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Before the offering is received, worshippers are told that 10 percent of what they give goes through the Cooperative Program to help fund the work of missionaries such as those in the various videos.
Stace Cupples, pastor of the church in the town of less than 8,000 people, knows firsthand the Cooperative Program's reach.
"I've been part of the Cooperative Program all my life," said Cupples, who became the church's pastor five years ago after working as a Nevada Baptist Convention strategist. "I was a missionary and so was my father, so I'm a product of it."
He knows from personal experience that CP dollars enable missionaries to do God's work, Cupples said, and has seen -- since before his start in ministry 15 years ago -- the beneficial effects of churches cooperating in fulfilling the Great Commission.
"When churches are cooperating financially, serving the Lord together so that missionaries can do what God has called them to do, God's Word will spread and people will be saved," Cupples said.
About 100 join in Sunday morning worship at First Baptist Winnemucca. Because the church is debt-free, it is able to give generously to missions through the Cooperative Program, the Northeast (Nevada) Baptist Association, and local and regional ministries. The Cooperative Program is the way Southern Baptists work together for the expansion of God's Kingdom.
Locally, First Baptist's children's ministry and music team minister to residents of a nursing home. The church holds its Vacation Bible School at community locations easily accessible by children, such as the three city parks for this summer's venues, or the backyards where VBS was held last year. And in addition to the church's food pantry, the youth serve in a local soup kitchen.
"Ministry goes beyond the walls of the church," Cupples said. "When we focus only on the world inside our walls, then we become complacent. When we all have the same goal to serve God and share God's love, the generational gaps fade. That is what we desire to do. We disciple each other."
The church was founded in January 1955 through home-based outreach.
"We started from a small Sunday School class, then an old renovated house that still houses an office and classroom, to a two-story building erected in the mid-1970s to a brick sanctuary built in the mid-'90s," Cupples said, describing the building itself as a ministry.
The Christian Motorcycle Association's Nevada chapter met there two years ago for its annual gathering, and the Gathering of Native American Christians of Nevada has held its annual meeting there the past five years.
"It's been a great experience for us and we've learned from it," Cupples said. "We're kind of in the middle of several reservations here in Winnemucca, and we have a reservation not far from here, so to get to host these, it's a great support to them and a great blessing for us.
"It seems to be not just an encouraging time and a time of worship, but it's also a kind of town-hall type setting, where Native Americans can learn from each other and learn how to develop their ministries," he said. "It seems to be growing each year."
First Baptist Winnemucca has a growing reputation for being approachable, for being thought of as "good people" and, as a result, the church was invited to be part of a local bluegrass music festival last year.
"Any time we have things God drops in our laps," Cupples said, "we're going to jump in and be a part of it."
First Baptist was the only Southern Baptist church between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Reno, Nev., and the only evangelical church in Winnemucca when it began in the mid-1950s. The church's present location is a half-mile south of Interstate 80, which stretches nationally from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
The church stretched itself regionally in the 1960s and '70s by planting churches in nine locations across northern Nevada. Today it looks for ways to serve the area's unreached minority groups, most of whom are suffering hardship as a result of the nation's prolonged economic downturn.
"There are so many needs here, so many ministries that could be," Cupples said. "But the biggest challenge is breaking the bonds of spiritual oppression."
Gambling is legal everywhere in Nevada; Winnemucca hosts an annual "Runamucca" motorcycle rally, a smaller version of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally; the area's biggest employers are commercial gold-mining operations, but with less demand for gold, the mines are laying off workers.
"It's a hard area to live in and to minister in," Cupples said. "But we know the rest of the story; we know God wins in the end."
The gold mining culture and cattle ranching, the region's other main economic engine, attract many young families to whom the church ministers.
"Most have never had any true contact with the Gospel," the pastor said. "That's one thing we can do for them."
Cupples disciples potential leaders individually, often seeing them move out of the area for a variety of reasons, but he appreciates equipping missionaries for service wherever God takes them.
"This church has been known for its ability and willingness to support mission work," Cupples said. "It's been very much a part of the DNA of First Baptist Winnemucca."
Karen L. Willoughby is a national correspondent for Baptist Press. BP reports on missions, ministry and witness advanced through the Cooperative Program and on news related to Southern Baptists' concerns nationally and globally. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).
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Düsseldorf Airport
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) was opened on April 19th, 1927. Nowadays, it is the most important international junction of North Rhine Westphalia. Düsseldorf Airport is the third largest airport in Germany regarding passenger volume. In total, more than 18.1 million people travel from Düsseldorf to 180 destinations in 50 different countries per year world-wide using 77 airlines (figures from 2008). On average, 49,000 passengers are transported daily on 625 flight movements.
Ground handling
At Düsseldorf Airport, there are two ground handling companies responsible for maintenance and supply of the aircrafts: AVIA-Partner and FDGHG (Flughafen Düsseldorf Ground Handling GmbH). In addition to cleaning the aircrafts, refuelling of kerosine and baggage handling, the aircrafts are refuelled with drinking water as well. The drinking water is used for making coffee, for food steamers and for the wash hand basins on board. AVIA owns two fresh water vehicles with 500 l and 1,500 l tank capacity, FDGHG has three with 3,000 l tank capacity each. The fresh water vehicles are fuelled with drinking water at a central point and then driven to the corresponding aircrafts. In the central fuelling room there are two hose bobbins with a 1 ¼'' drinking water hose and a standardized connection adapter. This adapter is connected to the fresh water vehicle and fuelled after clearance. Fuelling the 3,000 l fresh water vehicle takes approximately 11 minutes.
Fueling of aircrafts
After the drinking water has been filled in, the fresh water vehicles are driven to the corresponding aircrafts. Using the integrated hoisting platform, an employee can reach the drinking water shutter, which most of the time is located on the rear bottom side of the aircraft. The capacity of the aircrafts' water tanks is between 400 and 800 liters. The filling hose corresponds to the DVGW - W 270 and VP 549 and therefore, microbial contamination and formation of biofilm are minimized. The vehicle is also equipped with a special frost protection system.
Why use Chlorine dioxide?
Düsseldorf Airport opted for the Oxiperm chlorine dioxide system, because chlorine dioxide can fulfil its disinfection task even in low concentrations. In addition, it has a high depot effect, i.e., the disinfection effect lasts for a long period of time. Chlorine dioxide also diffuses into the biofilm and hereby removes it from the water pipes. Therefore, we do not have a short-lived, superficial disinfection only, but a long-term one as by removing the biofilm the germs are deprived of their habitat.
Another decision criterion was the low risk of corrosion of the Oxiperm Pro, because both initial components, diluted hydrochloric acid 9% and diluted sodium chlorite solution 7.5%, react in a volumetric 1:1 relation to chlorine dioxide. Other chlorine dioxide systems work with a 1:3 relation, i.e., 2 liters of diluted hydrochloric acid don't react to chlorine dioxide and can therefore corrode pipe material.
The technology
A DN 65 stainless steel pipe leads from the central drinking water supply to the fresh water vehicles' tank room. Both, AVIA and FDGHG have their own disinfection and tank systems. Therefore, the feeder line is splitted in two DN 50 stainless steel pipes. The drinking water flows through a water filter and a system separator to an electromagnetic measuring water meter, which measures the flow and passes a 4-20mA signal on to the Oxiperm Pro system. During the filling of the fresh water vehicle, the Oxiperm Pro doses chlorine dioxide into the drinking water in proportion to quantity. According to the Drinking Water Ordinance, the critical value of chlorine dioxide in drinking water mustn't exceed 0.2 mg/l. A stepper-motor driven dosing pump, which is installed in the Oxiperm Pro system, takes care of dosing the exactly needed quantity of chlorine dioxide.
Next to the injection unit, there's a chlorine dioxide measuring cell which measures the concentration of the dosed chlorine dioxide and forwards the measured value to a 2-channel recorder. You do not need an additional external analyzing device, because the Oxiperm Pro has an integrated measuring amplifier. So you have already attended to your measuring duty as required by the Drinking Water Ordinance in a quick and cost-efficient way. In the Oxiperm Pro control you can also define a limit value for chlorine dioxide so that there is no danger of unintentional over-dosing.
The legal aspect
There are other standards and guidelines for the drinking water supply of aircrafts than for drinking water from stationary systems (buildings).
The DIN 2001/part 2 (Drinking water supply from small and non-stationary systems) deals with drinking water systems on ships, surface vehicles and aircrafts.
Drinking water systems are also defined in the German Drinking Water Ordinance, § 3 (definitions): "Systems, from which a maximum of 1,000 m3 water is extracted or dispensed for human usage (small systems), as well as other non stationary systems". In addition, there are European Regulations of the aviation industry (JAR 25x799) and local sanitary instructions for filling stations on airports.
There also is an IATA guideline (IATA AHM 440 - Potable Water) for drinking water fuelling. Thus, aircrafts must only be fuelled with drinking water 30 minutes before take-off. Besides, a disinfection of drinking water is envisaged.
The Public Health Department takes a water sample from the fresh water room every 3 months and one sample per month from the tank vehicles to ensure an impeccable drinking water hygiene.
Disinfection system for drinking water fuelling of aircrafts
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)
Grundfos products used:
- Oxiperm Pro 5 g ClO2 / h with a digital dosing pump DDI209
- 2 chlorine dioxide measuring cells Aquacell
- Chlorine dioxide gas warning device DIS-G
- 2-channel writing implement
- Grundfos service and start of operation
- Impeccable disinfection even in low concentrations
- No formation of sensorily discernible by-products (chlorine smell)
- Low potential of corrosion and reduction of the operating costs due to the 1:1 mixture of both initial components
- Integrated measuring amplifier to fulfil the requirements according to the Drinking Water Ordinance
- Exact dosing due to a digital dosing pump (DDI 209) with stepper motor
- No over-dosing due to a limit value of chlorine dioxide
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Some weeks ago I was asked for a proof of concept to design a TFS 2010 solution to fully (not less than 100%) automate a complex Dynamics CRM 2011 deployment for various environments (dev / test / staging / production). Many different components were involved: the CRM solution itself, but also web applications, database objects, reports (SSRS), transformations, …
It has been an interesting journey so far and along the way I got to know (a bit) how Dynamics CRM 2011 is working. Not to my surprise, I realized that it's quite hard to push all source related items to TFS and to force ALL changes/updates to a CRM environment from a version controlled solution in TFS. Many things in the CRM environment are easily modified by the development team via the CRM UI web interface and as result, directly stored in the CRM database(s). So, the POC also required me to think about enforcing best practices for the CRM development team to avoid inconsistencies in the global deployment solution and I definitly wanted to end up with a build-once;deploy-many solution.
Anyway, I won't talk about the entire scope of the POC, but I want to highlight the approach I took for automating the export & extract operation from the development CRM 2011 instance via a TFS build definition. The goal here was to automatically capture the daily changes which were published to deployed CRM development solutions.
The MSCRM 2011 Toolkit contains a Solution Export command line utility which enabled me to export one or multiple CRM solutions from an existing Solutions Export Profile into a single compressed solution file (.zip).
The compressed solution file (zip-format) is of course not ideal to track the individual changes and to bind it to a version control repository. Luckily, with the latest release of the Dynamics CRM 2011 SDK, a new tool (SolutionPackager) was added to extract the different components into individual files.
The SolutionPackager tool, available in the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Update Rollup 10 version of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM SDK download, resolves the problem of source code control and team development of solution files. The tool identifies individual components in the compressed solution file and extracts them out to individual files. The tool can also re-create a solution file by packing the files that had been previously extracted. This enables multiple people to work independently on a single solution and extract their changes into a common location. Because each component in the solution file is broken into multiple files, it becomes possible to merge customizations without overwriting prior changes. A secondary use of the SolutionPackager tool is that it can be invoked from an automated build process to generate a compressed solution file from previously extracted component files without needing an active Microsoft Dynamics CRM server.
So, these tools opened the door for me to work out a custom build process (workflow) in TFS 2010 with the following sequential activities:
- Export CRM solution from dev environment (MSCRM 2011 Toolkit)
- Prepare TFS workspace before extract of solution file [Get Latest + Check-Out]
- Extract compressed solution file into TFS workspace (SolutionPackager)
- Scan TFS workspace for changes/additions/deletions
- Check-In pending changes of the TFS workspace as a single changeset
The scan of the TFS workspaces – to end up with all differences [changes/additions/deletions] – was a bit more complex than expected because I needed to use several TFS API Workspace calls like PendEdit, PendAdd, PendDelete, … I also made use of the EvaluateCheckin2 method to detect potential conflicts and to perform proper exception handling.
This process allows the development team to easily follow-up the incremental changes (via TFS changesets) which were applied to the dev CRM environment. Note that the SolutionPackager tool is also able to generate a compressed solution file from the individual component files.


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Find out what's happening at The Boro—Wherever you are
The events calendar offers a broad overview of events taking place at Edinboro University, including lectures, performing arts, athletics, featured entertainment, and more. Users can search for an event by date, category, and location or by keyword or phrase. One feature of the calendar is the option to view the calendar by day, week, month or year. There is also an option to subscribe to the calendar to receive information about what is going on at The Boro while on the go! Read more about this new calendar. For the Academic Calendar, click here.


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DLR – German Aerospace Center: "Lufthansa AG has conducted a long-term test of biokerosene on 1187 scheduled flights. This involved one of the engines of an Airbus A321 being powered by a fuel mixture containing 50 percent biosynthetic kerosene. Researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) investigated the pollutant emissions from both engines. The results show that biokerosene can be used in normal flight operations without problems and does not produce more pollution than normal, commercially available kerosene.
"Biokerosene is at least as good"
This is the first time that an airline has conducted long-term tests of biokerosene on its scheduled flights. Joachim Buse, Vice President, Aviation Biofuel at Lufthansa draws a favourable conclusion: "No adverse effects were experienced on flight operations on scheduled flights between Hamburg and Frankfurt. Engineering inspections all gave favourable results and we were able to verify that biokerosene does not emit higher pollutant levels than normal kerosene."
During these long-term tests, researchers from the DLR Institute of Combustion Technology investigated pollutants in the engine exhaust emissions. They positioned a probe behind the engines and directed exhaust gases to the analysis equipment through a pipe. "Measurements have demonstrated that, with regard to pollutant emission levels, biokerosene is at least the equal of commercially available kerosene. Similar readings for levels of nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide were recorded in the exhaust emissions of both engines," stated Manfred Aigner, Head of the DLR Institute of Combustion Technology in summary.
These tests were conducted during the night at Hamburg's Fuhlsbüttel Airport, and involved ground simulations of the various phases of a flight – take-off, steep ascents and final approach. The researchers conducted these probe measurements on both engines, which enabled them to compare the pollutant emissions of a 50-percent biokerosene mix with those obtained with normal kerosene.
Reduced fuel consumption achieved with higher energy density
During the long-term tests, Lufthansa Technik regularly checked all the most important engine parameters. These checks revealed that the fuel flow rate in the engine using the biokerosene mix was about one percent lower than the rate in the engine running on conventional fuel, resulting in a reduction in fuel consumption. This is because the biokerosene mixture has an average energy density about one percent higher than normal kerosene. After the experiment, Lufthansa Technik examined the main fuel system components between the tank and the engine. All components remained in very good condition after operating with biokerosene.
Biokerosene made from jatropha beans and rapeseed oil
The biokerosene employed by Lufthansa is produced entirely from biomass. The oil company Neste Oil derives most of its oil from jatropha beans, rapeseed and animal fats. Due to regulations imposed by the aviation authorities, the maximum permitted ratio of biofuel is currently restricted to 50 percent. Lufthansa is confident of improving fuel efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emissions through the use of biokerosene and other measures. Since 1991, through the use of new technologies, Lufthansa has been able to increase its fuel efficiency by more than 30 percent; today, the average fuel consumption is 4.3 litres of kerosene per 100 passenger kilometres.
From 15 July to 27 December 2011, as part of the burnFAIR research project, a Lufthansa Airbus A321 flew eight times per day between Hamburg and Frankfurt. During these trials, one engine on the aircraft was fuelled with a 50 percent mix of biofuel and kerosene. Lufthansa conducted this long-term test on a joint basis with other partners. DLR researchers were responsible for measuring engine emission levels and evaluated all the results jointly with experts from Lufthansa. Through its aviation research programme (Luftfahrtforschungsprogramm; LuFo), the German Ministry of Economics and Technology (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie; BMWi) supported the long-term testing with funding amounting to about 2.5 million Euros.
DLR research into alternative fuels
The DLR Institute of Combustion Technology in Stuttgart is conducting research to find substitutes for conventional, petroleum-based kerosene and, in the longer term, to replace it altogether with better fuel to achieve environment-friendly, sustainable aviation. Among other things, the researchers are also working to improve synthetic fuels based on natural gas, known as GtL (Gas to Liquid), and are investigating the properties of this new generation of synthetic fuels."
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New products introduced over the last week include a new series of investment benchmarks from Russell and Barclays and a new hedged value fund from RiverPark. In addition, Allianz Life introduced a new variable annuity rider and Jackson National Life introduced a new VA option.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) Russell Investments and Barclays Introduce LDI Index Series
Russell Investments and Barclays announced on Wednesday the creation of a new set of investable liability-driven investment (LDI) fixed-income benchmarks for U.S. corporate pension funds. The Barclays-Russell LDI Index Series offers pension fund investors a standard set of rules-based and transparent fixed-income benchmarks that are designed to offer better liability tracking properties than traditional benchmarks currently in use.
The series consists of six high-quality, mostly corporate-bond-based, benchmarks with target durations of 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16 years. Each LDI index is reconstituted annually back to the targeted maturity minimum range to reflect changes in market yields while minimizing turnover, and rebalanced monthly to remove bonds falling below the maturity threshold or quality standard and add newly issued bonds that qualify.
Issuer concentration is reduced through a 2% issuer cap. When using the series, investors will be able to select a single LDI index or a combination to most accurately reflect their specific liabilities.
2) RiverPark Introduces RiverPark/Gargoyle Hedged Value Fund
RiverPark Advisors LLC announced Thursday that it has introduced the RiverPark/Gargoyle Hedged Value Fund (RGHVX).The new fund is a conversion of the Gargoyle Hedged Value Fund L.P., which has a 12-year performance record as a hedge fund.
It is subadvised by Gargoyle Investment Advisor L.L.C., with Gargoyle's co-founders Alan L. Salzbank and Joshua B. Parker as co-portfolio managers; they have acted as co-portfolio managers on the Gargoyle Hedged Value Fund L.P. since its inception.
RGHVX employs value-oriented stock investing and index option overwriting in seeking to provide long-term capital appreciation with lower risk than the broad stock market. It will generally stay fully invested in the equity securities of medium- to large-capitalization companies, currently defined as those with a minimum of $1.5 billion in market value.
Plus, it will partially hedge the stock portfolio by selling near-term index call options. RGHVX is being offered in two share classes, retail and institutional, with expense ratios of 1.50% and 1.25% respectively.
3) Allianz Life Adds Variable Annuity Rider with Increasing Income Payments
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, and in New York, Allianz Life Insurance Company of New York recently announced the launch of the optional Income Focus rider on Allianz Vision, Allianz Vision New York and Allianz Connections variable annuities. Available in 48 states, the optional rider offers payment percentage increases of 1% every year the contract experiences positive performance, no matter the size of the increase. There is no limit on the number of income increases, up to age 91, whether the contract holder takes income immediately or in the future.
The rider is designed for investors who seek a greater risk/reward tradeoff and provides income that is not driven by how high the contract value grows, but by how many times it grows. Additionally, there are no guaranteed annual increases in accumulation. The rider is powered by the Allianz Managed Volatility Portfolio of investment options. The current annual cost is 1.30% calculated on the purchase payments adjusted for withdrawals (total income value) for both single and joint life payout, and is subject to change on each quarterly anniversary, but will never be less than the minimum charge of 0.50% or exceed the maximum of 2.75% for single or 2.95% for joint.
4) Jackson Launches MarketGuard Stretch for Variable Annuities
Jackson National Life Insurance Company recently launched MarketGuard Stretch, a new option for policyholders of the Perspective family of variable annuities. It is a guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit that allows beneficiaries the flexibility to spread distribution payments over their lifetime, keeping more money in a tax-deferred account for continued growth potential.
The withdrawal benefit can also help guarantee return of premium on a stretch contract over a number of years, regardless of investment performance. Policyholders can take up to 5.5% of their protected balance each year, or their stretch required minimum distribution, if higher, depending on their age at the time of the first withdrawal.
The options allow for distribution of the original investment amount without risking an excess withdrawal. In some circumstances, remainder beneficiaries may also elect to continue the MarketGuard Stretch benefit, guaranteeing they will receive at least the remaining protected balance back while remaining in a tax-deferred contract.
Read the April 30 Portfolio Products Roundup at AdvisorOne.com


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Dinner Tonight: Fried Squid with Marinara Sauce Recipe
Your source for quick recipe every single week day.
I was searching for the ultimate fried squid recipe, or calamari as it was dubbed by all the restaurants around my hometown. Most times I've had the dish, the squid has been rubbery and tough, necessitating some kind of tomato sauce to get it down. For help I turned to James Peterson's What's a Cook to Do? where I pulled this helpful quote: "The secret to good fried squid is to fry it for only one minute." That seemed impossibly short, but I backed it up with this recipe from the New York Times.
Peterson is right. The rounds don't come out stunningly golden-brown, but the squid is so tender and light that it's really not an issue. They tasted like no squid I've ever had. In fact, they're so good, the marinara isn't really needed even if it does work. I chose to use it simply because it's how I grew up eating the dish. Some aioli wouldn't be bad. But honestly, with a nice squeeze of lemon and a sprinkling of salt, these are set.
When is the last time you've heard that about calamari?
- Yield:4 people
- Rated:
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 pounds squid, cleaned, bodies sliced into 1/8-inch rounds, tentacles cut into 1-inch segments
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 quarts Vegetable oil
- Kosher Salt
- Prepared Marinara for serving
- 2 lemons, cut into wedges
Preheat oven to 250°F. Pour buttermilk into a medium-sized bowl. Add the squid and mix well. Heat oil in 4-quart saucepan or Dutch oven to 360°F.
Dump flour onto a large baking dish and stir in black pepper. Add squid and toss well. Transfer to wire mesh strainer and shake over bowl to remove excess flour.
Fry the squid 1/4 at a time for no more than 1 minute, agitating with wire mesh strainer or spider. Drain the pieces in a paper towel-lined bowl and season immediately with salt. Transfer to wire rack set over rimmed baking sheet keep warm in oven while you fry remaining batches. Allow oil to return to 360°F in between batches. Serve immediately with lemon wedges and tomato sauce.
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The Capital Markets team within an award winning IT and Digital Media recruitment agency with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong & Singapore is looking to hire a Candidate Manager to work in a highly flexible environment with a focus on Fintech and trading technology.
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You will be sourcing niche candidates for top tier banking and electronic trading firms as well as boutique Hedge Funds and vendor side companies within the capital markets space covering application support, developers, BA's and Project Managers all the way up to heads of technology, you will also be taking on some business development and learning the best ways to maximize your candidates potential
- Sourcing highly skilled and passionate talent for our clients
- Building talent pools
- Interviewing and marketing candidates
- Networking
- Data entry
- Some Business development
What we're looking for
Ideally we are looking for an experienced talent manager with experience in the Australian and APAC markets, a background in Fintech is desired as having this experience would be beneficial when trying to understand what our clients are looking for. You will have excellent organisational and communication skills.
This is an excellent opportunity to work with a well established brand in the FinTech space throughout the Apac region and will enable you to learn from an experienced team that's going through exciting period of growth!
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George Harrison's birthday saluted with music video tribute
Rare George Harrison-Bob Dylan Composition Inspires New Cover by Evan Rachel Wood
Recording Benefits Amnesty International - Charity Supported by George Harrison
by Adam Forrest, Beatles News Editor
Today, Saturday February 25th, is the 69th anniversary of the birth of George Harrison. His birthday is saluted this year with the release of a new music video featuring actress/singer Evan Rachel Wood that honors the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization Amnesty International, an organization that George Harrison both supported and inspired.
Evan Rachel Wood has recorded her version of the very rare songwriting collaboration between Harrison and Bob Dylan. The song "I'd Have You Anytime" was written by the duo when Harrison spent Thanksgiving 1968 with Dylan at his Woodstock home. The pair had become friends when Dylan and the Beatles first met in 1964 and their friendship had blossomed over the following years. Their friendship continued for nearly four decades until Harrison's untimely passing in 2001. Harrison placed his own recording of the song as the first track on his first ever solo album, "All Things Must Pass" in 1970. However the song has rarely been covered by other artists.
Evan Rachel Wood's new recording of the song was made for "Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International", the new 4-disc CD set commemorating the 50th anniversary of the movement.
It is very apt that the new recording benefits Amnesty International because Harrison was a supporter of the organization. His pioneering 1971 charity event the "Concert For Bangladesh" was one of the inspirations for his pals in Monty Python in 1976, when they helped organized the first show in Amnesty International's long-running benefit series of shows, movies and albums, known as the "Secret Policeman's Ball". Harrison attended the first show and donated generously to the organization in subsequent years. (The latest incarnation of the "Secret Policeman's Ball" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall on Sunday March 4th - an event that Evan Rachel Wood plans to attend in support of Amnesty.)
The new recording has the blessing of George Harrison's widow Olivia Harrison, and of many of George Harrison's Monty Python pals including Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Neil Innes. Also voicing her support for the recording is Harrison's first wife Pattie Boyd, who accompanied Harrison on his trip to Woodstock in 1968 and who witnessed (and photographed) Harrison and Dylan writing the song.
Commenting on the recording, Boyd said, "I think it is marvelous that George has been saluted in this way. Especially as the new track has been dedicated to George in honor of his support for human rights and the inspiration he gave to Amnesty." (Click here for Pattie Boyd's full statement about the song.)
Evan Rachel Wood's version of "I'd Have You Anytime" has been recorded in the style of the 1930s and 1940s Hoagy Carmichael tunes that George Harrison enjoyed in his childhood. (Harrison expressed his love of that musical era by recording two Carmichael songs for his 1981 album "Somewhere In England").
The recording features a tenor saxophone solo by Harrison's close friend Tom Scott. Other musicians on the track include former Paul McCartney/Wings guitarist Laurence Juber, who worked with Harrison in 1986 on the swing-era music Harrison wrote and recorded for the "Shanghai Surprise" soundtrack; and acclaimed jazz musicians Patrice Rushen (piano), Edwin Livingstone (bass) and Clayton Cameron (brushes). The song was arranged by Emmy-award winning film composer John Altman, who worked on the George Harrison-produced movie "Monty Python's Life Of Brian" (arranging "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life"), was arranger for both of the Rutles albums and was Musical Director for Amnesty's 1981 show "The Secret Policeman's Other Ball".
The audio recording and music video were produced by Martin Lewis, who was co-creator/producer of the "Secret Policeman's Ball" series and who cites Harrison's "Concert For Bangladesh" as a direct inspiration for Amnesty's early benefit shows and his own 36-year history of work for the organization.
Evan Rachel Wood is no stranger to recording Beatles-related songs. She was acclaimed for her singing of Beatles compositions in Julie Taymor's 2007 film "Across The Universe". She was invited to record the song by Martin Lewis. Lewis and Wood first met when Lewis organized the US premiere of "Across The Universe" in Los Angeles, an event that included an after-party at Hollywood's Viper Room where Lewis produced a live performance of several Fab Four tunes by the then just-turned-20 Evan Rachel Wood.
Wood comments, "I loved recording the song and I'm thrilled with how the finished track sounds. Knowing that George Harrison's work as a humanitarian helped inspire some of the fund-raising work for Amnesty International and that this track therefore honors George Harrison as well as Bob Dylan and Amnesty makes this really special for me." (Click here for more of Evan Rachel Wood's thoughts on the new recording.)
Lewis states, "George Harrison completely redefined what charity shows could be for the baby-boomer generation. When we started what became the 'Secret Policeman's Ball' series our template was what George had done with the 'Concert For Bangladesh'. He showed us the way. So recording this song was an opportunity for us to salute and thank George at the same time as we honored Bob Dylan and helped Amnesty. It was a triple whammy. Plus the joy of working with the incredible Evan Rachel Wood."
Bob Dylan's affection for his friend George Harrison was best expressed in the statement he issued in 2001 at the time of his passing, "He was a giant, a great, great soul, with all of the humanity, all of the wit and humor, all of the wisdom, the spirituality, the common sense of a man and compassion for people. He inspired love and had the strength of a hundred men. He was like the sun, the flowers and the moon, and we will miss him enormously. The world is a profoundly emptier place without him."
George Harrison reflected on his collaboration with Bob Dylan in a 1977 interview in which he said, "I liked that song, 'I'd Have You Anytime' because of Bob Dylan. I was with Bob and he'd gone through his broken neck period and was being very quiet. He hardly said a word for a couple of days. Anyway, we finally got the guitars out and it loosened things up a bit... It was really a nice time with all his kids around, and we were just playing. I was saying to him 'You write incredible lyrics' and he was saying 'How do you write those tunes?'" (Click here for more from George Harrison's 1977 interview.)
Several of George Harrison's pals in Monty Python have offered words of support for this musical tribute to their old friend.
Neil Innes said, "Stunning! 'I'd Have You Anytime' with Evan Rachel Wood is transcendental. I really do love it."
Eric Idle commented, "That's lovely. Very groovy."
Terry Gilliam remarked, "Good idea! George loved Hoagy Carmichael. I kept pushing him to do an album of his renditions of Carmichael songs. Of course he never listened to me. Pity, he could have been famous..."
Amnesty's "Chimes Of Freedom" album is executive-produced by Jeff Ayeroff & Julie Yannatta. Executive Producers for Amnesty are Helen Garrett & Karen Scott. Martin Lewis is Contributing Producer, responsible for the Evan Rachel Wood recording and seven other tracks on the album.
Helen Garrett and Karen Scott of Amnesty International said, "We are thrilled that this wonderful recording and music video by Evan Rachel Wood allows us at Amnesty to salute two music icons at the same time. Bob Dylan's music has been an inspiration to supporters of human rights for 50 years. George Harrison was a pioneer in harnessing entertainment to help humanitarian causes and his work inspired Amnesty."
Evan Rachel Wood's version of "I'd Have You Anytime" is available on the 4-disc CD "Chimes Of Freedom" which features 73 tracks. It is also available by digital download. The bundled digital album features 3 bonus tracks for a total of 76 tracks.
The official music video for "I'd Have You Anytime" may be seen here.
A mini-documentary about the recording may be seen here.
Published February 25, 2012
This article is Copyright © 2012, Adam Forrest, and may not be reproduced on other web sites or in print, in whole or in part, without expressed permission
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There are some twenty-two separate areas of evidence and research which have occurred, particularly over the last twenty years which indicate that life and consciousness transcend bodily death. Such evidence has probably always existed but only now with recent advances in medical science and technology has much of it been able to be studied empirically. A list of some of these lines of evidence would include the Near Death Experience (NDE), Out of Body Experience (OBE), After Death Communication (ADC), Mediumship, Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), The Scole Experiments, The Cross Correspondences, Death Bed Visions, Remote Viewing, Reincarnation, Automatic Writing and others.
Not everyone has direct experience of these phenomena but there are thousands of documented cases of people who have experienced one or more of them.
My own experience of what is sometimes described as 'the paranormal' has been largely due to my ability to keep an open yet critical mind and my extensive research into the experiences of others. I myself cannot claim to have personally had a near death experience or a definite after death contact but there is one phenomenon that I can attest to personally having witnessed it many times over several years on a regular basis.
My mother, when she was alive, had the ability to do 'automatic writing'. She would sit down with a paper and pencil in hand and begin to write furiously and continuously until she was forced to stop through exhaustion. She produced dozens of such pages and afterwards I would type them up for her on my, at that stage rather primitive, word processor. I still have the typed pages and many of the hand written originals.
I stress here that these were definitely not my mother's words. She did occasionally like to write poetry but these poems were few and far between and were a reflection of the way she saw beauty in the natural world. The language and the wording were simple and typical of someone who only had a limited education to early high school level.
On the other hand the automatic writings were always highly esoteric with an old world style and contained deep seated truths many of which neither my mother nor myself were able to fully comprehend.
Here is a small sample of one of them. There are plenty more on my website. www.afterlifenovels.com
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For thousands of years all the worlds religions have been talking about life continuing on after the physical body dies. More than this human beings seem to have it hard wired into their brains that there is a life after death and that there is an Ultimate Being who created everything and everyone. When this concept is looked at logically and with real skepticism many people come to the conclusion that all consciousness ends at physical death however I claim that NO ONE truly believes this at the 'gut' level. Even the most hard-nosed skeptic will call out to God for help under the right circumstances.
This 'hard-wiring' into the human psyche for the need to believe in a Higher Order Being should give us real pause for thought. In fact this is probably the reason that so many people are prepared to believe, on blind faith alone, in ancient books written thousands of years ago and which have undergone any number of translations down through the ages. These same books have also been altered for political reasons of the day and only certain books have been included.
Irrespective of the many belief structures that have been invented to explain it down through the ages the 'after-life' is none the less very much for real and it has huge consequences for the here and now!
My training and expertise is in the area of science and mathematics and I can tell you honestly that I have not come to my present understanding through blind faith or indoctrination but through making a seventeen year study of the various separate areas of evidence that exists for the existence of the afterlife. There are twenty two distinct lines of investigation, all of which if used in a court of law in relation to a crime would be enough to convict someone many times over 'beyond any reasonable doubt'. Some of these are so powerful and have been done under strict scientific protocols that they are convincing beyond ANY doubt!
The Cross Correspondences and the Scole Experiments fall into this later category as do a number of well documented Near Death Experiences which have occurred in real time while the patient was clinically dead on an operating table. If one then adds in other considerations such as Electronic Voice Phenomena, Automatic Writing, Voice and Materialization Medium Ship, Reincarnation evidence, Remote Viewing, Out of Body Experiences, Apparitions and Death Bed Visions, Experiments on Group Consciousness and many others then the conclusion is inescapable.
I have collected many examples of this evidence together and I have presented it on my website at www.afterlifenovels.com .In addition I have written eight interesting novels which take this evidence as a backdrop to the stories. All of my characters are very 'down to earth' and credible even the non human ones and the stories, while they themselves are fiction, are meant to highlight the very real nature of eternal life and what it means to be a member of a race of powerful eternal beings.
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A plaque inside the temple reveals its establishment date to be 1889, when the island's fishing community dedicated it to Hung Shing, God of the Sea. As with many rural temples, it's comprised of two halls. The courtyard between the front and main halls has been roofed over, while the space on both sides remains open. One of the side chambers was used for the school, and the other as living quarters for the temple's keeper.
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The temple has been renovated four times, most likely because of the damage caused by fierce winds and heavy rainstorms that can occur during Hong Kong's typhoon season. Completed in 2000, the latest project was financed by a grant of $2 million from the Hong Kong Jockey Club, and won an Outstanding Project award in The UNESCO Asia–Pacific Heritage Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation. The temple was preserved as a Declared Monument in 2002.
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CSRE 84: Zionism and the State of Israel (HISTORY 84, JEWISHST 84, REES 84)
(Same as HISTORY 184. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 184.) Hotly contested still, this course will open up the movement's ideas, practices, achievements and crises in such a way as to allow students to hear the fullest range of voices - Jewish, Arab, religious, secular, etc. It will track the movement from its appearance in the late nineteenth century until the establishment of State of Israel in 1948, and beyond.
Last offered: Spring 2015 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
CSRE 85B: Jews in the Contemporary World: Faith and Ethnicity, Visibility and Vulnerability (HISTORY 85B, JEWISHST 85B, REES 85B)
(Same as HISTORY 185B. History majors and others taking 5 units, register for 185B.) This course explores the full expanse of Jewish life today and in the recent past. The inner workings of religious faith, the content of Jewish identify shorn of belief, the interplay between Jewish powerlessness and influence, the myth and reality of Jewish genius, the continued pertinence of antisemitism, the rhythms of Jewish economic life ¿ all these will be examined in weekly lectures, classroom discussion, and with the use of a widely diverse range of readings, films, and other material. Explored in depth will the ideas and practices of Zionism, the content of contemporary secularism and religious Orthodoxy, the impact Holocaust, the continued crisis facing Israel and the Palestinians. Who is to be considered Jewish, in any event, especially since so many of the best known (Spinoza, Freud, Marx) have had little if anything to do with Jewish life with their relationships to it indifferent, even hostile?
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Zipperstein, S. (PI)
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Exam Date/Time: 2016-03-14 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Zipperstein, S. (PI)
CSRE 105C: Human Trafficking: Historical, Legal, and Medical Perspectives (EMED 105C, FEMGEN 105C, HISTORY 105C, INTNLREL 105C)
(Same as HISTORY 5C. History majors and others taking 5 units, enroll in 105C.) Interdisciplinary approach to understanding the extent and complexity of the global phenomenon of human trafficking, especially for forced prostitution and labor exploitation, focusing on human rights violations and remedies. Provides a historical context for the development and spread of human trafficking. Analyzes the current international and domestic legal and policy frameworks to combat trafficking and evaluates their practical implementation. Examines the medical, psychological, and public health issues involved. Uses problem-based learning. Students interested in service learning should consult with the instructor and will enroll in an additional course.
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Jolluck, K. (PI) ; Lippert, S. (PI) ; Van Schaack, B. (PI) ; Walker, R. (PI)
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Instructors: Jolluck, K. (PI); Lippert, S. (PI); Van Schaack, B. (PI); Walker, R. (PI)
CSRE 108: Introduction to Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (AMSTUD 107, FEMGEN 101, TAPS 108)
Introduction to interdisciplinary approaches to gender, sexuality, queer, trans and feminist studies. Topics include the emergence of sexuality studies in the academy, social justice and new subjects, science and technology, art and activism, history, film and memory, the documentation and performance of difference, and relevant socio-economic and political formations such as work and the family. Students learn to think critically about race, gender, and sexuality from local and global perspectives.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4-5 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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Exam Date/Time: 2015-12-09 12:15pm - 3:15pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Cerankowski, K. (PI); Hanlon, P. (PI); Akhter, M. (TA); King, E. (TA)
CSRE 121L: Racial-Ethnic Politics in US (AMSTUD 121L, POLISCI 121L, PUBLPOL 121L)
This course examines various issues surrounding the role of race and ethnicity in the American political system. Specifically, this course will evaluate the development of racial group solidarity and the influence of race on public opinion, political behavior, the media, and in the criminal justice system. We will also examine the politics surrounding the Multiracial Movement and the development of racial identity and political attitudes in the 21st century. Stats 60 or Econ 1 is strongly recommended.
Last offered: Autumn 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
CSRE 125V: The Voting Rights Act (AFRICAAM 125V, POLISCI 125V)
Focus is on whether and how racial and ethnic minorities including African Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos are able to organize and press their demands on the political system. Topics include the political behavior of minority citizens, the strength and effect of these groups at the polls, the theory and practice of group formation among minorities, the responsiveness of elected officials, and the constitutional obstacles and issues that shape these phenomena.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
CSRE 141: Gentrification (URBANST 141)
Neighborhoods in the Bay Area and around the world are undergoing a transformation known as gentrification. Middle- and upper-income people are moving into what were once low-income areas, and housing costs are on the rise. Tensions between ¿newcomers¿ and ¿old timers,¿ who are often separated by race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation, can erupt; high rents may force long-time residents to leave. In this class we will move beyond simplistic media depictions to explore the complex history, nature, causes and consequences of this process. Students will learn through readings, films, class discussions, and engagement with a local community organization
Terms: Spr | Units: 5 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Kahan, M. (PI)
2015-2016 Spring
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Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) |
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03/28/2016 - 06/01/2016 Mon, Wed 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM at 50-51B with Kahan, M. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2016-06-07 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Kahan, M. (PI)
CSRE 146A: Approaching Research and the Community (URBANST 123)
Comparative perspective on research with communities and basic overview of research methodologies, with an emphasis on the principles and practices of doing community-based research as a collaborative enterprise between academic researchers and community members. How academic scholarship can be made useful to communities. How service experiences and interests can be used to develop research questions in collaboration with communities and serve as a starting point for developing senior theses or other independent research projects. Through the coursework, students are encouraged to develop a draft proposal for an actual community-based research project. The course is highly recommended for students planning to apply for community-based summer research fellowships through the Haas Center for Public Service (Community-based Research Fellowship Program) or CRSE (Community Research Summer Internship). Students who complete the course will be given priority for these fellowships.
Terms: Win | Units: 2-3 | UG Reqs: WAY-SI
Instructors: Hurd, C. (PI) ; Ned, J. (PI)
2015-2016 Winter
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UG Reqs: WAY-SI |
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Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
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01/04/2016 - 03/11/2016 Thu 3:00 PM - 5:50 PM at 200-032 with Hurd, C. (PI); Ned, J. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2016-03-15 7:00pm - 10:00pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Hurd, C. (PI); Ned, J. (PI)
CSRE 146S: Asian American Culture and Community (AMSTUD 146, ASNAMST 146S, COMPLIT 146)
This course introduces students to the histories of Asians in America, specifically as these histories are part of a broader Asia-US-Pacific history that characterized the 20th century and now the 21st. We will combine readings in history, literature, sociology, with community-based learning.nnThe course takes place over two quarters. The first quarter focuses on gaining knowledge of Asian America and discussion key topics that students wish to focus on collaboratively. During this first quarter we also learn about community-based learning, set up teams and projects, and develop relationships with community organizations. The second quarter students work with student liaisons (senior students who have experience in service learning) and complete their work with the community¿there are no formal class meetings this second quarter. Service Learning Course (certified by Haas Center). Course can be repeated once.
Last offered: Winter 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Repeatable 2 times (up to 10 units total)
CSRE 148: Comparative Ethnic Conflict (SOC 148, SOC 248)
Causes and consequences of racial and ethnic conflict, including nationalist movements, ethnic genocide, civil war, ethnic separatism, politics, indigenous peoples' movements, and minority rights movements around the world.
Last offered: Winter 2013 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, GER:EC-GlobalCom, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
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A while ago somebody asked me why I was worried about one of my online friends. How could I tell that this friend had probably been through a terrible weekend? He hadn't posted anything online about it, and he lives clear across the country, and I've never met him in person. So what was the clue?
I didn't know. But I knew that I'd worried about that friend all weekend and ended up being proven right, unfortunately.
Talking to people in person, we use non-verbals as huge clues about how that person is feeling. I can see when people are tired by the way they carry themselves, the look in their eyes, the pace of their speech, their tone of voice. All of these tiny clues add up to a fairly clear picture of tiredness, and I don't even have to think about processing this information. I just know it, and I respond accordingly.
But I'm beginning to think that there are non-verbals to online communication as well. As a community gels, I get used to the kinds of words people use, the pace of their posts, the times when I can expect silence, and the times when I can expect excitement. These things have very little to do with the actual content of their posts but everything to do with the person on the other end of the posts.
It's kind of amazing, actually, and incredibly touching to see a community keeping tabs on its members and reaching out when things seem off. I've had friends check in with me when I stopped posting for a while, and I've seen the same happen for others. And just this week I was floored when, after posting that computer monitors were seeming painfully bright all of a sudden, a friend said she'd thought this sounded like a migraine, except that "Iris doesn't get migraines." And I don't. Or rather, I hadn't until yesterday. (They're not fun, by the way, in case you had any doubts. I say that knowing full well that mine was a light-weight in the land of migraines.) This friend didn't have to investigate past posts and think about whether she'd ever heard me talk about migraines before. She just knew that this was different. The fact that she knew this kind of thing just reinforced for me that it's not just what we post online that lets people know who we are, it's also what we don't post, and how we post what we do post.
In a world of text, this is the kind of thing that replaces non-verbal communication. This is the kind of thing that allows online communities become more than just a group of people with similar interests.


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Videos | March 4, 2010
Titan Canyon Country
Is that Saturn's moon Titan or is that Utah? New analysis of Cassini data indicates Saturn's moon Titan has more in common with Earth than we thought.
Transcript:The radar that we've been flying around Saturn
Text: Voice of Tom Farr, Cassini radar team associate and passing by Titan periodically,
we've been able to map out the surface brightness as the radar sees it.
We see geologic processes that are very similar to what we see on the Earth.
This is a computer generated 3-D fly through of an area of karst topography on Titan.
Text: Karst Topography: Landscape shaped by the dissolving of bedrock
It was generated by inferring the topography and then laying a radar image down on top of the 3-D map.
This area is an area called Sikun Labyrinthus on Titan. [00:00:35] It's an area of karst topography very similar to the karst topography we find on Earth, Text: White Canyon, Utah
Text: Cockpit Country, Jamaica especially in places like Jamaica,
Text: Arecibo, Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
Text: Guangxi province, China or China.
It's an area where liquid methane here on Titan has dissolved the rocks and produced a residual landscape
of just hills and valleys with no river valleys flowing through the area.
So it's yet again another process that we see on the Earth that we find on Titan
making Titan very similar to the Earth in many ways.
Text: Artistic interpretation and animation by Mike Malaska, Doug Ellison and Bjorn Jonsson
using radar and imaging data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and ESA's Huygens probe
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology


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One of the most protracted ownership handovers in Australian sport has finally been concluded with the Western Sydney Wanderers officially going into private ownership on June 30.
The new ownership consortium is headed by Primo Smallgoods boss Paul Lederer, who is expected to become the club's chairman, Sabre Sports United director Jefferson Cheng, Pirtek founder Glenn Duncan and businessman David Slade. They will take over from Football Federation Australia, who have owned and run the club since its inception in 2012.
Lederer was 75th on the BRW Rich List in 2013 with an estimated fortune of $630 million.The sale of the A-League's newest club has been ongoing for almost a year, with sale figures mooted between $10 million and $15 million. It is estimated the final fee is around $12 million.
The FFA asked global investment bank UBS to source a buyer for the club but FFA chairman Frank Lowy was ultimately able to sell the club to Lederer, a close family friend, with Slade also working for Lowy's Westfield group for over 30 years. He is now a partner in the Australian branch of the UK retail outlet, Topshop-Topman.
FFA chief executive David Gallop promised the new owners would continue to strengthen the foundations frenetically built during the club's first two years.
"The Wanderers were built for the people, by the people of western Sydney. That was the promise from day one and FFA has held true to that mission," he said. "Like FFA before it, the new consortium understands its role as the guardians of the Wanderers. They are entrusted by the members of the club to protect and build on what has been achieved."
Lederer promised fans that "nothing will change" in how the club connected with their ever-expanding fan base.
"The spirit of this club comes from the members, fans and the people of western Sydney. Nothing will change in that regard," he said. "I have been a director of the club for the past two years and I've had the privilege to play a part and see first-hand what makes this club so special.
"The consortium has responsibility to ensure the Wanderers have a sound financial base and a strong administration so the club can continue to grow and be successful on and off the field."
Upon taking his role in 2012, outgoing executive chairman Lyall Gorman received a clause in his contract – ratified by then-FFA chief executive Ben Buckley – that allowed him to take a percentage of the final sale of the club, in addition to his salary. Gorman has reportedly been courted by AFL clubs Carlton and Brisbane Lions.
Sebastian Hassett is a football reporter with The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Driving professionals offer information on new permit laws
TORRINGTON >> A recent trend showing teenagers waiting longer to obtain their driver's license has led to new law requiring new adult driver to obtain a learner's permit.
The three-month permit will require all new drivers over the age of 18 to take a knowledge and vision test, as well as an eight-hour safe driving practices course before taking the road test for a driver's license.
Department of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Melody Currey said cars are more sophisticated today and traveling roads can be more dangerous for inexperienced drivers.
"Cars are more sophisticated today, traveling roads can be more dangerous for inexperienced drivers and some form of a learning period is required now for those over 18, just as we have done for those under 18," said DMV Commissioner Melody A. Currey.
Local driving professionals like All-Star Driving School General Manager Brandon Dufour lobbied to pass the bill, seeing from experience the dangers inexperienced drivers pose on the roads.
"We were thrilled that the bill passed, because it's one stepping stone towards adding more safe driving measures for adults," All-Star Driving School General Manager Brandon DuFour said. "Safe driving doesn't come with age, it comes with experience."
Dufour said about fifty percent of his students are adults. Under the previous law, adults only needed to take an eight-hour safety course before obtaining a license in Connecticut. Dufour supported the new law because drivers need much more practice on the road.
Driving school demographics have changed through the years, said Dufour. Less teenagers are applying for a license as soon as they turn sixteen. Many wait until they're 18 nowadays when they leave for college, or move out of the house, thus surpassing the requirement for driver education..
"There are so many factors young people wait to get their licenses, like social media-they don't have to be at each others' houses to be connected," Dufour said. "Economically, a lot of parents these days don't have the money for a new car and insurance, and also teenagers aren't needing cars to get to typical jobs like scooping ice cream, because those jobs are being taken by unemployed adults."
Connecticut State Police Public Information Officer Lt. Paul Vance said increasing requirements for adult drivers should reduce the amount of accidents caused by inexperience each year.
"This was definitely a step to in the right direction, I give the kudos to the DMV," Vance said. "What was happening is that younger people were not trying to get their licenses at 16 and 17 because they felt too much was being asked of them, so they were waiting until they turned 18 to avoid the headaches. By making new drivers get more experience on the road, it will benefit everyone."
All-Star Driver, Connecticut's Leader in Driver's Education, is a family owned, family operated driving school with a headquarters in Watertown CT. All-Star Driver's roots are in the student transportation business, but extended into new driver training in February of 2009. With over 40 years experience in the traffic safety business, the transition into new driver training made perfect sense. All-Star Driver now holds classes in 66 locations around Western Connecticut.


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I can't believe just 5 days ago you were in my belly. A part of me misses it...but OH, I am loving having you in my arms finally! When I hold you real close, your little movements, especially your hiccups, feel so familiar to me. Last night your sweet Dad was holding you and you started to get the hiccups...he was so worried because they were jolting your little body. I assured him it was okay, and that I remember feeling you have hiccups a lot toward the end of my pregnancy with you. The worried look stayed on his face though until your tiny body relaxed. He sure loves you little one.
And Ava thank you so much for being such a calm, sweet baby. You had high levels of bilirubin at the hospital, so now that we're home we've had to have you spend most of your time in a bili-bed (your little UFO, as Dad calls it). You're such a trooper and have been wonderful to sleep so much, and so well, in it. Your easy going nature has also made it so that your big brother still gets lots of Mommy and Daddy time too :) We're still working on helping Brooks understand that you're his sister, but soon enough I know he's going to be loving on you all the time and you two will be the best of friends!
Oh Ava girl, I'm so grateful your loving Heavenly Father sent you to us. This Momma of yours is head over heels. So thrilled you are ours forever! But now I've got to put you back to bed...sweet dreams little one.
PS - Here are some photos your Dad took...a fun before-and-after comparison don't you think? The left is just an hour before you joined our family, and the right was when you were barely 2 days old, both in front of the hospital bed you were born in :)


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