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NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) is recommending that its gas heating customers test their heating systems now, before the chilly weather arrives. If there's a problem, PSE&G will come out to start the unit -- at no charge -- through September 9, 2012.
"Chilly weather will be here soon, and one of the best things our gas heating customers can do now is to check their system to ensure safe and efficient operation before the colder weather arrives," said Joe Bassolino, PSE&G's manager of business development. "By testing their heating systems early, customers will be prepared for the upcoming cold weather. In addition, PSE&G will be able to respond more quickly at this time of the season if there is a problem."
PSE&G heating customers are advised to first inspect their gas-fired heating systems to ensure the units start and run properly.
- How to check your heating system:
- Verify that the area surrounding the unit is free of combustible items like boxes, paper, clothing, paint, etc.
- Make sure that the flue pipe is connected and in good condition.
- If you have a hot water boiler, verify that the indicator on the pressure gauge falls into the normal range (12-15 psi cold).
- If you have a steam heating system, check the water level in the sight glass. If it is low, turn on the water supply valve to bring the water level up to the half-way mark. Turn off the valve.
- For warm-air furnace systems, check and replace dirty air filters. Verify that the blower door is closed tight and correctly secured.
- Verify that all controls, valves, and electrical switches are in the "On" position.
- How to start up your heating system:
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- Set each thermostat mode to "heat" (if equipped) and raise the setting five degrees above room temperature. The heating system should start within a minute or two.
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300 Villages: Hoonah
This week we're heading to Hoonah, a small community on Chichagof Island in Southeast. Chris Erikson runs a guiding business in Hoonah.
300 Villages: Tok
This week, we're heading to Tok, where the community is coming together to rebuild a home for a family that lost everything in a recent fire. John Rusyniak is President of the Tok Chamber of Commerce.
300 Villages: Takotna
This week we're headed to Takotna, a village of around 50 people located on the Iditarod trail west of McGrath. Nell Huffman is the secretary of the Takotna community Association.
300 Villages: Tazlina
This week we're headed to Tazlina, a small community off the Glennallen Highway near Wrangell Saint Elias National Park. Sheila Hay owns The Aurora Borealis Bed and Breakfast in Tazlina.
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This week we're heading to Little Tutka Bay, a small community across the Kachemak Bay from Homer. Rick Harness owns a tourism business called Seaside Adventure; Rick is also a scuba diver.
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This week we're heading to the tiny community of Lake Minchumina in Interior Alaska. Charles Draper maintains the local runway and he volunteers at the village's library.
300 Villages: Hollis
This week we're heading to Hollis, a small community on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Bill Sharpes is the fire chief in Hollis on Prince of Wales Island.
300 Villages: Hooper Bay
This week we're headed to Western Alaska to the village of Hooper Bay near the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta. Fred Joseph Jr. is the tribal administrator there.
300 Villages: Chickaloon
This week, we're heading to Chickaloon, a small community located along the Glenn Highway, surrounded by mountains and glaciers. Patricia Wade is a member of the Chickaloon tribe.
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This week, we're heading to the community of Tununak, on Nelson Island. James James is the tribal administrator for the Native Villages of Tununak.
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This week, we're heading to Port Heiden, a community of about 100 people on the Alaska Peninsula. Scott Anderson is mayor of Port Heiden.
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This week, we're heading to the community of Chevak in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. James Tall lives in Chevak.
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This week we travel to the native village of Shaktoolik, a coastal village about 125 miles east of Nome on Norton Sound. Shaktoolik mayor Eugene Asicksik tells us more.
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This week we're headed 77 miles southwest of Bethel to the village of Kwigillingok. Andrew Beaver is the tribal administrator for the Native Village of Kwigillingok.
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This week we travel to southwest Alaska where Chris Carr and his wife, Leona, are the entire year-round population of Portage Creek, a speck on the map about 30 air miles southeast of Dillingham. The Carrs run a general store and a bush guiding service.
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This week we head to Kiana, a village of about 350 people on the Kobuk River about 30 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Bertha Barr works for the village's food distribution program.
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Asia Airlines Capacity and Cargo Traffic
Overall, airfreight demand in freight tonne kilometers (FTK) grew by an encouraging 4.7 percent compared to the same month last year. The average international freight load factor rose for the second consecutive month, by 0.8 percentage points to 66.1 percent in June, on a 3.4 percent growth in offered freight capacity. Source: Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
Drewry Air Freight Price Index
East-West airfreight rates were for the second month in a row largely unchanged in July with Drewry's East-West Air Freight Price Index only moving up by 0.8 points to 102.4 points. The small increase in pricing brought the index up to within 1.4 points of April's high and an impressive 8.2 points above last year's level, indicating the strength of the recovery in airfreight pricing over the last 12 months. Pricing stability has been supported by the removal of freighter capacity that has compensated for a seasonal rise in belly-hold space. Hence, Drewry expects airfreight rates to remain stable through August. However, thereafter pricing is expected to rise as new product launches, such as the iPhone 6, lead to a tightening of capacity. Source: Drewry Sea & Air Shipper Insight
European Airlines Freight Traffic
This is the monthly year-over-year percent change in overall freight traffic and Asia-Pacific freight traffic for European airlines. Asia Pacific fell in June 2014, and overall increased. Source: Association of European Airlines
Freight Forwarder Airfreight Sales Year-Over-Year
This is the air cargo worldwide change year over year for June 2014. Yield is slightly up for all forwarders, and chargeable weight spiked. Source: WorldACD Market Data
Fuel Cost for U.S. Carriers
This is fuel cost for U.S. carriers' scheduled service. The cost continued increased in June 2014. Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
U.S. Airlines Domestic and International Cargo Traffic
This is the monthly year-over-year percent change in domestic and international cargo traffic for U.S. airlines. Domestic and international fell in June 2014. Source: Airlines for America
Worldwide Monthly Year-Over-Year Percent Change in Capacity and Traffic
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing 2.3% growth in demand (measured in freight tonne kilometers) over June 2013. That is slower than the 4.9% growth reported for May. Source: IATA
Worldwide Semiconductor Sales Trends
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing and design, today announced that worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $82.7 billion during the second quarter of 2014, an increase of 5.4 percent over the previous quarter and a jump of 10.8 percent compared to the second quarter of 2013. Global sales for the month of June 2014 reached $27.57 billion, marking the industry's highest monthly sales ever. June's sales were 10.8 percent higher than the June 2013 total of $24.88 billion and 2.6 percent more than last month's total of $26.86 billion. Source: Semiconductor Industry Association
Year-Over-Year Tonnage Growth by Region
This is the air cargo chargeable weight change year over year, including intra-regional air cargo. Asia Pacific, North America and Africa saw the largest increases for June 2014. Source: WorldACD Market Data
Yield Index Region-to-Region
This is the air cargo (in USD) yield index (January 2008=100). Asia Pacific to Asia Pacific and Europe to Asia Pacific were below the index in June 2014, while Europe to Central & South America was slightly above the index. Source: WorldACD Market Data


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Thinking to buy a luxury car insurance? A look at the must have add-ons
October 10, 2012
Preeti Kulkarni & Vidyalaxmi , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: These days, buying a luxury car is not a big deal for many people. Thanks mainly to a host of corporate discounts and easy financing options, many don't even think twice before purchasing their fancy cars. However, maintaining a luxury car costs a lot. In fact, one of the key issues with high-end cars is the high cost of repairs — even minor damages can burn a hole in your pocket. For instance, the average claim size of a luxury car owner is estimated to be Rs 50,000.
Five tips to secure your retirement corpus
September 17, 2012
Amit Kumar , ET Bureau
Most people fail to save adequately for retirement since the goal seems to be in the distant future. However, if you want to build a sizeable retirement corpus, you must start early and review your portfolio regularly. ET lists some ways to financially secure your sunset years. Fix corpus, choose investment avenue As with any goal, the first step is to calculate the amount you want in the given time. This will depend on your current lifestyle and the number of years for which you want an income after retirement.
Rakesh Sidana's MeriCAR.com helps car owners find right workshops in NCR
June 15, 2012
J Srikant , ET Bureau
GURGAON: Consumers now can not only get reviews from web portals about restaurants, bars and clubs of the quality of food, ambience and service but about cars too. Yes, why should possessive car owners stay behind in getting reviews about how and where to get the best treatment for their beauties? So, next time your car needs servicing, will you give preference to the quality of the garage and servicing? Or how about the reputation of the mechanic? For servicing, people choose only those workshops, which they can trust and rely on. Rakesh Sidana , founder and CEO of MeriCAR.com through his venture has found a way to grant you your wish.
Diesel, CNG and LPG cars: Low on fuel cost, but high on insurance premium
June 13, 2012
Vidyalaxmi , ET Bureau
Exchanging your old petrol car for a diesel, CNG or LPG one may be a sensible way to save some money on fuel, especially if you drive a lot. You can also consider fitting a CNG or LPG kit in your old petrol car. However, experts would warn you that you should be prepared to shell out more for maintenance of the car. What they won't tell you is that even your car insurance premium would go up with your change of car. According to...
Honda Siel Cars India kick-starts '5 lac customers celebrations' across all dealerships
June 5, 2012
Ketan Thakkar , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: Honda Siel Cars India has announced its '5 lac customer celebrations' campaign to commemerate the success of achieving 5 lakh sales milestone in India. The '5 lac customer's celebrations' campaign will be held in the month of June across all 136 Honda dealers in 84 cities. And as part of the campaign, the company has launched promotion offers for the customers which includes car insurance at a nominal cost of Re.1 on the purchase of select variants of Honda Brio, City and Civic . In addition, these Honda Brio & City customers will get an extended warranty for 3rd & 4th year and a 4 year Road Side Assistance cover.
Men more active than women in buying insurance online: Study
May 15, 2012
Sakina Babwani , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: A study by PolicyBazaar - an online insurance portal - showed that men were more active in buying insurance online than women. In the last quarter, 98.1% of the people who bought insurance online were men, while only 1.9% were women. The study also showed that metro residents were more active visitors of insurance portals than non-metros. Overall, 59% of online visitors were from metros like Mumbai, Delhi, etc, while just 19% of visitors resided in mini-metros. Another 21% of the visitors belonged to the 'Others' category that included small towns and cities, as per the data collated by PolicyBazaar.
How to get best deal on motor insurance
November 30, 2011
Vidyalaxmi , ET Bureau
Save 20% on your car insurance. " You may have noticed this or similar such claims screaming for your attention from the wayside hoardings on your drive to office. Instinctively, you ask yourself: Really? Is it possible? Typically, you would have forgotten all about it by the time you reached office. But, if you had fallen for the claim, would you have managed to reduce your motor insurance premium by 20%? Not really, say insurance experts. If you are buying a new car, it is definitely easy to get a "very cheap" cover.
5 things to look at before you buy insurance for your vehicle: Amitabh Jain V-P, Customer Services, Motor ICICI Lombard General Insurance
November 30, 2011
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Before you hit the road in your new car, you need to insure it against any possible mishap. Hence, buying a car insurance is important. Most motor policies on offer are similar and, therefore, customers may not be able to select an option that suits them the best. However, some important factors, like brand, policy coverage, customer service, distribution and access price need to be considered before making a final decision. BRAND : This is the single most important parameter that differentiates one insurance company from another.
Factors that could determine the premium you pay on car insurance
July 23, 2011
Nupur Anand , ET Bureau
After browsing through catalogues, visits to car showrooms, advice from friends, and a thorough check of your financials, you have finally zeroed in on the car you want to buy. You would naturally have taken into account the insurance premium you pay, which currently depends on the model of the car, the security and safety features installed in the vehicle, the driver's profile and whether the car is for commercial or private usage....
How to make your car premiums cheaper
April 27, 2011
Preeti Kulkarni , ET Bureau
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority's (Irda) decision to revise third-party insurance premium rates upwards is going to push up your car insurance costs. The new structure for charging third-party insurance premiums will be applicable to all new policies as well as the ones renewed on or after April 25. The move will lead to thirdparty insurance premium rates for private vehicles and twowheelers going up by up to 10%. What's more, the insurance regulator has also stated that henceforth, the premiums are to be reviewed and adjusted annually based on formula that has been arrived at. This formula takes into account parameters like average claims cost as well as the frequency of claims for each class of vehicle and cost inflation index for the year of review . However, the insurers will have to honour the existing annual contracts in their current form till they expire.
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|24 Yea, they shall not be planted, yea, they shall not be sown; yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth. And He shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
|24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner do they take root in the ground, than he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.
|Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible Online)
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Question about counting net carbs...
I am following Dr Clarks, High Protein Diet where carbs are restricted to 40 carbs a day. So far, it's going really well, I feel great and can tell the weight is coming off
Yesterday, I didn't have time to make lunch so I bought a pack of Atkins daybreak bars to pop in my bag as I was going out. On the pack, it said 3 grams net carbs per bar. Great! But when I came to log the details on my tracker, the carbs came in at a whopping 10 carbs! I looked into this further and can see that there is a difference in whether you count net carbs as opposed to the carbs you see on the nutritional information. I am confused now as to which carbs I need to pay attention to. Those bars were yummy and filling but I won't be eating them if they are costing me 10 carbs! So my question is, should I count net carbs or just the number of carbs that are shown as, well carbs! I have checked the book and nothing is mentioned.
I'm not familiar with the plan, but if the book or plan you're following doesn't mention net carbs, and especially subtracting sugar alcohols, I would count them all.
I do Atkins, but I don't do net carbs either.
I'm not familiar with the diet you're doing, but generally, if it's low carb, then carbs can be critical to whether or not you lose. My .02...count all the carbs and then you're sure you aren't going over. Remember that other foods (like eggs and cheese) also have carbs so if you're not counting the hidden carbs in these types of foods, they can add up quickly when piled on top of the 40 obvious carbs.
Sugar alcohols are something that I try to avoid completely.
I don't care for the bars because they contain sorbiol and/or malitol (sugar alcohols).
I will use other sugar alcohols----erythritol and xylitol because for me, I believe I do not absorb all the carbs from them, and they cause me no gastric distress. I count part of the carbs listed for those. For example, truvia has erythritol in it and says it is 3 g carbs per 3/4 tsp. I count it as 1 carb because I've read evidence that 25% of the carbs in erythritol are absorbable by some people. For xylitol, I count it as 50% of what the label says.
That being said, I use them sparingly.
If I ate malitol or sorbitol, which I don't, I would count them because I have not found evidence about how much of them are unabsorbable, and they make my tummy feel bad.
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Pledging to erase the "false lines that have divided Europe for too long," President George W. Bush, in a speech given in Warsaw last June, urged the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to extend invitations for a new round of expansion during its forthcoming Prague summit, in November of 2002. If that happens, the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are likely to be among the next invitees, and may in fact be the only ones. The notion of creating an undivided Europe is an inspiring one, dating from the beginning of the Cold War; but by bringing into NATO countries that were once Soviet republics, the alliance would cross a line and create unprecedented long-term threats to its security.
To gather material for this article I recently began a trip to the Baltic states in Narva, a placid northeastern Estonian town bathed in sea breezes. Though small (its population is just over 72,000), Narva occupies a large place in Russian history. It was here, in 1700, that Russia launched its final campaign in a centuries-long quest to become a European power—attacking the Swedes, who were then in control of much of the Baltic coast. The battle ended in defeat for the Russians, but the war did not: by 1721 Russia had conquered the Baltic territories as far southwest as Riga (the capital of present-day Latvia) and had built a new capital, Saint Petersburg, on the Gulf of Finland. Later in that century Russia, through a partition agreement with Austria and Prussia, gained control of the rest of the Baltics, and would retain it (except for the period between the two world wars) until the fall of the Soviet Union, in 1991.
The Baltic countries have been clamoring at NATO's door since they achieved independence, also in 1991. They have found receptive ears for their demands on both sides of the Atlantic, and this is natural: ever since the Knights of the Sword and the Teutonic Order converted most of the Balts to Catholicism, in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the Baltics have culturally belonged to the West. The Baltic peoples purport to share the West's values, cited as "democracy, human rights and the rule of law" on the NATO Web site. "Values"—or at least those to which NATO refers—are no longer merely fodder for the rumination of philosophers or embassy cultural attachés; they have become casus belli, as NATO operations in Bosnia and Yugoslavia have shown, and the protection of them warrants sustained aerial bombardment, military occupation, and the establishment of de facto protectorates over non-Western peoples.
Since September 11 the proposed expansion of NATO has attracted new publicity, even urgency. NATO itself has returned to prominence, by invoking for the first time Article 5 of the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty, which states that "an armed attack against one or more [NATO members] in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all." The alliance has welcomed offers of extensive cooperation from Russia in the fight against terrorism, but the possibility that NATO might encroach on former Soviet soil has provoked the Kremlin to warn of renewed tensions with the West and has disturbed the Russian public. Since its war against Yugoslavia, NATO has come for Russians to stand more than ever for Western aggression and interference in what Russia still regards as its spheres of influence (as evidenced by violent demonstrations in 1999 at the U.S. embassy in Moscow, protesting NATO's war over Kosovo).
While making unprecedented moves to help the United States and its allies do battle in Afghanistan, Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, has continued to resist the expansion of NATO into the territories of the former Soviet Union, which Russia calls its Near Abroad—a designation reflecting geographic proximity, shared history, and Moscow's presumed right to hegemony. During a visit to Brussels early last October, Putin stressed that although he favored a "widening and deepening" of relations between NATO and Moscow, he would not cease opposing the alliance's eastward expansion unless NATO evolved from a military to a "political" organization. This is improbable, given that for the first time in NATO's history a member state has come under attack.
Nevertheless, Putin's remarks bespeak how seriously Russia views NATO's encroachment on its Near Abroad. Moreover, his words may presage developments about which NATO planners would rather not think. If NATO expands to include the Baltic states, it risks acquiring a flash point for tension with Russia that could compromise, if not destroy, the alliance, just as the alliance is beginning to exercise its role as the bulwark of the West—a role that, this time at least, it has needed Russian assistance to perform. Although NATO's mission has been broadened since the end of the Cold War to encompass peacekeeping, the resolution of ethnic disputes, and even the promotion of economic progress, its primary goal is still, as the North Atlantic Treaty states, the defense of "the freedom, common heritage and civilization" of NATO members, and the promotion of "stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area." Put simply, any country that joins NATO must enhance the security of other member countries. If NATO confuses primary with secondary goals (as it did in Yugoslavia, where "values" motivated a military action that led to the deaths and displacement of thousands of Kosovar Albanians, an open-ended deployment of troops, and, eventually, the spread of Kosovo's ethnic conflict to Macedonia), it risks at best disunity, and at worst unwanted war.
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High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of memantine hydrochloride in rat plasma using sensitive fluorometric derivatization.
Summary of "High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of memantine hydrochloride in rat plasma using sensitive fluorometric derivatization."
In this study, we investigated a simple, sensitive and reliable liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection method for the determination of memantine hydrochloride in rat plasma which was based on derivatization with 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate (FMOC-Cl). For the first time, FMOC-Cl was introduced into derivatization of memantine hydrochloride in rat plasma. The amino groups of memantine hydrochloride and amantadine hydrochloride (internal standard) were trapped with FMOC-Cl to form memantine hydrochloride-FMOC-Cl and amantadine hydrochloride-FMOC-Cl compositions, which can be very compatible for LC-FLD. Precipitation of plasma proteins by acetonitrile was followed by vortex mixing and centrifugation. Chromatographic separation was performed on a C(18) column (DIAMONSIL 150×4.6 mm, id 5 μm) with a mobile phase consisting of acetonitrile and water at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min. The retention times of memantine hydrochloride-FMOC-Cl and amantadine hydrochloride-FMOC-Cl compositions were 23.69 and 40.27 min, respectively. Optimal conditions for the derivatization of memantine hydrochloride were also described. The limit of quantification (LOQ) was 25 ng/mL for memantine hydrochloride in plasma, the linear range was 0.025-5.0 μg/mL in plasma with a correlation coefficient (r) of 0.9999. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) of intra-day and inter-day assays were 4.46-12.19 and 5.23-11.50%, respectively. The validated method was successfully applied to the determination of memantine hydrochloride in rat plasma samples.
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No, because whatever hits you get back have already happened, you are reacting to what has happened. With active filtering the 'problem' is stopped before it occurs, i.e. is (pro)active.
But some of what Securus does is also pro-active - it can block websites, for example.
Ofsted have recently reported that pupils are safer using a less restricted internet and learning how to manage risk.
Students safest using the internet when they are trusted to manage their own risk / News / Ofsted home / Ofsted - Ofsted
Obviously there is stuff that need to be banned from schools but from my experience a lot of stuff is blocked because it more entertaining than lessons. This then using a sledgehammer to crack a nut these students that are off task need to see there are consequences for the choices they make and so if they access facebook for example when they should be working actions are taken like they would be in a work place.
I often use the analogy of a swimming pool for the use of the internet. Water is dangerous so there are rules ie no running. When you first start you are in the protected shallow end with arm bands but ultimately you are taught to swim. There are life guards on hand ie: CEOPS or school staff.
Schools need to stop just dipping there toe in the water and teach the students the skill they need to use the internet responsibly.
Either way, someone has to monitor it - if it's you or your student support officer, it takes somebody's time.
I've seen both sides of the fence and work for two schools that have opposing filtering views. Both schools are ten minutes away from each other and are on the LGfL/Synetrix filtering system.
School A blocks everything - youtube, social networking (facebook, twitter, other chat), porn, and hacking. Basically everything on a category that the network manager* thinks is inappropriate. No Securus system in place. No reporting, no logs. Just blocks.
School B blocks only porn, hacking and (recently) facebook. Twitter is okay, games are fine, web chat is permitted, but Securus is in place and actively alerts direct to SLT when a student breaches the enforced AUP which says no games during lesson time, three strikes and you're out, etc etc.
The difference is in School A the network manager decided what to block and what not to block, and the SLT have thought that there is no changing it. Teachers complain that schemes of work are difficult because youtube et al is locked up, but the SLT have not thought to tackle the issue and change it.
School B, the kids use their iPhones (and others) on the school wireless (dirty network), use social networking (except Facebook, which was deemed disruptive to lessons/learning spaces) to research trends and exchange ideas, and work with the local CLC on an iPhone project and were featured on BBC News with world-reaching publicity and offers of knowledge exchange, feee iPhone apps, and so on. In fact you may know who that school is as they've been in the press for the project.
I think that any school could change to an open model, providing
- it's monitored
- any breaches of AUP are reacted upon
- the students (AND staff) know that monitoring is in place
- users have the opportunity to explain/apologise for a possible breach
I'd recommend any school to try it. But as it is usually an about-face on filtering/monitoring, it must be done by explaining to the kids the benefits, the reasons why, about safe use, and the consequences of over-stepping the mark (and then actually following up on them!).
1) Network security and control issues such as proxy bypass and hacking are the role of the Network Professionals who need to know who's breaching or attempting to breach audit or security policies. The information can then be used to adjust policies and improve the network.
2) Pastoral care issues are the responsibility of the SMT who should 'elect' nominated individuals who know the students to receive the automated email alerts and scheduled reports upon which they should act. This includes regularly logging in to ensure they are reviewing captures and taking appropriate safety and disciplinary measures as necessary.
Largely and with regret, we know that in 'most' schools the job is foisted on the Network Team who are expected to trawl through the captures and present the staff with the most serious issues. It is often a battle to get the SMT engaged in the actual monitoring but with the latest report from Ofsted (Feb 2010) and their new e-safety inspections (from Sept 2009), schools are taking a more pragmatic and realistic view of their responsibilites. The drum banging is far from over but at least there's some progress!
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|Cultivar of Hyacinthus orientalis
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Hyacinthus litwinowii
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Hyacinthus is a small genus of bulbous flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae.[1] Plants are commonly called hyacinths /ˈhaɪəsɪnθs/. The genus is native to the eastern Mediterranean (from south Turkey to northern Israel), north-east Iran, and Turkmenistan.[2]
Several species of Brodiea, Scilla, and other plants that were formerly classified in the lily family and have flower clusters borne along the stalk also have common names with hyacinth in them. Hyacinths should also not be confused with the genus Muscari, which are commonly known as grape hyacinths.
Hyacinthus grows from bulbs, each producing around four to six linear leaves and one to three spikes (racemes) of flowers. In the wild species, the flowers are widely spaced, with as few as two per raceme in H. litwinovii and typically six to eight in H. orientalis, which grows to a height of 15–20 cm (6–8 in). Cultivars of H. orientalis have much denser flower spikes and are generally more robust.[3]
The genus name Hyacinthus was attributed to Joseph Pitton de Tournefort when used by Carl Linnaeus in 1753.[2] It is derived from a Greek name used for a plant by Homer, Ὑάκινθος (Hyakinthos), the flowers supposedly having grown up from the blood of a youth of this name accidentally killed by the god Apollo.[4] (The original wild plant known as hyakinthos to Homer has been identified with Scilla bifolia.[5]) Linnaeus defined the genus Hyacinthus widely to include species now placed in other genera of the subfamily Scilloideae, such as Muscari (e.g. his Hyacinthus botryoides)[6] and Hyacinthoides (e.g. his Hyacinthus non-scriptus).[7]
Hyacinthus was formerly the type genus of the separate family Hyacinthaceae; prior to that the genus was placed in the lily family Liliaceae.[8]
Three species are placed within the genus Hyacinthus:[2]
Some authorities place H. litwonovii and H. transcaspicus in the related genus Hyacinthella,[9] which would make Hyacinthus a monotypic genus.
The Dutch, or Common Hyacinth of house and garden culture (H. orientalis, native to southwest Asia) was so popular in the 18th century that over 2,000 cultivars were cultivated in the Netherlands, its chief commercial producer. This hyacinth has a single dense spike of fragrant flowers in shades of red, blue, white, orange, pink, violet, or yellow. A form of the common hyacinth is the less hardy and smaller blue- or white-petalled Roman hyacinth of florists. These flowers should have indirect sunlight and are to be moderately watered.[citation needed]
Hyacinth bulbs are poisonous; they contain oxalic acid. Handling hyacinth bulbs can cause mild skin irritation. Protective gloves are recommended.[10]
Hyacinths are sometimes associated with rebirth. The hyacinth flower is used in the Haft-Seen table setting for the Persian New Year celebration, Nowruz, held during the Spring Equinox.[according to whom?]
In Greek mythology, Hyacinth was a beautiful youth loved by both the god Apollo and the West Wind, Zephyr. Apollo and Hyacinth took turns at throwing the discus. Hyacinth ran to catch it to impress Apollo, but he was struck by the discus as it fell to the ground, and died.[11] A twist in the tale makes the wind god Zephyrus responsible for the death of Hyacinth.[12] The youth's beauty caused a feud between Zephyrus and Apollo. Jealous that Hyacinth preferred the radiant archery god Apollo, Zephyrus blew Apollo's discus off course, so as to injure and kill Hyacinth. Apollo did not allow Hades to claim Hyacinth. Instead, Apollo made a flower, the hyacinth, from Hyacinth's spilled blood.
In Homer's Odyssey (Book 6.231), Athena gives Odysseus "thick locks, akin to the hyacinth (ὑακίνθινος) flower" in order to win his way into the city of the Phaeacians.
White and purple hyacinth cultivars in Detroit, Michigan
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NEW YORK (AP) - James McBride's The Good Lord Bird," the comic and terrifying adventures of a disguised black child caught up in John Brown's abolitionist crusade, was the winner Wednesday night of the National Book Award for fiction.
George Packer's brutal examination of the modern class wars, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," won for nonfiction during a dinner ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in downtown Manhattan. Cynthia Kadohata's "The Thing About Luck" won for young people's literature and Mary Szybist's "Incardine" won for poetry.
McBride, the picture of style in a tux and pork pie hat, confided during his acceptance speech that in recent years his mother and niece had died and that his marriage had collapsed. He found consolation in his novel and its protagonist, a boy pretending to be a girl and nicknamed "Onion" by Brown, who recruited him for his ill-fated attempt to free the slaves.
"It was always nice to have somebody whose world I could just fall into and just follow him around," said McBride, best known for his million-selling memoir "The Color of Water."
Packer, a staff writer for The New Yorker, praised some of the workers who allowed him to tell their stories. He said that he hoped his book would "illuminate some of what's gone wrong in America" in recent years" but also "some of what's gone right."
Kadohata, a winner in previous years of the prestigious Newbery award for children's books, was awarded Wednesday for her story of two children being cared for by their Japanese grandparents. Szybist, who won for her collection of religious-themed poems, said that writing itself was an act of faith and self-discovery.
"It's what some describe as soul-making," she said.
Winners, chosen by five member panels of writers, booksellers and others from the publishing community, each received $10,000. Honorary medals were presented to Maya Angelou, introduced and praised by Toni Morrison as a balm against the "toxicity" of the world, and E.L. Doctorow, who acknowledged the allure of the Internet and warned against its dangers.
"Everyone in this room is in the free speech business," he said, referring to the many reports of extensive government surveillance.
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The Direct TV guy was working on the rcvr the other morning in the **** (small home interior theatre) with east window wall and wanted a tv to check things out. Told him the PJ was all I had. Turned it on and in a few seconds it was projecting the menus. DT guy response, that was quick and it looks ok, where is the pj? Showed him the toy on the ceiling and he said you are kidding me, how much was it? Said less <$500. He said I'm getting one for my basement. The tide is rising. Regards.
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Sat, Aug 26, 2006
The mission capabilities of US Naval
Station Rota in Spain took a quantum leap forward August 14, when
10 state-of-the-art underground refueling hydrants opened for
The project, which will feature a total of 16 fuel hydrant pits
when fully completed, represents an eight-fold increase in
Rota's aircraft refueling capability.
"Theater wide, this gives Air Mobility Command much more
flexibility where they send their aircraft," said station commander
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In addition to increasing en-route refueling capabilities, the
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turnaround of transiting aircraft.
"Before, we used a fleet of trucks to refuel most aircraft,"
said Lt. Christin Crowley, Rota's fuels officer. "Between filling
the trucks, driving out to the aircraft and re-connecting, it would
take four people three hours and about eight trips to refuel one
C-5. With the fuel hydrant system, four people can refuel four C-5s
in about an hour and a half."
As part of the $42 million project, Rota also received an
expanded 16-acre parking apron capable of parking 14 C-5 aircraft,
and a "hot cargo" pad capable of parking and refueling two C5
aircraft when loaded with hazardous cargo, such as ammunition.
Underground fuel storage capability also tripled, with the addition
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C-12 and some smaller jets.
"Because of the system's high flow rate, it's unlikely we'd ever
use it for smaller aircraft," Crowley said. "We'll keep the trucks
online, but their use will be primarily for smaller aircraft and as
a back-up for the system."
Rota is one of Air Mobility Command's primary C-5 en-route
refueling sites, with more than 1,500 C-5 landings last year.
With the fuel hydrants opening, "We anticipate air traffic will
increase… whether a little or a lot, that remains to be
seen," said Hampton. "Other bases in Europe, such as Ramstein [in
Germany] also have huge capabilities, but weather is our advantage.
Rota has excellent weather for flying, and we're VFR [Visual Flight
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They're here! We have them in 1oz HopUnion light-resistant, nitrogen flushed N2 HopPacks. They smell so good that when my mom stuck her nose in a pack at the store today, she was impressed!
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Ancient Aliens by JeansGraffiti // Wednesday, March 07, 2012
We are feeling this new Jeans piece buried somewhere in a murky sewer in Oakland. Painted for discovery 1000 years from now!
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A very inspirational figure in my life always repetitively branded the following phrase in my head, "Don't ever leave the job until the job is finished." Maybe the word soup will inspire a much-needed soup kitchen?
Aaron Hodges "While We Sleep" at Hatch Gallery, OaklandTattoo // Friday, July 01, 2011
We know Aaron Hodges very well as a tattoo artist at Idle Hands in San Francisco, but we know that he is also a fine art painter who showed at FIFTY24SF last summer. Tonight, July 1, in Oakland, he has a new series of oil paintings, While We Sleep, showing at Hatch Gallery.
Visionary QuestStreet Art // Monday, June 20, 2011
Here is a new mural from Oakland-based artists Doodles, Feral, J Bcuz, and ATWA. Welcome to the mythical, supernatural realm that one can enter when drinking the tap water of "The Town".
Never Heard Of Yah: Alexis Mackenzie Studio VisitJuxtapoz // Monday, January 17, 2011
San Francisco-based Alexis Mackenzie creates meticulously abstract collages from a variety of found books. I stopped by Alexis's studio while she was preparing for a 2 person show opening this Saturday at Swarm Gallery in Oakland. Her most recent work is refreshingly different from previous collages. Here is what I saw.
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Now that Adrian Peterson has pled down his felony child abuse charges and will likely avoid jail time, the inevitable question pops up: When should he be allowed back on the NFL field? Why it's important that Roger Goodell not let him play in 2014.Story | Conversation | November 04, 2014
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"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has not held back on his animosity toward the NFL lately, and his reaction to the child abuse charges filed against Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings' handling of the case proved to be no exception. You reall...Blog | September 18, 2014
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Some call her a lightning rod, others call her a publicity hound. But civil rights attorney Gloria Allred says, so what? Maybe that's exactly what this issue needs.Story | Conversation | September 17, 2014
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Adrian Peterson has long been considered one of the "good guys" in the NFL. But his recent arrest has to make you reconsider the labels we put on athletes, Melissa Isaacson writes.Story | Conversation | September 15, 2014
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Composition would be perfect on this, but unfortunately the lighting has gone against you with large parts of the main subject lacking any detail.
Did you have spot metering on as this may well have helped lift out the dark area had you metered on the underside
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Well you did comment in the forums.. I voted this down because I feel it needs far more detail in the bird itself. I can see no detail at all on most of the underside of the bird. Also the part that is visible isn't sharp. It seems to me that you probably set the camera for evaluative metering (or similar), when you probably should have used spot (open to correction on that one). Doing this would expose the bird properly but might blow out the sky though, but then this is a difficult shot to get right. maybe someone else can advise you on how to avoid that problem.
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Not much more i can add to the above other than take on board the advise and try again.
One of the great benefits with digital is that it costs you nothing to rattle off some shots with different settings.
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I had ordered the andal and I was worried how the details would be as to the features. I absolutely loved it and it has the ancient looks of Indian sculptures and the features were sharp. The item arrived in couple of days and I was thrilled. I collect antiques and Indian artifacts and I am sure I will be a frequent customer at your store. I think I have found my "go to " shop for Indian relics. Thank you so much SavithaReviewer:Savitha (Saratoga, California, US)
beautiful Shiva lingam statue. thank you.Reviewer:amit (Porter, Texas, US)
Just wished Kyle would have been a little bit more honest with me. Other than that these are the best Statues I have seen anywhere on the internet. I love every purchase I have ever made from Lotus Sculpture.Reviewer:Marc Vincent Guin (London, UK, GB)
I am a Set Decoration Buyer for a television series on a major network. Lotus Sculpture provided us with fast, efficient services, and their product was just as they described. It was a pleasure working with them, and I will be ordering from them in the future. Lotus Sculpture rocks!Reviewer:Beth Robinson Bromley (Wilmington, North Carolina, US)
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Lotus Sculpture is obviously run by a person with a great eye for sculpture and a passion for what he does. Kyle is a pleasure to do business with. He is very professional, responsive and extends consideration to his buyers. Thank You!Reviewer:Joseph Losavio (Sandyston , NJ, US)
I was looking for religious statues for my home for quite a while. Every website I looked at was either too expensive or too confusing to navigate. Then I happened upon Lotus Sculpture. Not only was it the most user-friendly site I've ever seen, it also had the most reasonable prices. For the size and detailed carving of the statue you will not find a better price, unless you grab a block of wood and carve it yourself. The site allows you to first pick which religious statue you want then you can pick which size and then which material.....Brilliant!!!.. I had chosen my statues within minutes. Everything arrived professionally packed in 5 days all the way up to Canada. I even decided to call the number on the website to ask the owner Kyle a few questions and he literally answered on the first ring. He was very accommodating and very knowledgeable. I highly recommend this store. My statues are getting rave reviews with my friends. Thanks again Kyle. Keep up the good work.Reviewer:Shaun Rangnekar (Brampton , Ontario , CA)
I love my Ganesha! The statue is beautifully and painstakingly carved with a great attention to detail. I will be using the statue also for spiritual practice and this Ganesha is perfect in that all the symbolic details are accurate, and there is a feeling that the energy of the deity is already in him and one can have an intimate contact with Ganesha. Also many thanks to Lotus Sculpture for the efficient and friendly service, and for getting him to me so fast! I will be shopping again with you!Reviewer:Sandra Cameron (Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB)
I ordered this sculpture as a gift to myself for the holidays. I have always had a statue of Lord Ganesha in my home - this one is wonderful! All that he represents and inspires in us I truly believe happens when we pay homage to him. He will be a treasured addition to my home.Reviewer:Lisa (Monroe, NY, US)
126 Page, fully illustrated, soft cover book complete with the entire history of Lord Shiva and the many stories surrounding the Hindu God of Destruction & Renewal.
This is an attempt to understand the meaning of Shiva worship in our time exploring various pictorial images of Shiva iconography, taking us through Shaivite philosophy, beliefs, history, folklore and myth. Written in a simple narrative style, and interspersed with familiar and unfamiliar tales retold, the book reaches out to young and old alike.
Highlights include lucid explanations and a pictorial key to numerous symbols associated with Shaivite ritual and festival practices, a map showing important Shiva temples including the twelve jyotir-lingas, a list of 108 sacred names of Shiva with their meanings, a bibliography for those interested in learning more and over 150 illustrations.
"Let me meditate on the supreme god who wears the crescent moon as a crown, whose dazzling form is adorned by the five elements of the universe, who holds in his four hands the weapon of the axe, the deer, who is fulfillment and forgiveness, as his worshipper desires, who sits on the world lotus in perpetual repose, who is of wisdom, desire and action, who is the source and the goal of life and who will embrace all creatures at the end removing their fear of death."
About the Author: Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik graduated in medicine from Mumbai University.
Though a medical man by profession, Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik is a mythologist by passion. He topped Mumbai University's course on Comparative Mythology and is now part of 'Sabrang', a cultural organization that aims to demystify the arts. Through lectures, workshops, articles in journals and newspapers, illustrations and books, he is determined to keep alive the ancient heritage of sacred lore and bring out its relevance to modern times.
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik has a wonderful, Narrative writing style which is extremely easy to follow and entertaining to read.
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik's has written five books on selected gods in the Hindu pantheon;
Vishnu - An Introduction
Shiva - An Introduction
Devi - The Mother Goddess - An Introduction
Lakshmi - An Introduction
Hanuman - An Introduction
Lakshmi - An Introduction
Other books also available from Lotus Sculpture from Shakunthala Jagannathan are:
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Hinduism - An Introduction
About Shiva
Shiva was originally known as Rudra, a minor deity addressed only three times in the Rig Veda. He gained importance after absorbing some of the characteristics of an earlier fertility god and became Shiva, part of the trinity, or trimurti, with Vishnu and Brahma.
Shiva wears a snake coiled around his upper arms and neck symbolizing the power he has over the most deadly of creatures. Snakes are also used to symbolize the Hindu dogma of reincarnation. Their natural process of molting or shedding their skin is symbolic of the human soul's transmigration of bodies from one life to another.
Shiva's female consort and wife is Parvati; because of his generosity and reverence towards Parvati, Shiva is considered an ideal role model for a husband. The divine couple together with their sons - the six-headed Skanda and the elephant headed Ganesh - reside on Mount Kailasa in the Himalayas.
His guardian is Nandi (the white bull), whose statue can often be seen watching over the main shrine. The bull is said to embody sexual energy, fertility. Riding on its back, Shiva is in control of these impulses.
He often holds a trident, which represents the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu. It is also said to represent the threefold qualities of nature: creation, preservation and destruction, although preservation is usually attributed to Vishnu.
As the destroyer, Shiva is dark and terrible, encircled with serpents and a crown of skulls.
Shiva often wears sacred Rudaksha beads, perhaps a reference to his earlier name Rudra.
The crescent moon Shiva wears on his crown, besides being a symbol of Kama the goddess of nightly love, also represents the bull, Nandi, a fertility symbol.
Shiva holds a skull that represents samsara, the cycle of life, death and rebirth. Samsara is a central belief in Hinduism. Shiva himself also represents this complete cycle because he is Mahakala, the Lord of Time, destroying and creating all things.
Shiva is represented in a variety of forms. One such form is as a lingam. The ovoid shape is a representation of the absolute perfection of Lord Shiva - if that which is beyond form had to be given form, the lingam would be the closest form to the mystical experience of the absolute perfection of Shiva. Shiva is often pictured in a pacific mood with his consort Parvati, as the cosmic dancer Nataraja, as a naked ascetic, as a mendicant beggar, as a yogi, and as the androgynous union of Shiva and Parvati in one body (Ardhanarisvara).
Another example of Shiva's apparent synthesis of male and female attributes is seen in his earrings. He wears one earring in the style of a man and the other as a female.
Shiva's third eye is a symbol of higher consciousness. It is also a weapon he uses to destroy his enemies by emitting a fire missile which has the power to incinerate the three worlds. He can also kill all the gods and other creatures during the periodic destruction of the universe. Shiva's third eye first appeared when Parvati, his wife, playfully covered his other two eyes, so Shiva opened his third eye emitting his destructive missile endangering the three worlds.
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