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OTTAWA - Electoral co-operation between Liberals and Greens could be a "game-changer" that ensures defeat of the Harper Conservatives — even if New Democrats refuse to go along, Grit leadership hopeful Joyce Murray says.
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair has flatly rejected any kind of collaboration with the Liberals, whom he deems untrustworthy.
But Murray thinks Mulcair could still change his mind, persuaded by the many New Democrats — including House leader Nathan Cullen — who support co-operation.
Even if he doesn't, the Vancouver MP said that wouldn't cripple her proposal for a one-time non-compete pact among progressive parties in vulnerable Conservative ridings during the 2015 election.
The Liberals could still join forces with the Greens, whose leader, Elizabeth May, is an enthusiastic advocate of the idea.
"If necessary, yes, of course, we could do this with just the Green party," Murray told The Canadian Press in a wide-ranging interview, adding that May has told her she's interested in exploring the idea with her.
"I haven't crunched the numbers but I think that would be a game-changer as well."
A Liberal-Green united front during last November's byelection in Calgary Centre could have prevented Conservative Joan Crockatt from eking out a narrow victory with just under 37 per cent of the vote, Murray said. The Liberals took almost 33 per cent and the Greens 25 per cent, enough to win if — and it may be a big if — their votes had combined behind a single candidate.
On a national scale, however, it would be difficult for the Liberals and Greens, without the help of the NDP, to unseat the Conservative government. Based on the 2011 election results, a combined Liberal-Green vote could have theoretically defeated the Tories in just over a dozen ridings — not enough to defeat the governing party, although sufficient to reduce it to a minority.
Still, Murray is optimistic the NDP might yet come on board. She said Cullen, who ran third in last year's NDP leadership contest on an electoral co-operation ticket, congratulated her for launching her own campaign with a similar central plank.
She suggested Mulcair might eventually succumb to pressure to co-operate if the Greens and Liberals commit to do so.
"A lot can happen between now and the next federal election and I wouldn't exclude the possibility of an openness to this on the NDP's front," she said.
She added that Mulcair could face a backlash among the 18 million Canadians who didn't vote for the Conservatives and who "wouldn't be very happy to have one party decide not to co-operate in constructing a plan to have a single, progressive contestant in those ridings."
Murray is the only one of nine Liberal leadership aspirants to support any form of co-operation with other opposition parties. Her rivals — most of whom appear to be tilting right in a bid to woo back so-called business Liberals who've defected to the Tories — have adamantly ruled it out.
Murray believes her strategy makes more sense for a party groping for a path back to contention.
"I think there's a lot more Canadians that would like to see Stephen Harper defeated than there are Canadians who voted for him and would return back to the Liberal party."
Under Murray's co-operation proposal, each party would nominate candidates in every riding across the country. However, in ridings where the Tories won with less than 50 per cent of the vote, she'd allow local riding associations to choose to hold run-off nominations among the so-called progressive candidates to select a single contestant to square off against the Conservatives.
Murray's objective is not simply to defeat the Tories; it's to elect a majority of MPs committed to reforming Canada's electoral system to ensure future elections more accurately reflect each party's share of the popular vote. Under the current first-past-the-post system, parties routinely win the majority of seats in the House of Commons with less than 40 per cent of the vote.
"Our current system is very unrepresentative ... It is rewarding the very (negative, partisan) behaviour that is giving Parliament a bad name."
Murray is not advocating any specific reform. She'd set up a blue-ribbon panel or royal commission to examine alternatives and make recommendations, which would be put to a "public review," possibly a referendum.
Should she win, Murray allowed that Harper would doubtless demonize her proposal as the first step toward forming a coalition government — a club with which the Tories successfully beat the Liberals during the last election, even though coalitions are a perfectly legitimate option in a parliamentary democracy.
The fact that Harper was willing to "deliberately provide false information about how our democratic system works" illustrates why he must be defeated, Murray maintained.
"I mean, the kind of apathy and disengagement that results when people don't trust their political leaders is unhealthy for Canada, it's unhealthy for our democracy." she said.
"What's the difference between a successful state and a failed state like the Democratic Republic of Congo? Research shows that the health and strength of the democracy is a critical factor in the success of the state ... so we cannot go down this pathway of eroding people's trust in their elected representatives and their democracy and then disengaging.
"It's a dangerous route and we're on that path under the leadership of this prime minister."
Murray, a former British Columbia environment minister, said she's similarly prepared to defend her belief that Canada urgently needs to impose a price on carbon, through a carbon tax or cap and trade system or both — another politically risky idea the Tories have vilified as "a tax on everything."
"The purpose of government is to protect the common interest and the common good ... and we can't do that without having adult conversations about what's in the public interest. I'm not going to shy away from this conversation," she said.
Murray also said Canada's tax system needs "a holistic review," with an eye to shifting taxation to "harms, not goods" — hiking taxes on pollution, tobacco and marijuana, which she would legalize, for instance.
While she normally appears earnest and serious, Murray revealed a lighter side during the interview, showing off her skill as a juggler. She disclosed that her "first paid gig" was as a teenage juggler at a medieval fair in Vancouver. She continues to juggle to this day, saying it's a great stress reliever.


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rkt's primary interface is a command-line tool,
rkt, which does not require a long running daemon.
This architecture allows rkt to be updated in-place without affecting application containers which are currently running.
It also means that levels of privilege can be separated out between different operations.
All state in rkt is communicated via the filesystem.
Facilities like file-locking are used to ensure co-operation and mutual exclusion between concurrent invocations of the
rkt command.
Execution with rkt is divided into several distinct stages.
NB The goal is for the ABI between stages to be relatively fixed, but while rkt is still under heavy development this is still evolving.
After calling
rkt the execution chain follows the numbering of stages, having the following general order:
invoking process -> stage0: The invoking process uses its own mechanism to invoke the rkt binary (stage0). When started via a regular shell or a supervisor, stage0 is usually forked and exec'ed becoming a child process of the invoking shell or supervisor.
stage0 -> stage1:
An ordinary
exec(3) is being used to replace the stage0 process with the stage1 entrypoint. The entrypoint is referenced by the
coreos.com/rkt/stage1/run annotation in the stage1 image manifest.
stage1 -> stage2:
The stage1 entrypoint uses its mechanism to invoke the stage2 app executables. The app executables are referenced by the
apps.app.exec settings in the stage2 image manifest.
The details of the execution flow varies across the different stage1 implementations.
The first stage is the actual
rkt binary itself.
When running a pod, this binary is responsible for performing a number of initial preparatory tasks:
Given a run command such as:
# rkt run app1.aci app2.aci
a pod manifest compliant with the ACE spec will be generated, and the filesystem created by stage0 should be:
pod is the pod manifest file
stage1 is a copy of the stage1 ACI that is safe for read/write
stage1/manifest is the manifest of the stage1 ACI
stage1/rootfs is the rootfs of the stage1 ACI
stage1/rootfs/init is the actual stage1 binary to be executed (this path may vary according to the
coreos.com/rkt/stage1/run annotation of the stage1 ACI)
stage1/rootfs/opt/stage2 are copies of the unpacked ACIs
At this point the stage0 execs
/stage1/rootfs/init with the current working directory set to the root of the new filesystem.
The next stage is a binary that the user trusts, and has the responsibility of taking the pod filesystem that was created by stage0, create the necessary container isolation, network, and mounts to launch the pod. Specifically, it must:
exec specifications of each application; the Pod Manifest defines the ordering of the units, as well as any overrides.
The final stage, stage2, is the actual environment in which the applications run, as launched by stage1.
The "host", "src", and "coreos" flavors (referenced to as systemd/nspawn flavors) use
systemd-nspawn, and
systemd to set up the execution chain.
They include a very minimal systemd that takes care of launching the apps in each pod, apply per-app resource isolators and makes sure the apps finish in an orderly manner.
These flavors will:
This process is slightly different for the qemu-kvm stage1 but a similar workflow starting at
exec()'ing kvm instead of an nspawn.
We will now detail how the starting, shutdown, and exit status collection of the apps in a pod are implemented internally.
rkt supports two kinds of pod runtime environments: an immutable pod runtime environment, and a new, experimental mutable pod runtime environment.
The immutable runtime environment is currently the default, i.e. when executing any
rkt prepare or
rkt run command.
Once a pod has been created in this mode, no modifications can be applied.
Conversely, the mutable runtime environment allows users to add, remove, start, and stop applications after a pod has been started.
Currently this mode is only available in the experimental
rkt app family of subcommands; see the app pod lifecycle documentation for a more detailed description.
Both runtime environments are supervised internally by systemd, using a custom dependency graph. The differences between both dependency graphs are described below.
There's a systemd rkt apps target (
default.target) which has a Wants and After dependency on each app's service file, making sure they all start.
Once this target is reached, the pod is in its steady-state. This is signaled by the pod supervisor via a dedicated
supervisor-ready.service, which is triggered by
default.target with a Wants dependency on it.
Each app's service has a Wants dependency on an associated reaper service that deals with writing the app's status exit.
Each reaper service has a Wants and After dependency with
shutdown.service that simply shuts down the pod.
The reaper services and the
shutdown.service all start at the beginning but do nothing and remain after exit (with the RemainAfterExit flag).
By using the StopWhenUnneeded flag, whenever they stop being referenced, they'll do the actual work via the ExecStop command.
This means that when an app service is stopped, its associated reaper will run and will write its exit status to
/rkt/status/${app} and the other apps will continue running.
When all apps' services stop, their associated reaper services will also stop and will cease referencing
shutdown.service causing the pod to exit.
Every app service has an OnFailure flag that starts the
This means that if any app in the pod exits with a failed status, the systemd shutdown process will start, the other apps' services will automatically stop and the pod will exit.
In this case, the failed app's exit status will get propagated to rkt.
A Conflicts dependency was also added between each reaper service and the halt and poweroff targets (they are triggered when the pod is stopped from the outside when rkt receives
This will activate all the reaper services when one of the targets is activated, causing the exit statuses to be saved and the pod to finish like it was described in the previous paragraph.
The initial mutable runtime environment is very simple and resembles a minimal systemd system without any applications installed.
default.target has been reached, apps can be added/removed.
Unlike the immutable runtime environment, the
default.target has no dependencies on any apps, but only on
supervisor-ready.service and
systemd-journald.service, to ensure the journald daemon is started before apps are added.
In order for the pod to not shut down immediately on its creation, the
default.target has
Before and
Conflicts dependencies on
This "deadlock" state between
default.target and
halt.target keeps the mutable pod alive.
halt.target has
After and
Requires dependencies on
When adding an app, the corresponding application service units
[app].service and
reaper-[app].service are generated (where
[app] is the actual app name).
In order for the pod to not shut down when all apps stop, there is no dependency on
OnFailure behavior is the same as in an immutable environment.
When an app fails,
halt.target, and
shutdown.service will be started, and
default.target will be stopped.
The following table enumerates the service unit behavior differences in the two environments:
|In Started state when the pod starts. Stopped, when there is no dependency on it (
StopWhenUnneeded) or
OnFailure of any app.
|In Stopped state when the pod starts. Started at explicit shutdown or
OnFailure of any app.
Wants, and
After dependency on
Conflicts, and
Before dependency on
Conflicts, and
Before dependency on
We will now detail the execution chain for the stage1 systemd/nspawn flavors. The entrypoint is implemented in the
stage1/init/init.go binary and sets up the following execution chain:
"ld-linux-.so.": Depending on the architecture the appropriate loader helper in the stage1 rootfs is invoked using "exec". This makes sure that subsequent binaries load shared libraries from the stage1 rootfs and not from the host file system.
"systemd-nspawn": Used for starting the actual container. systemd-nspawn registers the started container in "systemd-machined" on the host, if available. It is parametrized with the
--boot option to instruct it to "fork+exec" systemd as the supervisor in the started container.
"systemd": Used as the supervisor in the started container. Similar as on a regular host system, it uses "fork+exec" to execute the child app processes.
The following diagram illustrates the execution chain:
The resulting process tree reveals the parent-child relationships. Note that "exec"ing processes do not appear in the tree:
$ ps auxf
\_ -bash
\_ stage1/rootfs/usr/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 stage1/rootfs/usr/bin/systemd-nspawn
\_ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd
\_ /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-journald
\_ nginx
The "fly" flavor uses a very simple mechanism being limited to only execute one child app process. The entrypoint is implemented in
stage1_fly/run/main.go. After setting up a chroot'ed environment it simply exec's the target app without any further internal supervision:
The resulting example process tree shows the target process as a direct child of the invoking process:
$ ps auxf
\_ -bash
\_ nginx
rkt commands like prepare and run, as a first step, need to retrieve all the images requested in the command line and prepare the stage2 directories with the application contents.
This is done with the following chain:
These three logical blocks are implemented inside rkt in this way:
Currently rkt implements the appc internally, converting to it from other container image formats for compatibility. In the future, additional formats like the OCI image spec may be added to rkt, keeping the same basic scheme for fetching, storing, and rendering application container images.
When using stage1-2 with overlayfs a pod will contain references to the required treestore rendered images. So there's an hard connection between pods and the treestore.
Aci Renderer
Both stage1-2 render modes internally uses the aci renderer. Since an ACI may depend on other ones the acirenderer may require other ACIs. The acirenderer only relies on the ACIStore, so all the required ACIs must already be available in the store. Additionally, since appc dependencies can be found only via discovery, a dependency may be updated and so there can be multiple rendered images for the same ACI.
Given this 1:N relation between an ACI and their rendered images, the ACIStore and TreeStore are decoupled.

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Working On Welfare
This story appears in the January 1998 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
For at least a decade, small business has been touted as the major job-creation machine behind the U.S. economy. Now the government has tapped small business to play a leading role in the national effort to put welfare recipients to work. But does Uncle Sam really understand what you need to do this?
Since we first told you about the potential business opportunities resulting from welfare reform legislation last January, much has taken place. One of the biggest changes has been the government's shift in focus from welfare reform itself to the welfare-to-work effort. Under this movement, state and federal governments are focusing on transferring people from the welfare rolls into unsubsidized jobs as quickly as possible.
States have touted the success of their own welfare-to-work programs by noting the number of people who have left the rolls. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, 607,000 families left the welfare rolls since The Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act was signed into law in August 1996. Now states are working to reach their first required goal of moving 50 percent of eligible caseloads into the work force--encompassing an estimated 2 million people nationwide.
Pitching In
Federal, state and local governments have asked the business community to take an active role in getting these welfare recipients into the workplace. And business is listening: Several national coalitions have been formed to assist with the process. One of the major forces in this effort is The Welfare to Work Partnership, created last May by United Airlines, UPS, Burger King Corp., Monsanto and Sprint to encourage the private sector to hire those coming off welfare. Membership in the partnership, open to any company that has hired or commits to hire at least one welfare recipient, has already grown to include some 2,200 companies nationwide.
"The partnership was launched with the simple mission to encourage businesses of all sizes, sectors and regions to hire and retain those on public assistance without displacing current employees," says Eli J. Segal, president and CEO of the nonprofit partnership.
It's accomplishing this by giving business owners the information, technical assistance and support they need to hire welfare recipients. Blueprint for Business: Reaching a New Work Force is one resource the partnership is using. The free 50-page publication, published by The Welfare to Work Partnership and the National Alliance of Business, provides resources such as informational Web sites, examples of successful programs, a realistic look at obstacles business owners face in hiring welfare recipients, and suggestions on how to get federal, state and local government help in areas such as employee training.
In addition to organizations like the partnership, federal government agencies have been asked to take an active role in the welfare-to-work campaign. For example, the Small Business Administration's (SBA) activities range from conducting national surveys to determine labor force needs to identifying small businesses that are willing to hire welfare recipients.
The SBA has also pledged to use the Small Business Development Centers, Women's Business Development Centers, Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) volunteers and other resources to help the effort. Members of the Business Women's Network, in partnership with the SBA's Office of Women's Business Ownership, recently pledged to hire more than 10,000 women on welfare as part of its Welfare-to-Work Initiative.
The Big Picture
Organizations representing the small-business community strongly support the welfare-to-work movement--but some of their members question the benefits.
It's not that these entrepreneurs don't need the workers. After all, hiring welfare recipients would ostensibly solve a pressing problem many firms face nationwide: a severe labor shortage. But there's much more to their needs than just willing hands; one fear business owners have is that those coming off welfare don't possess the education needed for many positions.
Their fears are not unfounded. According to a report from the Urban Institute for the Department of Labor's Employment Training Administration, a general profile of the welfare population reveals that 42 percent have less than a high school degree. (Seventy-five percent of the U.S. population aged 25 and older has a high school diploma.) On the plus side, however, 42 percent of recipients have earned a high school diploma or equivalent and another 16 percent have some college education. Seventy percent have recently worked, and the average employment experience is 4.2 years.
For firms in areas such as the service, retail and hospitality industries, which do not require highly skilled employees, matching these people with jobs may be possible. "Retailing is often the first employer of people coming into the work force, and we are eager to recruit," says Kathy Mance, vice president of research, education and community affairs at the National Retail Federation. The organization, which represents an estimated 1.4 million retail establishments, projects the industry will need 3 million new employees between 1994 and 2005.
While retail and related fields can absorb entry-level employees with rudimentary skills, manufacturing jobs and positions such as office clerks, secretaries and bookkeepers require workers with much more training.
"Manufacturers need skilled employees because entry-level positions require a different kind of person than [they did] five years ago," says Phyllis Eisen, executive director of the Center for Workforce Success at the National Association of Manufacturers. "Employees need communication skills as never before. With organizations flattening and more individual responsibility being pushed down to the front line, these new workers must be able to handle a [variety of tasks, including] a call from a customer.
"Manufacturers can't afford to [hire] someone who will cause a defect," Eisen says. "There is no tax break or subsidy valuable enough to accept reduced productivity."
Eisen says today's factory employees must also be able to work in teams and possess basic computer skills. And therein lies another major problem for many small businesses. In addition to being concerned that welfare recipients may not understand "soft" employment skills such as getting to work on time and working a full day, entrepreneurs often perceive that these individuals do not have the basic job skills needed.
"I would do anything to help individuals [on welfare]," says Julie Johnson McKee, owner of Rockford, Illinois-based Pacolet International Translations Inc. "However, as a business owner who has bills to pay and children to feed, I still have to look at the bottom line. I cannot bring in an employee who does not have good phone skills or a fairly solid basic knowledge of computers. We're just too small, and we don't make that kind of profit."
McKee is especially sensitive to the issue of hiring welfare recipients. For about 10 years in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Illinois entrepreneur and her three children went on and off Aid to Families With Dependent Children. Today, McKee's 4-year-old firm has seven in-house workers and 300 contract employees worldwide. Pacolet International brought in approximately $750,000 last year.
While McKee is actively involved in welfare-to-work initiatives, other small-business owners think that in the abstract, having access to the new labor pool welfare recipients represent is a good idea--but they are concerned about whether these people can do the job with the minimal training businesses can afford to provide.
"The job I would have [involves] clerical work and customer service," says Frank S. Joseph, founder of Key Communications Group Inc., which produces The Federal Personnel Guide, an annual guide of federal employee rules and regulations. "We talk with dozens of federal agencies and individuals in the federal government selling, explaining and taking orders for our products. The person [in this position] has to keep in touch with our circulation management service and do filing and invoicing."
It's not an easy job, says Joseph, and one he is reluctant to fill with a person on welfare. "I think it's too scary to bring in a welfare recipient, knowing what I've read all my life about people on welfare," says Joseph, whose wife, Carol A. Jason, now owns the company, which is operated from the converted basement of their Chevy Chase, Maryland, home. "I figure they don't have the education and job skills [required]."
Easing Fears
Government officials are trying to allay these concerns by contracting with public, private, nonprofit and for-profit intermediaries to provide the skills the business community says welfare recipients need. According to Blueprint for Business, about 25 percent of the welfare population is work-ready, requiring only short-term training and job-readiness assistance. Approximately half are described as "investment-needed," meaning more intensive training and job readiness services such as work habit and attitude adjustment are required. The balance are classified under "more investment needed" and are people with alcohol or drug problems, physical or mental disabilities, or emotional disorders.
The assistance intermediaries can supply ranges from providing two-weeks of "soft" job-readiness skills training to helping employers develop tailored training programs. In California, for example, the Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Program, funded by federal, state and county revenues, provides employment training and educational services, including help in the job search, application and interviewing processes. GAIN also pays for child care, transportation, books, tools and more.
Goodwill Industries International offers employment training, counseling and placement programs through its 187 locations in the United States and Canada. Because the agency has its own retail stores, it's also able to provide students with hands-on retail experience.
In New Mexico, Intel Corp. has taken an approach that individual or groups of small businesses could also utilize. The computer giant is working with state and local governments as well as local community colleges to provide low-income residents with Intel Opportunity Scholarships, lab equipment and other support that helps them complete a specially designed two-year course and train for jobs that pay a minimum of $30,000 a year. "We set up a situation that allows people to retain their welfare benefits, and we pay them [through scholarships] to go to school," explains Intel corporate affairs manager Tracy Koon.
When creating and implementing the program, Koon says Intel officials found that business cannot take on the welfare-to-work effort alone. Says Koon, "If government, the private sector and the education community come together, it can work.'
Taxing Matters
The federal government has also begun offering a number of tax subsidies to further entice employers to hire welfare recipients. The Work Opportunity Tax Credit was reauthorized in August to give a federal income tax credit to businesses that hire people from one of eight target groups, including welfare recipients, between October 1, 1997, and July 1, 1998. Business owners can obtain a credit of up to $2,400 for each eligible new employee.
The Welfare to Work Tax Credit is a new deduction that earns employers as much as an $8,500 tax credit for hiring long-term welfare recipients between December 31, 1997, and May 1, 1999. Businesses must keep the workers on staff at least 400 hours, or 180 days, to be eligible for the credit.
In addition to the tax breaks, in fiscal year 1998, the Department of Labor will award $400 million in competitive grants to private entities to fund programs that move welfare recipients into unsubsidized employment. Because the private entity must submit the grant application in conjunction with its local Private Industry Council (these councils administer welfare-to-work programs in more than 600 locations nationwide) or political subdivision (an area such as a city or county that has its own government officials), this is an excellent way for a small business or group of companies with a need for labor and an innovative training, transportation or child-care program to obtain government funding for a project.
Getting There
While training programs and tax subsidies may persuade employers to hire welfare recipients, they won't induce an owner to retain workers who don't show up, repeatedly arrive late or don't work a full day--common occurrences among women trying to transition from welfare into the working world. These attendance problems are typically caused by two issues government and business continue to grapple with: inadequate transportation and unaffordable child care.
Though many Americans struggle to find transportation and child care, employers often find that welfare recipients are particularly vulnerable to these problems. Consider these facts: Nationwide, 94 percent of welfare recipients do not own a car. Most also live in urban or rural areas, yet the bulk of new jobs being created are located in the suburbs.
To address problems such as these, an organization of civic, religious and nonprofit groups called the Welfare to Work Coalition to Sustain Success was formed in May. The coalition consists of community-based groups, such as the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, that have created or expanded programs to give employers the resources they need to help their employees.
Beyond the coalition, states and local communities are also addressing these two critical issues. In the area of transportation, some small suburban firms have joined forces to provide shuttles and other transportation for their urban employees. And in Michigan's Menominee County, which had 119 families on welfare in June 1996, volunteers have heeded the call of Project Zero and have offered welfare recipients free haircuts, rides to work or child care while they search for jobs.
In Virginia, officials in Culpeper County created a countywide before-school, after-school and summer day-care program in conjunction with the local business community.
Obviously, there is no one solution to the question of how to get small business involved in hiring welfare recipients. From training costs to transportation and child care, there is still much work to do. It will take creativity, a willingness to invest time and money in employee development, and partnerships with government to create services that fill in the gaps between what welfare recipients have . . . and what small business needs.
Resource Roundup
To learn more about hiring welfare workers, check out the following resources.
1. The Welfare to Work Partnership provides information and assistance to companies interested in hiring welfare recipients. It has a toll-free information line, (888) USA-JOB-1, and a Web site (http://www.welfaretowork.org ).
2. Hiring Welfare-to-Work Employees: A Step-by-Step Guide for Small Businesses is accessible only at the Department of Labor's Web site (http://www.dol.gov ).
3. Public Employment Service is a state-operated program that matches employers and job seekers through a network of 1,800 offices throughout the United States.
Employers can list available jobs on the service's Internet site, America's Job Bank. For information, visit the Web site at http://www.ajb.dni.us .
4. America's Talent Bank (http://www.atb.org ) is an electronic resume system where employers can search for potential employees.
Playing Their Part
Entrepreneurial companies are not the only sector of the business community being asked to shoulder the responsibility for hiring welfare recipients. Major corporations are being urged to play a part as well. And while small firms don't have the financial resources larger companies do, entrepreneurs can learn a lot by examining how large companies structure welfare-to-work programs.
Some big businesses choose to tap into existing educational programs, while others, such as Intel Corp. and Marriott International Inc., find that creating internal training curricula fills their needs much better. Marriott's Pathways to Independence is one of the corporate world's most publicized welfare-to-work programs.
"Based on a lot of experience, we found when you hire people with little or no work experience and put them on the job with minimal [training]--basic orientation--three weeks later, they will be gone," says Janet Tully, Marriott's director of community employment training.
To combat this problem, in 1991, Marriott launched Pathways in Atlanta. The six-week training program combines classroom instruction with occupational skills training. "We teach three basic things in training: dependability, accountability and self-esteem," says Tully.
But Marriott doesn't stop with classes and training, Tully says. After the instructional program, Marriott guarantees graduates an offer of full-time employment and provides them with a support system of co-workers and supervisors to make sure issues like transportation and day care are solved.
While the hotel giant could easily afford to foot the entire bill for the training program, Marriott has teamed up with private industry councils, Job Corps, the Jewish Vocational Services, and Common Ground Community organizations, which reimburse the corporation for about 60 percent of the training costs.
Contact Sources
Boys and Girls Clubs of America, 600 Jefferson Plaza, Rockville, MD 20852
California Department of Social Services, Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) Program, http://www.dss.cahwnet.gov
Chip Coleman, c/o Culpeper County, 155 W. Davis St., Culpeper, VA 22701, (540) 825-1251
Goodwill Industries International, (800) 741-0197, http://www.goodwill.org
Intel Corp., http://www.intel.com/intel/community/index.htm
Key Communications Group Inc., 5617 Warwick Pl., Chevy Chase, MD 20815-5503, (800) 705-5353
Marriott International Inc., Marriott Dr., Washington, DC 20058, (301) 380-7484
National Association of Manufacturers, (202) 637-3000, email@example.com
National Retail Federation, 325 Seventh St. N.W., #1000, Washington, DC 20004
Pacolet International Translations Inc., P.O. Box 2261, Rockford, IL 61131-0261, email@example.com
Small Business Administration, 409 Third St. S.W., Washington, DC 20416, (800) 8-ASK-SBA
Urban Institute, http://www.urban.org
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, 370 L'Enfant Promenade S.W., Washington, DC 20447, http://www.acf.dhhs.gov
U.S. Department of Labor, Employment Training Administration, (202) 219-6871, http://www.dol.gov


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The Office of Academic Affiliations is proud to lead health professions education, one of the foundations of quality health care, within the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Education is one of VA's four missions. Each year over 100,000 health professions trainees receive part of their education in VA, where they have a major role in the delivery of the "best care anywhere" to veterans.
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After World War II, General Omar Bradley, the Administrator of VA, developed a pioneering partnership between VA and the Nation's medical schools to address the national shortage of physicians. This bold move changed the face of U.S. medical education. Partnerships with other health professions schools soon followed.
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VA has long been a leader in the development of entirely new medical specialties, including geriatrics, substance abuse, and spinal cord injury. VA is also widely acknowledged for its initiatives in quality improvement, patient safety, medical informatics, and team-based care. Today, VA-based training is addressing the special needs of veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. As American medicine evolves, VA will continue to meet the health care needs of veterans, while providing health professions education benefiting all Americans.
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VA's medical and dental education programs are conducted through affiliations with 126 of the 131 allopathic as well as 15 of the 26 osteopathic U.S. schools of medicine and with 26 of the 56 U.S. dental schools. Each year, about 37,000 medical residents, 20,000 medical students and 1100 dental residents receive training in VA. VA is the third largest source of funding for graduate medical education in the Nation after Medicare and Medicaid.
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Nearly 58,000 trainees in over 40 associated health professions receive clinical training at VA facilities each year. VA has affiliations with over 5,000 associated health education programs at 1,800 U.S. colleges and universities. In addition, VA directly sponsors associated health training programs in psychology, pharmacy, podiatry, optometry, and speech-language pathology.
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VA is enhancing graduate medical education by encouraging curriculum innovation, realigning VA residency positions to meet changing physician specialty and veteran demographic needs, and addressing the projected U.S. physician shortage. VA's Graduate Medical Education Enhancement Initiative will add two thousand new residency positions to the Nation's graduate medical education workforce over five years. This will increase VA-funded physician residency positions to approximately 10% of the U.S. total.
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The VA Nursing Academy is a 5-year pilot program designed in collaboration with VA's Office of Nursing Services. Partnerships between VA facilities and local nursing schools will allow for expansion of nursing school faculty and student enrollment, while promoting scholarly development and encouraging educational and practice innovations. The first four partnerships are in Gainesville, Salt Lake City, San Diego, and West Haven. The Academy is projected to add one thousand new nurses to the Nation's nursing workforce over five years.
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HAMPDEN, Maine (AP) � Maine drug agents say they've seized $450,000 worth of so-called bath salts that were in a package mailed to a man who was charged just last month in a separate case involving $1.2 million worth of the drugs.
Officials last week searched a package mailed from China to a mail facility in Hampden. Inside the package, agents found more than 6� pounds of bath salts, a synthetic drug that can make users delusional and violent.
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(1) Deciphering the role of natural antisense long non-coding RNAs in the regulation of three gene families of Arabidopsis thaliana
(2) The role of DLCs and AGO proteins in NAT-lncRNA mediated regulation of gene expression and plant immunity (collaborative project with C2)
Background and significance
Small non-coding RNAs are involved in the defense against pathogens (small-interfering RNAs) and in the regulation of endogenous gene expression (microRNAs). Recently, it has been reported that a large fraction of the transcriptome is composed by long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs). These include molecules longer than 200 nucleotides without protein-coding capacity. NAT-lncRNAs have been extensively studied in animals, but less is known about their function in plants. We are interested in a particular group of lncRNAs, which are transcribed from the opposite DNA strand of a coding gene (Natural Antisense long non-coding RNAs, NAT-lncRNAs). The transcription of opposite complementary RNAs produces dsRNA molecules. These can be recognized by the silencing machinery from the plant, and be processed to generate a special class of small interfering RNAs (NAT-siRNAs). Nat-siRNAs can be loaded into RNA silencing complexes (RISC) that mediate the cleavage of the target RNA by Argonaute endonucleases (AGO). Nat-siRNAs derived from the overlapping region of transcripts corresponding to two protein-coding genes are involved in salt-stress responses, defense against bacteria, hormone regulation and plant reproduction, but less is known about overlapping RNA pairs in which one of the transcripts corresponds to a NAT-lncRNA. Several NAT-lncRNAs are complementary to members of different multigene families of A. thaliana. Considering the sequence conservation among members of multigene families, we hypothesize that NAT-lncRNAs could regulate not only expression of the overlapping gene (primary target) but can also modulate the expression of other closely related genes (secondary targets). This situation may allow the simultaneous (down)-regulation of several related genes and might constitute another layer in the plethora of regulatory potential of RNA molecules.


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The bug happens in Regen (and Gens) but not in Kega.
This is the first game I found that actually needs a limited number of DMA writes to be performed on a line.
What it does, in order to simulate a blinking "Press Start" message, is that, approx. each 10 frames, it erases the whole Window Plane (setup to be displayed in the bottom area) then writes the bottom text again, using 2 consecutive DMA operations.
The first DMA that clears the plane is triggered during active display and if you perform all the writes immediately then emulates the DMA timing (i.e hangs the CPU until DMA is theoretically finished), the bottom text will not be displayed. Then (normally during VBLANK) the 2nd DMA is triggered and on next frame, the bottom text will be displayed fine.
This results in a flickering text when it should be perfectly stable (as verified on real hardware). The reason is that, on real hardware, the writes that erases the bottom text are performed at the start of VBLANK, so you don't notice anything as they are refilled immediately.
To fix that, you need to perform only a fixed number of writes per line when processing DMA. Off course, depending on your code, it might not be straight-forward implementation. I had to take care of long word writes that triggers a DMA and change internal registers (code, address, DMA,...) in the same instruction, as the 2nd write is supposed to be done AFTER the DMA is finished.
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You know how it is when you suddenly look for one thing that existed in your childhood? That's what I felt when I started craving haw flakes weeks ago. I always ask Ane to buy me from the grocery but he would tell me he could not find any among the racks. So when we went with him for the weekly grocery on Monday and I insisted on passing by the candies aisle. Instead of the old school rolled in paper Haw Flakes, I found this not on the candy aisle but the preserves aisle:
It is not exactly what I was looking for but my craving taste buds were satisfied, for now. And funny how I realized that haw flakes come from the fruit Haw of the Hawthorne tree (yes, I googled!). I just learned that now and never bothered before to know where the flakes come from! There is really something new to learn everyday, huh?


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Lemma is an Electromagnetics Modelling API
- Lemma has an expressive API
- Lemma employs a modern test-driven development
- Lemma is 100% C++, currently we require a C++-14 compliant compiler
- Lemma has bindings and integration with VTK
- Lemma provides excellent multi-core performance
- Lemma objects employ class serialization using YAML.
Getting the code
Lemma uses git. The project is hosted here on our own website:
git clone https://git.lemmasoftware.org/Lemma.git
If you prefer to use GitHub, Lemma is mirrored there as well, pull requests can be managed though GitHub too https://github.com/LemmaSoftware/Lemma.
git clone https://git.github.com/LemmaSoftware/Lemma.git
Read only anonymous access is permitted at either site. If you would like to contribute and obtain write access please email info for a username and password.
Lemma is modular, compile and bundle only what you need. There are several modules provided with the main project.
- LemmaCore (required) - Provides base classes which all Lemma objects inherit from
- FDEM1D (optional) - Frequency domain 1D forward modelling of Maxwell's equations
- TEM1D (optional) - Time domain 1D forward modelling of Maxwell's equations
- Several other modules are being ported over from prior versions of Lemma.
Lemma is extensible, in addition to the main modules, you can easily plugin additional modules.
- EMSchur3D - 3D solution of Maxwell's equations.
- Merlin - Merlin provides surface NMR functionality to Lemma including 1D inversion
- FEM4EllipticPDE - This is a finite element solver of general elliptic PDE problems.
- Doxygen generated man pages are index.
Benchmarks and testing
Lemma ComparesWell with existing FORTRAN 77 codes and also ScalesWell on multi-processor machines. Lemma uses CxxTest, results are posted using CDash
The only hard dependencies prior to installation are a C++ compiler, git, and CMake
- C++ Compiler - we actively test against GCC (gcc-7, gcc-8), Microsoft Visual C++, clang, and the Intel compiler (icpc)
- git - a distributed version control software needed for the build process
- CMake - v3 or higher, CMake is a cross-platform platform for building software
Bundled dependencies
Several additional dependencies are bundled with Lemma, all have liberal licenses and should place minimal restrictions on any use of Lemma.
- Eigen 3 C++ linear algebra (header) library
- yaml-cpp
- CxxTest (optional, CxxTest also requires a working python interpreter)
Optional dependencies
- VTK is needed for visualisation. VTK is released under a BSD license.
- Boost special functions are used in several classes.
- Python interpreter is required if CxxTest is used.
Compiler support
We actively test against GCC versions 6-8, Intel 13.0.1, Clang++, and Microsoft Visual C.
Platform support
Lemma has been successfully compiled on Linux (our primary platform) Windows ( XP, Vista, 7, and 8), as well as Max OS X.
Most Linux package managers handle all the dependencies for Lemma, and the Lemma install process should proceed smoothly in a UNIX/Un*x environment.
Compilation on MacOS using clang++ is relatively straightforward with the caveat that Clang on macOS still does not support OpenMP preprocessor directives. Notes on working around this can be found in MacNotes.
The preferred compilation approach is shown in AnacondaWindowsNotes which relies on the Anaconda Python Distribution as a means to install third-party software including git, CMake, and VTK. This approach uses the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler.
Lemma is available under the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. MPL. This is a fairly weak copyleft license, which stipulates that while the code can be used for any purpose, changes made to specific files must be shared back with the community on a file by file basis. Much of the code is covered by
- Copyright (C) 2009--2018 Trevor Irons
- Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012 Colorado School of Mines.
- Copyright (C) 2010--2013 M. Andy Kass.
Email questions to support.
Bug reports
File a ticket using this website.
Interested in contributing? Great. Whether you are interested in extending Lemma, improving some aspect, or just making the documentation better, we welcome contributions. Some links that might be useful
Citing Lemma
Lemma has been built in collaboration with the department of Geophysics at the Colorado School of Mines, specifically CGEM the United States Geological Survey http://crustal.usgs.gov and the University of Utah https://egi.utah.edu.
Our primary authors are Trevor Irons and M. Andy Kass.
Lemma has extended public domain code from Walt Anderson, Alan Chave, and Ki Ha Lee. In all cases original FORTRAN 77 codes were ported and reworked into our modern framework. We are grateful for their fine contributions to the public domain. Please keep in mind use of their code does not imply endorsement. An example BibTeX entry is provided below. If you are using a module with different primary authors, it may be appropriate to modify this entry.
@MISC{LemmaWeb, author = {Trevor Irons and M. Andrew Kass and others}, title = {Lemma v1}, howpublished = {https://lemmasoftware.org}, year = {2012} }


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Town hires new community planner
The town has hired a new community planning administrator. Danielle McKnight started in the position on Jan. 3. She replaces Heidi Griffin, who resigned last May. McKnight, of Arlington, holds a bachelor's degree from Smith College in comparative literature and a master's degree in urban and environmental policy and planning from Tufts University. She formerly was staff planner for the city of Salem for four years, according to Town Administrator Greg Balukonis. Prior to that, she worked as a planner/conservation agent for the town of Swampscott. As head of the town's community planning department, McKnight is expected to help guide North Reading's economic development and growth while maintaining the town's rural residential character, Balukonis said.
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Former UCSB men's volleyball standouts Jeff Menzel and Evan Patak have both been named to Team USA's roster for the 2013 FIVB World League Tournament, it was announced by USA Volleyball on Monday.
Menzel and Patak are part of a 22-man squad that is currently ranked fifth in the world. Team USA placed second in the World League last year, and will be looking for their first championship since 2008.
The World League is the most presigious annual tournament in international volleyball, featuring 18 teams and seven weeks of pool play before a Final Four round in July.
It is the first appearance for Menzel in the World League, while Patak will be making his fourth trip to the tourney after having suited up for Team USA from 2009-2011. Menzel previously donned the red, white, and blue in 2011 when he participated in the World University Games and the Pan-American Cup.
In the 2013 World League, the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team will host Argentina on June 7-8 in Wichita at Charles Koch Arena; France on June 14-15 in Tulsa at the Tulsa Convention Center Arena and Bulgaria on June 28-29 in Reno at the Reno Events Center.
The team will then travel to Poland for matches on July 5 and 7 and to Brazil for their final pool play matches on July 13-14.
The Final Four will take place from July 17-21 in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.
Menzel, who graduated in 2011 after leading the Gauchos to the cusp of a national championship, was one of the most dominant outsides in program history. The Santa Barbara native finished his career with the third-most kills (2,074), most kill attempts (4,569), second-most aces (135) and sixth-most digs (604) in school history. He spent the last season in Italy playing for the New Mater Volleyball Club.
Patak, an opposite who wrapped up his UCSB career in 2007, left campus with the career aces record (255) while finishing just two kills short of the Gauchos' career kills record. He spent the last season playing in France's Ligue A with Spacer's Toulouse Volleyball Club.


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In midst of Lance Armstrong news, Te'o another turn downhill in sports
- Unshakeable belief in anything in sports a vanishing commodity
- Is this the road on which sport is supposed to take us%3F
- Story of Te%27o now unforgettable for completely different reasons
What do we know for sure anymore, except that we can touch and see and hear ourselves?
The Manti Te'o story was one we couldn't put down. It had everything we love in drama. Triumph from tragedy, cheers from tears. An inspiring winner with a smile on his face. Who did not want to share it, as we would any irresistible tale? And so everyone did, down to the kids who wore leis in the stands.
It was, in nearly every way, a legend, except for a championship at the end.
Turns out, a lot of it was a hoax. How much? We don't know. Who did it? We don't know. Why? We don't know. What part did Te'o play in it? We don't know.
Is this the road on which sport is supposed to take us? Is this the dead end where it is supposed to leave us?
This comes the same week we learned that not even Lance Armstrong could carry on with the Armstrong myth. It came the same month that several baseball players with immortal numbers did not get a whiff of the Hall of Fame.
The scoreboard or clock is never supposed to lie, but sometimes it does. That was the hard lesson of the drug era. This is different, in its bizarre nature and baffling time line. Compelling human drama fact that suddenly became fiction. But in the end, whoever's twisted pleasure created the myth, the bleak message is the same.
We were wrong to believe.
Notre Dame said it got the first word about the matter on Dec. 26. The Irish, you might recall, played a football game on Jan. 7. Te'o didn't have a very good performance; a shadow of a season that made him a Heisman name. Was Alabama responsible for that, or the burden of realizing his story was crashing down?
We don't know. That is the inevitable turn in this, as it is in so many stories, once they swerve into darkness. We start out enthralled, and then we're shocked, and then confused. And finally, disenchanted.
Now the Manti Te'o story just became unforgettable for a very different reason. And Te'o in the same sentence with the term "fantasy league'' is now a running online joke.
What if he had actually won the Heisman, largely through the national warmth of his tale? Think of that mess.
"I miss them,'' he said after one game about the genuine grandmother who really died, and the imagined girlfriend who didn't. "But I know I'll see them again one day.''
Words that moved people then, and haunt Te'o now. Words that frame a sorry question which seems out of place in a golden age of information.
Can we believe anything?


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With its mix of architecture and monuments from Venetian and Ottoman rule, Crete's second largest city is one of the most beautiful places in the Mediterranean.
Local hotspot
Chania's historic Venetian Harbour is absolutely jam-packed with cafes, restaurants, tavernas, bars, pastry stores and, for those needing a souvenir or two, art shops.
You probably didn't know
Chania has a real cutting edge thanks to a proud tradition in knife-making. Check out the design and carving of daggers and knives in the Maheradika (knife district).
Suggested reading
Zorba the Greek (1946) and Freedom and Death (1953), both by celebrated Cretan writer Nikos Kazantzakis.
Things to do in Chania
Cretan cuisine is world renowned for its aromatic herbs, fresh edible weeds, virgin olive oil, vegetables, fresh fish, meat, honey and fennel. The restaurants in Chania reflect these qualities. There are dozens of eateries on the Old Port promenade, including Chrisostomos, which has a well-earned reputation for serving traditional Cretan dishes baked in a wood oven. Try the lamb with stamnagathi (wild Cretan chicory) or sheep in cooking paper.
Mesogiako, across the road from the impressive minaret of the church of Agios Nikolaos, is known for serving meat dishes with Mediterranean flavours, as well as a big selection of fresh fish. Locals seldom leave without tucking into the homemade panna cotta for dessert.
For Cretan ingredients with a Middle Eastern twist, meander your way to the heart of the old quarter and pop into Tamam. Giving a whole new meaning to steamed food, it's located in a former Turkish hamam. Pick one of a selection of 72 dishes, some cooked with recipes from the Ottoman era.
With its large roof terrace that has stunning views of the Venetian harbour, Pallas is the perfect spot for early evening cocktails (the Mediterranean mojito is particularly tasty) or a couple of glasses picked from an impressive wine list. The Pallas restaurant (housed in a historic 1830s building) serves delicious fresh fish and local meats.
With its huge selection of drinks, regular summer barbecues and a closing time of 3am, the buzzing Sinagogi open-air bar is a favourite among the night owls of Chania.
For proper clubbing, Mylos in Platanias is about 10 minutes' drive from Chania. It offers a massive dance floor, international DJs and spectacular laser shows. If it all gets too busy, slip out to the nearby beach bar.
Municipal Market
Known locally as "the temple of gastronomy", the Municipal Market of Chania has been a protected monument since 1980. It remains one of the best modern examples of what an ancient Greek marketplace would have been like. Built between 1908 and 1913, it's spread over 4,000 square metres and is packed with meat, fish, fruit and vegetable stalls.
Old Town
The narrow lanes of Chania's Old Town have many irresistible shops selling souvenirs, handmade gold and silver jewellery, crochet bags, beadwork, local rugs and kilims, as well as authentic Greek bath sponges.
Skridlof Street
Don't leave town without visiting Skridlof Street, a traditional leatherworkers' lane where you can buy handmade bags, purses, shoes and sandals. Sifaka Street has several small shops selling metal work.
Several beaches near Chania have been lauded as the best in the world. These include Elafonissi, with its crystal-clear water, and Balos Beach, which can be reached by boat from the nearby Gramvousa harbour.
Limnoupolis Water Park
The Limnoupolis Water Park, which is around 8km from Chania, is the ideal place for children to burn off some energy on waterslides or splashing around in pools. Parents can enjoy the Jacuzzi and pool bar while they watch the kids perfect their dives.
Firkas Fort
Firkas Fort was built by the Venetians to protect the harbour entrance. The imposing structure at the Fort entrance used to be the headquarters of the Venetian naval guards but now houses the Maritime Museum of Crete with a large collection of maritime objects.
Archaeological Museum
Even if you're starting to suffer museum fatigue, the building that hosts the Archaeological Museum of Chania is worth a visit. It used to be the main church of the Venetian Monastery of St. Francis, built in the 16th century, and has artefacts dating back to the Neolithic age. It's also home to a collection of mosaics from the Roman period.
Centre of Mediterranean Architecture
The Great Arsenal used to house the town hall of Chania, but is today home to the Centre of Mediterranean Architecture. Also keep a lookout for the old Venetian dockyards, which are adjacent to the Arsenal.
Events to look out for
- Sheep Festival (April)
- Chania Summer Festival (July to September)
- Chania Rock Festival (July)
- Chania Film Festival (October)
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The bill uses borrowing, new revenue and money from the state's sales tax on vehicles for highways.
Haley said Monday she would not have supported the measure if it raised the gas tax.
The money is far short of what business leaders and the Department of Transportation say is needed. A coalition of business leaders said the state needs at least $5 billion over the next decade for the most critical road needs.
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Something like the DaKine World Traveler Surfboard Coffin but smaller for twin-tips would be great; Dakine SX could work but not sure if 20cm height will accommodate all the boards. The epic transporter looked interesting as an option, but it's max size is 148cm.
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Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside revealed a good portion of the company's future plans in an interview with Trusted Reviews. The first item mentioned was a smartphone that would be even cheaper than the Moto G, a device that costs $179 off-contract. In the interview, Woodside stated:
In much of the world $179 is a lot of money, so there's a big market at a price point of less than $179. We're going to look at that, and just delivering on that value promise is super important. I mean, why can't these devices be $50? There's no reason that can't happen, so we're going to push that.
Motorola seems ready to go after the developing world market, where the majority of people do not have a smartphone and aren't online at all. A typical ultra-cheap smartphone would be the Samsung Galaxy Pocket, a $75 smartphone sold in places like Africa and India.
The Pocket is 2.8 inches and features a 240×320 LCD, an 832Mhz ARM11 processor (the first Android phones had 528Mhz ARM11 processors), 512MB of RAM, 3GB of storage, and a 2MP camera. The device runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread with Samsung's TouchWiz skin. With the Moto G, Motorola redefined what an sub-$200 device could be capable of. With a quad-core processor and a 4.5-inch screen, it wiped the floor with similarly priced devices like the Samsung Galaxy Fame, which has a single core processor and a 3.5-inch display. Motorola could bring a similar improvement to the entry-level smartphone space.
Samsung has to make money selling devices, but Google is undoubtedly more interested in getting people online. More online users means more Google users—and more people seeing ads. Depending on how aggressive Google wants to be with these low-end phones, a decent subsidy could be in the cards.
Next, the conversation turned to more expensive devices. The Moto X had customizable shell colors, and the company recently added a wood backing option. But Motorola plans to go much deeper with customization options. Woodside specifically mentioned screen sizes, which in turn would change the entire device size. He also mentioned "functionality," which could be interpreted as picking your internal components like the processor, RAM, connectivity options, and battery size. A fully customizable, integrated phone would be extremely impressive, but Woodside is most likely referring to Project Ara, a modular phone that the company announced it was experimenting with last October. Project Ara places each phone component in its own external case, and the cases all snap into a framework to make a smartphone. The most obvious downside to this is that all the plastic casings and the interconnects between pieces would seemingly make Project Ara very bulky, but we'll have to see what Motorola comes up with in the future.


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It feels great to be rolling along in the Fireball again, although we are already (after only a week) missing the creature comforts of a real shower, big bed, and room to stretch. Not to mention several choices of radio stations. Anyway….
After a one-night shakedown in Tucson to make sure water, electrical and other systemsare all working, we headed to Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) for two nights of total solitude.There were probably other campers hidden around the area, but we sure didn't see any. Total darkness at night, and absolute silence, other than the gangs of coyotes which roam the area. It's spectacular camping, as long as you can put up with having no water, no electricity, and burying your own poop in the desert. We're good with that.The huge network of gravel roads and two-track made it a certainty that we would haul out our bikes for a ride. With a rudimentary map, we set off in a northerly direction, having remembered that we rode south the last time we were here. The roads here are a mixture of big gravel, small crushed gravel, hard-packed sandy-rocky surface, and pure sand. What a workout! We hit about 15 miles of two-track, then rode pavement back to camp. That probably was worse! Endless rollers on tired legs – we were knackered by the time we finally rolled back into camp. This is an absolutely spectacular spot to camp for those who like this kind of thing. I hope that we will always want to return.
One of the most beautiful campgrounds we have discovered is Organ Pipe National Monument, Twin Peaks Campground. Tucked near the Border in SW Arizona, this Park is a true gem. Not only do they have full Ranger talks five nights a week, they also have brief "Patio Talks" three times a day, where Rangers hold brief chats on animals, minerals, weather, and desert vegatation. Free shuttles are available to various hiking points. There's an amazing staff participation. Hope this is a model for other Park Service areas.
We spent our first full day there on bikes – riding the 21 mile Ajo Mountain Scenic Loop – a twisted maze of gravel washboardy road, with steep uphills and their corresponding downhills – the downhill washboard sections were the WORST – my arms, shoulders, and butt are still vibrating! I ran into a bit of a bother at Teddy Bear Pass, a section of the Scenic Drive which is flooded with Teddy Bear Cholla cactus. Beautiful to see, but treacherous. Of course, I needed one more photo. Before I knew what had happened, I had a cactus stuck to my bike shoe. I tried to stomp it off with my other foot, which also got stuck. Like a dope, I tried to pick them off with my fingers, sticking a few spikes deep into my thumb! Yikes! John, at this point, was far down the road. I pulled as many of the spikes out of my shoe as possible, but here's the result I had to ride with for the rest of the way home. (I've had better rides.)This is what a Teddy Bear looks like – beware. They are NOT your cuddly friends.Another day at Organ Pipe was spent on a long hike through the only small area in the US to have the Senita Cactus as a local resident. Frankly, it's very hard to tell the difference between the Senita and the Organ Pipe. But, in either case, they tower over the landscape with their elegance. Organ Pipes can have up to 100 arms. Several in the campground are enormous. What I find curious is the woody structure which is only visible when the cactus is dying or dead. To look at it otherwise, you'd think that it had just fleshy appendages, not any real structure. The same applies to the elegant saguaro.Saguaro skeletons are sometimes available for purchase for landscape decorations. But, each much be tagged and certified by the DNR. You certainly don't want to be caught with a unregistered saguaro – alive or dead. Penalties are very steep. Along the trail, we passed this gigantic specimen. It must be one of the largest in diameter we have seen.Some cholla varieties also have interesting skeletons.On our hike, we stopped for lunch at an abandoned mine. It's always interesting to contemplate life as it must have been in these tough times.Desert beauty is everywhere here. Although I don't think I would want to live in Arizona year-round, it sure is a gorgeous place for visit when the skies and blue and the temperature is moderate. There is a lot to enjoy here.


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No. 2,048 (May 3–9, 2012)
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The Times Higher Education (THE), formerly the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES), is a weekly magazine based in London, reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education. It is the United Kingdom's leading publication in this field.[1]
Publication history
From its first issue, in 1971, until 2008 the Times Higher Education Supplement' (THES) was published in newspaper format. On 10 January 2008 it was relaunched as a magazine. It is published by TES Global, which until October 2005 was a division of Rupert Murdoch's News International.
The magazine is currently edited by John Gill. Phil Baty is the editor at large, and is responsible for international coverage. He is also the editor of the magazine's World University Rankings.
The magazine features a fictional satirical column written by Laurie Taylor, the "Poppletonian", which reflects on life at the fictional Poppleton University.[2]
In 2011 Times Higher Education was awarded the titles of "Weekly Business Magazine of the Year" and "Media Business Brand of the Year" by the Professional Publishers Association.[3]
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Times Higher Education became known for publishing the annual Times Higher Education–QS World University Rankings, which first appeared in November 2004. On 30 October 2009 Times Higher Education broke with QS, then its partner in compiling the Rankings, and signed an agreement with Thomson Reuters to provide the data instead. The magazine developed a new methodology in consultation with its readers and its editorial board. Thomson Reuters collects and analyses the data used to produce the rankings on behalf of Times Higher Education. The results have been published annually since autumn 2010. QS, which collected and analysed the rankings data from 2004-2009, no longer has any involvement with Times Higher Education's World University Rankings.[4][5]
The magazine runs two sets of awards annually.
The first is the "Times Higher Education Awards". The 2011 awards took place on 24 November at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London's Park Lane and received a record number of entries across the 18 categories.[6] Seventeen universities were given awards in different categories, with the University of Sheffield being "University of the Year". Tessa Blackstone was given the "Lord Dearing Lifetime Achievement Award".[6]
The University of Strathclyde was named as the University of the Year at the 2012 awards which took place on 29 November 2012 at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London's Park Lane. University of Strathclyde Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Jim McDonald received the award at the ceremony.[7][8]
The "Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards" (Thelmas) were launched in 2009. The Thelmas were set up to recognise the impact that administrative staff have on the success of higher education institutions.
- ^ Ariel Zirulnick (2010-09-16). "New world university ranking puts Harvard back on top". Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ "The inside story of Poppleton University". News - Press Releases. University of Leicester, UK. 31 October 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ "PPA Awards 2011".
- ^ Baty, Phil. "New data partner for World University Rankings". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ^ "The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012". Timeshighereducation.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ^ a b "Education news, resources and university jobs for the academic world". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ^ "University of Strathclyde press release". Retrieved 10 January 2013.[dead link]
- ^ "THE Winners 2012". Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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