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American Maddie Bowman captured the first Olympic gold medal in women's freestyle skiing halfpipe Thursday at the Sochi Games.
Marie Martinod of France finished second to win the silver medal and Ayana Onozuka of Japan took the bronze.
Bowman, a 20-year-old from South Lake Tahoe, Calif., delivered the top performance during her first run in the finals and then bettered it with her second run to win the event.
The two-time reigning Winter X Games champion in the superpipe, Bowman also won a silver in the event at the Winter X Games in 2012.
In her four World Cup seasons, Bowman has never finished lower than fourth in the halfpipe standings, and came into Sochi off a second-place season, behind U.S. teammate Devin Logan, who competed in slopestyle in Sochi, but did not qualify for the halfpipe.
Bowman only competed in two of the four events making up the 2013-14 World Cup halfpipe season, but won one and finished second in the other.
While the event is new to the Olympics, it has been included at the International Ski Federation's Freestyle World Ski Championships since 2005. It has also been contended at the Winter X Games since 2002 as superpipe, which is a larger halfpipe used in extreme sports.
The 12 skiers who advanced to the finals each got two runs, with their best score counting toward the medals.
Of the other Americans in the finals, Brita Sigourney finished sixth, Annalisa Drew was ninth and Angeli Vanlaanen was 11th.
Bowman and Sigourney topped everybody in the qualification round, easily advancing to the final, while Vanlaanen and Drew also advanced off the strength of their second of two qualifying runs. Drew, however, just barely made the cut, finishing the qualifier 11th out of the 12 skiers who advanced.


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25-1041.00 - Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Sample of reported job titles: Agriculture Instructor, Agriculture Professor, Animal Science Professor, Associate Professor, Extension Specialist, Horticulture Instructor, Horticulture Professor, Instructor, Plant Science Professor, Professor
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as crop production, plant genetics, and soil chemistry.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
- Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
- Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
- Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.
- Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
- Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
- Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
|Microphones — Handheld microphones; Wireless microphones
|Multimedia projectors — Computer projectors; Multimedia projection equipment
|Portable data input terminals — Interactive whiteboard controllers; Student response systems
|Teleconference equipment — Conference telephones
|Televisions — Liquid crystal display LCD televisions; Television monitors
Technology used in this occupation:
|Computer based training software — Blackboard Learn; Desire2Learn; Learning management system LMS software; Sakai CLE *
|Data base user interface and query software — Data entry software; Data management software; Database software
|Electronic mail software — Email software; Microsoft Outlook
|Information retrieval or search software — DOC Cop *; iParadigms Turnitin
|Word processing software — Collaborative editing software; Google Docs *; Microsoft Word
* Software developed by a government agency and/or distributed as freeware or shareware.
|Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
|English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
|Biology — Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
|Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
|Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
|Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
|Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
|Instructing — Teaching others how to do something.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Learning Strategies — Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
|Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
|Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
|Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
|Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
|Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
|Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
|Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
|Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
|Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
|Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
|Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Work Activities
|Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
|Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
|Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
|Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
|Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
|Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
|Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
|Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Work Context
|Structured versus Unstructured Work — 94% responded "A lot of freedom."
|Electronic Mail — 94% responded "Every day."
|Freedom to Make Decisions — 78% responded "A lot of freedom."
|Face-to-Face Discussions — 69% responded "Every day."
|Duration of Typical Work Week — 82% responded "More than 40 hours."
|Telephone — 21% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
|Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 81% responded "Every day."
|Contact With Others — 43% responded "Constant contact with others."
|Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 46% responded "Important results."
|Public Speaking — 64% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
|Related Experience
|Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
|Job Training
|Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include librarians, lawyers, sports medicine physicians, wildlife biologists, school psychologists, surgeons, treasurers, and controllers.
|SVP Range
|(8.0 and above)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Doctoral degree
|Post-doctoral training
|Bachelor's degree
This occupation may require a background in the following science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educational disciplines:
Interest code: SIR
|Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
|Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
|Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Work Styles
|Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
|Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
|Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
|Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
|Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
|Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
Work Values
|Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
|Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
|Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
Related Occupations
|Animal Scientists
|Soil and Plant Scientists
|Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
|Geneticists Bright Outlook
|Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
|Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
|Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
|Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
|Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
|Farm and Home Management Advisors Green
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2014)
|$86,260 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|13,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Average (8% to 14%)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
|State trends
|Top industries (2012)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 wage data and 2012-2022 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2012-2022). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
Disclaimer: Sources are listed to provide additional information on related jobs, specialties, and/or industries. Links to non-DOL Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.
- Postsecondary Teachers . Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition.

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The very light jet industry wasn't exactly flying high last year. A major supplier told me last summer that he expected half of all VLJ makers to fold soon. By the end of 2007, he looked clairvoyant; first the Aviation Technology Group suspended work on the two-seat Javelin and then, early in 2008, after sputtering for almost two years, Adam Aircraft shut its doors.
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The Learjet 60XR is Bombardier's latest iteration of a midsize model that has endured since the 1970s, the decade that gave rise to this category of business jet. Learjet's initial midsize entry was the Model 55.
December 1, 2007
A venerable member of Bombardier's business jet stable has been made over. The manufacturer has replaced the wide-cabin Challenger 604 with the $27.38 million (typically equipped) Challenger 605.
October 1, 2007
When French airframer EADS Socata unveiled a souped-up version of its venerable TBM 700 single-engine turboprop in 2005, it billed the aircraft as the "anti-very light jet." Indeed, the TBM 850 will carry more payload, fly farther and typically complete a 500-mile trip about as quickly as a twinjet VLJ. It will also burn only about half the fuel and climb like a rocket.
August 1, 2007
More than a decade after the super-midsize Hawker 4000 was announced, Hawker Beechcraft (née Raytheon Aircraft) is preparing to deliver the first copy of the business jet later this year.
August 1, 2007
A couple of years from now, will you be zipping around between meetings on one of the new very light jets? Assuming you already fly privately, the answer is probably no, according to many of the panelists at the recent Business Models for VLJs and Light Jets, a sold-out two-day conference in West Palm Beach, Fla.
June 1, 2007
The $47.95 million Gulfstream G550 mates the latest bells and whistles to an airframe-engine combination that can deliver eight passengers and a crew of four to destinations up to 6,750 nautical miles away. That's Tokyo to Palm Beach nonstop in 12.5 hours, with reserves.
April 1, 2007
Cessna was late to the very light jet party. When the company first announced the Citation Mustang, in 2002, it refused to call it a light jet. Cessna CEO Jack Pelton to this day refuses to label the airplane a VLJ and instead describes it as a "downward defense of the product line."
February 1, 2007
Bombardier aimed its Global 5000 directly at the Gulfstream 450 and Falcon 900EX market. From a cabin-comfort point of view, it is right on target.
December 1, 2006
The Falcon 7X trijet, which Dassault announced back in 2001, appears ready to fly into the spotlight. Certification seems likely before the end of 2006 and more than 40 of the $39.2 million long-range 12- to 14-seat models are already in production.
"When you get into the larger aircraft it becomes like a hotel, with dozens of staff supporting the plane based in a galley area down below. You have very comprehensive cooking facilities, and on larger aircraft we have looked at theatres, with spiral staircases and a Steinway grand piano. The limitations for what you can put inside a plane are pretty much the limits of physics, and even money cannot always overcome that. Even so, people are still always trying to push [the limits]. "
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FIXED - Reviewers cannot get to reviews
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This is a final fix to a bug that was given a short term fix three days ago.
Reviewers would click a link from the site home page or the Reviews home page to go to a specific review. Instead of seeing the review, they would be redirected to the Resources home page. The redirect action as going to the wrong page - it should have gone to ether the Reviews home or the site home depending on the reason for the redirect - and have been corrected. The deeper problem is that the access level of the logged in user was not matching the user's Reviewer status. The story in review read the lower level status and threw the reviewer out as unauthorized.
A check has been added in the code to test for overall access level when a reviewer is reactivated. If the two levels are out of sync, the member level is elevated to match the reviewer level.
For any reviewer encountering this problem:
- Log in.
- Go to My Stuff/My Profile
- Click the button to DEactivate yourself as a reviewer
- Click the button to REactivate yourself as a reviewer
- Log off HASA
- Log back in
The deactivation followed by reactivation makes your security access levels match. Logging out and logging back in resets your current session information with the updated profile.
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Guo Chuan completed his solo circumnavigation upon his return to his hometown of Qingdao, China on the morning of April 5, 2013. His accomplishments as both a Chinese sailor and now as a solo Class 40 circumnavigator are being widely praised.
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Charter to St. John and Beyondby Meredith Laitos, Posted February 18, 2013
For the charterer who enjoys their time on land as much as their time on the boat, we found the itinerary for you. We traveled between St. John and nearby Jost Van Dyke, where the sailing and snorkerling were just as good as the hiking and beach-strolling.
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The world's biggest boating and water sports show, Boot, took place this month in Düsseldorf, Germany. Editor Peter Nielsen walks us through the highlights.
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St. Lucia, a relatively large Caribbean nation located in the middle of the Windward Islands, is home to an array of chartering delights. Here, the prime sailing is rivaled only by the supreme swimming, hiking, food, diving, beaching and site-seeing. Best of all, it's an excellent jumping-off point for charters extending the length of the Windwards.


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Instant Lit Critic
So the other day I got a FB email from a frenemy who, I think, was trying to inspire me to write better. He said I wrote like a "robot" to which I replied "I prefer 'fembot,' to a silence on his end that only spelled out one thing: he was serious! The exchange devolved from there. He finally apologized after a week's worth of a little bit of silence on my part. Fine, fine, not everyone is going to love what I write. Whatevs, I'm just going to keep doing it. But I'm human and still a relative newbie wearing this writer's jacket. It made me think I need to toughen up.
Then I saw a list of the 30 Harshest Author Insults over on flavorwire, including:
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." // William Faulkner on Ernest Hemingway
"Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" // Ernest Hemingway on William Faulkner
"He's a full-fledged housewife from Kansas with all the prejudices." // Gore Vidal on Truman Capote
Devious stuff. Got an author you love to hate? Someone who is over-rated? Embrace your inner critic and rant about them here in today's quick-write.
Quick-write a review of your least favorite author in 50 words or less.
Here's SoulPancake's Melina Coogan to get us started:
Jodi Picoult, and she's from my home town, or nearly. But my god, how many times can a child die from cancer and then get burned alive in one book? Tragedy as a cheap replacement for plot, ugh. And she's rich as hell. @melinacoogan


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Jandy Pool Heaters
Swim in comfort with a Jandy Pool Heaters. With a Jandy swimming pool heater, you can get in your morning laps all year round while enjoying greater energy conservation. Program your pool temperature with a digital, easy-to-use control system that makes switching from pool to spa a breeze!
It is quite natural that every swimming pool owner wishes to upgrade his swimming pool. The installation of a pool heater has many advantages. By installing a pool heater into your pool, you will not only get a real opportunity to spend more time in the pool during cooler days, you will significantly increase the length of the swimming season in general. If you strive after perfection, you should set your choice on Westside Wholesale. We offer a wide range of heating systems for your swimming pools and spas manufactured by Jandy. This company has already won the trust of its customers due to the quality of its production and the impressive track record of 60 years. All heaters available at our store meet the highest standards and offer reliability and efficiency.
Westside Wholesale offers Jandy Hi-E2 Heaters for residential and commercial pool and spa combination use. These heaters are powerful enough to be used in the most difficult locations with the most unfavorable weather conditions. The efficiency of Hi-E2 heaters will reduce energy consumption by more than 30%. Advance corrosion resistant materials will keep it working for a long period of time.
If you want to enjoy your swimming knowing that you do not damage the environment, Jandy LXi heaters will deserve your attention. LXi heaters use an innovative digital control system. With the help of the build-in automation you will be able to switch between pool and spa easily. The strong and light construction combined with excellent hydraulic features make LXi heaters the best pool heating solution.
Another line of pool heaters available at Westside Wholesale is Legacy heaters. They feature high flow rates with automatic bypass, up to 125 gallons per minute, ceramic fiber combustion chamber, superior wind resistance, lightweight, corrosion resistance.
The Jandy Laars LT Heater is an efficient solution for locations with limited space due to its compact design. The automation will simplify pool to spa switching. Corrosion-resistant material provides for greater flow capacity, heater's longer operating life. You may easily lay the responsibility for your pool maintenance on pool appliances bought at Westside Wholesale. We provide the best products at the lowest prices at no shipping costs.
How to Select
How to Shop for a Pool Heater
A pool heater is a useful device that keeps the temperature of the pool water at a predetermined warm temperature. It ensures incomparable comfort to the swimmers all year round. Construction of any pool, even the smallest one, at home requires of the owner to make a large investment. Pool heaters are quite expensive devices but their cost can not compare with the cost of the entire pool including all necessary equipment and maintenance charge. At the same time, pool heaters significantly extend the time when the residents can enjoy the water to all seasons and all weather conditions.
There are plenty of swimming pool heaters that are available in the market today. They differ by strength that is measured in British Thermal Units (BTU) that mean the amount of time necessary to raise the temperature of one pound of the pool water by one degree Fahrenheit. The strength of the pool heater that will be suitable for the certain pool depends on its size and water volume and should be previously calculated in order to ensure the adequate time of water heater and the proper heater operation. At the same time, there are three types of pool heaters depending on the source of heat: electric, solar and gas heaters.
Electric heaters rely on electricity to operate. A heater of this kind includes a heat pump with a compressor that heats the air and sends it into the pool water. These heaters are cheaper to operate in comparison with their gas counterparts; this is because electricity costs much less than gas fuel. The electric devices heat the water faster than other types of heaters and are more effective than other types because they keep the warmer and consistent water temperature regardless of the weather. But unfortunately, they usually don't have long durability and operate only by the temperature that is below 45 degrees Fahrenheit.
Gas heaters use natural gas or propane to operate. They are less expensive to purchase but they are rather expensive to operate. The heater of this kind will be an ideal solution for the family who use the pool periodically or during vacations. These devices are quick to heat the pool and don't depend on the weather and outdoor temperature.
Solar heaters are the cheapest in operation and eco-friendly devices because they use only the heat of sun for their operation. However, they can work only by daylight and need bright sunny weather to operate. They depend on the weather significantly; they usually cause only small temperature changes and require a large collector area.
Regardless of what type of electric heater you decide to purchase, it should be an up-to-date high quality device. Even if it is more expensive that standard heaters, they will satisfy the swimmers by providing a fast and effective operation, will work for many years without a need to maintain or replace them and will be less expensive in operation.


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Knowledge Centre
PAHO/WHO Knowledge Centre (Guyana)
The PAHO/WHO Knowledge Centre can be found at the University of Guyana Library. Our Contact person there is Ms. Angela Hoyte.
Role & Purpose of the knowledge Centre
Use and Services of the PAHO/WHO Knowledge Centre
The PAHO KNOWLEDGE Centre was relocated on March 27, 2009. It was launched on October 21 and opened to users on October 26, 2009.
The PAHO Knowledge Centre is a health library. The purpose of the PAHO Knowledge Centre is to support the work of the PAHO/WHO Representation in-country programs and to disseminate information to the public and private health sectors. The Centre disseminates literature from WHO, PAHO and other agencies.
The centre can be used by the University community and the general public. The information is accessible by anyone who is in need of health information on issues relating to Guyana and globally. The services offered are, general book collection, audiovisual collection and access to the internet. The databases and online libraries which are introduced to users are, HINARI, the general Virtual Health Library, Cochrane library and SciLo to mention a few where full text information can be retrieved. Users will be oriented on the various online libraries as they visit the centre.
The collection has information on both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Users will have the opportunity to retrieve health information in all aspects such as HIV AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, cancer, aging and others. There are also materials located in the centre on some aspects of health in relation to technology, example waste management, water distribution modeling, hydraulics. These materials can be used by users in the Technology field.
The Indigenous and the Journal collections are reference collections which are available to users. In addition to the services offered users are allowed to take advantage of the 48hrs loan service. Only materials from the general book collection will be loaned.
Printing and Photocopying
The services of printing and photocopying are offered to users.
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PORTLAND — Two federal agencies are at loggerheads over a decision to remove five old-growth trees from the habitat that supports a threatened sea bird during breeding season.
The U.S. Forest Service cut the massive trees — one was 238-feet tall — in late April at the Sunshine Bar Campground near Port Orford in southwest Oregon. The threatened marbled murrelet nests in the campground, though it's unknown if any were in the trees at the time they fell.
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"Because of its design and layout, it would have been difficult to close the campground to the public, so waiting to remove hazard trees would have put the public at risk," the Forest Service wrote.
As for why it did not get approval from Fish and Wildlife, the agency said guidelines written for hazard trees in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest are not compatible with newer, regional Forest Service rules regarding hazard trees in campgrounds. It said it is now "working closely" with Fish and Wildlife to address the issue.
The marbled murrelet was listed as threatened in 1992 and habitat protection has meant less logging in the Northwest. The tiny sea birds venture inland to raise their young and — like the spotted owl — depend on old-growth forests for nesting.
The volunteer environmental group Friends of the Elk River reported the habitat removal to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
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"They were aware that if they let this get out, there would be trouble and they might not be able to do it," Rogers said.
The Forest Service acknowledged that training took place at Sunshine Bar. It said, however, the removal of hazard trees was the priority and it turned into a training session.
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Thrailkill declined to say if his agency would pursue a penalty against the Forest Service. He said prevention is his focus.
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California roll was the first sushi I attempted when I got my sushi mat many years ago. Even though California roll is an Americanized-version of sushi, many people love it because of the great taste. When I thought about posting the California roll recipe here, Nami of Just One Cookbook immediately came to my mind as she has previously shared her Tonkatsu recipe with us. Please welcome Nami again with her mouthwatering and picture perfect California roll. You can also find the step-by-step picture guide on rolling sushi. Have fun!
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The california roll I get in the Japanese restaurants where I am use artificial crab meat. Can I use that???
Bee, thank you so much for sharing my California Roll recipe on your beautiful website! I feel very honored. I hope your readers will enjoy making California rolls. :-)
California roll is my favorite sushi as I don't do raw fish. Beautiful photo.
Love the idea of the saran wrapping on the bamboo mat. I always feel reluctant to make makizushi because I am not sure if my bamboo mat is hygienic to handle the rolling and pressing. Washing and brushing to get the stuck food between the gaps is frustrated too.
Will try it one day. Thanks for the recipe and method.
Well done Nami & Bee! As much as I enjoy California rolls, I never thought about its origin until you mentioned it. These yummy rolls are not only popular in the US, but also in many parts of the world where Japanese sushi is served. Absolute an all star!
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Bee, this is great guest post..I love "Just One Cookbook" website. Nami these look amazing, your photos making my mouth water!! Nice job ladies!!!
It was a wonderful idea to choose Nami for guest posting again! As always her photos are fabulous, instructions easy to follow and recipes irresistible. I have never seen such beautiful photos or California rolls!
Great job on the roll. It looks great.
We were gifted a sushi making kit last year – and I am so intimidated to make use of it. But I love how these step by step instructions makes sushi, least intimidating :D
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Thanks so much for showcasing some of Nami's INCREDIBLE work. She's one of my favorite food bloggers and I think this post does a very good job of showing why :)
Thank you for the information i was looking for an article on California rolls. Thanks!
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I am new to the sushi scene, and I haven't gotten up the guts to actually try authentic sushi. The only type of roll that I have had is a vegetable roll. It was really, really good, though, and I would be interested in making it myself. Have you ever made it? If so, do you have a recipe for it?
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Dr. Jonathan Lewin has served as the Martin Donner Professor and Director of the Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at Johns Hopkins University and the Radiologist-in-Chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital since 2004. Additionally, Dr. Lewin is the Senior Vice President of Integrated Healthcare Delivery for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and holds secondary appointments as Professor of Oncology, Neurosurgery, and Biomedical Engineering.
Dr. Lewin received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Brown University in 1981 and his Doctor of Medicine from Yale University in 1985.
Following his internship at Yale-New Haven Hospital and residency in diagnostic radiology at University Hospitals of Cleveland, he completed a magnetic resonance research fellowship in Germany, a neuroradiology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, and additional training in head and neck radiology at the Pittsburgh Eye and Ear Hospital.
Prior to his current position, he was the Director of the Division of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Vice Chairman for Research and Academic Affairs in the Department of Radiology at Case Western Reserve University and the University Hospitals of Cleveland.
He has been a pioneer in interventional and intra-operative MR imaging, and has published more than 180 peer-reviewed manuscripts, over 60 chapters, reviews, commentaries and invited papers, and more than 300 peer-reviewed abstracts.
Dr. Lewin has been principal investigator and co-principal investigator on NIH and other federal and state grants with awards of over $10 million in direct costs, as well as a co-investigator on a number of other grants and projects. He is an inventor on over 20 patents, and has given over 100 invited lectures in nine countries on a number of topics in magnetic resonance imaging, has served on numerous national committees, editorial boards, and grant review groups for foundations and the NIH, and has served on the Task Force on Minimally-Invasive Cancer Therapy for the National Cancer Institute.
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Dr. Lewin's extensive areas of expertise include interventional MR imaging, functional MR imaging, head and neck imaging, MR angiography, small animal imaging, and the imaging of acute stroke.
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- Trotter SA, Babiarz LS, Viertel VG, Nagy P, Lewin JS, Yousem DM. "Determination and communication of critical findings in neuroradiology." J Am Coll Radiol. 2013 Jan; 10(1): 45-50.
- Meyer BC, Brost A, Kraitchman DL, Gilson WD, Strobel N, Hornegger J, Lewin JS, Wacker FK. "Percutaneous punctures with MR imaging guidance: comparison between MR imaging-enhanced fluoroscopic guidance and real-time MR Imaging guidance." Radiology. 2013 Mar; 266(3): 912-9.
- Durand DJ, Feldman LS, Lewin JS, Brotman DJ. "Provider cost transparency alone has no impact on inpatient imaging utilization." J Am Coll Radiol. 2013 Feb; 10(2): 108-13.
- Babiarz LS, Trotter S, Viertel VG, Nagy P, Lewin JS, Yousem DM. "Neuroradiology: Survey of neuroradiology training programs." AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2012 Oct 4. [Epub ahead of print]
- Fotenos AF, Safdar NM, Nagy PG, Mezrich R, Lewin JS. 'Unbiased review of digital diagnostic images in practice: Informatics prototype and pilot study." Acad Radiol. 2013 Feb; 20(2):238-42.
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One of the first actions of the new Irish government when it is elected should be to invite President Obama to Ireland.
This week opposition leader Enda Kenny met with American Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney. Kenny is almost certain to be taoiseach (prime minister), so we can assume an invite will be offered as soon as he takes office.
Under that scenario, which will happen on March 9, Kenny could hand deliver the invite to the White House in time for St. Patrick's Day.
What a highlight it would be for Irish America if the president accepted the invite on March 17 at the annual Irish party at the White House.
An Irish visit by President Obama, either as an extension of his upcoming visit to the U.K. or a separate trip, would be a powerful boost to the country at a time when it is badly in need of one.
It would also play well with millions of Irish Americans, many of whom have memories of the transformative impact of President Kennedy's visit to Ireland in 1963, and more recently, President Clinton's visit to Northern Ireland in 1995 which had a huge impact on the peace process there.
Later, Clinton described his Irish visit as one of the highlights of his presidency, while Kennedy, as his late brother Senator Edward used to ruefully note, insisted on showing the home movies of his Irish trip to everyone who showed up at the White House.
In recent times, a visit to Ireland has become a rite of passage for an American president. Kennedy, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush all went and had their moment in the Emerald Isle.
Obama's visit would come at a time of difficulty for Ireland on the world stage. Ireland's image has undergone a dramatic transformation for the worse in recent times after the collapse of the Celtic Tiger.
Editorials in the U.S. that once lauded Ireland's economic progress now speak only of the gloom and doom that has settled like a blanket fog over the country.
A visit by Obama could be a transformative act in ensuring that the real message of Ireland can get out.
Yes, times are hard, but many of the essential fundamentals of the Irish economy remain strong.
Two massive international players in Google and Intel recently showed their continuing confidence in Ireland by making huge new investments there.
The country continues to have one of the strongest tourism products in the world, and with prices finally falling back to realistic levels visitors are finding bargains once again.
All that and a new government could kick off a new appraisal of Ireland. An Obama visit could play very well into that narrative.
There is also the factor of Obama's own slice of Irish heritage on his mother's side which traces to a tiny cottage in Co. Offaly.
Parish records in the hamlet of Moneygall reveal that Obama's great great grandfather, Fulmouth Kearney, arrived in New York in 1850. He was following relatives who settled in America from the mid-1700s on.
Obama in Moneygall would be a wonderful day out for all of Ireland. The country could badly do with such a boost, and Irish Americans would definitely be on board.
Let us hope we see it confirmed over St. Patrick's Day.
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That's the word that surfaces as I try to get my mind around the songs of Trinidadian-born, Queens-raised singer Nicki Minaj. It's because her second album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded, feels a bit like a musical Frankenstein: an epic, 19-song effort cobbled together with a jarringly unlikely combination of parts. One minute, Nicki's singing from Eminem's Slim Shady songbook, stepping into her violent, mentally unstable and male alter ego, Roman Zolanski. Among other things, Roman likes to kidnap women who offend him and starve them to death in his basement. The next minute, Nicki's a straight-up gangsta rapper, proudly and filthily spitting some of the nastiest, most profane rhymes you've ever not wanted to hear about sex. And then something very strange happens: It's as if Nicki goes backstage and changes outfits. And personalities. Because when she comes out, she's demure and sad as she croons tunes of lost romance and broken hearts that would not sound at all out of place on a Rihanna release.
"Champion" salutes impoverished, hardworking single mothers. On "Marilyn Monroe," Nicki admits, "I can be selfish," "I'm insecure" and "I make mistakes." Still, she longs for someone to love her despite her imperfections ("Take me or leave me/I'll never be perfect/Believe me, I'm worth it"). She also sings, "Truth is we mess up/Till we get it right/I don't want to end up losing my soul." The chorus of "Right by My Side" includes this romantic sentiment: "I'm not living life if you're not right by my side." Meanwhile, "Young Forever" daydreams fondly about a teenage boyfriend whom Nicki once hoped she'd marry ("I used to think that we'd reunite/I'd be your wife in the real life/I thought you'd come back for me"). And on reggae-tinged "Gun Shot," guest contributor Beenie Man talks about his love for a woman, saying, "You alone/ … You fulfill all of my desires."
The first six tracks, especially, find Nicki unleashing a manic stream of some of the foulest raps I've ever reviewed—a statement I suspect she would take as a compliment. F-words (often paired accusatorily with "mother") and s-words permeate line after line, and some of the songs' titles can't even be repeated here. The hit "Starships," to pick one example out of many, delivers this profane, suggestive phrase nine times: "We're higher than a m‑‑‑‑‑f‑‑‑er." She also appropriates male rappers' disturbing penchant for misogyny, repeatedly dismissing female critics and competitors as "b‑‑ches."And that's just the beginning of the album's problems. "Roman" raps proudly about the dying women in his basement: "This right here make a b‑‑ch die/ … But this what I do when a b‑‑ch breaks off/Ima put her in a dungeon under, under/No, those b‑‑ches ain't eating/They're dying of hunger" (on "Roman Holiday").Multiple explicit (even pornographic) references to sex, oral sex and masturbation turn up as well. Nicki repeatedly talks about waving her "d‑‑k" in people's faces. Lil Wayne pairs an extraordinarily graphic depiction of oral sex with braggadocio about doing cocaine and smoking marijuana with two women in his bed at the same time. And on "Sex in the Lounge," there's more of the same from him, Nicki and Bobby V. "Beautiful Sinner" is utterly infatuated with a bad boy: "You're a cheat and a liar/But tonight you're everything I desire/You beautiful sinner/I love your wicked heart."
I'd like to be able to believe Nicki Minaj is sincere when she sings, "I don't want to end up losing my soul." But she makes it more than just difficult.It's a whole lot easier to believe her when she starts gushing about her attraction to wickedness. "Beautiful Sinner" goes so far as to compare an unrepentant cad's twisted heart to "a work of art." Then she adds, "I didn't know that bad could look so good/You are the type of bad that feels so good." Suffice it to say it's hard to find the light when you've dedicated your life to running toward night.
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Sounds exciting!
Anything asynchronous sounds good to me.
Phoronix: Linux Kernel To Get AIO Performance Improvements
The Linux Kernel A-synchronous I/O support has been receiving some performance improvements and clean-ups that should soon be merged to mainline...
Sounds exciting!
Anything asynchronous sounds good to me.
When you start a VM, Linux could evict pages from cache to make room for it, which would affect system response times. It could also be that your system is IO limited.
It took me a long time to figure it out, but I noticed on my system (32GB RAM) that the settings for VM dirty_ratio and dirty_background_ratio are not nearly low enough -- even 1 is not low enough. What seems to be happening is that during heavy write activity, the system caches writes until it has hundred of MiBs or more in the cache, then decides to write it to storage and that seems to block other processes and can cause the system to nearly freeze for seconds at a time.
My partial solution is to use dirty_bytes and dirty_background_bytes instead. I currently set them to 96MiB and 32MiB:
echo "100663296" > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_bytes
echo "33554432" > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_background_bytes
That much can be written to storage in less than a second. It seems to help. The mulitple second freezes are mostly gone.
Last time I checked you had to specifically link your program against libaio to get true Linux AIO, using non standard system call io_submit(2) and friends.
Standard POSIX AIO (aio_write(3)) on Linux is a kludge implemented by spawning blocking threads in the glibc. Red Hat and Novell rolled their own implementation of POSIX AIO on top of Linux AIO for their OSes.
Nginx, a popular high-perfomance webserver, should benefit from these patches. It has asynchronous design and it supports file AIO in Linux. Would be interesting if phoronix had tested its performance with and w/o the patches.


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A local business and a host of community members gave of their time and money recently, as an effort to support the local food pantry, The Storehouse, yielded support from Dell Rapids.With seven churches represented, the Dell Rapids Area Ministerial Association (DRAMA) hosted the fundraiser, which pastors hope to make an annual event, at the Dell Rapids Pizza Ranch Nov. 5, from 5-8 p.m., with area pastors busing and clearing tables in support."We want to be visible in the community and truly be servants as well," First Baptist pastor Melissa Fletcher said of the experience, which she saw as a collaboration of ideas between the local restaurant and DRAMA in support of The Storehouse.Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids pastor Michael Mortvedt said the support evident at the fundraiser was telling of the community's desire to help out."The enthusiasm and generosity of the community tells me that people want to make a difference and support people in need in the area," he said. "The opportunity to join others in the community in a fun meal that raises funds for a good cause is appealing."The Storehouse, previously housed in the Senior Citizens Center on Fourth Street, is now located in the basement of the United Methodist Church. Interested donors can contact area pastors about dropping off food. A donation drop-off is also available at the County Fair grocery store.The drive will continue every Monday in November, as the Pizza Ranch will offer a $5 buffet to those that bring in non-perishable food items, with proceeds benefiting the food pantry, as well as DRAMA's backpack program, which provides families and children in need with backpacks full of supplies, distributed through the local schools.As for the early November outing, Fletcher said the event was well-attended."It was packed. A lot of community members were represented. And we had fun – we just had a blast," she said, adding that doing something to give back, particularly during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays when The Storehouse is used most heavily, is a meaningful experience.She said that looking out for those in need is part of the mandate passed down from Jesus."To take it a step further and be able to provide food for those in need is following Christ's example," Fletcher said."To follow Jesus is to be involved in service and care for the most vulnerable," Mortvedt said. "It is not a matter of good fit; it is a matter of identity and being who we as Christians are called to be."Those interested in supporting the local food pantry can also give monetarily, according to Fletcher, who said those in need of assistance can contact area pastors with requests and recommendations for the upcoming holiday food baskets.Mortvedt added that volunteers staff the pantry every Wednesday evening, so there are ample opportunities to become involved with the work of The Storehouse.
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