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Yesterday was the first day of school!! It was a GREAT day! I can't believe how different it was from last year...Colin has grown by leaps and bounds in the past 12 months! He was all smiles in the morning as we got dressed and ready. Jer was home, so he came with us for our inaugural donut breakfast of the 2011-2012 school year. :-) Colin was in such good spirits, despite mentioning several times that he was going to miss Miss Gina "soooo much". He was a little bit worried about not being with her, but overall he was excited and happy. He actually posed for pictures and walked happily into school. We got all the way to his new room and as I was hugging him goodbye, he got upset and wouldn't let go. Miss Vicki had to physically take him into the room while we made a run for it, but this year I was prepared for his reaction and didn't get upset. I knew it would be hard for him at first as he got back into the routine. The morning was sunny and beautiful with temps in the 70's (which I consider coat weather at this point) and I immediately took myself out for a pedicure while Jer ran his own errands. It was the best hour that I have had in a long time! Jer and I met for lunch afterwards at Zoe's Kitchen and actually ate OUTSIDE on the PATIO because the weather was NICE. It was a miracle!!
The real miracle came when I picked the little man up. As I walked up to the room, he was sitting happily in front of Miss Vicki listening to a story. Miss Mechelle met me at the door and told me that he was amazing all day! He was upset when I left, but he immediately calmed down and was cheerful and having fun all day. When he spotted me at the door, he got up and flung himself into my arms and then immediately yelled, "Close your eyes, Mom!! I have a surprise!". He then led me to his art projects from the day and showed them to me while literally jumping up and down with excitement. Miss Vicki came out to say goodbye and tell me how wonderful he was. She said, "Hey Colin, will you just run in here on Monday and not get upset?" and Colin said YES and gave her a high five! We shall see what actually happens on Monday, but it was still a positive sign regardless. :-) As we walked to the car, he held my hand and talked 90 miles an hour about his day...the different door they took to the playground, getting to use the "big kid" equipment, their class mascot (Gus, the gator), which friends from last year are in his class, what stories they read. I remember last year so well...I picked up a sullen little boy who wouldn't talk to me or let me touch him and refused to even discuss school for the first month. Now here I was barely containing him because he was so happy and excited to tell me everything. He loves school and I sure hope it stays that way! The routine of the day seems to do him so much good. He was an absolute joy last night and that continued into today. He was particularly animated today and has been much easier to deal with. I can't believe that I already notice a change! Our summer was so horrible...for the last month, we haven't even wanted to go to the pool because of the heat. Colin has been cooped up in our house or doing the same handful of things over and over and I think he was bored out of his mind and probably very tired of the sound of my voice. This week, we had a miracle of a cool down and Colin got to ride his scooter at the park and go for walks around the block. Then we added school to the mix and he seems like a new man. I am excited for next week, when we have our first full week of school and get the schedule down. It is going to be a great fall, I can already tell!
Colin making silly faces as we pulled up to school...already a VERY good sign! :-)


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EAGLE COUNTY – A man was killed after his sport utility vehicle veered off Forest Service Road 700 in Eagle County around 5:45 Saturday morning.
Colorado State Patrol responded to a 7:29 a.m. call Saturday reporting a mid-sized sport utility vehicle that had crashed into a ravine off Forest Service Road 700, which includes both Muddy Pass Road and Red Sandstone Road. The accident happened about 12.4 miles from Highway 131, said Colorado State Patrol Trooper Nate Reid.
The vehicle was traveling eastbound when it went off the left side of the road and rolled down about 130 feet to an embankment, Reid said. The male driver, whose identify has not yet been released, was ejected from the vehicle. There were no other passengers in the vehicle, Reid said.
Reid, a public information officer for the state patrol, said the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. The road conditions at the scene were described by investigating officers as snowy and icy, he said.
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NEA president says it's time to renew our promise to children
WASHINGTON - March 03, 2010 -U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is scheduled to provide testimony before the House Education and Labor Committee on how strong and innovative education reforms can help rebuild the U.S. economy and restore America's competitiveness. Secretary Duncan will discuss President Obama's education agenda, including his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2011, which calls for Congress to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel issued the following statement prior to Secretary Duncan's testimony:
"The 3.2 million members of the National Education Association are excited to hear Secretary Duncan's proposals on how we can renew our promise to America's children through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
"Educators must have a say in what it takes to improve low performing schools. It is important to examine the factors that contribute to low performing schools, like dated or ineffective curriculum, school safety or socio-economic challenges. When all education stakeholders are involved in the decision making process, it spells success for students. This combination of collective responsibility and collaborative thinking has a track record for yielding results that are positive for students and their schools.
"Great educators and education support professionals are the backbone of a great public school system. Any revision to our nation's most important education law (ESEA) should renew our nation's commitment to these professionals. NEA is committed to working with the Obama Administration and Congress to ensure that ESEA makes sense and works for America's students. We look forward to Secretary Duncan's testimony before the House Education and Labor Committee."
Van Roekel pointed to the following examples of collaboration and transformation:
Denver, Colo. The Math & Science Learning Academy, a new, union-designed, teacher-led public school within the Denver Public School System that operates inside the Rishel Middle School, uses bilingual instruction to increase student interest in math and science—especially among Denver's Hispanic population, who comprise 57 percent of its students. The K-2 academy, which is among the first of its kind, provides greater teacher autonomy that continues to positively impact student learning.
Bridgeport, Conn. During the 2008-09 school year, student test scores significantly improved in all grades at the Longfellow School, a community-based school in the city's West End. The school also reduced the percentage of below-proficient students by 10 percent from the previous year. One reason for the significant boost in student test scores was the work teachers and parents did with a team from the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education, which collected and analyzed data for the school. As a result, the school focused on four priorities to close the achievement gaps: student reading scores, best practices, student behavior (positive behavior support), and working to improve the school's physical plant.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Suffering from high dropout rates, Putnam City West High School struggled to get its Hispanic students to pass the state graduation exam in reading. When the school held its first-ever Noche de Padres Hispános, or Hispanic Family Night, just a few dozen parents showed up. Fast forward two years later. Because of an energetic partnership between educators and community members, parental involvement has increased, and educators are better able to identify the reasons for low test scores. As a result, the achievement gaps are beginning to close at the school. Last year, 77 percent of Hispanic students passed the state English II assessment, and the number of graduating Hispanic seniors rose by nearly 70 percent.
For more examples of innovative collaboration, visit NEA's Priority Schools web site.
The National Education Association is the nation's largest professional organization, representing 3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
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In case you are wondering why the Chicago Bears get very little if any respect from the national sports media, then you haven't been watching tonight's game against the New York Giants. Opportunities to get a nationally televised game on your schedule are few, and yet with the exception of last Monday night's game against the Green Bay Packers, the Bears have treated those opportunities to quote the NFL Network's Warren Sapp, "like a blind dog in a meat house". Now I don't know what that means exactly, but it doesn't sound too good to me.
Respect is something that is earned on the field of play. For the Bears defense, they played their hearts and souls out all night and deserve all the game balls that any team has to offer a unit. Conversely, the Bears offense, and the offensive line in particular, have put the Bears national reputation back in the proverbial trash can, overshadowing all the good things the Bears have done this season. You think the Giants went off on Bears QB's tonight? Wait until you hear how the national media tees off on the Bears.
The offensive line is a disaster from the top down. the Bears line gave up 10 sacks tonight…9 in the FIRST HALF! If Jerry Angelo is not bringing in a parade of offensive lineman to Halas Hall starting tomorrow, he would be as neglectful a manager as the captain of the Titanic, the guy who was noticeably absent as his ship rammed into the iceberg that would take it straight to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. I don't want to pin all the blame on the lack of blocking. Jay Cutler didn't do his lineman any favors and neither did Bears offensive coordinator Mike Martz.
The longer this game continues, the more inept the offensive line looks. There may not be any more room in Lovie Smith's doghouse after this game for those who truly belong. Somewhere, a vindicated Dennis Green is watching this game and telling his dog how right he was about these Chicago Bears.
I have spoken all week about this game being the season for the Bears, and not in the same manner of desperation of which this game is the season for the New York Giants. Playing on the national stage of NBC's Sunday Night Football, this game was supposed to be a defining moment for a Bears team that many have had doubts about since the opening game of the season. Unfortunately for the Bears, this game has cemented the many opinions of those outside of Chicago, that the Bears are more pretenders than contenders.
In the coming weeks, the commentary will be that the Bears beat the Detroit Lions on a rules technicality, beat the Dallas Cowboys by pure luck, and won the Packers game because the Packers decided to commit 18 penalties to beat themselves. The Bears were considered by many to be the worst 3-0 in the NFL, maybe in NFL history.
Let's make no mistake, the Bears didn't lose to a good team tonight. Outside of the outstanding front 4, this Giants team is horrendous. This is a bad loss for the Bears, a loss that can send even the best of seasons spiraling downward. We'll see if the Bears can recover from this disaster. Now next week's game against the Carolina Panthers becomes the new season defining game…..
Update: This post was the first post of the Sportsmaven blog written exclusively on the Apple iPad. I used the WordPress app, which is pretty good, but still in it's developmental stages. The writing experience has been very good and I used the touch keyboard, which I found quite reponsive. While I had no major issues with typing on the type pad, I know some people do. I will continue to use the iPad to write blog entries going forward.


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Concerning Presbyterian government and the rule of elders: If someone is a member of a Presbyterian church, does that person have to obey the elders in all their counsel? For example, if the session strongly recommends a person come to a fellowship meal, does that person have to now go, so that he does not break the commandment against disobeying the elders? Do elders have the right to enforce their counsel by just simply saying it is a sin to disobey elders, or must they give counsel from the law of God (so that a person obeys the law of God through heeding the counsel of elders)?
I was recently told that I was not Presbyterian because I believe that elders can command only what is commanded in Scripture and cannot demand obedience simply because they are elders. What is the teaching of the OPC?
There are a number of places in Scripture that speak of the rule of the office-bearers in Christ's church who are called to govern, namely, ministers (pastors), together with the ruling elders. Hebrews 13:7, 17, for example, tells us to "imitate" the faith of our leaders and to "obey your leaders and submit to them."
The question then that naturally arises is to the precise nature of the rule of elders. Is it the same, for example, as the rule of parents or that of police? While all human rule stems from the Fifth Commandment (see Westminster Larger Catechism, Q. 123ff.), not all rule among humans is of the same sort. The parent, for example, has the closest rule and can forbid even that which is otherwise lawful. For example, the parent can tell a child that he or she may not have ice cream. Since having ice cream is otherwise not illegal (assuming that is has been legally procured), it is not the place of the policeman to tell someone that he or she may not have ice cream. Similarly, policemen may arrest and the courts prosecute someone for a crime for which the church believes that the person has truly repented. In such a case, a man could be executed because criminally guilty but not excommunicated because repentant.
All this is to say that the church, the family, and the state are different institutions under God, each having different officers and mechanisms of discipline. The keys belong to the church, for instance, while the sword belongs to the state and the rod belongs to the family. Parents may corporally punish their children but not with the sword - the parents may not put to death. The church may exercise the keys and keep someone from the Lord's Table, but they may not use the rod. Our Form of Government (as part of our Book of Church Order) in Chapter 3, instructs us quite specifically as to "The Nature and Exercise of Church Power." Permit me to insert that whole chapter here and then to call attention to some particular matters.
1. The power which Christ has committed to his church is not vested in the special officers alone, but in the whole body. All believers are endued with the Spirit and called of Christ to join in the worship, edification, and witness of the church which grows as the body of Christ fitly framed and knit together through that which every joint supplies, according to the working in due measure of each part. The power of believers in their general office includes the right to acknowledge and desire the exercise of the gifts and calling of the special offices. The regular exercise of oversight in a particular congregation is discharged by those who have been called to such work by vote of the people.
2. Those who join in exercising ecclesiastical jurisdiction are the ministers of the Word or teaching elders, and other church governors, commonly called ruling elders. They alone must exercise this authority by delegation from Christ, since according to the New Testament these are the only permanent officers of the church with gifts for such rule. Ruling elders and teaching elders join in congregational, presbyterial, and synodical assemblies, for those who share gifts for rule from Christ must exercise these gifts jointly not only in the fellowship of the saints in one place but also for the edification of all the saints in larger areas so far as they are appointed thereto in an orderly manner, and are acknowledged by the saints as those set over them in the Lord.
Government by presbyters or elders is a New Testament ordinance; their joint exercise of jurisdiction in presbyterial assemblies is set forth in the New Testament; and the organization of subordinate and superior courts is founded upon and agreeable to the Word of God, expressing the unity of the church and the derivation of ministerial authority from Christ the Head of the church.
3. All church power is only ministerial and declarative, for the Holy Scriptures are the only infallible rule of faith and practice. No church judicatory may presume to bind the conscience by making laws on the basis of its own authority; all its decisions should be founded upon the Word of God. "God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men, which are, in anything, contrary to his Word; or beside it, if matters of faith, or worship" (Confession of Faith, XX, 2).
4. All church power is wholly moral or spiritual. No church officers or judicatories possess any civil jurisdiction; they may not inflict any civil penalties nor may they seek the aid of the civil power in the exercise of their jurisdiction further than may be necessary for civil protection and security.
5. Nevertheless, church government is a valid and authentic jurisdiction to which Christians are commanded to submit themselves. Therefore the decisions of church officers when properly rendered and if in accord with the Word of God "are to be received with reverence and submission; not only for their agreement with the Word, but also for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God appointed thereunto in his Word" (Confession of Faith, XXXI, 2).
Please note that all church power is ministerial and declarative. This is over against the view of the Roman Catholic Church that church power is magisterial and legislative. Notice that it goes on to say that "no church judicatory may presume to bind the conscience by making laws on the basis of its own authority" (see also the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 20, on Christian Liberty). This means that governors in the church can only apply the commands of the Lord and may not promulgate canon law or legislate matters of wisdom, like whether one should have ice cream, take this job, or marry this person. Church governors may certainly give advice and counsel, which should always be thoughtfully weighed and seriously considered. But they may not command without explicit warrant from the Word.
All this is to say that it is never enough for the Session to say that it must be obeyed simply because it is the Session. The Session may advise with respect to its assessment of the wisdom or lack thereof in a particular situation, but it may command only with respect to applying the commandments of the Lord.
I will not presume to know precisely how that translates in your situation. I cannot answer your particular case because I have not heard both sides and attempting to provide an answer in such a situation would be unwise and wrongheaded (Prov. 18:13, 17). Perhaps the elders are instructing and applying God's Word and you are not seeing it properly. I do not know. But I do know as to Presbyterian principles, that the nature and exercise of church power is that the elders can only command properly (with authority) with a "thus saith the Lord" from Scripture. I hope that this answer in some way proves helpful.
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text: A company called Creative Coffins offers a service where you can choose themed caskets designed however you like, leading the nerds at T3 to mock up some interesting ones with the concept. Would you want to be buried in an iPhone casket? A Vista casket? How about GTA4, Halo, or an SNES one with an eject button on the side? If these are too tasteless for you, you could easily design your own and have the company plaster it along the exterior. We'd probably choose the Goatse design as a metaphor for the gaping maw of hell we're undoubtedly headed for after making poop jokes on Giz for more than two years. [T3]


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Deep-sea isopods confirmed to be ancient
11 October 2012
Evolution, extinction and recolonisation. These processes formed the core ofLuana Lins' exploration into the isopods of the deep sea.
This environment was once thought to be lifeless, but four decades ago the abyss was discovered to be teeming with extremely diverse life forms. The discoveries continue today with Luana's research, which asks the question 'how long have these deep-sea creatures existed in this environment?'
Several studies have proposed that all animals in the world's deep seas are periodically wiped out. The cause of these mass extinction events are anoxic (oxygen depleted) periods, thought to be triggered by climate change. The theory goes that after an anoxic period, as the oxygen levels begin again to rise, the deep seas again fill with life through recolonisation by species from the shallows. Not so, according to results published today in Biology Letters by PhD candidate Luana Lins. At least, not entirely so.
"The main finding was that the deep-sea isopods are ancient; they colonised that environment about 232-314 million years ago, and have continued to exist up until now" said Luana. If all the fauna died out in the last anoxic event, one would expect to find the oldest species a mere 90 million years old. "The results suggest that the isopods were able to survive periods when the deep sea was claimed to have no dissolved oxygen," explained Luana. "We propose that the whole deep sea did not become anoxic; with some oxygenated refuges allowing the fauna to survive"
But how do you determine the age of a species? With a clock, of course! Luana used an age-determining methodology called 'the molecular clock'. DNA sequences change over time. The longer ago two species evolved from a common ancestor, the more different their DNA become. Determining the rate of the DNA change can be a bit complicated, as different genes in different lineages evolve at different rates. "But," says Luana, "an important development in the field has been the development of methods that take into account such variation in rate among lineages - known as a 'relaxed molecular clock'." One of Luana's supervisors, Dr Simon Ho, has worked extensively on this method.
Luana used published and new DNA sequences to establish the relationship between different isopods and then calibrated her molecular clock with published non deep-sea fossils. Her results showed that isopods have colonised the deep sea on multiple occasions, with major groups of isopods colonising well before the anoxic periods of the Mesozoic Era (65-250 million years ago).
So, far from causing a complete extinction, some species survived, diversified and evolved despite the anoxic events. "The study shows that isopods have been in the deep sea for a long period of time," said Luana. "This confirms the suggestion by other authors, including my co-supervisor Buz Wilson, which was based on the high number of species within some groups that are only found in deep waters."
The results may have implications for the current climate change situation. "If another period of anoxia occurs in the deep waters, caused by an increase in the surface temperature, we cannot say whether this fauna would survive," replied Luana cautiously. "But many other species live in the deep ocean, fish for example, that may not survive these kinds of changes."
Luana Lins is a PhD student in the School of Biological Sciences. Her research project is under the supervision of Buz Wilson of the Australian Museum and Simon Ho and Nathan Lo at the University of Sydney.


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Taking advantage of his New York accent while addressing Congress on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an eloquent speech offering only more obstacles to a lasting and just peace in the Middle East. He not only failed to provide a vision for the peace process in a changing Middle East, but also introduced new terms and phrases that will probably hamper any peace efforts in the future.
While Mr. Netanyahu demanded that a final agreement not be made along "indefensible lines," he failed to define what borders he would consider "defensible." Indeed, defining this term alone would require several rounds of negotiations. This issue of defensible borders is particularly complicated in today's world, where technology plays an increasingly important role, as mentioned by President Obama and as evidenced by the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions.
Even if one follows the traditional definition of defensible boundaries, it remains unclear what would satisfy Netanyahu's definition. This vagueness sets a dangerous precedent, which is capable of providing a pretext for Netanyahu to annex the entire Palestinian territories and still argue that the borders are not defensible.
What are 'generous offers' and 'painful compromises'?
Though he has categorically rejected them in the past, Netanyahu also referred to the "generous offers" made by two Israeli Prime Ministers to argue that peace is not possible with the Palestinians. What he considers to being a "generous offer" is in fact what the Palestine Papers revealed to be merely a map presented to Palestinian President Abbas, which he was reportedly allowed to take down on only a napkin.
Netanyahu's treatment of this as a "generous offer" sets yet another dangerous precedent. Since the Israeli prime minister has rejected such border offers in the past, he is now likely referring to an offer that is most likely to be even less generous than a map on a napkin.
Furthermore, Netanyahu repeatedly used the term "painful compromises" without ever explaining what the phrase meant. Netanyahu's political history does not indicate to what extent he would be willing to engage in what he calls a "painful compromise" to reach peace with the Palestinians.
For someone with his right-wing political agenda, withdrawal from any part of the West Bank could be seen as a "painful compromise." This deliberate ambiguity makes the quest for peace even more elusive, as we are left to chase definitions of terms rather than begin negotiations on final status issues and create a possible peace plan.
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Nothing left on the table to negotiate
Aside from the use of vague terms, Netanyahu also offered a radical plan that takes peace efforts back to their status in 1993. His terms of agreement exclude Jerusalem, refugees, and 1967 borders from any negotiations. This makes one wonder what it is exactly that Netanyahu wants to negotiate and why he keeps offering negotiations as the way forward, especially during continued settlement activities.
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Netanyahu's speech indeed takes the search for peace in the Middle East in a different direction. Israeli-Palestinian negotiations began 18 years ago, and Netanyahu's vision for negotiations means the process could necessitate 18 additional years only in search of definitions for his elusive terms of "generosity," "defensibility," and "painful compromises."
Netanyahu would have done everyone a favor by offering a peace proposal that would show good will on his side and contribute productively to the already troubled peace process in the Middle East.
Netanyahu's speech hurts Israel
The Israeli prime minister's speech in Congress – though met with applause – is a recipe for disaster, not for peace. It is detrimental for Palestinians, Americans, and for Israelis.
The speech is a slap to Mr. Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Fayyad's robust work on state building and good governance in the Palestinian territories. It also complicates the American dilemma of supporting calls for freedom in Syria and Libya while vetoing a Palestinian independence proposal in the Security Council.
Ultimately, Netanyahu's speech is no doubt bad for the Israelis, as it failed to respond to the changing Arab world and forge partnerships with the region's people, not the dictators. It is perhaps the time for the Israelis to launch a "Tahrir Square" in Tel Aviv to oppose their government's extremist agenda.
Rae Abileah, the 28-year old Jewish woman who disrupted Netanyahu's speech in Congress, has already set the stage for such a project with her statement, "Not in my name, Stop the occupation."
Ibrahim Sharqieh is deputy director of the Brookings Doha Center in Qatar. He is an expert on Middle Eastern politics and international conflict resolution.
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How Smart Is Your Dog? Find Out With 'Dognition'
A dog scooting butt-down across the carpet may not seem like the clever animal that comes closest to human babies in communication skills. But a web app aims to build on the discovery by enabling thousands of dog owners to record the results of playful experiments with their canine companions.
The "Dognition" project could revolutionize scientific understanding of dogs by gathering data from man's best friends all over the world. Such an effort would help answer broad questions such as whether different dog breeds really have different levels of intelligence — even as dog owners gain new appreciation of their beloved pets' individual personalities.
"In a weekend, we could have 10,000, maybe 50,000 people give data," said Brian Hare, associate professor in evolutionary anthropology at Duke University and director of Duke's Canine Cognition Center. "I can't even say how big of a quantum leap this will be."
Dogs are "absolutely vapid" in many forms of intelligence compared to chimpanzees or bonobos, who have closer genetic relationships to humans, Hare explained. But dogs excel in understanding the human intent to communicate — the same skill that has proved crucial for human babies in developing language and culture. By learning more about dogs, humans can learn more about themselves.
Putting Fido to the Test
As a tool for better understanding dogs, the Dognition web app launched on Feb. 5 to coincide with a new book titled The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs are Smarter Than You Think (Dutton, 2013). Hare co-authored the book with his wife, Vanessa Woods.
"There are lots of dog books, but there has never been a way for someone to learn about their dog using the same tasks that scientists have developed to study a wide variety of dogs," Hare told TechNewsDaily.
The free Dognition app starts out by asking dog owners to answer questions about their pets' behavior. (Some sample questions: "Does Benjy ever 'intervene' in an argument between other members of the household?" "When you laugh, does Benjy wag his tail?")
But the meat of the Dognition experience comes from games people can play with their dogs to assess five dimensions of intelligence: empathy, communication, cunning, memory and reasoning. Such games are similar to what Hare used to test dogs at his Duke University lab — dog owners just need plastic cups, treats, several sheets of paper, sticky notes, another human helper and their dogs.
The testing can show "what makes a dog a great companion" by revealing cognitive strengths and weaknesses. That might allow owners to better understand why their dogs behave the way they do.
"Maybe you find out your dog doesn't have very good memory compared to other dogs," Hare said. "Or maybe your dog is incredibly wily and is judging when you're watching them or not. Some dogs know the difference between a person's eyes being open or closed."
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Hare became inspired to create Dognition after seeing a parade of dog owners fly in from New York and California to volunteer their dogs for cognitive testing at Duke University in Durham, N.C. When the dog owners would ask about finding out more about the science, Hare used to refer them to scientific papers — a "completely naive response" on his part, Hare admits now.
Dognition's data will allow scientists to search for the most intriguing behavioral or cognitive patterns and set up lab experiments to confirm the findings. It's an ideal scenario for how "citizen science" and professional science can work together.
The web app's findings could end up sweeping away ideas taken for granted by many dog owners, such as the belief that intelligence can distinguish different dog breeds ("There's some nice work showing that a lot of what people attribute to their dogs in terms of intelligence is based on their physical characteristics," Hare said.) Or, if cognitive profiles do exist for certain breeds, scientists could investigate the profiles of mixed breeds.
The web app's data could also confirm fascinating ideas raised by small studies, such as the direction of a dog's hair whorl corresponding to the location of certain mental functions on the left or right side of the brain.
As lifelong dog owner, Hare looks forward to trying out Dognition with his latest dog, a "shelter mutt" named Tasmania. He hopes that the Dognition project could eventually help future dog owners better understand the dogs they adopt down the road.
"When you get the dog from a shelter, wouldn't it be nice to know what their cognitive profile is?" Hare said. "Not to judge them, but to have a successful relationship."
Image courtesy of Flickr, Jay Santiago
This article originally published at TechNewsDaily here


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The Flagler name has long been associated with great music. Henry and Mary Lily Flagler frequently hosted musical performances in Whitehall's elaborate Music Room furnished with a 1,249 pipe J.H. & C.S. Odell & Co. organ and a Steinway upright piano. Flagler's son, Henry Harkness Flagler, was chairman of the New York Philharmonic Society. One of Flagler's granddaughters, Jean Flagler Matthews, founded the Flagler Museum, restored Whitehall's elaborate Odell organ and in 1969 brought the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Leonard Bernstein, to South Florida for a Museum benefit concert. Another of Flagler's granddaughters, Mary Flagler Cary, amassed a large collection of original music manuscripts now at the Morgan Library.
The association between the Flagler name and great music continues today in the form of the Flagler Museum Music Series, making it possible to experience chamber music, as it was intended, in the gracious and intimate setting of the Museum's West Room. Regularly featured on National Public Radio, the Flagler Museum Music Series features acclaimed musicians performing music composed prior to 1930 in what critics have described as the finest chamber music venue in South Florida. Audience members are treated to a rare opportunity to meet performers during a champagne & dessert reception following each concert.
The 2018 Series includes concerts by: Tesla Quartet (January 9th), Hermitage Piano Trio (January 23rd), Prima Trio (February 6th), Boston Trio (February 20th), Henschel Quartett (March 6th). Tickets are $70 each. A 2018 Music Series ticket is available for $300 for all five concerts.
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Public Wastewater System Construction Loans
The Water Pollution Control State Revolving Loan Fund provides below-market-rate interest loans to help build new or repair existing wastewater treatment facilities. Eligible wastewater facilities include treatment plants, interceptor sewers, and collector sewers. Loans of up to 100% of project costs may be awarded for facility design and/or construction projects.
Loans also may be awarded to address nonpoint source pollution control activities. Eligible nonpoint source activities include projects such as effluent trading, upgrading or replacing individual septic tanks, restoring wetlands, treating and controlling stormwater, and reducing pollutants from agricultural runoff.
Program Eligibility
Counties, cities, special service districts, governmental entities, and nonprofit corporations with authority to collect, treat, or dispose of sewage or industrial wastewater are eligible to participate in the Water Pollution Control State Revolving Loan Program.
Overview of the Loan Process
DEQ queries wastewater treatment systems and potential nonpoint source applicants annually to obtain information on projects for which loan funds can be used. Potential candidates must submit a Letter of Interest (LOI) to DEQ indicating their desire for DEQ funding and stating the improvements or expansion needed. Those systems that submit LOIs are eligible for placement on the state's priority list, which is developed through a rating and ranking process based upon public health and water quality concerns, long-term viability of the system (i.e., sustainability), and the status of the system's compliance with state and federal regulations. The systems on the priority list are further refined based upon the entity's readiness to proceed. The refined listing makes up the final fundable list.
Fundable projects on the priority list are placed on the Intended Use Plan (IUP), which outlines the purpose and goals of the state's wastewater loan program, explains how projects are selected for funding, and identifies priority projects eligible for state assistance. The fiscal year (FY) 2019 IUP was reviewed and adopted by the Board of Environmental Quality in May 2019.
Once funding is secured from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state match is provided, communities with projects on the IUP are invited to submit applications. After review of the application and satisfaction that all environmental and legal requirements have been met, a loan may be offered.
Interest Rate
For FY 2021 (July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020), the interest rate for loans ranges from 1.50% to 3.00%. These loans must be fully repaid within 20 to 30 years of project completion. Some applicants may qualify as disadvantaged and be eligible for an interest rate as low as 0% and possible principal forgiveness.
Source of Revenue
Funding is derived from four sources. Congress appropriates funds to EPA, which then allots those funds to the states based upon set formulas. Each state is required to provide a 20% match. Idaho's match comes from a transfer to the loan account from the Water Pollution Control Account. Loan repayments and interest earnings provide the other resources for new water pollution loans.
- FY 2019 Annual Report (to EPA) for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
- Legislative Services Office Individual Entity Audit Reports on the Idaho DEQ Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, FY 2018
Periodically, EPA conducts an audit of water pollution control revolving loan funds to ensure that monies are being appropriately allocated.
FY 2020 Loan Recipients
- Lewiston ($29,181,000): Funds will be used to extend the collection system, make improvements to treatment methodology, and replace worn-out system elements. The project will also sponsor the Lewiston 2020 Septic Conversion Project.
- South Park Estates Sewer and Water Inc. ($220,000): Funds will be used to construct a new lagoon, permanent road access, and to adjust site piping.
- Genesee (6,438,000): Funds will be used to replace the collection system and improve the wastewater treatment system, which includes a new headworks facility, new lagoons system, and UV disinfection.
- Moyie Springs (2,621,000): Funds will be used to pay for the environmental report and facility planning study for the city's wastewater system project, upgrade the treatment system, and build a discharge line to the Kootenai River.


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Annual Fire Alarm Safety Test
Although the following information is for a specific event, it is recommended to set your Google-side password in the event of an unplanned outage.
On May 19thĀthere are planned outages due to the annual Fire Alarm Safety Test ( FAST). This annual 12 hour exercise takes most Technology Services services offline while fire systems are tested. This year, the Office of Information Technology (OIT) is once again using an alternate login to access your Google Apps @ UA email account during this outage. All you need to do is set up a Google-side password before the exercise commences. This password is different from the one you use to access Google Apps with an Internet browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox.Ā Read on for more information.
What is the FAST?
Every year, the Office of Information Technology participates in an 12 hour exercise called the Fire Alarm Safety Test. During this exercise, emergency shutdown tests are conducted for most services hosted in OIT's facility. That means that a majority of hosted services will be offline for a period of time while maintenance and tests are conducted. Historically, this event has included disabling access to Statewide and UAF email services. Starting last year, OIT adopted this method as an alternative for planned events such as FAST, as well as other emergencies that result in system failure.
What is different?
Once again this year, you will be able to access your Google Apps @ UA email when OIT activates a new alternate login page. Shortly before the outage begins, OIT will change the functionality of the Google Apps @ UA login page to redirect to a Google-hosted page, allowing you to log in using your UA Username, and Google-side password. This new alternate login will only be activated in case of outages. The FAST exercise will be the first time this has been available.
What is my Google-side password?
It is a password associated with your account that is stored at Google. It is independent of your UA centralized password that you use to access UAF Blackboard, Roxen, EDIR, and Google Apps @ UA.
What is it used for?
Until now, the Google-side password has only been used to configure desktop email clients (Outlook and Thunderbird), mobile phone email clients, and applications that use your Google account, like Google talk.
What is different about the Google-side password now?
Due to the impacts of other power outages, we've developed this Google-side login as an alternate when UA central authentication is unavailable. Now, in the event of an outage, the Google Apps @ UA page can be reconfigured to use the Google-side password. That means the UA community will be able to access their Google Apps @ UA accounts and continue to communicate provided the network and access to the Internet is still available.
What do I need to remember for this FAST exercise?
Prior to Sunday May 19th, you need to set your Google-side password. It is not possible to set the Google-side password once the UA central authentication is offline. Please take a moment to set your Google-side password now (http://www.alaska.edu/google/password-change/).
During the FAST or other outage, go to (webmail.alaska.edu) to use the alternate login method with your Google-side password. This only works when the alternate login is activated during an outage.Ā When OIT systems are offline, messages to individuals will still work as normal, although listservs and other distribution lists may experience delays. During normal times, you cannot login with your Google-side password.
Those that check their email via a 3rd party client (Mac Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.) will not be affected by this outage.
How can I stay informed?
You can follow our Twitter feed by visiting http://twitter.com/oitsupport or if you have an account, follow @oitsupport during an outage. For details on the FAST planned outage, you can visit the outage details.
If you have any questions, please contact the OIT Support Center at (907) 450-8300, toll free at (800) 478-8226, or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Jeff Wyler features a large used car inventory for you to choose from, and for added peace of mind, we carry the Jeff Wyler Certified Pre-Owned limited warranty on many of these vehicles. Browse our used cars and trucks online and call us to see whether the used car or truck you are interested in carries this added protection. Features include:
- Free vehicle history report
- Comprehensive multi-point vehicle inspection by our certified service technicians
- 6 month/6000 mile limited warranty
- 3 Day/250 Mile exchange policy (see details below)
The Wyler Certified Pre-Owned 6 month/6,000 Mile limited Warranty
Duration: For 6 months from the effective date or when the odometer has registered 6,000 miles from that shown on the effective date, whichever comes first.
Deductible: The warranty holder pays the first $100 of each covered repair.
Systems Covered:
GASOLINE/DIESEL ENGINE: All internally lubricated parts, including: pistons, piston rings and pins, crankshaft and main bearings, connecting rods and rod bearings, oil pump, timing chains, gears and/or belt, rocker arms, valves, valve springs, seats and guides, valve push rods and lifters. Engine block (covered by the failure of an internally lubricated part), turbocharger. Seals and gaskets, within this component group, in conjunction with a covered repair.
TRANSMISSION: Transmission case and transfer case (covered by a failure of an internally lubricated part). All internal lubricated parts including: bands, clutch pack, gears, pumps, shafts, shift forks, shift rails, synchronizer, solenoids. Torque converter, bell housing vacuum modulator, transmission mounts and transmission pan. Seals and gaskets, within this component group, in conjunction with a covered repair.
DRIVE AXLE: Axle/final drive housing (covered by the failure of an internally lubricated part), all internal lubricated parts, axle shafts, differential cover, universal joints and yokes, constant velocity and double offset joints, drive shaft center bearings, supports, propeller shafts. Seals and gaskets, within this component group, in conjunction with a covered repair.
The 6 month/6,000 mile limited warranty is not available on As-Is vehicles, wholesale vehicles, lease buyback / pass-thru vehicles or uninspected vehicles. Vehicles that are 10 years of age or newer with less than 100,000 miles are eligible for the program, provided that they pass the comprehensive multi-point inspection and reconditioning process and are not on the CostGuard exclusion list. Note that this program can also apply to vehicles where the remaining factory coverage is less than 6 months or 6,000 miles. Please check the FTC Buyers guide on the vehicle for full details. FTC label coverage supersedes all other.
Three day/250 mile exchange policy: the vehicle must be exchanged for a vehicle of equal or greater sales price (difference in price is responsibility of customer) and must be in the same physical and mechanical condition as when delivered, and if financed, any additional finance conditions including but not limited to additional down-payments, shorter or longer repayment terms or additional finance conditions such as a change in payment amounts, due dates or APR's may be required.
Extended Service Agreements
Many of our new and used cars are eligible for an extended service contract. Ask for details as to the coverage, deductible, price, and exclusions for the new or used car, truck, van, minivan, or SUV you are looking to purchase. Extended service contracts protect your vehicle to give you the peace of mind that your car or truck is covered for service and maintenance into the future.


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Did you know yesterday
what you think you know today??
You know today, you knew nothing about yesterday.
And yet we continue to think about tomorrow
even though, we know nothing about tomorrow.
Why do we think we know anything today??
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"The Future"
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Chris Powell: College is propaganda, but there are antidotes
Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic calls it a creative writing class, but there was nothing creative about the political tirade delivered in it the other day by Professor Brent Terry. It was just more of the liberal cliche and paranoia that permeate academia.
Purportedly prompted by a review of poems involving civil rights, Terry launched into a rant of partisan indoctrination. It was captured on a student's cellphone camera and posted by the Internet site Campus Reform, which says it aims to expose misconduct and bias in colleges.
"It's possible that the Republicans will take over the Senate as well as the House," Terry said. "We will live in a very different kind of country if that happens. Colleges will start closing up if these people have their way. ... Racist, misogynist, money-grubbing people have so much power over the rest of us. ... There are a lot of people who do not want black people to vote, do not want Latinos to vote, do not want old people to vote, or young people to vote."
The Republican minority leader in the state House of Representatives, Norwalk's Lawrence Cafero, interrupted the chamber's proceedings to express offense on behalf of all Republicans. But Terry's attack on Republicans wasn't really the problem. Some Republicans may be just as Terry described them, many people think as he does, and anyone is entitled to his opinions.
No, Terry's offense was simply his exploiting his government job for personal political ends. Presumably that's not what Eastern hired him to do in a creative writing class, though one never knows with higher education in Connecticut and its many "tenured radicals," for whom "academic freedom" is the freedom to get paid for doing something other than the work for which they're hired.
Having been exposed nationally, criticized in the state House, and questioned by his superiors at Eastern, Terry apologized for going too far, but not before remarking that he felt "betrayed" by the student who exposed him -- as if that student might not have properly felt abused by what Terry had to apologize for.
Terry's apology apparently will close the matter and allow him to keep his job supposedly teaching creative writing. But he is lucky he didn't try something that would have been really creative for college in Connecticut: a rant about how Democrats have already taken over the state, making it the tool of the politically correct but money-grubbing government and welfare classes and driving out the productive private sector.
A rant from the other side of the political fence would have upset far more people and probably cost Terry his job.
Terry might apologize more sincerely by broadening the curriculum of his class. For not all great poetry and literature are politically correct, statist, and comforting to the current regime.
A few lines from Kipling's "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" are a good antidote to the ideology of modern liberal arts:
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of man.
There are only four things certain since social progress began:
That the dog returns to his vomit and the sow returns to her mire,
And the burnt fool's bandaged finger goes wobbling back to the fire;
And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins,
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as water will wet us, as surely as fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return.
Frost's essay "The Figure a Poem Makes" might be even more helpful for students facing the political propaganda of college.
"More than once I should have lost my soul to radicalism if it had been the originality it was mistaken for by its young converts," Frost wrote. "Originality and initiative are what I ask for my country."
Chris Powell is managing editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Conn.


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One of Baseball's Greats
One of the
highlights of the last homestand was a special visit from Vern Law, a pitcher
for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1950-1967. Law lives in Utah but was in the Bay
Area for special church events and outings, including the ballgame on Thursday
night. During the third inning, I had the lucky opportunity to chat with him,
his son Vance, also a Major League ballplayer who played for the A's for a
season, and his grandson, Andrew.
During Law's
career, he was twice named to All-Star teams, a Cy Young Award winner and a
1960 World Series champion. Any baseball historian will tell you that the 1960
series between the Pirates and the Yankees is one of the most famous in the
sport's history. It's the only time a World Series has been won on a walk-off
home run in the bottom of the 9th inning in game seven. Imagine the
drama, the thrill!
As a
starting pitcher, Law pitched in games one, four and seven of the series. When
I chatted with him on Diamond Vision, he told me that he liked to rib the
series' hero, Bill Mazeroski, the walk-off run hitter, that if he hadn't been
pulled as the pitcher earlier in the game, there would have been no need for
his heroics. Of course, he's only kidding. In my brief interaction with him,
Law came across as kind, humble and a true gentleman. Someone who represents the game with dignity.
My story
could end there. After all, it's not every day that the Coliseum hosts one of
baseball's greats. However, what made that Thursday night truly memorable in my
mind was connecting a lifelong admirer of Vern Law's and the man himself. After
I finished my interview with him, Richard, a longtime season ticket holder and
serious baseball historian, stopped me and asked if he was dreaming. Was that really THE Vern Law sitting in the Oakland Coliseum?!?
You see,
Richard grew up in Pittsburgh, rooting for the Pirates. Vern Law was one of his
favorite players, and he was lucky enough to watch him throw in game seven of
that 1960 World Series. In fact, on Richard's drive to the Oakland Coliseum
last Thursday, he was listening to the old play-by-play radio recording of that
famous game. It was such an eerie coincidence that Law happened to be sharing
air space in the stadium that very same night. When I interviewed Richard on
Diamond Vision in the eighth inning, he was still trembling from meeting one of
his childhood heroes and marveling at his good fortune to connect with a
baseball legend. In Richard's words, "magic really does happen here in Oakland."
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The names may change, but the game stays the same.
Not only are the players etched in history, but the fans are too. There's nothing like sitting next to another fan and reminiscing about games that we saw 5, 10 or 20 years ago. It's all about the memories. Fans will always be willing to pay for the memories as long as players like Vern Law can make them for us.


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MACON, Ga. (AP) — Just in time for his entry into the Hall of Fame, Frank Thomas is moving up to the broadcasting big leagues.
Thomas will join Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine as players inducted into the Hall this summer. He said Saturday he's completing details on an agreement to work this season as a studio baseball analyst for Fox Sports 1, based in Los Angeles. The network has not announced Thomas' new role.
He has worked the past three seasons on local broadcasts for Comcast in Chicago. He said he expects to continue to have a role with Comcast this year.
"I've been doing pregame and postgame the last three years in Chicago," Thomas said. "I've stayed involved that way. This is more a call to the big leagues. I've been doing local the last three years, and getting a call as well as the Hall of Fame was great."
Thomas said his year has been a whirlwind. On Saturday, the Columbus native was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.
"It's great to see a career fulfilled in this way," he said. "It was a great career and acknowledgement means everything."
He said he has no sympathy for those excluded from baseball's Hall because they took shortcuts with performance-enhancing drugs. He won AL MVP awards in 1993 and 1994 and finished his 19-year career with a .301 batting average, 521 homers and 1,704 RBIs.
Thomas said if he'd taken the same shortcuts as some of his peers, his career could have been even greater.
"No doubt about it. I'll be honest, I lost a lot," he said. "I probably lost another two MVPs. I lost probably another 150 home runs or so, if you think about it. I could have had one of those historical careers, but I'm proud of what I did.
"I'm not a sore loser because I had so much fun in the major leagues. I know a lot of guys had great talent against me. I know guys made decisions a lot of them are regretting right now, but I've never been one who was all upset with them because they made the decisions. They made them for their families," he continued. "But I've already told a couple guys, don't come crying now, though. Once you crossed that line, don't come back crying when something is found out, and a lot of guys did that. That's the only thing that upset me, because guys knew what they were doing."
Thomas said his election into the baseball Hall of Fame on his first year of eligibility is proof that he made the right decisions.
"Guys got caught. They feel like they didn't do anything wrong because there were so many guys doing it," Thomas said. "But I'm like, hey, you guys have that talent. There are four or five guys we know who were Hall of Famers who didn't need to cheat and they did, because of the money. They wanted the money. They wanted the big dollars.
"I'm sorry. I lost a lot of money not doing it, you know? That's just the way it is," he said. "That's why opportunity keeps coming my way now."
He said his greatest reward is peace of mind.
"I sleep better every day of the week," he said. "I don't have to worry about my phone ringing and somebody going, 'We found out you did this and that.' It's great to go home and sleep at night. From day one I've told people that."
Thomas has been consistently candid in his comments about players he said used PEDs. He said he'll also be candid — but mostly positive — as a TV analyst. Thomas, who spent most of his career with the White Sox, said that will include analysis about his former team.
"I can't cut Chicago any slack if they're not playing well," he said. "I've got to call it like I see it. But we'll have fun. I'll be more of a positive guy, 80 percent of the time. Every now and then I might need to say something to get a guy jump-started."
Also inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame were former Auburn and NFL running back James Brooks, former Georgia Tech basketball coach Bobby Cremins, former college and NFL football coach and Georgia Tech athletic director Homer Rice, LPGA star Hollis Stacy, high school football coach Jim Hughes, Georgia and NFL defensive back Scott Woerner and college basketball star Chester Webb.
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Is the Middle East the new hub of global aviation?
From Leone Lakhani, CNN • Published 30th May 2014
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After a decade of construction and almost four years behind schedule, the Middle East's latest airport destination began full operations earlier this week.
Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, will eventually occupy 29 square kilometers (roughly a third of the size of Doha city itself) and comes in at a total cost of $15 billion.
The giant facility will have an annual capacity of 50 million passengers as well as public spaces for art exhibitions, a VIP terminal inspired by Arabian sailboats and an aquatic themed mosque.
Like an increasing number of oil and gas rich cities in the region, Doha is attempting to diversify its economy to make the most of new trade and tourism opportunities.
For the head of Qatar's ambitious national carrier, the much-awaited development couldn't have come soon enough.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al Baker talks expansion as his company moves into its brand new home at Doha's Hamad International Airport.
"It gives us unlimited opportunities," Qatar Airways CEO, Akbar al Baker told CNN.
"Doha International Airport was very congested. It was overcrowded. We could not give the standard of service we would prefer our passengers to have on the ground."
Lukoil has exploration projects in over a dozen countries worldwide and now runs all its overseas operations from Dubai.
Analysts say Doha, like its Gulf neighbors, understands the power and potential of aviation to provide a stable long-term industry in the region.
"There's a recognition by the (Qatari) government that aviation plays a wider economic role which doesn't only directly support jobs," said John Strickland, director of aviation analytics firm JLS Consulting.
"It (also) supports trade, it supports stability to develop tourism and we've seen that that's been done very effectively for example in Dubai," Strickland added.
Dubai opened the doors of its second airport, the mammoth Dubai World Central, just last year.
There are already plans to increase annual capacity there from the 120 million agreed upon during the initial design phase to over 200 million.
"Ultimately we want to create the world's largest airport," said Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports.
"The current largest airport in the world in Atlanta, Georgia, is about 89 million passengers so you can see the kind of scale and order we are looking at," Griffiths added.
In Abu Dhabi, meanwhile, construction is underway for the new
Midfield Terminal Complex
at Abu Dhabi International Airport. Set to open in 2017, it will have a capacity of 30 million passengers per year alone.
Such massive developments ensure competition in the region is stiff. But with so much capacity will there be enough tourism and trade to go around?
That remains to be seen, but regional airlines seem convinced and are operating to ambitious expansion schedules themselves.
"Step by step we're opening up the U.S. but we're also going to balance that with more cities in Southeast Asia (and) in the Middle East," said James Hogan CEO of Abu Dhabi carrier, Etihad.
According to the
International Air Transport Association
, Etihad and the other Middle Eastern carriers are currently gaining more passengers than any other region.
In the first quarter of this year Dubai International Airport (a separate facility to Dubai World Central) became the busiest in the world with more than 18 million passengers, overtaking 16 million at London's Heathrow.
On top of this, many analysts believe the Gulf hubs -- situated just 8 hours flying time from two-thirds of the world's population -- are well placed to tap into many new and emerging markets in Asia and Africa.
"I don't think the big hub airports in the Gulf are particularly competing with each other, they are more competing with other parts of the world," said John Strickland.
"The Gulf is positioned between growing markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America and the airlines who operate out of these hub airports have very long range modern aircraft.
"Many other airlines in other parts of the world are simply not equipped .... so, these airports should be able to grow side by side," Strickland added.
If that's the case, all that's left is for the Gulf carriers to grab a piece of the lucrative aviation pie in the skies.
See also: Answering Egypt's economic riddle
See also: Gulf looks to rival Paris as fashion capital
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While the Western world continues to wait for clarification of the 'fall' release date for the Zone of the Enders HD Collection, Konami's mechsperts have nailed down an October 25 release date for Japan, along with a special edition that'll have U.S. PlayStation 3 players pondering preorder.
It's times like these that the import-savvy Westerner has an important decision to make. What are the chances that the special edition of the Zone of the Enders HD Collection will make it stateside. Will they be missing out if they don't score the special version, with its two books — one covering ZOE in general, the other specifically covering the ReBoot — its soundtrack remix album, and its special Anubis cover drawn by Shinkawa? Should they shell out 8,980 yen for that version, or 9,980 yen for the version packaged with the Z.O.E. 2167 Idolo blu-ray?
Perhaps some new screenshots demonstrating how much better the two PlayStation 2 games look in high definition will help them make a decision? Perhaps not. Perhaps they just make it harder.
Fans of Z.O.E. can head over to the official Konami Japan page and begin making their plans now. I might import one to keep, and wait on the Western release to play. Or just blow all my money on the toys instead. Dammit. Lucky Xbox 360 players, with their region locking.


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J. Teddy Davis is the actress who portrayed a transporter technician in the third season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Sins of the Father" in 1990.
Davis also had guest roles on Freddy's Nightmares (1989, with Albert Hall, Mary Kohnert, Walter Gotell, and Andrew Prine), Murphy Brown (1991), and Growing Pains (1992, with Warren Munson).
In addition she was seen in the 1989 television movie The Case of the Hillside Stranglers, along with Tony Plana, and had a supporting role in the 1991 television movie Murderous Vision. Her only film credit was a featured part as a nurse in the 1991 comedy All I Want for Christmas, while her last known television work was an appearance on the series Freshman Dorm in 1992.
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Here you will find books for sale by the webmaster, not Raymond E. Feist. Any purchase of books is between the webmaster and purchaser. You will find books here that are by Raymond E. Feist and other authors. Please ensure you read all the information on the page, as it may have changed.
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The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna has partner agreements with about 100 international universities. These agreements for student mobility are structured in the Erasmus+ program and the world wide exchangeI/bilateral cooperation program.
Among other things, these agreements stipulate exemption from tuition fees for a certain period and exemption from entrance examinations.
Depending on the cost of living in the host country, a financial support of € 282,- to € 333,- per month is granted to students as part of the Erasmus+ program.
Teachers at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna may undertake Monitoring Visits to european universities and to Erasmus+ partner universities.
Students who want to study at an university within the worldwide exchange/bilateral cooperation program are asked to contact the International Office. The Academy offers a stipend for non-eu student mobility granted from the Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy.


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Here's the latest article from the History site at BellaOnline.com.
Rome's Failure with Masada
The main victory of taking over Jerusalem was what Vaspasian marched into Rome in celebration of. He and his son had let the world know that no one could revolt against Rome. Masada was a minor nuisance in the final cleanup.
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Source:TrustLaw | Nita Bhalla. October 2012.
India's most powerful politician, Sonia Gandhi, has called for strict punishment for rapists following a spate of rapes in the country, including that of a girl who killed herself after she was forced to have sex with three men.
Thirteen rapes have been reported in the last 30 days in India's northern state of Haryana - a rich, agricultural region bordering New Delhi - where deep-rooted conservative and patriarchal attitudes have often been blamed for gender crimes.
At the weekend, a 16-year-old low-caste girl doused herself in kerosene and burned to death after three men dragged her inside a house in Haryana's Jind district and gang-raped her. The men have been arrested.
"I know that these kinds of crimes are increasing, not just in Haryana, but also in other states," Gandhi, head of the ruling Congress party, told reporters on Tuesday after visiting the dead girl's family.
"I strongly condemn such crimes. I believe those who are guilty should get strict punishment."
The spate of shocking rapes in Haryana - including several gang-rapes of girls and women from low-caste communities by upper-caste men - has hit local media headlines in recent weeks.
Last month, the father of one victim committed suicide by drinking poison after perpetrators threatened to circulate a video of the rape of his daughter on their cell phones if he went to the police. Earlier this month, a mentally challenged woman was lured into a field by a man and raped.
Opposition politicians have used the crimes in Haryana - a state ruled locally by Gandhi's Congress party - to criticise the government and police over inaction on rising gender violence. But some local Congress leaders have brushed off the rapes as a political conspiracy by the opposition.
Indian women face a multitude of threats, from illegal abortions of female foetuses due to a preference for sons, to the murders of brides by in-laws for want of more dowry, child marriage and human trafficking.
One women is raped every 20 minutes in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau, which reported 24,206 rapes in 2011 - an almost 10 percent rise over the previous year.
But gender rights activists say even those figures are a gross under-exaggeration, with most victims unwilling to report the crime out of fear it will bring dishonour on their families.
Gender abuses are more common across India's conservative northern belt - which includes Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Bihar - largely due a deep-rooted mindset that women are inferior and must be restricted to the role of homemakers.
Age-old customs, such as payment of large marriage dowries to a husband's family and beliefs linking a woman's sexual behaviour to family honour, have made girls seem a burden rather than an asset, lowering their status in society.
Powerful community groups of elderly men, known as "Khap Panchayat", which unofficially govern India's rural north, are seen as propagating these views by issuing diktats from banning girls from wearing jeans and using mobile phones to sanctioning practices like child marriage and "honour killings".
In fact, some Khap Panchayat leaders in Haryana have responded to the recent rapes by demanding that the age of marriage be lowered to 16 years from 18, saying it would stop boys and girls "straying" and prevent rapes.
When questioned by reporters, Gandhi dismissed the idea, saying legal decisions could not be determined by village leaders.
"We have a democratic system here. We have a judiciary. The law is in the hands of the judiciary and of nobody else," she said.


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FARMINGTON — Though he faces no criminal prosecution, Farmington High School Principal Matt Jozokos, who was investigated for alleged threats against students, remains under administrative review by town and the state education board, according to SAU 61 Superintendent Steve Welford.
FARMINGTON — Though he faces no criminal prosecution, Farmington High School Principal Matt Jozokos, who was investigated for alleged threats against students, remains under administrative review by town and the state education board, according to SAU 61 Superintendent Steve Welford.
After the Strafford County Attorney's Office announced earlier this month Jozokos will not be charged, the case was turned over to the state Board of Education and the town of Farmington for administrative review.
A press release from the County Attorney's Office stated, "It is concluded that there is insufficient evidence to charge Mr. Jozokos with the crime of criminal threatening."
Welford responded to the news earlier this month, stating, "I'm very happy to hear that. I have a lot of respect for Matt. He's a very good principal."
Jozokos was placed on paid administrative leave for the duration of the investigation.
Though he will not be charged, he will not be taken off leave until all internal investigations are complete, according to Welford, who has been interviewing involved parties and reviewing paperwork on the case since it was turned over to him for administrative review on Feb. 14.
He said he will continue to review the remaining paperwork this week and expects to have the internal investigation completed by the end of the week.
"If the investigation shows that Mr. Jozokos can continue on as principal, it would be my goal to return him to that position before the year is over," he said.
Regardless if Jozokos is cleared, Welford said, "I don't foresee any disciplinary action for any students or adults for reporting the incident."
The allegations revolved around Jozokos making verbal threats against three students on three separate occasions — over the course of two school years — during his handling of disciplinary issues with each of them.
Police spoke last month of the most recent incident, reported by a school employee, which occurred on school property during school hours on Dec. 19, 2013.
WMUR reported at the time that the father of the alleged victim, a 15-year-old boy, said his son was being questioned about another student's inappropriate comments to a girl. He said Jozokos told his son to tell the truth or he'd beat him up.
The case was referred to the County Attorney's office on Jan. 14, where it was reviewed by Assistant County Attorney Amy Feliciano.
Upon Feliciano's assessment that there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations, the case was made available to the N.H. Board of Education for further administrative review.
Dr. Judith Fillion, director of the Division of Program Support for the State Department of Education, said policy prevented her from commenting on whether the case was received or if it is being investigated.
She did, however, clarify that every complaint referred to the department is reviewed and if any action is taken, that action is made public.
Jozokos has worked in the district for more than a decade. He was named principal in 2011 and served as vice principal for several years before that.
Assistant Principal Kathy Tetreault is overseeing the high school in Jozokos' absence.
A message left for Jozokos at his home Thursday was not returned.


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Your girl catches you cheating. (Well, actually she's your fiancée, but hey, in a bit it so won't matter.) She could have caught you with one sucia, she could have caught you with two, but as you're a totally batshit cuero who didn't ever empty his email trash can, she caught you with fifty! Sure, over a six-year period, but still. Fifty fucking girls? Goddamn. Maybe if you'd been engaged to a super open-minded blanquita you could have survived it—but you're not engaged to a super openminded blanquita. Your girl is a badass salcedeña who doesn't believe in open anything; in fact the one thing she warned you about, that she swore she would never forgive, was cheating. I'll put a machete in you, she promised. And of course you swore you wouldn't do it. You swore you wouldn't. You swore you wouldn't.
And you did.
She'll stick around for a few months because you dated for a long long time. Because you went through much together—her father's death, your tenure madness, her bar exam (passed on the third attempt). And because love, real love, is not so easily shed. Over a tortured six-month period you will fly to the DR, to Mexico (for the funeral of a friend), to New Zealand. You will walk the beach where they filmed The Piano, something she's always wanted to do, and now, in penitent desperation, you give it to her. She is immensely sad on that beach and she walks up and down the shining sand alone, bare feet in the freezing water, and when you try to hug her she says, Don't. She stares at the rocks jutting out of the water, the wind taking her hair straight back. On the ride back to the hotel, up through those wild steeps, you pick up a pair of hitchhikers, a couple, so mixed it's ridiculous, and so giddy with love that you almost throw them out the car. She says nothing. Later, in the hotel, she will cry.
You try every trick in the book to keep her. You write her letters. You drive her to work. You quote Neruda. You compose a mass e-mail disowning all your sucias. You block their e-mails. You change your phone number. You stop drinking. You stop smoking. You claim you're a sex addict and start attending meetings. You blame your father. You blame your mother. You blame the patriarchy. You blame Santo Domingo. You find a therapist. You cancel your Facebook. You give her the passwords to all your email accounts. You start taking salsa classes like you always swore you would so that the two of you could dance together. You claim that you were sick, you claim that you were weak—It was the book! It was the pressure!—and every hour like clockwork you say that you're so so sorry. You try it all, but one day she will simply sit up in bed and say, No more, and, Ya, and you will have to move from the Harlem apartment that you two have shared. You consider not going. You consider a squat protest. In fact, you say won't go. But in the end you do.
For a while you haunt the city, like a two-bit ballplayer dreaming of a call-up. You phone her every day and leave messages, which she doesn't answer. You write her long sensitive letters, which she returns unopened. You even show up at her apartment at odd hours and at her job downtown until finally her little sister calls you, the one who was always on your side, and she makes it plain: If you try to contact my sister again she's going to put a restraining order on you.
For some Negroes that wouldn't mean shit.
But you ain't that kind of Negro.
You stop. You move back to Boston. You never see her again.
Year 1
At first you pretend it don't matter. You harbored a lot of grievances against her anyway. Yes you did! She didn't give good head, you hated the fuzz on her cheeks, she never waxed her pussy, she never cleaned up around the apartment, etc. For a few weeks you almost believe it. Of course you go back to smoking, to drinking, you drop the therapist and the sex addict groups and you run around with the sluts like it's the good old days, like nothing has happened.
I'm back, you say to your boys.
Elvis laughs. It's almost like you never left.
You're good for like a week. Then your moods become erratic. One minute you have to stop yourself from jumping in the car and driving to see her and the next you're calling a sucia and saying, You're the one I always wanted. You start losing your temper with friends, with students, with colleagues. You cry every time you hear Monchy and Alexandra, her favorite.
Boston, where you never wanted to live, where you feel you've been exiled to, becomes a serious problem. You have trouble adjusting to it fulltime; to its trains that stop running at midnight, to the glumness of its inhabitants, to its startling lack of Sichuan food. Almost on cue a lot of racist shit starts happening. Maybe it was always there, maybe you've become more sensitive after all your time in NYC. White people pull up at traffic lights and scream at you with a hideous rage, like you nearly ran over their mothers. It's fucking scary. Before you can figure out what the fuck is going on they flip you the bird and peel out. It happens again and again. Security follows you in stores and every time you step on Harvard property you're asked for ID. Three times, drunk whitedudes try to pick fights with you in different parts of the city.
You take it all very personally. I hope someone drops a fucking bomb on this city, you rant. This is why no people of color want to live here. Why all my black and Latino students leave as soon as they can.
Elvis says nothing. He was born and raised in Jamaica Plain, knows that trying to defend Boston from uncool is like blocking a bullet with a slice of bread. Are you OK? he asks finally.
I'm dandy, you say. Mejor que nunca.
Except you're not. You've lost all the mutual friends you had in NYC (they went to her), your mother won't speak to you after what happened (she liked the fiancée better than she liked you), and you're feeling terribly guilty and terribly alone. You keep writing letters to her, waiting for the day that you can hand them to her. You also keep fucking everything that moves. Thanksgiving you end up having to spend in your apartment because you can't face your mom and the idea of other people's charity makes you furious. The ex, as you're now calling her, always cooked: a turkey, a chicken, a pernil. Set aside all the wings for you. That night you drink yourself into a stupor, spend two days recovering.
You figure that's as bad as it gets. You figure wrong. During finals a depression rolls over you, so profound you doubt there is a name for it. It feels like you're being slowly pincered apart, atom by atom.
You stop hitting the gym or going out for drinks; you stop shaving or washing your clothes; in fact, you stop doing almost everything. Your friends begin to worry about you, and they are not exactly the worrying types. I'm OK, you tell them, but with each passing week the depression darkens. You try to describe it. Like someone flew a plane into your soul. Like someone flew two planes into your soul. Elvis sits shivah with you in the apartment; he pats you on the shoulder, tells you to take it easy. Four years earlier Elvis had a Humvee blow up on him on a highway outside of Baghdad. The burning wreckage pinned him for what felt like a week, so he knows a little about pain. His back and buttocks and right arm so scarred up that even you, Mr. Hard Nose, can't look at them. Breathe, he tells you. You breathe nonstop, like a marathon runner, but it doesn't help. Your little letters become more and more pathetic. Please, you write. Please come back. You have dreams where she's talking to you like in the old days—in that sweet Spanish of the Cibao, no sign of rage, of disappointment. And then you wake up.
You stop sleeping, and some night when you're drunk and alone you have a wacky impulse to open the window of your fifth-floor apartment and leap down to the street. If it wasn't for a couple of things you probably would have done it, too. But (a) you ain't the killingyourself type; (b) your boy Elvis keeps a strong eye on you—he's over all the time, stands by the window as if he knows what you're thinking. And (c) you have this ridiculous hope that maybe one day she will forgive you.
She doesn't.
From This is How You Lose Her © September 2012 by Junot Diaz, published by Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., all rights reserved, reprinted with permission from the publisher.


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