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The Oklahoma City Thunder lead the Memphis Grizzlies, 45-44, at halftime of Game 3 on Saturday at the FedExForum.
Kevin Durant has been brilliant as usual, scoring 16 points in the half on 6-of-8 shooting. Kevin Martin and Reggie Jackson both had nine points, while Serge Ibaka added seven.
Tony Allen leads the Grizzlies with 11 points, while Jerryd Bayless has eight points off the bench. The Grizzlies have struggled from outside the arc, shooting just 1-of-9 from three.
After taking a four-point lead into the second quarter, the Grizzlies opened up a 10-point lead at the start of the frame. But Durant helped Oklahoma City roar back, and the Thunder wound up taking the lead right at the end of the half.
Ethan Rothstein looked at three key questions heading into Game 3.
What will Kevin Martin do?
Martin knocked down his first shot of the game, a three, but then missed his next four shots. He forced the issue when leading the second unit with Durant off the floor, but he simply was not able to get his shots to fall. Martin did finish the half with a flurry, and he has nine points on 4-of-9 shooting.
Can Scott Brooks adjust his offense?
The Thunder offense really struggled out of the gate, shooting 7-of-22 in the first quarter. They had some moderate success in transition, but many of their possessions in the half court were a real chore. Durant was great as usual, and Jackson showed some aggression, but the other starters provided very little. Ibaka missed two dunks in the first half and several other great looks. However, things did improve in the second quarter when the Thunder made their run.
One of the possible adjustments Rothstein mentioned was less Kendrick Perkins, but he remained in the starting lineup and continued to be a detriment to the offense by bricking a couple of wide open looks. Luckily, he did not see the floor again the rest of the half. Rothstein also suggested a small ball lineup of Jackson-Martin-Sefolosha-Durant-Ibaka, which was the unit that helped get the Thunder the lead.
Can Mike Conley take advantage of Reggie Jackson?
Brooks started Thabo Sefolosha on Conley in an attempt to slow down the Grizzlies point guard after his huge Game 2. The decision worked out pretty well, as Conley only had two points, two assists and two turnovers in the first quarter. Conley finished the half with seven points and three assists, so his production is pretty even with Jackson's.
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Easter Seal in Albany is participating in this year's "Georgia Gives Day."
Georgia Gives Day is November 13. It is designed to allow Georgians to give online donations to various non-profit organizations around the state.
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Alma Games presents another chapter of the great struggle of Sleeping Parent Vs. Energetic Child in Monsterland 2: Junior's Revenge, a tumble-drop physics puzzler. A bit derivative of other Box2D engine-based games, but still a colorful medium-challenge mental work out.
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Experience the spiritual side of Taiwan by meditating at a renowned Buddhist retreat, followed by an exploration of Taiwanese artistry at the esteemed Juming Museum.
Depart from the pier and enjoy a leisurely drive to northeastern Taiwan, where you'll find famed Dharma Drum Mountain, a collection of Buddhist monasteries and educational centers. Founded by Master Sheng Yen in 1978 to "uplift the character of humanity and build a pure land on earth," the spiritual complex is an inspiring setting. While here, you'll spend an hour or so meditating in a way that encourages spiritual enlightenment. You'll also learn about the teachings of the late Master Sheng Yen, who wrote more than 100 books and traveled the world spreading the doctrines of Buddhism in a highly relevant manner.
Following your visit at Dharma Drum Mountain, you'll drive to a local Taiwanese restaurant where you'll enjoy a lunch featuring traditional Taiwanese cuisine. Afterwards, you'll continue on to the Juming Museum, named for the celebrated Taiwanese sculptor Ju Ming. The country's only outdoor sculpture museum, it offers a wonderfully natural, mountainside setting where much of the artist's modern work is displayed. There are also interior spaces devoted to Ju Ming's art and works by his teachers and other artists, such as Picasso and Warhol.
Although originally a woodcarver, Ju Ming later developed his skills even further and applied them to media as diverse as stainless steel, ceramics and Styrofoam. He funded the museum himself and was also intimately involved in designing its architecture and landscaping. After your visit, you'll return to the pier.
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The loss of Back-to-School night has parents of students in Redondo Beach Unified School District upset.
According to an article in the Daily Breeze, the annual event was canceled due to budget cuts at the state level. These same budget cuts forced the school district to institute a handful of furlough days for the first time in history.
"People seem to be more disappointed about Back-to-School night than they are about Friday furlough days," Polly Kinsinger, the president of the Redondo Beach Joint Council of Parent-Teacher Associations, told the school board during its Sept. 11 meeting. "I think parents would really like to see that reinstated."
Another parent at the same school board meeting expressed similar concerns.
"I truly miss (Back-to-School Night). I think it's an important night," the parent told the school board. "It's the one night where a parent gets to walk in the shoes of a student."
School district Superintendent Steven Keller told the Daily Breeze that they had heard from parents unhappy with the cancellation.
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An Akron man is locked up after police say he attacked two women and stole a purse.
It happened around 2:00 AM Thursday morning on Weathervane Lane.
Akron Police say two 19 year old females walking to their cars in the 1200 block of Weathervane Lane when they were attacked.
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GARDENDALE — Allen Williams had a different kind of double-double, scoring 16 points and grabbing 10 steals as Gardendale came from behind in the last two minutes to beat Pell City 54-50 in boys basketball action Tuesday night.
The Rockets (3-2) struggled from the floor, shooting just 27 percent (17-of-63), and 11 percent (2-of-19) from 3-point range.
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The NHL awards voters produced some fishy results. It's time for the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and the NHL to bring some transparency to the voting process for the NHL awards.
While they may not have taken home major trophies tonight, Nashville Predators Shea Weber and Pekka Rinne achieved franchise firsts by being named to the post-season All-Star Teams.
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We would like to offer 38 gold bullions for Spanish pearl of Orient, otherwise known as Palau as well as trade agreement. This island will be first of many Ottoman possesions in Pacific, establishing base of operation for trade and cooperation with China, Japan and Netherland East indies.
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Having a seasoned backup in place in case Peyton Manning isn't ready to play in Week One comes at a price.
The Colts' signing of 17th-year veteran Kerry Collins to a two-year contract on Wednesday will cost the team $4 million this season and $10 million next season if he sticks on the roster, the Indianapolis Star reported Saturday. Collins' contract provides for a $2.5 million signing bonus and a $1.5 million base salary in 2011 and a $10 million base salary in '12.
Manning is still hopeful that he'll be able to start the Sept. 11 season opener against Houston, but Collins says he'll be ready if needed.
"Hopefully, Peyton will be back, but if he's not, maybe I can be one of the guys that can help this ballclub," Collins said Wednesday after joining the Colts.
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Bikes win the wacky commuter challenge (From The Oxford Times)
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Bikes win the wacky commuter challenge
9:30am Thursday 4th October 2012 in News By Rhianne Pope
PENELOPE Pitstop and Dick Dastardly would have loved the commuter challenge into Oxford yesterday.
But this wacky race had a serious purpose.
About 40 competitors set off from Eynsham shortly before 8am, tasked with timing how long it would take them to get to Queen Street, Oxford.
They rode on bicycles, rollerblades and motorbikes, in cars and in buses, and ran along the roads and fields.
The event was organised by Bikesafe West Oxfordshire, which is campaigning for a four mile cycle path along the B4044 Eynsham Road.
Co-organiser Ian Leggett said: "It has been fantastic. We had a lot of people turning up which shows the strength of feeling.
"Congestion is so bad that we thought anything but a 4x4 would beat the bus into town."
The first competitor to reach Queen Street was 54-year-old Steve Unwin on an electric bike, followed seconds later by cyclist Jean Metson.
Mr Unwin, who clocked a time of 22 minutes, said: "I use the bike whenever I can.
"The path on the B4044 would be of great benefit for people in Eynsham, Oxford and beyond."
The challenge aimed to show the benefit of building a community path alongside the B4044 to cut danger to cyclists and speed up journey times.
The first car arrived in Oxford in 52 minutes, followed a moment later by people who had travelled by bus.
In all, 22 bicycles, two motorbikes and two rollerbladers arrived before the car drivers and those using public transport.
Rollerblader Dave Edwards from Yarnton, who arrived in 35 minutes, said: "It was wet. I was doing five minutes a mile but had to use the A40 because we can't take the direct route.
"Rollerblades are the quickest way to get around Oxford. There's no point using public transport, it's too slow."
Edward James, from Eynsham, was the quickest car driver into Oxford. He said: "This is my regular commute. You just get used to sitting in standstill traffic."
Bikesafe West Oxfordshire commissioned a study from cycle lobby group Sustrans which showed the path along the B4044 would cost £800,000.
Oxford West and Abingdon MP Nicola Blackwood handed out medals to finishers.
She said: "It's a very challenging commute and this is such a good way of showing the range of concerns from different commuters."
Oxfordshire County Council spokesman Martin Crabtree said: "Clearly a lot of work has gone into the challenge and testing different types of commuting and the idea has received great attention.
"However there is very little funding available for relatively high cost new schemes like the one being called for."
Richard Gregory, who rollerbladed the whole way, said: "It was wet and even though we went the longer, safer way round the A40, it was still quite dangerous."
Organisers of the event said it had been a time trial, rather than a race, with all competitors adhering to the speed limits and obeying the Highway Code.
Electric bicycle – 22 minutes
Bicycle – 22 minutes
Motorbike – 22.5 minutes
Rollerblades – 35 minutes
Car – 52 minutes
Bus – 52 minutes
Running – 54 minutes
(Times for Eynsham to Oxford)
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2:44pm Thu 4 Oct 12
King Joke says...
10:51am Fri 5 Oct 12
Cillawaugh says...
But before making any more glib assessments, King Joke, go to the Bike safe website: www.bikesafe.org.uk. There, you'll see that there is no room for a bus lane.
Indeed, the county's premier environmental centre, Hill End, is not available to kids unless Mum or Dad drives them there. Why? Because the road is too narrow, too fast and too dangerous to allow for a bus stop.
How's that for a joke?
1:40pm Fri 5 Oct 12
King Joke says...
It is also unacceptable that the principal public transport route from Witney and Eynsham into Oxford operates at under 10 mph at the time it is most needed.
2:04pm Fri 5 Oct 12
Cillawaugh says...
9:42am Mon 8 Oct 12
King Joke says...
A railway line to Witney will only become viable when Carterton/Brize Norton has fully expanded, several years hence, and realistically will only be able accommodate an hourly service .
Stagecoach have invested £millions in leather-seated Gold buses and a ten-minute frequency in the peaks. It's about time the County matched this with measures to speed up the service with some targeted priority, as well as a cycle path.
10:09am Mon 8 Oct 12
Cillawaugh says...
10:19am Mon 8 Oct 12
King Joke says...
Cillawaugh wrote:Now that's too much like common sense Cilla! This is the OM don't forget...
Quite so. With a reliable public transport system and a good network of community paths for walkers, cyclists, disablilty scooters and push chairs the private motor car need no longer be the default choice for transport. Result: cleaner air, a healthier population and the oil crisis becomes rather less important.
Targeted priority could be short stretches of bus lane on the approaches to Swinford Bridge, and re-phasing the Binsey Lane bus gate so that the bus isn't just given a priority run into a stationary queue! You could do these for the same cost as two miles of cycle lane from Botley to Hill End.
11:01am Mon 8 Oct 12
Cillawaugh says...
11:02am Mon 8 Oct 12
King Joke says...
11:14am Mon 8 Oct 12
Cillawaugh says...
4:12pm Tue 9 Oct 12
paul from Kennington says...
Cillawaugh wrote:That is a lie, there is no bus stop outside Hill End because it is on a bend, there are bus stops for either direction just down the road outside the old peoples home. Glib assessments eh, pot and kettle anybody.
Ha ha ha.
But before making any more glib assessments, King Joke, go to the Bike safe website: www.bikesafe.org.uk. There, you'll see that there is no room for a bus lane.
Indeed, the county's premier environmental centre, Hill End, is not available to kids unless Mum or Dad drives them there. Why? Because the road is too narrow, too fast and too dangerous to allow for a bus stop.
How's that for a joke?
4:15pm Tue 9 Oct 12
King Joke says...
11:06am Wed 10 Oct 12
Cillawaugh says...
8:16pm Thu 11 Oct 12
bodchris says...
I will never cycle to Oford nor will I ever take the bus because I need my vehicle during the day for business. Then add in the motorists that go beyond Oxford to the M40 and the A34 south bound. If our economy is to grow we need a three lane carraigeway without roundabouts and traffic lights from the M40 to Cheltenham and nothing less. The sooner the better. Please start tomorrow..stuff the bus lanes and cycle tracks.
8:24pm Thu 11 Oct 12
bodchris says...
Cillawaugh wrote:For heaven sake join the 21st century get bikes (and horses) off roads where they are not a nuisance to motorists. Yes to bike lanes but only after road improvments. Scrap the community lane and be radical: in the interim (before the construction of a proper three lane road) that the A40 is divided into three lanes, the central lanes traffic flow is orientated East in the morning and changed to West in the evening. They have these roads in Holland and France and they work.. Simples......
Absolutely! So isn't the answer to get people out of their cars and on to their bikes - or walking or running - on the proposed off-road community path?
9:04am Fri 12 Oct 12
King Joke says...
There has to be a better way... Bod you might use your vehicle during the day but I suspect you're in a tiny minority. Most just use theirs to get to work, and they need an alternative. This challenge addressed specifically the Witney-Eynsham-Oxfor
d corridor. This is well provided for in terms of facilities - leather seats and wi fi on the bus are more than what most people have in their cars - but we really need to do something about journey times.
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Sam Bradford is out for the season with a torn ACL, according to a press release from the team. Bradford was forced to leave the St. Louis Rams' loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday after suffering a knee injury late in the fourth quarter. He is already scheduled to undergo surgery.
Bradford suffered the injury while falling down awkwardly in an attempt to run out of bounds. He struggled to stand after the play and had to be carted off the field. Bradford finished the day 21-for-30 passing for 255 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Kellen Clemons replaced him and went 2-for-4 for 19 yards.
The 3-4 Rams had to be considered longshot playoff contenders before Bradford's injury. After the injury, the team's prospects have taken another significant hit. Reports have already tied the organization to Tim Tebow. While that signing may be unlikely, there's no doubt that the Rams are exploring every option they can at quarterback.
For his career, Clemens has completed 51.8 percent of his passes at 6.0 yards per attempt, and has seven touchdown passes to 13 interceptions across eight seasons with the New York Jets and Rams.
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Once upon a time, when Australian rock 'n' roll was ruled by a powerful trinity of blues rock, leather flares and ball hugging machismo, Thornbury's Croxton Park Hotel held court to some of '70s Oz-rock's most iconic acts: AC/DC, The Angels, Cold Chisel and more. These days The 'Croc is a shadow of its former pub-rock self, an oasis of pokies and forbidden suburban pleasures in the increasingly gentrified Thornbury.
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Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners action yesterday came after a lawyer for 59-year-old Dr. Dipak Desai filed an affidavit saying Desai is too physically and mentally impaired due to strokes to safely practice medicine.
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Les Miserables recently opened at the Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre. Les Mis is my absolute favorite musical, and I have been both dreading and eagerly anticipating the B&B version since I learned it was coming.
On one hand, the opportunity to see something I love performed live is wonderful. But on the other hand, this is a very large musical production being performed on a tiny stage, and I wasn't sure the B&B was up to the task.
Let me just say that I am rarely moved to stand at the conclusion of a performance, but I enthusiastically participated in the standing ovation at the end of Les Mis. I was absolutely blown away by this production.
The first time I saw Les Mis was on Broadway, and I fell in love. Then I saw it in the Broadway Across America production at IU. The Beef & Boards production of Les Mis was better than the version I saw in Bloomington. I have also seen several productions on video, and this live one trumps all but Broadway.
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A power cable downed by high winds ignited a fire along a row of used vehicles at Town & Country Ford Saturday.
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In one area, a recently installed light pole is bent like a straw over burned out vehicles.
Alvarez estimates $250,000 in damage, but realizes it could've been worse. "I was so glad it was far away from the building so nothing happened to it or our showroom," he said.
"We're moving on right now. We're open today and we'll be selling cars. It's business as usual. We just have to get the adjusters out here to take a look at the cars," Alvarez said.
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Here's your soundtrack. Okay, maybe they're not exactly brazillian but their music is awesome and their live shows legendary.
Now, Brazil covers almost half of South America and its Amazon rainforest is the world's largest jungle... which is rapidly getting cut down. The country is basically one giant botanical garden with some bangin' cities on its edges.
Brazil was colonized in 1808 by the royal court of Portugal, which was fleeing Napolean's troops. They didn't stay long, and Brazil won its independence in 1822.
Its biggest city, Sao Paulo, is the financial hub of South America. Brazil is the "b" in BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China. These four were labeled the world's fastest developing large economies in the year 2001.
Brazil is known for three things: amazingly beautiful women, carnival, and Pele -- King of Football, Athlete of the Century, football ambassador of the world and a declared national treasure.
Brazillians can tell foreigners a mile away, by the way their hips move. Samba is built into the soul of brazil and carnival is when it bursts out into twenty-four hour undying explosions of sound on every street.
This picture of mask diving at the Taipus reefs makes me shed hot and salty tears all over my calendar, which is set on "January" right now.
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Google and IEEE launch a million dollar prize for shrinking a power inverter
Clean energy-promoting electric utility in Vermont has given its customers the best reason to support a shift from business as usual: a drop in rates
Critics say it won't even come close to solving India's immediate power needs
A mock solar installation for the Australian Prime Minister's residence highlights Big Data's increasing role in renewable energy planning and assessment
The records keep breaking
Cadmium chloride treatment replaced by benign magnesium chloride—a key ingredient in tofu
All the cool solar-cell scientists are working on perovskite photovoltaics
Amid searing temperatures in and around Delhi that have kicked off another summer of blackouts, the new prime minister promises an end to power problems by 2022
Solar Impulse 2 makes two-hour inaugural flight in Switzerland
MIT researchers get 9-percent conversion efficiency out of quantum dot solar cells produced through solutions processes
A new kind of bike accessory that will increase safety and encourage sharing
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Mystery of why CdTe solar cells efficiency improves with cadmium-chloride treatment explained
JAXA wants to make the sci-fi idea of space-based solar power a reality
MIT researchers have developed a new solar thermal technology that collects and stores the sun's heat energy
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|Pandora woman stable after vehicle-tractor crash
|Wednesday, November 28, 2012 1:04 PM
OTTAWA — The Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a serious injury crash that occurred 6:11 p.m. Monday.
A 2002 Ford Focus driven by Nancy J. Kline, 57, of Pandora was westbound on US 224. A 1965 John Deere tractor driven by Mark A. Hempfling, 50, of Ottawa was westbound on US 224 at a slow speed. Kline struck the tractor and caused severe damage to the 2002 Ford vehicle, she sustained serious injuries and was transported to St. Rita's emergency where she is in stable condition.
Ottawa EMS and Heavy Rescue assisted on scene as well as deputies from the Putnam County Sheriff's Department.
Kline was cited for failing to maintain and assured clear distance. Hempfling was cited for an equipment violation.
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The Los Angeles Lakers can't seem to shake the injury bug this season, and now Earl Clark has been sent for an MRI on a sore right foot, reports Lakers.com's Mike Trudell.
Earl Clark was sent in this morning for an MRI for a sore right foot. Results pending.— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) February 12, 2013
There was no indication prior that Clark was having any issue with his foot. With Pau Gasol out of the lineup for the foreseeable future, Earl Clark has become an integral part of the lineup and has played well. Over the seven game road trip the Lakers just returned home from Clark averaged 12.7 points per game and 9.4 rebounds, and had a double double in four of the games.
The Lakers have two games remaining until they can hit the All-Star break, beginning tonight against the Phoenix Suns. Updates on his foot when they come in. Fingers crossed, everybody.


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Moscow State University
|Lomonosov Moscow State University
|Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова
Coat of arms of the Lomonosov State University of Moscow
|Latin: Universitas Publica Moscuensis Lomonosoviana
|Наука есть ясное познание истины, просвещение разума
(Science is the clear learning of truth and enlightenment of the mind)
|Viktor Sadovnichiy
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Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a coeducational public university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded on 1755 by Mikhail Lomonosov. MSU was renamed after Lomonosov in 1940 and was then known as Lomonosov University. It also claims to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy.
Staff and students[edit]
Currently the university employs more than 4,000 academics and 15,000 support staff. Approximately 5,000 scholars work at the university's research institutes and related facilities. More than 40,000 undergraduates and 7,000 advanced degree candidates are enrolled. More than 5,000 specialists participate in refresher courses for career enhancement. Annually, the university hosts approximately 2,000 students, graduate students, and researchers from around the world.
Academic reputation[edit]
A few more narrowly specialized Moscow colleges, including the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Moscow State Institute of International Relations were split off from MSU at one time or another and have since established strong reputations of their own, arguably even surpassing their parent in terms of prestige and quality of education.
The university has well-established contacts with the most distinguished universities in the world, exchanging students and lecturers with the leading international institutions of higher education. It houses the UNESCO International Demography Courses, the UNESCO Hydrology Courses, the International Biotechnology Center, the International LASER Center, courses or seminars on Russian as a foreign language. In 1991 the French University College, the Russian-American University and the Institute of German Science and Culture were opened. The university has awarded honorary degrees to more than 60 scientists, statesmen and politicians from abroad. Many prominent university scholars and scientists in return hold honorary degrees from foreign academies and universities.
Moscow State University is one of Russia's most prestigious institutions of higher learning, and has demanding entry requirements for prospective students. Nonetheless, it performs inconsistently in international rankings. While it was placed 77th overall[1] by the Academic Ranking of World Universities and 112th[2] by QS World University Rankings, it was not included among the top 200 universities[3] by recent Times Higher World University Rankings and came in at 296th (based on the full THE World University Rankings in their iPhone application). On a highly cited and consistent ranking, Moscow State University ranked 43rd in 2008, 44th in 2009–2011, and 45th among 300 Best World Universities in 2012 compiled by Human Resources & Labor Review (HRLR) on Measurements of World's Top 300 Universities Graduates' Performance.[4] Despite its large number of faculties, Moscow State University seems to be strong mostly in natural sciences and mathematics (currently placed between 38th[2] and 75th[5] in the world) but considerably weaker in other disciplines. Despite the fact that it is still the highest ranked Russian university according to the three international rankings mentioned above (with the nearest Russian competitor being Saint Petersburg State University that scored 300–400th), the university was consistently placed outside top 5 nationally in 2010–2011 by Forbes[6] and Ria Novosti / HSE.,[7] with both ratings based on data set collected by GU VSHE from Russian Unified State Exam scores averaged per all students and faculties of university.
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|QS World University Rankings[14]
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|Academic Ranking of World Universities (Natural Sciences)[13]
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The establishment of the university was at the initiative[clarification needed] of Ivan Shuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov. Russian Empress Elizabeth decreed its creation on January 25 [O.S. January 12] 1755. The first lectures were held on April 26. January 25 is still celebrated as Students' Day in Russia.
St. Petersburg State University and Moscow State University have a friendly argument about which is actually Russia's oldest. While Moscow State University was established in 1755, its St. Petersburg competitor has been in continuous operation as a "university" since 1819, and claims to be the successor of the university established on January 24, 1724, by a decree of Peter the Great.
Originally located in the Principal Medicine Store on Red Square, the university was transferred by Catherine the Great to a Neoclassical building on the other side of Mokhovaya Street. This main building was constructed between 1782 and 1793 in the Neo-Palladian style, designed by Matvei Kazakov, and rebuilt after the 1812 Fire of Moscow by Domenico Giliardi.
In the 18th century, the university had three departments: philosophy, medicine, and law. A preparatory college was affiliated with the university before it was abolished in 1812. In 1779, Mikhail Kheraskov founded a boarding school for noblemen (Благородный пансион), which was transformed into a gymnasium for the Russian nobility in 1830. The university press, run by Nikolay Novikov in the 1780s, published the most popular newspaper in Imperial Russia — Moskovskie Vedomosti.
In 1804, medical education was split into clinical (therapy), surgical, and obstetrics faculties. In 1884–1897, the Department of Medicine, supported by private donations, City Hall, and the national government, built an extensive, 1.6 kilometer long, state-of-the-art medical campus in Devichye Pole, between the Garden Ring and Novodevichy Convent. It was designed by Konstantin Bykovsky, with university doctors like Nikolay Sklifosovskiy and Fyodor Erismann acting as consultants. The campus, and medical education in general, were separated from the university in 1918. Devichye Pole is now operated by the independent Moscow Medical Academy and various other state and private institutions.
The roots of student unrest reach deep into the 1800s. In 1905, a social-democratic organization was created at the university calling for the tsar to be overthrown and for Russia to be turned into a republic. The Tsarist government repeatedly threatened to close the university. In 1911, in a protest over the introduction of troops onto the campus and mistreatment of certain professors, 130 scientists and professors resigned en masse, including prominent figures such as Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinskiy, Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, and Sergei Alekseevich Chaplygin. Thousands of students were also expelled.
After the October Revolution in 1917, the school began admitting proletariat and peasant children. In 1919, tuition fees were abolished, and a preparatory facility was established to help working class children prepare for entrance exams. Political repression in the 1930s and 1950s severely limited intellectual freedoms. Soviet scholars had virtually no contact with their colleagues abroad. Certain branches of science (e.g., genetics) were condemned for alleged "anti-Communist ideologies," and a number of scientists and scholars were sentenced to life imprisonment. During the implementation of Joseph Stalin's First Five-Year Plan (1928–1932), parts of the university were constructed by prisoners of the Gulag. As stated above, the intelligensia would later be ironically mocked, repressed, and imprisoned by Stalin.
World War II (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) was one of the most difficult periods in the history of Russia. University students and staff began to enlist in the earliest days of the war. A division formed of ill-prepared university volunteers fought heroically to defend Moscow.
Many Moscow State University professors, students, and staff were evacuated during the war first to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, then to Sverdlovsk, returning to Moscow in 1943, after the German troops were defeated near the capital. During the war, over 3,000 specialists were trained at the university. University scientists continued their research, and their contributions to applied science allowed improvements in aircraft development, the accuracy of artillery fire, etc. Also, new explosives were invented, a study of uranium was carried out, a blood coagulant was introduced into medical practice, university geologists discovered tungsten and new oil deposits in Central Asia, and university geographers supplied the Red Army with maps and charts. University lawyers made their contribution during the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials.
During the post-war period, Moscow State University's contribution to the restoration and further development of the country was recognized. There was a five-fold increase in state funding, and a new university campus was built on Vorobievy Gory (Sparrow Hills), where all the lecture halls and laboratories had the most modern equipment available.
After 1991, nine new faculties were established. In 1992, the university was granted a unique status: it is funded directly from the state budget (bypassing the Ministry of Education), which provides a significant level of independence.
On September 6, 1997, the entire front of the university was used as the backdrop for a concert by French electronic musician Jean Michel Jarre, who had been specially invited to perform there by the mayor of the city. The entire front of the building was used as a giant projection screen, while fireworks, lasers, and searchlights were all launched from various points around the building. The stage was directly in front of the building, and the concert, titled "The Road To The 21st Century" in Russia, but renamed "Oxygen In Moscow" for worldwide video/DVD release, attracted a world record crowd of 3.5 million people.
On March 19, 2008, Russia's most powerful supercomputer to date, the SKIF MSU (Russian: СКИФ МГУ; skif is Russian for "scythian") was launched at the university. Its peak performance is 60 TFLOPS and LINPACK is 47.170 TFLOPS, making it the fastest supercomputer in the CIS.[15][16][17]
According to Federal Law N259-FZ, adopted on 10th November 2009 the university was granted a specific legal framework for its activities within the national educational context. The law recognizes the uniqueness of the university as a leading classical university and entitles it to wider academic freedom. The law provides university with the possibility of setting its own educational standards and entry requirements.
Since 1953, most of the faculties have been situated on Sparrow Hills, in the southwest of Moscow, 5km from the city center. The main building was designed by architect Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev. In the post-war era, Joseph Stalin ordered seven huge tiered neoclassic towers to be built around the city. It was built using Gulagor labour, as were many of Stalin's Great Construction Projects in Russia.[18] Located on Moscow's outskirts at the time of its construction, the location of the main building is now about half-way between the center of Moscow at the Kremlin and the city's current limits. The Journalism Department now occupies the university's original location in downtown Moscow across from the Manezh, steps from the Kremlin and other government buildings. Indeed, frequent student unrest, including street protests, well pre-dating 1917 may be one reason why Stalin's planners sited the university across the Moscow River, so far away.
The MSU main building was the tallest building in the world outside of New York City at the time of its construction, and remained the tallest building in Europe until 1990. The central tower is 240 m tall, 36 stories high, and flanked by four huge wings of student and faculty accommodations. It is said to contain a total of 33 kilometers of corridors and 5,000 rooms.
Facilities available inside the building include a concert hall, a theater, a museum, administrative services, a library, a swimming pool, a police station, a post office, a laundry, a hairdresser's salon, several canteens, bank offices and ATMs, shops, cafeterias, a bomb shelter, etc. Along with the university administration, the Museum of Earth Sciences and four of the main faculties – Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics, the Faculty of Geology, the Faculty of Geography, and the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts – now reside in the Main building. The star on the top of the tower is large enough to include a small room and a viewing platform; it weighs 12 tons. The building's facades are ornamented with giant clocks, barometers, thermometers, statues, carved wheat sheaves, and Soviet crests. It stands before a terrace featuring statues of male and female students gazing optimistically and confidently into the future.
While the Sparrow Hills were on the outskirts of the city at the time of the construction of the main building, they are now about halfway from the Kremlin to the city limits. Several other buildings and sports facilities were later added to the campus, including the only baseball stadium in Russia. Currently, a new building is under construction for the social sciences faculties, and another new one of vast size has just been built for the library, which is the second-largest in Russia by volume (number of books). The university also has several dormitory buildings in the Southwest of Moscow, outside the campus.
The historical building on Mokhovaya Street now mainly houses the Faculty of Journalism, the Faculty of Psychology, and The Institute of Asian and African Studies. The university includes a number of faculty buildings located near Manege Square in the center of Moscow and a number of campuses abroad in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.
The university's main library is one of the largest in Russia. Current estimates suggest that it contains approximately 9,000,000 volumes. The library serves in the area of 55,000 readers per year, using approximately 5,500,000 books.
The university offers classes on its main campus not only in Moscow, but also on campuses in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. These include the Puschino MSU campus, Podmoskovny MSU campus, Chernomorsky MSU campus and Kazakhstan MSU campus. The Ulyanovsk branch of MSU was reorganized into Ulyanovsk State University in 1996.
As of September 2009, the university has 39 faculties and 15 research centers. A number of small faculties have been opened recently, such as Faculty of Physics and Chemistry and Higher School of Television. Evening classes are conducted by the Faculties of Economics, History, Journalism, Philology, Psychology and Sociology while the Faculty of Journalism offers a correspondence degree program. Here is the full list of faculties, according to the official web-site:[19]
- Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
- Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics
- Faculty of Physics
- Faculty of Chemistry
- Faculty of Materials Science
- Faculty of Biology
- Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics
- Faculty of Soil Science
- Faculty of Geology
- Faculty of Geography
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of History
- Faculty of Philology
- Faculty of Philosophy
- Faculty of Economics
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Journalism
- Faculty of Psychology
- The Institute of Asian and African Studies
- Faculty of Sociology
- Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies
- Faculty of Public Administration
- Faculty of World Politics
- Faculty of Political Science
- Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts
- Faculty of Global Studies
- Faculty of Education
- Graduate School of Business Administration
- Faculty of Physics and Chemistry
- Moscow School of Economics
- Higher School of Translation and Interpretation
- Higher School of Public Administration
- Higher School of Public Audit
- Higher School of Administration and Innovations
- Higher School of Innovative Business Administration
- Higher School of Contemporary Social Sciences
- Higher School of Television
- Faculty of Further Education
- Faculty of Military Training
Institutions and research centres[edit]
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Institute of Mechanics
- Sternberg Astronomical Institute
- A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology
- Research Computing Center
- N.N. Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Problems of Microphysics
- White Sea Biological Station
- Moscow University Herbarium
- and several others
Famous alumni and faculty[edit]
|Famous alumni of the Moscow State University
11 Nobel laureates and 5 Fields Medal winners are affiliated with the university. It is the alma mater of many famous writers such as Anton Chekhov and Ivan Turgenev, politicians such as Mikhail Gorbachev or Mikhail Suslov, as well as renowned mathematicians and physicists such as Boris Demidovich, Vladimir Arnold, and Andrey Kolmogorov.
See also[edit]
- Seven Sisters (Moscow)
- Education in Russia
- List of early modern universities in Europe
- List of universities in Russia
- List of rectors of the Moscow State University
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2011| Top 500 universities | Shanghai Ranking – 2011 | World University Ranking – 2011. Shanghai Ranking. Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ a b "QS World University Rankings 2011 Results".
- ^ a b Top 200 – The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2010–2011. Timeshighereducation.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ "World Top 300 Universities Alumni Ranking". Chasecareer.net. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
- ^ http://www.shanghairanking.com/Institution.jsp?param=Moscow%20State%20University
- ^ a b Самые сильные университеты России. Таблица. Forbes.ru.(2010) Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ a b c Рейтинг качества приема в российские государственные вузы–2010 | Все рейтинги | Лента новостей "РИА Новости". Ria.ru (2011-02-28). Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ Качество приема в ВУЗы 2011: средние и минимальные баллы ЕГЭ. (в расчете на 1 предмет) по вузам, сгруппированным по профилям
- ^ a b М. С. Добрякова, ed. (2009). ЕГЭ и приём в вузы. Средний балл абитуриентов, поступивших в московские вузы по результатам ЕГЭ: август 2009 г.: доклад Государственног университета – Высшей школы экономики. Moscow: Гос. ун-т — Высшая школа экономики. ISBN 978-5-7598-0706-3. PDF version
- ^ Качество приема в Вузы 2011: Результаты исследования | Лента новостей "РИА Новости. Ria.ru. Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ Сводный рейтинг выборки университетов России. Retrieved on 2012-04-02.
- ^ Сводный рейтинг выборки университетов России. Retrieved on 2012-04-02.
- ^ a b c Moscow State University. Shanghairanking.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ a b Lomonosov Moscow State University. Topuniversities. Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ 8th edition of the Top 50 list of the most powerful computers in Russia released | TOP500 Supercomputing Sites. Top500.org (2008-04-16). Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ News[dead link]
- ^ Новости KM.RU. В МГУ запустили мощнейший в СНГ компьютер. Km.ru (2008-03-20). Retrieved on 2011-10-29.
- ^ Figes, O. (2013) 'Just Send Me Word – A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag' pg. 192, Penguin Books: London
- ^ MSU official site: University Structure (in Russian)
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12:10pm Wednesday 29th February 2012 in Romsey By Sarah Jones
Southampton cycling campaigners have welcomed the results of an exclusive Daily Echo poll – but say there is a long road to travel.
More than 1,000 people responded to the online cycling survey and 56 per cent agreed that far more needs to be done to encourage people to get on their bikes.
But more than one-third agreed that 'Roads are for cars, not bikes. Cyclists are a nuisance and get enough special treatment.' And the statement, 'Enough is done already for cyclists' attracted nine per cent of the votes (119 people).
The poll follows a parliamentary debate in Westminster last week on cycling safety, which was triggered by growing national pressure over the dangers faced by the UK's cyclists.
Southampton Cycling Campaign spokesman Dilys Gartside said that more than half of voters think more should be done to get people on two wheels is "enormously encouraging".
"This poll certainly reflects a change in attitude towards cycling," she said. "If you went back even a decade that figure would probably have been about 20 per cent."
With many people striving to own their own car in the 1960s and 1970s, Dilys says the bicycle became a symbol of a lack of prosperity.
"Up until the mid-1990s, I would say, the attitude was that if you cycled, you were either a little bit mad, you were poor or there was something a bit peculiar about you."
She adds: "Now a lot of the top professionals in all walks of life are cycling to work and it's seen as an admirable thing." Although she says the poll also shows there is still a lot of work to be done to change attitudes.
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Walkabout — An Alternative Educational Model For the Teen Years
By Bob Sweeney
The following article presents a brief introduction to the Walkabout, an alternative educational model for the teen years. All opinions in the article are those of the author and are not necessarily the opinions of WVHEA, its Board of Directors, its members, or anyone else for that matter. For more about this topic, visit http://www.selfdirectedlearning.com/walkabout.html. Parts of this article have been paraphrased or lifted directly from the website.
Although many older cultures had procedures that formally prepared and introduced children into the adult world, modern American/Western culture falls short in this regard. Maurice Gibbons, inspired by the walkabout process of aboriginal Australians, proposed a new form of walkabout in 1974. Rather than trying to adapt the rituals used by traditional hunter-gatherer societies, he created an entirely new, and culture-appropriate, process called the Walkabout. During a Walkabout, a child learns and demonstrates competency in many of the skills that are expected of a fully functioning and contributing adult in our modern culture.
The Walkabout is designed by the child, within a guiding structure. Very briefly, a Walkabout comprises approximately five projects that are completed by the child. Each multiyear project is demanding and requires substantial growth of the child toward adulthood. During the Walkabout, the child is guided by a committee of adults chosen by the child (and which excludes the parents).
In our family, the Walkabout will occupy what would have been the high school years. Our son Connor began his Walkabout planning at age 11 and is now in the midst of his projects at age 13; our 11-year-old, Philip, is beginning to make his own plans. I will explain the Walkabout process in more detail, and then give examples from our own experiences with Connor.
Walkabout challenges span the many roles that adults play in American culture. Each is intended to push the child in new directions that promote maturity and competence. The challenges must be chosen by the child! Otherwise, the child will quickly resent the challenge, and consider it an imposed chore.
The challenge topics, defined in the sidebar, take very different forms depending on the child's unique interests. The Adventure Challenge could be two weeks of backpacking the Appalachian Trail, three months as an exchange student in France, or a yearlong foray into hang-gliding. Creative Expression might take the form of hand-chipping arrowheads, blacksmithing, playing classical guitar, writing poetry, mural painting, or creating wedding cakes. Logical Inquiry challenges could maximize automobile efficiency, investigate the spread of invasive exotic plants, monitor the effects of wind farms on migrating birds, or explore local history and archaeology. Community Service could mean supporting community soccer leagues, construction of playgrounds, or volunteer childcare for single parents. Practical Skills are abilities like website design, log cabin construction, plumbing, and animal breeding.
Challenges must be HARD for the child to complete, stretching them in ways that foster serious (permanent) growth and probably involve (temporary) discomfort. The challenges should never be simply an extension of the child's pre-Walkabout activities. For example, a child who is already a proficient violinist should not choose violin as a Creative Expression challenge.
The Walkabout committee is three to five adults who are respected, trusted, and chosen by the child to guide his or her progress in the program. The committee takes the role of supervisor, which leaves the parents free to assist the child in achieving his/her goals. Participation in a Walkabout committee is a serious obligation, and there can be substantial costs involved (time and responsibility).
The committee should communicate with the child regularly to set realistic goals, and appraise the progress toward those goals. Members of the committee are usually of the same sex as the child. Thus, the child has periodic contact and guidance with at least three adults (other than the parents) who can serve as valuable role models.
A young teen might resist the demands of the Walkabout process. I'd guess that at some point every child would show at least some resistance. After all, the challenges require multi-year commitment, extended effort, and not a little difficulty. What keeps the child on track?
Clearly, there needs to be a very serious and long-term motivating factor for the child. This factor will be different for every family, and perhaps even for every child. When the best intentions fade and determination wilts under the shadow of difficulty, anticipated rewards can save the day.
The parents' roles in the Walkabout are familiar to any parent: emotional support, financial support, and physical support. The child and the parents share the day-to-day work of completing the challenges, because the committee is not around on a daily basis. Equipment must be purchased, transportation arranged, frustrations soothed, options explained, etc…. It's nothing new to a parent, but within the Walkabout it is all focused on a concrete set of goals.
Perhaps the hardest part of the parent's role is to stay out of the way. (Remember, it's a learning period for us, too.) Parents can't make the child's choices about whom they want on the committee or what they want the challenges to be. Of course there is a veto power, but it must be balanced by a respect for the emerging, self-directed adult. This is a hard line to walk, but it's not particular to the Walkabout.
OK, so the child has chosen five exciting challenges that fit his or her life's goals and interests, and the parents and mentors are all available to help achieve his or her goals. The rest should be smooth sailing, right?
Well… maturity doesn't come easily and challenges quickly become challenging. The hidden challenges burst out of hiding after an initial easy period. Perhaps the child has to make a lot of phone calls, and she or he isn't comfortable talking on the phone to strangers. Guess what? That's part of being an adult, and it's hard for some people. Maybe running a small business means learning about percentages and interest rates, and the child is math-phobic. Guess what? That's part of being an adult, and it's hard for some people. Maybe the challenge goes through some tedious or boring phases and the child wants something that will always be fun. Guess what?
Another speed bump in the Walkabout occurs when the initial challenge plan meets an unforeseen blockage. The child and the committee/parents may have to be very imaginative to get around obstacles, and it might involve a lot more work than was anticipated at first.
But even though the child chose the challenge topics, they may resent the challenge's demands after a while. This phase can be very difficult for the parent to accept (believe me!). Persistence is an important quality of a mature adult, and this too is a valuable lesson for the child to learn.
This is all to say that the Hard Stuff really pops up after the Walkabout begins, and it's the real meat of the matter. The parents do not solve these problems for the child, but rather support them through the process of meeting them head-on and coming out victoriously at the other side.
For more on this matter, I recommend http://www.selfdirectedlearning.com/article2.html.
Connor's Adventure challenge went through many changes in the planning process. His initial plan of backpacking in the Grand Canyon morphed through hiking the Appalachian Trail to the current proposal of canoeing and camping along Florida's rivers with one of his committee members during February 2005.
Creative Expression began as a scheme to make an authentic Jango Fett armor costume (any Star Wars fans?) and ended up as learning guitar. The goal of the challenge is public performance at a local venue.
Community Service has become a two-pronged challenge. Connor became certified to referee youth soccer and has volunteered his time for the local county recreational league for two years. He has only accepted enough pay from the league to cover his expenses (uniform, equipment, testing fees) but may referee for profit after his two years' Walkabout commitment is ended. The second part of the challenge is to develop a free website for a local nonprofit organization that collates and advertises educational events in our area. Of course, he has to learn website design to accomplish this challenge.
The Logical Inquiry challenge is just now being defined, almost two years after first starting his Walkabout process. It looks likely that the topic of inquiry will be whether the mass media really shapes its audience's opinions, even when the media's messages are untrue.
The Practical Skill category is yet undefined. Connor is still in the "explore a utilitarian activity" phase here. However, one committee member has been working with Connor on citizenship skills, including an analysis of the U.S. Constitution, as an addendum to the "standard" Practical Skills challenge.
Clearly, completing all of these challenges will span at least four to five years. Some will be nearly completed before others have really begun in earnest.
Note that there are many topics missing here, including all of the typical high school curricular buzzwords (literature, algebra, chemistry, French, grammar). The Walkabout is not all of life; we require regular mathematics study (Saxon) fully outside the framework of the Walkabout. On other "academic" matters, we are unschoolers.
Connor's Walkabout committee consists of one uncle, two fathers of his friends, and two nonparent adults. Their ages range from mid-20s through almost 70. Three live very locally, and two live out-of-state. Although it is difficult for all of them to meet at once (indeed, this has never happened) they have communicated with each other in writing. The farthest committee member is focusing on helping Connor with his Adventure challenge. Each member contributes in his own way to Connor's Walkabout, and their involvement changes with time.
Connor had a list of challenge ideas when he first met with his committee, and the list served as a starting point for their conversations. Some of his initial ideas became challenges; some ideas were discarded during their deliberations.
I have been more involved with the committee's working than I had originally planned. The reality is that someone has to call meetings, and keep track of Connor's progress on a regular basis. Unless a committee member takes on a leadership role, the parent may have to step in. However, I do keep out of the committee meetings and follow through with the committee's decisions.
In our case, we gave the Walkabout as the only option to institutional high school. We wanted our boys to have a strong focus during their teen years, when many parents find parenting the most difficult. The Walkabout presented us with an alternative to high school that was child-focused and meaningful. Since our sons decided that they would definitely not consider institutional high school at this time, the Walkabout became their only option.
We also decided that our boys would be accepted as full adults within our family once they fully completed their Walkabouts. This is serious motivation for a teen! No, this doesn't mean they get the car whenever they want (it's still my car!), BUT I won't tell them what to eat or what to wear or when to go to bed, … AND their opinions will hold greater weight because they have demonstrated, through the Walkabout, that they have a reasonable level of experience and maturity.
Nobody ever said that raising a teen is an easy job. I don't think that a Walkabout adds any new stresses to the parent-teen relationship, and it just might make life smoother in some ways. I do have peace of mind that our boys are going to have teen years that are productive and directed toward producing men who are competent and independent.
Adventure: A challenge to the student's daring, endurance, and skill in an unfamiliar environment.
Creative Expression: A challenge to explore, cultivate, and express the individual imagination in some aesthetically pleasing form
Community Service: A challenge to identify a human need for assistance and provide it; to express caring without expectation of reward.
Practical Skill: A challenge to explore a utilitarian activity, to learn the knowledge and skills necessary to work in that field, and to produce something of use.
Logical Inquiry: A challenge to explore one's curiosity, to formulate a question or problem of personal importance, and to pursue an answer or solution systematically and, wherever appropriate, by investigation.
(source: http://www.selfdirectedlearning.com/walkabout.html, accessed 4/10/2004)


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The European Centre for Law and Justice, the International affiliate of the American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ): which was founded by Jay Sekulow recently made a submission defending Israel to the United Nations Human Rights Council's (UNHRC) International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
The ECLJ took issue with the fact-finding mission's basis that Israel is an "occupying" force for its disproportionate singling out of Israel for review and reprimand. The ECLJ details why in fact Israel is not an "occupying" force and that "Israel's settlements in the West Bank, east Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights are fully consistent with Israel's rights in international law."
The submission reminded the UNHRC that the UN never established the pre-1967 armistice lines as the permanent boundaries of the Israeli state. Further, the UN resolution enacted after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war required "secure … boundaries" for Israel, which was, as the submission notes, "something that did not exist prior to 1967 as evidenced by the persistent attacks mounted against Israel from Arab-controlled territory and would not exist today if the status quo ante were reinstated."
The ECLJ concluded: "The presumption in the Mission's mandate that Israel is "occupying" territory that belongs to Arab Palestinians is simply incorrect historically, factually, and legally. The mandate for Palestine, an internationally-adopted and -sanctioned document enshrining the right of Jews to settle throughout Palestine, constituted a sacred trust and continues to exist. Further, security Council Resolution 242 and its progeny clearly envisaged that Israel would have to acquire additional territory to attain defensible borders. As such, Israeli settlements in Mandate territory are lawful under international law. The ultimate territorial solution must come via bilateral negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Further, because the Golan heights were acquired through defensive war against serial aggressor Syria, Israel's retaining such territory is compatible with both the letter and spirit of international law. As such, Israeli communities are also lawful."
The ECLJ urged the UN Human Rights Council's fact-finding mission to find that Israel is not "occupying" territory and that its settlements are in compliance with international law.
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