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On 11-12 August the first meeting of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group, a Group of prominent experts and policy-makers with the mandate to provide general guidance and catalyze policy coherence in relation to a social protection floor, took place in Geneva. Convened by the ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia and presided over by Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet, the Group discussed the meaning of a social protection floor; its main components; its political, economic and financial feasibility, as well as its institutional dimensions, fiscal space availability and overall sustainability in very diverse situations and according to different countries' circumstances and needs.
"The launch of the Advisory Group comes at a critical time. The global financial and economic crisis has created greater vulnerabilities in terms of decent work, health, hunger and education which will have dramatic social effects unless decisive action is taken" said Juan Somavia, while underlining that "It is the United Nations' duty to protect those fundamental elements of social cohesion that make human development possible, but which are often the first to be discarded in a recession."
The International Labour Organization (ILO) highlights that worldwide, four out of five persons in the working-age population have no access to adequate social protection. It further underscores that the situation has worsened as a result of global crises (e.g. economic and food), which have increased poverty as well as unemployment levels, particularly of women and young people. The Group therefore emphasized the need to pay special attention to these groups of society.
Members of the Group include:
- Mr. Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General;
- Ms. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO);
- Mr. Aurelio Fernández Lopes, Chair of the European Union Social Protection Committee (since 2007);
- Ms. Eveline Herfkens, Founder of the MDGs campaign, Executive Coordinator for the MDGs Campaign (2002-2008), Minister of Development Cooperation of the Netherlands (1998-2002);
- Mr. Kemal Dervis, Vice-Chair of the Brookings Institution (since 2009), Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (2005-2009) and Minister for Economic Affairs of Turkey (2001-2002);
- Ms. Margaret Wilson, Professor of Law and Public Policy, University of Waikato (New Zealand), Member and spokesperson of the New Zealand House of Representatives (2005-2008), Minister of Labour (1999-2005);
- Mr. Martin Hirsch, former High Commissioner for Active Solidarities against Poverty and for Young People of France (since 2007), former head of Emmaüs;
- Ms. Sudha Pillai, Secretary of the Planning Commission of India (since 2007), former Secretary of Labour and Employment; and
- Mr. Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Economic Development of South Africa, former spokesperson of the Workers Group in the Governing Body of the ILO.
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Our Apprentices Set To Shine At Skills Contest
NORTHERN Ireland's representation on Squad UK for the WorldSkills competition in 2013 is the highest of any region, according to Employment and Learning Minister Dr Stephen Farry.
Commending local trainees who will now compete for places on Team UK for the event in Leipzig, Germany, he said the high NI representation was testament to the standard of vocational training and the commitment to excellence shown by young people here.
"All 20 local squad members deserve the highest of praise for their achievement in making it as far as Squad UK to demonstrate how highly skilled they are. This is an excellent achievement for Northern Ireland and surpasses the Squad results for the last WorldSkills competition when Northern Ireland had 14 competitors in nine skill areas," said the Minister.
"This event coupled with Northern Ireland's strong representation clearly raises the awareness and recognition of the importance of vocational skills and demonstrates their vital importance to economic growth. Skills competitions are a valuable tool in raising awareness of opportunities that exist in skilled professions. Indeed, these competitions leave a legacy in terms of the value of skills attainment and aim to inspire the web developers and engineers of tomorrow."
The members of Squad UK were chosen from among the UK's most talented apprentices, employees and learners after they competed in tough selection events held throughout the UK last month.
They will now spend the next year preparing to take on the very best from across the world, undergoing a specialised training programme supported by a dedicated training manager for each skill.
Squad UK competitors will compete for coveted places in Team UK at further selection events which will be held throughout the UK in March 2013.Team UK will then continue intensive training before competing on the world stage at WorldSkills Leipzig which takes place from July 2-7, 2013.
Northern Ireland triumphed at WorldSkills London 2011, winning gold, silver and bronze medals as part of Team UK. WorldSkills is the biggest international skills competition in the world. Held every two years in one of its 61 member countries/regions, the competition sees around 1,000 young people aged 18 - 23 from across the globe come together to compete for medals in more than 40 different trades and skills including electrical installation, mobile robotics, web design, cooking and landscape gardening.
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Ford Offers Incentives to Hurricane Sandy Victims
Ford is joining Toyota in helping Hurricane Sandy victims, offering savings off the American automaker's vehicles while contributing to the American Red Cross.
Ford is kicking off an offer that will be valid until January 2nd, 2013 where consumers impacted by the storm have an opportunity to receive $500 of Ford bonus cash toward the purchase of a new Ford or Lincoln vehicle.
In addition, the Ford Motor Credit Company is kicking in its Disaster Relief Program where qualified customers can delay one or two months worth of payments, resuming their regular payment schedules when their situation improves.
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REoL TOUGH: The Pit
George Fiffy
It's the year 2094, and after all of hell's daemons that returned to the Mt. McKinley Base (FIFFY.WAD: REoL TOUGH: Hell On Earth), found it all boarded up. They all broke in, and were sent to the new Detention Center located next to it.
Most of the daemons were just awaiting for Satan to start the new school year at SATAN'S SCHOOL OF WARFARE (next REoL TOUGH level. Look for it soon) for classes. They just wanted to go back to hell, but the access way was closed, and they just simply wanted to go back!
One day, HELL BROKE LOOSE! A riot broke out in the Detention Camp (and a fairly nice one too)! Some guards were sent in to put as many deamons as they can into 10 prison cells located in the building, 2 in one cell block, 8 in the other. All could fit 4 comfortably. Some daemons were too big for that requirement. There were just too many daemons running around!
All the guards were killed, and the daemons are running all over the place! A good hiding spot within this Detention Camp is the Unenchanted Forrest! They are ready for ANYONE who gets in their way!
Meanwhile, you, B.J. BLAZKOWICZ, was sent to the White House to be breifed on what's going on atop Mt. McKinley, AGAIN! At first you thought something horrible was to happen to the President. It's worse! It could threaten ALL MANKIND, like George Bush did to this country!
You were given a partial map of the Detention Center, and you were told in a briefing by the Pentagon that you'll have to use a room called The Pit to gain access to all parts of the building. To keep evil ones from escaping, switches throughout the building (sometimes tripwires) are used to activate/deactivate lifts to gain entry to doors in The Pit. All were lowered at night. It's reported the Daemons have lowered all the platforms and filled the pit with 10 feet of radioactive waste! You'll have to find the switches or trip wires to raise the lifts to other doors so as not to get the goo all over you, AND to be able to reach the doors as well! NOTE: ONE door will NOT have a platform for it in The Pit! This door is an "exit only" door to exit the Unenchanted Forrest. BEWARE!
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* SHOOT THROUGH IMPASSABLE WALLS: The first part of your journey starts in a room that goes dark, and a platform lowers. The big brown area is a room that holds the important yellow key. When daemons with fire power are in this room, they (and you) can shoot through the walls of this room! This is a bad engineering flaw in the design of this room. DAMN!
* LIGHTS OUT AGAIN?: This same area. The room goes dark (set to trip off the lights ONCE), and you open the yellow door, The lights are tripped on (set to go on ONCE). Returning back to The Pit, the lights MAY go out AGAIN, even though that is NOT suposed to happen!
* DISAPPEARING SPRITES: Comes with the REoL TOUGH territory. Too many sprites, several will dissapear. This time, it's all those TREES, and NOT a billion enemies in the Unenchanted Forrest (there are a few well-placed enemies. KEEP MOVING!). If trees disappear, and you walk and suddenly do not move, and nothing's in front of you, there is a tree there.
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September 1994. It's an early example of those "Reol Tough" levels, which had bullish readme files but were rubbish. This one has 488 baddies - loads for 1994 - and in typical style you just mow down one mob after the next. Gameplay involves holding down the fire button, sidestepping left and right if you're facing imps, just standing still if you're facing demons. Paradoxically therefore it's not hard at all. And there's a tree maze. I gave up at that point.
Good: A fairly good deal of killing to do; some okay lighting at points. Bad: Blocky, uninspired architecture; texture misalignments everywhere; bizarre style errors (e.g., doors in the "sky"); possible to get permanently stuck at least once; the infamous tree maze that STILL slows DOOM.EXE to a crawl. Overall: Not totally unplayable, but fairly dull. 2/5 -VV
This is such a waste of a good idea it makes me angry. --1/5
Well I suppose this is an interesting concept but it is pulled of pretty badly. You would think that after four of so maps FIFFY could actually do some half decent architecture however you won't find any of that here. Also while this was released many years before Boom you will definatley want an advanced Source Port since there are far too many "things" on screen at one time for the Original Doom exe to cope
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REoL TOUGH Classics: The Pit, DooM 1 ==================1FIFFY4.ZIP=================== A Detention Camp is now in chaos! Via a central waste room known as "The Pit", you must clear out multiple stages of this level to save the world from Hell's newest attempt to take over the world! ============================================== Visit REoL TOUGH on the web: http://members.aol.com/georgef551
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Tremendous growth in enrollments and a changing economic, technological and reputational landscape have prompted the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder to set two ambitious new goals for the year 2020. Improvements in the college's "Best Graduate Schools" rankings, released in mid-March by U.S. News & World Report, indicate good progress in the right direction.
In a newly published revision of its strategic plan, Engineering 2020: Vision for Excellence, the college reveals aspirations to double engineering enrollments and make the list of the top 20 engineering programs in the country at both the graduate and undergraduate levels by fall 2020.
"Our refreshed outlook for Engineering 2020 raises the bar for growth, performance and culture within the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder," said Dean Robert H. Davis. "It embraces our expanding student body, faculty, staff and research programs that enrich the lives and education of our students while delivering an excellent return on investment for the people of Colorado."
CU-Boulder's College of Engineering and Applied Science currently ranks 32nd among undergraduate engineering programs and 34th among graduate engineering programs nationwide, and is the top-ranked engineering school in the Mountain Time Zone. Its aerospace engineering graduate program jumped from 14th to ninth this year in the newly posted 2015 U.S. News rankings, while graduate programs in chemical engineering and in civil engineering each moved up four spots to 14th and 15th respectively. Programs in electrical engineering and in environmental engineering also saw gains.
"As the needs of our nation evolve we are one of many companies looking to schools like CU-Boulder to recruit and train the next generation of engineers," said Kathryn G. Tobey, Lockheed Martin Corp.'s vice president and general manager of the Special Programs Line of Business in the Space Systems Co. and a member of the college's Engineering Advisory Council. "In order for our company and our country to compete in challenging global markets, we require a new generation of thought leaders who are well-rounded engineers prepared with technical, leadership and business skills needed to transform our business."
Read more: A copy of A Fresh Look at Engineering 2020: Vision for Excellence is available online at www.colorado.edu/engineering/2020.


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PYONGYANG, North Korea — The New York Philharmonic arrived here Monday amid light snow and gray skies, beginning a rare U.S. cultural exchange with one of the world's most isolated societies.
Lorin Maazel, music director of the orchestra, which accepted an invitation from North Korea last year, said he was very much aware of criticism of the trip by some human rights activists, who call the country the world's largest prison camp. But Maazel said that for closed societies like North Korea "we are a lifeline to the outside world."
Today's performance was to be held before an audience of top officials and was scheduled to be broadcast live on state TV.
For North Koreans, watching an American orchestra perform in their country is unprecedented — and politically dissonant. State-controlled media have demonized the United States since the Korean War.
The audience may or may not have included leader Kim Jong Il. He is not known to be an aficionado of classical music.
The New York Philharmonic's program includes George Gershwin's An American in Paris, Antonin Dvorak's New World Symphony and Prelude to Act III of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin.
The Star-Spangled Banner and the North Korean national anthem are also on the program, which will be shown on public television in New York tonight and two days later on PBS.


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Just one day after visiting Sweden, GalleyCat will take a figurative journey to France–covering the Festival of New French Writing in New York City.
Sponsored by the Center for French Civilization & Culture and New York University, the three-day event will feature "encounters" between eleven French intellectuals and American writers. The guest list includes: Bernard-Henri Levy ("American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville"), Marjane Satrapi ("The Complete Persepolis," pictured), Chris Ware ("Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth"), and Adam Gopnik ("Paris to the Moon").
Follow the event from February 26-28 on editor Jason Boog's Twitter feed, and tag your own posts #FNFW to join the conversation. Here's more from the site: "As with all foreign languages, translation of French works in the U.S. is disproportionately meager, with many more American authors translated in France than French authors here. The Festival of New French Writing hopes to attract new American readers to modern French and Francophone fiction and non-fiction."


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NEWARK, Sep 26 2012
The IT Program will be sponsoring a seminar on "Real World Attacks Dissected: A Walk Through of Attack Investigations and Forensic Evidence" on Oct. 3. Speakers Nick Pelletier (IT Alumnus), Brice Daniels and Willi Ballenthin of Mandiant will engage students by providing real-world scenarios that illustrate much of the information they have learned, or will learn, during the course of their curriculum. This talk encompasses the initial attack vectors, privilege escalation, maintaining persistence and data theft phases of an attack. By illustrating academic points with real world information, students and all attendees will better understand how to apply preventative and investigative skills in the real world. The seminar will take place in the Campus Center Ballroom B at 2:45 p.m. Refreshments will be served.


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Hasselbeck's days might be numbered in Seattle
Published: March 19th, 2010 | Tags: Charlie Whitehurst, Matt Hasselbeck, Seattle Seahawks
The writing is on the wall for Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck — or so says the Tacoma News Tribune's Eric Williams.
Williams writes that the team's trade for former Chargers backup Charlie Whitehurst probably means Hasselbeck — who has one year at $5.75 million remaining on his contract — is all but finished in Seattle.
Williams notes that Hasselbeck will be 35 in September, has missed nine games over the last two seasons and is coming off one of his worst seasons (17 touchdown passes, 17 interceptions, 3,029 yards):
… By releasing Deon Grant, trading Darryl Tapp and now trading for Whitehurst, (Pete) Carroll and (John) Schneider have shown that they are not afraid to make bold moves in order to change the makeup of this team. Trading Hasselbeck may be another move in that process.
Whitehurst has limited playing experience (he has yet to throw a pass in the regular season) other than the preseason, but the Seahawks liked him enough to fork over some valuable draft picks to the Chargers.
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- Redskins QB Jason Campbell already notices a more focused environment under new coach Mike Shanahan.
- Eagles RB LeSean McCoy is still working out with former running mate Brian Westbrook in hopes of picking up where the veteran left off in Philadelphia.
- The Eagles won't match the Titans' one-year $1 million offer for DE Jason Babin.
- Former Jaguars backup QB Quinn Gray has been hired to coach local powerhouse Jackson High School.


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MISSING: 'Betty' the cat is missing
'Betty' the cat is missing, and was last seen near SW 119th Street and 10th Ave SW (map below): She is a small, slim, one year old spayed female. No collar, but she is microchipped. Betty... [Read more]
FOUND: Friendly, tame cat found near 8th Ave SW & SW 156th/158th Streets
"This cat has shown up at our place 2 nights in a row," Vickie Hollaway said: This is near 8th Ave SW, between SW 156th and SW 158th Streets (map below). Very friendly and tame. Obviously... [Read more]
LOST: Have you seen 'Tuna' the cat? He's been missing since Jan. 11
Evan Bate tells us he lost his cat 'Tuna' last week – here are some pics: "Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you." If you've seen this feline, please call Evan at... [Read more]
CARES & Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project offering low-cost cat Spaying/Neutering
C.A.R.E.S. of Burien is teaming up with the Feral Cat Spay/Neuter Project to offer low-cost spay and neuter surgeries to the cats of Burien residents and surrounding areas for just $15. A Shuttle will... [Read more]
MISSING: Beloved Calico Cat 'Ika' went missing near North SeaTac Park
MISSING: A beloved calico named "Ika" got out on Monday May 2, and she is NOT an outdoor cat. She was lost around North SeaTac park (map below), and her owners are "very torn up." If... [Read more]
UPDATE: 'Sullivan' the 10-year old male Cat has been FOUND in a sweater drawer!
UPDATE March 31, 2016: Great news – 'Sullivan' the 10-year old male Cat has been FOUND! "Thank God we found that our Sullivan had managed to somehow get himself trapped in a sweater... [Read more]
FOUND: Unneutered male Himalayan cat found near upper Maplewild
Maureen Hoffmann wants everyone to know that this FOUND KITTY needs a home! "This unneutered male Himalayan cat, VERY FRIENDLY & LOVING, has been hanging around upper Maplewild for about... [Read more]
UPDATE: 'Bowie,' the female Black & White 'Tuxedo' cat, has been FOUND
UPDATE Mar. 8, 2016: This cat has been FOUND! PREVIOUSLY: LOST: This 4-year old female cat, Black and White with 'Tuxedo' markings, purple collar with black tag, named 'Bowie': Last... [Read more]Sponsored Post
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Advertiser VCA Five Corners Animal Hospital will be holding an Open House on Sunday, Jan. 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is a free event open to the public. Get a "behind-the-scenes" tour of our... [Read more]
Burien couple's cat no longer 'Smells Like Curry'
You may have seen posters around Burien or Seattle last June that asked "Why Does My Cat Smell Like Curry?" This poster was found on a telephone pole on 10th Ave SW near Olde Burien on June... [Read more]
FOUND: Cat found near Normandy Park QFC
BTB Reader Sally Porter wants to find the owner of this cat, which she found near the QFC in Normandy Park: It has been hanging around our house since mid-August. We live in Normandy Park near QFC. I... [Read more]
LOST: 'Levi' the Cat, missing from Three Tree Point area
'Levi' is a cat who disappeared from the Three Tree Point area on Wednesday, Sept. 30: He's a 3-yr-old Maine Coon/Persian mix, mostly grey longhair, green eyes, about 20lbs. If you've... [Read more]
MISSING: 6-month old kitten 'Winter' is missing
MISSING: This 6-month old kitten named 'Winter' is missing from around the 1300 block of 116th Street SW: "Our cat sitter lost her during the big storm and we have been unable to locate... [Read more]
FOUND: Possibly pregnant Cat found in Gregory Heights
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MISSING: 'Nahla' the cat, last seen around SW 100th Street & 1st Ave South
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Last 05.01.2017, Thursday morning GATC, GSB organized a seminar at seminar room. The speaker in the seminar was distinguished Professor of Geology Mr. Md. Khalequzzaman from Lock Haven University, USA. The topic was 'Geological Aspects of Climate Change and the Fate of the Bengal Delta'. In his power point presentation Dr. Khalequzzaman gave an overall view on delta formation process, sea level fluctuation in geologic past, sedimentation in response to sea level rise (SLR), response of Bengal Delta to sea-level fluctuation in the geological past, paleo-shoreline of Bengal Delta and the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin, sedimentation in big dams, coastal polders, impact of polders on elevation; erosion vs. accretion in coastal zone, potential salinity intrusion due to SLR and at last gave some suggestions about possible future work by GSB.
After the presentation, there were discussions by the geoscientists about various geological processes and issues, which made the seminar more interesting. At the end Dr. Md. Nehal Uddin Director General, GSB participated in the discussion and gave his comments on the presentation. Mr. Mir fazlul Karim and Mr. Pradip Kumar Sen Gupta, both ex-directors of GSB also attended the seminar.
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old fishmarkets close, which leads from the royal mile to the cowgate. which once was the site of poultry and fishmarket and now contains a mix of old and new buildings. another interesting close off the royal mile.
Old Fishmarket Close - FURTHER INFORMATION
Old Fishmarket Close - Edinburgh visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Old Fishmarket Close' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Lothian.
Old Fishmarket Close in Edinburgh was once considered a 'a steep, narrow stinking ravine' containing a lively fish and poultry market. It runs south from the Royal Mile next to St Giles Cathedral to Cowgate.
Old Fishmarket Close was home to some colourful characters in Edinburgh's past. The City Hangman, or 'Doomster', live here, the last being John High who died in 1817. Earlier, in 1586, Geroge Heriot, the founder of the George Heriot School and Hospital lived here. It is also rumoured that Daneil Defoe worked here as an English secret agent in the early 18th century.
Today, Old Fishmarket Close has been gentrified, containing some cafés and the Old Fishmarket Close Apartments, popular as luxury city centre holiday apartments right in the center of Edinburgh, close to all the main Edinburgh attractions.
Old Fishmarket Close Apartments
19/11 Old Fishmarket Close
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Walk: Old Fisherman Close is 0.5 miles from the Edinburgh Tourist Information Office and 0.4 miles from Edinburgh Castle.
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Pizza 'dough' awarded to SCC
SCC Strong -- it's a motto you see, hear and feel all around the St. Croix Central School District. The determination, resilience and heart of the school and community made the Carbone's Pizzeria franchise stand up and take notice.
The Carbone's franchise awarded $1,000 to St. Croix Central Elementary School on Thursday, April 10, as part of its Carbone's Grand Giveaway School Grant Program.
Tanya Naylor of Sussner Design Company in Minneapolis (who handles the pizzeria's promotions) brought the check to the school, and Liz Kamm, owner of the Roberts Carbone's restaurant, presented it to interim principal Steve Sanders and art teacher Jason Rohde.
"There are a lot of schools in the Twin Cities area, so for our little school to win is cool," Kamm said.
Kamm has owned the Roberts pizzeria since 2001. With close to 800 fans on Facebook, this hometown eatery is beloved in the community. It regularly displays students' artwork, hosts school pizza parties and holds Santa visits.
According to Emily Brownson of Sussner Design, the contest ran from Dec. 9 to March 7. Winners were chosen and notified March 14. SCC Elementary School was one of five schools in the Twin Cities area to receive $1,000 in Carbone's "pizza dough." The contest was open to Minnesota, Wisconsin and Montana educational institutions. Those three states are where Carbone's franchises are located.
"Individuals were prompted through Facebook, Twitter, boxtoppers and in-store posters to submit a short essay online as to why their school or organization could use and deserves to win $1,000," Brownson said. "We then narrowed the submissions down based on need and quality of the submissions to five winners."
Rohde wrote a submission that detailed what the SCC community went through after the fire on April 30, 2013, that destroyed parts of the school building.
"Our school recently had a devastating fire that wiped out our library, offices and a bunch of school supplies and equipment," Rohde wrote in his submission. "...the greatest thing about our location is the Carbone's just down the street from us. This store has become a part of our school with displaying student artwork, having grade-level pizza parties, teaching students how to make a pizza, and just helping to fill up our staff's bellies."
Parent Amber Sundby also lobbied for SCC.
"This group of kids has been through so much!!" Sundby wrote. "...Everyone in the school got together and made the best of something that was devastating!! Teachers, students and parents pulled together making awesome memories!!"
Sanders said the school has decided to use the $1,000 to buy pizza for everyone during the school's One Year Later Celebration at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, April 25.
"The students, staff and community will be celebrating one year of rebuilding after the fire," Sanders said in a Panther Pause column. "The staff is asking anyone that would like to be part of this, please join us in celebrating SCC Strong one year later."
Sanders said the local band Trigger Happy will perform. He is hoping to have the celebration outside, as a sort of street dance.
The Roberts Carbone's is located at 110 W. Main St. Carbone's began as a small Italian grocery store and cafe on St. Paul's east side more than 50 years ago and has expanded to include nearly 40 locations.


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Wilkinson Call
Biographical Information
Call was a nephew of Florida Governor Richard Keith Call and cousin of Arkansas Senator James David Walker; born in Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky; attended the common schools; moved to Jacksonville, Florida; studied law; admitted to the bar and practiced; served as adjutant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War; elected to the United States Senate on December 29, 1865, but was not permitted to take the seat; member of the Democratic National Executive Committee; practiced law in Jacksonville; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1879; reelected in 1885 and 1891 and served from March 4, 1879, to March 3, 1897; chairman, Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment (Fifty-third United States Congress), Committee on Patents (Fifty-third Congress); retired and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Preceded by: Simon Conover United States Senator (Class 3) from Florida 1879-1897 Succeeded by: Stephen R. Mallory, Jr. This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Birthday: January 9, 1834
A time for self-awareness involving courage, strength, and determination.
Birthday: January 9, 2017
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IANS - Shah Rukh Khan's 'Happy New Year' nominated for Oscars
Mon, Nov 17, 2014, 07:55 PM
Happy New Year is the latest movie of Shahrukh Khan and it created ripples at the box office irrespective of the reviews and grossed over Rs 300 crores. Jaya Bachchan's comments that it was the most nonsensical film she has ever watched could not stop its success at the box office and it left a real laughing riot kind of experience for the audience. Now the icing on the cake is that it was nominated to Oscars also from India. Watch the video for more details . . . . .


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Keep in mind the NY DFS is run by Benjamin Lawsky. Last year people acted like Lawsky was the new Harvey Dent on Wall Street when he fined the British bank Standard Charter $340M for allegedly laundering $250 billion of Iranian money. I did some quick math: Force-Placed Insurance Profits = ~$45 Billion @$5B per year since 2007 (and going back to 1994) Around 1996, I got caught stealing a $2.50 X-Men Cyclops action figure from Walmart (WMT). I was fined $102.50, didn't get to keep the action figure, and got 60 days of probation, during which I had to submit to random drug tests, write an essay about why shoplifting is wrong and serve 16 hours of community service. Ignoring the fact that I'm the only one who didn't get to keep what he stole (which I'm not bitter about in the least) and focusing only on the numbers, here's a breakdown of the crime/punishment ratio: Crime |Fine |Crime/Fine
- Standard Charter: $250B | $340 | 0.14%
- Force-Placed Insurance: $45B | $14< | 0.03%
- Brian Penny: $2.50 | $102.50 | 4100%
At this point I feel the need to point out that I'm not a professional accountant or a renowned economist. I'm not some sort of Will Hunting level math genius either. I didn't attend MIT and never saw a need to progress beyond calc I. I see a few problems with this chart though.


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Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH, FACSPeter E. Sheptak Professor
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Peter C. Gerszten, MD, MPH, is the Peter E. Sheptak Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Gerszten joined the Department of Neurological Surgery and the UPMC Spine Services Division in 1999. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and completed his medical degree at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He completed his residency in neurological surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Gerszten obtained a master of public health degree from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. He completed a fellowship in spinal surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Dr. Gerszten specializes in disorders of the spine, focusing on spinal neoplasms. His clinical interests include minimally invasive approaches to the treatment of spinal disorders and spinal tumors. Dr. Gerszten's area of research is the application of outcomes research to spinal surgical interventions. He is a pioneer in the field of spine radiosurgery and oversees the instruction of this developing area of neurosurgery for the American Association of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Gerszten is co-editor of the 2015 second edition Spine Radiosurgery, an authoritative textbook—and the first of its kind—on all aspects of spine radiosurgery. He is also co-editor of the book Controversies in Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Best Evidence Recommendations, a 277-page look into an evidence-based approach to stereotactic radiosurgery for the brain and spine.
Dr. Gerszten currently serves on the editorial boards of Neurosurgery, The Spine Journal, The Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT, and Frontiers in Radiation Oncology.
Specialized Areas of Interest
Outcomes research applied to spinal surgical interventions; failed back syndrome; epidural fibrosis; stereotactic radiosurgery of spinal lesions; minimally invasive spine surgical techniques; spinal motion preservation techniques.
Board Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgeons
Hospital Privileges
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC
UPMC Presbyterian
UPMC Shadyside
Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System
Professional Organization Membership
Allegheny County Medical Society
American Academy of Neurological Surgery
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Cervical Spine Research Society
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Delta Omega Public Health National Honor Society
International Stereotactic Radiosurgery Society
Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
North American Spine Society
Paleopathology Society
Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society
Pennsylvania State Medical Society
The Radiosurgery Society||Sociedad Iberolatinoamericano de Radiocirugia
Education & Training
BA, University of Virginia, 1988
MD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1992
MPH, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 1998
Residency, Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, 1999
Fellowship, Spine Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, 2000
Honors & Awards
Pittsburgh's Best Doctors, Pittsburgh Magazine, 2016.
Selected Publications
Kashkoush A, Agarwal N, Paschel E, Goldschmidt E, Gerszten PC. Evaluation of a hybrid dynamic stabilization and fusion system of the lumbar spine: A 10-year experience. Cureus 8(6):e637, 2016.
Mashaly H, Paschel EE, Khattar NK, Goldschmidt E, Gerszten PC. Posterior lumbar dynamic stabilization instead of arthrodesis for symptomatic adjacent-segment degenerative stenosis: Description of a novel technique. Neurosurgical Focus 40(1):E5, 2016.
Caruso JP, Cohen-Inbar O, Bilsky MH, Gerszten PC, Sheehan JP. Stereotactic radiosurgery and immunotherapy for metastatic spinal melanoma. Neurosurgical Focus 38(3):E6, 2015.
Redmond KJ, Sahgal A, Foote M, Knisely J, Gerszten PC, Chao ST, Suh JH, Sloan AE, Change EL, Machtay M, Lo SS. Single versus multiple session stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastasis: the risk-benefit ratio. Future Oncology 11(17):1-10, 2015.
Thibault I, Chang EL, Sheehan J, Ashluwalia MS, Guckenberger M, Sohn M-J, Ryu S, Foote M, Lo SS, Muacevic A, Soltys SG, Chao S, Gerszten PC, Lis E, Yu E, Bilsky M, Fisher C, Schiff D, Fehlibngs MG, Ma L, Chang S, Chow E, Parelukar WR, Vogelbaum MA, Sahgal A. Response assessment after stereotactic body radiotherapy for spinal metastasis: a report from the SPIne response assessment in Neuro-Oncology (SPINO) group. Lancet Oncology 16:595-603, 2015.
Ryu S, Pugh SL, Gerszten PC, Yin F-F, Timmerman RD, Hitchcock YJ, Movas B, Kanner AA, Berk LB, Followill DS, Kachnic LA. RTOG 0631 phase II/III study of image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery for localized (1-3) spine metastases: Phase II results. Practical Radiation Oncology 4:76-81, 2014.
Guckenberger M, Mantel F, Gerszten PC, Flickinger JC, Sahgal A, Letourneau D, Grills IS, Jawas M, Fahim DK, Shin JH, Winey B, Sheehan J, Kersh R. Safety and efficacy of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy as primary treatment for vertebral metastases: a multi-institutional analysis. Radiation Oncology 9:226, 2014.
Gerszten PC. Spine metastases: From radiotherapy, surgery, to radiosurgery. Neurosurgery 61:16-25, 2014.
Sahgal A, Weinberg V, Chang E, Chao S, Muacevic A, Gorgulho A, Gibbs IC, Gerszten PC, Ryu S, Soltys S, Angelov L, Shung Wong C, Ma L, Larson DA. Probabilities of radiation myelopathy specific to stereotactic body radiotherapy to guide safe practice. Int J Rad Oncol Biol Phys 85(2):341-347, 2013.
Bartynski WS, DeJohn LM, Rothfus WE, Gerszten PC. Progressive-onset versus injury-associated discogenic low back pain: Features of disc internal derangement in patients studied with provocation lumbar discography. Interventional Neuroradiology 19(1):10-20, 2013.
A complete list of Dr. Gerszten's publications can be reviewed through the National Library of Medicine's publication database.
Media Appearances
Experto dice que la Radiocirugía evita la cirugía en el tratamiento de metástasis que afectan a la columna vertebral
November 6, 2013
SBRT in tumours of the spinal column
July 30, 2013
La Radiocirugía. una alternativa eficaz para evitar la cirugía en el tratamiento de metástasis de la columna vertebral
June 11, 2013
Evaluar al paciente, clave en el manejo de columna vertebal
February 1, 2012
Diaro Medico
Stereotactic Radiosurgery Matures Into Mainstream Extracranial Technique (pdf)
August 2010
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NC Early Voting: Dems Outnumber GOP, but Gap Significantly Smaller than in 2008
One-stop early voting has been underway for several days in North Carolina. Democracy North Carolina is out with a new analysis of turnout in the first three days of early voting. Not surprisingly, as we are seeing everywhere, there is an increase in the number of people who are choosing to vote early or vote by mail. Early voting is noticeably higher this year compared with the last midterm election in 2006.
The good news for Democrats is that more registered Democrats than registered Republicans have voted so far, but the bad news is that the gap has narrowed dramatically since 2010. From Democracy North Carolina:
After three days, a total of 72,173 voters have cast one-stop ballots. That's more than twice the 35,728 cast at the same point in the previous midterm election of 2006 and even more than the 70,645 in the 2004 presidential election. In 2008, a surprising 266,649 voters crowded one-stop centers in the first three days.
So far this year, registered Democrats are edging out Republicans by 31,910 to 27,623. By contrast, after three days in 2008, Democrats were swamping Republicans by nearly a 3-to-1 ratio – at that point, 163,321 votes to 58,748.
The huge surge in Democratic early voting in 2008 was driven by African American Democrats supporting Barack Obama. It is unlikely to be repeated this year.
Overall, this should be a mildly reassuring sign for Democrats, given that one of their top concerns is that the enthusiasm gap would lead to overwhelming Republican turnout.
The assumption in most pollsters' likely voter models is that a lot more Republican-leaning voters than Democrat-leaning voters are going to turn out. This is responsible for as much as a ten-point advantage for some GOP candidates in some polls. If the turnout gap is smaller than expected, Democrats could slightly outperform some of the polling.


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ST. CLOUD, Minn. (KNSI) When President Obama delivers his State of the Union speech tonight, St. Cloud State President Earl Potter will be in Washington D.C. to witness it live.
Potter was invited by Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar. She's authoring a bill that would make it easier for international students who attend American universities to get work visas in the U.S.
It's a bill of particular interest to SCSU and Potter. St. Cloud State has about 1,300 international students.
President Potter understands that in order to boost our economy we need to make sure that the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs get their start in America," said Klobuchar. "Throughout his tenure at St. Cloud State University, Dr. Potter has been committed to equipping our students with the skills they need to compete in a high-tech economy, and I am proud to have him join me at the State of the Union to highlight the importance of commonsense immigration policies that help these students stay and work in the U.S."
"St. Cloud State draws on talent from all over the world to compete in our rigorous and innovative science and engineering programs," Potter said. "When our students graduate I want them to put their skills to use right here in Minnesota and across the nation, and policies like those championed by Senator Klobuchar are critical to making that happen."
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Lumbertown is making shopping easier for its customers with the grand opening of a new drive thru building.
After a year of planning, a $300,000 investment and three months of construction, the new addition is ready for use. Workers say there are a variety of items for shoppers to purchase at arms reach.
" Pretty much anything you need, lumber, hardware, all your boards insulation, dry wall and anything you need for your home improvement projects, " said Project Manager, Sam Paul.
Paul says that having the new drive thru makes shopping for customers easier and more efficient.
"Just pull into the gate, drive down, load it up, stop on your way out and pay for it when you leave. You don't have to put it in a cart and drag it through the store, you just load it right in your vehicle and drive away, " said Paul.
To celebrate the mayor, Lumbertown employees and the chamber of commerce performed a ceremonial ribbon cutting where owner ,Jim Cappano was recognized. Along with the drive thru, Lumbertown also has a brand new showroom that features a variety of home improvement items including windows, paints, flooring and more.


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Reviews - VII Hotel & Indian Restaurant3
760-762 Bath Road,, Cranford, TW5 9TY
Customer Reviews
Our reviews are from genuine LateRooms.com customers. We verify that the customer has stayed before leaving a review.
50% would recommend it to a friend
Customer service
Food quality
Room quality
VII Hotel & Indian Restaurant
It's a small place which has an advantage of giving you personalised care and they do.
The guy responsible for accommodation was great, the restaurant staff were polite and pulled out all the stops to provide great service, their curry is to die for. It's not a flashy place, great for anonymity.
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You get what you pay for I guess, not very clean but if you just need a bed for the night then it's ok, the food in the curry house down stairs was very good , I was just hopeful that the kitchen was looked after better then the rooms
Budget stay, and it showed
Parking was not "on site", it was road parking in a really dodgy area.
Not impressed by it. Several cars parked nearby had tickets in the morning, I got lucky. Be warned. First room had mould and faulty electrics. TV stopped working, then the ventilation, then the kettle. After giving up fixing the tv they moved me to a second room where the kettle didn't work too. It was a budget stay, but the hotel needs a HUGE revamp and a lot of cleaning. The only thing I'd recommend is the food, the Indian restaurant downstairs was excellent, it's just a pity the rooms didn't match.
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ok for the price.
Not much great
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Not at all what I expected.
This isn't really a curry house: it's more like a bar, which serves excellent Indian food. Most people were there for a quiet drink, so we had the chef's full attention. The waitress was very helpful, asking how hot we would like anything on the menu, and generally advising us over one or two dishes with which we were unfamiliar. The hotel staff have obviously learnt from previous negative comments, and have done their best to improve the quality of the rooms. The bed was clean and comfortable, and the shower was very good. The only reason that I marked them down slightly on quality/cleanliness is that the grout in the shower needs replacing as there were signs of mould - but that doesn't mean it wasn't very clean. I would like to say that at £35 for a single person in a double room, a short taxi ride from Heathrow, this represents extremely good value for money - but then they'd probably put the prices up!
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Would never come back again
Staff was not friendly.
No smile. The way to talk to you was a bit rude. No service....room is not clean enough...
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Good clean and cheerful
Spend a little extra and find a better place.
Toilet was without seat, no duvet but just flimsy throw over.
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If your looking for budget accommodation at a great price then this is certainly for you.
The hotel is very very basic but if you just want to get your head down for the night and want your own privacy and own ensuite then this hotel ticks those boxes. Great value for money and friendly staff. Rooms were freezing but they did provide a portable heater in the room so not too bad.
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Several of the waters in our area like the Madison river, Yellowstone river, Boulder river and Missouri river are often best fished while floating down the river. Float trips allow us to cover large sections of the river and you are never casting your fly twice to the same rout. Float trips are limited to two anglers with each guide. Our guides use top of the line fiberglass drift boats that are custom made for fly fishing our rivers.
Some of the smaller streams and rivers in our area are best suited to wade fishing. Occasionally we also wade fish larger rivers like the Madison while using a boat to taxi from hole to hole. Some great fishing can be had by hiking into some small canyons to access trout that don't receive much fishing pressure. Wade fishing is also a great way to learn some of the nuances of fly fishing from our patient and experienced guides.
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The Tilt Sensor can detect when it is at an angle.
Output: This module contains two contacts and a small metal ball. When the sensor is in its upright position, the ball bridges the two contacts, completing the circuit. When the board is tilted, the ball moves, and the circuit opens. When upright, the module outputs 5V and when it is tilted, it outputs 0V. When connected to an input on the Arduino using the TinkerKit Shield, you can expect to read a value of 1023 when in its upright position and 0 when it is titled.
Module description: this module features a Tilt Sensor, a signal amplifier, the standard TinkerKit 3pin connector, a green LED that signals that the module is correctly powered and a yellow LED that lights up when a connection is made (the sensor is upright).
This module is a SENSOR. The connector is an OUTPUT which must be connected to one of the INPUT connectors on the TinkerKit Shield.
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A, Elastic silicone loop screwed on the noncutting end of a needle (the locking system is yellow). B, The needle was passed transfascially across the wound 4 cm from the edge. The bowel was protected by a malleable blade. C, Description of the operative technique in 5 steps: (1) the needle was inserted 4 cm back from the wound edge on the right; (2) the needle was inserted on the wound edge on the left; (3) the needle was inserted again on the wound edge on the left (2 cm apart); (4) the needle was inserted at the initial wound edge, and a U-shaped suture was obtained; and (5) the system was maintained with the locking system, and compresses protected the skin. D, Once the system was in order, tension was adjusted to close the abdominal wall.
Qassemyar Q, Browet F, Robbe M, Verhaeghe P, Regimbeau J. Dynamic Parietal Closure: Initial Experience of an Original Parietal Closure Procedure for Treatment of Abdominal Wound Dehiscence. Arch Surg. 2011;146(6):762–764. doi:10.1001/archsurg.2011.112
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Abdominal wound dehiscence complicates between 0.2% and 10% of midline laparotomies1 and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality (44% and 67%, respectively).2,3 The surgeons who perform digestive surgery and plastic surgery at our institution have considered how to treat abdominal wound dehiscence. Given that preoperative risk factors cannot be modified in an emergency setting,1,2 we added some specific plastic surgery procedures to the conventional parietal closure technique. We thus developed a "dynamic parietal closure" technique in which silicone loop sutures are used to strengthen a conventional aponeurotic closure. The procedure is simple, quick, inexpensive, and compatible with digestive stomas and complex peritoneal drainage. It has the advantages but not the disadvantages of the use of retention sutures or abdominal wall plastic surgery.4
Before dynamic parietal closure for the treatment of abdominal wound dehiscence is performed (video), if any drains are in place, then externalization of the stoma(s), bowel replacement, and parietal disinfection are performed as usual.
At the time of parietal closure, successive mass closures were performed along the entire length of the median laparotomy with elastic silicone loops (45 cm in length and 2 mm in diameter [Ethiloop; Ethicon, Somerville, New Jersey]). Each loop was screwed onto the proximal end of a needle (as in drain externalization) and was placed transfascially across the wound to obtain a U-shaped suture every 4 cm.
Once the dynamic parietal closure technique has been performed along the entire length of the laparotomy, we adjusted the tension. This pushed back the digestive tract and closed the aponeurotic edges to yield a tension-free suture. The locking system comes from the Gripper Plus safety needle (Smith Medical, Brisbane, Australia).
We used a continuous, aponeurotic suture (PDS; Ethicon, Somerville, New Jersey).5 The skin was closed conventionally. Lastly, the dynamic parietal closure's tension was adjusted, and compresses were placed between the skin and the loops (Figure).
The surgical site was examined every 48 hours, and the elastomer tension was adjusted so that constant force was applied. Abdominal dressings were positioned and changed conventionally until the laparotomy was dry. Abscesses were treated conventionally (vacuum therapy was feasible, if required). The surgeon removed the system 21 days later in the consultation room (by cutting and then pulling out the elastomer loops).
We performed a prospective study of 873 consecutive patients who underwent a midline laparotomy during the period from January 2009 to December 2010. The overall incidence rate for abdominal wound dehiscence (diagnosed clinically within 2 weeks of the operation) was 2.06% (n = 18), with incidence rates of emergency and planned abdominal wound dehiscence of 2.23% and 1.19%, respectively. In all cases of abdominal wound dehiscence, we performed an emergency procedure to redo the midline laparotomy, examine the abdominal cavity (to check for infection), and then perform the dynamic parietal closure technique. Two patients were excluded because they died in the hospital 18 and 20 days after surgery, respectively (mortality rate, 11.1%). Prospectively, we analyzed the data for 16 patients. The median Webster and Mäkela scores were 13 (range, 2-26) and 2 (range, 0-3), respectively. The etiology of abdominal wound dehiscence was mechanical in 12 patients and septic in 4 patients. The abdominal wound dehiscence recurrence rate was 0%. Specific and overall morbidity and mortality rates are shown in the Table. The midline incisional hernia rate was 25% (diagnosed clinically or on the basis of a computed tomographic scan) according to the medical literature criteria.3 The median follow-up period was 157 days. Material costs never exceeded $27 per patient.
Dynamic parietal closure is an original, easy, inexpensive, and efficient procedure. It must be evaluated with larger numbers of patients. In individuals with a very high risk of abdominal wound dehiscence, the dynamic parietal closure technique could perhaps be performed preventively.
Correspondence: Dr Regimbeau, Department of General, Visceral, and Digestive Surgery, Amiens North Hospital, University of Picardy Medical Centre, Place Victor Pauchet, F-80054 Amiens CEDEX 01, France (email@example.com).
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Qassemyar, Browet, Robbe, Verhaeghe, and Regimbeau. Acquisition of data: Qassemyar and Browet. Analysis and interpretation of data: Browet, Robbe, Verhaeghe, and Regimbeau. Drafting of the manuscript: Qassemyar, Browet, and Verhaeghe. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Robbe and Regimbeau. Administrative, technical, and material support: Qassemyar and Browet. Study supervision: Robbe, Verhaeghe, and Regimbeau.
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Maurice Cherry's mother made her career aspirations for her son crystal clear: "She wanted me to go to college and major in something that would make a lot of money like Dwayne Wayne on 'A Different World,'" laughs Cherry. As he honored his mother's wish, breezing through the mathematics program at Morehouse College, he never strayed too far from his true passions: technology and design.
"My first taste of technology was my older brother's VTech Laser 50 computer," says the Selma, Alabama native. "I got a book from the library on BASIC and taught myself how to program. I was doing super simple graphic design stuff in the second or third grade, creating 8-bit rockets with the letters USA on it."
During his freshman year at Morehouse, the tech-savvy whiz kid landed his first major client when the director of project SPACE gave Cherry a shot at designing the scholarship program's website. Nearly 15 years later, the 32-year-old Atlanta-based entrepreneur runs 3eighteen media, a small web design and consultant firm that boasts a client roster, which includes United Way, the Grady Health Foundation, the Atlanta Street Food Coalition, and a slew of other non-profits. Cherry has also been the driving force behind several startups, including the Black Weblog Awards. But it's his latest venture, Revision Path—a burgeoning stomping ground for black web designers, graphic artists, and developers to learn, share, and grow as creative professionals—that has Cherry all abuzz.
"The idea crystallized when I was teaching web design at DeVry University," he recalls, "and my students were interested in design, but didn't know who to look to in the industry for guidance that looked like them." Talking about his students' lack of direction calls to mind a similar toilsome journey. "I wish I had glowing support from friends and family who helped me along the way, but I didn't," he says. "I helped myself. I made my own opportunities, did my own outreach, and blazed my own trail."
While he hopes Revision Path will open doors and pave the way for novice designers on the come up, Cherry says the site, which features new interviews each week with the best black creative design professionals, is definitely shining a spotlight on a segment of the design community often overlooked.
"I ask designers about their inspirations, how they got involved with the industry, their design process—and I started a series called Vox Populi, which is a man-on-the-street feature where I ask a question, and people from the design community weigh in."
Occasionally, talk turns to diversity. And unlike other sites that walk on eggshells around the topic, Cherry tackles it head-on.


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Andrea Petkovic
Andrea Petkovic is another "Serbian" non-Serbian player which deserve thread in Serbian Sensations subforum. She is born in Tuzla (Bosnia) and playing for Germany where her family live since her childhood. But more important reason for her promotion here than her Serbian origins is fact that this year she is best ranked player which active played for Serbian best Tennis Club "Partizan" (Belgrade) and also she is only top100 player which participate in Serbians 2009 National Championships (Ana, Jelena, Novak, Viktor and Janko not played this year for theirs domestic Tennis Clubs). This summer Andrea is not been only best ranked player, but also player in best shape, so she simple destroyed all her opponents (like Partizan 1st racket she played always vs #1 players of others clubs) and helped TC Partizan to reach another National Championship in Womens competition this season (two weeks ago).
Best proof about Andrea breakthrough this summer (she is 1987 born, just 2 month older than Ivanovic) is this week tournament in Bad Gastein where she reach her career first WTA semifinal, final... and TITLE!
Andrea so far is more known for her ITF success and couple times break to TOP100 (never before broke TOP90), but thanks to this big WTA success in Austria since next week she will be close to TOP50 (about #60)!!! Her couch is her father Zoran Petkovic (former tennis player).
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late bloomher perhaps?
good luck to her
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Andrea Petkovic reach yesterday careers first GS 3rd round, she is WTA TOP40 for months, so already now we are ready without doubt to say that she is 2010 Serbian non-Serbian tennis player of the Year! Every time when Dokic shows some signs of comeback something goes wrong, and supertalented Kristina Mladenovic transition from juniors to pro-tennis going much slower and harder than anyone expect, so Andrea after another breakthrough season and constant improvement seems also like best pick in this category for upcoming 2011 season also.
Except her Serbian origins and membership of Tennis Club Partizan Belgrade, Andrea's connection with Serbian tennis (players) coming since her juniors days especially with other 1987-born Serbs like Novak Djokovic and of course Ana Ivanovic. This season when she thanks to much better ranking finally have real pro-player schedule (without ITF-circuit or too much MM events) Andrea's friendship with Ana is stronger than ever, and no big surprise that she is Ana's only doubles partner so far this season. As currently best ranked Germans WTA player Andrea will improve for sure in Adidas players hierarchy, which potentially means also more connections with Adidas current biggest WTA superstar (guess who;)). Talking about other her off court activities, Petkovic is known like one of most intelligent and most educated WTA players, but since this season Andrea also shows some signs of ability to attract people and media attention which is some kind of trademark of almost all big Serbian names (Slobodan Zivojinovic, Monica Seles, Jelena Dokic, Jelena Jankovic, Janko Tipsarevic, Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic...).
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Andrea is super cute!
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Then she is a Bosnian Serb, like me;)
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So, are we gonna cheer for Petkovic to win the whole thing:D?
Actually she is the only Bosnian Serb in WTA, I must be patriotic!
And BTW, Germany is country where I would like to live, If I have to choose.
Then, win them all Andrea!
EDIT: Maybe there is some other Bosnian serb on WTA, but I don't think her rank is higher than 500.
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If there is a best country in the world to live in it would be Australia :angel:.
I hope she manages to get past Li, but it wont be easy.
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Yes, I must admit it too. I haven't watched her matches, like I did with Jelena's.
Well, even If Li wins, I would be satisfied in some way beacuse I like Li also. But it would be great to see Andrea in semis:hearts:
And, Austaralia looks nice on pictures, but I think I couldn't be able to get away from summer heat. Summer is my least faveourite time of the year.
If only I could put my skin off when it's more than 35 degress.
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I prefer summer to winter.
Winter: depressive, cold, and early night falls. Only good thing is skiing.
Summer: beaches,chicks in bikinis, longer days,fishing :angel:
As for heat, you buy your self an air-conditioning unit then you get 2 jobs to pay of your energy bill.
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Haha, it easy to say and when You wrote all of it it seems summer is like heaven. Which is not.
Then I just imagine... longer day- longer fighting for breath and not to die beacuse of hotness...
Chicks, sounds great, but when I see me sweeting more and more, and smelling, I don't think any of the chick would look at me:lol:
And then, fishing.... kinda boring, I can fall a sleep and after waking up I would be REDmen.
No, thanks I prefer winter more.
Cold fits to my body perfectly.
But hey, my choises would always be autumn or spring... but I don't see much of them those days... Get back old friends!
Autumn is definitly the best part of the year, colourfull, not hot/not cold, when it's without rain-it's perfect!
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And, I like rain when I'm at home:D
Like Enya sings- It's in the rain....
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He done it only once and it wiped the smile of his face.
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How and Why Species Multiply:
Charles Darwin's experiences in the Galápagos Islands in 1835 helped to guide his thoughts toward a revolutionary theory: that species were not fixed but diversified from their ancestors over many generations, and that the driving mechanism of evolutionary change was natural selection. In this concise, accessible book, Peter and Rosemary Grant explain what we have learned about the origin and evolution of new species through the study of the finches made famous by that great scientist: Darwin's finches.
Drawing upon their unique observations of finch evolution over a thirty-four-year period, the Grants trace the evolutionary history of fourteen different species from a shared ancestor three million years ago. They show how repeated cycles of speciation involved adaptive change through natural selection on beak size and shape, and divergence in songs. They explain other factors that drive finch evolution, including geographical isolation, which has kept the Galápagos relatively free of competitors and predators; climate change and an increase in the number of islands over the last three million years, which enhanced opportunities for speciation; and flexibility in the early learning of feeding skills, which helped species to exploit new food resources. Throughout, the Grants show how the laboratory tools of developmental biology and molecular genetics can be combined with observations and experiments on birds in the field to gain deeper insights into why the world is so biologically rich and diverse.
Written by two preeminent evolutionary biologists, How and Why Species Multiply helps to answer fundamental questions about evolution--in the Galápagos and throughout the world.
"One of the most compelling documentations of the operation of natural selection. In this book, the Grants aim to capture the key insights provided by Darwin's finches into mechanisms of adaptation and speciation generally. They succeed in making a complex topic accessible without losing the excitement inherent in tackling a difficult problem. There is enough depth to stimulate serious students of evolutionary biology, enough explanation for general readers and an approachable style that will please both."--Roger Butlin, Times Higher Education
"This Princeton-based couple presents their own accessible summary of their life's research in How and Why Species Multiply. The authors explain the scientific hypotheses involved...with admirable clarity...yet the book's real strength is not theory but data. The Grants' account makes exciting and lucid reading. Among those who should take note are doubters of 'old-fashioned' research methods who marvel at the prospects of genomics in the lab and wonder what use bird bands have in modern science."--Hanna Kokko, Science
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As mentioned last week Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) Service Pack 2 is now available.
Maarten Goet has kindly recorded a blogcast showing the installation of ISA SP2 and discussing the benefits of the upgrade. You can view Maarten's ISA SP2 installation blogcast by clicking here.
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