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Scientists consider how to visit the closest exoplanet
By now, you probably have heard that astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet orbiting the star closest to our sun. That star, Proxima Centauri, is 4.2 light-years away. In miles, that's like 25 trillion.
The new planet's name is Proxima b. Because its star is so relatively close, some people wonder whether it would be possible to go there. And it is possible, in a way. But it would take a very long time. Even at the speed of light, it would take more than four years to go from Earth to the new planet (and no spaceship can go nearly that fast). New Horizons is the spacecraft that flew past Pluto. At 16 kilometers (10 miles) per second, it's the fastest vehicle that humans have launched. That was good enough to get to Pluto in nine years. But at that speed it would take almost 80,000 years to get to Proxima b.
In science fiction stories, of course, a warp drive or some other invention allows a spaceship to go faster than light. Then you could get to Proxima b easily. But in real life, nothing can go faster than light, and the best rockets can't even come close.
Scientists do have ideas for building ships that could do better than those available today. Rockets work by expelling their fuel's exhaust behind the vehicle. That propels the rocket forward because for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. (That's Isaac Newton's third law of motion.) To go forward faster, then, you need to expel your fuel's exhaust faster backward. One plan to do that would use electrically charged atoms to create a plasma engine. Its exhaust could speed away at 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) per second. That would make it a few times faster than the New Horizons probe.
Another very new idea would use radioactive matter. Many unstable atoms produce a specific form of radioactivity known as alpha particles. When an atomic nucleus spits out alpha particles, they can zip away 300 times faster than the exhaust of a plasma engine.
But to power a spaceship with alpha particles, you'd need a good supply of their radioactive source. Uranium might work. It comes in different forms, called isotopes. Some of them would be better than others. Perhaps the best of these, uranium-232, is not found in nature. It can be produced from other elements, however, by carrying out the right nuclear reactions.
Alpha particles usually fly off in all directions. So to power a ship, you would need a material that stops the particles flying off in one direction. Those free to fly the other way (the exhaust) would drive the ship forward (via that opposite but equal reaction, again).
Because alpha particles are tiny, an alpha-powered ship would start out slow. (In fact, you would have to shoot it into space to begin with, powered by an ordinary rocket.) But in space, with nothing to slow it down, the alpha ship would gradually gain speed. Eventually it might reach 200 to 300 kilometers (some 125 to 185 miles) per second.
In a scientific report about this plan, researchers from China say an alpha-powered ship could reach Proxima Centauri in 4,000 to 9,000 years. The exact time would depend on how much weight was onboard compared with how much fuel the ship carried. That's much faster than other propulsion systems. Still, nobody onboard the ship when it departed would still be alive when it arrived.
It might be possible, though, to send tiny spacecraft to Proxima Centauri much more quickly. And even a craft too small to carry passengers might still be big enough to hold cameras that snap pictures of the new world.
One group has proposed such a plan. A wealthy Russian named Yuri Milner and the famous physicist Stephen Hawking announced a project to study whether very small "nanocraft" could be sent to the Alpha Centauri system. (Proxima Centauri is one of three stars in that system.)
Their plan would be to build tiny cameras and lasers onto a wafer weighing about as much as a dime. Attached to the wafer would be a very thin material, sensitive to laser light. That would act as its sail. Pressure from a powerful laser beam could propel the sail-wafer. Scientists working on the plan think they might be able to drive a fleet of such wafers toward Proxima Centauri at one-fifth the speed of light. At that rate, the wafer crafts might reach Proxima b in 20 years or so. Then they could use their laser to send data about the planet back to Earth.
Nobody knows for sure whether this plan will work. Even if it does, building a ship that fast — but big enough to carry people — would be much, much harder. And it might not be such a good idea. A real ship (say the size of the space shuttle) flying at a fifth the speed of light would be very dangerous. If something that size crashed into Earth, it would release the same amount of energy as millions of atomic bombs. If any intelligent beings living on Proxima Centauri saw such a ship heading their way, they might get pretty nervous.
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alpha particle A type of ionizing radiation, physically equivalent to the nucleus of a helium atom (because it consists of two protons and two neutrons). Alpha particles carry away some of the energy that had been in the nucleus from which it had been emitted. That energy will be deposited into any material with which it collides. If alpha particles collide with living tissue, they can be very biologically damaging. Alpha particles are released by some radioactive atoms, including plutonium, polonium, radium and uranium.
atom The basic unit of a chemical element. Atoms are made up of a dense nucleus that contains positively charged protons and neutrally charged neutrons. The nucleus is orbited by a cloud of negatively charged electrons.
atomic Having to do with atoms, the smallest possible unit that makes up a chemical element.
element (in chemistry) Each of more than one hundred substances for which the smallest unit of each is a single atom. Examples include hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, lithium and uranium.
engine A machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Sometimes an engine is called a motor.
exhaust (in engineering) The gases and fine particles emitted — often at high speed and/or pressure — by combustion (burning) or by the heating of air. Exhaust gases are usually a form of waste.
exoplanet A planet that orbits a star outside the solar system. Also called an extrasolar planet.
isotopes Different forms of an element that vary somewhat in weight (and potentially in lifetime). All have the same number of protons but different numbers neutrons in their nucleus. As a result, they also differ in mass.
laser A device that generates an intense beam of coherent light of a single color. Lasers are used in drilling and cutting, alignment and guidance, in data storage and in surgery.
light-year The distance light travels in one year, about 9.48 trillion kilometers (almost 6 trillion miles). To get some idea of this length, imagine a rope long enough to wrap around the Earth. It would be a little over 40,000 kilometers (24,900 miles) long. Lay it out straight. Now lay another 236 million more that are the same length, end-to-end, right after the first. The total distance they now span would equal one light-year.
matter Something which occupies space and has mass. Anything with matter will weigh something on Earth.
nuclear reaction Events that physically alter the nucleus of an atom. (This is in contrast to chemical reactions that affect the electrons orbiting an atom.) Some nuclear reactions will transmute an atom, change it into a different chemical element, such as through fission (also known as atom splitting). Others may involve the capture of energy by bombardment with electromagnetic radiation or subatomic particles. Nuclear reactions are not affected by temperature and pressure (as chemical reactions may be). Instead, they are driven primarily by the energy of the particle that hits them or by the intensity of the radiation prompting the reaction.
nucleus Plural is nuclei. (in physics) The central core of an atom, containing most of its mass.
particle A minute amount of something.
physicist A scientist who studies the nature and properties of matter and energy.
planet A celestial object that orbits a star, is big enough for gravity to have squashed it into a roundish ball and it must have cleared other objects out of the way in its orbital neighborhood. To accomplish the third feat, it must be big enough to pull neighboring objects into the planet itself or to sling-shot them around the planet and off into outer space. Astronomers of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) created this three-part scientific definition of a planet in August 2006 to determine Pluto's status. Based on that definition, IAU ruled that Pluto did not qualify. The solar system now includes eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
plasma (in chemistry and physics) A gaseous state of matter in which electrons separate from the atom. A plasma includes both positively and negatively charged particles. Pluto A dwarf planet that is located in the Kuiper Belt, just beyond Neptune. Pluto is the tenth largest object orbiting the sun.
pressure Force applied uniformly over a surface, measured as force per unit of area.
propulsion The act or process of driving something forward, using a force. For instance, jet engines are one type of propulsion for keeping airplanes aloft.
radioactive An adjective that describes unstable elements, such as certain forms (isotopes) of uranium and plutonium. Such elements are said to be unstable because their nucleus sheds energy that is carried away by photons and/or and often one or more subatomic particles. This emission of energy is by a process known as radioactive decay.
rocket Something propelled into the air or through space, sometimes as a weapon of war. A rocket usually is lofted by the release of exhaust gases as some fuel burns. (v.) Something that flings into space at high speed as if fueled by combustion.
science fiction A field of literary or filmed stories that take place against a backdrop of fantasy, usually based on speculations about how science and engineering will direct developments in the distant future. The plots in many of these stories focus on space travel, exaggerated changes attributed to evolution or life in (or on) alien worlds.
speed of light A constant often used in physics, corresponding to 1.080 billion kilometers (671 million miles) per hour.
star The basic building block from which galaxies are made. Stars develop when gravity compacts clouds of gas. When they become dense enough to sustain nuclear-fusion reactions, stars will emit light and sometimes other forms of electromagnetic radiation. The sun is our closest star.
sun The star at the center of Earth's solar system. It's an average size star about 26,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Or a sunlike star.
trillion A number representing a million million — or 1,000,000,000,000 — of something.
uranium The heaviest naturally occurring element known. It's called element 92, which refers to the number of protons in its nucleus. Uranium atoms are radioactive, which means they decay into different atomic nuclei.
Further Reading
Journal: W. Zhang et al. Revisiting alpha decay-based near-light-speed particle propulsion. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. Vol. 114, August 2016, p. 14.
Press Release: Internet investor and science philanthropist Yuri Milner & physicist Stephen Hawking announce breakthrough starshot project to develop 100 million mile per hour mission to the stars within a generation. Breakthrough Initiatives. April 12, 2016.
Press Release: VASIMR® VX-200 meets full power efficiency milestone. Ad Astra Rocket Co. November 23, 2010.


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We are just starting on a pretty big project with lots of sub projects. we don't currently use any kind of named process but I am hoping to get some kind of agile/scrumlike process in by the back door.
The area I will be focusing on most is having a good backlog for the whole project and, at least in my head, the idea of an iteration where some things are taken from the backlog, looked at in more detail and developed to a reasonable deadline.
I wonder what techniques people use to break projects down into things to go in the backlog, and once the backlog is created how it is maintained and ordered. also how relationships between elements are maintained (ie this must be done before it is possible to do that, or this was one story now it is five)
I am not sure what I expect the answer for this question to look like. I think what may be most helpful is if there is an open source project that keeps its backlog online in some way so I can see how others do it.
Something else that would get +1 from me is examples of real user stories from real projects (the "a user can log on" story does not help me picture things in my project.

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CUI Global, Inc.'s Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Orbital-UK, to Host Natural Gas Technical Symposium at Mercedes-Benz World Centre in Brooklands, UK
25 Jun, 2013, 10:30 BST
TUALATIN, Oregon, June 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CUI Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: CUI), a platform company dedicated to the acquisition, development, and commercialization of new, innovative products and technologies, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Orbital-UK, along with leading UK sensor producer, SICK (UK) Ltd. ("Sick"), will host a natural gas technology symposium at the Mercedes-Benz World Centre in Brooklands, UK on July 3, 2013.
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Following previous such successful symposiums hosted by Orbital and Sick, and reflecting the on-going commitment to innovation within the two organizations, Orbital and Sick are this year hosting another technical seminar at the state-of-the-art Mercedes Benz conferencing facility, located within the grounds of the historic Brooklands motor circuit.
This prestigious and valued event is aimed directly at those working within the global natural gas industry and offers an insight into the latest technologies, developments and best practices within the gas industry. The event will specifically afford Orbital an opportunity to re-introduce the GasPTi, its VE-Probe Technology and associated products to an assortment of industry leaders.
Sick, based in St Albans, Hertfordshire, is a subsidiary of Sick- AG. It has a wide network of Sales Engineers, Service Engineers, Distributors and resellers throughout the UK and Ireland and is an experienced system partner for many major projects.
Sick-AG, founded in 1946, has a global presence with almost 50 subsidiaries and equity investments plus numerous sales agencies. Sick-AG currently employs about 6,300 employees worldwide, and achieved Group sales of €971,300,000 (USD $1.272 billion) in 2012 (SICK (UK) Ltd.).
The event will be hosted by CUI Global's president & chief executive officer, William Clough, who stated, "This biennial event between Orbital and Sick has been and continues to be an excellent opportunity for the two companies to present a number of high-tech solutions and best practices to the natural gas industry. This year, we are especially excited to feature, among other topics, the GasPTi and VE-Probe Technologies and to showcase the dramatic economic and technical advantages of these two technologies."
Orbital/Sick Technical Seminar
July 3, 2013
Mercedes-Benz World Centre
Brooklands Motor Circuit, United Kingdom
For more information about the conference, please visit: Orbital/Sick Technical Seminar
About CUI Global, Inc.
Delivering Innovative Technologies for an Interconnected World . . . . .
CUI Global, Inc. is a publicly traded company dedicated to maximizing shareholder value through the acquisition and development of innovative companies, products and technologies. From Orbital Gas Systems' advanced GasPT2 platform targeting the energy sector, to CUI Inc's digital power platform serving the networking and telecom space, CUI Global and its subsidiaries have built a diversified portfolio of industry leading technologies that touch many markets. As a publicly traded company, shareholders are able to participate in the opportunities, revenues, and profits generated by the products, technologies, and market channels of CUI Global and its subsidiaries. But most importantly, a commitment to conduct business with a high level of integrity, respect, and philanthropic dedication allows the organization to make a difference in the lives of their customers, employees, investors and global community.
For more information please visit www.cuiglobal.com
About Orbital-UK
Orbital-UK is the largest natural gas systems integrator in the U.K. For over 25 years, Orbital has developed its portfolio of products, services and resources to offer a diverse range of personalized gas engineering solutions to the gas utilities, power generation, emissions, manufacturing and automotive industries. Orbital-UK's internationally recognized expertise in the natural gas industry, including bringing together the patented VE-technology with the ground-breaking GasPTi device, offers natural gas operators and users a comprehensive engineering array for the next generation of energy metering systems.
For more information, please visit www.orbital-uk.com.
Important Cautions Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The company may experience significant fluctuations in future operating results due to a number of economic, competitive, and other factors, including, among other things, our reliance on third-party manufacturers and suppliers, government agency budgetary and political constraints, new or increased competition, changes in market demand, and the performance or reliability of our products. These factors and others could cause operating results to vary significantly from those in prior periods, and those projected in forward-looking statements. Additional information with respect to these and other factors, which could materially affect the company and its operations, are included in certain forms the company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Peppertree Park is a large community of ranch-style homes between Teri Lane and East Stassney Lane. Homes here feature stone or brick exteriors with colorfully painted wood siding. While some homes have been renovated to include modern features, others have been maintained with their original 1970s features. Homes in this neighborhood will fit anyone's budget since they are priced in the $100s. Homes on the eastern side of the community are right across the street from Houston Elementary School. On weekends, residents of Peppertree Park often visit McKinney Falls State Park, which has extensive hiking trails, multiple fishing areas and campgrounds. The Dove Springs Recreation Center, managed by local community members, offers adult and youth programs, sports teams and maintains a fitness center, swimming pool and playground for community use. Residents can find everything they need at the shops in Southpark Meadows. Peppertree Park homeowners are also close to many dining options, like Austin original Trudy's. With Interstate 35 bordering the community, residents are only ten minutes away from downtown Austin. Peppertree Park offers homeowners a charming, affordable home in a great location.
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Time for a quick review of the expanded edition of Between Heaven and Hell by Peter Kreeft:
I mean that in the champagne sense, because this superb apologetics book sparkles so brightly and goes down so fast that you don't realize how heavy the argumentation actually is.
To set the stage for my glowing recommendation, you need to know that Between Heaven and Hell is written as a three-way conversation--a Socratic dialog, if you will--between J.F. Kennedy, Aldous Huxley, and C.S. Lewis. The fictional conversation is set on November 22, 1963, the historical date on which all three men died.
So a few hours after Kennedy, Huxley and Lewis pass away, they meet up in an unspecified location "somewhere between heaven and hell," and, at Lewis' bequest, begin a civil debate to discover the true nature of life. Kennedy represents materialism, Huxley Eastern religion, and Lewis the orthodox Christian faith. The dialog that Peter Kreeft creates is remarkable for its fluidity, its characterization, and its seamless incorporation of weighty theological and philosophical questions. Great ending as well.
In a word (other than "bubbly"), this book is brilliant. I like everything I've read by Peter Kreeft, and this is one of his masterpieces. A main advantage of the "expanded edition" was listening to Kreeft reflect on the book's history since its initial publication in 1982. One remarkable fact: Several people who knew C.S. Lewis personally have remarked to Kreeft that the demeanor of his faux Lewis fits the real man perfectly.
*** Between Heaven and Hell gets 3 of 3 stars--Don't miss it--and I have a hard time seeing how it could fail to cause enthusiasm in both seasoned and amateur apologists and lovers of C.S. Lewis everywhere. You better believe it's on the Master Book List.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Peter Kreeft's Between Heaven and Hell (Book Review)
Time for a quick review of the expanded edition of Between Heaven and Hell by Peter Kreeft:
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Check Asher's expression as Aidan looks down on him
I'm pretty sure his nonverbals are communicating something along the lines of, "Just wait until I'm on my feet, friendo. My biceps are already as big as yours."
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Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wordle: G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy
Have you played with Wordle yet? Over time, this word-cloud-generating service could rise to the dignity of a verb form. ("So yesterday I Wordled it...") At this point, it's just plain fun.
I put Wordle's abilities to the test with the Introduction to G.K. Chesterton's Orthodoxy. And aside from creating a cool graphic, Wordle does indeed reveal the true colors of Chesterton's book. Notice words like "discover, romance, joke, fool, yacht" and "funny." You'll immediately get the right idea: This is not your average theology book. Which is why it's an inimitable classic that you should already have read twice...
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Friday, June 27, 2008
I hold Asher just like this
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Aidan Reveals Theology Jones
Aidan knows how to trigger useful surges of paternal affection. Strategy 1 involves grabbing my knees, and saying, "I'm with my DADDY!" At that point I get all teary-eyed and grab him so I can ruffle his hair and tell him that I love him and will always be there for him, even when turns 16 and starts growing facial hair and listening to his crazy rap music.
So I'm holding Aidan while drinking an Orange Julius with Lindsay and Sarah, my younger sister, when Aidan takes a sudden swipe at my glass and nearly knocks it out of my hand. My two front teeth avoid the collision only by jumping out of the way at the last second. Huh? So I ask the obvious question:
Me: Hey, why did you do that?
Aidan, without hesitation: SIN.
Not exactly what I was looking for. "Because I wanted to chip your front teeth," would have been more in line with what I was after. Or, "I wanted some more of that Orange Julius and thought I might slurp some out of the air as the glass flew out of your hand." Conclude what you want to, this does go to show one thing:
Aidan has his basic theology down cold. He could be teaching anthropology in some Christian schools...
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Aidan lives under the illusion...
...that he's one bad dude. However, the facade is kind of undermined by his great sense of humor, not to mention the fact that he likes tickle parties.
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Third by Portishead (Album Review)
Some of you remember the uproar Lindsay caused when she spit out a critical review of Third, Portishead's new album, calling it "bad and trippy, weird and annoying."
Well, in the days since, Portishead has been getting extended play time on the stereo and my ipod earbuds--and I'm here to tell you that Lindsay's assessment was a little on the tough side.
Third is a demanding album, no question. The stalled-out beats and filtered vocals give the songs a dark, enigmatic flavor. However, in my experience, this initial opacity also makes the record an immersive listening experience. There are a handful of albums that I've felt compelled to play over and over again, as if there are musical mysteries to be unraveled. Portishead's Third is right up there with Funeral by Arcade Fire and Radiohead's In Rainbows.
Upshot: If you're willing to invest the time, Portishead's latest foray into vocal-anchored electronica is a fascinating trip (hop). Highly recommended.
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Whatever is going on here, it doesn't look good for the books
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Asher in Orbit
Some people say that the months before the baby starts talking are the least interesting. Limited mobility, limited communication, etc., but let me just point out that the smaller the baby is, the higher you can throw him in the air.
Asher's highest recorded throw measures in at 11' 8". On that occasion he threw down a 360 dunk. With a tennis ball--but still, it was impressive.
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The Term is Over
We have just determined that my seminary days are over and I'm now a genuine graduate. Hallelujah.
For the last month I've been literally slaving away in my final class, a "preaching lab"--which, yes, is probably the most unusual "lab" you could ever hope to encounter. I presented a series of four messages which were graded on a very involved rubric that included stuff like cross references, theological terminology, historical backgrounds, appropriate gestures, voice inflection...you get the idea.
I gave my fourth message yesterday, and as of TWO MINUTES AGO, Lindsay and I examined the syllabus and determined that there's absolutely nothing to gain from putting together an optional fifth message. So voila, my accumulated grades have spoken, and I'm now a real graduate. HA! How do you like them apples, School? Told you I'd get the best of you in the end!!
To borrow and completely mis-apply some of C.S. Lewis' language, "The term is over: the holidays have begun." True, in this case, the holidays will involve copywriting, lots and lots of sweat expended in church planting, moving, and possibly a job search--but Man, it's good to be out of school.
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Friday, June 20, 2008
I'm Not Sure I Should Call This a Post
Occasionally a blogger will feel badly enough about his inability to write a substantial post that he'll write a guilty note and post that instead. This is one of those times.
My "Preaching Lab," the final class for my Master of Divinity degree, has been consuming my time like Michael Moore eating french fries. It's kind of like completing a lengthy research paper every week and then presenting in such a way that all your footnotes are incorporated audibly.
Oh yeah, and I'm also trying to develop a marketing plan for my freelance copywriting business.
Fortunately, that class is just about over. Coming up are some posts that will contain more than two or three sentences, including a couple book reviews (one by Aidan).
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
After playing pickup basketball with Aidan...
Asher sometimes takes a little breather in the shade of the goal. Those three hour series without water breaks will wear you out.
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Union Station - Downtown Kansas City
I took this after the Celebration at the Station, while we were stranded on the top level of a parking garage for an hour. That implies that I spent the entire hour getting this photo right--so let me assure you that it took mere seconds to take this shot. Mere seconds. That's how good I am.
It left an entire 59 minutes and 53 seconds to fume at the parking attendants, laugh at angry, unstable Johnson Countians, watch cars drive away below, etc.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Coldplay Albums for $2
No doubt you know that Coldplay's new album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends is out, and critics are already speaking up (Pitchfork, Patrol).
But did you know that you can download earlier albums, X & Y and A Rush of Blood to the Head (probably my favorite Coldplay album) for $2?
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Paul Pierce, Celtics, Minutes Away from NBA Title
Halftime. Celtics are blowing out the Lakers by 23, and I'm yelling at the television and fist pumping, happy that Aidan and Asher are pretty good sleepers in the pre-midnight hours. Kevin Garnett is finally showing up, the Celtics are firing on all cylinders, and Paul Pierce is making me proud--carving up the Lakers' D and getting his teammates all kinds of open looks.
Rock Chalk Celtics.
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Free Spoon Music MP3s
You can download 4 MP3 tracks by one of my favorite bands, Spoon, over at Daytrotter. One is an unreleased cover of Paul Simon's "Peace Like a River." The other three tracks come from Soft Effects, Kill the Moonlight, and 2007's spectacular Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga.
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Big 12 / Pac 10 Hardwood Challenge 2008
Remember last year, when the Big 12 split the Hardwood Challenge with the Pac 10 despite getting no respect as a conference nationally? Well, it could happen again this year. And again, watch out for marquee match-ups, with the Kansas Jayhawks taking on Arizona and the Texas Longhorns taking on UCLA. Here's the schedule for the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series:
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Oklahoma State at Washington
UCLA at Texas
USC at Oklahoma
Friday, December 5, 2008
Arizona at Texas A&M
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Baylor at Washington State
Oregon State at Iowa State
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Kansas State at Oregon
Nebraska at Arizona State
California at Missouri
Outside the four-day series window
Colorado at Stanford (Sat., Nov. 29, 2008)
Kansas at Arizona (Tue., Dec. 23, 2008)
Texas Tech at Stanford (Sun., Dec. 28, 2008)
HT: College Hoops Blog
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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Paul Pierce, Celtics, Steal Game Four
So you know the Boston Celtics have the L.A. Lakers down 3 games to 1, right? And that no NBA team has ever come back to win the title after being down 3 to 1? Did you know that the Celtics set a new record for the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history? And that Paul Pierce arguably did the best job defending Kobe Bryant that anyone ever has? That the Celtics have a chance to end the series on Fathers' Day?
Didn't think you knew.
Watch the video. I love Pierce's post-game interview. Like Kobe, he's a flat-out competitor. But unlike Kobe, he manages to preserve the human touch while killing teams... On guarding Kobe: "I just wanted to make it hard for him."
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Friday, June 13, 2008
Friday 5: Arcade Fire for $5
Some of you are probably already aware of Amazon's new weekly promo. Every Friday, 5 full-length MP3 albums go on sale for $5.
Great deal, in my book. Last week I grabbed R.E.M.'s new album, Accelerate. Anyway, scan the current deals, but don't drag your feet. If I had to nominate this week's can't-miss $5 album, I'd give the nod to Neon Bible (2007) by the Arcade Fire. But KT Tunstall is a solid pick too.
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Asher's Workout Regimen
Let's be honest. Older brothers can be a little
rough prone to wrestling and body-slamming. And Asher has had enough.
I've been noticing that he disappears in the living room for long periods of time (by "living room" I mean the general area of our loft where the futons are) and today I walked in on what is apparently Asher's new workout regimen.
When I asked how long he's been doing this, he told me he'd been working out secretly for about a month, usually during Aidan's nap time. When I asked how long he would keep it up, he told me--after finishing his set of push-ups--that he'd keep at until he could squash Aidan like a bug.
This kid is intense. I don't think my back could handle his futon-push-ups. To be real candid, I don't intend to find out. But now that I think about it... Asher's arms and torso are starting to look HUGE.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Aidan Dabbles in Black Magic
Aidan thinks "the magic word" is really magic. Like every other two-year-old, he sees stuff he absolutely must have that second whenever he goes out in public. Usually, these objects which awaken the latent materialism in his little heart are in the possession of someone else. I mean, of course: Why else do we see three-foot-tall humans engaged in fisticuffs in the woodchips?
So what does Aidan do? Asks permission to unleash the magic, of course. Asks to detonate the word to which there can be no answer:
"Daddy, say 'Please' to kids with ball?"
Because he knows that, if I will allow him to say the P-word, those kids playing with the ball will suddenly become former owners.
So far, I haven't let him approach strangers to ask for their balls, lollipops, Sprite, what have you. I'm starting to wonder, though, if maybe I should. Just once or twice. To let Aidan learn that the magic "Please" is not really the non-negotiable road to dominion that he thinks it is.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Paul Pierce Torches Lakers, Mario Chalmers NBA-Bound
I realize I may be one of the three people in the Midwest who cares about the NBA finals. But old loyalties die hard. Seeing Kansas Jayhawk star Paul Pierce kill the Lakers and make Kobe Bryant look like a petulant child is surprisingly good for my heart. Dime notes:
Bryant struggled with his shot in Boston. He scored 54 points in the two games, but he had 49 field-goal attempts. By comparison, Paul Pierce had 50 points while attempting only 26 shots.Check the Paul Pierce action from game two.
In other news, the KC Star reports that Mario Chalmers' NBA draft stock is rising and he's all but gone. No real surprise there, but it means that Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich will have to be The Men for the Kansas Jayhawks this fall. Actually, with the recruiting class KU has coming in, I'm not too worried. Here's hoping that Chalmers gets drafted midway through the first round and doesn't slip.
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Monday, June 09, 2008
Twitter Policy in the Works
Here were the stipulations under which I signed up with Twitter.
1. Change the visual background so that people won't mistake my homepage for a Welcome the Newborn Baby site. The little bird and powder blue motif can create that effect...
2. Post whenever someone chooses to "follow" me, thereby reminding me that I have a Twitter account.
So I guess you could say that the stars have not yet aligned themselves in such a way that I can whole-heartedly adopt the Twitter lifestyle. Clearly, though, some people adore Twitter. Absolutely love knowing what various people are doing and thinking at random hours throughout the day. Am I missing something?
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Sunday, June 08, 2008
For better or worse, Asher has started dosing himself
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Saturday, June 07, 2008
History of the Celtics vs. Lakers Rivalry
In case you're thinking about watching game 2 on Sunday, check out this slice of classic NBA history. Even before Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, the Celtics and Lakers were bitter rivals. Apparently no two NBA teams have a more interwoven and storied past:
In our modern sports lexicon, we carelessly bandy about the word "Dynasty". If 3 in a row or four in a decade is considered a dynasty, then those early Celtics were an uber-dynasty...
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Friday, June 06, 2008
It Wasn't Easy for Me to Turn Down Bill Self's Job Offer
I posted this true story on arieljvan.com, and apparently I'm not the only one who found it humorous, since I've been forced to retell it several times. You be the judge. Alternatively, you can wait until you see me slurping coffee in a cafe somewhere, and say, "Hey, tell me that story about you and Bill Self."
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Paul Pierce Beats up the Lakers in Game 1
Tell me you saw this last night. Game one of the NBA finals, which I'm eagerly soaking in because one of my all-time favorites, Paul Pierce, is finally going to get his championship ring.
As the first half ended, former Jayhawk stud and six-time NBA All Star was sitting on the bench with 3 points and 3 fouls. Then in the third quarter he went off on the L.A. Lakers--injured his knee in a smash-up that had the Celtic Nation holding its breath--and returned from the locker room to stir fans to euphoria and seal the Boston victory.
Check this video, especially the third play in, where Paul Pierce drops in a three after taking a hard foul. Incredible. This brings me back to 1996-1997 when Pierce was killing opponents in the Big 12. I'm out like Kobe Bryant in game 1...
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Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Fashion: I've mastered it, but it exhausts me
Aidan has devoted considerable time and effort to developing his urban 2 year old chic, but not without paying a steep price. He constantly gets tired and is forced to take naps in the middle of the day.
I'd say the reason is pretty obvious: All the time he spends pedaling furiously on the stationary bike of cool.
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Sunbeam accelerates Asher to dangerous speeds
Asher was crawling along at high speed as usual, when this beam of sunlight materialized and magically kicked his velocity up to overdrive, like in a Disney movie.
As you can see from the second photo, neither of us were prepared for the raw acceleration of warp crawl. Fortunately, both Asher and the camera emerged unharmed. However, we'll be keeping an eye out for rogue sunbeams from now on.
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008
The Power of One Good Endorsement
I turned down a first invitation to read Christian George's Sex, Sushi and Salvation, before noticing this blurb on the back:
This exotic potpourri of life slices vividly projects the truth that our Redeemer God alone can fulfill the desires for intimacy, community, and eternity that he has implanted in us. A top-class read... - J.I. Packer, author of Knowing God
So the second time around, I thought, How can you turn down a thumbs-up from J.I. Packer? Seriously, I don't care if this book does have a garishly painted, chopstick-wielding femme fatale's hand on the cover. I don't care that it appears to be another Donald-Miller-style search for God via global travel/stylish personal manifesto. I don't even care that Packer said "exotic potpourri" in his endorsement, which would normally disqualify this book as fit for male consumption.
Darn it, I'm going to give it a shot! So far, Sex Sushi & Salvation has been better than expected, and may get a review here. We'll see...
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Securing Application Secrets With EC2 Parameter StoreJune 17, 2017
When developing a non-trivial application, an important early step is to decide what to do with your application secrets.
These can be API keys, database passwords, or other special configuration values your application needs to function, but that you don't want everyone to have access to. Very often, developers wind up taking an insecure or difficult-to-manage (or both) approach to application secret storage, either due to time constraints or uncertainty around best practices.
In this article, we'll learn about the best way to secure your application secrets - EC2 Parameter Store. But first, let's take a look at a few less secure methods for managing application secrets that are still commonly used.
Storing plaintext secrets in source control
While this may seem like a convenient way to manage secrets, its crucial flaw is that even in a closed, private project, it exposes your application secrets to anybody with read access to the repository. This approach would certainly not pass an audit, and the security implications are considerable even if your project doesn't have any formal compliance requirements.
Storing plaintext secrets on the server
Another approach is to store secrets on the server where your application is running. This can be in the form of an application configuration file that doesn't get committed to source control. In the case of a web application, you can store secrets in the web server configuration to be injected into your application's runtime as environment variables.
This is a safer approach than having plaintext secrets in source control, as it limits the number of people who would have access to them, but it has a big weakness that the previous approach doesn't: it's inconvenient.
Let's say you have a dozen servers running the same application. How are you going to modify existing application secrets or create new ones? Logging in to each server individually would take a while and is very inconvenient. You could introduce some automation around configuration management, which would address how your application is going to access the secrets it needs to run and how you're going to keep them up to date, but it doesn't address where you're going to store those secrets in the first place.
In other words, how is your automation going to know what secrets it needs to deposit on each server?
We already covered why you shouldn't store them in your source control repository, and it wouldn't make sense to only store them at their destination. So where would you store them? Somewhere else on your computer? That's not necessarily secure either, but even if it were, how would other members of the team who should have access to those secrets get them? Perhaps everyone could get a copy when they change, but then how do you distribute them securely and make sure they're all in sync? There are a lot of logistical problems with this approach.
So, what can you do?
Storing encrypted secrets in source control
If the problem is due to plaintext, then let's start encrypting things, right? Well, yes, but it's not that simple. If you used a modern, secure algorithm, then you alleviate a lot of problems with storing plaintext secrets in source control, but you encounter another problem - how do you decrypt the secrets? To decrypt an encrypted string, you'll need the right key, but the key itself is also a secret that needs to be kept safe!
You can't store the key in your source control for the same reason you can't store the secrets themselves in source control. If you store the key on your servers, then you encounter the same maintenance complications you'd see if you were to store the secrets on the server. Even if you did have an approach that allowed you to store and easily maintain the decryption key (or the secrets themselves) on your servers, there's still a problem - what if there are no servers?
Lambda, EMR, CodeDeploy, etc., are all "serverless" technologies available to you in the AWS portfolio of features and services. None of them are meant to run on any sort of permanent server that you would access in order to store your encrypted application secrets or the keys that unlock them. If your application stack involves any of these services, then all the approaches to application secret management we've covered so far are not going to work.
Managing secrets with Amazon EC2 Parameter Store
Now that we've gotten a few suboptimal approaches out of the way, let's dive into the best approach - the Amazon EC2 Parameter Store, which provides a centralized store to manage your configuration data, whether it's plain-text data such as database strings or secrets such as passwords, encrypted through AWS Key Management Service.
For this tutorial, let's assume we have a web application that interacts with an external API endpoint, which requires an API key for use. The API key is meant to be secret and should not be shared, so you're the only one who knows it right now. It needs to be stored securely, updated efficiently and easily accessible to your application.
Getting started
Secrets managed by the EC2 Parameter Store are encrypted using AWS Key Management Service (KMS) keys, so the first thing we need to do is create a key. We could use the default
aws/ssm key that AWS would create automatically for us, but creating our own key specific to the application that will be using it gives us more granular control over who can manage and access it. It also allows larger organizations with multiple applications to more easily limit visibility and management of application secrets to those teams responsible for those particular applications.
We'll be adhering to AWS best practices and using IAM Roles on our EC2 instances to interface with the AWS API, so we need to create a new IAM Role. We could also simply attach the AmazonSSMReadOnlyAccess IAM Policy, but doing so would give the IAM Role access to read all SSM-related items, not just Parameters.
To start creating this custom IAM Policy, open the AWS Console and navigate to IAM -> Policies and click Create policy. Next, select Create Your Own Policy, and use the following Policy Document:
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"Resource": "*"
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"Resource": [
If you have additional parameters that you want to grant access to in the future, you can add their ARNs to the Resource list, or prefix all of their names with your application name. You can then specify
arn:aws:ssm:YOUR_REGION_HERE:YOUR_ACCOUNT_NUMBER_HERE:parameter/MyApplicationName-* as the ARN. Otherwise, enter MyApplicationPolicy for the Policy Name and click Create Policy.
Now, let's create the IAM Role. Head over to IAM -> Roles and click Create new role, then choose Amazon EC2 for the AWS Service Role.
Choose Customer Managed as your policy Filter and select MyApplicationPolicy as the IAM Policy to attach, then click Next step.
Finally, name your role MyApplicationRole and click Create role.
Now it's time to create our own key in KMS. Navigate to IAM -> Encryption Keys and click Create Key.
Next, enter an Alias for your key and an optional Description. For Key Material Origin, leave the default KMS selected.
Add some tags, if needed. For this example, I'll tag this key with the application name and the environment in which it would be used.
Now we need to assign one or more key administrators. The key administrator is an IAM User or Role who is allowed to make changes to the key itself or grant others access to use and administer it. For this example, I've chosen my own user, but I could have also created an IAM Role that my IAM User could assume in order to execute administrative functions on the key. Depending on your organization, this might make management of key administrators easier, but for this example we'll keep it simple and just use my IAM User. I've also left the Key Deletion option checked, which will allow me to delete the key in the future.
Next, we'll Define Key Usage Permissions so that we can actually use our key. Here, I've selected the MyApplicationRole IAM Role as an authorized key user, which is the role I'll be assigning to the EC2 instances my application is going to run on. I've also selected myself as an authorized user, as by default, the key administrator permissions do not include permissions to actually use the key. If desired, we could also give other AWS accounts permissions to access our key, which those account administrators could grant to individual IAM users and roles on their end.
The next page will display a preview of what your KMS key policy will look like. After looking it over and concluding that it's fine, click Finish.
You will now be returned to the Encryption Keys page and find that the key was successfully created.
Encrypting our secret
Now that we have a KMS key that we can use to encrypt our secrets, let's go ahead and actually create one!
You can do this by either using the EC2 -> Parameter Store interface in the AWS Console:
Or by using the AWS Command Line Interface:
aws ssm put-parameter --name APPLICATION_SECRET_API_KEY \
--description "The encrypted secret API key for our awesome application" \
--value 88b5e2ade5a87faa8b0ccf4a42433b55 \
--type SecureString \
--key-id alias/MyApplicationKey
Note that if you already have an encrypted application secret with the selected name, the command will fail. If that's the case (as it would be in the future whenever you need to change the value of the secret), you must add the
--overwrite flag.
This command only displays output if there was an error, so if you see nothing after running it, you've successfully encrypted your first application secret!
Retrieving the plaintext value
Viewing our secret's plaintext value in the AWS Console is quite easy. First, navigate to the EC2 Parameter Store dashboard and select the parameter.
Then, just click Show to expose the plaintext value.
Despite how easy it is to reveal the plaintext value, this information is only available to users and roles who have permission to use MyApplicationKey to decrypt values. If a user who doesn't have the appropriate key permissions tries to view the plaintext value, the AWS Console will not reveal it to them.
Do note that there are some IAM managed policies, such as AdministratorAccess and PowerUserAccess that will automatically grant access to view EC2 Parameters and use the decryption keys. You can prevent PowerUserAccess users and roles from doing so by adding an Inline Policy to their assigned permissions specifically denying access to the EC2 Parameters or the KMS key (or both). This is not possible for AdministratorAccess, as that access level by definition also enables any such users to remove that restriction from themselves. As such, AdministratorAccess should be assigned judiciously.
Application use
The AWS Console makes it easy for humans to view a secret's plaintext value, but what about an application? Let's take a look at a quick example using the AWS SDK for PHP.
require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use Aws\Ssm\SsmClient;
$client = new SsmClient([
'version' => 'latest',
'region' => 'us-east-1',
$result = $client->getParameters([
'Names' => ['APPLICATION_SECRET_API_KEY'],
'WithDecryption' => true
// outputs "88b5e2ade5a87faa8b0ccf4a42433b55"
echo $result['Parameters'][0]['Value'];
This example assumes that your AWS default profile credentials on your workstation have been correctly configured, or that it's running on an EC2 instance with an IAM Role assigned to it that has access to the encrypted secret. You will also need to have the AWS SDK for PHP installed. Refer to the User Guide for more information on getting started.
Executing this sample code will retrieve the APPLICATION_SECRET_API_KEY stored EC2 Parameter, decrypt it using the associated KMS key, and return the plaintext string to you. For use in a real, Production application, we recommend caching these values in a local configuration file on the application server that can be refreshed as part of your code deployment process. Doing so eliminates the added initialization time at the start of a request used to retrieve the parameters from the EC2 Parameter Store. This ends up yielding the same benefits as the storing plaintext secrets on the server approach without the inconveniences.
If you don't use PHP, there are AWS SDKs for a variety of other programming languages. Visit the AWS Developer Tools documentation for more information.
Naturally, you can also use the AWS Command Line Interface to retrieve plaintext values, much like it can be used to store them in the first place.
aws ssm get-parameters --names APPLICATION_SECRET_API_KEY \
This command will output the key in the following format, and can be used to retrieve multiple keys simultaneously:
"InvalidParameters": [],
"Parameters": [
"Type": "SecureString",
"Name": "APPLICATION_SECRET_API_KEY",
"Value": "88b5e2ade5a87faa8b0ccf4a42433b55"
Visually, the workflow looks like this:
In this article, we covered some of the common, less-than-ideal ways to manage application secrets. We then learned how to do so in a secure, easily-manageable way with EC2 Parameter Store, and how to make this information available to our applications. Now you should be ready to head over to the AWS Web Console, fire up your favorite code editor and get started on integrating this approach into your applications. Good luck!


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Isaacs Hostel
Isaacs Hostel is the friendliest and most atmospheric hostel in Dublin located in a converted 19th Century wine store . This is where you meet all the coolest people and it offers the best value.It is really easy to get to from Dublin airport and ferry port and is a transport hob - bus, train, Luas (our tram) and Dart stations are all only 1 minute by foot.
Fun and Irish Craic is guaranteed with lots of events in-house - great live bands, Pizza nightt , Quiz night, and DUBLIN Pub crawl (€12 )and lots more!
We know its all about offering good value for money so in addition to cheap beds we give our guest as many FREEBIES as possible - Free WIFI, Free Breakfast, Free Sauna, Free Guided Walking Tour, Free Sauna, Free pizza night Live Music - and there is much much more.. Yoga €25 per Person Bike rental from €12.50 per day.
Please bring photo identification with you for check in.
Isaac Hostel is located in the heart of Dublin, close to many attractions and sites, main transport systems (Connolly Train Station, Busaras central Bus Station, buses and Luas/Tram) and also within walking distance to the O2 and Croke Park. Its many facilities such as, laundry, Playstation, and events, combined to make your stay as confortable and pleasant as possible. Irish dancing, music concerts, BBQs, movie and poker nights create a great friendly athmosphare at Issac's. There is also a cafe here where food is served.
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GROUP BOOKINGS: The balance must be paid 4 weeks prior to arrival. A full rooming list and estimated time of arrival is required at this stage also (with the room type booked for each person).
On arrival a 'code on conduct' must be filled out by a group leader. It is company policy to charge a fully refundable damage deposit of 20.00 Euro per person. Your credit card will be "Pre – Authorized" for this or you can pay in cash on arrival.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
- Adaptors
- Age Restriction
- Airport Transfers
- Bicycle hire
- Bicycle parking
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Free Breakfast
- Café
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
- Free City Maps
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- Hair Dryers
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- Linen Included
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- No Curfew
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Isaacs Hostel is so handy for everything in Dublin City and dead easy to get to.
Isaacs hostel is around the corner from Central Bus station (Busaras), 3 minutes from Connolly train station and a stone's throw from the Luas (Tram) with connections all over city
Airport Bus- Transport to and from the Airport is really easy with the Airlink 747 bus leaving every 15 minutes and takes about 30 minutes .It drops off at Talbot Street just around the corner from Isaacs Hostel , and the return bus leaves from Central Bus Station (Busaras) at the end of the street .Operating from 5.00.am (7.am Sundays). Discounted tickets are available for advance purchase at the Hostel .
Door to Door Airport Shuttle- If your flight is extra early you can prebook a fast and inexpensive shuttle service to bring you to the airport .The Airport shuttle goes at 3.40a.m , 4.40 540 and finishes at 6. 40. at the weekends it departs every half hour The Shuttle takes 30 mins. You can book return tickets at Isaacs Hostel reception
Isaacs is located a 3 minute walk from Connolly Station with connections to all local and national trains.
Directions -Exit of the front of the station descend stairs or escalator, Continue straight on Amiens Street for about 100m metres and then cross the road at the traffic lights and turn right into Store street . Go straight ahead till you reach Frenchman's lane ( a small laneway between the Beresford hotel and Ryans Pub) Isaacs is about 20m on the left
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Coming from Dublin Port take the bus number 53 and get off at Busàras station. Cross the road to Beresford Hotel, walk past the entrance turn left down Frenchman's Lane which is home to Isaacs Hostel. Dublin Port is served by Irish Ferries.
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Truro Senior School
Here at Truro School our purpose is to develop well-rounded, sociable and unpretentious young people.
Independent School in Cornwall, UK | Day and Boarding
Welcome to Truro School
In today's society young people can leave school with straight A grades and still struggle in the real world; which is why we firmly believe in nurturing students wholeheartedly, both in and out of the classroom, in order to raise affable young girls and boys who are ready to make a difference when they move on.
Wide and Varied Curriculum
From Computer Science to Geology, Truro School offers an extensive range of subjects. An array of academic opportunities like ours allows for pupils to find their individual forte, their abilities and their passion.
In addition to the wide subject variety on offer, the weekly timetable stops at lunchtime every Wednesday afternoon allowing students to pursue any number of extra-curricular activities at the school. We currently run over 20 Wednesday afternoon activities per term, giving students the opportunity to develop an interest in a hobby, mix with other year groups and find a sense of purpose.
To find out more about the curriculum at Truro School, please visit our department pages.
Small Class Sizes
Class sizes are never greater than 24 and, in Design & Technology, we limit set sizes to around 15 pupils. In practice, most 1st Year – 3rd Year classes are closer to 20 – 22 per teaching group, and as we approach GCSEs, English, Science and Mathematics aim to have smaller sets to enable a more individualised approach to the teaching and learning.
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Whilst our key focus is around developing well-rounded young people, we understand that results are hugely important.
Here at Truro School we are pleased to boast incredible exam results. In our most recent GCSE results, over half of all grades awarded were A* or A. A full report on Truro School's results can be found on our GCSE results page.
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In addition to our excellent classrooms, laboratories and social spaces, we have a number of first class facilities here at Truro School. A 200-seat theatre, a bespoke gallery, one of the largest sports centres in Cornwall, an Astroturf, a dedicated fencing salle, a swimming pool and newly refurbished boarding houses enable us to deliver outstanding teaching.
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For most students, the spring semester has already begun. For seniors, that means crunch time. Your four-year investment will be put to the test as you attempt to use your upcoming B.A. or B.S. to land a J-O-B. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say you're a big man or woman on campus. You've developed positive relationships with your favorite professors, learned how to write a term paper that satisfies the unique requirements of each course in your sleep, and maintained a steady above-average GPA without cramping your style at the campus bars every weekend. It would be easier to just keep coasting, wouldn't it?
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2. You didn't do your homework. A job seeker who fails to research an employer prior to the interview process will be shown the door before they get a chance to take their coat off. It's impossible to connect with an employer's needs and explain why you are the best fit for the position if you failed to peruse their website, get a sense of their company culture, and dig into the hiring manager's past. Remember, they are looking you up, too. So before you apply to any job, get rid of inappropriate Facebook photos, polish up your LinkedIn profile, and familiarize yourself with security settings. And be sure to brush up on business etiquette before getting in the hot seat.
3. You failed to follow directions. If you didn't read all the job requirements and obey the instructions for online submission precisely, you can forget about an interview all together. How can an employer trust that you're capable of surviving in their world if you are unable to follow simple tasks written in black and white? When applying online, double-check everything.
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5. You think you're too qualified to get your hands dirty. You are entering the workforce under the stereotype that you are lazy, self-entitled, and seek instant gratification. In order to prove them wrong, you need to be prepared to earn your stripes. Whether you stay after 5 a few nights a week to finish up a project, fetch your boss his morning cup of joe or take out the trash every Friday, it's important that you demonstrate your willingness to contribute in every way. Just because you have a degree doesn't mean you're above doing some chores around the office. Keep in mind, you're at the bottom of the totem pole.
6. You walked a fine line between "stalker" and "motivated professional." While employers like to see that an eager candidate, they can't stand stalkers. Repeat phone calls, daily emails or "dropping by" unannounced to find out their status is a big turnoff. If you wish to demonstrate interest, touch base with the hiring manager about 3-to-5 days after the first interview and send a customized thank you note.
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The St. Agnes Holy Name Society is a membership organization. All men of the St. Agnes; over 18 years of age, are considered members.
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From the bottom of my heart, "I WELCOME YOU IN 2017"!!! May you be blessed and well guided in this brand new year, full of chances for profound manifestations!! Lets take a look today at the energies of this year, from the perspective of numerology. To gain insides from the bigger picture of our human evolution into the Golden Age of Aquarius, we can first look into 2015 and 2016 for a moment. In 2015 we had a numerology year 8 (2+0+1+5) – a year dedicated to the experiences of personal power and victim-hood; collective power and ruling elite; the power of leadership roles verses self-empowered living, the feeling of abundance contra the illusions of lack; sharing the abundance with all of humanity versus an "the hoarders" (it was the year of the protests of wall street for example!). We had teachings that showed us how to differentiate what we desire from what we need to change on this levels.
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Dear ones, be joyful and faithful in your actions – as the number 1 is truly the promise of new beginnings!! Every day – every step in this year – counts for 10 you could say ;-).. Many will be called to explore and extend more of their own soul's guidance. To learn more about their original divine blueprint for this life, and how to consciously embody this energies in daily life. And many will find themselves testing their authentic leadership abilities in new projects, community settings and their own personal life. Our creativity will be a driving force in this year, with all the magnificent human abilities we can develop to show the world our colors. Here are some quotes that are representing the energy flow and guidance this year is caring.
"You are your master. Only you have the master keys to open the inner locks."
― Amit Ray
"Every word you speak is a prayer, or meditation of reinforcement which creates permanence."
― Bryant McGill"Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation."
― Torkom Saraydarian
"You are one thing only. You are a Divine Being. An all-powerful Creator. You are a Deity in jeans and a t-shirt, and within you dwells the infinite wisdom of the ages and the sacred creative force of All that is, will be and ever was."
― Anthon St. Maarten
He who creates a poison, also has the cure.
He who creates a virus, also has the antidote.
He who creates chaos, also has the ability to create peace.
He who sparks hate, also has the ability to transform it to love.
He who creates misery, also has the ability to destroy it with kindness.
He who creates sadness, also has the ability to to covert it to happiness.
He who creates darkness, can also be awakened to produce illumination.
He who spreads fear, can also be shaken to spread comfort.
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can also be solved with the right,
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destroy it."
― Suzy Kassem
"We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves."
― Dalai Lama XIV
"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
― Gautama Buddha
"Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state."
― Jess C. Scott
"I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more."
― Henry FieldingDear Ones, I hope you are filled with the spark of inspiration right now, that you are motivated to remember the wonderfully relaxed ways in which you have been playfully creating as a child, and that you will allow them to guide you to a new mindset. No matter if you are planing to become the most important innovator of the Golden Age of Aquarius, or if you are just looking for new ideas to create your personal life, a playful approach is always helpful.
Love and Blessings!
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