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Emphasis on tests destroys creativity
It was with dismay but not surprise that I read the recent letter to the editor from a group of teachers from Fayette County ("Why is this the worst school year?").
I could immediately empathize with their sense of frustration, but recognized more importantly their loss of feelings of creativity and pride in what they do.
Education — and the educational bureaucracy — is a pendulum that swings to and fro continuously. When it reaches the edge of extreme it can stop or slow so that it no longer keeps pace with the times.
What has made the United States a leader in the world is innovation, independent thinking, creativity and resourcefulness. Are we promoting this in our schools?
Perhaps it is first important to get a handle on what are we really trying to accomplish in educating our students. Although this could be worded many ways, let me offer some thoughts. We want our students:
• To find a satisfying job or vocation.
• To have the knowledge to be able to handle life situations effectively.
• To have the skill sets necessary for productivity in the future.
• To know how to work cooperatively and effectively with others.
• To know how to go about finding solutions or ways of handling challenges.
Today's emphasis on passing paper and pencil tests, supposedly as a measure of competence, is the death of creativity.
Ask yourself, how many times in your current profession/job have you been asked to show your worth by taking a paper and pencil test.
Yes, it's the easiest way to try to "measure something," but what relationship does it have to what our true goals are for students?
Micromanaging teachers is the death of innovation. In educational bureaucracy, administrators and those setting expectations try to control how and what teachers teach by having them document everything they do. This leaves little time and little energy for developing the innovative ways students will learn best. It also fosters regimentation and mediocrity.
I was talking with a 13-year-old Fayette County student today in my practice. He has a learning disability and I asked his opinion about the CRCT and all the other testing that goes on, from a kid's perspective.
He told me how he is in a collaborative class, which is a regular class with an extra special education teacher in the class to help students.
He said that about half of the students were in the class because they had failed the CRCT and that the principal added even more teachers to that class setting so that these students may be able to pass the CRCT.
Perhaps that was a good decision in this climate. However, the energy and time that is being devoted to having students simply pass this test so that the school system (any school system) doesn't look bad is a poor use of teacher talent.
He also told me about the pressure students feel to pass these tests, certainly giving me the impression that this was the most important thing he had to accomplish in school. He is discouraged, unmotivated and beaten down.
There is such a disconnect between what we know from neuroscience about teaching, learning and how the brain works and the current teaching climate.
There is an incredible disconnect between what the world will be like in 10 years and how we are preparing students for it.
It is impossible and foolhardy to try to cram information into students as the amount of information in the world is so huge and so quickly expanding.
The emphasis needs to be placed on teaching students "how" to learn, how to plan, how to find information and use it and helping them toward the true goals we really want for our children. To keep our place in the world we need to foster real problem solving, real creativity, flexibility in thinking, collaboration and independent decision-making.
Teachers need to be treated like the professionals they are. Give them the freedom to soar. I would choose a teacher who instills a love of learning, inquisitiveness, respect for creativity and respect for one another 10 times over that teacher who happens to have the best CRCT scores.
In order for students to really excel in what they will actually need in life, teachers need time to plan, improvise, collaborate, research and engage in reflection.
This is not a perk, it is a necessity. True improvement in real learning starts from the teachers up — not the other way around.
Administrators need to be learning experts and leaders in motivating and empowering students, teachers and parents.
Although most teachers (certainly here in Fayette County) are well-qualified and could and should develop exceptional teaching practices, those who are not and are not effective need to be moved to a different career path.
This needs to be fair, but easier for administrators to do.
It is also important to not get too complacent about the "good" test scores in Fayette County. All the research shows that there is a direct link between socioeconomic status and educational level of parents to achievement test scores.
So we would expect that given these variables Fayette County students should do well. I wonder how well they could do in life if teachers could really teach the way they could and should?
Although I am not a teacher, I have the utmost respect for them. Fayette County, with a new superintendent coming, has an opportunity to take a fresh look at how things are done. One can embark on a new, creative, innovative path or choose to remain on the never ending treadmill, which may look safe, but never truly gets you anywhere.
Lynda Boucugnani-Whitehead, Ph.D.
Fayetteville, Ga.
[Dr. Boucugnani-Whitehead says she is a neuropsychologist in private practice in Fayette County and was previously the director of psychological services and research and development for a major school system.]
I have no real quarrel with what you wrote, but like many PhDs, you speak in professionalize.
First, schools are not the primary measure of how well a student ultimately does in life. No teacher can do that in one year of English class.
Second, we are attempting to teach kids how to make a living instead of learning what mistakes to avoid from past history. Making a living as an accountant or Manager does little to encourage them to do better than their predecessors. We need thinkers and evaluators and logical people.
Unfortunately, the place where these facts are instilled is at home by a family who all support one another and provide an exemplary example of conduct. We currently are very scarce of that situation.
Teaching to the test is exactly like giving the students the answer or using open book testing. It helps some, forcing them to at least see it, but does little to use logic and training to know the answer.
It seems we are judging the teachers and their jobs instead of the students.
Now for simplification:
Teach them how to budget.
Teach them how to balance a check-book.
Teach them how to write cursive so it can be read.
Teach them how to spell.
Teach them how to calculate and estimate in their brain, not with a calculator only.
Teach history from a standpoint of mistakes to avoid, not why we are messed up now. Knowing precise years of occurrence isn't necessary, just what decade or century is sufficient.
Teach them how to find answers to any question they think of that is of interest to them instead of just forgetting it.
Teach them modern manners used by highly educated people.
Teach them how to use a screw-driver (manual).
Well said, and thank you. Unfortunately, bureaucracy and numbers reign, and students and teachers are caught in the mix. Bucking the system has dire consequences. Perhaps someone with clout will take notice.
After I read today's AJC about the number of kids going to college who aren't prepared to do college work, it is "dire consequences" when not even make-up classes can help them!
About one-half of one local college in Atlanta were trying to be able to finish college by taking remedial courses.
Some had taken the courses several times with the same result--failed.
What I am more concerned about is how did they get there if teacher's were testing them and they still graduated from high school, or some other way, but how many of these kids who can not do the work will eventually be passed through college anyway--some in Nursing, X-ray, management, and even teaching.
It is simply impossible to believe that teachers must pass such students on just to avoid "dire consequences!" How can supervisors hold a teacher responsible for a one year course she taught to a student who obviously came to her that way?
One would think maybe if it all started in the first 4 or 5 grades, producing failure, that something certainly could have been done then!
I am also well aware that most of these failure students are from minority groups. They have been deprived of decent family help and a general heritage so that it really doesn't matter.
Many of the parents and Grandparents and Uncles and Aunts (if known) were simply incapable of helping current students. The same thing happens in majority groups raised in similar circumstances! One minority family trying to help a student will be trashed by the multitude of others also.
It is, again, impossible for teachers and supervisors not to know these things and what causes them. These students weren't born stupid.
Two things need to be done, first, picking up with the 1960s changes, that for one is a new innovative program to start proper raising of children in some fashion other than, or required, a monthly check from the government. Then maybe most will be able to do high school work at least.
Secondly, until the above happens, spend the money now wasted on public schools for the unteachable kids for craft or "how to make a living" schools!
I don't know what we need to do to, or for, the teachers who have the attitude that the kids have a right to be schooled the best they can be--even if terribly.
How did we do it with the millions of minorities who cam here in the 1800s, at least a majority of them? We required it!
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Evelyn Joy Phillips was born September 6, 2014 at 10:53 p.m. At 7.05 pounds and 20.07 inches, she was born healthy and absolutely beautiful (like her mother, obviously). While we would obviously not prefer to be in Thailand for such an extended period of time, God has used the past 6 weeks to bring refreshment, and I believe this will prove to be helpful as we prepare for the next two years of ministry in Cambodia. The past 6 weeks have allowed me time for extra reading, studying, praying, and also some time for fellowship with friends like the Basshams, the Salmons, the Ashcrafts, and the Tuckers. I have enjoyed helping teach English and Bible at Bangjak Baptist Church, and am looking forward to preaching there this coming Sunday.
I am also thankful to God for His answer to prayer concerning Philip and Lori Bassham's newborn daughter, Grace. Grace was born just a few days after our Evelyn, and it became apparent very quickly that she was having trouble breathing. It was discovered that she had an infection, and the fear was that the infection would get into her blood causing sepsis. After over a week of receiving antibiotic treatment in the hospital, it is a blessing to know that Grace's infection did not go into her blood, and at the time of this writing she is finally at home with her parents, her grandmother who is visiting, and her big sister, Claire.
I am thankful for the leadership of both Pastor Proh and Pastor Tho during our absence. Pastor Proh has given good reports of the church's faithfulness over the past 6 weeks. Pastor Tho's 14 year old son, Dara, has stepped up to help in leading the singing as well as picking up La for church. Pastor Tho continues to minister every Saturday and Sunday morning in his wife' home village in Kampot, and the group of teenagers that he has reached continues to faithfully seek to know more of God's Word. Pastor Proh's wife, Chenda, with the help of Pastor Tho's wife, Jan, hosted a ladies activity a few weeks ago, which proved to be a great success and a source of encouragement to everyone who participated.
This Tuesday (Sep. 23) we will go to the embassy in Bangkok for our appointment to apply for Evelyn's passport. Lord-willing, we will have her temporary passport in hand by Thursday. After our appointment at the embassy, we will be visiting with a Christian family from Pakistan who is seeking asylum in Thailand from the terrible situation in their home country. Please pray that we will be a blessing to them. Lord-willing, we will be back in Cambodia one week from today (Sep. 29). We are excited about getting back and putting our hands to the plow. We will be starting an English class for teens and adults that will meet at our church every Thursday and Friday evening. The purpose of the class will be to have another opportunity to meet new people with the end goal of presenting the Gospel to them. Please pray for us and for Freedom Baptist Church, that God will use us for His glory.
In Christ,
Chad Phillips
Monday, September 22, 2014
Saturday, August 9, 2014
In Thailand awaiting the arrival of Evelyn Joy
Hello Everyone,
We're in Thailand awaiting the birth of our new daughter, Evelyn Joy. Had a doctor appointment today, and everything is fine. Will keep everyone updated. Taking these next few weeks to do some extra studying (Khmer and Bible study), praying, and reading; and of course I am enjoying this time with Linda, Ellie, Judson, and Bundle. Praying that God will bless us with a healthy baby, that Linda's health will remain good, and that we will receive refreshment so that we will be ready for the next two years of ministry in Cambodia. I have already met several people here in Bangkok who are from a province in which Khmer is spoken (Surin). Granted, it is somewhat different than the Khmer we speak in Cambodia, but we can communicate with them. Please pray that God will use us to plant the seed of the Gospel into their hearts.
We're in Thailand awaiting the birth of our new daughter, Evelyn Joy. Had a doctor appointment today, and everything is fine. Will keep everyone updated. Taking these next few weeks to do some extra studying (Khmer and Bible study), praying, and reading; and of course I am enjoying this time with Linda, Ellie, Judson, and Bundle. Praying that God will bless us with a healthy baby, that Linda's health will remain good, and that we will receive refreshment so that we will be ready for the next two years of ministry in Cambodia. I have already met several people here in Bangkok who are from a province in which Khmer is spoken (Surin). Granted, it is somewhat different than the Khmer we speak in Cambodia, but we can communicate with them. Please pray that God will use us to plant the seed of the Gospel into their hearts.
Monday, July 28, 2014
May/June 2014 Prayer Letter/Update
Ministry Update
Freedom Baptist Church continues to go forward, praise God. The people are showing signs of possessing a faith that is growing, and there is visible evidence of their ever-growing desire to hear and do God's Word. For that we are eternally grateful.
One blessing in regards to the ministry here is our Sunday afternoon children's service. The Lord led me a little over a year ago to start this important ministry, and I am glad that I heeded His leading. A 14 year-old girl named Srey Noich received Christ as her Savior nearly a year ago. Her mother will not allow her to be baptized, but continues to allow her to attend the children's service. A few months ago, because of the love that she experienced when attending our church, she decided to join our regular Sunday morning services. There are no games or candy- only the worship of Christ through song and giving offerings, the fellowship of believers, and the preaching of God's Word. These are the things that bring Srey Noich, as well as the other members, back to our church week after week.
Srey Noich's 14 year-old cousin, Lee Da, has attended the children's service since its beginning. Her father, who is a Muslim, has not been a part of Lee Da's life for several years now. Thankfully her mother, who is a Buddhist, allows Lee Da to attend the service. Lee Da is truly one of the brightest kids I have ever met in Cambodia. She is the only one who quotes her memory verse perfectly every single week. When I am teaching, I will sometimes as questions that require some analysis in order to answer- and she is always the one who "gets it" before any of the other children. Over the past few weeks, she has shown signs of interest in the Gospel. Please pray for her, that she will respond not only to my voice, but more importantly to the voice of the Holy Spirit as He shows her of her need for the Savior.
We have adjusted our weekly schedule to allow for more ministry opportunities. I thank God for three teenage young men that faithfully attend our church- Dara (Pastor Tho's son), Vannsak, and La. Pastor Proh, Pastor Tho, and I have started using Thursday evenings as a time of discipleship with these young men. We meet together at 6:00, play some volleyball, and then spend some time in the Word. I believe that this will prove to be invaluable for all of our lives, as well as for the life of this church. Please pray for these young men.
Blessed to have Visitors!
In May we were privileged to have the senior class from Tucson Baptist Academy- a ministry of Tucson Baptist Temple in Tucson, Arizona- visit us for one week. Pastor and Mrs. Armstrong led this group of three young ladies and one young man, and I cannot put into words the blessing that the entire group was to my family and to Freedom Baptist Church. We hosted a mini youth conference that included two other churches in Phnom Penh, and had an attendance of around 80 people. Pastor Armstrong preached two helpful and needed messages, and Mrs. Armstrong and the four seniors fellowshipped with the Khmer believers, many of whom speak conversational English. The group was also able to bring much encouragement to the village church in Kampot led by Pastor Tho. We thank God for the wonderful memories that were made, and for the spiritual benefits that were received as a result of their visit.
Family Update
Our family is doing well, praise God. Linda is healthy and expecting our fourth child in September. We are excited about the arrival of Evelyn Joy in just a few weeks. Elisabeth, Judson, and Emily are all growing and healthy. I can't imagine my life without them. Elisabeth is on her way to finishing 1st grade, and Judson is on his way to finishing K-5. Emily is finally potty-trained!
Thank you for your love for our family,
Chad Phillips
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Some Thoughts on Bearing Fruit on the Mission Field
This entry is merely a documentation of some of my more recent musings regarding missions in the Independent Baptist world. This is not directed at any particular pastor or missionary.
I have tried to be transparent in this entry. But I want to assure you that by God's grace, I am still as sure of my call as I was nine years ago.
Some Thoughts on Fruitlessness on the Mission Field
So what is a young, struggling Independent Baptist missionary supposed to do? He has been conditioned to think that a lack of progress on the mission field is most likely evidence that he isn't really cut out for missions work. This weighs heavily on him from week to week. He has given his life to learning another language and culture. He has spent himself physically, emotionally, and spiritually in getting the Gospel to his city. Dozens of churches have entrusted monthly financial support to him. And three years into his mission he finds that the task to which he has committed his life is far more formidable than he could have ever imagined. He knew that the soil was hard. He had heard others' testimonies about the hardness of the soil; but he had never worked the soil with his own hands. Now the blisters are starting to show, and the pain is palpable.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
March/April 2014 Update/Prayer Letter
Cultivating the Soil While Sowing the Seed
Our evangelistic efforts are still consistent and empowered by prayer, and in fact we are adding an additional time specifically for our church to get the Gospel out into our city of Ta Khmau. As I was passing out Gospel tracts in a nearby area two weeks ago with Pastor Proh, I felt led to encourage him with these words: "We're sowing seeds. And I believe we will see fruit if we remain faithful." Although there is a strong nationalistic and, frankly, anti-Christian sentiment in the areas that God has called us to reach, I do believe that God is working in people's hearts, and that He will use our efforts to see people saved, baptized, and growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ.
A brief update on some of the people you have been praying for:
Srey Neat: Ever since her mother returned from a distant province to live with her again, her reception to us has been much different, and she has stopped coming to church. Please pray that God will soften her heart.
Keang: This man in his 50's we met a few months ago still receives us cordially, but since finishing the salvation study he has shown little interest in the Gospel. He is preoccupied right now in building a new house, so we hope that when the house is finished we will have more opportunities to speak of Christ with him.
Srey Noich: This teenage girl who was reached through the children's ministry we started last year is growing wonderfully in the Lord, and intends to start attending our Sunday evening service next week.
La: La is now 16 years old and has been attending our church for one year now. While there are still some "rough edges", his life has been wonderfully changed by the Gospel, and is continuing to be changed by the preached Word.
Reksmey: Thank God that Pastor Tho's 5-year-old girl is doing better, and has not yet needed another blood transfusion since the one she received in March. Please continue to pray for her.
God's Strengthening of Our Church
In our first year at Freedom Baptist Church of Ta Khmau, we have seen the church go through some difficult changes. First was the departure of the Shull family, the precious missionaries who started this work with Pastor Proh seven years ago. After their return to the States there were a handful of people in the church who stopped coming and have yet to return. Then on March 17 of this year one of our dear, faithful members, Dalin, a mother of three in her mid-30's, passed away of a rare blood disease. To make matters even more difficult her husband, who had claimed to be saved and had attended the church for several years, made no effort to have any type of a Christian funeral, and in fact participated in the Buddhist ceremonies. (Our church did have a God-honoring memorial service for Dalin, which was a great source of encouragement for our church family). All of these situations seem like reasons for the church to be discouraged and weakened- but that is not the case. Those who have remained faithful through this past year have shown signs of definite spiritual growth, and have sensed God's strengthening hand at work in their lives.
I have not only seen our people's faith strengthened, but I have seen the leadership of Pastor Proh continue to grow as well. After weeks of prayer, observation, and seeking counsel from veteran missionaries, I, with the agreement of Pastor Proh, have decided to turn the church over to him near the end of this term, sometime in early 2016. Our church here in Ta Khmau, along with several other churches here in Cambodia, will support him, and I will help him with the cost of renting a building until they purchase their own land and build their own building. The Lord willing, upon our return in 2017, we will by God's grace and through His strength plant a new church. The remainder of this term will be spent working with Pastor Proh and Pastor Tho in building up Freedom Baptist Church and preparing the church for the eventual transition of leadership.
Thank you for your love for our family,
Chad Phillips
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
January/February 2014 Update/Prayer Letter
An Answered Prayer RequestIn mid-February, Pastor Proh and I went and surveyed a village that our church has never evangelized. After our survey, we prayed with each other there on the side of the road that God would lead us to someone who would be willing to talk with us and listen to the Gospel with an open mind. Frankly, it had been quite a while since we had met anyone that I would call "interested" or "open" to listening to a presentation of the Gospel, hence our prayer request. The next day we led a small group back to that village and began doing what we do every Friday morning- passing out Gospel tracts. The men walked on one side of the narrow dirt road that ran through the village, the ladies on the other side, at a slightly faster pace. As we continued, I looked across the street and noticed a man in his late 40's who was sitting in his hammock reading the tract he had just received from the ladies. I crossed the street and asked him what he thought about the tract, and if he had any questions. His answer surprised me. "This is right. There's nothing wrong that I can see in here. We are sinners- all of us." His comments after that were not quite as theologically correct- his subsequent comments indicated that although he recognized that all people were sinners, he had never heard about God's solution to our sin problem, namely the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. But that encounter opened the door for Pastor Proh and I to return and begin teaching him the Gospel. His name is Keang, and since that day we have met with him several times, and have nearly completed our presentation of the Gospel to him. Please pray for him, and for Pastor Proh, who is doing most of the teaching. At the very moment that we were meeting Keang for the first time, Pastor Proh's wife, Chenda, was meeting with a lady in her 60's named Om Pom ("Om" literally means "aunt") who was also very receptive to the Gospel. Chenda has met with Om two more times since meeting her initially, and Om still has a receptive heart. Please pray for these two precious people, that they will understand and respond positively to the message of the Gospel.
Various Updates/Prayer RequestsLa: Thank you to those who have been praying for La, the young man we have been working with for the past eight months or so. After being saved and baptized, he has continued to come faithfully to church, and is now helping collect the offering. Collecting the offering includes praying for the offering. Although he still has a severe stutter, it is a blessing every time I hear him pray, knowing that there is not one person in our church who laughs at or mocks him. Usually after he prays, he immediately looks at me, and I always give him a nod and a smile of approval, to which he responds with an ear-to-ear smile of his own. His schooling is also progressing well, and I am happy to report that he is now reading and writing in Khmer on a basic level. This is a huge step for him. Thank you Bro. Doug Widmer and the Sunday school class at Corinth Baptist Church of Loganville, Georgia, for your investment in this young man's life.
Srey Noich: Srey Noich is the teenage girl who received Christ as her Savior a few months ago as a result of the children's ministry that we started. While her parents will not allow her to be baptized, they still allow her to come, and she comes extremely faithfully. Last week she gave a testimony that her grandmother is constantly trying to convince her not to come to church, but that she can't help but come because of the desire that God put in her heart to come. Please continue praying for Srey Noich.
Srey Neat: Srey Neat is the teenage girl who was attending our services for a couple of months. When we met her she was living with her grandmother and alcoholic father, and her mother was living in a distant province. Recently her mother returned to live with Srey Neat, and since that time Srey Neat has not been in church at all, almost certainly because her mother did not approve. Srey Neat was about half-way through the salvation lessons when she stopped coming. Please pray for more opportunities to give the Gospel to her.
Reksmey: Reksmey is Pastor Tho's five-year-old girl (you can see her on the back of our most recent prayer card) and Ellie's best friend in our church. Reksmey was just diagnosed with what appears to be thalassemia, an incurable disease that destroys the red blood cells. The only treatment that we know about is continual blood transfusions. This was extremely difficult news for everyone, especially Pastor Tho and his wife, Chan. Please be in prayer for this precious family, and for me as I will take them to meet a Christian doctor next week to discuss this situation.
In Christ,
Chad Phillips
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Testimony from a Discouraged Missionary
I must confess that I'm a bit hesitant to publish what I'm about to write here. There is always the danger of a missionary coming across as a whiner if he includes in his written reports descriptions of his discouragements and difficulties. But I am willing to take that risk in this post, because I believe anyone who reads this entire article will walk away with a renewed understanding of the Good Shepherd's spiritual protection over His sheep.
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David and Victoria Beckham's son Romeo turned eight and mum and dad threw a party at a location sure to please any youngster: The Ultra Zone Laser Tag centre.
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Windows Longhorn: still the most exciting Windows UI to date
Summary: This is a gallery showcasing some of Microsoft's UI thoughts during the most visually-exciting period of Windows development: Windows Longhorn.
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Here's an example showcasing Microsoft's preview pane, where just about any type of information could be shown about a document, application, or anything else that could take advantage. Developers were going to be given access to APIs that would allow them to code whatever they wanted from their application into the preview pane.
This screen shot shows a lot going on: document stacks, preview pane information, contacts in the sidebar, and more. Longhorn was going to make the most of providing as much information as it could, all in the most attractive way possible.
Though you can't tell, the seemingly static image in the preview pane was actually an animation! In fact, the preview pane could consist of all moving parts, if a developer wanted to do as such for their application. In some of the later pre-cancellation builds of Longhorn, Microsoft included preview pane auroras, which all varied in color (depending on the type of folder that was opened) and were coded in XAML.
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November 22, 2014
Just before 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday night, an employee of Marianna Industries got his arm caught in a production machine
Omaha police responded, they said he was working on the machine at the time.
Fortunately, the man only received minor injuries. He was transported to Bergan Mercy Hospital.
Marianna industries' website says they develop and produce beauty products.
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Studying single-molecule machines in action
In the development of future molecular devices, new display technologies, and "artificial muscles" in nanoelectromechanical devices, functional molecules are likely to play a primary role.
Rotaxanes, one family of such molecules, are tiny, mechanically interlocked structures that consist of a dumbell-shaped molecule whose rod section is encircled by a ring. These structures behave as molecular "machines," with the ring moving along the rod from one station to another when stimulated by a chemical reaction, light or acidity. To realize the potential of these molecular machines, however, it is necessary to understand and to measure their function at the nanoscale. Previous methods for observing their operation have involved chemical measurements in solution and studying collections of them attached to surfaces, but neither has provided an accurate picture of their function in environments that are relevant to molecular-device operation. Now, a multidisciplinary team of researchers from UCLA, Northwestern University, UC Merced, Pennsylvania State University and Japan has succeeded in observing single-molecule interactions of bistable rotaxanes functioning in their native environment. The team's findings are published in the current edition of the journal ACS Nano. Led by Paul Weiss from UCLA and Fraser Stoddart from Northwestern University, the team developed a molecular design that firmly attached rotaxanes to a surface, enabling them to be individually examined in their native environment by a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). Using this technology, the researchers were able to record station changes by the rotaxanes' rings along their rods in response to electrochemical signals. Previously, rotaxanes had to be grouped for study because of their mobility and flexibility when attached to surfaces. And because STM instruments utilize an atomically thin tip to feel out nanoscale surfaces ― in much the same way a blind person reads Braille ― the rotaxanes' flexible nature made it difficult to study them individually. The research team's molecular design, however, helped significantly reduce this flexibility. The STM developed by the team enables much more detailed studies of molecular machines, leading to greater understanding of how they interact with their neighbors and how they might work together in nanoelectromechanical devices.
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I am sending you phots of my 2 quilt projects. One is the Lone Star, which I hand quilted and it is my first completed paper piecing project. The second is my Stars and Hexagon quilt which was inspird by a quilt I say in a museum in Richmond, VA. It is done in Civil War reproduction fabrics. I hope you enjoy them. Happy Piecing everyone.
Many thanks to Brenda for sharing her on-going project!
It's a charm quilt made with 1/2" Hexagons.
"I just completed this quilt for my niece as a wedding gift. I used the Christmas Sampler as my inspiration and included a personal message in the center using a fabric sheet and my ink jet printer. I have only been quilting for a year but this hobby has become a real passion for me."
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I started using Paper Pieces in 2005, when I retired from the work world. I actually started quilting in 2003. I really love handwork, people think I'm a bit bonkers, but I have taught several family and friends who also enjoy handwork!
This colorful quilt was a wedding present for a family member. It is made out of 1-1/4" hexagons and is King sized.
This quilt is based on an 1840s era quilt in the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. I have reproduced the central part of that quilt, and am finishing it off with a facing technique. It is now quilted with a Colonial knot on each petal.
Thanks for your templates! this quilt took 3-1/2 years to complete and there are almost 3000 pieces in it. I alread have design ideas for the next batch of 1/4 inchers!


text: Heritage Foundation Launches Ad Campaign Against Immigration Bill Print article Send a Tip by Michael Patrick Leahy 12 Jun 2013 post a comment On Tuesday, the Heritage Foundation launched an ad campaign against the Gang of Eight immigration bill. The $100,000 campaign will be entirely online, the Washington Post reported. Genevieve Wood, Heritage's vice president of marketing, said that "the bill is an amnesty proposal dressed up in feel-good 'pathway to citizenship' rhetoric." Ms. Wood added that the ad campaign's purpose is to "cut through the spin and show the proposal for what it really is—a rehashed version of the 1986 reforms that proved to be an abysmal failure." On Monday, Heritage released a report written by Derrick Morgan, Vice President for Domestic and Economic Policy, that concluded: "One claim made by the bill's supporters is that it would stop poor illegal immigrants from advancing on the path to citizenship. However, the loopholes in this provision render it essentially meaningless." The report also found that: A general amnesty of those unlawfully present in the U.S. would have very little economic effect, since those workers are already part of the labor force... From a fiscal standpoint, amnesty would increase the amount of tax revenue collected by government, as more work would be done "on the books" and wages could increase. However, such gains would be completely overwhelmed by an increase in government services and benefits accruing to newly legalized immigrants, especially means-tested welfare and entitlements for which they would now qualify. The report also noted that "after the 1986 amnesty, unlawful immigration surged." It concluded, "Congress ought to proceed piece-by-piece to secure the nation's borders, ensure the full enforcement of workplace laws that are already on the books, and reform America's broken immigration system to welcome those who wish to come to America lawfully and can contribute to the economy while not burdening taxpayers." According to Ms. Wood, Heritage's ad campaign is important because it gets the truth about the Gang of Eight bill out in the public dialogue. "The pro-amnesty crowd is trying every trick in the deceptive marketing handbook—from re-branding 'amnesty' as a 'pathway to citizenship,' to the old bait-and-switch of promising strong security and delivering nothing but amnesty instead." Heritage, she said, is "trying to shine some light on what the bill really does, so the American people won't be fooled again as we were in 1986."


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Understanding what's going on in storage arrays is like doing MAGIC
As the announcements and acquisitions which fall into the realms of Software Defined Storage – or "storage", as I like to call it – continue to come, one starts to ponder how this is all going to work in the real world. I think it is extremely important to remember that you are going to need hardware to run this software on. …
I think it's interesting to be in IT period. A lot of shifts going on right now. Back, middle and front end, as we move back to basically the old mainframe model, on a much much larger scale, in the buisness.
What's disturbing is how it tries to force itself into consumer products in sometimes very stupid ways. Think a router that needs the internet to be configured in the first place, a little while back. I'm also thinking some people who figured it would be a good idea to have all the processing done for games on servers. Both stupid ideas.
In the business, I'm a little worried it often ends up just leading to uncontrolled sprawls of unknown systems with no one competent taking care of them, all sitting in the cloud and getting charged to some company credit card.
Still, all this shift in buzzwords still all sounds like the same kind of challenges we've faced before, only with new buzzwords and with less technically savy salesmen getting in the way of what's really going on.
Real world concrete examples?
Do you have an real world concrete examples of business using such DAS/SANetc in their day-to-day business?
software defined storage is looking to be as confusing as SDN
the whole SDN space is a mess, even one of the early founders of the concept said as much.
SDS is looking to be just as bad, if not worse. At least with networking for the most part it is stateless. If a switch goes down, or a router goes out, you may(or may not) have some downtime but the amount of risk involved(IMO) is significantly less than if say your storage resource becomes unavailable!
It's important to keep things simple enough to manage and troubleshoot. I'm (thus far) not a fan of grid storage for transactional applications, I'm sure it's fine for object storage/archival etc. Too much risk for transactional. The software has to be really complicated.
Storage is often striped over a large amount of resources (networking significantly less so), and so you're obviously only as strong as the weakest link. A few years ago in a more traditional enterprise class storage array I had an incident where roughly 9/300 disk drives were operating at a drive temperature that was too low (19C). While the official operating specs of the drives listed operating temps WELL BELOW 19C, they did not say the firmware had hard coded instructions to exponentially slow down the drive heads the colder the drive got.
As a result these drives were returning 300-500ms response times. For volumes that are striped across every drive in the system(all of them) this naturally caused some problems. Most other drives were in the 20-30ms range and these were 10x that. It took some time to troubleshoot, at first I thought it was just bad drives so we tried replacing one of them to no avail. They got in contact with the manufacturer of the drive in question and they confirmed the behavior, and so the only short term course of action was to increase the temp. Fortunately the array was in somewhat of a private suite in the data center so we could increase the ambient temp in the room by about 3-4 degrees F which addressed the problem (along with closing off some cold air vents near the array). This allowed all drives to remain at 20C or above and the problem stopped. Fortunately the effects were not crippling, but they were noticeable. I believe the thermostat was set to 68 or 69 in the DC. Though the array sat upon a big steel plate which was ice cold, which may of contributed to a lower temp in the area around the array.
I don't know about others but I never considered 19C to be "too cold", if anything I would expect significantly colder to be too cold.. but it was an interesting experience anyway.
> Or do you come up with a method that allows a dynamic infrastructure
> that identifies where data is located and spins/moves the compute to it?
Doesn't Joyent try exactly that with their Manta storage?
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MENASHA, Wis. (AP) -- Two Menasha women convicted of stealing a freshly killed deer last fall and running it over with their car to break its antlers have each been fined over $2,000.
A Post-Crescent of Appleton report (http://post.cr/X0QEix ) this week says a hunter stopped at a local tavern Nov. 21 with the deer in his truck. He ended up having an argument with the two women there.
Authorities say the women decided to get back at him by driving over the eight-point buck. But the deer got caught under their car, and they dragged it down the road until they realized something wasn't right.
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The women were each fined about $2,150 for stealing wild game. The friend was fined about $260.
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By Drew Johnson
As the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications connect millions of diverse machines over networks, the goal is to make the combination of those machines greater than the sum of each type and to provide people with greater information and insight as the ecosystem expands.
To achieve this level of interconnectivity, businesses that depend on those machines need them to work reliably, securely, and cost-effectively – without human intervention. That's where an unexpected technology function comes in to help: crowdsourcing.
Crowdsourcing typically conjures up images of people-driven programs, like traffic information gathered from thousands of commuters or weather reports created by people supplying pictures and information from their mobile devices. Continue Reading »
By Jeffrey Welser
One of the watershed moments in the history of computing took place on Dec. 9, 1968. Douglas Engelbart and his team at Stanford Research Institute presented a technology demonstration that included the first public showings of the computer mouse, hypertext, dynamic file linking and shared-screen collaboration over a network. Those advances turned out to be essential building blocks for personal computing and Internet, and the event came to be called "The Mother of All Demos."
While only history will say for sure, I think we saw the glimmer of a similar new beginning last week at IBM Research – Almaden, in Silicon Valley. The IBM Cognitive Systems Colloquium signaled a shift from a singular focus on the von Neumann computing architecture, which has dominated computer science and the computer industry since the mid-1940s, to new architectures modeled on the human brain. Continue Reading »
By Jonathan Schaeffer
At the just-concluded G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, the leaders of the 20 major economies in the world agreed to "take strong and effective action" on climate change.
Still, at this critical juncture in the history of our planet, it is essential that the scientific world continue to document the dramatic climate changes occurring all across the globe.
One technological area gaining wider use is remote sensing. Today sensors are powerful and inexpensive, network access to remote data is increasing, scientific models are improving, and "big data" algorithms for crunching the numbers are more accessible. Continue Reading »
By Michael Dixon
While there is always interest in the exciting innovations in cities – such as intelligent transportation systems – the backbone of any city operation is comprised of efficient water pipes and reliable electrical wires.
The availability, delivery and consumption of natural resources like energy and water is far more important to cities than a new fleet of busses. Optimizing resources is particularly relevant for cities because of their impact on both livability as well as resilience. Continue Reading »
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With more than half of the world's population living in urban areas, cities have proven to have the winning model.
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In the future, successful cities will be those that have created local and global access to Big Data as sources of new game-changing dynamics. New city models will turn the passive pipes of city infrastructure into active ones, transcending their current use and freeing up yet untapped value.
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For more than 30 years, email has been stuck in a rut. It's still basically a list of messages that we plow through all day, every day—in our private and professional lives. The important stuff is hidden among the trivial and the routine. Sure, you can fiddle with rankings and do rudimentary searches, but, for all the time we spend dealing with our email, it's one of the least-evolved computer activities around. Think of it as a tax on your brain.
I probably speak for many people when I say that the first word that comes to mind when I think of email is "frustration." Actually, the word that comes to mind is less polite than that. That high level of collective frustration is what drove a talented team of software engineers and user experience designers at IBM to reimagine the domain—putting people and relationships at the center of things. Continue Reading »
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The microprocessor was one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. Those chips of silicon and copper have come to play such a vital role that they're frequently referred to as the "brains" of the computer. Today's computer designs put the processor at the center.
But the needs of businesses and society are changing rapidly, so the computer industry must respond with a new approach to computer design—which we at IBM call data-centric computing. In the future, much of the processing will move to where the data resides, whether that's within a single computer, in a network or out on the cloud. Microprocessors will still be vitally important, but their work will be divided up.
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To describe me as a health nut would be a gross understatement. I run five days a week, bench press 275 pounds, do 120 pushups at a time, and surf the really big waves in Indonesia. I don't eat red meat, I typically have berries for breakfast and salad for dinner, and I consume an immense amount of kale—even though I don't like the way it tastes. My daily vitamin/supplement regimen includes Alpha-lipoic acid, Coenzyme Q and Resveratrol. And, yes, I wear one of those fitness gizmos around my neck to count how many steps I take in a day.
I have been following this regimen for years, and it's an essential part of my life.
For anybody concerned about health, diet and fitness, these are truly amazing times. There's a superabundance of health and fitness information published online. We're able to tap into our electronic health records, we can measure just about everything we do physically, and, thanks to the plummeting price of gene sequencing, we can map our complete genomes for as little as $3000 and get readings on smaller chunks of genomic data for less than $100.
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Doing a U-Turn - driving test centre may return to Louth
By poddypoll | Saturday, April 02, 2011, 22:02
What a complete u-turn! Just a couple of months after the great and the
Oh, for the chance for learners to do this in Louth!
good decided that what Louth people really needed was to travel 15 miles
to take their driving test in an unfamiliar town on unfamiliar roads,
we have a possible change of minds!
The original reason for closing the centre was that it was not up to the
standards customers demanded, although all the customers I spoke to
were happy to have the centre based in a tent if it meant keeping it in
Louth. However, no alternative venues were deemed a suitable replacement
so making learners travel to Grimsby or Lincoln was the only solution
offered to the town.
Rumours are now afoot that it has been suggested the driving centre
could return to a temporary base within the Meridian Leisure Centre,
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. - Only WINK News cameras were along for a special New Year's Eve midnight ride as the Cape Coral Police department patrolled the streets. Our cameras captured a DUI arrest, some drug arrests and a roll-over collision that's still under investigation.
"We see a lot of traffic crashes," said Cpl. Andrew Satterlee, with the Cape Coral Police Department. "Once you get the alcohol, you get behind the wheel, (you lose) your ability to judge distances, act in emergencies. You may think you're not speeding but you are speeding," he said.
"New Years Eve, you know, you're going to have to deal with a lot more alcohol involvement, disturbances at the house, increase in drinking and driving."
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A Christian school that was criticized earlier this year for teaching creationism has closed due to a lack of funds.
Blue Ridge Christian Academy (BRCA) in South Carolina gained national attention in May after a photo of one of their creationist tests went viral. One of the test's questions asked students to state whether it was true or false that the earth was billions of years old. The correct choice was false.
Another asked, "On what day did God make dinosaurs?" The right answer was the "sixth day." more >>
A Seattle, Wash.-based group that advocates for intelligent design has sent a letter of protest to an Indiana public academic institute over a course that is allegedly biased toward atheism.
The Discovery Institute sent the letter to Ball State University President Jo Ann Gora on Tuesday regarding a course known as "Dangerous Ideas," an honors 390 seminar.
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Notable atheist intellectual and author Richard Dawkins has stirred controversy for recent remarks in which he refused to condemn what he called "mild pedophilia" that took place during his childhood.
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Ken Ham of the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY has asked supporters to pray for an overly negative reviewer of his museum who compared the experience to visiting "a concentration camp" for the way children are supposedly lied to.
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An Indiana-based academic institute has announced that while a physics professor who taught intelligent design will stay with the university, his proposed controversial course will not.
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Extremely friendly and helpful staff throughout the hotel. Very clean facilities and excellent breakfast! It was our third stay and we've not been disappointed by the Triana and will definitely be staying there again.
Lovely welcoming lounge & courtyard area. Pleasant friendly staff. One of the most comfortable hotel beds we've ever slept in! Nice little bar & restaurant in hotel.
Location, rooms and service were all great.
Really helpful communications before about car parking. And staff comms generally very good. I had the best night's sleep (10hrs) in months.
Nothing to complain about
A very clean, comfortable and quiet, hotel. A spacious room, excellent wifi, and a very good and reasonably priced breakfast buffet of Spanish and UK/N. American style food. Our room was on the inner courtyard and accessed by elevator; an in-room safe was provided. We rigged our own laundry line in the shower as the hotel laundry service was very expensive. There were a number of small variety stores and restaurants nearby the hotel from which to purchase water, snacks and tapas. The hotel staff were very helpful and courteous providing detailed information about the hotel services and about getting into the city by walking (about 20 minutes beside a lovely riverside walkway) or bus. Buses stopped conveniently right outside the hotel. They also assisted us immediately with an email print request when the hotel printer toner didn't function.
Hotel provided laundry service was very expensive.
Terrific value with a truly great breakfast buffet.Our room was very comfortable
View from bedroom was awful Air conditioning cannot be adjusted
Friendly staff, very welcoming, with guidance on our stay on check-in. Our room, facing the internal courtyard, was quiet with zero traffic noise. Breakfasts are excellent with a wide range of foods.
The air conditioning is switched off at 1am.! Reception apologised but said that this was the " auto setting" which could not be altered. Would recommend checking with the hotel prior to booking.
The receptionists were so knowledgeable and helpful and nothing was too much trouble. They provided timetables, ordered tickets for a show, suggested restaurants- and spoke excellent English. They were very friendly. The waiters were also helpful and friendly.
It was a bit farther from the town centre than we thought. It wasn't a problem as we both like walking and the weather was perfect.
Staff very friendly and helpful. Good size room with large bed. Cathedral and town centre only 15 minute walk. Good local tapas bars.
Breakfast should be included in price.
Location was ideal for us, just across the river from the main sights, close to buses and metro, a 15 minute walk into the main sight seeing area of Seville. Taxis were good value. Staff very helpful. Incredibly clean. Make sure you visit the ceramic shops in Triana before buying souvenirs in Seville. We did not eat at the hotel, we did not use their bars so cannot comment on those facilities.
Great internet. Excellent breakfast. Great multi-lingual staff.
Excellent hotel in a vibrant, atmospheric part of Seville.
We choose this hotel based on the positive reviews and the reasonable price and we weren't disappointed.It was ideally situated for us in a quiet location but only a short walk across the bridge from the main attractions. We opted out of the breakfast as we thought it a little pricey and there are a few local bars 2 minutes walk away that offer toast, coffee and fresh orange juice for only 3 or 4 euros. The staff are very friendly and helpful and are more than willing to offer advice and even book tickets and order taxis for you. We had a lovely double room with a massive comfy bed overlooking the courtyard. The bathroom was spotless and we were provided with fresh towels every day. We will definitely stay here again.
We are unable to comment on the food offered by the hotel as we didn't eat there. You are spoilt for choice when it comes to bars and restaurants. Overall we have nothing bad to say about the hotel.
rooms is spacious and clean, and the bed is very comfy. It's not right in the center but walking distance to the old town; my 6 years old daughter manged all the walks with me. Nice to have a safe private parking for my car. They even cleaned my front window and left a thank note!
Nothing to complain.
Great parking. The staffs stunning.
Very helpful friendly staff. Comfortable room and lovely breakfast. Very good location.
Hotel parking a challenge!
Girls at reception, spacially Ana. They were kind , helpful and efficient in receiving different requests, giving service and tips for what to do and where to go in the city. Generally kind staff of hotel which also included kitchen crew preparing and serving breakfast .Their behavior gave us the feeling of being welcome and well taken care of.
Elevators which everytime stopped with a shocking moment!
The king size,comfortable bed, the staff, the breakfasts
The staff ( maria, jose and rocio) were the friendliest i have ever met in a hotel. The tried to book us into a flamenco show and when there was no space recommended us two fantastic places to eat and see live dancing. The bar staff were full of advise of where to go and what to do, i would go back just to see them again. Lovely to meet them.
My brother & I stayed for 4 nights in this wonderful hotel in a quiet part of the Triana district only 15 minutes walk from the centre of Seville. On walking into the large foyer I immediately felt good about the hotel and it just got better and better. The staff on reception, that we met, Rocio, Beatrix, Ana & Maria were utterly lovely, friendly, and nothing was too much trouble, 'thank you' to you all! The room (216) was immaculate and, due to it being located in the inner courtyard, really quiet so we always managed a good night's sleep. The breakfast bar was great, we were having three sometimes four-course breakfasts such was the choice and quality!! So there you have it, price/location/quality all adding up to a great value for money stay, so book with confidence! BTW: On a walking back to the hotel on Thursday night we took a shortcut through the Triana indoor market and stumbled across locals performing Sevillanas, and it was truly magical!
Although we were only 2 people, we splurged on the Junior Suite for 3 nights, and it was wonderful. Very spacious -- dining room table for 6-8, living area with 2 white leather couches and coffee table. Nice sized bedroom and bathroom. Love the robes and slippers they provided. English speaking reception staff were all very helpful. We asked for help booking train tickets to Cordoba, and they booked them for us. Hotel is easy to find in Triana neighborhood. Triana is a fun, lively area to stroll.
About 20 minute stroll to old city, easy and pretty walk. But a tad far to pop into the room for a 15 minute break during the day. So we only went back to room once each day, for a couple of hours around 5-6 pm, before heading back out. Regardless, we would definitely stay here again.
location, room with king size double bed, free safe, cleanliness, staff, good breakfast.
Good hotel, value for money but it is on lovely river 20 min walk from centre
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Earlier this morning, we reported that Apple has expanded its "Your Verse" marketing campaign for the iPad with two new case studies. Now, the accompanying videos for each have been posted as TV ads on YouTube.
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Will the gold rush bring with it wealth and opportunity for locals in Malartic? Or will history repeat itself once again?
MALARTIC, Canada — Canada's gold rush is in full swing. It's boom time in Malartic, a sleepy, one-horse town in northwestern Quebec. Prospectors have struck gold and are digging an open-pit mine of monster proportions.
With demand for the precious metal hitting new highs, the mine is expected to bring jobs, people and life to the depressed town (population 4,000). People who were sitting on billions of dollars worth of gold have been uprooted to a new residential area.
The Osisko Mining Corporation speaks of a "win-win" scenario. Yet, the mood in the so-called boom town seems decidedly downbeat. Locals trudge past shabby corrugated iron buildings with grim resolve, seemingly oblivious to the untold wealth beneath their feet.
In this hard-bitten mining town, history repeats itself. At first, locals resisted the project, mindful of previous prospectors who came, saw and conquered, only to leave them in the lurch when the mines ran dry. It's a pattern that goes back decades.
In the end, however, they relocated quietly, agreeing to a settlement of CA$5,000 to leave behind their homes … and memories. It seems that Osisko is the best — albeit the only — bet in town right now, a golden opportunity for the lackluster local economy.
One man refused to budge. Ken Masse's house stands defiantly on a lunar landscape cleared for the big dig, surrounded by a wire fence festooned with red danger signs. He doesn't want to leave the home where he grew up and is refusing to negotiate with the company.
Bryan Coates, vice-president of the Osisko Mining Corporation, is confident that he will eventually reach a deal with the last man standing in the way of Eldorado. But, seconds later, he mentions legal proceedings to seize the land. A demolition crew could be called in before the year is out.
It's a likely outcome. Ultimately, the law is on the company's side. Quebec's mining legislation places access to natural resources above individual property rights, a North American legal relic that goes back to the 19th century Californian gold rush.
Osisko has spent tens of millions equipping the town's new residential area with gleaming institutions, roads and fixtures. But, relocation has been a harrowing experience. "People were really marked. Some haven't got over it," says Robert Charron, a local priest.
The scale of the project alarms residents. Fifty-five thousand tons of rock will be wrenched daily from a pit stretching two kilometers over a period of at least 10 years. Many feel that the town is yet again being raided, only this time at a faster and more furious pace.


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