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Pro-gun Utah wants colleges to allow firearms
By Bonnie Miller Rubin
SALT LAKE CITY In this reddest of red states it's not surprising to find fierce gun-rights advocates who put weapons right up there with God and country.
What is startling to many, however, is that some are advocating for concealed firearms to be allowed on public university campuses.
"Most people understand that young people and guns are not a good mix," said John Flynn, a law professor at the University of Utah. "But here, we've got this macho thing."
Flynn does not mean the academic institution, where guns have been prohibited for almost 30 years. He is talking about the state Legislature, which passed a law last spring mandating that the university lift the ban, clearing the way for concealed weapons in dorms and classrooms, at athletic events and everywhere else on campus.
Since the Columbine High School and other high-profile school shootings occurred in the 1990s, most lawmakers have worked diligently to keep firearms out of the hands of students. But in Utah, the Legislature told the university it had no authority to carve out its own weapons-free zone.
"It's the state that makes regulations for the university, not the other way around," said Republican state Sen. Michael Waddoups, the bill's sponsor. "Besides, people need to be able to protect themselves. ... You can't take guns away from the good guys before you take them away from the bad guys."
In separate polls conducted among students, alumni and citizens, a majority favored maintaining the no-guns policy.
A ruling from the state Supreme Court is expected next month. Activists say that what happens here could affect other public universities, especially those in states with a strong pro-gun lobby.
In Utah, any resident 21 or older who can prove "good character" can get a concealed-weapons permit.
Firearms can be carried anywhere except airports, prisons, courthouses, police stations and mental hospitals.
"It's simply a matter of academic freedom," said Flynn, adding that the presence of guns could stifle the open exchange of ideas so essential to a university environment.
But State Attorney General Mark Shurtleff argued that in a concealed-carry state, the university's policy violated state law. The school sued him in federal district court in Salt Lake City to have the ban upheld, and the state appealed.
Shurtleff insists he is merely trying to clarify the law.
"I did not choose to put myself in the middle of this," said Shurtleff, also a Republican. "One of my jobs is to give legal opinions when asked ... and that's what I'm doing. It's not about the right to bear arms. It's about who gets to make policy, the university or the Legislature."
Flynn said if the Legislature prevails, the university would be hobbled in its efforts to attract stellar faculty and students and research grants, and its accreditation would be at risk.
"The state could be sending an important economic institution down the drain," he said. "... I can't imagine that many parents would want to send their children to a school where guns are widely available."
Alex Lowe, president of student government at the university, said the issue is "huge" for the faculty.
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That is precisely the type of scenario that shows why concealed weapons should be allowed, Waddoups said.
"It doesn't matter if it's a woman crossing the parking lot, a janitor working after hours or a professor facing an unhappy student," he said. "What we are really after here is a citizen's right to protect himself."
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On Tuesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on climate science. Republicans agreed to the hearing after Democrats complained the GOP is moving a bill to permanently block the EPA from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions without hearing testimony from climate scientists.
Meanwhile, fights over President Obama's proposed fiscal 2012 energy and environment budget will continue with a slew of hearings in the Senate and House. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will testify before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.
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Pop juggernaut Adele has announced two homecoming performances at Wembley Stadium next summer, to conclude her multi-million-pound-grossing world tour.
The star, whose latest album 25 was named British Album of the Year at the Attitude Awards 2016, announced the news via Instagram yesterday (November 23).
In the video, the 27-year-old sings lyrics from The Lightening Seeds' iconic British anthem'Three Lions' before (unsuccessfully) attempting to boot a football across an arena. "Fucking hell, it's in my face," she jokes, before adding: "Thank God I'm not a footballer."
She then goes on to announce the extra nights, and pulls off an admittedly pretty impressive header before the clip ends.
The two shows will take place on June 29 and July 1 2017, with tickets going on sale from November 30 for her fan club members, and December 2 for everybody else.
Adele's world tour has seen her connect with gay fans all over the world, from accepting a gay couple's invitation to their wedding, to bringing her drag doppelganger on stage and dedicating a show to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub terrorist attacks in June.
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Victim of race attack can remain at Belfast grammar, judge rules
An Asian boy at the centre of a legal battle over being admitted to a Belfast grammar school does not have to leave, a High Court judge has ruled.
Mr Justice Colton had identified procedural unfairness in an Exceptional Circumstances Body (ECB) decision requiring that a place be found for the 12-year-old, whose home came under racist attack.
But he rejected the school's arguments that continuing his education there would be harmful to his wellbeing and welfare.
The judge held it would not be in the boy's interests to insist he leaves a network of friends after settling in for two months.
"Any decision by this court to require him to be moved from School X, where he professes to be happy, is bound to be very distressing for him," he said.
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Anonymity orders imposed in the case prevent any of the parties being identified.
The boy, whose family have been granted political asylum in the UK, failed to gain the required score when he sat the AQE transfer test last year.
Despite scoring well below the minimum entry level, he was given a place based on circumstances linked to suspected hate crime against his family after they arrived in Northern Ireland.
Their home was attacked, a car was burnt and a racist letter left at the door of the property.
The boy, referred to only as AA, developed psychological symptoms afterwards. He was in constant fear and could not be left alone, the court heard.
His parents applied to the ECB in a bid to get him a place in the grammar school, citing the psychiatric trauma.
The board considered the case twice over the summer and issued the same direction both times that he should be admitted to the school. It concluded that it was essential for him to retain a close network of close friends also being educated there.
The school consented to him entering first year in August "under protest" and without prejudice to its legal challenge to the ECB.
Counsel for the school argued that it was not in the child's best interests to remain at the institution, due to his low academic performance.
Concerns were raised about the child's welfare if he continued to fall behind classmates.
The school's lawyers argued that it knew nothing about the first ECB hearing in July.
It was also claimed the principal was wrongly "kept in the dark" about the so-called network of friends during the second tribunal in August.
Mr Justice Colton backed submissions that there had been a procedural unfairness in the ECB's decision-making process.
But yesterday he resisted the school's submissions that the decision should be quashed or should be reconsidered by a different ECB panel.
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is i just me, or have frosted mini-wheats been getting progressively smaller over time? maybe it's just a perception thing, with the cereal seeming smaller as i grow larger, but i distinctly remember the individual pieces being much larger when i was younger.
the new album is now available at dr. disc and phog, for anyone who wants it. i may, however, be a little slower than usual getting cds out to people in the mail; a double-cd means twice the workload, and on top of that, my cd design this time eats up ink like someone who does unpleasant things to the matriarch of the family. as such, there will be a limited amount of copies to go around until i get more ink cartridges next week. but at least i've got enough for a good start.
i guess it's my 30th official solo cd. fitting, then, that it should be a larger-than-usual musical statement. the packaging side of things actually turned out better than i was expecting, and i think it might be one of the best-looking things i've ever done. the booklets came out really well. it's sometimes hard to predict how well your designs will work in a cd case when you're looking at them in pieces on a computer screen, but it all turned out nicely. the lyrics are in the booklet once again, though some songs are absent, and intentionally so (they're either instrumental, the words were improvised, or there are so few actual words it didn't make sense to me to print them). two things i vowed i would never do are now threatening to become repeat offenders—including lyrics with cds, and putting my face on the cover. funny how things change.


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The government of Canada's most populous province said the deficit was C$14 billion for the fiscal year to March 31, down from C$16.7 million forecast in the March budget.
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We're about halfway through the 2015 deer season, and my son Brett and I have both had some success. No antlers on the wall, but plenty of meat in the freezer and lots of good times.
The season got off to a great start when Brett killed a doe (his first deer) on Virginia's Youth Deer Hunting Day in September. You can read more about that here.
As has been the case for the last several years, the sports Brett and his brothers Jake and Nick play kept us busy in October, but I did manage to get in a few bow hunts.
I bumped into this guy in an apple orchard.
Brett and I travelled to Rappahannock County at the beginning of the muzzleloader season. The weather was really warm, but Brett took a shot at a buck, and I harvested a big doe. Brett and I have managed to squeeze in a good muzzleloader hunt together each of the last four years, and it's become one of my favorite traditions.
Brett shed his camo jacket for a bit after a long hike to our hunting spot on a warm day.
I shot this doe right at dusk that afternoon.
I've hunted a little here and there since then but haven't had much time.
The weather's supposed to get cold this weekend. Bucks will be moving, and I'll be in the woods. If you are too, good luck and have a safe hunt!


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The words just aren't flowing these days. Between getting into a new routine of actually needing to wake up in the morning—-EARLY morning, I might add—-and staying busy well into the evening, I haven't had time to put down my thoughts about the new school year and life in New York. So let me just kind of summarize what I've been up to, but before I do, I need to get up and blow my nose because I've come down with a massive head cold….
Okay, I'm back. As much as I'm excited about going to work and being busy in a meaningful way, my body is rejecting it. On Friday morning I woke up at 3:35 and felt as if I'd swallowed glass shards. This lovely feeling stayed with me through the day and by the afternoon I sounded (and probably looked) like Dorothy on the Golden Girls, my voice hoarse like I'd smoked four packs of cigarettes between each of my classes all week and the bags under my eyes large enough to tote home the pile of grading for the weekend that had collected on my desk. Needless to say, when I awoke on Saturday, I looked at myself in the mirror and knew it just wasn't going to be my day. I'd had plans to go out with new friends to celebrate a birthday and while I waited out the day judging if my throat was getting better or if I was just dizzy, Dennis and I decided to go to a museum nearby to wander around and look at art.
We went to P.S.1, a very cool spot a few subway stops away. It's the Queens part of MoMa and I'd been looking forward to going. Good thing we went yesterday because we found out we can go for free because we're residents of Long Island City, where the museum is located in Queens. Nice. Double nice was the fact that along with the free admission there was the last of the summer dance/concert series going on that night at the museum, and we'd arrived just as it was about to begin. We also arrived just as Tropical Storm Hannah made her appearance and whenever we weren't inside the museum listening to a Finnish Men's Shout Chorus or watching a film of Vietnam Vets talk about the atrocities of the war, we were outside dancing. In the rain. And the cold.
And oh, my head.
By 8:30 last night I'd fallen asleep a couple of times already and was so stuffed up in all the places in my head that could feel stuffed up I wasn't sure where I was or what I was doing. I woke up startled on the couch, Dennis watching Batman (which was weird because we'd started off the night watching The Office (SEASON FOUR!! WE OWN IT!) and that had me all confused. It was better that I went to bed. I slept well until I woke up not breathing. That wasn't pleasant. So I downed some appropriate drugs and went back to sleep.
All this is an explanation of why I've been so out of the blog world recently. Do you know I haven't even checked in other people's blogs? It's that bad. To top it off, I've either been cleaning the house, grading papers, or planning for tomorrow's Geography class for nearly 9 hours today. I've quite forgotten how to use my voice.
So I think I'll go spend some quality half-hour with Dennis before I fall asleep again. I hope this has reassured you that I indeed live, but that I'm interpreting the word "live" fairly loosely.
For the first week back at school, I think I'm about as good as it gets.


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Moor (2016) Pakistani Movie DTH DVDRip
Rating: 8.6/10
Director: Jami (as Jamshed Mahmood Raza)
Writers: Jami
Stars: Joshinder Chaggar, Nayyar Ejaz, Sonia Hussain
Genre: 14 August 2015 (Pakistan)
Language: [Urdu]
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Story: After the death of the family's matriarch, her husband and son must confront not only the corruption in society around them but the corruption within themselves.
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DocumentationDynamicVisualizerCreating Objects
3.4 Introducing Models
Look at how Dynamic Visualizer displays objects in a reasonable size.
You now have a fresh scene containing only the default model and camera.
For the purposes of the following discussion, you use SetOptions to move and rotate the default model and make the yellow bounding box visible.
At this point, the default model contains no objects, so it does not have a valid value for the ModelRange option. Similar in many ways to PlotRange, ModelRange applies to all objects within the model and defines the coordinate or spatial extent that the model represents.
Settings for the option ModelRange.
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Objects may later be moved or scaled beyond the model's bounds.
When creating a scene with more than one object, the objects may appear to rotate peculiarly if the range in each direction is not the same.
The model range is reset to zero when the last object is removed.
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Dense fog advisory in effect for metro Detroit
A dense fog advisory is in effect for all of metro Detroit until 11 a.m. Monday.
The National Weather Service says visibility will be less than 1/8 of a mile in some areas. Fox 2 meteorologist Derek Kevra says this fog will be the worst the area has seen yet this fall.
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San Francisco 'sex workers' Becky and Jimilei are just a couple of young ladies trying to make a living on the high end, but when they get invited to a meeting of the Ashbury Heights Lactation Club, their careers really take off.
Also published as "The Milk Maid Diaries".
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When planning my menu each week, I make sure all my meals are:
Healthy *some may have weight watchers points added*
Simple/easy prep – I am not a chef….
Quick – I have very little time between 6 busy schedules. You will find I make a lot of crock pot & casserole meals
Monday: Leftover smoked chicken from the weekend BBQ, Green Beans, and pineapple slices
Tuesday: Beef Enchilada Casserole 7 Points+ per serving
Healthy Baked Chicken Nuggets 4pts+
steamed broccoli (birds-eye, steam in bag)
oven fried potato chips
Super easy- slice russet potato's, brush with EVOO
bake 400 degrees for 15 min (keep an eye on them, you may want them more or less crisp)
Photo courtesy of Gina's Skinny Taste
Thursday: Grilled Cheese & tomato soup for the kiddos. Leftover healthy nuggets & broccoli for mom
Chicken Noodle Casserole
1/8 recipe = 4 pts OR 1/6 recipe = 5.5 pts
- 4 cups egg noodles
- 2 cans condensed lowfat cream of mushroom soup
- 1/4 cup skim milk
- 6 oz cooked chicken breast halves
- 1 can tomatoes (optional: with green chiles)
- 10 oz frozen vegetables of choice
Preheat oven to 350 F. Cook egg noodles, drain, set aside. Chop chicken into bite-sized pieces, mix in large bowl with all other ingredients. Transfer to 9 x 13 baking dish, bake 30 minute
Saturday: Breakfast for dinner! Belgian waffles for the kiddos. Mom gets an egg white omelet with grilled veggies (mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes)
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Sounds like the enclave got it right.
Since the beginning of the Church, there has always been a crowd that won't be happy until the Ten Commandments turn into "anything goes."
There is disappointment and despair as all hopes are dashed. The Cardinals elected a Catholic to the Papacy.
And the son rose in the east this morning.
"Dignity" rings a bell. A "Dignity" group was started at USD when I was there. Also, the LA archdiocese used to have a Dignity group in the chancery office, I think I remember my friend at the chancery telling me. I think with budget cuts, due to the sex scandal lawsuits, the LGBT outreach bit the dust, (at the same time as the Respect Life office was also closed.)
Dykes and fags are upset.....I'm happy, happy, happy!
Oh and BTW....don't look for God to change the rules for you because your lifestyle is honored by the devil!
"...that Francis will break new ground in opening a conversation with LGBT people..."
He will- John 8:11
But I don't think that's the sort of "conversation" they want.
Iffin ya don't like what the RCs teach, just EFN leave. Why stay in an "organization" that doesn't agree with you?
Unless...you have a political agenda you want others to agree with and adopt as their own?
They aren't the only ones. Couldn't sleep last night so I flipped on ABC World News Now and the two anchors were wondering if the new Pope would change the church's stance on homosexuality and abortion. What idiots.
If these groups won't accept the teachings of the Catholic church, they are free to leave it. There are plenty of protestant denominations out there who would welcome them and their lifestyle with open arms.
Correspondingly or by analogy all God's children include rapists, embezzlers, robbers/thieves, etc, etc. Which/who are or can be acceptable to God is really God's choice when all is said and done.
Awesome! Well done, Cardinals! If the libs and homos are pissed off, you've selected the right man for the job!
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Dr. Sharron Pfueller (Vice President) – Retired Monash University researcher and educator, environmentalist and sustainability advocate.
Peter Howey (Treasurer) – Small business owner, financial advisor for Bulleen Art & Garden.
Simon Branson – Owner, green change solutions.
Jane Dennithorne – Horticulturist, garden designer.
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Training Anesthesia Professionals to Use Advanced Medical Technology
Prioritizing Safety Initiatives
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On September 21-22 APSF convened a selective group of experts from multiple medical specialties-anesthesiology, surgery, cardiology and immunology - and others involved in government and health quality organizations whose activities and policies impact patient safety to discuss long-term outcomes (months to years) after anesthesia and surgery.
This collaborative conference provided the opportunity to examine a variety of issues. One had to do with surprising - but very preliminary - data regarding post-surgical survival that might affect the lives of tens of thousands of patients each year. These new data showed an unexpected correlation between the time a person spent at more profound levels of 'brain wave" changes during anesthesia and the likelihood of their dying within the first year after their surgery from causes totally unrelated to the surgery. These data also prompted speculation that some combination of anesthesia and surgery may trigger a cascade of inflammation in the body that enhances cardiovascular, respiratory, or even cancerous conditions. If such a correlation is confirmed, it prompts the question of how the short-lived event of surgery could result in long-term effects.
The workshop was intended to "connect the dots". Our deliberations allowed for the sharing of often-compartmentalized bodies of knowledge to forge a comprehensive understanding of the myriad factors that might be involved in this puzzle.
As in all scientific matters, there turned out to be more questions than answers regarding these issue.
The group arrived at a number of threads of agreement and observation, which will now serve as the basis for future analysis and action. These include:
This convergence of so many specialties focusing intensely on critical questions surrounding surgery, may, we hope, produce eventual revelations about how we care for a patient, before, during and long-after surgery. The new mass of insight we generated together could well affect how we practice and relate to each other in the future.
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"Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History"
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- The Oriental Institute Chicago has announced:
Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History
"The story of ancient Mesopotamia is the story of humankind, and it is in this spirit that we
developed the online resource, Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History. The Mesopotamian
collection of the Oriental Institute Museum was unearthed in archaeological excavations conducted
by the University of Chicago over the past century. The purpose of this website is to disseminate
knowledge and awareness of this ancient civilization that will lead to a better understanding of
ourselves, others, and of current events for the K-12 community, hence the project's title,
Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History.
Ancient Mesopotamia: This History, Our History was developed in collaboration with a team of
Chicago Public School teachers. They selected key artifacts from the Oriental Institute Museum's
Mesopotamian collection to create a Learning Collection for this project. These artifacts shed
light on many aspects of the everyday lives of the people who lived long ago in the area now
called Iraq. With this resource teachers and students are able to examine artifacts up close and
use the teacher-developed questions to drive individual research or classroom discussions.
Students can also go on a virtual archaeological dig in Iraq and examine an online collection of
significant artifacts from the Oriental Institute Museum with the interactive Dig Into History.
Finally, for teachers who wish to learn more about Mesopotamia and earn graduate credit, the
Oriental Institute Museum offers an in-depth eight-week Online Course..."
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The burst of a real estate bubble could lead home prices to slide as much as 18 percent over the next four years, a Southern California economist argued in a report released Wednesday.
Prices could also begin to recover next year, according to a "best-case" scenario outlined in the report, but weaker consumer spending and a continuing rise in foreclosures make that less likely, said Christopher Thornberg, a co-author of the report. A regional economist not connected to the report disagreed, saying the region's growing economy makes the best-case scenario much more likely.
The recent proliferation of risky mortgage loans leaves plenty of room for uncertainty, said Thornberg, a consultant and former economist for the respected UCLA-Anderson Forecast.
The rate of mortgage defaults has risen sharply since 2006, with Riverside County's number of foreclosure-related legal filings nearly doubling to about 6,900 in the first three months of this year, according to one research firm.
Thornberg said that number probably will continue to rise to the point where it severely undercuts home prices. Median prices have fallen in the last year by 1 percent countywide, to $409,000, and more dramatically in several areas of Southwest County. Trends are even more dramatic when viewed over only the last six months, Thornberg said.
Most homeowners who have recently sold houses that they held for more than three years are walking away with healthy gains, and prices are more than double what they were six years ago. But such appreciation simply isn't sustainable, Thornberg said.
"Prices relative to incomes are just ridiculously high," he said. "Clearly, prices must fall. The question is how fast. It depends on the rest of the economy."
While recent U.S. Census data show incomes rising between 5 percent and 6 percent a year in Riverside County, local home prices were rising at annual rates of 10 percent to 30 percent until last year.
Citing such discrepancies and other economic data, a study by Global Insight, a forecasting firm, concluded in March that home prices here and in neighboring San Bernardino County should be about 38 percent lower, a discrepancy surpassed in only seven U.S. metropolitan areas.
On the upside, Thornberg and other economists cite state government data showing unemployment in the two-county area at just 5 percent in April, near an all-time low. And the region is creating jobs remarkably quickly, which in turn creates demand for houses.
If that situation continues, housing prices will probably bottom out this year and stay stable through 2010, Thornberg and Mark Schniepp of the California Economic Forecast argued in the report.
John Husing, an economist who advises several city governments in the two counties, said that scenario is more likely. Inland housing markets draw their strength not only from local economies, but also from business activity in larger cities along the coast, Husing said. Many economic studies fail to take that into account, he added.
"We're a piece of a much larger market," Husing said. "More than half of the effect on our markets are people who work in Los Angeles, Orange or San Diego."
Thornberg said the future will become clearer early next year. Consumer spending accounts for roughly two-thirds of the nation's economy, and it has taken on particular importance in areas with particularly fast home appreciation, such as Riverside County, Thornberg and other economists have said.
The most recently available data don't show any significant drops in consumer spending. Thornberg said he expects such a drop in the second half of this year, as more consumers suddenly realize that they can no longer spend money as if their homes were appreciating by $50,000 a year. Depending on its scope locally, other sectors of the local economy may or may not be affected, he said.
Also unclear is the extent to which a decline in home sales is affecting the local industry. Riverside County's government has been issuing just 30 percent to 45 percent as many residential building permits as it was a year ago, according to industry figures. So far, construction of commercial and industrial buildings has kept the industry's payrolls steady, according to state data. But those figures don't account for individual contractors and under-the-table workers, Thornberg said.
Better indicators of the construction job market are the growing lines of day laborers in front of local hardware stores, Thornberg said.
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Our Shining Future
A new $45 million grant from the Golden LEAF Foundation makes the Plant Sciences Initiative at NC State a reality — and positions North Carolina as a global leader for education, research and innovation in the plant sciences.
NC State to Form NSF-Funded Center for Advanced Electronics Through Machine Learning With UIUC and Georgia Tech
The new center will speed up the design and verification of microelectronic circuits and systems, reducing development costs and time-to-market for manufacturers of microelectronic products, especially integrated circuits.
Media Invited to Forensic Science Workshop on Clandestine Burials
Researchers will be training law enforcement officials and crime scene investigators on how to find hidden bodies and retrieve evidence that can help track down those responsible.
A Legacy of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
WebAssign, the company launched by late NC State physicist John Risley, has become a formidable innovator in customizable online instruction.
NC State to Lead Southeast Manufacturing Innovation Hub
NC State University will lead the Southeast hub for a new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute that aims to spur technological innovation to improve the efficiency of advanced manufacturing in the United States.
NC State Engineers to Help Further Civilian Nuclear Energy in Vietnam
NC State University to help train Vietnamese engineers on civilian nuclear energy.
Shorebirds Ignore Aircraft, But Pay Attention to People, Off-road Vehicles
American oystercatchers studied on North Carolina's Cape Lookout National Seashore were disturbed more by pedestrians and off-road vehicles passing their nests than by the U.S. military aircraft flying overhead.
Sci and Spy: Studying Collaboration Between the Research and Intelligence Communities
When NC State and the NSA created the joint Laboratory for Analytical Sciences, they soon discovered that a funny thing happens when academic researchers collaborate with the intelligence community: they feel like they're being spied on.
NC State Backs Effort to Advance Equity in Research
NC State is part of a growing national initiative committed to advancing research on women and girls of color.
Community Partnership Links Education, Jobs
NC State collaborates with communities in the western foothills of North Carolina to improve educational programs and spark economic growth through innovation.


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Because it's so much fun, here's another, and unfortunately the last, emoji quiz. Can you guess the titles of these Christmas movies?
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Ossoff supporters gird for possible runoff in Georgia 6th District race
Democrat Jon Ossoff is making a final push for an upset victory in Tuesday's special election, though he and his supporters are girding for a runoff in the race for the suburban Atlanta district if he fails to win.
"We'll be ready for anything," Ossoff said. "Ready to fight and win a runoff if necessary."
Most public polls show Ossoff in the low-to-mid 40s in the race. That's well ahead of the closest Republican but short of the majority-mark he needs to escape a costly June 20 head-to-head matchup against a potentially unifying GOP candidate.
His supporters are bracing for a second round, even if they express confidence that he could pull off a stunning victory on Tuesday. His campaign manager urged volunteers to ready for a runoff, and many said they were hunkering down.
"Of course I'm ready for the long haul," said Arteen Afshar, an 18-year-old Ossoff volunteer in Alpharetta. "I'm in it to win it. And we are putting in the work to make it easier in June."
One of 18 candidates on Tuesday's ballot, Ossoff was a little-known investigative filmmaker and former congressional aide when he entered the race in January. But an unprecedented fundraising haul and a jolt from President Donald Trump's critics propelled him into the national spotlight.
The odds are stacked against him in the district, which spans from east Cobb to north DeKalb and has for decades been held by Republicans. In an interview, Ossoff said his numbers show him within "striking distance" of a win.
"Momentum is on our side," he said. "But special elections are unpredictable and we're prepared for any outcome. And we will be ready to fight and to win a runoff if it comes to it."
Once jittery Republicans sound increasingly confident they can keep Ossoff under 50 percent, thanks in part to a surge of attack ads from national groups that depict him as an inexperienced stooge of U.S. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.
But even the most optimistic Republican warns that hard-to-predict turnout models, mixed with rainy weather that besieged parts of the district, add another dose of uncertainty.
Add to this unpredictable mix last-minute tweets from Trump, who won Georgia by 5 points but struggled in the district.
He tweeted five times about the race in the last three days, including an attack on Ossoff minutes before the polls in Georgia opened. He also recorded a robo-call calling Ossoff a Democratic puppet.
Ossoff said the president was "misinformed with respect to my priorities" and said he's focused on last-ditch campaigning. And his supporters said they were ready for months more of campaigning if needed.
"We are going to fight twice as hard," said Martha Bernstein, an Alpharetta teacher. "Jon is our hope for the future. Jon is our world moving forward. We are going to fight twice as hard, and we're not going away."
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Nugent plans Prem stay
Burnley loan star David Nugent has ruled out staying at Turf Moor next season if they suffer relegation.
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Burnley loan star David Nugent has ruled out staying at Turf Moor next season if they suffer relegation.
Nugent is expecting to leave Portsmouth this summer and he admits the prospects of him joining Burnley permanently rest on the club staying in the Premier League.
The 24-year-old is keen to stay in the top-flight with or without Burnley, with the Clarets facing up to the prospect of relegation this weekend if results go against them.
"Being contracted to Portsmouth, it was hard to take when they were relegated," said Nugent.
"But I'm already looking to the future, and next year I don't see myself there.
"I've not spoken to anyone. I just want to stay out of the way for now, focus on Burnley and keeping them in the Premier League. That is my main objective, so we will see what happens.
"I'm going to wait until the end of the season to decide my future, but I don't think it will be at Portsmouth. I'll probably be looking for a new club in the summer.
"If Burnley stay up I'd love to stay, but if they go down then I don't see myself staying. I've got to stay in the Premier League to further my career.
"I thank Burnley for giving me the chance to play in the Premier League, which is the best in the world, and that's where I want to be."
No surprise
Burnley boss Brian Laws has no complaints with Nugent's stance of wanting to stay in the Premier League.
"I don't think what he has said surprises anybody," noted Laws.
"If we stay up then we would love him to be here. He enjoys it and wants to be part of it.
"But he wants to stay in the Premier League because he is a player of Premier League quality."


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There's something appealing about having a portable photo printer to take along on vacations and trips to visit family and friends. You can share the...
There's something appealing about having a portable photo printer to take along on vacations and trips to visit family and friends. You can share the pictures you take while everyone's together, or you can print photo post cards to send.
Alternatively, consider how helpful it might be if your kids had a small, simple-to-use photo printer at home to print the pictures they take.
You may have seen these little printers sitting on store counters next to digital cameras. Recently, I spotted the Olympus Camedia P-10 and the Epson PictureMate printers and decided to try them.
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Olympus Camedia P-10:
The P-10 ($150, Windows only) looks like a 7-inch aluminum cube and prints 3×5 and 4×6-inch pictures.
Setting it up to print directly from any PictBridge compatible camera is easy — just load the Print Pack (with ink cartridge and paper), plug in the power cord, and connect the camera's USB cable to the printer. Turn on the camera and select Print from the menu.
You may want to review the images in the camera first, and delete any that aren't good enough to print.
To print from a computer, install the printer driver from the P-10 CD and connect the printer to the computer with a standard Type A-B USB cable (not included).
When I print photos from the My Pictures folder in Windows, the printer occasionally cuts off part of the image when I've cropped it on a computer without maintaining the standard 4×6-inch format.
The 4×6 photos print on a satin semi-gloss paper with or without a white border.
Tech specs indicate the printer produces photo lab quality 310 dpi dye-sublimation prints.
The print quality is pretty good — generally as good or better than what I get from the local fast-print outlet.
Similar to other small printers, the P-10 requires a special print pack with an ink cartridge and paper for a specified number of prints. The more sheets per pack, the less it costs per print.
The 100-sheet Print Pack for the P-10 is listed at $65, but can be found online for $39 to $45 from Shopping.com, for example.
Printing with a small printer often is more expensive than using the local print shop or mail-order service, but if you want a quick and easy printing solution without driving or waiting, this works.
Epson PictureMate:
The PictureMate ($199, Mac/Windows) is about the size and shape of a toaster with a handle.
It prints from any PictBridge or USB Direct Print compatible camera, memory card, Bluetooth device (with an optional adapter), or computer.
Setting up and installing a PictureMate is similar to a P-10. Paper in the PictureMate Print Packs is slightly glossier and costs less. The list price for 100 sheets of 4×6-inch paper, for example, is $29 and can be found for a little less online.
If you want to print without connecting to a computer, you can review your images on the camera's LCD screen, delete the ones you don't want and print the rest from the camera or memory card (there are slots for most types of cards).
You can also select images to print from the printer's menu and do some simple edits such as cropping, auto enhancing, dating, and printing in black & while or sepia.
To print from a computer, install the printer driver from the PictureMate CD and connect the printer to the computer with a standard Type A-B USB cable (not included).
My first prints pictured parts of the subject rather than the whole image.
To get the entire image printed (even when cropped to a non-standard size) from a Macintosh with iPhoto, for instance, I go to Print, then Page Attributes and choose Format for: PictureMate; and Paper Size: 4×6 (borders) or (borderless).
Then click on Print, choose Full Page, and click Print. I also click on Advanced Options and under Copies & Pages, Print Settings, check the box beside Quality: Enhance Fine Details.
The printed results look as good or better than what I get from a local processing center.
Comparing the two:
The PictureMate is more versatile and, with its convenient handle, more portable than the Olympus P-10. Picture quality is arguably better on the PictureMate, but neither produces as good results as a photo ink jet printer, in my opinion. Plus, I prefer to print on matte paper rather than glossy.
Cost may be the issue for many consumers. The PictureMate cost per print is around 30 cents while the P-10 per-print cost can be twice that.
Compared to the 19-cent cost per print offered by Shutterfly and Apple online services, for instance, and you see the portable printer's main advantage is that it can produce prints of your pictures instantly, and it's easy to take with you.
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Instabilities of the STT segment's magnitude, and in particular the 0.5 beat/cycle oscillations (T-wave alternans, TWA), have been linked to the heightened risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD). During the last decade theoretical, experimental and clinical research efforts have focused primarily on TWA, examining its mechanisms and predictive value using time-invariant cutoff values. However, recent evidence suggests that such a single-snapshot test of a single-frequency (TWA) oscillation using a constant cutoff value might be suboptimal for risk stratification, due to several reasons.
First, it is well-known that the risk of VTA/SCD evolves over time with changes in electrophysiological substrate, environmental and physiological triggers, and the impact of other physiological (e.g., circadian) rhythmicity. Hence, the outcome of TWA testing might depend on the time of day, as Holter-based TWA studies have demonstrated. Furthermore, currently employed single-snapshot testing with a binary cutoff value may not coincide with the periods of heightened risk for VTA/SCD and may not yield prognostic information, as a recent TWA sub-study of the SCD-HeFT trial has showed. Second, the analysis focused on TWA alone ignores the existence of multiple (alternating and nonalternating) forms of repolarization instability that have been shown to arise or increase prior to the onset of VTA/SCD.
Summarizing, recent studies have identified multiple forms of repolarization instabilities modulated by distinct mechanisms, which might have different prognostic values. Therefore, the assessment of TWA needs to be dynamic and personalized to take into account the time evolution of risk and individual history.
Beat-to-beat alterations of the electrocardiographic repolarization segment have long been recognized as a marker of increased risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.1 During the last decade, remarkable progress has been made in this knowledge area. A number of theoretical, experimental, and clinical studies have provided a wealth of evidence linking the 0.5 cycle/beat oscillations in the amplitude of the STT segment, referred to as the T-wave alternans (TWA), to the heightened risk of VTA.2,3 Moreover, the repolarization instability has been shown to have a direct pathophysiological connection with the initiation of arrhythmias.4 As a result of these multidisciplinary research efforts, T-wave alternans testing has become a clinical tool for arrhythmia risk stratification.5 Recenlty, an increase in T-wave alternans has been reported preceding the imminent onset of VTA in several animal models6 and clinical studies conducted in patients with structural heart disease, suggesting that the utility of TWA might be further extended to serve as a short- term predictor of these life-threatening events.7,8
However, recent evidence suggests that currently employed single-snapshot testing of a single-frequency (0.5 cycle/beat) oscillation using a one-size-fits-all cutoff value might be suboptimal for risk stratification, due to several reasons. First, the underlying assumption that both T-wave alternans and the risk of arrhythmias do not change over time, is oversimplified.9,10 T-wave alternans has been shown to exhibit circadian changes, peaking in the morning and declining at night.11 Thus, the outcome of TWA testing is likely to be different if the testing is done at different times of day. Furthermore, the risk of arrhythmias and sudden death also evolves over longer time scales as well, following the changes in the underlying electrophysiological substrate. In particular, a recent SCD-HeFT trial has failed to show that T-wave alternans predicts arrhythmic events or mortality in patients with heart failure (n=490, ischemic heart disease in 49% of subjects, left ventricular ejection fraction of 25%), but showed that its prognostic significance gradually evolves over 15–30 month time scale with the progression of changes in the underlying heart disease.9,10 This provides further support for the notion that currently employed single-snapshot testing may not coincide with the periods of heightened risk for VTA/SCD and may not yield prognostic information. In addition, the analysis focused on TWA alone ignores the existence of multiple forms of repolarization instability that have been shown to arise or increase prior to the onset of VTA/SCD both in patients with cardiomyopathy7 and long-QT syndrome.12 Analysis of such instabilities may provide complementary information that may help to improve the risk assessment with respect to arrhythmias and sudden death.
To clarify the predictive value of T-wave alternans and other forms of repolarization instability, one needs to determine the physiological covariates and their respective weights, modulating the relationship between the instability and arrhythmogenesis (Figure 1).
The restitution curve, i.e. the relationship between the cardiac electrical Action-Potential Duration (APD) and a preceding Diastolic Interval (DI) has been introduced by Nolasco and Dahlen.13 In their seminal study conducted in the frog ventricular muscle strips over 40 years ago, the researchers noticed striking similarities between the cardiac APD/DI relationship and a simple electronic amplifier with a negative feedback. In such an electronic system, if G is a gain function, I is an input, F is a fraction of an output O, and X is an independent signal, then the output is O = G(I) and I = X−F(O). Similarly, the transfer functions for the cardiac tissue paced at the cycle length (CL) can be expressed as: APD1 = f(DI0) and DI1 = f(APD1) = CL1 − APD1.13
Assuming that an APD depends only on the preceding DI (a "no-memory" assumption), the relationship between the two variables can be expressed by a non-linear curve resembling a logarithmic function. If the pacing cycle length (CL) is kept constant, then d(DI)1/d(APD) = −1, and a simple 1-dimensional, iterative map, referred to as the cobweb, can be used to examine this nonlinear system's dynamics. It is not difficult to show that the slope of the curve defining the relationship between APD and DI determines the stability of this dynamical system.13 In particular, if the slope is between 0 and 1, the system is stable, and a small perturbation δ would produce damped oscillations (transients) that will return to the equilibrium (steady state). In contrast, if the slope is >1, a small perturbation would lead to an ever-growing oscillation (under- damping). And if the slope of the APD curve is exactly equal to 1, then the system is bi-stable, producing sustained, period-2 oscillations (i.e. alternans). 13,14
This method provides an intuitive tool for tracking the nonlinear dynamics of the cardiac electrical activity at the expense of several important simplifications. First, it assumes that an APD depends only on a single DI, which is not realistic for cardiac myocytes. It has been shown by several investigators that an APD strongly depends on a much longer (at least 60-sec) history of CL, which can be better approximated by one or two exponential functions.15,16 Second, the simplified, restitution-only approach also ignores the inverse relationship between conduction velocity and cycle length, which plays a crucial role in cardiac physiology and may become compromised in heart failure.17,18 Finally, this method disregards the impact of Ca2+ handing and several other important covariates (discussed later in this article), and as expected, several recent studies have showed that this theoretical construct, taken alone, fails to predict T-wave alternans or arrhythmias in clinical settings.19 Nevertheless, the restitution-based approach has proved useful in several settings, where fast pacing protocols could be employed to achieve a relatively short CL (Figure 2A), while all other covariates are kept constant.13,20,21
A recent analysis of the spatial distribution of the restitution curves in different regions of the human heart has showed a wide spectrum of results. 22 This spatial heterogeneity suggests that the analysis needs to be extended from a single restitution curve to the entire spatial distribution of the curves in different regions of the heart. Furthermore, the restitution-based approach can also be extended from a "memoryless" APD, which depends on a single DI, to an APD, which has "memory" of a longer history of cardiac beats.23 Yet, the recently proposed theoretical constructs incorporating such a memory still could not provide an accurate approximation of the real-life dynamical behavior of the cardiac electrophys iological parameters.23 This implicitly suggests the importance of other physiological covariates that remain unaccounted for by the restitution-only based approach.
The Ca2+-related mechanisms play a pivotal role in the excitation-contraction coupling, and L-type Ca2+ channels also determine a key ionic current that is active during the plateau phase of cardiac repolarization. In the course of the development of heart failure, calcium handling becomes compromised, including decreased peak systolic Ca2+, elevated diastolic Ca2+, and prolongation of the Ca2+ transient.18 In humans with heart failure, these changes are associated with the decreased expression of the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA), decreases in phospholamban, and increased expression of the Na/Ca exchanger.24 The resulting prolongation of the Ca2+ transient and intracellular Ca2+ overload can lead to premature Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum and delayed afterdepolarizations.18 As a result, the Ca2+ alternans can often emerge at near-normal heart rates, giving rise to APD-alternans and T-wave alternans (Figure 2B). In particular, our group has demonstrated pronounced alternans (alternation of up to 40% of the peak amplitude of the Ca2+ transient) in a TNF-α genetic mouse model of heart failure, using optical mapping of Ca2+ in isolated, Langendorff-perfused hearts.18 In this model, the Ca2+-alternans was found at relatively long pacing cycle lengths. Furthermore, changes in the Ca2+ concentration affected arrhythmia inducibility in this genetic mouse model, confirming the essential role of abnormal calcium handling in the mechanism of arrhythmogenesis.18 Similarly, Wilson et al. has recently reported that Ca2+ alternans was the driving force generating action-potential alternans at slow heart rates in a canine heart-failure wedge preparation.25
Of note, repolarization alternans associated with Ca2+ alternans has been also observed in pharmacologically induced Long-QT syndrome in arterially perfused canine left-ventricular wedge preparations (Figure 2C).26
It has long been recognized that sympathetic nervous system activity modulates the magnitude of repolarization instability. In a canine model of ischemia, Nearing and Verrier have shown that modifications of the stellate ganglion activity directly affect the level of T-wave alternans.27 In contrast, beta-adrenergic blockade has been shown to suppress the magnitude of T-wave alternans in humans with ischemic cardiomyopathy and left ventricular ejection fraction of < 40%.28 Further support for the role of autonomic activity in the emergence of T-wave alternans has been provided by the observations of circadian changes in the magnitude of T-wave alternans in Holter recordings obtained from patients with a prior myocardial infarction (Figure 2F).11 Mental stress in humans with implantable devices has been shown to exacerbate the level of T-wave alternans, and the magnitude of the increase in T-wave alternans was strongly correlated with the level of norepinephrine and the incidence of arrhythmic events in a two-year follow-up (Figure 2E).29,30,31
The mechanisms by which adrenergic stimulation promotes repolarization alternans may involve additional influx of Ca2+ into the myocytes, overloading the calcium-handling cascades, which are chronically impaired in heart failure.32,33 In particular, it is likely that Ca2+-alternans and impaired Ca2+ handling are the driving forces behind the emergence of T-wave alternans with β-adrenergic stimulation in our studies of the TNF-α genetic mouse model of heart failure, since Ca2+-alternans play a pivotal role in the mechanisms of repolarization instability and arrhythmias accompanying development of heart failure in these animals.34
The inverse relationship between the conduction velocity and basic cycle length is well documented.17 This relationship plays a particularly important role at short CL, and conduction-velocity alternans have been observed at faster heart rates, during various types of a narrow-QRS tachycardia.35 Preferential conduction slowing at short pacing cycle lengths (CL< 80 ms) has been also observed in a TNF-α genetic mouse model of heart failure, suggesting that impaired adaptation of the conduction system to faster heart rates may contribute to the emergence of alternans in the setting of heart failure (Figure 2D).18
In addition to the L-type Ca2+ channels, an incomplete recovery, temporal instability, or heterogeneous distribution of other ionic currents, which are active during repolarization, may also lead to the emergence of repolarization instability. Indeed, a number of intracellular processes, including modifications of repolarizing potassium currents (IKr) and changes in excitability, have been implicated in the mechanisms of repolarization instability.36,37,38 We note also that functional changes in the repolarizing ionic channels, including diminished repolarizing K+ currents (Ito and IK1), have been documented in heart failure, suggesting possible involvement of these channels (in addition to the Ca2+ -related mechanisms discussed earlier) in the emergence of instabilities in this setting.18
Adding to the complexity of the "repolarization-instability" conundrum, the alternans has been also reported in association with pharmacologically induced Brugada syndrome in the right ventricular canine tissue (Figure 2G). In contrast to the other settings described above, the alternans occurred at slow pacing rates and disappeared when the pacing accelerated. The presumable mechanism of this instability includes the alternating INa causing alternations in Ito and L-type Ca2+ currents in the right ventricular epicardium.39
Summarizing, the results of clinical, experimental, and theoretical studies have provided a wealth of evidence supporting statistical and mechanistic links between the occurrence of repolarization instability and arrhythmias. The notion that the measurement of repolarization instability may provide important diagnostic and prognostic information for the arrhythmia risk assessment has become well recognized.1,2,5,7,8,9,11,31 Several clinical trials have confirmed the predictive value of T-wave alternans,1,2,11,31 while other trials have failed to demonstrate a strong predictive value.10 The inconsistencies most likely arise from the differences in the underlying physiological mechanisms driving the instabilities in different settings, leading to a common end-point from a multitude of sub-cellular, intra-cellular, and multi-cellular processes (Figure 1). Thus, a better understanding of these physiological covariates, along with the measurement caveats,40 is needed for improving the accuracy of arrhythmia risk assessment.
In a real-life setting, electrophysiologic data are usually collected at the time when at least some of the covariates exhibit simultaneous changes. Thus, the algorithms are needed to differentiate the respective impacts and weights of each participating covariate. Figure 2 shows one possible algorithm that allows, to a first approximation, determine the relative weights of the primary physiological covariates. We view the flow chart in Figure 2 as a working hypothesis guiding our ongoing studies. More experimental and clinical data will be needed to determine the quantitative weight of each covariate and refine the probabilities of transition from one mechanism to another. We note, however, that the flow chart might fail when all covariates have similar weights, making it difficult to discern predominant, major effects. The practical implementation and testing of this algorithm will require continuous or serial tracking of individual repolarization dynamics, along with other electrophysiological parameters, including changes in heart rate, QRS duration, circadian variability, physical activity and psychological status.11,31 The improvement can also be achieved by tracking the changes against the individual's baseline and using "personalized" (i.e. individually tailored) pattern recognition analysis.7,40,41
The project was supported in part by National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grants R44HL077116 (Dr. Shusterman) and R01 HL62300 (Dr. London), and American Heart Association Established Investigator Award (Dr. London).
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Al Kamandjâti association is a Palestinian non-profit organization aiming at supporting the education and schooling of Palestinian children, especially those living in refugee camps in Palestine and Lebanon, by improving their access to music as well as galvanizing Palestinian cultural life and transmitting Palestinian cultural heritage.
Al Kamandjâti association is currently seeking to recruit a qualified candidate for the position of:
Job Title: Executive Director Organization: Al Kamandjâti Association
Location: Ramallah office
Position: full time
Starting date: as soon as possible
The incumbent reports to the Board of Directors of Al Kamandjâti Association
-Master Degree in Management or Art Management
-Master Degree in Music
-At least 7 years of management experience, preferable within INGO
-Solid people and communication skills
-Good computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet)
-Excellent organizational skills
-Pedagogue, group leader, manager and project manager skills
-Fluent in English and Arabic; a third language would be a plus
-Ability to work in a team and under pressure
-In-depth knowledge of the Palestinian musical and cultural sectors
Main tasks
-Organize and coordinate all administrative actions of the association.
-Build, implement and improve a coherent academic and pedagogic program for the association, including an evaluation and examination system.
-Conceive and supervise the artistic aspects of all festivals, concerts and other events organized and implemented by the association.
-Administer the funds of the organization according to the approved budgets.
-Work closely with the Board to develop and implement a long term Strategic Plan.
-Represent the organization at community and international activities to enhance the organization's profile.
-Establish good working relationships and collaborative arrangements with community groups, funders and other organizations to help achieve the goals of the organization.
-This position requires evening and week-end availability punctually.
All applicants who meet the minimum requirements are kindly requested to forward a copy of their CV's in English; with a cover letter by e-mail to: info alkamandjati.org indicating the specific position in the subject line of the e-mail. Closing date for applications is Saturday 1st of March , 2014.
Note: applications not including all of the above information will not be reviewed. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.