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Finance & Administration
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372
Phone: 910.521.6209
Fax: 910.521.6878
Relay: 910.521.6209
Email: businessaffairs @uncp.edu
Location: Lumbee Hall, Room 320
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Human Resources Policy: HR 05 94
PURPOSE: To insure that the University Wage/Hours provisions conform to the requirements of both the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the State's Policy on Hours of Work and Overtime Compensation.
SCOPE: This policy covers SPA (staff) employees, both permanent and temporary.
1. Minimum Wage: Student employees (including
College Work-Study Program students) must be paid the Federal minimum
2. Wage/Hour Status: The wage/hour status of a position is determined when a position is established. The wage/hour status of a position subject to overtime is a Federal requirement. Departments that have questions or wish to change the wage/hour status of a position should contact the Personnel Office at extension 6279.
All SPA employees, (employees subject to the State Personnel Act), are subject to overtime unless their positions have specifically been determined to be Exempt. All SPA employees appointed less than 40 hours are designated non-exempt to ensure proper benefits and leave administration. All student and temporary employees are non-exempt. All non-exempt employees must be compensated at time-and-one-half for hours worked over 40 during a single work week.
Permanent SPA employees may be exempt from overtime if their duties have been determined to be executive (primary duty is management of recognized department or subdivision, supervises two or more employees 80% of the time, makes decisions on hiring, firing, etc., and uses discretion and independent judgment); administrative (office or non-manual work involving management policies or general business operations, and exercises independent judgment and discretion); or professional (requires scientific or specialized study, work must be intellectual and varied in character, and exercises discretion and independent judgment). The determination is based on the nature of work and is not directly related to salary or salary grade.
3. Managing Work Time: Vice Chancellors, directors, department heads, and other supervisory personnel are responsible for assuring compliance with Wage/Hour provisions. Violation of University Wage/Hour provisions may result in disciplinary action. Any violation may result in fines by the Federal Department of Labor Wage-Hour Division.
The department head is responsible for managing hours worked through such measures as:
Hours worked (over 40 hours) by an employee without the department head's permission or knowledge may not be compensated.
4. Work Day: The work day is the 24-hour period beginning at 12:01 a.m. and ending at 12:00 midnight. Working more than eight hours in a work day does not necessarily constitute overtime. Overtime occurs only after actually working more than 40 hours in a work week.
When the time changes from Daylight Savings Time to Eastern Standard Time, employees on duty at this change actually work a 9-hour shift rather than the usual 8-hour shift. The State, under the overtime pay policy, must compensate for this additional hour at one-and-one-half time.
5. Work Week: The University's work week is from 12:01 a.m. Sunday to 12:00 midnight Saturday. Variations of the official work week may be approved.
6. Hourly Rate: The hourly rate is determined by dividing the employee's annual salary by 2080 (40 hours x 52 weeks).
7. Regular Rate: The employee's regular rate is the hourly rate and any shift premium pay and call-back pay earned for the work week. The "regular rate" is determined by dividing the employee's straight time earnings for the shift including any shift premium pay, call-back pay, and longevity pay by the total number of hours worked during that week. When overtime is paid, it must be paid at time and one-half the "regular rate" as required by the FLSA.
8. Overtime: Non-exempt employees earn time and one-half for all hours worked over 40 in a work week. Paid leave time which is not worked such as vacation, sick leave, civil leave, family medical leave, and holidays does not count as work time for the purpose of determining overtime. An employee must actually work over 40 hours in a work week in order to earn overtime. Prior to authorizing paid overtime work, the supervisor must insure that funds are available.
If an employee works more than eight hours in one day, but is directed or allowed to take off an equal number of hours on a subsequent day within the same work week, no overtime obligation is incurred.
An employee working in more than one SPA position is covered by the regulations governing the payment of over time of the combined hours worked in excess of 40 per week.
9. Budget Time Off: Within the same pay period, an employee may be scheduled one and one-half hours off without pay in one work week of a pay period for each overtime hour worked in the other work week of the same pay period. This is called Budget Time Off. The time taken off without pay offsets the overtime earned in the other week. Thus, the employee's pay for the entire pay period would remain the same as if he/she had worked the normally assigned work schedule.
10. Exempt Employees: Executive, administrative, and professional employees are exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Exempt employees are eligible to receive holiday pay, holiday premium pay, and equal time off. They are also eligible to receive travel time as appropriate. Effective September 1 1996, UNCP's policy is that exempt employees may receive equal time off (compensatory time) for hours worked over forty hours (40) per week. Such time must be approved by the immediate supervisor prior to the work being performed. Furthermore, exempt employees may not accumulate more than sixty (60) hours of compensatory time.
If any employee has more that 60 hours of compensatory time. That employee will be given an "adequate" period of time to take the excess compensatory hours off and return the comp balance to 60 hours or less. What constitutes "adequate" time will have to be defined on an individual case-by-case basis. If the compensatory time balance is not reduced to 60 hours or less within the time period determined as "adequate" the excess compensatory time balance may be reduced downward to the (60) hour balance maximum.
are responsible for monitoring the approval and accrual of compensatory
time in their work areas. This policy change has been reviewed by the
Employee Recognition Committee, the Vice Chancellors, and the Chancellor.
11. Record-keeping Requirements: Time sheets are required for all non-exempt employees and must be retained in the Personnel Office for four years. Time sheets are not required for exempt employees.
12. Recording Work Time: Each non-exempt employee is required to maintain his/her own time record. In a situation where the form is completed by another authorized person, an employee is required to verify the data at the end of the month and signify its completeness and accuracy at the end of the reporting period. The employee's immediate supervisor must review and sign the time record.
Work time is recorded to the nearest tenth of an hour. Non-work time is accounted for through leave, holidays, or other reasons and is recorded according to instructions on the "Employee Time Sheet."
13. Accuracy of Records: A falsified "Employee Time Sheet" violates State and University policy. Anyone who prepares, certifies, or approves a falsified record is subject to disciplinary action.
14. Hours Worked (Work Time): All time during which an employee is "required or permitted" to work is considered hours worked (work time). Ordinarily, all hours from the beginning to the end of the work day are considered work time, except for periods when the employee is relieved of all duties for meal periods or other absences accounted for by approved leave.
Examples of non-work time:
14.1 Required Training: Required training is considered work time whether or not it occurs during regular work hours. Time spent in "homework" for required training also is work time. Attendance is considered to be required when an employee is led to believe his/her working conditions or continued employment would be adversely affected by non-attendance.
14.2 Voluntary Training: Training that is taken on an employee's initiative and that is not required (not directed or reimbursed by management) is not work time. (Also see "Hours Worked" in this Section.)
14.3 Travel Time: Whether travel time is compensable depends on the kind of travel involved. Travel from home to work is not considered work time even if the employee must report to work at various job sites.
Travel from one job site to another job site during the work day is always counted as work time. Travel from an outlying job site at the end of the day to the normal work site is work time.
Travel out of town during the work day is counted as work time except for the period of time that normally would be considered as home to work travel time and bona-fide meal periods. Travel out of town overnight, is counted as work time only for those hours which fall within an employee's regularly scheduled shift. This applies to non-work days (such as weekends) as well as regularly scheduled work days.
Overnight travel outside of the regularly scheduled work hours is not counted as work time. The employee receives travel time off. Travel time off is equal time off, granted on an hour-for-hour (not overtime) basis. This applies to both exempt and non-exempt employees.
Management may adjust an employee's schedule in the same work week to accommodate these hours and not incur liability for overtime pay.
14.4 Adverse Weather: When adverse weather requires an employee to leave work early or prevents an employee from reporting to work, lost time is not counted as work time. Time lost due to adverse weather must be made up within one year, charged to an employee's vacation leave account, charged as leave without pay, or any combination of these.
In order to avoid overtime liability, make-up time for non-exempt employees must be scheduled during a week when the employee does not work 40 hours. It must be made up in the week the time is missed, in weeks when the employee uses sick or vacation leave, or during a week when there is a paid holiday.
14.5 Break Periods: Break periods are not required by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). However, as operational requirements permit and working conditions warrant, University employees may be permitted to take one 15- minute paid break during any work period of four consecutive hours. Break periods are counted as hours worked.
Normally, full-time employees may take one 15-minute paid break period during the first half of their shift (prior to the meal period) and one 15-minute paid break period during the second half of their shift (after the meal period). In certain occupations, as deemed necessary for safety and health reasons, management may allow more than one break period per four hours.
Break periods may not be combined with the meal period itself or with another break period, may not be used in order to report to work late or leave early, and may not be used in conjunction with any type of leave. Break periods may not be accrued. If breaks are not taken during specified time frames, they are lost.
14.6 Meal Periods: A typical work schedule provides for a meal period of one hour. A meal period must be at least 30 consecutive minutes. Meal periods of greater length may be approved by management. During the meal period, the employee must be completely free from assigned work. If an employee is required (or permitted) to take a meal period at the work station and is required to work while eating, the time is considered work time and is subject to overtime. Meal periods scheduled, but not taken, may not be used as leave.
14.7 Call-Back Time: Non-exempt employees called back to work in an emergency, before or after regularly scheduled work hours or on non-work days, are credited with a minimum of two hours. If this results in overtime during the work week, time worked over 40 hours is compensated at overtime rates.
14.8 Guidelines: Only the time from when the employee is notified (including one-way travel to the job site and actual work time) is subject to overtime provisions for non-exempt employees. Call-back time which is not worked does not count toward determining overtime. Return travel from the job site to home is not compensated.
If call-back work does not take two hours to complete, only travel time and actual work time are subject to overtime provisions. The remainder is paid at straight time. For example, if travel and task completion take one hour, that hour may be subject to overtime. The second hour is paid at straight time, and is coded as "Paid Call-Back Time -- Not Worked." If call-back time is more than two hours, the employee is compensated for actual time worked.
If it is necessary to continue work immediately following the end of a regularly scheduled shift, call-back does not apply. However, any hours worked are considered an extension of the work week and could be subject to overtime provisions.
14.9 Eligibility: The call-back procedure is intended for non-exempt, technical and clinical, personnel whose regularly assigned duties allow little flexibility in work schedules. FLSA Exempt employees may vary work schedules and are not entitled to additional compensation for reporting back to work after regular hours.
An employee who receives call-back pay also is eligible, when circumstances apply, for shift or holiday premium pay.
NOTE: Call-back is not part of the annual salary set for a specific classification title.
If the employee is called back to work, call-back time provisions apply. (See "Call-Back Time" in this Section.) Situations in which the employee works longer than two hours are counted as time worked and recorded on the Employee Time Sheet. The hours may be subject to overtime provisions.
If it is necessary to continue work immediately following the end of a regularly scheduled shift, the hours may be subject to overtime provisions. Any hours worked (if over 40 in a work week) are subject to overtime.
14.10 On-Call Time: If an employee must remain on University property or so near that time cannot be used freely, it is recorded as time worked.
14.11 Age Limitations: All permanent SPA employees must be at least 18 years of age. Persons 16 or 17 years of age may be considered for temporary employment only. State law requires that persons under the age of 18 have an "Employment Certificate" from the County Social Services Department. Further, the specific duties to be performed must comply with the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Violations of this policy may result in penalties or fines from the Federal and/or State Department of Labor.
Employees under age 18 may not work more than nine hours per day, 48 hours per week, or six consecutive days per week; nor may they work before 6:00 a.m. or past 12:00 midnight.
Employees under age 18 may not work in occupations declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor. Of particular interest to all departments are the "Hazardous Orders" prohibiting the employment of minors between 16 and 18 years of age in such activities as:
14.12 Nurses: When it is necessary for a registered nurse to work more than a regularly scheduled 40-hour work week, the excess hours shall be subject to overtime compensation. When the person in the position normally has 24-hour responsibility, as in the case of some supervisors and most directors, overtime compensation will not apply since they are treated as exempt.
14.13 Volunteers: Volunteers are not in an employer/employee relationship. Volunteers perform hours of service for civic, charitable, or humanitarian reasons. The following conditions must be met in order for volunteer status to be maintained:
Updated: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
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Friday, March 1, 2013
Victim was nine years old at the time
A Lydd man who raped and assaulted a young girl almost two decades ago has been jailed for 14 years.
Royce Mackett, formerly of The Green, denied the charges but was found guilty at Canterbury Crown Court.
The offences were reported to Kent Police in September 2011 by the victim and Mackett was charged in March last year.
The 53-year-old denied that whilst living in the Hythe area between 1994 and 1997, he had raped the girl and committed two offences of indecent assault. The victim was aged just nine when the first offence took place.
Following a four week trial, Mackett – who had repeatedly protested his innocence to the community where he lived - was found guilty of all the offences.
He has been jailed for 14 years and placed on the sex offenders register.
Police said the investigation was a long and harrowing one, during which the investigating officer made enquiries with and took statements from 18 witnesses. Nine of these were prosecution witnesses during the trial.
Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Pritchard, of Kent Police's Public Protection Unit, said: "I would like to pay tribute to the bravery and determination of the victim, firstly in coming forward to talk about the horrific abuse she had suffered as a child and also for the courage with which she has faced a trial lasting four weeks.
"Our officers are trained to investigate cases such as these which can be complex and difficult due to the period of time that has elapsed between the offences being committed and being reported to the police.
"But however long that period, we will fully investigate any reports of abuse as well as support a victim through a very difficult period in her or his life.
"I hope that today's sentencing, following the earlier conviction of Royce Mackett, will reassure the community that sex offenders will be traced and put before the courts to answer for their vile crimes."
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China has just signed a free trade agreement with Iceland and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang declares along with Icelandic president Johanna Sigurdadottir that this will: "…further deepen their mutually beneficial co-operation in the fields of trade and investment…"
Mutually beneficial, really?
China has 1,354 billion inhabitants that can buy Icelandic fish. The size of the Icelandic population is 0.002 percent of that.
It´s a population so small it needs an app to make sure people don´t sleep with their cousin.
Now, of course Iceland has something else to offer besides free trade: Its´ all-of-a-sudden perfect location in the middle of the Arctic, these days coming to live with the warming up of the oceans.
Only last autumn the first ships managed to make it to China through the Arctic waters – no longer frozen most of the year and next summer there will be a regular Chinese shipping route here. This will cut the time and the cost for shipping Chinese goods to Europa by half.
In exchange for selling its fish on the enormous Chinese market, Iceland also signed several agreements on cooperation over different Arctic issues and promised to support the Chinese ambition to take place in the Arctic Council.
Like the agreement of the 15th of April says:
"Iceland reaffirmed its support for China's application for observer status in the Arctic Council. The Chinese side expressed appreciation for this support."
Lucky timing here, the Arctic Council is to vote on applications for observer status for a number of applicants next month.
Now, the Arctic Council is open strictly for countries in the Arctic region so observer status it will have to be but China feels it is a near-Arctic state so the Chinese are going for a ´permanent observer status´ so as not having to mix with the other 26 observers without any say in Arctic matters.
In case the permanent observer thing doesn´t work out, a Chinese company has bought land on Iceland, perfectly located for a shipping marina for passing ships but intended according to the buyer as a tourist resort for Chinese tourists.
China has also promised to help Iceland drill for oil in waters close by.
The Arctic region is believed to have the largest remaining oil and gas reserves in the world, only now surfacing because of the melting ice.
It also has large deposits of rare minerals.
Iceland is very grateful to China. Should this Arctic Council ambition not work out, Iceland – just the other day, lucky timing again – created a brand new assembly dubbed the Arctic Circle, to give non-Arctic countries like China, India and Singapore a forum for influence in the region.
And just in case that is not enough, China is investing heavily in Canada forged a "strategic partnership" with Arctic-Country Denmark only last year and sends its Prime Minister on a rare visit to current-Arctic-President Sweden a few weeks before the crucial vote.
It makes sense for China to try and secure the Arctic region for its commercial interests. But what about the European position in all this, you ask?
Well, do you remember the European position in the 1990s when the US courted European capitals and offered bilateral deals for their national airlines? The European Commission argued that it should negotiate for everyone so as to get the best agreement possible from a position of strength.
The EU countries in question were of the opposite view; they should negotiate their own deal, by themselves. Which they did.
With the Arctic it´s the same story over again.
The European Commission has been asking for a permanent observer status in the Arctic Council for five years but in spite there being three EU members in the Arctic Council (Denmark, Finland and Sweden), the request has been denied so far.
Canada seems to be against granting the EU an observers´ status in the Arctic Council on account of the EU banning seal hunting.
Russia is just against in general.
The US is also against and lobbying the EU countries within the Arctic Council, saying that having the EU onboard would undermine their national interests.
The EU does not have millions of euros to turn hesitant countries into allies like the Chinese can.
All it has is the hope of European solidarity prevailing.
Slim hope.


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In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (English pronunciation: /æɡəˈmɛmɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἀγαμέμνων; Modern Greek: Αγαμέμνονας, "very steadfast") was the son of king Atreus and queen Aerope of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus, the husband of Clytemnestra as well the father of Iphigenia, Electra, Orestes and Chrysothemis. Mythical legends make him the king of Mycenae or Argos, thought to be different names for the same area. When Helen, the wife of Menelaus, was abducted by Paris of Troy, Agamemnon commanded the united Greek armed forces in the ensuing Trojan War.
On Agamemnon's return from Troy he was murdered (according to the fullest version of the oldest surviving account, Odyssey 11.409–11) by Aegisthus, the lover of his wife Clytemnestra. In old versions of the story: "The scene of the murder, when it is specified, is usually the house of Aegisthus, who has not taken up residence in Agamemnon's palace, and it involves an ambush and the deaths of Agamemnon's followers too".[1] In some later versions Clytemnestra herself does the killing, or they do it together, in his own home.
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Hittite sources mention URUAkagamunaš, ruler of URUAhhiyawa (land of Achaeans) in the 14th century BC.[2][3] This is a possible prototype of the Agamemnon of mythology.
Atreus, Agamemnon's father, murdered the children of his twin brother Thyestes and fed them to him after discovering Thyestes' adultery with his wife Aerope. Thyestes fathered Aegisthus with his own daughter, Pelopia, and this son vowed gruesome revenge on Atreus' children. Aegisthus successfully murdered Atreus and restored his father to the throne. Aegisthus took possession of the throne of Mycenae and ruled jointly with Thyestes. During this period Agamemnon and his brother, Menelaus, took refuge with Tyndareus, King of Sparta. There they respectively married Tyndareus' daughters Clytemnestra and Helen. Agamemnon and Clytemnestra had four children: one son, Orestes, and three daughters, Iphigenia, Electra and Chrysothemis. Menelaus succeeded Tyndareus in Sparta, while Agamemnon, with his brother's assistance, drove out Aegisthus and Thyestes to recover his father's kingdom. He extended his dominion by conquest and became the most powerful prince in Greece.
Agamemnon's family history had been marred by rape, murder, incest, and treachery, consequences of the heinous crime perpetrated by his ancestor, Tantalus, and then of a curse placed upon Pelops, son of Tantalus, by Myrtilus, whom he had murdered. Thus misfortune hounded successive generations of the House of Atreus, until atoned by Orestes in a court of justice held jointly by humans and gods.
Agamemnon gathered the reluctant Greek forces to sail for Troy. Preparing to depart from Aulis, which was a port in Boeotia, Agamemnon's army incurred the wrath of the goddess Artemis. There are several reasons throughout myth for such wrath: in Aeschylus' play Agamemnon, Artemis is angry for the young men who will die at Troy, whereas in Sophocles' Electra, Agamemnon has slain an animal sacred to Artemis, and subsequently boasted that he was Artemis' equal in hunting. Misfortunes, including a plague and a lack of wind, prevented the army from sailing. Finally, the prophet Calchas announced that the wrath of the goddess could only be propitiated by the sacrifice of Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia. Classical dramatisations differ on how willing either father or daughter were to this fate, some include such trickery as claiming she was to be married to Achilles, but Agamemnon did eventually sacrifice Iphigenia. Her death appeased Artemis, and the Greek army set out for Troy. Several alternatives to the human sacrifice have been presented in Greek mythology. Other sources, such as Iphigenia at Aulis, claim that Agamemnon was prepared to kill his daughter, but that Artemis accepted a deer in her place, and whisked her away to Taurus in the Crimean Peninsula. Hesiod said she became the goddess Hecate.
Agamemnon was the commander-in-chief of the Greeks during the Trojan War. During the fighting, Agamemnon killed Antiphus and 15 other Trojan soldiers.[4] Agamemnon's teamster, Halaesus, later fought with Aeneas in Italy. The Iliad tells the story of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles in the final year of the war. Agamemnon took an attractive slave, Briseis, one of the spoils of war, from Achilles. Achilles, the greatest warrior of the age, withdrew from battle in revenge and nearly cost the Greek armies the war.
Although not the equal of Achilles in bravery, Agamemnon was a representative of kingly authority. As commander-in-chief, he summoned the princes to the council and led the army in battle. He took the field himself, and performed many heroic deeds until he was wounded and forced to withdraw to his tent. His chief fault was his overwhelming haughtiness; an over-exalted opinion of his position that led him to insult Chryses and Achilles, thereby bringing great disaster upon the Greeks.
After the capture of Troy, Cassandra, doomed prophetess and daughter of Priam, fell to Agamemnon's lot in the distribution of the prizes of war.
After a stormy voyage, Agamemnon and Cassandra either landed in Argolis, or were blown off course and landed in Aegisthus' country. Clytemnestra, Agamemnon's wife, had taken Aegisthus, son of Thyestes, as a lover. When Agamemnon came home he was slain by either Aegisthus (in the oldest versions of the story) or Clytemnestra. According to the accounts given by Pindar and the tragedians, Agamemnon was slain in a bath by his wife alone, a blanket of cloth or a net having first been thrown over him to prevent resistance. Clytemnestra also killed Cassandra. Her jealousy of Cassandra, and her wrath at the sacrifice of Iphigenia and at Agamemnon's having gone to war over Helen of Troy, are said to have been the motives for her crime. Aegisthus and Clytemnestra then ruled Agamemnon's kingdom for a time, Aegisthus claiming his right of revenge for Agamemnon's father Atreus having fed Thyestes his own children (Thyestes then crying out "So perish all the race of Pleisthenes!",[5] thus explaining Aegisthus' action as justified by his father's curse). Agamemnon's son Orestes later avenged his father's murder, with the help or encouragement of his sister Electra, by murdering Aegisthus and Clytemnestra (his own mother), thereby inciting the wrath of the Erinyes (English: the Furies), winged goddesses who tracked down egregiously impious wrongdoers with their hounds' noses and drove them to insanity.
Athenaeus tells a story of how Agamemnon mourned the loss of his friend Argynnus, when he drowned in the Cephisus river.[6] He buried him, honored with a tomb and a shrine to Aphrodite Argynnis.[7] This episode is also found in Clement of Alexandria,[8] in Stephen of Byzantium (Kopai and Argunnos), and in Propertius, III with minor variations.[9]
The fortunes of Agamemnon have formed the subject of numerous tragedies, ancient and modern, the most famous being the Oresteia of Aeschylus. In the legends of the Peloponnesus, Agamemnon was regarded as the highest type of a powerful monarch, and in Sparta he was worshipped under the title of Zeus Agamemnon. His tomb was pointed out among the ruins of Mycenae and at Amyclae.
Another account makes him the son of Pleisthenes (the son or father of Atreus), who is said to have been Aerope's first husband.
In works of art there is considerable resemblance between the representations of Zeus, king of the gods, and Agamemnon, king of men. He is generally depicted with a sceptre and diadem, conventional attributes of kings.
Agamemnon's mare was named Aetha. She was also one of two horses driven by Menelaus at the funeral games of Patroclus.[10][11]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Agamemnon. |


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This post is a part of the Humanist Community at Harvard's 2012 Blogathon, a 12 hour blogging marathon by Chris Stedman and Chelsea Link to support HCH's end-of-the-year fundraiser. Chelsea and Chris are both publishing one new post per hour, for twelve hours straight, and none of the posts have been written or drafted in advance. For more blogathon posts, click here. If you enjoyed this post or any of the others, please consider consider chipping in to support our work.
Nerd moment: NASA recently released a free ebook of gorgeous satellite photographs of the Earth. Seriously, it's stunning – go look at it right now. And, ideally, listen to this while you do.
I think (get ready for it) that this is a very Humanistic project – and not just because we are all space nerds. (Although I did want to be an astrophysicist when I was younger.) I mean, obviously science and exploration and all that is very Humanist-y. I am all for boldly going to and fro and photographing things and trying to learn more about our world just for the hell of it.
But I also think the artistic aspect of this project is interesting. Many theists would probably look at this and be filled with admiration for the Artist. And so am I.
Of course, where they see God's handiwork, I see gravity, erosion, refraction, condensation, subduction – a beautiful and chaotic dance of laws and accidents. Nobody can take credit for the creation.
But what does deserve admiration is the idea to turn accident into art. The Earth is a work of art, not because somebody designed it that way, but because we humans had the insight to find beauty in the amazing mess.
Chelsea Link is the Campus Organizing Fellow at the Humanist Community at Harvard.


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How can I add a metal rod or pipe to a ceramic sculpture after it is fired? Do I need to put holes inside my ceramic heads that I can glue the rods to? What is the most durable and common method? Thank you
Posted 07 March 2014 - 02:13 PM
How can I add a metal rod or pipe to a ceramic sculpture after it is fired? Do I need to put holes inside my ceramic heads that I can glue the rods to? What is the most durable and common method? Thank you
Posted 07 March 2014 - 05:17 PM
Some more information would help.
How big are the sculptures, how heavy are they, what size pipe/rod.
Surface area is key here. You need to provide sufficient surface area so that the epoxy can transfer the required force between the 2 surfaces (ie clay of the sculpture and the metal of the support) to little area for the force involved and the epoxy may let go of the rod or may break away from the clay surface.
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Posted 11 March 2014 - 02:48 PM
Thank you for all your thoughtful answers and time. My heads are are about life size and I plan to use 3/4" OD piping.
They are also hollow, but I guess I can still build a structure inside the head at the top that would look like a pipe attached to the top and have enough surface area to have the pipe glued to. So my question is how much of shrinkage should I expect while determining the hole/pipe size?
And if I were to make a life size hollow human figure and try to support it with pipes would you suggest that I build a structure inside to have the pipe glued to or are there any other smart connectors out there that I can use for large structures like this?
Posted 11 March 2014 - 03:27 PM
Shrinkage will depend on your clay. Stoneware, about 12%. Porcelain, 14-16%. Earthenware, 6-8%.
As for your large sculptures, I would spend some time in the plumbing section of the hardware store. There are dozens of fittings that can be used for screwing pipe together at many angles. The main difficulty with using pipe is getting the pipe threaded to work with the fittings.
You could also use tube steel with slip-on fittings, although they are more expensive than regular black pipe fittings. HERE are some other possibilities. Welding is always a good option, too. You can pick up a little flux core wire feed welder that runs on 120 volts for $200- $250 that is quite simple to use.
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Posted 12 March 2014 - 10:49 AM
I can't thank you enough for all this useful information. I hope you have a great creative day.
Posted 12 March 2014 - 12:13 PM
Since our studio builds lots of life-size work, we get many figures being made. I always tell students if you forecast the needs of your fired sculpture while you're still building, it will help considerably come time to assemble the fired piece. I also suggest students take apart an action figure or barbie doll and look at the clever, yet simple methods used to make connections.
Simple example for a head on a pipe like you're asking about would be a system similar to how an outdoor patio umbrella is supported by a table and umbrella stand (only upside down) -- this could be as simple as a "cup" up near the crown of the head (the umbrella stand), and some sort of wall/baffle with a hole (the table) placed lower toward the chin/neck. This would be a completely mechanical fit that is easily disassembled and requires no adhesives unless you want to make it permanent. The holes don't even need to be a tight fit, just in the ballpark. If you don't want permanence, I sometimes like to use poster/wall tack for temporarily holding ceramics in certain situations and as a gasket between pieces built in sections - hot glue sometimes works as well since it doesn't really adhere to ceramics.
If the pipe addition is an afterthought on an already fired hollow head, you can still adapt with different methods. One of my immediate thoughts is to epoxy a "threaded floor flange" up into the crown of the head, and simply thread your pipe on once epoxy is cured. Another popular method to attach limbs to torso is by use of a flange system and tube/socket connections. With a tube/socket, you can make the tube (ex: long neck going into collar, tube connection inside shoulder/armpit) extend into the body cavity a little ways, add a hole or two for wire, then simply bailing wire them in place (like tying both arm tubes together - access from neck hole). If you can't get inside for tying wire like this, there are simple solutions like removable trap doors to get inside for accessing your internal components. Viola Frey is a good artist to look up regarding clever hidden trap doors and internal bolting/support structure.
Welding is always another option, which opens up many other possible solutions. Rebar and small diameter rod is cheap compared to buying pipe fittings. If going with a cheap welder like Neil suggested, I would look into the $90 Harbor Freight flux-core 120v welder (I think they'll even take the 20% coupon on this). I know several people with them and they are actually better than you'd think.
Posted 12 March 2014 - 04:30 PM
Welding is always another option, which opens up many other possible solutions. Rebar and small diameter rod is cheap compared to buying pipe fittings. If going with a cheap welder like Neil suggested, I would look into the $90 Harbor Freight flux-core 120v welder (I think they'll even take the 20% coupon on this). I know several people with them and they are actually better than you'd think.
The only downside of that welder is that it needs a 20 amp outlet, which you may or may not have where you need it. There are others on the market, like Craftsman, that will run on a 15 amp circuit- any outlet anywhere. The price is great for the Harbor Freight welder, but by the time you have new electrical lines run it may not be any cheaper. If you've already got 20 amp lines in your studio, it's a heck of a deal. I have a Craftsman 15 amp and it's great. I've used it in several places, including kiln builds, and never had to worry about the electrical service.
Neil Estrick
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Owner, Neil Estrick Gallery, LLC
Posted 12 March 2014 - 05:17 PM
From a different perspective, depending on your need to keep the attachment invisible or not, You could use expanding polyurethane foam spray to fill a cavity that is fairly large. You would have to somehow position the head and the pipe in relation to each other and then spray the foam in so that it can expand and set up without movement. This may not acutally glue the pieces together, but that foam is sticky as heck, and once curred it would form fit around all of the pipes etc. for additional "grippage", screws or bolts could be added to the pipe to give more area for the foam to stick to and from around. One down side would be that the foam would ooze any and everywhere that it can, and once it is on, it is damn near impossible to get off again. Also, the foam does not weather all that well if exposed to direct sun. It will turn color, but if sealed or painted it will last a long long time.
Posted 26 March 2014 - 12:28 AM
Thank you so much for your time Neil and Viking Potter. These are very very useful for me.
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So I sort of stopped buying Lego stuff about 3 and a half years ago, but recently decided to try to get (reasonably) caught up on the OT stuff that I'm missing... of course, the longer you get from when something stops being on store shelves, the more expensive it seems to get.
Does anyone have any suggestions for getting reasonable deals on older sets? Maybe a forum with a buy/sell/trade for Star Wars lego (or lego in general)... I know there's eBay... I've been checking Amazon and have found some pretty good deals there. And I know you can generally do better buying open sets rather than sealed ones.
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I ended up ordering the Death Star for my son direct from Lego. They have 10% off and free shipping over $150, and included an exclusive holiday skating and horse carriage set as well. I got 400the points for future purchases and Discover had 5%to off online purchases, so a pretty good deal overall.
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Justin, the last thing I ordered direct from Lego was the Sandcrawler - so it's been awhile, but that's another good idea, especially if they have 10% off. I waltzed over to the Lego store today just to get my head wrapped around which items I skipped are in stores now and what is already long gone. I thought that Death Star used to be $299, now it's $399?
I was shocked at some of the prices these sets are going for nowadays - especially in the box. It's got me thinking that if I ever plan on getting caught up, it's best not to wait any longer.
I ordered the UCS Imperial Shuttle and B-Wing today from Amazon for $229 and $149 respectively. With no tax and free shipping, it seemed like as good a deal as I could find.
Rob - are you a Lego VIP member? If you're planning to buy online or at Legoland, that's a great way to save some money. Everything you buy direct gets you points, which are redemable for cash off future sets. They have periodic specials like double points as well.
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BIG PROFITS WITH ONLINE-COUNTY AUCTIONVictoria County pulled in its largest profit in at least 13 years from its auction of surplus goods.
The auction raked in a net profit of $125,491.84 for the county. By contrast, its second-highest profit from the surplus-goods auction was from 2000 when it collected $51,954.32.
County Auditor Judy McAdams, whose office handled the auction, said that there were large equipment pieces put up for sale. For example, an asphalt zipper had a bid of $23,760 while a Fiat-Allis 65B Motor Grader got a bid of $10,250.
Kenny Spann, commissioner of Precinct 1, said that the equipment pieces sold were old and not used anymore.
The auction was put on via GovDeals.com. McAdams said a lot of governmental entities use that website.
McAdams said that the money will go back to whichever area the item was purchased from.
Here is a breakdown of how the profits will be spread out:
General fund: $17,546.71;
Victoria County Regional Airport: $357.15;
Road and bridge, Precinct 1: $20,685.20;
Road and bridge, Precinct 2: $568.72;
Road and bridge, Precinct 3: $34,684.34;
Road and bridge, Precinct 4: $51,649.72.
The Victoria County Commissioners Court voted to go after permanent tax-cut agreements with local companies.
On Tuesday, the commissioners court authorized the Victoria Economic Development Corp. to pursue pilot agreements with companies regarding the tax on freeport goods.
The county currently charges businesses for freeport goods, or inventory that comes from outside the state and is transported out of the state within 175 days. Yet once the tax is rescinded, it can't be reinstated.
The pilot agreements would require companies to still pay the freeport tax, albeit under a different classification, until the county attracts enough additional tax base to make up for any lost revenue.
"We're just trying to protect you from having a loss of revenue," said VEDC President Dale Fowler, explaining the pilot agreements.
The county has a tax base of freeport goods in the amount of $55 million. It was slated to receive $136,716 from its freeport tax in 2010, according to the VEDC.
The city of Victoria voted last month to cut the tax. However, it only collected about $33,000 from its tax on freeport goods in 2010.
The county has larger companies with larger inventories, Fowler said.
He added that six to eight county-based manufacturers have requested an exemption on freeport goods in the past.
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I was originally prescribed this by a dermatologist and it was the first time i started using sunscreen. I used it and i liked it but when i ran out i went sometime using other sunscreens that just didn't mesure up. It really does help with the dark spots because my dark spots reduced significantly since i used this with retin-a. Where i live i get this for about 20 dollars so i don't think it's that expensive plus it's lasts me about 2 to 3 months so it's totally worth the purchase.
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This is a very expensive but excellent UVA/UVB high spf ss for sensitive skin prone to PIH. I think I pd about $50 for 1 oz, so it's NOT cheap. However, to me it's worth it. I have oily, acne-prone, sensitive skin that gets dark spots from acne, irritation, etc. This is a white liquid that is fragrance-free. It goes on white, but leaves no real white cast if blended in well. It is a bit draggy, but dries w/o looking very shiny and does not stay sticky at all. I'd say the finish is satin-matte. I can wear mu over it w/ no probs. This didnt cause any breakouts, irritation, or redness. It also contains lightening ings like niacinamide and licorice root. Too much niancinamide breaks me out - this did not, so it seems there's not a high enough concentration here to do that. The pkg is a nice pump. I do have to use a good mu remover to remove it. Overall, excellent product, but very pricey. I don't like to spend a lot of $$ on products, but a good ss is SO hard to find, that in this case its worth it.
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Canon i-SENSYS MF-8280Cw - Print Speed
Canon claims a quite modest 14ppm for the i-SENSYS MF-8280Cw, but we only saw around three quarters of this speed. Our 20-page text print returned 10.6ppm, while the more typical 5-page document gave 6.8ppm. The black text and colour graphics test gave 6.1ppm.This doesn't make the machine particularly quick; taking the Workforce Pro WP-4025DW again as comparison, it reached 12.9ppm printing black and 6.5ppm on the colour document. It can also print duplex, of course, something the Canon laser can't. On the Canon, a 15 x 10cm photo printed on A4 from a PC took a very respectable 23s and from a USB drive was slightly faster, at 20s.
We should also have been able to print from our Samsung Galaxy Mini Android smartphone, via Canon's Mobile Printing App. However, we couldn't find this in the Play Store and couldn't download it from Canon's site, as it was declared incompatible. Canon is investigating.
Canon i-SENSYS MF-8280Cw - Print Quality and Costs
The print quality is very good; black text is light, but clean and very readable, with no signs of toner spatter and smooth diagonals and curves. Colour graphics are also even and bright, with no banding and good registration of black text over colour.A colour copy was very good and colour reproduction was unusually close to the original. Photo prints were a little 'picture postcard', with some pastels coming out too intense and some loss of detail in darker, shadowed areas.
Using the high yield black cartridge, which offers 2,400 pages, and the colour cartridges which come in just one yield of 1,500 pages, gives page costs of 3.1p and 13.0p for black and colour, respectively. These are reasonable for this class of laser printer, though substantially more than from many small office inkjets.
Should I buy a Canon i-SENSYS MF-8280Cw?
As you've probably picked up from this review, we feel the price of this machine is quite high, given its feature set. There's no duplex print and no provision for loading more than 150 sheets of paper at a time.In comparison, something like the Dell 2155cdn is considerably faster, has duplex print as standard and much more flexible paper handling. There's no fax on that machine, though.


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LCD Soundsystem's Movie Is Available on iTunes Right Now
Last month, LCD Soundsystem screened their swansong, Shut Up and Play the Hits — a touching documentary filmed in 2011 covering highlights from their final gig and James Murphy's immediate readjustment to real life — at various movie theaters around the U.S. From our experience, it was a fun, funny, touching portrait of Murphy's bristling neck beard and a band exiting on top. Now the studio that released it, the Adam Yauch-cofounded Oscilloscope Laboratories, has made the doc available for download or rental on iTunes. The HD movie is yours to own for $12.99 ($4.99 for a rental) and the regular version is $9.99 ($3.99 for a rental).
But if owning 1's and 0's isn't enough, the band is also releasing the doc as a DVD via its own website. That edition will contain three discs — one of the film and two others covering every last yelp, hug and tear the band shared with the crowd over that evening's many hours. You can watch the trailer for the doc below.


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Life before Rafael Nadal in Paris
Ah, those indelible images of Rafael Nadal roaring his terrible roar in celebration, then gnashing his not-so-terrible teeth into the Coupe des Mousquetaires. Nadal, you see, is most certainly a dentist's dream patient, but he is also the scariest player to make his way to the rustic grounds of Roland Garros this side of Bjorn Borg. For the past seven years, Nadal has overpowered nearly every foe who has stood in his way.
Nadal has redefined tennis with a game so potent that his opponents have not been able to withstand his irrepressible attack. He's built a legacy that extends well beyond sport and into rare superstardom.
And when you think about it closely, it's actually a little hard to remember the French Open before Nadal emerged with those ruthless groundstrokes and unyielding mindset -- a combination that has led him straight to a record-tying six trophy ceremonies. We'll be hard-pressed to find another player in our lifetime who will come along and break all those seemingly unassailable marks that Nadal has left. Roland Garros and Rafael Nadal. Rafael Nadal and Roland Garros. Today, you just can't have one without the other.
But, contrary to what we've come to know and accept, there was life at the French Open before Rafa's assault began. A lot of it, in fact. And no one lit up Paris quite like Gustavo Kuerten.
A three-time winner of the French, Kuerten rose through the ranks to become arguably the most illuminating champion in recent times. He was the rare breed who could captivate us with not just his pursuit of titles but also his charm along the way. It wasn't as much about the results as it was the delivery.
"He had special charisma," ESPN analyst Pam Shriver said. "He had a style and substance about him that was natural. You wanted to embrace it immediately. He just had a lot of magical moments at the French Open."
In 1997, Kuerten, then an unheralded player ranked 66th in the world, became an instant celebrity with his inspired, energetic run to the championship. Along the way, Kuerten, who will take his rightful place in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in July, thwarted three former champions, including two-time winner Sergi Bruguera in the final. Although it was a routine 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win, Guga grabbed our hearts with his grandiose game and even bigger grin.
Kuerten single-handedly transformed Brazil, and much of South America, for that matter, into a passionate, faithful tennis haven. His genuine love for the game was so endearing that his vast followers quickly evolved into vociferous fanatics, clearly energized by Guga's brand of ball.
"It reminds you of the Brazilian soccer players," ESPN analyst Patrick McEnroe said. "They take so much joy, and not just in the winning part of it, but the way it's done: the flair, passion and creativity."
But it was that seemingly innocuous day in 2001, when Kuerten, who had won his second French Open title a year earlier, carved (literally) his personality into the record books. After a harrowing escape against Michael Russell in the fourth round, Guga famously drew a heart into the clay, a message to the fans that needs no further explanation.
"Yes, the heart," Shriver said. "He just had that presence about him."
Kuerten was not touted as a multi-Slam winner à la Nadal or blessed with the unadulterated grace of one Roger Federer. But, let's face it: We're all suckers for great stories, for those who rise from the ashes and into immediate stardom. Guga was that guy.
In 2000, Patrick McEnroe was in Lisbon for the year-end championships. He watched as Marat Safin attempted to lock up the No. 1 ranking, which was all but a done deal. Safin entered the event coming off a dominating performance at the U.S. Open, where he crushed then-four-time champion Pete Sampras in the final.
After Kuerten dropped his opening match in the round-robin event, he had the slimmest of chances to strip Safin of the top ranking. But Guga did it, and fittingly, he did it with style.
"It was amazing," McEnroe said. "It was pretty awesome. He had a huge following there. And look at who he beat: Sampras and [Andre] Agassi back-to-back in the semis and final. Safin had all the momentum going in.
"That inspiration propelled him to new heights as a player. You could tell how much it meant to him."
The Lisbon title was also an affirmation of what McEnroe knew Kuerten could accomplish on a faster court.
"The way he played, his game wasn't a grinding, defensive style," McEnroe said. "I'm a little surprised he didn't have more success on hard courts. He wasn't your traditional clay-court player. He played with so much passion. He played a real offensive brand of tennis on clay. We were so used to the grinding champions of the Lendls and Wilanders, the Brugueras and Musters.
"Guga played drop shots, took the ball early; he wasn't afraid to come to net. He didn't just win by outworking people. He outplayed them. It was an all-out attacking game."
Kuerten was a true artist. From his beaming shirts to his trademark grunts to his flamboyant groundstrokes. He played with a style and substance that we just don't have today. You rooted for Guga because he left everything on the court. You could feel his every emotion.
And yes, Nadal has since locked his arms around nearly every conceivable record at the French Open, but no matter how much longer he plays and how many more records he racks up, he'll always trail Guga in two very important categories: his love affair with the game, and ours with him.
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Day 16
• Nadal captures record 7th French title
• Bryant: Rafa overcomes rain and Djoker
• Bryant: Rafael Nadal's belief restored
• Rafa ecstatic with win
Day 15
• French Open final postponed in fourth set
• Garber: The painful wait for history
• Which player benefits from the delay?
Day 14
• Garber: A sterling career for Maria Sharapova
• Gerstner: Sharapova sensational in win
• Garber: Bryan Brothers still in the hunt
• Bryant: History will fall, one way or the other
• Bodo: Djoker needs a lot of help
• Hot Button: Who will win the men's final?
• SportsNation: Who do you think will win?
• Analysis: Sharapova finally does it
• 5 things we learned from the final
• What now for Sharapova?
• Digital Serve: Men's final preview
Day 13
• Nadal, Djokovic cruise
• Garber: Djokovic thriving under pressure
• Bryant: Nadal draining all the suspense
• Bodo: Will this be easy peasy for Sharapova?
• Hot Button: Who will win the women's final?
• Gerstner: Five things to know about the final
• Nadal, Djoker clobber opponents
• Digital Serve: Women's final preview
Day 12
• Maria Sharapova, Sara Errani reach final
• Gerstner: Sharapova back on top
• Garber: Slam of a lifetime for Sara Errani
• Garber: Why Nadal needs to break his habits
• Bryant: Tough foes, pressure in Djoker's way
• Gerstner: Missing the mark on Ladies' Day
• Can anyone stop Nadal?
• Sharapova, Errani in final
• Sharapova dominates Kvitova
• Errani stuns Stosur
• Digital Serve: Day 13 preview
• Garber/Gerstner: 5 things we learned
Day 11
• Recaps: Men | Women
• Gerstner: Sharapova, Kvitova to play
• Gerstner: A feast for the eyes
• Garber: Ferrer belongs in the semifinals
• Bryant: Rafa raising his level at crunch time
• Tandon: The strength of Slammin' Sammy
• Federer recovering
• Nadal rolls to the semifinals
• Digital Serve: Women's semifinal preview
• Murray falls to Ferrer
• Sharapova breezes into semifinals
Day 10
• Recaps: Men | Women
• Bryant: How Novak Djokovic cheated death
• Garber: Better late than never, Federer
• Gerstner: Errani, Stosur short and sweet
• Gerstner: French draws interesting crowd
• Tandon: Rafael Nadal playing among friends
• Djokovic saves four match points
• Federer makes remarkable comeback
• How did Djoker, Federer do it?
• Digital Serve: Day 11 preview
• Five things we learned
Day 9
• Recaps: Men | Women
• Garber: Andy Murray is back and better
• Bryant: City of Lights? Tell that to Tsonga
• Bryant: Djokovic's battle against himself
• Tandon: Djoker, Fed looking pedestrian
• Digital Serve: Day 9 preview
• Sharapova outlasts Zakopalova
• 5 things we learned
Day 8
• Recaps: Men | Women
• Bryant: A day of resolve and major regrets
• Gerstner: Bittersweet ending for Stephens
• Garber: Djoker avoids same fate as Vika
• Ubha: Djokovic shows signs of vulnerability
• Gerstner: Vika, where's your swagger?
• Tandon: Nadal knocking on Borg's door
• Bryant: When Kvitova believes, watch out
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Towards a Clean Energy Accord
In the spring of 2012, Tides Canada hosted a series of meetings across the country to discuss how a Canadian energy strategy could help accelerate the nation's transition to a prosperous low-carbon economy. The result is Towards a Clean Energy Accord.
DOWNLOAD: Towards a Clean Energy Accord | Vers un Accord sur L'énergie Propre (.PDF, 1.8 MB)
This document is a collaborative, solutions-focused call for federal, provincial, and aboriginal governments to embrace the responsibility and opportunity of developing a bold new energy strategy for Canada. It outlines the opportunities and imperative of the energy transition, and reiterates the principles that any Canadian energy strategy must embrace. It also outlines the high-level policy priorities that a number of Canadian energy leaders told us any such plan should address.
We are now working to build support for the principles embodied in the document with an executive summary and statement of support.
DOWNLOAD: Statement of Support: Principles for a Canadian Energy Strategy | Énoncé d'appui: Recommandations pour une stratégie canadienne en matière d'énergie (.PDF, 70KB)
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Towards a Clean Energy Accord builds upon principles outlined in a 2011 document called A New Energy Vision for Canada. That vision enjoyed broad support from a diverse group of Canadian business, academia, and non-profit leaders, as well as local governments.
If your company, organization, or local government would like to join the growing list of those endorsing the statement of support for Towards a Clean Energy Accord, please get in touch. Thank you.


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The curriculum consists of four integrated semesters called "blocks." Each block includes significant applications of problem-based learning strategies, technology and clinical experiences. Woven throughout the program are emphases on assessment strategies and planning for grades preschool-6th students from diverse backgrounds and with special learning needs.
In semester two, candidates take a sixteen-hour block of integrated education classes dealing with early childhood education, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 12:00 noon.
Clinical component: Candidates spend one full week at the beginning of the semester working in an Alabama Reading Initiative school. The purpose of this experience is for students to experience school during the opening weeks and to provide help for teachers who are administering individual reading tests to children. Later in the semester, candidates spend 3 full weeks, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in a rural school. Candidates observe, work with individual and small groups of students, and teach whole class lessons, including lessons from an author study developed by the students.
In semester three, candidates take a sixteen-hour block of integrated education classes dealing with elementary education, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am - 12:00 noon.
Clinical component:Candidates spend two days at the beginning of the semester getting to know K-5 teachers and students and working with the teacher to determine a topic for a unit that the student will write and teach. Toward the end of the semester, candidates spend three full weeks, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., in the classroom. Students observe, work with individual and small groups of children, teach whole class lessons, and teach and assess a unit.
In semester four, candidates spend three days a week in a K-5 classroom and two days a week in class at Samford, focusing on seminars and class discussions dealing with a wide variety of educational topics.
Clinical component: Candidates spend 12 weeks in inclusion classrooms, 3 rotations of 4-weeks in each placement. Candidates spend Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday mornings from 8:00 until 12:00 in a K-5 classroom. Candidates observe, work with individual and small groups of children, and teach whole-class lessons, which include modifications and accommodations for children with special needs. Candidates research a topic of interest for each teacher and observe and implement classroom management techniques. In addition, candidates begin developing their electronic portfolio, to be used in the final assessment of their teacher education program.


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Sonata Software: Off Campus Drive for BE/BTech/MCA 2013 passouts across India | December 2013
Dec 11, 2013 Computer Science, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Freshers, IS, IT, Job After Btech, MCA, Without Experience
Sonata Software Services will be conducting an Off Campus Recruitment drive for hiring of Engineering Graduates (CS/IT/EEE/EC/IS) & MCA 2013 passouts for the software development work in the company.
Event Drive Dates: 16th,17th & 18th December 2013
Drive Locations: Across India
Event Dates Details:
16th December – Candidates of Colleges from Karnataka/AP Region
17th December - Candidates of Colleges from Tamilnadu/Kerala Region
18th December – Candidates of Colleges from other Regions (Pan India)
Qualification: Candidate should be a BE/Btech (CS/IT/EEE/EC/IS) or MCA passouts from 2013 batch from any recognized university/institute in India. For BE/Btech, Candidate should have an academic score of atleast 65% throughout his/her academic career. MCA Candidates should have atleast 70% in their MCA degree and 65% throughout in others.
Application Procedure:
Interested Candidates who find themselves eligible for the job need to send their CV to campus(at)sonata-software.com with the subject line "Freshers-13".
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Campus Gate Art Gallery at Young Harris College to Host Exhibit by Duncan Baird
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – Young Harris College's Campus Gate Art Gallery will host "From Where I Stand," an exhibit by YHC Adjunct Instructor of Art Duncan Baird. The exhibit opens Thursday, Aug. 22, with an artist reception at 6 p.m. and will be on display through Thursday, Sept. 26. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
Baird is drawn to the ancient and what lies outside contemporary Western culture, feeling a stirring of the deeply familiar and a coalescence of human spirit. He strives to link present self to a larger self in the forms he creates, making art become a search for connectedness. The forms he chooses are stripped bare of time, with no adornment of narrative. His art is born of the coincidence of a primordial, voiceless depth projected into a noisy current of now—the ancient bridled by an urgent, hopeful present.
"From Where I Stand" is inspired by ancient forms of the mound builders that once inhabited the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys that seem common to man throughout time and among cultures around the globe. Baird's search for meaningful form begins and ends with an awareness of the unique landscape of the Mississippi Delta.
The works in the exhibition were completed over a five-year period during Baird's tenure teaching painting, drawing and sculpture at Delta State University (DSU) in Cleveland, Miss., where he recently retired from his position as associate professor of art.
A native of the Mississippi Delta region, Baird studied art at DSU, Memphis College of Art, Cape Cod School of Art and the University of Wyoming. He will teach drawing courses at YHC this fall.
Campus Gate Art Gallery is located at 5149 College Street on the YHC campus. Regular gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. For more information, contact the gallery at (706) 379-5256 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Young Harris College
Young Harris College is a private, baccalaureate degree-granting college located in the beautiful mountains of north Georgia. Founded in 1886 and historically affiliated with The United Methodist Church, Young Harris College educates, inspires and empowers students through the highest quality liberal arts education. The College currently has more than 1,000 students across five divisions—Education, Fine Arts, Humanities, Mathematics and Science, and Social and Behavioral Sciences—and plans to increase enrollment to 1,200 over the next few years. The historic campus in Young Harris, Ga., is currently undergoing major campus improvements to accommodate the College's growth, including recent completion of a 200-bed, LEED Silver-certified residence hall, Georgia's first higher education facility north of Atlanta to achieve this certification, a 57,000-square-foot, LEED-certified recreation center, the second higher educational recreation facility in Georgia to achieve this certification, and a 248-bed, apartment-style residential village. In 2011, the College was granted candidacy for NCAA Division II athletics. YHC is among fewer than 300 colleges and universities nationwide named to the 2013-2014 list of Colleges of Distinction. For more information, visit yhc.edu.
"Age of Bronze" by Duncan Baird.