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In response to changes from US Soccer with regards to ITC (International Transfer Clearance), the board of NYSWYSA have agreed that the following programs henceforth require players to have mandatory ITC clearance.
· US Youth Soccer National Championship Series which includes NYSWYSA State Cup and Presidents Cup.
· US Youth Soccer National League and Regional League Conferences which include EDP Conferences and Great Lakes Conference.
· US Soccer Development Academy.
· Any Club that has an affiliation with a Professional Club.
Clearance is necessary only for those players born outside of the USA, or players who have registered / competed for a soccer organization in a country other than the USA.
Please use the link below to understand and complete the application process.
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http://nyswysa.org/registration/international-clearance/nyswysa-itc-international-transfer-clearance-rules-updated-2-2019/
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One candidate seeking the District 1 seat on the State Board of Education would like to see the Clark County School District split into 356 systems, another thinks any breakup would be a bad idea, and a third says it’s too soon to tell.
Tim Hughes said his prior work as a teacher and principal give him a perspective the board needs.
“I really have a good understanding of how policies impact each player in the system,” he said, adding that good policies can fall flat if they don’t consider the people implementing them. He generally supports Common Core’s rigorous academic standards and said the key to their success is helping teachers apply them.
Hughes wants to “modernize” teacher licensing so it doesn’t work against out-of-state educators. He’d like to streamline the process and limit the number of hoops they need to jump through to become eligible to teach in Nevada.
He said it would be premature to discuss the specifics of the district shake-up — which was mandated by the state Legislature — because the district is still learning about students’ needs and how those needs can be met under different models.
The key to retaining fully licensed teachers is to continue annual teacher performance evaluations and regularly review the qualifications they measure, he said.
He doesn’t favor breaking up the school district because funds would go toward new administration rather than to students. He is looking for a way that the school district can earmark more money for low-income schools.
Addressing Nevada’s teacher shortage will require “eliminating the toxic central education bureaucrats and edu corporations” and creating a truly alternative route for teachers to be licensed, he said.
If the school district is broken up, Louk said he would like to see it split into 356 independent school systems. Parents, teachers and community members would make all decisions, including budgeting, at their schools.
The race for the District 1 seat is nonpartisan, which means if any one of the three candidates wins more than 50 percent of the votes in the primary in June, he wins the position outright.
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2019-04-25T22:03:04Z
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https://www.reviewjournal.com/uncategorized/state-board-of-education-district-1/
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The National Crime Prevention Council mourns the loss of four police officers in the shooting tragedy that unfolded recently in Oakland, CA. Sergeants Mark Dunakin, Erv Romans, Daniel Sakai, and Officer John Hege were lost in the line of duty defending the safety of the people of Oakland, the safety that all of us, in communities across the country, depend on and, all too often, take for granted. The loss of these officers was the most in one day since the September 11th attacks.
What caused this tragedy? Were there warning signs or other indicators that could have alerted us to the extreme danger the shooter represented? Were there systems and practices in place that would have tipped us off to the possibility of a tragedy occurring? The gunman, recently released from prison for violating a previous parole, was monitored by a parole officer whose caseload was 70 parolees, well above the American Parole and Probation Association’s recommended ratio of 50 cases per parole offer. Seven thousand parolees return to Alameda County, in which Oakland is situated, each year, all needing services, counseling, a job, and hope.
In the United States, more than 5.1 million adult men and women are supervised in the community, either on probation or parole. Every year more than 700,000 previously incarcerated persons return to their communities. The situation is exacerbated by the often unproductive time spent by inmates when they are behind bars, the drain on communities while its inhabitants are incarcerated, and the inability of communities and systems to re-integrate ex-offenders upon their eventual return.
"California's parole population is now so large and its parole agents are so overburdened that parolees who represent a serious public safety threat are not watched closely," a National Institute of Justice-funded report released last year, and quoted in the Oakland Tribune, states. "And those who wish to go straight cannot get the help they need."
Some people knew that the gunman had recently obtained a gun (in violation of his parole), but did nothing with that information. Crime prevention is not the responsibility of law enforcement, or corrections, or the National Crime Prevention Council alone. It takes a community working together to keep itself safe.
This time of mourning must also be a time of learning.
Turning the Corner on Recidivism?
For most of the decade, the rote stats on recidivism have been, to wit: (1) 700,000 individuals will be released from prison each year, (2) within three years, 66 percent them will be rearrested, and (3) 50 percent of them will return to prison. But some recent publications may herald some good news.
A recidivism study out of the University of Nevada, Reno, suggests that Nevada is doing much better, coming in at tenth best in the nation with a recidivism rate of 29 percent. Arizona is best in the United States with a rate of only 24 percent. What contributes to these gains? District Attorney Arthur Mallory of Churchill County, NV, hypothesizes that "pleasant prisons" may be a factor in other states where recidivism rates are so high. I guess prisons in Nevada aren’t that "pleasant."
Other observers point to inroads and innovations in community corrections and probation supervision as the reason for downturns in recidivism. A recent Pew Center on the States Public Safety Policy Brief hails the gains in reducing recidivism and increasing public safety made by states and communities through the use of community corrections, alternative sanctions to prison, and innovative funding decisions. The informative eight-page report summarizes the progress that community corrections acts have made since the first one was enacted in 1973 in Minnesota. Community corrections acts (which are called a variety of names) formalize a relationship between the state and its jurisdictions to provide alternatives to prison sentences and the high costs of incarceration while maintaining public safety and serving offenders in their communities. In 2007, states paid $47 billion in prison costs and most future projections are for ever-increasing costs. Community corrections can be more effective in the rehabilitation of offenders and use state dollars more efficiently than expensive incarceration. Community corrections can include electronic monitoring, local counseling and treatment, and incentives in sentence, probation, and community service reductions, if probationers comply and perform well. Tougher sanctions are imposed when they don’t.
The usual leaders, Kansas and Arizona, are showing the way in innovative policies that redistribute dollars earmarked for prison costs to community-based agencies that provide quality community corrections support to clients. Agencies are no longer paid per client, but are remunerated based on the performance of the clients in maintaining the straight and narrow (level or reduced probation violations and crimes). These initiatives appear to demonstrate how states and counties can reduce public costs while providing for their citizens, reducing recidivism, and maintaining public safety.
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Partial demo and rebuild of existing 961 sf single family dwelling that includes construction of a first floor addition of 278 sf along with a new 872 sf second story above the first floor and a new 724 sf detached two-car garage with a planted roof. Site improvements include construction of 51 lf of retaining walls, abandonment of on-site septic system, and connection to the public sewer service, Carmel Area Wastewater District. Estimated grading is 240 cy of cut and 22 cy of fill, with an expected off haul of 218 cy. A variance is required to allow construction of the garage within the front setbacks and portions of the remodel into front setbacks. The variance would allow the residence a reduction of the front setback from 30 ft to 6'-7" and the garage a reduction of the front setback from 50 ft to 5'-5 1/4.
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When it comes to the end of the evening at wedding it is always fun when the host selects a fun way to send off the new married couple. There are so many different ways that you can send of the newlyweds. Today I have put together ten of my favorite wedding send offs.
1. Balloons. Use balloon arches for the wedding send off that the bride and groom can run through. Picture from We Heart Photography.
2. Ribbon Wands. Customize your wedding send off with coordinating colored ribbon wands. Also serves as a cute favor for your guests. Ribbon Wands by etsy shop Craft Up Your Life.
3. Bubbles. This is an easy 2 in 1 favor and send off option. And the best part is there is no clean up!
4. Bird Seed/Rice. What better way to send off the happy couple than with some love bird bird seed. Bird Seed Send Off Favors by etsy shop Jacquelyn Vaccaro.
5. Poppers/Streamers. Send the happy couple off with a bang! You can get custom wedding poppers or standard poppers for the send off.
6. Beach Balls. These mini beach balls are lots of fun, creative and go great with a beach themed wedding. Picture by Meg Baisden Photography.
7. Paper Airplanes. Write your well wishes to the happy couple on the plane and send it flying during their exit! Picture from Chelsea Elizabeth.
8. Confetti. Make paper cones and fill with confetti for all the guest to toss when the bride and groom run by.
9. Sparklers. This is a fun option for a wedding exit, especially at night and always gets great pictures. Picture by Swensen Photography.
I think the silly string is my favorite creative send off idea. Outside of these send off ideas you can also learn about send off traditions that different religions and cultures have and are sure to make any day special. What kind of send off would you want for your grand exit? Share your favorite idea below. You can find these and more great send off ideas on my Pinterest page @PreppyPlanner.
* Where did you get yours with the custom labels.
* Was it just white silly string?
* Did it stain the clothes?
I actually saw the silly string idea on The Wedding Show Box blog (http://theweddingshoebox.com/the-details/) You can make your own labels using label stickers to put on any silly string bottles you buy. A good place to find smaller ones for your guests would be at a party store. Colored silly string may stain a white dress but the best best would be to read the label before you buy it. Hope that helps!
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Crowds of people packed the ballroom at the MSU Student Union to listen to Cher.
EAST LANSING -- Michigan State University students and Lansing-area residents got a little dose of celebrity with their politics Monday.
Crowds of people packed the ballroom at the MSU Student Union to listen to Cher stump for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The musician and actress told the crowd stories from her youth and of her encounters with Clinton, and her hopes for the country. She also urged young voters to hit the polls on Nov. 8.
“As women we have gone through so much, so the idea of having a woman president … it's long in coming and it’s a great thing,” Cher said.
Cher shared stories of meeting with Clinton over tea and backstage at a speaking event, when she addressed her as "my president."
“I’ve known Hillary for a long time and I know she’s not perfect, but I like her,” she said.
Cher also used the opportunity at MSU Monday to throw jabs at Donald Trump, who had finished a campaign stop in Grand Rapids shortly before the MSU rally. She said she’d like people to live a better life than the one that Trump wants for them.
She said she also understood Trump supporters who feel “dejected” because of the loss of a job or the loss of their homes.
Carli Bushell, a 19-year-old sophomore at MSU, said she’s voting for Clinton on Nov. 8 because of Clinton’s views on criminal justice reform and abortion.
Bushell, a criminal justice major, said the event Monday gave her a chance to be with others supporting the candidate.
Carol Swinehart of East Lansing said she was happy to be around young people as excited as she was about the Democratic candidate.
“I love that vibe,” the 76-year-old woman said.
Ingham County Prosecutor Gretchen Whitmer introduced Cher and Suzanna Shkreli, the Democratic candidate for the 8th Congressional District, also attended. Both women urged voters to visit the polls Nov. 8.
"Our work is not complete until every vote is cast next Tuesday," Whitmer said.
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2019-04-19T12:17:50Z
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https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/10/31/singeractress-cher-stumps-hillary-clinton-michigan-state-rally/93091876/
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Evan is just over a year old, with a joy for life and a daring spirit that compels him to dive headfirst off any bed, chair or couch if given the opportunity. Like any (hopefully) good parent, I want him to have all the things I never did. Like a trip to the Wisconsin Dells.
Yes, it's true. I've lived much of my life in Chicago and somehow never made it to the water park and sunburn capital of the Midwest. I'm not even sure what events or excursions replaced this soggy rite of passage for so many years, but Door County, Union Pier and many Cubs games come to mind. The Dells just never happened. And I never minded a bit.
But then beautiful, bright-eyed Evan came along and the Dells beckoned. Yes, there will be Cubs games and Door County and Union Pier in his future, but the pinnacle of a cliched Midwestern summer getaway seemed necessary if Evan is to have a well-balanced childhood. So my wife and I packed the boy in the car — along with the requisite too much stuff that comes with hauling around a baby — and headed three hours north to that land of water parks and sunburns. We were determined to embrace one while scrupulously avoiding the other.
We arrived on a Friday afternoon with little idea of what to expect. This thing called the Wisconsin Dells — or simply "The Dells" to many — could have been a slice of idyllic Midwest, where ice cream shops and generations-old bookstores line a main street that's actually called Main Street, rife with towheaded children scampering toward that evening's Little League game.
For one thing, other than restaurant staff and hotel workers, I'm not sure I ever saw a local. The town is overrun with tourists. And as for the town Wisconsin Dells (population 2,700, which means the locals were hiding somewhere), its quaintness is buried deep within generations of being a tourist destination.
Consider the old bank building on the north side of Broadway (the Dells' version of Main Street). It's a compact and handsome gray stone building with detailed symmetry that many modern structures would envy. More than 100 years ago, when it was in fact a bank, it sat attractively unadorned on that downtown Dells corner. In 2016 it's buried beneath cheap, oversized signage that touts the twice-daily Tommy Bartlett water show and tickets to seemingly every nearby attraction. The building houses a bar named "Nig's," which seems to be a relic from another generation, much like the Dells itself.
The downtown strip is an array of silly gift shops, good-enough restaurants (stick to meat and potatoes), neon signs and attractions like Krazy Mirror Maze, which is exactly what it sounds like. But people don't visit the Dells for high culture. They go to get away from it, to be in a place where Hillary's emails and Donald's bluster don't exist.
They go for the unbridled fun and outsized attractions along Wisconsin Dells Parkway, a four-lane state highway just outside the downtown. The 5-mile stretch is home to go-karts. Roller coasters. A wildlife park featuring penguins, camels and giraffes. There's something called Zombie Outbreak, where guests get to shoot zombies in the head for $19.99. A gargantuan Trojan horse sits along the road as part of the Mount Olympus water park and theme park resort. There's an upside down replica of the White House that is called Top Secret and gets laughably awful scores on TripAdvisor. And so on.
"It's like Las Vegas for children," my wife said.
Bingo. And I was so very thankful Evan was too young to want to shoot zombies in the head.
Then there are the water parks.
Water park aficionados are well served to visit multiple parks during a visit to the area. The highlights are spread out, with names such as Quadzilla and Black Anaconda (Noah's Ark Waterpark), Poseidon's Rage (Mount Olympus) and Screaming Hyena (Kalahari). As if it isn't obvious, you might want to digest lunch before boarding what claims to be "America's first and the world's tallest looping water slide" (Scorpion's Tail at Noah's Ark).
We, however, confined ourselves to the water park attached to our hotel beside the buzz of Interstate 90: Great Wolf Lodge, which is known for catering to wee ones. I was won over immediately after check-in, when a blonde teenage girl in Great Wolf's vast lobby offered the opportunity to frost and decorate a chewy sugar cookie. With Evan in one arm, I used my free hand to smear vanilla frosting onto the cookie that I topped with blue and orange sprinkles (Go Bears!) as opposed to the green and yellow option. It was an immediate microcosm of the family friendliness of The Dells: "Just drove three hours to get here? Here, decorate a delicious sugar cookie!"
It's impossible to overstate the degree to which Great Wolf Lodge caters to families. It's so dramatic — and effective — that I have no idea why someone without children would stay there, short of a bachelor or bachelorette party built around water slides. Kid-focused events at the hotel begin with a 7:15 a.m. children's yoga class and continue through the early morning (at which point parents are presumably awake enough to take control of their offspring) and then resume with evening games and story time that draws a packed house of adorable little people in their jammies. When I saw a small child running down a Great Wolf hallway in nothing but a diaper after a couple of days, I was hardly surprised.
The water park teems from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. with an absolute crush of children on weekends as water flows and falls in all directions. Plastic slides and tubes seem to twist everywhere in the vast space assiduously scoured by teenage lifeguards.
There are some fairly intimidating slides with strict height and weight rules. And then there are the itty-bitty water slides where Evan rode on my lap, at first unsure why we would intentionally splash ourselves so aggressively. But then, at the bottom of each slide, he shouted one of his handful of words: "More!" (Which actually sounds more like, "Mah!") Of course, I obliged again and again.
What makes the Dells cheesy good fun, though, is that there's much more to do outside of water parks, and it's the kind of stuff you'll only find in a Las Vegas for children.
At Timbavati Wildlife Park, we came face to face with an array of animals that, in theory, should be nowhere near central Wisconsin: penguins, an Arctic fox, giraffes and kangaroos. We were handed cups of carrots upon entry (for the animals, not us), and indeed, Evan was captivated by the long, powerful giraffe neck swinging low toward us and that rough, black tongue extending to take three carrot sticks from my hand.
There's enough silliness going on — zombies, "krazy" mirrors, Tommy Bartlett and all the rest — that it's impossible to become bored in the Dells. But what took a couple of days to realize is that the area is situated in absolutely gorgeous, rolling Midwest terrain stocked with lakes, bluffs and canyons.
The Dells don't do much to embrace that fact; most of the touristy things are made of plastic and concrete. That's why on our way out of town, we stopped at Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin's largest and most-visited state park, about 20 miles south of the Dells. After a weekend of water slides, giraffes and walks up and down downtown, Evan gladly went into my baby carrier backpack and we hoofed close to 3 miles, heading up to a bluff above the sparkling blue lake and then down and back along the lakeshore.
Every time his mom and I paused to savor the view, we heard the same command: "Mah!"
I suspect that the hike was Evan's favorite part of the weekend. Still, when he's 7 or so, I have a feeling we'll take a crack at some of those more daunting water slides.
Getting there: The Wisconsin Dells is about 200 miles (or three hours) northwest of Chicago, along Interstate 90.
To do: Water parks are the primary attraction, including five major resorts that all have both indoor and outdoor parks. Noah's Ark Water Park (www.noahsarkwaterpark.com) claims to be the largest water park in the country. Other highlights include two amphibious ducks rides that operate both in water and on land; the Riverside & Great Northern Railway (www.dellstrain.com) that offers scenic train rides north of town; Timbavati Wildlife Park (www.timbavatiwildlifepark.com), featuring up-close views of animals not expected in central Wisconsin, and the legendary Tommy Bartlett Show (www.tommybartlett.com), a water-ski show in its 64th season.
Stay: Major resorts include Great Wolf Lodge (www.greatwolf.comhttp://www.greatwolf.com), Wilderness Resort (www.wildernessresort.com), Kalahari (www.kalahariresorts.com) and Mount Olympus (www.mtolympuspark.com), though there are also many smaller and midsize accommodations, including motels and national chains.
Eat and drink: Macs Macaroni and Cheese Shop (www.macandcheeseshop.com) offers both basic and gourmet macaroni and cheese for parents and children alike; High Rock Cafe (www.highrockcafe.com) offers a solid array of inventive American fare; the newly opened B-Lux Grill and Bar (www.b-luxgrill.com) served up one of the better hamburgers I've had in a while. Myrt and Lucy's Chat and Chew dishes out belly-filling breakfasts and has tables large enough for the biggest of broods. Beer-loving parents should not overlook Showboat Saloon (www.showboatsaloon.com), which offers an outstanding selection of craft beer on draft and features a generous $2.50-per-pint happy hour that extends to all day on Sundays.
Brandi Lehner of Ingleside holds her 19-month-old son, Westyn, inside one of the water parks at Wilderness Resort.
Aaron Brletic, 2, of Appleton, Wis., cautiously goes down a slide in the Wild WaterDome at Wilderness Resort.
Liana Gilmer, 3, of Schaumburg enjoys the pool at Wilderness Resort's Wild WaterDome in the Dells.
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2019-04-21T08:20:50Z
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https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/travel/ct-trav-0626-dells-first-timer-20160613-story.html
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I did a search of the War Memorials site and couldn't find anything so thought I'd post this.
I expect the Irish person would but the Yorkshire person would undoubtedly suffer!
it's a fairly well known crash site but no military connection so it really doesn't come close to qualifying for this forum. I know of a couple of other such civilian crash sites in our area, one above Carsphairn also has a memorial plaque, but again, no military connection so not a war memorial no matter how generously we interpret that.
I wouldn't have posted but for the following on the website I linked to ... "On board was a senior Express reporter, Major Harold C. Pemberton D.S.O., " I agree it's a tenuos military link but there is something.
The bbc link isn't loading properly for me. Is it just me?
Opened OK for me just now.
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http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/warmemscot-ntopic9915.html
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St. Paul Fish Co. will open its second Milwaukee-area location at a new $29 million mixed-use development coming to Mequon.
St. Paul Fish Co. plans to open its second Milwaukee-area location at a new $29 million mixed-use development coming to Mequon.
The seafood restaurant plans to use the redeveloped former Ross-Wells Inc. industrial building at the Spur 16 project.
Shaffer Development LLC last year received city zoning and design approvals to build Spur 16 north of W. Mequon Road, west of Mequon Town Center and east of Buntrock Ave.
will seat 200 patrons. Its plans include include extensive outdoor seating and indoor private dining options.
“We like the developer, and we like the building and we like the area,” St. Paul Fish owner Tim Collins said in the Friday announcement.
St. Paul Fish, which also operates at the Milwaukee Public Market in the Historic Third Ward, is the first commercial tenant announced for Spur 16. The development is named for the site's historic railroad spur.
Shaffer Development's plans for Spur 16 include renovating other industrial buildings on the site's southern portion for a public market and additional commercial space, as well as building new apartments.
Other commercial tenants are to be announced over the next several months.
Spur 16's grounds outside the fish market will include a weekend farmers market, food trucks, and art and musical events.
The apartments will be developed on the site's northern portion.
Buntrock Ave., and we have not started marketing the project,” Cindy Shaffer, owner of Shaffer Development, said in a statement.
Shaffer Development plans to break ground in February.
The renovated commercial buildings, totaling 20,000 square feet, are to be completed this summer with the town homes to be completed this fall, Shaffer said.
Three additional three-story apartment buildings, totaling 155 units, are to be completed in the spring and summer of 2019, she said.
The St. Paul Fish announcement comes the same week that the Mequon Common Council approved new zoning for the Foxtown mixed-use development, which is just across Mequon Road.
Foxtown's plans calls for a combination of redeveloped and new buildings which would include a restaurant, two craft breweries, additional office and retail space, 96 apartments and 21 single-family homes.
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https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/2018/01/12/st-paul-fish-co-open-eatery-mequons-spur-16-mixed-use-project/1029093001/
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The following list originally appeared in Cristie, Ian (2004:16). Sound Of The Beast. HarperCollins. It is sub-titled, “Freakography”.
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https://newmusicexcess.wordpress.com/music-lists/sound-of-the-beast-hard-rock/
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The sediments of a deep-sea hypersaline and sulfidic Mediterranean basin have yielded an unexpected discovery, the first multicellular animals living entirely without oxygen. Reported by Danovaro et al. in BMC Biology, these three new species of Loricifera add a new and remarkable dimension to anoxic ecosystems previously thought to support only unicellular life.
Few environments on earth lack life in some form; microbes appear to be ubiquitous, with a presence from the atmosphere to the deep subsurface ocean . But extreme settings often lack multicelluar organisms. Some of the most extreme environments on earth can be found in the deep ocean. Excessively high salinities in brine pools, toxic sulfide levels within methane seep sediments, high metal concentrations in hydrothermal vent fluids, high pressures at the bottom of trenches, and anoxic sediments in isolated basins and midwater oxygen minimum zones are examples. Prokaryotic organisms (without nuclei) are known to inhabit all of these settings, and single-cell eukaryotic organisms (protozoa), most noticeably ciliates and foraminifera, are also recorded in most extreme deep-sea environments. Anoxic and dysoxic environments in particular host a reduced diversity of protozoans . These protozoans have a range of adaptations that often involve symbioses and the ability to store and respire nitrate, although most taxa that do this appear to be facultative anaerobes . To date, however, no one has found metazoans capable of living and reproducing entirely in the absence of oxygen. This has changed with the discovery by Danovaro et al. of viable loriciferans in a hypersaline, anoxic basin of the Mediterranean Sea.
Loricifera are small (< 1 mm), exclusively marine meiofauna that belong to a relatively recently described marine phylum. Although there are only 22 described species, they have been recorded from a broad range of depths and settings ranging from shallow, coastal waters to methane seeps and hydrothermal vents, to the Izu-Ogasawara trench off Japan [7, 8]. Loriciferans are an unlikely candidate for the honor of being the first anoxy-philic metazoan. Low-oxygen sediments have been studied extensively and loriciferans are rarely reported . Whether they were overlooked or are exceedingly rare and thus not sampled is unclear. Perhaps scientists have been looking for them in all the wrong places. In the L'Atalante Basin the loriciferans were sampled with other metazoans (copepods and nematodes) but Danovaro et al., using a protein binding stain, fluorogenic probes, and radiolabel uptake experiments, determined that only the loriciferans were alive and metabolically active at the time of collection. They found not one, but three new species of Loricifera, living at the highest densities ever reported for this group. Some of the individuals contained a single large oocyte, and empty moults were also present, providing strong evidence that these populations are reproducing in place under anoxic conditions.
Why is this finding important? These metazoans have had to cope with multiple physiological stresses - extreme salinity, toxic sulfide levels and the absence of oxygen. Evolving adaptations to any one of these would be a challenge. Clues to the success of the Loricifera found by Danovaro et al. may lie in part with the ultrastructure of their cells. Their mitochondria have been replaced with hydrogenosome-like structures, organelles that apparently evolved from mitochondria and are only previously known from protozoans inhabiting anaerobic environments. The additional presence of rod-shaped structures in close proximity to the hydrogenosome-like organelles raises questions about microbial symbioses, perhaps evolved from associations with Archaea. That Archaea might play a role in adaptation to anoxia would not be surprising. They are the masters at harnessing energy in anoxic environments and apparently act in association with hydrogenosomes inside ciliates , which themselves may be symbionts . If such an association occurred directly in the cells of marine metazoans, without a protozoan intermediary, this would be very exciting indeed!
The findings by Danovaro et al. may at first glance seem to be idiosyncratic, relevant only to an unusual set of environmental conditions. But there are major implications here that extend beyond the specifics of this study. Perhaps most apparent is that the deep sea remains full of novel ecological settings which have yet to be studied, and in some cases they have yet to be discovered. When they are found, and scientists look carefully, they nearly always find previously undescribed eukaryotic species with novel adaptations and metabolic pathways. Often these form completely new assemblages or ecosystems. Chemosynthetic communities at hydrothermal vents and methane seeps are outstanding examples . The three loriciferan species documented by Danovaro et al., representing three genera, form another unique assemblage.
What does it mean to have metazoans inhabiting anoxic environments? As exploration of low-oxygen settings has intensified, it has become apparent that metazoan life can persist at very low oxygen levels of only a few micromolar per kg. In such settings metazoans can play important functional roles in the recycling, bioturbation and burial of carbon and nitrogen [13, 14, 5]. Often the key to their success appears to be association with epibiotic or endosymbiotic bacteria [13, 15]. But the symbiotic bacteria are oxidizers that require at least some oxygen. With the discoveries of Danovaro et al. it appears that metazoans can live where oxygen is absent. The L'Atalante Basin loriciferans join a select group of foraminiferans and ciliates in achieving an obligate, anaerobic existence.
Are there more metazoan taxa out there that can live without oxygen? Almost certainly. The finding by Danovaro et al. offers the tantalizing promise of metazoan life in other anoxic settings, for example in the subsurface ocean beneath hydrothermal vents or subduction zones or in other anoxic basins. Good places to look might be the Cariaco Basin and the Black Sea, as well as the many borderland basins off southern California and Baja California. The finding of several new rotifer species, taxa rare in open water or deep marine settings, in deep sulfidic sediment layers at methane seeps points to another meiofaunal group with possible adaptations to anaerobic existence.
Are there metazoans on other planets with atmospheres different from our own? Our ability to answer this question would be strengthened considerably by more intensive studies of animal - microbe interactions in extreme settings of our own inner space - the deep ocean.
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2019-04-22T11:20:55Z
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https://0-bmcbiol-biomedcentral-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/articles/10.1186/1741-7007-8-31
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Sports
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Science
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spokesmanreview
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...why Santa Clara's 3 pt % is higher than GU's Free Throw % ?
I can't explain that ... but I know that it explains why SCU is ahead by 13.
...BUT A WHOLE LOT HIGHER!!!
Unbelievable. The 67% on three pointers is a bit ridiculous except that they have been WIDE OPEN ON ALL 12 ATTEMPTS!!!!
The 53% free throw shooting is a strong indicator that our young men do not have their heads in the game tonight. I can't blame them, but it's painful to watch.
I'm so excited we've resigned ourselves to just shooting up threes from here on out. I mean, one made two-pt field goal in the entire first half? Honestly?
Sorry for all the whining - I'm in a bad mood because of a homework assignment that is absolutely awful...I was hoping GU would lift my spirits. Tonight's just not the night, I guess.
When you don't fight through screens or take good angles to the shooter you're going to get burned. Defense is all effort.
Explain to me why GU continues to foul the 3!!! New conference record, I'm sure.
If you can't handle the confusion, stay out of the Foo!
Uber on GuBoards: "Pathetic. We've got posters just sleepwalking through threads."
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2019-04-20T19:04:55Z
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http://guboards.spokesmanreview.com/showthread.php?395-Would-someone-please-explain-to-me&s=bf7778245fbc8101f237eeac2a9d0109
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Sports
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Sports
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wordpress
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A couple of days ago we had a serious service affecting outage to do with our replication which is responsible for taking order data from our OLTP SQL Server 2005 system, and into a Oracle 11g RAC database (11.1.0.7.9).
In the end, we had to make use of our Premier Microsoft support in order to help resolve the situation and after a long but useful 3 hours on the phone with them, we manage to resolve and continue replication without the loss of any (good) data.
Message=UDM WEB2: SESSION MISSING FOR SQL SERVER DISTRIB.EXE!!
Cause: The attempted conversion of a character string to a number failed because the character string was not a valid numeric literal. Only numeric fields or character fields containing numeric data may be used in arithmetic functions or expressions. Only numeric fields may be added to or subtracted from dates.
Action: Check the character strings in the function or expression. Check that they contain only numbers, a sign, a decimal point, and the character "E" or "e" and retry the operation.
This gives me some very key information for troubleshooting further, including the xact_seqno and the command_id which will help me identify the point of failure and the command that is being executed.
Replication-Replication Distribution Subsystem: agent Server\Instance-Publisher-ATD-ORADB-32 failed. The replication agent encountered a failure. See the previous job step history message or Replication Monitor for more information. The step failed.
This was passed to Microsoft and they told us that it was the oracle driver which was causing the crash and told us that this may be down to the data being sent, which brought us back to the initial theory of solving the dodgy data.
Unfortunately this didn’t work, possibly because the agent was crashing prior to receiving the error code back from oracle.
This confirmed what we saw in both the sp_helpsubscriptionerrors and the verbose logging, that the EVENT table contained the dodgy data.
The problem we had was how to get this data out of the distribution database.
To fix the issue we manually updated the XACTTS column in the MSREPL7 table to the offenting xact_seqno. This tells replication that it has completed that XACTTS and it will move past it to look for the next sequence in the distribution database.
Before making the change, we confirmed that the MSREPL7 table was showing the XACTTS just prior to our failing sequence by checking msrepl_transactions.
We also manually ran all the commands in the offending xact_seqno manually against the subscriber. We masked the dodgy data and replaced it with something else. The idea behind this is that your subscription does not lose any rows and stays completely in sync.
As soon as we then updated the MSREPL7 table, and started replication, transactions started flowing through. We have 2 identical subscribers so we had to follow this method twice.
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2019-04-19T22:23:15Z
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https://dbamohsin.wordpress.com/tag/replication/
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Sports
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Business
| 0.230581 |
europeantour
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Simon Thornton won the play-off on the first hole after both players found the fairway with their drives. Thornton hit his second 25-30 feet left of the pin on the fringe, while Van der Walt's second found the bunker short on the right hand side. Van der Walt's bunker shot fell 10 feet short of the pin, before Thornton's birdie putt slid left of the hole to leave a tap-in par. Van der Walt's putt came up short before tapping in for a bogey, and Thornton also knocked in for a par and his first European Tour win.
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2019-04-20T04:38:55Z
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http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2013/tournamentid=2013046/leaderboard/index.html
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Sports
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Sports
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wordpress
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Congratulations Carla! I hope you enjoy this book 🙂 Can you please send me your address to ritaluzdeodato at gmail dot com so that I can send the book to you?
Oh neat! Happy Reading, Carla!
Congratulations, you are a winner… enjoy!!
Congratulations, Carla! I hope you enjoy The Journey.
Congrats, Carla, you’re in for such a treat!
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2019-04-22T03:03:34Z
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https://frompemberleytomilton.wordpress.com/2018/08/20/and-the-winner-is-3/
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Sports
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Reference
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mit
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Financial aid for Massachusetts’ neediest college students would be increased, and some state grants available to middle-class students would be eliminated, under a draft proposal aimed at helping low-income students attend college.
Under the proposal, made public Thursday by the state chancellor of higher education, $51 million would be diverted from two state grant programs that serve both lower-income and middle-class students and would be combined with the $25 million in the Mass Grant program, which is solely for low-income students from families with incomes under $36,000. That would allow the Mass Grant program to give every low-income student $3,600 a year, essentially the cost of attending a community college. The neediest students now get an average of about $1,600 to attend community college.
Chancellor Judith Gill said that cuts in state support for higher education in recent years have left only enough money to aid the neediest students, and that she hoped legislators would increase the financial aid budget next year to allow state education officials to restore grants to middle-class students.
Higher education officials could not say how many middle-class students would be affected by the proposal. This year, some 41,500 students received Gilbert and Access grants, the two programs that would be phased out. They are available to students who can demonstrate financial need under a complicated formula. Still, some students with family incomes of up to $80,000 can qualify for the Gilbert grant, for example.
Representative Kevin Murphy, the House chair of the Joint Committee on Higher Education, said in an interview Thursday that he had not been consulted by education officials before they announced their proposal, and he reacted angrily to the suggestion that the Legislature had not adequately supported state colleges and universities.
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2019-04-26T00:50:25Z
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http://tech.mit.edu/V125/N55/55long4.html
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Sports
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News
| 0.496329 |
afcwimbledon
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It was another gallant defeat for AFC Wimbledon’s young crop against Chelsea, but they produced plenty of good football worth watching on our official You Tube channel.
Played on a lush pitch at Chelsea FC’s Cobham training facility, both sides contributed to a fine spectacle in a friendly match won 2-0 by the hosts.
The game was a rematch of the memorable FA Youth Cup tie between the two sides from earlier this season.
We wish to thank George Atkins for providing video footage from the game.
The picture above shows last Friday's man of the match Reece Williams-Bowers in action during the FA Youth Cup tie in February.
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2019-04-24T22:28:52Z
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https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2016/march/video-u-18s-v-chelsea/
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Sports
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Sports
| 0.614775 |
northwestern
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Can be used 365 days a year.
Can be used on CTA buses and trains.
Can be used on Pace buses as a fare card (charges apply).
Can be changed to a full-fare card once you are no longer enrolled full-time.
Personalized with your photo and name.
If you cannot find the information you are looking for in the frequently asked questions below, please e-mail [email protected] for more details.
Note: New students must submit a valid photo to the WildCARD Office in order to receive a U-Pass. New students typically obtain a Wildcard the week before classes start.
Students enrolled part-time or in TGS 512 will not be eligible for a U-Pass. Should you have any questions, please see the FAQs below or contact [email protected].
Q: What is a U-Pass?
A: CTA University Pass (U-Pass) is a discounted fare card that replaces cash/other transit cards for all CTA fares. It does not require a transfer or surcharge for unlimited rides all day, every day. It is offered as part of the Activity Fee charged to full-time enrolled students.
Q: What funds the U-Pass?
A: Students enrolled full-time pay an Activity Fee, which funds the U-Pass.
Q: Am I eligible for a U-Pass?
A: Students enrolled full-time in The Graduate School (TGS) are eligible for a U-Pass—with the exception of those enrolled in TGS 512 (continuous registration), 514, 510 (Co-op internship), 410, 411, 412, and 412.
Q: I’m not eligible for a U-Pass. Can I buy the U-Pass?
A: No, students cannot pay the TGS Student Activity Fee if it has not been charged to their account.
Q: Can I use my U-Pass on Pace suburban buses and Metra commuter train lines?
A: U-Passes may be used as fare cards on Pace buses: students may load money onto their U-Pass and use it to ride Pace. Pace fares are not included as part of the U-Pass program. Metra commuter train lines do not accept U-Passes.
Q: What is the difference between activating and registering the U-Pass?
A: Registering your U-Pass and activating your U-Pass are not the same thing. Registering your U-Pass protects purchased passes and transit values. This is optional. Activating your U-Pass is not optional and you must activate it by calling 1-877-450-5328 once you receive it.
If you used the U-Pass before it was activated, your U-Pass will have a negative balance, which will need to be paid in order to use your U-Pass. You can do this online at ventrachicago.com or by using the kiosks available at the CTA train station. Once the balance is paid in full, then the semester’s unlimited balance will be transferred to your card. If you have any additional questions about your U-Pass or paying your balance online please check the CTA website or call the CTA at 1-888-YOUR-CTA.
Q: What if my credit card or debit card is erroneously charged for a fare?
Contest the charges with your bank.
Send an email to [email protected] and attach a statement with all your personal information blacked out. Request that the funds be returned to your U-Pass’s Ventra account. In order for your funds to be returned, they must show as “pending” and not posted to your credit/debit account. These funds can be used when you are no longer enrolled full-time at TGS. Include your contact information in the message.
Contact the CTA at 1-888-YOUR-CTA.
Q: What if my U-Pass has a negative balance?
A: Some students have discovered that their U-Pass has had a negative balance. This often occurs when they tap their card and see an insufficient funds message. Any U-Pass with a balance under -$2.50 will be temporarily deactivated. Once the balance is brought back to $0, the card will automatically reactivate.
The Graduate School cannot reimburse students for negative balances related to their Ventra U-Pass. If you have a negative balance and your card is suspended please contact Ventra directly at 1-877-NOW-VENTRA for assistance. A Ventra representative will be able to determine the cause of the balance and assist you in bringing your balance back to zero.
Q: What if my U-Pass is lost or stolen?
Go to Depository Services (Evanston: 619 Clark Street; Chicago: Abbott Hall).
Bring $50 for the replacement fee – personal cash, check or cashier’s check only.
Fill out an affidavit for your lost or stolen card.
Depository Services will send the request to CTA and you will be contacted when your new card has arrived.
Q: What if my U-Pass is captured in CTA fare equipment?
Q: What if my U-Pass is damaged?
Fill out an affidavit for your damaged card.
Q: What if my U-Pass is defective?
A: If your U-Pass is not working and you suspect it is defective (as opposed to damaged), contact TGS and we will verify your enrollment and that your U-Pass should be active. You will then be asked to go with your U-Pass to Ventra Customer Service at 567 W Lake St., Chicago IL, 60661, where they will determine whether the U-Pass is damaged or defective. If the U-Pass is deemed “defective,” you will be provided a voucher and a 7-day Ventra pass and Ventra will request for a new U-Pass for you. You will be contacted once your new U-pass arrives on campus.
Q: What if my name changes?
Bring your Wild Card and the U-Pass.
Fill out a form for your name change.
Q: I’ve requested a replacement U-Pass – how long will it take to arrive?
A: Please allow up to 5 business days for the card to arrive at The Graduate School. You will be emailed when the card is ready for pickup.
Q: When are U-Passes deactivated?
A: If you have not registered as a full time student, your U-Pass will be deactivated after the Change of Registration deadline.
Q: How often can I use my U-Pass per day?
A: You may use your U-Pass as often as desired. However, students can't reuse their card at the same station or on the same bus line for 10-15 minutes.
Q: Can I share my U-Pass with my friends?
A: No. The U-Pass is not transferable and will be confiscated if the CTA suspects misuse of the U-Pass. CTA maintains the right to inspect the U-Pass used by a student and to ask the student for another form of identification to ensure that the pass is being used by the person to whom it is issued. Further, CTA maintains the right to deny a student access to the CTA system at the U-Pass reduced fee if the student does not possess both the U-Pass and a current School I.D.
Q: I rarely use the U-Pass. Can I opt out?
A: No. The activity fee is mandatory for all full-time eligible students. The CTA contract requires that all full-time students participate in the U-Pass program.
Q: How much is the activity fee?
A: As of Fall Quarter 2018, the activity fee is $125 per quarter for full-time eligible students.
Q: How do I pay my activity fee?
A: Students can access their bills and bill history via CAESAR, > For Students > Financial Services > View My E-Bill & E-Payment. Payments may be made online or by check (U.S. bank accounts only). Students may also go to Student Financial Services at 555 Clark Street on the Evanston campus.
Q: What does the activity fee cover?
An attorney to assist students with legal issues—such as landlord, traffic, credit or debt problems.
Q: How do I qualify for an Activity Fee Waiver?
A: The only students who are eligible for an activity fee waiver are students who are studying abroad or students who will be off-campus and away from the Chicago area this quarter.
Please submit an activity fee waiver form as soon as your Activity Fee posts to your account, and no later than 3 quarters (or 9 months) after your quarter spent off campus. TGS will contact students should the waiver be approved. Waivers submitted beyond 3 quarters after your time off campus will be denied. Activity Fees may not be waived for future quarters. Once the fee is waived, students will not be eligible for the services it provides, including the U-Pass.
Q: I will not be enrolled this quarter. Will I be charged for the activity fee?
A: If students are not enrolled, they will not be charged the activity fee and they will not be eligible for the services it provides, including the U-Pass.
Q: How can I voice my views on the U-Pass and the other activity fee-related services?
A: We encourage you to participate in Graduate Leadership and Advocacy Council's (GLAC) Annual Survey (conducted during summer quarter) if you have strong feelings about the U-Pass program or the other Activity Fee-related services. The GLAC provides TGS with data from the survey each year and advises administrators to continue or discontinue these programs based on program usage and survey feedback.
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2019-04-23T10:53:51Z
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https://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/campus-life/housing-transportation/u-pass.html
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Sports
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Reference
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wordpress
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Philip B. Williams : Homan and Chicago Ave.
Russian Twitter Roulette: Tweet until you die, last tweet goes on your gravestone. SO INTENSE!!
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2019-04-23T09:00:29Z
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https://thewholegardenwillbow.wordpress.com/2013/11/
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Sports
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Games
| 0.922098 |
mohawkcollege
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Gain practical training leading to the application of principles and practices in the field of Commercial Construction Management. Providing a foundation in the field, students will have the knowledge to begin assisting or managing the construction process, from initial planning to project completion.
BLDG 10114 Commercial Construction Estimating Introduces measuring techniques for items in a commercial construction project. Use Excel spreadsheets to interpret construction working drawings and specifications to measure items such as excavation, concrete, steel, etc. Emphasis is placed on accuracy of measurement, standard descriptions, logical sequence of take-off, and estimating principles. The parts of a detailed estimate will be identified.
BLDG 10115 Commercial Construction Principles Explore various building materials and construction methodologies used in commercial construction, including durability, availability, ease of construction, and aesthetic perspective. Includes a review of commercial construction drawings and specifications. Discover a variety of learning tools including standard building practices, commercial working drawings, and trade publication websites.
BLDG 10083 Construction Contracts and Documents Understand the principles of contract law as they relate to the construction industry. Builds upon the principles of contract law and introduces standard forms used in the construction industry issued by the Canadian Construction Documents Committee and the Canadian Construction Association.
BLDG 10728 Construction Industry Explore the many facets of the construction industry and develop a deeper knowledge of the factors that impact the industry. Increase awareness of various participants and stakeholders that are typically involved in a commercial construction project. Understand issues such as impact on the economy, safety, environment, and use of technology.
BLDG 10101 Construction Planning and Scheduling Learn the concept of construction scheduling and planning by exploring applications of effective project planning and analysis. Topics include Gantt schedule, CPM, Critic Path Planning, Resource allocation, Cash Flow Planning, Schedule Monitoring and Productivity Factors. Complete a detailed schedule for a small commercial project.
BLDG 10118 Project Construction Management Gain basic knowledge of the principles of planning, organizing, and controlling administrative aspects of a project in the commercial construction industry. Prepare for the day to-day administration, planning and monitoring of a small to mid-sized commercial project.
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2019-04-19T23:20:49Z
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https://www.mohawkcollege.ca/ce/programs/technology-and-skills/commercial-construction-management
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Sports
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Business
| 0.578834 |
fiu
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Leslie DeChurch is Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. Her research is being used to improve teams engaged with scientific innovation, military-civil cooperation, humanitarian aid & disaster response, health care, and deep space exploration. Professor DeChurch was awarded a prestigious NSF CAREER award to support her work on team leadership. Her research on organizational teamwork has been supported by more than $8 Million in extramural funding from national and international research agencies and foundations including the: National Science Foundation (NSF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Army Research Institute for the Social & Behavioral Sciences (ARI), Army Research Office (ARO), and Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR; France).
Professor DeChurch is the President of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) and Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), American Psychological Society (APS), and the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). She serves on multiple editorial boards and recently served on a National Academy of Science consensus study to set forth a scientific agenda for the next decade of organizational research. Her research on teams and leadership appears in top journals, some of which include the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management, Organizational Behavior & Human Decision Processes, and Leadership Quarterly.
Professor DeChurch earned a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Miami in Coral Gables and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Florida International University in Miami. Her passion for understanding and improving team leadership was seeded by her many early mornings on the water as a coxswain for the University of Miami’s Women’s Crew.
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2019-04-18T18:48:21Z
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https://lead.fiu.edu/about-us/faculty-fellows/leslie-dechurch/
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Sports
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Sports
| 0.556076 |
howstuffworks
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Too little, too much or just right?
It is fairly rare for dogs on normal commercial diets to receive an insufficient amount of omega-6 fatty acids.
One way to figure out whether your dog is getting enough omega fatty acids is to take a close look at his coat. If it appears dull, then there is a chance that your canine friend is lacking some omega fatty acids. But that's not the only potential problem when a dog's diet doesn't have sufficient omega fatty acids.
According to Benson -- who says it is fairly rare for dogs on normal commercial diets to receive an insufficient amount of omega-6 fatty acids -- negative issues that can arise are an increase in skin infections, muscle weakness, a decrease in reproductive capabilities and a lack of coordination. Age is also a factor when it comes to the impact of an omega fatty acid deficiency. "If they don't get enough when they're a puppy, then nerves and the brain may not develop," says Jones, the Atlanta veterinarian. "If it's later [in life], then they may have cellular dysfunction."
By and large, dogs routinely do get enough omega-6 fatty acids, so the problem is more a lack of omega-3s. Supplementing a dog's diet with omega-3 fatty acids is possible and fairly easy because adding fish oil to their regular food is simple. As a basic rule of thumb, many vets suggest that the ideal ratio between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids is about 5 to 1. If a supplement is deemed necessary, expect it to be in the range of between 40 and 100 mg per day, with senior dogs more likely to need it than puppies.
But going the route of supplementation also can have some drawbacks, especially in trying to maintain your pet's ideal weight. "Excess supplementation results in the consumption of too much fat and oil, which may lead to obesity and pancreatitis," Benson says.
For more information on the benefits of omega fatty acids and your dog's diet, click to the next page.
Thixton, Susan. Author of book, "Buyer Beware: The crimes, lies and truth about pet food." Personal correspondence. Oct. 11, 2011.
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2019-04-24T22:56:05Z
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https://animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/omega-fatty-acids-dog-food2.htm
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Sports
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Health
| 0.592735 |
upenn
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Asthma, a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and airway remodeling, affects 300 million people worldwide. Conventional asthma management includes the use of glucocorticoids and β2-agonist bronchodilators to combat inflammation and reverse airway narrowing. In severe asthma patients, whose asthma is poorly controlled with conventional therapies, frequent asthma exacerbations can lead to sustained AHR that remains insensitive to bronchodilator therapy. Therefore, it is essential to determine the mechanisms contributing to AHR and irreversible airflow obstruction in asthma to reduce patient morbidity and mortality. Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1), a growth factor elevated in the airway of patients with asthma, perpetuates airway inflammation and airway remodeling in airway structural cells. The role of TGF-β1 in mediating AHR, however, remains unclear. In this dissertation, we demonstrate that TGF-β1 primes agonist-induced contractile responses and attenuates agonist-induced relaxation pathways in human airway smooth muscle (HASM), contributing to AHR and irreversible airflow obstruction in asthma. The dynamics of AHR and single-cell excitation-contraction coupling were measured using supravital microscopy, magnetic twisting cytometry, and biochemical assays in human precision-cut lung slices (hPCLS) and isolated primary HASM cells. We demonstrate that overnight TGF-β1 treatment augmented basal and agonist-induced shortening in hPCLS and isolated HASM cells. Interestingly, TGF-β1 increased HASM cell shortening and myosin light chain phosphorylation in a Smad3-dependent manner, with little effect on intracellular calcium levels. Additionally, we find that overnight TGF-β1 treatment decreased β2-agonist-induced relaxation responses in HASM cells via induction of phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4), an enzyme that negatively regulates β2-agonist signaling pathways. Pharmacological and siRNA inhibition of PDE4 and Smad3, respectively, restored β2-agonist sensitivity in TGF-β1-treated HASM cells. Together, our data suggest that increased levels of TGF-β1 in the airway contribute to airway narrowing, asthma exacerbations, and bronchodilator resistance in asthma. Furthermore, our results establish TGF-β1 as a novel therapeutic target to decrease airway exacerbations in patients with severe and treatment-resistant asthma.
Ojiaku, Christie Adaeze, "The Role And Mechanism Of Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1 In Airway Hyperresponsiveness" (2018). Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations. 3166.
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2019-04-18T16:20:19Z
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https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/3166/
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Sports
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Science
| 0.550008 |
tripod
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Wesley stared across the hallway as if transfixed. This was stretching the bounds of coincidence. Now there were two people in the hotel besides Wesley that had something to do with Rupert, one of whom was definitely dangerous. What on earth was going on?
The door opened, and the tall young man from the night before was framed in the opening. Wesley still didn't recognize him, but the name Ethan exclaimed was definitely one he knew.
"Riley Finn?" Wesley murmured. "Buffy's ex-boyfriend, in contact with Ethan Rayne? This can't be good."
Hurriedly, he pulled the key from his pocket again and unlocked the room door. Forget relocating, this business with Ethan and Riley was too important to ignore. It was unlikely that it had anything to do with Connor, but he had most of a day before Rupert would arrive to help him. In the meantime, this was definitely something Rupert would want to know about.
Wesley moved his suitcases back inside the room, then stood there a moment, staring at the telephone in indecision. Should he let anyone else know about this? He didn't exactly want to speak with any of the Angel Investigations staff, but there wasn't anyone else he could inform. Rupert was already on his way, and there really was no point in calling the Slayer unless things got catastrophically out of control.
Well. He could call Cordelia's apartment. She might still be on vacation, and if not, she was likely to be at the Hyperion. Being Cordelia, however, she would probably check her messages often, and would therefore be able to pass the warning along in a timely fashion. Yes. That would work.
Wesley stepped quickly over to the 'phone and dialed Cordelia's number, then carried the instrument back over towards the windows. While it rang, he parted the Venetian blinds at eye-level with finger and thumb, watching the conversation taking place across the way.
After three rings, someone picked up at the other end. "Hello?" Cordelia asked, in a quiet, depressed tone of voice.
Blast. "This day just keeps getting better," Wesley muttered under his breath.
"What? Wes, is that you? Where have you been?" Cordelia spoke much more loudly now, with worry in her tone. The 'phone picked up another voice faintly in the background, asking questions that Wesley couldn't quite hear.
"I can't talk," he said, quickly. "Ethan Rayne is in town. I thought someone should know."
"Wes, where are you?" Cordelia asked again, a little sharp of tone, but also pleading. "Fred was upset. She didn't mean it. We do need you here. If you're still the Wes I thought you were, then you have to fix this. If you don't, I think Angel will go off the deep end."
Wesley swallowed, then resolutely put the receiver down and cut off the call. He was dismayed to find that his hands were trembling. "And what if I can't?" he asked the empty air.
He was uncomfortably reminded of the days after the Blim incident. Despair, guilt, shame; old friends, all three. No. He would not return this time, not until he found Connor again on his own, and perhaps not even then. It was time he moved on, before he caused any more hurt to the people he cared about.
He peered through the Venetian blinds again, and saw Ethan exiting the room, closely followed by Riley. It was time to justify his "private investigator" title. Wesley waited until they were halfway down the corridor, backs to him, then stepped outside, relocked his own door, and followed.
Ah. Door. Wesley entered the bar quietly and stood in the entryway for a moment, carefully scanning the main room for his quarry. In all likelihood, Ethan had no idea what he looked like now, so he wasn't much worried, but instinct told him to be careful. He hadn't the energy to defy Ethan at the moment, and Ethan had a reputation for holding grudges.
Wesley had only been eleven or so the last time he'd seen the man in person. He'd accompanied his father on Council grounds and noticed the young sorcerer hiding in the Library building. Many years later, he'd found out that Ethan had been visiting Rupert that night, trying to coax his old friend back to the streets. Instead, due to Wesley's discovery, Ethan had been forcibly ejected from the property and it had been firmly warded against him.
"Well, if it isn't the little Watcher," someone said, grinning, in his ear.
Wesley sighed. "Well, there goes that idea."
Ethan laughed. "Sneaking up on us? That wasn't necessary. Why don't you just join us for a drink?" He muttered a few more words, and appeared next to Wesley, accompanied by Riley.
Riley blinked at each of them, nonplussed. "Is this some kind of game?"
Wesley turned to look at them. "I could ask you the same question, Riley Finn. I wasn't aware that you knew Mr. Rayne."
Riley rolled his eyes. "I don't. And I'm not really Riley Finn, either. If I were, I'd be with my wife in Nepal."
"Nepal?" Ethan said, sounding interested.
"Wife?" Wesley asked, confused. If that was meant to be an explanation, it was the weakest one he'd ever heard.
"Let's just get a booth, guys," the Riley look-alike said. "I'm getting impatient here. Let's skip ahead to the explanation part of this little outing."
"Yes, let's," Wesley said, turning his gaze on Ethan.
"All right, all right." Ethan threaded his way to a little table near the left edge of the room, studying him as they went.
Wesley heaved a sigh as he sank into a seat and immediately flagged down a waitress. He was aware of Ethan continuing to watch him, with that little smirk on his face. The youngest member of their party watched them both. Apparently, he didn't want to speak first.
Finally Ethan broke the silence. "You've grown in strength, haven't you? It's really too bad I didn't just borrow you that day, instead of waiting for Rupert. If I'd had a chance to teach you, before the Council sank its teeth into your psyche..."
Wesley snorted, and tilted back his first drink. "Not possible, considering who my father is. I was indoctrinated from the cradle."
Ethan frowned at him. "Oh? Oh! Right. Wyndam-Pryce. One of the senior Watchers."
Wesley gave him the raised eyebrow, and Ethan chuckled.
"That day you got me kicked out wasn't my first visit. I was determined to be a bad influence on Rupert, it's true, but that wasn't all I did on Council grounds. I picked some things up, and I've kept an ear out since." Ethan paused, studying Wesley again. "You know, it's surprising, really; you're nothing like him."
"Who, my father?" Wesley asked, starting on his second glass. "Thank God for that."
"Speaking of fathers who don't resemble their sons..." Ethan drew the sentence out, glancing at the faux Riley.
He grumbled in reply. "I don't know why you're bringing up my dad, but whatever it is, it doesn't matter. I'm adopted."
Ethan nodded, as if something had been confirmed. "I'd been wondering if they ever told you that."
"Why?" The young man shifted in his seat, gripping the table with whitened knuckles as if he wanted to leap right out of his chair. "You've been hinting around at something ever since you knocked on my door. Give me the reason already!"
There it was again: Ethan's trademark dangerous grin. "All right. Ready, then, Jonathan? How's this. I'm your real father."
Wesley choked, spraying alcohol over half the table. Neither Ethan nor the one he'd called Jonathan seemed to notice. Ethan Rayne had a son?
"Say what?" Jonathan seemed just as startled. "But, you're, you're British."
Ethan chuckled. "And you live on the Hellmouth. I didn't just visit the place for Ripper's sake, you know. There's something about it that draws all who have touched the darker arts. When I found out you were going to be born, I meddled with your adoption papers and made sure you went there. It's a handy training ground, isn't it? Now you're almost 21, with power of your own, and a distinct tendency to chaos already. I couldn't be happier."
Jonathan blinked at him. "What are you, Darth Vader?" he said. "I don't believe this."
Of course, if Ethan were Vader, that would put Jonathan in Luke's role. Interesting choice of imagery.
"Look, Jonathan," Ethan said. "I don't expect you to trust me immediately. In fact, I'd be disappointed if you did. I'm just asking that you spend some time with me and decide whether you like what I do. I'm fairly certain you will."
Jonathan fidgeted in his chair for a moment, then stood up. "I'm going to take a break and think about this," he said. "Don't go anywhere." Then he strode off in the direction of the restrooms.
Wesley watched the young man leave the table. Well, that had been informative. Why had Ethan let him sit and listen to the whole thing? What was his role in all of this?
"Ah, he's a good boy," Ethan said, following Jonathan's progress with his gaze. "He'll come around."
Wesley shook his head. "Pardon me if I rather hope otherwise," he said.
Ethan turned back to the table with a smirk and downed his own drink. "So what are you really doing here, Wesley?"
Wesley sighed. Well, was there any point in lying? "It's a long story," he said, gesturing at the bandages on his neck. "I lost Angel's son."
Ethan raised an eyebrow and leaned forward. "Angel has a son?" he asked. "Really? But he's a vampire. I thought that wasn't possible."
"Oh, so did everyone else," Wesley said, waving a hand in the air. Dimly, he was aware that the alcohol was starting to react with the painkillers, and that he'd be better off shutting up now, but it was hard to care.
"You remember all those demonic prophecies," he continued. "The ones about the miracle child, the golden child. That's Connor. He's Angel's son by Darla."
Ethan stared at him. "Fascinating. Yes, I've heard the tales. In fact, I ran into a chap a couple of days ago here in town with a bizarre story about the miracle child and a time-travelling demon. Do you think they might be related?"
Wesley froze, paralyzed by a sudden stab of hope and disbelief. "I... Oh God. I know what this is! I knew there were too many coincidences! It's all... it's all..." He shook his head, trying to find the word, but could only come up with Fred's bit of nonsense. "It's all conflue-y!"
"Ah, Wesley?" Ethan frowned at him. "Are you all right?"
"Not in the slightest!" Wesley exclaimed, suddenly excited. "Do go on! What did he have to say?"
Ethan smiled. "I can do better. I didn't believe his tale, so I captured the events out of his memory. Here." He pulled a small, oval mirror out of his jacket pocket, and faced it towards Wesley. "Watch."
A few words in Latin, and the mirror stopped reflecting Wesley's pale face. It began to glow, with shapes moving softly under a haze of color, and then cleared to show a patch of English countryside.
Wesley watched as a swirling portal sucked all the color out of the scene, then dwindled away, leaving Sahjhan and Holtz standing in a country lane, next to the gate of a private drive. He gasped as he recognized Connor in Holtz' arms. Holtz looked awful, as though he'd been folded, spindled, and mutilated on the passage through the portal, but what Wesley could see of Connor's face was still unmarked and peaceful.
"Good," Wesley sighed. "The protection spell held. I only meant it to last for 48 hours, until we were safely in England, so they can't have been in the Hell dimension for long."
Sure enough, there were voices quietly accompanying the scene.
"Where is this place?" Holtz was asking. He sounded a little disoriented.
"This? Sahjhan answered. "Oh, it's the world you jumped from, some number of years in the past."
"In the past?" Holtz flinched. "How far into the past? And, why?"
"Oh, a few decades or so. Not to worry, you'll run no risk of meeting yourself here."
The demon shrugged casually. "Why what?"
"Why bring me here, now? I thought you wanted the child dead. It would have been easier to leave us in that place."
Sahjhan snorted. "Quortoth? Quite the place, wasn't it? Shame how it didn't touch the little nipper, though."
Holtz looked down at Connor, and rubbed the infant's smooth cheek with one rough, singed finger. "How is that possible?"
"I'm not sure," Sahjhan said. "There's a protection spell on him, but I'm not sure how long it will last, or who cast it on him. It might even be the Powers; I've heard that Darla tried to rid herself of him several times, but was never successful."
"That's an interesting theory," Holtz said, straightening his back and speaking with more confidence. "But it's not very helpful to my cause. What happens now?"
Sahjhan laughed. "Well, for starters, we're going to leave the tyke here, at this gate."
"Well, there's no getting out of the prophecy. It states pretty clearly that the father will kill the son. What's more, the confluence of events will make sure that happens in L.A., back in the week you jumped out of. I can't pin down the exact day, but I'm sure of that week. I have sources the humans don't."
"And?" Holtz interrupted the demon's speech. "Get to the point."
Sahjhan obliged. "When you jumped, I had a brilliant idea. Why not send him to the past, and let him grow up as part of a community that hates Angel, souled or not? He'll be an adult now, not an infant, and Angel will have to defend himself. Maybe I'll even get two deaths for the price of one."
Holtz nodded. "And if Angel survives, it will maximize his anguish. Not only did he take his son's life, he missed out on everything that made his son into a man."
Sahjhan smiled. "Exactly. So how about it? Put the kid by the gate, ring the bell, and let's get back to L.A. pronto."
"One last thing," Holtz said. "Why not let me raise him myself, as I intended?"
"Are you kidding?" Sahjhan said. "You'd get attached. You wouldn't want him to die, and everything would get all tangled again. Go on. Put him down."
Slowly, Holtz did so, caressing Connor's cheek one more time as he settled the blanket-wrapped infant on the grassy verge. As he reached for the button that would notify the owners someone was at the gate, the plaque on the gatepost came into view.
"Travers Residence," Wesley read, horrified, as the scene faded back into the original reflection.
Ethan chuckled. "Thought you'd like that. And now that I've done my good deed for the year..." He raised the mirror higher, holding it insistently in front of Wesley's face.
Wesley was puzzled, but he looked again anyway... then gasped. "What have you done?" he exclaimed.
"Oh, it'll only last a few days," Ethan said, laughing. "At least I didn't turn you into a Fyarl, like I did Ripper."
It wasn't Wesley's face reflected in the mirror, anymore. It was Holtz's.
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2019-04-25T18:54:08Z
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Two years ago, Taylor Swift sparked a revolution in the music industry by removing her back catalogue from Spotify and other streaming services. The pop star said she "just [didn't] agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free". Inspiring other musical heavyweights such as Adele to do the same, she went on to become the top-earning celebrity of 2016 thanks to album and tour revenue.
But, in a shock move, all of Swift's music – from her eponymous 2006 debut, to her most recent, record-breaking album 1989 – available on Spotify and other streaming services, for users to listen to for free.
The official Twitter account for Swift's management claims that the backtrack is a show of gratitude for her fans after 1989 sold 10 million albums worldwide.
Spotify, too, are grateful. The Swedish company made no secret of their disappointment when Swift revoked her music in 2014, saying at the time: "We hope she’ll change her mind and join us in building a new music economy that works for everyone".
This morning, Spotify told The Telegraph: "We can confirm that Taylor Swift’s entire back catalogue is now available on Spotify for her millions of fans to enjoy."
However, the move has come at a particularly interesting time – on the very day fellow pop star Katy Perry, a former friend of Swift's, just happens to be releasing Witness, her first album in three years.
Perry and Swift's fractious relationship reportedly turned sour in 2012, when dancers performing in Swift's Red tour jumped ship to Perry's.
The feud has since been played out in song. In 2014, Swift told Rolling Stone that she was "straight-up enemies" with a well-known musician, and had portrayed the relationship in her Grammy-winning single Bad Blood. "She basically tried to sabotage an entire arena tour," Swift specified.
In May, Perry responded in kind with Swish Swish, a new single that suggested vengeance was on the horizon with lyrics such as "Karma's not a liar, she keeps receipts" and "So keep calm, honey. Imma stick around for more than a minute. Get used to it!"
In a pre-release interview this week Perry was open about her relationship with Swift, although Swift has long refused to speak about Perry to the press.
When NME asked Perry about Swift, she said: "I’m not Buddha – things irritate me. I wish that I could turn the other cheek every single time, but I’m also not a pushover, you know? Especially when someone tries to assassinate my character with little girls [their respective fan groups]. That’s so messed up!"
Taylor Swift is putting her music back on Spotify and that's probably the best news I've gotten in a while tbh.
Well, curious fans can now pick their team by listening to Spotify.
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2019-04-21T05:29:16Z
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/taylor-swifts-entire-back-catalogue-returns-spotify-day-rival/
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Being Jennifer Lawrence at Comic-Con has to be equal parts horrifying and flattering. On one hand, all the men want to be with her and all the women want to be friends with her, and not even gossip about her behind her back. On the other, SHE’S JENNIFER LAWRENCE. People have killed for less than to be within her immediate presence.
Here’s the Catching Fire trailer.
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2019-04-22T17:57:36Z
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https://uproxx.com/viral/jennifer-lawrence-had-a-predictably-perfect-reaction-to-the-comic-con-throngs/
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One of the problems with being in love with a wide variety of music is that the more you hear, the harder it is to get something that really piques your interest. Last year, The Magnetic Fields "69 Love Songs" was the thing that most had me unable to stop the tunes running through my head, but it's a shame to say that of the three other Magnetic Fields albums I own ("Wayward Bus", "Get Lost" and "i") none of them really comes up to the level of 69 love songs, although "Get Lost" has a couple of good tracks on it.
Anyway, what's currently triggered my internal jukebox is "Avalanche" by Thea Gilmore. I can't understand why it's so bloody hard to find records by her in the shops. borusa played some of her stuff at me last year, which I enjoyed, but I've been looking for an album of hers for about six months. I finally found one, and I have to say I'm very glad. The production is excellently suited to the songs, creating a restrained sense of tension that works so well with Gilmore's often highly cynical lyrics.
Avalanche: it's great isn't it? I picked it up at the folkfest in 2004 after seeing her play. I've got Songs From the Gutter too but it doesn't grab me in quite the same way. If you do get a chance to see her live though grab it, she's brilliant.
I've got "Rules for Jokers" on order from eBay. I'm sure I can get hold of more given time. Irritatingly, her own website is out of stock of everything. Still, don't want to get too much at once anyway.
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2019-04-25T22:25:22Z
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https://sesquipedality.livejournal.com/266354.html
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The basic unit of student life is known as a "House." The House system is a unique program of the university based on the principle of inclusion that recognizes the importance of each student attending the university and celebrates the individuality of each person.
At Graceland, we offer a unique system that merges student government and the housing system. Each floor of the residence halls is designated as a "House” with its own name, symbol and colors. The integration of student government and the Houses allows student leaders to impact the entire campus community and to plan and run programs for the House. This is accomplished by House council leaders becoming the members and decision makers in the student government organizations. This unique system immediately engages students in positive communities.
Members of the House elect five students, known as the House Council, to hold key leadership positions. Under their direction, social, religious and academic support activities are planned for House members. By cooperative effort, the House organizes its own social, intramural and religious programs. All activities will assure the student freedom to determine the extent of their participation in all House activities. Participation in any House activity is completely voluntary.
Everyone who is here belongs here just because he or she is here, and for no other reason.
This is our rule. It depends on nothing else.
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2019-04-22T18:30:03Z
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https://www.graceland.edu/campus-life/house-social-system
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The name Evangelista has been synonymous with Hairdressing in Glasgow for almost 80 years and now with bringing the 'Art of Barbering' into the 21st century with online booking and now this webcam.
Evangelista's Barbershop is run by Paul Evangelista who took over the reigns from his father Adolpho, who in turn received it from his father Angelo. A true family business.
If you're lucky you might just catch one of Paul's famous clients getting a haircut, a hot towel shave or even a complementary moustache trim!
Such is Paul's dedication to the 'Art of Barbering' that you can even find A Short History of the Barber's Pole on his website.
Operates 8.30am BST - 3pm BST Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
With thanks to Evangelista's Barbershop for this webcam in Glasgow, Scotland.
If there is no webcam image, please visit www.evangelistas.co.uk to view barbering action.
Why is this camera constantly blank......please fix!
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2019-04-19T02:22:38Z
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http://www.camvista.com/scotland/glasgow/evangelistas.php
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Just in time for the playoffs, illustrator Chris Edser has put together a great series of gifs capturing the awkward magic of Joakim Noah, the gangliest of the NBA's elite talent. You couldn't ask for a better representation of player who does many things well and few things gracefully.
"Joakim Noah plays defense is above," and "Joakim Noah shoots free-throws" is below. Go check out the rest of the series on the basketball-art blog, Ron Artist.
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2019-04-22T10:02:57Z
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https://deadspin.com/joakim-noahs-awkward-brilliance-now-available-in-illust-1564000943
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Updated Apr. 13, 2016 4:02 p.m.
Public relations executives from across the globe contributed to the future of our dynamic profession by participating in a Global Communications Report we conducted this spring in conjunction with the Holmes Report, the Institute for Public Relations, the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, the International Association for Measurement and Evaluation of Communication, the PR Council, the Worldcom PR Group and PRSA.
The Global Communications Report is designed to provide unprecedented insight into the evolution of the global communications industry by analyzing emerging trends in talent, structure, compensation and diversity on both the client and agency sides of the business. More importantly, the Report will help those entering the PR industry better understand the skills and traits they will need to be successful.
To access the Executive Summary of the Report, please click here.
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2019-04-20T02:48:51Z
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https://annenberg.usc.edu/research/center-public-relations/reports/global-communications-report-2016
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The Colombian vet accused of carving open puppies in order to turn them into drug mules could get off with a deal, it was revealed in court Tuesday.
“We’re engaged in plea negotiations,” federal prosecutor Jonathan Lax said as disgraced veterinarian Andres Lopez Elores appeared before Judge Sterling Johnson, sporting a hangdog look.
Elores, a Venezuelan native, is accused of trafficking liquid heroin inside at least 10 live Labrador pups.
The 38-year-old was part of the sick scheme in 2004 and 2005, when he implanted the packets in the puppies’ bellies on behalf of a drug ring, prosecutors charge.
The pooches were then shipped into New York — where the packets were surgically removed, killing the dogs.
Feds later rescued 10 live pups during a 2005 raid in Colombia — six of which were stuffed with 6.6 pounds of heroin.
Elorez was on the run until 2015, when he was collared in Spain.
He previously pleaded not guilty to conspiring to distribute and import heroin.
If convicted, Elorez faces up to 10 years behind bars.
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2019-04-23T05:08:54Z
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https://nypost.com/2018/06/12/vet-accused-of-implanting-pups-with-heroin-might-get-plea-deal/
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A medical company will use highly radioactive U-233 material in ORNL's Building 3019 for cancer research.
Oak Ridge Environmental Management office's Uranium-233 contract has been modified to allow the contractor to participate in a medical research arrangement, according to the office.
A third-party medical company, whose name has not been disclosed, will extract thorium from the uranium inventory and use it to pay Isotek, Environmental Management's nuclear cleanup contractor.
The contract modification was approved after its evaluation as part of Environmental Management's 45-day review, a kind of assessment EM offices around the country use to identify areas of improvement.
While presenting the evaluations that would be considered in the review to the Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board last fall, EM manager Jay Mullis said about half of Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Uranium-233 waste has been shipped off for disposal.
"The U-233 disposition is a two-phase approach," Environmental Management spokesman Ben Williams said. "Half was shipped for direct disposal, and half has to be processed first."
Shipped were the CEUSP shipments, a term that stands for the Consolidated Edison Uranium Solidification Program, a project to solidify and store radioactive uranium from the Indian Point 1 reactor in New York.
The CEUSP material and the current uranium stores are in ORNL's Building 3019, which the Department of Energy called the "oldest operating nuclear facility in the world" in 2011.
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board issued a report on the building in 1997 for its high vulnerabilities, including aging and corroding storage containers, tank leaks and seismic and high wind safety concerns.
ORNL is still storing radioactive materials from old hot cells, glove boxes, reactor plates and other items that must be processed before they are disposed of, Mullis said.
In the fall, he told the advisory board that Environmental Management would have been required to lay off much of the uranium disposition workers while it designed a process to dissolve and solidify small amounts of uranium to ship off for disposal and then rehire them when processing began — putting about a five-year lag on uranium disposition plans.
Congressional interest in cleaning out the building likely influenced DOE's quick approval of the contract modification.
"Removal of the Uranium 233 will enable the overall security posture at the laboratory to be relaxed, which will reduce costs and eliminate nuclear safety issues, and make the campus more conducive to collaborative science," the U.S. Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill said.
"The Committee encourages the Department to seek opportunities to expedite the cleanup of Building 3019, including public-private partnerships that may reduce the overall cost of cleanup."
With the contract modification, Environmental Management can use ion exchange to "milk" the thorium from the uranium and turn it and its accompanying waste products over to Isotek.
Isotek will give it to the medical research company, which will separate an element called actinium from the thorium.
That actinium can be used for cancer research and treatment, Mullis said, and EM will not get the waste materials back.
"It's a win-win-win from where we're sitting," Mullis said.
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2019-04-22T00:13:28Z
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https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2018/01/17/oak-ridge-national-laboratory-uranium-stores-milked-cancer-research/1018493001/
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Former Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson and current owner/general manager Jerry Jones didn’t quite see eye-to-eye in their final days together in Dallas. The two have since reconciled, and according to Johnson in an interview with FOX Sports Southwest, Jones is ready give the coach that led the team to two-straight Super Bowl wins in 1992 and 1993 his place in the Ring of Honor at AT&T Stadium.
"Jerry told me three years ago he was going to put me in the Ring of Honor," Johnson said. "I think it’s great for players and it’s a really a great honor for those players, but for coaches, really, we have done our work, you can see the records, and so that accomplishment is satisfying enough, I’m not real big on accolades."
While Johnson doesn’t seem to mind not seeing his name honored at the Cowboys’ home stadium alongside other greats such as Tom Landry or Tex Schramm, it would be good for him to be remembered by fans for leading Dallas to two of the team’s five championships.
"Football is such a team sport, so no one individual does it," Johnson said. "No one coach or no one assistant coach or no one player, it’s a great team sport, so I don’t get carried away with a bunch of accolades."
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2019-04-18T23:18:33Z
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https://www.foxsports.com/southwest/story/former-cowboys-coach-jimmy-johnson-on-him-being-in-ring-of-honor-010614
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wordpress
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The weather has been cooling down considerably over the last few weeks, but I’m still posting stragglers from late September – early October, so please bear with me through some very unseasonal outfits.
Anyway, this outfit looks like it’s been matched very carefully, right? The eyelets on my top match the plaid on my pants, and the blue pendant matches the blue loafers. The truth, though, is that I put almost no thoughts into it at all, other than, “Oh yeah, those will go together.” It’s one of those outfits that just came about naturally, which goes to show, sometimes it’s best to go with your instincts and not to overthink it.
Though I wear a lot of preppy things – button-up shirts, stripes, loafers, oxfords, etc. – I never describe my style as “preppy”. To be honest, I find preppy style a bit boring, and I’d like to think my style is more eclectic than that (which is another way of saying I don’t like to confine myself to a rigidly defined “style”; I just wear whatever the hell I want). However, occasionally I do put together a pretty straightforward preppy outfit, like this one. I mean, all that’s missing is a pearl necklace, right?
So 2/3 of this outfit are actually hand-me-downs from my sister – only the jeans are mine originally. That’s the perk of having a sister who likes shopping, is the same size as you, and has more or less the same taste as you do. Though I have to say, her preference for V-neck white button-ups is inexplicable. I don’t like V-neck tops that much, yet she tried to pass another one to me when she gave me this pair of loafers. I refused, because I already have one, which, of course, also came from her. But I have an inexplicable preference for blue plaid button-ups too, so who I am to talk, right?
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2019-04-20T06:58:27Z
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https://14shadesofgrey.wordpress.com/tag/blue-suede-loafers/
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Shopping
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concordia
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Lemke, Ross (1980) Departmental papers in the department of English. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
46, 61, 42 leaves ; 29 cm.
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2019-04-24T00:08:38Z
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https://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/5593/
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wm
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"Reproductive Activity Of Oysters, Crassostrea-Virginica (Gmelin, 1791)" by Roger Mann, Julia S. Rainer et al.
Reproductive activity in oysters, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin, in the James River, Virginia, was examined for 1987 from weekly estimates for fecundity and egg viability in oysters collected from Wreck Shoal, and for 1988 from weekly estimates of fecundity, egg viability, gonad volume fraction, gonad thickness, and mean egg size in oysters collected from Horsehead Reef. Maximum and mean fecundity values from Wreck Shoal oysters were higher than from Horsehead oysters. No relationship was evident between fecundity and egg viability at Horsehead Reef. A strong temporal relationship was observed between egg viability and peak oyster settlement in the James in both years of the study as estimated by off-bottom settlement substrates. In 1987 highest viability occurred from late June through mid August with peak settlement occurring from mid June through late August. In 1988 viable eggs were recorded from late July through the end of August; major settlement occurred from early August through mid September. Fishery independent estimates of oyster population abundance on Horsehead Reef, when combined with concurrent egg production and viability data, illustrate the losses that occur during the early life history stages of oysters in this location.
Mann, Roger; Rainer, Julia S.; and Morales-Alamo, Reinaldo, "Reproductive Activity Of Oysters, Crassostrea-Virginica (Gmelin, 1791) In The James River, Virginia, During 1987-1988" (1994). VIMS Articles. 517.
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2019-04-23T16:30:07Z
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https://scholarworks.wm.edu/vimsarticles/517/
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reuters
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Sunday it would launch an artificial intelligence digital assistant service for its upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone, seeking to rebound from the Galaxy Note 7’s collapse and differentiate its devices.
The world’s top smartphone maker in October announced the acquisition of Viv Labs Inc, a firm run by a co-creator of Apple Inc’s Siri voice assistant program. Samsung plans to integrate the San Jose-based company’s AI platform, called Viv, into the Galaxy smartphones and expand voice-assistant services to home appliances and wearable technology devices.
Samsung is counting on the Galaxy S8 to help revive smartphone momentum after scrapping the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7, which will hit its profit by $5.4 billion over three quarters through the first quarter of 2017.
“Developers can attach and upload services to our agent,” said Samsung Executive Vice President Rhee Injong during a briefing, referring to its AI assistant.
Samsung also hopes to differentiate its devices, from phones to fridges, by incorporating AI. Competition from Google’s new Pixel smartphones, armed with the U.S. firm’s voice-powered digital assistant, adds to the urgency.
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At Oriole Park, beef will now be regionally sourced.
This week, Monkton-based Roseda Black Angus Farms burgers will be served at the new Roseda Farm Grill on Eutaw Street near Gate H, according to a news release.
In addition to the burgers served at Roseda Farm Grill, Old Line Custom Meats will replace all previous hamburger offerings at Oriole Park with fresh beef from Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, the release stated. Prices won’t change as a result of the switch, according to the release.
Earlier this season, Oriole Park at Camden Yards debuted new food items, including Stuggy’s hot dogs and Pinch Dumplings. For a full look, click here.
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2019-04-21T16:29:08Z
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≈ Comments Off on And They Also Don’t Wish Or Cannot Afford To Wait For Months Until The Property Can Be Sold After It Has Been Properly Rehabbed.
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Information is received about a post for an item to be sold. The information may include, for example, the class and type of item being sold, the reputation of a seller, a floor price below which the item will not be sold, a condition of the item and peripherals included with the item. Based on the received information, a posting payment amount is determined.
A large market exists to help people transact "person-to-person" commerce. For example, a person may wish to sell an item, such as a camera, that he or she owns but no longer uses. Although the item could be sold to a used-item store, a better price often results if the item is instead sold directly to another person. The seller, however, is typically not able to determine a reasonable price for the item. The item could be compared to similar items being offered for sale, such as in the classified advertisements section of a newspaper, but the specific item model, the condition of the item and any peripherals included with the item may make such a comparison difficult.
"post") an item to be sold at a particular price. When a buyer agrees to purchase the item at that price, the item is sold to the buyer. The post (i.e. the advertisement) may include, for example, the type of item, the condition of the item, any peripherals included with the item, and the price of the item. In an "auction" type of on-line service, a seller posts an item to be sold by auction. A post for an auction would include, for example, the type of item, the condition of the item, any included peripherals, but would not include a price of the item. A number of buyers can submit bids for that item, and the item is then sold to the bidder that submits the highest bid price. Such a posting service can let a seller set a "floor price" for the item. That is, the item will not be sold below the floor price even if no higher bids are submitted. The floor price would not be disseminated to potential bidders.
Both the classifieds and auction types of posting services may find it difficult, however, to attract sellers. Although many people own items they no longer use, there is no immediate incentive for them to place those items on sale. Moreover, there are a growing number of posting services to choose from, resulting in competition among services to attract sellers.
These factors have caused some posting services to pay sellers a fixed amount in exchange for posting an item to be sold. For example, a posting service may pay a seller $1.00 for each item that is posted. This arrangement, however, has several disadvantages. In particular, different types of items may not be equally important to a posting service. For example, a posting service may want to specialize in, or expand the number of postings with respect to, computer equipment. In this case, a post for a computer monitor and a post for an antique doll, which is less important to the posting service, will both cost the posting service the same amount. Unscrupulous sellers may even post trivial items merely to obtain the fixed amount in exchange.
Similarly, the value of items being sold may make some posts more attractive to the posting service. Many posting services make a profit by charging the seller a commission on the final sale price of the item. In this case, a posting for an item that is reasonably priced at $1,000 will be more important to the posting service than a posting for an item that is reasonably priced at $10. Paying an equal amount for both posts, however, will not encourage people to submit the more valuable items to be sold. Other factors, such as the reputation of a seller, may also be important to the posting service.
Another disadvantage with paying a fixed fee for a post is that the fee is paid to the seller even if the item is never sold. That is, the posting service paying the fixed fee may never receive a commission. Accordingly, a reasonable posting for an item at $100 may be worth more to the posting service than an unreasonable posting for a similar item at $1,000 since the unreasonable posting is unlikely to sell, and thus unlikely to result in a commission.
Thus, a need exists for a system and method that encourages a seller to post an item for sale, especially at a reasonable price.
U.S. Patent No. 3,581,072 to Nymyer is directed to a computer-managed auction market system. The Nymyer patent does not address the determination of a fee to be provided to a seller in return for posting an item to be sold. Similarly, U.S. Patent No. 5,732,400 to Mandler et al. provides a clearinghouse to enable on-line transactions between sellers and buyers. Mandler et al. determines a discount fee based on the reputation of the buyer, but does not disclose offering the seller an incentive to post an item for sale.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To alleviate the problems inherent in the prior art, the present invention introduces systems and methods for determining a posting payment amount.
In one embodiment of the present invention, information is received about a post for an item to be sold. Based on the received information, a posting payment amount to be paid to sellers in exchange for posting is determined. With these and other advantages and features of the invention that will become hereinafter apparent, the nature of the invention may be more clearly understood by reference to the following detailed description of the invention, the appended claims and to the several drawings attached herein.
FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a tabular representation of a portion of the item database shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a tabular representation of a request to sell portion of the posting database shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 6 A and 6B are tabular representations of a condition of item sheet portion and a condition pricing table of the posting database shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a tabular representation of a peripheral pricing portion of the posting database shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a tabular representation illustrating a relationship between floor prices, previous posting information, and posting payment amounts according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a method for receiving a request to sell an item according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a flow chart illustrating a method for determining a posting payment amount according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Computers (PCs), Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), wired or wireless telephones, or any other appropriate communication device. The communication network 100 may be, for example, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a wireless network, a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), or an Internet Protocol (IP) network such as the Internet, an intranet or an extranet. In one embodiment, seller PCs and buyer PCs may communicate with a Web-based posting site server through the Internet 100.
200 determines, based on the received information, a "posting payment amount." As used herein, a "posting payment amount" may comprise, for example, an amount of money to be paid to the seller in return for posting the item to be sold.
In accordance with the present invention, the information about the post for the item to be sold may include account information such as a financial account identifier that identifies an account of the seller to be credited or debited. For example, the seller may provide credit, debit, Automated Teller Machine (ATM), or "smart" card information to the posting site device 200. This information can then be used to electronically provide the posting payment amount to the seller. The posting payment amount may provide to a seller, for example, when the item is posted, when a bid is received for the item, or when the item is sold.
In an alternate embodiment the payment posting amount may be provided to a party other than the seller. In such as alternate embodiment, the seller provides to the posting site a financial account identifier identifies an account of the party other than the seller. The other party may comprise an individual or an organization such, as a charity, whom the seller desires to benefit from the sale of the item. For some sellers, the benefit to the other party is just as motivating, or more motivating than a comparable benefit to themselves.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the determination of a posting payment amount may be "automatically" performed by the posting site device 200. As used herein, the terms "automatic" and "automatically" refer to actions that are not performed in an entirely manual way. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the determination may be made manually, on an ad hoc basis, by an operator of the system. According to still another embodiment of the present invention, the determination may be "dynamically" performed by the posting site device 200. As used herein, the terms "dynamic" and "dynamically" refer to actions that are performed in substantially real-time.
FIG. 2 is a block schematic diagram of the posting site device 200 shown in FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The posting site device 200 includes a processor 220 coupled to: a clock 260; a network communication port 250 - which in turn is coupled to a network; and "memory units" comprising a Random Access Memory (RAM) 230 and a Read Only Memory (ROM) 240. An input device 270, an output device 280 and a storage device 290, such as a hard disk, are also coupled to the processor 220.
The memory units 230, 240 and/or the storage device 290 may store instructions adapted to be executed by the processor 220 to perform at least one embodiment of the present invention. For example, when information about a post for an item to be sold is received through the communication port 250, the memory units 230, 240 and/or the storage device 290 may store instructions adapted to be executed by the processor 220 to determine, based on the received information, a posting payment amount. Note that, as used herein, information may be "received" by, for example: (1) the posting site device 200 from a seller device 1 10; or (2) a software application or module within the posting site device 200 from another software application or module within the posting site device 200, or from any other source. For the purposes of this application, the memory units 230, 240 and storage device 290 could include any medium capable of storing information and instructions adapted to be executed by a processor. Some examples of such media include, but are not limited to, floppy disks, CD-ROM, magnetic tapes, hard disks, and any other device that can store information, such as digital information. In one embodiment, instructions are stored on the medium in a compressed and/or encrypted format. As used herein, the phrase "adapted to be executed by a processor" is meant to encompass instructions stored in a compressed and/or encrypted format, as well as instructions that have to be compiled or installed by an installer before being executed by the processor.
As shown in FIG. 2, the storage device 290 contains a seller database 300, described in detail with respect to FIG. 3. The storage device 290 also contains an item database 400, described in detail with respect to FIG. 4, and a posting database 500, described in detail with respect to FIGS. 5, 6 A, 6B and 7.
According to this embodiment, the posting site device 200 transmits a blank electronic Request To Sell (RTS) form to a seller device 110 through the communication network 100. The seller, using the seller device 110, enters information about a post into the RTS form and returns the form to the posting site device 200 through the communication network 100. The RTS form may be, for example, an HTML form transmitted through the Internet via a Web site. The completed RTS form may include the seller's identity, such as a user IDENTIFIER number, and the type of item being sold, such as "camera." The type of item being sold may further include an item "class" and "type," such as, for example, that the "camera" (class) being sold is made by a particular manufacturer (type). Further information regarding the item may be entered into the form as well.
Sheet (CIS) to the seller device 110. The CIS may ask the seller, for example, the condition of the item being sold (such as "mint," "good" or "poor") and what peripherals are included with the item. Note that the particular CIS may be selected based on the type of item described in the completed RTS form. For example, if the RTS form indicates that a camera is being sold, the CIS might request information regarding whether a zoom lens or a camera case is included along with the camera.
100 * (total number of sales) / (number of unsatisfied customers). On the other hand, the second seller has completed eight sales with two unsatisfied buyers and is assigned a reputation of 75%. In this case, a higher posting payment amount may be offered to the first seller as compared to the second seller, even when both are selling identical items. Moreover, the reputation of a seller may change the final selling price of an item - a seller with a poor reputation may receive few offers. Of course, if the seller has not previously sold an item, a new entry in the seller database 300 can be created and a "default reputation" percentage may be assigned.
Based on the information in the posting database 500, the posting site device 200 can examine past posts for the same class and type of item, e.g. a camera made by a particular manufacturer. For example, FIG. 4 is a tabular representation of a portion of the item database 400 shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the item database 400 includes information about previous and current items or posts, comprising multiple data categories 410 (such as an item identifier and class) for multiple items 420 (such as items 1 through n). In this case, the value of the item to be posted can be estimated and used to determine a posting payment amount. The posting site device 200 may estimate the value of the item based on, by way of example only, sales during the past year for the item, the last fifteen similar items sold, or a trend analysis for sales of similar items. Advertisements for each item may be generated based on some of the information in the item database 400. For example, an HTML document may be generated to the item description, peripherals and asking price if appropriate.
The condition of an item being sold may also be used to determine the expected value. FIGS. 6A and 6B are tabular representations of a CIS table 600 and a condition pricing table 650 of the posting database 500 shown in FIG. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6 A, the CIS includes an item class 605, an item type 610, a year made 615 and an item condition 635. As shown in FIG. 6B, the condition pricing table includes a number of condition classes and associated price adjustments. In particular, the condition pricing table includes "mint" 655, "very good" 660, "good" 665, "OK" 670, "needs work" 675 and "poor" 680 condition classes and associated price adjustments. For example, a camera that would otherwise be expected to sell for $100, may be adjusted to have an expected selling price of $106 if it is in "very good" condition ("+ $6"). There maybe different condition of item tables for different items.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the seller is allowed to determine the price floor price. The seller, may, for example, select a floor price from a range of floor prices suggested by the posting site. In this case, different floor prices can be associated with different posting payment amounts. FIG. 8 is a tabular representation illustrating a relationship between floor prices, previous posting information, and posting payment amounts according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the historic sales 820 of the item indicate that similar items sell 80% of the time if the floor price 810 is set to $200. That same item may sell 65% of the time if the floor price 810 is set to $250 and 40% of the time if the floor price 810 is set to $300. The commission percentage 830 and/or the posting payment amount 840 may therefore be adjusted, based on the floor price 810 selected by the seller, to encourage a reasonable value. For example, the posting payment amount 840 may be reduced from $6.25 to $2.00 if the seller insists on a floor price 810 that significantly reduces the chance that the item will be sold. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a table such as the one shown in FIG. 8 is displayed to the seller to allow the seller to select his desired floor price and corresponding posting payment amount. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the posting site device 200 lets the seller select a floor price, but suggests, or counter-offers with, a different floor price to the seller, perhaps with a higher posting payment amount. The seller can instead be given historical data so he can better determine a reasonable floor price. Such services may be provided to the seller for an additional fee, if desired.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the system determines the posting payment amount based on the expected value of the item to be sold, without regard to the floor price. In this case, the expected value, and therefore the posting payment amount, may or may not be adjusted based on, for example, the type of item being sold, the value of similar items that have been sold, the reputation of the seller, the condition of the item and the peripherals included with the item. According to another embodiment of the present invention, the posting payment amount may be a negative value. For example a seller with a poor reputation may be charged to post items for sale.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, a first-time seller may be paid more, or less, than a seller who has posted before. Similarly, a seller that frequently posts items for sale, or that currently has a large number of items posted for sale, may be paid more, or less, than a seller that infrequently posts items. A seller who has been profitable for the posting site may be paid more than a seller who has not.
For example, a seller who has posted items that have sold quickly may be paid more than a seller who has posted items that have not sold quickly or at all. According to still another embodiment of the present invention, the posting payment amount may be determined based on the number of bids received for that post, or for other posts previously submitted by the seller. For example, the posting payment amount may be $1.00 for every one hundred bids. In this case, the posting payment amount may be incrementally paid to the seller, $1.00 at a time. Similarly, different classes of posting payment amounts may be created, such as: ten bids = 3% increase in posting payment amount; twenty bids = 5% increase in posting payment amount.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, the posting payment amount may be a modified commission aπangement. For example, if the posting site typically charges a 10% commission on a sale, the site may charge a 9% commission if a reasonable floor price is selected by the seller.
Note that embodiments of the present invention have been described with respect to, by way of example, transactions transmitted using a Web site. According to other embodiments of the present invention, information may instead be sent using, for example, a telephone, a facsimile machine, e-mail, a Voice Response Unit (VRU), an Interactive VRU, a WebTV interface, or a cable network interface.
(b) determining, based on the received information, a posting payment amount.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the received information comprises a type of item to be sold.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said determining further comprises evaluating, for similar items, information related to at least one of: (i) received information about previous posts; (ii) previous bids; (iii) previous sale prices; and (iv) previous floor prices.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the received information further comprises information related to at least one of: (i) a condition of the item to be sold; and (ii) a peripheral associated with the item.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said receiving comprises receiving the information at a posting site device through a communication network.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the item is to be sold by auction.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the received information comprises a floor price below which the item will not be sold.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the received information comprises an identity of a seller.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining, based on the identity of the seller, a reputation for the seller.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the received information comprises a reputation of a seller.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining comprises automatically and dynamically determining the posting payment amount.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining is further based on information related to a profit to be made if the item is sold.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the posting payment amount comprises a negative amount.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the posting payment amount comprises a series of partial posting payment amounts.
(d) providing the posting payment amount using the received account information.
17. The method of claim 15 wherein the step of providing the posting payment amount comprises providing the posting payment amount to the seller using the received account information.
18. The method of claim 1, wherein the posting payment amount comprises a modified commission arrangement.
19. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is received from a seller and the posting payment amount is to be provided to the seller.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the received information comprises information related to previous posts received from the seller.
21. The method of claim 20, wherein the received information comprises information related to at least one of: (i) how quickly items previously posted by the seller have been sold; (ii) the number of cuπent posts received from the seller; and (iii) the number of bids submitted in response to previous posts received from the seller.
22. The method of claim 19, wherein the received information comprises a commission arrangement selected by the seller.
(d) posting the item to be sold.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the received information comprises a floor price below which the item will not be sold.
27. .The method of claim 23, further comprising updating information related to the seller in a posting history database.
(c) suggesting to the seller a modification to the received information about a post.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein the posting payment amount is provided to the seller if an acceptance of the modified received information is indicated by the seller.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein the modified received information specifies a floor price that is less than the floor price of the post.
(c) displaying the determined posting payment amount to a seller.
(c) displaying the plurality of determined posting payment amounts and associated posting conditions to a seller.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein the posting conditions are floor prices below which the item will not be sold.
(d) providing to the seller an amount based on the bid amount.
(c) determining, based on the received information about the item and the information about the condition a posting payment amount to be provided to the seller.
(e) posting the first and second items to be sold.
(e) selecting one of the first and second posting sites based on the received posting payment amounts.
(c) accessing a seller reputation database to determine a reputation of the seller; and (d) determining, based on the estimated value for the item and the reputation of the seller, a posting payment amount to be provided to the seller.
(a) receiving from a seller information about a post for an item to be sold and a requested posting payment amount; and (b) determining, based on the received information, whether or not the requested posting payment amount will be provided to the seller.
42. The medium of claim 41 , wherein the received information comprises a type of item to be sold.
43. The medium of claim 41 , wherein said determining further comprises evaluating, for similar items, information related to at least one of (i) previous posts; (ii) previous bids; (iii) previous sale prices; and (iv) previous floor prices.
44. The medium of claim 41 , wherein the received information further comprises information related to at least one of: (i) a condition of the item to be sold; and (ii) a peripheral associated with the item.
45. The medium of claim 41 , wherein the item is to be sold by auction.
46. The medium of claim 41 , wherein the received information comprises information related to at least one of: (i) a floor price below which the item will not be sold; and (ii) a reputation of a seller.
47. The medium of claim 41 , wherein said determining comprises automatically and dynamically determining the posting payment amount.
48. The medium of claim 41 , wherein said receiving is performed by receiving the information at a posting site device through a communication network.
49. The medium of claim 41, wherein the posting payment amount comprises at least one of: (i) a negative amount; and (ii) a modified commission aπangement.
50. The medium of claim 41, wherein the information is received from a seller and the posting payment amount is to be provided to the seller.
51. The medium of claim 41, wherein the received information comprises information related to at least one of: (i) how quickly items previously posted by the seller have been sold; (ii) the number of cuπent posts received from the seller; (iii) the number of bids submitted in response to previous posts received from the seller; and (iv) a commission aπangement selected by the seller.
53. The medium of claim 41, wherein the received information comprises a floor price below which the item will not be sold.
(f) providing to the seller one of: (i) the bid amount; (ii) the bid amount minus the posting payment amount; (iii) the floor price; (iv) the floor price minus the posting payment amount; (v) the floor price plus a percentage of the difference between the floor price and the bid amount; and (vi) the floor price, plus a percentage of the difference between the floor price and the bid amount, minus the posting payment amount.
(c) displaying the determined posting payment amount to the seller.
(c) displaying the plurality of determined posting payment amounts and associated posting conditions to the seller.
(ii) determine, based on the received information, a posting payment amount.
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2019-04-22T02:37:11Z
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https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2000060515A1/en
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There’s no man without ancestors.
wants to worship them or not.
aren’t doing praying like we pray.
we’re men and not God.
People will be free from harm today.
cloth to fight heat & sand up.
looks up & holds his stick up.
it looks unlikely to pour down.
encircling him and his beast.
having had drank a tot.
of man and there are no drug-stores.
on us, unbelieving people of this world.
how unkind his Lord is.
Sodom & Gomorrah ceased to exist.
I’m of God and read whenever time permits.
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2019-04-25T01:49:37Z
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https://streetlivepoems.wordpress.com/2016/02/
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Sports
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Recreation
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Bosses of a popular bar and restaurant say it could be shut for up to six months following a blaze which tore through the business.
The team at the Mill House, on the edge of Washington and close to Springwell Village, yesterday issued a statement saying it would work to honour any bookings made for its main building or its tipis, but as it stands, it was beyond its ability.
Northumbria Police and Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service on the scene after the fire broke out.
They later posted an updated statement, which said the business could be closed for between three and six months.
The fire broke out at the pub, which is off the B1288 and close to the A1231 roundabout with the Sunderland Highway, on the afternoon of Thursday, September 13.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service has said inquiries into the cause are ongoing.
The new statement from the pub said: "Most people are aware of the tragic situation, The Mill House recently suffered a devastating fire.
A platform was used by the fire service as it battled the blaze.
"The Mill House will be closed for three to six months.
"Any functions or bookings after this time will be honoured.
"We will of course post more information when are more aware of time frames.
It also said any functions booked within that time period should email [email protected].
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2019-04-26T05:58:27Z
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https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/owners-of-fire-hit-mill-house-pub-say-it-could-be-closed-for-up-to-six-months-1-9365479
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Would you like to make your life easier and more fun? If so then select Tinley Bowl for all of your party needs! We offer a variety of party packages that can be customized to meet your needs. The following special events can be hosted here at Tinley Bowl; Baby Shower, Bachelor Party, Bachelorette Party, Birthday Party, Corporate Meeting, Corporate Team Building Event, Family Reunion, Field Trip, Fundraiser, Graduation Party, Retirement Party, Sports Banquet, Wedding Shower and much more.
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2019-04-20T03:00:19Z
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http://tinleyparkbowl.com/bowling-parties/
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Sports
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Sports
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ca
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Bill Text - AB-51 Vehicles: motorcycles: lane splitting.
An act to add Section 21658.1 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
AB 51, Quirk. Vehicles: motorcycles: lane splitting.
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2019-04-25T06:58:29Z
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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB51
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Sports
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Reference
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azcentral
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DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS 3 BEDROOM 2 BATHROOM HOME IN THE SOUGHT-AFTER ENCANTO HEIGHTS COMMUNITY! Close proximity to Encanto Park , golf course and downtown entertainment attractions. This home has an open floor plan with updated kitchen cabinets, counter tops and stainless steel appliances. This house sits on a large lot with endless opportunity! DON'T MISS OUT THIS TRULY IS A MUST SEE!!!
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http://homes.azcentral.com/property/az/phoenix/85007/encanto-heights-amd/1837-w-virginia-avenue/5c66ee9f2fe35426d4000086/
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Rob Page says the club have signed a player with a lot of potential in Raheem Hanley.
The former Swansea City left back will join the squad from July 1st and as well as being a player for the future, Rob Page says he can also challenge David Buchanan for his place.
"Raheem is an energetic left back who loves to get forward and he has a lot of potential," said the Cobblers boss.
"Like Aaron Phillips over the other side of the pitch he is young, ambitious and has a lot of potential and he brings competition for places.
"It is up to the boys in pre-season to show me what they can do so we are ready and prepared for the first game of the season. Raheem has stiff competition to try and get past David Buchanan but neither of them can relax, they will compete with each other and that will be for the benefit of the team.
"We felt we wanted two young, hungry full backs with potential competing for places and we are delighted to have brought both Raheem and Aaron here in the last couple of weeks.
"Raheem has been involved with Swansea City for a few years. He has just finished with their under 21s and we spoke to the Swansea staff and they were very complimentary about him. Had he been a year younger and still qualified for their under 21s we think they would have kept him but he is too old for that squad now and they feel he isn't quite ready for the Premier League but that will hopefully be our gain."
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2019-04-20T04:23:49Z
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https://www.ntfc.co.uk/news/2016/june/rob-page-excited-by-raheem-hanleys-potential/
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Anderson, Paul (2007) "Contributors -- Quaker Religious Thought, no. 108," Quaker Religious Thought: Vol. 108 , Article 8.
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2019-04-23T02:08:01Z
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https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/qrt/vol108/iss1/8/
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The Vatican is the world's smallest nation. The largest Christian church, located in this City, is St. Peter’s Basilica . Many people from all around the world flock to the Vatican in large numbers every year. The Vatican is universally recognized as the as a state. The state of Vatican City is the home of the Holy See. The Pope is the Bishop of the diocese of Rome. The Vatican received special recognition from the United Nations as a World Heritage site. This is the only country that has ever received this status.
The most common language used in the Vatican City is Italian. The publications of the Holy See are almost always in Latin. The Vatican City is located in the territory of Rome, Italy. It was officially recognized as a state in 1929. The Pope is the title of the highest position within the Catholic Church. The Pope is considered by many followers to be a direct descendant of the prior bishops a.k.a. apostles of the early Catholic Church. Many people refer to the pope as the Holy Father . The Papal position is a position of monarchy . The pope is elected and he is considered the head of state.
The Vatican receives much of its money through fees charged to visitors at the museums and other attractions. The Vatican can definitely be considered a wonderful place to visit. There are many beautiful museums, churches and other buildings and structures that are absolutely stunning to look at. Nearly half of all of the Vatican City's territory consists of the beautiful Vatican Gardens.
When you travel to the Vatican City, you will be transformed into a world that is very impressing. Besides the museums, gardens, and churches, there are many other beautiful things to look at. You'll notice that the artwork throughout the entire city is phenomenal. Many famous artists including Michelangelo have been sanctioned by the Holy See, or purchased by the Vatican, creating some of the most stunning art on earth.
Among other things that will catch your eye in the Vatican City, is the Swiss Guard . The Swiss guard has been around since the 15th century, they have generally been the protectors throughout Europe of palaces, courts, and other important places. The Swiss Guards were honored throughout history for being loyal and efficient. The only Swiss guard members remaining in the world are the Papal Swiss Guards , founded in 1506.
There are so many wonderful things to explore and visit while on vacation in the Vatican City. So many that I can only name a few in this Hub. I have never traveled to the Vatican myself, but it is definitely on my bucket list of places to visit before I die. I would love to experience the architecture, the artwork, and the culture of this nation that stems back from ancient times. Maybe after visiting the Vatican I can visit Israel? Who knows, but I'm sure I should start saving my money now if I plan to go to these places anytime soon.
Thanks for the comment, LuxmiH!
Loved your Hub on the Vatican. It reminded me of our visit there. Though not Catholic, it was fascinating.
Thanks for the comment, PK2010! It looks like a beautiful place to visit. I would love to take pictures of everything!
Love your hub. Our thoughts are on the same page. I would love to visit the vatican too! Isreal and Lourdes are on my bucket list too! Thanks for this lovely insight into the Vatican. Its definitely a place worth visiting.
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2019-04-25T13:45:37Z
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https://hubpages.com/travel/The-Vatican-At-A-Glance
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Sequence comparison algorithms are sophisticated pieces of software that compare and match identical or similar regions of DNA, RNA, or protein sequence. This paper examines the origins and development of these algorithms from the 1960s to the 1990s. By treating this software as a kind of scientific instrument used to examine sets of biological objects, the paper shows how algorithms have been used as different sorts of tools and appropriated for different sorts of uses according to the disciplinary context in which they were deployed. These particular uses have made sequences themselves into different kinds of objects.
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2019-04-26T08:09:18Z
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http://muse.jhu.edu/article/445265
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Jane's USAF Demo - flyable planes in the Czech color schemes.
MS FS98: download new aircraft: MiG23 and MiG29 in the Czech color schemes.
20 000 visitors since September 7, 1998! Thanks for your interest!
"Blue angels" for F/A18 Korea - now also for GTT Camo Commander.
And now something extraordinary - for sci-fi fans especially.
Which online landscape texture would you like to see improved for the offline Korea theatre? Vote!
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2019-04-19T12:38:06Z
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http://mlk-airbase.wz.cz/news.htm
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"It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr Knightley must marry no one but herself!"
Emma's eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes. A few minutes were sufficient for making her acquainted with her own heart. A mind like her's, once opening to suspicion, made rapid progress. She touched--she admitted--she acknowledged the whole truth. Why was it so much worse that Harriet should be in love with Mr Knightley, that with Frank Churchill? Why was the evil so dreadfully increased by Harriet's having some hope of return? It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr Knightley must marry no one but herself!
Reading Joe Bray's The Epistolary Novel: Representations of Consciousness (2003), p. 22.
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2019-04-25T09:55:28Z
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http://metaphors.iath.virginia.edu/metaphors/16354
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a chugin that allows for the use of csound instruments inside chucK.
shreds? -- and can they share the same header global variables?
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2019-04-23T16:45:11Z
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https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/pipermail/chuck-users/2015-October/007984.html
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While the folks at Google who made this map of nearby stars caution that "scientific accuracy is not guaranteed" — and much of the data is drawn from Wikipedia — what they do give us is a tool for Google Chrome that is at least a tad bit educational and for the most part makes the user feel like she is about to ride Space Mountain.
While the folks at Google who made this map of nearby stars caution that "scientific accuracy is not guaranteed" — and much of the data is drawn from Wikipedia — what they do give us is a tool for Google Chrome that is at least a tad bit educational and for the most part makes the user feel like she is about to ride Space Mountain. Though the map shows the "real location" of more than 100,000 stars, 87 are "individually identified." Clicking on names of the stars provides extra detail and an up-close image of what they look like in orbit.
Google has gotten attention for other work they've done in the cosmos recently: they've updated their Google Mars feature by "including large swaths from the Context Camera (CTX) on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter" and a tour of the Curiosity's potential landing sites. according to Wired.
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2019-04-21T08:14:36Z
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https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/11/prepare-be-hypnotized-star-map/321457/
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Sure, Brad Paisley is an excellent guitar player now. But in his first semester at Belmont University, he got a D in his guitar class.
No, I haven’t been searching the Belmont archives. Paisley admits all of this in his book, Diary of a Player: “I, Brad Paisley, future multiple winner of the Guitar Player magazine reader’s poll for best country guitarist … got a D in guitar,” he confesses.
He goes on to say that his cavalier attitude about actually going to the class earned him that D. When he asked what he could do about the D, his teacher told him, “What you can do is show up for class, Brad. This grade isn’t about your playing. It’s about you not even showing up or learning anything that I told you to learn,” he said.
Paisley ultimately brought that guitar grade up to a B, but says that he thinks back to that D whenever he gets a little too cocky.
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2019-04-20T03:34:50Z
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http://www.cmt.com/news/1677177/offstage-brad-paisley-got-a-d-in-guitar-class/
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You can sync Google Maps data with a Droid smartphone.
Android is a mobile operating system that runs on smartphones from multiple wireless carriers and manufacturers. Since Android is a Google product, it can sync with Google services like Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts. In addition, your Google account can integrate with the Maps app on your Droid phone to sync the custom maps and starred places you have set up in Google Maps on the Web. After you enable syncing to your Google account, your maps data will begin appearing on your Droid phone.
Press the "Menu" button at the bottom of your Droid phone and tap on "Settings."
Go to the Accounts & Sync section of the main Settings menu.
Tap on the Google icon from the list of account types.
Tap the green "Next" arrow in the lower-left corner of the screen.
Enter the email address and password associated with your Google account in the appropriate fields.
Tap the "Done" button to save the account credentials.
Press the home button at the bottom of your Droid phone and then tap on the Maps app icon. When the app loads, it begins synchronizing your My Maps data from Google Maps on the Web.
Gavrish, Bennett. "Droid Won't Sync My Maps." Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/droid-wont-sync-maps-27686.html. Accessed 23 April 2019.
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2019-04-24T00:01:58Z
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https://smallbusiness.chron.com/droid-wont-sync-maps-27686.html
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Green Drive Plan to provide rebate on electric cars at the time of purchase to kick in from April 1.
Mexican television footage showed flames leaping into the night sky in the municipality of Tlahuelilpan, in Hidalgo state north of Mexico City, as people shouted and cried for help.
The study, conducted by Pune-based Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), also found that hydrocarbon emission reduced marginally, with a slight increase in nitrogen oxides.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador late last month launched a sweeping plan to stanch rampant fuel theft, the first major move of his young administration against widespread corruption and organized crime.
The committee also recommend that the banks/lenders (to these stranded gas projects) should own responsibility and work towards finding the appropriate solution in the national interest.
The petrol and diesel dealers are uneasy about the announcement and are working to run an awareness campaign about the issues being faced by the existing dealers from across the country.
Last week Algerian oil company Sonatrach agreed to unload fuel needed to avoid more power cuts on the promise that parliament would meet this week and authorise payment from the finance ministry.
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2019-04-25T14:01:44Z
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https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/tag/fuel
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I hope to see art and activism working together more conjointly because they are such a natural pair and I loved your quote of how art can give a voice to the voiceless. This can be such an effective medium to amplify others and allow them a space where no other space exists. I want to learn more about art therapy as I have heard of it but still do not fully grasp all of its possibilities.
I totally agree, and it would be interesting if there was more research compiled on the effectiveness of this method.
I’v recently been experimenting with art as a mechanism for healing . I think this is the future in activism and shooing change because art allows space for growth and critical thinking without feeling that you are doing the work (audience perspective).
I can definitely see Art being used as the next medium to influence social change!
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2019-04-20T06:33:36Z
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https://jstrodeswpcss.wordpress.com/2018/03/14/activism-through-art/
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…The Velvet Underground (1969) and Loaded (1970). But the strain of commercial failure led Reed to quit in August 1970. A version of the band led by Yule limped into the early 1970s.
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2019-04-23T18:53:38Z
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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Loaded
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Li, however, initially went only by the title of King (王), not Emperor (皇帝). The capture of Beijing by the Shun forces in April 1644 marked the end of the Ming dynasty, but Li Zicheng failed to solidify his political and military control, and in late May 1644 he was defeated at the Battle of Shanhai Pass by the joint forces of Ming general Wu Sangui who shifted his alliance to the Qing dynasty after the fall of the Ming dynasty, with Manchu prince Dorgon. When he fled back to Beijing in early June, Li finally proclaimed himself the Yongchang Emperor of the Great Shun and left the capital the next day after setting the palace ablaze and ransacking the government offices. He may have intended to resume his Imperial claims later on by proclaiming his accession in the Forbidden City. After the death of the Emperor, Shun remnants joined with the Southern Ming in Nanjing, while continuing to refer to Li as their "deceased emperor". The Shun dynasty ended with Li's death in 1645.
Wakeman Frederic (1981). "The Shun Interregnum of 1644", in Jonathan Spence, et al. eds. From Ming to Ch’ing: Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China. Yale University Press.
^ FREDERIC WAKEMAN JR. (1985). The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-century China. University of California Press. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-520-04804-1.
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2019-04-26T02:05:52Z
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shun_dynasty
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A couple thousand Phoenix-area homeowners sold to Opendoor and OfferPad last year through online offers, a faster alternative to selling your house.
1001 W. Saguaro Lane, Queen Creek. Listed for $284,000.
Cleaning your house for a last-minute showing, and then the buyer doesn’t show up. Herding kids and pets out of your home for an open house. Overhearing nasty comments about your countertops from looky loos who aren’t even serious about buying a home.
Many people dread opening their homes to would-be buyers. I wouldn't know what to do with our cats or the laundry room that looks like a second closet since putting away clothes isn't my favorite chore.
A few thousand metro Phoenix homeowners opted to forgo the typical sales process last year and sold their houses to Opendoor or OfferPad. The real-estate firms are doing away with some of the worst parts of selling a house and drawing people who want to sell fast with little hassle, in exchange for a lower price.
Both Opendoor and OfferPad make sellers online offers on Valley houses virtually sight unseen, make minor repairs and then resell the houses for a profit.
These firms aren’t flippers, buying on the cheap and spending tens of thousands of dollars on big renovations and then reselling for hefty profits. And not all Valley houses will get offers from the real-estate firms.
Homeowners who ask for and get offers typically get them online within 24 hours and can close on their sale in less than a month. Sellers pay the company 6 to 12 percent of their home’s price to avoid having people traipsing through their house and a buyer backing out at the last minute.
JoAnn and Guy Moore moved to Queen Creek from Michigan a few years ago but found their two-story home with stairs wouldn’t work for their retirement.
Last year, the couple found a new single-story house they loved nearby but had to sell fast so they could buy it.
The couple saw ads for both OfferPad and Opendoor and went on their websites and asked for offers.
“We went with Opendoor because its offer was higher," JoAnn Moore said. "It was so quick and easy. Opendoor even came to us to sign the closing documents at a nearby Denny's."
The two companies use different formulas for valuing homes. I have heard from people who went with OfferPad because it presented a higher offer.
Opendoor and OfferPad, nicknamed “iBuyers” by the real-estate and investment communities because they use technology and conduct much of the transaction online, have both attracted a lot of investment money.
San Francisco-based Opendoor is bigger and hit unicorn status last year, meaning it’s a startup valued at more than $1 billion. It launched first and began purchasing Valley homes in 2014.
Arizona housing analyst Mike Orr of the Cromford Report called the growth of Opendoor “tremendous,” with a 15 percent increase in home sales last year.
Opendoor bought about 1,600 Phoenix-area houses last year and sold 1,500, for more than 3,100 transactions, according to Orr.
Gilbert-based OfferPad launched in the Valley in 2015. Last year, the company reports it closed 1,800 home purchases and resales in metro Phoenix.
Both companies operate in more than a handful of U.S. cities and compete against each other in a few of those, including the Phoenix area, Atlanta and Las Vegas. Both are also expanding to new areas this year.
Homebuyers can check out Opendoor houses for sale using a keypad access code from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. because the houses are empty. It also has a program to buy back a house within 30 days if the buyer isn’t happy.
OfferPad will move homeowners who sell to it, if they are moving within 50 miles of their old home.
The two iBuyer firms are growing. But there are still many homeowners who want the expertise of a real estate agent and the top price for their house.
And those homeowners are willing to go through open houses and sometimes longer times to sell to get it.
Those sellers will typically pay 6 percent in real-estate agent commissions.
And the iBuyers don’t want to buy every Valley house. Million-dollar and historic homes aren’t part of their buying plans for now .
Opendoor focuses in the Valley on buying houses priced between $150,000 and $500,000 that were built after 1960.
Its average Valley purchase price was about $214,000 last year, according to Orr.
Melcher said Opendoor has programs to refer those homeowners to real-estate agents.
Many Valley real-estate agents weren’t pleased to see Opendoor or OfferPad, which was started by two local agents, launch. Of course, their concern was about the business these iBuyers would take from them.
The two firms are growing but still have less than 5 percent of metro Phoenix’s home sales.
Opendoor is working to expand its relationship with real-estate agents, paying them referral fees and giving them early access to its listings.
Both firms can help agents who have buyers who need to sell first.
Opendoor and OfferPad have shaken up the real-estate market, but the firms could be enticing more people to buy and sell more often. And that is good for home values and real-estate agents.
A research report last year from Evercore ISI compared what the iBuyers growth could mean for the housing market to how the expansion of Home Depot boosted the DYI market.
Like with most things, it's about paying for convenience. Would you forgo several thousands dollars to avoid would-be buyers checking out your not-so-clean home?
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2019-04-26T16:43:37Z
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https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/real-estate/catherine-reagor/2018/01/28/how-sell-metro-phoenix-home-fast-opendoor-offerpad/1063396001/
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For many fingertip bowling balls, rubber (or some other compound) finger inserts are used to give the bowler a better feel and more gripping power. However, no finger insert lasts forever. As you use the bowling ball, the rubber inserts will wear down. You need to check them regularly for wear and tear. If they wear down too much, you'll lose grip power on the ball and will not come out of the ball as cleanly as you used to. In extreme circumstances, when the inserts have not been changed in an unusually long amount of time, it can even affect the span of your bowling ball, because the rubber lift will have been worn away, causing your span to shorten.
A good method to determine wear on your inserts is to check them every 25-30 games. Look at the inserts, do they still have the lip on them? Is it wearing down? Take your ball into an experienced pro shop operator to ask him to evaluate your grips. If you are unsure, they are the best source for information.
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2019-04-23T08:31:07Z
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http://www.bowlingfans.com/tips/george12121999.shtml
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Lieut. Wexler: "Please state your name for the record."
Lieut. Wexler: "This report is regarding the incident on July 16th, between yourself, Sergeant Nathaniel Breen and citizen Cassandra Bonheur. Do you recall that incident?"
Lieut. Wexler: "In your own words, please describe what led up to and occurred during this incident."
Kai: "Very well. Before dawn I traveled to the old growths to set some snares, and through these netted rabbits for the camp. It was just past dawn and I was returning through the grasslands when I came upon Morgan kom Skaikru, Cassandra kom Skaikru and Silas kom Skaikru."
Lieut. Wexler: "You mean Mister Blackwood, Miss Bonheur and Mister Pike?"
Kai: "They were in search of plants. Opium, specifically. They asked if I had seen any."
Lieut. Wexler: "And then what?"
Kai: "I recommended to them people among the camp that might be able to assist them. We spoke about the… situation with the Mountain and what might happen regarding it."
Lieut. Wexler: "I understand that is what happened to your head? Dealing with these… Reapers?"
Kai: "Kru's were discussed. Silas complained about the nonavailability of rifles to the hundred after how they had tore up those… bark monkey's. I spotted Sergeant Breen at a distance and noticed that he was injured."
Lieut. Wexler: "And what happened next?"
Kai: "There was a disagreement. Cassandra took offense at what she perceived was an order from Morgan, and claimed that she had been offered the opportunity to be Second to more than one Trikru."
Lieut. Wexler: "And was she?"
Kai: "I find it doubtful."
Lieut. Wexler: "And this is when the fight broke out?"
Kai: "No. Morgan told her that if she had such an offer that she should take it, but that if she got up to her usual tricks that she would be punished for it. He asked me how many cuts someone would receive for stealing valuable… stuff, from their kru."
Lieut. Wexler: "And what did you say?"
Kai: "Trikru do not steal from Trikru. But things that harm the clan are treason."
Kai: "She insulted my kru."
Lieut. Wexler: "In what way?"
Kai: "She suggested that treason was not a serious offense among the Trikru."
Lieut. Wexler: "And then what happened?"
Kai: "I informed her that the fact she did not understand the seriousness of the punishment she was referencing showed how manifestly unsuited she is to being anyone's Second. Which devolved into an argument as to which side killed more people for less reasons. She then endeavored to insult my parentage and claimed that she had more in common with the… Grounders… than I."
Kai: "She tried to take a swing at me."
Lieut. Wexler: "And did you fight back?"
Kai: "She's not in medbay, is she?"
Lieut. Wexler: "Ky.. Kai kom Trikru.. did you assault Miss Bonheur?"
Kai: "No ma'am. She tried to strike me, but before I could respond Sergeant Breen shock-lashed her."
Lieut. Wexler: "Did Sergeant Breen endeavor to interfere in this altercation before that point?"
Kai: "No ma'am. I believe he was planning on stepping in if I had taken a swing at her, but she beat me to it."
Lieut. Wexler: "Is there anything else you need to add Miss A… kom Trikru?"
Kai: "No ma'am. At that point I collected my rabbits and continued on to camp."
Lieut. Wexler: "Thank you for your time."
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2019-04-24T08:12:11Z
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http://the100.wikidot.com/memoirs:kai-incident-report
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I have been reading about the Japanese poetry form called Haiku. Haiku is a curious form of poetry with a few involved “rules” for writing a proper Haiku. A Haiku consists of 17 moras or more simply 17 syllables. These 17 moras are contained within three metric phrases of 5, 7, and 5 moras respectively. In Japanese, Haikus are written vertically while in English Haikus are written in three lines showing the three metrical phrases.
With that, I have put down my first attempt at a Haiku in the English style.
I found it soothing, albeit interesting in creating this Haiku. Maybe there will be more in the future. The point of anything is learning something new each and every day, as one should never stop learning. Colleges, universities, music conservatories, and other institutions are not the only place one can learn. As I always tells my students, “I can serve you cereal, toast, and eggs for breakfast, soup and sandwiches for lunch, salad and Chicken Balsamic for dinner, but only you can decide whether to eat or not”. So choose your meal and relish the taste of new learning.
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2019-04-25T20:27:48Z
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https://michaelgilliland.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/horn-haiku/?share=google-plus-1
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The authors studied the usefulness of hydrogen-1 T2 measurements and phosphorus-31 magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy as indicators of prognosis and monitors of response to therapy in a group of patients with soft-tissue sarcomas. All eight patients were treated with combined local hyperthermia and fractionated radiation therapy, followed by surgical resection of the tumor. Each patient underwent T2 measurements and five patients underwent MR spectroscopy (phase encoded in one dimension) before treatment, after the first hyperthermia treatment, at the end of the therapy course, and just before surgery. Catheter thermometry was performed at each hyperthermia treatment. The T2 and MR spectroscopic variables were compared with thermometric data and the histologic findings from the complete surgical specimen. Changes in T2 correlated with histologic grade of tumor and thermometric data. The pretherapy tumor pH correlated positively, and changes during therapy in pH, ratio of phosphocreatine to inorganic phosphate (Pi), ratio of nucleoside triphosphate to Pi, and the phosphomonoester signal-to-noise ratio correlated negatively, with the percentage of tumor necrosis on the surgical specimen. These preliminary data suggest MR imaging and MR spectroscopy may be useful in the evaluation of such patients before and during therapy.
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2019-04-25T04:38:52Z
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https://scholars.duke.edu/display/pub736037
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wordpress
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Richmond Housing Partnership are looking for super talented, vibrant people to join our award winning customer services team on our quest to revolutionise services in our sector!
This is someone who is obsessed by customer service, has bags of personality and an infectious energy that means they deliver an exceptional customer experience every interaction, every time.
Your expertise on the digital stage will help us move customers online whilst keeping them as fans. Our easy self-service options and super speedy resolutions on web chat, email and social media will make sure that digital is the channel of choice for customers and employees.
You’ll be curious, always looking for innovative ways to drive a service that consistently delights our customers and keeps on getting better and better. Your superb communication skills enable you to build strong friendships across the organisation and work collaboratively to always give a show-stopping performance.
An exceptional team player, you’ll eat change for breakfast and will inspire those around you to do the same by communicating clearly and role modelling positive behaviours.
At RHP we are committed to making a meaningful difference to the lives of our customers and the communities we work in. We take real pride in developing our people and celebrating and shouting about our success, internally and externally. Our employees are proud to say ‘I am RHP’. That means being positive, making a difference and most of all, having a commitment to delight our customers with a service that’s top of the charts.
Sound like the gig for you? Apply by 12pm Thursday 2 March 2017 by sending your CV and supporting statement to [email protected].
P.S Your supporting statement is your chance to take centre stage – be creative and send in any format that floats your boat. Please include your notice period and current salary.
If you would like more information about the role or the hours please click here or email [email protected].
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2019-04-19T03:29:43Z
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https://flexijobscouk.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/online-customer-service-advisor/
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upenn
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Tracy, Sarah Whitney, "The Foxborough Experiment: Medicalizing inebriety at the Massachusetts Hospital for Dipsomaniacs and Inebriates, 1833--1919" (1992). Dissertations available from ProQuest. AAI9308672.
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2019-04-20T14:28:44Z
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https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI9308672/
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*Open the power plant window, and then close it with the X button in the top right hand corner.
*Now open the Rewards and opportunities window, and then close it with the X.
*Now open the Garbage disposal window, and close it with the X.
*And Finally, open the Landmarks window and you'll have every building in the game.
While playing press ctrl-alt-shift-c and a dialog box should appear. type in 'pay tribute to your king' and it should give you all the reward buildings. note: sometimes this code doesn't work if you have a lot of reward buildings already placed.
EFFECT: After typing the cheat code, Set Disaster to UFO and watch an extreme number of flying saucers descend upon your city.
EFFECT: Look closely for a flock of seagulls flying above your fair city. And tell your Sims to cover their heads.
EFFECT: Causes clean, hi-tech industry to be built in your Industrial Zones.
EFFECT: When you open the Landmarks menu, you'll find that ALL the buildings in SimCity 3000 are now available to you!
EFFECT: The following codes cause the Newsticker to display something unusual.
Note: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the "audio.ini" file in the "/game/res/sound" sub-directory in the game directory. Locate the "SimCity 200 Theme" line in the file. Change the numbers that follow that entry from "0,0,0,1" to "0,1,0,1". The music from SimCity 2000 will now accessible during the game from the preferences screen.
Note: SimCity 2000 is required for this trick. Create a city within SimCity 2000 using the "More money" cheat in that game. After accumulating enough money, save and exit the game. Start SimCity 3000, click "Load City" and load the recently created SimCity 2000 city. You will have the desired terrain with the money.
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I didn't go to college with dreams of being a classroom teacher, but after substitute teaching a couple of classes while job hunting after college, I was hooked. I started in Gladewater, Texas teaching 6th grade math and 8th grade keyboarding for high school credit. I had no idea what I was doing, so if you were one of my students: I'm sorry. Hopefully I didn't completely ruin your life? I decided to use my keyboarding class as an opportunity to try out some crazy ideas I had about making class more engaging, so I put them in teams and then assigned each person on each team a role, kind of like a business simulation. There was a CEO, CFO, etc. Then I worked directly with the CEOs while they, in turn, taught the rest of their team the skills needed and relayed deadlines imposed. We had fun and I heard back from several students how much they appreciated my willingness to challenge the traditional understanding of a typing class.
In 2012, Amanda and I moved to Austin, Texas where I was given the opportunity to be an Educational Technologist at a 1-to-1 iPad district, where every student and teacher has their own iPad, provided by the district. This was a massive leap from my desktop computer lab in Tyler and I now had to think about not only what education can look like when every kid has anytime, anywhere access to content, but also learning how to lead others (teachers) into new understandings of learning.
In 2014, we decided to branch out. We packed up a truck and moved to Durham, North Carolina. I am grateful to Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools for giving me a place to continue honing my skills in terms of leading teachers down wild rabbit holes of purported education innovation. However, after only one year, I was offered the opportunity to join an organization whose work I had followed for six years prior: The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University.
Since July 2015, I have worked with teachers, principals, superintendents, instructional technology facilitators, and school library media coordinators from around the state of North Carolina. We're also expanding our work to other areas of the country (before I started, the 'FI' was heavily involved with the Future Ready Summits) including projects in Ohio and Texas that I am fortunate enough to be a part of.
Along the way, I've done a fair share of consulting with districts and app developers, all looking for innovative ways to shape education. I've worked with a variety of districts, each with their own challenges and opportunities and I've worked with app developers in nearly every stage of the startup journey, from just kicking around an idea to figuring out the implementation of next steps following a successful funding round. It's in my nature to get the right people to the table to ask the right questions and then solve the right problems. If you'd like to know more about my take on your particular situation, feel free to send a note via email. I'm an #InboxZero kind of guy, so I'll get back to you rather quickly.
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Frost, Karolyn Smardz. I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
How to Cite This Page: "I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/12549.
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Florida Gators running back Mark Thompson (24) has set a goal of 1,000 rushing yards through seven games.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida running back Mark Thompson has a lofty goal this season. Some might even call it overly ambitious.
The junior college transfer wants to have 1,000 yards rushing through seven games. That's fairly high-reaching, especially for someone who isn't the starter, has never played a down in the Southeastern Conference and has plenty of competition for carries.
But the 6-foot-2, 242-pound bruising back from Pennsylvania expects to become the team's workhorse before the Sept. 3 season opener against UMass and doesn't plan on relinquishing the role.
"It's realistic, definitely, for sure," Thompson said. "If I'm doing the right things, coming to practice, working, coming to the games working harder, then, yeah, it's realistic."
Jordan Cronkrite and Jordan Scarlett might have something to say about that.
Cronkrite and Scarlett backed up Kelvin Taylor as freshmen last season, although neither did much off the bench. Cronkrite ran for 157 yards and three touchdowns; Scarlett had 181 on the ground and a score. Scarlett got most of his yardage in a lopsided victory against rival Georgia.
"We're in the SEC. Not just one running back can take all that load, so whenever one of us gets tired or injured, we have the next man up who can do the same thing or even better," Scarlett said. "I think the downside is there's only one ball, so yeah, four people can't get to one ball. Hey, it's the best man wins."
With lots of options available, Friday's scrimmage could separate #Gators RBs.
Thompson has been counting on being Florida's guy since coach Jim McElwain started recruiting him at Dodge City (Kansas) Community College last year. Thompson ran for 1,298 yards and 18 touchdowns as a sophomore, catching McElwain's eye as much because of his stature as his stats.
McElwain said all the right things — including "some deep things" about "being a man," Thompson said — and he chose the Gators over Arizona State, Iowa, Iowa State, Louisville and Alabama.
"Florida was the right fit for me because I know Coach McElwain likes bigger running backs," Thompson said. "At the same time, I know Florida had Kelvin Taylor as the main ball carrier. I found out there was a chance he would go to the NFL and I wanted to fill his shoes or fill his spot at least."
Taylor ran 259 times for 1,035 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2015. It took him 14 games to top 1,000 yards. Thompson wants to do it in half the time, all before the team's bye week.
"If I'm doing the right things, I wouldn't be surprised if I did," he said.
For Thompson to stay on the field, he will need better ball security than what he showed in the spring. He fumbled way too often in practice and even put the ball on the ground in the Orange and Blue game.
He immediately started doing extra drills to work on keeping it "high and tight to my chin," including carrying a ball to and from campus every day.
"Everywhere," he said. "Even when I'm at home playing Xbox. One hand on the controller and one hand on the ball."
Thompson hasn't fumbled in practice this fall and hopes to keep his streak intact before and during the season. Doing that surely will improve his chances of getting 1,000 yards in seven games.
"Being on the defensive side of the ball, you don't want to tackle that guy every play," cornerback Jalen Tabor said. "Like Marshawn Lynch, when you keep hitting someone over and over and over, you get tired of it. He's 6-2, 240, can move, and when he hits you, it's different. I mean, he's got 40 pounds on me and he's coming full speed. He's bigger than our 'backers.
"If he just runs the ball the way he's capable of running it, the sky's the limit. It's going to take two, three people to tackle him."
This article was written by Mark Long from The Associated Press and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.
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Welcome to the Lost Mountain Local! We publish news from around the school, upcoming events in our community, and cool stories. Thank you for taking the time to read our articles and if you have a nose for news, feel free to submit articles to Mrs. Thrash at [email protected]. We always welcome guest writers!
What's the Craziest Homework Excuse You Have Ever Been Given?
Ainsley Collier interviews LMMS teachers and asks this question. Below are the 10 strangest responses.
**I had a bad case of "Can't hold the pencil-idus"
Go to survey monkey and vote for the one that's the craziests/\. Results will be published next month!
What Are Your Family’s Thanksgiving Traditions?
Thanksgiving is a very popular holiday celebrated around the world. According to travelchannel.com at least 10 other countries celebrate Thanksgiving. They only difference is that they are merely called different things. For example, India calls it "Pongal". While Germany calls it "Erntedankfest", which actually, translates to Thanksgiving. Everyone knows that the first Thanksgiving was held in 1621, when the Pilgrims prepared a meal to eat with the Native Americans. At some point all countries give thanks in some ways and become a tradition. Let's see some family traditions from students and teachers right here at LMMS!
Thank you to all who participated in sharing their traditions. Have a Happy Thanksgiving, Pongal, Erntedankfest, and many more!
From Lost Mountain Local, this is Marleigh Belinfanti, signing off. Have a great day folks!
As most of you know, Lost Mountain Middle School is throwing a canned food drive to support the local homeless shelters of Acworth, Georgia. This drive is a major commitment and we need your help to contribute to the cause. Bring in cans of food such as green beans or peaches to your homeroom teacher as soon as possible. It would help greatly and by you giving, someone else is getting. Some are not as fortunate as us and don’t get to be as fortunate as us to be able to do things such as go on vacation or even own a roof to live under. If you can help, please do so and you can brighten someone else’s day. We asked Ms. Dawson a few questions to find out more.
Q: How much longer are you doing the canned food drive?
A: As long as possible, every single year.
Q: Who does the food drive?
A: Helping Hands and Student Council coordinate the food drive. We work together.
Fall Musical is a Hit!
The LMMS drama club recently showed of their skills with the production of Legally Blonde the Musical Jr. The show took place in the Lost Mountain theater on November 3rd and 4th. The director of the show was Mrs. Bishop, the chorus and drama teacher here at LMMS. After 11 weeks of rigorous practice, the cast was ready for the curtain to rise. Sarah Ngugi, a 7th grader said “ I was scared(mostly), nervous and excited to show off what we had worked on for so long!” Lindsay Hoenig in 8th grade played Elle Woods in the show and Evan Janiga played her love interest, Emmet Forest. When asked if others should audition for the next play, Ava Albachiaro said “Auditioning gives you that rush or butterflies in your stomach that you might not be used to but it’s all so exciting and fun.” In conclusion, the LMMS production was a big success and you should definitely audition for the next show.
The cones. We see them in the hallways. We walk past them without thinking “why are they here? What purpose do they serve?” Here to answer these questions, I, Octavia Strunk have interviewed the creator of these mysterious cones…Officer Jones.
In my interview I had asked three questions regarding the cones. The first question I had asked was, “why did you decide to make these cones?” His response: “we have traffic problems at the intersection”. I highly agree with this. If you have ever seen the intersections, (which you have.) you can see how crowded they get and how fast this can happen. The next question I asked was, “what inspired you to create these cones?” His response: “roundabouts.” Sine officer jones spezalizes in traffic control he understands the efficiency of roundabouts. Here is a visual image of a roundabout.
In conclusion, these cones came from roundabouts. They seem to be working quiet well, but aren’t easy to see, (according to the students). So what do you all think about these cones? Should they stay? Or should they go?
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The response of the polar ionosphere to magnetospheric storm inputs was modeled. During the storm the two major processes that couple the F region to the magnetosphere, namely the electric field distribution and the particle precipitation from the magnetosphere, undergo drastic modification on relatively short F region time scales. These time-dependent changes are not simply related to the F region storm time dependent changes. The lower F region responds on a time scale of only minutes to the storm associated changes in the auroral precipitating electron flux, owing to the dominance of chemistry production-loss mechanisms over transport processes. At higher altitudes in the vicinity of hmF2, the chemistry is balanced by both plasma diffusion along field lines and horizontal plasma convection, which acts to prolong the effect of the storm for many hours after it has ceased. The peak density responds only slowly to increased precipitation and may not reach its maximum enhanced value until over an hour after the storm main precipitation has passed. However, the F region peak can be drastically altered on a time scale of minutes if large vertical transport velocities are associated with the storm electric field distribution. In the topside ionosphere the density variations are not correlated with the morphology of the storm auroral precipitation or the temporal variation of the storm electric field pattern. Time delays of up to 3 or 4 hours occur at high altitudes for ‘peak’ densities to be reached after a storm, and the subsequent recovery is on the order of 5 hours. These long delays at altitudes above 400 km reflect the long time constants associated with plasma diffusion from low altitudes, where the plasma is created, to high altitudes.
Sojka, J. J., and R. W. Schunk (1983), A Theoretical Study of the High Latitude F Region’s Response to Magnetospheric Storm Inputs, J. Geophys. Res., 88(A3), 2112–2122, doi:10.1029/JA088iA03p02112.
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE Labour Day weekend and I have since I was a child. Getting a whole new wardrobe for school and all new fresh school supplies. Time for new beginnings!
Though I haven’t been to school in longer than I would like to admit, I still love watching kids walking to their first day of school. New clothes, new friends, new experiences.
This year is extra special for me. My nephew is moving away from home to attend university and live in residence. I can’t help but remember my first day moving into Queen’s University and the amazing four years I spent there. Those were truly the best years of my life where I made amazing friends and fell in love with my husband.
And now my darling nephew, who as a toddler would run through the hallways of my dormitory, is all grown up and will be running through the halls of his own dorm.
And so in honour of this momentous occasion I have put together some rules for my nephew for a great university experience. Others should also take note!
This entry was posted in Family and tagged college, dorm, family, residence, University by shwetasays. Bookmark the permalink.
Mia looks so adorable in that picture!
Excellent pointers. One thing I wish I learned in University was…Learn to make a healthy breakfast, lunch and dinner. The money saved and life skills learned are priceless.
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Think about the one person who understood you better than anyone else. It is not necessary that the person understood you for a long period of time or that the person still understands you now. It is only necessary that you feel that for some period of time this individual understood you better than anyone else. Try to determine what it was about yourself, the other person, the situation, or any combination of these that made this understanding possible.
What did you know about each other that may have helped understanding? Were you in a crisis together? Did you spend a special time with the other person? Describe the things that contributed to your “connection” with this person.
Are there similarities you can identify between yourself and this person, such as age, gender, or relationship status? Do you share similar values, attitudes, or beliefs? Do you share similar life experiences?
Which of the qualities of effective communication can you identify from this experience?
Post your description to the “Who Understood You?” Discussion forum. Comment on at least two of your fellow learners’ postings. From this activity, what characteristics of a competent communicator can you identify?
Reflection:** How do you feel when you spend time with a close friend or relative? Think of how you feel both physically and mentally. Do you consider close friends or relatives to be important in your life? In what ways would your life be changed if these people were not around?
Your Open Learning Faculty Member will help you to form into small groups. Each group will be provided with a private team forum in the Discussions area of your course.
Discuss with your group members how the physical environment affects your health in various ways. Brainstorm ideas for green lifestyle choices that you would like to put into action.
When you have completed your discussion, post a message to the discussion entitled //Environmental Health//, putting your group name in the subject line. In your message, describe one way that each of your group members plans to put a “green daily routine” into action.
How did you feel giving feedback?
How did you feel receiving feedback?
Comment on at least two of your fellow learners’ posts.
1. This week you will participate in an online discussion. Look at the food diary you started in Lesson 1. Compare your food intake to the recommendations made in Canada’s Food Guide for people of different ages and genders. You can find this information on the [Much Food You Need Every Day] web page. For more information you may want to look at the [website and the Healthy Weight for Adults] web page. For this discussion, devise a realistic plan for one day’s food and activity. Post a message describing your planned food intake and physical activity to the online discussion entitled //Daily Food and Activity Plan//.
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2019-04-20T18:58:30Z
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"The Decision to Breastfeed in the United States: Does Race Matter?" by Renata Forste, Jessica Weiss et al.
Objectives. To estimate the effects of maternal and birth characteristics on the decision to breastfeed and to relate breastfeeding practices to racial differences in infant mortality.
Methods. Using a sample of women with young children from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), Cycle V, 1995, the likelihood of breastfeeding was modeled using logistic regression techniques. In addition, single, live births from the NSFG 1988 and 1995 surveys were analyzed to model the effects of race and breastfeeding on infant mortality using Cox regression methods.
Results. After controlling for socioeconomic background and birth characteristics, race remained a strong predictor of breastfeeding. Black women were less likely to breastfeed than nonblack women were, and the primary reason indicated by black women for not breastfeeding was that they “preferred to bottle-feed.” Analyses of infant mortality indicated that breastfeeding accounts for the race difference in infant mortality in the United States at least as well as low birth weight does.
Conclusions. Race is an important predictor of breastfeeding, with most black women reporting that they “preferred bottle-feeding.” Efforts to increase breastfeeding of infants in the black community should help narrow the racial gap in infant mortality.
Forste, Renata; Weiss, Jessica; and Lippincott, Emily, "The Decision to Breastfeed in the United States: Does Race Matter?" (2001). All Faculty Publications. 2805.
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SOCHI, Russia, May 11 (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin showed off his stick skills with a goal and two assists in an amateur ice hockey game at a 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics venue on Tuesday.
Sporting a red jersey with blue trim and the number 11 on his back, the Russian president led a team of officials, businessmen and former players to a 9-5 victory over an amateur selection in the annual Night Hockey League festival game, the Kremlin said. But perhaps the highlight of the night was the moment Putin took an embarrassing spill, tumbling to the ice with limbs flailing.
The 63-year-old sports fan was seen fist-bumping team mates, waving to the crowd and firing shots at the opposition goalie. He was then handed a large trophy by former Soviet Union player Alexander Yakushev.
Despite his team's victory, Putin might be a bit disappointed with his performance. According to Quartz, last year Putin "scored eight goals in May and seven in October. And who can forget his six-goal, five-assist tour de force in 2014?"
A judo black belt, Putin has often shown off his sporting prowess and has previously been seen on television playing ice-hockey, exercising in the gym, riding a horse, diving to the bottom of the Black Sea and flying a hang glider.
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https://www.aol.com/article/2016/05/11/vladimir-putin-ice-hockey-fall/21375348/
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For mil lennia, nomadic peoples crisscrossed the steppe, grazing their livestock on rich grasslands. Today, most are settled, but the shepherd still surveys a kaleidoscope of colors, shapes, and patterns, some subtle, others vivid, transmuted to all the arts of Central Asia.
With his classic Mongolian features, this boy descends from the warriors who first rode west in the 13th century under Genghis Khan. His shirt’s marine motifs have a grim irony, given the Soviet creation of his doubly landlocked country of Uzbekistan, as well as their diversion of the Aral Sea’s feeder rivers for irrigation, causing the world’s fourth largest lake to shrink to shallow ponds.
Typical of Central Asian markets, the core of the Khujand bazaar in Tajikistan is a covered square, with aisles of stalls arranged by food type. These displays of dried fruits evoke their origin in the fertile bowl of the Fergana Valley, surrounded as it is by purple mountains and snow-capped peaks.
A Khujand bread-seller shows off a fresh, golden loaf, its characteristic Central Asian contours echoed in her headscarf, dress appliqués, and especially her earrings. Although she herself struck the pose, she averts her eyes in a graceful compromise attitude towards being photographed.
At a neighboring stall sat this man, genially aligned with his milieu, striations in his beard, stripes on the cloth behind him. He wears the traditional Uzbek skullcap, whose shape and embroidery designs once denoted a specific locale or group.
In the hills above Almaty, this youth practices the art of falconry, honed over hundreds of years by his Kazakh ancestors. He and his golden eagle, trained each to the other, present striking parallels, sharing coloration of costume and feathers, planes of face and wings, and ornamentation of neckband and hood finial.
A Samarkand workshop has revived the city’s centuries-old craft of making paper, including small papier-mâché puppets nestled in packets. Posing together, two of the artisans instinctively bring to life an Uzbek puppet-theatre theme of female friendship and loyalty.
Along the Silk Road between Samarkand and Bukhara, members of an extended family make and sell textiles, continuing traditions handed down for generations. These young weavers are at one with their looms, two wearing weft-striped sweaters and the third seated on a cushion matching the turquoise of the warp poles.
Another young woman sits across the room, working on a runner whose patterns repeat the angles of her leg and foot. She has blackened and extended her eyebrows, an Uzbek mark of female beauty and readiness for marriage.
The Registan of Samarkand remains this ancient city’s heart, flanked on three sides by madrassahs, Islamic schools of higher learning. Behind these Uzbek women soar the portal, minarets, and mosque of the 17th-century Shir Dor madrassah, its hues of blue, brown, and white finding remarkable counterparts in their clothing.
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When my wife and I were dating, I was an up-and-comer in my career. I was in my mid to late 20s, in a top ten market within my field of work, and damn well sure that I would continue my way up the food chain with relative ease. I was a self taught natural at my task of choice, using unorthodox thinking to get the job done. Compliments from my superiors came in on a regular basis. I felt on top of the world. There was no doubt in my mind that I could become one of the best if not the best at my task of choice on the planet. Perhaps I was arrogant and naive, but I definitely enjoyed my success.
I traded in my trusty Ford Mustang to buy a bright red Porsche convertible. It was a symbol of my success and a blast to cruise around in. Growing up, my family always had boring yet dependable vehicles. There was a Pontiac Grand Am, Toyota Camry, Toyota Yaris, even a lowly Geo Metro. These were all substance over style. I had obtained substance and style, a reflection of my successes and growing ego. The Porsche, humorously nicknamed the Apple Rocket by my wife, was older and well used. The dashboard was cracked, the seats were falling apart. It didn’t matter because I had it made in life.
While I was at the top of my game a sweeping change began at my workplace. The next position up the food chain, which was my target, was moving away from being technical in favor of ease of use. Unfortunately for myself, the appeal of the job was the technical difficulty involved. Those technical aspects of that job actually shifted down to my current position. At first I was thrilled, as the combination of my two favorite duties were now rolled together as one. I could have happily stayed in that position for years. I had the joy of teaching all of my peers how the new duties were to be done, every one of them learned from scratch admirably. Unfortunately I wasn’t to join them in enjoying the new ways of the job.
Soon after I trained my peers, multiple people left their positions at the job I had been aiming to get promoted to. Due to my technical knowledge, the department leaned on me to fill in for the shifts. Doing so took a toll on me in two ways: I was now filling in for a position that had lost all of it’s appeal to me due to the lack of challenge; I had much less time with my then fiancee. It was a raw deal all around. Months went by where I was exhausted all the time, barely seeing my fiancee and resenting my work situation. I felt as if I were buried in quicksand. I was working fifty to sixty hours per week doing duties that failed to challenge me in any way. I pleaded with my superiors to catch a break, but was left out to dry. After a few months the overtime slowed and I was offered a promotion to receive the title of what I had been doing.
I felt so trapped at this point that I accepted the promotion. It was frankly joyless. The increase in pay was nice to have, but I had passed the point of no return. I had the title that I had been seeking, but all of the challenges had been stripped away. The job continued to evolve for the worse after I took the promotion. After losing all of the technical challenges, we were tasked with policing our co-workers. Documenting their mistakes, all in the name of “cleaning up the product”. Co-workers who once praised my works now cringed when I came to speak with them. They assumed that I was about to point out what they had done wrong, prior to documenting the mistake. Being a “creative soul”, this was as far from fulfillment as possible. Mistakes are bound to happen, and can lead to breakthroughs and progress. They shouldn’t be demonized and documented to hold against people. To this day I still cringe as I point out and document people’s mistakes.
One thing I have learned about myself within the past few years is that I crave creative projects. I need to have one going on at all times, something to ponder during quiet moments and sleep. When I was going through the deepest depression, all of my projects had been put on hold. I was at a low point, avoiding writing and drawing. I felt a numb indifference all the time. My guitars hadn’t seen even semi-regular use in a few years’ time. They finally hung next to my bed after months of my wife suggesting that I should have them in plain view rather than hidden in a closet. Eventually I got her point and started writing a song.
I am terrible at completing tasks. My to-do lists are always halfway complete. I have a tendency to restart a video game rather than continue on once mistakes have been made, for example. Of course despite starting playing the guitar on and off since turning 18, I had never completed a song. With my creative outlet at work well behind me, I figured I’d give it a shot. There was no need to play it for anyone unless I really cared to. So I wrote. And wrote more the next day. On and on. Within a week I had written and recorded a song front to back. A long time goal attained. Confidence boosted. I’m currently working on two more songs and will be releasing a three song demo once they are ready.
I’m getting my swagger back, a day at a time.
Congratulations and keep on writing and playing, it’s good for the soul!
Thank you. If you reload the page I added my song at the bottom.
I’ll have to start. I play the guitar and bass and will be doing some drums in my recording software when I figure it out!
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UWG values our role in the community. In fact, successful partnerships are one of our four strategic imperatives.
Serving as a Welcome Center for campus visitors: Visit our office in the Bonner House on Front Campus Drive to get visitor parking passes, campus maps, directions, and information about campus.
Helping community members engage with the campus: The links below connect community members to the offices that have answers for the most frequently asked questions. Follow us on social media to learn more about campus/community opportunities. Contact our office if you have a question about how to connect to campus.
Helping UWG faculty, staff, students, and retirees engage with the community: Visit our office in the Bonner House to get information about our local community. Read our faculty/staff e-mails and follow us on social media to learn more about community events, services, organizations, and opportunities.
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This contribution is two-fold. First, the dollars you spend at our bookstore help support the facility and improve our ability to offer students low-cost book and supply options critical to their education. More importantly, wearing a Wolves sweatshirt or sporting a Go West magnet helps advertise our university and tells the world that you’re proud of UWG.
It’s just a fact: your friends and family trust your opinions more than they trust our advertising. The best way to support student success is to get to know UWG so you can recommend us with confidence.
As a state institution, Georgia’s political climate can affect us in a number of ways. You can keep up with hot-button issues and find links to our officials on our government relations page. Please join us in supporting legislation that creates student success.
Your experience, support, and encouragement can make a huge difference in the lives of students. We’re working on a list of volunteer opportunities. Watch the community page for forthcoming details.
A robust continuing education program improves the lives of our students, faculty, and staff – and adds an important educational resource to the community. Visit the Continuing Education page on our website to find out how you can use your specialized expertise to offer a course.
We can’t stress how critical need-based and other scholarships have become for today’s students. Please consider a donation of any size if you can. Every gift matters and we are grateful for all support.
Your presence and support helps students feel that they are truly a part of the community, which encourages retention and graduation. Plus, students who feel connected are more likely to stay in the area after graduation, which increases the region’s qualified talent pool and can help recruit new businesses.
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As I am quiet before the Lord on this morning of New Years’ Eve, I am reflecting on the faithfulness of God. In the last few years of my life, including the one we’re just leaving behind, let’s just say that not everything has gone just right. You? But God has never, ever failed to be ever-present, ever-loving, and ever-faithful to see me through the most difficult of times.
I think about David, who had just learned about a giant who had dared to challenge God’s people. Goliath was way too big for David to fight in his own strength. But the lion and the bear had been, too. David didn’t deny the size of the problem. Goliath truly was about 9-10 feet tall, and he roared his taunts across the valley. But you didn’t see David wringing his hands and recounting all of Goliath’s scary attributes. No way. David began remembering other situations that were way beyond his own capacity and thinking about how God had delivered him miraculously in them and then out of them. This young teen knew that God had not changed, and He would work through him with what he had, right here, right now. David also knew the covenant he had with Almighty God, and he understood that “this uncircumcised Philistine” was not an heir to it. All that God is would be David’s strength. The size of the giant was irrelevant. Only the size and power of God were relevant.
So this morning, I’m remembering. I’m not looking back and bemoaning what went wrong or what I did wrong. No, I’m visualizing, with a heart bursting with gratitude, how God never left me, comforted my broken heart, and always restored me.
I encourage you to do some reflecting of your own on the faithfulness of God. It will warm your heart today, and you’ll be filled with hope and courage as you head into this new chapter.
May your New Year be a blessed one!
Lord, I thank You and praise You for Your faithfulness! You’re my Shepherd, my Shield, my Provider, my Loving Father. I’m ready to step into 2019 with courage and holy anticipation!
Our town was under flash flood warning last night, and those grating, startling alert sounds have gone off incessantly. I paid attention the first time or two that the emergency alert sounded – especially since a tornado watch was an issue earlier. Having experienced a couple of them in recent years, anything tornado gets my attention. But my home is on high ground, and I did not fear the flood. I perceived that I was not in danger. I was going to stay inside. It would not affect me.
I started thinking about how we can come to ignore many kinds of warning signals in our lives. Those “explanations” we give ourselves rob us of the opportunities to turn around before it gets much worse.
Let’s take first a practical example. A weird light comes on in your vehicle. “Wonder what that is? I’ll check on it later.” Then that light simply becomes an unnoticed part of the landscape, until it’s not.
Here’s another. Your relationship hasn’t seemed right over the past few months, and you wonder if there’s a problem. But you explain it away “We’re (busy – under stress, – a ‘normal’ couple).” You fail to have the brave conversations and do the essential work, until you show up in my office when it’s nearly too late.
One more. Others have said, and you have secretly suspected, that you (drink too much, take painkillers too much, gamble too much, eat too much) etc. But denial kicks in to dull your awareness of the warning signs, and you minimize the growing impact of the problem. You tell yourself, “I can quit any time I want to.” But the compulsive behavior morphs into addiction.
Warning alerts are a gift from God. They can have an irritating sound to them, but they are provided for our good. The earlier we take action, the easier it is to make the changes. The people in flood areas last night needed to hear and heed, taking action promptly to get to higher ground.
Are there alerts that are crying for attention in your life? Isn’t it time to actually take action on them? I’m thinking this may be a timely message as we head into the new year!
Holy Spirit, I want to pay attention when You sound the alarm when I set foot on a path that can destroy me. I’m asking You to turn up the volume when I seem to be in denial or in stubborn refusal. I want to be a great listener to everything You say to me, God!
As I approach the turning of the calendar to a new year, I often find myself looking back before gazing forward. Now I’m not usually a proponent of spending much time looking in the rear-view mirror. The expansive windshield is for looking ahead. But the rear-view is there for a reason, too – to glance back, see what’s coming up behind you, protect yourself from any danger approaching,make good decisions..
Similarly in life, you don’t camp in the past, but you don’t ignore healthy life review either. If you don’t take the time to figure out how you succeeded and also how you messed up, you’ll have no insight going forward to make the next year better.
So what’s the wise way to do your year review? Ask yourself these questions.
What worked? Start here! Too often we rush to the memories of what went wrong. Begin with what went right! For what are you grateful? What prayers were answered? What choices did you make the worked out well?
What changes did I successfully make, and how did I do that? The pressure for those New Year’s resolutions is around the corner, and resolutions are notoriously short-lived. However, I’ll bet if you think back over 2018, you’ve been able to make some changes. If you spend time regularly with the Lord, I know that the Holy Spirit has given you a nudge in the ribs about “a few somethings.” Don’t just learn from your mistakes; learn from your successes! How were you able to focus on a goal, struggle through it, and refuse to give up? Well, then, repeat that!
If I had the opportunity for a do-over, what would I do differently? Reflect momentarily on your regrets. While you may not face that exact situation again, I can assure you that you’ll face it in principle. Go ahead and plan how you will make a different choice next time. Back it up, way back, and identify the tiny, almost imperceptible choices that led you on the path. Sharpen your sensitivity to those little choices. Don’t lie to yourself next time, telling yourself that you are immune from going any further.
What are the most important lessons I’ll be taking into the new year? This one is worth some additional thought. Hmmmmm…I’m thinking.
Notice that none of these questions called for self-flagellation! Intense criticism of yourself that involves demeaning statements like, “How could you be so stupid?” are not helpful. Hateful put-downs only destroy your confidence and your belief that you can do better. Look back at the things you regret and learn from them! If you do it differently, you can get different results next time!
.Lord, I always want to be growing in You. Help me learn from my successes and my failures. I want to be more like You in the coming year!
My daughter, Amy Barrett, posted this on her Facebook this week. She writes it out of the unthinkable experience of losing her oldest son tragically a little over 4 years ago. His birthday was last week. Amy is a woman of great faith, but faith does not remove the deep pain of loss. I asked her for permission to share it with you in hopes that someone in a similar situation might feel understood or encouraged. Do share with anyone that it might help.
For parents and families who have had to bury a child….
Every day is complex. A roller coaster of emotions. That roller coaster takes unexpected twists and turns and gives no fair warning. You can feel like you are rising higher, getting a better perspective. Then WHOOSH! Down you go in what feels like a free-fall that nearly takes your breath away. This is every day.
Holidays – well, that’s even more complex. Trying to figure out how in the world to have a “merry” Christmas is almost beyond comprehension, though you desperately want to.. Add to that, trying to make it a joyous occasion for your other children or family. It’s far beyond human capability. Only God can put the pieces of the puzzle back together in a different arrangement and bring beauty for ashes. I still believe He will.
You see, we have FAITH. But that faith doesn’t take away the deep sorrow. However, it does take us through it and helps us find light and the promise of a better day.
We have HOPE. That hope doesn’t take away the ripping pain, but it does help us to take the next step and find a way to help someone else along the journey, too.
And we have LOVE, enormous amounts of love. You see, the pain of grief goes as deep as the love we carry in our hearts for our child who left this world too soon. But that love, it’s eternal. It will live on. And we will each find ways to express it. Yes, the greatest of these is love. That love will never end…for all of our children, those here and those in heaven.
Even greater than that is, God is Love. His Love will never end, and He will never stop expressing His Love to us, even on the darkest of days. I’m so thankful that He is close to every broken heart and sends heavenly help to save and rescue those who are literally crushed in spirit.
Pray for the families with the huge void, the empty chair, the awkward silence, the hurting hearts, the tear-stained pillows. Pray for the PEACE of God to rule in each heart and home and for joyous moments to arise in the midst of it all.
Sending this with love and hugs to my family and all families who know this road, though it wasn’t chosen. Maybe you’ve not lost a child, but are dealing with a huge loss of a loved one. Hold to His Promises. God will see us through❤️. I KNOW He will.
We smile and shake our heads at her spiritual ignorance But the question before us today is, to what extent do you and I focus squarely on Christ during the Christmas celebration? This morning, kids will squeal and run to the tree to see what Santa left. Families will scramble from extended family home to the other, trying to keep everyone pleased with time and attention. Healthy eating will be postponed (at least) a week as family members ooh and ah over all the delectable goodies.
But will we actually pause it all and genuinely reflect together on the miracle of God entering a tiny human body and bringing all that He is to earth for you and me? Will we discuss what it means even to go beyond the “Christmas story” and completely receive Him into our hearts and lives? Will you and I give any genuine thought to where we are in our consistent practices of living the lives that Christ’s birth, life, death, and resurrection made possible?
Let’s! O, come, let us adore HIM!
Lord, on this day that we commemorate as Your birthday, may we place You at the center of every celebration and at the center of our lives!
Do YOU Believe for the Impossible?
I was reading the familiar “Christmas passages” of Luke 1 and 2. You know how it is when you read the familiar. You can just skim over the words and miss the message. But that did not happen this time, and I saw some things in a fresh way.
When the angel came to Mary to tell her what was about to happen, her first reaction was to point to the circumstances that would make it impossible. “How can this be, since I have no (intimacy with any man as a) husband?” (Luke 1:34, Amplified Bible) Have you ever done that (as I have)? You “receive a word,” something God seems to be speaking to you about a wonderful thing He plans to do in your life, and you begin to point to all the factors that would make that highly unlikely if not impossible?
But the messenger of God (the angel Gabriel) was not put off by that. He talked to her about how the Holy Spirit would impregnate her with the Son of God. Then he said words we all need to have burned into our spirits: “For with God nothing is ever impossible, and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.” (v. 37, Amplified Bible) No matter what the barriers look like, if the dream that is conceived in you is from God, it is totally possible.
Mary responded with a “YES!” She said, “Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord. Let it be done to me according to what You have said.” The question for each of us is, are we willing to say a wholehearted “yes” to the plans of the Lord in our lives, even those that are so big , they astound us? Even those that will rearrange our lives and boot us out of our routine comfort zones?
After Mary affirmed the message and allowed it to be planted deep within her heart, the angel immediately left her. His mission was accomplished. She would not see the baby for a while, not until it was just the right time. However, it was a done deal. The process had begun. I want to remember, even when I don’t see it in the natural, the word of the Lord is spiritually “mission accomplished” when I believe in and depend on it.
So what do you do if your Christmas season is not merry and bright? If your level of sadness exceeds your degree of joy in the world? In the previous message, we identified four possible causes of “Blue Christmas.” But what are the implications of those? Is there anything you can do to make your holiday experience a little brighter?
I can’t guarantee that all the feelings will line up like little soldiers, but there are some things that you can do for a good start on creating a more positive experience.
1. Focus on Christ, not on your personal situation. This is the number one recommendation. Celebrate the One Whose birthday we’re commemorating. He is the Unchangeable One – not matter what has changed in your life. He is the All-Sufficient One, despite what you are lacking right now. He is Jehovah Shalom; He is your Peace -no matter how much anxiety is tempting you. He is enough. He is more than enough when you give Him complete control in your life.
2. Hold realistic expectations. Your family visits, holiday meals, and present exchanges will NOT be perfect. Forget that! Don’t stress yourself out trying to achieve the impossible. The spiritual focus matters, and family relationships matter. The more stressed out you are, the less likely it is that you’ll enjoy it all and help others to do the same. Chill. Perfection is not a goal.
3. Create new family experiences along with your traditions. When you have lost someone you love through death or distance, it seems that every traditional family happening triggers a memory. Sometimes people attempt to avoid the subject, trying not to make each other uncomfortable and sad. My suggestion is, don’t avoid it. Actually carve out some time in the family celebration to share stories about the one who is mnot present. Acknowledge that he or she is deeply missed. This can actually relieve some of the emotional tension and allow people to go ahead and positivelyexperience the present together.
4. Make it a priority to take care of yourself. In the best of holiday seasons, the stress is palpable. You need your mind and body working at their best in order to make it through. Minimize the junk food. Don’t neglect that walk. Get some rest. If you are saying, “No way to do this!’ refer to #1 and 2 above, breathe, and lean into divine joy.
As the angels said, “Joy to the world. The Lord has come!” Will He find room in the inn that is called your life?
I want to keep You first in my focus, Lord – during the holiday season and every other day! And please, Lord, continue to heal our hearts.
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Hello, my name is Heather Cannata. I am a student at Central Connecticut State University and am currently in my first semester of the Early Childhood Education program. On this website, I will tell you a little about myself and will also talk about something that is very important to me: reading.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton’s lead over Republican rival Donald Trump has slipped by about five percentage points since mid-June, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Tuesday, bringing the race for the White House to within nine points.
The poll showed that 44.5 percent of likely voters supported former secretary of state Clinton while 35.5 percent backed businessman Trump. That compares with 46.6 percent support for Clinton and 32.3 percent for Trump on June 12, a date that marked her widest lead for the month.
Trump has focused much of his energy in recent days on the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida by a U.S.-born gunman pledging allegiance to Islamic State militant group. Trump vowed to ban people from entering the United States from countries with links to terrorism against America or its allies.
Hardline national security proposals have help Trump win increased support from voters in the past, including after the shootings in San Bernardino, California and Paris late last year.
Clinton responded to the Orlando attack by calling for increased intelligence gathering and air strikes on Islamic State forces, while warning against demonizing American Muslims. She has also criticized Trump’s positions on foreign policy and the economy, saying a Trump presidency would be a “disaster”.
The June 17-21 poll of 1,100 likely voters has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3.4 percentage points.
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In 1973 Benjamin Britten—frail and facing a heart operation— composed his final opera, Death in Venice. Based on Thomas Mann’s 1913 novella, the opera summed up many of the themes of Britten’s artistic career: as the aging novelist Aschenbach embarks on a quest for spiritual redemption in a city assaulted by the plague, he is torn between his search for beauty and the corrupting force of his own physical desires. Two years later, in the fall of 1975, Britten composed his String Quartet No. 3. It would be (except for a short choral piece for children) his final composition, for Britten died of heart failure the following year. The Amadeus Quartet gave the official premiere of this quartet on December 19, 1976, two weeks after the composer’s death, though Britten had heard this music played through shortly after he completed it.
In the course of composing the quartet, Britten returned to Venice—a city he loved—and in fact he composed the quartet’s final movement there. Inevitably, that visit reawakened memories of his opera, and this quartet makes explicit references to Death in Venice: specific themes, key relationships, and mottos that had appeared in the opera return in the quartet. This all raises a question: does one need to know Death in Venice to understand the Quartet No. 3? The answer to that question must be no—this quartet will stand on its own merits—but it may help to know that this was Britten’s final instrumental work and that it draws on music about a spiritual quest.
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Doug Saunders introduces us to the migrants themselves, and with the aid of their stories elucidates their essential part in the economic fabric. He makes clear that the cities and nations that provide citizenship and opportunity to migrants stand to benefit as the migrant class evolves into a middle class, and he explains why those that ignore these people will see increased social unrest, poverty, and religious fundamentalism.
Look around: the largest migration in human history is under way. For the first time ever, more people are living in cities than in rural areas. Between 2007 and 2050, the world's cities will have absorbed 3.1 billion people. Urbanization is the mass movement that will change our world during the twenty-first century, and the "arrival city" is where it is taking place.
The arrival city exists on the outskirts of the metropolis, in the slums, or in the suburbs; the American version is New York's Lower East Side of a century ago or today's Herndon County, Virginia. These are the places where newcomers try to establish new lives and to integrate themselves socially and economically. Their goal is to build communities, to save and invest, and, hopefully, move out, making room for the next wave of migrants. For some, success is years away; for others, it will never come at all.
As vibrant places of exchange, arrival cities have long been indicators of social health. Whether it's Paris in 1789 or Tehran in 1978, whenever migrant populations are systematically ignored, we should expect violence and extremism. But, as the award-winning journalist Doug Saunders demonstrates, when we make proper investments in our arrival cities--through transportation, education, security, and citizenship--a prosperous middle class develops.
Saunders takes us on a tour of these vital centers, from Maryland to Shenzhen, from the favelas of Rio to the shantytowns of Mumbai, from Los Angeles to Nairobi. He uncovers the stories--both inspiring and heartbreaking--of the people who live there, and he shows us how the life or death of our arrival cities will determine the shape of our future.
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Guernsey-co. 911/Sheriff Calls Monday: 5 a.m., plate light violation, Interstate 70. Warning issued. 4:31 a.m., traffic violation, Interstate 70. Warning issued.
How does Café Nordo's hardworking cast of nearly a dozen local actors juggle more than 30 roles in "Jitterbug Perfume" while also serving food?
Live blog: Wiggins:hits back at Froome 2012 TdF comments.
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Sunderland under-23s fell to defeat on Sunday afternoon as Southampton returned to the south coast with all three points.
Callum Slattery and Marcus Barnes chalked up the goals in either half as the Black Cats were made to rue a host of missed chances which cost them dearly in the end.
Luke Molyneux and Bali Mumba came into Sunderland under-23s’ side this afternoon. The winger, who is currently on loan at Vanarama National League side Gateshead, was able to play due to the terms of his youth loan while Mumba featured from the off to collect some valuable minutes in the tank.
However, the pair could do little to prevent Slattery’s opener inside two minutes as he sent his strike crashing past Max Johnstone to give Saints an early advantage.
Sunderland responded well as a bitterly cold breeze swept in from the North Sea, Dan Neil stooped low to meet Molyneux’s cross from the left, but he couldn’t direct his header on target as Saints escaped.
From there the Black Cats continued to grow, with Neil at the heart of everything good the Lads produced in what was a tough opening 45.
Elliott Dickman’s side continued to dig deep following the restart, with Mumba’s tenacious running almost paying off as he was sent tumbling. Molyneux collected the loose ball and then drove a fierce strike goalwards which forced Jack Rose to turn behind for a corner.
The winger was at it again moments later, this time checking back onto his left foot and then hooking his strike towards Rose’s near post. Unfortunately for the Black Cats, Saints’ stopper was equal to it once more.
Sunderland were made to pay for those missed chances with an hour played, as Barnes glanced home a second off a corner from the left against the run of play to strengthen Saints’ grip on the game.
Rose was then in inspired form once more to preserve his clean sheet as Jake Hackett and Jack Connolly – on for Neil – saw their efforts kept out as Saints sealed the points.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May and business minister Greg Clark met Ratan Tata, patriarch of the Indian Tata family, a few weeks ago as its car brand Jaguar Land Rover warns about the effect of Brexit and diesel policy, a government source said.
Tata bought ailing Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in 2008 and has ploughed billions of pounds into the firm, making it Britain’s biggest automotive company producing nearly one of three cars made in the country.
Chief Executive Ralf Speth has also warned about the risks of Brexit, saying a bad deal could cost around 1.2 billion pounds annually and warning he did not know whether his plants could operate after Britain’s exit from the bloc in six months’ time.
“Ratan, the PM and Greg met about three weeks ago,” a British government source told Reuters.
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Do you remember seeing your dad’s calculator that had that strange strip which powered it? Remember how you were playing with it when you asked him to help you solve your maths problem? Wasn’t it fun to keep your finger over the strip and after a time to see the calculator shut down? That was a photovoltaic cell, the thing that makes solar energy possible.
What does photovoltaic cell mean?
Look at the word photovoltaic and you may be able to guess its meaning. Give it a try. Photo means light, while voltaic means electricity. So how do you think they work? These cells work on the photovoltaic principle, converting light energy into electricity.
The sun delivers more energy to the earth in one hour than we currently use from fossil fuels, nuclear power and all renewable energy sources combined in a year. Its potential as a renewable energy source, therefore, is vast.
Photovoltaic cells allow us to use the solar energy of the sun to provide electric power. The sun is like a never-ending battery. It provides an important source of clean and renewable energy that is an alternate to polluting fossil fuels like coal. It is the world’s fastest growing technology with the amount of photovoltaic energy doubling every year.
In 1839 a French Scientist, Edmund Bequerel discovered that some materials produced small amounts of electricity whenever exposed to sunlight.
Think if you were to go camping somewhere. You will find that there are no power sockets to recharge anything! In such remote places a photovoltaic cells come in handy. You can use them in solar panels and also as solar modules. A solar module is when these cells are grouped together and connected in a package in one frame.
You might be wondering what the difference between a solar cell and a photovoltaic cell is. Well a solar cell is designed to work in sunlight while a photovoltaic cell can use any form of light to generate electricity.
Did you know that the first photovoltaic cell was made to provide power to space satellites. The Russians used them for their Sputnik 3 satellite back in 1957. But even before that, way back in 1839 a French Scientist, Edmund Bequerel discovered that some materials produced small amounts of electricity whenever exposed to sunlight. It was Einstein’s discoveries in 1905 that was the basis of all photo electric technology.
Now that we know what a photovoltaic cell is, let us try to understand how these marvellous little things work. These cells are made of a special material called a semiconductor. Silicon is one of the most popular materials used as a semiconductor in these cells. A thin wafer of silicon is specially treated so that it forms an electric field. This field is positive on one side and negative on the other.
The photovoltaic material absorbs light rays. These light rays knock loose electrons from the atoms in the silicon releasing electrons in the process. These electrons are captured to release electricity. Two conductors are attached to the positive and negative sides. This completes the circuit and you can tap the electricity created. This is just like how you get electricity when you attach wires to the positive and negative terminal of a battery.
A solar cell is, in principle, a simple semiconductor device that converts light into electric energy. The conversion is accomplished by absorbing light and ionizing crystal atoms, thereby creating free, negatively charged electrons and positively charged ions. If these ions are created from the basic crystal atoms, then their ionized state can be exchanged readily to a neighbor from which it can be exchanged to another neighbor and so forth; that is, this ionized state is mobile; it behaves like an electron, and it is called a hole. It has properties similar to a free electron except that it has the opposite charge.
Solar cells can be made from single crystals, crystalline and amorphous semiconductors. For simplicity this article begins with a description of crystalline material.
Each photon of the light that has a high enough energy to be absorbed by the crystal’s atoms will set free an electron hole pair. The electron and hole are free to move through the lattice in a Brownian motion ; however, on average they will never move too far from each other. When the electron comes too close to a hole during their Brownian motion, they will recombine. On the other hand, when they experience an electric field, this will tend to separate the electrons from the holes; the electrons will drift toward the positive pole (the anode), and the positively charged holes will drift toward the cathode. Recombination will then take place in the external circuit (within the electric wires). Consequently a current will flow. Since it is generated by photons, one speaks of a photo current. And the semiconductor that performs this effect is called a photo conductor.
Photo conductors are passive devices. They react to light by changing their electric conductivity. In order to activate them an external electric power source, such as a battery, needs to be supplied to draw a current that increases with increasing light intensity. There are many photo conductor devices in our surroundings; as for example, in cameras, in streetlight controls to switch the lights off at dawn and on at dusk, or for light barriers in garage door safety controls.
However, if an electric field is incorporated into the semiconductor, it will separate the electrons and holes. The part of the crystal that accumulates the electrons will be negatively charged; the part that accumulates the holes will be positively charged. The resulting potential difference, referred to as an open circuit, can be picked up by an electrometer. When electrodes are provided at both sides, a current can flow between them. The crystal, when exposed to sunlight, acts as a battery and becomes a solar cell.
In order to make maximum use of the impinging photons and obtain maximum solar cell output, one has to maximize surface penetration, minimize reflection, and reduce obstacles, such as electrodes.
Solar cell efficiency is a most valuable measure of its performance. With sunlight impinging from the zenith on a sunny day, a surface perpendicular to the light receives about 1 kW/m 2 . When converted by a solar cell of 10 percent efficiency (presently reached or exceeded by most commercially available solar panels), this means that 100 W/m 2 in electrical energy can be harvested. This is sufficient if surface areas are ample and the panels are relatively inexpensive. However, where surface areas are at a premium—e.g., on top of a solar car or in some satellites—it is essential to use more efficient solar cells. These are available from carefully engineered Si cells or from GaAs, reaching efficiencies close to 25 percent.
As a result, the conversion of inexhaustible solar energy into electrical energy using PhotoVoltaic (PV) devices is one of the most attractive solutions to clean, renewable energy and will transform our future energy options. Photovoltaic power generation is currently dominated by photovoltaic cells that are based on inorganic materials such as polycrystalline silicon, cadmium telluride and copper indium selenide. To make power from photovoltaics truly competitive with fossil-fuel technologies the cost needs to be reduced. New Photovoltaic technologies, such as organic and dye-sensitised solar cells, are emerging from active research and development.
Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs) are a promising cost-effective alternative to inorganic-based PV; and possess low cost, light-weight, and flexibility advantages. Organic molecules such as the polymer have high optical absorption coefficients compared to their inorganic counterparts, and incorporation of polymers of this type into photovoltaic cells offers an attractive alternative to current technology.
Creation of complex organic polymers relies on innovative synthetic organic chemistry. In the case illustrated above, the polymer was synthesised from its monomer using a palladium-catalysed coupling procedure. This method of carbon-carbon bond-formation was recognised for its contribution to the construction of complex organic molecules by the 2010 Nobel Prize for chemistry awarded to Professors Heck, Negishi and Suzuki.
Cells based on OPVs are currently relatively inefficient due to energy leakage problems and it is estimated that improvements in cell performance, operational stability and fabrication methods are needed to take power conversion efficiencies from the current levels of around 6-8% to a competitive 15%. Organic chemistry provides an opportunity to address this challenge at the molecular level, but it is recognised that the vast parameter space available will necessitate the definition and use of inspired molecular design guidelines. Success will provide significantly lower cost/higher volume manufacturing procedures of flexible devices that in turn will provide opportunities for the production of a wide range of new applications.
There is already significant research related to enhancing the efficiency of solar conversion. Solar energy through photovoltaics will be a part of the energy mix of the future. This will require an interdisciplinary approach to generate novel photovoltaic materials and new advanced device concepts that will lead to commercialisation of high-efficiency and low-cost solar cells.
Criminals have a taste for Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich.
People with devices using the Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich versions of Google’s Android operating systems are popular targets for cyber criminals according to Kaspersky. The security company said in its latest analysis of malware targeting Android, that there had been “a rapid growth” in the number of programs – especially money-stealing Trojans – infecting these operating systems in the third quarter of this year.
Yuri Namestnikov, senior malware analyst at Kaspersky Lab said: “Although Gingerbread was released back in September 2011, due to the segmentation of the Android device market it still remains one of the most popular versions, which, in turn, attracts increased interest from cybercriminals.
Google’s Android OS has always been a popular target for cyber criminals.
The “IT Threat Evolution: Q3 2012” report shows that Gingerbread (Android 2.3.6) accounted for 28 per cent of all blocked attempts to install malware, while Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4) accounted for 22 per cent of attempts. More than half of all malware detected on users smartphones turned out to be SMS Trojans. This malware drains money from victims’ mobile accounts by sending SMS messages to premium rate numbers.
Of these programs the OpFake family has become the most widespread – 38.3 per cent of all the malicious programs detected for Android – all of which disguise themselves as the OperaMini browser. The Plangton Trojan family accounted for a fifth of all attacks. The malware collects service data on the phone, sends it to the command server and waits for the cyber criminals’ commands. Specifically, malicious programs in this family can stealthily change bookmarks and the home page.
The third most widespread malware was the FakeInst family, which mimics installers for popular programs (17 per cent). These two types of malware are mostly distributed via so-called alternative app stores created by cyber criminals.
Why I will not go back to Android.
Apple’s iPhone 4 and Google’s Nexus One Android phone face off in a battle of apps. The iPhone may be tops on gaming and entertainment, but Android’s social-networking and location-based skills help even the score.
Apple has a commanding lead over all other smart phone platforms with 230,000 and counting in the App Store. But Google’s Android platform now claims 70,000. There may be a big difference between the two, but it’s not felt in all categories. In 10 of the most important app categories, iPhone and Android duke it out. Surprisingly, it’s not a total rout, not on either side. Each platform takes its fair share of victories.
The iPhone’s huge app count doesn’t help it in certain situations. After all, Apple only just bestowed multitasking to its development community, something programmers have been working with on Android for a couple of years. Also, iPhones don’t run widgets — an extension of an app that appears on an Android phone’s home screen. When it comes to music and social networking, widgets mean a huge advantage.
But Android suffers in other ways. Because the OS is freely available to anyone who builds hardware, carriers sell Android phones with a variety of screen sizes and processor speeds. This makes game designers in particular kinda twitchy, especially since they know that a new iPhone will only come out once a year, setting a new top-bar standard when it does.
Another developer concern is the overwhelming number of free apps in Google’s disorganized Android Market. According to the mobile apps firm Distino, free downloads account for well over half the apps, including nice ones made by Google itself. If you’re trying to convince people to pay actual money for your apps, it’s better to flaunt wares in the iPhone App Store, where freebies only account for just over a quarter of listed apps.
The iPhone has a huge lead here, and most game developers appear to be hanging back from committing to Android for the time being. The biggest exception is Gameloft, which has already published a considerable lineup of Android games including the platformer “Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles,” and the first-person shooter “NOVA.” Ironically, Gameloft said last fall that it wasscaling back on Android development, and still refuses to sell apps through Google’s embarrassingly chaotic Android Market, opting to sell through its own website instead.
Perceptive reviewers have taken the iPhone to task for not being a very friendly social networking platform. You can set up your phone to get alerts from Facebook and Twitter — sometimes through third-party apps that charge money, like Boxcar — but you can’t really browse your feeds in a comfortable way without diving deep into the apps. Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7 is built around the idea that your feeds should be visible as soon as possible, with panels that you can assign to your friends, that will aggregate each person’s updates across multiple social media services into one easy-to-find square.
As a parent, I have come to think of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad as very expensive pacifiers. There are some phenomenal books and educational games being developed for these devices, and anyone who knows they’ll be stuck in a car with a 3-year-old for more than 11 minutes will happily pay for every last one. On the iPlatform, kids’ apps are very high quality — and in the Android Market they’re almost totally nonexistent. Seriously, I can’t find any of my favorite kids’ apps for Android.
When it comes to basic media playback, the iPhone still is what Steve Jobs called his “best iPod yet.” Syncing songs, playlists, TV and movies — even rented movies — through iTunes is easy despite the program’s famous bloat. And once the media is on the iPhone, it’s easy to access and manage (as you can see in the presumably familiar image at right). For people who own their own music and movies, it’s unparalleled. Though photo syncing is best performed through Apple’s iPhoto, another bulky Mac program, it too provides unparalleled organization.
When it comes to streaming music and new music-on-demand services, Android suffers no disadvantage. All the popular iPhone music apps — Pandora, Slacker, Rhapsody, Mog, and even utilities like SoundHound and Shazam — they’re all available on Android too. The difference is, most of them get widgets in Android. Pop open your phone and flip through tunes, ditch one service for another, hell, play two or three songs at the same time from the same screen in some freaky mashup performance piece, all without dipping into an app. You can’t do that on an iPhone, but if you’re half crazy, you’d definitely do it on an Android phone.
I read every night on my iPad, but I’ve never read more than a page of a real book on any phone. Still, the arrival of e-book apps on smart phones is a big buzz maker, and Android is, as of this week, essentially caught up to iPhone. When it comes to marquee e-book apps, both platforms have Amazon’s Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s Nook (at right) and Kobo, which is supported by Borders.
Android doesn’t have Apple’s iBooks, obviously, and Apple is bound to grow it and possibly even release it for other platforms. Still, you’d be out of your mind to spend money on iBooks now, when the other services are accessible from such a broad variety of gadgets, including iPad, iPod and iPhone.
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Luis Alberto: "I'd be foolish to say no to Liverpool"
Reported Liverpool transfer target Luis Alberto Romero is quoted in Spanish media discussing a potential move to Anfield.
“It would be foolish and deluded for me to say no to a club like Liverpool”, he is quoted in Spanish paper El Desmarque.
Sevilla newspaper Diario de Sevilla report that negotiations have begun, with Liverpool offering €8m and Sevilla wanting €9.5m.
Alberto is a product of La Liga side Sevilla, but spent last season on loan to Barcelona ‘B’. The Catalan side had the option to make the move permanent but decided against it – reportedly as Barca have a lot of players in a similar position already. Alberto scored 11 goals and 17 assists in 35 appearances last season.
Alberto is described as being a similar player to Philippe Coutinho, playing mostly as an attacking midfielder.
With fellow attacking midfielder Jonjo Shelvey linked with a move away from Anfield this summer, Alberto appears to be a replacement for the Englishman; similar age, similar position, but different style and ability – one being more suited to Brendan Rodgers’ style of play.
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The Montlake Bridge is almost certainly the source for many, many dream elements over the years.
There's just something about the metal grating that things can fall through, the sound of car tires as they cross it, the metalwork and green color of the handrail, the strip of sidewalk that always feels just a bit too narrow and precarious, the long drop down into the Cut, the water below.
The bridge went up right after I crossed over it, on my way to the UW light rail station. I had to turn, pause, and watch.
And it still tickles my funny bone that the light rail tunnel passes underneath it all.
Ways in which this city is NOT the Bay Area: Wading pools in the parks. Big, droopy leaves on the trees. Mountains so close you can touch them (a clear day today, so you can see the Cascades and the Olympics, and we will all point this out to each other). No lurking fear of long-term drought, no insane long-distance irrigation projects, no crazy Central Valley.
This entry was originally posted at https://rebeccmeister.dreamwidth.org/1226689.html. Please comment there using OpenID.
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1. Consider the following argument: "The burial practices of the Callatians differ from those of the Greeks. The Eskimos have very different marriage customs than we do. There are an indefinite number of examples of this cultural diversity in moral codes. Since different cultures have different moral codes, it follows that there are no right answers to moral questions." Does Rachels think this is a good argument? Explain why or why not in detail.
2. Consider the following statement: "What is right for members of a culture is determined by whatever their culture's moral code says is right." What are two of the consequences which Rachels thinks follow from this position? Does Rachels agree or disagree with these consequences? Does he agree or disagree with the original statement? Explain why.
3. Describe the practice of “female circumcision” as it is manifested in several African countries. Does this practice support or cause problems for the doctrine of cultural relativism? Why might someone believe that this example undermines cultural relativism? Is it intolerant to try to prevent this practice from continuing to occur in other cultures?
4. Does Rachels think all cultures share some values in common? Explain Rachels' argument for either agreeing or disagreeing with this position.
5. Give an example in which it looks like we have a significant disagreement in value between two cultures and yet the disagreement between the two is really a disagreement in belief about factual issues.
6. What does Rachels think we can learn from cultural relativism? What dimension of this doctrine is true and valuable, on his view?
7. Is it "an objective moral truth" that we should be tolerant of others? Is it always appropriate to be tolerant of the behavior of others and other cultures? Why or why not? What does Rachels think about this?
8. What is contextual or situational relativism?
9. Are there any moral rules which do not have exceptions (which are absolute)?
10. Explain the difference between moral rules which are universally accepted and moral rules which are universally applicable.
Questions on Rolston, Does the Aesthetic Appreciation of Landscapes Need to be Science Based?
1. Does Rolston believe that a scientific understanding of nature is necessary and/or sufficient for the aesthetic appreciation of nature? Does he think it is necessary for the most appropriate aesthetic appreciation of nature? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?
2. What are the two components that Rolston thinks are necessary for a proper aesthetic appreciation of nature? Which of these does Daniel Boone lack? Which of these might a scientist lack?
3. If one aesthetic appreciation is based on a false belief, does that mean one’s appreciation is deficient? Using an example explain both Rolston’s view and your own view.
4. Do you accept that there are better and worse aesthetic appreciations of nature?
5. Is science the only way we can know what something really is?
6. Must one appreciate an object for what it is in order to properly appreciate the object?
1. What is subjectivism about morality? How is it different from cultural relativism? What does Rachels think about subjectivism? What is Rachels' own position about the nature of morality? Is it subjectivistic or objectivistic? Explain.
2. Define simple subjectivism. What are the two objections that Rachels gives to simple subjectivism?
3. Define emotivism (and distinguish it from simple subjectivism). Explain how emotivism avoids the two objections to simple subjectivism. What is Rachels objection to emotivism?
4. Rachels argues that the appeal of subjectivism is based on a false belief that we only have two options (a “false dilemma”). What are those two options? What is the third option that Rachels suggests we could (and should) adopt?
5. According to Rachels, are there proofs in ethics? (What is one of Rachels’ examples.) What are some of the reasons Rachels gives for why people think there are no proofs in ethics?
6. Rachels considers the charge that homosexuality is unnatural in three different ways. What are those ways and what is Rachels’ evaluation of those claims?
1. Does Taylor deny that the world could have always existed? Do you think it is possible the world could have always existed?
2. Why doesn't the possibility that the universe has always existed undermine the possibility of arguing that God must exist to explain the existence of the world?
3. What is the difference between creation as a preceding cause bringing something into existence and creation as ontological dependence?
4. What is a necessary being? A contingent being? An impossible being? An eternal being? Give examples. Is a necessary being an eternal being? Might a contingent being be eternal? Is the idea of a necessary being intelligible?
5. According to Taylor, can God exist without a cause? Does Taylor think God is an exception to the principle of sufficient reason?
6. What is problematic about the notion of God as a self-caused being in the sense of a being who brought him/herself into existence? In what sense does Taylor think God is self-caused?
7. Why can't the world have come into existence without a cause or have always existed without any cause?
1. What role (positive and negative) does Cutting see for philosophy in regards to religious beliefs?
2. Does philosophical consensus support atheism or theism?
3. What are basic beliefs and in what way might religious beliefs be basic?
1. What are the two ways that James suggests we can arrive at beliefs?
2. Are we free to choose to believe in something or not believe in it? What reasons are there for thinking that belief is not under control of the will? Give examples to explain this point.
3. Does James think that our passionate nature ever does decide our beliefs? If so, give examples. If not, explain why not.
4. James argues that Clifford lets his passionate decide something of great importance and hence makes a choice that is not based on sufficient evidence. What is this choice?
5. Does James think that it is ever appropriate for the passions to decide our beliefs? If so when? If not, why not?
6. What does James mean by a genuine option? Explain each of its three components using examples. Do you think religion is a genuine option? Why or why not?
7. Explain the difference between a forced option and one that is not forced? Give examples of each. Is belief in God a forced option? Why or why not? Would God treat agnostics and atheists the same?
8. Explain the difference between a live and dead option. Between a momentous and trivial option.
9. James provides a couple of reasons for thinking under certain conditions it is irrational to wait for sufficient evidence before one believes something. What are those two reasons.
10. Why does James think it is irrational to wait until one has conclusive proof for God's existence before one believes in God?
11. Can the desire for something being true ever help bring about that truth? Give an example. Could this be the case with God's existence?
12. How might refusal to believe shut one off from evidence crucial to confirming the belief?
1. What is the problem of evil? State the problem as clearly and explicitly as you can. What sort of God would not have a problem of evil?
2. What does it mean to provide a "theodicy?"
3. Explain the difference between moral and nonmoral evil, as Hick defines it.
4. Is it inappropriate to claim that what happens in nature (independent of any human or divine involvement) is morally wrong? Why or why not? Explain how one might negatively value what happens in nature (independent of human involvement) without saying that something morally wrong is taking place.
5. State Hick's free will defense for the existence of evil as fully and forcefully as you can. Is this an adequate theodicy? Why or why not?
6. Does the free will defense address all kinds of evils(=bads) in the world? Why or why not?
7. How might Hick answer the following questions/objections: Why didn't God make people who were unable to sin? Why didn't God make people who were able to sin, but in fact never did sin? Why didn't God just not make people given they would create so much evil?
8. Why does Hick think that it is no limitation of God's power to say God can't produce the logically impossible? Give examples.
9. What reasons does Hick give for thinking that a good bit of hardship and suffering is necessary for the best possible world? Do you agree with Hick on this point?
10. Is an afterlife a necessary part of a theodicy? What does Hick think about this and what are his reasons for his view?
11. What is the difference between a bookkeeping view of the rewards of heaven and Hick's views concerning the infinite future good?
12. How would Hick respond to Ivan's and Alyosha's suggestion (in the reading from Dostoevsky) that all the value in the world is not worth the pain and suffering of one small child tortured to death? Do you think it is worth it?
13. Evaluate the following theodicies: God didn't create evil, humans did; There is more good in the world than evil; Evil is necessary as a contrast with good; God's ways are incomprehensible and God has reasons for allowing evil that we can't understand; We have no right to question God's ways.
1. Describe the divine command theory of morality. What are the two interpretations of this theory that Rachels discusses. Explain how they are different from each other. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each interpretation?
2. Describe the Natural Law Theory of the relationship between religion and morality (in Chapter Four of Rachels). Explain the senses in which it ties religion and morality together and also how it keeps them separate. Do you agree with this theory of the relationship between religion and morality? Why or why not?
3. Explain in what sense Rachels thinks the relation between religion and morality is like the relation between religion and science. Do you agree with him about this? Why?
4. Discuss some of the problems that Rachels identifies with accepting the dictates of one's church or of a holy book as morally authoritative. In what way does Rachels' own position on the nature of morality conflict with such approaches to ethics?
1. What is egoism? What is altruism? What is hedonism? How is it different than egoism?
2. What is psychological egoism? What is ethical egoism? How are they different? Is either (or both) a theory about the nature of morality (i.e., a moral theory)? Explain.
3. Does it make sense to believe both theories at once? Does one theory provide evidence or support for the other? (If psychological egoism is true does it follow that ethical egoism is also true? How about the other way around?) If both psychological and ethical egoism are true, what follows about the rightness or wrongness of our actions?
4. Does it matter whether or not psychological egoism is true? What implications does this have for morality (for example, consider utilitarian moral theory) and for the design of social institutions (consider the socialism versus capitalism debate)?
5. Present the two arguments considered in the text for psychological egoism. Does Rachels think these are sound arguments? Do you think they are?
6. Do you think psychological egoism is true? Why or why not? Explain what Rachels thinks about psychological egoism.
7. What is the "strategy of reinterpreting motives?" Why does Rachels think this can't prove the truth of the version of egoism it is used to support?
8. What is the difference between acting out of self-interest and acting selfishly? What is the difference between acting out of self-interest and acting to achieve pleasure? Give examples of acts which are one but not the other.
9. Evaluate the following argument for ethical egoism: "Since we each know what is in our own interests better than others do, and since we each are generally better able to provide for our own well-being than we are for the well-being of others, society as a whole would be better off if each person acted in her own self-interest." What does Rachels think about this argument?
10. Is the following a good argument for ethical egoism? What does Rachels think about this argument? "Since it is in a person's own self-interest to obey the rules of morality (e.g., not to lie, steal, cheat, or murder), ethical egoism justifies our ordinary moral rules and thus provides a solid foundation for morality."
11. Explain in detail Rachels own argument against ethical egoism. (This is the last one he considers in the chapter comparing egoism to racism/sexism.) Evaluate this argument from your own perspective.
13. If one believed ethical egoism was true, which moral theory ought one to advocate publicly? Ethical egoism? Ethical altruism? Explain.
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The School of Education's professional programs operate from a well-developed strategic action plan that first evolved in 1985. The plan has been revisited and updated continually. The plan aligns purposefully with the university's goals and builds upon essential knowledge and skills, research findings and sound professional practice. The knowledge base for each of the School’s academic programs serves as a foundation of the school's conceptual framework, "Educators as Reflective Professionals."
The current strategic plan emerged from the university's UM/2020 Strategic Plan with three Flagship Goals and Seven Priorities of Excellence. The School of Education has created 15 goals directly aligned with the university's priorities of excellence. These goals will help the School of Education advanced into the 21st century to meet the needs of an ever-changing society.
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NO BEGGING, no waiting for table scraps…. no people food, unless it is in my bowl. I have slowly learned these lessons. I used to jump in everyone’s lap when they were eating, but I have learned that it is no use. Now I just wait, and when nothing drops from the table for a few minutes I go and find 4 or 5 toys to play with. If I am REALLY lucky I get a bully stick to chew on while everyone else is eating.
I can’t resist the smell of cooking. Whenever there is food being prepared in the kitchen that is where you can find me. I love smelling all food being cooked…. and sometimes a few pieces drop for me to eat as well. On the whole I don’t beg…. mostly because I eat BEFORE everyone else. I usually eat about 30 minutes before so that my tummy is full when everyone else is eating.
Treats are a completely different story. I am apparently allowed to beg for treats. In grandma and grandpa’s house I know where the treats are, so when people go over to those particular spots I follow them just waiting. I know my commands so I will get a treat every time. I am still learning to roll over, but I’ve got sit, down, wait, off, shake, high five and kiss.
Lastly, there are some treats that make your breath smell…. I apparently don’t get these treats anymore. I DO LOVE THEM, so I guess I will have to wait until the bad breath doesn’t last that long so that I can get them again! Look how patient we all are while we wait for our treats!
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We have developed a device that can be installed in our shared commercial 500 MHz NMR instrument, to move a sample from its usual position at the center of the magnet out to a lower-field position above the center, or outside, the magnet, and back, with a maximum round-trip time of 350 msec. This permits us to insert a low-field interval into any NMR pulse sequence, that can then be used to study relaxation processes at the lower field. At these lower fields, heterospecies nuclear dipolar relaxation between observed nuclear spins, in our case 31P or 13C, and nearby unpaired spin species, including those on introduced nitroxide-radical spin-labels, are enhanced. Most interestingly, we can characterize, and determine binding locations of weak non-covalently bound molecules to larger proteins and structures such as peripheral membrane proteins. The general method has been to measure the relaxation rate of a smaller chemical species that has an easily observed nuclear resonance signal (from naturally occurring 31P or protons, or substituted 13C) on a smaller molecule or phospholipid membrane, by the presence of a larger species that can be a spin labeled. In favorable cases distances between nuclear spins and spin-labeled sites on the two species can be usefully estimated. This has been a strong collaboration with Professor Mary Roberts, of Boston College, most recently finding evidence for existence of two binding sites, each for a different lipid, one of which of which is most likely an activity-enhancer site whose existence she had proposed. She and her group provided most of the biochemical impetus and all of the samples for most of our publications. The general approaches often resemble those using fluorescence, but our method is needed for weaker binding pairs of species, and/or where fluorescent labels would interfere with the behavior of one species.
Apparatus. Our apparatus uses a linear motor (visible towering above the main magnet of the University's shared 500 MHz magnet to the left of me in the photo) that, using a downward-extending carbon-composite rod, can move a standard liquid NMR sample, from its usual central position, up any distance even above the main magnet, under microprocessor control. In this way an interval can be introduced into any NMR sequence where the spin-lattice relaxation decay of any longitudinal nuclear coherence can be studied over a range of magnetic fields, down to 0.002 Tesla in favorable cases. Dipolar relaxation between nuclear spins and electrons is enhanced at low fields, so that this method is vastly superior to previous high-field methods, yet we maintain sensitivity and resolution comparable to the host 500 MHz spectrometer. The detailed field-dependence gives much information, This is not the first apparatus of its kind but it is the first which is reversibly installed on (within an hour), and removed from, a commercial instrument, thereby providing great economy (less than 20% of the cost of the host shared 500 MHz machine) and versatility.
My paper in J. Biol. NMR, 2012 52:159-177 provides a description of the new apparatus and references to descriptions of previous versions of it. It is extensively supplemented here by on-line material: <part 1> has various manuals and directions for users and support; <part 2> is a lengthy discussion directed toward potential builders of similar machines, with PDF figures in <figures for part 2>; and <part 3> has extensively commented program listings. A poster <EMBO 2009> provides useful photos and is up-to-date except that it used a stepper motor, instead of a servomotor, to drive the linear motor. A group of earlier files <Pneumatic> contains obsolete material some of which is referrenced in <part 2>, which was a supplement to my early paper in Magn. Reson. Chem, 41:753-768.
Applications of the apparatus are described in eleven research papers listed at the beginning of <Part1>. I urge you to read some of them, they are all unique in both methodology and results. .
Dr. Redfield is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Last reviewed: June 9, 2016.
E-mail comments or questions to the webmaster.
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Borussia Dortmund are interested in bringing back former player Ilkay Gundogan as talks of a contract extension have stalled with Manchester City.
The German midfielder's contract is due to end in the summer of 2020, while he has held talks over a renewal at the Etihad Stadium.
The Sun report that Dortmund have been keeping tabs on the 28-year-old midfielder, who played at Signal Iduna park between the years of 2011 and 2016, in hopes of securing a permanent move when his contract expires, if not before.
The report cites a source within the Etihad as saying: "Dortmund have had a look at getting him back. He still hasn't fully made up his mind what he's going to do.
"Talks have been slow to progress on his new contract. He is happy here but Dortmund have a history of bringing back old players."
Gundogan enjoyed a successful spell with Dortmund before joining current Premier League champions back in 2016 for £20m, winning the Bundesliga and DFB Cup during his time in his homeland.
While Dortmund may be interested, the report does also note that his £120,000-a-week wages may be difficult to match for the Bundesliga leaders.
Gundogan has played 30 times in all competitions for the Citizens this season, contributing four goals and three assists so far.
The number eight still remains an important figure for Man City, but Pep Guardiola and the club hierarchy are rumoured to be looking to bolster their midfield options this summer, potentially pushing Gundogan down the pecking order and making his contract situation precarious.
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2019-04-25T10:13:46Z
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http://www.manchestercity-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/ilkay_gundogan_linked_with_return_to_borussia_dortmund_as_man_city_contract_wind_925021/index.shtml
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When you visit the UW Arboretum, you go to take a stroll through the woodlands, prairies, and flowering trees. You go to navigate the boardwalks that wind through wetlands to views of a shimmering Lake Wingra. You go to breathe in the heady scent of the world-famous lilac collection. What you don’t go to do is serve as a taxi for ticks and their pathogens. But if you spend time outside in the summer, odds are you’re acting as an unwitting tick transport — and the odds are increasing.
Home to robust populations of ticks and their hosts (namely, mice and deer), Wisconsin — the Arboretum included — has become a hot spot for tick-borne diseases. Over the past 25 years, deer ticks have trekked from the northern parts of the state to the south and east. They are now found nearly everywhere, lurking in the backcountry, in the wooded areas of neighborhoods, and even in well-manicured lawns.
Wisconsin residents are also encountering more of another well-known pest — mosquitoes. Last summer, Paskewitz and her colleagues trapped 80,000 mosquitoes in Dane County. That’s eight times more than ever observed previously, a sign that their numbers are growing.
The Asian tiger mosquito, a species capable of spreading the Zika virus, was found in Wisconsin last year. In humans, Zika infection often causes mild or no symptoms, but it can lead to pregnancy complications, such as brain malformations in infants. In 2015, an epidemic of Zika broke out, starting in Brazil, where around 1.5 million people became infected. Although the number of cases throughout the Americas has dropped dramatically since 2016, and Zika transmission has not been detected in Wisconsin, the disease has made its way into other parts of the Midwest.
As mosquitoes and ticks travel into new territory, exposure to the diseases they carry increases. In 2016, more than 640,000 cases of vector-borne disease were reported nationwide, which is triple the number of cases in 2004. In roughly that same time period, nine new germs spread by bites from mosquitoes and ticks have been discovered or introduced in the United States.
In this new reality, scientists, public health officials, industry representatives, and the public are asking how they can be better prepared to respond to ongoing cases and stop epidemics before they start. A new consortium led by Paskewitz and Lyric Bartholomay PhD’04, associate professor in the UW School of Veterinary Medicine, aims to provide answers.
The Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease was established last year with a $10 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to research illnesses transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes (the vectors, in this case) and train new professionals who can stop the diseases from spreading. The center is a direct response to the struggle the U.S. faced when Zika arrived and is part of a system of regional consortia tasked with studying and preparing for vectorborne diseases. These consortia form the basis of a federal plan to build a barricade against what is seen as a rising threat.
The investment will allow researchers and public health officials to keep a close watch on a number of pathogens transmitted by ticks and mosquitoes. Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in Wisconsin, with almost 1,500 confirmed cases in 2016 (and many cases go unreported). Spread by deer ticks, the disease causes fatigue, aches, and fevers, which are sometimes — but not always — accompanied by the hallmark bull’s-eye rash. If left untreated, Lyme disease can lead to facial paralysis, nerve pain, short-term memory issues, and a host of other debilitating symptoms.
Other tick-borne diseases in the area include Powassan virus infection, ehrlichiosis, and anaplasmosis. Reported cases of anaplasmosis, which is also spread by deer ticks, have increased drastically in the last several years. The disease typically causes flu-like symptoms, but it can lead to dire complications, such as renal failure, neurological problems, and hemorrhaging, if not treated correctly. Severe cases can cause prolonged hospitalization and even death.
Mosquitoes, likewise, carry a number of different diseases. West Nile virus, which often causes no symptoms but can sometimes lead to fever, headaches, and vomiting, is the most recognized mosquitoborne pathogen in Wisconsin. The state saw 47 confirmed cases in 2017. Other diseases reported in Wisconsin include the Jamestown Canyon virus and the La Crosse virus, which was discovered by researchers at UW–Madison in the 1960s and is a major cause of pediatric encephalitis.
Although the Midwest center is headquartered at UW–Madison, its many partners, including universities, public health departments, clinics, and mosquito control districts, can be found in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota. The collaborators work together closely, communicating and consulting regularly.
The regional focus and collaborative spirit of the center promises to provide mutual benefits to partners across the Midwest. For example, Illinois has seen its fair share of mosquitoes that can spread the West Nile and Zika viruses. If conditions become favorable for an outbreak of either disease in Wisconsin, Illinois could offer a lot of help in responding to those issues.
UW–Madison holds a wealth of knowledge as well. As ticks move into Illinois and Michigan, researchers and public health officials in Wisconsin will be able to share their experiences and research findings with others in the region. The UW Arboretum is a microcosm for the state and the Midwest, serving as an ideal place for observing vector, rodent, and human behavior and testing new control strategies. The expertise and structure of a regional center ensures that information gleaned from areas like the Arboretum reaches all collaborators. For instance, UW–Madison researchers held a workshop on mosquito and tick surveillance, just one of several short courses that the center and its partners have hosted.
The wide variety of expertise is especially important given the complexity of vector-borne diseases and their transmission. The tick life cycle provides many opportunities for diseases to be passed on because they must eat at every stage to survive. Larvae may feed on mice, birds, or chipmunks from which they can catch a disease. Nymphs might eat blood from larger animals, even coyotes and raccoons, giving them a second chance to become infected. Nymph and adult ticks can subject humans to any disease they may have picked up along the way.
This complexity necessitates not only the center’s varied expertise but also an approach that blends different players and interests. To make sure that all the people needed to address emerging diseases have a seat at the table, the center approaches its work through three avenues: training, research, and developing networks with communities and public health officials.
To be certain that the right personnel will be available when the next disease or outbreak arises, the Midwest center trains new experts in public health entomology, an essential part of their focus on readiness.
The certificate program is non-transcriptable (students don’t receive academic credits), but participants achieve various milestones that mark their ability to respond to the threat of a vector-borne disease. They achieve state certification as pest control applicators, take online or in-person classes, conduct fieldwork, and complete training in vector identification and diagnostics. The certificate was awarded to seven people last year.
The center’s investment in training has already yielded benefits. Last fall, the floodwaters that Hurricane Harvey left behind in southeastern Texas provided habitat for millions of mosquitoes to emerge in the area, thwarting recovery and raising concerns about disease. Two UW students working with the center traveled to Texas to help with mosquito control efforts. Melissa Farquhar, a veterinary medicine student, and Erin McGlynn, a medical student, were made temporary employees of a mosquito control company and spent many hours identifying the mosquitoes brought in from traps set up around the area.
Along with sending public health entomologists to the front lines of outbreaks and disease threats, the Midwest center is educating new researchers to augment the information and ammunition available for combating vector-borne diseases. Undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs participate in many different research projects as they work to identify, understand, and fight diseases and vectors.
With access to its large insectary, many in Bartholomay’s lab study mosquitoes. They’re working to find new ways to control the insects. Some are studying the effectiveness of larval-stage controls while others are looking for new active ingredients for insecticides or trying to understand the effectiveness of spraying for adult mosquitoes.
Just across a small outdoor courtyard from Bartholomay’s lab, Paskewitz and her team focus on ticks. They capture the insects through tried-and-true fieldwork using “drags,” large pieces of fabric with strips or tails cut into the end that they pull through forested areas. They then collect the ticks, sometimes using a simple lint roller to get them off the drags, and bring them back to the lab for identification and pathogen analysis.
In the past, variations in tick collection methods made it difficult for scientists to compare data from different labs. Some may use a drag with or without tails. They may count steps or keep track of time spent using the drag. Or they may cover the area of an entire plot. Because collection looked so different, it was hard for researchers to say that the outcome at one plot was comparable to the outcome at another. But the Midwest center is changing that. “We’re really trying to standardize tick collection here so we can directly compare data from different researchers,” Larson says.
Another tool aiding the researchers is the sophisticated technology they use to identify pathogens and uncover new diseases as they arise. Called PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, the technique allows researchers to identify DNA belonging to a known pathogen or even uncover hints of new pathogens. Using PCR, scientists can reveal the pathogens that are present and possible diseases that may be on the horizon.
As researchers get an idea of where the ticks live and what pathogens they harbor, they can come up with ways to reduce tick exposure and disease prevalence. Larson, who has a master’s degree in geography, hopes to develop new maps that show how the risks of diseases differ across Wisconsin.
Larson and other researchers in the lab are also looking for ways to help homeowners take tick control into their own hands — and their own backyards. Studies conducted in the UW Arboretum show that tick numbers could be reduced through the use of “tick tubes,” short stretches of pipe stuffed with cotton balls coated with an insecticide called permethrin. The tubes are placed near fallen trees or logs that serve as small animal highways. When animals happen upon the tubes, they nab the cotton balls for their nests, and the permethrin transfers to their coats, where it repels and kills ticks.
Tick tubes and other control strategies will become tools for public engagement as experts work to inform and involve more people in the center’s work. Larson has held training sessions and meetings with public health departments and homeowners’ associations in various parts of the state. He builds relationships with communities and finds opportunities to include them in the research process. Larson is applying these principles to an ongoing survey of homeowners’ properties in three areas in Wisconsin: Bearskin Lake near Minocqua, the Baraboo hills, and the UW Arboretum.
Findings like this get homeowners interested and invested in the research. Then they can test prevention methods on their own properties and share the information with their neighbors and the center. This summer, Larson will be visiting backyards to test the tick tubes that showed promise in the UW Arboretum.
“The goal of these prevention methods is to have them work at people’s homes. Now we’ll test this with the help of the homeowners to see if we can present them with a new way to avoid ticks in their everyday lives,” Larson says.
A new app, launched in May, will amplify the public’s role in gathering data and developing prevention methods. Bron, the Midwest center postdoc, developed The Tick App in collaboration with the Northeast Center of Excellence and the UW-Madison Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies. It asks users questions about their possible exposure to ticks. After a baseline survey, the app does what’s called ecological momentary assessments by prompting users to write an entry in their “tick diary” each day for 14 days.
Bron wants to use this data to determine where people are encountering ticks, which tick species they are running into, and how often tick bites result in disease transmission. She plans to integrate a feature that will allow users to send a photo of a tick they’ve come across so that researchers can determine the species and tie that back to what the user was doing when it was found.
In addition to data collection, Bron and her colleagues want the app to become a prevention tool. It can educate users about safe practices during tick season, remind them to use their bug spray, and send out alerts when tick numbers are peaking. And the ability to identify ticks through the app could lead to a better understanding of which ticks are harmless and which are cause for a precautionary trip to the doctor’s office.
Other public outreach methods in the works include new flyers and a center website that will host up-to-date information about vectors and disease prevention. The Department of Entomology has also developed a site that can accept photos and information from users and provide recommendations based on science. Partnerships with public health officials will help get the recommendations and data out to communities and residents throughout the state.
In the end, the center’s varied approach to vector-borne disease management means that residents of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest will be more informed and prepared for vector-borne diseases and any future outbreaks. It means the next time you explore the UW Arboretum or enjoy a summer evening in the backyard, you can better understand the ticks and mosquitoes around you and how you can protect yourself and your neighborhood.
This story first appeared in Grow, Wisconsin’s magazine for the life sciences.
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2019-04-19T10:19:49Z
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https://ghi.wisc.edu/a-new-cdc-funded-center-at-uw-looks-to-stay-a-step-ahead-of-the-upper-midwests-ticks-and-mosquitos/
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Science
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This is a one year fellowship. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has 400 acute and 650 chronic care beds. The hospital is on the same site as the Odette Cancer Centre and the Reichmann Research Institute. Sunnybrook houses the largest regional trauma centre in Canada.
Interventional Oncology: transarterial chemoembolization (TACE), transarterial embolization (TAE), portal vein embolization, RFA assisted vertebroplasty and osteoplasty.
All non-neuro non-invasive cardiac and vascular imaging (CT and MR) is handled by the division. While the focus of this fellowship is invasive work, VIR fellows are also actively involved in reporting CTA and MRA.
Angiography: Three suites (Three Philips Allura units, one of which is biplane).
CT: four multi-detector GE scanners (three 64 slice machines, one 4 slice machine).
MR: three clinical MR scanners, (two GE 1.5 Tesla, one 3 Tesla). There are also two research GE MR units.
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2019-04-25T05:19:06Z
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http://medical-imaging.utoronto.ca/vascular-interventional-radiology-fellowship-shsc
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Health
| 0.928728 |
hri
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(ANA-MPA) -- No significant problems were reported at polling precincts around the country, as Sunday, Nov. 14, marks the second round of municipal and regional elections in Greece. Polls opened at 7 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m.
The only glitches were staffing problems for election committees at certain precincts.
Eleven out of 13 regions will be decided in the second round, as well as in 221 out of 325 muinicipalities, with the biggest cities -- Athens, Thessaloniki and Piraeus to be decided.
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2019-04-21T10:39:56Z
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http://hri.org/news/greek/apeen/2010/10-11-14.apeen.html
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News
| 0.9544 |
ca
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This section contains links to short summaries of rule amendments recently adopted by the Judicial Council. Please refer to the history legend of each rule for its effective date. View the complete, current California Rules of Court.
Adopted December 2, 2005: Amendments effective January 1 and July 1, 2006.
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2019-04-18T20:55:05Z
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http://www.courts.ca.gov/3025.htm
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