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by Jamie Buckingham
Well, it finally happened. I was on the platform during the early service that Sunday morning. Although I was not scheduled to preach, I was directing the service, Jimmy Smith, our soloist, was singing from the piano. It was powerful, moving.
"I will pour water on him that is thirsty...." As he finished, I turned to the guest preacher who was seated beside me. "I'm going to minister to the people before you preach," I whispered.
He nodded. I picked up the wireless microphone and walked to the pulpit just as the music finished. "Please bow your heads and close your eyes," I said.
Jimmy caught the mood of the moment and continued to play softly. I talked for a few seconds about the water of the Holy Spirit, which softens the parched earth of our lives. I asked the people to let Him come into their lives. Jimmy sang another stanza. Some of the people slipped to their knees.
I closed by asking them to receive the seed of the Word, which the preacher was about to sow in their lives. After the service, the guest preacher commented, "That was great. I wish you could repeat it just the same way at the second service."
I swelled a little, It was a good word. Fresh. Spontaneous. I nodded. If a thing is good for one group, why not for all?
In the second service, before a much larger crowd, Jimmy sang the same song. But something was different. The people were not responding as the first group had. But my course was set.
Once again I picked up the microphone and stepped to the pulpit. With solemn drama I called the people to prayer. My own eyes were closed. My head bowed. I waited, piously, through the dramatic pause.
Instead of the expected silence, however, I heard laughter. It started in the side section where my wife and grown children were sitting. It rippled across the congregation, like dry leaves before the wind, growing louder and louder.
I stood there, puffed-up and dumb, wondering what was happening. Was something going on that was funny and I couldn't see it because my eyes were closed? I opened my eyes and immediately squeezed them shut. The people were laughing so hard they were crying.
Then, in that horrifying way a person knows, I knew. They were laughing at me. Surely it wasn't my zipper? Only then did I recall what I had just said. It ran through my mind like a tape replay. I had said, "PLEASE BOW YOUR EYES AND CLOSE YOUR HEADS."
I always hoped it would happen to someone else so I could laugh. Now it had happened to me. Memories, like rabbits in front of hounds, raced wildly through my mind. I remembered the time I came to the platform to officiate in a formal wedding. I had just come out of the bathroom and
didn't realize until I was in front of all those people that stuck to my shoe and trailing behind was an eight-foot stream of toilet paper.
I remembered the time I looked down in the middle of my sermon and saw my pants were unzipped—and my shirt tail was sticking out like a flag. I remembered the time I put my hand on a casket at the front of the church and the flimsy stand it was sitting on gave way.
Then I remembered that Easter morning baptismal service 25 years ago. The baptistry was high above the choir loft. My plan was to baptize at the beginning of the service then rush to the platform during the hymn so I could preach. That morning I wore my new waders—huge rubber boots which came up to my chest, held in place by suspenders.
The last person I baptized was a portly woman. When I lowered her beneath the surface she displaced far more water than I anticipated. The overflow rushed into my waders—filling them to the brim. When the woman came up, the water went down—leaving me standing in 400 pounds of water-filled boots.
I was rooted to the bottom of the baptistry and couldn't move. I finally had to lower my suspenders and crawl out of the boots in front of the entire Easter congregation—in my underwear. All that ran through my mind and I realized, I've been here before.
I knew if I tried to correct my mistake it would get worse. But what do you do? The one thing I didn't want to do was laugh. I wanted to be like Elijah and suddenly disappear in a whirlwind, never to be seen again.
But the more I thought of what had just happened the funnier it seemed. Here's a solemn, pious, stuffed-shirt, strutting to the pulpit with soft music, and with ministerial pomp intoning "PLEASE BOW YOUR EYES AND CLOSE YOUR HEAD."
I began to giggle. The congregation howled. They were now laughing so hard people were holding their stomachs. Gradually I realized what had happened. What God had done in the early service I had tried to replicate in my own strength.
God, who enjoys a good laugh, too, figured since I was going to take the credit, He would let me do it my way. And my way is to stick my foot in my mouth. When you want the people to notice you, God usually says, "Be my guest!"
But what they remember is often something you wish they'd forget. I twice tried to salvage the moment, but it was too far gone. The best I could do was walk over to the preacher who was sitting there shaking his head, and say, "You're on."
The preacher did his best that morning, but he would have been far more effective had he just said the benediction. The sermon had already been preached by the dumbbell who tried to upstage God. It doesn't pay to take yourself seriously when God is present.
From 1979 until his death, Jamie Buckingham (1932-1992) wrote the "Last Word" column for Charisma magazine, which originally published this article. He was the editor of Ministry Today magazine at his untimely death in February 1992—more than 20 years ago.
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Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE, TSX: RY) is Canada's largest bank in terms of total assets.[1] With almost $35.4 billion Canadian Dollars in 2009 revenue, RBC ranks 55th on Forbes Global 2000 list, which ranks companies' sizes on a composite of sales, profits, assets, and market value.[2] Revenue from Canada accounts for 70% of RBC's revenue, but the Canadian bank also has a large presence in the Southeast U.S. and the Caribbean.[3]
While RBC tops Canada's Big Five, five banks that dominate the Canadian banking system and control over 90% of all Canadian banking assets.[4], its tier 1 risk-based capital ratio is the thinnest among its Canadian peers at 13.4% as of 2010.[5][6] Tier 1 is a measure of equity and retained earnings to risk-adjusted capital and generally is used to indicate a bank's financial health.
Although RBC has suffered losses from the 2008 Financial Crisis, the bank competes in a highly regulated Canadian banking sector that has limited leverage and required conservative lending practices, which has left the Canadian Banks relatively unscathed.[7] In fact, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum placed Canadian banks as the soundest in the world based on the likelihood and extent of government intervention necessary to support banks in each country.[8] The U.S. was ranked 40th in the survey of 12,000 corporate executives. Focusing on banks' balance sheets, Canadian banks fair much better than their U.S. and European counter-parts. Canadian banks average a tier 1 risk-based capital of 9.8%, or twice that of the average American investment bank and three times greater than the mean of European commercial banks. The Canadian Government issued $75 billion in mortgage issuance to keep the international playing field level as other countries (especially the US and European nations) provided guarantees to bank assets.
RBC's 80,000 employees provides Financial Services to 17 million clients in primarily Canada (70% of revenue), Southeastern U.S. (17%), and the Caribbean.[3][9]
Second Quarter 2010 Results[5]
Royal Bank of Canada reported net income of $1,329 million for the second quarter ended April 30, 2010 compared to a net loss of $50 million in the prior-year period. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $.88 (up from a loss per share of $.07 in the second quarter of 2009. Earnings were driven by strong results across most businesses, continued stabilization of credit quality, effective cost management and a general improvement in market and economic conditions.
The strengthening of the Canadian dollar had a significant impact on RBC's financial results compared to last year, reducing revenue by $534 million, net income by $82 million and EPS by $.06.
Canadian Banking is the largest business segment of RBC. Personal financial services include taking deposits and originating loans. RBC profits on the net interest rate spread, or the difference between what it pays to borrow money and the revenue earned from lending money. Canadian Banking consists of its domestic personal and business banking operations and certain retail investment businesses and is operated through three business lines: Personal Financial Services, Business Financial Services, and Cards and Payment Solutions. Canadian Banking provides a suite of financial products and services to over 10 million individual and business clients through its branch, automated teller machines (ATMs), online and telephone banking networks, as well as through a large number of sales professionals. Personal Financial Services focuses on meeting the needs of the Company's individual clients at every stage of their lives through a range of financing and investment products and services, including home equity financing, personal lending, deposit accounts, mutual funds and self-directed brokerage accounts, guaranteed investment certificates (GICs) and Canadian private banking. It has a retail banking network comprising 1,197 branches and 4,214 ATMs. Business Financial Services offers a range of lending, leasing, deposit, investment, foreign exchange, cash management, and trade products and services to small and medium-sized businesses and commercial, agriculture and agribusiness clients across Canada. RBC's business banking network includes approximately 100 business banking centers and over 2,000 business account managers. Cards and Payment Solutions provides an array of credit cards and related payment products and solutions. In addition, this business line includes the Company's 50% interest in Moneris Solutions, Inc., the merchant card processing joint venture with the Bank of Montreal.
Using a network of 4,000 financial consultants, wealth management provides financial advice, asset management, estate, and trust services to high net worth individuals (HNIs) and affluent clients. A key driver to growing revenue is assets under management (AUM), which grows by either attracting new funds or capital appreciation of underlying assets. More assets translates to higher management fees collected.
Wealth Management comprises three business lines: Canadian Wealth Management, U.S. & International Wealth Management and Global Asset Management. Canadian Wealth Management includes full-service retail brokerage in Canada, with over 1,430 investment advisors, providing advise-based financial solutions to affluent and high-net-worth clients. In addition, the Company provides discretionary investment management and estate and trust services to its domestic clients through more than 70 investment counselors and more than 120 trust professionals in locations across the country. U.S. & International Wealth Management consists of the Company's retail brokerage business, which is a full-service firm in the United States with over 2,300 financial consultants. It also has a clearing and execution services business that serves small to mid-sized independent broker-dealers and institutions. Internationally, RBC provides customized banking, credit, investment and trust solutions to high-net-worth private clients across a network of 31 offices located in 21 countries worldwide. Global Asset Management is responsible for the Company's asset management business. In Canada, it provides a range of investment management services through mutual funds, pooled funds and separately managed portfolios. The Company distributes its investment solutions through a network of its bank branches, its discount and full-service brokers, independent advisors and direct to consumers. It also provides investment solutions directly to institutional clients, including defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, as well as endowments and foundations.
Using third-party and propreitary channels, RBC offers life, health, travel, home, auto, and creditor insurance services to individuals and business clients in Canada and the United States. Outside North America, RBC manages a specialty reinsurance business. RBC Insurance makes money when the premiums collected and investment returns exceed its insurance payouts.
Insurance consists of Canadian Insurance, U.S. Insurance, and International & Other. In Canada, the Company offers its products and services through its channels, including retail insurance branches, call centers, and its career sales force, as well as through independent insurance advisors and travel agencies. In the U.S., the Company offers products through independent marketing organizations, call centers, financial institutions, and its career sales force. Outside North America, the Company operates in reinsurance markets globally. Canadian Insurance offers life and health, home and auto and travel insurance products, as well as wealth accumulation solutions, to individual and group clients across Canada. Its life and health portfolio includes universal life, critical illness, disability, long-term care insurance, segregated funds, and group benefits. The Company offers personal home and auto insurance, and commercial insurance through its partnership with Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc. Its travel products include out of province medical coverage, trip cancellation and interruption insurance. .S. Insurance offers life insurance, annuities and travel insurance to clients across the United States. Life and health products include term, indexed universal life, whole life, accidental death and critical illness protection. It also offers traditional fixed and fixed-indexed annuities. Travel insurance products include trip cancellation, interruption insurance and emergency medical coverage. International & Other Insurance is primarily consists of its Reinsurance businesses, which insure risks of other insurance and reinsurance companies. The Company offers life and health, accident, and credit and financial reinsurance products.
RBC operates 438 full-service banking centers in the Southeast region of the United States. Headquartered in Raleigh, RBC Bank focuses on six states; North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida). According to the 2007 US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, this region accounts for 1/5th of US Gross Domestic Product, or twice as big as Canada. Also, the population is growing faster and employment has been more stable compared to the national average.[3] RBC ranks in the top 7 for total deposits in each of these six states.[9] Through a network of 127 branches, RBC operates banking services in 17 countries and territories in the Caribbean.
International Banking consists of Banking and its joint venture, RBC Dexia Investor Services (RBC Dexia IS). Banking includes its banking businesses in the United States and Caribbean, which offer a range of financial products and services to individuals, business clients and public institutions. RBC Dexia IS offers an integrated suite of products to institutional investors worldwide. RBC's banking businesses in the United States and Caribbean.
The RBC capital markets business segment is ranked 12th on Bloomberg's Largest Global Investment Banks.[9][10] Capital Markets structure and provide capital financing to help businesses achieve growth objectives. RBC especially is focused on Canada and U.S. mid-markets, as well as natural resource companies.[3] As such, growth and an increase in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) among natural resource businesses tends to boost RBC's bottom-line.
Capital Markets Sales and Trading consists of its trading and distribution operations largely related to fixed income, foreign exchange, equities and derivative products for institutional and corporate clients and its trading operations. Corporate and Investment Banking consists of its investment banking, debt and equity origination, advisory services, corporate lending, private equity, and client securitization businesses. It also includes its global credit business, which oversees the management of its lending portfolios and global financial institutions business. The Company's Research group offers economic and securities research to institutional and retail clients globally.
Illiquidity, rising defaults, and decline in financial investments have stemmed from the 2008 Financial Crisis. These factors have led to large losses in the investment community and have battered the financial services sector. Royal Bank of Canada was no exception; the bank wrote down C$2.79 billion for FY 2008[6]. U.S. subprime losses at C$1.3 billion was the largest contributor.[9] U.S. competitors such as Bear Stearns Companies (BSC), Lehman Brothers (LEH), and Washington Mutual (WM) failed. While not immune, Canadian banks, including Canada's largest bank, RBC, have managed better than European and American counter-parts. The Bank of Canada, which is the "Federal Reserve" of Canada, reported in December of 2008 that more conservative lending practices sheltered the industry more so than competitors in outside countries.[7] Nevertheless, Canadian banks are not sheltered from investment write-downs and a slowing global economy can stall the demand for Canadian exports. RBC operates 439 banking offices in the Southeastern region of the United States. A substantial collapse in housing prices have contributed to an increase in defaults and a decrease in value of asset-backed securities.[3]; as of September 2008, previously owned single-family homes in Miami were off 28.3% from a year ago.[11] Canada is starting to see a spillover affect as well. For October 2008, sales of existing homes fell 14% to a six-year low and prices collapsed 10% compared to a year ago.[12] However, a smaller subprime market and homeowner's equity averaging 70%, compared to the US at 48%, provides a cushion against losses from Canadian mortgages.
RBC's capital markets are focused on mid-market energy and mining markets.[13] RBC wants to build its junior energy sector and grow its commodities trading business.[3] As such, flucuations in the global energy and mining sectors will influcence the success of RBC. Increasing growth in the sector and a flurry of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity supports RBC, but a decline in business transactions decreases revenue for RBC's capital market. As prices of natural resources plunged, RBC Capital Markets saw net income fall 16.6% for Q4 2008 compared to the year ago.(excludes the addition to income resulting from a reduction in expected litigation provision for Enron)[14] The orgination and equity trading business activity decreased year over year.[14]
Fluctuations in the U.S. Dollar (USD) and the Canadian Dollar (CAD) impact RBC's business operations and its ADR share price. On one hand, a rise in the US Dollar boosts values of its American portfolio of loans, but also reduces the dividend paid on the ADR all else equal. On the other hand, the Canadian economy is largely linked to exports of natural resources.[15] As the CAD depreciates, it boosts domestic revenue for Canadian resources. For instance, if oil trades for $50USD/bl, and the USD/CAD is 1, then a Canadian exporter receives $50CAD/bl for his oil. Now if the CAD depreciates 20% relative to the USD and oil does not move, he would then receive $60CAD/bl for the same oil; thus, improving his return. In a nutshell, a weak Canadian dollar can boost the domestic economy and cushion the impact of falling natural resource prices. Therefore, Canada's economic health is dependent on the USD/CAD relationship.
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According to the Bank of Canada and a survey by the World Economic Forum, Canadian banks weathered the 2008 Financial Crisis better than peers in outside nations.[7] Nevertheless, they are not immune. Between 2007 and as of quarter ended Oct 31 (4Q FY2008 for most banks), Canadian banks had written down C$16.17 billion compared to global banks and brokers having written down USD$720 billion.[20] Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM) has written down the largest amount in 2008 at C$4.969 billion,[21] while RBC made C$2.79 billion of writedowns as of December 2008. Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) took an after-tax writedown of C$595 million for its 4th quarter of fiscal year 2008.[22] The remaining two of Canada's big five are not unscathed as well. Between the third quarter of 2007 and November 19, 2008, Bank Of Montreal (BMO) has written down C$899 million and Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) C$65 million.[21]
As Canada's largest bank in terms of total assets and market capitalization,[1] RBC is larger than the remaining four banks, Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), and Bank Of Montreal (BMO), included in Canada's Big Five. These five banks, all included in Forbes Top 200 Banks, dwarf the remaining 14 domestic banks in terms of assets.[23] RBC's total assets are C$200 million larger than its closest Canadian competitor, Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). Royal Bank of Canada also has the largest investment banking presence in Canada in terms of transactions and ranked #1 on Euromoney's Global Canadian Dollar Dealer list.[3]
RBC's operations are not limited to Canada. With 18% of 2008 revenue being generated in the United States, RBC competes for everyday banking services in the Southeast with regional banks, such as Regions Financing Tr I (RF) and also national ones like Bank of America (BAC). RBC is the 5th biggest deposit taker in North Carolina and Alabama.[3] RBC's operations in Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean make it the 5th largest financial institution in North America in terms of revenue.[1]. RBC also competes against American investment banks, like Goldman Sachs Group (GS), for mostly mid-market energy and mining business.[13] For 2007, Bloomberg ranked RBC #13 in U.S. Equity Offerings and #16 in U.S. M&A Transactions.[3]. In terms of total fees, RBC is the 12th largest investment bank in the world.

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Today was a study in contrasts—between the stark reminders of the burgeoning Indonesian population (now 14 million strong in the Jakarta area), the steep slope deforestation for tea plantations, and the lush beauty and biodiversity of the sub-montane rainforest on the slopes of volcanic Mount Pangrango.
Our driver skillfully maneuvered us up the narrow, serpentine, lorry and motorbike-choked road from the city of Bogor, through a profusion of roadside vegetable and fruit stands (life is not complete without enjoying the sweet and sour nirvana of a fresh-picked mangosteen) and satay purveyors. We drove past the lower slopes of Mount Pangrango that are covered in thousands of hectares of tea plantations, orderly and lovely, but devoid of their virgin rainforest cover. As we approached the Cibodas Botanic Garden, our point of embarkation for our rainforest trek, both sides of the road were filled with small, local plant nurseries boasting healthy inventories of every tropical plant imaginable. We met Eka Iskandar, a researcher from Cibodas, who turned us over to our guide for the hike, Ken.
Gede Pangrango Park consists of a landscape dominated by twin volcanoes: Mt. Gede at 9,704 ft above sea level and Mt. Pangrango topping out at 9,904 ft. above sea level. The mountains' slopes are very steep and are cut into by rapidly flowing streams that carve long ridges and deep valleys. To quote the official park guide, "Pangrango evokes esthetic feelings of what a graceful volcanic cone should look like and, reflecting its tranquil appearance, is classed as extinct. On the other hand, Gede is a very active volcano. Currently deceptively quiet, viewed over time Mt. Gede is one of the most active volcanoes on the island of Java." Given the recent earthquake activity in Indonesia, we were glad that both were quiet this day!
Our hike took us on a steep, rocky trail through thick sub-montane rainforest to our destination of the Cibeureum waterfall. Not one, but three waterfalls are formed by the confluence of the Cibeureum, Cidendeng, and Cikundel rivers. At over 90 feet tall, the falls crash into the lush surroundings, thrusting a cool mist into the forest below.
The forest is full of plants competing for light. The large canopy trees host their own ecology of ferns, orchids, and climbing vines and provide a home to Ebony leaf monkeys, false cajoles lizards (pictured), and many spectacularly gilded butterflies. Plants of note included Rattan (Plectomia elongate), Arisaema filiforme, and numerous orchids.
This level of biodiversity has not gone unnoticed. The park is one of seven World Biosphere Reserves in Indonesia, as designated by UNESCO's Man and Biosphere program. Although just a remnant of the large rainforests that once dominated this part of the world, the Gede-Pandrango forest is impressive nonetheless.


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Cheese does more than just taste good. According to a new study published in the May/June issue of General Dentistry, it also may help keep smiles healthy.
According to CBS News, the study shows that eating cheese increases dental plaque pH, decreasing the odds of developing cavities.
"What I think is exciting about this is it shows that cheese -- particularly as a snack -- can reduce the acids that will cause cavities and gum disease," Dr. Jeffrey M. Cole, president of the Academy of General Dentistry, told CBS News.
To complete the study, research looked at 68 patients between the ages of 12 and 15. Dentists measured their dental plaque pH before and after they ate dairy.
The results showed that cheese has the upper hand compared to its dairy counterparts. Patients who ate milk and sugar-free yogurt showed no pH changes, but those who ate cheese had an increase of pH as time progressed.
Why does it help? Researchers point that cheese stimulates saliva production, which flushes out residue left in the mouth and acts as a buffer against high levels of acidity. Cheese also contains pyrophosphates that can re-mineralize a tooth surrounded by acid. Read more here.
This isn't the first cheese and dairy have been found to have promising dental benefits. Last year, a Japanese study found that babies born to women who consume cheese and other dairy products during pregnancy are likely to have better dental health than babies born to non-dairy-consumers. Another 2012 study suggested that soy milk, a popular alternative to cow's milk, may have a higher potential to cause cavities than conventional milk.


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I say to Dan (or Carl or anyone), if you don't like my ideas or attitude, then simply ban me, but don't yack about what I write or complain. Just hit the fucking ban button.
Can I make this any clearer?
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Just for the record, I had not yet had my coffee.
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Compassion is all that can be given to him.
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Land of the free, eh? Jail those dangerous non-lawn-sodding criminals - they are much easier to catch than the murderers, and much easier to prove than rapists.
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We will introduce the students to two amazing pizza doughs and the versatile range of uses for them. We will make both a pre-ferment and simple straight-mix pizza dough. Students will learn how to shape the dough balls, stretch and shape the dough, and how to finish and bake. Students will also prepare their own dough, which they will take home.
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Democratic candidates in two Island County races lead in first count of primary election
Democrats appeared to be doing well in early Island County primary election returns with Karla Jacks leading for District 3 commissioner and Ana Maria Nunez as treasurer.
Jacks is outpacing her four Republican challengers with 2,371 votes cast in her favor, or 49 percent.
The race for the second slot is a squeaker. Republican Marc Hennemann has 727 votes or 14.99 percent, Republican Rick Hannold has 712 or 14.68 percent, and Aubrey Vaughan, a Republican appointed as an interim commissioner, has 688 votes or 14.19 percent.
Republican candidate Kelly Bagley garnered 352 votes, which is 7 percent.
"There's still a lot of votes out there," said Hennemann, a Camano Island resident, Tuesday night. "We did a good ground game."
North Whidbey resident Rick Hannold said that he's pleased with the support he's received but is eager to see how the votes play out.
Vaughan could not be reached for comment.
Ana Maria Nunez earned 6,412 votes, or 45 percent. Former deputy treasurer Wanda Grone, a Republican, has 3,842 votes, or 27 percent, and escrow manager Christa Canell, also a Republican, has 3,950 votes, or 28 percent.
The top two candidates in each race will go on to the general election.
Island County Auditor Sheilah Crider was the only other candidate for a county seat who has a challenger on the ballot. Crider, a Republican, has 7,669 votes, or 57 percent, and Rebecca Wagner has 5,689 votes, or 43 percent.
Sheriff Mark Brown is facing a write-in challenger in North Whidbey resident Dave Olinger, but those won't be counted until later.
The Republican incumbents are coming out on top in the two races for state representatives in District 10.
It looks like Rep. Daves Hayes, a Republican, will face Democrat Nick Petrish in the general election, while two other candidates fall behind. Hayes was far ahead with 10,458 votes, or 48 percent, while Petrish has 5,742, which is 26 percent.
David Sponheim, who is running as a Democrat, has 3,452 votes and Republican Brien Lillquist garnered 2,238.
Rep. Norma Smith has just one challenger in Michael Scott, a Libertarian. Smith is far ahead with 16,098 votes, or 78 percent, while Scott has 4,418, or 22 percent.
In the race for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, incumbent Rep. Rick Larsen, a Democrat, is ahead with 57 percent of the vote in District 2. In the first count, a total of 44,718 votes were cast in his favor.
Republican candidate B.J. Guillot is in second place with 25,449 votes, which is 32 percent. Independent candidate Mike Lapointe earned 8,946 votes, or 11 percent.
A total of 15,348 ballots were counted in Island County Tuesday. With a total of 50,735 registered voters, turnout was about 30 percent.
The election will be certified on Aug. 19.


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This week we're celebrating Halloween. Do you make ghostly cupcakes, pumpkin cookies, or candy-filled...everything? Send us a few lines about your Halloween-themed treat, shoot us a photo (along with a link to the recipe!) and we'll include it in this week's roundup. Be sure to send it in no later than tomorrow Tuesday, October 23rd so we can include it in Thursday's Share Your Sweets on October 25th.
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Chambers of Fear, the haunted house that was named the Arizona Republic's "Top Haunt" in 2010, is back this year, and it's even better than it was before.
Chambers of Fear began in 2010 by Graveyard Entertainment, LLC. — a company already well-known in the Valley for Halloween events, perhaps most notably for Arizona Fright Nights, which ran for several years before Chambers of Fear was introduced.
Paul Boyd of Graveyard Entertainment says that he isn't surprised at all by Chambers of Fear winning the Top Haunt award that it did. He attributed it to the experience that Graveyard had from the events they ran before they started Chambers of Fear, and particularly all of the actors who make these events possible. He says that their actors and their team really give it their all, and that's what makes Graveyard's events such a success.
Winning the award that they did has only motivated Graveyard to do even better this year, as they've added a number of new attractions to the Chambers of Fear this year. According to Boyd, there are, among other things, new animatronics, new sets and new monsters to frighten and entertain guests. Boyd also says that they were better prepared this year; in 2010, they only had a period of time from June to October to prepare, but this year, they were able to use the entire year to get ready.
Boyd also explains what sets Chambers of Fear apart from other haunted houses in the Valley is a "passion to scare" and having more than 20 years of experience scaring attendees. He says that Chambers of Fear and Graveyard Entertainment are successful because all the people involved with these events "know what scares people, and they take pride in making sure that everyone walks out scared."
Chambers of Fear has been going on for a couple of weekends so far, and the turnout has been great, Boyd says."The numbers have doubled since last year."
There's nearly twice as many guests this year as there were in 2010. Because people enjoyed it so much last year, it was a combination of word-of-mouth and this year's new attractions that so many new faces are showing up this year. Boyd says he is excited about the turnout for 2011's event and what it could mean for future events.
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The Beachwood Mangrove Nature Reserve was only proclaimed in 1977.
The 76ha Beachwood Mangrove Nature Reserve at the mouth of the Umgeni River preserves a natural estuarine ecosystem, the only one of its kind in Durban (eThekwini).
You'll encounter three protected mangrove species in the Beachwood mangrove ecosystem – black, red and white.
This estuarine nature reserve, with its characteristic tidal fluxes, is also home to enchanting mudskippers, little fish that propel themselves over their mudflat home using their pectoral fins. Fiddler crabs, with their distinctive large claws, are plentiful among the mangrove roots at low tide, along with marsh crabs and the threatened dwarf chameleon.
The rare mangrove kingfisher, along with curlew, dikkop, weavers, sunbirds and the occasional Natal nightjar, make this a great venue for the twitching and birding fraternity. There are three trails through the reserve, with a sturdy boardwalk system to keep visitors above the muddy swamp.
Along the shoreline you'll discover sand dunes that separate the estuary from the sea, where tough creepers and pioneer scrub are to be found, as well as ubiquitous ghost crabs scuttling along the sand.
A tarred road guides visitors to the southern section, close to the Umgeni estuary, where a thatched activity centre is available for educational groups. A road bridge crosses the river, providing access to the popular fishing spot at the river mouth known as Blue Lagoon.
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The Umgeni River is located north of Durban (eThekwini) on the M4. The Beachwood Nature Reserve is just off Riverside Road in Durban North.
Best time to visit
The Beachwood Mangroves Nature Reserve is only open to the public on the third Saturday of every month from 8am to 1pm. Otherwise a visit must be arranged by appointment with the conservation officer.
Get around
A series of sturdy boardwalks provides visitors with access to the reserve, the mangrove forest and the beach.
What will it cost
Entrance to the nature reserve is free.
Length of stay
Two hours should be sufficient to take in all the reserve has to offer, but allow more time should you wish to take photographs.
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The perfect Valentines gift shouldn't just be something they'll love, but also something you can somehow benefit from. Take this retro bluetooth handset, for example. Once you give it to that geeky boyfriend of yours, he'll always be eager to talk to you on the phone. I mean, it's a retro phone. Who wouldn't want to use this?


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Mrs. Gaccioni is an English teacher at a middle school north of London, and loves to tell her students of her adventures. Maya's Magical Plait is her first published novel. She also enjoys hiking, photography, gardening, travel, and knitting. She has lived around the world, and is always looking for her next adventure. She may or may not possess the magical powers described in the story, but to this day, she keeps her hair very, very short.


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Welcome to the Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase)
LitBase, UNESCO's Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database, offers more than 200 comprehensive case studies on effective youth and adult literacy programmes from more than 70 countries. Many of the educational programmes featured on LitBase focus on developing literacy and numeracy. LitBase was created in response to the demand for examples of effectively designed and executed programmes to serve as models for the development of new and improvement of existing literacy initiatives. It also fulfils a demand for collecting and disseminating information on effective or promising literacy programmes for youth and adults.
LitBase Features on the 2016 UNESCO International Literacy Prize Winners
This year marks the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day (September 8), first proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1966. The overarching theme of the 2016 event is 'Reading the past, writing the future'.
UNESCO has worked to ensure that literacy remains a priority on national and international agendas, as well as to make available knowledge on effective literacy policies and programmes around the world. To promote excellence and innovation in the field of literacy, the organization recognizes the work of institutions, organizations and individuals whose efforts contribute to the promotion of dynamic literate societies. The thematic focus of the 2016 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes is 'Innovation in Literacy', which emphasizes the importance of innovation in literacy in the rapidly changing societies, economies and environments of the contemporary world. The award ceremony for UNESCO's International Literacy Prizes honours programmes that have demonstrated innovative approaches in literacy in the context of Sustainable Development Goal 4, Education 2030 and the Agenda for Sustainable Development.
There are two distinct UNESCO International Literacy Prizes: the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy (three awards) and the UNESCO King Sejong Prize (two awards). While the former focuses on literacy among adults in rural areas and out-of-school youth, particularly girls and women, the latter pays special attention to the development and use of mother-tongue literacy in education and training. To learn more about the UNESCO literacy awards, visit the webpage dedicated to the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day.
The 2016 UNESCO International Literacy Prize laureates are:
|The Patani Malay-Thai Bi/Multilingual Education Project (Thailand), receiver of the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize.
|The Kha Ri Gude Mass Literacy Campaign (South Africa), receiver of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy.
|Initiated in 2008 by the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia at Mahidol University, the main objective of this bi/multilingual programme is to provide quality education in both Thai and Patani Malay for the children, families and communities of the Patani Malay minority. By preserving the local cultural and linguistic identity, the programme attempts to support the peace and reconciliation process in an area of Thailand that has witnessed internal conflict.
|Implemented by the Department of Basic Education as an effort to promote universal access to education and improve adults' literacy and numeracy skills across the country, this national initiative pays special attention to learners with special needs and disabilities. It employs an integrated approach that embeds literacy and basic skills with life skills training in the learners' mother tongue.
|The programme Books for Rural Areas of Vietnam (Vietnam), receiver of the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize.
|The National Education Programme for Illiterate Youth and Adults through ICTs (Senegal), receiver of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy.
|By establishing a system of libraries open to the public, the Center for Knowledge Assistance and Community Development aims to provide access to books and support the development of a strong reading culture in Viet Nam, as a contribution to the creation of an inclusive, creative and lifelong-learning society. Five different library models have been adopted to serve the specific needs of different groups, especially those in rural and mountainous areas and disadvantaged communities.
|This national literacy programme is carried out by the Senegalese Directorate of Literacy and National Languages. It provides basic knowledge and life skills for people who have never been to school or who dropped out, in order to enhance their socio-economic inclusion and foster their civic participation. It promotes lifelong learning and education through the utilization of ICTs.
|The programme Vocational and Skill Development for Sustainable Development (India), receiver of the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy.
|The Institute of People's Education, Jan Shiksha Sansthan Malappuram, provides literacy and vocational training to socio-economically disadvantaged and marginalized communities in the Malappuram district of the state of Kerala. Their programme embeds a literacy curriculum with other training opportunities adapted to local needs, resources and contexts. Demand-driven and relevant programming is developed through a Participatory Rural Appraisal process, which ensures that content is relevant to learners' livelihoods and socio-cultural realities, and deals with topics such as health, hygiene, agriculture and finance.
Past UNESCO Literacy Prize Laureates
Along with other innovative programmes, the winners of UNESCO International Literacy Prizes have been featured on the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase) for the past several years. To learn more about past awardees, please click on the following links:
- Open School Programme (Sri Lanka)
- Alphabetizing People Deprived of Liberty (Chile)
- Literacy in Local Language, a Springboard for Gender Equality (Mozambique)
- Action for Inclusive Education in Madagascar (Madagascar)
- Romano Barardo (Romanies the Gardeners) (Slovakia)
- Basic Education for Youth and Adults Project (Ecuador)
- Empowerment of Women Living in Extreme Poverty in Burkina Faso (Burkina Faso)
- Literacy, Training and Integration of Women (Algeria)
- Networking as and Educational Project (Spain)
- Bridges to the Future Initiative (South Africa)
- Ganokendra Model of Community Learning Centres (Bangladesh)
- Saakshar Bharat Mission (India)
- Mother-tongue Literacy in the Guera Region (Chad)
- I am Learning Your Tongue, You Are Learning My Tongue, We are Understanding Each Other, Tomorrow Belongs to Us (Cote d'Ivoire)
- National Literacy Programme in Nambia (Namibia)
- Non-formal and Continuing Education (Bhutan)
- Sistema Interactivo Transformemos Educando (Colombia)
- Women's Functional Literacy Programme (Niger)
- Innovative Literacy and Post-literacy Project: Means of Socio-economic Empowerment and Integration for Women (Morocco)
- National Literacy Programme (Burundi)
- Room to Read
- Peace Management, Literacy, and Continuing Education through Night Market (Philippines)


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CNN's Piers Morgan fell on his face Thursday trying to fact-check Paul Ryan's RNC speech from the previous night. He was proven wrong not only by CNN's own report, but also by his guest Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.
Challenging Ryan's point that a GM plant closed under Obama after he said it would stay open for years if it cooperated with the government, Morgan said the plant "closed down under George Bush, in December of that year," in agreement with the Obama campaign.
Governor Walker's answer was in line with CNN's official fact-check, "It actually closed down in 2009." The following timeline was included in CNN's fact-check report:
December 23, 2008: SUV production ends, and more than 2,000 GM workers are laid off, according to the Gazette. Medium truck production continues.
April 23, 2009: The plant's medium-duty assembly line, which produced an Isuzu line, closes, ending vehicle production at the plant and resulting in the loss of 57 production jobs, according to the Gazette.
Morgan then pushed that "Is there anything Barack Obama, in all honesty, could have done to stop that plant closing?" Walker answered that "He shouldn't have made that promise." While it can be debate whether Obama's words actually constituted a "promise," he was wrong in that the auto bailout, as well as his administration's policies, failed to keep the plant open, which remains on "standby" to this day.
A transcript of the segment, which aired on August 30 during CNN's Republican National Convention coverage at 8:54 p.m. EDT, is as follows:
PIERS MORGAN: But there were a lot of question marks, I think, raised, about some of what he was saying, notably the GM plant story, which by any real criteria was disingenuous, to put it mildly. Would you accept that?
Gov. SCOTT WALKER (R-Wisc.): No, not at all. Actually, I grew up in Delavan down the way from Janesville. I know how important that plant was. He said – and it's true, in February of 2008 as a candidate, Barack Obama came back and said this plant will not close down.
MORGAN: It's been – unfortunately, it closed down under George Bush, in December of that year.
WALKER: Announced that it closed down. It actually closed down in 2009, it doesn't matter what date it is, it's the prom – but the promise –
MORGAN: Let me ask you a question.
WALKER: Yeah.
MORGAN: Is there anything Barack Obama, in all honesty, could have done to stop that plant closing?
WALKER: He shouldn't have made that promise.
MORGAN: Well he didn't really make a promise, he said if you work with my government. He wasn't in government.
WALKER: Well he made the point – no, no, he made the promise that government would not let it shut down. He made a promise to people that whether it was in 2008, 2009, whenever it might be, that if you let government run things the way he envisioned, plants like that would not close. It's still closed today. The plant GM – the GM plant in Janesville's closed. The plant in Kenosha for Chrysler's closed. Those are the broken promises, in many ways, that Barack Obama has made and that's why, in our state, we're part of that mix of folks out there, the 23 million that are either unemployed or underemployed, and I think people understand what's the trouble. Tonight what they're going to hear about is what Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are going to do to fix it.


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The IMRCEES offers you the unique opportunity to combine a year of study in Glasgow in the UK with a year studying overseas (in English) at one of our renowned partner institutions and leads to the award of a double degree. It is recognised by the European Commission as an Erasmus Mundus Masters Course. Graduates of the programme will be equipped with the skills to address the myriad of socio-economic and political/security challenges of the 21st century in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and its near/abroad neighbourhood.There are two different forms of scholarships, Category A (non-European applicants) and Category B (European applicants). The scholarships' terms depend on the student's country of origin/residence and main academic and/or professional activity.Scholarship students will receive a fee waiver to cover the difference between the Erasmus Mundus scholarship contribution to participation costs and the actual participation costs. For Category A scholarship students this amounts to a fee waiver of €500 per semester and Category B scholarship students will receive a fee waiver of €250 per semester. The participation costs cover all tuition fees and health insurance; they do not include accommodation as well as other living expenses and travel.
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The Renfrewshire Educational Trust was established in 1936 through the amalgamation of several specific endowment funds to provide assistance for educational purthose in financial need. The Trust is administered by Renfrewshire Council.The Board of Governors has agreed to make an award of £3,000 in August 2010 to one student who is intending to undertake a one year full time Taught Masters Programme at a university within the United Kingdom. It should be noted that the award must only be used as payment towards course fees and the award will be payable directly to the successful applicant's university.
This scheme makes annual awards for nine months taught postgraduate diploma courses on largely vocational subjects e.g. information technology, divinity and engineering. Applicants must meet the eligibility criteria above.Eligible students can apply for an award consisting of a means tested maintenance grant. Other means tested supplementary allowances are available including reimbursement of travel expenses over £80.00 and payment of tuition fees.
Administered in Scotland by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. These awards are intended to assist with the cost of tuition fees, accommodation and travel. They can be held at a university located within 250 miles of New York City or within the area of Washington DC.
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Founded in 1932 and 1935 by Sir Daniel Stevenson, Bt.LLD, Chancellor of the University for the promotion of friendly relations between the students of Scotland, Germany, France and Spain. Scholars are required to pay their own travel expenses. A limited amount of scholarships may be awarded for periods of not less than four months.
The Aga Khan Foundation provides a limited number of scholarships each year for postgraduate studies to outstanding students from select developing countries who have no other means of financing their studies, in order to prepare them for employment, primarily within the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN).
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- Provide thoughtful and coherent educational and career plans, their extra-curricular interests and achievements, potential to achieve their goals and likelihood to succeed in a foreign academic environment.
- Have some years of work experience in their field of interest.Preference is given to students under 30 years of age.Scholarships are awarded on a 50% grant : 50% loan basis.
The Foundation assists students with tuition fees and living expenses only. The cost of travel is not included in AKF scholarships. Funding for PhD programmes is only provided for the first two years of study, after which the students are expected to find alternative sources of assistance. Financial assistance is provided according to the needs of students, but the International Scholarship Programme must be considered a lender of last resort. Preference is given to those who have been able to secure some funding from alternative sources.
Postgraduate students undertaking certain one year postgraduate diplomas or the 9-month taught element of certain Masters programmes may apply to SAAS for a "Postgraduate Tuition Fee Loan" (PTFL) to help with the cost of tuition fees. Part-time study may also be supported and should be completed within two academic years.
The Thomas and Margaret Roddan Trust offers bursaries of £500-£3000 to students experiencing financial hardship. As a University of Glasgow student, you are eligible to apply if you have your ordinary residence in Scotland or outside the United Kingdom, and are either an undergraduate in your second year or above, or a postgraduate pursuing a taught or a research degree.If you would like to apply, please complete the application form, financial and personal statements, indicating how the bursary would help you achieve your career goals.Due to the highly competitive nature of this award: late, incomplete or applications from non-Arts' students will not be considered
The University of Glasgow award a total of 40 postgraduate scholarships worth £5,000. Scholarships are available to students entering any of the University's colleges and are awarded as a tuition fee discount.
The University of Glasgow offer 52 University Trust International Leadership scholarships to international (non-EU) students starting a postgraduate taught Masters programme in any discipline. 12 awards worth £10,000 and 40 awards worth £5000 will be awarded as a tuition fees discount.


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— Noah's
— By Capt. Patrick Sciacca
— December 2003
Arkfully Archaic
|Part 2: With the cats at full sprint, she made 4 mph at wide-open drift.
"Well, the same Guy who commissioned the boat also asked if I could watch His pets for a while. It turns out He has two of every animal on the planet. After having them onboard for a while, the missus and me liked them so much the Guy told us we could keep 'em. They make ideal cruising companions, especially when we get hungry," he adds jokingly, noting that the standard icebox can hold enough grain for "about a month and a half."
Finally getting down to the bilge, I saw several inches of water. Noah said, "This is nothing; the ducks actually love it. It's like a private pond." There were ducks all right—mallards, Peking, teals, plus swans and geese, all swimming together. He added that in an emergency he could bring his pair of pachyderms here and they'd inhale the water right up their snouts and shoot it out the Euro-style elliptical portholes to port and starboard. "It works fine," Noah assured me. "A bit Fred Flintstone," I thought. But you can't knock success, either.
Convinced she'd float, I wanted to see how this craft would do underway, so we wound our way back up through the decks. Noah had to stop briefly on the main deck so I could see the master stateroom, which features a king-size berth with hay mattress and an en suite head with wooden tub and matching bucket for filling it or to use as an MSD. For hot water, you need only leave the bucket in the sun for a while.
Once at the helm, Noah deftly maneuvered Noah's Ark out of the slip, with considerable help from the wind and current. Power is via twin cats—literally—on treadmills turning two four-bladed hand-carved props. Unfortunately, the ferocious-looking felines don't produce great low-end torque. All I can say is, thank you outgoing tide. Making a leisurely 1 knot, Ark worked her way through Government Cut as other boaters looked on. "They're jealous," Noah told me. "She's just such the looker." I held my tongue.
Once off the coast, I put Ark through her paces. With the cats at full sprint, she made 4 mph at wide-open drift, according to a wet finger I held into the wind. Not really the numbers we were hoping for, but it was the summer doldrums. Noticing the disappointment in Noah's face, I said, "Let's try it again." Bam! It was like magic. With a stiff breeze that apparently came out of nowhere (after Noah mumbled something while looking skyward), Ark made a wake-making 4.2 mph, a newly wetted finger confirmed (we always use a freshly wetted finger to measure speed). The smile on Noah's face was one of pure satisfaction. He handed me the gopher-wood wheel, and I found the mechanical steering (a system of intertwined vines and bamboo linkage) a bit slow to respond. Noah said, "Just roll with it, baby." So I did. Riding with the Gulf Stream for a while, Ark handled like a champ. Now, 450 feet of boat is a little big for my taste, but just leave a few hundred pets at home, and you can order your Ark a bit smaller.
As the tide turned, Noah took the wheel, and we drifted back to the marina. Leaving the dock as it began to rain really hard, I had to admit I was impressed. Yet Ark is not for everyone. At a base price of 60,000 shekels plus one goat and a squirrel monkey (add a platypus for the optional teak decks), she's a bit pricey. But if foul-weather cruising at slow speeds and 40 days-and-nights range is your bag, then pack up the pets and come onboard, 'cause there's always room on Noah's Ark.
Genesis B.C. Boatworks Phone: (800) OK Yahweh. www.genesisbcboatworks.com.
This article originally appeared in the November 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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This 12-page educational comic book introduces readers to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. Using the Japanese anime art style, the comic book explains the satellite technology and the mission goals and applications. Supplemental... (View More) materials to support the story include an overview of the GPM mission, a description of the satellite and its instruments, examples of the data it collects, descriptions of some of the constellation partners, and a glossary of science terms used in the comic. Links are provided to additional related resources, including a template for learners to create their own comic. The Japanese anime/manga style of art was chosen because the GPM mission is a collaboration between NASA and JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (View Less)
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The lithograph features illustrations, statistics and science goals of the James Webb Space Telescope. The accompanying classroom activity prompts students to use the images and text to generate questions about the telescope. Students then research... (View More) those questions on the Internet and present their findings. (View Less)
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Students read and analyze two different articles about medical imaging using X-rays. This activity is from the NuSTAR Educators Guide: X-Rays on Earth and from Space, which focuses on the science and engineering design of NASA's NuSTAR mission. The... (View More) guide includes a standards matrix, assessment rubrics, instructor background materials, and student handouts. (View Less)
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This activity demonstrates optical properties of water: that different constituents in water affect the transmission, absorption, and scattering of different colors in the visible light spectrum. Inexpensive, off-the-shelf components are used to... (View More) build a light sensor and source, creating a simple spectrophotometer that can measure light absorption. In the second part of this activity, principles of ocean color remote sensing are applied to measure reflectance. Using components that are clearly visible allows students to configure them in different ways. Playing with the instrument design gives students a practical understanding of spectrophotometers, in-water optics, and remote sensing. As an extension of this concept, students are encouraged to think about how ocean color is used to estimate the concentration of chlorophyll to infer phytoplankton abundance, colored dissolved organic matter, and suspended sediments. (View Less)
NuSTAR has a 10-meter rigid mast that separates the optics from the detector. Inspired by this, students will design, test, and build a lightweight mast 1 meter tall that can fully support the weight of a typical hardcover textbook (~2 kg). The... (View More) footprint of the mast must be no larger than 11" x 14". This activity is from the NuSTAR Educators Guide: X-Rays on Earth and from Space, which focuses on the science and engineering design of NASA's NuSTAR mission. The guide includes a standards matrix, assessment rubrics, instructor background materials, and student handouts. (View Less)
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This short (11:29 minutes) video features NASA scientists answering a set of student-designed questions related to NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement satellite mission. The set of twelve questions were generated after students viewed... (View More) animations of GPM data; the questions centered on satellite operations, satellite data, and precipitation patterns and impacts. (View Less)
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This is an annotated, topical list of science fiction novels and stories based on more or less accurate astronomy and physics ideas. Learners can read fictional works that involve asteroids, astronomers, black holes, comets, space travel where... (View More) Einstein's ideas are used correctly, exploding stars, etc. (View Less)
Students participate in a series of activities to discover how astronomers use computers to create images and understand data. No programming experience is required; students will use pencilcode.net to complete such activities as creating a color,... (View More) exploring filters and color-shifting, and creating individual images of star-forming regions. These activities demonstrate a real world application of science, technology and art. (View Less)
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This activity includes a presentation with links to videos about scientists and engineers working with NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (from the Faces of GPM series), as well as other STEM careers videos, followed by a number of... (View More) links to online career resources. It is designed to be used by students working at their own pace, choosing which videos and links they are interested in watching and exploring, but could also be used with a larger group. As part of the activity, students identify personal skills and abilities related to career interests and develop a career goal. Includes a student capture sheet with guiding questions. (View Less)
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This collection of math problems is based on a weekly series of space and Earth science problems distributed to teachers during the 2013-2014 school year. The problems were intended for students looking for additional challenges in the math and... (View More) physical science curriculum and were created to be authentic glimpses of modern science and engineering issues, often involving actual research data. Includes information for teachers and answer key. (View Less)
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November 24, 1920 — Sochocin, Poland
Roza was born to a Jewish family in a predominately Catholic village near Warsaw. Her father owned a prosperous pearl button factory that employed some 100 people. They shared a large home with Roza's grandmother who ran a general store and bakery in the village. Roza and her three sisters attended Polish schools and took Hebrew lessons at the towns' synagogue.
1933-39: My father frequently did business in Warsaw so we moved there in 1934. We loved the city, and often went to concerts and the theater. My older sister, Hinda, emigrated to Palestine [the Yishuv] in early 1939. I'd just begun language studies at the University of Warsaw when the city fell to the Germans. Father knew the war would be terrible for the Jews. He divided the gold and jewelry between us, and said, "Whoever can save himself, should."
1940-44: The gold bought me a new identity as a Catholic, Maria Kowalczyk, and with it, a new status by the Nazis: slave to the Reich. I was deported by cattle car to Germany; the Germans appointed me "leader" of my car because I could speak German and relay their orders to the Polish prisoners. I panicked--the appointment drew too much attention to me. They could have found out that I was a Jew, but I was rewarded for interpreting by being permitted to select my forced-labor assignment. I chose the seclusion of a farm.
Roza spent two years working on a farm near Stuttgart, Germany, before being liberated by American troops in April 1945. She eventually emigrated to the United States.
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NORTH Nibley Primary School triumphed at the Stroud District Small Schools Indoor Athletics Competition held at Wycliffe College.
The competition included track and field events, both individual and team.
North Nibley were represented by 19 Year 5 and 6 pupils, each taking part in two track and two field events.
As this was a level two competition, it was very keenly fought, but as winners North Nibley will go on to represent the Stroud District in the level three county competition in February.
Although North Nibley had not competed in such an athletic competition previously and many of the events were unfamiliar, the children adapted extremely well and were not fazed by this.
There were many hard fought races and superb individual and team performances, where the children had to dig deep and be determined enough to challenge and often win through over their competitors.
The team spirit was second to none, all encouraging and cheering each other as they competed in their events.
After 14 events had taken place, for both the boys and the girls, the children waited excitedly while the competition organisers added up the scores.
The North Nibley children knew they had done well but it was not until the announcement was made that they knew that they had not only clinched it, but had won by an incredible margin of 36 points, finishing on 144 points overall.
Mrs Ali Dixon, PE teacher at North Nibley Primary School, was delighted with everyone's performance and attitude.


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Creative Writing and Literature 288. Playwriting: Form and Craft
Conflict. Paradox. Mystery. Suspense. Gossip. Poetry. Lies. All the ingredients of great plays. From dreams, memories, coupons, newspaper articles, rare books, overheard snippets of conversation, visual images and sounds, you will be encouraged to create fragments of dramatic writing (i.e., dialogues, monologues, settings) unique to your own imagination and temperament. Then our focus will shift to revision and expansion--deepening character, refining language and building a dramatic arc. Readings of contemporary plays, theory, manifestos and reviews will supplement our creative work.


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THE work of offenders who have carried out tasks at Conquest Riding Centre for the Disabled, at Norton Fitzwarren, has been officially recognised.
They have worked on grounds and yard maintenance, mucking out and painting and decorating, all under supervision, as part of their community payback conditions.
Denise Day, community payback team manager with the Avon and Somerset Probation Trust, has presented a plaque to the centre to mark the ongoing work which started last August.
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Tickets to various performances at the Studios of Key West are less expensive if purchased early.
That includes shows starring singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor March 8 and March 9.
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Did you know?
African penguins used to be called jackass penguins because of their braying call.
If you squint your eyes only a little, it's easy to see African penguins as knee-high, rather formally dressed little people.
They are endearing creatures, and observing them up close and personal at Boulders Beach near Cape Town, where a colony of over 3000 birds are thriving, remains one of life's great joys.
But their numbers have been diminishing for decades. In 2010 the African penguin was listed as endangered on the Red Data list.
Penguin conservation in South Africa has demanded some innovative thinking. Back in the winter of 2000, a ship carrying 1300 tons of oil sank near Robben and Dassen islands – sanctuaries critical to the conservation of penguins. It had the makings of a real disaster.
Oiled penguins were rehabilitated by hundreds of volunteers at Sanccob (the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds). Thousands of unoiled penguins were fenced in to stop them going into the polluted sea. But they couldn't be kept there indefinitely.
A cunning plan was hatched to buy time. More than 20 000 African penguins were taken to Port Elizabeth and they were released into the sea, nearly 1000 km away from their traditional home.
Three penguins had transmitters fitted, and the South African public breathlessly followed their progress as they and the others swam back home, giving authorities two weeks' grace to clean up the islands' beaches.
Another heart-warming story is that of the penguin nests. Penguins prefer to nest in burrows or under bushes, protecting their eggs and young from heat and predation.
The Dyer Island Conservation Trust came up with the idea of artificial fibrecrete burrows for penguins. Once installed, penguins move in almost immediately and breed successfully – a real boost for penguin conservation in South Africa.
Apart from Boulders Beach in Cape Town, you can also see African penguins at the excellent South African Marine Rehabilitation and Education Centre (Samrec) rehabilitation and visitors' centre in Port Elizabeth, at the Sanccob head office and visitors' centre in Tableview, Cape Town, and at the Sanccob Eastern Cape centre in Cape St Francis.
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Who to contact
Boulders Visitor Centre
Tel: +27 (0)21 786 2329
Kleintuin Road, Simon's Town
Cape Town Tourism (Simon's Town Visitor Centre)
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Samrec (South African Marine Rehabilitation and Education Centre), Port Elizabeth
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Cape Recife Nature Reserve, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth
Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism (Port Elizabeth)
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Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob)
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22 Pentz Drive, Tableview, Cape Town
Sanccob Eastern Cape
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Seal Point Lighthouse, Cape St Francis
How to get here
Boulders Beach, one of the best places to view African penguins in the wild, is within easy driving distance from Cape Town, around 30 minutes or so from the city centre. You could also see them at Robben Island (take the ferry) or Betty's Beach, an hour or two along the coast, or at the Sanccob centre in Tableview.
Samrec is a short drive south of Port Elizabeth, and you'll find Penguins Eastern Cape at the picturesque Cape St Francis, about an hour's drive south of Port Elizabeth.
What will it cost
It costs R40 (adults and children over 12), R15 (children over two and under 12) for entry to Boulders Beach, where there is a visitors' centre and boardwalks from which you can view the penguins.
Entrance to Samrec in Port Elizabeth is R25 for adults and R15 for children. You can visit any time from 9.30am to 3.30pm every day, but if you can, come for the daily penguin feeding at 2.30pm.
The Sanccob centre in Tableview, Cape Town, offers tours Monday to Friday at 11am and 3pm (weather permitting) and every second Saturday at 10am, 12pm and 3pm, for R50 per person. Book one day in advance; maximum 10 people per tour.
What to pack
Sunglasses and sunblock are musts. Don't forget the camera, African penguins are photogenic.
Where to stay
If you are going to Boulders Beach, try a quaint B&B or guest lodge in nearby Simon's Town, a historical coastal town with plenty to see and do.
There are dozens of accommodation options in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and at Cape St Francis.


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