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A Bedford County man is headed for the American Trucking Association's National Truck Driving Championships in Houston, Texas. The championship takes place from Aug. 19-23.
Robbie Cottrell, a Bedford County resident, has been a professional truck driver for 22 years, most of that for Con-way Freight. He works out of Con-way's freight center in Roanoke, off Peters Creek Road next to the interchange with I-581.
The Peaks and Pieces Quilt Guild has decked out the Bedford Central Library with scores of brightly colored, hand-made quilts, some of them even hand-stitched. This is part of their annual quilt show, which runs until July 22.
One of the features of the show is a raffle quilt. Visitors buy chances to win this quilt and proceeds are distributed to area non-profits. This year's beneficiaries will be Hospice House, the Bedford Christmas Station, Bedford Habitat for Humanity and Bedford Domestic Violence Services. Half of the proceds go to the liberay.
Bedford's planning commission set up a committee, when it met Thursday night, to look at the sidewalk situation on Independence Boulevard.
Steve Wandrei, an attorney representing Becky Stanley, who wants to build a beauty salon on Independence said that building a sidewalk in front of the property would be cost prohibitive. Wandrei, who spoke before the planning commission, said that it would cost $70,000 to do so.
Saunders Volunteer Fire Department members would have had to cook up a lot of chickens to pay the $226,000 that their new tank truck cost. Fortunately, county money and a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reduced the amount that they have to raise.
The new truck, with a 3,000 gallon capacity replaces a 31-year-old truck with a capacity of a little more than two-thirds of that. What's more, the old truck was worn out and could no longer be safely kept on the road.
Most places hold a ribbon cutting to mark their grand opening. Lowe's has a board sawing.
A local dignitary does the honors with a hand saw. Lowe's helps out a bit. The board is already sawn nearly in two, so the dignitary only has to complete the process. Thursday morning, District 7 Supervisor Gary Lowry did the honors.
The opening of the new Lowe's store, last week, brings new competition to a number of existing Bedford area businesses. They say they can handle it.
For 20-year-old Jed Mabry of Bedford, the past five weeks have been an opportunity for him to literally dig into history.
Mabry, a history major at Liberty University, is excited to take back what he's learned from his time at the 20th annual Summer Field School in Historical Archaeology at Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest.
The nine students participating this year wrapped up their work July 4. While Mabry was local, the others came from all over the country, including the states of Virginia, Michigan, Oregon, Alabama, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
By July 4, Bedford Lowe's manager Steve Pingley said the store was ready for business. On Monday, it opened its doors.
"We could have opened last week," Pingley said of getting the store ready.
The official grand opening of Lowe's of Bedford, located at 1820 E. Lynchburg Salem Turnpike, will be this Thursday, July 10. There will be a "Board Cutting" ceremony at 10 a.m. and shopping spree give-aways throughout the day.
James Keith Norman of Bedford, convicted last September for embezzling money to help pay for a gambling habit, was scheduled to appear in court for sentencing earlier this year.
Norman, however, didn't appear for his court date and he was picked up in Las Vegas, Nevada, in March, and extradited back to Bedford County.
Norman appeared in court last Tuesday, July 1, for his sentencing after what Bedford County Circuit Court Judge James Updike called "about as a severe a case of failure to appear" as he had ever seen.
According to Bedford City Manager Charles Kolakowski, the cause of Monday's multiple power outages in Bedford has been tracked down.
The city lost power numerous times during the late morning and early afternoon hours. The outages disrupted businesses, causing computer systems to go down multiple times.
Kolakowski said that city electric department crews, working in cooperation with American Electric Power (AEP), traced the problem to control wires on circuit breakers at an AEP substation that feeds power to the city's power grid. AEP has fixed the problem.
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The Nanticoke Cancer Care Services recently received a $17,000 check from the Seaford Ladies Nine Golf Association.
The money raised was part of the Pretty in Pink fundraiser on Aug. 10. The proceeds will help offset transportation costs for patients who have a difficult time getting to their appointments.
The fundraiser included a dinner, fashion show, live/silent/Chinese auction and a golf tournament.
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Refocus, in co-operation with UNICEF and the Youth Union held a six-week photographic workshop for 24 adolescents in Syria, many of whom were refugees from Palestine and Iraq.
Each participant was given a camera to freely document their life and express their views and opinions.
Refocus placed the emphasis on the participants' exploring their identity, their environment and their rights through photography.
The workshops addressed issues of identity, respect, gender equality, childrens' rights and social integration. In addition to photographic techniques, the participants gave their ideas on each issue during group discussions.
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We are Kate Denman and Amy Coppins, two English girls with a love of photography and a fascination for the world. We have a great passion for meeting people and hearing their stories, which has taken us down the unusual route of teaching photography to young people whose voices are often not expressed, or given a platform upon which to be heard.
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TC TO JOHN A. CARLYLE ; 22 January 1853; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18530122-TC-JAC-01; CL 28: 15-16
Chelsea, 22 jany, 1853—
My dear Brother,
Take this Note-of-hand for our well-being at present, rather than nothing at all in the week now ending. Your last Note had crossed mine on the road; the appearance of it here was very welcome. I hope, according to Isabella's expectation, you made out your journey to Scotsbrig, and will report to me soon. My poor Mother, I can perceive, is very frail indeed: alas, alas, I often enough reflect, it cannot be otherwise: one of the saddest of all the sad thoughts that visit the solitary chambers of one's mind in these times. Give me what best description you can.
We have been considerably out of sleep for the last ten days; but [word(s) missing] it is all right now, & that last night's composure is the first step in the "ould tram-way" again. Poor Jane sleeps ill at any rate;—and the poor neighbour, right-hand, has lately been inspired by the Evil Powers to institute Poultry in his premises and even a Cock! Think of that. After sad meditation, and some ineffectual trials otherwise, I called him in last night; spoke earnestly with diplomatic politeness to the poor man; offered him a gold sovereign for the head of this fatal cock, indicating darkly withal that it could not "thrive" in that confined place (Gambardella's gun,1 corrosive-sublimate,2 armed fishing rods, and I know not what, having loomed in the distance, as he crowed!),—and, in fine, I hope now the thing is finished in a fairly human manner!— We have seen as good as nobody; done nothing, except dreary old German Geschichtsbücher [historical books] I, in a very feeble manner. Our days however are lengthening, our sky clearing; we look for better times coming soon. How is Phoebe and her poor cold; how is the household; how you and your work?— If you have any Books, Jean wd evidently be very glad of them. I sent her one, worth little. Adieu dear Brother: my lo[ve is not] so small as my Letter! T.C.


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'Focus on the Family' To Teach Chinese 'American Family Values'
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PRAISE OUR LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!!!
The extra special, Christian American group 'Focus on the Family' has signed on with the Evil Chinese Communist Government, in order to teach the 10,000,000,000 Chinamen about the American Christian Morals, Family Values and Birth Controls.
Yes, Amen! It looks like THE LORD is using 'Focus on the Family' (a known and useful tool for JESUS) to stop, or at least, slow down the exploding growth of the Oriental hordes.
If all goes according to plan, this fall a girl somewhere in China's Yunnan Province will tell her boyfriend she can't have sex with him. And he'll have an abstinence program from the United States to thank.
In Yunnan schools this year, teachers are being trained with a sex education curriculum created by the conservative Christian group "Focus on the Family". The agreement with the Yunnan ministry of education is a milestone for "Focus on the Family", which has struggled for four years to make inroads on abstinence in China.
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Every year we honors those who demonstrate excellence in every aspect of their duties at Mercy. We are pleased to congratulate Dr. Michael Allsopp (faculty), Brian Farrell (adjunct faculty), and Lance Pfantz (staff) as the most recent honorees. These individuals are the benchmark against which we all strive in our job duties. Thank you, gentlemen, for your service.


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On Saturday, Dec. 1, the historic Salt Lake home transforms into a holiday wonderland with a fashion show and boutique benefitting the American Cancer Society.
Do your holiday shopping early by selecting clothing and accessories from The Children's Hour, handcrafted jewelry by Brianna Chamberlain and one-of-a-kind designs from Sandra Ence, including unique and colorful silk scarves and hand-woven wool and silk shawls. For each gift purchased, 10 percent will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
Bring girlfriends, sisters and daughters. (And, yes, the boys are invited, too.) This is an event for any fashion lover. The runway show kicks off at 2 p.m., with moms and daughters strutting on the catwalk wearing Sandra Ence designs that showcase a fusion of colors. Ence has dedicated her years of experience in the fashion industry to working with the Salt Lake Community College Fashion Institute, the only center for fashion design in Utah. Original designs by alumni and students can also be seen at the event.
Models of all ages will also don the holiday casual and dressy lines from The Children's Hour. "My intent is to have a magical display to match that magical room," Children's Hour owner Diane Etherington said in a press release.
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The friendly match between the Slovenian national football team and the national team of B&H will be played on the "Stožice" stadium in Ljubljana, and not in Koper as it was previously announced. The decision about the change of location was passed by the Football Federation of Slovenia.
" The football match is scheduled for the 6th of February at 18:00 p.m. We still do not know how many tickets will be available for our football fans."- said Pecikoza.
The Football Federation of Slovenia decided to change the location of the match because of the great interest of these two national team fans to come to this friendly match. The tsadium "Stožice" has the capacity of 16.000 viewers and it is probable that every seat will be taken.


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This week in the podcast realm of Bad at Sports: I had the great opportunity to sit down and talk with Claire Doherty in Portland this last May. Doherty was a keynote speaker at Open Engagement where we met. She initiated Situations, where is is currently the Director, in 2003 following a ten-year period investigating new curatorial models beyond conventional exhibition-making at a range of art institutions including Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Spike Island, Bristol and FACT (Foundation of Art and Creative Technology), Liverpool. Listen to our discussion about art in public space, alternative models for funding and curatorial practices here.
Edition #16 came in this week with notes about the magnetic field of Roger's Park galleries, the pilot episode of "Better Luck Next Time,†(a newlyweds-style game show for artistic duos), dispatches from ACRE, and noted recent popularity of the sahrong. That and much much more here.
Paul King kicked things off on Monday with a vivid description of Protues, an a-typical, evocative video game:
To move past the title screen and into the game, you begin by clicking the silhouette of a distant island. After fading, the screen opens from a murky black into a gently disappearing elliptical shape, as though you were slowly opening your eyelids. You've awoken in what appears to be an endless ocean, a muted sea-green punctuated by the gentle lapping of white reflections. In the distance, you begin to make out the outline of a shrouded landmass. As you trudge towards it, the only anchor in the game's ceaseless sea, you can practically feel the sunlight of the raincoat-yellow orb shining in the sky.
Everything in Proteus is rendered in a blocky, colorful style that should be familiar to everyone who's ever seen an early pixelated video game. (Think the "ball†of pong, or the sharp edges of Mario.) But the style isn't due to a lack of processing power or graphical method; instead, the world's lack of texture translates into a picturesque canvas of flat colors, almost as though you were gazing directly into a visual interpretation of one of Brian Eno's ambient tracks.
This week, James Pepper Kelly submits The Greatest Proposal for hi-fiving high culture, via an imaginary embodiment of Judith H. Dobrzynski and James Durston:
Imagine that a writer named Judith H. Dobrzynski boards a plane. She's ambivalent about her recent op-ed for the New York Times, "High Culture Goes Hands-On,†in which she mourned the loss of a classic, passive museum experience. The response was decent (63 comments and a spot on the "most-emailed†list), and the negative response didn't go much beyond baseless ad hominems ("crank,†"elitistâ€). But real-world impact? Judy sighs. She tries not to think about institutions these days, their obsequious rush to digitize, crowdsource, and create a "fun experience†for all. Instead, she thinks about real change: about her upcoming fellowship at the Salzburg Global Seminar in Austria, and how she helped influence the country's new Holocaust restitution laws. Judy sinks back into her business class seat (being a Fellow has perks!), orders a tomato juice and relaxes, thinking of all the reading she'll be able to catch up on in the air.
Juliana Driever interviewed Chris Stain who's "characteristic large-scale murals evolved out of his practice as a graffiti writer, and stand today as a kind of contemporary nod to WPA-era portraiture, featuring the faces and plights of everyday people in all of their affecting, confrontational realism." When asked about how graffiti has changed since the 80's, and whether there is a difference between graffiti and street art, Stain replied:
In one sense it's all art but there are different energies to what is known as "graffiti,†mostly lettering based primarily using aerosol paint, and "street art†which runs the gamut of various mediums. As for the letter-based movement, it has changed quite a bit since the 80's. Technically, its reached levels unimagined back then through the help of all the newer spray paints on the market with lower pressure and cap options. The introduction of the internet helped styles develop more rapidly as it was easier to access photos from all over the world, get new ideas, and spark creativity.
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I reposted an interview with EXPO's Stephanie Cristello, and Bad at Sports' own, Richard Holland and Duncan MacKenzie. They discuss the upcoming newsprint publication Dana Bassett is spearheading, exactly how much gossip said paper will contain, and the interviews Bad at Sports will be conducting on site at the art fair:
Duncan MacKenzie and Richard Holland of Bad at Sports are two of the best in town to talk with about art. Known for their witty commentary and contemporary art talk platform Bad at Sports, they are most admired for their weekly podcasts and blog. The three of us sat down to discuss their involvement with EXPO/2013 – the recent venture of a newspaper that will be distributed throughout the fair spearheaded by What's the T?columnist Dana Bassett entitled The EXPO Register, and the live interviews they will be fielding from their booth next to the /Dialogues stage. The lineup for this year's panel is impressive, titled "One-on-One,†just one of many sports puns, MacKenzie and Holland will be in conversation with gallerists, directors, and curators, such as Solveig Øvstebø of the Renaissance Society, Elysia Borowy-Reeder of the MOCAD Detroit, and Director Charlie James, as well as artists William Powhida, José Lerma, and Sanford Biggers. While the details of these interviews are kept secret (you will just have to see them in person to find out), our conversation breaches the extent of Bad at Sports coverage at the fair, their plans for the paper, and MacKenzie and Holland's bucket list – like an interview about interviews, or something along those lines.
Monica Westin interviewed Zach Cahill about the third and final installment of  "his epic USSA 2012 project," presently on view at the Smart Museum and now called USSA 2012: Wellness Center: Idyllic—affair of the heart. In this interview Cahill composes as imaginary travel brochure for the USSA, flowers on facebook, and art mourning:
I mean I very much like the direct experience of being in front of an art work, but I enjoy being haunted by art works too…a visceral quality that occurs with the work of some of my favorite artists…they infect me and I can't stop thinking about it…Ideally, I'd like my work to do both: give off an affecting sensation for the viewer and to haunt them after they walk away from it… my work wants to have its cake and eat to….Â
And last but not least, I posted a series of upcoming opportunities including the call for Anchor Graphics' Artist in Residency program at Columbia College. That and much more here.
Episode 417: Claire Doherty
August 27, 2013 · Print This Article
This week: Part one of the Open Engagement conference 2013 series. Caroline Picard talks to Caire Doherty!
Claire Doherty is Director of Situations. Claire initiated Situations in 2003 following a ten-year period investigating new curatorial models beyond conventional exhibition-making at a range of art institutions including Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, Spike Island, Bristol and FACT (Foundation of Art and Creative Technology), Liverpool. Claire has worked with a diversity of artists including Lara Almarcegui, Uta Barth, Brian Catling, Phil Collins, Nathan Coley, Lara Favaretto, Ellen Gallagher, Joseph Grigely, Jeppe Hein, Susan Hiller, Mariele Neudecker, Cornelia Parker, Roman Ondak, Joao Penalva and Ivan and Heather Morison. She has advised a range of organisations as curatorial consultant including Tate, Site Gallery Sheffield and is author of the public art strategies for the University of Bristol and Bjorvika, Oslo Harbour.
In 2009, Claire was awarded a prestigious Paul Hamlyn Breakthrough Award as an outstanding cultural entrepreneur. Claire directed One Day Sculpture in 2008-9 with David Cross, a year-long collaborative series of 20 commissioned, 24-hour public artworks across New Zealand. In 2010, she was Co-Curatorial Director of Wonders of Weston for Weston-super-Mare.
Doherty lectures and publishes internationally. She is editor of Contemporary Art: From Studio to Situation (Black Dog Publishing, 2004); Documents of Contemporary Art: Situation (Whitechapel/MIT Press, 2009) and co-editor with David Cross of One Day Sculpture (Kerber, 2009), with Paul O'Neill, Locating the Producers: Durational Approaches to Public Art (Valiz, 2011) and with Gerrie van Noord, Heather and Ivan Morison: Falling into Place (Book Works, 2009). She was also an external advisory member of the Olympic Park Public Realm Advisory Committee and a Fellow of the RSA.
I keep trying to trace emergent themes at Open Engagement. Our organizers have done a good job of marking three umbrella categories, under which each panel, presentation or discussion resides. These headings, Publics, Contexts, and Institutions, feel like hubs through which a larger, interconnected current runs. One conversation bleeds into the next. Institution could be one example of a context, for instance. An institution could also be populated by a  public, but neither "Contexts" nor "Publics" rely exclusively on "Institutions." The project of this particular conference, one might say, is to investigate the way socially engaged art practice runs through (or negotiates) those headers.
That said, I am hunting around for additional trends, for theoretical concerns that crop up continually in the subtext of various presentations, reflecting perhaps on a collective undertow that Social Practice artists are preoccupied with. There is something problematic about my efforts. It's an artificial exercise in a way, especially when the subject of presentations — not to mention the styles of address — are so broad. My insights are additionally subjective, stemming from what panels I've seen and how the concerns therein stick to my ribs.
Still, I persist. Obviously this is a post that I deliberately published. Obviously I am interested in failing a little bit. I'm emboldened by the fact that failure, as a topic, is one of those recurring themes. Failure and the equally nebulous question about ethics. These subjects bubble to the surface not only in talks themselves, but also in audience questions. For instance, "I feel there is a danger that the projet you described could waste someone's time. Someone in your intended audience for instance. How can you be sure you're not doing that? What can you guarantee your public?" It suggests the artist ought to deliver something, and ideally that whatever is delivered is good, or worthy of (in this instance) one's time. Ethics and failure are linked up with responsibility in this regard — conveying a feeling that something in works of art that rely on audience participation ought to offer or fulfill something.
First let me make a case for the #EthicsTrend. In an account of Friday's panel, "Sociology (of and) for Socially Engaged Practice, Institute for Art Scene Studies" I was told Pablo Helguera, Barbara Adams, David Peppas, and Adeola Enigbokan staged a kind of reductio proof of what not to do as a social practice artist. I missed it, unfortunately, but heard that someone posed as an artist, presenting a series of ill-advised projects to the panel, pretending to be an artist. (For instance, the acting artist claimed to have done a project where s/he gave up all possessions in order to see what it was like to live under the poverty line.) The panel then critiqued these projects, highlighting what exactly was ill-advised about them. (Using the same example, the panel pointed out that the artist was able at any time to reenter her/his life of material stability). This was relayed to me by a rather horrified member of the audience who, at the end of her account, leaned in conspiratorially and whispered "And it was all a hoax! The 'artist'" (she used scare quotes) "was making it all up!" seeming at once relieved and frustrated that she had been duped. In a later panel that same day, "What's the Harm of Community Arts and Social Practice? The Ethics of Engagement and Negative Value," Marnie Badham, Amy Spiers, Claude Schryer, and Dr. Kathleen Irwin wrestled with questions of how and when artists intrude on a public. In her opening remarks, Badham noted first, "this turn to community is rarely explored critically," and then asked "is social change always good?" An ethical approach is often taken for granted in socially engaged art. There is an implied use or service tends to go hand in hand with these social experiments. A desire to save the world, or at least some very small piece of it.
Here the idea of failure comes in — because, in a way it is impossible to save the world. However in articulating an attempt, I would argue, the art project sets out to "do" something. As such it becomes easier to measure and assess.  Rakowitz rebuffed this point yesterday when he suggested that art didn't necessarily have to do anything. But if that's the case, one's ability to measure success and failure becomes more difficult. And, perhaps, more interesting. For instance, this morning at "Craft + Social Practice: A Roundtable Conversation" at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, a group of panelists (Gabriel Craig, Ayumi Horie, Stacy Jo Scott, Michael J. Strand, moderated and organized by Sarah Margolis-Pineo) described their relationship to failure. Many suggested that failures provided new opportunities for insight — Gabriel Craig talked about "Slow Gold," a project based on ethical metal sourcing, where he and four collaborators went to the Black Mountains in South Dakota to find gold for a couples' wedding bands. (The betrothed couple participated in this project.) They could only find .4 grains. His conclusion, "Mining, no matter what scale it's on is absolutely catastrophic for the environment." On that same panel, Stacy Jo Scott of the Craft Mystery Cult confessed, "Occult is always dealing with failure. That's because we have this desire to speak of ideals, in terms of an ideal poetic space, but also in terms of utopic vision. Knowing the failures of past utopias, but still desiring Utopia. What results is the absurd: optimism in the face of futility."
Keep this idea of ethics in one hand. Hold in your other hand the idea of failure. Now imagine yourself in the Shattuck Annex, sitting (like I was) in chair with a small desk attached. It is the sort of desk students often use. The sort of desk I haven't sat in for years. Keep in mind it is raining outside and the opening bars of Woody Guthries' "This Land is Your Land" is playing on a loop. People shuffle in slowly. Some are ushered to an overflow room when the room is at capacity. In that room this afternoon, Claire Doherty gave a fantastic keynote, opening with an observation that keynote speakers have the ability to highlight and anchor conversations in a conference. The keynote provides a kind of watering hole – a central point in the middle of the day during which most conference-goers sit in the same room, sharing the same experience, after scattering out again to different panels, rendez-vous, and performances. Doherty hastened to remind everyone about the underbelly of social practice — that many projects, while on the one hand providing photographs of an engaged and happy public digging ditches and/or eating ice cream often come out of duress or protest. These works have the ability to engage a collective, public imagination because they tend to address points of tension. She went on to discuss Nowhere Island, a project by Alex Hartley produced by Situations — the organization Doherty directs. As a travelling landmass, self-designated as a site belonging to no-country, Nowhere Island became another version of Utopia. Pulled by a tug boat through international waters, it visited many ports, acquiring 23,003 citizens over the course of a single year. There is much more to the story, of course, but I like situating this island in this post because the land mass in an of itself is what Doherty might call a "charismatic object," a physical object both engaging and alluring to a public imagination. This object was capable of, again in Doherty's words, "Nourishing the capacity for creative illusion, [such that a public was able] to act and think as though things were different." In and of itself the island is not ethical, but it enables a public to explore their own Utopian expectations thereby exploring the problems that such ideals might subsequently create.
Now, open your hand.
In Tim Etchells words, "A Utopia of dispute might be better:"
Dear Citizens of Nowhereisland
as we stop in the shelter of a doorway in the thunderstorm
S. holds out his hand to check the rain.
The hand. The flatness of it. The open-ness. The question of it. The directness. The simplicity. The pragmatism. The straightforwardness. The sunshine.
And maybe just the repetition of this gesture, which must be as old as the hills, as old as the co-presence of hands and rain.Â
(read more of Etchells' Nowhere Island response)


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Generally speaking though, all mobile devices since 1997 are compliant with GSM 03.41 which defines the Short Message Service - Cell Broadcast (SMS-CB) that allows messages (advertising, public information, etc.) to be broadcast to all mobile users in a specified geographical area. Some phones/devices have an option to turn off the receipt of such messages.
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[The following information does not necessarily reflect the actual sequence and technologies using in the implementation of SMS Proximity Marketing. We reserve the right to protect our Intellectual Property.]
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Machine sends out discovery signals and performs optimization routines
(10 minutes) using low-power, short-range signal using less than 25mW
analogous to legal WiFi range.
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7. At the end of the job, customer receives full log of to which devices SMS was sent out. The exported XLS will have information such as IMEI and IMSI and miscellaneous information. NOTE: The "09" mobile number information is NOT transmitted over the air.
TO HELP UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE, an analogy is helpful. Let us consider another radio-based technology: WiFi. If you have a laptop or smartphone with WiFi capability, and scan or discovery is ON, and you come near WiFi networks, your device automatically passes information back and forth which explains why your laptop or smartphone can display the names of available networks in the area whether you wanted it to do that or not. Its a built-in behavior in line with the WiFi protocol standards and hardcoded in devices as part of the Operating System. If Windows ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) is ON or if its a Smartphone (IOS, Android, etc.) Tethering is ON, then your device will act as a WiFi hotspot, distinct but dependent on the original WiFi. It can then accept connections and act as conduit for flow of Internet content - thereby extending the reach and enabling those who were beyond the initial WiFi zone to be able to get on the Internet. If these Zone 1 devices in turn, have ICS ON or Tethering ON, then the reach becomes wider to reach those in Zone 2. Zone 2 devices couldn't even see Zone 0 but it is able to connect through Zone 1 devices. Then Zone 2 devices act as WiFi hotspots and extends the reach to Zone 3 devices and so on, making the reach wider as more devices become part of the relay mesh. Note that there is no hacking of the original WiFi zone, there is no hacking of the laptop or smartphone. It is just the way the technology is. The interconnected mesh is automatically created and it widens (unevenly), reaches its limits, then, naturally dies off as the first device (Zone 0) is cut off or devices in the initial "hubs" (Zone 1, Zone 2) get out of range or there are no more devices to propagate to because devices (at Zone n) have no capability to tether or has been set to OFF. If you have never heard of Tethering, please visit Wikipedia here. Note that WiFi scenario is just an analogy to aid in understanding a very complex process. Peer-to-Peer meshes under GSM protocols are widely researched - some projects like The Serval Mesh are well known. Under GSM protocol, even if you are not talking on your cell phone, your phone is constantly sending and receiving information over a pathway called a control channel, and this protocol comes with command sets. Beyond this, we are not obliged to fully disclose the technology as that is Intellectual Property and proprietary information that involved years of Research and Development.
What is the content of the text from a PROXIMA SMS blast?
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Sender ID that will appear is up to you too - it can be a landline, a mobile phone, or 11-character alphanumeric like "SM MEGASALE".
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Advertising is an investment.
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The minimum cost to commission a blast is P 88,000.00 - this is for Makati CBD and Ortigas CBD (Metro Manila blast) with 25,000 recipients - this takes about 2 hours. We require 50% advance and 50% balance upon completion of the job. We can provide a custom quote based on your requirements - we will grant price breaks for committed recurring blasts.
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Doing the demo takes as much machine time, staff time and effort as doing the actual job. We evaluate requests for demo on case to case basis based on several factors:
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The newly designed 100-sheet ADF with duplexing capabilities quickly captures hardcopy originals for copying, editing, storing or electronic distribution. The system scans stacks of mixed originals over 200ipm in duplex mode.
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The newly designed full-color WVGA articulating Control Panel displays easy-to-identify, vivid icons for quick and easy navigation. The articulating arm allows users to reposition the panel for optimal viewing. Users can also access the Paper Library and scan to the SD Card and USB slots directly from the panel.
New PxP-EQ toner spreads evenly across the page, allowing the toner to absorb light more efficiently and reflect more vibrant, consistent color, increasing color intensity by 10%. Operators can also replace toner cartridges on-the-fly, decreasing downtime and increasing productivity.
The main unit of the Pro C5100s/C5110s is made from Electric Furnance Steel Sheets which contribute to the unit's environmental features. Powered by a 320GB hard disk drive, this heavy-duty engine provides 1200 x 4800dpi imaging quality, speeds up to 80ppm and media support for 300gsm. With a maximum volume of 150,000 pages-per-month and monthly duty cycle of 300,000 pages, this reliable machine can be counted on day in and day out.
The compact design of the Pro C5100s/C5110s is ideal for organizations where space is limited. It features the smallest footprint in Ricoh's production lineup and requires less than 4 inches of clearance from the wall.
With a standard paper capacity of 3,850 sheets and a maximum capacity of 8,250 sheets, the Pro C5100s/C5110s helps keep workflow steady and enables long print runs without interruption.
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With more demand for print jobs on larger media, the Pro C5100s/C5110s allows 13" x 19.2" sized media to be loaded directly in the mainframe. The system also supports specialty stocks and paper weights up to 300gsm; thick stocks up to 256gsm can be duplexed with ease. New transfer technology enables higher transfer quality onto textured surfaces.


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Thank you so much for stopping by our website. Studio SloMo is currently on hiatus
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Check out the latest equestrian shows and spectacles in our event diary, get the low-down on the latest gear news, keep abreast of topical matters that could affect you and your horse and even add your own news, too!
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Brain-boxes are being invited to take part in a quiz raising money for a life-saving emergency service. Clare Dobie decided to raise money for Essex Air Ambulance, a registered charity, by organising a general knowledge quiz with a horsey theme. The event will take place on March 23 at Wickham Bishops village hall, in Church Road, Wickham Bishops, Witham, CM8 ...
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Adventurous souls who fancy trying a bit of trick riding are being invited to learn the ropes from a professional stunt riding team. The Knights of Middle England Jousting and Stunt Riding Team will be offering two levels of workshop on the weekend of February 4 and 5, with instruction from Emmanuel Lafon, a fully trained, qualified and Equity registered stunt ...
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If you are looking for a natural product to help in treating skin problems, such as fungus, athlete's foot, acne and other types of infections, you may want to consider tea tree oil. Tea tree or melaleuca oil is a well-known product used by many people because of its natural healing products.
Tea tree oil comes from the leaves of the paperbark or Melaleuca alternifolia trees in Australia. For many thousands of years the people in this area would boil the leaves of the paperbark tree and use it in the treatment of infections, cuts, wounds and more. Today, we use tea tree oil in a number of products because it has both anti-bacterial and anti-fungal benefits.
Methods of Use
When using tea tree oil it should only be applied topically. This makes it a good additive for lotions, creams and ointments. Tea tree oil can be used in the bath or in a diffuser as well. Some applications require you to apply the tea tree oil directly on the skin, such as with a cut. However, in most other applications you should not apply it directly to the skin without the use of a carrier oils, such as almond, grapeseed, or olive oil. This can help in preventing skin irritation.
Some of the most common uses for tea tree oil are:
- Athlete's Foot
- Ringworm
- Cuts and Scrapes
- Warts
- Acne
- Insect Bites
- Dandruff
It is also been known to help with issues such as:
- Lice
- Sinusitis
- Vaginitis
- Candida
- Headaches
- High Blood Pressure Issues
- Pain
Tea tree oil has many uses and this can make it a good essential oil to have in your home. You can purchase good quality tea tree oil at most health food or herbal stores in your area.


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An Ottawa archbishop, Terence Prendergast, has banned eulogies at Catholic funeral masses, according to a report on Religion News Service (RNS). As he explained, Catholics gather at funerals "not to praise the deceased, but pray for them."
This is the second time this has happened in Canada; another Catholic leader, a bishop in Calgary, banned eulogies in 2003.
Meanwhile, the Protestant tradition of including eulogies at memorial services and funerals is still going strong. Often, the words of remembrance are woven into a short sermon or homily. Other times, there may be a special time in the service during which friends and family members step forward to share their memories, prayers, and tributes with all gathered.
Perhaps this points up a basic difference between Catholics and Protestants in terms of worship practices. There has always been a greater emphasis on liturgy in Catholic churches, while Protestants have focused more on "the Word," in other words, sermons and scripture reading.
It was only after the reforms of Vatican II that the Catholic and Protestant practices seemed to meld together, with Catholic worship becoming "more Protestant," and Protestants adopting more liturgical forms.
Now, however, those lines in the sand are being drawn once again.
Like the issues of married clergy, the role of women, and other controversial practices that the Catholic leadership has either denied or embraced, this particular decision to discourage eulogies may not sit so well with parishioners. After years of other deceased family members receiving the "eulogy treatment," it will be very challenging to go "cold turkey." Many people could rightfully feel offended, hurt, or slighted by the new practice. If Uncle Fred had a eulogy, why can't his widow have the same?
Of course, there's also the practice of receiving communion that often occurs at funeral services – and the Catholics have long had a rule against allowing non-Catholics to participate. In an age when western culture is such a melting pot that families are no longer exclusively Catholic, and with so many intermarriages that a funeral typically is attended by a variety of religious traditions, it seems like it would be rather provocative and inflammatory to perpetuate this practice. But that's another can of worms, not within the scope of this article.


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We are pleased to have Drs. Harry and Rosemary Wong present How to Be An Effective and Successful Teacher. The Wongs have spoken to over 1 million educators and are the authors of the bestselling book The First Days of School.
In addition to the Wong's presentation, award winning educators including Diane Roberts, Dr. Michael Eskridge, Darron Underwood, Dr. Darrel Cluck, Deborah Henry, and Dr. Leonard Clark will lead the full-day symposium with breakout sessions for administrators and teachers.
The leaders' sessions will cover school wide positive behavior efforts and development of a collaborative school culture. In-service and pre-service teachers will hear personal anecdotes and practical insights from local educators who have applied the Wongs' precepts. All sessions will be interactive and materials, templates, and resources will be made available to participants for download.
Full conference admission is $65 for professionals and $30 for students and includes conference materials, lunch, refreshments, door prizes, and a recommendation for CLUs based on 7 contact hours.
Tickets for the morning session only are available for $15. Join us on January 18, 2014 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Brown Auditorium. Doors open at 8:00 a.m.
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100k Route
100k Route
The 100k course is 63 miles point-to-point
Cutoff: 20-Hours
100k runners will travel the entire length of paved highway on Hatteras Island and just over 10 miles of Bodie Island viewing much of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore via historic Hwy 12.
The 100k course starts at Epstein St. Public Beach Access (Nags Head) at 3pm on Saturday March 8th. It follows the remainder of the 100-Mile route (63 miles) over Bonner bridge, down Hatteras island, through Hatteras Island Lighthouse park finishing at the "end of the road" on Hatteras Island adjacent to the Ocracoke Island Ferry and directly in front of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.
The 100k race has a 20-Hour cutoff.
Runners will cross the 2.5 mi. long Bonner Bridge spanning Oregon Inlet between Bodie Island and Hatteras Island between noon and sunset. All runners will cross Bonner Bridge on foot unless there is risk of injury from wind/weather. In the event of a weather emergency or road closure an alternate course will be in effect. Bonner bridge does not have a coned off right of way.
Wind during the 2012 event was sustained at 28mph, all runners crossed safely on foot without issue.
In-case of severe weather emergency, or road closure an out-and-back course similar to what was used in 2013 will be in effect.
The Graveyard 100 will always be a point-to-point course with the intention of running from Corolla to Hatteras via Hwy 12. The alternate out-and-back course isn't something we want to implement and will only do so in the event of a weather emergency.
A portion of all entry fees will be donated to the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum to further the preservation, advancement and presentation of the maritime history and shipwrecks of the North Carolina Outer Banks
While this will be a very flat race on pavement (UltraRunning rating 1/1) it may not be entirely easy.
During this time of year all of historic ship wrecking tradition of the Outer Banks could show up to make it an event to remember, and not just for spectacular views. Come to this event expecting a challenge and beautiful views and you will not be disappointed.
The Graveyard awaits!
The run may be tough, but it may shine and produce a lightning fast champion as well. Yes it's a race but the Outer banks of North Carolina is a famed vacation destination for good reason. You're gonna have a magnificent time in the OBX.
100k finishers will receive finishers medals or special silver champions medal.


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Rare Books
A rare book is one that requires special handling and security because of its age or physical features. Most books printed before 1800 are in Special Collections, others are first editions of important works or known to be scarce because of the circumstances of their publication. Rare books may have significant bindings, illustrations, or ownership history; they may be too fragile to circulate; or they may be examples of artists' books or other experimental formats. Use the catalog to search for rare books, or learn about rare books in Special Collections.
Archives are the official records of a government, organization, or institution such as the University of Chicago. Archives contain letters, memos, reports, printed publications, statistical data, photographs, videos, audio recordings, and physical artifacts. Modern archives are growing to include records in all formats including word processed documents, email, digital images, and databases. Search for archival collections in the catalog, or learn about the University Archives in Special Collections.
Manuscripts are original letters and documents written by hand on papyrus, parchment, palm leaf, paper, and other materials. Modern manuscripts are created using word processors, email programs, and other electronic tools. Manuscript collections often contain materials in a variety of formats including pamphlets, posters, photographs, recordings, and videos. Use the catalog to search for manuscripts, or learn about early manuscripts and modern manuscripts in Special Collections.
*A note on searching Archives and Manuscripts
You can also do a more detailed search of contents of archives and manuscript collections using the Archives and Manuscripts Finding Aids database.


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Pregnant Kate discharged from London hospitalTHe Associated Press | December 07,2012LONDON The Duchess of Cambridge left a London hospital Thursday after being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy.
Clutching a small bouquet of yellow roses, the former Kate Middleton smiled and posed briefly for a photograph alongside her husband, Prince William, before leaving King Edward VII Hospital. She stepped delicately into a waiting car.
The couples office said she would head to Kensington Palace in London for a period of rest. She had been in the hospital since Monday. Officials from St. Jamess Palace have said the duchess is not yet 12 weeks pregnant with the couples first child.
William visited his wife at the hospital every day, while media from around the world camped outside, seeking any news on the royal pregnancy.
Royal officials announced Monday that the Duchess was pregnant, their hand forced by her admission into the hospital.
Her stay was complicated by a prank call by two disc jockeys that breached her privacy.
Two Australian radio disc jockeys impersonating Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles placed a prank call to the hospital early Tuesday, and persuaded an unwitting nurse to tell them all about the Duchess condition.
The duchess is married to the queens grandson, Prince William.
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Kundasang War Memorial and Gardens
The fort-like Memorial was designed by J.C. Robinson, a local architect. It has four interlocking but separate gardens to represent the homelands of those who died:
1) Australian Garden,
2) English Garden of roses,
3) Borneo Garden with wild flowers of Kinabalu
4) 'Contemplation Garden' with a reflection pool and pergola.
The Kundasang War Memorial commemorates the British and Australian soldiers who perished in the Sandakan Death March during the Second World War.
Horrendous memory of the event contrasts strongly with the 4 peaceful gardens, carpeted with a blissfully ignorant sea of green grass and colorful flowers, hedged in by imposing stone walls.
messages and poetry, inscribed on stone plaques erected by
survivors and families of victims, emanate with the powerful
feelings of loss and longing arising from this tragedy.
It was in 1962 that the building of the Kundasang War Memorial was commissioned (along with the opening of Kinabalu Park) by Major Carter, a Kiwi employed with an oil company, to remember the events associated with the Sandakan Death March. Between 1942-1943, 2,400 Allied soldiers were captured by Japanese forces (mostly in the Battle of Singapore) and sent to work on an airstrip in Sandakan together with forced labor comprising 3,600 Javan civilians.
Living conditions were harrowing and the prisoners suffered terrible losses among their ranks from disease, malnourishment and summary executions by their captors.
In 1945, towards the end of
the war, the Japanese forced what remained of their
prisoners (about 1,900 people) on a series of marches
towards Ranau from Sandakan.
Three of them lived long enough after the war to give their testimonies at war crime trials and punish those responsible. When the war memorial was completed in 1970, it too fell into disarray over time because of neglect.
It was not until Sevee Charuruks, a Thai-born retiree came visiting that he saw, and was appalled at its condition.
Taking on the
responsibilities of a caretaker, he restored and embellished
the war memorial with money from his own pocket and funding
from various sources, including Australian authorities.
The gardens are incredibly well-kept and planted with roses, orchids and hibiscus flowers but please don't pick any of them. Tickets are priced at MYR2 for Malaysians while international travelers pay MYR10 per person.
It's a quick walking distance from the vegetable market in Kundasang, just down the road towards Mesilau.
The war memorial is certainly worth the visit, not just for appreciating the beauty of its landscape and architecture, but also for honoring the fallen soldiers and brave people of Borneo in our hearts.
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All the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate… But she's just gonna shake it off.
OK, the song helped, too.
And in the UK. Lot of qualifiers in this story.
Did you honestly expect to see anybody else at the top?
How much Timbaland is in each of these songs? And can you sex to them?
Baauer's viral hit debuting on top of the charts, thanks to a rule change in the Hot 100, is a little ridiculous.
The Bieb will not be denied on the top of the charts, even with an album of acoustic versions with three new songs.
With Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" topping the charts, a look at the fine lineage the Seatlle rapper joins.
Master of the charts, something something something…
The third-week Hot 100 leader tops all component charts as well, while Taylor holds T.I. off the albums chart.
Bruno Mars' second album sells better than initially predicted, but still gets outpaced by Taylor's "Red."
"Locked Out of Heaven" becomes the fourth chart-topper of Bruno's brief-but-impressive pop career.
Adele's record-busting masterwork becomes the first eight-digit-seller in nearly a decade.
The electro-pop duo's new EP hits No. 1 on iTunes. Be prepared to "Swoon."
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As Clark arrives he hears angered voices in the owner's wagon. "Sounds like an argument, I'd better wait before entering."
Within the Wagon: "You'll take my offer - or else!" "Take you in as a partner? The blazes I would!" A man named Derek Niles states that the owner doesn't have the money to pay his notes so he has no choice but to take him in as a partner. The owner is not happy with the proposal.
As the owner is sobbing that he will lose the Circus because he cannot raise the money in time, Clark walks in. "You can tell your readers we're here with the greatest circus-show on earth - clowns, animals, acrobats - a fine production, typical of the successes the name of Jordan has been associated with for years! You can tell them too that we've hired several hundred extra attendants to help handle the huge audience we expect to have attended - got that?" Clark says it will be the next edition and wishes him luck.
Clark decides that the owner needs a break and that is just what he's going to give him. That afternoon the circus opens, but plays to an empty gallery. Clark thinks to himself while watching the show, "The show is good - but it lacks "flash". - that's where Superman takes a hand!"
That evening Clark dons the Superman garments and heads to the Circus owner's wagon. He tells the owner to turn around and not be alarmed. Mistaking him as a burglar he tells him that he's come to the wrong place because he has no money and suddenly pulls a gun on him which Superman snatches up and destroys. The owner is completely amazed and asks what Superman wants. He says he wants a job as a strong man. He shows him that he is better than his current strong man. Realizing he is Superman, the owner becomes excited with joy!
The next day, full page ads appear in all the local newspapers for SUPERMAN to be the star of the Jordan Circus! Meanwhile Derek Niles sees the ad and sets out to see what all the fuss is about! Lois Lane also sees the ad and decides to see Superman in person. A mob of curiosity drives crowds into the circus.
The Circus begins, but the crowd screams for Superman! Superman emerges and impresses the crowd. Derek Niles leaves the circus to think about how to keep the Circus owner from getting enough money to pay his bill. He decides that "accidents" would ruin the circus.
Lois tries to get in to see Superman after the show, but isn't permitted so she sneaks in the tent. Upon entering Lois spots a prowler (Niles' hireling)! He snatches up Lois, bounds her hands and feet and brings her to Niles who is not happy about this new situation. Niles orders his henchmen to call him when the "accidents" start.
Fist a Lion is let loose which Superman quickly puts back in its cage. Next a trapeze performer falls from a tampered bar, but Superman catches her. Superman also keeps the entire tent from collapsing and starts to wonder what is going on. A guard dog starts chasing Niles' henchmen so Superman grabs him up for questioning. When he gets no answers Superman decides to toss "Trigger" high into the air before offering him up a second chance to come forward before he doesn't catch him the next time. Trigger then tells him that Niles did it and has a girl reporter in his office. After saving Lois, Clark Kent returns to the office only to be messed with by "Curly" again. Clark thinks to himself that Curly needs to be taught a lesson and that he was going to get one! A short time later as Curly passes a door, a hand reaches out and seizes his clothes right off. "Why Curly! - You're undressed! - TCH! TCH!"
Story - 4: The story was very good. Superman was really out to help the oppressed back in the day. Now he just saves the universe in every story, if not, just the whole Earth. I like these stories where he is helping just one or maybe a few individuals in a big way. I did not like how he basically made fun of the Strong Man that the circus did have, but I guess that really didn't have much bearing on the story. All-in-all, a well written story.
Art - 4: The first thing I noticed here: Yellow boots. Not on the cover however, only in the comic. This was weird, I thought it was a screw up, but it continued throughout every panel that Superman was in. It is weird looking and I can see why they pushed back to red in the next issue. This Superman is beginning to really take shape into that classic Superman we all know and love; square jawed and squinty eyed.
Cover Art - 4: We haven't seen a Superman cover for Action Comics since issue #1. This is the second Superman cover of all time. It has a lot of action and emotion. I also like the confidence on Superman's face, but his pose is a bit awkward. It looks as though he is standing on the air without moving, but the motion lines clearly indicate that he is flying through the air, he just doesn't appear this way.
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Recommended prerequisites: None. However, this course is an excellent supplement to several other courses, particularly Course 4: Incident Investigation/RCA Leadership and Course 8: PHA Leadership and Course 7: MOC & PSSR. All the issues covered in these three courses depend heavily on understanding how and why humans make mistakes.
Human error is widely acknowledged as the major cause of quality, production, and safety risks in many industries. This course explains the underlying reasons why humans make mistakes and how you can prevent these mistakes. Although it is unlikely that human error will ever be completely prevented, there is growing recognition that many human performance problems stem from a failure within organizations to develop an effective policy for managing human reliability.
Human errors begin during the design stage, extending beyond process and workplace design, into construction and continuing into the design of management systems for operations and maintenance. Such systems include management and training policies and procedural development and standard operating procedure development. This course will provide insights into current knowledge of human error and how it can be reduced. The course will provide hands-on experience of practical error reduction techniques, using real-life case studies. You will also gain an understanding of the underlying causes of human error and how to reduce its occurrence by changing the culture of the organization and changing the design of the processes. Workshops are used throughout the course to illustrate concepts and to demonstrate human error analysis applications.
What You Will Learn:
- Why human error is a factor in all accidents
- Why humans make mistakes and proven error prevention techniques
- How to analyze and identify human errors and the conditions and situations that cause them
- How weak and deficient policies and procedures in areas of human resources, training, management, communication and workplace design can lead to human errors
- How to improve and optimize procedures, workplace design, process design, and more to improve human performance
Take Home:
- Comprehensive course notebook containing
- Checklists and worksheets for several human error analysis techniques
- Industry examples
- Certificate of Completion
- 1.3 CEUs & 1.3 COCs (2-day version) or 0.7 CEUs & 0.7 COCs (1-day version)
Typical Course Candidates:
- Managers – Operations, Safety, and Executive
- Production Supervisors
- Training Managers
- Engineers – Process, Safety, and Mechanical
- PSM Coordinators and Managers
- PHA (hazard review) Leaders and Incident Investigators
Course Outline
Day 1 (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Introduction to Human Error
- Learning objectives and goals of human error prevention
- What is human error and human error analysis?
Understanding Human Error:
- Errors and their relationship to loss events
- Which is most important: Management system deficiencies or personal performance?
- Types of human error
- Workshop: Classifying Human Errors
- Modeling human behavior (an example of a simple model that works is used throughout the course)
- Elements associated with understanding and issues in controlling human behavior and error
- Workshop: Relating Human Error to Human Factor Influences
Common Human Error Prevention Techniques
- Information Presentation Rules (procedures, training, communication, signs, etc.)
- Process/Operation/Workplace Design Rules
- Other General Rules
- Exercises
Day 2 (8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
Techniques for Predicting and Analyzing Human Error
- Checklist Analysis
- For situational related errors
- For management system related errors
- Workplace walk-through analysis
- Guideword-based analysis (HAZOP, Job Hazard Analysis, etc.)
- Quantitative Human Reliability Analysis
- Workshop: Deciding on Which Human Error Analysis Techniques to Use
- Workshop: Using Simple Technique for Predicting and Analyzing Human Errors
Industry and Governmental Resources for Controlling Human Errors
- Related codes, standards, and regulations
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Workshop: Planning Your Path Forward
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I had a definite love for Godzilla as a kid. Like most boys, when I reached a young age of 5 or 6, I loved dinosaurs. Of course, the dino that I loved the most was the T-Rex. I mean, it was on my favorite TV show, Land of the Lost, and he was just bad-ass. Of course, this was back in the day when T-Rexes were thought to walk totally upright with the tail dragging on the ground and all of my corresponding toys showed that.
My dad was, and still is, a movie buff. And I very distinctly remember him watching the giant monster movies from Japan. I remember Gamera, the giant turtle, fighting some kind of giant squid monster. In 1976 they did a horrible remake of King Kong and images of the giant ape were everywhere and I remember staring awestruck at the movie poster showing the monster straddling the World Trade Center with an airplane clutched in one giant hand. I loved the idea. These were monsters so big that they could crush a T-Rex!
When I was a kid there was a Godzilla cartoon! He helped a band of adventurers along with his nephew, yes nephew, Godzookie. I had a small rubber 'Zilla toy and then got a giant plastic one that had a tongue that looked like fire that came out and a fist that fired across the room. I had him stomping all over the house. I even had a game that featured Godzilla.
I was, like most of you, disappointed with the American remake that came out in the 90s. It changed the King of the Monsters into some mutated iguana who was not nearly the bad-ass King that I remembered from childhood.
Now comes 2014 and, I am very happy to say, Godzilla is BACK and he's the King again!
This story takes the history of the original Japanese films and respects them. Yes, it makes a couple of tweaks to that history, but it makes sense and, in many ways, makes the big man even cooler. Now Godzilla is the ultimate alpha predator and he's awakened when man's interference causes two other ancient giant beasts to awaken and start wreaking havoc on the world. One of these creatures even flies!
As the two MUTOs (as they are called in the film: Mobile Unidentified Terrestrial Object) converge on San Francisco to build a nest and mate, eating radiation to survive, Godzilla is in hot pursuit as the force of nature that's to restore balance. In between are a lot of very tiny and very scared humans.
And this is where director Gareth Edwards shines. Just like his career-defining film, Monsters (a movie about giant alien creatures), he focuses on the people in between the battling monsters. His camera work gives you the feeling of what it would really be like to be scared and running for shelter while these creatures as big as buildings battle all around you.
Edwards does not forget to also deliver what the people want. This time you get great battle scenes between Godzilla and the two MUTOs. Thousands must be dead after this epic battle between the destruction in Japan, Las Vegas and San Francisco, but Godzilla is kind of the good guy here.
And this time Edwards makes sure to deliver a Godzilla that fans of the big guy want. This LOOKS like Godzilla and not some giant iguana. He has giant spikes on his back and tail. His roar is just awesome and it sent chills down my spine when it finally appeared on screen. Yes, he has atomic breath and his spikes light up just before he uses it. Folks, if you have been a fan of Godzilla, Edwards does him right and does him well.
I will warn those looking for wall-to-wall monster fighting that this movie has as slow build. It takes over an hour, dwelling on the human stories, before Godzilla or the MUTOs show up. When they all do show up, however, this movie is no-holds barred and, well, quite frankly, it's awesome.
I thought the performances of all of the humans that we follow was excellent. You feel for them and their peril and that is where the tension lies. Yes, the battle scenes are fantastic, but without the heart of the human story there would be nothing to anchor to as a viewer and the actors in this film deliver in spades.
After the disappointment of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and while we wait for the new X-Men movie to open, Godzilla is truly epic and exciting filmmaking. It's a modern giant monster movie that hits all of the right notes and manages to make these giant creatures exciting, scary and intense. So far, this is the summer movie to beat and could end up being my choice for best movie of summer 2014.


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White Island risk drops - scientists
Scientists have lowered a volcanic alert level for White Island in Bay of Plenty and say that the recent eruption there is now over.
GNS scientists raised the warning levels last year after the discovery of an unusual lava dome in a crater formed by a series of eruptions in August.
GNS Science says the most recent visit last week showed the dome had not grown in size or increased in temperature.
It has lowered the alert level from two to one, out of a possible five, indicating volcanic activity has decreased significantly.
But GNS scientists say White Island still remains in a heightened state of unrest, and will continue to be monitored.
Next story in New Zealand: 'Frustrated' Wilson wants to leave house more often
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Baseball's number of Bay Area banishments continues to grow.
Oakland pitcher and former AL Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon (bahr-TOH'-loh kuh-LOHN') has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for testosterone. Major League Baseball's announcement comes one week after All-Star outfielder Melky Cabrera of the San Francisco Giants was suspended 50 games following a positive test for the same substance.
The 39-year-old Colon is 10-9 with a 3.43 ERA in 24 starts in his first season with the A's. He will miss the final 40 games of the regular season and the first 10 games of the postseason if Oakland advances that far. Any remainder of the suspension would be served in a future season, if Colon signs another major league contract.
Colon is the fifth player suspended this year under the big league drug program, and the third from either the Giants or A's. San Francisco's Guillermo Mota (gee-EHR'-moh MOH'-tah) received a 100-game suspension in May following his second PED violation.


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Street drinkers and prostitution still a problem in Chalvey
Prostitution and street drinking continue to blight Chalvey.
In his monthly update for the area, PC Nick Bond says that there are about 20-25 working prostitutes there.
He reports: "That's not to say that there are 20 to 25 prostitutes trawling the streets of Chalvey every night, this is definitely not the case.
"This number refers to the number of girls that have been seen or warned for soliciting or loitering in the last six months and who are still in the area.
"Unfortunately, due to the new and diluted legislation on prostitution, no arrests have been made in the last six months either."
The officer also continues to seize numerous containers of alcohol off people drinking in the streets of Chalvey every day, including arresting someone for being drunk and disorderly near Serena Hall.


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Greenpeace's Save The Arctic campaign is dedicated to stopping oil companies and other hazardous industries from moving into the frozen North.
Join over 3 million others and help us declare a sanctuary in the uninhabited area around the North Pole & you could win a trip to hang backstage with Paul McCartney at Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco.
"At some time, in some place, we need to take a stand. I believe that time is now and that place is the Arctic." -Sir Paul McCartney
Long-time animal rights activist and living legend, Paul McCartney, has been a major supporter of Greenpeace's Save The Arctic campaign. Join over 3 million others by signing the petition to protect the frozen north and have your chance to meet the former Beatle at Outside Lands in San Francisco.
Package includes:
- Roundtrip travel for you and a friend to San Francisco
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- Meet and greet experience with Paul McCartney
- Signed copy of the re-master of 'Wings Over America'
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The Festival: Shouldn't everyone get to experience a 65,000 person "Hey Jude" sing-a-long at least once in their lifetime?
While you're there you can also catch sets from Pretty Lights, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, Jurassic 5, Grizzly Bear, The National, Zedd, Gary Clark Jr., Kaskade, Vampire Weekend, Willie Nelson & Family, Daryl Hall & John Oates and Foals to name a few. And yes, you're both VIP.
View full Outside Lands lineup here.
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This vintage-inspired two-bedroom is filled with mid-century furniture and your host is a long-time SF resident with so many insider tips and local recommendations. One of the best features of the home: Dolores Park. This beloved meeting spot for locals, musicians and artists from around the world, is right outside your front door. After your day at Golden Gate Park, you'll also be only steps away from the eclectic shops, restaurants, and nightlife of Valencia Street.
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The melting Arctic is under threat from oil drilling, industrial fishing and conflict. You can Save The Arctic.
In the last 30 years, we've lost as much as three-quarters of the floating sea ice cover at the top of the world. The volume of that sea ice measured by satellites in the summer, when it reaches its smallest, has shrunk so fast that scientists say it's now in a 'death spiral'.
For over 800,000 years, ice has been a permanent feature of the Arctic ocean. It's melting because of our use of dirty fossil fuel energy, and in the near future it could be ice free for the first time since humans walked the Earth. This would be not only devastating for the people, polar bears, narwhals, walruses and other species that live there - but for the rest of us too.
The ice at the top of the world reflects much of the sun's heat back into space and keeps our whole planet cool, stabilising the weather systems that we depend on to grow our food. Protecting the ice means protecting us all.
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Preseason Information on Travis Ford's squad.
July 12, 2007
School: University of Massachusetts
Location: Amherst, Mass.
Enrollment: 25,593
Founded: 1863
President: Jack M. Wilson
Athletic Director: John McCutcheon
Athletic Phone: 413-545-9652
Web Site: www.UMass.edu
Athletic Web Site: www.UMassAthletics.com
Nickname: Minutemen
Colors: Maroon (PMS 506) & White
Home Court/Capacity: Mullins Center/9,493
Head Coach (alma mater/year): Travis Ford (Kentucky '94)
Record at School (years): 37-24 (2 years)
Overall Record (years): 165-135 (10 years)
Assistants (alma mater/year/years on staff at school): Associate Head Coach: Tim Maloney (Manhattanville '82/Third Year at UMass), Assistant Coach: Steve Middleton (Southern Illinois '89/ Third Year at UMass), Assistant Coach: Adam Ginsburg (Buffalo '97/ Third Year at UMass), Director of Basketball Operations: James Altman (Hartwick `02/ Third Year at UMass)
Basketball Office Phone: 413-545-2610
Best Time to Reach Coach: Through SID
2005-06 Record (conference record/finish): 24-9 (13-3/T-1st)
All-Time Conference Record: 392-251
All-Time NCAA Tournament Record (appearances): 11-8 (8)
All-Time NIT Record (appearances): 6-11 (10)
Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/4
Starters Returning/Lost: 2/3
Media Information
Sports Information Director: Jason Yellin
Office Phone: 413-577-3061
Fax Phone: 413-545-1556
Cell Phone: 413-687-1756
E-Mail Address: firstname.lastname@example.com
Basketball Contact: Jason Yellin
E-Mail Address:firstname.lastname@example.com
Sports Information Mailing Address: 250 Boyden Gym, Amherst, MA 01003
Press Row Phone: 413-545-3550
2007-08 Alphabetical Roster
Travis Ford - Head Coach
Tim Maloney - Associate Head Coach
Steve Middleton - Assistant Coach
Adam Ginsburg - Assistant Coach
James Altman - Director of Basketball Operations


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text: NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish needs your vote! ESPN.com's Andrea Adelson is conducting a poll to find out the 2011 Non-AQ Offensive Player of the Year and the Huskie signal caller is one of the five players fans can vote for. Adelson identified Harnish as one of the Non-AQ Players to Watch in her blog post Wednesday. So, show your support for Chandler and vote today!