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Empress Hotel
Each room features one double bed, a full private bath, cable color tv and aircondition
The Empress is a 36 room economy Hotel located just 2 Blocks to the famous french Quarter in the historic neighborhood, Treme'.
Each room features one double bed, a full private bath, cable color tv and aircondition. We offer free monitored parking and we serve free morning coffee. It's just a 5 minute walk to Bourbon street and our great staff will help you to enjoy your New Orleans/French Quarter Holiday.
Only steps from the Empress Hotel's front doors are all of the attractions that this historic city is famous for. The cafes, restaurants and bars of Bourbon Street, the historic French Quarter and the mansions of the Garden District are moments away.
Extra fee: state & city tax 13% occupancy $1.00/day
Pets: some pets are allowed
Child policy: children under 3 stay free with parent
**Please note our Cancellation Policies**
Regular cancellation policy: we require 48 hours notice before 3PM for Cancellations. If you wish to cancel you must do so before the deadline or you will be charged one night stay plus tax for each room reserved.
Special event cancellation policy:
2013 special event dates
Cancellation Policy: The total price of the reservation will be charged on the day of booking and is non refundable. Failure to charge a card will result in the booking being cancelled.
Special Event
French Quarter Fest - 13 Apr to 15 Apr
Jazz Fest - 27 Apr to 6 May
Essence – 6 July to 8 July
Southern Decadence – 31 Aug to 2 September
Halloween – 26th Oct to 29 Oct
Bayou Classic - 23 Nov to 25 Nov
NYE/Sugarbowl 13 – 28 Dec to 4 Jan
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hotel Facilities & Policies
- Air Conditioning
- Parking
- Tours/Travel Desk
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 2 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hotel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
Cancellation Policy: The total price of the reservation will be charged on the day of booking and is non refundable in the case of cancellation or no show. Failure to charge a card will result in the booking being cancelled.
ESSENCE 03-Jul to 05-Jul
SOUTHERN DECADENCE 04-Sep to 06-Sep
HALLOWEEN/ VOODOO 30-Oct to 01-Nov
BAYOU CLASSIC 27-Nov to 29-Nov
NEW YEARS 2015/ SUGARBOWL 2016 30-Dec to 03-Jan
February 5-9 2016
April 8-10 2016
April 22-May 1 2016
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
From New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal:
Head south toward Loyola Ave
Turn left onto Loyola Ave
Continue onto Elk Pl
Continue onto Basin St
Keep left at the fork
Turn right onto N Villere St
Turn right onto St Philip St
Turn left onto Treme St
Take the 1st left onto Ursulines Ave
Located Near
Close to Louisiana Museum of African American History, Bourbon Street, and French Market. Also nearby are Jackson Square and Riverwalk Marketplace.


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I have written you before about my concerns about ineffectiveness of our Goliad city government and those concerns still exist.
I have called attention to the auditors' reports and the disregard with which the council treats them. I would, especially, like to call attention to the item of fraud prevention.
For the four years of reports previous to fiscal year 2013, the auditor has recommend a hotline and/or a post office mail box. I quote from the auditor's letter to the council on May 24, 2013: "We recommend that management consider establishing a fraud hotline with a third-party service provider.
Alternatively, the city could obtain a post office box to be used by city employees to report fraud anonymously. The post office box should be checked periodically by an individual not employed by the city (e.g., an appointed city council member). The very existence of a formal anonymous avenue for reporting fraud would serve as a deterrent to misconduct by creating, among employees, a perception that fraud would be detected and reported.
It would also demonstrate the city's serious intent to prevent and detect fraud. In addition, the hotline or post office box could also be used to report incidents of harassment, unsafe working conditions or violations of laws or regulations. This would allow the city to address such situations in a timely manner and could help prevent or minimize lawsuits, legal liability or adverse publicity by demonstrating that the city has procedures for receiving and addressing complaints.
Employees should be made aware of the city fraud-reporting program's availability and the reasons why they should use it!
This year, the auditor failed to mention this fraud control recommendation. At a city council meeting, I was able to ask the auditor if the city complied. After a sputter or two, the auditor said that the city administrator said it was not cost effective!
The cost of a P.O. Box is about $30 and a council member monitor is free.
In an earlier edition of your newspaper, you reported a case of possible fraud in the utilities billing and collection. A $30 investment together with adopting other often-mentioned recommendations for the utilities collections might have saved legal costs incurred by this possible case of fraud.
It also might have prevented a young lady from having a criminal record.
Who cares? I do and I hope many other Goliad residents do, too.
Everett Jacob,

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I recently started updating a combined CRM/CMS that I initially developed for an online-only reseller business. Back then, this was how one would usually get microsecond-accurate PHP script generation times. The reason I'm posting this, is not because it's an integral development for the language but because I see lots of people still recommending the following solution.


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WURTSBORO, NY — The Wurtsboro Board of Trade will hold a family fun day, featuring an ice carving contest, on Saturday, February 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The carving time for the contest is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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The idea of an absence: 'Silence' at Berkeley Art Museum
The works in the exhibition Silence, which opens today at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, span a century of artistic practice and explore the question of silence, and whether this intangible can be represented.
Silence is, by definition, uncommunicative and peaceful. It is also mysterious, threatening, meditative and explosive. It is simultaneously a state of quiet and a deafening absence of noise. This conundrum is addressed by the multidisciplinary works in the galleries and in film and video programs that have dispensed with representational imagery to depict the idea of an absence. … Continue reading »


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By Marlena Hartz: Freedom Newspapers
A group in Tucson, Ariz., is searching for some quiet. And deliverance could be available in the wide, open spaces of eastern New Mexico.
Land up for grabs at Cannon Air Force Base is under evaluation by members of the Military Community Compatibility Committee, according to Tahnee Robertson, a contracted facilitator for the group of Tucson residents and business leaders.
The committee wants to mitigate noise from military flights at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in the burgeoning midtown of Tucson.
Though the air base is nestled in the heart of the metropolitan area, and though the group of 28 people yearn for calmer skies, they also want to preserve the future of the Arizona base.
"The city grew around the base. It is no one's fault, just bad planning," said Robertson from her Tucson home, where the roar of jets often muffles telephone conversations.
A few months ago, a common-sense, grassroots solution to the noise woes emerged, she said.
Some residents proposed a National Guard Bureau program that utilizes Davis airspace, "Operation Snowbird," could be shifted roughly 400 miles east to mission-less Cannon, according to MCCC officials.
The Department of Defense recommended shuttering Cannon during the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process, but the installation was spared by a federal commission, which requested the department find a new mission for the base, currently home to three F-16 squadrons.
The National Guard operation has used Davis-Monthan as a winter deployment site for northern tier Air National Guard units since 1975, according to the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Web site. The operation also provides overflow aircraft support for Davis-Monthan, the Navy, Marine Corps, Army National Guard, and U.S. allies, according to the Web site.
"These units schedule space for Arizona in the winter time. In the northern tier states, there is inclement weather. Here (in Arizona), they can fly every day and conduct intensive quality training in short periods of time," said Lt. Col. Carlos Roque, a spokesperson for the operation.
Robertson and other Tucson residents allege the Snowbird flights are louder than others at Davis.
There were 637 noise complaints related to flights at Davis-Monthan last year, and 214 have piled up thus far this year, according to a Davis-Monthan spokesperson, Maj. Laurel Tingley.
The Snowbird operation rents about four acres of Davis-Monthan land, Tingley said. The partnership enables 16 Snowbird squadrons to deploy for two weeks of training between October and May each year, according to the Davis-Monthan AFB Web site. Each deployment package consists of 10 to 12 aircraft, 20 to 24 pilots and 110 to 116 support personnel, the Web site said.
National Guard officials would be reluctant to bid farewell to their Davis partnership and are in his knowledge not looking for a new location, Roque said.
The Snowbird operation relies heavily on the Barry M. Goldwater Complex, a vast training range for U.S. and allied pilots roughly the size of Connecticut and situated between Yuma, Ariz., and Tucson. The range is owned by Luke Air Force Base.


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Avoiding the inevitable pain medication became impossible, so I took the bitter pill and passed out, wanting to be well rested for a day trip to Honesdale, PA for the annual Roots & Rhythm Music Festival ( www.honesdalerootsandrhythm.com ).
Hundreds of people turned out for the event, which took over the town with vendors, kids' activities and, on every corner surrounding Central Park's Main Stage, music, music, music. The festival included performances by a slew of talent, including singer/songwriter Carrie Rodriguez, Seth Walker and Ryan Hartt & the Bluehearts, all of whom paved the way for the headliner, R&B legend Dave Alvin. Alvin sums up his view of the music world with these words: "To put it simply, there are two types of folk music. There's quiet and there's loud. I like to play both."
It became apparent that I had "stayed too long at the fair" as I made my second sweep of the many food booths, pausing to reflect on the irony of being drawn to the short ribs calling my name (again, literally) by Sloatsburg's "Hog Heaven" Bar-B-Que on wheels. I hobbled away as quickly as my broken body would allow and paused outside of Hones-
dale's newest, almost-ready-to-open eatery, The Cottage Cafe, momentarily enjoying the cool air and even cooler tunes being performed by the Erin McClelland Band (www.facebook.com/pages/Erin-McClelland).
Ripping off the ace bandage gave me instant relief, followed by the realization that another pill was waiting for me at home, so I switched gears yet again and set off for home, carefully avoiding the "rib-tickling" good time promised by both of the clowns that I shuffled past in the "Tunes and Tales" tent at the festival. Synchronicity being what it is, I arrived at home just in time to catch Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn staring back at me after surfing the channels for only a minute or two. Giving in, I drifted off to sleep while watching the 1949 classic (Scout's honor) "Adam's Rib." Honestly, you can't make this stuff up.


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I am not sure if I need to make an appointment with a lactation consultant, wait it out, or see my doctor. Although my doctor is very supportive of breastfeeding, she admits her ignorance on some matters and usually makes a referral to a lactation consultant.
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March 30, 2012
North Campus DIYThis week I've been working with Jared Nielsen, one of the Museum's Exhibit Technicians, who also happens to be a DIY (Do it Yourself) enthusiast. With his help we've managed to build and install two nest boxes and launch our first garden surveillance balloon!
Jared installing a nest box in the Shadow Garden
The other nest box in the Home Garden
The nest boxes we chose are made of PVC and designed to be particularly appealing to certain cavity nesting birds such as Western Bluebirds, Sialia mexicana. These birds have been spotted in Exposition Park by Kimball Garrett, the Museum's resident ornithologist, and we hope they'll stick around to use our new nesting sites. The boxes...
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Jail escapee Reynaldo Jeremy Enriquez — who police called the ringleader in eight home invasions — was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for the home invasion that ended a 2008 summer crime spree.
Enriquez, 20, was convicted in April of kidnapping, aggravated burglary, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and intimidation of a witness. He was sentenced in District Court Wednesday.
Enriquez' arrest was triggered by what police called an especially violent home invasion in July 2008 in an otherwise quiet neighborhood. Police said the gang shot multiple times at a terrorized victim fleeing down the street from his own home in the 1700 block of Sheldon in Clovis.
Enriquez was arrested later that night along with four others.
Police said during a two-week crime spree, Enriquez and his gang hit eight homes in Clovis, Portales, Curry County, Roosevelt County and Muleshoe. Leaders of the gang usually pistol-whipped male occupants of the homes.
Sentences are still pending against Enriquez in Curry and Roosevelt counties.
According to a press release from the district attorney's office, Enriquez will be required to serve 85 percent of his sentence before he is eligible for parole.
While in jail awaiting trial on the home invasion charges, Enriquez escaped from the Curry County Adult Detention Center along with seven of Clovis' most violent inmates.
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The Physics and Technology of Ion Sources, 2nd, Revised and Extended Edition
396 pages
March 2006
Table of Contents
List of Contributors.
1. Introduction (Ian Brown).
2. Plasma Physics (Ian Brown).
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Basic Plasma Parameters.
2.2.1 Particle Density.
2.2.2 Fractional Ionization.
2.2.3 Particle Temperature.
2.2.4 Particle Energy and Velocity.
2.2.5 Collisions.
2.3 The Plasma Sheath.
2.3.1 Debye Length.
2.3.2 Charge Neutrality.
2.3.3 Plasma Oscillations.
2.4 Magnetic Field Effects.
2.4.1 Gyro Orbits.
2.4.2 Gyro Frequencies.
2.4.3 Magnetic Confinement.
2.4.4 Magnetic and Plasma Pressure.
2.5 Ionization.
2.5.1 Electron Impact Ionization.
2.5.2 Multiple Ionization.
2.5.3 Photoionization.
2.5.4 Ion Impact Ionization.
2.5.5 Negative Ions.
2.5.6 Field Ionization.
3. Elementary Ion Sources (Ian Brown).
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 Terminology.
3.3 The Quintessential Ion Source.
3.4 Ion Beam Formation.
3.5 Ion Beam Parameters.
3.6 An Example.
3.7 Conclusion.
4. Computer Simulation of Extraction (Peter Spdtke).
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Positive Ion Sources.
4.2.1 Filament Driven Cusp Sources.
4.2.2 Duoplasmatrons and Duopigatrons.
4.2.3 Vacuum Arc Ion Sources.
4.2.4 Laser Ion Sources.
4.2.5 ECR Ion Sources.
4.2.6 Penning Ion Sources.
4.3 Negative Ion and Electron Sources.
4.3.1 Hot Cathode Electron Sources.
4.3.2 Plasma Electron Sources.
4.3.3 H– Sources.
4.4 Conclusion
5. Ion Extraction (Ralph Hollinger).
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 Fundamentals of Ion Beam Formation in the Extraction System.
5.3 Beam Quality.
5.4 Sophisticated Treatment of Ion Beam Formation in the Extraction System.
5.5 Multi-Aperture Extraction Systems.
5.6 Starting Conditions.
6. Beam Transport (Peter Spdtke and Ralph Hollinger).
6.1 Introduction.
6.1.1 Drift.
6.1.2 Extraction System and Acceleration Gap.
6.1.3 Low Energy Beam Line.
6.2 Current Effects.
6.3 Space-Charge Compensation.
6.3.1 Residual Gas Collisions.
6.3.2 Sputtering.
6.3.3 Preserving Space Charge Compensation.
6.3.4 Influence of Space Charge Compensation.
6.4 A LEBT System for the Future Proton Linac at GSI.
6.4.1 Compound System.
6.4.2 Pentode or Two-Gap System.
6.4.3 Triode System and DCPost-A cceleration.
6.4.4 Discussion.
7. High Current Gaseous Ion Sources (Nikolai Gavrilov).
7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Basic Types of High Current Ion Sources.
7.2.1 Filament Driven Ion Sources.
7.2.2 High-Frequency Ion Sources.
7.2.3 Cold Cathode Ion Sources.
7.3 Conclusion.
8. Freeman and Bernas Ion Sources (Marvin Farley, Peter Rose, and Geoffrey Ryding).
8.1 Introduction.
8.2 The Freeman Ion Source.
8.3 The Bernas Ion Source.
8.4 Further Discussion of the Source Plasma.
8.4.1 Plasma and Sheath Potentials.
8.4.2 Effect of Sputtering on the Plasma.
8.4.3 Ion Heating of the Cathode and Anticathode in the Bernas Source.
8.4.4 Current Balance in the Freeman Source.
8.4.5 Current Balance in the Bernas Source.
8.5 Control Systems.
8.5.1 Freeman and Bernas Controls.
8.5.2 Bernas Indirectly Heated Cathode.
8.6 Lifetime and Maintenance Issues.
8.6.1 Use of BF3.
8.6.2 Use of PH3, AsH3, P4, and As4.
8.6.3 Use of Sb, Sb2O3, and SbF3.
8.6.4 Use of SiF4 and GeF4.
8.6.5 General Guidelines for the Use of Other Organic and Inorganic Compounds.
8.6.6 Electrode Cleaning and Maintenance.
8.6.7 Insulator Cleaning and Maintenance.
9. Radio-Frequency Driven Ion Sources (Ka-Ngo Leung).
9.1 Introduction.
9.2 Capacitively Coupled RF Sources.
9.3 Inductively Coupled RF Sources.
9.3.1 Source Operation with an External RF Antenna.
9.3.2 Multicusp Source Operation with Internal RF Antenna.
9.3.3 Increasing the Ion Beam Brightness of a Multicusp RF Source with Internal Antenna.
9.3.4 Multicusp Source Operation with External RF Antenna.
9.4 Applications of RF Ion Sources.
10. Microwave Ion Sources (Noriyuki Sakudo).
10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Microwave Plasma in Magnetic Fields.
10.2.1 Plasma Parameter Changes due to Magnetic Field and Microwave Frequency.
10.2.2 High Density Plasma at Off-Resonance.
10.3 Some Practical Ion Source Considerations.
10.3.1 Microwave Impedance Matching to the Plasma.
10.3.2 High Current Ion Beams Extracted from an Off-Resonance Microwave Ion Source.
10.4 Versatility of Beam Extraction.
10.4.1 Large Cross Sectional Beam formed by a Multi-Aperture Extractor.
10.4.2 Slit-Shaped Beam for Ion Implantation.
10.4.3 Further Improvements in Slit-Shaped Beams.
10.4.4 Compact Microwave Ion Sources.
10.5 Diversity of Available Ion Species.
10.6 Microwave Ion Sources for Commercial Implanters.
10.6.1 Semiconductor Device Fabrication.
10.6.2 SOI Wafer Fabrication.
10.7 Conclusion.
11. ECR Ion Sources (Daniela Leitner and Claude Lyneis).
11.1 Introduction.
11.2 Brief History of the Development of ECR Ion Sources.
11.3 The LBNL ECR Ion Sources.
11.3.1 The AECR-U Ion Source.
11.3.2 The VENUS ECR Ion Source.
11.4 Physics and Operation of ECR Ion Sources.
11.4.1 Electron Impact Ionization.
11.4.2 Charge Exchange.
11.4.3 Plasma Confinement.
11.4.4 ECR Heating.
11.4.5 Gas Mixing.
11.5 Design Considerations.
11.6 Microwave and Magnetic Field Technologies.
11.7 Metal Ion Beam Production.
11.7.1 Direct Insertion.
11.7.2 Sputtering.
11.7.3 Gaseous or Volatile Compounds (MIVOC Method).
11.7.4 External Furnaces (Ovens).
11.7.5 Efficiencies.
11.8 Ion Beam Extraction from ECR Ion Sources.
11.8.1 Influence of Magnetic Field and Ion Temperature on the Extracted Ion Beam Emittance.
11.8.2 Influence of Plasma Confinement on Beam Emittance.
11.9 Conclusion.
12. Laser Ion Sources (Boris Sharkov).
12.1 Introduction.
12.2 Basics of Laser Plasma Physics.
12.3 General Description.
12.3.1 Laser Characteristics.
12.3.2 Target Illumination System.
12.3.3 Target Ensemble.
12.3.4 Pulse Width and Target-Extractor Separation.
12.3.5 Extraction System.
12.3.6 Low Energy Beam Transport Line (LEBT).
12.4 Beam Parameters.
12.4.1 Current Profile.
12.4.2 Charge State Distribution.
12.4.3 Beam Emittance.
12.4.4 Pulse Stability and Source Lifetime.
12.5 Sources at Accelerators.
12.5.1 The LIS at ITEP-TWAC.
12.5.2 The LIS at CERN.
12.5.3 The LIS at JINR Dubna.
12.6 Other Operating Options.
12.6.1 High Current, Low Charge State Mode.
12.6.2 Influence of Magnetic Field on the Laser Ion Source Plasma.
12.7 Conclusion.
13. Vacuum Arc Ion Sources (Efim Oks and Ian Brown).
13.1 Introduction.
13.2 Background.
13.3 Vacuum Arc Plasma Physics.
13.4 Principles of Operation.
13.5 Beam Parameters.
13.5.1 Beam Current.
13.5.2 Beam Profile, Divergence and Emittance.
13.5.3 Beam Composition.
13.5.4 Beam Noise, Pulse Stability, and Lifetime.
13.6 Recent Improvements in Parameters and Performance.
13.6.1 Enhancement of Ion Charge States.
13.6.2 Alternative Triggering of the Vacuum Arc.
13.6.3 Reduction in Ion Beam Noise and Increased Pulse Stability.
13.6.4 Generation of Gaseous Ions.
13.7 Source Embodiments.
13.7.1 LBNL Mevva Sources.
13.7.2 HCEI Titan Sources.
13.7.3 NPI Raduga Sources.
13.7.4 GSI Varis Sources.
13.7.5 Other Versions and Variants.
13.8 Conclusion.
14. Negative Ion Sources (Junzo Ishikawa).
14.1 Introduction.
14.2 Surface Effect Negative Ion Sources.
14.2.1 Negative Ion Production by Surface Effect.
14.2.2 Surface Effect Light Negative Ion Sources.
14.2.3 Surface Effect Heavy Negative Ion Sources.
14.3 Volume Production Negative Ion Sources.
14.3.1 Negative Ion Formation by Volume Production.
14.3.2 History of Source Development.
14.3.3 Recent Volume Production Negative Ion Sources.
14.4 Charge Transfer Negative Ion Sources.
14.4.1 Negative Ion Production by Charge Transfer.
14.4.2 History of Charge Transfer Negative Ion Sources.
14.5 Conclusion.
15. Ion Sources for Heavy Ion Fusion (Joe Kwan).
15.1 Introduction.
15.1.1 Heavy Ion Beam Driven Inertial Fusion.
15.1.2 HIF Ion Source Requirements.
15.2 Beam Extraction and Transport.
15.2.1 Scaling Laws for Beam Extraction and Transport.
15.2.2 Large Beam vs. Multiple Small Beamlets.
15.3 Surface Ionization Sources.
15.3.1 Contact Ionizers.
15.3.2 Aluminosilicate Sources.
15.3.3 Surface Ionization Sources for HIF.
15.4 Gas Discharge Ion Sources for HIF.
15.5 Pulsed Discharge Sources.
15.5.1 Metal Vapor Vacuum Arc Sources for HIF.
15.8.1 Laser Ion Sources for HIF.
15.6 Negative Ion Sources for HIF.
15.7 HIF Injector Designs.
15.7.1 Large Diameter Source Approach.
15.7.2 Merging Multiple Beamlets Approach.
15.8 Conclusion.
16. Giant Ion Sources for Neutral Beams (Yasuhiko Takeiri).
16.1 Introduction.
16.2 Large Volume Plasma Production.
16.2.1 Bucket Plasma Sources with Multi-Cusp Magnetic Field.
16.2.2 Plasma Modeling.
16.2.3 Atomic Fraction.
16.3 Large Area Beam Extraction and Acceleration.
16.3.1 Electrode Systems for Large Area Beams.
16.3.2 Beamlet Steering.
16.4 Giant Positive Ion Sources.
16.5 Giant Negative Ion Sources.
16.5.1 Operational Principles of Negative Ion Sources.
16.5.2 Negative Ion Extraction and Acceleration.
16.5.3 Giant Negative Ion Sources.
16.6 Future Directions of Development.
Appendix 1: Physical Constants.
Appendix 2: Some Plasma Parameters.
Appendix 3: Table of the Elements.


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According to this Russian article, Bobrova & Soiev are going to Zhulin as well as Maria Monka & Kirill Khaliavin
According to this Russian article, Bobrova & Soiev are going to Zhulin as well as Maria Monka & Kirill Khaliavin
If Vaytsekhovskaya is right, it's great news. The B/S have good technic but they need somebosy with taste to do choreo for them and watch what they are wearing. Zhilin can indeed produce good programs and even N/K's costumes weren't that tacky.
Oh, and a fight between B/S and I/K would get interesting
It would also be interesting if a re-packaged Monka & Khaliavin come out with all guns blazing.
With R&T moving to Spilband and these 2 couples with Zhulin, Elena & Nikitia have just got themselves some real competition,
the fight for the top 3 Russian places just got very hot.
Bring on Sochi!!!!
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And now, the Russians will have medalists in ice dance at Soch
great now I hope Viktoria and Ruslan follow B/S and M/K
they have the best potential of all the russian ice dancers and it will be a waste if Kustarova will just trash them up.
FREE Viktoria and Ruslan !!!
Wow! This is fabulous news. Now we've got a horse race. I hadn't heard about R/T going to Spilband, and I hope it's true. Their lack of speed has been holding them back, IMO, and thats bound to be addressed.
Bobrova and Soloviev updated an article today to say that this is just a rumour and isn't true!!
Bobrova/Soloviev and Zhulin, have all denied the article is true in the following article updated today.
Dang it...hopes dashed again. Zhulin showed how entertaining he can be with the Azerbaijani couple, and I was imagining B/S doing something like that. Please, Skate Gods, let it be true about R/T, at least.
And now, the Russians won't have medalists. Well, they might.
Heh. Honestly, I don't think they're gonna be THAT far off the pack. The big three Russian teams all struggle with levels. B/S still have higher PCS than I/K and R/T. Zhulin's great for teaching technique and that would've improved B/S. Great technique means stronger chance of levels, and that alone could've made the difference for them, along with more strongly accepted programs. Sinitsina/Zhiganshin are riding a huge wave of hype, but that's all it is. Monko/Khaliavin are question marks after missing last season.
Anyway, I think B/S at Zhulin, I/K with Morosov and R/T at Shpilband/Zoueva (still a question mark), Russian dance would've been less insular and more interesting.
Russia is not going to have any medalists in Ice Dance in Sochi. Maybe if there is a mistake made by a couple of teams! It would have to be OD 2006 again and it not effect a Russian couple. Because Gold is obviously DW or VM and P/B are there. Then you have possibles in W/P and still S/S even with 2012 worlds.


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Some have been skeptical of this event and questioned whether it really happened.
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Here's the story . . .
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My previous article was entirely dedicated to the newly-born class of LCD monitors with response time compensation. This technology is indeed a new word on the market as it helps to dramatically improve the response time of a monitor in reality rather than only on paper (as it was the case with 8ms and 12ms monitors which could not be told apart without special tools because the speed of 8 milliseconds was only achieved on a very limited range of matrix state transitions).
Although I have no doubt that the new technology will sooner or later be implemented in the absolute majority of LCD monitors, the older RTC-less models still dominate the market today. Some manufacturers haven't even yet produced their monitors with RTC. So, this review is all about 17" LCD monitors without response time compensation.
BenQ FP72V
The BenQ FP27V is surely going to differ from many other monitors with a diagonal of the same length just because of its appearance. The market of 17" LCD monitors being now less interesting for the manufacturers due to severely reduced prices, new models usually come out with a standard plain gray-colored office-like face. Against them the FP27V is far more attractive.
The base and the back of the case are made of a milk-white glossy plastic (it resembles me the new 760th series from Samsung in which the whole case is made of such plastic). The front of the case is painted a silvery color; there are black speakers on the sides (the back part of the speakers is milk-white, too). Some single elements of the case are also painted black.
The monitor's matrix is covered with a protective glass, and you can see in the snapshot above how the glass is reflecting the daylight lamps hanging at the ceiling of our lab. There is anti-flare coating on the glass, as is indicated by the characteristic lilac color of the reflections, but its mirror-likeness is not disturbing at work (but if you have bright light sources behind your back, you will surely see them reflected in the screen).


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Mullah Nazir, center, is seen at a press conference in Wana, Pakistan, in 2007. The Associated Press reported that at least 5,000 people attended Nazir's funeral after he was killed by a U.S. drone strike.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan -- A U.S. drone strike killed a Taliban commander and at least seven other people in northwest Pakistan, security officials told NBC News on Thursday.
Maulvi Nazir, who is also known as Mullah Nazir, was killed on Wednesday night when missiles struck a mud-built complex in Angoor Adda near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.
His deputy, Ratta Khan, was also killed, sources told Reuters. Four other people were injured.
Reports of Nazir's death came weeks after he was wounded in a bomb attack believed to have been launched by Taliban rivals.
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According to The Associated Press, Nazir's death could prove to be a contentious issue between Washington and Islamabad, which is believed to have struck a nonaggression pact with Nazir ahead of the Pakistani military's 2009 operation against militants in South Waziristan.
Nazir, 46, favored attacking American forces in Afghanistan rather than Pakistani soldiers in Pakistan, a position that put him at odds with some other Pakistan Taliban commanders but earned him a reputation as a "good" Taliban among some in the Pakistan military.
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Images of daily life, political pursuits, religious rites and deadly violence.
Pakistan's military viewed Nazir and militant chiefs like him as key to keeping the peace internally because they do not attack Pakistani targets.
The military has a large base in Wana, where Nazir and his men were based. Residents said the main market in Wana shut down on Thursday to mark Nazir's death.
In Pakistan's biggest city, 'Old Glory' is flammable and profitable
Nazir was wounded there in a bombing in November, widely believed to be a result of his rivalries with other Taliban commanders. Six others were killed in the same bombing.
Residents in both Angoor Adda and Wana, the biggest town in South Waziristan, said they heard announcements on mosque loudspeakers announcing Nazir's death. One resident, Ajaz Khan, told The Associated Press by telephone that 5,000 to 10,000 people attended the funeral of Nazir and six other people held in Angoor Adda.
"He was our hero", local tribesman Janat Gul Wazir told NBC News. "He had expelled all the foreign militants from our villages."
Nazir outraged many Pakistanis in June when he announced that he would not allow any polio vaccinations in territory under his control until the U.S. stops drone attacks in the region. Pakistan is one of three countries where polio is still endemic. Nine workers helping in anti-polio vaccination campaigns were killed last month by militant gunmen.
Rumors of plot to sterilize Muslims with polio vaccine sparks killings
The former chief of intelligence in northwest Pakistan, retired brigadier Asad Munir, said Nazir's killing will complicate the fight against militants in the tribal region, and could prompt Nazir's group to carry out retaliatory attacks against the Pakistani army in South Waziristan.
It will also raise questions among military commanders here who would like the U.S. to use its firepower against the Pakistani Taliban, which attacks domestic targets, and not against militants like Nazir who aren't seen as posing as much of a threat to the Pakistani state, Munir told The Associated Press.
Commemoration or deification? Pakistanis honor 'political goddess' Bhutto
Pakistan's army, an uneasy ally of the United States, has clawed back territory from the Taliban since launching a military offensive in 2009.
But senior U.S. officials have frequently said that some elements within Pakistan's security services retain ties to some Taliban commanders.
Intensified U.S. drone strikes have killed many senior Taliban leaders, including Mehsud's predecessor, Baitullah Mehsud, in 2009.
Drone strikes have dramatically increased since President Barack Obama took office. There were only five drone strikes in 2007. The number of strikes peaked at 117 in 2010 but fell to 46 last year.
The program has killed a number of top militant commanders over the past year, including al-Qaida's then-No. 2, Abu Yahya al-Libi, who died in a drone strike in June on the Pakistani village of Khassu Khel in North Waziristan.
Some Pakistanis say the drone strikes are an infringement of their national sovereignty and have called for them to stop.
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Others, including some residents of the tribal areas, say they are killing Taliban commanders who have terrorized the local population.
The continuing insecurity is likely to be a key issue in elections scheduled for this spring. The nuclear-armed nation of 180 million has a history of military coups, but these polls should mark the first time one elected civilian government gets to hand power to another.
NBC News' Waj Khan and Mushtaq Yusafzai, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Teen sentenced for break-ins
BARRE A Granite City teenager has been given a four-year deferred sentence for his involvement in several central Vermont break-ins.
Tyler Farnsworth, 19, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Washington County criminal court in Barre to two counts of felony burglary and two counts of petit larceny. He was sentenced to four to five days of work crew on the petit larceny convictions and a four-year deferred sentence on the burglary convictions.
Farnsworth was placed on probation. If he stays out of trouble, the burglary convictions will be expunged from his record. If not, he faces a four-year prison term.
According to the Vermont State Police affidavit, police responded to a reported burglary Jan. 14 at LBJs Grocery in Worcester. State police say four people, including Farnsworth, smashed a window, went into the store and took wine and cigarettes.
Two people grabbed bottles of wine and left through the broken window, while the others opened large plastic trash bags and started filling them with cigarettes, according to the affidavit. Police say the burglars left with $6,219 in cigarettes and $83.95 worth of wine. Police estimate the cost to repair the damaged window was $325.
On Jan. 24, police say, Farnsworth and another person smashed the front door of Macs Market in Warren and stole $1,351.16 worth of cigarettes. The damage to the door was put at $1,017.54.
Farnsworth was also involved in an incident at Harwood Union High School in Duxbury in September. Police say he broke into a storage building near the baseball field and stole several bows and arrows. Several of the arrows were shot into the ground around the soccer and baseball fields.
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On the intentions for direct military interventions in Syria
The World Federation of Democratic Youth highly condemns the imperialist military and political movestowards a direct military intervention to the sovereign state of Syria. WFDY re-affirms its position that we stand against any military or by other means intervention against the people of Syria.
With great concern we have witnessed the past couple of weeks a mobilization of the USA and their NATO allies, EU Britain, Turkey, Gulf countries etc to call upon an immediate and direct military intervention in Syria using the pretext of the well-orchestrated allegations about use of chemical weapons. The recent history has taught us very well how pretexts are easily fabricated or used to justify the modern crimes of imperialism.


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A 31-year-old prison guard made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court Monday after a federal grand jury indicted him last week for two counts of distributing methamphetamine, conspiring to distribute and possess the drug with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and bribery.
Click here to watch Andrew Pereira's story.
In a brief appearance before magistrate Barry Kurren, James "Kimo" Sanders of Kailua pleaded not guilty to all charges. He was released to the custody of his grandmother after posting a $50,000 signature bond. As part of his release, Sanders cannot work at any prison facility and must wear a GPS tracking device.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Nammar, Sanders used his position as an adult corrections officer to smuggle 55 grams or more of meth, or ice, into the prison from October through Nov. 29 of last year. Nammar said some of the smuggling occurred in the entrance of the prison where visitors are screened.
The investigation into Sanders' activities at Halawa involved the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Honolulu Police Department, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Public Safety.
DPS Director Ted Sakai issued a written statement about Sanders' arrest, saying his department is working with investigators to weed out corrupt employees from the prison system.
"It is our top priority to bring the individuals who commit these crimes to justice," said Sakai. "The people who facilitate illegal acts in our prisons do a disservice to the rest of our employees, the majority whom are good, hardworking people."
Sen. Will Espero, who chairs the Public Safety Committee, said Sanders' arrest validates what he has heard from others about the availability of illicit drugs in Hawaii prisons.
"I have had reports from inmates who had been released, from family members of inmates, and we know that this is certainly going on," said Espero. "So it is good that individuals are being indicted."
Adult corrections officers in Hawaii are subject to random drug-testing, as well as testing with cause if there is suspicion of drug use. DPS spokeswoman Toni Schwartz says any ACO who tests positive is referred to a substance abuse professional to undergo mandatory treatment. An ACO that tests positive for drug use a second time is terminated immediately.
It's not known if Sanders ever tested positive for illegal drug use in his role as an ACO at Halawa, but Espero said if the charges are true, he should be made an example of.
"Certainly, all individuals who are in this position need to be dealt with harshly because our prison system is a place where we want to try to rehabilitate inmates as well, and with this type of activity going on, it completely contradicts and makes that effort meaningless or useless," said Espero.
A trial date for Sanders has been set for March 18 before Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor. If he's found guilty of the conspiracy or distribution charges, Sanders could receive life in prison.
Sanders has a prior conviction for harassment in 2005, a petty misdemeanor for which he was fined $100.


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The rumor mill abounds with talk of Brad Pitt and Demetri Martin
starring in the upcoming Steven Soderbergh film adaptation of Michael
Lewis' Moneyball. Movie buff and baseball lover that you are, does this project even have a realistic chance of being good?
Every year movie studios sink millions of dollars into adaptations of books that received either critical or commercial acclaim. This year alone we've already seen Watchmen hit the big screen and Dan Brown's prequel to The DaVinci Code, Angels and Demons, comes out in the next couple weeks. However, the one thing that most of these adaptations have in common is a plot, some sort of narrative device to push the story forward.
I enjoyed reading Moneyball. Michael Lewis, although I may not always agree with him, has a Malcolm Gladwell-ish quality about him in that he is able to present a quantitative side of a game that often goes unnoticed. But I have no idea how you turn that into a movie. It's like Fast Food Nation. It's an interesting book. It has interesting ideas. But a movie? No.
Now, the wild card here is the artistic team. I do love me some Brad Pitt and I find Demetri Martin amusing in small doses. Soderbergh obviously has legitimate directing bona fides. But how do you turn a book like Moneyball into a movie? I suppose you could have David Mamet rewrite the script and turn it into some profanity-laden, baseball-centric version of Glengarry Glen Ross but I don't see that happening.
No, most likely they'll strip all the baseball egg-head information from the story and make it into a movie about the unlikely but ultimately successful partnership between a former jock and an up and coming nerd. Throw in a little Brokeback for good measure and maybe they strike gold. But I doubt it. Let's just say that this project is a little more Shelley Levene than it is Ricky Roma.
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Some books just should never be made into a movie. But a little Brokeback huh? Maybe A-Rod could make a cameo and play out his bromance fro Jeter.
A profanity-laden, baseball-centric version of 'Glengarry Glen Ross'?! Now, that I would pay good money to see. Although, Huston Street obviously wasn't paying attention during the 'always be closing' speech.
Erin, you should write my jokes. That was fantastic.
I tell you, I've bounced back and forth on this movie. At first, I thought it couldn't work. But I'm a screenwriter, so my first thought generally turns to: "Could I write it?"
And the more I thought about it, the answer is yes (granted, I studied with Dr. Mamet, and it wouldn't be terribly unlike a baseball Glengarry Glen Ross). Think about it: It's Bad News Bears. It's a book about a bunch of people that baseball gave up on. People who aren't supposed to be successful, but here they are – being very successful at the time.
Demetri Martin's casting confused me. Made me wonder what direction they were going to take it in. DePodesta, though an integral part of the book, doesn't exactly steal any scenes. You imagine Beane throwing chairs, running on the treadmill so that he doesn't have to watch the game. You don't think of DePodesta with his spreadsheets.
So yes, it could work. But I doubt it will.
I agree with Roundrock. It'll be old-school baseball guys versus the geeks. It's not an obvious baseball movie, but it could work. The one I can't see is HBO's upcoming movie about the Balco scandal. Who cares?


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The Twelve Colonies of Kobol
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The Twelve Colonies of Kobol are twelve distinct worlds, located in a remote part of our Galaxy. For 2,000 years they were home to the descendants of humans participating in the exodus of Kobol.[1] For most of the two millennia that these worlds were inhabited, the Twelve Colonies consisted of multiple sovereign states, but during the final fifty-two years leading up to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, all twelve comprised a single state known as the United Colonies of Kobol (TRS: "Colonial Day")[2].
After the settlement, the colonies slowly began to prosper and eventually gave birth to a race of cybernetic lifeforms, known as Cylons. Only a few years after their creation, the Cylons raged a devastating war on their creators' home planets, which ultimately led to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Wasted and in ruins, the once prosperous homeworlds of humanity were finally abandoned by both humans and Cylons.
Star System
The Twelve Colonies are situated within the star system Cyrannus, located some 2,000 light years from Kobol, where humanity presumedly first evolved. All in all, Cyrannus is a vast and complex system, comprised of four [4] stars: Helios Alpha, Helios Beta, Helios Gamma, and Helios Delta. Each star is orbited by its own family of planets and other astronomical bodies. The stars come together to form two binary systems (Alpha/Beta and Gamma/Delta). Both pairs of stars then orbit each other around a third, central barycenter every 546,892 years. Both binary systems are separated by 0.16 light years or 10,091 Stellar Units, shortened to SU (In this case, 1 SU being equal to the average distance between Helios Alpha and the barycenter of the Caprica-Gemenon binary, roughly 150 million km).
Helios Alpha
Helios Alpha is a main sequence star of spectral class G2V and has a mass of 1.0, and was the first system settled by the Colonials after the exodus from Kobol, having first set foot on Gemenon. It shares its orbit with Helios Beta at a distance of 63 SU. The pair complete an orbit once every 373 years.
This system is unique in the fact that Caprica and Gemenon share an orbit around a common barycenter. According to the Colonial map, the planets orbit each other once every 28.2 days, and are separated by a distance of 493,000 km. Based on these numbers, Kepler's Third Law learns us that the combined mass of these colonies is about twice that of Earth.
Helios Beta
Helios Beta is a main sequence star of spectral class K1V and has a mass of 0.79. It was the second system settled by the Colonials after the exodus from Kobol. It shares its orbit with Helios Alpha at a distance of 63 SU. The pair complete an orbit once every 373 years.
Helios Gamma
Helios Gamma is a main sequence star of spectral class G9V and has a mass of 0.89. It was presumably the third system settled by the Colonials. Helios Gamma shares its orbit with Helios Delta at a distance of 70 SU, and completes an orbit once every 456 years.
Helios Delta
Helios Delta is a reddish main sequence star of spectral class K2V and has a mass of 0.74. It was the last of the four systems to be settled by the Colonials. Helios Delta shares its orbit with Helios Gamma at a distance of 70 SU, and completes an orbit once every 456 years.
This system is unique in the fact that Aerilon, Hestia, and Canceron share the same orbit. The two colonies are positioned at Hestia's Lagrangian points, meaning that the gravitational pull of Helios Delta and Hestia are balanced, allowing two smaller bodies (Aerilon and Canceron) to share the same orbit in a "fixed" position, maintaining the same distance apart at all times. Aerilon sits at the (leading) L4 point, and Canceron at the (trailing) L5 point.
About 2,000 years prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, the last twelve tribes of Kobol left their planet[6] over conflicts with their gods, as well as some sort of calamity (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I").
The tribes settled on twelve worlds some distance away (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I"). The tribes' namesakes and icons originally corresponded to the twelve signs of the ancient tribes, although these names drifted over time (TRS: "Home, Part II").[7]
The early Colonies lived (and fought) more as sovereign nations. Some (particularly Caprica) prospered, while others (such as Sagittaron and Aerilon) were often considered lessers. For labor forces as well as wars fought among each other, humanity created the Cylons. When these early models rebelled, the Colonies unified their governments under the Articles of Colonization at some point during the Cylon War into a federal republic known as the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.
The official symbol of the Twelve Colonies was the Colonial seal. The nation also had a distinctive anthem.
40 years after the end of the devastating war, the Cylons return and sow destruction among the worlds of their creators (TRS: Miniseries, "The Plan"). For some time the Twelve Colonies remain occupied by Cylon forces and a small group of human survivors. After nine months, humanity and the Cylons leave the Cyrannus system forever (TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II").
Out of all Colonial inhabitants, only about 55,000 survive the first days of the holocaust. Most of them leave the Colonies behind in two small fugitive fleets. The fleet of the battlestar Galactica eventually encounters both Kobol, as well as the original Thirteenth Colony Earth. Some time after that, and after the destruction of the the Cylon home world, they settle on a beautiful, rich world, leaving behind the baggage of their Colonial heritage. (TRS: Miniseries, "Razor", "Daybreak, Part II")
The ultimate fate of the Twelve Colonies 150,000 years after The Fall is unknown. Presumably, after several hundred years, their climates and surfaces would degrade until they resemble the original Earth.
It can be presumed that by present-day radiation levels would have lowered to a point where life would be allowed to flourish once again. But few, if any, traces would remain of the human civilizations that once thrived upon them, excluding remains in space, such as the remnants of Scorpion Fleet Shipyards or Ragnar Anchorage.
Ancient Name: Aries
Alternative Name: Aerelon
Population: 1.2 billion
Patron God: Demeter
Capital: Gaoth
Major Cities: Gaoth, Promethea
Attractions: University of Aerilon, Promethea A & M
Pyramid Teams: Aerilon Threshers, Promethea Golden Horns
About all of the planet's landmasses are situated in the temperate zones, featuring open and rolling landscapes offering little variation in altitude. There are few inland waterways, and the shorelines consist mostly of rocky bluffs with only mangrove swamps breaking the monotony near the equator. To top it the planet offers hostile seas with no useful harbors at its coasts.
Aerilon has a mild climate and reliable seasons, with plentiful rain, so catch basins and wells are sufficiently filled and fresh water is readily available despite the lack of rivers and lakes.
Ancient Name: Aquarius
Alternative Name: Aquarion
Population: 25,000
Patron God: Hermes
Capital: None
Major Cities: Heim
Attractions: Kyros Summerfest
Pyramid Teams: None
The planet surface is about entirely covered by vast, frigid oceans, punctuated with violently erupting volcanoes breaking through the sea surface. Only one land mass, named Kyros, is large enough to sustain human habitation. Volcanoes occupy each end of this crescent-shaped continent, which consist mostly of volcanic tephra covered in moss and dotted by exotic native plantlife.
Most people live in Heim, a town at the centre of the island facing what would be the harbor if the seas weren't so frigid. Only a few people live outside the town, tending the infrastructure needed for survival, like windmills, hydroponics, and solar panels. Due to the lack of wood, most structures are made of tin or stone.
Ancient Name: Cancer
Population: 6.7 billion
Patron God: Hephaestus
Capital: Hades
Major Cities: Hades, Prommos, Mangala
Attractions: Prommos, Ruby Range, Kor Yaz Glacier
Pyramid Teams: Canceron Hydras, Hades Vice, Mangala Krill
Prior to the First Cylon War, Canceron was a very overpopulated and poor colony. Canceron's major cities such as Hades and Mangala were known to have large slums. Its large population earned Canceron the nickname "The Largest Democracy" within the colonies, though some believed the government was nothing more than a corrupt Oligarchy.[9] [10]
During the Cylon attack, Canceron is hit with at least three nuclear devices. One of the passenger liners within the fleet, Pyxis, is one of the last ships that escapes this world when the attack began. Aboard is the Number Six copy Shelly Godfrey (TRS: "The Plan").
Robin Wenutu is the Canceron delegate to the first Quorum of Twelve after the Fall.
Ancient Name: Capricorn
Population: 4.9 billion
Patron God: Apollo
Official Language: Caprican
Capital: Caprica City
Major Cities: Caprica City, Delphi, Phoebus
Attractions: Delphi Museum of the Colonies, Atlas Arena, Caprica Interplanetary Spaceport, Graystone Industries, Apollo University, Pantheon Bridge, Ionian Islands, Orpheus Park
Pyramid Teams: Caprica City Buccaneers, Delphi Legion, Phoebus Suns
Caprica was regarded as the center of Colonial civilization, even long before the First Cylon War. Graystone Industries was one of the Colonies' most influential technology developers and had a hand in creating the very first Cylons. Some 60 years before the Fall, Caprica was also plagued by religiously motivated terrorism (CAP: Pilot). After the war, the planet was once again the seat of politics, culture, art, science, learning and even the Colonial government. It was also one of the wealthiest colonies (TRS: "Epiphanies", "Dirty Hands").
During the Cylon attack, Caprica and it's surrounding airspace, played host to numerous skirmishes, one of which would eventually determine the outcome of the war. Caprica herself, comes under heavy attack from Cylon forces right from the start. With numerous basestars jumping directly into orbit, they are quickly able to gain the upper hand. At least four battlestars, including the Yashuman and Valkyrie, are quickly dispatched, and numerous targets, including the once proud Caprica City, are annihilated from orbit by nuclear weapons (TRS: Miniseries, "The Plan"). The attacks leave the civilian shipping lanes in the vicinity of Caprica/Gemenon shut down, but the civilian ships are relatively ignored in the opening moments of the attack, in favor of military targets. This gives them time to gather and flee the area, picking up other survivors along the way. Eventually the fleet amasses over 100 ships of all kinds, both civilian and homeless military support craft. However, only 75 FTL capable ships are able to flee Caprican airspace, leaving the sub-lights, and their passengers, at the hands of the Cylons.
At the time of the attack, the Galactica was positioned 3 hours away, and was not able to partake in the defense of its home planet. It wasn't long, however, before the Cylons located its position, and attempted to take it out. After being struck by a nuclear warhead, suffering major damage, and not having anything to shoot with, but still in one piece, the Galactica had no choice but to retreat to the relative safety of the gas giant, Ragnar (TRS: Miniseries), leaving Caprica, and the remaining survivors, completely defenseless and on their own.
After the space-faring Colonials flee, Caprica is occupied by Cylon forces, attempting to undo the damage they've done, and colonize the planet themselves. They often clash with human survivors within the Colonies, and fight on this world for several weeks. The occupation and resistance both end roughly nine months after the attack and the planet is left for good (TRS: "33", "Resistance", "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", "The Plan").
6,250 people from Caprica join the Laura Roslin faction over Kobol (TRS: "Home, Part I"). The overall Caprican survivor population, possibly significantly greater, is unknown (see analysis here). An attempted settlement by the survivors of the holocaust is named New Caprica in honor of the original colony (TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II").
The first Quorum of Twelve delegate after the Fall is Gaius Baltar. Years later this spot is taken by Lee Adama, the last Quroum delegate from that colony before Delegate Adama establishes the Quorum of Ship's Captains in the wake of the mass-execution of the Quorum during Gaeta's Mutiny (TRS: "Islanded in a Stream of Stars").
Ancient Name: Gemini
Population: 2.8 billion
Patron God: Hera
Official Language: Old Gemenese
Major Cities: Oranu, Illumini
Attractions: Kobol Colleges, Illumini Pantheon, Gramada Mountains, Spatiu Gol Plateau, Pustiu Desert
Pyramid Teams: Gemenon Twins, Illumini Vipers
Gemenon was the first world colonized by the humans of Kobol. It shares its orbit around Helios Alpha with Caprica, completing an rotation once every 28.2 days. Its status as a twin planet gives it its name[12]. Its climate can vary wildly, featuring frozen plateaus, and searing deserts, which can make life difficult for its inhabitants.
It was one of the poorer colonies and its people, the Gemenese, were known for their religious fundamentalism (TRS: "Scattered", "Dirty Hands").[13]
Before the First Cylon War, Gemenon was home to the Kobol Colleges and a monotheistic cult called "The Soldiers of the One" (TRS: Miniseries, Night 2; CAP: Pilot). Gemenon's second-largest city, Illumini, was built around a large Pantheon complex, composed of buildings intended to worship and celebrate every deity in the Sacred Scrolls.[14]
The Gemenese were known for their literal interpretations of the Scrolls (TRS: "Fragged"). Most of the population of Gemenon was apparently very strongly opposed to the federal laws legalizing abortion (TRS: "The Captain's Hand").
The planet also had either an old or disused language, known as Old Gemenese (TRS: "Razor").
During the Cylon attack, Gemenon comes under heavy assault by Cylon air and ground forces, completely obliterating one city with a high-yield nuclear device, and causing extensive damage to another with conventional means. At least one ship, the Cybele, is able to escape the destruction of its port and occupying Cylon forces, and find Roslin's fleet (TRS: "The Plan").
Three months after the attacks, approximately 9,500 Gemenese break away from the main fleet, and join the Laura Roslin faction over Kobol (TRS: "Home, Part I"). The large and devoted Gemenese population continues to be an important political factor within the fugitive fleet (TRS: "The Captain's Hand").
Ancient Name: Leo
Population: 2.6 billion
Patron God: Artemis
Official Language: Leonese
Capital: Luminere
Major Cities: Luminere, Hedon
Attractions: Royal Palace of Leonis, Hedon Grand Casino
Pyramid Teams: Leonis Wildcats, Hedon Suns
Leonis is the second planet in the Helios Beta system, and was geographically known for its open plains (TRS: "The Plan"). The planet itself has no axial tilt, which supports a mild and predictable climate. It was a major hub for both education and industry, and despite Colonial unification, was able to maintain its own language and culture.
In the era prior to the First Cylon War, Leonis produced and exported a popular energy drink named "Leonis Red".[14] Leonis Estates Sparkling Wine was a type of alcohol produced on this colony (TRS: "Flight of the Phoenix").
During the final Cylon attack, Leonis is struck with at least one, low-yield nuclear device, that was able to stun its residents and disable any means of escape. Those who survived the blast, are then seen being systematically eliminated by both ground and air forces (TRS: "The Plan"). It is unknown if any are collected and used in the Four's various farms.
Safiya Sanne is the Leonan representative on the first Quorum of Twelve after the Fall.
Ancient Name: Libra
Alternative Name: Libris
Population: 2.1 million
Patron God: Athena
Capital: None
Major Cities: Themis
Attractions: Supreme Hall of Justice, Themis Arena
Pyramid Teams: None
A major city on Libran was called Themis which had a large, modern pyramid arena built sometime before the First Cylon War. Yet at this time Libran had no official pyramid team.[16]
After the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Oswin Eriku is chosen to be this colony's representative to the Quorum of Twelve.
Zephyr, a passenger liner in the Fleet, is of Libran registry.[17]
Ancient Name: Pisces
Population: 1.4 billion
Patron God: Poseidon
Capital: Queenstown
Major Cities: Perkinston, Queenstown, Pailyn
Attractions: Colonial Fleet Headquarters, Penrose Harbor
Pyramid Teams: Picon Panthers
During the planet's off-season, most of the landscape became cold and rugged.[18] The planet was often used as a substitute for Caprica City in Caprican films and TV series.[14]
After the Unification of the Twelve Colonies this world was the location of the Colonial Fleet Headquarters (TRS: Miniseries). Picon was also the home of Picon Laboratories, located in Pailyn, Muritolan (TRS: "Faith").
The colony came under heavy attack during the early stages of the Cylon attack. One of the last ships to leave the planet was the Rising Star, carrying many wounded people including an unconscious Ellen Tigh (TRS: "The Plan").
The destruction of Picon's Fleet Headquarters caused President Richard Adar to offer a complete and unconditional surrender to the Cylons. This offer was ignored by the invading forces (TRS: Miniseries).
Ancient Name: Sagittarius
Alternative Name: Sagittarion
Population: 1.7 billion
Patron God: Zeus
Capital: Tawa
Attractions: Acheron River
Pyramid Teams: Sagittaron Archers
The Sagittarons were traditionalists who practiced a different form of religion from the other Colonials. They distrusted modern medicine and were generally unsupportive of the military (TRS: "The Woman King").
The Planet endured centuries of exploitation at the hands of the other Colonies. Eventually, Tom Zarek led an organized series of terrorist acts against the established government there, many years before the Fall of the Colonies (TRS: "Bastille Day").
A few days after the Cylon attack, 5,251 people from this world reside within the Fleet (TRS: "33").
Ancient Name: Scorpio
Population: 450 million
Patron God: Dionysus
Capital: Celeste
Major Cities: Celeste, Argentum
Attractions: Argentum Bay, Guardian Mountains, Scorpia Shipyards
Pyramid Teams: Scorpia Stingers, Celeste Storms, Celeste Lightning, Argentum Bay Silverstars
Before the First Cylon War one of the major leisure spots of the world was Argentum Bay, despite the colony's trashy reputation.[20]. The Planet was also apparently well-known for its Paragliding (TRS: "Razor").
After the Unification, Scorpia was home to the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards.
During the initial Cylon attack, Scorpia falls victim to numerous massive nuclear attacks, destroying much of the population. Cylon forces also focus on the orbiting ship yards, obliterating the structure, destroying numerous Battlestars and support ships, and causing another one to risk a blind jump in order to escape (TRS: "Razor").
Eladio Puasha serves as the planet's delegate to the first Quorum of Twelve assembled after the Fall.
Ancient Name: Taurus
Population: 2.5 billion
Patron God: Ares
Official Language: Tauron
Capital: Hypatia
Major Cities: Hypatia, Tauron City (Minos)
Attractions: Minos, Olympia Hippadrome, Great Tauron Plains
Pyramid Teams: Olympia Stallions, Tauron Bulls
Taurons were known to be very traditional people, even speaking a very old and distinctive language (CAP: Pilot).
Some 800 years before the Fall Tauron was colonized by Virgon and Leonis. The people of Tauron liberated themselves and ever since this world has been known for its troubled and violent history.[21]
Nearly a century before its Fall, Tauron was one of the poorer colonial worlds and the center of a civil war. A few years before the First Cylon War, the crime syndicate Ha'la'tha had enormous influence over the planet, which even extended to other colonies, such as Caprica (CAP: Pilot).
During the War, Hypatia was was the location of a fierce and lossy battle against Cylon forces (TRS: "Razor", extended Edition).
After the War, Tauron was known to be a somewhat troublesome colony within the federal system of the Colonies, often disobeying directives decided by the colonies and pushing their luck with the admiralty (TRS: "Hero"). Yet this world was counted among the wealthier of the twelve worlds (TRS: "Dirty Hands").
Ancient Name: Virgo
Population: 4.3 billion
Patron God: Hestia
Capital: Boskirk
Major Cities: Boskirk, Blaustad, Hadrian
Attractions: House of Parliament, Tower of Virgon, Petrus Palace, Virgon Universities
Pyramid Teams: Virgon United, Boskirk All Reds
Virgon had a declining monarchy and a strong national parliament, at least 58 years before the Fall of the Colonies.[22]
Virgon Brew was a beer produced on the planet and exported to other Colonies (TRS: "Maelstrom").
Soon after the beginning of the Cylon attack, the Colonials launch a counter-attack over Virgon. The battle ends with the destruction of the flagship battlestar Atlantia and the resulting death of Fleet Admiral Nagala (TRS: Miniseries).
Marshall Bagot is the Virgon delegate to the first Quorum of Twelve. He nominates Tom Zarek for the vice-presidency (TRS: "Colonial Day"). In public ceremonies, the Virgon delegate wears a light blue sash.
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I understand totally the emotion and turmoil bending around the corners of your mind right now. Saw so many players I respect and admire ( and a few knuckleheads) leave the Rays this Winter.
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FAQs about Peace Corps in Vanuatu
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- 1 How much luggage am I allowed to bring to Vanuatu?
- 2 What is the electric current in Vanuatu?
- 3 How much money should I bring?
- 4 When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
- 5 Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
- 6 Do I need an international driver's license?
- 7 What should I bring as gifts for Ni-Vanuatu friends and my host family?
- 8 Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
- 9 How can my family contact me in an emergency?
- 10 Can I call home from Vanuatu?
- 11 Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
- 12 Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer?
How much luggage am I allowed to bring to Vanuatu?
Most airlines have baggage size and weight limits and assess charges for transport of baggage that exceeds those limits. (Check with your airline's website for the latest information.) The Peace Corps has its own size and weight limits and will not pay the cost of transport for baggage that exceeds these limits. The authorized baggage allowance is two checked pieces of luggage with combined dimensions of both pieces not to exceed 107 inches (length + width + height) and a carry-on bag with dimensions of no more than 45 inches. Checked baggage should not exceed 80 pounds total (although you can usually get away with more) with a maximum weight allowance of 70 pounds for any one bag.
Peace Corps Volunteers are not allowed to take pets, weapons, explosives, radio transmitters (short-wave radios are permitted), automobiles, or motorcycles to their overseas assignments. Do not pack flammable materials or liquids such as lighter fluid, cleaning solvents, hair spray, or aerosol containers. This is an important safety precaution.
What is the electric current in Vanuatu?
Vanuatu uses 220-volt current and three-prong "Australian" plugs. Port Vila, Luganville, Lenakel, Isangel, and Norsup are the only areas with central electricity. Inexpensive converter plugs are available in Vanuatu.
How much money should I bring?
Volunteers are expected to live at the same modest level as the people in their community. They are given a settling-in allowance and a monthly living allowance, which should cover their expenses. Often Volunteers wish to bring additional money for vacation travel to other countries. Credit and debit cards and traveler's checks are preferable to cash. There are ATMs that accept Visa and debit cards in the downtown areas of Port Vila and Luganville. If you bring extra money, bring the amount that will suit your own travel plans and needs. The currency exchange rate for the Vanuatu currency, the vatu, can be found at http://finance.yahoo.com/.
When can I take vacation and have people visit me?
Each Volunteer accrues two vacation days per month of service (excluding training). Leave may not be taken during training, the first three months of service, or the last three months of service, except in conjunction with an authorized emergency leave. Family and friends are welcome to visit you after you complete your pre-service training and have been a Volunteer for six months; guests are welcome to stay for up to 30 days. However, it is important to realize that such visits can be stressful when you are adapting to your assignment and a new lifestyle. You may want to advise visitors to wait until after you have completed your first year of service. The Peace Corps cannot provide your visitors with visa, medical, or travel assistance; or access to computers and Internet service.
Will my belongings be covered by insurance?
The Peace Corps does not provide insurance coverage for personal effects; Volunteers are ultimately responsible for the safekeeping of their personal belongings. However, you can purchase such insurance before you leave. If you wish, you may contact your own insurance company; additionally insurance application forms will be provided with the welcome information, but we encourage you to consider all options carefully. Volunteers should not ship or take valuable items overseas. Jewelry, watches, radios, cameras, laptop computers, and expensive appliances are subject to loss, theft, and breakage, and in many places, satisfactory maintenance and repair services are not available.
Do I need an international driver's license?
Volunteers in Vanuatu do not need an international driver's license because they are prohibited from operating privately owned motorized vehicles and Peace Corps vehicles. Most urban travel is by bus or taxi. Rural travel ranges from trucks to lots of walking. On very rare occasions, a Volunteer may be asked to drive a sponsor's vehicle, but this can occur only with prior written permission of the country director. However, you do need a valid U.S. driver's license to rent cars in other countries while on vacation, so you may want to bring one.
What should I bring as gifts for Ni-Vanuatu friends and my host family?
This is not a requirement. A token of friendship is sufficient. Some gift suggestions include knickknacks for the house; pictures, books, or calendars of American scenes; souvenirs and caps from your area; hard candies that will not melt or spoil; or photos to give to your host pre-service training family and community members.
Where will my site assignment be when I finish training and how isolated will I be?
Peace Corps Ttrainees are not assigned to individual sites until after they have completed pre-service training. This gives Peace Corps staff the opportunity to assess each trainee's technical and language skills prior to assigning sites, in addition to finalizing site selections with host country counterparts. You will have the opportunity to provide input on your site preferences, including geographical location, distance from other Volunteers, and living conditions. However, many factors influence the site selection process and the Peace Corps cannot guarantee placement where you would ideally like to be. Most Volunteers live in small towns or rural villages.
How can my family contact me in an emergency?
The Peace Corps' Office of Special Services provides assistance in handling emergencies affecting trainees and Volunteers or their families. Before leaving the United States, instruct your family to notify the Office of Special Services immediately if an emergency arises, such as a serious illness or death of a family member. During normal business hours, the number for the Office of Special Services is 800.424.8580, extension 1470. After normal business hours and on weekends and holidays, the Office of Special Services duty officer can be reached at 202.638.2574. In non-emergency questions, your family can get information from your country desk staff at the Peace Corps by calling 1.800.424.8580.
Can I call home from Vanuatu?
Many improvements were made to Vanuatu's telephone system in 2002. As a result, local and international calls can be placed from most, if not all, islands, as well as from Port Vila and Luganville. Therefore, you should be able to call home during training if you wish. To do so, you must first purchase a calling card, available at Vanuatu Telecom offices and in many shops. Although Vanuatu's phone system is reliable, most of the islands rely on solar energy and storage batteries; hence, during prolonged periods of cloudy weather, telephones may temporarily go out of service. However, Peace Corps/Vanuatu has strategically placed radios and satellite phones, so temporary phone outages should not cause any major communication difficulties.
Should I bring a cellular phone with me?
Cellular phone service is currently available only in a few urban areas. However, if you bring a cell phone from the United States, you will need to buy a SIM card (approximately $50) locally to be able to use it.
Will there be e-mail and Internet access? Should I bring my computer?
There is a reliable e-mail and Internet access at the Peace Corps office and at Internet cafes in Port Vila and Luganville. Some agencies to which Volunteers are assigned also have Internet access. A number of Volunteers bring laptops and access the Internet on their own. Be advised, however, that most Volunteers are assigned to sites that lack regular electric power. If you bring a laptop, you may want to purchase a solar panel with the appropriate adapter to recharge the laptop's battery.


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About 70 teachers from several Grand Valley State University-authorized charter schools on the southeast side of the state have earned advanced degrees through the university's Master of Education program.
The teachers and administrators who earned their degrees were part of the first cohort of working professionals from the Detroit area to have half of their tuition costs covered by Grand Valley's Charter Schools Office.
The teachers selected for the cohort completed three years of courses held at Schoolcraft Community College to earn degrees in Educational Leadership. Future cohorts will use Grand Valley's Detroit Center beginning in the Spring/Summer term of 2013.
The tuition reimbursement program is also available on the west side of the state. Classes are held on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus. Participants who attend courses in Grand Rapids can earn degrees in a variety of education-based programs, including master's degrees in: Instruction and Curriculum with an Emphasis in Educational Differentiation, Leadership with an Emphasis in Educational Leadership, Educational Technology, Leadership with an Emphasis in Special Education Administration, Instruction and Curriculum with an Emphasis in Early Childhood Education, and an Educational Specialist Degree in Leadership.
The Charter Schools Office is currently recruiting teachers and administrators from Detroit area Grand Valley-authorized charter schools to take part in the next cohort, which will focus on a M.Ed. in Special Administration Leadership with an emphasis in Learning Disabilities.
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NEW YORK Clay Buchholz scattered six hits and allowed one run in seven innings and the Boston Red Sox were on the verge of starting their 2013 campaign with their second straight win over the New York Yankees Wednesday night. The Red Sox carried a 7-4 lead into the ninth inning, at press time.
Jacoby Ellsbury drove in two runs and Shane Victorino, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Dustin Pedroia knocked in runs for the Red Sox, who built a 5-0 lead with four runs in the third inning.
Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda lasted only into the second inning on a cold night in the Bronx, leaving after taking a batted ball off his finger off the bat of Victorino.
Travis Hafner had a solo home run and Vernon Wells a three-run shot for New York, Hafner off Buchholz, and Wells off Alfredo Aceves in the eighth.
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Rangers 4, Astros 0
HOUSTON A day after Yu Darvish came within one out of a perfect game, Alexi Ogando and four Texas relievers shut out Houston again, combining for a five-hitter in a 4-0 win on Wednesday.
Lance Berkman doubled in a run for the Rangers a day after they blanked the Astros 7-0 behind Darvishs nearly historic gem.
Ogando (1-0) allowed four hits with a career-high 10 strikeouts in 6 1-3 innings. The young and inexperienced Astros have struck out 43 times in their first three games.
Its the most strikeouts a pitching staff has combined for in the first three games of a season in major league history, and the most since Cleveland fanned 42 in the first three of the 1966 season.
Robbie Ross, Tanner Scheppers and Michael Kirkman allowed one hit in the next 1 2-3 innings. Closer Joe Nathan struck out the side in the ninth.
Philip Humber (0-1) allowed a run and five hits over 5 2-3 innings in his Astros debut.
White Sox 5, Royals 2
CHICAGO Adam Dunn hit one of Chicagos four homers, leading Jake Peavy and the White Sox to the victory.
Tyler Flowers, Dayan Viciedo and Alexei Ramirez also connected, and the White Sox made it two straight wins to start the season after dropping 12 of 18 to Kansas City a year ago.
The Royals, full of optimism after posting the majors best record in spring training, will try to avoid a season-opening sweep Thursday.
Peavy (1-0) allowed an earned run and four hits in six innings. Addison Reed worked the ninth for his second save.
Ervin Santana (0-1) pitched six innings in his Kansas City debut and was charged with four runs and five hits.
Twins 3, Tigers 2
MINNEAPOLIS Eduardo Escobars two-run double with one out in the ninth inning lifted Minnesota to the win.
After Joaquin Benoit issued a leadoff walk to Trevor Plouffe, reliever Phil Coke took over. Coke got the first out, but Brian Doziers single advanced pinch-runner Jamey Carroll to third. Escobar then drove the next pitch from Coke to the deepest part of the park in front of the bullpens in left-center field.
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Anibal Sanchez threw five scoreless innings for Detroit. But after a two-up, two-down save on Monday, Coke (0-1) blew his chance in this one.
Glen Perkins (1-0) needed only 10 pitches in a perfect ninth inning for the victory.
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BOSTON Jeff Green scored 34 points, including a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left to snap Bostons two-minute scoring drought, and the Celtics clinched a playoff berth by beating the Detroit Pistons 98-93 on Wednesday night.
Paul Pierce and Brandon Bass scored 17 apiece for the Celtics, who had lost two in a row and seven of their previous nine. But the victory, coupled with Philadelphias 88-83 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats, left Boston 8 games ahead of the 76ers with eight games to play.
Its the sixth consecutive season Boston has reached the playoffs since the New Big Three was assembled in the summer of 2007.
Greg Monroe had 24 points and 17 rebounds and Rodney Stuckey scored 22 for the Pistons.
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Alliance for Hispanic Christian Education
History and Purpose
In 2008, the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, America's largest Hispanic Christian and Evangelical organization, the Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals, approved a resolution identifying education and addressing the disparity in the community as one of the 7 directives or priorities for the 40,118 member churches. As a result, the association approved the formation of a subsidiary, The Alliance for Hispanic Christian Education, for the purpose of facilitating a messaging and mobilization platform in order to address the aforementioned challenges while simultaneously offering viable solutions.
In addition, via a partnership with the Jesse Miranda Center, the Alliance identified three areas that pose challenges and opportunities; recruitment and retention, financial sustainability and ethno cultural contextualization. With support from Alliance members such as Oral Roberts, Regent, Gordon Conwell, Indiana Wesleyan and Liberty Universities, this historic summit emerged as an opportunity to convene the leaders of Christian educational institutions in order to discuss the challenges and effectively offer solutions that will engage the Evangelical and the Christian community at large as senior advocates of a Hispanic Christian education initiative.
Finally, today offers an opportunity for engagement and empowerment as we equip a generation with the necessary educational tools for both vertical and horizontal success. All for the Glory of His Name!
The Alliance for Hispanic Christian Education exists to significantly increase Hispanic Secondary and Post-Secondary graduation rates by establishing strategic partnerships between Hispanic Evangelical churches and Christian colleges and universities.
Alliance Vision
- By 2015, Christian Colleges and Universities will work arduously to increase Hispanic enrollment to a minimum metric of 25% of total enrollment. Consequently, the College or University will be recognized as a Hispanic Serving Institute by the federal government and thus will receive additional funding and resources.
- Beginning with the 2011-2012 School Year, Christian Colleges and Universities will provide three full scholarships to qualifying Hispanic students and will provide the scholarships until at least the 2014-2015 school year.
- The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals, hereby designates the first Sunday of September (September 4th, 2011) as National Hispanic Education Sunday. On this Sunday, over 40,000 Hispanic Evangelical churches will receive the resources in order to both preach on the importance of education but also to provide support mechanisms in order to assure success both at the secondary and post-secondary levels.
- In January of 2011, in collaboration with regional Alliance for Hispanic Christian Education members, the NHCLC will launch the National Hispanic Christian Adopt a School Campaign. This campaign challenges and assists our churches to adopt one high school located within the community. The partnership between a local High School and a Hispanic Evangelical church will focus on increasing the high school graduation rate of Hispanic students within corresponding community.
- In January 2011, regional conferences will be held in order to equip local churches with the necessary tools to proactively engage and emerge as a Generation Fuerza congregation. A duly recognized church receives the recognition as a ministry committed to assuring that every child graduates from High School and pursues Higher and/or vocational education. Churches will be equipped with tools and resources to begin; mentoring ministry, ESL courses, 3 to 6 after school tutoring, technology 101, and an On-Line Academy.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact our offices at 916-919-7476, Faith and education will guarantee that the next generation of Hispanics will continue to lead a righteousness and justice movement for the common good!
The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC) is the National Hispanic Association of Evangelicals. As the largest Latino Christian organization in America and the sister organization of the 47 million strong National Association of Evangelicals, we lead the 16 million vibrant and growing Hispanic Born Again community and our 34,200 Evangelical congregations by providing leadership, networking, fellowship, strategic partnerships and public policy advocacy platforms to our seven directives: Life, Family, Great Commission, Stewardship, Education, Youth and Justice.