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Managing Myopia course (Australia)
Ended Jul 17, 2017
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Full course description
Research from the Brien Holden Vision Institute and other colleagues show that there are ways to delay the onset and manage the progression of myopia, giving better visual outcomes for the child.
This intake of the course is now closed for enrolments, but click here if you would like to register your interest for future courses!
|Managing Myopia takes the latest advances in research and makes them clinically relevant for all eye care practitioners. It will change the way you understand myopia, help you identify candidates at risk, and empower you with the skills to better manage progressive myopia for your patients.
Here's what some of the optometrists that participated in the pilot course said:
This intake of the course is now closed for enrolments, but check back for future versions!
Course outline
|This new interactive online course includes:
Managing Myopia is divided into 2 modules: Risk Assessment and Myopia Management.
On the successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
The course is CPD certified for Australian optometrists (10 points in total, including 3 face-to-face points and 1 therapeutic point). Points will be allocated for each session completed, up to a possible total of 10 points.
After you have paid and secured your place for the course, the course will begin 9am, Tuesday June 20th, 2017. The price of this course includes GST.
Register your interest
|If you would like to register your interest in the next Managing Myopia course for Australian optometrists, please click here.
Some of the world's leading experts on myopia are contributing to this program:
Assoc. Prof. Padmaja Sankaridurg
Myopia Program Leader, Brien Holden Vision InstitutePadmaja has been researching myopia for over 10 years. Padmaja has over 50 articles in peer reviewed journals, has authored chapters in books and has delivered many podium presentations. In addition, she is also involved in post graduate supervision and manages the Intellectual Property portfolio of the Brien Holden Vision Institute.
Recently, she and her co-authors were awarded the Garland W. Clay award by the American Academy of Optometry in 2013 for the most cited research article in the journal Optometry and Vision Science for their work on myopia.
Dr. Monica Jong
Senior Research Fellow, Brien Holden Vision InstituteSome of Monica's activities at the Brien Holden Vision Institute include managing the analysis of the Zhongshan Opthalmic Center (ZOC) and the Institute's high myopia database in China, advocating for the recognition of high myopia as a cause of blindness through her role as the secretary of the Refractive Error Working Group in the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, and is currently the Executive Manager of The Myopia Institute.
Monica has also co-supervised graduate students and co- authored a number of scientific papers, and speaks regularly at global scientific and practitioner meetings..
Prof. Earl Smith III
Dean, College of Optometry, University of HoustonProfessor Smith, who is the Dean and Greeman-Petty Professor at the University of Houston's College of Optometry, has changed our understanding of the factors that drive myopic growth, determining that the development of myopia is largely controlled by the peripheral retina, rather than the central retina.
His primary research interests are focused on the optics of the eye, especially on the environmental and physiological factors that influence the eye's refractive status..
Dr. Alex Hui
Lecturer, School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW AustraliaAlex lectures in ocular disease and therapeutics, and his research focuses on the development and testing of novel ways to treat ocular diseases. His peer-reviewed publications include utilising contact lenses as a means to deliver pharmaceuticals to the eye.
His other research interests include development of drug delivery systems for the treatment of diseases of the eye, including development of new eye drops and biomaterials, as well as the use of atropine for the treatment of myopia.
Margaret Lam
Principal optometrist, theeyecarecompany & Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW AustraliaMargaret Lam has been a principal optometrist in theeyecarecompany since 2005, a small group of optometry practices that focus on professional eyecare across locations in Sydney. She practices full scope optometry, and has extensive experience in specialty contact lens fitting including keratoconus, orthokeratology, and all types of corneal ectasia and has been a past recipient of the Neville Fulthorpe Award for Clinical Excellence.
Margaret enjoys her work mentoring optometry students in optometric practice and specialty contact lens fitting and is also an Adjunct Senior Lecturer for the School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW. Margaret also works in several advisory roles with leading contact lens companies, writes a regular column for the optometry journal mivision and has also published articles in Australian Optometry, and works as the State President for the Cornea and Contact Lens Society of Australia for NSW and as a Councillor for Optometry Australia NSW/ACT division.
Dr. Isabelle Jalbert
Deputy Head of School and Senior Lecturer, School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW AustraliaIsabelle is the author of almost 50 refereed papers and several book chapters. As a Senior Lecturer in Optometry and Vision Science, she teaches ocular diseases and ocular therapeutics.
Her research interests include anterior segment diseases, contact lenses, and public health optometry. She is also an internationally recognised pioneer in the field of evidence-based practice in optometry.
Dr. Pauline Kang
Lecturer, School of Optometry and Vision Science, UNSW AustraliaPauline's research focuses on optical strategies of myopia control. In particular, she has been exploring optical changes induced by various types of contact lenses to better understand how different contact lenses induce myopia control effects.
Her research has also explored changes in visual function, binocularity and accommodation with contact lenses used for myopia control, with the aim of improving efficacy of current myopia control devices.
Daniel Tilia
Clinical Research Manager, Brien Holden Vision InstituteDaniel has published on a variety of ophthalmic topics, including ocular pathology, contact lens case contamination, contact lens compliance, contact lens deposition, contact lens solution compatibility and novel contact lenses for correcting presbyopia and myopia.
He has also presented at the American Academy of Optometry (AAO), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA).
Brien Holden Vision Institute Academy
The Brien Holden Vision Institute Academy is a center of excellence for global eye health and vision care education.
With a commitment to human resource development and quality life‐long learning, the Academy promotes the implementation of sustainable programs by creating and providing the educational support (courses, resources and advice) essential to human resource capacity building, especially in the developing context.
Underpinning the Academy is the belief that education is the most effective way to build the capacity necessary to influence the change essential for reducing the social and economic effect of avoidable vision impairment.


text: I think I had Jeremiah 29:11 memorized before I was even a Christian. I met Jesus after my dad battled (and beat) cancer, so during that season, both strangers and friends were quick to share Jeremiah 29:11 with me. At the time, I appreciated the little token of hope that came with the verse, and genuinely held onto what it seems to promise when it stands alone. But now, I know that there's a lot more to Jeremiah 29:11 than what our culture has diminished it to. I know that might come as a shock to some of you, but fret not, friends.

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A good year for fiction, especially of the science variety. I thoroughly enjoyed The Moor's Account based on both the concept of the book as well as the story itself. I especially enjoy how Ian McEwan paints his characters, and The Children Act did not let me down. The Sixth Extinction was less in depth and more accessible than Elizabeth Kolbert's New Yorker articles, but the breadth captures the scope of the disaster humans are making of the planet. The Serial podcast was memorable for its storytelling, although it ended up putting a big dent in my reading time. Fiction
The Children Act Ian McEwan
The Son Philipp Meyer
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr
The Moor's Account Laila Lalami
Station Eleven Emily St. John Mandel
The Book of Strange New Things Michel Faber
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Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
Tenth of December George Saunders
On Such a Full Sea Chang-Rae Lee
Non-Fiction How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World Steven Johnson
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History Elizabeth Kolbert
Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential (unfinished) Tom Kelley
Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town Beth Macy
Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks Ken Jennings
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How to choose the right enterprise mobile, cloud and social tools
IT departments need to evaluate vendors for social tools, such as mobile and cloud. Without a secure plan, IT risks an unsecure liability.
BOSTON -- IT must focus on the user's needs to deliver tools and services employees want to use in the consumerization era.
To accomplish that, IT departments must create a sensible and agile plan to evaluate emerging technologies to meet end-user needs without putting the company at risk from a security or cost perspective.
"Love at first sight doesn't always lead to a long-lasting relationship with enterprise technology," said Tony Byrne, an analyst with Real Story Group, a research firm based in Silver Spring, Md., during a presentation at the E2 Conference here this week. "Nor does picking a product because your cousin Vinny recommends it."
IT departments are better off implementing a testing-based, agile selection methodology for evaluating vendors in emerging technologies, such as mobile, cloud, and social tools, Byrne said. Otherwise, it'd be too tempting or easy to go with the cool, upstart software vendor generating a lot of buzz.
The challenge, then, is for IT to cut through the hype and find the best piece of technology for their users and unique infrastructure.
"It's humbling when the solution you think is the best fit actually isn't based on intangibles that can't be explained properly on paper," Byrne said. "But you don't know what's going to be the best fit unless you try on a lot of different vendors."
Technology selection process
The process of selecting a vendor in an emerging technology sector forces IT departments to change the way they think about technology, Byrne said. The consumerization of IT has happened because employees want a specific application to solve a specific problem, such as Dropbox for file syncing, while IT thinks of technology in terms of a future-proof platform or suite they can add to.
Choosing technologies for today's end users requires a different approach; the selection process should begin with the proof of concept (POC) of two or three potential technologies before the actual vendor selection is made.
Spending more time on the selection process may seem counter-intuitive at first -- especially in the context of an agile and iterative process -- but this approach ultimately leads to a faster live pilot. Because more effort was devoted throughout this phase, there will be fewer surprises when the deployment occurs, Byrne added.
The agile selection methodology starts with a list of 10-12 potential vendors that is narrowed down to three or four vendors. Then, technologies from the vendors left standing enter the demo stage. IT should use their own testing tools for this process because the ones provided by the vendor "work flawlessly 95% of the time," Byrne said.
Next, IT needs to understand how a piece of software will fit into their environment. After the demo stage there should be two vendors that offer the best combination of business use case scenario, technology, partner ecosystem and value that can be piloted in a head-to-head POC competition. Software bugs, user complaints and potential data integration issues should all be ironed out by the vendors and DevOps team working together during the POC.
"Employees don't care what tool they are using," Byrne said. "What they want to do is show up at work and be effective and efficient at their job. They don't show up saying, 'I can't wait to check out my Hadoop.'"
Throughout the entire iterative selection process, IT departments should also negotiate with vendors on service-level agreements, contract length and price, and other variables to lock-in more favorable terms for the organization.


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See the World Famous Glory Hole Spillway at Lake Berryessa overflowing for the first time ever from the perspective of a drone. The Lake Berryessa News, with authorization from dam operators, shows you what you want to see! This video is all about the spillway!
Recent rains not only brought the lake up, but they also brought lots of rocks and mud down onto Hwy 128. The Hwy will remain closed until the end of the day today so crews can clean up.


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Our small chalet-style hotel in a wonderful, peaceful location is like a second home for many guests. The "Alpine flower rooms" are all individually decorated and furnished with rustic farmhouse furniture. If you like, you can meet other guests in the friendly lounge or enjoy the outstanding view from the panoramic restaurant with its sunshine terrace.
The host, Rita, will be happy to give you her personal tips for walks and excursions, while Kaspar treats you to his traditional Swiss cuisine.
You just have to have experienced it: the unique backdrop of the three ice giants – the Eiger, the Mönch and the Jungfrau – extends across the horizon, whilst down in the valley, deeply blue Lake Thun glistens like nothing you've ever seen before - images to remember for a lifetime!


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Having spent much of his childhood snooping around an antique store owned by his father, Sam Valentine is no stranger to encountering eerie objects. When he comes across an old VHS tape in the desk of a late horror movie director, Sam is curious. Its label reads: DO NOT WATCH. But for Sam and his best friends, Olivia and Bashiir, the temptation is too great. Soon after watching it, strange things begin to happen, sicknesses and dreams of the movie's killer haunt them. Are the three friends imagining things? Or is there really an evil being lurking in the dark, seeking out the children who freed him?


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Douglas MacKinnon writes at Investor's Business Daily:
Beyond the usual suspects in the far-left media, many in the GOP establishment such as Karl Rove, are doing all they can to derail the Perry campaign. Again, why?
Erick Erickson, in an excellent horse race summation in Red State, nails the answer:
"So you have these guys … trying to settle every score they can with Perry and his consultant, Dave Carney. … Because so much of the consultant class will be shut out of the White House should Rick Perry win, their livelihoods depend on Rick Perry losing either now or in November.
And frankly, for a few in the GOP consultant class, they'll gladly see Perry lose in November just to ensure they are not shut out of a Republican White House. For all the talk of Perry being an establishment guy, the establishment hates his guts as much as the left does . . ."
No, no, no. This is not the right way to go. When conservative writers adopt a populist stance and inveigh against the "GOP establishment," this reeks of a kind of class warfare that should have no place here. Conservatives should not demonize those who have been successful and gained influence and experience. Casting doubt on the motives of anyone who opposes Perry, suggesting that they oppose him only because of their professional aspirations, is also cheap rhetoric. Is that also why Perry supporters support him, because they want a job? Speculating on motives gets us nowhere. The truth is, our motives are often mixed. Many fiscal conservatives have misgivings regarding Perry not because they want jobs in a Romney administration, or not only for that reason, but because they (also?) believe Romney is far better equipped to manage the current financial crisis and guide the country back toward economic health.
Let's see if we can get to the heart of the matter. I realize this is going to upset some of my fellow conservatives who read this blog. But my job here is to speak honestly. So I'll be honest with you. Perry scares me. He embarrasses me. He makes me uneasy.
If there's one thing I have done frequently in my writings on political matters, it's defending against caricatures. I've rejected the caricature of the Tea Party, rejected the caricature of Sarah Palin, and rejected the caricature of conservative Christians from Christine O'Donnell to Michele Bachmann. I'm not about to caricature Rick Perry. He's no "dominionist," i.e., someone who believes that Christians should rule (and take by violence, if necessary) all the power centers of society and impose an Old Testament or theocratic law. That's rubbish. And yes, he considers climate change and evolution overhyped and oversold — but so do most Americans. Those beliefs are not unreasonable in themselves; what matters is the way in which you came to them.
So what concerns me so much about Rick Perry? He's a strong proponent of limited government — which I favor. He's strongly opposed to abortion — and I am too. So what's the problem? The truth is, I have a hard time defining what I find so unsettling about him. I'll try to flesh it out in a series of posts on this blog in the weeks and months to come. But here are a couple quick thoughts:
1. Even for a Christian and a conservative like myself, Rick Perry's brand of god-and-country politics goes too far. To be sure, he's no theocrat. But there is a subtle blurring of the lines between the church and the state amongst Perry and his devotees that could end up greatly damaging the church. Political leaders cannot be religious leaders. I do not mean that he cannot pray in public; but Perry managed to position himself as a kind of political, cultural and pseudo-religious savior all at once, someone who would restore small government, a respect for law and life, and a commitment to fundamental Judeo-Christian values and truths.
When church and state grow intertwined, the state always wins, and the church is distorted. This is because the state appeals to the flesh, appeals to our natural inclinations toward power, fortune and fame. The church asks you to put these inclinations aside. When the two enmesh, and the state becomes the means for the church's ends, then eventually you find religious leaders so thoroughly imbricated in the pursuit of power, fortune and fame that they cannot find their way out. Another way of putting this is: When the church and state are enmeshed, the church cannot gain the distance it needs to speak prophetically over against the state and the culture it sanctions. Thus the earlier generation of the Religious Right, when it lost its way, essentially became incapable of criticizing the GOP. This is not healthy for the church, and it's not healthy for the state, which always needs a prophetic critique.
2. The world is a complicated place, and Perry sees things too much in black and white. To be sure, I believe in truth and falsehood, right and wrong. I never felt that Bush was in the wrong when he called some things good and some things evil. But how those truths are understood and how those goods are enacted are very complex things. I've seen no evidence so far that Perry understands the world in all its numerous layers of complexity.
This is not to say that he's unintelligent or foolish. He is a very accomplished governor. Fools don't get that far. It's more of a mindset. Voting for Rick Perry feels like a vote for battling the opposition; it's putting a bruiser in the ring, someone who will take the fight to the Democrats and then cut loose like a bull in the beltway China shop, breaking up the old Washington order. And I too feel like we need dramatic change. But we need exactly the right kinds of changes, in exactly the right order and the right timing and the right modulation. We are at a delicate moment in our history. If we mismanage the transformations that we so desperately need right now, we are going to suffer for years, even decades. I'm not sure that Rick Perry is the right person to manage this tremendously precarious moment in our national history.
A vote for Perry feels destructive — in the best sense, destructive of those things that seem to conservatives like they are the enemies of the state. A vote for Romney, to me, feels constructive. I'm open to having my mind changed on this, but Romney communicates the optimism and hope of Reagan, whereas Perry feels like a battleship in the culture war.
I also don't think that Perry could win. This is not going to be a cakewalk. Electability is important. As the public gets to know Perry better, I firmly believe they're going to like him less. And if he did win, would we spend 4-8 years making apologies and explanations for a President who says the Fed chairman is guilty of "treason"? A guy whose swagger turns off half the country, and half the world?
3. Finally, this is just an impression, a personal sense, but I feel a kind of falseness to Rick Perry. There is a kind of performance he presents in order to win the support of the religious right. And another performance to win the backing of the Tea Party. This doesn't mean that he doesn't believe the things he says he believes. He almost surely does. But I think Rick Perry believes, first and foremost, in Rick Perry. I hate to say this, but in many ways he feels like the mirror image of Barack Obama — a conservative, Texas farmer version of Obama, as far to the Right as Obama is to the Left, as anti-intellectual as Obama is fawningly pro-intellectual, but ultimately shifting and performing in order to advance himself. There is a kind of arrogance and self-interest in Rick Perry that I think people on both sides of the aisle should be able to recognize.
I realize many people say the same thing about Romney. But I haven't seen Romney perform his religious beliefs in the way Perry has performed his. Maybe Romney has changed his views on a point or two, in part because of political expedience. But the whole of Perry feels rather like an act. Friends who know Romney (and know him well) say that he is, through and through, a man of great integrity. Friends who know Perry (and know him well) say that he is not. The word "slimy" comes up repeatedly.
Again, I'm just beginning to observe Rick Perry. As a matter of intellectual integrity, I should keep an open mind. And I will. And I'll write about this more as I sort through my feelings. But right now I'm not liking what I'm seeing. Sorry.


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Lorica Clothing - Armored Leggings
Did you just miss the Kickstarter? Not to worry, our web store will be opening in the months to come!
"Lorica" is Latin for body armor; in Christian monastic tradition, a lorica is a prayer of protection. It's also an armor-inspired line of clothing designed to slay, wherever you take the fight.
(Note: due to the unexpectedly overwhelming response our products have received, First Run leggings will ship in installments, some of which may be later than the posted date of June. See the update section for more information).
Our first release consists of three designs based on real medieval armors. (Armor images from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where all three of these armors are currently on view).
Our leggings are constructed from a fabric that is 14% spandex and 86% recycled yarns derived from plastic bottles. In fact, about 20 bottles go into each pair. But they're stretchy, soft, and moisture-wicking to keep you dry and stank-free no matter how hard you're working. So basically you can save the earth by getting your sweat on in comfort. IT'S LIKE MAGIC.
Our leggings are designed for both function and fashion, fighting and flying.
Available in sizes XS through XXL, two rise heights (high-waisted, 5" waistband; standard rise, 3" waistband), and two inseams (regular; long), our leggings accommodate your body and style. (For reference, our models range in height from 5'2 to 5'8 and are all wearing regular length).
As a backer, you will receive a survey at the conclusion of the Kickstarter which will ask for your preferred design, size, rise, and inseam before we ship your goodies!
Peep our limited edition run of unisex chainmail tees, available only through this Kickstarter. (Our limited edition shirts are all sold out at this time!)
(Note: our promo tees are not made from the same recycled fabrics as our leggings, and are only printed in the USA. See the size chart here: our model is 6'3 and wearing a medium).
And for the first week of our campaign, enjoy an "early bird special" on one, two, or three pairs of Lorica leggings (in any combination of size, waist style, or design) at a special Kickstarter-only price tier. After the first week, you'll still be able to take advantage of backer tiers that will get you a pair (or two, or three) for less than the future retail value. Suit up the squad!
The $10,000 I ask for here covers the cost of the first run of production, as well as the cost of pattern development, sizing, and sourcing. But if we get even further, I have so many dreams for where this brand could go. You with me?
(Note: You will be able to order these stretch goal items after the conclusion of our Kickstarter when our web store formally launches. If I might make an estimate, possibly August or September would be the earliest they'd be ready to order. To be the first to know when they'll be available, sign up for our mailing list.)
$20,000: Skater Dresses -- REACHED
You read right! I have the patterns, but need your help to fund sample-making and a first run! Here were my first prototypes if you need an idea of the fit:
Need a sneak peek for further convincing? I got started on a Henry VIII bodice not too long ago...
$30,000: Plus Sizing -- REACHED
Goddess-sized women out there, I see you. I am dedicated to making Lorica accessible to all bodies, and would love to be able to develop another series of sizes designed for your shape. I'm thinking a line of S+, M+, L+: let me know your thoughts! Clothes should fit YOU, not the other way around.
$40,000: Bodysuits/Leotards -- REACHED
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Gentlemen, I've heard your cries for equal representation, and I am here for you. If we get this far, we can start development for leggings with extra room in the thigh and calf that also provide for the comfort and support of certain anatomy.
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Meet the
GeoCore X10
Scanning time
Detection limit
The next step in digital mining
The GeoCore X10 is essentially a very efficient assay lab-in-a-box. But where traditional labs perform a collection of tests on a small pulverized sample, we use a patented X-ray technology to provide you with a wealth of information for the drill core you've just extracted.
All tests at once
One scan. That's all it takes to learn almost everything there is to know about the core; its elemental composition, the mineralogy, its geological structure, its texture, and its density. And it's all stored as digital information, instantly available for you to explore at will.
Orexplore Insight®
The Orexplore Insight® application brings powerful visualization to your analysis results. In addition to interactive 3D structure views, Insight also provides you with comprehensive element concentration data, and the ability to find the true boundaries of mineralizations.
For geologists
The Insight application is an easy-to-use application for viewing and examining scanner data.
3D visualization
Interactive and customizable 3D views. See elemental concentrations, structures, and minerals in a whole new way.
Data viewer
Insight contains a multitude of tables, graphs, and diagrams to view and analyse data.
The GeoCore X10 is an extremely accurate instrument and can easily detect concentrations down to 10 ppm levels, and the high-resolution X-ray detector makes it easy to see fine details within the rock that might otherwise go unnoticed.
Accuracy is a function of scanning time, i.e. the longer the scan, the higher the accuracy. This gives geologists to option to manipulate scanning times to adjust scanning to their workflow. If time is of the essence you might choose a scenario where you do quick overview scans and then rescan interesting cores for more detailed information when you have more time.
Read more about detection levels.
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The GeoCore X10 is designed to work in remote locations and has several flexible options for data storage and data transfer.
The data generated by the GeoCore X10's high-resolution scanning engine is transferred to a central server where it can be easily accessed by the Orexplore Insight analysis software. At sites where there is a fast network connection available, this is done automatically.
Remote locations
In other locations, where there is no network available or it is too slow, the GeoCore X10 provides another option. In such situations, the GeoCore X10 can store its data locally on easily removable SSD (Solid State Drive) hard drives, which can then be transported and uploaded to a central server where a fast network is available. The drives can even be shipped directly to an Orexplore office for immediate uploading.
Viewing scanning data in Orexplore Insight
Once the data is available on the central server, it can be easily accessed by the Orexplore Insight application for further analysis. Data can even be downloaded locally to your laptop for off-line work.
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Once data is securely stored on a central server, it can be accessed by the Orexplore Insight application for both on-line and off-line analysis.
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When no network is available, the GeoCore X10 can store data on a removable SSD hard drive. After a scanning session is finished, simply remove the drive and upload its content to a central server.
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Data security is a very important factor in the ditialization of the mining industry and Orexplore has implemented several safe-guards to ensure the integrity of your scanning data.
Data truly is the new gold. As more and more sensitive information is stored digitally, it's becoming even more important to safeguard both the integrity and access to mission-critical data. Orexplore is continuously working to comply with best practices of the security industry to ensure that your information stays safe.
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Authorization policies ensure that each client's data is not accessible by anybody else but themselves.
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Insight works well with most mine planning and resource systems and you can export data in several standard formats. This makes it easy to transfer drill hole information, elemental concentrations, geostructural information, and much more.
Most geologists today use a combination of professional mining software and Excel to organize and analyze information. Insight's easy to use data export is designed to simplify the process of transferring data to other applications you work with.
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Technical specifications
Size (H x W x D) 1965 x 1120 x 863 mm
Weight 550 kg (1212 lbs)
Power 110 – 230 VAC, 6 Amp
Operating environment 0 – 35 ºC
Physical network IEEE 802.3 Ethernet (1000 Mbit/s)
Physical data transfer Removable USB 3.0 SSD
Drill core diameter max NQ2 (50 mm)
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Magazine up to 4 drill cores
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The DARE research centre at University College London are running a competition during UK Code week to make Viking games, using their popular game-authoring tool Missionmaker. You can read about Missionmaker at www.andrewburn.org/missionmaker. This version of Missionmaker was designed for a project on the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, so its environments and characters are perfect for making Viking games. We have made Viking games recently with school students and educators in Denmark and Norway – now it's the UK's turn!
Missionmaker games are perfect for UK code week because:
- They encourage the use of programming principles such as Boolean logic through game design
- You learn about game design as well as coding and produce satisfying 3D adventure games.
There will be prizes of free perpetual licences for winning schools and individuals, both at Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3.


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Supreme Court Rules On Using Race In University Admissions
On June 24, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that upheld a race-conscious student admissions process used by the University of Texas. The decision clarifies earlier Supreme Court decisions holding that, although suspect, race may be considered in the admissions process if the process meets strict scrutiny requirements. Fisher v. University of Texas.
The Supreme Court has addressed the use of race in university admissions procedures in the past, and its decisions have ranged from a complete ban on the consideration of race in admissions to a more fluid approach of allowing it under certain conditions. Today's decision attempts to reconcile those past decisions.
The case that most institutions of higher learning look to in devising admissions plans to promote diversity is Grutter v. Bollinger, decided by the Supreme Court in 2003. In that decision, the Court looked at the University of Michigan Law School's admissions policies and held that institutions of higher learning have a compelling interest in ensuring that their students obtain the educational benefits that come from having a diverse student body. Those benefits include widened perspectives and better preparation of students as professionals and future public leaders.
The Court held that consideration of race to meet those objectives was permissible only if the process was narrowly tailored to achieve the goal of diversity and did not amount to improper racial stereotyping. Plans that have been approved by the Court are those that look at the applicant as an individual and use race as part of a holistic review of the application. But the Court cautioned that a university's use of race to achieve diversity cannot go on indefinitely. Rather, the admission policy must be reviewed periodically to determine whether or not the goal of diversity has been met, and there must be an end at some point.
The Supreme Court also made clear in Grutter that establishing a quota of under-represented minorities based on demographics is not a permissible goal. In other words, it is unconstitutional to seek to achieve a pre-determined racial balance.
Facts Of The Case
The University of Texas (UT) has long sought diversity in its student body and, until 1996, directly considered race in its admissions process. In response to a 1996 Supreme Court decision disallowing the use of race in the admissions process, the State of Texas enacted the Top Ten Percent Law, which is still in effect today. Under that law, Texas high school seniors in the top 10% of their class are automatically admitted to any Texas state university.
Although the Top Ten Percent Law increased racial diversity, the university felt the Top Ten Percent Law alone was not as effective in achieving diversity as its prior methods had been. The minorities admitted under the law remained clustered in certain programs, rather than having adequate representation in the various schools of study and classes offered.
In response to the Supreme Court's Grutter decision permitting universities to use race as part of a holistic review of prospective students' applications, UT immediately implemented a policy in which race was one factor to be considered in the early stages of the application process for those applicants who were not automatically admitted under the Texas Top Ten Percent Law.
Abigail Fisher, a white, non-diverse applicant, was denied admission to UT's 2008 undergraduate class. She sued UT claiming that her denial constituted race discrimination. In that regard, Fisher claimed that UT's admissions process failed to meet the standard established by the Supreme Court for evaluating admissions policies that seek to achieve a "critical mass" of under-represented minorities. In her view, the Top Ten Percent Law was a reasonable alternative that effectively achieved the university's interest in developing a diverse student body, without the consideration of race as a factor.
UT responded by asserting that the general diversity achieved by the Top Ten Percent Law did not meet UT's educational goal of "diversity within diversity," meaning that the Top Ten Percent Law did not allow for individualized consideration of applicants who were admitted under the law, since admission under that law was automatic. UT wanted to seek out applicants who would dispel racial stereotypes because they had different experiences or qualifications than the minorities admitted under the Top Ten Percent Law.
The goal of the UT plan was not necessarily to help students who come from underprivileged backgrounds, as typical affirmative action plans do; its goal was to seek out students with backgrounds different from those who were admitted under the Top Ten Percent Law. UT stressed that its consideration of race was only a modest consideration (a factor of a factor within a factor) and was never a determining factor in an admission decision.
The United States filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of UT arguing that it is of vital interest to the United States that colleges and universities nationwide continue to be able to shape their admissions policies in a way that ensures that they produce graduates who will be effective citizens and leaders in an increasingly diverse society and effective competitors in diverse global markets.
Although UT's policy called for its review every five years to determine if the policy was still warranted, Fisher argued that UT should not be allowed to continue to use a policy that has no specific end in mind. UT argued that institutions of higher learning should be afforded a certain amount of deference in determining when and how long such a program should be used.
The Court's Ruling
Today, the Court left intact its precedent that the attainment of a diverse student body is a compelling state interest, and that some judicial deference is properly afforded to a university's judgment that such diversity is essential to its educational mission. However, the Court clarified that no judicial deference applies to a university's judgment about the means that are employed to achieve the educational benefits of diversity.
The Supreme Court held that the 5th Circuit improperly evaluated the "narrow tailoring" requirement with a degree of deference to UT, and misstated the burden of proof. In that regard, the 5th Circuit presumed that UT's decision to use race in its admissions process was in good faith and placed the burden on Fisher to rebut that presumption. As a result, the Supreme Court remanded the case, instructing the Court of Appeals to perform a "searching examination" and assess whether UT presented sufficient evidence that its admissions process is narrowly tailored to obtain the educational benefits of diversity. Thus, at the end of the day, whether UT's admissions process is constitutional has been left undecided pending further review and application of the correct standard, as previously articulated by the Court in Grutter.
The guidelines in determining whether a race-conscious admissions process is sufficiently narrowly tailored remain unchanged. Instead, the Court made clear that judicial deference is only proper with respect to a university's stated goal of achieving educational benefits through diversity, and not to the means by which the benefits are achieved. The Court stressed that the admissions process must ensure "that each applicant is evaluated as an individual and not in any way that makes an applicant's race or ethnicity the defining feature of his or her application." The reviewing court must ultimately be satisfied that no workable race-neutral alternatives would produce the educational benefits of diversity.
Perhaps today's decision is a recognition, as articulated by various courts in earlier decisions, that allowing the use of race in university admissions at all "assures that race will always be relevant in American life."
Impact On Universities And Employers In General
As it stands now, institutions of higher learning are still able to consider race in the admissions process, although the process must meet the strict standards previously outlined by the Supreme Court. Under federal law, race can neither be a determining factor to help a college or university meet an established racial quota nor may it create an automatic preference.
Race can, however, be considered as part of an individualized review in the context of an applicant's entire application portfolio. In addition to the federal law, colleges and universities must also be mindful of the state laws under which they operate which may be more restrictive and completely prohibit the use of race in application procedures.
Today's decision is really one of form rather than substance. The criteria for establishing a compelling state interest to justify the use of race in the admissions process remain the same. But the Supreme Court made clear that deference will not be given to a university's decision to consider race in an admissions program nor to the manner in which race is considered.
The impact of today's decision is not limited to colleges and universities. All employers should be mindful of the guidelines reaffirmed today as they seek to level the playing field for workers of all races, create affirmative action plans, or attempt to build diversity within their group. Businesses attempting to increase diversity may end up on the wrong side of a reverse discrimination claim if they do not ensure that their selection and promotion procedures meet the standards reiterated today.
For more information contact your regular Fisher Phillips attorney.
This Legal Alert provides an overview of a particular Supreme Court ruling. It is not intended to be, and should not be construed as, legal advice for any specific fact situation.


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Afghan War Diary - Reading guide
The Afghan War Diary (AWD for short) consists of messages from several important US military communications systems. The messaging systems have changed over time; as such reporting standards and message format have changed as well. This reading guide tries to provide some helpful hints on interpretation and understanding of the messages contained in the AWD.
Most of the messages follow a pre-set structure that is designed to make automated processing of the contents easier. It is best to think of the messages in the terms of an overall collective logbook of the Afghan war. The AWD contains the relevant events, occurrences and intelligence experiences of the military, shared among many recipients. The basic idea is that all the messages taken together should provide a full picture of a days important events, intelligence, warnings, and other statistics. Each unit, outpost, convoy, or other military action generates report about relevant daily events. The range of topics is rather wide: Improvised Explosives Devices encountered, offensive operations, taking enemy fire, engagement with possible hostile forces, talking with village elders, numbers of wounded, dead, and detained, kidnappings, broader intelligence information and explicit threat warnings from intercepted radio communications, local informers or the afghan police. It also includes day to day complaints about lack of equipment and supplies.
The description of events in the messages is often rather short and terse. To grasp the reporting style, it is helpful to understand the conditions under which the messages are composed and sent. Often they come from field units who have been under fire or under other stressful conditions all day and see the report-writing as nasty paperwork, that needs to be completed with little apparent benefit to expect. So the reporting is kept to the necessary minimum, with as little type-work as possible. The field units also need to expect questions from higher up or disciplinary measures for events recorded in the messages, so they will tend to gloss over violations of rules of engagement and other problematic behavior; the reports are often detailed when discussing actions or interactions by enemy forces. Once it is in the AWD messages, it is officially part of the record - it is subject to analysis and scrutiny. The truthfulness and completeness especially of descriptions of events must always be carefully considered. Circumstances that completely change the meaning of an reported event may have been omitted.
The reports need to answer the critical questions: Who, When, Where, What, With whom, by what Means and Why. The AWD messages are not addressed to individuals but to groups of recipients that are fulfilling certain functions, such as duty officers in a certain region. The systems where the messages originate perform distribution based on criteria like region, classification level and other information. The goal of distribution is to provide those with access and the need to know, all of the information that relevant to their duties. In practice, this seems to be working imperfectly. The messages contain geo-location information in the forms of latitude-longitude, military grid coordinates and region.
The messages contain a large number of abbreviations that are essential to understanding its contents. When browsing through the messages, underlined abbreviations pop up an little explanation, when the mouse is hovering over it. The meanings and use of some shorthands have changed over time, others are sometimes ambiguous or have several meanings that are used depending on context, region or reporting unit. If you discover the meaning of a so far unresolved acronym or abbreviations, or if you have corrections, please submit them to email@example.com.
An especially helpful reference to names of military units and task-forces and their respective responsibilities can be found at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/enduring-freedom.htm
The site also contains a list of bases, airfields http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afghanistan.htm Location names are also often shortened to three-character acronyms.
Messages may contain date and time information. Dates are mostly presented in either US numeric form (Year-Month-Day, e.g. 2009-09-04) or various Euro-style shorthands (Day-Month-Year, e.g. 2 Jan 04 or 02-Jan-04 or 2jan04 etc.).
Times are frequently noted with a time-zone identifier behind the time, e.g. "09:32Z". Most common are Z (Zulu Time, aka. UTC time zone), D (Delta Time, aka. UTC + 4 hours) and B (Bravo Time, aka UTC + 2 hours). A full list off time zones can be found here: http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/military/
Other times are noted without any time zone identifier at all. The Afghanistan time zone is AFT (UTC + 4:30), which may complicate things further if you are looking up messages based on local time.
Finding messages relating to known events may be complicated by date and time zone shifting; if the event is in the night or early morning, it may cause a report to appear to be be misfiled. It is advisable to always look through messages before and on the proceeding day for any event.
David Leigh, the Guardian's investigations editor, explains the online tools they have created to help you understand the secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/video/2010/jul/25/afghanistan-war-logs-video-tutorial
Understanding the structure of the report
- The message starts with a unique ReportKey; it may be used to find messages and also to reference them.
- The next field is DateOccurred; this provides the date and time of the event or message. See Time and Date formats for details on the used formats.
- Type contains typically a broad classification of the type of event, like Friendly Action, Enemy Action, Non-Combat Event. It can be used to filter for messages of a certain type.
- Category further describes what kind of event the message is about. There are a lot of categories, from propaganda, weapons cache finds to various types of combat activities.
- TrackingNumber Is an internal tracking number.
- Title contains the title of the message.
- Summary is the actual description of the event. Usually it contains the bulk of the message content.
- Region contains the broader region of the event.
- AttackOn contains the information who was attacked during an event.
- ComplexAttack is a flag that signifies that an attack was a larger operation that required more planning, coordination and preparation. This is used as a quick filter criterion to detect events that were out of the ordinary in terms of enemy capabilities.
- ReportingUnit, UnitName, TypeOfUnit contains the information on the military unit that authored the report.
- Wounded and death are listed as numeric values, sorted by affiliation. WIA is the abbreviation for Wounded In Action. KIA is the abbreviation for Killed In Action. The numbers are recorded in the fields FriendlyWIA, FriendlyKIA, HostNationWIA, HostNationKIA, CivilianWIA, CivilianKIA, EnemyWIA, EnemyKIA
- Captured enemies are numbered in the field EnemyDetained.
- The location of events are recorded in the fields MGRS (Military Grid Reference System), Latitude, Longitude.
- The next group of fields contains information on the overall military unit, like ISAF Headquarter, that a message originated from or was updated by. Updates frequently occur when an analysis group, like one that investigated an incident or looked into the makeup of an Improvised Explosive Device added its results to a message.
- OriginatorGroup, UpdatedByGroup
- CCIR Commander's Critical Information Requirements
- If an activity that is reported is deemed "significant", this is noted in the field Sigact. Significant activities are analyzed and evaluated by a special group in the command structure.
- Affiliation describes if the event was of friendly or enemy nature.
- DColor controls the display color of the message in the messaging system and map views. Messages relating to enemy activity have the color Red, those relating to friendly activity are colored Blue.
- Classification contains the classification level of the message, e.g. Secret
|Reference ID
|2007-05-01 12:12
|Non-Combat Event
|QA/QC Project
|Host nation
|Killed in action
|Wounded in action
On 1 MAY 07, PRT Nuristan conducted a GAC to the village of Lowkar vic 42S XD 255640 IOT conduct a QA/QC of CERP projects. Patrol left at 1200Z and completed movement to the village of Lowkar without incident. At the village the team inspected the well project first.
The well is being dug by hand, which makes progress slow. To date the project has reached a depth of 20m and has struck water. The contractor will continue to dig until the water is clear. The contractor estimates, and the team engineer concurs that the project should be complete by 15 May. Local laborers are being used exclusively to construct the well. The team engineer is pleased with the work and craftsmanship and with the contractors work in general. The well will need concrete sleeves before it is complete.
After the inspection of the well was completed the team proceeded to the bridge project. The Contractor and project engineer were both present with 6 laborers. The towers, decking, deadmen, cable span, and cable stays are complete and the span is trafficable. Gabions are complete to protect the footings from washing out. The Contractor plans on installing hand rails, concrete walkways to the bridge, and landscaping on the eastern side of the bridge before completing the contract. Since the last inspection the river has risen approximately 4 feet and has not delayed construction. The PRT Engineer is very pleased with the project and contractor work, both in timeliness and quality of work and would recommend using the contractor again. Several villagers expressed appreciation for the bridge and have commented that it has allowed a female med tech from a village across the river to reach their village much quicker. Previously the trip had taken several hours for her to walk upstream to the nearest bridge. Now the trip can be completed in less than a half hour. The contractor and engineers agreed the project should be completed by the 15th of May.
Following the inspection the PRT returned to FOB Kalagush at 1330Z without incident, with all personnel and equipment accounted for.
PRT Nuristan also conducted basic first aid and BRM for ASG personnel working at the FOB ECP. Training was enthusiastically received and there are plans to conduct more robust training with ANP in the following days.
Nuristan PRT members build bridge to northeastern progress
JALALABAD AIRFIELD, Afghanistan Members of the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team took time May 2 to convoy to the nearby village of Lowkar, where two ongoing projects are nearing completion.
The projects, a fresh water well and bridge, are both being completed with the help of ISAF funds.
Report key: 6A436406-B95C-4293-8A77-BCFC2713BEBD
Tracking number: 2007-121-164705-0595
Attack on: NEUTRAL
Complex atack: FALSE
Reporting unit: PRT NURISTAN
Unit name: PRT NURISTAN
Type of unit: None Selected
Originator group: UNKNOWN
Updated by group: UNKNOWN
DColor: GREEN


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Just a little selection of images to end the weekend and begin a new week on an inspired note. Feeling the hints of colour mixed with luxe neutrals, a little bit of sparkle to offset the rougher edges, and that note of imperfection and undone quality that leaves a little bit of mystery. Happy Sunday.


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Where are the US presidential candidates on China?
Where are the US presidential candidates on China?
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May 13, 2015
Keith B. Richburg
, May 13, 2015
Watching the US presidential election unfolding from the vantage point of Asia can at times seem a little disheartening. There's very little discussion among the candidates and potential candidates of the real challenges facing America here in the Pacific, just bombast and sound bites. And this, despite the fact that China's rise, and its new assertiveness in the South China Sea, is arguably the most important foreign policy challenge the next president will face.
I see some of that reticence on display in the debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, where the discussion is all about the impact on American workers and Obama's supposed executive overreach, but not a single word said about America's important "pivot" to Asia and the need to counter China's growing economic clout, including Beijing's new Asian Infrastructure Development Bank, or AIIB.
This dearth of real debate on the US campaign trail was the topic of my most recent piece in The Edge Review, Asia's premier online magazine covering Southeast Asia. Here's my column from The Edge, and I urge you to have a look at the entire magazine by downloading the app.
A defeaning silence on China
©The Edge Review 2015
In recent days the 2016 US presidential election contest has begun to take clearer shape, some 18 months before the vote. Each day, it seems, brings a fresh announcement from the latest contender or pretender hoping to succeed Barack
Obama in the White House.
Surprisingly, foreign affairs and national security issues appear to be moving to the forefront, with several pundits openly predicting 2016 will be a "foreign-
policy election". Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, his opening to Cuba, the rise of the so-called Islamic State (IS), the civil war in Syria and the fear of a revanchist Russia are all likely to be debated and dissected on the campaign trail.
But the next administration's biggest foreign policy challenge is unlikely even to warrant a mention from the would-be presidents: how to deal with a rising China and the threat that it poses to Southeast Asia.
Sadly, the silence is not really surprising. The US-China relationship is hugely complex, not easily summarized for bumper stickers and catchy TV sound bites.
In his losing 2012 presidential bid, Republican candidate Mitt Romney tried the "get tough on China" tack, repeatedly threatening that he would label China a "currency manipulator" on his first day in office. His repeated attacks on China for "cheating" and "selling counterfeit goods" so rattled Beijing that he was forced to dial back to a more tempered tone.
Obama was generally more measured. But he mainly used China as a foil to speak of America's own failings – for example, describing how Chinese students were outscoring their US counterparts on international tests as a way to exhort taxpayers to spend more on public education.
This time around, China ought to feature more prominently as an issue.
A few foreign affairs analysts such as Fareed Zakaria have rightly noted that future global stability does not hinge on whether the Houthis seize power in Yemen or if the Iraqi army can retake Mosul. The motley rebels advancing on Damascus might overthrow Bashir al-Assad, but then Syria will become another failed state like Libya or Somalia and the world will grind on.
What does matter is whether China under President Xi Jinping rises peacefully as a superpower, adopting the accepted rules and norms of the international
system, or whether it rises belligerently and aggressively, unilaterally seizing territory it claims as historically its own.
There are troubling signs from the South China Sea that Beijing's leaders are adopting the latter approach. China has been reclaiming land on some isolated island reefs and building airstrips that could allow its military to install missile batteries, resupply its fleet and perhaps declare an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the entire area. This has raised alarms within ASEAN, particularly among the rival territorial claimants, Vietnam and the Philippines.
In a conflict, how far would the US go to defend the Philippines, with which it has a mutual defence treaty? How much should it help Vietnam build up its maritime capabilities? Is China under Xi a US adversary or a partner? These are questions I'd love to see the presidential candidates address.
Dean Cheng, a security analyst with the Heritage Foundation think tank in Washington and an expert on the South China Sea dispute, has a proposal that merits attention, which may be summed up as "white hull vs. grey hull". Cheng says the US should consider basing some "white hull" US Coast Guard cutters in the Pacific, maybe Japan, as a way of signalling American resolve but without over-militarising the area with the "grey hulls" of Navy warships.
"What nobody wants is to introduce naval forces into the mix," Cheng said. But the US Coast Guard is law enforcement, not military. "It's at the invitation of the local government. It's not militarizing the problem."
Cheng's idea and others deserve a real debate among our would be presidents. Instead, so far we get only finger-pointing rhetorical nonsense about "Who lost Mosul?" and whether there was a cover-up in Benghazi.
Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is inarguably the best versed on Asia and China. As Secretary of State, she gave voice to the Obama administration's "pivot" to Asia policy. She also rattled Beijing in 2010 by declaring at an ASEAN Regional Forum meeting that the US had a stake in the South China Sea.
I'm hoping Clinton will break the silence and articulate a clear policy for dealing with China's rise in the 21st century. From the Republican side, just expect more bombast and sound bites.
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For a whole year — beginning in 1959 — I stole from my father and I never got caught. I was 14 years old, a freshman at Saint Augustine's High School on Nutmeg Street in North Park, and I was a sugar junkie.
My addiction kicked in the day I bought a Baby Ruth candy bar on my way to school. Suddenly, with the first bite, all the travail I knew to expect — freshman hazing, the likelihood of a pop quiz in algebra, an examination of one of Shakespeare's plays — melted away as the tasty mix of dark chocolate, smooth caramel, and roasted peanuts filled my mouth. Of course, I'd eaten plenty of candy bars, but that day I experienced sugar's power to blot out the worrisome and gladden the heart. No matter that the hit was brief, I was hooked. My freshman class photo for the school yearbook, The Augustinian, shows a goofy kid with a blissful smile. I was sucking on a cherry-red Lifesaver.
I fed my addiction not just with Baby Ruths and Lifesavers, but Tootsie Rolls and Abba-Zabbas (a mix of creamy taffy and peanut butter), Red Hots (chewy cinnamon nuggets that lightly zinged the tongue), Mars Bars, and Three Musketeers, golden Twinkies and chocolate Hostess cupcakes (with a cream squiggle down the middle), foot-long licorice, jawbreakers, red-and-yellow sour balls, Milk Duds, Necco wafers, and M&M's. Any four of these, in combination, soon were a minimum daily requirement. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare writes that philosophy is "adversity's sweet milk." He was wrong. Adversity's sweet milk is anything sweet.
Each night, I'd slather on Clearasil ointment, lay my chalked head on the pillow, and soon drift off dreaming of the sweets I'd devour the next day. My sugar jones was high maintenance, however, which brings me to my father:
He'd retired from the Navy the year before and was now working nights as a janitor, cleaning buildings for the county. Returning home after midnight, he'd drink cold buttermilk on his way to his bedroom, where, before falling into bed next to my mother, he'd empty his pockets and count out the change that he laid on the bureau with his wallet. The next morning, she would be busy in the kitchen preparing breakfast and making lunches for my brothers while I brought him his coffee and the newspaper.
Bleary eyed, my father would sit up and check the headlines while I ducked into the walk-in closet to brush my hair. With the door half closed, I'd bang around, making myself sound busy while listening for him to turn the page. Only when I heard that rustle would I lay the brush down and go to work.
From the pile of change on top of the bureau I'd slide out a quarter or two, several dimes, some nickels. No 50-cent pieces (too easy to notice their absence), nor pennies (not worth the hassle). On my way out, my father often would look over his paper and tell me to stand straight and stop slouching. Careful to make sure the pile of coins looked untouched, I never got caught. Maintaining the appearance of things was my modus operandi. I thought I was pretty slick.
My crime spree ended when I turned 15 and got a job bagging groceries at the M&S market at 12th Street and Broadway. Soon sugar was replaced by nicotine, and cigarettes — decades later — went by way of cold turkey.
Years passed, and one day last year, after he'd dressed, I watched my father grab up his change from the bureau, carefully count it, then drop it into his pocket.
"When did you start counting your change in the morning?"
"All my life," he said, slipping his wallet into his back pocket. "When I go to bed and when I get up. You never know if maybe it grew overnight." He laughed.
"Then," I said, "you must have known when I was taking money from you."
"When was that?" His face was a blank.
"When I was in high school."
"You expect me to remember so far back?" His eyes grew large. "How much did you take?" At 85, he regards much of the past with wonder.
"Never more than a dollar a day, but that was a lot of money then. You used to say the only thing worse than a liar was a thief, so I was scared thinking what you'd do if you ever caught me."
"Well, I didn't, did I? What I do remember is telling you to stand up straight. I remember that. You were always slouching around like you were hiding or afraid to be seen. Things work out fine," he said, "if you learn to stand up straight."
This article is part of the Father's Day issue. To read additional articles from this issue, click here.
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There's a reason why babies crawl before they walk. And there's a reason you learn to count from one to 10 and do simple addition before you tackle calculus. It's no different when it comes to wordsmithing; you must learn to spell, punctuate, and use proper grammar before you write your first novel. You need the three Rs.
These exercises are a set of basics that can lend serious strength to your writing ability. Writers who want to make their next story better than the last should practice the three rs every day, or as often as you can. Playing with these building blocks of writing strengthens skills that separate the mere writers from authors and can help you take your next submission from a gamble to a sure thing. Here's how:
You had to know reading would be on the list of three rs, but this assignment comes with a bit of a quirk. Instead of reading the genres you love, grab something completely out of the box for you. Normally gravitate to science fiction? Try a romance. A fan of high fantasy? Grab a mystery instead. Don't grimace. This isn't for-pleasure reading, although it may turn out to be. This is reading with a purpose, like homework. You're a writer. That's your job. Most professions have continuing education they must do to keep current. You do, too. So stop looking like you're sucking a lemon and pick up that book!
Two things will happen when you do this. First, you'll be amazed at how much more attention you'll pay to things that slip by you when you're reading one of your old favorites. You'll notice dialogue, plot mechanics, and writing styles with more clarity and certainty when you're not sucked head-and-feet into a tried-and-true format–and that means you're learning new skills and new techniques to carry into your own writing. The second thing you might experience, if I might be so bold to say, is an epiphany. Yes, I said epiphany. Reading outside your own comfort zone will make your own writing sizzle. Adding a bit of romance to your next sci-fi story or a tad of mystery to your fantasy novel will make each more dimensional, interesting, and innovative.
The next task for the day is to spend some time rewriting something you've written in the past. Skim over an old short story or essay or spend some time revising a chapter from your latest novel. Putting new eyes on old words can shake up your writing faster than dice in a Yahtzee cup, and who knows what lucky combination can spill out onto your page?
Okay, technically not an "R" but neither is Reading, Writing, and (ahem) 'Rithmetic in the original three rs, so I stand vindicated. You've read for inspiration and skill, you've re-written for practice, and now it's time combine the two and write some more. Even if it's just a simple paragraph or one scene in your novel, writing as daily practice is undeniably essential to keeping you from stagnating. Don't know what to write? Go online for prompts (Reedsy has a great source of free prompts in return for your email address) or download a writing app like Lists for Writers, Brainstormer, or WordPalette for a boost. If you have a friend who also writes, you can partner up and give each other a series of prompts for the week. It doesn't really matter what you write, only that you do. I like to write one scene per day, even when I'm in the middle of writing articles for pay or my next novel. You'd be amazed at how useful these little snippets of writing can be. I've used them as springboards for novels, developed them into short stories, and even illustrated a few just for fun.
After you've completed your practice, feel free to engage in the fourth "R" — rest. You deserve it!
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced grant program awards in excess of $700,000 will be given to Portland State University in support of four campus law enforcement and community justice initiatives. The awards recognize and support the work of both law enforcement and universities in developing new and innovative ways of administering justice programs on and off campus.
The funded programs vary in size, scope and subject matter. A $400,000 grant has been awarded by the DOJ Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) in support of a research partnership between PSU, the Center for Court Innovation, Multnomah County Family Court, and additional community partners. The goal of the project is to generate culturally responsive practices and policies related to procedural justice for survivors of domestic violence.
"We're thrilled to be conducting one of the very first DOJ grant projects of this kind in the family court setting," said Anna Rockhill, a senior research associate at PSU's School of Social Work and co-principal investigator on the project. "We hope to deepen our understanding of the needs of a variety of different cultural and linguistic minority groups and turn those insights into concrete practice and policy recommendations."
The DOJ Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) will give $250,000 to PSU to expand an initiative aimed at reducing sexual violence on college campuses. The additional award will augment a three-year $750,000 award received in 2015-2016 to develop a "situation-based" prevention approach to address campus sexual assault.
In the first phase of the project, PSU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences psychology professor Keith L. Kaufman and co-investigator Sarah McMahon of Rutgers University will tailor Kaufman's four-step "Situational Prevention Approach" to help identify and address risk factors that can lead to sexual assault. Phase one sites include PSU, Rutgers, and Portland Community College. In the second phase, they will use the resulting implementation manual to guide five additional campuses' use of the approach and gather feedback to finalize it for national dissemination. The five phase two campuses are: Penn State University, Catholic University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Northern Virginia Community College, and Linfield College. The new, supplemental award will allow for the inclusion of all five colleges and universities in the critical second phase of the development process.
"Having more campus participants will allow us to strengthen the Campus Situational Prevention Approach to more fully realize its potential to address campus sexual assault," Kaufman said.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Justice Department's lead research and evaluation organization, seeks to improve knowledge and understanding of crime and justice issues through science. NIJ has awarded PSU nearly $40,000 to support National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) evaluation and analysis to help criminal justice agencies make informed decisions about the types of research programs they invest and participate in.
Finally, the PSU Campus Public Safety Office will receive $20,000 as part of the Justice Department's Body-Worn Camera Program.
Each year, the Justice Department offers hundreds of funding opportunities to support law enforcement and public safety activities in state, local and tribal jurisdictions; to assist victims of crime; to provide training and technical assistance; to conduct research; and to implement programs that improve the criminal, civil, and juvenile justice systems. To learn more about DOJ grant opportunities, please visit: www.justice.gov/business/grants.


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8 Essential Website Maintenance Tasks
Routine website maintenance is essential for making sure your website is up to date and functioning properly. Unfortunately, website maintenance is something that often gets overlooked, and as a result, companies aren't getting everything they should be out of their website. Here are 8 essential website maintenance tasks you should perform on a regular basis.
1. Test your forms—Contact forms have a nasty tendency to suddenly stop working. That's why it's important that you test them out as often as possible. If you notice a sudden drop in email list subscribers or other conversions, immediately test out all contact forms to ensure they're working as they should.
2. Check all links—Check out all of your navigation links as well as internal links throughout the body of your website copy and blog posts. This will help to make certain your visitors are able to go down the path through your website that you want them to travel.
3. Ensure contact info is up to date—Over time, phone numbers, email addresses, and physical addresses might change. Visit your contact page to double check that all info is accurate.
4. Make certain the search function works—Today's internet users are in a hurry. That's why many people immediately use a website's search function as soon as they land on the page. This allows them to find the info they're looking for as quickly as possible. Use your website's search function just as a normal visitor would to make sure it works properly.
5. Update your copyright—Your copyright should technically be updated any time new content is added to your website. Beyond protecting your content, updating your copyright lets your visitors know that your website is current and active.
6. Keep product descriptions and prices accurate—Have you changed your products or services in any way? Have your prices been altered? If so, update your website to reflect these changes.
7. Test your checkout process—The worst possible scenario is for a visitor on your website to decide to become a customer only to be denied by a shopping cart that doesn't work. Check your shopping cart and overall checkout process regularly to make certain your customers are able to get in and out quickly.
8. Check your search engine rankings—It's a good idea to check your website's search rankings at least once a month. Don't panic over tiny month-to-month fluctuations, but be on the lookout for developing trends. The sooner you can act on drops in search rankings, the less damaging they will be.
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