of 100 years of Poet Men's Basketball! Please consider making your gift by February 13 to receive a special token of appreciation, commemorating the Centennial!
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2019-04-19T15:26:21Z
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https://www.wcpoets.com/information/Sports_Information/2015-16/Basketball_100
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How do we heal our Society?
One sick family can make the whole society sick.
One sick personality can affect all others around him or her.
What makes a family sick?
Well there are many reasons.
They can be like broken husband wife relationship,divorce and lack of love in the family.
How do we heal them?
Preparing men and women to understand and love each other is the secret.
Without understanding there can be no unity.
When both parties are careful not to harm the other one miracles happen.
Families are the cells of the society.
It’s important.It can be done.
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2019-04-24T12:11:58Z
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https://orangeisgoodblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/15/how-do-we-heal-our-society/
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Write-in campaigns are doomed to fail, right?
Wrong. Two write-in candidates rode a hot issue to narrow victories in the race for Mettawa`s Village Board.
Linda C. Kindy, a Plan Commission member, edged out fellow commissioner Karl F. Nagel, 71-70, for a four-year term. Ronald Pink upset Raymond W. Welch, who had served 23 years as trustee, 71-67.
The losers said they would not seek a recount.
Kindy and Pink campaigned in favor of settling a land-detachment lawsuit with W.W. Grainger, a distributor of industrial equipment and supplies.
Two of Nagel`s ballot-mates, Raymond G. Jordan and Barry L. MacLean, each won four-year terms.
Six other write-in candidates won positions in Antioch, Fremont Township, Hawthorn Woods and Round Lake.
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2019-04-23T17:52:11Z
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-04-04-9101300870-story.html
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I have some code that runs a 3rd party dashboard that I want to embed in my homepage. I dropped the copied code into a code page in QuickBase and want to use the Web Page Widget on my home page to pull up that dashboard. How do I write the URL to view a specific code page (the one with my dashboard code)?
Is this external dashboard HTTPS secure? This is a requirement of using the web widget. Also keep in mind some third party sites like Facebook for instance write extra coding to disallow iFrames of their pages and that is essentially what the web widget is. I hope that helps clarify some possible roadblocks.
To do this, go to Pages, create a new Code Page and paste your code, then enter the URL of this page as the URL for the Web Page Widget.
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2019-04-23T20:16:00Z
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https://community.quickbase.com/quickbase/topics/use-code-page-in-web-page-widget
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The Royal Artillery also uses the ranks Gunner instead of Private, and Lance Bombardier and Bombardier instead of Lance Corporal and Corporal, while The Rifles use the spelling "Serjeant" in place of "Sergeant".
Corporals are automatically appointed lance sergeant, wearing three chevrons. In full dress, a lance sergeant's chevrons are white, while a full sergeant's are gold. They are allowed privileges normally reserved for Sergeants in the British Army.
Lance corporal: two chevrons, with a crown above.
Similarly, warrant officer appointments are different, with, for example, "regimental corporal major" being used in place of regimental sergeant major. Uniquely, NCOs and warrant officers of the Household Cavalry do not wear any insignia on their full dress uniforms (although officers do). Rank is indicated by a system of aiguillettes.
In several cavalry regiments including the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and the Queen's Royal Hussars, NCOs holding the rank of lance corporal wear two stripes. Full corporals are distinguished by the addition of a cypher above their two stripes in dress uniforms.
Staff sergeants in an appointment as squadron quartermaster sergeant in the cavalry, sometimes wear four stripes with a crown and are referred to as "sergeant major". The term "mister" is confined to WO2s.
During the 18th century corporals might indicate their ranks with a shoulder knot and, later, an epaulette. Sergeants had clothing that was of slightly better quality, wore a sash, and had lace trim on their hats and uniforms. The chevrons worn by many non-commissioned officers are based on heraldic devices and their current use for NCOs originates from the time of the Napoleonic Wars in 1802. As today, sergeants wore three chevrons, point downwards, on the upper arm, and corporals wore two, with sergeant-majors and quarter-master-sergeants then having four. Lance corporal, at the time not a rank but an appointment historically known as chosen man and carrying extra pay for privates holding it, were given a single chevron a few years later, and later in the century the lance-sergeant appeared, wearing three chevrons. The infantry rank of colour sergeant was created in 1813 as a reward for senior sergeants with one allowed per company. He was allowed to wear a badge consisting of a regimental colour supported by two crossed swords.
The Royal Artillery had the special rank of bombardier below the corporal, and both he and the acting bombardier wore one chevron. The Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps also had an additional rank of second corporal, who wore one chevron. On full-dress tunics, badges in white or gold lace were worn only on the right arm, but on service dress jackets, badges in worsted embroidery were worn on both arms. In February 1918 the acting bombardier was renamed lance-bombardier, and the full bombardier gained a second chevron in 1920 replacing the rank of corporal in the RA. Second corporals also disappeared at that time (second corporal had been an actual rank, whereas lance-corporal was a private acting in the rank of corporal).
The pre-war infantry rank of colour sergeant had generally given way to the ranks of company sergeant-major and quartermaster-sergeant in 1914 when the four-company organisation was introduced. Both of these ranks, their squadron and battery equivalents, and staff-sergeants in other arms, wore three chevrons and a crown, although in 1915 company, battery, squadron and troop sergeant-majors became warrant officers class II (by Army Order 70) and thereafter wore a single large crown, without any chevrons, on each forearm. Note the designation of warrant officer classes was in Roman rather than Arabic numerals until the latter half of the 20th century.
Regimental quartermaster-sergeants wore four chevrons on the lower sleeve, point upwards, with an eight pointed star above, but adopted the crown when they too became warrant officers class II in 1915. In their case, however, the crown was surrounded by a wreath. Regimental sergeant-majors, who before the Boer War had worn four chevrons with a crown, were given in 1902 the badge of a single large crown on the lower arm, but adopted a small version of the Royal arms in its place in 1915 when they became warrant officers class I.
There were also certain senior grades of warrant officer, peculiar to the specialist branches, which ranked above regimental sergeant-majors. These were the conductors of the Army Ordnance Corps and the first-class staff sergeant-majors of the Army Service Corps and the Army Pay Corps. They also wore a large crown, surrounded by a wreath, on the lower arm, although in 1918 this was replaced by the Royal Arms within a wreath. The RA also had its master gunners in three classes, but these were technical specialists and not normally seen in the field. The Royal Arms within a wreath is the badge of rank for a conductor, the most senior of all WO1 appointments, confined to the Royal Logistic Corps and held by fewer than twenty people as of 2004.
From 1938, there was also a rank of warrant officer class III. The only appointments held by this rank were platoon sergeant major, troop sergeant major and section sergeant major. The WOIII wore a crown on his lower sleeve. The rank was placed in suspension in 1940 and no new appointments were made, but it was never officially abolished. From 1938 to 1947 all WOII ranks wore the crown in wreath rank now worn by regimental quartermaster sergeants.
The grades of lance-sergeant and lance-corporal were not strictly ranks, but were appointments, held by selected corporals and privates, and usually carrying extra pay. The appointment was made by the man's commanding officer and could be taken away by him for disciplinary reasons, unlike full sergeants and corporals who could only be demoted by order of a court martial. It is only since 1961 that lance-corporal has been a separate rank in its own right, and the appointment of lance-sergeant was discontinued in 1946, except in the Foot Guards and Honourable Artillery Company (and its equivalent, lance-corporal of horse, in the Household Cavalry).
The spelling serjeant is sometimes seen. This was in fact the official spelling in the British Army and Royal Marines, although not the Royal Air Force, until the 1930s and appeared in such publications as King's Regulations and the Pay Warrant, which defined the various ranks. In common usage the modern spelling sergeant was already more usual, as for instance in the volumes of the Official History which began to appear in the 1920s. Serjeant-at-Arms is a title still held by members of the security staff in the Houses of Parliament. The old spelling is also retained by The Rifles, as successor to the Royal Green Jackets and The Light Infantry, which also used it.
In 1953, the crown was changed from the Tudor Crown to the Crown of St Edward, when Queen Elizabeth II adopted a stylised image of the crown for use in coats of arms, badges, logos and various other insignia.
Warrant officer class III: a short-lived rank used between 1938 and 1940, holding the appointment of platoon sergeant major, troop sergeant major, or section sergeant major.
Colour sergeant: gave way to staff sergeant over the years prior to the First World War although colour sergeant exists today in the Royal Marines, equivalent to a staff sergeant in the Army, and is still used to refer to all staff sergeants in infantry regiments and the Honourable Artillery Company.
Lance sergeant: appointment originally given to corporals acting in the rank of sergeant, discontinued in 1946 except in the Foot Guards, Honourable Artillery Company, and some cadet units.
Second corporal: Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps rank until 1920, equivalent to lance-corporal but a substantive instead of an acting rank.
Bombardier: until 1920, when it became equivalent to corporal, a rank in the Royal Artillery equivalent to a second corporal.
Acting bombardier: appointment originally given to a Royal Artillery gunner acting in the rank of bombardier, discontinued in 1918 and replaced by lance-bombardier.
Chosen man: was a rank primarily found in the Rifle Brigade denoting a marksman and/or leadership material. Became lance corporal in the early 19th century.
^ "British Army Website: Ranks". Retrieved 3 November 2013.
^ "British Army Website: Phase 2 Training". Retrieved 3 November 2013.
This page was last edited on 5 February 2019, at 19:59 (UTC).
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From left are CTF Sgt. J. Jones, SVSP Sgt. Segura, CTF Sgt. A. Stephens, SVSP Correctional Officer J. Alvarez, SVSP Correctional Officer H. Gasca and SVSP Correctional Officer J. Niduaza.
The Office of Peace Officer Selection (OPOS) hosted hiring events Feb. 8-9 in Marina to recruit correctional officers in areas remote to the OPOS Testing Offices.
Recruiters from the Correctional Training Facility and Salinas Valley State Prison engaged the interested applicants through an informational session on correctional officer careers and the various career paths available to correctional officers. They also shared personal experiences.
OPOS Testing provided computers for applying online and assisted attendees with their applications, in addition to administering a written exam session each day. The successful event drew 147 candidates from the surrounding areas who successfully entered into the correctional officer selection process by completing the application and written exam.
OPOS will be hosting another one-stop hiring event on March 9 in Redding.
Great Job OPOS. You guys are doing a great job to make a difference. Continue to bring in great people into this department. Makes me want to do my part in doing the same things like you guys are. Awesome job!!!!!!!
Redding will be a great spot to draw candidates. There are thousands of students in Shasta County that would make great officers!
Meeting the people where they are at. Good work OPOS !
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2019-04-25T05:48:27Z
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https://www.insidecdcr.ca.gov/2019/02/office-of-peace-officer-selections-marina-hiring-event-draws-147-applicants/
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There was a lot going on in the world of billionaire businessman Denis O’Brien in 2014 and 2015 and something of the pressure he may have felt himself under is revealed in an affidavit he swore, in Singapore, for the Irish High Court, on October 13th, 2015.
“In recent times, and particularly in the last 12 months, I have become conscious that there is a campaign to damage me personally and professionally and to damage my business interests,” he told the court.
He said this included attempts to undermine him, disseminate false statements about him, and leak confidential information relating to him.
The campaign had “many fronts”, he said, was directed at him personally and his business interests, and was taking place “nationally and internationally and through the media”.
Because of his certainty that a campaign was being waged, “I engaged professional investigators for the purpose of investigating whether there was campaign against me and, if so, the source of the campaign”.
The wealthy businessman made it clear that there was an enormous amount of money at stake. The campaign, he said, was damaging him at a time when he was planning an initial public offering (IPO) of shares group on the New York Stock Exchange. It is no exaggeration to imagine that, to his mind, this purported campaign threatened the global business portfolio he has created over the past 20 years.
O’Brien is the owner of the Digicel telecoms group that operates in the Caribbean and the south Pacific and may be worth more than $4.5 billion. He has earned in excess of $1 billion from the business over the years but Digicel has massive debts (more than $6 billion) and in late 2014 he was looking at ways of dealing with this debt mountain.
In time this led to the IPO plan, which would have involved selling off 40 per cent of Digicel for $2 billion so as to pay off debt and buy new assets. But in October of 2015, the planned sale was abandoned, after a lacklustre interest in the shares. It was a major blow to O’Brien, who tried to put a brave face on things.
He remains interested in the IPO idea. Earlier this year, speaking to reporters in Davos, Switzerland, he said he might return to the project in a year to 18 months’ time. His reputation is as crucial to his business plans today as it was three years’ ago.
O’Brien’s business career involves an interesting pattern of taking on monopoly-type incumbents and beating them. Often this involves getting licences in liberalising markets. He got radio licences when that sector was being opened up in Ireland in the early 1990s, then moved on to the telecoms sector when it was being liberalised, first here and then later in the Caribbean. Along the way he has taken on RTÉ, Telecom Éireann, and, in the Caribbean, the old colonial monopoly, Cable & Wireless.
It can seem that the battle against these monoliths takes on, in O’Brien’s mind, a type of David versus Goliath contest, which may in turn fuel his considerable drive. That certainly was the case in the instance of his taking on Anthony O’Reilly, who was the richest Irish businessman of his generation, just as O’Brien has become the richest of his.
At the heart of his contest with O’Reilly was getting ownership of Telecom Éireann, or Eircom as it became following its privatisation. The older billionaire won that battle, and moves involving the then government, to O’Brien’s mind, contributed to his losing out. During this battle, O’Brien feels he became the subject of a sustained attack from titles published by Independent News & Media (INM).
INM is a publicly-listed company. For a long time, O’Reilly was its largest single shareholder and people watched closely to see if any influence was brought to bear on stories carried by its titles.
Around the time that O’Reilly and O’Brien were battling over Eircom, the Moriarty Tribunal, which was investigating matters to do with the former taoiseach Charles Haughey and former Fine Gael communications minister Michael Lowry, began to investigate financial connections between O’Brien and Lowry.
This happened after a story appeared in the Sunday Tribune, which was at the time controlled by INM. The story was based on a leak, and, as far as O’Brien was concerned, once the tribunal dragged him into its maws, INM went to town on covering the controversy at a time when its largest shareholder was battling him for ownership of the State’s premier telecoms asset. Whatever the truth of the matter, that was certainly O’Brien’s view.
By the time the tribunal published its report, in 2011, in which it linked the awarding in 1996 of the State’s second mobile phone licence to O’Brien’s Esat Digifone, and financial transactions between O’Brien and Lowry, who was communications minister in 1996, O’Brien was on his way to building up a substantial shareholding in INM and ousting the O’Reilly family.
Unfortunately for him, he was doing this at a time when the newspaper industry was having its business model undermined by the internet. Becoming INM’s largest shareholder would end up costing O’Brien €500 million. Even to a man as rich as O’Brien, that is a lot of money.
O’Brien has been the largest shareholder in INM since 2011, and is also the largest owner of privately-owed radio stations in the State.
He is also, undoubtedly, one of the most prolific initiators of defamation proceedings in the State, and at one stage, when he was its largest shareholder, initiated proceedings against then INM journalist Sam Smyth, over his coverage of the tribunal. The case never went ahead.
At one stage, O’Brien was the majority shareholder in INM but still the subject of sustained negative coverage in the pages of the State’s biggest selling weekend title, the Sunday Independent. That changed when the contract of its then editor, Anne Harris, came to an end in December 2014.
In April 2012, Gavin O’Reilly stepped down as chief executive of INM, bringing to an end his family’s 39-year association with the newspaper group.
The group’s then corporate affairs director, Karl Brophy, also left that year. Brophy was a close associate of Gavin O’Reilly’s and is a former journalist. In 1998, he was the author of a report in the Irish Mirror that led to a libel award to O’Brien.
It’s a convoluted tale but after an award of €750,000 was decided on by a jury, the case was settled for about €150,000.
Brophy took up a role in INM working closely with Gavin O’Reilly at a time when O’Brien had his sights on the media group. Emails that were later disclosed in court during a dispute after Brophy’s departure included ones he sent to O’Reilly when about to take up his INM role.
“I do want to work with you,” one email from 2010 read. “I do want to see off DOB and I’m confident that I can help build INM up to be a success again.
“If DOB can’t prevent the chap who libelled him taking a senior role in the company, it will be absolutely clear who is in charge and it will buttress your authority,” Brophy wrote in an email to O’Reilly in September 2010.
After their departure O’Reilly and Brophy set up a public relations and lobbying group, Red Flag Consulting, of which Brophy is chief executive and O’Reilly is chairman.
The affidavit quoted at the opening of this article is a grounding document for O’Brien’s case against Red Flag, Brophy, O’Reilly, and others, where he is alleging that Red Flag is operating for a client and seeking to damage O’Brien.
In his affidavit, O’Brien said it was as a result of his appointing his professional investigator that he learned that Red Flag was disseminating information about him. He also said that he received an anonymous envelope at around the same time, containing a memory stick, which contained a “dossier” which was being disseminated by Red Flag and which, he said, contained material damaging to him.
He is asking the court to order Red Flag to identify the client, so that he can seek damages. Red Flag is objecting to the application. O’Brien has said he believes the client may be businessman and political campaigner Declan Ganley, who has been joined to the action even though he denies being the client.
Red Flag has said it compiled the dossier on behalf of a client. The dossier mainly contains press cuttings, most of which refer to the Moriarty Tribunal’s findings.
The case, aspects of which has been up to the Supreme Court and back, continues and the costs to date are believed to be in the region of €4 million.
All of this forms some of the background to the latest extraordinary events at INM. The Director of Corporate Enforcement, Ian Drennan, is seeking the appointment of High Court inspectors to investigate matters he is concerned about at INM, including an apparent massive data breach in October 2014.
After Gavin O’Reilly left INM in early 2012, he was replaced by Vincent Crowley, who in turn resigned in May 2014. O’Brien’s close business associate, Leslie Buckley, had been appointed to the board by then as O’Brien’s nominee, and was chairman. Robert Pitt was selected to take on the role of CEO of INM after Crowley’s departure, but couldn’t take up the post until late 2014.
In the meantime a sub-committee of the board, comprising Buckley and non-executive directors Triona Mullane, Alan Marshall and Terry Buckley, were in charge.
According to Drennan’s affidavit to the High Court, and affidavits filed in a related case by Buckley, Buckley accessed data from the INM server in October 2014 and gave it to a company in Wales called Trusted Data Solutions. Last year, when the ODCE was investigating this apparent breach, it had to go to Buckley rather than the company to find out what had happened.
Exactly how much data was involved is not entirely clear, but it may have been all the data held on the INM server, including journalists’ emails and those of O’Reilly and Brophy. It is easier to extract the entire content of a server, by way of its back-up tapes which are smaller than a video tape, than it is to extract partial information from a server, according to sources with knowledge of such matters.
According to Drennan’s affidavit, the Trusted Data Solutions bill was paid for by an Isle of Man company, Blaydon, which is linked to O’Brien. The invoice was sent to INM, raising questions.
The leaked data was then apparently “interrogated”. As part of this interrogation it appears that people’s names were put into the data to see what the searches would turn up. The names searched for included two barristers from the Moriarty Tribunal, journalists with the Sunday Independent, and a lawyer who acted for Cable & Wireless in a court case in the UK involving Digicel.
It was only when INM received the affidavit from Drennan on March 23rd last, that it became aware of the extent of what has allegedly happened, according to sources.
The apparent data breach is now to be investigated by the Data Protection Commissioner, Helen Dixon. The head of the National Union of Journalists in Ireland, Séamus Dooley, has said the apparent breach raises very serious concerns about the protection of journalists’ sources, and media ownership in the State.
Drennan’s affidavit also expresses concern about how the INM board, and Buckley in particular, dealt with a second focus of his affidavit, which has to do with a suggested sale of O’Brien’s radio station, Newstalk, to INM, for a price which was up to €20 million more than advisers to the then INM CEO, Pitt, though was reasonable.
O’Brien is the largest shareholder in INM but is not the controlling shareholder and there is a legal obligation on the board and its chairman to act independently and on behalf of all investors.
Anything that points to a failure in that regard, could have significant consequences for the plc and also for O’Brien’s role as shareholder.
The Drennan application, and the consequences of the apparent data breach, are likely to create a legal and public relations debacle that will be very costly and prolonged.
O’Brien has yet to comment on the whole saga and the same is true of Buckley. Bizarrely, much of the information about what is contained in Drennan’s affidavit is entering the public domain by way of reports in INM titles.
The Drennan application is due before the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, on April 16th next, when the affidavit may become generally available.
It seems likely that the reputational damage that O’Brien was complaining about in 2015, and its effect on his capacity to do business, is not going to go away any time soon.
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2019-04-22T14:13:20Z
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https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/denis-v-goliath-o-brien-s-battle-against-alleged-reputational-damage-1.3451961
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wordpress
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Poetry – The Go to Girls Blog.
Posted on November 12, 2018 November 12, 2018 Categories Poetry26 Comments on Waiting………….
Posted on November 4, 2018 Categories Poetry6 Comments on Glimmer…….
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Posted on October 17, 2018 Categories Poetry8 Comments on Words…….
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2019-04-21T12:13:55Z
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https://thegotogirlsblog.wordpress.com/category/poetry/
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ox
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This course in European and Middle Eastern Languages (EMEL) enables students to combine papers in one of the languages taught in the Faculty of Modern Languages with papers in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian or Turkish, providing opportunities to take advantage of the cultural links which exist between a number of European and Middle Eastern languages. For example, appropriate combinations might well be French and Arabic, German and Turkish, or Hebrew and Russian, but even some of the less obvious pairings would provide similar cultural and historical linkage. So, Spanish and Turkish would be an interesting combination for the history of Sephardi Judaism, while Persian and Portuguese are important for the study of early imperialism.
You will normally spend your second year on an approved course of study in the Middle East. There are arrangements in place with partner universities to help you make the most of your time abroad. You are strongly advised to spend the adjacent summers in a country where the European language of your choice is spoken.
Oxford graduates in these subjects regularly go into highly competitive areas such as law, finance, commerce, management consultancy, accountancy, the media, advertising, the Foreign Office and the arts. Recent European and Middle Eastern Languages graduates include a foreign office diplomat, a translator at the UN and a journalist at a foreign news channel.
For further information please download a copy of the Course Handbook.
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2019-04-18T13:09:30Z
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https://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/european-middle-eastern-languages-ba-hons
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typepad
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The website FierceBiotech has reported that a new slate of weight loss drugs will be headed by Novo Nordisk's liraglutide and Arena Pharmaceuticals' lorcaserin. The elixir may soon be upon us . . .
The date has been set for a discussion of A Short History of the American Stomach on Martha Stewart radio's "Morning Living" show, broadcast on the Sirius Satellite network. Mark the calendars for Friday, August 1st, and set your alarm clock for 7:30.
The economist and food activist Raj Patel just sent over this link to an excellent video about the relationship between the United States' food policy and hunger riots in Haiti. Definitely worth a watch.
No, not the kind of global food resources that through their scarcity have caused riots worldwide and made headlines. I'm talking food resources on the web. Here's one I came by today, which looks promising.
The latest update on envirovores and veganics is but one click away.
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2019-04-20T19:16:39Z
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https://frederickkaufman.typepad.com/frederick_kaufman/2008/07/index.html
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What are QR codes? (think bar codes on steroids). How might they be used in libraries? (with implications for the wider LIS). See this powerpoint from a conference presentation that was shared on our VT academic libraries listserv.
In Vermont’s remote Northeast Kingdom an aging Belgian draft horse named Fred is part of a team racing to bring broadband Internet access to all corners of the state by 2013. Read more here.
This entry was posted in LIS Staff Interest and tagged Friday links on July 1, 2011 by Brenda Ellis.
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2019-04-25T21:55:34Z
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http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2011/07/01/friday-links-1-july-2011/
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Thesis (M.F.A., English)--University of Idaho, June 2014 | These poems deal, partly, with frustration in the face of poverty. The people in these poems are not poor. Some might say they are broke, or breaking, but not penniless. Or they make a living but owe more than they make. In this way, they are owned. While poverty in American consciousness most readily and problematically connotes money, it deals with far more important things: poverty of spirit, of opportunity, of a home and identity, of power in the face of an abundance of will. The people in these poems have an abundance of will. I love them for that. Frustration due to poverty causes violence or a resignation to act violently, to destroy a body either to feel something or to say, "I have agency." The body destroyed, well, it can be anything: muscle and bone, a field, a neighbor, a levee, a town, a country . . .
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2019-04-23T18:25:18Z
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https://vivo.nkn.uidaho.edu/vivo/display/T1022420140601
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A period of study abroad in a German-speaking country is required which can be accomplished through participation in the month-long Wheaton in Germany program (GERM 343) followed by a four-week internship in Berlin (GERM 496). Wheaton in Germany features on-site study of German cultural history and national identity in a language immersion setting. Offered in May-June and based in Munich, Berlin, and environs.
Students may also enroll in a full semester program (at least 8 hours of which must be taken in German) with an accredited academic institution in either Germany, Austria, or Switzerland to be arranged and approved in consultation with the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and through the Global and Experiential Learning (GEL) Division at Wheaton. (N.B. For students choosing the semester abroad option an accompanying internship is also recommended.) Credits earned during a semester of study abroad may be applied either to a second major (with the approval of that major department), to the German major, or (upon approval) to both.
Wheaton in Germany student Clementine Kane '18 shares about her summer internship experience serving Syrian and Albanian refugees at Berlin City Mission on our student blog, #MyWheaton.
Kat Fredrikson '17 writes of her trip over the summer, where eight students and a professor traveled Germany and Austria for two months, soaking in the culture, history, language, and daily life of Germany.
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2019-04-20T18:27:15Z
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https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/programs/modern-and-classical-languages/german/opportunities/
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We're currently transferring info of past events from their previous location at http://www.caithness-science.org/index.php?option=com_agora&task=topic&id=39&p=2&Itemid=57#p159.
Please bear with us as we do so.
Early January saw Caithness Astronomy Group undertake two events in collaboration with the BBC Stargazing LIVE events. Despite unfavourable weather forecasts we were lucky to get a gap in the clouds which allowed observing to take place.
The event on the evening of the 3rd January was held at Castlehill Hertitage Centre, Castletown where an assembled audience of all ages were given a guided tour of the winter night sky which included views of the Milky Way and the cloud bands on the giant planet Jupiter together with 3 of its moons. Several bright shooting stars (Quadrantid meteors) were also observed.
Above photo shows Mike Lunan from Caithness Astronomy Group during his talk. This was followed by a continued tour of the night sky outside under the stars and then a talk by CAG Chairman Gordon Mackie covering the observing highlights to look forward to in 2011.
On the morning of the 4th January Caithness Astronomy Group and a few other early risers gathered at the scenic spot of Duncansby Head in anticipation of seeing a partial solar eclipse at sunrise.
Then right on cue the Sun made an appearance.
Through appropriate filters the Sun was viewed for the next 30 minutes until the end of the eclipse.
Now we have to wait patiently for the next solar eclipse visible from the UK which will be in 2015.
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2019-04-26T06:23:12Z
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http://www.spanglefish.com/caithnessastronomygroup/index.asp?pageid=403165
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Academy award winners Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz talk about La La Land, a film that pays homage to Hollywood musicals and French filmmaker Jacques Demy.
Chazelle and Hurwitz were room mates at Harvard Univeristy and they moved to Los Angeles to pursue their dream of making films. While at Harvard they worked together on Chazelle’s first film Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench. They next worked on Whiplash and then La La Land. Chazelle is a trained musician and was deeply involved in the creation of the music for La La Land points out Hurwitz.
La La Land had 14 Oscar nominations and won 6 Oscars. Chazelle won an Oscar for best director, while Justin Hurwitz won 2 Oscars for score and original music. Emma Stone won the best actress award. La La Land won an Oscar for production design and cinematography.
This interview was recorded in San Francisco and aired on TV in the USA.
We caught up with Oscar nominee Theodore Melfi of Hidden Figures in San Francisco. Melfi directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Alison Schroder. We talked to him about the making of Hidden Figures, how he got attached to the film. the math boot camp for his actors and the music by Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer.The film won 3 Oscar nominations: best picture, best supporting actress and the best adapted screenplay.
Hidden Figures is a true story based by a book by the same name by Margot Lee Shetterley. The film is about 3 African-American math teachers, who worked in NASA’s Apollo project in the 1960s. The film highlights how these women overcame racism and prejudice in the workplace. Interestingly, the stories of these African-Americans and their contribution to NASA has largely remain hidden until now.
In December 2016 Melfi and Olivia Spencer, who acts in the film were in San Francisco to receive The Sloan Science in Cinema award. The award is given by the San Francisco Film Society and The Sloan Foundation.
Director John Madden on the set of EuropaCorp’s “Miss Sloane”.
Director John Madden’s new film Miss Sloane is about a powerful Washington DC lobbyist played by Jessica Chastain. We caught up with Madden at Industrial Light Magic’s (ILM) office in San Francisco. ILM was a fitting venue since Madden’s first American project was a radio drama of Star Wars. George Lucas is a big fan of radio drama and gave the radio drama rights to his alma mater University of Southern California (USC) points out Madden.
We talked with Madden about his association with ILM, Star Wars, the making of Miss Sloane and Chastain. The film is based on a screenplay by debut writer Jonathan Perera.
Madden first worked with Chastain in The Debt and was impressed with her acting. Tune in to find out what he has to say about Star Wars, the making of Miss Sloane, Jessica Chastain and Perera.
Madden started his career in directing radio dramas and went on to work in theatre, TV and films. His first film was Ethan Frome followed by Mrs. Brown, Shakespeare in Love, The Debt, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 1 and 2 and now Miss Sloane.
Jayalalitha Jayaraman, the Chief Minister of the southern Indian India state Tamil Nadu passed on Dec 5, 2106 in Chennai. Jayalalitha (68) represents a rare breed of Tamil politicians, who built their career in the Tamil film industry before joining politics. Jayalalitha along with MGR and Karunanidhi exerted a powerful influence on their voters and on the policy and politics of Tamil Nadu. This is a rare and unusual phenomenon where these 3 politicians were democratically voted in and out of power for over 40 years.
These 3 politicians – Jayalalitha, MGR and Karunanidhi have been elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu since the 1970s till 2016. With the passing away of Jayalalitha and MGR, the only person left in the triumivirate is Karunanidhi, who is is 92 years old now.
Tamil Nadu politics is filled with complexties and contradictions. To an outsider Tamil Nadu politics is full of contradictions points out Vaasanthi author of Cut-outs, Caste and Cine Stars. But, for an insider or someone who grew up in Tamil Nadu (like I did) the contradictions were part and parcel of their life.
We spoke to Vaasanthi about Jayalalitha, Karunanidhi and the evolution of caste politics in Tamil Nadu and the central roles that Tamil films played. We get a peek into Jayalalitha’s personality and political style through Vaasanthi.
This interview was recorded in 2016 when Tamil Nadu had just held its state elections, where Jayalalitha’s party failed to win the elections. At a personal level Jayalalitha did well in the 2016 elections. Don’t write off Jayalalitha yet she says. Vaasanthi was right. A few years later Jayalalitha won the elections and became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
This interview was originally published in May 2006.
Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berg share on how they came to write the screenplay for Trolls. One of the interesting things about trolls is that there was no backstory or a universe available for them.
Aibel and Berger got an opportunity to architect and create a whole new world and backstory for these happy-go-lucky trolls. Their world consists of music, dance and hug time and making sure they stay clear from the Bergens, who are these grumpy, unhappy creatures. The only way Bergens can be happy is when they eat happy little Trolls. For 20 odd years the Trolls managed to stay safe. But, then one day a Bergen discovers the safe haven of trolls and what happens next is what the film is about.
We spoke to Aibel and Berger on how they became writers in Hollywood and for a string of TV and film including the Kung Fu Panda trilogy.
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2019-04-18T12:16:22Z
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https://kamlashow.wordpress.com/category/podcasts/
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A pedestrian archaeological survey was conducted in the B.F. Grant Forest in northwestern Putnam County, Georgia. The survey focused on clear cut stands in the eastern and central portions of the forest. Weather prevented the normal clearing of secondary growth from clear cut stands, thus the survey was conducted on the bulldozer tracts around the perimeter of the nine stands. The survey identified 45 sites from various archaeological periods in Georgia, but special attention was given to sites dating to the Archaic period. Unfortunately only one of the newly discovered sites dated to the Archaic period. A review of known Archaic period sites in the B.F. Grant forest was performed revealing approximately 35 Archaic sites or sites with Archaic components. An analysis of the distribution of these sites was performed to establish if the distribution matched current models for Archaic period settlement patterns in Georgia.
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2019-04-19T08:14:54Z
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https://athenaeum.libs.uga.edu/handle/10724/29689
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As a result of spontaneous mutations and/or recombination occurring within the viral genome, infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) exists as multiple serotypes and genotypes that poorly cross protect. Molecular analysis of many field isolates in the United States (US) has revealed that the most frequent IBV isolates are Arkansas (Ark) DPI isolates despite extensive use of Ark DPI derived vaccines in the field. The factors behind the predominance of Ark DPI IBV isolates are unclear. Analysis of ArkDPI derived vaccines currently used in the US revealed that they are heterogeneous and that some minor viral subpopulations within these vaccines efficiently replicate in the upper respiratory tract of chickens and are selected as early as three days post vaccination. The proportion of these minor subpopulation differed among the Ark vaccines. We analyzed the significance of these viral subpopulations within the Ark serotype vaccines. We found that Ark vaccines containing high proportions of the selected subpopulations resulted in higher viral loads, more severe respiratory signs and tracheal pathology but also a higher immune response. In addition we found that temporal evolution occurs after Ark vaccine administration, resulting in some of the minor subpopulations persisting longer in the respiratory tract than others. These subpopulations iii were also more readily transmitted to contact non-vaccinated birds than others, further suggesting that these subpopulations have better fitness? When given simultaneously with IBV Mass serotype vaccine, we found interference with Ark vaccine virus replication as compared to when the Ark vaccines were administered alone, a factor that may contribute to poor immune response induction by some Ark vaccines. Persistence of Ark vaccine viruses may also give these viruses ample time to mutate and/or recombine and time for selection to occur resulting in generation of more virulent variants.
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2019-04-20T10:24:57Z
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https://etd.auburn.edu/handle/10415/2921
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Sprint Corp, the No. 4 US wireless carrier, reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss, helped by cost-cutting measures and higher subscriber additions.
Shares of the company, which is majority owned by Japan's SoftBank Group, rose 18.7% to $2.99 in premarket trading on Tuesday.
Sprint also said it expects to return to a profit on an operational basis for the full-year ending March.
The company said on Monday it axed at least 2,500 jobs across six customer care centers as well as its Kansas headquarters as part of a turnaround plan that includes slashing costs by $2.5 billion.
Sprint added 5,01,000 net postpaid connections, compared with 30,000 a year earlier.
Customer sign-ups, which increased for the second straight quarter after two years of declines, were driven by aggressive promotions.
The company launched a plan in November under which customers who switched from Verizon Communications, AT&T and T-Mobile US would pay only half of what they paid for their existing plans.
Sprint posted a net loss of $836 million, or 21 cents per share, in the third quarter ended December 31, compared with a loss of $2.38 billion, or 60 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, the company lost 21 cents per share, beating the average analyst estimate of 25 cents per share.
Sprint's net operating revenue fell 9.7% to $8.11 billion, below the average analyst estimate of $8.23 billion.
For the full year, Sprint said it expects an operating income of $100-300 million, compared with its previous forecast of a loss of $50-250 million.
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2019-04-22T10:12:42Z
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https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sprint-reports-smaller-losses-cuts-2500-jobs/50736698
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As medical students, Yesh Rai and Arshia Javidan know a few things about evaluations. So, in their roles as the student accreditation leads, they’re helping with an evaluation of the MD Program. The two will drive the Independent Student Analysis (ISA), a key part of the accreditation process. Accreditation takes place every eight years at medical schools across Canada, reflects the quality of their programs, and is required to provide medical degrees. Rai and Javidan, who are both in their second year of the MD Program, recently spoke with writer Erin Howe about their roles and the value of the ISA.
As the ISA Leads, what types of work do you do?
Rai: Our main role is to gather student feedback on all aspects of medical school via the ISA, use that information to create a comprehensive report to support accreditation and improvements to the MD Program. We work with a team of students from each year of the MD Program to help give us a thorough understanding of year-, campus- and MD/PhD-specific concerns. We also work with Chris Jones, the MD Program’s Accreditation Officer, and liaise with MD Program leadership and the Medical Society.
After we have all the data, we’ll compile a report, which will be publicly available online. It will include strengths, weaknesses and recommendations for the MD program. Within a few months, faculty will respond to the areas we’ve highlighted in the report.
What’s the impact of the ISA?
Javidan: It’s a way to evaluate how well U of T Med upholds the accreditation standards set by the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS). The ISA looks at these standards through the student lens using a set of standardized questions from CACMS.
The ISA is also an opportunity to improve the quality of medical education at U of T through supplemental questions that reflect specific student concerns. We’ve established a process to ensure if there’s a topic important to you, it’ll most likely be captured in the ISA. This includes things like call room availability in clerkship, the culture of mental health in medical school and how well-prepared students feel for clerkship. That’s just the tip of the iceberg — the ISA is all-encompassing. By identifying areas of improvement, we can bring the faculty’s attention to it and advocate for change.
The last ISA in 2011 led to a lot of improvements students asked for, like greater financial supports, strengthening of certain clerkship rotations (especially surgery) and increased objectivity in clinical evaluations. This ISA will be also be an opportunity to examine student perceptions of the new Foundations curriculum and concerns specific to Mississauga Academy of Medicine students.
What do you want your classmates to know about the ISA?
Javidan: The ISA isn’t just a way to identify areas opportunities for improvement; it’s also a way to celebrate our strengths and highlight the need to sustain them.
We’re thankful for the team we work with, which includes class leads from each year as well as MD/PhD leads. Each set of year leads works with a student task force of 3 to 10 people. Together, they identify areas we should tailor questions to — we’re trying to be as thorough as possible to capture the maximum breadth of student opinion. The ISA is an independent process, so the student team has the final say on how the survey looks.
We’re working with experts from The Wilson Centre to validate our survey. Once it’s ready to go, we’ll work around each year’s schedule to set aside time for students to complete the survey.
We want to achieve the highest response rate possible to make sure the opinions we capture truly represent U of T Med.
Why did you want to be involved in the accreditation process in such a hands-on way?
Rai: I’ve had long-standing interest and involvement in medical education (MedEd) and quality improvement (QI) projects. Accreditation and the ISA are an intersection of the two. It’s a great opportunity to understand the intricacies of the MD Program at U of T, make connections and contribute to the student experience.
Javidan: Medical education at U of T is world-class. One reason is its commitment to improvement. I wanted to be involved with this process and advocate for my peers and future generations of students. Like Yesh, I’ve been interested in MedEd and QI for some time. I’m also working toward a Master’s degree in System Leadership & Innovation and this seemed like the perfect way to engage my interests while advocating for the student body.
It’s still early in the process, but is there anything you’ve learned or been surprised by as you’ve been part of this work?
Javidan: When we started work with the ISA, we initially felt overwhelmed. But focusing on the final vision helped us refine our process and chart the path there. Reaching out to previous ISA leads at other schools also helped us break down overwhelming boulders of tasks into more manageable pebbles.
The other thing I’ve been pleasantly surprised by is how smoothly the process is going. Faculty have been supportive in sorting out the administrative and financial details. We also can’t give enough praise to the student team that we work with. I think these experiences are a testament to the culture of academic support at U of T Medicine.
Finally, we’re open to any questions, comments, or concerns about the ISA. Please feel free to contact us at [email protected] and [email protected].
For more information about accreditation, visit uoft.me/medcred.
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2019-04-25T02:44:57Z
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https://md.utoronto.ca/news/faces-u-t-medicine-yesh-rai-and-arshia-javidan
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This recipe was developed by my friend Judy Begley Trimarchi’s mother, Violet (Vi) Begley.
Yes, it’s fruitcake, but not the kind of fruitcake that your parents warned you about. This cake is full of raisins, dates, and walnuts with some candied fruit, held together by a moist spice cake flavored with molasses, apple jelly, coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg & cloves.
Try it, you will be surprised! When I was first offered a piece of this fruitcake, I was reluctant to try it, but I quickly changed my mind and ate two more pieces.
In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt & spices.
Stir in flour mixture alternately with liquids (coffee, jelly & molasses) until well combined.
Pour into greased and floured loaf pans or lined cupcake pans, filling almost to the top.
Bake at 300℉ until a toothpick comes out clean. Cupcakes about 25 minutes, 2″x 4″ loaf about 45-50 minutes.
You can substitute other dried fruit for any of those listed. This year we used dried pineapple & dried cherries instead of the candied fruit – yum!
You can substitute another mild-flavored jelly if you prefer.
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https://kacysrecipes.wordpress.com/tag/candied-fruit/
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Thanks for stopping by the Disney Parks Moms Panel with this great question about the Disney Dining Plan.
Unfortunately, you cannot separate your dessert from you meal to be used at a different dining location or different time on the Disney Dining Plan. If you decide not to get a dessert with your meal, you forfeit your dessert. That said, I have some ideas for you. You can always ask to have your dessert boxed up so you can take it with you and indulge later! In addition, if you are eating at a Quick-Service dining location, you may substitute your dessert for any item that qualifies as a snack at that location. At Table-Service dining locations, ask your server if there are any dessert substitutions available. Although substitutions are not guaranteed at Table-Service locations, most Cast Members will do their best to accommodate your request.
I hope this answers your question, Cheryl. Please stop back and let me know if you have any additional questions about your upcoming visit to Walt Disney World Resort.
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2019-04-20T02:24:15Z
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https://disneyparksmomspanel.disney.go.com/question/dining-plan-dessert-meal-dont-dessert-meal-time-later-310368/
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We published a profile of Emily Batty prior to the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, so this is an updated version to include the past 18 months. At the Games, Emily will be one of two women in the Mountain Bike competition, and the silver medalist from the 2014 Games. She is also one of the most popular riders on the international circuit, with fan clubs in many countries.
Now 29, Emily started mountain biking at age 10, following her two older brothers into the sport. Her progression through the ranks has been textbook, with national titles and world championship appearances starting as a Junior - eight national titles to date, including the current Elite national champion. Internationally, Emily began to make her mark as an Under-23 rider, with wins and top-3 finishes at the World Cup level, and the 2009 Pan-American Championships title.
In 2012 Emily had her first career World Cup podiums, with a second and a fourth, plus finishing sixth overall for the World Cup season. It was a bittersweet season, because she also represented Canada at the London Olympics but broke her collarbone in training before the race. Emily still managed to compete, finishing 24th.
In 2013 she won her first Elite national title. In 2014, Emily won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, as well as finishing fourth overall in the season-long World Cup series.
2015 was the start of her breakthrough run up to Rio, beginning with her gold medal on Canadian soil at the Pan Am Games, on her home course at Hardwood Bike and Ski. She had three World Cup podiums in 2015, and in 2016 reached her first Elite world championship podium, taking the bronze medal in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. In the final major competition leading into Rio, Emily was third at the Canadian stop on the World Cup, Mont-Ste-Anne. She followed that up with fourth at Rio, in a nail biting battle with Canadian team mate Catharine Pendrel, who took the bronze just metres in front.
"Definitely, it was been my best year, but it's hard to remember all the good things when you finish without quite a medal at the Olympics. We were writing down all the results for the year and when I looked at it, it was surprising to me looking at the list ... it was a pretty successful year. I'm proud of it, and the most important part for me was being on point when we wanted to be; to focus on certain events and having that be successful. It is important that knowing what we do to perform at a certain event we have mastered now, and it's now a matter of getting better."
"I was pretty gutted ... I was talking to a man who said his team had come over to his place to watch the race and when I came across the line in fourth, the whole room went silent. And I thought that having that feedback come makes it feel that much more real. Hearing it makes me relive it ... in a World Cup fourth is great, but you don't get a medal for fourth at the Olympics. Even watching [Catharine] Pendrel take eight years to come back [from fourth in Beijing] and finally get a medal, it's hard not to think that the opportunity is going to be hard to get back."
Last season, Emily finished on the podium twice in the World Cup (4-times top-10) and ninth in the overall season standings, the top Canadian. At the world championships she was seventh, finishing after crashing and badly gashing her knee. At the opening round of this season's World Cup, Emily was 14th - the second rider from a Commonwealth country who will be attending the Games.
"With the 2018 race season I come in with new motivation, and the Commonwealth Games will be a great race to begin with. I've made some major changes this year, and it will be interesting to see how some of those changes translate to racing and, in particular, a significant Games event. To represent Canada on the international stage is an absolute honour as always, and one I will never take for granted. The competition will be tough, but we have a fantastic team and teammates that increase our chances for success. I also have some reconnaissance data from my Trek Factory Racing Team to better prepare me, plus my fitness and the motivation to win, and I hope to showcase that in Queensland."
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2019-04-26T11:45:15Z
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http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=33616&title=Commonwealth%20Games%20Profile%20-%20Emily%20Batty
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thomas
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2017-2018: Played in 25 games as a sophomore, starting in 22... Averaged 7.6 points per game and 5.0 rebounds per game... Shot 39.7% from three point range.
2016-2017: Played in 25 games as a freshman, starting in 15... Averaged 7.4 points per game and 4.1 rebounds per game.
High School/Club Team: Played four years of varsity basketball for Craig Jipson at Edward Little High School.
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2019-04-19T13:22:26Z
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http://athletics.thomas.edu/sports/wbkb/2018-19/bios/stubbs_karli_ez6c
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rice
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Reprint Edition, Baylor University Press, August 10, 2017.
This monograph represents a critical juncture in Thomas studies since it dispels the belief that the Gospel of Thomas originates from gnostic traditions. Rather, Jewish mystical and Hermetic origins are proposed and examined.
Following this analysis, the anthropogony and soteriology of Thomas are discussed. The Thomasites taught that they were the elect children of the Father, originating from the Light. The human, however, became unworthy of these luminous beginnings and was separated from the divine when Adam sinned. Now he must purify himself by leading an encratite lifestyle. He is to ascend into heaven, seeking a visio dei which will transform him into his original immortal state and grant him citizenship in the Kingdom.
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2019-04-25T03:53:44Z
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https://reli.rice.edu/publications/april-deconick/seek-to-see-him
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Maintaining Atlas TOGA-TAO buoys on the equatorial El Nino array. Personnel off the NOAA Ship RONALD H. BROWN. These buoys are instrumented to measure ocean temperature at varying depths and give forewarning of El Nino or La Nina events.
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2019-04-20T20:20:55Z
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https://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/ship0113.htm
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mckendree
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Tuesday, March 30 to Saturday, April 1, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 2, 2:30 p.m.: “The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later,” presented by the Theatre Department, examines how a community has changed a decade after the hate crime murder of a Wyoming college student.
Saturday, April 1: 5K Color Run, 8:30 a.m., inspired by a colorful Hindu celebration that heralds the arrival of spring. Sign up at eventbrite.com.
Monday, April 3: Presentation on human trafficking by the International Institute in Piper Academic Center (PAC), and food trucks on the quad, noon; study abroad presentation, PAC 222, 4 p.m.; salsa lessons and dance party on the quad, 5 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, April 4: Fair trade sale in PAC and international food sampling in the Lair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; presentation on “Gang Violence in Latin America and the USA,” PAC 222, 11 a.m.; Holocaust remembrance tree planting on the front lawn, noon; presentation on “Tanzania: Who is My Neighbor?” PAC 222, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, April 5: Haiti disaster relief for In His Hands Outreach, PAC foyer, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; student perspectives on global poverty, PAC 222, noon; Interfaith-sponsored Seder meal, Circuit Riders Room in Bothwell Chapel, 5 p.m. ($5; reservations required).
Thursday, April 6: “Why Wrap: Exploring Sacred Head Coverings,” PAC foyer, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; native drumming in Eisenmeyer Hall, noon; “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Questions We Ask, the Answers We Seek, the World We Serve,” keynote speaker Danielle Harrison, Bothwell Chapel, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 7: Haiti disaster relief for In His Hands Outreach, PAC foyer, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; “When a White Pastor from Alabama and a Queer Indian from Atlanta Meet at a Bar,” discussion in PAC 222, 1 p.m.; Russian foreign policy discussion, PAC 222, 1 p.m.; Global Youth Service Day.
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2019-04-20T12:18:28Z
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https://www.mckendree.edu/news/global-awareness-week-2017.php
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google
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FIG. 1 is a front lateral perspective view of an embodiment of a shoe.
FIG. 2 is a lateral side view of the shoe of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a medial side view of the shoe of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a top view of the shoe of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a front view of the shoe of FIG. 1.
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the shoe of FIG. 1.
The broken lines immediately adjacent to shaded areas represent unclaimed boundaries of the claimed design.
The remainder of the shoe shown in broken lines shows unclaimed subject matter only and forms no part of the claimed design.
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2019-04-18T11:11:35Z
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Dan Duquette is following through on being more proactive this year, but will it translate to a better 2016?
If nothing else, the Orioles' relatively quick acquisition of power-hitting first baseman Mark Trumbo proves that Dan Duquette listened to the lesson of last year.
He spent a good part of the late summer — as it became apparent the Orioles would not repeat as American League East champions — getting pummeled for failing to re-sign team MVP Nelson Cruz and popular right fielder Nick Markakis. But the real failure was his inability last winter to find anyone who could come close to replacing them.
This year, he promised to be proactive and he delivered on that promise with the pre-winter meetings deal for Trumbo, who probably isn't going to make anyone forget Chris Davis if the Orioles lose the bidding war for this year's team MVP but would be a reasonable facsimile under the circumstances.
Trumbo is not Davis, but the more important thing is that he isn't Travis Snider. He's a proven power hitter who plays first base and the outfield and should benefit greatly by moving into homer-friendly Oriole Park.
The Orioles continue to pursue Davis, but Duquette knows how much money he has to spend and he might already have a good sense of whether it will be enough to lure Davis back to Baltimore. Trumbo's arrival may well be evidence of that, and fans should prepare themselves for the likelihood that Davis will get a megadeal somewhere else. But they can take some comfort in the fact that Trumbo has something in common with both Cruz and Davis. He has a puncher's chance to change the game every time he steps to the plate.
Mark Trumbo is an insurance policy for the Orioles if Chris Davis does not re-sign and might prevent Steve Pearce from being on the roster.
Of course, there are good reasons why Cruz got a rich four-year contract last winter and Davis is in line to break the bank as the premier power guy in this year's free-agent market, while Trumbo just got traded for reserve catcher Steve Clevenger. Trumbo is not their statistical equal and he certainly is not the solid, versatile defensive player that Davis has proven to be over the past couple of seasons.
Trumbo is a guy who has averaged 31 homers and 96 RBIs per 162 games played in his career, but he also strikes out nearly once per game who doesn't walk nearly enough to maintain a decent on-base percentage.
He isn't a perfect fit in the Orioles lineup, which will be tilted heavily right-handed if the Orioles do not bring back Davis or find a quality left-handed bat with strong on-base potential. And he won't be considered a huge bargain at about $9 million this year unless he jacks up a season like the one Cruz delivered after signing a one-year, $8 million deal in the spring of 2014.
There is room to hope for that, though it requires some mental and statistical gymnastics. Trumbo was a beast in his first three full seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, finishing second in the Rookie of the Year balloting in 2011 and making the All-Star team on the way to a 32-homer, 95-RBI season the following year. His run-production numbers jumped again in 2013, but the Angels had Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton to carry their offense, so they traded him to the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-way deal that netted them pitchers Hector Santiago and Tyler Skaggs.
He hasn't been quite the same since, but there are reasons for that. He missed half of his first season in Arizona with a broken foot and spent most of last season in the spacious confines of Safeco Field, where his slugging percentage predictably declined but his batting average and on-base percentage improved.
The Orioles will still be playing offensive catch-up unless they find a way to keep Davis and add a quality corner outfielder, but that might not matter quite as much if ownership allots enough payroll to keep the bullpen intact and upgrade the starting rotation.
Obviously, there are still a lot of moving parts to this winter's roster reconstruction, but Duquette's first big deal showed that he was serious when he said that he would move more aggressively this offseason.
He just did ... and hopefully he's not done.
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2019-04-26T06:16:06Z
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Four of our loan players were in action across the weekend.
David Ospina played the full 90 minutes and kept a clean sheet as Napoli won 2-0 at home to Sassuolo in the Coppa Italia. Arkadiusz Milik opened the scoring, before turning provider to assist Fabian Ruiz for Napoli’s second.
Calum Chambers also played the entire match, but could not prevent Fulham from losing 2-1 at Burnley in the Premier League. Andre Schurrle put the Cottagers in front, before own goals from Joe Bryan and Denis Odoi condemned them to defeat.
Krystian Bielik played 81 minutes as Charlton Athletic won 3-0 at Shrewsbury Town in League One. Lyle Taylor, Darren Pratley and Karlan Ahearne-Grant were the goalscorers.
Kelechi Nwakali played 60 minutes as Porto II won 1-0 at home to Vitoria Guimaraes. Madi Queta scored the game’s only goal with just nine minutes still to play.
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Retirement for as long as you worked?! Half as long?
U of T Downtown Act Sci programme is the best guide to course requirements, minimum grade rules etc. Essential reading for downtown Act Sci specialists.
Fellowship in the Canadian Institute of Actuaries is required under Canadian law for purposes of signing insurance company and pension plan financial statements. The Institute co-sponsors the Society of Actuaries exams but in September 2012 also started giving credit towards the FCIA to those attaining specified grades in specified courses at specified universities. More information is here.
If from September 2012 a UTSG student gets credit towards the FCIA by gaining the required grade (See Prof. Broverman's site) in a UTSG course, then he/she will need to decide whether to take also the corresponding SoA exam. It is hoped that, in time, the FCIA qualification will be well-known everywhere. But currently in order to enhance international mobility e.g. to the US, it could make sense to take the professional exams depending on the degree of their acceptability in likely workplaces. The SoA exams are well-known also in China, including Hong Kong, but we will all have to monitor how this situation develops. Certainly it is easier to take a professional exam soon after taking the university courses rather than to leave it till 2035 when you are trying to follow your spouse to Beijing or New York! A professional exam pass rate of less than one-in-two can look intimidating at age 45.
Currently (2013) it appears unlikely that the SoA will give partial FSA credit for university courses beyond those approved for VEE.
The CAS announced in September 2012 that it would recognize the CIA exemptions.
Please note that neither the CIA nor the university gives any guarantee that a university's accreditation is permanent.
If you had trouble with high school algebra or calculus, odds are a career as an actuary wouldn't be your cup of tea. But for some mathematical Olympians out there, analyzing complicated formulas and calculations in order to determine risk is just another day at the office as an actuary.
"It's hard to truly define what actuaries do because their role is pretty varied," said Chris Fievoli, resident actuary at the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA). "I still don't think there's a perfect definition, but the textbook description is that actuaries use specialized math, financial theory and business acumen to detect and assess the probability and the financial consequences of potential events." If you think that description is complicated, imagine the actual work involved. "It's not for everyone," Fievoli said with a laugh. "It's not the kind of profession you enter into casually; it's very challenging and demanding."
The qualification process is very tough and it takes on average five to seven years to complete all of the required examinations administered by either the Society of Actuaries or the Casualty Actuarial Society. These exams are separate from the university education most actuaries have; meaning that five-plus years of examinations would typically be undertaken postuniversity. "You really have to be committed," Fievoli added. Two of the most common places to find practicing actuaries are insurance companies and pension plans. "Take insurance companies, for instance. With a life insurance policy, the company has made a promise to pay a certain amount of money when there is a claim," Fievoli explained. "But there's a lot of uncertainty around that, so based on their analyses, actuaries estimate the costs and funding estimated to be necessary to fulfill the promise of payment in the future; in other words, based on potential sets of circumstances, actuaries determine how the company must manage its funds in order to make the payment down the line." In addition to insurance, actuaries can also be found working in areas such as workers' compensation and actuarial evidence, whereby they determine the value of assets being divided in divorce settlements.
"We're trying to grow our presence in what is called enterprise risk-management now as well," Fievoli said. "That's where we go into a company and evaluate the risks that the company faces and try to build a framework around it to help the organization manage those risks." Despite their range of specializations, actuaries aren't easy to come by. "We're a relatively small profession. In fact if you live in a city that doesn't have a number of insurance companies, you may never have heard of an actuary," Fievoli said. "Our organization, the CIA, only has about 4,000 members." Most people know at least one doctor or lawyer, but not everyone knows an actuary, he added. Possibly tied to these small numbers are a few misconceptions about the profession, chief among which is the notion that actuaries can be bad communicators because their focus is on technical skills and analysis. "But being able to communicate our analysis is extremely essential to what we do," Fievoli explained. "It's absolutely necessary to have a balance between analytical skills and communication. That's what makes a great actuary."
If any of this is sparking thoughts of a potential career or degree change for you, it should be noted that the path to becoming an actuary is about to change slightly. The CIA is launching a program this fall whereby students at accredited universities, of which there are 10 in Canada, can be granted exemptions from certain actuarial exams based on passing a select number of courses with certain requirements. "We're very fortunate in Canada to have good actuarial programs in many institutions," Fievoli said. In and around Montreal, the accredited schools include Concordia University, UQAM and Université Laval. "What we're looking for in actuaries is a strong math background, of course, but it takes more than that," he said. "It's people with the ability to look at the big picture in the long term, consider many different elements and make subsequent conclusions; it's about a lot more than just numbers."
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Welcome to the Mastery Charter Hardy Williams girls JV basketball team wall. The most current information will appear at the top of the wall dating back to prior seasons. Utilize the left navigation tools to find past seasons, game schedules, rosters and more. Best of luck this winter!
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When making Ramadan plans, the focus is often on reciting more Qur’an, attending taraweeh, hosting/attending iftar, preparing the kitchen in advance, and even decorating the house for the season. “Improve marriage” rarely tops the list, or even finds a place at the bottom.
However, a successful marriage can be your key to Jannah even if the kebabs for iftar aren’t well-done. So I would say your marriage requires almost as much attention as anything else in Ramadan.
It is a common occurrence that Shaytan causes an unmarried man and woman to develop strong feelings for each other and continue in this way for a long time. Shaytan encourages the forbidden during this time by making the couple believe they have found true happiness.
However, when the same two people decide to make it a lawful relationship by getting married, Shaytan creates problems that were never conceived of before marriage. He knows too well that destroying marriages is the most effective way to cause widespread chaos in society.
Enter Ramadan and the devils are chained. With the Satanic presence taken out of your marriage, you witness the real state of your relationship – i.e. how much of it was the devil’s doing and how much of it was your own. This is the time to for husband and wife to examine the state of your souls individually first, and then to fix the loopholes in your marriage so that you are well fortified when the devils return.
Let the birth of the new moon be a metaphor for the renewal of your marital ties and for better reflection of each other’s light. Let it be a time for fixing your own soul and helping to raise the status of your spouse, so that one day you can enter Jannah together by the mercy of Allah.
While Ramadan is bursting with potential to reset your life and get you springing on a lighter step (physically as well as spiritually!), it would be just any other month if we don’t make the effort. Spiritual elevation does not happen automatically. It requires awareness of the status quo, and then conscious effort to make improvements.
Well, I would say that when it comes to working on your marriage, all it takes is a shift of attitude – something that does not take hours out of your day.
With that in mind, here are some suggestions for what you can do together. There are many couples who do not live together for Ramadan due to work reasons or some other legitimate cause. They may be separated for a few days at a time or even for the entire month. The suggestions below are valid even for such couples, so don’t stop reading here!
Then make dua for all those things throughout the month. Rather than asking Allah alone, you are now asking Him together although in different places and at different times of the day. That’s teamwork!
Another thing you can do is to make a good deed chart to race each other on good deeds. A key point here is to avoid overwhelming yourself with goals. This will cause early burnout make you give up.
Instead, take account of your capacities and set a few goals that are realistic for your situation yet are slightly outside your comfort zone so that it can actually be competitive. Compete with your current state so that you become one or two steps better than what you used to be; don’t try to compete with some theoretical ideal that leaves you thinking, “I’m not going to be that good, so why bother?” If you usually recite five pages a day, then make your Ramadan goal to recite 10 pages, for example. Then race each other to tick off the goals each day.
Again such good deeds are what you will hopefully be doing anyway, so why not let it benefit your marriage by making it a healthy competition? The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) would physically race his wives, so why not a good deed race?
Now that the devil is locked up, you can take an honest look at your spouse and appreciate them for who they are. Let the theme of this month be mercy and forgiveness and apply it at every opportunity.
This applies to both husband as well as wife. Show mercy towards them by going easy on your expectations and by contributing more to the marriage from yourself. Also ask Allah to have mercy on your spouse and reward them for everything they do for you, and for the efforts they make even if those efforts aren’t always successful. Don’t forget to also thank Allah for the mercy between you.
Just as you have come into Ramadan to reform and reset, provide leeway for your spouse to also have a non-judgmental space within which to improve.
Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) is the Lord of the worlds. Yet there are many who disobey Him, speak ill of Him during difficult times, or are lazy in worshipping Him. Regardless, as long as they believe in Him, He is ready to forgive when they repent.
Who are we in comparison? What ego or status do we have that warrants us a place on such a high pedestal that we cannot forgive those who wrong us? What prevents us from forgiving our spouses and in-laws for their human flaws?
Forgiving each other and your families frees up emotional capacity that can be used to grow your love for each other instead. No matter what happened in the past, resolve to dump the baggage in these holy days and use that energy to create better things in your marriage.
Beyond forgiving the major rifts, also practice forgiveness in everything negative that happens during these days. You may notice how some things that always upset you about your spouse are actually easy to overlook and hopefully carry this realization for your life beyond Ramadan as well.
Yet another deed that you can engage in together is voluntary prayer at night.
By ‘praying together’ I don’t meant that you both be awake together. Given the situation in most families, it is not possible (although ideal) for everyone to stay up all night praying. So assist each other to get at least some portion of benefit by taking the responsibility to stay awake certain hours and then wake up the other person while you retire to bed. This way you both earn the reward and pleasure of Allah for your prayer as well as for waking up another person to pray.
One last suggestion – decide on a sadaqah budget and offer charity together. Even if your budget allows only for a few Dollars, give it together. Maybe that charity will bring you duas from the recipient and create more bliss in your life. Regardless, give the charity for Allah’s pleasure alone.
In all of the above and every other deed that you engage in, set your intention to benefit your marriage. So for example, you’re praying in congregation not just for its reward but also to improve unity in your marriage. A small shift in intention can go a long way!
May we be of those fortunate ones who make use of this blessing of Ramadan to develop our relationship with our spouse and consequently with our Lord. Ameen!
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What do I have to do if I can connect to the VPN but cannot access any resources?
WARNING: The system doesn’t meet the security requirements to access the resource. Please install any missing patches and update the antivirus/anti-spyware definitions to access the resources.” Note: You may need to reboot the system after installing the OS patches or “Resubmit host file” if the patch installation doesn’t require the system restart.
How can I know that which OS patches are missing or antivirus definitions are out of date?
Check the “Host Information” from the “View” drop down menu on GlobalProtect agent window.
Note: You don’t need to install 34 Language packs.
My system has optional and important updates missing. Which OS patches do I need to install to comply with the HIP check requirement?
Global Protect is only checking for important updates. In the windows update client, important patches are identified separately. These are the patches that are needed to be installed. Other optional patches, especially Language patches are not needed. These are large in size and can take some time to download and patch. It is strongly recommended that these are not installed.
I have installed all important missing OS patches but the GlboalProtect client still shows the non-compliant warning notification and I cannot connect to any resources in the data centre. What do I have to do?
Please restart your system again to make sure that the GlobalProtect client receive the missing patch information from the Microsoft windows update client.
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2019-04-21T12:06:14Z
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Bulls was selected in the fourth round with the 67th selection overall.
He becomes the third Retriever in the last year to have an opportunity to compete in the top soccer league in the United States as Levi Houapeu (Philadelphia Union) and Matt Watson (Vancouver Whitecaps FC) signed with their respective clubs.
"We are very happy that Andrew was selected and I feel that he was one of the best college players in the country," head coach Pete Caringi said. "He has been a tremendous asset to our program throughout his four years of playing, and we all look forward to watching him play at the next level. In the span of one year, we are very proud that three of our former players are now in the MLS."
Bulls earned three NSCAA postseason awards during his four-year tenure at UMBC. He earned first team honors as a forward in 2009, second team recognition as a forward in 2010 and was a third team midfielder after his senior campaign last fall.
Bulls became just the second Retriever in the nine-year history of UMBC's tenure in the America East Conference to earn three first team honors after receiving All-Rookie Team recognition in 2008. He became the first player in school history to record 30 goals (33) and 30 assists (30) in a career and his 96 career points are currently fourth on the Retriever all-time list.
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Today, we reflect on Oscar Romero who was assassinated on this day 35 years ago. Mons. Romero (b. 1917) was a Catholic priest and was named the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador in 1977. His appointment was welcomed by the Salvadoran government, but many priests aligning themselves with Marxism were disappointed, as were progressive priests who feared his conservative reputation would hurt liberation theology’s commitment to the poor. However, progressive Jesuit priest Rutillo Grande’s assassination had a profound impact on Romero. “When I looked at Rutillo lying there dead I thought, ‘If they have killed him for doing what he did, then I too have to walk the same path’”. Despite his urgings, the government refused to investigate and the censored press was silent.
Posted on March 24, 2015 March 4, 2015 by williampennhouse This entry was tagged Martyr, Oscar Romero, peacemakers, Quakerism. Bookmark the permalink.
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THE unwritten code for survival in politics used to contain three ‘don’ts’: don’t get caught with your pecker out or knickers down, don’t get your sticky fingers stuck in the till and don’t mention religion.
Contemporary history – and a probing, 24-hour media – has rendered the first two redundant and British MPs know that even if the Press doesn’t get them, their pals will.
For instance, who’d have imagined a grey (in suit and soul) Prime Minister like John Major indulged in a little, light nookie on the side, until his Cabinet colleague, Edwin Currie, revealed he was a closet lothario in Conservative blue Y-fronts.
And hardly a member escaped dishonour when the Daily Telegraph named and shamed MPs for their grasping shenanigans in the 2009 parliamentary expenses scandal, still rumbling on, since they continue policing themselves.
Religion, though, largely remained taboo. Not merely because, for years, the Church of England was regarded as the Conservative Party at prayer and an utterance of blasphemy could see an archbishop rush round from House of Lords and knock seven bells out of whoever said it with his crozier.
Writing in The Church Times, the Tory leader said he’d no wish to ‘do down’ other faiths or none at all, but criticised those who demand a strict ‘neutrality’ where belief is concerned, saying it deprived Britain of a vital source of morality.
Within hours lightning bolts of hellfire were cascading down on him in an open letter from a group of writers, scientists, philosophers, political thinkers and theatrical types – a coalition of willing great minds, you might be moved to say – few of whom you’ve ever heard of.
They wrote: ‘We respect the Prime Minister’s right to his religious beliefs and the fact that they affect his own life as a politician.
‘However, we wish to object to his repeated mischaracterising of our country as a ‘Christian country’ and the negative consequences for our politics and society that this view engenders.
‘At a social level, Britain has been shaped for the better by many pre-Christian, non-Christian, and post-Christian forces. We are a plural society with citizens with a range of perspectives, and we are a largely non-religious society,’ the round robin added.
The lead signatory, Jim Al-Khalili, an Iraqi-born physicist and president of the British Humanist Association, said Cameron’s intervention was part of a ‘disturbing trend’.
Disturbing trend, Jimbo? Whatever ‘trend’ you perceive seems to run exactly counter to any religious renaissance I see, as the stats demonstrate.
In the 2011 census, 25.1% of the population of England and Wales declared ‘no religion at all’ against 14.81% who said as much in 2001. And the sceptical Scots were even less inclined to cry ‘Hallelujah’, the 27.55% declaring they had no faith in 2001 soaring to 36.7% within a decade.
Indeed, apart from Islam – and the attendant problems fanatics in its midst have sought to wreak on Britain – all recognised religions, including Jedi-ism, are on the back foot. Because long ago many folk stopped buying into the proposition ‘the first shall be last and the last shall be first’ if they waited long enough to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
Consumerism and credit cards did for that.
I won’t dispute Jimbo and his talking heads are correct in pointing out there is a ‘narrow constitutional sense’ in which the UK is Christian – Anglicanism is, after all, the official faith of the land, thanks to Henry VIII’s libido and the Queen being head honcho…unless Lib-Dem leader and Deputy PM Nick Clegg gets his way and sacks her.
Nor will I argue Britain hasn’t benefitted immeasurably from the genius of people of other credos or none at all. I’ll even add that I disagree intensely with some faith schools insisting on teaching only blinkered creationism.
But, as a non-Christian son of the Sceptred Isle, I had the great good fortune to grow up in a climate of mainly tolerance and understanding, partly due to the CofE being as benign as it is.
So, compared to elsewhere, where hard-line belief in a supreme deity is by autocratic decree, thank heavens for a largely compassionate, liberal ideal of Christianity prevailing in my homeland.
Plus, although religion over the centuries has much to answer for – and in some places still does – it has been the anti-faith doctrines of the 20th Century that caused the most mayhem, conflict and slaughter.
Of course, I don’t subscribe to religion – any religion – being rammed down people’s throats. But if David Cameron wants to air his views on his faith, as an individual and not for political capital, I think he has every right to so, just as Jimbo’s disbelievers are entitled to air a contrary option.
And, at risk of being branded a bigot – and I’d swear on a stack of bibles, Korans or Torahs I’m not – it mightn’t be such a bad idea if the humanists were a tad more humane and didn’t take umbrage at someone having the temerity to ignore their PC pomposity.
The laws of Britain – and, for that matter, most Western democracies, including egalitarian, irreligious France – are founded on Judeo-Christian morality, even if not all Ten Commandments are enshrined in judicial frameworks.
Hence, we know it’s illegal to kill, thieve and tell porkies in court, even if – lucky for John Major and an untold horde of us – adultery isn’t a capital offence, as isn’t covetousness, not remembering the Sabbath Day, being caught with graven images or taking the Lord’s name in vain.
All the same, they are moral pillars of our civilisation. And if someone like Cameron needs a personal reminder of them, via his faith – especially the lighter-touch CofE – where’s the harm?
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NeoJourno is created by journalism students at the University of Hawai‘i as an alternative voice in the community. We write stories about current issues and events from our perspective. Our professors are Dr. Ann Auman and Dr. Deidre Pike.
Matt Dentone is a journalism student at the University of Hawai‘i at Māno a. For the past three years Matt has been a member of the Rainbow Warrior swim team. In his spare time Matt enjoys pretending to be a rock star, jamming with his buddies on his guitar and violin. Originally from the Bay Area of Northern California, Matt now resides up Saint Louis Heights in Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
Melanie Fleming is a junior at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa majoring in journalism. She was born in Berlin, Germany, and grew up mostly in Hawai‘i. Her goal after graduation is to pursue a job in public relations or as an investigative reporter for a local newspaper in Washington.
Dae Shik Kim Jr. is a second-generation Korean student at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He often times goes by the name of Dae. His passions consist of sports, movies, music and church. He is a journalism major who interns part time for ESPN Radio Hawaii. Though seeming very mature on the outside, Dae still enjoys the innocence of purity of things like Pokemon, Harry Potter and Super Heroes. He balances out this joy with many sophisticated activities like drinking tea with his pinky up, reading John Grisham and wearing tuxedos. If you see a 6-foot, 2-inch Korean man in a tuxedo, playing Pokemon and sipping tea, it is probably Dae Shik Kim.
Damian Lyman is both alpha and omega. “Every word he prints is like a little celestial gift, every sentence like a barrage of tiny little mind-kisses,” said one esteemed critic. His self-proclaimed forte is music; his sensibilities were forged in the flame of irony and disinterest that was the ’90s. He writes for Ka Leo and drinks bald-eagle blood. “I don’t like to, but it sustains my life-force,” said Mr. Lyman.
Katrina Oh is a senior at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She is majoring in journalism and political science with the hopes of getting into law school. Katrina is interested in journalism because of her goals to establish her own women’s fashion magazine. She is in the slow process of establishing her magazine called La Belle Femme. On her free time she blogs, reads, relaxes at the beach, takes photos of almost all her meals, hikes and styles.
Megan Oshiro is a senior at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa working on two undergraduate degrees in English and journalism. She grew up in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, California. She enjoys her part-time fellowship serving as a peer mentor at the Counseling and Student Development Center at UH. She hopes to pursue a career in publishing or museum curating.
Alvin Park is a journalism and communicology major at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. When he’s not drowning in his college studies, he likes to write, blog, edit and engage in a variety of other activities related to a typical journalism student. He also classifies himself as a voracious news-junkie, social media enthusiast, denim-specialist and a part-time pessimist.
Lance Sabado is a student by day and a dancer by night—not that kind of dancer. He is studying journalism at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and is a ballroom instructor at the Arthur Murray Dance Centre in Waikiki. It is his ultimate goal to combine his two passions—writing and dancing—and create and choreograph his own Broadway show.
Ashley Wood is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in American Studies at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. She was born and raised in Pearl City, Oahu, and enjoys living the HI life. She graduates in Spring 2012 and hopes to write for a magazine and get into public relations.
Chelsea Yamase is a happy aquatic creature who can be found on top of, in or under the water. She hails from a small town on the south shore of Kauai. As the Associate Design Editor at the campus newspaper, she tells pages what to do and doesn’t take any sass from the snarky printer living in the corner of the office. Chelsea can speak English, Franglais and Russian accent. A combination of wanderlust and luck means she has visited 12 foreign countries in the past seven years. It also means she is in her fifth year of school, at her fourth college, about to finish three degrees (Journalism, International Studies of the Middle East, French). In her free time, Chelsea enjoys eating fruits, reading and surfing.
Denise Yuki is a student at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
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2019-04-18T15:16:46Z
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http://blog.hawaii.edu/neojourno/staff-2011/
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Auckland Council gives go-ahead for controversial regional fuel tax of 11.5 cents per litre.
Auckland motorists have two weeks to comment on an 11.5 cents per litre fuel tax after the controversial move got strong backing from the local council yesterday.
The tax hike looks likely to hit motorists at the pump on July 1 after a 15-2 council vote in favour of the draft tax.
From today, Aucklanders can have a say on the draft tax and 14 public transport, roading, walking and cycling and safety projects it will fund. Consultation ends on May 14.
The council is set to formally approve the regional petrol tax on May 31. Legislation allowing the tax is expected to be passed in Parliament in time for the tax to come into effect on July 1.
All but two councillors - Greg Sayers and Sharon Stewart - voted to go out for public consultation on the tax.
Opposition Leader Simon Bridges yesterday said National would overturn the coalition Government's regional fuel tax, should it get into power in 2020.
Bridges said the tax was an unfair measure and would cost a typical Auckland family $700 a year.
Responding to Bridges' comment, Auckland Mayor Phil Goff said that is merely what people say in opposition.
Auckland Council mayor Phil Goff .
"I would be very surprised if any future government took away, effectively, $4.3 billion of funding without suggesting where that funding will come from," he said.
Goff said the tax would raise $1.5 billion over 10 years but with Government subsidies and development contributions it would raise $4.3b.
This would provide "skin in the game" from the council towards the $28 billion 10-year Auckland Transport Alignment Project (Atap) announced last week, he said.
To raise the equivalent amount of money without the tax, rates rises of 13 per cent to 14 per cent would be necessary, the mayor said.
Goff said the council had voted unanimously for the Atap package so "please don't come to me saying you don't want the fuel tax".
"Doing nothing is not an option. We want to be a world-class city. This gives us a definitive way we can fund not just the immediate problems but being transformational," he said.
Rodney councillor Greg Sayers said he would not be supporting the fuel tax because public consultation on the 10-year budget found 48 per cent opposition and 46 per cent support for the idea.
That was before the Government announced its own plans for petrol tax hikes, which effectively becomes a 25c hike for "hard-working Aucklanders", he said.
Sharon Stewart was the other councillor to oppose the fuel tax.
Orakei councillor Desley Simpson, the wife of National Party president Peter Goodfellow, was accused of playing politics with an amendment to make reference of the Government's petrol taxes in the council's public consultation document on the tax.
"This is a bit mischievous and a bit party political," said Labour councillor Ross Clow. Another Labour councillor, Alf Filipaina, called it a "political ploy".
Simpson said she was asking for transparency and openness so Aucklanders understood the potential increase at the pump was not just 11.5c, a view shared by Labour councillor Josephine Bartley, who seconded the amendment.
After an hour-long debate on the amendment, councillors agreed to add a footnote mentioning the Government's potential fuel tax increases.
Transport Minister Phil Twyford welcomed the council voting in favour of a regional fuel tax.
"They are putting the interests of Auckland ahead of petty politicking," said Twyford, saying it would be a "kick in the guts" for Bridges.
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2019-04-21T20:18:30Z
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12042351
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The invention of the world wide web in 1989 coincided with the harmonisation of the European Union’s trade mark laws. At that time, the possibility that advertisements could be interactive, precisely targeted and produced spontaneously in response to consumers’ actions does not appear to have been envisaged.
That meant that the law, on its literal interpretation at least, didn’t quite fit the new world of electronic commerce. Fortunately, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has shown versatility and adapted and developed the law through its decisions so that it functions as it does today.
Over the course of the last few years, we have seen a large number of references to the ECJ relating to the use of trade marks as keywords. Senior courts in France, the Netherlands, Austria and the United Kingdom have all sought guidance as to precisely under what circumstances bidding on brand owners marks will constitute trade mark infringement on the part of the search engine and the advertiser.
The iPit blog contains summaries of the law and each of the decisions on Google AdWords here, running from Google France to Interflora via L’Óreal v eBay, Die Bergspechte and Portakabin.
takes unfair advantage of the reputation of the mark without due cause (free-riding).
Where advertisements merely offer alternatives as opposed to imitations, the advertising function will not be affected. In those circumstances, the use is justified in the interests of competition, subject to not affecting any of the other functions of the trade mark.
Intermediaries, such as Google and eBay, will be liable where they play an active role in the creation of an advertisement, or are made aware – or should have been aware as diligent economic operators – of an infringing advertisement and fail to remove it expeditiously.
Commercial communications are essential for the financing of information society services and for developing a wide variety of new, charge-free services.
The ECJ has followed a consistent pattern as it strives to strike a balance between (i) the promotion of competition in the online environment by allowing fair use of trade marks (ii) the protection of consumers from deceptive practices and (iii) the investment businesses make in promoting their brands.
All iPit posts on Google AdWords can be found here.
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2019-04-23T22:03:11Z
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https://robertwcumming.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/keyword-advertising-in-the-eu-where-are-we-now/
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Start: Evans Pass, Port Hills.
Finish: Bridle Path car park, Summit Road.
Time: 2.5 hours one way.
From Evans Pass, walk carefully west along the Summit Road a short distance before picking up the Crater Rim Walkway on your left. Follow the marked trail as it climbs up on the Lyttelton Harbour side to the historic WWII gun emplacements. There are fantastic views along here out over the harbour and towards Godley Head.
Continue along the formed track as it meanders up across the open tussock of Greenwood Reserve, heading towards the television masts at the top of Cavendish Reserve.
Descend slowly to the Cavendish Saddle but note that the nearby Cavendish Bluffs side track is closed due to the serious danger of rockfall. The nearby Gondola Top Station with food and refreshments is just a short detour away. From here, follow the track south along the edge of the volcanic crater rim as it drops down to the Bridle Path car park.
You can choose to finish the walk here, continue along the next section of the Crater Rim Walkway or descend via the Bridle Path to either Lyttelton or Heathcote Valley.
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2019-04-21T06:40:53Z
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https://www.ccc.govt.nz/parks-and-gardens/explore-parks/port-hills/bridle-path/crater-rim-evans-pass-to-bridle-path
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Vilchis-Rodriguez, Damian Sergio (2010) Modelling of three phase AC machines suitable for internal fault simulation, detection and analysis in multi-machine power systems. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.
The ever increasing demand for electrical energy has meant that electrical power systems have evolved to be the highly complex networks that are in existence today, where the transient interactions that take place between large synchronous generators have been the focus of advanced research for many decades. More recently, the proliferation of synchronous and asynchronous generators of comparatively small rating, which are not centrally planned, has added new impetus to this area of research. At a time when not only technical but also economic and environmental concerns must be carefully assessed, more realistic models of the individual power plant transient response and its interaction with the rest of the network become mandatory to achieve more accurate analysis of the network operation and prevent wastage of technical and economical resources.
The main thrust of this research project is to develop comprehensive models of rotating machinery with which to assess the transient response of electrical power networks that undergo severe unbalanced operation due to faulty conditions developing anywhere in the power network, including the rotating machinery’s windings. To achieve an unrivalled speed of response, a nodal-based model of the electrical power network has been developed, enabling the study of power networks of any size and topological formation with the utmost flexibility and efficiency. The rotating machinery addressed in this research work is the three-phase synchronous generator and the three-phase asynchronous (induction) machine.
In multi-machine power systems transient studies, it is common to look at all the rotating machinery in the network as being healthy units having an idealized sinusoidally distributed stator winding – the possibility of a severe unbalanced condition internal to the machine due to internal fault or the effect of space harmonics, has, so far, not been addressed in a multi-machine environment. In this research work, new EMTP type models, with enhanced numerical properties, are constructed for the simulation of internal and external machine fault phenomena with different levels of details including the effects of saturation and space harmonics.
Advanced numerical methods are employed to improve on the numerical stability of the network model allowing the use of larger time steps than what otherwise is possible with traditional numerical methods, enabling the new model to execute faster than existing models and yet to exhibit the same degree of numerical accuracy with an unrivalled degree of modelling flexibility. A case in point is an application made to model the transient response of a Variable Frequency Transformer (VFT) undergoing internal faults on its stator side.
The rotating machinery models with internal fault representation developed in this research lend themselves to an application in the area of condition monitoring, where a new method is developed to detect internal faults in the stator side of three phase rotating machinery. The method is shown to be highly effective when applied to machines operating in an isolated environment as well as in a multi-machine power system, performing very well when applied to different types of equipment and various kinds of internal faults.
transient simulation, three phase rotating machinery, EMTP, internal faults,multi-machine power systems.
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2019-04-24T18:06:47Z
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http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1782/
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And so all that remains to be achieved is a first series win against one of the Southern Hemisphere big three since 1979. As it is, Leinster completed the most successful regular season in both the history of Irish rugby and the province in a manner befitting the best team in Europe.
So it is that for the likes of Tadhg Furlong (24 wins out of 24 games), James Ryan (21 games), Johnny Sexton (19 games) and Robbie Henshaw (15 games), this season has yielded a 100 per cent winning return. And at the heartbeat of both Leinster and Ireland has been Sexton who, at 32, is probably playing the most complete rugby of his career.
Here he was the hands-on, orchestrator-in-chief of vast swathes and vital stages of this final. Entering the last minute of the first half, Leinster’s 14-11 lead was a slim return for their superiority, the Scarlets having responded to the 22-phase try finished by Devin Toner with a 15-phase try for the first of Johnny McNicholl’s hat-trick.
It looked like Leinster might have to settle for that. Enter Sexton. First, he launched a steepling up-and-under which Leigh Halfpenny couldn’t gather. From the scrum, Sexton crosskicked perfectly to James Lowe and when McNicholl illegally played the ball on the deck, with 41 minutes gone Sexton (having taken over the captaincy when Isa Nacewa hobbled off) opted to kick the penalty to the corner.
Sexton did so again when the first maul of a Toner take was brought down and then took Luke McGrath’s blindside pass to fix McNicholl and complete the softest of no-look, try-scoring tip-ons to Lowe. He then faded the conversion from the left-hand touchline with the breeze to make it 28-11 at the break.
Ten minutes into the second half, when the Scarlets had somehow repelled Leinster, Sexton did his wraparound with Garry Ringrose and Scott Williams caught him around the jaw with his shoulder. Sexton stayed down, and then stood on that spot, not budging until the video review confirmed the penalty, as Williams ran past and exchanged some verbals with him, as did Rob Evans.
As well as being the complete running, kicking and passing outhalf, at his very core Sexton is an arch competitive animal, and all Williams and Evans succeeded in doing was to further provoke him. He duly drilled the penalty 50 metres into the corner, and from Ryan’s take Sean Cronin spotted Ken Owens having to join the maul from the blindside and scooted over.
Sexton walked back toward the 22 with the ball in his left hand, but his head turned to glare at Williams before, naturally, fading the conversion from the right hand touchline to bisect the posts again. Take that. Game over.
“You see what he does on the field,” said Leo Cullen afterwards, “big moments in the game on half-time, like kicking those sideline conversions. It’s just another nail into the Scarlets and another blow for them, so they know they have a bigger mountain to climb.
“There’s also the bits behind the scenes, how he drives standards every day. That’s not just the players, how he drives the standard of the coaches,” he added, with a knowing smile, and particularly reflecting on his first difficult season at the helm when Leinster lost five of their pool matches and the prodigal Sexton, back from Racing, could scarcely conceal his frustration.
“There was a lot of reflection, particularly the year when we had a poor year in Europe. We had a lot of conversations behind the scenes about trying to make the place better and what we needed to do.
Afterwards, Sexton spoke of the pressure that came with trying to ensure a proper send-off for Nacewa, “arguably our greatest player ever”, and having inherited the captaincy it probably accentuated that sense of obligation.
Fittingly, Sexton having taken his leave, the win was then decorated by a couple of memorable vignettes from Jordan Larmour with that breathtaking, O’Driscollesque, one-handed scoop to gather his own kick ahead, and Joey Carbery doing Hadleigh Parkes like the proverbial kipper with his footwork as the excellent Luke McGrath supplied the try-scoring link for the deserving Jack Conan, who had a huge game.
Then again, that Big Dev, of all people and with a little help from Conan and Dan Leavy, scored the first try was also apt. Toner joked that it was probably his first in about 150 games and he wasn’t far wrong.
While it was his first meat pie since scoring his second Irish try in the second Test in South Africa two years ago, since when he had played 56 games, it was his first in 120 games for Leinster.
His fourth and most recent try for his province, it was his first for Leinster since September 2012 in the season opener against the very same Scarlets.
But more than anything, given he was more of a squad player in the previous three European triumphs, this season will have been the most rewarding of Toner’s career. And for all the young tyros off the province’s production line who have made such a stunning impact this season, it wouldn’t have been possible without the spine of the older heads – Cronin, Toner, Sexton, Kearney and most of all Nacewa.
That’s why it’s been Leinster’s year of all years.
Scoring sequence: 7 mins Sexton pen 3-0; 9 mins Halfpenny pen 3-3; 12 mins Halfpenny pen 3-6; 16 mins Sexton pen 6-6; 25 mins Sexton pen 9-6; 30 mins Toner try 14-6; 35 mins McNicholl try 14-11; 40 (+3 mins) Lowe try, Sexton con 21-11; (half-time 21-11); 54 mins Cronin try, Sexton con 28-11; 59 mins Larmour try 33-11; 65 mins McNicholl, Halpfenny con 33-18; 69 mins Conan try, Carbery con 40-18; 78 mins Kruger try, Patchell con 40-25; 81 mins McNicholl try, Halfpenny con 40-32.
LEINSTER: Rob Kearney; Jordan Larmour, Garry Ringrose, Isa Nacewa (Capt), James Lowe; Johnny Sexton, Luke McGrath; Cian Healy, Sean Cronin, Tadhg Furlong; Devin Toner, James Ryan; Rhys Ruddock, Dan Leavy, Jack Conan. Replacements: Rory O’Loughlin for Nacewa (20 mins), Scott Fardy for Ruddock (57 mins), Jack McGrath for Healy (53 mins), James Tracy for Cronin, Andrew Porter for Furlong (both 60 mins), Joey Carbery for Sexton (64 mins), Jordi Murphy for Leavy (67 mins), Nick McCarthy for L McGrath (72 mins).
SCARLETS: Leigh Halfpenny, Johnny McNicholl, Scott Williams, Hadleigh Parkes, Steffan Evans; Rhys Patchell, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Ken Owens (Capt), Samson Lee; Lewis Rawlins, Steven Cummins; Aaron Shingler, James Davies, Tadhg Beirne. Replacements: Will Boyde for Shingler (39 mins), Werner Kruger for Lee (57 mins), David Bulbring for Rawlins (64 mins), Jonathan Evans for G Davies, Tom Prydie for S Evans (both 71 mins), Ryan Elias for Owens, Dan Jones for Patchell (both 72 mins). Not used _ Wyn Jones.
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2019-04-22T14:05:35Z
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https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/pro14/sexton-s-masterclass-ensures-nacewa-bows-out-on-a-perfect-note-1.3510414
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pitt
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Integration and causal modeling of multi-modal biomedical data.
Studying coevolutionary genetic signatures to infer novel interactions & functional genomic changes.
Computational genomics with a focus on development and cellular differentiation, and single cell RNA sequencing.
Gene regulation during early development and cellular reprogramming; comparative genomics.
Studying how morphology (size, shape, color, form) evolves in the animal world utilizing tools of classical developmental biology, as well as genetics, evolution, genomics, and bioinformatics.
Statistical and bioinformatics approaches to gene-mapping complex phenotypes.
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2019-04-18T15:27:37Z
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https://tecbioreu.pitt.edu/mentors/bioinformatics-genomics/
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This Südwestpfalz location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
This page was last edited on 19 July 2018, at 15:30 (UTC).
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2019-04-22T16:56:15Z
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clausen,_Germany
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John Harvey, professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of the UC Pavement Research Center (UCPRC) presented the Rasmus S. Nordal keynote address to more than 400 delegates at the 10th Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields in Athens, Greece on June 28, 2017 (http://www.bcrra2017.com/ ). The title of the address was Imposed vs. chosen change: a vision for the future of the pavement enterprise. The lecture looked at whether “stationarity”, meaning that the needs for future design can be based on past needs, is applicable to the future of pavement. The lecture reviewed expectations for changes in the demand for pavement for personal mobility and freight, effects of projected vehicle technology changes on pavement, increased expectations and functional requirements that pavement will need to meet, and recommended changes in the academic and government sectors of the pavement enterprise to meet future demands and expectations.
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2019-04-19T08:25:43Z
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https://cee.engr.ucdavis.edu/blog/professor-jay-lund-elected-national-academy-engineering-3/
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1996-12-30 Assigned to HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS AMERICA reassignment HYUNDAI ELECTRONICS AMERICA ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: WILLS, JEFFREY M.
Switch architecture is provided for interfacing a high speed broad bandwidth communication network to a communication fabric having a bandwidth which is a fraction of the high speed broad bandwidth with the network and the fabric having different data packet formats. A multiplex/inverse multiplex unit is provided for converting data packets at the first carrier rate and in the first format to data packets in the second format, and a switch converter then converts the data packet headers in the second format into switch format headers for transmission of the data packets through ports of the communication fabric. A splitter receives the data packets from the switch converter and routes the data packets to one of a plurality of the fabric ports in accordance with the connection identifier in the switch format header, the data packets to one of a plurality of fabric ports being at a second carrier rate. A sequencer receives data packets from a plurality of fabric ports at the second carrier rate and includes a resequencing circuit for split data packets received from the plurality of fabric ports. A second switch converter converts the data packet headers received from the sequencer into data packet headers in the second format, and the second format converter receives and converts the data packets from the second switching converter at the second carrier rate into data packets in the first format and at the first carrier rate. The multiplex/inverse multiplex unit can be used to adapt any high rate data stream to a lower rate switch fabric data stream.
Ser. No. 08/777,438, filed Dec. 30, 1966, "ATM Switch Queuing System".
This invention relates generally to communications technology, and more particularly, the invention relates to the interfacing of a broad band network to a lower bandwidth network fabric. In an illustrative application, a synchronous optical network (SONET) is interfaced with an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network fabric.
The communications industry is rapidly expanding in network technologies for the broad band transmission of voice, video and data. Two such technologies are SONET, which is a high speed synchronous carrier system based on the use of optical fiber technology, and ATM which is a high speed low delay multiplexing and switching network. SONET is high speed, high capacity and suitable for large public networks, whereas ATM is applicable to a broad band integrated services digital network (BISDN) for providing convergence, multiplexing, and switching operations.
Disclosed in FIG. 1A and in copending patent application 939A-358, supra, is a switch architecture including line interface units (LIMs) 2, a switch fabric 4, and a controller 6. The data path for cells traveling through an ATM network is to enter the line interface, pass through the fabric, and then exit through another line interface.
For signaling and management functions, cells are removed from the outgoing stream and sent to the controller. The controller can also transmit cells through the network by passing the cells to a LIM. The cells are then transmitted through the fabric and finally transmitted out an exit line interface. Passing control through the fabric before going to the controller or leaving the switch allows multiple controllers to each monitor a small number of line interfaces with call control and network management message passed to a centralized processor when the architecture is expanded to a larger number of ports.
FIG. 1B is a functional block diagram of a line interface which supports all by-line and by-connection functions including physical layer link termination, translation of ATM header information into routing tags for use by the fabric, policing of traffic, and cell rate decoupling (insertion and deletion of unassigned cells). The interface also measures cell loss, cells tagged, cells passed and the number of cells dropped for each connection. The controller configures and monitors the line interface and the fabric components, and also provides all call access control functions including call set-up, maintenance, and tear-down. It processes the information measured by the line interface to maintain connection and link statistics for network management.
FIG. 2 illustrates connection information in the ATM header and the switch cell header used internally within the switch itself. An ATM header contains a virtual path identifier (VPI) and a virtual circuit identifier (VCI) which together uniquely denote a single connection between two communicating entities. Other information, including a payload type and header error control fields, is included for use by the network in transporting the cells.
The switch header contains a connection identifier to denote the connection. A portion of the connection identifier may be replaced by a sequence number as described later in this document. Additionally, the switch header contains routing information so that the cell can be routed through the switch fabric 4 of FIG. 1A.
The ATM address translation and rate policing/shaping block (see FIG. 1B) converts cells between the two formats by mapping each bit pattern formed by a combination of VPI and VCI fields in the ATM header to a specific connection identifier in the internal switch header.
Therefore, cells that enter the switch have the ATM header removed and replaced with a switch header determined by the combination of the VPI and VCI fields in the ATM header. After those cells have been routed through the switch fabric, the switch header is replaced by an ATM header with the VPI and VCI fields set according to the value of the connection identifier.
FIG. 3 illustrates the switch fabric which routes cells to the proper outputs and maintains queue-level statistics on congestion, the number of cell periods during which backpressure is applied, and cell loss. The fabric is a 16 port buffered Benes interconnection network with 4×4 switch routing elements. In cell routing, as each cell passes through each individual switch routing element (SRE) from input to output, the SRE routes it to the proper output(s), depending on settings of bits within the routing tag. The fabric control port, which is directly connected to the control bus, allows the controller to program the SREs, and read their status. The fabric base clock (FBCLK) sets the rate at which data are acted on by the SREs, and transferred from one SRE to the next. This determines the internal link rate of the fabric.
As illustrated in FIG. 4, the switch routing element (SRE) is a 4×4 fully non-blocking routing element. Cells are clocked into each sync buffer at the rate they are transmitted by the sender. The data from the four sync buffers is multiplexed through the switch bus. The output selection blocks read the routing tag for each cell, and route the tag towards the respective output ports if the pattern matches the bit pattern for that port. Two levels of priority are supported by the output selection block. If its buffer fills beyond a programmable threshold, the output selection block may be programmed to SEND an overflow signal to the backpressure control block. Cells are simply dumped if the output selection block buffer overfills. Upon receiving a backpressure signal from outside the SRE, the output selection block may be programmed to ignore the signal, or slow the rate of data transfer through that port. Upon receiving a backpressure indication, the backpressure control block routes the signals to one or more sync buffers which synchronize the signal with the incoming data block.
Each SRE is individually addressed and maintains statistics on the number of cells dropped per output buffer, the number of cells tagged with FCI per output buffer, and the current state of each output buffer. Each output buffer can be programmed as to which type of routing field (selection or multitask) it uses and to where the routing field used for cell routing is located within the routing tag. This field can be read by the control processor. The SRE as a whole can be programmed to select a backpressure mode and this field can be read by the control processor.
The present invention is directed to a multiplexer/inverse multiplexer for use in a switch architecture as described above wherein the information to and from a high speed broad bandwidth network is transferred through a lower speed switch fabric. More particularly, the inverse multiplexing allows the use of switches that can be optimized for most common traffic rates.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,065,396, a high rate data stream is split into multiple output connections into which timing signals are periodically inserted. At the destination, the timing signals are checked and used to multiplex the received signals into a single data stream. This approach works only on continuous data streams, like those found in T1 lines or SONET links. Furthermore, the approach requires that the transit delays of subpaths remain constant. The proposed approach allows both the rate of the inverse multiplex data stream to vary as well as the delays of the subpath.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,317,561, the incoming data is split over multiple fabrics, with the individual cells marked with sequence numbers. At the output of the fabrics, the multiple streams are re-sequenced to produce the output. A primary disadvantage of this scheme is that multiple fabrics are required to carry a single port, rather than allowing multiple ports on the same fabric to be used for a higher rate connection. Another disadvantage is that only a single high rate data stream is split over the multiple ports.
In accordance with the present invention, a line interface until including a multiplexer/inverse multiplexer is provided which operates on asynchronous data streams. The rate of initial data stream may vary, ranging from no cells per second for long periods to full rate data bursts, with relative transmission delays of the multiple lower rate paths varying with time while data is being transmitted. The multiplexer/inverse multiplexer uses multiple ports on a single switching matrix or fabric so that the fabric may be used for lower rate connections as well. Further, multiple connections are allowed with different destinations through multiplexing on the same input port. If multiple connections are inverse multiplexed, the rate of each connection can vary with time.
In one embodiment of the invention, an interface is designed for a SONET network utilizing optical carrier OC-48c frames in a 2.488 Gbps carrier and an ATM switch fabric with ports operating at 622 Mbps (OC-12c). In this embodiment, an optical transceiver converts the OC-48c optical signal into electrical signals which are applied to a converter of the SONET frame stream into a stream of ATM cells. The ATM cell headers are then converted into switch format headers. The ATM traffic can be split into multiple priorities so that critical traffic maintains quality of service (QoS).
A splitter receives the ATM traffic and checks a connection identifier in each switch header. If a cell is from a connection that is split among multiple paths, the splitter places a sequence number (for that connection) in the connection identifier and routes the cell to the fabric port based on the lower two bits of the sequence number. If a cell is not from a split connection, it is simply routed to the fabric port corresponding to the lower two bits of the connection identifier. In the event that back pressure is applied to the LIM by one of the fabric ports, the splitter halts the flow of cells through all of the fabric ports to minimize the relative path delays for the split connections.
A sequencer is provided for checking the connection identifier in the switch header. If a cell is from a connection that is split among multiple paths, it is routed towards a resequencing circuit. Otherwise the cell is sent directly to the output. The resequencing circuit uses the sequence numbers in the switch header to merge the cells from the fabric ports so that they leave in the order in which sequence numbers were assigned to them.
The invention and objects and features thereof will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description and appended claims when taken with the drawings.
FIG. 1A is a functional block diagram of a switch hardware in which the invention can be employed.
FIG. 1B is a functional block diagram of a line interface module of FIG. 1A.
FIG. 2 illustrates an ATM cell header and a switch cell header as used in the switch and line interface module of FIGS. 1A, 1B.
FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a switch fabric in FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 illustrates switching element architecture.
FIG. 5 illustrates an interface multiplexer/inverse multiplexer in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the multiplexer/inverse multiplexer in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of a splitter circuit in the multiplexer/inverse multiplexer of FIG. 6.
FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram of a sequencer circuit in the multiplexer/inverse multiplexer of FIG. 6.
FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of a cell holder and sequence number controller in the sequencer circuit of FIG. 8.
Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the interfacing of an optical network (SONET OC-48c), having a carrier frequency of 2.488 Gbps with an ATM switch fabric having 4 ports operating at 622 Mbps or one fourth the carrier frequency of the SONET carrier. The higher speed links are needed for connections between an ATM network and superconductors, file and computer servers, and between switches on a network backbone. A multiplexer/inverse multiplexer interface in accordance with the invention allows the use of switches that are constructed for lower, more common data rates in more demanding applications. Therefore, the switches can be optimized for the most common traffic rate.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the multiplexer/inverse multiplexer. The incoming OC-48c SONET signal is converted to electrical signals by an optoelectronic converter 20. The output, which is a stream of STS-48c SONET timing frames, is fed into the SONET receiver circuit 22 which synchronizes to the SONET frame and retrieves ATM cells. The ATM cells are then fed to the ATM to switch converter (ATS Conv) circuit 24 which translates the ATM headers into switch format headers. These cells are then fed into a splitter block 26 which routes the cells onto four output ports 28 to the fabric, each port operating at 622 Mbps.
A sequencer circuit 30 receives cells from the switch fabric ports 29 and combines them into a single outgoing cell stream. Cells from connections that were split among multiple paths in the fabric are merged in such a manner that the cells have the same order at the output as they did on arriving at the switch. A switch to ATM converter 32 translates the switch format headers on cells from the Sequencer into ATM headers. A SONET transmitter 34 then creates a SONET frame and inserts the cells into it to produce an STS-48c SONET stream. An electrical-optical converter 36 converts the electrical signal into an optical signal which it broadcasts over the outgoing fiber link.
A control circuit 38 interrogates the status of the SONET transceiver circuits 22, 34 and programs an ATM-switch format translation table. The control circuit is connected to the controller within the switch through a controller bus 40.
More particularly, the optical transceiver 20, 36, converts OC-48 optical signals into emitter couple logic (ECL) compatible electrical signals. The SONET transceiver circuitry 22, 34 converts SONET STS-48 data stream into a stream of ATM cells. The circuitry performs all bit sync, frame sync, and SONET overhead generation and processing. The ATM to switch converter 24 converts the ATM cell headers (both user network interface and a network network interface format) into switch format headers. The converter also splits the traffic into multiple priorities so as to assure quality of service (QoS) for timing critical traffic.
The switch to ATM converter 32 converts the switch format headers into ATM cell headers (user network interface and network network interface formats). The converter also splits the traffic into multiple priorities so that timing critical traffic maintains QoS. The splitter 26 checks the connection identifier in the switch header. If a cell is from a connection that is split among multiple paths, it places a sequence number (for that connection) in the connection identifier and routes the cell to the fabric port based on the lower two bits of the sequence number. If a cell is not from a split connection, it is simply routed to the fabric port corresponding to the lower two bits of the connection identifier.
In the event that backpressure is applied to the line interface module by one of the fabric ports to which it is connected, the splitter halts the flow of cells through all of the fabric ports to minimize the relative path delays for the split connections.
Sequencer 30 checks the connection identifier in the switch header. If a cell is from a connection that is split among multiple paths, it is routed towards a resequencing circuit, otherwise the cell is sent directly to the output. The resequencing circuit uses the sequence numbers in the switch header to merge the cells from the fabric ports so that they leave in the order in which the sequence numbers were assigned to them.
FIG. 7 is a more detailed functional block diagram of splitter 26. As described in co-pending application 939A358, when the fabric becomes congested due either to traffic from the 2.488 Gbps line interface module or other ports, backpressure is applied to selected ports to reduce the output rate of cells to the rate at which the fabric can accept them. The 2.488 line interface module features four output ports and the output rate of all four ports are preferably reduced when the fabric applies backpressure to minimize the amount of differential delay among the four paths for split connections. When the fabric applied backpressure to the splitter, it may apply backpressure independently on one or more of the four fabric ports. In the first instance, the backpressure applies only to the splitter output port that feeds the asserting fabric port. Alternatively, backpressure stops traffic from leaving all four of the four splitter output ports. However, stopping all splitter output when even a single fabric port asserts backpressure reduces the differential delay between paths for split connections, which reduces both the amount of buffering required in the sequencer and the length of the sequence numbers, as well as allowing for continued transfer of nonsplit connection data unless the splitter buffer is full.
Looking now to FIG. 7, a header split 46 receives ATM cells at 5.87 Mcells/second and it separates cell headers from payloads in the ATM cells. The ATM headers (minus Header Error Controller or HEC) are delivered to an address translate block 48, and the ATM payloads are delivered to a header merge block 50.
The address translate block 48 translates the header (minus HEC) into a switch routing tag. The tag identifies those connections which are split and assigns a sequence number as the least significant part of the connection identifier (CONNID). The lower two bits of the CONNID identify which fabric port receives the cell.
Header merge 50 merges a cell payload and routing tag into a cell format for the fabric. An enable unit 52 enables the input of one of FIFO buffers 54 that is enumerated by the least significant two bits of the CONNID. The FIFO buffers 54 buffer cells that are directed for a given fabric port. The buffers must be able to sustain short bursts of traffic at OC-48 that will go to the fabric port.
A clock generator 56 clocks cells out of the FIFO buffers and into the fabric. The clock rate needs to be the maximum rate the fabric can support to allow the FIFO buffers 54 to handle short bursts of traffic at OC-48c.
OR gate 58 combines all backpressure signals from the fabric into a single clock enable. Therefore, all ports are throttled due to one backpressure signal from one fabric port.
FIG. 8 is a more detailed functional block diagram of the sequencer 30 of FIG. 6. Normally, a LIM has an elastic buffer that lies between the fabric output port and the physical output port. When the buffer becomes nearly full, the LIM asserts backpressure towards the fabric port to slow down the transfer of cells to what the output buffer can accommodate. In the case of the 2.488 LIM, four such ports are supplied; however, it is preferred to allow each of the LIM input ports assert backpressure independently. When the merger applies backpressure to the fabric, it should apply backpressure only to the fabric port for a merger buffer for the path that is full. In the case where a single output buffer fill up occurs when a single path has a delay much shorter than other paths, slowing down the single path decreases the relative delay between the fabric paths whereas throwing down the other paths simply makes worse the congestion and the resulting delay.
In FIG. 8, four header splitters 60 are provided for the fabric ports 0-3. The header splitter separates a routing tag from the cell payload and routes the routing tag and payload pointer to a header translate block 62. The header splitter 60 stores the payload in a payload memory 64.
The header translator 62 translates the connection identifier in the routing tag into an ATM header (minus HEC). The header translator also determines whether a cell is from a split connection and if so, it sends the ATM header, the pointer to the payload, and the sequence number to a cell holder 66. If the cell is not from a split connection, the header translator transfers the ATM header and payload pointer to a MUX unit 68.
The cell holder 66 holds an ATM cell holder and payload pointer until the proper sequence number is ready to transmit. When a cell is ready to be transmitted, the cell holder transfers the ATM header (minus HEC) and payload pointer to MUX 68.
MUX 68 multiplexes the stream of ATM headers and payload pointers, from split and non-split connections according to a priority scheme. MUX 68 transfers the ATM headers and payload pointers to FIFO buffers 70 which provides a multiple priority queue.
A header merge unit 72 reads the ATM header and payload pointer from FIFO buffer 70 and reads the payload from the payload memory 64 which is capable of holding at least 2,000 cells of payload. The full cell is then transmitted by the header merge unit 72 to a cell MUX unit 74, which multiplexes the cells from the four ports into a single stream for transmission into the SONET block downstream.
A control unit 76 interfaces between the sequencer circuitry and the switch controller 6, and a sequence control unit 78 coordinates the cell releases for the cell holder, as will be described with reference to FIG. 9.
Referring now to FIG. 9, a more detailed block diagram of a cell holder 66 is illustrated. A cell insert unit 80 converts an ATM header into a connection identifier or CONNID. The unit pools together the ATMH and the payload pointer (PPTR) into a single data entity (64 bit) and places the entity into the next table slot in a first table 81, labelled T1, which is denoted by HPTR. The cell unit then determines the next entry in a memory 82 for this connection identifier and inserts the HPTR and the sequence number (SQN) into that slot.
Memory 82, designated M1, is a complex memory which stores the list of cells received by the cell holder in the order in which they are received and maintains the SQN as well.
Table T1, labelled 81, is a table used to hold the ATM header and payload pointer for the cell until the output is ready to receive the cell.
A cell test unit (CT) 83 cycles through the connection identifiers (CONNIDS) in a table T2, labeled 84, testing the SQN stored there against an SQN of the leading cell for that connection. If there is a match, the CONNID, SQN, and HPTR for that cell are passed to a FIFO unit 85, and the corresponding cell entry in memory 82 is deleted. If no match is found, the cell test proceeds to the next cell. Table T2 stores the next sequence number expected for the given port by a connection identifier.
FIFO 85 holds the [CID, SQN] and HPTR generated by the CT block 83 until a cell send (CS) unit 86 is ready for them, as the cell test 83 can at times run faster than the cell send unit 86. Cell send unit 86 takes the HPTR from FIFO 85 and reads the ATMH and PPTR at that location. The CONNID and SQN are sent to the sequencer unit 78, signifying that a cell has made it through the cell holder and sends the PPTR and ATMH to the MUX block 68 (FIG. 8).
As described above with reference to FIG. 8, the sequence controller 78 coordinates the cell releases for the cell holders.
The described line interface unit including a multiplexer/inverse multiplexer provides a switch interface between a high speed broad band network such as SONET, and a lower bandwidth ATM network by converting the SONET frames to ATM cell formats and then splitting the ATM cells for the lower speed ATM network. The transmitted cells from the network are then converted to proper sequence for conversion to SONET frames for return to the high speed higher bandwidth network. While the invention has been described with reference to a specific embodiment, the description is illustrative of the invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention. The invention is obviously applicable to networks other than SONET and ATM, and the invention is applicable to other bandwidths and carrier frequencies. Thus, while the invention has been described with reference to a specific embodiment, the description is illustrative of the invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention. Various modifications and applications may occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
a second format converter for receiving and converting data packets from said second switch converter at said second carrier rate into data packets in said first format and at said first carrier rate.
a data packet transfer unit coupled to the buffer and to the first table, using the header and packet in the buffer to read a data packet header and payload pointer from the first table and sending to the sequence control unit the connection identification and sequence number, and sending to the data packet MUX unit, the payload pointer and header.
3. The line interface unit as defined by claim 2, wherein said data stream in said first format is in synchronous optical format (SONET) and said data stream in said second format is asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) format.
4. The line interface unit as defined by claim 3, wherein said SONET data stream has a carrier frequency of 2.488 Gbps and said ATM data stream has a carrier frequency of 622 Mbps.
5. The line interface unit as defined by claim 3, and further including an optical to electrical signal converter for converting an optical first data stream into an electrical first data stream for said first format converter, and an electrical to optical signal converter for converting an electrical first data stream from said second format converter to an optical first data stream.
8. The line interface unit as defined by claim 7, wherein said data stream in said first format is in synchronous optical format (SONET) and said data stream in said second format is asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) format.
9. The line interface unit as defined by claim 8, wherein said SONET data stream has a carrier frequency of 2.488 Gbps and said ATM data stream has a carrier frequency of 622 Mbps.
10. The line interface unit as defined by claim 8, and further including an optical to electrical signal converter for converting an optical first data stream into an electrical first data stream for said first format converter, and an electrical to optical signal converter for converting an electrical first data stream from said second format converter to an optical first data stream.
11. The line interface unit as defined by claim 6, wherein said first switch converter splits data packets into multiple priorities in accordance with data packet headers.
an enable unit responsive to said address translate unit for enabling an input of one of said plurality of buffers in accordance with a connection identification.
13. The line interface unit as defined by claim 6, and further including a clock generator coupled to said plurality of buffers for clocking outputs of the buffers.
14. The line interface unit as defined by claim 13, and further including gate means for receiving backpressure signals from the fabric and in response thereto controlling said clock generator.
DE68920748D1 (en) * 1989-08-09 1995-03-02 Alcatel Nv Sequential reverse order for a switching node.
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2019-04-20T21:12:22Z
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US6002692A/en
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Sports
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Arts
| 0.319659 |
nyu
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The collection consists of two groups of photographs. One group of approximately one hundred black and white prints of various sizes, as well as contact sheets, and negatives document the activities of the National Maritime Union (NMU) mostly in the 1940s and 1950s. Another group of 32 black and white prints were made by photographer Ernst Haas, possibly between 1948 and 1952, for the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), the administrative arm of the Marshall Plan. These photographs document the lives of merchant seamen, shipping, and post-war economic development in Marseille, France.
The collection is organized into two series: Series 1. National Maritime Union Photographs; Series 2. ECA Photographs by Ernst Haas. Items in Series 2 are arranged according to an original numbering scheme on the back of the photographs.
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2019-04-21T07:17:12Z
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http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/photos_044/scopecontent.html
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Sports
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Business
| 0.741996 |
reuters
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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - An appeals court rejected the Canadian government’s ban on face coverings worn by some Muslims during citizenship ceremonies, the Canadian Press reported on Tuesday.
In response, the ruling Conservative party said the government was considering all legal options following the court ruling in Ontario. CP reported that the court stated it wanted to ensure the woman who triggered the case would be able to obtain her citizenship and vote in the Oct. 19 election.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, facing a tight three-way battle to remain in power, has defended the ban arguing that he believed the niqab, a face covering veil worn by some Muslims, was rooted in an “anti-women” culture.
The opposition New Democrats and Liberals have both criticized the government’s ban, saying that it violates the rights of Canadians. They have also accused the Conservatives of fueling prejudice against Muslims by supporting the ban.
In a statement, the Conservative party said a majority of Canadians support their position.
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2019-04-21T16:24:53Z
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https://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCAKCN0RF2V820150915
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Sports
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News
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michaelphelps
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MP Michael Phelps, Aqua Sphere, and Aqua Lung are leaders in the manufacture and distribution of Dive, Snorkel, Paddling and Swim products, dedicated to supporting these respective sports with the finest equipment we can make. We also manufacture products used by the Military and Public Safety sectors. We pride ourselves on our commitment to social responsibility, both as an employer and the way we conduct our business.
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2019-04-25T20:49:28Z
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http://www.michaelphelps.com/global/fair-labor-notice
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Sports
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Sports
| 0.414178 |
ning
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This blog is all about promoting The Meadow on YouTube. It was created with the idea of story going viral with the help of a video -- or two or three lol. See "A great love story -- presented to you by video."
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2019-04-20T04:16:40Z
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http://anndandridgepublicrelations.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-meadow-promoted-by-video
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Sports
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Reference
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berkeley
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Against the backdrop of current debates about science and populism, Peter Strohschneider, President of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) re-examines Vannevar Bushs ideas on the public role of science as developed in the 1945 report to the President of the United States, Science, The Endless Frontier. Bush was an American engineer and science administrator, who headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development during World War II and initiated the Manhattan Project. In his 1945 report, he made a compelling case for government support for science in peacetime, which would lead to the creation of the National Science Foundation.
Peter Strohschneider, a Professor of German Medieval Studies, has been President of the DFG since 2013. He is a member of numerous international committees and academies, including the Leopoldina German National Academy of Sciences.
This event is organized by GHI West, the Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute Washington DC in cooperation with the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, & Society (CSTMS), die Institute of European Studies (IES), The Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE), and the departments of History and German Studies at UC Berkeley.
RSVP info: RSVP online or by calling Heike Friedman at 510-643-4558, or by emailing Heike Friedman at [email protected] by August 25.
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2019-04-23T18:07:56Z
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http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/?event_ID=110334&date=2017-08-28&tab=all_events
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Sports
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Science
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ubc
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Examine the processes of social and cultural life in human societies past and present, near and far through the undergraduate programs at UBC Sociology.
Study topics such as inequality, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, law and criminal activity, immigration, families, and more.
Gain hands-on experience through various opportunities and assistantships, and by participating in our student association.
Make informed and thoughtful decisions about your academic path with the help of Arts Advising.
Our faculty members are award-winning instructors and researchers with a passion for teaching and investigation.
Learn more about our major, honours and minor program options.
Sociology Student, Siqi Xiao, is among the 25 finalists of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)'s 2019 Storytellers challenge.
UBC Students visited Vancouver's City Hall to meet with Mayor, Kennedy Stewart. They were given a tour and an opportunity to have a Q&A with the mayor himself.
Systematically study the complex problems facing human societies today and discover how you can make an impact.
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2019-04-25T11:56:38Z
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https://sociology.ubc.ca/undergraduate/
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Sports
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Society
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gymventures
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Owning a pair of the best wrist wraps and/or lifting straps can be great for improving grip performance.
As they reduce grip fatigue, users can work longer and harder, especially during high repetition sets.
In time, wearers may also notice a great increase in the amount of weights they lift. In addition to helping performance, straps provide a safer exercise experience.
They prevent slippage, which reduces the risk of injury and also keeps equipment safe from drops.
It’s taken us a while to get a grip ourselves. But once we jumped on the wrist wraps bandwagon, we haven’t been able to get off. They truly do provide a benefit to weightlifting.
Below we’ve composed a list of the top ten highest rated straps to consider.
There are plenty of wraps available, and although they generally do the same thing, they do come with different perks and drawbacks. This list has narrowed down the top ten to choose from.
Has great length to wrap a few times around a bar.
No-slip design boosts performance and safety.
Comfortable padding eases strain on wrists.
Straps can provide little friction against bar, giving it some slippage.
The wrist straps are made from tough material to support heavy weightlifting. They are machine washable, have an adjustable fit, and come in a variety of colors to give wearers plenty of options.
Straps also come with a no-slip design and are padded for support.
Good friction between the band and the bar.
Integrated foam support provides extra comfort layer.
Premium cotton material gives straps more endurance.
Strap length can make it hard to maintain tight grip.
Lifting straps are long enough that they can be wrapped two or even three times around. They also feature a 5 mm neoprene padding inside to help curb bruising.
It has a versatile design, making them good for many different exercises from barbells to pull up work.
Material used gives straps better gripping strength and traction.
Extra strap length gives wearers better grip when lifting heavy.
Thumb loop may not be as durable.
These are available in a number of colors, and they have a one-size-fits-all build for men and women. Lifting straps and wrist wraps are made of tough cotton, while the wraps also have elastic support. The straps also have great traction, and they are made long to provide increased grip.
Provides good support at a good, value price.
Lightweight and easy to use, especially for beginners.
Made out of long-lasting, quality material.
Padding may stop strap from adjusting properly to smaller wrists.
The machine washable straps are made out of durable black cotton, and they have soft, 8 in. foam padding to add comfort. They are adjustable and are a great economical choice that gets the job done by improving grip and lifts all the while keeping everything secure.
The extra width helps to improve grip and increase initial contact.
Heavy duty stitching gives the straps more durability.
Length of strap lets users wrap tighter around the bar.
Padding does not extend across the entire strap.
These lifting straps have an extended strap which makes for better wraps, and the extra 1 ½ in. width design improves grip.
The end tabs are merrowed so that they prevent fraying, and the Neotek pad cushions the wrist during heavier lifts.
Leather gives the straps more sturdiness over time.
Material allows greater traction and gripping strength.
Provides tight fit with comfort.
One strap can be thinner than the other, making it tough to tighten.
Designed from suede leather, these straps are completely reinforced so they will not fall apart or tear. They create a strong, tight grip, and should fit around any wrist size.
The leather makes the straps lighter and soft, preventing them from digging into or pinching skin.
Dual design provides two layers of durability and safety.
Anti-slip lets users lift heavy without worry.
Heavy duty construction adds dependability and longevity.
Slight bulky design can potentially cause wrist pain.
The dual design of a lifting strap and wrist protector lets this serve two purposes in one package: keeps wrists safe while aiding in secure, stronger lifting.
Its thick neoprene padding avoids blisters from forming around wrists, and they are also designed with anti-slip. They’re great for powerlifting.
Sturdy thumb loops adds comfort and stability.
Made well for individual fits without sacrificing design.
Lifting straps help eliminate grip strength fatigue.
Grip pads can have an awkward fit.
Each product is fully adjustable to fit men and women. The wrist wraps have reinforced thumb loops to keep the wrap in place.
Made from durable cotton, they’re stitched to withstand wear and tear, and they are even machine washable. Lifting straps and grip pads also have heavy neoprene padding.
No-slip design for secure, heavy lifting.
Adjustable to fit just about anyone.
Length of padding can interfere with tightening strap around the wrist.
Available in a variety of colors, these straps are fully adjustable so that they can fit all wrists and hands. Grips are locked in while doing heavy lifting, and the sturdy design makes them durable and long-lasting.
They come with neoprene padding for comfort, and also have ridged woven cotton to offer no-slip.
Triple-stitching helps prevent straps from fraying.
Durable and long-lasting thanks to the stainless-steel buckle.
Strap can be secured to wrist with Velcro.
Strap that wraps around bar is not adjustable.
These straps utilize a plush ¼ in. neoprene for wrist support, which gives users more comfort. This padded wrist enclosure is also adjustable, making it one-size-fit-all.
Also, the strap has been triple stitched straight to the wrist support in order to provide a more secure wrap around the bar.
Good wrist wraps are a safe, secure, and affordable means of protecting the wrists and improving overall performance.
As they can be made with a variety of materials, finding the best one is a process of elimination game. No matter which is chosen, the fact remains that they make a difference.
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2019-04-20T20:14:46Z
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https://www.gymventures.com/best-wrist-wraps/
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Sports
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Shopping
| 0.452932 |
startribune
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"We are spending a significant amount of time and money removing wipes and other non-flushable materials from regional sewers," said a Met Council official.
Crews working in the bowels of the Twin Cities metro area’s vast sewage system are “spending a significant amount of time” removing “flushable” wipes from water treatment equipment, the facilities’ operators are reporting.
The Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) said Wednesday it now devotes a weekend’s worth of crew time solely to extracting these materials from sewer screens to keep pumps and pipes clog-free. The regional agency is joining other communities in Minnesota and nationwide in voicing frustration with the widely used wipes and other personal hygiene materials being flushed down toilets.
The usage of wet wipes has spread far beyond babies’ bums in recent years, with adults finding them more effective than dry toilet paper. Nursing homes, hospitals and classrooms are also common locales for the use of wet wipes by the non-baby diaper set.
Along with wipes that are not dissolving in the sewer pipes, MCES crews are also finding rags, grease, oils, sanitary products and dental floss gumming up the works as 250 million gallons of wastewater is treated each day from more than 100 communities in the metropolitan area.
Dental floss not only doesn’t dissolve, it can easily wrap around other materials and create a larger mass of obstruction, Keegan said.
Metropolitan Council crews are spending an increasing amount of time clearing nonflushable materials off sewer screens at regional sewer lift stations.
Across Minnesota and the country, cities have been cautioning residents not to flush wipes, which have forced them to boost their monitoring and buy expensive grinders.
MCES operates eight wastewater treatment plants, 600 miles of regional sanitary sewers, and 62 pumping stations that push wastewater through the sewer pipes to the treatment plants. While the screens that MCES has installed protect many of the pumps, sometimes the wipes and other non-dissolvable materials get through the screens and clog the pumps, Keegan said.
MCES said it is crafting a public education campaign on the issue and will work with the cities it serves to get the word out to residents and businesses.
As a member of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) and the Water Environment Federation, MCES said it supports the efforts of these and similar organizations in pursuing improved labeling by manufacturers of flushable vs. non-flushable products and increased efforts to educate users about the do’s and don’ts of wipes and other non-dissolvable items.
In response to the municipal outcry, industry representatives have argued that people are flushing cloths that never claimed to be flushable, such as cheap baby wipes, meant to be bundled in disposable diapers and thrown in the trash.
Makers of wipes — including baby, facial and cleaning wipes — have faced increased criticism as their industry has grown. In 2014, a New York man sued Kimberly-Clark Corp. and Costco Wholesale Corp. in federal court with a class-action-styled complaint that featured “homeowner horror stories” of “flushable” wipes clogging homes’ plumbing.
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2019-04-24T16:47:50Z
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http://www.startribune.com/met-council-wastewater-operators-say-flushable-wipes-eating-up-time-money/315882361/
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Sports
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Business
| 0.433738 |
cmu
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(TRAFFORD, Pa.) - The Carnegie Mellon University softball team split the final doubleheader with Washington University in St. Louis on Saturday, April 13. The Tartans won game one by a 5-3 score before falling 7-1 in game two.
Freshman Piper Johnson (Riverside, Calif. / Martin Luther King) tripled with the bases loaded in the first inning to put the Tartans up 3-0 before the home squad took a 5-0 lead with two runs in the fourth inning off Madison Denton. Senior Rae Lasko (Diamond Bar, Calif. / Diamond Bar) had a sacrifice fily while freshman Emily Song (Mount Arlington, N.J. / Roxbury) singled to right field, scoring freshman catcher Meghan Holquist (Ellicott City, Md. / Mount Hebron) who reached on a single to left center.
The Bears scored two in the fifth inning off two hits and one in the sixth off another pair of hits to chip into the lead but a three-up, three-down seventh inning by freshman Gwen Delacruz (Laguna Nigel, Calif. / Aliso Niguel) completed the game and earned the ninth win of the season for the Tartans.
Song was 3-for-4 in the game while Johnson connected for two extra-base hits. Delacruz scattered eight hits and struck out two.
Freshman Scotty McGee (Huntington Beach, Calif. / Huntington Beach) surrendered 12 hits and all seven runs while the Tartans scored once off Holly Stoner in the second inning. Johnson doubled to lead off the inning and scored on a fielding error by the first baseman.
Freshman Io Jette-Kouri (Pasadena, Calif. / Westridge) had a pinch hit single in the seventh but was left strandeded as Stoner struckout the final two batters to end the game. Song, freshman Megan Hu (Katy, Texas / Seven Lakes) and McGee also collected hits for the Tartans.
The Tartans will next travel to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, to face Geneva College on Wednesday, April 17 for a doubleheader starting at 3:30 p.m.
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2019-04-24T15:27:32Z
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http://athletics.cmu.edu/sports/sball/2018-19/releases/20190413r5ja3q
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Sports
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Sports
| 0.867772 |
sacbee
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In 2007, El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson created the DA’s Office Cold Case Homicide Unit and worked with law enforcement to form a Cold Case Task Force, including representatives of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and the District Attorney’s Office, as well as a senior criminalist from the California Department of Justice.
The task force investigated the Swanson case, conducted interviews and re-evaluated forensic evidence collected in 1980. The duct tape used on the victim contained traces of DNA, and this DNA profile was uploaded into the Combined DNA Index System, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Sanford’s DNA sample was taken during his booking on unrelated criminal charges, and in January 2011 it was determined that his DNA matched the DNA on the duct tape used to suffocate Swanson, authorities said. Sanford was arrested March 28, 2012, and charged with first-degree murder.
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2019-04-20T22:38:55Z
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https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article11178371.html
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Sports
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Society
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St. Paul’s Church, Nobleton is hosting a showing of the popular movie, “Fireproof”. This film is intended to bring encouragement to couples in their married life. It was, apparently, 2008’s highest-grossing independently made film in the United States.
To aid a special mission project, we’re asking for a minimum donation of $5.00 per person for admission. Child care will be provided.
The event will be held on Friday, March 27, 2009. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., with the movie starting at 7:30.
To learn more about Fireproof, click here.
If you have questions or want to obtain tickets, call Calvert at 905-859-3028 or the church office at 905-859-0843.
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Recent exploration of 200 years of Native-American/ Euro-American relations ending in the 1830s that places religion and faith at the center of the discussion—for both sides.
Cronon, William. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists and the Ecology of New England. New York: Hill and Wang, 1983.
A wonderful ecological history of colonial New England. Highlights the differences between (and consequences of) Native American and European relationship(s) and interaction(s) with the land.
Grimes, John, Christian F. Feest and Mary Lou Curran. Uncommon Legacies: Native American Art from the Peabody Essex Museum. University of Washington Press, 2002.
Celebrates the diversity, significance and power of the PEM’s collection of Native American art – one of the U.S.’s most important collections of its type. 119 beautiful color plates of individual objects are accompanied by extensive notes contextualizing and analyzing each one. Book is arranged by geographic region, although the Northeast is not as well represented as other areas. Book also includes essays on the history of collecting Native Americana and modern Native American art.
Haefeli, Evan and Kevin Sweeny. Captors and Captives: The 1704 French and Indian Raid on Deerfield. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2003.
A reexamination of the events at Deerfield, MA most well-known as the event that led to the captivity narrative of Mary Rowlandson. Haefeli and Sweeny dig deeper and tell a more complex and important story. By giving equal weight to all participants -- including New England family farmers, Canadian colonists, French officials, Abenaki warriors, and Mohawk women -- the authors reveal connections between cultures and histories usually studied as separate entities, and complicate our understanding of the social and political landscape of colonial New England. Many voices are heard in this book.
Lepore. Jill. The Name of War: King Philip’s War and the Origins of American Identity. NewYork: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
In this provocative work of cultural history Lepore argues that King Philip’s war was central to the creation and shape of an American identity due as much (if not more) to the way the war was written about during and after the fact, as for the events of the war itself. Lepore takes her title from a debate from the 1670s about what to call the fighting going on at that time, and focuses her study on both the many and varied written accounts of the bloodletting, and on how these accounts sharpened perceived differences between Europeans and Native Americans. By exploring the nature of war, memory and writing, Lepore makes clear the very real power of all three in shaping not only our “knowledge” of an event but our understanding of what it means to be American—and where native Americans fit (or don’t) into such a category.
Morrison. Dane. A Praying People: Massachusett Acculturation and the Failure of the Puritan Mission, 1600-1690. American Indian Studies, Vol. 2. New York: Peter Lang, 1998.
An account of the efforts and actions of the Massachusett people who, devastated by the epidemics of 1616-1619, sought cultural revitalization through and by becoming “praying Indians.” Offers a sensitive and nuanced look at the relationship between efforts Native American cultural survival and European efforts at acculturation. Explains the ultimate destruction of native cultural autonomy as a result of the changing agendas of subsequent generations of Puritan colonists.
Nabakov, Peter. Native American Testimony: Chronicle of Indian White Relations from Prophecy to Present 1492 – 1992. New York: Penguin, 1992.
Native American Testimony is a compilation of Native peoples' thoughts and concerns regarding the major influences on their history and people after the arrival of the settlers. This heartfelt book is a great way to bring this difficult history to life and give voice to a new perspective.
Nies, Judith. Native American History: A Chronology of a Culture’s Vast Accomplishments and their Links to World Events. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.
This unique reference book consists of a central timeline that juxtaposes Native peoples' history, accomplishments, culture and heroes with 'mainstream' Western culture and events. The book also includes several in depth introductions to specific Native peoples and vital points in their history.
Russell, Howard S. Indian New England Before the Mayflower. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England. 1980.
Russell’s book is an excellent overview of Southern New England life before the arrival of the settlers. Explains intricate details about traditional ways of hunting, fishing and gathering as well as discussions of family relationships, travel and government. Russell does not rely on any oral sources.
Salisbury, Neal. Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643. New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.
This is a well-written account of the early contact and interactions between the Europeans and the Indians of New England. It also offers the often-omitted Indian perspective on this troubled time in history.
Weinstein, Laurie, ed. Enduring Traditions: The Native Peoples of New England. Bergin and Garvey, 1994.
Laurie Weinstein edits this collection of histories written by a variety of scholars both native and non-native. The essays include the Pequot, Mohegan, Narragansett, Schaghticoke, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy peoples and focus on trade, foods, interactions with the settlers, and the varied ways Native people have survived and maintained artistic and cultural traditions from prehistoric times to the present.
Note: All primary documents reflect the perspective and cultural lens of the writer. The following, when used with care and caution, are filled with information about both the English mindset in the 17th and 18th centuries and the daily life of Wampanoag people during this devastating period in their history.
Bradford, William. Of Plymouth Plantation 1620 -1647. Introduction by Francis Murphy. New York: Random House, 1981.
Written by Gov. William Bradford, this text offers a timeline of the settlers' earliest actions in the new world. It includes early relations with the Wampanoag, Squanto, the settlers first explorations of Cape Cod, and the relationship between the settlers and their sponsors back in Europe.
Church, Benjamin. Diary Of King Philip's War 1675 – 76. Introduction by Alan and Mary Simpson. Chester, CT: Pequot Press, 1975.
This text documents Col. Benjamin Church's role and observations regarding the King Philip's War. Introduction to the 1975 edition (by Alan and Mary Simpson) offers an overview of the lead-up to the “war,” with particular attention paid to the grievances of the Wampanoag people thanks to the inclusion of a primary document written by James Easton, a Rhode Island Quaker.
Mourt’s Relation: A Journey of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Edited and with an introduction by Dwight B. Heath. Originally Published 1622. Bedford, MA: Applewood Press, 1963.
Originally published in 1622 under the title A Relation or Journal of the English Plantation settled at Plymouth, this is the first published account of the coming of the Pilgrims to the New World to settle Plymouth Plantation. Written much like a day-to-day journal, this account was intended to draw support and validation for the settlement at Plymouth. Includes accounts of Native Americans, early relations between the two groups, ethnographic information about the land, a rendering of the first “Thanksgiving,” and views of the natural environment among many other topics.
Peters, Russell. Clambake. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co., 1992.
A great story about a grandfather sharing a community tradition with his grandson. The book is focused entirely on contemporary native life and the maintenance of cultural identity and tradition. Clambake is filled with beautiful photographs of Wampanoag people today and the Mashpee homeland.
Swamp, Chief Jake. Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message. New York: Lee &Low Books, 1995.
Giving Thanks is a simple book that offers an important message about Native values and the importance of giving thanks to all things everyday. Great for young students.
Waters, Kate. Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast. New York: Scholastic, 2001.
This book was also shot during the Plimoth Plantation photo shoot. Although it contains beautiful photographs that could be used in the classroom, and accurate pictures of Wampanoag clothing, homes and everyday objects at the time of the settlers' arrival, the relationship between the Wampanoag and Pilgrim boy is not believable and is historically inaccurate.
Waters, Kate. Tapenum's Day. New York: Scholastic, 1996.
Unlike Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast, this book is both visually beautiful and historically accurate. The story shares the struggle of a Wampanoag boy in the 1600's yearning to be seen by his elders as a man. The book imparts important cultural values and, like Giving Thanks, illustrates Wampanoag daily life in the 1600's with beauty and accuracy.
Caduto, Michael and Bruchac, Joseph. Keepers Series: Keepers of the Earth, Keepers of the Animals, and Keepers of the Light. Golden, Co: Fulcrum Publishing.
A comprehensive series of curriculum guides written by storyteller Joe Bruchac. Each book focuses on a different topic, ie. Animals, Earth, Astronomy, through a collection of Oral history from all over Native America and engaging and hands on activities for all ages.
Harvey, Karen and Lisa Harjo. Indian Country: Teacher's Guide. Golden, Co: North American Press, 1994.
An excellent curriculum for older students. (Grade 7 - High School) The focus of the unit is modern Indian issues all over the country as well as thorough examinations of major trends in Native American history, such as boarding schools and the Indian wars.
Loewen, James. Lies My Teacher Told Me. New York: Touchstone, 1995.
Lies My Teacher Told Me is a real eye opener. James Loewen researches key moments in American history and compares the truth to the text in our children’s textbooks. Most importantly, it encourages students to think about not only the facts, but the perspective of the person doing the reporting and the lens that colors their presentation.
A curriculum co-written by Wampanoag people about the many seasonal thanksgivings throughout the year. The curriculum includes, background material shared by Wampanoag people and activity ideas geared to grades K-5. The curriculum concludes with a discussion of the many perspectives on the 'First' Thanksgiving.
A complete website which tells Wampanoag history from its earliest beginnings to today through the voices and images of Wampanoag people. Site includes photos of museum collections and tribal homelands as well as audio clips and resource lists.
The museum is the newest addition to the Smithsonian Institution –2004. This is a beautiful site with teacher resources and curriculum that can be downloaded. Also includes links to other Native American websites.
The website includes ARTSCAPE (see at top of homepage) which makes available a vast, searchable, on-line collection of Native American objects from various tribes and periods.
The Plimoth Plantation website offers background materials for teachers and an interactive curriculum and online activity for students. Also offers reading and resource lists.Of particular interest is the portion of the website called: Investigating the First Thanksgiving: You are the Historian -- http://www.plimoth.org/OLC/index_js2.html. This section of the website investigates and reinterprets the first Thanksgiving.
This site offers a wealth of primary source materials and commentary on the social history of Plymouth Colony from 1620-1691. Sources include (but are not limited to) wills, probate records, maps, criminal records, documents about master-servant relationships and Native American disputes. Biographical sketches of early inhabitants of Plymouth colony can be found here as well. Site also includes work of, and in tribute to James Deetz, a leading scholar in historic archeology. Texts on this site are fully searchable.
This website combines stories, artifacts, documents, maps and a timeline to help tell ALL sides of the 1704 raid on Deerfield, MA, the Pacomtuck homeland. In that raid, approximately 300 French and Native allies captured 112 men, women and children from Deerfield and forced them on a march to Canada. Some were redeemed while others chose to remain with the French and Native captors. The event has been interpreted in many ways over the intervening years and this website is designed to engage visitors with the fundamental question of how to interpret the events of the winter of 1704. Hear from all of the groups involved—Wobanaki, Kanienkehaka, Wendat, French and English—as you try to decide whether the assault was a brutal attack on a peaceful settlement, or a justified military action against a settlement on Native homeland. Site also offers valuable bibliographies and links to other sites and resources.
The Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah’s website which includes, information about the tribal government, history, curriculum, and bibliographies.
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“It felt great, it was kind of one of those moments where you soak it in and try and go out there and do the best you can,” he said.
“I wasn’t able to slow the game down and make my pitches. It sped up on me, I lost track of the plan,” Gossett said.
Rangers: Rangers manager Jeff Banister said 3B Adrian Beltre (strained hamstring) could make an appearance Sunday — possibly as a pinch hitter — so fans could see and honor the player to close out the season.
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Myung-woo Ko: /After Myung-woo's death, his answering machine says/This is Myung-woo, either my battery's dead or I'm in a non-serviced area.
Kyung-jin Yeo: Which non-serviced area is that? Come back Myung-woo... No, I'll come to you.
I evaluate the film by how the director manages to realize his idea. In this sense 'Windstruck' didn't completely success so after all I was a bit disappointed by Kwak's latest film. This however doesn't mean the movie was that bad. It's really watchable and it's definitely a must-see for those who liked 'My Sassy Girl' no matter what people say, just go and see it, I just did so and I'm happy I did it. As many already noticed 'Windstruck' is a prequel to 'My Sassy Girl' which was definitely the best movie by Kwak Jea-young so far. And it could be a very good film, perhaps not worse than 'My Sassy Girl' itself. However it quite failed to do so and the result wasn't that good as it was supposed to. On the other hand I admit that it's not that easy to create a good prequel to a film of this genre ('romantic comedy') not to mention that it's generally very difficult to create a good film of this genre what Kwak managed to do with 'My Sassy Girl'. One of the problems is the story and characters. Jun Ji-hyun in a role of a policewoman didn't look exactly convincing even though her acting was really good. Also some rather banal and pointless situations typical to silly Hollywood 'romantic comedies' (in fact lots of them) made this film quite a disappointment compared to 'My Sassy Girl'. Although there were really good moments and as I already mention this film is not really bad. It's just not as good as it could be and I'm sure Kwak has made conclusions about his latest work. Of course this doesn't stop him being a great director and I'm sure we'll yet see more great films by him in the future.
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The editors of the Journal Limnology and Oceanography named Reach-scale isotope tracer experiment to quantify denitrification and related processes in a nitrate-rich stream, midcontinent United States (Bõhlke and others, 2004) one of two feature articles for their May 2004 issue.
"To gain a better understanding of the role that small streams play in removing N [nitrogen] from water and preventing it from polluting downstream ecosystems, investigators are developing and refining techniques for whole-stream stable isotope additions. Such tracer experiments offer the advantage of indicating in-situ fluxes and transformations of N at ambient concentrations, at the scale of an entire stream reach. This information on N cycling also provides fundamental insights into autotrophic and heterotrophic metabolism in streams and the role of N in regulating that biological activity. The two articles featured here represent the state-of-the-art in this line of research."
Hamilton, Stephen, and Canuel, Elizabeth, 2004, L&O Featured Article: Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin, v. 13, no. 2, pages 41 and 43.
Nutrients, especially nitrogen, discharged to the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River have been identified as the primary cause of the annual development of a zone of hypoxia in the northern part of the Gulf. Hypoxia is characterized by depressed levels of dissolved oxygen in water, which adversely affects marine life. Nitrogen is introduced to streams from diverse point and nonpoint sources, and the influx of nitrogen to stream waters has increased as a result of human activities. An additional factor is wetland loss in the Mississippi River watershed, which has reduced the watershed's natural ability to consume nutrients, such as nitrogen. As a result of both of these factors, nitrogen discharge to the Gulf has increased. What happens to nitrogen after it enters the small streams that feed the Mississippi River? What are the geographic sources of the nitrogen that persists downstream? Which areas in the Mississippi watershed are the most appropriate to invest limited resources in to reduce nitrogen loading? These are important questions.
To help answer these questions, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists conducted an experiment in a nutrient-rich stream in a small agricultural watershed in Indiana to understand the fate of nitrate (the most common chemical form of nitrogen) entering streams. The experiment consisted of adding isotopically labeled and traceable nitrate to the stream and measuring changes in the distribution of the isotopes as the nitrate moved downstream. This allowed the scientists to measure directly the conversion of nitrate to nitrogen gas (N2) (denitrification) within the stream-a measurement not possible with traditional assessment methods. The results showed that denitrification within the stream removed a significant amount of nitrate; however, the losses were more than offset by additional inputs of nitrate along the length of the stream. This experiment showed that much of the nitrate that reaches streams in the Midwest is potentially removed by denitrification within streams, but that streams cannot remove all the excess nitrate they receive. The results of the experiment shed some light on important questions and provide policy makers with information they can use to improve local water-quality conditions and mitigate hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.
Preliminary pulse-injection of rhodamine tracer moving down Sugar Creek, Indiana. This preliminary injection was used to guide the nitrogen isotope tracer test.
USGS scientist filtering water samples for nitrogen isotope analysis during the tracer test on Sugar Creek, Indiana. Analysis of the tracer test data allowed for the direct observation of denitrification within the Creek.
Böhlke, J.K., Harvey, J.W., and Voytek, M.A., 2004, Reach-scale isotope tracer experiment to quantify denitrification and related processes in a nitrate-rich stream, midcontinent United States: Limnology and Oceanography, v. 49, no. 3, p. 821-838.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Sure, Jim Harbaugh plays the what-if game.
The Michigan coach acknowledged Tuesday that running the ball on sweeps toward the sideline to take more time off the clock was something he considered on first, second and third down in the final minutes against Michigan State.
Instead, the Wolverines handed the ball off to De’Veon Smith three times and he gained 8 yards. On the pivotal drive that ended with a botched punt, Smith slightly surpassed his average per carry on 19 rushing attempts Saturday.
That left Michigan with a fourth-and-2 at the Michigan State 47 with 10 seconds left. Wolverines punter Blake O’Neill bobbled a low snap, fumbled the ball away and Jalen Watts-Jackson was in the perfect position to return the football 38 yards to give the Spartans a stunning 27-23 win at the Big House.
"You’d love to have that opportunity to do it again to see how the other way worked," Harbaugh said.
The Spartans rushed O’Neill with 10 players and sent no one back to field the potential kick. In the end, it didn’t matter.
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio and his assistants have been analyzing the pivotal play, too, since their big win in the rivalry.
"You try to practice every situation," Dantonio said. "We always do and we all practice these different situations, but I don’t think we practiced one quite like that where that’s been the scenario. So I think it just created a pause in all of our minds as a staff, `OK, what would we do in that situation? How would we handle it?’ And I’m sure that there’s a lot of that going on right now across the country relating to what happened in the game just because of the nature of it."
At least the Spartans get to play again this week. No. 7 Michigan State (7-0, 3-0 Big Ten) hosts Indiana (4-3, 0-3) trying to avoid an upset that would spoil its Big Ten and national championship hopes and a potential showdown at No. 1 Ohio State on Nov. 21.
The 15th-ranked Wolverines (5-2, 2-1) don’t play again until Oct. 31. More time to think about the loss — and more time to move on.
"We’ll look at it as an opportunity week to improve," Harbaugh said. "We’ll look at this last game, for example. There’s never one football play in a game that decides the game. We’ll look at the things that we things that we improved on, did well, and put us in a position to win the game. And we’ll also look at the ways that we could improve so we can make the outcome a winning outcome."
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Ott in Jackson, Mississippi after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Riki Ott (born August 8, 1954) is a marine toxicologist and activist in Cordova, Alaska. Ott was frequently introduced as an "oil spill expert" in her many media appearances during the height of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill news coverage. After graduating with a doctorate in sedimentary toxicology from the University of Washington, Ott moved to Alaska and started a fishing business. When the Exxon Valdez oil spill disrupted the local fishing-based economy, she became an environmental activist. Since the spill, she has participated in legal and public relations disputes with the Exxon company.
Ott has more recently become involved in the movement to end corporate personhood through a constitutional amendment. She has also repeatedly visited the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the spill, which, she argues, is causing health consequences similar to the 1989 Exxon spill.
Ott grew up in Wisconsin. She was inspired by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and decided to pursue an education in marine biology near the ocean. She gained a BSc at Colby College in 1976; an MSc (with special focus on how oil affects zooplankton) from the University of South Carolina in 1980 and a PhD in sediment toxicology from the University of Washington in 1985. After completing her academic education she started a commercial fishing business in Prince William Sound.
Ott was working in Cordova, Alaska in 1989 when the Exxon Valdez was grounded onto the nearby Bligh Reef. The subsequent oil spill (then the largest in U.S. history) had major ramifications for the local ecosystem and for Cordova. Ott participated in the legal response to Exxon and became an activist and organizer. As a marine biologist and participant in the fishing industry, Ott quickly became a key spokesperson for those affected by the spill. She helped to draft parts of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, which authorized the creation of the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council and called for the introduction of double-hull oil tankers.
Ott continued to live and work in the 2500-person town of Cordova, which suffered economic and social collapse in the wake of the oil spill. She says that Cordova was also impacted by a "money spill" from Exxon, which divided the community by paying certain people to clean up the spill while excluding others.
Ott has written two books on the Exxon Valdez spill and its consequences, entitled Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$: The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill and Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill published in 2005 and 2008 respectively.
Ott is featured in the 2009 film Black Wave, which discusses the history of Cordova's legal battle with Exxon.
Tom Cirigliano, Media Relations Manager for Exxon, has argued that Ott overestimates the amount of oil spilled and underestimates the company's response to the event.
When the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill eclipsed the loss of the Exxon Valdez as America's largest disaster of this kind, Ott travelled to the Gulf of Mexico to assess the damage from the spill and to speak with affected communities. She said that people were experiencing severe medical conditions and dying as a result of oil in their blood. In an interview with Rose Aguilar, she expressed concern about the health issues in the Gulf following the spill, detailing some who had evacuated and criticizing public officials for their response. She cautioned workers involved in cleaning up the mess to be wary of the health effects of going near the oil slick, saying that those who had been affected by the spill from the Exxon Valdez had suffered long-term consequences of a medical nature. She also cautioned workers to guard against the perils of another 'money spill'.
Ott criticized BP for using Corexit to disperse the oil, which she alleges is toxic to humans. In August 2010 she wrote an open letter to the Environmental Protection Agency alleging that dispersants were still being used in secret and demanding that the EPA take action. The letter was published in the Huffington Post.
Ott opposes the legal doctrine of corporate personhood (which she traces back to 1886) and supports amending the U.S. Constitution to clarify that corporations do not possess human rights. She argues that corporations use personhood to seek extraordinary privileges. She cites, for example, Exxon's attempt to re-enter Prince William Sound—after being banned from the area by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990—by claiming a Fifth Amendment right.
Alaska's Copper River Delta. University of Washington Press: 1998. ISBN 9780295977430.
Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Chelsea Green: 2008. ISBN 9781933392585.
^ "Author and oil-spill expert Riki Ott answers questions". Grist. 2005-03-15. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
^ Michigan Set your local edition ». "Oil spill expert Riki Ott outlines dangers of exposure to oil, compares Kalamazoo River spill to Gulf of Mexico, Exxon Valdez disasters". MLive.com. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
^ "CNN.com - Transcripts". Transcripts.cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
^ a b "Author and oil-spill expert Riki Ott answers questions", Grist, 15 March 2005.
^ Bill Dietrich, "The Nature Of Oil Spills?", Seattle Times, 13 September 1994.
^ "Riki Ott - Bio", Ultimate Civics, accessed 12 December 2012.
^ a b c Riki Ott and Amy Goodman, "20 Years After Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Alaskan Coastline Remains Contaminated, Residents Still Struggle for Justice", Democracy Now, 24 March 2009.
^ Craig Medred and Hal Bernton, "Biologists Debate Ways to Save Fragile Marine Life", Anchorage Daily News, 25 March 1989.
^ "Exxon Valdez: The Spill, the Cleanup and the Charges", New York Times, 1 March 1990.
^ a b Meg White and Riki Ott, "Riki Ott explains how Alaska went from 'not one drop' to more than 11 million gallons of oil, thanks to Exxon", BuzzFlash, 12 March 2009.
^ Silja J.A. Talvi and Riki Ott, "Our Town vs. Exxon: Marine biologist Riki Ott explains how Cordova, Alaska, rebounded 20 years after the oil spill." In These Times, 20 February 2009.
^ "Black Wave", YES Magazine, 13 August 2010.
^ "Backchat from Earth First! and ExxonMobil, and a response from Riki Ott", Grist, 2 April 2005.
^ a b Travis Pillow, "Exxon Valdez expert Riki Ott tells Florida to dig in for a protracted legal, environmental battle", Florida Independent, 26 July 2010.
^ Melinda Tuhus and Riki Ott, "Fossil Fuel's Damaging Effects on Human Health, Reason Enough to Demand Renewable Energy Future: Interview with Riki Ott, marine toxicologist, activist, author and former commercial fisher, conducted by Melinda Tuhus", Between the Lines, 26 October 2011.
^ Interview with Rose Aguilar: Riki Ott on the Gulf: "These people have oil in their bodies." 2/3 on YouTube. October 20, 2010.
^ "Health of Exxon Valdez cleanup workers was never studied", Herald-Review (McClatchy), 4 July 2010.
^ "BP dispersants 'causing sickness'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
^ "Riki Ott: An Open Letter to US EPA, Region 6". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
^ Joel Connelly, "Business will speak louder now, thanks to Supreme Court", Seattle Pi, 24 January 2010.
^ Thadeus Greenson, "Environmental activist screens in Humboldt", Times-Standard (Eureka), 6 November 2009.
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The Department of Civil Engineering at Kansas State University seeks to fill one full time, 9-month term Teaching Assistant Professor position to teach civil engineering materials, engineering mechanics, and introductory civil engineering undergraduate classes and support existing projects involving research in infrastructure materials. Some departmental service, such as supervising graduate students, is also expected. A Ph.D. in Civil Engineering or a closely related field is required and must be obtained prior to the start of the Fall 2019 semester. Technically relevant U.S. college-level teaching is required. Experience in the field of engineering mechanics and materials plus experience with asphalt related research is preferred. Screening of applications will immediately. For best consideration, apply by April 24, 2019.
This position performs duties related to maintaining the cleanliness and sanitation in Kramer Dining Center. The position is responsible for completing cleaning tasks and training others in the execution of cleaning and ware washing. Regular work hours are 12 pm - 9 pm with eligibility for $.60 per hour shift differential.
ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER: Provide safe, effective, and successful athletic training services to KSA student-athletes.
The Northwest Regional Extension Office and Department of 4-H Youth Development seeks a dynamic and innovative professional to provide leadership and programmatic direction for 4-H Youth Development in the Northwest region of Kansas.
This position provides continuing support of all software and hardware systems and general IT support in a shared services model for the College of Agriculture Dean's Office, KCARE Office, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs Office, Agriculture Safety Office, International Programs Office, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs Office, Proposal Services Office, the Department of Entomology, as well as the Management Entity Offices for the three Feed the Future USAID Innovation Labs (Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab (SIIL), Sorghum and Millet Innovation Lab (SMIL) and the Post-Harvest Loss Innovation Lab (PHL or PHIL).
The Department of Clinical Sciences and Veterinary Health Center are seeking applicants for a Veterinary Nurse to provide veterinary technical assistance and fourth year student instruction for the mobile spay/neuter trailer. The mobile surgical unit is a program that provides spay/neuter services and basic care for shelter animals maintained at facilities without a veterinarian or surgical facilities. The shelter medicine rotation is an elective course. Approximately 70 senior veterinary students will participate each year and approximately 4000 animals will be surgically altered. The shelter medicine technician is responsible for surgical preparation, anesthetic induction/monitoring, intra-operative assistance, and immediate post-operative care for shelter animals on location at regional facilities. This position is also responsible for coordination of activities with regional shelters, medical records, and oversight for stocking and cleaning of the mobile surgery unit.
Assists with plant health care within the greenhouses of the Throckmorton Plant Complex through coordination and advice in arthropod pest scouting and management, disease management, plant nutrition, and environmental conditions. Coordinates health and safety compliance with greenhouse users. Provides support for greenhouse maintenance and assists users in managing the greenhouse environmental control systems for the Throckmorton Plant Sciences Greenhouse complex. Manages central soil room. Works with faculty and staff in the Departments of Horticulture and Natural Resources, Agronomy, Plant Pathology and Entomology.
The Nutrition Educator position serves to meet the Kansas Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) mission of empowering low-income Kansans using evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy lives and reduce health disparities. Specific strategies include direct education in various settings, community based projects to address policy, system or environmental changes and public health approaches to help children, families and adults improve dietary quality and food resource management skills and increase physical activity. This position reports to the SNAP-Ed Regional Specialist.
Grants & Contracts Admin is responsible for all aspects of PreAward research administration with a specialty focus on grant and contract development, review and negotiation for such issues as intellectual property rights, insurance, liability, indemnification, foreign currency issues, consistency with federal and state laws, regulations and University policies, compliance with university, state and federal laws and regulations, and sponsor requirements.
The Division of Biology seeks an Office Specialist II to work in the KS Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit within the Division of Biology at Kansas State University.
This position exists to conduct and coordinate research activities in the Ruminant Nutrition Lab located in Call Hall. This person will work with their supervisor and other faculty to make sure that research related lab activity is conducted on time, as scheduled. This person will ensure that lab equipment is maintained. Performs record keeping responsibilities using knowledge of the instrument and visual appraisal to evaluate instrument performance.
Managing Director, Center for Risk Management Education and Research. This position involves working closely with the Center Director and University Administration to manage all aspects of the Center with internal and external patrons. The Managing Director ensures the Center is meticulously organized, accessible, professional, responsive, accountable, and makes a positive impression in all endeavors.
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This entry was posted in glimpse inside my noggin and tagged change, disparate, life by shygirl. Bookmark the permalink.
I agree! I hope to always be incongruous in MANY ways. I do think we always are the same but different. Our future selves have today’s knowledge….and sooner or later, hopefully, we can live more and more IN THE MOMENT, and less and less in our heads. That’s what I hope for, because I truly believe that’s where the true joy lies.
You are a smart cookie, Kay! To live less in my head is sort of my holy grail, I think!
So are you! Me too. It’ll happen!
Being made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements is what makes you unique. I think to be incongruous in many, many ways is a good thing.
Very lovely post, thank you.
Maybe it is good! I sometimes think all of my incongruity is just… confusing, something to try and eliminate, but maybe it’s not a bad thing to be so very the same, yet totally changed.
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5:00-7:00 pm Pizza & Plaster. “Christ has no hands but yours”. We're making plaster molds of your hands...or feet!? Bring $3 for pizza if you can, but come even if you can't!
NEW“Pizza & P-salms” (a trial run) Sr Hi meet at Sir Pizza from 6:30 - 8:00 pm for learning, laughter and lots-o-pizza. Led by Kristin Dillon. Please bring $5.
There is also still time to return your 2017 pledge cards. You can drop them in the offering basket or mail them to the church.
PRAYER AND BIBLE STUDY GROUP will meet on Wednesday, February 1 at 10:00 AM in the Conference Room. Lectionary passages for this week are: Psalm 112:1-9 and Matthew 5:13-20.
The Nominating Committee has begun its work to identify our next group of officers for our church. This includes Elders, Deacons, key Financial positions and new members of the Nominating Committee. These are important roles in our church. If you would like to be considered for these positions or if you know of someone who you believe is well qualified please contact members of the Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee wants to reach as broadly as possible to fill these positions. The Nominating Committee members include, Wendy Herchenroether, Amy Reed, Tim Miller, Teresa Bershai, Sandy Stauffer, Bob Hedglin or Bob Nadin.
During the weeks of January 23 and January 30, Holy Family Institute is seeking help with light cleaning and organizing in several buildings prior to a state inspection. There may be a bit of heavy cleaning in kitchen areas. We'd like to help out as part of our outreach partnership ... if you could spend a couple of hours, please send a note to Deb Sadowski at [email protected]. Thanks in advance!
Online giving has come to CPCBA!
Thanks to the efforts of Ross Dillon, Barb Barcousky and the Stewardship Committee, anyone who wishes to give can set up a one-time or recurring donation using a serviceprovided by the Presbyterian Mission Exchange. Please go to the donation page and set up your donation.
HEY YOUTH - Can You Hear Me Now…?
If you aren’t getting our “Remind” texts or seeing our posts on Facebook or Instagram about Youth Group activities, please let us know.
Check out the Website. It’s updated on all Youth activities!
Fee: $10 for catered lunch by Scott Wilwohl. Scholarships are available.
Come share a continental breakfast & catered lunch, fun, fellowship, and faith with CPCBA females and friends (ages 15 & up). Food, fellowship, music, and worship.
RSVP by Feb. 1. Place in offering plate or send to Jean Henderson at [email protected] or call her at 412-351-8001.
The meeting will be immediately following worship and will include the presentation of the annual report. The annual report will be available Sunday, February 12, 2017.
Matthew Mehaffey, conducting the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh at Rodef Shalom Temple. Hear the innocence and hope in young Anne Frank’s words in Annelies, a full choral work by British composer James Whitbourn with libretto compiled by Melanie Challenger from The Diary of A Young Girl. Soprano soloist Amelia D’Arcy, the Mendelssohn Choir, and instrumentalists give voice to the girl whose emotional story has inspired millions and who remains the most well-known heroine of the Holocaust. Devastatingly beautiful, the music captures Anne’s youthful innocence amid unthinkable hardship.
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Ready to look beyond the Tony hoopla and focus on an exciting project in the works for next season?
Jujamcyn Productions is talking with London's Almeida Theater about bringing one of its current productions, a critically praised revival of Eugene O'Neill's ''Iceman Cometh,'' starring Kevin Spacey, to Broadway in the fall.
The four-hour 15-minute production of O'Neill's barroom epic, with only two short intermissions, is drawing for Mr. Spacey ''the best reviews I have ever seen for an actor, American or British,'' said Jonathan Kent, co-artistic director of the Almeida.
The London production, which also stars Rupert Graves and Clarke Peters and was directed by Howard Davies and designed by Bob Crowley, began performances at the Almeida's home stage on April 2.
Rocco Landesman, Jujamcyn's president, said his organization and the Almeida were eager to bring the play to New York. All that remains to be seen is whether Mr. Spacey can find time in his schedule.
They did. Mr. Molina, who was born in Britain but lives in California, joined Alan Alda and Victor Garber in the original Broadway cast of the trans-Atlantic comedy hit, which began performances in March. And it was Mr. Molina who drew a Tony nomination for best actor in a leading role.
''I was pleasantly surprised to get the nomination,'' said Mr. Molina, who points out that he has less American theatrical experience than his co-stars. ''I thought that being the new kid on the block, they might say, 'Well, we'll see you next time around.' So I'm delighted,'' he said.
Mr. Molina was last seen on a New York stage in 1995, in a revival of ''Molly Sweeney'' at the Roundabout Theater. He'll be seen this fall in two movies, Woody Allen's ''Celebrity'' and Stanley Tucci's ''Impostors.'' Mostly, he said, he'd like to be able to get enough movie work to allow him to work on the stage more often.
When Barry Edelstein got out of graduate school at Oxford University a decade ago, he had his first interview for a job in New York at the Classic Stage Company.
The job has finally come through.
Mr. Edelstein, who directed last season's revival of Arthur Miller's ''All My Sons'' for the Roundabout Theater, as well as numerous classical productions for the Joseph Papp Public Theater and other companies, has been chosen as the Classic's new artistic director.
David Esbjornson announced earlier this year that he was stepping down as artistic director after six years in the post, though he will help Mr. Edelstein plan next season's schedule as part of the transition.
The Classic Stage, in a beautiful space near Union Square, has been performing innovative versions of classic plays since 1967. Mr. Edelstein said he intends to lead the company toward bigger and more ambitious productions drawing from a more diverse repertory of classics. He also hopes to commission leading American playwrights to undertake fresh translations of classic plays.
*More pre-Tony awards were handed out this week. The Drama Desk named ''Ragtime'' the best new musical, ''Cabaret'' the best musical revival, ''The Beauty Queen of Leenane'' the best new play and ''A View From the Bridge'' the best revival of a play.
*''Avow,'' a new play by Bill C. Davis (''Mass Appeal'') about a concert pianist who falls in love with a priest, will open on June 22 at the Director's Company. It will star Richard Cox, Judith Hawking and Marge Redmond.
*Elizabeth Ashley and Michael Hayden will star in a revival of Tennessee Williams's ''Sweet Bird of Youth'' at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington under the direction of Michael Kahn. Performances begin on Tuesday and run through July 19.
*Olympia Dukakis will play Lear in the first public performance of her work-in-progress, ''The Lear Project,'' at the Orpheum Theater in Foxborough, Mass., from June 16 through 21. It's described as a ''woman-centered adaptation'' of Shakespeare's tragedy.
*Karen Finley will star in ''The Return of the Chocolate-Smeared Woman,'' a ''deconstruction'' of her 1990 performance piece ''We Keep Our Victims Ready,'' in which Ms. Finley at one point smeared herself with chocolate. The piece added to the national debate over public financing of the arts. Performances, at the Bat Theater Company, will run from June 14 through July 4.
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Wisconsin Sea Grant achieved college status in 1972 and is based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They are a statewide program of basic and applied research, education, and outreach and technology transfer dedicated to the stewardship and sustainable use of the nation's Great Lakes and ocean resources.
Coastal erosion, particularly bluff recession, is a hazard to communities and landowners on Great Lakes shores, significantly affecting property values of waterfront parcels. Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researchers at UW-Madison are taking a three-pronged approach to better understand the impacts of shoreline protection structures on bluffed coastlines. Models developed from this project are being used to better understand coastal evolution adjacent to shoreline protection structures. Results are being communicated to stakeholders, engineers and managers within the Great Lakes basin.
Wisconsin Sea Grant-funded researchers built new devices that accurately monitor slope stability and deployed three of these units along the coastline. They used the measurements to better understand how cold weather affects bluff erosion. A better knowledge of where and when bluff failure will occur gives scientists a stronger ability to predict what types of sediment will be deposited into the lake from the eroding bluffs. Information about the sediment type is of particular use to beach and harbor managers because it will affect beach and harbor stability. The new devices also recorded a sudden bluff failure and assessed the internal mechanics associated with the failure.
Demand for salmon - and the price it commands - is on the rise. Wisconsin Sea Grant's support of aquaponics has resulted in a new aquaponics business is backed by more than $10 million in investment and is expected to employ up to 30 people. The aquaponics business is one of North America’s first on-land salmon-rearing facilities, providing a domestic source of a commonly-imported fish. The facility had its grand opening in August 2017, and since it is an aquaponics system, will also produce fresh vegetables in addition to salmon.
Wisconsin Sea Grant supported archaeological investigation of the shipwreck of the Arctic to raise awareness of the cultural, historical and economic importance of the Great Lakes and the commerce they support. Shipwrecks provide a window into the maritime past and can be a springboard to spark deeper interest in the current state of the waters. Shipwrecks are also a draw for tourists. In fact, Wisconsin has shipwrecks that are consistently ranked in the top sites in the U.S. by popular scuba magazines. Sea Grant funded an archaeological survey of the vessel, and data from the field work were used to create outreach and educational materials. Thirty-four public presentations were delivered, and museum informational kiosks were updated to include data on the shipwreck. Researchers wrote a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the Arctic site to further legal protection for the wreck.
Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Dr. Bootsma received funding from Wisconsin Sea Grant to study the effects of the invasive quagga mussel on plankton abundance in Lake Michigan.
"Sea Grant allows us to address very relevant questions for stakeholders on Lake Michigan; whether you’re a sport fisher, commercial fisher or beach goer…Sea Grant has facilitated getting the results of our work out to the public and really help our research have an impact on stakeholders."
Water Quality and Coastal Communities Outreach Specialist - Julia helps communities become more resilient to coastal storms and flooding. One of her main projects include restoration of the Cat Island Chain in Green Bay.
"One of the most exciting things for me is that I get work with communities to help solve water quality and coastal hazard issues. I get to bring science-based information to them so they can make appropriate decisions for themselves."
Maritime Archeologist - Tamara works at the Wisconsin Historical Society and assists Wisconsin Sea Grant in their tourism initiatives.
"Through our partnership with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant, it has allowed us to bring back to life the stories of the mariners. It’s allowed us to share the stories of historic ports and development along our Great Lakes."
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Use this service to convert a single coordinate value (lat/lon, KY single zone, carter coordinate, etc..) to 14 different coordinate values. Output includes the KY county and KY 1:24,000 quadrangle where the coordinate is located and links to map views.
Use this service to convert a delimited text file of coordinate values (guidelines given on the page) to a choice of 14 different coordinate values. Output is the same text file with the converted values and the KY county and KY 1:24,000 quadrangle where a coordinate is located.
In 1996, the Education Committee of the Kentucky Geological Survey, in conjunction with the Kentucky Society of Professional Geologists, established the Earth Science Education Network (ESEN). Originally, the network provided a group of geologists who served as resource persons for teachers. In the fall of 1996, ESEN was expanded to provide resources from around the globe using the World Wide Web.
Kentucky’s most comprehensive collection of rock cores and subsurface samples is curated by the Kentucky Geological Survey at its well sample and core library on Research Park Drive in Lexington. Cores and samples are collected when holes are drilled for oil and mineral exploration, groundwater supplies, scientific research, and site investigations supporting large engineering projects. The KGS collection, assembled over many decades, is a unique and invaluable resource that is freely available to scientists, engineers, and others who need to know what lies beneath the surface of the commonwealth.
facility on Research Park Drive in Lexington.
KGS, a research center within the University of Kentucky, has spent the past six months improving operations at the 48,000-square-foot building. “We have plans for upgrades, and we have reorganized the space,” says the library’s manager, geologist William Andrews. “We’ve rededicated the library to its designed purpose of supporting research on physical samples.” Staff at the facility have also updated safety procedures and equipment, revised its management structure, and documented procedures and policies to make the library more useful to stakeholders. Its status as a pilot project for occupational safety management with the UK Health and Safety Department has helped the core library staff to address quality, fall protection, and overall safety awareness issues.
KGS has scheduled an open house at the facility on Friday, February 15, 1–4 p.m. Eastern Time, to showcase changes to current and prospective users and solicit suggestions for future improvements. A new name for the facility will also be announced during the open house. “We want more academic, industry, and government researchers to learn about our collections by attending the open house and suggesting how to blend their expertise with ours to solve problems critical to sustainable and robust economic growth in Kentucky,” Andrews explains.
A key component of the new direction for the library is a three-year project to repair thousands of storage boxes so that they meet current archival standards, photograph 10,000 core boxes, and make the photographs available online. By the end of January, 25 complete cores had been photographed and 745 boxes relabeled. This nearly $500,000 project, directed by KGS Archive Manager Liz Adams, was funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Natalie Fields takes photos of cores stored at the facility for posting online.
Ryan Pinkston helps Oklahoma State University students find and examine cores for their research.
All files associated with this page are copyrighted © 1997 – by the Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky. An Equal Opportunity University.
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Authorities are searching for the driver of red Mazda who was involved in a hit-and-run late Saturday that left a motorcyclist with minor injuries.
Authorities are searching for the driver of red Mazda who was involved in a hit-and-run crash late Saturday in Escambia County that left a motorcyclist with minor injuries.
At about 10 p.m. Saturday, both the car and a motorcycle, a Suzuki GSF 1250, were heading north on Pine Forest Road toward the intersection with West Nine Mile Road.
The motorcycle stopped in the through-travel lane, and the car failed to stop and collided with the back of the motorcycle, knocking it over, according to a news release from Florida Highway Patrol.
The driver of the car fled the scene immediately after the collision and continued on West Nine Mile Road to U.S. 29. The car was last seen heading southbound on U.S. 29.
The driver was described as possibly a white man. The car, which police believe was a red 2005 Mazda 3, should have damage to its front bumper.
The motorcyclist, Sandra Bennett, 43, of Nauvoo, Alabama, suffered minor injuries in the crash.
Anyone with information about the car or its driver is asked to email [email protected] or call 850-484-5000.
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one of the first things you will learn about me is that i am a music addict. i love finding new music. i love delving into a new song and really reading the lyrics and melodies. so you’ll probably find a lot on here about music, including my 10 favorite songs from the previous month….enjoy.
Photograph by Ed Sheeran (actually basically the entire ed sheeran cd, but i’m going to put my absolute favorite on here anyways).
pet peeves: bad grammar, people who chew loudly, selfish people, drivers who don’t use turn signals, people who talk on the phone through headphones….really, I could go on for hours.
future plans: make the most out of my last two years in college, graduate, find my dream job, fall in love, be happy, live life.
there’s no better time to try new things and push yourself a little outside your comfort zone to find out who you are and who you are capable of being than your college and 20-something years.
this blog will help me document the trials, tribulations, joys, insecurities and journeys that complicate and beautify these years.
check back for my writings and thoughts as i move into my third year of college. from new adventures moving into my first apartment to things i have known my whole life, like music; look out for my ramblings on topics such as friendship, music, books, cooking, crafting, fitness, college and more.
i can’t wait to start this journey.
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Foundation Directory Online: (password protected): Provides comprehensive information on U.S. funders and their grants. The database lists nearly 100,000 U.S. foundations and corporate donors, more than 3.8 million recent grants and more than 500,000 key decision makers. Please contact the Henry Whittemore Library at 508-626-4654 to obtain User ID and Password information.
Fundsnet Services Online: Provides grant writing and fundraising resource information to those in need of funding for their programs and initiatives.
Grants.gov: The Federal government's online application system provides a central portal where organizations and individuals can electronically find and apply for grants through the federal government.
Research.gov: Led by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Research.gov is a partnership of Federal, research-oriented, grant-making agencies with a shared vision of increasing customer service to the research community and providing transparency into Federal research spending and outcomes.
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We review recent works on supersymmetry breaking and gauge mediation. We survey our current understanding of dynamical supersymmetry-breaking mechanisms and describe new model-building tools that use duality, metastability, and stringy construction. We discuss phenomenological constraints and their solutions, paying particular attention to gaugino masses and electroweak symmetry breaking.
© 2010 Annual Reviews. First published online as a Review in Advance on July 19, 2010. We thank M. Graesser, Z. Komargodski, and D. Shih for comments on this manuscript. R.K. is supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, number 21840006, of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science ( JSPS). H.O. is supported in part by U.S. Department of Energy grant number DE-FG03-92-ER40701; the World Premier International Research Center Initiative of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan; and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, number (C) 20540256, of JSPS. Y.O.’s research at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is supported in part by the Government of Canada through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and by the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Research and Innovation.
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Two hours into your day, you are tired. Even though you’ve taken your vitamins. You’ve done your sun salutations, breathing in positive, breathing out negative. You’ve eaten sunshine in the form of a perfect Julie, just ripe enough to fill your veins with sugary goodness. You’ve drunk your rice milk to make sure and take the osteoporosis in front.
You step into the world. You do all the right things. You say good morning to random people, because you believe that basic courtesies make life a little more pleasant for all involved.
The dirt clings to your shoes like children reaching out to be loved.
Mavado on the corner shouting, pleading to anyone who will listen ‘I’m special/so special/so special’. Men mad from coke or rum or Trinidad are ranting and reeking on every corner.
The road bubbles liquid under your thin soles and you hope for decency’s sake to keep yourself from melting into the welcoming asphalt.
Jump in a taxi. There’s a man on the radio. His voice is shrill and desperate. You do not want to hear his hysterical ranting this morning. You do not want to listen to him spitting his hate at his microphone. He is screaming about jammettes and a march and being bought out by Papa Patos. You ask the taxi driver to turn it down. The driver ignores you. The fifteen-minute journey is unbearable. The ranting continues, the passengers and drivers take the abuse in silence.
Exiting the taxi, put God out of your thoughts and make a parting comment to the driver about poisoning his brain. His response is swift and loud and abusive, echoing the same shrill almost emasculated tones of the radio voice.
You wonder if there is some special suit you can get. One that makes you impervious not just to the heat that makes you think you can hear your scalp sizzle.
One that helps you block out all the crappy things you hate about this place. This place that makes you tired two hours into your day.
By the time you get home again your feet are dragging. You are weak, you are not programmed to deal with this. This place is sick and you are not a doctor. You have no remedies to offer, no healing balms to give.
You want to lock yourself away and the back end of forever is too soon for you to want to venture outside again.
You understand now that perhaps people don’t drive around with their windows up not connecting with the outside because they are pretentious and materialistic but because they can’t deal with what’s going on in the real world.
There are days when the urge to stay at home is irresistible.
You willingly suspend interaction with the world. You create fabulous meals from the strangest of leftovers to avoid going out. You reach out only online on social networks. To hug people and create wistful brilliant status updates to amuse your friends.
Sometimes you wish that you only existed inside your computer. In your virtual world you can block out the things you don’t want to see or hear. You create your own propaganda.
You could create a Trinidad that existed only in your imagination. Where it is beautiful all the time. Where eight year olds don’t beat up six year olds. Where smelters don’t get built. Where you don’t get cursed out if you suggest something to your taxi driver.
You know if this was a relationship with a man, you wouldn’t still be here. You would never stick around and take this abuse. Stay for what? Because this is where you were born? This is what you know? This is the only place that understands you?
Your Trinidad tabanca has you peeping through your windows wondering if you have the energy to venture out.
Wondering what terrors await you outside and in. What terrible fiction will become your reality today and what heaviest of straws will break your weakened camel’s back.
What good is a community without stories? What value is a society without storytellers? I mean beyond crick crack. Beyond the loss of douens to electric lights and Anansi replaced by the World Wide Web.
The carrier of the stories is the carrier of the wisdom and a sensibility that you can’t and never will get from the Red House.
The carrier of the stories is both the revolutionary and the peacemaker. Who shows the community its beauty and its dirt and its light.
A storyteller is a shape-shifter who uses every tool, every image, every sense to draw you in, capture your imagination.
So where the hell are our stories? Who is fictionalising our lives? Who is fashioning our superheroes?
All these questions plagued me before, during and after I went to see A Winter’s Tale, which everyone should see really.
Because in the absence of our own storytellers our children grow up in awe of someone else’s mythology.
Imagine in all my 30 years on this island, this is the first time I was sitting in Globe cinema to watch a local film.
And it might be set in Canada but I have to take ownership of those emotionally scarred men and the women shouldering too much weight of dying boy children.
And we have too many frustrated artists walking around this town to not understand that the loudness of our self-doubt has a startling ability to drown out our desire to speak our truths.
Aside from the embarrassment, aside from the frustration, I am so glad that A Winter’s Tale is being shown here and now.
And I’m glad too that they chose the Globe, in the heart of my beautiful stinking city, to show it, as opposed to going to that place in the murdered mangrove.
It’s not a pleasant film. It’s not a kicks t’ing. It’s not the loud, effects-filled, slap-stick foolishness that usually numbs our brains.
And this is not a review but a Winter’s Tale is bloody brilliant. Especially because you’re not going to leave the theatre feeling all warm and fuzzy.
And especially because you will weep for a fictional dead child in ways that you do not weep when you watch the news.
Frances Anne has all the marks of a good storyteller in that you will feel more sorrow for a place and time and people fashioned out of living truths.
Because everybody knows our men are in crisis. Everybody knows but who wants to take responsibility for finding or creating solutions?
The audience titters uncomfortably at inappropriate times. They steups at the gangsta boy who falls apart when the little boy dies.
They are scandalised at two beautifully naked bodies embracing in grief. They have a problem with the cuss words as if the F word is more obscene than a generation of boys who will never know what it is to be men outside of owning a gun.
We should feel more scandalised by the fact that we have a nation of children growing up absorbing somebody else’s mythology. Who do not know that they too can be superheroes, let alone be on a big screen, playing themselves with a depth and truth that is just plain shattering.
The procrastinating writer in me winces because there are so many other stories like this that need to be told.
And I hear a lot of talk these days about developing a film industry. And it’s important, yes, to industrialise the way we operate our creative potential. Beyond oil or gas or goddamned smelters, our creativity is our real nation-building potential.
But we also have to be able to see the value of the stories that we have to tell and train our storytellers wisely so that the films we make don’t end up looking like the Port-of-Spain waterfront. Tall and empty and bright imitations that are irrelevant to the landscape.
Especially these days when I realise that she is what I am becoming.
It took me a long time to write this week’s column. I didn’t do my usual ‘type whatever came into my head’.
I mean, now that Robin Montano is making front page news saying that he wants to sue people for forwarding e-mails they did not author, I can only imagine what other interesting tortures they’ll come up with for people like me who like to think we live in a democracy.
But it’s like Papa Patos was saying the week before, it’s a question of behaviour. And not of what caused the behaviour. It’s like getting rubbed down by the Babylon because you have a bandit face or getting blanked from entry into a nightclub because you too ghetto black or too country Indian.
It’s a well-known fact that I’m not particularly fond of shoes and wouldn’t be caught dead in one of those power suit things. In other words I don’t have court clothes and so maybe I need to be a little more careful about what I say.
I hemmed and hawed a lot more than I usually do. Pacing back and forth, changing the music several times. Wondering if it were possible to write a column that didn’t cause offence to somebody powerful and mighty and capable of intimidating a poor defenceless little journalist like me.
Especially now that every time I pass the Prime Minister’s residence the security detail hails me out by name. But maybe I shouldn’t even be saying that, lest someone should possibly maybe perhaps construe that as some kind of anti-Patos-ness on my part.
It’s World Press Freedom Day today, and I guess some of us would love to boast at the fact that Trinidad and Tobago is the only English speaking Caribbean country to be in the top 20 of the World Press Freedom Index (we’re number 19). Even UK is number 24 and the USA is number 48.
I’ve been thinking about this number 19 status. How we ended up there. Do we really have press freedom or is it just that nobody takes the media seriously enough to think of anything that gets published or broadcast as a threat to their authority or their profit margins?
Maybe the media are as much of a pappyshow as all other institutions in this country, like the church or parliament. Toothless, useless. Maybe we’re all just going through the motions because we don’t know anything else or can’t do any better.
Maybe journalists are really just there to meet deadlines and fill space so that big business can make money off whatever is entertaining Trinbagonians the most that day.
Maybe this is why this is the only form of local television that most supposedly local television stations invest in. The news is information and entertainment enough. No need for police shows and comedy shows and dramas because all of these get played out every night in the news and the whole nation stops to take in the stories and watch themselves perform their best acts.
So if a dotish e-mail that reads like bad fiction could get that kind of rise out of our favourite economic hit-man of the day, I wonder what he would do if some journalist really started doing like everybody would like to happen and investigate the Udecott.
Or I wonder what would happen if someone were to really begin to investigate what the hell the EMA does, if they didn’t know that a 60-room hotel was being built right around the corner from their headquarters. I wonder when someone will really assess whether they have the capacity to manage our potential for a serious industrial disaster or even to protect the many communities in this country who are at risk as we speak.
And I wonder if I should feel ahow about wondering if even Zimbabwe could get rid of Mugabe why are we still stuck with PNM inefficiency. Oh yes, it’s that whole non-functional opposition problem.
Okay, so the truth is, the day I feel frightened to say what is on my mind is the day I die, but what really frightens me is that in the face of all that is wrong and given the studious lack of interest in the powers that be to set it right, where are the journalists who are willing to do the work to ensure that these stories get told? Where are the editors who will support them? Where are the camera people and the hackers and the bloggers doing the dirty work?
It’s the journalists who usually get the tootsy end of the stick first when democracy is under threat. Here they don’t get shot, they just get silenced with a big salaried corporate communications position. Which, for me, is an unfortunate fate far worse than death.
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Ram claims the original World War II army truck-derived Power Wagon was the first 4×4 pickup and that that truck’s successor remains the most capable off-road pickup on the market—fans of the 1913-1928 Jeffery Quad might debate that former claim, but we more or less validated Ram’s capability boast on a run across the Newfoundland Labrador wilderness. As the Ram 2500 line gets upgraded for 2019, most of those upgrades get applied to the Power Wagon while it carries over most of its previous unique features.
Another major improvement is a new 360-degree camera option, which provides a top-down view of the entire truck while forward cameras provide a close-up view to help place the tires when rock crawling. The standard 6.4-liter gas V-8 engine gets the MDS cylinder-deactivation system that launched on the half-ton version, along with all the noise and vibration countermeasures that allow these trucks to operate in four-cylinder mode more often—new engine mounts, vibration-canceling frame shakers, and active noise cancellation through the stereo plus all new exhaust hanging brackets that transfer less noise and vibration. Heavy-duty trucks don’t get an EPA rating, but internal testing suggests customers should see an 8-10 percent improvement in fuel economy. The engine is now teamed with an 8HP75R strengthened version of the eight-speed that has been powering the 1500 series trucks. The much shorter first gear ratio in this transmission reportedly improves the Power Wagon’s low-range crawl ratio from 35:1 to an impressive 51:1.
Ram Trucks revealed both of the Heavy Duty models for the first time at the 2017 Chicago Auto Show. Based on the Sport appearance package, the Night adds blacked-out features, including wheels, grille surround and badging, to deliver an eye-catching twist on the performance-enthusiast package.
If you’re looking for a way to stand out from the crowd – these Heavy Duty Night models will do just that.
The Night package is available on Ram 2500 and 3500 (single-rear-wheel models only) in Crew Cab configurations, 4×2 or 4×4, and any available powertrain combination (5.7L HEMI® V8, 6.4L HEMI V8 or 6.7L Cummins® I-6).
Ram 2500 and 3500 HD Night models are available in Bright Silver Metallic, Bright White, Brilliant Black Crystal, Delmonico Red Pearl and Granite Crystal Metallic.
Production of the 2017 Ram HD Night models began early February 2017. Ram Heavy Duty Night pricing starts at $45,520 MSRP, plus $1,320 destination.
Brian Williams caught this 2017 2500 Ram Power Wagon Laramie while it was being tested in high altitudes in the Rockies. He wrote that it’s only missing the legacy “Macho Power Wagon” graphics and blacked out bits.
The brawny, off-road-oriented Power Wagon, revamped for 2017, will gain a more luxurious version for those who need the muscle but also want the pampering of the wood and leather-lined high-end trim offered on other Ram pick-ups.
The Laramie will get more brightwork as befitting of this top-spec Ram, with a new take on the Power Wagon’s Rebel-derived grille – a sort-of chromed mesh insert replaces black plastic. Chromed wheels are now wrapped in the chunky off-road tires, too.
Inside, the Power Wagon should get the typical Laramie treatment, which means upgraded leather with thick stitching and wood-like trim.
Expect to see the Laramie Power Wagon later this year.
A reliable source oh2o provided a list of what will be changing for the 2016 model year in the Ram 2500 and Ram 3500 pickup trucks.
Production of the 2016 model year pickups begins on July 20, 2015, and will include the new Limited, with the same controversial grille and tailgate appearance as the Ram 1500 Limited (shown below). Available as a crew cab or mega cab only, it will have unique wheels (except on double-rear-wheel setups, or “duallies,” which will carry over the old wheels). The interior is all-black and similar to that of Ram 1500 Laramie Limited; bumpers are painted, with optional chrome.
The photo above shows a 2016 Ram 2500 Laramie Limited, as shown at the Chicago Auto Show. Other models are likely to have a grille similar to those of the 2015 trucks.
All 2016 “heavy duty” Ram pickup trucks will have a new center console layout; Longhorn and Limited will also use a new, wooden tambour (sliding console) door.
New 18 inch aluminum wheels will be used on Big Horn, Lone Star, and Outdoorsman, with new pickup box lighting (LED lights on each side at the rear) on Longhorn and Limited, optional on some other models, and included with Luxury Group and Rambox.
Engines appear to remain the same, except for a new compressed natural gas (CNG) option on Crew Cab / long-bed in rear wheel drive, and regular cab models in rear and four wheel drive. Ram continues to have the only factory-upfitted CNG option, not using an aftermarket solution.
The base radio on Tradesman remains the same but will be renamed from RA1 to Radio 3.0 AM/FM. Some models will get optional front and rear parking assistance (standard on Laramie and higher trimlines).
phablet holderThe rear camera will be able to toggle between a cargo view and the backup camera; the cargo view camera will be packaged in the Convenience Group with rain-sensing wipers and automatic-beam headlamps.
Finally, the usual paint changes are going to be made, with red pearl replacing deep cherry red, “Luxury Brown” replacing “Western brown,” and a new pearl white option on higher-level trucks starting with September production.
It normally takes a month or two for trucks to reach dealers after production begins.
The 2015 Ram pickup trucks now have new tow ratings that were certified under the stricter demanding SAE J2807 regulation. Impressively, not a single model sees its ratings decline under the new certification process — and some even see ratings increase slightly. All versions of the 2015 Ram 1500, 2500 HD, and 3500 HD will henceforth have towing figures that meet the stricter tow ratings.
For light-duty pickup trucks, the 2015 Ram 1500 has SAE J2807 tow ratings as follows. Models with the 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 engine and eight-speed automatic transmission can tow up to 9200 pounds, trucks with the 3.6-liter gasoline V-6 can manage up to 7600 pounds, and Ram 1500 models equipped with the 5.7-liter V-8 engine can tow as much as 10,650 pounds. For the 3.6-liter V-6, that’s an increase of 150 pounds compared to 2014 ratings, while the 5.7-liter V-8 see its maximum rating rise 200 pounds.
The 2015 Ram 2500 and 3500 are also subject to the new SAE J2807 ratings. With a 6.4-liter gasoline V-8, the 2500’s max tow rating is 16,300 pounds, or 17,970 pounds with the 6.7-liter Cummins diesel inline-six. Those figures are unchanged from last year. As for the 2015 Ram 3500, trucks with the 6.4-liter engine can tow as much as 16,420 pounds, while models with the 6.7-liter mill boast maximum tow ratings of 30,000 pounds.
Earlier this year, General Motors, Ford, and Ram all confirmed plans to adopt the SAE J2807 ratings. The new certification process is more rigorous and is designed to test the real-world towing abilities and safety of the trucks. It includes tests for the vehicles’ acceleration, braking, and cooling-system performance, as well as things like understeer and double-lane-change handling tests.
GM already confirmed the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500’s ratings under the SAE J2807 standards. The pickup truck saw some of its models’ ratings decline by 300-400 pounds, depending on engine and configuration, when switching to the new rules.
Ram grille change no big deal?
Opinion/Analysis: it seems to me that the uproar over the new grilles on the Ram Laramie and Rebel is a classic case of making a mountain out of a molehill: a task made more difficult because it starts without a molehill.
Automotive News’ Larry Vellequette and Allpar’s Daniel Bennet have written about the change, saying it’s a sign that the Ram brand is suffering from an identity crisis. Their argument is that Ram trying to further distance itself from Dodge by moving away from the crosshair grille and the ram’s head badge.
The more likely reason for the change is to let buyers know this is a new Ram pickup [as alluded to by designer Greg Howell].
How long has the Ram pickup used the same general grille design with only very small changes that most consumers won’t even notice? Since Ram became a separate brand five years ago? In fact, the same general grille design was used on the last model year of the Dodge Ram pickup.
The fact the new grille’s first appearance on a regular production truck came on the top-of-the-line Laramie is an indication that Ram is looking to persuade owners of earlier premium Ram pickups to trade their old truck by making the new truck visibly different.
When I was young, grille changes were an annual event, making each new model distinct from those that came before. Automakers don’t do that any more, but a change after six years seems reasonable.
The use of the prominent “RAM” on the Rebel’s grille is similar to what Ford has done on the Raptor, which has a big “FORD” on the grille instead of a blue oval. It sets the special truck apart from other models.
As for the large RAM on the tailgate, name a pickup brand that hasn’t done this at one time or another.
In short, there’s no identity crisis required to explain the change.
As far as establishing a brand identity, I would imagine that if you asked most male consumers to complete the phrase “Guts, Glory…”, most would say “Ram.” They might even try to sound like Sam Elliott. That’s successful branding.
Worries about losing the classic Ram logo would seem to be unfounded. A look at the interior shows the familiar shield is right in the center of the steering wheel. Considering that it’s much less costly to change a small badge than it is to change a grille and tailgate, one would assume any effort to rebrand would include that change.
Consider the ProMaster City. While the big ProMaster was already in production, it would have been easy to change the small van’s grille and badging. Yet the ProMaster City has Ram shield badges front and rear.
Now consider at the two brands’ product lines: Ram has pickups, chassis-cabs and commercial vans (ProMaster City is clearly targeted at businesses). Dodge has passenger cars, family minivans and SUVs. The only Dodge fleet vehicles are special purpose, such as the Charger Pursuit and the Durango SSV. There isn’t any overlap, even in the same showroom.
It was Chrysler, not Fiat, that originally pushed for a retail network in which as many dealers as possible sold all the Chrysler brands.
If anyone is worried that Ram is phasing out the Ram logo, the first question that comes to mind is “Why would they?” The brand name is Ram; what else are they going to use?
It’s unlikely that Bob Hegbloom, Sergio Marchionne or Olivier Francois lose much sleep over whether dealers or consumers call the truck a Ram or a Dodge Ram. FCA US and people can call it anything they want as long as it changes hands from the first group to the second group in large quantities, and Ram U.S. sales last year were the best since the all-time record year of 2003 and missed setting a new all-time Graham/Dodge/Ram sales record by just 9,583 sales.
In the end, the grille change isn’t a quest for identity or an escape from the shadow of another brand. It is a relatively inexpensive styling change made by a brand that seems comfortable enough in its own skin to try something new.
Some Web sages noticed that the only interior color available for the Ram Rebel and Laramie Limited was black (this has been true for both generations of Laramie Limited). With the 2015 Ram 1500 Laramie Limited, even the headliner and pillars are black.
We asked Ram lead interior designer whether this was due to customer choice or cost, and he said it was partly a matter of being appropriate to the vehicle.
There’s just something about wearing a black suit, just a nice black suit, that your details pop. I think that’s the thing that we’ve learned over the years, that it’s okay to have a very calming black, very consistent, and then accent it with colors. That’s what we’ve chosen for like you mentioned the Limited; we’ve chosen it for the Rebel that we’re sitting in. It’s appropriate.
Mr. Nagode also mentioned the dirt resistance (to fingerprints) in truck use, as well as customer choice if presented with different options at a lot. However, he also noted that for other vehicles, different colors were more appropriate, particularly in cars such as Charger, Challenger, and Viper. The Laramie Longhorn, he pointed out, comes in either black with brown seats, or in “a frost color” with a warmer brown.
It’s just sometimes the extremes, we tend to kind of limit the choices. Like our Express and Tradesman really only comes in a black environment. And again, that’s perfect for someone that’s going to get it dirty. … At the core of our market, we tend to offer more colors, more variations.
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Every mixer starts out unsure how to make the most of their recording and mixing equipment. If you're new to the entire world of mixing and music that is mastering the studio, never fear. Even the many expert of professionals started out where you are. You get used to your equipment and begin creating great sound for music production, you have come to the right place if you are looking for some great ways to help.
The tip that is first mixing and mastering music in the studio is to really listen to the character of the music. Listen carefully and you will need to bring out of the most unique parts of one's creation. Always give consideration towards the details. Take care to listen to each individual track before you mix. The thing that is first should take care of is little pops, white noise and hissing that will be there in the flat tracks. While an entire mix should appear like it goes together, do not be afraid to produce instrumental variations with equalizing abilities. Start playing each track panned towards the center and then use great EQ control to generate frequencies that build on the other person. Experiment with cutting off some of the bass, forcing the kick of the drum in the mid range or placing special attention on filter attack.
Dynamics in mixing and mastering music in the studio is important in giving your music breath. At the beginning, enable the automation recording feature and take notice as to the you're feeling when you listen to the music. Do not be afraid to get back and earn some edits that are serious. The flow of a song can be drastically modified by taking out fully entire parts of songs. That you can mix songs that sound great everywhere, not just in your studio wherever you are doing your mixing, the acoustics should be desirable. Any room with unusual wall covers that either make music echo or soak up sound that is too much often result in poor-quality mixes.
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Recessed lighting is a very popular choice for providing ambient lighting in the ceiling. These sorts of lighting fixtures are incredibly basic and might be circular fit and healthy. The very best thing about utilizing these light fixtures is you are able to easily install all of them by yourself. If you’re preparing to make a high-priced look to the bath room of yours, next you can choose the stained glass variety of flush mount lighting fixtures. The bathroom lighting tips are offered by advertising bathroom light hardware and, not just that, in addition, they supply ideas to be able to effectively install the lights as well.
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Great start to Celtic Connections in Glasgow last night with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Laura Marling. Make sure you get along to one of the many gigs and concerts across the city!
Hi @clairewilson. There is the Stonehaven Folk Festival if you don't mind venturing a wee bit further North. I haven't been myself but I've heard it is great!
I'll be heading to BowFest in September, held at Inveraray Castle!
If you are into that type of music, good food and whisky/beer then it's worth checking out!
There's also the Shetland Accordion and Fiddle festival when talking trad music!
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The School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities is the flagship of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. SASAH’s hybrid program combines scholarly investigation, pedagogical innovation, and experiential learning to offer a uniquely interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, and community-engaged educational experience. Courses are taught by Research Fellows drawn from our internationally recognized faculty in Classical Studies, English and Writing Studies, Film Studies, French Studies, Modern Languages and Literatures, Philosophy, Visual Arts, and Women’s Studies and Feminist Research.
The Program information provided below is updated on an ongoing basis. Please note that course descriptions vary from year to year depending upon which Research Fellows are teaching courses. Please send inquiries to either the SASAH Director or SASAH Program Coordinator at [email protected].
The SASAH program draws on the Faculty of Arts and Humanities’ national reputation for scholarly excellence and classroom innovation, and acts as a catalyst for cutting-edge research, teaching, and student-directed learning. Graduates receive an undergraduate Major from the School in conjunction with a Major from an existing program, thus combining disciplinary rigour with interdisciplinary flexibility and experimentation. We encourage our students to take their learning outside the classroom through local, national, and international community engagement and professional experience.
The cost to enroll in The School is the regular full-time tuition fee paid by all students registered in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
Graduates will receive an Honors Bachelor of Arts with a Major from the School, as well as a Major or Honors Specialization from an existing program in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
Students in the School register in the Major in Arts and Humanities, but they also must be registered in a second major or honors specialization in a discipline in the Faculty. In other words, the Major in Arts and Humanities cannot be taken on its own. On some occasions, students have been given permission to register for their second major in another Faculty at Western.
All students in the School register for Arts & Humanities 1020E. Team-taught by the School’s Research Fellows, this course is a thematic and historical survey of representative fields and topics within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. The course will introduce students to the study of culture, and modes of scholarly and public engagement and their central place in societies. Assignments will emphasize scholarly rigour and advanced communication skills, as well as introduce the principles of experiential learning.
Students then progress through an increasingly intensive and enriched curriculum. Second-year courses orient students in theoretical approaches and research methods specific to Arts and Humanities. Organized around the specific research expertise of the School’s Fellows, third-year special topics courses in interdisciplinary topics combine self-directed study with opportunities for international exchanges. The fourth year offers experiential learning courses that expose students to training in the broader community, capped off by a full-year seminar focused on a specific theme crucial to global cultural development. Detailed course descriptions are found on the Courses page.
The School provides an environment where students can engage in a wide spectrum of learning opportunities beyond the individual experience of a classroom. There are opportunities for working with archives and other historical materials, curating, editing and publishing, marketing, organizational planning and design, and research engagements with faculty, etc.
SASAH’s focussed learning environment means that students receive engaged mentorship from the School’s Research Fellows, drawn from the over 140 full-time professors in Western’s top-ranked Faculty of Arts and Humanities. This group of dedicated scholars includes Canada Research Chairs in Linguistics, Literary Criticism and Theory, and Bioethics (cross appointed with the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry); Distinguished University Professors; winners of the Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research, Western’s most prestigious research award; and winners of the 3M National Teaching Fellowships and the Edward Pleva Teaching Award, Western’s highest teaching honour.
The School sponsors and facilitates the presentation and publication of exhibitions, blogs, and online and print material. Guided by Faculty Research Fellows, the students gain valuable professionalized opportunities to disseminate their work, and to begin to develop a scholarly and/or creative track record.
Currently, SASAH has a dedicated study and seminar space in Weldon Library, Room 109, on Main Campus, which includes a common space for students and faculty to engage in creative, critical, and professional exchange and debate. The offices for the Director, Program Coordinator, and the Experiential Learning Coordinator are found in the International and Graduate Affairs Building (IGAB 1N20) on the first floor, near the School for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
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It has been the time of the honey “recolte” in France. Even though the three hives at Moulin de Larcy are about one and half meters away from one another, each year each hive is so different from its neighbour as regards the amount of bees and honey. This year two out of the three hives were extremely calm and not at all fussed that I was robbing them of a great deal of their honey – the third hive made up for the other two with their aggression.
All in all we now have 72 bottles of honey from the hives this year, thanks to our busy bees. The honey is amazing, I put this down to the fact that, unlike the majority of beekeepers, I do not give our bees beet sugar over winter, they have their own honey – this is a time when they really need to draw on their immune system,and require all the nourishment possible (what could be more nourishing than their very own honey). I also let the bees be bees and disturb them as little as possible, thereby causing the minimum of stress to the colony. They are happy bees and produce delicious honey – everyone who tastes the honey from Moulin de Larcy comments on how “amazing” it tastes compared to other honey.
Well-being message: An American man who had reached his 100th birthday was asked the secret to his good age and good health – a teaspoon of honey every morning!
This entry was posted in Executive Stress Management, Food & Wine, Healing, Holiday, No children, Organic, Peace & tranquility, Spiritual retreat, Well-Being and tagged food, health, organic, peace. Bookmark the permalink.
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Research opportunities in MSE are diverse and abundant, running the gamut from cutting-edge nanotechnology and biomaterials to electrical, structural many other topics. You can find your niche in materials science and engineering.
The department pursues a broad range of research which capitalizes on the unique position of the discipline. Materials science and engineering lies at the crossroads of science and technology, bridging the gap between fundamental understanding of physics, chemistry and biology, and the technological applications which are realized from the microscale (e.g., semiconductors and nanotechnology) to the macro scale (e.g., engineered materials from aerospace to medical applications). Its implications are pervasive in nearly all aspects of our daily lives. Thus while materials may seem like just another engineering discipline, its content and methodologies are pivotal in the context of today's scientific and technological revolutions: in a real sense, it lies at the center of the "three O's", i.e., the nano-technology, bio-technology, and information technology triangle.
1109 Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Bldg.
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Had to take a much needed study break last night to go see one of my favorite bands in concert… THE BLACK KEYS!!! It was phenom… my friend Lisa and I had ((FREE)) tickets in the pit so we were up close and personal with my favorite duo… I mean REALLY close – close enough to see sweat drops running off of their foreheads close! Now the pit tickets didn’t come without a fair share of trashy, disturbing, and downright confusing behavior… like the guy with long hair that Lisa and I both thought was a harmless female until he leaned in to ask what our names were. The guy looked like one of the wolves from Twilight ((pre-now-I’m-famous-haircuts)). Later on in the night, after bumping into both of us about 92380493 times, he leaned in to Lisa and said: “Since we keep bumping into each other maybe we should just hold on so it doesn’t happen anymore.” – full on with the creepy stalker grin. Ummmm no. I’m not sure why people feel the need to socialize during a concert where you can’t hear anything but the music anyways but it seemed like everyone had something to say to us which was UBER annoying. But the concert was amazeballs and just to rub it in how close we were – here are some pictures of our awesome night!
Yes… of course we had VIP tickets!
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2019-04-25T12:57:36Z
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https://changinginthecity.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/the-black-keys/
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The Greenpeace boat Taitu is within 500 metres of the world's biggest seismic blasting ship off the Wairarapa Coast.
The 15-metre launch has been following the ship since last night.
The Amazon Warrior is searching for oil on behalf of Statoil and Chevron.
Greenpeace's executive director in New Zealand, Russel Norman, said he had made contact with the vessel but had not convinced it to stop its operation.
"The captain from the Amazon Warrior has asked us to move away and we've asked him to stop blasting for new oil.
"The facts around this are really straightforward, science tells us that we can't continue afford to burn half of the existing fossil fuel, so it's absolutely completely insane to be out here looking for deep sea oil off the coast of New Zealand if you want a stable climate."
Mr Norman said the Taitu was now within a 500 metre exclusion zone of the Amazon Warrior and they intend to stay close by for as along as the weather allows.
Greenpeace's newest boat, which will confront oil-surveying vessels, has been given a name that translates as 'standing strong against an enemy at sea'.
Do environmental protests actually work?
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2019-04-21T12:30:16Z
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https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/328488/greenpeace%27s-%27taitu%27-tails-ship-searching-for-oil
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We don't have 9.75ers. I'd have to get radical and jump to 10 the second month.
I do farmers walks down my street at 1 in the morning to the park, do some sprints then walk back.
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Gonna try 50s at the end of the workout tomorrow for a minute, going trhough the tile. Will report back.
50s went fine. I did a minute.
Felt it a bit in the at risk shoulder (not really muscularly, but more lik I on purpose try to shrug a little vice hanging naturally, so I don't take the pull on the joint. I can handle 50s fine though.
Thinking about adding 30-60 seconds more.
Definitely mostly a grip exercise for me. Hit core a lot more with my lying knee flexions.
When you say "50s" (pleural) you mean both at the same time? That will hit your core less than one at a time.
Yes, I meant both. Do you recommend doing one at a time? Like what, 30/30/30/30? Of course there are a lot of possibilities and I can just try things. But this is just one exercise within an overall routine and would like to select one version and roll with it for a while.
If you want to target core, try one-handed, however long you can. If grip is more important then save time by doing both at once.
When expressed like that, I really don't know why the heck I'm doing farmer's walk at all, as I don't care that much about grip. And I hit core enough other places.
I thought your goal was to do as many different exercises as possible each day. Kidding, but to look at the massive amounts of posts of different moves you discuss, you'd think so.
Admittedly that was pretty much what I was doing early on, but thankfully I soon stumbled on this site and actually soaked up all the advice I could get here (and elsewhere).
yeah...that is sorta my objective. I guess I will just do both (or at least Han-like try both). 60L/60both/60R?
What? No, the point of my comment is that it should NOT be your objective to do as many different possible exercises each day. There should be a reason behind the exercises you choose - which should mostly be representative of the basic functional movements.
Do you disagree with my advice or are you just ignoring it?
I was joking, sorry, man.
I did appreciate your helping me. Just kinda bummed not to be doing the exercise though.
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I waited until noon time when the temperature hit 3 deg C (~37 deg F) and took the 7 out for a drive to Cisco Grove & back over Donner Summit on old highway 40.
No apparent problems, although the steering wheel is marginally pointing left when I’m going straight. Will re-align when I go for wheel alignment check. I noted that the coolant temp came up to operating temp (92 deg C) in about 10 minutes and that the oil temp lagged behind by about 5 minutes. But after 15 minutes, both maintained the exact same temp for the remainder of the drive.
The new ball joint arrived, as expected, on the afternoon after I had flown out in the morning for Beijing. All work on hold till I got home on the 24th.
The new ball joint went in easily and I adjusted the camber to be at -1.5 degrees which was 8 screw turns out from the end of the ball joint. I’ll have to check it with another alignment session at Stones tires.
New ball joint fitted & adjusted.
I had straightened the wing stay & filled wing crack with glass fiber & epoxy. Then painted.
The wing repair is functional, but the paint job leaves a lot to be desired. There is crazing and the painted job does not match the original gelcoat. The only way to get it perfect would be to buy a new wing – but I’ll manage with this for now.
Repaired cycle wing with crazing.
Next is to take the 7 out for a test drive, its 9am and -4 deg C (25 deg F), so I’ll wait a while for it to warm up.
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2019-04-23T14:32:47Z
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Gravitational waves (GWs) provide a window into the early Universe and a direct probe of the epoch prior to Big Bang nucleosynthesis, which is otherwise difficult to access. In this talk, I will discuss recent progress towards detecting the gravitational wave signatures of physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM), focusing in particular on GWs associated with cosmological phase transitions and their potential observation at the future space-based interferometer LISA. I will highlight open questions and future directions, commenting on other promising sources of gravitational radiation in BSM scenarios and complementarity with collider searches.
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https://www.physics.uci.edu/node/13577
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I’ve been regarding all the recent hype about online education/”MOOCs” with suspicion, because administrators jumping on the bandwagon seem to be motivated by an odd combination of fear (“Things are changing! What if we’re left out?”) and ambition (“Here’s my chance to make a big splash!”) I wonder where all this passion for innovation in education was a few years ago. But on the other hand, the ossified institutions of higher education are contemplating radical change? Really? What an opportunity!
Public Funding for Higher Ed: College should be publicly funded, for any student who works hard and gets good grades. At one point in our history, we made a decision that everyone was entitled to schooling. The knowledge economy has advanced to the point where a few more years are needed, for the majority of students. Social justice demands it. Even if you reject the notion of “social justice,” our economy demands it.
Computer Science: CS should be required. For everyone. Can you be a historian today without using a computer? An artist? A salesperson? Anything? Shouldn’t we aspire to turn out a new generation of educated men and women who have more than a surface knowledge of how the blasted things work, since their success in no small part will depend on that knowledge?
As long as we’re rethinking things, let’s really rethink them.
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2019-04-18T21:07:05Z
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If you like fire or bricks or pizza, and especially if you like building your own appliances in the backyard, I commend to you some work by a mate of mine. Sev’s Oven gives comprehensive instructions about the building of his second backyard oven, as well as the odd good thought on neighbours, food and his dog Clancy.
I doubt there would be a handier guide than this one.
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2019-04-23T10:42:03Z
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https://rustybrowndog.wordpress.com/category/food/
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Just learned about a friend I lost today. Ah, Regret. You never leave, and I never learn.
so I said I’d call back. But I never did.
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Hi my name is Ben and welcome to Ben-der-done-dat.
I am a Photographer, a Foodie, a frustrated Traveler and I do stuff in between.
I am currently a freelance photographer who shoots weddings, events, and others for a living.
I love eating and cooking food. I had little training in terms of food but I would like to educate my palate by tasting and indulging on the experience one plate has to offer.
I would love to travel the world. It has been my dream to bask in a location I have no knowledge of and to take in what one place has to offer.
I do have a lot of interests. Given the chance I would love to try them out and implement them and you’ll be the first to know.
Ben-der-done-dat is a collage of the places that I have been to, the moments I have encountered and experienced. The scenes I have captured and the sensations I have felt. Feel free to join me in my adventures as I share the world I see through my lens.
And after we finish exploring this and that we can say Ben-der-done-dat!
I look forward to getting to know you more through your posts! 🙂 And I have to say that your Intro is the most interesting thing I’ve read since the beginning of this year.
Hi! Thank You Sheryl and thank you for following my Blog. Looking forward to indulging in your creations.
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We've seen Bryson DeChambeau show off his ball-striking skills as a lefty before, but it never gets less impressive. Neither does the fact that the rising PGA Tour star can also use a left-handed club to pure shots right-handed. No, it doesn't seem fair that DeChambeau has such incredible hand-eye coordination while most weekend hacks would settle for being able to make decent contact once per nine holes.
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2019-04-20T20:53:18Z
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https://www.golfdigest.com/story/this-video-of-bryson-dechambeau-using-a-left-handed-club-to-hit-a-right-handed-shot-is-mighty-impressive
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Garo's Kinrou Kanshasai 2017 Announced!
Just like how Kamen Rider & Super Sentai have Chou Eiyu-sai, GARO has Kinrou Kanshasai. Kinrou Kanshasai will be brought to you Garo Fans once again this year as Kinrou Kanshasai 2017. There is still no announcement about who are going to appear in this. There will announcement about upcoming Garo TV Series, Anime & Films. Hope there is announcement on Production of Raiga Saejima Series Film Gekkou no Tabibito.
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2019-04-24T00:56:10Z
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https://nihonhero.weebly.com/home/category/kinrou-kanshasai
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Biola University has bolstered veteran support on campus by increasing the university’s financial contributions to the Yellow Ribbon Program — the GI Education Enhancement Program’s matching initiative. Through Biola’s increased financial contribution to the Yellow Ribbon Program, along with the establishment of a new Biola Veterans Association and community outreach campaign, Biola is providing more support to veteran students and their dependents.
The Yellow Ribbon Program, a provision of the Post-9/11 GI Bill®, allows veterans to enroll at private institutions and graduate programs that exceed in-state tuition costs. Biola’s contribution to the matching portion of the program allows veterans who are 100 percent eligible under the Post-9/11 GI Bill® to attend Biola University tuition-free. Additionally, last year’s 32 student cap on the Yellow Ribbon Program has been lifted, allowing an unlimited number of eligible prospective veteran students to access these benefits.
Biola also offers assistance from other veteran education benefit programs such as the Montgomery GI Bill®, VA Vocational Rehabilitation, Dependents Educational Assistance and Selected Reserve.
In addition to supporting students through the Yellow Ribbon Program, Student Development recently launched the Biola Veterans Association (BVA), a chapter of Student Veterans of America. Student Development formed the BVA after observing a need for additional resources to aid veterans transitioning into civilian life.
“Four years ago we had an event and realized there was a large group of veterans on campus who needed support,” said Jennifer Alvarez, administrative coordinator for commuter life, who helped develop the new BVA, with Katie Tuttle, director of commuter life.
The Student Veterans of America, a non-profit organization focused on addressing the needs and concerns of American military veterans, was established nearly a decade ago. Since then, universities across the nation have created campus chapters. The Biola chapter will provide spiritual and emotional resources for veterans to offer support and camaraderie to one another on campus. The resources are also available to students who are active duty military members and their families.
Membership is open to all veterans on campus seeking fellowship and an environment to connect with others who have served in the military.
Biola is also hosting a holiday Mail for Heroes campaign — a new partnership between the City of La Mirada and Biola University. Students, staff and faculty will be given the chance to acknowledge the men and women who have served in the armed forces of the United States through sending holiday mail to them.
The campaign gives students the opportunity to write handwritten letters for veterans who live in the city of La Mirada and Biola’s local community.
There will be on-campus opportunities for students, faculty and staff to write letters to veterans on Nov. 10 to Nov. 29.
For more information on Biola’s veteran services, visit the Biola website.
This is a good thing. After seeing veterans being ignored, I am encouraged to see you are remembering those of us who opted to serve in the military answering God’s call there. Thank you.
Our family is so thankful for this change, we will now be able to look closer at Biola as a potential option for our student.
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2019-04-21T15:10:29Z
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http://now.biola.edu/news/article/2017/nov/10/biola-university-increases-veteran-support-campus/
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5%88°85°Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 83 °F (28.3 °C).Partly cloudy with a high of 88 °F (31.1 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6.4 to 9.7 kph).
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2019-04-18T11:51:49Z
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather/thailand/surat-thani/jinta-90511467
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Want to know about up to date Ufo News, from a new website, then go to Ufology PRSS to get the latest information. It had its debut at the 2013 International UFO Congress Conference.
It seems to be doing well too with a large number of visitors to the website. It has other categories you can look at, such as crop circles, the paranormal, researchers, among others and a forum. It looks good too, and i’ll be calling in to catch up with what’s in the news.
Please consider being a supporter; but please continue to still call in here every once in a while too.
I must also apologise for inactivity on this website since mid-february, and hope to be able to catch up very soon…thanks for your patience.
There is a wealth of websites, blogs and articles out there, on the subject of UFOs and Ufology, and quite a few are ill informed, spread disinformation, or are completely inaccurate.
I would like to point you to places i frequently go to for UFO information, and hope that you can find time to visit as well.
Majestic 12 has links to document sources, some witnesses, documentary authentication for some of the reports and other links. Recently, the authentication was put into question.
The full condign report can be found here (on the MOD site, 32 files).
Blue Book Archive this is where you can view project blue book on the internet. A valuable resource, it is still ongoing…. it has uncensored microfilm releases, download facility for reports and information about the documents (at this time 10 rolls of film, that are uncensored have been made available).
The Tornado case (1990) an audio cassette recording between British pilots and Dutch military air traffic control.
The Magoniax Project : “Archiving centuries of Fortean phenomena” including UFO related documentation.
Roswell proof up to date information on Roswell, with any new information added to the site.
CIA Freedom of information Act web results for UFO/flying saucer…. see here (242 results). Also here (43 results).
MOD: on UFO documents <–from 2005 for instance Part one. (it frequently changes the website, so links need finding every so often, to keep up to date). Part 2 can be found here and lastly part 3 here . Also Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) can be found here .
Ministry of Defence in 1998 – 2006, has been added to their website……please see here .
The Black Vault has a wealth of documents you can download here .
Whilst doing my usual rounds of my favorite linked sites, i came across this post by dbreckenridge at the footnote.com site, entitled “UFO in Utah, Comic book style” . It is in relation to the sighting of 1952, which was produced in a comic style, to portray the sighting. Another interesting post can be found here .
Other entries on UFOs from footnote.com can be found here .
It goes into detail about the imagery available, an overview of the area, handy links to other sites (some now are not working), and images of Area 51 through the years, near the bottom of the article.
It seems to have been written in 2000, but still handy for anyone interested in this topic. Imagery of groom lake can be seen here .
In the article “Free: more than 1 million images from US Revolution to UFOs“, it gives a long list of documents available for free; what we are interested in is Project blue book – Ufo investigations (1947-1969). On this post, some people have already done some work, and posted interesting documents for us to view.
It also has related titles, and a free example list; the source for this is the national Archives . After putting in project blue book into the search engine, i saw a long list of references here & here .Both project blue book and “project blue book” were put in to the search engine-obviously more search terms will be done at a later date.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, here are some fascinating links to references we can see. This includes examples/story entries from footnote members themselves.
Project Blue Book 1947-1969 click on document on the right to view it like this here. this whole document is worth looking at.
Footnote search for ufos A vast amount of references (over 2,014 in total) and you can look through the documents of these sightings-****worth looking at.
The spotlight feature on footnote, mentions “X-15 test pilot Joe Walker on record setting flight (past UFOs)“. Also “ufo or photographic anomaly?”, “30 people in Sherman Texas can’t be wrong“… there are others… all these again relate to real documents, that can be seen online.
NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena), has a wealth of information on UFOs, and is an excellent site.
CUFON (The Computer UFO Network) who “…..strive to present material relating to UFO phenomena and the search for UFO-related government documents obtained through official channels in a fair and accurate manner” (extract from webpage). Of great interest is the link to verified documents and other documents. In the special reports link, there is a good link to reading available. An article on “Do nuclear facilities attract ufos?” is worth looking at too.
MUFON (Mutual UFO Network), also is great for ufo insights/knowledge; articles on Famous UFO cases, UFO weather maps and UFO fast facts too name but a few things on this site.
CUFOS (Centre for UFO Studies) “ >The Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) is an international group of scientists, academics, investigators, and volunteers dedicated to the continuing examination and analysis of the UFO phenomenon”. Many articles can be found here. My favourites are “we know where you live?” and government ufo documents on the internet .
NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Centre). I usually refer to the Latest ufo reports for information- very handy; there of course, is other good links on this site.
bufora UFO information, mainly to do with Europe…not kept up to date; quite a few ufologists do not hold favour with the organisation, and i can see their point of view.
Stanton Friedman used to be a nuclear physicist, but became very interested in UFO’s from 1958. Goes into great detail about why he believes UFO’s are visiting earth, but covers other areas as well.
aliencasebook.blogspot.com, aliencasebookfringe.blogspot.com, are both by Atrueoriginall… an excellent up to date resource. Also has forums that you can visit.
ufodna.com is also an excellent resource for UFO information….
Flying saurcery….presents The Real UFO Project . A great collection of information from the UK; loads of information here.
Hyper.net has an absolute wealth of knowledge on the subject, and is excellent.
UFO shapes and configurations can be found here .
nick redfern’s blog sites; definately worth searching on….some great stuff here.
Nick Pope used to be in the British Government’s UFO project, within the MOD.
Frank warren’s blog: excellent for up to date news, and for good articles on older matters.
UFO Review for up to date ufo news.
Space Weather Support at Solar Terrestrial Dispatch . This has links to an aurora monitor. For instance, an hourly activity report here , astro alerts, global flare reports and so on….. useful to know whats up there.
Heavens Above a vital resource if you need to know what is in the sky…ie sateillites, ect. Can give you all sorts of data, from almost any town/city.
NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena), have placed authorized full length versions of books, online for everyone to read for free. They are not up to date books, but are worth reading (admitedly i have only read a few, but glancing through the rest, they look interesting . The link to them is here ) .
“The report on Unidentified Flying objects” (Edward Ruppelt) 1956?
other resources that might be of interest.
Cohenufo.org has an article called “MSNBC Article re NIDS reassessment of triangular UFO sightings” (2004).
The same site also has Author’s select cases (table of contents, including Belgium UFO flap 1989-90, Brazilian Air Force admits studying UFOs (2005) and the Rockefellar report among others ).
Stardrive.org ” UFOs and the new physics ” (1995 article).
qedcorp.com ” Now for the real X-files ” (article, april 1999 ).
Nick Humphries ” The UFO guide ” (feb 1994 ).
Stanton Friedman ” A review of Col. Philip J. Corso’s book ‘the day after Roswell ‘ ” (article, december 1997). His other articles can be seen here .
Richard M. Dolan ” Some thoughts on J. Allen Hynek ” (2002).
Also by Dolan ” Alien Essays ” there are loads of links to his articles.
ufoinfo.com has ” The Magonia Database – A century of ufo landings (1868-1968) compiled by Jaques Vallee, scanned in by Don Allen “.
Don Berliner ” UFO briefing document – the best evidence ” (1995).
Edward Ruppelt ” The report on Unidentified Flying objects ” (book, 1956).
W.A. Harbinson wrote a book in 1995, entitled “Projekt UFO: The case for Man-made Flying Saucers”. I remember, it had some well thought arguments, that basically, there is a ruthless technology right here on earth, and the scenario is definately something that people should be aware of, if not necessarily agree on.
For the record, there is some parts of this book, that i do not agree with, but it does get your mind thinking, questioning and so on, and this can only be a good thing.
The second volume to this, “Pheonix: Projekt Saucer Book 2″ is available for free…. at the download page on his site.
This is just a guide to just some of the most reliable websites on the internet…… i will be updating this list on the UFO LINKS page, when i have time to do so- there are many more worthy of a mention here, but as i have said they will be added constantly to the UFO LINKS page on this site.
I hope some of these websites, find you wanting to know more about UFO’s, if you are wondering were to get the information. (website links will be updated soon, on the UFO links page, as there are more sites worthy of a mention, that have not been mentioned at all).
” Between November 5, 2008 and January 20, 2009 – seventy-seven days – send a letter, fax and/or email to the senatorial office and transition headquarters of the President Elect Barack Obama calling for the next administration to end the Truth Embargo regarding an extraterrestrial presence and release as much relevant information to the American people as possible within reasonable constraints of national security. You won’t be alone. The goal is one million ” ( extract from article).
It goes on to mention why you should do it, what you should know, basic points to draw from your letter, fax and so on; plus additional information, and contact information.
I also believe (i think), that this effort will be international in scope, and citizens of other countries are also being encouraged to contact the new American president.
Steve Gerrard has kindly sent an e-mail, giving details of a new UK UFO magazine, that is due to be published in September, 2008. Steve closed the Southampton UFO group in january 2008, after 18 years (it looked into sightings from Hampshire). At the time, he was also the editor of the groups magazine.
He has now taken the bold move, to produce a new magazine independantly of any UFO group.
It is to be named UFONEWS UK, and will be a quarterly publication (with around 40 pages, and in colour).
His aim ” The magazine I hope is to be a mouth for British UFOlogy and researchers. British UFOlogy has been on a steady downwards slope for many a year with group in fighting, groups just folding after a year or so and groups just DON’T want to exchange information and sometimes you have more chance of getting blood out of a stone.
So, I will be inviting all UFO groups and UFO researchers to send in articles, reviews, reports etc that can be shared amongst all Researchers and all of those people interested in the subject. This is not a money making venture and I am going to keep the costs down to a minimum.
So, to start with, Advertising in the magazine will only be £30.00 for an A4 page for 4 issues (As apposed to £100.00+ in other UK UFO Magazines). The price for a half page will be £15.00 for 4 issues and a quarter page £10.00 for 4 issues. I am also introducing a section for letters, items for sale, pen friends etc for £0.25p a word.
For this to succeed, I will ned the help of all UFO Researchers and UFO Groups to contriubute and join the venture. Am I mad?.. Probably, Shortsighted? Definite… But I feel like taking the Bull by the horn. If the venture is not supported and I should known by the end of 12 months, then another British UFO publication will bite the dust yet again ” (i hope steve does not mind, but the quoted text is direct from his e-mail).
This is good news, and i wish him well…. thanks for the information. I hope we all, will find time to help and support his new venture.
Thanks to an alert from footnote.com , we are now able to have, free access to documents from the National Archives and other resources.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, here are some fascinating links to references we can see (there is probably more- i’ll look into it). This includes examples/story entries from footnote members themselves.
“Todays documents from the National Archives “, with an online document; to the right of this are quite a few research links (which i shall be investigating at a later date).
General information about Project blue book can be seen at the national archives here .
Another cool feature of footnote.com, is that if you join as a free member (there is a paid membership if you like), you can keep documents on your gallery- in your member page, download it straight to your computer, cross reference with other documents, all on one page, or alert people to things you have found out yourself.
I will definately be using this service, looks really good.
To kick us off, there is a handy link to Area 51 (groom lake), from FAS (Federation of American Scientists): http://www.fas.org/irp/overhead/groom.htm It goes into detail about the imagery available, an overview of the area, handy links to other sites (some now are not working), and images of Area 51 through the years, near the bottom of the article. It seems to have been written in 2000, but still handy for anyone interested in this topic. Imagery of groom lake can be seen here .
rendlesham forest files which has documents, new developments and comments.
CUFOS (Centre for UFO Studies) “The Center for UFO Studies (CUFOS) is an international group of scientists, academics, investigators, and volunteers dedicated to the continuing examination and analysis of the UFO phenomenon”. Many articles can be found here. My favourites are “we know where you live?” and government ufo documents on the internet .
This is just a guide to some of the most reliable websites on the internet…… i will be updating this list on the UFO LINKS page, when i have time to do so- there are many more worthy of a mention here, but as i have said they will be added constantly to the UFO LINKS page on this site.
I hope some of these websites, find you wanting to know more about UFO’s, if you are wondering were to get the information.
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The library has all the information you need to plan a cruise.
If you’ve ever dreamed of taking a cruise on the Caribbean, your Abilene Public Library has a wonderful opportunity for you.
Abilene-based cruise planner Susan Cottrell is hosting a free “Let’s Travel” night at the Mockingbird Lane branch library at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Her program will take the worry out of travel by providing education and personal guidance as you learn more about Caribbean travel.
Cottrell will talks about particular locations and excursions with attendees, fill you in on what it’s like to cruise, what to do if you need special equipment to travel, and obtaining or renewing passports. She also has information about destination weddings and honeymoons for those who might be interested.
She will share tips on things such as whether you should book hotel or airfare first, what travel insurance is and if you really need it.
Whether you are interested in a relaxing vacation, a high-adventure excursion, an all inclusive cruise or a romantic escape, Cottrell, as an experienced cruise planner, can answer your questions.
Maybe Jamaica is your dream destination - “Jamaica” by Oliver Hill from Moon Travel books will tell you all about planning the perfect trip, from the best beaches for surfing swimming or seclusion to adventurous excursions such as cliff jumping, hiking and climbing mountains. Food destinations and music in Kingston are also a part of the information given.
“Fodor's The Complete Guide to Caribbean Cruises: a Cruise Lover's Guide to Selecting the Right Trip, with all the Best Ports of Call” by Linda Coffman has all the information about the different cruise lines and what they offer, as well as a great guide to the Caribbean and West Indies.
Some other great places to look for information are in our databases. “A to Z World Travel” gives information on 202 world cities across popular topics including travel, culture, food, transportation, and security to make your trip less stressful. “Global Road Warrior” concentrates on the countries, with information on customs, demographics, languages, food, transportation, travel essentials and more.
Whether you are making concrete plans, or dreaming about the future, you won’t want to miss this program at the Mockingbird Lane branch of your Abilene Public Library beginning.
Let us help you make your plans, and join us for this free program.
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2019-04-24T20:26:06Z
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https://www.reporternews.com/story/life/columnists/2019/03/24/come-sail-away-your-library/3228107002/
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CCEL supports students in identifying and getting involved with community organizations in Cleveland. Whether you are a Civic Engagement Scholar seeking a primary site or a CWRU student who is looking to contribute to a cause you care about, here are some tips on how to connect with community organizations.
What interests you? Are you looking for organizations that address a specific social issue (healthcare, food insecurity, homelessness) or do you want to work with a specific population (children, senior citizens, etc). You can filter the OrgSync Partner Database using one or more categories of interest including Adult Education, Children and Youth, Health, etc.
When are you available? If you factor in time for transportation, you will generally need at least a 3 hour block available during the day to serve. If you are only available during evenings and weekends, opportunities may be more limited. Use the keyword "weekend" in the Org Sync Partner Database to find organizations with weekend opportunities.
Where can you serve? Are you looking for sites that are within walking distance from campus? Are you willing to take the RTA public transit system or do you have a personal vehicle? Use the keywords "on campus," "walking," or "RTA" to filter opportunities in the Org Sync Partner Database depending on your transportation needs.
If you prefer to get recommendations from CCEL, complete this online Community Service Advising form, and a CCEL staff member will email you recommendations.
If you identify an opportunity listed through the CCEL E-news or Org Sync Service Opportunities list, be sure to follow the directions outlined in the opportunity. This might include submitting a volunteer application or completing an online volunteer registration form with the organization.
Personal Introduction: Introduce yourself as a student at Case Western Reserve University seeking to volunteer at the organization. You should include your name, academic year, major, and a short statement of why you want to volunteer at the organization or any skills/experience youbring (e.g. you are interested in working with youth, you volunteered at a hospital in your hometown and have a passion for healthcare).
Here are suggested email templates for partner communications that you can adjust. If you don't hear back from the organization after sending your initial email, follow up by email or phone approximately one week later.
If you have to miss a volunteer shift, make sure to notify your volunteer supervisor as soon as possible, preferably at least one week in advance. Be proactive about notifying them of university breaks or particularly stressful academic times (midterms, finals), if you anticipate you will not be available. It is important to never "no show" at your site.
Follow organizational policies: Understand all the policies at your organization, such as acceptable attire, use of cell phone at your site, and the correct process for notifying your volunteer supervisor of absences.
Be proactive: Organizations appreciate volunteers who are flexible, resourceful and adaptable, and are willing to jump in and help out as needed. At the same time, if you have a specific goal in mind for your volunteer experience, talk with your supervisor and see how you might shape the opportunity to meet your interests or skills.
Ask for feedback: Don't be afraid to occasionally ask for feedback about your performance. If you are encountering issues or challenges, you should also talk with your volunteer supervisor.
Develop your professional skills and networks: Reflect on the transferable skills and experiences you are gaining from your volunteer experiences, and write them down. You may also consider asking your volunteer supervisor if they would be a future professional reference for you.
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2019-04-20T19:08:01Z
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https://students.case.edu/community/resources/advising/
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Sports
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Health
| 0.573782 |
indiana
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Do you have an address and need to know what geographic boundary it falls inside? American FactFinder's geography search tool from the U.S. Census Bureau is just what you've been looking for.
Go to the Address Search Webpage on the Census Bureau's site.
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2019-04-21T12:15:33Z
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https://www.stats.indiana.edu/maptools/address_search.asp
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Sports
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Reference
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wordpress
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One reason I’m not always a good blogger is because I’m terrible at taking pictures.
I did take a shot of my little culinary arts-and-crafts project today though. I saw a friend post something similar on Facebook and decided to make my own.
Hahaha! I actually think these are pretty awesome! My husband loves deviled eggs and is so disappointed that he didn’t get any that I was planning on making him some tonight. Wish I would have picked up some olives and carrots to do this!
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2019-04-19T21:08:53Z
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https://legallymarried.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/chicks-and-eggs/
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Sports
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Arts
| 0.98268 |
utwente
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The Quality Enhancement Support Team (QUEST) provides questionnaire survey services. It is a part of CELT. QUEST was formerly known as ‘Vragenlijstservice’. From 2015-2016, it coordinates the standard evaluations of the TOM modules, using the Student Experience Questionnaire (SEQ) and offers help and advice when tailor made evaluations are necessary. QUEST can help you with developing of the questionnaires, conducting the survey (online or paper based) and will offer you standardised reports.
For direct support in quality and accreditation within the faculty, contact your educational faculty advisor. Find your advisor here.
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2019-04-23T16:05:57Z
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https://www.utwente.nl/en/ces/celt/what-we-do/quest/
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Sports
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Reference
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