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World Book ALA Goal Award
2009 Winner(s)
Information Literacy Continuum Brockport, N.Y.
The Brockport Central School District's Information Literacy Continuum, initiated in 2002, approaches the teaching of information literacy as a comprehensive K-12 program. Elementary, middle and high school teachers from the district meet monthly to discuss the successes and challenges of this program, which has developed school district information literacy standards, benchmark and targets. The program has been extremely successful and is now used as a model for other districts.
The librarians responsible for the project, Kathy Jaccarino, Cathy Mangan, Marcia McCarthy, Suzanne Shearman and Ellen Zinni, share the goal that all Brockport students will be taught core literacy skills necessary for future success. This year, they plan to investigate the new American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st Century Learner, examining how these standards will impact the Brockport school district. They also plan to align district standards to reflect the new AASL standards.
This award will assist them in their efforts to ensure that the students at Brockport have the skills to learn, and ultimately become, successful citizens of the 21st century.
Information Literacy for the Job Seeker Troy (Mich.)
Information Literacy for the Job Seeker, the new, innovative program proposed by the Troy Public Library, will focus on individuals who have little computer literacy and are are seeking jobs. Participants will be trained on how information is organized electronically, how communication is handled electronically and how information is retrieved from the Internet and stored. Participants will also be trained on how to use job sites, how to create an electronic resume and how to set up an e-mail account in order to communicate with prospective employers.
The program will be managed by Philip Kwik, head of technology services at the Troy Public Library and will include hands-on classes; a comprehensive workbook entitled "How To Job Search Electronically"; and individualized instruction. The program would be widely publicized in the area. An outcomes-based evaluation method would be used, and there would be regular follow-up on the participant's progress toward employment, as well as opportunities for refresher sessions.
According to Kathleen Russ, Troy Public Library director, the "current economic downturn combined with its impact on the automobile industry, has led to an unprecedented number of job seekers using the library's computer lab." The World Book Award will enable the outstanding program proposal Information Literacy for the Job Seeker, to become a reality and be implemented at the Troy Public Library.
"Both of these outstanding programs were selected for the World Book Award for their innovative approaches to creating model programs designed to assist individuals to become more effective users of information," according to Jury Chair Tim Grimes, Ann Arbor District Library.


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At the White House today, during the welcome ceremony for Mexican President Filipe Calderon – a welcoming to an official state visit wherein Calderon is to be celebrated – President Obama stood by as Calderon trashed the state of Arizona and its citizens over Arizona's immigration control law:
At the start of Wednesday's White House visit, Calderon said the law discriminated against Mexicans and called for the two countries to work together to develop an immigration policy that did not force people to live in the shadows "with such laws as the Arizona law, which is forcing our people to face discrimination." [emphasis added]
Obama did not defend Arizona, as one might expect a President of the United States to do, especially at the White House. No, that's not what change looks like. Obama instead joined in with a foreign head of state in bashing US citizens on US soil.
Obama claimed to understand the frustrations of the people of Arizona in passing the law, which exactly mirrors the requirements in a seventy year old federal statute. But he again characterized the law as "misdirected," and outright lied about the law's intention.
"We're examining any implications especially for civil rights because in the United States of America, no law abiding person — be they an American citizen, illegal immigrant, or a visitor or tourist from Mexico — should ever be subject to suspicion simply because of what they look like."
It is well known by now that the Arizona law authorizes no such thing. In fact, racial profiling is specifically outlawed in the law as a means of enforcement. But Obama nevertheless took the opportunity to make cause with a foreign government at the expense of America.
And with that, the apology tour comes home. No need for Obama to grovel in far flung world capitals any longer. Now, foreign heads of state can come to the White House and trash America and her citizens with impunity.
Pretty soon President Obama is going to have to make a decision. Either he is President of these United States, warts – as he sees them – and all, or he is some kind of post-national leader: a kind of president-in-exile within his own country.
A man cannot serve two masters. He will love the one and despise the other. The question for Obama is whose servant is he?

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October 8, 2007 It's as big as a superyacht, and not quite as fast as a supercar but it does have a range of over 3000 miles and can do it over land, sea or snow, lingering anywhere you like the view. A new category of aircraft that fits somewhere in between a blimp, airship or dirigible, the Aeroscraft ML866 project was recently presented at the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) show in Atlanta, Georgia. The key factor of the ML866 design is that it offers superyacht size and comfort in a platform that can operate independently from airports, meaning that a new class of luxury conveyance is about to become available which appears to trump them all.
Based on concepts developed for the (now apparently shelved) US Army Heavy Lift "Project Walrus", the Aeroscraft ML866 has some remarkable capabilities not available in other aircraft - it is incredibly spacious offering a cabin area of 5,382 square ft (500 square metres), boasts low operating costs, has all-weather capabilities, vertical takeoff and landing and extended range along with its ability to hover for long periods, meaning it can be utilized for a range of different applications from a private air yacht to a business office (even offering conferencing facilities catering for 100 people) in the sky or for commuting, freight solutions and sightseeing.
The Aeroscraft ML866 is a buoyancy assisted air vehicle with a rigid structure and gas cells. It uses Aeros' proprietary Full Authority Direct Organic Lift Control (FADOLC) - a dynamic buoyancy management system that provides the low speed control capability. While 70% of the aerodynamic lift comes from helium, the remaining 30% is derived from its innovative "wing" shape. As well as being able to hover the aircraft will be capable of speeds up to 138 mph (0-222 kmh) and will operate at altitudes of up to 12,000 ft (3,657 m). and the massive 210 ft (64 m) long by 118 ft (36 m) wide by 56 ft (17 m) high structure will deliver a roomy 5000+ square feet of cabin space.
Aeros displayed a 1/48th scale model at this year's NBAA show and hopes to begin airframe static testing of the rigid composite structure within months, with flight testing at the San Bernadino International Airport to follow as early as 2010. An additional series of commercially focussed Aeroscraft is also on the drawing board and will be scaled to payloads of up to 60 tons.
No exact pricing details are available as yet but reports suggest the tag will be under $40 million.


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A boss can literally, make or break your career. Here are five ways to spot the bad ones before they become yours.
A great boss can make you feel engaged and empowered at work, will keep you out of unnecessary office politics, and can identify and grow your strengths. But a bad boss can make the most impressive job on paper (and salary) quickly unbearable. Not only will a bad boss make you dislike at least 80% of your week, your relationships might suffer, too. A recent study conducted at Baylor University found that stress and tension caused by an abusive boss "affects the marital relationship and subsequently, the employee's entire family." Supervisor abuse isn't always as blatant as a screaming temper tantrum; it can include taking personal anger out on you for no reason, dismissing your ideas in a meeting, or simply, being rude and critical of your work, while offering no constructive ways to improve it. Whatever the exhibition of bad boss behavior, your work and personal life will suffer. Merideth Ferguson, PH.D., co-author of the study and assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship at Baylor explains that "it may be that as supervisor abuse heightens tension in the relationship, the employee is less motivated or able to engage in positive interactions with the partner and other family members."
There are many ways to try and combat the effects of a bad boss, including confronting him or her directly to work towards a productive solution, suggesting that you report to another supervisor, or soliciting the help of human resources. But none of those tactics guarantee improvement, and quite often, they'll lead to more stress. The best solution is to spot a bad boss—before they become yours! Here are five ways to tell whether your interviewer is a future bad boss.
1. Pronoun usage. Performance consultant John Brubaker says that the top verbal tell a boss gives is in pronoun choice and the context it is used. If your interviewer uses the term "you" in communicating negative information ( such as, "you will deal with a lot of ambiguity"), don't expect the boss to be a mentor. If the boss chooses the word "I" to describe the department's success—that's a red flag. If the interviewer says "we" in regards to a particular challenge the team or company faced, it may indicate that he or she deflects responsibility and places blame.
2. Concern with your hobbies. There is a fine line between genuine relationship building, and fishing for information, so use your discretion on this one. If you have an overall good impression of the potential boss it may be that he or she is truly interested in the fact that you are heavily involved in charity work, and is simply getting to know you. On the other hand, the interviewer may be trying to determine whether you have too many commitments outside of work. The interviewer can't legally ask if you are married, or have kids, so digging into your personal life can be a clever way to understand just how available you are.
3. They're distracted. The era of email, BlackBerrys and smartphones have made it "okay" for people to develop disrespectful communication habits in the name of work. Particularly in a frenzied workplace, reading email while a person is speaking, multi-tasking on conference calls and checking the message behind that blinking BlackBerry mid-conversation has become the norm of business communications. But, regardless of his or her role in the company, the interviewer should be striving to make a good impression—which includes shutting down tech tools to give you undivided attention. If your interviewer is glancing at emails while you're speaking, taking phone calls, or late to the interview, don't expect a boss who will make time for you.
4. They can't give you a straight answer. Caren Goldberg, Ph.D. is an HR professor at the Kogod School of Business at American University. She says a key "tell" is vague answers to your questions. Listen for pauses, awkwardness, or overly-generic responses when you inquire what happened to the person who held the position you are interviewing for, and/or what has created the need to hire. (For example, if you are told the person was a "bad fit," it may indicate that the workplace doesn't spend much time on employee-development, and blames them when things don't work out).
You should also question turnover rates, how long people stay in given roles, and what their career path has been. All of these answers can indicate not only if the boss is one people want to work for, but whether pay is competitive, and employees are given a career growth plan.
5. They've got a record. Ask the potential boss how long he or she has been at the company, in the role, and where he or she worked before coming to it to get a feel for his or management style, and whether it's what you respond to. For example, bosses making a switch from a large corporation to a small company may lead with formality. On the other hand, entrepreneurs tend to be passionately involved in business, which can be a help or a hindrance, depending on your workstyle.
Goldberg also recommends searching the site eBossWatch, where you read reviews that former employees have given to a boss. If you're serious about the position, she also suggests reaching to the former employee whose spot you are interviewing for, and asking for their take on the workplace. (LinkedIn makes this task easy to do). The former employee's recount may not necessarily reflect your potential experience, but it can help you to determine whether his or her description of the job and company "jibes" with what the potential boss said.


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Beats Antique
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- David Satori
- Zoe Jakes
- Tommy "Sidecar" Cappel
Beats Antique creates a definitive union between the old and new. Tribal Derivations is centered in Middle Eastern bellydance, down tempo hip hop, old school jazz, classical Indian and North African Gnawa music.
Zoe Jakes, an innovative tribal and tribal fusion belly dancer, has co-produced, with Sidecar Tommy and David Satori, a refreshing musical take on an antique aesthetic.From http://www.beatsantique.comGrowing like wildfire under the canopy of live electonica and world roots music comes a masterful merge of modern technology, live instrumentation and seductive performance, built of brass bands and glitch, string quartets and dubstep: the musical trio Beats Antique.
Since the group's inception from the eclectic underground of San Francisco's performance art scene, Beats Antique has been notorious for making it nearly impossible to sit still. They meld their mediums as attentively as they fuse the cultures that inspire their sound.
All self produced and composed, the trio creates a unique collage: an animalistic, raw musical event that blurs the lines between the provocative, the spiritual, and the artistic, while still maintaining an allegiance to the muses of class and beauty.
The journey that led to Beats Antique today was a winding and twisted path from the west coast to the ancient trade routes of the silk road. In this modern incarnation, the musical alliance of producers David Satori and Tommy Cappel is inspired and emphasized by their collaborative partnership with world-renowned belly dance performer and music producer Zoe Jakes.
David Satori and Tommy Cappel both trained classically before venturing to locations such as Bali, West Africa, Serbia and beyond. With extensive backgrounds in multicultural music production, and the passports to prove it, Satori and Cappel command the spectrum of live and digital instrumentation, born from Hip Hop and old school jazz.
Zoe Jakes adds a third dimension as the multi –cultural and –disciplinary dance counterpart to Beats Antique's sound. Jakes has worked with 2 major dance troupes, Miles Copeland's Bellydance Superstars and Rachel Brice's Indigo Belly Dance Company, a student of ballet and contemporary techniques.
Jake's additional history with Cappel in the Extra Action Marching Band and the Yard Dogs Road Show grants some insight into the caliber of performance that is Beats Antique's standard.All of this sets the scene for Beats Antique's overtly ambitious stage show, a sensory overload conquest of the festival circuit's most riotous events, such as Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits festival, and Outside Lands, as well as a catalog of proper tours that include Bassnectar and a recent run with Les Claypool of PRIMUS in early 2010.
According to Satori, the trio is excited by their ability to create a huge sound from their relatively small setup. "It gives us this whole new world of musical opportunities that we're just starting to scratch the surface of.
"In a prolific 3 years since Beats Antique emerged, the group has released 2 albums and a pair of EPs, with a third album, Blind Threshold, on the way. Notable features of the new release include vaporous violins and Danny Elfman-esque dementia; glitchy, laser-guided harmonica provided by Blues Traveler frontman John Popper; and 2 very different vocal tracks that range between restless pop hooks and vibrant Eastern European dance loops.
All wrapped into an intricate collection of heavy beats and sub bass.Beats Antique is best imagined as an innovative creature built from the cumulative heritage of the world's music chasing its tail.
However vivid that image, when a marching band groove crashes into bluesy folk chords only to be accompanied by electronic beats and Middle Eastern melodies, you'll still be surprised.
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Zickler Family Scrapbook
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Zickler of Leominster, Massachusetts began a 3 month cross-country road trip on March 27, 1952. Mrs. Zickler created a scrapbook to document the trip. The scrapbook includes souvenir and original photographs, postcards, maps, and other miscellaneous memorabilia from the journey. Their stops include various tourist attractions as well as scenic areas throughout the Midwest and Southwest of the United States. Most of their time was spent in Oraibi, the oldest continuously inhabited community in North America, on the Navajo Gospel Mission. The Zicklers returned to Leominster in July 1952, having traveled a total of 10,404 miles.
The scrapbook spans the entirety of the Zickler's trip. It includes postcards, souvenir photographs from tourist locations such as the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, the Big Rock Candy Mountain, Hoover Dam, the Petrified Forest (as well as a piece of wood from the Forest), placemats and matchboxes from Las Vegas, and numerous souvenir photographs of the Navajo Gospel Mission.
The 1952 scrapbook of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Zickler chronicles the couple's 10,404 mile road trip beginning in Leominster, Massachusetts on March 27, 1952. The Zicklers traveled mainly to Flagstaff-Winslow and Oraibi, Arizona to the Navajo Gospel Mission, arriving on April 9th. Oraibi is the oldest community to be continuously inhabited in North America. It is a Hopi Native American community dating back to between 1100 and 1200. The Zicklers spent April and the majority of May at the Navajo Gospel Mission of Oraibi. The couple's purpose at the Mission is unclear, although there are photographs showing involvement in the community's classrooms as well as in developing an irrigation system.
The last month of May, the Zicklers took a side trip from Flagstaff to California via Tucson, Phoenix, and Gila Bend before their arrival in Solana Beach, California. Returning to Flagstaff, the couple crossed the Mohave and traveled through Las Vegas. They returned to Flagstaff on May 28th for the graduation of Bettie Hurd, the daughter of friend Glenn Hurd, from Flagstaff High School.
The month of June was spent sightseeing in and around the Navajo Gospel Mission and Flagstaff area. The Zicklers went to the Grand Canyon on June 5th, the Petrified Forest, and Cameron, Arizona before they began the trek back to Massachusetts. Ernest celebrated his birthday on the 22nd of June.
The Zicklers departed from Arizona on June 26, 1952. Their journey home brought them through Zion & Bryce Canyon National Parks (June 26th), scenic Utah, Yellowstone National Park (June 28th), Little Big Horn, and then to Chicago for Independence Day. From there, the Zicklers visited friend Glenn Hurd's mother, then traveled up through New York with a final overnight stay in Fredonia before finishing the trip by traveling down through Vermont, and back to Leominster via the Mohawk Trail. Their trip is recorded as ending in Leominster in July 1952.
The scrapbook spans the entirety of the Zickler's trip. It includes postcards, souvenir photographs from tourist locations such as the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone National Park, the Big Rock Candy Mountain, Hoover Dam, the Petrified Forest (as well as a piece of wood from the Forest), placemats and matchboxes from Las Vegas, and numerous souvenir photographs of the Navajo Gospel Mission. Mrs. Zickler seemed to be quite vigilant in keeping an accurate record of the trip. Every location the Zicklers visited is commemorated in some form. Mrs. Zickler even took photographs of certain cabins along the way and collected rate pamphlets for these cabins (ranging from $3.50 to $25.00 a night).
The scrapbook also contains a large number of photographs from throughout the Zickler's trip. Most numerous are the photographs of the Navajo Gospel Mission and Oraibi. There is a set of over 50 photographs depicting life on the Mission. It includes photographs of the classrooms, chapels, traditional huts, handmade goods, and a number of photographs document the building of an irrigation system on the Mission.
Also included are candid shots of Mr. and Mrs. Zickler, friend Glenn Hurd and his daughter and mother; landscape photographs of aforementioned tourist attractions as well as miscellaneous landscape photographs of New Mexico, Arizona (Painted Desert), Canyon de Chelly, Little Big Horn, and the Colorado River; and numerous state welcome and road signs, including Ohio, Illinois, California, Idaho, Vermont, and eventually the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as the Zicklers returned home.
The collection is open for research.
Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:
Zickler Family Scrapbook (MS 446). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Acquired from Peter Masi, April 2005.
Processed by Mary E. Fahey, 2007.


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false dilemma (false dichotomy)
"Were we designed or are we simply the end result of an ancient mud puddle struck by lightning?" --example of a false dilemma from a press release for "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed"
The false dilemma (or false dichotomy) is a fallacy of reasoning that omits consideration of all reasonable alternatives. Sometimes called the either-or fallacy, one poses what looks like a true dilemma--I must pick one or the other--when, in fact, there are other viable alternatives. (There can be false trilemmas, etc.)
For example, if someone were to demonstrate apparent psychic abilities, one would commit the fallacy of false dilemma if one were to reason: Either she's a fraud or she is truly psychic, and she's not a fraud; so, she must be truly psychic
There is at least one other possible explanation for her apparent psychic abilities: She genuinely thinks she's psychic but she's not. A Sylvia Browne, a John Edward, or a James Van Praagh may appear to some people to have psychic abilities, but they need not be frauds if they are not truly psychic. They may be frauds, but they may genuinely believe they are in contact with another dimension of reality. In other words, they may be deluded. This does not mean that they are mentally ill, but their false beliefs may be so deeply embedded in their personalities that no amount of evidence or argument could convince them of their errors.
A person may mistakenly come to think she is psychic by having an experience that she cannot explain by natural means. This inability to explain the experience except as paranormal may be reinforced by others. Her experience and the encouragement of others may lead her to think that she has a "gift." Things that may be pure coincidence may appear to her as signs of clairvoyance. She may be a very sensitive person and pick up on the needs of others quickly and effectively, making them think she has paranormal powers when, in fact, she is simply very sensitive and observant. She may be very good at reading body language or at unconsciously picking up subtle cues such as eye movements or nearly undetectable bodily movements that communicate information. People may ask her to say things about what she sees or feels, hoping she'll make contact with the future or with the dead. She may oblige and say things like "He thanks you for the music," "I see money coming your way," or "Your brother is about to make a significant change in his life." People may find meaning and significance in these statements. This reinforces both her belief in her powers and theirs. There is a dynamic that occurs between mediums and clients who believe in their powers. Sometimes this dynamic is very powerful and emotional. In groups, the effect can be contagious. "She says thanks for Fluffy. Does that make sense?" A woman starts crying uncontrollably. "That's our daughter! She was only three. She loved her fluffy blanket. I used to tuck her in every night with her favorite blanket." Soon, half the audience is crying, convinced the medium has made contact. Why? The medium threw out a line and a poor woman connected it to her dead daughter. All of the specific information about this fluffy blanket was provided by the client, yet the audience, and perhaps the medium herself, is led to believe a dead child has spoken to a total stranger in a bizarre way (cryptic message in a public forum).
So, in addition to being truly psychic or a fraud, a person who claims to be psychic may be deluded. Her ability to convince herself and others of her paranormal powers is not diminished by this delusion. In fact, it is enhanced by it. By believing in her powers and receiving much communal reinforcement, she becomes more confident and certain of her gift. When she says something that is clearly wrong or that the client can't make sense of, she notes that her powers are not infallible or that she's right and the client just isn't cooperating or thinking hard enough. She may become very skilled at a variety of cold reading techniques without even knowing what cold reading is. Again, being deluded does not mean she is stupid or insane. It means skeptics will find it nearly impossible to convince her that what she is doing is not evidence of psychic ability.
Here is another example of the false dilemma: Either the universe came about by chance or by design. It didn't come about by chance. So, it must have come about by design. There is at least one other possibility: The universe appears to be designed but it isn't. The universe has always been here in one form or another, and it takes whatever form it has at any given time due to a combination of accidental factors governed by inherent laws and constants. A variation of this example is the notion that either everything has a reason or everything is random. Even so-called random variations in evolution happen for various reasons. Another variation of the fallacy is the claim that either evolution or intelligent design is true. There may be a designer of the universe who used evolution as part of the design.
Another example of the false dilemma: L. Ron Hubbard claimed that either cells are sentient or the human soul enters "the sperm and ovum at conception" (Dianetics: 71). Both notions can be false and probably are.
Another example: Either the eyewitness saw an alien spacecraft or he's a liar. Perhaps he's simply mistaken.
Another: Either this person was truly abducted by aliens or she's crazy. She's not crazy. So, the most probable explanation for her claims is that she was abducted by aliens. A person can be deluded without being insane.
And another: As a skeptic, you are either a debunker or an investigator. What do you call someone who uses his own investigations to debunk a claim?
I'll conclude with a personal example. Someone once asked me: Is your highly prized "skepticism" based upon scientifically provable fact or personal, emotional, ulterior motive?
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Senior Rhythmic Gymnasts in Rio de Janeiro!
Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are coming very soon! It's going to be a very fascinating event. Let just watch the list of senior rhythmic gymnasts that are going to take part in those competitions.
Varvara Filiou is a Greek rhythmic gymnast. She is an 8 time Greek National All-around Champion. She is considered to be the most successful Greek gymnast.
Marina Durunda is a very successful gymnast. She is 3 time Azeri National Champion. It will be interesting to watch her in Rio as these Olympic Games are going to be her first ones.
Son Yeon Jae is a very popular Korean gymnast. Her greatest results were at the 2014 World Championships. She got the 4th place in the all-around. These Olympic Games are going to be her second ones.
Shang Rong got a chance to perform in Rio de Janeiro thanks to Test Event in April.
Veronica Bertolini is an Italian gymnast. She is a 3 time Italian Champion.
Nicol Ruprecht is Austria's most successful gymnast.
Ana Luiza Filiorianu is a 3 time Romanian National Champion.
Anastasiya Serdyukova is the all-around bronze medalist at the 2014 Asian Games.
Kaho Minagawa is a Japanese gymnast. She got the 4th place in the all-around at Asian Games.
Laura Zeng represents the USA. She is current US National Champion.
Neta Rivkin is the most successful rhythmic gymnast in Israel. These will be her third Olympic Games.
Melitina Staniouta is the current Belarusian National Champion and three-time World All-around bronze medalist. She got bronze medal in the all-around at the European Games. She will fight for a medal in Rio.
Ekaterina Volkova qualified for Olympics in "Rio Prepares" event. These will be her first Olympic Games.
Neviana Vladinova is the current number 8 in the World Ranking.
Ksenia Moustafaeva is the 3 time French National Champion.
Jana Berezko-Marggrander is a German gymnast. These will be her second Olympic Games (third if we include Youth Olympic Games, were she was the bronze medallist).
Danielle Prince is the five time Australian Champion. She was Oceania's highest ranked competitor at last year's World Championships. She is qualified through a continental wildcard.
Natalia Azevedo Gaudiois the 2014 All-around silver medalist. She qualified through a wildcard entry for the Olympic Games as an automatic berth for the host country of the Olympics.
Sabina Ashirbayeva won an Olympics license by finishing first amongst a top 8 selection of highest score for non qualified gymnasts at the Olympic Test Event.
Carolina Rodríguezis the oldest contender (30 years old). She got her qualification for Rio in World Championships last year.
Salome Pazhava is Georgia's most successful rhythmic gymnast after Irina Gabashvili and the first Georgian rhythmic gymnast to win a medal in the World Cup Stage.
Anna Rizatdinova is the 2013 World All-around silver medalist, the 2014 World All-around bronze medalist and two-time (2014, 2016) European All-around bronze medalist. She is fighting for a medal in Rio.
Yana Kudryavtsevais the youngest World Champion (Record holder) and favorite for gold in Rio Olympics
Katsiaryna Halkinais a medalist of the European and World Championships and the second gymnast from Belarus who qualified for Rio.
Elyane Boalhas been selected to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games after South African's Gymnastics Federation refused to Grace Legote's wildcard.
Margarita Mamunis a current World and European Team champion. Rita is fighting for a medal in Rio.
- Don't forget to get some rhythmic gymnastics toe shoes in reserve.
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I'm a software dev team leader (I recently took control of a new team), and ultimately responsible for maintaining high productivity, good quality and organized priorities.
I have 6 senior developers in my team, but things feel like a mess here. The situation is that I have to deal with JIRA requests from about 10 different points of contact in our company, and they all represent different business units, or clients.
The problem I have is that my job mainly consists of putting out fires the whole day and making sure that everyone's problems are being worked on. Unfortunately, the culture in our company has been high productivity (fast releases) but low quality (production bugs), and our clients won't accept a sudden delay in results.
What are some good ways of handling this? I have tons of theories, but I'm looking for an answer from someone who actually has working experience in a situation like mine.
Here is a small list of how things work:
- Each developer is responsible for a specific application and services interacting with it;
- Releases are typically tested by the client in a simulated production server, and then deployed to the live server;
- Each application is used by an average of 50-80 people, with 8 applications in total.


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The South Carolina men's golf team flew to California on Monday, May 16, for the 2005 NCAA West Regional, which will be played at Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif., May 19-21. While adjusting to the time change on Tuesday, the Gamecocks spent a few hours touring the sights in San Francisco.
Senior Alex Hamilton, redshirt junior West Streib, junior Robert Svensson, junior Eirik Johansen and freshman Mark Anderson will compete for South Carolina, which is the No. 8 seed in the Regional. The Gamecocks are making their 10th straight appearance in NCAA Regional play under head coach Puggy Blackmon.
The NCAA Regional tees off on Thursday, May 19. Carolina's tee time is set for Noon on Thursday and 7:57 a.m. on Friday (times are Pacific). The Gamecocks are paired with BYU and Southern Cal and will play 18 holes on each of the first two days.
For further information about the Regional, visit www.GoStanford.com. To access live results once the tournament begins, visit www.golfstatresults.com


text: Following severe flooding in northern India and Nepal, the Indian government activated the 'International Charter Space and Major Disasters' on 19 June 2013 at 10:30. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) tasked its radar satellite TerraSAR-X with acquiring images of the affected areas and made these available to the Indian civil protection authorities. In India, the situation is far worse than first thought. The heavy rains surprised the people in the disaster areas. So far, the floods are known to have killed more than 680 people and thousands are still missing; about ten thousand military personnel have been deployed. The biggest rescue operation in the history of the Indian military is underway. The effects are especially bad in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand, where the Ganges River and its tributaries have flooded. TerraSAR-X has imaged this region over the last few days. "After activation of the Charter, we provide our satellite data as soon as possible, free of charge. We provide crisis relief from space for people in the affected regions," says Jens Danzeglocke of the DLR Space Administration who, as Charter Secretary, coordinates the German contributions to this international federation of 15 space organisations. Read full story DLR Publishing Date Fri, 28 Jun 2013 - 11:40 Country/Region India


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I hope your weekend has been an amazing one so far! We had a really special day for us yesterday so let's get started with a little recap!
My day started nice and early (my body cannot sleep past a certain time even if I wanted to anymore… maybe because I go to bed so early). 8 miles @ 9:30 average pace. It was one of those runs that felt like it went by SO fast. That hasn't been the case lately so I gladly welcomed this feeling yesterday.
After my run I ate breakfast with the family and then we all jumped in the car to go over to my sister's house (her post about her kitchen remodel is going up tomorrow!!!) for her to do my hair and makeup. She is amazing and it gives us time to catch up on everything together while she does it.
Yesterday was a really important day for us. I don't talk a lot about religion online but I thought I would share a little bit about yesterday for us because it was by far one of the most important days of my life. We had almost all of our family there too which was incredible.
Andrew and I were sealed in the Provo City Center temple. For those of you that don't know what a sealing is, in our church we have a special ceremony that is called a sealing. In this sealing we believe that we are not only married for time on earth but also after this life. We believe that families are something that go beyond this life, that families are forever and we can be sealed to our children too. Having this ceremony meant everything to me and thank you for letting me share something with you today that is such a big deal for us.
Our amazing parents. PS my dress was of course from Roolee… I loved it.
And of course Brooke and Knox.
After the temple we jumped in our cars to go get food.
We first met up with my side of the family at the Pizza Factory.
We had our own little room and all you can eat salad, breadsticks and pizza of course. We all left beyond full!
A few of the kids at their table.
My brother was in Belgium and flew in to Utah just in time to be there and he brought us back these Belgian Chocolates…. heaven.
After our meal with my family we drove up to Andrew's parent's house where they put on a bbq to celebrate!
They had these incredible rocky road brownies… I've never seen anything like these. They sure are brilliant at food combinations.
They had a cotton candy machine for the kids too. At the end of the day I was officially exhausted:)
Time for a rest day today (LOTS OF RESTING) and then another running week is up ahead! I finished with 42 miles this last week and I've got a half-marathon this week!
What was your mileage last week? What is your happy mileage lately??
What is your Sunday going to involve? Have a rest day this week? When did you take it?
Does your body wake up naturally at the same time each day or do you set an alarm?


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A fork-lift truck driver unloads aid from one of the trucks that crossed from Tunisia to western Libya. Photo: UNHCR/A. Ibrahim
UN - The United Nations refugee agency said today it has, for the first time, begun sending aid into western Libya from Tunisia to help some of the tens of thousands of people displaced by weeks of fighting in Tripoli.
A first convoy carrying urgently needed medical supplies and relief items from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was organized by the International Medical Corps (IMC) on Saturday.
The two trucks set off from Medinine and crossed the border at Ras Ajdir before heading to the town of Zawiya, where some 12,000 people have sought shelter from the fighting in Libya's capital.
The IMC also sent a second convoy later Saturday of essential medicines and medical supplies to the displaced, who are living in very difficult conditions, UNHCR said. Members of the Taher Al Zawia Organization have been distributing the aid.
"This weekend's operation is crucial and, we hope, paves the way for other humanitarian aid to reach affected populations who are stranded and in dire need of assistance," said Saado Quol, UNHCR's acting chief of mission in Libya.
UNHCR has a warehouse in Tripoli with stockpiles of critical relief items, but the agency cannot access these supplies because of the unstable security situation, which has hampered all its operations in the country since early July, including the provision of assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers.
Tripoli is facing severe fuel and power shortages and this has disrupted services and the distribution of basic goods and supplies, including water, food, cooking oil, baby milk, supplies, and access to banking, said UNHCR.
According to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, at least 2 million people may be at risk of food shortages if the fighting continues in Libya.
The North African nation has been embroiled in some of the worst fighting since the 2011 uprising that ousted former leader Muammar al-Qadhafi and set the country on a transition to democracy.
Yesterday, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned the "grave escalation" in the fighting in Tripoli and its suburbs and urged all parties to work towards an immediate cessation of hostilities.