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Image-ing Our Foremothers: Art as a Means of Connecting with Women's History
This is an 8 week experience for the college student that begins by setting a learning context through using library resources, especially online databases, for locating images and art that reflect a chosen research topic and creating a mural that demonstrates the students' comprehension of the chosen topic. The experience includes conducting research on 3 significant events or people in women's US history. The written research will be accompanied by images or art that the student has chosen
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The Values at Play (VAP) project was conceived with the intent of investigating how video game designers consciously and unconsciously embed social values into video games through narratives and game mechanics. This curriculum, a corollary of the research project, will introduce designers to a systematic method for discovering, analyzing, and integrating values into their design work. All of the materials associated with the curriculum are available on this page as downloadable documents.
River City Project
As visitors to River City, students travel back in time, bringing their 21st century skills and technology to address 19th century problems. With funding from the National Science Foundation, we have developed an interactive computer simulation for middle grades science students to learn scientific inquiry and 21st century skills. River City has the look and feel of a video game but contains content developed from National Science Education Standards, National Educational Technology Standards, a
Tropospheric Ozone and Smoke from Earth Probe TOMS: Indonesia
Researchers have discovered that smoke and smog move in different ways through the atmosphere. A series of unusual events several years ago created a blanket of pollution over the Indian Ocean. In this animation, significant smog or tropospheric ozone is represented by red and green and regions of significant smoke index are in shades of white and gray.
Using Mars in a Teaching Plan
This area of the Web site is for teachers and those preparing lesson plans. It is our intention to provide enough material in enough subject areas to keep a class occupied for up to a whole term on a major project with "Exploring Mars" as its theme. That is not to say that this is how you should use the site, you may wish simply to pick something for a single lesson. That can be done too.
GLOBE Cave Protocol Field Guide: Comparing Surface and Subterranean Environments
The GLOBE Cave Protocol Field Guide utilizes existing GLOBE protocols to explore an extreme environment. Caves provide an opportunity to utilize GLOBE protocols to investigate underground environments and compare them to surface environments. Outside the cave, students record elevation, MUC, latitude and longitude, air temperature, relative humidity and air pressure. Inside the cave, students record air temperature, relative humidity and air pressure as well as observe and describe cave features
Exploring Business
The author's goals in writing Exploring Business were simple: (1) introduce students to business in an exciting way and (2) provide faculty with a fully developed teaching package that allows them to do the former. Toward those ends, the following features are included in this text:1- Integrated (Optional) Nike Case Study: A Nike case study is available for instructors who wish to introduce students to business using an exciting and integrated case. Through an in-depth study of a real company, s
Managing Projects
This course provides a good overall understanding of how to manage projects. The course includes an overview of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) developed by the Project Management Institute. The course also includes a quick outline on Earned Value Management and touches on a few advanced topics such as Enterprise Architecture. Level: Introduction - No prior knowledge is required; however some business experience will help in understanding some of the concepts. Recommended for 2.
Helping Children Prepare for Disasters
This site helps kids put together a disaster supply kit, set up a family disaster plan, read about what they might feel in a disaster, learn about pet protection, read a series of stories about kids who are always prepared for a natural disaster, and join Project IMPACT, a community damage mitigation program.
This is a project to develop a document for teaching graduate econometrics that is "open source", specifically, licensed as GNU GPL. That is, anyone can access the document in editable form, and can modify it, as long as they make their modifications available. This allows for personalization, as well as a simple way to make contributions and error corrections. The hope is that people preparing to teach econometrics for the first time might find it useful, and eventually be motivated to contribu
Hurricane Katrina Impact Studies
This website is a cooperative research project between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the University of New Orleans. The goal of the project is to investigate coastal change that occurred as a result of Hurricane Katrina. The site includes aerial video, still photography, and laser altimetry surveys of post-storm beach conditions that were collected August 31 and September 1, 2005 for comparison with earlier data. The comparison data can be used to
Gulf Coast Geology Online Interactive Mapping System
This interactive mapping system is one component of the U. S. Geological Survey's Framework Studies and Assessment of the Gulf Coast Project. This project provides the geologic, geophysical, and geochemical framework for the region. The mapping system displays different aspects of the energy resources which reside in the Gulf of Mexico Basin, one of the major hydrocarbon producing areas of the world.
Cultura is a Web-based, intercultural project situated in a language class, that connects American students with other students in different countries. It was originally created as an exchange between American and French students. Cultura has since been adapted to other schools and languages, connecting students in the US with students in Germany, Italy, Mexico, Russia and Spain. Following a common calendar, students explore together a variety of materials that progressively broaden their scope
The American Jury: Bulwark of Democracy
"The American Jury: Bulwark of Democracy" is a project of the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago and is the national expansion of "The American Jury: Past and Present," conducted in Illinois during 1998-1999. Beginning with a two-week institute in July 1999, "The American Jury" focused on the jury system in the United States. its role in American legal, social, and political life; its origins and history; its adaptations to changes in law and American society; its strengths and limitations
American Women's Dime Novel Project
Dime novels written by women were once enormously popular with their readers, but the genre has been neglected for most of its history by scholars, collectors, and libraries. The genre suffers from the double burden of being both popular and written for working-class women. This project hopes to overcome the history of oversight to both the form and its readers by providing information about the novels themselves, the authors, the readers, and nineteenth century public reaction. This site is a
Object of History
The Object of History is a cooperative project between the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and George Mason University's Center for History and New Media. The project was conceived of in an effort to find a low cost way for students and teacher of U.S. History to have access to the museum's collections and the expertise of the curators. As a result the materials on the site are designed to improve students' content knowledge of standard topics in U.S. History and to imp
Women in World History
Women in World History is an online curriculum resource center designed to help high school and college world history teachers and students find and analyze online primary sources on women in world history. Materials encourage teachers to integrate recent scholarship and give students a more sophisticated framework for understanding global women's history. Women in World History reflects three approaches central to current scholarship in world history and the history of women: an emphasis on
Imagining the French Revolution: Depictions of the French Revolutionary Crowd
Imaging the French Revolution—an experiment in digital scholarship—is organized in three sections. In , seven scholars— selected for their previous work on revolutionary images—analyze forty-two images of crowds and crowd violence in the French Revolution, a shared on-line archive that provided the starting point for the project. Offering the most relevant examples and comments from an on-line forum that took place during the summer of 2003, highlights an effort by those same scholars t
Making the History of 1989: The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
Making the History of 1989 materials were developed because teachers and their students have little access to vivid historical documents in English that convey the epochal events of 1989. Project materials utilize recent advances in our understanding of how historical learning takes place, including complex interaction with sources, recursive reading, and skills used by historians. The site has three key features: a substantial collection of high quality primary sources; a set of multimedia int
Welcome to Hindsight, an online history project that will transport you back to New York City on May 8, 1970. Your mission is to determine what happened on that day, and what meaning it might hold for us today. Our site uses the web's characteristics to foster historical inquiry -- you will navigate through multiple sources of evidence, explore diverse perspectives, and make connections within this "web" of material. The site is part archive, part essay, and part interactive exhibit.


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Masami Teraoka is a celebrated Japanese American artist who is best known for his paintings that adeptly simulate traditional Japanese pictorial imagery and techniques while engaging ideas about Western ethos. During his more than five decades long career, Teraoka has engaged issues such as Western obsession with commercialization, AIDS awareness, eroticism, globalization, politics, abuse in the Catholic Church, and the plight of the Pussy Riot Girls. His art is always elegant and meticulously crafted with an intensive attention to detail. His subject matter is in turns poignantly serious and playfully humorous.
He was born in 1936, in Onomichi, Hiroshima Japan. After receiving a BA in aesthetics and art history in Japan, Teraoka moved to Los Angeles and earn a BFA and MFA from Otis Institute of Art, completing his studies in 1968. He has been the subject of more than seventy one-person exhibitions. His work is in more than fifty public collections including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Smithsonian Institution; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Tate Modern; and the Walker Art Center.

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American researchers have successfully fabricated functional human heart tissue in a spinach leaf. The idea is to use the structure of the plant's vessels to feed the cells of the heart with nutrients.
After a heart attack, the cells of the heart muscle damaged no longer able to contract, resulting in a risk of heart failure. These cells would need to be replaced with a transplant . Because of the lack of organ donors, scientists have set themselves the goal of recreating cardiac tissue in the laboratory by biological engineering. But it is not enough to get to get a simple pile of cells still need to supply them with nutrients . So how to artificially reconstruct a network of capillary vessels?
One solution may be to print the vessels in 3D. Here, a team of the Polytechnic Institute Worcester proposes to use vessels … plants. Because despite their many differences, plants and animals have similarities in the structure of their vascular networks. The use of plants has advantages: the cellulose of plants is biocompatible, biodegradable and inexpensive; The cultivation of plants also raises fewer ethical questions than laboratory animals.
For this study published in Biomaterials , researchers have simply bought spinach leaves from a local merchant. Then, they used a detergent solution to remove the plant cells: this "decellularization" step removes the cellular material while retaining an extracellular matrix . "I had done decellularization work on human hearts before, and when I looked at the spinach leaf its stem reminded me of an aorta," said Joshua Gershlak, one of the authors of this work, in Science alert . Hence the idea of using the stem to pass the blood which will then be distributed in the tiny vessels of the leaf.
A decellularized tissue is interesting for a transplant : without donor cells, it should reduce the risk of rejection. The cells of the recipient can then repopulate the structure.
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The decellularized plant tissue is then re-ligated with human endothelial cells, which colonize the internal surface of the vessels of the plant. Of stem cells human are used to provide cardiomyocytes that adhere to the outer surface of the plant matrix. In 21 days, the cardiac cells began to contract spontaneously as they would have done in human tissue.
There is still much work to be done to make this discovery applicable to humans, as the authors explain: "At present, it is not yet known how the vascular system of the plant would be integrated into the native human vascular system, There would be an immune response ". In addition, decellularization uses detergents that could remain as residues and impair the viability of the cells.
The team also tested other plants: leaves of parsley or roots of peanut . The spinach leaf was preferred because of the high density of its vessels. But the researchers suggest that in the future other plants are used to mimic different tissues: the hollow, cylindrical structure of a rod Impatiens capensis (Cape Impatience) could be used to make a graft to an artery ; The structure of the wood could be useful to make bone …
This is not the first time that scientists use plants as a support to grow human tissue. Last year, Canadian scientists grew a human ear on an apple slice.
Benjamin Diaz started working for Debate Report in 2017. Ben grew up in a small town in northern Ontario. He studied chemistry in college, graduated, and married his wife a year later. Benhas been a proud Torontonian for the past 10 years. He covers politics and the economy. Previously he wrote for CTV News and the Huffington Post Canada.


text: Duhaime's Law Dictionary Piercing the Corporate Veil Definition: To hold a corporate entity liable for the acts of a separate, related entity. Related Terms: Lifting the Corporate Veil Also known as lifting the corporate veil.In Dolco, Justice Sweet of the United States District Court (New York) wrote:"Under the doctrine of limited liability, a corporate entity is liable for the acts of a separate, related entity only under extraordinary circumstances, commonly referred to as piercing the corporate veil. Federal courts sitting in admiralty must apply federal common law when examining corporate identity. Federal common law in the Second Circuit involves a two pronged test for piercing the corporate veil: the party sought to be charged must have used its alter ego to perpetrate a fraud or have so dominated and disregarded its alter ego's corporate form that the alter ego was actually carrying on the controlling party's business instead of its own."In Wachovia, Madam Justice Virginia Kendall of the United States District Court,(Illinois) used this example of circumstances that might justify the extraordinary equitable remedy:"[A]n example of inequitable conduct that justifies veil piercing: a corporate owner who used his several corporations to avoid responsibilities to creditors."In 2008, Justice Paul Maloney wrote of the distinction between asking a Court of law on the one hand to pierece a corporate veil, and on the other hand, seeking to find corporate liability through an alleged alter ego theory:"[V]eil piercing and alter ego concepts are separate and distinct. In general, efforts to pierce a corporate veil ask a court to hold A vicariously liable for B's debts. By contrast, a contention that A is B's alter ego asserts that A and B are the same entity; liability then is not vicarious but direct." 1REFERENCES:Dolco Inv., Ltd. v. Moonriver Development, Ltd., 486 F. Supp. 2d 261 (2007)Michigan Electrical Employees v. Encompass Electric, 556 F. Supp. 2d 746 (Endnote #1)Wachovia Securities, LLC v. Neuhauser, 528 F. Supp. 2d 834 (2007) Categories & Topics: Duhaime's Company, Associations and Commercial Law Dictionary Always looking up definitions? Save time with our search provider (modern browsers only) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Law Dictionary, or if you have suggestion for a legal term, we'd love to hear from you!


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Comparison on the effectiveness of Direct to Garment (DTG) printing and screen printing.
As the garment printing market is continuously growing and developing it becomes increasingly important to maintain your competitive edge. The key to competing in this market is having the most innovative and advanced hardware which will allow you to maintain low costs, high production rate and the best quality of product. I will be comparing two of the most successful methods of printing garments to see which one will offer the best value for money.
First of all we need to consider the early stages of the production process and how this affects the print. The beginning of the production process really highlights the differences in the methods that are consistent throughout the production process. The DTG digital printer allows for a fast start up as the producer needs only to load the machine with their desired size of fabric then upload the choices of design to the software in preparation for the print. Screen printing requires the customization via UV lights to change the screen for every colour that is required. This process for screen printing is necessary for every colour that is used during the printing process.
Alongside the set-up differences the actual printing time differs greatly also. In screen printing if the print needs more than one colour the producer will need to wait for the products to dry before the next is added. The valuable time used during this process can massively delay the production line and lead to hold ups in certain processes. In contrast the One Pass system offered via DTG allows for both the white ink and any colours to be applied in one print pass. During an order of large quantities the DTG digital printer can save a large amount of time that otherwise would have been used for drying. This allows a fluid production chain from printing to packaging.
A summary of the Pros and Cons of the two printing styles:
DTG Series
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Over embellish with Rhine stones or Sequin's
Screen Printing
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Cannot over embellish with Rhine stones / sequins
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First up, can I just say that, overall, I prefered Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation better? However, the fairly extended climax of this movie was definitely by-the-edge-of-your-seat kind of awesome. And, well, Henry Cavill, even with the porn-stache, is still mighty fine.
The movie continues to be a BMW advertisement, must like its predecessor, with the occasional appearance of a Land Rover Defender. The motorbike/car chase scenes were very familiar and, honestly, the streets of Paris were far too quiet for some of the scenes to be realistic. Like the bit with the Arc du Triomphe. Either they built a set or closed down access to it because no way is that arch devoid of tourists at any time of daylight. Trust me. I've been there and got asked a million times by other tourists to help take their photo and that's only a mild exaggeration.
But Mission: Impossible – Fallout is still a fun movie to watch though. It's like a trip through Paris and London which I hope will be my next travel destination!


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10th Annual Staff Council Golf Outing
- 08-22-2014
- By Staff Council
The 10th Annual Staff Council Golf Outing brought out several familiar faces as well as many new players to this event. The afternoon golf outing took place at The Links at Lang Farm on August 7, 2014 and featured 18 holes of golf, hors d'oeuveres and prizes.
Top prize went to the team of Joshua Parker, Brayden McKenna, Alastair Ingram, Bardford Parker - who all received golf shirts bearing the V-Cat logo and bragging rights for the year.
In addition $132 was raised by the participants during this event. Those funds will benefit the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf.
UVM Staff Council Social Committee sponsors this annual event. Special thanks to Annette Mailhot, Jeff Senator, Rose Laba, and Judy Riani for their work to organize the Golf Outing.
For more information about Staff Council or other events that the Social Committee facilitates, please visit the Staff Council website or email us at email@example.com.


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Characteristics of defect modes in side-coupled and mutually coupled microresonator arrays
Tobing, Landobasa Yosef Mario A. L.
Tjahjana, Liliana
Zhang, Dao Hua
Date of Issue2012
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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We present both theoretically and experimentally the existence of defect modes in side-coupled and mutually coupled microresonator arrays. The qualitative difference between the two types of defect modes is investigated. The Qfactor of both defect modes for varying defect sizes is characterized, and an enhancement of ∼30×relative to individual loaded resonators is demonstrated. The defect modes are then compared with coupled resonator–induced transparency (CRIT), indicating that the defect modes based on side-coupled microresonator arrays are actually the extension of the CRIT resonance in two-resonator structures.
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Journal of the optical society of America B: optical physics
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- UP Board 10th Result 2018
- Latest Update: UP, Board of High School and Intermediate Education has released 10th and 12th Class results officially, on 29th April 2018. In order to download the results right away just click on this link (upresults.nic.in).
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UP Board 10th Result 2018: The Uttar Board of Secondary Education will reveal 10th class result on its official website. Students who appeared for UP Board high school annual exams, the board is very soon likely to announce UPMSP 10th Result 2018 in a couple of weeks. This year UP Board organized exams from 6th February to 22nd February. Last year, results were announced on 9th June along with 12th class. For more details on the merit list, school wise merit list and to download UP 10th Result 2018 read the complete article.
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UP Board 10th Class Result 2018
Last year the UP 10th Class Result were declared around 12:30 P.M. Total 34,04,571 students appeared for board exams and out of this figure, the overall pass percentage was 81.6 percentage. Out of the total appeared students the pass percentage was 81.6 %, however, the topper secured 95.83%. The Pass percentage of UP Board X Result 2016 was recorded as the highest in the last five years.
|Name of the Organization
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|Name of the Class
|10th class/ Matric
|Exam Date
|Result Announcement
|June 2018
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UP Board High Schol Result 2018
Students are given access to download 10th class result by the first week of June. As per previous year records, the UPMSP Xth class results have been always declared in June month. And last year class 10th and 12th results are declared on the same date. Students can download the board exams results through the official website as well as via SMS. To get the result through SMS, type UP10<space>ROLLNUMBER and send it to 56263. And steps that are required to download the result from the official website are given below.
Steps to download Uttar Pradesh 10th Result 2018:
- Visit the official website of UP Board
- Click on" UP Board 10th class exams result"
- Now a login page will appear on the screen
- Here, enter your "roll number and other required details
- Now click on" search' tab
- Meanwhile, 10th class result will appear on the screen
- Check the obtained marks and keep a copy of it for further reference.
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The candidates can check the UP Board 10th Class Scorecard 2018 online for know the performance in the exam. Those candidates will be passed this exam they will be able to take the new admission in the higher study. The result will be announced approx 2 months the date of the exam. The students need to check the UPMSP High School Merit List 2018 after declarations the result. The result will be provided only for those students who have appeared in the board exam. You can follow the below provided steps for
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IBF Taikai 2019 will be held in Yokohama
on Sunday 27th October 2019.
See "Event Plan" or "News".
International Batto-Do Federation (IBF for short) is an organization of Battodo to include Toyama Ryu Iaido and Nakamura Ryu Battodo, organized by the 1st generation Soke Nakamura Taisaburo Sensei.
Nakamura Taisaburo (1912-2003)
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I was 8 years old when I started ponyriding. From the first lesson onwards, I was in love. After a few years of riding at a riding school, I had the opportunity to ride and help out at a private stable.
I adored it! Being outdoors the entire day, taking care of the horses, riding them. I rode a gorgeous Friesian horse there for a few years, Wiebe. He stole my heart from the moment he arrived at the stable.
His owner later moved him to a different stable and he got moved again and I lost track of him. It broke my heart. Because the bond you have with that one special horse, is unlike anything else. After Wiebe, I got to ride a grey horse, Toon. Toon came with an instruction manual but I learned how to read it :-)
Then I started having too many back issues and had to give up riding. Life moves along and I still adored horses but didn't ride for many years. Until I went to the White Stallion Ranch in Arizona on vacation and got back in the saddle. In a Western saddle no less!
I completely found my groove again with horses and riding and realised how much I'd missed riding all those years. At the Ranch I also met my dream horse. A black Mustang named Ocho. I absolutely adore him!
The strong bond and connection that I got with Ocho in a very short amount of time, is what gave me the push to officially start doing equine photography too.
My love for horses runs very deep and nothing makes me happier than documenting the love between a human and their horse but also to capture horses
as they truly are.
Someone told me about a photo that I had taken of Ocho that I had captured his soul, that that image is SO Ocho.
That's my goal with my photography, to document the love and bond but also the purity and honesty of a horse.
Meet the CEO's of the company: Bash & Keira. I couldn't live without dogs by my side
Need I say more? <3
Such beautiful products that I use on a daily basis for everything and anything.
Nature and beautiful, natural light are great sources of inspiration for me. I love photographing in natural environments.
It's the only thing you buy, that makes you richer.
My Ariat cowboy boots are my favorites. I have multiple pairs, they are the most comfortable boots ever. When it's too hot outside, I switch them for flip flops.
My happy place. I love the desert, I love the energy here and don't even get me started on how beautiful the light is and the sunsets <3
My daily ritual 5 days a week.
I definitely like dressing up for weddings and parties, but nothing beats wearing denim and plaid. I guess you can say that I'm a cowgirl at heart.


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It's coming up on 11:00 pm on the evening of July 24, 2017. Just back home from seeing Christopher Nolan's latest film "Dunkirk". The film is based on the actual events of the spring of 1940 when something like 400k British troops were trapped and surrounded by German troops in northern France, and in particular at Dunkirk. I say "based on…" because as happens with all historical films, there are a few liberties taken in the transfer of actual events to film. But not as many as one might think. Judging from the research I did prior to watching "Dunkirk" (including reading and watching many reviews in recent days) I would say it is a highly accurate rendering of what happened some 77 years ago.
So what do I think of "Dunkirk"? All I can say is Wow! It is such an absolutely stunning, emotional, astonishing film. It has been a long time since I have experienced a movie like that. Yes, I did say "experienced". It's not a movie that you watch, you experience it. From its opening scenes when soldiers are running through the streets of Dunkirk as gunfire rains down upon them to the final scenes when we see men sitting on trains rolling through the English countryside while one of the soldiers delivers Winston Churchill's classic "We shall never surrender" speech, "Dunkirk" isn't really a film in the true sense of the word. You do indeed experience it. It is really an assault on the senses that packs a solid punch and never lets go from beginning to end. As one would expect from a World War 2 movie, it is very disturbing and horrifying in places (I would definitely NOT recommend the film for young children or for those who are frightened by graphic images), but on the whole it is a masterpiece. We all know that World War 2 has inspired thousands of movies through the years. And I will wager that if you took a poll asking what is the finest WW2 film ever made, many people will say that "Saving Private Ryan" is their choice. Certainly "SPR" is one of the most realistic of all WW2 films, especially that first half hour or so when D Day is gruesomely re-enacted in incredible realism that I understand moved many veterans who saw the film to tears and other poignant emotional reactions (and in particular caused those reactions in many who saw "SPR" and who really fought that day on the beaches of Normandy). But having now seen it, I think "Dunkirk" is in that same league, and I think it soon will become a classic. In fact, I came across a story from Calgary about a 97 year old veteran who really was at Dunkirk back then and his reaction to the film No doubt there are others around the world with similar feelings.
In closing,"Dunkirk" has had many positive reviews in the media and I agree 100%. Such was the power of this film that as the closing credits ran in the theatre, most of the audience just sat there stunned and moved by what we had just seen over the past two hours or so (I think the actual running time is about 1 hour and 46 minutes). In addition to the above reaction, I was moved to the point that when I left the theatre, instead of walking directly back home from Jackson Square (the major retail and entertainment complex in downtown Hamilton where I watched "Dunkirk"), I made a slight detour to the Cenotaph at Gore Park and spent a few minutes with my head bowed in silent prayer and remembrance in tribute to those brave soldiers from Dunkirk. To those who were indeed evacuated back to England, but especially to those who didn't make it. In short as I said earlier, "Dunkirk" is a masterpiece. Highly recommended. Thanks for reading this blog entry – stay tuned for my next article, coming soon to a computer near you. Until next time!


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By NICO SCAVELLA
Tribune Staff Reporter
THE country's top judge has noted that "unfair criticisms" of the country's judicial system has subsided over the past year, though she reminded those who continue to blame the courts for the country's crime woes that the courts "do not create criminals", but society does.
Acting Chief Justice Vera Watkins, in addressing the opening of the 2019 legal year, said while there was a time "not too long ago" that courts "bore the brunt of the blame for the high level of crime in the country", it is "refreshing" to note that the trend has mostly discontinued.
She said the focus has now shifted to where it ought to be: "on the role of the family in the prevention of crime".
In September of 2017, outspoken self-styled activist Omar Archer was convicted and sentenced to 21 days in prison by Justice Cheryl Grant-Thompson for contemptuous remarks he previously made about the legal proceedings against former Cabinet minister Shane Gibson. The sentence was suspended once Archer made donations to two charities and performed community service.
That same month, a bench warrant was issued for the arrest of media personality Christina "Chrissy Love" Thompson for failing to appear before the same judge to face charges of contempt of court stemming from certain remarks she made about Mr Gibson's legal proceedings.
During the opening of the 2018 legal year, former Chief Justice Stephen Isaacs, acting in that capacity at the time, criticised the "uninformed destructive attacks on judicial officers" and stressed the importance of a judiciary free from "extraneous noises" and "improper influences".
Addressing the topic during Wednesday's ceremony, ACJ Watkins said: "There was a time not too long ago when the courts bore the brunt of the blame for the high level of crime in the Bahamas. It was convenient for members of the public as well as persons who are held in high esteem by the public, to make public pronouncements that suggest that the proliferation in criminal activities was due to the fact that judges and magistrates were too lenient in their dispensation of sentences and that too many accused persons were being released on bail.
"…It is imperative that society in general and all of those who engage in the practice of blaming the judicial system for the behaviour of the criminal elements in our society, come to the realization that the courts do not create criminals. Criminals are created in the homes and societies in which they live."
Concerning the issue of the granting of bail, ACJ Watkins further noted that "contrary to popular misconception", persons brought before the courts are not to be regarded as guilty. Conversely, she said the courts "must regard them as being innocent and the courts must treat them as innocent persons".
"The courts cannot, therefore, punish innocent persons by denying bail," she said. "Each bail application must be considered on its own merit and bail can only be denied within the confines of the law. It is the responsibility of the court to provide the facilities to ensure that every person who is accused of a crime is afforded a fair hearing within a reasonable time.
"It is only when accused persons are found guilty of a criminal offence that the court will mete out an appropriate punishment according to the statute law and guidelines set by case law".
ACJ Watkins further suggested that the judiciary needs more Supreme Court judges, 20 as a matter of fact, particularly to alleviate the case loads Supreme Court judges who deal with civil matters with which they are "inundated."
According to ACJ Watkins, there are currently 16 substantive Supreme Court judges. Of that number, 10 are assigned to hear criminal matters, and one of those judges presides over matters brought before the Supreme Court in Freeport, Grand Bahama. The other five judges are assigned to hear civil matters. Thus, ACJ Watkins said there are twice as many judges hearing criminal matters.
"A few years ago the Supreme Court Act was amended to increase the maximum number of judges to 20," she said. "I am of the view that there is a need for 20 judges. The judges hearing civil matters are inundated with cases."
Despite her calls for more judges, however, ACJ Watkins noted the judiciary's physical/infrastructural limitations.
"…While the Supreme Court Act makes provisions for 20 justices of the Supreme Court, at the present time there are no accommodations available to house an additional four judges. It is my hope that the judiciary will be able to secure additional accommodations in the near future".
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tell_it_like_it_is 6 months ago
This ACJ is ALSO playing the "blame" game. EVERYBODY has to own up to their part in the crime problem. The court system IS a part of it, so is the failings of the police, broken homes, unemployment, poor ethical values, unwanted pregnancies, substance abuse, and the list goes on and on.
WHEREVER you fall in that list, you should ask yourself... what role can I play to make things better? Just blaming society alone solves NOTHING!
There is always something that can be improved. The court system is FAAAARRRR from perfect!!!
Sickened 6 months ago
Preach it brother! I wid you!!
Godson 6 months ago
The Court and Judicial system of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas is the principle tool in the creation of criminals and the perpetuation of crime throughout The Bahamas. No among of speech can do away with the facts.
Either by way of incompetence, negligence and malfeasance, the officers of the Courts, including the judges, are complacent in criminalizing our citizens: creating criminals out of them. I, Godson A. Johnson, have and can still show and establish why this is the case.
The court system, and by extension, the judiciary was originally and essentially established to provide a civil forum for dueling parties to resolve issues and have acts of injustice redress; and the system was developed with the view to end hostile persons resorting to violence and physically aggressive means as a resolve.
In The Bahamas, the judicial system serves to the benefit of certain families and class. Remember when Craig Flowers was caught red handed operating illegal gambling? He is now a leading citizen! When the mandatory sentencing for possession of a firearm was two (2) years, 'The Meat Man' (of Blue Hill Rd.) received probation. The Court, the Registrars and its officers continue to compromise persons and their cases.
I could only wish that I, Godson Andrew Johnson, be brought before the Court for contempt. Unlike Omar Archer or Chrissy Love, I can further firmly establish the complacency of Our Courts and the Judicial System in criminalizing our citizens. But they won't.
joeblow 6 months ago
Actually no! Countries have the power through their laws to determine what is right or wrong and what the punishment should be for breaking them. Anyone who commits an act determined by the laws of the country to be criminal, commits a crime. If a law is problematic then it should be changed, but until it is one violates it when one breaks it. It is the breaking of the law by a person that makes them a criminal, not the judicial system itself, but it is the failure to consistently apply and update the law that causes the appearance of partiality in the system. These two are not the same thing!
Godson 6 months ago
What you have stated stands on all four, that is, you are correct; however, what I am alluding to is the willful act of officers of the court, including some judges, that intentionally, or otherwise, do or fail to do what is right and just with the aim to stagnate or divert justice in matters that come before the courts.
People are resorting to these primitive and cannibalistic expressions of crime because, in our court system, one can hardly see the light or the end of the proverbial tunnel, that is, a sincerely just and fair trial of their matters.
I have read the Court of Appeal ruling in the rape case involving Cynthia 'Mother' Pratt's son. Only Justice Blackman had the courage to call it for what it was: THE RAPE OF TWO (2) MINORS. He noted how the police tampered with the evidence to the benefit of their colleague, Crown Sargeant Julian Pratt.
Now consider those two girls who, by the way, were orphans - Wards of the State. Do we expect them to grow up and become fine and respectable ladies? Or for that fact, do we expect them to become law abiding citizens? They were destroyed before they even had a change. And by who? An officer of the Court. Did they get Justice when the matter came before the Court? NO!!!
They were raped and were not given any recourse for justice or remedy. This is the case because the defendant belonged to a certain political class. What do we expect them to do if they become parents? What are they suppose to teach their children as it relates to the courts and the judiciary, or, for that fact, the law itself?
joeblow 6 months ago
...again, each person must decide for themselves whether or not they will follow the law. It is people, within and outside of the judicial system, who choose to live below the standards of the law. This is true for both the laws of God and man. Because men are flawed and my choose to be weak we must understand that true justice only comes from God!
TalRussell 6 months ago
Yes, or no - last time heard from comrade sister Chrissy Love was way back after her sudden exit from ZNS, when she said, "See y'all when tings done fix." Yes, no, any updates?
rawbahamian 6 months ago
There are laws in place to deal with criminals but Judges all too frequently just spank criminals on their hands and say" bad boy " or give them tge absolute bare minium sentence subtracting time on remand and issuing 6 and 9 month years. The criminals " you'll ain't serious" so they have no fear of punishment. Our Judicial system is made up of the same material that good comedies is made from. Until we get serious with the criminals and deal with them as they should be, they will continue to deal with society just as they are only to get worse !!!
TalRussell 6 months ago
Yes, or no after the AG's office dropped charges against two about town prominent lawyers following an incident on Jaws Beach - the Chief all Magistrates said she was glad the two of them could "extend a hand of friendship and camaraderie", adding: "Go your way and sin no more. Yes, no - no need make stuff up
bogart 6 months ago
sealice 6 months ago
No actually it was the PLP in the 70's and 80's that made being a gangsta cool in the Bahamas.....all brave's drug boys from cat island coming to town to by rolex's from John Bull and show off their money.....living in 1 room shacks with a $100,000 car outside....made multiple generations want to grow up lazy and dumb and hopefully get lucky running drugs....
DWW 6 months ago
To state the obvious but perhaps overlooked: if there are more laws there are more criminals. If there are less laws and therefore less illegal activity there will be less criminals.
joeblow 6 months ago
The number of laws is not the issue, its one's willingness to respect and live within the confines of the law. If the only law in existence was "do not cut your hair", people would be found guilty!


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In the translation industry as well as in many other areas of modern life there is an increasing need of automating as many tasks as possible using information technology. Most of the documents and other content which need to be translated are created and managed using computers.
Translatable files can be managed in a uniform manner using Computer-assisted Translation softwares. These applications are able to process digital documents, provide a unified interface for translating and reviewing them, store the translated words, sentences and phrases, make it easy to search or reuse them and are also able to export the documents to their original format at the end of the translation process. Usually they provide some kind of Quality Assurance method. The usage of CAT tools can significantly reduce the time spent on translating each document.
One well known translation environment is memoQ, which also has features related to project management besides the features mentioned above: it has a server software that makes it possible to distribute work online. This server application is used mostly on local networks in translation offices.
Language Terminal on the other hand is a public website and a Web Service which from some perspective aims to connect these local networks. Since it is a public service it can be accessed by anyone no matter what translation environment (CAT tool) is he or she using. It can be used to share projects or other data, create contracts, initiate negotiations and send price offers.
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The 2017 Total Eclipse (and Falls Park on the Reedy River, Greenville SC)
Noah and I went to see the total eclipse in South Carolina on August 21st of 2017. It happened at about 2:45 in the afternoon and lasted for two minutes. We got up at an insanely early time in order to drive down to South Carolina in time to find an acceptable place to view the eclipse. We ended up arriving early (which is never a bad thing) and driving through tons of traffic, roaming through festivals and crowds, before finally settling on The Greenville Zoo as our viewing place.
The entire city seemed to have taken the day off work for the occasion.
I don't have any epic pictures of the eclipse itself because all that could be photographed was a light splash in the middle of a slightly shadowy sky. The weirdest thing about it was that, without glasses, the sun looked no different. It just kept getting dimmer and dimmer and dimmer.
Until it was nighttime.
Pictures simply do not do the event any justice. It was dark. The only light came from a small circle around the moon and also the zoo lanterns. Some of the animals were remarkably docile during the entire time while others (mainly lemurs) continued with random outbursts of wild screams throughout both the light and dark.
Shadows from trees usually look like tree and leaf shapes, but that day they took crescent shapes nearest to the eclipse. Even our bodies' shadows were obscure.
After the eclipse, we left the zoo and drove to Falls Park on the Reedy River. We explored the town, went for long walks, crossed bridges, walked in the water, nearly pet ducks, watched a comedy club (definitely worth your time–the one we found was free), picked up a free plant (I still have that plant; it survives even though I'm terrible at watering it–what a trooper), and had an ultimately wonderful time.
The drive back was long and exhausting, but we made a great memory and I really wouldn't change a thing about it.
Travel tips, anyone?
- Plan ahead to arrive early. You don't know the place, you don't know the delays. Being early can't really hurt (it just might mean you gotta get up a few hours before the sun and you'll have some extra time to wander around).
- McDonald's gives you free ice water. Lots of places charge (Sonic, for instance), but McDonald's doesn't, and when it's a sunny 92°F in South Carolina, this is valuable. Invaluable, really.
- Traveling for a total eclipse is worth it. If you ever have the chance, go. Noah and I drove about 5 hours to see this one (10 hours round trip in one day), and while that's understandably impossible for a lot of people, the trip is well worth it. There's just something really cool about it being night in the middle of the day.
- Some strangers are actually cool people. We didn't have any glasses for viewing the eclipse (we aren't planners, and neither of us really thought that part through), but several people offered us theirs to borrow. An eclipse is an awesome experience and there's something cool about how perfect strangers were eager to share it with us, to better our experience, and to bond over why it's so cool. Also, they'll absolutely take your picture for you and probably not steal your phone (keyword, probably).
- Take turns driving. One of you can sleep while the other drives and that's okay.


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Just returned from a few days on the Isle of Rum. A real mixed bag in terms of weather, midges and mountains. Look out for a full write up and pics shortly…
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Angus Coastal Trail
After devoting the summer of 2012 to the Angus Glens, I spent much of this year exploring the county's shoreline, hiking the coastal path between Broughty Ferry and Montrose and discovering some real gems along the way. The fruits of these labours have now come to fruition in the publication of Angus Coastal Trail.
The linear route is 68km in length, although there are plenty of detours and distractions as the trail progresses north.
From the Firth of Tay, the mouth of Scotland's longest river, sandy beaches, backed by a gently rolling grassy hinterland, give way to more rugged and dramatic scenery.
Beyond Arbroath, spectacular cliffs, interspersed with craggy coves, secret caves and unique geological features, rise from the insistent ebb and flow of the tide. Beyond the cliff top village of Auchmithie, the coastline reaches its highest point at Red Head, a towering sandstone promontory.
The terrain softens again, the forgotten hamlets of Ethie Haven and Corbie Knowe lying at the southern end of Lunan Bay, a sweep of golden sand. However, a more exposed and inhospitable stretch of shoreline leads round the coast to Scurdie Ness lighthouse, standing guard over the entrance to the county's busiest port, Montrose.
The trail can either be walked in its entirety or the various sections can be undertaken as day walks.
Fully illustrated, Angus Coastal Trail includes clear mapping and a wealth of background history, geography and wildlife information, plus practical advice on accommodation, public transport and places to eat.
The book is currently available from Amazon for Kindle and Kindle apps. Click here. However a paperback is on its way soon…
Tentsmuir Point
Research for a book on narrow gauge railways took me to Tentsmuir Point the other day, on a quest to find the remains of an old wartime wagon revealed by the shifting sands.
Setting off from the Fife town of Tayport, I soon encountered Second World War relics in the form of tank traps. As part of Tentmuir Coastal Defences, scores of these sturdy concrete blocks were manufactured by Polish soldiers in 1941 and placed in a line along the high water mark. This stretches from Tayport round the point although thanks to the shifting landscape and the gradual expansion of the coastline seaward many of the blocks now sit some distance inland from the water.
Close to Tayport I passed the derelict compound of a former meteorological station originally linked to RAF Leuchars and two pillboxes that cast a heavy stare over the estuary of the River Tay.
The line of tank traps extends east along the beach from here towards Tentsmuir Point and I followed it dutifully over the sand to an information board heralding my entry into Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve. While the main path continues east towards the sea, I opted to bear right and follow the block line south. Along the way I passed a couple of gun emplacements, the sand slowly filtering into and filling their dark interiors.
The line of blocks eventually ended, so I set a course for an obvious wartime landmark, a green prefabricated corrugated iron hut (known as Green Hut) mounted on concrete legs.
A short walk inland from here I found the railway bogie, mounted on a plinth. The 2ft gauge wagon – along with sections of rail and corrugated iron sheets used to mould the tank traps – was discovered by a walker after the beach was eroded by winter storms. It is believed that temporary railway tracks were laid to convey materials used during the making of the blocks and the track and wagons were simply abandoned after the war.
For a walk around Tentsmuir Point click here.
Isle of Rona
Located to the north of Raasay, the Isle of Rona was once home to a thriving crofting community, then only sheep. Now, with two residents and a landscape returning to the wild, it makes an ideal getaway for those who savour solitude. Read my feature on this remote island in the current issue of the excellent Scotland Outdoors magazine (opens as a pdf file).
Elie Chainwalk
Enjoyed a cracking day out on the Elie Chainwalk today. However, as I arrived at the start point, it became apparent that some folk who set out to tackle the route are quickly put off by their fear of the unknown. Today I met two families facing such a dilemma. Having heard about the chainwalk, they wandered across the beach from Earlsferry keen to give it a shot. But when they arrived at the start point and were confronted by the first chain, both were immediately deterred by the prospect of what lay ahead. Neither group attempted the scramble. It was a real pity to see early hopes dashed by uncertainty. They may have been more than capable of doing it, but will now never know. For anyone interested in tackling this unique coastal scramble, I have put together an illustrated step-by-step guide which I hope will shine some light on the delights of the Elie Chainwalk and help quell some of those fears. Read more…
Angus Coast Walk
Angus is crying out for an official coastal trail. The county's shoreline is littered with geological gems and hidden treasures. As yet no official route exists, although the local authority is looking at plans to create one and their job will be made easier by the fact there are already paths and tracks in place for much of the way. Read more…


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THE STROKES are the latest big name confirmed for T IN THE PARK festival.
NME.COM can today reveal more of this year's T In The Park line up.
In addition to The Strokes, [/a], The Chemical Brothers, The Pixies, [a] and Muse, we can reveal that Snow Patrol, N*E*R*D, Franz Ferdinand, Scissor Sisters and Dogs Die In Hot Cars will also join the line-up for the event.
T In The Park 2004 takes place at Balado, Kinross near Glasgow, over the weekend of July 10-11 2004.
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For more on The Strokes' summer plans, see this week's NME, which is out tomorrow (March 3).


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Introducing Jim Hawkins!
PUBLISHED: 00:18 17 November 2011 | UPDATED: 20:19 20 February 2013
Jim Hawkins - On the Record
Its party season! To look at the adverts, youd imagine this means every evening is a cavalcade of beautiful and well-dressed people, laughing happily over glasses of wine as the fire crackles and the streamers tumble like a maidens hair around the platters of snacks so small youre not actually sure what they even are.
For you, this may be true. In which case, Im glad youre having a good time. For many of us, a party involves three hours chewing a vol-au-vent before driving home wondering who the hell all those other people were.
Why? Because were rubbish at introducing ourselves.
Me included. I mean, weve just met and you hardly know anything about me.
The straightforward facts are these: Im 49 years old, Ive lived in Shropshire for eight years, I do the mid-morning show on BBC Radio Shropshire and I have a dog, a cat, and a large number of guitars.
But what about the less-straightforward facts? For example, I once bought a shops entire stock of three thousand 78rpm records (Ive still got most of them). I interviewed Gordon Brown on a train, Cliff Richard in a caravan and the Go-Betweens in a shower cubicle. And my favourite: my mum used to be Ian Durys babysitter.
When youre at this seasons parties, be ready to share one amazing or surprising fact about yourself. Youd be amazed where the conversation goes from there.
Hooray for Shropshire, Shropshire People, and Shropshire Life!
I dont subscribe to the view that seems to be prevalent in some parts of the media, that life is grim, people are bad and if nothing awful has happened yet, it will any minute. I believe most people are mostly good, most of the time. In particular, I think we live in an amazing county, among some incredible people of all ages, diverse backgrounds and sometimes unconventional lifestyles. Many of them spend a lot of time and effort making a positive difference to the lives of other people, both in Shropshire and elsewhere around the world.
I love to share these peoples stories with you on my radio show, and Im really excited about the prospect of bringing them to you as part of your Shropshire Life every month, too. And if you want to tell me about someone you think deserves wider recognition, feel free to get in touch.
For example
Have you heard of the Shropshire Disability Network? In October I hosted their Hardest Hit Debate in the Council Chamber at Shirehall in Shrewsbury.
It was an opportunity for dozens of people disabled and otherwise to talk about the effects of the squeeze on finances that were all going through at the moment, and to try to come up with positive answers to some tricky questions.
One of the topics under discussion was the face that Blue Badge holders disabled drivers have to pay to use Shropshire Councils car parks. Many people felt this wasnt right. But rather than just grumbling, someone suggested that Shropshire follows the example of Telford & Wrekin Council. There, blue-badge holders also have to pay, but they get more parking time for their money.
There seemed a lot of support for that idea in the room, and the Shropshire councillors and officers there took it on board. In fact, the next day it was announced that changes to the scheme were going to be made.
It felt really good to be part of an event that recognised the problems people are facing, but which also found a way to make a difference, too.
From Shropshire to Africa and Beyond
Recently I went to the Bear Steps Gallery in Shrewsbury to an event for the Shrewsbury-based charity The Woodford Foundation.
It was fascinating to learn how a small charity based here in our county, is helping transform the lives of deaf children in some of the worlds poorest countries. In some parts of the world, deafness means children cant access education, theyre destined never to escape a life of poverty, and theyre even seen as possessed by evil spirits.
The Woodford Foundation is working hard to give these children a better chance in life, and all from their base here in Shropshire. Watch out for their lively and passionate young fundraising officer, Harry Salter. Give him half a chance and hell tell you all about it!
Lights! Action!
You may well be reading this by the glow of Christmas lights, it being that time of the year. By now, I may have met you at the switching-on of Ironbridges Christmas Lights. Ive been involved with this for a few years now, and its always a tremendous night out, with choirs, a brass band, Santa on a sleigh and some spectacular fireworks. Its a big achievement by the organisers, and their little helpers from Ironbridge and Severn Gorge Lions Club.
If youve not been part of a Christmas Lights switch-on event so far this year, then you may yet be in time to join me when I switch on Highleys seasonal illuminations. The whole village will be celebrating on the afternoon of Saturday, December 3rd. Come and join us!
Hats Off! Or: Awesome!
Have you got a favourite phrase which maybe you use a bit too often? I say hats off! quite a lot, as an all-purpose expression of approval and admiration. But is it emphatic enough?
The brilliant Shropshire web designer Kirsty Burgoine is one of the people behind a great little organisation called ShropGeek, a collection of some of Shropshires brightest techie minds. When Kirsty thinks something is good, she says its awesome!
What a great word! Its so good that Im thinking of borrowing it. You see, from next month, this part of the page will showcase some Shropshire people who I think deserve your praise, attention, time or even your money.
And Awesome! would be a really fitting title for a short list of shout-outs, wouldnt it? Or should I stick with Hats Off!?
Help me choose? Email me firstname.lastname@example.com and tell me which you think would make the better title!
Jim Hawkins is a broadcaster, writer, photographer and event host from Shropshire. Find out more at www.jimhawkins.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @jimallthetime


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