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June 2018 Update: Oops, I burnt out on light novels so I'm now going to talk about video games instead
So in my last blog update post, I said something about how "light novels are cooler than anime".
Turns out light novels are actually bad.
The Evolution of the Word "Otaku"
Note: This is a repost of a series of articles I originally wrote for Crunchyroll (1, 2, 3). Check my writer profile to see my latest articles.
Otaku is a word that seems deceptively straightforward at first glance. Adopted into the Oxford English Dictionary in 2007, it is defined as follows:
(In Japan) a young person who is obsessed with computers or particular aspects of popular culture to the detriment of their social skills.
It is notable that the dictionary definition includes the negative perceptions surrounding the word. According to the OED, the otaku is "obsessed" and lacks "social skills." This description is essentially no different from the columnist Akio Nakamori's use of the word "bizarre" (異様) when he defined otaku as a label in 1983. While it has become more socially acceptable to identify as an otaku these days, it still retains an air of eccentricity.
One could argue that this is very much the point of adopting it as a loan word—otaku captures a nuance that "geek" or "fan" can't quite muster. But adopting loan words from another culture is not a simple copy-and-paste process. Otaku has transformed significantly on its Journey to the West (ahem), a sure indication that the meaning of the word was contentious to begin with.
And that's the theme of this week's Found in Translation column. Translation is not a simple additive or subtractive process. By its very nature it is both transformative and elusive, a constant reminder that words may not always mean what we assume they mean at first glance.
Reflections on 2016: Getting into Sakuga… Sort of
2016 was the year the sakuga cartel enacted their sinister plan of world domination. For years, they had been lying in wait, angrily debating the best Megumi Kouno cut behind closed doors. But now, they have moved out into the open. You can find these diabolical nerds in the streets, dancing around the statues of Naoko Yamada they have erected using Precure and Doremi storyboards and genga sheets. But worst of all, you can find them wherever you can find anime fans, crying over their favourite anime and arguing about pointless shit on twitter.
That's right, any of us could be an agent for the sakuga cartel… even you or me.
Translation Theory for Anime Fans: How to Critique Translation
Let's start today's post with a Youtube video.
What's interesting about this guy's take on fansubbing is that he brings up translation theorists in order to justify his argument that fansubs are Objectively Bad Translations. This is something you should probably take with a grain of salt. It's really easy for an academic's work to be oversimplified when it's being talked about in a non-academic environment. Even if the argument itself is presented accurately enough, the context around it might not be. In other words, someone might present an academic theory as fact when a theory is really just a theory.
This is relevant to the world of translation because, if you read any of the modern theories, they're pretty much all in agreement that what makes a good translation is… um… well… it depends.
Seriously, that's what it comes down to.


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Meet Cory-L Miss Dancer Abney
Coryelle started her dance career at the age of 3 at Southeast Dance Studio located in Kansas City, Missouri. Studying ballet, tap, jazz, acrobatics, and modern dance at Caruthers Creative Center, Coryelle has competed and won several awards in dance. Coryelle became a majorette baton twirler at the age of 6 and holds the title of Miss Sweetheart and Miss Majorette of Missouri. Coryelle was a cheerleader (2003-2005) and the captain of the Hickman Mills High School cheerleading squad (2004-2005). Coryelle has also participated in drill team, color guard, and winter guard. Coryelle became a member of The Dance Revolution and was a house dancer for the comedy series "Live at the GEM". Coryelle continued dancing as a "Motion" majorette in the Ocean of Soul Marching Band at Texas Southern University (2005-2007). Coryelle was a member of the Tigress Sensation basketball dance team for Texas Southern University (2005-2007) and became the captain in fall 2006. Coryelle is currently a baton twirling instructor for Caruthers Creative Center (2008-Present). Coryelle became and dancer for the Kansas City Titans semi-pro football team (2008-2009). Coryelle, along with partner D'cynaira founded Identity Dance Company in 2009 and is currently co-founder and choreographer for the dance company.

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You Are Awesome. Here Is Why You Should Join Charity Checkout.
"This is my first role within the charity sector. I joined Charity Checkout to be part of a fast-growing tech company that helps thousands of charities raise more money for great causes." Jamie Newton / Marketing Manager
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- Be Bold - We are positive and thrive when challenged.
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- Opportunity to own part of the company
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- Startup culture
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As a senior partnerships manager dealing with the UK's biggest charities with a voluntary income of 10M+ per year, it's exciting to be part of a company that is changing the face of the £43bn UK charity sector. Charity Checkout is growing fast and continually evolving, adopting the latest technologies and methods to help organisations who are genuinely excited to hear about how we can enable them to achieve their goals. There's a strong team spirit and culture of support based on the shared goal of supporting good causes and helping them grow. Alistair Moncrieff / Senior Partnerships Manager
I have worked at Charity Checkout for 4 years, and joined the company at a very exciting time. Working in the charity sector is rewarding and inspiring. Our team have successfully helped charities to raise over £18 million pounds, and we now have two offices - in Hertfordshire and London. We have a vibrant management team, and work in an informal office environment where individuals can be creative, inspirational and progress quickly. If you join us you will receive excellent incentives and rewards for your hard work, and you will be joining an ambitious, supportive and fun team, who will give you a very warm welcome! Christine Wright / Manager
I joined Charity Checkout in March 2018 and work as a Corporate Partnerships Manager for the Corporate Platform. It's been refreshing to work in a young and dynamic business that is proactively changing to better itself all of the time. As a market leading company, prospective clients are generally open to hearing about how their business can raise more money for the causes they support. Charity Checkout engages and encourages its employees to get involved in different parts of the business including, product development, attending industry conferences and, I will even be arranging the annual summer party! Tommy Ashdown / Corporate Partnerships Manager


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Friday, 18 October 2013
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Stephen Andrews [Guest]
Google has released one of its most important changes to its algorithms since 2001. They did this so covertly that nobody knew it was in the works and had been in use for at least a month. Known as the Hummingbird update, it is impacting 90% of searches. So what does it mean to web site owners and Internet Marketers today?
Well at this stage, nothing, or little, is currently known about it. However, standard SEO recommendations and guidelines should still be followed. As long as these guides have been followed, there should be no need to sweat the Hummingbird update, or any other. Google has not changed its position on high quality, valuable content. That is still on the top of its priority list. Following this step with your web site design and Internet Marketing efforts, should not affect your company.
The Hummingbird update, the largest overhaul over the last decade, does not change what Google is looking for. It merely helps to fulfil the search giant's strategy of filtering out low-quality, spammy content! It also aligns the relevancy of its searches to voice-based queries; these tend to be more complex. This new way of searching makes Google more capable to understand not merely words, but their concepts and relationships to one another.
During a recent presentation, a Google executive demonstrated a search by asking her phone for a picture with the Eiffel Tower, together with information about its height and construction. The Google search had no problem producing the requested information.
Smartphones, Tablets, Smart watches, and other wearable technology, are becoming popular. As a result, the way people interact with the web and search from this technology needs to change. Google believes that their search infrastructure will now be able to handle those changes.
Hummingbird was released a month ago as outlined by Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land. Previously, Google's primary algorithms were given names after 'black and white' animals. The reasoning behind this was to make the distinction between so-called black-hat and white-hat SEO techniques. Hummingbird, however, is a bright coloured bird that some people try to attract with sweet nectars and brightly-coloured feeders. So why had Google made the change? Sullivan says Googles choice of the name is to suggest, 'precise and fast', that is exactly what it is looking for in its search results. Hummingbird is not just an update; it is an infusion, a whole re-birth of the Google algorithm.
Publishers and Internet Marketers remain weary of Hummingbird, mainly because the Penguin and Panda updates saw a tremendous number of their web site rankings tank, even though many of them were using solid SEO practices. It became important to perform internal sweeps of existing web sites to upgrade to original, top quality content. It took plenty of effort for those marketers to re-tool their SEO approach. So Hummingbird could be a pretty big deal.
© Copyright 2013, Stephen Andrews and Labyrinth Solutions, All Rights Reserved. This article has been written by Stephen Andrews a specialist in SEO and SEM. It has been written for Labyrinth Solutions, specialists in Web Site Design. Labyrinth has years of experience and deliver fantastic websites that contain content that is compliant with the Penguin, Panda and Hummingbird algorithms. Please contact Labyrinth Solutions for your Web Design requirements.


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Step 1
Cream butter in a large mixing bowl; gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add eggs; mix well.
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Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into creamed mixture. Stir in flavorings. Add remaining ingredients; mix well.
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Drop dough by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto lightly greased cookie sheets. Bake at 400° for 8 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool.
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A decade or so ago, when the battle of Newbury was in full swing, my colleague John Vidal noted that instead of running away to join the circus young people were now running away to join the road protesters. These days, it seems, they can join the aviation protesters, and the circus.
Take the Climate Rush at Heathrow terminal one next Monday. The organisers tell me that they've got artists and musicians on board, and plans to turn whole place into an "artport". The idea is to get everyone in by about 7pm. "I don't see how they can stop anyone coming in," says Tamsin Omond, who is of course getting pretty notorious for this sort of lark. "They can't really shut a whole airport down." The band will then strike up, as protesters unfurl blankets and picnic on the chilly marble floors.
Then a whole group of artists are going to do "site-specific" performances, followed by more music, and probably a good singalong, if the security guards haven't got too heavy. It's an attractive, entertaining prospect, which is one of the reasons they'll get good numbers, but they are also a surprisingly well-organised bunch, who have thought long and hard about this protest business, and are going about it as deliberately as they possibly can.
Perhaps some activists might find this all a bit "fluffy" (fluffy versus spiky direct action which is more physical, ie, locking yourself to gates, destroying diggers, blockading, etc) and it's true that you don't need to give up the day job for these particular actions, you can just come along of an evening and sing for a bit.
But the Climate Rushers, who are linked with Plane Stupid, and of a similar mentality, want to keep as many people on side as they can. They like actions which are spectacular, but not too threatening. They want to tread a narrow line which will get a tonne of coverage, but won't rub Middle England up the wrong way. By and large they are successful. Barely a week goes by without another approving article about Tamsin herself for example, who seems to have turned into some sort of poster girl for the anti-aviation movement.
Now. The two big questions. Will some of them go to jail? Possibly, if judges get fed up with seeing them again and again. The Plane Stupid protesters who invaded the runway at Stansted are already facing the scary possibility of a £2.2m compensation claim from Ryanair.
More importantly, as far as they are concerned, will they win? The decision on Heathrow is due to be announced next week, perhaps even the day after the Climate Rush: what will it be? The messages coming out are so mixed no one really knows, but it's hard not to be pessimistic. I'll make one prediction though. If he gives the go ahead these protests won't end. It's near impossible to reverse a decision like this, once it's been formally announced, but that will stop no one.
And it will all get a lot less entertaining, as the desperation of the Sipson villagers (due to have their homes levelled if the runway happens) and the other anti-Heathrow campaigners coalesces. The fluffiness will disappear — why bother being fluffy when you can't win anyway? The main aim of the campaign will be to slow everything down as much as possible, and as tempers rise, so will spikiness. BAA may find themselves looking back on today as a happy memory, once everyone really digs in.


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Yesterday, I was sitting in my son's room listening to hours upon hours of Little Baby Bum videos as he fought his nap. He had spent the prior hour begging to be picked up. Squirming to get down. Screaming when you let him down because he wanted to be up. Do… View Post
What I'm Thankful for This Year
Every year, I see people on Facebook writing everyday about the things they're thankful for this year. It doesn't feel authentic to me to do it that way, but I do think now is the time of the year to really reflect on the blessings in our life. I just… View Post
Week of Thankfulness: Thankful Day 4
It's here and I know you're busy. Go spend time with your family. I'm thankful for… You! I'm thankful for the people who read this blog day in and day out, but I'm also thankful for those who just happen upon it. I hope that you're enjoying the most thankful… View Post
Week of Thankfulness: Thankful Day 3
Tomorrow is the big day so I know you're starting your prep for the day. I'm going to try to keep this one short and sweet for that reason, but I think it's important to have a week of sitting around thinking about what we are thankful for rather than… View Post


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Jyväskylä is home to some 140,000 satisfied residents with an annual population growth of nearly 1,600. People come to the city to live, study, exercise and enjoy life. We are Finland's second-most popular city to live in.
In terms of business, we are one of Finland's most rapidly expanding cities. Jyväskylä alone has roughly 7,500 businesses; the entire region boasts 10,000 businesses. The ICT sector is one of the fastest-growing areas with some 500 companies operating in the field. Jyväskylä has the country's leading cybersecurity experts and has invested heavily in education, research and enterprise.
Jyväskylä Security Technology (JYVSECTEC) is Finland's highly respected first-ever facility for cybersecurity research and development, testing, and training. JYVSECTEC provides an environment to test cyber defences of scores of Finnish public and private sector organisations, including the Defence Forces, the state ICT centre Valtori and the teleoperator Sonera. Students study for their Master's and Engineering degrees on cybersecurity at the University of Jyväskylä and the Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences (JAMK).
Jyväskylä is a city of students; one in three is either a primary-, secondary- or tertiary-level student! They ensure that the city remains vibrant and youthful, and that it develops rapidly.
The Jyväskylä Educational Consortium provides high-quality secondary and vocational education in the region.
Nature and exercise are important to the people of Jyväskylä. The stunning lakeside trails in the heart of the city invite residents to go cycling and jogging and to enjoy the clean air. The people of Jyväskylä aren't afraid of a challenge whether it involves building Finland's largest outdoor gym or constructing the most versatile indoor sports centre in the Nordic countries.
Safe high-standard residential areas and convenient services make Jyväskylä a popular place to settle. In addition to pleasant housing, people also come to Jyväskylä in search of experiences. Neste Rally Finland, dozens of exhibitions, concerts and theatre performances make the city a popular travel destination. Jyväskylä is also the home of world-renowned Finnish architect, Alvar Aalto, and it features more than 20 Aalto-designed buildings, which attract admiring visitors from every corner of the world.
The unparalleled excellence of our university and prominent companies ensure that Jyväskylä ranks high internationally. Our expertise is a touchpoint for continuous development of new innovations and exciting international start-ups. We have the right people, functional office facilities and extensive networks – and they are all at your disposal.
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- Jyväskylä has a population of about 140,000, one-third of whom are primary, secondary or tertiary students. Population growth in 2015 was 1,588, the highest in the country. A significant proportion of the adult population has post-graduate degrees (34.8%).
- The latest 'willingness to move' survey conducted in 2016, ranked Jyväskylä as the second-most sought-after relocation destination in Finland, after Tampere. Jyväskylä scored higher than Tampere for living environments for families, while both cities had similar scores for living environment and amenities.
- In an image study conducted by market research firm Taloustutkimus in 2014, Jyväskylä ranked second among cities with populations above 100,000 (next study in 2017). Jyväskylä received the highest scores for traffic location, while bonus points came for the development of commercial services.
- Jyväskylä has a 1,500-kilometre coastline and is located in the northern-most area of Finland's second-largest lake, Lake Päijänne.
- More than 650 new firms are established in Jyväskylä every year and about 900 in the region. The city is now the home of 7,500 companies, while 10,000 businesses operate in the region.
- Housing prices are affordable. The average price of older flats in Jyväskylä was 2,027 euros per square meter, compared to 3,942 euros in the Helsinki region and 1,853 euros in other parts of the country.
- The Jyväskylä economy is dominated by services: 81% of jobs are in the service sector. Industry accounts for 17.5% and primary production for 0.9 % of employment.
Jyväskylä's largest employers:
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Nuclear Power, Part 1: A Smaller, Safer Future
Jun 7, 2013 10:09 AM PT
Keeping the lights on in the global industrial world -- never an easy task -- never seems to get any easier.
Nuclear energy, which provides nearly 20 percent of our nation's electricity, is at a crossroads. Can nuclear reactors -- the torrid, pulsating, heat-generating hearts of nuclear power plants -- ever be safe enough?
Particularly following the May 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster in northern Japan, in which the cores of three of the plant's six reactors melted down and still remain critically dangerous, there's no doubt that everyone on this planet needs to know the answer to that question.
80 Years in Operation
All 103 nuclear reactors currently operational in the United States have irreparable safety issues and should be taken out of commission and replaced, according to Gregory Jaczko, former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Many American reactors that had received permission from the NRC to operate for 20 years beyond their initial 40-year licenses probably would not last that long Jaczko said at the April 2013 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.
Changes proposed by the commission that would allow reactor owners to apply for a second 20-year extension -- meaning that some reactors would run for a total of 80 years -- also were unacceptable, he said.
The US$33 billion nuclear power industry officially disagrees with Jaczko, of course, insisting that all U.S. nuclear power plants are operating safely.
Full Steam Ahead
As they defend the present, though, the industry -- and its sponsor, the U.S. Dept. of Energy -- are plotting a vibrant "technonuke" future with a new generation of nuclear reactors. In essence, they're promoting the possibility of cheap, clean, safe and small-scale nuclear power as essential for our energy-hungry way of life.
In Jan. 2012, the NRC certified the Westinghouse Electric AP1000 nuclear reactor, the design chosen for power plants proposed for construction across the U.S. Southeast by Duke Energy, Southern Company, Florida Power & Light, Progress Energy, Tennessee Valley Authority and SCANA.
The AP1000 was supported through a cost-shared agreement with the DOE.
The AP1000 is being built at two sites in Georgia and South Carolina -- and at two sites in China. The design incorporates safety features that rely on natural forces like gravity and natural circulation to ensure nuclear core cooling is maintained in the event of a loss of normal cooling, according to Steve Kerekes, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute industry lobbying group.
"Facilities with these nonmechanical features include the safety advancements common to all new reactor designs, plus the additional benefits of even greater safety margins, safety assured by natural forces -- e.g., gravity -- natural circulation, no reliance on AC power and reduced reliance on operator action to respond to emergencies," Kerekes told TechNewsWorld.
A 'Traveling Wave' Reactor
Even private citizen investors like billionaire Bill Gates are getting into the fission game.
Gates backs TerraPower, a Bellevue, Wash., a nuclear reactor design startup. The company's TWR-P is a 600 MWe demonstration "traveling wave" reactor designed to convert fertile material into fissile fuel as it operates.
MWe means "megawatt electrical," a term that refers specifically to electric power; a megawatt means there's enough juice available to simultaneously light up one million one-watt or 10,000 100-watt light bulbs.
In any case, the TWR-P's purported economic benefits stem from its ability to "breed" and burn metallic fuel comprised of an initial starter fuel of U-235 and U-238 isotopes. The "traveling-wave" name refers to the fact that fission does not occur throughout the entire TWR-P core, but remains confined to a boundary zone that slowly advances through the core over time.
1974 or Earlier
Though nuclear reactors are used in other applications as well, such as submarine propulsion and laboratory research, most Americans know them as the business end of a nuclear power plant.
The U.S. has 103 nuclear power reactors at 65 plants in 31 states, operated by 30 different power companies, according to the World Nuclear Association.
Of the U.S. reactors still operational, ground was broken on all of them in 1974 or earlier. There has been no new groundbreaking on nuclear plants in the U.S. since 1974, though a number of reactor units started before 1974 have been completed since then.
More recently, though -- in 2011 and 2012 -- construction has begun on new units at existing plants. There are now five such plants under construction in the United States: Watts Bar 2 in Tennessee, Summer 2 and Summer 3 in South Carolina, and Vogtle 3 and Vogtle 4 in Georgia.
The core of a nuclear reactor contains both water and assemblies of fuel rods clad in zirconium and containing ceramic pellets of U-235-enriched nuclear fuel. This fuel is bombarded with neutrons to set off controlled nuclear reactions. These reactions super-heat the water, creating a stream that measures 550 degrees Fahrenheit and powers a turbine, generating electricity.
Light Water Reactors
Most operating nuclear power plants use thermal reactors -- the most common types of which are light water reactors. These use normal water instead of "heavy water" as both coolant and neutron moderator.
For fuel, LWRs use a solid compound of fissile elements. There are three varieties of LWRs: boiling water reactor, pressurized water reactor and (most designs of) the supercritical water reactor.
The Fukushima Daiichi reactors are boiling water reactors of an early (1960s) design supplied by GE, Toshiba and Hitachi. Reactors 1, 2 and 3 -- which experienced full meltdown -- came into commercial operation between 1971 and 75.
PWRs, on the other hand, constitute the large majority of all Western nuclear power plants. In a PWR, water -- the primary coolant -- is pumped under high pressure to the reactor core, where it is heated by the energy generated by atomic fission.
Five Generations
Nuclear reactors are classified by type of nuclear reaction, by moderator material, by coolant and, most commonly, by generation:
- Gen I are the power reactors that launched civil nuclear power in the 1950s.
- Gen II reactors, including PWRs and BWRs, were installed between 1965 and 1996 and are currently in use at most of the world's 400+ nuclear power plants.
- Gen III reactors, which incorporate evolutionary improvements on existing Gen II designs, have been implemented between 1996 and now. Improvements are in the areas of fuel technology, thermal efficiency, modularized construction, safety systems (especially the use of passive rather than active systems) and standardized design.
- Gen IV reactor technologies are years in the future. They include concepts such as gas-cooled fast reactors, lead-cooled fast reactors, liquid metal-cooled reactors, molten salt reactors, sodium-cooled fast reactors, supercritical water-cooled reactors and very high-temperature gas reactors.
- Gen V are exotics like plasma fusion reactors, in which two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus -- in contrast to the opposite reaction in fission power. The liquid fluoride thorium reactor is a thermal breeder reactor that uses the thorium fuel cycle in a fluoride-based molten (liquid) salt fuel to achieve high operating temperatures at atmospheric pressure.
Small Modular ReactorsOne joint government-industry strategy to revitalize Big Nuke is the Small Modular Reactor -- smaller supposedly means less expensive and more efficient.
SMRs are part of a new generation of nuclear power plant designs being developed in several countries. The objective of these SMRs is to provide a flexible, cost-effective energy alternative.
While standard nuclear plant reactors put out 1,100 or more MWe, SMRs are defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency as those with an electricity output of less than 300 MWe, although anything with an output of less than 500 MWe is widely considered to count as a small reactor.
SMRs could be made in factories and transported to sites where they would be ready to "plug and play" upon arrival, in theory reducing both capital costs and construction times. The small size also is intended to make Small Modular Reactors suitable for small electric grids and for locations that cannot support large reactors, providing utilities with the flexibility to scale production as demand changes.
The smaller, simpler design of modular reactors makes it possible for a power company to scatter them in more sites -- maybe even a decommissioned coal plant -- or to cluster them to get the effect of a full-sized reactor, proponents say.
Of course, that also means more sites where nuclear materials will have to be stored or where accidents or terrorist attacks could occur, detractors say.
Leading SMR companies include the Westinghouse/Ameren consortium (225MWe Westinghouse SMR), Bechtel/B&W (mPower reactor), Fluor/NuScale Power (45MW NuScale design) and Holtec International (SMR-160).
On Jan. 20, 2012, the DOE announced the first step in a US$452 million program toward manufacturing SMRs in the United States. The full grant award will fund up to two SMR designs, with the goal of deploying these reactors by 2022.
A New Facility
On November 20, 2012, the DOE announced that the Babcock & Wilcox Company and its "mPower" reactor were the winners of its Funding Opportunity Announcement grant award for a cost-sharing program with industry for the design and licensing of SMRs.
B&W leads the project, supported by the award in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Bechtel Corp. If TVA's partnership with B&W goes as planned, B&W and Bechtel will build a reactor and TVA will build a facility for it at TVA's Clinch River site in Oak Ridge.
The flexibility and scalability of SMRs provides an important alternative for the development of nuclear power generation, said Greg Ashley, president of Bechtel's nuclear business line.
"Compared to traditional large reactor nuclear technologies, SMR technology offers enhanced safety and security, lower initial capital cost, shorter construction schedule as a result of the use of factory-built modules, and competitive generation costs," Ashley told TechNewsWorld.
Underwater and Underground
Also in the running for a DOE grant is NuScale Power, based in Corvallis, Ore. NuScale is the only U.S.-based company established solely for the deployment and commercialization of SMR technology.
Using LWR technology, the NuScale Power Module is cooled by natural circulation. The reactor is entirely self-contained and installed underwater and underground for safety purposes, the company says.
At 45 MWe each, the company's NuScale Power Module is "the only truly small SMR," it says.
The NPM consists of an integral reactor vessel, containment vessel, steam generator and pressurizer, all in a single cylindrical vessel that can be factory-built and transported to the installation site, according to Mike McGough, NuScale's chief commercial officer.
"NPMs can be installed in groups of as many as 12 to comprise a 540 MWe installation," McGough told TechNewsWorld. "The NPMs are all installed in individual underground operating bays, immersed in an 11-million-gallon common pool of water."
The NuScale design is the only design of any kind that can safely shut down and cool indefinitely with no operator action, no power and no additional water, he added. "This is a revolutionary triple crown of nuclear plant safety."
Not So Fast
Not surprisingly, SMRs still have their critics.
"The Union of Concerned Scientists has long been concerned about the safety and security risks of SMRs, especially if the vendors and DOE succeed in convincing the NRC to weaken regulatory requirements in areas such as plant staffing, security and emergency planning zone size," warned Ed Lyman, UCS senior scientist, in a 2012 report entitled, "Does DOE's Funding Announcement Mark the End of its Irrational Exuberance for SMRs?"
"We articulated these concerns in our testimony to the Senate in July 2011, and in testimony to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board in May 2012," Lyman said, "but have not seen any indication that our concerns are being seriously addressed."
Nuclear Power, Part 2: Nukenomics.


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I finally found some time to sit down and post. Ive been back for about 2 weeks now and im just finding the time. The first week here i had my brothers 4 kids so that took all my time looking after them. This week ive started getting the new shop up and running. On the todo list first is a new cement floor, which the land owner has agreed to pay for. I have submitted a bid of my own to do the work. Now its just a waiting game to see if he takes my bid or farms it out to someone else. The shop will have to be cleaned out, which will take the better part of a day to do and then the work will begin.
Once the floor is finished i can start getting the shop set up as i see fit. Moving all my tools in and getting orginized will probally take a few days aswell. Then it will be time to get to work and start making some money.
My internet is really slow out here in the sticks where im staying and im too far from the house i guess to pick up the wireless signal. I brought my Aunts labtop out right next to my computer and it get ok signal so i think i may get a new wireless card. The one i have was a real pain to get to work with windows7 anyways so that may be part of the problem.
So my post will be few untill i get better signal and somthing to post about.
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In these times of money worries, the all-inclusive hotel is the perfect solution to
spending money worries. Your food is included, soft drinks are included, and
many alcoholic drinks are included. What else do you need to worry about?!
If you have kids, an all-inclusive holiday is the perfect antidote to those endless
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pudding as you allow, all without worrying about the cost.
Obviously, the price of your holiday will be slightly higher at booking, but there
are some serious bargains to be had on this kind of holiday. I found a real bargain
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with the all-inclusive option, this is already taken care of. Of course, nothing is
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All-inclusive eradicates the worry of where to eat, so to continue in that vein why
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Although we have yet to purchase plane tickets, our little family is headed to Israel in June. Tim will attend a sure-to-be-thrilling conference about risk adjustment, and Soren and I will run around Tel Aviv and eat a lot of hummus. I keep meaning to scour the internet for tips on traveling abroad with a baby, but so far I'm banking on my overly optimistic view that the whole trip will be a breeze. Fifteen hours of travel? No big deal. Seven-hour time difference? Soren can handle it. I think my (over)confidence comes from the great successes we've had with other trips we've taken since Soren was born. Our upcoming vacation is obviously a bigger deal in pretty much every way, but "go with the flow" is going to be my modus operandi.
To maintain my "blog as journal" plan, how about a recap of our travels since we became a family of three?
Soren's first venture out of state came at five weeks old when we made the long drive to Virginia for Gram's funeral.
When Soren was just shy of three months old, we gave Virginia another go. I hadn't been home for Thanksgiving in at least a decade (after I left home for college, my Thanksgivings were spent all over the place — many years in New York, once in Mexico, once in Las Vegas, and a few in various parts of Utah). Yet again, Soren was a dream baby on the drive to and from VA.
A month later, Soren took his first flight. I'm a big whiner when it comes to Missouri travel since the flight is followed by a looong drive, but Soren handled it well.
In March Soren and I took our first solo trip. When I bought my plane ticket I was a little nervous about being Soren's sole caretaker for five days, but it ended up being surprisingly easy. Easier than being at home with Tim, in fact. Turns out life is pretty fun when you don't have to think about work, cleaning a house, preparing meals, etc. and can instead spend every minute just cuddling with your baby. Texas was a real delight.
And, 23 photos later, that's our recap. Now it's time to think about Israel in June, the Outer Banks in July, and maybe a few days in Montreal this fall?
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Regorafenib Plus Modified FOLFOX6 Does Not Boost Metastatic CRC Objective Response Rate
Adding regorafenib to a modified FOLFOX6 regimen fails to improve the objective response rate for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
- Date: 31 Mar 2015
- Author: Lynda Williams, Senior medwireNews Reporter
- Topic: Anticancer Agents / Colon and Rectal Cancer / Therapy / Biological Therapy
medwireNews: Combining the oral multikinase inhibitor regorafenib with a modified FOLFOX6 chemotherapy regimen does not boost the objective response rate (ORR) for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), research suggests.
During the open-label phase II CORDIAL trial of the combined first-line treatment, 53 patients received at least one dose of regorafenib 160 mg once daily, with a median overall treatment duration of 7.7 months for regorafenib and 9.9 months for any component of the study treatment.
The ORR was 43.9%, entirely composed of partial responses, and was not superior to the ORR of 35.0% to 55.0% that has previously been achieved for metastatic CRC patients given a modified FOLFOX6 regimen alone.
Thus, the CORDIAL trial did not achieve its primary endpoint, say Fortunato Ciardiello, from Seconda Universita degli studi di Napoli in Italy, and co-authors in the European Journal of Cancer.
Median progression-free survival (PFS) for the combined regimen was 8.5 months and again this was comparable to historical reports of 8.0 and 8.5 months for patients given first-line FOLFOX or FOLFIRI chemotherapy alone, respectively.
However, the researchers note that this PFS "appeared to be longer than that in most trials investigating chemotherapy and kinase inhibitor combinations" and suggest this indicates a slowing of tumour growth in the patients.
Indeed, five patients continued with regorafenib, alone or alongside fluorouracil , for more than 6 months after the data cut off, which the team says is a "relatively long duration of treatment" when compared with other phase III trials of metastatic CRC first-line treatments.
This prompts the authors to suggest that "it would be interesting to explore the hypothesis that the addition of regorafenib to standard treatment might help patients to continue on treatment, and thus maintain tumour control for longer than might be achieved with chemotherapy alone."
They conclude: "Characterisation of patients who could derive the most long-term benefit, and the impact of dose modifications on tolerability and treatment duration, might provide the groundwork for investigation of the use of regorafenib as maintenance therapy in patients with metastatic CRC who have achieved a clinical response to cytotoxic chemotherapy."
Argilés G, Saunders MP, Rivera F, et al. Regorafenib plus modified FOLFOX6 as first-line treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer: A phase II trial. Eur J Cancer 2015; Advance online publication 25 March. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2015.02.013
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No idea what I was doing out there ~ I guess I thought for a moment that I could do an arborist's job…I wish I thought to take before photo's of the trees and shrubs so you could see how over grown and low the branches were growing. I just hope I didn't kill anything – only time will tell.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Cutting Back…
No idea what I was doing out there ~ I guess I thought for a moment that I could do an arborist's job…I wish I thought to take before photo's of the trees and shrubs so you could see how over grown and low the branches were growing. I just hope I didn't kill anything – only time will tell.
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- Heaven's Walk said...
Sometimes you just gotta prune hard to wake those babies up, Tracie! Hope that your rose standard will bounce right back, girlie! Mine is flowering now and I'm loving it! :)
xoxo laurie
- June 5, 2013 at 7:11 PM
- Stacy said...
I planted two coral bark maples this year! Your tree is beautiful! Hopefully your rose trees will make it.
- June 5, 2013 at 8:40 PM
- Botanic Bleu said...
Your flower-lined walkway with the roses is just picture-perfect with the arbor at the end. Here's fingers crossed that the roses will come back even more beautiful than ever.
- June 5, 2013 at 9:47 PM
- cherry said...
I'm betting very soon your roses will be as pretty as ever.. I plan on doing the same thing to mine this weekend. hugs and thank you for the party. Cherry
- June 6, 2013 at 4:10 AM
- Lavender Cottage said...
Hi Tracie
With no grass and lots of trees and shrubs front and back, I have a fair bit of pruning to do myself each year.
I've taken a couple of hands on courses from professionals and I think the most encouraging thing they passed on was that trees and shrubs are very forgiving. They want to survive so will bounce back from even the worst haircut!
I'm sure you did a fine job and everything will look pretty and full in no time.
I thought the rabbits were bad - chickens like hostas? Or perhaps there was a slug on a leaf and it took a few pulls to get it. :-)
Thanks for hosting.
- June 6, 2013 at 4:44 AM
- Heather - New House New HOme said...
Oh we have the same problem.....cut it off and worry about the bleeding later. I really hope your roses come back - that would be a huge loss as they are so beautiful!
- June 6, 2013 at 5:20 AM
- September Violets said...
I've never pruned a shrub or small tree that didn't come back again. Maybe it won't flower this year, but the pruning always seems to freshen it. Your walkway looks so pretty and inviting and you just have to be patient now. Maybe pour some liquid fertilizer around the roots? The little maple tree looks a very nice size. We planted a harlequin maple in our tiny front yard, and it's finally branching out a bit this year. Thanks for hosting this party, I really enjoy hopping around the various gardens ;) Wendy
- June 6, 2013 at 5:42 AM
- Debbi said...
I am always intimidated when I prune and I have been doing it for many years!! You have a lovely garden and no doubt it will be better than ever with that good haircut.
- June 6, 2013 at 7:46 AM
- My Little Home and Garden said...
Hello, Tracie
I tend to get a bit carried away with pruning, particularly an arbour that shoots up rose canes and clematis stems in all directions. It'll be pretty, if a bit lopsided, when both bloom.
I'm joining in with your link party this week and will be sure to visit the other participants. Thanks for hosting.
- June 6, 2013 at 10:00 AM
- Copper Diem said...
I love pruning and deadheading. It's so satisfying! But i hate picking up all the junk afterwards LOL
- June 6, 2013 at 10:03 AM
- Mindy said...
I've been known to get a little crazed with a pair of clippers in hand, too. Ah well, it makes everything look better in the long run. Sending good thoughts for the tree rose. :)
- June 6, 2013 at 10:24 AM


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The Guthrie Clinic, a non-profit, physician-led, integrated health care delivery system, is seeking candidates for a System Chief of Pediatrics who will have system-wide operational responsibility for pediatric patients. The department includes over 25 physicians and advanced practice ambulatory providers and two inpatient pediatric services. In partnership with the Chief Quality Officer and Primary Care Service Line Leadership, the chief will share responsibility for quality of pediatric care. Sites are PCMH Level III accredited.
Successful candidates will have a collaborative, results focused style and five years of leadership experience. Advanced education in leadership is preferred. Board certification is required.
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Guthrie's physicians have the ability to enjoy a well-balanced lifestyle, focusing on their passion for practicing medicine as well as spending quality time with their families. If you are a physician interested in collaborating with an innovative health system recognized for excellence in improving patient outcomes, a rewarding journey awaits you!
As with any knowledge-based industry, Guthrie recognizes that people are our most precious resource. Therefore, our primary goal is to attract physicians who appreciate the idea of working on a team; who enjoy being surrounded by extraordinary colleagues who are all interested in providing the very best patient care possible.
For more information about these exciting opportunities, please contact Shannon Anderson, FASPR at email@example.com, 570-887-6490 (O) or 607-738-7329 (C), or www.ichoseguthrie.org.
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Corning Hospital, Corning Centerway Clinic, Corning Steuben Clinic and Healthworks are located in Corning, NY within an easy commute of major cities of the northeast - Rochester, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Toronto (Ontario, Canada), Philadelphia, and New York City - all are within 2 to 4-1/2 hour's drive.
Excellent schools. Affordable housing. Low cost-of-living. Safe place to raise a family.
Located just south of the Finger Lakes Region with a multitude of lakes, waterfalls, wineries and amazing four-season recreation.
Area renowned for maple products (syrup, sugar, candy), wine, dairy, apple and corn production.
Corning Inc. is the area's largest employer with four major branches: consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications and life sciences. The company's products include glass substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable hardware and other equipment for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors used in drug research; and other advanced optics and specialty glass products for the semiconductor, aerospace, defense, and metrology industries.
Three regional airports are nearby with easy connections to New York City, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Orlando, FL. In addition, two large international airports are nearby.


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Saturn is a source of intense radio emissions, which have been monitored by the Cassini spacecraft. The radio waves are closely related to the auroras near the poles of the planet. These auroras are similar to Earth's northern and southern lights. This is an audio file of radio emissions from Saturn.
The Cassini spacecraft began detecting these radio emissions in April 2002, when Cassini was 374 million kilometers (234 million miles) from the planet, using the Cassini radio and plasma wave science instrument. The radio and plasma wave instrument has now provided the first high resolution observations of these emissions, showing an amazing array of variations in frequency and time. The complex radio spectrum with rising and falling tones, is very similar to Earth's auroral radio emissions. These structures indicate that there are numerous small radio sources moving along magnetic field lines threading the auroral region.
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A Natomas man was sentenced to 72 years to life Friday for a fatal shooting at a local barbershop in 2014, officials said.
Sean Kelly, 20, was convicted for fatally shooting Romainia Tyson, and shooting another man, in April 2014 at a Natomas barbershop. Tyson and his friend were parked in front of the barbershop driveway located in residential garage, and began to walk toward Kelly.
After a verbal altercation, Kelly pulled out a gun and shot at both victims. Kelly fled the scene but was arrested the next day.
The jury confirmed that Kelly carried and used a personal firearm for both crimes.
Kelly was convicted by a jury in December 2015 of second-degree murder and attempted murder.


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Chris Cairns has revealed that former New Zealand captains Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori have given statements to the International Cricket Council about his alleged role in match fixing.
Cairns, who described the allegations against him as 'absurd, bizarre and scary,' held a news conference in Auckland on Friday on his return to New Zealand from London, where he was interviewed by the Metropolitan Police and investigators from the England and Wales Cricket Board and the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.
Reading from a prepared statement, Cairns said he had been told Fleming, Vettori and fast bowler Kyle Mills had joined former test batsman Lou Vincent and current New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum in making statements to the ICC.
Vincent has been charged with 12 counts of match-fixing relating to matches in England. In his evidence to ACSU investigators, which was leaked to British newspapers, he said he was involved in spot fixing in five countries and answered to a former star player, identified initially as Player X.
Cairns has denied any involvement in match fixing, but said he believes he is that player.
McCullum, in evidence which was also leaked to the British media, said he was twice approached in 2008 and encouraged to become involved in match fixing. Cairns said he believes evidence provided to the ICC by Fleming, Vettori and Mills relates to McCullum's claim.
"Based on the information I was provided in London, I now understand that there were two past players and one current New Zealand player who Mr. McCullum said he spoke to about the alleged approach," Cairns said. "These three ex or current New Zealand players have made no direct accusation against me."
Cairns identified the players as Fleming, Vettori and Kyle Mills, the brother of New Zealand Cricket Players' Association head Heath Mills.
"Two of these men made statements supporting Mr. McCullum's claim that he spoke to them. The third man told investigators his memory was foggy and he could not make a statement in support of Mr. McCullum," Cairns told the news conference. "It is also significant that none of those players seem to have spoken to anyone at the ICC or any other organization about my alleged conversation with Mr. McCullum until this year, 2014."
Cairns said during his meeting with investigators he had been provided with details of the statements made by McCullum, Vincent and other players. He questioned why McCullum took almost three years to tell investigators – on Feb. 17, 2011 – he was approached by Cairns in India and England in 2008.
Cairns took legal action in Britain in March 2013 against former Indian cricket official Lalit Modi, who had accused him of match fixing, and said all allegations in that case were 'shown to be false.'
"It is extraordinary that Mr. McCullum told the ACSU is February, 2011 that three years previously I approached him to match fix, yet neither he nor the ACSU anti-corruption officer that took his statement … to the ICC or informed Mr. Modi or anyone else of this startling revelation," Cairns said.
Cairns said he was questioned by officers of the Metropolitan Police about his successful 2012 libel action action Modi. He believes the officers are investigating whether he may have perjured himself during that trial.
Cairns said he befriended Vincent in 2008 when they played for the Chandigarh Lions in the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League.
"In 2008 he (Vincent) had a lot of problems that he has admitted to," Cairns said. "I endeavored to become a friend to him in these difficult times.
"He has betrayed the friendship I offered him and now seeks to portray himself as a whistleblower. He is nothing of the sort."
Cairns said Vincent had been caught cheating and now "seeks to mitigate his sins by blaming others."
"The allegations he and his ex-wife make against me are despicable lies," he said. "As a result of my trip to London I also understand no (other) person has made any allegation which Mr. Vincent and his ex-wife have made against me.
"I find this situation truly absurd, bizarre and scary. I now wait to see what happens next – I am hopeful that proper process will be followed and that I will be cleared of these allegations."
Cairns reiterated his belief he was the victim of a conspiracy.
"Over the last few years I have felt the influence of nameless, faceless people casting aspersions about me throughout the world of cricket and perhaps beyond," he said. "There are dark forces at play. The just-concluded trip to England has not persuaded me to think any differently."
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said he could not respond to Cairns' comments.
"Many of the points made are, or may be, matters of evidence, and it would be wholly inappropriate to discuss them ahead of relevant hearings and investigations," he said.


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Bicycle weeder is a multipurpose farm implement developed by using inexpensive bicycle components. The main part of the implement consists of the front portion of a bicycle, namely handle bar, front axle and the wheel. A steel fork is connected to the axle and other end carries different attachments. Separate attachments for weeding and tilling are attached to the working end using bolts and nuts. This helps in changing the attachments as needed. The load in digging out the soil has been kept to the minimum by providing appropriate profiles and curvature to the implements. Suitable slots are provided for attachments so that the distance between the blades can be adjustable to suit specific requirements.
Not all the farmers in the country can afford bullock, a small tractor or power tiller. Also due to relatively low land holding capacity many farmers do not need these farm equipments.
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text: In Chapter 13 of 19 in his 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, New York City reporter Yoav Gonen answers "How Are You Learning to Work More Effectively With Different Personality Types?" In six years reporting on the "education beat", Gonen shares how turnover in the Department of Education - or DOE - has required him to adjust to working styles of new DOE employees. Working a job where communication is important, he finds relying too much on email over phone or face-to-face is not a good idea and is challenged by new DOE employees who prefer email over phone calls. Yoav Gonen is a reporter and City Hall Bureau Chief for the New York Post daily newspaper. Previously he spent nearly six years covering the education beat for the New York Post. Gonen earned a B.A. in English from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Journalism from New York University.


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Carrickedmond through
Crucial goals from Mark McDonnell, Marty Mulvey (penalty) and Jonathan Keegan got Carrickedmond through to the Intermediate Football Championship semi-final as they scored a slender win over Ardagh in a poor game at Leo Casey Park in Ballymahon on Saturday evening last.
Forced to field without suspended centre-half-back Gerard Farrell and injured forward Shane Henry, things continued to go wrong for St. Patrick's in this make or break Round 3 clash as two of their most experienced players Seamus Shortt and Enda Gillen had to be taken off in the closing stages when the sides were all square, 0-9 to 2-3.
Injuries sustained by midfielder Shortt and full-back Gillen proved a bad blow for Ardagh who conceded a third goal in the 57th minute when Jonathan Keegan directed the ball into the net from a tight angle following a well worked move. And it got worse for St. Patrick's as defender Brian Farrell was sent-off in the 59th minute after receiving a second yellow card.
There was a glimmer of hope for Ardagh when their chief marksman Paddy Ganley converted a free for his ninth point and after a dipping shot from Carrickedmond full-forward Marty Mulvey hit the crossbar, there was still time for a late, late twist.
St. Patrick's might have grabbed a dramatic winning goal in the third minute of stoppage time when a Ganley free dropped short close to the line but the danger was cleared as lucky Carrickedmond held out for a vital win and they will have to improve considerably if they are to regain the Gerry Hennessy Cup they last captured in 2010.
Carrick squandered a few handy frees during the course of this tight contest and failed to register a single point in a second half struggle. Thanks to a goal from Mark McDonnell in the 5th minute of the first half who followed up to finish the rebound over the line after hitting the crossbar, the winners held a narrow 1-3 to 0-5 lead at the break with their points coming from John O'Shea, McDonnell and Padraig O'Shea.
Four of the Ardagh scores in the first half were from frees converted by Paddy Ganley while Danny Keenan also shot over the bar. St. Patrick's made a promising start to the second half with the accurate Ganley firing over three more frees but Carrickedmond were back in front when Marty Mulvey got a goal in making no mistake from a penalty in the 49th minute.
Soon after Paddy Ganley found the room to fire over a well struck from play to level matters but Carrickedmond then enjoyed a decisive dominant spell with Jonathan Keegan having a goal attempt blocked down before he eventually found the back of the Ardagh net to clinch a hard earned victory. CARRICKEDMOND: Gareth Higgins; Tommy Martin, Barry O'Farrell, James Murray; Padraig McGrath, Kevin Moran, John Gerety; Barry Stewart, John O'Shea (0-1); Jonathan Keegan (1-0), Tommy Cummins, John Lenehan; Padraig O'Shea (0-1), Marty Mulvey (1-0, penalty), Mark McDonnell (1-1). Sub:- Francis Kelly for M McDonnell (58 mins). ARDAGH ST. PATRICK'S: Michael Lenehan; Brian Farrell, Enda Gillen, Shane McGlynn; Ciaran Kelly, Shane Powell, Kevin Leavy; Frank Galvin, Seamus Shortt; Philip Gillen, Paddy Keenan, Padraig Keegan; Paddy Ganley (0-9, eight frees), Danny Keenan (0-1), Killian Farrell. Subs:- Emmet Donlon for E Gillen (injured, 52 mins); David McGoey for S Shortt (injured, 52 mins). Referee: John Hughes (Killoe Young Emmets).


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The resume reflects a Master's degree, but the professional status still reads the same – educated but unemployed. This is story is common to a burgeoning number of students in the country, they are educated but lack employable skills. The high skew towards theoretical education with little or no exposure to practical skillsets has contributed to this scenario.
15 million youth enter the workforce each year but more than 75 per cent of this number is not employable due to deficient skillsets. India needs 700 million skilled workers by 2022 to meet the demands of a growing economy. This imbalance is due to lack of technical and soft skills and it points towards the urgent, growing need to make young Indians job ready, with a focus on young graduates to augment their employability.
India is a young nation with 62% of our population in the working age group and more than 54% of the total population below 25 years of age. We need to make drastic amends to solve the great Indian talent conundrum. To make the most of this demographic dividend that we possess, the first step we need to take is to celebrate skills and accept their need and importance with an open mind, just like China. For instance, the country currently faces a huge shortage of Sales Associates, Computer Operators, Beauticians, Hair Stylists, Medical Sales representatives, Mobile Repair Engineers, Helper-Plumbers, Helper-Electricians, Sewing Machine Operators, Helper-Masons/Bartenders, Painter – Decorators. Yet the scant regard we have for vocational training and skills development has led to decades of neglect of these crafts.
Once this due regard to skills is given, we need to support the technology growth with investment in skills and knowledge to prepare for the future. Revamping the education system can help bridge the talent gap, especially at the college level that forms the first steps into the professional world. Colleges need to collaborate with industries to chalk out a curriculum that entails integrates technological education and advancements.
Technical Education plays a vital role in the development of the country's human resource by creating skilled manpower, enhancing industrial productivity and improving the quality of life. This helps increase the availability of better talent in the job market. Of among the 7 lakh engineering students that graduate annually, merely 7 per cent are fit for core engineering jobs. What would also help, would be the providing of training in not just technical skills but also soft skills or communication skills, preparing them to transform into capable workers. Most of the institutions do not prepare the candidates for the new working world, making them struggle while facing the competencies of the professional realm. There is an urgent need to make the graduates job ready with basic skills of inter-personal communication, abilities to speak English, work as a team and possess basic computer knowledge.
Recognizing this need, efforts are being made by the government with positive steps such as National Vocational Qualifications Framework (NVEQF) and National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF). This will also lead to a paradigm shift in employment from being 'qualification-based' to 'skill-based', making educational institutions focus on imparting skills that lead to employability, rather than merely doling out certificates and degrees. Integrating skills with regular main stream education at schools, will truly change the employment landscape at the most fundamental level in our country. A reinvention will need a vast paradigm shift to develop the tools of change needed to survive in the algorithm age. The demographic dividend if not given the treatment of skills may simply turn into a demographic disaster. The imbalance between the too few skilled workers and fewer jobs for the medium and low-skilled workforce is pointing towards the impending disaster.


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Oh how I love this day, fingers crossed that as you read this, the snow has kept away and I'm out painting the town red.
Hopefully I will have figured out something decent to wear, or I'll be out in a bin bag.
Anyway here's some pics which have summed up my last couple of weeks...
All pictures from www.weheartit.com.
Hope you're all having a fab Mad Friday!!! xxxx