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Invisibility? Time travel? "Physics of the Impossible" says it may not be far-fetched
That's impossible! (Maybe not, according to this dizzying new survey of science's furthest frontiers.)
Special to The Seattle Times
Michio KakuMichio Kaku will discuss "Physics of the Impossible" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday as part of the Seattle Science Lecture Series at the Pacific Science Center, 200 Second Ave. N., Seattle. Tickets are $5 — for more information call the University Book Store (206-634-3400).
"Physics of the Impossible"
by Michio Kaku
Doubleday, 327 pp., $26.95
In "Through the Looking Glass," the White Queen scolded Alice for mental laziness and boasted of believing "six impossible things before breakfast." In his dizzying new survey of science's furthest frontiers, "Physics of the Impossible," Michio Kaku asks readers not to completely discount them.
Kaku deals with such far-fetched ideas as invisibility and teleportation in a completely scientific manner. He divides impossibility into three classes: Class 1 for concepts our present technology can't make manifest, but which don't actually violate any known physical laws; Class 2 for concepts beyond our technology that also challenge our interpretation of those laws; Class 3 for concepts that outright defy known physical laws and would demand huge changes in our understanding of how the universe works.
Surprisingly, the third section is the shortest. Only two of Kaku's topics are impossible in this sense. Perpetual-motion machines and precognition, the staple of storefront psychics, come much closer to true impossibility than constructs familiar to us through cinematic special-effects, namely Class 2's time travel, faster-than-light spaceships, and parallel universes.
The bulk of this book is taken up by enticingly possible impossibilities such as force fields, machine- and extraterrestrial intelligence, and telepathy. A physics professor at City University of New York, Kaku is also a respected popularizer of scientific theory, and he does a great job here of making concrete the heady abstractions necessary to our grasp of the physics behind these ideas. Writing about "antiuniverses," for instance, Kaku describes "charge-reversed" universes, which would be full of antielectrons and antiprotons, and potentially of antipeople living on antiplanets. "Parity-reversed" universes, he explains, would exist as mirror images of our own, substituting right for left and left for right. But the only sort of anti-universe allowed by physics combines these two kinds with a third: the "time-reversed" universe, in which "fried eggs jump off the dinner plate, reform on the frying pan, and then jump back into the egg, sealing the cracks." Dealing as he does in these pages with science-fictional concepts, Kaku often refers to genre books and films ranging from Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" to "Terminator 3." Aside from his puzzling omission of Robert A. Heinlein's classic "All You Zombies" among stories illustrating the paradoxes of time travel, Kaku's choices seem knowledgeable.
But it's always clear that his interest in the impossible encompasses more than recreational reading. And his careful footnotes cite research in these areas by scores of other scientists — superstars such as Einstein and Stephen Hawking as well as less well-known figures such as cosmic-wormhole expert Matthew Visser of Washington University. More gently than the White Queen, Kaku encourages us to take seriously ideas the world's great intellects consider crazy, reminding us that these same powerful minds sometimes wonder whether such way-out theories and models of the universe are crazy enough to be true.
Nisi Shawl reviews science-fiction for
The Seattle Times. Her book "Filter House"
will be published in June by Aqueduct Press.
Copyright © 2008 The Seattle Times Company
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What is 'Deputising'
Dep, Deputize or Deputise are the terms used to describe the act of 'filling in' or acting as an understudy for another singer in musical engagements.
This includes but is not limited to a one off gig to fill in for a friend who has become unable to perform to a contractual engagement as an understudy in a musical or opera.
Whats the difference between a Deputising Singer and a Session Singer
A dep is someone who stands in or acts as deputy for someone else whereas a session singer is specifically employed to supply a service for a particular project or length of time. Both types of singer can be interchangeable, the session singer may dep for a band or another singer, whilst a dep may do a session for a studio! In the majority of cases deputising refers to 'live' work whereas a 'session' refers to studio recording. Both are usually self employed and gain most of their employment through recommendation from fellow singers, friends, producers or session fixers and agencies.
So what does it take to become a Dep?
There are three types of singer who act as a deputisers.
1. A singer who is employed because their repertoire and style is similar or complementary to the singer they are standing in for. This can mean any standard and style, perhaps standing in for a friend whose double booked or asked by musician friends to dep when their lead singer is off sick or on holiday. Some popular artists keep a list of good singers in their address book who they use regularly when they need a back up.
2. A singer who is employed because their repertoire, range and experience is extensive enough to cater for any type of situation. Competent at singing a wide range of styles of music. They either possess their own 'Pad' containing a set list with keys in which they sing each song and sheet music for the musicians to read or are capable of sight reading and singing music that the musicians supply. It is not unusual for them to be professional Session Singers or Solo Artists.
3. A singer who acts as an understudy for a main character in an opera or musical. Expected to sight read and memorise the part for which they are understudying including any acting required. They may perform the part in rehearsals in the absence of the person who they are subsituting for. In some cases the dep or understudy rarely gets to perform in front of the audience. Their role is to fill in when the main singer is unable to do so.
Deputising is usually a 'last minute' booking - you could receive a call to be at a gig halfway across the country later that night. The work is extremely erratic which is why most singers who dep are actually solo artists, lead singers, session singers or tribute artists. The exception is of course, the singer who is contracted to deputise or understudy for the length of the show, or for a minimum period.
The singer must be competent to deputise for the person who has recommended or employed them. The standard to which they perform must be equal to (if not better than) the singer they are substituting for and they need to be comfortable and confident enough to perform with musicians without prior rehearsal, or capable of entertaining an audience using their own accompaniment.
Finding Work as a Deputising Singer
Although we have provided a list of session agencies and fixers, they usually find their clients themselves either through producer recommendation or by reputation. Success at deputising depends far more on the reputation you gain in the business and on the contacts that you make.
Create a publicity pack! Include an example list of your repertoire, recommendations from bands or artists you have deputised for (if applicable), current experience and 3 of your best songs on the demo showing your vocal range and variety of songs.
Buy music industry trade papers and music publications that run classified ads for singers wanted. You can even place an advert describing your abilities and offering your services.
Use the internet - many music websites offer a free classified ads section for singers, bands, musicians, music industry personnel. Take advantage of this by owning a website that highlights your talents and include the link in your advert.
Keep several Business Cards with you at all times. Don't miss an opportunity, if a band, musician or producer approaches you at an open mic night, jam night, showcase etc., ask for their business card and give them yours!!
Ask professional singing friends, musicians, voice teacher, performance coach for an introduction or recommendation to a agent or management company. Also ask if they will allow you to do a few backing vocals at some of their gigs, you may not get paid but you will get seen by the venue, and/or agent who may offer you bookings.
Enter Talent Competitions and offer your singing services for Charity Shows to gain experience, gain exposure and meet other musicians and artists.
Opportunities are only limited to the competance and determination of the singer who can find work with bands or artists in pubs, clubs, cabaret, nightclubs, radio, television and as a session singer.
This is just a small selection of links to articles we have available in the Singing Articles section with some links to useful sites. All links open in a new window.
Gig & Events Guide Musicians ClassifiedsPost or browse wanted/available ads for musicians and singers.
DepListList of professional singers, organists and choral directors on the UK circuit who can be hired to perform at concerts, church services, weddings, funerals and other events for which professional classically trained musicians are required.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Russian Ekaterina Makarova moved into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open with a 7-6(2) 6-4 win over seventh seed Eugenie Bouchard on Monday as the Canadian wilted under the punishing conditions.
With stifling humidity and on court temperatures hovering near 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) it was another day of survival of the fittest at the year's final grand slam and it was a challenge Bouchard could not meet, her bid for a fourth consecutive grand slam semi-final appearance coming to an end.
A tense opening set played under a blazing sun that went to a tie-break and took 50 minutes to decide appeared to drain the 20-year-old Bouchard.
On serve 3-2 in the second, a distressed Bouchard called for a medical time out, trainers rushing onto the baking Louis Armstrong court to rub her arms and legs with bags of ice while checking her blood pressure.
For a moment it seemed Bouchard would not be able to continue as she covered her face with her hands and wept.
After regaining her composure, Bouchard gathered her resolve and returned to action but was quickly broken.
The battling Canadian, however, refused to throw in the towel, immediately breaking back to get back on serve.
Makarova, however, would step up the pressure and in the end Bouchard simply ran out of steam, the 17th seeded Russian breaking her again at 5-4 and ending the ordeal with a sizzling winner down the line.
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Mike Tomlin took to calling the New England Patriots names again Sunday night in his post-game talk.
"They are the champions of the AFC," the Steelers coach said during his news conference. "Rightfully so."
Indeed, New England came away with a convincing 36-17 victory, tying the Steelers' fourth-worst loss in 61 postseason games, their worst in 16 AFC championship games.
It also makes them 0-for-3 against New England in championship games, all in this century, all against Tom Brady at quarterback.
Beating the New England Patriots isn't easy. That was clear this season – and every other year, for that matter – as only two teams were able to do so, and one of those got their upset when Tom Brady was suspended. The Pittsburgh Steelers learned that not once but twice this season, the latter of which hurt most.
As a result, the Steelers enter the offseason on a sour note after their disappointing 36-17 loss to the Patriots in the AFC Championship. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger didn't play particularly well, and he acknowledged that afterward … sort of. He spent a lot of his time with the media questioning whether the Steelers' young players were prepared for the magnitude of the game.
"I don't know if that's the one thing, but you have to score when they're down there," Roethlisberger said, via the Post-Gazette. "There were missed opportunities — whether we didn't execute well enough, whether plays weren't made by me or other guys. At times it felt like maybe it was too big for some of the young guys."
Roethlisberger completed 31 of 47 passes for 314 yards with one touchdown and an interception. While those numbers would be decent in a regular-season game that had far less meaning, they are ultimately underwhelming, considering how badly the Steelers were beat.
But it wasn't just Roethlisberger's play that cost the Steelers a trip to the Super Bowl. His receivers made several mistakes, such as Cobi Hamilton stepping out of the end zone on a would-be touchdown catch.
"It's a little frustrating," Roethlisberger said. "We talk about how sometimes it's just one play here, one play there. Tonight, we didn't make those plays. Was [the moment] too big? I don't know. We need to make every single play in a game like this, in a moment like this."
He continued by saying he hopes this is a learning experience for the rest of the team.
"Hopefully, this is a learning game for guys to understand this isn't promised to anybody. Tomorrow isn't promised. Just to make the playoffs isn't enough," he said. "A lot of guys have been in the league for a long time and haven't been to any of these. I hope they understand the importance and relish the opportunity if it comes again."
Roethlisberger didn't mince words when talking about his younger teammates, and though he didn't name anyone in particular, it's clear he was disappointed by the effort around him.


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For five days, I thought I was dying.
It turned out that I wasn't dying; but during those five days when I thought I was, all of the "What Ifs" started running through my mind. What if I was really sick? What if I needed to get chemo and radiation? What if all of my hair fell out? What if I became too sick to take care of my kids? What IF I died, and was no longer here to look after my children?
It's funny how one little abnormal test can really mess with a person's mind. And I admit that maybe I am a *little* bit of a hypochondriac, and my reaction was probably a little bit drastic. But I'm not going to lie. It's something I think about all of the time.
What will happen to my children when I'm gone?
It's Different For Them
My "neurotypical" daughter, who is seventeen, is about to enter her last year in high school. After graduation, she plans to move away to whatever college she chooses to attend. She will get a job, live in her own place, and will start living her own life as an adult. Without me.
For my three autistic sons, though, the story is different. None of them will go away to college. They will all eventually have some type of job – but that will look differently for each one of them, and will likely be supported employment. They will all eventually be in some type of supported living environment; never living fully independent.
It's one of those things that I think about constantly: my nest, and the fact that it may never empty completely. It was also something that I didn't really think about too much until my children started growing up, and two of those children started approaching adulthood.
The Moment it Hit Me
Sitting in an IEP meeting one time at school for my oldest son, the team of school professionals – along with my son and me – sat around a table discussing my son's future. One of his teachers piped up. "I see him living in a group home setting," she said. The others nodded their heads in agreement.
On the way home, my son broke down, crying. Before he even said anything, I knew what was bothering him; the same thing that was bothering me. "I don't want to live in a group home, Mom," he said. Through my own tears, I assured him that I was on his side, and that I would never make a decision that impacted his life without discussing it with him first. So if he didn't want to live in a group home, I wouldn't make him move into a group home.
Not long after that meeting, I was having a conversation with another special needs parent about the same topic: where our children would end up as adults. I told her that my sons would likely live with me "forever." She, however, had a different perspective. There was a high likelihood that her son would outlive his parents. So the chances that he would eventually have to move on to some type of supported living was pretty high.
Sooner or Later, They Will Have to Live Without Me
Sooner or later, she pointed out, her adult child with special needs would have to learn how to live a life without his parents in it. It was more of a matter of when that would happen. Do you let them live with you until you die and then throw them into the world as older adults, or do you let them transition while you are still living, and are still able to be actively involved in their lives no matter where they live?
And in that instant, I imagined my sons, all in their 50's or 60's, suddenly being all alone because I had kept them with me until my death; and I thought, maybe keeping them with me forever is kind of selfish on my part.
People with special needs can be and often are more vulnerable to being taken advantage of. I have seen it firsthand, and trust me; it is hard knowing that there is always the possibility of it happening. But like it or not, they will likely outlive me; and I will have to trust that someone will always look out for them, long after I can't.
No Matter What, I Will Believe They Will Be Okay
It doesn't mean that it isn't scary to me; because it most definitely is. Am I always going to worry about them? Yes, even if they are all still living with me. But then again, the thought of me dying and leaving it up to someone else to decide something that may not necessarily be in my sons' best interests, or even what they want; worries me even more.
So keeping them with me until I die might be a little bit selfish, even if my intentions are good. Has it ever been about me? No. It has been about my sons and making decisions that are in their best interests; not mine. And yes, this very well might mean letting go enough to help them transition to a more independent life, while I am still alive to help them do it.
Whatever happens, I have to trust; and believe that they will be okay. And as long as I'm living, that's what I'll do.


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Mariano Rivera Bobblehead Night Turns Into 'Mayhem' At Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Mariano Rivera caused quite the commotion at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night — or at least his bobblehead doll did.
The Yankees launched a promotion in which the first 18,000 fans in attendance at the game against the Tampa Bay Rays would receive a doll in the likeness of the retiring future of Hall of Famer. But because the shipment was late due to a transportation problem, there were no bobbleheads to give away when the gates opened.
Stadium workers instead handed out vouchers for the dolls, said 1010 WINS producer and Yankees fan Jim Powers.
But fan Lou Licameli told WCBS 880 that even vouchers were in short supply. Other fans said they arrived well before the game and were never told about the vouchers.
During the game the public address announcer informed fans that the souvenirs had arrived and they could start collecting their bobbleheads after the third inning.
Long lines soon formed, with people cutting in and arguments erupting, Licameli said.
"There's a lot of mayhem, people cutting in line, aggravation," he said. "It's ridiculous. And we're sitting here missing the majority of the game, which we bought our tickets to see. The way they handled this, someone's head should roll over it."
"It was a mess," Ken Latchney told CBS 2's Jessica Schneider. "They made us wait a half-hour, 40 minutes to go in. Then you go in and they tell you they're not even here. Then when they are ready to get them, you have to go up to the fourth level and come down."
Latchney said he missed four innings of the game, which the Yankees lost 7-0.
Even before the coveted keepsakes were being handed out, fans were angry about the voucher system, Powers said.
"A lot of people were upset that were coming in. They wanted to know why they weren't getting their bobbleheads," Powers said. "They were wondering what to do with these vouchers. They were hoping to get them."
Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo said a train transporting the dolls from Seattle had a mechanical problem Monday. Then the truck bringing the bobbleheads from the train to the stadium had "hydraulic issues," causing further delays.
While people were still waiting in lines, several of the figurines were already popping up on eBay — one with a buy-it-now price of $249.99.
Fan David Convery, Esq., said he was not worried about having to wait for his bobblehead.
"We kind of understand that things like that can happen. We know that a lot of the fans are likely upset by it," he said. "I think that the Yankees are a standup organization, and they're going to do what is necessary to make the fans satisfied and happy."
The retiring Rivera was honored at the Yankees' game against the San Francisco Giants Sunday, with a performance by Metallica of the song "Enter Sandman" in honor of Rivera's nickname. The Yankees also hung Rivera's No. 42 in Monument Park among the team's other retired numbers.
"Mariano Rivera Day" generated an energetic atmosphere at Yankee Stadium, with fans — many wearing their idol's No. 42 — standing throughout the ceremony.
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Sophomore Ashley Gehrin(Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) scored the game-winning lay-up with 21 seconds left and Gettysburg College erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to pull off a dramatic 71-70 victory over 14th-ranked Muhlenberg College inside Bream Gym Thursday evening.
Gettysburg (20-2, 16-1 CC), which won its 10th-straight game, extended its lead over Muhlenberg (20-3, 15-3 CC) and Haverford College (19-4, 15-3 CC) for the top spot in the Centennial Conference standings with just three regular season games remaining.
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Gehrin's game-winning bucket came after a furious rally by the hosts. A five-point halftime lead dissipated in the third quarter and the Mules extended their advantage to 64-53 following a lay-up by Brandi Vallely with 6:44 to play.
Senior Emily Gibbons (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) and junior Emma Dorshimer (Jenkintown, Pa./Jenkintown) were waiting to check back into the game when the comeback began.
"I remember sitting at the scorer's table getting ready to check in and (Emma) Dorshimer and I just looked at each other to say we're not losing this game," said Gibbons, who posted her 35th career double-double with 13 points and a game-high 17 rebounds. "I think everyone stepped up when they needed to step up in that last quarter."
Before Gettysburg's top scorers returned, Gehrin and junior Teal Tasker (Chambersburg, Pa./Mercersburg Academy) knocked down back-to-back three-pointers to slice the deficit down to five.
The Mules still led by seven following a jumper by Chelsea Gary with 5:07 to go, but Gibbons put the team on her shoulders with two big offensive rebounds and putbacks. Following another bucket by Gary, Gibbons knocked down a jumper to pull the Bullets within three (70-67) with 2:03 left.
Muhlenberg came up empty on its next possession and Gibbons came up clutch again, drawing Gary's fifth foul and canning two free throws with 75 seconds remaining.
Gibbons grabbed the defensive board on a missed lay-up by Brandi Vallely and the Bullets set up the offense, entrusting Gehrin with the final shot. The sophomore swooped in from the right wing and converted the left-handed lay-up to lift her team in front for the final time.
"They got the ball to me and we wanted to run a ball screen on the wing," said Gehrin, who finished with a team-high 15 points. "I knew with Chelsea Gary out it would be easier to get to the basket so I just drove and was lucky to get the shot to go in."
Vallely's final lay-up attempt was off the mark and Gibbons pulled down the carom as time expired.
Senior Kendra Meredith (Boyds, Md./Northwest) finished with a dozen points while going 5-of-7 from the field. Dorshimer added 11 points and seven rebounds.
Rachel Plotke knocked down six three-pointers on the way to a game-high 26 for Muhlenberg. Vallely posted a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while dishing out six assists. Gary also picked up a double-double with 13 points and 10 boards.
The opening quarter played out as expected between the teams as neither side gained a significant advantage. Each team's largest advantage was three and a three-pointer by Plotke tied the score 14-14 heading into the next period.
Gettysburg led throughout most of the second quarter and jumped in front by six after a four-point spurt by Gehrin with just over a minute left. A lay-up by Gibbons gave the hosts a 33-28 advantage at the break.
The Bullets led by as many as six in the third quarter, but Muhlenberg stayed aggressive and out-scored the home team 28-18 thanks to a 16-4 advantage between the lanes. A steal and fast-break lay-up by Sarah Dilly gave the Mules a 56-51 lead heading into the final decisive frame.
Gettysburg finished 24-of-66 (36.4 percent) from the floor and hit 18-of-21 (85.7 percent) free throws. The Bullets narrowly won the rebounding battle 48-45, while the two teams combined for just nine turnovers in the game. Muhlenberg finished 28-of-78 (35.9 percent) from the floor overall.
Combined with its 67-62 win over Muhlenberg on Jan. 11, Gettysburg pulled off its first regular-season sweep of the Mules since the conference instituted a home-and-home schedule.
Gettysburg visits Bryn Mawr College (1-21, 0-16 CC) Saturday at 2 p.m.


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Same sex marriage is an extremely controversial issue in this country. And nowhere is this controversy more acute than in California where voters passed Proposition 8 in 2008, banning same sex marriages within the state. Opponents of the move challenged its legitimacy in court, and the case eventually found itself before Judge Vaughn Walker. After Walker struck down Prop 8, a group appealed the decision based on Walker's subsequent disclosure that he himself was gay and involved in a long-term same-sex relationship. They contend that this represented a conflict of interest for Walker and that he should have recused himself from the case.
Okay, I understand that at first glance this appears to be a case where the coach of your favorite baseball team is allowed to umpire the game, while the fans of the opposing team voice their disapproval in the stands. What I don't understand is how the outcome is any different if the opposing team's coach is allowed a turn at umpire. How is he any less biased? And I don't hear anyone in the media (other than Jon Stewart) illuminating this issue, either, which is frustrating.
But unlike our hypothetical baseball game, where the obvious alternative is to seek out a coach from a third team that has no vested interest in the outcome, there is no impartial third party that is neither homosexual nor heterosexual. To the best of my knowledge, there are no asexual judges that would be immune from the accusations of bias, so we're stuck with accepting the ruling of an individual whose job it is to render objective decisions. After all, that is what we pay judges for, isn't it?


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"While Singapore continues to transform, it is important to enhance our sense of identity and identification with our city. Singapore is our home. People must feel this in themselves and in their surroundings. URA's role is to make Singapore a city with character and identity through our physical landscape. So far, more than 6,500 buildings and structures across the country have been conserved, despite our limited land and a relatively short history. Retention of our identity through conservation will become more important as more of our city becomes developed and redeveloped to cater to the needs of a larger population." [1]
The Central Role of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)
Soon after the separation from Malaysia and became an independent nation, Singapore was in a dire condition physically and economically. Two most important institutions were set-up in 1965 to deal with the most pressing physical and economics issues and to develop Singapore, namely the Housing Development Board (HDB) and the Economic Development Board (EDB). In 1967 the Urban Renewal Department (URD) was set up under the HDB to tackle the physical, social, and economic regeneration of the Central Area, until 1974.
On 1 April 1974 the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) was created as an independent statutory board under Ministry of National Development (MND) to take over the URD responsibility, with primary task to redevelop the Central Area and resettle residents affected by the redevelopment. Within the period of 1967-1989 a total of 184 hectares of land were cleared, assembled and sold under the URA Sale of Sites Program, resulting in the development of 155 projects. Through this program, Central Area was transformed from an area of slums and squatters into a modern financial and business hub
In 1980 URA prepared a comprehensive long-term plan for the Central Area including the development of Marina City on 690 hectares of reclaimed land. Three years later in 1983 the Urban Design Plan for the Central Area was created and aimed to guide "an orderly transformation of the city skyline and the creation of an environment interwoven with the historical, architectural and cultural heritage of the older parts of the city", followed by the announcement of Central Area Structure Plan in 1985. Thus URA was exercising its power to "develop" and at the same time to "conserve" the central area of Singapore. Although the URA's conservation policy seems comprehensive in adhering good conservation principles, but in reality the results are not satisfying. It focuses too much to the physical and economic aspects of gentryfiyng most of the remaining heritage buildings in the central area, and not giving enough attention to preserving the existing community or social-cultural fabric.
The "demolish and rebuild" policy during the 1970-1980s has cleared or destroyed a large stock of old shop-houses and town-houses in a vast area of the central area of Singapore, and its communities have been displaced from the historic mixed-used settlement areas and dispersed elsewhere. Some of the reasons for demolition and population-removal policy were to sanitize the social diseases (like overcrowding, prostitution, gambling, gangsters), to improve the environmental problems (bad utilities, unhygienic sanitation, structural dilapidation), and to reclaim unproductive area for new commercial development with much higher values and returns. Vast shop-house area inside the old central area, like Kampong Glam, Middle Road, and Kereta Ayer areas were re-developed and replaced by high-rise housing-cum-commercial blocks to house some of the existing inhabitants, and the original communities have been relocated somewhere else.
The extent of demolition and re-development was so large, until finally the government realized the irreversible loss of tangible cultural heritage and intangible identity of place especially in the central area. Therefore since 1990s the conservation plans have been drafted and implemented, to save the remaining stocks of this valuable urban heritage – although it was mainly driven by the tourism industry and the speculative property re-development schemes. Many old shop-houses were given second lease of life by "adaptive re-use" approach, from empty buildings they were turned into new shops, restaurants, cafés, hotels, or offices. Major changes in the interior space to adapt the new functions and to comply with stringent building safety regulations were permitted, while façade features or style should be kept. The original white-indigo lime-based plaster was removed and replaced by stronger PC-based plaster, often with new weather-proof and colorful exterior paints. The dying traditional craftsmanship and the usage of traditional building materials are not revived, but replaced by modern contemporary technology and materials, and resulted in the loss of authenticity and discontinuity in the production of material culture.
URA Conservation Plan was announced in 1989. Historic districts like Chinatown, Little India, Kampong Glam, Singapore River – including Boat Quay and Clarke Quay – as well as residential areas like Emerald Hill, Cairnhill, Blair Plain, and secondary settlements like Joo Chiat and Geylang were given conservation status. The naming or labeling of these areas followed the Singapore Tourism Board "branding" strategy to sell Singapore, which turned the central areas of the city into "theme parks".
URA Early Conservation Approach
In 1993 URA together with the Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB) published "Objectives, Principles and Standards for Preservation and Conservation". Here it is stated that the objectives, principles and standards have been specifically written with the Singapore context in mind, and they are derived from local experience, and where appropriate are drawn from international sources (among others are Venice Charter 1964, Burra Charter 1988, etc.[2]
URA prescribes "3R Principle": maximum Retention, sensitive Restoration, and careful Repair. This principle is further elaborated as:
1) Building should not be altered, or parts of it demolished, if they can be preserved in their original condition.
2) When upgrading and adapting a building to a new uses, the existing structure must be retained. This can be done through strengthening and repairing the structural elements in the most sympathetic and unobtrusive way, and using original methods and materials, wherever possible
3) Selective replacement should only be considered when absolutely necessary.
4) Total reconstruction goes against accepted international conservation practices
5) A thorough research of the conservation building will also facilitate the proper execution of works on site.
6) The technical aspects and process of the various activities must be documented at every stage.
To implement the principles, URA defines "7 Levels of Conservation Activities" and "Top-Down Approach". The seven levels of activities are: 1) Maintaining the essential character of the building, 2) Preventing further deterioration, 3) Consolidating the fabric of the building, 4) Restoring the building to original design and material, 5) Rehabilitating the building without destroying its character, 6) Replacing missing significant features of the building, and 7) Rebuilding severely damaged parts of the building.
The "Top-Down" Approach literally means that works start from the top (roof) and progress downwards, while retaining the floor(s) and roof. This enables the lower elements of the building to be repaired or replaced without affecting the existing structure. The benefits from this construction method are: the building remains structurally stable, the work can proceed under all weather conditions, and deterioration due to weather is minimized.
In shop-house conservation, URA endorses "facadism" and prefers to retain the façade and allows alteration of the rest of the building. To facilitate this façade classification was defined according to linear periodization, with meticulous stylistic description of its parts:
1) Early Shop house style (1840-1900)
2) First Transitional Shop house style (early 1900s)
3) Late Shop house style (1900-1940)
4) Second Transitional Shop house style (late 1930s)
5) Art Deco Shop house style (1930-1960)
Similar stylistic classification and approach was applied to different conservation areas, like Chinatown, Kampong Glam, and Little India, with some adjustments to match with the special "theme" assigned for those particular areas. Three books elaborating the historical background of the place and special physical features of shop-houses typology for each conservation area, with very little attention given to the existing social-cultural significance.
To encourage and to give incentive to private conservation initiatives, The Architectural Heritage Awards was created.[3] It was started in 1994, when URA gave "Good Effort" Award for well-restored buildings. The annual "Architectural Heritage Awards" was first introduced in 1995 to replace the previous award. In 2003, the awards category was further refined: "Category A" for national monuments and fully conserved buildings, and "Category B" for old buildings with new, innovative and sensitive interventions. The judging is conducted by an Assessment Committee appointed by the URA.
The policy and the guideline are profoundly inclined towards physical conservation of multi-racial, colonial, and national heritage of Singapore – while the conservation of social fabric of community is noticeably missing. It became apparent later that the conservation policy which is focused mainly on the tangible aspect has created problems in the intangible aspect of heritage.
Holistic Urban Heritage Conservation and Regeneration
Cultural purification and elimination of parts of our layered or hybridized identity which have been formed for generations are not truthful to our own history and to our future generations. Buildings and elements from various cultures and influences from past to present have become indispensable parts of our cultural heritage, and it will continuously evolve into the future. Inhabitation aspect is always related to the articulation of the built forms or the material culture. When the social fabric (community, inhabitants) is gone, then building and settlement will turn into empty shells where deterioration will take place. In this critical stage, the choices are demolition or re-development, especially when it takes place in the central urban prime locations.
Conservation, preservation, restoration, revitalization efforts of our material and living heritages should be aimed towards the community cultural continuum. The community's cultural continuum can be kept and nurtured by preserving the community's tangible and intangible cultural heritages through faithful and careful restoration, and through sensitive and sensible care and interventions. The dying or missing traditional skills and craftsmanship can be revived and restored through training and education, and to be updated with the current technological advancement. Following the principles of traditional medicine to cure the sickness by invoking good energy for holistic healing process of body and soul, effective and affirmative actions can be developed in the spirit of good will and good faith in order to preserve our memory and identity through conservation of our cultural heritage in entirety and holistically.
The community should be empowered by technical skills and sustained by economic and institutional infrastructure, through holistic conservation and preservation strategy in mobilizing all stake holders. Recognitions such as awards and status should be aimed to generate greater impacts towards a more sustainable and effective heritage policy, planning, and management of the community's tangible and intangible cultural heritages, and not for the sake of marketing or branding for the sake of mass-tourism money.
Good conservation projects and practices are those which successfully demonstrating the following points:[4]
1) articulation of the heritage values in order to convey the spirit of place through conservation,
2) appropriate use or adaptation of the structure,
3) interpretation of the cultural, social, historical and architectural significance of the structure(s) in the conservation work,
4) understanding of technical issues of conservation/restoration in interpreting the structure's significance,
5) appropriate use or adaptation of the structure,
6) interpretation of the cultural, social, historical and architectural significance of the structure(s) in the conservation work,
7) understanding of the technical issues of conservation/restoration in interpreting the structure's significance,
8) use of appropriate materials,
9) how well any added elements or creative technical solutions respect the character and inherent spatial quality of the structure(s),
10) manner in which the process and the final product contribute to the surrounding environment and the local community's cultural and historical continuum,
11) influence of the project on conservation practice and policy locally, nationally, regionally, or internationally,
12) ongoing socio-economic viability and relevance of the project, and provision for its future use and maintenance, and
13) technical consistency, complexity and sensitivity of the project methodology.
Changes in Singapore Urban Conservation Approach
Recognizing the need to involve the community in the urban planning process URA started to embark on public consultations exercise in the urban planning process since the drafting of Concept Plan 2001 (Aug 2000 – May 2001). The ideas and feedbacks from public were gathered through public forums, exhibition, and public dialogue before the Concept Plan was finalized at the end of 2001. In 2002 similar process was repeated again when Master Plan 2003 was drafted. Three Subject Groups were appointed by the Minister of National Development to study proposals on: 1) Parks & Water-bodies Plans and Rustic Coast, 2) Urban Villages and Southern Ridges & Hillside Villages, and 3) Old World Charm. The ideas and recommendations were to be incorporated into the draft of Master Plan 2003.
The Subject Groups comprise professionals, representatives from interest groups, and laymen. They felt that a shift in the balance between conservation and re-development is required, and a new framework is needed for holistic conservation – an integrated, synergistic approach that goes beyond physical structures to include communities and activities that contribute to the old world charm.[5] Holistic conservation encompasses the whole neighborhoods, including contemporary and less architecturally significant buildings. It is multi-dimensional, to include buildings, road patterns, streetscapes, open spaces and vistas; demands multi-disciplinary involvement across local and national levels; and incorporates all stake holders (users, owners, heritage-supporters, decision makers) of the conservation process.
Besides specific recommendations for different places across Singapore, the Subject Groups also suggested the following proposals to take conservation efforts in Singapore to the higher level:[6]
1) Valuing the priceless: conserving areas with rich heritage, charm, and social value, even though there may be loss in development potential at the local level.
2) Different levels of conservation: conserving significant exteriors, interiors, and details of selected buildings; and controlling the use of selected buildings with strong social and historical values.
3) Act fast: preparing a comprehensive list of buildings for safeguarding.
4) A Network of heritage assets: linking up areas of the conserved area with the new developments that serve as heritage connectors.
5) Differential expectations and planning: adopting different performance and planning standards that are sensitive to the urban fabric of areas identified with the conserved area.
6) Beyond efficiency, embracing new solutions: exploring alternatives to widening of roads within the conserved area, and exploring the use of different transportation modes.
7) Recognizing our heartland heritage: keeping blocks of public housing architecture and townships that encapsulated the range of public housing from the 1950s to the present.
8) Wish list: retaining more built heritage for future generations, including the more recent building that depicts the history of Singapore's path towards independence and efforts in nation building process.
9) Heritage economy: recognizing conservation's contribution to the economy by providing funding for conservation initiatives and efforts.
10) Money talks: introducing more incentives for owners of conservation buildings
11) Private sponsorship: encouraging the setting up of a privately-run heritage trust.
12) Getting insights: commissioning a study on property value of conserving buildings
13) Promote traditional trades: developing ways to recognize owners of traditional trades that are valued by the public.
14) Active citizenship: precipitating the formation of local business improvement groups.
15) Renaissance people: developing a heritage education program that takes a more active and concerted form to inform, educate, and inspire people about their city.
Recognitions and the Future of Conservation in Singapore
In October 2007, Singapore rejoined UNESCO after 22 years of absence. But even before this historic turning point, UNESCO had given Singapore three awards in recognition of the achievements of individuals, private sector organisations and public-private initiatives in successfully restoring and conserving heritage structures in this small city-state.
UNESCO aims to promote the stewardship of the world's cultural resources, including the built heritage which constitutes our collective cultural memory, and the foundation upon which communities can base their future. In Asia and the Pacific, UNESCO supports conservation activists at all levels, and particularly seeks to encourage the role of the private sector in preserving the region's cultural heritage. The UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation is one of the regional initiatives that support the organisation's global strategic objective of promoting the localisation and empowerment of the culture profession to develop and implement the best conservation standards.
Since 2000 the Heritage Awards committee has received more than 300 entries from across Asia. Many of the entries have set technical and social benchmarks for conservation in the region, while simultaneously acting as catalysts for local preservation initiatives. Over the years, the projects illustrate the increasing momentum and level of conservation in Asia and the Pacific. Four Singaporean conservation projects have so far won UNESCO Heritage Awards: the Thian Hock Keng Temple (Honourable Mention Award in 2001), the Convent of Holy Infant Jesus (Award of Merit in 2002), Old St. Andrew's School (Honourable Mention Award in 2006), and finally the Hong San See Temple restoration project won the highest Award for Excellence in 2010.
On the community level, recently some individuals have registered themselves to become individual members of ICOMOS, which is the first important step towards the formation of ICOMOS National Committee. Government is also interested to look into the possibility of submitting some sites in Singapore for UNESCO World Heritage listing. Although these developments seem preliminary and still very early to generate real impacts, but these are significant steps towards better approach to preservation and conservation of heritage.
In Singapore both land and heritage are scarce. These constraints should drive better and more effective conservation strategies and methods so that the full positive impact of conservation may contribute to strong economic development, nation-building, and a sense of home. In working towards these ends, it is essential to form a civic coalition, a community network and an alliance among all stakeholders to maintain a balance between conservation and development, and to ensure an orderly and healthy evolution of the built environment and the community that lives within it.
We are obliged to prolong the lifecycle of our tangible and intangible heritages for the sake of the future generation, to ensure the link with their roots and the transmission of memory from the past into the future. Conservation means nurturing the community's cultural continuum. By prolonging the life of our heritage for future generations, we can ensure their link with their roots and the transmission of memory from the past to the future.
"A nation must have a memory to give it a sense of cohesion, continuity and identity. The longer the past, the greater the awareness of a nation's identity"[7]
[1] From the speech by Mr Mah Bow Tan Minister for National Development at URA Corporate Plan Seminar 2007 at Orchard Hotel on 9 February 2007 (http://www.ura.gov.sg/pr/text/2007/pr07-14.html)
[2] URA & PMB (1993), p. 12
[3] URA (2004), Architectural Heritage Singapore – Architectural Heritage Awards 1994 to 2004
[4] Refer to UNESCO Asia Pacific Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation criteria. Detail information about the awards can be found in: http://www.unescobkk.org/culture/our-projects/empowerment-of-the-culture-profession/asia-pacific-heritage-awards-for-culture-heritage-conservation/
[5] MND (2002), Parks & Waterbodies Plan and Identity Plan – Subject Group Report on Old World Charm, p.8
[6] Ibid. pp. 26-33
[7] Sinnathamby Rajaratnam, one of the founding fathers of independent Singapore (1915-2006)
[*]This paper was presented at the serial talk on Capitals' Archaeology: Urban Origins and Conservation, organized by The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SEAMEO-SPAFA), 29 April 2011, at Siam Society, Bangkok, Thailand. It was then published in SPAFA Journal Volume 21, Number 3, September-December 2011 (ISSN 0858-1975), published by the SEAMEO Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Engelhardt, R. (editor). "Asia Conserved: Lessons Learned from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Conservation Awards". Bangkok: UNESCO, 2007
- ICOMOS Charters, http://www.international.icomos.org/charters.htm
- Ismail, Rahil, Shaw, Brian & Ooi Giok Ling (editors). "Southeast Asian Culture and Heritage in a Globalizing World – Diverging Identities in a Dynamic Region." Surrey: Ashgate, 2009
- MND (2002), Parks & Waterbodies Plan and Identity Plan – Subject Group Report on Old World Charm, Ministry of National Development, Singapore
- MND (2002), Parks & Waterbodies Plan and Identity Plan – Subject Group Report on Urban Villages and Southern Ridges & Hillside Villages, Ministry of National Development, Singapore
- Tan, Sumiko (1999), Home.Work.Play, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore
- URA & PMB (1993), Singapore – Objectives, Principles and Standards for Preservation and Conservation, Urban Redevelopment Authority & Preservation of Monuments Board, Singapore
- URA (2004), Architectural Heritage Singapore – Architectural Heritage Awards 1994 to 2004, Award Winning Projects by Singapore-registered Architects, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore
- URA (1995), Chinatown Historic District, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore
- URA (1995), Little India Historic District, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore
- URA (1995), Kampong Glam Historic District, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore


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This week, the 8th Annual Public Sector CIO Academy was held in Sacramento to recognize the hard work of IT professionals and executives in California State Government.
Whether it's leading an effort to refresh enterprise software, managing a multimillion dollar project, collaborating with programs or motivating staff to meet rigorous deadlines, staff were honored for their leadership and excellence in technology to advance their department's agenda. Employees are nominated by state agency executives and honored by the CIO Academy Advisory Board which consists of public and private-sector IT professionals.
"This is a terrific opportunity for the IT community to recognize the accomplishments of state employees," said Andrew Armani, the co-Founder of the conference and Agency CIO for the State and Consumer Services Agency. "These are dedicated, passionate and future leaders of the state IT who go above and beyond to get the job done."
Public CIO Magazine editor Jon Fyffe and Acting Technology Agency Secretary Christy Quinlan presided over the awards ceremony.
2011's outstanding IT managers include:
Edward Przepiorski, Data Processing Manager III, Air Resources Board.
Adelina Zendejas, Manager, Enterprise Systems Analysis and Support Section, Board of Equalization.
Michael Fogarty, Manager of the Support Services Branch, California Technology Agency
Russ Guarna, Director of Policy and Project Approval Office, California Technology Agency
Scott Paterson, Manager of the Enterprise Services Section, California Technology Agency
Jeanette Brazil, Manager of Enterprise Desktop Support Services, CalPERS
Chris Riesen, Chief Enterprise Architect, CalPERS
Timothy Taylor, Application Development & Support Section Chief, CalPERS
Tommy Vang, Senior Information Systems Analyst from the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, CalPERS
Scott Robinson, Manager of the Telecommunications Unit, Department of Consumer Affairs
Robert Patterson, Manager, EIS/AMS-Enterprise Web & Collaboration Solutions, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
Carrie Daves, Manager of the Division of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) Field Support, CDCR
Carolyn Wong, Data Processing Manager III, Department of Finance
Gary Dean, Service Desk Manager, Department of Food and Agriculture
Hence Phillips, ITS Applications Unit Supervisor, Department of Food and Agriculture:
Christine McCaleb, CIO, Department of Housing and Community Development
Richard Fu, Data Processing Manager I , Department of Motor Vehicles
Chad Crowe, Staff Programmer Analyst, Application Development Lead, Department of Personnel Administration
Larry Wasson, Information Technology Branch Chief, Department of Pesticide Regulation
Betsy Vallejo, Data Processing Manager II, Department of Public Health
Greg Weber, Infrastructure Branch Chief, Department of Healthcare Services
Andrea Wright, Chief Network Operation Branch, Department of Social Services
Ron Bryant, Chief, Sacramento Metropolitan Customer Support , Caltrans
Thys Bohr, Information Security Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Kathy Hardmeyer, Department of Veterans Affairs
Mario Garcia, Information Management Division Chief, California National Guard
Lt Col Eric Roberts, Information Management Deputy , California National Guard
Rosanna Sugimoto, Data Processing Manager III, Employment Development Department
Christian Turner, Data Processing Manager II, Employment Development Department
Jim Wang, Systems Software Specialist II (Supervisor), Department of Industrial Relations
Ben Williams, Data Processing Manager III, Employment Development Department
John Sulenta, Manager, Collection Systems Development Section, Franchise Tax Board
Isaiah Mall, Supervisor, Web Development and Support Unit, State Personnel Board
Carla Nishimura, Bureau Chief, Technology Services, State Controller's Office
Rudy Artau, Data Processing Manager II, State Water Resources Control Board
Jeff Funk, Chief Information Officer, Department of Fish and Game
Robert Syphax, Chief, Enterprise Storage Management , Department of Water Resources
Phillip Usrey, Technical Architect , Department of Parks and Recreation
Sheri Wong, Chief, IT Business Management Office, Department of Water Resources


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Career Advice and FAQ
All your questions answered right here…
There are countless IT colleges in South Africa, but not all provide good quality education. As a career seeker, you need to be very careful about the type of institute you choose to study at. You should not be rash in your decision, nor should you base your decision on things like cheap prices or gimicky giveaways; after all, we're talking about you future here.
Basically, when considering an institute to study at, you need to ensure that they offer you three things, as shown in the picture below:
National Qualifications
You need to ensure that any institute you apply at is accredited by a national certifying body like a SETA. Feel free to ask the institute you are inquiring from about their accreditation status – it's your right to know!
Besides the institute being accredited ensure that the specific qualification you are applying for is also accredited. There are many institutes that are them selves accredited, but offer programmes that aren't accredited.
If they offer courses that are not accredited, they should be up front with you about it.
International Certification
Many prospective employers require job applicants to have certificates from international vendors like Microsoft, Adobe, Comptia and HP. With other companies, even though it isn't a requirement, it will make you look good to have international certificates.
The reason for this is that a vendor certificate proves that you have specialized knowledge and skills about the technologies for which you are certified, and will thus be more employable than other candidates.
Workplace Experience
This is arguably the most important of the 3 criteria, but is unfortunately lacking in most institutes. Most colleges and universities offer IT education that is theoretical, yet the field of IT is a practical one! The result: most IT graduates are unemployable.
Remember that any employer will naturally want to hire people who are ready for the workplace – that is, they have some practical skills. This saves companies time and money. It is for this reason that applicants who can demonstrate practical experience are more readily given jobs than by employers.
Make sure the institute you are applying at can provide you with practical skills. This is done in two ways:
- By offering courses that are practical
- By employing educators who themselves have real-world experience rather than just "textbook" knowledge, and are passionate about their work
IT varsity aims to always adhere to the above standards, and to provide quality education.
If you're serious about a career in IT, we recommend the following learning path for you:
Explanation of the above diagram
The world of IT is an extremely fast-paced and exciting one, and in our opinion a three year full time degree simply too much of a time investment for a student who is serious about IT because the best place to learn is the workplace.
Added to that, the total cost of a degree is around R100000, depending on the institute at which you study. In fact, the cost is higher if you consider things like books, transport, living expenses etc.
"I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience" Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple
As such we recommend the following to anyone who wants to get into IT (Software Development or Systems Engineering):
1. Do a one year National Certificate at a recognized institute that provides practical, quality education that will prepare you for the workplace.
2. At the end of the year, get a job in the field.
3. While working, choose a specialization field like Comptia, Microsoft, HP, Cisco, etc. and do their exams to become certified.
4. After the first year of working, apply for an IT degree at an institute like MANCOSA (they have an excellent Informatics Degree which combines IT with Management Skills – very valuable if you want to climb the corporate ladder at some stage), and study via distance learning while you work. In most cases, the employer will be glad to offer financial and other types of assistance.
The advantages of this approach are as follows:
1. You get into the industry far quicker. After all, the reason for studying is to secure a job. Once you've secured your job, you start growing professionally and financially.
2. While you study,you are gaining experience and going up in the salary scale. By the time you've completed your degree, you will have at least five years of experience! By then you are a valuable asset to your company and at a senior level. Salary scales at this stage are at least R20000 gross per month. (Check out Career Junction and PNet websites for confirmation of this).
Now compare the above with a student who goes straight into a degree programme at a typical university. Realistically it takes about 4 years to complete a degree. At the end of the four years, you will struggle to get a job because the courses are not practical. If you do get a job, you will be at the bottom of the salary scale, earning around R5000 typically.
3. More often than not, by studying while you work, your employer will pay for your studies, which is a huge benefit to you and your parents or the people who are paying for your studies. Remember that employers receive benefits from the government for up-skilling employees.
Absolutely. Matric-level IT or even CAT (Computer-Aided Technology) are not prerequisites for any of our courses. We start every course from the absolute basics and work at the pace of our learners.
Added to that, our class sizes are small, so every learner is assured to get personal attention from our tutors and trainers.
IT varsity provides a 10% discount to females who want to build a career in IT. We also provide a 25% discount to pensioners. We also offer easy payment plans on almost all of our courses.
We do not provide any bursaries. We have, however, approached a few organizations and asked them to consider providing bursaries to students who cannot afford to pay for their studies.
We can point them out to you, but you will have to apply directly to them.
No. And any college that does, is probably not being very honest.
What we do offer, though, are accredited courses coupled with world class practical training and mentorship that will provide you with real-world skills. That we can and do guarantee.
We also encourage our students to work hard and build real-world projects which they can then show off to the world, prospective employers included.
We have also established relationships with a growing number of IT companies who are prospective employers of our best and hardest-working students.
We guarantee that we will do all we can to prepare you and to launch your career (We are sincere about this. Nothing will make us happier than to empower you for life - that's why we're in this business in the first place), but we cannot ultimately guarantee you a job.
IT varsity offers practical training. Is this similar to in-service training offered by other colleges?
Not at all. The idea behind in-service training is that a student studies at a college, and is then sent to a company to work for a few months in the hope that she will pick up practical skills.
We have a few problems with that concept:
1. Software development is a practical, ever-changing field, and in our experience the best way to master it is to practice, practice, practice at a computer the moment you learn something new, not six months or a year later.
2. In-service trainees are teamed up with professionals who, as good as they may be, cannot provide the required training and mentorship because of work pressures. The result: the trainees are thrown into the middle of projects and left to figure things out for themselves.
3. Being a good IT professional and being a good mentor are two completely different things.
At IT varsity we don't send our students to the working environment; we bring the working environment to them. We carefully select IT professionals and then train them to be good trainers and mentors. Then we create an environment where the student becomes the centre of attention, not the project. In this way, every student will be able to easily follow what is going on, and freely ask for assistance when they need it.


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Mass killer Anders Breivik gets to start a degree in political science courtesy of the government.
Just to refresh everyone's memory, Anders Breivik slaughters a bunch of people to make some kind of political statement. Now he's getting his college degree. Newser.com reports, "Mass Killer Breivik Is Going to College."
Convicted mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is going to college. The 36-year-old right-wing extremist, serving 21 years in prison for killing 77 people in politically motivated bomb-and-gun massacres in 2011, has been admitted to the University of Oslo's political science program. He will stay in his cell to study, the university's rector says. Breivik's application was rejected two years ago after the university said his qualifications were insufficient. Though Norway has a rehabilitation-focused justice system aimed at helping inmates prepare for life after they get out, which includes giving them the right to pursue higher education, that submission stirred a debate over whether someone convicted of such a horrific crime should be considered.
Norway doesn't have a justice system at all. It has an injustice system.
In lots of other areas, I think rehabilitation, along with restitution, should be the focus of any real justice system. If you steal from someone or otherwise damage their income or property, you can pay them back. In the Bible, if you stole an item and no longer could recover it you had to pay back double. That way you restored the victim and you experienced a commensurate loss yourself. After you had paid back in this way, you could be restored to full freedom in society.
But how do you pay double restitution for even one murder—let alone seventy-seven such murders? You don't. You can't. It is true that Breivik is losing his youth. Coming out of prison in his mid-fifties does take away a substantial part of his life. But when he is free, he will still be relatively capable of enjoying life. Yet every one of his victims will still be dead! Not one of them will have the life that Breivik is getting because he killed them.
[See also, "Why Are Firing Squads Such a Big Deal?"]
And now, it seems, Breivik will have a political science degree when he gets released. Will he get paid for interviews? Will he get a book contract?
Why should this man get to live while his victims are still dead and their loved ones and relatives are still bereft?
I'm sure the Norwegians are convinced that their system is based on humanitarian principles. But what is humanitarian about allowing people to kill others and refusing to respond seriously? Some may think this is merciful. But it can't be merciful because as soon as such light punishments get codified into law, they become the "rights" of the criminals. What we have here is not mercy but degraded justice.
If the dead could rise up and let Breivik receive a lighter penalty or no penalty, that would be understandable. But it makes no sense for the government to assume the right to impose a lighter penalty or a pardon on behalf of the victims. Ultimately, when they impose lighter penalties and rehabilitation they are simply ignoring the victims. They prefer to help the criminal and leave the victims without recourse.
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|Image 1: Starving + indulgence, even without
over-indulgence, leads to obesity. (Image from
Hieronymus Bosch's The Seven Deadly Sins
and the Four Last Things)
So, if high ghrelin levels make you eat everything that cannot escape fast enough, it seems quite obvious that this would be the underlying reason for obesity in rats injected with exogenous ghrelin.
This, however, was not the case in a recently conducted study by Perez-Tilve et al. from the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Cincinnati (Perez-Tilve. 2011).
|Figure 1: Food intake of ghrelin injected or control rats on low fat or high fat diets.
(data adapted from Perez-Tilve. 2011)
The scientists had administered intracerebroventricular ghrelin injections to two groups of rats. One group received a low-fat chow, while the other was on the famous high-fat diet scientists use to emulate our modern westernized gluttony (cf. yesterday's news, fig. 1). As expected, the rats that were fed the low-fat chow significantly increased their food intake (cf. Figure 1). Unexpectedly, though, ghrelin failed to statistically significantly increase food intake in the high fat diet group, yet ...
in rats fed the HFD, ghrelin nonetheless increased adiposity [fat mass increase of 14±2 g (ghrelin+HFD) vs. 1±1 g (saline+HFD), P<0.001] up-regulating the gene expression of lipogenic enzymes in white adipose tissue.These results are of great interest, because they clearly show that your typical "fast", where you diet really hard for a few days (and thus increase your ghrelin levels), until you get so ravenously hungry that you end up (deliberately or not) "refeeding" yourself with pizza and ice-cream set the scene for further undesirable fat gain by setting your body's metabolic switches to fat storage mode.


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Universidad La Gran Colombia's architecture school. Students worked with professors to design and build the complex. We studied their ambitious, zealous design decisions and how they've held up over time.
Visiting Hacienda Eupen, the guadua forestry project of Elkin Castro. In the "Coffee Triangle" region of Colombia. Coffee, guadua and I all have the same preferences in terms of landscape and climate. We like cool, lush places that alternate between misty and sunny. We grow well near each other.
Five centimeters maximum
We wasted no time in getting familiar with the techniques of the trade, and were attempting our own joints by the end of Day One. Here, Akira makes a precise cut, at a distance of 3-5 centimeters from the end of a node, ensuring that the cut end of the bamboo remains strong. Fernand observes her work.
Simón's joinery
We were invited to take a tour of a private residence designed by architect Simón Vélez, a man whose name is synonymous with Guadua in Colombia. We studied his methods of joining bamboo to other materials, such as these gorgeous hardwood columns.
This August, I was very fortunate to be able to take a course with Building Local in Salento, Colombia on Guadua architecture. We began by acquainting ourselves with Guadua's taxonomy and its behavior in the landscape.
In its juvenile form, Guadua is covered in a protective sheath of triangular culm leaves, that can be cleaned of their fuzz and used as a leathery kind of parchment in various handicrafts. Rafa, our master builder-in-residence, displays the leaf, while Natalia, architect & one of our course instructors, does some explaining.
This is Guadua
Meet my dear new friend Guadua Angustifolia Kunth, the most structurally robust bamboo in the world.
I spend a month this summer down in Colombia, studying bamboo architecture & building techniques using this monstrous grass. It's the largest bamboo indigenous to the Americas. People call it "vegetable steel". This is its rhizome.
collaborating on the layout
One of our intentions for this trip was to collaborate with the children of Klub Obzevatwa in putting together a book describing their experiments with light, shadow & lenses in January '14. To this end, we presented the children with clusters of photos laid out on blank paper and asked them to fill in the pages with their thoughts and recollections - any context, feelings, questions, diagrams or drawings they wished to append to the photos.
various formats
We brought photographs from the January workshop in various formats, including some hardcover photo books we had printed for the occasion.
visual language
We met with Klub Obzevatwa each afternoon for a week. Our explorations with the children were organized around the theme of visual language - Alyssa shared her art practice with the children, Mike shared his abilities as a engineer to visualize structures and solve problems.
non-organic telescopes
This August, we brought three non-organic telescopes with us in our luggage, and shared them with Klub Obzevatwa.