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On†the recent mission awareness trip to the Philippines, CFCA President Bob Hentzen and Paul Pearce, CFCA international programs director, divided the sponsors into two groups to travel to different parts of the country.† In this post, Paul tells about his group's experiences. Read about Bob's trip.
Mission awareness trip
Philippines, Feb. 2-8, 2009
By bus and by boat
Legazpi staff and sponsored members with their families meet us at the tiny Pili Airport in Naga City. Our group traveled by bus and boat to the hotel. Under the watchful eye of the volcano Isarog, the setting is definitely South Pacific.
The theme Legazpi has chosen for this yearís trip is ìCFCA: Bridging People Amidst Diversity.î Maria Luz, at the closing of her testimonial and upon meeting her sponsors, said she is ìthe happiest girl in the world.î In tears, sponsor Mariano was moved by the hospitality the sponsors received.†We enjoy a rousing, sand-blown rendition of ìThis Little Light of Mine.î
Later, the Legazpi scholarship youth and staff energize a running-out-of-gas sponsor group. Sponsor April and her sponsored friend, Aprilyn, lift the roof with a duet of ìYou Are My Hero.î Sponsors head for the pillow after a long and beautiful day.
Legazpi angels
Riding two big buses, we headed down the coastal road toward Legazpi to participate in a tree-planting activity at the municipal park in the town of Tiwi. After visiting the Tiwi geothermal plant, we pass miles of pristine rice fields, stopping at the ruins of Cagsawa, a colonial church destroyed by one of the many eruptions of the Mayon volcano, and the volcanic rock and mud flow area from the 2006 eruption that killed numerous persons and affected CFCA families substantially.
Sponsors commented how much they liked the ìangelî concept of the Legazpi project. Sponsors were each assigned a staff member, called an angel, to accompany them from arrival to departure, guide them, answer questions and†wake them in the morning, if needed. Sponsors have felt very well-cared-for in Legazpi.
Community visits
Today, our group was divided into smaller groups for a day of sponsored family and community visits. I traveled with sponsors Jerry Menard and†Richard Rauch, our trip angels and central office staff to a town outside of Legazpi City.
One of Jerryís sponsored children, Melrose, had retired from the program last year. She had a falling out with her mother and left Manila. Jerry was really worried about her. He sponsored Melroseís little sister, BabyLyn, to keep supporting the family and hopefully stay in touch with Melroseís situation. BabyLyn and mother were at the airport in Naga, and have been traveling with us since. Itís been moving to see 9-year-old BabyLyn caring for Jerry. We received great news on our arrival that Melrose had recently returned.
Bataan community visit
We visit the well-organized and inviting Manila project cluster office in Batangas. The cluster coordinator, Dimple, shows us around, shows sponsors each of their childrenís case folders with benefit log documentation, dental checkup record, photo history, family record, etc.
The sponsors have gotten a chance to experience their friendís personality by being with them on several occasions. One feels a strong CFCA identity, a close bond among the sponsored members and with staff. Parents have planned everything and have provided home-cooked Philippine dishes. CFCA scholars and sponsored youth serve as emcee and entertainment.
We take a relaxed tour of the neighborhood and of several sponsored members' homes with time to sit down and chat at each one. The families strike us as industrious, well-organized and united.
Sponsored youth Rodrigo, one of seven siblings, tells us in his simple home that as the only sponsored child in his family, he assures both his older siblings who did not get to complete their studies, and his younger ones, that he will do his best to help provide for their needs if he gets a job after his studies are complete.
As I headed back to the U.S., I reflected how grateful I am for the committed staff and courageous familes working to improve their lives.


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Today I'd like to share a picture of the hand-warmers I made for the family for Christmas.
Often hand warmers are scented, which not everyone likes. My husband's family have wheat intolerance and often the hand-warmers sold are filled with wheat. I have filled these with dried lentils and no fragrance 🙂
There is an inner bag that contains the filling and then an outer cover, this allows the cover to be removed and washed as needed. These are a small size, so they will fit into your coat pocket. Great for when your hands get cold when walking the dog/ de-icing the car.
Hand making Christmas gifts are a great way to share meaningful presants with friends and family. You can create them in the warmth of your home, no long cues, no bad weather and if you start making them early in the year, no rush 🙂 Take the stress out of Christmas and hand make your gifts. Short notice for this year, perhaps, but make a plan for next year for a more relaxing build up to the holidays.
The card explaining how to heat the hand-warmer and what it contains, I created in Craft Artist 🙂 Really pleased how professional they look. I also layered papers to make the gift bag using digikits in Craft Artist, plus matching gift tag. These were a lot of fun to make and I'll be showing a video tutorial on how to make the gift bags next year, once the brighter weather returns.
Best wishes and thanks for reading, see you soon
Billie 🙂

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With more than 1.9 million followers on Twitter, Lance Armstrong didn't have much trouble finding biking buddies.
The seven-time Tour de France winner posted a message on Twitter Wednesday night: "Hey LA - get out of your cars and get on your bikes. Time to ride. 7:30 tomorrow am. Griffith Park, LA Zoo parking lot. See you there.."
When he arrived Wednesday morning, hundreds of bikers were waiting.
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"I think it's important for people to utilize the park," Armstrong said after arriving to applause. "There are a lot of bike riders in LA. I was just going for a bike ride."
Soon, his fans were tweeting about the appearance.
"Armstrong just showed up, rode in from off site. Pretty freaking cool," tweeted RacerEfrain.
"Lance Armstrong just took off from Griffith Park with hundreds of local cyclists behind him," tweeted ariboomekatz.
Armstrong and his impromptu peloton biked for about an hour. He led the group through three loops of the park.
Armstrong, who came out of retirment this year and finished third in the Tour de France, ranked as the second-most popular sports figure on Twitter Thursday morning, according TrackingTwitter.com. He was No. 10 in the Celebrity category, and his account was considered "Extremely Active."
Shaquille O'Neal was the highest ranked sports figure with more than 2.1 million Twitter followers.
Last month, Armstrong tweetvited people to join him for a ride in Glasgow, Scotland. More than 200 people joined Armstrong to ride in pouring rain. He has also tweeted for biking buddies in Plano, Texas.
Armstrong left Los Angeles much the same way he arrived -- with a tweet: "Great ride in Griffith Park. Thanks, LA! ... Off to Montreal ..."


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Response to Strengthening ABS Parts
Carl Izzo
In the June issue of Painting Clinic, in a question titled "Can We Strengthen ABS Parts?," K.W. reported that one of his customers had complained of cracking of an ABS plastic part. His question was related to the structural strength of coatings. It was proposed that he coat the plastic part with a paint of the same color to increase its strength, prevent cracking and still maintain the same appearance.
In my answer I said, "You can paint ABS plastic parts the same color as the substrate to maintain their appearance and to prevent minor surface crazing, but no paint will increase the strength of an ABS plastic part to prevent structural cracking."
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I quickly got responses from B.R. and S.C. who both agreed that the molder's process parameters were contributing to the cracking problem.
B.R. said, "ABS will be much more likely to crack if not molded at the correct temperature and pressure. The cracks do not show up in the molding process, but later when parts are processed or stressed (often this is when they are painted). They need to slow the process down a little, increase the pressure or time under pressure, and/or increase the temperature at which the part is molded. Molders process parts at as low a temperature as they can, and at as low a pressure as they can, for as short a period of time as possible. Often the problems do not show up until the solvents in the painting process stress the plastic. The cracks are a sign their process is not under control."
C.S. said, "You are correct that paint will not improve the crack resistance of ABS. Different kinds of paints degrade plastic impact resistance to one degree or another. The question doesn't address when the cracking occurs. It could be that some environmental exposure like sunlight or chemical resistance is contributing to the cracking. If so, painting would help by protecting the surface.
"Other solutions might be to change the gas venting in the mold. Gas trapping can contribute to cracking or poorer impact resistance. Designing the mold itself with ribs might be a solution. Finally they might look at changing materials to a glass-filled ABS or an ABS/PC blend, or go to PC."
Thanks for the input, B.R. and C.S. Responses such as yours are always welcome at Painting Clinic.
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June 2009 Readers' Tech Tips
Need A Way To Wedge A Stock Chassis?
Wedging A Stock ChassisWe all know that wedge is a term used to describe moving weight from tire to tire, much like a horse shifting weight from leg to leg. This is done with spring buckets and wedge bolts that lift or lower the chassis on each respective coil spring, thereby adding or removing weight from the wheel and tire, i.e. weight distribution.
To wedge a stock chassis, we can loosen all the body to the frame mounts. Unless you have a Kansas Jack or some other type of machine, you're going to have to drill some 3/4 inch holes in your concrete floor or use your imagination to secure the chassis to the floor. I prefer drilling and seating anchors slightly below the floor level. When not in use, they can be plugged with a stove bolt with a smooth round head. Once removed, you can fasten sections of 3/8 inch chain to a turnbuckle eye bolt attached to each anchor.
If, for some reason, you want to permanently plug the holes, epoxy and a putty knife is all that is needed. We want to lay out our anchor points in front of the front wheels and behind our rear wheels. This will allow us to hook all four corners of the chassis. Using a floor or bottle jack, we can twist or rake the chassis any way or amount we want. It's a good idea to check with someone running a G-Body at your local track to see how much wedge (1/2 inch to 3/4 inch) he is running because unlike his, yours will be non-adjustable. Once you have jacked in your wedge, go just a smidge further to allow for rollcage deflection and set your jackstand height close, shimming if needed. Now you can weld your rollcage into place and the wedged chassis will stay in place as well. I've seen people put things up in spring buckets (like push mower tires and wheels) but tech people seem to find things like that, but a "bent frame," isn't much a boy or girl can do about that! Oh yeah, don't forget to tighten your body mount bolts.
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Jesus Christ, Mr. Checkov, and the chubby guy from Young Adult. In a film directed by the guy responsible for Van Helsing. Hmmmmm.....
Jesus Christ, Mr. Checkov, and the chubby guy from Young Adult. In a film directed by the guy responsible for Van Helsing. Hmmmmm.....
"I'm a vegan. "
---Kirby Bliss Blanton , The Green Inferno (2013)
Wasn't Dafoe brilliant as Jesus?? I love that movie.
"Dance until your feet hurt. Sing until your lungs hurt. Act until you're William Hurt." - Phil Dunphy ("Modern Family"), from Phil's-osophy.
Another great movie! He was brilliant. Dafoe may not have won any awards that year, but he was definitely the actor of the year for two brilliant turns in The Last Temptation of Christ and Mississippi Burning.
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I am a recent Koontz fan - I was never much of a reader, especially fiction. How stupid of me!!!!!
Because I enjoy sci-fi, horror, etc. And love the Stephen King movies, and have started knocking off some of his books now too.
First Koontz book for me was Voice of The Night - found it very interesting, hard to put down
Next in line was Phantoms - again, great book, story, characters - loved it!
Popped a SK book in after that
Went back to Koontz with a 3 story book that had Shattered - thought this was short, but very good! After Shattered was Whispers - again, thought it was a very good storyline, with good characters (not great I would say), and left you wanting to know what happened next. The 3rd story in this book is Watchers. I did NOT continue on to that one, as I had a co-worker dump 5 of his novels on me (no complaints!), and figured I'd read them in order of when they were released. Well Strangers came before Watchers, so that is what I am reading now. Thoroughly enjoying Strangers, mind you, I am not that far into it yet. Just finished Chapter 1 - still introducing characters.
I will follow up on my last post here, since nobody else has....
Strangers was a great read! It took me longer than I wanted, but I finished it. I was so glad I got my hands on this. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.
I am now reading TickTock. I was given this paperback for free. Mind you, this was a book that once I read what it was about, that I wanted to read it. So far, so good. I am about 1/2 way through, and there is quite a lot of action in it. The story is flowing well, which is of course good. Again, I have enjoyed it, and find it hard to put down.
I have not read a lot of Koontz but of the few I have read I would say that Intensity was my favorite.
I head that, that was a good one. Unless I get one given to me, I probably won't be buying a few for a while. I have 3 more after TickTock that I have to jump into that were given to me a few months back. Plus I have at least 3 CD books that have arrived recently too.
His new one 77 Shadow Street looks like it could be a good read too - flipped through it at a store in town, and as I said, looks to be pretty good. I have not heard any reviews on it though.
The Dark Place is a definite!
I will be finishing The Key to Midnight tonight. It is one of those that I always skipped over for some reason, and my daughter got it for me at Xmas. I finally felt I needed to slip a Koontz into my reads, and was pleasantly surprised at this one. It's quite an exciting story, and virtually no supernatural stuff going on. It's a story involving real people, experiencing some potentially real events. A little mystery, a little political intrigue, and of course a little love story thrown in as well.
If you like Koontz, I would say add this to your must read list.
Dean Koontz was really the first author i really fell in love with when I was younger, or Dean R Koontz back than. I really didn't start reading until I was in high school and read a few books by Stephen King and liked them but one day I saw Lightning by Koontz at a grocery store and read the first paragraph and was hooked. I really went wild with his books and I think i read most of what he had out at the time but I might be wrong. The only one i didn't finish was about a small mountain town where everyone had dissappeared and I think some people were found dead. I can't recall the name though. I lost the book and for whatever reason never replaced it. But of those early works, four stand out to me; Lightning, The Bad Place, Strangers and Twilight Eyes. Since then though I had kids and reading came to a complete stop. I have now started reading again and one of the first ones I got was 77 Shadow Street and was really dissappointed with it. So unless something he does just jumps out at me, I might just leave him alone unless I go through his list and find something from "the good ol days" that I missed.
I read Wilderness a couple days ago. Interesting, short story intro to his next novel, Innocence.
I've heard some not so good reviews on 77 Shadow Street - never bothered to grab that. Innocence looks like it might be good though.
kingkrazy - I think Strangers is the best of his works that I have read so far. I did like Whispers a lot too, and Phantoms. TikTok was good, but not great.
I've heard some not so good reviews on 77 Shadow Street - never bothered to grab that. Innocence looks like it might be good though.
kingkrazy - I think Strangers is the best of his works that I have read so far. I did like Whispers a lot too, and Phantoms. TikTok was good, but not great.
I noticed there's another Koontz novel on the horizon....
SCRIPHmmm...might be interesting. The description is a little vague, though. I find Koontz to be a little hit or miss, but I'll probably keep an eye out for it. What's one more book on the old TBR pile
To be honest it doesn't sound like my cup of tea, but who knows it might be damn good.
I liked 77 Shadow Street a lot. A must-read Dean Koontz series is the Odd Thomas books. The last one St. Odd will be released Dec. 14th.
I haven't read anything by Koontz in a while. I might need to change that soon.


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Right now Mallory is working with EveryLibrary founder John Chrastka to determine a project to focus on over the course of the internship. After the internship officially starts, she'll be posting here on Hack Library School about her experience—but since that may not be for a while we wanted to give readers an initial introduction to Mallory. Please help us in welcoming her!
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I am a graduate student pursuing a Masters of Library and Information Science at Syracuse University. In past lives, I've been an English teacher in South Korea, a bartender in Florida, and director of social media in Connecticut. Passionate about education, relationships, and technology, I was led, almost naturally, to librarianship.
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In their final year, honors undergraduates at the University of Adelaide are encouraged to complete a year-long capstone course in which they apply the skills and knowledge acquired in their coursework to a practical, hands-on project. Ideas for the capstone projects come from industry, faculty, or the students themselves. For aerospace and mechanical engineering students, the projects often require the design and implementation of real-time control systems and real hardware systems—past projects have included self-balancing scooters, unicycles, and robots, as well as automated reversing systems for double tractor-trailers.
Completed projects are demonstrated at an annual exhibition open to the public. One project that repeatedly garners attention from the media and from other schools is EDWARD, or Electric DiWheel with Active Rotation Damping (Figure 1). Powered by on-board batteries, the diwheel's two electric motors are capable of propelling the vehicle at speeds of up to 40 kph.
The original diwheel was designed and constructed three years ago by a team of four engineering students. Since then, two more teams have significantly enhanced and refined the diwheel (Table 1).
|Year 1
|Students built a 2D plant model using Simulink, developed Lagrangian equations of motion using MATLAB and SimMechanics, visualized results using Simulink 3D Animation, and generated C code for the embedded microcontroller using Simulink Coder.
|Year 2
|A new team built two new controllers using Simulink and Control System Toolbox, updated the plant model to include yaw motion using Symbolic Math Toolbox, and generated C code for dSPACE hardware using Simulink Coder.
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|Another new team updated the power electronics, batteries, safety systems, and additional control algorithms using Simulink.
Table 1. Three-year evolution of the diwheel.All three teams used Model-Based Design with MATLAB ® and Simulink ®. Model-Based Design supports a workflow that incorporates system modeling, control design, simulation, code generation, and rapid prototyping (Figure 2). This workflow lets students focus on system issues instead of low-level C coding. As a result, they achieve a great deal with relatively little prior experience, time, or capital expenditure. By the end of the year they've completed an entire engineering project, from analysis of a problem through delivery of an embedded system.
Advantages of the Diwheel as a Capstone Project
The diwheel has all the characteristics of a good capstone project. Most important from the students' point of view, perhaps, is that the diwheel is fun to drive—students report that it gives them the same adrenaline rush as a roller coaster. The mechanical design is interesting but not too detailed to grasp. The relatively simple design requires sophisticated controls, engaging the students in feedback control, safety, and other fundamental engineering issues. In a practical vehicle, the center of gravity would be kept as low as possible to increase stability. We deliberately selected a high center of gravity for the diwheel, to increase the control design challenge.
Media coverage of the diwheel project has brought additional, unexpected benefits: By demonstrating what our students can achieve after only four years of study, the press reports have attracted new students and more support to the engineering program at the University of Adelaide.
Integrating MATLAB and Simulink into the Curriculum
Engineering students at the University of Adelaide begin preparing for the capstone projects as early as their second year, when they take their first controls courses. Based on MATLAB and Simulink, these courses cover classical, digital, proportional-integral-derivative (PID), and state-space control with an emphasis on rapid prototyping processes in the latter years. The University of Adelaide has a Total Academic Headcount license, which makes it easy for students to access the MathWorks products they need for their assignments from anywhere on or off campus.
The outstanding outcomes that we see in the controls-based capstone projects are a direct result of integrating MATLAB and Simulink into our controls courses and focusing on rapid prototyping throughout the program. Students do not have to use Model-Based Design for their capstone project; they are free to choose the engineering approach they think will work best. Without modern rapid prototyping tools, however, the diwheel project and others like it would simply not be possible. Students would be unable to simulate their systems or ensure their controllers were safe. The groups that try to write their code manually in C never get anywhere near as far as those who use Model-Based Design.
Year 1: From Idea to Working Diwheel
Because the students who built the original diwheel were starting from scratch, one of their first tasks was to create the mechanical design. They developed a 2D plant model of the diwheel in Simulink and ran simulations to better understand its tumble and slosh behavior. To derive the system dynamics, they developed the Lagrangian formulation in MATLAB. Later, a graduate student developed an equivalent model in SimMechanics™. The undergraduate team and I used this model to validate the simulation results.
Working in Simulink, the students developed a controller that used input from a gyroscope to control the slosh. They ran closed-loop simulations of the controller and plant models together to verify the functionality of the control system. Simulink 3D Animation™ enabled them to visualize the simulation results in a 3D environment (Figure 3). Compared with plots of raw data, these visualizations made it much easier for the students to see how their control algorithms would perform once implemented on the diwheel. After validating the controller model, they generated C code using Simulink Coder™, and deployed the compiled code to a microprocessor installed on the diwheel.
After just one year of development, the students had designed and built a working diwheel that they could safely drive—a significant achievement.
Year 2: Inversion Control and Other Enhancements
In the second year of the diwheel project, an entirely new group of students picked up where the first group left off. A key objective was to build two new controllers, one to enable the diwheel pilot to swing upside down and a second to keep the diwheel in an unstable inverted state indefinitely (Figure 4).
The new control systems took advantage of upgraded hardware on the diwheel, including new accelerometers, speed sensors, and gyros, as well as more powerful motors. Like their predecessors, this group of students used Simulink Coder to generate code from their models, but they targeted dSPACE® rapid prototyping hardware instead of a microcontroller. The dSPACE hardware made it easier to add an on-board display screen that showed speed, battery charge levels, and the status of various states. After conducting initial tests with the new diwheel, the students performed basic system identification using measured data to improve the accuracy of the plant model, which enabled further refinements to the controller models.
Year 3 and Beyond
A third group of students has begun building on the diwheel design created by last year's group. Once again, many of the hardware components have been updated, including the power electronics and batteries. These hardware updates require the redesign of some control algorithms. The students are also working on improving overall reliability and performance, as well as fixing known problems from earlier versions. These are exactly the kinds of activities that would be necessary in the real world, where engineering teams are frequently required to improve existing designs, including designs taken over from another group or a supplier.
Model-Based Design with MATLAB and Simulink enables University of Adelaide students to take on more ambitious and more interesting capstone projects because they can model, design, verify, and implement their real-time control systems in a single environment. They do not have to learn disparate tools or spend much of the year writing and debugging C code. As a result, they acquire a deep understanding of controls that will help them in virtually any career path they choose—indeed, some of the more accomplished students have the skills of seasoned controls engineers well before they graduate.


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Remarks by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, delivered at the International Economic Forum of the Americas (Conference of Montreal) - Day 2 Plenary Session : "Energy & Sustainable Development in the Context of the Economic Crisis"
Montreal, Canada, 9 June, 2009
Ladies and Gentlemen:
It is a great pleasure for me to join you here again in Montreal to take part in the International Economic Forum of the Americas, a valuable incubator of new ideas and approaches to global challenges of the day, to quote the words of the Right Honourable Stephen Harper. To participate in the Montreal Conferences, before this auditorium filled with so many eminent speakers and delegates, is a real privilege.
Today I would like to consider four aspects of the topic of our session – "Energy and Sustainable Development in the Context of the Economic Crisis". Firstly, the link between short-term recovery plans and a greener economy. Secondly, the link between such plans and longer-term structural reforms. Thirdly, the key contribution of innovation to sustainable development. And lastly, the importance of securing a satisfactory agreement at international level at the Copenhagen Conference in December 2009.
1. A green fiscal stimulus: the chance of our lives
Let me start by talking about the importance of "fiscal greening". At this very moment, governments throughout the world are implementing the largest global fiscal stimulus in history. These stimulus packages are the greatest opportunity we have ever had for "greening" our economies.
Thirty OECD member countries together with our five candidates for accession (Chile, Estonia, Israel, Russia and Slovenia) and our five Enhanced Engagement partner countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa) will implement stimulus measures worth more than 2.3 trillion dollars in their fiscal packages between 2008 and 2010. Canada, for example, will implement the fourth largest fiscal package of the OECD, with 61.5 billion dollars (for 2008-2010). These numbers can change the world.
If an important part of these measures includes direct public spending and tax incentives to make "green" investments in areas such as public transport, energy efficiency, alternative energy supply, "smart" electricity grids, water supply, sanitation systems and pollution control, then we will be seizing the opportunity. If on the contrary, these powerful packages promote the use of dirty and wasteful fossil energies, natural resources depletion and irresponsible consumption, then the opportunity is wasted and the future of our children is threatened.
Such is the defining moment in which we stand!
It is fundamental to ensure that economic stimulus packages do not lock-in polluting energy technologies or dirty production and consumption, but instead promote clean alternatives. To ensure this, the environmental impacts of all recovery measures in the stimulus packages should be assessed. Particular caution should be observed when considering measures such as car-scrapping programmes, investments in new roads, and reducing or freezing electricity and fuel charges. Short-term efforts to revitalise the economy must not come at a long-term cost to the environment. We in the OECD will be closely monitoring the alignment of these stimulus measures with long-term growth objectives.
We must also use the crisis to break deadlocks and make progress in our structural environmental reforms and policies.
2. Time for structural progress, at the lowest cost
We are facing a unique chance to reform costly and environmentally damaging policies; an opportunity to improve efficiency in the use of energy and materials. Countries will now be even more aware of the costs of policy actions, so the OECD policy recommendations for least-cost approaches to climate change and other environmental challenges are ever more relevant.
To contain costs, we should use market-based instruments; such as water pricing, greenhouse gas emissions trading with auctioned permits, taxes on pollutants, and waste charges. These measures have the added benefit ─ in a situation where public finances are over-extended ─ of bringing in revenues which could be used to offset reductions in other taxes that create economic distortions. A number of countries are already using the crisis as an opportunity to push through green tax reforms, often using the revenues raised to reduce taxes on labour income.
Some people fear that green taxes and emissions trading would put industry at a disadvantage with foreign competitors who may not be subject to similar costs. However, OECD analysis has found that the effects of climate policies on competitiveness are often quite small, particularly if a sufficiently large group of countries take action.
Another key element in policy reform for a green growth is to remove environmentally harmful subsidies, especially for fossil fuel production (still prevalent in some OECD countries), consumption (especially in some emerging economies and developing countries) and for environmentally-harmful agricultural production. It would save money for governments and taxpayers and shift the economy away from activities that pollute and over-use natural resources. For example, new OECD analysis suggests that removing subsidies to energy consumption in a number of emerging and developing countries could drastically reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, by as much as 30% in some regions in 2050 compared to business-as-usual, and also contribute to increased economic efficiency.
Countries should also move now to assess the cost and environmental benefits of some of their environmental policies, for example some measures to support renewable energy. Recent OECD analyses show us that support policies for biofuels production in the US, Canada and the EU can cost as much as 1000 US dollars per tonne of CO2 reduced – a very high cost for achieving emission reductions.
All these policies and reforms will bear best fruit if accompanied and supported by a strategy to foster clean technologies for a greener future, a sine-qua-non in the sustainable development equation.
3. Promoting green innovation: the new policy frontier
New green technologies can help to cut the future cost of addressing climate change and indeed many other environmental problems.
For a start, putting a price on carbon emissions and other pollutants will provide incentives and help create markets for the development and diffusion of green technologies such as solar and wind energy and carbon capture and storage.
Specific R&D policies are also needed to complement the pricing of pollution. Public and private financing for green innovation needs to be increased. Some governments are supporting longer-term R&D in the area of green technology as part of their economic stimulus packages. But this is not a choice between better pricing or stimulation of technological innovation: getting the prices right will likely be one of the best triggers for such innovation. We are organising an OECD Global Forum on Eco-Innovation (Paris, 4-5 November) to take stock of best practices in promoting green innovation.
After all, we are talking about a crucial sector for our future; one with amazing potential not only for environmental progress but also as a stimulant of "green" economic growth and "green-collar" jobs. As the New Energy Finance Report, "Cleaning up 2009", reflects: growth in private equity and venture capital investment in clean energy technologies, companies and projects, has increased from 1.3 billion dollars in 2003 to more than 32 billion in 2008. Cleaning the environment and fostering a greener growth can be great business as well.
And of course, innovation to address climate change goes much beyond R&D and new technology. The OECD Innovation Strategy, on which I spoke yesterday, provides an in-depth perspective on how government policies can best support innovation to address global challenges, including climate change. Our analysis clearly shows that better pricing will be one of the best triggers for the development and diffusion of greener innovation. And, fortunately, there is now evidence that innovation in climate change mitigation technologies is accelerating.
But all these crucial leaps ─ greening our fiscal stimulus packages, reducing emissions through market mechanisms and fostering green innovation─ can only be achieved through collective action and bold political will. The UN Climate Change Conference that will take place in Copenhagen in December 2009 will measure and reflect precisely that: our decision-makers' political will. In other words, it will be about vision and courage.
4. The COP15: towards a successful agreement
Climate change is no doubt the most critical of the environmental challenges world leaders are focusing on this year. Without new policy action, global greenhouse gas emissions are expected to increase by 70% by 2050, leading to higher temperatures, droughts and storms, poor crop yields and damaged infrastructure. Inaction can also significantly reduce economic productivity. We're already seeing and paying for the impacts of environmental damages.
Tackling climate change should not be delayed any further. The economic crisis provides no room for complacency. At the most, it might slightly reduce global emissions temporarily, after which an upward trend will resume. Delaying action on climate change would only mean larger cuts later.
The success of the COP15 Conference will be crucial if we are to move the world economy onto a greener development path. What are some of the key ingredients for a successful outcome in Copenhagen?
Quantity is certainly one of them. Or perhaps I should say inclusiveness. We need as many countries as possible to join. It is obvious that the more countries that participate in global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, the lower the global cost of action will be. But to make sure that key emerging economies and developing countries are on board, we need to agree on who should take action and who should bear the costs of that action.
Financial and technology support for developing countries will be needed. The success of COP15 depends very much on political will and international co-operation on an unprecedented scale to reach an ambitious but equitable agreement; an agreement that spells out who takes what actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and who pays for them. The OECD Conference on the Economics of Climate Change in Paris on 18 September will discuss the latest results from our work aimed at helping countries put the post-2012 climate regime on a solid economic footing.
Partnerships between the private sector and government will also have a decisive role to play in the creation of a low-carbon economy. The Copenhagen agreement might also give rise to new partnership mechanisms, in particular strategies to reduce emissions at the sectoral level given the even more active role that the private sector is now called upon to play in the fight against climate change.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The economic crisis cannot serve as an excuse to postpone the introduction of ambitious measures to address climate change and other environmental challenges. On the contrary, the crisis must be seen as an unhoped for opportunity to inititate the reforms needed to step onto a path of sustainable economic development.
This is a decisive moment in time. I feel that we are on the threshold of a period of major transformation. A fundamental change seems to have been set in motion to replace modernism, hyperconsumption and growth at any price with an economic model and way of thinking that are more ecological and more human.
So let us take advantage of the crisis. Let us use it as a springboard to a green and sustainable world economy, a new departure towards fascinating and optimistic futures.
Thank you for your attention.
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I just came upon this letter written by David D Williams to his sisters in Wales. In it he describes his trip to Utah from Wales. The letter was originally written in Welsh. I have written of David and his immigration in his biography. As mentioned in the history, David is the son of Frances Henneys and John Williams born in Wales in 1832. He immigrated to Utah in 1864. I am including a picture of some rolling hills in Southern Wales that I took with some friends in 2003. Funny how he thinks how beautiful Utah was (then), and yet we feel the same about his Wales!
Ogden City
October 13, 1864
My dear sisters,
I have reached the end of my journey in the valley of Great Salt Lake well and happy, and I hope that you are the same. I shall now give you some of the history of my trip from the Old Country. This little letter is not large enough to describe all I saw, but I shall do my best to describe the outstanding features as briefly and inclusively as possible. We started from Aberdare on May 17th for Merthyr, where we stayed overnight. Next morning, the 18th, we started for Liverpool. After leaving the old rugged, craggy mountains of Wales behind us, we came to the flat plains of England and there saw the most desirable land such as we had never seen in all our lives. It was full of apple trees, plums, pears, and all kinds of other fruit, nature was a feast of beauty, all kinds of beautiful buildings of red brick. By evening we reached Liverpool. (One-half dozen words obliterated by creased paper) the streets were all paved. There is no time now to give details about this place. Next day we went down to the docks, and there we saw the General McClellan. This immense vessel laid about 70 yards long carrying 2000 tons. After getting everything in order, the steamboat pulled us on to the river, where we saw the great eastern, the world's chief wonder. May 21st, we set sail for New York across the Atlantic Ocean. We saw many large fish. About the banks of Newfoundland we saw many large icebergs, some of them 200 feet high, and the portion above the surface of the water was but a third of the whole, so this enormous block would stand 600 feet high if it were all visible. We had a successful journey. We got one bad storm for about 24 hours. We were on the ocean for a month and 3 days. After reaching New York, we were taken to customs offices where all immigrants have to pass. After getting all in order there, we started out by steamboat on the river Genessee for about 160 miles to Albany. Here we took the train, and away we went for hundreds of miles along the borders of Canada. Then we crossed the river to St. Clair and through a part of Canada, then recrossed the same river to the United States and on to Buffalo. Here laid a large lake called Buffalo Lake. I don't know its size but it was scores of miles long. After changing trains, we went on to Quincy. This lies on the bank of the Mississippi River. We crossed this river to the State of Missouri. Here is the most delightful land we ever saw, vast plains for hundreds of miles. I did not see a single mountain during my journey from New York to Wyoming (in Nebraska). We went along the banks of Mississippi for about 900 miles to St. Joseph. This was as far as we went by train. We were on the train for 11 days and nights, and were very tired for want of a place to sleep, having traveled 2000 miles.
From here we went by steamboat on the Missouri River for 200 miles to Wyoming, and here we came to the plains. We stayed in Wyoming for 3 weeks. July 21st we started over the plains, a company of 500 to 600 people, men, women and children, and about 80 wagons. After traveling on the plains for about 11 weeks, we reached the City of Great Salt Lake on Oct. 4th. This is the most beautiful city I ever saw in my life. It is full of apple trees, plums, pears, peaches, damsons, grapes, melons and all kinds of other fruit. The buildings are large and beautiful, and you seldom see a double house, but each house separate with a garden adjoining. The streets are all straight for miles, not a crooked street in the city. I stood by Brigham Young's house facing the south, and I could see 20 to 30 miles of perfectly straight road. We can see for 80 miles here better than you can see for 20 there. After being here several days, I learned that father and my brothers were in Ogden City, 40 miles away, and that Richard is coming down to the festival (conference). This gave me no small amount of joy, for this was the first news I had of my father that he was alive. I saw Richard in the city, and when the festival was over, we started for Ogden City. John has moved out 200 miles from here, and he and his family were well when last heard from. Father is well and contented and he was as glad to see me here as I was to see him, and to hear that you are all well there. They want you to come next time and would love very much to see you. This is three times as good a country to live in if you care to work. I know that Sally is unable to come without help, but if Mary is able to come if nothing untoward has happened, and I would advise you, Mary, to come out next time, so we can later help Sally and her family. I would like to know whether or not you intend coming next time so I can give you a few instructions. It is a great country if one is wise to take advantage of the elements, and to do everything for one's self, for which I can greatly commend these people, more so than the people of the old country. The women make all their own clothes – weave, roll, and everything; it's a poor place for a tailor to live on his trade. They also make soap, candles, vinegar, yeast and everything for their own use. These people raise the material for sugar, and make molasses like the tressels you have, except that it is much better. The sugar is all in this molasses, and the refuse that comes from this is what you have for treacle. There is nothing else in particular that I can add at present. Father sincerely sends his regards to you, to his old neighbours, and to all the Saints, and hopes to see some of their names in the paper as immigrants the next time. Richard sends his regards to you and to all the saints and his acquaintances. Give me an answer as soon as you can, so I can have sufficient time to write back if you should come out next time. If you want to know anything, ask in your letter and I shall answer it with pleasure.
This briefly from your dear father and your brothers, John, David and Richard Williams.
Please give this letter (accompanying this one ) to William Rees.
A few words to William Rees, my brother in the gospel. I have taken my pen in hand to send you a few lines, hoping you are well and happy, and enjoying the comforts of the gospel, as I do myself at present; and I thank God for that. I intended to give you a little news of the plains and its creatures. But from what we hear, it is not likely there will be an immigration over the plains for some time, because the Indians are rather cruel and are at war with the United States. We were on the plains for 11 weeks because of difficulties. We joined another train (wagon train) and in all we had 150 wagons with about 1200 people; our train was about 4 miles long. The last train of saints came to Salt Lake City on Oct. 20th. Trains of gentiles had joined them along the line, and I heard people saying that they stretched over 10 miles while traveling. Eighty of the rich people of Salt Lake City were called, last festival (conference) to go south 600 miles and raise cotton, and the rich everywhere are being called on to help; and there is also a widespread call for people to go there to settle. They are going to build ships on the Colorado River, for that is the way the next immigrants will come, around the Cape Horn. I have to finish at present for want of space on this paper, with fond regards to you, to Thomas Griffiths and his family, to Mary Hoskins and her family, and to all the saints alike.
This briefly from your old brother in the Gospel, David Williams.
D.R. Mr. David Williams, Ogden City,


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The Gunners tackle Steve Bruce's side looking to end nearly a decade without silverware.
While the Emirates Stadium club have, of course, not stood still since Patrick Vieira raised the FA Cup aloft in 2005 at Cardiff, there remains a desire for something tangible to show for all of the hard work, which has seen Arsene Wenger's side secure another shot at Champions League football once again.
Ozil, signed from Real Madrid for ?43.5million in September, has just returned following a hamstring injury to provide a timely boost for Arsenal, who should have fit-again England midfielder Jack Wilshere available at Wembley along with Aaron Ramsey, although Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is battling to overcome a groin problem.
The 25-year-old German playmaker feels once the current Arsenal squad get their first taste of success, it can prove a springboard for more.
"We are in the final and we want to take this silverware now
I am convinced we will achieve that," he said.
"We can win titles with this squad, this is very important for the fans as well because they have been waiting for so long.
"I am very proud of the team
We qualified for the Champions League and we are in the FA Cup final.
"If we can win the cup, then it will be a great season.
"However, it will be a tough game because Hull fights till the end - nowhere else other than in England are there so many teams who never give up."
Ozil could be one of three Germans in the Arsenal starting XI at Wembley, along with forward Lukas Podolski and defender Per Mertesacker, who scored a late equaliser in the semi-final which set up a nerve-shredding penalty shoot-out against Wigan.
Podolski knows the weight of expectation will firmly be on the Gunners to finally deliver.
"We want a victory, so do the fans, and it is important for the club as well after nine years with nothing," he said.
"You go to Wembley, there are 40,000 or 50,000 Arsenal fans
The FA Cup is a big cup with a lot of history - it is not like the other cups in other leagues, so it is an important game.
"When I win the FA Cup, it will be great when I look back after my career."
Podolski added: "We have a lot of players with confidence, who have played a lot of games
"We go there on the pitch and we play our game and when we play like the last five (Premier League) games, we will win the match.
"When you play week after week you become strong and I feel good.
"I think I have played very well in these last matches, so I feel good and I want to finish the season with the FA Cup."
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7 Grand Steps has already made almost $100,000
Less than one week after launch, Mousechief's 7 Grand Steps is close to bringing in $100,000 for the indie developer, Keith Nemitz told Joystiq. The $15 board game is on sale on Steam during its launch period and is available for both Mac and PC. A DRM-free version is available, too.
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7 Grand Steps available now
Mousechief has released historical digital board game 7 Grand Steps, which seems to have lost its subtitle What Ancients Begat since last time we looked at it. It's priced at $15, but it's 10% off on Steam or DRM free on both platforms directly through the developer. A demo is available for Mac and PC. […]
7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat beta available now
IGF Nuovo Award finalist 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat is now available for purchase. The unusual historical board game is still in beta, but buying in now at $10 off garners you access to the full release in northern spring, which will cost $15. There's a demo available for both PC and Mac, and […]


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Foreigner Keyboardist Michael Bluestein Diagnosed with Cancer
Foreigner keyboardist Michael Bluestein, who has also performed with Stevie Nicks and Boz Scaggs, has been diagnosed with cancer, and will take an indefinite leave of absence from the band as he undergoes treatment.
As Bluestein explains in a statement released to the forum section of Foreigner's official website, "I recently went to the hospital following some symptoms, and it was discovered that I have colorectal cancer. This has required me to take a leave of absence from the band for a significant period."
The Berklee College of Music graduate is thankfully keeping his spirits up, and already looking forward to performing for fans again as soon as possible. "The good news is that I caught this early enough so that through chemotherapy, radiation and surgery, I will be able to treat this and return to normal life after it's over. And of course normal life for me includes rocking with Foreigner!!"
Bluestein has started a blog to document his journey, and from the sounds of it he's doing all the right things already: "I'm doing a lot of reading and research about nutrition now, and I bought a heavy duty blender and lots of veggies and fruit to begin some serious juicing this week."
Foreigner and Bluestein thoroughly rocked our socks off in concert last summer, and we can't wait for him to get better and return to our hometown. You can send your best wishes to him at Rectifyin.tumblr.com.


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Learn more about working as a Product Owner at Spreadshirt and the team in this interview
We value diversity at Spreadshirt. Your talent is in our focus no matter your age, colour, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital or disability status.
We look forward to receiving your application in English or German and by e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Please state reference number V00-1125 and don't forget to let us know about salary expectations and your earliest starting date.
P.S.: We are not too keen on super straight CVs, extreme adaptive capacities and yea-sayer qualities. What we want are characters full of ideas and drive — no matter how old you are, where you come from and whatever your preferences. Show us what you've got!
We would like to fill this position without support of staffing agencies.
This job offer was posted on 2020-05-19. .


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Gloves Off as Mobile Game Developers Wage Christmas War
The annual no-holds-barred Christmas holiday slugfest between mobile game developers has a new twist this year: marketing and user-acquisition costs will likely hit an all-time high and surpass any revenue earned over the festive season.
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The cost of getting new users through paid-for click-through ads on mobile phone apps and Facebook is skyrocketing.
Industry executives say there are more mobile games than ever aspiring to become the next "Candy Crush Saga" or "Clash of Clans" and developers are spending to get there.
That poses a challenge for thousands of developers ranging from San Francisco-based Glu Mobile to independent studios hoping to follow in the footsteps of outfits like Supercell and King, analysts say.
Spending peaks globally during the holidays, when developers pull out the stops to try and draw in many receiving Apple or Google Android devices on Christmas morning.
This time round, heightened competition could double or triple the amount spent on marketing cost per install or CPI, wiping out typical revenue gains of up to 200 percent.
Most developers rely on click-through ads paid for each time a user clicks on an ad and installs their game. The ads appear on screens as banners or title referrals between developers. This practice peaks during Christmas, because developers want their games at the top of Apple's or Google's app charts, a benchmark for the industry akin to Billboard and music sales which then can spur further downloads.
Developers hope to recover costs through downloads and in-game purchases of virtual goods. This year, costs per install "will be about 4 bucks on average and that's twice of what the games will actually make," said Misha Lyalin, CEO of mobile game company ZeptoLab. "It's not like everybody is going to die, but there will be some losers."
Industry dynamics have shifted in the past year. The emergence of a handful of dominant players like King (Candy Crush Saga) and Supercell (Clash of Clans), in which Japan's Softbank is invested, has driven up marketing costs, said Joost van Dreunen, CEO of research firm SuperData.
"You have a lot of companies trying to make it to the top 10 and the incumbents are trying to maintain their position before the holidays, and what that effectively does is it shoots cost-per-install costs through the roof," van Dreunen said.
CPI -- the cost paid per download to acquire users each time they click on a mobile ad-- was less than $2 last Christmas. It will range between $4 to $7 this year in the United States, according to SuperData.
Developers currently rely on a small number of user-acquisition platforms like Chartboost that support click-through ads. Those platforms offer limited reach and intense bidding for spots quickly drives prices higher.
To be sure, marketing costs should stabilize after Christmas and the mobile gaming market continues to expand at a torrid pace: analysts expect 40 percent growth in 2013 to $14 billion.
But the cost of getting games in front of players far outpaces that expansion.
"A lot of people are going to fail and there's going to be more and more consolidation," said Andrew Green, who heads business operations at game studio TinyCo, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Pinnacle Ventures.
Some devise ways to rise above the fray. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based indie studio Tap Lab, which makes the Monopoly-like "Tiny Tycoons", decided to forego marketing and focus on holiday-themed content -- like custom virtual goods, or animations of flying reindeer.
"We can find ways to rise above the clutter without facing daunting CPIs,.....(like) creating a lot of content so we can (have) a very serious push after the holidays when the price points come down," said Tap Lab CEO Dave Bisceglia.
Others like Glu Mobile are turning to emergent platforms for game-specific ads like Facebook, placing ads in newsfeeds. With over a billion users, the social network offers much wider coverage and helps developers target specific demographics.
"If next year you don't see the introduction of a new channel like a Twitter or a YouTube or someone like that, you might see CPI costs really jump," says Chris Akhavan, Glu's president of publishing.
Those with deeper pockets focus on brand building. ZeptoLab grew "Cut the Rope" -- in which players feed candy to a green monster -- to 400 million downloads in three years with constant updates, TV spots and tie-ups with Burger King and McDonalds.
"The whole chart manipulation game is becoming a thing of the past," Akhavan said. "For the savvier and more successful companies in this space, it's become all about ... trying to turn an ROI (return on investment) on your ad spend."


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The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)
Mar 07, 2018 85 min Watch Trailer
overview : A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked psychopaths pay them a visit to test the family's every limit as they struggle to survive.
Genres : Horror, Thriller
Tags : road trip, swimming pool, sequel, murder, psychopathic killer, serial killer, masked killer, blood, slasher, home invasion, cross country, stranger, mysterious stranger, handgun, mobile home
Christina HendricksCindy
Bailee MadisonKinsey
Martin HendersonMike
Lewis PullmanLuke
Emma BellomyDollface
Leah RobertsYoung Mother
Lea EnslinPin-up Girl
Damian MaffeiMan in the Mask
Preston SadleirOfficer Brooks


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The Internet is currently full of posts about using Microsoft products effectively in the classroom. Here are a number of them from this past week:
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"Choose Your Own Adventure is a series of children's gamebooks where each story is written from a second-person point of view, with the reader assuming the role of the protagonist and making choices that determine the main character's actions and the plot's outcome." (Wikipedia https://goo.gl/zJERVX)This type of story works really well when you use PowerPoint or Google Slides. Let's look at some posts and stories shared by teachers around the world on how they tackled the process digitally.
Thinking schools conference -dem of the big circle idea in operation pic.twitter.com/2E0uLJhVA1— SchoolNetSA (@SchoolNetSA) April 9, 2016
We talked about the importance of facing our biggest fears. We were encouraged to "take risks, reimagine, put yourself out there." Using Socrative.com we shared our biggest professional goals, anonymously.James Sanders talking on the value of failure - relating his various experiences pic.twitter.com/CkakWBqOrl— SchoolNetSA (@SchoolNetSA) April 9, 2016
|Students using Future Ready Schools in the USA
In order to find out who you are you have to experience failure -James Sanders sharing his resume of failure— SchoolNetSA (@SchoolNetSA) April 9, 2016
Waldorf high school teacher 'Creative thinking doesn't just happen' pic.twitter.com/0LZ7gXkCUw— SchoolNetSA (@SchoolNetSA) April 9, 2016
Bellville Primary teacher talking about their thinking journey pic.twitter.com/poFhPO9sZ5— SchoolNetSA (@SchoolNetSA) April 9, 2016
What new thing can we do after this conference that involves risk? -James Sanders— SchoolNetSA (@SchoolNetSA) April 9, 2016
"Despite some extreme variations, schools in the provinces of Gauteng and the Western Cape have on average a better ICT infrastructure than schools in the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape and Northern Province. Schools in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the North West province hold an intermediate position."This statement is according to the Education Policy Unit, University of the Western Cape and the International Development Research Centre 2000.
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Great dem plus a free calculator from Sharp calculators at the Maths Day pic.twitter.com/mJM7WNOPgP— Fiona Beal (@fibeal) May 14, 2016
Living Maths: Tech For Techno PeasantsGreat calculator fun on our free Sharp calculators at the Cape Town Maths Day pic.twitter.com/9Udc8fVbWO— Fiona Beal (@fibeal) May 14, 2016
We played Jeopardy, Who wants to be a millonnaire, Kahoot and Plickers, all adapted for Maths. Steve Sherman is also a great photographer and he took loads of photos which he has uploaded to an album on the Living Maths Facebook page https://goo.gl/vKv1qD.Plenty of fun and many great resources for gamifying Maths content presented by Steve Sherman of Living Maths pic.twitter.com/fGOx5akPir— Fiona Beal (@fibeal) May 14, 2016
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Your morning roundup for Sept. 23, the day we learned Einstein might have been wrong about that whole theory of relativity jazz. Photo courtesy Larry Brown Sports, via @xmasape. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors.
What we watched: Boomer Esiason raises a valid point in a Q&A in this morning's USA Today that dovetails perfectly with what Craggs wrote the other day about Peyton Manning and HGH. The topic was Tony Romo's cracked rib and punctured lung, and Esiason rightly pointed out the dissonance between the league's emphasis on safety and its willingness to allow a guy to get numbed up and sent back out there by his team's medical staff.
"I hear all this lip service about how we have to take care of the players," Esiason told the paper. "We have to move the kickoff up, we have to limit the amount of high-speed collisions, we can't hit the QB any more. And yet we have a guy who has two cracked ribs, a punctured lung, and we're going to shoot him up with a numbing agent and put him back in the game? There's something inherently wrong with that...You can make that your headline: 'Why the hell isn't the NFL investigating how Tony Romo got back on the field? [sic] And why are we glorifying it? Why are we now saying Tony Romo's the greatest QB of all time because he showed toughness? That mindset is supposedly what the NFLPA and the NFL are trying to get away from it. Yet here we are glorifying it after the fact. You can't have it both ways."
Craggs had acknowledged the league has made a kind of peace with cortisone, "without which the NFL would cease to exist altogether." He then took that argument a step further by wondering (as Jason Whitlock) had, if HGH were to be proven to work as a healing agent. What, then? Esiason's conclusion likely answers that question, too.
This is what passes for good news in the NBA right now: "But despite hand wringing over the imminent delay of training camps and the cancellation of preseason games—an announcement is expected Friday, according to sources—what happened here actually had the potential to be productive. For the first time since their initial proposal in January 2010—when they offered a $45 million hard cap that would deliver the players well below 50 percent of BRI—the owners proposed a revised BRI split that was closer to, but still below what the players have indicated they would be willing to accept. In this impossibly slow negotiating dance, that qualifies as progress." [CBS Sports]
For once, ESPN won't talk about itself: "Problem is, ESPN itself is at the heart of why this is happening. Its Longhorn Network deal with the University of Texas kicked off the mess, sending Texas A&M to the SEC because they're so mad about the deal, which gives Texas $300 million over twenty years, puts a conference game on the network, and wants to show high school games and highlights (ever seen a ticked-off Aggie? It's not pretty). The idea of a school-only network played a role last year in sending the Nebraska Cornhuskers to the Big Ten. That helped lead Colorado to leave for the Pac-12 and left the Big 12 near death, having lost a quarter of its members, including two premier ones. The instability in the Big 12 and movement toward superconferences surely played a part in the ACC's recent raiding of the Big East's Pittsburgh and Syracuse. … How has ESPN covered its own role in the fiasco this week? Poorly." [CJR.org]
Oh, shut up: "Few, if any, who cover ESPN's journalistic efforts have noted this. http://bit.ly/oLkmUb #factscanconflictwithconvenientconclusions" [@jksports (aka Josh Krulewitz of ESPN PR)]
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The remaining Big 12 teams handcuff themselves to each other: "Oklahoma President David Boren said all nine remaining schools—all those except for Texas A&M—have 'agreed' to give a six-year grant of their first- and second-tier television rights to the Big 12 for the next six years. That means all revenue from the top television games-shown currently on networks owned by ABC/ESPN and Fox—would continue to go to the Big 12 even if a school bolts to another league. The six-year term runs past the next negotiating period for the top-tier contract, currently with ABC/ESPN, in a bid to keep the nine schools together for the next contract." [AP]
You're not panicked enough: "Over the decades, teams falling apart during a pennant race have always made for darkly compelling viewing. Yes, watching champions spraying each other with Champagne is nice. But seeing teams - good ones, even great ones, losing night after improbable night when the games matter most - can be ghoulishly riveting. If the Red Sox and the Braves continue their descents, this September could produce two historic collapses. No team, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, has ever squandered what Boston and Atlanta are close to giving up: leads of eight or more games in the race for a spot in baseball's postseason in the final month of the season." [NY Times]
Fan ruins fun: According to a fan on Twitter at the game, it was not the only time Simmonds was targeted with a banana peel during the game. Another peel was thrown, presumably by the same person, when Simmonds scored with 52 seconds remaining in the third period to tie the game but the toss did not clear the boards to make it onto the ice. Sadly, Simmonds said he has come to expect things like that - even in 2011. 'When you're a black man playing in a predominantly white man's sport, you've got to come to expect things like that,' Simmonds said. 'Over the past 23 years of my life, I've come to expect some things like that.'" [Philadelphia Daily News]
At least he's honest about this: "During an interview played on Westwood One's broadcast of Monday Night Football, Brady explained that he doesn't tell the media how he truly feels or thinks because he needs to avoid creating headlines. 'I don't often say exactly how I feel,' Brady said. 'And I don't often say exactly what I think. Because you don't want to cause controversy. When there is controversy, all your teammates start getting asked about 'What Brady said.' Really, it becomes a distraction to the team. You're trying to get ready for an important game on the weekend, and then now, on Thursday and Friday, the only thing that people want to talk about is some comment the quarterback on your team made. When that happens, I feel bad and a certain responsibility to my teammates that in some way I let them down. That they have to be cleaning up a mess that I made for the rest of the team. And that's never a position that I want to put my teammates in because we have too many other things to worry about. In the media-driven culture that we have, and I understand that every reporter has a job to do, and every newspaper is trying to sell a story, and there's hard competition for that. But for me, I always try to keep it to football and about the focus of the week so that I can be the best representative for my team as possible.'" [Larry Brown Sports]
No more Red Bull in the clubhouse: "Major League Baseball, which banned illegal performance-enhancing drugs and amphetamines, now has several teams restricting the use of energy drinks. On this, the players say, teams are going too far. 'It's asinine,' said Arizona Diamondbacks closer J.J. Putz, who typically consumes one Red Bull drink in the seventh inning. 'What are they going to ban next, coffee? Soft drinks? It's so bizarre.'" [USA Today]
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Boca Raton, FL – It's that time of the year again when biking lovers throng to Florida for the Annual Frank Stark Celebration Ride. The 28th edition of the hottest ride in Florida is around the corner, to be held on Sunday, July 16. Registrations are open online and via mail for adults and minors, and the proceeds will go towards supporting various charitable causes.
The Frank Stark Celebration Ride goes full throttle this year with everything that makes it one of the best bike rides in Florida. Riders will pass along the beautiful Atlantic Ocean, from Boca Raton to the scenic mansions of Palm Beach, with a choice of 30 or 62 mile routes. The Vendor village this year will be bigger and, better too. There will be well stocked rest stops along the way with food and cold drinks. Upon return cool down and reenergize with an ice cold towel, then enjoy a full lunch and free ice-cream.
The Boca Raton Bicycle Club has been successful in increasing bicycling presence in the community, with people of all ages. The proceeds from donations and the Frank Stark Celebration Ride will support the club's bike and helmet give-away programs to disadvantaged school kids, PAL events benefiting families of fallen officers and cycling safety and advocacy programs through the League of American Bicyclists and the Florida Bicycling Association.
The Frank Stark Celebration Ride is held annually in the memory of Frank Stark, who was a member of the Boca Raton Bicycle Club and a former airline pilot. Frank was forced to retire because of quadruple by-pass heart surgery and two heart attacks. As part of his recovery, Frank took up cycling and celebrated his birthday by riding a mile for each year of his age. The ride is family friendly, with participant's experience levels ranging from beginners to professionals. The ride starts and ends at Boca Raton city hall with full support along the way.
"We welcome everyone to join some 700 riders on July 16th for the Hottest Ride of the year and stay for lunch at our extensive vendor village," said Bruce Rosenzweig of Boca Raton Bicycle Club.
The Boca Raton Bicycle Club welcomes new members into its fold to enjoy hundreds of recurring rides it organizes through the year in and around Boca Raton. The Club also offers periodic, short instructional rides for children and beginners guided by trained directors.
Registration for the 28th Annual Frank Stark Celebration Ride is now open at: www.frankstarkride.com
The first 500 registrants will receive a free Boca Raton Bicycle Club Hat.
Ride Day Schedule: Sunday, July 16, 2017:
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7:00 am – 62 mile Start
8:00 am – 30 mile Start
10:30 am – 1pm – Lunch at City Hall
7am – 1pm – Ride Support
The Boca Raton Bicycle Club (BRBC) is dedicated to promoting cycling safety and greater awareness of the sport through club events and community activism. The club promotes safe bicycling and personal development by encouraging club members to cooperate with public authorities in the observance of all traffic regulations and by providing educational information on safe and proper methods of bicycling. BRBC is a volunteer, non-profit club, with over 400 members. BRBC organizes social events and bicycle rides for all levels and abilities. Rides are held almost every day of the week throughout the year.
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The village sign, depicts a hare, a pheasant and a wheatsheaf, was designed as a competition entry and made in wrought iron by the village blacksmith, Chrlie Mountain.
The village is 12 miles (19 km) north-east of King's Lynn and on the south side of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. There is St Lawrence Church, and a primary school (which celebrated its centenary in 2008) and Ii has a Pub 'The Rose and Crown'. Nearby points of interest include Houghton Hall located north of the parish and the Peddars Way, accessible from the A148 just west of town. The Peddar's Way is a Roman road, that runs locally through the cluster of Bronze Age barrows.
The village is recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book as having half a salt house and this may be important when we consider the derivation of the name. 'Harpley' comes from Old English and can be translated in a number of ways. One possible interpretation is 'clearing with a salt harp'. A salt harp was a type of sieve used in the production of salt. Alternatively the name could mean 'clearing of the harp' or 'harp-shaped clearing'. The Old English derivation of the name and the recording of the village in the Domesday Book suggest that Harpley was founded during the Saxon period. Archaeological evidence indicates that the parish was an important focus for a different type of activity much earlier in the Bronze Age.
Sir Simon Jenkins wrote this of Harpley in his book of "England's Thousand Best Churches " -" A superb work of decorated Gothic craftmanship, with some splendid bench-ends carvings, depicting bears, monkeys, mythical beasts and bishops"
A bench end is carved with the name of John Martin, recording his gift to the Church in 1638. The bench ends include St Andrew with his saltire cross and St James as a pilgrim.
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Robin Thicke Names New Album 'Paula' After Paula Pattonby Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
Robin Thicke is pulling out all the stops on his quest to win Paula Patton back. Not only did he pen his new single 'Get Her Back' about his estranged wife, he is now reportedly naming his upcoming album 'Paula' in her honor.
According to E!, the album will contain 'Get Her Back,' and is set to drop on July 1, Rap-Up reports. Since the pair announced their split in late February, Thicke has stopped at nothing to quite literally "get her back," making his intentions known everywhere from TMZ to front and center at the 2014 Billboard Music Awards stage, where he first performed his new single.
Though he denied that his raunchy act with Miley Cyrus at the 2014 VMAs was the cause of his split (and later vehemently denied the same about an alleged affair with a masseuse), there is no denying that Thicke is quite the ladies' man. While still married, he was photographed dirty dancing with another woman and even grabbing a fan's butt. Yikes.
For his part, Thicke has claimed that Patton is a fan of his very public gestures to win her back, saying in March:
"She loved it," he claimed of Patton's reaction to him dedicating songs to her on tour. "She thought it was the sweetest thing and very romantic, and I've always been a romantic guy that way."
And as for 'Paula' the album, Thicke explained that he is going to put everything on the table.
"Everything about this moment in my life – this amazing year I just had and what I'm going through personally – has actually ignited some of the best writing I've done in a long time," he said at the time. "Whatever everybody's wondering about, they're going to hear it all in the album."
Patton and Thicke had been married for 9 years when they announced their separation, though they had been together since they were teenagers. The couple have one son together, 3-year-old Julian.


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Axial pumps with cam-driven commutation units — so-called PWK pumps — emerged as a result of a research project conducted in the Department of Hydraulics and Pneumatics at the Gdansk University of Technology. As for all axial hydraulic piston pumps, several cylinder chambers are positioned around the rotating shaft of an axial pump with cam-driven commutation units — called PWK pumps. The rotation of the shaft and the attached swash plate leads to movement of the pistons that alternately decreases and increases the fluid volume of the chambers. A window — which is part of the control sleeve or commutating bushing — connects the chamber between the pistons with the low-pressure and highpressure intake and outtake channels.
The axial piston pumps with constant displacement show a very good performance with a working pressure of up to 55 MPa, an overall efficiency of 94%, and good power density. In constant displacement pumps, the pistons always travel the same distance inside the cylinder chamber, resulting in a constant amount of output fluid.
To control the fluid amount, variable displacement pumps are used. Usually, the piston displacement of these pumps is controlled with a complicated hydraulic servomechanism. Theoretical analysis shows that the displacement of the PWK pump can be controlled by a low-energy actuator. This is the major advantage of the new developed pumps because it reduces the pump's cost and dimension significantly, thereby simplifying the entire process chain.
To steer the displacement of the pump, and thereby the amount of fluid that is put through, the angular position of the control cam in relation to the pump's shaft has to be controlled. As both parts are rotating fast, a special planetary gearbox that ensures precise control over the displacement in the operating range was developed. This can be driven by a stepping motor.
First prototypes of the variable displacement PWK pumps have been built and tested, and showed good performance. Unfortunately, harmful pressure peaks that could lead to pump damage were observed. With the help of a compensation chamber, these peaks could be significantly reduced. To find the optimal layout of the pump and the compensation chamber, experiments and numerical simulation were used.
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First tests of the control mechanism for the variable displacement pump confirmed the feasibility of the concept. However, harmful pressure peaks in the cylinder chambers were observed when the cylinder chamber is disconnected from the inlet and the outlet channel. The pressure reaches very high values — 20 MPa above the average pressure in the chamber — for a short time.
These peaks are influenced by many different factors. The most important ones are the displacement adjustment, the rotational speed, and leakage. When the displacement of the pump is decreased, the pressure peaks increase. This is due to the higher velocity of the pistons at the moment when the chamber is disconnected from the intake and outtake channels. A higher rotational speed of the shaft also leads to higher pressure peak values; mainly, because it reduces the effect of leakage. Oil leakage reduces the amount of fluid to be compressed and thereby decreases pressure peak value. For pumps with high rotation numbers, the piston movement is fast, shortening the time during which the fluid is compressed and reducing the influence of leakage. This increases the pressure peak values.
The compressibility of the hydraulic oil is directly connected to the occurring leakage and thereby also plays an important role in the investigation of pressure peaks. Leakage is influenced significantly by the pressure of the fluid. The small gaps in the pump through which small amounts of fluid can leave the pump cycle get considerably larger during pressure increase. This aggravates the leakage, which in turn, influences the pressure, resulting in a very complicated feedback.


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Conducted September 12, 2012
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* Please note that we split the survey to rotate the order of the candidates, so while half will hear the Republican first, the other half hears the Democrat mentioned first.
1* If the 2012 Election for U.S. Senate were held today would you vote for Republican Josh Mandel or Democrat Sherrod Brown?
2* I'm going to read you a short list of people in the news. For each, please let me know you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression.
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3* Generally speaking, how would you rate your own personal finances these days? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
4* Are your personal finances getting better these days, or worse?
5* How would you rate the job John Kasich has been doing as governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he's been doing?
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PEARL HARBOR, HI -- The Navy broke ground last week on a $24 million fitness center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The 63,636-square-foot facility is slated for completion in November 2011.
Designed to serve up to 18,000 patrons per month, the new fitness center will become the main gym on the Pearl Harbor side of the joint base once it's finished. In addition to increasing fitness levels, Navy officials also hope the new center will boost morale.
"By building these new, state-of-the-art facilities with the latest in fitness equipment, it will make it easier for sailors, airmen and their families to improve their physical readiness and boost morale," Tom Moriarty, Navy Region Hawaii's Morale, Welfare and Recreation director, said in a statement.
The center will host two combination basketball and volleyball courts, a large workout area with strength and cardio equipment, and two racquetball courts.
Expected to be Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified, the new fitness center will include green elements, such as recycled construction materials, solar photovoltaic arrays and drought-tolerant landscaping.
"In accordance with federal mandates, the new fitness center will be LEED certified and have all the amenities of a modern sports club," Ryan Go, Navy Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii project manager, said in a statement. "The centralized and open air design allows patrons to easily choose from a wide range of fitness activities and equipment without having to go to separate facilities."
The design-build contract for the new center was awarded to Kiewit Building Group, Inc. of Honolulu. Architectural firm Next Design LLC, Honolulu, will handle planning and design.


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To help lift the spirits of Tohoku, Japan, the area hit by March 2011's earthquake and tsunami, illustrator Ninico Edomura created Zunko Tohoku. Named after zunda mochi rice cakes, she's a 17 year-old, who excels at archery. And she's copyright free.
The idea is that the character will go viral via fan art and whatnot—thus, Japanese anime otaku can show their support for those in Tohoku. There are also Zunko apps and games that also provide local news about Tohoku.
Voice actresses Satomi Sato, who is from Sendai and best known for voicing Ritsu in K-On!, is lending her voice to the character, and Zunko is getting her own Voiceroid speech synthesizer software.
Other artists and manga illustrators http://kotaku.com/5892418/japans-greatest-manga-artists-offer-encouragement/gallery/">have also offered their support to the country and those impacted by the devastation.
東北応援萌えキャラ「東北ずん子」がボイスロイドに! 声は宮城出身の声優「佐藤聡美」さん [Kotaku Japan]