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Primeval 2006
Limestone and Copper
90" x 16" x 16"
Terrestrial 2006
80" x 24" x 24"
Eliseo Garcia is a local sculptor whose works are created primarily from Texas limestone, marble and granite. His work is familiar to Irving residents as he was commissioned by the City of Irving to create a sculpture for a local park in 2001. The project allowed visitors to the Arts Center to watch and participate as Garcia created the piece.
Dwelling 2005
Painted Steel
66" x 42"
Larry Whiteley, a local artist, primarily works with metal to create one-of-a-kind pieces. His sculptures have appeared in several Irving Arts Center exhibitions. In 2001 he created Whiteley Metal Works.
It's a Slam Dunk 2007
Welded steel with laquer
126" x 30" x 30"
Square Deal 2008
Welded steel with laquer
95" x 22" x 20"
George Tobolowsky constructs his creations by transforming steel into a visual memory that reflects his personal / business experiences of the past several decades. An executive sho has analyzed humanity's trials in the legal and business world, Tobolowsky channels a solid understanding of metallurgy into whimsical and curvilinear forms.
A Dallas native, Tobolowsky earned his business and law degrees from Southern Methodist University. His minor in sculpture sparked a long standing relationship with Texas sculptor James Surls.
Goddess of the Golden Thighs and The Rape of Lucrece. On loan from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Goddess of the Golden Thighs 1964-1965/Cast 1969-1974
102 1/4 x 141 3/4 x 66 1/2 in.
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1974
The Rape of Lucrece 1955-1958
Painted steel
141 1/4 x 87 1/8 x 154 5/8 in.
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1974
Goddess of the Golden Thighs and The Rape of Lucrece are on long-term loan from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. as part of the Arts Center's affiliation with the Smithsonian Institution. The pieces are monumental in size and represent Nakian's interest in the modernization of classical mythology. They will reside in the Arts Center's outdoor Sculpture Garden and are free to view for the public.
Many of Nakian's pieces also reflect his connection with Abstract Expressionism and feature highly textured, roughly worked surfaces. The Rape of Lucrece is one of only three steel works by Nakian.
About the Artist
Reuben Nakian, American, 1897-1986, is noted as one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, He is known for his Modernist take on classical mythology. His illustrations and sculpture have appeared in nationally recognized museums including the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.


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NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon invites preschoolers to jam with Dora in the brand-new Dora the Explorer primetime special, " Dora Rocks !" premiering Monday, Jan. 14, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The half-hour adventure gives kids the opportunity to practice their musical skills and play interactive games learning geometry and catchy Spanish words and phrases. Emmy award-winning Dora the Explorer currently reaches more preschoolers than any other show on television (12.4 million), and averages a 4.9/661,000 K2-5 and 1.5 million total viewers.
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In "Dora Rocks!" Benny is having a sing-along party but he forgot to send out the invitations. Dora and Boots must get the microphone to Benny's Barn to call their friends to the party! They rush down the Noisy River, create a rocky avalanche to cross the Rumble Rocks, and arrive at Benny's Barn to call everyone to the barn. Then Dora, dressed in her pop-star outfit, performs a special song with all her friends.Nickelodeon's award-winning website, www.nickjr.com currently offers parents and preschoolers the opportunity to learn more about the " Dora Rocks" special and print out activities like a musical learning pack, make your own microphone, puppet theatre, and much more. Parents are able to submit videos of their kids rocking out to the song from the special for a chance to see them in a music video on TV and on the website. Nickjr.com also features a brand new online game for kids, "Dora Rocks: A Sing-Along Party Game" and there will be a Dora fan club sweepstakes giving away the ultimate music party, plus other "Dora Rocks" prizes. Nickelodeon brings the Dora Rocks! experience to Target's guests with exclusive Dora-themed merchandise. Now through April, Dora apparel, DVDs, electronics, toys, books and other products, will be available exclusively at Target stores and on Target.com. Additionally, the Dora Rocks! CD is now available at Target and other retailers, and features 12 upbeat tracks including the series theme song and tunes featured in the Dora Rocks! television special. About NickelodeonNickelodeon, now in its 33 rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 18 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).
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Tell us how you REALLY feel,
Mike. On a morning news program, Michael Boyd -- president of the
Boyd Group, an aviation research, forecasting and consulting firm
-- recently voiced his concerns about the Federal Aviation
Administration, and the current state of air traffic control.
"Well, the problem is, our air traffic control system is years
behind in terms of technology and eons behind in terms of senior
management," he said on CBS's The Early Show. Boyd also called the
FAA incompetent, Congress complicit and said controllers are
over-stretched and understaffed.
"The FAA has no fire under them," he said. "The Congress does
not put pressure on the FAA. The administrator comes in, says we're
working on it, walks out and the hearing's over. It's so
The FAA is currently investigating a slew of recent incidents --
most notably, five near-misses in the New York area just last
month, as reported by ANN. The
National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating why an
aircraft was allowed to depart off on the same
runway that had been assigned to an inbound
flight in San Francisco.
Boyd believes if the FAA is admitting to five incidents, then
the actual number is probably closer to 15.
He says the problem is not a new one and he doesn't believe it's
going to be solved any time soon. The air traffic control system
was designed without accountability -- if something screws up, you
can bet no one in management will get fired, said the 36-year
aviation veteran, who started his career with American Airlines in
"It's a controller -- you know, losing his health, working in
front of a screen, that takes all the heat," he said. "They're
understaffed and under-managed."
There are several examples of a single controller forced to man
a tower when FAA standards clearly say there should have been two,
Boyd said. As ANN reported, this was the
case last year at Bluegrass Airport in Kentucky. A single
controller was performing approach control and ground duties
simultaneously and Comair Flight 5191 took off from the wrong
runway, crashed and killed 49 of 50 people on board.
On top of inadequate controller staffing, there are way too many
problems with an antiquated system being run with bad equipment.
Just last week, he noted, the entire East Coast system went down.
Last month, it was the West Coast.
If things are so bad, has Boyd sworn off flying?
"I'm not scared to fly, but we could be a whole lot safer than
we are now and the skies really aren't crowded," he said. "What's
crowded is the FAA -- not managing it properly."
"They don't hold themselves to their own standards," he said.
"We've got to get people at the top of the FAA who are
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I'm one of those early Christmas decorators. As soon as November 1st hits…out go the pumpkins and in comes the Christmas tree. (Part of the reason I have a fake one…) I'm already thinking about Christmas decorations, gifts and the sumptuous feasts to come.
This past week I had the pleasure of attending a Holiday Tea at the new IKEA store in Richmond. A few of my blogger pals and I snacked on traditional Swedish nibbles from saffron buns to 'pepparkakor' (gingerbread), sipped tea and Glögg (non-alchoholic mulled wine) and chatted while surrounded by this years gorgeous holiday decoration collection.
I've never really looked at the food in IKEA's Swedish Food Market before, but after this feast, I will definitely be picking up a few items. Swedish cheese, yes please! Many of these items are only available around the holidays, so you won't want to miss them.
I really love how Ikea keeps their holiday decorations simple in traditional Christmas colours and their distinct Scandinavian style.
Of course my new favourite at IKEA was in attendance. The Strandmon Chair. I just wish I had a bigger space. Wouldn't a library be fabulous?!? I'd include one or two of these handsome gents and sit by the fire until Santa showed up on Christmas Eve.
I walked out buying more than an armload of decorations. Paper tree garland, little house string lights and white lanterns were just a few things I couldn't resist. You can see the full holiday collection on the IKEA website, but you better hurry…this stuff is going fast!
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Child Rights
Widespread violations of children's rights take place throughout the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The combination of high poverty levels, environmental degradation and corruption mean that many children do not enjoy their basic rights. These include the rights to food, water, housing, health and education.
The deeply held belief in child 'witches' also has a significant negative effect on children's rights. These children often suffer frequent violations of their rights to be free from torture, violence and abuse. Children who have been stigmatised as witches are usually rejected or abandoned by their families and communities. As with other street children, this means their rights to family life, to play, to be free from economic exploitation, and to be suitably cared for are all abused. Most importantly, the killing of children who have been stigmatised as 'witches' violates one of the most important rights – the right to life.
The Nigerian Government has international legal obligations to ensure that the rights of all children in Nigeria are properly protected. It is their responsibility to guarantee that all children's basic needs are met. It is also their duty to ensure that those people who violate children's rights are prosecuted and punished. They should provide proper alternative care for children who have been abandoned or who have been forced to leave their family or community.
We believe that all children have rights and that those rights must be protected. We work tirelessly to ensure that children's rights are respected and that the Nigerian Government fulfils its legal obligations. We believe passionately in the power of education to help protect children's rights and are working closely with our partners to make sure that children are empowered with an awareness of their rights.
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Clarence C Gravlee
Affiliation: University of Florida
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Race, ethnicity, and racism in medical anthropology, 1977-2002Clarence C Gravlee
Department of Anthropology University of Florida, FL, USA
Med Anthropol Q 22:27-51. 2008....
- How race becomes biology: embodiment of social inequalityClarence C Gravlee
Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611 7305, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 139:47-57. 2009..This model requires a shift in the way we articulate the critique of race as bad biology...
- Genetic ancestry, social classification, and racial inequalities in blood pressure in Southeastern Puerto RicoClarence C Gravlee
Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e6821. 2009..Much debate centers on the relative importance of genetic versus sociocultural factors in explaining racial inequalities in health. However, few studies integrate genetic and sociocultural data to test competing explanations directly...
- Skin color, social classification, and blood pressure in southeastern Puerto RicoClarence C Gravlee
Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 7772, USA
Am J Public Health 95:2191-7. 2005..We tested competing hypotheses for the skin color-blood pressure relationship by analyzing the association between blood pressure and 2 skin color variables: skin pigmentation and social classification...
- Education, genetic ancestry, and blood pressure in African Americans and WhitesAmy L Non
Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Am J Public Health 102:1559-65. 2012..We assessed the relative roles of education and genetic ancestry in predicting blood pressure (BP) within African Americans and explored the association between education and BP across racial groups...
- Discrimination, symptoms of depression, and self-rated health among african american women in detroit: results from a longitudinal analysisAmy J Schulz
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
Am J Public Health 96:1265-70. 2006..We examined the longitudinal association of self-reported everyday discrimination with depressive symptoms and self-rated general health...


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RENO, Nev. -- A man's body was found in the Truckee River late Saturday evening near Idlewild Park.
Reno Police officers say they were called by friends of the victim. The friends report they were floating down the river on inner tubes when they lost contact with their friend. He was last seen in the area of Oxbow Park.
When the friends couldn't find the man after searching themselves, they called the officials. After a search by Reno Police, Washoe County Sheriff's officers, and Reno Fire, the man's body was found in the area of Idlewild Park.
His name has not been released pending next of kin notification. Police say the death appears to be accidental drowning.
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First Hurdle
Survive Agent Diagnostics and earn deployment into Pacific City.
Get Connected
Locate and activate an Absorption Unit, alone or with another Agent.
Plugged In
Locate and activate every Absorption in Pacific City, alone or with another Agent.
Big Bang
Oversee the deployment and successful detonation of a Beacon, alone or with another Agent.
Hope Springs Savior
Detonate every Beacon in Hope Springs, alone or with another Agent.
Green Bay Savior
Detonate every Beacon in Green Bay, alone or with another Agent.
Raging Bull (Deluge DLC required)
Kill 10 Freaks in 30 seconds by shoulder charging.
Speed Scorer (Deluge DLC required)
Score 20,000 points in 1 minute in any Deluge arena.
The Big Score (Deluge DLC required)
Score 1,000,000 points in any Deluge arena.
The Blender (Deluge DLC required)
Kill 60 Freaks in 60 seconds using the blades on the helicopter.
15 Minutes of Maim (Deluge DLC required)
Survive the Deluge for 15 minutes in every arena.
Cartographer (Deluge DLC required)
Win a public match of Capture the Orb in every arena.
Decimator (Deluge DLC required)
Destroy 10,000 wave enemies in Deluge.
Deluge Domination (Deluge DLC required)
Complete all 50 waves of a Deluge arena.
Earth Wind Fire (Deluge DLC required)
Achieve 5x Combo, Blast, and Air in Deluge.
Project Sunburst (Deluge DLC required)
Play Deluge with Project Sunburst enhancements or with someone who has this achievement.
Wing-a-Ding-Ding (Toy Box DLC required)
Soar to over 500 meters in a single flight using your thrusters and Wingsuit
Run! Get to the Chopper! (Toy Box DLC required)
Kill 100 enemies in one minute using the Squad Chopper
Rocketeer (Toy Box DLC required)
Kill 50 enemies with your thrusters in a single airborne flight
Never Give It Up (Toy Box DLC required)
Win a Vehicle Tag Quick Match without ever having the Orb stolen from you
One Careful Driver (Toy Box DLC required)
Win a Vehicle Tag Quick Match without ever destroying you vehicle
Beyond the Infinite (Toy Box DLC required)
Develop all skills to level 6
Party Bus
Four Agents; one drive and three gunners, one a Battle Bus. Must jump through a Vehicle Stunt Ring.
Pile Driver
Kill 5 enemies with a single Ground Strike.
Mile High Club (Toy Box DLC required)
Get a club and boost into the air to club at least one enemy from a height
Hung Out to Dry (Toy Box DLC required)
Hang 5 enemies off the floor using Mag Grenades
Burnt Offerings (Toy Box DLC required)
Set 20 people alight with your thrusters in a single airborne flight
Tac Loc Takedown (Toy Box DLC required)
Successfully complete 5 Tactical Locations with all agents in the same Squad Chopper.
Street Sweeper
While driving a vehicle kill 5 enemies in a single power slide.
Pin Cushion
Use Harpoon Gun to pin 5 enemies to a single vehicle.
Create 30 explosions in 60 seconds.
25 Ways to Die
Find 25 unique ways to destroy your cloned body.
Car Jump
Leap from one fast moving vehicle to another.
Chopper Stomper
Leap from an airborne Agency helicopter and using a Ground Strike, kill at least one enemy.
Drive an Agency SUV into an airborne helicopter.
Kill 25 Freaks with thrown objects or vehicles.
Victory Roll
Alone or with another Agent, kill an enemy with a mounted turret while airborne and upside-down!
Mosh Pit
Land 20 successful hand-to-hand attacks in a chain. Under 3 secs between attacks to chain them.
Use the minigun to amass 20 enemy kills in a 10 second period.
Zero Factor
Use a UV weapon to amass 20 Freak kills in a 10 second period.
Jack of all Trades
Complete one of every objective type in Pacific City.
Pebble Dash
From the top of full-height Agency Tower, leap into the chimney stack and live to tell the tale.
City Glider
Wingsuit glide through the airspace of all islands in Pacific City without touching down.
Squad City Glider
4 Agents, Wingsuit-glide through the airspace or all islands in city within 30 secs of leader.
Open up a Can
Kill 5 enemies with a single gas cylinder.
Co-op Keepy-Up
Pass a vehicle back and forth between Agents 3x using UV shotguns. Vehicle must not hit the ground.
Rooftop Racer
Complete every Rooftop Race in Pacific City.
Wingsuit Racer
Glide through every Wingsuit Stunt Ring in Pacific City.
Jump a vehicle through every Vehicle Stunt Ring in Pacific City.
LIVE and let LIVE
Collect every Online Orb in Pacific City.
Who's the Daddy?
Develop each of your skills to their maximum levels.
Solid Block of Orbsome
Find and collect every Agility, Hidden, Renegade, and Online Orb in Pacific City.
King of the World
Find and collect every Agility Orb in Pacific City.
In the Net
Catch an Agility Renegade Orb or Driving Renegade Orb.
Renegade Runner
Find and collect every Renegade Agility Orb in Pacific City.
Renegade Racer
Find and collect every Renegade Driving Orb in Pacific City.
Speed Demon
Complete a Road or Rooftop Race
Street Racer
Complete every Road Race in Pacific City.
Tower Power
Complete the final phase of Project Sunburst at Agency Tower, alone or with another Agent.
Tellin' Stories
Collect and listen to an Audio Log.
Closed Book
Collect and listen to every Audio Log in Pacific City.
In Plain Sight
Find and collect a Hidden Orb.
Sixth Sense
Find and collect every Hidden Orb in Pacific City.
First Rung of the Ladder
Find and collect an Agility Orb.
Unity Heights Savior
Detonate every Beacon in Unity Heights, alone or with another Agent.
Light Bringer
Detonate every Beacon in Pacific City, alone or with another Agent.
All Under Control
Secure all Tactical Locations within one Cell stronghold, alone or with another Agent.
Location, Location, Location
Secure every Tactical Location in Pacific City for the Agency, alone or with another Agent.
Pest Control
Clear out and close down a Freak Breach, alone or with another Agent.
The Closer
Close down every Freak Breach in Pacific City, alone or with another Agent.


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Looking at DRM through a Non-CRAP Prism
The focus on digital rights management software not should be viewed only through the prism of greedy copyright owners playing digital dictator. True enough, there are numerous well founded gripes about the state of DRM and the patchwork of control mechanisms that frustrate and undermine the enjoyment of many a title (see ZDNET's editor talk about DRM as "CRAP.") However, the overall concept of managing rights through hardware as opposed to business models may warrant frank discussion. In particular as the traditional theatre to DVD/ancillary trajectory is compressed and challenged (when was the last time you were eagerly awaiting the arrival of the DVD after seeing the move in theatres?), the role of DRM becomes critical.
Where the consumer has the final say on the how's and when's of seeing a movie through various home devices, DRM may play a pivotal role in shaping that culture. For the economics of such a system to work the provision of content cannot be utterly unrestricted. It is important to recognize that the content industries cannot simply TIVO or DVD everything without going bankrupt. Yet with the promise of video on demand through the Internet, TIVO, etc., that is exactly what is happening.
In the absence of limitations imposed by business models, DRM may fill the void. For example, as release windows shrink, experiments with overlapping windows must rely on DRM. A release window with an unrestricted DVD simultaneously available with the film in theatres would likely result in a zero sum game. The DVD would likely sap the theatrical release of viewers. However, a theatrical release in conjunction with a restricted DVD, one that plays for only a week, can exploit two distinct audiences and promote the film for subsequent releases, such as pay TV and unrestricted DVD's. In addition, the appeal and price point of an unrestricted DVD will be preserved allowing consumers who want that experience the opportunity to have it.
This concept has attracted the interest of groups other than the industry juggernauts typically associated with DRM, such as Sony and Microsoft. The UK Film Group, for example, has recently opined on the close relationship between DRM and the changing world of film distribution. They argue for a deep exploration of DRM's application in the future. Hopefully they have a balanced approach that can serve as a real model.
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Museum of the Memory
(The beachside
market in Cartagena with statue of San Pedro, patron saint of fishermen.)
From the outside, El Museo de la Memoria looks like an enormous hovering prism. This museum, like Villa Grimaldi, dedicates itself to preserving the memory of those whose rights the dictatorship abused.
In a sleek, high-ceilinged hall of el museo, I watched Pinochet's coup on a monitor. It was 1973, and I hunkering down with a group of reporters in a hotel room, filming the bombardment of the presidential palace. Then I was listening through thick radio static to Salvador Allende's final address. Years later, I was mourning the murder of a reporter along with his weeping family.
Why does this matter? I think now I have a better answer than I did at Villa Grimaldi. It matters because although this part of Chile's history is over, it's not dead. The legacy of pain, fear, and oppression still walks and breathes in the memories of the people in our midst and in the national mentality.
When we arrived at
the final floor of the museum, I stepped out onto the balcony. The day was
sunny and summery, and I drank in the view of the city. It's hard to believe,
Katie and I agreed, that much of the wounded history in the museum
When we arrived at the final floor of the museum, I stepped out onto the balcony. The day was sunny and summery, and I drank in the view of the city. It's hard to believe, Katie and I agreed, that much of the wounded history in the museumhappened right here, and not so long ago.
Outside my forays
into Chile's past, I've been busy at the university, talking with students and
helping teachers. I've given two presentations so far and led several breakout
groups. I can thank SAW for preparing me for this role! In a presentation I
gave on prewriting, I went over some strategies.
As a lover of
metaphors, I tried to find one to express how fundamental prewriting is to the
writing process. I came up with this:
To further
emphasize this point, I had two volunteers perform a skit, a dialogue between a
feckless travel agent who has failed to prepare any plans for his client's trip
(the writer who didn't prewrite), and a traveler (the reader). It got some
laughs, so I consider it a success!
I have been learning far more than I have been teaching. Looking through the
eyes of the students, the United States is a peculiar place. Much of their impression of the
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chases, and bank robberies. It's amusing, but then how much does the average estadounidense know about Chilean
Last week I hit a milestone: 20 years old, although I've been feeling older (many of the students pegged me at twenty-five). Chileans don't throw big parties for birthdays; instead they have a special family dinner and cake. I must publicly thank Isabel, my madre chilena, for that layered chocolate raspberry cake, above. ¡La torta más deliciosa del mundo! Apparently here they make cake using really thin layers, panqueques. I already know I'll miss it!
I'll finish with Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), Nobel Prize-winning poet and politician, internationally acclaimed but especially beloved in his homeland, Chile. We visited the second of his three houses in Isla Negra, on the Pacific
coast. Neruda is buried
with his last wife Matilde here.
His house is filled
with the oddest collections: exotic insects, colored glass, busty ship
figureheads, ships in bottles, fantastic seashells… String instruments never
played, a sailboat never taken to sea. Neruda preferred to get dizzy the safe
way, by drinking with his friends on his beached boat.
With Lety, Loreto, and Katie, I went into a tourist shop called Casa del Arte blooming with little crafts and souvenirs. I found a few gifts, including a panpipe (zampoña) lapel pin. The owner/cashier asked me where I was from and whether I liked Isla Negra, and then he said he would give me a book, which he signed. It turned out to be an anthology of poetry in tribute to Neruda. Alfred Asís, I discovered, is both the owner of the shop and a poet. The back cover reads: "El espíritu de Pablo está presente en cada rincón del mundo"—Pablo's spirit is present in every corner of the world.
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Our new animation, featuring Baroness Glenys Kinnock
Here at Wherever the Need, we continue to champion sustainable sanitation as the most efficient way to alleviate poverty. Whilst we continue to give some of the poorest people in the poorest countries a fighting chance, our progress is slowed because many people are unfamiliar, ill informed or turned off by the topic. Our last news article focused on the importance of sanitation within the context of providing people with an effective education programme, and highlighted the improved enrolment rates of young girls by providing them with hygienic and safe sanitation facilities. Our new animation looks at the bigger picture. [caption id="attachment_6623" align="aligncenter" width="486"] Glenys Kinnock at The Soundhouse Studios[/caption] The animation, created with the help of Bradley Bailey, will generate awareness of the issues surrounding inadequate sanitation and clearly explain how a toilet can change a life. In order to do this, we've presented the information in a vibrant, exciting and engaging way. After seeing an early draft of the animation, Baroness Glenys Kinnock kindly offered to narrate it. In reference to the animation, Glenys Kinnock said: "I am delighted to be able to help its efforts through this informative and fascinating animation". ...
Sohail Rahman Reports on India's Sanitation Problems
Reporting for Al Jazeera, Sohail Rahman covers the sanitation problems facing India, which become increasingly pressing as population growth and urbanisation continue apace. Broadcasting from New Delhi he exposes the shocking statistics, including the fact that over 50% of Indians do not have access to a clean, constructed toilet and how 60% of all defecation in the world occurs in India. It is also demonstrated how this is not just an individual issue, as the World Bank reported last year that poor sanitation cost the country $54 billion as a result of the related health issues, decreased productivity and reduced tourists. You can now watch the short clip below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI_Q0ejCd7Y
UK Government Recognises Sanitation as Human Right
The World Health Organisation and the United Nations Children's Fund in their 2012 Joint Monitoring Programme report estimated that over 1/3 of the world's population do not have access to adequate sanitation. The WHO also estimates that 1.4 million children are dying from diarrhoeal disease every year, the vast majority of which is due to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene; yet access to sanitation is one of the most off-target Millennium Development Goals. Following a review of international law, under the remit of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the UK government has formally recognised access to Sanitation as a human right under international law. In accordance with this, the Secretary of State for International Development (Andrew Michell) has committed to doubling the UK's ambitions on water, sanitation and hygiene to reach at least 60 million people by 2015. Hopefully this commitment by the UK government will mean that many of these deaths, which are mostly preventable with innovational projects such as WTN's Ecosan initiatives, can be avoided. If you, like the UK government, feel that sanitation is not getting the recognition the issue merits, please begin supporting us today, by signing up to follow us online (Facebook, ...
Private sector has potential to aid development, but beware the pitfalls
The Department for International Development (DFiD) wants to focus on the private sector but it must look closely at the risks. The private sector is not accountable to the public in the way the public sector is. Sanitation and water systems are often not available for the poorest people – and private developers cannot be held legally accountable for not offering them. The UK's Department for International Development awarded Vodafone funding to set up a mobile banking project in Kenya in 2003. DfID is keen to get the private sector involved in development projects. Read whole article Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Fiona Bruce narrates our new film
Well known BBC newsreader and presenter Fiona Bruce is the voice-over for our latest film, "Independence, not Dependence". The video gives an introduction to who we are, what we do and why we do it. We believe in creating the conditions to allow people to become empowered and independent in their way out of poverty, not becoming dependent upon foreign aid. Find out more by watching the film below.
India, Bihar: 'Dirty, horrible job' of manual scavengers
A manual scavenger carries a tin of human waste from a dry latrine. Photo: BBC "The worst thing is that the baskets we carry the waste in, often leak and drips down over your clothes", manual scavenger Lakshmi Devi from rural Bihar tells BBC correspondent Mike Thomson. All her seven children are boys who clean out sewage tanks for their work. Manual removal of excreta (night soil) from "dry toilets" is the job of 'dalit' (low caste) women in India. "If I had a daughter I would rather that we all die of hunger than allow her to do the work we do", Lakshmi said. Listen to Laksmi Devi's interview (10 Nov 2010), which was broadcast on BBC Radio 4, and read a background article (17 Nov 2010) by Mike Thomson on scavengers from the serie on "India's forgotten people".
India: "We need a sanitation revolution"
India: 'We need a sanitation revolution here', says adviser to Urban Affairs minister Speaking at a workshop on the 'City Sanitation Plan' in Bangalore, the Adviser to Karnataka state Chief Minister on Urban Affairs A. Ravindra said: "We need a sanitation revolution in the country. There is a need to create public awareness and use innovative and low-cost technologies for better sanitation". Adding to this, at the inauguration if the workshop, the Karnataka state Minister for Urban Development S. Suresh Kumar stated: "It is unfortunate that we have not made sanitation our priority. This is evident as according to a recent report, there are more mobile users than toilet users in the country. Sanitation does not only mean using toilets; it also includes efficient solid waste management, underground drainage network, and keeping our cities and towns clean". Karnataka is looking to rank first in the second round of the National City Rating under the National Urban Sanitation Policy to be announced on 8 December 2010. In the first round in May 2010, Mysore secured the second place, while the eighth, 12th, 15th and 22nd positions went to Bangalore, Mangalore, Mandya and Bidar respectively. "We must strive to secure the first position next year. We must work ...
World Toilet Day, November 19th
November 19th is World Toilet Day. Join the Big Squat! A day to celebrate the importance of sanitation and raise awareness for the 2.6 billion people (nearly half of the world's population) who don't have access to toilets and proper sanitation. Where there are no toilets: 2.6 billion people worldwide are without access to proper sanitation, which risks their health, strips their dignity, and kills 1.8 million people, mostly children, a year. Diarrhoeal diseases kill five times as many children in the developing world as HIV/AIDS. That's 5,000 children DYING EVERY SINGLE DAY. Not only that, but the disease kills more children than either malaria or AIDS, stunts growth, and forces millions - adults and children alike - to spend weeks at a time off work or school, which hits both a country's economy and its citizens' chances of a better future. The majority of the illness in the world is caused by faecal matter. Lack of sanitation is the world's biggest cause of infection. One gram of faeces can contain 10 million viruses, one million bacteria, 1,000 parasite cysts and 100 parasite eggs. Safe disposal of children's faeces leads to a reduction of nearly 40% in childhood diarrhoea. Wherever the ...
Haiti: hygiene promotion is key
Haiti: hygiene promotion is key to preventing nationwide cholera epidemic, says Save the Children as death toll passes 900 As the death toll from Haiti's cholera epidemic reached 917 on 12 November 2010, Save the Children says the best way to reduce the disease's spread is to arm people with information and supplies to improve hygienic practices. Cholera has reached the capital Port-au-Prince, where 27 deaths have been recorded and over 1.3 million earthquake survivors living in tent camps are at risk. Throughout the country 14,600 cholera victims have been hospitalised. The United Nations forecasts up to 200,000 Haitians could contract cholera as the outbreak extends across the country of nearly 10 million, and says $163.9 million in aid is needed over the next year to combat the epidemic. In Gaston Margron, a camp where Save the Children works, the first suspected case of cholera has been identified. With a large number of deaths happening in the community, Save the Children fears that people may not be able to access health facilities when illness strikes. Also of concern is that people may not recognize the importance of seeking heath care immediately when they have any signs of symptoms – namely, acute watery diarrhea. Nick Ireland, ...
The good news of the decade?
Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his unique visuals, proposing a fascinating theory: We're winning the war against child mortality.
Guardian podcast on the MDGs
In the wake of the UN millennium development goals summit, the Guardian looks at the challenge of meeting the needs of the world's poorest and ask what should happen to global development after 2015. Listen to the podcast here
The urban disaster
For the first time in the history of mankind, more people live in an urban environment than a rural one and in just 20 years, over 60 per cent of the world's population will live in cities and towns. This Red Cross World Disasters Report 2010 focuses on urban risks around the world: Chapter 5 - urban risk to health (PDF 421kb) Find the full report here: www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr2010/summaries.asp
Which bottom billion?
Approximately three quarters of the world's 1.3 billion poor people today live in middle-income countries, with the others living in low-income countries, mostly in Africa. See the interactive data here: http://gu.com/p/2jkxe
The World's Toilet Crisis
Vanguard correspondent Adam Yamaguchi travels to India, Singapore and Indonesia to understand why people don't use toilets and what's being done to end the practice of open defecation. When human waste isn't contained or flushed down the toilet, it's everywhere - in streets, open fields and, most dangerously, in the very water people drink. Adam investigates how countries are trying to solve an epidemic that few people want to talk about - the world's toilet crisis:
UN declares sanitation and water a human right
After more than 15 years of debate on the issue, the UN has passed a resolution declaring "the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights". The 192-member Assembly also called on UN Member States and international organisations to offer funding, technology and other resources to help poorer countries scale up their efforts to provide clean, accessible and affordable drinking water and sanitation for all. Read the full resolution text here: http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=A/64/L.63/Rev.1
A photographer's encounter in Kroo Bay
Shocked by the extreme unsanitary conditions he came across, a photographer has tried to document the living conditions in a Sierra Leone slum. See more here: http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/cover_stories/kroo_bay
Sanitation saves lives
It has been shown that countries with the greatest improvement in sanitation are 8 - 9 times more likely to have the greatest reduction in infant and child mortality. Read more here: http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/content/6/1/12
Reading between poverty lines
Are poverty levels in rural India higher than has been previously thought? Find out more here: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/361
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That Jay-Z/Panjabi MC joint has made East Indian sounds hot again. But the last time it happened, via the Beatles and Ravi Shankar, the music was more about the chilling than the dancing. These deep live improvisations by Ghazal -- sitarist Shujaat Husain Khan, spike fiddle virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor, and tabla drummer Sandeep Das --recall the days when your mom studied the lava lamp on the rec-room floor while listening to side 1 of ''The Concert for Bangla Desh'' on auto-repeat. The exchanges combine Persian and Hindustani classical styles, often in a ricocheting call-and-response mode, with Kalhor picking rapid-fire pizzicato lines to answer Khan's heady note flurries. It's trance music that may make you renounce Paul Oakenfold.
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It has been selected due to its mathematical properties and practical benefits. In particular, deformation is characterized by cubic B-splines since they offer an excellent balance between computational cost and accuracy. Moreover, due to the non-differentiability of the functional, the logarithmic barrier function is used for generating a standard optimization problem. Results have provided a very good trade-off between accuracy and efficiency, indicating the potential of the proposed approach and proving its stability even under complex deformations. 2014-12-02T09:18:48Z Virtual Robot: a new teleoperation paradigm for minimally invasive robotic surgery http://hdl.handle.net/2117/24036 Title: Virtual Robot: a new teleoperation paradigm for minimally invasive robotic surgery Authors: Hernansanz Prats, Alberto; Amat Girbau, Josep; Casals Gelpi, Alicia Abstract: This paper presents a novel teleoperation paradigm, the Virtual Robot (VR), focused on facilitating the surgeon tasks in minimally invasive robotic surgery. The VR has been conceived to increase the range of applicability of traditional master slave teleoperation architectures by means of an automatic cooperative behavior that assigns the execution of the ongoing task to the most suitable robot. From the user's point of view, the VR internal operation must be automatic and transparent. A set of evaluation indexes have been developed to obtain the suitability of each robot as well as an algorithm to determine the optimal instant of time to execute a task transfer. Several experiments demonstrate the usefulness of the VR, as well as indicates the next steps of the research. 2014-09-12T07:59:00Z ASSAM: enhancing autonomy through mobility http://hdl.handle.net/2117/23682 Title: ASSAM: enhancing autonomy through mobility Authors: Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Martínez Velasco, Antonio Benito; Millet, Sandra; Pla, Llluisa Abstract: El objetivo principal del proyecto ASSAM es contribuir al desarrollo de la próxima generación de herramientas de soporte a la movilidad inteligentes y semiautónomas para gente mayor y gente con discapacidades (física y/o cognitivas) de forma que puedan ser suficientemente independientes para vivir de forma autónoma en la comunidad. El enfoque de ASSAM consiste en desarrollar 3 plataformas de movilidad distintas orientadas a diferentes perfiles funcionales que estará equipado con un modulo de soporte cognitivo a la navegación para potenciar la autonomía y bienestar de los usuarios y sus habilidades para mantener un estilo de vida independiente. En este artículo presentamos el proyecto y su contexto. The main goal of the ASSAM project is to contribute to the development of the next generation of intelligent and semi-autonomous mobility support tools for older persons and people with disabilities (both cognitive and/or motor) so that they can be self-dependent enough to autonomously live in the community. The approach of ASSAM is to develop three different mobility platforms for different functional profiles that will be equipped with a navigation cognitive support that will enhance the autonomy and well-being of the users and their abilities to maintain independent life styles. In this paper we introduce the project and its context 2014-08-27T09:33:37Z Exploring improvements on the complexity-performance ratio and usability of surgical robots http://hdl.handle.net/2117/23589 Title: Exploring improvements on the complexity-performance ratio and usability of surgical robots Authors: Casals Gelpi, Alicia; Frigola Bourlon, Manel; Bergés Martín, Eduard; Amat Girbau, Josep Abstract: Surgical robots are endowed with valuable features that allow surgeons mproving their work in terms of accuracy, quality, efficiency and liability. Tremor reduction, scaled movements, virtual fixtures, pre and intraoperative imaging are some examples of enhancing aids for the surgeon. Moreover, being robotics surgery still at an early phase of development, current research efforts are focused to develop robotic systems able to solve more complex tasks, though the associated costs of robotics makes the convenience of its use in some kind of interventions questionable. After analyzing the main performances and limitations of current surgical robots, this paper foresees dvances towards ideal robotic systems that satisfy the requirements of future robots. 2014-07-23T09:13:45Z An alternative discrete-time model for networked control systems with time delay less than the sampling period http://hdl.handle.net/2117/22838 Title: An alternative discrete-time model for networked control systems with time delay less than the sampling period Authors: Torres Guerrero, Gina; Velasco García, Manel; Martí Colom, Pau; Martín Rull, Enric Xavier; Fuertes Armengol, José Mª Abstract: The majority of existing Networked Control Systems (NCS) models are discrete-time formulations based on the exact discretization of the continuous-time linear plant over a sample interval. In the state-space formalism, standard control textbooks suggest that a simple approach to model discrete-time LTI systems with time delay shorter or equal than the sampling period is to extend the state vector with a new state variable representing the last control signal, which implies increasing the order of the model by one. In this paper an alternative state-space model for discrete-time LTI systems with time delay is introduced that does not require increasing the order of the model. The relation between both the standard model and the new model is established, and the potential benefits of the new model with respect to the standard one are discussed. Numerical examples illustrate the concepts discussed throughout the paper. 2014-05-06T09:49:17Z AI based fall management services: the role of the i-Walker in I-DONTFALL http://hdl.handle.net/2117/20282 Title: AI based fall management services: the role of the i-Walker in I-DONTFALL Authors: Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Martínez Velasco, Antonio Benito; Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Annicchiarico, Roberta Abstract: Falls are a major international public health challenge because of the myriad effects on older individuals: direct physical and psychological injury; fear of falling and activity limitation; reduced social participation and quality of life; increased dependence; and because of the economic impact on health and social care providers. In nowadays ageing society, many people require assistance for safe pedestrian mobility. In some cases, assistive devices require a certain degree of autonomy when the persons' disabilities difficult manual control. Our aim is to develop an open and innovative reference architecture, based upon ontologies and agent services, that will allow plug and play and cost-effective interconnection of existing and new services in all domains required for the independent and autonomous living of the elderly and their enhanced Quality of Life (QoL). 2013-10-03T11:45:56Z Improving the development of surgical skills with virtual fixtures in simulation http://hdl.handle.net/2117/20263 Title: Improving the development of surgical skills with virtual fixtures in simulation Authors: Hernansanz Prats, Alberto; Zerbato, Davide; Gasperotti, Lorenza; Scandola, Michele; Fiorini, Paolo; Casals Gelpi, Alicia Abstract: This paper focuses on the use of virtual fixtures to improve the learning of basic skills for laparoscopic surgery. Five virtual fixtures are defined, integrated into a virtual surgical simulator and used to define an experimental setup based on a trajectory following task. 46 subjects among surgeons and residents underwent a training session based on the proposed setup. Their performance has been logged and used to identify the effect of virtual fixtures on the learning curve from the point of view of accuracy and completion time. Virtual fixtures prove to be effective in improving the learning and affect differently accuracy and completion time. This suggests the possibility to tailor virtual fixtures on the specific task requirements. 2013-10-02T11:51:54Z Simplified Voronoi diagrams for motion planning of quadratically-solvable Gough-Stewart platforms http://hdl.handle.net/2117/19513 Title: Simplified Voronoi diagrams for motion planning of quadratically-solvable Gough-Stewart platforms Authors: Vaca Alzate, Rubén Hernando; Aranda López, Juan; Thomas, Federico Abstract: The obstacles in Configuration Space of quadratically-solvable Gough-Stewart platforms, due to both kinematic singularities and collisions, can be uniformly represented by a Boolean combination of signs of 4×4 determinants involving the homogeneous coordinates of sets of four points. This Boolean combination induces a measure of distance to obstacles in Configuration Space from which a simplified Voronoi diagram can be derived. Contrary to what happens with standard Voronoi diagrams, this diagram is no longer a strong deformation retract of free space but, as Canny proved in 1987, it is still complete for motion planning. Its main advantage is that it has lower algebraic complexity than standard Voronoi diagrams based on the Euclidean metric. 2013-06-05T08:29:02Z Design of a 3-DoF joint system with dynamic servo-adaptation in orthotic applications http://hdl.handle.net/2117/19415 Title: Design of a 3-DoF joint system with dynamic servo-adaptation in orthotic applications Authors: Amigo, Luis; Casals Gelpi, Alicia; Amat Girbau, Josep Abstract: Most exoskeleton designs rely on structures and mechanical joints that do not guarantee the right match between the orthosis and the user. This paper proposes a virtual joint model based on three active degrees of freedom aimed to emulate a human joint. 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En este sentido es importante que los exoesqueletos se adapten a los movimientos del paciente y no al revés. Este artículo presenta un ortesis para la extremidad superior con servoadaptación dinámica para la articulación del codo con el objetivo de reducir las fuerzas de interacción causadas por el desalineamiento entre el robot y la extremidad superior. Se estudia además el grado de asistencia que se debe efectuar durante la terapia con el objetivo de promover la neuroplasticidad y que el paciente trabaje en la totalidad de sus capacidades optimizando así la recuperación. 2013-05-27T14:28:48Z Sistema integrado de posicionado, visualización y acotamiento de áreas de trabajo en cirugía ortopédica http://hdl.handle.net/2117/19412 Title: Sistema integrado de posicionado, visualización y acotamiento de áreas de trabajo en cirugía ortopédica Authors: Casals Gelpi, Alicia; Basomba Feliu, Joan; Bergès, Eduard; Frigola Bourlon, Manel; Amat Girbau, Josep Abstract: La percepción que el cirujano tiene de la intervención que está realizando es esencial para garantizar una operación segura y eficiente. En cirugía robotizada los sistemas de percepción disponibles son muy limitados, lo que puede paliarse generando información visual a proyectar sobre el paciente. El trabajo describe el modo de generar y proyectar la imagen 3D obtenida por TAC, así como trayectorias previamente planificadas, que serán de ayuda al guiado. Esta información es también utilizada para el guiado del robot que trabaja en cooperación con el cirujano, en modo comanipulación, evitando situaciones de riesgo y ayudando al cirujano en el guiado de los instrumentos quirúrgicos. 2013-05-27T13:52:06Z Study of patient-orthosis interaction forces in rehabilitation therapies http://hdl.handle.net/2117/19405 Title: Study of patient-orthosis interaction forces in rehabilitation therapies Authors: Amigo, Luis; Fernández, Quim; Giralt Ludevid, Xavier; Casals Gelpi, Alicia; Amat Girbau, Josep Abstract: The design of mechanical joints that kinematically behave as their biological counterparts is a challenge that if not addressed properly can cause inadequate forces transmission between robot and patient. This paper studies the interaction forces in rehabilitation therapies of the elbow joint. To measure the effect of orthosis-patient misalignments, a force sensor with a novel distributed architecture has been designed and used for this study. A test-bed based on an industrial robot acting as a virtual exoskeleton that emulates the action of a therapist has been developed and the interaction forces analyzed. 2013-05-27T10:52:03Z Detection of movements with attention or distraction to the motor task during robot-assisted passive movements of the upper limb http://hdl.handle.net/2117/19403 Title: Detection of movements with attention or distraction to the motor task during robot-assisted passive movements of the upper limb Authors: Antelis, Javier M.; Montesano, Luis; Giralt Ludevid, Xavier; Casals Gelpi, Alicia; Minguez, Javier Abstract: Robot-assisted rehabilitation therapies usually focus on physical aspects rather than on cognitive factors. However, cognitive aspects such as attention, motivation, and engagement play a critical role in motor learning and thus influence the long-term success of rehabilitation programs. This paper studies motor-related EEG activity during the execution of robot-assisted passive movements of the upper limb, while participants either: i) focused attention exclusively on the task; or ii) simultaneously performed another task. Six healthy subjects participated in the study and results showed lower desynchronization during passive movements with another task simultaneously being carried out (compared to passive movements with exclusive attention on the task). In addition, it was proved the feasibility to distinguish between the two conditions. 2013-05-27T10:27:19Z IT or not to be: the impact of Moodle in the education of developing countries http://hdl.handle.net/2117/19366 Title: IT or not to be: the impact of Moodle in the education of developing countries Authors: García Almiñana, Jordi; Somé, Michel; Ayguadé Parra, Eduard; Cabré Garcia, José M.; Casany Guerrero, María José; Frigola Bourlon, Manel; Galanis, Nikolaos; García-Cervigon Gutiérrez, Manuel; Guerrero Zapata, Manel; Muñoz Gracia, María del Pilar Abstract: E-learning environments, such as Moodle, provide a technology that fosters the improvement of the educational system in developed countries, where education is traditionally performed with relatively high standards of quality. A large number of case studies and research have been conducted to demonstrate how e-learning technologies can be applied to improve both training and learning processes. However, these technologies have not been proved efficient when applied to developing countries. The challenges that must be addressed in developing countries, both technological and societal, are much more complex and the possible solution margins are more constrained than those existing in the context where these technologies have been created. In this paper we show how Moodle can be used to improve the quality of education in developing countries and, even more important, how can be used to turn the educational system more sustainable and effective in the long-term. We describe our experience in implementing a programming course in Moodle for the Higher School of Informatics at the Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso (West Africa), joining efforts with local professors in designing and implementing the learning system. The case example has been designed having in mind a number of contextual problems: lack of lecturers, excessive teaching hours per lecturer, massive classes, and curricula organization and stability, among others. We finally discuss how the teaching effort is reduced, the students' knowledge and capacity improves, and the institutional academic model can be guaranteed with the proposal. For this reason, we claim that information technologies in developing countries are a cost-effective way to guarantee the objectives originally defined in the academic curricula and, therefore, deal with the problem of the education. 2013-05-22T07:16:25Z Lowering traffic without sacrificing performance in networked control systems http://hdl.handle.net/2117/14474 Title: Lowering traffic without sacrificing performance in networked control systems Authors: Martí Colom, Pau; Velasco García, Manel; Yépez Castillo, José Gregorio; Martín Rull, Enric Xavier Abstract: In Networked Control Systems (NCS), the amount of control data exchanged between sensors, controllers and actuators nodes highly depends on the control performance specifications given to each networked control loop. The periodic execution of each loop helps meeting the control specifications while imposing a static network traffic. 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In separate investigations at proprietary schools, we, along with other federal and state investigative agencies, found test administrators or school officials violated rules intended to ensure prospective students without high school diplomas pass required ATB tests before obtaining access to Title IV financial aid. For example, when GAO analysts posing as prospective students took the ATB test at a proprietary school, the independent test administrator gave them and all the test takers in the room--about 20 people in total--answers to some of the test questions. In addition, the analysts' test forms were tampered with: their intentionally incorrect answers were crossed out and changed to correct answers to ensure the individuals passed the test. Our work confirmed similar findings by Education's OIG and New York state investigators. These problems result, in part, from key weaknesses in Education's oversight of ATB testing. Under the ATB test program, Education is responsible for overseeing test publishers who, in turn, are responsible for certifying and monitoring test administrators who give the ATB tests to prospective students at schools. Regulations governing the test process require test administrators to be independent of the school where they administer the test and to submit test answer sheets directly to the test publisher for official scoring. The test publishers, in turn, are responsible for analyzing test scores and submitting an analysis of these test scores to Education every 3 years to help identify improper testing.
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Only half the classes are available. How do you unlock the rest?
EDIT: nevermind, I found the two IAPs.
This is actually pretty nice. I accidentally bought the standard version and played a few games at 2x on my iPad. Then I saw this version. Dammit. Since it was clear that it was more than an upscaled version, I went ahead and got this too. Oh, well. I think it's worth it, they did a nice job.
Can't find the IAPs.
Is the asynch or just synch?
To get an overview of all the cards see that. In the help section, which btw can be accessed during gameplay (some games can't) it has an card listing for each and every card.
Let me paraphrase from the HELP section:
Each mage uses 5 magical elements (Fire, Water [typo in help btw Warer], Air, Earth) and the fifth depends on mage type.
6 mages
Cleric uses Holy Power
Mechanician uses Mechanics
Necromancer uses Death
Chaosmaster uses Chaos
Dominator uses Control
Illustionist uses Illusions
To unlock the two IAPs play one single game vs. an AI opponent then enter Campaign mode and where you choose the type of mage you wish to play you'll see the lock icon.
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Demonologist uses Demonic
Sorcerer uses Sorcery
Beastmaster uses Beasts
Truth and Beauty Expansion Classes $1.99
Goblin Chieftain uses Goblins
Made Hermit uses Forest (like the Enraged Beaver)
Chronomancer uses Time
The CAMPAIGN mode is extensive. You can choose 3 different opponents and upon successfully defeating an opponent you get to choose 1 or 2 cards to have an upgraded ability. This is kind of the premise of the new kickstarter iOS game Solforge (same designer Richard Garfield) except leveling up will be within the same game 3 times. Also before each battle in Campaign you can change difficulty of opponent (Easy, Normal, Hard, Very Hard). You can create many campaigns and delete old ones if you wish. I hope though once a card is upgraded it'll remain upgraded even if that campaign is deleted in which that particular card was upgraded. I'll assume it is.
I couldn't get LAN play to work with two ipads (ipad 2 and ipad 3). Still trying to buy it for my iphone. Think it may have been removed. I'm glad I got to play Kard Combat as it introduced me to how excellent a game this is.
Spectromancer has ability to save your game and replay it (slow, normal, fast, very fast) if you wish. The in game log is extensive and if you just got utterly destroyed big time you can click on the card in the log file to see it's abilities and description.
No asynch I doubt it. A game, if not in realtime, would take forever I believe but I could be wrong about this as I only created an account online but yet to play online yet. There were 36 players online on one of the 5 realms (servers).
This is by far going to be the most played game for quite sometime I'd imagine. I didn't like playing Kard Combat in potrait mode on the ipad. This one is in landscape mode on ipad.
For people new to this game it does have a HINT button called "Get Advice" and it'll prompt you which card is ideal to play. Once you memorize all the cards the gameplay is extremely fast. When you start a game quickly scan all your cards which you have at play not just the ones you can summon at the time. It allows you to plan ahead for future turns.
Music in game is decent but ultimately I prefer to listen to my own music but the sounds effects are pretty cool.
Anyone know what in the options "Customize random class" means? By default all of the 12 mages classes are checked.
Think I played this on computer on Kongregate website some years ago.
Really liked that game. Even though there were only 200 cards (if Kong had the same amount) the tactical decisions seemed much more plentiful than for example your usual Magicthe Gathering deck.
There is only one thing that makes me hesitant about buying this game right away; I'm not sure how long the single player campaign is.
Then again with that price tag I believe the game is much more than worth it even with shorter gampaign.
Edit: Bah! The iPhone version link doesn't work and searching in the AppStore won't find it either.
Guess I need to wait a day or so.
Last edited by Faeryan; 08-26-2012 at 03:11 AM..
Apparently the iPhone version's been appearing and disappearing all day. For anyone who was lucky enough to get both versions, are there differences between the two? (Besides one being HD of course)
got the HD version and find it much more appealing than kard combat.
very nice game, probably will get both versions (iphone version seems to be slim-designed for portrait mode). retina-support would be nice some day.
this week is killing me, great releases all the way... need a second life for playing them all ;)
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The iPhone version is not in the UK App Store yet.
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When I did the first Plague Doctor Costume post in September 2009, it was difficult to find the signature beaked masks that the costume requires. Since that time, the costume seems to have become exponentially more popular. I'm amazed at how many masks are available. Since I can't explain it, I'm going to go ahead and take full credit for the trend. It really is a delightfully creepy image. And if you can get a friend or two to go along as a plague sufferer, even better.
For those of you who don't know, Plague Doctors appeared along with Black Death in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in Europe. Since there was no cure (or helpful treatment) for the disease, Plague Doctors mostly made house calls to determine if inhabitants had been infected. Believing that contaminated or foul air led to disease, the doctors wore beaked masks filled with herbs and spices. These masks also helped cover the reek of rotting dead bodies in the streets. Other essential parts of the costume include a wide-brimmed hat, which alerted people that the wearer was a doctor; a cane for directing people and prodding the diseased without making contact; and a long black overcoat which was generally waxed to keep sputum from clinging to the fabric.


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"This partnership between the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other City entities is the essence of Community-Based Government. The men and women of the LAPD are proud to be a part of this effort to address quality of life issues in the communities of Los Angeles," said Chief of Police Bernard C. Parks. "We know crime is less likely to occur in neighborhoods that are well maintained and free from graffiti."
The LAPD senior lead officers from Newton Community Police Station have spent the past several weeks recruiting volunteers for this event. Speakers at the event will include representatives from the Mayor's Office, Chief Bernard C. Parks and Councilwoman-Elect Jan Perry. Lunch will be provided to all volunteers at South Park. Several public agencies and community service groups will staff exhibits during the picnic from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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This year, we, along with some friends, went back to Grady's very first pumpkin patch, Hidden Creek Farms. We've been to some of the bigger farms — with tons of rides, food, games, etc, — but, honestly, I prefer the smaller, more quaint farms.
Let the pictures begin!
I can't help but start with this picture. Why? Because we took the EXACT same picture of Grady
and his (girl)friend, Abby, when they were but four months old!!
How crazy is that?!? After seeing that before-and-after, I wasn't sure if I wanted to smile or cry. Why is time passing so quickly?
Here are some of my favorites, including some amazing shots taken by my awesome hubby!
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a seriously fast slide!
We had an absolute blast. My only regret…where are the pictures of Daddy?!?!? Too often, he mans the camera and we both forget to capture him on the other side.