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Several Cohen & Grigsby Attorneys Recognized by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers®
PITTSBURGH – May 26, 2015 – Business law firm Cohen & Grigsby is proud to announce that 26 of the firm's Pittsburgh attorneys were selected for the 2015 list of Pennsylvania Super Lawyers andPennsylvania Rising Stars.
Attorneys in the following practice areas are recognized as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® 2015:
- Bankruptcy: William E. Kelleher, Jr.
- Business Litigation: Larry K. Elliott, Robert M. Linn
- Creditor Debtor Rights: Jill Locnikar Bradley, Thomas D. Maxson
- Employment & Labor: Ronald J. Andrykovitch, James B. Brown, Robert B. Cottington, John E. Lyncheski, Robert F. Prorok
- Environmental Litigation: Daniel M. Darragh
- Estate & Probate: R. Michael Daniel, Christopher F. Farrell, Richard D. Rosen, Mario Santilli, Jonathan M. Schmerling
- General Litigation: Clifford B. Levine
- Immigration: Lawrence M. Lebowitz
- Insurance Coverage: Andrew M. Roman
- International: V. Susanne Cook
- Land Use/Zoning: Alice B. Mitinger
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Jack W. Elliott, Mark R. Stabile
- Personal Injury General: Jeffrey P. Ward
- Tax: Michael E. Silverman
Additionally, the following attorney was recognized as a Pennsylvania Rising Star 2015:
- Business/Corporate: Amanda R. Gerstnecker
Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. The Rising Stars list is developed using the same patented multiphase selection process used for the Super Lawyers list except a candidate must be either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.
The attorneys will be recognized in the May 2015 issue of Philadelphia Magazine. Selected attorneys will also appear in the May 2015 issue of Pittsburgh Magazine.


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Project summary
The project is a 7.5 MW solar PV plant in Mubuga, Burundi. A PPA is in place and the ground breaking ceremony has taken place. The expected interconnection in Q4 2018 will increased the installed electricity capacity in Burundi by 14%. The pre-development of the project has been in cooperation with the Energy and Environment Partnership (a Finland, UK, Austrian fund) and the Belgian Investment Company for Developing countries (BIO).
Information from the ground breaking ceremony for the project, January 18, 2017
Shovels hit the ground today in Mubuga (in Gitega province), 100 km outside the capital Bujumbura, to begin clearing the land for a 7.5 MW solar field that will add 15% to the East African country's generation capacity. In a ceremony attended by government officials, international investors and the diplomatic community, Gigawatt Global, the leading frontier solar and social development enterprise, announced the $14 million pioneering project in one of the world's least developed nation.
"Empowering economic and social development is at the heart of our green energy business," said Michael Fichtenberg, VP for Finance and Business Development of Gigawatt Global. "This high impact development investment supported by leading international financial institutions signals that Burundi is open for development and business."
This will be the largest private international investment in the power sector in Burundi in nearly 30 years, with the power being sold for 25 years to REGIDESO, the national electric company. "We are very excited at the groundbreaking of the Gigawatt Burundi solar field" said His Excellency Come Manirakiza, Burundi's Minister of Energy and Mines. "After their success in Rwanda, Gigawatt Global has proven it can be relied on to deliver efficient, clean renewable energy at reasonable cost, contributing greatly to our economy and society. We look forward to the speedy completion of this project, and are thankful for the collaboration and cooperation with Gigawatt Global as energy in Burundi is a clear priority." The full Statement from his excellency Come Manirakiza, issued ahead of the groundbreaking ceremony, can be found here.
Gigawatt Global, an American-owned Dutch developer, is a founding member of the White House Power Africa initiative and financed and developed the first commercial scale solar field in continental sub-Sahara Africa (outside of South Africa) in neighboring Rwanda in 2014. Gigawatt Global is also developing a solar based rural electrification mini-grid and solar street lighting pilot projects in Burundi, as well as additional opportunities for grid connected projects.
The project has been supported by a grant from the Energy and Environment Partnership (a Finland, UK, Austrian fund) and the Belgian Investment Company for Developing countries (BIO) to cover the relevant studies. The project is also supported by African-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) and the Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP), currently engaging in project due diligence. The project is located on land leased from Eric Kira.
"This project is a great example of Burundians, Americans and other international partners working together for the economic development of Burundi" said Anne Casper, U.S. Ambassador to Burundi. "The success of this project will be a positive signal to other potential investors, who are watching Gigawatt Global and the Government of Burundi to see if investing in Burundi is stable, predictable and easy to do. We are working together very hard and very closely -- the U.S., Burundi, the Netherlands, and Gigawatt Global -- to make this project a success -- to enable the whole country to get energy and this will lead to the country's economic development."
U.S. Power Africa Coordinator Andrew Herscowitz underlined the importance of Gigawatt Global's work by saying, "As a founding Power Africa partner, Gigawatt Global continues to demonstrate its industry leadership with this investment in Burundi."
HE Hendrikes Verwein, the Dutch Ambassador to Burundi, said "The Kingdom of the Netherlands supports Gigawatt Global and commits to assist the company in the pursuit of its investments. The Kingdom of the Netherlands expresses its wish that the contractual commitments included in the agreement protocols for the construction of the solar plant in Mubuga be rapidly implemented."
"Gigawatt Global is expecting to deploy $1 billion in renewable energy projects in Africa as partners of the White House Power Africa initiative in the coming years as renewables are taking the lead in power generation in Africa and emerging markets" said CEO Josef Abramowitz. "We are targeting sub-Sahara Africa as a high impact and high growth market, with a portfolio of small, medium and large power projects in the highest priority development areas. Our unique quadruple bottom-line approach emphasizes investment grade projects, humanitarian impact, climate change mitigation, and economic & social development."
In the nearby city of Gitega (Burundi's second largest city), is the Polytechnic University of Gitega that has been a beneficiary of a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) center, donated by Mark Gelfand, a Boston-based Gigawatt Global investor who is active philanthropically in East African science education. The Company is working with the University's engineering department to develop solar training for its graduates. The University's Rector, Dr. Federick Nkurunziza said "The Polytechnic University of Gitega will benefit by field visits for students from the engineering department for practical internships and the University, with its professors and technicians, will be able to undertake maintenance tasks of the plant."
The construction and interconnection of the project to the national grid is expected to be concluded in Q4 of 2018.
Photo: VP of Finance Michael Fichtenberg and COO Weldon Turner signing a PPA with Burundian officials.

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A Roman Catholic School (which is established in connection with the Minister for Education) aims at promoting the full and harmonious development of all aspects of the person of the pupil: intellectual, physical, cultural, moral and spiritual, including a living relationship with God and with other people. The school models and promotes a philosophy of life inspired by belief in God and in the life,death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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WeWork, one of the biggest 'unicorns' - startups worth more than $1 billion - recently raised more than $400 million at a valuation that sources pegged at more than $15 billion. The company provides office space for startups and others, stressing the community-oriented character of its facilities.
The company's valuation far exceeds that of publicly traded companies such as Regus Plc that also rent shared offices.
Speaking at the Fortune technology conference in Aspen, Colorado, CEO Adam Neumann said that if his company can reach 1 million customers in the United States - which he said was readily achievable - it would have annual sales of $12 billion and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $4 billion.
Neumann, who appeared with his wife and business partner Rebekah Neumann, the chief brand officer for the company, said the company was in the "community" business, rather than the real estate business.
He said that would protect WeWork's business in the event of a recession, which some analysts have cited as a big risk for the company.
"When times are tough, people want to be surrounded by people," he said. "We'd do extremely well through a recession, for a variety of reasons."


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Athlone 2009 Sugarcraft Course
We are into our 8th week in Athlone IT and we have two classes of great sugarcrafters.
In the last two weeks we made sugarpaste novelty animals and sugarpaste flowers. The students brought in their own cakes tonight and created flowers and novelties for them.
Here are a few of their cakes from tonight.
Next week we are getting into the Christmas spirit, covering our fruit cakes with almond paste and making some novelty Christmas cake toppers.


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The cicadas are set to come out of the woodworks this year in droves for the first time in 17 long years. The East Coast, especially, and parts of the Midwest will be covered by those loud and annoying little creatures, but their oddball hibernation patterns are probably not the strangest quirks about the insects. Researchers have recently found that cicadas have unique wing cleaning capabilities, using a process the researchers call "jumping droplets."
"Jumping droplets" inspires images of big fat chunks of raindrops splashing against concrete, but the process in cicadas is actually far more fascinating. A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that the cicada's odd body shape keeps it from being able to clean its wings. To combat this, the wings of cicadas have developed small bumps. As noted by Nature World News, when water droplets, found throughout nature, make contact with the cicada's wings, the water just hangs out on the bump, held in place by the air trapped underneath the bump.
In order to determine all of this, images were captured by high speed video cameras, showing the droplets on the wings of the cicadas. In effect, the tiny water droplets help to "jump clean" the wings of the insects, thus giving the process its name. The cleaning process was found to remove contaminates and could potentially, in the future, propel the development of self-cleaning processes for human use. While self-cleaning processes would be kind of cool, I also get the feeling they would be kind-of wet.
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Have you thought about what time of day is the most ideal to run? Or does it even matter what time of day you run? In this post we will look at the benefits of running at different times of day. Morning Runs Personally, this is my favorite time to run. It is a great way to start the day off. It wakes me up, and gets my metabolism and energy levels up. At the […] Read more »
The 5-Week Transition Plan for New Runners
Recently, I wrote a 8-week running schedule for those who are absolute newbie runner, and think that running to the bathroom is workout. That schedule was called the Jump Starter Plan for New Runners. f you have conquered that schedule already, or if you can run for about 10 minutes without a walk break, then you may be ready for the next in the series, which is dubbed the 5-Week Transition Plan. The reason that […] Read more »
Spring Forward to Your Running Goals
This weekend we in the US change our clocks by 'springing forward'. It is a sign that spring is here, and winter is moving to our rearview mirror. Indeed, the birds start chirping, and the sun shines a little clearer. What a better time to revisit your running goals, and think about some ways to supercharge your running program. Here are a Ten Running Goals you may want to look at this spring (or anytime) […] Read more »
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For whatever reason you want to start running, whether it is to lose weight, run a race, or just feel better, you need to get onto some kind of schedule. I know you have tried running before, and within a week or two you were back into the same lazy routine. Perhaps you lacked motivation, you got burned out too quick, or you did not know what kind of schedule you should be on. Having […] Read more »


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Successful UPCAT Applicants to UPOU
Successful applicants should wait for an email from the Office of the University Registrar for further instructions regarding confirmation of admission to UPOU. Meanwhile, successful applicants are advised to prepare the following requirements to be submitted on or before July 2019.
Successful UPCAT applicants are also required to complete the Distance Education Readiness Module (DERM). Instructions to complete the DERM are found here.
Appeals to UPOU
UPOU is accepting appeals of applicants whose UPG is 2.800 or higher. To make an appeal to UPOU, please do the following.
The deadline for submission of appeals and completion of the DERM is 10 May 2019. Results of appeals will be sent by email on 15 May 2019.
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Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017 (FREE TUITION)
The UP Open University is implementing RA No. 10931 known as the "Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act of 2017" and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) which was approved and signed on 22 February 2018. UPOU will also implement the policies stipulated in the Guidelines to Implement the Grant of Free Tuition and Other School Fees in UP released through OVPAA and OVPPF Joint Memorandum No.5 on 30 July 2018.
Under these guidelines, the undergraduate students (AA, BAMS, BES) were evaluated for eligibility to the free tuition privilege. Tuition and other school fees (OSF) shall NOT be collected from Filipino undergraduate students EXCEPT for the following students:
· Students who have already attained a bachelor's degree or comparable undergraduate degree from any higher education institution, whether public or private.
· Students who fail to comply with the admission and retention policies of the University.
· Students who fail to complete their bachelor's degree or comparable undergraduate degree within a year after the period prescribed in the program.
The prescribed period refers to the normal length of time to complete the requirements for graduation (e.g. 4 years for BAMS and BES, 2 years for AA).
The expected duration to benefit from Free Tuition and OSF shall be the prescribed period of a student's program plus one year (e.g. 4 years plus 1 for BAMS). The reckoning date for the expected duration shall be the semester/trimester when a student first enrolled in UP. Students who fail to complete their undergraduate degree program within the expected duration since they first enrolled in the University are not eligible for Free Tuition and OSF. These students will be assessed using the applicable tuition and OSF rates.
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Students can visit the OSA website (osa.upou.edu.ph) for available financial assistance program of UP Open University or email firstname.lastname@example.com
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The hub of my home has a fresh new look and scent for the New Year. I spent the last days of December packing up the holiday decor in my kitchen. I filled five large tubs full of lights, santa's and glittery Christmas decor. Now my kitchen waits for a New Year and fresh start. As a homeschool and work from home mom, my kitchen is the workspace for our days. It's our family time space, eating space and school space. My mom had the same outlook in her Latina kitchen and I love having the same energy in mine each day. Family was in and out of her kitchen, it's where my mom spent her days and nights and I love keeping that same tradition in my Latino home. The space is streamlined and refreshing especially now that the holidays are officially behind us. The island space is where I work everyday and where my children sit and homeschool part of the day, so it needs to be a room where we can clearly think and a space to enjoy.
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The fresh and clean feel of my kitchen is taken up a notch with Glade® Clean Linen® Wax Melts. I have always enjoyed the way the white and grey colors bounce off of each other bringing a fresh feel to the room. My main goal is to keep the countertops free of clutter and have a space that evokes clarity. The Glade® Wax Melts Warmer keeps the room looking nice and tidy. I use a dessert stand to hold the items that are needed on my countertop each day. A hand towel, hand soap, sponge and my favorite Glade® Clean Linen® Wax Melts scent.
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Cat Bed Hammock (Medium)
There's nothing cats like more than curling up in a warm spot. Invest in this medium-sized Cat Bed Hammock to give your cat an extra boost at bedtime, or during sessions outdoors. Providing superior comfort and plenty of room to stretch, this trampoline bed is a great alternative sleeping spot for cats suffering from arthritis or other painful bone conditions. Place this unit inside your home near a radiator during the cooler months and your cat will have the perfect place to hunker down. You can also leave it outdoors: the weather and rot resistant cover will stand up to most external conditions.
Unlike traditional pet beds this unit is easy to keep clean and free of hair – simply brush dirt and debris away! You can also remove the double-stitched cover, shake and rinse thoroughly for a deeper clean. This the perfect bed for years of use – simply replace the laminate cover as needed. You'll find your other pets will love to share this unit with your cat, and this bed is extra durable to stand up to heavy traffic.
The trampoline bed provides a stable slightly elevated surface that is ideal for temperature-sensitive pets. It will keep drafts away and you can easily add blankets or other bedding to enhance the cushioned effect. This bed can also accommodate other pets, like small dogs. It's a great choice for keep your moggy healthy and happy.
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This post is sponsored by Waitrose.
Quick and easy gluten free lunch ideas can often be hard to find. But when you're prepping your lunch ahead of time, I think nothing beats a gluten free pasta dish. You can either eat it hot, straight from the pan, or take it to work in a Tupperware and heat it through – or enjoy it cold. Pasta is just so versatile!
That's why I've teamed up with Waitrose to showcase their Good Health products, which help make healthier choices easier, to come up with not one but two quick and healthy gluten free pasta recipes. I loved the look of Waitrose's gluten free green pea and red lentil pastas, which I found in their Free From aisle.
I think food should be fun and it took me right back to being a kid and eating multi-coloured dinosaur pasta! These gluten free pasta dishes are a little more grown up, but as well as using a range of fresh, healthy ingredients, they are colourful and fun too.
I decided to use the colours of the gluten free pasta for inspiration in these two lunch ideas. For the green pasta, I create a simple, home-made pesto and teamed it with hot smoked salmon and charred broccoli, for a super healthy lunch packed with protein and Omega 3.
With the red lentil pasta I created a rich tomato and chilli sauce with fresh basil, which is also vegetarian and dairy free. You'll get a couple of portions of your five-a-day with each dish, but don't be afraid to experiment and throw in some extra veg if you like. It's all about having fun with your food!
I hope you enjoy these two ideas for a gluten free lunch. Having coeliac disease shouldn't mean having to miss out on fun meals. You shouldn't be sacrificing on flavour or settling for salad every day. I think these are perfect combination of bold flavours, fresh, healthy ingredients, and fun colours. I hope you enjoy them!
Pesto green pea pasta and broccoli
- 150 g Waitrose green pea pasta
- Half pack tenderstem broccoli
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 1 pack hot smoked salmon flakes
For the pesto
- Bunch fresh basil
- 1 clove garlic
- 4 tbsp virgin olive oil
- 50 g parmigiano reggiano shavings
- 40 g pine nuts
- Juice of half a lemon
- Salt and pepper
Cook the pasta as per the instructions (in salted boiling water for 5 minutes for al dente, 6-7 minutes for a little softer).
Meanwhile make the pesto by adding all of the ingredients into a food processor. Blend until reasonably smooth and set aside.
Steam the tenderstem broccoli for one minute then remove from the steamer. Heat the coconut oil in a frying pan until hot, then add the broccoli stems. Fry for 1 minute or two on each side until they start to get some colour.
Once cooked, drain the pasta and add to a pan with the pesto. Add the salmon flakes and mix well. Serve in a bowl with the charred broccoli on top or on the side.
Tomato and chilli red lentil pasta
- 150 g Waitrose red lentil pasta
- 1 red onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tin chopped tomatoes with basil
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 red chilli
- 5-6 large fresh basil leaves
To serve
- Tomatoes on the vine
Preheat the oven to 180'C. Place the vine tomatoes on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes. Meanwhile make the rest of the dish.
Cook the pasta as per the instructions (in salted boiling water for 5 minutes for al dente, 6-7 minutes for a little softer).
Peel and chop the onion and garlic. Cut the chilli in half lengthways, scrape the seeds out with a teaspoon and then chop finely.
Add the olive oil to a frying pan, turn to a gentle heat then add the onions. Cook for 2-3 minutes until softened on a low heat, then add the garlic and chilli. Cook for a further minute.
Add the chopped tomatoes and tomato puree to the pan, stir well, tear in the basil leaves and then cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Drain the cook pasta, add to the pan of sauce and stir until coated.
Remove the tomatoes from the oven once cook, and serve the pasta topped with the roasted tomatoes and some more torn basil leaves.
There you have it, two super easy gluten free pasta dishes to brighten up your lunchbox! But which one will you make first? I'd love to see your creations if you give this a go – you can share them in my Facebook group or tag me on Instagram!
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Members of U2 and others with piles of disposable income, take note: The Sonance iPort is a recessed, in-wall cradle for your iPod that connects it to your stereo system (no wires showing). It is elegant, useful, idiot-proof, and expensive.
If you have to ask how much yacht fuel costs, you probably can't afford to put that big a boat in the harbor. The same holds true, on a smaller scale, for the Sonance iPort, a gorgeous in-wall cradle and stereo connector for Apple iPods that costs two or three times what you pay for an iPod in the first place. But it's a beautiful device for moving iPod-resident audio to your stereo system.
The iPort is a natural extension of that audio elegance. You cut a light-switch-size hole in the wall where convenient, slip in the iPort, make a few audio and electrical connections, and you're ready to rock. Drop your iPod into the iPort, pick a playlist, hit Play, and music comes out of your speakers. If you have a multiroom distributed-audio system, the music blankets the house. With an iPod Photo, you can even stream photos to a TV set. The iPort includes adapters for all current hard-drivebased iPods.
Handy do-it-yourselfers could install the iPort. But most users, even ones who have no qualms field-stripping a PC, may find the installation time-consuming, especially snaking wires through walls back to the stereo system. Sonance specs allow for up to 500 feet between the iPort and the stereo receiver. Figure $100 to $250 for installation on top of the $598 list price (the unit is new and mostly in the hands of authorized dealers who charge close to list, but street prices of $400 to $500 are possible).
If that sounds expensive, though, remember that this cradle is more than just a cradle: The iPort incorporates multiple filters to protect against surges, a 15-volt power supply to charge the iPod and power the cradle, balanced and unbalanced audio line-out connectors for long (Ethernet cable) and short (audio cable) runs, and video out. It also includes infrared emitters enabling remote control of the basic functions (Play, Pause, Next, Previous, and Shuffle) from an iPod-specific remote such as the TEN Technology NaviPod, a programmable remote in the same room, or a Sonance or similar wall-plate remote anywhere in the house. You can also just pick up the iPod, start the music playing, and then put it in the cradle.
There's one thing the iPort won't do: You have to take the iPod back to your iTunes-equipped PC or Mac to load new music. Also, the iPort mounts innot onthe wall, so it's more for homeowners and condo residents than for apartment-dwellers who would have to explain a 6-by-4-inch hole in the wall when they move out. The iPort is not the only way to play MP3s throughout the house, nor is it the cheapest. But for simplicity and for style, it can't be beat. If you love your iPod more than, say, food, it provides a new level of integration that will persist long after you've forgotten the price.
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Before starting this lesson you may want to teach or review the cause of tides. NOAA Ocean Service Education has several lessons you could use or you may have one you like. Whichever you choose, you should at minimum review the concepts of tidal motion and forces.
In this activity, students learn how scientists monitor sea levels around the world. Tide gauges are used to take measurements of sea level; some tide gauges have been recording sea level for over a hundred years. Students learn about acceleration of sea level rise and how it affects people in different parts of the country. Students then compare the threat of sea level rise in Florida to other places in the United States where the sea level is also rising.
For an opening activity, have copies of the article Introduction to Storm Surge and the student worksheet to complete.
Assign the reading and ask students to use the article to complete the worksheet.
I have created this worksheet to follow the reading and pull key pieces related to the remainder of the lesson.
Note: Since the reading contains so many color graphics and I have limited access to color copying at school, I assign this reading the night before as homework and make the reading available online through my class website.
I ask my students to share their responses in their lab groups and discuss any discrepancies in their answers. I make myself available at this time to talk with small group of students and help them think through any parts they are struggling with.
Put your class into groups of 3-4 students. Each group looks at tide gauge data for Key West, Florida and Boston, Massachusetts.
Begin by showing your students the NOAA Tide Gauge Tutorial.
Have them get computers and handout the instructions for collecting data along with all the other materials needed.
Project the website and walk through the process of collecting the data for part 1. Once you students get the hang of it, turn them loose to work and move around to assist where needed.
While this lesson focuses on Florida and Massachusetts, you could change these to reflect cities in your area or of interest to you.
Here are two sample graphs from the activity.
After students complete the questions for analysis, engage them in a whole group discussion on their ideas.
You students may struggle a bit with making sense of data, so take the time to go over the conclusion questions and dialog with your class. You will want to discuss why the tides depths vary closer towards the poles as compared to locations closer to the equator. Also, the local topography has much to do with the tide as well. Be sure to push students thinking towards considering these variables.
Near the equator tidal influence is the lowest. This is related to the geometry of the moon's orbit in relation to earth, and the tilt of the earths axis.
Consider the plane of the earth's orbit around the sun as a fixed plane. This is known as the ecliptic. The earth's axis is on a tilt of 23.5 degrees to this plane, which is the tilt that produces the seasons. Also because of this tilted axis of rotation, there is a more pronounced effect of both the sun and the moon's tidal force at middle and higher latitudes.
Keep in mind that regardless of these general variations in tide, the local shape of a bay will have more effect on tidal height than lunar declination.
Students will answer the questions below as part of the investigation. Take time to discuss their findings.
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Follow Up the investigation with the following questions:
Q: What did both locations have in common?
A: The sea level has gone up in both locations.
Q: What does the slope of the plot tell you? What does it mean when the slope is higher?
A: The slope of the plot shows how fast a change is happening. When the slope is higher it means that the change in sea level is happening faster.
Q: Which graph had the highest slope?
A: The graph that had the highest slope is Boston.
Q: What was different about the tide gauge readings in Boston, MA compared to Key West, FL?
A: The sea level is rising faster in Boston, MA than in Key West, FL
Q: Look at the plot of Boston, MA. What is happening with the slope as time goes on? What does this mean about sea level rise in this area?
A: Yes, it looks like the slope is increasing over time, especially after the year 2000. The sea level is rising faster as time goes on.
Q: Look at the plot of Key West, FL. What is happening with the slope as time goes on? What does this mean about sea level rise in this area?
A: The slope looks like it stays the same over time. This means the sea level in this area is rising, but it is rising at the same rate as time goes on.
Q: Can you think of a way to more accurately describe the way the slope changes over time?
A: The most accurate way of determining if slope is changing over time is to determine the slope for smaller increments of time. For example, one could determine the slope for every five year increment and compare the change from many different five year periods.
Q: What information can you gain about the mean sea level in these areas just by looking at the graphs?
A: I can tell that the sea level varies from month to month because the lines on the graph go up and down and have an overall oscillating shape. I can tell that data was not collected in Key West from about 1935-1939. It looks like the slope on the Boston, MA plot has increased a lot from about 2000-present.
Q: Do you think the sea level is rising in these areas? What do you think the effects of sea level rise will be in these areas?
A: Yes, sea level is rising according to the tide gauge data that has been recorded for about 100 years. Sea level rise will eventually inundate the land, forcing people and animals to find new homes, and will likely destroy plant life in the coastal regions.
Q: Where do you think sea level rise is more of a threat, Florida or Massachusetts?
A: Sea level rise is accelerating in Massachusetts meaning that effects are likely to be seen sooner than in Florida. Florida is a very low-lying state, so if sea level rises it will cover more land than in Massachusetts. Florida also has a lot of coastal land, which exposes it more to sea level rise and a very high concentration of people living on the coast.
In the video below, one of my students reflects on what he understood from the lab and what was still unclear to him.


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Recently The 3rd Chinese Innovation Forum was successfully held at University of Washington at Seattle (UW), and co-hosted by Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS). From Monterey to Seattle, the forum always stays to true to our mission which is to sow the seed of awesomeness to the innovative educators in Chinese language teaching and learning, and thereby promoting sustainable development in our field.
As distinguished scholars in second and foreign language education, Dr. Cornelius C. Kubler and Dr. Aida Walqui delivered thought-provoking keynote presentations respectively on how to construct productive interaction in second language class, and tradition and innovation in Chinese language learning and teaching. Following the presentations, all the attendees seized the moment to raise questions on, for instance, the strategies of how to give activity directions in Chinese for novice learners.
In our innovation forum, what matters is not only what the educators take away but also what they bring in. All the participants, the Chinese educators from all over the country, from K-12 to college-level, were divided into different groups in advance according to their pedagogical and research interests. In the afternoon trade-fair session, each group was not only able to showcase and demonstrate their own innovative Chinese teaching and learning design (e.g., project-based activities, Chinese ancient poem pedagogy, scaffolding strategies, tech-assisted Chinese teaching etc.), but circulate around other showcase tables to learn and to potentially provide feedback. Most significantly, no words were strong enough to express our gratitude to the keynote speakers' participation and their constructive advice for each "innovation-swap" table.
Dr. Kubler pinpointed the essentially of continuous innovation. The Chinese innovation forum always tries providing a platform for Chinese educators to learn and share, to build on the peers' efforts and make pedagogical innovations. Look forward to seeing increasingly leading innovative Chinese educators in the upcoming 4th Chinese Innovation Forum held at Chinese American International School at San Francisco in 2018.
"There are remarks that sow, remarks that reap." -Ludwig Wittgenstein


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America is spending a lot of money and blood exporting democracy to the rest of the world, no matter how reticent the particular country on the receiving end of that gift happens to be. What's ironic about this is that the form of democracy being practiced in America isn't exactly best-of-breed.
No, it isn't. Hear me out.
Democracy is kind of a touchy-feely concept, and the Greek and Roman thinkers who influenced the Founders never quite got around to sitting down and formulating an end-all-be-all form of democracy, so there was quite a bit of making it up as you go when those very impressive men sat down to figure out how democracy should work in their new Republic.
Parenthetically, the idea embraced by some of the nuttier far-right hysterics that the Constitution was a revealed document from God instead of something hashed out by very smart, well-educated people who often disagreed with each other drives me up a wall.
What the Founders were sure of was that the Republic wouldn't be a kingdom like England. No, no, it would be a people's democracy. As long as those people were white and male. Obviously.
It took a while and a lot of strife, but we finally ended up with one person, one vote for every citizen. So that's a huge win.
One of the striking things about democracy as practiced in America is that it shows its roots very clearly: designed to work well in small settlements where everybody knew everybody else and there was little long-distance communication. There are scaling problems, to say the least. For instance, the patent silliness that is the Electoral College.
But the biggest systemic problem is that in America you have to register to vote. Oh, you thought because you were a citizen and voting age, you could just stroll in to a voting station? No, no, no. That would be silly. You have to register. And why? So you can indicate which of the two (2) parties you're going to vote for.
And here you were, thinking one of the prime tenets of democracy is that nobody knows who you voted for. Well, don't worry. You do have privacy in the voting booth. But you still have to tell us who you'd like to vote for.
Well, technically, you don't. You can register yourself as independent, meaning you're the kind of cool cat who makes up your mind on the issues or whichever candidate has better teeth or whatnot, or you can go full-on subversive and vote against your preferred party's candidate.
Which still doesn't explain why you should have to explain your party preference at all. But, see, that's so you can vote in the primaries.
In America, unlike most of the Western World, your party doesn't bring forth a candidate for you to vote for or against. No, no, that would be silly. In America, your party includes you in the search for a candidate. Which is fantastic, because it means your party gets to spend two years accomplishing absolutely NOTHING while the candidates get vetted on the campaign trail by begging for votes in every miserable podunk town across this great land.
And in a lot of those states, only those voters who indicated that candidate's party when they registered are allowed to vote in the primaries.
This is the famous "base" and means Democratic candidates will lean left and Republican candidates will lean right during the primaries. After they get the nod, they will slew hard center for the real election. It's a tricky political calculus to out-party the other candidates during primaries, and then turn centrist—a uniter, not a divider—during the real campaign.
You might say, hey, with 50 states, this sure sounds like it could get really drawn-out and tedious, and that a bunch of people in very small towns would have an inordinate amount of influence (COUGH Iowa COUGH). And you would be correct. The process takes years and gives people in small towns momentary rushes of power when the national media parachute in to interview them in their rustic, telegenic diners as they eat their all-American meals in their coveralls and baseball caps.
OK. This all seems like the voters across the country are doing the job the parties really should do for themselves—find a candidate?
And that is true. It makes the process an open one that takes years of slog and an obscene amount of money.
But the stump speeches do get pretty good after all that repetition and refinement.
Be that as it may, and perhaps you're a bit cynical here mister narrator, what I'm wondering about is what happens to the voters who declared themselves independent?
An excellent question. Voters who declare themselves independent can't vote in some of the primaries, so they don't get any kind of choice in what candidates the parties end up presenting to the people.
So that—very long, very expensive—part of democracy is lost on independents. Oops.
But they do get to vote in the final election, so it's not like they don't have a choice. Unless choice means a chance to influence the candidate selections—the reason for having primaries to begin with—in which case they don't have one.
But fear not: Even if you registered as a Republican, you can still vote Democratic in the election, or vice versa. It is a democracy, you know.
After all these years, Nic still can't understand the American attitude to healthcare.
The Occupy movement, the Tea Party, and now Trump. America is angry.
Nic has never been more worried for the future of America.
The GOP base is searching for a new Evil Empire to fight.
Did you know the U.S. government is planning to invade Texas? Well, it's not. Nic attempts to explain.
The Republic prints another sad editorial about net neutrality. Nic's regard couldn't be any lower.
The Arizona Republic prints a willfully ignorant editorial against net neutrality. It makes Nic unhappy.
Nic tries to understand why people choose to live lives of fear and anger.
The American voting system is stuck in a time warp. This makes Nic sad.
There are ways to fix the illegal immigration problem. They don't involve yelling at children in buses. Nic explains.
Game of Thrones and The First Law Trilogy illustrate the different ways England and America are dealing with fading empires.
It's way easier to be an extremist in America if you're white.
The idea that both the left and the right in America are getting more extreme is false. Here's why.
The standard right-wing approach to privatizing public goods like education and health care.
The Arizona Republic editorial board thinks the young 'uns are lazy.
If things are in balance, there should be Marxists.
Nic tries to understand the Tea Party. Predictably, it doesn't go well.
Nic immigrated to an America that looks to the future and uses science and engineering to make the world as great as possible. And then there's another America.
The harrassment charges against Cain and the sad kabuki theater of the Republican nominations.
Campaign season is gearing up in America and Nic has some thoughts on the endless primaries ahead.
Political news coverage in America tends to be abysmal. Nic explores why.


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July 3, 2013, (ISN) – Canadian curler Matt Dumontelle has been suspended for two years from competition after an anti-doping rule violation during the World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria.
Dumontelle, the alternate player for the team skipped by Brad Jacobs, tested positive for the banned substance Methandienone Metabolites in a test following the gold-medal game.
The result does not affect Canada's silver-medal finish at the World Championship, nor does it have any ramifications for the Jacobs team.
"We are disappointed to hear this news," said Canadian Curling Association (CCA) Chief Executive Officer Greg Stremlaw. "We take the issue of doping in sports extremely seriously, and we stress repeatedly and emphatically to our athletes how important it is to respect the rules set down by the World Anti-Doping Agency. We respect the findings of the tests, and will pursue no further action on behalf of the athlete in question. In the end, regardless of the circumstance, our athletes are solely responsible for everything that enters their body. Having said that, we are firm in the belief that our athletes respect the rules and will continue to display a high standard of following them. As well, the CCA will continue to provide educational resources to our athletes on the subject of doping. Players who compete in national and international events are told in advance, and in clear language, of the anti-doping rules and the importance of following them."
Dumontelle informed the CCA, World Curling Federation and the World Anti-Doping Agency that he has acknowledged the violation and has waived his right to appeal the finding. His two-year sanction ends on May 6, 2015 (two years from the date of the provisional suspension being assessed), and makes him ineligible to participate in any sport that is part of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program during the time of the suspension.
"I take full responsibility for the findings of the positive test at the World Championship in Victoria. I am truly sorry for letting down my teammates, the Canadian Curling Association and curling fans across Canada," said Dumontelle. "I was taking a workout supplement that I believed was safe; clearly, it was not and I regret that decision. I had no intentions of trying to 'beat the system.' I was made aware by our Canadian Curling Association High Performance staff of my responsibilities to respect and follow the rules as set down by the World Anti-Doping Agency. At the end of the day I accept that it was, and is, my responsibility to make sure that I am playing by those rules."
"We have been informed of the positive finding for alternate player Matt Dumontelle, and while we remain friends with Matt, we in no way condone his actions," said E.J. Harnden, the second for Team Jacobs. "We respect the rules of the the World Anti-Doping Agency, and we also respect the process and the resulting penalty. Our team has undergone various in-competition tests this season with no adverse findings. As well, we are fully aware that as high-performance athletes, we are subject to random testing at any time. This is as it should be, because in no way, shape or form do we think that doping has a place in sports. We believe that this is an extremely isolated incident, and in no way should it be a reflection on our team or our sport."
Dumontelle was added to Team Jacobs following its victory at the 2013 Northern Ontario championship. He did not participate in any games at the World Championship.


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Enzo is made out of magic!
I don't know if I get lucky, or if kids like getting their pictures taken, or if maybe it's just me or what, but I've seriously lucked out shooting the happiest kids ever this year. Look at that smile! Look at that little hat!!
Enzo's parents are Nick and Sundari, and they're pretty awesome too, actually. My first photography jobs were shooting Nick and Sundari's engagement photos and then their rehearsal dinner and Sundari's Mendhi ceremony. And now look–they made a cute baby! So great. It's been really amazing to watch their beautiful family grow.
Here are some more shots from our downtown Decatur portrait session. Let me know what you think in the comments section if you like. Enjoy!
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> features with evolution, thanks
You can try opensync (syncml plugin + evo2 plugin).
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Stone Gallery on Oxford
Paddington Uniting Church
395 Oxford St, Paddington
A performance by Racheal Cogan & Tony Lewis (Ganassi recorder & percussion)
Come and help us celebrate the launch of Racheal Cogan's latest CD of newcompositions for recorder and percussion. The evening will feature a performance of the music by Racheal herself and percussionist Tony Lewis.
Racheal recorded Sojourn in Greece with celebrated musicians Ross Daly, Kelly Thomas and Angeliki Xekalaki. The CD features lively syrta from Crete, music from Bulgaria and Turkey with two recorders played simultaneously, and re-workings of medieval music.
Racheal has worked extensively in modal music forms around the world. In 1993 she co-founded the Melbourne based Greek music group, ARIA award-winning the haBiBis. Since then she has studied, performed and recorded with Ross Daly throughout Greece, Turkey, and Macedonia, and has studied classical Persian music with Hossein Omoumi in France, Karnatic Music with Karaikudi R. Mani in India, and Hindustani music in the USA.
Stone Gallery on Oxford (Paddington Uniting Church)
is at the site of the Paddington Markets
Doors open 8pm Tickets $15/$12
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Topic : Free digital marketing plan template pdf.
Author : Durrant Thomson.
Published : Wed, Oct 02nd 2019 15:48 PM.
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Answering the question of how to make a business plan template begins by the realization that the first step is the creation of a rough draft, where you end up with a set of notes on each and every topic of the template. The next step is to work on these points and edit them to create a professional narrative that has a smooth flow. The purpose of creating the template is not to speed up the process of deriving the final business report but thinking about your business in an intelligent, smart and planning fashion. While going through the various facts and ideas, you gradually get involved in looking at ideas and business models in a more critical way. Though this process may initially appear to be a waste of time, the process of creating the template also has the power to prevent a poor decision that could prove to be a disaster in the long run, if not properly addressed upfront.
A great resource when starting up a new business is using a free business plan template. While professional business planning is available, it is much less expensive to use a prepared template. The biggest challenge when starting a new business is creating a business plan. You will need your plan to gain funding, to plan your management and to generally get your business started.
Without proper planning it is impossible to succeed no matter how much capital you have. On the other hand, if you have a fool-proof plan you can make a lot of money in a very short amount of time. This article will guide you through the planning process so that you can improve your chances of success.


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Article Overview
This article demonstrates the procedure of on-boarding Windows server by leveraging the automated LRA installation and stub configuration introduced in SafeHaven 3.1.1. This includes pairing SRNs, claiming storage pool, protection
group creation, Local Replica Agent (LRA) installation, and makestub configuraion.
Pair The Two SRNs
Highlight the PRSRN, under the Peers tabs, click Add Peer.
Select the DRSRN and enter the passwords, then click Register.
Now the two SRNs are paired.
Prepare Storage Pool
In this example, we are going to protect two VMs within one protection group.
The disk size is 61GB for each of VM, so in total the protection group is 122GB.
We recommend use 25% of primary storage as checkpoint pool, so the checkpoint pool is 30GB. Since this is Local Replica protection group, the storage recommended on PR SRN is 10% of the primary storage, i.e., 12.2G. The following example shows
how to claim the storage on PR SRN, assuming that there is already a 100GB disk
attached to the PR SRN node. In the same way, 200GB disk is claimed as storage
pool on DR SRN.
- Hightlight the PR SRN node, and click Claim Storage Pool.
- Select the block device and Create a new Storage Pool. Enter the storage
pool name and click Claim.
- Now go back the Properties panel of the SRN node to verify a storage
pool is created.
Create Protection Group
- Right-click on PR SRN and select Create Protection Group.
- Select DRSRN as remote SRN and select I want to protect virtual machine(s).
- Browse the VM list on vCenter and select the vApp.
- Enter the information for deploying stubs.
- Choose CLC server folder.
- Enter the Alias and Proxy Tempalte for each of the stubs.
- Select CLC VLAN for the stub.
- Enter the Administrator password for the stubs.
- Review the protection group name and protected servers.
- Enter the local cache and select storage pools on both SRNs.
- Review the PG information and click Finish.
- After the PG is created.
Install Local Replica Agent and Start Replication
The automated LRA installation is an experimental feature. It requires that the
guest VM OS to be Windows 2008 R2 or later. Also port TCP
445 has to open on
guest VMs.
- Right-click on the PG and select Install SafeHaven Local Replication
- Enter the guest VMs username, password, URL of download LRA, and the IP
addresses of protected VM. Ensure that the IP addresses entered match the
source VM.
- After ten minutes or so, the replication has been started. Refer to the
following screenshot. The un-synchronized data begins to accumulate.
- Verify every protected VM in the PG is connected to the iSCSI target and the
replication has started on each VM.
Configure Stub
The automated stub configuration procedure powers on the stubs, installs the
makestub.exe, and configures the stubs to boot from the right target. Then, it
powers off the stubs. This step has to be done before the Test-Failover. The stubs has to be Windows 2008 R2 or later, and TCP
445 port is required to open. Please also match the NIC type and PCI number of the stubs with the guest VMs.
- Right-click the PG and select Install SafeHaven MakeStub.
- Enter the stub username, password, URL of downloading the makestub.exe, and
the IP addresses of stubs. Ensure that the IP addresses entered match the
source VM name. For example, in the following, 10.55.220.149 is the stub IP which matches to source VM App2. After configuring makestub, the stub with
this IP is the recovery VM for App2.


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Music Education
The College of the Arts and the Department of Music offers the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in Music Education degree and the Master of Music Education (M.M.Ed.) degree. The M.A.T. is designed for individuals interested in initial certification. The M.M.Ed. curriculum builds upon the knowledge and skills of music educators.
Master of Arts in Teaching in Music Education (M.A.T.)
Successful completion of this program leads to initial Georgia Professional Standards Commission teaching certification at the T-5 Level. This is an on-campus program for applicants who hold a bachelor's degree in music and are seeking P-12 teaching certification in Music for the state of Georgia. Two tracks are offered for the degree: choral/general and instrumental studies.
The M.A.T. in Music Education curriculum is 36 hours and offers tracks in both choral/general and instrumental studies. It culminates in a semester of full-time clinical practice in a public school.
- M.A.T. Music Education Program Admission Information
- M.A.T. Music Education Program Retention, Dismissal, and Readmission Policies
- M.A.T. Music Education Program Graduation Requirements
- M.A.T. Music Education Website
Master of Music Education (M.M.Ed.)
The M.M.Ed. curriculum is designed for teachers who wish to gain advanced skills in music instruction and education. The program focuses on music teaching and the materials and methodology of musical instructions, as well as developing competence at understanding and evaluating music and music education research. Graduates of the program qualify for a certification increase from the 4- to 5-year level.
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Hammer time
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Hollywood lies in a realm apart from common mortals, so maybe things look different from there. But from where I'm sitting, the 3-D conversion job on Kenneth Branagh'sThor looks like garbage.
I begin with the utter pointlessness of it all, because Thor doesn't need to be in stereo — not for aesthetic reasons, anyway, so you can go ahead and buy the cheaper tickets.
The visuals are breathtaking without it, all swirling cosmic nebulae and mythic cityscapes of the Norse-god capital Asgard.
With the exception of Thor's handy flying hammer, there just aren't enough projectiles zooming through space to justify three-dimensional money shots. I suppose if Branagh had chosen to shoot the thing in 3-D, he might have instructed the god of thunder to hurl a few lightning bolts directly at the camera.
But he didn't shoot it in 3-D. He shot it in 2-D. The much-lauded Shakespearean interpreter did a fine job, too, tipping his camera at interesting arty angles and milking mighty histrionics from Chris Hemsworth (who plays the hulking Thor) and Tom Hiddleston (who plays jealous bro Loki). We can enjoy this Marvel Comics adaptation for what it is - a competent, energetic and cheerfully hambone popcorn flick - except for the fact that everything seems as papery and flat as a hand of poker.
At one point, Thor and his pappy, Odin (Anthony Hopkins, rocking a horned helmet), are framed in spectacular profile against otherworldly vistas. Cool. But it doesn't look like three inhabited dimensions; it looks like layers of two. They may as well have stuck cardboard cutouts of the actors' heads in front of old-style matte paintings, the effect is so weirdly planar.
The problem is more distracting in Asgard, where elaborate visuals are nine-tenths of the show, than in New Mexico, where Thor lands after a blow-up with Odin over an unsanctioned assault on the realm of malevolent Frost Giants. On Earth, he befriends a trio of scientists (a determined Natalie Portman, a dazed Stellan Skarsgård and a quippy Kat Dennings) researching wormholes in the desert, and there he learns the ins and outs of humdrum human life.
Stripped of his powers and forced to wear a succession of ratty plaid shirts, Thor retains his flowing locks, his monstrous bod and his tendency to boss people around in archaic language. I don't know which I liked better, the bit where he walks into a pet store demanding a horse (nice baffled reaction shot, pet-shop worker!) or the scene in the diner when he demands a second cup of coffee ("Another!") and smashes his mug on the floor.
Hemsworth, whom geeks will recall as Kirk's dad in J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, is as likable as he is large, a booming blond hulk with twinkly eyes and passable comic timing. He'll show up again in next year's Avengers, teased here in a post-credits Easter egg and a notable rooftop cameo. Hawk-eyed fans will also spot Thor creator Stan Lee behind the wheel of a truck - in three dimensions or two, it hardly matters. He's larger than life in any of them.


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A Yorktown, VA, man pleaded guilty Monday to attempted espionage after he tried to smuggle schematic plans for a Navy aircraft carrier to Egypt.
Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 36, was going to go on trial for attempting to smuggle schematic plans for a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to Egypt. He had pleaded not guilty December 17, 2014 and had a jury trial scheduled for June 16 in Norfolk's U.S. District Court.
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A federal grand jury on Dec. 3 indicted Mostafa Ahmed Awwad and charged him with two counts of attempting to export defense articles and technical data, according to documents from the Justice Department.
Awwad tried to bring plans for the USS Ford aircraft carrier to Egypt twice, first on October 9, 2014 and again on October 23, 2014, according to the indictment.
At the time of his indictment, Awwad, of Yorktown, VA, was working as a civilian engineer in the nuclear engineering and planning department of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, where he ended up hired in February. He had been given a clearance of Secret.
The office provides engineering support for the Gerald R. Ford, under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding.
The indictment and affidavit provide details of how, on Sept. 18, an FBI undercover agent speaking in Arabic contacted Awwad by phone and asked to meet the following day. Awwad subsequently agreed to copy and turn over diagrams and schematics of the carrier, many marked "NOFORN," meaning no distribution to foreign citizens.
During the Sept. 19 meeting "Awwad met with the undercover FBI agent, who was posing as an Egyptian intelligence officer, in a park in Hampton, Virginia. During the meeting Awwad claimed it was his intention to utilize his position of trust with the US Navy to obtain military technology for use by the Egyptian government, including but not limited to, the designs of the USS Gerald Ford nuclear aircraft carrier. Awwad agreed to conduct clandestine communications with the undercover FBI agent by email and unattributable telephones and to conduct 'dead drops' in a concealed location in the park," the Justice Department said.
On Oct. 9 Awwad "and the undercover FBI agent met at a hotel where Awwad described a detailed plan to circumvent US Navy computer security by installing software on his restricted computer system that would enable him to copy documents without causing a security alert.
"At this time Awwad also provided the undercover FBI agent four computer aided drawings of a US nuclear aircraft carrier downloaded from the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Information system. These drawings were marked with warnings that foreign distribution could result in criminal prosecution.
"During the discussion, Awwad indicated his understanding that the drawings would be sent to and used in Egypt. Awwad also asked the undercover FBI agent for $1,500 to purchase a pinhole camera he would wear around the shipyard to photograph restricted material.
"At the conclusion of the meeting, Awwad agreed to provide the undercover FBI agent with passport photos which would be used to produce a fraudulent Egyptian passport so Awwad could travel to Egypt without alerting US government officials," the Justice Department said.
On Oct. 23, the documents said, Awwad traveled to a pre-arranged dead drop site — a concealed container disguised as a hole in the ground situated on a secluded hiking trail in a park. There, "he retrieved $3,000 in cash before placing a one-terabyte external hard drive and two passport photos inside. The FBI later collected the contents of the dead drop container."
More than a month later, on Nov. 28, "Awwad was observed entering his office at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard holding a cardboard tube about three feet long. Once in his office, Awwad opened the cardboard tube and took out several white sheets which appeared to be design schematics of an aircraft carrier. Awwad then placed the schematics on the floor of his office and photographed them. After approximately 45 minutes of viewing the schematics and taking photographs, Awwad placed all the schematics back in the cardboard tube and left his office," the Justice department said.
According to a redacted affidavit from federal agent James Blitzer, Awwad was born in 1979 in Saudi Arabia. He married a U.S. citizen in May 2007 in Cairo, Egypt, and later became a U.S. citizen.
The case was a joint investigation between the FBI and Naval Criminal Investigative Service.


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(Herein is exhibited further proof that there really is neither rhyme nor reason to these blog postings. If you are looking for some master plan or pattern, my advice is to abandon hope now.)
I have often said that the monastic novitiate is a lot like dating. Not because it might sometimes involve a '76 Honda Accord with Fleetwood Mac rocking out the cassette player (don't ask), but because both enterprises are meant to be a protected space for "trying on" the relationship without the pressure of a lifetime commitment.
There are similarities in the first flower of most every human relationship: Sometimes the parties click right away and sometimes there is an awkward, pimply "getting to know you" phase; sometimes it feels like kismet and a perfect fit right from the get-go but then life creeps in and the two parties drift apart (a probable sign that at least one of the parties has ceased working very hard at the relationship). It's the same deal with becoming a Benedictine. Monasteries are made up of people, not angels. We need to get to know one another before—and after—any particular pledge of devotion is made.
Like dating, there is a certain amount of romantic optimism that is associated with the beginnings of monastic vocation. Just as we can be attracted to the appearance of another person, so we can be drawn to the look of historical monasticism: the robes and habits, the majestic liturgies, the aesthetic appeal of the buildings, the "smell" of something so solid, enduring and ancient, the sheen of holiness that surrounds the whole package.
As relationships mature, though, the glories of those first enchanting encounters will probably fade or fray a bit. Donning the habit—whether a literal or a metaphorical one—can become mere habit. Routine settles in and brings with it a relentless predictability. Not that the beaten path is necessarily a bad thing; familiarity can breed content as well as contempt. A reliable rhythm can serve to take the focus off the sauce of external manifestations and place one's attention on the meat of internal motivation.
Still in all, there are times when a re-kindling of the romance can be a darned welcome thing. When we go to prayer and find ourselves muttering, "What?!! Psalm 51, again??" or when a Sister steps on our last nerve in the dish room or a Brother pulls out that joke you've heard him tell at least fifteen times, it is then that memories of our first breathless encounter with monasticism help us to recall why we wanted the relationship in the first place. An old spark fanned to flame re-warms us for the hard work of daily togetherness and can lead us out of discouraging doldrums.
That is one of the benefits of heightened occasions like our annual community retreat. Putting faces to voices for the first time is always exciting. An almost chemical reaction takes place among us—like atoms bonding together to make something wonderful and new and stronger than the individual particles could ever hope to be. The sensory impact of praying with the other more established Benedictine communities in this locale is undeniable: the seeming effortlessness of trained voices chanting in harmony with one another, the habits, the incense, the accoutrement of the contemplative life… It's as if we are at summer camp for grown-ups, except that rather than canoeing on Lake Granada, we are swimming in the stream of centuries of monastic tradition. It is invigorating. It should encourage us to strive for greater fidelity to our Benedictine identity. It should not, however, become idealized to the point that it is an idol.
I have lived in and worked around Benedictine monasteries for the majority of my adult years. In that time I have witnessed some of the best of what the life can make of persons. And I have seen what it can become when the relationship is at its worst.[i]
The best in monasticism, as in any Christian walk, has its origin in whatever clings to Christ. This past Sunday's Gospel (Matt 6:24-34) admonished us believers to put our trust wholly and solely in God. We ought not to get so caught up in the provisions that we forget the Provider; rather, we must "strive first for the reign of God and God's righteousness" and leave the rest to the One who is ever merciful, ever faithful, ever loving. We are called to absolute fidelity in this relationship. No other attraction—no matter how good or beautiful—should distract us from The Main Thing. As John Wesley so strikingly proclaims in his commentary on Matthew's passage, "whosoever seeks this first, will soon come to seek this only."[ii]
When we prefer nothing whatever to Christ (72.11), then we are the truest of whom we were created to be. That is why a woman or man can be a "real" Benedictine with or without a bricks and mortar cloister or a habit or any other of the external symbols of monasticism that have developed over the centuries. It's not about the edifice of the institution; it's about the sanctification of the soul.
Saint Benedict did a fine job of mapping a Gospel path. Let us never forget, though, that it is Christ himself who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. Love being Benedictine, my Sisters and Brothers, but be in love with the Lord.
Grace be with you,


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Towards the end of the fifteenth century and into the early years of the sixteenth century, in the midst of the turbulent years of the hundred years war, Christine de Pisan found a great talent as a poet. After marrying young and then becoming widowed with three children in he mid 20s, she found both solace and fame in poetry, and used this medium to proclaim the rights of women, mostly subordinated to men at that time.
This is a poem of grieving and sorrow, of the great pain suffered by the poet from the loss of a loved one, possibly her husband.
La grant doulour que je porte
Christine de Pisan
La grant doulour que je porte
Est si aspre et si tres forte
Qu'il n'est riens qui conforter
Me peüst ne aporter
Joye, ains vouldroie estre morte.
Puis que je pers mes amours,
Mon ami, mon esperance
Qui s'en va, dedens briefs jours,
Hors du royaume de France
Demourer, lasse ! il emporte
Mon cuer qui se desconforte ;
Bien se doit desconforter,
Car jamais joye enorter
Ne me peut, dont se deporte
La grant doulour que je porte.
Si n'aray jamais secours
Du mal qui met a oultrance
Mon las cuer, qui noye en plours
Pour la dure departance
De cil qui euvre la porte
De ma mort et que m'enorte
Desespoir, qui raporter
Me vient dueil et emporter
Ma joye, et dueil me raporte
La grant doulour que je porte.
From <http://wfr.tcl.tk/fichiers/ulis/poemes/Christine_Pisan.htm>
This poem is said to be an early work, written shortly after the death of her husband in 1390, and expressing her sorrow and pain. It is still very moving, even over 600 years later. However, this theory looks a bit off to me , given the several references to her loss being the departure from France of her loved one, first signalled at the end of the second stanza, which refers to her loved one needing to leave France within a few days.
Interestingly, the first stanza follows the same format as the modern day limerick, with rhyming on the first second and fifth lines, and a different rhyme on the third and fourth line. The rest of the poem alternates between four and six line stanzas.
The poem enumerates the various stages of grief and sorrow experienced by the poet in a very moving way, with loss of joy, loss of hope, a breaking heart, despair and the prospect of death building to a climax which finally repeats the unifying theme of the poem, "la grant doulour que je porte".
Fortunately for her, and now for us, the poet could express her feelings through poetry.
The Poetry Dude


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It's hard to think of this city without also thinking of tea — as a commodity, not a drink. Boston ranks high among the urban green elite. Sustainability efforts include a "Green by 2015" goal to replace traditional taxi cabs with hybrid vehicles, recycle trash to power homes, use more solar panels, and use more electric motorbikes for transportation. The city's first annual Down2Earth conference was held in 2008. It's designed to educate residents about how to live the most sustainable lifestyle.


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Women play a critical and potentially transformative role in agricultural growth in Kenya. The country is home to more than 38 million people, the majority of whom live in rural areas and rely almost entirely on agriculture. It is estimated by the World Bank that women are responsible for 80% of paid and unpaid labor in food production.
Yet across Kenya, where 67% of people live on less than 170 shillings ($2) a day, women own only about 5% of the land and produce most of the food. Around the developing world, women are 43% of the agricultural labor force, United Nations statistics show. Women worldwide hold about 15% of the land, the UN says. Women in all developing countries need land rights to achieve any equality.
Under the new Kenyan constitution adopted in 2010, women won rights to own the land they till and farm. In the past, women have had the right to cultivate land but not own it.
This change is significant, given that more than three-quarters of Kenyans live outside cities, most of them on subsistence farms owned by men -- and, by tradition, worked by wives and daughters. The constitution prohibits discrimination based on marital status, allows mothers to pass citizenship to children and even sets gender quotas for elected posts.
"We all work hard in Kenya, but the women are working harder in the fields," says Esther Waithira Chege, chairlady of a vegetable marketing commission in central Kenya. "We are so happy the government is very much about the woman."
What women need. Many female Kenyan farmers participated in a gender-disaggregated agricultural survey targeting 2,500 households and 5,000 individuals in eight regions of Kenya. The survey was conducted by Egerton University's Tegemeo Institute between April and June 2011, and sponsored by the World Bank and the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture.
The survey found the three areas where women face extreme burden and challenges are: access to water, energy and finance. For example, women are typically responsible for collecting water and fuel. In addition, since few women own property they cannot use it as collateral for loans.
Transportation was targeted as another key challenge for women in agriculture. Even in agriculturally productive regions, farmers have problems getting their produce to relatively nearby markets, let alone to areas of the country with food shortages. Most don't own a truck, car, or even a bicycle. Female farmers, by custom, mainly walk or use public transportation when available. As a result, brokers and hawkers with trucks, motorcycles and bicycles commonly transport produce to market, reaping most of the trading benefits. But the brokers won't travel dirt roads that are washed out by rain, and produce often rots in the fields, farmers say.
One development providing hope for Kenya's rural women farmers is new technology. New mobile phone applications, for example, allowin farmers to cut out the middleman, leading to an increase in incomes for farmers themselves.
There are signs that the ag sector is waking up to the importance of training more female leaders and pioneers in agricultural science and innovation. The African Women in Agricultural Research and Development Programme (AWARD), for instance, now provides a two-year fellowship for African women that offers training in crucial areas of agriculture and agricultural science, such as water and irrigation, crop science and horticulture.
Dealing with gender imbalances in Kenyan agriculture remains a monumental problem, particularly due to the fact that underlying gender inequalities in Africa is a cultural norm. Empowering women as agriculturalists will take time, but with the challenge ahead of feeding a growing population, there is no other option but to press forward.
Read more about my travels and check out some photos I took.


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Inside Instruments
This print campaign for the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra uses macro photographs taken inside the cramped spaces of instruments making the inner workings of a violin, cello, flute, and pipe organ appear vast and spacious, almost as if you could walk around inside them. So wonderfully done. Art directed by photographer Bjorn Ewers, you can see more over on Behance.
Update: The photography is by Mierswa Kluska and the original concept came from Mona Sibai and Björn Ewers.


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Welcome to the Messy Hands blog, it is written by Esther, the founder on Messy Hands. I am based in North Cork, in the Republic of Ireland. I host Messy Play Session, Messy Events and Messy Play Workshops.
My aim is to bring you messy play recipes, art and craft ideas which you can try are home, at your child's next birthday party or just when you are out and about. We are also keen to bring you the latest news and debate on child led play and its benefits.
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by Daniel Hudon
My mother, before she died, said that a tree grew within her soul and now it was her time to blossom. And I could see her deep-rooted yet dancing still in cantatas of color using the wind for a shawl, the sun for a bonnet. Among the marigolds draped over the graves as if the sky had rained yellow flowers, the mariachis were already singing their hearts out. But the mariposas had not come. The souls of our departed loved ones coming back to visit, my mother told me when I helped her prepare the ofrenda for my grandmother. Like the first snow high in the mountains, but they were colorful, living flakes, falling and flying, filling the sky. Often I was surrounded, a blizzard of joyful fluttering, I was so happy I could have sang. We put her photo on the top tier and made some mole and pan de muerto and I added her favorite chillied tamarind candies. The other tiers we loaded with fruit – mangoes, apples, oranges, large bunches of bananas – then put in a few candied skulls and decorated it all with marigolds and sunflowers. The tree that leaves and the tree that remains are the same tree, she once told me. I placed a shot of mescal on the bottom tier and lit a candle next to it. I saw them tying so many miles together in ribbons of gold and black, gathering on some distant peninsula, weighing down the branches as they waited for a breath of wind to carry them across. I kissed her photo when I put it in the middle. It's just like the bees, La Catrina said from under her feathered hat and I knew in my bones she was right. Night had fallen. Now where is my happiness I heard myself sighing as I lit a candle from her candle and went to the cemetery.


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