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NEW YORK and PHOENIX, Jan. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. ("ARCP") (NASDAQ: ARCP) and Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. ("Cole") (NYSE: COLE) announced that Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. ("ISS") and Glass, Lewis & Co. ("Glass Lewis"), each a leading proxy voting and corporate guidance advisory firm, recommended that stockholders of both companies vote in favor of all proposals pertaining to the proposed merger between ARCP and Cole, announced on October 23, 2013.
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With respect to the ARCP stockholder meeting, ISS and Glass Lewis recommended that ARCP stockholders vote at the upcoming stockolder meeting for the proposal to approve the issuance of ARCP common stock to the stockholders of Cole in connection with the proposed merger, as well as for the other matters to be considered at the ARCP Special Meeting.
With respect to the Cole stockholder meeting, ISS and Glass Lewis recommended that Cole stockholders vote for the proposal to approve the proposed merger between ARCP and Cole, as well as for the other matters to be considered at the Cole Special Meeting. As previously announced on October 23, 2013, ARCP and Cole entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Cole will merge with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of ARCP in a transaction that would create the largest net-lease REIT with a combined enterprise value of $21.5 billion. Pursuant to the terms of the definitive merger agreement, Cole stockholders may elect to receive 1.0929 shares of ARCP common stock (reflecting a fixed exchange ratio) or $13.82 cash for each share of Cole common stock they hold, subject to proration as set forth in the definitive merger agreement. Special Meetings A special meeting of ARCP stockholders to consider and vote on the proposals pursuant to the merger agreement has been scheduled for 9:00 a.m. ET on January 23, 2014 at The Core Club, located at 66 East 55 th Street, New York, New York. Stockholders of record as of December 20, 2013, will be entitled to vote at the special meeting and have received the definitive proxy materials which were originally mailed to ARCP stockholders beginning on December 23, 2013. A special meeting of Cole stockholders to consider and vote on the proposals pursuant to the merger agreement has been scheduled for 9:00 a.m. local time on January 23, 2014 at The Arizona Biltmore, 2400 East Missouri Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. Stockholders of record as of December 20, 2013, will be entitled to vote at the Special Meeting and have received the definitive proxy materials to register their vote, which were originally mailed to Cole stockholders beginning on December 23, 2013. About ARCP ARCP is a self-managed publicly traded Maryland corporation listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, focused on acquiring and owning single tenant freestanding commercial properties subject to net leases with high credit quality tenants. Additional information about ARCP can be found on its website at www.arcpreit.com ARCP may disseminate important information regarding it and its operations, including financial information, through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. About Cole Cole is a market-leading net-lease REIT focused on the acquisition, active management, leasing and financing of its high-quality retail, office and industrial portfolio. Visit www.ColeREIT.com to learn more about our comprehensive capabilities, best-in-class management platform, disciplined investment strategy and high-quality real estate portfolio. Additional Information about Merger Between ARCP and Cole and Where to Find It In connection with the proposed merger, ARCP and Cole filed a definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on December 23, 2013 and commenced mailing the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus and a form of proxy to the stockholders of ARCP and Cole. These materials are not a substitute for the definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus or the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-192106) that ARCP filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed merger with Cole. 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When a person experiences the stars at the edge of the observable Universe, I can find no other reasonable conclusion than the fact they actually saw those stars. As to why this is the case, see my post above.
Those stars have a direct impact on objective reality, and they can be empirically measured. All that can be measured in mystical experiences is that the brain is reacting to something, and that something may be a God, or it may be a natural reaction to no particular external stimulus, as occurs in dreaming.
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CVS said Friday that the award, which also went to its PBM customer ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel company, recognizes the Pharmacy Advisor program, which CVS Caremark developed to manage costs, improve medication adherence and close gaps in care for members with diabetes.
The Pharmacy Advisor program was piloted from late 2009 to early 2010 with ArcelorMittal in the United States, where it has about 80,000 covered lives, according to CVS Caremark. At the start of the initiative, the ArcelorMittal's member population had a diabetes prevalence rate of 13.7%. Also, 48% of members with diabetes had at least one gap in therapy, and a third were nonadherent to prescribed medications.
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With Pharmacy Advisor, rules engine technology is applied to PBM claims data to identify plan members with diabetes who have suboptimal pharmacy care, as well as those who may be at risk of becoming suboptimal, CVS Caremark explained. Evidence-based protocols are also applied to review a member's current treatment and identify gaps in care or issues with medication adherence. Pharmacists then discuss clinical improvement opportunities for members based on their preferred means of communication, on the phone with a pharmacist or face-to-face at a CVS/pharmacy store.
"Health and safety is the top priority at ArcelorMittal. Therefore, we are committed to finding ways to help our employees and their families lead healthier lives, and this program has helped us meet that goal by delivering improved outcomes for our employees and their insured family members with diabetes," Mary Hendrickson, manager of employee benefits at ArcelorMittal, said in a statement. "The program engaged participants by providing them with access to information through personalized counseling with a trained pharmacist either on the phone or face-to-face."
ArcelorMittal's productive results with Pharmacy Advisor has convinced other companies in the Employers Health Purchasing Corporation of Ohio (EHPCO) to adopt the program, CVS Caremark reported.
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July 13, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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This is an image that I stumbled across while doing research for All Star. It's from a book on hitting that was written by Ted Williams. I was looking for good images of the body in motion during a swing. This image wasn't too useful for that, but I think it looks absolutely awesome.
Back to the Beginning
July 8, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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Just after I graduated college I lived in Chicago for a couple of years, and I had this notion of doing comics. I spent about a year working on this silly superhero comic that I thought was about all sorts of things (the rise of multinationalism and the corporatization of the media), but was really about nothing. I had a friend named Brad, who I talked comics with. I showed him this superhero comic, and over drinks at a bar, he said, "You shouldn't do any more comics like that. It's not very good."
And as soon as he said it I knew he was right.
Which started me off on a whole new direction. I had this idea comics that worked more like poems or songs. No need for a narrative. No need for character names. The only goal was to get at an emotion as raw and pure and undiluted as possible. There were some successes, and some failures.
And it was these comics that lead to my first book with NBM, Flower and Fade. The title of which was taken from D.H. Lawrence:
"Life and love are life and love, a bunch of violets is a bunch of violets, and to drag in the idea of a point is to ruin everything. Live and let live, love and let love, flower and fade, and follow the natural curve, which flows on, pointless."
I was very serious.
My First Comic
June 29, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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My very first comic ever was Asterix and the Great Crossing by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. The early part of my life was spent in Saudi Arabia and I was exposed more to comics from Europe than from the U.S. This was the book that my parents read to me over and over again before going to bed.
Basically, I was an American kid growing up in a Muslim country looking at ridiculous Native American caricatures written and drawn by French men in a comic that featured no female characters whatsoever.
Very worldly.
Striking Out
June 22, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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This Wednesday I'll be talking along with Joel Gill at the Cambridge Public Library at 6:30. We're going to be discussing our paths to comics as well as a bit about process like this little bit of strike out research I did for All Star. You should come join us.
Nobody struck out better than Reggie Jackson. Look at those feet! He's got himself so twisted up, just imagine how far that ball would have gone if he had hit it.
Talking Comics at the Cambridge Public Library
June 16, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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So if you're in the Boston area next Wednesday, you should come by the Cambridge Public Library and say hello to me and Joel Gill. We're going to be talking about our books, our process, and our upcoming projects, which are both westerns.
Steven Spielberg/Woody Allen
June 8, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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Sometime, maybe ten years ago, I read or heard this quote from Woody Allen which went something like this: Steven Spielberg says he tries to make the films he loved as a kid. I try to make the films I love as an adult.
And at the time, I was in total agreement with Woody Allen, but now I think I'm coming around to Steven Spielberg's way of thinking.
These are some pages from this fun little Formula 1 book I'm working. It's very boyish.
(Also!)(I'll be doing a talk with Joel Gill at the Cambridge Public Library on June 25th!)(We'll be talking about my book, All Star, and his book, Strange Fruit!)(!)
Projects in the Works
June 1, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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All Star's out and in the stores, so I'm getting cracking on some new projects.
A little bit of wild west revenge, and a little bit of high speed 60s Formula 1 racing.
And belatedly, here's a podcast featuring an interview with me at TCAF:
And a podcast featuring the Sports in Comics panel I was on at TCAF:
April 3, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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I'm heading to New York this weekend to be signing some books at MoCCA. Stop on by the NBM table, say hello, and ask me to draw something for you!
A Mixtape to Set the Mood
March 11, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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I listen to music while I'm drawing, and I'd like to think that the music that I listen to has some sort of effect on the lines that I put on the page. With All Star being set in the 90s, it seemed natural to have a 90s playlist for the occasion. What I found was that the songs that took me back the most were not the songs that I liked the most at the time. The songs that really brought me back were the songs that didn't make it out of the 90s. I loved Weezer's blue album in high school, but it's an album that I have listened to a great deal since then, and so it doesn't necessarily pull me back. But Deep Blue Something's Breakfast at Tiffany's takes me back, because I only heard it in high school and never again.
Here are some others:
Here in Your Bedroom – Goldfinger
Pepper – The Butthole Surfers
Closing Time – Semisonic (be careful: this song gets stuck in your head super easy)
Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand – The Primitive Radio Gods
Lovefool – The Cardigans (my secret anthem)
Lump – The Presidents of the United States of America
The Freshman – The Verve Pipe (I hated this song and I can't say I care for it much now, but it takes me back to talking with friends about how much I hated it)
In the Meantime – Spacehog
No Rain – Blind Melon
These songs are the songs that take me back. I don't love them necessarily, but they lock me into a place and time. How much effect does this have on the lines that get put on the paper? I don't know, but I'm not sure if that Alanis Morrisette joke would have gotten in there without them.
School Picture 1995: Special Torture
March 5, 2014 by Jesse Lonergan
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As a bit of research for my very very soon-to-be-released book, All Star, which is set in the late 1990s (my high school years), I revisited some of my yearbooks from high school. Sadly my senior yearbook has disappeared. I believe it was taken when someone broke into the storage facility where it was kept. I imagine they were somewhat disappointed with their haul.
Anyway, that's me, sophomore year, 1995. Yes, it's a denim shirt. With a tie. An Incredible Hulk tie.
And remember: If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours. If it doesn't, it was never meant to be. Also, Don't ever change… YOUR UNDERWEAR! And hang on to sixteen as long as you can, changes come around real soon, make us women and men.


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text: Thomas C. Kipps, KA6Z, passed away March 10, 2014. This was in the Fresno Bee on March 16, 2014. Thomas Charles Kipps was born on February 28, 1923, in Eureka City, Utah, the oldest of five children, to Winifred and Albert Edward Kipps. He died on Monday, March 10, 2014, at his home, surrounded by family. He served in the United States Army's Signal Corps during WWII in Northern France and the Rhineland. An enlisted man for eleven months, he was then commissioned to Cryptographic Officer. He was discharged in November 1946 as First Lieutenant. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a BA, MA, and PhD in Mathematics. While at UC Berkeley, he met his future wife, Anne Lorraine. They were married in 1948 and settled in Fresno in 1956. Tom became Professor of Mathematics at California State University, Fresno, where he taught for 36 years until his retirement in 1992. He cultivated a lifelong interest in computers and programming languages, and is credited for bringing computers to "Fresno State" in the 1960s, and for creating the Computer Center on campus back when students ran FORTRAN programs on mainframe computers using punched cards. Tom and Anne reared four children and hosted many foreign exchange students. They instilled in their children a love of life and learning, reflected in the Kipps family motto, "Have fun and learn lots." Pop was a loving father, brilliant, funny, kind, honest, the best. He took great pride in his children and grandchildren. Tom was a devout Roman Catholic, member of the St. Paul Newman Center parish since its creation 50 years ago, and Fourth Degree member of the Knights of Columbus. He and Anne made pilgrimages to Lourdes, Fatima, Medjugorje, Garabandal, and the Holy Land. He was a ham radio operator for over 75 years, operating under the extra class license of KA6Z, and was a life member of the Quarter Century Wireless Association, a charter member of Chapter 213, and a Member of the Fresno Amateur Radio Club. He was also active in the Boy Scouts of America and, as Scout Master of Troop 88, led his troop on 50-mile hikes across the High Sierra. His spirit and sense of humor, especially his fondness for punning, did not yield to the effects of Parkinson's disease, which worsened steadily. 73, -- Charles W6DPD S/T QCWA Fresno Chapter 213


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TMP's Ruder places second in 2-mile
By KLINT SPILLER
WICHITA — It's difficult to be disappointed when you run a personal best and still don't win.
Thomas More Prep-Marian senior Heather Ruder took runner-up in the Class 3A 3,200-meter Friday morning run for the second consecutive year at the state championship meet at Cessna Stadium, completing the race in 11 minutes, 29.46 seconds.
Like last year, she finished behind the reigning cross country champion. Last year, Ruder finished behind Hillsboro's Emily Sechrist, but this year, it was Hiawatha sophomore Jordan Puvogel who won.
Puvogel took first in 11:22.59 — the fastest 3,200 in 3A since 2007 when Riley County junior Annie Martin won in 11:05.92.
Ruder's time actually was 0.67 seconds faster than her previous best run at state, when she won the 3,200 in 11:30.13 in 2011.
"I PRed by point something," Ruder said. "I'm really not (disappointed). I'm happy I at least PRed and got a good time."
Sechrist led for much of the race with Ruder and Puvogel drafting behind her, and then in the final lap, Puvogel broke away while Ruder followed.
Puvogel ran the final lap in 71 seconds and managed to create enough separation Ruder couldn't make it up.
Sechrist took third in 11:37.40. All three girls ran season-best times, according to Kansas track and field historian Carol Swenson.
"My coach wanted me to stay behind Emily Sechrist, because I did that during cross country when I raced against her," Ruder said. "I tried to stay behind her, but then the Puvogel girl took out. I was trying to keep those two within my sight, and hopefully, we'd all kick at the end and I was hoping for my kick to come."
Ruder, an eight-time gold medalist and five-time silver medalist, still has three more opportunities to win double-digit gold medals in her career.
"It always motivates me to go out tomorrow and run fast and run hard," Ruder said regarding taking second in her first event at state.
On the boys' side, TMP senior Rodney Deus had a strong first day of competition.
Deus managed to reach the finals in all three of his preliminary races.
The 400-meter relay, bolstered by a strong second half by senior Carlos Duenes and Deus, ran the fourth fastest time to make it to finals.
Then in his final race of the day, Deus took his team from fifth to third in the first flight of the 1,600-meter relay.
The 1,600 relay, composed of Duenes, freshman Tim Flax, sophomore Nick Schmidt and Deus, posted the fifth fastest time in 3:30.88.
"I tried to get into the finals into as many events as I could, and so far, I've been doing that," Deus said. "Hopefully, tomorrow, I'll do it in the 100, too."
Deus also posted the second fastest time in the 200-meter dash in 22.42 seconds — 0.04 seconds behind the defending champion, Salina-Sacred Heart senior Drew Diederich.
"He's the one who got me tired," Deus said with a labored laugh. "Knowing I had to run against him, it made me want to go even harder, even though it's just prelims."
After running three intense races Friday, Deus said he admitted being nervous about his readiness for the finals Saturday.
"I'm kind of nervous my legs are going to be dead," Deus said.
Only one other Monarch made the finals.
Junior Skyler Urban took sixth with a personal-best 42-11.25 in the boys' triple jump.
Urban improved upon his previous best by 10 inches and leaped three feet farther than he did in his first meet of the season.
"We worked really hard this week, and I just kind of felt it, the momentum and the adrenaline rush," Urban said. "We've really worked hard on extending our phases this week, so think that really helped us out."
Other TMP performances
Freshman Andrew Hess took 15th in the boys' 3,200 in a season-best 10:46.41. Sophomore Sam Dreiling struggled in the pole vault and failed to record a height, missing at 11 feet.
On the girls' side, senior Jenna Schuckman finished 10th in the javelin with a throw of 110-0. Junior Mikaela Flax missed the finals in the 400-meter run, taking 10th in 1:02.53, and junior Samantha Younie didn't reach the final flight in the triple jump, taking 11th with 33-1.5.


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November 18, 2005
On Nov. 10, the Louisiana Architects Selection Board commissioned a team led by Baton Rouges Trahan Architects to bring the Hurricane Katrina-damaged Superdome back into operation. This is a critical step in restoring a New Orleans economy that relies heavily on conventions and tourism. The scope of the first phase of the work will be to restore the Dome to its previous condition, and to explore possible functional and amenity enhancements in a later phase.
Serving as consultants will be the New Orleans firms Billes Architecture and Sizeler Architects, with Kansas City sports architects Ellerbe Becket. Ellerbe has previous Superdome experience and conducted the damage assessment on the building. Trahan has recent sports facility experience and has won three national AIA design awards in the past five years.
So far the Superdome's structure has been judged to be sound, and the breached roof has been temporarily sealed. The team has 120 days to assess the situation and draw up first-phase recommendations, with repair work beginning within this period. It will also explore methods of making the Superdome more effective as a natural disaster evacuation shelter in the future. It played this role several times before Katrina, but was never formally designed for this purpose. The exterior metal cladding of the opaque monolith is damaged in places, and Trey Trahan, AIA, principal of the lead firm, will be exploring the possibility of opening up the exterior with glass elements. Preliminary cost estimates for the restoration range between $125 and $200 million.
John Pastier


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Consult our comprehensive Transition Resource Guide for a guide to all things related to a senior care move.


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This is true, but a fleet without carriers (here: the British) will want to close at all costs. Carriers act as flagships and thus order their fleet to keep a distance, since that's their way of fighting.Originally Posted by SoulStealer
So if both fleets have carriers, they will fight at maximum distance. If a fleet has no carriers or if its carriers are destroyed, the next "strongest" shiptype takes over (battlerships, then light carriers, then battlecruisers, etc IIRC) and those will usually want to close the distance (except for light carriers).
So here the British fleet will want to close the distance while the Japanese (with carriers) would want to fight from afar. Closing the distance usually works rather well even for fleets with inferior positioning (as seen in Rembles last AAR), so the British should be able to do so quickly.


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The Campus Cupboard program is a food pantry on school grounds where students and their families can have ready access to nutritious food. The cupboard is available to any enrolled student and their family members. Campus Cupboard is open at school campus sites during scheduled hours of operation of the school year.
Many families struggle with hunger, and since the Backpack Buddies program does not extend into the higher grade levels, food availability and hunger for students is still an issue, no matter what age. The pantry is stocked with healthy food supplied by Second Harvest Community Food Bank. Families have access to the pantry on a first come, first served basis.
Campus Cupboard provides an opportunity for the marketing students to have practical application of the skills they are learning in the classroom. Students do everything from stocking the pantry to ordering the food from Second Harvest.
Beginning Fall of 2014, Campus Cupboard is being expanded to more schools!
Starting September 30: Spring Garden Middle School and Robidoux Middle School
Starting October 1: Lafayette High School, Benton High School and Central High School
Starting October 13: Truman Middle School and Bode Middle School
The first Campus Cupboard at Colgan Alternative Resource Center is now in its third year!
Campus Cupboard is a food pantry located on the campus of Colgan Alternative Resource Center in St. Joseph, Missouri. The pantry is available to families with children enrolled at Colgan. It is stocked with healthy food supplied by Second Harvest Community Food Bank. Families have access to the pantry on a first come, first served basis.
Campus Cupboard began in 2012 as a pilot program to test the effectiveness of having an on-site food pantry available at a school, and to measure its sustainability and effectiveness in reducing food insecurity for children and families.
Who: Families with students enrolled at Colgan
When: 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.
2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month
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Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland
"The use of art to inform is commendable, in itself a reflection of the multifaceted nature of this epidemic."
- Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland
Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland"The use of art to inform is commendable, in itself a reflection of the multifaceted nature of this epidemic." - Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland |
Kofi A Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations"For this anniversary is a time for all of us who enjoy human rights to imagine life without them – and how hard we would fight to retain them." - Kofi A Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations |
Desmond M. Tutu, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus" Through art and poetry, we wish to inspire 'moral ownership' of the rights of the child in our society." - Desmond M. Tutu, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus |
More than 25 000 South Africans gathered to celebrate and participate in the second annual UNITE 2.0 Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day on the 22nd of November in Tshwane.
The event, an initiative of the Department of Sports and Recreation and the Department of Arts and Culture, included 67 performers, 27 creatives and a selection of artists from various genres. The sporting events included a cycling race, a road running race, a run/walk race and a fun walk.
Among the more than 25 000 South Africans who gathered at the Union Building in Pretoria was also South African Sports and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula who also took part in the activities.
"The Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day is designed to bring together South Africans from all walks of life, particularly this year in its 2nd year and as we celebrate 20 years of freedom and democracy. Almost one year ago, South Africans lined the streets of Tshwane, to say our final farewell. This year, on Nelson Mandela Sport and Culture Day- we reclaim those very same streets to celebrate the life of this global icon," said Mbalula.
The sporting competitions saw both amateurs and professionals competing with R2 million worth of prizes to be won and with both males and females receiving the same amounts respectively. In partnership with Cycling SA and Athletics SA, cycling and athletics were introduced this year.
The sporting events saw a 67km cycling race, which is in remembrance of the 67 years that Mandela devoted to social activism. The top three winners received R250 000, R150 000 and R100 000 respectively. The main running event was a 27km race which was in remembrance of the 27 years that Madiba spent in prison. The top three for the 27km race received R150 00, R100 000 and R50 000 respectively. The 9.4km run and walk was in honour of Nelson Mandela's life. The 9.4km run winner received R40 000 and the winner of the 9.4km walk received R20 000.
The first Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day took place at the FNB Stadiums on the 17th of August where the Springboks played against Argentina and Bafana Bafana played against Burkina Faso.
The event is part of the UNITE 2.0 One Man, One Nation, One Celebration campaign which honours and celebrates Madiba's commitment to justice, equality nation building, non-racialism, social cohesion and other values that the late President Nelson Mandela stood for.
Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthethwa in his statement during the launch of the event echoed the significance and importance of the event saying it would promote patriotism and nation building.
"More than just an event, the Nelson Mandela Sports and Culture Day expresses South Africa's diverse cultural, artistic and linguistic heritage," said minister Mthethwa. He also added that the campaign would serve as a lead event in the relay to Reconciliation Day celebrations.
A concert was held later during the day at the Union Building with a line-up that included 67 performers (musicians, poets, comedians, dancers, and drummers), 27 creatives (crafters, designers, technical trainees and visual artists and 5 young filmmakers.
The lineup of artists included the likes of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Lira, Kurt Darren, Mzwakhe Mbuli and a host of other well respected South African artists.
The 2014 16 Days of Activism for no Violence against Women and Children Campaign will officially be launched today by South African President Jacob Zuma in Reiger Park.
"Count me in. Together moving a non-violence South Africa Forward," is the theme that this year's campaign will run under. The international campaign aims to raise awareness about gender-based violence as well as highlight the negative effect that gender-based violence has on women and children.
The first day of the campaign-25 November- is also International Day on no Violence against Women and the last day-10 December- is also International Human Rights Day. Other key dates during the campaign include World Aids Day- 1 December and International Day for the Disabled- 3 December.
The campaign will be celebrating its 16th year anniversary as well as reflecting on 60 years of the women's charter. The campaign is expected to see national and provincial dialogues driven by the Department of women. The programme will also include a national prayer for "women and children from all walks including sex workers, abused women and children on the 6th of December as well as a Human Trafficking Indaba by the Department of Social Development. A Presidential Men's Dialogue will be held on 10 December at the Presidential Guesthouse at the Union Building.
"Imagine living in a society where we no longer read or hear about the abuse that women and children often suffer at the hands of heartless predators," said Minister in the Presidency for women Susan Shabangu, speaking about the campaign in parliament on Friday.
"The brutal killing of women and children despite laws having been instituted to criminalise brutal behaviour and to improve the safety of women and children, shows that there is a need to move from policy to action and to provide stronger focus than ever on prevention and early intervention to support women and children against this scourge," she added.
The campaign will also aim to bring together various stakeholders such as governments and NGO's to work together towards ending gender-based violence on local and international levels.
South Africa's oldest and most recognised civic society organisation active on AIDS treatment is under threat of closure due to lack of funds.
The treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was launched 10 December 1989- International Human Rights Day- to campaign for access of AIDS treatment. TAC came at a time where South African communities were being torn apart through fear, death and stigma of HIV. Today, the organisation which represents users of public health care system in South Africa faces a risk of shutting down due to lack of funding. TAC is hoping to raise R10 million by the 1st of December, which is also World Aids Day.
World Aids Day will also mark the 10th year anniversary of the distribution of Antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, which TAC has been very instrumental in.
According to the organisation, 12% of the South African population- 6 million people- is HIV positive and for people between the age of 15 and 49, the rate is at 17%. With over 2.4 million people on ARV's as of mid-2014, South Africa has the world's largest AIDS treatment programme. TAC also believes that at least another 2 million people will require treatment in the next five years. The life expectancy at birth moved from 51 in 2005 to 61 in 2012.
Amongst many victories, the TAC is most popular for its victory against the South African government after they challenged the reluctant government under former president Thabo Mbeki's leadership to make antiretroviral treatment available to South Africans. The group also engaged in a legal battle with the government where they were fighting for the prevention of mother-to-child (MTC) transmission. They were victorious and won on the basis of the guarantee of the right to health care by the South African constitution. The government was then ordered to provide MTC treatment and programs in public clinics.
The HIV/AIDS activist group has received national and international support over the years but now the group is in a crisis which could lead to it shutting down if not funded and the fight against HIV/AIDS is far from over, regardless of the progress that has been reached so far.
"If we don't get this money, we don't have a plan B. We've got plan A, and plan A is to make sure we get this money because if TAC closes, we need to understand-all of us here, that many people will die," said TAC general secretary Anele Yawa at a press briefing held by the TAC early November in Braamfontein.
Many of the groups' sponsors and donors have pulled out and the TAC has turned to South Africans for assistance in maintaining the HIV/AIDS treatment campaigns and programs. The group has only one third of its 2015 budget currently.
"We are not asking for charity but for money to save lives. We are faced with a financial problem the people who were donating to us pulled out," said TAC board member Mark Heywood during the press briefing.
"Grownups have a strange way of putting themselves in compartments and groups. They build barriers…of religion, caste, colour, party, nation, province, language, customs and of rich and poor. Fortunately, children do not know much about these barriers, which separate. They play and work with each other and it's only when they grow up that they begin to learn about these barriers from their elders." – Jawaharlal Nehru, the first PM of Independent India.
The 20th of November is marked to celebrate the universal Children's Day. The day corresponds with the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in 1959 and the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in November 1989. It was recommended by the UN in 1959 that "all countries should introduce an annual event for children to encourage fraternity and understanding between children world-wide and it was recommended that individual member nations choose appropriate dates.
The South African government declared the first Saturday of November-01 November – as National Children's Day. The aim of the celebration is "to highlight progress being made towards the realisation and promotion of rights of children," according to the state.
Children's rights are found in Chapter 22 of the Bill of Rights within the South African Constitution and they aim to protect children from harm, neglect, abuse and exploitation.
Section 28 of the South African Bill of Rights states that every child has the right to:
"There can never be a keener revelation of a society's soul than the way it treats its children"-Nelson Mandela
The condition of controversial Sesikhona Peoples Rights Movement leader is improving at the Tygerberg Hospital after being shot four times outside his Makhaza Home in Kayelitsha on Wednesday night.
The former African National Congress (ANC) councillor and chairman of the Sesikhona Peoples Rights Movement Andile Lile was shot four times in his car on the eve of a march he was meant to lead with his movement to the ANC provincial headquarters in the Cape Town central district to stop the party from meddling politically in the affairs of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).
The shooting was labelled by the group as an attempted assassination. "There is nothing called attempted robbery here and it is a politically driven thing," said Seskhona's Sthembele Majova.
The movement started off as a sanitation movement and has now moved on to land and unemployment issues. They first robbed national and international media attention in October 2013 when the group under the leadership of Lile and Loyiso Nkohla marched against the city of Cape Town's use of portable toilets in informal settlements. The movement took service delivery protests to the next level after they dumped faeces at the entrance of the Western Cape Legislature and at the Cape Town International Airport.
The group participated in various protests with their conduct and behaviour constantly questioned. The poo protest resulted in Lile being suspended for a year and Nkohla being removed as councillor and expulsion from the ANC. Both were reinstated as ANC members after they appealed.
The shooting is currently being investigated by the Cape Town Police and no arrests have been made.
Art for Humanity is proud to present the logo for the Art of Human Rights project which will be launched in March 2015. We are currently underway with preparations for the exhibition launch which will be at the Durban Art Gallery on the 21st of March 2015.
The exhibition will also include the Art of Human Rights publication which AFH is proud to say features short articles on the topic by 20 contributing authors. The introduction for the publication will be written by Justice Albie Sacks.
The Art of Human Rights project follows the 1996 Images of Human Rights project by AFH predecessor Artists for Human Rights. This project will see the coming together of 29 artists and 27 poets to create work that will inspire all South Africans with the values, spirit and meaning of the South African Bill of Rights.
All the art and poetry pieces have been submitted and we are now in the printing stage and signing of works by artists.
For more on the project, visit >> http://www.afh.org.za/art-human-rights
By Zimasa Magudu
When Taliban gunmen asked a pick-up bus full of women "who is Malala", before shooting her at gunpoint, little did they know that two years later she would have every right to be able to reply and say: I am Malala, recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
17 year old Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan was announced as the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with 60 year old Kailash Satyarthi from India, "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to an education".
The recipients were announced by the chairman of the Nobel Peace Committee, Thorbjorn Jagland at the Nobel Institute in Oslo on October 10.
Jagland said that children should be able to go to school and not be financially exploited, he was speaking on the struggles that Malala and Kailash had been recognised for fighting against.
"It is a prerequisite for peaceful global development that the rights of children and young people be respected. In conflict ridden areas in particular, the violation of children leads to the continuation of violence from generation to generation," added Jagland.
Children rights activist Satyarthi was commended for his courage and for walking in the steps of the late Nobel Peace Prize winner Mahatma Ghandi who was also from India.
"Kailash Satyarthi, maintaining Ghandi's tradition has headed various forms of protests and demonstrations, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain," said Jagland emphasising that the protests were "all peaceful". Jagland also added that Kailash has also contributed to the development of important international conventions on children's rights.
The two laureates are not just from different countries but also different religious groups, Muslim and Hindu respectively and this was seen as an important point by the Nobel Committee that the two "join in a common struggle for education against extremism."
"It has been calculated that there are 168 million child labourers around the world today. In 2000 the figure was 78million higher," said Jagland, further adding that the world had come closer to the goal of eliminating child labour.
Malala's struggle gained worldwide attention after she was shot in 2009 by Taliban gunmen when she was returning from school. The gunmen reportedly called out "who is Malala" as they stormed into the school pickup bus before shooting her at point-blank range in the head. She was only 15 years old at that time but her bravery and yearn for an education intimidated the Taliban.
I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, is a memoire written by Malala and British veteran journalist Christina Lamb that tells Malala's tale and is now a best seller. The books not only looks at Malala's struggles as she was advocating for children right to an education but also reveals the support structure she had from which her father played a big part.
Malala has presented many speeches and interviews at prestigious events and venues, prior to the release of her book she had also blogged for BBC under the pen mane Gul Makai.
"I'm proud that I'm the first Pakistani and the first young woman, or the first young person, who is getting this award," sad Malala. "This is not the end, this is not the end of my campaign, and this is the beginning," she added speaking in Birmingham where she currently lives.
The two laureates will be presented with their prize of $1.1 million on the 10th of December which will also be the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death in 1896.
The 2014 Nobel Peace Laureates Summit initially scheduled to be held in Cape Town this month, has been suspended due to the South African government failing to grant the Dalai Lama a visa to attend the summit.
The ANC led government has received heavy criticism from Laureates, NGO's, opposition parties and public figures following the government's decision to not grant a visa to His Holiness, in a bid to allegedly avoid angering China which views the Tibetan spiritual leader as a campaigner for Tibetan independence.
China and South Africa are both part of BRICS- an association of five emerging national economies that represent 18% of the world's economy at large. BRICS consists of countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. China is also South Africa's biggest single trading partner and an estimation of 350 000 Chinese have settled in SA since 2000.
The city of Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille announced earlier this month that the summit would be suspended following refusals by other Laureates to attend in protest for His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. "The National Government has treated our request and that of the Laureates themselves with distain, and in so doing showed that they are more intend on pleasing Beijing than with ensuring a prestigious international event is held in South Africa, which was intended to celebrate the late Nelson Mandela and 20 years of democracy in South Africa," said the Mayor addressing reporters at the Civic Centre last week Thursday. De Lille further accused the SA government of undermining the countries international standing and of arrogance and inefficiency.
The value of international exposure and visitor spend would have brought in an estimation of R60 million worth of economic opportunity as the summit would have been the largest gathering of Nobel Peace Laureates with 14 Peace Laureates and 11 Peace Laureates organisations, according to De Lille.
In a letter to the host committee, Laureates from the Nobel Women's Initiative laid out reasons why they had decided to not attend the summit and expressed their disappointment in both the South African government and China. The laureates said that their decision was not just about SA failing to grant a visa to the Dalai Lama. "It is also about the Chinese governments expressed policy of non-interference in the internal policies of other nations –apparently except when it comes to the Dalai Lama," they said, also adding that they would be willing to participate in the summit if it were hosted where the Dalai Lama would be able to attend.
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in a statement lambasted the ANC led government referring to them as a lickspittle bunch that he was ashamed to call his government. Tutu also added that he couldn't believe that the government could shoot itself in the same foot thrice over.
The Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 and is close friends with fellow Laureate Tutu who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. South African Laureates also include Albert Luthuli-1961; FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela who were co recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
The Dalai Lama has lived in exile in the town of Dharamshala in India since 1959 after fleeing Tibet.
Mayor De Lille affirmed that the summit would not be cancelled, rather it would continue in association with the city of Cape Town and an alternative host city. The date nor venue for the summit has not yet been confirmed.
The Durban University of Technology International Education and Partnerships Directorate held a FRENCH DAY AT DUT programme, on Wednesday 1st October, at Ritson Campus-DUT.
Hosted by Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment Executive Dean Theo Andrew, the programme was attended by DUT Vice-Chancellor and Principal Prof A.C Bawa, French ambassador to South Africa Her Excellency Ms Elisabeth Barbier, eThekwini Municipality Head of International and Governance Relations Mr Eric Apelren and other well respected academics.
Head of International and Governance Relations Mr Eric Apelren, presented an overview of Durban sister city cooperation programme with the French speaking city of Le Port.
The programme included an exhibition of works from the DUT departments of Jewellery Design, Fashion, Photography, Media, Language and Translation, Alliance Francaise and Art for Humanity respectively.
Representatives from the various faculties took turns delivering speeches related to collaborations between South Africa and France and Durban's sister city Le Port, hence the partnership between the Durban University of Technology and the University of Reunion. Campus France University Cooperation's Officer Ms. Chrisna spoke about studying opportunities and scholarships in France for South African Students.
Other presentations were that of aspects of French culture, French language teaching in DUT, modules in French language in DUT as well as perspectives from two current French exchange students.
Acapella singers from the Department of Drama and Production studies serenaded the guests with traditional South African and French music pieces. A French themed three course lunch prepared by Master Chef Jean-Paul Videau and students from the Hospitality Department.
The programme was sealed off with a French Day concert featuring a deejay set from Labella from Reunion Island.
A set of High Level Norms and Standards for Grant Funding were laid out in a document presented to beneficiaries by the National Lotteries Board during the third National Lotteries Board (NLB) 2014 Indaba in Boksburg from the 22nd until the 24th of September.
The document is a draft that will be a living document- giving insight into the NLB as a funding institution and how it operates -after all stakeholders and beneficiaries add their inputs. The main objectives for the development of norms and standards include reflecting a high level of transparency and accountability regarding all structures and processes. The document also serves to establish a clear mandate for the NLB in terms of beneficiaries and priorities and to improve communication and strengthen the relationship between the NBL and the beneficiaries.
The NLB came into existence after the development of the Lotteries' Act of 1997 and as South Africa celebrates 20 years of freedom and democracy, the NLB celebrates 15 years of existence.
The Lotteries' Act No.57 of 1997 was amended and the New Lotteries' Amendment Act was passed in December 2013. The new Amendment act will see the NLB restructured into the National Lotteries Commission and will see the appointment of a commissioner. According to the new amendment act, the board shall in consultation with the minister of Trade and Industry, appoint a person with suitable qualifications and experience. The commissioner will be accountable to the board for the performance of all financial, administrative and clerical functions. The commissioner will also hold office for a five year term and may only have their contract renewed once.
Speaking at the Indaba, NBL CEO Mrs Thabang Mampane revealed that the changes would be implemented on the 1st of April 2015. Mampane also outlined the National Lottery Distributional Trust Fund (NLDTF) statistics which state that since inception, the NLDTF has distributed R18 billion.
According to the Lotteries Act, The NLDTF receives 34% of all National Lottery revenues every week and distributes these funds to good causes across different sectors namely: Charities sector- 45%; Arts, Culture and Heritage- 28%; Sports and Recreation- 22% and Miscellaneous Purposes- 5%.
Some of the topics discussed during the Indaba were those of governance and compliance by NGO's and NPO's; poverty statistics in South Africa; fraud prevention, monitoring, evaluating and compliance in funding institutions; job creation for youth through funding and public private partnerships.
The Indaba also allowed for beneficiaries to network with each other as well as engage with members of the NLB during the three day course of the conference.
The beneficiaries and NLB were urged not to misuse the funds or engage in fraud or corruption as such would backtrack the progress of the NLDTF.
"Serve your community and not yourself," said NLB board member Ms. Zodwa Ntuli speaking to the beneficiaries during the Indaba. "We are going to rely on you to ensure that you are honest and you can point out those that are fraudulent. It is not the job of the government to ensure that there is no corruption," she added.


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Penn State 14
(2-1, 1-0 away)
Temple 10
(2-1, 1-1 home)
Coverage: ESPN
12:00 PM ET, September 17, 2011
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA
Top Performers
Passing: M. McGloin (PSU) - 124 YDS
Rushing: S. Redd (USC) - 16 CAR, 86 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving: D. Moye (PSU) - 7 REC, 112 YDS
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Zordich scored on a 1-yard run with 2:42 left to stretch Penn State's winning streak against Temple to 29 straight games in a 14-10 victory on Saturday at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Owls led for most of the game and gave their intrastate rival one of the biggest scares in this series. For all the strides Temple has made in its program the last five years, it still can't beat Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions.
Temple has not defeated Penn State since a 14-0 victory on Oct. 18, 1941. The teams tied 7-7 in 1950.
After missing two field goal attempts, Penn State converted a fourth-and-1 on the 3 late in the fourth. Zordich then scored to make it 14-10.
Aided by a defensive penalty, the Owls drove to the 34 on their final possession. Mike Gerardi was sacked on fourth down to end the drive and the upset bid.
Watching from the press box because of injuries again, Joe Paterno improved to 28-0 vs. the Owls. But he almost saw a monumental upset a week after Penn State lost at home, 27-11, to Alabama.
The Owls squandered a pair of fantastic chances to stretch the lead in the second half. Temple did not take advantage of cornerback Kee-ayre Griffin's interception that put the ball on the 50, and came up empty after Rod Streater had an open path and blocked a punt that let the Owls start on Penn State's 39.
When Temple struggled, Penn State pounced.
Penn State last visited South Philadelphia in 2007, and it was then that the blue-and-white faithful overtook the Linc and turned the place into a virtual Penn State home game. Not this year. Temple's improvement in the standings has led to renewed interest in the team. The parking lots were stuffed with Owls fans, who tailgated and belted out the fight song hours before kickoff. Still, the game was well short of a sellout and the white shirts that colored large chunks of the stadium made it look like a signature Happy Valley "Whiteout."
Temple announced a paid total of 57,323 fans, the third-largest crowd in team history.
The Owls opened like a team playing for a BCS bowl berth, pressuring Rob Bolden and rattling ball carriers that set an early tone. It was clear that they wouldn't be pushovers. They got it done on offense early, with Mike Gerardi connecting to Deon Miller for 33 yards that set up Bernard Pierce's 2-yard score and a 7-0 lead.
Matt McGloin replaced Bolden in the second quarter and led the Nittany Lions on a tying scoring drive, capped by Silas Redd's 17-yard scoring run.
Redd ran straight into the Temple red -- the end zones were painted red and inscribed with "TEMPLE" on one end and "OWLS" on the other.
The makeover might not seem like a big deal at most college powerhouses, but Temple had never before used painted end zones at the stadium they share with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Brandon McManus put the Owls, 10-7, ahead with a 40-yard field goal with 37 seconds left in the half.
Penn State's Sam Ficken had his 49-yard tying attempt blocked by Shahid Paulhill as time expired to help the Owls take a lead into halftime -- and set the stage for a historic win.
But the Nittany Lions had other ideas.
In the end, Temple was held to just 197 total yards and Gerardi threw two interceptions as the streak continued.
Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs | 18 | 13 |
Total Yards | 308 | 197 |
Passing | 216 | 123 |
Rushing | 92 | 74 |
Penalties | 7-69 | 4-30 |
3rd Down Conversions | 6-17 | 4-13 |
4th Down Conversions | 2-2 | 0-1 |
Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
Possession | 31:38 | 28:22 |
Scoring Summary
TD | 06:54 | Bernard Pierce 2 Yd Run (Brandon Mcmanus Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
TD | 04:57 | Silas Redd 17 Yd Run (Evan Lewis Kick) | 7 | 7 | |
FG | 00:37 | Brandon McManus 40 Yd | 7 | 10 | |
TD | 02:42 | Michael Zordich 1 Yd Run (Evan Lewis Kick) | 14 | 10 |
Research Notes
While Penn State maintained its unbeaten streak against Temple, the 14 points scored by the Nittany Lions marks the fewest in the series since their 10-7 road win in 1978 (the 13th game in the unbeaten streak), and today's +4 margin of victory is the lowest in the series since Penn State's 27-25 win at home in 1985 (19th game in the unbeaten streak). |
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Teaching Programing Skills to Children with Logo
As a parent of three young boys, I often think about what it's going to take to be competitive in the job market of the future. Obviously, they'll need solid reading, writing, math and science skills, with history, literature and art thrown in to make them well-rounded. Being a computer nerd myself, I recognize the value of even basic computer skills.
Workers of the future will need to be able to use a word processor and spreadsheet, and they'll need to be able to send and receive e-mail. Those skills are so basic, they probably just barely will qualify people for a decent job. What will separate job seekers from the competition will be basic programming ability and the thinking processes that go with it. Although I don't advocate trying to teach your five-year old to program in C or Java, I do think you should start early. The Logo programming language is a wonderful way to introduce young kids to the art, and science, of programming.
For those of you who aren't familiar with Logo, essentially, it's about giving programming instructions to a frog, who then executes those instructions. The frog understands basic commands, such as "forward", "backward", "turnleft" and so on. This wonderfully intelligent and obedient frog also happens to be carrying a magic marker that he can use to trace out his path as he moves about on the computer screen. By sending the appropriate commands to the frog, you can cause him to trace out geometric shapes. For the parent or teacher, it's nice to know that the Logo programming language is easy to learn. I learned it in about 30 minutes, and I was fighting the flu. After all, it's simple enough for a frog, right?
Most of the Logo programming commands are pretty self-explanatory. The "forward" command takes one parameter, the number of pixels to move forward. The "turnleft" command also takes one parameter, the number of degrees to turn. The "go" command takes two parameters, X and Y, that describe a location on the screen where the frog should go. The "pendown" command tells the frog to put his pen against the ground so that it traces his path as he moves. Conversely, the "penup" command causes him to lift his pen so that he can move without leaving a trace. Amazingly, this pen also can change its width and color with the "penwidth" and "pencolor" commands.
The "clear" command erases all of the traces left by the frog, but it leaves the frog wherever he is. The "reset" command clears the screen and puts the frog back at the center. Most Logo programs will start with a "reset" command, unless part of the program entails being able to start from an unknown state.
This frog also understands math. He can add, subtract, multiply and divide. And, he apparently is well educated, as he knows the number pi and trigonometrical functions like sin, cos, tan, arcsin, arccos, arctan and the functions sqrt and exp. Of course, he also understands the concept of a variable to which your kid's program can assign values for later use.
Logo also supports program loops and branches. The if statement takes a (possibly compound) boolean expression and executes a bracketed block of code if the expression evaluates to true or an optional alternative block otherwise. Essentially, it looks like:
if <expression> { block } else { block }
There also is a while loop, a repeat loop (which simply loops a given number of times) and a for loop (which looks a lot like the for loop in BASIC).
For this article, I'm using KTurtle, which comes with the KDE environment. KTurtle essentially is an IDE that has a programming window, an execution window, an errors window and a debugger. You even can control the speed at which the frog executes your instructions. I'm sure there are other implementations available besides KTurtle. Let's take a look at a simple example so you can get a feel for what the language looks like.
reset forward 30 turnleft 90 forward 30 turnleft 90 forward 30 turnleft 90 forward 30
This little program almost doesn't warrant an explanation. It simply clears the screen and draws a box with sides 30 pixels long.
Let's do a more complex example that shows of some of the frog's abilities.
$sides = 100 reset $dotted = 1
repeat $sides { if ($dotted == 1) { pendown $red = random 0,255 $blue = random 0,255 $green = random 0,255 pencolor $red,$blue,$green $dotted = 0 } else { penup $dotted = 1 }
forward 5 turnleft 360/$sides }
This little gem simulates drawing a circle by drawing a 100-sided figure using dotted, multicolored lines. Actually, there's a bug in the program that becomes obvious when you change the number of sides to values less than about 20.
Fixing the bug in the previous program is a nice way to introduce one final feature of the Logo programming language: structured programming. Logo allows you to create your own commands, or subroutines, using the "learn" command. For example:
learn dottedline $n { $dotted = 1 repeat $n { if ($dotted == 1) { penup $dotted = 0 } else { pendown $dotted = 1 } forward 2 } }
This snippet of code enables our frog to execute a new command called dottedline. Now our program looks like this:
$sides = 20 learn dottedline $n { $dotted = 1 repeat $n { if ($dotted == 1) { penup $dotted = 0 } else { pendown $dotted = 1 } forward 2 } } reset repeat $sides { $red = random 0,255 $blue = random 0,255 $green = random 0,255 pencolor $red,$blue,$green dottedline 6 turnleft 360/$sides }
And, if we run this program, we see a a 20-sided "circle" made with multicolor dotted lines. This program also behaves properly when sides=3, where the previous program did not. There's still the matter of scaling the "circle" as the number of sides gets larger, but that's beyond the scope of this article.
As you can see, Logo is a fairly simple, yet complete, language. The examples I've presented later in this article are probably a bit advanced for most young programmers; however, older programmers should be able to follow and understand this level of program logic. At this point, they should move on to a more advanced language. In the meantime, your younger students can learn to use commands to draw geometric shapes and pictures.
As a parent or teacher, I'd recommend starting by having students give the frog basic commands so they become familiar with the results. Then, as the students become more sophisticated, provide them with increasingly more complex geometric shapes and have them write a program to mimic that shape. If this is as far as you go, think about what you will have accomplished. Your students will have acquired mouse/keyboard skills, geometric/spacial thinking ability and rudimentary programming experience, and they probably will have a few giggles in the process. As long as you guide them along to keep them from getting "stuck" and frustrated, they'll do just fine.
As an introduction to structured programming, I'd present them with a working program like this:
learn box $count{ repeat $count { turnleft 360/$count forward 20*5/$count } } reset repeat 20 { box 5 turnleft random 1,360 penup forward 50 pendown }
Let the students identify all the "tunables" in this program, change them one by one and observe the results.
As you can see, Logo is an easy language for an instructor to pick up, and yet, it's still very approachable for very young students. There's probably not much demand for Logo programmers in the job market, and I'm not trying to imply that my sons will grow up to be programmers, but basic computer and programming skills will give them many choices that they otherwise might not have, and the Logo programming language is a good first stepping stone.
Mike Diehl is a freelance Computer Nerd specializing in Linux administration, programing, and VoIP. Mike lives in Albuquerque, NM. with his wife and 3 sons. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
olpc project has etoys that contains logo.
pardon here but I use with my child the new small basic which also contains a turtle
Scratch is actually a better way to learn for youngsters
Scratch is better for teaching programming.
They even have a LOGO emulator: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/cadams/56510
And with the Scratch sensor Board you can interact with the physical world from a scratch program.
I remember!!!!
I used it in my school when I was 12, I think!
The program which we were using was called WinLogo (and worked in DOS), and it was translated to our mother language, catalan.
A good way to start, but we used it basically to draw.
More than a means to teach programming
Great to see a Logo article 'in the wild'. Logo has many qualities that make it an excellent tool for learning entry-level programming: Extremely simple syntax (ie a shallow learning curve); a few core routines that make the language really useful; an extensive 'vocabulary' that can be learned as needed over time by neo programmers; simple graphics and text primitives; and powerful list processing and recursion. But learning programming is only one application: Logo is still among the best computer environments for working on mathematics and language structures with kids. Since the language has a 32 year history, there is a wealth of printed and online resources for the interested. Good Logoing!
Plz can u let me knw how to start LOGO programming that is where to write the commands... :)
I dont knw how to reach the LOGO promt...... plz help...!
Without Logo, I wouldn't be a programmer today.
Our small computer lab in my public school library had 286 PS/2 computers loaded with Miser's House and Logo. When I was in grade 7 I got my first taste of computer programming through Logo. Haven't looked back since. I love it. Thanks, Logo!
The "cursor" character has been both a frog and a turtle, probably in different implementations of the language. When I learned to play with Logo on an Apple IIe when I was a kid, it was a turtle.
EDIT: whoops, this was supposed to be a reply to "A N Mouse", below.
Lego Mindstorms is probably even better
The Lego Mindstorms brick: It's an ARM processor, it comes with a bunch of sensors and actuators. You can program it with a variety of languages, starting from a very simple visual drag-and-drop "logic scheme" thing, to C++ and whatnot. And on top of that the device actually does something in the real world. It's not just staring at a computer screen all day long, you can actually make robots and program them. Might be more suitable for teaching smaller children.
After a certain age, of course, it doesn't matter anymore and you can teach programming in an abstract way.
Why would the package be called KTurtle? Perhaps because in Logo the thing that does the drawing isn't a frog, which wouldn't be able to draw lines very smoothly...
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James E. Rooney, MCCA Executive Director will receive the Association's 2006 John Joseph Moakley Outstanding Citizen Award, for his tireless efforts towards the betterment of South Boston. These include, his leadership in charitable and community causes, and his continuous support of neighborhood, civic, arts and educational groups in South Boston.
Bare remarked, "Each year we face the tremendous task of awarding the John Joseph Moakley Award for Outstanding Citizenship, not because it is hard to find someone to award it to, but because we have so many people that work hard for this community and rightfully deserve to be acknowledged. Jim Rooney's leadership does not stop at all the great work he does on behalf of the MCCA but continues on to the volunteerism that Jim exhibits throughout the entire South Boston neighborhood."
Jim Rooney's South Boston family, including his ten brothers and parents, Peg and Fred Rooney, are well known for their contributions to the community. During his career in public service, Rooney has not forgotten his roots, whether at the MBTA, the Central Artery Project, at the Mayor's Office or in his current position, Jim has always kept the interests of his hometown in mind including hiring many residents of his native South Boston and many high school and college students for internships and summer jobs.
At the MCCA in particular, Rooney has worked to ensure that South Boston residents are aware of opportunities at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center and has made it a priority that the host community of South Boston shares in the building's success. At Rooney's direction, convention center contractors have held job fairs specifically targeted to the South Boston community.
Rooney has opened up the new convention center to a number of local non-profits for fundraisers and events, including the Gate of Heaven, the Cushing/Gavin House, the South Boston Community Health Center and the South Boston Youth Soccer League. Under Rooney's leadership, the MCCA is a regular sponsor of a wide variety of neighborhood non-profits including the Laboure, the Marion Manor, and Julie's Family Learning Center.
Rooney sits on the Board of Directors for the South Boston Neighborhood House, Friends of the Fort Point Channel, and the Artery Business Committee. Throughout his adult life, he has volunteered with many South Boston neighborhood organizations and has coached South Boston Little League, South Boston Babe Ruth League, South Boston Youth Soccer League and South Boston Youth Hockey League. He was also a CYO Basketball and Softball coach. He has a volunteered at the Archdiocese of Boston Interparish Track Meet, is a member of John W. McCormick Civic Association. He serves on the advisory board of the South Boston Collaborative.
Rooney also supports the local arts community by allowing works from the South Boston Arts Association and Artists for Humanity to hang in the new convention center. Additionally, Rooney has helped many South Boston students with their college applications and has advised families on the process. Rooney again demonstrated his generosity to community last year by donating computers to the Michael J. Perkins School and sponsoring a boat trip for students.
Rooney attended Boston Latin School and graduated as President of his class and winner of the National Honor Society Leadership Award. He has a BA in Economics from Harvard College and attended the Boston University School of Management. Jim and his wife Maryanne reside in Dorchester and have three children.
"Jim was an easy choice for this prestigious award; he selflessly extends himself at a moments notice. Jimmy has been a familiar face in this community for his entire life. At any given time, you will find Jim is behind the scenes helping out at receptions, benefits, and auctions for the benefit of the South Boston Community." Bare added.
The SBCA's Award, was renamed as the John Joseph Moakley Award for Outstanding Citizenship several years ago, a tribute to South Boston's most outstanding citizen, the late Congressman "Joe" Moakley.
The award will be presented at the Association's annual Evacuation Day Banquet, to be held on Friday evening, March 17, at the BCEC. State Senator Jack Hart is this year's Banquet Chairman.
"It gives me great pleasure to announce these awards," said Bare. "Jim Rooney is a truly dedicated and committed individual who has contributed so much in his own unique way. It is more than fitting for the Citizens' Association, and the South Boston community, to honor his contributions."
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