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Assistant Professor Jonathan Snow and his research assistants investigate the possible causes of mass disappearances of honey bees, known as Colony Collapse Disorder.
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The Mississippi State Bulldogs collectively took a sigh of relief over the weekend after escaping Troy, Ala., with a 30-24 football win on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Bulldogs found out they were ranked 23rd nationally and they look to make corrections to the flaws which were exposed against the Troy Trojans.
ŌĆ£It feels pretty good to be 3-0," MSU coach Dan Mullen said. "ThatŌĆÖs the great thing, ItŌĆÖs a little easier to learn when youŌĆÖre looking at your mistakes after a win than sometimes in a loss, because in a loss, youŌĆÖre looking at your mistakes and saying what could have happened? (If) you look at a win, you still feel good about the win and are looking at 'hey, I have to be better and I have to do things better.' The working part of it will be a little tougher on them too, because of coming off a win.ŌĆØ
Waiting for the Bulldogs after a long week of preparation will be a hungry South Alabama team that will present many of the same problems State saw from Troy.
ŌĆ£South Alabama - a tough team," Mullen said. "I know being a newer program, they have a lot of similarities offensively to the team we played this past week in Troy. A very similar offensive system they run. TheyŌĆÖre going to spread you to try to create mismatches, try to get everybody out covering the pass game and try to run the football.
"Defensively, theyŌĆÖre pretty stout. TheyŌĆÖre only giving up 300 yards a game, have been a very sound defensive football team, and they play really hard. ThatŌĆÖs what you see when you watch them on film.ŌĆØ
Since the Jaguars will look a lot like the Trojans, the Bulldogs must fix the dropped passes and missed assignments from a week ago.
ŌĆ£To me, itŌĆÖs a focus issue," Mullen said. "As a group, itŌĆÖs focus and confidence, and you get that in practice. In practice sometimes, guys can go in and they just assume theyŌĆÖre going to catch a ball and they start to take their eyes off it. Just in drills, they can get ŌĆśIŌĆÖm working on something else, (and) I just catch the ball as part of it.ŌĆÖ You canŌĆÖt be that way. You have to have a complete focus every time you catch the football.ŌĆØ
As far as the defensive side, Mullen has a plan there as well.
"We had 22 missed tackles, 18 missed assignments and a couple of loafs, which you can't have,ŌĆØ Mullen said. ŌĆ£The tempo got to some guys at times. The guys weren't lined up in place and we weren't ready to go. The big part was the missed tackles that allowed them to keep drives going. The tempo never became the factor until they were driving the ball down the field, then the tempo would become the factor."
On the injury front, Mullen gave his thoughts on which Bulldogs would be available for this week's game.
"Arceto (Clark) is expected to play this week," Mullen said. "Sam Williams had a concussion and is out (Monday) but should be OK to go Saturday. Brandon Hill is somebody I'd list as questionable for us with an ankle sprain. He is pretty adamant that he'll be ready to play, but our trainers think he'll be ready. I want to see how practice goes with him.
"Tobias (Smith) is between questionable and probable. I want to see how well he looks throughout the week. One of our original plans was to let him play that full game against Auburn and then potentially shut him down a little bit afterwards. I'm sure he wants to get back out there on the field. I got to see how he holds up this week."
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HP Pavilon dv6-6030ec
SpecificationsNotebook: HP Pavilon dv6-6030ec
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AMD Radeon HD 6650M: Successor of the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with more cores, UVD3 processor and Eyefinity+. Due to the same codename, the 6650M should be a HD 6750M with slow DDR3 memory.
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A car bomb explosion in Benghazi on Wednesday (November 7th) wounded an officer from Libya's former regime, Libya Herald reported.
Hussam al-Raaid, a former officer of Kadhafi's internal security services, was seriously injured when an explosive device was thrown at his vehicle on the city's airport road.
Benghazi has witnessed a relentless wave of assassinations, targeting officials with links to the former regime. On Tuesday, the bullet-ridden corpse of a retired colonel was found on his farm in Benghazi. The same day, a car exploded near a police station in Benghazi, triggering a gunfight that left two policemen wounded, AFP reported.


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Stroke risk in women begins in young adulthood, according to a guideline synopsis being published in Annals of Internal Medicine. While stroke typically affects women in old age, sex-specific guidelines from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association recommend that physicians assess a womans health history for unique events that increase her risk of stroke later in life, such as being diagnosed with preeclampsia or using of hormonal contraceptives. Each year, more than 3.8 million women and 3 million men will have a stroke in the United States and several risk factors for stroke are more common in women than in men. Women are more likely than men to suffer from hypertension, atrial fibrillation, migraine headache with aura, and depression and psychosocial stress. Internal medicine physicians are uniquely poised to assess a womans risk for stroke and implement prevention strategies because internists care for patients from early adulthood to end-of-life. Stroke prevention strategies include healthy lifestyle interventions that encourage patients to maintain a healthy weight, eat a healthy diet, abstain from smoking, get regular physical activity and limit alcohol consumption. A healthy lifestyle also includes interventions that help to maintain normal blood pressure and cholesterol and blood glucose levels, as diabetic women have 27 percent higher risk for stroke than diabetic men.
Screening for liver cancer may not lead to greater survival among patients infected with chronic hepatitis C virus, according to an evidence review being published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Current guidelines recommend screening high-risk individuals for liver cancer, but the strength of evidence supporting these guidelines is unclear. Researchers for the Veterans Health Administration conducted a systematic review of published literature to determine the benefits and harms of routine screening for liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). Twenty-two studies were included in the review. While screening could identify patients with earlier-stage disease who could benefit from treatment, the researchers found very-low-strength evidence about the effects of liver cancer screening on mortality. Studies show that liver cancer has variable rates of progression and some patients may never experience symptoms. Diagnosing and treating patients for liver cancer that would never progress is an example of overtreatment. The researchers found no evidence examining rates of overdiagnosis in liver cancer screening. These findings neither support nor refute current clinical guidelines.
ACPs recent policy paper, Reducing Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths in the United States and the physician survey, Internists Attitudes Toward Prevention of Firearm Injury will be published in the hard copy issue of Annals of Internal Medicine next week. The articles are free online or PDFs may be obtained through Megan Hanks or Angela Collom. Both articles may be referenced immediately, as these papers were previously published.


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Sicilian Pasta Omelette With Anchovies
1 Dec 2010
|Vegetable oil
|3 Tablespoon
|Cooked pasta/4 ounces vermicelli/fine egg noodles, cooked according to package directions and drained
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|Grated parmesan cheese
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs), grated
|Anchovy fillets/One can, 7 ounces) tuna, drained and flaked
|6 , rinsed and chopped
|Black pepper
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|Chopped basil/Parsley
|2 Tablespoon
1. Preheat the broiler. Heat the oil over moderate heat in a heavy 8- or 9-inch skillet. Add the pasta, and cook, uncovered, for 8 minutes, or until golden and crisp on the bottom.
2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, beat the eggs with the cheese, anchovy fillets, pepper, and basil. Pour the mixture over the pasta, tilting the skillet from side to side over the heat until the eggs are just set—about 3 minutes.
3. Place the skillet (but not the handle) under the broiler about 3 inches from the heat. Broil until the top of the omelet has puffed and browned—about 3 minutes. Remove from the broiler, cut into 4 wedges, and serve.
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Difficulty Level:Very Easy
Course:Side Dish
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Some writers in the Middle Ages confused him with Euclid of Megara, a Greek Socratic philosopher who lived approximately one century earlier.
Although best-known for its geometric results, the Elements also includes number theory. It considers the connection between perfect numbers and Mersenne primes, the infinitude of prime numbers, Euclid's lemma on factorization (which leads to the fundamental theorem of arithmetic on uniqueness of prime factorizations), and the Euclidean algorithm for finding the greatest common divisor of two numbers.
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aboutokay =] the name is emily. im 13. i have told a lot of advicee in my life and i can say its pretty good too. i take it serioouslyy. ask me anything. im sure i can help.
wht do you do if some one you like as a friend lives far away from you and she lovess you tons!!!! but you never get to see her???
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well. um. truthfully i have no idea. but i do know what its like to like someone and not have them no.. or kinda just blow you off.
all i did was realize somethins small. if you like them go right ahead no one can stop you. but that goes for the person you like to. they can like someone else.
keep that in mind.
and realize that doesnt mean they will never like you, but at the moment they dont.
um well my friend is about to go out with my other friend but my guy friend (ill call him randy) randy changes who he likes about every week and i dont want my friend (lets call her randalina) i dont want randalina to get hurt because i shes my friend and he said he likes me then he likes randalina then he likes someone else and keeps switching an di dont want my friend to get hurt what shoudli do
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i see your problem. this has happened to me on many occasions when you are stuck in the middle. what i think you should do is tell randalina that randy changes who he likes every week and if he says he likes you then he wont like you tomorrow. and your relationship would only last like 2 days. also tell her you dont want her to get hurt. and that you care about her. so if she makes the wrong decision. you are there for her and she knows it.
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and being pregnant! jee wilicurs i dont no what to say. dont abortion. give to family/reletive or put it out for adoption. a 13 yesr old girl without a husband can not keep up with an infant, schoolwork, volleyball(sports) and friends at this age.
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friends are mad at me what do i do??
well, if you have no time for your friends. and they are mad at you. i dont really think they are your friends because if they were they wouldnt get mad at you for not having time for them because they know how busy you are.
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Willi Ernst Sturzenegger has appealed to the Court of Session to be recognised, formally, as the territorial Earl of Arran and be addressed with all due dignity.
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His case comes after Mr Sturzenegger, who already freely styles himself online as Lord Arran, had a similar petition turned down by the Lord Lyon, the guardian of Scottish titles and heraldry.
The Lord Lyon, currently the respected legal historian David Sellars, has issued a formal note, dismissing the petition as "on the face of it … a surprising proposition" that would give Mr Sturzenegger the same kind of arms as a member of the House of Lords.
The Lord Lyon was particularly surprised that anyone would want to claim the title Earl of Arran, given that it is already held by Scotland's premier peer, the Duke of Hamilton.
Mr Sturzenegger is one of scores of wealthy men and women, mostly foreign, who have snapped up Scotland's forgotten feudal titles over the last two decades.
The titles -- most frequently baronies or lordships -- are the only ones of their kind that can be bought and sold, often along with tiny parcels of Scottish land. The earldom of Arran, however, is one of the rarest of the feudal titles, the most senior it is possible to hold.
There are believed to be only around two dozen feudal earldoms, most held by aristocratic families. Few have sold, usually for very large sums indeed.
Mr Sturzenegger picked his up in 1995 along with a few thousand acres of Arran and the "caput" or title to Lochranza Castle, owned by Historic Scotland.
Mr Sturzenegger has been trying to get himself effectively declared an earl since 2000. In 2001, as part of a compromise deal with the then Lord Lyon, he successfully petitioned to have himself accepted by the Lord Lyon as "Sturzenegger of Arran, holder of the territorial Earldom of Arran".
That name, granted in 2001, came with a coat of arms that includes the additaments -- or "bells and whistles" as some heraldry experts call them -- of a baron, but not an earl.
His latest bid to receive the full title was formally turned down in May. His appeal has now been lodged at the Court of Session and is likely to be heard by the end of his year.
Douglas Millar, partner and head of litigation at Edinburgh law firm Lindsays, believes the current Lord Lyon has misinterpreted changes made to Scots law when feudalism was formally and finally abolished in 2004.
Mr Millar said: "On a proper reading of the change in the law, we believe that Herr Sturzenegger is still entitled to obtain the arms he is seeking.
"There are a number of grounds of appeal but another main one is that we argue -- and we do this in the most respectful of ways -- that the Lord Lyon erred in saying that a feudal earldom was not always recognised as a dignity."
Mr Sturzenegger himself was not available for comment.
Little is known about the millionaire, other than he once commissioned some of Switzerland's finest watchmakers to produce the world's most complex mechanical timepiece.
The "real" Earl of Arran, the Duke of Hamilton, succeeded to the title earlier this year following the death of the 15th duke.
The current duke, Alexander Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, declined to comment on the forthcoming case.


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- Little Roquefort Theatrical Cartoon Series
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- Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
- Cartoon Characters: Little Roquefort, Percy the Cat.
Originally Released in October of 1951 (Estimate).
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- Running Time: 6 minutes.
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Chased by Percy in the kitchen, Roquefort keeps him in egg and batter (an egg in the face slows the cat). Unknown to Percy, Roquefort is trying to bake a birthday cake for him. Percy doesn't give up, but all the while, the cake is baking...
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Woman dies while riding Six Flags roller coaster
ARLINGTON, Texas - A woman has died after an accident on a rollercoaster at the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park in Arlington, Texas.
"We are deeply saddened to share that earlier this evening an adult woman died in the park while on the Texas Giant," Sharon Parker, communications manager for Six Flags Over Texas, told ABC News in a written statement. "Park medical staff and local paramedics responded immediately. Since the safety of our guests and employees is our number one priority, the ride has been closed pending further investigation. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends during this difficult time."
Official details were not immediately available on how the woman died.
The Texas Giant rollercoaster debuted as an all-wooden ride in 1990, and reopened in 2011 redesigned with a steel track, ABC News affiliate WFAA reported.
It rises 14 stories high and boasts "the steepest drop of any wooden coaster at 79 degrees," Six Flags Over Texas said on its website. "The new ride also has a record-breaking bank of 95 degrees, steeper than any other wooden coaster on the planet."


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I love God most of all and without Him nothing that I have accomplished would have been possible. You know many people don't realize that each day is not promised to us. They fail to see that each and everyday is an opportunity to live for Christ and a chance to get to know Him as their personal Savior. Just thinking about how Jesus died on the cross for each and every one of my sins before I even commited them and to know that He loves me unconditionally lets me know that I am priviledged to know Him personally. That is enough to bring me to my knees and to thank and praise Him for what He has done and what He is going to do in my life. To know Him in all of His infinite glory. Just to know Him as my provider, my comforter, my healer, my redeemer, Alpha and Omega, beginning and the end. Wow....God is just that good, and you know what, I wouldn't give up my salvation for anything. For every trial and test that I have to endure I will trust Him and no matter what may come up against me I know that He already knows the outcome of every situation and in order to walk in my destiny I have to endure somethings for they are the passage ways into my destiny. Let me stop before I go in over here, but for all who know God personally you know what I'm talking about. I dare someone to get intimate with God!!!!!!!!!! He is awesome.
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The original Shockwave site noted Stainboy is somewhat of a super hero. "He can't fly around tall buildings, or outrun a speeding train. The only talent he seems to have is to leave a nasty stain.
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Flamenco Night in Fresno
Jesus Montoya Company in "Pureza Flamenca"
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Jesús Montoya is from Seville, Spain. Born into the one of the oldest Gypsy families.An accomplished recording artist as well as a double winner of the 2007 Grammy Awards, including CD's of original compositions as well as collaborations with various world class artists true master of the flamenco arts.Jesús is a man of overwhelming integrity. In addition to his Spanish and European touring credentials, he has toured tirelessly with major flamenco companies throughout the United States and Canada.
José Tanaka (Guitarist), Born in Kyoto Japan, and raised by family steeped in the Flamenco arts (his father & his uncle both are Flamenco guitarists & his mother is a Flamenco dancer).
Mizuho Sato was born in Iwate, Japan and studied in Seville, Spain, taking classes from prestigious instructors and started performing in several well known tablaos. In the year 2000, she received awards from the Japanese Flamenco Association and the Ambassador of Spain.
Vanessa Acosta-Albalos was born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, which is where she grew up the early years of her life. She is viewed as an extraordinary artist and is considered by many of her colleagues and aficionados to be an "exception to the rule" as she has never trained in Spain and captures and inspires audiences at home and abroad and has become one of the most sought after flamenco dancers.
When: Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 8:00 PM
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Where: Academia de Arte Flamenco Dance Studio
1918 N Echo Street
Fresno, California
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Thu Pham'12 (media & performance, economics & management)
"Classical Theater in China"
Location: Beijing, China
[Thu Chinese Opera Image]Thu traveled to Beijing to originally focus on politics and the media, but found too many barriers to completing this research. She quickly shifted her focus to the Chinese opera performances (right) which were widely available to her and which provided her with a window for studying the interaction between performer and audience in China. Thu attended three performances a week, interviewed local people near her hostel, and practiced her Chinese language skills, gathering information that would become the focus of her senior thesis. Upon her return, Thu assisted in the visit of the Qi Shu Fang Opera company on the Beloit College campus (pictured below), furthering her engagement with the art form. She plans on presenting her senior thesis at the 2011 International Symposium.[Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company]


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MFarm Ltd(K)
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- Founded : Monday 1st November 2010
MFarm Ltd. is a Kenyan software solution and agribusiness company founded in October 2010. Our product, M-Farm, works as a transparency tool for farmers. M-Farm was launched after winning the IPO48 competition -- a 48 hour boot-camp event aimed at giving web/mobile start-ups a platform to launch their start-ups.Of the 37 initial ideas, M-Farm took away the €10,000 prize as capital investment. The founding team is composed of three tech savvy ladies with different areas of expertise. The CEO, Jamila Abass, is a Software Engineer with 4 years experience in web development. Susan Oguya, CTO, has experience in mobile app development. Linda Kwamboka, whose background is in Business and Information Technology, is the CMO. The founders left their corporate jobs to make the M-Farm product a success.
Kopo Kopo, Inc.
- Location : Nairobi, Kenya
- Twitter : @kopokopoinc
- Founded : Thursday 12th August 2010
Note: Kopo Kopo, Inc is a US Delaware C Corporation with a Branch in Kenya (was not an option in the drop down box). Kopo Kopo offers a software-as-a-service mobile payment gateway that enables small and medium enterprises in East Africa to integrate their management systems with mobile money systems. The service is available for a low subscription fee and is largely do-it-yourself. Kopo Kopo was initially formed in order to help microfinance institutions and SACCOs leverage mobile money to extend robust financial services to their customers via a more convenient, affordable channel. After much business mentoring, however, Kopo Kopo has expanded its scope in order to serve the broader SME market in addition to MFIs and SACCOs (e.g. super markets, retail outlets, hospitals, etc). Kopo Kopo aims to be the leading mobile payment gateway throughout Sub-Saharan Africa by 2015.
Zege Technologies
- Location : Nairobi, Kenya
- Twitter : @zegetech
- Founded : Wednesday 7th July 2010
Zege Technologies is your Information Technology partner. We design, develop and implement technological solutions. We recognize that integration is vital for institutions and enabling that integration in an efficient and easily understood framework is crucial. Our expertise is concentrated on developing and integrating financial solutions for institution that offer various financial services to their customers. We Identify industries/corporations that need financial tools anticipate clients' needs and adapt software solutions to these needs. We endeavor to provide financial integration and money transfer solutions to corporate entities. We strive to customize the software to client specifications while provide training and support. At the core, we serve the market of Africa to socially, economically and intellectually empower the people of Africa through technology We want to enable the people of Africa access innovative technology that tackle real life challenges hence promoting prosperity The core values that we believe in are Innovation, Reliability, Excellence, Open mindedness, Integrity and Customer Satisfaction. "innovate for life" is our company motto – Building technologies that solves real life challenges
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- Founded : Monday 1st March 2010
BTI Millman Company Limited is a young , creative and dynamic software development firm specializing in provision of customized mobile platform solutions. Our goal is to serve the ever-increasing demand for quality software solutions.
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- Founded : Monday 28th February 2011
zealgour company is a a type of business ownership combining several features of corporation and partnership structures to run the company to a success. It will house M-order product, a mobile ordering system for small and medium scale enterprises as target market.
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- Founded : Saturday 1st January 2011
Capefield Ltd. is a start-up focused on creating mobile solutions. Comprised of young talented individuals, we come up with the most creative ideas to solve problems and in turn form innovations. For Capefield, the vital link between creativity and innovation is technology and thus is how we make these amazing ideas a reality.
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Two very different cities in eastern and southern Europe — Kosice, Slovakia, and Marseille, France — begin their yearlong tenures as official European Capitals of Culture in 2013, a tradition dating to 1985.
The two co-Capitals of Culture share little in terms of geography or history. But Marseille and Kosice will be linked together in September by a special round-trip performance-art train, which will make festive stops at cities along the way.
With 80 artists on board, the train departs Kosice Sept. 15, pulls over for an all-day festival in Budapest (Sept. 16), rolls on to Ptuj, Slovenia, and Venice for all-day festivals on Sept. 18 and 20, respectively, and pulls into Marseille Sept. 21 for a two-day fete. The train reverses course Sept. 24, arriving home well ahead of the Transart Communication Performance Art Festival finale in Kosice Sept. 27-30.
Minutes from the Hungarian border, Kosice (population about 240,000) is the second-largest city in Slovakia. Its largest employer is the United States Steel Corp., but Kosice also boasts a lively arts and party scene and a vibrant Main Street (Hlavna Ulica) in Slovakia's largest Old Town. Main Street is lined with aristocratic palaces, heritage churches and historic dwellings as well as boutiques, cafes and restaurants, but Kosice's chief treasure, also located downtown, is St. Elizabeth Cathedral, a Gothic masterpiece with newly restored interiors, which dates to 1230, the year the city was founded.
The hometown of tennis star Martina Hingis also is the site of the Kosice Peace Marathon (begun in 1924). On Oct. 16, runners will lap the city center twice.
Other medal winners on Kosice's 2013 calendar include the following events:
Jan. 19-20: Opening ceremonies. The usual fireworks are reinforced by the British group Jamiroquai, led by Jay Kay, performing at the Steel Arena on Sunday.
May 15: Night of Literature. Czech, Slovak and international writers read every half-hour 6-10:30 p.m. in unconventional settings, from swimming pools to police stations.
May 18: Night of Museums and Galleries. One ticket opens every door, from the exhibition of presidential aircraft at the Museum of Aviation to the jarring displays at Miklus Prison.
June 26-30: Cassovia Folk Fest. Folk performers run the gamut, from step dancers to majorettes, as Main Street Old Town fills with local craftspeople, food vendors and animals from a special farm display.
Aug. 3: Andy Warhol Birthday Party. This pop-art party features sounds of the 1970s and '80s, a mobile art gallery and a projection of iconic Warhol works on the walls of the Aupark Shopping Center just south of Main Street. Warhol was the son of Czechoslovak immigrants.
Sept. 13-15: Kosice Wine Festival. The finest wines of Tokaj, Eger and eastern Slovakia are uncorked in a medieval tent on Vaznici Street, in the underground archaeological museum at Lower Gate and inside the walls of historic Miklus Prison.
Dec. 13: Closing ceremony. In connection with the city's annual Christmas Market, Kosice posts a photo retrospective of its Cultural Year along Main Street, accompanied by fireworks.
Marseille/ Provence
The pretty Mediterranean port of Marseille, France's second-largest city (population about 850,000) and its oldest (founded in 600 B.C.), has provided the setting for paintings by Renoir, Cezanne, Braque and Dufy. At the same time "the world's wickedest port" has furnished the rough-and-tumble settings for "The French Connection" and "The Bourne Identity." It is a city both beautiful and bad.
In 2013, Marseille's Cultural Capital domain will extend into the countryside of Provence, with festivities scheduled for Aix-en-Provence, Arles and other idyllic villages. But the center of 2013's cultural celebration will remain the "considerable town" of Marseille that food writer M.F.K. Fisher championed, especially its Old Port (Vieux Port) on the Mediterranean. Flanked by two forts (Saint-Nicolas and Saint-Jean) and punctuated by the island of Chateau d'If (setting for "The Count of Monte Cristo"), the port will harbor many of the year's biggest to-dos.
The Cultural Year has enabled Marseille to concentrate resources on renovating and expanding not only its Old Port but its museums, monumental spaces and cultural venues, from the Museum of Civilizations from Europe and the Mediterranean at Fort Saint-Jean to the J1 Hangar at the Docks, opening to the public for the first time as an information and entertainment center for the Cultural Year.
Top events dropping anchor in Marseille and throughout Provence in 2013 include:
Jan. 12-13: 2013 Rendezvous. Foghorns, church bells and sirens roust all of Marseille, and a "Parade of Lights" leads to dancing in the streets as Provence launches its Cultural Year.


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Methods for finding motifs in sets of related biosequences
Inge Jonassen
Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway. June 1996.
The automatic discovery of patterns conserved in groups of related biological sequences is an important problem in molecular biology. This thesis discusses this problem, and presents a systematisation of a large number of reported methods. New methods for the automatic discovery of patterns and collection of patterns in sets of unaligned protein sequences, are proposed. The methods are able to discover patterns of a quite general type, and are guaranteed to find the best, according to a defined evaluation function, conserved patterns. Both nonheuristic and heuristic search methods are proposed. The problem of evaluating discovered patterns is discussed and several new evaluation functions are proposed. The new functions are shown to have useful properties for a set of test cases. The methods proposed in this thesis have been primarily designed for analysing protein sequences, but they may also be applicable to the analysis of nucleotide (DNA/RNA) sequences and possibly other types of sequence data.
: bio-informatics, protein sequences, pattern discovery, machine learning, search methods, PROSITE, minimum descript length principle
1 Introduction
2 Machine Learning
2.1 Occam's razor principle
2.2 Learning about strings
2.2.1 Grammatical inference
2.2.2 Pattern inference
3 Discovering biopatterns
3.1 Training set
3.1.1 Only positive or both positive and negative examples
3.1.2 Clean or noisy training data
3.1.3 Training sets containing multiple groups
3.2 Solution space
3.2.1 Regular patterns and protein families
3.2.2 The PROSITE pattern language
3.2.3 Pattern languages used in systems for discovery of biopatterns
3.3 Evaluation of biopatterns
3.4 Discovering patterns from examples.
3.4.1 Pattern discovery and sequence alignment
3.4.2 Pattern discovery methods
4 Summary of contributions
4.1 Approaches to the automatic discovery of patterns in biosequences
4.2 Finding flexible patterns in unaligned protein sequences
4.3 Efficient discovery of conserved patterns using a pattern graph
4.4 Scoring function for pattern discovery programs taking into account sequence diversity
4.5 Discovering patterns and subfamilies in biosequences
5 Further work
5.1 Discovering approximately conserved patterns
5.1.1 Allowing
5.1.2 Insertions/deletions
5.2 Discovering patterns of secondary structure in RNA sequences
5.3 Discovery of higherlevel patterns
5.3.1 Use of a shortest path algorithm
5.3.2 Discovering patterns of patterns
6 Conclusion
: Portfolio of research papers
Approaches to the automatic discovery of patterns in biosequences.
A. Brazma, I. Jonassen, I. Eidhammer, and D. R. Gilbert. 1995.
Finding flexible patterns in unaligned protein sequences.
I. Jonassen, J. F. Collins, and D. G. Higgins. 1995.
Efficient discovery of conserved patterns using a pattern graph.
I. Jonassen. 1996.
Scoring function for pattern discovery programs taking into account sequence diversity.
I. Jonassen, C. Helgesen, and D. G. Higgins. 1996.
Discovering patterns and subfamilies in biosequences.
A. Brazma, I. Jonassen, E. Ukkonen, and J. Vilo. 1996.
Approaches to the automatic discovery of patterns in biosequences.
This paper is a survey of approaches and algorithms used for the automatic discovery of patterns in biosequences. Patterns with the expressive power in the class of regular languages are considered, and a classification of pattern languages in this class is developed, covering those patterns which are the most frequently used in molecular bioinformatics. A formulation is given of the problem of the automatic discovery of such patterns from a set of sequences, and an analysis presented of the ways in which an assessment can be made of the significance and usefulness of the discovered patterns. It is shown that this problem is related to problems studied in the field of machine learning. The largest part of this paper comprises a review of a number of existing methods developed to solve this problem and how these relate to each other, focusing on the algorithms underlying the approaches. A comparison is given of the algorithms, and examples are given of patterns that have been discovered using the different methods.
: automatic discovery, bioinformatics, biosequences, machine learning, patterns.
Finding flexible patterns in unaligned protein sequences
We present a new method for the identification of conserved patterns in a set of unaligned related protein sequences. It is able to discover patterns of a quite general form, allowing for both ambiguous positions and for variable length wildcard regions. It allows the user to define a class of patterns (e.g. the degree of ambiguity allowed and the length and number of gaps), and the method is then guaranteed to find the conserved patterns in this class scoring highest according to a significance measure defined. Identified patterns may be refined using one of two new algorithms. We present a new (nonstatistical) significance measure for flexible patterns. The method is shown to recover known motifs for PROSITE families, and is also applied to some recently described families from the literature.
: Patterns, protein families, algorithm, flexible gaps, PROSITE.
Efficient discovery of conserved patterns using a pattern graph.
We have earlier reported an algorithm [JCH95] for discovering patterns conserved in sets of related protein sequences. The algorithm was implemented in a program called Pratt. It uses a depth first search of the pattern space, together with a data structure making it possible to find all segments matching a pattern very quickly (block data structure). Here we present a new search having two main advantages over the old strategy. Firstly it allows for easier integration with programs for multiple sequence alignment and data base search. Secondly, it makes it possible to use branchandbound search, and heuristics, to speed the search. The new search strategy has been implemented in a new version of the Pratt program.
Scoring function for pattern discovery programs taking into account sequence diversity.
An important problem in sequence analysis is to discover patterns matching subsets of a given set of biosequences. When a pattern common to a subset is found, the quality of the match should be evaluated. This paper proposes that an evaluation scheme for measuring the quality of a match between a sequence set and a common pattern should take into account both the strength of the pattern and the diversity of the sequences matched. A pattern matching a diverse set of sequences (i.e., having low degree of similarity) should get a higher score than an equally strong pattern matching a set of more similar sequences. This will avoid sets of very similar sequences from biasing the score of the patterns. Ideally a measure of statistical significance of a match taking sequence diversity into account, should be defined. As this is a nontrivial problem, this paper proposes a nonstatistical scoring scheme. Ideal requirements for such a scoring scheme are given. It is assumed that the strength of a pattern and the diversity of the sequence set can be evaluated independently, and combined into a total score for the match. We use a restricted class of PROSITElike patterns, and an earlier reported method for evaluating pattern strength. Two alternative schemes for evaluating the diversity of a set of sequences are proposed: one based on the sum of edge lengths in an estimated phylogenetic tree for the set of sequences, and one based on the minimum weight spanning tree on the graph of all pairwise distances between sequences. For both cases, algorithms and practical application cases are given. The combined measures are shown to have useful properties for a set of test cases.
: pattern discovery, PROSITE, scoring scheme, sequence diversity, pattern strength.
Discovering Patterns and Subfamilies in Biosequences
We consider the problem of automatic discovery of patterns and the corresponding subfamilies in a set of biosequences. The sequences are unaligned and may contain noise of unknown level. The patterns are of the type used in PROSITE database. In our approach we discover patterns and the respective subfamilies simultaneously. We develop a theoretically substantiated significance measure for a set of such patterns and an algorithm approximating the best pattern set and the subfamilies. The approach is based on the minimum description length (MDL) principle. We report a computing experiment correctly finding subfamilies in the family of chromo domains and revealing new strong patterns.
: pattern discovery, sequence motifs, machine learning, protein subfamilies, PROSITE, clustering, algorithms, Bayesian inference, MDL principle
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Meet Chivalry Today's Staff of Historical Interpreters
Chivalry Today has assembled a respected team of historical interpreters who work to make every event – a school history fair, a library reading program function, a corporate meeting, summer camp activity day, or lecture for a historical society – memorable and engaging, as well as historically accurate.
Chivalry Today's historical interpreters pursue their knowledge of life in medieval and Renaissance times through independent study in museums, reading academic journals, and consultations with respected historians. They bring a wealth of knowledge, and they share a passion for teaching and a sincere commitment to imparting the ideals of the code of chivalry to a new generation.
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Scott Farrell – Program Director
Scott is the founder and director of Chivalry Today, and he has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of arms, armor, and medieval military history. He has been involved with independent study programs at the Royal Armories at Leeds, and with Cadw (the department of the Welsh government in charge of preserving castles and other historical monuments).
With a college degree in English literature, Scott is also an avid reader and student of folklore and Arthurian legend. In addition, Scott studied theatrical performance at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre, and periodically works as one of the teaching artists (school performers) with San Diego's Intrepid Shakespeare Company. He has worked with the San Diego City and County Library Systems as part of the annual Summer Reading Program since 2006.
Scott is a professional journalist and author, and his articles on medieval history and the ideals of chivalry have appeared in many print and on-line publications, including Renaissance Magazine, Military History Quarterly, Civil War Times, Chivalry Sports, Tournaments Illuminated, Men Today, and Police Magazine. His chapter "Sir Aristotle and the Code of Chivalry" is included in the book Martial Arts And Philosophy (Open Court Books, 2010). You may also recognize his voice as the host of the Chivalry Today podcast, and the ringside "color commentator" from San Diego's acclaimed Tournament Of The Phoenix competitive jousting event, held each October at the Poway Rodeo Grounds.
Scott has given lectures and demonstrations for a wide variety of groups with an interest in medieval history, armor, castles, knighthood, and the code of chivalry, including: The San Diego Shakespeare Society, The San Diego Historical Society, University of California Irvine Faculty Club, San Diego State University, Kiwanis International, The Rotary Club, The Boy Scouts of America, Sisters In Crime Mystery Writers, and Romance Writers of America.
Scott presents:
- King Arthur And The Code Of The Round Table
- Deed Of Arms — Chivalry In Action
- A Knight In The Museum – Medieval Arms And Armor
- Vigil: The Making of a Knight
- Castle Life: Home for the Knight
- Days and Knights of Shakespeare – A Virtual Walk Through Shakespeaere's London
- Warrior Camp and Warrior After-School Club
Rick Hardin – Associate Program Coordinator
Rick has 23 years experience in the trade show and museum interior manufacturing industry. Rick has had the opportunity to work with more than 25 museums throughout the South West to create dynamic museum exhibits which enhance the visitor experience. Most of the facilities Rick has worked with are historical museums such as the Museum of Man in San Diego and numerous California State parks historical visitor centers.
In addition to his work with museums, Rick and his wife June have established a small company called Viking Krafts which creates museum-quality jewelry, furniture, knives, and swords all inspired by artifacts from the Roman era to the Renaissance. Rick's extensive knowledge and skill makes him a popular teacher and mentor for those who wish to know more about the life and skills of guild workers and medieval craftsmen. Rick's talents include blacksmithing, wood working, carving, jewelry making, silver, bronze and pewter casting, coin making, shoe making, costuming, bladesmithing, historical sword fighting, and leatherwork.
Rick presents
- Making A Living: Guilds and Crafts
- Deed of Arms: Chivalry In Action
- Arms & Armor of the Medieval Knight
- Warrior Camp and Warrior Club
Gwen Nowrick — Medieval Fashion and Clothing Expert
Gwen Nowrick is the owner of Black Swan Designs, one of the most respected providers of historical replica clothing in the world. As the Head of Research, Gwen has consulted on reproduction clothing for museum displays at San Diego's Cabrillo Monument, and many heritage and historic sites worldwide. Her clothing can be found in use by interpreters at the Higgins Armoury Museum in Worchester, Mass., Hampton Court Palace and the Tower of London in England, and the Archeon in the Netherlands.
Gwen has a passion for fashion and style throughout history, and delights in making historical clothing relevant as the fashion of the people who wore them. Passionate, knowledgeable, articulate and entertaining, Gwen gears her interactive talks to the age of the group. She keeps the audience spellbound as she dispels urban myths and presents clothing through the ages as high fashion rather than dry and dusty artifacts or weird costumes.
Gwen presents
- Medieval Fashion and Clothing
Mark Lindsay – Catapults and Siege Engines
Mark Lindsay has a professional background in metal working and mechanical engineering. He has been studying the construction, function, and tactics of Ancient and medieval war engines since 1991, and routinely tests his knowledge by putting his creations to use in reenactment battles staged by the Society for Creative Anachronism. His replica war engines have won multiple awards among living history groups for both authenticity and function, and have appeared on several well-known national television shows and documentaries.
Mark presents
- Siege The Day: Medieval Catapults and War Engines
Sean Cox – Shakespearean Performance Expert
Sean is a co-founder of Intrepid Shakespeare Company. As an actor, director, and teacher he has worked with numerous theatre companies and performance festivals including Shakespeare Festivals in Idaho, Texas, and Nevada. He has performed in the San Diego area with the Lamb's Players Theatre, Moxie Theater, the Old Globe, and the San Diego Repertory. His Shakespearean roles include include Macbeth, Richard II, Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio) and King John (the Bastard). His training includes the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts, the University of the Arts, and the Globe Theatre (London). Sean is the recipient of multiple awards for his work on stage.
Sean presents:
- Shakespeare Workshop – Reading as a Performer (part of Days and Knights of Shakespeare)
- Campus Performances of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream for Chivalry Today's Medieval Day: Festival of Chivalry
Asa Keefe – Presenter
Asa works in law enforcement, is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and has a background in education. He is a highly experienced martial artist in several fields, including historical European sword combat. His knowledge of historical military detail includes several periods of Classical, medieval, and Early Modern history. Asa assists with demonstrations of sword combat and fencing skills in Deed Of Arms.
Valerie Williams – Web, IT, and Administrative Support
Valerie has a background of more than 20 years as an administrative assistant. She runs her own business creating and administering websites and blogs for small businesses. She has been involved in medieval living history events and has helped in the organization of several medieval and Renaissance historical tournaments and festivals. She created the Chivalry Today website and on-line newsletter, and provides production support for the podcast.
Still To Come
- Terry Lockwood – Falconry and Birds of Prey
- Kyle Lazzarevich – Associate Educator and Historical Sword Combat Coach
- Sean Richards – Roman History
- April Apperson-Farrell – Medieval Life, Clerical Skills, The Rules of the Joust, and Women's Roles
- Conversation With: Author Jessica Finley - June 30, 2015
- Conversation With: Author Guy Windsor - March 23, 2015
- 9 Habits Of Lifelong Chivalry - December 5, 2014


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photo session – Shawna – using the PocketWizard AC3 Zone Controller
While in Las Vegas for WPPI 2011, the team at PocketWizard asked me if I would be interested in them shooting a short video clip of me using the new PocketWizards for Nikon. I didn't hesitate in saying yes! Here is the description of the setup of the one photo sessions I did. There was another one, which I will post in a day or so. I will post a link to the PocketWizard video clip as soon as it is up.
For this demonstration of the PocketWizard FlexTT5 and AC3 ZoneController, I relied on Shawna, a favorite model, Shawna, again. (She featured in the recent posts on video light vs bounce flash and using the available light. I knew we'd be able to get some stunning images with such a stunning model and the new photo toys …
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The bright yellow warning sign midway down Route 432 says 'Rough Road for 20km', but many believe it should be repainted to read 'Rough Surface for the next seven months'.
The bright yellow warning sign midway down Route 432 says 'Rough Road for 20km', but many believe it should be repainted to read 'Rough Surface for the next seven months'.
Last week public works minister Tom Hedderson confirmed the worst news for those who use the busy thoroughfare between Roddickton and Plum Point - that the planned repaving of a 3.8km stretch of the cross country road will not take place now until next June.
Despite the $775,000 contract being awarded to Humber Valley Paving in August and a contracted completion date set for October 31, no work has begun on the project.
Reticent to give specifics as to why the work was not complete, Mr. Hedderson pointed to poor weather and "other circumstances" but did not elaborate on what those were.
"They gave it their best efforts but couldn't complete it," he told the Pen.
"As part of our agreement we said 'no.' Rather than force the issue and perhaps put down inferior pavement, we would prefer they wait until the spring.
"There was a fair scope of work to be done and they ran out of time. They are under contract to get it done. It will get done.
"We are as disappointed as you are because when we put out work we want it finished because I want to be able to move on."
The news was not well-received by commuters who travel the 53km between the two towns or the businesses that rely on passing traffic.
Some residents the Pen spoke to further up along the Straits said if they needed to go to Roddickton or the eastern side of the peninsula, they preferred to take the northern part of Route 430 near St. Anthony rather than risk damage to their cars over the broken pavement.
Bird Cove mayor Richard May said it was not only deplorable that the work wouldn't be completed this year, but also that only 3.8km of road would be repaved.
"The condition of this road makes it hard on those people who beat up their cars every day," he said.
"I think it definitely plays a role in whether people want to accept jobs because they have to factor in the damage that will undoubtedly happen to the cars or trucks and that becomes a big chunk of their income.
"From an economic development view point, this has big implications on businesses that need to travel that road."
Mr. Hedderson said that in any given year as much as 20 per cent of the almost $500 million public works contracts awarded for road improvements could be held over until the following year.
He said this year, with hurricane Igor repairs taking precedent, some companies may have crushed more than they could lay.
"Some of these companies involved in these projects, in some cases they took on a little bit too much work and couldn't complete it," he said.
"We work with them and make sure that if they are taking jobs they should complete them."
And although regular commuters and transport businesses that use the road will be disadvantaged, Mr. Hedderson said that on the bright side, work would begin as soon as winter breaks.
"They are crushing stone for the project as we speak so they'll be out of the gates early as they can," he said.
"The advantage is the tender's out and the work will be done. It's better than some of the roads that people don't know when they will be done.
"This job is in the hopper. It will be done."
It's little consolation for those who, on a daily basis, must navigate through more than 20km of deteriorated pavement.
Mr. May said that three years ago the cross country road was one of the best on the peninsula.
"But now look at it," he said.
"Every spring the road breaks up more and more, and yet only 3.8km of it is worthy of repaving? It's laughable.
"It's the second most important route on the Northern Peninsula in my mind and more than half of it needs to be completely replaced."
Mr. Hedderson however said it was all about priorities.
"When we look at the budgeting we look at the whole province," he said. "We have priorities like everything else and that was the amount I was able to offer that particular project."
"Naturally the cross country (road) is indeed important in that particular area.
"We've spent millions of dollars making sure the main roads on the Northern Peninsula are up to scratch and now we are setting our sights on auxiliary roads and, in this particular case, the cross country is well used and the quicker that we get to it the better for all."
MHA for The Straits-White Bay North, the NDP's Christopher Mitchelmore, said he understood and agreed it was the right decision not to pave now, but said people living on either end of Route 432 were under a serious disadvantage just because of where they lived.
"When the government releases its budget next year I will be pushing for that road to get additional funding for paving as well as more roadwork for Conche," he said.
"That needs to be given priority as well to start placing a focus on government to reduce gravel roads in its inventory.
"I would like to see those two roads given priority for paving because it's so important in developing local economy in those regions.
MHA for St. Barbe, the Liberal's Jim Bennett, could not be reached for comment last week.


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I have an ASUS Sabertooth Z87 motherboard. I have one Samsung 840 Pro SSD and four 500GB Western Digital RE4 HDDs making up a 3TB RAID5 array. I have my home server virtualized on this array which is 1.6TB with precious photos and downloads.
It really is pretty simple how this happened. I've been running all my drives in RAID mode, my SSD included as a stand alone. I wanted to optimize the SSD properly with Samsung Magician. I needed AHCI mode and through some research found that technically any stand alone drive on a port set as RAID will automatically run as AHCI. The Magician software was disagreeing saying it wasn't AHCI and so I couldn't enable some awesome wiz-bang features.
I switched to AHCI mode on the Intel controller, rebooted, and the SSD was detected in AHCI mode just fine. RAID was broken (obviously) so I rebooted and switched back to RAID mode but then for some reason two drives from the array are now marked as non-member disks making the array failed. Booting into Windows, the RST software says the same. I've done data recovery before but not a RAID5. Based on my what I know about RAID and the research I've done, I've found that deleting the array and recreating it using the exact same configuration is harmless and this is how you should start recovering data. From there I'm using R-Studio, GetDataBack, Recuva to scan for my data...
This is one source of information I've been using: http://www.overclock...mber-disk-error
It's been about a week and each scan takes at least 6 hours and I haven't really had much luck in finding my data intact. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you're hear to preach backup to me, don't bother. I just need help in getting this back.


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|Chapter 5
|Education: Education is a key component to achieving the Bike 2015 Plan's goals to increase the number of trips by bicycle and improve the safety of the bicycling environment. Many people think that bicycling in Chicago is dangerous. This concern keeps people from bicycling more, or at all. A key way to address this concern is through education, particularly through the six objectives identified in this chapter.
|Objective 5
|Produce and distribute bicycle education material.
Strategy 2
Produce Spanish-language versions of appropriate Chicago Department of Transportation bicycle publications.
Language specific campaigns and materials should be integrated into the specific programs requiring non-English language materials.
|Peformance Measure
|Identify priority publications to produce in Spanish in 2006; produce first publication in 2007.
|Tracker Notes
|There are multiple publications printed in Spanish, also available online.
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Study Abroad in Ascoli Piceno, Italy
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Ascoli Piceno Study Center
UNH-in-Italy Ascoli Piceno Center is located in the historical city center. While offering a complete Italian studies curriculum, the program also assists students in fully integrating into Ascoli Piceno's academic and social environment. Students participate in an immersion experience that promotes both their intellectual and their personal development. The program will start out in Venice followed by an on-site orientation in Ascoli Piceno.
Participants are housed in shared apartments located within the historic center of Ascoli Piceno. Within the first week of the program, students decide collectively about specific housing arrangements. Students wishing to share apartments with Italian students do so at their own initiative and must express this intent to UNH-in-Italy during the application process. While meals are not included, students may choose to dine at the local university cafeteria.
Participants enroll at the UNH-in-Italy Ascoli Piceno Center where they take a wide variety of courses. Intensive Language courses are offered every semester and are required as part of the program. In addition, there have been drawing, painting, art history, history, literature, political science, and music courses. There also exists the possibility of pursuing a variety of internships sponsored by government agencies, businesses, schools and social and cultural institutions. There are activities and some course-related excursions planned during the semester and textbooks are included in the cost. For a list of courses, please click here.
For more detailed information regarding costs of program, inclusions, scholarships and financial aid information, please refer to the the Study Abroad Financial Aid and Scholarship Information link.
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Old Habits Die Hard, or So the Adage Goes.
That is particularly true about the bad habit of taking shortcuts. Sadly, most of our leaders have got so used to taking them that every decision is based on such practices and the country's moral fibre is close to snapping as a result.
In announcing that permanent secretaries in 11 ministries will be changed, Prime Minister Nahas Angula named the move a "reassignment, redeployment and realignment of key accounting officers/permanent secretaries".
The rest of civilisation called the spade a spade - a reshuffle. For that's really what it is. The move was apparently aimed at coaxing the permanent secretaries into new thinking and fresh action.
But as the word reshuffle suggests, the government's decision is nothing short of a wild and hopeful gamble to stimulate damp wood to stoke the fire of 'efficient and effective service delivery'. It should be viewed in the gambling sense of shuffling cards at a casino or a shebeen poker table.
President Hifikepunye Pohamba, Prime Minister Nahas Angula and their Cabinet colleagues have decided to reshuffle the permanent secretaries, hoping they will deal themselves a winning hand.
Surprise, surprise! You have used a limited number of cards, and with the same non-performing and shady faces on the cards the outcome is most likely to be the same - poor cards equal a losing hand.
It is not the first time that the Swapo-led government used "reassignment, redeployment and realignment" [the belief that any comrade is great at any job] to carry out the massive and complicated bureaucratic tasks of the State. It is a habit that was entrenched during the liberation struggle, especially in the comfort zones of donor-funded refugee camps.
Last week, the secretary general of the African National Congress, Gwede Mantashe, admitted that the mess the ANC was facing in South Africa was partly of its own making. He identified the culture of "redeploying" struggle cadres into positions they are ill-qualified to occupy as key to the poor running of the state. He went as far as to suggest that they took people "from the bush" and put them in charge hoping they'd succeed.
The sooner Swapo comes to the same realisation as the ANC, the better the ruling party's chances of staying in power much longer and the less likely that Namibia descends into the chaos that beset many African countries after the masses have become tired of their liberators' excuses and lies for failing to deliver.
Instead of "reshuffling" permanent secretaries, the politicians must go back to basics and examine whether the structures work, not just for the ruling party, but more crucially so for the voters.
As it is, the permanent secretaries are an autonomous bunch who can afford to ignore their political masters. For instance within a ministry, the permanent secretary is not administratively accountable to the minister but to the Secretary to Cabinet, first and foremost, and then to the Prime Minister and the President.
So why would permanent secretaries care much about ministers' instructions seeing that ministers can't fire them for incompetence and other transgressions; actions that can be effected easier in any non-government organisation or a business?
As it is the Office of the Prime Minister with the Public Service Commission supposedly has performance agreements with the PSes. But how will the Prime Minister hold a permanent secretary to those agreements when they are so far removed from the day-to-day functions of the individual whose work must be monitored.
Small wonder then that across the government, ministers and PSes in the same ministry are often at loggerheads. They can afford to fight with one another because each reports to a different master. When it comes to power games (which are normal in any organisation) a minister and a permanent secretary in the ministry have no incentive to work together.
If a minister had the power to appoint (and also fire) the permanent secretary, there will be better cohesion and both can equally shoulder the blame rather than is the case with the current situation of one pointing the finger at the other.
Call the latest exercise all the names you want - reassignment, redeployment, realignment, reshuffle - the changes will not stimulate "effective and efficient service delivery". Management skills and industry knowledge cannot be substituted by blind loyalty to the party.
Swapo leaders need to think long term. By continuing on the same path the party will only dig itself into a deep grave, because when the masses eventually tire, Namibians will take many years to trust and take back their erstwhile liberators. Ask Kenneth Kaunda and his UNIP party in Zambia or ask former ruling parties all over the world.
You can't win at gambling by reshuffling yet constantly dealing yourself a bad hand