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The Real Deal: Round-trip airfare, nine nights' accommodations, some meals, ground transportation, and sightseeing, from $1,399 per person—plus taxes of $134.
When: Depart Nov. 27, 2008; add $100 for Nov. 20; $200 for March 5, 15, 19, 22, 2009; $290 for Dec. 25, 2008, and March 12, 2009; $300 for March 26.
Gateways: New York City; add $40 for Houston; $100 for Chicago, Miami; $180 for L.A., Seattle; $200 for Denver. Note that the add-on charges may vary and that additional gateways are available.
The fine print: Breakfast daily, two dinners, hotel taxes, airline fuel surcharges, all transfers, guided sightseeing tours, some admission fees, the services of an English-speaking tour manager and local guides, and transportation in an air-conditioned bus are included. Airport taxes and fees are an additional $129 per person. The starting rate does not include a $5 charge that covers restaurant, tour escort, and driver tips. Based on double occupancy; single supplement starts at about $280. Read these guidelines before you book any Real Deal.
Book by: No deadline; based on availability.
Contact: Gate1 Travel, 800/682-3333, gate1travel.com.
Why it's a deal: According to a recent Kayak search, the lowest round-trip airfare between New York City and Venice starts at $634 including taxes for departures in late November (Iberia). For an additional $899, the Gate 1 package covers international airfare as well as nine nights' accommodations at five different locations, all ground transportation, sightseeing, admission fees, the services of English speaking tour guides, and all taxes. You also get the convenience and reassurance of one-stop shopping.
Trip details: The Affordable Croatia and Slovenia package includes round-trip airfare between New York City and Venice on a major airline carrier, such as Alitalia or Delta, and nine nights accommodations divided between Opatija, Split, Dubrovnik, and Plitvice Lakes in Croatia, and Bled in Slovenia.
Once you land in Venice, Italy, you'll transfer by private bus to Opatija, Croatia, about 140 miles away. You'll stay two nights at the 262-room Grand Hotel, which overlooks Kvarner Bay and the hillsides of Ucka.
Apart from a welcome dinner and orientation at your hotel, there are no included activities while in Opatija. You're free to explore on your own or, if you prefer, to join a full-day guided tour of the historic Istrian Peninsula ($54 per person).
From Opatija, drive another 209 miles to Zadar, one of the oldest cities on the Dalmatian Coast (dating back some 3,000 years), and then continue on to Dalmatia's seaside metropolis and the second largest city in Croatia, Split. You'll spend the night at Atrium Hotel in the heart of the city. The hotel was built on top of an aqueduct built by Emperor Diocletian in the fourth century, which can be viewed in the gallery next to the main entrance.
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While in Split, you'll enjoy a guided sightseeing tour of the city's most notable landmarks, including the ruins of the palace of Roman Emperor Diocletian, the Cathedral of St. Domnius, and the Temple of Jupiter.
Next on the agenda is Dubrovnik, about 140 miles south of Split at Croatia's southernmost tip, with breathtaking views of the Adriatic. Also known by the Italian name Ragusa, the former city-state once rivaled Venice. The included guided tour will cover's the city walls, the old harbor, the Fort of St. Lawrence, the Franciscan Monastery, and the Sponza and Rector palaces. The Hotel Petka will be your base for three nights.
You can also opt for a full-day tour of the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro, during which you'll visit Cetinje, Sveti Stefan, and Budva ($54 per person).
For a change of pace and scenery, you'll drive about 290 miles inland to Plitvice Lakes National Park, known for its lush vegetation and lakes. You'll stay overnight at Hotel Grabovac.
After a walking tour of the national park, board the bus for the 80-mile drive to Zagreb. Explore the Croatian capital on your own, then proceed to Ljubljana, Slovenia. During the included city tour of Ljubljana, you'll check out an open-air market, City Hall, Parliament, Robba's Fountain, and the Three Bridges. There's also an optional traditional Slovene dinner with wine at a country inn in the medieval town of Radovljica ($46 per person).
You'll spend two nights in Bled, about 40 miles from Ljubljana, at Hotel Jelovica. A sightseeing tour of Bled and its famous castle is included, as is a farewell dinner.
The trip winds down with a ride back to the Venice airport (about 190 miles from Bled), where you'll catch a flight home.
If you'd like to spend more time in the area, you can opt for a similar Affordable Croatia and Slovenia package featuring two post-tour nights in Venice, starting at $1,799 for air and 11 nights.
For more tips on what to do, visit the official tourism Web sites of Croatia, Slovenia, and Italy.
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There are about 3,000 known species. They can be found living in North America and Europe.
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Animal Life Resource (2010). Turbellarians. Available here.
Brusca, R. C, and Brusca, G. J., 2003. Invertebrates, 2nd ed. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Massachusetts. Pages 295, 296, 303 and 305.
Canada's Aquatic Environments (2002). Turbellaria. Available here.
Miami University (2000). Platyhelminthes and Parasitism. Available here.
Soil and Water Conservation Society of Metro Halifax (2006). Class Turbellaria. Available here
Susan A. Bergeron (2007). Class Turbellaria (flatworms). Available here.
The Marine Life Information Network (2010). Class Turbellaria - flatworms. Available here.
Waterwatch South Australia (2004). Sponges, Hyrdas and Worms. Available here.

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1st Composite Aircraft Pair — maybe not what you thought?
When thinking of composite aircraft (one aircraft initially mounted atop another much larger aircraft) most think of either the Short Mayo Composite (Short S.21 Maia flying boat which lofted a Short S.20 Mercury to altitude for air mail delivery purposes) in 1938 or the Luftwaffe Mistel pairings (fighter atop a drone bomber). Actually, just barely a decade after the historic Wright Brothers flight in 1903 Great Britain flew the first aircraft composite. Tested in Felixstowe (that historic base for seaplane development) a Felixstowe Porte Baby flying boat acted as mothership to a Bristol Scout fighter — the purpose was to intercept Zeppelin airships at sea when on their bombing raids to Great Britain. Testing halted after the maiden trail as the flying off of the Scout was too dangerous to repeat.


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Lawrence H. Summers, the former Treasury secretary and senior White House economic adviser, has withdrawn as a candidate for Federal Reserve chairman in a startling development that raises urgent questions about who will lead the central bank when Chairman Ben S. Bernanke steps down in four months.
Summers withdrew after an intense uproar among liberal Democrats, women's groups and other advocacy organizations against his potential nomination — a highly unusual assault on the candidate who President Obama favored for the job.
Obama has said he is considering two other candidates for the post, Fed Vice Chairman Janet L. Yellen and former Fed vice chairman Don Kohn. But he was leaning toward picking Summers, people close to the White House say, and the economist's decision to take his name out of the ring might lead Obama to pursue a wider range of candidates.
Summers helped Obama navigate the depths of the financial crisis and recession, providing a degree of support that Obama has told aides he deeply valued. No official, with the possible exception of former Treasury secretary Timothy F. Geithner, did more to influence the president's response to the traumatic events he faced at the beginning of his term, which Obama plans to highlight this week as he marks the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis.
On Sunday, Summers telephoned the president to tell him he was withdrawing his name from consideration.
"It has been a privilege to work with you since the beginning of your Administration as you led the nation through a severe recession into a sustained economic recovery," Summers wrote in a letter to the president.
He added: "This is a complex moment in our national life. I have reluctantly concluded that any possible confirmation process for me would be acrimonious and would not serve the interest of the Federal Reserve, the Administration, or ultimately, the interests of the nation's ongoing economic recovery."
Obama accepted Summers's decision, lauding him and saying that he planned to continue to consult his former adviser.
"Larry was a critical member of my team as we faced down the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, and it was in no small part because of his expertise, wisdom and leadership that we wrestled the economy back to growth and made the kind of progress we are seeing today," Obama said. "I will always be grateful to Larry for his tireless work and service on behalf of his country."
The decision marks a disappointing turn of events for the renowned economist, who had operated at the highest levels of academia and government. But he has been dogged by controversies. Summers has come under fire for his support for deregulating parts of the banking sector while he was Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton. While president of Harvard University in 2005, he also sparked controversy for his comments on women's aptitude in math and science.
People close to the White House said Summers faced not only a rebellion among liberal Democrats but also other challenges, including a debate over whether to launch a military strike against Syria that stretched out the Fed process and gave more time for opposition to build.
"It was just a perfect storm of bad timing," said one person close to the White House, who requested anonymity in order to speak candidly about private deliberations. "It would have been absolute war, and the president would have had to spend all of his political capital. Larry decided not to drag him through it."
The contest for Fed chairman had taken on the form of a political campaign this summer, as allies of Summers and Yellen advanced their cases in the news media — and in behind-the-scenes whispering campaigns.
A wide array of current and former Obama officials backed Summers, arguing that his crisis experience and economic prowess made him an exceptional candidate. Yellen's supporters, meanwhile, noted that she has deep Fed experience and has been an architect of the central bank's efforts to reduce unemployment.
The drama started after word of Summers's candidacy first circulated early this summer — when most Fed watchers thought Yellen would be appointed.
Liberals on Capitol Hill, as well as a wide array of economists, erupted. They said he had a brusque personality that would be problematic at the Fed.
Summers's allies took to the media, noting that he was an architect of the president's push for tough financial regulations after the crisis and couldn't be so difficult to work with if he had garnered the support of so many of his White House colleagues.
When questioned on Capitol Hill, Obama made many of the same points in defense of his former adviser. But given the heated opposition, Obama decided to announce publicly that he would wait until the fall to make a decision, hoping to buy time and cool tensions.
Some former administration officials say, in retrospect, that the White House got the strategy wrong. While the noise from Capitol Hill died down for a while — and Senate leadership privately told the White House it would do all it could to get Summers through — key voices in the opposition grew louder.
In the past week, Democratic Sens. Jon Tester (Mont.) and Sherrod Brown (Ohio), members of the banking committee, which would have had to endorse Summers, announced that they would vote against him. Another committee Democrat, Sen. Jeff Merkely (Ore.), had said long ago that he would oppose Summers, and it was widely assumed that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would have joined them as well.
That would have meant that Obama would have had to court Republicans to get Summers confirmed — a difficult task at the same time he would be trying to strip away Republican support for a deal to keep the government open and raise the federal borrowing limits.
"The truth is that it was unlikely he would have been confirmed by the Senate," said Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), a liberal who said he would have voted against Summers if he was approved by the Senate banking committee.
Obama is now short on time to make a nomination, given that the Senate often takes a few months for confirmation. While some speculated Sunday that Obama might turn to Geithner, a person close to the former Treasury secretary said he does not want to be considered.
The decision may give a lift to markets, which were concerned about the uncertainty surrounding the Fed nomination process and the perception that Summers would have been less supportive of the Fed's efforts to reduce unemployment.
"This news should be positive for the markets," said Millan Mulraine, director of U.S. rates research at TD Securities. "We could see a rally."
Summers's friends expressed regret that the perception of him has been more caricature than reality, arguing that he would have pushed the Fed strongly to reduce unemployment and to demand more transparency in the financial system.


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When I present our case (400 acceptance tests, 30 unit tests) I often get asked
"How you can refactor without unit tests?". Well, it's easy, if the refactoring did not break my acceptance tests then I am safe. It seems that there is common misbelief that you need unit tests in order to refactor.
Lets look at the some view points:
1) Unit testing supports design (building the knowledge)
True, though you could as well use any other "tool" like CRC cards and you would not increase the mass of your "manufacturing equipment" than can be seen as waste. Acceptance testing also supports design by giving the focus and telling you when you have "done" with the story from functionality perspective.
2) Unit testing does not ensure that the totality works
... so you need the acceptance testing anyway.
3) Acceptance testing is slow, so therefore it is better to do unit testing
If something is slow you should not do it? That's just weak. You should look into tools like Selenium Grid.
4) Fixing acceptance tests takes so much time, refactoring unit tests is faster
So maybe your acceptance tests are not very good? Changes in implementation (not behavior) should not break your acceptance tests.
5) Unit testing is not really that much about testing
... but it may be a good tool for learning. Still unit test coverage does not mean anything really (neither does acceptance test coverage).
Of course you may have as much unit tests as you ever like - just give it a thought before jumping into it. :)
Update: Some people have taken this post as "Unit testing is something that should not be done at all". That is NOT my message - I think we need delicate balance and I would pursue that by "outside in"-approach where you take the user's view and start approaching the system from there, working from Acceptance test towards Unit tests. If you approach automation by implementing "inside out" unit tests you may get lost with the unit testing adventure.


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November 2013 Newsletter
A successful summer and a busy fall/winter coming up at the museum. Check out all the upcoming events and news.
Biography of Shubael Conant Now Available
Mansfield's First Citizen Speaker: The Honorable Shubael Conant, Esq. By Roberta K. Smith
Silk Mills of Mansfield
Mansfield Silk Company Mill, Gurleyville The large mill in this engraving was built c. 1800 by Ephraim Gurley for the production of steelyards and other iron tools. In 1827, the Mansfield Silk Company was founded and the Gurley mill was purchased for the new enterprise. This was the second silk mill in this country and […]
History of Silk Production
The Beginnings Of Silk Culture The culture of silkworms (Bombyx mori) began in China about 5000 years ago. The ancient Chinese were the first to discover that the cocoons of a lowly caterpillar could be unwound and the filaments woven into some of the most beautiful fabrics in the world. Silk was so highly prized […]
March 2013 Newsletter
Spring is here and the 2013 Mansfield Historical Society Museum schedule is now available. Read the very interesting article about Mansfield's Clover Mills.


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I guess you never grow out of playing with cardboard boxes. This man sized WALL-E robot just goes to show that you don't have to spend a lot of money on material just to make a shell for your robots.
The WALL-E robot includes a custom 433Mhz transmitter and receiver which uses Holtek HT12E and HT12D encoder and decoders. Atmega8 and Atmega16 were used to format the data being transmitter. The robot comes to life with the help of motors and pneumatic cylinders.
The soda bottles sure looks hackerish if you ask me. I would like to see more details on the pneumatics used in this project. See more build photos after the break.


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NetFlix and chill is the shit, unless you're a young brown girl with an Afro catching up on Winx Club.
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Let's say it is summer, and your mother has said, "Go somewhere and sit down."
You get your healthy snack, your apple juice, and your pretty little black girl doll, Mia. You already took those whack ass pony tails out of her hair in an effort to make it her look more like you, but her hair is not kinky enough. Plus, the stupid part down the middle is permanent. So her hair will never be quite right. You love her just the same tho.
Y'all chilling and what not, binge watching Stella and the crew on NetFlix. Stella has decided the Miss Magix title is more important than her midterms. If it is no big deal to her, it is no big deal to you. You are only 5 or 6 and you don't even know what a midterm is. Stella is great, and the crown means so much to her; besides, she is already a fairy princess.
Flora and Musa are talking Stella up. "Your hair will be like gold and silk," one says.
"She is going to win; I can feel it," you say to Mia. She loves the Winx Club just as much as you.
The look on your face when you discover the shriek of horror coming from the outside of Stella's dressing room is coming from a brown girl. She is so pretty, and her hair is reminiscent of Blue Ivy's baby hair with afros. You start having second thoughts about Stella's chance of winning. That is until you discover why she is crying.
You can see this for yourself on the Netflix platform in Season 1 Episode 12 at 11:02 minutes.
Can you imagine your face when you realize the catastrophe is her hair? Her hair that looks like your hair, your mama's hair and your big sister's hair? Your hair has never been straight, and it is always poof-ed up just like this, and everybody says they love your hair. Yet, all the girls at Alfea School of Fairies are laughing at your hairstyle. Could you imagine being 4 or 5 and shrinking inside?
In this episode, this character does not compete in the pageant. This is her only appearance during the entire episode. The overt racism is killing my Netflix vibe. Did it just kill your vibe?
The Winx Club is the first Italian animated series ever sold in the Untied States. It was created by Iginio Straffi. There are three versions of the series: the Nickelodeon version, the Cinélume version, and the 4kids version. Whichever one Netflix is streaming is a problem. I'd like to see them take it off the platform, and to be more careful when acquiring animated series.
I personally wasn't aware of this show when it first aired. However, we can't let it live on Netflix; our children's self esteem is at stake!
There are lot of other posts about this episode, but no one has asked Netflix to remove this cartoon until now.
This is a formal petition. Please leave a comment below telling Netflix why they need to #TakeItDown
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Ohio authorities have appealed a federal judge's ruling ordering them to recognize gay marriages on death certificates.
The attorney general's office filed its notice of appeal Thursday in the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
An appeal brief containing their arguments will be filed at a later date.
They're appealing federal Judge Timothy Black's ruling on Dec. 23, which said the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and demeans "the dignity of same-sex couples in the eyes of the state and the wider community."
Though Black harshly criticized the gay marriage ban, passed by voters in 2004, his ruling was narrow and only applies to death certificates.
State's attorneys have argued that they have a duty to defend the Ohio constitution and state statutes.


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In many organizations, 60% to 70% of the projects finish late, over budget and/or fail to deliver much value. Not using a Statement of Work – SOW during the project initiation is a major cause of project failure. Project Phases Main Page
The project sponsor or customer issues the Statement of Work. It is their first communication to the project manager about what the project should deliver. It also describes what resources the project can consume to deliver it. The Statement of Work – SOW defines the deliverables. The sponsor should define the scope with the acceptance criteria that measures the project's success. A Statement of Work can include the following (as well as other items):
- Business Purpose: This includes a link to the company strategy
- Scope of work: A short narrative definition and the quantified acceptance criteria
- Location of Work: Describes where the project manager and team will do the work
- Period of Performance: Specifies the start and finish time frame
- Deliverables Schedule: Lists and describes what is due and when
- Budget – The largest amount the project manager can spend to produce the required deliverables
- Type of Contract/Payment Schedule: The project acceptance will depend on whether the budget available will be enough to cover the work required.
A New Project Without a Statement of Work – SOW
People get excited about implementing a new idea or about solving a new problem. All of the discussion is about the project finish date and all the things they must do. Particular attention is paid to the tasks they must do first. Everyone wants to talk about what to do first because they can immediately start work on them. They don't take the time to decide what business outcome the project must deliver. They also don't define the specific acceptance criteria they'll use for the project's deliverables. In other words, they don't prepare a Statement of Work – SOW.
In many organizations, there is no thorough decision-making process. No one makes any decisions or commitments before people start work on the first few tasks. The project has little chance for success if the project starts without the sponsor specifying exactly what he/she wants. They must also specify what is "good enough." "Good enough" defines how the sponsor will measure the project's success. Here is an example. A goal of 100% accuracy on billing statements is a difficult and expensive achievement. But the goal of 90% accuracy is "good enough" because it is a 15% improvement over the current accuracy rate. Without the specifics of what the sponsor wants and how he/she will measure success, senior management can't decide if they should approve the project's initiation. Additionally, no one is committed to the project's success. That's because they don't know exactly what the project must deliver to be considered a success.
Statement of Work – SOW Solution
The organization can fix this problem by requiring that the project sponsor complete a Statement of Work – SOW for every project before work can begin. The Statement of Work is the sponsor's (not the project manager's) commitment to the organization about what he/she will deliver for the resources they will spend. The Statement of Work supports senior management's control over the initiation of projects. It ensures there are resources available to work on the organization's major strategic initiatives. When project sponsors use the Statement of Work – SOW properly, they set measurable goals and decide what to include and, as importantly, what to exclude from the project.
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Sports Massage
Sports massage has various uses. It can be used to both prevent injuries from playing a sport and help you recover if you have already been injured. Additionally, when you regularly get a massage, it can even help you improve your performance on the field, on the court, or in the pool! When you are an athlete, chances are you are hard on some areas of your body and use certain muscles much more than other muscles. With this specialized massage, one our massage therapists will work on those areas that need some extra TLC.
You have probably heard that many famous athletes regularly get a massage. This is due to the benefits the massage provides their bodies.
This form of massage can help improve your flexibility, which can be a great asset in just about any sport. Additionally, through the relaxation you experience during a massage, your blood pressure and heart rate may even decrease. Both of these are great assets for athletes. Plus, when you are relaxed, your mind will be better able to focus on training or competing, instead of being bogged down and worried about everything you need to do. Consider adding this form of massage to your workout regimen. It can help your body be the best it can be when you compete. Additionally, if you have a big game or competition coming up, try to schedule a massage shortly before it will take place. Get your body and your mind ready to compete! You will be glad you schedule your sports massage when you notice your improved performance.


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. .Throughout history, salt has always been a precious to man. It was once traded for gold. In the ancient days of the Bible the disciples were called by Jesus "the salt of the earth," and later carried out by the Romans, during baptismal ceremonies by placing a few grains of salt on the child's tongue. The early Chinese used coins of salt and in Europe some Mediterranean people used cakes of salt as currency. Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt. The word "salary" comes from "sal," the Latin word for salt. The main sources of salt in ancient times were dry coastal areas near the Mediterranean. Early trade routes centered on Spain, Italy, Greece and Egypt. Many of the caravan trade routes were developed to transport salt, and Genoa, Pisa and Venice emerged as centers for the salt trade.
Throughout history, wars have been fought over salt or lost for the lack of it. During the Revolutionary War Benjamin Franklin made a secret deal with Bermuda to supply salt to the American forces. In 1783, after the Revolutionary war was won, salt works were set up along the Atlantic Coast. Major salt deposits found near Syracuse provided one of the main reasons for the construction of the Erie Canal, which opened in 1825.
In Michigan, a huge sea covering the region evaporated more than 400 million years ago, forming salt deposits which were gradually buried by glacial activity. This salt bed spreads over 170,000 square miles under Michigan, Ontario, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia . Some estimates suggest there is enough salt in the Metro Detroit underground to last 70 million years.
What is sodium? Who is in need of its valuable minerals? Why is stored in great abundance on the earth? People, Plants and animals all need it. I wanted to investigate why it was and is so important.
Burial beliefs of Egypt
A mummification is an ancient mysterious art. It was important because the ancient Egyptians believed in afterlife where the spirit, the ka, would return to the original body. The process of mummification took many years to perfect, probably a thousand years.
The whole process depends on desiccation. Bacteria and fungi, like all other living organisms, require water to survive. Therefore, if water is removed from the body, putrefaction will not occur.
Mummification was carried out in special places called "The House of the Dead." The morticians were qualified people who carried on this art. They were outcasts from the rest of the population, since people feared they that carried infections from dead people. The process of mummification took 70 days and was expensive. It was reserved for royalty and nobility.
The process began by laying the corpse on a table. An incision was made on the left side of the abdomen, and all the organs were taken out, but not the heart. The individual organs were wrapped in a cloth with natron salt and put in canopic jars (Fig. 1). Natron salt is a combination of sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride, and was obtained from the Natron Valley in the Western Desert (Wadi El-Natron).
In Egypt natron played an important part in the burial of the dead. The entire process of mummification took as many as 70 days. The natron was placed in the cavities of the deceased which dried the moisture from the body. The important organs were removed and placed in canopic jars to be used later upon reincarnation. The body was then wrapped in linen strips with the enhancement of herbs and spices.
Morton Salt Company and its importance in America
The history of the girl with the umbrella - When it rain its pours
Misuse and
Consequences of salt on streets
Student Assignment
Select one topic to investigate on the use of salt.
Answer the following questions.
1. Where does salt come from?
2. How is it made?
3. Why is the ocean salty?
4. Give 5 examples of salt being a useful product.
5. Give 5 examples of salt being a harmful product
Demonstrate one experiment using the scientific principles of inquiry.
Use show and tell method
Rubric (5 points) Teacher and student evaluation
1. Did you complete 5 assignments?
2. Did you discover new facts about salt?
3. How is salt helpful to us?
4. How is it harmful?
5. Demonstrate your scientific inquiry to the class.
What did you enjoy most about completing this assignment?


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A Microwave Rocket model was successfully lifted up by microwave power irradiated from a ground-based power source, Gyrotron. By using a repetitively pulsed microwave beam, a metallic model rocket of 126g weight was propelled for 1.2m without any propellant consumption.
The group of Prof. Kimiya KOMURASAKI, the Graduate School of Frontier Science, the University of Tokyo conducted the Microwave Rocket launch experiment in collaboration with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) as a Collaborative Research using JAEA facilities. A high power microwave generator, Gyrotron, whose oscillation frequency and output power are 170GHz and 1MW, respectively, was used as a ground-based power source and a metallic rocket model of 126g weight was propelled by a repetitively pulsed microwave beam for 1.2m without any propellant consumption.
Conventional rockets, such as Japanese H-II rockets, gain thrust via combustion of loaded propellants; such as liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. These propellants' weight is approximately 90% of the launch weight, which results in their huge thrust requirements and prevents significant launch-cost reduction. On the other hand, Microwave Rocket does not require combustion reactions and loading propellants, so that the launch-cost is expected to be reduced by 1/100 by downsizing and weight saving of a launcher and Microwave Rocket is recognized as one of the promising future space transportation systems which can contribute to space infrastructure constructions, such as Space Solar Power Satellite Systems or Lunar Bases.
Thrust is generated through the explosive expansion of the atmospheric air by microwave energy deposition at the focus of the microwave beam, which is similar to that of a peal of thunder: A pulsed microwave beam sent from the ground is focused inside the rocket and the air is heated up to 10,000 degrees Celsius very rapidly. Steady thrust can be generated by repetitively pulsed microwave irradiations.
The development of Gyrotron is done at the Naka Fusion Institute, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, for the plasma heating system of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Because the Gyrotron was improved to steadily generate repetitive pulse microwave beam, the presented experiment was conducted.
In our experiment in 2003, a plastic rocket model weighing 9.5g was launched at 2m altitude by a single-pulse microwave beam (930kW, 0.4msec.) In this experiment, thrust was generated continuously for 1.2m vertical distance using a repetitively pulsed microwave beam (power: 600kW, pulse duration: 1msec, repetition frequency: 100Hz) and the thrust was enough to lift up a metallic rocket weighing 126g which was one order of magnitude heavier than the previous model.
Our future work is to launch a heavier rocket to a higher altitude by improving Gyrotron and optical transmission systems and by adding an intake, and eventually, to launch 100kg payload into earth orbits.
In addition, a long-range wireless power transmission was demonstrated in this series of experiments. To achieve a long-range microwave power transmission, the beam diameter was widen using a set of parabolic mirrors on the transmitter side and narrowed on the rocket side as well. Results showed that thrust was continuously generated in the range of 5m or longer. This technology implies the possibility of high-power wireless transmission for future applications including rocket propulsion.
Space Transportation Symposium http://www.isas.ac.jp/j/researchers/symp/2010/0114_yusou.shtml
(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(ISAS/JAXA), Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Pref., Jan. 14-15, 2010. The presentation is planned in the morning on Friday 15th.)
Graduate School of Frontier Science, the University of Tokyo. Prof. Kimiya Komurasaki
Tel/FAX : +81-3-5841-6607 (Hongo campus), +81-4-7136-3829 (Kashiwa campus)
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Pictures, movie materials and supporting viewgraphs can be downloaded from the following web site.
URL : http://www.kml.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/press/pr1001.htm
Figure : A picture of the vertical launch of the Microwave Rocket. One frame taken by a fast framing camera.
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Ten winter wheattrials from England in 2015 make average yields of the control varieties now10.62t/ha, currently 0.44t/ha above the five-year average, reports AHDB Cereals& Oilseeds Dr Simon Oxley. Results to date include four new trials fromSuffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Kent.
The Suffolk siteachieved the best average yield so far with 12.95t/ha recorded for the averageof the control varieties. Control varieties used to calculate a yield of 100%are JB Diego, Gallant, Invicta, KWS Santiago and Crusoe.
Group 4s
Of the controlvarieties KWS Kielder is performing well (105%) with other Group 4 hard feedvarieties Evolution, KWS Santiago and KWS Gator all 104%. Soft Group 4 feedvarieties performing well include Leeds (102%) and Twister (102%).
Quality wheats
Yield alone isnot the mark of a good quality variety. However, yields of nabim Group 1varieties Skyfall (102%), KWS Trinity (100%) and Crusoe (98%) all lookfavourable.
The nabim Group2 varieties KWS Lili (101%) and Cubanita (101%) currently stand out, while Group3 biscuit quality varieties Britannia (103%) and Icon (103%) look particularlyimpressive on yield.
Five-year average
When selectingvarieties for next season, five-year average values give a better representationof performance across different seasons. At this stage, three Group 4 hard feedvarieties performing well are Reflection (105%), Evolution (105%) and KWSSantiago (105%).
Quality wheatswith good five-year average results are Skyfall (102%), KWS Lili (103%) fromGroup 1 and 2 respectively. Britannia (103%), a Group 3 biscuit wheat hasyields equal to many hard and soft feed varieties.
Candidate varieties
Looking to thefuture, it is too early to identify their quality performance but, on yield,the potential bread making variety KWS Siskin (108%) and the potential hardfeed varieties KWS Silverstone (107%) and Belgrade (106%) are performing wellagainst the control varieties in 2015.
For all results and tables: http://cereals.ahdb.org.uk/varieties/current-trials-and-harvest-results.aspx


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COLLIN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – A Wylie teenager has admitted to killing another child, who he called his friend, and trying to stuff his body down a storm drain last year. The boy is now headed to a youth detention center — but the question is, for how long?
The 15-year-old boy, whose name has never been released because of his age, pled guilty to Manslaughter and Tampering with Evidence on Monday. A judge sentenced the boy to 15 years in the youth center.
High school freshman Nahum Martinez was shot and killed in March of 2012. After he was shot, inside a private residence, the body of 15-year-old Nahum Martinez was carried outside and his killer attempted to stuff it down a storm drain.
Talking to CBS 11 News last year after a judge ruled her son's now admitted killer would be tried as a juvenile, Martinez' mother, Teresa Martinez, said, "If my son had been smaller he would have stuffed him down and we would probably still be looking for him."
While the Manslaughter sentence was for 15 years, the guilty teenager will be re-evaluated when he is 19, to determine whether he should get probation or serve the rest of his sentence in an adult prison.
During the sentencing phase of the trail the teen, who was 14 when he killed Martinez, apologized to his victim's family and said he "feels horrible about what happened."
A second underage teen involved with disposing of Nahum Martinez' body was sentenced to a year in juvenile custody earlier last year. That boy will be on probation until he is 18-years-old.
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One arena in which Bobby Kennedy had always shown his softer side was his faith. All the Kennedys called themselves Catholic, but Bobby practiced his religion in ways that endeared him to his mother and distinguished him from his brother Jack. During his three years at Portsmouth Priory School, he went to church the required four times a week plus the three optional services.
Ritual played an even bigger part of life in his and Ethel's home than it had in Rose and Joe's. The young couple outfitted each of the 13 bedrooms with a Bible, holy water and a crucifix or statue of Saint Mary. There were prayers every morning, before and after each meal, and at bedtime when the children assembled to recite as one "Now I lay me down to sleep".
Benediction was offered for the family too and as the list of deceased relatives grew, the children named each one and asked God to vault them straight to heaven. Also named were the saints they prayed to - Anthony to end poverty and find a parking place, Francis for the growing menagerie, and Christopher when they took off in a plane. Bobby's Saint Christopher medal never left his neck, which made sense given his non-stop travelling.
Most observers assumed Ethel was the keeper of the flame of faith, and that she was more wed to liturgy than Bobby. But the reassurance he found in his religion was apparent when, as a young man, he stepped over the railing and volunteered as an altar boy at St Francis Xavier Church in Hyannis, to the delight of his mother, who attended early Mass every morning.
He did the same thing in random cities across America during his many investigations and campaigns. "The priests couldn't believe the delicacy with which he did it," recalls advance man James Tolan. "They told me they never saw an individual serve Mass in that way other than a seminarian."
His Catholicism was integral to his politics, too. It reinforced the sense of public service drilled into the children by Rose and Joe. It was consistent with his commitment to the sanctity of the family - and to big ones like he was born into and that he and Ethel would more than replicate.
Bobby shared the Church's conscientious division of the world into good and evil, along with its judgment that communists are godless and the poor blessed. His life centred on three totems in those years of early adulthood: the Democratic Party, the Kennedy family and God.
But he distinguished between the faith's divinity and its hierarchy. While he held the former sacrosanct, he had always challenged Church authorities, from parish priests to the Pope.
Back in his undergraduate days, he joined other Harvard Catholics at lectures by Father Leonard Feeney, an influential Jesuit priest who warned that the Jews "are trying to take over this city" and preached that only Catholics could be saved. Bobby was embarrassed enough by those diatribes to discuss them with his brother Ted and his father, who arranged for him to meet Archbishop Cushing to convey his concern.
Even a Kennedy found it difficult to confront a prelate in those days and Bobby's courage likely played a role in Feeney's eventual expulsion from his order and excommunication from the Church.
In later years, Bobby lobbied the Pope to name a liberal replacement for New York's arch-conservative Cardinal Francis Joseph Spellman. And when he piled the children into the station wagon for the ride to church - they had to attend starting as toddlers, although they stayed in the back with a nursemaid until they were "church broke" - he "always carried a Bible with him", recalls Bobby Jnr.
"When the priest started talking about the Right-wing stuff, he would pointedly read the Bible, or he would read the Catholic newspapers at the back of the church." He called it "an awful thing" that the Church taught that babies, his or anyone's, were born in sin. He told his kids that "priests were Republicans and nuns Democrats". He also told them they needn't trust clerics to mediate the word of God when they could read it for themselves in the Old Testament and the New.
As defining as his faith was to him, Bobby's heritage was even more so, especially in distinguishing him from his brother the president. Their differences in temperament and outlook crystallised as the two spent more time together as young adults.
Jack would always be the handsome older brother, whose silky-smooth polish made begrudging Bostonians tag him as a "Fifth Avenue Catholic" and "Harvard Irishman". Bobby was all Gaelic, bristling with energy and trusting his gut.
If the Church had been their calling, Jack would have been pope, Bobby a parish priest. Jack looked past women he met unless they were young and gorgeous. Bobby was interested in nearly everybody, grasping a hand and peering into a face in ways that made a person feel a genuine connection.
Each stood as the other's best man when they married, but when Jack wanted to relax, he turned to his even younger brother Ted, not the more prudish Bobby. When Joe offered all his children $1,000 for not drinking until age 21 and another $1,000 for not smoking, Bobby collected, Jack indulged. "Jack has always been one to persuade people to do things," his father said. "Bobby tends to tell people what to do."
Their singularities were easy to spot on the American football field. Jack hung back, protecting his wounded back and aristocratic bearing, while Bobby charged into anyone, kids included, who was foolish enough to stand between him and the end zone. It was apparent, too, in the swimming pool.
Both made the Harvard team, where their acclaimed coach Harold Ulen remembered Bobby as "very heavy in the water", while Jack "could float very well". That, family biographers Peter Collier and David Horowitz write, was a metaphor for what separated the two: "Jack's sensibility was buoyantly literary; Bobby's was heavily moral, however inchoate. Bobby sought responsibility as compulsively as Jack tried to evade it."
Those very divergences let them construct a brotherly alliance that would become as celebrated in the political sphere as the one between Wilbur and Orville Wright in aviation. Each brother had trained for his role in their campaigns, Bobby by moulding himself into a relentless prosecutor, Jack by reading, travelling, and perfecting his smile.
The division of labour was perfect - Jack as statesman, Bobby as hatchet man - and perfectly suited to the Kennedy family business.
"It was politics that brought them together," Eunice said. "That's a business full of knives. Jack needed someone he could trust, someone who had loyalty to him. Jack knew he had a person like that with Bobby around."
The newspaper columnist Stewart Alsop called it a "sweet-and-sour brother act", in which "Jack uses his charm and waves the carrot, and then Bobby wades in with the stick". Theirs was a reversal of normal sibling roles, with the younger doing extraordinary things for the elder.
Bobby was his brother's keeper. Sometimes that role brought out his warm-heartedness, but it could also make Bobby defensive and vindictive. When Bobby told someone "No", Jack added "I'm sorry". Jack made friends, Bobby enemies - the appropriate outcomes for a politician and his sideman.
Yet those roles belied their characters in ways that elevated Jack and diminished Bobby.
"John Kennedy was a realist brilliantly disguised as a romantic, Robert a romantic stubbornly disguised as a realist," observed Arthur Schlesinger Jnr, biographer to both. Joe realised from the start that the yin-and-yang tandem could be unstoppable and Jack came to see that over time.
The Press called Bobby as steely as Joe, and Jack as tender as Rose, but they had it exactly backward. "Jack would cut you off at the knees," said Kenny O'Donnell. "Bobby would say, 'Why are we doing that to this guy?'" If Jack Kennedy was "the first Irish Brahmin", Massachusetts Governor Paul Dever observed after watching Bobby at work, "Bobby is the last Irish Puritan".
Larry Tye's Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon is published by Random House, priced £25
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Elegantwoman.org's Gift Etiquette page – a complete guide to gift giving etiquette for proper gift giving.
Why Is Gift Etiquette Important
There is an art to gift giving. Giving gifts is a type of communication.
It tells people what you think of the receiver. Your gift says how important he/she is and your perception of him/her. Or it could mean that you don't think much of him/her at all!
A thoughtless gift simply shows….well, thoughtlessness.
I'm sure we can all identify with similar experiences. Beautiful, surprisingly thoughtful gifts make you feel special and incredibly loved.
Silly gifts, dull, gifts, offensive gifts, useless gifts make you feel a bit overlooked.
A strange gift…makes you wonder if it was a change-of-mind item. Or maybe it was a re-gift.
So what is proper gift giving and receiving?
Here are some general guidelines of Gift Etiquette:
Before You Buy A Gift
Before you buy a gift, consider the occasion. How terribly important is it? How formal is the event?
In general, the gift should reflect the occasion or the event.
The greater the importance, the more exquisite the gift should be. The more effort your host took, the bigger the gift.
How Well Do You Know Her?
If you know your beneficiary (gift receiver) well, you can make the gift as personal as possible.
If you know she likes Jazz music, you could present a beautifully wrapped collection of Jazz music on a CD.
Otherwise, you could ask your beneficiary's close friends and family for hints and suggestions or give gifts that everybody would love. Such as a box of cupcakes, tickets to a movie etc.
Gift Presentation Etiquette
Presenting the Gift
What a difference some brown paper, twine and ribbon makes!
In Gift etiquette, presenting the gift properly is as important as gift giving.
A beautiful container always increases the perceived value of the gift even though it only costs a couple of dollars more.
A jar, a wooden box, a basket, a tin, a cloth bag etc will all do very well.
The traditional box, wrapped with a bow and a gift tag always works.
Cultural Customs
Take note of cultural customs especially when giving a gift to someone (or client) from a different culture.
For instance, clocks are never accepted in Asian culture as it signifies that "the days of your life are numbered".
In some other cultures, you should never give shoes to a bride because it that she will 'walk' or 'run away' from her groom.
Colors are important in some cultures. Generally black is frowned upon, and in others such as Korean culture, white signifies death.
When Buying A Gift
Note Your Budget
First, set aside a budget. This prevents us from wasting shopping time.
Now, What Was She Like?
Try to remember something about the person you are buying the present for.
Did they mention about something about themselves that you could use as gift ideas?
For example, you could get a beautiful set of measuring spoons for an aspiring cook, a photo album for the photography hobbyists.
Get A Card
Attaching a gift card to your gift is very appropriate and elegant.
It makes your gift more meaningful. You could even explain why you bought the gift,
"I was walking past the shop window and this little bird glass painting made me think of you and the times we painted birds in art class".
Most people don't really say it, but the card sometimes make them happier than the gift.
Not much to say? Get a beautiful gift tag!
Many gifts come and go, used up and have gone, but we always keep the cards that mean to us the most. See this example of the best mother's day gift.
How To Give The Gift
It's good to think about the when and how you are going to give your gift.
Over Lunch/Dinner
If you are just going to meet your beneficiary for lunch, bring your gift and give it to him/her personally.
He/she can rave about it for two minutes over lunch.
At A Party
If she is hosting a party and is too busy meeting with guests, give it her when you greet her, but ask where you can leave it (like a presents corner or something).
Farewell Gifts
If you are going to a farewell party just before she leaves to the airport, don't bring a big bouquet of flowers
because she can't take the flowers on the plane with her. Don't get her a gift too big that is impossible to take with his/her already full luggage.
If it is A Bulky Gift
When you think about giving it to her, imagine what it would be like for her end to say, transport it home. This applies especially to sending wedding gifts!
Should you expect your gift to be opened in front of you?
Depending on culture, some people expect the gift receiver to open the gifts in front of the giver.
In general, it is nicer for the gift receiver to open in private and write a thank you note.
When You are Receiving the Gift
Gratitude First!
No matter what gift it is, remember to look happy and surprised.
Focus on the thought, time and effort (or any one of the three) that went into the gift.
Pause to show sincerity
Do not chuck it aside, once you've opened it. Hold the gift and look at your giver and express the most sincere thanks.
Write a Thank You Note!
Always write a thank you note, specially mentioning the gift. It can be in the form of an sms, text message, email, depending on formality and how expensive the gift is.
Manners always apply.
Gift opening etiquette
If you are asked to open your gifts in full view, check with each gift giver first. That might prevent some embarrassment.
Re-gifting Etiquette for both Givers and Receivers
If it is from your best friend, neighbor or a very close friend. I suggest not to regift. Keep it for 10 years at least before you do.
If it is from someone you'll probably never see again, or see once a year, regift but do it very tastefully – go undetected!
If you don't mind your receiver re-gifting, mention that in your note or include the gift-and-exchanges card from the boutique.
General Gift Etiquette Guideline for Re-gifting
Go undetected! Otherwise it's plain rude.
Ensure it is appropriate to the occasion, and a very useful and thoughtful gift to the person receiving your hand-me-downs.
Only give your hand-me-down gift if you are a hundred percent sure that your beneficiary will absolutely love it.


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Today, about 30 countries have requirements on the legal documentation of transfer pricing, which have, in some countries, existed for many years. Germany first adopted legal provisions in 2003. The new legal provisions were necessitated by a decision made by the German supreme tax court in 2001. Due to the lack of legal provisions, the German supreme tax court ruled that the tax office was not entitled to estimate the profit derived from inter-company transactions to the detriment of the taxpayer only because the taxpayer did not provide sufficient transfer pricing documentation. The tax office still has to prove the transfer price was not in accordance with the dealing at arm's length principle. Hence the tax administration amended the general tax code with new laws, which established documentation requirements and a change of the burden of proof if the documentation requirements are not met by the taxpayer.
Affected by the new law are German companies that own, directly or indirectly, at least 25 percent of a non-German company, have controlling influence on an overseas' company. The law also applies to non-German companies that own, directly or indirectly, at least 25 percent of a German company or have controlling influence on a German company (related entity/person). The same applies if a third party owns at least 25 percent of the taxpayer ("taxpayer" represents any form of company, partnership or individual) or has a controlling influence on the taxpayer and the third party owns at least 25 percent of a foreign entity or has a controlling influence on the foreign entity. The new laws are also applicable to overseas companies with German permanent establishments or partnerships and vice versa.
The documentation requirements are described in detail in the so called "profit allocation documentation regulations," which became effective on June 30, 2003. The documentation generally required is divided into four sections. Section 1 covers general information on participations, business and organizational structure; section 2, business relationships with respect to related entities/persons; section 3, the analysis of functions and risks; and section 4, the analysis of transfer pricing. In extraordinary cases additional documentation has to be provided to the tax office that addresses the change of business strategies, cost sharing agreements, transfer pricing confirmations or agreements with foreign tax offices, price adjustments for the taxpayer and the reasons for losses
The documentation has to be made in German, although exemptions are possible upon prior request of the taxpayer. It can generally only be requested by the tax office for the purpose of field audits and has to be provided to the tax office within 60 days of the tax offices' request. Documentation of extraordinary business transactions has to generally be made within six months of the extraordinary business transaction. These are, for instance, transfers in the course of restructurings and changes of functions and risks in the company.
If the taxpayer is not able to provide the required documentation on the tax offices' request, it is not usable or the documentation has not been made within the relevant period of time (six months), the tax office is entitled to presume that the income of the taxpayer is higher than declared. The taxpayer then carries the burden of proof that the income declared is correct. If the taxpayer fails to prove the correctness of the transfer price chosen, the tax office is entitled to estimate the taxpayer's profit. It can estimate the profit at the highest level of a transfer price range, if such a range exists for the relevant transfer price.
The tax office is entitled to impose a penalty of Euro 5,000. The penalty is at least 5 percent and at most 10 percent of the increased earnings and will be incurred as calculated even if this exceeds Euro 5,000. If the disclosure of correct documentation is delayed, a penalty of Euro 100 for each day of delay to a maximum of Euro 1,000,000 will be imposed.
The documentation requirements put an additional administrative burden on entrepreneurs with overseas relationships. The problem becomes more serious as advanced pricing agreements are not available in Germany.
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Co-ordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns have killed at least 42 people in north-east Nigeria, according to authorities, the latest in a string of increasingly bloody incidents threatening peace in Africa's most populous nation.
Multiple locations were struck in Bama in Nigeria's Borno state, where shootings and bombings have been rife since an insurgency began there in 2010.
Fighters raided a federal prison during the assault, killing 14 guards and freeing 105 inmates, officials said.
Details of the attack remain unclear, although military spokesman Lt Col Sagir Musa said about 200 fighters in buses and pickup trucks mounted with machine guns attacked the barracks of the 202 Battalion of Nigeria's army. Musa said 10 insurgents and two soldiers died in the attack.
"They came in army uniform pretending to be soldiers but [we] were able to detect them," he said.
The attackers also razed a police station, a police barracks, magistrate's court and local government offices, the spokesman said.
At least 22 police officers, three children and a woman were killed in those attacks, said Bama police commander Sagir Abubakar. He said officers killed three insurgents during the fighting.
Calls rang unanswered or would not connect on Tuesday night to those living in Bama, a town 40 miles (65km) south-east of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state. In attacks in the region by Islamic extremists, phone towers have been bombed and burned to the ground, making communication even more difficult for security officials and civilians as well. At least 17 people died in an attack in Bama in late April.
Much of the violence has been blamed on the extremist network known as Boko Haram, which translates as "western education is sacrilege" in the Hausa language of Nigeria's north. The group has said it wants its imprisoned members freed and Nigeria to adopt strict sharia law across the multi-ethnic nation of more than 160 million people.
While President Goodluck Jonathan has launched a committee to look at offering an amnesty deal to extremist fighters, Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, has dismissed the idea in messages.
The Islamic insurgency in Nigeria grew out of a riot in 2009 led by Boko Haram members in Maiduguri that ended in a military and police crackdown in which about 700 people were killed. The group's leader died in police custody in an apparent execution. Since 2010, Islamic extremists have engaged in hit-and-run shootings and suicide bombings, attacks that have killed more than 1,500 people.
Despite the deployment of more soldiers and police to northern Nigeria, central government has been unable to stop the killings. Meanwhile, alleged atrocities committed by security forces against the local civilian population has caused anger in the region.
In late April, at least 187 people were killed in fighting between Islamic extremists and the military in Baga, another city in Borno state that sits along the banks of Lake Chad. Witnesses say soldiers angry about the death of a military officer set fire to homes and killed civilians.
Human Rights Watch recently said an analysis of satellite imagery before and after the attack led it to believe the violence destroyed about 2,275 buildings and severely damaged another 125.


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Our Vision is to be an innovative learning community preparing students to reach their full potential as leaders, learners and critical thinkers in a complex and changing world.
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5-8 Principal: Jason Richards
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Teachers: Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Higgs, Mrs. Raymond, Mrs. Coffey-Roope, Mrs. L Jordan, and Mrs. Knowles
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First Grade is a year where students are learning more independence. Most of our lessons include a whole group mini-lesson, followed by guided practice and hands-on activities to practice skills.
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- Home to school and school to home communication is key. Please call, send a note, or email our staff anytime.
- Attend our school and family events, including conferences in November. Be sure to ask questions.
- Request additional meetings to ask questions and seek advice or input about how to help your child.
- Read through notices, information, and student work that are sent home.
- Get involved in our PTU or become a school volunteer.
In English/Language Arts, our priority learning targets:
Language: Conventions: Capitalization & Punctuation
- Is skilled at using capitalization and punctuation rules in context when writing.
Language: Conventions: Spelling
- Is skilled at writing words with a variety of common spelling patterns
- Is skilled at writing words with common short vowel patterns
Reading: Foundations: Phonics
- Is skilled at decoding one-syllable words containing digraphs and blends within the text.
- Is skilled at decoding one-syllable words with long vowels (with silent e and vowel teams) within the text.
- Is skilled at decoding words with common prefixes, suffixes, and endings within the text.
- Reading: Literature: Point of View/Purpose
- Understands the difference between the author's and the narrator's roles in telling the story.
Speaking and Listening:
- Understands how to tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details.
- Understands how to draw or create visual displays to clarify ideas, thoughts, and feelings.
Writing: Types and Purpose: Informative / Explanatory
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Writing: Types and Purpose: Narratives
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Geometry: Attributes and Properties
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Number Sense: Counting & Cardinality
- Understands each successive number name refers to a quantity that is one larger, each previous is one fewer, and is able to count forward and backwards beginning from any given number.
Number Sense: Counting and Cardinality Checklists
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Number Sense: Fractions, Decimals, Percents
- Understands that a circle or rectangle can be divided into equal parts.
Number Sense: Place Value
- Understands the concept of place value for numbers 11 to 19
- Understand what the digits of a two digit number (20-99) represent (amounts of tens and ones).
Operations: Addition & Subtraction
- Understands that numbers to 10 can be decomposed into pairs in more than one way and recorded using a drawing or equation.
- Is skilled at adding to numbers within 20. Is skilled at taking from numbers within 20.
Statistics & Probability: Data Analysis
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Tools of Measurement: Time
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- Understand the role the sun plays in the rate of evaporation.
Culture: Awareness and Understanding
- Understands that people have similarities and differences.
Geography: Maps & Tools
- Understands that a map is a visual representation of a place (room, home, neighborhood).
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PE: Mr. Dyer and Ms. Dubois
Art: Mrs. Jordan
Music: Ms. Macleod
Library: Mrs. Holyoke
Technology: Ms. Clawson
Guidance: Mrs. Craven
The City of Brewer is proud to be a community of caring. Along with these values, Habits of Work are explicitly taught at each grade level. We work with our K-8 students to help them become a:
Respectful Learner
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- Respects rights and feelings of others
Responsible Learner
- Behaves responsibly
- Completes assignments
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At the current time of economic difficulties, the levels of capital, prudent risk management and productivity of Spain's insurance industry have helped to make the financial system more stable and have significantly aided the Spanish economy. By way of example, in 2011 the insurance industry demonstrated its strength by means of an estimated volume of direct insurance premiums issued totalling 60,592 million euros, with a growth of 4.13% compared with 2010 despite the shrinking economy. However, notwithstanding its commercial strength, the industry is also going through a decisive and redefining period and it will face significant challenges in the coming years.
Solvency II regulations, equivalent to those of Basel II for the financial system, together with the necessary review of bank insurance agreements as a consequence of the numerous mergers between savings banks, represent two critical points in defining Spain's insurance industry of the future. Moreover, the slowdown in economic activity and the credit squeeze, with a deterioration in the sovereign debt of almost all European countries, represent a challenge to managing investment in the sector.
At a European level, a new regulatory framework is being proposed for the industry, known as Solvency II, which raises capital requirements and is provoking debate regarding some of the criteria adopted. Solvency II is a regulatory proposal that will probably come into force in 2014 and that, emulating the regulation of the financial sector, is divided into three fundamental pillars. The first pillar is quantitative in nature and establishes the minimum capital requirements for insurance companies. The other two pillars are qualitative in nature and affect governance (industry supervision) and market discipline (information transparency).
In general terms, Solvency II is a positive development in regulation for the sector as it modifies the powers of the supervisory regime, giving it a dynamic, prospective view that allows it to anticipate potential crisis situations. It also encourages a more transparent organisational structure among insurance companies, separating functions more appropriately and with improved communication channels. With regard to the quantitative part of capital requirements, this model is based on establishing criteria to value assets and liabilities and thereby determine the risks managed by each entity and the minimum capital it requires. According to the latest calculations carried out with individual figures for entities by the Basel Committee (QIS5), the impact for the sector is significant in this respect as, for Spanish insurance companies, this raises their capital requirements by 10,277 million euros to 17,205 million euros. An amount that does not entail global bankruptcy for the industry, as it has an excess of solvency, but which, on the other hand, should make the system more secure.
However, as a result of the QIS5, points of disagreement have arisen related to long-term products. The debate revolves around the method chosen to value assets and liabilities on the companies' balance sheets. Solvency II proposes that this should be mark-to-market. But in a sector such as the insurance industry, where portfolios are held long term, this methodology increases the procyclicality of the requirements and could put the wrong incentives in place.
Insurance risk is long term due to its very nature. More than 20 years might pass from when a client takes out, for example, a life-savings policy to when this is cashed in. Consequently, the insurer must invest in long-term secure assets to be able to ensure that the client will receive what has been guaranteed in the future. The assets and liabilities of an insurance company should therefore not be valued as if they were going to be sold tomorrow, which is what happens with the mark-to-market model, as this might result in a short-term management focus that would not be suitable for insurance business.
This debate becomes highly significant at times such as the present, so that work is being carried out on measures to resolve this problem. In this respect, there is the option of a countercyclical premium or matching adjustment, which means that adjustments can be made to the valuation of assets and liabilities at times of stress and thereby avoids the procyclicality caused by stressful discounting. However, its design needs to be studied in depth to make sure it does not encourage companies to invest in riskier assets. Moreover, the conditions under which this premium could be applied must be made very clear, without this limiting its applicability to any great extent.
Anyway, in today's complex and changing economic and financial environment, the risks for the insurance industry are not limited to regulatory aspects but are also related to business. Up to 12 insurance companies have alliances with banks, a sector that distributes 73% of life assurance premiums and is also gaining presence in non-life insurance branches, where it accounts for 10% of the premiums. But the strong process of concentration in the financial system, with numerous mergers between savings banks, means that these bank insurance agreements need to be reviewed. It therefore becomes necessary to establish a single bank insurance operator (to broker the sale), although the same financial institution can sell insurance from several different companies through its network, if so agreed. This process won't be simple as the current bank insurance agreements are private insurance policies between entities with large amounts of compensation should they be broken, established during an economic boom but difficult to afford in the current environment.
And we also need to add into the mix the slowdown in economic activity in Spain, which is clearly having a detrimental effect on business volumes and new operations in the risk business, as well as the fall in the savings rate, which harms savings products. In addition, the high volatility of the markets and the uncertainty regarding sovereign debt of most European countries make it difficult to manage the risk of entities.
In short, over the last few years Spain's insurance industry has shown itself to be strong at a commercial level and also solvent but it's not free from regulatory or business pressures. The coming months will be important in terms of defining the regulatory model to ensure the right incentives are established and to make progress in drawing up a new competitive map in bank insurance.
This box was prepared by Anna Mialet Rigau
Economic Analysis Unit, Research Department, "la Caixa"


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CK's Jason Simonis Is a Skinny QB With a Big Arm
The only explanation Jason Simonis can offer is divine intervention.
That's the only reason he can give as to why he can throw a football with the velocity he does.
"It amazes me sometimes that my arms are so strong," the Central Kitsap quarterback said. "I have twigs for arms; I'm not going to lie. I just wing it."
Simonis offers a similar explanation for his accurate passing. The 6-foot-5, 185-pounder completes 58 percent of his passes, an impressive number for a high school quarterback in a sophisticated offense.
He said he's never had a problem with his accuracy. Explaining why, on the other hand...
"I honestly believe it's a gift from God," Simonis said, eschewing the possibility that genetics could have played a role. "My dad can't throw a darn. I mean, he can throw pretty good for a lineman."
Rich Simonis played center at North Kitsap and at Spokane Falls Community College. His mom, Amy, was part of state-champion basketball team at NK and had a chance, Simonis said, to play basketball at Washington State.
Whether his skinny arm produces touchdown passes from genetics, hard work or the Almighty is immaterial. Simonis has turned himself into arguably the top passer in the area.
Central Kitsap coach Mark Keel praises his knowledge of the game and the understanding of the offense.
"He watches a lot film, so he knows what the defense is doing," Keel said. "...He knows (which receiver is) going to win the matchup by seeing the defense and understanding what they're going to do and then understanding what we're going to do."
"On the field, he always came across as a winner," South Kitsap coach D.J. Sigurdson said. "He was going to figure out a way to get it done."
And he'll get his chance to continue in college.
He's taking a visit to Eastern Washington next weekend. Montana, Montana State and Western Washington have all pursued him. He plans to take a visit to Montana after the season is over.
"Ever since I was little I wanted to play college ball," he said.
College programs want to bulk up the skinny QB.
"Yeah, (I hear it) all the time," he said. "(They say) I need to eat some steak."
Slmonis saw time for the Cougars as a sophomore. At first he played as an injury replacement and then he rotated every other series.
"I just took it as it came," Simonis said. "I was just glad to be out there."
His junior year, he passed for 1,345 yards, 12 touchdowns and six interceptions as the Cougars qualified for the state playoffs for the first time in a decade. This year, he's passed for 867 yards, 10 scores and five interceptions, despite missing a game for disciplinary reasons.
And again, the Cougars are on the brink of the playoffs. CK has games against last-place Stadium and lightly regarded Wilson to end the regular season. Win those, and the Cougars are headed to back-to-back playoff spots for the first time since 1988-89.
Once that's over, Simonis will be back at his winter job, teaching snowboarding on Crystal Mountain.
Simonis has been snowboarding since he was 10.
It's his second year teaching. Normal lessons are two hours. And he gets plenty of time on the slopes when he's done.
"I got good at it, and I decided to make some money while I do it," he said.
Sounds like quarterbacking. But instead of cash, he's going to get a college scholarship.


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